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An Old Turned Up.
In the New York Post we find an interesting
extract from a rece/lr, work by an officer of the
17. S. Navy. We copy a portion of it. which re
fers to a rather dashing and remarkable charac
ter, who made himself well known in Charles
ton and other Atlantic cities. We allude to Gen
eral Harrison Piantagenet Somerset Stewart*
who was somewhat a Baron Munchausen in ac
counts of his exploits and adventures :
“ ASton was about to descant most freely on
the beauty and virtues of his Palomita, when
our ears were astonished by the merry sound of
small bells and the shouting and hallooing of
men. So unusual a noise in these quiet solitudes,
where. I ana sure, nothing or the kind was ever
heard before, excited our curiosity so much that
we hurried on to see what on earth could be the
matter, and soon fell in with the party who were
making all the hubbub. It was a pleasant thing
to meet anything human travelling in this coun
try, for during the fourteen days I had been on
horseback I had never encountered on the road
a single individual going the same way as our
selves, or in the contrary direction. The first
thing I saw was eight mules, nicely caparisoned,
six of them being leaded with two large mahog
any chests apiece, and the two others loaded with
tranks, hat boxes, gun cases, and tin cases con
taining cocked hats. The mules were adorned
with bells and gay-colored ribbons, and I almost
thought it might be some gallant Don on the
road to bis mistress, with her wedding regalia.
Anton instantly recognized the muleteers, and
the train having come to a bait, quite an anima
ted conversation was carried on, in which my
guide made himself acquainted with all the cir
cumstances. He informed me that this was the
baggage of a celebrated English general, who
had couie to Dominica to offer bis services to the
Republic, and that he had brought money and
arms enough to fit out a large army at his own
expense. Strange as it may appear, and singu
lar as such a meeting may be, 1 thought I recog
nized the cocked hat box, which was rather pe
culiar, and also one or two of the large chests,
studded with brass nails. I asked where this
redoubtable general was, and the muleteers in
formed me that he was abodt a mile behind them,
coming along at his leisure.
I rode on briskly, and soon encountered this
singular individual, mounted on a splendid look
ing horse, that was ill-fitted for the rough roads
he was about to encounter. The traveller was
dressed in a gay serape with his broad-brimmed
Spanish hat on his head, and his horse almost
loaded down with a long sword he carried at his
side. I rode up to him with the salutation of
“ Good morning, sir. lam happy to meet some
one on this road besides myself.'’
‘‘Ah! horn d’ye do; bless my soul, what a
comtoit it is*to hear the English language spo
ken ! How did you learn it, sir, so well ? I
never met a Bjianiard before who spoke it so veiy
well upon my soul.” The general might well
have been excused for mistaking me for a native,
for under my black beard and moustacbios, and
my sallow, sunburnt face, one would never have
recognized me as belonging to the Angio-Amer
ican race. “ Pray, where did you learn the lan
guage, my good sir, for it is really very curious
to hear a foreigner speak it so well. You speak
quite as clear as I do.”
“ I learnt it, good sir, when I was a baby,” I
replied.
“ Ah! sir, that accounts for it; that accounts
for it.”ML, v - '
“ Permit me to observe, however, that I am
not a Spaniard,” 1 said, “ but a real live Yankee
on a cruise, and quite as much surprised to meet
3’ou here as you will be at meeting me, when
you can once remember me, and recollect where
you met me in 1837.”
“ Pon my soul, now, you don’t say you are a
real Yankee, and have kncwn me before! That's
capital. Why, sir, do you know that meeting
you is better than meeting an Englishman ? for
you know they are generally damned bores away
from home, end one meets with so many Cock
neys that it becomes intolerable. You have to
listen to their grumbling in Cockney English,
and altogether I prefer you as a l.ve Yankee.
Do tell me where we met before; for really one
cannot recognize lineaments under that ferocious
looking beard, and I am anxious to remember—”
“ Don’t you remember, general, the time we
ate horse-steaks together, and had a fricasseed
cat for dinner at the Hotel Olive, in Montevideo,
at the time Oribe was cutting off all the supplies
by land, and old Browr. was blockading xMonte
video by sea ?—prime bullocks at four dollars per
head only in the enemy’s camp, and at twelve
hundred dollars per head on the inside of the
walls—don't you remember me now ?”
“ Bless ray soul, cah it be possible,” said the
general, “that this can be you. Who would
have expected to find such a rum-looking fellow
representing yourseif?” And jumping off his
horse, he embraced me with a pressure of two
hundred and fifty pounds to the square inch.
“Come now,” he said, “ let us have some tif
fin together, for I go well provided in this coun
try with everything to eat and drink, and I can
give you seme brandy that will make your hair
curl; come along this way, Mr. King-Long-
Chang,” he said, addressing a Chinaman who
had charge of the sumpter mule, which the gen
eral informed me he always kept within signal
distance.
“That scoundrel there, sir, I brought from a
place called Pei Ho, in China; it is situated near
the great wall of China, within two or three
hundred miles of the great desert of Cobi, over
which I passed after crossing the great moun
tains of Thian-Chan, more than twenty thou
sand feet high. That, sir, was travelling; this I
calk nothing but boshP
I thought to myself that the splendid outfit of
the General would look as seedy as mine before
he got through, and that Mr. King-Long-Chang
would not have his long tail fookiog so slick by
the time they reached St. Domingo, whither he
was bound.
The Chinaman sat out the tiffin uuder the
shade of an orange grove, and the general and
myself went at it with a will; the grove resound
ed with the sound of popping corks, and I am
Mr. Bass never dreamed that his pale
ale would be so popular in the wilds ot St. Do
mingo. The general, in answer to my question
of what he was doing in the island, informed me
that he had come to “ wipe out” one of tne par
ties—he did not care which. He had originally
gone to Port au Prince, and had offered his ser
m vices to the Haytians to “ wipe out” the Domini
cans, but the government had enoigh to do at
home, and declined his services, though he
thought he rather “ laid them out” when he call
ed upon that “ puffy old nigger Richie.”
11 1 dressed up, my good sir,” he said, “in my
full regimentals, and with my cocked hat and
- plume measured from boot-heel to tip of feather
- j“*t eight feet I looked what I am. sir, the best
cavalry officer in the world ; aud if the Haytians
could but have seen me ride one of my charges
•gainst a regiment ot these lanamuffins, they
would have made me Emperor on the spot.
But that old catamaran, Riche, sat looking at me
■*» if I was an ogre and would eat him; his head
" bound up in a yellow bandanna handkerchief,
and a black patch over the ey;; that was punch
ed out by Christopher when sis was Emperor.—
King-Long-Chang rather astonished the niggers,
also, tor I had his tail adorned with pearls and
saphires— presents 1 received from the Emperor
ofCasangee, away in the centre of
every button on his coat was a Spanish doub
loon.”
