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Tight Times This chap is around again. He has been in town tor a week. He may be seen on ’Change every day. He is over on the Pier, along Quay street. up Broad-way, stalks up State-street, ooks in at the banks, and lounges in the hotels. He bores our merchants, ami seats himself cozdy n lawyers' offices. He is everywhere. A great disturber of the public quiet, a pesti ent fellow is this same Tight Times Every □ody talks about him, everybody looks out for him, everybody hates him. and a great many hard words and no little profane epithets aie bes towed upon him. Everybody would avoid him if they could, everybody would hiss him from Change, hoot him off the Pier, cuase him from Quay-street, hustle him out oi Broadway, kick him out of the banks, throw him out of the stores, out ol the hotels, but they can’t. Fight Times is a bore. A burr, he w ill stick Hints are thrown away on him, abuse lavished in vain, kicks, cutfs, profanity are all thrown away on him. He is impervious to them all. An impudent fellow is Tight Time.-. Ask for a discount, and he looks over your shoulder, winks at the cashier, and your note is thrown out. Ask a loan ot the usurers at one per cent, a month, he looks over your securities and mark, two and a half. Present a bill to your debtors Tight Times shrugs his shoulders, rolls up his eves, and you must call again. A wile asks for a fashionable brocade, a daughter lor a new bon net; he puts in his caveat, and the brocade a.id bonnet are postponed. A great depredator of stocks is Tight Times. He steps in among the brokers and down goes Central to par, to ninety-five, ninety, eighty five. He plays the deuce with Michigan Cen tral, with Michigan Southern, with Hudson River, with New York and Erie. He goes along the railroads in process of construction, and the Irishmen throw down their shovels and walk away. He puts his mark upon railroad bonds, and they find no purchasers, are hissed out of market, become obsolutely dead. A great exploder of bubbles is Tight Times. He looks into the affairs of gold companies, and they fly to pieces; into kiting banks, and they stop payment; into rickety insurance companies, and they vanish away. He walks around corner ots, draws aline across lithographic cities, and they disappear. He leaves his foot-print among mines, ami the rich metal becomes dross. He oreatnes upon the cunningest schemes ol specu ation, and they burst like a torpedo. A hard master for the poor, a cruel enemy to Hm> laboring masses, is Tight Times. He takes the mechanic from his bench, the laborer from his work, the hod-carrier from his ladder. He runsup the prices of provisions, and he runs down the wages o! labor. He runs up the price of fuel,and he runs down the ability to purchase it at any price. He makes little children hun gry and cry for food—cold and cry for fire and clothing. He makes poor women sad, makes mothers weep, discourages the hearts of fathers, carries care and anxiety into families, and sits a crouching desolation in the corner and on the hearth stones of the poor. A hard master to the poor, is Tight Times. A curious fellow is Tight Times, full of idiosyn cracies and crotchets. A cosmopolite—a wan derer too. Where he comes from nobody knows, and where he goes nobody knows. He flashes along the telegraph wires, he takes a free pas sage in the ears, he seats himself in the stages or goes along the turnpikes on foot. He is a gen tleman on Wall-street to-day, and a back settler on the borders of civilization to morrow. We hear of him in London, in Paris, in St. Peters burg, at Vienna, Berlin, at Constantinople, at Calcutta, in China, all over the Commeicial World, in every great city, in every rural district —everywhere. There is one way to avoid being bored by this troublesome fellow, Tight Times. It is the only way for a country, a city, a town, as well as in dividual men to keep shut out of his presence always. Let the country that would banish him beware of extravagance, of speculation, ot over trading, of embarking in visionary schemes ot aggrandizement. Let it keep out of wars, avoid internal commotions, and go right along, taking care of its own interests and husbanding its re sources. Let the city that would exclude him be economical in its expenditures, indulging in no schemes of speculation, making no useless im provements, building no railroads that it cannot pay for, withholding its credit from mushroom corporations, keeping down its taxes, and going right along, taking care of its own interests and husbanding its own resources. Let the indivi dual man who would exclude him from his do raesrfc circle be in- itrious, Luga!, keeping out of the whirlpool of politics, indulging no taste for office, holding up his dish when pudding falls from the clouds, laying by something when the aun shines to make up for the dark days, for “ Some days must bo dark and dreary working on always with a heart full of confi dence in the good providence of God, and cheer ful in the hope of ’’the good time coming.”— Albany Register. [Special Corretpsudence of the Picayune.