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011LV (OXSTITI TIOVALIST OFFICE OX McINTOSH-STREET, T"IR» boor from the north-west corner OF BROAD-STREET. T E K MS: jji.lv, in advance per annum s<; 00 [f not in advance per annum 7 00 Tri Wcekly, in advance, .per annum 4 00 If not in advance per annum.... 5 00 W ■ k!v, in advance per annum.... 2 00 No Discount for Ceubs. OUrl “ J OB” OFFICE. Hav n. recently added a variety of New Styles ( .t TVi'ri to our Job Department,\ve are prepared ‘ j ~v, ■■ every description of letter press printing la a superior manner, and on reasonable terms. _• • die assortment are some Mammoth Type for POSTERS. William Gilmore Simms. i f tlie most consistent and accomplished • rs by profession the country has produced, is .eve of < hat h stun, South Carolina. He was ■ rn April 17, 1 Son. llis father, who bore the same yuo, was of Scoto-Irish descent, and his mother, :i.irri.-t Ann Augusta Singleton, was of a Virginia jjiniiy, which came early to the State, and me i -and in the Revolutionary times on the Whig side. William Gilmore Simms,’ the elder, having failed in Charleston us a merchant, removed to Tonnes sec. where he held a commission in Coffee’s bri<r age of mounted men, under the command of Jack - -a, employed in the Indian war against the Creeks and S, mmoles. His wife died while our author, the second son, was iu his infancy, and he was left’ in tiie absence of bis father, to the care of his g; Aiidmother. r l hough liis early education derived little aid from the pecuniary means of his fatu ity, which were limited, and though he had not t’m: benefit of early classical training, vet the asso ciations of this part of his life were neither unhap py imr unproductive, while his energy of character and richly endowed intellect were marking out an immediate path of mental activity and honor. Choosing the law tor a profession, lie was admitted to the bar at Charleston at the age of twenty-one. He did not long practice the profession, but turned las peculiar training lo the uses of a literary life. ; ilis first active engagement was in the editorship et a daily newspaper, the “Charleston City Ga- I •■■'tie,’’ in which lie opposed the prevailing doc- j trine of nullification; he wrote with iudustrv and * spirit, but being interested in the paper as it's pro- ! pi ietor, and the enterprise proving unsuccessful, he was stripped by its failure of the limited putrimo- I i!, he had embarked in it. The commencement of his career as an author had preceded this. He wrote verses at eight years , of age, and appeared before the public as a poet, ! it the publication, about 1525, of a ‘Monody on I Gen. Charles Cotes-.vorth Pinckney.’ A volume, • Lyrical and other poems,’ appeared from his pen, in 1527, at Charleston, followed by ‘Earlv hays’ the same year. Another volume, ‘ The Vis i mos Cortes, Cain, and other Poems,’ appeared in | and the next vear a celebration, in verse, of i the French Revolution of 188 b, ‘The Tricolor, or i Three Days of I!!ood in Paris.’ Shortly after this date, in 1882, Mr. Simms visit- ; r.l Xew York, where hi.s imaginative poem, “Ata l.iutis, a Story of the Sea,” published by the Har pers of that year, introduced him to the literal's envies of the city, in which he was warmly wel c - iied. Atalantis was a successful poem with the publishers, a rarity a? any time, and more notice able in this case as the work of an unheralded, un- V üb'.vn author. It is written with easv elegance, in smooth blank verse, interspersed with frequent ! i, rics. Atalantis, a beautiful and virtuous princess - the Nereids, is alternately flattered and threat en'd by a m 'lister into whose power she has fallen by straying on the ocean beyond her domain, and h .'coming subject to his magical spells. She re- ! covers her freedom by the aid of a shipwrecked Spanish knight, whose earthly nature enables him to penetrate the gross atmosphere of the island which the demon had extemporized for her liabita ti m. The prison disappears, and the happy pair descend to the caves of ocean. The next year the Harpers published Mr. Simm's lirst ode, “Martin Faber, the Story of a Criminal,” written in the intense passionate style. It secured at once public attention. The author had now fairly entered upon the ac tive literary life which he has since pursued with out interruption ; and so uniform has been his ca reer, that a few words will sum up the incident of ins history. A second marriage to the daughter of Mr. Roach, a wealthy planter of Barnwell district, his lirst wife having died soon after their union, be ii. his visit to New York ; a scat in the State Leg- ! isiature, and the reception of the Doctorate of j Law from the University of Alabama; his sunt-: mer residence at Charleston, and his home winter Us,, i,.j the plantation of Woodlands at Midway, with frequent visits to the northern cities; these are the few external incidents of a career, the events of which must be sought for in the achieve- | taunts *>f tli-' author. The latter are .sufficiently | numerous ami important. fn proceed widt their production in some classi lii'd order, the author’s poem may be first enume rated. The publication, next to those already i mentioned, tvas a volume in Xew York in 1839, *• Southern Passages add Pictures,” lyrical, senti mental and descriptive; “Doana Florida, a Tale” m the D >u Juan style, with a Spanish heroine, 1 published at diaries ton in 1843; “Grouped Though is and Scattered Fancies,” a collection of , senn-.-ts ; " treyfos, or songs of the South,” 1640 ; "Lavs of tiie Palmetto,” a number of ballads il- { hiMi-ath of the progress of the South Carolina j regiments in the Mexican war in I*4B ; a new edi tisu of “Atlantis” the same year at Philadelphia; ' “The Eye and the Wing, Poems chiefly imagina tive;” “The Cassique ot Accabee, a Tale of Ashley i River, with other Pieces,’ Xew 1 ork, 18-U*; “The j Citv of the Silent,” a poem delivered at the con s-. ’radon of Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, in j 1 I In 1853, two volumes of poems were published In- Redtieid, comprising a selection, with revisions and additions from the preceding. In dramatic j literature Mr. Simms has written “Xortnan Mau- j rice, or the Man of the People,” in which the ac- ; iioti’is laid in the present day; and the author i grapples resolutely in blank verse with the original I evet v day materials of familiar lift’. The scene j opens in Philadelphia. Maurice is a suitor for the ; hand of Clarice, whom he married, to the dtscom- • tilure of an intriguing aunt, Mrs. Jervis whose ! name and character recall her prototype in Paine- j lai, and a worthless 11 ben Warren, kinsman, and i nemv, who retains a forged paper which Maurice ; iiad playfully executed as a boyish freak of pen- j manshift, which had been made negotiable, and ; which M liu i.'c had “ taken up.” receiving front | his cunning relative a copy of the paper in plac*. *>f the original, the latter being kepi to ruin him | «* time might serve. In the second act we have j Maurice pursuing his carreer in the West, in Mis- ■ souri, as the Man of the People. In a lawsuit ; which lie conducts for a widow he confronts tu her j oppressor the fire-eating bully of the region, with : whom he fights a duei, and i- talked of for Sena- | tor. The scoundrel \\ arren follows him, and seeks ! to gain control over his wife by threatening to : produce the forged paper at a critical moment for Ids political reputation. She meets the villian to j receive the paper, and stabs hint. The widow's . cause is gained; all plots, personal and political, \ discomfited ; and Missouri, at the close, enjoys the t ~>rv !i.