Ridiculous as it may appear to bear a man
talking in so extrrvagant a manner, it was all
true,f to my knowledge, for I had seen all the
traps of the general at Montevideo, when he
came there in 1837 to ‘wipe out” the troops of
Rosas, which were commanded at that time by
General Oribe., but he did no fancy the Mon
tevideo cooking — horse-steaks and fricasseed
cats he thought would do for a rarity, but to live
on them day after day was '"toujour pre drix ”
(fifth aiyreogsnnce In his unilorm— the most
gorgeous I ever saw — he was a splendid speci
men of a man, physically. He stood six feet
three in his stocking feet, and was as well made
as the Apollo- What the general’s military ca
pacity was no one knew, for we only heard fiora
hie own Ups about his famous charges and the
“wiping out” of whole regiments by his own |
stalwart arm. He was good-natured in the ex- j
treme, and submitted to my raillery with an ex- i
cellent grace. I told him he would find plenty
of wind-mills on the road, and I could assure
him that his Sancho Panza, K.ing-Lotig-Chang,
might comm>t any number ot improprieties
before be would be tossed up in a blanket; and
as to himself, the natives would positively adore
him.
I spent three hours over tiffin with the gener
al, and was quite sorry when the time came to
I>art. He regretted very much that I had not
met him in St. Jago, to testify to who he really
was, for he found the government theie rather
dbtrustful of him, owing, no doubt, to having
heaid something about offering his services to the
Ha>tiens. I informed him plainly that he had
no chance ot getting his services accepted in this
country ; for though there was war between the
- wo nations, there was no fighting going on.
“ Devil the odds to me, my dear boy ; I shall
only turn my steps towards Asia. I have some
friends there, the Gouglas and the Tounkats,
who make war on each other all the year round,
and I think, if I could get into that business, I
should “wipe out’ one of the party in six months
time. At all events,” he said, “I can take a trip
through Tartary, Persia and Circassia, cross the
Sea ol Azoff, and in a sho. ttime present myself
to that barbarian Nicholas, who I am told, lives
on lamp fat-worse eating by far than horse steaks,
i Go where I will, my dear fellow, I carry with me
a cook not to be beaten in France, England or
America. That John Chinamen there can make
bird’s nest soup that would make a Quaker-aimost
kick his grandmother. You would surfeit op. his
l beche la mere,' and go into fits over one of his pup
py stews. He makes the best dish of locusts and
coxcombs I ever tasted, and can roast an Iguana
better than any man in the world. His deserts
aie not to be approached by any artist. There
is his potted mice in honey, his sugared grasshop
pers, his locust cream, and his English pancakes,
to say nothing of his jellied birds and his boned
monkey. If you ate China cooking once, you
would never eat anything else. The governor of
Ashmedabid, in Hindostan, offered hirn fifty dol
lars a month to leave me and cook for him ; but
he refused, having made a contract with me for
six years at eight dollars a month. He knows
very well that I would ‘wipe him out’ if he at
tempted to break it. Come, John Chinaman,
pack up, and, my good friend, let us take a glass
of half-and-half at parting—l shall likely meet
you again in some queer part of the world, per
haps in Thibet or Timbuctoo; perhaps dine with
you in company with the Grand Cham of Tar
tary, or breakfast with you in company of the
Emperor of the Flowery Kingdpm. I say, don’t
forget to remember me to the old governor of
St. Jago, and tell him I consider him a devlish
humbug.”
Thus I parted with General Harrison. Planta
genet Somerset Stewart, a gentleman well
known in parts of the United States, where he
came to astonish the natives, but never hinted
anything about “wiping them out.” Hall an
hour’s ride brought us to Hatilla, and I could not
help thinking, during the ride, of two persons
together in such an out-of-the-way place, and
under such peculiar circumstances. What has
all this do with a description of the Dominican
republic, the reader will ask ? A great deal, my
good fellow, for here was a gallant dragoon, go
ing about seeking whom he might devour, and
wishing “to wipe out” a nation whose only fault
consisted in not requiring his services. Had he
“wiped out” St. Jago, my journey would have
been at an end.
Further per Steamer Washington.
, From the Times , Dec. 4th.
By a curious and probably an involuntary co
incidence, the anniversary of the battle of Aus
terlitz has witnessed the conclusion of a treaty
at Vienna between France and Austria against
the power of Russia, and tbe 2d of December has
another claim to be ranked among the fortunate
day’s of the era ot Napoleon. Indeed, whatever
be the exact terms aod provisions of this treaty,
it is an exent of incalculable importance to Franee
to find herself in actual alliance with Austria, as
well as with England on the great question which
agitates the whole extent of Europe, and it is
not less satisfactory to ourselves to learn the de
finitive conclusion of an engagement which iden
tifies our policy and unites our military efforts to
those of two of the most powerful empires in the
world. No mere verbal compact between Austria
and the Western Powers can either compel the
Emperor of Austria to make war, or compel
France and England to make peace, but the fact
that three of the great powers of Europe have
deliberately and freely entered into a reciprocal
engagement to procure the restoration of peace,
by reducing Russia to submit to the terms which
they regard as essential to tbe safety and tran
quility of Europe, is of tbe utmost importance to
our own particular interests and to the general
welfare. The explanations which doubtless pre
ceded the conclusion of such an arrangement
must have been of a nature to remove all doubt
and obscurity as to the real intentions of the con
tracting parties, for it is impossible to conceive
that in the present momentous conjuncture of
affairs words can any longer be allowed to ob
scure the face of things, or vague assurances to
take the place of positive engagements. What
ever may be the ultimate condition of tbe peace
which a successful war may enable the Allied
powers to impose on Russia, it will not be disput
ed that the four points must, at least, form the
basis of any arrangement—that is to say, that
the former treaties existing between Russia and
the Porte must be extinguished, and the preten
sion of Russia to interfere beyond her own fron
tier abolished; that the free navigation of the
Danube be secured; that the Convention of the
Straits be revised for the purpose ol opening the
Black Sea to the commercial and political agents
of all countries, and of destroying the maritime
ascendancy Russia in those waters; and the
protectorate ol the Greek church merged in the
common rights secured by the Porte to all its
Christian subjects. On these objects to their full
extent there can be no difference of opinion be- j
tween the allied powers, and the conclusion of
this treaty proves that they are agreed, riot only i
on what are called the soar points, but on the
most extended interpretation that can be given
to those essential conditions. Upon the same !
principle of united action, it is indispensablfthat
the position of the Austrian forces in the Princi
palities should be clearly defined, and that, while !