} Baltimore, Nov. 11, 1854. Hard times and a tight money market seem to be the absorbing topics of conversation at pre sent. Our merchants have been strapped to the girt for some weeks past—the dry goods men especially. A large amount of their paper fell due from the Ist to the 18th inst. These were notes given and their payment predicated on the fall trade. Unfortunately, business has been very dull—not more, on an average, than one halt what it should have been. Hence, when the time came round to meet large payments, merchants found their old goods instead of ready money on hand, and some of them were obliged to suspend, whilst others borrowed, and are bor rowing at ruinous discounts. It would really seem that the times are out of joint. Confidence, too, that great cementer of trade and safeguard of the social comfort, is sad ly wanting—thus the upright and trustworthy are brought to s .are in evils which they had no hand in producing. That there is money abundant in the country, I mean amongst the farmers and agriculturalists of the country, there can be no doubt. Indeed, they have more ol it than possessed by them for many years. The very highest prices have been obtained for their produce; but the misfortune is, the means of these prudent persons is kept locked up or put away in stockings, and it does not come to town. There is no complaint of hard times in the country, but a want of confi dence in their wayward city’ friends keeps the rural inhabitants rather to themselves. We have been living too fast. I saw a young lady the other day who exhibited a pocket hand kerchief, magnificently worked, that she paid one hundred dollars for, and another who wore a veil costing five hundred dollars. It is notat all uncommon to see these luxuries. A sweet maiden of sixteen boasts that her dress cost one thousand to fifteen hundred dol lars—her shawl probably two hundred. Whole stomagers of gems glitter upon her person. Miss A. is told that Miss B. has been out shopping and gotten so and so. Miss B. is not to be outdone, and she shops the next day, outshining them all. Her father is reported rich, his credit good, and thus bills are swelled to an interminable length. Fast young men, too, go it upon the tame high pressure principle—fast horses, fine dogs, costly guns, a buggy driver, and other appendages must Be had. Money gives out, and there is no re production. Idleness absorbs life and all else.— •• By pride, angels have fallen.” SosaysClaude Meinotte most truthfully ; and to this system of false pride may be traced ten thousand evils. A day of reckoning has to come. Credits run out, bills must be paid, and perhaps we find the pa rents of these extremely fashionable and timo rous young ladies and their brothers ground to ths very earth, stripped to the girt, passing sleep less nights and miserable days, to raise the means to pay*for each abominable extravagancies. We often hear complaints, amid the pressure of hard times, that all our gold and silver is being shipped to Europe, and that the balance ol ex change is largely against us. Going from small things up to larger ones, and taking in the ag gregate, this miy easily be accounted for The ine materials spoken of above come from Eu rope ; they are made there. We wear them out. ' Our gold goes to pay for them, and there is nothing left to reproduce value. The sub stance of a five hundred dollar veil when reduced to its intrinsic value, (ashes) would not fructify or produce ten grains of wheat. There is no difficulty then in accounting for the scarcity of money or bard times. Pride, with her con-cotn itant lollies, is at the bottom of all. Tha Old Town of Goliad. Those who have lived for some years in this State are acquainted with the history of the old town of Goliad or La Bahia. It was founded at an early period after the arrival of the Spaniards in Texas. The town is on the west bank ol tiie San Antonio river. It once contained near thiee thousand inhabitants. During the war be tween Spain and Mexico, Guit?rrez was besieged in the Mission by a large Spanish force, but beat them off. The Missionary Priests had in charge a large number of Indians. These were controlled by overseers and compelled to work. Many o! them acquired considerable property in cattle and horses. By frequent in termarriages with Mexicans and casualties these tribes havealmost disappeared. Goliad was at one time a place ol business. The trade carried on between it and the Rio Grande towns was by no means inconsiderable. It was a sort oi half-wav house between differ ent points for the transfer and barter of merchan dise and various products There was a custom house near the old Mission tort, the ruins of which yet remain. S&The church proper consists of an oblong room about 20 by 80. It is now used for worship. The church fixtures and adornments are plain and un ostentatious. The officiating Priest is a French man. He complains of a want of interest in re ligious matters on the part of his parishioners and the inadequacy of his salary. The roof of the church is arched and composed of solid masonry. It is surrounded by a strong stone wall some 350 feet square—at each corner is a bastion out of repair. The whole com mands the San Antonio river and the town. It was in this place that Fannin could have made his best defence against the Mexicans in 1536. He is said to have had an abundance ot provisions, plenty of armsandamunition. When he decided to retreat he burnt his provisions in the church beneath the choir. The marks oi the flames are still visible on the walls. These works have been constructed many years. On top of the church and in the bastion at the north-west corner a couple of trees are growing. The Mexicans call them Anacuas. In the northwest corner ol the wail are the ruins of a lage building once occupied as a quarter for troops and officers, and also used as a Court House. Col. Fannin destroyed many of the houses and prepared for a vigorous defence. When he re ceived Gen. Houston’s order to fall back he de layed his departure to concentrate the Texian iorces. Ward & King were thirty miles