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| Diil-l lONSTITITIONALIST OFFICE ON McIXTOSH-STREET, HOOK FROM THE NORTH-WEST CORNER OF BROAD-STREET. TEEMS: 1 Miiiv in advance per annum $6 00 I ;fnot in advance per annum 700 I t Wecklv, in advance. .j>er annum 400 i.'n ,t in advance per annum 5 00 I Weekiv, in advance ..per annum 200 ." j- \j 0 ’ Discount for (.'dubs. oT jB “J-OB” office. v „, r recently added a variety of New Styles i VVi'D our Job Department, we are prepared ; •etc cverv description of better press printing , , , ur ,..yi,>r manner, and on reasonable terms. u!e assortment are some Mammoth Type for POSTERS. Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Wf/ifpeeing war between these two Republics, , s ri ~f general interest from the important j likely to ensue from the operations of (Jen. :.n.t: in Central America, we present a sketch m-aphical features of the latter country, I . .■ . k(initiation and militarvjresources. We I ! in the New Vork Trioune. It is evidently r-.: fu by a person well acquainted with his sub li the declaration of war, as is stated, came from ca Rica —as to which we shall take the liberty I | .ifcriain some doubts -we cannot but think it . v bad policy on the part of that Government, ; not unlikely to be attended with disastrous 1 lits. D gives Walker precisely what he want- I ii namely, somebody to attack”; and the weak ; I 11 a warlike, though comparatively wealthy j | nuy ot Costa liiea is precisely the sort of oh- ; ■i attack most to his purpose. lie has sol-j which is just what the Costa Rica people I not ; they could have afforded to wait till j fever and discontent had done their work on j B r’s men, which is precisely what he cannot p If, then, the Costa Rica people declared ..-against him, it was a perfect godsend—the ; | ,• ihing he would most desire, tj f, seems little prospect that Costa Rica niili- E a can he able to resist bis trained soldiers. The ' it difficulty for Walker is to get at those he E wishes to plunder. The best inhabited and best cultivated part of . I: ,;.i Kica is an elevated plateau—the plains of . J- ■ and Cartago—lnng about two degrees .f latitude South and two'degrees of longitude East ;n Granada, which is Walker’s headquarters, I I , i about equidistant from the Pacific and the j I r.o of the Gulf of Mexico. From Granada to! I . Tin Bav the transportation is easy by water; I ,„[ indeed Walker’s army of operations is repre- I ]*.•«! as already at that point when the steamer i I San Juan. The first point to be reached from ' I ; Hay is Punta Arenas—not the place of that , at the mouth of the San Juan, opposite : 1 •own, but another Sandy Point (to translate it ! .'English! on the Ray of Nicoya, which makes [ :>otn the Pacific ; Punta Arenas, lying on the \ | -Are of that bay in about nine degrees of j With latitude. This place, Punta Arenas, which 1 i principal shipping port of Costa Kica, might ! j 1 1' 1 readied by water from San Juan del Sur, I || ':i which it is distant South-west a hundred ; I -iir«: but Walker has no vessels, or if he .'.dp 'ssoss himself of any, a French ship of war I fl • -aid to be lying at Punta Arenas for the verv i ;rpose of cutting him off. He will, therefore, be j , fl i;ed to go by land. From Virgin Bay to Rivas on the frontier of ! aragua is no great distance, and the road lies ! rough a friendly country. At Rivas the ditlicul- i -of the route will commence. From that place j Punta Arenas. There is a rond through the M .'.y inhabited district of Guanacosti, a province 1 (' is'a Rica, eight days’ journey with mules. J -third of this road runs through forest and ii coin without any village ; for the rest there I b • some five small villages. The territory ugh which the road passess is very thinly in i'.d, being divided into large haciendas for I raising cattle. Fr >’ii Punta Arenas to San Jose the road extends I -1 East. For the first two or three miles it runs i the beach, and here Walker’s forces uiav be rwiseii to the guns of the French ship of war. .". 11 it goes u]> toward the mountainous region of A'lUacatc, where it crosses three distinct chains ' aiountain.-s, the passes of some of which are ex- : i.wiy difficult. Before entering these mountains Inr three streams must he crossed, over one of i 1 ■ i.icb, the Baranca, the Government of Costa Rica as lata ■!-,- completed a stone bridge—this being I ■1 1 nit •by which the coffee of Costa Rica 1 I »brought to the sea. The entrance into the pla- 1 ait w-elevated valley of San Jose is somewhat 1 ■V;cult, for the Uin Grande must be crossed, and rigauvg steep desc. tided and ascended. At the < t’ascent is the first custom house, which 1 ’•an ea-dy be, and has most likely been fortified, j 1 j Hut it must he added that the attacking party. l>v ; I lacing some field pieces on some of the heights, j 1 I in command the custom house and dislodge its t H "tenders. From the custom house to San Jose is < fl- ae six hours travel. Just before the entrance 1 1 tin- m.-tuntanous region of the Aquacate, friim a 1 fl ' e named Sail Mateo, the regular road of Punta I u.e. t .San Jose, above described, can be avoid- : md tb" plateau or valley of San Jose be reach- | by a 11:.: . , route, .Tie Rio Grande being cross- , ;a: a point where it is so narrow that a good ! 1 .taper can clear it at a bound. i ; 1 The Uoveniment of Costa Rica, fearing an at- . I -k, hare already, a year since, imported cannon, j j -irs and military stores, but whether the militia oowfcow to handle them, is another question. i ; ' ■’Sta Rica, by the last census, had a population j • i'i, including live thousand wild Indians, 1 , aaa distributed as fellows: j 1 Bqiartruents. Popl'n. [ Departments. I’opl'n. tho Jose 31,749 Alejuela 12,575 f-tag.' 23,207 ! Punta Arenas.... 1,240 j iferedia 17,28'.* I Savage tribes .',OOO #MM «ste 0,112 ! .1 Total 100,174 ; This population includes ninety thousand of the -an i mixed race, and ten thousand Indians, v tiie number of pure Spanish blood is very ■a. The ludians are reckoned among the best iters. The wealth of Costa Rica consists princi y ia the cultivation of coffee, t i« averted in the last number of Blackwood’s [I 111 a well-written and intelligent article Nicaragua and the Filibusters,” that not only hie fniances of Costa Rica in a good condition, that in military matters it is far in advance of ; 211.1, having a well-organized militia of four (sand or live thousand men. A certain portion ; .e troops are said-to be armed with Minie ri- j ■md there is stated to Vie a good provision of ir.jary. There are said, in this article, to be ' - .1! numbers of Germans in this country, many >in in the employment of the Government, ! to whom it is stated to be indebted for its ef '■v suite. How far this alleged military strength ). I ottnts to anything, we shall probablv have an I ■ opportunity of seeing. I Et* Seminole War - Reward lor Living Indians. I Tampa Peninsular, of the 2hth ult., at hand, I -- but Sittle news from the Indian war. Lieut. I I ".t-r had returned from a seven days scout on • East side of Peas Creek, but found no Indians, utrb he reports abundant signs. ' !a ! .1 Moore, at Manatee, also reports In- : i ••>0 signs South and East of the settlement. .. . H i.ki r’s report concludes in tile following - ■ : . “ Doubtless, the Indians are scattered • tot :r entire frontier, and we must be active in , : or the settlements will suffer.” itutime we find in the Peninsular tlie [ - official announcement: . A;. Posey, the Agent for Indian Affairs in is authorized to offer a per capita reward, ’P-tnium, for living Indians who may be cap- j ;>*• " r induced to come in, for emigration to the j tieh’llowing rates will be paid, by liim, lor In- j as delivered at Fort Brooke or Fort Myers, viz; \ racli Varner, from $250 00 to $.500 00 J Woman “ 150 00 to 200 o 0 j Boy over 10 years.... 