Genera! Hess engages to protect the frontier ot !
the Pruth and the Danube from all attack, the
movements of the Turkish or Anglo-French !
armies upon that frontier, as well as on every
other part of the theatre of war, should be entire- !
ly tree and unconstrained; and it is also to be de
sired that, since the Austrian occupation of these '
provinces has taken place under a convention
with the Porte, and with the full cognisance of I
the Western Powers, the questions of administra
tion which must arise in the Principalities in '■
their present unsettled condition shouid be
brought under the knowledge of the agents and
representatives of the Saltan’s allies.
The Times Paris correspondent under date
Dec. 4, writes:—“l have reason to believe that
the doubts expressed yesterday by certain par- !
ties relative to the real meaning and force of the
treaty of alliance with Austria are not well found
ed, but that it is substantially tbe treaty that has
been so long and so earnestly desired. It will
how, perhaps, be said that the good faith, or the
determination ot Austria from the beginning to
adopt a policy of action with the Allies, was
never doubted by England or France. Os tbe
Engi ,s h Oabinet I say nothing; but with respect
to the French I may safely state, that though, it
is true, hope never abandoned them, yet, unto a
very recent period no such unlimited confidence
was teit, and that the long period of the negotia- -
tions was one of alternate hope and-I will not
say despair but-senous misgivings and discour- j
agemenfc. It may be good policy, now that !
tation is so far at an end, to avoid saying a word
that might wound the amour propre of Austria
and it may be right to give credit to that Power
for firmness throughout, but I am certain that our
friends here feel-much in the same state as the !
man who has long buffetted the waves now losing
nearly all hope of safety, again elated at the
* 6 P®ck in the distant horizon which look
ed like a sail, but who pants with joy when the
peri! is over. I am not quite sure that much
importance is attached to the adhesion of Prussia
now that Austria has embraced the cause of the
allies, as she ought to have done long since; but *
the opinion is, that she has no help for herself,
but must follow in tbe wake ot Austria
“ 1 w informed that the negotiations between
the Austrian government and a well-known
Paris capitalist for the construction ot railroads
have been brought to a successful termination I ,
Ihe contract was only to be completed in the
event of Austria entering into a treaty of alli
ance with France and England, and this fact is
considered as an additional prool of the satisfac- ,
tory nature of the treaty.”
The following important article from the Pays ! i
I of this day is believed to have an official cfaaraC- I
ter. That journal says;
» “ The Moniteur has published a telegraphic
dispatch announcing that a treaty of alliance
was signed on the 2d at Vienna, between Aus
tria, France and Great Britain. The great
length of the negotiations had produced conside
rable uneasiness in the public mind, as men hesi
tated to believe that Austria could decide on
breaking the bonds which had so long united her
to the Russian fxfficy. The policy of loyal firm
ness and of noble independence has triumphed
over all obstacles, arid Europe will at last learn
that the reminiscences of 1815 are definitely
thrust back into the history of the past. The
date of the signature of the treaty is of good au
gury. F'anee and Austria will behold with
pleasure that it corresponds with the anniversary
of the resurrection of the French Empire, and of
the consecration of the ancient empire of the
house of Hapsburg. The young Emperor who
represents that glorious dynasty, only listening
to the interests of his States, has joined the Al
lied Powers for the purpose of securing the tri
umph of right, and we shall soon behold the
Austrian eagles mingled with those of French.
The thought expressed by the Emperor of the
French to General Canrobert is thus realized,
‘ Europe has beheld without fear our eagles, so
long banished, again gloriously taking their
flight.’ Honor to the Cabinets which have pre
pared such events ! The various nations owe
them a debt of gratitude, and history will accord
them a noble page. M. de Buol, with ability
and firmness, bas known how to pay attention,
as much as was possible, to the traditions of Aus
trian policy. He endeavored to bring back peace
as long as any hope remained of doing so. But
he did not hesitate at the decisive moment. Al
though complete details have net reached us, the
indications already received leave no doubt as to
the accord which exists between the contracting
parties. The government of tbe Emperor, by
the elevation and straight forward character of
its policy, has succeeded in effacing the preju
dices which might interfere with that alliance,
and in removing all authority .from the party
which supported at Vienna tbe pretensions of the
Emperor of Russia. It is a grand step made to
wards a definitive and solid peace; and it is tru
ly not a subject-of admiration to behold all the
diplomatic traditions of Europe turned upside
down under the successor of the hero against
whom all Europe had united? Austria, Great
Britain and France, joined together for the same
object, are henceforward invincible. War no
longer presents danger for any of them. Let us
offer up our prayers that Prussia, comprehending
her well understood interests, will give her ad
' hesion to the accomplishment of the common
work, and so lead the Emperor Nicholas to per
ceive that he must not indulge in any hope of
obtainiug support in the unfortunate course in
which he has engaged.”
(From the Columbus Times and Sentinel.)
Important Decisions of the Supreme Court
of California.
No appeal fthe decision of the Supreme Court
of a State, to 'We Supreme Court of the United
States. The decision of Judge Benning of the
Supreme Court of Georgia, affirming this old and
wholesome Republican doctrine, was received
with derision by the Federal press of the South,
and whole sheets were filled with quotations
i from old Fedeial documents and abuse of the
! ablest and purest Judge that ever sat upon the
i bench of the Supreme Court of Georgia. We
are happy to acknowledge the receipt of a pam
phlet from Judge Heydenfeldt of the Supreme
Court of California, we presume, in which the
same principle is maintained with great distinct
ness and force. In the case of George Gordon,
Appellant, vs. J. W. Johnson. Sheriff, Respon
dent, which was heard in (he Supreme Court of
■ California at the last October Teim, the defen
; dant, upon the allegation that he was an alien ,
; moved tne Court below to transfer the case to
• the District Court of the Untited Slate’, which
the Court refused to do, and this refusal was as
, signed as error.
■ ■ Heydenlelt, Judge, delivered tbe unanimous
: j opinion ol the Court. After referring to the fact
i | that the question of power between the Federal
i j and State Judicary was discussed on one side by
j Hamitton, Story and Johnson, and on the other
j by the Supreme Court of Virginia and Mr. Cal
* i houo, and referring to the fact that the power
! j claimed lor the Supreme Court of the United
i j States had been acquiesced in by most, if not all
■ j the other States,and generally without any at
i tempt to question or resist it, he proceeds to dis
j cuss the question at length.
1 j Ist. He holds as axiomatic the proposition that
i the States are original sovereigns with all pow
; ers of sovereignty not (expressly delegated by
! the Federal compact; that the Federal Govern
| merit is a Government of none but expressly
i delegated powers ; and that each Government is
absolute aud beyond the control or interference
of the other within the sphere of its respective
powers. The judiciary act of 1789 is, therefore,
clearly an usurpation. If the act in question had
given power to the Executive of the United
States, to control, or revise the conduct of the
State Executive, or to Congress tbe power of as
sent or dissent to the acts ofca State Legislature,
there would have been but one voice in denounc
ing it. Yet the control attempted to be given to
the Federal Court over the State Courts, is as
much in violation of the sovereignty of
because the laws and acts ol the State 'Govern
ment can. if opposed, reach the people, individ
ually, only through the Courts. It is, therefore,
evident that to Whatever extent *the Courts of
the States are made subordinate to the Supreme
Court of the United States, to the same extent
will the Governors and Legislatures of the States
begome subordinate to the Legislature and ;Exe
cutive Departments of the Federal Government.
