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®lie tOcelilrj Lillies & sentiud.
By LOMAX & ELLIS]
Volume XVII.
■iintcs ant) Scntvm'l.
BjOENT LOMAX & ROSWELL ELLIS,
editors and proprietors.
BpIYXOX 2. COLQUITT, Associate Editor.
■he tri-weekly TIMES & SENTINEL
■ mV:i;!V</! S,,AV and
I [HE WEEKLY TIMES & SENTINEL
9 published every TUESDAY HOIOdX;.
■ Randolph Street, opposite the V. <).
I TERMS:
H TKi-W LEKLY, Five Dollars per annum, in advance.
■ {vEEKLV. Two Dollars per annum, in advance.
■ & \dvertisements conspicuously inserted at One Dol
■JJrsquare, for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for
subse<iuent insertion
literal deduction will tie made lor yearly advertise-
Land and Negroes, by Adininisirators, Fxecu-
Guardians, are required by law to be hold on the
Tuesday i” the month, between the hours of ten in
and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in
county in which the property is situate. Nostices of
KHrairs mu-t lie given in a public gazette forty days
to the day ot sale.
lor the sale of Personal property tiiusi lie given at
lea days previous to the day of sale.
.Noticeto Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be
Hjilshed forty days.
application will be made to the Court of Or
■ for leave to sell Lana or Negroes, must be published
for two months.
■ I’ -c.oni for Letters of Administration must be published
days .for Dismiesion from Administration, monthly
months—for Dismission from Guardianship,forty days.
■ gales tor Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
for four months—for establishing lost papers lor
-pace o! three months—lor compelling titles from
Humors or Administrators, where a bond has been giv-
deceased, the full space of three months.
H publications will always be continued according lo
the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
I “BUSINESS CARDS.
■printing and book binding.
■iJAVINti connected without Printing Ofiic. a full
■ll and complete assortment of Book Binder’s toolsaud
■iota, and also added to our Prk ting materials, we are now
■npar-J to execute, in good style and with despatch .every
■iado! work in either branch of the business, on ■he best
■inns.
■ BLANK WORK, of every description, with or with
■itprinting, made to order, in the neatest manner.
■ hark HOUSE PRINTING, Receipts, Drafts,
■sous, Bills of Lading, &c., &c., executed neatly and
■ramptly,and bound in any desired style.
■ raiLr >m> ANI) steamboat bl anks,
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■yo-ter-, Programmes, &c.,&c., printed in the shor
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■ jdiim.
■ jfookso all kinds rebound strongly and neatly.
I LOMAX V ELLIS.
I ionibus, Apr ;i lf> lfcl <
I W. A. BYRD,
I attorney at la if,
I t’tlTHHEßT—Randolph County, Ga.
■ 4 STILL practice in the Palau la and Southwestern Circuit*.
I M All busineas entrusted to his care will received prompt
■ nentioD. mr..Clf—wly.
I SAMUEL H. HAWKINS,
I ATTTO KM E A A T I. A \V,
I AMERICUS, QA
IIATILL practice in the counties of Sumter, Webster,
■ IT Terrell, Lee, Baker, Worth, Randolph and Cal- j
I am.
I fefßasscE —Ingram, Crawiord & Russell, Columbus.
I Col. Henry G. Lamar, Macon Ga.
I Mr. W. L. Johnson, Amoricus.
I May 12.1857—twti.
I i.v. martin. j. j. martin.
MARTIN & MARTIN~
\ Attorneys at Law,
I eOXTTMBtTS, G-A.
I t’flice on Broad Street—OverGnnby it Daniel.
I Columbus, Jan. 9, 1857. w&.twly.
J. B. WELLBORN. JERE.N. WILLIAMS. )
WELLBORN & WILLIAMS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Clnytoii, Alabama.
ilMl.l. give prompt attention to the collection of all claims
M eotriisieii lolhei rcare in Barbour county. > ct 4 wtwtin)
MARION BETH UN E,
ATTO RN E 1 A T /- 4 U ,
TALBOTTON, Talbot County, Ga
October 24th, 185fi. wtwtf.
W. S. JOHNSON,
ATT Q R Mb! A 1 l-AM
CUSS E T A,
Chattahoochee County* <*a.
attont lento the practice in Chattahoochee
adioining counties* ap*26 wtwly* j
ROBERT N- HOWARD,
AT T ORN E Y A T LAW,
CRAWFORD. ALA.
■rpteiaber 8. 1555. —twiwtt.
S. A. M’LENDON,
ATTORNEY A T 1. Aw,
Port Gaines, Ga
yiLL promptly attend to ail business entrusted to hie
care—particul rly Collecting. novHwtwly
PEYTON H. COLQUITT,
vIT()R Nf E Y A T LA W ,
COLUMBUS, GA.
tfßjce uo stairs,over Col. Holt’s office, Randolph l.
oi&y 2fi,1835 Wi'twtl
R. J. MOSES vV B. W. MOISE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW & SOLICITORS Ui ERI'ITL
OFFICE IN POST OFFICE BUILDING,
COLUMBUS, GA
Office Hours from 9 A- M. to 4 ;P. M. JgS
Columbus, Oct. li, 1856—twlv
RAMSEY & KING,
Attorneys at Law,
COLUMBUS \ND HAMILTON.
i.a.jN. lUmszv. W. H. M. Kinu,
Hamilton,r,a. Columbus, Ga.
‘'■ctohergi —wly
THOMAS A. COLEMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA.
Will practice in the Pataula and Southwestern Circuits.
Refers to Hon. David Kiddoo, J. S. C. P. C. Cmhhert.
February 24, 1857. wl y
ALLEN H. BUSH,
ATTHXLSTJiX AT X.AW,
MARIANNA FLORIDA.
’'irxaai.ce—ll. Middlebrook & cq., Halt, Moses* to.
iolttmhqs, Ga. m 31—w5m
GRICE & WALLACE,
AWdMBIBBYS ATT BaAW*
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
VITII.L give prompt attention all basinets eutrustedj'lo
them.
W. L. GRICE. WM. S. WALLACE.
December 16— wtf
thdmas W. mm,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PRESTON, Webster Comity, Ga.
YITILL practice ill the counties of Clay, Chattahoochee,
V T Webster, Early, Randolph, Stewart and Sumter.
Particnlar attention given to collecting and remitting.
January 27,1857—wtf.
JOHN V HEARD.
A TTOR NE Y A T LA \V
Colquitt, Miller Cos,, Ga
January 20, 1857- wly.
S. s. STAFFORD
ATTORNEY AT LAN
BLAKELY,EARLY COUNTY, GA.
‘ wtf.
OLIVER & CLEMENTS,
A ITOR NE Y S V T LA W,
BUENA VISTA,
MARION COUNTY,GA.
V IT I LL practice tni heeomitiesoi Mariou M&co.i,
▼ r Pay lor, Chattahoochee, Kinchaloouefc and any oi im*
adjoiningcountieawhpii their serviren rnav b> required.
THADKHS OLIVER. IV. f LEMFVTH.
September H. ...
BAUGH & SLADE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
I*T I l*L ,>raeuee la* in Muscogee aud iheadjoiniiucoutiUea
Tv olifeorgia and Alabama.
r*r Office over Bank-d Ooiuinhu-t, Broad Street.
ROBERT BAUBIt j, j a |, A p fi>
Columbus, <ia. March W, 1H57. w twtf
HA Hi L TO* A PLAAK,
Attorneys arid Counsellors at Law,
CO rUKIBUS, GA.
r above firm have renewed their Copartnership, and
I will devote the most assiduous attention to the pro
fession in the counties ol Muscogee, Harris, Talbot and
Chattahoochee, in this State, and in Russell county, Ala.
