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BY LOMAX 6c ELLIB.]
Volume XIV.
THE TIMES & SENTINEL,
TENKENT LOMAX & ROSWELL ELLIS,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
THE TaA-AVKKIfcLY TIMES &. SBSTIHBD
~;l | J l i.he<l EVERY H'F.nJfFSDAY and FRIDAY MO RJf-
I.Vd oiifl SATURDAY EFFJYIJfO.
THE WEEKLY TIMES &. SENTINEL
18 published every TUF.SDA Y MORATIjYG.
Oloco on Randolph street, opposite tlio Post Office.
terms:
TRI-WI’F.RT.Y, Five Doli.aks peranr.Om, in advance.
WEEK i.Y. Two Dos 1.1/8 per annum,in advance.
’ -.# vdverti^moritfeconspicuously inserted at Dollar
per square, for the first insertion, and fifty cents for every sub
’ Li'beral'deduciion will be made for yearly advertisements.
fi : of J.and and Nt/roes, ly Administrator?, Executors, o
Gita-liaii?. are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday
In < nr month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and
three in the afternoon, at the Cour t House in tbecounty in wlrich
tno property is situate. Notices of these sales must he given in
a public i-nzette forty day’ previous to the day of sale.
.Votlces for the sale of Personal Property must be given at
least fen days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be publish
er! forty days.
Notice that application wilt be made to the Court of Ordinary
fi r leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published weekly for
turn mnUtks.
Citations for Letters of Administration most be published
thirty days —(or Dismission from Administration, monthly six
months—tor Dismission from Guardianship forty days.
Rules for Foreclosure of MoWgat'e must lie published monthly
fur four months —for eStablisliim? Jest papers, for tin full space
of three months— tor compelling titles from Executors or Adiulti-
Istr dors, where a bond lias been given by the deceased, the full
Ip£ i’ of Ih TCC IW Oltthß.
.'uMu-.itions wilhtlwayH be continued to theee, the
j OKH l requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
BUSINESS CARDS.
JAMES HAMILTON,
Attorney at Law,
Columdps, Geo.
ITT-Office on Randolph street, three doors from Mygat’s
corner. Coimnbos, Dec Iff—wifctwtl
li. J.~MOSES, JOHN PEABODT,
MOSES & PEABODY’
attorneys at law,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in Muscogee county, Ga., and Russell
county, Ala., and in the Supreme Court of the State of
Georgia. Columbus, Juno 29-\vtwri
ELMORE, YANCEY AND NUCKOLLS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Will practice in partnership in the Courts of Law and
Equity, in Macon county, Alabama.
.1 NO. A. ELMORE, ),, .
WM. L. YANCEY, (Montgomery
TIIOS. J. NUCKOLLS; Tuskegee.
T. .1. NUCKOLLS, will practice in the other counties
of the circuit. Dec 13—ly
A. BACKER,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
BRANDIES, GIN, WINE,
SCOTCH ALE & LONDON DORTER,
SEGARS and all kinds of GROCERIES,
No. It) WHITAKER ST. SAVANNAH, GA.
Brandi,s and Gins, under Custom-llouse Lock, in bond
and entitled in debenture.
Savannah, Oct. 18, 1853,-wtwly
J. & L. ALLEN,
SXs.*C^<Sl2iaiE3‘l26B3’Q 1 5538
AND
Fire Engine Builders,
12 JAMES STREET, NEWARK, N. J.
E IF Machinery, Firo Engines, Hose Carriages, Hook and ■
Ladder Truck*, and lloge of every description made to order.
N. ll.—They solicit orders from the South and pledge them
selves t give entire satisfaction in prices and quality of their
work.
References—Mayor and Aldermen, and FireJEngino Company
No. I, ColnmbuAa. Dec 27—jrk tw3m *
BOSTON & VILLALONGA,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
No. 196 Bay Street Savannah, Qa.
JOHN BOSTON, JOHN L. VILLALONGA.
REFERENCES 1
John 11. Howard, B. T. Chapman,
A. W. Chapman, Ruse, Patten &. Cos.
October 11—w&twtf
WASHBURN, WILDER & CO.,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
114 BAY STREET,
JOSEPH WASHBURN, 1
.INO. It. WILDER, J Savannah, Ga.
PR AN CIS G. DANA. )
Sept. 16—tw6m
G- TmhTisoiT
AUCTION, COMMISSION,
BJICEIVIMG Ml FttlWAilliMi
M creh a sa i „
NOS. 59 and 61 BROAD STREET,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
A. K. AYER, AUCTIONEER AND SALESMAN.
£ v Liberal advances made on Negroes and Merchandise.
Columbus, Aug. 20, 1853—Nv&twly
WM. U. KIMBROUGH,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Novß—w&twtf SAVANNAH, GA.
E. LOCKETT, WM. It. LONG, JOHN 11. DAVIS.
i m*
COMMISSION M ERCH A NT S
AND
SHIPPING AGENTS,
SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
W ILL attend to the felling of all kinds of Produce. Strict
attention given to receiving and forwarding goods, and
-.''ling orders from the country. Those of our friends who
litilire to lavor us with consignments, can make the neces
-ary arrangements through our friends Ruse, Patten & Cos.
- J ‘dy 9—w&twly
A. G. DAVENPORT,
FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
NO. 75 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
tY ILL give strict attention to the sale oi’ 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.
Rcicrences : —"Messrs. Padelford, Fay &, Co.l
Dr. James P. Screven, I
Hon. Joseph W. Jackson. fSavanah
Hon. G. Troup Howard. J
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 13—tw3m
Flour, Meal, and Breadstuff's.
r CIIF, subscriber, proprietor ofthe CITY .MILLS, begsienve
1 l” inform the public that he has now’ on hand and w ill con.
tmur n% keep a good stock of prime HH FA T A.YD COiijy,
an twu be prepared a: ail times to furnish customers iu any
quantities with Flour Meal, &.c., at the shortest notice. New
wheat i, now in.
