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Atoning pspattb 3 O'i ' K r. /?, ,«AV IJ. I T LOCA 1j MATTERS. Tin- ‘‘Hop” at Planters. The social “Hop,” at the Planters’ Hotel last night, passed off delightful ly. The attendance was large, compris ing many of the young gentlemen and j ladies of the city, and a large number ■ . visitoi 1 : ring Convention week. No one knows better how to get up such parties, than Bobbins. Kail road -Coveution. This body met yesterday afternoon, and after announcing the re-election of the old Board of Directors, adjourned :<mc die. The extra train leit this morn ing, with a largo number of passengers. Many more will return this evening. We wish them all a sale return to the endearments of home, and trust that every May will bring a recurrence of the pleasant Associations, inaugurated during the varying incidents of Conven tion week. By next year, we hope the effects ol the panic will have passed away, and that our citv will present fewer long faces, and more activity in the circles of business as well as of amusement. Delicious Strawberries. Mr. V. LaTaste has placed us under obligation for a treat of delicious st aw* berries, of the Hovey Seedling variety. [communicated.] Mr. Editor: There is a provision in the code of laws of the city which is not generally known, and ought to be brought in this public manner to the attention of the parties interested. It is u 3 follows: (Extract from section 20th of the “ general ordiance of the City of Augusta, passed March 18, 1857. ’) “ Nor shall any slave or- free person ol color sell any cotton samples with or without a ticket.” • A Citizen. About Babies. It is asserted that the new American Cyclopedia now a course of publication is defective in many essential particu lars, and that the necessity for a hew work more perfect in its character will only become the more apparent by porn sing it. We know not how true this may be, says the Baltimore Dispatch, not having had time to look over it with sufficient particularity to enable us to form an opinion ; hut we do know that in the second volume there is a very no table omission, which every mother in the land will cry out against. No men tion is made of “baby,” the most im portant personage in the household, to whose caprices all others must succumb, and to whose comfort and well being every person in the fan Jy—be they over so numerous- -is exp<. ‘led to con tribute. Can it be that the compilers of the cyclopaedia are bachelors, and hence have no idea of the existence of such a noisy institution as ' baby in our midst? Presum : r:g such to be the r r,r., \ n pify for their forlorn condi tion and ignorance, the following defi nition is furnished for their next edi tion Baby: The judge, jury and sentence of every well-regulated family. A thing that squaks as midnight, and will not be comforted by any quantity of sop. A biped called by its mother “dc it tie rosy, posy, pinknm pink, bless its ittle heart!” and very frequently “ toted ” to the tune of “Here we go up, up-e, and here we go down down, down-e. By bachelors called “brat, ' and by Tapper, tin*proverbial philosopher del eately alluded to as ,: a well spring,” &c. Dr. Hall, the editor of that interest ing publication. the “Journal ofHealth. seems to he much better posted on the subject than the < 'yclopedia folks, for he j i:1 1 s us that “a keuiuy infant, v-.1-swallow, swallow, during the first year of its life, fourteen hundred pounds of milk, in W M >h are twenty-one pounds of cheese, thirty pounds of butter, and a hundred and twelve pounds of sugar. At six cents a quart, with the necessary sweet ening, each dear little creature costs, for food alone, fifty dollars for the first year.” We had no idea before ot the copt of the lit tle gluttons. But the cal culation is made for babies that are brought up, as the phrase goes, by the hand ; a wet nurse would cost about three times as much more. - South Carolina Senators. Mr. Calhoun died in March, 1850— Judge Butler then Ms colleague. Gov. Seabrook first appointed Gen. Hamilton and then Col. Elmore to succeed him. Col. Elmore died at Washington, and was succeeded bv the Hon. liobt. Barn well, who served during the famous long session of 1850, when the Califor nia Compromise was passed, during which in a very able speech, he uttered the noted remark his constituents would “put their houses in order, not to die, but to live.” He declined an election in December. 1850, when the Hon. R. Barnwell Rhett was elected, beating our present Senator Hammond. Mr. Rhett resigned in 1852. upon the refusal of the State to secede, and was succeeded by the Hon. Wm. F. DeSaus sure. who served a term. He was suc ceeded by Judge Evans, who was elec ted in November. 