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About Weekly Georgia constitutionalist and republic. (Augusta, Ga.) 1851-185? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1854)
I . .Much excitement exists in Rochester, New I York, in consequence of the sudden disappear- I ance of a young lady named Miss The I opinion seems to be that sue was forcibly car- I ried away and murdered, but for wha r purpose i» not known. Public meetings in relation to this matter have been held, and at the last ac counts the citizens to the number ot 200 had volunteered to engage in a search of the woods in the hope of finding the body Tribute of Respect. At a meeting ol the Irish Volunteers, the fol- , .owing Preamble and Resolutions were offered ■ Cry Lt. E .J. Walker: Whereas, the dispensation of Divine Provi deuce has removed from our midst, first one and ' then another of the members of the Irish Volun teers, viz: Domimc McKowxs and Joseph A. Kerns; and whereas, they were highly respec- j table and honorable members of our corps, wor thy ot the respect and esteem ol those us who have survived them, therefore, be it Resolved, That in the death of Domimc' Me- j Kowxs and Jossru A. Kerns, this company j has sustained an irreparable loss, and that we shall long remember them as honorable men, and I energetic members of this corps. Rescued. That we deeply sympathize with I the immediate friends end relatives ot the de ceased in their bereavement. « ! Resolved, That we wear the usual badge o: mourning on each parade, for thirty cays. Resolved, That a copy ol these proceedings be j sent to the family of the deceased, arid that the same be published in the city papers. Samvel. J. Young, Sec y. N. J. Fouariv, Chairman. It is stated in a Paris letter as a very remark- ! able fact, and one highly creditable to the chiv alry ot the Americans in Paris, that they had it: I a body determined to leave the city in case of a ■ refusal to retract the interdict against our Minis- ; ter to Spain. A depudation to this effect actu ally waited upon Mr. Mason. The departure , of the Americans, adds the writer, would have been a serious loss to Paris. There are said to ! be a thousand families of them here, and they | are the wealthiest and most > extravagant people ot this gay capital. It is . highly probable that the dread of such awful ’ consequences induced the Emperor to revoke his | order. What would have become ot Paris in < the event of such an abandonment ? We are informed, says the Washington Star, . that a son of James Gordon Bennett, the noted j conductor of the New York Herald, through the I favor ot the French Emperor is being educated | at the French military academy. Also, that Mrs. Bennett spends most of her time in Paris. This will account tor Bennett’s desire to obtain the French mission, and his silence about "Na poleon the Little.” Bennett, while a foieigner I by birth and in feeling, attempts with his Sa tanic sheet to control American politics, malig- ] r.iug the leading men of the country and villi tying our President and his advisers. It is such creatures as this who prejudice natives against foreigners. Something or a Smash-l^ —Six locomo tives were disabled on the Galena Railroad, on the 17th ult., three by collision at Wingfield— two on the freight and one on the express train two by a collision ot a passenger and gravel train at Elgin, and one by tire at or near the de pot in Chicago. Two Houses Built from l one 1 eke.—The Humboldt (Cal.) Times tells of a tree in that country which furnished lumber enough to bui-d two two story bouses, each fifty ieet square, fur nishing all the timber, plank, Boards and shin » gles, necessary for the purpose. Great reductions are being made in toe Span- j rsh civil list. The Queen is to be reduced from j thirty-four millions of reals to twenty-eight mil- j lions. If the reductions contemplated be made . the saving to tne country will amount to nearly £IBO,OOO a year. An official report just issued at Turin shows that there were during the recent prevalence of the cholera in Sardina 37,073 cases and 18,872 deaths. The Columbia Times says that ar. individual calling himse't Peter L. Booker. Jr., presented a check for $6'0.75, on the South-Western Rail road Bank, and negotiated the same at the Ex change Barikon Monday last. The check pur posed to be drawn by Messrs. Browning & Leman, of Charleston. He was arrested and taken before Magistrate W ood, and alter the examination, was committed to await the next sitting of the Court of Common Pleas for Rich land District. As Important Enterv&izk.— The idea of connecting the waters of Albemarle Sound and Elizabeth river by a ship canal was broached some years since, and a survey of the proposed route completed by competent engineers, but there the enterprise stopped. We perceive, now, however, by a letter published from Mr. Mar shall Parks, of Norfolk, that a company is being organized to construct a ship canal sufficient size for the coasting trade, to connect Albemarle Sound with tide water near Norfolk. Mr. Parks says: "The proposed route has been carefully sur veyed by several competent engineers, whose reports are highly favorable to the undertaking. A canal of five miles length will unite Albe marle and Curituck Sounds, thence the North Landing river affords a fine navigatiou to North -Landing in Virginia ; from which point a canal Ol only seven miles will connect with the Eliza beth river near Norfolk. •• The natural facilities on this route for the construction ot such a work are not surpassed in any other part, of the world. One lock only is required, and that merely a tide lock at the junction with the Elizabeth river. With this exception, the canal will be, in effect, an exten sion ol toe navigation equal to the rivers them selves.” The shares of the er >mpany are SIOO, and it is stated that a liberal subscription tian already been made by the citizens ot Currituck, New York city, and other places, and more has been promised from other counties. The Spartanburg Express informs us that on last Friday evening week, about six miles north of the village, that neighborhood was visited with a severe hail storm, some of the serial visi tors were as large as partridge eggs. The ground was completely covered with them. The storm extended over quite a narrow belt in w.dtb.per >ha:, not more than half or three fourths of a mi ‘l« but in other directions it extended for several mile*. Tub Friction InvKXTrow.