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About Weekly Georgia constitutionalist and republic. (Augusta, Ga.) 1851-185? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1854)
general news. I I'lO.’ll the Ciirm. • A si-.U1.1f/ I The City Bank. Nv attei.fl •••> lias linen uttraOid by ibe ..|- low ing e* .-.'i.tiiia: V j-at. . W ■ ' «|>;.ar ed in nn urtivle in the Alton a Examiner ot th. ■■ Bi t r. i- gravely alledgwl, as an obi c!ioi> to the Atlanta. Meiehants' Bank ot Macon, and other tli.it the stockholders .re lew n number, i:. irfore, not sulfi hnt in itsponeibi':- ty. Ts trim ol ‘Wihlt .'is me I to • si.e nate suet —a teinr odious, at «! theielore select, <1 tor the ' cca-ion. Now.-i we ars correctly ad vised, th- City Bmkoi Ar a • • t!>ec. ■■. ed as a ‘ Wild I at’ ccni. in. lor -><• an- told that the ic4i>.'i stock is own dby fuw imlaidna.s II the number ol stockholder, lukl to rhe le.-pomibilitv or ability of a bank, which i> the pie., ruble one, the Atlanta Bank with its eight stockholders or the City Bank with its five. Or trie Mer chants’ Bank of Macon with a lon 4 list ol the most influential ai d responsible ci! zeneot that place.’ I’his is certain y a very extraordinary para graph . not less lur the amount of error and mis re’ r<-ei.ration it contains >ll relation to the Citv Bank, ol Augusta, than tor the effort to deceive the unsophisticated by the allusion to the stock boideis orthose Wild Cat concerts, the Bmk 01 Atlanta and the Merchants’ Bank o. Macon. — Let us test it t.-y the standard o: troth, and see how much lel.ance is to be placed in the state inert. To enable me to do this, my information has been obtained from the highest sources, and may therefore be implicitly rehed on. The Books 1 the City Bank ot Augusta, show that there at righty three stockholders m that « institution. Oi these, strrn.y nine reside in Georgia, (seueHtj tiro in Augusta) //tree in South] Carolina, end one in the city of New Y ork. The I capita! ot the Bank is $200,000, ot w..icb $175,- 1)00 aas already been pam in. The three stock- ! holders in South Carolina own ruwi/y shares, and the one in New York owns one hundred and sis- ■ (V s.’kicis So hat there aie only sl7 000 dol lars, about one twelfth of the stock, owned out ol the Statept Georgia. The stockholders aieesti mated. by those who are veiy well acquainted with their situation, to be w orth not less than tier wi'.u.i dvilan, in »t ible, tangible property Whet a commentary upon the statement oi the Examiner, "Mi/l Me whole stock is owned by only rice individuals. 1 ' It that journal’s views and information in relation to aoks and banking are generally as reliable, they are certainly enti tled to great deference and respect. The Examiner institutes a comparison be- I tween the responsibility of the stockholders oi ] the City Batik, and 'the eight" stockholders hi ■ the Atlanta Bank, and the "long list of the most | influential and responsible citizens of Macon ” 1 who own stock in the Merchants’ Bank of Ma ! con. 1 have already shown who the stockhold- 1 ers in the C.ty Ba.ik cf .Augusta are, and w lien tuey reside; let us see who the stockholders in 1 the VV; d Cat concerns in Atlanta and Macon ' are, w Here they leside.and what responsibility they offer to bill-holders as security lor the re j de.option of their bills I have not a repoit ol the Bank ol Atlanta before me, and Cannot state positive’y the exact amount ol stock owned by each ol the renowned right. My recollection ot the last repoit 1 read is, that the Directors and the I’re-ideut owned one share cacti, at d that the balance ol the stock was owned by Wild Cat linaueiers in Chicago, ' Illinois, and the city ol New York. That there j was not then exceeding one thousand dollars j owned by per.-ons residing in Georgia. 11 1 am . in etror, the Examiner will please correct, and In reference to the Merchants’ Baokoi Ma- i con, 1 shall speak positively, and by the card, lot 1 I have before me ti.e official tepee made on the | 31st July, 1854. Let us see wbo that “ long list ■ of the most influential and responsible citizens oj j Macon” are, I’nere are fourteen Stockholders; I (a terrule long list surely :) 01 these, seven, | who constitute the Board ol Directors, live io I Macon, and own eleven thousand dollars worth ' ot Stock ! The other 5189 000 of the Stock ol the BanK are owned by Wild Cat financiers in 1 the North and Northwest What these Wild ; Cat financiers, who own and control these two I Bank*, aie worth, the people of Georgia kno •. , a« well as 1 do. 11 they ary worth a dollar 1 do ■ not know it. Certiinii is. they aie perpetra I ting a hand upon the people of Georgia bye ap- ; propriatmg Bank Chattels to purposes never contemplated by the Legislature: and they have ! Io Hid persons tn Macon and Atlanta, lo assist . them in the perpetration, by consenting to be- I come their tools and act as directors. My observation in life is, and I Lave some i experience, that whenever a man seeks to evade • the law by intrigue, trick, or any perversion, he j will not do to rely upon in any matter whatev- ; er, and least ol ail money matters. Hence, 1 j think the Wild Cat financiers are not to be I trusted, and so I think the people ot Georgia) who know their own interest, will determine. I Bank Stockholdkb. ( [F.omthe N. O. Picayune, 16/4 msl ] i I Pacific Road ia Texas. 5 ,l * The Grand Pacific Railroad scheme ot Robert j c J. Walker and their associate millionaires—for I [ only millionaires could be supposed able to make i v such enormous subscription to the stock ot the ! t company as each of them have set against their t a names—is in imm.nent peril. They are in danger ’ t ot losing the whole benefit of the Texas land I j, subscription, which has been the principal fund 1 . relied upon. to help make the road and their lor- I ( tunes together. the very treasury from which J | they were to draw tt. • means to fill up their i. stock- 1 her* is evidently some powerful in- ( , . xas to invali late the con trac‘. ait ‘ the Governor appears to be not unwil- I 1 ling »oa’* -* in tne work. £he motive, of com sc. | i® unavowe.!, and we are left to conjecture ‘o | form any idea of wha ; it may b“. Il may I* because ihe contract is considered an impryvi i dent one on tfe part of the State, ceding away a vas* and fertile territory, fur very inadequate ; consideration.