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miLV cflJtmmiMALisT OFFICE OX McINTOSH-STREET, „ I>O OB FROM TIIK NORTH- VV ES T CORNER OK BKOAO-STUKET. TERMS: i.,ilr in advance per annum... .s<; 00 If not in advance per annum.... 7 00 r T w'foklv, in advance, .per annum 4 (JO mu advance per annum 500 . O’ klv, in advance per annum 2 o*> - So Ducoi st for CiS bs. oX J& “JOB” OFFICE. i lVin :r recent!v added a variety of New St*les ypt? to our Job Department, we are prepared , .vMUte every description of LETTER PRESS PRINTING « tr ,:»rior manner, and on reasonable terms. , ", r, ■ assortment are some Mammoth Ttpk for POSTERS. f r .,m the Atianta Examiner, Jan. 29. In the Senate of Georgia. REPORT ON TIIE ATLANTA BANK. ... special committee to whom was referred the , 11S „f the Atlanta Bank to the Executive I)e --■ u-ut, and also other matters connected with ; Hank, submit the following report : Bank was incorporated on the 27th day of >rv, IS.V2, and John F. Mims, Wm. Ezzard, w Holland, I. 0. McDaniel, Clark Howell, J. \ 15. O. Jones, J. A. Hayden, Richard Pe- M'm. M..BuU,jLenmel P. Grant, Ezekiel Mason, . A. Collins, Joseph Winship, Barrington Willis P. Menifee, C. W. Arnold, John 1). T. M. Jones, N. E. Angier, James T. Humph- Stephen Terry, Joseph Thompson, and J. T. ,d, were named as corporators, and such other . as they might procure to take stock. T; Bank was located in Atlanta, and its ehar aas to continue until the first day of January , - ction of the charter provides that the .•a! stock of the Bank shall be $300,000, to be ' ■'lift'd into three thousand shares, of one hundred , e.ich, and apportioned among the aforesaid stockholders. The third section provided that there shall he .I liv the Stockholders, not less than five Pi ;.. U)IH a ',soon as gold and <■. ,■ r.,in to tlw ainontit • iv. -i'itv thousand dollars of the subscription of j j k shall have been received, iiie fourteenth section »t the charter, is in the ttiuc words: “The Atlanta Bank shall he pei ;iad are hereby authorized to issue hills, or i. -us credit, payable to hearer on demand, ~ij in the President, and countersigned by the ~ jner. But the total amount of debts which said ..irat ion shall at any time owe, whether by I. hill, note, or other contract, shall not exceed ~ tin anwind < f the vaiutal xtejrL "<Uudl>t , and in case of exce.-w, it shall be the dutv President and Cashier to notify ti ie Govei in writing, of such execs, upon receipt of ’,it shall hv the duty of the Governor hi > ins proclamation declaring he charter oi said .ink forfeited in consequence of said excess, and. : majority of the Stockholders togethei. .hall have authority i*> adopt such measures . •••,?.', be deemed prudent and effectual in bring -0,1 affairs of said corporation to a speedy close. It said Bank sail issue no hills, or notes, or k-.. iiiilil omhundred, thousand doliors of the , ,iiul ,ioek have been actually paid in specie." i , j-all tin- provisions of the Charter which ruinmittee deemed it necessary to consider iu ,f ,r s, come to a correct conclusion in relation to matters submitted to them. hi'! l.egislature passed a Resolution instrne;- _ the (iovertior to cause the Solicitor General of - Coweta Circuit to make certain enquiries in si.in to th • Atlanta Bank, and to make report .mil in obedience to that resolution, 1,. E. •islcv, Esq., Sol. General of the Coweta Circuit. ■ such enquiries and has attained such knowl w, . u - fie was enabled to do, in relation to the , fiiirs of the Atlanta Bank, and reported the same the Governor; and from that report, and the tarns of the officers of said Bank to the Exeeu -1) partment, a knowledge of most of the facts ued in tiiis report are derived, file evidence of the Hon. William Ezzard, as a Mr. Bleckley, states substantially, that he . iuieited commissioner by the corporators to ■eive subscriptions for stock in the month of ; ;and that the Books were kept open j :ii That time, and no stock was taken until about : : diiv of March, Is.Yl. About tha* time, a appeared in Atlanta, by the name of George :ii! and on the sth day of March of that year, i in to Judge Ezzard, at Decatur, and subserih tor two thousand nine hundred and ninety-one 'i'i in his own name, and one share each in the ■ - ol Patrick Strahan, Wm. D. Sc at, George iiries and Alexander Mitchell, all non-residents die State, and unknown to Judge Ezzard. Two - afterwards the remaining live shares were ta .i In Joseph Thompson, J. A. Hayden, J. Win 1.1IMm1 Mm Nnrei'iiss, and N. !.. Angier, citizens of nta. It is pi iper to remark that these sub iptions were made by said Smith, with the ap rrobation and consent, and at the request of n part . said corporators. And on the 7th of March, huith, together with the five persons residing in I’lanta, who suh i ibed one snare of stock each, ■ I , :i election for Directors, when Smith amt it’ non-resident subscribers of one share each, •re elected Direct oi s. Neither Sntith, nor any body else, paid any eiimt in gold and sis n r coin to Judge Ezzard, the imui-sioner, or to any one else, for and on ac mt of said subscriptions to stock, nor was any n v received in gold or silver coin, or in any iio’else, for and on account of said Bank, previ q» the election of Directors as aforesaid. At time George Smith subscribed the two Glott al nine hundred and ninety-one shares for liitn !, and the four shares for the non-residents, as Maid, he drew a Bill of Exchange on some ■:.,■ in New York for twenty-one thousand dol - payable in gold, which draft was unaccepted •i unendorsed. This draft was forwarded to York on the 7th of March, 185:5—the very day hi which the election of Directors took place. • Ezzard says that he subsequently received ■:minion that the amount of money had been j i to the credit of the Atlanta Bank; hut fifing ii certain, that the money was never re ■ii liv him or any other person in Atlanta for Bank. All the stockholders for one share each '".'fore stated, the. committee believe were btr -,.;1 stockholders, and that the whole stock re i"-l(mged to. George Smith. He drew the Bill Kxcliaiige for twenty-one tliousand dollars. was intended as a payment of seven dollars ■ ire upon the whole three thousand shares, if t!m other subscribers for stock, paid or Jed to pay anything. The whole stock, store, belonged to him. my":,file to the provisions of the second see ! the charter, the stock was to be apportion ing the corporators named in the charter, i voitr committee are of the opinion that was •iation of the spirit and intention of the cl r ihat the whole of the stock should be la ss . one individual, and he not a resident of the 1 nr named as a corporator in the charter. third section of the charter authorized an n of Directors, as soon as twenty thousand - f the subscription of stock shall have been j ived in gold and silver. The charter, to be fg lues not state by whom this money was to be ta ' 'J, hut it evidently intended that it should 1 '"•vivi'd hv person or persons authorized to re 3 subscription for stock, who, in this case, was j Ezzard. Indeed this is the construction put J Yi the charter by Smith himself, as he delivered 1 • Bill of Exchange to Judge Ezzard. No elec | • f Directors could legally take place until | - mni'iiu: was paid in gold and silver; and n- I such payment was made previous to the elee ■ iui Directors, rotir committee are of opinion. ■ ' election was a violntion of the elmi lei , I ms. i red no powers upon the persons elected I igrmue the Bank, elect its officers, or 1o do am I ■ : act in relation to the same. ■ '.mention of the committee was next diivet ■ ■" that provision of the charter which requires : t Bank shall issue no bills, notes, or 1 until one hundred thousand dollars oi I jfitol stock had actuuMy