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i,i!!,no\sTiTmomisT OFFICE ON McINTOSII-STREET, BOOH kbom the north-west corner < B!R OK BROAD-STREET. TERMS: ~~r i n advance per annum.... *6 00 ifnu'in advance per annum 7 00 -Aly, in advance, .per annum 4 00 in advance per annum 5 00 uv'kSr, in advance per annum 200 . vj Discount for Cinbs. Qxfil “JOB” OFFICE. .. ..... recent!v added a variety of New Styles or Job Department, we are prepared ;’r- every description of LETTER PRESS PRIWTIN3 , r manner, and on reasonable terms. . assortment are some Mammoth Type for FOSTERS. Vddtc*’ of Vlbert Pike, Esq., of Arkan , HIP. AMERICAN PARTY SOUTH. -,,arv for the rank and file of the Amer cer South to consult together in regard to ; %ineo?.\i adopted by the National Council at session, and the candidates placed upon • i the National Convention. " y'he Twelfth article of the platform of June, announced these four propositions as the de rat sense of the American party : y Tiiat the existing laws on the subject of .•rv wight to be abided by and maintained, as a ii!'settlement of the whole matter, in spirit . :j -;:bsiauce ; and that there ought to be no fur •r legislation bv Congress on the subject. . 1 nat, whether it possesses the power or not, rgivss ought not to legislate on the subject of divert- in the Territories. d That it would be a violation of the compact vtwei-n the United States and Maryland, andcon jv to good faith, to abolish slavery in the Dis- T ,:t of Columbia. iiii. That when a new State presents herself for .'Stott into the Union, she has a right to come : her Constitution is republican, and she lias quisite population, whether that Constitution itzes or prohibits slavery. a very general feeling at the South that .led something too much in “pretermitting” , surosion of opinion as to the power of Con - i legislate in regard to slavery in the Terri * in most of the Southern Stales the State ; . ..i Is made platforms stronger on this point i q,,-. nntiomu one. None made them weaker. "]},, E i n framing that platform, we were not mak . ... r> : Sooth alone, but one that northern '.Mservative men could safely stand on ; and it that we should not ask them to declare ~'ini-m as to the power of Congress, while t’Utertained another diametrically opposite ; , . - u:l i /rci that Congress ought not to txer , xcer, even if it has it. The June platform does not declare that Con j r]it to do ant affirmative act about slave ,, jy that U ought to do nothing. \ . Hit'nem American, once having planted his ... in that platform, can step off from it to anoth .r v/ithoii! deserved risk of political ruin and anui- \ - aihern man ought to abandon, or can safely Viini - , n , unv one of the four propositions. If lie . tb ■ South ought to, and will, abandon him. National Council, meeting on the call of „ s which had repudiated the June platform, . assembled in February for the purpose of re ,,,, tl\ * twelfth article. Tlio northern men i:r i! of it at the beginning, upon the wrong . i if representation, and kept that control. .. twelfth article, with all the rest of the plat ; wa< struck out, and a new one substituted. That new platform declares that the people of a T rn: rv have the right to frame their own Consti n and laws when? and regulate their own so .l a n,l domestic affairs; but the word slavery is -fullv av.'ided ; and it concedes them, not the , if, hiit tb t-rieileye, of admission into the Union „ , u iliev have the requisite population. It certainly gives up the three first propositions • ;i.e twelfth article, and it waters the fourth, so u it amounts to little or nothing. T;;. lirst proposition was the chief one of the ttv ,’th article. The South imperatively demands that the agitation of the subject of slavery in Con c-M shall cease, and especially that it shall no : r legislate on that subject in the Territories. The S uitli demands, and has a right to demand, / , rv platform, Democratic, Whig or American, # i- language on the subject of slavery. It does ■ ■: want t.> be told that laws constitutionally enaet are to be obeyed until repealed or decided null v judi il authority. It does not want to be told it a new State shall have the privilege of admis i ci. It is tired ot ambiguities, and sick of gener sliv.: anil, as '.lie matter now stands, when a man ; Uims his slave at the risk of his life, and at ten ii. s the expense of the slave—when clergymen pr-.-.ch s-ditioii, and States pass personal-liberty a ts ambiguities and generalities are a mere trans parent cheat and fraud on the South. And h fraud is any platform that studiously omits the word • \ -y, and used roundabout phrases, circumlocutions, to avoid expressing plain ideas. it' the »■ platform is the same in substance as the old, wliy the change ? If it is not, the South has nn use for it. The new platform leaves the Northern men ivh i s and upon it perfectlv free to agitate against . ' fugitive slave law, for the abolition of slavery the District, for suppressing the trade in slaves rt.V'Vii different States, and for the restoration of :de Missouri Compromise; and it specially de an: s the re; il of that compromise by de nouncing the President for abetting it 1 do n t envy the Southern man who under is s to defend the new platform after once stand ing nu the old one. I was a member of the National Council both in June and in February. In June I desired to ex •w the question of slavery from the platform, enouncing, and not unless’l could denounce, in us s the men of the party in Massachusetts, a; elsewhere in the North, who had declared atri-slaverv to be part of the national American :r s having done so without authority, and so pervert d and prostituted the organization to im proper purposes. Met hr a unanimous resolve on the part of the Northern members to have a declaration that the M;s<. ini Compromise ought to be restored, I aid id in establishing the 12th article. Once upon it, -id deeming it eminently right in principle, it be irnposible for me to abandon it, or consent to s modification. When it was struck out, I with- I ew from the Council, and destroyed mv creden- I so as a delegate to the nominating convention, I which I refused to take my scat. [ The American party South cannot stand on n■ iv platform. It must necessarily repudiate On it, it would not carry a single county any- it is said that the men nominated are platform ugh. That might be so, if we had no platform; they were on no platform ; if they never had a latform. It is said that the new platform is tub»t.mtiaUy same as the old one. Then how came it to be Tred bv a freesoiler from Illinois, who declared, •'• r it was adopted, that he would vote for the '• "tnof no State permitting slavery* If it Suits him, it cannot suit mt it is n,>t substantially the same. It was framed •a Washington, to get rid of the 12th article. It *a« fired and adopted forthatpurpo.se in Phila hdplna; and we may as well look it frankly in the > It up all that we fought for and gained the June before. AuJ now as to the candidates. That I may not be misunderstood, let me say that I was a! way* a " ,• until I joined the American party. I was a supporter f .Mr. Fillmore’s administration. I was ind.jTunt whs'll lie was thrown aside for General \Vhat I thought of him then, I think now. h”. when we formed the American party, we as -1 ; ■'•'■lr Democratic friends who joined us that V4S . ■ meant to be the Whig party in disguise. * ■ i n * in that belief. On motion mv State 1 '•'>:ui declared that the nominee for President uiin to in- a northern man whose antecedents u' ‘ sen H-p.vieratic. 