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LETTER PRESS PRINTING
lu a superior manner, and on reasonable terms.
Among the assortment are some Mammoth Type
j for POSTERS.
From Ike il -'i fsjomery Advertleer, Dee. 29.
To Kansas Emigrants.
Numerous applicants to join my company, hav
ing propounded very many questions touching mv
plans, views, offers, time anu place of rendezvous
i n-starting, mode of travel, outfit, Ac., I i:i this
I way answer all at once.
Ist. 1 propose to take to Kansas as ninny as will
/ 1, who are old enough and strong enough to per
form light military duty, and are likely to be a
I benefit to that country, and without regard to
whether they are old enough to vote or not; and I
will take for granted, that nearly all who go pro
fessing to be friends of the South, will prove such,
uo matter where they were born, and birth-place
shall he no objection. J will go with any number
that offers, or comes to join me. I have already
over ninety applicants, and do not doubt being
able to raise a company, highly respectable, in
I point of numbers, character and intelligence,
j 2d. “ What so far is the character of the appli
| cants, and who will 1 take?” For the most part,
j the applicants are clever, honest, poor, young men,
I from the country, without wife or children, and ac
customed to agricultural labor; and such ! prefer.
Resides these, there are several young merchants,
clerks, mechanics, printers, editors, one physician,
| and three yotmg lawyers of fine education, charac
t r and in: illigeuce. Also, several married men
v who will Icav - their families, and send for them
after the first year; and this is the best plan for I
men with families ; for if we get there in March,
.■as 1 hope to do it will he cold and uncomfortable !
for women and children to remain in tents till •
I houses could be built. 1 will, however, take entire J
families, women, children and negroes. Provided, I
the pre-emption claims of the father and larger !
children will he sufficient to indemnify me for the j
expense, or if the lather can pay the deficit—for ;
example, a father with a wife, ten children and five i
negroes applies, sav there are two sons large
enough to settle oft' to themselves, and take their j
pre-emption or donation claims; and a wife, eight j
I children and five slaves not entitled.to pre-emptions.
1 would charge the father and two sons for trails- ;
portution and subsistence to Kansas, half their j
pi.-emption claims, or if they were entitled to do- I
nations instead of pre-emptions to one hundred 1
and sixtv acres, each, then 1 would only require
from each of them fifty acres of their respective '
donations, and for transportation and subsistence j
of the w ife and eight children, and five negroes, I i
would charge, say for the wife, fifty dollars, for the j
t.-iiiale children over fifteen years old forty dollars :
each, for those between five and ten, twenty dol
lars each, and for female children under five, ten !
dollars each, male children and slaves 1 will take i
at one-fifth less rates. And to encourage the taking
of a few slaves, for the first one 1 would charge
onlv half-price, fu payment, 1 will take pre-emp
tion lands at three dollars per acre, or donation
lands at four. And besides, as there will be pri- t
rate contributions reaching from five hundred, to j
perhaps as many thousand dollars, to enable me to j
earn emigrants without any charge to them, 1 j
will put on the free list those who have families in j
preference to those who have none so that till ;
tilings considered, I think I shall be able to take I
all that apply, trusting to their pre-emptions, and j
to private contributions to indemnify me.
“ What inducement do 1 offer to mechanics, ]
ministers, civil engineers, surveyors, printers, se- {
1 rretaries, agent-, Ac., and what to others?” Os j
the professions, and offices above specified, we til- j
ready have as many as meet the exigencies of the
expedition, and hcreaft.-r place them on no better :
footing than agricultural applicants, except that, I |
would prefer them on the free list to agricultural j
applicants, for the reason that they would not be !
! so apt to obtain pre-emptions or donations of land, j
as 1 understand that to require actual residence on, j
and cultivation of the Inna. Hut still 1 have rea
son to hope that private contributions will so far i
extend tm free list as to enable me to take all who j
could not otherwise remunerate me. Let all apply, ;
B let all come.
The inducement T offer, is to transport the erni- i
® grant to this paradise where he can get a fee sim
| pi,> title to eighty acres of such land, convenient j
to market anu good navigation, and only for the j
i . trouble of settling on it and going to work ; in ,
other words, l will furnish him subsisted-o and
'transportation to Kansa t< . one-halt of !n< one
' hundred and sixty acres preemption claim, and ;
■ pav the entrance money for the whole; or, if lie I
k gets a donation, 1 will transport and subsist him
to Kansas for fifty acres of his one hundred and
sixty acres donation—and if lie wishes before start
ing to be guarantied against starving, I will, for
forty acres more, subsist him till he can get em
| plovmcnt.
And beside this, as I propose to snip for recruits j
route at Columbus, Tuskegee, Montgomery,
S-lma, Cab-aba, Mobile, New Oil ins, Natchez,
■ Vicksburg, St. Louis, Ac., 1 doubt not the citizens
I of those places would furnish the company with j
means to procure a good military, and perhaps j
even agricultural outfit; as also means for a tern- i
povarv subsistence after reaching Kansas.
4th*. As to the outfit required to join the expedi
tion, it will be onlv an honest lace, and health, ‘
strength and appetite, to take soldier's fare. Rut j
all who can, ought, to take ammunition, a rifle or \
■ musket, from oue to four blankets, warm cloth- j
C ing— flannel shirts inclusive —with doth for tents.
sth. The duty required of all not on the list of
gratuitous transports, is to get a pre-emption or
land donation, if possible: and consistently with that
object, to go where and when they please. Ot
course, if civil disturbances arise, every citizen |
will be expected to defend, as far as he well can
the right side; and though it will be desirable to ;
keep up the military organization of the company,
and have stated drills; yet any military services
must be left to each one’s sense of expediency, as ;
there is no law to enforce them. Ot course it will
be to the common advantage for all to settle as near
together as possible; for tile members of such a
companx would naturally help, protect, and defend
each other through life, and this is another induce-
I ment tii goiug with a company. 1 have been asked
if 1 would, without charge, allow persons to join
the company who would pay their own expenses?
I will freelv do so; but then such would not be
hem-fitted.by any contributions that may be made
us by the wav.
•fib 1 that of a military com
pany with officers corresponding to company in
service—leader, to be captain, with power of re
moving subaltern officers. All officers under cap
tain to he elected by the company. Character of
is subsence and transportation such as is usual
with soldi-.-! - in service—for instance, steerage
passage, with sufficiency of such food as is usually
furnished the artuv.
Eufaula, Silver Run, ton the Mobile and Girard
Railroad.) Columbus and Montgomery, will be
the places of rendezvous ; hut tho>e with women
and children must rendezvous at some point on
the railroad. Single men may rendezvous at Eu
fattla on the sth ot February next, and emigrants
of any other description may rendezvous at the
other points bv the loth of February. We will go
bv railroad and steamers, either by the Mobile and
New Orleans, or by the Atlanta and Nashville
j route, according to ilie state of the Alabama River.
L If fifty or more single men, armed and uuiiornied,
K prefer to rendezvous at Charleston, Columbia, Au
gusta, Savannah or Atlanta, and apply, I will re
ceive them there.
7th. Rations will be issued from the day ap
pointed for rendezvous, up to ten days after land
mg in Kansas, but no provisions will be made foi
furnishing subsistence prior t" the time ot ren
dezvous, because the men would be worn out by
a long encampment, become demoralized, and de
syrt. The women and children will have Die satin
character of subsistence and transportation wit!
the meu.
1 have already ninety-four direct applications
beside many others I hear of wishing to go. i
confidently expect over a hundred iu company
embracing every profession and class of society
I will go if I get but tea; and will start from Ett
faula, via Silver Run. Columbus. Opelika ans
Montgomery, on the eleventh day of February
next, and I will take all who join me.
