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.-1,.. Central American Question— Mes
,«;e from tbe President ol the United
1 states.
<■ mitt of the United State* :
further answer to the resolution of the Sen- 1
if the 17th of January last, requesting a eopv :
;ny official correspondence not previously coni- j
icated touching the convention between the i
ied States and Great Britain of the 19th of i
l: :i, P"-", I transmit a copy of an instruction of i
eii inst. from the Secretary of State to the I
sinister of the United States at London.
Frankuh Pierce.
Washington - , May 29, 185*1.
Mr. Marcy to Mr. Dallas.
So. 13. J Department of State, i
Washington, May 24, 1856. { !
I am directed by the'President to address i
; an the subject of the difference of opinion be- j
1 • •••a the British government uud that of the ;
1 ted States regarding the construction and of- l
! of the convention of April 19, 1850, and the
j ret of Central America generally, and to state
,ni the views which the President entertains of
1 i,it question as it now stands, in order that you
communicate the same to the Earl of Claren
. her Britannic Majesty’s Principal Secretary of
- aii for Foreign Affairs.
y. 11l are aware that there has been no direct
uuicatiou between the two governments, ou
main subject since the letter of your predeces
-1 „.r, Mr. Buchanan, to the Earl of Clarendon, dated
j ;»!>er 11, 18.5.">, his lordship’s reply of the
, of the same September, and a brief rejuin-
I -i In Mr. Buchanan on the Ith of the followin'' -
I i K iolier.
I In ins letter of the 1 !tli of September, Mr. Illicit-
I i ill. briefly recapitulating the conclusions at j
,liu-h tin- President had arrived on the whole ease, i
it which had been fully explained to the British ;
,Tiunent in his previous despatches, reminded j
: ird Clarendon that more than a year lias alreadv >
lapsed without any new step being taken bv the j
aited Slates iu the discussion, from unwilling- I
-s m press the subject while the attention of her !
ihiestv’s government was engrossed by the war j
,;!ii Russia : and he proceeded to sav that the ]
resident had directed him, before retiring from !
- mission, as he was then about to do, to request j
:i the British government a statement of the j
iti.ms winch it had determined to maintain, ! '
, :e especially in regard to the Bay Islands, the ' :
:.•" settlement, and the Mosquito protectorate. I 1
Ta this communication the Earl of Clarendon i 1
r-jiiied, staling, as the final opinion of her Majes- j '
- government, that “the convention of April 19, i
• ', was merely prospective in its operation, and | '
.A m>! in any wavjiutevfere with|ihe state of things
i 'ling at the time of its conclusion." He re- 1
Mis this idea afterwards in other forms of ex
.iission, saying in one place, that “the British
_ ivnniii-ut consider that the design of the con
i ting parties was not to disturb any state of
ling- then existing;’’ and in another place, that,
rliiie the British government have no wish “to j
vieiid ilii* limits ot their possessions or the sphere ; :
i their influence” in Central America, thev “are
i.ut prepared to contract either the one or the oth
it. iii pursuance «>f the interpretation of a con
■ ■.•iitii'ii, to which interpretation they cannot sub
scribe.
Here, with exception of the brief note from Mr.
-ii hanan to Lord Clarendon of the 4tli of Octo
■r, Iss.t, and that upon a single point only, the
irrespondeuce touching the general question has
remained suspended.
It will thus be perceived that, in his closing de
spatch the Earl of Clarendon desists from all fur- i
r discussion of the main objects of controversy ■
illicit had previously occupied die attention of ,
• two governments, and rests the ease upon the
-ingle position, then at length definitely assumed
•ml expressly announced, ot a particular hypothesis
'lu'hing the construction of the convention.
The President could not but receive this an- i
iiicemcnt with equal surprise and regret, lie
uld, indeed, have been constrained to regard it
an abrupt and complete termination of all coi
spimdenee ou the subject between the two gov- j
laments, and as imposing on this government the
infill duty of solemnly declaring the convention
id uow ceased to hi- obligatory on the United
■“ales, hut for the following expressions in the .
ri.nl of Clarendon’s despatch :
"The British government share the conviction •
! the President of the United States that the in
terests of the two countries and their mutual de
•re to maintain existing friendly relations will
iik. inspire each party with a conciliatory spirit,
■aid enable them to overcome all obstacles to a sat
:-factoty adjustment of Central American quer
"•-. The British government see no reason why
’ should he otherwise.”
This language on die part of her Majesty’s Priu
pa! Secretary for Foreign Affairs did have the i
• tli'd nf preventing the President from dismissing j
ill hope of an amicable adjustment of the serious
iisuiideistaiiding which had grown tip between
two governments. He would have been better
satisfied if, in expressing the conviction that all
b.-uicles io a satisfactory adjustment of coutro
r-v might, with conciliatory spirit on both sides,
.•V overcome, his lordship had been pleased to in
d rate the means which, in his judgment, were
alculated to produce so desirable a cousumma
m. For want of this the President has been left j
’•> conjecture the precise idea of her Majesty’s gov- j
iinment. He cannot he certain that hi- conjee- .
utre concerning it is well founded; but he is in- >
Sneed, by certain collateral incidents which have I
■■-■lim'd, to infer that it was the arbitration by a
hit'll power id the difference between the two gov
ernments in relation is Central America.
It appears bv the letter of Mr. Buchanan to this
department of February S, 185(5, that on a recent
ision Lord Clarendon had stated in the House
i Lords that he had ottered to refer the whole
'juesiiou to the arbitration of any third power, and
that the offer had been renewed, in consequence
■ which statement Mr. Buchanan, not being aware
that am such offer had been formally made by
the British government, had an interview with
’he Earl of Clarendon for the purpose of explana
tion. In that interview Lord Clarendon slated
that the original offer of which he had spoken in
the House of Lords referred to expressions he had
used in conversation with Mr. Buchanan, at an
earlv siage of the discussion on the subject of
Central America, and that what he had said of a
repitition of the offer was in allusion to a despatch
which he had addressed to Mr. Crumpton, the
British minister at Washington, and which Mr.
t’rampton had communicated to this department,
and tie even proceeded to recount the answer
which, on that occasion, it was alleged Mr. Cramp
ton had received from me.
In relation to this important matter, as it has
since been fullv manifested, there was misconcep
tion ou both sides. In the first place, although
the note to Mr. Crampton had been written so far
hack as the tenth of November, 1855, and in it
Mr. Crampton had been expressly “ instructed”
to communicate itto this department, lie had ne
glected to do so, and it was not until a late hour
m the evening of February 27, l'Tli, and in cotise
i. f discussions in the Senate of the United
States on the subject, that Mr. Crumpton executed
I is instructions in this respect, and made coniniu
itieatinn nf Lord Clarendon s note of the previous
November,
In the second place, ii had not been understood,
cither by Mr. Buchanan or bv his government,
that the suggestions of arbitration which Lord
Clarendon had made in conversation with Mr.
Buchanan were intended by the former as a formal
proposition ’o that effect on the part of her Majes
tv’- government. If it had been so understood,
the proposition would have received at once the
ii j 'pecli’u! consideration of the President
It would he superfluous now to dwell on the re
ai'-t which the Pivsidi nt entertains that a propo
sition of this nature, which her Majesty’s Govern
ment intended as a final one, was not presented at
the commencement in such a shape as to have at
tracted to and fixed upon it the attention of this
Government.
