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ATUUrriC fc'OULF MUOAD.
W* call special attention to the notices to
fa found in this issue, from the President
tad Treasurer of this company. We trnet
that (be stockholders will all be
jpomd t> the cell for the first instalment, as it
J ell important to tho country that the con
struction of the road be commenced nt once,
end eerried on energetically.
ms tbe hope tIiAC the Board
reelected on the Bth prox..
, Screven h tho Presidency
pjlraMr.,
We do not fill our columns with Congress
ional proceedings, for tho reason that wo be
fianre we can give nr readers something bet
ter. The people of tbe country arc becom
ing sick and tired of the Kansas embroglio,
particularly aa it is evident that the whole
question is now being naed for the purpose of
President making in eighteen hundred and
sixty.
They have frittered and frazzled what wo
thought waathe frue principle of the Kansas
Nebraska act, until it haa become? no princi
ple at all, and no possible good can result
from tho further agitation of the subject.
Tbe unlawful and outrageous act of Com
modore Paulding in arresting Gen. Wm.
Walker, is causing same talk in both Houses
Vt present, but as it amounts to nothing wo
•hail not trouble our readers will* it.
The upshot of the whole matter will be
tan ultimate success of Walker in Nicaragua,
flo mote it be.
c TXI WffKUUt LITERARY MESSENGER
Nov is the time for sub
geribe for this Magasinc. Why is it that
•eutbemers ignoring their/own literature
eon tribute yearly their thousands to the sup
port of Northern Periodical# 1 Compare tho
Messenger with Harper and Emerson, and
it will be found to be ns ably edited and its
fSgUS filled with equally interesting pieces.
And yet the Messenger haa not a tithe of
flu)"subscribers among us tlint Tt sfiouTil have/
while Harper la found in almost every family,
tin a recent number of a Boston Magazine
the boast ft made that the South has no lit
evature, that literatu/e cannot exist re a sec
tion cursed by slavery !
ts southern men would withhold their sup
pMt froas these journals, tainted with moral
leprosy, and support their own magazines,
would aeon bavo periodicals of which
they would be protnf. Among them none
|l worthier of support than the Messenger.—-
Tty it—send 83.00 to Proprietor at Rich
mond, Vs* and you will receive a journal
to uono in the Uuited States.
HP* We have received of the publishers
the following Magazines;
.Arthur's Home Magazine from which we
eoptod last week the beautiful story. “Can
ova's first attempt, or the masterpiece of side
dishes.”
Gody’s Lady's book—'richly embellished
to tye ladies for its patterns of divors orna
mental needle work, fashion plates, receipts,
etc. Tho present number surpasses his pre
vious ones —Body’s motto'ia ever, excelsior.
ijprs* Augusta Medicnl and Burglcnl
Joaraal has again made its welcome appear
ante. It sosaes enlarged by Bor 10 pages
without any increase of price. It is a work
•F great interest not only to tlie profession
fbr whom it is specially intended, hut for the
general reader. Subscription price, $3.00.
. ■ bathjci ram. „
A writer in tho Christ ian Index over the
signature of “ Observer,” takes off the ro
toissness of pastors and members generally,
in attending prayer-meetings, and commuui-
Mttons have poured in to tlie Index from
various quarters complaining of personalities
fel Observer’s article. The funniest part of
it is that the editor conceives Macon to have
ktow the place in the writer’s eye,and straight
way betakes himself to the next prayer-mee
ting. These things are conclusive proofs of
the faithfulness of the picture drawn by “Ob
server.” Wo know a man now, who obsti
nately refuses to go to ehnrch, because he
<eya that no matter where he goes, tho prea
ther singles him out for. insult and abuse.
*, W>L who can tell, or even comprehend I
tlie searching and irresistablc power of the
.if - %£* ..... —! iffa, *■'* “ 1 ...
d* COMMEBCIAUHR.