Office, front room over E Barnard’s Store.
January 28,1857 wdr.tvvtf
jJ- FOGLE & SON,
DENTISTS,
OFFICE on Randolph Stieei near Broad, Columima,Ga.
Columbus, May 9, 1857. w&twtf
.&£££* WM. F LEE, D.D.S,
SURGEON.
OFFICE corner of Broad and Randolph Streets,
Columbus, Georgia
December 17, I*s6 —w&iwif.
CUSHMAN,
Winter Building, 48 Broad Street, (East Side.i
COLUMBUS. GA
October 25, 56. w&triwry.
FOR SALE.
Mil AVI NO determ ii ed to remove went, I oi
for tor sale my residence in the immediate vi- mSmfi-.
cinityof Colnmbus, and my Plantation inwpk
Kusaell county, Ala. _ZJL^
The former is a handsome aud commodious huildimr •con
taining ten rooms,besides basement, store and ironing rooms.
The outbuildings are well arranged for t com fort and conven
ience. Attached to the residence are twenty acre of land. In
fine cultivation, with a portion on the main road, sufficient lor
ue or more building lota. The heallht ulnessot the locality is
unsurpassed.
My plantation is fifteen mites vest of Columbus, on ITchee
Creek, and five miles from the Mobile & Girard railroad, and
contains 2 600 Arres. My success in making cotton lsthe
beat criterion of its claims upon the purchaser. Bel g sus
ceptible of subdivision into three or four farms, some of which
have improvements, 1 will sell nil together or in separateset*
lements to suit pur hasers. li desirable, will sell tbegrow
ng crop with the land, arranging for the o\erseer to remain
with the ands to gather the crop under the direction of the
purchaser.
In my absence, any one wishing tosee my house and lot,
can apply to my neighbors. Mr. Wm. A. Redd, A.O. Flewellen,
or YV, E.*Jones. L R. JONES.
r olumbus,Ga., June 9 wt .
tar Columbus Enquirer, Spiritof the South, t otion Planter |
Soil of the -South, Southern Cultivator, Constituboualist,
Charleston Mercury, and Journal Ac Messenger, will publish
weekly till forbid.
Valuable Land and Town Property,
FOR SALE.
830 Acres choice Hammock an I Pine. Land in the
tysßUr<ixth District of Early Oou iy—4s acres in cultivation.
1075 acres iu the Wth and 26th disiricts. in one body,
—i ‘5 acres of same in c lllivation.
50U acres in the 2?th district Decatur county, with small
Improvement. First rate water on the above pi oe*
Two Store Houses and one Dwelling House and Lo! in Fort
Gaines, and one B‘ore Hoqseand one Dwelling House and
Lot in Blakely Also, fl ‘e town lots in Morgan.
A great bargain is offered to ary one who will purchase
th whole or a part ot the above uroperiy.
For particulars, address VVJW, T. LOBINBON
July ‘2l, 1857—w4t. Blakelv,Ga*
KEROSENE OILS.
UlsrtLl.KO FROM COAL (NoT EXPLOSIVE.)
SECURED BY LETTERS PATENT.
HE different grades of these celebrated <>ils, suitable for
* machinery of ali kinds. Binnacle and Family use, can be
had of the undersigned, also of the Wholesale Oil Dealers,
and Druggists in the City of New York, ami oi the authorized
Local Agent of tne Company in this place.
AtJSTiNS,
GKNEftAk AGENTS KEROSENE OIL Co.MF’Y.
No. 50 Beaver-st, New York.
Local Agencies granted on application as above. Orders
should specify the description M lamp or machinery lor which
tbe oil is wanted. June 9 —wiv.
ONLY ONE BOTTLE
of
DH. SAN X> F ORB’S
INYIGORATOR,
OK LIVER REMEDY,
| 8 Kfoyl IRbU Til DI RK asy one troubled with
1 Liver Oo nplainte, unless ihe most deperaie ol cases,when
tile Becoml bottle will, will, carce a single failure restore the
patient to health anti vigor. We wish, to call Ihe attention ol
ill to these iact*, that the lnvigorator is compounded by a
physician who has used it in his practice for the past twenty
years with a success almost incredulous, and that II is entire
j. veaetab’e, being composed wholly ol gums.
’ Some idea of the streng.h of these .gums may he loruied
when it is known one .botile of the invigorator contains as
much strength as one hundred doses .of Calomel, without any
ot its deleterious effects.^
One bottle is the surest Thing known to tsrry away the bad
effects ot mineral poison of any kind.
Only one bottle is needed to tin ow om ol the system the ot
ter U of medicine after along sickness.
On- bottle taken for jaundice rommes all yellowness or
unnatural color from the skill.
One dose after eating is suJlcient to relieve the stomach
and prevent the rood .irom rising and {souring.
t inly one dose taken belore retiring prevents nightmare.
One dose taken at night loosens the bowels gentlyyand cures
cosiiv .fiess.
one dose taken after eaph megl tvi|l cure Dyspepsia.
Hue dose of two tua-spoonsftti will always relieve fhek
Headache.
one bottle taken for len aleobstruction removes the cause
of the disease, and makes a perfect cure.
Only one dose immediately relieves cholic, while
One dose often repealed is a sure cure for rholera Morbus,
and a sure preventative ol Choter-i.
One dose taken often will preventthe recurrence ol bil
ious attact-s,whlleit il relieves all painful leeings.
Oue or two doses taken occasionally is one oflhe heat rem
edies for a cold eyer known.
Thousands of cases of inflammation and weakne sol the
iuegs have been cured by the. Invigorator,
line dose taken a abort time before eating giv. vigor to
Hie appetite and makes :oorl digest writ
,p.seoften repeated cures chronic diarrhoea in its worst
forms, while summer and bowel complaints yield almost to
tbe tiist dose. ... ..
one or two doses cure* attacks caused by worms, while tor
worms in children, there is no surer, safer and speedier rem
edy in Die world, as il never fails
There is no exaggeration iu these statements, they are plain
and sober tacts, that we can give evidence to prove; while all
who use it are aiving .their unanimous testimony in its tavor.
We wish ail who are sick and debilitated to try this remedy
and test it thoroughly, and any who are not benefited by it.
usewe should like to hear from, as we have yet to hear irom
the first person who has med a bottle of Invigorator without
receiving benefit, for (there are such a*tv nsbing medicinal
, irtues in it. that all.no matter thow riong they have been at
fected. ii their complaint arises from a deranged liver, will be
beneStUd, if not entirely cui ed
SANFORD & 00. Proprietors, 345 ,!1 roadway, New York. _
gold by Pemberton, Nuckolls & Cos. ipul by Dunforth *
Nagel Do Inn. tins. iua\22 w&lwftin,
CREAM ACTUALLY FROZEN IN
Three and a half Minnies,
“MASSER’S”
PATENT FIVE MINUTES FREEZERS
PUT TO THE TEST.
rm: ability of Masser’s Freezers to freeze Cream in live
minutes was fully proved ou Wednesday, the 18th d&y of
March* at tbe Furnishing Wareroom? of 8. W . Smith, No.
534 Broadway, belore a large audience assembled to hear a
lecture from Prof. Hume,on the subject of refrigerants.—
Cream was actually frozen in 3# miniitea by his watch.
PRICKS.
3 quarts -S3 ) 8 quarts $6
4 quarts 4 S 14 quarts 8
6 quails 5 )
liberal discount to the
K p TORREY* Manufacturer, No. 6 Platt Street.