J. Buford.
Thus t revtr> Disclosures. —It is said that th<
family' of the late Robert Schuyler are determiner
to make such disclosures as his death enables then;
to, and which, it is asserted, will relieve his mem
ot v from a large share of the obloquy that now
lupon it in connection with his enormous de
tslcacations. We learn that this threat causes f
good deal of fluttering in certain quarters, and i
s supposed that p.u-ti-s hitherto unsuspected wfl'
le held up in no -unenviable light, if a full state
meat is made.
Presbyteri vn Om-Kcu.-The pews of this Chord
tvere rented on Monday, 31st ult, realizing upward:
\ ; ? wmeh amount v« uld have been increas
» mi for the want oli pews, leaving manv appli
4.,.s imsupplu-d. it is gratifying to announct
-a: trust, buich >s tree from any incumbrance.
Coin minis Tints, Jan. 2,
Falls of Niagara.
The following sketch of the Falls of Niagara is
from the pen of Dr. Francis Lloyd, of Frankfort,
Kentucky, and is one of the best descriptions of
that aquatic wonder, for a brief one, that we have
cter met with. The Doctor saw all that tvas worth
seeing, and describes graphically and well what
ihe saw; whereas, some tourists see what they do
not describe, and describe what they do not see.
j Fiordeiisa and Giovanua were two young ladies,
1 t’“e travelling companions of Dr. Lloyd ;
“ If was raining nearly the whole of Monday
; our last day at the falls; but bv the help of Stacks
j we contrived to spend all the day in sight-seeing.
■ We crossed over to the American side, bv the new
' railroad suspension bridge, two miles below the
itai s. this bridge was completed and open for
; railroad transit last March. It cost *SOO (/hi. It
is, perhaps, the grandest public work in the West-
I etn Hemisphere, and would, of itself, repay the
, tourist for his trip to Niagara. It is of enormous
j strength and magnitude, and seems destined to
, endure for centuries. The bridge is slung, in a
i single span of eight hundred feet, by wire cables
I troni towers eighty feet high, erected on the cliffs
j on the opposite banks of the stream ; the lower
floor is two hundred and fifty feet above the wa
ter. There is an tipper and lower road-way; the
! trains run on the roof of the bridge, over ait open
! tube beneath, appropriated to carriages and foot
! passengers. By circular iron staircasses at each
end of the bridge, you mount and walk upon the
roof; the view from here, of the falls and of the
surrounding scenery, is enchanting. We crossed
the suspension bridge three times ; on two of the
occasions a locomotive, with a long train of freight
| cars, was passing over head; the passage of the
train sounded like loud thunder, but we did not
perceive the slightest tremor or vibration in the
structure.
“We passed up the American shore, through the
village of Niagara Falls, and crossed over to Goat
Island, by a bridge extending from the main land
through Bath Island, a small islet lying between.
N ou have a fine view of the rapids from this bridge,
and it puzzles one to conceive how a bridge could
ever have been built just above the great falls in
such a ferocious current, the waves foaming, and
raging, and rushing down the slope like ravenous
wolves. Below this bridge, the hack driver point
ed out to us “A very ’s log,” so called from a young
German who perished there to two years ago. lie
was taking a pleasure sail with a companion; the
boat capsized, his companion was immediately
swept over the falls. Avery was seen next morn
i ing clinging to this log. Strenuous efforts were
j made all day to rescue him ; and late in the after
: noon, just at the moment that his deliverance
| seemed assured, he fell into the rapids, and was
hurried over the cataract in the presence of thou
! sands of anxious spectators.
“We drove slowly round the margin of Goat
| Island in a pouring rain, stopping every now and
j then to examine the river, and its rapids, and its
j pretty romantic islets, from the different points of
j view. At the extreme western end of the island
we alighted, descended the bank, and walked over
: a shaky wooden bridge, built out over the rapids,
to the very verge of the cataract. Here, on a huge
boulder, a stone tower has been erected, forty-five
feet high : you ascend by a flight of spiral stairs
inside, and step out at the top on a balcony, pro
tected by an iron band-rail. The first glance at
the falls from the summit of‘Prospect Tower’ is
really appalling to ordinary nerves ; but you soon
get used to it. Vou find yourself standing on a
pinnacle almost immediately over the western edge
of the great horse shoe fall; around you a foaming
expanse of roaring waters, eternally rushing on
ward and over into the boiling abyss beneath.
“ Nowhere else do you feel the sublimity- ot Ni
agara so intensely, as when looking down from the
top of Prospect Tower oil that raging sea and those
aw ful sheets of grass-green water. And here es
pecially you can understand why no painting can
convey an adequate idea of the grandeur of the
mighty- cataract. Gan the pencil hope to portray
the resistless velocity, the down-rush and the roar
of those maddened waters, forever and forever
tumbling over the rocky- barriers which dam up the
outflow of America’s great inland seas?
“The depth of water on the rim of the great
horse-shoe fall is estimated a! about twenty-feet.
A few years ago an old ship, the Detroit, which was
purchased for the experiment, was filled with wild
animals and sent over the falls: she struck ground
in the rapids above, and broke to pieces; but one
half of her hull, which drew eighteen feet when
tilled with water, passed clear over the center of
tin- great fall without touching bottom, in the pres
ence of hundreds of spectators.
“Our Hillsborough friends had left its just after
our arrival at the Clifton House, and had crossed
the river to seek a bridal party- they were to meet at
the lulls. They rejoined us on the following dav.
bringing the party with them ; the groom, u Pro
lessor of a Virginia College, a pleasant, intelligent
gentleman, and his bride, one of the fairest daugh
ters of the Old Dominion. On our return from
Goat Island to Canada side, our three parties uni
ted in.an excursion on ‘the Maid of the Mist.’ This
is a tiny steamer, which makes a succession of dai
ly trips up and down Niagara river, carrying tour
ists along the edge of the line of falls, up as near
to the foot of the horse-shoe as she dates venture.
To protect her passengers from the clouds of spray
while examining the scenery from her upper deck,
site furnishes them with huge hideous hooded
cloaks of oiled canvass. A group of tourists, shroud
ed in their long canvass drapery, cut an unearth
ly figure- something as you would imagine like a
tv op of jolly ghosts slipped out of the sepulcher
on a spree, and overtaken in their levels by the
morning light, but too full of good liquor to melt
into thin air. Our party were enraptured with the
novelty and excitement of the scene; and they
jumped and rolled about on the deck of the danc
ing steamer, while I-’iodclisa gallopaded up and
down to the musid of the roaring cataract. But
the pretty bride, sick from the rocking motion of
the boat in the tumbling billows, and pale as her
frock -as Othello says of liis murdered Desdemo
na—sat clinging to the hand-rail, ready at each
moment in contribute another cascade to the three
existing falls. While onr stcamerlet was battling
in the spray of the great horse-shoe fall, we looked
up through the mist to the tower on high, and saw,
"as through a glass darkly,” its balcony crowded
with ladies and gentlemen, all looking down with
wonder on the troop of lunatic ghosts playing their
fantastic gambols on the deck ot that spectral bark.
" As Fiordeiisa and Giovanua seemed to enjoy a
ducking so well, we proposed to tln-m, while they
were in for a wet frolic, to go at once behind the
. groat sheet of water, to which they- joyfully assent
ed. Away we hied to the museum at Table rock.
- Here our two belles, with another one bound on
tii- same adventure, w ere led off'into the ladies’
dressing-room. In this, we are told, the ladies are
required to leave all the drapery they carry in with
them, even to the ultlnium m iusiuiii, and to dun a
sum-v costume of yellow oil-cloth, with coarse yarn
stockings and gum brogans to match. We followed
the guide through a yard full of chained live foxes,
wolves, and other interesting pets, into a rough
plank shed used as a gentleman’s dressing room.
