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Volume XIV.
THE TIMES - & SENTINEL,
TENNESTT LOSIAX & ROSWELL ELLIS?
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. ■
this TSMVEEKLT TIMES & SESTISEL
li tmblWied EVERY IV F. DXF SD-i Y a:id FRIDAY MORX
IXO and SATURDAY F.FKXIXQ.
tiie weekly times &. sestiuel
Ib published every TUF.SDA Y MORX.’XO.
Office on Randolph Street, opposite tho Test Office.
TKKMS:
TRf-YVF.F.KLY,Five Dollaus pcrnnnu*, in advance.
W EEKLY, Two Dollars per annum,in advance.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted at One Dollar
pera'-jtmre. for the first insertion, and fifty cents for every sub
sequent insertion. .
Liberal deduction will be made for yearly advertisements.
Sales of I.nnd and Nettrces. by Administrators, Executors, o
Guardian*. are required by law to be held <*n Ilie first Tuesday
in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and
three in tho afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which
the property is situate. Notices of these sales must be jrtven in
a public gazette/ar/y days previous to the day of sale.
AV.ices for the palb of Personal Properly must be given at
1 east ten days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be publish
ed forty days.
Notice that application will bo made to the Court of Ordinary
for leave to sell Land or Negroes., must be published weekly for
two months.
Citations for Rollers of Administration must be published
thirty days for Dismission from Administration, monthly six
months— lor Dismission from Guardianship forty days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly
fur four months— for establishing lost papers, for the full space
of three months —for compelling titles from Executors or Admin
istrators, where a bond lias been given by the deceased, the fall
snore of three months.
Publications will always be continued according to these, the
legal requirements,ui;les otherwise ordered.
BUSINESS CARDS.
T. J. COLQUIT,
Attorney at i*av/,
SALEM RUSSEL CO., ALA.
WILE attend promptly to all business entrusted to his care
in tlw Chattahoochee Circuit Georgia and the Dili Circuit Ala.
Jan. Hi, IR~4—w Iy—2.
ARTHUR HOOD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cutiibert, Randolph co., Ga.
WILL practice in Randolph, Lee, Early, Baker and
the adjacent counties.
Refers to lion. Jas. Johnson, Richard Patten, Columbus,
Sloq, Wm C. Perkins, Cuthhert, (Lt. Jan 3,’54-wly
HAMILTON. WORTHY & CUNNINGHAM
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TROY, PIKE COUNTY, ALA.
They will attend the several courts of the counties of
Butler and Covington in the 7lh,aud all the counties of the
th Judicial circuit. Dec 13—wly
JAMES HAMILTON,
Atto rue y at Law ,
Columbus, Geo.
Ity Office on Randolph street, three doors from Mygat’s
corner. Columbus, Dee 15—w&twtf
Bounty Land and Pension Agency.
CHARLES C. TUCKER,
WASHINGTON, DC.
ATTORNEY lor Claimants and Agent for obtaining
Revolutionary,Naval, Invalid and Hall-pav Pensions,
Bounty Land, arrears of pay, extra pay, &e., for Military
and Naval services.
Bounty Land obtained for the widows and heirs of vol
unteers of the Texas Revolution of 183 G ; and extra pay
obtained for services in the U. S. Navy on the coasts of
California and Mexico, from 134 Gto 1852. Address
CHARLES TUCKER,
Nov. 29—w3m Washington, 1). C.
J{. J. MOSES, JOHN PEABODY,
MOSES PEABODY’
ATTORJfII YS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in “itltt .Jgee county, Ga., and Russell
county, Ala , and in tho Supreme Court of the State of
Georgia. Columbus, Juno 20 wtw ll
s. s. Stafford;
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
liiakcly, Early Cos., Ga.
aDSwa
~ NICOLAS GACHET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tpskegee, Alabama.
OFFICE OVER PORTER’S BRICK STOKE.
WII.L attend the court* of the Ninth Circuit, and Montgomery,
pure, and Barbour In the Eighth Circuit.
march ‘-’it—wly
A. BACKER,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
BRANDIES, GIN, WINE,
SCOTCH ALE & LONDON PORTER,
Brandies and Gins, under Custom-House Lock, in bond
ami entitled in debenture.
Savannah, Oct. 18, 1853-wtwly _
J. & L. ALLEN,
AND
Fire Engine Builders,
12 JAMES STREET, NEWARK, N. J.
tl?” Machinery, Fire Engines, Ilose Carriages, Hook and
Ladder Trucks, and Hose of every description made to order.
N. ll.—Thev solicit orders from the South and pledge them
selves to give entire satisfaction in prices and quality of their
work.
References—Mayor and Aldermen, and FireJF.ngine Company
No. 1, Columbus. Ga. Doc 27—wfctw3m *
ELMORE, YANCEY AND NUCKOLLS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
NY ill practice in partnership in the Courts of Law and
Equity, in Macon county, Alabama.
WM! l! YANCEY. \ Montgomery
THUS. J. NUCKOLLS, Tuskegee.
T. J. NUCKOLLS, will practice in the other counties
of the circuit. Dec 13—ly
GEO. COOK ALFORD,
Attorney and Counsellor at Lav/.
M ILL practice in the counties of the Ninth Judicial Cir
cuit—and the Supreme Couit of the Stab 1 .
Crawford, Rus-el co., Ala., Aug. 2, 1853—wly*
DAVID BOSS,
GENERAL BOOKBINDER,
AND
BLANK ROOK MANUFACTURER,
No. 72Broad Street.
Colunibiis, Ga., June 21—wtf
REMOVAL.
J. H. merry
lias removed from his old stand to
No. 102, next door to J. & j. Kvle.
He hits on hand a .fine assortment of
READY MADE CLOTHING,
consisting of every article generally kept in a Clothing Store
Columbus, No? 23—w&tw3ni8
AUBURN WATER-CURE.
THIS establishment has now entered upon its second year, it
is located upon the Montgomery and West Point Bail road,
in the pleasant town of Auburn, Macon county, East Alabama,
mil is thirty five mi’esfrom Columbus, Ga.
