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ISIU (O\STITLTIOMUST oFF K E <>N >1 INTOSH-STREET, OOK from the north-west corner »a !B ® OK broad-street. TERMS: . ... advance per annum... .$6 00 m advance per annum.... 7 00 '.'w'et'klv. advance, .per annum 400 in advance per annum 5 00 u'.-°k!v, in advance ..per annum 200 ' v' ' iiiiOOLNT FOR CeVBS. ‘"JO B >» OFFICE. ■ .-i u ,t recontlv added a variety of New Styles t'pf"nr Job Department, we are prepared ! jecaw every description of 1 LETTER press printing i.jnerinr manner, and on reasonable terms, i . . assortment are some Mammoth Type for FOSTERS. SPEECH OP £OS ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, Os Georgia, ' !k House of Representatives,on the Wth '".-j / ,A. on the resolution, from the (Jam : f Elections, (usking for power to -semi for [r,,, sjand paper* in the Kansas election case. Stephens said: Speaker: It is not my desire to prolong this .. n r (1 • I expect to present anv new points --.e merits of the question before the House. I ' f . and intend only in what 1 have to sav, to en u and enforce some of the points made in ■ :!■ .ritv report on your table. I wish, too, in , i have to say, to have the ear of the House -.hail the ear of the country; not that Ido not , the country to hear what f say, but my main is to address myself this morning particu y.- chilly, and emphatically, to the attention :..e House, and upon the questions before ns. I- , Dr, are grave questions. They are ques ;::v.dying principles of the first‘magnitude, are questions of a judicial as well as political r of the highest order, far above the small •rationof which of two men shall have a a Delegate here. In deciding them, we sit • gislatois, but as judges. Our decision resolution, whatever it may be, will be at precedent in the future history of ! •rt. We should, therefore, not act with- ; . ,! k careful reflection, and a full j :;::g of the principles involved ; and we i . uUo be stripped, as far as possible, of all . .. and all political prejudice. - ,r .position before us is one of an unusual •'.r. It is for this House to exercise one of j ■v;r.torilinaiy powers; that is, tho power to , : persons and papers in a case before us, . ras a court judging of the qualifications, L ’d, and return of one who occupies a seat as ; T-uoria.l Delegate upon this floor. Now, sir, I :. stum the power of the House to exer- : ■ authority invoked. The gentleman on ! • ./at, from Pennsylvania, [Mr. Kunkel,] in - narks yesterday, spoke as if he thought i : us who oppose the resolution now pend- i 1 the power to send tor persons and pa- ! cases of contested elections; and he cited I :i which it has been done. On this point j be distinctly understood ; I do not deny j nn-r in a proper case. Though no instance ; - .-.ereise has occurred since the act of Con- ! : ’sol, regulating tho mode of taking testi- i cases oi contests for seats here; and no ... ,1 ever occur, as far as I can see, so long 1 .. .ut law remains ou the statute book. Its pro-' . us are full and ample. But should the case where it may he necessary, in order to get j rand competent testimony to establish any j ilia: the House can legitimately and properly | into in such investigations, to send for per- I i.u'l papers, 1 do not question their power to j What i maintain is, that the power can be ' - . ltfuHv exercised only wnen it is done to pro- j ■ teshni-ny which is in itself relevant, perti- i .!, competent, and admissible, to prove such < .i- the House can properly consider and look X ■ do 1 wish to he understood as being j .1 m the slightest degree to oppose investi- : . hi in this case to the fullest extent that can be 1 !v g- .tie into bv us. Within these limits, I . at :..vr of the House taking the widest range ' . _ • i i ude of investigation. But is th* -am b i :v us such a one as would allows : if til..- testimony sought to he obtained, j if it wei •at hand? I think it is not. It is to j ... - point 1 now speak. •>'. it, sir, is the character of the testimony j •!i is asked to he sent for? And what is the ! ■' ! it if obtained? Sift the whole matter— , .'■■i: of rubbish —go through both reports ; . : J - r. e the real gist of this application • this: The memorialist wishes witness- , -■m far to prove the invalidity of the law of a j • United States, under which a sit- , •Mega?- was elected, on the ground that the \ i!,. r- of the Legislative Assembly of that Ter- ( ry- which passed it were not properly and le- j ’ illv -A-cted. Is not this a fair statement of the | : io- non us it now stands before us? It was to -•t fii ; mi- vie a- of its merits before the House 1 , l m ved, when it was here before, to refer the , :- q>os’;i >i buck t-i the committee, to have their i .-mis and grounds for making it reported to the j i- . \%- mnv have their reasons; we now ' "miisif .■ • ; -c-t; and have I not stated it , . a!iu iairlv? Then, sir, is the testimony com- : , nt ii it wer. here? Mark you; we sit as ai j Woul i it be admissable in the trial of any j . .!- in any court —in a criminal case, for instance ; permit a party to offer evidence to impeach j .ohy of tin law under which the accused arraigned, by showing that the Legislature ( -I t:i law was not properly elected, and , -■ .'onstituted ? The validity of a law may be ' , '■ in’" and judged of by a court, on some i « Is which might be stated. The consfitu- ' ] stiity I--’ a law mav be decided upon —that 1 do i *i ( in—but never upon this ground. The ( s governing all courts m passing upon laws ! ■; ru g statutes, I need not here state. But i’, :r m i dging the validity of a statute on any • ‘unis they take cognizance of, will ever ( ' r.i in juirv into the legality of the election of , ii m!»ers of the Legislature"that passed it. No m bo found of this character in the whole ; - :t .f civil jurisprudence. .son courts of law will not allow such in- : ' -' -be made before them is, that the decision j -'ii questions properly belongs to another 1 o’—m the Houses respectively of the law- ; power itself; and their decision when > considered as the judgment of a court of mu jurisdiction, which no other court will 'i. And this House, sitting as a court, v does, cannot inquire into any fact invali- j '• : t impeaching the validity of any law l •'f :li ■ United States, a State,or Territory, •tuv oilier court could not inquire into. I ii is a principle that cannot be suecessful led. I call upon gentlemen who occupy a "-:y position to show a case, if they can, in ■ any other country, where the validity of a ; 1 . :mv court of justice was ever allowed to be 1 1 by inqunng into the legality of the elcc -1 members ofihe Legislature that passed it. ■ - what we are now called upon to do; and - what 1 assert we have no right to do. Whv, ' is a fundamental maxim of the English law, •wn by Sir Edward Coke, illustrated by Sir w:-i Blaokstone, and enforced by every writer ' subject, both English and American, that it - inherent right of the High Court of Parlia ' -from which, as a model, all our legislative > . nentarv bodies have sprung—to settle for cl questions touching its own organization ; laciiMi such questions are thus sealed, they " iti-r. be inquired into elsewhere. the question now before us? Under f the Constitution which secures to " - ' right and power to judge of the : H’- 1 • is, elections, and returns of those who , l u “>' ■ cu • d to hold seats on this floor, we have -'at to aur consideration the right of the sit ’l j. ’ 1 - i"■ "f fiie Territory of Kansas. Into his i aiS.-atii'-iji, election, and return, we have full -" s', and to determine all questions per s c-iiii-:-r to ids qualifications, his election, or | Fa* in doing this, we are asked to take a f ;i -r. and to judge not only of lus election, j “U ; jiuliiications, hut to go into an inves- j •c.-i judge of the qualifications, elections, iit.s i the members of the Legislative As : lvar.s.is, which passed the law under , it ;s admitted lie was elected. 