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"^^AUGUSTaTgA:
Wednesday Evening, Feb. 84, 1858.
better from China.
•We are kindly allowed to copy some
portions of an interesting letter fromChi
m&, written to a gentleman of this city,
by a young officer of the U. S. Navy,
a native and long time resident of Au
gusta.
p. S. Steam Frio ate Minnf-sota, 1
Off Hong Kong.
Monday, Dec. 14th, 1857. )
Piab E. :— We have been here doing
aothing, but firing salutes to big bugs,
for five weeks.
Hong Kong is an island belonging to
England, though the population is en
tirely Chinese, that is, there are 7,300
•f them to about 300 Europeans. Our
present duty is to remain here, while
the English fleet is bombarding Canton,
to keep these Chinese from rising and
Murdering the Europeans—they are al
readybeginning to show signs of a re
volt, and if that takes place, we will
have pretty hot work, for we cannot
Muster more than 1,000 men in the
squadron, and 73, against one, is most
too much. Mr. Reed is now on board,
m far he has accomplished nothing. The
pteam frigate, San Jacinto, and the
Moop-of-war, Portsmouth, are here with
is. The steam frigate Mississippi and
Powhatan and the sloop-of-war Ger
mantown and Jamestown are all to be
here within a few months. What this
large force is t# do out here no one
knows. The Government must surely
anticipate some trouble with the Celes
tials. We drill our men every day in
Infantry tactics. Our ship's boats are j
ready to be armed and manned at a
moments notice. I am in command of
a dashing little cutter carrying nine
teen men and a 12 pound brass howit
ser. When the English return from
Canton, which place they are now bom
barding, I intend to get leave of ab
sence and go up; it is only about 40 ,
miles up the river.
If the Chinese here, remain quiet, we '
will leave for Macoa about the lOtli of ,
January, and between these two places
we will spend what the people here call
Winter—the thermometer here stand
ing 75 degrees, and every body wearing
white pants and straw hats. On ac
rount of the dysentery, which is very
prevalent and fatal here in summer, we
will leave for Japan about the last of
May, there we will spend the summer,
and then, if Mr. Reed has finished his
business, we leave for home, byway of
California, Chili, Patagonia and Brazil,
thus making a cruise around the world.
However, if Mr. Reed is not ready to
go home then, we will return to this
place next October, and remain here
till he is ready.
After leaving Norfolk we had a rough
«ruise of 68 days to the Capo of Good
Hope; we went into Capetown on the
Bth of September, and getting in coal,
water and provisions we left on the 21st
for the Island of Java, which we reach
ed after a run of 26 days—the object of
stopping here was to get coal from a
ship the Navy Department had sent out
for us. We found her safely anchored
in Mew Bay, on the Southern side of the
Island. We ran close in along shore
»nd dropped anchor —the sight of a
large steam frigate brought a troop of
chattering monkeys down on the beach,
while the screeching of the parrots
showed that not even they had seen the
like before—the country was wild and
uninhabited, except by tigers, wild cat
tle and other animals. We were so
near the shore that we could here the
tigers every night. Our men went on
shore and nine of them strayed too far
into the woods and were killed by the
tigers. I frequently went a considera
ble distance into the jungles with one
or two of my mess-mates, but we always
had to keep our revolvers cocked to
keep from being surprised. You could
go ashore with your gun and kill as
many mokeys, parrots and wild pea
cocks as you could carry. Pineapples
and bananas grew wild and could be
found in abundance not a hundred
yards from the shore. One morning I
killed a remarkably fat young monkey
and had him stewed for breakfast, and
1 can assure you, it was delicious.
We stayed nearly a week in Mew Bay
and went up to Angier, a Dutch and
Malay settlement, about fifty miles
from the North, and half an hour after
we dropped anchor, the ship was filled
with monkeys and birds. A couple of
monkeys and a large cage of Java birds
could be bought for 50 cents.
On the passage from Angier to this
place we came very near being wrecked,
I never was in a more terrible storm in
my life.
I have just heard that one of the of
ficers of the San Jacinto has died of
dysentary and we have to turn out in
full dress for the funeral. C. J. G.
P. S.—A courier has just arrived
from Canton stating that the City is in
flames, the Chinese having set it on fire
and left.
If you would have an idea of the ocean
in a storm just imagine ten thousand
hills and four thousand mountains all
drunk, chaising one another over new
ly-ploughed ground, with lots of caverns
in it for them to 3tep into now and
thee.
TRIAL OF
THOS- O’KELLY,
FOR THE
MURDER OF HIS WIFE,
IN WALTON COUNTY, GA.
Reported Expressly for the Avgusta Dispatch.
Tiib Statb ) Mvrdkb,
vs. r w
Thomas o’Kkllt. ) Walton Supe’rCourt.
[Continued.]
THOMAS H. SWOBDS —SWORN.
