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Kbt'UiuaiiKiii -Is only cni^d jx-nuanoiitly by
“J.incU't Anli-Ithcumaiic Powders," as it is the only
remedy oxtaut tliat attack the root of the disotisc; nil
others being orntmcnts, embrocations, See., are merely
palliatives.
It is sold, wholesale and retail by J. O. Gibsnn,
Eatonton, Ga., and retailed by James Herty, Milledge-
viEi-. Ga. 21 tf.
W EXTRACT OF BUCHU.—Helmbold’s pure
and genuine extract of Buchu, has been highly recom
mended by those who have nsed it and been perfectly
cored of the following complaints: diseases of the blad
der, kidneys, gravel, dropsey, weaknesses, obstructions,
secret diseases, female complaints. See. This Bueliu is
for sale by E. J. White, also by Jas. IIerty. 8t
Counterfeit.-!! Counterfeit.-!!—Having been in-
I formed by our friends in some sections of the conn,
try, of the great injury done to their Hair, by the
use of what purported io be the genuine LYON ’S
KATHAIKOX, but proved to be worthless coun
terfeit*; we caution the public against such imposi
tion. Avoid all dealers who attempt to sell the
spurious articles, for they are not to be depended
upon in any matter. The great excellence and
universal popularity of the genuine LYON'S
KATHAI20N is attested by its immense sale—
nearly 1,000,000 bottles per year, all prouounce it
the most excellent preparation for the Hair ever
made.
Sold by all respectable dealers, everywhere
for 25 cents per bottle.
heath, wyncoop & CO.,
Proprietor* and Perfumers,
28 St- 63, Liberty St., N. Y
yl Fixed Fact.—Dr. Cavenangh's Pile Salve lias
now been long enough before the public to have its
merits fairly tested: and from every one who has
given it a trial, we hear of but one expression, that
it is indeed a Cure. Every one who has used it,
experienced almost immediate relief and a speedy
cure, a result, in many cases, long and diligently
sought, but in vain.
In a conversation with the Doctor a few days
since in regard to his “Pile Salve. 1 ' he made this
remark: My Pile Salve, sir, is a cure—rot a pallia
tive. For twelve years, it never failed in my hands
in curing every case: and I ask no reputation
for it, beyond itsi ntrinsic merits. What I say it
will do, it»rill do.”
We advise .all who have need of such a curative
to try it.
Soid by all respectable Druggists. 23 8t.
PIT BUSS’ DYSPEiTIC REMEDY has been
gaining the confidence of the Dyspeptics, until it is now
pronounced hv a!', who have used it, to be the remedy
•ong sought for bnt just found. Many have used it and
have been entirely eared of that very distressing disease
Dyspepsia, all who arc aflhettsi with that complaint
can have an opponmitvof trying this remedy, l>y ap
plying to either of the Drug Stores in Milledgi ville. St
Cholera.—A 25 cent bottle of Perry Davis,
Pain Killer will seldom fail to cure cholera if resort
ed to in season: No one should be without it dur
ing cholera time. It will cure paius of ail kinds.
23 41.
A CHEAT BI.ESSIJC TO THE AFFLICTED.
Dr. M'Lane, the inventor of the celebrated Liver
Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa.,
nsgd these pills for several years in his practice, be
fore he could be induced to offer them to the pub
lic in sueh a manner as to make them known
throughout the country. This learned physici n
felt the same repugnance that all the high-minded
men of science feel in entering the lists against
those unscrupulous-empirics who obtrude their
useless nostrums upon the public, and rely upon
a system of puffing to sustain them. Convinced,
however, of the real value of tlie'Liver Pills, and
influenced by the plain dictates of duty, the Doc"
tor finally authorized Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh,
Pa., who are no^- the sole proprietors, to manufac
ture aud place them before the public. This great
na#li cine has not disappointed the expectations of
his friends, the medical faculty, at whose instauec
he was induced to pl.ve them before the public in
their present popular form. From every quarter
do we hear the most gratifying accounts of their
wonderful curative effects—the East and the
West, the North and the South, are alike laden
with “tiding of great joy” from the afflicted.—
T hese wondetful Pills have completely conquor-
ed that great scourge of America, the Liver Com
plaint.
Sold by E. J. White, James Herty and F. G Grieve
MiHedgeville.
pF Purchasers will be careful to nsk for Dn
M’Lase’s Celebrated Liver Pills, manufactured by
Fleming linos., of Pittsburgh, Pa. There are other
Pills purporting to be Liver lolls, now before the pub
lic. Di M 'Lane’s germin' Live Pilb. also his celebra
ted Vermifuge, can now he had at all reajieetabie drug
stores. Seme genuine without tke signatvre of
33] ~ FLEMING BROS.
“WHO HAS NOT HEARD OF BCERHAYE’S
HOLLAND BITTERS?
Simple in its composition, pleasant to the taste,
and truly wonderful in its effects, its popularity
cannot be wondered at. To invalids just recover
ing strength, il is invaluable; exercising that sooth
ing influence over the nervous system, and impart
ing that health and tone to (he stomach, so longed
for by the convalescent.”—Doily Enterprise.
Sold by F. G. Grieve. MiHedgeville.
EDITOR'S CERTIFICATE.
A CURE BY OXYGNATED BttTERS.
Burlington, Vt., Nov. 18, 1854.
Gentlemen,—I suffenf for about a year previous
tc last spring, from a derangement of the action of
the heart, weich like most others similary afflicted,
I supposed to be highly recommended for use in
such cases, ? procured and used a single bottle,
with entire success.
The disagreeable symptoms speedily dis
appeared, and I have never had any recurrence of
them.
Being really of opinion that this medicine is of
unquestionable value as a cure for Dyspepsia, (in
which opinion I am happy to know that I agree
with many intelligent physicians,) I have no hesi
tation in permitting this certificate to be used
in auy way that will promote its more general
use.
E. A. STRANSBURY,
Editor of the Burlington Courier.
Seth W. Fowle A Co., 138 Washington Street,
Boston, Proprietors. Sold by their agents every
where.
I Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on tbe
Stats of the Finmrcn.
• Space allows us to give but a portion of this, one of
tlie ablest rc[KjrLs that has emanated from the Treasury
Department.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
On the 1st July 1336, being the commencement of the
fiscal year 1837, the balance in tile treas-
uiy was $19,901,323 45
The receipts into the trensuary during
the fiscal year 1837 were $63,631,513 67,
ns follows:
For the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1856;
From customs $20,677,740 40
From Public lands 892.380 59
From miscellaneous sources 333,310 37
,, „ , — 21,923.131 36
t or the quarter eudmg Dec 31, (S56.
From custom*: $14 243 414 90
From public lands 808,252 86
From meaccUuneous sources 123,999 49
For the quarter ending March 31. Is.,..
From customs $19,055 328 .Vi
* 10m public lands 1,065 640 11
hi om miscellaneous sources 274,054 90
, — 20,395,029 56
r or the quarter ending June 3ll, 1857:
From customs $9,s99 421 20
From public lands 1.063 213 28
From miscellaneous sources 172 736 92
15,175.667 35
11,135,391 40
The aggregate means, therefore, for the
service of the fiscal year ending June 30,
1857, were.. $88,532,839 12
The expenditure* during the fiscal year
ending June 30,1837, were $70,822,724.85.
Being for the quarter ending SepL 30,
1836 $18 675,113 21
Being for the quarter ending Dec. 31,
1836 17 940 817 90
Being for the quarter ending March 31,
tSo7 17,245 032 68
Being for the qnurtcr ending June 30,
1So7 16,960 801 06
^Totul $7l),822;721 85
Which was applied to the several branch
es of the public service as follows:
Civil, foreign intercourse and miseellane-
neous $27,531 922 37
Service in charge of Interior department. 5,358 274 72
Service in charge of War Department... 19,201,774 l(i
Service,in charge of Navy Department..... 12,726,856 69
Purchase of public debt, principal, premi
um and interest. . 5,943,896 91
Total $7 _
As shown in detailin' statement No. 1.
