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IIIIIA (OIViTiTTIOMUST OFFICE ON McINTOSH-STREET, ~R D DOOB FROM TUB NORTH-WEST CORNER OF BROAD-STREET. TER MS: s>iiiT, in advance per annum $6 00 Kbui’m advance per annum 7 00 . \feeklv, in advance, .per annum 4 00 tin advance per annum j 00 \V, itlv, in advance per annum.... 2 00 „j- So OISCOCNT FOR CIX'BS. 9 tjb “JOB” OB BICE. vini r centlv added a variety of New . ypii !■> <>ur Job Department, we are prepared every description of LETTER PRESS PRINTING a superior manner, and on reasonable terms. r the assortment are some Mammoth Tvpe for FOSTERS. From t : te Washington Union, Jan. 25. Special Message from the President. The subjoined message from the President of United States was transmitted to both Houses Congress yesterday. *D ->* naU and Hou*e of Reprettu&alio**: ■ -cum stances have occurred to disturb the -*f governamentai organization in the Ter- i f»t Kansas, and produce there a condition of gs which renders it incumbent on me to call attention to the subject, and urgently to re- j *end the adoption by you of such measures gistation as the grave exigencies of the case -ear to require. i t*rief exposition of the circumstances refer 'o. and ot their causes, will he necessary to full understanding ot the recommendations h it is proposed to submit. The act to organiz- the Territories of Nebraska v. : Kauvxs was a manifestation of the legislative nion of Congress on two great points of consti , :ial construction: one, that the designation of 1 indaries of a new Territory, and provision mis political Organization and administration as > Territory, are measures which of right, fall with he powers of the general government- and the er, that toe inhabitants of any such Territory • idered as an inchoate .State are entitled, in the rise of self-government, to determine for thent •3 what shall be their own domestic institu -, subject only to the Constitution and the laws > a dby Congress under it, and to the pow . - of til .- existing States to decide according to the : -ivisions and principles of the Constitution at What time the Territory shall be received as a j ' ue into the Union. Such are the great political ' , - which are solemnly declared and affirmed ! hi that act. 1 upon this theory, the act of Congress defin : f r each Territory the outlines of republican : .i-rment, dis ribuiing public authority among j ■ civ created agents—executive, judicial'ana .rive -to be appointed either by the general „ rut. it or by the Territory. The legislative •; ns were intrusted to a council and a house t-ntu ivoa duly elected and empowered to ... u ail the local laws which they might deem -a'ial to their prosperity, happiness and good rcrnincnt. Acting in the same sj*irit. Congress - ;defined the persons who were in the first in- : .. . to be considered as the people of each Ter -.-; enacting that every free white male inhab it’ the same above the age of twenty-one r-. being an actual resident thereof, and pos i - :ig the qualifications hereafter described, i ; ul-d be entitled to vote nt the first election, and -iigible to any office within the Territory; but I -.be qualifications of voters and holding office ! subsequent elections should be such as might : -. -r.bcd by the legislative assembly: Provi- ' ; how ver, the right of sutfrage and of holding should be exercised only by the citizens of ; United States, and those who should have de r 1 on oath their intention to become such, and v« taken an oath to support the Constitution of j United States and the provisions of the act : i provided, further, that no officer, soldier, sea : or marine, or other person in the army, or a j rote fir hold office in either Territorv by .- m of being on service therein. Such of the public officers of the Territories as, provisions of the act, were to be appointed h- General Government, including the Gover . wore appointed and commissioned in due sea ::; the law having been enacted on the 30th of j :.w. .154, anti the commission of the Governor of 1 Territory of Nebraska being dated on the 2d el' August, 1854, and of the Territory of Kan- I -8 the 2toil day of June, 1554. I Among the duties imposed by tlie act on the I Temurs was that of directing and superintend- j I a the political organization of the respective ' | tt.ries. The Governor of Kansas was required I a census or enumeration of the inhabitants . : qualified voters of the several counties and . stri -ts of the Territory to be taken by such per - :> and in siu-h mode as he might designate and point; to appoint and direct the time ami places l holding th,.- first elections, and the manner of aduoting them, both as to the persons to super iiteud such elections and the returns thereof; to 1 L-claro the number of the members of the Council tad House of Representatives for each county or . ; strict; to declare what persons might appear to 1 duly elected : anu t** appoint the time and place tin- first meeting of the legislative assembly. In - distance, the same duties were devolved on the ■; vernorof Nebraska. While, bv this act, the principle of Constitution each cil' the Territories was one and the same; s : die details of organic legislation regarding ■j h wore as nearly as could be, identical, and > .-* the Territory of Nebraska was tranquilly successfully organized in the due course of and it* first legislative assembly met on the : January, lt-5.*, the * rganization'of Kansas -t i"t*g delayed, and has bean attended with se -i difficulties and embarrassments, partly the - iitence of local mal-administration, an*l part the unjustifiable interference of the inlmbi -<>f some of the States foreign by residence, rests, and rights to the Territory. - Governor of the Territory of Kansas, com -uuned, as before stated, on the 22th of June, , di*l not reach the designated sea! of his Gor in until the 7th of the ensuing October ; anti - thru failed to make the first step iii its legal uaization—that of ordering the census or acral' n of its inhabitants — until so late a day die election of the members of the legislative !y did not take place until the 30th of nor its meeting until the second of -v So that, for a year after the Territory ■ instituted bv the act of Congress, and the to be appointed bv the Federal Executive n commissioned, it was without a complete •r-im -nt, without any legislative authority, ’s'tit local law, and, of course, without the -■*rv guarantees of peace and public order. ■her respects, the Governor, instead of exer ■ constant vigilance and putting forth all his : -f to prevent or counteract the tendencies to * :y. which are prone to exist in all imper •tyanized and newly-associated communi - . i-nve-d his attention to be diverted from offi •!2nti-..-n by other objects, and himself set an .