We were speedily ca sed up in a helmet and suit of
; armour of damp mouldy oil-cloth, and decorated
with a cravat, fine and white as a square off a bed
sheet that had seen six months’ service unwashed
in a negro quarter. Then we returned to the front j
door of the museum to await the advent of our fait i
‘ companions. Viter a long delay, there was an ex
plosion of laughter inside, and oui sallied on us i
three hideous hooded hugs in brimstone-colored .
oil-eanvass, had caricatures of Macbeth’s trio of j
witches. We started back aghast, aud were about i
■ to apostrophize the foremost oue in tin- language ot ,
; Milton's Satan
; - • Whence, and wh it are thou execrable shape?”
when her cowl fell back, and revealed the merry!
eve, pearlv teeth, and sweet rosy dimpled cheeks
i of Fiordeiisa.
“ Our spectral guide now made his appearance ;
| and marshaling his scarecrow band in front of the
museum, he gravely led off the procession across
the road, through a crowd of hackmen, tourists,
showmen, mid runners, to the head of a flight of
stone steps winding down the cliff'. As we were
descending the stairs, we could not avoid noticing
an extensive solution of continuity in one of the
hose of the damsel next to us, the dazzling white
ground underneath contrasting so queerly with the
coarse gray speckled yarn and the big clumsy bus
kin- m which the little feet were clattering along.
At the foot of the stairs we struck a narrow path
hewed out .of the face of the cliff, immediately be
r neatlithe overhanging Table rock. Right ahead
- : of us was the western edge of the sheet of the great
■ hot --, -ho- fall, tumbling down in eternal rush over
the projecting ledge above, leaving a lofty aud spa
■' cions cave between it and the receding face of the
1 ! cliff behind._ ( imtioH-.lv following our guide we
entered the jaw? ■■ t f- - - yawning grotto. At first
, it tva- tolerably plain sailing; but all at once we
I found ourselves buffeting and battling for breath
. m a horrid medium ot tailing water and rushing
spray. 11 e struggled onward for a while, but cal
culating 'hsi the cataract was going to be too manv
1 for its, with one consent tto all turned about, and
,- retreated to the entrance ot the watery cave. Our
guide, who had preceded u>. now emerged from be
-1 hind the curtain ot mist, and beckoned us onward.
\. we were hesitating, lie seized the hand of one of
his clients, mid instructing how to creep slowly
t along close to the cliff with face averted from the
i falling sheet, he led out each of its in turn to ‘ter
mination rock,’ where the visitor looks down into a
vast seething cauldron of mist —a hell of waters.
“ As the figures in our procession came creeping
i out in Indian file from behind the wet sheet, all
t 1 dripping with spray, the water oozing out of hoods,
1 shv.vs. and slippers, we noticed a pair of English
- tourists, who liad stationed themselves at the foot
of the stairs, to watch the evolutions of the brim
stone-colored adventurers; they were laughing
ready to split. We invited the lady to dare experi
. - ment herself; but she shook her head.
. “Every one told us that passing behind the
- horse shoe fall was quite safe ; but we do not now
think so, although as vet no accident has occutre I
there to adventurers*. To reach the rocky shell
upon which vou crawl behind the sheet ot water
vou must pass under the table-roek. This is a
ledge considerably overhanging its base, like the
leaf of a table; whence its name. The action of
the cataract is constantly undermining the rocky
darn over which it falls, aud crumbling off
fragments from its lip. Table rock is a continua
tion of the ledge over which the horse-shoe tum
bles, and is just level with the crest of the cataract.
Several large fragments of table rock have fallen
at different times; a chunk as large as a State
house broke away two years ago, at which time
several persons liad a narrow' escape of their lives.
Now, in crossing the road to descend the steps
which conduct you beneath table rock, you step
over a rent in the ground. This fissure, say the
guide books, is one hundred and seventy-five feet
King, eighty deep, and from five to fifteen inches in
width; it * separates from the main land a huge
mass of the table rock, poised apparently upon a
narrow edge, and just ready to slip off into the gulf
beneath. It is certain to fall shortly, and may do so
at any moment; and its fall would involve the cer
tain destruction of any party who might be at the
moment either beneath tfie edge or behind the
sheet of water ”
Intercourse between the Free and the
Slave States.
The message of the President is all that could be
expected bv the South, as regards the institution of
slavery. Front his position, in the highest office in
the whole country, the entire Union must be inclu
ded in his consideration; and it is sufficient, and
all the South has ever asked, that what is given her
by the Constitution she shall be allowed in quiet to
enjoy. Mr.[Fierce has shown the inclination to ac
cord this justice. He has presented the comparison
between the Northern and the Southern States iu
their deportment towards each other, and has made
the display of fanaticism with all its repulsive fea
tures.
We notice, in this part of the Message, that there
are points which w-e have already urged upon our
readers, namely, that some of the Northern States
are at work in the perpetration of acts which, were
the States entirely independent sovereignties, and
utterly- disconnected in their government, would
he an unequivocal casus belli, is presented as an
important consideration. It' the South had hut the
power to make treaties according to the necessities
of her political institutions, this truth would not
have to be lamented. When it shall become the
interest of the North to let the South alone, we shall
be troubled no longer. Our amiable cousins of the
non-slaveholding States are not greatly given to
sacrificing profit to principle. As the Federal Gov
ernment is at present constituted, fanaticism is al
lowed to utter its own language for the reason that
no one is likely to be called upon to be responsible
for its effects. It is harmless in its own neighbor
hood and the conservative portion of the communi
ty. who might hold it in check, are unwilling to
make the exertion necessary- to that end. But let
the facts become changed let the men who rule the
fortunes of the North beheld to answer for the deeds
of the government underwhich they live, and these
ridiculous and fanatical demonstrations, of which
we have so great experience, will be at an end.
Charleston ti/anda> J.
Department Reports.
Washington, Jan. 2.— The report of the Secreta
ry of the Interior is interesting. The cash receipts
from sales of l#nds during the year show an in
crease of nearly *2,500,00'.i, and the sales eight mil
lions live hundred thousand acres over the prece
ding year. The decrease in the number of acres
located on scrip and warrants is upwards of two
million acres. Efforts are making to adjust all the
claims of the States for lauds. The Mesilla Valley
contains twenty million acres, and parts of it are
very- productive of grain; gold, silver, and copper,
are also found on the hills. The amount of stocks
held in trust for the various Indian Tribes is
000,000. The Secretary recommends a more liberal
and generous policy towards the Indians.
The correspondence relative to the Sound Dues
is published. Denmark holds the right to the
Sound Dues, independent of all treaties, and never
will consent to abandon it. Ou the 14tli of April,
Mr. Henry Bedinger, resident U. S. Minister at Co
penhagen, by instruction of iiis government, gave
notice of the termination of the Convention. The
Danish and Foreign Ministers hoped that proposi
tions would he made to open the way for a new
Treaty, to prevent placing the vessels of the United
States upon a fooling different from those nations
to whom no favor was shown. In October, Den
mark recommended that a Congress of Powers
should he held at Copenhagen in December. An
early date was fixed in consequence of the strenous
urgings of England and Prussia and the other Pow
ers, and ii was proposed that the Capitalization
Dues should he the basis of the quantity of mer
chandise passed through the Sound and the Belts
Mr. Marcy, on the 3d’ of November, (wrote Mr.
Bedinger that the President contained to decline
the invitation, without questioning the fair inten
tion of Denmark, and claimed that he was vindi
cating a great national principle, which if yielded
in one case, it would be difficult to maintain in oth
ers. Another objection was that the dated States
would never consent to the pretension that the new
world should lie appropriated to adjust the political
balance of the old world. While considering that
the free navigation of the Sound was an indubita
ble right, the United States was willing to pay an
equivalent for any advantages derived from outlays
keeping up light houses, buoys Ac.