1 was playing fairly. i:i ", old Whig organizations are reviving all , ' country. The old Whig committees and , ire alive and astir again. Our Democratic "ten will sav we have deceived them; and wtheold Whig party in disguise. I think it ' ' *i and ptoper to nominate a man who had ie ;.lv identitied with the Whig party —a - and nothing else. Ido not say it was had ; Vk " J -" * do no* so even insinuate; but I do -. r u ’.i.it l had aided in such nomination, I should -■'■efelt that ray Democratic brothers had some •gat to complain of me. iaey do feel ail over the South tiiat tliev liave • *•’ i m y word for it, they will stay ’ The new platform wirrarts them in . 4 '' a ~ mejiarty, and the Whig nomination will urge do it; and they will go back to their old "v‘ it the matter is left as it is. r,..‘ r !' oiorrat ic Americans can neither ' V ,'; n } a * ■ '-ttf-rm nor support the candidate. • • >"Ui!iern American can successfuliv defend tdaTerm. ' - -to ue dune? Sliall we disband? Shall '-rz •in the Democratic partv* I, for one, sav , 11 "'Quid be too lame and impotent a eonciu •md many of fair northern allies arc no -y- reuable than ours. We are not vet ready to ‘ . 'T "ur American principles. We have sat T "; r " 'tiers long enough. '3 f‘ " n - the State Councils of the several south ' sat once assemble and deliberate. It is 'U'c are doing so. Let us lay down one • V ■•u tor ail the South, going upon the subject I .V ' r > no further than the twelfth article went, Jmer that the conservative men of the North '■*• *tand upon it with us. Do not let tts force ; them from us. They will stand on that article if ; we wM be true to ourselves. Let us not ask them to do more, and that which they cannot do. Then let us place candidates on that platform If we think we cannot succeed with a candidate who eneorses all our views, let us take a Demo crat who has been tried, and always found true to the south and the Constitution, at home and in t.ie councils of the country. Let us sav to the country, we are willing to wait for the success of our American principles. The first thing to do is to give our country quiet. We will take this man’ trusting to his antecedents. We ask of him no other pledges. We will trust to his American tee lings and instincts to do justice to those who like him are American born, confident that he " 1 * n °t hi! the offices of his country with foreign ers to the exclusion of those born on the soil Eet us place this northern Democrat—one like Uavard and Du Guesclin, without fear and without reproach -and a southern Whig of our party at once before the country, and railv to their flag the conservatives of the Union. W e need not fear that our American principles will not succeed in the end. Unembarrassed by other questions, the American instincts of the peo ple will in time make them victorious everywhere Or, it that does not suit our views, let us nomi- j nate candidates of our own party, on our own plat- j form, nail our (lag to the masthead; and take the j chances of the battle ; satisfied with defeat if it en i tails no dishonor and no betrayal of the South. It is a delicate thing to do—that which I am ! about to do; but the South has too many plat- i forms, each State a different one ? and the same State, in some nuses, three or four in succession. 1 submit one to the South, which several gentle men from different States have concurred in framing. It is the June platform, with some mo difications, reduced to propositions. It is plain, distinct, specific; it needs no interpreter. We j would fain hope that our brothers in the South | may approve it. But, at all events, we stand upon ! it, and we mean to stand upon it, now and hereaf ter. It will at least elicit discussion, and bring about deliberation, and action perhaps; and that is all at which we at present purpose to effect. A. P. r 'rotn Recollection* <if Table talk of Samuel Rogers. Witty and Amusing Anecdotes. WELLINGTON. Speaking to me of Bonaparte, the Duke of Wel li tig ton remarked that in one respect he was supe rior to all the Generals who had ever existed. "Was it,” I asked, “in the inangement and skill ful arrangement of his troops?” “No," answered the Duke, “it was in his power of concentrating such vast masses of men—a most important point in the art of war.” “I have found,” said the Duke, “that raw troops however inferior to the old ones in nianoeuvering, are far superior to them in downright hard fight ing with the enemy. At Waterloo, the young Ensigns and Lieutenants, who had never before seen a battle, rushed to meet death as if they had been playing at cricket.” The Duke thinks very highly of Napier's Histo tory; its only fault, he savs, is’that Napier is some times apt to convince himself that a thing must he true, because A# wishes to believe it. Os Sou they's History he merrily said, "1 don’t think much of it." Os the Duke’s perfect coolness on the most try ing occasions, Colonel Gurwood gave me this in stance: He was once in great danger of being drowned at sea. It was bed-time when the cap tain of the vessel came to him and said, “It will soon be all over with us.” “Very well,” answered the Duke, “then I will not take off my boots.” STDNBY SMITH. He said that was so fond of contradiction that lie would throw up the window in the mid dle ot the night aud contradict the watchman who was calling the hour. When his physician advised him to “take a walk upon an empty stomach,” Smith asked, “Upon whose?” “ Lady Cork,” said Smith, “was once so moved a by charity sermon that she begged me to lend her a guinea for her contribution. I did so. She never repaid me, aud spent it on herself.” He said that “his idea of heaven was eating fois gras to the sound of trumpets.” “I had a very odd dream last night,” said lie; “I dreamed that there were thirty-nine Muses and nine Articles ; and my head is still quite confused about them.” KKSKINK. When Lord Erskiue heard that somebody had died worth two hundred thousand pounds, he ob served : “Well, that’s a pretty sum to begin the next world with.” “A friend of mine,” said Erskiue, “was suffer ing from a continual wakefulness, and various methods were tried to sends him to sleep, but in vain. At last his physician resorted to an experi ment, which succeeded perfectly; they dressed him in a watchman’s coat, put a lantern into his hand, placed him in a sentry-box, and he was asleep in ten minutes.” To all letters soliciting his “subscription” to any thing. Erskiue had a regular form of reply, viz : "Sir, I feel much houored by your application to me, and I beg to subscribe”—here the reader had to turn over the leaf—“myself your very obedient servant,” Ac. Erskine used to sav that when the hour came that all secrets should be revealed, we should know the reason why—shoes are always made too light. When he had a house at Hampstead, he enter tained the very best company. I have dined there with the Prince of Wales—the only time I ever had any r conversation with his Royal Highness. On that occasion, the Prince was very agreeable and familiar. Among other anecdotes which he told us of Lord Thurlow, I remember these two. The