—The Ceptaio- General of Cuba has granted patent privileges for five years to Field Marshal D. Ignacio Cha con, for the introduction of the Ericsson inven vention, with the usual reservation in case of its being proved that he cannot carry it out. Timely Notice Subscribers in arrears will take notice that on i the first of January we shall continue our annual I procure ot striking delinquent subscribers from om ost, take g them alphabetically. Tt ose in j arrears lor more than one year will be subjected [to the operation ot this system. We are steadily I pursuing our purpose of appoximatii.g, as near as I practicable, the ca.h system. There is ample | time for those in arrears ’o pay up between now | and the first of next month. Subscribers will I please examine their receipts. i Remittances by ma.l are at our risk. The Kail Hoad Robbory. 0:1 Frittost, a young man by the name o* Cs v n Lewis was arrested. supposed to hare '.eon concern id in the recent robbery at the Ri.it Roa-I Tic-pot. Altera careful eramimciou b fore Judices, Levy. Spencer and Bu.dl,he was honorably discharge 1. A half-brotlier of him. a youth es about 16 or It years of age. who calle himself Marshal Lewis alias Knock Marshall, was also arrested an I brought up for examination. After a patient investigation, the testimony was so coueiu..»e against him, that the magistrates committed him to jail to await his trial before the Superior Court. Our police are on the track of ono or two others supposed to be connected with the robbery We hope they will bo snce -ssful rod’.hat the gaug will be brought to the bar of justice and receive their merited rewards. Ths y esidenfs Message. We lay before our readers this morning the able ! message of President Pierce, which will bear a : carelul persual. The late hour at which it came ; to hand, prevents further comments on it this j morning. Death of Doctor John Carter We announce with regret the death of this gentleman, who departed this life at one o'clock yesterday morning, at his residence i.i this city, after a protracted iliness of several mouths dura tion. Dr. Carter was a native of this city, and | had been, until health failed him. in the ac- I five and successful practice of his profession for I about thirty-five years. He was a man of fine . talents ar.d acquirements, of gentlemanly bear- I ir.g, and the strictest integrity. Belonging to I one of tne old and established families of this j community, embracing a large and highly re- ■ spectabie circle of connections, and being well known from his earliest years to a community I in which he has lived and been respected, his loss will be widely and dee; ly felt. He was a son-in-law of Gen. Thomas Flour- 1 noy, of this county, and the father of Dr. Flour- : noy Carter, ot this city. A widow and several children are left to deplore his death. Ths New Frigates.—lt is said to be the in tention of the Secretary of the Navy to detail a chief and an assistant engineer to superintend the construction of the machinery for the new naval steamers. It has not yet been determined i which officers of the corps are to be assigned to i the duty. The Crops in Tennessee.—Mr. John S. Bell writes from Wilson county, Tenn., that in his county, as well as in Sumner, Jackson, DeKalb, Smith, Rutherford, and Cannon, corn, tobacco, and sweet and Irish potatoes, have not yielded more than one-third of the average crops; but the wheat and oat crops, fortunately, were good. Corn was hard to obtain at prices ranging irom 3.25 to $1 10 per barrel, yet he hoped they would have a sufficiency of grain to save the people from starving. Pork is not near as well fattened as usual, and will not ar erage more than half the customary yield. Champagne.—The assertions often made that three-fourths of the champagne imported into the United States is spurious, and there is more champagne consumed in this country than there is made in France, are thus denied in Cozzen’s Wine Press, excellent authority '• Champagne is an expensive wine, and the amount consumed in the United States is not so 1 very great as many imagine , while the produc tion of this wine, in the department where it is grown amounts, in ordinary seasons, to fifteen millions ot bottles. America is unquestionably the best consumer for this; but the sum total of all our imports of all wines fiom all parts of the world does not more than double this a'mount. Now, it we reflect that we use ten bottles of claret to one of champagne, that there is beside a great consumpti n ot cherry Madeira, port, - hoek. Lisbon, Tenneriffe, Malaga, &c.. the fal | acy ot the statement will be apparent at once."’ Later from Testaa. i The steamship Charles Morgan, Capt. Law- I less, arrived this morning from Indianola and Galveston. By this arrival we have Galveston papers of the 25th inst.