2d. He next enquires whence is this claim of
power for the Federal Judiciary derived? In
the authority to establish a Supreme and Inferior
Courts, appellate jurisdiction is given to the for
mer over the latter. Not a wotd is said of State
Courts. This is conclusive against the jurisdic
•j tion of the Federal Court. He also deduces an
argument from the sth article of the constitution
; which expressly declares that |the State Courts
I are bound by the Constitution and laws of the
United States made in pursuance thereof, and all
: treaties made by the United States. Wherefore,
j the necessity for this stipulation, if the Federal
! Judiciary had appellate jurisdiction over the
State Courts ? The article quoted, would, in
that case, be clearly supererogatory and unmean-
I ing.
3d. It is further argued by the learned Judge,
that the claim of appellate power in the Su
preme Court of the United States over the State
Lourtsjis the assertion that the J udicial power of
the United States is exclusive, anti that Congress
may withdraw jurisdiction from the State Courts
whenever it thinks proper to do so. This ab
suidity has been maintained by Judge Johnson
in the case of Martin’s Heirs, vs Hunter’s
Lessee. There is no language in the Constitu
tion which will sustain this position. By the
10th amendment, “The powers not delegated to
the United States by the Constitution, nor pro
hibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
States respectively, or to ' the people.” There
are no w-ords of exclusion in the Constitution re- j
. specting the judicial powers granted,-and there!
are no words of prohibition in reference to the
exercise of judical powers by the States. The
jurisdiction therefore of State Courts is, co-ex
tensive with that of the United States Courts
When there is concurrence of jurisdiction it is a
firmly established rule of the Common law that
the Court which first has possession of the sub
ject must decide it.
For these reasons the Court held, Ist. That
no cause can be transferred from a State Court
•to any Court of the United States. 2d. That
neither a writ of error, nor an appeal hesto take
a case from a State Court to the Supreme Court
of tbe United States.
Are Chinese coinpetinl witnesses against white i
people ’—This question arose in the Supreme !
Court of California in the case of the People &c.
vs. Geo. Hall, who was convicted of murder upon
the testimony of Chine’se witnesses. The case
was decided at the last October term of the Su- I
preme Court. The opinion was delivered by !
Murray, C. J., concurred in by Heydenfeldt, J., 1
and dissented from by Wells, J-
The argument turned upon the construction of
an act, regulating criminal proceedings, which
proved that “ no black qi inullatto persons or In
dian, shall be allowed to give evidence in favor j <
ot, or against a white man.”
The Chief Justice held that the California j 1
law was but a transcript of laws dating from i i
the earliest periods ol American -history, and ! j
that to determine the meaning of the word “In- ■ •
dian” we must go back to the time when it was I 1
introduced i* to our laws, anti ascertain its mean- l
ing then. He says Columbus believed that the i
Island ot San Salvador was one of the Islands !
ot the Chme.se Sea, lying near the extremity of ! (
India, and therefore called its inhabitants Indi- i *
ans, which appellation, was universally adopted ’ \
arid extended to the American aboriginees as 1
well as to all Asiatics. From that time down to
a ve ]fy recent period, the American Indian and
the Mongolian or Asiatic were regarded as the
same type of the human race.
The genera! opinion of that day was that
there were but three distinct types of the hu
man sjwcies. This opinion is still held by many
scientinc writers, aud is supported by Cuvier,
one of the most continent of naturalists. It has
been supposed that this eminent was originally
settled by Asiatics who crossed Bhering’s Straits.
Ihe learned judge gives at some length the rea
sons which give plausibly to the hypothesis
He inclines, however, to the opinion that the
aboriginees are a distant typ<? of mankind. This,
however, wouldd not alter the meaning of the
word Indian, as the ethnological discoveries
which support this opinion are of very recent
origin, and were entirely unknown when the
name was given to the aboriginees, and intro
duced into legislation. He, therefore, holds that
by the term Indian, the law makers intended to
mean the whole Mongolian race. He also holds
thit by the use of the term “ white, 77 in opposi
tion to that of “ bl*k, mullatto or Indian,’ 7 the
law intended to confer exclusive privileges on
the Caucasian race. He also upholds this inter
pretation on the ground of policy, and expresses
quite Southern repugnance to seeing races of
people ‘‘whom na'ure has marked as*inferior,
and who are incapable of progress, or intellectu
al development beyond a certain point as tjieir
history has shown 77 at the polls, in the jury box
upon the bench, and in our Legislative Halls.—
For these reasons, much abridged, the majority
of the Court held that Chinese testimonyjwas in
admissible in the trial of a white man on a crim
inal charge.
We surrender much of our space to these de
cisions because we regard them of vast import
ance to the South in the contest in which she is
engaged, on the one hand, against Federal usur
pations, and, on the other, against the encroach
ments of abolition fanaticism. California was
wrenched from us by a fraud, but if such Law
yers as Murray and Heydenfelt, continue upon
the bench, anil such statemen as Gwin, Latham
and McDougal represent her in Congress, the
South will be content to claim her as a sister,
not only in the bonds of the Union, but of af
fection and of a common political faith.
~ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29^
[communicated.]
An editorial in the Constitutionalist of yester
day, contains several misstatements which I feei
it my duty to correct. It is, that the “murder’ 7
committed on Sunday evening last, was by a
“City Constable.” Archer, who is charged with
the offence, is not an officer of the city. It is
untrue that the city authorities have refused to
send to a neighboring county for Clarke, charged
with killing a negro some weeks ago, “on the
ground of expense,” or on any ground. It is un
true that the authorities have been inert in ta
king measures to apprehend and punish offend
ers, if by authorities is meant those of the city.
In every instance our City Police has made dil
ligent efforts to arrest all violators of the law-,
and bring them before the proper tribunal. It
is hoped that the Editor of the Constitutionalist
will be more careful in ascertaining the truth of
statements calculated to injure the Police of the
city, before he Jays them before his readers. In
all city matters he can easily procure correct in
formation, if he will take the trouble to apply
for it- A. P. Robertson, Mayor.