been paid in in spe >s not aue.Hsy nutter to Hscertain when, where, tvhom the bills of tiie Atlanta Bank wete first al.ition. Mr. Bleckley in ids report says: • ir .idi stated, there were notes ’■» circulation '> • ttie ltank liad an officer in t'.u city— Atlan and before any officer of thj 'tank was here -i; them. Where this husoi. is was transact ' known, so far as I am informed, only to those were engaged in it.” '', -Voremss, who was called tipoti hv Mr. Kiev for information, states as follows: “Per - - I should iiave mentioned that in June, 1353. <""" after, I heard of some of the Atlanta “emg in eirculation, Mr. J. R. Yalen ■ Cashiei ~t' the Bank, came to Atlanta, ■ Ye- since resided here. Mr. S. C. Higgiuson s after came aud resided here.” It is, there* satisfactorily proved that Bills of the Atlanta s "ere put in circulation before it had anv f doing business in Atlanta, or anv Presi : Cashier there. Mr. Bleeklev, for the pur ; of ascertaining this fact, and* others of itu- Y v. on the ijih of February, 1855, addressed ■ ■ the President and Cashier, requesting give information in relation to the orgam an i operation of the Atianta Batik, and thev j - to furnish such information. Mr. Bleeklev j I'dtngly propounded to them, among others, ' k’h'iwing interrogatories: j T - When were you first appointed ofiiceis yJ Institution’? "What Directors were per •".v present, and took part in making said ap (eni: Where did each of said Directors re ' time? Where did you reside? If noi '- ’■-• i. when did you come to the State? j At the time of your said appointment what amount of Gold and Silver did said Bank have in Atlanta? And in whose hands was the i same ? I . NT ' —From whom, and at what place, did either of yon receive the Gold and Silver belong ing to the Bank ? And which had been paid in previous to your appointment ? What amount was there, ami when did you receive it ? £gJ-NT. B.—-When, and where, were the first bills, notes, and checks issued? What amount was there issued? How were they disposed of? What amount of gold and silver had then been paid in, and in whose hands, and at what place ? Was it at the time of issuing said bills, notes, or checks? I.nt. it.—On what day was your Banking Office opened iu Atlanta? What amount of notes, hills, or checks, had been issued previous to that time? On the 2d of June following, the President and Cashier made a communication to Mr. Bleeklev, answering some of the interrogatories propounded to them, hut fa tied and uealectcd to answer the in terrogatories before recited. Oil the 20th of June, Mr. Bleckley wrote to the President and Cashier, calling their attention to the fact that the 2d, tltli, 7th, Bth and fith of the in- : terrogatories were unanswered, and requesting them to answer ihese interrogatories, if they had no spinal reason for withholding such answer. On the “'.fill of June, the President and Cashier re plied to Mr. Bleckley in the following note: “ I tear Sir : Yours of the 2'Jth instant has been received. Our former communication embraced all the facts deemed important, relative to our ‘or ganization and mode of business,’ which come , within our personal knowledge.” Now, it is very evident that a large portion of , the facts inquired uhout in the foregoing interroga tories, must necessarily he within the personal knowledge of the President and Cashier. And the character of the facts inquired about is such that your committee are wholly unable to divine anv process of reasoning by which the President and Cashier could have conic to the conclusion that the : facts inquired about were not important to the in vestigation. The committee are forced to come to the conclit i siou that the information was withheld for a very ; different reason, and if the interrogatories had i been answered, according to truth, farts would have been disclosed that would show a violation of the provisions of the charter. Your committee, however, are of the opinion ‘ that sufficient facts have been disclosed to prove that the provision of the charter under considera- . tion has noi only been violated, but that it was the intention of George Smith to violate it from the time he first subscribed for the stock. Mr. Bleeklev says, in his report, “that soon after , the election of Directors, as herein before stared, Mr. Smith left Atlanta and returned to New York or the North West.” And it does not appear I'cotn am evidence that he was in Atlanta after that ; time, until sometime in October. Mr. John !•'. Mims, who was called on h\ Mi. Bleckley, to give evidence in relation to these mat ; tors, makes, among other things, the following statement : “ In the Spring of 1.853, Mr. George Smith gave me a cheek on Strachan A Scott, Nen York, so: ten thousand dollars, which cheek 1 remitted to them for my credit, and for which 1 gave said j Smith a receipt.'’ "Some months after that, I received a letter from Sttaclian A Scott, advising that an additional sum • of ten thousand dollars had been placed to my credit by said Smith.” “ When this fund was deposited with me, it wa understood that eventually 1 was to convert it into specie, and should any of the bills of the Atlanta Bank, of which Mr. Smith had become the princi pal owner, he presented, they were to be redeemed : and after the remittance of the second ten thousand dollar credit, and after the hills of said Bank ap peared in circulation in the West, l was further in structed by Mr. Smith to draw on New York for any amount necessary lor their redemption, should an amount he presented more than I had funds.” It will be observed that this first ten thousand , dollar cheek was given to Mr. Mims in the Spring of and the other ten thousand dollar credt: wa’s given some months after. This arrangement : ; must therefore have been made by Mr. Smith with Mr. Mints, when he was in Atlanta, and subscribed for the stock, or in the month of March. Tiie ar- ; , rangeinent between Mims and Smith shows con- : clusively that Smith intended to issue hills of tic Bank without the one hundred thousand dollar being paid in, in accordance with the provisions i ; the charter, or any other amount, in fact, that h intended to issue, them without having any plac" of transacting businos in Atlanta, and no plac. therefor the redemption of its bill.-; for Mr. Mini says that Smith instructed him that if the bills of ; the Bank were presented for a greater amount than lie had fund- in hand for their redemption, to draw on New York for the amount. This lasi instrue tion was given after the bills had made their ap pearance in circulation in tiie West. Your committee, therefore, think it clearly proven that bills were in circulation before one hundred thousand dollars w ere paid into the Bank in specie, ; or before any other amount was paid in. For your j committee are of opinion that as the Bank was lo cated in Atlanta, and the bills all redeemable there, . that the specie must he paid into the Bank in At lanta. otherwise this provision of the charier i- mu complied with. But your committee think they have 'thcr and further evidence upon this point. Mr. Norcrnss state- that the Ga-hier arrived in Atlanta in June, and that, soon thereafter, the President arrived also. It is. not probable, there fore, that they would have had to commence busi ness before the ‘fith day of June, and your commit tee conclude, from the best information they have, that that is the very day upon which they did com mence their business. This, therefore, was the first uav upon which they w ere authorized by the terms of the charter to do business, provided the one hundred thousand dollars was paid in. On that day they made out a statement of the Bank, which was sworn to on the “d of J uly, 185;;. and returned it to the Executive