Orders for the above promptly exeemed. Alii, wholesale
agent for Arthur’s celebrated Self Sealing Cans aud Jars,
uiav 9—tw3m.
kt THE UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1857.
DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE.
aiSHBSl£iiK&
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT R. R. CO.,
April 23, 1F57.
ON an I after misdate tbe Trt \En ,u rhit
I‘l v tu, .V --lift I v>.i Pimm . ?/ HLLV'I.I-':
DA Y TRAIN
t.Dave Montgomery >. 45a m.
Arrive t West Poim 11.4 a.m
Arrive at F.l urn bus li.sna.in
Returning—Luave VVfwiPoint 9 ota. m
Leave ol urn bun m.40 a m.
Arrive at .Montgomery p. m.
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Montgomery 7. (J0 p. m.
Arrive at VVesi Point 2.30a.m.
“ Goluinbuf 2.45 a. u.
Reiurniug—Leave West Point 11.30 p. in.
Leave Columbus 1 i.oop. u,
Arrive at Montgomery 5.45a. m.
I hrough ticket* can be obtained (lor Double Daily Connec
tions) to Atlanta Chattanooga and Nashville, and daily con*
nections to Huntsville Memphis a’.d Knoxville.
8. G. JONES Eng’r -i|.
Fit Tight arrangement
MK T WfSl£\ ATLANTA. AX’D < 01.1 tl IM k.
BY au arrangement between ihe Railroad Companie- com
posing the two routes irom Atlanta toColumous, conclu
ded at their Convention at Savannah on the 16th inst ant, it
wax agreed that the following rates betwten Atlanta and Co
l &all govern, taking tfeci mu. the tirst day <>’ May
VI A VVfbT P< IN I .
( Corn per bushel, lie. Wheat 12. fiats o Bacon. Whisky,
Flou*” in sacks or bairels, p*-r ’on lbs.’3sc Haggng, Rope,
Lard in cans or bbls., per inn Iba 4fr. foal, P.g Iron, by
car loal, per lon of 2UH‘ lbs. $3.75.
VIA Mamin.
Corn per busel 4c. Wheat 15c. *‘ H i.-lOc. Bacon, Whis
ky, f lour in .Sacks or Bbls., per H O lbs, 44 Ragging, Rope,
Lard, In cans or bt>l*.. per KM) lb* 55c r<ai, Pig Iron, by
carload, per ton of 2o<M Lis. s4 6s.
• MDFTI AN.
Prenidem and Superiuteudeni Muscogee It R.
GEO. M . A DAMS,
Siiperintendeni Southwest* in Railroad.
EM KBS* *N Fl .OTE,
undent Macon and Wm, ri. Ra it road.
GEo G KITLL,
P'up rintendent Atlanta and I.aCiange R. R.
SAMUEL G. IONJ S,
Engineer and Superintendent M. U VY. P. Railroau.
May 30. 1837 w&twtt.
AND GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
THE Passeugerfc Freight Tram will leave Girard ai 2 P
M.daily, connecting at Silver Run with a daily line of I
Stage* te Villula, Gleunville Eulaula, Fort Gaines, and Mari
anna,Fla And at Gueryi ’ii daily, with the Stage? for Uchee,
Olivet.Enon, Chunnenuggee, Midway, Hardaway. Perote
aud ITnion Npriu s.
Li i vingGuery tou at 4 A. M., daily, the Cars will reach
Girard at 7 A IM.. connecting will th Opelik; ano Mus
cogeeTraius.
try*Duplicate Receipts must accompai y Freight shipped.
i?r ah freight must be paid before goods will be discharji j
ed.
Freight delivered at the Depot before 4 o’clock P. M. will
be shii>pe<l the following day.
Ft eights for station? No. I (Fort Mitchell.) and N0..5 iter- j
sons’) must be preraid.
Way reight must in allcasec be paid in advance.
/ OIIN HOWARD, ’!
mar2s 1857-wAttwtf. Knginei \ At S\u>
MtJSCUGi E KAIL ROAD!
Change of Schedule.
and alter this date the Day or Express Train will j
leave the depot at I P. M. ai.d > rrivu Vatoi aioVt pin.
Leave Macon at 2 A JU. arriveat (olmubus at “i\ A.M. !
Morning or Accommodation Trail, vi ).;\. 4>, A M., j
and arrive at Macon 10.54 A M.
(.eave Macon at 3 P.M. arrive at > olun lus 1 0.10 P . J)1.
i. l. mi Titian , Bupt.
Colnmbu t. June 29 —twk.wi inly*’
SA VANN ‘ 1! & CHAHLEhTON
STEAM P * CKET L'NE.
j*- The u|'urior S e in-ship GORDON, F. Harden
Commander, leaves Pavuunai f'oi * l.ariesTon
Ou&nvery O rilntsday and Saturday nftcrvoov* at 6
■slsassassap*- Clock. K. turning leaves i.h. Vu >i< n every
.Monday aud Friday afttrnoons bt 5 o’clock. * bet v> een
Ghailestor and Eolumbus. Mac< n and all stati< us on the ‘ en
tral, Macon v Western, South Western and Muscogi e Rail
Roads aril! beforwarded at s*ivaunah free of all charge.
J. P. BROOKS, Agent Savannah. %
E. LAFITTE &- GO, Ag’ts. Gharleston.
<• I—wttat
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
aJ . “** •-
/A Os IDS >hipped from Middle and F.asi lenneFsee and |
VT North Mibama and < herokee Georgia, to (Columbus,:
must be distinctly marked ‘‘via “West- Point and
Opelika *’ W. T. WII.HON, Agent,
Atlanta At I.h Grange R. R . Atlanta, Ga !
December 3, 1856 wlktw ■ v.
FOR PHILADEPHIA, NEW YORK, &c.
SAVANNAH & CHARLESiON
STEAMSHIP LINES.,
O % BIN PASSAGE S2O. STEEHAGESB.|
_ pw THE well known FIRST GLASS STEAM j
ships,
KEYST RESTATE....G:tpi. H. Hard.*,
mmSSBUSm state of Georgia.. (Apt j. .i.(; a rvin, |
Will hereafter iorw a W KKKLV LINE ti> Philadelphia
sailing every SATURDAY, alternately, from Savannah and ;
Charleston as follows:
SOLING DAY’ llu KEYSTONE STATE will,’
leave Savannah * n Saturday, JULY fc 4th 18th ; AUGUST
Is!, i5 h and 29th; SEPTEMBER 12th and 26ih| Ol T"BER
10th and 24th; NOV EMBER 7thand 21st ; DECEMBER sth k j
19th, &c.. leaving Philadelphia each alternate Saturday
The STAT.. OF GEORGIA will leave Charleston JUNE !
27th: JULY Nth and 25th; AUGUST Btli and 2 and; SfcPT- |
EMBER sth and * 19lh; OCTOBER -81, 17th and 31st; NO- i
VEMBER 14th and 28th; DECEMBER I2ih and 26th. Sc; |
leaving Philadelphia each alter nate Saturday.
In strength, speed and accommodations these ships are ml- \
ly equal to any running on the coast Inland navigation, KMi
miles on Delaware Rt er and Bay; two nights at Sea.
For Niagara Falls, Hit* Lakes ami Canada.
SHORTEST AND CHUaPKST ROUTE.
These lines both connect at Philadelphia with the < reat
Northwestern Railroad Route 11 rough to Niagara tails or
Buffalo, in eighteen hours from Philadenhia. Through tickets,
with theprivi egeot stopping at Philadelphia and intermediate
points, for sale by ihe Agents ip savannah and 1 Cha- e?*ton.