-; or there may be other parties who ar* anxious ’o share in the prospective gains. | and to get some of he pickings ot a tat contract • themselves, and are intriguing to set as.de the ; old one, that they may f.-e competitors in a new ; offer. Whatever may b*- the motive. the design ’ is evident to annul the contract it it can be done, • and the means fordoing it savor, it seems to us. of rather sharp practice. The c mpauy may be as it La - been called, a “moon shine” company, not really intending to make tue road, in good faith, and only aiming to get pos ession ot the lands, in order to make a good thing out of the sale ot the stock. But there is nothing in t e ma’ter of this deposit, making the alleged failing in the contract, which shows any unfair inten tion, or any real neglect of the substantial terms of the contract. It they lose it on these grounds, it will be by a surprise, in the nature of a snap judgment, taken up for the purpose of get ing rid of the contract and not ot enforcing the per- I for ma nee in any part. By the terms of the law they were required i within sixty days after entering into the con tract with the Governor, as therein prescri bed, | •to deposit with the Treasurer us the State at debt of the State of Texas, or other good par ttock?’ This was to be a guarantee that at least liny mile, ot the road should be completed within a given time—eighteen months, we believe otherwise the deposit was to ba forfeited. In case of failure to make the duposit, the contract is to be null and void, and the Governor is au thorize ' to contract on the same terms with other parties. .\ow, the company has procured arid deposited wif i the I red erer'<3oo,oo6 in securities, which are certified tu L-’ par stocks,” and theTrca- Ci ol leXdihas received thorn as par stocks; but Gu>. Pi-.a-e tbmk-> tnem nriifficient in value, arid tut opinion prevails in Texas that he will proceed io refi t the contract, on the ground that tin- ba3 been forien d. 1 he company will ceitamiy be taken by sur pri‘e »r evidently they meant to hrlfili the terms of the law. Ibe fault that i« alleged against them u an overvaluation oi securities amounting to a p»r ccutugc wmeh nuuuot exceed a tor/ I thousands, actually an insignificant sum in enm- I parison with the magnitude ot the stake. They I could not have meant to risk their contract on so small a difference, and it would be absurd to , charge against them ai y intentional lapse or la- I tent hand which would vitiate their bargain. The suddenness with which they are tironght up will be a shock to them,.arid will show them , I that they have very liosii .■ Intinem-es to con tend with, and that they must, if they -cap • ; | this strait, keep themselves actively and strictly i I within the line ot their positive engagements, or ; ' watched by jealous rivals, they will be uncere ; ! m-uiiously ousted on tha slightest chalice. We ■ I are no very sanguine admiters of the managers) )of this stupendous scheme, but we hope they | 1 wi.l have l.iir play, and that the Slate will not I I break il> coniiacts, delilH-i.dc'y made, upon a ) ! petty di?; nte about the valuation ol stocks. | I without permitting the company to rectify the | lei ror which, if then- be one at a.I. was evidently j 1 unintentional. ' There is a question raised in Texas whether ; 1 Ihe receipt of the stocks as satisfactory by the I rreasuier, the depository named in the law. is ■ not tii.al, and beyond the further control of the Executive; but the sounder opinion appeals to I he the G ivernor is the responsible party, and ' .het his decisions will annul that ol the I'rea- i 'liter. The difference between these two fur c- 1 ti naries as to the correct valuation ol the prut ; lered stocks, shows that the amount of suppo ed i deficiency must b small and doubtful, and helps , to rebut the presumption of any intent to vary from the law. It shows, too, that the company has keen and subtle toes to contend with. {from the Savannah Georgian, loth ins/.) ' Democratic Meeting—The True ?ositioa. Appended to the call for a Democratic meet -1 ing, which beads our columns, was a postscript 1 in the following words. “If any charge render I in the bill therefor to me,” signed “ E G W.”— ) This, we think, shows that the “ Secretary,” | who is none other than the City Council’sexcel i lent Clerk, appreciates the force of our remarks lin last Sunday’s Georgian. We shall ot course act accordingly, and have a bill for one dollar and twenty-five cents, the pi ice of three insertions of I one square, duly made out and presented And I it any other “ Secretary” of any other Executive 1 Committee, has a call for any ether meeting, ; Democratic, Whig er whatnot, we will accom- : modate him on precisely the same terms. Come, ! gentleme.i, bring on your advertisements. By the way, we observe with satisfaction that j the article alluded to above, in w Inch the Gi-or- 1 gian, declared its independence, lias awakened 1 the attention of several ot our cotemporaries. It : I has been re-publisbed by the Augusta Constitu- I tionalist, and the Griffin Jeffersonian, two ol tire I most thoroughly Democratic papers ot the State . Fhe coo: and judicious editor ot the Jeffersonian, ( Maj Cline) introduces it with the following re j marks: il We extract the following remarks from the ; ' avannah Geoigian, and consider them worthy |l I the attention oi the editorial corps: There is en ! 