Department. From this return it appears that the Bank had in i circulation, on that day, one hundred and seventy ! nine thousand dollars ; and that it had iu specie forty-one thousand six hundred and fifty-seven dol lar- and thirty-nine cents. A- thi- was the firs! day of transacting business in Atlanta, it was incumbent on them, in order to ; comply with the provisions of the charter that there should then be one hundred thousand dollars - in the Bank in specie. From the sworn statement of the President and Cashier, no such amount was there. When, where, and by whom, this amount of one hundred and seventy-nine tliousand dollar was put in circulation, your committee have no means of ascertaining as the President and cashier have declined giving that infonnatloni. But one thing is certain—that it was put in circulation be fore one hundred thousand dollars was paid in specie, according to the provisions of the charter, or before any other amount was paid in, in specie. Your Committee, therefore, are forced to come to the conclusion that this provision of the charter has been violated by said Smith, and by the Presi dent and Ghastlier of said Bank, and that the same has been violated, and that said Smith intended to violate the same at the time he subscribed for the stock of said Bank. The next provision in the charter to which your committee have turned their attention t- shat : which requires “ that the total amount of debt ! which the said corporation shall at any time owe, i whether b\ bond, hill, note, orotlr r contract, shall not exceed three times the amount of capital stock actually paid in." By the aforesaid returns they state that there has been paid in the amount of one hundred and eleven dollars of capital sto. k. Now, one hundred thousand dollars of this stock nuts! he paid in, in specie, before they could continence business. And as they commenced business on the 7th of June, or about that day, they should have then had the one hundred thousand dollars on hand. But they show, hv their return, that they had hut forty-on ' thousand, -fix hundred and tiftv-seven dollars and thirti-nine eciits. Ynd your committee believe that was all the capital stock that was then paid in, if indeed that amount was paid. The Bank, on that day, owed one hundred and seventy-nine thousand dollars for its circulation be side- us other debts a- will appear by said return. This is more than three times the amount ot capi tal -lock actually paid in, as appears by the, afore said statement, verified by the oaths of the Presi dent and Gashier. Your committee, therefore, have no hesitation in saving tha! this provision ot the charter ha- been violated, and that, too, knowingly and wilfully. hooking at all the evidence before the commit toe. old all the circumstances connected with thi ba''k. :, "'v fed that they cannot speak in term- of v'vt.’.i -cverin of George Smith, and of the Bred dent and Gasiuer, though the ■■ induct of tin* two latter persons may be somewhat mitigated from tiie fact that they are acting under the in . .-a uctions of said Smith, and, from their position, must be subservient to his will. Such wilful vio lation of the provisions of the charter of this ' Bank, and of the criminal laws of our State, re quire a prompt and severe vindication. The secu ’ ritv of the rights of the citizen- of our own State, ' and of the Northwestern State- alike demand it. Our law has made ample provisions for the pun? l islnnent of officer- of Bank- who violate tlicit charters. Tiie ami JMh sections of the >jxth i division of the Penal Gode declare that “any 1 re sident. Director, or other officers ot tiny chartered Bank m ibis State, who shall violate or he eoucet n - . ed in violating any provision of the charter ot said Bank, shall he guilty of a high misdemeanor, and 1 on indictment and conviction thereof shall he pun j i-hed by imprisonment and labor in the Peniten tiary for a term not less than one, nor longer than v ten years.” v ''Every President, Director, or other officer of any ~ chartered llaqk in this State, -hall be deemed to posses- such a knowledge of the affairs of the cor poration as to enable him to determine whether r- any act, proceeding, or omission, is a violation of >- the charter." It is with great reluctance that your committee it have come to the conclusion that said George Smith and the President and Gashier of said Bank t, . have made themselves obnoxious to these provi sions of the code, but they are unable jo escape this conclusion. In view of all the evidence, and of the facts con nected with the organization and management of this Bank, the Committee recommend to tiie Senate the passage of the follow tng — RESOLUTIONS : 1. That Hi- Excellency, the Governor, he re quested to issue hi- Proclamation declaring the charter of said Bank forfeited, for a violation of its provisions, as contained in the fourteenth section of said charter. 2. That the Solicitor General of ‘he ( oweta cir cuit he instructed and required to institute such legal proceedings against said Bank as may he ne cessary and proper, for the purpose of having the charter of said Bank adjudged forfeited, awl the privileges and franchises thereby granted, returned to the State. 3. That the Solicitor General of the Coweta cir- j cuit he instructed, and required to institute prose- • cutions on the criminal side of the Superior Court of Fulton county, against George Smith, as Direc tor, and S. C. Higgnison, President, and J. R. Val entine, flashier of -aid Bank, for a violation of the s?7tli Section of the fith Division of the Penal Code, ami that he use such means, and take such steps, as maybe legal and proper, to cause such persons to be brought to trial and punishment, Francis 11. Gone, \S. P. Beasley, J is. P. Scut YEN. Minority Report. ; Report oj the Minority of the Senate, whom teas njirred tin 'Rej*M of the Atlanta Hank to J/is Eredteucy, the Uoetmor. Jr. The Senator from Fulton being unable to agree, with the Majority Report, begs leave to submit a Minority Report. He has read with care the Majority Report, and ! regrets that the impression made upon his mind by a careful perusal of all the reports of said Bank and the circumstances and evidences referred to our consideration, if it can, in any just sense, be termed evidence, will not enable him to agree , with them in ibe conclusion to which they liave arrived. In his opinion, there is no proof going to show any violation of the charter of said Bank, and he most reluctantly and respectfully says they have nothing but inf irein v to support their couchi- I -ions. He deems it not out of place to remark, that he wa- not appointed on the committee until after they had agreed upon their report. Os this he makes no complaint, but the fact shows he had no opportunity of presenting his views on the sub ject until they had agreed. A joint resolution was passed by the last Gener al Assembly, approved February 17, 1854, request ing Ili- Excellency, the Governor to cause the So -1 licitor of the Coweta Circuit to inquire into and report to him the circumstances attending the At ianta Bank, and also it- mode and places of trans acting business ; and if, upon report being made, the Governor shali be of opinion that the charter of said Bank lias been in any wise violated, he was thereby requested to cause the proper proceed ings to he had, for the purpose of having said ; charter declared forfeited. In pursuance of this resolution, on the sth of February, 1*55, his Excellency the Governor is sued an order requiring said Solicitor General to proceed to make such investigation and to report to him. Accordingly, Mr. Bleckley, the Solicitor General, proceeded to make said inquiry, and after i making a most diligent and laborious inquiry of every one supposed to know anything about it, on ; the fitli of July, 1855, submitted his Report to his j Excellency the Governor, togothcr with all the so-j called evidence upon which said Report was made, j Hi- Excellency had also had before him all the Re ports made to him hi .