—two days iater than we had by the Perseverance—and a number ot other Tex as papers. The San Antonio Ledger, of the 20th, has the following account of another Indim foray On Wednesday of last week ten horses were stolen from Montel’s mill, Bandara city, by In diana. Nine citizens started in pursuit of them, and after a chase of thirty miles overtook them They were Tonkaways, ar.d five in number.— They made some resistance, and then disappear ed among the mountains. In the skirmish it is thought one Indian was killed, and others per haps wounded All the horses were recovered except one, which was stripped by an Indian, ar.d then killed. The same paper baa the following, by which it seems likely that three U 8. soldiers have been killed by Indians From one of our citizens, just returned from El Paso, we learn that on the 28th es October, three soldiers left the eamp ot Fort Davis on a scout, and to look for Indian trails, taking not enough provisions for one day. On the 3d inst. they had not returned, when a lieutenant and 20 men started out in search of the lost party. About four miles from the camp they came on the trail of the soldiers, and found that they were followed by about 30 Indians, it is sup posed that they were killed. About 12 miles above Burella’s Springs, the trail of about 90 Indians was seen, they having passed there on the morning of the 2d. He met the msd at Live Oik ereek on the 1 Itb, ar.d Capt. Skillman’s party above How ard a Springs O'l the same day, and also the Boundary Commission patty at tne same piece. The Galveston Times, in a notice of the churches in that city, has the following para graph, which will be of interest to the many friends ol toe reverend gentleman therein men tion "d ; The Wostmir-stsr Church, not yet organized, ir another ®I the Presbyterian denomination, wboew pulpit is most ably supplied by the Rev. Jerome Twichell, late of New Orleans. His congregation, winch is rapidly increasing in numbers, meet at the Morian Hall, being as yet without a building more suitable. It is in con templation, we believe, to ere ct a new and large church edifice, alter crgar.iza ion as a church. We learn from the Times that there are churches in Galveston of nearly every denomi nation. The Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, German Metbo dists and IsUtheraus, all hav»: places of worship. The Times learns from Mr. Marshall, one of the cditwe of tba Austin State Gazette, that Guv. Pcase bus deteimioed to issue proposals for another contract to build the Pacific Railroad.— i'kie Ttmes also learns that Gen. Rusk takes the ground occupied by Gov. Pease upon the ques tions arising on the tender of the IMOO.OOi) de (saut. — N Q. Pwai/itni., 'Mit nfi. 1 Frnm the H nshing/on Star. | Washington News and Gossip. Bennett—Bennett returns from Paris at war with everybody, and particularly with every fiiendof the Admirn tration. His principal grief is his disappointment with regard to the French mission, which is now filled by the accomplish ed John Y. Mason. What a figure he would cut at that gay and polished Court at the American minister ! While in England and France he was avoided as a common leper by all Americans, in vain did be plead for admission into respecta ble American society in Europe by promising to cal! off the blood hounds of his own polluted press. A'l rn-n shunned him and despised him. He t'orgefa conversation with Mr. Buchai an, which never took place, representing him as assailing the Administration, and when the falsehood was blistered on his torehead, he sank under it Hence, all nonotable men recoil from his presence lest they too may become victims ot his want ol kotiesf y and truth. His hatred ot John W. For ney, :s his revengeful nature. We are often asked the reason of this hatred. Our junior having been associated with Mr. For ney in the management of the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian, can speak Irom the book on this subject. Some fourteen years ago, while a citi zen oi Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mr. Forney de livered a lecture in Philadelphia on the “Duties ot the American Press,” to immense audiences, in the course ot which he described the terrible rebuke ot Bennett by Daniel O’Connell. He showed that a man who could assail the dead arid wound the character of the living, who be tiayed all confidences, who rejected the truth, and who never did a just or manly thing, deserv ed the awful condemnation which Bennett re ceived from O'Connell. From that hour Col. Forney has been pursued by Bennett with the scent ot a bloodhound, and the malignity of a fiend. I'hat bad Scotchman never forgives or forgets. He hated Jackson alter he had betrayed him. There is scarcely a public man dead or living, whom he was not traduced for some real or imaginary caute. As to the truth, he never rises to that. Falsehood is his vocation, and he revels in it. Take for instance, the Herald of Wednesday last. After abusing Col. Forney in regard to the letter re ceived by him from Mr. Buchanan, and of which Bennett has published a false and malignant ver sion, he goes on to say that Mr. Buchanan pur chased the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian for Mr. Forney. Although Col F. and Mr. Buchanan have been devoted friends from the boyhood of the latter, and political history exhibits few in stances ot such unfaltering devotion as one has shown to the other in ev“ery stage of Mr. Buch anan s brilliant career, this assertion of Bennett, is a .monstrous lie. The Pennsylvanian was bought by Col. Forney himself, out of the hard earnings of years. This we know. And here let us add, in bare justice to Col. Forney, in