Deducting the expenditures from the ag
gregate means during the fiscal year, a
Imlauee was left hi the Treasury on July
i, 1857, of $1
During the first quarter of the current
fiscal year, 1858, bciug from July 1,
1857, to September 30, 1857, Ihe re
ceipts into the Treasury were:
From customs ...$18573, 729 37
From public lauds 2,089 419 39
From miscellaneous sourc e 296,641 05
0,822,724 85
710,114 27
It Is an error to suppose that the occasional
revulsions which have so seriously affected our
manufacturing interest are attributable to toe want
ot a nigh protective system, in the policy which
the Government has adopted of allowing many of
the raw materials used by them to come in, either
free of duty or at low duties, in the incidental
protection winch a tariff laid for the purpose of
revenue gives them, in the increasing consumption
ot their productions, brought about by the general
prosperity of the country, they will find the most
ampl&eucourageineut that could reasonably be
expected or desired. Like all other interests in
the country, they sutler from the too frequent
changes of the tariff, and lio.u those llucuatious in
business which flow from causes wholly distinct
and seperate from the tariff question. What they
need is steady prices, a sound currency, and pro
tection against the ruinous elb-cts of expansions
in the credit system. From a free and unrestricted
commerce with the world, no in.’erests in our coun
try would derive a more certain aud permanent
benefit tuan the manufacturers.
REVULSION—BANKRUPT LAW
The estimated receipts during the three
remaining quarters of the current fiscal
year to June 30. 1.858, are.
From Customs $33,000,000 00
From public lands , 3,(WO,600 00
From miscellaneous sources 750,000 00
20,229,819 91
-§30,750,000 00
Making an estimated aggregate of means
for the sen ie • of the current year $75,389,924 08
Ijie expenditures of the first quarter, ending Sept. 30,
18.j7, of the current fiscal year, were $23,714,528 37;
being for:
Civil, foreign intercourse, aud miscullane-
. “US sei Vires $7,315,789 00
Service in charge of Interior Department. 3.240.098 9.9
Service in charge of War Department 7,290 950 83
Service in charge of Navy Department.. 3,915,906 99
Purchase of the public debt,- principal,
premium and interest 1,951,782 56
Total... §23,711,528 37
’ !lt ‘ estimated expenditures during the
three remaining quarters of the current
fiscal year to June 30,1858, are 51,248,530 04
Total $74,963,058 41
Leaving an estimated balance in the
^Treasury on July 1,1858, which will, of
course, be affected by any reduction
or increase of expenditure notcontemp-
hded of. 426,875 67
Estimates for thefscal year from July 1, 1858, to June
30, 1859.
Estimated balance in the Treasury on
July 1.1S58
Estimate of receipts from customs for the
year ending June 30; 1859 69,500,00000
Estimated receipts from the sale of pub-
$126,875 67
lie lands
Estimated receipt* from mi:
soursces
ellaueous
5.000. 000 00
1.000. 000 00
Aggregate of means for the service of the
fiscal year to Junej30,1859 as estiuia-
fed 75,926,875 67
i Toe expenditures are estimated as follows:
Balance of existing appropriations for the
service of the present fiscal year, which
may be applied to the service of the year
ending June 30, 1859 ....$16,586,58835
Amount of indefinite and permanent ap
propriations 7,165,224 49
Estimated appropropriatiocsproposed to
be made for the service for the fiscal
year from July 1, 1858, to June 740,
1859, as detailed in tin printed estima
tes ...50,312,943 13
Aggregate estimated expenditures for the
service of fiscal year to June 30, 1859..63,064,755 97
Leaving an estimated oulanee in the
Treasury on July 1. JS5J, of. 1,862,149 70
The difficulty of forming exact estimates of this peri
od is pointed out.
EXPORTS AND IMTORTS.
Tin-export* for the year ending June 30,
Tiie
CAUSES Of PRESES 1
FOR BANKING AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS.
Returning to the question of relief which is ex
pected from the Govt mutant, it becomes necessary
to inquire into the cause of the present revulsion,
as preliminary to the consideration of a proper
remedy for it. Public opinion generally holds the
banks responsible for all our embarrassments.
The true cause is to be found in the undue expan
sion of the credit system. The banks constitute
an important part of that system; but there are
other elements entering into it, which, equally
with the question of the banks, demand public
consideration.
Credit, confined to its legitimate functions, is
the representative of capital, aud when used within
that limit may extend and invigorate trade and
business; when it ceases to be such representa
tive, it stimulates overtrading, excites speculation,
and introduces an unsound state of things in the
business of the country: It is this undue expan
sion of credit which has brought the country to its
present embarrassment^. The extension of bank
credits and the over issue of bank notes is a part,
and a very important part of this undue expansion.
A spirit of speculation being created, a demand is
made upon the banks for the use of their credit,
and yielding to the pressure, they respond by the
increased issue of their nofi s and by enlarging
their discounts.
The extent to which the banks have enlarged
their credit beyond its proper limits is not to be
measured alone by the amount of their circulation.
At the time the New York City Banks suspended
specie payments in October, they reported a larger
unount of specie in tfieir vaults than theirnotes in
circulation, and notwithstanding this fact they
were unable to meet the demands of their creditors
promptly with specie, owing to their credit opera
tions under their deposit system. Having extend
ed theirowu credit, and enabled their customers to
do the same, they were unprepared fur the revul
sion which came upon them. If it be true tliat
our embarrassments have been occasioned by the
cause here assigned, we must look beyond the
action of the banks to the operations of otlnr
corporations as well as individuals, to fathom the
entire cause of our difficulties. In answer to a
circular letter addressed to the various railroad
corporations of the country, it appears that the
capital of these couipaties amount to §491,445,061,
indebtness to §417.243,604. The annual interest
upon the latter sum is $25,093,203, their annual
incom was $ 18,406,438.
It is evident that the great moneyed corporations
created under the laws of the States have had a
controlling influence in the undue expansion of
private credit. In many of the States the legisla
tion iu respect to these is stringent, and embodies
many of the safeguards that experience has sug
gested for their regulation.
But it will not be denied that this legislation
has been nugatory. The State authorities have
already manifested an eager disposition to relieve
them from the penalties they .have incurred, and to
dispense, as far as they were able, with the per
formance ot the obligations they had exacted from
them when they were organized. This has been
doi:eiu some cases, without an inquiry into their
condition or management, or their capacity to
resume their position as solvent institutions; or
even to protect the community from a depreciated
paper currency.
in my judgment the period has arrived for Con
gress to employ the powers conferred by the Con
stitution upon it to mitigate the present evil, aud
to pi event a catastrophe of a similar kind in future,
and for this purpose a compulsory bankrupt law,
to include two classes of corporations or companies,
| is necesary. It should be a law for the protection
of creditors, not the relief of debtors; to prevent
improper credits, not to pay improvident debts;
compulsory, not voluntary. The effect of such a
law would be felt more in its restraining influence
lhanin its practical execution.
INDEPENDENT TREASURY SYSTEM PROPOSED FOR
THE STATES.
/'rider the operation of an independent treasury
system, adopted by each of the States, there would
be no difficulty iu retaining in the country a suf
ficient amouut of specie, not only for the purposes
of the Government, but also to secure a sound
paper currency. As long, however, as the present
system lasts, this result cannot be locked for. One
\\ ould suppose that the large increase of gold iu
the last few years would have enabled the banks
to have protected themselves against the necessity
of suspending specie payments. Sue h should have
been the case; but it has not been, and will not be,
until some policy sueh as is here recommended is
dopted, which will compel them to keep sufficient
lie exports lor me year ending J uue 30. l . . . . * . . *
1857, amounted to... . *362 949 144 I s P ecie 111 their vaults to meet their issues, since
iie imports for the same period..."..’.’.’.*.*. Go’soo’l 11 ! the discovery ot gold in California, in 1849, there
The Secretary believes that the eVportBOfbreadstaffa * l; is been coined at the mints of the Umti d Stab s
id provisions will decrease both in quantity and value: 1 tLe strtf ot $ I00.<li:0,00(), and even a large amount
Permanent Cures iu all affections of the throat
and lungs are constantly being made, by W is tar’s
Balsam of Wild Cherry. Great as is its reputation
its works are greater. Many physicians speak of
it in the highest terms.
Ferry Doris’ Vegetable Fnin Killer is deservedly
the most popular family medicine known, for no
other remedy has been so successful i.o relieving
all kinds of pain It is most appropriately called
Pain Kille.r. 27 it.