1 I tirely too much exacted from a patty editor by ( < many individuals belonging to the party, ditfei- ’ | > ing tbem&elves mostly with the majoiky. (n 't I our career as a Democratic editor, we have hadl< the misiortune, more than oi.ee, to di if? r with j ; perhaps an esteemed and valued friend, and that i I difference has af'erwards been evinced in per- h sonal resentment. We could point to those who I I pass for exemplary Christians, and high toned | c gentlemen, who have sprung personal quarnd • i upon us, ter no reason under heaven than be- j t cause we would not dropour friend and take up thfirs, or because we would not oppose the wife'♦-> . o the and thrust them torward inoppositi /.i to such wishes. ] We can hardly revert to a case in which the c result has not shown that we were on the side j ofourpar/y, while our antagonist was wishing us to pull himself, his favorite, his relative, oi his li iend into notoriety, regardless ot the voice ( of the people and in opposition to the wishes ol t the party. We have gotten into more personal t rquabblee from just such causes, than hom any t other. Now we think an editor is charitable ! ( enough when he says: ” Gentlefneu, jou have ! s fu'l liberty to use tho columns oi my paper for i j yourselves or your friends, provided you do it at t your own expense, and not tax me with it.’ ; The . editor should be left atjiberty to act tor his pai- . ty a -coiding to his own discretion, and if others •want themselves or tt.eir hlends brought lor- s ward, let them do <1 in the way that other adver t Using i'»4oue. The editor is not bound to put! every oite who may ciaim to belong to the par- . ty, either by writing himself ur through bis con- 5 tributors, at his own expense. It offered as an ( advertisement, that is quite another matter; a* r a public journalist, doing that kindot business, ( be cannot retuse, unless on account of false state- ; merits or improper language. t The Death of Randolph.—Randolph, in fast declining heaLh,reached hith er he went to take passage from that poit. He was too late tor the Liverpool packet. He ex posed himself to the inclemency ol the weather, took cold, which aggravated bis disease, and hastened its fatal termination. He was put to bed—his deathbed—in his lodgings at the City Hotel. The idioayncracies which had, of late years especially, marked his demeanor, distin guished the last hours of his lite. The sudden oursts ot petulence which disease wrung from him ; the affecting kindness and tenderness which disease could not wholly take from him ; the rambling {conversation in the intervals oi acute suffering, in some passages, as brilliant as ever—the last gleams of the sinking lamp : the groaning* ot remorse, which a review oi his pa-t lite, at the barot astern self-judgment, drew iro n his contrite heart; the fervid prayer ; t:.- hesitating hope ; the rust q«< lifie I >y b« •emnation, in the Saviour whose name be « ! iossed : the concluding act ere th; cuituu. (»■ q n the last scene < 'to ws., he called witnesses to h;« coniu ion ot his will, providing lor the lined am <;iiu support o his slaves, and the last c u.sciou • woid«, which , tiled his eye and braced his sinking ha me, ! -peaking in this count-cUmi, he laid his skelvt o ; hand strongly upon the shoulder ui fits taitnlul s rvant, John, and said with emp' , ■ daily for this man.” And then—this id upon his conscience of!—his mint! wah ' !• <' away to the light, and the scenes, and the friend* of the early days ; and, the muttering* oi the voice.growing gradually fainter, as be on into the thicker shadows ot the Daik Valley, the fluttering pulse stood still, and John K i - dolph, ot Roanoke, was numbered with thed?a J (.May 2l’.h. 1833, aged GO.) 1 hey carried him back to his solitary home, and buried him—in death as in life, unsocial an isolated—in the forest of Roanoke. In the soil . oi the Virginia he loved so well, they laid the corpse of her faithful and devoted son. They . left him to rest, after the long fever of his tiou j tied dream of life was over, in an humble and I sequestered grave, beneath two stately pines. , There let him sleep on I The gloom ot their jshade. and the melancholy sighing ot the wind through their boughs, are fit emblems ot\the lite I which was breathed out in sadness and in sor- ■ row.— Party Leaders. War Upon the Cats. I V/hdst the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel is j making furious battle upon the wild cats, the Constitutionalist k Republic is pitching into the inline tribe at home, which it appears, will not cornu up to the scraf/4 and furnish the necessary taciiities for carrying on the fall busines?. A writer in the Constitutionalist, ot the 16th lost., j gives the following illustration ol batik ' mg as practiced by the Augusta institutions. ” A merchant ol this city, in the course ol bis ! business, gives his note in N. !•, payable tr ere lor here, and if here, with the current rate of ' Exchange. The agent of a Bank in this city, j residing in New York, supplied with turn’s. I into the market, and m time ci pre-sure, bu> i up the I sends it home for collection, and the rnakei Ic h* ■ pays it at the counter ot the Bank with J p< r ! cent, exchange and the money goes back again to i buy more ot other paper, is this Banking oi shaving? They can take but one st* p more <!••- giadmg, and then three balls,oi a Bubc.Ts pole, a sign, would more fairly dcsignai<j the after ot the institution, than the tour letter > usu ally stuck over th .' entrance reprci rnt* ?> I Now we would ask, who is responsible, for j the evil complained of? The Cats ? ’ lo : means. The people have, through their agen’s, .granted bank chartets t<o carelessly and liberal ly. ’Fhe retr edy is with them, and them alone. ■ Let them .'