I he City .win i 9 ituated above the city a short distance and
1 . goo ' l running order
i present are as follows :
bupi rfinc Flour §6 05 nerbbl.
1 amilv Hour...
Extra do ’’’".l* 750 “ “
f ;.*••• • • • • so cts bushel
- * 1 M >es. cash prices paid for Corn and Wheat.
City Mill, Juno 8, 1853- ts D - A ‘ WYNN
AUBURN WATER-CURE.
T\l I L e !!!fou^mTLe I VoDt o gsn?e^ r^ d UP Av S p eC Tli y ? r ; *,*
U., pleasant town of Auburn, „ s“"‘ ?. a, , lroad ’
“ nd ‘ dy.rtvUve miles from S A,abam “’
the‘nmCf.* 0< ' i . soa,e in which the Water-Cure has not nroved
not be a *“ d no condition ofdisease in which U
Health, andther ‘To r - ” ““i™ 1 termination of disease is
Cure. cundiUons of health are coutdrred by the Wat.-r
----l:! L V. i '!CgneL a te e oUhe S A eCia ’ atte " ,! ” n of T ANARUS” AMELIA
will be assisted by .Vrs? r,?££ ,c * u hydropathic Institute) who
W ater and'Suaiiner.” I !\sWeHr W ‘ U -, b ® recci Y ed ‘biriug the
Water-4 hire lias some peculiar luK-Tn. 1 * rerß , Cul f, l virtues > th e
ois and social enjouuouts. Fow! It allows ot exet-
Auburn. Jan 7-,narchl6 ly- P ’ REED.
Y, MORE tS: GALLAGHER
TPb\ v ? oad & Coates Street,’ PhD
pr,v “
Slfre rStf 1 ? 11 ; 1 ’ P aid t 0 the enclosure of Burial Loti
? eai .^ 8 -d'tistoT
Philadelphia Noi 8-w3r “ * wloctl ' Jl) -
FOR SALE AND TO RENT.
Valuable Plantation lor Sate,
In Baker County, Georgia,
asap, TilK subscriber desirous or removing from the State
&rsn °f Georgia, offers lor gale his plantation lying en the
waters ofthe Coolawahec Creek, five miles west of Al
— bauy, arljo.uing lands Os Paul Tarver, Dr. Nickols and
otliers.containing three thousand one hundred and twenty-five
acres, more or lees. There are aiiout 800 acres of open cultivat
ed land. The hnidls so situated that it can bo easily divided.
And if two purchasers appearthe subscriber will divide so as to
suit botli. Anyone desirous of purchasing would do W'ell to
address MOOftE & EDWARDS, or myself at this place; my
agent living on tlie place will show the lands to any person call
ing for that purpose. JOHN J. RAWLS,
September S—tw3t&wtf Macon, Georgia.
FOR SALE OR KENT.
MY Plantation, three miles below Columbus, between
a five and six hundred acres, cleared.
JNO. A. JONES.
Oct. 1. w&twtf
One Hundred Town Lots for Sale.
WE have surveyed and laid off in LOTS, a portion of ourpro
perty in Taiiassee Town, Tallapoosa county, at the falls of
Tallapoosa river, most convenient to the Water Power, and offer
lor sale at public auction, at Tallassee, on the 2d Tuesday in
March next, and at private eale till then, one hundred of the
most eligible Isits for business purposes—one-filth of the nett
proceeds of the sale to he given as a School Fund for the estab
iisliraent oftchools in the place.
Terms will be made easy to purchasers. For further particu
lars, apply to jIARNETT, GfLMEK & CO.
November S>—w&twtds
House and lot for Sale.
a I offer for sale one of the most desirable 1 veations in or
about Columbus, my present residence, just cast ofthe
corporate limits, and commanding a fine view of the
city and the cars passing along the Kailroad, a short
distance from tire depot and within ten minutes walk of the cily
and convenient in every way to business.
The lot contains several acres, the buildings nil new. Inmy
absence purchasers arc referred to Gen Charles J. Wiliiaiusor
R. Watson Denton.
Dec 9-twif ROBERT It. HOWARD.
To Rent.
A GOOD dwelling with eight rooms—all necessary out
buildings in a pleasant part of the city. For particu
lars, enquire of D. A. R IDG WAY,
Jan Jl—twtf At Gunby, Daniel & Cos.
HOTEL FOR Si LE.
a__j THE subscriber offers for sale his commodious and
jfvvsTt Well finished Hotel, situated on the east side of the
lsa£ public square, iu the town of Ituen* Vista, Ga., and
-•L-HJL known aslhe“GLO!5E HOTEL.” ltisiuruisimd with
all neces-ary conveniences, and has pertaining to it, a good
kitchsn, smoke house, stable, lot, &., all in good repair. The
house is conveniently situated,'and is favored with a liberal
share of boarding and transient custom. Buena Vista, though
new, is a large and beautiful town. Its schools, and varied
merchatile 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
cal! andlexamine. Reasonable time will be allowed for payment.
For terms apply to the undersigned. Z. WILLIAMS.
or to WILLIAM'S & OLIVER,
March s—O-.vlf Buena Vista, Marion co., Ga.
For Sale.
MY plantation lying on the Chattahoochee riverin
Russel county, Ala.,twenty miles below Columbus, Ga.,
containing about two thousand live hundred acres in a
body. Also, two detached places, containing about
eight Hundred acres, which will bo sold with the main body or
separate.
The plantation is well settled and healthy, and as productive
and fertile as any on the river, and free from freshets.
Persons wishing to examine the plantation will apply to Mes
srs. T. B. & C. Crowell, or G. W. Keith, (the overseer) at Os
wicbcc, Ala., or Jos B. Hill,in Columbus, Ga., who will furnish
all necessary information in my absence,
JOHN CANTEY,
August 2—wtf Camden, S. C.