A man Killed liy a Priest in Va.—Staunton Va.,
Dec 13. At s' o’clock last night, an Irishman
named William Mullins, was found dead near the
house of Dr. Daniel Downey, the Catholic Priest
in charge of the church iu Staunton. An inquest
was held, and the jury rendered a verdict that tlm
deceased was killed by a pistol or gun shot fired by
Daniel Downey, who was forth with committed ;o
jail, together with four witnesses who were in the
house at the time the affair took place.
The testimony is considered conclusive as to the
guilt of the accused. Another examination will he
had this rooming at 10 o’clock before a justice of
the peace.
At the second examination on 13th the Mayor
postponed the case until next day. i) r . Downey,
confessed that he committed the deed but pleads
self-defence, the Richmond Dispatch adds:
The train from Staunton yesterday brought no
written statement concerning this remarkable
hffmicide. We learn from one passenger that it
was stated in Staunton, Saturday night that the
deceased had .seduced a girl, aud that m an inter
view with him, Dr. Downey endeavored to induce
him Or marry her. This led to an altercation
w hich terminated in the death of Mullins.
“ The Virginians."—The above is the title of
Mr. Thackeray’s new work, which is about be
ing published, the first four chapters of which
have appeared in the December number of Har
per's Magazine. We give below an extract from
the beginning of the first chapter, which explains
the title:
“In the Revolutionary war, the subjects of this
•tory—natives of America and children of the Old
Dominion found themselves engaged on different
Bides in the quarrel, coming together peaceably at
its conclusion, a* brethern should, their love never
haring materially diminished, however angrilv the
contest divided them. 'rn„ /
and provisions will decrease both in quautity
but the increased value of cotton, at its probable prices
which constitutes much the largest item of our exports,
would make up the deficiency. From the best inform
ation which can be obtained, the opinion is entertained
that the exports for the present fiscal year will not full
below those of last year more than JO per cent.
Toe foreign merchandise subject to duty imported
during the first quarter, ending 740th September last, of
the present fiscal year amounted to $88,019,385; aud the
customs receivisi during that quarter were, as stated in
the estimate!, $ I 3 573,729 37.
receipts For the next fiscal tear.
Iftlie revulsion has ceased the estimated import of
dutiable merchandise for the fiscal year from July 1
1858, to June 30,1859, will be $7170.000 000. Tiie cus
toms oulhis w ould produce about $69,500,000,
ISSU E OF TREASURY NDTES.
In view of the present emergency, and to meet law
ful demands on the Treasury, the Secretary recom
mends that authority be given to the Department by
law io issue treasury notes for an amount not to exceed
$20,000,000, payable within a limited time ami carrying
a specified rate ofinterest, whenever the immediate de
mands of the public service may call for a greater
amount of money than shall happen to be in the treasury
subject to the Treasuer’s drafts in payments of war
rants. The fact that such temporarily exingeney mav
arise, from circumstances beyond the forethought and
control of this Department, makes some adequate
provision to meet it uidispciisible to the public securi
ty.
EXPENSES OF COLLECTING THE CUSTOMS.
The expenses of collecting tiie customs for the year
ending 3tithJnne, 1857, exceeded $74,000 000; for half of
the current fiscal year from Jan. I to June 30, 1858, at
least $1,600.1 00 will In required, while for thefiseal year
ending June 30, 1859, it will probably require § l.tiuO.-
000.
FOR PUBLIC DEBT.
The public debt on the 1st July, 1857, was $29,060,-
386 90. Since that time there has been paid the sum of
$3895,232 39, leaving the public debt at this time, $25,-
165,15451. Sine,-the 2d March last, there has been
paid oflhe public debt, $4,878,377 53. The details are
shown by the statements marked 6, 7, and 8. The De
partment continued the purchase of the stock ns long
as the law and a proper regard for the public interest
would justify. The object was to redeem, so far ns pos
sible, our on 1 standing debt w hich had a number of years
fo ruu, w hile the payment of the large sums from the
Treasury requires! tor this purpose was affording relief
to the commercial and other interests of the country
which were then struggling to ward off the revulsion
which finally came upon them.
EFFECTS OF A HIGH TARIFF.
The Secretary makes the following objection to
the theories of the protectionists.
If the increased duty neither diminishes the im
portations nor increases the price, it is manifest
that no advantage has been derived by the do
mestic manufacturer. If the effect should be to
exclude the foreign article, then the domestic
manufacturer monopolizes the home market, and
commands his own price. The relief he needs is a
higher price for his goods, and, as a matter ot
course, unrestrained as he will then be by the
laws of competition, he will so raise his prices as
to remedy the evil of low prices of which he had
complained. The effect upon the consumer is
clear. He must pay the increased price thns put
upon the articlo of consumption Nor dors it stop
there. Under the existing state of things, when
he has pnrehased the article lie has not only
furnished himself with the goods he needed at the
reduced price, but at the same time has paid into
the Treasury the tax required of him for the sup
port of Government. The measure of relief pro
posed by the protectionists increases the price lie
is required to pay for his goods, and w here the
foreign article is ex-duded leaves his tax unpaid
This deficiency in the revenue must be supplied,
and lie is called upon to pay it from his other re
sources.
The proposed measures of relief thus imposes
upon him iliese additional burdens, in the increas
ed price of his goods and the additional tax he is
required to pay. If, however, the increased duty
should net exclude the importation of the article,
but simply advance the price to a remunerating
point to the domestic manufacturer, the effect upon
the consumer would be to require him to pay the
additional price, not only upon the foreign article,
but also upon the domestic manufacture. The
amount of taxation put upon him for the benefit
respectively of the Treasury and the domestic man
ufacturer will depend upon the relative proportion
of the foreign and domestic article lie may enn-
snuie. In no event can the increased duty
operate to tiie advantage and relief of the man
ufacture except by a corresponding injnry to the
consumer. The amount ot benefit conferred and
injury sustained by the proposed relief measure
■ has been added from that source to the gold of
the world. At that time it was estimated that there
was in the United States $120,000,000 iu specie.
Of that amount, the bank held $474,000,000, upon
which they issued a circulation of $114,743,415.
Their deposits at that time amounted to $91,178,-
0274. It is estimated that there is now in the Uni
ted States $200,000,000 of specie, and of this sum
the banks have $60,000,000, upon which they
have issued a circulation ot $214,778,822, aud their
deposits have increased to $230,351,7452.
It will be seen from this statement that, with
the increased quantity of specie in the country,
the banks have only increased their specie front
$47.4,000,000 to $00,0(10,000, while they have in
creased their circulation from $114,7474,415, to
$214,778,822. No one supposes that such would
have been the case if, during this period, the
financial operations of the various State Govern
ments had been conducted upon the principles of
the independent treasury system. It is confident
ly believed that such a policy would have saved
the country from the present bank suspension.
If. at the time the General Government was mak
ing its disbursements iu specie at the commence
ment of the present crisis, the same operation had
been going on from the different State Treasuries,
theetlect necessarily would have been to have
supplied every demand in the country for specie,
and the hanks, already restrained within iegiti-
tna'e bounds, would have been enabled to have
pursued their usual business without serious in
terruption.
In this connection, it eannotfail to attract obser
vation that at the very moment when the General
Government, through the instrumentality of tiie
independent treasury system, was meeting, with
promptness, its liabilities of every character, and
hy the very act of disbursing its specie funds af
fording relief to the banks and the country, the
State Governments, for the want of such a system,
were unable, with nominally full treasuries to pay
their debts, and in the effort to do so, were subject
ed to the charge of either paying their liabilities in
depreciated currency, or adding to the distress of
the country by their demands upon the banks for
specie funds. These difficulties arc the legitimate
fruits of their past policy, and for the present
must be endured; it w ill be their own fault if
another revulsion should find them in a like con
dition.
As an additional restraint upon the tendency
of the hanks to overissue, as well as for the pur
pose of keeping an ample supply of specie in con
stant circulation, the suppression of all banknotes
under tin- denomination of $29 is recommended to
the consideration ot those under whose jurisdiction
these state institutions exist.
AWL AFFAIRS.
ANNUAL REFORT OF TIIE SECRETARY OF TIIE
NAVY.