There is no disease in which the Wait r-Curc has not proved
Hi ‘ most efficacious, and no condition of disease ill which it may
• not boa great alleviator. The natural termination of disease is
iit a.’.h, aiulthe conditions of health are confdrrcd by the VY iter-
Cure.
* Eadies will have the especial attention of Miss L. AMELIA
1.1. Y . v,a graduate < fihe American Hvdrop&thic Institute) who
will be assisted b\ .hrs. RE LI).
A limited number of patients will be received during the
\Y niter and feuinmer. Aside from its remedial virtues, the
\v uter-Oure has some peculiar advantages. U allows ol t xer
ots and social erjo\mems. For particulars address.
Auburn, Jan-7—march Hi ly— DR. WM. G.RF FP.
noSce.
I > •>>< indebted to A. C. Flcwellen & Cos. will please
“lake. payment, their accounts may be loulU
I ; J. L. IIOIVELL.
I _ 1 e-malms. Dec 30—tw&wtf
FRAUD!
Abe MrtteSEt ? f lh ? rt “ al CoLLINS fc Cos. make should
JTLTT . ii to notice the stamps, os there are various
Tike oupq which stomped Goiliiis and labelled much
J K n “ re lr u<lulentlv sold in same parts of the Uni
ted Notes as our manufacture. They ore made in ditferem parts
V the country by various and generally of even so
ferior quality. Thegenu.ne u.bins axes.which have acquired
*bc’ | l nYKT^'(fi- r | e i l b l :lll | 0n ’ a J' <M, wnru.b | ys , ampi d‘*CO!.UN~
A" ,A o l aMd ‘; aCh ■* l *“ a printed label with rov
sunoure. His now more than lw„ v .ri V * v.ws since we
commenced the business with the stam> of -t a- i iinrt
ford ’’and I do not know of any other axe-mak*r by Re name of
~sss &wL*r- s - ui -
D. B. THOMPSON & COT
(AT TIIE SIGN OF THE HEART,)
It— Below Hill, Dawson A- Cos.
UN , Copper, Sheet Iron, Steam Boat work, all manner
. T u , u ‘ ?r /.> Piping, Conductors and Hooting done to
-oruer, substantially and warranted.
48—ts
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
BOSTON
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
No. 196 Bay Street Savannah, Ga.
JOHN BOSTON, JOHN L. VILLALONGA.
REFERENCES:
John FI. Howard, B. T. Chapman,
A. W. Chapman, Ruse, Fatten & Cos.
October 11—w&twtf
WASHBURN, WILDER & CO.,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
114 BAY STREET,
JOSEPH WASHBURN, )
JN'O. R. WILDER, [ Savannah, Ga.
FRANCIS G. DANA. )
Sept. IG—twGm
0* S. HAMISOI,
AUCTION, COMMISSION,
RK-EroiMii km EQRiWiIMIMGi
M ci'chanti
NOS. 59 and 61 BROAD STREET,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
A.K. AYER, AUCTIONEER AND SALESMAN.
I “*7” Liberal advances marie on Negroes and Merchandise.
Columbus, Aug. 20, 1853—w&twly
WM. H. KIMBROUGH,
CO M MISSION M EUCHANT,
Novß—w&twtf SAVANNAH, GA.
E. LOCKETT, WM. H. LONG, JOHN 11. DAVIS.
mm £
COM MI SSI O N MERCHANTS
AND
SHIPPING AGENTS.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
WIIjL attend to the selling o! ali kinds of Broduce. Strict
attention given to receiving and forwarding goods, and
seling orders from the country. Those of our friends who
lidlire to favor us with consignments, can make the neces
sary arrangements through our friends Ruse, Patten & Cos.
July 9—w&twly
A. G. DAVENPORT,
FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
NO. 75 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
WILL give strict attention to the sale of cotton and
other produce consigned to his address.
Orders for BAGGING, ROPE and other supplies, will
be promptly filled at the lowest prices.
lie hopes, from close personal attention to all business
entrusted to him to merit a liberal patronage.
References :—Messrs. Padelford, Fay & Co."I
Dr. James P. Screven, I Q
Hon. Joseph W. Jackson. [ Savanah
lion. G. Troup Howard. J
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 13—tw3m
INSURANCE.
Savannah Mutual Insurance Company.
THIS Company has relumed in sinc.k Sixty per cknt. of
premiums in the last two years. The subscriber lira the
Slock scrip Twenty-five percent, lor the Inst, twelve months and
a dividend ol 0 percent, cash on the stock issued for 18521 In
surers in this office will twin:? their stock scrip 0 f 1H52 and receive
their dividends—they can at the same time receive their scrip
lor 1803.
Marine and Fire risks taken at the usual rales, by
Columbus,July B—w&twly 11. J. MOSES, Agent,
I ni s si bj a m e i
BY TIIE
KENTUCKY MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Apply to
JOHN MUNN, Agent,
Columbus, Ga.
EOSWELL & BILLING,
July 9—w&twly Medical Examiners.
_ TRAVELING.
FOR PHILADELPHIA^
Philadelphia Savannah Steam Navigation Company.
TUK new and splendid side-wheel Steamships,
KEY STONE STATE, Cant. Robkrt llaudik,
STATEOF GEORGIA, Gapt. J.J. Garvin,Ji.
will leave Savannah for Philadelphia every Wednesday. These
Steamships are the most comlorlablo on the coast, and are un
surpassed for safety and speed. They will leave Savannah as
follows :
Keystone Slate, Wednesday, £Bth Sept.
Slate of Ge “ sth Oct.
r Keystone State, 12th Oct,
Estate of Georgia, J9ih Oct.
’ Keystone State, “ 20th Oct.
State ot Georgia, “ 2nd Nov.
Keystone State, “ 9th Nov.
State of Georgia, “ ltith Nov.
Keystone State, “ £3rd Nov.
State of Georgia, “ 3oih Nov.
Keystone State, “ 7th Dec.
Stale of Georgia, “ 14th Dec.
and so on.
Cabin passage, S2O.
Sterrage “ S,B.
C. A. E. LAMAR,
Agent in Savannah.
HERON & MARTIN,
Sept. 21—ts Agents in Philadelphia
MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD CO.
CHANGE*OF SCHEDULE.