PLANTATION FOR SALE OR RENT.
M SIXTEEN miles East of Columbus, one hour's ride by
Railroad, \)s miles from the depot, containing G2O
acres,abopt 400 cleared, 300 acres bottom land, the
balance pine land, lying well. Gia 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 the advantages of a near market without its annoy
ances. Possession given Ist January or sooner, and terms made
August 30—wtf A. G. REDD.
FOR SALE.
‘TMiE plantation in Russel county, Ala., eight miles and
A a half from Columbus, Ga., formerly owned by Augus
tus Brown, containing seven hundred and forty acres, 200
ot which is iu a high ttato of cultivation und 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 house and screw; also, an excellent
spring af water convenient for use, and as healthy a place
as can he found in Eastern Alabama. There is on the
place good Peach and Apple orchards. Any person wish
ing to purchase sucha place can get a bargain. Fur further
particulars apply to JAMES ROUSSEAU.
Columbus, Nov 29— wtf
HOTELS.
1853! 1853!! 1853!!!
COOPER°s“WELL.
A THE undersigned has taken the entire manago
ment and control ot
COOPER’S WELL,
and is now prepared to accommodate the public.
Anew dining room lias been erected, the Sleeping Rooms
plastered and fitted with furniture and bedding, aid a complete
renovation effected. Ample accommodations 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 retreat. The water is highly
recommended by the medical faculty, and the wonderful cures
effected by its use almost surpass belief. Ample details of
several astonishing cures may be obtaiued on application at the
Well.
The terms will be moderate, 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
\\ . 11. Smith’s line of
NEIV FOUR HORSE STAGES.
The lime of trip is less than three hours from Vicksburg.—
Through tickets from Vicksburg to Cooper's Well, can be obtain
ed at the Railroad depot, Vicksburg ; price $2 20.
May 10—wtf JOHN THATCHER.
GLOBE HOTEL,
BURN A VISTa, MARION CO., GA
t. THEsubscriber rc-pectfully announces tohis friends
“V ar.U the public generally, that he has taken charge
II o. this well known
LL ESTABLISHMENT.
Thehouscis commodious and well finished; and nopainswill
besparedto render thosccomfortable, who may favor him with
their patronage.
Dec 3—ts E. TITCOMB
BROAD STREET HOUSE
COLUMBUS, pstj GEORGIA.
THE undersigned has taken charge of this establishment. The
house has been thoroughly renovated and furnished anew.
The traveling public will find his rooms airy, neat and clean, and
Ids table bountifully supplied with every delicacy the market
affords.
Omnibusses will always be in readiness to carry passengers to
and from the Hotel to the Depot and Steam Boats.
L. T. WOODRUFF, Proprietor.
Columbus, Oct. 11—w&Jwtf
□ RUGS AND MEDICINES.
a Having disposed of part interest in the Drug business
to Mr. I>. 11. Head, wetake this method of informing the
} public that we have now in store a large stock of the
DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,
Dye Stufft, Paney Paints, oil3 &e.,
Window Glass. Putty, peifumcry and many other articles ;
all the most popular Patent jMedicines , which we intend to sell
lor cash. HOLT 6t HEAD.
All those indebted to the undersigned either by note or ac
count that due, will please call and settle. 1 intend to
close my old Books. A word to the wiseis sufficient.
Lumpkin, Jan. 10 1854—wtf-—2. Wm. H. HOLT.
~ TQTMEJLABEESi.
MRS. DESSAU
‘fT T ’OI’LD respectfully inform the Ladies of Columbus
V V and vicinity, that she has just returned from the
North, and is now opening at her residence, (No. 110
Broad. Street,) a most splendid and fashionable stock of
FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY.
ALSO
An assortment of FALL AND WINTER DRESS
GOODS
FOR LADIES’ WEAR—SUCH AS
SILKS, TALMAS, MANTILLAS, CLOAKS,., RIBBONS,
EMBROIDERIES,
and all kinds ofGoods generally kept in a Millinery store.
In the DRESS MAKING hue,she is in the possession
of the latest European styles and patterns ; and her stock
ot Trimmings for Dresses cannot be surpassed for beauty
and quality, as special attention was given to this branch of
her stock.
A call from her friends and customers is respectfully
solicited. Columbus, Oct I*2—w&twtf
NOTICE.
PERSONS indebted to A. C. Fieweilen & Cos. will please
niake immediate payment. Their accounts may be found
ta the Book Store of J. L. HOWELL.
Columbus, Dec 30—tw&wtf
“the union of the states and the sovereignty of the states.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7,1854.
INSURANCE.
Savannah Mutual Insurance Company.
THIS Company has returned in stock Sixty phi cent, of
premiums in the last tw6-Tears. The subscriber hps the
Stock scrip Twenty-five percent, for the last twelve months and
a dividend of 6 percent, cash on the stock issued foe 1852. In
surers in thisoffice wiii bring their stoek scrip of ita'i and receive
their dividends —they can at ike same time receive their scrip
tor 1853. si
Marine and Fire risks taken at the usual rates, by
Columbus, July B— w&twly R. J. MOSES, Agent,
OAItIFOHNIA
I Ni 8 H RJ k ® i 1
BY THE
KENTUCKY MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Apply to
JOHN MUNN, Agent,
Columbus, Ga.
BOSWELL & BILLING,
July 9—w&twly Medical Examiners.
some mmxm stmMiY,
Office, No, 10 Wall Street, New York.
CASH CAPITAL, $500,000.
SIMEON L. LOOMIS, President.
CHAS. J. MARTIN, Secretary.
E. S. GREEN WOOD, : : : : : Agent.
Columbus, Georgia.
October J, ttv6m
MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE
BANK OF SAVANNAH.
AGENCY AT COLUMBUS,
TXTiI.L receive Deposit?—and Checks for sale on New York
W Macon and Savannah.
April24—twtf RICHARD PATTEN.