-st prospect of s '-nring an honest Senator. Though this plnv is a bold attempt, with much . w ground to be broken, it is managed with such skill, in poetical blank verse, and with so consis leo!.’manly a sentiment, that we pay little alien- i turn lo its difficulties. "Michael Bonham, or the Fall of the Al im .-■ a ronr.ntic drama founded upon an even Texan history. Both of these have been ac with success. Mr. Simms has also adapted »B:ge purposes Shakspeare’s plav of “Timo with mimerous additions of his own. Tnis drama aas been purchased by Mr. Forrest, and is in pre paration for the stage. Ut Mr. Simms’ Revolutionary Romances lie Partisan,” published in 1835, was the earliest, lie first of a trilogy completed by the publication of "M-.'lUciiatnpe and Katharine Walton, or the Rebel of Dorchester," which contains a delinea tion of social life a: Charleston in the Kevolution ars period. The action of these pieces covers the whole period »f active warfare of the Revolution in South Carolina, and presents every variety of military and patriotic movement of the regular and partisan encounter of the swamp and forest country. They include the career of Marion, Sumpter, Pickens, Moultrie, Hay: >, atidothers, on the constant battle field of the S.a:e, South Caro lina, being the scene of the most severe conflicts ot the Revolution. These works have been suc ceeded a: long intervals by “The Scout,” origin ally called "The Kinsmen, < r the Black Riders of t'ougaiee,” and “Woodcraft, or Hawks about, the lloveeo',” originally published as “The Sword and the Distaff.” "Eutaw.” which includes the great action known by this name, is the latest of liie author's composition in this field. “Guv Ri vers, a Tale of Georgia,” the lirst regularly con structed novel of Mr. Simms, belongs to a class of border tales, with which may be classed "Richard HurJis, or the Avenger of Blood, a Tale of Ala bama;” “Border Beagles, a Tale of Mississippi;” “Beutiehampe, a Tab- of Kentucky,” founded upon a story of crime in the Stale, which has employed the pens of several American writers; “Helen Halsey, or the Swamp State of Conelacliia ,’’ "The Golden Christmas, a Chronicle of St. John’s Berk lev.” Tue Historical Romances include “ The Yamas see, a Romance of Carolina,” an Indian story, founded upon the general conspiracy of that Colony to massacre the whites in 1715 —the portraiture of the Indian iu tins work, based by Mr. Simms upon personal knowledge of many of the tribes, eorreet | ing numerous popular misconceptions of the char acter; “Pelago, a story of the Goth,” and its se „ 'ount Julian, both founded on the inva sion of Spam by the Saracens, the fate of Roder ick, and the apostasy 0 f the traitor from whom the second work is named; “ The Damsel of Darien ” the hero of which is the celebrated Vasco Nunez de BuMoa the discoverer of the Pacific; “The Lily and the Totem, or the Huguenots in Florida ” marked MC f \° maD t ce '. of ~ne of the most finely mat keci and characteristic episodes in the colonial annals of the country, bringing into view the three rival nations of Spam, France, and the Red Men of the t ontinent, at the very opening of the great A*re dnu “ before the appearance of the En § • ' asconcelos, the scene of which includes Ihe °L M 6 S c' , °’ ’ n Florida and Havana. In ' t ” rk Mr. Simms introduces the degrada tb.not a knight by striking off his spurs under ' 1 the Most imposing scenes of chivalry—one of the 1 most delicate and elaborate of his many sketches Another class ot Mr. Simms’s novels may be • : generally' ranked as the moral and the imaginative, ' i ip 1 ?. ure both of domestic and romantic interest. i 111 ls was the author’s earliest vein, the serie , opening with “Martin Faber,” published in lsr,;; followed at intervals by “Carl Werner,” “Confes ; ston of the Blind Heart,” “ The Wigwam and the , > Cabin,” a collection of tales, including several in which an interest of the imagination is sustained , j with striking effect; and “Castle Dismal, or th- Bachelor’s Christmas,” a domestic legend, in 184-' ! a South Carolina Ghost Story; “ Marie ’de Ber ! m re, a Tale of tiio Crescent Citv,” with other I short romances. In history, Mr. Simms has produced a “ Historv of South Carolina,” and “South Carolina in the Revolution,” a critical and argumentative work, suggestive of certain clues overlooked by histo rians. A “Geography of South Carolina,” may be ranked under this head, and reference should be made to the numerous elaborate review and magazine articles, of which a protracted discus sion of the “Civil Warfare of the South,” in the i Southern Literary Messenger, the “American ‘ Loyalists of the Revolutionary Period,” in the > mthern Quarterly Review, and frequent papers illustrating the social and political history' of the j South, are the most noticeable. Mr. Simms’s con tributions to Biography embrace a “Life of Francis , Marion,” embodying a minute and comprehensive ; view of the partisan warfare in which he was en- j gaged; “ The Life of John Smith,” which affords opportunity for the author’s best narrative, talem, ! and display of the picturesque; a kindred subject! : “ The Life of the Chevalier Bayard,” handled con j a more, and “The Life of General Greene,” of the j Revolution. These arc all the works of consider 1 able extent, and are elaborated with care. fn criticism, Mr. Simm’s pen has traversed the i wide field of the literature of his day, both foreign j end at home. He has edited the imputed plays cl SK.kspeare, with notes and preliminary essays.* To periodical literature he has always Been a j liberal contributor, and has himself founded and ! conducted several reviews and magazines. Among j these may be mentioned “The Southern Literary 1 ■ Gazette,” a monthly magazine, which reached two I : volumes in 1825; “The Cosmopolitan, An Ocea- j sional“The Magnolia, or Southern Apalacliian,” ! a literary magazine and monthly review, published at Charleston in 1542’~3; “The Southern and ; Western Monthly Magazine and Review.” publish- i ed in two volumes in is 15, which he edited; while he has frequently contributed to the Knickerbock er, Orion, Southern Literary Messenger, Graham’s, ; Godey’s, and other magazines. A review of Mrs. Trollope, in the American Quarterly for 1832 a*- ’ : traded considerable attention at the time. In ' 1849, Mr. Simms became editor of the Seuthem | Quarterly Review, to which he had previously con tributed, and which was revived by his writings and personal influence. Several miscellaneous pro ductions may be introduced in this connection : i “The Book of mv Lady,” a melange, in 183;; : j “Views and Reviews of American History, Litern- ! ture, and Art,” including several lectures, critical papers, and biographical sketches; “Father Ab bot, or the Home Tourist, a Medley,” embracing : sketches of scenery, life, manners, and customs of j ’ho South ; “Egeria, or N'oices of Thought and ' t.'ounsel for the Woods and Wayside,” a collection of aphorisms, and brief essays in prose and verse; j “Southward, Ho!” a species of Decameron, in ! which a troup of travellers, interchanging opinion i and criticism, discuss the scenery and eircumstan- I ices of the South, with frequent introduction of j song and story; “The Morals of Slavery,” first ; published in the Southern Literary Messenger, and I since included in the volume entitled “The Pro- Slavery Argument.” In addition to these numerous literary produc- ' tions, Mr. Simms is the author of several orations •>n public occasions- “(The Social Principle, the True Secret of National Permanence,” delivered in ' 1842, before the literary societies of the University of Alabama; “ The True Sources of American In dependence,” in 1844, before the town council and i citizens of Aiken, S. (’.; “Self-Development,” in ; 18 47, before the literary