On and after the 10th iust. the Passenger Train will leave and
run by the following schedule daily until further notice:
Leave Columbus at 9 A. M.; Arrive at Macon 3 25 P.M.
Leave Alacon at 6 30 A. M.; Arrive at Oiurabus l 5 P. M.
-E. F. RICKER, Superintendent.
Columbus,May 14, 1553.
Muscogee Railroad Company.
GREAT REDUCTION IN FREIGHT ON
SJSf IrJ37 1 r J37 SCP •
ON ahd after the Ist of September, COTTON will be carried
from Columbus to Savannnah, at FIFTY CENTS per hun
dred pounds, including Insurance over Railroad.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
MERCHANDISE arriving from the East and r.ot to
be forwarded by Railroad will be retained in the Depot at Co
lumbus three days, free of charge, and if not then removed will
be sent to oneoClhe city Warehouses for Storage at the ex
pense of the owner.
EDW’D F. RICKER, Superintendent.
September 7,1853.
HAMDEN’S EXPRESS.
Oi’Kic’lC ON ranDOLPH Street.
f I T E respectfully beg leave to inform IheTitizens ol Columbus
‘ and its vicinity, that we have concluded our arrangements
with tl-.e Central, South-Western and .h'ueeogee Railroads, and
are now running messengers daily from Columbus to Jiacdn
thence to Savannah.
4lso, forwarding goods daily over the Muscogee ur.d South-
W estern Railroad to Fort Valles, Oglethorpe and Macon, thence
to Miiledgeville Savannah and ail intermediate places.
Also, to Montgomery, Ala. We would also say, that our Ex
presses by the steamers to New York at.d Philadelphia enable us
to forward tvery description of merchandise and valuables.
Notes, Drafts, and Kills collected in every tesvn in tiie Northern
and Eastern Slates; also, to California and Europe.
OFFICES AND AGENTS.
S. 11. Hill. Randolph street, Columbus; S. O. Folts,
Macon; Mr. Kendrick, Fort Yniley; G.R. Clayton, Oglethorpe;
153 Hay street. Savannah; 74 Bn-adwry, JYew York; 43 and
45 South-Third. Philadelphia ; 8 Cote si net. Boston; Exchange
stroet.Provider.ee; Montgomery street, Nan Francisco.
Articles to be forwarded, called for at any part of the
city free ofexpet.se, by leaving orders on the slate at the cfiice.
LIVINGSTON, WINCHESTER & CO.
Columbus, April 13—tw&w
Flour, Meal, and Breadsluffs.
THE subscriber, proprietor ofihe CITY MI LI.S, begs leave
to inform the public that he has now on hand and will con
tinue to keep a good stock ofprtme H HLA T AXD CORX,
an t will be prepared at all times to furnish customers in any
quantities with Flour ileal, &c., at the shortest notice. New
wheat is now in.
The City A/ill is situated aboro the city a short distance and
is now in good running order-
My prices at present are as follows :
Superfine Flour $6 25perbbl.
Family Flour *5 ”5 “ “
Extrado 750 “ “
Corn .Weal .'. 80 ctg bushel
IT* The highest cash prices paidlor Corn and Wheat.
D. A. YVYNN.
City Mill, June 8, 1853- ts l :r
“the union of tiie states and the sovereignty of tiie states.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1854.
FOR SALE AND TO BENT.
Valuable Plantation for Sale,
la Baker County, Georgia.
THE subscriber desirous of removing from the Slate
of Georgia, offers for sale bis plantation lying on the
irifehi waters of the Coolawahee Creek, five miles west of Al
baity, adjoining lands of Paul Tarver, Dr. Nickels and
others, coataiuing three thousand one hundred and twenty-five
acres, more or less. There are about 800 acres of open cultivat
ed land. The land is so situated that it can be easily divided.
And if two purchasers appear the subscriber will divide so as to
suit both. Anyone desirous of purchasing would do well to
address MOORE & EDWARDS, or myself at this place; my
agent living on the plaee will show the lands to any person call
ing forlhat purpose. JOHN .1. RAWLS,
September 3—tw3t&wtf Macon, Georgia.
PLANTATION AND LOT FOR SALE,
ON ACCOMMODATING TERMS.
.gfiß I will sell my valuable plantation one mile East of
Crawford, Ala., containing Eight Hundred acres; well
improved, good dwelling and out houses, gin house,
t -A, r new screw, &c., &c. There is good creek bottom and
pine land interspersed with Oak and Hickory.
Also, a comer one aero lot opposite the hotel in Crawford.
For terms and particulars apply to Messrs. C. S. Harrison &
Cos., Columbus, Ga.
Afny 20—w£rtw6m C. A. CLOUD
FOR SALE OR RENT.
MMY Plantation, three miles below Columbus, between
five and six hundred acres, cleared.
JNO. A. JONES.
Oct. 1. w&twtf
One Hundred Town lots for Fale.
WE have surveyed and laid off in LOTS, a portion of onr pro
perty in Tallassee Town, Tallapoosa county, at the falls of
Tallapoosa river, most convenient to’the Water Power, and offer
for sale at public auction, at Tallassee, on the 2d Tuesday in
March next, and at private sale liii then, one hundred of tiie
most eligible Lots for business purposes—one-fifth of (he nett
proceeds of the sale to l e given as a School Fund for the cslab
lishmpiit cfschools in the place.
Terms will be made easy to purchasers. For further particu
lars, apply to HARNETT, GILMER & CO.
November 9—w&twtds
IIOTEL FOR Si LE.
® THE subscriber offers for sale his commodious and
► well finished Hotel, situated on the east side of the
public square, in tiie town of Buena Vista, Ga., and
L known as the “GLOBE HOTEL.” ltis.urnished with
all necessary conveniences, and has pertaining toil, a good
kitchen, smoke house, stable, lot, &., ail in good repair. The
house is conveniently situated, and i3 favored with a liberal
share of boarding and transient custom. Buena Visia, though
ne w, is a large and beautiful town. Its schools, and varied
merchatilo and mechanic interests, insure its permanency and
and rapid growth. No one need fear depreciation in propelty
for many pears.
Persons wishing to purchase such property, would do well to
call aud'examine. Reasonable time will be allowed for payment.
