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into ttii- stipulations abolishing that trade,
llie vessel was taken into the British port,
and condemned by the vice admirably
court ns a lawful prize for being engaged
in a trade forbidden by the universal law
of nations, and therefore criminal by that
law. From tfie judgment of the vice d
---m rality court an appeal was taken to the
l igti court of rhe vice admirably of Great
Britain. The appellate court reversed the
judgment of the vice ndmirality c ourt and
held that the African slave trade was not
unlawful by the universal law of nations,
and was not criminal by that law, which
recogmz-'d property in African slaves.—
The judgment of (tie high court of ad mi
rality was delivered by Lord Stowell, hi t*
ter known as Sir William Scott, and 1 beg
leave to read to the House a portion of
that judgment. Speaking of the African
slave trade, the learned judge sard :
“ Let me not be misunderstood or mis*
Represented ns a professed apologist for
this practice, when I slate facts which no
man can deny —that personal slavery a
rising out of forcible captivity is coeval
w th the earliest periods of the history of
mankind—that it is found existing (and,
as appears, without animadversion) m the
earliest and most authentic records of the
tinman race—that it is recognized by the
codes of the most polished nations of anti
quity —that under the light of Christianity
itself', tlie possession of persons so acquir
ed has been in every civilized country in
vested with the character of property,
and secured as such by alt the protections
of law— that solemn treaties have been
framed, and national monopolies eagerly
sought to facilitate and extend tlio com
merce in this asserted property—and all
this, with all the sanctions of law, public
and municipal, and without any opposi
lion, except the protests of a few private
mniulists, little heard, and less attended to,
in every country till within these vtry
few years in this particular country. What
is the doctrine of our courts of the law of
nations relatively to those nations which
adhere to the practice of carrying on the
African slave trade? Why that their
practice is to be respected ; that their
slaves, if taken, are to be restored to them ;
arid if not taken under innocent mistake,
to be restored with costs and damages.—
All this surely, upon the ground that such
conduct on the part of any State is no do.
parture from the law of nations. The no
torious fact is, that in the dominions of
this country, and oilier, many thousands
nre held as legal property, they and their
posterity, upon no other original title than
that which i am now called upon to pro
nounce a crime— every one of these in
stances attended with all the aggravations
that appertain to the long continuation of
crjtne, if crime it he; and yet protected
by law with all the securities that can be
given to property in its most respected
forms.”— Dodson’s Admiralty Lleporf, pp.
250-1-’2.
In Mndrnzo vs. Willis, sth Eng. Com.
Law reports, page 3)5 the same doctrine
is fully recognized by the Court of King’s
JJencii. Bayly, J, in delivering liis judg
ment in that case, said, speaking of the
African slave trade :
“It is true that if this were a trade con
trary to the law of notions, a foreigner
could not maintain tins action. Hut it is
not; and, as a Spaniard ennnot be con
sidered ns bound by the acts of the British
Legislature prohibiting this trade, it would
he unjust to deprive film of a remedy for
the wrong which fie fins sustained. He
tiad a legal property in rhe slaves of
which he lias, by the defendant’s act, been
deprived.”
Best, J., after citing several authorities,
says:
“ It is clear, from these authorities, that
the slave trade is not condemned by the
general law of nations.”
In tfie case of (lie Antelope, reported in
lOili Wheaton, page 121, Chief Justice
Marshall, speaking of the legality of the
slave trade, says:
“ Both Europe and America embarked
in it, and for nearly two centuries it was
curried on without opposition arid without
censure. A jurist could not*sny that a
practice thus supported was illegal, and
ttmt those engaged in it might be punish
ed either personally, or by deprivation of
property ”
But I have still a higher authority in
favor of (he legality of tire African slave
trade- nnd that is the Fe Jeral Constitu
tion. The African slave trade was not
only recognized as lawful by that Consti
tution, tml it expressly stipulates for Us
continuance for twenty years, and provides
that each slave who might tie imported
into the States should be taxed not exceed
ing ten dollars per head.
Mr. GIDDINGS. Will the gentleman
permit me to propound a question to him 1
Mr. WARNER. Oh yes, certainly.