The 1 resident ha— never ceased to he sincerely
solicitous to preserve unimpaired the frieudlv re
lations of the two countries, and iu that spirit,
passing over all which there is of apparent infor
mality'of the British Government, and assuming
'he late communication by Mr. Crampton of L ad
Clarendon’s note on the loth of November as a
definitive proposition, he instructs me to make the
. ■ nt response to that proposition.
At the verv threshold is tine question, what is it
which shall be submitted to arbitration ? laird
Clarendon, in his letter to Mr. Crampton of the
•’tii of November, seems to assume that the dif
fer nee between the two countries is merely of the
. ■ .it. u of the convention of April 19, ls.'ue
hut that is uot so understood by this Govern-
UifcQt.
If, indeed, it should be determined in any way
that the American construction of that treaty is
correct—which is, that whatever may have Seen
the state of things previous to its date, vet, after
that, neither the United States nor Great Britain
is to hold any possessions in Central America;
i ** ia t "hen the two Governments agreed that
j ‘‘neither will ever occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or
i assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua
j Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of
j Central America,” the stipulation comprehends as
to the acts enumerated, prohibition of their con
| tinuance as well as their initiation, without which
I ’here could be no effective neutralization of the
! American, isthmus—if, I sav, such were the
! agreed or settled interpretation of the treaty •
then, indeed, such determination would conclude
t . rxi-tiug difference, and settle it in accordance
with the views entertained hv the United States.
But on the other hand, it is not easy to see how
; the adverse construction, if it were adopted by an
arbiter could terminate the difference. Lord
I Clarendon conceives that the treaty “was merely
prospective in its operation.” So it undoubtedly
was in one sense—that is, its engagements only
took etteet at the time of its execution, and did but
apply to all future time.
, But, when he goes on to infer that the treaty
| ‘ <ild not in any wav interfere with the state of
things existing at the time of its conclusion,” he
j not only assumes a consequence which does not
; flow from the premises, but he also assumes a state
| of facts which is controverted by this government,
and the determination of which' cannot derive the
; least aid from the interpretation which he claims
: for the Convention.
The Earl of Clarendon here assumes, without
j distinctly asserting it, that, at the date of the trea
ty, Great Britain had “possessions” in Central
America. This existence nf such possessions, or,
I as he otherwise expresses it, the assumed tact of
i there being “portions of territory occupied” bv
Great Britain in Central America, would appear to
l he what he more than once speaks of as “ the
i state of things existing at the time of its conclu
| sion.” But this government does not understand
that, at the date of the treaty, Great Britain had
i any possessions or occupied'any territory in Cen- I
tral America, unless the British establishment at J
the Belize, with its dependencies, as the same ar*
j defined by her treaties with Spain, are to he eon- j
, sidered as British possessions or territory in Ceu
: tral America. That is the only possible construc
tion of the declarations exchanged between the
then Secretary of State, Mr. Clayton, and tbe Brit
ish Minister, Sir Henry Bulwer, at the time of ex
changing the ratification of the Convention.
Independently of that cogent consideration, this
government supposes that, as a matter of mere
fact. “ the state of things existing” in this respect ’
at the time ot the conclusion of the Convention was
a thing of indisputable notoriety. It will not do
her Majesty’s government the injustice of presum
ing that when the Earl of Clarendon speaks of
“ possessions” of Great Britain in that quarter, or
of “portions i.f territory .occupied by it,” lie intends
to he understood as meaning anything but r'u/lit
j'd possessions and r'njhtfm occupation—that is,
possessions and occupation based upon the princi
ples and cenformed to t ie public law which govern
the international relations of the Christian States
of Europe anil America.
Had Great Britain at this time any such posses
sions or occupation in Central America y if SOj p
must have consisted either in her relation to the
Mo juito Indians, or to the Belize, or to the Bav
Islands.
First!//. As to the M osquiio coast, it is not un
derstood that Great Britain now lavs claim loans
“possessions” or auy “ territory” there. All she
is supposed to claim is the right to “protect” the
Mosquito Indians. It cannot he alleged hv her
that those Indians constitute, or are competent to
Constitute, an independent State, admissible as
such into the family of sovereign powers. Nor is
it pretended by Great Britain that in the name ot
on behalf «t those Indians she herself can, with
out contravention ot the treaty, assume or exercise
political sovereignty in anv part of the Mosquito
coast. Her Majesty’s government considers itself
under obligations or honor to protect the persons j
of those Indians, nothing more, and declares that
it is ready and desirous to he relieved of that dut\
in any manner which shall honorably assure the I
future condition of those Indians. Without enter
ing here into discussion of the question whether !
the convictions of duty thus entertained hv the
British government are well or ill-founded, it j
seems sufficient to say that there is nothing in that ;
branch of the subject which merits the solemnity 1
of an arbitration by some third power, »r which
ought to be regarded as incapable of being settled
at any moment by direct intercourse between the
respective governments of Great Britain and the
United States.
Nor is i: apprehended that her Majesty’s Govern
ment is disposed to claim possession, either in her
own name directly, or in that of the Mosquito pro
tectorate, of the port of San Juan de Nicaragua. \
It cannot but be admitted that that port was an I
old possession of Spain, her right to which was as
indisputable as to Vera Cruz or Panama ; that she
had a port of entry and a fort, at or near that !
place, so long as she retained the sovereignty of
Central America; and that then her rights of sov
ereignty there, and of a territorial possession, i
passed to the Republic of Central America. It is
true that, at a subsequent period, and shortly he- \
fore the date of the treaty nowin question, a Bri- !
ti.-h force landed at San Juan, expelled the authori
ties of the State of Nicaragua, which then held j
possession of it, and retained it for awhile, a> !
against that State, in the name of the Mosquito .
Indians. It is true Great Britain afterwards re
linquished the place to the so-called people of !
Grey town, but the original taking of it was her
aet —that is, she, in the words of Lord Clarendon, j
placed “a people under her protection in posses- I
sum” of San Juan. A protection so exercised, I
and in the name of such persons as the Mosquito
Indians, would, it is plain, amount to practical ;
sovereignty. If admissable, under the name of
protectorship, for one of the contracting parties h> !
the convention, it would he equally so for the
other; and the United States might he impelled, j
tuf controlling reasons, to undertake a counter-pro
tectorsliip of Indians or other persons in Cential j
America. It is not supposed that Great Britain
desires to cuter into any such line of policy of con- |
dieting protectorships in that quarter, or contends i
for auv construction of the treaty leading to such j
consequences, and, of course, no difficulty between j
the two Governments is apprehended on ibis point, j
any more than in regard to the general relation of
the treat( to the Mosquito Indians.
Ser./ndly. As to the Belize, it being conceded
that, iu pursuance of the explanations interchang
ed bet ween Sir Henry Bulwer and Mr. Clayton,
Great Britain is not precluded by any stipulation
with the United States from continuing to exercise !
at that establishment all the rights which she ac- j
quired from Spain ; it would seem, also, that there
is nothing in that part of the subject wliicli it he- ;
comes the two Governments to say to the world !
that they cannot settle by themselves; for, id- I
though it is common in English books of geogra- ;
phv and others to give to the Belize the appellation j
of British Honduras, still it is too well known to j
admit of dispute that the Belize is not, and never
was, anv part of Honduras, and her Majesty’s Gov
eminent will not, it is assumed as a matter of
i course, found in a mere name any pretensions of
extended territory in that quarter to the prejudice
of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Hon
duras.