_ TRAVELING.
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia ij Savannah Steam Navigation Company.
ililt * -
THE new and splendid side-wheel Steamshfps,
KF.Y STONE STATE, Cnpt. Rouert Hakdie,
STATE OF.GEORGIA, Gapl. J.. 1. Garvin, Ji.
will leave Savannah for Philadelphia every Wednesday. These
Steamships are the most, comfortable on the coast, and are uti
aurpassed lor safety and speed. They will leave Savannah as
follows: ‘
Keystone State, Wednesday, ’ 28th Pc-pt.
Plate of Ge k “ sth Oct.
” Keystone State, 12th Oct.
■state of Georgia, lt)lh Oct.
Keystone State, “ 2Gth Oct.
State ol Georgia, “ 2nd Nov.
Keystone State, “ 9th Nov.
State of Gtorgia, “ Kith Nov.
Keystone State, “ 23rd Nov.
Stale of Georgia, “ 30th Nov.
Keystone State, “ 7th Dec.
Stale of Georgia, “ 14th Dec.
and so on.
Cabin passage, S2O.
Sterrage “ S.A
C. A. L. LAMAR,
Agent in Savannah.
HERON & MARTIN,
Sept. 21—ts Agents in Philadelphia
MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD CO.
jgp|jip9 EppplP
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after the lGth insL the Passenger Train will leave and
run by the following schedule daily until further notice:
Leave Columbus at!) A. M.; Arrive at Macon 325 P.M.
Leave Macon at G 30 A. M.; Arrive at Columbus 1 5 P. M.
E. F. RICKER, Superintendent.
Columbus,May 14, 1853.
Muscogee Kailroad Company.
GREAT REDUCTION IN FREIGHT ON
ON and after the Ist of September, COTTON will be carried
from CoiumbiTsto Savannnab, at FIFTY CENTS per hun
dred pounds, including lnsurauce over Railroad.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
MERCHANDISE arriving from the East and not 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 one of gthe city Warehouses for Storage at the ex
pense of the owner.
EDW’D F. RICKER, Superintendent.
September 7,1853.
HARNDEFS EXUKESS.
OFFICE UN KASDOLPH Street.
WE respectfully beg leave to inform the citizens o( Columbus
and its vicinity, that we have concluded our arrangements
with the Central, South-Western and .Muscogee Railroads, and
are now running messengers daily from Columbus to Macon
thence to Savannah.
Also, forwarding goods daily over the Muscogee and South-
Western Railroad to Fort Valley, Oglethorpe and Macon, thence
to Miliedgevillc Savannah and all intermediate places.
Also, to Montgomery, Ala. We would also say, that our Ex
presses by the steamers to New York and Philadelphia enable us
to forward every description of merchandise and valuables.
Notes, Drafts, and Bills collected in every town ill the Northern
and Eastern States ; also, to California and Europe.
OFFICES AND AGENTS.
S. 11. Hill, Randolph street, Columbus; S. O. Potts,
Macon; Mr. Kendrick, Fort Valley; G.R. Clayton, Oglethorpe;
153 Bay street, Savannah; 74 Broody ly, JYew York; 43 and
45 South-Third, Philadelphia ; 8 Com’ 3treet, Boston; Exchange
street. Providence; Montgomery street, Xnn Francisco.
Articles to be forwarded, called for at any part ofthe
city Iree of expense, by leaving orders on the slate at the office.
LIVINGSTON, WINCHESTER & GO.
Columbus, April 13—tw&w
REMOVAL.
J. 11. M E R II Y
Has removed from his old stand to
No. 102, next door to J. & J. Kyle.
He has on hand a fine assortment of
READY MADE CLOTHING,
consisting of every article generally kept in a Clothing Store
Columbus, Nov 23—w&tw3rcs
D. B. THOMPSON & CO.,
(AT THE SIGN OF THE HEART,)
Below Hill, Dawson & Cos.
TIN, Copper, Sheet Iron, Steam Boat work, all manner
of Gutters, Piping, Conductors and Roofing done to
order .substantially and warranted.
Nov. . 4S—tf
LUXURIES ! LUXURIES!!
THOBE who arc fond of good things, well served up, will
call at the
CRYSTAL PALACE SS\R,
in the basement of the City Hotel. The following bill of fair can
be had at the above place at the shortest notice ; served up to
suit the taste of the most fastidious.
/ \ Oysters from the hull,
\sLy-4 4c A Raw Oysters by the plate.
xfejY ‘I Fried “ “ “ “
Stewed “ “ “ “
Fried Ham and Eggs,
Fried aid Broiled Beef Stake,
Fried and Broiled Sausages,
Fried and Broiicd Chicken.
Boiled and Fried Eggs,
® Wild game of ail kinds, such as
Birds, yquirreis, Ducks, Venison ,
served uy in all kinds of ways.
Fresh Fish, Fried ami Broiled.
P. S. Ladies can be furnished with Oysters in the Dining
Room of the City Hotel, at short notice.
Columbus, Dec 7—tw3m
Pianos for Rent,
jgggg --~TOa 7'HE subscribers have just received severa
very good second hand Pianos from New
J J Se J J York, which they will sell or rent at reason
able prices. IRUAX & PEASE.
Columbus, Sept. 16—twtf
New Sheet Husic,
THE subscribers have this day received a large assoitmeril oi
Sheet Music; among which are many new and populai
pieces never before offered in this market. The ladies in parti
culirare invited to calland examine our stock.
TULAA & PEASE,
Columbus, March 2—tw 100 Broad street.
DR. S. B. LAW,
fj HASlocated himself in Columbus, Ga., intending to pur
49g0sue e practice of hisprofessiou.
