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•poecli in defence of Slavery end the South.
We ere wider obligation* to the Hon J.
L. Seward for intereating public document*.
BLAOEVOOB Vtn JAEIftSY.
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We been received Blackwood’* Magazine
for January from Messrs Leonard Scott 4
Cos.
T'aw.n or Content*. —• Hunger and!
Tltirat: What will ho do with It f bv Pisis
tratu* Canton —part VIII; Debt and Credit;
Tk* Seoottiah Universities; The lWbeab
Mutiny-—the Punjab ; Beranger ; The first
Bengal European Fusilier* in the Delhi Cam
pi; Note to Article “The Company's
,’’ in November number.
aOTJTHXBH CULTIVATOB.
The February pmnbcr of this able period
ical was received two werk* ago. It is filled
with original articles from the pen* of the
ablest ‘writer* upon agriculture and horti
culture, In the State. No roan who plant* a
tree, or cultivate* a foot of land should be
without it. 4
It it published by Dr. W, 8. Jone*, at
Augusta, Georgia; edited by Redmond,
Esq., and Dr. Daniel Lee. Price'Sß) per
year, , . ;
mi BOMS.
We lire sorry to learn through the Borne
Courier that a fire broko out in that city on
the afternoon of Jan. 29th, by which a great
deal of property was destroyed. The loss
is estimated at about *IOO,OOO, and very lit
tle Inaurance. ,
■ V KANSAS
President Buchanan has sept in his mes
sage strongly recommending to congress the
acceptance of the Lecompton Constitution,
and thus gives additional evidence of his true
patriotism, and devotion to our rights under
the Federal Constitution.
MEXICO.
There seems to be no end the troubles 6f
till* badly governed ami distrnctel country, j
Present Cotnmonforf lias boon declared mil
itary dictator, ami an other revolution has
been commenced. A correspondent of the
Mobile Register in the city of Mexico, says,
that the contending parties, are fighting dai
ly in that city, with more dangor, however,
at present, to outsiders than the bcligercnts
them solves. ... _. ’■
Santa Anna is said to be in Havanna, and
is believed to be at the bottom of the opera
tions against the government, ; ‘
If the United States could find any legiti
mate excuse for it, it would bo better for
Mexico and the world, that it should be ad
ded to oar great ind growing country. - j
This m ill bo the end of the matter at last.
OTITXM.
It Is mid that tho taste for these delicious
bivalves is altogether acqtffred, there being
ao person to be found who will say that ho
relishes them at first trial. If thia be true
the taste must be very easy of acquisition, I
for thoaa who ire net fond of them, are the
exception and not the rule. Some idoa of
(he universality with which they are esteem
ed, may be gathered from tire fact that It ia
estimated that over 100,000 tens of shipping
are now engaged in the oyster trade.
M It is exceedingly difficult, says tho Nor
folk Argus, te get at the quantity of oysters
taken from the different porta from Virginia:
but from numberless enquiries in every di
rection, we are justified in affirming that
4.0Q0.000 go to New York city and vi- 1
entity, 2,000,000 to same to Phil
adelphia 4 Baltimore, and 4,000,000 to eth
er places, making in all 18,000,000 bushels.”
It b estimated that the free people of the
Unted states expend for oyster* every year,
•bout fifty four millions of dollars.
MARKET REPORTS.
Charleston, Feb. 4. —Salos of Cotton
far the week 9,600 bales. The market do
tes at an advance of Jceut for middling fair
qualities. „
Savannah, Fob. 4.—Sales of Cotton to
day 160 bales, at from Oj to It cents. The
market is unchanged. It rained all day.
New York, Feb. 4.-rr-Balcs of Cotton to
day 800 bales, with a firm market and very ,
limited etoek. Flour firm, with sales of
9,000 barrels. Wheat firm, (*alea 5,000 bush
els. Coru heavy-, sales 42.000 bushels, and
white and yellow quoted at 66 cents. - N. O.