- -pit- of the violation ot law in the performance . * * whi -h rendered it toy duty, in the sequel, •love him from the office of chief executive --.'vj-ate of the Territory. ' vs the requisite preparation was accomplish- ' election of a territorial legislature, an elec delegate to Congress had been held in the tv on the 29th day of November, 1354, and irrigate took his seat in the House of Reprc :ve- without challenge. If arrangements had , :: 6 rfecicd by the Governor so that the election : tubers of tbe legislative assembly might be * • i :h. several precincts at the same time as ‘l<l»gate to Congress, any question appertain -- ta qualification of the persons voting as vie of the Territory would have passed neees and at once under the supervision of Con ■ ‘t. as the judge of the validity of the return of ' -riegate. anu would have been deferminedjne " 'untiictiug passions bad become inflamed bv Md before opportunity could have been af rit r j-. st unatic interference of the people of --urinal States. - - t- erference, in so far as concerns its prima ■.' - and ns immediate commencement., was : se incidents of that pernicious agitation - i jc tof the condition of die colored per -1 ' --‘1 to s --vice in some of th-> States w’nieh -;ng disturbed the repose of our country, t-'y'.ed individuals, otherwise patriotic and 4 oog, to toil with misdirected zeal in the _ - ' > propagate their social theories by the - ' sion and abuse of the powers of Congress. ns and the parties whom the tenor of the S. .. jr ?' n ' ze the Territories of Nebraska and - ’ “ war ted in the endeavor to impose, -k' V; 16 a 2eney of Congress, their jiarticular ; social organization on the people of the . states, now perceiving that the policy •; .h " n S tne inhabitants of each State to judge ■ ,'- s iu this respect, was ineradicabtv ,n f convictions of the people of the “®n had recourse, in the pursuit of their 0 qject, to the extraordinary measure of SAi\*r a, '* :st co ' ' n > 2 ation of the Territory of Kan- the free and natural action of its '* n internal organization, and thus a Vl r ri°ree the determination of that A ln fins inchoate State. ■ yiew's, associations were organized iu ‘ - -is aQ ri their purposes were pro r - ar °ughtue press in language extremely to 111 ose 0? whom the cnlo b ; ome the n ighbors. Those design* *.a aa.l the necessary consequence to awaken ri*>fZ , ! IQ 'ense indignation in States near to - T of Kansas, and especially in the ad •m '-'uT* 1 * of Missouri, whose domestic peace -- 1 y»e most directiy endangered; but ther are far from justifying the illegal and reprehensible counter-rnavements which ensued. Under these inauspicious circumstances the i primary elections for mt iubers of the legislative j assembly were held in most, if not all, of the pre : cincts at the time and the places, and bv the per i sons designate*! and appointed by the Governor ac cording to law.] Angry accusations that illegal votes had been polled abounded on all sides, and imputations were made both of fraud and violence. But the Gover nor, iu the exercise of the power and the discharge of the duty conferred and imposed bv law on him alone, officially received and considered the re turn.-. ; declared a large majority of the members of the council and House of Representatives “duly elected;” withheld certificates from others because of alleged illegality of votes: appointed a new . election to supply the place of the persons not cer tified ; and thus at length, in all the forms of stat ; ute, and with his own official authentication com plete legality was given t-> the first legislative as j sembly of tfie Territory. Those decisions of tfie returning officers and of the Governor are final, except that, by the parlia mentary usage of the country applied to the organ ic law, it may be conceded that each house of the assembly must have been competent to determine, in the last resort, the qualifications and the election of its members. The subject was, by its nature, one appertaining exclusively to the jurisdiction of the local authorities of the Territory. Whatever irregularities may have occurred in the elections, it seems too late now to raise that question. At all events, it is a question as to which, neither now, i nor at any previous time, has the least possible le gal authority been possessed by the President of | tiie United States. For all present purposes the legislative body, thus constituted anti elected, was tbe legitimate assembly of the Territorv. I Accordingly, the Governor, by proclamation, convened the assembly thus elected to meet at n place called Pawnee City; the two houses met and were duly organized in the ordinary parliamentary form; each sent to, and received from the Governor , the official communications usual on such oooa » -ions; an elaborate message opening the session was communicated by the Governor; and the gen , eral business of legislation was entered upon bv . the legislative assembly. But, after a few days, the assembly resolved to f ; adjourn to another place in the Territory. A law i | was accordingly passed, against the consent of the 1 i : Governor, but in due form otherwise, to remove . i the seat of government temporarily to the “Shaw- j nee Manuel-Labor School,” (or Mission, and thith -ler the assembly proceeded. After this, receiving j a bill for the establishment of a ferry at the town ! of Kickapoo, the Governor refused to sign it, and, I 1 by special message, assigned for reason of refusal, i not anything objectionaole in the bill itself, nor : any pretence of the Illegality or incompetence of : the assembly as such, but only the fact that, tin* assembly had by its act transferred the seat of : government temporarily from Pawnee City to i Shawnee Mission. For the same reason he con- 1 j tinned to refuse to sign other bills, until, in the : course of a few days, he, by official message, com- . : munieated to the assembly the fact that ‘he had j received notification of the termination of his * functions as Governor, and that the duties of the ! office were legally devolved on the secretary of the Territorv ; thus to the last recognising ihe body as a duly-elected and constituted legislative as i sembly. It will be perceived that, if any constitutional de fect attached to the legislative acts of tbe assem bly, it is not pretended to consist in irregularity of ; i election, or want of qualification of the members, ! j but only in the change of its place of session. However trivial this objection may seem to be, it . requires to be considered, because upon it is founded all that superstructure of acts, plainly against ! law, which now threatens the peace, not only of i the Territory of Kansas, but of the Union. Such an objection to the proceedings of the leg islative ass -inbl v was of exceptionable origin, for the reason that, by the express terms of the organ ic law, the seat of government of the Territorv ' was “ loccated temporarily at Fort Leavenworth,” and yet the Governor himself remained there less ; than two months, and of his own discretion trans ferred the seat, of government to the Shawnee Mis sion, where it, in fact, was a*, the time the assem bly were called to meet at Pawnee City. If the Governor had any such right to change temporari ly the seat of government, still more had the leg- , tslative assembly. The objection is of exception able origin for the further reason that tiie place indicatad by the Governor, without having any exclusive claim of preference in itself, was a proposed town site only, which he and others were ; attempting to locate unlawfully upon land within a military reservation, and for participation in , which iilegal act the commandant of the post —a superior officer of the army—has been dismissed by sentence of courGmartial. Nor is It easy to see why (he legislative assembly might not with propriety pass the territorial act transferring its sittings o> the Shawnee Mission. If it could not, that must be on account of some prohibitory or incompatible provision of act of 1 Congress. But no suc-h provision exists. The or ganic act. as already quoted, says “the seat of gov ernment is hereby located temporarily at Fort Leavenworth,” and it then provides that certain of the public buildings there “may be occupied and used under the direction of the Governor and legis- j lative assembly.” These expressions might possi bly be construed t.