-.iid Bank. The Report of j said Solicitor, the evidence accompanying it, and i the Reports of said Bank, comprise all the infor- j . illation the committee lms had before them. Hi- i i Excellency examined all the evidence, and differ- i ing in opinion with a majority of your committee, } hut believing as the minority of the committee j does, that there was no violation of the charter j ; show n, declined to order any proceedings against I said Bank, and say- upon that subject, in his an- j mini Message to the present General Assembly: | . “ lit examining the Report, I Mid not deem the ir- [ : regularities in die organization of the Bank, or the j | place or mode of its transactions to be of such j character as to work a forfeiture of charter, and j therefore I liave not caused judicial proceedings to ; be instituted for that purpose.” Thus it is seen ! that his Excellency, who had the very same facts j before him that, the committee had, came to a very j ditfenuit conclusion, it may also be justly urged that the Bank did not have a fair chance in this in- ' vestigation. It was er parte entirely. The Bank 1 | had no chance to examine witnesses, or to cross- ! examine those who were examined against, and ’ the witnesses were not under oath, or confined in | ; their statements to facts coming under their per- j sona! knowledge; hut as is shown by theexauuna- , tion, stated what they heard from rumor, and did j not know; and it is on these rumors or lieresays j of unsworn person- the committee is forced to rely j to justify the conclusions to which they have ar- j rived. Ev cry one knows hot. unfavorable, to ju«- ; lice such investigations and mode of taking evi dence are. it might also he forcibly urged that a ihe last General As-emhly made it (Ivo dutv of the Solicitor General to make tins investigation, and 1 report, and in as much as bis Excellency, after its ! examination, refused to order proceedings against ! the Bank, that a stop should he put upon all othei proceedings, and tiuo the Bank should have re pose. It has been fairly tried and acquitted, and ! ought not any longer to he harra-sed, or its credit ! made the sport of its enemies. Nor ought the com- i munitv in which it is located to he any longer dam- ! aged In a privation of the advantage and facilities, which this war prevents it from extending to : them. j This is the only Bank iu the city of Atlanta, a J place of large population and extensive commerce, ' both of winch are rapidly Increasing. Banking ! facilities are greatly needed there. The destruc- ! ! tion of this Bank would cause immense damage to i the merchants of that city, as well as the planters j who sell their produce in that market. The Bank, from all that appears, must have gone into opera -1 tion about the. 11 th of June, 187)3. Before its es- j ' tablisliment there, the current price of gold was j one and a half per cent, it is now reduced to one- j ; half per cent. 'Before that it wa- difficult to pro- j : cure exchange at all, and when obtained it was al- i wa vs upon a risk. Now ii .-applies any amount of exchange wanted, and sells at that place upwards of half a million annually. !i has built, an excellent and safe banking house of granite, which supplies that conumuiity with a safe depository for money, and does receive largo deposits lor safe keeping, j It has discounted liberally to those conducting the ; . commerce of tiie ci.y, considering the state of | the times in which thev have been in business, and the relentless war which has been prosecuted against it. Every bill or draft sold by them has i been promptly paid, and every bill issued lias been I redeemed promptly oil demand in gold. Ii has re deemed, in all, near a million and a half of its | hjlls, and is believ ed to be both willing and able i to redeem all the bills which it has or may issue. [t ha- been doing a large business for near three j years, and not an individual has losi one cent by j it. Those tacts -how the great benefit it confers w here it is situated, and the great loss to be sus tained hv its removal. The majority think the fol lowing provisions of the charter have born viola ted; First, the provision that the Directors shall . he elected after twenty thousand dollars of the capital stock shall have been received; secondly, that the Bank shall is.-ue no bills until one hun dred thousand dollars of the stock -hall have been paid in specie; and thirdly, that the total amount of debts that the Bank shall, at any time owe shall ! no! exceed three tim - the amount of capjtel paid in. The first point in matter of substance is of ' but little importance, because, even if (lie twenty thousand dollars were not paid in before the electian of Directors, and nothing equivalent to ; it had been, no one could be injured by that, because no bill could be issued, or other debt ‘ contracted until the one hundred thousand dol- j Jars were paid in. So this charge against the Bank is merclv technical and unsubstantial; and besides, the aides: counsel who could be had ad vised that the cheek for gold which was delivered to one of the commissioners Judge Ezzard ) was a substantial compliance with the charter, and the evidence also shows that the check was promptly paid in gold on presentation and placed to the credit of The Bank. Theeviih nee also shows that George Smith wa- very far from wishing to violate the charter, for it -how - that he told the commis sioners that if there vvas any doqbt about it, he would g" t" Savannah immediately and get the gold, and pav it in. Three year- and more have ■ passed since’ tlii- ransaction; the complaint about it now is quite stale aud old. and does not merit farther consideration. As to the second point, that the Bank should issue no bill, Ac., until one hundred thousand dollars were paid iu- 1 insist, that there is no proof that any bills were issued before the amount was paid m, in specie. Aud the positive evidence given by the President and Cashier is that no bills were issued until this ; amount was paid in. The say that on they sth of March, 185:5, twenty one thousand dollars were paid in, which shortly afterwards vvas converted into gold as already shown, and that on the UHh of April, 1853, nine ty thousand dollars wa re paid in gold, and at that time no notes, bills or checks bad been issued by 1 1 the institution, and that ninety-nine thousand dol- > - lars were paid in on the loth July, 1-53, and that I ninety thousand if liars were paid on the 29th Sep t tetnber, 7 853, which covered the whole capital -lock of the Bank, of three hundred thousand dol -I.o'-. flic evidence relied on to rebut this, is the i statement of Gen. Mims, that some bills were cir culating in the West, which he did not see, and at a place where lie had never been, and notvvith > -landing he was authorized to redeem the bills, - n - >ne were.ever presented, to him, and a statement r of Mr. Norcros.