Telei/rap/tfd for the Baltimore Patriot.
Proceedings in Congress.
W isuiNGTOX, liecemher 31.—House—Immedi
ately after the reading of the Journal. Sidney
Webster, Esq., the Private Secretary of the Presi
dent, appeared, announcing a Message from the
President of the United States. Great excitement
was produced, amid which Mr. Clinguian moved
that it. be read in order to hear what it was.
Mr. Morgan called the yeas and nays on the mo
- tiou that the message be read. He wanted no read
ing rill the House be organized.
Mr. Giddings and others anxiously struggled for
the floor.
Mr. Clingnnui did not know what the message
contained, blit the President had a right, on the !
assembling of Congress, when in his judgment it
was necessary, to communicate in writing. The
Constitution gives hint that authority.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, contended that the read
ing of the message is transacting business, and
holding that no business can be transacted until
the House is organized, the sending of the mes
sage in advance of an organization was an inno
vation.
Mr. Clingmttn said he was perfectly willing that
gentlemen shall decide upon a quesiion of order.
Mr. Orr said that the Constitution expressly re
cognizes this body- as the House, saving that the
House of Representatives shall choose their Speak- :
er and other officers he thought that Mr. Camp
bell, of Ohio, raised his point too soon. It was re
spectful to the President that the Message should
he read.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, replied that it was utter
ly useless to have it read unless they could do
something with it after it was read.
Mr. Stephens insisted that the message should
he read. It might contain matters of importance
for Congress to know.
Mr. NVasbburnc, of Maine, contended that this
assemblage was not a Congress, and the President ,
cannot communicate with it till it organizes.
Mr. Giddings said this was too great a question
jto be decided technically, lie wished to meet it
1 frankly and boldly on its merits. It was an at- j
i tempted iunovatioff on the practice of tins Govern- ;
j ment. If it was important for the President to j
j communicate, why did he delay doing so for four ;
; weeks? HelMr. G.) would not submit to such !
j proceedings.
! The debate concerning the constitutional power :
j of the President in the above premises proceeded, j
| during which Mr. Orr said that the sending of the j
; message at this time was an innovation, lint the ex- I
| traordinary scene here presented justified the Pres- j
j ideal in taking the responsibility. The question !
! was, shall it be received ?
j Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, did not know what ,
j was in the message, but suggested that there might i
he important facts communicated which would ;
: cause them to organize. At all events it was their !
1 duty to organize. Section three, of article two, of
j the Constitution, was in these words: “He shall,
from time to time, give to the Congress informa
tion of the state of the Union, and recommend to
their consideration such measures as he shall judge
necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordiua
j ,-v occasions, convene both Houses, or either of
them Jtc.” The President had, in accordance with
this constitutional requirement, felt it his duty to
communicate to Congress. The House was unor
ganized, it was true; but it was respectful to the
1 President that his communication should be read.
He agreed with the gentleman from Ohio that no
action could he had upon it until after an organiza
tion liad been effected.
Nf r. Stephens read from the Manual to show that
in the British Parliament cases of failure had oc
curred to elect a Speaker, yet messages have pass
ed between the King and the House of Commons,
in one instance for fourteen days; and argued tiom
this that the House might receive the message.
’ j Mr. Marshall thought the message should be re
ceived and laid oil the table till the House it as or
j. ganized
A Serious Accident. — We regret that Mr. Tlios.
Nix. our City Sexton, was lust Monday morning
thrown from the hearse by the horse becoming
1 frightened and unmanageable, and was then kick
ed repeatedly bv the horse attached to the hearse.
- One of his thighs and a finger were fractured, and
he received severe kicks in his side. Me under
j stand that though so badly-injured, hois thought
| to be doing pretty well. —Oolumbns Sun, Jan. 2.
!* The City Council of Indianapolis, at a recent
- session, resolved to dismiss the watch force of
' that city. The motive for this is alleged to be
the exhausted condition of the financies of the
e city.
v
1 A genius has just invented a stove that saves
If 1 three-fourths of the wood, while the ashes makes
pays for the remainder,
BY TELEGRAPH.
* | Charleston, Jan. 3, P. M.— Cotton.— The sales
i I for the week, amount to eight thousand bales.
- | Middling fair is quoted at 9%c. to 9%c. Receipts
for the week eight thousand six hundred bales.
| Stock on hand, exclusive of all on shipboard, for
. tv-'-’even thousand bales. The market is drooping.
Rice.—Sales for the week two thousand four
! hundred bales. The market is advancing. Good
, may be quoted at 4% to 4%c. Stock on hand four
> thousand bales.
: Grain. —The market is depressed.
| Freight.—To Liverpool—Cotton 7-l(!d.. to Ha
vre 1 c.
, Congressional.
Washington, Dec. 29.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
Horse of Representatives.— Worn out with
talking, worn out with criminations and recrimina
tions, worn out with statements and counter-state
ments, the majoritv changed front to-day, bv un
dertaking to test the virtue of pertinacious ballot
ing, in the vain hope that something would “turn
. up.” Ballot after ballot was taken—the Banks
vote now coming up to and now falling from the
old mark, but not to an extent to inspire hope on
the one side, or excite apprehension on the other.
After a fatiguing session of six hours, the House
adjourned, and adjourned with the general convic
tion that the prospect of a speedy organization
was as gloomy as ever.
The attendance in the galleries was small to-day,
in consequence of the stormy weather.— Union.
j Telegraphed to the Baltimore Patriot.}
Pittsbfro, Jan. I.—A terrible accident occurred
near Darlington, Beaver county, on the Ohio and
Pennsylvania Railroad, last evening. Several per
sons are reported killed.
At 4)4 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, the three
o’clock train, going West du the Ohio and Penn
sylvania Railroad, came in collision with the fast
train coining East at Darlington Summit, The ac
cident occurred at the heavy curve, and was quite
disastrous in its effects. Four persons were killed;
Mr. Stokes, the Agent of the New Castle and Erie
Stage Company; a man named Johnston, an Irish
man ; and another individual whose name is not
ascertained. About sixteen were wounded—among
them the engineer of the express train and the fire
man, the latter having one arm shattered. The
locomotives and cars were badly shattered, both
trains being under full headway. The accident
was caused by the watch of the conductor of the
fast train being three-quarters of an hour slow.
Washington, Jan. I.—We have beautiful weath
er here to-day all public business is suspended.
The Diplomatic corps paid their respects to the
President at eleven o’clock, in full costume. At
noon the doors were thrown open to the public,
thousands ot whom are in attendance. A band of
music is adding to the festivities, and altogether
there is a joyous time.
Xew \ ohk, January 2.— Cotton is quiet, and only
300 bales changed hands at 9%c. for Middling Or
leans, and 9%c per lb. for Middling Uplands.
Flour is higher, and Ohio is worth §9.75 per bbl.
Wheat is lower, and White is quoted at §2 per
bushel. Corn is unchanged.
New \ ohk, January 2. — The Bank of the Re
public quotes Banker’s Drafts on London at from
108% a 108% ; Southern Bank Drafts at from 103%
a 108%; and Produce Drafts at from 106 a 107.
Erie Railroad was quoted at 51%, and Reading at
93%.