> imply that when in a previous , section of the art it was enacted that “the first le gislative assembly shall meet at such place and on such day as the Governor shall appoint,” the word ; “place” means place at Fort Leavenworth, not place any where in the Territory, [f so, the Governor would have been the first to err in ’his matter, not only in himself having removed the seat of gov ernment to the Shawnee Mission, but in again re moving it to Pawnee city. If there was any de parture from tiie letter of ihe law, therefore, it was , his in both instances. But, however, this may be, it i-> most unreason able to suppose that by the terms of the organic : act Congress intended to do impliedly what it lias not done expressly—that is, to forbid to the legis lative assembly the power to choose any place it might see fit as the temporary seat of its deliberu , tinns. That is proved bv the significant language of one of the subsequent acts of Congress on the subject, that of March 3, 1855, which, in making appropriation for public buildings of the Territo ry, enacts that the same shall not be expended “un til the legislature of said Territory shall h ive fixed by law the permanent scat of Government.” Con gress, in these expressions, does not profess to be I granting tie* power to fix the permanent seat of Government, but recognises the power as one al ready granted. But how? Undoubtedly by the comprehensive provision of the organic act itself, which declares that “the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of I legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act.” If, in view of this act, the legislative assembly had the largo power to fix the permanent seat of Gov ernment at any place in its discretion, of course by the same enactment it had the less and tbo inclu ded power to fix it temporarily. Nevertheless, the allegation tha‘ the acts of the ■ legislative assembly were illegal by reason of tiiis removal of its place of session, was brought for ward to ius'ifv the first great movement in disre gard of law within the Territory. One of the nets ; of the legislative assembly provided for the elec tion of a delegate to the present Congress, and a delegate was elected under that law. But, subse quently to this, a portion of the people of the Ter- 1 ri orv proceeded without authority of law to elect another delegate. Following upon this movement was another and more important one of the same general character. Persons confessedly not constituting the body pol itic, or.all the inhabitants, but merely a party of the inhabitants, and without law, hare undertaken to summon a convention for the purpose of trans forming the Territory into a State, and have framed , a Constitution, adopted it, and under it elected a j Governor and other officers, and a representative to Congress. In extenuation of these illegal acts, it is alleged that the State of California, Michigan, and others, were self-organized, and, as such, were admitted into the Union without a previous enabling t t of Congress. It is true that, while, in a majority of . cases, a previous act of Congress has been passed - to authorize the Territory to present ltselt as a State, and that this is deemed the most regular course, yet such an act has not. been held to be in dispensable. and, in sonic cases, the Territorv has proceeded without it. and has nevertheless been . admitted into the Union as a State. It lies with Congress to authorize beforehand, or to confirm afterwards, in its discretion. But in no instance has a State been admitted upon the application of persons acting against anil: ri:: s duly constituted ; bv act of Congress. In every case it is the people of the Territory, not a party among them, who have the power to form a Constitution, and ask for ■ . admission as a State. No principle of public law, I no practice or precedent under the Constitution of i ■ the United States, no rule of reason, right, or com i anm sense, confers any such power as that now claimed bv a mere party in the Territory. In fact, - what has been done is of revolnntarv character. It * is avowedly so in motive and m aim as respects the - local law of the Territory. It will become treason > able insurrection if it reach the length of orgun *■ iz.-d resistance by force to tiie fundamental or any * other federal law', and to the authority of the gen - ! oral Government. f In such an event, the path of duty for the Exeeu - ttve is plain. The Constitution requiring him to * take care that the laws of the United States be * faithfully executed, if they be opposed in the Tem t tory of Kansas, he may and should place at the disposal of the marshal any public force of the i United States which happens to be within the juris diction, to be used as a portion of the poste eomita r £/s : and, if that do not suffice to maintain order, - then he may call forth the militia of one or more * States for that object, *>r employ for the same üb i j ject any part of the land or naval force of the Uni o ted States. S*>, also, if the obstruction be to the h laws of the Territory, and it be duly presented to * . him as a case of insurrection, he may employ for 7 : its suppression the militia of any State, or the land ■or naval force of the United States. And if the Territory be invaded by the citizens of other State**, whether for the purpose of deciding elections or for any other, and the local authorities find them selves unable to repel or withstand it, they will be entitled to, and upon the fact being fully ascertain j ed, they shall most certainly receive, the aid of the ; general Government. ! But it is not the duty of the President of the United States to volunteer interposition bv force : to preserve the parity of elections either in a State or Territory. To do so would be subversive of : public freedom. And whether a law be wise or un wise, just or unjust, is not a question for him to judge. If it be constitutional—that is, if it be the law of the land—it is his duty to cause it to be ex ecuted, or to sustain the authorities of any State or t Territory in executing it in opposition to all insur rectionary movements. Our system affords no justification of revolntiona- i i ry acts; for the constitutional means of relieving the people ot unjust administration and laws, bv a change of public agents and by repeal,’are ample, and more prompt and effective than Alegal vio- ; lence. The constitutional means must be scrupu- I lously guarded—this great prerogative of popular ; sovereighty sacredly respected. It is the undoubted right of the peaceable and orderly people of the Territory of Kansas to elect their own legislative body, make their own laws, and regulate their own social institutions, without foreign or domestic molestation. Interference, on - the one hand, to procure the abolition or prohibi tion of slave labor in the Territory, has produced i mischievous interference, on the other, for its i maintenance or introduction. One wrong begets j another. Statements entirely unfounded, or gross- ' : lv exaggerated, concerning the events within the j ! Territory, are arduously diffused through remote j States to f.ied the flame of sectional animosity ; there; and the agitators there exert themselves indefatigably in return to encourage and stimulate j strife within the Territory. The inflammatory agitation, of which the pre sent is but a part, has for twenty years produced ■ nothing save unmitigated evil, North and South. : But for it the character of the domestic institutions ; of the future new State would