For terms apply to the undersigned. Z. WILLIAMS.
or to WILLIAMS & OLIVER,
March s—Qwtf Buena Vista, Marion co., Ga.
For Sale.
MY plantation lying on the Chattahoochee river in
Russel county, Ala., twenty miles below Columbus, Ga.,
containing about two thousand five hundred acres in a
body. Also, two detached places, containing about
eight hundred acres, which will be sold with the main body or
separate.
‘flie plantation is well settled and healthy, and as productive
and fertile as any on the river, aud free from freshets.
Persons wishing to examine the plantation will apply to Mes
srs. T. li. & C. Crowell, or G. W. Keith, (the overseer) at Os
wicliee, Ala., or Jos li. Hill,in Columbus, Ga., who will furuish
all necessary information in my absence.
JOHN CANTEY,
August2—wtf Camden, S. C.
PLANTATION FOR SALE OR RENT.
s~-—A S IXTEEN miles East of Columbus, one hour’s ride by
mfjpS Railroad, IX miles from the depot, containing C2O
isf.ii acres, about 400 cleared, 300 acres bottom land, the
balance pine land, h ing well. Gin house with a press
attached, seven or eight negro cabins, overseers house and other
necessary buildings. The situation of this place near the Rail
road gives tiie advantages of a near market without itsannoy
ances. Possession given Ist January or sooner, and terms made
easy. August 30—wtf A. G. REDD.
FOR SALE.
UfMIE plantation in Rusks! county, Ala., eight miles ami
JL a half from Columbus, Ga., formerly owned by Augus
tus Brown, containing seven hundred and forty acres, 200
of which is in a high state of cultivation and under good
fences. There is on the premises a good framed dwelling
with four good rooms, pantry, &c., good out houses of eve
ry description, gin houso and screw ; ako, an excellent
spring af water convenient for use, and as healthy a place
as can be found in Eastern Alabama. There is on the
place good Peacii and Apple orchards. Any person wish
ing to purchase sucha plaee can get a bargain. For further
particulars apply to JAMES ROUSSEAU.
Columbus, Nov 29—wtf
HOTELS.
1853! 1853!! 1853 mT
COOPER’S~WELL.
‘THE undersigned has taken the entire manage
HI IfJL ment and control ot ,
JIMS COOPER’S WELL,
and is now prepared to accommodate the public.
Anew dining room lias been erected, the Sleeping Rooms
plastered aud fitted with furniture and bedding, and a complete
renovation effected. Ampleaccommodations will be provided
or
FIVE HUNDRED GUESTS;
and no more will be received than can be comfortably accom
modated.
FOR INVALIDS
there can be no more advantageous retieat. The water is highly
recommended by the medical faculty, and the von us urn. cures
effected by its use almost surpass bklief. Ample details of
several astonishing cures may be obtained on application at the
Well.
The terms will he model ate, and no exertion will be spared to
make guests comfortable.
The Vicksburg and Jackson and Raymond Railroad will con
vey passengers to Raymond, thence three miles to the Well, in
YV. 11. Smith’s line of
NEW FOUR HORSE STAGES.
The time of trip is less than three hours from Vicksburg.—
Through tickets from Vicksburg !o Cooper’s \Yc-tl, can be obtain
ed at the Railroad depot, Vicksburg ; price $2 20.
May 10—wtf JOHN THATCHER.
GLOBE HOTEL,
BUENA VJS'i’A, BIAHION CO., GA
MTllEsubscriber ro-pectfully announces tohis friends
ar.d the public generally, that he has taken charge
ofthis well known
ESTABLISH MENT.
Thehonseiscommodionsandwellfimslied; and nopainswill
be spared to render thosecomfortable, who may favor him with
their patronage.
Dec 3—ts E. TITCGMB
BROAD STREET HOUSE
COLUMBUS, p|jfj GEORGIA.
THE undersigned has taken charge of tills establishment. The
house has been thoroughly renovated and furnished anew.
The traveling public w ill Cud his rooms airy, neat and clean, and
his table bountifully supplied with every delicacy the market
affords.
Omnibusses will always be in readiness to carry passengers to
and from the Hotel to tho Depot and isti am Boats.
L. T. WOODRUFF, Proprietor.
Columbus, Oct. 11—w&twtf
MORE & GALLAGHER,
Ridge Road & Coates Street, Phil.,
IRON Founders and Manufacturers of Wrought and Cast Iron
Railings and ail kinds of Ornamental and Architectural Iron
Works. Iron Railings for public and private Grounds, Y eran
dah--. -■ettees, Chairs, Tables, &c.
Cj?”Particiiiar attention paid to the enclosure of Burial Lots.
More & Gallagher’s Book of Original Design*'and List of
Prices sent to persons wishing to make a selecti on.
Philadelphia, Nov B—w3m”8 —w3m”
TB THE
MRS. DESSAU
W)ULD respectfully inform the Ladies of Columbus
and vicinity, that she has just returned from the
North, and is now opening at her residence, (No. 110
llroad Street,) a most splendid and fashionable stock of
FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY.
ALSO
An assortment of FALL AND WINTER DRESS
GOODS
for ladies’ wear—suen as
SUES, TALMAS, MANTILLAS, BIEBONS,
EMBROIDERIES,
and all kinds ofGoods generally kept in a Millinery store.
In the DRESS MAKING line,she is in the possesion
of the latest European styles and patterns ; and her stock
ol Trimmings for Dresses cannot be surpassed for beauty
and quality, as special attention was given to this branch ol
her stock.
A call from her friends and customers is respectfully
solicited. Columbus, Oct 12—w&twtf
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
n Having disposed of part interest in the Drug business
to Mr. B. 11. Head, vetake this method of informing the .
public that we have now in store a large stock of tlic-
DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,
Dye Stiffs, Fancy Paints, Oils &e.,
Window Glass. Putty, peifumery ar.d many other articlee ;
all the most popular Patent .Medicines, which we intend to sell
for cash. HOLT & HEAD.
Allthose indebted to the nndetsigr.ed either by noteorae
count that arclaow due, will please call and settle. 1 intend to
close my old Books. A word to the wiseis sufficient.