Witness is acquainted with defend
ant ; was in his house once in Jan. 1856,
on Wednesday morning—the weather
was cold—it had been snowing, and
sleet had fallen on the snow. Witness
; passed the house twice. In approach
ing, defendant at the same time walk
ing in front of witness. Defendant
forced a cough—witness heard calls
from the log cabin ; defendant paid no
attention to the calls ; the cabin was
situated 40 or 50 steps from the dwel
ling ; defendant asked witness to go in
and warm, and afterwards go out at the
gate and take the public road. Wit
ness refused, because it was nearest to
go through by the spring. Defendant
insisted twice on his taking the other
direction. Witness then left the house,
and just before he reached the cabin
feigned a cough himself. Defendant’s
wife began to call for Francis ; witness
turned to the cabin and asked her what
she wanted ; did not go up to the cab
in. This was Wednesday morning af
ter the third Saturday in January ; the
ground was frozen.
Cross-Examined. —Defendant's wife said
nothing until witness coughed ; witness
went by thospring hieause it was near
er. Thinks it was Wednesday morning
because he was at his brother's on Tues
day night, and went to defendant’s
house to transact business, remained
about 10 minutes. Heard of defendant’s
wife’s death on the next day at witness
es own shop,
ELDRIDGB HARRIS—SWORN.
Had been acquainted with defendant’s
wife 11 or 12 years. First saw her in a
house at the end of the smoke-house ;
saw her again in a house near tho horse
lot ; saw her two or three times in the
year of defendant’s removal to the
place, saw her last about two years ago,
in the second cabin ; the witness cor
roborates other witnesses as to the size
and condition of tho cabin. About the
Ist or 2d year after his removing to that
place, witness heard Mr. Denver ask
whose wife it was in the cabin. De
fendant replied she was the wife
of nobody. He replied “you are a I
liar”—and added in substance that the
defendant’s conduct had caused her pres
ent condition. A short time after her i
death, had a conversation with the de-ji
fendant. He said she was taken out of j i
the cabin without clothing, after she! 1
was dead 1 | ■
Cross Examined. —Defendant did not,
say he had furnished her clothing, and
that she had torn it off; lie said it was re- i
ported that the woman had frozen to
death —that he wished the devil had all
who said it; that she had phthisic, oc
casioned by cold ; that he supposed the
phlegm remained on the lungs until
it was thrown off by nature or medicine j
and that she had no mind ; that there
had been colder weather the winter
previous, because his pond had been fro
zen over at other times, but was open
when she died. Witness replied, that if
i the devil got all who said his wife was
, fre .eu to death he would get the neigh
[ borhood, and that his theory about
1 phthisic was correct, but that as his
wife was insane people looked to him to
take care of her. Witness is a physi
cian-thinks that insane persons in
■ many cases are apt to regard their
• friends as their worst enemies, and the
moral and religious to become profane
' and vulgar. Defendant’s wife was in
-1 sane—changes from sanity to insanity
- were some times sudden —neversaw her
, frantic —she would talk very fast, and
exhaust herself; never heard her swear.
u Her last cabin was compactly put to
t gether, of split or hewn logs, and was
j tight ; the horse lot fence was between
the cabin and the shuck-house. It was j
c usual to confine insane persons when |
e violent, hut he regarded it inhumane;
a to confine this woman in that cabin.
If comfortably furnished inside as lie
“ could have fixed it, witness thinks it
i, would have been more humane to keep
s her there than to handcuff her. She could
not have remained in that cabin with- 1
e out taking cold ; staying in that house |
3 would have engendered disease, such as I
- is apt to effect the lungs. It would
s not be possible to make a human being
comfortable in the condition of the first
3 house. Lunatics are sometimes restor
i cd to reason : physicians rely more on
treatment than medicine ; it is unfa
vorable to the restoration of a lunatic,
; to confine her in a small filthy cabin ;
- and thinks it impossible to restore one
, to sanity, kept in the condition of de
fendant’s wife ; thinks from what de
s fendant said after death that she had
> no comforts inside the cabin. Thinks a
] human being could not remain in such
a cabin during the month of Jan. 1856,
5 naked, without freezing to death. Du
■ ring cold weather lunatics are not as
; susceptible to cold as persons in health;
and hence the length of time she endur
-5 ed the cold. His opinion that she froze
1 to death was predicated on her being
I naked and without comforts. It is ne
cessary in eases of lunacy which witness
' has observed, to give the subjects air
3 and exercise, and not to confine them
in tho dark. Freezing of a human hq
ing never occurs without insensibility ;
y cannotiay whether asleep or awake. In
d lunatic asylums the inmates are kept
3 warm by pipes, clothing, &c., and if
her clothing became wet, as testified by
r witnesses, it was his opinion as a jphysi-
I cian that it could afford no protection,
f LUCRETIA MEEDAM—SWORN.
s Was acquainted with Mrs. O’Kelly,
ever since the family came to the coun
ty, saw her frequently, five or six years
s ago, and occasionally since that time.
, Had requested to be allowed to see her
j sometimes out of the cabin ; negro boy
came for witness, and when arrived at
the house saw defendant's wife sitting
- in the piazza, with a board by her side,
f to prevent them from taking her back.