Walker —The last two arrivals from San Juan
del None brought letters to Washington which
render it certain that Walker’s situation there is
exceedingly critical, notwithstanding the glowing
accounts of the prosperity of his affairs, written
by his followers for publication in the United
States. He cannot trust a single uative beyond
the range of the rifles of his men. Ilis military j
chest does not contain a dollar. The §12,000 which
Parker 11. French brought to this country was every
dollar that Walker lias been able to clutch in Nica
ragua, and he was forced to part with it, without as
succor of men and material from the United States,
starvation, il not immolation, stared his maraud
ing band in the face; and it (succor) was only to
be obtained here through the application of hard
dollars. All Walker’s hopes turned upon getting
olf French’s New York and New Orleans (filibus
tering expeditions in safety. The government
having summarily stopped them, it will not be
long ere Walker and bis band go the way of Kin
ney and his. At one time, il will be recollected, it
was represented in the newspapers to be in almost
as triumphant a position in Nicaragua, as Walker
and his are now said to be.— Hiwiingtmi is'tar.
Found Dead. —The body of a negro man named
Joe, belonging to the estate of Mr. Wolf, was
found yesterday in the woods. It is supposed he
died from the effects of liquor.
A negro man named Moses, the property ot ,
Robert Habersham, was found drowned in Savuu- |
nab river. An inquest in each case rendered a i
verdict in accordance with the facts stated.
Snv. Pep., .Jen. 3. j
It is staled in the English Churchman that one
hundred Episcopal ministers in Great Britain have j
gone over to Rome since the advent of Trinitarian- I
ism.
Sir Root. Peel, Bart., is about to man e the lady
Jane Hay, daughter of the Marquis of Tweeddale,
and sister of the Duchess of Wellington.
The St. John News complains that not a turkey,
goose or chicken can be had in that market, ex
cept about Christmas time ; and furthermore, that
all the shad are carried off to the United States
under the operation of the Reciprocity Treaty.
lu the lower house of the Texas Legislature, the
Committee on Public Debt has made r. majority
report in favor of accepting the act of Congress on
the subject.
Dat Old Niggur Dickson.
Mr. Dickson, a colored barber, in a large New
England town, was shaving one of his customers,
a respectable citizen, one morning, when a conver
sation occurred between them respecting Mr. Dick
son’s former connection with a colored church in
that place:
“1 believe you are connected with the church in
Elm street, are you not, Mr. Dickson ?” said the
customer :
“ No sail, not at all.”
i “ What, are you not a member of the African
| church V” j
“ Not this year, sab.”
“ But why did you leave their communion, Mr.
Dickson, if l mav be permitted to ask?”
“Well, I’ll tell you. sab v” said Mr. Dickson,
strapping a concave razor on the palm of his hand,
“ it was just like dis: l joined the church it! good
faith; 1 give ten dollars towards de stated gospil
de fust year, and de church people called me
‘ Brudder Dickson;’ de second year my business
not so good, and 1 give only live dollars. Dat year
de profile call me ‘ Mr. Dickson.’ Dis razor hurt
you sail
“No, the razor goes tolerably well.”
“ Well, sab, the third year 1 berry poor, had
| sickness in my family, and I didn’t gib niiffnn’ for
j preachin’. Well, sail, aider dat dev called me dat
‘old niggar Dickson,’ and I left ’em.”
SHIPPINGNEWS,
ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON.
; Steamship Southerner, Ewan, New York
| Steamship Jackson, Layfield, New York
1 Scbr Francis Satterly, Jackson, New York
SAILED FOR CHARLESTON.
Ship City of Montreal, Guthrie, Liverpool
Ship Xoemie, Johnson, Liverpool
Siiip Pride of Canada, Flinn, Liverpool
Ship Southport, Wilson, Liverpool
CHARLESTON, Jan’v. 3. —Arrived, steamship
| James Adger, New York; barque Avola, Boston ; |
i brigs Delaware, Baltimore; Huntress, Key West; j
Marcellois, Rockland, Me.; Tybee, N York; Tern |
: Wm B Scranton, do ; schrs X W Smith, do ; Gun
Rock, Lubec, Me.
SAVANNAH, Jan. B.—Arrived, steamship Flo
rida, New York ; barque Rhone, Stockholm ; brigs
| Savannah, Newport; Acadian, Co.ik; schr RS
Miller, Philadelphia.
: “Sailed, steamship Knoxville, New York.
! GUNS, PISTOLS, POWDER, SHOT, &c.
SHAVE just received a large addition to my j
former stock of GUNS, PISTOLS and GUN- j
XING APPARATUS, which makes my assort* '
: ment complete, and superior to anything in this ■
; market, and respectfully invite the attention of all j
; who are in want of any article in the line, ft con- j
I si.sts of-
RIFLES, of my own manufacture;
Double GUNS, by the best makers, Steel Barrels; ,
“ “ Stub Twist, all varieties;
Single Barrelled GUNS, Twist Barrels;
Deane, Adams & Deane’s Repeating PISTOLS, a
superb article;
Colt’s PISTOLS, all sizes; also, Allen’s Six Bar
relled PISTOLS;
Single Barrelled Self-Cocking PISTOLS, Ivory aud
Wood Handles;
Single Barrelled Rille PISTOLS, Steel Barrels;
Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, Game BAGS,
Dog CALLS, Percussion CAPS, all varieties, Guu
WADS, Drinking FLASKS and CUPS, Ely’s Shot
CARTRIDGES, POWDER and SHOT, Bar LEAD;
, Also, a good assortment of Pocket and Pen
, KNIVES, SCISSORS, RAZORS, Ac. Thankful
for past favors, and solicits a continuance.
Jjjf” Guns Re-stocked and Repaired neatly and
j promptly, and Rides made to order and warranted.
, j ' E. H. ROGERS, 205 Broad-st.
i Augusta, Ga., Dec., 17,1855, ts declV
CO MMERCIAL.
Augusta Market, Jan. 3, 4 P. M.
COTTON.—We have no change to report in the
I market to-day.
i COLUMBUS, Dec. 29.— Cotton. —Market contin
j lies inactive, slight stock offering, and but few
: transations. We omit quotations.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Old stock on hand Dec. 29,1855 524
Received this week 1,168
“ previously 69,779
Total 70,947
Shipped this week 4,002
“ previously 89,326
Total shipments 43,328
Stock on hand this day 80,992
MACON, Jan. I. — Cotton. —There has been very
little done for the past week, owing to the holidays
and unfavorable weather. We quote sales from 7
to S)%, and due Cottons are held at 8% cents.
COTTON STATEMENT TO JAN. 1, 1856.
i Received in December, 1855 bales. .15,438
i “ “ 1854 12,515
Increase 2,923
I Stock Ist January, 1655 23,976
“ 1856 17,298
Decrease 6.678
Total receipts to January 1, 1856 53,123
“ “ “ 1, 1855 37,657
Increase 15,466
SAVANNAH, Jan. I. — G>tton. —The week has
been unfavorable to business. Transactions of the
week 4845 bales. The market closed firm. The
following may be taken as the ruling quotations :
Good ifiddling {i @9yg
Middling Fair 9%(?19%
Fair @9%
Total receipts for the week 7,555 bales Upland
and 390 Sea Islands. Exports same time 7,819 Up
lands and 251 Sea Islands.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF COTTON.
fpl’d. S. I.
Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1855 800 300
liec’d since Dec. 26.... 7,555 390
Received previously... 179,856 3,572
187,411 3,962
Exported since Dec. 26. 7,819 251
“ previously ... 123,431 617
131,250 86S
Stock on hand and on shipboard not
cleared January 2,1856 56,171 3,094
SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1854 2,600 600
Rece’d since Dec. 26 12,646 748
“ previously 72,895 1,781 85,941 2,529
88,541 3,129 !
Exported since Dec. 20.18,022 239
“ previously 43,410 783 56,432 1,027
Stock on hand and on shipboard not
cleared Dec. 27, 1854 32,109 2,102
Rice. —The stock is large, and the demand good
—sales 100 casks at 4W. Prices range from 4% to
4% cents $ lb.
Bacon. —Light stock on hand, and demand small.
Prices nominal,
Baggino. —No demand.
.Salt. —Large quantity on hand, with a large de
mand. Prices from §l.lO to §1.25.