Lumpkin, Jan, 10 1654—wtf—2. YVra. H. HOLT.
Poftnj.
The Sony ot Spring.
BY ELIZA LOGAN.
*
In the groves where the orange and citron are blooming,
And scenting with perfume ihe balm-breathing air,
Mv ardent relation, Dame Summer’s assuming,
The tasks which, unfinished, I left to her care.
As my light step is bounding o’er valley and mead,
The harebell and daisy peep up from the sod ;
For they feel that their delicate bosom 9 are freed
From the earth, which I lose with my magical rod.
I breathe in the forest—it’s life I renew—
The blood of the oak rushes up thro’ ils veins ;
And the robe it puts on bears the very same huo
iAs that which I lavishly spread o’er tho plains.
Its voice to the ice-fettered brook I restore,
And send its freed waters rejoicing along ;
The grove, late so silent, is tuneless no more,
For I’ve taught every leather-clad warbler a song.
Tho’ brief be my life, yet, unlike fragile mortals,
Decay to my heart no destruction can bring ;
Ere a floweret can bud, I throw open death’s portals,
And start from the tomb—a new, glorious spring.
(From a Forth-Coming Volume of Poems by Hosmer.]
Keats.
There is a flower of glorious apparel
That opens in the hush of lonely night,
And ere tho morning lark boffins her earol,
Is sadly touched with blight.
The honey of its cup is never tasted
By bee or humming bird—gay sprite of air
Why on the solemn darkness is thus wasted,
A loveliness so rare ?
Type of that flower was Keats, the young and gifted
Charming with song a cold and thankless world,
W hile the black clouds of wo above him drifted,
And Hope her banner furled.
The light of fame at last through darkness streaming,
Came falling not upon his living head,
But like some funeral torch, a fitful gleamiug
Gave only to the dead!
General Jackson.
The following notice of General Jackson is
from Col. Denton’s History :
He was a careful farmer, overlooking every
thing himself, seeing that the fields and fences
were in good order, the stock \Yyll attended, and
the slaves comfortably provided for. His house
Y\as the seat of hospitality, the resort of friends
and acquaintances, and of all strangers visiting
the State, and the more agreeable to ail from
the perfect conformity of Mrs. Jackson’s dis
position to his own. But bo needed some ex
citement beyond that which a farming life could
afford, and found it for some years in tho ani
mating sports of the turf. He loved fine horses
racers of speed and bottom—owned several—
and contested the four mile heats with the best
that could be bred or brought to the State, and
for large sums. That is the nearest to gaming
that I ever kneYV him to come. Cards and the
cock-pit haY’e been imputed to him, but most er
roneously. I never saYv him engaged in either. D
uels were usual in that time,and he had his share
of them, with their unpleasant concoinmit
tants ; hut they passed avvay with all their ani
mosities, and he has often been seen zealously
pressing the advancement of those against whom
lie had but lately been arrayed in deadly hos
tility. His temper was placable as well as ir
ri’scible. and Iris reconciliations were cordial
and sincere. Os that, my own case was a sig
nal instance. There was a deep-sealed vein of
piety in him, unaffectedly showing itself in his
reverence for divine worship, respect for the
ministers of the Gospel, their hospitable recep
tion in his house, and constant encouragement
of all the pious tendencies of Mrs. Jackson.—
And Yvhen they both afterwards became mem
bers of the Church, it was the natural and reg
ular results of their early and cherished feelings.
He was gentle in his house and alive to the ten
derest emotions ; and of this I can givm an in
stance, greatly in contrast with his supposed
character, ar.d with more than a long discourse
in showing what that character really was. I
arrived at his house one wet, chilly evening, in
February, and came upon him in the twilight,
sitting alone before the fire, a lamb and a child
between his knees.
He started a little, called a seiwant to remoY’e
the two innocents to another room, and explain
ed to me how it Yvas. The child had cried be
cause the lamb Yvas out in the cold, and begged
him to bring it in, which he had done to please
the child—his adopted son, then not two years
old. The ferocious mail does not do that, and
though Jackson had passions aud violences, they
Yvere for men and enemies—those Yvho stood up
against him—and not for Yvomen ar.d children,
or t he weak and helpless, for all whom his feel
ings \Y r ere those of protection and support His
hospitality was active as well as cordial, embra
cing the Yyorthy in every walk of life, and seek
ing out Yvorthy objects to receive it, no matter
how obscure. Os this I learned a characterist
ic instance in relation to the son of the famous
Daniel Boone. The young man had come to
Nashville on his father’s business, to be detained
some YY'eeks, and had his lodings at a small tav
ern towards the lower part of the toYvn. Gene
ral Jackson heard of it—sought him out—found
him, took him home to remain as long as his bu
siness detained him in the country, saying “your
father’s dog should not stay in a tav’ern Ythile I
have a house,’’
This was heart! and I had it from the young
man himself, long after, when he Yvas a State
Senator of the General Assembly of Missouri
and as such nominated me for the United States
Senate at my first election in 1820—his name
was Benton Boone, and so named after my
father.
Abhorrence of debt, public and private, dis
like of banks and love of hard money—love of
justice and lo\-e of country, were ruling passions
with Jackson ; and these he gave constant evi
dences in all situations of his life. Os piKate
debts he contracted none of his own, and made
anY’Jsacrifices to get out of those incurrud for
others. Os this he gave a sigual instance not
long before the war of 1812—selling the impro-
v T ed part of his estate, with the best buildings of
the county upon it, to pay a debt incurred in a
mercantile adventure to assist a young relathe,
and going into log houses in the forest part to
begin anew home and a farm. He was attach
ed to his friends and to his country, and he nev
er bolieved any report to tiie discredit of either,
until compelled by proof. He would not believe
in the first report of the surrender of Gen. Hull,
and became sad and oppressed when forced to
believe it.
He neY’er gave up a friend in a doubtful case,
or from policy or calculation. He was a firm
believer in the goodness of super, intending
Providence, and in the eventful right judgment
and justice of the people. I haY’e seen him at
the most desperate part of his fortunes, and
never saYv him YY’aY’erin the belief that all Yvouhi
come right in the end. In the time of CromYY’el!
he would have been a Puritan.