Finally, there remains the question of the Bay
Islands, as to which there is more of controversy,
at least in appearance.
It is due to perfect frankness to say that the act
of her Majesty’s government, establishing so late
a- the year 1852, and iu apparent contradiction of
the express letter of the convention of 1850, a col
„nv of the Bay Islands, lias left a disagreeable im
pression on the minds of the government and the
people of the United States.
Possessing, as Great Britain does, numerous col
onial establishments in all parts of the world,
main of them in the West Indies, i* has not been
readily seen what inducements of interest she can
have had to establish a new colonv, under the pe
culiar circumstances of the time, in the insignifi
cant territory of the lk.y Islands.
No-. ou looking back beyond the fact of her
Majesty’s warrant establishing the colony of the
Bav Islands, and considering the state of tilings ex
isting in that quarter at the date of the convention
of ls.-. 0, dues this government well see on what
ground it can be maintained that Great Britain, at
that time, had possession of the Bay Islands, which j
could he deemed rightful, either as respects her I
engagements with the United States or the ter- !
l itorial sovereignty of the republic of Honduras.
I do not understand the Earl of Clarendon pos
itively to assert that the Bay Islands are depen
dencies nf the British settlement at the Belize.*
He indicates, to be sure, an inclination on the part
of the British government to maintain such a claim,
but lie concedes, at the same time, that it is a
•' debatable question.”
Tl • President does not permit himself for a mo
ment to entertain the idea that the Earl of Claren
don will insist upon any claim of right in Central
America incompatible with the most sacred res
pect for all stipulations of treaty, as understood
hv her Majesh ’s government. Os course, he looks
to see what are the rightful sources of British title
to the Bay Islands suggested by the Earl of Claren
don. He finds them in the “ statement” from the
Foreign Office of May 2, 18.54, as communicated
to Mr? Buchanan, and by him transmitted to this
department,
HerJMajestv’s government admits m that paper
that Kuatan was claimed atul militarily occupied
by the former Republic of Central America, as suc
cessor to the rights of Spain ; but asserts, at the
same time, adverse British claim manifested bv
acts of authority, military and civil, and by actual
possession.
Occasional acts of military authority by the cap-
I tains of British ships-of-war, or of civil authority
• by the superintendent of the Belize, are insufficient,
it is obvious, to determine a claim of title as
against the counter claim of the Republic of Cen
; tral \merica or the State of Honduras. No relin
- quisluueut ot title by the latter is alleged, except
in certain declarations reported to have been made
- ; by the Central American commandant at Truxillo
; i who, whatever he may have said, could have no
1 P°”’ er t 0 cede away the territory of Honduras.
i The occupation of Ruatan by British subjects,
i ias its origin and character are described in the
; statement,” presents none of the conditions of
• j nghtful possession. Its language on that point is:
• ‘ Kuatan has been of late years, without any insti
, gation on the part of her Majesty’s government,
■', spontaneously occupied by British subjects.” It
; , is not presumable that the spontaneous occupation
of Ruatan by British subjects, without intigation
on the part of her Majesty's government—that is,
an act of mere invasion by unauthorized private
persons- will, be persereringly insisted upon by
the Ear! of Clarendon as the foundation of claim
b\ Great Britain to the or even the *
rightful possession, of the Bay Islands.
it cannot have escaped the attention of her Maj
esty s government that the political condition of the
Belize, as fixed by treaties, is not itself one ofter- ;
rttonal sovereignty, and therefore Great Britain
never could have acquired in right of the Belize,
and as assumed dependencies thereof, the territo- 1
rial sovereignty of the Bay Islands.
Im wora, this government believes that the
Lay Islands belong to the State of Honduras, and
that, therefore the occupation of them, and still
more their colonization by Great Britain, are con
trary to the tenor of her' treaty with the United
."status, as being the occupation and colonization of i
a part of Central America. |
But the British government thinks differently,
j and upon the question whether the Bay Islands
are subject to occupation and colonization by
Britain, notwithstanding her treaty with
i United Status, the two governments are at
Upon this retrospect of the several points of dif
ference between the two governments, the Presi
dent is not able to perceive that any useful result
would ensue to either from calling ou a third pow
er to say whether the convention is or is not pro
spective in its operation, in the sense of that idea
as expressed by her Majesty’s government; for, if
that question should by any possibility happen to
he resolved in favor of Great Britain," all the sub
stantial points of difterenee between the two
j countries would remain untouched, as being wltol
lv independent of that question of construction.
, The dispute would still exist as to what rightful
possessions, at the date of the convention, Great
Britain actually had iii Central America.
And if it is now contended hv the British gov
ernment that, in the name of the Mosquito Indians
Great Britain may take, with military force, and
hold, San Juan de Nicaragua, or in any other
point in Central America, such a pretension would
be so totally irreconcilable with all idea of the in
dependence or neutrality of the isthmus as to ren
der the convention worse than nugatory to the
L nited States. Instead of submitting to arhitra
tion a pretension involving such consequences, oi*
in any other way consenting to restore effect to the
treaty with such possible construction, it would, in
the judgment of the President, he his duty to pro
pose its annulment, so as to release the United
States from obligations not attended hv auv bene
fits, and which obligations, thus unattended, the
United States did not intentionally occur; thev
having entered into the treaty only upon the sup
position that absolute reciprocity of restriction
was incurred by Great Britain.
1 repeat, if the treaty could, by any possibility
whatever, have the construction of leaving Great
Britain iu the possession or military control of the
Atlantic coast of Central America,' in the name of
the Mosquito Indians, and with powers to colonize
insular positions commanding it, on the ground of
their having been “ spontaneously occupied bv
British subjects," while the United States are re
strained from all such rights of control or acquisi
tion, that, iu the estimation ol the President, would
he to deprive the treaty of moral force, both be
cause it would thus cease to have reciprocal effect,
and because the United States did not intentional
ly enter into any such engagement ; and if such
were a possible construction of a letter of the trea
ty, it would he incumbent on the President to con
sider whether it would not then become the duty
ol the United States to seek for the most honora
ble means of being discharged from such obliga
tions, and render themselves perfectly free to re
i establish their proper relation, as an American
power, to the transit routes of the American isth
! mns and the general independence of America.
In fine, the President cannot consent to any aet
which implies the existence of possible doubt on
this point. The Convention of 1850, construed in
! the sense above supposed, would not be the treatv
into which the United States entered. Nor can hj
do any thing which cottld be taken to admit, either
j directly or impliedly, that there is question in his
mind relative to the true construction of that Con
vention. And he feels hound to take care that, iu
entertaining the present proposition of arbitration
lie shall not,he understood as actuated hv the
slightest feeling of distrust regarding the treaty
rights of the United .States.