The windows and doors of the house
1 were closed. Witness went to the cab
in ; it was unclean; and had a sicken
-1 ing, bad smell. She did not stay there
long. Human excrement was on the
floor; and there was no arrangement
e for her to answer the calls cf nature. —
The place smelled vciy bad wheuever
witness saw it. A calico dress and a
blanket shawl, or cape, over her should
r ers, was her dress when at the house ;
1 She was naked as far down as witness
1 could see, in cold weather or hot, when
- she saw her at the cabin. Food was giv
s en to her in an old filthy looking frying
1 pan, with no handle. Witness was not
| very close to the pan. Her mind was
|at times wandering; she would call
| Mr. O'Kelly, but not by his proper
Jname. Witness saw the bed-clothes
I taken out of the cabin; they looked
j dirty and foul, as if worked around
trace chains. When witness saw her
: in the piazza she was quiet and peaeable.
i Witness had her own children with her
and had no apprehension of violence.—
Defendant came to the house of witness
on Tuesday after his wife's burial on
Friday evening, and in reply to a ques
, tion said he took out of the cabin where
his wife died, a tub full of rags; the
largest of which was not as long as his
walking-stick ; and told Vine, his negro
woman, to wash them, and sow them
together, for the cradles of the little
negro children ; that he took out two
I hamper baskets full. Witness stated
i that had she been in his place, she
would have buried or burned them: ar.d
he replied that they were so wet “ it
would have taken any log-heap in the
i county to have burned them up.” De
i fendant had asked witness S9OO for
i some land. Afte* this conversation, de
fendant came to the house of witness,
and looking straight at witness said.—
“It will he mighty hot weather when
you have to go to court.” Witness an
> swered, that she would not have to go
to court—had no business there. De
fendant then said he wanted her to go
to court to be a witness for him against
the other women ; and to let her boys
work, and make nil they could—for
Ragan would take his hand on the oth
er side of the creek, and he wanted her
to take that part next her, and how he
wanted the line to run, and asked her
S4OO for it. This was the same piece of
land he had offered her for S9OO, before
the death of his wife. The female in
mates of defendant’s family were his
daughter and Martha O'Kelly, the
daughter of Charles O’Kelly, cousin of
the defendant. She remained in the
family 3 or 4 years,previous to the death
of Mrs. O’Kclly, and up to the time of
her death. She was unmarried, and
had two children while in defendant’s
family. After his wife’s death defend
ant talked to witness of how people
talked about the death, shroud, and
burial of his wife; and how much the
same cost, and said just at the time
when he thought he would begin to see
pleasure, there came fresh trouble.
Crass examined —Defendant frequently
sent for witness to go to his house, not
to see his wife, but his daughter and
family. Thinks there was lio under
clotheson his wife ; /Ikin't examine to
see whether she had on under-garments;:
—When she talked profanely and vul-j
garly Martha Johnson was troubling
her. Martha Johnson is a neiee of de- '
I fendant. Witness offered to cut his
wife’sjhair at defendant’s request. She ,
refushed permisson, saying it had been
cut off once, and she would never suffer
the same agairff. Defendant did not in- 1
timate what lie wanted her to testify—
he had no reason to think that she •
would testify falsely.
EI.IZA WOODRUFF—SWORN.
Witness saw defendant's wife tin
summer previous to her death, in the 1
cabin by the horse lot. Corroborates I
other witnesses as to the condition of i
the cabin. Saw her|liead, arms, and
shoulders, which appeared to be filthy.
Saw her after death —she died in Jan.,
i 1856, in this county—helped to put the |
shroud on the body, the day after
death. The arms, hands and body were
dark and pided, witli the appearance of
being frost bitten. Her ears, nose, and
one eye, were dark also—her feet in the
same condition ; the body was not very
clean ; the shape of the body was as fol
lows : her knees were drawn up, the
arms so drawn as to throw the hands
up toward the shoulders, so that they
could not he crossed—gloves could not
he placed entirely on the hands ; the
head was thrown back, so as to project
tho chin; her body was crooked, lying
one-sided. The body looked poor ; the
eyes shrunken ; saw the body in defend
ant’s bouse. This was on Friday. The
weather was cold ; there was snow and
I ice on the ground.
Cross examined. —Her eyes were open ;
■ mouth drawn in slightly to one side ;
i teeth closed ; lips very dark ; looked to
i be frost-bitten, as well as the rest of the
> j body. It was about 10 or 11 o’clock on
I I Friday when witness saw the body;
' ] don’t think she died quietly as though
| she went out of life sleeping. Had not
•j been dead long enough for the limbs to
; | have stiffened. Witness never before
i' saw anybody who bad been frozen to
Ij death ; saw the arm of a person once
■ i which was frost-bitten.
NANCY BREWSTER —SWORN,
i j Was not acquinted with Mrs. O’Kelly ;
saw her once previous to her death, in
the house near the horse-lot. Saw her
body after it had been laid out. The
face aud neck looked very dark ; saw
her the day on which she was buried :
did not assist in shrouding the body.
ELIZABETH SMITH —SWORN.