1852. Judge Butler continued as B«*n.ati>r until the summer of hot year, (1857.) and the vacancy caused by his death was filled in De cember last by the election of Senator Hammond. - Charleston Evening News. Large numbers of catterpillars have rntmnt-necd their ravages i • various parts of Virginia. The Daily Argus niys they have .already atk.ckei and fruit trees in the city and vicinity of Norfolk. - Henry Ward Beecher infends'spendiog a few weeks in Kansas, dining the corn ing summer. The Perils of the Border, While reading recently an account of ! the frightful massacre of several whii ! families by the Black-foot Indians, we were reminded of .i thrilling event which occurred iu the “ Wild West,'’ a short time subsequent to tin- Revolu ition, in which a highly accomplished young lady, the daughter of a distingu ished officer of the American Army. | played an important part. The story | being of a most thrilling nature, and (exhibiting in a striking inanac: the | “ Perils of the Border,” we have con cluded to give an extract from it, as originally published, as follows : j The angle on the right bank of the| j Great Kanawha, formed by its junelu n! ; with tin Ohio, is called Paine Pleasant, | and is a place of historical note. Here, {on the 10th of October. 1774, during what is known as Lord Duninore’s War. j was fought one of the (reicest and most I desperate battles th«t ever took place ! between the Virginians and their forest i foes. | After the battle in question, in which I the Indians were defeated with great ! loss, a f rt was here erected by the vic tors, winch became a post of great im j portance throughout the sanguinary ! scenes of strife which almost immedi ately followed, and which. in this see j tion of the country were continued for many years after that establishment of peace which acknowledged the United h’olonics of America a free and Inde : pendent nation. ; At the landing of the fort, on the day our story opens, was fastened a flat-, boat of the kind used by the early navi gators of the Western rivers. Upon the deck of this boat, at The moment we present the scene to .the reader, stood five individuals, alike en gaged in watching a group of persons, mostly females, who were slowly up ' preaching the landing. Os those five, one was a stout, sleek negro in partial livery, and evidently a house or body servant ; three were boatmen and bor derers. as indicated by their rough, bronzed visages and coarse attire ; but the filth was a young man. some t wo und twenty years of ago. of a fine com manding person, and a clear, open, in telligent countenance ; and in the lofty carriage of his head in the gleam of his large, bright, hazel eye -there was something which denoted one of supe rior mind: but as we shall have occu -imi in Ihe course of our narrative t<> ! fußy set forth who and what Eugene Fairfax was, we will leave him for the present, and turn to the approaching group, whom he seemed to be regard ling with lively interest. Os this gr up. compose ! of a middle iaged man and four females, with a iblack female servant following some j five or six paces in the rear, there was one whom the most casual eye would ! have singh d out and rested upon with j pleasure. The lady in question, was j apparently about twenty years of age, of ! a slender and graceful figure, and of [that peculiar cast <'f feature, which bo lshies being beautiful in every lineament, j rarely fails to affect the beholder with something like a charm. | Her traveling costume —a fine brown 1 habit, high in the neck, buttoned closely I over the bossom and coining down > ! her small pretty feet, without trailing ;on the ground—was both neat and be j coming ; and with her riding cap and I its waving ostrich plume, set gaily (above her flowing curls, her appearaoc contrasted forcibly with the rough, un- I polished looks of those of her sex beside I her, with their linsey bed gowns, scan let flannel petticoats, and bleached linen leaps. j “Oh, Blanche,” said one of the more venerable of her female companions, ! pursuing a conversation which had been I maintained sine' quitting the open fort | behind them, “ I cannot bear to let von j go ; ior jt i'ist seems io n»c as it sonic- i j thing were going to happen to you, arid I j when 1 feel that wav, something genet - j | ally does happen.” * “Well, aunt,” returned Bluichc, j with a light laugh, “Ido not doubt in! ithoh-rist that omething will happen j for I expect one of these days to reach | my dear father and blessed mother, and ;give them such an embrace as is due i from a dutiful daughter to her pu.ents and that will be something that has 1 not happened for two long years at | least,” I “ But I don’t mean that Blanche,” returned the other, somewhat petulant ;Jy ; “ and you just laugh like a gay and ; thoughtless girl, when you ought to bo serious. Because you have come Safe 'thus far. through a partially settled 'country, you think, perhaps your own ! pretty will ward off. danger in flu* | more perilous wilderness-but