Molasses 26 a 27 cents. Turpentine firm,
\li sales of 1,000 barrels, at 44 a 45 cents,
tilt firm Rice buoyant at from 3 to 3&
V Freights firm. V f
last Legislature of Georgia passed an
tilting every white citmen oftbls State
ysssln bring tlrrr RMfff a family,
• Hpossco*. fr from levy and sale,
or mktr. Without regard to
*iILLI
Wc art Informed by tha last Bsdobridge
Argus that tUb subscribers of stock in Daca
ter county to tho Mala Trank Railroad, a!
jaoat without exception, came*forward and l
paid *p the first instalment Os twenty per
cent called for by the proper officers of t|e
company. We are truly gratified to hear
this, as rumor bad created the impression
upon the minds of some of our people, that
there would be trouble among the stock hol
ders in that county. The editor after ma
king the above atatqjpmit, concludes that:
M Wc are determined to maintain a position
far in advance of both Thotnai and Lowndes
united, in this enterprise, and folly demon
strate that if wa do not possess wealth, we
ean botfrt of men of spirit and enterprise, on
whom the public can tely with confidence
wlien they ore called upon to loos* their purse
strings in behalf of their aeelion. Our pres
ent subscription far surpasses that of both
the Railroad counties of Thomas and
Lowndq#, and In another twelve months will
double it if they do not do more than they
have ever yet done for any Railroad.—not
conditional notes or public resolve* and good
wishes. Nearly six hundred thousand dol
lars is yet to be raised, and Decatur will
subscribe and pan more than fifty thousand
of it, and a hundred thousand if necessary.”
We an also highly pleased with this an
nouncement, and sincerely hope that the cit
isent of Decatur will sustain Mr. Rnsaell in
making it.
Tho italics, however, nsed in reference te 1
Thomas and Lowndes, as Railroad counties, {
show* that the editor intended to let off a
little sarcasm at our oxpense.
Thomas and Lowndoa took a large amount
of stock in the Brunswick and Florida Rail
road, and although the stock notes were con-1
ditional, yet they were given in good faith,!
and with the full expectation of ■ paying
them. Our people’ desire vory much to in
crease their subscriptions to the Main Trunk
road, and they have made repeated efforts to
get up these conditional notes in order tlmt
they might feel safe in doing ao. A meeting
of tlie citizens of this county, or at least
such as had given their notea, was held in
thia place very recently, and appointed a
committee to demand them of Mr. Wheeler
the President of the Brunswick road, and he
rcfhsed to deliver them up. Notwithstand
these difficulties we do not doubt but that
tho counties of Thomas and Lowndes will
do their duty in this regard, and we repent,
that we are happy to learn that Decatur
stands ready to lead them. The early .com
pletion of tho Atlantic dc. Golf Railroad is
whnt wo ail desire, and in which we are all
deeply interested, and it ia to be hoped that
every citizen who lias the means to help at
all, will put hi- shoulder to the wheel and
push on the great and glorious work.
Written for tha Wire-Grans Reporter.
>r thi main tromx.
Mb. Editor :—ln your issue of tha 26th
iiist* there appears a communication signed
Justice in which the writer proposes to dis
place Messrs. Young, Stapler, & Mclntyre,
fiom the directory of the Atlantic &. Gulf
Road—their places to bo supplied with
Messrs. M. B. Jones, J. T. Hays, foe. The
abbreviation, dec., it is supposed stands
for Justice himself. It is alledged they “all
have landed interests bordering the Florida
line,” and are therefore untrustworthy and
ineompetent to manage the great interests
involved in the location of the road. Judg
ing others from the standpoint of his own
narrow heart, he lias no idea that gentlemen
will be governed by pure and honorable mo
tives from considerations above and beyond
tbeir individual interests. If lam not mis
taken in Justice, he has been tha uncompro
mising enemy of the Main Trunk through
out—did all be could to defeat ita organisa
tion—and hinder the release by the Bruns
wick Company. Notwithstanding he lives
about midway thia “ air line” and owns much
“l.mded interest” with valuable water privi
leges, and considers the charter “some de
gree a favor by the State,” yet, he has never
subscribed a tfoltar towards Tt.” A proper
person, surely, ia he, to criticise its manage
ment and dictate its location. If those as
sailed have not,during the last twelve months,
accomplished all that was desired or expect
ed, they have at least been inetrumental in
■aving the country from the swindle attemp
ted by the Brunewick Company.