Saw Mrs. O’Kelly twice—went to see
her a year or so before her death ; went
to Church, and called by; saw her in
the little pen or house, by the side of an
other house; in summer, in warm
weather, could see her face ; couldn’t
see her clothing very well; something
covered her shoulders; do not know as
to the cleanliness of the house ; had
uot a very comfortable smell. One or
two years before her death, went anoth
er time with another lady ; and talked
with her after the first visit—don’t
know if it was the same year, or wheth
er it was winter or summer; cabin look
ed much the same as before. Saw her
after death, when laid out; she was
laid out in a large room in the house ;
witness corroborated the description of
her color and general appearance, given
by other witnesses.
[CONTINUED FRIDAY.]
A gentleman offered a horse, six
■ months ago, to a friend for S3OO. “I’ll
. buy him,” said the friend, “ with these
conditions. I shall pay you two hun
dred cash, and owe you the rest.” The
[ offer was accepted, bqt tight times com
. ing on, the seller called upou the pur
’ chaser for the odd hundred. “ I sha’nt
1 pay you,” said he, “ for it would be a
’ violation of contract. I agreed to pay
j two hundred cash and owe you one hun
, died aud if I paid that the bargan would
’ be broken.”
Three Prisoners Shot*
i On Thursday evening,at 5 1-2 o’clock
- while the convicts in the State Prison
■ at Sing Sing, N. Y., were filing into the
; room for supper, five of them made a
i rush for the river, which is frozen over,
t thinking to escape on the ice. They
were pursued and fired upon by the
- guards, and all brought back, when
i three were found to be wounded ; John
- Spence, the well-known companion and
pal of Mable Hodges, had received five
; balls ; Pete Devlin, sent up for reciving
l stolen goods, two balls, and Quinn, a
- Fourth Ward Burglar, got four bullets.
; The other two were not injured. Spence
t and Quinn are badly hurt, and will
3 I propablv -lie.
:IE LATEST NEWS.
BY TELEGRAPH
; ANGLO-SAXON.
; rOUK DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
> Cotton Advanced l-Sit.
i
i Portland, Me., Feb. 23.—The steam-
J ship Anglo-Saxon has arrived, with Liv
. erpool dates to Wednesday, Feb. 10th.
| General Wews.
Leave had been granted to Lord Pal
! raerston to introduce a bill to amend
• the penal laws, making the punishment
■ for conspiracy of the same grade as for
' murder.
, The Rank of France has reduced its
rate of discount to four and a half per
* cent.
Commercial.
; Liverpool Cotton Market, Feb. 10.—The
; sales of cotton for three days reach 27,-
000 and exporters 2,000 bales. All
. bales, of which speculators took 0,000
qualities had advanced l-Bd., and the
’ market closed firm.
Manchester Trade. —The trade in the
manufacturing districts was improving,
and goods closed with an advancing ten
dency.
London Money Market.- —Money was un
changed. Consols had declined and
quoted at 95 3-4 to 96 7-8 for account.
Liverpool General Markets— Richardson
& Spence report that the wheat market
closed firm, with an advancing ten
| dency.
I Corn dull, and quotations barely
| maintained.
! Naval stores steady and firm.
Sugar quiet. i
Provisions dull.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The latest dates trom Calcutta are to '
the 9th, and Bombay to the 30th of r
January. ,
Sir Collin Campbell had taken posses- y
sion of the Frukabad; seven guns had <
been captured, and two hundred of the '
enemy killed.
From Canton, dates to the 29tli Dec.,
had been received. The French and
English troops landed on the 28th—the
walls of Canton were escaladed on the
29th December—and the heights of the
town carried. The troops met with
feeble resistance from the Cantonese.—
The damage to the city was small.
The correspondent of the London Times
says the city of Canton was bombarded
twenty-four hours previous to tho at
tack—it was then assaulted in three di
visions. Gough’s Fort wa| stormed and
taken, and blown up. The Chinese
continued their lire from the houses, but
the troops bad been restrained from en
tering the city.
Arrival of the Steamship Columbia.
Charleston, Feb. 28.—The steamship
Columbia arrived this morning. She
reports one of Cromwell’s line of pro
-1 pellers ashore about twenty miles South
of Roddy Island Light.
Charleston, Feb. 28 —Sales of Cot
, ton to-day 2,000 bales—Middling Fair
11 1-4 to 11 5-8 cents.
Affairs of Honor.
Washington, Feb. 24. —The seconds
of Messrs. Clay and Cullom returned
■ here last night. It appears to be the
I general impression that the challenge
has been withdrawn, and the difficulty
between those gentlemen is in a fair
way for adjustment.
CoiigrCiistoimL
Washington, Feb. 23.—Congress.met
again to-day, but nothing of interest
transpired.
Affairs of Honor.
Washington, Feb. 23.—Thejduel be
tween Lieutenants Bell and Williams,
took place to-day at Bladeusbtirg.—
Neither was hurt.
The affair between Mr. Clay and Mr.
Cullom, is still in abeyance. All the
parties are absent from the city, and
nothing is known about them.