Fare to Niagara or Butfalo, S2B; Rlmi a; $26; to Canandai ;
gua, s^7.
Agent at Philadelphia ... A HRR<>N, Jk.
at Savannah C. A. GREINER.
Agents at Charleston ... ..T*S. & T.G. BUDD.
January 31, 1857. Iw6m.
C^LL<E>aDa.asxiig‘ c .
qOq rOa 9
fOa BROAD STREET,
it EIvPB constantly on hand, ami offers *or sale at prices as
I>w us (400D CLOrillNr>4 can be found her**, a large
and superior assortment of
Gentlemen’s and Youth’s Clothing!
aud Furnishing Goods, all of which have beeji manutao r
ed under his immediate supervision
Every garipei.t warranted as represented
Piuohaaere are requested to call and examine, his extensive
slock. uov29—wtwly
Lost or Mislaid,
a N.TFoI haud on S. VV . Packer, tor J 156, due the nrst
day of taauary next, aud dated about March last, and
made payable to F. r '. Parker. All persons are hereby cau
tioned not to trade for the same.
Atlg.l—w4t. F.C. PARKER.
DR. S. BASS,
n HA3 opened an office over tbe ü ßai.k of Columbus,’
g|M for the practice ol Medicine and Surgery.
TJJ Residence, North East Corner ot Forsyth aud st.Olai
streets, near the Female Academy.
Columbus, Jan. 24, 1857—twtf.
ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY!
The Best and Fairest Lottery in the World !
Sorteo Numero 585 Ordinario.
To be Drawn Aug. 18th, 1857.
NEW SCHEME,
$300,000
1 Prlxsol *100,(11 Hi aprlzex *I,OOO
l 40 50,(100 52 do 500
, 110,0011 143 do *OO
I ,! 0 ’ 10,000 4 Approximation.. 000
1 d„‘. 5,000 IB - *OO
4 do. 2,000
Whole Tickets S2O. Halves $lO. Quarters *5.
This t.otterj draws every month in Cuba. Every Ptizeis
drawn that is mentioned in the Scheme. All orders address
ed to the undersigned will be ptomptly attended to, and if
too late for the Drawing, will be lilted in the next.
Prizes cashed by the subscriber at 5 per cent, discount.
Address • JOHN E. NELSON,
JuUS—wl Box 110, Cbareston.S.C.
For th< Times & Sentinel.
Russell’* Magazine.
In common with many, who hail with h*pe and pride*
**ach new literary enterprise, originated in the Soulh, the
writer has watched with critical interest the course of Hus.
sells Magazine .” The prospectus promised well, and had
its promise been fulfilled, the South would have boasted an
other source for congratulation. In candor, however, such
ha 9 not been the case. The public looked for an elevated
critical tone, high literary taste, and finished intellectuality*
all developing sufficient variety to suit the demands of a
discriminating and reading public. Furnished with the
Foreign Quarterlies and Blackwood—our principle Ameri
can publications, South and North, in which the best mind 8
of the day find expression, it is not strange that whateve
falls short ol ihese standards of the times, should be felt, and
allow me to say, expressed. It is too frequently the fault*
that a Southern production, simply because it is Southern
meets with no criticism by Southern pens. All is commen
dation or silence, if praise, be not merited. This is entirely
wrong. YVe should be jealous of every expression, written
or spoken, by which the public beyond Southern limits is to
be impressed. Besides, we need a standard witiiiu our own
limits, and if we allow that which does not fill ihe measure
a silent approval, v\e ignore our home interests, and inflic
a serious injury upon a consciously more merited position
Let whatever is originated in the South be subject to the
same measure v\ hich is meeted out to what is locally foreign
By this means, and this only, will we secure justice at home, i
and respect abroad. It is idle to attempt to sustain through I
mere sympathy, what must really in the end depend on its
own merits
ll is two frequently ihe case, that the pres.-, in noticing
works, laud highly that which is wholly unworthy, or give
a passing notice of “usual merit,” the ‘‘usual standard,” “sus
tains its already well earned position,” &c.,<fce., when prob.
ably the Editor has not read an article of the issue, or if he
has, thinks it better to say something favorable than the
contrary. How many periodicals* sustained in this manner
by the press, have started within a few years, and either
failed, or efee lead a languishing, crippled existence,its read
er- feeling the meantime tbe remittance of the subscription
price to be almost as an act of charily. Let us-see our
selves as others see u>. This we cannot do unless others
tell us how we look, and he who is willing to correct hi a
errors and supply his deheiences, will be thankful for the in- I
formation.
The strictures above made are not intended in tnto for
Russell's Magazine, nor for those editors who ha.ve noticed .
it without reading its contents. It is yet in iis swaddling j
clothes, and hopes are entertained that by proper training
and care, by judicious corrections aijd reproofs, it may yet j
wax strong and flourish.
To show some of its defects aud merits—for merits it has j
—a brief review of the August number is now’ proposed.
In the first place the tone of its criticisms relative to
Northern society and literature is hardly in correct taste
This ha* been characteristic since the first is-ue. * There is
a pettishness aud spitefulness whenever a radical anti-slave
ry author or periodical is alluded to, and a seeming malev
olent delight taken to extol those whom this class traduce
Not but that injustice may be done by these northern wri
ters, and Russell correct in its opinions, but does it not j
seem a seeking oul these very objects in order to get a lick !
at (it.-) Ru-sell’s mortal enemies? The paragraph in the |
Editor's Table, for August, on Coleridge, looks very much
in this view. “ Woolfsden ” a Review, comprising three ‘
pages! in which the most nauseatii g passages are culled, I
and thrown in our faces. The writer seems to have de- j
signed merely a kick and a curse. .Abolitionism must l>e |
noticed even at the expense of delicacy and taste. If th j
Editors of Russell will notice the newspapers ol his
city he will find better “reviews” of works in almost every j
issue of the Courier and Mercuiy. Such scraps .should be ;
left for the newspapers. Monthlies should look a little j
higher. Cheap Literature—lts Benefits and Injuries 1
seems to have been w rit en .at the call for “more copy.” 1 j
very prop**rly, would be classed under w hat Willis calls ;
‘'hurrygraphs.” The Merchant is something after the I
same manner—very well as a contribution to the miseella- ]
neous columns of a Charleston newspaper—lacks interest j
both as a dissertation on mercantile life—this portion of ihe j
article being too brief—but a single page—also as biograph j
ieal sketches of distiugui.-hed meiehants, they being con- j
fined chiefly to a margin of Charleston acquaintances. A
more glaring fault may be urged as to the notice of Prof
Me Grady’s address before the Alumnie of the College o*
Charleston, and Mr. Porter’s address before the Washington
Light Infantry. The notice ol such ephemera belongs pe
culiarly to the local newspapers, particularly when noticed
so briefly as Russell has these addresses. We gather noth,
ing from them,nor of them, mere on dits that addresses were
delivered at such times, on such occasions, by such persons.
Lucy Sheldon's Dream, comprises four pages of very
fiat semi-sermonizing, without interest as a story, and with
a very dull point as a moral. Estcourt is a very pleasant
serial and increases in interest. European Correspond
ence, is raev and readable—still hardly up to tin* standard
lor the pages of a periodical. The Voice, the Hand and
the Lilhonette, opens well, and bids fair to furnish a
thrilling story. The articles, however, which exhibit real :
strength and culture, are the review of the Letter from
Genera . and The Duel. Will not Russell, hereafter
evince more such evidences of tone and dignity, aud secure j
for its pages matter from pens equally vigorous and polish
ed f The Poetry is as good as tin-u-ual run of Magazine j
verse There are some pleannt conceits in Forest Fan
cie*, of the Alexander Smith *chool, which chimes qujje j
well with the present dav style.