societies of Oglethorpe , University, Georgia; “The Battle of Fort Moultrie,” an anniversary discourse on Sullivan’s Island ; two courses of lectures, of three each, “On Poetr\ and the Practical,” and “ The Moral Character of Hairnet.” Tite numerous writings of Mr. Simms are char ucterised by their earnestness, sincerity, and tho roughness. Hard worker as ho is in literature, he pursues each subject with new zeal and enthusi asm. They are a remarkable series of works, when it is considered how large a portion of them in volve no inconsiderable thought and original re search. Bui Mr. Simms is no ordinary worker. Much as he lias accomplished, much lies before him—and in the prime of life, with a physical con stitution which answers every demand of the ac tive intellect, he still pursues new game in the lit ! erarv world. As an author, he has pursued an honorable, ; manly career. His constant engagements in the i press, as a critic and reviewer, have given him op ■ poi'umities of extending favors to his brother wri- ; tors, which he has freely employed. His generosity i in this respect is noticeable. Nor has this kindness i been limited bv any local feeling; while his own State has found in him one of the chief—in a liter . ary view tlie chief- -supporter of her interests. As I a novelist, Mr. Simms is vigorous in delineations, ; dramatic in action, poetic in his description of scenery, a master of plot, and skilled in the arts of j the practised story teller. His own tastes lead him i to the composition of poetry tuid the provinces of j 1 imaginative literature, and he is apt to introduei ; much of their spirit into his prose creations, llis powers as an essayist, fond of discussing the phi j losophy of his subject, are of a high order. lie is ; ingenious in speculation and fertile in argument. M.uiv as are his writings, there is not one of them i which docs not exhibit some ingenious, worthy, truthful quality. *A Supplement to the J’lavs of William Sbak j spearc, comprising the Seven Dramas which have been ascribed to his pen, but which are not inclu j ded with his writings in modern editions ; edited with, notes, and an introduction to each play. bvo. Coo!edge and Brother: Xew York. 1848. From, the O'lumhus Sun, April 4. Msg. Buford’s Kansas Company. Much interest is manifested in this city concern ! ing the company of Emigrants who are expected j | to assemble here to-day and go out to Kansas uu- « der the lead of Major Jeffers >n Buford. We learn , that a considerable accession to Maj. B.’s company will be made at this place on his arrival this moni i inu, as many of our citizens are in “the lmmor,” : ami others from surrounding counties are expect ed. At the time of writing this (Wednesday even ing) we have heard of the arrival of only one ; conipanv from South Carolina, numbering twenty- ; nine, under the direction of Captain Bell, of Ldge i field District. The following is the Programme ' | for the reception of Maj. B. and his company this morning: 1. The Columbus Guards, ('apt. Semtues, and the City Light Guards, Capt. Colquitt, will com ; pose tlie escort of honor. 2. The respective companies will assemble at ! their Armories at seven and a half o’clock, A. M. Major Buford nnd his company of Kansas j i Emigrants, will be received at the Bridge, at nine o’clock, A. M., and escorted to Temperance Hall. ! 4. Maj. Buford and his company will be welcom ed to Georgia, ut ten o’clock, A. M.,by James Hamilton, Esq. 5, A Per the conclusion of the ceremony. Major Buford and his company will be escorted to their ; quarters. Babbkr Poi.es -Thf.ir Orkun.—The origin of ; the barber’s pole is to be traced to the period when • ! the barbers were also surgeons and practiced phle botoniv. To assist ihe operation, it being neoessa- ! rv for the patient to grasp a staff, a stick or a pole was alwavs kept by the barber-surgvon, together with a fillet or Bandaging he used for tying up the patient's arm. When the pole was not in use, the tape was tied to it, that they might both be togeth . or when wanted. On a person corning in to bo hied the tape was disengaged front the pole and ' bound round the arm, and the pole was put into the person’s hand. After it was done with, the time was a wain tied to the pole, and, in this state, : note and tape were hung at the door for a sign or notice to passengers that they might there be bled. . At length, instead of hanging out the identical pole used in the operation, a pole was painted with stripes round it, in imitation of the real pole and , its bandaging*, and thus came the sign. ** - l “1 have the Reading of it every M ekk. —- i It not frequently occurs when persons are asked if 1 Ihcv will subscribe fora newspaper, or it they al - ready take it, that they reply "No, but neighbor B. takes it and / ham the reading of it ever// week . ■ Some often add, “that they consider it the best > paper tiiev know of. They are btnefh'e-l v week by the toils, perplexities, and expenditures of 4 those who receive nothing from them in return. n i Reader, if you feel reproved, just send them in your name and take the paper yourself. From, the Savannah Xews. Minutes of the Hoard of Commissioners of the Atlantic und Gulf Railroad Company. Fimt Meeting. Wednesday, Feb. 27,1850. j At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of | Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, held at I the Capitol, in the city of Milledgeville, on the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our I Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fiftv-six • , the following members appeared and took their j seats, viz : ; Hons. Joel Crawford, Os Earlv county; James P. here veil, of Chatham countv; W. J. Lawton, of Dougherty county; John Mtlledge, of Rich mond county- .Tames M. Calhoun, of Fulton eoun ty ; David J. Bailey, of Butts county; Levi J. i Lowndes county; William Ponder, of Ihonnts county; Charles Spalding, of Mclntosh i county. & On motion, the Honorable Joel Crawford, of i Early, was called to the Chair for the purpose of | organizing the Board. H* e 800. W. J. Lawton, Esq., Jno. i 'V Duncan, Esq., of Baldwin county, was appoiut j ed Secretary of the Board. On motion of the Hon. 1). J. Bailey, it was or- I dered that the Board of Commissioners meet again at the Capitol in Milledgeville, on Monday, the ; 'Ust of March, to proceed to discharge the duties ; imposed on them by the Act of Incorporation. I On motion of the Hon. Charles Spalding, it was | ordered that the Secretary notify all the members i ot the Board of Commissioners, by circular, of the time and place of the next meeting of the Board. After an informal consultation on sundry mut -1 ters relating to the interests of the Company, On motion, the Board adjourned until Monday the 31st March. Joel Crawford, Chairman. John W. Duncan, Secretary. Second Meeting. Monday,’ March 31, 185(5. At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, held in Milledgeville, on the the thirty-first Uav of March, j in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- I | dred and fifty six, the following members appeared j ; and took their sets, viz : Hons. Joel Crawford, of Early county; James j ; P. Screven, of Chatham county; W. J* Lawton ; ot Dougherty county ; James M. Calhoun, of Fulton j comity; Charles Spalding, of Mclntosh county ; | ; Alexander Atkinson, of Camden county; lul ward < . Anderson, of Chatham county; Al- : tred 11. Colquitt, of Baker county; John IL Howard, of Muscogee county; E. R. Young, Esq., of Thomas county; Win. B. Hodgson, Esq., of : Chatham county; Janu-s McCrea Esq. of Clay eoun- I tv; ( has. J. Munuerlyn, Esq., of i lecatur county; Jus. 1 Hamilton Couper, Esq., of Glvnn county; Dr i Thomas Hamilton, of Floyd county; X. W. Col- \ her, Esq., ot Dougherty comity; Hons. EugenitisA. Nisbet, of Bibb county; Charles J. Jenkins, of! Richmond county; John Mil ledge, of Richmond j county. On motion oi air. Crawford, the Hon. Hugenius ! A. Nisbet was called to the Chair, to preside over I the deliberations of the Board. On motion of the Hun. Charles J. Jenkins, the following committee was appointed to prepare bit siness for the action of the Board, to wit; Messrs. James P. Screven, J. Hamilton Couper, j •L Crawford, \\ . J. Lawton, X. W. Collier, and li. I'onng. After some time spent in deliberation, the Com mittee, through their Chairman, asked leave to make the following report, to-wit: Keooli ed, That books of subscription to the Capital Stock of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, shall be opened at the following named places, on Monday, the 42th day of May, which books shall remain open for three months, and un der the following superintendence, to-wit : At Milledgeville -Messrs, Nisbet, Bailer, and Howard. At Augusta—Messrs. Jenkins and Milledge. | At Savannah Messrs. Screven, Anderson and j Hodgson, and that they also be authorized to ob- j ! tain subscription from the counties of Appling, I Coffee, Telfair and Irwin. At Atlanta Messrs. Calhoun and Hamilton. At Columbus- Messrs. Jones and Howard. At Thomasville Messrs. Young and Ponder. At Albany Messrs. Lawton and Collier. At Tronpvillc- Mr. Knight. At Waresboro’ Messrs. Knight and Stafford. ! At Bainbridgo—Mr. Munnorlyn. At Brunswick—Messrs. Couper and Spalding. At Magnolia Mr. Atkinson. At Macon Messrs. Bond and Nisbet. At Newton- -Messrs. Colquitt and Lawton. At Fort Gaines Messrs. McCrea and Crawford. ‘ At Blakely—Messrs. Crawford and McCrea. At Morgan—Messrs. Collier, Crawford and Col- I j quit t. And that Messrs. Collier, McCrea, Lawton and ! J Crawford lie authorized to obtain subscriptions in j Randolph and Lee counties. At Isabella Messrs. Lawton and (’oilier. Subscriptions may be received by letter or power ’ of Attorney, authorizing the same. Such letters ’ or Powers of Attorney being preserved and re turned to the Commissioners, at their next meet- . ing, for the purpose of becoming Records of the ; Company when finally organized. Jieeolrcd, That the following caption be prefixed to each Book of Subscription before the entry of the names of subscribers, and that each Commis sioner he furnished with a copy of the same by the Secretary, to wit: “The undersigned hereby agree and promise ' severally to pay the sums set against their names, as subscriptions to the capital stock of the Atlantic \ and Gulf Railroad Company, in conformity with the Act of Incorporation of said Company, and in , such instalments as ntay he called for by the Board ' of Directors, under the provisions of said Act.” Retolred, That the Secretary be, and be is here- ’ by authorized to ascertain from His Excellency, the Governor of the State, when the Release provided ’ for in the fifth section of the Act of Incorporation, ' shall have been agreed on or executed, and com- 1 municate the same to the Commissioners at the j i earliest possible day. j 1 Keeolted, That the Secretary advertise the times and places of the opening of books of subscrip tion, and the Superintending Commissioners, in two gazettes in Milledgeville, Savannah, Macon, ' Augusta, Thomasville, Bainbridgo, and Albany. * Jieeolrn,/, That the Commissioners will assemble f at Milledgeville, on Tuesday, flic 20tli day of Au gust, for the purpose of receiving the books of J subscription, and reporting the same to the Cover- * uor, and of which the Secretary will give due no tice; and should the Secretary receive notice from one or more of the Commissioners, that the amount ’ of six hundred thousand dollars has been made 1 up, he will notify the Chairman of the Board of 1 this fa ct, who will call a meeting of the Oommis- 1 sinners at such earlier day as he may think best. 1 Jleenired, That the Chairman and Secretary shall sign the proceedings of the meetings of the Board. On motion of Mr. Jenkins, the Report of the committee was unanimously adopted. On motion of Maj. J. 11. Howard, the proceedings of all the meetings of the Boat'll of Commissioners were ordered to be sent to the gazettes of the State, with a request that they be published. On motion, the Board adjourned, subject to the call of the Chairman. Eitgbnius A. Nisbet, Chairman. John W. Duncan, Secretary. Papers throughout the State are requested to | copy. A Heartless Villain and a Hasty Marriage.— | It is stated in the Buffalo Commercial, that about j three months since a young man, of genteel np- j pcarance and agreeable demeanor, took up his res idence in a boarding house in that town, became ! acquainted with a young and respectable female, j and soon succeeded in inducing her to become bis ; wife. The sequel is thus told : “After the wedding he removed to a new board- ! ing place, where he commenced a system of tyrati- 1 ideal abuse unworthy of a man. He continued liv ing with her up to it few days ago; since then he has been missing, lie left, taking with him all of his clothing and whatever available property he j could lav his hands upon, and has not since been j hoard of. Before leaving, he made strenuous efforts ! to get possession of the marriage certificate which she had, but did not succeed. “It is presumed that he has removed to some other locality to undertake similar operations. ; “ The poor girl he has thus deceived and forsaken i is now alone, among strangers comparatively, with ruined hopes, and a future looming up black and dark. “The gav Lothario hails from the vicinity of Boston, Ts "of medium height, sandy hair, fight ; eyes, and of square built. He possesses a pretty good gift of language and extraordinary amount of ; assurance.” j This is the old story, and may be summed np in ! the words with which we have headed this article ! 1 —‘A heartless villain and hasty marriage.’ Will the gentler sex never be admonished V Cases ot * bigamy are of constant occurrence, while thought- ! less marriages, with their bitter fruits, take place ; from day today, and yet the delusion and creduli ty appear to be as prevalent as ever. The idea of : marrying a stranger, one of a few week’s acquaint ance, and without any previous knowledge of his j habits and character, is so short-sighted and absurd that ii is difficult to believe in the existence of such a monomania. Marriage, even under the most fa- j vorable circumstances, is perhaps the most inipor- | tant event of life, while those who wed rashly and ; without due inquiry as to the character of their companion commit, to sav the least, a most egre giotts act of folly.— Philadelphia Inquirer. Fire. —A blacksmith shop belonging to Messrs, i Wilson & Maxy was consumed on the 26th ult. On the same night, Woodville Steam Mill was burnt. On Saturday morning, 29th ult., the house occu pied by Mr. James Armstrong, took fire about 7 o’clock! and was consumed in about an hour. The lot was formerlv owned by B. Brantly, next to the ! : office of the Index.— Christian Index ', April 3, j From, the A. Y. Sunday Time*. ’ The Insanity for Wealth. 1 E ,™7 cen * ur y of the world’s progress has had its foible and its predominant characteristic. One was measured bjrbarbanan conquest, another wit r neS^ d f . he spreado f Christianity, a thirdwas mem orable tor the crusades, a fourth for its feudal ; swa - v ’ auother for its spread of superstition, anoth er was an era of conquest, another of discovers ; another of settlement, Ac., Ac. We hare had tlie iron, brazen, silver, and golden ages; but, bcvond all question, the mark of this nineteenth eeiiturv is expressed by its pursuit of wealth more than br any other of its great characteristics. The pur suit in England and in the United States has been !