I warn | you that a fearful journey is before you! Scarcely a boat descends the Ohio, that docs not encounter more or less peril Ifrom the savages that prowl along eitli (er shore; and some of them that go down freighted with human life, are : heard of no more, and none ever return j to tell the talc.” j “But why repeat this to me, dear aunt,” returned Blanche, with a serious air, “when you know it is my destiny, either good or bid, to attempt the voy !age? My parents have sent for me to •'join them in their new home, and it is jmy duty to go to them, be the peril • what it may.” i “You never did know what it was to fear !” pursued the good woman. rath er proudly. “No,” she repeated, turn ling to the others, “Blanche Bertrand | never did know what it was to fear, J believe!” “Just like her father!” joined in the ; husband of the matron, the brother of ! Blanche’s mother, the commander of 1 the station, and the middle-aged gen- Itlcman mentioned as one of the party ; ,“a true daughter of a true solder. Her i father. Colonel Philip Bertrand, God ‘bless him for a true heart! never did seem to know what it was to fear-and Blanche is just like him.” ! By this time the parties had reached !the boat; and the young man already ,described -Eugene Fairfax, the secreta ry of Blanche's father—at once stepped forward, and, in a-polite and deferen tial in ‘.oner, offered his hand to the dif ferent females, to assist them on board. [The hand of Blanche was the last t> touch his—and then but slightly, as she sprung quickly and lightly to the j deck—but a close observer might have uctecied th slight flush which mantled his Hi.uie. expressive features, as his eye for a single instant met hers. Shoi might herself have seen it—perhaps she <U<i -but there was no corresponding jglow on her own bright, pretty face, as |she inquired, in the calm, dignified tone of one having the right to put the ques tion, and who might also have been ; aware of the inequality of position be tween herself and him she addressed : “Eugene, is everything prepared for our departure ? It will not do for our boat to spring aleak again, as it did coining down the Kanawha -for it will not be safe for us, lam told, to touch either shore between the different forts an 1 trading-posts on onr route, this side "i‘ our destination—the Falls of the Ohio.” “No, indeed 1" rejoined Tier aunt, quickly; “it will be as much as your lives are worth to venture a foot from the main current of the Ohio for news reached us only the other day, that many boats had been attacked this spring, and several lost, with all on hoard.” “No one feels more concerned about the safe passage of Mi s Bertrand than myself,” replied Eugene iu a deferential tone: “and -ince our arrival here, 1 ! have left nothing'undone that I thought ; might probably add to her security and comfort.” ” ibis. is true, to my personal knowl edge,” joined in the uncle of Blanche ; “and I thank you, Mr. Fairfax, in be half of our fair kinswoman. There will, perhaps,” he pursued, “be no great danger, so long as you keep lit the current; but your watch must not be neglected for u single moment, either night or day ; and do not, I most sol emnly charge and warn you. under any circumstances, or on any pretence what soever, suffer yourselves* to be decoyed to either shore!” “ I hope v e understand our duty bet ter. Colonel,” said oue of the men. re spectfully. “ I doubt it not,” replied the com mander of the Point; “I believe you are all faithful and true men, or you would not have been selected by. the . agent of Colonel Bertrand, for taking down more precious freight Hum you ever carried before ; but still the wisest and thel#t of rnen have lost their liyes by giving ear to the most earnest appeals of humanity. You understand what I mean ? White men, apparently, iu the greatest distress, will hail your boat, represent themselves as having just escaped from the Indians, and beg of you, for the love of God, in the ■ most piteous tones, to come to their re lief; but turn a deaf ear to them—-to each and all of them—even should you know the pleaders to be of your own kin ; for in such a c ,se your own bro ther might decieVe you- 1 -not wilfully and voluntarily, perhaps but because of being goaded on by. .the savages : themselves concealed. Yes, such things have*been known as one friend being thus used to lure another to his destruc - turn; so be cautious, vigilant, brave 1 and true, and may, the good God keep s all from harm !” As he finished speaking, Blanche pro ceeded to take an affectionate leave oi all, receiving many a tender message for her parents from those who held them in love and veneration ; and the boat swung out, and began to float down with the current, now fairly entered upon the most dangerous portion of a . long and perilous journey. » The father of Blanche, Colonel Philip Bertrand, was a native-of