Ifew York, a note or draft given by i
parties of undoubted credit is called “ first
class paper;” ia New Orleans it is known as
-fee proofin Boston s* gilt edged pa
per j” and the city of Thomasvllle as “iron
bound.” -
■ i ‘ T . in*!
Bob mm.
Thu times are hard and no mistake, and
when they are to grow softer, it ia impossible
.for.us to foresee. One cause of tba distress
5n this'community, is the fact that the plan- I
tors have hot sold their cotton, and aa they
cannot sell now except at very reduced pri
cea, tbe question is, will they sail at all . du
ring the winter Whether (hey sell or ]
under tho cireMpstsnces, tho pressure must i
continue to'exist.
What shall we do, then 1 Shall we make
a kilkenny fight of it, and try to eatWkh
other up, by a circle of law suits 1
It occurs to us, that in tho eud, this mode
of procedure would not pay. Trne, if any
are dtfiiouest, or iu failing circumstances, it is
not only the right, but the duty of the credi
tor to receive his judgment lieu as soon as
practicable, Gut In tho absence of these mov
ing <•", wa think, .mutual, forbearance-to -
be the better policy. There is a- vast deal
of wealth in Thomas county, and monied
wealth at that, and if properly distributed
among the people, would tend greatly to
their relief. Soino of our monied men, be
ing dissatisfied with our laws in regard’ to in
tertsst, have Invested their cash in Railroad
and bank stocks, because the dividends upon
their stock in theso institutions, would be
greater than the interest nllowod by law up
on any contract they might make. They
enunot bn blamed for this. , -
The truth is, our usury laws are wrong,
and.only servo as a pretext in their preaent
status, for charging enormous rates of inter
est by those who are willing to make all they
can on their money. Tho valuo of money
fluctuates like every thing also, and there
ought to be n conventional, as well ns a le
gal rato of interest. There are many hon
est, honorable and responsible men in this
community who would be willing ft pay ten
per crnt for money, and would dj/so if they
could get it, notwithstanding the usury laws.
But they cannot get it at these rates, and
they do not fool willing to be totally disc//i
----botcelled. / Jsj 4 -
Go out into the streets, and an iron
bound note for sale, and there will bo no dif
ficulty in effeetthg artrade provided you take
a corner/ or in othrir words, knock off
twenty-five per cent; and we have beard of
loans being negotiated at fiom five to ten
per cent per month.
So fur from giving relief, these transac
tions will only add to the distress of such as
may be in pecuniary difficulties, and we ad
monish them to pause —reflect—and bewaro.
Every man ought, and every honest man
will do the best he enn for his creditors, arid
if they should nut be satisfied at this, let I
them ane and sell your property, if need be
—for this is infinitely preferable to these
enormous per cents.
Theso are our sentiments, aiid we believe
that the end will show that there is wisdom
in them.
requested by the Sheriff of
TeJfajr county Vo give notice that the Sheriff
sales of Telfair county,will hereafter appeal
iu the Wire-Grass Reporter.
MAYORALTY OF THOMASVILLE
From a communication in tho Reporter we
learn that the salary of the Mayor of Tlioin
asville is 8500. One candidate is up for it t
that figure; another proposes to take it nt
8300, while a third offers to enjoy tho honor
with no salary nt all. This is the first time
we have ever known so distinguished a po
sition to be lot to tbe lowest bidder..
TUn above is taken from tbe Savannah
Republican of the 11th inst., and we are
contained to admit, contuins more truth
than poetry.
Tho people of the town, however, “ let”
the office to the highest bidder,by a very con
siderable majority.
, [ro.wMtxuATun.)