But the President is not prepared to sav that 1
some of the questions of fact, concerning which
tiie two governments differ, may not he conveni
ently determined by arbitration or by some analo
gous method
Os this class of objects of inquiry is the ques
tion, what are the rightful limits of the establish
ment at the Belize on the side of (lie State of Hon
duras ; the question whether the Bav Islands do
or not belong to that Republic; and'the question
what extent of country is embraced in the term
Mosquito coast, or is in the actual occupancy of
the Mosquito Indians, considered as Indians, and
with such territorial rights only as that descrip
! lion of persons arc entitled to claim, according to
1 the established public law of Great Britain, ol the j
'.United States, and of Spain, or ot the independent '
States which have succeeded Spain in America ; j
: remembering that no power exists on the part of
i Great Britain and the United States to dispose of j
the sovereign rights of Nicaragua, or titty othet j
Slate of Central America.
All these questions of political geography re
gard, in the first instance, the sovereignty and ju
risdiction of the independent States of Central
America. Great Britain and the United States
have no pretension thus tu intervene, except for
the purpose of defining their own mutual obliga
tions, arising out of the engagements they have
j contiacted in order to assure, so far as they are !
j concerned, the neutrality and the independence of
the American isthmus. Regarded only as collate
ral considerations, affecting the construction of the
treaty between the U nited Stales and Great liri
laiu, they are questions which, if not determinable
by agreement of the two governments themselves,
the President would not decline to refer to arbitra
tion.
He is aware of many practical obstacles to the
adjustment of anv international difference of this
j nature by arbitration, of which difficulties both
Great Britain and the United States hud experi
i cnee, in their attempt to settle, by such means, a
j previous controversy on the subject of the bounda
ry between the United States and the British prov
\ inces in North America.
The President does not doubt that any one of
the powers of Europe which should consent to un
; dertake the task of such an arbitration as is now j
proposed, would perforin the duty with perfect
: impartiality ; but to apply to any power to do this
would he tii ask of it an aet which, if granted by
it, would add to its own domestic duties and la
bors the burden of settling conn Heated differences
of other Governments. lie would greatly prefer
that, in a controversy like the present, turning on
points of political geography, the matter should j
be referred to some one or more of those eminent
men of science who do honor to the intellect of j
Europe and America, and who, with previous con
sent of their respective Governments, might well
undertake the task of determining such a ques
tion, to the acceptance as well of her Majesty's
Government as of the United States.
You are instructed, therefore, to enter into com
munication with her Majesty’s Principal Secretary
for Foreign Affairs in relation to Central America,
in order to ascertain, in the first place, whether
existing differences cannot be promptly termina
ted by direct negotiation ; and ii' they cannot, then
to discuss the conditions of arbitration of those
points of difference as to which alone this method
of settlement seems requisite or applicable ; it be
ing assumed that the other points of diffVienee
would after that yield, as of course, to conference
between the Earl of Clarendon and yourself, eon
ducted in the spirit of cordiality and frankness
which belongs to your personal relations, and
which is dictated by the true interests both of the
1 United States and of Great Britain.
I am, sir, vour obedient servant,
VV. L. Marcy.
George M. Dallas, Esq., Ac., &e., Ac.
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THE KNICKERBOCKER ICE COMPANY, OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
C4 II VRTEREI) by the State of New York,
J with a capital of $900,000, is prepared to sup
ply orders for ICE for shipping at the shortest no
tice, and on the most reasonable terms.
The managers of this Company have bail more
than twenty years experience in the lee trade, and
are able to refer to persons from all sections of the
State for their success in packing Ice for shipping j
. in away to s •cure from waste and less by melting.
This Company lias now in store 250,000 tons of
lee, of a quality and thickness equal to any ever
offered to the public.
Orders seat to It. T. COMPTON, President of j
the Company, No. 163 Canal street, will receive
prompt attention.
X. B. —Vessels taking in cargo at our depots on
the Hudson river, will not he subject to port ■
charges, whilst they will always he provided with
good dockage and safe harbors.
. :4T Tin •fuieked d.spateh i/ieen to vessels t.ikw.j
; in ke at thnr duel s. 6tv jel !
VRSIC’KEKS, a new style COAT for
, py hot weather.
mv2* WM. O. PRICE & CO. j
BY TELEGRAPH.
j r - A. ABBOT, REPORTER, 70 WALL STREER, X. Y.
ARRIVAL
0F TIIE STEAMSHIP
I X D I AX.
m
Pour Days Later from Europe.
New York, June 3. —The steamship Indian ar
rived at Quebec last night, with four davs later
news from Liverpool.
Liverpool, May 21. — There is only a moderate I
business doing in cotton, as the advices by the last
steamer has depressed the market. Some circu
lars report that prices have slightly declined.
Sales on Wednesday, the day the steamship sailed,
reached 3000 bales.
Flour. —The market has declined from Gd. to
Is. per barrel.
Corn’ —Has declined Gd.
Monet Market. —Rates for money are un
changed. Consols have advanced }dd. English
funds were buoyant.
The Arabia had arrived at Liverpool.
Trade was rather easier in Manchester.
Nothing of much interest in political circles.
Cincinnati Convention.
Cincinnati, June 2.—From the demonstrations
apparent, in all quarters, it is evident that lion.
James Buchanan will be nominated on the second
■ or third ballot.
Hon. S. A. Douglas, we learn, has positively
| authorized the withdrawal of his name.
Illinois is expected to lead off for Buchanan, on
the second ballot, and will be followed by Ohio,
Georgia and Tennessee.
lion. John E. Ward, of Georgia, is confidently
spokeu of for President of the Convention.
Further from Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, June 3.—The Convention is orga
nized, and Hon. John E. Ward, of Georgia, is
i President.
Hie anti-BKNTox Democrats of Missouri have
been admitted.
i here has been no report ns to the contest of
the two New York delegations. The Softs, appa
rently are ahead.
Arrangements have been completed whereby
Judge Douglas yields in favor of Mr. Buchanan.
The Judge reserving his claims for the year 18G0.
'1 he Massachusetts legislature has rejected the
bill to repeal the personal liberty law.
Five Hundred Children in a Head.—The Pitts
burgh Gazette of Friday, gives the particulars of
an accident which occurred at the City Hall o:i the
day previous, which was one of the narrowest es
capes from loss of life we ever heard of. A mon
ster concert was to have been given in the evening
bv one thousand children. The manager's ar
rangements for seating them was to have em it seat
raised above the other at equal distances, tlie top
row reaching nearly to the c eiling, all the children
being thus visible front all parts of the hull. The
(lazelt- describes the accident as follows:
“About five hundred children were arranged on
these seats yesterday morning for rehersal, when
just as they commenced to sing, the scaffolding
gave way, precipitating seats and children to the
ground in great contusion. The crash was tre
| mendous. Many ran to the hall, when they wit
nessed a scene that bathes description. Children,
screaming at the top of their voices, were being
picked out from the ruins and examined to see
whether they were injured. Fortunately none sus
tained the slightest injury, though many must
have fallen at least twenty feet.”
WM.M DAVIDSON,
IMPORTER and dealer in BRANDIES, GIN,
ALBANY ALE, CHAMPAGNE and othei
WINES and LIQUORS, TEAS, SEGARS, Ac. No.
is i'o/ojy> -w and s7 si. .Liliti, Streets, Savannah,
Ga. d&c my 28
GEORGIA MEDICATED SOAP.