- that he heard of some hills before f the ofiicevs arrived, but which he never saw; and as to the next point that the Bank shall not issue e more than three times the amount of the capital e Taid in. 1 say that there is not one particle of proof k that they ever did owe at any one time the amount :- of capital paid in. The positive evidence of the officers is to the contrary. Manv other facts might be referred to in vindication of the Bank, against the charges made against it, tvhieh appear on the evidence if time admitted, but it is believed that enough lias been shown to prove there has been no violation of the charter, and to show the just con clusion to which the Governor came upon exami nation of all the evidence. In conclusion, it may be proper to state that at the place where it is located, the bills of this Bank are received by all the railroad companies t rmi ; nating there, % the Bank agencies there, and hv ; the merchants and community generally in that j neighborhood, where the officers and persons in terested in the Bank and its mode of doing busi ness, and complying with all its obligations to the ; public, and all the facts touching its' organization ' are best known. All of which are respectfully submitted. James M. Caluoi x. CITY SHERIFF’S SALE. OX the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will be sold, ai the Bower Market House, in ihe j city of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale— i 2 bbls. Vinegar, 10 galls. Whisky, half bbl. Mo lasses, half do. Syrup, 1 do. containing Gin, half do. ! I’eas, half do. dried Apples, half do. Fish, 1 do. On ions, 1 do. Coffee, 1 do. Salt, IJ7 do. Potatoes, 0 empty Barrels, 1 box Soda, 3 gross Matches, C Oys ter Dishes, 0 water Buckets, 1 Coffee Can, 1 lot of Jugs and Jars, 2 Wheel-barrows, 7 Booking-glass es, 150 bottles Whisky, 12 Bamps, 1 Tin Can, part bbl. Beef, 4 Brooms, 1 Tub, 1 set of Measures, 1 Accordeon, 1 lot of Sundries, consisting of Gloves, Jewelry, Combs, &e., 2 Tea Canisters, 31 glass Jars and contents, 1 box Fancy Soap, 3 half boxes To bacco, 1 Tobacco Cutter, 1 box Pepper, 1 box Soap, : 1 lot Crockery, 2s Glass Mugs, 1 lot Cut Tobacco, j 5 boxes Segars, if bottles Snuff, 30 pounds Ground , Coffee, 88 bundles Tea, 1 lot Tacks, Soap and Ink, i t> boxes Yeast Powders, 37 Decanters, 1 Clock, 0 Segar Mugs, 6 Waiters, 18 Frames and Pictures. 2 ! large Booking Glasses, J 2 Regs, 1 lee Chest, s j Demijohns, 4 Pewter Pitchers, l set Tin Measures, I 1 Stove and Pipe, 1 Beer Pump, 3 pair Scales |’ I keg Port Wine, 1 barrel Peach Brandy, 1 do. Whts | dv, 12 Hams, 1 tierce Rice, and one lot sundries; : levied on as the property of Thomas B. Williams! ito satisfy sundry ti. fas. from tlie Court of Common I Pleas of the City of Augusta, in favor of Wood, Bradley A Co. and others, vs. Thomas B. 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, 217 dozen bottles Porter and Ale, 8 jugs Liquor, to bottles Wine and Cut-iso, 4 Chairs, , j 1 lot choice Liquors, 4 bottles Schnapps, 1 lot of ! i Claret, in bottles, 1 box Matches, 4 kegs Gin and j j Brandy, and one barrel Holland Gin; levied on as t ! the property of George Borchin s, to satisfy a dis- | tress warront for rent, in favor of i. P. Girardev 1 vs. George Borcbei -. At the same time and place, will be sold: Three ! barrels Red Paint, 5 Tin Cans, Glass Jars, 1 box i Soap, and 4 Tin Dippers; levied on as the property I of Edward Baker, to satisfy two fi. fas. issued from the Court of Common Pleas of the City of Augusta, j iii favor of Havilutid, Risley & Co., vs. Edward j Baker, ]). B. Plumb & Co. vs. the same. WILLIAM \. KEU, Sheriff C. A. CITY SHERIFF’S SALE. OX' the tirsi Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will : be sold, at the Bower Market House, in the ; City of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale, j the following property, to wit: Cl that Int or parcel of BAND, situate, lying and ' j being in the City of Augusta, and bounded North , by a lot of Beniamin F. Chew, South by Fenwick j street, on the East by a lot of John Conlnn, and j West by a vacant lot. To be sold by virtue of an , ' order from the Honorable the Court of Common i Pleas of said city, in an attachment case, ca fried 1 to judgment, wherein Michael Green is plaintiff i and Charles Shaw w defendant. Also, at tiio same time and place, will be sold, j all that lot or parcel of BAND, situate itt the Citv i of Augusta, with the improvements thereon, frmii j iug on Murbury street, and bounded on the West iby said Murbury street, and on tHe North, South i : and East bv vacant lots, being near the Augusta ' Factory, and occupied by the defendant, Thomas 1 Reekie. Also, all that lot or parcel of BAND, situate in aid City, fronting to feet, more orle.-q on Fen .iiiek street, and running back Dio feet, and bounded North by Fenwick street, South by East by C. Vttoes lot, and West by the American Foundry lot. Levied on as the property of Thomas Reekie to satisfy a li. fa. issued from the Court <>i Common Ideas of the City of Augusta, in favor of Thomas Dwver, Executor, Ac., vs. Thomas Beckie. jau<3 \YM. V. KER, Sheriff C. A. CITY SHERIFF'S SALE. OX’ the first Tuesday in APRIL next, will be sold, at the Bower Market House, in the city of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale, all that Lot or parcel of Band, with the improvements thereon, situate in the city of Vugusta, and known : as the Jackson Street Tee House and Lot bounded j north and east b\ lots of Thomas S. Metcalf, south by a bn of Thomas Richards, and west by Jackson street. Levied bn as the property of tin: Jackson Street 100 Company of Augusta, to satisfi 3 tax ti. fas. for City Texes for the years 15.";5. I s.'. I and ! s.'i.'i, in favor of the City Council of Augusta vs. the Jackson Street lee Company of Augusta; am! three ti. fas. in favor of the City Council of Augusta j vs. the Jackson Street Ice Company of Augusta, for ; Canal Tax, fur the years 18.43, lso-tand Is.",a. tel>2 WM. V. KER, Sheriff C. A. COMMISSION BUSINESS. rami: undersigned, having located himself just j 9 below I’hinizv A Clayton’s Ware-horse, ami immediately above Or. J. M. Hill’s, will receive on ■ Commission, all kinds of Produce and Goods, and receive orders for the purchase and sale of Bunds : in any part of the State. Wills, Deeds, Mortgages, Ae„ executed on fair I terms. LEON P. DEGAS, jan i dlaw&wSl LAND FOR SALE. \EA K.II, eleven miles above Augusta, Z''r& on the Georgia Railroad, containing 310 acres, mostly in woods —7o acres under good fence, on which there is a small Dwelling, good Barn, Stables, and Negro House, all new. The Band under fence is good productive land. On j the tract there is about 75 acres of first rate creek swamp land, which, when cleared, will produce 50 j bushels of corn to the acre, of which ti acres are ! cleared and ready for cultivation. The place is healthy, with tine springs, and a good well of : water in the yard, The fields alt containing water, the creek, running through the land. There is on the place a mill seat, clam and pond, suitable for a ' mill, or turning machinery, Persons wishing a j good farm near Augusta, will seldom meet an op portunity of suiting themselves better ALSO. FOR SALE. A Farm known as the Hawes place, on the Wash- 1 ington road, 0 miles above Augusta, containing 2to . acres. The property will be sold low for cash. If not previously sold at private sale, the two foregoing named Farms will be sold at the Market House, in the City of Augusta, on the first Tuesday in February next. I,EON I’. DUGAS, Trustee for Sarah Ann Dixon. janlT dlaw3w&c3 GREAT BARGAINS! POSTPONED EXECUTOR’S SALE. ¥TJfDER and by virtue of a decree in Equity of 3 Burke Superior Court, November Term, 1855. , will be sold, at CushingviUe, Station No. s, Central j Railroad, Burke county, on Tuesday, the 12th day : of KEBR UA RY, next, nil the BANTiS belonging to the estate of Augustus 11. Anderson, deceased, ly ing in Burke countv, about (8,745) eight thousand j seven hundred and forty-five acres. Also, about \ 751 seventy-live Negro Slaves, among which are si Blacksmith and Tanner. The Band will he 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 tin- ; islied two story Dwelling House, of beautiful model, with all the necessary out-buildings, well put up, j and in good order. On two other tracts are