FALLOW CITIZHttS : —Allow mo. to return
you my thanks for tho confidence you have
seen fit to repose in me by my re-election to
tho important and responsible office of the
morally over the corporate limits of your
town,, with t-jegmHif dtffidrmee -hi regard
to my ability, (which 1 trust you will make
due allowance) I nccept the position assign
ed me by the vox poptili. with a stern re
solve to discharge my duties regardless of
fear, favor, or affection. Tho high toned re
liable gentlemen you have elected with me
ns Alderman will no doubt exercise their rule
and authority as a legislative body, and the
result of their deliberations shall be promp
tly and faithfully executed. I would adviso
the present year's administration that the most
rigid economy should be observed as the
expenses to the town have been much
enhanced; more laborers will be required
to work and keep in good order tlie
streets by tlie extension of our limits;
salaries on offices, &.c„ which must be
borne in mind by the council and particular
ly by violators of the law, every orderly,
decent respectable citizen should linvo the
interest of. his town, county and country in
the strictest keeping with ids person and his
liftfnnd such kb violate tlmsesncred pledges
to themselves, their families and country,
must kiss the rod of-a just law raised to pun
ish them. , - -J
In my annual report I nll-thc recoin- I
moudalions necessary to tMudriowly installed
Aldermen, consequently a repetition is iui- ,
noccaaary as 1 pieeume .they have been ah
ready observed and in due tiiuo will be re- 1
garded. . t , •
6 W. L. Holland.
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier
says j A large spat has recently made its
appearance pn tho purfcee of the sun. It is
40,000 milos*in diameter, of rather triangular 1
figure, along |||| borders of the penumbra, ‘
within whbsh ar-e four or five Urge nuclei, (
and several smaller ones in the form of dots (
and lines. The diameter of the spot being
five times that of the earth, its surface must 1
be more than six limes the whole smfaco of
the earth, or fifteen times grerater than the 1
habitable portion of the globe.
_ IIAILLN THE SPERIT;
OX TEX WIDOW XoDAOaLX’S FAITH.
M
Some fifteen or twenty years ago there
lived a widow just one days travel from
wbat is now, perhaps, tbe most flourishing
village in Southern Usorgla, and her house
was a favorite stopping, place among travel
lers. The country around was wild and un
settled, and the woods abounded in deer and
dthar game. Deer bunting always was a
favorite amusement of mins, and as 1 was a
regular attendant on the courts held in the
aforesaid village, I had made up my mind
when the fall session came round, to leave
home in time to stop at the widows to take
a hunt with my friend Henry, her son. In
deed the arrangements were made between
ns to this effect. Accordingly on the Thurs
day of the third week in J^rvembor, eighteen
-hundred and 1 deft - my homey wtitch
was then high up in the Wire-Grass section,
on my way to Court. The tnorfiing on which
I started wag dark arid gloomy’, and soo.i af
ter it set in to rain slowly, and rained during
the whole day. The next morning was no
better, nevertheless, I set out again on my
journey, a* it was necessary to reach the
widows that, night, or lose my hunt. About
three o’clock in the afternoon the wind sprang
up, and made points rapidly towards the
North. Occasionally a sharp and 1 heavy
puff, would roar angrily and wildly through
the tops of the tall pines, and then die away
witli a moan ib the distant forest. I tight
ened the strings on my noble horse John,
and gathering himself up proudly, lie doghed
off in gallant style. Alas! poor John!—
. Many, many miles, and many days have we
traveled and spent together, but thou art
gone down to tho dust, whither thy master
will soon follow thee! Just at dark iny no
ble horse I tailed-at the widows door. My
horse was put into safe and careful hands,
and I was ushered into the parlor, where
was blazing, and crackling a most comforta
ble fire. 1 soon felt pleasant and happy, ns
every body did when they stopped at this
house, for good fare, and polite anil kind at
tentions invariably produce this effect. Af
ter partaking of a most excellent supper, we
were all ngnin seated in the parlor, or ns it
was more familiarly known among travellers,
the *• Calico Room.” *
9 “ Well Ginerl,” said Henry, after a long
and pleasant cnnversntiom, “ I’m mighty glad
you’ve come, for I wns afraid the bad weath
er would keep you back.”
“ No, Henry, ‘I was determined to come if
possible, for I have dreamed often within
the last six months of tho sport of to-mor
row. Btit realty, after stt; I rim afraid that
we shall be penned up iu tho house by bad
weather.”