lirst was: Thurlow once said to the Prince, " Sir, your father will continue to he a popular King as long lie continues to go to church every Sunday, and to be faithful to that ugly woman, your mother, but you, sir, will never be popular.” The oilier was this : While bis servants were car rying Thurlow up stairs to his bedroom, just be fore bis death, they happened to let his legs strike against the bannisters, upon which lie uttered the last words he ever spoke—a frightful imprecation oil “all their souls.” Erskiue said that the Prince of Wales was quite “a cosmogony man,” (alluding to “The Vicar of Wakefield ), for he had only two classical quota tions—one from Homer and one from Virgil, which he never failed to sport when there was any oppor tunity for introducing them. Latterly Erskinc was very poor; and no wonder, for he always contrived to sell out of the funds when they were very low, and to buy in when they were very high. “By heaven,” he would sav, “I am a perfect kite, all paper; the boys might By me.” Yet poor as he was, he kept the best socie i ■ 1 have met him at the Duke of York’s, Ac. vox. Fox, in his earlier days, [ meant, Sheridan, : Fitzpatrick, dee., led such a life ! Lord Tankerville j assured me that he lias played cards with Fitzpat- < rick at Brooks’s from 10 o’clock at night till near i d o’clock the next afternoon, a waiter standing by i to tell them “whose deal it was,” they being too | sleepy to know. After losing large sums at hazard, Fox would go home — not to destroy himself, as his friends some- i 1 times feared, but —to sit down quietly and read I Greek. He once won about £3000; and one of his bond creditors, who soon heard of his good hick, pro- | sented himself, and asked for payment, “linpos- j sible, sir,” replied Fox, “1 must first discharge my debts of honor." The bond-creditor remonstra- ; ted. “Well, sir, give me your bond.” It was de livered to Fox, who tore it in pieces and threw them in the tire. “Now, sir,” said Fox, “my debt ; to you is a debt of honor;” and immediately paid ; him. I saw Lunardi make the first nsoent in a balloon which had been witnessed in England. It was 1 from the Artillery ground. Fox was there with his brother, Gen. F. The crowd was immense. Fox, happening to put iiis hand down tohiswatch, found another hand upon it, which lie immediately seized. “My friend,’ said ho to the owner of the j strange hand, “ you have chosen an occupation which will be your ruin at last." “ Ob, Mr. Fox,” ! was the reply, “forgive me, and let me go! I | have been driven to this course by necessity alone; mv wife and children are starving at home.” Fox, , always tender-hearted, slipped a guinea into the hand, and then released it. On the conclusion of the show. Fox was'proceeding to look what o’clock it was. “Good God," cried he, “my watch is ' "one!" “Yes,” answered Gen. F., “1 know it is; I saw your friend take it.” “ Saw him take it! and you made no attempt to stop him*” “Really, you and he appeared to be on such good terms with each other, that I did not choose to interfere.” PA.LBT. He permitted—nav wished—his daughters to go to evening parties; but insisted that one of them should always remain at home, to give her assist ance, if needed, bv rubbing him, Ac., in case of an attack of the rheumatic pains, to which he was sub ject. “This,” he said, “taught them natural as , lection.” VERNON. Vernon was the person who invented the story about the ladv being pulverized in India by n coup d* > M. When he was dining there with a. Hin d >o one of his host s wives was suddenly reduced t> ashes- upon which the Hindoo rang bell, and Slid to the attendant who answered it, Bring ■ t" resh classes, and sweep up your mistress. Another of his stories was this : lie happened to i be shooting hvenasnear Carthage, when he stum i bled and fell'down an abyss of many fathoms t depth. He was surprised, however, to find him self unhurt; for he lighted as if on a feather bed. Presently he perceived that he was gently moving i upward; and, having by degress reached the t mouth of the abyss, he again stood safe on terra t jirma. He had fallen upon an immense mass of , bats, which, disturbed from their slumbers, had t risen out of the abyss and brought him up with a i than». | LADY HAMILTON. There was something very charming in Lady j Hamilton s openness ot manner. She showed me : the neckcloth which Nelson had on when he died • 1 of course I could not help looking at it wish ex treme interest; and she threw her arms around my neck and kissed me. She was latterly in great want, and Lord Stowell never rested till he pro cured for her a small pension from Government. PORSON. Porson would sit up drinking all night without seeming to feel any bad effects from it. Horne Tooke told me that he once asked Porson to dine with him in Richmond Buildings ; aud as he knew that Porson had not been in bed for the three pre ceding nights, he expected to get rid of him at a tolerably early hour. Porson, however, kept Tooke up the whole night; and in the morning the lat ter, in perfect despair, said, “Mr. Porson, I am engaged to meet a friend at breakfast at a coffee house in Leiscester square.” “Oh 1” replied Per son, “ I will go with you,” and he did so. Soon alter they had reached the coffee house, Tooke con trived to slip out, and running home, ordered his servant not to let Mr. Porson in, even if he should attempt to batter down the door. “A man,” ob served Tooke, “who could sit up four nights sue | ccssively, might have sat up forty.” Tooke used to say that “Porson would drink ink ‘ ; rather than not drink at all.” Indeed, he would j drink anything. He was sitting with a gentleman 1 atter dinner, in the chambers of a mutual friend, a ! Templar, who was then ill and confined to bed. A j servant came into the room, sent thither by his master for a bottle of embrocation, which was on the chimney-piece. “I drank it an hour ago,” said Porson. When Hopner, the painter, was residing in a cottage a few miles from London. Porson one af | ternoon unexpectedly arrived there. Hoppner said ! that lie could not offer him dinner, as Mrs. H. had j gone to town and had carried with her the key of the closet, which contained the wine. Porson, however, declared that he would be contented with mutton chop and beer from the next ale house; and accordingly stayed to dine. During the evening, } Porson said: “I am quite certain that Mrs. Hop ner keeps some nice bottle for her private drinking I I in her own room, so pray, try if you can lay your hands on it.” His host assured him that Mrs. 11. ; had no such secret stores; hut Porson insisting that a search should he made, a bottle was at last discovered in the lady’s apartment, to the surprise of Hopner and the joy of Porson, who soon fin ished its contents, pronouncing it to be the best gin he had tasted for a long time. Next day Hop ner, somewhat out of temper, informed his wife that Porson had drank every drop of her conceal ed drain. “Drunk every drop of it!” cried she; - “my God !it was spirits of wine for the lamp !” j - Congressional. Washington, March 31.