Mr. Giddings. I would inquire whe
ther the gentleman holds that those Amer
ican Christians, who were captured and
held to slavery, and who were transferred
from owner to owner, by the Algerines,
in the latter part of the Inst and the first
part ol the present century, were proper
ty?
Mr. Warner. lam not discussing the
question of Algerine s'nvery—l am,dis
cussing the question of Alricai: slavery, as
recognized by the Constitution.
Mr. Giddings. Does tlio gentleman nc
knowledge that those Americans, captur
ed and held by the Algerines, were pro
petty 1
Mr. Warner. Ido not make any such
admission, nor is it necessary that I should
do so, for the purposes of my argument.
Mr. Giddings. That ) hat 1 want un
answer to.
Mr. Warner. 1 have not referred to
t';-: Americans who were captured by the
Algerines. I am discussing the question
of African slavery as it exists in the Unit
ed Stales.
Mr. Giddings. Africans can he field
by Americans as slave property,
Mr. Warner. ‘They were recogntz-d as
property by the universnl law of nations
before, and at the time of tfie adoption of
the Constitution, and nre now field as pro
petty under llie sanction and guarantee of
that instrument.
Mr. Giddings. Are Americans proper
ty when field by Alricans as slaves?
Mr. Warner. Ido not recollect at this
time such a .-(ate of things as the gentle
man fiom.Ohio supposes.
Mr. Giddings. 1 commend the gentle,
man to the history of the country.
Mr. Warner. 1 will not allow the gen
tleman to make a case for me to discuss.
I am discussing questions which arise un
der the laws and Constitution of this coun
try ; and in return for his admonitory
counsel would heartily commend him to
the Constitution of his country, and tlie
obligations which it imposes.
[CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.]
A llvniarkabtc Mini, ami :i Univer
sal Itcmctly fur Disease.
This city is now the home of one of the
most remarkable men of the age—a man
who has traversed the civilized globe, and
established in almost every country which
he tins visited, the sale of his medicines
for the relief oj human suffering, and
which are a certain cure for disease in all
its forms. We allude to Professor Tho
mas Holloway, of London. It is now
several years since this benefactor of the
human race first proclaimed to the world,
through the British press, that he had, af.
ter deep research, prepared a remedy that
was -nre to eradicate disease. Years of
patient investigation into the laws of hu
man physiology wtiicti control our bodies
in health and when diseased, led to the
invention and preparation rs (tie world
renowned Holloway's Pills and Ointment.
Nearly, it not quite one half of the human
race have taken tiis medicines His name
is ns universally known over the globe ns
that of Alexander, Napoleon or Washing
ton, when in the height of their career.
If they conquered nations in the field of
battle, Professor Holloway has with no
weapon but that of science, conquer* and dis
ease in all Us lorms. Mis meritorious ca
reer is hounded by no imaginary lines of
latitude and longitude short of those mar
king the confines of civilization itself
No isolated country or nation was suffi
cienlly extensive for the operation of his
enterprising and gigantic intellect. Wher
ever disease has a residence, there he pen
etrnted with his medicines, and left an en
viable and enduring reputation. After en
lightening Europe, Ins fame spread over
A-ia and the civilized portions of Africa,
and finally appeared in America. He has
translated the cures he has performed and
the virtues of his medicines into as many
languages as the missionaries have the
Bible. Governments, otherwise the most
despotic, have been forced by tlie great val
ue of It is medicines and their popularity
with the people, to remove antiquated and
time honored restrictions upon the intro
duction of foreign medicines, and open
their custom houses to a free introduction
to the Pills and Ointment of this disting
uished man. Empires and kingdoms re
moved the barriers of ages against the in
traduction and sale of proprietary or pat.
ent medicines, and freely permitted Hol
loway’s medicines to becometlie physician
of the masses.— N Y. Dispatch.
A Night of Horror in a Wilderness.
—The Poughkeepsie Eagle gives an no
count of a night’s adventure of Mr. Arvine
Clark in the wilderness of Potter county,
Pennsylvania, during the past winter. It
appears lie lost his way, travelled for hours,
when, as night set in, he found himself
eight miles from any settlement, surround
ed by bears and wolves. One of the for
mer he shot dead in the dark as the animal
was about to spring upon him. His next
effort was to kindle a fire. He collected
some dry materials and loading his gun
with powder fired the charge into a dry
cotton handkorchief. It was a failure !