“ Don’t von bclievo a wotd of that,” he
* A- ‘ * Cfi *
replied. “It rains n little yet, hut the wind
is high, and there wont be a cloud tube seen
in the morning.”
** I hope what you say may turn out to be
true.”
“ Oh, it will be certain. In tbe morning,
you can take the rifle, and go out and kill
one before breakfast —I’ve fi-xed her this
evening, nud she is now loaded exactly right.
By the time you get back, I will have your
double-barrel wiped, and dried, for I see you
fitae it along.”
“ Very well, llenry, I shrill be on hand if
it does not rain.”
“ Never fear that, and as you must be tir
ed, we will bid you good night. I shall call
you hv daylight in the morning.”
“ AM right, my friend.”
Soon after this conversation, I was buried
in deep sleep, asleep so deep that it was en
tirely dreamless. The next morijing I was
aroused by Henry
“ Get nji, get’ np, and see the prettiest
morning yon-over beheld.”
1 rose hastily, put on my clothes and
walked out. It was perfectly clear and calm
%nd very cold—everything being covered
jjitlra Iroary frost.
Incized the rifle and walked into the
“ woods: Ah o ut aTfatr itfJe ffotn Tfiofiotise,
was, and is what is known us “ Chalk Hill,”
from its white appearance, there being no
vegetation on it whatever. I ascended the
top of this hill just as the sun was throwing
his first rays on the green tops of the lofty
pines, mid to me the scene was most lovely.
1 have seen the broad prarie, with its sea of
waving grass, the onklauds with their rush
ing torrents, but none bf them are half so
lovelyto ine, as tiro scenory of my own na
tive hills.
” Honored and blest be the evergreen pine.”
Far down in tho valley I saw three deer
walking, tWo does and a noble buck. ‘With
very great difficulty 1 approached within
about one hundred yards, when they all laid
down. I could, however) see the horns of!
the luck, and milking the proper allowance 1
for tbe position of bin body, I took dcliber- |
ate aim and fired. The does sprang up and ■
ran within about twenty ynids of*ins, not l
knowing tho direction of the gun,and 1 could
easily have killed one or peril rips both,but in
n?y hurry I had forgotten my aiuunitiou. 1
ppso up from 111 y hiding place and they scam
pered off. ■*
1 had shot the buck through the heart and
he was dead. Freturned to the house where
I was congratulated on my success, and j
laughed at for iny carelessness. After break- ,
fast a shrill whistle brought forth the dog
Tray, (no kifiTto the old follow that was nil- 1
affected by “grief”) and Henry armed with
the rifle and myself with the double-barrel,
sallied forth for a drive. We took a negro
boy along with an extra horse to bring in
the dead deer, but before getting to him, l
wns surprised to sec o many others, scatrip
jring off over the bills. After dispatching
rigs boy- with the buck, Henry told me that 1
it was useless to drive then—that the sever- -
al preceding days of find weather had kept 1
them from stirring, and that now they were
alt on their faet, playing and feeding. We
therefore agreed to go about a mile down tbe
creek, and wait for them to lie down before
commencing. As we went along, numbers
of “frhlte flags” were seen waving in the!
distance, and we had some difficulty in keep
ing tbe dog
We went as far as ws wished, and stopped
and talked about two hours,when wc thought
we might begin. Henry took ono aide of
the creek and myself the other, and tbe dog
was turned loose. He would frequently run
out on either side upon tbe trail of deer that
had fed out,and we stopped and rested again.
After Starting again be bursted them out
Cririslan'fly/but they aIT ran ou Henry’s Bide
and escaped.
Finally be came over to mo and said,
“ yon know the island above here don’t
you ?”