*0 a great degree an insanity. Previous to 1825 men labored for competencies—from then to 183">’ . | for fortunes—ever since, for the love of monied ; power and pecuniary despotism; and, despite all the dreadful lessons we have from day to dav and . I year to year, regarding this insanity, the pursuit . , continues and increases its tenacity of purpose and scope of sway. Suicides, bankruptcies, disgraces sudden deaths— one and all preach awful sermons to the votaries of wealth, yet how pointless of ef fect! Men make steam engines of themselves and ! from morning until night —even half through the | night—work and dream of gold. “Gold 1 Gold! Gold! Gold! 1 Bright aud yellow, hard and cold— Molten, graven, hammered, and rolled-- Heavy to get and light to hold— Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold— Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled - Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould— Price of many a crime untold: ’ Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! ! Good or bad a thousand fold 1“ A Wall street contemporary actually finds room j right under its “.stock column” for this para : graph: I " The sudden death of Nelson Robinson, Esq., I who is well known to New York city as one of the leading minds of Wall street, forcibly arrests the public attention. Twelve o’clock Sundav, we un : derstand, he was at church, in his usual health. ; On his return home lie was seized with apoplexv | the second attack—and he expired after an illness , of six hours. “These (many) sudden deaths from apoplexy among business men, forcibly admonish us all that ; we must take more time for leisure, recreation, and i I enjoyment of some kind or other. Mind cannot ! : stand the constant stretch of the street, and breaks j down under it, and crushes the whole system with ! it. The brain is over- worked, and the physique j ; under --worked. There is not enough physical to j counterbalance the intense intellectual activity of - city. Play more and work less.” Here was a gentleman in the prime of life -only j | forty-eight years old—with an income of #50,000 a j year for the last ten years probably, living in grand i i style, with a loving wife and family, who commit- j | ted suicide just as much as Sadlier did on Hamp- ! I stead Heath, through the insanity for wealth—on I r i the insanity of one ended in misfortune, and that ; of the other in lucky turns. He retired in 1854, j and was then told by his medical friend—‘Stop j business, or you will die!’ He obeyed for a short - time, and was renewing his youth and life; but I yielding to the insanity of Wall street, he re-en- ! tered the race for wealth, and died. It was the insanity for wealth which drove Ro- | bert Schuyler and James C. Forsyth to the misera- j ble deaths of skulking exiles; and it is the same which has brought Plnneas T. Barniun to the inor- i titication of a public bankruptcy, and an examina tion in open court about bis daily bread. These are lessons which men , grasping for wealth, may profit by ; but the probability is that they will be scorned. It is the property of insanity to be lieve ils possessor sane, cool, and steady, and in no need of reformatian in mind or body ; but the bumble artisan, the merchant of snug means, the happy lUerateur, the merry milliner, the little la borer, the hearty farmer - one and all, who ever sigh for wealth, and often fain would essay to trv for the gigantic fortunes that they hear about, will take heed bv these teachings, and ask only for competency—remain contented with competency. I when it is acquired. For them, the warnings of : suicide, bankruptcy, disgrace, and sudden death j will not be thrown away. ■Slaves for Kansas.- The Highflyer, in this! morning from Louisville, brought between fifty and I sixty slaves belonging to families who are oil the ; way from Kentucky to Kansas. The slaves who . came in the Highflyer consisted of all ages, sexes i and shades of color, and wore a good-looking, well dressed, and apparently well-fed party, and came ; as cabin passengers. Since the opening of the river, full five hundred j slaves have arrived from the Ohio river on their j way to Kansas. The J. 11. Lucas took up nearly j one hundred, the Star of the West one hundred, j the Chambers fifty to seventy-five, and almost every j boat that has started up the Missouri river, since j the opening of the river, has taken up a large or I small number. The slaves are in almost every case taken in the cabin, while poor while families going : to the same place, take passage below, on deck. One gentleman from South Carolina, who, with ! his family, went up in the Star of the West las! ' week, had fifty slaves in the cabin, and another • thirty, and still another had twenty. St. Louie Earning News, March 21. j Random Gems.—A wise man n il! stay for a con- : venient season and will bend a little, ratherthanbe torn by the roots. When once infidelity can persuade men that they die like beasts, they will lie brought to live like beasts also. Heaven and immortality are themes for profits j hie discussion; but, unfortunately, many personal think more of new dresses aud late fashions than j they do of their future destiny. Whatever children hear read or spoken of in ■ terms of approbation, will give a strong bias to j their minds. Hence the necessity of guarding j conversation in families as well as excluding books , and companions that have a tendency to vitiate the ! heart. A physician passing by a stone mason's shop, bawled out—“ Good morning, Mr. I). Hard at work, 1 see. You finish your grave-stones as far as “In memory of," and then wait, 1 suppose, to | see who wants a monument next?” “Why, yes,” replied the old man, “unless some- j body’s sick, and you are doctoring him—then 1 j keep right on.” The election in Connecticut takes place on the 7th of April. There arc four candidates for Gov- j ernor American, Republican, Whig and Demo- : erat. For the Legislature, however, there appears | to be a union of action between the first three , named parties. In both States, we believe, a : United States Senator is to be elected the present year. New Yohk, April 3.—Flour is firm, and 8500 ! bills, changed hands. 45,000 bushels of Wheat j were sold at steady rates. Corn was worth 64 ets. j ■ft bushel. Freights are firm. Christian Index, of April 3, copies the I following front one of its exchange papers : “ We learn from a New York correspondent, that Dr. Maclay lias resigned the Presidency of (he Bi ble Union, and disclaims any more connect ion with ■ it. The reason assigned, is, the heretical expres- ! shuts that are creeping into the new translation of j the Bible, and especially those portions about t.i be issued from the press. The representatives of . eight different denominations are making a very curious Baptist Bible. It. is resulting, as we al ways supposed if: would, first, in confusion, and * -ootid, in complete failure. Win. Colgate, Esq., has also resigned the treasuryship of the Society, 1 and we presume front the same cause. Where, j now, are the great lights of the Bible Union, Dr. ' Cone, Dr. Maclay and Win. Colgate?” Illllli undersigned having purchased of Mr. J 8 K. llmtA hi s interest in the firm of J. M. New | iiy & Co., will continue the Clothing business, at ( their old stand, under the United States Hotel, in ' - the same name as heretofore. J. M. NEWBY, C. B. DAV, WM. S. WISE. Augusta, March 1, 1856. mh-4 HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. rfIHIIE subscriber offers for sale hi- RES- B. IDENCE, on Greene-sL, a desirable ■ place. The Lot is seventy-five feet front, JEHUi. j i and one hundred and seventy-five feet deep. The