Coffee.- Rio held at 12@13 cents.
Corn. —The quantity on hand is still small, al
though considerable supplies are coming in. Pri
ces tend downward. Sales 75 to 85 cents.
Flour. —No change to notice. Georgia §9 (ig §9 %
Oats. —Limited stock, and large demand. Pri
ces 7" to 75 cents.
Wheat.— Quantity equal to the demand. Prices
§1.90 to §1.95. Receipts light.
Hay.— Several small lots received. Prime North
ern §l.lO to $ I.37%—Eastern §1.25 @ §1.62.
Hides. —There are constantly small lots arriving,
principally from the South, but not sufficient to
meet the demand; 15% cents easily obtained.
Lime. —There is no change in prices, and the
supply good. Prices §1 to §1.25.
Liquors — Halt.- Scotch Ale, §2 per dozen for j
pints; London Porter, §2.75 <& §2.87%. Domestic
—Peach Brandy, 55 (5. §1.25; American Gin, 'IS (f?: j
1 0 ; New England Rum, 4" (ci, 50; Philadelphia and j
Baltimore Whisky, 40 (« 42 ; New Orleans Whisky !
42 (a:, 45 cents )-.> gallon.
Freight -Foreign To Liverpool, nominal. Coast- j
‘Fife —To New York, 9-16 in steamships, and % iu ;
sailing vessels; io Baltimore, 7-16, and to Boston, j
7-16. Wheat, in steamers, to New York, 18e. '(J :
bushel; to Philadelphia, 15c.; in sailing vessels, Vic.
to New \ ork. To Philadelphia, in sailing vessels
11%. ’
( ’IIAKLLSi ON, Jan. I.— Cotton. The receipts
at this port, since the Ist of September last, amount :
to 21.i,633 bales, which, with 1,565 bales remaining
on hand at that time, make the total receipts, to
date, 217,198 bides. The total exports 147,546
bales, which, deducted from xhe total receipts,
leaves a slock on hand and on shipboard, of 69 C 52
bales.
The total receipts, at all the Southern Ports, up
to the latest dates, amount to 1,392,632 bales, j
against 854,596 to tin 1 same date hist season, show- I
ing au increase of 538,036, and the total Foreign !
exports, from the several ports in the United States, j
amount to 786,971, showing an increase of 234,173 j
over last year.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 2. Cotton. —There was j
quite an active imiuiry to-day, and freely met bv j
holders at yesterday’s prices. The sales footed |
near 2900 bales, the following constituting the par- I
ticulars : 27 bales at 7%; 47 at 8 ; 71 at 8% ; 49 at j
8%; 150 at 8% ; 120 at 8 9-16; 355 at 8% ; 151 at
8% ; 19 at 8532 at 9 ; 620 at 9 ! .i ; 119 at 9 5-16 : |
156 at 9% ; 496 at 9% cents.
SA\ ANN AII, Jan. 2.— Cotton. —Sales vesterdav
551 bales, viz: 75 at 8; 124 at 8%; 23 at* B% ; 162
at 9; 167 at 9%. Sales to-day 679 bales, viz: Bat
8% ; 11 at 8% ; 36 at «% ; 379 at 8% ; 149 at 8
13-16 ; 9 at 9; 36 at 9 1-16; 50 at 9%c.
(General %lbiicilioemcnts.
MR. W. H. CRISP
HAS the honor of announcing he will shortly I
open the THEATRE, with an extraordinary i
attraction, combining the talents of
MISS ELIZA LOGAN,
the Great Tragic Actress of the day; the young and
Beautiful Artiste,
MISS LOUISE REEDER;
Augusta’s favorite Actress
MRS. W. if. CRISP,
with the established favorites of the old and dis
tinguished members of the New Company. Miss
ELIZA LOGAN will be supported in the opposite
characters by
MR. W. 11. CRISP.
The legitimate Drama will be presented with
such an array of talent, as must surpass all the Man
ager’s previous performances in this city.
dec!3 ts
17IOR SALE, TO ARRIVE—
' 100 bbls. Rectified WHISKY;
100 “ LIME, bv
dec2o ts GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
FELTONSSELF-SHARPENING ~
PORTABLE MILL,
IJOR Grinding all kinds of GRAIN, and also
CORN and COB. It is adapted to Horse, Wa
: ter, Steam or any power that will run a band. It
I occupies a space of only two feet by three, and
! weighs about 300 lbs. The grinding surfaces are
■ of the most durable character, and are “ Self-Sharp
| ening.” It is capable of grinding three bushels per
: hour with one horse power, and from six to eight
I bushels with two horse power. Young men will
find the sale of these Mills through the country a
profitable business on small outlay of capital. For
further particulars, and to see the Mill in operation,
call on GEORGE M. TAYLOR, at Augusta Hotel,
who has the sale of Mills for the Southern States,
and also, sale of rights to manufacture,
janl d6*cU
£!IXTY DAYS after date, application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of Richmond
| county, for leave to sell the Real Estate, and Ne
groes belonging to the estate of Davis B. Hadlev,
deceased. IGNATIUS P. GARVIN, Adm’*.
1 nov6
ORDINAR Y S NOTICE
IX \ IIC l TORS, ADMINISTRATOR
J and GUARDIANS, are hereby notified, that th.
Ordinary will be found at his office, until the loth
January next, prepared to receive returns. Those
who have omitted to make them for 1554, will take
notice, that all such will then be returned to the
uew Ordinary, (whoever he may be), whose duty it
willjbe to issue process against all such who nuiv
have so omitted io make returns.
LEON P. DUGAS, Ordinary.
dec27 sw.tctJanls
LAFAYETTE RACE COURSE.
npHE ANNUAL Races A,
j .M over the Lafayette
Course, at Augusta, will
mence on Tuesday, >dh of January next" and con !
tinue the week out. All the crack Horses in the j
country will be on the ground. Fine sport may be !
j anticipated. d3*ctd decl j
FOR SALE,
SH ARES Georgia Railroad Stock. Ap-;
4*o J. ply at the *O3l (BANK.
lotteries.
I -.
GREENE ANI) PULASKI MONUMENT
LOTTERIES.
Managed, drawn, and Prizes paid by the well known
and responsible firm of
GREGORY & MAURY.
CLASS 4, at Savannah, on Friday, January 4th.
AN EXCELLENT SCHEME.
$12,000!
J $4,000'; $2,500; $1,201; 5 Prizes of SI,OOO, Ac. —
Tickets s3—Shares in proportion. Risk on a pack
age of 20 quarters $11.22.
JOHN A. MILLEN, Agent,
! On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel.
; All orders from the citv or country strictly con
! fidential. ’ jan.3
ROYAL LOTTERY
OF THE ISLAND OF (JUBA , HA VANA.
Ordinary Drawing of the 22d JANUAAY, 1856:
1 Prize of SOO,OOO 11 Prizes 0f.... .SI,OOO
1 “ 20,000 20 “ 500
1 “ 16,000 60 “ 400
1 “ 8,000 161 “ 200
3 “ 2,000 16 Approximation 4,800
275 Prizes, amounting to $192,000
Whole Tickets $10; Halves $5; Quarters $2.50.
Persons desiring Tickets can be supplied bv ud
j dressing JOHN E. NELSON)
i dec2B Charleston, S. C.
30,000 DOLLARS!
IMPROVED HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY!
[By Authority of the State of Georgia .]
FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY.
Schedule for January, 1856.
CLASS 11,
To be drawn January 23d, 1856, in the city of At
lanta, when" Prizes amounting to
$30,000
Will be distributed according to the following in
imitable Scheme. If you draw the lowe3t
Prize you get the cost of your Ticket,
•without deduction , and remember
every Prize is drawn at each
drawing.