distant at Refugio. Grant on the Agua Dulco, 80 miles distant and Pierce at San Patricio 60 miles. The detachments were attacked and beaten in detail by the Mexicans. Near the Fort are the points where Fannin’s men were butchered. He was shot inside the wall near the guard-house, which is much dilap idated. Near where he is said to have closed his caieer there lies a long iron twelve pounder. The old town of Goliad is classic, venerated around. It is consecrated in the hearts of every Texan. Heie a bloody offering was made upon the shrine ot liberty by the sacrifice of men bat tling in the holiest of causes. Here perfidy com pleted a work oppresicn had contemplated. The funeral wail which ascended to He .veu from many a woestricken heart made sad auddesolate by this massacree was an overture, a prelude to 'be song of triumph which arose from the plains of San Jacinto, where a crimson field was piled with dead, and where the dreadful war-cry of vengence bore back the minds of victors and vanquished to the “ Alamo” and to" Goliad.” The ‘ old town is inhabited principally by Mexicans. There are some sixty or seventy families. The houses are built in the Mexican style, presenting quite a contrast to the architec ture oi the new town on the west side of the river. There are four stores. Among the residents there are several exiles from Mexico. There is quite a good looking old Greek called by the inhabitants Don Pedro Villa. He signs his .name “P. V. Sarats.” He was born at Missoloughi in Greece and mentioned it as remarkable for its defence against the Turks in 1825-6, and the death-place ot Lord Byron, i Pedro Villa has lived fifty-two years in the United States —says he is sixty-seven years old, but has the reputation cf being quite an hundred There is a race track in ibe e l.ge ot the town. On Sundays the people attend mass in the morn ing and in the evening cock-fights and fandan goes. The manners of the residents are essen tially Mexican. Here are a couple of towns divided by a small river displaying traits of nationality as distinct and variable as it is possi ble for them to exist.— Texas State Times. [From the New Orleans Picayune.} Slavers in New York. Not long since we wrote an article on the subject of the African slave trade, suggested by the abusive tone of several Northern journals,on the subject ot the apprehended effort to legalize it again in this country. The South was assail ed as eagerly pressing the repeal of the law by which this traffic is prohibited with a view ot replenishing their stock of negroes from the coast of Africa, and thus reviving the horrors so often and so vividly portrayed of the “detesta ble” trade. We took occasion to show that when the slave trade was legal, the grand bulk of all the importations was made by Northern men in Northern ships, on Northern account, and that since the passing of the prohibitory laws the illict traffic, whenever detected, has been in variably traced to the capitalists and adventur ers of the North, and that the South is entirely clear of any participation in it, directly or indi rectly. And we concluded that if the history of the past is to be any guide to our judgment of the fu ture, we might say with confidence the reopening of the trade, if it were possible, would bring a rush of Northern capital into it, thrustingout of the way any Southern men who might desire to embark in it. The same experience of the past advised us that the desire to embark in the trade is powerful at the North, and is so strong that even now, in spite of the prohibitory laws, and in the midst of the public clamor there against the slaveholding South, as criminal enslaves of the black man, the slave trade is carried on to a great extent now, from the ports of the North. Unexpected light has been thrown on the sub ject, adducing the strongest possible corrobora tion of these opinions. A case has just been tried in the United States Circuit Court of New York, resulting in a conviction for piratical slave dealing. The testimony shows that the en terprise was Northern altogether. The brig Julia Moulton was purchased in Bos ton, by one James Smith, in February last, taken to New York and fitted out as a slaver. Her crew were engaged there, and she dared for the Cape of Good Hope. They went however, to the coast of Africa, where they took on board six hundred and sixty-four negroes, who, after a voyage of sixty-five days were lan ded on the Southern coast of Cuba; after which, the brig was dismantled and burnt, and the cap tain and mate returned to New York, where they quarreled about wages, and the consequence was the disclosure of the nature of the voyage and the indictment and conviction of the captain. The case is most important as demonstrating, by the evidence produced at the trial, and by the conclusions to which it forces the journals of the place,that it is one of a class. It was shown therein how easily the traffic can be carried on from New York ; and it is asserted that it is car ried on largely and constantly. Mr. McKeon, the District Attorney of the United States al fiitned in his plea tor conviction “NewYoik is the very depot for this nafarious traffic,” and in timates that the parties are dangerous and des perate. He says, “there are real daggers m the bands of the persons engaged in thia traffic in this city, and any man's lile is in danger who at tempts to expose them.” The Times owns that “ scarcely a month pass es in wbitih there are not one or more vessels cleared at thia port, (New York) which embark at once in the slave trade, and land their cargoes on the coast of Cuba. The facts