i House is in complete repair, and newly painted J throughout, containing seven Rooms, a Pantry and i j Bathing Room, Hydrant in the yard, Stable, tw# j Kitchens and Smoke House, and fine Fruit in the 1 j garden. E. If. ROGERS, j i Augusta, March Ist, 1856. mill _ TEACHER’S CAED~ A LADY competent to teach Music according j j Jrm. to the latest method, Singing and the French i : Language, also Drawing and Painting, as well as) ' the English branches, desires a situation as in- | j structress, in a Country School or private family, i , on moderate terms. A line addressed to Elmore I D. Kste, Augusta, Georgia, will be promptly at j tended to, 6 apl, } DISSOLUTION. rwiiiE copartnership existing under the name Q of W ILSON & ALFORD, is this day dis solved bv mutual consent. The unsettled business i will be attended to bv JAMES 11. ALFORD. ALFRED WILSON, JAMES 11. ALFORD. Augusta, March 15, 1856. mhl9 WM M DAVIDSON, IMPORTER and dealer in BRANDIES, GIN. ALBANY ALE, CHAMPAGNE and other WINES and LIQUORS, TEAS, SUGARS, Ac. No. j i is Congress and 97 St. Julien Streets, Savannah, j i Ga. my 23 I j |5?" A public meeting was held in Charleston, j on Thursday evening, and delegates appointed to j attend the Columbia Convention, which meets to appoint a representation from South Carolina to j the Cincinnati Democratic Convention. {g* Prince Jerome Bonaparte, the late King of I Westphalia, at last accounts from France, was ly ing dangerously ill, from an inflammation of the lungs. :sTEdward Isam, known as “Bunk Isam,” shot Mr. James Reynolds on the Ist April, near Franklin, in Macon county, Ala. The Edgefield Informer is mistaken in re porting that corn can be bought in Augusta at 45 cents. The rates are 60 to 65 cents. COMMERCIAL. Augusta Market, April t, 4 P. M. COTTON.—The market is very firm, and the do mand active. Middling fair fair 10%, and we heard of a lot of strictly choice which sold for | 11 cents. . CHARLESTON, April 3. - O)tton. —We have ar ranged a list of quotations to correspond with the position of the market at the close of business, and it will be seen on reference to those we offer below, i and which have been carefully revised, that the ; market has improved till of %@%c. on the prices | reported this day week. The receipts since our last reach 12,019 bales, and the sales in the same time ; 14,512 bales. We quote ordinary to good ordinary | 9ig-t'%; low to strict middling 9%(g; 10%; good i middling 10Li@10%; and middling fair 10%@11 | cents. Rice. —The week closed very firm at the sub- I joined quotations, viz: ordinary to fair, 3x2 | good, 4%(<14%; and prime and choice, #4%. j Corn. —The market has rallied since the date of our last publication. Country descriptions, which j had been selling at 62 and 63 cents, advanced at j the opening of the current week to 6a cents ; and I this improvement was well sustained up to the : close of business yesterday. The transactions reach about 10,000 bushels at this price. Oats.--We note sales of 2,500 bushels at 43 and 40 cents bushel, the market closing at the lat ter price. Peas. —9sc. ft bushel. Hour. —We have no new feature to notice in the Flour Market. Bacon. —The market, which opened at tor Hides, closed at 9%(<t’loc. Shoulders may be quoted at Sj-SuCae. Hams are worth from 10c. to 15c., as in quality. Lard.— We have no transactions to report. Sugars. —The transactions from first hands have been limited to some 80 hhds. Louisiana, which have been sold at prices ranging from 8 to 8 Iff. Coffee. —We note sales of upwards of 000 bags Rio, received coastwise, at prices ranging from 11% to 12%c. Molasses. —The receipts of the’ week comprise SO bbls. New Orleans, and a cargo of Cuba, com prising 241 hhds., 7 tcs.,and 105 bbls. The form er, together with some 300 bbls. from store, were sold at prices ranging from 42 to 44c p gallon. Freights.— The market, which opened at 9-10 d. for Cotton in square bags to Liverpool, subsequent ly declined to 7-16 d., at which rate the market closed. The rate to Havre has declined to lc. We quote dull to New 1 ork, at the subjoined rates, viz: By steamer, for Cotton, 5-16@%c., and #1.25 for Rice, and by sailing vessels %(S;5-16 for the former, and yip tierce for the latter. Nothing of fering to Boston. SAVANNAH, April 4. Cotton. —Arrived since the 27th tilt., 4,744 bales Upland and 364- hales Sea Island. The exports for the same period have been 13,422 hales Upland and 022 do. Sea Island ; leaving a stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared yesterday of 51,352 bales Upland and 2,247 bales Sea Island, against 55,028 bales Upland and 4,040 bales Sea Island at the same date last year. The following quotations are as near correct as the views of buyers and sellers will warrant us in i giving: Qt OT VTIONS : Ordinary to Good Ordinary B%(<V 0% Low Middling ’ 9%(g: Strict Middling 10 (R10)4 Good Middling lOJkfor • Middling Fair to Fair 10%<,/ 11 Rice. A fair business has been done in this ar ticle, resulting in sales of 450 casks at extremes j of ::%(</ 4 , S —principally at 3%@8%. Flour. —Moderate sales have been effected at j prices ruling at our last report, viz : For Superfine j Georgia and Tennessee #7.50 to #8.50, and for Ex- t tra brands #5.20(iC4 p bbi. The supplies of coin- j nton brands are good, while those of the better 1 qualities are becoming scarce. Corn. Some 3,000 bushels have been reported to us as the sales of the week, at prices ranging t from 65 to 70 cents ,-2 bushel. May. The sales making are. from store, as fol- | follows; tor Eastern 1 o’ej’*-lo 1 .75, and Northern Oats. Stock heavy and demand light; quota tions are from 50 to 65 cents p bushel, according quality. Bacon. —The prices obtained have been as fol low-, and which we give as ruling quotations yes- | terdav: Sides Into 11 cents. Shoulders 9 to 0, i Hants it to 13c. We have heard of sales of 40,000 j lbs. 1 [ants, Sides, and Shoulders, at the above rates. ! BAINBRIDGE, April 1. — Cotton. —Total receipts I to this date, bales. .3,488 I Shipped 3,358 j In store 125 We quote ordinary to good ordinary 7%(«.5)6; low to strict northern middling ; good j middling 9%(59% ; middling fair- us ln cents. SAV AN N All EX PORTS VPRIL 4. Per brig Philura, for New York—2o2 bales Cot- i ton, 210 casks Rice, 5 crates, 9 bales Bags, 11 bbls j old Iron, 17 do Beer, 56 empty bbls, 20644 feet j Lumber. SHIPPING r N EWJSL ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON. Ship Mountain Wave, Humphrey, Havre Swed brig Lulea, Koilines, Gothenburg SAILED FOR CHARLESTON. Ship Modern Times, Howes, Havre Span brig Trifiedo, Ferrer, Rio Janeiro Brig Delaware, Harding, Baltimore Span sclir Panchita, Colomer, Rio Janeiro CHARLESTON. April 4.—Arrived, Hr ship Nic- j tnux, Trooue, Scotland ; brigs Argo, Wilmington, N O; Win Pitt, Matanzas ; Baron do Castine, Bal timore ; Condor, Philadelphia; schrs Zephyr, St. j JagodeOuba; Stephen Hotchkiss, Boston- Mil : Banks, Philadelphia. Went to sea, ship PepperiU, Liverpool; brig j Amonoosuck, Aspinvvall, N G; schrs Mary A Lou- ■ isa, Steelman, Philadelphia; Fanny Fern, Balti more ; Amanda, Georgetown. NSW SPRING GOODS. LARGE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES. MM/’I I'M AM SHEAR has just received from ; v W New York, large additional supplies of new Spring GOODS, among which are— Plant Colored CHALLIES, of beautiful styles for j Ladies’ Spring dresses. French Printed ORGANDIES and JACONETS, i at low prices. English PRINTS, of new and beautiful styles. Superior plain black SILKS, and Lupin’s black I CHALLIES. Superior black SILKS, without lustre, for Ra dies’ mourning dresses. Ladies’ fancy Bonnet, Neck and Belt RIBBONS. CRAPE MARETZ, of beautiful colors, for La- i dies’ Summer dresses. Superior 8-1 and 10-4 Damask DIAPERS and | Damask TABLE CLOTHS. Superior Damask NAPKINS and Pillow-Case 1 LINENS. Superior Linen HUCKABACKS and Scotch 1)1- ; AUERS, for Towels. Bird’s-Eye DIAPER, of extra quality. Ladies’ French CORSETS, of all sizes. Silk Warp FLANNELS, and Long LAWNS. j Allendale, Lancaster and Marseilles QUILTS, of extra size and quality. The above, with a great variety of other season- I able articles, will be sold low for cash. The pub- : lie are respectfully invited to examine the assort ment. d+ae mh23 mfiSW EDITIONS of theTdiowiiig Books- Jane Eyre; by Currer Bell, -Charlotte! Bronte.) Shirley ; by the author of Jane Eyre. To Love aud to be Loved; Time and Title, Ac.