Market Reports.
New York, Feb. 23.— Sales of Cotton
’ to-day 3,000 bales, the market closing
> firm.
i Flour closed with a slight advance,
( sales 9,000 barrels.
Wheat quiet, with sales of 1.000
bushels.
Corn very dull and unsettled,
i Turpentine heavy, sales of 2,500 bar
! rels, and declining.
Rosin firm, with sales of 2,500 barrels.
Rice firm.
II The steamer yesterday tookonlyss9B,-
i 309, which, added to the shipment of
■ j last Wednesday from Boston, makes the
-' Europern drain only SBOO,OOO for two
1 weeks. In view of our present limited
| imports, and the large outward move
: ment of cotton, it is not thought to be
L j impossible that the specie current may
J | change in the course of a few months,
,! and flow inward from Europe. We
[ j should not, however advise operators to
1 predicate any movement in stocks upon
’ j this anticipation. If we can but retain
, j here the California receipts, they will be
J amply sufficient for our legitimate busi
j; ness wants, with a surplus for an active
j I speculation in stocks and merchandise.
J: —New York News, February 18/A.
r -•-«
i A Detroit paper mentions the arrest of
.! a woman in that city, “with nothing
. on her person but a love letter and a
L deguerreotype.” Rather a 1 poetical”
and “ picturesque costume
1 Spcrial iotiffs.
Jiff" For Savanuali.—The Iron
Steamboat Company’s Steamer AUGUSTA will
loavc as above with dispatch.
For freight engagements, apply to
feb24-2 J • _B. QUITO, A gent.
(IT Dress Making.—Mrs. E.
j BROWN wouUPrespectfully inform the ladies of
| Augusta, and vicinity that she is lully prepared
to execute all orders entrusted to her care with
neutness and dispatch. Residence south side of
Green at., fourth door below Centre, nearly op
posite St. James M. E. Church.
J. W. BROWN,
feb26 lm at 3. C. Hustin’s. :
Polytechnic School.—
Scholars are notified that this school is removed
to the Richmond Academy—East Wing, up stairs.
Exercises will be resumed on TUESDAY EVE
NING, at half past 7 o’clock. fcb-23-2
~ggp For Sale.— A complete uni
form of one of our most popular military com
panies, to he sold low for cash—will fit a small
sized man. Apply ai this office. fcblO 4_
“pTonnd.-Io front of the Pres
byterian Church, a pair of GOLD SPECTACLES,
which tile owner can have by calling at
feb22 WILCOX, HAND A ANSI.EY.
jig’Needle Women’s Relief
Society .--The store of this society has been
removed from Fills to Broad st., above Bridge
Bank building, one door below Dr. Sledge’s of
fice, where garments suitable for servants, rail
road, steamboat aDd plantation hands are to be
found.
Mrs. YOUNG, the competent Agent of the So
ciety will be always found at the store, ready to
receive orders for coarse or fine sewing, which
will be satisfactorily executed, and the continued
patronage of the public is solicited. 122-3
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s ruction, fear of insanity, hypochondriasis, dys- j
pepsia. general prostration, irritability, nervous- j
ness, inability to sleep, distaste incident to fe- ]
males, decay of the propagating functions, hys j
teria, monomania, vague terrors, palpitation of I
the heart, impotouey. constipation, etc., from
whatever cau c arising, it is, if there is any reli
ance to be placed on human testimony, absolute
ly infallible.
I CAUTION.—I)r. Morse's Invigorating Cordial i
i has been counterfeited by some unprincipled \
persons. In future, all the genuine Cordial will
have the proprietor’s sac simile pasted over the
cork of each bottle, and the following words
blown in glass : Dr. Morse’s Invigorating Cor
dial. C. H. RING, proprietor. N. Y.
This cordial is put up highly concentrated in
pint bottles : SO per bottle ; two for $5 ; six for
sl2. C H. RING, proprietor, 192 Broadway, X
York. Sold by Druggists throughout the United
States, Canadas and the Also, by
HAYIL ND, CHICHESTER &CO., and PLUMB fc
LEITNER, Augusta. feb!9 3m
fgr Freight Between Sa-
V ANN AH AND AUGUSTA.—The Iron Steam
boat Company’s new .light draft steamers, AU
GUSTA and W. 11. STARK, carry ing the freight
on their decks, will leave Savannah and Augus
ta, alternately every three week days, each Boat
making a trip to and from Savannah every
week. A Boat will leave Savannah either Wed
nesday or Thursday, or so soon as the New i
York Steamers shall discharge in Savannah.
This Company intend to deliver freight in Au
gusta, in seven days after being shipped on
Steamers in Northern Por.'s.
All freight consigned to the Iron Steam Boat •
Company either in Augusta or Savannah will be j
promptly forwarded without commission, aud at
low rates of freight. jan‘3B-Cm
List Open.—On
and after MONDAY, January 4th, 1858, I will
be at the Collector and Treasurer’s office daily
(Sundays excepted,) from 10 o’clock, A. M., to
2 o'clock, P. M., until the FOURTH MONDAY in
March next, for the purpose ol Registering the
names of, and giving cerliflcatesto the Legal Vo
ters or the City of Augusta, in accordance with
the ActVthe Legislature, approved February,
15th, 1856, and the City Ordinance to provide for
carrying said act into effect.