1 say, sir, i i the principle which I have laid down, ■ c the parliamentary history of England from a.i our institutions have sprung, or in this ; an he adduced to justify or warrant it. Ii - '- a - -to call attention to some authority on 1 read from Sir Edward Coke, (4 Inst., j :n st-aking of the High Court of Parlia- ; i s every court of justice hath laws and - i r its direction, some by the common ' ‘-iv- by the civil and common law, some by j f ••iti' and customs, 4c., so the High (hart | * ‘ f, sun propriis legibus et eon*vetudini- \ ~' , .It is k.r et amsueludoparliamenti. and this is the reason that the judges ought - any opinion of a matter of Parliament, •i not to be decided by the common laws, w /- yeni ttconsuetuiinem parliamenti; V . ‘ judges in divers parliaments have con i’. relating to the Constitution, or - \ rights or privileges of the members of Hoa- of Lords, the Commons cannot inter ;n like matters, relating to the organization rfy- use of Commons, the Lords cannot inter - -' l ° “tiler court in the kingdom can interfere. ~ :i 't Court of the realm—the King with j, - r gatives of the Crown—cannot interfere. .. • > hese matters each House is a Court, with * i ; ample, absolute jurisdiction over the whole ' ‘ J*ct- And when they are determined by that j | Court, with full and competent jurisdiction ovei the subject-matter, its judgment cannot be inquired into by any other tribunal. Sir Edward Cokt says further, on page 50, same volume: “ Thus much have we thought good to set down , concerning knights, citizens, and burgesses- be - cause much time is spent in Parliament concern ing the right of elections, Ac., which might he more profitably employed pro hotio publico." 0 This latter lemark is not very inapplicable to our condition. Hut the author goes on : “ Now, to treat more in particular (as it hath been desired) of the laws, customs, liberties, and pri vileges of this Court of Parliament, which are the very heart strings of the Commonwealth,” * * ; “would take up a whole volume’of itself . i Certain it is, as hath been said, that curia parlia nunti suis propus legibus subsistit." [ | And he goes on to sav that it does not belong to the Justices of England, or the Barons of the Ex i chequer, to judge of any of these matters coinin'* wiunu the jurisdiction of this Court of Parliament* . Now, Mr, 1 invite attention to what Sir William 5 j Hlackstone says on this subject in his Commenta ries, with which all of us ought to be familiar. ' After referring to these remarks of Coke, and af ni ining them, he says, in vol. 1. p. 163 ; It will be sufficient to observe that the whole I ,'!i e o 1 "" custom of Parliament has its origi i mil from this one maxim, ‘that whatever matter arises concerning either House of Parliament, . ought to be examined, discussed, and adjudged, in that House to which it relates, and not elsnvlure.' \ Hence, for instance, the Lords will not suffer the Commons to interfere ins.ettling the election of a Peer of Scotland ; the Commons will not allow the Lords to judge of the election of a Burgess; nor i will either House permit the subordinate Courts of , law to examine the merits of either case.” All such matters are to he decided bv the nouses • of Parliament, respectively, not arbitrarily, but i according to the usages, customs, and precedents i ! in like cases, which constitute the lex parliamenti, • '• or law of Parliament; hut when decided, whether right or wrong, there is no power to reverse the i i decision. Just so, sir, with us; when this House • . passes judgments upon the qualifications or elec i j tion of a member here, it is final and convulsive. Here the matter is to be examined, discussed, and adjudged; and, when adjudged, it cannot be in j quired into elsewhere. So with every legislative : body. On this point, I now call the attention of j the House to what Mr. Justice Story says upon the , same subject in speaking of this clause, in his treatise upon the Constitution of the United States. After quoting the clause of the Constitution which ■ rovides that each House shall judge of tha quali fications, elections, and returns of its own mein j iters, he says, in vol. 11, p. 295. “ The only possible question on such a subject is i as to the hotly in which such power shall be lodged. If lodged in any other than the legislative body it t\ its independence, its purity, and even its" ex istence and action, may he destroyed or put into j imminent danger. No other body hut itself can have the same motives to perpetuate and preserve 1 hose attributes; no other body can be so perpetu ally watchful to guard its own rights and privileges :r -in infringement, to purify and vindicate its own ! character, and to preserve the rights and sustain s j fiie free choice of its constituents. Accordingly , j ; '/<■• power has always hen lodged in the legislative ■ ! oly by the uniform practice of England anil Amrr- ! ! ,al ” : It more authority is desired on this point, T re- ! | fer to Kent’s Commentaries, Tucker’s, and to all ! writers on the subject. It is the uniform practice j of this country, adopted from England, to leave i ; she adjudication of ail questions touching the elec- I | tmns and returns of members of legislative bodies, j ; t° those bodies themselves. The principle runs through all our State Legislatures. It lies at the j foundation of all our representative institutions. 1 : H is recognised even in all our voluntary associa- ! , :ions and conventions, whether civil or"ecclesias iii al. There can he no efficient political legisla- j : live organization without it; and when the legis- | 1 irive body, to which tin* question belongs, has i made its decision, there is no appeal to any other I power. It is a final judgment rendered. It is so j with the decision of this House on such questions. ! It is so with the decisions of the Senate on like j questions, ft is so with the State Legislatures, and it should be so in Kansas. If the election of j any members of tlie Legislature there, cither of t!u« House or the Council, was illegal, the proper place ; ! for an inquiry into it was there. And if any person > wishing to contest those elections failed to"present i iheir case there before the proper tribunal, they ' cannot come here to do it. If we inquire now into j 'lie legality of those elections for the purpose of ! disregarding or invalidating the law passed by the i Legislature under which the sitting Delegate was ! . lected, why may we not inquire into the validity j of the law of Congress organizing that territo- | rial government, upon the grounds that some of j the members of this House who voted for it in , fiie last Congress were not properly elected ? Or ' -n the ground that some of the Senators who vo ted for it were chosen by members of State Le- ' aislattires not properly elected? And this, too, on the still further ground that some of the sher iffs or returning officers in the State elections for members of the Legislature perhaps were not legally elected or qualified? If you open the door to such an investigation as that now sought, where are we to stop ? Who can see the end of this beginning? Whose vision can take in the wide extent of that vast region of uncertainty, inse curity, abounding in hidden, unseen dangers and perils, your course may lead to ? I hold, sir, that if ■i law should he passed hv the votes of members now upon tlu> floor who may hereafter he turned out because of the. illegality of their election, tlie validity of such law so passed can never be in quired into either by any court of the land, or even by ourselves, on the ground of its having been s» passed. And though a law may be passed in a State or Territorial Legislature by the votes of members who may afterwards be turned out, he- | cause of the illegality of their election, yet the va- ' Hditv of such a law can never he questioned in i consequence of that fact. But if the principle, now advocated for the first time in our history, shall he