“ “ 1 ”
“Well, that is the next thicket,and I want
you to go on my side and get woll around. —
There are SoinHkry large old bucks that
lie there,” ffP
“ Very well,” said I, and off 1 weht, but
before getting well aronnd, I beard the dog
squall, and Henry exclaimed—
“ Look out I”
There was a roaring as of a mighty wind
for a moment in the hushes, and then nine
j large bucks leaped majestically out. They*
were too far to shoot and I was just Begin
ning to the luck, when the hardest of
the drove suddenly left his companions, and
started by me. He ran by in about fifty
yards, and I let drive at him witli one bar
rel. but ho never faltered—l turned loose
Ibe other and still he kept oh. I was about
; to conclude that I had missed him altogether,
when he tumbled down dead. We picked
1 him up and a noble animal lie was, and star
-1 ted for home. As we were approaching the
- road which led to the house, a man passed
• us, on horseback.
1 “ How are yon Henry,” he said.
“ How are you Daniel,” replied Henry.
- “ Who is that ?” I inquired. ’ ■
tThat? Why don’t you know him?
! why that’s Daniel McDaggle. the biggest
devil in the world. - Have you never heard
■ Bow he made his Granny hail the Sperit.”
“ No.”
f 1 then received from Henry, in substance
1 the following story.
CHAPTER 11. ,
Many years ago there lived on one of those
ridgris so frequently to lie found on the Oc
mulgee river, an old widow lady named Mc-
Daggle, and with her. her two grandsons,
George and Daniel. The ridge on which
the house was situated, sloped gradually
down to tho river flat, over which of dark,
damp nights, might often he seen, Will o’ the
Wisp, with his lighted lantern. Tho parents
of the two hoys had died when they were
quite young, and the old lady, their Grand
mother, who had a comfortable competency,
had taken them to raise as her own. The
education of these boys \\nn of course not
verj? perfect, seeing that the school master
had not been much abroad in those days,
but such as the country afforded, tliejr had.—
•The old lady was a strict menber of tbe
Primitive Baptist Church, and was distill
guished for her piety and goodness, of heart.
She never lost an opportunity of inculcating
proper moral and religious instructions, but
the seed unfortunately “ fell on stony
ground,” particularly so far as Daniel was
concerned. He was full of all sorts of mis
chief and devilment, and so 6trong was this
passion in him that ho would indulge it at
the expense of any one—oven his best friend,
or nearest relative. This proclivity for fun
made him popular in the “Settlement,” and
there could not be a wedding or frolic, far
or near, but Daniel was invited, and was
sure to attend. He. -had in early life con
tracted a strong and sincere attachment to
corn whiskey, and if, while nt a widding or
any other social gathering, he did not get
“ tiaht,” it was because there was ndne of
tho above mentioned article on band, or be
cause it gave out a little too soon. If he
ever honored a court, either of Inferior or
Superior Juris ‘iction, with his presence he
was‘sure to get drunk, and remain so for sev
eral days afterwards, out of respect to the
Judge. After one of these sprees, be would
go home, receive kindly the usual reprimand
from his Grandmother, and attend strictly
to his business until the next occasion for a
frolic should present itself. - George wns two
years younger, and differed from Daniel only
in one essential particular, and that was his
perfect sobriety. Jle did not drink a drop,
; but his disposition for fun, was ns strong as
j Daniels^-Alwce-upon a time, Daiitel had
1 been off ttvconrt, and returned as usual some
two or three days afterwards, in very bad
: condition, lie got in just at nigbt. and soon
J- afterwards, betook himself to bed. The
| next morning, tho old lady, George, and
Daniel were at the breakfast table. Tbe
old lady dished out tipi coffee to the boys,
but did not eat hesaelf. She sat mournfully
regarding Daniel, and felt that she could not
break her fast till she had discharged her
’ duty towards him. At length she broke the
■ silence which was truly painful, for these
boys loved their old Grandmother, notwith
standing they often made her unhappy.
“ Daniel what makes you do so?”
“ Why, granny, I can’t help it.”
“ Yes you can, if you’fi try, but you don’t!