XjH Hiaobieeison Jackson street, opposite and directly East
Uh ofthe .I'ethodist Church, the one formerly occupied by Dr
Holt.where he may hefouud at all tiim s, unless absent profes
sionally Columbus. June 1, 1853—twtf
AT HOME.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
o DR. Jkf. WOODRUFF having returned home and asso
■3a ciated with hint in practice DR. S. W. WOODRUFF,
would respectfully give notice to his former patrons and
L3 others, that they will attend to all callspunctually iu their
profession.
Dr. M. Woodruff thankful fortbe liberal pair nagc bestowed
upon him heretofore, solicits a continuance of the same for the
firm of Drs. M. & 8, W. Woodruff.
N. B. Obstinate and long standing cases of disease treated as
heretofore by the day or months. Persons laboring under such
diseaseswoiild do well to call and see us. No charge made for
consultation. Columbus, Jan 4—twot
iMi&cdlamons.
[ For the Alabama Journal. ]
To the Members of the General Assembly of
the State of Alabama.
Gentlemen You have been elected by the
people of this State to represent their interest
and to legislate for their welfare, and 1 there
fore take this method to bring before you a sub
ject which has for some time occupied my own
thoughts, and which I think requires legislative
action, in order that much evil may be corrected,
and justice and equity be freeiy and properly
administered. My appeal is made for a class in
the community important in numbers and influ
ence—not those who have votes with which to
reward you, but for a class whose smiles have
always been sought by your sex, and wlfose ap
probation is always’esteemed, by those who can
properly appreciate it their highest rejvard. It
is needless, after saying thus much, for me to
add that I plead for the cause of woman, and
that my purpose is to call your attention to wo
man’s rights—her proper rights—those that inter
fere not with vour own, but are very important
to her, and that I am very sure will in time, be
cheerfully accorded to her, when man’s atten
tion shall have been fully awakened to this sub
ject, and his judgment convinced that it is but
fair and just.
First let ine premise that I do not wish you to
confound me with that females who are
striving to gain equal rights with man in all
things—who contend for an equal right to the
ballot box, the pulpit, the command of armies,
&c., &c. With these questions I have nothing
to do, but while I am an advocate for those things
that I really believe do not belong to woman's
proper sphere of action, yet I do espouse her
cause, and will contend for those rights that are
hers, as well as by the laws of God as by every
feeling of humanity and reverence that should
be entertained for her in the breast of her natu
ral friend and protector—man.
Woman’s w ? ell being is intimately connected
with that of man, and should his injustice or
carelessness oppress her, and deprive her of
those natural privileges and sources of pleas
ure and convenience which are hers as well as
his, he will in the end be punished by thfe evils
which ensue from it, though he may not be
aware of die cause. As an instance of thig,
who is there at this day, that will deny that wo
man’s ignorance, her want of proper moral and
mental culture, from the first ages of the world,
has had its effect upon man in keeping him in a
half barbarous, half civilized state, and that,
wherever her improvement has been considered
important, as being the natural teacher and
trainer of man, her influence has been most
powerfully felt in the improvement, of his own
nature. ..
Men and women were created entirely equal
in some points—that is, both were made moral,
accountable beings, endowed with mind and
heart capable of deep emotions and made for
mutual support and consolation and capable of
appreciating and enjoying the same pleasures
and happiness. But man in his physical nature,
was endowed with greater strength, capable of
supporting and protecting the weaker vessel,
whose liiyliest enjoyment was constituted in
the ability to repay his labors in her behalf by
carefully nurturing him in childhood and in in
fancy, nursing him in sickness, tenderly caring
for him in tottering old age, and by her sym
pathy and love heightening his purest and high
est enjoyments.
Thus we see how intimately connected is the
happiness of man and woman—how perfect the
bond of union between them. Then why should
there be any jealousies between the sexes as re
gards their happiness and the enjoyment of indi
vidual rights, whilst each should try to promote
the welfare of the other and endeavor to raise
their human natures by a higher moral standard.
Now, though all will admit, that in all ages
of the world woman has been much oppressed,
a*nd deprived of those opportunities and privile
ges which were necessary to the improvement
of her being, and to make her a perfect help
mate and companion to man —yet we should not
blame man for what we must attribute to his
ignorance. Man, as the strongest, was proper
ly called the head of woman, and it was but
very natural and right that ho should have the
command of all outward affairs, and be the di
rector and defender of the househould—but In
his half brutal state he could not appreciate the
tenderness and beauty of woman’s nature, and
came in time to consider her as a mere drudge,
a slave to his caprice, a minister to his comfort
—her only importance in being the mother of
his children—his sons —who were to carry down
to posterity his name and honors.
Women as the weaker vessel, made retiring
in her disposition, patient and affectionate, and
prone to depend on man’s strong arm and sturdy
nature, submissively yielded to him all authori
ty, and superior power ot mind and body, and
considered herself as a weak being, iucapable
of nobler attainments: a mere appendage to
man,-and a being of a lower order in creation.
It was only whan a pure Christianity enlight
ened the world, and the moral and mental na
ture of mankind were gradually expanded and
improved, that she began fully to understand her
own nature, and feel her importance to the
world. A gradual but most complete revolution
has taken place in the mind of man, also, with
regard to woman, her relation and importance
to himself, her capacity, &c„ and while woman
has begun to feel and assert her own claims, his
enlightened judgment has placed her oven above
himself in the highest position her sex could
occupy, and she has no right in this age of the
world—in civilized countries—to complain of his
wilful injustice or oppression.
It would be interesting to trace the gradual
progress of things up to this point, and to show
the different degrees of progress in the several
parts of the worid, but I will only allude briefly
to things as they exist in our own favored land,
as that most concerns us at present. It is a part
of our country’s national and glorious boast,
that woman is more highly appreciated—her
moral worth, and mental capacity better under
stood, and her social position better defined and
more elevated here, than in any other country
on the globe! This is proudly, and gratefully
acknowledged by our sex !
Then it will be asked, why are they not satis
fied ; if the sex occupy this glorious position,
what more can they ask or desire ?