Tit Empire State of the South still ahead in her
Improvement*.
article compare favora- —yra»
blv with any of like character
j in the known world.
I find that by putting it in the form iWfEjif
|of a Soap it gives it a decided ad van ilHIj
! tuge over any Balm, Salve, Liniment,
| or Ointment that can be made for the cure of liis
j eases herein enumerated ; it also prevents its vir-
I tues from being impaired by ago or climate, and
i renders it very convenient for use.
Its action is prompt, and at the same time harm
* less, as it contains no mercurial or other prepara
! ti nt injurious to the patient. This article, there
| fore, being highly medicated, will cure Ulcers,
Cuts, Flesh Wounds, Ring and Tetter Worm, Piles’
Erysipelas, Scald Head, Itch, Nettle Rash, Salt
Rheum, Chilblain, Prickly Heat, Scurvy, Sore
; Eyes, Bone Felons, Old Soros, Sore Nipples, Ac.,
extract scurf ami dandruff from the head, thereby
preventing premature baldness. It is also one (if
j the best remedies for Burns or Scalds, and will
fiirc the Fistula and Scratches in horses; extract
, tar, paint and grease from clothing, and is also a
superior dentiifiee to the teeth. For shaving soap,
j it forms a rich lather, softening the heard, and
curing such sores as may be on the face.
In the core of all the enumerated diseases, and
; particular "hi *•<>,•• , this soap lias proved a balm
indeed, by its wonderful healing powers.
I can procure cert ideates innumerable were it
necessary, but believing that a single cake is only
| requisite to prove its efficacy us above statist, and
| wishing to avoid everything like liumbuggerv, i
j leave it to those who will give it a fair trial, not
I doubting they will then declare this to be the ut
! plus ultra of the age in the healing art.
Prepared by C. Pemble, Augusta, Ga., and sold
i by D. B. PLUMB & CO., Druggists.
Price 25 cents. dacGmins ap2
: BOOKS*—Mr. Sponge’s Sporting
iMI Tour; edited by Frank Forrester, author of
Field Sports, Fish and Fishing, Ac., Ac., with co
lored illustrations.
Worth and Wealth ; a collection of maxims,
morals and miscellanies for merchants and men of
business; by Freeman limit.
Supplement to Frank Forrester’s Fish and Fish
ing of the United States and British Provinces of
North America by Win. Henry Herbert. Just re
ceived and for sale by
je3 M. g. McKINNE.
11 PCS. very superior MOSQUITO
J. W" NETTING, just received, and for
sale cheap, at GRAY BROTHERS’
rnySO d+xc Cheap Cash Store.
I YWREXt EYILLE FACTORY OSNA
jk BURGS. STRIPES, Y ARNS, on hand, and
for sale by GIRARDEY, WHYTE A CO.,
mvß Sole Agent*.
JOWLS. Several casks JOWLS in store, and
for sale by THUS. P. STOYALI. A CO.
my3o 4
05 CONSIGNMENT.—IOO M. lbs. Bacon;
600 Flour, all qualities and cheap.
100 packages Lard.
1500 lbs. lime dried Beef Hams.
300 bugs Corn, Ac., Ac.
may 17 T. W. FLEMING.
POSTPONED
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in AUGUST next, will be
sold, at the Lower Market House, in the citv
of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale, all that
Lot or parcel of Land, with the improvements
thereon, situate in the city of Augusta, and known
as the Jackson Street Ice House and Lot—bounded
north and east by lots of Thomas S. Metcalf, south
by a lot of Thomas Richards, and west by Jackson
street. Levied on as the property of tl>e Jackson
Street Ice Company of Augusta, to safWfv 3 tax !i.
fas. for City Taxes for the years 1853,*1854 and
1855, in favor of the City Council of Augusta vs.
j the Jackson Street Ice Company of Augusta; and
three li. fas. in favor of the City Council of Augusta
vs. the Jackson Street Ice Company of Augusta, for
: Canal Tax, for the years 1853, 1854 and 1855.
; je3 At M. A’. KER. Sheriff C. A
POSTPONED
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in JULY next, will be
sold, at the Lower Market House, in the citv
of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale, the fol
lowing property, to-wit: AH that lot or parcel of
LAND, with the improvements thereon, situate in
the city of Augusta, near the Augusta Factory,
fronting on Marburv street, and bounded West by
said Marburv street, and on the North, South, and
East by vacant lots, and occupied by the defendant,
Thomas Leckie, as u store, Ac.
A LSI I
All that lot or parcel of LAND, with the im
provements thereon, situate in said citv, fronting
! on Fenwick street, 40 feet, more or less,and bound
ed North by said Fenwick street, South by
i lot, East by a lot of Altoes, and West bv the
American Foundry lot, andoccupied by said L'eckie
as a residence. Levied on as the property of Tho*.
Leckie, to satisfy a ti. (a. issued from the Court of
Common Pleas of the City of Augusta, in favor of
Thomas Dwver and Hugh Rice, Executors of Tliob.
DuffV, deceased, vs. Thomas Leckie.
) my-'o WM. V, KER, Sherif! C. A.
COMMERCIAL.
Augusta Market, June 3, P. M.
COTTON.—There has been but little business !
done the past week in the cotton trade, and but lit- I
tie offering, and very little received. If we deduct
the quantity received as through cottons, there
were but GBl bales received in this city during the
month of May. We omit quotations, because it is
too difficult to offer any thing reliable.
DRY GOODS.—The trade in the light and fancy
articles, is fair for the season. Heavy goods are
firm in price and scarce.
BAGGING AND BALE ROPE.—Quite a specu
lative demand has sprung up, in every section, for
bagging and bale rope, and these articles have ad
vanced in price here.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES.—The market is very
firm, and prices have an upward tendency.
FLOUR.—The supply is large, and prices, al
though unchanged, may be quoted nominal.
CORN.—We have heard of sales, by the quan
tity, as low as 54 cents jjj} bushel, sacks included,
but the retailing price is 60 cents.
BACON.—The stock is large, for the season, but
Prices firm. Hog round from 10 to cts. There
is a good supply of \Y estern meat, and vorv tine,
on the market.
A\ IIEAT.—New wheat is coming in. We noticed
some very tine samples of white wheat, a few days
ago, front the crops of Messrs. Eve, Miller and
Moore, near this city. New wheat is selling at
$1.50 ft bushel.
11 AY—Northern $1.50 by the quantity, and East
ern $2 jjpt hundred.
EXCHANGE.—The Banks are drawing on the
North at J£th premium.
UNCURRENT MONEY.—Tennessee and North
Carolina, large bills, 2 $ cent, discount; small
bills 3; Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana anil Vir
ginia bunk bills, 2 $ cent.; Texas and Northern
Bank of Mississippi, 10 ft cent.; LaGrange Bank
Bills 5 $ cent. Macon, Atlanta, Griffin, Columbus,
as well as the money of the Northern and Eastern
States, 2 ft cent.
FREIGHTS—To Savannah, by the river, 25 cts.
V bale, by the railroad 50 cents. To Charleston
75c. $ bale, by railroad. Corn to Charleston 8 cts.
and to Savannah 6 cents by the river.
CHARLESTON, June 2.— Cotton. —The market
still continues depressed, and the transactions of
the day were limited to 741 bales, at %c. decline
upon our last week s quotations. The extremes
were from 9 to 11c.; principally lOJ^glO^c.