all our associations with him, we never found a more honorable or high minded man. Instinctively he shrinks from those low little things that Ben nett gloats over, and makes jhis principal stock in trade. Bennett says "Forney is consistent.” He is consistent in his devotion to his friends. A more generous heait never beat; a warmer or more constant friend never lived. In reference to Bennett’s remark, that Mr. Sickles elected Forney to the clerkship of the House of Representatives, we will say that if Bennett .had been here just before the com mencement of the present Congress, and had seen the number of distinguished gentlemen, of all parties, from all parts of the country, who took a deep interestand were active in bringing about Col. Forney’s election, hardened in crime as he is he would have hesitated be:ore giving publicity tosuch a statement. Mr. Sickles was and is Mr. Forney’s devoted friend, and the result will show it; but we need say no more on this subject—we have already exposed the other falsehoods of the Herald. Some one having stated that the best way to preserve apples from rotting is to pack them in salt, the editor ot the Albany Knickerbocker tried the experiment. He says they have kept for three years, and they would keep to ail eterni ty if they waited for him to eat them. The sa line particles so mix with the apples that you can’t eat one of them without fancying you are chewing a piece ol Lot’s wife. Coito.x—The receipts of cotton at the levee yesterday were very good. The amounted «A,- gether to 11,276 bales. Os these the H. R. W. Hill, from Memphis, brought-1.049 : the H. M. Wright. Irom Milliken's Bend, 2,530 ; the Frank Lyon, from Ashton, 2,051 ; the Bella Donna, from Williamsport, 918 ; the Aleck Scott, from St. Louis, 889 ; the Grand Turk, jfrom St. Louis 823.— N. O Picayune. Ist inst. Miss Eliza Logan.—This highly accomplish ed artist, having concluded a brief engagement at the St. Charles theatre here, is on the eve of departure for the city of Galveston, in Texas from which place she has received the most flat tering invitation to act. We regret it has been the lady's lot, in the engagements she has made here, to be obliged to commence the season, in stead of appearing during its height, and when the town is fullest and gayest. Beyond ail ques tion there is no actress upon our stage who brings to the performance of a first class part andjunderstanding riper, a study closer, a thought fullness more deep, an utterance more eloquent, I a manner more graceful, than Miss Logan. It is a positive luxury to hear her read. The ce i lebrity she has acquired in Boston, New York, 1 Washington, Charleston and other cities, where I criticism is stringent and taste is fastidious, is I richly deserved, and has been most creditably earned ; while, added to her professional merits, an- deserts of a still higher kind, that shine con spicuously in her private character, but to which the pen of the <rit can only allude —xV. O. Pic. The World's £Faik Jopj all Nations.— Among the noticeable things on exhibition at the Crystal Palace, we saw a contribution of New Pills, from the Laboratory of Dr. J. C. Ayer, the author of tbe widely known and val ued Cherry Pectoral. As it is against the ex press regulations ot the Palace, to admit any quack medicines, this fact shows that his reme dies are not placed in that category by the au thorities. Indeed, we have before known that this Pectorial was highly appreciated by scien tific men, and have seen lately that his pills are held in great estimarion by those deeply learned in the healing art.— True Reformer, Mass. Could have Saved the Expense.—A few days ago, a young gentleman residing not a thousand miles from Wetumpka took a Gretna- Gteen flight with a young lady also of that vi cinage; and the twain were made “one flesh” at West Point, Georgia They immediately af terwards visited this city, ar.d the bridegroom suddenly encountered his newly made father-in law, in the streets. “Why, my boy, how are you’ bow’s yer.r wife? and why the devil didn’t you let me know you wanted to marry ? You could have had things much more comfort able and saved all the expense of the trip 1” We think the old gentleman presented a veiy sens’ble view of the case, though it may be he wss a little “behind time” in expressing his sen timents.— Mont. Mail. The Sandwich Islands Question. —Those who reau the New York and other Atlantic city newspapers will perceive that they have all at length come to understand the truth of what we published months ago concerning the relations of the United States to the Sandwich Islands— that is, that this Government were not making extraordinary exertions, as alleged, for their ac qu.-ition. and that no treaty to that end was look ed for to arrive in Washington, as insisted by the. Herald, Tribune, ct id omne genus. We call attention to this change in the Sandwich Islands stories of these journals, as affording further evidence of the almost invariable correctness of the information concerning American public af fairs which appears in the columns of the Star.— Waskington Star. The Weather. —For a week past has been clear and cold, and our farmers are availing them selves of it generally, to kill and put away their pork for the winter. Some sites ol pork has be -n made in our town at 0 ct«., nett.— Caseville Standard, Ist inst Tropical Cotton.