ONE PRIZE TO EVERY TEN TICKETS!
CAPITAL PRIZE 810,000.
1 Prize of SIO,OOO
2 Prizes of $2,000 are 4,000
3 “ 500 are 1,500
11 “ 250 are., 2,750
10 “ 110 are 1,100
17 “ 75 are 1,275
43 “ 50 are 2,150
83 “ 25 are 2,075
200 “ 10 are 2,000
j 630 “ 5 are 3,150
: 1000 Prizes, amounting to $30,000
ONLY TEN THOUSAND NUMBERS!
| Tickets $5; Halves $2.50; Quarters $1.25.
j Bills on all solvent Banks taken at par. All com
munications strictly confidential.
SAMUEL SWAN, Agent and Manager,
j dec27 Atlanta, Georgia.
HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY!
JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY, j
[bv AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. I
MACON, GEORGIA.
THUS LOTTERY is conducted on the plan |
of the Royal Lottery of Havana, of single l
| numbers—and Drawn at Concert Ilall, Macon, Ga., j
! under the sworn superintendence of Col. Geo. M. i
! Logan and J. A. Nesbit, Esq.
CLASS I.
GRAND SCHEME FOR JANUARY 15, 1856, j
When Prizes amounting to
60,000 DOLLARS,
Will be distributed as follows:
1 Prize of 815,000 i
1 “ 5,000 I
1 “ 4,000 j
1 “ 3,000 i
1 “ 2,000 J
1 “ 1,500 j
j 1 “ 1,100
5 Prizes of SI,OOO is 5,000 |
| 10 “ 500 is 5,000
10 “ 200 is 2,000
! 10 “ 120 is 1,200
| 25 “ 100 is 2,500
| 70 “ 50 is 3,500,
[ 336 “ 25 is 8,4u0
28 Approximation Prizes 800 j
j 561 Prizes, amounting to 860,000 |
ONLY TEN THOUSAND NUMBERS.
Every Prize drawn at each drawing, and paid, i
J when due, in full, without deduction,
j Orders strictly confidential. Drawings sent to !
' orders. Registered letters at my risk. Bills on
all solvent Banks at par.
Tickets $1"; Halves $5; Quarters $2.50.
Address JAMES F. W ENTER. j
doc 18 Manager, Macon, Ga.
1 #O,OOO DOLL IRS,
A MARYLAND LOTTERY
I TO BE I)RA ll'.l ON THE HAVANA PLAN. !
I Office of the Maryland Lotte- j
: ITM ries, Baltimore, Dec. 1,18.55. —The Managers I
j of the Maryland Lotteries having had it suggested j
that the plan of drawing the
HAVANA LOTTERIES
j has its favorites, and being desirous to gratify the
; public, have concluded to draw a
Lottery on the Havana Plan,
i On the THIRD SATURDAY IN EACH MONTH.
Grand Consolidated Lottery of Maryland,
CLASS 5,
I To be drawn in Baltimore, Md., on SATURDAY, j
j January 19th, 1856. Prizes amounting to
140,000 DOLLARS
Will be distributed according to the folhm ing Mag
nificent Scheme :
29,000 NUMBERS!—I.OOO PRIZES!
FRIZES FAYAULK IN FILL WITHOUT DEDUCTION! !
One Prize to even/ Twenty Tickets.
SCHEME:
1 Prize of $50,000
1 “ 25,000
1 “ 8,000
1 “ 4,000
1 “ 2,000
3 Prizes of. SI,OOO are. . 3,000
4 “ 500 arc.. 2,000
66 “ 200 are.. 13,200
122 “ 100 are.. 12,200
4 Approximation Prizes of. 200 are.. »00
4 “ “ 150 are.. 600
4 “ “ 125 are.. 500
4 *' “ 100 are.. 400
4 ‘‘ “ 75 are. . 300
12 “ “ 70 are.. 840
16 “ “ 50 are. . 600
264 “ “ 25 are.. 6,600
488 “ “ 20 are.. 9,760
1,000 Prizes, amounting to $140,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
The two preceding and the two succeeding num
bers to those winning the first 200 Prizes, are en
titled to Approximation Prizes as above.
The payment of all Prizes is guarantied by the
State of Maryland.
All Tickets in the Lotteries authorized by the i
State of Maryland, bear the lithoraphed signature !
of “F. X. BRENAN, General Agent for the Con- !
tractor.”
PLAN OF THE LOTTERY.
There are 20,000 Tickets, numbered from 1 to i
20,0u0. There are 1,000 Prizes. The numbers,
from 1 to 20,000, corresponding with those on the
tickets, printed on separate slips of paper, are
roiled up and encircled with small tiu tubes, and
! placed in one wheel. The amounts of the diffor
] ent 200 full prizes are also rolled up in the same
manner and placed in another wheel. The 800 Ap
proximation Prizes ate decided as above.
After revolving the wheels, a number i.s drawn
out of the wheel of numbers, and at the same time
one is drawn from the Prize wheel by boys who !
are blindfolded. These are opened and exhibited j
| to the audience—the prize being credited to the j
number drawn by the Commissioner. The opera- !
tion is repeated till all the Prizes are drawn out.
Persons wishing particular numbers must send |
their orders earlv, with instructions what to do in ■
case they are sold.
The Drawing will be promptly sent to all pur
; chasers.
PRICE OF TICKETS:
I Wholesslo; Halves $5; Quar. $2.50; Eighthssl.2s.
Address orders for Tickets to
E. X. BRENAN, Baltimore, Md.
decl9 lm
FRUITS FOR THE SOUTH.
THE subscriber offers for sab- a fine
assortment of Fruit TREES, VINES, j
Ac., as follows: v 3kios® i
APPLES, Southern varieties, one and two year
old Trees, some of extra size.
PEACHES, of Southern growth, twenty or thirty
choice varieties.
PEARS, dwarfed on the Anger's Quince stock, I
for immediate bearing.
PLUMS, a number of choice varieties.
QUINCES, the Orange variety, very superior.
GRAPES, the Catawba and Scuppernong—choice !
! rooted vines.
FIGS, several choice varieties—rooted Trees.
Also, Osier Willow, Roses, Ornamental Trees,
Ac., Ac. Now is the proper time to transplant.
; All written orders, left at the office of the Chroni- •
ide d- Sentinel, will receive prompt attention. Or
j ders from a distance may be addressed,
D. RIEDMOND, Augusta, Ga. !
I dec2B abtcO
Auction Sales,
BY T. M. CATER.
j 2454 Bags Rio Coffee, cargo of Ketch Commerce im
ported direct from Rio, hu Messrs T ’
s.iC- TO. Rudd. ' '
1 Jan - at 11 o’clock, on Brown’s
VV harf, will be sold—
The cargo of the Ketch Commerce, direct from
; Rio as follows: 2454 bags RIO COFFEE, put up
in double sacks.
Conditions —All sums under SSOO casli • over
$50(1 to SI,OOO, ninety days; ami all sums over
$l."i)o, four months, lor approved endorsed notes
Catalogues will be ready at mv Store on Satur-
d Mj 1 ’ jan4
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO
Negroes on account of all concerned.
\ TO- MORROW (Saturday), in front of store, at 11
1 o’clock, will be sold, for and on account of the
I last purchaser—
A Negro Woman, about 38 years old, a Cook and
j first rate W a slier and Ironer.
1 —also—
i John, a Boy, about 13 years old, a House Servant.
| Property warranted sound. Terms cash. jan4
j BY GIRARDEY. WHYTE & Co7
TO-MORROW (Saturday), in front of store will
be sold— ’ ’
A large, handsome Bay Horse, seven years olu, a
splendid Buggy Horse, gentle and perfectly sound.