As the gun was discharged, another bear,
apparently within twenty feet of him, gave
a Indeousand awful ronrthat made Clark’s
hair stand on end. Bruin was (einhly
frightened by the discharge of the gun,
and hastily scampered off, much to the re
lief of Clark, who now began to fully re
alize the danger of his position.
Here he remained, not daring to fall a
sleep. About two o’clock in the morning,
to add to the horrors of his situation, the
yell of a panther whas heard. The beast
approached—came nearer every few min
utes—uttered a screech that froze the blood
;n his veins. Asa last resort to defend
himself from the attack of the savage ani
mal, reloaded his gttn, putting in some
three cent pieces and steel pens, (for he
had nothing else,) which lie hoped might
do some execution. The animal came so
near that the glare of his eyes resembled
two balls of fire ! Clark every moment ex
pected to receive lire fatal spring. There
he remained without daring to move, with
the fiery eyes of the panther fixed upon
him ! In this dreadful situation, expect
ing every moment to be torn in pieces, he
remained till break of day, when he was
relieved from danger and the animal dis
appeared. Hungry, weary and exhaust
ed, he left for the settlement, where he ar
rived about noon and related his thrilling
adventure. A party proceeded to the place
where the bear was shot, and brought in
his carcass, which proved to be a very
large one. It was dressed and sot warded
to New York.
The London Times, it is said, dislikes
the demonsliations in favor of pence.
THE GEORGIA BANNER.
.THE GEORGIA BANNER.
JIEWHtAW, APRIL 18. 1850
(editorial Correspondence.
Palmetto, Ga-., April 12.
Wc rose quite early this morning, look
the cars, and landed at this place about 15
miles from Newnan, in time for breakfast
at the Palmetto Hotel kept by our friend
and old acquaintance Mr. W. P. Jones.—
We found a good appetite and a good
breakfast, after enjoying a snuff of the bra
cing morning air, two very essential par
ticulars to be considered in the summing
up of “ creature comforts,” and we enjoyed
the sport amazingly while engaged in dis
cussing the merits of the well supplied
board of “mine host.” Breakfastover,
and having devoted the day for our sojourn
here, or at least until the return of t-lie
cars late in the afternoon, we took a walk
around town. In the route, we had the
pleasure of greeting n.any an old acquain
tance, whose faces are familiar In our
streets and as welcome to look tipoo. as the
sunshine of prosperity. They reminded
us of other days, and at once brought hack
to our memory the words of the old song :
There's a feeling within us that loves to revert
To the merry old times that are gone.
We have passed round, by and through
Palmetto frequently, but have never had
an opportunity as at present, of spending
a day among the hospitable inhabitants of
this pleasant Town. Situated in a desi
rable section of country and surrounded
by an intelligent population, well to do in
the world, the citizens of Palmetto gener
ally partake of the characteristic generos
ity of the people of the vicinity, who are
the warm friends and patrons of education,
devoted to the temperance cause, and the
maintenance of a correct standard of mor
als and religion in the community. . la
all these respects this section of Coweta
and Campbell is unsurpassed by any por
linn of Georgia or any part of the South
ern country of like wealth and population.
We found Palmetto well supplied wilt)
business houses, sufficient to meet all the
wants of the public, two hotels, two physi
cians, Drs. Tatom and Weatherly, one
practising attorney, J. A Wright, Esq.,
whose card will be found in our adverti
sing columns, one saddler's shop in which
we noticed and examined a saddle equal
in workmanship and finish to any we
have ever seen from northern work shops ;
and on meeting up with Mr. Looney, he
informed us that he had o school for
young men advanced in their studies, lim
ited as to numbers, and at present em
bracing as many students as he can ac
commodate.
Palmetto is a point of considerable and
growing importance to the Atlanta & La
Grange Railroad Cos. During the lust six
or eight months from six to eight thous*
and bushels of wheat have been shipped
from this station, and since tlie cotton
season opened thirty six hundred hales
have been forwarded from the depot here,
besides corn and other products of the
surrounding country. From the last an
nual report of the business of the Atlan
ta & LaG. R. Road, we learn that from Ju
ly 1, 185-1, to July 1855, there were 3,118
bales of Cotton shipped from Palmetto.