given in evi dence on this trial show how easily this is done, and with what perfect impunity,so long as all the patties engaged in it are paid satisfactorily for keeping silent.” The New York Tribune says: It is, ol course, certain that the captain and crew of the ship are not the only pirates en gaged in that particular transaction. There ate ship buildets and mercantile speculators involv ed with them, though not with them brought to justice. It is equally clear that the case of the Julia Moulton is one ol many, with the single difference that this one is found out. And he points his reprobation still more di rectly, as follows : There are now in New York, wallowing in wealth, living in sumptuous palaces up town, and driving splendid equipages, men called mer chants, (“ merchant princes” is a term some times applied,) who have for years, uninterrupt edly, been engaged in the infernal slave trade, and who, if they had their deserts, according to law, would be swinging on a gallows as high as Haman. By chance the way is now opened. one villain is finally convicted; let the authori ties do their duty, and a score or a hundred more may be found equally guilty. These are significant avowals. New York is the depot of the African slave trade, and her “ merchant princes” are the abettois of piracy. Here is a wide domestic field opened at once for the exercise of the zeal, the labors and the money, of the New York Abolitionists, where they will meet with warm wishes for their suc cess from all quarters. Let them extirpate the slave trade carried on in New Y'ork ; let them hunt out and bring to trial and punishment the scores of" merchant princes ’’ who are wallow ing in wealth, derived from the profits of the slave trade; let them cleanse their own atmos phere as this foul pollution, and drive out fiom among themselves the traffickers in crime, even though they sit in high seats and fare sumptu ously, ride in splendid carriages, are millionaires in Wall street, and nabobs on the Fifth Avenue. The respect and the cordial sympathy of the Southern slaveholders will go with them to the end, cheering and applauding, in their philan thropic effort to maintain the supremacy of the law, and to put down this horrible trade, which stains the free States. But until this effort has succeeded in extirpa ting this lawless traffic at the North, or at least until it has been honorably made and firmly per severed in with half the zeal with which slave ry at a distance is denounced and hunted down, we think that they who confess the existence of these enormous crimes unpunished under their own eyes, should, in decency, cease to come abroad in order to find means (or easing their consciences, or expending their means and their sympathy. But in the face of these disclosures, they must be the most audacious of hypocrites, or the dullest of dupes, who borne away from the evil which is at their doors, or within their walls, and the guilty authors are sitting at their fireside, to fill the country with clamors oi alarms against the Southern States, as peculiar patrons of the hated traffic. The South, which never respected, and little practiced it, when it was lawful, which turned from it with instinct ive rectitude and a just pride of character when it was forbidden, and which notwithstanding its mighty interest in slaveholding, has refused to respond to the suggestion among a few of her own sons, that the reopening of the trade, under legal restrictions to deprive it of its severities and horrors, would contribute to her own strength and security. [ From the London Diogenes. | Sebastopol Taken by the All-lies. Who took Sebastopol? I,says the Times ; With telegraphic lines, I took Sebastopol. It may’ now be confidently stated that the forts of Sebastopol felt successively before the com bined powers of the assailants; that at least half the Russian fleet perished; t at the flags of the Allies were waving on the church of St Vladi mir, and that on the 26th, Prince Menschikoff surrendered the place.— 7’imes, Oct. 4. Never since the days of Napoleon—we may almost say since the days of Ccesar—has an ex ploit of arms been attended with such entire or instantaneous success.— 'Times, Oct 5. Who saw it fall ? I, said the Chronicle ? With triumph sardonical, I saw it fall. We feel the fullest assurance that Sebastopol has fallen,and we look to receive, at any moment, intelligence which shall place beyond all doubt that splendid achievment of the Allied armies.— Morning Chronicle, Oct. 3. Who saw the Russians run ? I,said the Post; I saw the host Os beaten Russians rnn. "Sebastopol is taken ! * * Menschikoff hav ing betaken himself to the fleet, made with them to the inner harbor with so much of it as re mained.—Morning Post, Oct. 3. Who saw them bleed ? I, said the Daily News, (To keep up the ruse;) I saw them bleed. "Let the reader fancy to himself the roaring and reverberation ot all this artillery in a space of some three miles long And, last of all, let him imagine in the midst of this artitic al volcanic eruption, masses of humau beings inter changing sabre blows and bayonet thrusts, closing in death grapples, panting with exhaustion, fe vered with quenchless th.rst, writhing in mortal agony. Ot the Russians 18,000 are said to have been killed in this man-made heli.— Daily News. Oct. 4. Who’ll dig his grave? I, said the Advertiser, (Urquhart’s improviser;) I’ll dig his grave. “With the prestige of his name and arms com pletely gone, Nicholas will not only cease to be respected by his subjects, but his life will be in danger from the dagger of the assassin, or the poisoned chalice of some < rie sustaining a closer relationship than that of subject.”