established, and the precedent be follow- j ed up, you unhinge all legislation; you bring j everything like law amongst us into uncertainty, j doubt, and confusion; you cut the “heart-strings",” ! as Toko says, of our whole system of Government; ! yen take the first step, and, if ii be pursued, that j which will prove to he a fatal step towards politi- ; cal and social anarchy. I enter my protest here j this day against it. I repeat, sir, these are grave questions, f give j you, Mr. Speaker, and the members of the House, | as my fellow-judges in this matter, my views of the rules which should govern us in the judgment we aj-e to render in this case. Weigh them as they deserve, and give them such consideration as they merit. But, the gentleman at my right, [Mr. Kunkell, who addressed us yesterday, asked, if the allega tions be true as here made," that a set of usurpers assumed to he the Legislature of the Territory, are we to be bound by that assumption ? I say to him, no. The countenance of any usurpation and the exercise of prerogatives, not duly belonging to any body of men, even ourselves, is what I am against, j There must bo something more than a hare as- | sumption of legislative authority to entitle the acts ' of any body of men to be recognized as emanating j from a body clothed with power to make laws. The j law-making power of this country must rest upon j some better showing than hare assumption. It . must come into being in the proper and legally i constituted way. This is well understood in Amer ica. We are not by any means legitimists, in the European sense of the word; but, we recognize that government as legitimate which springs into existence by the will of tiie people, as expressed under the forms of law passed by the regularly constituted authority of the land. A government so presenting itself we regard not only as the gov ernment of the people de facto, but dc jure. And now, .-.ir, how is it with regard to this Leg islature of Kansas? We have a law of Congress authorizing it. It is familiar to all. That law or ganized the Territory of Kansas; that law permit ted the people there, under the direction of the Governor, to hold elections for members of the Territorial Legislature, with power to pass laws regulating the election of a delegate to Congress. This organic law of the Territory emanated front ourselves. This law we are bound to recognize. A Governor was appointed in pursuance of it. The : Governor, the judiciary, the whole machinery of tlie government there was legally constituted by ] ourselves, by Congress; and the forms prescribed, i through which this territorial body exercising leg i islative functions came into existence, emanated from the highest authority known to us under the ! Constitution. These facts are admitted. No per son questions the public law creating the Territo rial Legislature. Nobody questions the legal ap pointment of Governor Reeder. Nobody questions ! the proclamation he issued to bold an election on the 30th of March, 1855, for a Territorial Legisla ture, in pursuance of our law. These are all ad mitted facts. If anything irregular, then, attend ! ed the election of its members, it presented a ques | tion to be inquired into and adjudged by the pro per authority, just as similar matters are inquired into and settled iu other elections of legislative j bodies—just as we inquire into such matters per taining to our own organization. When therefore, it is admitted that an election for members of the Territorial Legislature was held in Kansas on the 3,lth of March, as stated, in pursuance oi law, un der the direction of the legally constituted au thorities of the country, we are bound to recognize the body so coming into life as legitimate in its origin. It certainly did not spring front usurpa tion ; nor does it rest its claims of legitimacy upon hare assumption. It had its birth in a legal way. But here comes the argument front the other side that it was spurious, because the members who constituted it were not properly elected in conform ity to the laws under which it was created. We!!, sir, that was a judicial question to be settled and determined by the lex parliamenti, according to -the authorities have cited, and the universal practice of j this country in like cases. It does not come with i in the purview of the powers of this House to set s j tie that question. It was an inherent right in the r Houses of tlie Kansas legislature to judge and de l j cide upon the qualifications, elections, and returns 8 I °‘ lh * ,r °' v 'i members respectively. This power says htorv, by universal practice in England and 1 ' ‘ n t!us country, is lodged in every legislative body _ ;to determine for itself. It is, indeed, one of the -: v ital functions of the organism. The question > was a judicial one, which somebody was to de ; Ermine; and what body was it ? The courts i ! I,IU country (say all the authorities) cannot take cognizance of it. Governor Reeder, as it appears from the papers before us, insisted that j 11 was his right, under the law empowering him [ : prescribe the rules governing the election, to . decide it; and the two houses of the Legisla j tore insisted that it was their parliamentary and l legal right to decide it. Mv opinion is, that the ■ | Houses were correct in their position. But, be that as it may, the merits of tlie question before ' us are not affected bv it either way; for if ; | Reeder as Governor, had the right, it is an ad | feet that, out of twenty-six members com posing the House of Representatives of Kansas he, »s Governor, claiming the right to judge of , this mattery did judicially, and net ministerially, award certificates to seventeen of these members, as haying been duly and properly elected on the .in'h March, inpursuanee of his proclamation duly and legally made. And like certificates he gave to ten out of the thirteen members composing the Council. Thus a large majority of both branches ot tlie Legislature were adjudged by him to be duly chosen and returned members thereof—members whose election, he now says, was carried hv an invasion, and that they held tlie places which he assigned them by nothing but usurpation ! lam not now upon the question of his estoppel ; I am : considering the question of his right to judge, and, iu that view, the effect of his judicial judgment rendered in the case. Keep in mind that, upon every question before any tribunal which has the ! sole and absolute right to judge in the matter, [ when the final judgment is rendered, it is forever conclusive upon the points embraced in it. Elec tions were held in May, by order of the Governor, i to fill the places of the nine members and six ' eouncilmen rejected by him at the March election. | To those elected in May to fill those, places lie gave like certificates. "Every man wluuook his seat in the Legislature at its organization, was adjudged and certified by the Governor to he en titled to it. The Legislature, therefore, if the ; Governor had the right to judge, was legitimately i and legally constituted; and their claims tube j recognized us the proper law-making power of i the Territory rests not upon hare assumption or I usurpation. And, on the other hand, if the Houses j na<t the to settle these questions touching ' their organization, the result is the same; for they" | hm*. settled the question the same wav as to the : original seventeen members of the House and ten eouncilmen, and their judgment must be conclu sive upon the fact that a majority of both Houses were properly constituted. In either view, there- i fore, we may take as to the hands in which this | i power of judging was lodged, the question is a j closed one; it is re* adjuticuta; and we have no ! i right now to open it. r repeat, I am not noyv j upon the point of Reeder’s individual or personal j i estoppel in law. What I affirm is, that this ques- I ; lion, from admitted tacts, is closed; judgment has been rendered, and there is no appellate