By this showing, then, Palmetto exhibits
even thus far, an increase over hret year of
near 500 bales—and at this rate, by the
ebse of the current fiscal year, the num
ber of bales shipped will probably amount
to or exceed four thousand. By the way,
believing that it will be interesting to the
reader, we will here give the number of
bales of cotton shipped from each station
on the Rail Road, from July 1854 to July
1855. From this statement it will be ob
served that Newnan presents tlie largest
shipment, and Palmetto the next after La
Grange and West Point:
Fairburn, : : : 822
Palmetto, : : : 3,118
Newnan, : : 13,611
Grantville, : : 1,361
Hogansville, ; ; 1,152
LaG range. : : 12,513
Long Cane, : : ; 223
West Point, : ; 11,620
Total number ol Bales, 44,450
This is District Court day here as well
as the time appointed by Mr. White of
Kansas, to address the People as to the
object of Ins mission through this section.
Consequently a number of people from
the vicinity are in town. In attendance
upon Court we notice Col. Jeff. Smith of
our place, Col. Wright, resident Attorney
here, and Col. Butt of Campbellton. The
Court seems full of business and the mem
bers of the bar present, closely engaged in
attending to the interests jf their clients.
Leaving them to represent the parties at
variance, believing them fully competent
to the task, we repaired to the large and
commodious Church hard by, to witness
the proceedings of the Kansas meeting.
Mr. While who had made the appoint
ment foi the day, for some cause unknown,
failed to appear. Rumor said that lie had
been foully dealt with, some where on the
Macon & Western Rail Rond, and that lie
was lying over at Jonesborough from the
effects of a wound received in a rencontre
with a Rail Road Conductor a few days
since. This is to be regretted, for we look
upon Mr. White as a warm hearted South
ern man, engaged m a good cause, and
we are sorry to record the fact that he has
been wounded in the house of his friends.
We, however, had the pleasure of hear
ing from Mr. Looney, a whole souled
Kansas man, who made some excellent
remarks to a large audience,on the subject
which certainly interests the South and
the general welfare of the people more
Ilian any other now before the country, or
which has been presented (or our consid
eration for years past. The drift of his
discourse was to show the aggressive spir~
it of the North in opposition to Southern
Institutions, by statistical, historical facts,
ably, plainly and forcibly presented to the
minds of an attentive, intelligent audience,
and to wake up the Southern heart to the
necessity of prompt, efficient action in the
premises, ere it be too lute, with regard to
the settlement of Kansas by Southern men
—by those devoted to the perpetuation of
Southern Institutions through evil as well
as good report, and possessing the spirit,
strong arms and stout hearts, if need be, to
“Strike until the last arm'd foo expires,
Strike for our altars and our fires,
Strike fortiio green graves of our sires,
God and our native land.”
The address was frequently and warmly
applauded during the delivery, and is de
serving, from the meritorious, patriotic
spirit breathed forth in every word, of more
than a passing notice of a hasty Editorial
Correspondence, lint we must desist, as
our limits will not admit of a more exten
ded notice.
We learn that the patriotic people here
and in the vicinity, are making or have
already made arrangements to equip a
company of young men, headed by Capt.
Rand. Cook, who expect to leave in time
to “ make the connection” at the next Oc
tober election, and to lend a helping hand
in the coniest pending in Kansas. We
are glad to know that Palmetto will he
immediately and Georgia, in part, so ably
represented through the energy and lib
eruli'y of the people of this neighborhood
The meeting adjourned, we repaired to
the Hotel about the dinner hour, and par
took of a dinner, “that was a dinner” in
the most extensive and acceptable signifi
caliqn of the term. Our friend jones the
land lord, and his much esteemed “ better
half,” know how to get up these things
to the perfect satisfaction of all who
appreciate the good things of this life.
We take pleasure in commending his
house to the attention of the travelling
© ‘
public, and bespeak for him a liberal share
of the patronage of all who may pass this
way.
Upon the whole, barring the wind and
dust, we have spent a very pleasant day
here, collected a whole gang of money
due us, got a number of subscribers to the
Banner, met many old friends, formed
new acquaintances, and seen and heard
many things too numerous to mention.—
Therefore, we are favorably impressed
with Palmetto, and in order to cultivate
and cherish first impressions, which are
always the most lasting, we hope at some
future day ere long, to meet our good
friends here again, and to find them all
alive and pushing ahead in the world.