I will tell you what we desire and what we
need and I address myself directly to those who
boast of being the defenders of our sex and our
country ! You have become revolutionized in
your opinion of woman—have raised her social
position, and have corrected evils in various
ways, especially in regard to female education
and mental improvement you are doing her jus
tice, and beginning to see clearly that she has
a right to remuneration for hor labor, you have
given her the privilege of engaging in those
pursuits and avocations wh*ch you have hereto
fore monopolized, that pay her better and ena-
ble her to live honestly and independently, and
now— now we ask that you should complete the
work of reformation by remodeling your laws /
when they conflict with woman’s comfort and
happiness.
Are you not aware, that while there has been
such a revolution in regard to woman in opinion
and custGrn, that the laws remain as a general
thing, O’ in all vital points, what they were in
the darker ages of the world, tho da\ r s of igno
rance and superstition. Do not men of judg
ment and wisdom say the laws are tyraneical,
tliat they make woman a nonentity, a cypher
in her own household, the merest slave to her
husband's caprice, as powerless to act, as her
own children.
It is the fashion to say that home is woman’s
proper and only sphere of action, that she should
be content to perform her duties and find her
happiness there. Well, agreeing to this that it
is woman’s proper place—has she not the right
to be happy in her home; ought she not to have
privileges there, guaranteed her by the laws,
which she cannot elsewhere ?
Now this is the very point I have been aim
ing at, and to which I wish to call the especial
attention of the Legislature of thi3 State a
State which has already distinguished itself
by an effort to remodel her laws in this
respeet.
The law of Alabama, which provides for the
protection of the separate estate of tho wife, and
which is in force in only a few other States, is
one important step in the matter, but it is only
one step, which leads the way for other im
provements that will be effected in time. This
law is the corrective of many serious evils and
productive of much good as far as it goes but it
provides for only one class of persons, and that
comparatively a small one to the great mass of
the community. It protects the interest of mar
ried women who have property before marriage
or who inherit it, &c., but does it make one sin
gle provision for the female who began even
with her husband and has assisted him perhaps
through a life time, to accumulate the property?
Should it nojt be joint property, and hassAenot
an equal right with him to the enjoj'ment of it ?
And having the right to an equal enjoyment with
him through life, should she not at his death,
have the control of it, and enjoy the comforts
accruing therefrom in tho same way that he does
after her death ? This is only a fair and just in
ference, but it is doubtless a startling one to
many. The only, or the principle reasons which
have been urged in extenuation of this law, are,
that woman has not the knowledge or mental
capacity, to enable her to manage or control the
estate, and that she has little or nothing to do
with the actual accumulation of property, and
therefore should depend Upon her husband’s
generosity! This generosity, remember, can
only be depended upon during the husband’s life
time, at his death she is left to the merciful pro
vision and generosity ofthe law. The first ot
these reasons is an utter ebsurdity! and the oth
er cannot be sustained, and every man of can
dor and good sense must admit the truth of my
assertion.
Are we not able to cite thousands of instances
in the world, of women, possessed of property
either by inheritance or otherwise, who have
taken care of and managed (his same property
with great success and credit to themselves ?
YVe might in contrast to this, show many cases
of the other sex who are accustomed to all the
details of business men, possessed of property
by inheritance or otherwise, who have not taken
care of and managed it to their credit? Do we
not also see that a large portion of young men
who inherit property, are spendthrifts, who waste
the hard earnings of their fathers, at least by
bad management and want of economy, if not
by dissipation and extravagance ? Can you cite
an instance of woman who has dissipated or
lost entirely, by extravagance or in any similar
manner, the property she inherited, whether she
be a young lady, widow or old maid 1 You very 7
often see though, that she loses through the
kindness of a guardian or husband, who profess
to be so much more competent for the manage
ment, and ever ready and anxious to relieve her
of the trouble and responsibility !!
How is it that woman can live when man
would starve ? that she can get along with so
much poorer wages or rather with no wages at
all compared with his ! How is it that she can
live honestly, respectably, and even comforta
bly on an income that he would laugh at; and
oftentimes with helpless children to tax her
powers, or a lazy or drunken husband a burthen
on her ?
YVho will attempt to deny that there are
many, too many such cases in the world. And
these are not confined to that class of females
who have been brought up and accustomed to
poverty and labor. The delicate female brought
up in affluence, accustomed.to luxury and ease,
having no experience in actual life, can act her
part as well as any other when necessity de
mands it, and often shows us the brightest ex
amples of the true woman, the careful and in
dustrious and faithful wife and mother, when
the mismanagement or misfortunes of others
have reduced her to poverty
Why is it then that woman can get along so
much better in poverty 7 , and misfortune, with all
the disadvantages of her sex than so many of
the other sex under the same circumstances ?
Is it because it takes less for her support or that
she is a being who has fewer wants than man ?
It is not—for it should take no more for his
reasonable and comfortable support than for
hers. It is because man does not exercise the
same fortitude and patience, because he despises
little things, and little trials easily overcome
him, because his wastefulness would be her sup
port —and because her patience and self-control
and feminine tact which enables her to econo
mise and to comprehend the most varied as well
as the most minute andjtriffling circumstances
of life, ensures her success in what she under
takes and makes her pre-eminently the best
manager.
Then the argument is—-if woman as a class,
possess those qualities which enable her to man
age as well or better than the majority of the
other sex, under difficulties, in misfortune, with
limited means at her command and with her
limited opportunities of action, would she not,
can she not, under more favorable auspices—
with more ample means for operation at her
command, manage as well and exercise those
same qualities with much greater success ?
Will not the most learned of your spectacled
expounders of the law admit this ? They boast
that law is the perfection of reason, but Heaven
help such perfection, if all their laws and argu
ments are not more reasonable than the one to
which 1 have alluded ! \\ hich virtually says that
woman has not the capacity to manage and con
trol a greater as well as a smaller amount of
property, or that she cannot exercise the same
judgment in regard to property after her hus
band’s death as well as she could have done if
she had never married !