—Oarreadersare generally aware that the cotton plant in the West Indies and other tropical regions, grows into a tree and is perrenial. Many of the varieties now culti vated in the United States probably originated from seed brought from South America, the West Indies, &c. The “Dean Cotton,” recently in troduced into this state and promising the most satisfactory results as to staple and product, is believed to have been introduced from South America. In thus transplanting, the character td he pia nt is of course essentially changed, be coming here an annual and producing a different staple. We have before us a proof of this fact. A gentleman of this city obtained last year from Cuba a small quantity of cotton seed. He planted a portion, which grew rapidly and only from having been cropped down by a horse tbe plants would have been much taller than any cultiva ted on our best lands. They afterwards, how ever. grew off finely and up to ths present time have continued gieen and vigorous and latterly coveted with a profusion ot blooms. Not a boll has matured, but notwithstanding the two or three severe frosts we have had of late, blossoms continue to open. The shape of the leaf and color of the flower are quite different from those of the Petit Gulf and other kinds usually culti vated. A valuable sort may yet be originated from these seed. — Mobile Tribune, 29th ult. t A number of workmen are about to embark from various ports in Massachusetts, to cut live oak in the Georgian forests this winter for ship building. Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge.—This great work is exjected to be completed by the Ist of January next. The following dimensions will give some idea of the magnitude of the woi k: Length or distance from the centre of the tower 822 feet. Hei.ht of tbe towers above the rocks on the New York side 88 “ Height on the Canada side 87 “ Height to the railroad track 60 “ Height of the track above the water. . .260 " Number of wire cables 4 Diameter of cables inches 10 Number of strands of No. 9 wire in each cable 3,650 Total power of tne cables 12,400 tons. Weight of the entire bridge 750 “ Weight of the bridge and of the heaviest load that can be put upon it 1.250 “ (greatest weight which the cables and supports can bear 7,300 “ Fike.—On Wednesday morning last, about 1 o’clock, our city was aroused by the alarm of fire, which was found to proceed from the Cabinet Work Shop of Messrs. Wood, Bradley & Co., on the brnksofthe river between 3d and 4th streets. I bis extensive establishment, with a large lot of elegant furniture, nearly finished, all the machi nery and tools, together with a quantity of sea soned lumber of the best quality, were totally consumed. Also a small brick tenement adja cent, occupied by Mr. Gray. The total loss of Messrs. Wood, Bradley & Co., is estimated by them at SI4,OO'J, of which they had SSOOO in surance in the Savannah Mutual. There is no doubt, we believe, as to its being the work of an incendiary, as there had not been any fire ot light of any description, in that part of the prem j, ses where the fire first burst forth, for months. [Georgia Citizen, Dec. ls(. Secretary Cushing on Matrimony.—U. S. Attorney General Caleb Cushing has just ad dressed an opinion to Secretary Marcy, on the rights and powers of United States Consuls and Commercial Ageiils in regard to solemnizing marriages. These officials have been more or less in the habit of exercising this power. Mr. Cushing, reviewing the laws and practices of nations, decides that an ambassador or sovereign, may, on a foreign soil, solemnizee the marriage of a member of bis own suite of domicil. But this right—one of accustomed privilege—belongs to no lesser dignitary. Neither consuls nor commercial agents can legally unite parties in marriage, simply because neither Congress nor the commonwealth authorizes them, in any ease, domestic or foreign. Yet. as in some parts of Europe, in consequence of poverty or other im pediments thrown in the way of marriage, there is a great prevalence of concubinage, and as the rfoSire ae htwful cohabitation enter* into the in ducements of emigration ; and it becomes an ob ject, especially with emigrant females, to obtain, belore leaving their country, if not a marriage, yet an assured matrimonial engagement; such parties are in the practice of entering into the mutual promises of marriage, and procuring the contract to be certified by the consul ot the Uni ted States. In view of this fact, Mr. Cushing concludes: " Such a contract would probably give rights of action to the parties in this country; it must have a tendency to promote good morals, and be particularly advantageous to the party most needing protection, that is, the female emigrant ; and nothing in our own laws, or in our public policy, occurs to me as forbidding it, unless it be contrary to the law of the laud in which the contract was made.” A Wealthy Locality.—The following shows the wealth of thirteen families that live in Stuve sant square, in New i'ork city : Hamilton Fish, (ex-Governor and Senator.) $2,000,000 ; Thos. Morton, (retired merchant,) $2-50,000; Nicholas W. Stuyvesant, $300,000; Peter Stuyvesant, $200,000; George W. Shields, (retired iron merchant,) $300,000: Wm. W. Winans, (retired grocer,) $150,000; John Mor timer Catlin, $200,000 ; Family of Mahlon Day, (lost on Arctic,) $200,000 ; Gerard Stuyvesant, $500,000; Benj R. Winthrop, do.; widow ol Peter G. Stuyvesant, do.; widow of N. W. Stuy vesant, Sr., do.; Robert Cheeseboro, do.; Samuel C. Paxson, $200,000 ; Thos. Crane, do.; David B Keeler, $350,000 : Lewis L. Squire, $150,- 000. Total wealth of 13 families, $7,100,000. Some estimate of the wealth of the Stuyve sant’s, says the New York Sun, may be gather ed from the circumstance that at a recent family gathering (nuptial) at the house of Nicholas W. Stuyvesant, Esq., more than five millions of dol lars were represented. Dislocation. —“Does