Mr. Editor, inasmuch as the communica
tion of Justice contains, without legitimate
excuse or valiod pretext, an unmanly insinu
ation touching the motives—a mean asper
sion of the ‘hbnor of tbe Directors mention- j
ed, tbe “hope” you express in their be
half is considered altogether gratuitous, at
least by the undersigned.
J. R. StaplbT
January Slat, 1858.
taaarks on tht Above.
‘ Wv have been puzzled to know whpt to
do w ith the concluding sentence in the above
communication, inasmuch as it contains evi
dence of a feeling towards tho aditor which
was not looked for, and which never coiild
have found a lodgment in Mr, Stapler’s
brqast, had he not been stuug to the quick
from another amtreo. There has been a
time when we differed from Mr. Stapler iu
regard to our railroad interests, but the time
has never been when, wo did not consider
him a high-toned, honorable gentleman, and
we believed— a friend.
We are astonished, therefore, to find that
be has seized upon a single word to take of
fence, and given to it signification never in
tended byi us. We have not the
particle of interest in the location of the
Main Trunk road through Lowndes county,
and do not desire, nor will we be mixed up
in any controversy in regard to, or springing
out of it.
*M. Editors—l notice hi your issue of
Jwn. 26th, that a writer over the signature of
. Juqtiee with! conceive, morrf spleen than
reason, in the frill grown exuberance of hit!
1 zeal pro bono publico has thought proper to
indulge in severs strictures involving the’
good faith and integrity of three of the.di
i rectors of tho Main Trunk road as unjust
and uncharitable aa it is ill-timed. Ido not
denyTe Justice, nor soy one else, the right
to bia or tboir own private opinions,bat where
these opinions are expressed through the me
dium of a public paper alleging that merito
rious and honorable gentlemen, while assum
ing to serve tbe public are acting but
fsem motives of selfishness, and with a view
alone to personal interest, tbe ungenerous
imputation should be met and unsparingly
hurled back upon him who so unwisely makes
it.
I own no stock in this company arid may
never do sd. Neither do I desire to appear
aa the eulogist of the gentlemen assailed,and
I regret that tbe necessity has arisen which
renders a defence of these gentlemen right
and proper, by all who have not foiled to ap
preciate their action or to acknowledge the
self sacrificing devotion manifested by them
in their untiring efforts to forward the best
interest of the community in which onr com
mon lot line been cast for weal or wo, their
office has been no sinecure—they have acted
‘by a commendable public spirit and a noble
| pride,been the active agents in procuring the
stock apportioned for the county, without
j which tbe company could not havobeen or
■ ganized. They Lave regardless of tbe sacri
fice of timo and money made repeated trips
j to differeut and distant points of the country
1 for the sole and worthy purpose of securing
this mighty boon. They do not receive onr
dollar from their office, aniT one of tbemait
least made himself a martyr to our cause by
subscribing evcrydnllar demanded from the
couiity, and without knowing that his action
1 would find, as it hag done, a response in the
feetihgs of a generous public, and yet, oh,
fief or shame! our sapient friend. Justice
sagely advises a withdrawal of confidence
and the removal of these directors. And
why 1 Simply because better understanding
the interest of a work for which they stand
pledged, they wisely council and recommend
a location of the road upon a line that will
prevent future taxation reimburse the State
and pay a larger dividend than any other. W ho
ia it understanding the geography of the
country outside of his own potatoe patch,
that docs not know that the nearer the Flor
ida line the road can.be-located the better it
will be for its interests, embracing a tract of
! country that will socure tbe varied produc
tions of the fertile lands.of Hamilton, Mad
ison, Jefferson, and Leon counties, that Tiow
- make and ship more cotton than the whole
belt of country from Thomas to Savannah
contemplated by tho nir line. It wonld far
ther inflict a deathblow upon the project of a
■ central road through Florida, securing teem
■ ing thousands that, wonld otherwise, in the
’ course of time find, a transit to a different
i point upon the Atlantic. One of the great
1 difficulties ill the plan of adjustment be
-1 tween the Bruuswick and Savannah Cornpa-
I uies was that of branching privileges. A 10-1
1 cation of the road at or near the Florida line
1 would obviato thnt entire difficulty,and cause
1 our neighboring State to do whal flic com
pany would have to do if the road was loca
-1 ted forty or fifty aides from the line. Florida
1 would build her own branches sooner than
see rival towns built up along her line for the
benefit of Georgians.