V*-"’
“Yes I do—l try hard. Every time I
Start to town I makeup ny mind *°
drink notlißg. and I practice saying no, as I
go along, sq.as to git my band in before I’m
axed; bot the fust man that axes Ine. yes
slips ovdjest as naCcrgl.”
u ye*, but Daniel, you don’t haveybiVA.
If yon’d git religion as I’ve often begged
you to do. and have faith, you could not
only face ardint sperits and not be hurt by
’em, but if it was necessary, jou could face
tbe sperits of tbe dead !”
This was said so solemnly and impressive- 1
ly that Daniel looked full into his Grand
mother’s face for a momenf without speak
ing. At length he saidi—
“Granny, could you face a sperit?”
•• Yes I.could, and not be afraid nother.”
“ What would you do granny ?”
“ I’d hail it in the name of the Lord, and
if it was a good sperit, it would tell me what
it rianted, and if it was a bad one, it would
fly from me.”/ . (
Daniel said no more, but seemed f<J be in *
deep thought fora few moments. He then
looked at Gsorge, who was regarding him
with a mischievous smile, lurking about his
lips. The two young men, resa and left the
house together.
“ There’s a chance for sum fuij George,”
said Daniel.
•• 1 know it,” replied George. “ but wont
it be too bad. I would not do granny any
harm, for the sake of my life.”
“Nor me uutlier, George, but it wont hurt
her, and besides I’ve got a sort of enrosity to
‘ see if human nater can stand it.”
Well; how shall we manage ?”
“ Why, you W'ke out like you are going
over the river tiMee cousin Bill, and stay all
night to-night. We’ll fix up some hand light
erd this evening and. toyiiglit when it gets
cleverly dark,walk out on the flat with your
torch. You had better cut a bush and keep
behind it, so the old lady cant see you. I’ll
be shore to find you out —tell granny I know
it’s a sperit and-get her to hail it. You must
manage your part the best you can.”
‘And so these young a
deliberate plan to play a trick on their, good
old grandmother. Just before night, George
departed according to contract.Jenving Dan
iel at home with the old lady. Afrer supper
Daniel walked to the back door, and stood
gazing for some minutes.
“ Granny what is that yauder ?”
“ What ? Daniel.”
•• Why yanders, amity enris light.”
Tbe old lady got up and went to the door.
After looking a good long time, she said—-
“ Why Daniel, what <Jn the face of the
yeth can it be?” - ..■ 1 ■
“Look, granny, it moves backwards and
forwards —it aint a jackym//lantern, for the
light is too big,and then it changes its course
too often. Granny that’s a .sperit,as shore as
you are born.”.,
“ Well child it may be. and as I told you
this morning. I’ll show you what faith can
do—get a light Daniel, I mean to hail it.”
“ YVeIV but granny, yrrti don’t want me
to go with you, do you ?”
“ Yes, child, it wont lulrt you.”
“ But. granny yjou’ll go ahead,wont you ? ’
“ To he shore I will.”
Daniel got the light, and they salied forth.
When they got within about fifty yards
of-the moving light, which looked awful in
the darkness of the night, the old lady halt- ;
ed. e
“ In the name of the Lord, what are you,
and what do you want ?” she exclaimed- at;
the top of her voice.
There was no response,and the light seem- j
ed to apprririch slowly.
“ Hail it again, granny, it dont answer,” j
said Daniel with well feigned tremulosity of
voice. ■ J
“ In the name of the Lord, what are you,;
and what do you want!” again exclaimed
the old woman. •
Still there was no response, and the light
continued to approach
“ Hail itagin, granny,” said Dani'ril liur
redly, “I’m, skeered, —my knees is a trim
bliu now.”
lady hailed it again a n-ucli
quicker tone than before,and the aus-wef was
a groan.
“
said Daniel, throwing down his lig it and ta
king to his heels.
He had not ran more than ten steps.before
he made it convenient to *j.uinp bis toe, and•;
fall. Before lie could pick ■ltfinself up, the
old lady passed him, to use his expression j
” like a house afire,” exclaiming —
“ The Lord presarve me !”