Virginia, and a descendant of one-of the-Huguenot refugees, who fled from their..native land after the revocation of the edict i of Nantz in 1665. Hfc had been an officer oi same note during the Revolution v. i u .i)m poi’ticai and personal friend ol Ihe author of the Declaration of Jude • i . ! >nee- and a gentleman who had .il ways stuod high in the esteem of his ass -eiates and cotemporaries. Though at one time a man of wealth, Colonel Bertrand had lost much and .suf fered much, through British invasion; and when, shortly after the close of the war, he hud met with a few more seri ous reverses, he hud been fain to'accept a grant of iand, uiear the Falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, tendered him by Virginia, which then held jurisdiction over the entire territory now constitu ting the St ai. of Kentucky. The grant had decided the Colonel [upon seeking his new possessions and lOtiiiuiijg up a now homo iu toe toon | Far West, and his -wife had insist :d up- Jon accompanying him on his first tour, (he bad assented to ln r desire, on condi tion that Blanche should be left among her friends, till such time as a place could be, prepared which might in some i degree be* considered a fit abode for olie l so carefully and tenderly reared. ■ Blanche would gladly have gone with > her parents : but on this point her fa ; ther had been inexorable till he should : see proper to send for. her", mid as he was a man qf positive character, and a rigid disciplinarian, the- -mailer had been settled without argument. When Colonel Bertrand iy«:,oyod to : the West, Kuguene Fairfax, as we have : seen, accompanied him ; and coming of ! ago shortly after, ho hud accep ed the ! offer of his noble benefactor, to remain • with him in the capacity, of private se cretary and confidential agent. • .» ta king possession of his giant, the Colo , nel hud almost immediately erected a fort,and offered Buch.induceiu.eQts to set tlers as to speedily collect around him . quite a little community—of which! as a matter of course, he became the head and chief ; and to supply the wan sos his own family and others, and to in • crease his gains in a legitimate way, he ; had opened a store and filled it with goods from the Eastern marts, which goods were transported by land over the i mountains to the Kanawha, and thence by water to the Falls of the Ohio, whence their removal to Fort Bertrand became an easy matter. To purchase and ship these goods, and deliver a package of letters to friends in the East, Eugene had been thrice dispatched -his third commission also extending to the escorting, of the beautiful heiress, with her servants, to her new home. This lust tom mission had been so far execu ted at tko time chosen Tor the opening of. o^ir. story,.as 'O. bring the parties to the mouth of the great Kanawha, whence the'reader has seen them slowly Boating off upon the still, glassy bosom of “the belle of rivers.” The day, which was an auspicious one, passed without anything occurring worthy of note, until near four o’clock, when, as Blanche was standing on the lore part of the deck gazing at the love ly scene which surrounded her, she saw a seemingly Hying body suddenly leave a gigantic tree, (whose mighty brnneh e> extended far over the river, and near which the coat was then swayed by the action of the current), and alight with a crash upon the deck of the boat, not ;mcre than eight feet from her. One glance sufficed to show her what the üb j< a was. and to freeze the blood in her veins. The glowing eyes of a huge pan ther met her gaze. The suddenness of of the shock which this discovery gave her was overpowering With a defin ing shriek she fell upon her knees and clasped her hands before her breast. — The panther crouched for his deadly leap, but ere he sprang, the hunting knife of Eugene Fairfax (who, with the : stcf.i-Hniv.ii, was the only person on deck c besides Blanche), was buried to tire hilt t ' in his side, inflicting a severe hut not • fatal wound. The infuriated beast at ( ! once turned upon Eugene, and a deadly i struggle ensued. But it was a short t ; oner The polished blade of the knife • played back and forth like lightning i - flashes, and at every plunge it was bn- t t ied to the hilt in the panther's body, 1 , who soon fell to the deck, dragging the t ; dauntless Eugene with him. On seeing 1 - Iter protector fall, Blanche uttered an- \ ; I other shriek and rushed to his aid ; but < ; ! assistance from stouter arms was at s ; i hand. The boatmen gathered round. t 1 | and the savage monster was literally ent in pieces with their knives and hatchets - Hand Eugene, covered with blood, was i > J dragged from under his carcass. Suppos- t ' ing him to be dead or mortally wound* Ned, Blanche threw her arms around \ ! his neck and gave way to a passionate i I burst of grief. But ho was not dead- r ho was not even hurt, with