The above we copy from the Chronicle § Sen
tinel of yesterday, and as it contains rather severe
strictures, we deem it worthy of notice, for per
haps by doing so ,ve can be instrumental in re
lieving our city of a stain, that every day seems
to receive additions. His Honor, the Mayor ,says
he discovered “in the Constitutionalist of yester
day, (Tuesday) several misstatements,” which
he feels it his duty to correct. The first he men
tions, is “ that the “ murder” committed on Sun
day eveiflng last, was by a City Constable.” He
then goes on to say that Archer was not nn offi
cer of the city. We may, in the haste in which
we have to write our articles, alter the difficulty
in procuring the facts, have not been specific
enough. But our impression was that he was a
City Constable of sStsie sort, and on reference to
our files of Januaiy lad, we found the following
notice in our editorial columns :
“ City Constables Messrs. W. A. Archer
and-A. Cartlidge, were yesterday (the 7th Jan
nary,) elected Constables in the 128th district,
and for the city at large.”
Mr. Archer may not have been elected to of
fice by the previous Council, but to all intents
and purposes, under the State law, he is a duly
elected Constable for the city.
The second charge is k that the “ City authori
ties have refused to send to a neighboring coun
ty for Clarke," who shot a negro belonging to
Mr. Fleming. We would ask his honor, the
Mayor, if he does not now, nor did not a few
days after the disappearance of Clarke, know of
his whereabouts, and if any steps were taken to
bring him to justice ? If he did not, orddes not
now, he is not as well posted as his under of
ficers, for on making enquiry of one of them,a
few days since, we were informed that he was
at a relative’s, in Habersham county, and could
be arrested, if the city police were furnished
with means.
On this information we based our remarks on
the second count of the Mayor, and we hope it
will prove satisfactory.
It is true, in our notice of the homicide near
the Factory, the names of the parties were trans
posed, but we corrected the error in our next pa
per. Where was Daniels when the officers were
in search of him? He was not on the passen.
ger or baggage cars, which were searched, we
understand, by the officers, but did they search
the engine or tender? It is said he escaped on
the Georgia Railroad train that evening. If the
officers were tardy in the execution of their duty,
could not they have had the train delayed a few
minutes to enable them to make a 'diligent
search ?
As regards the latter portion of the Mayors
communication, we, perhaps, could “obtain cor
rect information if he (we) would take the trou
ble to apply for it.” We make it a rule abways
to supply to head quarters for correct inlormration,
and our County Magistrates %nd acting Coroners,
will bear us out in the assertion. But we can
not wait two or three days, until a majo rity of
I our citizens are well acquainted with the facts,
before they get the information through our
columns. It is not always practicable; to run
down the Mayor or the Crty Police for exact in
formation, in time ior the next daily issue of our
paper after a crime is committed in otir city.
But when forced to give the current version in
the streets, we never hesitate to correct any er
rors we may thus be betrayed into, as soon as
they are pointed out. The Constitutionalist is
an independent newspaper, and rs we fe«l in duty
bound to give the earliest intelligence, whether
it occurs in this tity or elsewhere, we shall con
tinue to do so without fear or affection. We en
deavor to obtain correct information, and -should
what we publish prove otherwise, we willeheer
fully correct it.
Examination of W. A. Archer*
In consequence of the Prosecution not being
ready to proceed with this examination yester
day, it was postpondd to Thursday, lith pro*.
Upwards of two thirds of the members elect
to the New York Legislature are in fav’or of a '
prohibitory liquor law, and as the new Cover- I
nor is also a Maineac, there is no doubt that the ]
Maine law will be put in operation bn that State ;
in the coures of a few months.
Health of Charleston.
The Charleston Board of Health report the
deaths of 13 persons ir> that city during the
weekending the 24th (nst., —i whites ai id 9
blacks and colored. *
Augusta, Atlanta fit Nashville Telegragh. I
We are requested, by the operator in this city,
to state that the above named Telegraph line is
now working to Chattanooga, and will be in
operation to Nashville iri about two weeks. This
is an important !irik,-to our citizens, in the tele
graph line. The growing business between
Augusta and the West, requires’ speedy com
munication at all times. As Nashville is now
in connexion with New Orleans, rhoold the line
between Washington and New Orleans be down,
messages can be sent and received through the
Nashville office, with little or no difference in
time, o: cost.
The Augusta and Nashville line, has offices for
receiving and despatching messages* in the prin
cipal towns along the Georgia, State and; Chat*
tanoogaand Nashvilie Railroads.
When in successful operation, we think the
associated Press of New York, should remore
their distributing agency for the South and West
from Columbia to this city. We think the change
would be advantageous to all parties concerned,
and insure more regularity in the reception of in
formation/
Melancholy Accident.
We regret to learn that Mr. John Jones, form
erly a Collector for this office, lost his life at
Alexandria Burke county, on Wednesday last.
We understand that he was riding a race with a
friend, and when at full speed his horse fell and
threw him, breaking his neck. He lived but a
few moments after the accident.
Hon. Cornelius Darragh, formerly a Member
of Congress, and one of the .most eloquent and
distinguished lawyers of Pennsylvania, died at
his residence in Pittsburg, last Friday. He was-
Attorney General of the State under Gov. John
son.
The following was the condition- of the New
York Banks, last Saturday, according to the reg
ular weekly repost: loans, $8,860.591; decrease,
$86,073; circulation, $6,924,667 ; decrease,s336,-
444 ; deposits, $58,955,027 ; decrease,
071 ; specie, $11,486,830; increase, $15,039.
Venison is reported to be cheaper in St. Louis
than either beef, mutton or pork, and in Salem,
N. J., poultry is so abundant that the owners
last Saturday forwarded two tons to Philadel
phia, and were awaiting conveyance for another
The harbor of Brunswick, Georgia, the port at
which a naval station is pioposed, has twenty
four feet water on the bar at high tide; and re
cently the ship Anges, of Boston, drawing twen
ty-one feet of water, and loaded with 300 tons of
railroad iron, went over the bar at ebb tide, and
entered the harbor without a pilot, it will be
thus seen that there is water enough on the bar
for the largest class vessel of war.
Catching a Tartar. —We publish the fol
lowing story as caution to people who are fond
of soda-biscuit: A few evenings since a party of
ladies were invited to the house of a physician,
in New York, to sew for some benevolent object,
and in the course of events, tea was served; some
uncommonly palatable soda biscuits were among
the attiactions of the entertainment, and the
guests all ate of them freely. Shortly after the
lady of the house was seized with a distressing
nausea, and was obliged to retire. She had hard
ly made her hurried apologies, before her guests,
one after another, complained of illness, and be
fore their friends or carriages could be sent for
were all prostrate on the floor, vomiting iu every
direction. The police in the streets came in to
know the cause of the rushing to and tro, and in
and out, and the company were seized with ap
prehensions of' having been poisoned. They all
had finally to be transported to their respective
j homes in cairiages. Upon an investigation it
| turned out that the cook had, by mistake, gone
j to the doctor’s closet and taken some tartar emetic
j instead of cream of tartar, for her biscuits, and
| had made them so very light that they would
; not stay upon the stomachs of any that ate of
them.