ANTHONY I). HILL, Registry Clerk.
Augusta. January 2,1858. jan4 3m
JIT Dr. M. J. Jones offers liis
• professions services to the citizens of Augusta
: and vicinity. Office on Mclntosh -street. opposite
'the Constitutionalist Range, where he maybe
■ ound at all times during the day. and at night
! at the residence of J. C. Snead, south side of
I Wu.ker-st. opposite Richmond Academy.
' 06119 <to
Serial Stotitts.
, gif' £mbroidcr y.—Mrs. ANNA
; R. DEMING is prepared to do all kinds of Em
broidery, with dispatch. Also, to cut out aud
| make any article appertaining to a Ladies or an
infants dress.
I ong experience justifies her in the belief that
f she can give satisfaction to all who may entrust
j work to her.
, Ellis-stroet, second door below Kollock. fls j
r | Freight on Salt by the
Iron Steamboat Company.— During this month,
freight on Salt by the new and saio boats of this
company will be charged at 20 coots per sack,
lets JOHN B. GEIEtf, Agont.
g*F Final Notice.--All those
who are indebted to the old firm of J. M. Nkwby
& Co., either hv note or account, will please
make payment to the undersigned, as longer in
dulgence cannot be given.
• * * J. K. HORA & CO.,
d 9 Successors to J. M. Newby a Co.
jg" Ttie Augusta Brass anti
String Hand, JOHN A. HOHI.tR, tender, is,
;ts usual, prepared to furnish Music for Proces
sions, Parties, Serenades, Ac., on reasonable
terms. Application to the Leader or CHARLES
SPAETH will meet with prompt attention.
novl2 6m
gg- Mrs. E. o. Collins has ta
ken the store opposite the Planters’ Hotel, and
has nowjn store a handsome assortment of Vel
vet Silk" Straw and Mourning BONNETS, DRESS
CAPS, HEADDRESSES, RIBBONS, FLOWERS,
FEATHERS, HAIR BRAIDS, CURiS, TOILET
POWDERS, SOAPS, PERFUMES, HAIR OILS, Acc.
The above Goods will bo sold as reasonable as
can bo bought in the city for cash.
Mrs. C. will receive through her friends in New
York, the latest London and Paris fashions, aud
will make to order at short notice. Q( -t‘2s
fiT A m to rot y p es for the
Million.—ls you want a first-rate AMBROTYPE, I
• beautifully colored and put in a neat case for !
Fifty Cents, go to the original Fifty Cent Gallery,
I post Office corner, opposite the Georgia Railroad |
j Bank. Entrance to the Gallery next door to the |
j Post Office.
| d 4 WM. H. CHALMERS, Proprietor.
Frclylit>* rj> U*c Aivttiniuli At* v ca
By the Iron Steamboat Company Line , will bo re
ceived and forwarded free of Commission, ad
dressed to tho care of Agent Iron Steamboat
Company.
J. B. OUIEU, Agent, Augusta
S. M. LAFFITKAU, Agt. Savannah
Augusta, July 1, 2857. jyl-Iy
HT Golilcn Hill Sliii'ts.-100
dozen C. and 1,. SHIRTS ; 20 doz. While and Col
ored MARSEH.LIE3, a now and beautiful article,
for sale low by
,19 . J. K. HORA Ac CO.
To Make Room for our,
Spring and Summer stocks, we will sell tho re- j
j mainder of our heavy Winter Clothing nt very 1
! reduced prices for CASH. Call soon, before they 1
j are all gone. janl9 J. K. HORA Ac CO. j
Hair Dye is'Vile Wash,
'but the article that will naturally restore the
j color of the hair, the changing of which to gray
j being an indication of alack of proper secretions,
is truly a valuable medicine. Professor Wood’s
! HAIR TONIC, if the certificates of the leading
! minds over the Union do not falsify, is the only
! safe remedy for baldness, dryness, premature
1 change of color, aud the several evidences of a
i lack of secretions at the roots of the hair, which
! can be found. Quack preparations abound, and
' •1 a r tonics’ fill every ‘corner grocery’ in the
| country. Avoid all ‘hair tonics’ unless known
to be the preparation of some man whose cele
brity has become world-wide. Do not let any
nostrum vender experiment upon your hair.
Touch nothing you have not good reason to be
lleve is all that it purports to be. Prof. Wood
has earned by years of severe test of the virtues
of his preparation, his present fame. Over 150
certificates are beforo us of the value of this
hair restorative, from all parties who have tried
it. Use no other.
j Caution.—-Beware of worthless imitations as
1 several are already in the market called by dis-
I ferent names. Use none unless the words Prof.
| Wood’s Hair Restorative, Depot St. Louis, Mo.,
and New York, are blown in the bottle,
i Sold by all Druggists and Patent Medicine
•Dealers. Also, by all Fancy and Toilet goods
deali rs in tho P.Bhteß and Canadas. feb!3
jjpPortrait Painting.—Mi
IT. FORSTER, thankful to the citizeus of Augusta
lor the patronage already bestowed on him.
j begs to shite that he has removed from Messrs.