the excep- i ■ j tiou of a few slight atratches The blood g i'with which he was covered was the ■; panther s, not his own. But Blanche’s < j embrace was his a priceless treasure - * ) an index of her heart's emotions arid t ‘' affections. It was to color .his whole p future life, as will he seen in the pro- < r gress of our story. Slowly and silently, save the oceas- i ' j ional creak, dip,and splasli of the steers- t ', irtan’s oar. the boat of our voyagers was i h Home along upon ther bosom of the cur- i ! rent, <>u the third nightof the voyage. < ' !The hour was waxing late, and Eugene , ' i the only one astir. wept the watch, was f | suddenly startled, by a rough hand be'- ji ' j ing placed .upon his Shoulder, accom- j I I pained by tlie words, in the gruff voice ! - 1 ; of the boatman : i 1 \ . i% t sajf, Cap’n here’s trouble I” - What is it. i)\ck : Is 1 starting to his fcet. " “ LVfn'f.ydii see thar’s a heavy fog t r I rising/ that we won?l' be able’ to tell a white *J man from a nigger-?’' replied the bout- '< --.' ih.ajv : -rjick'."JYihtei- In- name--a tall, ! ; bony, muscular, ‘athletic ‘specimen of’i ’ his class r ‘ ’ ; ‘--GiHidheaven ! ho there is.!” .ex- j Vcl aim (d 41 ugefie, looking off upon tile • l ’ already misty Waters. 4i It must have ;< ■' gathered very' suddenly, for all was * 1 , clear a mintite ago. What is to be done ‘ i 1 now ? This is something I was not; '! prepared for, on such a night as this.” -J “It looks troublous, Cap’n, I’ll al- , ‘ j low,*’- 2 / ’returned Dick:” but we’re in < ' i for’t that’s sartin, and I s' pose we’ll ; * j have to make the best on’t.” 5 1 •. “ But what is to be done ? —what do j : ’ [you advise ?” asked Eugene, in a quick ; “I excited tone, that indicated some de- • : 5 i gree of alarm. 14 Why, es you war’nt so skceinl about « the young lady, and it warn’t so dead i 1 1 agin*tlio-orders from headquarters. my y H plan would be a cl’ar and easy one— -1; I'd just run over to the Kaintuck shore ; and tic up.’ j ‘ k No, no,’’ said Evigene, jiosUi Vel y; c I “ that will never do, Dick--that wiU 1 i never do ! I would not think of such sj ( i tiling for a moment! We uniat keep!! in the current by all means-!” ; \ “ Es you can/' rejoined the boatman: \ v ' “ btit wbetr'it-gits so dark as we can't ' .. •Dj! uae- think from lHl.''W: ful'hard to do ; and es we .dou'b; ' , run agFiT a bar or bank afore morning' in spite of the best o' us, it'll be the *; lu'ckieSC go that ever 1 had a hand in. j See Cap’n—its fmckerflng up,fast ;’ we can't see eyth'erha'nk at all, nor the wa -3 j ter nyther; the stars is get tin’ dim, land it looks as if thar war a cloud all * | round us.” ' j “I see! 1 see!” returned Eugene, ; ’ excitedly. “ Morciful Heaven ! I hope] ' jno Accyfe.ut will befall us here, —and j yet ipy heart almost misgives me ! for j t ; this v I believe, is tlte most dangerous l l ; j part ofoWjomnoy - the vicinity where ; ■ 'most of our ooats have been captured ‘ i by the savages.” '!• laying this, Eugene hastened .below,! , ; where he found the' other boatmen ( . sleeping so soundly as to require eonsid i erabb* effort, on his part to wake them. 1 ' i At last, getting them fairly roused, he ■ ! informed-them, almost in a whisper,for j ' . he did not care to disturb the others. that a heavy fog had suddenly arisen, j ' and ho. wished their , pr.escuee: on deck irn mediately*/ /- “ A fog. Cap’n exclaimed one. in atone width indicated that he cpmpre : hendud the peril with the word. 1 “Hush!” returned Eugene ; “there, j1 is no necessity for waking the' others, j Hand having a scene. Upland follow] , ! me, without a word!" i i He glided, back to the deck, and was i almost iminediately.jqined byjthe boat- j , men, to whom he briefly made known ! , * his hopes iind fears, f j 1 hey thought, like.their companion, u that the boat would bq; safest if made •, fast to a overhanging- limb of the Ken- r .. tuckv shore; but frankly admitted that . -; this could not .now be done without die J - ’ Acuity and danger, anti, that there was ; i a possibility of keeping the current. ; -, “ Then make that possibility a cer i dainty,.and it shall be the best night’s : j!; work* yon’ ever performed !” rejoined I Eugene, in a quick, excited tone. f; “ VVe’ll do the best we can, Cap’ll,” ; - was the respone ; “ but no man can be * j sartin of tlie current of this Kete croolc- I I ed stream in a foggy night ” t ! A long silence followed the voyagers t\ slowly drifting down through a misl v jjdaikntss impenetrable to the eye—j : , ! w hen, suddenly, our young commander ! [ j who was standing near the bow, felt the j extended branch of an overhanging l j limb silently brush his face, lie star- -■ ted, with an exclamation of alarm, and ' s at the s ime moment the boatman on ;3 : the right called out: “Quick, here, bovs! we’re, agin the, i shore, assure as death 1” ] Then followed a