— Morning Advertiser, Oct 3. Who’ll preach a sermon? I, said the Globe; I'll don the parson’s robe; I’ll preach a sermon. "How far too valuable to have been allowed to think of blowing himself up to Sebastopol—as right hand man for the Autocrat of all the Rus sians still left to Peter’s successor, by the result of the appeal to arms so haughtily accepted by him—is a Menschikoff, whose bulletins are thus planned, and thus dated!— Globe, Oct. 3. Who’ll toll the bell? I. said the Sun. (Though he gloried in the fun,) I’ll toll the bell. “Vengeance! Yes, in this mild, sentimental age, we deliberately call for vengeance. The blood of our soldiers’ shed in a righteous cause, demands it as loudly as lid the blood of the first victim of hellish passions. Blood for blood, we ask not, unless, indeed, a Czar could be made to atone lor his military murders, as a Charles Stuart once did.”— Sun, Oct. 3. All the people in the land Began to doubt their eyes, To see their daily papers Put forth such awful lies! Who is Doesticks I—Doesticks, whose arti cle*;, published in the Detroit Advertiser, have been copied so extensively for their wit and satire, says the New York Post, is a modest young clerk in this city, whose lile thus far has only spanned some twenty-three years, and he is disinclined, at present, to part with his anony mous obscurity. He bag nothing to offer the publishers at present, and when he has, if ever, he thinks it will be time enough to reveal his whereabouts and whatabouts. He is not looking Io literature as a profession,sees no literary merit in what he has done, writes to tbe Detroit Ad vertiser to oblige a younger brother who is con nected with that journal, and tor no other object He was one of the students ol Michigan Univer sity, who were expelled some years ago under the decree issued against secret societies in that institution. His father is a lawyer of some rank, of Ann Arbor Michigan. “Doestick’s on a Bender” was the first of the series that was pubhshed. It was written in a private letter to a friend, who gave it to the edi tor ot the Peninsula Quarterly & University Magazine—a periodical published at Ann Arbor, which had a brief but creditable existence. The attention which it attracted led to the publica tion of others, until now, fourteen have appeared. They all contain passages of wit apd humor which linger in the memory, and display pow ers of observation from which much may yet be expected. by TELEGRAPH. Later from Europe. arrival OF THE STEAMER B AL TIC. Columbia, Nov. 27 The steamer Baltic arrived at New York, last evening, with three days later advices from Eu rope. There had been desperate fighting at Sevasto pol. It was believed that the allies would bft compelled to raise the siege. Both parties claim ed the victory. On the sth of November, Gen. Canrober says the Russians lost 9,000 men. Menchikoff says, that in a sortie of the garrison on the Sth the Russians were eminently successful—spiked thirty French guns, and defeated the French in an assault on the town with immense loss. The Vienna Post says that on the 6th, the entire gasrison, 65,000 strong assaulted the Al lies in a iurious battle, which was not ended when thi messenger left, but the allies had slight advantage. It is belived that a few such vic tories, allies would be compelled to raise thesige Menschikoff says that it is impossible for the allies to continue the siege if the Russians continue to harrass them. gg® Canmbert declares that he intends to make immediate assaults upon the town, which the Rusrians are in no condition to resist. General Intelligence. The news from Marseilles of the destruction of the Light Cavalry, under Lord Cordigan, in the action at Balaklava on the 25th ult., has been confirmed. They charged a battery of thiity guns, and lest four hundred men. Only two hundred returned. Since then there has been almost incessant sanguinary fighting. The Allies are almost overpowered, and most J urgent requests have been sent for instant reinforce ments. Fifty thousand French will be imme diately sent to their assistance, and every avail able steamer has been taken lor their transporta tion tc the Crimea, including the Europa, Alps, Indiana, New York, and others. On the sth inst. a terrible combat took place, which lasted from daylight until four in the afternoon, and both sides claimed the victory. The English took a few hundred prisoners, and the Russians stormed several batteries and spiked the guns. The loss of the Allies was reported at 4000, and that ot the Russians at 8000. The battle was resumed by the Russians on the 6th inst., but the result had not reached England when the Baltic sailed. Itsaid that the Allies were pre paring to.storm Sevastopol before the Russians could recover their losses, but other accounts state that the Allied forces were greatly reduced and must abandon the siege unless large rein forcements speedily arrived. Commercial Intelligence. Thk Linerpool Cotton Market.—Cotton, after th? departure of the Canda, on the 11th instant, was firm and in fair demand. The sales during the three days ending on the 14th instant comprised 27,000 bales, of which exporters took 2000 and speculators 3000 bales, leaving 22,000 bales of all descriptions to the t rade. Messrs. Brown & Shipley quote the market quiet, at previous rates, with a full supply. Messrs. Mil ligan, Lempriere & Co. qute Middling Orleans at s|d. and Middling Uplands at 6Jd. On Wed nesday, the 15th instant, 8000 bales changed bauds previous to the departure of the Baltic, but foimer prices were scarcely maintained. The Liverpool Breadstuff's Market was quiet. Flour had declined 6d per bbl., and Western Canal was quoted at 43s aud Ohio at 46s per bbl. of 196 lbs. Corn had declined 6d per quarter and Was at from 45s a 46s per 4SO lbs. Wheat has advanced 2d per 70 lbs. The London Money Market.