your arm pain you sir ?” asked a lady of a gentleman who seated himself near her in a mixed assembly, and threw his arm across the back of a chair and touched her neck. “ No, Miss, it don’t; but why do you ask?” “ I noticed it was out of place, sir ; that’s all.” The arm was removed. The New Englanders resident in Montreal intend celebrating, on the 22d December next, (or the first time in Canada, the anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth. A marble statue of Marshal de St. Arnaud is tobe placed in one of the galleries of the palace oi Versailles. Dissoi.vsd —The Savannah News of Satur day says: The Geotgian of this morning an ncuricesthe retirement of R. B. Hilton, Esq., from the editorial chair of that paper. In his valedictory Mr. H. says: Be my lot cast where it may, 1 shall never cease to regard with inte rest the progress and well-being of this city: en deared by associations which cannot be forgot ten —doubly dear for recent sufferings, “ all ot which . saw,and part (however small) of which I was”— way her prosperity he perpetual. In alluding to the separation of Mr H. from the Georgian, the senior partner remarks: In re ferring to the causes which have prompted the change, it may suffice to say that differences of opinion connected with the course to be pur sued in this paper, have occurred between Mr. Hilton and myself which rendered our further union impracticable, and a speedy separation a matter of _ Ona Coax Market.—The Charleston Couri er ot 4th inst., says: Our Corn market, which has been for some time very scantily supplied, has received a new impetus, as will be perceived by reference to our marine head, by the arriva of upwards of 15 a 18,000 bushels, the whole ol which is, we believe,of tho new crop. COMMERCIAL. Augusta Market, Deo 6. COTTON.—TIu market during the past week has been depressed, and since the Africa’s advices came to hand, buyers have been daily offering low er prices. A ' our last weekly re- views on all qualities, particularly the lower, has been all of half a cent. The offering stock is light, as most holders refuse to sell at present offering prices. The receipts have been about the amount generally coming to hand at this season of the year, but are still short of those of last year. Cotton buyers find less difficulty in negotiating their bills, and the only cause we can hear assigned why prices rule so low. not only in our market, but those of the seaboard, is, the uncertainty, of affairs in Eu rope. Un il something decisive takes place, we may look for a dull and unsettled market. We now quote Inferior and Ordinary, 6 a6j Low to Strict Middling 6] a 7) Good Middling,. 7’ a 8 Middling Fair 8} a— Fair, no gales. GROCERIES.—In the Grocery line there is a good business doing, and our merchants are kept busy night and day in filling orders, and supplying the wants of Merchants from the interior. The stock on hand is good and well a sorted, and every day additions are made. DRY’ GOODS.—There is a good business doing in the Dry Goods lino, both by wholesale dealers and retailers, and we are gratified to learn that the wholesale business is daily increasing. HARDWARE.—We do not remember when our market was better supplied with Hardware than at the present time. All of our Hardware merchants are direct importers, and sell as cheap as the mer chants of New York, Charleston or Savannah. HATS and SHOES.—In both branches, there is a good business doing, and it is yearly increasing. Country merchants, on examination, will find they can make their purchases in this market on as good terms as by going further. COFFEE. —There is a fair stock on hand, and it is selling from stores at prices ranging from 11J to 12 cents according to quality and quantity. CORN.—Tbe stock on hand is light, but the de mand is confined to immediate wants. By the quantity, sack Corn is selling at 95c. to sl, and by retail slasl.lo. Itwould be difficult to get 95c. fora large lot. Ear Corn is soiling, by the wagon load, at 90c. to sl—thn latter price, we understand, was paid yesterday. WHEAT.—Little or none owning to market. Good White will bring $1 40 a 1.50 per bushel, and Red $1.25. FLOUR.—There is a good demand for Flour, and Augusta Canal is selling at s9| for superfine and 10 j a sll for Extra Family per bbl. Country Flour is worth 9 a sloj—some hollers asking 11 a sl2 for extra Family. BACON.—There is a good supply on hand, with but a limit ed demand. Tennessee Ribbod Sides are dull of sale at 9j, and Clear at 10c.; Shoulders Baßj, and Hams 12&13 cents. Western meat can bo bought at lower prices. LARD.—Prices are lower Wo now quote 10a 12 cents—the latter price for a choice article in small packages. FEATHERS.—The demand at the present time is moderate, and sales are making at prices ran ging from 37 to 40 cents- Kime holders refuse to sell at the latter piice. BAGGING.—Tho stock is light, and the de mand fair. Gunny is selling from stores at 15.) a 16 cents, ROPE.—Stock light, demand good. Selling at 11} a 12) cents. MOLASSES.—Stock light. Cuba is selling at 25a27,.and New Orleans at 28a30 cents. SUGARS. —There is bat a moderate supply on hand, although sufficient to meet tho demand, and some holders are asking higaor prices. Our quota tions wi'l give a fair index of the market. SALT.