Loss of the Pilot Boat J, £* Claghorn. —'
We regret to learn (suvs the Savannah News)
that the pilot boat J. S. Claghorn went ashore
early on Tuesday morning, on the South breaker
off Tybee Light: The crew were taken off by
the schooner J. W. Anderson, and arrived here
yesterday afternoon. They report that the pilot
boat was at anchor, and during a heavy sea part
ed her cable, and was driven ashore. She has
bilged,and when last seen was tying on her beam
ends, with four feet of water in her hold. There
is little prospect of getting her off’ and we fear
she will be a total loss. She is about five years
old, valued at $3,000, aud is owned by Messrs.
Gieen Fleetwood, Emanuel Joseph, and Wil
liam Thomas, of this city- There is no insurance
on the boat, and the loss will be.a heavy one to
the above named enterprising and worthy pilots.
Tiif, Mails. —The Columbia Times of the
27th inst. says:
“We have been informed that notwithstanding
j Mr. Post Master Campbell's injunctions to Mr.
i Douglass against transporting the mails by the
i South Carolina Railroad, they will be conveyed
} by the Road, if placed in. the possession of Mr.
| Douglas, who insists (very properly too) that he
i is warranted by his contrict to carry the mails
j in any manner so that they are promptly and
I properly delivered at the points designated.
If Mr. Campbell persists in his obstinacy and
| churlishness, and lorbids the delivery of the
! mails to Mr. Douglass or his agents under these
| circumstances, we will be cut off' from all mail
communications, no arrangements having been
made to carry the mails by horse power. 77
Fatal Affray. —We are sorry to learn that
an affray occurred in Winnsboro, on Tuesday
evening, between Mr. R. N. M c Master and a
! Mr. Barker, which resulted in the death of
I thg latter.
: The circuqjstancps as we have been informed,
were briefly these : There was a “Christmas 77
; dance given by someof Mr. McMaster’s negroes,
; and Barker (who was intoxicated.) went into
' the house where the negroes were dancing, and
j acted very rudely. Mr. MeM. hearing the noise
; also entered the room, and persuaded B. to go
| home, B. refused and drew a bowie knife, and
stabbed Mr. McM. in the side, when McM,
knocked the knife from his (B’s.f hand. B.
then drew a revolver, when McM. caught it,
and turned it on B. and shot him four times. B.
i died in fifteen minutes
Mr. McMaster is confined to k iff, but we are
j happy to learn that his wound though serious, is
j not considered dangerous.— Columbia Times, 28th
j inst.
! "Bank Dividends. —The President and Direc
! tors of the Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank have
declared a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per
annum, for the last six months.
The President and Directors of the Union
Bank have declared a dividend at the rate of 7
per cent, per annum, for the last six months—
the same amount was declared in July iast.
The President and Directors of the South
Carolina Railroad have declared a dividend on
the earning of the Road for the last six months
of $4 25 per share, and the President and Direc
tors of the South Western Railroad Bank, a divi
dend for the last six months, of 75 per share—
making the dividend on the {joint stock $5 per
share, payable on the 10th of January.—Charles
ton Courier, 28 th inst.
Dividends.— lt will be seen by our advertis
ing columns that the Commercial Bank has de
dared a dividend of one dollar per share for the
last six months. It is one of the best managed 1
institutions in the country.
The Columbia Gas Company has declared a
dividend of one dollar and fifty cents per share
of $25 for the last six months.— Columbia Caro
linian, 2Stk inst. ‘
Suffering Amongst the Poor in New York.'
The extreme cold weather and the vast num- ;
ber of mechanics ou# of work in New York, are
creating much want and suffering in that city.
All the papers have more or less to say upon the
subject. The ominous gatherings in the Park,
premonitory symptoms of the great Hour riot
some years ago, are noted. The Sun speaks ol
them “as a dangerous excitement,” but calls the
attention of labor to what charity and humanity
are doing on all sides. The Tribune suggests
that on New Year’s day ladies give up their cost
ly tables, spread for the reception ol visitors, amt
devote the sum they would cost to the poor.
Another meeting of the unemployed working
men was held on Friday afternoon, in the Park.
Several thousand were present. A committee
was appointed to solicit subscriptions, and it was
resolved that an office be opened in each ward.
A number of short speeches were made, appeal
ing to the sympathies of the community, de
nouncing speculators and exporters, demanding
the right to labor, and advocating land re
form.
One of the speakers of the meeting advocated
the prevention ol the export of corn. Another
advocated a “ mass rising to treat the officers of
buncomb and insolvent banks to a coat of tar
and feathers.-' Many of the leading working
men, however, disavow these sentiments, and
allege that they were uttered by men who care
more for their own than the interest of the me- \
chanics.
Mr. Elias Fountain has published a notice to
the mechanics out of work in the city assuring
them $15,000 for charity by New Year’s day.—
Mr: Fountain intends to collect $2,000 himself.
The superintendent of the “ Five Points House
of Industry,” in his report for Friday, says :
Twenty-six adults and sixteen children, who
applied here personally, to-day, have been turn
ed away unaided, except with food, for want of
means to receive them, besides seven who have
been received into the Institution. Most, if not
all of them, would gladly take service with any
one who would give them bread tor their labor.
. Thousands of children, also young, interesting
and lovely, are ready to be separated from each
other and their parents, to live, but too gladly,
wherever they can find shelter.
Four modest and respectable looking girls,
eleven, sixteen, nineteen and twenty-one years
of age, came here to-day, together. An assistant,
as usual, while I was otherwise engaged* took
down their names, history and circumstances,
which were given in a simple, uncomplaining,
and evidently truthful manner, disclosing noth
ing of m>re peculiar note than the general story
in three words—unemployed—homeless—desti
tute. A look of suppressed suffering, however,
i .attracted my notice, and I called one of them
; near me—a sweet looking meek eyed girl—and
said to her, “how ol f are you my child ?” Six
teen sir.” “Are you well?” “Yes sir,” said
she, with a slight hesitation ; “ I don’t know as
lam sick.” “But you do not look well” said I;
“you are very pale, and your lips look parched
: and feverish. Her lips quivered as she still re
peated her answer—No sir, I don’t know as I
am sick.”
Then I said, “ My child, tell me truly, have
you had anything to eat- to-day ?” “ No, sir,”
i she answered. “ ©id you have anything to eat
j yesterday ?” Tears forced their way this time,
and she answered, “No sir.” “Did you have
: anything to eat day before yesterday ?” “ Only
a piece of bread that a woman gave me at the
intelligence office ;my sister and I (pointing to
the smallest sir!) ate it together.”
I asked her where she stayed last night. “In
the station house.” “Where the night before ?”
' In the station house.” “Where the night before
i that?” “In the station house”—and again the
i silent tears trickled down her cheeks. “How
many nights have you stayed in the station
’ house?” “Six.” “Where did you live last?’