SAVANNAH, June 2.— Cotton. —Market still
dull. Sales of 237 bales were reported as follows,
viz : 130 at and 10l at 10%e.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS—JUNE 2.
Per sell r British Queen, for Nassau, N P—ll
caskg rice, 2o half do do, 50 bags rice flour, 3o
bids flour, SI sks do, 63 do corn, 2o do peas, 13,565
leet lumber, 6 boxes cheese, 20 head sheep, and
391 lbs hams and shoulders.
Per scln F, J Talbot, for Waldoboro’—lo3,2oß ft
lumber, and 2215 do timber.
SHI PPINGr N EWS.
CHARLESTON, June 3.—Arrived, barques T B
Bartrant, Boston; Sam Slick, do.; scltr Susan Can
non, Baltimore.
Went to sea, ships Echo, Havre; Ann Decatur,
Liverpool; Brem barque Copernicus, Bremen; Br
scltr Champion, Harbor Island, Bahamas.
SAVANNAH, June 3.—Arrived, Br ship Lady
Peel. Bermuda; bark Mary and Jane, New York ;
brig P R Curtis, do; scltrs North State, do; L C
Watts, do; S N Smith, Philadelphia; brig Nor
man, Portland.
Cleared, Br scltr British Queen, Nassau, N P
LUTHER ROLL.
In rear of Antjusta Hotel, Aift/ustu, Ocarina.
HAS now on hand, and is constantly building
and receiving the largest and best selected
assortment of fine COACHES, BAROUCHES,
ROCKAWAYS, top and no top BUGGIES, Ac.,
in this city.
-—ALSO —
A large and complete stock of every description
of materials used by Carriage, Harness and Sad
dle makers, such as ■
CLOTHS, DAMASK, SILKS, LACES, Patent
and Enamelled LEATHERS, CLOTHS, FRINGES,
SPRINGS. AXLES, HUBS, FELLOWS, SPOKES
BOW’S, LAMPS, Saddle TREKS, UOGSKIXS, Ac ,
Ac., at tlic verv lowest prices.
Work done to order, and repairing done
with neatness and dispatch. Give him a call and
sec for yourselves.
Augusta, Mtu 81, 1856. |&ctf myBJ
GARDEN SEED FOR THIS SEASON.
rjuiE attention ot Farmers and Gardeners is j
H particularly directed to the large and exten
sive assortment of GARDEN SEED, partieularlv
those varieties adapted to the present favorable
season. 1 have now on band a fresh supply of the
following imported English Seed: Dartre Drum
head, Green Glazed, Drumhead Savoy, Large Ber
gen, Green Curled Savoy, and Large Elat Dutch
Cabbage. Also, a large assortment of Bunch,
Snap, and Running or Corn-field Beans, Long
Green Collurils, Ac., tor sale, wholesale or retail
for cash. W’M. HAINES,
mv2l ■hic'iw Augusta, Ga.
WILLIAM MAILLER,”
(From Decatur, North Alahama,)
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
St. Joseph, Missouri,
attend to the purehase and sale oi
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 be given to till business
entrusted to mi care, and prompt remittances made
with Eastern Exchange, in all eases requiring it.
Communications by mail will reach me at
“ Decatur, Ala.,” until the 15th April next. After
that time, please address me at St. Joseph, Mis
souri.
references:
Robert Mure, Esq., Charleston, S. C.
Faeklor, 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. R. Curler, Esq., Savannah, “
B. Chandler, Esq., Chattanooga, Tenn.
lion. Joint A. None, Memphis, “
“ F. S. Lyon, Demopolis, Ala.
John Whiting, Esq., Montgomery, Ala.
S. 0. Nelson, Esq., New Orleans, La.
Dr. George A. Svkes, Aberdeen, Miss.
J. W. Garth, Esq., Decatur, Ala.
inhl4 -]2m
Grand speculation for a small investment
1200 PRIZES ! 00,000 DOLLARS !
Improvement on the approved
HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY!
.JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY.
[by AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.]
10,000 NUMBERS ONLY!
ONE PRIZE TO EVERY EIGHT TICKETS!
CLASS N,
TO BE DRAWN JUNE 16th, 1856, at Concert
Hall, Macon, Ga., under the sworn superintend
ence of Col. Geo. M. Logan and J. A. Nesbit, Esq.
This Lottery is drawn on the plan of the Royal
Lottery of Havana of Single Numbers; this has
only 10,000 Numbers, and the Havana Lottery
34,000 Numbers—the Havana 249 Prizes—this 12u0
PRIZES. Look to vour interest! Now is the time!
CAPITAL 15,000 DOLLARS.
1 Prize of $15,000
1 “ 5,000
1 “ 4,000
1 “ 3,000
1 “ 2,000
5 Prizes of 1,000
10 “ SSOO arc... 5,000
60 “ 50 are... 3,000
120 “ 25 are... 3,000
50tt Approximation Prizes of.. 2<t are... 10,000
500 “ “ 10 are... 5,000
1200 Prizes, amounting to $60,000
Tickets $10; Halves $5; Quarters $2.50.
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 j
pur. Drawings sent to all ordering Tickets. Those
wishing particular Numbers should order imme
diately? Address JAMES F. WINTER,
myi4 Box 96, Augusta, Ga.
HAY.
. -m k HALES prime Northern HAY,just
J received and for sale low by
r U iyii ts DYE & BARNES. !
K UTTER. ■ tubs Ma> BUTTER, just ar
rived, and for sale bv
j my3o 4 THUS/ P. STOVALL & CO. j
Cotteriea.
! GREENE AND PULASKI MONUMENT
LOTTERIES.
Managed, drawn,and Prizes paid bvthe well known
and responsible firm of
GREGORY & MAURY.
Drawn Numbers Class 131, at Savannah May 31
33 31 40 29 44 52 19 35 54 47 63 68 77 15
Also, of Class 132, at Savannah, June 2 •
22 61 14 5 59 66 52 1 3 45 11 73 16
CLASS 134, at Savannah, on Wednesday, June 4
SPLENDID SCHEME.
, $15,500!
* 6 «o*« , |2 : 00 °; $1,200; $1,143; 10 of
’ * tekets s4—Shares in proportion.
EXTRA 1(, by Delaware 124, on Saturday, June 7.
GRAND SCHEME.
$40,000!
$20,000; SIO,OOO ; $6,000; $5,000 ;$4 000 • s;> o.y, • :
20 Prizes of SI,OOO, Ac. Tickets slo—Shares i
in proportion.
JOHN A. MILLEN, Agent, '
On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel. °
All orders from the city or country strictly con
fidential. ’ je4
$60,000!
The first Havana Plan Lottery established in the
United Stater.
[IJY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OE ALABAMA.]
Southern Military Academy Lottery! !
CLASS d—new series.
To be drawn in the Citv of Montgomery'. JUNE
12 th, 1856.
ONLY 10,000 NUMBERS!
CAPITAL PRIZE $15,000!
PRICE OF TICKETS :
Wholes $10; Halves $5 ; Quarters $2.50.
Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty da vs after
the drawing, in bills of specie-paying Bank’s, with
out deduction-- only on presentation of the Tickets
drawing the Prize.