com fortable Dwelling Houses, with the necessary out buildings. On 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 ir, cultivation, with about (200) two hundred acres woodland, mostly dammed out from the l iver Ogecchec, 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 chee river or Buckhead Creek —one of them adjoin ing both. There will also he sold at the residence of de ceased, before the sale closes, all the Perishable Property remaining of said deceased, in Burke county, consisting of about 22 Mules, ti Horses, 2ti head of Cattle, 70 head of Sheep, Oxen, upwards , of goo head of Stock Hogs, and a lot of fattened Hogs, together with Wagons, Corn, Fodder, Plan tation Tools. Ac. The sate to continue from day to : dav, until all is -told. Tkhms of Sale—On the Band, credit for one-half i of purchase money one year; on the other half two ' wars. On the Negroes, 2o per cent, cash, same ! credit for balance as on Land. For the Perishable Property, one-half cash, balance credit for one year, except for sums of Twenty Dollars or under, for which cash will he required. Notes with strictly approved security, and with interest from date, will be required on all credit sales, before the delivery of the property. Purchasers will have the facility of the Central, and Augusta and W ayuesboro’ Railroads, to attend the s-ile and tine accommodations near. MOSES P. GREEN, Ex’r. Vavnesboro', Dec. 12, 1555. d&ctd jan24 ONION SETTS.—-25 bushels White, YelkW and Red ONION SETTS, just received and f, r vale in quantities to suit purchasers, at j,ui4 WM. HAINES’ City Dm- tit or*. General NOTICE. A PHYSICIAN wishing a location in a wealthy community, where an extensive and profitable practice can he secured, can obtain one by paying about S">so for .Medicine, Instruments Ac. An early application to 1). B. PLUMB, Am gnsta, Ga., will likely please one feeling interested. jan23 Ixetf 101 NEGROES FOR SALE. ON’ the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, I will sell one hundred and one NEGROES at public outcry, before the Court House door in El ; bet-ton, Elbert countv, Georgia, consisting of men, j women, boys and girls —as likely a lot as can he j found in any country, not more than ten of them being over 35 years ot age. They are the property of Wnt. S. Burch, deceased, and sold according to his will. I take this method ( f answering nunier ; ous inquiries that have been made of me, as to ; whether the sale will actually take place according j ! to my advertisement, begun several weeks ago in j i the Chronicle A Sentim el. It was in contemplation | by some of the pat ties interested, to institute pro- i . ceeditigs to stop the sale, for the purpose of having the property divided in kind, but all difficulties are now removed, and the sale will positively take j place. Remember the dav -first TUESDAY in FEB , RDARY, 1853. ! The sale will continue from day to dav. until all is sold. Terms—Credit until the 25th of December next, with approved securin'. JOHN C. BURCH, Executor. jan2s dl&ctd SIGN OF THE SKELETON V/AGON. , SOUTHERN CARRIAGE REPOSITORY. ngiHE subscriber begs leave to inform the Mor is chants and Planters, that he lias opened a Repository for the sale of CARRIAGES, BUG GIES, HARNESS, Ac., at So. 25 Mtebuan-dreet, \ running through to 18 Spruce-street—entrance on i either street. j The main floor, (185 feet in length,) affords atn j pie room for keeping always on hand, a large and ■ complete assortment of every description and va ! rictv, as per chart, herewith. Having learned the trade in the Factory of his father, he is practically familiar with every depart ment in the business, and is therefore enabled to I oversee orders for any kind of work entrusted to i him, and superintend every stage ot its manufac- I tuie. i His long residence in the South and West, and i intimate knowledge of every section, and his expe | rience while with Messrs. Baldwin A Starr, and Messrs. Frothingliam, Newell A Co., gives lain | many advantages in the selections required for the i different parts of the country. Also, an acquaint i anee with the character of Work, Draft, Track, ! Height of Wheels, quality and size of Springs ami i Axles necessary for the particular localities. | Particular attention paid to special orders, either i j through merchants or to the subscriber direct, and j all prices guarranleed to be as low as the work can 1 possibly he furnished, and which will be equal, in ! every respect, to that of the very best amt oldest i city or country establishments. 2'! Br<b/um-stcci! is within a few doors of the Park, on the southeast side, across from the Astor i House, and in a line from Park Place, Murray, Warren and Chauiber-sts., noa: the Brick Church, Bovejov’s and Clinton Hotels. Having convenient otliee ncconimnUutiohs, and papers from the Southern Cities and Towns, he trusts that lie may have the pleasure of a call from lii> friends, and from those who will do him 1 the favor to examine his assortment, and being the only establishment adapted to iho .Southern Trade, in tin' lower part of the city, lie respectfully solicits a share of patronage. He begs to refer tho,- unacquainted witli him, to any of (tie JoDb'.yu>' Llm tses iu New 1 ork City, en- j ; gaged iu the Southern or Western Trade. < treat care will lie taken in packing and engaging Freight, Insurance, Ac. A discount allowed to (lie ! trade. Resnectfully, vour obedient servant, wm. b. McDonald. X. li. Wm. D. McDoxalo takes pleasure in re ferring to the Merchants of this place. A * nr ) ork\ Jtmuttry, ls.4i>. dx-c'4 iangli THE SHAVING SOAP. YROOM A FOWLER'S IS ’ ABM T OIIi MILITARY SHAVING w w SOAP is admitted by the thousands who have used it during the past twelve years, to sur pass anything ever introduced into this branch ot tlie toilet, and to render agreeable an operation usually considered a non it. The form is conveni ent, ii is agreeably perfumed, and will produce a copious and permanent lather with either hard or cold water, leaves the skin smooth and unchapped. None genuine without the signature, in fae simile, of Yroom A Fowlki:. Trv it. For sale in this city, by BARRETT A CARTER and W. H. TUTT. in New York, by the principal fancy goods houses and Druggists. Manufactured only hv JOHN )!. VROOM, suc cessor to \ room A Fowler, 73 Cherry street, New Yotk. Jin junta GOAL. GOAL. a TONS of Hickory White Ash COAL; JL W 100 tons Diamond |; t J '»-,|> COAL, will he ready for delivery at the wharf, Monday, Dee. 24th, 15.4,5. Orders directed to the undersigned, through the Post Office, or left at my 'Dwelling, Telfair street, below Jackson, or at the Gas Office, will be promptly attended to. Terms cash. dee22 "ts GEO. S. HOOKEY. ] ATLANTA MILLS FLOUR. % I l ’, offer even day lids week, a ear load of v V fresh superfine FLOUR, from the above Mills, each morning at Hie Depot, in Ms and 48 lb. sacks. GIRARDEV, WHYTE A CO., jan 29 Agents. FOR SALE, §1 SIFA R iO*S Georgia Railroad Slock. Ap ■si* £j. ply at the 0031 BANK. CLAIBORNE SNEAD, 4TTOR X' E Y AT LAW . Office, Law . Range, Augusta, tin. (ini jau2t MEDICAL CARD. DU. JOSEPH HATTON, having resum- I ed the practice of Medicine and Surgery, of fers his services to the citizens of Augusta amt vi cinity. Residence at R. I’. Spelman’s Greenest. ntat'22 ly NOTICE. PLANTERS* HOTEL. F rom the first of j February. Day Board will to TWENTY DOLLARS (-820.05/ per month. bodging Boarders terms made aeeentahleagree able to root ns required. jaiuT* JOHN HRIDGKS. R. J. & W. T. MILLIGAN, Attorneys at law , win practice in tlic counties of the Western Citemt, and tlie counties of Madison, Elbert and Hail, of the North ern Circuit. n. .1. MII.LICAX*, ‘ WM. T. MILLIKAN', Jefferson, Geo. Carnesville, Gen. jan29 iy NOTICE. 55% r ILL he sold, at Edgefield ('. 