jurisdic | tion in this House, nor in any other tribunal. We | can no more open this question than we can that j of the proper organization of anv State Legisla ture. [cOXCLCDEn TO-MORROW.] Bank of Athens. | An act in incorporate a Bank in the Town, of Athens, to he called the Bank of Athens. ' Sec. 1. Beit enact, db; ties, note and House of j Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General ‘ Assembly met., and it is hereby enacted bu the same, I'hat XV illiam L. Mitchell, John Billups, Stevens Thomas, John 11. Newton, James S. England and ! Peter A. Summey, and their associates and sueces- | -iors shall be, and are hereby incorporated and j made a body politic, with the usual banking privi- i leges, by the name and style of the Bank of Athens, j to be located at Athens,‘in the countv of Clarke, ! and shall continue until the first, day "of January; j eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and by that name -hall be, and is hereby made able and "capable in j layv, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and j retain to them and their successors, lands, "rents, j tenements and hereditaments, so far as mav be tie- ! cessary for the erection of banking houses," and as : have been bona fide mortgaged to it as security-, I or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previ- I ously contracted in the course of its dealing, or - purchased at sales upon judgments which slial! j have been obtained for such debts ; and the same to sell, grant, devise, alien or dispose of, to sue j and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and I be answered unto, defend and be defended in any ; Court of Law or Equity in the State or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction to make, have and j use a common seal and the same to break, alter i and renew at their pleasure, and to make and or- ; lain sm-h bye-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary, to carry out : •he objects of the Institution: Provided, such bye- I laws, rules and regulations he not repugnant to the I Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States. Sec. 2. The aforesaid William L. Mitchell, John j Billups, Stevens Thomas, John 11. Newton, James S. England and Peter A. Summey, or any three of them, he and are hereby constituted a Board of | Commissioners, whose duty it shall he to open a ; book of subscription for shares in said company, J on the last Wednesday of April, 1556, and sluil! continue open for four days, and for so manv hours i ‘;ieh day, and at such place in said town of Athens as the said Board of Commissioners may deter- i mine on ; and any capital stock remaining unsub- I scribed for at the expiration of said four days, shall be disposed of by said Commissioners or the l)i- j lectors to he thereinafter chosen, in such manner ! as they may direct. Sue. 3. The Capital Stock of said Bank shall he two hundred thousand dollars, which shall he di- ; vided into shares of one hundred dollars ; but the ; company mav commence business as soon as fifty thousand dollars in specie shall have been paid, and it shall he the duty of said commissioners to ‘ have the amount of the specie so paid in counted ! by the Ordinary of said county, who shall give his | certificate that the amount has been paid in, and j record the same in his office. Sue. 4. Upon the expiration “f the four days ‘ herein before allowed for subscribing to the stock of said Bank, it shall he the duty of said commis- ; sioners to convene stockholders or subscribers by I giving ten days notice in one or more public news papers of Athens, of the time and place of meet ing, who may then or any time thereafter, proceed to the election of a Board of five Directors, under such rules and regulations us they may adopt for j that purpose—said Directors to he citizens of the State of Georgia. Sec. 5. Certificates of stock shall be issued to the subscribers for the number of shares held by each, respectively, in such form and manner as inav he prescribed by the Directors, and no trans fer of stock shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless entered in a book or books kept for that purpose by the company, by personal entry of the stockholder, his legal representative or attorney, duly authorized by special power for that purpose; provided, that no stockholder in debted to the Bank, shall transfer his or her stock, until all debts due said Bank hv such Stockholders, shall he paid. Sec. 6. The number of votes, in electing Direc tors, to which each of the stockholders shall he j entitled, shall he according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to he entitled to one vote, j and no share or shares after the first election shall ; confer a right of suffrage which shall not have j been holden by the person in whose name it ap- j pears, at least three calender months previous to the day of election, or unless it he holden by the person in whose name it appears, absolutely and bona fide, in his own right or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as Exe cutor, Administrator or Guardian, or in the right and use of some co-partnersliip, corporation or .So ciety, of which he or she may he a member, and not as security or bv way of hypothecation ; any stockholder being absent may authorise by power of attorney under seal, any other stockholder to I vote for him or her. Sec. 7. None hut a stockholder entitled in his j own right (which he shall swear to if required hv i anv one stockholder) to ten shares of said stock and not being a Director of any other Bank, shall he eligible as a Director, and if any one of the Directors of said corporation shall, after being j elected, become a Director of any other Bank, or cease to he a stockholder of ten shares as afore said, his seat shall thereupon become vacated, and the remaining Directors ora majority of them shall upon their next meeting pass and enter upon the minute hook, an order declaring him to be no lon ger a Director. Site. 8. The Directors so appointed shall, at their first meeting thereafter, proceed to the appoint ment of the President from their own body, and | the said President and Directors may appoint a I Cashier and such other officers under them as they may deem necessary and expedient, for carrying the provisions of this Act info effect, and shall make a compensation to them for their services as shall appear to them reasonable; and shall be ca pable of exercising such other powers and author ties of making, revising, altering or annulling all such bye-laws and regulations for the government of the said company, and that of their officers and affairs as they or a majority of them shall, from time to time think expedient, and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State and of the United States. Sec. 9. The Cashier, before he enters upon the ; duties of his office shall he required to give bond j with two or more securities to the satisfaction of j the Directors, in such sum as they, by their bye-laws ; order and direct from time to time, with condition for the faithful performance of his duties; and the President, Cashier and other officers of the Bank, shall take the following oath, on entering on the 1 duties of their respective offices: I, AB, do sol emnly swear (or affirm,) that I will well and faith fully discharge the duties of President, Cashier or other officer ('as the case may be) of the Bank of : b ' entered •, | Sec. 10. From the time this Act shall take effect 1 the total amount which the Bank shall at am- time r owe either by bond, bill, note or other contract s : >hall not exceed three times the amount of its can’ i ital actually paid into the Bank, in gold and silver - com ; and a violation of the provisions of this sec i turn, shall work a forfeiture of all the rights and t | privileges granted by this Act. t Sec. 11. Any number of Stockholders not less t than ten, who, together, shall be the proprietors of i two hundred shares or upwards, shall have