—Consols closed at 928. Steamboat Collision. As the steamer Canada was coming into Bos ton harbor last evening, she came in collision with the steamer Ocean, bound to Hallowell. The latter had her stove upset and took fire, and the boiler exploded, killing three persons. Eigh ty passengers were rescued. The Know Nothings. The Know-Nothing Convention at Cincinna ti, has adjourned, after adopting a new Ritual and made important alterations in their consti tution. The Presidential question is not con sidered. New Orleans, Nov. 28. Cotton. —Sales to-day 5,000 bales. The mar ket is unchanged. Rio Coffee 9 J cents.' ,The Election. An election for State Senator was held to day. The Independent candidate supported by the Know-Nothings was elected over the Demo cratic nominee by 2,300 majority. From Havana. The Crescent City has arrived from Havana, where she sailed on the 24th inst. A private letter says, that a rising was expected on .the 19th, but the day passed off quietly. Later from Texas. The Galveston Times says that the Governor is determined to issue proposals for another con tract to build the Pacific Railroad. A lady of Richmond Va., was aroused from her slumbers a few nights ago, by finding some one endeavoring to place a vial to her nose.— Thinking that it might be her husband, she struck a light with matches lying on a stand beside her bed, and to her consternation discov ered a strange white man. She shouted murder, and her cries arousing the servants, the scamp beat a hasty retreat. He had entered the house for the purpose ol robbing it, and to accomplish his purpose without molestation, undertook to administer cholorolorm to the lady. SIXTY DAYS alter date application will bo made to tho Court ol Ordinary of Lincoln coun ty, for leave to sell a portion of tho Negroes be longing to Joseph Btrother, a minor. novib WILIIAM F. BTROTUBB, Guar. The Cotton Crop Texas—The Texas News of the 16th inst , says : A gentleman who has just returned from a journey through many of the interior counties, says the fine weather is bringing out the cotton crop wonderfully. Many planters who thought, a lew weeks since, that they had gathered all the cotton they had, now think the second crop, which is rapidly maturing, will yield more than the first. This second growth of the cotton com menced after the late heavy rains, and appears to be very general all over the country. The fields are covered with cotton in all the stages of growth, the same stalk having buds, blossoms, formsand bolls, maturing and opening, and white with cotton ready to pick. Our informant thinks the total crop will be fully equal to that of last year, though he does not think it possible that the most favorable weather can make it an average crop. Southern Railroad.—The Chief Engineer advertising to receive proposals till the 15th of December next for the construction ol the Ala bama and Florida Railroad, and for famishing the locomotive, cars, &c., necessary to work it. He announces his intention to have the entire line of the road open for travel oi the Ist March 1856. 3. M. NEWBY & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN PINE READY MADE CLOTHING, UNDER TIIE UNITED STATES HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. JM. NEWBY k CO., would respectfully inform their customers, and persons visiting Augusta, • who may want Ready Made CLOTHING, that their Stock is largo and well selected, and that they believe they can suit all who call on them. They also have a large lot of SHIRTS ; DRAWERS ; GLOVEB ; SUSPENDERS, &c. Call and see them. dl c 2 nov29 MARRIED. On Tuesday evening, the 23d inst, by Wm. W. Peters, Esq., Mr. Lewis Cronic, of Walton coun ty, Ga., and Miss Martha Ann Sawyer, of Co lumbus, Ga. On Sunday night last, by the Rev. James E. I.vans, Miss Ellen White, of Harrisburg, and gr. William Gioron, of this place. OBITUARY. Died on the 18th instant, in the eighty third year of her age. Mrs. Mary Frances Pauline Vincendikre, widow of Louis R. A. Dugasde Vallon. Belonging to one of the most ancient and respectable families of the island of St. Domingo, the deceased was among those who took refuge in this country from the civil calamities which drove tho inhabitants from that colony towards tho close of tho last century. After a residence of some years in Washington, Wilkes county, where she became a widow, sho removed to Augusta in 1810 and has from that time been a resident of this city. Endowed with a fine intellect, which was culti vated to the highest degree, the deceased nobly contended with her misfortunes, and provided for her family by imparting knowledge to others. As she advanced in life she found her exertions crowned with success, and a competency secured, which enabled her to spend her latter year in the serene enjoyment of her favorite intellectual recreations and the admiration of nature’s works as illustra tive of beneficent design. Recognizing the hand of God in all around her, she lived an enlightened and consistent Christian, and died in the confident hope of a blessed immortality. Commerrid. Augusta Market, November 29. SiCOTTON.