The naval force which has been employed dur
ing the past year has been sufficient to give
qnate security to our commerce, and to
i- ii - P 1 * *®lonel in scarlet, and
the general in blue anu buff hang side by side in
the wainscoted parlor of the Warring Ja - S ; a K - « . . . _
land, where adescendant of one of the brothers has would depend upon the relative number of man-
shown their portraits to me, with many of the j ufactures and consumers of the articles upon which
letters which they wrote, and the hooks and papers | ‘be increased duties were laid; aud as the nttni-
which belonged to them. In the Warrington tami- | her of consumers exceed the number of tnanufac-
-/• and to distinguish them front other personage I f urors,so would th<-injury sua ained exceed thehene-
of that respectable race, these effigies have always ! tit conferred. A policy so partial and unjust in its
gone by the name of-The Virginians,’by which
name their memoirs are christened”
ade-
the per-
mis and property of American citizens in all parts
[of the world.
The Home Squadron, under the command of its
flag officer. Hiram Paulding, has consisted of the
steam frigates Wabash and Roanoke the sloops-of-
war Sartufa and Cyane, and the war-steamers
Susquehanna and Fulton. Tiie unsatisfactory
state of affairs in New Granada and portions of
Central America required the increase of this
squadron, and the almost constant presence of a
considerable force iu the neighborhood, both on the
Atlantic and Pacific. In June the Wabash re
turned from Aspiuwall to New York with 138 men
of the destitute and suffering American citizens
who had been involved in the troubles iu Central
America. .
Du the 30th May the Roanoke sailed for Aspin-
wall, and returned on the 4th of August with 205
of Walker’s men.
All these men were brought home without previ
ous orders; butsuch was their deplorable condition
that it was an act of humanity, which could not
and ouriit not to be dispensed with; and the de
partment approved it. The expense of providing
for them necessary food, clothing and juedicine
while on shipboard amounted to $07,37610, for
which an app.opriatiun is recommended.
Ipjiuy unlawful expedition from the l nited
Stales against Nifearagua, Costa Rica, or Mexico
shall succeed iu ett'ecting a binding it will he be
cause it has been able to elude the vigilance of the
Home Squadron.
I he force in the Pacific, under the command of
the flag officer, William Mervine, has consisted of
the frigate Independence, the sloops-of-war St.
MarytC John Adams and Decatur, and the war
steamer Massachusetts. A large part of this
squadron has been much and usefully employed
... r at Panama aud on the coast of Central America,
I operations cannot command the approval of the where its presence was deemed indispensable,
'country. The Independence sailed, August 3, from
Panama to San Francisco, to be stationed at the
navy-yard as a receiving ship, and for the 'gen
eral purposes of they.nil, under th< command of
Commander Fairfax. During her long stay at
Panama, her officers, at intervals of leisure, were
engaged in surveys and expeditions of much in
terest. A party was despatched iu charge of
Lieutenant James B. McCauley, to explore the
timber resources about 'the Gulf of Sau Miguel,
tiie mouth of the Dariqn, one hundred miles from
Panama. The expedition was eminently suc
cessful.
It was deemed necessary, as a measure of hu
manity and policy, to direct Commodore Mervine
to give Gi-neral Walker, and such of his nu n,
citizens of the United States, as were willing to . m
brace it, an opportunity to retreat from Nicaragua.
Before these instructions were received Com
modore Mervine had sent Commander Davis,
with the St. Marys, to San Juan del Sur, with in
structions to protect the persons and property of
American citizens. With this authority only Com
mander Davis negoiia:ed with General Walk'-r
terms of capitulation, under which he surrendered
with his men, and was conveyed to Panama, whe
nce he proceeded to the United States. Commander
Davis also received from General Walker the sur
render of a small schooner which he had detained
called the “Granada,” and delivered her to the
Nicaraguan authorities. The action of Commander
Davis, so far a: he aided General Walker and his
men by the use of the Marys, to retreat fre
Nicaragua and return to the United States, was
approved by the Department; but his interference
with the Granada, and her transfer to the Nic
aragnan authorities by his intervention, was not
approved. The whole number of men surrendered
aud carried to Panama was about 304. Com
modore Mervine, finding his squadron suddenly
encumbered with these men in the most wretch
condition, suffering for the want of every-thing
and endangering the health of those under his
command, bad no mode of relief except by turn
iug them adrift, which was impossible, or sendin
them by the railway to Aspiuwall. Adopt
ing the latter alternative, he was under the neces
sity of drawing on the department, in favor of the
railway company, for $7,575, being the amount
which would be due for transparting them across
the isthmus at the usual rate of charge. This bit'
has neither been paid, accepted nor protest 'd
The company voluntarily relinquished the perfon
al responsibility of Commodore Mervine, and put
the hill at the disposal of the government. I sul
nut it, with an expression of my conviction that
Congress should make reasonable provision for
and also for the expenses of providing these m
while on shipboard with the necessary food, cloth
ing and medicine of which an estimate will here
after be furnished.
The Brazil and Mebiterranean squadrons have
been able, quietly and effectively, to perform the
ditties required of them, respectively, without an
act of direct interference. .Six vesels have, been
usefully employed on the coast of Africa,
The steam frigate San Jacinto, Commander
Henry H. Bell, and the sloop-of-war Portsmoutl:
Commander Foote, and Levant, Commander Wil
liam Smith, have constituted the Eastjlndia squad
ron, under Flag Officer James Armstrong. The
duties of^his squadron have been arduous, an
the officers and men attached to it distinguished
themselves on a memorable occasion.
On the 15th November, 1850, as one of the boats
belonging to the squadron was passing up the
river to Canton, with the American flag fully dis
Hayed, it was several times fired upon by th
larrier forts, endangering the lives of all on
board. The outrage was promptly resisted an
redressed by the capture and destruction of the
forts and razing their walls to the ground. The
forts, four in number, commanding the approacl
to Canton, were among the strongest defences of
the empire, mounting 170 gnus. The prompt and
decisive course pursued by Commodore Armstron
his officers and men, has caused the flag of the
United States to be respected hy the Chinese, con
tributed largely to the security of our citizens
China, and during the troubles which followed
has probably been the means of saving many lives
and much property.
The Portsmouth, in January, sailed for Sliang
hai—visited all the ports north of Ca nton open t
our vessels by treaty, and in March returned t
Hong Kong. Iu April she was dispatched t<
Singapore to look into the affair of the Dutch bark
Henrietta Marria; and having accomplished the
object ot her visit, she proceeded to Siam with Mr.
Charles William Bradley, United States Consul at
Ningpo, bearing a treaty of amity and commerce
between the United States and Siam, for ratifica
tion by that government. While there she was
visited by one of the kings of Siam—a courtesy
never before extended to a man-ol-war of any na
tion. *
The late President of the United States, your
immediate predecissor, having accepted the offer,
which you courteously extended to him, of the ns<
of a public vessel to convey him and his family to
Maderia, the Powhatan will receive them on board
at Norfolk, and convey them to the island.
The Naval Appropriation act of August 15th
1850, appropriated ninety-six thousand dollars for
the erection and completion of marine barracks at
Brooklyn, N. Y., and sixty thousand dollars for
the same purpose at Pensacola. Fla.
The site for those at Brooklyn requiring piling
aud filling in. not yet completed proposals have
not been invited for the erection of barracks there.
Proposals for those at Pensacola.^jjT'^jtijjjcty^
my predecessor, but as theAR^J ^"^Teyom;
the limit of the appropriation,"gikirt!' and specili
cations were directed to be made for smaller
buildings, and on the 21st of September propo
sals were again invited. Seventeen were received
and of those Mahon A Gibbon, for fifty-three thou
sand eight hundred and forty-seven dollars, being
the lowest, the contract was awarded to them
i he marine barracks at Boston, Philadelphia
and Norfolk are represented to be contracted and
entirely unfit for use; and the commandant of the
corps recommends that provision be made to pur
chase ground and erect suitable buildings at those
places.
On the 19th of February 1856, a board was ap
pointed to examine the war steamer building at
Hoboken, by the executor of Robert L. Stephens.
They reported that in addition to the sum of $500,
000 already paid, there will be required the fur
ther sum of $912,033 074 to complete the vessel.
Stephens and his executor have expended
upon the vessel the sunt of 702,755 37. As the
ressel is already virtually ow ned by the govern
ment. and will be of little value unless completed,
it is deemed expedient to authorize the applica
tion of the balance iu aid ot the means of the exe
cutor, and in the mode proposed to the accom-
lishment of the work.