•cru’iiiize more carefully the character •nd qualificdtl ns of tbo-e they select «’ legis- i lators and tht y mav hope for a ndtigdtion ot I the evils of which they now nghtly complain. | Sou/hem Reorder. From the daily newssumonary ol thc £harl*’>. | ton StantfonZ of the 21st inst., pieparcd always wii’a much cere and industry by that rnterpris ! mg paper, we extract the following : Dt’fpite the leport- th.d his >-“ r » ;r ‘ '• I Mexico is so completely Lmrassed ei:d lettered j by levolutionary out bleaks in almost every quar j ter nt Lis dominions, and the that the i even millions received from this country. • ■ hrough the Gadsden contract, ha? almost disnp- ■ poared, he is apparently of good heart and mak img the most of his unenviable position. Ine ■ learner Santa Anna, recently built lor him at * Ne v Yorx issai«l to have pleased him :-o much i that. He has ordered two moie vesselsol tue kind ■ to be immediately constiiic’ed. That he is in a ! desperate situation, there can be no possibility o< • r doubt, for we know that the leader ol th»* ! Guerrero ievolutionisms, Alverez, in.tnniy main tains his original hostile attitude, but ie actually lon the point of marching his followers, now augmented to several thousand, against the city ol Mexico itself, with the view of bearding the tyrant in his palace. In addition the soldiers o: his serene Highness are constantly being execu ted lor desertion, cowardice, ike. Gen. V* 00l l-itcly shot filly of his men at Matanwra* for ie fusing to tire on their fellow citizen. "The heads ot the poor I-Hows were blown to pieces, one after th- other, at the tap of the drum, after which the executioners marched off to their breakfast while the baud performed a lively air Al these operations would lead to the conviction that Santa Anna hts made up his mind to stand his ground and brave out the corning t-tc-rm, in stead of ignominiously deserting l-nwer* I and leaving them at the mercy of the infuriated . elements as has hitherto been his wont; there is no foretelling however, how soon he * his mind. Even at this moment be ma-’ be or his way to Carihagena. That he is !u««y pre 1 pared (or a residence in other climes tirece can I bene d uibt. Disbelieving in th? stability ot j even his own government, he has little it any j 1 money invested in Mexico but owns”property hi South America. New Orleans and elsewhere. 5m surprise, therefore.vvill be manifested to hear of his Hight from his capital at auy moojent. During the beginning ol the present month, a very singular piscatorial anomaly occurtd along the coast ot Mexico, similar to that which took place some thirty-three years ago in the Akdi tenanean, and spread disease and dt<» ; pn the < shores of Albania, Cephalonia and Cor n. Ihe beach in the vicinity of Vera Cruz wag covered with dead fish that w’ere c ast up Irom the *ea. . da v af.cr day, in such.large quantities as to com pel the authorities to adopt measures lor bavin ti.em buried. Orders were transmitted Io the adjoining districts lor tho adoption of similar precautions. On chemical txamu»4sipP, the tish were found tree from poisonous sobsiunces, and it was declaied that they bad no doubt been killed by a sub marine volcanic eruption, which caused them to inh ile carbonic acid ges, v. hich , evolved in enorrn us quantities ou luimersing them in lime water. c. Fire. A tire broke out on Sunday night las*, at ah u 11 o'clock, in th- shoe shop of Mr. E )ner; c immunicated thence to the Tailor shop of Mr. ILsina, thence to the kitchen in the tavern yard —all the property ot Jeptha BranUp?: .fill oi which were entirely consumed, without any farther spread of the fire. The wind was un usually tot ill. and strange to say, continued so throughout the entire lime the bid ding' were burning. Had there been the wind from any quarter theie must have de struction <4 property The tavern, ar obi ami large building. st;>od within some forty -r titty leet ot the kitchen that burnt in the a ”d iz it little farther from the shop of Mr. LGina, and was saved u r questionably by the activity and daring ot Mr Meagher, a mechanic of cur town, who uot upon the topol the tavern and » z thiow ing off the fire coe L, and spreading fdanke?.* saved the pudding- The ty or titty t>et on the other side of tt w build ings caugnt tire, and was saved by the prompt daring of Capt. Lang..also a mechanic, who, by means of a ladder, reached the top of the build ing and extinguished the flames which had just ignited at the eaves. The whole town and coun ty, as well as tue individual property holdeis ol that part more immediately in danger, together with the Insurance Company are under obhga tions to those two individuals, for tbe : r promp’ and efficient action. But for which a trge pari ot the village Aust have been consumed, not : withstanding the very favorable state of the at mosphere. Much is also due to the activity and eneigy displayed by Gen. Warthen itl directing and managing the available force so ns to check the progress of the fire. We have never seen a more fortunate escape from more iminentdanger It is supposed tb£ fire broke out from the stove in the shoe shop <»f Mr. Ebner. Ihe whole loss is estimated at only al out SLOOO, of which Mr. Jeptha Brantley bst about S6OO in house®, fencing, &c., with considerable damage to turn t . uro. Air. Ebner tost about S4OO in leather and tools Every citizen must have felt how impotent we ■>» eto contend with a lire, it the elements were .iii“t (>-. (>,| () nothing be done to remedy this - h'. n<daffnrs? It we cannot have a sue i ~.i.e. • .I;; we not have an oiganizeti fire com , .. h j ome one at its head, capable ot di- in an ernerger.cv ot this sort. We ran ar i --Ils. i.ivt i L«;<>ks and ladders j.rovideo to be u<ed .on >ii :-:-i occasions. We suggest a tewu meetim. <• tak»- the matter into con.^ideratior.—Stuif/ers t-il'e Georgian, 21st inst. Look Ou r for thk Routes.—Wa are inform n I that quite a number ot thef’s have hern com mi’.trd in Sparta, and its vi< inity w’lhin a tew •‘ays. Oa the night; ol the 1 i’h insf, a thiefen ?er d the residence of Mr. C. W. JJubose, and took a gold watch, and tine suit of c othes, with pocketbook coirtaining i-o-rie vahnbi ■ papers.— A diy or two aftt j wards, Mr. Charles Gardenei ’• id his watch sto’en while at <hnr:»‘r, and oi. Wednesday evening last, while the family of Mi Ed ward Berry was at supper his hjose was **n tered, and a very fine gold watch b «>ng to hi dat ghter, taken cut oi her room. A man w. seen by a little girl retiring from the house in dark, but too late tor detection. Several o’h. larcenies have been committed in fjuncock com ty recently, arid it is high time that the publi* were apprized, that they may be oil the look < u •or these nightly visitors. They no doubt be long to an organized band of robbers, who art spread throughout this and the adjoining States We hear similar reports Horn VYashing r <>n Wilkes county. Let the people m Saudeisvtl.e be on the lookout.