The character of his mind Yvas that of judg
ment, with a rapid and almost intuitive percep
tion, folloYved by instant and decisive action. —
It was that which made him a General and a
President for the times in which he served. He
had vigorous thoughts, but notjthe faculty of ar
ranging them in a regular composition, either
written or spoken ; and in formal papers usually
gave his manuscript to an aid, a friend, or a sec
retary, to be written over—often to the loss of
vigor. But the thoughts were his oyvii, vigor
ously expressed, and Yvithout effort, Yvriting with
a rapid pen, and never blottering or altering;
but, as Carlyle says of Croimvell, hitting the
nail upon the head as he went. I have a great
deal of his Yvriting now, some on public affairs,
and covering several sheets of paper, and no era
sures or interlineatious anywhere. His con
versation Yvas like his writing, a vigorous, flow
ing current, appearently without the trouble of
thinking, and ahvays impressive. His conclu
sions were rapid and immoveable, when he was
under strong convictions, though often yielding
in minor points to his friends. And no man
yielded quicker Yvhen ho Yvas convinced; perfect
ly illustrating the difference betYY’een firmness
and obstinacy- Os all the Presidents who have
done me the honor to listen to my opinions, there
Yvas no one to whom 1 spoke with more confi
dence when I felt myself to be in the right.
He had a[load to carry all his life, resulting
from a temper which refused compromise and
bargains, and went for a clean victory, or a
clean defeat, in every case. Hence every ?step
he took was a contest, and, it may be added,
every contest Yvas a victory. I have already
said that he was elected a Major General in
Tennessee—an election on which so much af
terwards depended—by one vote. Ilis appoint
ment in the United States regular army was a
conquest from the administration, which had
twice refused to appoint him a Brigadier, and
once disbanded him'as a volunteer General, and
yielded to his military victories. His election
as President was a victory OY’er politicians—as
Yvas every leading eY’ent of his administration.
From the Savannah Republican.
Karriago in Syria.
The men marry at 10 and 18 years of age;
the girls at 12 and 14. A girl who has arrived
at the age of 18 without marrying, is consider
ed an old maid. The parents make the match
es ; the young folks have nothing to do in the
matter,’it being none of their business. If the
mother sees a girl with whom she is pleased,
she dispatches heTr husband to the girl’s father,
to make proposals for their son. If not rejected,
and the match is satisfactory, an agreement of
marriage is entered into by the fathers. The
engagement lasts for three months, during which
time the young man and young woman are en
tirely ignorant of each other, tho one neY’er
having met or even heard the name of the other.
On betrothing, the young man sends jewels,
&c., and it is on the value of those gifts that the
parents of the girl regulate their gifts to the
daughter. If tho man Yvishes to break the en
gagement, he can do so, but loses the presents.
If the parties have ever, by chance, seen each
other before, they must not do so after they are
betrothed. It requires three days to consumate
the marriage ceremonies, commencing on Fri
day and ending early Monday morning. The
interval is a festive occasion, Yvhen every body
shouts and chatters confusedly. The men have
their musicians, and the women their songstres
ses and dancing girls, to enliven them. Wines,
pi esents, and oriental sweetmeats are supplied
by the bride and bridegroom, who become steYV
ards for the time. Both men and Yvomen smoke
during the festivities.
On the eve of the marriage, the bridegroom
sends fifteen of his relatives to accompany the
bride to church. On arriving at her father’s
house, she is demanded, and the company sit
down and smoke while she is being prepared.
The bride in going to church is accompanied by
as many women as the bridegroom sent men,
and rose water is sprinkled on the party from
the windows of the houses as they proceed to
church. When the ceremony is performed, the
married couple do not return together. The
bride is taken to the bridegroom’s house. When
the latter approaches the house at 12 o’clock at
night, his friends cry out, “behold the bridegroom
cometh*” and hence the Scriptural expression.
The husband does not enter the bride’s room
until 3 o’clock in the morning, accompnnied by
his god-father, when he uncovers her face, and
for the first time beholds his Yvife.
All those Yvho approach the house at mid
night with the bridegroom should be provided
with lighted tapers : otherwise, they cannot enter.
These tapers correspond with the lamps of the
ten virgins spoken of in the 25th chapter of
Mathew.
1. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be
likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps,
and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2. And five of them were Yvise, and five were
foolish.
3. They that were foolish took their lamps,
and took no oil with them:
4. But the Yvise took oil in their vessels i with
their lamps.
5. While the bridegroom tarried, they all
slumbered and slept.
G. And at midnight there Yvas a cry made,
Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to
meet him.
7. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed
their lamps.
8. And the foolish said unto the Yvke, Give
us of your oil : for our lamps are gone out.
9. But tho wise answered, saying, Not so;
lest there be not enough for us and you : but go
ye rather to them that sell, and buy for your
selves.
10. And while they went to buy, the bride
groom came ; and they that Yvere ready, went
in with him to the marriage: and the door was
shut.
The honeymoon lasts only two YY’eeks. The
greatest compliment one can pay a Syrian is to
wish him a speedy marriage. This applies.
howeY’er, only to the men : for it is highly im
proper to speak to the girls on such a subject.
Three daughters are equal to one son : in other
words, a father having one son and three daugh
ters, will give as much to the son as to all the
daughters. He cannot, hoYvev’er, disinherit his
daughter—a wise regulation which we should
like to see incorporated into the laYvs of
Georgia.
Duelling. —The editor of the Greensboro’
Beacon, a southern man, and reared in one of
the best schools of chivalry in the Yvorld—the
United States Navy—has some striking remarks
on the subject of duelling, suggested by the late
unfortunate affair in Piakens county. The Bea
con thinks.that among truly honorable men and
gentlemen, there is never any necessity for set
tling a difficulty by an appeal to arms. Suppose
t\Y’o men of this character to have become in
voKed in difficulty, the editor suggests e rule by
which a hostile meeting might always be pre
vented. Thus:
“Mutual friends should take the matter in
hand, and get from each of the parties his con
sent to have the difficulty settled by these friends
and also his pledge, as man of honor, to abide
by their settlement. In this way the matter
would be placed in the hands of those capable
of taking a calm, and disinterested view of it;
and Yvho in the great majority of cases, \Y-ould
have but little difficulty in determining whether
an insult had been offered, and if so, whether it
was really intended. Having determined this
point they Yvould then have to fix the nature and
extent of reparation. Should this reparation even
be a formal apology, the individual offering the
insult, if a man of true honor, could not hesi
tate to make it, even were he not under a pledge
to do so ; for no proposition can be plainer than
that, Yvhen one man injures another by word or
deed, and is made sensible of the fact, he is
bound, by every principle of honor to make rep
aration.