“At Mrs. ’s, No. Pearl street. We paid
fifty cents a week for lodgings, till ourmuiey
. gave out, and then she turned us into the street.”
“ Where did you
ligence office in the day time, where I had paid
> to get a situation. We were all four together.
The Courier thinks the desire of those poor to
, work for their food and lodgings should be forth
with responded to.
“Surely (it says) there must be ten thousand
families in this city, and as many more in the
adjacent cities, who can each take in one or
, more unfortunate fellow creatures during the
winter, for such domestic assistance as they can
render, or, in the case of little children, for the
mere love of doing good.
“The children of the poor families who are
now daily turned into t.he streets, or shivering
half-naked and half starved in their empty rooms,
generally the graceless and disgusting
' litt* reprobates.which many take them to be.
■ They are generally fitter* and safer inmates for
I our houses than the servants we employ at high
, er wages. They are simple, susceptible and as
-1 fectionate, and often very beautiiul. The larger
i ones (from 10 to 14) will make good waiting
maids and errand boys; and the little ones, once
taken in, will quickly become such pets that
their patrons wilt never dispense with them.—
Many ot our best families have lately adopted or
half adopted such children, and we never heard
that it was regretted. Every family would do
well to educate its own domestics from childhood,
in the spirit of parental kindness and charity.—
“ The greatest plague in life’ would then be abol
ished.”
Attempted Suicide.—We have been inform
ed th?t a young man, from North Carolina, went
into the Merchants’s Hotel Tuesday evening
last, and asked for pen, ink and paper, which
were given him. Shortly after he /est there was
found on the desk a note addressed to the pro
prietor of the Hotel, and signed by the person
above mentioned, but whose name we did not
get. The contents was a request that his body
should be taken to North Carolina and delivered
to a certai.i person therein mentioned, after which
he stated that he would commit suicide before
morning, either with a pistol or by poison.
Mr. Hurst, the proprietor, endeavored to find one
of his triends, in whose hands he placed the note,
who immediately went in search of him, and
found him about 12 o’clock the same night, hav
ing in his possession a pistol, which, upon being
asked, he stated be hqd bought it to give to the
children at home. The attentions of his friends
have no doubt saved his life for the present. He
is laboring under great depression of spirits,
brought on through a severe attack of dyspepsia.
We hope that this notice (though no names are
mentioned) will call the attention of his parents
to his critical position, so that they may take such
measures as may be necessary in the case.
Char. Standard, 28th inst.
*-- - _ !
Sell Your Cotton.— -What makes the times
so tight* Scarcity of money. And what pro
duced the pressure in the money market? The
failure to sell cotton at the usual time, owing
to the yellow fever in Savannah and Augusta™
This scarcity is now Jcept up by the farmers re
fusing to sell at the present reduced rates, and
this is the principal cause of tight times with the
people of Middle Georgia. Hancock county pro
duced in the year 1849, 11,674 bales of ginned
cotton, averaging 400 lbs. Washington, the same
year, produced /,445 bales, being an aggregate of
18,819 bales. Allowing for the short crop of the
present year, we might reasonably put down the I
produce at 15,000 bales for the two counties, or !
6 000,000 of pounds of ginned cotton, which at !
7 a cents would bring into circulation the immense j
sum of $420,000, allowing £ a cent for expenses, j
It this would not relieve the times, what would ?
A sound, practical philosophy teaches us the
remedy, let it be applied and the cure is effected, i
Sell your cotton, and you’ll fare better than to
waft till spring, and then sell at lower rates after
paying storage and interest, and drayage, and it
may be in many instances, cost ot suit. The
present war in the East will continue to embar- i
rass commerce, and keep cotton down. Sell :
whde you can get a fair remuneration.— San- I
aermnlie Georgian , 2 6th inst.
Shot. We learn that on Christmas dav a ne
gro was accidentally shot in one of his eyes, bv
a Portuguese white man, who was firing off a
pistol after the juvenile fashion of celebrating
vi^ ay j Fort “ nat *y the P>stol was charged
with only powder and wad, or the consequen
ces might have been more serious. It is feared
the negro will loose the sight out of one of his
eyes. — Sav. Netvs, 9.lth. inst.
married
L , lQ this city, on the 24th inst., by Lewis Levy
Esq, Mr. Joseph Gracy and Miss Rebecca King’
both of this city. ’
On the 20th inst , by the Rev. Isaac Hart. Maior
Robert T Bivins and Miss Lui.a E Tison
daughter of Hiram Tisoir, Esq., all ol Marion co ’
Georgia. *
DIED
In Milledgoville, on the 24th inst., Mrs. Sarah
Ann Davies widow of the late Rev. John B Da
vies, aged fifty-three,
BY TELEGRAPH
i . Congressional.
Washington, Dec. 27.
The House passed the Array and Post Office
Appropriation bills. The vetoed River and Har
bill of last session was debated. Mr. Haven
thought that the Committee on Commerce
should be instructed to report separate bills for
every item, as that would be .the only way to
obtain the views of the President. The House
adjourned to Saturday.
j In the Senate, the business was unimportant.
The Senate adjourned to Friday.
Fire in New Orleans.
New Orleans, Dec. 26.
The Mechanics Institute was destroyed by
fire last night.
The Market.
Cotoon was firm on the better grades. The
inferior grades neglected. Sales 3500 bales,—
Middling 8 toßi cents. 5000 bags of Rio Oof
fee was sold at 8J to STrents.
New York, Dec. 27.
Cotton. —The market is dull and declining.
Theie is more sellers than buyers. Flour is firm.
Charleston, Dec. 28.
Cotton. —Sales of the week 7,500 bales.—
Middling Fair, Bto 8f cents. Receipts of the
week 10,300 bales. Stock, exclusive of that on
shipboard, 36,000 bales.
Cmmufrrifii.
Augusta Market, December 28, p. m.
COTTON. The market continues in a quiet
state, and the few sales made were at about the
quotations given cn Wednesday.
SAV ANNAH, Dec. 28.— Cotton. —The sales to
day were large, amounting to 1,695 bales, at the
following particulars : 14 at 6; 32at6£; 99 at 64:
! 116 at 6J; 282 at 6§; 342 at 7: 128 at 7 1-16; 196
: 71; 56 at 7J; 241 at 7£; 90 at 7|; 67 at 7|; 10 at
8, and 12 bales at B£c. Prices continue dull.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS—DEC. 28.
Per steamship Keystone State, for Philadelphia
—73 bales Cotton, 47 do. Yarn, Sdo. Cotton Waste,
40 do. Domestics, ana sundry pkgs. mdze.
Per ship Harriet and Jesseo, for Boston—l,o44
bales Upland Cotton.