power > at any time, to call a meeting of the Stockholders - ; for purposes relative to the Institution, giving at 1 i least thirty days notice in one of the public gazettes ; : of the town of Athens, specifying in such notice • the object of said meeting. ‘ i Sec. 12. The Directors shall keep fair and regu lar minutes of their proceedings; and upon anv question where a Director shall require it, the yeas * and nays of the Directors voting shall he inserted in*said minutes; and the books and papers, cor '; respondeuce and funds of the company snail’at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors, or of Stockholders, when convened ac cording to the provisions of this Act. Sec. 13. Dividends of the profit of the corpora tion, or so much thereof as shall be deemed expe j dient and proper, shall be declared, by a majority I I of the Directors, at a meeting to be held for the ! j purpose, and paid half yearly, the first half year j after the Bank shall have been in operation, except- i ied but the dividends shall, in no case, exceed the j I amount, of nett profits actually made by the corpo- j j ration, so that the capital stock thereof shall never ! Ibe diminished; and if the capital stock of said Bank shall ever be diminished, either by declaring dividends, or in any other way, unless hereafter i authorised by law. The charter of said Bank i shall be forfeited, and the rights and privileges | granted by this act shall cease to exist. Sec. Id. The said Bunk shall have power to re- I eeive deposits on interest, as saving Institutions I now have, under rules and regulations to be estab lished by said Bank, provided said rules and regu : lations are not contrary to the laws or Constitution ni the Siaie, and that the stock of said Bank be ! alwavs liable until all the savings fund be paid. 1 Sec. 15. Any Bank or branches thereof, who j may make a demand of specie from said Bank, ; shall be compelled to receive the hills of said prin- j I cipal or any of its branches in payment. Sec. lti. The said Bank shall be permitted and | is hereby authorized, to issue hills or notes of j credit (commonly called bank bills) payable to j bearer on demand signed by the President and j counter signed by the Cashier; Provided the notes : so issued shall not at any time exceed three times I tbe amount of capital stock actually paid in, in i specie; and the contracts of said corporation made j by its agents duly authorized by resolutions of the Board of Directors, except in cases of the ordinary : transaction of Banks in issuing bills, drawing i dralts and bills of exchange, and granting eertiii j cates of deposit, shall be binding upon said cor i poration. | Sec. 17. That it shall not be lawful for any of j the Stockholders of said Bank, to transfer anv of ! said stock to any person not a citizen and resident : ”f this State, and if any stock shall be so trans terred, the same shall lie forfeited to the State, | and the same shall be transferred on the book of : said Bank to the State by the officers of said Bank | authorized to make transfer of stock upon sat i isfactory proof, that such stock has been so j transferred to any person not a citizen or resident ! of this State. j Sec. 18. The person and property of the'stock ! holders in said Bank shall be pledged and bound ' ' !1 proportion to the amount of the shares that each individual or company ntav hold, in th e same ; for the ultimate redemption of said bills ~r notes issued, by or from said Banks during the time he | she or they, may have held such stock in the same i manner as in common commercial cases or simple ! cases of debts; and no one shall subscribe for . own or purchase stock in said Bank, unless he or j she be a citizen of Georgia. ’ The private or individual property of each stockholder, as well as their joint property, shall be liable as before stated, for said redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of ali the debts and liabilities of the same, and when anv judgment shall he obtained against, said Bank and execution issued thereon, it shall be the duty of the levying officer first to levy the same on the'pro- 1 perty of said corporation, and to sell the same, f ;oui it the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution, and return of said officer of no corporate property, shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said offi cer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any stockholders, and sell the same until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off' said execution, each stockholder to be liable in pro portion to the amount of his stock, and that anv ’ such execution or part thereof, shall have the rigHt 1 to use and control the same fi. fa. against all the other stockholders, so as to collect the ratea ble share out of each of them. - Sec. 19. And be it enacted bv tiic authority \ aforesaid that the office for the transaction of the business of said Bank shall be located in the ' town of Athens’in this State. The most extraordinary discovery in the World is the I (jrv.U Arabian Remedy for Man and Beast. H. G. FARRELL S CELEBRATED ARABIAN I.IMMENT. nsnil'E beautiful and fertile region skirting the ' A desert of Arabia, abounds with rare plants and odorous woods, whence are procured those aro matic gums and balsams of which this Liniment is composed, and by whose stimulating, unctuous and penetrating properties it is, when applied, diffused through the whole nervous system, allaying the most intense pain in a few minutes. Try it, when you will be convinced that no preparation possesses in so high a degree, its perfect anodyne qualities. Its action is prompt anil effective. It penetrates the flesh to the bone, relaxes contracted cords, re storing use to limbs paralysed for years, and where the flesh has wasted away, leaving nothing but 1 skin and bone, excites a healthy action, causing ! new flesh to grow out and fill up the shrivelled ' part. It restores the synovial fluid or joint water, 1 and this is the reason why it has been so success till in diseases of the joints. In affections of the Spine, Liver, Lungs and Kidneys, this great rente- j 1 dy stands before any other ever produced. For ! ’ ague cake or enlargement of the spleen, it is a spe- ! I citie. For any internal inflammation, you will find it gives great relief. It has no equal in the world for Rheumatism- also, cramps, swelling, numb- f ness, weak joints, Spine and Chest, pains, wounds, chilblains, burns, sore throat, bites of insects and ’ reptiles, salt rheum, warts, corns, mange, and in- i 1 deed nearly all diseases which require an internal application, and many others, are greatly benefitted by it. It is used externally with great success in goitre, or swelled neck, Scrofula or King’s Evil, r Liver Complaint, nervous diseases, Ac. For Horses l or Cattle, it is as effectual as in diseases of man. Will cure any case of Sweeney in existence ; also, c Spavin, Splint, Ringbone, Big-head, Fistula, Farcy, 1 Roll Evil, Windgalls, Strains, Bruises, 4c. 1 Look out for Counterfeits ! 1. The public arc cautioned against another cottn- 6 ter frit, which has lately made its appearance, called W. B. Farrell’s Arabian Liniment, the most dan- 1 gerous of all the counterfeits, because his having " the name of Farrell, many will buy it in good faith, without the knowledge that a counterfeit ex ists, and they will perhaps only discover their error when tiie spurious mixture has wrought its evil effects. * The genuine article is manufactured only bv 11. ' G. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, and whole sale druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peoria, Illinois, £ to whom all applications for Agencies must be ad dressed. Be sure you get it with the letters 11. G. be fore Farrell’s, thus—ll. G. FARRELL’S—and his j signature on the wrapper, all others are counter- i frit. 1 Sold bv HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO., W. 11. & J .TURPIN, N. .1. FOGARTY A CO., CLARK, WELLS & DcBOSE, and D. B. PLUMB A 00., Augusta, Ga., and by regularly authorized agents throughout the United States. 