have been a matter of too little interest to the inhabitants of tbe con j tiguons States, personally or collectively, to pro- I duee among them any political emotion. Climate, soil, production, hopes of rapid advancement and j the pursuit of happiness on the part of the settlers ’ themselves, wi:h good wishes, but with no inter ! ference from without, would have quietly deter mined ihe question, which is at this time of such , disturbing character. But we are constrained to turn our attention to I the circumstances of embarrassment as they now | exist. It is the duty of the people of Kansas to j discountenance every act or purpose of resistance to its laws. Above all, the emergency appeals to the citizens of the States, and especially to those j contiguous to the Territory, neither by intenvn ; lion of non-residents in elections, nor by unautlior j ized military force, to attempt to encroach upon or usurp the authority of the inhabitants of tiie Ter- I ritory. No citizen of our country should permit himself ; to forget that he is a part of its government, and j . entitled to be heard in the determination of its j ! policy and iu measures, and that, therefore, the | ' highest considerations, of personal honor and patri- ; : otism require him to maintain, by whatever of pow- | er or influence he may possess, the integrity of the | laws of the republic. Entertaining these views, it will be my impera- ; tive duty to •vert the whole power of the federal : Executive to support public order in the Territory ; , to vindicate its laws, whether federal or local, 1 j against all attempts of organized resistance; and ! j so to protect its people in the establishment of their own institutions, undisturbed by encroach- ' ; inent from without, and in the full enjoyment of i tho rights of self-government assured to them by the Constitution and the organic act of Congress. Although serious and threatening disturbances in the Territory of Kansas, announced to me bv j ; the Governor in December last, were speedily qul- I eted without the effusion of blood, and in a satis- 1 factory manner, there is, 1 regret to say, reason to ; apprehend that disorders will continue to occur there, with increasing tendency to violence, until j some decisive measure be taken to dispose of the question itself, which constitutes the inducement • or occasion of internal agitation and of external : * interference. This, it ssenu to me, can besi be accomplished by providing that, when the inhabitants of Kansas may desire it, and shall be of sufficient numbers to constitute a State, a convention iff delegates, j duly elected by the qualified voters, shall assemble : to frame a Constitution,and thus to prepare, through regular and lawful means, for its admission into ihe Union as a State. 1 respectfully recommend the enactment of a law : to that effect. 1 recommend, also, that a special appropriation be made to defray any expense which may become requisite in the execution of the laws or the main- \ tenance of public order in the Territorv of Kansas. ! FRANKLIN'FIERCE. Washington, January 24, 1853. Congressional. Washington, Jan. 2L — Sf.nati:.— Air. Clayton presented a communication which had been receiv ed in executive session from the President of the United States, and front which the injunction of se- ■ cresy had been removed, transmitting a copy of a letter from Lord John Russel to Mr. Crumpton dated January Ist, 1555, in which it was declared that the British government “intent! to adhere strictly to the treaty of Washington of the 19th, of April, ISSo, und not to assume any sovereignty, either direct or indirect, in Central America.” The subject of Central American affairs was then discussed at some length by Messrs. Clavton, Ma son, and Seward; and Mr. ('ass desiring to ad dress the Senate upon it, on his motion the further : consideration of the subject was postponed until Monday next. : The subject of the naval board came up on the presentation of memorials From Thomas Ap Catcsby Junes and others, and was discussed bv Messrs. Mason, Benjamin, Clayton, Mallory, Sew ard, and others. A message was received from the President of ' the l uited States in relation to the recent troubles in Kansas; which was read and ordered to be j referred to the Committee on Territories, and 1 printed. Messrs. Seward, Clayton, and others made a few remarks thereon. After the consider ation of executive business, the Senate adjourned until Monday next. Horn: of Kt-H’ttEsraTATtVE*. -The question re curring tiiis morning on the resolution of Mr. Rust, requesting the gentlemen now before the ' lints as can (Unites fur Speaker to withdraw their names, and thus remove certain insurmountable obstacles in the wav of an organization, it was > laid on ttv table by a vote of I-) to 99. Mr. Fuller ! withdrew his name as a candidate in some very ; appropriate remarks. The House then took two ballots for Speaker, with the usual result, many of Mr. Fuller’s friends still adhering to him, not with- j standing his withdrawal. The announcement by j j the doorkeeper of a message from the President ' of the United States caused quite a sensation in tho House. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, objected to its reception; but, after some debate and great disor- ; der, it was, on motion of Mr. Stephens, received, j A motion was then made, by Mr. A. K. Marshall, ! of Kentucky, that the message be read. This ‘ motion was finally agreed to after some oppo- j ait ion, and the message was read. The House then adjourned. NOTICE.' B'W IVING disposed of niv mercantile interest it'JL f, U;;T HAVE I !. A S.AIfTU, r i.tke this op portunity of returning my thanks to my customers ! and friends for their libera! patronage, and recom mend them to my successors. AM. J. OWENS. We have purchased Air. Owens’ stock of Goods, i and taken ihe store occupied by him, with a new and complete stock now arriving, and in transitu. We offer our set vices to his and our friends, and : hope to merit a share of their patronage. tan 1 lm _ BOTHAVELL & SMITH. PIiWsERVKS, PICKLES, Ac,- 10 doz. assorted PRESERVES; 10 “ Brandy PEACHES and CHERRIES; 20 “ assorted PICKLES; 10 “ Tomato CATSUP; 10 “ Fresh Cove OYSTERS, tin cans ; •2 “ Prepared HORSE R ADISH. Just re ceived br jar.l9 DAAA SON A SKINNER. NEW FAMILY”GROCERY. BUIS. POTATOES, just received, on consignment; warranted to keep till planting time. Apply to T. GANNON, Oi iiosit*; the Georgia Railroad Passenger Depot. dec22 ts PARKS’ MINING COMPANY, Columbia Co., Ga. riMIE Stockholders in this Company are hereby 8 notified and required to pav to the Treasurer on or before the loth day of FEBRUARY next, the entire balance due on their subscript!* -ns to the Capital Stock. By order of the President, jan2B tuAftFlo ' AA AI. B. GRIFFIN, Sec’y. ~ TO HIRE, BY the year, two smart, active BOY’S, 12 and 14 years old. Apply at this office. ’ Jan22_' ts "j <(* BBLS. “FRESH BONES,” on consign , , * nient, for sale by the package. If you want s fresh meat cheap, call to-day. jaiilT t. W. FLEMING. &*E(<ARS, SEGARS. —55,000 Washington ’ i™ I’riniera. 2-v-n) Rio Hondo Scg.. just re ceived and for sale at GUST. VOI.GE R’S | jant* Segar and Tobacco Store. e A LEX A X DER’S KTdGLOV ES, "Black n \\ hire and Colored, a full assortment just rc r ; ceived, and for sale bv i i j»n« WARD, BURCIIARD A CO. t BY TELEGRAPH. Congressional. W ashington, Jan. 25.—The House had throe in effectual ballotings to-day. Jan. 26.—Mr. GeorgeH. Dunn, of ludiana, offered a series of resolutions in the House to-day ; Ist. That no man should be elected Speaker who will hesitate to restore the Missouri Compromise. 