— lb. Darien Bank Commission- The Commission appointed by the la*t L p gis lature ol Georgia to nettle the claims ot the Cre ditois of the Bank ol Darien, again-t the Start ot Georgia, met again at the Senate Chamber in this city, on Wednesday U -t, to make up their final judgments in the cases betoie tht*m Al; the piuviou, sesbion of tins body m Octo her, the demurer filed by the counsel Im the Slate to the declar-.t ons in th M casesol th» Bank of the State oi Gei rgia. and planter* Bank, was generally overruled and the evidence in various rases admitted. So that during last week the Commission were rr ;. c * I in invest!- i ing th< liability of t e State in ea:h case. The award gives to each Bill holder the • whole amount ol his claim without interest. In all th'-judgment cases, the Co• ll iii!.-si»ri founri <>j claimants, principal interests apd costs. 1h« whole liability of the State, amounts to over out hundred an*l ninety thou\md dolirs- It likely that nn appeal will b * entered up to th> Stq»enor Court, oi Bald win rom r v at ’h tf next ■im by the State, m accmd.»nco wi'h the !»■- cd thu act organizing this Commit- sinn, sind we piesume these will not be finally settled until the j idgmrnts be either af firmed or reversed by the Supreme Court. 'fhe Commission turned over their Docket and awards f ’ the Executive on Saturday morn ing, and finally adj.nuned—Rccor der y 21 at insl. Tho Causes of the Soule Affair We yesterday published the statepieiit of the New Yolk Erprc»9y giving the gossip of Pr risian circles as to ths causes of the refusal of the. French Ejnperor to the admirsmn i f Mr. Soule in his dominions, 'fhe lol'owi; g is the statement therein relent'd t {>i < f the rea sor?d influencing Lot.ss Napoleon to this step Whether either version be the correct one, in whole or in part, the Frenc h Emperor Las be haved in this matter not with hn usual dj-cretd uess. He has been foiled in his revenge, and given an ui pleasant notoriety to incidents which must be anything but gratifying to his umowr property and that of his consort. How much more suitable would it have been to have allow ed Mr. Soule to pass quietly through Fiance in the first instance. Now, his pa..tage will be a triumph, and he will be feted by the Arrericanb in Paris. Tho Causes of the Soule Affair. The Rejuolican correspondent ot the Courier oes E'ats Ums detai s at length the pnvat.? rea •ll’o6 which, as be wou 1 have us believe in duced Louis Napoleon to deny Mr. Soule the privilege of entering hi« empire. In 1849. Mr. Soule madH a voyage to Spain, where he bad been called by important busi ness intrusted to him as an advocate. Having finished the business of his client, he began to think a little of his own, and came to Pari , where bis high leputafion placed him at once in 'be best society. He then frequented the upper circles, and one fine day his friend, Frederic Giiillardet, wbo at the time was very intimate with tne President of the Republic, produced him at the Ely see, and presented him to Louis Napoleon. The Prince, as he had begun to be called at that time, received Mr Soule very ci villy, but exhibited the mobt complete nullity in the protracted conveuatiun which be bad with ms guests. So much so, that at'er the visit oi Mr Soule said to M. Gaillardet as they were going away, u My friend, your Prince is a goose, and 1 greatly iegret that France has fal len into such hands. n Gaillardet ascribed the stupidity of the prince to a beadache, and asked Soule once moie to do violence to hunself ami make another visit to I’Elysee, so that he could talk further with the Piesident, assuring him that he would foim quite a different <»pinion on a second audience. But Soule, w ho had already made a sacrifice, as he said in rubbing bis repub lean garments on the upholstery ol the Prebj lential palace.obstinately lelused to undertake a new conversation with (he heioof Strasburg, and leturned to America without seeing him again. Louis Napoleon was txceedinly displeased at the affair. Although on the wboie, he is a noor s'ick, he has wit enough to detect exactly the nnpiession which he m .kes on those who ap pioach him. and on Ain* occasion he could no’ coi ceal from him ellVhat ibt illustrious advocate and diplomatist must have carried away a very sorry <»p:i son ot him. He wished to reinstate himself, in point ot intelligence, with such a superior person ; and being unable to succeed, ue could r.ot pardon Mr 8 ire for it; ha was doubly wounded in his pride and in his sell love— ne had been a cypher before a man ot talent, and nis advances had been rejected with the most profound disdain. These wounds bled for a long time. The Em peror always remembers those which were re ceived as Piesidentof the Republic and your Am oa*<auor is honored with the deepest antipathy Still, Polentas it is, would not have been car ried so far as to manitest itself by an act so an noying as the measure j ist taken, if it had no been greatly reinforced by the hatred which the Empress also bears towards Mr. Soule. In her character as a daughter of Spain, and soever faiihtul patiintess, the blonde Eugenie naturally detests Mr. Soule, who openly defend ed the annexation of Cuba to the United States; in her character as a woman and an empress, »be deters h’m still because he once per rrntted hi nsell to relate in a circle the victory which was said to have been won by the hand some Cot. Gandara over the heart ol the Coun • ess of Teba; and afterward said, in speaking oi he auguust moiety of the very august Napoleon III.,“ Upon my word, I do not know what that little actiess has against nru*. n The ‘ little actress was little relished a*; court, and Eugenie promised