100 Q 0 to 200 Ot) ! ‘Re highest rate, as above, will be paid for all : 1 the infirm, bed-ridden and helpless, 111 ! -a cases, the rate mot less than the minimum j “"‘B he fixed by the Agent or a Board, meaoove announcement, says the Tampa Pe- | • like the Government has some ob- j ' We will rejoice t< see the Indians ; T ! l ' d tr °h» our State by the means here indica- j ire fear this policy, dictated by humane and justifiable when dealing with a ra- i , p reprehensible in this instance. Yet. | - ! tins as an important move, which, if tas I r !cl _• it does not end the race of the “red 11 Ty nda, will soon prove its iinpractica •l'.®;! otduee Government to offer a reward for Captured, dead or alive! This may -wi -’ kul the antecedents of this bloodv '•ai" >1 a suc h course. What has the d’ ’lie to cause us to deal with him with ’ \ has never spared the tomahawk .. I :':! ! 7' snil «*, when an opportunity offered. He us upon the left cheek and we have ! and we have been the recipient now, with all the tihilan y .: lsaint > Government has exhibited ' r V XTr *-" m ity, and, after the folly of this ’v -fr- ls s *'°' vn ’ ' ve think the acme of bad '! u Rave been reached, and that a change vesuh. which will soon eradicate this ne Indians have determined to remain - - yAJ '^ tv not be taken alive. It is not *'si*vriu, ,0 .Idrestall public opinion, but will n pauence the result. •vtcatuMA Georgian, tth in*f. From the Washington, Union. Letter tront Hon. W. A. Richardson. rite press ot the Know Nothing party are per sisting in saying that I refused to vote for Gov Aiken on the final vote for Speaker of the House of Representatives of the present Congress. I ask you to publish the remarks, which I enclose made by me in the House of Representatives The fact that 1 bad paired off with Mr. Emrie, of Ohio a friend and supporter of Mr. Banks, has been twtee stated by me in the House of Representa ttves. I ask the favor of the Democratic papers throughout the country to publish this card and the remarks, to the end that every one mav be satisfied of what the facts are in the premises. W. A. Richardson. \\ ashington, April 3,1856. Extract lrom the House proceedings as published m t.ie oong rwsufti'ul Globe of February 2: Mr. Richardson—lam not going to debate. 1 I am going to make the single announement to the I Ryuse tliat I have agreed with the gentleman from Ufiio [Mr. Emrie,] who hud paired off with the gentleman from Virginia, [Mr. Faulkner,] that, when the gentleman from Virginia returned, I i '' ou c ‘ P :ur with hint [Mr. Emrie] for two weeks. The gentleman front Virginia is this morning in ins seat, and I shall therefore be compelled, under | the arrangement I have made, from this time for : ward to decline to vote. If I could have foreseen that the important questions before the House were now about to be settled, I should have de clined to have entered into any agreement b\ which my name would fail to appear upon the re cord. T regret the necessity lam under, but have fit it due to myself to state to the House the rea son why my name will not appear upon the record Extract from the House proceedings, ns publish ed in the Congressional Globe, of Feb. 27: i Mr. Richardson (by unanimous consent of the House) said : 1 desire to submit a few remarks to the House upon the same point, to which the gen tleman from North Carolina Mr. CraigeJ lias just spoken. Like liim, in certain portions of the i country cbmments have been made upon the fact i that my name did not appear upon the record of ; tiie final vote for Speaker of tins House. It is known here that I had paired off with Mr. Emrie, of Ohio. He had voted steadily for you, Hr. Speak er, for some weeks before 1 paired off with liirn. If both of us had voted, tiie result would have been the same—lie would have voted for you, and 1 for Nil, Aiken; and I need not say that] if I had been ! entitled to vote, 1 should have voted with great ■ pleasure for my friend, Governor Aiken, of South : Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I need not sav to you, nor need I I say to this House, that I was’opposed to your c!ec : tion—not upon any personal grounds, for between you and me there is no reason why 1 should have j any personal objection ; but it was upon political i grounds. L was upon the ground that I did not I believe that your election would, contribute so : much to tighten the bonds which bind these States together as would tiie election of my friend from I South Carolina, [Mr. Aiken.] It is well known to the House, sir, that, from the i first moment of the struggle to the close of the con- ; test, I was opposed to your election. And, sir, if j I had reasons for that opposition then, tliev are i doubly strengthened now. I know that, if my ! friend from South Carolina had been placed ii: : that chair, the section of the country from which I come—the fifteen States west of the Alleghany mountains—would have had some representative's ■' upon the Committee on Naval Affairs; that, in the danger which is now impending over us, some voice would in that committee be heard in favor of increasing the navy till our guns could protect our commerce, and take care of our interests in even ocean upon the globe. There would have been | from those fifteen States more than one voice upon the Committee on Foreign Affairs to urge, bv all honorable means, the settlement of all diflicultie between this country and Great Britain ; but if our ■ difficulties cannot be honorably settled—if war i must be—then there will be a million of soldiers j ready to pour out their hearts’ blood to defend out honor, our rights, and our soil beneath the Hag of j our whole country. Central America. We take ihe following front the correspondence of the New York Tribune: Virgin Bat, March 21, 1856. An army of two hundred and eighty left this place a week ago tor Costa Rica under command of 1 \>l. Sehtessinger, who was rejected as commission er to the Government of that Republic. Reports from the army have described several skirmishes with small companies, but nothing as yet of im portance. Gnanacaste was to be entered yester day. There is no expectation of much resistance, though the Costa Ricans are reported brave, and they have several hundred Minie rifles. Recruits are ordered for the invading army from Leon and Massaya, which will be replaced from the new ar rivals expected from California and the East. The Brother Jonathan has comedown from Cali fornia, with two hundred and fifty passengers, in fifteen days and seven hours, the longest trip on record for years. The Sierra Nevada is confident ly expected soon with at least three hundred troops. The Sierra Nevada was attacked by the Nicaraguan Government. Same day, on steamer San Carlos, met the Virgin with one hundred and fifty troops, from New Orleans, and a small company from New York, and Col. Hornsby and Parker H. French. Hornsby will join the invading army—probably lake the lead of it —and with an army of seven or eight hundred descend upon San Jose. The news from the seat of war bv the next steamer will boos more interest. Virgin Bay, March 21 —fi, P. M. 1 have this moment, received the inclosed letter, from Zapoya, the dispatches for the President go 1 on to Granada by land. An officer lias also arrived ' who confirms ibis intelligence, and sava Colonel Sclilessinger would enter Guanacoste at nine this morning. The steamer California was one day over time. News of her arrival reached here this morning. Sii<‘ brings but few men for Walker. A native Colonel informs me that a regiment of native volunteers had tendred their services to the ; Government. Ex-Councilman Kerrigan lias had permission to resign his commission as second ! lieutenant, and returns to New York. Z \eov.*., Tuesday, March is, is.vt. We entered this beautiful place at sa. in. The ; enemy was in sight, numbering eight hundred, and was strongly posted. Wc sent out two compa nics of Fry's regiment as skirmishers. The ene- | my ran. Population about three thousand. The people deserted nearly all their dwellings. We | captured two brass nine-pounders, and three carro- ! nodes, with considerable ammunition, and at least ! three hundred nmles and horses. Some of the men found considerable sums of money. The Colonel has taken the greatest part of it. Bon : Juan Buis is said to be in the mountains with four j hundred men, intending to make a diversion upon Virgin Bay. From the Sam moth Journal. Important to Lessors Void Contracts for i Rent, Ac, Mi. FUfor: At the late term of the Superior Court of Macon county, a question was decided j which may affect the interest of property-holders | in large cities, who invest cupital in a certain i " class of buildings, or rather, who let to a partic- j lar description of tenants, Ac. The facts were these: J. A. Ralston, of the city of Macon, brought an , action for rent against a woman of ill fame, who occupied his houses for objects contrary to a sec tion of the Penal Code. The defence set up was. that the contract was against public policy, and therefore void. It was proved that the plaintiff at the time he let bis houses, knew the character of the lessee, and from circumstances, must have been apprised of the use for which they were rented by the defendant. The Court (Judge Worrill) in structed the Jury, Ihai if they believed the plain- j tiff had such knowledge when the contract was j 1 made, be could never recover. The case being on ! , the appeal, the special Jury rendered a verdict for the defendant. i It is believed that this decision is the lirst in Georgia, settling the principle of immorality in contracts for rent of such establishments. The rule is a just one, and must have a beneficial es : feet. It is well sustained by authority. 1 Yours, Ac. 1 Ogethorpe, March 28, ISSG. Tn k Railroad vote at Augusta.—We would state, in answer to the Augusta Chronicled • Senti nel, that our brief comment upon the recent vote in Augusta, on a subscription to the Savannah river Valley railroad, was written hastily and at a very late hour of the niglit—or rather, an early I hour in the morning—and as published, does not ! convey our real meaning. We simply meant to I gay that, if the registry is to be the standard for j reckoning a “ majority,” when parties are so I equally balanced such" a construction would ena ble the minority to defeat the will of the majority, ’ as in nine eases out of ten, many of the latter ! would be either dead, sick, absent from the city, or kept a wav from the polls by some other cause. We have" read the article of “Richmond,” and see noting in it to cause us to change our opinion of the validity of the decision rendered at the late . election. When the law provides that a thing is ! to he done by the consent of “a majority of the voters” of a town or city, we arc of opinion that that majority shall be ascertained at the pod*, as those who stay away do so at their own peril. Sup j pose there was no registry in Augusta, as was the case last year, how would you ascertain the fact ; whether the majority polled at the election was really a majority of the “legal voters” of the city, as required by law ? We dot with wish to be regarded as interfering . j in the local matters of our sister city, and only al ■ i hided to the subject, in the first instance, as one of > j general interest, and embracing a point of legal i t construction. — Savannah Republican. 1 We learn that Col. B. C. Yaticv, President of the j Senate of Alabama, is soon to become a resident of Atlauta, Ga.— Rome Southerner. PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL. Regular Meeting, ) j April 4, 1856. f I resent—The Mayor ; and Members—Messrs, i Blodget, Lacroche, Dve, Walker, Conley, Butt ] Stark, Goodrich, Bassfbrd. i The minutes were read and confirmed. | The petition of several citizens of Ward No. 1, - praying Council to erect a lamp on Telfair street, : between Elbert and Centre streets, was referred to j to the Lamp Committee to report to Council. I The petition of several citizens residing in the i -<d Ward, praying the erection of a lamp on the , corner ot \V atker and Campbell streets, was refer i red to the same Committee to report to the City Council. Mr. Maharrey appeared and took his seat. Mr. Goodrich appeared and took bis seat. Mr. Conley introduced an ordinance entitled an ordinance for the election of Dispensary Physi | cians. Alter its second reading it was re-referred to the former Commitiee appointed at a previous meeting of the City Council to draft said ordinance, to re port at the next meeting of Council. Mr. Butt offered the following resolution. On motion, it was laid upon the table to be called up ; ;lt the regular meeting in May next, i llesolved. That at the first regular meeting of the City