*3gT' Bills of all solvent Banks taken at par. All
communications strictly confidential. Address
SAM’L. SWAN, Agent and Manager,
je3 Box 70, Augusta, Ga.
GEORGIA LOTTERY!
AUTHORIZED by the. STATE OF GEORGIA.
Fort Gaines Academy Lottery.
CLASS 16,
To be drawn in the citv of Atlanta, Georgia, in
public, on THURSDAY, June 26, 1856, on the
HA VAN A PLAN!
SAM’L. SW AN A CO., Manager.
Prizes amounting to
34,000 DOLLARS!
Will be distributed according to the following
BRILLIANT SCHEME!
10,000 NUMBERS!- -241) PRIZES!!
SCHEME:
1 Prize of slo,ono is SIO,OOO
1 “ 5,000 is 5,000
1 “ 8,000 is 3,0(>0
1 “ 1,000 is 1,000
1 “ 1,000 is 1000
5 Prizes of 500 are 2,500
10 “ 200 are 2,000 i
25 “ 100 are 2,500
80 “ 50 are 4,000
41 ‘‘ 30 are 1,320
4 “ S6O approximating to slo,oon prize, 240
4 “ 50 “ to 5,000 “ 200
4 “ 4o “ to 8,0(10 “ 160
8 “ 35 “ to 1,000 prizes, 280
20 “ 20 “ to 500 “ 400
40 lo “ to 200 il 400
240 Prizes, amounting to $84,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
The two preceding and the two following num
bers to those drawing the first 20 Prizes, are enti- j
lied to the 8" Approximation Prizes, in the usual 1
manner.
J-iS Remember that every Prize is drawn, and j
payable in lull without deduction.
ZN All Prizes of sl,ooo and under paid imnie- |
diately after the drawing—other Prizes at the usual j
time of thirty days.
All communications strictly contidential. The ;
drawn numbers will be forwarded to purchasers i
immediately after the drawing.
Whole 'Tickets $5/ Halves $2.50; Quartern $1.25. i
Prize Tickets cashed or renewed in other tickets
at either office.
Orders for Tickets can be addressed either to
S. SWAN A CO., Atlanta, Ga.,
jel or E. C. BARBER, Augusta, Ga.
ALABAMA LOTTERY!
AUTHORIZED by the STATE OF .11. ! 11. CL/, f.
Southern Military Academy Lottery !
CLASS E—NEW SERIES.
To be drawn in the Citv of Montgomery, Alabama I
in public, on THURSDAY, July 10, 1856, on the’ [
HAVANA PLAN!
SAIICEL SWAN, Manager.
Prizes amounting to
$205,000 DOLLARS!
Will be distributed according to the following
MAGNIFICENT SCHEME!
80*000 NUMRERS!— T5,i;00 PRIZES ! !
1 Prize of $35,000 is SBS 400 j
J “ ]o,i 00 is 11 i’oOi 1 !
1 “ 5,000 is 5,000 |
,* 2,000 is. .... 2,000 I
1 “ 1,200 is 1,200 |
• “ 1,10" is 1,100 |
1 “ 1,000 is 1,000 !
1 ” 900 is 900 I
1 “ 800 is 800 |
1 “ 620 is 620
10 “ 200 is 2,000
100 “ 100 is 10,000
4 “ S2OO apptoximating $35,000 prize, S3OO
4 “ 150 “ 10,000 “ 600
4 “ 100 “ 5,000 “ 400
4 “ 8(1 “ 2,0 i lO “ 820
4 “ To “ 1,200 “ 280
4 “ 50 “ 1,100 “ 200
4 “ 4o “ 1,000 “ 160
4 “ 30 “ you “ i2o j
4 “ 28 “ 800 “ 112 i
4 44 22 0 620 0 §8 (
40 “ 20 “ 200 “ 800 !
400 “ lo “ 100 “ 4,000 !
15,0i*0 “ SIJ 127*50(1 (
15,600 Prizes, amounting to $205 000 j
The 15,000 Prizes of ss>, are determined bv the !
number which draws the" $35,000 Prize—if that I
number should be tin odd number, then everv odd I
number ticket in the Scheme will be entitled to
$8.50 ; if an even number, then every even number
ticket will be entitled to $-.50 in addition to anv
otlier Prize which maybe drawn.
Purchasers in buying an equal quantity of odd
and even number tickets will be certain of‘drawing
nearly one-half the cost of the same, with chances
of obtaining other Prizes.
2A' 1 Remember that every Prize is drawn, and
payable in full without deduction.
Z-iF" All Prizes of SI,OOO and under, paid imme
diately after the drawing—other Prizes at the usual
time of thirty days.
All communications strictly confidential. The
drawn numbers will be forwarded to purchasers
immediately after the drawing.
11 hole Tickets $lO ; Halves $5 • Quarters s£.so.
Prize Tickets cashed or renewed in other tickets
at either office.
Orders for Tickets can be addressed either to
S. SWAN. Montgomery, Ala.,
jel or Box 70, Augusta, Ga.
REAL HAVANA LOTTERY.
210,000 DOLLARS!
SORTEO NUMERO 563 ORDINARIO.
The Ordinary Drawing of the HA YANA 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
Monday, June 16th, 1856.
Capital Prize $60,000.
I 1 Prize of. $60,000 15 Prizes of. SIOOO
| 1 “ 20,000 20 0 " 500 !
; 1 “ 16,000 60 “ 4(iii |
j 1 “ 8,000 161 “ 200 I
10 Prizes of 2,000 16 Approximations.4,3oo i
Whole Tickets sli>; Halves $0 ; Quarters $2.50. \
| Prizes paid at the Havana Office on presentation.
| Prizes cashed by the undersigned at five per cent,
discount.
All orders sent to the undersigned strictly confi- I
dential, and will be attended to with dispatch.
Address JOHN E. NELSON, Box 130,
my2s Charleston, S. C. !
DOTTED SWISSES.
TW[OW opening, a new and beautiful assortment i
11 of Dotted and Figured SWISSES, JACONET
and SWISS MUSLINS, at exceedingly low prices. I
1 Also, a very tine variety of Long anti Short Lace
j MITTS, with and without fingers, at prices from
’ 37J$ cents to $1.75 a pair, at
! ■»*** DICKBY & PHIBBW. J
Auction oako,
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
Liquors, on account of all concerned.
FRIDAY, 6th inst., in front .
on account of all concerned * ' I0 ’ Wl sold,
2 'Va CaSkS Bra “ dy J 1 P ‘ ! ' e Gin - Terras casn.
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & C O.
A Desirable and Delightful Farm for Sale.
M ill be sold, if not previously disposed of, on the
first TUESDAY in JULY next- e
The delightful FARM 011 the eastern boundary
line, fronting the commons, south of Greene street
containing fifteen acres, under a high state of
cultivation, a good crop of wheat, rye, oats and
corn being upon the land, and a tine vegetable
garden.
The improvements consist of a one and a half
story Dense, all necessary out-houses—all having
been recently built. 0
Terms one-halt cash, balance first of January
next, properly secured.
For further particulars apply to
• , J- MEY ER, on the premises, or
_ J. e4 _ GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
? 1 oVwl ,6t n ; ,ls,aut > iu front of store, at 10 W
o clock, will be sold—
T)rv rind p NSo }' tnion ! Oroceries, Provisions,
Hit Goods Ready-made Clothing, Cutlery Sad
dlery, Crockery and Glassware, Ac! Terms cash.