The proportion of landsmen and boys allotted to
1 national ship has been increased. There is often
great difficulty in obtaining seamen, and still
greater in obtaining American seamen—the best
n the world—for the United States service. The
employment of landsmen and boys contributes
much to remedy the inconvenience.
The estimates for the support of the navy and ma
rine corps, and lor all other objects under the con
trol of the Navy Department, lor the financial-year
ending June 749, 1859, are—For die support of the
navy and marine corps ..$9,749,515 01
For special objects — 4,806,783 22
From the IVashington Star, J)cc. 14
COXtiHESSlOYtli
THIRTY-FIFTH CliNGUESB—FIRST SESSION.
In the Senate to-day, after the reading of the
journal—
Mr. Evans announced the death of his late col
league Mr. Butler, iu ari appropriate eulogy on the
life and public service of thd deceased.
On concluding, Mr. E. offered the resolutions
usual on such occasions.
Fending the question on agreeing to these res
olutions, the Senate was adressed by Messrs. Ma
son, Pugh and Cameron, in appropriate tributes to
the merits of the deceased.
The resolutions were then adopted; and the Sen
ate adjourned.
In the House to-day, in the course of the read
ing of the journal, the composition of the House
•landing committees was announced.
Committc of Elections.—Thomas L. Tla ris of
From the N. Y. Evening Post, Dec. 12.
Tit Resumption of Specie Payments.
The public will Pen- with great satisfaction
the response so promptly and so unanimously
made last evening by the city bauks to the move
ments for an immediate resumption of specie
payments, initiated by the bauks of America,
Commerce, the Manhattan, aud the National,
whose circular, addressed to the banks, appeared
in our yesterday’s paper, inviting their concur
rence and co-operation in this most desired object.
The proposition appears to have been so acceptable
aud gratifying to the assemblage of delegates last
evening, notwithstanding all.that lias bean urged
to the contrary, that moved by one impulse, they
voted even to anticipate the early period that
had been proposed for adoption, aud instead of
waiting until Monday, the 14th instant, have
resumed to day.
Indeed, so z alotts it is represented were a few
111 , Wm. W Boyce ofS. C., Israel Washburn of >fthe delegates present, for placing their actiou
Me., John W. Stephenson of Ky., Ezra Clark of *' ' * ’
Conn , 11. M. Philips of Pa., J. A. Gilmer ofN. C.,
L; Q C. Lamar of Miss., and James Wilson of
Ind.
On Ways and Means—J. Glancy Jones of Pa.,
John S. Phelps ot Mo., N. P. Banks of Mass., Juo.
Letcher of Va., L. D Campbell of Ohio. H. W.
Davis of Md., J. Kelly of N.Y., Wm A. Howard of
Mich., and J. F. Dowdell of Ala.
On Claims. -S. S. Marshall of 111., M. R. H.
Garnett ot Va., J. K. Giddings of Ohio., T. G.
Davidson of Ind., J. C. Kunkle of Pa., S. Moor of
Ala., H. C. Goodw in of N. Y., S. Arnold of C’t.,
and II. Maynard of Tenu.
On Commerce.—Jno. Cochran, of N. Y. Jno. S.
Millson of Va., E. 14 Washburne of 111;, W. F.
Miles of S. C. Ed. Wade of Ohio, Jas. A. Stall-
worth of Ala.. Geo. Eustis of La., James Dandy of
Pa., and L. B. Coming of Mass.,
On Public Lands.—W. II. W. Colih of Ala., Jno.
McQueen of S. C., Henry Bennett of N. Y., J. G.
Davis otlnd., D. S. Walbridge of Michigan. Thos.
Ruffin of N. C., Joshua Hill of Ga., Wm. Mont
gomery ot I’:t., and Joseph C. Me Kibbeu of Cali
fornia.
On Post Office and Post Fowls.—W. II. English
ofInd.,P. Powell of Va., J. M. Wood of Me.,
C. L. Scott of Cal., V. 14. Horton of Ohio, T. Da-
\ is ot Iowa, J. Craig of Mo., R. Davis of Miss , and
J. C. Atkins ot Tenn-
Eor the District of Columbia.—Wm O. Goode of
Va., T. F. Bowie of Md., E. Dodd of N. Y., H. C.
Burnette of Ky., E. Joy Morris of I'a., Aug. R.
Right of Ga., S. Dan of Conn., Alfred M. Scales
ot N. C. and Elijah Ward of N. Y.
On the Judiciary.—G. S. Houston of Ala., J. S.
Caskie of Va., M. VV. Tappan of N. H., Burton
Craige ofN. C., C. Billinghurst of Wis., Miles
Taylor ot La., C. Ready of Tenn., Henry Chapman
of Pa., and H. F. Clarke ofN. Y.
Committee of Indian Affairs—A. B. Greenwood
of Ark. C. S. Scott of Cal., B. F. Letter of Ohio,
J. H. Reagan of Texas, S. II. Woodson of Mo.,
E. S. Shorter of Ala., S. M. Burroughs of N. Y.,
S. Colfax of Ind , and W. F Russel ofN. Y.
On Military Affairs—J. A. Quitman of Miss.,
C. J. Falkner ol Va., H Marshall of Ky.. John H.
Savageof Tenn., Benj. Stanton of O., Mil. L Bon
ham of S. C., Sam’l. R. Curtis of la., Geo. H. Pen
dleton off)., and Jas. Buffington of Mass.
On Sand Affairs—T. S. Bocock of Va., T. B.
Florence of Pa., T. Davis of Mass., W. Winslow
of N. C. E. Corning of of N. Y., J. Sherman of O.,
J. L. Seward of Ga., F. II. Morse of N. Y., aud G.
S. Hawkins of Fla.
On Foreign Affairs—T. L. Clingman ofN. C.,
W. Hopkins ot'Va., A. Burlingame of Mass , J.
B. Clay, of Ky., D. Ritchie of Pa., W. Barksdale
of Miss., D. E. Sickles of N. Y., H. E. Royee of
Vt.. and W. S. tiroes heck of O.
On Territories—A. H. Stephens ofGa., W T . Smith
of V a., G. A. Grow of Pa , L. O’ll. Branch of N.
V P. Granger of N. Y., J Hughs of Ind., F.
K. Zollicoffer of Tenu., C. L. Knapp of Mass., aud
J. B. Clarke of Mo.
On Patent—James A. Stewart of Md., William
Ii. Maclay ofN. Y., Wilson Reilly of Pa., John R.
Edie of Pa., and Willian 1>. Iirayton of R. I.
On Public Buildings and Grounds—L. M. Keitt
of S. C., S. O. Peyton of Ky., E. B. Morgan ofN.
Y..L. W. llall of Ohio, and Samuel A. Purviance
of Pa.
On Accounts.—J. C. Mason ofKy., J. Dick of
Pa., T. Ruffin ofN. C.jff. A. Seaming ofN. Y., F,
E, Spinner of N. Y.
Joint Committee on the Library.—W. II. Dim-
mick of Pa., AV. Winslow of N. C., and JohnU.
Pettitot Ind.
Joint Committee, on Printing—Sam. A. Smith
ol Tenn., Otho R. Singleton of Miss., and Matthias
M. Nichols of Ohio.
Fegents of the Smithsonian Institute—Win. H.
English ot'lnd., Benj. Stanton of O., and L. J.
Gartrell. of Ga.
Mr. Warren made a fav. rable report on the
condition ot the new Hall for the House, ending
w ith a reccommendation for the immediate remo
val of the House into that chamber.
Mr. Davidson objected to the adoption of that
recommendation, on the ground that it would re
quire threo weeks even to remove the papers of
the House Clerk’s office into their proposed new
quarters.
Mr Warren replied to Mr. D., and moved the
previous question on agreeing to his resolution;
which being seconded, it was agreed to.
The said resolution provides that they will meet
to-morrow to adjourn to Wednesday next, when
they are to meet in their new hall.
After some resolutions and bill were introduced
and disposed of—
A message was received from the Senate an
nouncing the proceedings of that body on account
of the death of the late Senator Butler of South
Carolina; the question being on agreeing to the
solution passed by the Senate on the occasion.