Council for the month of Mav of each year, : the Secretary or acting Secretary of each of the Companies belonging to the “Augusta Fire Department” be required to make a return to the : Clerk of Council under an oath before an authorised ; officer, setting forth the number of fires at which they have been in attendance w ith their machines and the number of men t from the first thir ty on their roll book) who were in attendance at each lire and doing actual service as a fireman. Resolved, That each Company (of the Augusta Fire Department) making such return as above specified, shall receive the sum of dollars per man attending, the number to be ascertained by the average attendance. Resolved, That no tires be included in the return except such as it has been necessary to bring the Engines in actual service for the extinguishment of fires. Mr. Maharrey offered tlurfollowing resolution passed. Resolved, That five hundred dollars be paid to the Medical College for services of Physicians and medicine at the City Hospital. Mr. Starke offered the following resolution— passed. Resolved, That the Committee on Hospital be re quested to inquire into the expediency of engaging other medical services for the Hospital than the Medical Faculty, and to report to Council at an early day. Bv Mr. Laßoehe—Referred to Market Commute. Resolved, That the Market Committee be author ized to have the Market painted and whitewashed inside. . His Honor the Mayor, read the following mcs ! sage to the City Council, which was received and ; ordered spread upon the minutes: Mayor's Office, ) Augusta, April id, 1850. f Gentlemen of tkc City Council of Augusta: The time has arrived when it becomes my dutv to submit to you the annual message. We meet to-day for the last time us a body, to I legislate for those who delegated to us the privi lege and honor. During the past twelve months, j much we hope for the good of the city has been I done. Your able legislation has left me but little to recommend, but there are a few enactments j that I believe would add to our prosperity. Before I proceed to submit for your consideration recoin- I mendations and propositions, allow me to con- ! gratulate you, and through your citizens, upon the I the prosperity and health of our city. Never has our ! city enjoyed a greater degree of health than for ! the past twelve months. No epidemics have pre- ! vailed, and whilst some of our sister cities have j been fearfully scourged by disease, a kind Provi- ’ dcnce has blessed us with uninterrupted health, I and almost a total exemption from disease. This i exemption from disease and uninterrupted health | has permitted ns to send to the atllicted and dis- j tressed succor such as money could not buy—ex perienced and valuable nurses—-and the good they : accomplished by their self-sacraficing devotion to j suffering humanity, is deserving of praise. The exemption from disease and the uninter rupted health enjoyed by our city, has been caused, it is believed, (under the blessings of a kind Pro vidence) by the efforts to keep the city clear of pestilence-breeding accumulations. The judicious efforts of the Board of Health, seconded by the citizens generally, have certainly wrought a change in the cleanliness of our city. We need but a boon- j tiful supply of water, with which to clear our ! drains and keep down the dust, to insure us at all j times against the prevalence of epidemics. As an ; evidence of our prosperity, 1 have only to point you to our ever busy merchants and mechanics, 1 and the constant improvements going on in all j parts of our city. At the date of my last message in 1854, it was a I subject of regret that the Augusta Orphan Asylum j existed only in name. Now it is a subject of con- j gratulation that its affairs arc in a prosperous con- I dition, and it is giving succor and a home to the j fatherless. The Asylum is now established on so firm a basis as to quiet all fears of its certainty to j do good. Besides the large appropriations made ; by you, the late Isaac Tuttle has bequeathed to the Institution about sixty thousand dollars—a most ! noble charity to a most noble cause. Wc have now i in our city two houses for the fatherless the An- i gusta Orphan Asylum, and an Asylum under the 1 direction of, an 4 supported by the ladies of one of our religious denominations; the two Asylums | furnishing homes to twenty-seven orphans—-six- j teen in the Augusta Orphan Asylum ami eleven in ! the Episcopal. Mrs. Dodge, the Matron of the for- * mcr, and Mrs. Strong, of the latter, are mothers j indeed to the motherless. The Public Schools are in a most prosperous condition. The Houghton Disunite, under the able management of Mr. LaTaste and Mrs. E. Wheeler, and the Augusta Free .School, under the manage- j inent of Mr. Snowden, have felt vour fostering care j and liberal appropriations, and are now dissemi- I nating the blessing of a sound education to him- j dreds of children who would otherwise be reared in ignorance. All the important work on the Augusta Canal • has been completed. Consequently, there will he but a small annual appropriation necessary to keep | it in repair. The good this work has done, is too ‘ apparent to need comment. The amount of pro- \ duce brought down the Canal to our city is yearly increasing. For particulars, 1 refer you lo the dab- j orate reports of Mr. Win. Phillips, the Engineer. I Four years ago I first called the attention of the j City Council to the great good to he done bv the j erection of a Work House. Committees have i been appointed, plans offered, and reports made, j but there the work has stopped, and so far resulted | in no good. There are on an average at least ten j blacks confined in jail, in idleness, the year round, j and it lias been shown that this number engaged i in breaking stone, by proper machinery, driven | by the waste water from the Factory and Mills, j would macadamize at least one of our much used ! cross streets each "year, and thereby save much la- | l»or and expense in keeping up those streets. The ! Georgia Railroad Company have macadamized f Walker street, from Jackson to Campbell, and j thereby demonstrated the feasibility of the pro- i posed improvement. This street is always in good : order, whilst other streets, during wet weather, from the nature of the soil, are almost impassible I for loaded vehicles. Along the line of Canal there j is an inexhaustible quantity of stone, well suited < I for the purpose -easily quarried and loaded on ! i boats, and brought to the central point where the ; waste water from the Mills is discharged into the ! ; third level of the Canal. This large quantity of I : water is now useless, hut could, with a small out- j lay of money for proper machinery, be made avail- ' l able for the purpose of macadamizing and making | good our streets, and saving a large item of our ■ vearlv