. George, came up, and he and Daniel roll
ed and screamed with merriment. The old
lady mistaking them for wails of pain and
affright, hurried on more rapidly if possible
to the house. Daniel and George after some
minutes walked up to the house, and went 1
in, but uot seeing the old woman, Daniel re
marked.somewhat in alarm,
” Where can she be ?”
“Is that you, Daniel,” inquired a tremu
lous voice under the l/ed.
“ Yes Granny.” /
•* Who ja that with you ?”
“George.”
The whole thing flashed on the old lady V
mind at once, .-/-r
----“ You nasty, good for nothing critters you,
you jist wait till I get out qnd I’M show you
how to play sich tricks an your old granny.”
The boys left the ‘tyousc-quicker than they
entered it, and it was a long time before they
could induce the old woman to let them re
turn, and then only upon the condition that
they would neve tell oi her. But many a
time since lias Daniel TlqDaggie enlivened
his jolly companions how he
made his good old Grandmbthcr “ Hail the
Sperit.’'* Nrnps. j
GovrairtW FOB war
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Thi following tabls shows the Governors
of the several States and Territoaiea in tU
Uniou t
States. Governors.
Alabama . .Andrew W. Moore.
.Elias N. Conway.
California.../:.. ....John B. Weller.
Cannecticur."..,.. - Alexander H. Holley.
Deleware /..Peter F. Clausey.
Florida. M. 8. Perry.
Georg a Joseph E. Brtiw/.
Illinois. William H. Bisell
Indiana A. P. Willrad, .
lowa ...It. P. Lowe. !>> t
Kentueka.. Charles S. Morehead.
Lousiana -’R. C. \\ ickliffe.
Maine ...Toslih H. Williams.*
Maryland Tmoinns H. Hicks.
Masachusetts ...Nathaniel P. Banks.
Michigan -K. S. Bingham.
1 Mississippi.... William McWillie.
Missouri ~.lt. M. Stewart.
■New'Hampshire'.:Wilfram Haifa. /
New Jersey William A. Newell.
New York ...John A. King.
North Caroliha. f..... Thomas Bragg.
•Ohio . Solman P’ Chase.
Pennsylvania William F. Packer,
Rhode Island i.Elisha Dyer.
Soth Carolina lI."T£"W. Alston.
Tenessee Isham G Harris,
Texas.. ...Harden R. Runnel4 ~~
Vermont Ityland Flecher.
Virginia Henry A. Wise.
Wisconsin ... Alex. W. Randall,
Teritories
Oregon George L. Curry.
Minnesota ...Samuel S. Medary.
New Mexico.. .1 Abraham Rencher.
Utah - Alfred Camming.
Washington Fayette McMullen.
Nebraska.. Wm. A. Richardson.
Kansas .James W. Denver.t
•Acting Governor.
tSeci*tar,y,.a.nd Acting Governor.
{Gov. Runnels died at Houston, Texas, on
the 17th November. ‘ ....
General Walker, it is said, estimates the
hisses sustained by htm from the seizure of
his property by Cant. Davis and Com. Paul
ding, at §140,000. It is said that the Filibus
ters I rongbt home in the Saratoga, and now
lving in Norfolk harbor,refuse to leave the ves
sel, unless forced to do so. They say are pen
niless and homeless, and demand to be car
ried hack to Nicragiia. .
Dis 5 ,
At his residence, on tlie evening of the 7th last.,
Mr. John 6. Sessions of. Thomas eouoty, in ths
! 3'2il year of his age. Mr.’Sessions was a member of
the M. E. Church some years previous to his depart
ure. He has left a ivifcjuidTwo little childien be
sides many relations and friends to mourn his loss.