2nd. j That the Compromise should be restored as a ne cessary and certain means of reviving harmony, concord and union. od. That the factional agita tional of the slavery question, in and out of Con- i gress, is unwise, and unjust to every section of the ! country, but until the Compromise is restored, it is ! a solemn duty to perish in our efforts to that end. The first resolution was rejected by a vote of 103 I to 102—the second was adopted by 101 to 10rt —and the third rejected by a vote of 103 to 10u. Mr. Fueler offered a resolution declaring that j the agitation of the slavery question was unwise, ! and unjust to a large portion of the American peo ple, and injurious to ever) section, and ought not < to be countenanced. This resolution was adopted : by a vote of 103 to 100. Mr. Mekciiam offered a resolution declaring that the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was an ex ample of the useless and factious agitation of the slavery question, and unwise aad unjust to the American people—adopted—ayes 108, nays 93. The house then adjourned. Washington', Jan. 28. —Senate.—Cass strongly denounced the position of Great Britain in relation to the Mosquito affairs. Messrs. Clatton and Collamer made a few remarks; after which the Senate adjourned until Thursday morning House.- Only one vote for Speaker to-day, with out an election. The plurality resolution was ta : bled by a vote of one hundred and six to one hun ! dred. 1 1 is rumored that. Mr. Dallas has beeu tendered a mission to England. Markets. New York, Jan. 25.—Cotton market dull, and sales to-day five hundred bale*. Flour is lower, anil Ohio quoted at £8.44. Wheat higher, and 1 Southern Red $2.00 per bushel. Corn is firm at 192 cents. Other articles unchanged, i New York, Jan. 25. —Judge Ingersoll, in the i C. S. District Court, has decided that the indict ments against the Captain of the Northern Light and White, the agent of the Transit Company, for ; violations of the neutrality laws, were legal and re i fuses to quash them. New York, Jan. 26. —Cotton was dull again to- j j day, and the sales reached only about 600 bales. I Wheat was firm at $1.97. Southern Red Wheat j $2.00 per bushel. Corn firm, and other articles : ; were unchanged. New York, Jan. 28.—Cotton.—The market is lanquid. Only four hundred and fifty bales were j sold to-day. The Flour market is firm—Ohio $8.75. Wheat , i has advanced. Southern Red $1.98. Corn firm. The following appointments have been made by the President, by and with the advice and consent ' of the Senate : “ 0. Jennings Wise, of Virginia, to be Secretary • of the Legation of the United States at Paris, in place of lion Piatt, resigned. “Edward G. W. Butler, Jr., of Louisiana, to be ! Secretary of the Legation of the United States at Berlin, in place of 0. Jennies Wise, transferred j to Paris. “John N. Garesche, of Delaware, to be Consul j ; of the United States at the port of Mantanzas, I Island of Cuba, in place of Edward Worrell, re ! moved. “ Robert H. Secse, of New York, to be Consul of the United States at the port of Spezzia, in Sar dill i a. “Jonathan S. Jenkins, of California, to be eon j sul of the United States at Apia, Navigator’s Islands. “George V. Brown, of New York, to be Consul i of the United States at Tangier, Morocco, m place of Samuel P. Collins, deceased. By the arrival of the brig Helen Jane at Bos ton from Truxillo, we have some interesting advi ces from Honduras, which indicate that the opera ; tions of Col. Walker in Central America are not necessarily confined to Nicaragua. Cabano, the ; former President of Honduras, who was driven out ol’ the countr. bv Gen. Guardiola, and af terwards joined Col, Walker, was reported on the frontier, having command of four hundred Ameri cans and one thousand native troops, with the I j purpose of again taking possession. It was ; thought that he would succeed, as Gen. Guardo ia had expressed a determination not to fight the vankees, as they were, in his opinion, irresistible. The leading native inhabitants < f Omoa and Trusiilo arc reported as not opposed to Walker. Charleston Courit/. Some on Hoops.— The Schuyler County Ameri can Jludget is “some" on hoop yarns. For in stance, be tells of an accommodating young beau, : in Havana who recently called “ to take a young ; lady out for a sleigh ride. When the ladv was seated, the young mail discovered that his fair companion with her surrounding appurtenance* en , tirely filled the cutter, and not being willing lo go afoot himself, be gallantly mounted the nag, and . both parties rode on their way rejoicing .More recently isays this truth loving editor,) a lady was walking along .South Street, Havana, when one of the hoops, the ends of which lmd not beeu strongly secured together, suddenly broke loose and flying i back with great force, tore completely through the outer garni, nts and struck a small boy who was | standing on the side walk about twenty feet front the lady. The small boy was taken home sense ‘ less, and it is feared, will nut recover. The hoop is already re-covered. A Chinese widow being found fanning the tomb ! ; of her deceased husband, and being asked the cause j of so singular a mode of show ing her grief, accounl- I ed for it by saving that he had made her promise not > to marry again while the mortar on his tomb re , mniued damp, and as it dried but slowly, she saw no harm in aiding the operation. CITY SHERIFF'S SALE. ON* the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will be sold, at the Lower Market House, in the • city of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale— -2 bbls. Vinegar, 10 galls. \\ liiskv, half bbl. Mo I lasses, half do. Syrup, 1 do. containing Gin, half do. j Peas, half do, dried Apples, half do. Fish, 1 do. On ; ions, 1 do. Coffee, 1 do. Salt, l}{ do. Potatoes, fi ; empty Barrels, 1 box Soda, 3 gross Matches, 0 Ova- t ■ ter Dishes, 6 water Buckets, 1 Coffee Can, 1 lot of j Jugs and Jars, 2 Wheel-barrows, 7 Looking-glass- j es, 1 5o bottles Whisky, 12 Lamps, 1 Tin Can, part i bbl. Beef, 4 Brooms, 1 Tub, 1 set of Measures, 1 j Accordeon, 1 lot of Sundries, consisting of Gloves, j Jewelry, Combs, Ac., 2 Tea Canisters, 31 glass Jars and contents, 1 box Fancy Soar*, 3 half boxes 'l’o ■ baeeo, 1 Tobacco Cutter, f box Pepper, 1 box Soap, 1 lot Crockery, 28 Glass Mugs, 1 lot Cut Tobacco, ' boxes S gars, 6 bottles Snuff, 36 pounds Ground Ci if, •, s' bundles Tea, 1 lot Tacks, Soap and Ink, ; « boxe - Yeast Powders, 37 Decanters, 1 Clock, 6 ! ; Segar Mugs, 6 Waiters, 16 Frames and Pictures, 2 ! large Looking Glasses, 12 Kegs, 1 Ice Chest, 8 Deinijohns, A Pewter Pitchers, 1 set Tin Measures, 1 1 Stove and Pipe, 1 Beer Pump, 3 pair Scales, 1 keg Port Wine, 1 barrel Peach Brandy, 1 do. Wliis ily, 12 Hams, i tierce Rice, and one lot sundries; ! levied on as Vue property of Thomas L. Williams, to satisfy sundry fi. fas. from the Court of Common Picas of the City of Augusta, in favor of Wood, Brad lei' k Co. and others, vs. Thomas L. Williams. —ALSO — At the same time and place, will be sold : Two boxes Segars, 1 Picture and Frame, 5 Waiters, 1 Bagatelle Table and fixtures, 1 Chess Board, 1 lot empty Bottles, 2f£ dozen bottles Porter and Ale, 8 jugs Liquor, 1“ bottles Wine and Curiso, 4 Chairs, * I lot choice Liquors, 4 bortles Schnapps, 1 lot of Claret, in bottles, 1 box Matches, 4 kegs Gin and Brandy, and one barrel Holland Gin ; levied on as the property of George Borehers, to satisfy a dis tress warrent for rent, in favor of I. P. Girardey vs. George Borehers. - j _ —ALSO— At the same time and place. Will be sold: Three , barrels Red Paint, 5 Tin Cans, Glass Jars, 1 box Soap, and 4 Tin Dippers ; levied on as the property of Edward Baker, to satisfy two fi. fas. issued from - i the Court of Common Pleas of the City of Augusta, • in favor of llaviland, Rislev & Co., vs. Edward Baker, D. B. Plumb & Co. vs. the same. jan2~> WILLIAM V. KER, Sheriff C. A. HC. L. MCCLUNG, | R. M. MCCLUNO, McCLUNG & CO., CO M M ISSIO N MF,It C HANTS, 1 ; 1 AND PRODUCE DEALERS, - 1 KnozviU.e, Tenn. Refer to T. W. Fleming, Esq., Augusta, Ga. t jaitX2 Cm C1 It A NIT E VILLE SHIRTINGS.