expenditures. Have this matter thorough | ly investigated, and I feel confident that it will re ! suit in good to the city. | The Fire Department has on all occasions given ! evidence of a most efficient organization. The i promptness and efficiency with which they act on j all occasions of conflagrations, is hut an evidence ; i that your liberal appropriations have not been mis- j ! spent, and should prompt you to sustain them by making all necessary appropriations to increase their present state of efficiency, and to give them an abundant supply of water. Do this, and Au gusta need never fear extensive conflagrations. I cannot close this part of my message without again | calling your attention to tho service done by Mr. ; Platts stationary tire engine, in the destructive ! fire on Broad street, on the last of September. It , furnished the engines with a supply of water, and ! but for which supply the results would have donbt : less been most disastrous, as all the water in the 1 immediate vicinity of the fire was exhausted. And I I would recommend that Council would by appro priations. or otherwise, encourage the fixing of i force pumps and other fire apparatus to all the sta- I tionary engines in the city. | The voters of the city have recently bv election, j recommended the subscription of $500,000 to the Savannah River Valley railroad, and it is to he ; hoped that steps will be taken at an early day to build the road, and thus secure to Augusta the ! great good that must inevitably result from the J completion of a project that connects our city by so short a route with the West, through the Rabun ; Gap, and ultimately do so much for the prosperity 1 of our city. This subject has so recentlv been I thoroughly investigated and discussed before you, j that I deem it unnecessary to sav more in relation !to it. Build this road and secure a direct connec i tion with Macon byway of Warrenton, and Au j gusta will have all that she can desire in the way } of railroad connections. ! Time and daily experience have bat confirmed me in the opinion that the Guard Room should be moved from so public a place as the Citv Hall. The reasons for this recommendation must he ob vious to all. The scenes incident to and unavoida ble in the management of a certain class of our ; population, are repugnant to many, and unplea sant to all. | Mr. William Phillips, the Engineer of the Au i eufa Canal and late City Surveyor, has comple j ted and published a map of our city It is be I believed accurate in its details, and’most elab* orate in execution. The completion of this ivort j will greatly facilitate the labors of the Assessor ’ and has already placed upon your Tax Digest ' much property that had escaped taxation. S 1 believe all cities of the population of Au<nista I have established a City Dispensatory, andaopoint ' ed one or more physicians to attend' the sick noor j Augusta is wanting in this-noble charity. The | scenes of the summer and fall of 1554 should have j impressed you with the necessity of somethin** of * the kind. From the want of any public dispensa- J tory, many of our sick poor nius't suffer, but for the j noble charity of our physicians. I would there i fore recommend that the*Ordinance establishing a I Dispensatory and the appointment of Charity Physicians, so long on your table, be taken up, de j finitely acted upon, and its provisions carried out. The establishment of Recorder’s Court will greatly lessen the duties of the Mayor, and enable him to devote more of his time to the generalgood of the city ■ and I believe will result in good to the citjn The passage by the Legislature of a Registry Law, has already given evidence of the good ex pected by its advocates. It secures the payment of a portion of the City Tax, that would otherwise he unpaid, and will check, if not prevent the growing evil of illegal voting. The tire in September last has given you an op portunity of opening a street from the City Hall to Broad street at less expense than could have been expected. It is to he hoped that you will avail yourselves of the circumstance to make this great!}' desired improvement. The advantages to be obtained are so evident, that I deem it unne cessary to urge the project farther upon vour notice. For some years past the subject of supplying cuir city with water by Artesian wells has been ag itated, and, after much correspondence and con sultation a contract has been made with Messrs. Welton A Stearns, and the work begun under au spices that may reasonably encourage us to hope that it will succeed, and that we may procure an abundant supply of water for all purposes. I refer to the report of the Committee on ac counts for a statement of the Finances of the city, by which report it will be seen that the city is in a prosperous condition, and her resources ample to meet all her engagements. Now, gentlemen, the time approaches when we meet for the last time as a body; when we must surrender to others the offices delegated to us by our fellow citizens. And in taking leave of you, permit me to return you my sincere and heart-felt thanks for the uniform kindness and courtesy that has ever marked your intercourse towards me, both in my individual and official capacity. This kindness and courtesy will ever be borne in grate ful remembrance by me. Aud allow me to wish you all, individually and collectively, a long life of health and prosperity. Ever gratefully, yours, W.m. E. Bearing, Mayor, C. A. On motion, the accounts and salaries were order ed paid. On motion, Council adjourned until next Fridav at three o’clock, R. M. Samuel 11. Crump, Clerk Council. [communicated.] Mr. Editor: Having the good fortune to witness a surgical operation performed by Dr. J. M. Hill, of this city, it affords me much pleasure to speak of his skill and success us a surgeon. I have been present when many difficult surgical operations were performed, by some of the most distinguish ed surgeons in the medical faculty, and I never saw one yet that could surpass Dr. Hill for his boldness and great nerve, and at the same time ids neatness, precision, and success. The case was that of a negro girl about eighteen years of age. She received a contusion by a fall from a carriage in February, 1555, wliicli|produced a tumor in the right mamma and was correctly diagnosed osteosarcoma. It increased rapidly in size at times to be attended with great pain, until extirpation became necessary, which operation was performed in about one minute. The tumor weighed one and a lialf pounds. The operation was performed early last week, and since that time the patient has been doing well, and will soon enter upon herlieeustomed duties. W. ELECTION OF LIEUT. COLONEL. 