—Good demand stock light, and prices tend upwards. Wchave heard of the sale this week of 3000 sacks, to arrive, at a price not made public. Retailing from stores at $1.75 to $2 per sack—tho former price for cash. DOMESTIC LIQUORS —There is good demand for all descriptions of Domestic Liquors, and prices are advancing. We now quote Whisky at 60 cents, Gin 00, and N. E Rum at SO to 65 cents per gal. NAILS. —Fair stock on hand. Prices range from 5j to 52c. EXCHANGE —Wc have no change to notice in rates. Our Banks continue to draw on New York and other Northern cities at ) per cent, prem FREIGHTS- —Our river is still low but naviga ble for light draft steamers. Wo quote to Savan nah 50 cts- porbalo ; to Charleston per Railroad $1 STOCK OF COTTON Jn Augusta and Hamburg on Ist inst. In Augusta. 22,346 Hamburg 3,987 Total 26,333 SHIPMENTS OF COTTON From Augusta and Hamburg, to Savannah and Charleston, from Ist Sept, to Ist inst. To Savannah 2,885 “ Charleston, from Augusts 6,700 “ “ Hamburg,. 6,612 *| " “ through C0tt0n,.... 9,478 Total Shipments 25,675 RECEIPTS OF COTTON At Augusta and Hamburg, from Ist Sept, to Ist Stock on hand Ist inst, 26,333 Shipped from Ist Sept, to Ist tust 25,675 52,008 Deduct stock on band Ist Sept 8,318 Total Receipts 43,690 Received up to same time last year 67,338 MACON, Dea l.— Cotton— Very little has been done in Cotton during this wook, prises keeping up too high to warrant shipments to tho ports. Receipts in November, 1854, 14,619 “ " 1853 10 903 Increase, 3,716 Risoeipls to Ist December. 1854 25.142 “ >■ ■' 1853 20,944 Increase,. . 4,198 Stock Ist Doeember, 1854 10 443 Increase, 4.066 SAVANNAH, Doo. 3.—Cotton.— bales Cot ton changed hands yesterday morning, at about previous rates, as follows 18 at 6; 6at 6j; 12 at «);33at63; 6at7;loat7}; 13 117}; 18at7j. 12 at 7 13-16; 16 at 7J; 71 «t 8; 23 at 8); 6 at Bj. 10 at BJ, and 32 buies at Sveuta. MADISON, Deo. 2.— Cotton. Tbero hue boon, for the part wook, an animated market, and not withstanding tho Augueta and Charloaton markets aro dull, and a downward tendency, good priooi have been obtained, and several lois sold at 8 cts We quote—Stained, fl a 6)o.; Midding 7 a 7}o ; Good Middling, 7J a 80. Fork.— Drovers aro asking 60. gross, and 7c. not. SAVANNAH, Doo. 4 —Cotton— Tho market continues depreseod, and buyora aro asking a re duction. The sales amount to 739 bales, vis : 42 at 7 5-18, 32 at 7). 18 at7j, 53 at 72, 140 at 8, 349 at 8), and 95 bales at 8} oonte. To Stranxera, and all otters who illwamay bo in want of Choice, Elegant and Fashinobls DltY Goons, at New York prices, are respectfully invited to give us a call Wo have concluded to offer our goods nt prieoa suited to tho times, which cannot fail to give aatirtnetion. doeO 4 Ward & Bukcuakd. Augusta Wholesale Price Current, Deo. 6. AHTICLRS I wnoLEBAr.H OCTT bAUbiNG—Gunny ’ itjfcg 16 1-20 coot Kentucky ..'■■■ (, 0 (a; 00 I BALE RO PE— Jute...... ■ <» 00 f 25 P’ceot. Kentucky.. j llj(a) 12)’ BACON—slams... .... 12 (ry 13 I) Sides tb -' »i @ 10} >2O jp ot. Shoulders 8 to} B}!> BUTTER—Goshoii, prim* Country j-.“ 15 @ 25 BEESWAX 15® 20 CANDLES—Spermacetti. [•••• 45 (gi 50 20 ceut. Tallow <•••.; 18(0! 19 !20 19 at. Adamantine . 26 (aj 28 J CHEESE— Northern.. 12 (a> 15 30 ceot. COFFEE—Cuba ■•..■! 11® 12 1 Rio Ill® 12} Ifrea Java I yd. I 154® 17 f .- (SHIRTINGS,bro, 3-4 t>i<& 6} J •§ “ 7-8|....' ® 7 o brown, yd wide ••••' ’» W 3 SHEETINGS.bro H (& 13 bleached. 5-4 1 ••• 12® 16 * CHECK?! 1.... 8 (g? 12 g BED TICK ... W ® OSNABURGS. Bom .. .! fc 9@ 9$ YARN, (assorted, .... I Id FlSH—Mackerel,No 1 • 16 18 Do. No. 2. ..'••• •[ 14 @ 16 > Do. No. 3.. .:• •••! 9(g? 12 /20 pct FLOUR—Cunal 11 ) AugurftaCanal. • 9j(a/ 11 I Georgia, g00d... 9 (aj 11 5 20f> ct. FEATHERS—Live Geese. ibus. 37 @ 40 ; ) GRAlN—Corn,loose •• • • 95 (al 00 j i -ry Do sack -...i 95 gl 10 ct> IFfteo/—Good White. .... 1 40 @1 50 | Do. Red.' keg, 112 (wl 25 ; ) t GUNPOWDER ■ ... 525@550 ; j ec * HIDES—Dry 100 0 9 j2O» ct Dry. salted ton J 0 § 10 if 2o ** cr " IRON—Pig ~IOG 0 'a? 00 J3O P 1 ceot. Swede h, assorted. . tb ■ 6 ~30 Ip cent, sbwt.'""l’.ioo io)®; ii } 2O V ct - Nail Bods I •ib • 6 'a) 7 LE AD—Bar..... < I ..-)?> vne White Lead .... .... W LARD gall. 10 12 MOLASSES— Cuba 25 @ 27 NAILS—Cut. 41 to2od. 5) ® s}| ( M V OlLS—Sperm. W. Strained Jl 9v (a; 2 10; Fall Strained jl 80 (a; 2 00 free Summer do 1 60 @ 1 66; Linseed ; - 0 00 @ 1 Tanners ’bbl.>o 60 0 9i)i Lur-i ;• .. ;1 12 @ 125 i POTATOES doz [0 00 (a) 0 (XM PIPES ; d 62 (& 1 504 PORTER ... 2 25 @ 3 2U PEPPER box; 17 g 18 PIMENTO 000 @ M RAlSlNS—Malaga,bunch. ‘ 100 3 50 (i£ 4 00U m Muricate !•.. .|0 00 @00« J RlCE—Oordinary !.. .. 6 00 (a> 6 50| Fair new 00' Good and Prime. .1. ....0 00 @ 0 001 i f French Brandies '... .‘1 50 @ 2 OOjIOO pct. Leger Frere* 2 75 @ 3 00* a; Holland Gin j.... ;1 25 @ 1 501100 P 1 et. I American Gin 0 60 @ 0 65 sS -{ Jamaica Rum |.... 1 50 @ 2 OOjIOO p ct. r N.E.Rum,hhds& bbb<. ...j0 60 @ 0 65j tn I Whisky, Phila &8ait;....j0 60 @ 0 651 i Do. New-Orleans. .Life. 60 (a) 065 ( Peach Brandy 62 @ 1 00 100-pet. SUGAR —Cuba Muscovado .... 10 6 (a; 7 ] P. R. &.St. Croix . ...j0 7j@ 9|l Havana, white.. 1,... '0 00 @ 00( lan New-Orleans.... *0 s}@ 7 f Clarified 8r0wn.;.... JO 7*@ 08| White..;,. ...H) 0 84 J Lump j. ~i 0 10(a) lOj|) SALT—Liverpool 195 2 00' f2O ot. Looee I. . iO 00 @ 0 00;30 SOAP—American, yellow.: m (a) 6 eeat. SHOT—AII bum ‘ ‘,212 @ 2 25 ( 40 F oent. SEGA RS—Spanish ’’.’.’l oo TIN—(T. C ) I* 'OO 00@0 11} (i. X) ih’.wocoo 13J 1 TALLOW—American. [ O 0 @ 0 9 ; cent. TOBACCO—Georgia ’ ’ ’ 0 00 (c& 0 00J - Cavendish. 