—2S Tales H of these Goods, for sale bv ii jano HAND, WILCOX k CO. HARPERS’ Magazine for February, leave* cut, for sale bv jan-22 THOS. RICHARDS A SON. V. BUSHELS heavy Bl’k SEED OATS for sale by E. F. KINCHLEY, i*nl7 No. 7, Warren Block. (General EXECUTORS’ SALE. WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in MARCH next, at the Lower Market House, in the city of Augusta, between the usual hours of i sale, the following property belonging to the estate ! of Isaac S. Tuttle, deceased, to pay the debts and ; legacies, to wit: Twelve Negro Slaves: Lewis, Aid, Doctor, Milo, Bill, little Bill, Bob, John, Laura, Margaret, Elizabeth and Adeline. —ALSO $4,000 7 per cent. Bonds of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. sl7,uno 6 per cent. Bonds of the State of Georgia. ’ 500 Shares Stock of Georgia Railroad and Bank j ing Company. ■ iOO Shares Stock of the Bank of the State of Georgia. 1 156 Shares Stock of the Bank of Augusta. _ j 50 Shares Stock of the Augusta Manufacturing j I Company. Terms cash. GEORGE M. NEWTON,) v , JOHN H. MANN, f janl7 d&etd j LAND FOR SALE. rjTIIREE HUNDRED ACRES of well- . B timbered LAND, about five miles from the city, on the Georgia Railroad, will be sold. A bar- ; guiu. Applv to W. B. GRIFFIN. Augusta, Dec. 1, 1855. dec2 THE CRITERION; A LITKRAHV ANO CRITICAL WEEKLY JOURNAL, 16 Pages, Uo, "W ~WT AS commenced on the third of November, w w 1855, and has thus far received very gen : eral approbation. Anxious to extend its influence, , and place it upon a substantial basis of support, the Publisher desires most earnestly to direct the 1 attention ot ilie thinking public of America to its j claims upon their consideration. The main feature of the CRITERION is its Re views of Current Literature. 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To members of Historical, Literary and Sciex , tific Societies, Lyceums and Debating Clubs, i the subjects discussed in this paper will, at all times, prove of peculiar interest, and it is the de- i j sign of the editors to thoroughly canvass, from ! time to time, those important philosophical quos- ; tions which agitate all inquiring minds, correcting j false theories, and encouraging profitable invest!- . gation. The CRITERION is published at $3 per annum, j : payable yearly, half yearly, or quarterly, in ad- 1 vance. Specimen copies supplied, on application ; to the Publisher. CHARLES It. RODE, janl3 law3w No. 113 Nassau-st., N. Y. FALL AND WINTER GOODS BROOM & SORRELL arc in receipt of, and have opened, a large portion of their j FALL and WINTER purchases, and are now pre- ; : pared to exhibit to their friends and the public, a handsome and varied assortment of STAPLE and FANCY DRV GOODS, embracing almost every ar ticle usually kept in a Dry Goods Store. Their . Goods will be ottered at very low prices, and their prices will compare favorably with the lowest and cheapest. Their stock of DOMESTICS, KER ! SETS, BLANKETS, and House Servants GOODS, ; j is very full; to all which they would call atten i tion, and respectfully solicit a share of public pat ronage. janlS CHEAP BLACK SILKS. \ M SHE AR La, received from w w New York, this dm- Plain black SILKS, of superior quality, and at vert low prices. Also, English black Crape COLLARS and UN DERSLEEVES, of new and beautiful styles. Also, Ladies' Mourning VEILS, of new and de sirable styles. To till of which the attention of the Ladies are respectfully invited. dec 19 ill AC GREAT BARGAINS! POSTPONED EXECUTOR'S SALE. fTNDER and bv virtue of a decree in Equity of J Burke Superior Court, November Term, 1855 will be sold, at Ctishingville, Station No. 8, Central Railroad. Burke county, on Tuesday, the 12th day ; of FEBRUARY, next, all the LANDS belonging to the estate of Augustus 11. Anderson, deceased, ly ing in Burke county, about (8,745) eight thousand seven hundred and forty-five acres. Also, about 75 1 seventy-live 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 on day 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 cotn ■ sortable Dwelling Houses, with the necessary out buildings. (in 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 : 7o) seventy acres of swamp land in cultivation, with about (‘zoo) two hundred acres woodland, mostly dammed out from the river Ogeechee, on which it lies. All the tracts, except the first, are well timbered, and with a great deal of pine timber near the Central Railroad, which passes through all of them. There is cleared land, : sufficient for cultivation, on each tract, and each ; tract so laid out, that they will adjoin either Ogee i dice river or Thickhead Creek—one of them adjoin ing both. There will also be sold at the residence of de- ! ceased, before the sale closes, all the Perishable I i Property remaining of said deceased, in Burke j I county, consisting ot about 29 Mules, 6 Horses, 96 ; j bead of Cattle, 70 head of Sheep, Oxen, upwards of 300 head of Stock Hogs, ana a lot of fattened : Hogs, together with Wagons, Corn, Fodder, Pian ; t:,ti in Tools, Ac. The sale to continue front day to i!i v, until all is sold. Terms of Sale—On the Land, credit for one-ball j of purchase ntonev one year; on the other half two years. On the Negroes, -> per cent, cash, same credit for balance as on Land. For the Perishable l Property, one-lialf cash, balance credit for one year, ! except for sums of Twenty Dollars or under, for ! which cash will be required. Notes with strictly approved security, and with interest from date, will 1 be required on all credit sales, before the delivery of the property. j Purchasers will have the facility of the Central, and Augusta and Waynesboro’ Railroads, to attend the sale, and fine accommodations near. MOSES P. GREEN, Ex’r. Waynesboro’, Dee. 12, 1855. d&etd jan24 GEORGIA LAND OFFICE AT AU GUSTA. rgs HE undersigned respectfully inform the pub ic lie generally, that they have opened an office in the city of Augusta, opposite the Insurance and ■ State Banks, on Broad street, for the purchase and sale of LANDS and REAL ESTATE of all descrip | : tion, located in any section of Georgia, on commis \ sion. Particular attention will be given to the sale and purchase of Lands in Cherokee and South- Western Georgia. Persons wishing to have Lands sold, will present , I them, with the best chain of titles they are in pos ' : session of, the Plat and original Grant, if they r i have it. ' 1 Those owning Tracts of Land, improved or un improved, in any section of Georgia, and wishing J \ to sell, will find this the most effectual medium of ottering them. All vw require is a proper descrip tion of improved Lands, the nature of titles and - terms, and they will be entered into our general . registry for sale, free of charge, commission being charged only where sales are effected. Persons wishing to make investments in Real > Estate and Lands, located in either county of the ■ State, will find it to their advantage to favor us with their orders. DAVISON, GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. JAMES