4AT election will bo held at the Oglethorpe In - fantry Drill Room, on SATURDAY. l'Jth April, fora Lieutenant Colonel, to command the Independent Volunteer Batallion of Augusta. Rolls to be open at s o’clock P. M., and close at 10 P. M. Rv order of CART. BRYANT, C. R. CART. KIRKPATRICK, \V. A. CART. WALKER, I. V. LIEUT. JACKSON, Com. O. I. mh26 (jJEKVRS! SUGARS! Hazes” U** SEGARS, the well known celebrated “cent." Segars; 2.1 M El Aguila SEGARS, jus! received, ana for sale at GUST. VOLGKR’S old stand, and G. VOLGER & CO., Two doors below Bones & Brown’s Hardware Store. apl DISSOLUTION." tgIHE copartnership existing under the name -R ot \\ II.SON ,V ALFORD, is this dav dis solved by mutual consent. The unsettled business will be attended to bv JAMES li. ALFORD ALFRED WILSON, JAMES H. ALFORD. Augusta, March 15, 1856. mb Hi WM.M DAVIDSON, gMI’ORTER. and dealer in BRANDIES, (11 N, ALBANY ALE, CHAMPAGNE and other WINES and LIQUORS, TEAS, SEGARS, Ac. We. Is i.hiaiwj and 87 Si. J alien .Streets, Savannah, G v. d.tc uitJS DAt OV AND LAUD. ,a& 100 casks choice Tennessee BACON. 25 bbls. prime LARD, for sale bv THOMAS P. STOVALL A CO., up” General Commission Merchants. JUST RECEIVED, ~~ fSNUIS DAY, a full supply of SHOT, from No. S Ito No. 8. For sale low for cash. E. H. ROGERS. Augusta, March 34th, 1856. mh‘26 ROBES. DICKEY A PHIBBS ► * are now opening a very line assortment ot Plain and Printed, Satin Striped and Plaid Flounced ROBES, of all shades, at verv low pri ces. nth23_ DICKEY A PHIBBS. NO VTTIRE. The choicest Goods for the season are now being dutlv received, at WM. O. PRICE A' CO.’S, apt Drapers and Tailors. SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING. Biiave commenced receiving a large supply . of Men’s CLOTHING, consisting of all the va 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 STOCKS, GLOVES. SUSPENDERS,HALF HOSE, Ac., in great varieties, under the Augusta Hotel. ap3 ts .1. J. CLAYTON. NEW SPRING GOODS. Broom & noruell have now in store, 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 every 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 BEREGES; Silk GRENADINES and Satin Plaid TISSUES; Fr. Printed CIIALLIES and BEREGE DeLAINES Rich Grenadine, Berege and Jaconet FLOUNCED ROBES; French Printed ORGANDIES, LAWNS and MUS LINS; Bl’k CHALLIES, TANATANS, BOMBAZINES and ALPACAS; Plain and Checked JACONETS, CAMBRICS NAINSOOKS and SWISS MUSLIN ; BRTLLIANTES, CALICOES, GINGHAMS T VR LATANS, Ac., Ac.; Emb'd. COLLARS, SLEEVES, CIIEMIZETTES BANDS and FLOUNCIXGS • Rich Eml/d. BASQUES; Lace and Sick MANTILLAS ; Lace and Crape SHAWLS ; bl’k and Silk LACES; Sup. ass’t. GOODS, for Gent’s and Bovs’ wear • t “ “ LINENS, Table DAMASKS, DIAPERS TOWELLINGS; i 10-4 and 12-4 Linen SHEETING, and sup. Pillow LINENS; , Sup. assortment HOSIERY, for Gent’s, Ladies’, Misses’, Bovs and Children ; Bl’k. and Bro. DOMESTICS, SHEETINGS, LONG CLOTHS, STRIPES, TICKINGS, Ac. apl LONGWORTHS CELEBRATED SPARKLING CATAWBA WINES. WE keep constantly supplied with this cele brated WINE, to which we invite the at i tontion of purchasers. Orders from the country solicited. THOS. P. STOVALL A CO.. ' mhlO Ira Agents for N. Longwortli. BAGS MEAL, for sale bv Olr ap* 6 THOS. P. STOVALL. A Co. BY TELEGRAPH. Fire m Haltimore. Baltimore, April 7. —There has been, to-day, | an extensive and very destructive fire in this city. ■ Several large stores have been burned down, and the loss cannot he less than $200,000. Congressional—Kansas. Washington, April 7. —In the House of Repre j sentatives in Congress, to-day, the Free State Con -1 stitntion of Kansas was presented, and refevrd to j the committee on Territories. Launch of a Steamer. New York, April 7. —The large and new ocean steamer, the Adriatic, belonging to the Collin’s line, was launched to-dav. Pardon of Dr. Graham. New York, April 5. —Gov. Clark has pardoned ! Dr. Graham, who was imprisoned for the murder I of Col. Torino. [Our telegraph correspondent omitted to state whether Dr. Graham was pardoned before or after dinner. For historical and telegraphic accuracy, this was a very important point, and not subordi nate to the intelligence communicated.] Netv York Market. New York, April 7. —The Cotton market was buoyant to-day, and four thousand bales were sold. Middling Orleans and Middling Uplands 10% cents. An Englishman by the name of Geo. Han del, committed suicide by drinking laudanum, in Savannah, on the stli inst. Rum. 25?” A man by the name of Helix was recently murdered and thrown in the river about Savan nab. A fair was opened last night in Savannah, and will continue during the week, under the man agement of the Catholic ladies of that city, for the benefit of “a large number of orphan hoys who were thrown upon their hands desolate and house less by the terrible epidemic of 1554.” ygT° We see it stated that Col. Wheeler has neglected to keep our Government fully posted on the affairs of Nicaragua. For this, aud other rea sons, his removal is anticipated. By the late arrivals from Burope, we learn that the typhus fever is prevailing to a most alarm ing extent at Odessa, a flourishing and populous city of Russia, on the Black Sea. Out of a popula tion of about seventy thousand, there are about twenty thousand confined to the hospitals by the fever, and several thousands have already died. In one week twelve military physicians and four medical men in private practice died. Among them were two Americans, who were about to re turn home. The typhus has committed terrible ravages in the whole of southern Russia, and par ticularly in those places which are near the theatre of war. Bakshiserai, Simpheropol, Kherson and Nicholaieff, are almost empty. It is estimated that this pestilence has already carried off one hundred thousand men. It is gradually spreading over Bessarabia. Fatal Accident.- —Tims. Esq., of Chattaooochee county, formerly a representative in our State Legislature, was thrown from his buggy on Thursday afternoon, a mile or two from this city, and killed. We understand that the horse became unmanageable and ran against a fence, throwing a rail against Mr. Wooldridge and break ing his neck.— Columbus Sun. Boston", April 2. —At four o’clock this morning a tire broke out in the (bird story of the Court House. The Grand Jury Room and several other apart ments were gutted. The fire was confined to the upper and westerly portion of the building. Loss ten thousand dollars. COMMERCIAL. Augusta Market—April 8. COTTON.—The demand yesterday was very ac tive, at somewhat better prices than last week. The offering stock is very light. CHARLESTON, April 5. — Gut ton. —The transac tions to-day reached upwards of 3,000 bales, at a full average of prices. The sales may be classed as follows, viz: 18 bales at 9 ; 245 tit 9%; 265 at yi-a ; 214 at !••"■., ; SO at 9%'; 134 at 10; 65 at 10%; 71 at 10% ; 763 at 10%; 43 at 10%; 126 at 10% ; 186 at 10% ; and 676 bales tit 11 cents. Freight-.. —A vessel of large capacity was taken up to load for Havre, at %e. for Cotton in square bags. SAVANNAH, April 6.