If more caie in the selection of matter be evinced, a t
closer study of what the reading public demands, a dis. j
criminating taste between the light and entertaining, tbe j
dull and solid, the pert and the pithy ; if this be understood j
and acted on, there is no doubt but liiat “Russtdl” may yet !
rank as high as its projectors aspired. At any rate, let j
them not take in high dudgeon w hat has been said in this
article. If they consider it the stab ol an enemy, let them |
learn even from enemies. li the voice of a friend—as it !
truly is—let them listen to friend- r-ven though their aug- j
gestions be unheeded.
JUSTITIA. |
IVar on Hoops. -The New York Day Book defends
ihe use of hoops, li says :
“The crinoline, one of the most beneficial inventions of
this inventive age, is the object of ridicule witn many per
sons who are continually harping upon the defects and ex
aggerations of the fashion, tor the reason that their mental
faculties can not comprehend the subject in all its length
and breadth, or else for the reason that they wish to appear
witty, and as th> have no wit of their >wn, retail the chance
shafts w hich brighter intellects drop in their way An ex
change paper says it is‘whispered about New York that
the railroad companie- will shortly call a convention to
discuss the expediency of levying toll upon crinoline. The
proposition is to charge ladies’ sporting hoops double tare
in consequence oi the space they fill.’ If this be meant for
a joke, it does as little credit to the mind as to the heart of
the originator; if it is the record of an actual intention, then
it only shows that there are a few candidates for the asylum
for the idiotic aud feeble minded, yet left uncared for.—
With a certain New York cotempoiary, we are glad to see
that the adoption of this healthy and graceful article of
dress is almost universal, and w r e hope to witness the day
when every American lady will conform to the custom.
“The women of the present generation have already
reaped immense advantages from the general use of*the
crinoline ; and, knowing that fact, they have defied ridicule,
and scorned newer fashions Even the Empress Eugenie,
who unwittingly blessed her sex by making it the mode,
has vainly attempted to introduce a fresher style. It the. la
dies will stand by the light crinoline, and still despense with
eight out of the ten skirts they were wont to wear, the gen
eration yet to come will be healthier and stronger, consump
tion and kindred diseases of the chest will be fewer, life will
be longer and nature better fitted lor all the duties which
pertain to the wife and the mother in a civilized communi
ly”
ACuivious Duel.—A Lawrence, K. T. letter of the 13th
inst., furnishes the lollowing ;
“Avery novel incident has occurred to day. This morn
ing Richard Reals, of our city, but formerly from England
who has been an occasional correspondent for Eastern pa
pers, called upon G. W. Brown, of the Herald, and deman?
ded a retraction of his wholesale charges upon letter wri
ters in Lawrence. Brown did not retract. Real! sent him
a challenge, and it was accepted under the strictest pledge
ofserecy. Brown chose for the weapons cow-hides, the
place he wanted should be one of his office rooms. Reals
accepted the weapons but not the term. Their seconds
have been secretly arranging the affair nearly all day, and
just before sunset Brown was seen crossing the river into
the timber opposite, and Reals but a short distance behind.
Here their seconds found another great difficulty. They
were both stripped naked to their waists, when Brown in
sisted that Reals should not strike his head nor below
his waist, but Reals refused any such conditions, saying he
would strike wherever he could. Further detaife I will
omit, only they were unable to agree about the manner and
did not fight, but the matter is not settled, and Realt is in
tending to have either more fun or leathers’ to morrow.”
Sir John Bowring had intimated that compensation for
loss sustained by British subjects would be demanded from
the Chinese Government.
[From The Charleston Mercury ]
Corespondence Col. Alpheus Baker - Gen Atchison
We publish in our columns, to-day, a letter from Col
’ Atpheus Baker, enc.osing extracts from letters he has re
’ ceived from General Atchison. We commend these letters
to the careful pesusal of our readers. Tht*y will see that
the assertions so widely circulated throughout the South,
that the pro-slavery party in Kansas had given un the con
test to make Kansas a slave Stare, is a mere falsehood.-
We argued as much, as our columns will show, from the
facts themselves, as far as they were disclosed. Thank
God, Kansas is not vet lost—ail the lies to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Eufaula, Ala., Aug. 8 1857.
To the Editors of the Charleston Mercury :
Gentlemen:—l received this morning, from Gen. Atch
ison, letters from which 1 make for publication the follow
ing extracts, shedding light upon the real position and
hopes of Southern men in Kansas, refuting the slander now
widely circulated that our leaders there have abandoned
the struggle for the rights of the South,and properly char
acterizing the base suspicions which have t>een whispered
in some quarters, even against the Executive Committee
whom I had the honor lately to represent before the people
of the South, and South Carolina especially, in their ap
peal for pecuniary aid.
Very truly and respe< ihilly,
ALPHEUS BAKER,Jr.
# Clinton Co-, July 12, 1857.
Col , A. Baker :
Dear Sir ;—A week or two since I received a letter
from you ; also 1 have read letters from you io Colonels
| Buford and Boone You have nobly discharged the trust
|we have reposed in you. You have laborious-ly, eloquent
j ly and energetically done your duty to the South ; all this
you have done, and every Southern man must, sooner or
later, acknowledge it and thank you io his heart for it.—
Your mission was a difficult one, and you have been mis
construed by some and wantonly slandered by others Yet,
if it is any consolation to you, you mu.-i know that in this
you stand not alone. Indeed, every man who has taken
an open and manly part iu defence of Southern rights, has
encountered the abuse of the North, and, what is worse.
, the sneers and detiaction of Southern men. ihe most
ready weapon which comes to the hands of n mean man i
in the South, is, that the end we have in view is not the !
rights and interests of the Slave States, but our own.— j
They insinuate that the money raised in the South is not to
be expended in her cause, but to be appropriated to the use i
of Atchison, Buford, Russell, Boone, SiringteJlow, 61. j
Now, every intelligent man who uses such weapons is a
liar, and is conscious of being so when he circulates or !
publishes such a charge ; and try him in any emergency, !
j when the South shall stand in need of all her sons, and he i
S will prove himself a coward or a traitor, or both.
| 1 see that not even thunder and lightning Will arouse the ;
j South, i doubt whether an earthquake—a moral and po- j
j litical earthquake, shaking the institution of slavery to the i
i earth, and bringing ruin upon the whole South, would I
! arouse her to action In a word, my only hopes now lor ;
Kansas are in the border counties of Missouti ; and, by the J
| by, any one of ten counties I could mention have expend* i
ed more money than any one State of the w hole South in
j this cause. The Executive Committee for Kansas Tetri- ‘
: tory will have a meeting on the 18th of this month, for !
consultation, when you shall hear from us.
If the South would but do half her duty, Kansas would
be a slave State ; and I hope we will be able to effect that !
object, notwithstanding the apathy of Slave States and the (
energy of the Free States, and all the open or secret efforts j
of the officers of the Federal Government.