' Tucker Ac Pkrkins, and has Uiken rooms at
i Dr. Paterson’s, on Washington-street, corner
| of Ellis, where he will le happy to execute Por
| traits in Oil in the highest style of tho art, and
j on reasonable tf-rms. Photographs, Auibrotypcs
j and Daguerreotypes copied in oil. fel2-3m.
| glpTlie Great Englisli
Remedy.—Sir Jamks Clarkk’B CELEBRATE!)
I female PILLS, Prepared from a prescription
! nfSr J. Clarke. M. Ik, Physician Extraordinary
j to tiio Queen.
j This invaluable medicine is unfailing in the
j cure or all those paitiful and dangerous diseases
ito which the female constitution is subject. It
moderates all excess and removes all obstruc
tions. and a speedy cure may be rolied oil.
TO MARRIED LADIES it is peculiarly suited.
It will, in a short time, bring on the monthly
period with regularity.
Each bottle, price One Dollar, bears the Gov
ernment Stamp of Great Britain, to prevent
counterfeits.
These Pills ■ hould not bo taken by females
during the first three months of Pregnancy, as
they arc sure to bring on Miscarriage, but at an)
other time they aro safe.
In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections,
Pain in the Back and Limbs, Fatigue on slight
exertion, Palpitation of the Heart, Hysterics and
Whites, these Pills will effect a cure when all
other means have failed, and although a power
iful remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, anti
| Inony, or anything hurtful to the constitution.
Full directions in tho pamphlet around each
package, which should be carefully preserved.
Sole Agent for the United States and Canadu,
JOB MOSES, (late I. C. Baldwin &Co.)
Rochester, New York.
! N. B.—One Hollar and six Postage Stamps en
.l closed to any authorized Agent, will insure a
bottle containing over fifty pills, by return mail
For sale by HAVILAND, CHICHESTER 4 CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Agents for the State of
Georgia. febl2-y
~R, P. SPELMAN, SR,
PAINTER,
Greenc street, Augusta, Georgia. f2O
f t OSHEN BUTTER.
15 Firkins choice GOSHEN BUTTER,
10 do prime OHIO do
For sale low by
febOdawlw ESTES k CLARK.
AWS OF A RURLIO AND GENERAL
CIIARACTF.R passed by the General Asscm-,
■ bly of the State or Georgia at the session in No
i ventber and December, 1851, otfieialiy authenti- j
eated by the Secretary of State, compiled by li.
1 B. DeGralienrcid, Esq. For sale by
> feblO THOS. RICHARDS Jt SON.
Potatoes.
TEN bbls. MERCER POTATOES;
20 do Yeilow Planting do
' d-aNTIONAC h HUBBARD S.
D-ffe? 3U(torti«mnrts.
|MAS oft lU^HALL.
THREE NIGHTS ONLY!
the GREAT STAR OF THE MUSI
CAL, AVORI.II.nntI
PRODIGY CF THE AGE!
BLIND TOM, the only original Pianist
in existence ! —A Blind Boy, only eight
years of age, and who, a.v a musical phenomenon,
is without a parallel, will give one of his
SOIREES MUSICALE.
at the above Hall on MONDAY, TUESDAY and
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, commencing at half
past 7, P. M.; on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 11
o'clock, A. M.
Tickets, 25 cents ; Children under ten years of
age, and servants, ten cent •. fcl>22
CONCERT HALL
HERE AGAIN.
FOR FOUR DAYS ONLY!
Great Change of Enterfalnnicnt!
PRICES REDUCED ! —Admission On
ly 25 cents ; Children and Servants, 15cts.
Wonderful Feat of Producing BON BONS and
CONFECTIONE .Y for the ladies and Children.
WEDNESDAY, T lIERS DAY, FRI
DA Y and SATURDAY,
February 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th.
i Commencing at half-past "o’clock, and on Thurs
day and Saturday Afternoons, at half-past three
o’clock.
SIGNOR BLITZ
Announces that in order to afford all classes an
opportunity of witnessing his exhibitions, he has
reduced the prices as above. feb22-4
Fire, Marine and Life ln
-BURANCE.
CAPITAL REPFJSSENTED *SOC,COL
THE SUBSCRIBER is Agent for the
following Insurance Companies, in which
J ho can insure by the assistance of the
j Augusta Insurance & Banking Uo’py.
j any amount up to $30,000, on any single Fire,
| Life, River or Marine risks : Capital.
j Manufacturers’ Ins. Comp’y of Phila. $500,000
; State Fire and Marine 320.000
Exchange 200’9(0
Merchants’ 200,000
Mutual Benefit ol New York 2.000,000
Mutual Life of Now York 4,000,000
These Companies are recommended by trust
worthy and reliable parties, as every way de
serving the confidence of Insurers.