And he Yvho refuses so to do can lay no just
claims to the character of the gentlemen.”
Intermarriages of American Women with Foreign
Noblemen.
Not that there is any honor in it, but simply
as a matter of news, we extract from the New
Y ork Herald the folloYving account of the inter
marriages between American ladies and the no
bility of England. It is the boast of Ameri
cans that every man here is a sovereign ; but
the ladies have not manifested any indifference
to titles. Indeed, this love of titles, of high
sounding appellations, is gnnving upon us.—
We should sedulously guard against departing
from the noble simplicity of our ancestors:
Republican America lias furnished her fair
proportion of brides te the noble gentlemen of
Europe. Not long ago, the Spanish prime
minister, a duke of the blood royal, was a grand
son of old Governor McKean, of Pennsylvania ;
and since the Revolution, English, French, Rus
sian, and other ambassadors, have married in
this country. By the last steamer we learn
that the Marchioness of Wellesley died on the
17th December, at Hampton Court. She \Y\as
a daughter of Richard Caton, of Baltimore, and
und a grand daughter of Charles Carroll, of
Carrolton, one of the signers of the Declaration
of Independence. Her memoires Yvould con
stitute one of the most romantic narratkes that
could be Yvritten. In the first floYvering ol'yvo
manly beauty, she attracted the attention of Sir
Arthur Wellesley, afterwards the Duke of Wel
lington, who folloYved her over half the conti
nent, and by his unguarded devotion incurred
not a little scandal. Miss Caton (then Mrs.
Robert Pattisou) Yvas recalled by her family,
and her admirer formtyiy months wrote a min
ute diary of what occurred in the gay world
abroad, which he transmitted in letters per eve
ry packet for.the United Slates. When she be
came a widoYV she revisited London; but tiie
hero of Waterloo was now himself married, and
therefore unable to efier her his hand ; he how
ever, introduced his elder brother, Yvho soon af
ter became her husband ; and the duke contin
ued to tho close ofhi3 life, to be one of the
warmest of her friends and admirers. Share
sided in her old ago at Hampton Court, a sort
of royal and noble house of refuge.. Two of
her sisters Yvere married to noblemen—
to the Duke of Leeds, and the .younger, we be
lieve, to an Irish peer. A third sister, Mrs.
McTavish, is hoyv living in Baltimore, and is
one of the most distinguished and respected la
dies ol the old school of that metropolis of beau
ty and of good society.
Lord Carlisle on Music. — l consider music,
to be the most graceful accomplishment and
delightful recreation that adorns this hard-work
ing world, and renovates our busy, overcharged
existence. Its negative import is great. It pro
vides an amusement for our people, and keeps
many from the ale-house and midnight brawl.
Its positive importance and value are inestima
ble ; for the combining chords that regulate our
Yvhola being are interwoven, sense with princi
ple, that the very character assumes a clothing
for external circumstances. I am aware that,
from every alter, however pure and sacred, fire
might be stolen and desecrated ; but we should
emulate the llame which, while it enlkens all
around, points to the skies. I would not con
fine music to any YY’alk in life. Not alone in the
sacred cathedral, not alone to the cosily theatre,
nor in gilded saloons, nor confine it to six geui
nea stalls; but I Yvould hear our nightingales
warble in every grove, and trill on every bough.
I Yvould have the happy art enliven the domes
tic tea-table, add variety to the village school
and linger in the sanctuary.
Business in New Orleans.
The True Delta of the 4th inst., contains the
following notice of the aspect of things in that
city- The Delta says :
‘Where do they ali?Come From?— Such
is the inquiry which we hear frequently made
concerning the numbers of people who now
throng our thoroughfares, and an truth it is not
very easy to answer the question. New faces,
and in great numbers, are to be seen every
where—at street corners, and in the hotels, in
restaurats, at the Theatres, and in all places
where people usually congregate. The ends
of tho earth are meeting in New Orleans—the
so-called “city of the plague”—in search ot
health and pleasure. The ailing visit us to en
joy the restorative advantages of our winter
climate; the curious, as they would a battle
ground, after the conflict of arms had ceased
and the dead had been borne away to their qui
et resting places, and people in general, in search
of business, wealth, wonders, and a few, hap
pily, of wisdom. And indeed an appropriate re
ward appears to be awaiting all. Never was
the sanatory condition of any city more satis
factory than that of New Orleans at the present
time. The weekly mortality is reduced to the
lowest imaginable limit, and everybody is
boasting of vigorous health. The money which
formerly went to the doctor now goes to the
butcher, end beef has risen in consequence to
eighteen cents per pound. The cheek of beauty
becomes roseate without paint, and bloods runs
rapidly without being stirred by punches.’’
And then, as to business, it is unusually brisk.
Commerce is holding high wassail, and gather
ing in the trophies of its craft in a right merry
mood. The fountains of amusement, too, are
full to overflowing. The curtains are
up at the old St. Charles, the Gravier
street Temple, and the classic Orleans, and the
players, with good skill, are holding “the mirror
up to nature.’’ Besides, in the Amphitheatre,
where Dan Rice is King, a Queen now resigns
supreme- She is tho delight and wonder of all
beholders, while her sylph like movements and
graceful form, place her in fine contrast with
“the charming Madam Graham,’’ the light of
the Museum! All things, therefore, considered,
it is no matter of wonder that people now feel
an inclination to visit our good Crescent city,
and though we may not be able to explain
where the folks all come from, we may venture
to become the spokesman of the hospitable
Orleanois, and extend to each and all a kindly
welcome.”
[TERMS, $2 00 IN ADVANCE.