Yours, truly, ,
(Signed) D. R. ATCHISON, j
In a letter to me of the 20th July, disheartened by the j
indifference of the South to their appeals for assistance, and
more deeply wounded by unjust charges against some of j
the best and truest of her friends in Kansas, who have ru
ined themselves in her service, he. says despondingiy—
‘‘At times I have almost come to the conclusion to curse
Kansas and quit the cause of the South. It is bard for a
man to devote his time and energies and money to a cause,
and receive nothing but abuse and slander in return from
those who should sustain and co operate with him ; and
to be the object of suspicion even t< good men, is worse |
than all. Yet, in defiance of all this, I will not abandon
our cause bo long as there is the shadow of a chance of j
success, and this is the determinant not most of our friends
in Kansas and Missouri. Our cause is not a hopeless one
We always have had, up to the Ist ol March last, a major ‘
ity ot friends in Kansas and I believe westill have. I will
give you my reasons for still thinking so. ‘file <egisteied
voters amount to near 10,000, and this registry was made j
last winter and spring, and at least nine-tenths of those \
voters at r pro-slavery men, for the Abolition sis retused, i
as a general thing, to register their names, and the reason
for their refusal was, in my opinion, that they knew that . ,
they were in small minority It was not to preserve their
coiietewnrT, t;,r in nothinrr r. 1
cept in villainy. Now, if our delegates to ine< onveution
shall refer the Constitution to the registered \o.ers lor tali
fixation or rejection, then we will ratify the Constitution.—
It it is to be referred, as Gov Walker says, to all the peo
ple who i-hall be in the Territory on flie day of voting, then
we must and will have a majority at the polls on that
day. If the South would but make one speedy and united j
effort, all would tie safe. If Walker's plan, however, pre
vails, it will give us infinite trouble, but it will also give I
the Abolitionists more. Walker has done us and our cause !
more injury than Hale, Chase, or any otlw Abolitionist
could have done ; yet, 1 repeat, Ido not despair One
more effort! It 19 the last we can make, and we will suc
ceed.
1 am happy to find that Walker is fully understood at
the South. A great many Southern men have gone to !
Kansas this summer, and many more will go from this re
gion. We do not give it up. I regret that I cannot de
vote my whole time to our Kansas affairs in this crisis.
Now is the time for the South to act.
Yours truly,
(Signed) D. R. ATCHISON
T he Mew Senate and Representative Chambers.
We copy the following Irorn the Washington Union :
The new Senate Chamber is situated in the center of the
north wing of the Capitol, and is constructed on a similar
plan w’ith that of the hall of the House ot Representatives,
only smaller, being one hundred and twelve leet long by
eighty two wide This leaves more room in the building
for corridors and other apartments. Ihe Senate retiring
room, situated in the north front of the w mg, is to be a magj j
nificenl apartment. It will be thirty eight feet in length by
twenty one and a halt in w idth, and nineteen and a half in
height The ceiling is to he of pure white Italian marble,
and is to l*e supported by polished Corinthian columns and
pilasters of the same material, with, richly carved capitals.
The walls are to be of the richest Tennessee marble, set
with large plate glass mirrors, and at each end of the room
are to be niches tilled with statuary. The other rooms on
the north and east side of this wing are designed for private
reception rooms for the Senators.
The hall of the House of Representatives will occupy the
center of the south wing of the Capitol, and will be rectan
gular, one hundred and thirty nine feet long from east to
west, ninety-three feet wide, and about thirty-six feet high.
It will be lighted by sky-lights in the ceiling and a glass
roof, and at night by large chandeliers suspended between
the ceiling and the roof. The Speaker’s chair will he situ
ated on the south side of the hall, and the members’ seats,
three hundred in number, arrangrd in a semi circular form
fronting it There will be a continous gallery on three sides
of the hall—the north, east and west—capable of seating
twelve hundred persons, and a separate galiery for re.porte.r9
behind the Speaker’s chair. The walls of the hall, under
the galleries, will contain panels for paintings, and above,
niches tor statuary. The hall itself will he nearly surronn
ded by a corridor,affordingconveuientcornmunieation with
the post office, the retiring rooms, and the committee rooms.
The public galleries will be entered from a corridor sur
rounding them in the second story, which will he reached j
by a splendid stairway The workmen are employed in j
preparing the floor for the seats of the members, iu putting
up the galleries, and in covering the walls with an orna
mental finish of cast iron.
Death of Gen. Rusk.
The reports concerning the death of this estimable ana
distinguished gentleman have received sad confirmation.—
The following, from the Nacogdoches Chronicle Extra,
of the 30th ult, tells the melancholy story :
Gen. Rusk is Dead. —A great calamity has befallen
the State of Texas. One of her most distinguished
and noblest sons has fallen. Thomas a. Rusk is no
more
A gloom hangs over our people—a mystery thus
far is connected with the matici We can only give
the facts and mourn the sad stroke which has thus
deprived Texas and the South of a valued and useful
champion.
Gen. Rusk has, ever since the death of his lady, sul
sered under a mental depression which at times bore him
down beneath its weight. He has, to a great extent, seclu
ded himself from society, aod la;eiy that despondency has
been more marked and apparent to those familiar with him.
A severe illness, from which he was just recovering, had
prostrated him for weeks, and he wa9 suffering greatly from
a rising upon the back of his neck.
On yesterday evening, about 2 o’clock, his family, h ar
ingthe report of a gun arid the fall of a body, ran to the
spot,and found him lying upon the ground, behiud
the gallery at the back of the house, with a rifle under him.
A Coroner’s Jury was summoned, from whose verdict we
exract the following :
“The cause of his death wan a gun rhot (rifle)
wound on the fore part of the head inflicted from
a rifle gun held in his own hands and discharged by him*
self.” .
No further clue can Re given to this mystery. No papers
or writings of the same day have been found except a letter
addressed to a gentleman in New Orleans, ordering a
tombstone for his wife,.with this inscription :
•‘Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.”
Let the people mourn the loss of a man, who, on the
field of battle, and in the Councils of the State and nation,
has proved himself to he worthy the proud place already
accorded him in the affections of the people.
Minister to Russia—The Washington correspondent
of Col. Forney’s paper say?:
“It is confidently asserted, where men congregate here
to learn the news, that Hon. James M. Buchanan, of Bal
timore, has been, or will be, offered the position'd Minister
to Russia.”
[From the Augusta Constitutionalist J
Comptroller General's Office, V
Miiledgeville, Ga.. Aug iO, 1857. j)
Mr Editor : In your paper of the 6 h inst , 1 find
the following editorial paragraph, viz :
“We are informed that the retains of Tax Receiv
ers received at the office of ihe Comptroller Geneial
show an increase in the value ot taxable proper!) in
almost every county iu the State. If so, th Sre
tax will be reduced by the next L-gisl.itufce.”
And as you, and n< doubt m iu\ others, are laboting
under a misapprehension in relation to the present tax
laws aud their operation, I have concluded to ask a
small place in ycur valuable journal, to put you and
others right upon the subject.
You have been correctly informed as to the increas
ed value of taxable property returned at this office, this
year over the last—the aggregate increase in all the
counties being over $30,000,000. Hut it does not nec-*
ewearily require any further legislative action to reduce
the tax when the return is made. The principle of tax
aiion in Georgia is that of ad valorem upon all prop
erty, except banks and railroads, which is specific, and
the tax is also specific as to polls, professions, dentists,
daguerrean artists, free persons of color, J*c. So
much money is to be raised, and no more. Consequent
ly, *;i, h >’*ar, before any pel cent can be levied, it is
made the duty of the Comptroller General, as the va
lious digests ate received, on or about the Ist of Au
gust in ,ach year, (all digests are due at this office on
th Ist of August,) to examine carefully, and correct
any errors (if any,] that may be found in said digests,
and then to add them up and ascertain the whole amount
of taxable property returned, and also the tax on polls,
professions, free persons of color, <fcc. And then the
j Governor and Comptroller General, together, are re
| quired to levy such a per cent , each year, upon the
! property returned, as will, with the tax on polls, pr >
j sessions, &c , net to the State
| has* been >ur mode of taxation since the ad valorem
sjNteni has been in operation. In 1855 and 1856, he
returns received required a levy of nine c nts on the
; one hundred dollars [or not one mill,] to raise the sum
joi $400,000. This year, in consequence of the in
| creased return, and in accordance with law, the Gover
j nor aud myself have deemed it our duty to reduce it
j *Oll lower, viz: to eight cents on the • ne hundred dol
-1 lars, or to a litile over one-twelfih of one per cent.—
; This levy of eight cents on the one hundred dollars, j
| [we having thrown off’ a fraction of one mill for the
| benefit and convenience of tax-payers and tax-collec
! tors,] will fall short of the $400,000 by a few thousand j
dollars ; but the collections 1 have made within the past j
12 <r 18 months, from the old tax claims of the State j
due prior to 1855, will much more than supply the
defioienev.