18, on sale day, wvf FEBRUARY -!tli, ISA*!. One Hundred and Fifty Shares in the Hamburg and Edgefield Plank Road Company. The same van be treated for pri vately, before sale ilav. W. SPIRES, Agent. Hamburg, S. Jan , ez. Is,sii. jan24 NEW AND WONDERFUL STAVE MACHINEr 1H7.18 ROBINSON’S Patent f. r Splitting i w h and Dressing STAVES, ml' all descriptions; i also. Buckets, Tubs, Heading, Ale,. can lie seen in i full operation, from In A. M. to 'l I*. M., and 2 to ■1 P. M., every day, at Mr. Gem gh Slater’s Machine Works, corner of Twiggs and Watkins streets. Tliis Mactiine will cut and joint from 1,50t.i to I 2,n00 Dressed Staves an hour, from the rough j I/lock, the timber requiring no preparation wluit ever. '■ Tlie undersigned are prepared to make liberal j inducements to those who wish to purchase State, . Countv or Single Rights. WM, RUBINsOX, s. HIRE. Augusta, Jan Iff, 1858. Im janfff • DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS FOR SA LE. rax WO LOTS or, Ray, ami tv., lots mi Reynold li street, below the Bridge, each 50 feet front \ hv lfiit feet deep, adjoining the residence of the \ Rev. Edward E, Ford, are ofiered ft>r sale. Titles indisputable and terms easy. Apply to, , jaull ilm ’ G. M- ! AUGHBIN. NOTICE, THE undersigned liaving from this date asso ciated with him in the DR Y GOODS Bl SI NESS, at the corner tinder tlie.Globe Hotel, Mr. B. ('. DEMING, the business will hereafter be con ducted under the firm of BABBKRSTEDT A DEM ING. Thankful for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him, h-> solicit, a continuance of the same for the firm. h D. EAELBRSTEDT. January 1,1856. jatui AGENTS WANTED. MAKE MOSEY WJIES YOU CIS. THE subscribers dvsii • to procure the undivi ded time of an Agent in even oounty of the United Stale.-. Efficient and capable men may make several dollars per day, without risk or lium buggerr of any kind. 1 nil particulars of the na tore of tlie business will be given by addressing tlie subscriber, and forwarding onk Post Office Stamp, m pre pay return postage. FUR FA' A CO.. Philadelphia, Pa. i jan 2" r lotteries. GREENE AND PULASKI MONUMENT LOTTERIES. Managed, drawn, and Prizes paid bv the well known and responsible iirm of GREGORY & MAURY. Drawn Numbers of Glass 28, at Savannah, Feb. 1. 10 12 So 14 59 18978 19 7:1 41’ll * I ASs So, at Savannah, on Mondav, February 4 SPLEN'D I iV SCHEME. {„ , , $9,562! j o puzes ot ¥o,00o; loot SSOO ; Ac. Tickets $0.50 Shares in proportion. Risk on a package of 25 quarters Sri.or,. : CLASS 31, at Savannah, on Tuesda*February PACKAGE SCHEME 84,200! §1,201.1; soot>; s4oo, Ac. Tickets sl—Shares in j proportion. Risk on a package of M quarters JOHN A. MILLEX, Agent, On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel. All orders from the city or country strictly con fidential. * feb3 30,000 DOLLARS! IMPROVED HAVANA PL AS 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 Monday, the 25th of FEBRUARY, 1850, when Prizes amounting to 830,000 Will be distributed according to the following j l'nsurpassable Scheme: SCHEME. CAPITAL PRIZE *IO,OOO. 100 PRIZES—2O APPROXIMATIONS. Ah Small Prize#! Prizes Worth Having! ! PRICE OP TICKETS : Wholes $5; Halves $2.50; Quarters $1.25. Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty days after I the drawing, in hills of specie-paying Banks, with- : out deduction, only on presentation, of the Ticket en titled to the Prize.' Bills on all solvent Banks taken at par. All com- ! | mimical ions strictly confidential. SAMUEL SWAN, Agent and Manager, jamM Atlanta, Georgia. ROYAL LOTTERY OP THE ISLAND OF CURA, HAVANA. Ordinary Drawing of the 12th FEBRUARY, 1856: j l Prize of SOO,OOO j 11 Prizes of. SI, OOO j H “ 20,00<l 20 ‘* 500 1 “ 10,000 ! Go “ 400 : 1 " 8,000 | 101 “ 200 | 3 “ 2,000 j 10 Approximation 4,800 j 275 Prizes, amounting to $192,000 j Il’Aofc Tickets $10; Haines $5; Quarters $2.50. i Persons desiring Tickets can be supplied bv ad- ; dressing JOHN K. NELSON, Box Bio’, janlti Charleston, S. C. GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! CJOO PRIZES! 50,000 DOLLARS!! HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY. i BY AUTHORITY OP THE STATE OP OKOROtA. P’.oou A umber# Only! One Prize to hlyht- Tickets. YMYO he drawn at Concert Hall, Macon, Ga., ur.- ffi dcr the sworn superintendence of (VI. Geo. M. Logan and ,1. A. Xeshit, Esq. This Lottery is Drawn on the plan of the Royal Lottery of Havana, of single numbers. CLASS .1. TO BE DRAWN FEBRUARY 15th, 1856. The Manager having announced his determina tion to make this the most popular Lottery in the world, offers for February 15th, a Scheme that far surpasses any Scheme ever ottered in the annals of j Lotteries. Look to i our interest ! Examine the ■ Capitals. :y, ONE PRIZE To EIGHT TICKETS !.^1 CAPITAL 12,000 DOLLARS. 1 Prize of $12,000 1 “ 5,000 * 1 “ 4,000 : 1 “ 3,900. I “ 2,500 . ”> Prizes of $1,0(10 are o.Oou ,; n “ si) are 3,000 r 1 20 “ 25 are 3,000 ! ■ hi Approximation Prizes of 10 arc 5,000 1200 Prizes, amounting to $50,000 Tickets $s ; Knives $-1; Quartos $2. Prize- Payable without deduction! Persons send ing money by mail need not fear its being lost. Grdei s punctually attended to. Communications confidential. Bank Notes of sound Banks taken at par. Those wishing particular Numbers should order immediately. Address JAMES F. WINTER, .Moi7 Manager, Macon, Ga. $60,000! IMPROVED HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY: THE BEST SCHEME EVER OFFERED. Southern Military Academy Lottery ! [BY AUTHORITY OP THE STATE OP ALABAMA. ! —— CLASS Z, to be drawn in Montgomery, Alabama, on TUESDAY, February 11th, 1856, when Prizes amounting to $60,000, Will bo distributed according to the following j Unsurpassable Scheme: 1.000 PRIZES! 10,000 NUMBERS'! j i ONE PRIZE TO EVERY TEX TICKETS. S CHEME: < A PITA L PRIZE *20,000 ! l,ooq Prizes’ 800 Approximation Prizes! t APPROXIMATION PRIZES. The patrons of this Lottery having evinced a 1 preference for Schemes with Approximation Prizes, 1 have again introduced them, with the difference, ' that there are a great many more Prizes than for merly. prick op tickets: \\ bole- -sio ; Halves *5; Quarters $2.50. Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty days after the drawing, in hills of specie-paying Banks, with out deduction only on presentation of the Ticket draining the Prize. ' Bills ot all solvent Banks taken at par. All communications strictly confidential. SA.M’L. SAV AN, Agent and Manager, ! i'H'lo Montgomery, Alabama. ' JUST RECEIVED, ■&2I LR Warji FLANNELS; Saxony do • Welch ; do ; Real Welch do ; Union do ; Low priced and super Red FLANNELS; Green ami Red Twilled do ; Salsbury Flannels, assorted colored for Sacks; English and domestic Canton FL ANNULS, novl J. P. SETZK. JUST RECEIVED, A NCM Mipplv ot Rich Cussimeres aud Mus /m tin Del. VINES Real French MERINOES; Plniii and Figured black SILKS ; French and Seotc h GINGH VMS, funev col’d ; Laics styles French, English and Domestic PRINTS ; Alexander’s and other quality Kill GLOVES ■ Ladies’ CORSETS : Velvet and (ialoon TRI MMI N'GS ; Moire Antique and ('loth CLOAKS. novl3 J. P. SETZE. JOSEPH CARSON & CO.. < CESSORs to Thomas J. Carson- & Co. Light. A rest., Baltimore, WESTERN PRODUCE AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, and dealers in Bacon, Pork, Lard, A<\ Orders respectfully solicited. Uni janls NEW FAMILY GROCERY. DHLS. POTATOES, just received, in consignment; warranted to keep till planting time. Apply to T. GANNON, Opposite the Georgia Railroad Passenger Depot. dec-22 ts JJRESERV E YOUR BOOTS & SHOES. —“ One ounce of Prevention is worth two pounds of cure." The Leather Preservative, is just the article now needed, to preserve Boots. Shoes, and Har ness Leather, during the present inclement season. The price is only 15 cents a Box, which, no doubt, will he worth dollars. t*> all who use it according to directions furnished. For sale bv WM. HAINES, janlo Druggist <X Apothecary, Angusta, Ga. ALT, S VLT.