The second reason or excuse soy this law,
that I have noticed—viz: That woman has lit-
tle or nothing to do with the accumulation, and
that man should be the master of, and have the
disposal of the products of his own labor, should
iu reality, have no bearing on the question at all
—for independent of tit* fact that there are num
bers of women who are engaged in business or
otherwise, who do their equal share in the actual
accumulation of the estate, and also of the fact
that woman, as the partner and helpmate does
her part, her full share as well as the man, in the
performance of her duties in the household, in
the exercise of economy and care in the affairs
of the family and in the endurance not only of
bodily pain and suffering but of a thousand little
trials and vexations which he is exempt from.
I say, independent of all this, she as the wife,
has her rights as a wife! rights that were given
her at the marriage altar, where she received
not only the sworn love, but was endowed with
the “woldly 7 gods’’ of her lord, and they two
were pronounced “no more twain but one flesh!’’
Now, as a mere business transaction, and on
business principles, laying aside everthing but
mere justice and equity iu the case, if it is an
equal copartnership do they not have an equal
share to the profits and enjoyments, and should
not each have the same right after the death of
the other, tojthe disposal of whatever they may
possess? Remember, that no matter whether he
or she possess all the property before marriage,
whether their possessions were equal or that
neither had any property, the copartnership af
ter marriage becomes perfectly equal, and is
there any reasoning under Heaven that can jus
tify his possession of everything and her right
to only a bare pittance—a childs part !
If her husband would always be sure of living
as long as the wife, the case would be entirely
a different one. As long as she is sure of the
kind supporting arm, the tender protecting love
ofthe husband, she has nothing else to care for,
but alas! when death has taken away the head
ofthe house, and she is deprived of the loved
partner of her joys and sorrows, she feels that
her honors as well as joys, depart with him;
that her lot, has become a subordinate and
painful one, when children and even strangers-,
can come in and dispute possession with her,
vvher she was once sole mistress!
Let me picture a case—one instance only in
thousands of similar ones. Here is a couple in
moderate circumstances —two kind, affectionate
beings, whose life glides smoothly and pleasant
ly along. They commenced on an equal footing.
He was upright, attentive to his business, and
sober —she—active in her part, in her home, in
dustrious, frugal, economising, and managing
their united means to the best advantage—tak
ing care of what he made and brought there,
and helping materially sometimes by her own
earnings. They prospered, and improved their
condition, gradually increasing their comforts
around them. lie, the same kind, attentive
husband; she—tender and affectionate, happy in
being the ornamental and charm of their simple
home, and in discharging faithfully her duties to
her husband and her children growing up around
her. They are thus growing old together, and
at a time when she most needs his sympathy
and prusvetion, he is taken from her. What
then ensues ? There are children to be provid
ed for, and a few debts to be paid—there must
be an administrator appointed ; and sales and
division—and in the midst of hor grief she must
be harrassed with all the perplexing details at
tendant upon the settlement of an estate. Her
sons-in-law, and children even, become selfish
on the occasion ; they are anxious to have their
share, even of the household jjoods. The crowd
invades her home, which had been sacred to
her during her wedded life—they appraise, com
ment upon and put up lor purchase those little
household ornaments and comforts, that are
dear to her because bestowed by her husband,
and intimately associated with Ids memory—
and even meddle with those things, the work of
her own busy fingers, things that are more valu
able to her because she had gathered them to
gether in past happy days.
These sales, this upsetting of everything,
makes her feel ten times more keenly the loss
of her protector, whose presence would have in
sured a continuance of order and comfort in her
home. The division is made—and she has allot
ted to her a child’s part —perhaps a little more,
but as she has many children her share is but
small. This judged by others and by the law,
to be sufficient for her wants during the remain
der of her life—perhaps it may do, but it is not
sufficient to provide her with those comforts
which her husband delighted to place around
her, and that she now most needs, when old
age is creeping on. YVhat is the reverse of this ?
If instead of treating her as a child, she was al
lowed the same privileges, as possession and
control ofevc-ry thing as her husband would have
had—everything could have gone on in the same
usual smooth way, there would have been no
breaking up of old habits and household ties,
the lawyers and administrator’s fees and other
incidental expenses would have been saved to
the estate; the few debts could have been paid
at once, or in the way that her husband had
been arranging to pay them —and the increase
of property by keeping it together would result
to the advantage ofthe children in the end.—
She, as a mother has the feelings of a mother,
and can provide for the wants of the children,
or divide with them as they need it, according
to the amount of her estate, just as her husband
would have done.
There are many women who perhaps have
not capacity to manage, for whom provision
could be made, and there are many others in afflu
ent circumstances, who would not wish to take
the trouble upon themselves—their own share
es the estate being amply sufficient for them.
But the class (a large one) for whose especial
benefit this law should be amended, are those
in moderate circumstances, vvhose means if kept
together and increased, would be enough, but
would prove insufficient if divided into shares.—
It would correct evils in another case also—in
those having no children, when the husband’s
relations, strangers perhaps in heart to both him
self and wife, can share with her and take part
of what should be her own, at least during her
life.
I cannot think that there is a man, with the
feelings of a man, and the affection of a husband,
if he could realise the real state of the case in all
its bearings, and could bring the whole truth
home to his own heart, who would not endeavor
to shield the wife of his bosom from exposure to
such injustice.
I will now leave this subject, which I have
presented to the consideration of the Legisla
ture of this State, with the hope that it will not
be entirely overlooked amid their varied en
gagements, and many improvements and re
forms that already occupy their attention. It
is more than we could hope that any measure
relating to this, should be passed this session,
it may be years before it is carried out, but we
shall be gratified if it is even presented, and
that will lead the way for future action.