M. DAVISON, GIRARDEY, WHYTE 4 CO., of Woodvillc, Ga. Augusta, Ua. janl2 if s , - “ —- LANDS! LANDS!! LANDS!!! FINELY adapted to the culture of Long Staple COTTON, SUGAR, CORN, RICE, Ac. Fifteen Thousand Acres of Southwestern Lands, splendidlv adapted to the culture of the above men ; tinned Products, fur sale, located in Baker, Deca -i tur and Early counties of Georgia. Apply to DAVISON, GIRARDEY, WHYTE A CO., janl3 ts Augusta Land Office. lotteries. GREENE AND PULASKI MONUMENT LOTTERIES. j Managed, drawn,and Prizes paid by the well known and responsible firm of GREGORY & MAURY. CLASS 25, at Savannah, on Tuesday, Jan. 29th. PACKAGE SCHEME. * $5,000! $1,200; S7OO, Ac. Tickets $1 —Shares in propor j „tion. Risk on a package of 25 quarters $3.70. JOHN A. MILLEN, Agent, On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel. ; All orders from the city or country strictly con fidential. ' jan2s 30,000 DOLLARS! IMPROVED HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! THE FAVORITE ! FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY. [By Authority of the State of Georgia.] CLASS 12, To be drawn in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, on j Monday, the 25th of FEBRUARY, 1850, j ‘ when Prizes amounting to $30,000 Will be distributed according to the following Unsurpassable Scheme: , ; SCHEME. CAPITAL PRIZE 1$ 10,000. • I 100 PRIZES—2O APPROXIMATIONS, j No Small Prizes! Prizes Worth Having!! i i PRICE OF TICKETS : j Wholes $5; Halves $2.50; Quarters $1.25. . j Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty days after i the drawing, in bills of specie-paying Banks, with ] out deduction, only on presentation of the Ticket en • titled to the Prize. Bills on all solventßanks taken at par. Allcom \ munications strictly confidential. SAMUEL SWAN, Agent and Manager, i jan24 Atlanta, Georgia. ROYAL LOTTERY OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA, HA VANA. Ordinary Drawing of the 12th FEBRUARY, 1856 : | 1 Prize of $60,000 11 Prizes 0f.... .SI,OOO • |1 “ 20,000 20 “ 500 ; ! 1 “ 16,000 80 “ 400 i ; 1 “ 8,000 161 “ 200 I 13 “ 2,000 16 Approximation 4,800 ; 275 Prizes, amounting to $102,000 Whole Tickets $lO ; /halves $5; Quarters $2.50. j Persons desiring Tickets can be supplied by ad- j dressing JOHN E. NELSON. Box 130, j janlO Charleston, S. C. i GOLD ! GOLD ! GOLD! 1 *-200 PRIZES ! 50,000 DOLLARS ! ! HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY. [r.Y AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.J j 10,000 Numbers Only ! One Prize to Eight 'Tickets, j fWIO be drawn at Concert Hall, Macon, Ga., uu- M. der the sworn superintendence of Col. Geo, M. Logan arid J. A. Nesbit, Esq. This Lottery is Drawn on the plan of the Royal Lottery of Havana, of single numbers. CLASS J. TO BE DRAWN FEBRUARY 15th, 1856. The Manager having announced his determine- . tion to make this the most popular Lottery in the i | world, offers for February 15th, a Scheme that far | surpasses any Scheme ever offered in the annals of j Lotteries. Look to your interest! Examine the Capitals. ONE PRIZE TO EIGHT TICKETS ! JBETi ! CAPITAL 12,000 DOLLARS. 1 Prize of $12,000 i 1 “ 5,000 j 1 “ 4,000 i 1 “ 3,000 j 1 “ 2,500 ! 5 Prizes of SI,OOO are 5,000 10 “ 500 are 5,000 j 60 “ 50 are 3,000 j 12ii “ 2-5 are 8,000 500 Approximation Prizes of 10 are 5,000 suo “ “ 5 are 2,500 1200 Prizes, amounting to $50,000 Tickets $8 ; Halves $4; Quarters $2, Prizes Payable without deduction! Persons send ing money by mail need not fear its being lost. Orders punctually attended to. Communications 1 1 confidential. Bank Notes of sound Banks taken at par. Those wishing particular Numbers should order immediately. Address JAMES F. WINTER, jan!7 Manager, Macon, Ga. $60.000! IMPROVED HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! THE BEST SCHEME EVER OFFERED. Southern Military Academy Lottery ! [BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA.] CLASS Z. to be drawn in Montgomery, Alabama, on TUESDAY, February 11th, 1856, when Prizes amounting to $60,000, Will be distributed according to the following Unsurpassable Scheme: 1.0.i0 PRIZES! 10,000 NUMBERS!! ONE PRIZE TO EVERY TEN TICKETS. SC Il*E*M E: CAPITAL PRIZE £20,000 ! 1,000 Prizes! SOO Approximation Prizes ! APPROXIMATION PRIZES. The patrons of this Lottery having evinced a . preference for Schemes with Approximation Prizes, I have again introduced them, with the difference, thai there are a great many more Prizes than for merly. PRICE OF TICKETS : Wholes slo ; Halves $5; Quarters $2.50. Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty days after the drawing, in bills of specie-paying Bank's, with out deduction— only on jn'esentathn of the Ticket drawing the Prize. "Bills of all solvent Banks taken at par. All communications strictly confidential. SAM’L. SV\ AN. Agent and Manager, iaulO Montgomery, Alabama. CtOKN, FLOI I AND MEAL.— ’ J 3,000 bushels prime CORN MEAL, new bags; 1,000 “ bolted “ “ 1200 sacks, j .. ... _ T „. 800 “ f Granite Mills FLOUR. All in fine ship; :n„ or er, for sale by jan4 LEWIS A ALLEN. ORTO RICO fi 5 .. Alt. fiiuto choke P. R. SUGAR, tor sale low. b V ' 1 LCOX & CO. AND LEAD. - : bags Drop and Buck SHOT : 2.000 lbs. Bar I.EAi), tor sale low, bv janlS HAND, WILCOX & CO. jIIOTIC'E. —All persons indebted to the estate ot Mary Bacon, late of Richmond county, de ceased, are requested to make immediate payment; and all persons having demands against said estate, are requested to present them, duly authenticated, i in terms of the law. GEORGE 11. CRUMP, janl 6 Executor of the last will and testament. frJi-Vi Y D AYS after date, application will bo WT made to the Court of Ordinary of Richmond county, for leave to sell the Real and Personal Property belonging to the estate of Mary Bacon, late of said countv, deceased. ! jan!6 GEORGE H. CRUMP, Ex’r. 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 Mrs. Marie Ann . : Girardev, deceased. ; janl ' CAMILLE E. GIRARDEY, Adm’r. X^TOTICE. —All persons indebted to the estate A* ot John M. Laree, laie of Richmond countv, deceased, are requested to make immediate pay ; meat; and all persons having demands against t said estate, are requested to present them, duly au - tlienticated, in terms of the law. JOHN P. LA VENTURE, 1 janl7 Temporary Administrator. ’ "NYTOTICE.—AII persons indebted to the estate , 1 « of Isaac S. Tuttle, late of Richmond county, deceased, are requested to make immediate pav c! ment; and all persons having demands against s said estate, are requested to present them, duly au thenticated, in terms of the law. GEORGE M. NEWTON, 1 .... janlS JOHN H. MANN. , ** AHORSE SHOER AND FARRIER. TMIE undersigned would inform the xy public that lie is prepared to do all iytoTTX e kinds of BLACKSMITH WORK, at his /tr}\_ shop on Centre street, between Broad and El 5, lis. He is prepared to SHOE horses in the best l- style, and he flatters himself that there is no Smith l- in Augusta that can surpass him in this branch of the trade. Those having lame or cutting horses would do well to give him a call. jan24 thJtsuiw P. SHARKEY. Auction Sales, BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. SATURDAY February 2d, as the United States Hotel Arcade, at U o’clock A. M„ will be sold Terms'casto A " gUsta Manufacturing Co.’s Stock. *7’ B ‘r Persons I ! lilvi nK unlimited stocks for sale | and ! nshl “« 0 «». jnurt report them at our -.flics ; previous to 11 o’clock. ian27 BY GIRARDEY?WHYTE - & CO. Arcade Sales. SATURDAY, February 2nd., at 11 o’clock, A. M. , precisely, will be sold, at the United States Ho tel Arcade— -5 shares Steamboat Stock ; ! 