Our First Page.
On our first page find an interesting
article under the head of the Dry Goods
Trade.
Also a part of the speech of the Hon.
Hiram Warner, recently delivered in the
House of Representatives. We wili
give the remainder next week. ‘Phis is
pronounced by the politicians and distin
guished men about Washington, to be the
best speech on the subject of which it
treats, ever delivered in the House. It is
destined to exert a salutary influence in
whatever quarter it circulates. We hope
the free soilers North will be liberally sup
plied with it. We commend this able
speech of the immediate Representative
of this Congressional District, to the atten
tion of the reader and bespeak for it an at
tentive perusal.
Foreign News.
The Steamship Cambria arrived at Hal
ifax on the 14th inst. bringing Liverpool
dates to the 29th ult. The cotton mark
et was quiet; the sales for 5 days 40,000
bales. The deliberations of the Peace
Conference at Paris on the 27fii were said
to have been of a very important charac
ter, and it was confidently believed lhat
the treaty of Peace had been signed. On
the 24th it was announced by the Empe
ror Napoleon that he expected the final
settlement to be completed by the 27th,
and had ordered suitable demonstrations
for the occasion.
All Awful Scene.
The following is a thrilling account of
the recent murder of four children by their
moiher, commuted near Oneida Lake, in
Mudison roumy, New York. The fol
lowing is the evidence before the Coro
ner’s Jury: ,
Wm lam Dixon, sworn, says: Sunday
morning, the 23J, William YVardcnnie io
our house and said (he woman was killing
her children over at the second house; i
went over to the house and saw a little
boy standing in the yard on the snowbank ;
Mis. Ward was the name of the woman
that was killing her children ; the little
boy referred to was her son ; I asked him
it his mother had killed any ol the chil
dren; he said yes; the hoy said his mo
ther had killed Emma, Elizabeth and Net
ty: 1 met Mr. Schuyler at the gate and
we went mio the yard together ; Isaw the
children lying dead; one was on the
ground near the stoop, another lay on (lie
sloop near the door lhat goes into the
house; another was in the hall; Mrs.
Ward siood partly behind the door that
led from the hall io the kitchen, m the act
ol culling her throat with a razor; 1 said
to her, “ Mrs. Ward, what have yon been
doing ?” She replied, “dispatch me quick
ly.” I took hold of her hands and pulled
them down from her neck, and look the
razor from her; I threw the razor and axe
111 t lay at her feet on the floor out into
snow ; the axe was covered with blood.
Directly my father came in, and we made
her lay down on the tied ; she seemed
somewhat excited, and said to me frequent
ly that she wished I would cut her head
off. When I and my father were getting
her back into n room for the pu'pose of
having her lay down, we discovered the
habe in the bed with ils throat cut and
dead. I asked her if she had killed her
children. Her reply was, “ cut off my
head quickly.”
Charles Ward, about eight years old,
sou of Mrs. Ward, lesiifies : I saw my mo.
tiler kill Elizabeth Anna first; she killed
her with an axe ; Anna lay down on the
floor in the entry ; my mother struck An
na several limes; Netty was standing on
the stoop, and mother went ana struck
Netty with the axe ; Emma, my sister,
was m the house under the bed; my mo.
liter went und brought her out on to the
stoop and struck her with the axe ; Emma
crept off from the stoop on her hands and
knees; my mother struck her again ; my
father was on the lake fishing.
Dr Wilson being sworn, says—l am a
physician ; l have examined the bodies of
the children lying at the house of Mr.