Wry tespeotfolly, your ob’t serv’t,
PETERSON THWKATT,
Comptroller General.
Long Credits in the Dry Goods Trade.
the New York Times discue9es the evils ot long
credits in the Dry Goods Trade. Formerly the cred
its allowed to wholesale buyers ranged from six to eight
months. Then, says the Tita*s.
“The mean of communication with distant markets
were uncertain and irregular. The importer sent all his
orders lo Europe, long in advance of the season, and, as
there weie no, steam packets on the Atlantic, he allowed
in his calculations, sixty days lor the transit of his goods to
New York. There were no continuous lines of laiiroads,
and the importer wnt< obliged to buy goods several months !
belore he could sell them. Yet under all these inconveni
ences ot trade, a credit of six to eight months was deemed !
sufficient tor the jobber.
capital more abundant, business unlimited, and means of
communication with markets rapid and regular, the cred |
it- allowed on dry goods sales have been extended rather !
than reduced ; and eight months—and frequently* under the
influence o! sharp competition—nine, ten, and even twelve
mouths are given to the jobber, w hom six to eigh; months
satisfied iu the slow and sober times ol twenty five years
ago ! Probably one hall of the Dry Goods which have
been sold the past season, in this market, have been sold
on credits of nine and If-ii months.
The evils ol this long credit system are numerous, and t
are becoming more apparent every year. Not the least ol
these evils is. that its compels the importer and commission
merchant, who sells dry goods on a cred it of even eight
months, to guarantee the payment lor every other descrip
tion ol merchandise which his jobbing customer may pur
chase on a shorter ciedit.
The annual lo3seain the dry goods trade, by the failures
of these “middle men”—the jobber and the retailer, w’ho
stand between the producer and the consumer—are im
meiise. YVe have seen ii stated that the amount of the bu
siness failures in this country, during the year 1856, was
four hundred millions of dollars. Allowing this state
ment to he correct, and that the average dividend to cred
itors, on these failures, was fifty cents on a dollar,—and
the result was a total loss of $200,000,000 in one year’s
business, ol which nearly three-fourths fell upon the dry
goods trade.
Is not the present system of long credits the main cause
of these failure? and losses?
Does the Administration Approve Gov. Walker’s Con
duct ?
VY e maintain ihu i; doee* not. In support of this
position we adduce tiist the testimony of the Washing
ton States. In his inaugural -iddresa and Topeka
speech, Walker declared that the Constilution should be
submitted for raiifio.tion or rejection to the Tote ol all
the “actual settleis’’ who may te in the Territory at
ti.e time. The States affirm*-, by authority, that, in
Mi . Buchanan’s opinion, none are entitled to vote upon
ihe adoption of the Constitution but those who are
qualified to volt under the Territorial laws in the elec
tion of delegates to the State Convention. Here is
one essential difference between the President and t*e
Governor of KansaF. Secondly, we have it from pri
vate sources, whose personal and political integrity
cannot he impeached , ihat Mr. Buchanan severely
reprehends the interference of \\ uKer with matters
which the organic act has placed under the exclusive
jurisdiction ut the Territorial Legislature. Those pur
lieus of his iuauguia) address in which he argues that
the climate and soil of the territory are not adapted to
slavery, and insist* that ihe elective franchise properly
beloi gs to all the “inhabitant®” of Kansas iu deter
mining the character ot its domestic institution? ; his
gia uitong harangues to the populace, in all of which
he pledges h*s official authority in behalf ol -quatter
s v> leiguty j liisairogant assumption of the perogatives
ol a Roman Proconsul in dictating to the Convention
how its wo k shall be tendered complete; in all these
acts o! unwarrantable murpati n, we have the most ie
liab’e assuranc- s that he incurs the disapprobation of
the Chief Executive aud violates the confidence which
has bt en reposed iu him.— Richmond South.
Affecting Bereavement. —The Richmond papers re
cord the death ol a young man in that city on Thursday
last, whose wedding was appointed for the very night when
he was lying cold and stark in the embrace of death. A
few days before lie was in the prime of health, and the
cards of invitation to the marriage feast were sent to a
large circle of acquaintances. But the night came and he
was shrouded in his weddiug suit. Who may picture the
agony of the young being who was to have gone with him
to the altar, when thus culled to the side of his bier.
rver appalling to ihe young, hath a treble poignancy for
her. At the very hour she coyly dreamed of the bright fu
ture, he to whom her young laith was plighted had joined
• “The innumerable caravan
That moves forever through the gates oi death
and had proved how ruthless is the Reaper
“Who with his sickle keen,
Reapeth the bearded grain at a breath;
And the flowers that grow between
A Relic of the Fast.— We yesterday had the pleas
ure of an interview with Mr. Waldo, late chaplain lo Con
gress, aged ninety five. He would be taken lor a sprightly
old man of about seventy. He hears well, speaks distinctly,
and in short has few or none of the marks of extreme old
age He. preached twice last Sundav, with the thermome
ter at eighty five or ninety, and remarked to us that he felt
all the better for it. YVe asked him how much longer he
should like to live “Just as long,” he replied, “as the Lord
should please to make him useful.” Unless attacked by
9ickno?9. we see no reason why he may not live this twen
ty years. He was a classmate in college with the lather
of the senior editor of this paper, Rev. Moses Hallock,
who died twenty yeare ago at tbe age qf seven.—
N. Y. Jour, of Commerce.
/TERMS, $2 00 IN ADVANCE
Chinese Sugar Cane..
A currepoudent of the Columbia Times says:
On Saturday last I had the pleasure ot inspeclmg a very
good quality ot Molasses, produced irom the Chinese Su-
I gar Cane, grown by Dr. D. W. Ray, a planter in the
fork.
The specimen proved to be of superior quality, a hall
gallon ot which (Molasses had been extracted from only
I twenty stalks.
I learned that Dr. Kay, who is oue of our most successful
and influential citizens, has planted only four acres in this
cane, and that be is satisfied he will be able to extract from
it fifteen hundred gallons of Syrup, which, f equal to ihe
specimen inspected, will be regarded by the heads of fami
lies quite aceeptabietbr table use, to say nothing of planta
tion purposes.
Richard H. Smith, Eeq., of Scotland Neck, Iv. C., writes
to the Raleigh Register that he has made au experiment
with the Chinese Sugar Cane, with the following results:
From three unripe joints of the cane, about one gill ol
juice was imperfectly extracted, and after having been boil
ed for half au hour, a table spoonful of very good molas
ses.
1 write this to encourage those persons who have planted
the cane, to go to w -tk and make their mills, and give it a
fair trial.
If they have not cane enough to justify the expense of a
mill with woooden rollers, let them extract the juice, as 1
have done in this instance, by using the edge of a piece of
thick plank-or scantling as a lever power. Make the ex
periment if with a pint of juice only.