—Senate. -After the usual morning business, the Senate resumed the consideration of the resolutions introduced by Mr. j Iverson some time since, providing for the appoint ment of a select committee, who snail be author ized and instructed to summon before them the j members the of late naval retiring board, in order ; to ascertain the grounds and reasons, facts and ; evidence, upon which their action in recommend- { ing the dismissal of naval officers from the active service list, was predicated. Mr. Iverson address ed the Senate at some length in advocacy of the resolutions, and commented with considerable se verity on the action of the naval board. Mr. Sli dell defended the hoard, and urged the necessity existing for a reform in the navy, which could not he carried out in anv way more effectually than by the means which Congress had provided. The ; debate was continued by Mr. Butler, Mr. Clayton, and Mr. Crittenden until five o’clock, when the Senate adjourned. House. —Mr. Faulkner offered a resolution, which was adopted, culling on the President for information in regard to the pending hostilities in Oregon and Washington Territories. Another re solution was adopted instructing the Committeee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency nf accepting the services of volunteers for the sup pression of said hostilities. In the course of a brief discussion on the Senate bill providing for an increased compensation to the jurors of the District of Columbia, it was stated by Mr. Letcher that the expenses of the district Courts of the United States for the past, year amounted to one million of dollars. The various appropriation bills reported by the Committee of V ays and Means were made the special order of the day for the 15th April, and to continue the special order for every succeeding Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday until disposed of. Af:cr hearing reports from standing committees, the House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, and proceeded to the consideration of the bill (reported this morning from the Committee of Wavs and Means,) making an appropriation for re storing and maintaining the peaceable disposition of the Indian tribes on the Pacific, and for other purposes. The bill proposes to appropriate $300,000, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States, for restoring and maintaining the peaceable disposition of Indian tribes on the Pacific. After a lengthy debate, without coming to any conclusion on the bill, the committee rose, and at live o’clock the House adjourned. Washington Union. Congressional. Washington, April I. — Senate. — Mr. Mason, from the committee on foreign relations, reported a joint resolution, amending the act of March, 1855, to re-model the Diplomatic and Consular svstem of the United States. He explained that tlie resolution proposed to change that feature which seemed niendatory on ihe President to ele vate all our foreign ministers resident, to ministers plenipotentiaries ; and to atlix the salary of each mission. Congress has no power to command, but could only recommend this to the President. The resolution passed. Mr. Clayton resumed his remarks from ver.ter day on the subject of the Naval Board. In order to prove that it was no disgrace for officers to be placed on the retired list, lie cited the fact that in England the heroes of the Nile and Trafalgar were relieved from the active service and receive less than the officers of the same grade on this re tired list. He replied to Senator Houston's at tacks on Captains Pendergrast, Dupont and other naval officers. Mr. Bell, of' Tennessee, followed, sustaining, in the main, the proceedings and action of the Naval Board. House op Representatives.— Among the re- j ports from the standing committees were bills es- j tabiishing additional land districts in Nebraska j and Kansas. Ten thousand copies of the Central American j correspondence, together with that between the United States and Great Britain on the arbitration and enlistment question, were ordered to be print ed—also the same numbers of copies of the docu ment on tlie commercial relations ol the United States with alt foreign nations, statistics, com para- | five tariffs, Ac. The House passed a bill appropriating S3OO,- | 000 for restoring and maintaing the peaceable dis- | position of the Indian tribes on the Pacific ( oast | and $120,000 for the purchase of gunpowder. Mr. Howie, of Maryland, presented the petition of sundry citizens of Charles county, Maryland, j praying Congress to take such measures as may i secure the construction of the Pacific railroad. Referred to the committee on railroads. The House resolved itself into a committee on i the whole on the state of the Union, i Mr. Mace in : the chair) and resumed the consideration of the Persident’s annual message. Mr. Warner of Georgia, addressed the commit j tee at length on the slavery question, insisting j upon the right of the South to enjoy the territory S of the United States in common with the other ; States of the Union, and the right of the citizens | of the South to remove into it with their slave property. The institution of slavery was protect ed by law, and was recognised by the universal law of nations, and none had a right to interfere with it He said that for maintaining the great i principles embraced in the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and for vindicating the integrity of the Constitu ! tion, the President of the United States had been I denounced bv his opponents as a “doughface;” but it was much better for him to be called a , doughface than to have been denounced as guilty of perjury in failing to discharge his duty under that Constitution which be had sworn to support and maintain. Mr. Allison, of Pennsylvania, addressed the i committee in opposition to the extension of slave ry, when tlio committee rose, and the House ad journed. Singular Occcrrknce. —In clearing up one of the rooms at Stanwix Hal! yesterday, a waiter dis covered a cat so crowded into a boot that it was difficulty that she could be extricated. Having got her out,’the next question in order was “how did she get in?” This was leading to u long-winded dispute, when one of the by-stauders took up the boot, gave it a shake, and tessed a half-grown rat upon the floor. The discovery of the rat solved the riddle. The rat, to escape the cat. rushed into the boot; the cat, to secure a game dinner, rushed after him, and with such force that she could not back out again. Learn wisdom from pussy, and never “go it blind,” even in a good cause. Albany Knickerbocker, 21*'. Burials in Charcoal. —It is a fact well establish ed by experiment that dead animal matter, covered with charcoal will undergo putrefaction and com plete decomposition without the least offensive smell. For this reason it has been recommended bv Dr. Richardson i Journal of Health') to enclose the corpse in this substance previous to burial in large towns. The suggestion might be useful where it becomes, from any cause, necessary to keep the bodies of friends for some days before burying them, as, bv this means, all unpleasant effluvia will be prevented. A laver of charcoal four inches in thicknoss will be sufficient. ! Z-*f° The Hon. Tho«. H. Benton, of Missouri, has adopted a very ingenious method of advertising j his forthcoming publications—a method worthy of • the genius of a Holloway. Below is his letter, copied from the Missouri Democrat: Lettish from Col. Buntov. —Bv permission of the recipient we give publicity to the following ! characteristic letter from our venerable ex-Sen j ator: Washington, March 12, 13.5.; My Dear Sir: I have to thank you for vonr kind I letters and for all the friendly sentiments' express ; ed, and of these the personal part is the most an-ree ! able. The personal feelings of my friends towards me is what I have most to cherish hereafter. I never saw the day I would be willing to be a can didate fur the Presidency, and am now further from it than ever. No earthly consideration could make me a candidate. The Senate was once agree able to me, when there was a chance to do some thing for the State or the United States. But that chance seems now to be over, and all Statesman ship reduced to a hurrah on one side or the other of slavery. Even local interests in our State seem ! to be crushed under it—as the Pacific railroad. 