to have her revenge. She is now taking it. What proves, moreover, that the order of ex cluding Mr. Soule from the French territory proceeded directly from the Tuileries, is that the two Ministers and the Prefect who had the right to issue it, were on excellent terms with your Ambassador, and woul4 have guarded against troubling him. Mr. Drouyn de I’Huys waited tor him at Paris to ask a service of him, and had caused Latour-Dumoulin to invite him to dinner; M. Billault and M. Pietri had to be par doned for the ridiculous affair ot Lyons, and had already been put in ’he wrong, in regard io toe Prefect of the Rhone, with Mr. Soule,,during bn last residence here. Finally, an intimate friend of the proscribed having gone to the Minister ol Interior tor an the explanation of the unexplaina ble measure of Government, M. Billa il* contesset tnat he had despatched the older to the Comrnis a ary of Police at Calais, but that Le <- d done so by compulsion. He cuu’d not accuse the paluce m<ae positively. The government <•/ V/ashirgfon and the Amer'can certeiniy not submit to ’his atlront wnh rst a word, and wt? must expect to at- Mr. '/orc; will reply to the gallant pm ! reeding; ot Louis Napoleon by tmcnities of a similar stamp. But we may <il:o hope that the ot the Uni ed States will not c) ibe Palace of the wi h France, noi ’ hold the French responsible for the faults ot then paie Emprior. Echoi?* Hyokavlic Rock Drilling Ma chink The iuvriitive genius of our townsman, Ur. Josephus b’cunt.s, has b ea exercised f n some lime pa&t upon a machine lor dulling rock »y water power () i the 16th ii st., we had rhe pleasure of witnessing t’s performance, and rnitcur with the opinion expressed by all who •ave seen it operate, that for “originality, sim ;edy, perfect cud practical action and applica nt,” it surpasses any thing designed tor the miie purpose, that has yet been invented. Tt e ridcauid we saw in operation weighed about *25 iM>uii<ls, and was supplied by a hose only onr meh and a hall in diameter, with a pressure < f water estimated, at not more than thirty lee’ head. It drove a drill weighing ten pound-; at :he rate o’ 90 strokes a minute, each stroke i elining about one foot. One hand can at <un<i hi hnit a dez. -n (hills, and each drill will do the work ot ball a dozen hands. If the ma ••time i» properly brought Lt fore the public we oi fi len’ly h iticipate that it will supersede all o’hers now in u<e, and become a source of large pecuniaty profit to the inventor. The toUowing is a desciiption of the machine. The water i ; admitted into a cyl.nder with an upper and lower valve. The upper valve is punctmed wit!) small holes, through which 1 h»* water escapes with great force, when Loth valves are doted, uiiu ;i bell attached to tt.e drill; this raises the drill, which opens both valves and al lows the water to waste; the drill then falls, makes a stroke and closes both valves.; the water ihen rushes a p’.in through the small holes in the upper valve into the bell; the dull is again rais ed, nnd «o on ron’inu.illy. A spiral spring in lie Lt II ive a ro’ary motion to the dull. The tame work is v»-ry h_h’ and may be moved at plea uie.— Culwnbus Tines Morgan ton. —This is the name of the county its oi rhe new county ot Fanfijn. Mr. Smith, it the Atlanta Republican, thus describes it: £wu stores, three dwellings, scattered along tlm road, undone slnml »*, about sixteen by [ eighteen feet»qua re, tor the Court House at pre [ sent constitutes the town. The Juries retired to ; rhe woods to make up their verdict —Judge Ir | win presided. The bar whs tiirly represented; >m a.g others v. e saw the Solicitor G-meral, Col. ; Chisolm; an old acquaintance of 1819—Col. Jos. IE Biown, of Canton, Wni. Martin, E*q., of Dahlone/a, afid Col. Lester., of Cuuming. I'io- Hleu! Morganto is pretty tor a town, and in a few years it will no doubt, be hand somely improved, a good Court House is already under contract, and every arrangement will soon be made for the accommodation of visitors. Tho Next State Fair. Columbus is makieg an euly move to get the Fair ut tne .Suii.aeru Cenbul Agncnituiai >o'n**y i th4t city, y Already j:>, h-.s made £ome progress in the movement, and as the early bird catches the worm.’’ it is not unli .* .y that her vigilance in th'- matter may be ir warded with success. The Ttws <y Shviiwl of the 22adg:ve the fol lowing item. Sl’cckss of thk Fair Committek—A por tion cl the Committee appmntfd by the City. | Council lu procure subscriptions to the amount of S3OOO to be offered tdf lac Executive Com nmttee of the Southern Central Agricullural So ciety as a bonus, provided they will hold the Annual I'airot the Society m Columbus next year, have beer, very busily engaged during the ast two weeks, and at the last meeting re ported a reliable subscription <4 over two thou sand dollais, in the Ist, 2J,.?d f 4tb and 6 h wards, j .trd W ’nnti No retorts were r-c<*nred from I tiiv ti’.n ward. Ibe next meeting ui rhe com- j mitte will be held on Saturday next at 11 o’clock A. M., at the Warehouse of Greenwood and Grimes, when all committee men are earn estly requested to meet as it will be the last meeting of the committee. No rejiort has yet been made by the committe of the 6th wa d or the Alabama committee. It is earnestly hoped that the committee men will exert themselves to make up the deficit by Saturday. A little effoit will secure the feubscription. Those, of them who have uot yet received aubscription lists, can get (hern by culling at the office of the Times 6c Sentinel. Mobila and Girard Hail Road The editor Os the TimiM ben(inel t has been taking a ride «s far as Silver Run on the above Road. The following noteworthy items of the trip we copy • “Silver Run is a smal town which has sprung •ip in a night, like Jonah’s gourd, jus-t w here the Railroad crosses the Columbus and Glennvilte road , as it wilt be the terminus of the Railro ri for the season, it has :'»ddenly become a place ol some importance. ♦ ♦ « * * The Road was not in good order for “exhibi tion”—Col. Pillsbury