From the great yield ot juice and the simple process re
quired in making the molasses, 1 have no doubt of its com
plete success, and that ihe day is not distant when the su
gar mill will be as commou as our cider mill was years ago
—"hen every family will make their own molasses-and
the children white and black—will eat bread aud niqlass
es, and drink “switehel” to their heart’s content.
Rain and Crops. —The last has bttu another disas
trous week for oottou—all rain and no sunshine. We
hear loud oomplaiuts of extensive shedding. — Spirit of
the South , lIM inst.
The Crops in Mississippi. —The Vicksburg Whig of
the Ist inst.,says:
We hear verv general complaints from the planters ol
this county. For a week or ten days past they have boen
visited with daily and nightly rains, to the great and mani
fest injury of the cotton crop, to say nothing of the damage
ot fodder, now in the process of curing. There are some
localities in the country to which this is an exception—pla
ces where there have been no rain for a month past, and
where, ot course, it is greatly needed. Our folks here iu
the city would gladly take all the surplus rain that has fall
en to the share of our country friends, for while our streets
are exceedingly dusty, gardens are being scorched ttp aud
many cisterns are dry.
P- S.—Wo had a glorious rain last evening,one thatjmade
glad the whole face of nature.
Crops. —The largest crop of wheat thut has ever lieen hat
vested in this country is now being gathered. The aggre
gate yield will, it is now manifest, exceed by hundreds of
I thousands of bushels that of the most plentiful harvest that
( has ever blessed the labors of American husbandry. The
| corn crop, too, promises exceedingly well, and will, we
I doubt not, be as much in advance of any former yield as is
j that ot wheat. Oats and barley are likewise reported as un
j usually good and aoundant.
Vegetable and fruit products are also represented as plen
teous and of a sound condition, in most localities where
any attention is devoted to their cultivation. The potato
crop—that most important of all esculents—will turn out a
glorious yield, and this fact is already having a sensible el
lect upon the market. In some of the eastern cities a de
cline ol over a hundred percent, per bushel is already re
ported. Other commodities must soon “follow suit.”
Chicago Journal.
The Reason—Crops ~ Our long drought ended on the
21st ult., by a rain ou that day. On the evening of the 23d
it again rained, sinse which period ii has continued to raiu
almost every day. and present appearances indicate its con
tinuance Crops have improved, especially corn, peas, po
tatoes, &c., insuring an abundant provision crop. Cotton
is running too much to weed without corresponding joints.
Us yield must under these circumstances, together with Ihe
want of perfect stands, be short, let the residue of the tail he
as it may. —Southern Recorder, Aug. 4.
Crops in Canada.—A correspondent of the Montrea
Gazette, writing from Tictou, says:
“Never, in man’s memory,’ 1 believe, were crops so luxu
riant in these parts as this year. So heavy is the hay, that
te atfWflflffS
o’ertop each other. Peas as tall as a man (I will not .-ay
grenadier). Bailey with head? so compact that a light
weight might walk over them on snow shoes. Wheat, pota
toes—everything is grand, and the *wevil’ has been mode
rate.”
The Crops in Europe. —The latest advices trorn Europe
are to the effect that the crop? iu all pam of Continental
Europe promise a rich harvest. In some parts of Germany
farmer** have already begun to harvest their rye crops, and
| bread made of new rye flour was in general use and pro
nounced of good quality. The tobacco plantations in
Southern Germany have been much refreshed by the late
rains, and promise a good crop. The grape vine? in Ger
many have ceased blooming,and single berries have reach
ed the size of small peas If the summer should continue
as it has begun, the wine of 1856 will be outdone by the
product of 1857, both in quantity and quality.
Prospects of the Vine Crop in Europe —A late number
of the Moniteur Vinicole saye: “The temperature has ta
ken place, and we receive from all parts of the vine grow
ing countries, and even from abroad, the most saisfactory
accounts of the appearance of the plants. From Marseilles
to Bordeaux, from the Var to the Rhine, and from the Nora
to the Pyrenees Orientates—everywhere—the vines are in
the most admirable condition. Out of Fiance they have
the same appearance; in Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Ger
many, the state of the vineyards everywhere promise au
abundant yield, if nothing uuforseen should occur to mar
such encouraging prospects. In the South the blossoming
has commenced, and is going on most favorably. These
cheering prospect? begin to act on the price of wine tn the
great cen res of production; not that we have any positive
decline to announce, but the proprietors and holders are less
firm in their pretensions. As to alcohols, their depreciation
is a certain fact ”
St. Louis, Aug. 4.—The Kansas City Enterprise ot th*
Ist, announces the reception of letters at Lecompton, stating
that five of Captain Caldwell’s, four of Capt. Berry’s, and
the whole of another surveying party have been murdered
by the Pawnee Indians.
Boys out at Knight —We find the following truth
ful paragraph in one of oor exchanges, under the cap*
tion of “Boys Out at Night’’ :
“Night ium ing is ruinous to the morals of boys in
all instances. They acquire, under the cover of night,
an unhealthy state of miud, bad, vulgar aud profane
language, obscene practices, criminal sentiments, aud a
lawless and riotous bearing. Indted, it is in the street
after uightfaii that boys principally aoquire the educa
tion of the bad, and capacity for becoming rowdy, dis
solute men/’
Bulwer on the Weed and Womens —ln his uew work
now in course of publication, “What Will He Do With
It V* Bulwer thus moralizes on “the weed and women .
“He who doth not smoke hath neither known no great
griefs, or refuselh himself the softest consolation next to
that which comes from Heaven. ‘ YVhat, colter than wo
man V whi-|iered the young reader. Young reader, wo
man leases as well as consoles. YY’oman makes half the
sorrows which she boae's the privilege to soothe. Woman
console? us it i? true, while we are young and handsome ;
when we are old and ugly, woman snubs and ecold? us.—
On tho whole, then, woman in thi? scale, the weed in
that, Jupiter, hang out thy balance, and weigh them both ;
and if thou give the preference to woman, all lean say, is,
the next lime Juno ruffles thee, O Jupiter! try the weed.”
JPS?” “When a fellow’ has reached a certain pint tu
drinkin,” said an old soaker, “I think he orter stop.”—
“Well, I think,” said a wag, “he had better stop before he
reaches a pint.”
Bi% Smell. —To hear Gough tell the “drugget” story is
worth a quarter any time. The story is a capital one, but
it lakes the man to tell it. This he does in some such
words a? these :
A long, lean, gaunt Yankee entered a drug store and
asked:
“Be you the drugger ?”
“Well, I ‘spose so ; I sell drugs.”
“YVall, hev you got any of this here scootin’ stuff as the
gals puts on their hanke’chers ?”
“Oh, yes.”
“YVall, our Sal’s gwine to be married, aud she gin me
and told me to invest the hull ’mount in scentin’
stuff, 9o’? to make her sweet, if I could find some to suit ;
so if you’ve a mind I’ll jist smell round.”
The Yankee smelled round without being suited until the
“drugger” gotpired of him; and taking down a bottle of
hartshorn, said :
“I’ve got a scentin’stuff that will suit you. A single
drop on a handkerchief will stay for weeks, and you can’t
wash it out; but, to get the strength of it, you must take
a good big smell.”
“Is that so, Mister ? Wall, jist hold on a minute till I
get my breath ; and when I say neow you put it under my
smeller.”
The hartshorn, of course, knocked the Yankee down, as
liquor has done many a man. Do you suppose he got up
and smelt again, as the drunkard does ? Not he ; hut
rolling up his sleeves, and doubling up his fists,
he 9aid :
“You made me em* 11 that tarnal everlastin’ Muff', Misiei
and now I’ll make you ameil fire and brimstone !”—Harj
er for July.
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