Per brig Dart, for Guadalupe—so half casks
Rice. 10 bbls Tar, 10 do, Pitch, 5 do. Spts. Tur
pentine, 73,677 feet Scantling, 15,908 do. Lumber.
JntcUigeitrc.
arrivals from charleston.
Steamship Southerner, Ewan, New York.
Steamship Marion, Foster, New York.
Ship John S. Harris, Mack, Liverpool.
Ship Amelia, McKenzie, Liverpool.
Ship St. Lawrence, McKay, Liverpool.
Ship California, Laidley, Liverpool.
Ship Jane, Bell, Aberdeen.
Barque Olivia, Spall, Havre.
Barque Lydia, Winder, Havre.
Barque J. W. Dyer, Dyer, St. Marks.
Brig Telegraph, Lovett, Mataczas.
Sohr. Mary Emily, Sawyer, Providence, R. I,
i Schr J. Adams, Smith, Jacksr nville.
cleared for charleston.
Ship Columbia, Sturges, Now York.
Schr. D. B. Warner, Hannore, New York.
sailed for charleston.
Ship Harkaway, Breck, Liverpool.
, Barque Maria Margaretha, , Ramsgate.
i Barque Cherokee, Hay, New Orleans.
up for charleston.
j Ship Camden. Gadd, New York.
Barque Yarmouth, Bray, Boston.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 28.—Arr., ships Alexaa
i drine, Coopor, New York; Lalia Rhook, Richard -
i son, London; Br. barque Standard, Ritchie. Bel
fast; Han. gal. Bernadina, Olthans, Newcastle,
Eng.; Br. schr. Baltic, Sanders, Matanzas.
j In the Offing, Br. ship Royal Victoria, Winter
j ingham, Liverpool.
Cleared, ship Falcon, Patton, Liverpool.
Went to Sea, Edisto, Harding, Boston ;
brigs Delaware, Harding, Baltimore; Souther]
| Kendrick, St. Marks ; Br. schr. British Queen,
; Sweeting, Nassau, N. P. ; schrs. Col. Satterly, Stet
son, Now York; Virginia, Dean, Providence, K. I •
i Frances Newton, Dow, Jacksonville, Fla.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 28—Arr., steamship Knox
! ville, Ludlow, N. York; barque Harvest, Nichols*
do.; Br ship Burmah, Elder, Cardiff; schrs. C. S,
Chastairs, Sommers, Philadelphia; Woodbridge
( Diggs, Baltimore; steamer Chatham, Peck, Au
! gusta.
Cld , steamship Keystone State, Hardie, Phila
delphia; ship Harriet and Jessee, Smith, Boston;
brig Dart, Harrison, Guadalupe; Brern. barque
j Nelson, Holchen, Bremen ; Dutch barque Elise,
! Tolgel, do.
, Dr * J* H. Spears, having had an am
pie opportunity, being resident Physi
j cian so r several months in an hospital, respectfully
i offers his professional services to the citizens of
| Augusta. Office removed on Ellis street, between
: Campbell and Gumming streets. oct3 ts
wi - Worms ! Worms!—There is no dis
ease more common among children, and
yet none which so frequently baffles the skill of the
i physician, as Worms They are highly detrimen
tal to the constitution; and their presence should
! bc carefully guarded against by parents. On the
first manifestation of symptoms, every means
should be used to expel them promptly and thor
oughly. McLanes \ ermifugc is well established
as the most certain, safe and speedy remedy ever
offered for this troublesome and dangerous malady
aud all who have the management of children!
should keep this invaluable medicine at hand. In
addition to its perfect safety, it never fails to pro
duce the desired effect.
Purchasers will be careful to ask for Dr
| M Lanes Celebrated Vermifuge, and take non*
else. All other \ ermituges, ia comparison, are
worthless. D . M’Lane s gonuine Vermifuge, also
his Celebrat d Liver Pills, can now be had at all
respectable Drug Stores in the United States and
| Canada.
Sold by Haviland, Risley A Co., Wm. H. Tutt
D. B 1 lumb A Co.,and W. 11. AJ. Turpin, Augus
ta, Ga.;P.M. Cohen A Co., Charleston, S. C 4
Hill A Smith, Athens, G&.; £. C. Jones, Madison;
A. A. Solomons; Savannah; and by all Drug
gists and Doalers in Medicine throughout tho
; Soatb - 12 decl9
<■ Mr ‘, z °sS ba,, n» begs leave to in*
1 form his friends and tho public that
i bo returned to the city, to reguSe his instruc
| t* oll in Music, vocal and instrumental (Piano
| borte) The Philharmonic Society of Augusta,
, for the advancement of Vocal Music, will be re
j organized. Persons who wish to become Members,
: either actual or social, will please leave their names
j » itb W. E. Dearing, Messas. W. J. Ansley,
G. W. Ferry, D. B. Plumb. dtf nov22
Ur. Morse’s Invigorating Cordial
I —Tho only sure and safe Remedy, yst
discovered, for General Debility, Physical Prostra
| tlon > Irratability, and all the various train of Ner
vous Affections; it will also remove Depression,
Excitement, Dislike of Society, Incapacity for
ptudy or Business, Loss ot Memory, Mental De>
bility, Ac—| See Advertisement.
fjp The Augusta Female High School,
opposite the United States Hotel, over
Mr. hobert Carroll’s Boot and Shoo Store, will ba
re-opened on Monday, 20th of November.
Terms, for Board and Tuition, iu all the English
branches, will be very moderate. No extra charge
for French, Latin, Fuel, Ac.
Doy l7 C. A. Sabai., Principal.
Dr. A. B. Montgomery offers his
Professional services to tho citizens of
Augusta and vicinity. His office is in Constitution
alist Range. _ ts may 9
)(>0 Over-Coats to suit cold weather.—
■ Newby A Co. have on hand a
large stock of Heavy Over-Coats to suit the season.
Also, Business Coats, Pants, Vests, Shirts.
Drawers, Ae., They will be sold low.
FcCT"'4S'~ =5 Eagle Ac Phcciiix Hotel —J. R.Prks
_ Cv.T r, Proprietor.—ls now open for
the reoeption of Transient or Permanent Boar
*ers. The proprietor solicits a continuance of
patronage, and can only assure those who may
make a selection of Iris house, that no pains will:
be spared to render them comfortable.
_novls ts
Rev. E. P. Kcgers, JD. D.. of Phila-
B*—delphia, will roceive into his family, a«
Boarders, several young Ladies, whose parents
may desire them to be educated at the North, and
will superintend their education at any one of t.u«
excellent Female Schools in that city. By this ar
rangement they can enjoy the advantages of the
home circle, and at the same time secure, at a re
duced expense, all tho advantages of the best insti
tutions. For particulars, apply by letter to
Rev. E P. Rogers,
deo!2 502 Chestnut st., Philadelphia.