Ward; I should think lhat the children,
from the appearance of the wounds, came
to their deaths by being struck with an
axe; the infant’s head is cut ofl'; the sec
ond child’s head is about half cut off; the
other two are badly cut about the neck ;
when I dressed the wound,_ Mrs Ward’s
eyes had a glassy look, and she said she
dtd not wish to live, and wanted to have
her head cut off,
Lott Ward being sworn, says—l have
been in this country about five years ; 1
was married in England ; my wife did
not like the idea of leaving England for
litis country; my wife had a great desire
to return to England after we had been in
this country about one year ; I lured out
to Mr Chase, of New Hartford, Oneida
county, and lived m the same house with
him, hut we had separate rooms; alter we
had lived with him about two weeks, my
wife wanted to go back to England, and’
1 did not want to go; about that time my
wife made an attempt to drown herself,
and also to hang herself, and ran a pen
knife into Iter ttiroat ; she had times of
being low-spirited, and 1 was afraid that
site would make way with herself; my
wife’s mother was subject to these spells of
being low-spirited, and they had to confine
her for n few days.
After the examination of several other
witnesses, the Jury gave in their verdict
lhat the same children came to their deaths
ns aforesaid, hy blows inflicted upon them
with an axe, by the hand of their mother,
while in a state of temporary mental de
rangement.
The Kansas Memorial for Admission
as a Free State —A Washington letter
says—The memorial of the so-called leg
tslature of the Slate of Kansas, asking the
admission of lhat State into the Union
with their Constitution as adopted by the
free Stale convention, was presented m
both houses to day. In the Senate a mo
turn to print was debated and passed over.
In the House the memorial was presented
by Mr. Wise, of Indiana, and was referred
to the committee on territories.
1 learn that this committee will prompt
ly report a bill lor the admission of the
S'ate as already organized, and that this is
to be made the great question of the ses
sion by the anti-Nebraska party. All the
minor issues of the Republicans may now
be merged into this, and upon it, as we
have learned through declarations made
m the anti-Nebraska caucus, the contest
for the coming Presidential elections will
be fought.
If the bill after passing the House shall
fail in the Senate, then, ns is threatened,
the appropriations for the territories are to
be refused by the House, and the ternio
rial government of Kansas to be starved
out. It is by no means certain, however,
that there is a majority in the House in
favor of the immediate admission of Kan
sas as a State. The question will remain
undecided till after the Presidential nom
inations.
The opinion was strongly expressed
that the Peace Conference would resolve
itself into a European Congress.
Pile French in the Crimea were dying
at the rate of over two hundred per day
From the N. Y. Times.
Tile I>ry Goods Trade.
Shinning Concluded from First Page.
One of the comic features ol business is
borrowing money to meet notes or other
imperative obligations—technically called
“shinning,” If a man is seen, previous to
3 o’clock, P. M., puffing and blowing
through Wall street, or rushing franticaL
ly from store to store ; or hurrying along
with an abstracted and melancholy air,
ten to one he is trying to make a “ raise.”
Those who are “ troubled with the shorts”
may he classified as follows : First there is
the systematic borrower, who gels the loan
of large sums—generally from creditors
for an indefinite period, to save himself
from incontinently “going under,’ and
whose “ assets,” when suspension at last
comes, ore found to be swallowed up by
the “confidential.” Then there is the oc
casional borrower, whose bank accounts
now and then gets below zero, bnt who
makes prompt repayment. The last jg
the chronic borrower, engaged in the Cal
ifornia trade or some other equally haz
ardous venture. Shinning with him is a
science, a necessity, an integral port of the
daily routine ; and going down town tot
business is virtually synonymous with go
ing down to slim.
Asa general thing, shinning is one of
the most trying and vexatious ol all the
duties falling to the lot of a man of busi.
ness. Jf a husband comes home to his
family exhausted and haggard, the wife
suspects he has had a heavy note to pay.
If an engagement is broken, “ had to shin”
is pleaded in mitigation. In short, this
same tiling is productive of about one half
the financial ills that business men are
heir to. Abolish shinning, and marvel
lous results would follow. The flushed
and eager crowd of Wall-street would be
cooled off and thinned out; the intermin
able throng on B.'oadway be reduced to
skeleton dimensions ; the stages would no
longer be delayed by the thousands dash
ing madly across that great thoroughfare,
and numerous policemen would be recall
ed to the Mayor’s office.
A LetterJrom Barnum. Pliineaus TANARUS„
liarnum, Esq., late showman, has written
a letter of thanks to the Providence, R. 1..