—also—
A second band Buggy and Harness. Terms
cash - jan4
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
TO-MORROW (Friday), in front of store, at 10*4
o clock, will be sold, a general assortment of
Groceries, Provisions, Dry Goods, Ac., consisting
in part, of
Sugar, Coffee, N. O. Syrup, Whisky, Brandy,
Gin, Cordials, Svrup, Crockery, Mustard, Pepper',
Potatoes, Onions, Cheese, Herrings, Bacon, Ac.
-—ALSO —
A handsome lot of Dry Goods, Fancy Goods,
Jewelry, Guns, Pistols, Ac.
—A LSO —
One case handsome Over Coats, Frock Coats,
Cloth and Cassimere.
—ALSO
Two handsome secondhand Buggies. Terms
cas b- jano
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
Will be rented, at public outcry, that handsome
large Room, on the corner of Jackson and Greene
streets. It is suitable tor a Family, and admirably
adapted for a School Room. Parable quarterly.
jan3
EY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
Arcane bales gt Valuable Real Estate and desirable
Machinery at Auction, without reserve.
WEDNESDAY', the 11th of January next, at the
“ United Sid's Hotel Arcade ,” will be sold, com
mencing at 11 o’clock precisely, the entire Ma
chinery of the Augusta Steam Sash, Blinds,
Doors and Flooring Mill, without reserve, con
sisting in part of, and to be sold separate, as fol
j lows:
1 Woodworth’s patent Planing Machine, com
! plete, and with all the extras; 1 lleardslee patent
| Planing Machine, extreme capacity for planing 24
| inch wide plank ; 1 Leavens’ celebrated patent and
renowned Sash Machine, with power ana foot mor
! ticer; Boring Machine; Sticking do.; Tennoning,
! or Crosscut and Rip Saws, with extra moulding ;
j Plane Bitts, Gunge Springs, Ac.
-ALSO
One Fay's Tennoning Machine, complete, extra
heads; 1 do. Sticking do. do., seven extra heads,
! Cutters, Arbors, Wrenches, Ac.; 1 Fay’s Boring
| Machine—lo augers -- complete, and extra set of
! Saws; 1 Fay’s Scroll Saw and Table; I 24 inch
: Circular Saw and Table; 1 16 inch Rip Saw and
| Table; 1 16 inch Crosscut Saw and Table; 1 large
j Grindstone, 5 feet diameter, shaft and crane.
—ALSO
2, 3 and 4 inch Shafting, Pulleys, from 2 to 3 and
4 feet diameter, Shafts Belting, of every dimen
sion, Work-Benches, Grindstones, Counter Pulley*,
complete Turning Lathe.
- -ALSO —
A lot of Sashes, Blinds, Doors, Ac.
—also—
The entire Lot and improvements thereon, front
ing 280 feet on Mclntosh street, and extending
back on Hale street u7O feet. The improvements
upon the Lot are too well known to require further
j description. For further particulars see our bill-,
I The Machinery may be seen on application to
1 Mr. Nixon, at the Mill. This is a most excellent
| opportunity for manufacturers to supply themselves
1 with Machinery.
CONDITIONS :
For Machinery- Sums under S2OO, cash, over
j S2OO, and under $460, 60 days; over s4oo’, four
i months, for approved endorsed paper, and interes*
j from date. Real Estate Sums, cash ; balance
I l and 2 years, interest from date, and secured by
i mortgage on the property.
i Titles indisputable, and made at the expense of
! the purchaser. td dec22
A CARD.
j npilE public is informed that in connection with
a our general and special sales, we will keep at
j our store a general Intelligence office, where en
tires for Wants, either Domestic or Commercial,
will he entered, and those wishing to sell, hire er
exchange will find this an admirable medium to be
suited.
Persons having servants to let and those want
ing them, will find this the most practicable and
economising source to send their orders for any
1 commodity whatsoever. Charges reasonable
dec27 ts oiRAUnEY. wiiytk a ro
!ft IRARDKY, WHYTE & CO. K i u - their
wJT special attention to the collection of notes,
negotiation of Loans 011 Mortgages, Bonds. Ac.
Also, to the private and public sale of all species
of incorporated Bank Stocks.
Two-thirds of the market value of stocks will bo
advanced on all unlimited stocks for sale. Orders
for same will be received and filled at lowest mar
ket prices.
We are always in the market to pm-chase or sell.
_ dec27 <f ] GIRARDEY. W HYTE A CO.
GREAT BARGAINS!
EXECUTOR'S SALE.
ITNDKIt and by virtue of a decree in Equity of
• Burke Superior Court, November Term, 1855,
will be sold, at Cushingville, Station No. 8, Central
Railroad, Burke county, on Tuesday, the 22d din
of JANUARY , 1856, ail the LANDS belonging to
the estate of Augustus 11. Anderson, deceased, lv
ing in Burke county, about (6,745) eight thousand
seven hundred and forty-five acres. Also, about
(75) seventy-five Negro Slaves, among which are a
Blacksmith and Tanner. The Land will be divided
into four 4) tracts, to suit purchasers; plats of
which will be presented for inspection ondav of sale.
On one of the tracts is an elegant, completely fin
ished two story Dwelling House, of beautiful model,
with all the necessary out-buildings, well put up,
and in good order. On two other tracts are com
fortable Dwelling Houses, with the necessary out
buildings. 011 the fourth tract, there are the ne
cessary buildings for a negro quarter.
On the Forehand tract, one of the two described
together, there is about (70 > seventy acres of swamp
land in cultivation, with about < 200) two hundred
acres woodland, mostly dammed out from the river
| Ogeechee, on which it lies. Ail the tracts, except
j the first, are well timbered, and with a great deal
j of pine timber near the Central Railroad, which
passes through all of thcih. There is cleared laud
sufficient for cultivation,'on each tract, and each
tract so laid out, that they will adjoin either Ogee
chee river or Buckhcad Greek—one of them adjoin
ing both.
There will also be sold at the residence of de
ceased, before the sale closes, all the Perishabh
Property remaining of said deceased, in Burke
county, consisting of about 29 Mules, 6 Horses, *■;
head of Cattle, 7o bead of Sheen, Oxeu, upwards
of 300 head of Stock Hogs, and a lot of lattens 0
; Hogs, together with Wagons, Corn, Fodder, Plar.-
| tation Tools, Ac. The sale to continue from dav to
I dav, until all is sold.
! Terms of Salk—On the Land, credit for one-half
! of purchase monev one year; on the other half two
j years. On the Negroes, 26 per cent, cash, same
; credit for balance as on Land. For the Perishable
! Property, one-half cash, balance credit for one year,
j except "for sums of Twenty Dollars or under, for
I which cash will be required. Notes with strictly
i approved security, and with interest from date, will
1 be required on all credit sales, before the delivery
j of the property.
Purchasers will have the facility of the Central,
j and Augusta and Waynesboro’ Railroads, to attend
the sale, and fine accommodations near
MOSES P. GREEN, Ex r.
j Waynesboro’, Dec. 12, 1855. _ d*ctd dec 16
TO HIRE.
Mechanics, (looks, Washerwomen and House Servants.
AMONG the mechanics are several Masons,
Carpenters and Painters. Persons, either in
town or country, in want of first rate workmen,
such as will be attentive and faithful, may be ac
commodated either by the dav, month or year, by
addressing the undersigned, through the Post Os
fice, or by applying to him personally, »t the resi
dence of Mr. Martin, on Ellis street, any day about
1 o'clock. declS dficlm JOB-V H. FITTEN .
DAYS afterdate application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of Richmond
i county, for leave to sell the Real Estate and Negroes
; belonging to the Estate of Mrs. Sarah Harris, late
: of said county. Deceased,
i WILLIAM M HARRIS, ( , . .
no vs LEWIS N. HARRIS, ) r *.