6 Price 25 and 50 cents, and $1 per bottle. # AGENTS WANTED in every town, village and , hamlet in the United States, in which one is not | - already established. Address 11. G. Farrell as j above, accompanied with good reference as to char- j actor, responsibility, Ac. is 24 mhl NEW SPRING GOODS. ~ j LARGE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES. ILLI AM SHEAIt has justreceivedfrom v V New York, large additional supplies of new j Spring GOODS, among which are— Plain Colored ('HALLIES, of beautiful styles for , Ladies’ Spring dresses. * . French Printed ORGANDIES and JACONETS, at low prices. English PRINTS, of new and beautiful styles. Superior plain black SILKS, and Lupin’s black CHARLIES. Superior black SILKS, without lustre, for La- j dies’ mourning dresses. Ladies’ fancy Bonnet, Neck and Belt RIBBONS. CRAPE MARETZ, of beautiful colors, for La dies’ Summer dresses. Superior 8-4 and 10-4 Damask DIAPERS and Damask TABLE CLOTHS. Superior Damask NAPKINS and Pillow-Case LINENS. Superior Linen HUCKABACKS and Scotch DI APERS, for Towels. Bird’s-Eye DIAPER, of extra quality. Ladies’ French CORSETS, of all sizes. Silk Warp FLANNELS, and Long LAWNS. Allendale, Lancaster and Marseilles QUILTS, of • extra size and quality. The above, with a great variety of other season able articles, will be sold low for cash. The pub lic are respectfully invited to examine the assort- ! ' rhent. ’ _d+*c mh23 ! LAND WARRANTS WANTED.—The high- i est cash prices paid by tts for Land Warrants. | nih22 HOW ARD A DUGAS. | d j BY TELEGRAPH. L f ZZ —— —... = g Kansas Committee. Washington. March 25. —Hon. Jonv Sherman, -of Ohio, has been appointed Chairman of the Kan r sas investigating committee, in the place of Hon. j L. D. Campbell declined. Mexican News. j. New Orleans, March 20. —The steamer Texas r has arrived from Vera Cruz, with dates to the 22d s 1 inst. 1 Tamariz is still at Puebla, and besieged by the 1 i government forces. Wisconsin. Milwackie, March 20.—The government of Wis consin is disorganised. The Legislature has re fused to recognise Bashforti as the Governor, and the latter threatens to use force to obtain his posi : tion. New York Market. New York, March 25.—The Cotton market has i been active, with sales of 4500 bales. Prices are • buoyant and advancing. Fair Uplands 11)4, Mid j dling 10)4 and Middling Orleans 10)4 cents. New York, March 24. The Cotton market closed with an active demand. Sales 3,000 bales. Mid- j j dling Orleans 1034, and Middling Uplands New Orleans Market. New Orleans, March 26.—Cotton was very ac tive on Tuesday, and 10,000 bales were sold. Mid dling 9)4 cents. Sales of Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, 42,000 bales. W AsntNGTON, March 25.—The Senate to-dav dis cussed the Deficiency Bill, and adopted an amend ment appropriating ‘ $350,000 for the arrears due for printing and maps. The Pacific railroad bill was made the special order for the 14th of April. Milwackie, Wis., March 24.—The Hon Coles Rashford, has been declared Governor of this State. At last accounts Mr. Fillmore had gone to Asia. lfT~ Land Warrants are again declining in price, nt Washington city and New York. A Lady in Command op a United States Fort.— Lieut. Montgomery, of the United States armv, not long since, lost his life in Oregon. His death left his widow, formerly Miss Northrop, of Akron, and one child, in comparative penury, as is generally the case with those who devote their lives to their country’s service. She returned, and Gen. Jessup, with the kindness of heart and chivalry which characterises a brave soldier, immediately gave to her the trust of Fort Gratiot, now unoccupied by a garrison, a duty which she can till, and the pay of which is very fair. OOMMEROIAL. Augusta Market, March 2G. COTTON.—The demand has been active to-day, 1 and the sales large at full prices. CHARLESTON, March 25. — Cotton. —There was a good demand for this article to-dav, the sales having reached upwards of 2500 bales, at a very full range of prices. The transactions comprise 43 hales at 9 ; 188 at 934; 93 at 9)4 ;74 at 9%; 25 at. t'3-J ; 35 at 9% ; 200 at 9% ; 240 at 9% ; 206 at 10 ; 77 at 1034; 317 at 10)4; 31 at 10%; 406 at 10)4; 04 at 10%; and 525 bales at 10% cents. SAVANNAH, March 24, P. M.—Cotton.— There was a fair demand to-day at unchanged prices. 1,005 bales changed hands at the following prices, viz: 25 at 8)4; SO at 8%; 30 at!); 20 at 9%; 94 at 9)4 ; S3at 9 9-16 ; 405 at 9)4; 61 at 9%; 107 at 9% ; 54 at 9)4 ; and 80 bales at 10 cents. Corn —Sells in large lots at 65@68 cents, and re tails at 75 cents jJ bushel. Flour.- -We have no change to notice in this ar- i j tide. Sales small. We quote $4.25(774.75 for sacks, t and sß(tgS.so for bbls., superfine. Extra sup. s9<g $9.50, and extra family at #lO. , Wheat. —Red is worth $1.40 and White $1.50 W t bushel. * Ihy. —Eastern #1.82@1.75; Northern #1.50 $ ( 100 pounds. Lard 11 cents. Stilt. —Retails in small iots at $1 (54.25 B sack. Freights. —We quote Cotton tt> to Liverpool 'ad.; to Boston 9-16 ; to New York 7-l Ce. by steam ship and by sailing vessels ; to Philadelphia aud Baltimore 9-16 c. SAVANNAH, March 26. Cotton. —The market yesterday was quiet and prices firm. The sales , amounted to 850 bides, viz : 8 at 8%, 55 at 9, 93 at 9)4, 256 at 9)4, 143 at 9%, 57 at 13-10, 53 at 9)4, 101 at 10, 30 at 10)4, aud 48 at 10)4 cents. GALA ESTON, March B.—cotton statement. — 1 Stock on hand Ist Sept., 1855 bales.. 2,062 Received this week at this port 1 019 “ previously “ “ 43,194 , “ at other Texas ports 14,385 1 Total 60,660 Exported to G. Britain to date, bales. 7,451 v France 1,670 s Other continental ports.. 5,506 [ “ New Orleans 13,286 i “ Mobile “ Baltimore “ Philadelphia “ New York 17,512 “ Boston 10,827-56,252 Remaining on hand and shipboard not c'ld, 4,408 MONTGOMERY, March 24.— Cotton. —The stock on hand has been reduced so low that there is but little doing. Farmers are busy planting, which prevents the remnant of the crop from coming to market. Since the Persia’s advices, there has been a better demand, which caused an improvement of 1 I fc. We quote middlings to strict 8% to 9)4; good middlings 9)4 to 9% ; middling fair 10 cents. Stock on hand Ist September 219 i Received since to date 61,328 ( 61,547 ; Shipped in same time 58,934 v Stock on hand 24th March 2,613 j Stock same time last year 10,635 j SA VANNAII EXPORTS--MARCH 25. Per schr A Devereaux, for Havana—lß7 casks | o rice, 50 half do rice, 92 bbls potatoes, 44 cinptv ! 1 bbls. ‘ j a Per schr Mary Clinton, for New York—B3s hales ) e cotton, 80 boxes Copper ore, 300 sacks flour, 150 s ( hides Per schr North State—3ooo bbls flour, lil 146 bales S I Cotton, llndo Upland do, 150 hides. Per schr John W Anderson, for Baltimore—l6s bales cotton, 76 bales yarn, 200 boxes copper ore, 696 skins and 1 box. Per brig O’Brien, for Port Jefferson—lo3,ooo ft lumber. SHIPPINGNEWa j< ARRIVALS PROM CHARLESTON. I * Brig Kaloolah, Morton, New Orleans Schr Henry Travers, Wilson, Wilmington, N C c SAILED POR CHARLESTON. Schr Stephen Hotchkiss, Munson, Boston h CHARLESTON, March 26.—Arrived, steamships P Jas Adger, New York ; George’s Creek, Baltimore; 11 barque E Dwight, do., schrs John Castner, New York ; Everglade, Boston. Went to sea, schrs Col Satterly, New York ; W A Ellis, do.; Effort, New Orleans. SAVANNAH, March 26.—Air’d, U S M steam ship Augusta, New York; US M steamship Kev- !> stone State, Philadelphia. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBT I s ORS OF F. V. BURDELL, DECEASED. j a HAVING lmdall mv papers, connected with I " the estate of F. V. Burnell, deceased, burnt 11 with my law office in the late fire in Waynesboro’, P 1 must beg all those who have rendered demands ! against said estate, to render them to me again, j All persons indebted to said estate, by note, will j please do me the kindness to give me their note ; I again. As this misfortune will retard the settle ! ment of the estate, t must also beg the indulgence : P of creditors until I can place matters in statu quo. \ a febl4 d*c2in JOHN J. JONES, Adrn’r. ; 1 ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. i PERSONS having claims against Robert Car- f roll, and wishing to avail themselves of the 4 benefit of his assignment, are hereby notified to j present their accounts, duly authenticated, by the i Ist of August. Those indebted to said estate will | make immediate settlement. I I feb27 C. E. GIRARDEY, Assignee, j . SEPTEMBER 26, 1855. CLARK &CO. have received the greater part | 1 of their Full supply of Goods, comprising c WATCHES, of all kinds, Silver and Plated WARE, '• ' of every description, Jewelry, Guns, Pistols, Cut- , ® lerv, Fancv Wares, Ac. The stock of Watches and Silver wore is very • fttll, and will be Bold at smal ndva*c*. sepS? HE undersigned having purchased of Mr. J K. llora his interest in the firm of J. M. New i ‘ by & Co., will continue the Clothing business, at t i their old stand, under the United States Hotel, in 1 I the same name as heretofore. < J. M. NEWBY, i C. B. DAY, < WM. S. WISE. Augusta, March 1, IS©6. mh4 = j £ottcrico. f I GREENE AND PULASKI MONUMENT | LOTTERIES. , Managed, drawn, and Prizes paid by the well knowi and responsible firm of GREGORY Ac MAURY. s ! Drawn Numbers Class L, bv Delaware L, March 2S d : 35 19 I- 24 43 44 50 53 13 43 18 34 76 64 63 | Also, of Class 73, at Savannah, March 25. 55 30 33 59 53 40 47 34 42 22 52 46 62 e i ; CLASS 75, at Savannah, on Thursday, March 27, ANOTHER FAVORITE SCHEME. 1 $8,530! . i 12,000; $1,200 ; 11,097; 3 of SSOO, Ac. Tickets j s2—Shares in proportion. Risk on a package of 25 quarters $7.40. * ° | CLASS 76, at Savannah, on Friday March -'<dh SPLENDID SCHEME. 5 | $10,000! 11 $3,000; $2,500; $1,877 ; 33 Prizes of s6uo, Ac, . j Tickets s3—Shares in proportion. Risk on a j package of 26 quarters $11.22. JOHN A. MILLEX, Agent, On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel. All orders from the city or country strictly con fidential. mh27 lifPR O I 'Eh HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! {By Authority of the State of Georgia.'] FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY. CLASS 14, Will be drawn in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, on the 24th of APRIL, 1856, when Prizes amounting to 30,000 DOLLARS! Will be distributed. CAPITAL PRIZE... *7,500. »♦« PRICE OK TICKETS : Wholes $5; Halves $2,50; Quarters $1.25. Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty days after the drawing, in bills of specie-paying Rank's, with out deduction, only on presentation of the Ticket en titled to the Prize. Bills on all solvent Banks taken at par. All com munications strictly confidential. SAMUEL SWAN, Agent and Manager, mh2s Atlanta, Georgia. The next Drawing in this Lottery will be Class 15, MAY 29th. Price of Tickts, $5.00, $2.50 annd $1.25. REAL HAVANA LOTTERY. MAGNIFICENT SCHEME ! SOR T EO NUMER 0 O EDI X A RIO 56 2. j The Ordinary Drawin*of the HAVANA LOT- j TERY, conducted by the Spanish Government, on I the Island of Cuba, under the supervision of the j Captain General, will take place at Havana on Tuesday, April 15th, 1856. Prizes amounting to *310,000 will be distribu ted, according to the following Scheme ; I‘rizes payable in full, without deduction, at the Havana Office. SCHEME: 1 Prize of $60,000 1 “ 20,000 1 “ 16,000 1 “ 8,000 10 Prizes of. 2,000 15 “ 1000 20 “ 500 60 “ 400 161 “ 200 16 Approximations 4,500 Whole Tickets $10; Halves $5; Quarters $2.50. Prizes paid at the Havana Office on presentation. Prizes cashed by the undersigned at five per cent, discount. IpfE The Official Drawing will be published in the Charleston Courier, a copy of which will be sent ; to each purchaser. All orders sent to the undersigned strictiv confi dential, and will be attended to with dispatch. Address JOHN E. NELSON, Box 130, mli2l Charleston, S. C. “NE PLUS ULTRA” SCHEME! 1300 PRIZES ! _ 50",000 DOLLARS ! HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! JASPER CO UNT V ACAD EH F L 0 TTER Y. I [by authority op the state op geobqia. I I 10,000 NUMBERS ONLY! ONE PRIZE TO EVER Y EIGHT TICKETS! j CLASS 31, TO BE DRAWN MAY 15th, 1856, at Concert ! Hall, Macon, Ga., under the sworn superintend- j , ence of Col. Geo. M. Logan and J. A. Nesbit, Esq. The .Manager having announced his determina- i tion to make this the most, popular Lottery in the J world, offers for MAY 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! CAPITAL 12,000 DOLLARS. 1 Prize of $12,000 j 1 1 “ 5,000 | 1 “ 3,000 1 “ 2,000 | 5 Prizes of 1,000 I 10 “ 500 i 60 “ 50 j 120 “ 25 I 500 “ 10 I 500 “ 8 ! 1200 Prizes, amounting to $50,000 J Tickets $8 ; Halves $4; Quarters $2. Prizes Payable without deduction! Persons send ing money by mail need not fear its being lost, j Orders punctually attended to. Communications confidential. Rank Notes of sound Banks taken at par. Drawings sent to all ordering Tickets. Those! wishing particular Numbers should order imme diately. Address JAMES F. WINTER. Box 98, Augusta, Ga. i 1 Loss of Tickets of Class L. By the late accident on the Seaboard and Roan- * oke Railroad, the Tickets of Class L., for April j l 15th, in their transit from Baltimore, in charge of ' Adams’ Express Company, were destroyed by tire, • 1 consequently there will not be any Drawing (if that Class. The Drawing will be Class M—May 15th, I the “ Ne Plus Ultra ” Scheme. ! ' Very respectfully, J. F. WINTER, " inh2o ' Manager, j < PARTICULAR NOTICE. i l GREAT SALE OF FACTORY STOCK. ST’ having been determined to increase the Cap- I ital Stock of the Lawreneeville Manufacturing 1 Company, Two Hundred and Fifty shares of the NEW STOCK will be offered for sale, before the Court-House door in Lawreneeville, on the first Tuesday in April next. The sale will commence at 10 o’clock, A. M., and continue until all is sold. , Terms of sale—one-half cash, and the other half payable in thirty days. Persons wishing to invest, and desiring more i ’ particular information, will be promptly responded i to by the undersigned, if adddressed. ’ J. S. PETERSON, Agent, j feblfi dhtetd Lawreneeville, Gwinnett cn., Ga. ! NEW CLOTHING STORE. H as now open, next doortoThos. Richards . & Son’s Book Storee, Broad street, an entire - new and extensive stock of READY-MADE CEO- j i THING, and every variety of articles belonging to | c gentlemen’s furnishing establisements, made up of j 1 die best materials and latest styles, which I will a sell cheap for cash. My old friends and customers, . and all others wanting article* in my line, would do i well to give me a call before purchasing elsewhere, ! us lam prepared to give them the best of bar- i gaines oc3 _ df*c ISAAC MAYER. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. ! nnilE subscriber offers for sale his RES- ye ■ * H I DENCH, on Greene-st., a desirable S? i place. The Lot is seventy-five feet front, A.iUL ' and one hundred and seventy-five feet deep. The ! > House is in complete repair, and newly painted f throughout, containing seven Rooms, a Pantry and f Bathing Room. Hydrant in the yard, Stable, two 1 Kitchens aud Smoke House, and fine Fruit in the t garden. E. 11. ROGERS. t Augusta, March Ist, 1856. mM 1 NOTICE. ; 1 CtON I'EM PLATING a change in my busi -1 ness, I have adopted a cash system from this date. All goods sold, and all work done at my es- 1 - tablishnient hereafter, will be cash on delivery'. Be ing about to remove from the State, all those in- j debted to me over six months, will make payment , within thirty days from date, as after that time mv , accounts must be placed with a Magistrate for col lection. K. 11. ROGERS. Augusta, March Ist, 1856. mb’ CARD. OUlfc office having been consumed bv fire ©n the night of the 24th iust, and with "it all the notes and accounts remaining in our hands for col lection, we beg clients who have submitted these demands to our care, and taken our receipts for them, to send us copies at their earliest conveni ence. JONES k STURGES, ... , , Attorneys at Law. i Waynesboro ~Ga.. Jan. 26.1556. +* e tf janSo ’ j Auction Snlco, I BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. 