scene of hurried and ;, ; | anxious confusion, the voices of the - 1 three boatmen mingling in ! oud, .tpj kk.. excl fed. ton es. \ f “ Bush off the bow 1” cried one. “ Quick ! altogether, now! over with j® ] her !” shouted another. “The deTl’s in it ! she’s moping H aground hereon a muddy:bottom !” al- ] ( " j most yelled a third. *' Meantime, the laden boat was ‘brush-1 I ing along against proj- eting bushes, and ~ ; overreaching limbs, and every moment _ getting more and more entangled wiiiie ; j the long poies and sweeps of the boat- • men, as they attempted to push her ■ ff, ! | were often plunged, without touching! | • j bottom, into what appeared to he a soil, j clayey lAud, from which they were only 1 ; extricated by such an outlay of strength j .as tended still more to draw the clumsy j jCratt i>j)Ou the bank they wished to " , i avoid. At length, scarcely more than a - minute from the lirst alarm, there was a i kind of settling together, as it were, and the boat became fast and immovable The fact was announced by Dick | Winter, in his characteristic manner— - . who added, # with an oath, that it was i just what he expected. For a moment I or two a dead silence followed as if each | v comprehended that the matter was one! to be viewed in a very serious light. “I’ll get over the bow, and try to git the lay of the land with my feet,” said Tom Harris ; and forthwith beset about king. At this moment Eugene heard his' name pronounced by a voice that seldom failed to excite a peculiar emotion in his breast, and now sent a strange thrill through every nerve; and hastening! below, he found Blanche, fully dressed, with a light in her hand standing just outside of her cabin, in the regular pas-' sage which led lengthwise through the center of the boat. “I have beard something, Eugene,’’ she said “cuougu toMiow tii.il wo have, met with an accident, but not sufficient; to fully comprehend its nature. “Unfortunately, about two hours ago, j replied Eugene, “we suddenly became! involved in a dense fog ; and in spite of; bur every precaution and care, we have i run aground—it may be against the Ohio j shore—it may be against an island—it is j so dark weean’t tell. But be not alarm- • cd, Miss Blanche,” lie hurriedly added :} “I trust we shall soon be afloat again ; 1 though in any event, the darkness is > sufficient to conceal usfrofrf the savages,! even were they in the vicinity.” “I.know little 6Tlndians,” returned Blanche, “but I have always understood; that they are .somewhat remarkable for ; their acuteness heaving-: and if such ’ is the case, there would. he no necessity of their being very near, tube made nafuted with pi from the loud- voices I*heard few rtii nutesirgod’ “f feiiY we*ve t>een rather imprudent,” , said Eugene. in a deprecating tone'. ‘ “but 1 in the excitement •’ ili< words were suddenly cut short by several loud voices of alarm fn-m with out, followed by a quick .and heavy j trampling across the deck: and the next ! moment Setli Harper and Hick Win ter kbyr.st into.thgpassage, the ! lorfiior ex- ‘ 'claiming: “ We* ve run .phi nr into a red nigger's' nest, Gap’n, and Tam-Harris fetthcadyi. ' butchered and sCalned*! 1 ’ I Ami even as In* spoke.,a •s tT in confir mation of his dreadful, iutclligeivge there f arose .a series .of w.ild. piercing, dernoni ‘acal yells, followed by a dead and omi ! nous silence. •• Bo far we hav.e followed the lovely • heroine and her friends in this ad yen. i lure; but the foregoing is ail that wo can publish in our coltunns, . Th.c bal- ~ lance of the narrative can only lx* found; in the New York Ledger, tliagreat fain- 1 |ily paper, which can be obuuped'at all j the periodical stores where papers are ’sold. lb member to ask for the “Ledger,”; dated-May-2d. ami in it you nil! geti I the continuation of the narrative from j : where.it leaves off here. If'there are no j book stores or news offices convenient to whem you. reside, the publisher of! tire Ledg" r will r-t*nd you a copy by ingil, 1 •if you will .H*n>f him* live cents iti a let ter. Address, kobert Bonner, Ledger j Office, 44 Ann-street. New York. This. |story is entitled, “Perils of the Bor-j ;dcr,” and grows more and more.inter icsting as it goes on. ■ Latest <date.; from J iverpool..'.. April 28 [life t'dates from Havre Aprtl zS , datos from Havana April.io EVENING DIEI’ATt If OFFICE, I AHor.'-Ta, Thursday. Slay 13, P. if. ) • Conox—Sales -inee yesterday afternoon, 212 j iuiles : IfttO, 77 at 10. Bat 10 l 4 '. 2at 10}£, o| jat 11/4,3-1 at 1J S J. 2at J1 •*, 10 at lift. 47 at 12, j j i'2 ut 12 H, satl- k 4 cents. Re ceipts 305 bales. i CIJARIT.STO*, .May Jl. r-O>//-/A.-r T lU‘Coipts i ti;o , r ■ total ’ c dpt- at tin*; port since th? Ist & pi mber, 337 - •| 7CO bal •s-bplaml Exported siaco our toH,- to 1 ton-oru ■ 0rf5,.2,-104 l.r ■’ Upland : 1 •tl'i3 bales Upland; making UiQ'ttmal expurWj |of the a;.