was still engaged in ad justing the track;biit we saw enough to convince us that the Mobile and Girard Rsilroad was a 'fixed fact” and in safe hands. We found cct ’on there from the Middle Cowikee,from beyond Enon and Lorn the ; rairies above Chunne nuggee. The Road rung in fnll view of old Fort Mit chell.which is situated on a bold bluff 10 miles be low Columbus. AU that notv remains upon this xpot. one so fairions in our border history, is ■i block bouse, two stories high, and a grave or 'wo which the dve B - cut has exposed to the light of day. But two other things worth of special note were brought to our view on this flying trip—a steam plow, and a mass of peat. The steam plow is nothing more than a four horse turn plow, which Col. Pillsbury attaches to she good engine Chunnenuggee, when she has ‘nothing else to do,” and employs in opening Lh< ditches along the track. The Peat is found tn the piney woods between Fort Mitchell and Silver R m, and is said to be of a very fine qual ity. It burns readily- SITFF CATKO’ BY (»AS. —Th« Boston Poet Ot Wednesday says: Bridget Welch, an Irish woman aged 40 years, and a young Irish girl named Elieii Holland, 16 years of age, were found dead in bed in Monday morning in the attic of Madame Baury’s house. I he escape of gas from a pipe in the first story, from which a chaudliear had fieen removed, was, the cause of the t ita*..*phe. FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS, OF the very latest stylos and importations, arc now offered for aale by tho subscriber at tho very lowest market price, to wit: Plain and Fancy Colored Silks ; Extra rich and low pricod Plaid Silk , Rich Colored a*‘d Birck Brocade Silks . 1-4 cud 4 4 real French Black Sitka, vary gloeay . Op or a* French Flannels, &1! colors; All wool Muslin DeLaines; Persian Twills; Pur© Lain© or all wool Plaids, ter Children’s urewr; Fancy Colored and Black Shallya ; Domestic and English Prints ; French low priced and super. Prints , Plaid and Sprigged Oil Do-; Jaconet, Lawn and Swiss Embroidered Dleerne . Rich Embroidered Chemisette; Black Alpaca and Canton Cloths, all prices Ladies’Silk and Merino Vesta; French Cremeline and Embroidered bkirta. Ladies’ Silk and Wool Sleeves ; Brown, Blue and Green Barege, ter Voile, 6-4 French Merinos, all colors; 4 4 and 5 4 Fancy Plaid Ginghams;, Mourning and Secound Mourning Ginghams , Plain, Black and Colored De Laines; Ladies' Mourning Collars and Liandkcreh’.efs . Ladies White and Biack Silk Hose; Ladies’ Black Spun do. Do.; L tdies’ Cotton Hosiery, »•! colors and prices . Misses’ do. Do, do. do. do.;. Plain, Hoinst tched. Itevicro and Embroidered Baud kerchiefs; Linen, Cambric and Lnwn Handkerchiefs , Real Welsh and other Flannels; Gruen, Blue, Rod ar.d Ycitex Twilled Flannels : imf.li-b and Domestic C tton Do.; 'iteached and Brown Linen Table Diaper; Rich Damask Table Diaper, all width* , Huckaback, Damask and Bordered Napkins, coteh and Russia Diapers; font’s Merino bhirts, a sorted siaes, Plain and Embroidered Linen bhirt Beaoma 12 4 Undressed Irish Linens; Pillow case Linens and Cottons, 1-4 Irish uudressed round thread Linen?, warranted pure and strong bleached ; f 4 a id 6 4 Plain and Lined Furniture Oil Cloths; Damask and Colored Doylies; Rich Damask Table Cloths. 12-4 and 13-4. Low priced Brown Table Cloths; Real Fro ch Piano and Table Covers; Rich and Extra Rich Marseilles Quilts; Domestic and imported Cotton Fringes. novl7 d. P SB VARPE TINGS. PRINTEO and Hain Baizes, for Crumb Car l>etß and Floor Cloths, just received by J. P. SETZE, to wit: Low priced Cotton and Wool C.’wpoting ; Low priced all Wool Do.; Sooth Ingrain Wool Carpeting, at ota., “ SIOO “ x ' “ 1.12| Three Ply ' >-25 “ »' L37| C. « .< ! G 4 Green Baize. 0-4 Printed Drugget; 10 4 Printed Drugget; 16-4 do. Do ; 5-8, 3-4, 7 8 and 4 4 Venetian Carpetings, for stair*; Hearth Rugs, binding and tarend to suit the same ftov s 7 ESKA. 1. iVIUbKd, p MMISSION and Forwarding Merchant, Ba v.7 vannah'Ga, will pay strict attention to all business entrusted to his care. keforkncks: Messrs. L. Tka pm a n & Co., ) “ Wardlaw, Walkmißurnside, > Charleston “ James Adgi R Co., ) Messrs. Hall &M< sks, ) XT v , • Catlin. Lr.tt * Co, | Ncw 1 ° r “- Messrs. Pdkvis. Gluddev A Co , Now Orleans. • A A. Solomons & Co., Savannah Mes&r.’ Hau. <k Mores, Columbae Savannah, Oct 25. OK RAM S.WKTH FGOUR.—;IO Bbiw. irvsh groun I Hir »m-Smith Flour, of Now Wheat, received per steamer, ibis day landing. i/ov b TUA YhR & BUTT. NEW FALL AND WINTLR GOODS. WAKII A. BURCIIAR,!* aro now receiving taeir Fall aud Winter Fiapplieff ot new jund fiuhionabb' goods rnong which will bo found many noVeltic. in dretH jooefa, as welt ».s a general imj ortrnent of ii'.ui’ebold article!". They ask attention to the following. Pans Saeqno and Opera Flunno'r, i.ew phado. American Sacquo Flannels. Pla n and Figuod Lupins superior .%Ibrinoj». all cole e. .Lupmrf Mag deLaini*, Pl.iin Figured, ard Plaidn. Lupins Black and Col’d Cha! i<s, atuf Alpacca#. Lupins Black de Lai s and Bombazine#. Rich Color’d Silks »n Brocade, Plaids and Stripe& Superior B'.a« , k I affuta and Italian Silks. 6 4 8 Ik Poplins high Colore, Scotch Plaids. A norican do Lains and Cushmcrcs, all the n'/w design, in Plaid-*. «nd figucn. Beautiful French and En li j h Prints. Highland and Rogal Plaid Ginghams, French’ Ca«hmere dc’Fco?gc. Scotch Woo] and Silk Checis for Misn Saxony Weteh Silk Warp and Aincri -an Flanneto Embroider;©*. White Crape, Woo) Piaid. BL»ck Silk, Merino and Cashmere ilh. B ides a large stock of House Wife and f*crv aare gooJfi They respectfully atk thw-e making their winter purchases to examine their goods. Ordeal promptly and fiith’ully executed. cctlft NEW FaLL‘“gC ; 5dL ; - FULL'sVf FLiLS?’ WILLEM SHEAR j J As received from New York his Foil sapplte« i A of and Staple Dry Good#, embracing a •arge ar.