“ The Lord hath given, and the Lord has taken
away, blessed be the name of the Lord,”
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Dr. tt'l.aneS JLiver Pills.— When the
proprietors Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa.,’ of
this invaluable remedy purchased it of the inventor,
there was no medicine which deserved the name, for
the cure of Liver ami Billious complaints, notwith
standing thti gn at prevalence of these discasrs in
the United States. In the South and West particu
larly, where tho patient is frequently unable to ob
tain the services of a regular physician, some reme
dy was required, at once safe anil effectual, and the
operation of which could in no wise prove prejudi-
Titfhto the constitution. This medicine is supplied
by l>r. M’Lane’s I.ivpr Pills, prepared by Fleming
Bros., of Pittsburgh, as has been proved in every
j instance in whichp it has had a trial. Always bene
| ficial, not a solitary instance has ever occurred ia
1 which its effects have been injurious! The invention
j of an educated and distinguished physician, it has
! nothing iiicommon with tlie quack nostrums iuipoa
|i and upon the public by shallow pretenders to the med
{ ical art. Experience lias now proved, beyond a
doubt, that Doctor M l.auc’s Pill is the best remedy
S ever proposed for the Liver Complaint. ‘
| Purchasers will be careful to ask for Ur. 9T [.ant's
Celebrated hirer Fills, manufactured by Fleming
liras, of Pittsburgh, Pit. There arc other Pills pur
i porting to be Liver Pills now before the public.—
[ Dr. M Lane s Genuine Liver Pills, also his celebra
i ted Vermifuge, can now be had at all respectable
Drug Stores. A’omc genuine te ithoulthc signature of
FLEMING BROS.
Sold by E. Seixas.and Palmer & Bro. Tlioiuasville
and by one Agent in every town in the South. f47}-s.
Nero ‘Abnertiocments,.
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Oinc Atlantic A Gulf R. K. Cos.
Savannah, January 9th, 1858.
milF, cobdersigned, Treasurer of the Atlantic Jr.
J. Gulf Railroad Company, will be in Troupville,
on Wednesday, the 2nth instant; at Thomasviile,on
! Monday the 2ith, and at Bainbridge, on Friday,
| the 29th, for the purpose of receiving the first in
! stall meat of 20 per cent due by
janl9-2t] 1). MACDONALD.
OlHcc Atlantic A Gulf U. R. Cos.
* Savannah, January 9th. 1858.
4 N Election for Nine Directors of the Atlantic
i\. A Gulf Railroad Company will he held in the
city of Milledgt.ville, on Monday the Bth day of Feb
ruary- nCrt, at 12 O’clock, M.
J. P. SCREVEN, President.
W W. 14 aiiD. Secretary. • [t2jnnl9
Administrator's Sale.
liriLL be sold, by'order of the Court of Ordins-
TT ry, on the first Tuesday in March next, before
I the court house dour, iu Troupville, Lowndes county
a negro woman. Sold- for the benefit .of the heirs
and creditors of the estate of John MTDees deceased.
, jßlUt,ls) IRENA DEES, Adrn’x/ ‘
SIOO RBW ARD t s --
I WILL pay Ono Hundred Dollars Howard for
the delivery, to the Jailor of Thomas county, of
my negro man 808, (aged about 43 years, light
| complected, and heavy built,) and bis tvyp children,
Mary, about 8. years old and Martua about 5
old. When lastjheard from they were at WllfintO
Adlermau's, and are probably about his plantation
or that of Wiu. G. PondeJ, in Leon county, Florida.
All persons are notified that the law will be strictly
enforced against any persons harboring or assisting
them in any way ‘ E; O.T’OHDER-
Thomasviile, January 19th, 1888. ‘ .1
GEORGIA—CIinch County.
Administrator s Postponed.-**
Agreeable to ail order passed at the November
Term of the Ordinary's Court of Clinch Cos., Ga.,will
bo hired before the (Court House door in tbo town of
Magnolia on the Tuesday iu February next,with
in the legal hours of sale, all the negroes belonging
to the estate of James P. llsll, lato of said couu
| fy deceased.
uo v2stdh 1 A. P. LASLHjI. Adio’t- U