1 am now far advanced in mv second volume. The publishers are about five hundred and nine 1 pages deep iu the printing, and T am a hundred pages ahead of the compositors in the writing. I ! rise at daybreak and work till midnight, with an interval of one or two hour’s recreation on horse- ! back. As soon as mv work is finished, which will 1 be some time in April, I shall come to Missouri, ; and of course shall have to speak —to what extent , I do not know —but certainly onlv for the general j purpose of aiding my friends and the Democratic cause, and without any view to a personal conse quence. Congress is no longer desirable to me; politics have run down too low to have any attrac tion for me. 1 spent thirty years of my life in a j contest of great principles—of great measures—of ( great men, and cannot wear out the remainder of i my days in a slavery agitation, either on the one ’ side or the other of It. 1 have work enough marked out to occupy the ; remainder of mv life, and ot a kind to be pleasant ; and profitable to me, if not beneficial to a future j generation—which I think it may be. 1 propose | to abridge the debates of Congress from 1789 to ; 1850; also, to continue my history from 1850 to j the day of mv death. This is work enough for tne, and of more dignity (to say nothing of any thing else) than acting a part in a slavery agita tion, which is now the work of both parties, and which, in my opinion, is to end disastrously for the Union, let which side will prevail. A man, uncon nected with the agitation, is what the country wants. Your friend, Titos. H. Benton. A ltailway Romance. A singular affair occurred on the Wear Valley Durham) the other day. A gentleman from Bir mingham found himself seated in a first class car riage, his vis-a-vis, and the only other passenger in that compartment of the carriage being a bloom ing lady, answering to the illiterative description of “fat, fair and forty.” The train had scarcely moved a hundred yards from the. station before the lady suddenly leaped from her seat and ex claimed to the other passenger, “how dare you, sir? What do you mean?” The gentleman, as tonished, replied that “he did not understand; he hud done nothing to harm her." Again and again she sprung from her seat in apparent terror and rage, atul declared with vehemence that her neigh bor was a “villian and site would have him taken into custody at the next station.” The gentleman protested his innocence, and asked what he had done; but the eccentric lady still kept leaping from her scat., raving against his treatment, till the gentleman decided that she was mad, and re solved, on the arrival of the train at the next sta tion, to give her into custody. As her eccentrici ty did not abate, nor her rage either, he, on the arrival of the train at one of the stations, was about to carry his resolution into action, when she suddenly sprang to the door and screamed out “Guard!” at the top of her voice, and presently collected not only the guard, but a crowd of people around her. She then commenced her accusation in words both loud and deep, protesting that the gentleman had improperly pinched her legs ; and the gentleman, horrified at the charge, protesting, with equal vehemence, his perfect innocence. At ibis juncture, when matters looked serious for the gentleman, the guard happened to recollect | that he had placed a basket uuder the seat of the ; carriage containing a live goose; and pulling it j out, the mystery was explained, the bird being the i criminal, and having caused,the lady’s fears and i the gentleman’s apprehensions. The explanation ; was received with perfect good humor and satis- | faction by the parties concerned, and the train re- 1 newed its journey amid the convulsive laughter ! and applause of the assembled multitude. Prof. Longfellow says that “Hiawatha” should be divided “ Hi-n-wa-tha,” but pronounced with the vowels as in Niagara, thus: “Hee-uli-wah thah,” the accent falling on the tin 1 third syllable. E. A. Brackett, the sculptor, is engaged upon a colossal marble statue of the Rev. Ilosea Ballou, to be erected over the remains of the well known religious author and theologian, which now repose in Mount Auburn. This classic token of regard n reared by tin* Universalist denomination at large. William llowitt, in his Australian tour, says be lived for three weeks upon nothing but fricaseed kangaroo. At the end of that time he could jump sixty feet, lie did nt discontinue the diet until lie found himself beginning to acquire a growth of fur. Thackeray, than whom there are few closer ob servers of men and of things, thus writes: “ 1 know this, that if there are some clerics who do wrong, there are straightway a thousand newspa pers to haul them up, and cry ‘ Fie upon them ! fie upon them !’ while the press, somehow, takes very little count of the many good ones; of the tens of thousands of honest men who lead Chris tian lives and give to the poor generously; who deny themselves rigidly, and live and die in their duty without ever a newspaper paragraph in their favor.’ ’’ Ho further States it as his belief “that of those eminent philosophers who cry out against parsons the loudest, there are not many who have got their knowledge of the church by going thith er often.” The Rev. Charles Stuart, Chaplain in the Navy, and author of the well-known work on the Sand wich Islands, says that Louis Napoleon was not, <lurin'j hi* residence in America, either intemperate nr dissolute in hie halite; hut in the mean time there was in the city a voting Prince of the Bona parte fa niilv, who was. This was his cousin, the son of Linden Bonaparte, and it is his errors of conduct which are to this day ascribed to the pre sent Emperor of France. While in America, how ever Louis Napoleon .might appear in public, he was in private in deep dejection. The disgrace of liis failures at Strashurg and Boulogne preyed upon his spirits. The Difference between Theory and Prac tice. —Some of the interior papers are making a great row about the sale at auction of twenty-two slaves, the property of Cassius M. Clay, ltless vour souls gentlemen, there is nothing remarkable about that. The most cruel slave drivers are Northern Abolitionists. They are only theoretical Abolitionists for political purposes. When it comes to a matter of dollars and cents it is quite another affair. — AV w York Ifemli. To Ctviur.E Clergymen. —John Adams was at one time called upon by some one to contribute to foreign missions, when he abruptly answered— “ I have nothing to give for that purpose, but there are here in the vicinity six ministers, notone of whom vfill preach in each other’s pulpit. Now, 1 will contribute as much and more than any one else, to civilize these six clergymen." A Strong Drink. —The editor of the New York Dutchman , speaking of a drink he once had occa sion to indulge in, says he could not tell whether it ; was brandy or a torch light procession going down ! his throat! Whatever it was, the smile must have ! drawn a tear: probably it was cayenne cocktail. Bacon and lard. 100 casks choice Tennessee BACON. 