-, k J.t» 1';.; ■..» I.; lea; fu« hand! a.shipper. <■>• HT'i) audVsv ; Leptwani: i not cleared, 8.211 bales ; Tlr* -a! *s of the w«vk we-.-c 7843 bale- j op: -'atloc-- is th<* rangin'.' | I ■ • j I.mv to M; i' t -Middlin'; 12 {ii)i‘l% 1 G‘. od Middling Vi-H® — ' •-j j Middling Fair.and Pair ... '■!* ' j j - Sales-tids morning of HO bales, at lrom l’2l jto32 ‘A cents. • j,ir. —Pri •<-; }i!»ve *a- at from fd : 4 ' to! .!s:”■ 8 I"*‘ dcri-e. ' ’ y . • yirket *lAi •“•>. owing' to •the aranl. ' -Uick'OTi .lianit aiul tiiit cor.‘unded;kcrlvii!s.' ,\V<- I quote 75 to 80 cts. Motanms —Guta 3?<{128 ceiUs-: N«v. Orleans 44) j to 42 ceutiT j Stu]art-~.\i\ '•rsrr.i't o’.iw ut from 6:4 to 8 ct- Ctiffe. —Rio Ci-ilWe at from lf> to 11*4 ecu is j are the ranging price.-- fretn stores. | liikliipre. • niAKI.KyTOX. Mav 12.—Arrived, 'sehr Mary 1 Wa-hingtun, Liverpool •/ stotunshlp MumpLis, I New York. ; Cleared, solip.- DIJ Warner, Sami' Krldy» and S J) Wagner.. Now York : schr I>o\v J'rop, kua | 4.'.a isldn'l, Ur ti-Jr ilbmJnras. r *'«“• rAV AXN’AIf. May 12—Arriv i, stinship Isa-j jbel, Havana ; ship ('barter Oak, Liverpool;bark i Maria Morton, New Y.rHc-; stmers W H Starke, | land Swan, Augusta. Cleared, sun-hip Star of the South, New York; j schr Langdon, Cadiz • - chr Enchantress, N *Y. OFFICIAI4 I3RAWI\US <)K THE Sparta Academy Lottery. OK GEORGIA. !.: The following are the drawn number? of the* u .-i iff A ACADEMY LOTTERY, Class 423—drawn \ MAY 32, 1858 : 177, 64. 06, 58, 22, 40, 05. 7, 42. 24, j 73, 67, 49, 19. i Tiio fdllowuiu'aro Uie I'rawti of iba : rSPAKTA AC.MiFMY iXITItKV. CUu i.-i—Edi a, \ Idraa-B MAV I I, ISSB : ■lO, 20, 72, 13, 9, 15. 75, 18, 10. 49, 51, 8, 30. f. C. BARBER. I I-7. i EGAS. j . ■>“’««••• | 5. SO' AN i CO.. Mana^irs. PERFUMKUY. FJ.ORIMKL, anew, delightful ami delicate! Perfume tor tlie handkerchief; FRANGIP.ANNJ t. i RA(. T, and Pin mb's Double f and Single COLOGN'f W. vpir- iR p. fre«b v and • | 1 gjLASSI A ’ .rgo’lot of Froae! - . Win ; '.v and-Picture' GI.ASS. of the hot brand ail >iz- •:, from 8x 10 to 36 x sv>. juut received b v i ;yl I i : UMi -k I.KITNF.R. j B< IKG ‘ • "■ )VK ~ bases Heavy G t N • Y BARGING, I «' liiml'-l *• I’nti: "i S(W hole and Flhli O’il-* R f, py For *iK*J lou by ap23 lit!A■t! fir-.Tt S . CLARK. .{ •jl/roi, ASSES. JLtX 40 hints and 10 tteretw choice CURA MO :K-. K-'r .-:i!c t y aji24 ('A- , 2 , .v ; S ;•> v t'l ARK. BUT4KR AND CHKiFe. ” 7! A large supoiy oi both, ‘or sale very c l -'*’ mv .ias* • liA.V H.wilo. . j. Bacon, bacon ! 100 Uhda Ciea; a l Ribbed ’ i 50 do do do HAMS, 50 <lo do no Si hJ ‘J LDERS, For sale low by ray 10 THO 3. V. STOVAIX & CO. OLD BOURBON WHISKEY. 10 calk; of Pure BuUll. O.N WHISKEY, warranted to be 12 years old. For sale by iny 10 THOS. P. STOVA! L & CO. f inis w. instil, jhsu v aura Asn retail dealer is BOOTS AND SHOES! Trunks, Carpet Bags, School Satchels, «fco. cSbO. Opposite the Adams Express Company, Augusta, G i -V < ' , ! n T ra .' elected assortment of (JO D 8 in the above lino constantly on hand. art «••’.. • v 'y for die retail trade. n; <i will be sold upon rUsuma »le t< rv«.-. CALL AND Si;K THEM, j WHO!JESAXJFf DRUG GISTS. HllllMD, UIIfHESTER & CO., LATE IIA VILAND, SISLEY S,- CO., liROA D-STREET, AVGUSTA,GEO., TWO DOORS ABOVE THE GLOBE HOTEL. DEALERS IN DREGS, MEDICINES, SAINTS, OILS, OEMS, LATENT MEDICI\Si : HARDEN SEED, SOS ENDAI.E CEMENT, CALCINED PLASTER PARIS, S(c., Sfc., S[c. MERCHANTS* PHYSICIANS INI) DEALERS GENERALLY, WHO PRIDI rHF.YSEt.VES ON DEALING IN MEDICINES OF FIRST QUALITY febl’Min MAY RELY EPOS' BEING SUITED. A CAKD. Spring and Summer 1 ; Jvti43ft= ledEuE*. fvln tlaows j niA-VIMI TOST RETURNED FROM Xcw York, respectfully culls the. ttU'ii(iou of her former friends and pa X yjs j irons, as well as .strangers visiting Us .-.JciL*- . aty," to her stock of [ SPRING AND SUMMER HATS, UR ESS CARS, lIKAD DUES; : <S RIDING HATS. FRENCH FLOWERS. NU, A'hivh-slve will open on Thursi'ay Xext, April Ist, at her 3NrIENA . STOril 1 .',, OPPOSITE MAS’OHtC lIALL, for moYiyXtf cuydFl-by Vfcftl ■&<£ii-rfchard. ! Also, a full assortmoul of CTiiMrobs'" HATS, j j f.Af BSII.K and MOURNING MAN ITT EA DRESS j TRIMMINGS, Ladies’ SHIRTS, Co.VSTTS and ’ HOOPS. of every des ripticn. 1 Mias MAT HE VS returns thanks to hr rnntrier- I ous friends aud customer:; for their past patron- j age, a d solicit.' a continuance of the Karoo. 1 ) All orilers’Strended to promptly. I mh‘-9 M. P. MATHEWS. | “GIBBS’ PATEINT tr% I Sj iJ ‘A'HWIXG IIMILNE. 11 %, THIS magiiijm: /IS ADMIRABLY ADAPTED FOR jFLHWBS USE! ’ \W A I <HEAP'?ISSS aKo’ IM KAHIW'i V. j IT CAN BE TAKES A [‘ART iSU I‘UT TO'! ETHER • ' IN PERFECT .RUNNING ORDER, j Wiihiii Three Mhnitvs! ' thy BE TURNICB EITHER Backward Or Forward, IT IS ALL THE SAME, AS THE Machine keeps on Running! Opposition Will Never Klil L>. ; ALSO, |sE\nNG MACHINE. PRICE SO. I WE CHALLENGE the World to pro-1 duce its equal for SPEED, DURABILITY AND BEAK- i TY OF SEWING. A written warranty given with qaeli 1 MACHINE, and the money returned: jin all cases, at any time within six J months, if it prove unsatisfactory. The MACHINES can he seen in ope-! 