Shall the present Tax Law be Bepealed 1
It is known to our readers, that there are at
this time several bills before the Legislature,
some for the modification, and ethers for the
repeal of the present ad valorem Tar Law’.—
We should not object to seeing the law modified
in certain respects, but but should look upon its
repeal as the heaviest blow at the welfare and
high position of Georgia which it is the power
of the Legislature to deal. Instead of being the
“Empire State’’ of the South and the foremost
in the great race of improvement, such an act
would place Georgia on the retrogade list, and
would show that she had turned backward and
was lacking in spirit longer to contend with her
sister States. Indeed, we can hardly conceive
of any one .act which the Legislature can per
petrate, that would be fraught with so much mis
chief to the State, as the abiogation of the ad
valorem Tax Law'. We would rather see it give
way to the State Railroad, or sell it and throw
the money into the sea.
There are forty millions of acres of land in
Georgia, according to White’s Statistics, thirty
of which only returned in 1848 for taxes. The
real estate of the State in 1845 was estimated
at 8121,631,292, and the personal estate at
8213,038,325, The State tax assesed under
the old Tax act for 1841, was 8228,969 91, and
the county tax for the preceding year was 8184,-
390 04.
Under the old law, slaves paid 8130,310 94
of the State tax, while the entire real estate of
the State paid only some 854,000 00 Though
the real estate was worth more than half as
much as the personal, yet one item alone of the
latter paid nearly three times as much aB the
former did.
Town lots and stock in trade paid, in round
numbers, 854,000 00, or as much as the forty
million acres of land in the State estimated to
be worth 8121,G31,292. In other words, the tax
on the commerce of the State was as great as
that on the landed interests. ‘.The 812,090,000
ol real estate in the cities and towns paid almost
as much tax as the 8110,600,000 out of the
towns and cities.
These are not the only inequalities in the old
law'. Eleven thousand tax payers in the cities
and towns paid one-third of the taxes of the State
There were about 100,000 taxpayers in the
State, and 11,000 or one-ninth of them paid one
third of the taxes. One half the real estate out
side of the towns and cities paid only about
815,000 tax, whereas the other half paid near
810,000. The tax on the same amount of real
estate in cities and towns was 836,000, and
the tax on 84,000,000 stock in trade, 816,000.
The poorest oak and hickory lands paid a tax
of 2 1-2 cents per acre, w'hile the richest pine
lands paid only three fourths of one mill—a dif
ference of 340 per cent.
The poor mechanic in one of our villages un
der the old law paid more for the support of the
Government on his house and lot of the value
ol 8300, than the wealthy landholder on his
plantation worth 850,000. A man owning a
princely mansion w’orth 825,000 and standing
on an acre of pine land just outside the corpo
rate limits of a town, only paid a tax of three
fourths of one mill while the mechanic alluded
to, paid 40 cents on the value of his little house
and lot.
These facts clearly demonstrate the inequali
ties and injustice of the old law, and yet, we re
gret to learn, there is some danger that the pres
ent Democratic Legislature w ill return to that
law. All direct tax law’s should be based on tho
value oi the property taxed. The citizen should
contribute to the support of the Government
according to the kind or description >f those
means. All other modes of taxation are une
qual and unjust,—a fact which the people of
Georgia were first to discover, and should be tho
last to abandon. There are counties in this State
which do not contribute taxes enough to the
Treasury to pay the expenses of their members
to the Legislature, and their people are among
the most clamorous for the repeal of the pres
ent equal and judicous law.
If the act of 1852 he defective, let it be amen
ded but do not destroy it. It would be strange
il it contained no inequalities, as the principle
! upon which it is based was entirely new at the
j time. If the working of the law has brought de-
J tec's to light, the duty of the Legislature is to
• apply the remedy—to cut off the defective limb,
but not to apply the axe to the root of the tree. -
Sav. Republican .]
Water Gas. —The water gas discovery would
appear to he genuine, though I fear will be an
illusion, like that of Mr. Paine, in America. The
inventor has proved his ability, in Paris, to con
tract a thousand cubic quarts of hydrogen from
twelve quarts of water. The hydrogen needs
purifying, hut the expense is little or nothing.
The machine by which the operation is effected
is an electromagnetic battery. Sea water is pre
ferable to fresh water. A gas company in this
city is in treaty with the inventor for the privi
lege of lighting the capital ; and a southern
company of capitalists has made overtures for
the application of the invention upon the Med
iterranean, as fuel upon ten screw steamers.—
There is no doubt about the facts as I have
given them ; but whether tho inventor, the spec
ulators and the capitalists are not the victims of
a delusion, is another matter— London Cor.
Com. Advertiser.
A Good way of hearing from Home. —A
young man in California whose friends had not
remembered him as he thought they adopted the
following expedients: he sat down and wrote
some half dozen letters to different persons at
home, inquiring the price of land and stock ;
what could he liny a handsome farm of 200 or
300 acres for, &c.; intimating that he was very
rich By return mail he received no
less than seven letters, all anxiously inquiring
after his health, when he was coming, dtc., and
has received three or fourever3’ mail since, in
cluding some very warm ones from an old and
very cold sweetheart
Os all tyrants, fashion is the most capricious
“Fickle as the wind, by the soft quivering aspen
made,” she is a little disposed to exercise leniency
as good sense. Her sway is over all. The weal
thy bear her yoke with comparative ease, but the
poor find her’s a galling fetter. Not con
tent with an absolute sway of the body, she even
invades the sacred recesses of the mind. How
painfully humilitating it is to see a fashionable phil
anthropist or fashionable cristian : Yet with 6hame
and disgust we cenfess that they may be found.
Fashionable dressing is the point, however, to
which we would direct your attention.
Is not that fashion which compels the clerk to
dress fine, while his employer may wear a thread
bare coat, tyranizing ? Is not fashion fickle when
she compels a family that hasn’t enough of bread
and meat, to eke out a scanty existence, to create
heavy debts in order to array themselves in mourn
ing on the death of a friend ?
Isn’t fashion mean and niggardly when bedecks
the body in tine ciothes and tinsel, and ves the
mind divine, a dull, listless blank ?
Isn’t she merciful when she compells you to
Number 5.