—During the past week wo have had ! a steady demand for Cotton an 1 sales freely - made"at the current rates as quoted in our last weekly. Baltics advices which came to hand on Monday night are of such tenor as to induce a loss activ estate of fooling among the operators and the market closed dull. Inferior and Ordinary, 6| a 7 Low to Strict Middling, 7J a 8 Good Middling, a Middling Fair, 81 a EXCHANGE.—We have no change to notice in rates. Our Banks continue to draw on Now York and other Northern cities at j por cent. prom. FREIGHTS.—Our river is still low but navi gable for light draft steamers. We quote to Savan nah 50 cents por bale ; to Charleston per Railroad sl. Augusta Division No. 7 S. of T. 1 Augusta,2sth Nov., 1854. ( At a regular meeting of this Division, held this evening the following Preamble and Resolutions were unanimously adopted: Your Committee have discharged tho solemn duty assigned them, of recording a tribute to the memory of our late deceased Brothers. Our little band, which has been linked for many years in the cause of Temperance and humanity, and met week ly in the discharge of its obligations; in common with every other interest in the City, has paused in dismay amidst the overwhelming tide of disease and death. The wail of anguish accompanied eve ry day's report, and the ensigns of mourning have thrown their gloomy shadows about many bright and cheerfiil homes. We have lost our Brothers, J. A. 11. Wilcox, W.C. Marsh and I. S. T. Parish. Their seats arq vacant at our social meetings, their voices no longer mingle in our councils. Although young, surrounded by glittering blandishments and temp tations, they were stern in their integrity, and zealous in maintaining the great principles of our order They wore warm in their friendship and estimable in every relation of life. We delighted to honor them. Although the grave has quenched tho light of their young lives, amidst tho joyous ness of youth, and tho buoyancy of hope, they have left a sacred and lasting record on the mem ory of their brethren and friends. Amidst pestilence and panic, our Brother, Christopher Low, was struck down with Paraly sis. Tho weight of years and infirmities boro heavily upon, yet he was always prompt in the dis charge of duty, and unremitting in his attention to his brethren. His love was ardent and abiding Ho was the oldest and the best of all tbo Division. His presence imparted zeal, and was always greet ed with pleasure. Wo loved him. We wanted no firmer Son of Temperance. No better friend. No purer man in every circumstance of life. His star has sot, but not behind the darkened west: but like’tho morning star that molts away amidst the full orbed glories of the king of day. But wo feel that however much we miss these Brothers, appreciate and admire their virtues and deplore their loss, there are those who more keen ly fool their fall. Words are too poor to convey their grief. The heart has its own peculiar lan guage, and it treasures there a thousand sacred memories of the loved and lost. Time and change may throw their lights and shadows over tho heart, yet tho faithful record lives, and tho cherished imago holds undisturbed its place. We would gladly mitigate tho sorrow that rives the heart of the relatives of our young Brothers, and take awav tho wearing grief from her who al most alone, and upon life's decline, bears her sad bereavement; but we have no power to soothe tho wounded spirit or stay tho rising tear. We will bear this testimony, and— Resolve, That in the decease of J. A. H. Wil cox, W. C. Marsh and I. 8. T. Parish, the City has lost young men of rare merit and promise, and our Order firm and valuable members. Resolved, That in the decease of Brother C. Low, this community has lost an old and well tried citizen, honest and honorable, and he has passed away, beloved by all Resolved, That wo sympathise with tho relatives of tho deceased, and that the usual badge of mourning bo placed in tho Division Room during present term. L. D. Lallerstsdt, j H. M. Beach, >Committco. Robert H. Mat, ) On motion of Brother Crump, Ordered, That tho loregoing bo published in tho Constitutionalist 4 Ropnblio, Chronicle A Sentinel, tho Southern Eclectic & Homo Gazette, and the Temperance Banner. And that a copy bo furnished to tho relatives of tho deceased Brothers, and that their names bo inscribed each on a blank page in our records. A. Robert, R. S. PXTKA FAMILY FLOUR, in quarter and half is sacks, frosh ground from tho Granite Mills. For sale by GEORGH W. LEWIS, nowl9 Bo I Warren Block. AUGUSTA AGRIIt LTURAL FAIR. THE Southern Central Agric’l Society OF TIIE STATE OF GEORGIA, Respectfully invite the citizens of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala bama, Florida, and the adjoining States, to unite in the exhibition of the Industrial Products of the South, at the Ninth Annual Fair of the So ciety, to be held in Augusta, Ga., during the week commencing on MONDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1864. Ample facilities for the transportation of Live Stock, and all articles for exhibition, will be af forded by all Railroads leading to Augusta; and no effort will be wanting on the part of the So ciety, or the citizens of Augusta, to produce a« exhibition in all respects worthy of our country and its resources. Come one, come all I to the Annual Agricul tural Jubilee! and let us give an onward im pulse to the progressive spirit of the South 1 nov29 df&wl D. W. LEWIS, See’y GEORGIA RAILROAD. ’ Leave AUGUSTA daily at 6, A. M., and at 6, P. M. Arrive at Augusta daily at 5.30, A. M., aod at 11.30, P.M. Leave Atlanta daily at 1.30, P. M., and at 7.M, P. M. Arrive at Atlanta daily at 4.00, A. M., Mid at 5.00, P. M. Connecting with Athens Branch Trains, Leaving Union Point daily (Sundaysexcepted) at 