1 ration at the Store of I. H. STE Alt KS, & CW., j NEAP- MECHANICS* BAN IT, AUGVSTA, QA. AGENTS WANTED FOR TIIE i SO DTIIKRS STA TES. M . J . C L IT F F . (' AGIONT FOR THE SOUTH, 'A t tin Maulilm-ry Agency of Mteawa. Ki-llog «fc D'hls^ 54 Broad Street, ; mys. CHARLESTON, 8 (Nl-SO 5,0 00 14X} WA.IJ.KAWN in SWA N A CO.’S Sparta Academy Lottery, o.ULY DRAWING. WICKETS IN ALL .§£ THE DAILY; 1 SCHEMES, also in ll'io **ah.. by $70.000 : .S ■i.c-nif*. o n be bad at my office on | .street one door from Broad >ii eet. Office hoctk ! from *1 A. M. to 9 P. M. U C. A. LATIIROP, Agent, j CABINET MAaIHG.' THE UNDER-/-™™ V*y ~:r:'.r i,wKATf r Sr Hi NED has opened CgTt Shop, first door , itfrily i above the PALACEi STABLES, on F.dis-'troct. to carry ou the above business in ah its branches. Particular attention given to the REPAIRING > OK FURNI.URE and PACKING, etc. I solicit a share of public patn cage mylO-tf • WM. SINOI ETON. | HICKMAN, WESCOTT & CU Jj-AYE A LAV E AND SPLENDID IXT ES W ■SPRING GOODS! t Just r r r.ei\ed from Now York, which I THEY Will, SELL VERY CHEAP. j Merchants and Planters • re.-;-- t fully re j to t ail and examine tl.cir g - . a they 11., tv. Co. would respectfully invito the at i.v 'i it .. ton beautiful assortment M DIIESS GOODS . Lijj; K sain • 11.1 r.ass, STEEL-SPRING SKIRTS, i ii-a ixt iai.icty of other articles opened this j ( ay. ° __ * % apb Glii'F.SG it. PULASKI | n: r.® wta wa» «> ■». 1 LOTTERIES. '/i . J. Drawn and iViaw Raw iy M.‘ ic(U. biotm and TCxjHiTtsibhi ftrin of | <; RE U O ft. V & >1 ALtl 1 . S.9LOSK i:A(’R ! X\ it :: I’clock. T EXTRA CLAS> 15, I Will be drawn on WEDNESDAY, May xllth $80,000! -i 1 Prize Os SBO,OOO l do 10,000 t do 10.000 1 Cb 6,000 1 d<# 3,000 -t do’, 2.500 1 do 2,105 &c , &c., &c. ) EXTRA CLAS?” 10; j To he drawn on SATURDAY, May 16th, 1858. $37,000! | 1 Prize $15,639 •1 ( . 10, < 00 ‘1 7,500 2 C 5.000 2 £.OOO 4 do 1 500 15 do 1,000 Ac., ic., &c. j Ticket ’.-$?0*; Halves. $5 ; Quarters. $2.50. L XCl’KIvtlNI XOTCS. SPECIE AN D LAND WAR KAN TS Rot (i JIT AN D SOIJO. THE SMALLER Cl ASSES. 1 \Vi*l be drawn every day in the following order : ON MONDAY. The Capital Prize will be from $9,000 to $14,000. ! Ticket:-, $2.50; Halves, $1.25; Quar’s, 02-)£ cts. TUESDAY. j Capital, $4,000 to $6,000. Tickets, $1; Halve}, iSO ccut.-; Quarters, by the package. , WEDNESDAY. C apjtilL SIO,OOO tp $15,000. ( j T:ckcP. , ; Quarters, sl. THURSDAY. ; Capital, $7,500 to $9,000. Tickets $2; Ilalvoi j $1: Quarters, 50 cents. FRIDAY. 1 Capital, SO. OOO to $14,000. Tickets. $2 50 j Halves, $1.25 : Quarters. 62<4 cent-. SATURDAY. 1 Capital, $4,000 to $6,000. Tickets, $1 • Hal jSO cents. Quarters, by the packages. 1 ifir Payment of Prizes in the above Lotteries ; i* -* cured by a bond ol Seventy Thousand D(,|. j lar ~. in the bauds of the Treasurer ot the Cc-iq. j mi- -loners, appointed by the State of Georgia. ! X ’ s ;»f all solvent Bunk* taken in payment ! for Tickets. Differs promptly attended to. and Scfcera*g : and Drawings forwarded. Apply to JOHN A. SULLEN, j Rroad-st . doors below' Post CMFce Ornejr j my 10 v.Mni. r v»r ure -crv ,V; Manry I UEFOBM Practice of Medicine. : L\ ii. B. F. PALMER, having perm a- X J i.ent y located in Augusta, Ga., rm-pecti il |i y tenders his services to the citizens, bei ag prepared to treat, scieutiOrally, the* \ iJ.J us . forms of-disease iuedent to the climate, bfjtn uc* le anti chronic, with that success that mfe4 l be coc!}J-Aiitly expo* UnHr<mt tlx e ol inuo cent Vegs table remedies ( CaHs prompt!y attended to. Charges mode I rate. He may bo fount: t all times ut bis stOr< : under Planters' JIoLI, unless professionally en jga. ocL my 6 ni Dissolution of Copnrtuer<- ship. rpHE firm of HAND, WILLIAMS S j _£ ii RAVES is dissolved tins day by mutual jcmsent. i Mr. W. C. DP: :Y is our authorized Agent to | close up the unsettled business. DANIEL HAND, GEORGE W. WILLIAMS, A. GRAVES. Augusta, March 29, GM O. W. V, ILHAM \ o. c litiuuc I the V. HOLESALE GROCERY BDSLNES • in Ctiurkvion, S. C., and keep cocslantiy a large stock of Groceries. They w ill he pleased to serve their old Jriends as usual. apl4 dim SAMUEL SWAN di CU., Lott (j a - * y Is/I ana gers, I JANKERS and Dealers in Exchange, Cucufrcnt Moucy andSi'Acie, in the Au uo. ;.i Ih idl building, Brea . - 1., Augusta. Ga. Offici- hours from 6AMto 10 P ii. Daily pa ;h rs <ri Oht from all the principal cities, uelo rtphic reports of latect dates, Reading room 4 roe to traveller and the public Al! ro tuvifcC-.! to calL T‘ - '.U' in tlieir Georgia Lotterios from : ai:g26-tl » a« # m AND L J&. IFit I> ! \PKIME.) i For sale low by J O3l All SIBLF.Y & SONS, icyO r « No. 6 Warren Block.