25 hbis. prime LARD, for sale by THOMAS I*. STOVALL A CO., ftps General Commission Merchants. STORE TO RENT. TNHE Store opposite the Planter’s Hotel, re cently occupied by \V. 11. Howard. Apply to mnl2 _ ' HOWARD A DUGAS fiSPRING ROBES. -DICKEY & PHIBBS are now opening a very fine assortment of Plain and Printed, Satin Striped and Plaid Flounced ROBES, of all shades, at very low pri ces. mli23 DICKEY A PHIBBS. i^ILABS. -1(30 bids, r Refined - SUGARS : kS 75 bids. A and B “ “ 50 “ A and C Crushed “ Just received, and for sale bv apl _ SCRANTON, KOLB A CO. SEGARS. -g dfc KIO HONDA LONDRES. J P Also, a lot of “GEORGIA’S” and “AUGUSTA’S,” just received and for sale at Gust. YOLGER'S old stand, ami G. YOLGER & CO., aps Two doors below Bones Sc Brown's. Flour, mackerel, sugar, a c .~ 100 hairs superfine FLOUR. 100 bbls. “ “ Etowah mills. •25 “ No. 3 MACKEREL. 15 “ No. 2 12 kits No. 2 3 hhds. prime N. O. SUGAR. 100 boxes TOBACCO. For sale by ap3 THOS. P. STOVALL A CO. RAGS MEAL, for sale bv O" apii 8 THOS. P. STOVALL, A Co. COMMERCIAL. Augusta Market, April 5, 4 P. M. COTTON.—Demand good, and prices full. The Asia’s news has had no effect. | CHARLESTON, April 3.— Cotton —There was an j active demand for this article to-day, which re ; suited in the sale of upwards of 3200 bales. The quotations of the morning were well sustained. The sales comprise 390 bales at 9%; 100 at 9% ; ! 125 at 9% ; 76 at 9% I 468 at 10; 317 at 10% ; 36 at 10% ; 862 at 10% ; 130 at 10% ; 36 at 10% ; and 611 bales at 11 cents. SAVANNAH, April 4 .—Cotton. —There was a 1 good inquiry for this article to-day, although the transactions were limited to 662 bales at the fol j lowing particulars : 96 at B%', 27 at 9, 61 at 9%, 6 I at 9%; 13 at 9%, 102 at 9%, 141 at 10, 29 at 10%, • 38 at‘lo%, 5 at 10 11-16, 124 at 10%, 30 at 10%. \ and 4 bales at 11% cents. Freights. —To Liverpool at ,%d. To Boston7-16c. : New York 5-16e. Baltimore and Philadelphia %c. SAVANNA J I EXPORTS—A PBIL- 5. Per Br ship Queen, for Liverpool—l4B,l6s feet j j timber, 2,532 bales cotton. Per schr Enchantress, for New York —934 bales j j cotton, 14 do waste, 50 do rope cuttings, 12 hbds j | tobacco, 2 boxes do, 189 cowhides, 5 bales calf- \ j skins, 7 do sheepskins. Per bark Seboois, for Boston—37 bundles Hides, j 426 dry Hides, 1 bale Wool, 666 bales cotton. SHIPPING NEWS. ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON. Schr Americus, Vanderbilt, New York Schr Gen Veazie, Chase, Boston SAILED FOR CHARLESTON. Schr Huron, Warren, Searsport, Me Schr Caledonia, Coombs, Searsport, Me CHARLESTON, April 5. —Arrived, Span barque Constancia, Havana; barque Jedo, Boston; brig Olanda, Matanzas. Went to sea, steamship Isabel, Havana; ships Agues, Havre; Zaretan, Bremen ; hark E Dwight, Philadelphia ; brig B G Chaloner, Boston ; schr J W Webster, New York. SAVANNAH, April 5.- Arrd, steamer Augusta, Augusta. WILLIAM MAILLER, (From Decatur, North Alabama,) GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND REAL ESTATE BROKER, St. Joseph, Missouri, ill attend to the purchase ami sale of T V Real Estate, locate or sell Land Warrants, invest money, collect debts, and pay taxes for non residents, Ac., Ac. Will also attend the Land Sales in Kansas Territory, for the purpose of buying Lands, and locating Land Warrants, for any Who may entrust me with their business. Punctual attention will he given to all business entrusted to mv care, and prompt remittances made with Eastern Exchange, in all cases requiring it. t-y?” Communications bv mail will reach me at “ Decatur, Ala.," until the 15th April next. After that time, please address me at St. Joskfu, Mis souri. BBFKRENCES: Robert Mure, Esq., Charleston, S. C. Faekler, Coleock A Co., Charleston, S. C. Scruggs, Drake A Co., “ “ J. J. Howard, Esq., Cartersville, Georgia A. W. Mitchell, Esq., Atlanta, “ Isaac Scott, Esq., Macon, “ R. It. Cuvier, Esq., Savannah, “ B. Chandler, Esq., Chattanooga, Tenu. Hon. John A. Nope, Memphis, “ “ F. S. Lyon, Demonofis, Ain. John Whiting, Esq., Montgomery, Ala. S. O. Nelson, Esq., New Orleans, La. Dr. George A. Sykes, Aberdeen, Miss. J. W. Garth, Esq., Decatur, Ala. mhl4 +2m NEW SPRING GOODS. LARGE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES. T 1 IiLI ATI SIIK.AK has jnstreceived from w w New York, large additional supplies of new Spring GOODS, among which are— Plain Colored CH ALLIES, 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 CD ALLIES. Superior black SILKS, without lustre, for La dies’ mourning dresses. Ladies’ fancy Bonnet, Neck and Belt RIBBONS. CRAPE MARETZ, of beautiful colors, for La dies’ Summer dresses. Superior S-t 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-Eve 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 he sold low for cash. The pub lic are respectfully invited to examine the assort ment. d+ic mh23 HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. rHTIf E subscriber offers for sale his RES- M I DENCH, on Greene-st., a desirable place. The Lot is seventy-five feet front, eStiili and one hundred and seventy-five feet deep. The House is in complete repair, and newly painted throughout, containing seven Rooms, a Pantry and Bathing Room, Hydrant in the yard, Stable, t\v« Kitchens and Smoke House, and fine Fruit in the garden. E. H. ROGERS. Augusta, March Ist, 1856. mhl TEACHER S CARD. A LADY competent to teach Music according /» to the latest method, Singing and the French Language, also Drawing and Tainting, as well as the English branches, desires a situation as in structress, in a Country School or private family, on moderate terms. A line addressed to Elmore D. Este, Augusta, Georgia, will be promptly at tended to. 6 apl. NEW SPRING GOODS. la ’s UOO.H A NOR R ELL have now in store, SB their new stock of SPRING GOODS, com prising the usual variety kept in a Dry Goods Store, to which they would respectfully solicit at tention, assuring their friends and customers everv advantage that can be afforded by the best articles as well as the lowest scale of prices. Among our Goods are — Plain b’lk SILKS, large assortment, some very low prices ; Plain Satin Striped and Printed REREGES ; Silk GRENADINES and Satin Plaid TISSUES : Fr. Printed ('HALLIES and HEREGE DeLAINES Rich Grenadine, Berege and Jaconet FLOUNCED ROBES; French Printed ORGAN DIES, LAWNS and MUS LINS; Bl’k GUALLIES, TANATANS, BOMBAZINES and ALPACAS; Plain and Checked JACONETS, CAMBRICS, NAINSOOKS and SWISS MUSLIN; BRILLTANTES. CALICOES, GINGHAMS, TAR LATANS. Ac.. Ac.; Emb’d. COLLARS, SLEEVES, CHKMTZETTES, BANDS and FLOUNCINGS; Rich Emb’d. BASQUES; Lace and Sick MANTILLAS; Lace and Crape SHAWLS ; bl’k and Silk LACES; i Sup. ass’t. GOODS, for Gent’s and Boys’ wear; •• “ LINENS, Table DAMASKS, DIAPERS, TOWELLINGS; ■ 10-4 and IJ-4 Linen SHEETING, and sup. Pillow LINENS; , Sup. assortment HOSIERY, for Gent’s, Ladies’, Misses’, Bovs and Children ; i lll’k. and Bro. DOMESTICS. SHEETINGS, LONG CLOTHS, STRIPES, TICKINGS, Ac. apl HAMS, SIDES, AND SHOULDERS. TIERCES Chas. Davis A Co’s. Extra Sugar Cured Canvassed HAMS. 25 tierces Ames A Co.’s Extra Sugar Cured HAMS. 50 hhds. Ames A Co.'s plain HAMS. 150 “ Cincinnati Smoked SIDES. 