I trust sir, that Justice will at onece with
’ draw his offensive charge and concede the
tact.thnt these gentlemen as directors have
’ been patriotic, and influenced by a desire to
’ do neither more nor less than right,
i *■ Truth.
(cOMMtJVfCATRD.j
Thomasvii.lb, Feb. 1858,
M. Editor : natieo through
your paper, that as many of the Pews In the
Presbyterian Church ss will supply the pres
ent demand will be rented on Wednesday
morning next at 10 o’clock.
In as much rs there will be regular preach
ing in the afternoon, and as oacli of the oth
er churches in town is occupied at that lime
j by the colored people, would not our Metho
-1 dist and llaptist friends iind it both pleasant
j aud profitable to rent a pew.
To the young ‘gentleman of the town we
| suggest the plan of three or four uniting to
gether and taking a pew. The Chtft-ch is
very convenient and the seats comfortable, a
club of four young gentlemen could make
for each other pleasant and agreeable com
panions, whilst the expense of a pew rent
would be reduced to a mere trifle.
Why should pews be rented J Among a
thousand and one good reasons, we will give
j but two at present: *
let. It is the surdst method of securing the
ministerial support, and this, too, is not sn
experiment, but a well letted tyitem, and
whilst its novelty A ere may give rise to some
little.disapprobation, time will effectually dis
prove every objection.
2d. The beads of families can have their
children with them, and exert that parental
influence which is impossible when the chil
dren are scattered here and there, and fre
quently, too, in company with tbosc'%hosc
fixed habits at church are to laugh, talk, whit
tle, &c., dec. ;
A veritable young gentleman, four years
old, recently threw bis maternal relative into
a fit of admiration by the following speech :
“ I like most all kinds of cakes—pound
cake, sponge cake, and jelly cake, but I don’t
like stomach-ache.
Written furlia WlreOr***'Reporter.
Mi. Editor :—I wish to speak a- few
words through your columns to the rising
generation, that they may view the ground j
they* occupy. My young friends you have
been rocked in the cradle of peace and tran-
I quility, pod dandled upon the knee of pros
‘ parity while your old patriotic and heaven
born forefather* went through wUh myrisds
l of trials, troubles and privations —stood up
and faced tbe yawning month of -the British
cannon almost withont provisions, raiment
or money, that you might this day enjoy the
liberty, freedom and peace of mind yon do.
They have by the heljP of the God of heav
on and the universe, put within your grasp,
every advantage that you could wish for to
become good and great. will you not
embrace every opportunity as jj fleets by to
improve your moral and mental faculties,that
you may in a future day be an honor to your
ancestors,whose remains now sleep the silent
sleep of death beneath the rank weed, and
to tlfo land that gave you birth 1 We think
you should. Now by what means or which
are the first steps in order that you may be
come great *nnd good men I First, confine
yourself to good moral habits from your cra
rile, second, confine yourself to useful hooks,
leave off novels and all the phantoms of the
world, for what you learn during youth it
will not-depart in age; for that reason you
should strive to put up a store of good and
sound knowledge and let tho trash pass un
noticed. In a word, during tho spring sea
son of life you sow the seed from which yon
reap your future character, then be very
careful to sow no wild oats. If you do turn
a deaf ear to useful knowledge and lead a
reprobate life, be assured you will go down to
your grave swallowed up in ignorance and
degradation ; dying in this situation you are
Torgotteh'by your fellow mail, almost as soon
ns one of the brute creation, when your
mind, the boon of almighty being,with prop
er culture might have caused your name to
ring witli eulogies throughout the world for
ages to come.