Journal, in consideration of a kind edito
rial about him, which was published in
that paper. In concluding his letter he
philosophically remarks:
My humbugs were gotten tip more for
the fun of the thing than anything else. 1.
always strove to make my patrons feel that
they got their money’s worth, and, if they
thought they did, they did, for “ as a mail
Ihinkeih so he is.” 1 loved to make mon
ey but not better than 1 loved to spend it..
I gave $20,0(J0 per annum in charity for
the last ten years, and, if 1 had not been a
jackass, impulsive and confiding, I should
not have be-n ruined. 1 have paid and
secured all my personal debts, offered
clock criditorß ijjl00,0()0 to erase mv name
from all the Jerome paper, but they prov
ed bigger asses than 1 was, for they by re
fusing it, locked up my property, forced
me to immense sacrifice in order to pay
my private debts, and thus they get noth
ing from my estate, and 1 lose all.
1 have no ambition to “try again,” for
what is the use, when $ 150.01)0 are hang
ing over my head ? I can always earn
my living, and shall try for nothing more.
It is haid at my time of life to lose all,
but I trust I can muster suffieint pliiloso.
phy to enable me to bear up under it.
Holloway's Ointment and Fills cer
tain Romedies for Rlinumatism.—Henry Foot, aged
52, of Natchez, Mississippi, was a severe sufferer
from this complaint, and tried a number of reputed
remedies, hoping they would benefit him, but he be
came so bad at last, as to bo entirely confined to his
bed, and lie was unable to move either hand or foot.
While lie was in this horrible condition, a friend
brought him a quantity of Holloway's Ointment and
Pills, which ho immediately commonced to uso, ho
soon found himself gradually improved by them,
and by persevering with them for eleven weeks, lie
was entirely cured, and has sinco enjoyed the best
of houlth.
Smviihii Cotton Market.
[Reported Weekly, for the Georgia Danner,]
Newnan, April IS, 1856.
Cotton. —Our Cotton Market the past wook lias
been active. All that lias been offered has met with
roady salo at improving prices.
\\ e quote from 9 to as extremes of the mar
ket.
New it tin Prices Current.
[Corrected Weekly for the Georgia Danner,]
BY WM. R. BOWEN, DEALER IN GROCERIES. &C.
Newnan, April 18, 1856,
Bagging, per yard, 16 a 16^c.
Dale Dope, per lb. 11 to 11
Bacon, Hog round, per lb. 9£ a 1.0 ; Sides, 10*
all; Hams,
Duller, per lb. 15c.
Coffee. Rio, per lb. 12 al3 J ; Java, 17 a 20.
Cheese i per lb IG*
C and lee —Adainantino, por lb, 28 a33 ; Sncrm.
35 a 45 ; Tallow, 15 a 20.
Corn, per bushel, <lO a 50.
Coatings, per lb. 5 a 60.
Bggs, por dozon, 10 a 12^c.
Fish. —Mackerel, per bbl. $9 a sl3.
Feathers, per lb. 43 a 45.
Flour.— loo lb sack, $3 50 a 4 25.
Factory Yarn, per bunch, 81 £ a 95c.
Iron. — Swedes, 6A a 7 ; Round and Squaro, 5 a 6
Jug Wat e, per gal. 7 a 10c.
Lard, per lb. 11 a 13c.
Lead —Bar, 9 a 11; Shot, 10 a 12£.
Leather , Hemlock, por lb. 2oc.
Meal, per bushel, 40 a 50.
Mala sees. New Orleans, 45 aSO ; Cuba, 40 a 45.
Fails, 4d to4od. per Keg $6,00.
Osnaburgs, per yard, 9jj a 10 jc.
Oils.— Linseed, per gallon, 125 a 150 ; Train, 75
a t $ ; Lamp, 125 n 175.
Powder. —Keg, $8 a $lO.
Bice, per !b. Sj aC 1-4.
7-8 Shirting, per yard, 7 a 7^c.
Sugar. — New Oilcans, per lb.B all; Clarified,
10 a 1!J; Crustiod and Powdered, 12 n 13; Loaf 12
a 15.
Soda, per lb. 6| a 10c.
Salt —Sack, $1 90 u $2.
Spirits Turpentine, 75 a 1 00.
Tobacco, por lb. 15 a 50.
Twine, 20 a 25.
Whiskey —Rectified, 37 a 45.
Wheat, per bushel, 1 25.