Mr. Boyce addressed the House in an appropri
ate eulogy upon the life and character of the de
ceased.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, then addressed the
House in a.similar tribute.
Mr. S. was engaged in the delivery of his tribute
as the Star went to press.
The Vice President.—The Hon. J. C. Breck
inridge, Vice President of the United States, passed
through our city this morning,en route to Washing
ton. He was met at the Depot of the Smith Caro
lina Railroad by a large number of our citizens,
and welcomed by Mayor Conley. He replied
briefly, paving quite a compliment to Georgia hos
pitality, after which he was introduced to a num
ber of the'sovereignty. Bui as time, tide and rail
road trains wait for no man, the Vice President
as compelled to step “aboard.” and was w hisked
iff like common folks, aud the sovereigns all came
p town, and went about their business.—Augusta
Dispatch.
right with their stockholders and the community,
that but for tli • very late hour at which these pro
ceedings took place, it was apprehended that the
enthusiasm ot the occasion might drive them to
commence at once tiie work of disgorging the
goid ami silver with which their iron vaults have
become so uncomfortably loaded. Wiser views,
however have prevailed; and the convention con
sented to wait until to-day for the consummation
of their wishes.
We congratulate our city and the banks on this
return to saand principles, froma*hich the commu
nity may look forward to the most beneficial re
sults. The language of Charles King, used on
the resumption of the banks iu New York iu 18758,
is entirely applicable to the present time:
“The amount of specie which is set steadily this
way from all quarters, aud the fact of this city be
ing largely a creditor, are sufficient, to remove all
doubts about the ability of our banks to maintain
the stand they have taken
“The hanks of the interior of the State are ready
to follow suit to the city banks, and those of the
other cities of the seaboard cannot be long behind
our own without the hazard of such loss of credit,
as they will not willingly encounter.”
One .of Hie Hoi fhant Priurc;—AFill of Seth
Orosvenor.
The will of Seth Grosvenor was admitted to pro.
bate lately by Surrogate Bradford. In the will are
the following provisions; To sell all his real estate
lying within the State of New York, ten thousand
dollars to bo appropriated to the purchase of lots in
Greenwood Cemetery, or in Hudson, as the execu
tors may elect; a handsome granite or marble tomb
to be erected therein, aud this to be reserved for a
family vault. Five thousand dollars were ap
propriated for funeral charges; ten thousaand dol
lars to be given to his executors, in place of legal
fees.
To his sister Eliza..$40,OOOISeth G. House.... $5,000
Grosvenor Stiur... 5,000
Ann G. King 6,000
Grosvenor Decamp 2,000
Lying in Asylum.. 10,000
Am. Bililo Society.. 10,601)
Am. Home, Miss... 10,000
Am. Colo n Society 10.000
Pres. Board of Ed.. 10,000
X. Y. His t S’y 10,000
1 )eafainiDumb Ass. 10,000
Agedlmlg’t Females 10,009
Society for Amelio
rating Condition of
Jews. 10,000
Am. SMy Sell S’y.. 10,000
tin. Tract Society.. 10,0110
Making $14,616,29323
The aggregate estimates for the fiscal year end
ing .I uue, 1S58, were $13,893,212 77, being $8174,
135 less than the present estimates. This differ
ence is principally caused by estimating $150,099
fertile armament for the five new sloops, $7^50,099
more than last year for building the sloops, and by
stimating for provisions and pay for one thou
sand additional men, authorized by the act of
.March 75,1857.
The expenditures for the year ending June 39
1357, for all purposes, under the control of the
Department, were $12,6752,(599 81; of which $4,
474,698 14 being for special objects, the legitimate
expenses of the navy and marine corps for that
period were $8,238,998 67.
frer.ih of aii old Printer.
Samuel Wright Minor, probably the oldest Prin
ter in Georgia, died in this city, last Thursday, af
ter a lingering illness of three months. He was
bom in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, in the
ear 1781, and removed to Georgia in early life.
He served an apprenticeship in the office of Wm.
J. Bunce, of Augusta. His first adventure in bus
iness was the publication of ihe Athens Gazette,
and signalized his paper by presenting the first
suggestion of General Jackson as a candidate for
the Presidency of the United States. Thence he
removed to McDonough, Georgia, and published
the McDonough Jacksonian, a warm advocate of
Jackson's Administration, until the time of the
reclamation and Force Bill, when it sided with
the State Rights party, and was the vehicle of some
f tiie ablest papers published in defence of that
tarty, lie then removed to Fayetteville, Ga., and
published the Fayetteville Advertiser, a democratic
paper, which ably supported Mr. Polk, in the great
canvass of 1844. In the publication of the Ad
vertiser, Mr._ Minor continued till the infirmities of
age compelled him to retire. But ever an ardent
politician, in his last days, when the “American”
movement was started, he joined that party, and
his last act of a political character was to deposit
his vote for Hon. B. 11 Hill, the American Guber
natorial candidate of that party. Extremely fee
ble, he tottered to the Macon Court House for that
purpose, and never left his house alive afterward.
He was the son of Col. Wm. Minor, an officer in
. the Revolutionary Army, and though not a mem-
I her of auy branch of the Christian Church, gave
ample assurance that lie died in peace with God
aud man.—Maron Telegraph.
Specie in tiie Boston Banks.—A dispatch
from Boston, dated December 11th, states that up
wards of $290,999 in specie was voluntarily paid
in the settlement of balances at the clearing bouse
by the hanks of that city the previous three days.
The total amount of specie in the banks is nearly
$5,000,000.
THREE negroes belonging to Mrs. Sarah Du-
Bose, of Fairfield, S C., met ajerrible death one
day last week. They had entered the store-room
of the ginned cotton, and locked the door after
them. One of them carelessly lighted a match,
and in an instant the cotton was in flames. Be
fore aid could reach thenrtwo were dead, and the
third was so much injured that it was believed he
could not survive. The gin-house, a new screw-
press, and twenty-five or thirty bales or cotton,
were burned.
The Miller Monument.—A large number of
people visited the Cemetary on last Sunday, to
iew the monument erected over the grave of
1 eorgia’s distinguished son, Andrew J. Miller.
have already alluded to this vvoi ft of art.
hose who have not seen it, w ill embrace an early
opportunity to do so, for its fame as a lifting tri
bute to the memory of him who sleeps beneath its
Id and passionless marble, is spreading day by
day. The artist, John N. Gow, lias built for him
self a reputation, winch we trust will inure to his
benefit, commensurate with his ability to perform.
—Augusta Dispatch.
Horrible Spectacle in the Sunken Rus
sian Man-of-War.—Towards the end of last
month, by order of the Russian Government, the
Russian vessel-of-the-line Lefort, of w hose foun
dering in the Gulf of Finland, w ith 1,400 men on
board, vve ImiLa report at the time, was searched
for, found and examined by English divers, brought
thither for the purpose. According to a narrative
in a Danish paper, the divers found 1,190 corpses
in the interior of the vessel, so that 400 seem to
have been on deck when the frightful accident hap
pened. The corpses were mostly found embracing
each other, or clinging to the portions of the cabins.
Decomposition had set in. So horrible was the
spectacle that offered itself to the divers as they
went over the lower decks and cabins, that one of
them felt himself for some time quite unable to
make his report, and refused to go down anymore,
preferring to leave again for England. The livid
faces of the corpses, with their eyes open and
fixed, look all the more frightful, as the glass iu
tiie diving hell and the diving helmets is so con
structed as to magnify, and consequently to dis
tort the objects examined through it. Attempts to
raise the vessel will probably not be made before
next vear.
Runaways in London.—Ily the London papers
we notice that recently two mulatto girls about
18 or 20 years old, were arrested in London for
begging in t he streets. They said they w ere-fugi
tives from Kentucky, and that their passage was
paid from America to England by some benevo
lent (?) persons in Philadelphia.
On being brought before the Magistrate, they ex-
hihited a most miserable appearance, such as could
not be imagined hy any slave in Kentucky. They
said they had been better off “at home, and had
endeavored to gain subsistence as domestic ser
vants. but found it impossible in England, on ac
count of their color. They expressed themselves
willing to work for a livelihood, if they could find
employment. The Magistrate told them that beg
ging was prohibited in London, but, believing in
the truth of their statements, he gave them four
shillings to purchase implements for knitting
gloves, which they said they understood, and sent
them away with some kind words.