- by A. S. Roe. James Montjoy; by the author of Time and Title, Ac. Female Life among the Mormons; by the wife of a Mormon Elder, recently from Utah. The Widow Bedotte Papers ; by Alice B. Neal. I Thaddeus, of Warsaw, and the Scottish Chiefs; ! bv Jane Porter. ’ The Children of the Abbey ; The complete works of Charles Lamb ; The Hidden Path, and Alone • by Marion Har- - land, of Virginia. Received by ap2 THOS. RICHARDS A SON. si * HAGS MEAL, for sale by j ♦IV ap3 '■ THOS. p. STOVALL, k Co. \WT A HD’S SPECI Fie MIX TURK.—This vai- W w cable preparation is kept constantly on | hand. It has never been known to fail in relieving I the most obstiuate cases. For sale bv WM. HAINES, Druggist, j r.p2 Augusta, Ga. Cottcvtcs. <iHKKM; AND PULASKI MONUMENT LOTTERIES. Managed, drawn,and Prizes paid by the well known and responsible firm of GREGORY & MAURY. : Drawn Numbers Class SO, at Savannah, April 2d •29 13 SI 1 55 58 32 66 11 37 54 40 i Also, of Class 81, at Savannah, April 3d. j 18 59 77 40 56 42 29 55 33 11 7 5S 7o CLASS 83, at Savannah, This Day, April sth. TWO CAPITAL PRIZES OF $4,000 Each! j $1,041 ;10 of S4OO, Ac. Tickets sl—Shares in proportion. Risk on a package of ‘26 quarters j EXTRA CLASS 10, by Delaware 72, This Day, April sth. GRAND SCHEME. $40,000! $20,000; $10,000; $6,000; $3,500; $2,415; 40 of SI,OOO, Ac. Tickets slo- —Shares in proportion. JOHN A. MLLLEN, Agent, i On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel, i All orders from the city or country strictly con j fidential. aps 830,000! «.« : The first Havana Plan lottery established in tic United States. j [by AUTHORITY OP THE STATE OP ALABAMA.] Southern Military Academy Lottery i CLASS C— NEW SERIES. : To be drawn in the City of Montgomery, MAY Ist, 1856. oNi. y io,ooi> numbers: \ CAPITAL PRIZE £B,OOO ! PRICE OP tickets; I Wholes $5; Halves $2.50; Quarters $1.25. Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty days after the drawing, in bills of specie-paying Ranks, with out deduction —only on presentation of the Tickets drawing the Prize. ZHjF Bills of all solvent Ranks taken at par. All communications strictly confidential. SAM’L. SWAN, Agent and Manager, apl Montgomery, Alabama. REAL HAVANA LOTTERY. MAGNIFICENT SCHEME ! S 0 R T E O X UME R O OKDIXARI O 5 62. j The Ordinary Drawing of the HAVANA LOT- : TER A , conducted by the Spanish Government, on ! the Island of Cuba, under the supervision of the | Captain General, will take place at Havana on j Tuesday* April 15th, 185 G. Prizes amounting to £210,000 will he distribu ted, according to the following Scheme: Prizes payable in fall , without deduction, at the Havana Office. SCHEME: 1 Prize of $60,000 1 “ 20,000 1 “ 16,000 1 “ 8,000 10 Prizes of . ‘> 000 L> “ 1,000 i 20 “ 500 i 60 “ 400 i 161 “ 200 i 16 Approximations 4,nou ! Whole Tickets $10; Halves $5 ; Quarters $2.50. | Prizes paid at the Havana Office on presentation, j Prizes cashed by the undersigned at five per cent, j discount. fjgr" The Official Drawing will be published in tlie Charleston Courier, a copy of which will be sent ! to each purchaser. All orders sent to the undersigned strictly confi- I dential, and will be attended to with dispatch. i , Address JOHN E. NELSON, Box 130, mh2l Charleston, S. C. •• m: plus ultra" scheme* 1200 'PRIZES ! 50,000 DOLLARS * HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY. [by AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.] 10,000 NUMBERS ONLY! ONE PRIZE TO EVERY EIGHT TICKETS.' CLASS .11, TO BE DRAWN MAY 15th, 1856, at Concert Hall, Macon, Ga., under the sworn superintend ence of Col. Geo. M. Logan and J. A. Nesbit, Esq. The Manager having announced his determina tion to make this the most popular Lottery in the world, offers for MAY 15th, a Scheme that far surpasses any Scheme ever offered in the annals of Lotteries. Look to your interest ! Examine the Capitals. One Prize to Eight Tickets ! CAPITAL 12,000 DOLLARS. 1 Prize of *12,000 1 “ f.ooo 1 “ 3,000 1 “ 2,000 5 Prizes of 1000 io “ son 00 “ 50 120 “ oy 500 “ pi 500 “ b 1200 Prizes, amounting to §50,000 Tickets $S ; Halves §4; Quarters §2. Prizes Payable without deduction! Persons send ing money’by mail need not fear its being lost. Orders punctually attended to. Communications confidential. Bank 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 us, Augusta, Ga. I,oss of Tickets ol Class L. By the late accident on the Seaboard and Roan oke’ Railroad, the Tickets of Class 1,., for April 15th. in their transit from Baltimore, in charge of ' Adams’ Express Company, were destroyed bv fire, ; consequently there will not be any Drawing of that | Class. The Drawing will be Class M—Mav 15th, ! the “ Xe Plus Ultra” Scheme. Very respectfully, J. F. WINTER, mh2o Manager, j IMPROVED 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, 185*5, when Prizes amounting to 30,000 DOLLARS! Will be distributed. CAPITAL I*RIZIL ** $7,500. PRICE OF TICKETS : Wholes §5; Halves §2.50; Quarters §1.25. Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirtv days after the drawing, in bills of specie-paying Bunks, with out deduction, only on presentation if the Ticket en title 1 1 to the Prize. Bills on all solvent Banks taken at par. .All com munications strictly confidential. SAME EL S\\ AN, Agent and Manager, mh2s Atlanta, Georgia. The next Drawing in this Lottery will be Class 15, MAY 29th. Price of Tickts, fr.j.O, $2.50 annd §1.25. LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS AND TANNERS’ TOOLS. OAK and Hemlock Sole LEATHER; Harness Bridle, Skirting and Bund LEATHER- Picker, Lace and Roller LEATHER ; Patent Skirting, Collar, Dash and Enamelled ■ LEATHER; Russes and Black Upper LEATHER ; “ “ “ Kip SKINS; French, German and American Calf SKINS • French Patent Calf, Kid Calf, and Opera SKINS • Goat and Kid Morocco SKINS; Lining, Topping and Binding SKINS; Buck, Chamois and Sheep —also — Shoe Pegs, Lasts, Sole Cutters, Heel Cutters, Rolling Mills, Peg Jacks, Peg Breaks, Peg Cutters. Root Trees, Crimps, Clamps, Hammers, Shoe Knives, Splitting Knives, Shaves, Rub Stones, Bristles, Awl Blades, Eyelets and Punches, iron and wood patent Peg Awl Hafts, Copper Riv ets and Burrs, Luce Tacks, Iron, Zinc and Copper Sparables, Size Sucks, Measuring Tapes, Shoe Thread, Fitting Thread, Silk Twist, Boot Cord, Silk Galloon, Boot Web, Ac., Ac. -—.ALSO — Currying Knives, Fleshers, Finger Steels, Beam Faces, Slickers, Brushes, Rub Stones, Clearin'- Stones, Ac. For sale low. by SHERMAN, JESSUP & CO , No. 341, Broad street, second door above the Bank of Augusta. d*t2m febl-5 JUST RECEIVED, THIS DAY, a full amply of SHOT, from No. Ito No. 8. for sale low for cash. . E. If. ROGERS. ; Augusta, March 24th, 1856. m | r:i - Auction Sales, BY MORDECAI & CO New Crop Cuba Molasses. On TUESDAY next, Bth inst., will be sold, on South Dry Doc k Wharf, alongside of schooner Aaron, at 11 o’clock, id 249 hhds. j 7 tierces > New Crop Cuba MOLASSES. 105 barrels ) Imported by said vessel from Havana. Condi tions at sale. h. Charleston, April 4, 1556. i ar) r BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO n J Splendid Attraction—The Fine Arts United.