-l splendid Ass >; tineiP. Mutable lor the P:HI and Winter season, a uong which are— Rich fancy colored Silk* of • ew and beautiful styea, Plain Black t ilk- , in great variety oftetyloa, and of a iperior quality ; Rich Pa: is printed DoLaine<» and Fane-, all WoM Plains; Lnp'n'r colored whit© and black Mertnoeg, and plain colored I) Lalnur ; A very largo Supply of small-figured, all-wool p-inted DcLainca, for children, of uew au.l beautiful styles; English and American Fancy Prints, in a great variety ot styles; Superior Scotch fancy Gingbame, of new and beautiful Wister styles; Ehgint French ErnbroidcricF, embracing Ladiee* Collars, Chomizectes. Undcrslecvesand Hani kerchiefs, of now and splendid styles; Ladies Black and Colored Cloth Cloaks and Tal ma? of the latest styles; Ladle*' Rich Embroidered and Hiin Paris Jilk Velvet Cloaks; A largo supply of Ladies,’ Muses’ nr.d Children’s Hosiery of the best make; Lade* and GentJeinonV Superior Gauntlet Gloves; Ladles* and Misses’ Molino and Silk Vests; Gentlemen’s and Youth’s Silk and Merino Sbirto and Drawers ; Superior Welch, Gauze. Saxony and Silx Warp and Heavy >hakor Flannels ; uparior English Colored Flannels, for Ladies’ Sackw: Engltoh and American Canton Flannels, of extra quality ; A very largo Supply of’Mourning Goods, tec Ladies' use, of Superior quality ; Superior 12-4 Linen Sheetings a:.d Pillow Case Linens; Superior 8-t and 10 4 Table and Damask some of extra quality ; Rich Dimask Table Cloths and Napkin#, some of extra size; Scotch a r .d Bird s Eye Diapers, extra fine, for children’s wear; Heavy Scotch and Huckabacks,, for Toweling ; Superior Whitney and Merino Blankets of extra size and quality; Superior Crib Blankets. Aho, a great variety o’ other seasonable articles suitable fur Family and Plantation use. The public are respectfully imited to call and examine the assortment. \V . 8. espec’aliy solicits a call from hid long eontinuod friends and putror-s. and assures them that no exertion on his part will bo wanting t© upp y them with the latest and most desirable styles of Goods, at the lowest prices. novß RICH DRV GOODS? ’ ''Cheap* r than the ry Cheapest'' GRAY B ruth EK’S-—Beg to inform thepublic, the t their Fall purchases this season have been unusually lakge, having been in tho Northern markets over three months this Summer, where many large auction sales took place, offering de cided advantage to close purchases. Wecan con fidently say that our stock is much cheaper than iho like quality of Goods could be obtained a few weeks later, when the great body of Merchant# went to market, our desire, owing to tho very short season that we will now necessarily have, is to dis pose or this large stock independent of profits, and we may venture to say that we can. offer as strong inducements aS any of our neighbors if not atrenger. In our Dresi Goods Roam, will bo found th© richest varieties of the fueb as — Kiesant Moriant’guo Saks; Rich Satin, Striped do. Very Elegant Black Plaid do Small Strip© I’la da a*.d figured. Rich Brocade Plain Striped, and Plaid, 50 cent* per yard, worth 75 cents; Plain Black Silks all widths, very cheap; Black Plaid Watered and Brocade, new styles White Silks and Satins; Figured, all Wool, French muslin Delaine, 12| ete. worth 59. French Merinos, very cheap; Lupins best Bombazine exceedingly low; Black a new and very desirable, a# Wool Goods, for mourning; Black Alapacas all qualities, some vory fine aad low priced; Mantillas, Cloaks and Talmas oi tho very latos* French styles, exceedingly cheap; » Crape, Cashmere and Woollen Shawls; Embroideries of all kinds of tho most ©logon* description; Ribbons for the Million, fin© bonnet and nock, cents a yard, worth 2 > cents. Calicoes and Ginphams. best styles sheap, Domestic Geo Is • f nil kinds; Blankets and Kersey’s unusually low, and a great ** variety of other articles to which at© would res pectfully invite tho attention of the public. nov2 GK \Y BKOT'IEIVS. NEW CASH STORE? ~ ■ ) r rMial subscriber would respectfully inform the r L uihabitan’s of Georgia and South Carolina, t int ho is now in receipt of his supply of Fall and Winter DRY GOODS, all of whi- h have been pur hased fur Cash, in the various Northern Market?; ami as regards tho prices at which they will he sold, it is unnecessary to say a word, ».b th© reputa tian of GREEN’S Store, h i be'i g the cheapest in Augusta, is now firmly established. —ALWAYS OITmaND— Bleached and Brown 8 HE ETING 8 and SHIRT- INGS, of various manufactories; > French, Engl'sh and American CALICOES,from 6$ to 25 cents. GINGH'MS; MOUSLTN DkLAINES; CASHMERES; MEKINOES: ALPACAS; BOMBAZINES. CANTON CLuTIiS; Plain and Plai 1 White Cambric Jaconet. Nam sook and Mull MUSLIN ; Plain, Plaid and Dotted Swiss MUSLINS ; LACES; EMBROIDERIES; EDGINGS; Cambria and Muslin TRIMMINGS ; HOSIERY, of al! kind.., &c. Ac. —ALSO— Particular aftenti. n paid to al! kinds of Negro GOODS and BLANKETS, such as wh.te and brown KER-EYS atd PLAINS; boavy brown SHIRTINGS, at file ; London Duflil and Mncina® BLANKETS; colored do,: SATTINETS; KEN TUCKY JEANS, <te , all of which will bo sold for cash, as tew as in any Southern market. E. GREEN, Next door bolow Bonos & Browns’ Hardware 4 Store* sen* 8 RICH CARPLTS AND CURTAIN MATERIALS. WILLI AAI SHE A R Has just received from New York n Largo Supply of— English Brussels Carpels, of the best quality and of now and elegant stylor. English Velvet Carpets, of new and splendid stylos. .Extra Three Ply, Ingrain and Vcuetian Carpets. Rich Chenille Rugs, to match the Carpets. Print d Crumb Cloths, in patterns and by the yard. " . Rich colored Damasks ami DcLaincs, for Cur- ■ tains, with Gimps and Tassels to match. Rich embroidered Lace and Muslin Curtains, ( and some at very low prices. Embroidered Muslin, for Curtains, by tho yard * M indow Sh ides of beautiful steles. * Superior Furniture Dimities and Fino Cotton • Fringe?. Gilt Cornice.?, Curtain Bunds, and Brass and 31 Plated Si air Rods. The Public are respectfully invited to call and J examine the assortment. nov7 NEGRO BLANKETS AND CLOTHS. VITiLLrAM SUS 111 rrspcotlully invites ttia * V attention of te his large Supply v s -J Negro Blankets and Negro Cloths, which be il ■/; ■ preparing to sell at very tew prices. do\7