C. F. McCAY.
lei>24-2w SScc’y of the Aug. Ins ,k Bkg Co.
Castern Hay.
JUST RELEI VKD, 800 bundles of the
finest EASTERN HAY ever offered in this
market. For sale by A. P. BEERS,
fel>24 0 Opposite Planters 1 Hotel.
Oats! Oats!
rpENNESSEE OATS, in store anti at
JL De; ot for sale by
JW>24-5 A. P. BEERS.
JAMES M. I)YK A Cth,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
A uf/ufia . Georgia.
THE UNDERSIGNED have formed a
copartnership under the name and Krr\'\\
; tyle of JAMES M. DYE k CO. for thc£WW4]
transaction of a Warehouse and Commia- grssSlr"
sion Business, at the Warehouse recently occu
pied by Dte & LaTantk. They respectfully ten
der their services to their personal friends ami
the public, with the assurance that any business
entrusted to them will be promptly and faith
fully attended to.
Particular attention paid personally to the sale
of Cotton und other Procuoe, and also to the re
ceiving and forwarding of Goods.
Liberal Ca h Advances made on consignments
of Cotton und ether Produce.
JAMES M. DYE.
THOS. RICHARDS.
Augusta, Feb. 6, 1858. feb24
Best burning fluid.
I am at ail times prepared to fill all orders
Dr “ Best Fluid,” by the barrel, can or gallon,
at the very lowest price.
101>24 8. C. MESTIN.
LAMPS.
The largest stock In the city, and greatest
variety, for sale by the dozen or separate.
feb24 ;S. C. MUffTIN.
GREAT REDUCTION
IN PRICES OF
CLOTHING,
AT
215 BROAD-ST.
i. p. kii;mi\ a to.
Are now offering the remainder of their WINTER
STOCK at such rates as to induce all to
purchase a ho are in want of
tii <a»« sa aa «1 C laoaa i»
CLOTHING !
!Yb23
/ KiT'DiN YARNS AND OSNABURGs!
50 bales Cotton Yarns, assorted sizes ;
20 do Osnaburgs, from the Mon
tour Manufacturing Company. For sale by
feb23 THOS. P. STOVALL k CO.
A - LCJOHOL.
95 per cent Alcohol for sale by the barrel
at 70cents ; retail, per gallon, at 75 cents.
fcb23 S. C. MUSTIN.
T‘~urpentine.
Price per gal., by the barrel, 65 cents ; re
tail 70 cents per gallon.
feb23 S. C. MUSTIN.
Blankets.
IN ORDER TO SAVE THE TROUBLE
of packing away our BLANKETS in the sum
mer, we will, during the present cold weather,
sell our remaining stock at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Fine Bed Blaukets at $3 a pair ; tine and extra
large, $4 a pair : extra tine 14-4, $7.50 ; Negro
Blankets, extra large, 80 cents a piece.
fcb23 t * RAY Ac TURLEY •
_____
200 bbls PLANTING POTATOES ;
300 boxes TOBACCO, all grades ;
100 kegs SODA ;
3CO boxes Adamantine CANDLES ;
SCO kegs NAILS ;
15 tierces RICE. For sale low by
feb22 WILCOX, HAND k ANBLEY.
IHRESH burning fluid.
A supply just landed and fer sale low b v
feb22 WM. H.TUTT.
TRUSSES! TRUSSES!
Just received, a fine assor ment of single
Single and l ouble TRUSSES, for infants, youths
and adults.
Also, Improved Femoral and Umbilical Trus
ses, Shoulder Braces and Abdominal Supporters.
feb22-d*w2w WM. 11. TUTT.
AIR DYES.
Ballard’s, Batchelor’s, Christadoro’g, Fha
lon’s, Jayne’s, Alexander’s Tricobaphe ; Prof.
Wood’s and , Mrs. Allen’s Hair Restorative;.
Jayne’s Hair Tonic ; Phalon’s Invigorator;
Barry’s Tricopberous, amt Lyon's Kathairon.
For sale by P22-daw WM. H.TUTT.
iamonds! ~
RINGS and PINS—a fine selection of first
water stones—few but tine and cheap (ortho
quality of the article. At
feb2o HENRY J. OSBORNE’S.
CREAM ALE.
Receiving da ly in prime order and condi
tion consignments of Massey, Collins Ac Co.’s cele
brated CREAM ALE, and for sa'o by
THOMAS WHYTE,
feb2o Sole Agent for the Brewery.
Grey Hoimd Hog Stolen.
STOLEN from the yard of the under
signed, on the night
; ol the 19th instant, a very Nv
! small Grey Hound SLUT, 'if EkANsv
Bpntted black and white, P 'a
and answers to the name ij l
of TUFF’. Suspicion rests
! uuou a negro man who lives m Hamburg but
works in this city during the day. Anyinfor
’ mation of the log will be kindly received, and a
liberal reward paid for the dog and thief.
1 «0-S W. 11. BYRD, Geo. Rnlroad.