Do I ask too much ? Ido not advocate wo
man’s equality with man in every respect —1
(TEHMS, $2 00 IN ADVANCE.
advocate her right to equal happiness, to an
equal enjoyment of life and its comforts. Give
her an opportunity, of providing for herself;
give her security and happiness in her home,
her well and properly, and she will
not grasp at man’s station and authority, but
will find her greatest happiness in the discharge
of her duty, in loving and serving in all judg
ment and kindness, him who w'as made to rule
over her. This state has done mnch—she has
done much —she has advanced beyond the ma
jority of others in the true cause of woman.—
Will she stop in her progress ? or will she show
to the States, North ane South, and the world,
that while others talk about reform, she has
gone steadily to word in the cause of waman’s
improvement by making wise, just, and whole
some laws, to ensure her well-being and hap
piness. KATY DARLING.
A Solemn Marriage Ceremony. —Major S. R.
Hobbie, First Assistant Postmaster General, is
lying hopelessly ill, of consumption, in Wash
ington. It is said tliero was an affecting scene
in the"sick chamber of this gentleman on the 19th
inst. His daughter Mary was theie, in the pre
sence of her prostrate and almost dying father,
united in holy wedlock, by the Rev. Mr. Butler,
to Nathan Reese, Esq., of Newburg, NY. The
fond father, apprehending his speedy dissolution,
requested that the nuptials should be celebrated
before he had seen the last of earth. Major
Hobbie was at one time a member of Congress
from New York.
O’ ln one of the proverbs of Solomon, says
the New Bedford Mercury, w>e find the most
comprehensive and satisfactory exposition of
philosophy of advertising, that ever was, or could
be written, viz;
There is that scattereth and yet increaseth
and there is that witldioldeth more than is meet,
bat it tendeth to poverty.
And the words of Paul to the Corinthians apt
ly express the same idea:
He which sowth sparingly shall reap also
Sparingly ; and he which soweth bountifully
shhli reap also bountifully.’
The Howard Association.
This body, which rendered such memorable
service during tho epidemic last summer, has
pub ished a full report of all its receipts and dis
bursements, drawn up by a committee specially
appointed to examine the same. It forms a
small pamphlet of twenty eight pages. A sum
mary of its statistics will furnish some curious
and interesting facts.
The whole number of cases of yellow fever
treated by the Association was 11.058 ; of these
I, died, and 8,14 G was discharged ired-
The proportion of male and females w is near
ly equal, with a preponderance of females, viz :
5,203 males, 5,885 females. The adults—that
is, the cases over sixteen years of age —were
more than five to one under that age, viz: 9,412
to 1,073.
A vast preponderance of the cases were of
persons of foreign birth. The number ascertain
ed to be of foreign birth was 9,707 ; of 635 the
birth place was unknown, and only 716 of the
11, were ascertained to be natives of the U
States.
Os this foreign population 5,845 were Irish*
2,890 Germans, 436 French, and 198 English,
80 Italians, 38 Spanish, 35 Swiss, 28 Swedes—
the remainder a few of almost every other na
tion. The great bulk of the cases was compos
ed of Irish and Germans—very nearly four-fifths
of the whole—including natives and foteigners.
The total receipts into the treasury, from the
14th of Ju1y,5228,927 45. The sources from
winch it was derived are stated in detail.
The expenditures of all kinds have amounted
to $159,190 32. There are estimated to be
out standing claims against the Association,
amounting to about $3,500. Total expendi
ture, $162,690 32; leaving a balance on hand
of $66,237 14, of which $36,000 is invested in
bond and mortgage at eight per cent, and about
$30,000 on a special deposit in bank at four per
cent.
The expenditure includes all the expenses of
meeting these 11,078 cases—nurses medicines,
physicians, care of convalescents, and aid in
money to destitute convalescents. Besides thee
there are the cost of physicians, nurses, medi
cines and other aid sent to the sick in the interi
or of the State, to Texas and Mobile, and $14,-
559 divided among orphans and charitable in
stitutions.
This item of appropriation is explained by the
fact that 241 orphans were left on the Associa
tion, and at the close of the epidemic they were
transferred to the varion9 asylums and associa
tions, each with an appropriation of one hundred
dollars for its benefit.— New Orleans Picayune.
From Cuba.
We copy a letter from Havana to the N. O.
Picayune, dated 21st ult. It throws more light
on the ullteria purposes of the Spanish Govern
ment in reference to the future destiny of the Is
land of Cuba—a question which cannot but
deeply iuterest the people of this country.
Havana, Jan. 21.
Dear Pic. —The danger of corresponding
with you from this city, and the known fact
that a great many of your countrymen deem
all correspondence from here a tissue of exag
geration, prevents my running this risk except
on extraordinary occasions, and when I can ad
vise you of things done rather than things con
templated. My last was to advise you of the
announcement by the Government organ here
of a change in the policy of the Government
regarding our domestic institution, which I trust
you received, though the prohibition of all news
papers here to deprive me of any knowledge of
that fact. I have now to advise extraordinary
and, to many here, foreseen steps by the Gov
ernment, in its determination to abolish slavery.
I have admittance to sources of information
here not possessed by any correspondent, and
by few foreigners or natives, and you nay im
plicitly rely upon the trntb of what I . \v send
you. My sources of information are ooanish,
and, are also, official. I will first first g.ve you
a sufficient relation of matters regarding the
emancipados.
You are no doubt aware of the publication
on the Ist inst., of the proclamation of the
Captain General, declaring all the emancipados
free and directing them to be brought in at
once. It caused a very great sensation here,
and those in the city began to come up, some
with their masters and some without them, de
manding their free papers, and reports of those
on plantations were sent to the local Governor
with the query if the owners must take them at
once to Havana. But the measures cut where
it had not been contemplated, and a buzz was
raised about the ears of the Captain General,
which he had not forseen. He found that the
holders of emancipados were nearly, if not all
Spaniards, personal friends of former Captain
Generals, and some of them intimately connec
ted with persons very high in authority and very
near the throne at home in Spain, who
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