12|@ 0 44 TWlNE—Bagging ’*”O22 @025 f ~ r ,, ‘JO 30 § 0 50j) 30 “ ct ‘ TEAS—Ponchong i 050 @ 0 75; ! Gunpowder 5c Imp.; ’ ‘ ' 0 75 @ 1 001 f - Hyson ! , ' ,, 0 70 @ 0 80- J Yonng Hyson *i*t”-0 70 @ 0 75- WlNES—Madeira 00 @ 2 25,3 Olaret, jO 25 @ 0 60|4 Do. ’ Bordeaux': oz 13 00 @ 3 50<4 Tribute of Respect. At a called meeting of the Clinch Rifie-, at their Drill Room, Nov. 30th, 1854, Capt. Goons Bryak in the Chair, the following Preamable and Resolutions were unanimously adopted . Clinch Riplbs Drill Room, ) Augusta, Nov. 30, 1854. J The Clinch Rifles have assembled together on this occasion under circumstances peculiarly painful and impressive. They meet with feelings chastened by deep sorrow, to mingle their regrets for calamities whicl have thinned their ranks; which Lave cut off from as sociation with us in the pleasing interchanges of friend ship, beloved and esteemed Honorary and Regular Mem bers. and which have a gloom that long will over shadow ns, and dim the brightness of our frateraal gathering*. Our last assemblage, as Brothers in Arms, was to pay the last sad tribute of respect to our beloved associate, Private Robbrt A Whttb, a gentleman of rare merit, refinement and amiability. Since then, a series of like misfortunes has overtaken us. One by one, Brother after Brother, has dropped down in our midst, overta ken by the keen shafts of death, sped untimely by the relentless hivnd of the pestilence which has, during the past summer, desolated our fair city. We have been also called on to mourn the loss of our esteemed and beloved Honorary Member, Capt. S. C. Wilsom, the first Captain of this Company, and. r who** teachings it attained its high position for discipline and soldierly conduct. He fell while at his post ot duty in a responsible civil capacity in a sister city, the victim of the same epidemic whose rav.tges in our midst visited us so severely. Our sympathies were with him in his hours of suffering, our gratitude is deep felt to thobo who were kind to him in his last sickness. Our respect for his memory will continue unabated as long as oir organization is kept up. and ;* member survives to re member his virtues. Another Honorary Member who, until a short time previous to his tragical death, had been an active mem ber of our Corps, John Felix MoKinnk, wan soon af terwards snatched fiom our fraternal circle by a shock lag aocident, which startled and appalled our whole community. Refined, generous, social aud amiable, he left behind many sincere friends in this Corps and in this city, who deeply deplore th it be could t.ot be spared longer, to continue his career of usefulness and respectability. Preceding his by but a few days, was the impressive aud afflicting death, by Yellow Fever, of his Brother. Private Jamks Gardnrr GouLD,a young gentleman of unusual intellectual giftsand attainments, whose prom ise of future usefulness and diwtinction was as bright as the most ardent hopes of affection could prompt* and who had already reached a highly creditable peti tion in his profession. In all the attributes of mind, character and disposition, he was one of whom any community would be proud In his death the C Linen Rifles lost one of its brightest ornaments. The loss of two others we are called upon to record and to deplore. Private J. A. H. Wilcox, one of earliest, and Private Jam us D. Maokir, M D, one of the last of the victims of the late epidemic. In young Wilqoi. though a naw member, we already foani the qualities which made a valuable addition to o«r Corps, while his character and deportment as a cit izen and a companion, indicated him as one who bid fair to take rank in our community as one of its be.rf citiaens. In Dr. Maorib this Corps lost an efficient and useful member, a companion dearly loved for bio genial qualities, his frank and amiable disposition, an 4 our tears miogle with those of a whole community, who deplore in his death the loss of a Physician who was rising to an eminent position in his profession, and wba had, with ft devotion to the cause of humanity charac teristic of his sympathiaing and amiable heart, t&xed to the utmost his faculties, hia constitution and his i.ue to alleviate the Fofferirgs of the sick aud aid the destitute during the late epidemic. Ho proved himsetf to be alike, the skillful Physician and the Good SamaH tan. In view of the relation in which we stood, as a Oow peny, towards the departed, it is but proper that we should place on record the sentiments their Lose has inspired; therefore— it Rifles deplore the deaths of our friends. Capt. Pamvbi. C WiLSOR, John Fklix M-Kirnm Roskrt A. Whits, James GanoNsa Goulb, J. A II Wilcox, aud Dv. Jamhs D Maokir. as calnmitoae to onr organisa tion ai a Military Company, and afflicting to ue aa individuals— that we shall ever ehcriah their memarina vith respect an 1 affection, and hold their virtues »■ remembrance as worthy of emulation. Ks.wZvwi, That in teken of re«p» ct for onr deceasoJ brothers, we will wear the usual badge of mourning, on the left arm. al every parade during the nextrox monthti and in further token of our respect, that, the Drill Room bo draped in mourning for the ram# period. Resolved That the sit cero sympathies of onr hearts be tendered to the familws o: the docea ed. and that copies of th s Preamble and these Resoloutions be oau>- municated to them by tho SecreUry. HrxoJoerf, That our upecial thanks bo tendered to the Washington L ght Infantry, of Chatle-ton, for theiu»> siduous care with which ibry watched over oar L»te mutual friend and Btother. Capt. fiAMVBL C. by dotailii g a Committee fur tach night to wait oa him in his last illae’-s. Rosdvtd' That a Committee of three be at pointed transmit the of thanks to the W*. Light infantry, for their attvut* ns to Capt- »• u. WlV so* in his Last illneee, by Int er. ♦ Uno Barmes. ) Ruhskll > Committee That a pogo in the Minute Hook bo printed to the memory of o decease d member, aKB their names itwmibed thereon. . - Tbnt rhe city paper* ba requited Upute liah thin Pivambe and utiona. and that Uxy .preU ... fait »r unYAH J ova DaiL'Oßd, Secretary.