150 “ St. Louis “ 100 “ Cincinnati “ SHOULDERS. Just received and for sale by LEWIS A ALLEN, aps No. 1, Warren Block. SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING. tHAVE commenced receiving a large supply of Men’s CLOTHING, consisting of all the va j rieties usually kept in that line. —also —■ Youth’s, Boy’s and Children’s CLOTHING, in great varieties. —ALSO— Fresh lot of HATS, for spring and summer wear. —ALSO— SHIRTS, COLLARS, CRAVATS, NECK TIES, i STOCKS, GLOVES. SUSPENDERS, HALF HOSE, i Ac., in ereat varieties, under the Augusta Hotel. ap3 _tf_ J. J. CLAYTON. THE undersigned haring purchased of Mr. J K. Hoiia his interest in the firm of J. M. New I bt A 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. DAY, WM. S. WISE. i Augusta, March 1, 1858, mh4 lotteries. ! GREENE ANI) PULASKI MONUMENT LOTTERIES. Managed, drawn, and Prizes paid bytlie welt known and responsible firm of GREGORY & MAURY. I Drawn Numbers Class 82, at Savannah, April 4th. 62 1 11 63 72 37 67 18 60 45 46 SO 17 3 ! CLASS 34, at Savannah, on Monday, April 7th. SPLENDID SCHEME.' 89,769 ! 8 Prizes of $3,000 ; 10 of SI,OOO, Ac., Ac. Tickets s2.so—Shares in proportion. Risk on a package of 26 quarters $0.35. CLASS 85, at Savannah, on Tuesday, April Bth. ANOTHER LITTLE ONE. $4,030! $1,200; $1,000; S3OO, Ac. Tickets $1 ; Halves 50c.; Quarters 25 cents. Risk on a package of 26 quarters $8.70. JOHN A. MILLEN, Agent, On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel All orders from the city or country strictly con- i fidential. ttp6 j $30,000! The first Havana Plan Lottery established in the j United States. [BT AUTHORITY OF TttE STATE OF ALABAMA.] Southern Military Academy Lottery! »♦. CLASS C—NEW SERIES. To he drawn in the City of Montgomery, MAY 1 Ist, 1856. ONLY 10,000 NUMBERS! CAPITAL PRIZE *B,(KM)! PRICE OF TICKETS: Wholes $5 ; Halves $2.50 ; Quarters $1.25. Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty days after the drawing, in bii’ls of specie-paying Ranks, with out deduction —-only on presentation oj the Tickets drawinu the Prize. JjgT" Bills of all solvent Banks taken at par. All communications strictly confidential. SAM’L. SWAN, Agent and Manager, apl Montgomery, Alabama. REAL HAVANA LOTTERY. MAGNIFICENT SCHEME ! SORTED NUMERO ORDINARIO 562. The Ordinary Drawing of the HAVANA LOT TERY. conducted by the Spanish Government, on the Island of Cuba, under the supervision of the Captain General, will take place at Havana on Tuesday, April 15th, 1856. Prizes amounting Jo $‘210,000 will be distribu ted, according to the following Scheme : Prizes 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 “ 1,000 20 “ 500 60 “ 400 161 “ 200 16 Approximations 4,800 Whole Tickets $10; Halves $5; Quarters $2.50. Prizes paid at the Havana Office on presentation. Prizes cashed by the undersigned at tire per cent, discount. Z-fF" 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 strictly confi dential, and will be attended to with dispatch. Address JOHN E. NELSON, Box 130, mh2l Charleston, S. C. ■■ NE PLUS UL’fß k” SCHEME! 1200 PRIZES ! 50,000 DOLLARS ! HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY. [BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.] ; , 00 NUMBERS ONLY! ONE PRIZE TO EVERY EIGHT TICK RTS! CLASS M,~ TO BE DRAWN MAY 15th, 1856, at Concert Hall, Macon, Ga., under the sworn superintend ence of Col. Geo. .’6. Logan and J. A. Nesbit, Esq. The Manager having announced his determina tion to make this the most popular Lottery in the I world, offers for MAY 15th, a Scheme that far j surpasses any Scheme ever offered in the annals of Lotteries. Look to your interest! Examine the I Capitals. One Prize to Eight Tickets ! CAPITAL 12,000 DOLLARS. 1 Prize of $12,000 1 1 “ 5,000 \ 1 “ 3,000 ! 1 “ 2,060 5 Prizes of 1,000 10 “ 500 60 “ 50 120 “ 25 500 “ 10 500 “ 8 1200 Prizes, amounting to $50,000 Tickets $8 ; Halves $4; Quarters $2. Prizes Payable without deduction! Persons send ing money by mail need not fear its being lost. Orders punctually attended to. Communications confidential. Bank Notes of sound Banks taken at par. Drawings sent to all ordering Tickets. Those j wishing particular Numbers should order imme- : diately. Address JAMES F. WINTER, Box OS, Augusta, Ga. j Address mli2l I.oss of Tickets of Class I*. By the late accident on the Seaboard and Roan oke Railroad, the Tickets of Class L., for April j 15th, in their transit from Baltimore, in charge of; Adams’ Express Company, were destroyed by fire, consequently there will not be any Drawing of that \ Class. The Drawing w ill be Class M—May 15th, , the “ Xe Plus Ultra” Scheme. Very respectfully, J. F. WINTER, ! mh2o Manager. IMPROVED HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY!' [By Authority of the State of Oeor/jia.} 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. CA PITA I, PRIZE*** *7,300. rule® op 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 Banks, with out deduction, only on presentation ot the 'Picket en titled to the Prize. Bills on all solvent Banks taken at par. All com munications strictly confidential. SAMUEL S\VAN, Agent and Manager, mli2s Atlanta, Georgia. lisf~ The next Drawing in this Lottery will be Class 15, MAY 29th. Price of Tickts, $5.00, $2.50 annd $1.25. LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS AND TANNERS’ TOOLS. OAK and Hemlock Sole LEATHER; Harness, Bridle, Skirting and Band LEATHER ; Picker, Lace and Roller LEATHER; j Patent Skirting, Collar, Dash and Enamelled 1 LEATHER; Russet and Black Upper LEATHER ; “ “ “ Kip SKINS; French, German and American Calf SKINS; French Patent Calf, Kid Calf, and Opera SKIN’S- 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, [ Boot Trees, Crimps, Clamps, Hammers, Shoe I Knives, Splitting Knives, Shaves, Rub Stones, ! Bristles, Awl Blades, Eyelets and Punches, iron | and wood patent Peg Awl Hafts, Copper Riv i ets and Burrs. Eaee Tacks, Iron. Zinc and Copper 1 Sparables, Size Sticks, Measuring Tapes, Shoe i Thread, Fitting Thread, Silk Twist, Boot Cord, I Silk Galloon, Boot Web, Ac., Ac. ALSO I Currying Knives, Fleshers, Finger Steels, Beam | Faces, Slickers, Brushes, Rub Stones, Clearing Stones, Ac. For sale low, bv SHERMAN,' JESSUP A CO.. No. 841, Broad street, second door above the i Bank of Augusta. d*t2m febls JUST RECEIVED, THIS DAY, a full supply of SHOT, from No. Ito No. 8. For sale low for cash. 1 w , E- H. ROGERS. » Augusta, March 24th, 1856. tuh'iS Auction Sales, I 1 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. j Large Sale ot Second Hind Furniture — Family re moving from. the city. On TLEbDAA, the Sth inst., will be sold, in front of store, at Iff o’clock, A, M„ the entire House, Parlor, and Kitchen Furniture of a respectable family, removing from the city, all of which is in good order, having been well kept, and con sists of as follows : Windsor, Cane and Maple Chairs, Tete-a-Tetes, Centre Tables, Mahogany Chairs and Rockers’ Paintings and Engravings, framed, Bureau, with Glass, Sideboards, Settees, Sofas, Beds and Bed steads, Feather Beds, Bolsters and Pillows, Car pets, Rugs and Matting, Andirons, Fenders, Shov