5 shares Summerville Plank Road Stock. —also — j <SB shares Georgia Railroad and Banking Com- I pany’s Stock. Terms cash. jan27 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. SATURDAY , February 2nd., at the United States Hotel Arcade, at 12 o’clock, M., will be sold— -74 shares Augusta Gas Company's Stock. Terms cash. jan27 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Valuable and desirable Sand Hill Properly. : SATURDAY, February 2nd., at the United States i Hotel Arcade, at 12 o’clock, M., will be sold— , That desirable property, known as Dr. Kitchen’s lot, containing about seven acres, more or less, near the Plank Road, and adjoining the residence of the j late Mrs. Carmichael. The lot is enclosed under a I good fence, has a kitchen upon it, with six rooms, ; which can be suitably turned into a dwelling. A ! plat of the property will be exhibited at Messrs | G., W. k Co.’s office. Conditions —One-third cash—the balance 1, s j and 3 years, with interest from date, property se j .Hired. Purchaser to pay for titles. Titles indis putable. jan27 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. A House and Lot on Fenwick street for sale. On the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will be sold, at the Lower Market House, That House and Lot fronting 4-) feet on Fenwick street, and extending back 176 feet more or less, i It is located immediately opposite the Suu:h Car olina Railroad depot, and would make a desira ble stand for business. The house has four rooms, Kitchen, Smoke House, Ac. Conditions :—One-half cash, balance six and twelve months, with interest from date, proper! secured. Purchaser to pay for papers. Titles in ] disputable. BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Will be sold, at the Lower Market House, within the usual hours of sale, by or ter of the Honora ble Court of Ordinary, A negro man, JOE; about 55 years old—a Car pen ter. Sold for the benefit ot the heirs and cred itors of Martin Frederick, deceased, late of this l city. Terms cash. EDW’D. GIRARDEY, jan27 Adm’r. BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Administrators Sale. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in MARCH next, at the Lower Market House, in the city of Augusta, between the usual hours of sale, in ac cordance with an order obtained from the Ordina ry of Richmond county, all the right and interest of David Calvin, deceased, in ifiat lot or parcel of Land and improvements, (on which there is a brick Blacksmith shop and Work Shop), in the city of , Augusta, on Jones street, having a front of one ' hundred feet, more or less on said street, and run ning back towards Broad-st., to the dividing fence, ; 80 teet, more or less, adjoining on the easi lot of Mrs. Cary ; on the south by a portion of the same lot, owned by the said David Calvin’s estate and Henry Calvin’s lot, and on the west by the lot of the estate of W. W. Montgomery, deceased, and bounded on the north by the said Jones street, i Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of lhe said David Calvin, deceased. Terms cash. ; Purchaser to pay for papers. jan27 HENRY CALVIN, Adm’r. BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. — Postponed Executrlr Sale. On the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will be sold, at the Lower Market, within the usual hours of sale— That desirable Summer Residence and Farm, about 4}-7 miles from the city, and near the S. W Plankroad, containing about 270 acres, more or : less. It will be offered in lots to suit purchasers. —also— Four Likely Negroes—Rosanna, Sarah, Rachel and Amelin. —ALSO— -5 Shares of Capital Stock of the Bank of Augusta. 5 “ " “ Summerville Plankroad. 10 “ “ “ Southwestern “ on which has been paid five instalments of SIOO each. Sold as the property of the lute Robert F. Poe, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and cred itors. A plat of Real Estate can be st en on appli ; cation to Messrs. Girardev, Whyte & Co. janlO td ELIZA I’. POE, Executrix. ; ~ 101™ NEGROES FoTsSST ~ ON the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, 1 will sell one liui dred and one NEGROES at public outcry, before the Court House door in El berton, Elbert countv, Georgia, consis ing of men, women, boys and girls—as likely a lot as can be jpuml in any count! y, not m< re than ten of them being over 55 years m age. They are the property of Win. S. Burch, deceased, and sold according to his will. I take this method < f answering numer ous inquiries that have been made of me, as to whether the sale will actually take p.aee according to my advertisement, begun several weeks ago in the Chronicle & Sentinel. It was in contemplation by some cf the parties interested, to institute pro , ceedings to stop the sale, for the purpose of having the property divided in kind, but all difficulties a*} now removed, and the sale will positively take place. Remember the day—first TUESDAY in FEB- Rl ARY, 3856. The sale will continue from day to dnv, until all is sold. Terms—Credit until the 25th of December next. : with approved securitv. JOHN C. BURCII, Executor. jan2s d+Actd CITY SHERIFFS SALE” ON the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will he sold, at. the Lower Market House, in the City of Augusta, within tin Lgal hours of sale, : the following property, to wit: all that lot or parcel ot LAND, situate, lving and being in the City of Augusta, raid bounded North by a lot of Benjamin F. chew, .South by Fenwick -meet, on the Last, by a ! - . f John Conlan, and West by a vacant lot. 1 >he sold by virtue of an order from the Honorable the Court of Commou Pleas of said city, in an attachment case, carried to judgment, wherein Michael Green is plaintiff, and Charles Shaw is defendant. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold, all that lot or parcel of LAND, situate in the City ! of Augusta, with the improvements thereon, front ing on Marbury street, and bounded on the West by said Marbury street, and on the North, S'Uth and East by vacant lots, being near the Augusta Factory, and occupied bv the defendant, Thi n.a* Leckie. Also, all that lot or parcel of LAND, situate in said City, fronting 40 feet, more or less, on Ft i.- Atick street, and running back 160 feet, and hounded North by Fenwick street, South bv East by C. Attoes lot, and West by the American Foundry lot. Levied on as the property of Thomas I.eckic to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the Court of Common Pleas of the City of Augusta, iu favor of Thomas Dwyer, Executor, Ac., vs. Thomas Leckie. jaml ’ WM. V. HER, Sheriff C. A. CARPETS. \M SHEAR has received, from w W New York, Brussels, Three Ply, and In grain CARPETS, of new and beautiful styles, which he will sell at very low prices. The public are respectfully invited to examine the assortment. juns d+ac DAM AN TINE CAN boxes Ad araantine CANDLES, tor sale bv janlS HAND, WILCOX k CO. C"1 RASS AND FIELD SEEDS.—Herds, Timo ll thv, Orchard, Clover, and Lucern Grass Seed, , in quantities to suit purchasers. For sale bv WM. HAINES, [ janlO elm Broad street, Augusta. Til hi American Almanac and Repository ot useful knowledge, for the year 1856, has been received at GEO. A. OATES k BROS, janiii I HAY. prime, jaoi J received, and for sale bv janl LEWIS & ALLEN. * il 20 boxes Sugar RAISINS, for sale bv - janlß HAND, WILCOX'A CO. t - , ; /kN CONSIGNMENT—336 bags good to f ; prime new crop Rio COFFEE, will be sold at a a small advance on invoice. Apply to JOHN CASHIN, ■ janl4 General Commission Merchant.