BY GIRARDEY. WHYTE & CO.
Ready-made Clothing at private rale until Fri
day, which, if not closid out then, will tie
sold out at auction.
The following attractive invoice of Reatlv-made
CLOTHING will be opened on Monday, and of
fered at private sale until FRIDAY.
The Clothing are all seasonable, and fresh from
the manufacturers.
16 dozen Duck Coats.
15 “ Linen “
14 « .. «
14 “ Union Linen Coats.
11 “ White “
11 “ Linen Duck “
13 “ Printed Cotton “
12 “ Worsted “
12 “ Fancy Cassimeve Coats.
12 “ Habit Cloth
12 “ Gray Linen Drill “
15 “ Fancy Cotton Pants.
12 “ Linen Drill “
.12 “ Black Drab d’Ele Pants.
13 “ Fancy Marseilles “
Bi “ " Vests
12 “ 0 Cottonade “
12 “ “ Marseilles “
16 “ “ «
16 “ “ White “
Merchants and dealers are invited to call and
see the collection. Prices low. Terms cash
jef GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
Yl r 11,1, UK SOU), iii front of the office of
“* the Augusta Insurance and Banking Com
pany, on WEDNESDAY’, the 4th day of JUNE
isnt, the following improved real estate, viz:
I The three-story brick store and dwelling, sifu
-1 ated on the North side of Broad street, occupying
J a front (if on feet on Broad street, extending to
j Jones street, being the second building above
1 Campbell street; the store occupied by Airs. Flo
ronce as a dry goods store and the dwelling bv
Mrs. Gordon. 'lbis building is well built, anil
m complete order, and rents for nine hundred dol
lars for the present year. Also, the two-story
dwelling of wood, being the lower tenement of the
buildings known as Quality Range, at present <*c
cupied by Mr. Guess, lot fronting on Broad street
29].; feet, and Jones street 29 feci.
Sale to take place after the salt l of other proper
ty, to be sold same day and place. By order of
toe Board. ‘ ROBERT AY'ALTON,
j "O' 1 Cashier.
BY HOWARD & DUGAS.
G. A. PARKER, Auctioneer.
Executors' Sale.
' be soM in front of the office of the
* » Augusta Insurance and Banking Com
pany, in tin l city ot Augusta, on W ednesday, the
I 4th day of JUNE next, and if necessary,front day
! to day thereafter, during the usual hours ot pub
lic sales, the following property, part of the estate
of Thomas Gumming, deceased, to wit:
Four unimproved Lots on the North sid of Rey
nold street, just below AA’ashington street, each
having a front of about forty-one'and a hulf ’i tit.,
feet on Reynold street, running back about one
hundred and seventv-sevi n and'a half 177 1 feet
to an alley about twenty (20) feet wide, on which
I each ot them has a front ot about thirty-nine and
a halt ■ 1 i1 ■i feet, with the right of way through
■ said alley, in common with three lots ii ixt men
I tinned, and also through the allot s lying respee
! tively on the east and west of the same lots.
Also, the three unimproved Lots above referred
i 10, bounded north by Bay street, on which each ol
; them lias a front of about' forty-two feet four inches,
i extending back one hundred and seventy-seven
I and a halt ;i, , ‘ 1 feet to the alley above mention
ed, bv which they are bounded oh the south, with
i the right of way in common with the four lots
I above described, through the three alleys mention
!ed in the description of said lots. The said seven
1 lots (four on Reynold and three on Bay streets >,
j »nd the alleys therewith connected, occupy the
! ground known as the old Eagle Tavern Lot.
Also, two lots of Land in the village of Sum
merville, of which one, fronting on Milledge street
I on the cast, and Gumming street on the south, con
1 tains about six (6) acres; and the other fronting
j on Gumming street, adjoining the last mentioned
) on the last, and Air. Jesse Ansley on the west, con
; aims four acres, more or less.
Also, about forty lots, suitable for buildings, laid
out on a tract of land adjoining, on the West, the
village of Summerville ; bounded South, in part,
by the Summerville Plank road, in part bv a road
running between said tract and the United States
Arsenal grounds, and lands of Alt . William Robin
son and others; AYest by a road about seventy teet
wide, at right angles to’the last mentioned'; and
North by a roadway thirty-three feet wide, separa
ting it from lauds of Messrs. Kitten, McKee, Ans
ley', and others, lhe 1;. S. Arsenal, opposite tiie
eastern portion of the lots referred to, is about two
i miles from tin- w estern boundary of the city ot
: Augusta, and the road dividing them from the
Government land is, opposite the Arsenal build
-1 >ȣ-S about three hundred feet higher than the City
| Hall lot.
A plan of these lots may be seen at the Post
Office and a; the ollice ol H. 11. Gumming, in Law
Range.
i • Gs "> !l ’*‘act of Pine Land containing about
iift.v Acres, commonly called the “Quarry
j ITttct, on which is a valuable quarry of White
Free Stone.
leirns of sale —One third cash, the other two
thirds in two equal annual instalments, with inter
est from day of sale, secured bv mortgage of the
property sold.
Ss# s " The Executors, while offering the property
and the Lots above designated, mav, previous to
the sale, for the interest'Of the Estate or the con
venience ot purchasers, make some change in the
parcels offered, by throwing together portions now
separated subdividing others now offered entire
or modifying the subdivisions above mentioned
Distinct plans of the Lots, as ottered, will be
prepared and ready for examination before and at
time of sale.
Those who may examine the four lots on Rey
nold street above-advertised, will observe that’a
portion ot the side walk in front of them is now
occupied by a track of the South Carolina Rad
road. The Executors hereby gtTe notice that this
encroachment was made without any admitted an
tlionty; without the consent of either of the l'xe
enters then representing the estate, and under ‘the
formal written protest of one of them, now spread
upon the minutes of the Citv Council of Anmista
to which all interested are referred. To the pur
chasers will be transferred, with the property, all
the right ot the present owners to require flic re
moval of this nuisance.
WILLIAM GUMMING
HENRY 11. CUM MING,’
Acting Executors of the will of
Thomas Gumming, dec’d.
Augusta, March 25, 1856. tuafid ml,-.,
NOTICE.
TMIK firm of CONNOR A RIVIERE in the
Livery Stable business is this dav dissolved
! by mutual consent. The Books and Notes can be
found at the office of E. Conxoh at all times Ml
I persons indebted to us, either bv note or account
1 are requested to call and settle’immediately with
cither of the undersigned, or Ww. O. H u.r.
Air. E CON NOR will continue the same business
j , the old stand. Thankful for former patronage,
I be still solicits from his friends and the public gen
I erally, a continuance of the same
ELIJAH CONNOR,
JOHN K. RIVIERE.
Warrenton, Ga., Mav 12th. 1856.
my 20 tlm
Flour ani»“«ka v.
300 bbls. Etowah Mills superfine FLOUR,
fresh ground.
10,i bbls. Etowah Mills Family FLOUR, fresh
ground.
1,000 bushels BRAN and SHORTS
THOS. p. STOVALL & CO,
| jei General Commission Merchants,