1.15 and at 11.20 A. M. Arrivingat Union Point daily (Sundaysexempt ed) at 6.50 and at 10.50 P. M. With Washington Branch. Leaving Cumming daily (Sundays excepted) at 9.40. P.M. Arriving at Cumming daily, (Sundays exoeptedl at 8.00, P. M. With South Carolina Railroad Trains, Leaving Augusta daily at 6.30, A. M. Arriving at Augusta daily at 4, P. M. With Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad Trains, LeavingAtlantadailyat 4.30 A. M. Arriving at Atlanta daily at 1.00, P. M. With Macon and Western Railroad Trains, Leaving Atlanta daily at 5, P. M. Arrivingat Atlanta daily at 2 10, P. M. Leaving Atlanta on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 7.30, A. M. And arriving at Atlanta on Monday, Wednes day, and Friday at 3.00, P. M. fY With Western and Atlantic Railroad Trains, ‘ Leaving Atlanta daily at 4.50 A. M. Arriving at Atlanta daily at 6.45, P. M. novl4 GEO. YONGE, Sup't JUST OPENED, NEW FURNITURE WAREROOM. THANKFUL fortheliberalpat ronage we have heretofore .eived from tho citizens of Augus ta and its vicinity, the would respectfully announce that they have taken the large iron front Store, under the Augusta Ho tel, where they intend carrying on the above busi ness exclusively, and will keep on hand the lateM ityles of FURITUR.E, and from the best manufac tories at the North, we are receiving by arrivals, and shall use our efforts to keep an assortment on hand and in store, Mahogany and Walnut Sofas, Tufted Chairs. Sideboards, Tables,Bureaus, Wash stands, Work Tables, Toilet do..Mahogany,Mapla, Cane and Rush Seat Chairs, of various qualities, Bedsteds.Matrases, Window Shades, Ac. HENRY & SKINNER. N.B.—Furniture (Cade to order and,* repairing one with despatch. OSBORNE.& WHITLOCK, JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS, 256 Broad-st., tinder XT. S. Hotel, Augusta, Oa t HAVE constantly on hand a fine assort- <£> mont of Watches; Clocks; Jewelry; Silver and Plated Ware ; Fancy Goods and ©teal Perfumery. Just received, some very fine Watch es, manufactured to order, and some of T. F. Coop er’s superior time keepers in Magic Cases. Fine Diamond Pins of beautiful designs; Fob and Vest Chains, of now patterns, and a general assortment of the finest and most fashionable Pine; Ear-rings, Bracelets, Ac., which wo offer at tho loweet prises possible, wholesale or retail. In the Optioal line, wo are well supplied with whatever kind of Gia® tho defects of vision may require, and we are pre pared to fit the eye with as much accuracy as any mechanical art can bo executed. Como and test the fact. Watch and Jewelry Repairing.— We still have the services of two superior Workmen—a Watch maker and Jeweler—all of whose work we war rant. feb!4 ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL. MR. T. H. HOLLEYMAN, assisted by Mi® Mary F. Holleyman, proposes to open a Schooljfor Boys aud Girls on Monday, 13th of No vember, in the School Rooms previously used by Mr. Symu os and Lady. Miss Mary Holleyman, a graduate of Barham ville Female College, S. C s will conduct the Female Department. Mr. Holleyman is a graduate of South Carolina College, and has boon engaged in tho business of teaching for several years. He proposes to prepare boys for the junior class of any College, or for entering into the active duties of life. Groat attention will be paid to the moral culture of llio pupil. Mr. Holleyman refers to tho following gentlemen, from whom he has testimo nials : S. B. Clark, M. D., Col. E. B. Gresham, Col. A. C. Walker, Judge J. W. Casswoll, A. H. Anderson, Esq. and John D. Mongin, Brothersville. Edward A. Eve, M. D., W. J. Mims, George W. L. Twiggs, Wm* H. Baldy and Thomas E. Greenwood, Esqrs, Twiggs Academy. Dr. Joseph A. Evo and Rev. J. E. Evans, Augusta, Rates of Tuition as adopted by Mr. Symmos, SB, sl2 and sl6 por quarter. Mr. H. respectfully solicits encouragement. dtJanl oet24 COMBS & Cd. T S sdUTHERN EXPRESS' TO Columbia, Charleston, and Northern Cities, Atlanta, Macon, Montgomery, Ala , and by Steamboats to Mobile and Now 6rlo ns, Chatta nooga and Nashville, Tenn , Loudon and Tonn., and all intermediate points, for the trans portation, by Mail and Passenger Trains, of all kinds of Merchandize, Boxes, Balos, Packages, Parcels, Ac., valuable and otherwise. We have now extended our line over Western and Atlantis and East Tennessee and Georgia Roads, and can give immediate despatch to all points on those Roads. Wo have Agents at all important points, and on the Roads, whose prompt attention is given to our business. Shipments from Northern Cities, to bo expressed l from Charleston to tho interior, must bo plainly marked, “ Per Combs lr Co.’s Express, Charles ton,” and Bills Lading rendered us at that place. This will enable us to give immediate and prompt attention to consignments, and will be less expen sive than by Express from New Y’ork to Charles ton, inasmuch as weonly charge Ship Freights. Charleston Office, 9 Hayno Street. Augusta Office, comer Jackson and Ellis Streets. may 26 COMBS A CO. united"Ttates~"h6tel. The UNDERSIGNED have this day fomod a Copartnership under the firm .SiS of CHAFFEE A SPEAR, to conduct the business of tho above Hotel, and will unite thoir exertions to deserve the patronage and good will of the friends of this well known and favorite establish ment DANIEL CHAFFEE, r ' _ JOHN. W. SPEAR. NEGROES WANTED. I WISH to purchase a number of likely young NEGROES, for which I will pay ray usual lib eral prices. Any oommunioation left at tho Sta bles of Wm. A McConnol, or through tho Foot Office, at Augusta or Hamburg, will meet with prompt attention- no’ 17 A WILSON,