Resumption in Augusta.—Tko merchants of
Augusta have held a meeting and appointed a com
mittee to wait upon our Legislature and urge upon
them the importance of postponing any action com
pelling a resumption of specie payments until after
the present crop is sold, say next June or July.
Murder Cases in Cincinnati.—Cincinnati,
Ohio, Deq, II-—The examination of John Beattie,
charged with the murder of Frank J. McClure,
ended yesterday. The defendant was held in
$2,090 hail, to answer the charge of manslaughter,
at the next term of the Court of Common Pleas.
The trial of Loffner. for the murder of his wife
and N. T. Horton, last summer, has been in pro
gress for several days.
Ify is estimated, that over 16,000,000 of brick
have been put into buildings this year, at Keobulk,
Iowa.
One hundred millions of gold annually cross the
Isthmus of Panama.
To LnciaSeyinour-- 20,000
Cornelia Grosvenor 10,099
The children of Cor
nelia Grosvenor.. 35,000
Seth II. Grosvenor30,000
Seth It. Grosvenor..20,000
Sarali Porter 20,000
Sarah G. Porter 5,000
Aliby A. Grosvenor 5,000
Chas. P. Grosvenor 5,000
Elisha AV. Teackle.. 10.000,
Tlms.G.Talcott 10,000
Krcil. G. Stanley... 10,000
Godfrey Grosvenor 3,000
Seth Grosvenor 3,000
Godfrey Grosvenor- ie
(brother) 75,009 Mer. Library Ass.. 10,000
Marcia Abbe (sister) 75.000 lus’t for the Blind.. 10,900
Seth G. Babcock.. lO.OOOjX. Y. Hospital 15,000
Corporation of Buffalo’ ten thousand dollars for
a public library building, and thirty thousand dol
lars to provide the same with books.
Board of education, New York, thirty thousand
dollars, the interest to furnish books for the Free
Academy.
The residue of Mr. Grosvenor's estato to go to
his fauily connections.
The will appoints Seth H. Grosvenor and Seth
Grosvenor Babcock, Esqrs, executors to his es
tate.
Brigham Young.—The Oxford (Me.) Democrat
says that Brigham Young has relatives iu Oxford
county, and once resided there himself with his
1 father. He is described as having been in his
younger days a religious enthusiast, with a peculiar
“gift” in talking at religious meetings. He wonlj
travel considerable distances to attend these
gatherings, making no provision for his family,
and leaving the care and support of his
children at such times with bis wife. He after
ward fell in with some Mormon elders and embrac
ed the faith, and in a short time his enthusiasm and
ambition placed him at the head of the “church”
aud made him ruler of the colony at Salt Lake.
The Captutcand Execution of the Delhi Princes.—
An English provincial journal (the Ayrshire Ex
press) gives the following as an extract from a
letter written by a young officer to his friends in
England. The letter was dated at Dugshale, a
place about forty miles from Delhi, Sept. 29:
A few days ago Captain Hodgson (of ours) went
out and captured the King, and brought him in a
prisoner. He is at present confined in his own
palace. A few days later he went out again, and
and came up with the King’s sons and grandson—
He had only 100 native horsemen, with him, and
the enelfiy about 10,000—3,000 of whom were ful
ly armed Sepoys. Ilodgson saw it was no use to
attack them, so he sent an emmissary to tell the
princess that the game was up with them, and they
better surrender, which they did after some time,
and came up to Hodgsou, who immediately sur
rounded tiie carriage with his men' He sent for
their arms, and after hesitating some time, these
werefalsogiven up, with seven elephants aud lots
of stores-
On reaching the jail, Ilodgson ordered the prin
ces out of the vehicle; they imagining all was not
right for themselves, began (native-like) to talk,
and say they hoped there might be an inquiry in
to their conduct. Hodgson said “eheepiuks,” (be
quiet.) and ordered them to take off all their fine
clothes. When this was done, he said ‘now get
in again,” and ordered the driver to proceed,
then beckoned to one of his men and asked for a
carbine, and. with his own baud, shot each and ail
three of the princes. He then took their bodies
into the city, aud laid them out for inspection in
front of tiie Kotasallie, where these wretches had
laid their victims during the massacre.
The Executire Mansion.—At tiie Executive
Mansion, in MiHedgeville, Governor aud Mrs.
Brown have been extending hospitalities to the
members of the Legislature, and visitors at the
Capital, on a generous scale.
Last Wednesday night, we partook of an ele
gant as well as substantial supper, spread for some
three hundred guests; and on Friday night, we
attended the Reception Party, and a more brilliant
and pleasant one, we have never witnessed, al
though we have attended many at the mansion.
The reception parties of Governor and Mrs. Brown
we are pleased to learn, have become quite attract
ive and popular. Instead of the old annual, or
biennial “/.rrce” at which hospitality was abused,
the present Governor and his amiable Lady have
instituted Friday night receptions, where not only
the fashionable aud “fast” may be certain of enjoy
ing a pleasant night, but where the sedate, serious,
and religious, are also sure of spending ati agreoa-
Lle hour or two
At all these parties, “Wine and strong drink”
compose no part of the refreshments, but instead
may be found wholesome beverages and an abun
dance of the luxuries and comforts of life, where
with to satisfy to the most fastidious. At the recep
tion to which we refer, there was quite a galaxy
of beanty. as well as a large number of the most
intelligent, and intellectual gentlemen of our
State.
Suscess fo the. Governor for instituting a new
ordcr of things at the Executive Mansion. There
is not, we will venture the prediction, ono of his
predecessors but will unqualifiedly approve the
change. The Executive Mansion is no place for
revelry and dissipation at auy time, much less
should it be so, when ladies are invited mtliin its
walls.—Intelligencer.
Hollway's Tills are of infinite benefit to persons
suffering from nervous tremors and general feeble
ness. They renovate the nervous system and
brace the muscles, as well as give tone to the stom
ach. Their purgative action is unaaeompanied by
pain, and as they have powerful stomachic as well
as aperient and purifying properties, they literally
carry on the work of invigorating the digestion,
relieving the bowels, and regulating the secretions
at one and the same time. This cannot be said of
any other medicine in existence.
“ They Say, They Say,” Never say ft.—Towards
the close of this remarkable life, when prostrated
by paralysis, Aaron Burr lay on a bed of sickness,
aii attendant said to him:
“Colonel 1 wonder now if you were the gay Loth
ario they say you were?
The old man turned his eyes, the lustre of which
was undiinmed still, towards the friend who made
the remark, and lifting his trembling finger, said
said in Ids quiet, impressive whisper, which still
lingers in her ears, and which brought tears to her
eyes, twenty years after, as she repeated the
words:
“They say! they say! THEY say! Ah! my child’
how long are you going to continue to use those
dreadful words? Those two little words have
done more than all others.—Never use them, my
dear. Never use them!’
The Jennings Estate,—Mr John Martin, of Lon
don, has been put in possession of this property
which for so long a period has peen without a
recognised heir. The cash he inherits amounts to
the gigantic sum of $80,000,000, while his income
will be $1,250,000, peranum. The Incky inheri
tor has been wretchedly poor all his preceding
life. He is now- wretchedly rich.
Bad if True.—The New A'ork Evening Post of
Saturday last, says it is known in financial circles
in New York that the sum of three hundred thou
sand dollars, sent to a banking firm of that city
by the Treasurer of Alabama, to pay the state
debt, duo last January, was by them misapplied.
- This breach of trust should be an example to
other States not to place their funds in the hands
of unreliable parlies for the trivial consideration
of obtaining tbe interest on the amount for a short
time- The knowledge of perfect security—even
if no interest accrues—is certainly a more impor
tant end.
"Gei
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ClPTHUf OF ACTS PASSED BY THE beieru
ASSE.TIdLY, AYB SIfeYED BY THE 00VEKAflV
1857. ’
A An act to be entitled an act to give the consent
of the State of Georgia, to a purchase made by tU
United States of America of certain land ou Bin!,!
Island for the purpose of establishing a
yard. ° *7
2 An act to amend an act entitled an net to or»«„
lze and establish a criminal court in the Cities f
Columbus, Macon, Atlanta and Rome. 1
3 An act to authorize the State Treasurer to make
certain advances.