— Cotton. —The market on yesterday was dull. Prices unchanged. Sales amounted to 445 bales, viz : 100 at 9' ! 7 ; 85 at 10 ; 39 at 10% ; 7at 10.1-7 ; 14 at 10%'; and 200 bales at 11 cents. CHATTANOOGA, April 5. —The river is on the rise, and boats plying up and down. Cotton ar rives at the rate of about 1500 bales week. Huron.- No heavy sales this week ; river Bacon may be quoted at 8%(<t,9e.; city cured at 10 cents, hog round. Retails higher. Corn. —A sale of 500 bushels at SO cents, sacks included ; may he quoted at 35@40 cents. Little offering. Flour. -Superfine s7@?B. Feather* worth 33(i>v35 cents. Lard selling from 10 to 12 cents, prime. Meal is worth 35 cents. Oats. — -A small store in market ; may be quoted at 30 cents, exclusive of sacks. Whisky. —City brand 35 cents; Pike’s Magnolia 32 cents, at wholesale. Wheat. —Supply on hand light; may bo quoted at f>1.30@51.59. SAVANNAH EXPORTS—APRIL 5. Per barque Delloop, for Edam, H011and—139,233 feet Timber, 51,555 do. Plank, 64 bbls. Rosin. Per schr Maria Pickup, for Philadelphia—367 bales Cotton, 13 bags Rags, 8} 7 tierces Liquor, 113 tons old Iron, 30 casks Rice, 1 pipe and 1 barrel Sugar, 2 cases Mdze, and lot of empty Bbls, Hluls and Casks. SH IPPINGr NEWS! . ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON". Steamship Southerner, Ewan, New York Steamship Caledonia, Baker, New York Steamship George’s Creek, Gager, Baltimore Swed brig Lulea, Kollinus, Gothenburg Swell brig Gotha, Doolin, Gothenburg Schr Wm A Ellis, Nichols, New York Sehr Col Satterlv, Stetson, New York Schr Huntress, Disney, Baltimore Schr J J Barrill, Bunting, Baltimore SAILED FOR CHARLESTON. Steamship II B Beach, Saunders, Philadelphia Shit) Borneo, Stuart, Havre Br barque Intrinsic, Macfarlane, Liverpool Brig Helen F Ryder, Bartlett, Boston CHARLESTON, April 7.—Arrived, steamship Marion. New York ; ships Witch of the Wave, Portsmouth, N II; R M Mills, Boston; brigs Je hossee, New York ; Superb, London ; schr Jlusli, Attakapas, La. Went to sea, steamships Nashville, New York; State of Georgia, Philadelphia; Thomas Swann, Baltimore; barque Uncle Sam, New Orleans; brig Jas Grey, Antwerp; sehrs John Cast tier, X. York; Geo A Tittle, Philadelphia. SAVANNAH, April o.—Arrived, steamship Flo rida, New York ; schr Hartstein, do. Cleared, barque Delloop, Edam, Holland ; schr Maria Pickup, Philadelphia. Sailed, steamship Knoxville, New York. 174L011R, MACKEREL, SUGAR, Arc.— 100 bags 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 & CO. mruw SILKS. —DICKEY & PHIBBS have I.NS just received a large and beautiful assortment of Spring SILKS—to which they would call the attention of the Ladies, —including large and small Plaid and Striped Gros de Nap, and Chenics of all widths, from 75 cents up. \Y ide Satin, Striped and Plaid Cannelles, Black Brocades and Satin Stripes and Plaids, Gros de Rhin and Poult de Soie; all of which will be sold at unprecedented! v low prices. mh23 DICKEY A PHIBBS. TO HIRE, A GOOD Cook, Washer and Ironer. Apply at this office. ts ap4 WHISKY. ~ -gs BBLS. Gibson's best brands of Mo il, sr nongahela W IIISKY. 100 bbls. Rectified WHISKY. For sale bv ap4 d*clm A. STEVENS. €1 ORN""WANTED. —5,000 bushels CORN wanted. THOS. P. STOVALL A CO. mh4 Cottertes. GREENE AND PULASKI MONUMENT LOTTERIES. Managed, drawn, and Prizes paid by the well known and responsible firm of GREGORY Ar MAURY, CLASS 85, at Savannah, on Tuesday, April Bth ANOTHER LITTLE ONE. $4,030! Quarters 25 cents. Risk ou a package of 26 quarters $2.70. _ , , JOHN A. MILLEN, Agent, On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel All orders from the city or country strictly con- Mential. _____ __ - ap6 $30,000! +>» _ The first Havana Plan Lottery established in the United States. [by authority of the state of Alabama.] Southern Military Academy Lottery! CLASS C—NEW SERIES. To be drawn in the City of Montgomery, MAY Ist, 1856. ONLY 10,000 NUMBERS! CAPITAL PRIZE SB,OOO I PRICE OF 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 Hank's, with out deduction —only on. presentation of the Tickets draining the Prise. fr-SCHills 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 OR DIN ARID 502. 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 to 8‘210,000 will he 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 five per cent, discount. Z-f’*' The Official Drawing will he published in the Charleston Courier , a copy of which will he 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 ULTRA”SCHEME! 1200 PRIZES ! 50,000 DOLLARS I HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY. [by AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.] j 10,000 NUMBERS ONLY! ONE PRIZE TO EVERY EIGHT TICKETS! j CLASS M, TO HE DRAWN MAY 15th, 1856, at Concert Hull, 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 EitfhX Tickets! CAPITAL 12,000 DOLLARS. 1 Prize of $12,000 1 “ 5,000 1 “ 8,000 1 “ 2,000 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. Rank Notes of sound Banks taken at par. Drawings sent to all ordering Tickets. Those wishing particular Numbers should order imme diately. Address JAMES F. WINTER, Box 98, Augusta, Ga. Loss of Tickets ot Class L. By the late accident on the Seaboard and Roan oke Railroad, the Tickets of Class L., for April 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 will be Class M—May loth, the “NePlus Ultra" Scheme. Very respectfully, J. F. WINTER, mh2o Manager. IMPROVED HA VARA PLAN LOTTERY! [By Authority of the suite of Georgia.] FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY, i 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 he distributed. CAPITAL PRIZE***. 87,500. Ptttcu OF TICKETS : Wholes $5; Halves $2.50; Quarters $1.25. Prizes in this Lottery are paid 1 Dirty days after the drawing, in hills of specie-paying Banks, with out deduction, mly on presentation, of the Ticket en- ' title'! to the Prize. Bills on till solvent Banks taken at par. All com- j munieations strictly confidential. SAMUEL SWAN, Agent and Manager, mh2s Atlanta, Georgia. 'Jiff Tin' next Drawing in this Lottery will be Class 15, MAY 29th. Price of Tiekts, SSJK), $2.50 annd $1.25. LEATHER. SHOE FINDINGS AND TANNERS’ TOOLS. OAK and Hemlock Sole LEATHER; Harness, Bridle, Skirting ami Band LEATHER ; Picker, Lace and Roller LEATHER ; Patent Skirting, Collar, Dash and Enamelled LEATHER; Russet and Black Upper LEATHER ; “ “ “ Kip SKINS; French, German and American Calf SKINS ; French Patent Calf, Kid. Calf, and Opera BKI NS ; ; 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 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, Lace Tacks, Iron, Zinc and Copper Sparables, Size Sticks, Measuring Tapes, Shoe Thread, Fitting Thread, Silk Twist, Boot Cord, Silk Galloon, Boot Web, Ac., Ac. —ALSO — Currying Knives, Flesliers, Finger Steels, Beam Faces, Slickers, Brushes, Rub Stones, Clearing 1 Stones, Ac. For sale low, hv SHERMAN,' JESSUP A CO., No. 841, Broad street, second door above the i Bank of Augusta. d*+2m feblo j HAMS, SIDES, AND SHOULDERS. TIERCES Ohas. Davis A Co’s. Extra Sugar Cured "Canvassed HAMS. 25 tierces Ames A Co.’s Extra Sugar Cured ! HAMS. 50 hhds. Arnes A Co.’s plain HAMS. 150 “ Cincinnati Smoked SIDES. 