— Ital ian Sculpture, and Oil Paintings. t : “ All that imagination’s power can trace, Breathed in the pencil’s imitative grace; O’er all the canvass, from soul and feeling i Does wondrous art infuse with power of life, Portray each pulse, each passion’s might revealing A ' Sorrow and joy, life, death, hatred, fear and strife. Great Catalogue Sale of Oil Paintings. \ On WEDNESDAY NIGHT next, the loth instant, will be sold, without reserve, by Catalogue, at , Lamback’s Hall, commencing at 7ig o’clock P M. - 2 15" SPLENDID OIL PAINTINGS, in rich gilt frames, comprising a variety of Landscapes, Stu dios, and fancy pieces, executed by French, Eng ' Dalian, American and German artists of de : cided merit, who were formerly patronised by the | , \ ork an d Philadelphia Art Union, and since j the failure of these Institutions, they are obliged . I to seek patrons and purchasers elsewhere, i The Paintings will all be sold without reserve, I to pay advances made by the consignee in New I \ ork. For further particulars, see description in I catalogue. They will be exhibited on TUESDAY J at the above Hall. The Ladies are especially invited to see and at J tend the sale. Paintings and frames will be sold together. Conditions cash. apt BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. r fiO.OoO Dollars' worth of Jewelry at Auction. s Will be sold, commencing THIS (Tuesday ) NIGHT and continue nightly during this week, at 7% I o’clock, in our store, one of the finest and most valuable stocks of Jewelry ever brought to this market. Consisting of eighteen carat Gold Patent Lever Watches, Hunting Cases, Anchors, Escapement 1 and Lepmes, Silver do., Diamond Bracelets, Pins, Rings, Gold Enamelled Swiss Watches, Fob, Vest i and Guard Chains, from 14 to 18 carats line, Sil | ver Ware, such as Spoons, Forks, Ac. j —ALSO Large and small Cold Medalions, Breast Pins, - j Finger Rings, Gold Pens and Pencils, Thimbles! i j Gold Snuff Boxes, Fruit and Butter Knives, and ■ j every article usually found in wholesale Jewel) v j establishments. The Goods are genuine, and sold guaranteed true to representation. Every article offered will be sold without reserve. Sceptics need but attend to be convinced. Terms cash. apt BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO i Cook, II ashes * and Irenes. »4« , On the first TUESDAY in MAY next, at the Lowei t Market House, will be sold , Mary Ann, a good Cook, Washer and Ironer ■ ■ about 28 years old. Warranted sound. Titles good' . | Terms cash, BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. I Luge ami Attractive Sale of Marble, Alntentet Statuary, and Carved Work.' i __ Signor W. Gioranuoui having recently arrived i from Europe with a large stock] selected for this [ city, will offer ihe entire collection at auction on 1 uesday and \\ eduesday evening the Mb and yth of ! April, commencing at 7}A o’clock, P. M., in the ; ball ot Messrs. Lamback A Coopt Us new building, j on Broad street, where they will be on exhibition j the two days preceding sale, j Among these beautiful articles will be found I real Canara Marble Figures, taken from the most j celebrated Florentine masters, consisting of the j Madonna, Motherly Love Croup of the Guardian | Angel, Innocence, Ac., by the renowned Fravch 1 . , —ALSO— -1 fidelity, Gods, Goddesses of Love and Liberty . 1 by the most celebrated masters, DeLundico Bena ! min, Berratti, and others. The Three Graces of Canora, Dancing Girls of Canora, Venus De Med; ei, Apollo Belvidere, Farnese Hercules, J nt . J Bachus, Venus in the Shell, Guardian Angel, by ’ j Barrachi, Religion, by Stanzzi, and numerous other | handsome marble Figures, Columns, Vases, Ac i and a splendid assortment of Burdiglis, Ag’altlm' i A ellow Sienna and Verde Autigue Vases, of vari< e • j styles and sizes, as Hebe, Medicis, Etruscan, Gothic, ; Grecian and Roman, all most tastefully carv; .1 in alto basso reliefs; 1 'oriqo it I'm , admirably adapted to decorate halls, parlors, niches, Ac. Large Roman , Tazzas, ornamented with grape leaves, and sup j ported bv swans. Transparent Alabaster Vases for Lamps, Gothic and Grecian Urns, and larga | Vestal Temples. \ls <y— Vine Leaf Tazzas for Fruit, Etruscan styles 1 Also, Oral ones for cards. Florentine Baskets, 1 handsomely wrought and ornamented, Mosaic Ta bles, with Marble .'stands, Ac., Ac. , i The above assortment embraces all the present . taste demands, for perfecting and accomplishing . ; 'be refined appearance of Drawing Rooms, Pal lors, Halls, Ac. The increased appreciation and desire for articles of tine art, renders them now indispensable. Ladies are particularly requested to attend the , sale, arrangements being made for their accommo dation. For further details, sec Catalogues. No article will be sold privately; All will I ■ . sold at auction, and without reserve. Persons wishing to have anv article packed to ! send away, may have them done up bv an experi enced packer mi the premises, at a small i xpeitse i Conditions cash. mir'9 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE tv 00 Ei t eutons’ Sale. —— fl’ lb •' be sold, on the first. Tuesday in MAY w” next, at the Market House, in the citv ot ! Augusta, between the usual hours,and to the h'igh i est bidder, all that Lot or parcel of Land on the ! Sa " d H'Bs, in the county of Richmond, about four mi es from Augusta, containing fifty acres more ! w less, and known as the Bell Place, and bounded west by lands of Skinner and Flournoy, south and east by lauds belonging to Meigs, Fit fen and Skin ! ner, and north bv land belonging to Jns Pj,,,,. i '»>»«• Sold 'he estate of Martha Fuerv, d ’,i' by order of Court, for the benefit of the heirs and’ creditors. WM. P. DEARMOXD 1 , i feb-26 JNO. P. KING, s h x rs - NEW SPRING GOODS " j ¥lllOO3l & NORR ELI, have now in store US their new stock of SPRING GOODS, com prising the usual variety kept in a Dry On, Jr, Store, to which thev would respectfully solicit at tent ion, assuring their friends and customers every advantage that can be afforded by the best articles as well as the lowest scale of prices. Among out Goods arc— Plain b Ik SILKS, large assortment, some verv !■■. i prices ; Plain Satin Striped and Printed BEREGES ; Silk GRENADINES and Satin Plaid TISSUES Fr. Printed CHA FLIES and BEREGE DkLAINES Rich Grenadine, Berege and Jaconet FLOUNt FD ROBES; , French Printed ORGANDIES, LAWNS and MI - LINS; Bl’k CIIALLIES, TANATANS, BOMBAZINES and ALPACAS; Plain and Checked JACONETS, CAMBRIt NAINSOOKS and SWISS MUSLIN BRILLIANTES, CALICOES, GINGHAMS TAR LATANS, Ac., Ac.; Ernb'd. COLLARS, SLEEVES, CHI.MIZEI TE.- BAXDS and FLOUNCIN'ttS ; Rich Emb’d. BASQUES; Lace and Sick MANTILLAS ; Lace and Crape SHAWLS; bi k and Silk LACES Sup. ass’t. GOODS, fra- Gent’s and Bovs’ wear • i ” “ LINENS, Table DAMASKS, DIAPERS TOWELLINGS; 10-4 and 12-4 Linen SHEETING, and .sun. Pill, . w LINENS; Sup. assortment HOSIERY, tor Gent’s, Ladies' Misses’, Bovs and Children ; Bl’k. and Bio. DOMESTICS, SHEETINGS LONG CLOTHS, STRIPES, TICKINGS, Ac. ’ apl " ELECTION OF LIEUT. COLONEL. 4N election will be held at the Oglethorpe In fan try Drill Room, on SATURDAY ram Apnl, lor a Lieutenant Colonel, to command iff- Independent A olunteer Batallion ot \ura,-; , oils to be open at 6 o’clock P. M„ and close :| , 10 1. M. ]>y order of UAPT. BRYANT, C R CART. KIRKPATRICK, W CAPT. WALKER, I. V. LIEUT. JACKSON. Cram O I usn2B SUGARS! 1 M "La-Hazes" pra SEGARS, the well known celebrated “cent.” Segars ; 25 M El Agtrila SEGARS, just receive,; and for sale at GUST. VOLGER’S old stand, and G. VOLGER A f <6 j Two doors below Boues A Brown’s Ijardwrr,: ; Store - _ ‘ apt CtOFFFE —350 bags prime P.’ lo COFFf 1, jm J received, and tor sale b«; •U 1 KOLB A t o,