—l.ooi.i sacks Liverpool SALE now landing, and for sale bv decl•) HAND, WILCOX A CO. Auction oalcs, BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. i M LDNESDAV, die 6th instant, at D'-V o’elocl m front « store, will be sold, our isual ! ment of Groceries, IVoyWonL. Dry Goods Ac consisting, in part, of— 8 '“ * Sugar, Coffee, X. O. Svruv. t Candies Mustard, Pepper, Win os' ilraiuD Gm' Rum, A\ htskv, A lnegar, Segar*. Tobacco ' —ALSO 25 bids. No. 2 Mackerel, 50 hall bids. do. do., 50 bbls. Yellow Planting and Eating Carter Paia | toes. 2" “ Silver Skin Onions, 15 “ Northern Apples, i 5 “ Karrots. ’ 1 , --ALSO— i i’ot and on account of the underwriters and all : concerned four ( rates Crockery, slightly damaged from New V ork to Savannah, as to wit': i doz. ( . ( . Hooted Ewcn and Basin, 2-4, 5-6. ' ° 4 * “ “ g-9. ! I'* “ Fancy Teas, fanev pted. % Sets French Plates, f ’Soup Blue Edges 6 “ “ Twiffiers. -4 “ i- Dishes 6-9, 6-10, 6-12, 6-24 j D- ” “ Nappies, 6-10, 6-12. ] “ Sets London Tea plates. ' ; “ “ O. C. Nappies, 6-10, 6-12. „ —ALSO— | lea lots Cream do., Sugar do., Bowls, Jug* ; Cumbers, Mash Basins, Bowls, Gups, Plates, lc! lerms cash. feb3 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Valuable and desirable Sand Hill Property. TUESDA Y, February 5, at the Lower Market House, within the usual sale hours, will be sold j That desirable property, known as Dr. Kitchen’s j l»t, containing about seven acres, more or less, near the Plank Road, and adjoining the residence of the I late Mrs. Carmichael. The lot is enclosed under a 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. & Co.’s office. Conditions—One-third cash—the balance 1, z and 3 years, with interest from date, property se -1 cured. Purchaser to pav for titles. Titles indis : putable. BY S. C. GRENVILLE & C© i TO MORROW (Monday), in front of store, at D 0... [ o’clock, will be sold, our usual assortment of i Groceries, Liquors, Clothing, New aud Second hand Furniture, Ac., consisting in pari, of i Sugar. Coffee, Tea, Soap, Candles, Pickles, Ba con, Matches, .Mustard, Potatoes, Apples, Brandy : ( hampagne, Cider, Coats, Vests, Pants, Ac. —also — Chairs, Tables, Bureau, Sofa, AVusi,stands, Mai resses, Bedsteads, Crockery Ware, Mirrors, Ac ALSO 15 whole and half barrels Mackerel Terms j ?ash- fd,-. BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. ! Dn TUESDAY next, ft ill be sold, at Lower Market House* ! Four Mud Machines. Terms Cash: mb:: BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. »♦« j A Ileus- and Lot tat Fenwick Greet Tor V ; tin the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will he sohi, at the Lower Market House, That House and Lot fronting 4u feet on Fenwick : street, and extending back 176 feet more or le-,. It is located immediately opposite the South Cm "linn Railroad depot, and would make a desira hie stand for business. f i lit l house has four rooms. Kitchen, Smoke House, Ac. ( oxnrrioxs: One-Jiait cash, balance ,-ix am( tivclve months, with imeresi from date, properly secured. Purchaser to pav for paper-. Titles ie disputable. BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Will be sold,at the Lower Market House, within the usual hours of sale, by or ter of the Houma ble Court of Ordinary, A negro man, JOE; about 55 years old (l Gnr ; pen ter. _ Sold for the benefit >d the btirs and cred itors of Martin Frederiek, deceased, late of thi» city. Terms cash. KDW’D. GIRARDF.A ,tan 27 Adnli BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO Administrators Sate. Mill be sold on the first Tuesday in MARCH next, at the I.oner Market House, m the city ot Augusta, between tbe usual hours of sale, in s. • cord a nee with an order obtained fiom the’Ordina ry; of Richmond county, all the right and interest ot Dm id Galvin, deceased, in ihut lot or parcel ot Land and improvements, ion which there Is a brick Blacksmith -hop and Work Shop . in the cilv Augusta, on Jones street, having a front of one ; hundred feet, more or less on said street, and run ning back towards Broad si , !0 the dividing fence, i so feet, more or less, adjoining on the east lot of Mrs. Gary; on the south by a'port ion of (be same ; lot, owned by the said David Calvin's estate and Henry Calvin’s lot, and on the west bv the lot of •he estate of V . W. .Montgomery, deceased, and bounded on the north by'the said Jones strei-t. Wold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of the said David Galvin, deceased. Terms cash Purchaser to pav for papers. jan27 ' HENRY CALVIN, Adtn'r. BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. I > ostponed Executrix Sale. On the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will be sold, nt the Lower Market, within the nsuai hours of sale— That desirable Summer Residence and Farm, about 4;.j miles from the city, and near the S. W Piankroad, containing about 270 acres, more or less. It will be offered in lots to suit purchasers. —also — Four I.ikelv Negroes - Rosanna, S. rah. Rachel and Amelia. —A lso— -5 Shares of Capital Stock oi tbe Bank of Augusta A " “ “ Summerville Piankroad. 10 “ “ Southwestern “ on which lias been paid five instalments of sDh> each. Sold a> tbe property of the late Robert F Poe, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and cm! itors. A plat of Reid Estate can be seen on appli cation to Messrs. Gtrardey, Whyte A Co. janlo td ELIZA P.‘POE, Executrix. TO HIRE, ANEGUO MAN, well suiLcd for sedentary . labor. He is weak in one leg, tint able-bodied in other respects. Terms low. \pplv at this of fice. ts ' jan26 TO HIRE, 4 WOMAN, who is a superior (took. As she .rMf has I\vo voting children who must lie taken with her, terms ft ill be low. A place in the court ! try preferred. Apply at this office. ts jati26 TO HIRE, BY the year, two smart, active BOVS, 12 and 14 years old. Apply at this office, j jan22 ts HORSE SHOER AND FARRIER (I’ll IE limb •rsigned would inform the c-y, I public that he is tirepared to do all ’- k x kinds of BLACKSMITH WORK, at his /0\ shop on Centre street, between Broad and El lis. lie is prepared to SHOE horses in the hi style, and he flatter-, himself that there is no Smith in Augusta that can surpass him in this branch ot the trade. Those having lame or cutting horses would do well to give him a call. jat>24 thAsiriw I*. SHARKIA PRES Kin ES, PICKLES, Ac. 1" doz. assorted PRESERVES ; hi " Brandy PEACHES and CHERRIES 20 “ .assorted PICKLES; 10 " Tomato CATSUP; In “ Fresh Cove OYSTERS, tin cans ; 2 “ Prepared HORSE RADISH Just r. ceived by janlti DAWSON A SKINNER. FIRANKEIN ROAN sock for SALE Five Sarcs for sale. Apply at thi -office. dec2o ts FALL AND WINTER GOODS. Broom a norrelu are in receipt of, and have opened, a large portion of theLr FAI.E and WINTER purchases, and are now ;,ri pared to exhibit to their friends and the public, a handsome and varied assortment of STAPLE and FAXC\ DBA GOODS, embracing almost even at tide usually kept in a Dry Goods Store, 'fhei' Goods will be offered at very low prices, and their prices will compare favorable with the lowest and cheapest. Their stock of ’ DOMESTICS, KKK SEA s, BLANKETS, and House Serv’.nts GOODS, is very full; to all which they would call atten tion, and respectfully solicit a share of public pat ronage. janlß Philadelphia warn: ash hard COAL. —TOO tons of the above Coal, suitable for Fottndriis, Blacksmifhing or Machine purposes, for sale by GIRARDEY, AVHYTF. A CO. 't ». V It', SIA. ARS. .iioi) Washington Prituera. 2",i«h-i Rio Hondo Seg., just t ceived and for sale at ' GUST. VOI.GE R’S jan’J Segar and Tohai-oo Store