150 “ St. Louis “ “ 100 “ Cincinnati “ SHOULDERS. Just received and for sale by LEWIS A ALLEN, ft p3 No. 1, Warren Block. STORE WRENT. The Store opposite the Planter’s Hotel, re cently occupied hv YY. H. Howard Apply to mhl2 HOWARD & DUGAS Allies, BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. ’ Large. Sale of Second Hand r „ moving from the city. J On TUESDAY, the Bth lost., will be sold in front of store, at 10% o’clock, A. M., the enti’re 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, Tele-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 and Glass ware, Dinner, Tea and Breakfast Sets China Crockery, Cutlery, Wooden Ware, Tin and Kitchen Ware,Ac. Terms Cash. BY HOWARD & DUGAS. G. A. PARKER, Auctioneer. 1 LLSDAN next, Bth inst., in front of store, will be sold, at 10% o’clock, our usual assortment of Groceries, Liquors, New and Second-hand Furni tine, consisting m part of— Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Soap, Candles, Mackerel, Herring, Matches, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, But! tu-, Bacon Tobacco, Molasses, Segars, Tubs, On ions, Potatoes Whisky, Gin, R UIII . Brandy, Yin egar Bedsteads, Bureau, Sofas, Chairs, LWkerv ana Glass W are, Castors, Ac. Terms cash. X. B. —All articles not taken away by next reau iar sale day, will be sold on account of former pin cllasel ’- _____ ap6 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Splendid Attraction—The Fine Arts United.—ltal ian Sculpture, and Oil Paintings. “All that imagination’s power can trace. Breathed in the pencil’s imitative grace; O’oi- all 1].,, 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. Great Catalogue Sale of Oil Paintings. On WEDNESDAY NIGIIT next, the oth instant will be sold, without reserve, by Catalogue, at Lamback’s Hall, commencing at 7% o’clock P 150 SPLENDID OIL PAINTINGS, in rich gilt frames, comprising a variety of Landscapes, Stu dios, and fancy pieces, executed by French,’Eng lish, 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 T ork. lor 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. up 4 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO Cook, Washer a/. A Ircmer. On the first TUESDAY* in MAY next, at the Lovvei Market House, will be sold—- Mary Ann, a good Cook, Washer and Ironer about 28 years old. Warranted sound. Titles •mod’ Terms cash. mh27 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. large and Attractive Sal- if Mo file. AUbustm Statuary, and Carved Work. Signor W. Giorannoui having recently arrived front Europe with a large stock, selected for this city, will offer the entire collection at auction on Tuesday and Wednesday evening the Bth and 9th of April, commencing at 7} ; o’clock. I*. M., in the hall of Messrs. Lamback A Cooper’s new building on Broad street, where they will he on exhibition the two days preceding sale. Among these 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 Frandn —ALSO Fidelity, Gods, Goddesses of Love and Liberty, by the most celebrated masters, DeLundico, Lena! min, Berratti, and others. r lhe Three Graces of Cunora, Dancing Girls of Canora, Venus De Medi ci, Apollo Belvidere, Faruese Hercules, Jno Bachus, Venus in the Shell, Guardian Angel, by Barrachi, Religion, by Stanzzi, and numerous other handsome marble Figures, Columns, Vases, Ac and a splendid assortment of Burdiglis, Agalthe’ Yellow Sienna and Verde Antique 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 a', admirably adapted to decorate halls, parlors, niches, Ac. Large Roman Tazzas, ornamented with grape leaves, and sup ported by swans. Transparent Alabaster Vases for Lainps, Gothic and Grecian Urns, and lame Vestal Temples. —ALSO \ ine Leal Tazzas for Fruit, Etruscan styles. Also, Oral ones for cards. Florentine Baskets, handsomely wrought and ornamented, Mosaic Ta’- bles, 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 lors. Halls, Ac. The increased appreciation and desire for articles of fine art, renders them now indispensable. Ladies are particularly requested to attend the sale, arrangement.ssbt-ing made lot- their accommo dation. For further details, see Catalogues. No article will be sold privately; all will be sold at auction, and without reserve". Persons wishing to have any article packed to send away, may have them done up hv an experi enced packer on the premises, at a small expense. Conditions cash. mh2U BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Executors' Sole. W" lEE be sold, on the first Tuesday in M VY v V next, at the Market House, m the city ot Augusta, between the usual hours, and to the high est bidder, all that Lot or parcel of Land on the Sand Hills, in the county of Richmond, about four miles front Augusta, containing fifty acres, more or less, and known as the Bell Place, and bounded west by lands of Skinner and Flournoy, south and east by lands belonging to Meigs, Fitten and Skin ner, and north by land belonging to Jus. Flem ming. Sold as the estate ot Martha Fuerv, dec’u,, by order of Court, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. WM. P. DEARMOXD, ) .. . feh2t> JNO. J\ KING. i Kxvs - NEW SPRING G00DS~~" LARGE ADDITIONAL SUP]’LIES. ILL! A .11 SHEAIf has just received front » ® New A ork, large additional supplies of new Spring GOODS, among which are— Plain Colored CHALLIES, of beautiful styles for Ladies’ Spring dresses. French Printed ORGANDIES and JACONETS, at lovr prices. English PRINTS, of new and beautiful styles. Superior plain black SILKS, and Lupin’s black (’HAT.LI ES. 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 8-4 and KM Damask DIAPERS and Damask TABLE CLOTHS. r S"l>c ri <> r Damask NAPKINS and Pillow-Case LINLNS. Superior Linen HUCKABACKS and Scotch DI APERS, for Towels. Bird’s-Eye DIAPER, of extra quality. Ladies’ French CORSETS, of all sizes. Silk Warp FLANNELS, and Long LA WNS. 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-hic mh23 HOUSE AND LOT FQR SALE. TIHE subscriber offers for sale his RES- . IDENCE, on Greene-st., a desirable Ipf place. The Lot is seventy-five feet front, fili'l 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, tw* Kitchens and Smoke House, and tine Fruit in the g a^ ltn - „ , E. 11. ROGERS. Augusta, March Ist, 1856. mhl SEGARS. 1 4 fed 14 HONDA LON DIGS iVaWyV Also, a lot of “GEORGIA’S ’ and “AUGUSTA’S,” just received and for sale at Gust. A OLGEK’S old stand, and G. VOLGER & CO., aps Two doors below Bones & Brown's. IN IIE undersigned haring purchased of Mr. J . K. Hora his interest in the firm of J. M. Nnw by & 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. Augusta, March 1,1856.