'n | OKRO\V (Friday), in front of store, at lo ,j o clock, will be sold, our usual asortment of j Groceries Provisions, Dry Goods, Ac., consisting | m part, of ° >2 T o- Molasses, Bacon, Lard, Butter, Cheese, Rice, Fish, Mustard Pepper j Segars, Tobacco, Wines, Liquors, Brau’dv Oin’ | Rum, Whisky, Potatoes, Onions, Pickles, Ac. —ALSO— -7 j Drv Goods, Fancy Articles, Furniture, Ready ■ j made Clothing, Ac. —ALSO— ! 50 boxes superior Pickles, in quarts and gallons a | —ALSO— f I One secondhand Buggy and Harness. Terms j cash. ~ mh27 ! BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. S4A Cook, Washer and Ironei. - On the first TUESDAI in MAY next, at the Lower i Market House, will be sold— I Mary Ann, a good Cook, Washer and Ironer, 1 about 28 years old. Warranted sound. Titles good J Terms cash. mh27 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. } i °“ ,!le first TUESDAY in APRIL next, at the ! Lower Market House, will be sold— Jim, one of the likeliest Negro fellows in market, about 21 years old, accustomed to house work, Ac. .'sold by order of the Trustees. Warranted sound. j and titles indisputable. Condition* cash. mh27 j BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. i On the first TUESDAY in APRIL next, at the Lower Market House, will be sold, the following Negroes, to wit: A man, Nut, aged 40, a field hand ; a woman, Betty, aged 35, a field hand; a girl Charlotte, about 14 years old ; Rose, about 11 years old. Titles good. Property warranted. Sale positive. Terms cash. mh22 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO Negroes for Sale. — On the first TUESDAY in APRIL next, at the Lower Market House, will be sold, if not pre viously disposed of, the following families of Negroes, to wit: Woman dark complexion, 35 years old, good Cook and \Y usher, &c. Boy, dark complexion, 15 years old. Boy, “ “ 13 “ “ Oii'L “ “ 9 “ “ very likely. —allo— Woman, Eflv, and infant, about 24 years old, good Cook, Washer and Ironer. Property war | ranted sound. Titles good. Terms cash. ‘ mh2s BY HOWARD & DUGAS. G. A. PARKER, Auctioneer. City Lot. SATURDAY , the 29th inst., in front of store, at Iz o’clock precisely, will be sold— City Lot No. 260, having a front of 40 feet on Calhoun street, and running back 174 feet, more or less, towards street; bounded by Lots No. 258 and 259. Terms on diy of sale. ‘ mh2s BY HOWARD & DUGAS G. A. PARKER, Auctioneer Will be sold in, front of Store, on THURSDAY, 2ith inst., at 10 o’clock, our usual assortment of Groceries, Liquors, New and Second Hand Fur niture, consisting in part, of- Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Soap, Cheese, Candles, Pota toes, Iron, Molasses, Mustard, Pepper, Spice, Gin ger, Starch, Tobacco, Segars, Flour, Gin, Rum V hisky, Brandy, Champagne, Chairs, Tables, So’ fa. Bureau, Bedsteads, Matrasses, Mirrors, Crock ers Ware, Glass Ware, Nails, Ac. ALSO, on account of all concerned, 13 Bags Rio Coffee. Terms Cash. N. B. All goods not called for by the next regu !ur Mile day will be sold ou account and risk of purchaser. m h2C BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Executors’ Sale. ILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in MA X * * next, at the Market House, in ihe city of Augusta, between the usual hours, and to the high- I est bidder, all that Lot or parcel of Land on the Sand Hills, in the county of Richmond, about four “dies from Augusta, containing fifty acres, mere or less, and known as the Bell Place,"and bounded west by lands of Skinner and Flournoy, south and east by lands belonging to Meigs, Fitten and Skin ner, and north by land belonging to Jas. Flem ming. Sold as the estate ot Martha Ftierv, dec’d., by order of Court, for tbe benefit of the heirs and creditors. WM. P. DEARMOND, } . feb26 JNU. P. KING, \ Ex rs - BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. .— Executrix’s Sale. On the first TUESDAY in MAY next, before the Lower Market House, in the citv of Augusta, will be sold, under an order from the" Ordinary of Rich mond county, four Negroes— Rosannah, Sarah, Rachel and Amelia. Sold as the property of the late Robert F. Poe, deceased, for the benefit of tin heirs and creditors. Terms cash. mh2i ctd ELIZA P. POE, Executrix. BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Homes and ImU for Sale. Will be sold, on the first TUESDAY in APRIL next, at the Lower Market House, the following Houses and Lots— One double tenement House and Lot, fronting 39 feet, mere or less, on Marbury street, and extending back, like width, 120 feet. One single tenement House and Lot, fronting on Marbury street, and extending back, like width, 120 feet. One vacant Lot in the rear of the two above men tioned lots, having 66 feet front on an alley, and running back 90 feet. One double tenement House and Lot in Dublin, fronting 40 feet on Gardner street, and running back 125 feet. One vacant Lot in the same place, fronting 40 feet on Barnes street, and running back 125 feet The above Houses are all new, and but recently finished. Any of these mav be treated for at pri vate sale, by applying to either J. Meyer. Broad street, a few doors above the Upper Marker, or Gikahdey, Whyte A Co. The property will be sold without reserve, to the highest bidder, in order to close a copartnership. Tide indisputable. Purchasers to pay for pa pers. Conditions at sale, where specification and plat will be exhibited. feb29 J. MEYER. BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. At Private Sale. A handsome negro GIRL, about 15 years of ag light complexion, accustomed to house work in it different branches. The owner being anxious i secure a good home for her, will sell her only t those residing in the city. feb23-tf BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Clinch Loan Association Stock at Pl icate Sots. Ten Shares Clinch Loan Association STOCK for sale. The instalments are all paid in, and a good investment made in Real Estate, in a central pan of the city, and in a respectable neighborhood They will be sold at a bargain, as the owner is about leaving the State. feb!s CITY SHERIFF’S SALE. ON the first Tuesday in APRIL next, will be sold, at the Lower Market House, in the city oi Augusta, within the legal hours of sale, all that Lot (a parcel of Land, with the improvements thereon, situate in the city of Augusta, and known as the Jackson Street Ice House and Lot—-bounded north and east by lots of Thomas S. Metcalf, south by a lot of Thomas Richards, and west by Jackson street. Levied on as the property of the Jackson Street Ice Company of Augusta, to satisfy 3 tax fi. fas. for City taxes for the years 1853, U 54 and 1855, in favor of the City Council of Augusta v-. the Jackson Street Ice Company of Augusta; and three fi. fas. in favor of the City Council of Augusta vs. the Jackson Street Ice Company of Augusta for Canal Tax, for the years 1853, 1854 and l 555. feb2 4\ M. \ . KER, Sheriff C. A UNITED STATES MARSHAL'S SALE I,J L fie sold, at the Lower Market House ® ,he Clt - V , ot A «gnsta, on the first Tuesday m AI hi L next, between the usual hours of sale two Nog,-,, Slaves of the following description, to wit : A Negro Girl, Sarah, aged fifteen rears of dark complexion, and a Negro Boy, named Bern , about twelve, years of age, of dark complexion, .''aid Negro Slaves being levied on as the property of George W. Hurst, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the Sixth Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia, in favor of Barthc lou Tiffany & Co. vs. George W. Hurst. I)ANIL. H. STEWART. feb23 U. S. Marshal, District of Georgia. Llf AND CIDER.—2S bbls, John Taylor . & Sons’ superior Ale. 50 bbls. choice Newark Cider, just received aud for sale by mb!3 f 3 JOHN NELSON.