el and Tongs, Mirrors, Lamps, Ac. —also — Matting, Candlesticks, Lamps, Stone arid Glass j Ware, Dinner, Tea and Breakfast Sets China, Crockery, Cutlery, Wooden Ware, Tin and Kitchen ! Ware, Ac. Terms Cash. ap6 BY HOWARD & DUGAS G. A. PARKER, Auctioneer. TUESDAY next. Bth inst., in front of store, wilt | he sold, at o’clock, our usual assortment of Groceries, Liquors, New and Second-hand Furni ture, consisting in part of— Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Soap, Candles, Mackerel, j Herring, Matches, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, But j ter. Bacon, Tobacco, Molasses, Segars, Tubs. On ] ions, Potatoes, Whisky, Gin, Rum, Brandy, Yin j egar. Bedsteads, Bureau, Sofas, Chairs, Crockery i and Glass Ware, Castors, Ac.. Terms cash, j N. B. All articles not taken away by next regu ! lar sale day, will be sold on account of former pur j chaser. a pfj BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. ! Splendid Attraction—The Fine Arts United. ltd ian Sculpture, and Oil Paintings. “ All that imagination’s power can trace, Breathed in the pencil's imitative grace; O’er all the canvass, from soul and feeling Does wondrous art infuse with power of life, Portray each pulse, each passion’s might revealing Sorrow and joy, life, death, hatred, fear and strife J' Great Catalogue Sale of Oil Paintings. On WEDNESDAY NIGHT next, the 10th instant, will be sold, without reserve, by Catalogue, at Lambaek's Hall, commencing ai o'clock P. 150 SPLENDID OIL PAINTINGS, in rich gilt frames, comprising a variety of Landscapes, Stu dies, and fancy pieces, executed by French, Eng ■ish, Italian, American and German artists of de cided merit, who were formerly patronised by the New York and Philadelphia Art Union, and since the failure of these Institutions, they are obliged to seek patrons and purchasers elsewhere. The Paintings will all be sold without reserve, to pay advances made by the consignee in New York. For further particulars, see description in catalogue. They will be exhibited on TUESDAY, at the above Hall. The Ladies are especially invited to see and at tend the sale. Paintings and frames will be sold together. Conditions cash. ap4 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. 50,000 Dollars’ worth of Jewelry at Auction. Will be sold, commencing THIS (Tuesday) NIGHI and continue nightly during this week, at 7}- 4 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 and Lepuies, Silver do., Diamond Bracelets, Pins, Rings, Gold Enamelled Swiss Watches, Fob, Vest and Guard Chains, from 14 to 1$ carats fine, Sil ver Ware, such as Spoons, Forks, Ac. —ALSO Large and small Gold Medalions, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, Gold Pens and Pencils, Thimbles, Gold Snuff Boxes, Fruit and Butter Knives, and every article usually found in wholesale Jewelry establishments. The Goods are genuine, and sold guaranteed true to representation. Every article offered will be sold without reserve. Sceptics need hut attend to he convinced. Terms cash. apt BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Cool, Washer and Ironer. On the first TUESDAY in MAY next, at the Lower Market House, will be sold Mary Ann, a good Cook, Washer and Ironer, about 28 years old. Warranted sound. Titles good Terms cash. mh27 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO Largs and Attractive bale of Marble, Alabastei Statuary, and Carved IFori. Signor W. Giorannoui having recently arrived from Europe with a large stock, selected for this city, will offer the entire collection at auction ou Tuesday and Wednesday evening the 6th and 9th of April, commencing at TOT o’clock, P. M., in the hall of Messrs. Laniback A Cooper's new building, on Broad street, where they will be on exhibition the two days preceding safe. Among th'ese beautiful articles will be found real Canara Marble Figures, taken from the most celebrated Florentine masters, consisting of the Madonna, Motherly Love Group of the Guardian Angel, Innocence,'Ac., by the renowned Franc),* —ALSO — Fidelity, Gods, Goddesses of Love and Liberty, by the most celebrated masters, DeLundico, Benn tnin, Berratti, and others. The Three Graces of Canora, Dancing Girls of Canon, Venus De Medi ci, Apollo Belvidcre, Farnese Hercules, Jno. Bachus, Venus in the Shell, Guardian Angel, bv Barrachi, Religion, by Stanzzi, and numerous other handsome marble Figures, Columns, Vases, Ac., and a splendid assortment of Burdiglis, Agalthe, Yellow Vienna and Verde Autigue Vases, of various styles and sizes, as Hebe, Medicis, Etruscan, Gothic, Grecian and Roman, all most tastefully carved in alto basso reliefs; Pompeii l i « , admirably adapted to decorate halls, parlors, niches, Ac. Large Roman Tazzas, ornamented with grape leaves, and sup ported by swans. Transparent Alabaster Vases for Lamps, Gothic and Grecian Urns, nnd large Vestal Temples. —also —- Vine Leaf Tazzas for Fruit, Etruscan styles Also. Oral ones for cards. Florentine Baskets, handsomely wrought and ornamented, Mosaic Ta’ hies, with Marble Stands, Ac., Ac. The above assortment embraces all the present taste demands, for perfecting and accomplishing the refined appearance of Drawing Rooms, Par lot's. Halls, Ac. The increased appreciation and desire for articles of fine art, renders them now indispensable. Ladies are particularly requested to attend the sale, arrangements being made for their accommo dation. For further details, see Catalogues. No article will be sold privately; all will he sold at auction, and without reserve. Persons wishing to have any urticle packed to send away, may nave them done up bv an export .■need packer on the premises, at a small expense Conditions cash. mhl'9 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Executors’ Sale. RR 7 ILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in MAT w v next, at the Market House, in the citv o! Augusta, between the usual hours, and to the high est bidder, all that Lot or parcel of Land on th Sand Hills, in the county of Richmond, about four miles from Augusta, containing fifty acres, more or less, and known as the Bell Place, and bounded west by lands of Skinner and Flournov, south and east by lands belonging to Meigs, Kitten and Skin tier, and north by land belonging to Jas. Flcrn miug. Sold as the estate of Martha Fuerv, dee d by order of Court, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. WM. P. DEARMOND i ~ fcbafl JNO. P. KING, f Exr ”. ELECTION OF LIEUT. COLONEL AX election will be held at the Oglethorpe In fan try Drill Room, on SATURDAY, 19th April, fora Lieutenant Colonel, to command the Independent Volunteer Batallion of Augusta. Polls to be open at 8 o’clock P. M., and close ai 10 P. M. Bv order of CAPT. BRYANT, C. It. CAPT. KIRKPATRICK, W. A CAPT. WALKER, I. V. LIEUT. JACKSON, Com. O. I Ulli2B fit£6Aßßl SUGARS! it 6 M “Lm 11,,. . SEGARS, the well known celebrated “cent Sugars; 25 M El Aguila SEGARS, iust received and for sale at GUST. VOLGER’S old stand, and G. VOLGER A CO., Iwo doors below Bones A Brown's Hardware Store - apl DISSOLUTION. Till - , copartnership existing under the name of WILSON A ALFORD," is this day do. solved by mutual consent. The unsettled business will be attended to bv JAMES H. 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. SEGARS, Ac. .Vo. i 18 Otmyrtu a/id 87 St. Jidicn Streets, Savannah, I Ga, d*e mv2B