4 An act to authorize the Tax Collectors of tin.
State to receive in payment of the Taxes o! the cit
zens of the same for the year 1357, the bills 0 f cec
tain Banks herein designated.
5 An act to alter and amend tho 12th Section of
the 1st Art. of the Constitution.
. 0 An act t0 change the time of boiling the Sune
nor Courts ot Brunswick Circuit. F
7 An act to submit the question of the removal of
the county site of Cass County to the legal voter,
of said county. a
3 An act to explain an act entitled an act to incor
porate a Rail Road Co., to be called the Atlantic
and Gulf Rail Road Co.
9 An act organize a new County from the Coun-
ties of Lumpkin and Gilmer.
10 An act for the relief of the half brother* and sis-
ters of Jacob Stromavv dec’U.
11 An act to change the time of holding the Su D e-
nor and Inferior courts of Butts county
12 An act to authorize the issuing of commissions
and to legalize commissions that may have been
issued to certain persons elected Judges of tho
Superior courts, and an act to provide lor the elec
tion ot Judges of the Superior courts by the free
white people of the State of Georgia.
13 An act to define the line between Rabun and
Towns.
14 An act for the relief of Jeremiah Gaffbrd of tho
County ot Stewart, and others.
15 An act to amend an act to authorize the Wills
\ alley Kail Road Co., to construct their road
through Dade County.
10 An act to authorize James Clarkadm’r, of the
estate of Joseph White dec’d, to sell certain slave*
therein named, at private sate.
17. To appropriate money to erect a building for
Qrgia Academy for the Blind, and to defray ex-
nse of the Pupils of said Academy.
18. To authoize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Columbia county to issuo and sell county
bonds and levy an extra tax.
19. To authorize the Sheriff appointed by the In
ferior Court of Jasper county to fill a vacancy
occasioned by the death of Samuel Allen, late Sher
iff of said county, to hold his office and discharge
the duties of Siterfl' of said county, until hi, sue-
sessor is elected and qualified at the next reo-ular
election for county officers of said county.
20. For tho relief of Sophia Avant of Wash
ington county.
21. To consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver
and Collector of Pickens county.
22. To alter and change the line between the
counties of Berrien and Irwin.
23. To consolidate the Poor School and Academ
ical fund for the county of Madison.
24. To reduce the work on tho roads in the
counties of Worth, Irwin and Wayne.
25. To authorize Mark Riggell of the county
of Terrell, an infirm man, and Newton Crocker of
Stewart county, to peddle without paving license
in tho several counties composing the I'ataula.
Judicial Circuit.
20. To pay the Clerk the cost due him in crim
inal pauper cases returned to the Supreme Court-
of the State of Georgia, and to explain the 17th
section of an act approved 10th Dec., 1815, or-
ganiz ng the Supreme Court.
27. For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, ex
ecutor of the will of Sevier Clark and for other-
purposes therein named.
28. For the relief' of Susan Spell of tins* county
of Wayne, and Francis Abbot of the county of
Warren, and tor other purposes.
29. For the relief of Martin Hutto and tho
heirs and legal representatives of William Cooper
and John C. Sutton.
30 To authorize the Court of Ordinary of the
county of Macon,to grant letters testamentary upon
the estate of John li. Felton, deceased, to Noah
Felton of the State, of ^Alabama, and to authorize
said Noah Felton to qualify and act as an executor
of the will and testament of John R. Felton, de
ceased.
31 To authorize the Inferior Court of Bryan
county to make the bridge across the Cannooclteo
river,knew as theCannoochee Bridge, atoll bridge
and to establish the rates of toll, and for other pur
poses.
32 To repeal an act to provide for the election of
trustees of Effingham county Academy, and for
other purposes, approved March 4th, 1356.
33 To compensate the Graud and Petit Jurors
of the county of Murray.
754 To consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver
and Collector, so far as relates to the county of
Union, aud for other purposes therein mentioned.
35 To legalize the adjournment of Lee Superior
Court.
36 To change and alter the lines between the
counties of Worth and Colquitt.
37 For the relief of Nancy Morrow of Henry
county.
33 To incorporate the Ocmulgee and Altamaha
Steam Navigation Company.
39 To incorporate the New Manchester Manu
facturing Company.
40 To make the elections of Tax. Receiver and
Collector of Decatur county bienniel, instead of
annual and to double the amount of bond now
given by them.
41 For the relief of Thomas J. McGaugey of
Walton county.
42 To authorize the Justices of the Peace of Gor-
dan county to levy an extraordinary tax.
43 To give additional powers to the Justices of
the Peace of the 875th Dist. G. M.
41 Tn empower the Justices of Inferior Court or
a majority of them of Wayne county to
levy- an extra tax.
45 For the relict of Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson.
46 To amend the road laws of this State so far as
relates to Decatur and Lumpkin counties.
47 For the relief of Elizabeth Coleman.
43 To incorporate the Hilliard Male Instnteia
Monroe county and to appoint trustees for same.
49 To compensate Grand and Petit Jurors of
the several counties therein named.
50 To repeal an act to incorporate the Sweet
Water Manufacturing Co.
51 To legalize to the intent therein specified the
probate of the will.
52 To repeal an act to authorize the Justices of
the Inferior Court of Fanuin, Telfair, Clinch and
Walton, to lay of said counties into School dis
tricts.
53 To establish the 1005th district G. M. in the
county of Decatur.
54 To repeal the lien laws so far as relates to
the Steam Saw Mills upon the mouth of the Alta
maha River.
55 To regulate the times of holding the super
ior Courts of the several counties of the Cherokee
Circuit.
56 To establish a Female College in the city
of Marietta, to be called the Marietta Female G’ol-
■go.
57 To alter and change the road laws so far as
relates to the county of Glynn.
58 To amend the laws relative to tho poor school
system so far as relates to Gordon and Gilmer.
’ 59 To amend an act incorporating the Canton
Mining Company.
60 To prevent slaves or free persons of color
from keeping eating tables and houses in Warren-
ton.
61 To give the election of the treasuer of W*yna
county to the people of said county.
62 To authorize and require the Justices of the
Inferior Court to pay the superintendauts, clerks,
and others engaged in elections in Decatur coun-
Jy
63 To allow compensation for transcribing tho
nuinercial laud banks in the executive Depa; i-
ment.
64 To require tho ordinary of Macon county to
pay certain persons their reward for teaching poor
children.
65 To prevent the killing of deer at certain sea
sons in the county of 73criven. -
66 To repeal an act to amend the patrol laws of
this State so far as relates to tho county of Gwin
nett.
07 To compensate witnesses attending Justices
Courts in the county of Catoosa, and to compen
sate the Justice of the Peace in said county l° r
certain services. .
68 To permit the the clerks of the Snpenor and
Inferior courts of Lincoln to hold the office of Jns-
tiee of tbe Peace.
09 For the relief of T. J. Miller of Bibb coun
ty-
79 For the relief of John Atwell.
71 For the relief of A. T. Rowe, of Greene conn
ty.
72 To incorporate the Western llatpist Associa
tion, and to amend the charter of the Southern re-
male College of Lagrange. -
73 To incorporate the United Hebrew Society
Macon. , . . .
74 To amend an act extending the jnnsdic i
cf the Justices of the Peace in the city ot 8a> *
uah. _
75 To incorporate the Vigilant Hose Comp* -'
the MiHedgeville Telegraph Company, the ‘P,
Telegraph Company, and tho Wanenton leleg -i
Company. ._,i
70 To amend the charter of tho Macon
Brunswick R. Road Company.
77 To reduce the Sheriffs bond in the Coi
of Towns, Camden, and Harralaon. .
78 To alter and amend an act ior the protect
of the plauters of oyster beds, ic. .
79 To point out the mode ot paying the
the Solicitor General oi the Eastern Judicial
Cl «0 To authorize the Justices of the Inferior Com-
of Warren and Burke to draw two panels ot J
r °tfl To authorize the Ordinary and Clerks in th ®
County of Charllon to keep their offices
their residences, _._ era
82 To amend an act granting certain. P®
and privileges to the Curtright manufacture.;,
PS 83 To render certain the compensation of teach
ers of poor children of the several counties o ,
State, and to secure to poor children tbe beuefits .
tbe poor school fund-