Says some poor orphan or apprentice, 1
do not have time to read and study, I have
ydlatmr fbrmy is hard. Do
not think this a hardship, it will invigorate
both your physical and mental powers. So
did Washington and so did Franklin have to
labor with their hands for a support, yet they
found time to read and study, then why not
you. (There is many n precious jewel lying,
sleeping in obscurity for want of proper pol
ishing to make it shine, why not polish it 1
nothing iu the way but this little word, 1
can’t; do. a way with it and taka up, I wHI.)
When you are done with* your day’s work,
do not go to play nr hunting for recreation,
take up some good history and content your
self to peruse it for it is the telescope by
which yon can look back on past ages and
take up the action of your fore-parents and
look at the cause and effects. Young men
do not let and fashion employ your
whole time,let deep and profound thought and
mature reflection have a part, for you know
not how soon your old fathers tnay leave
yon,when you will have to act in their stead.
* Then start ye iu time to learn the rudiments
and the right channel in which to act. —
Young Americans if yon have one spark of
genius, fan it to a mighty blaze by constant
application and untiring energy. Take for
your standard, patience, truth and persever
ance, with the motto, I will excel. Your
friend and well-wisher.
Thomas C. Soil.
ABSTRACT OF THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
Washington, Fob. 2. —The message of
the President,, accompanying the, Lecompton
Constitution’ was read before Congress to
day.
The President says great delusion prevails
about the condition of parties in Kansas. He
recapitulates the history of past affairs—pro
nounces the Topeka government a usurpation
—and declares it impossible that any people
could have proceeded with more regularity
than the people of Kansas in the formation of
the Lecompton Constitution. The Conven
tion of June last was a propitious moment to
settle all difficulties in the Territory, but the
Topekeiteß suffered ihe e.Uictiao to go by de
fault, henco they have no light to compla n.
The Lecompton Convention was legally con
stituted aud invested with power to frame a
Constitution, iwhicli it did, and submitted the
question to the people of Kansas, whether
Kanans&liould be a free or a slave State.
The President believes that under the or
ganic act the Convention was bouud to sub
mit this all important question to the people.
And they did so, and again the
refused to participate in tire elections
At the election for State officers, oil the
4th of January, a wiser spirit prevailed, and
the vote was much larger. The people of
Kansas have, therefore, in strict eonforlftity
with the organic act’ framed a Constitution
for their State Government, and submitted
the slavery question to the people,—elected
their State officers—and now ask admission
into the Union under this Constitution.
The President is decidedly in favor of the
admission of Kansas, thus terminating the ex
citement of the Kansas question by trauquil
izing its distracting influences.
Asa question of expediency even, Kansas
should be admitted; inasmuch as it would re
store quiet to the Union and prosperity to
the Territory and to the people of Kansas.
The ouiy practical difference between its
admission and rejection is, whether they can
more speedily change their present Constitu
tion or frame a second one, to be submitted
to Congress.
It should never be forgotten that in pro
portion to the insignificance of the slave ques
tions as affecting the few thousand inhabit
ants of Kansas, the fourteen Slaves States
will fool tbe rejection of tho Constitution
keenly. %
When Kansas is admitted, the excitement
becomes trnnquilized and r#*<lily cools off,
end the troops can be withdrawn. |
Tbe President concludes by declsring as
his conscientious belief that the dark clouds
now over the Union can be dispelled by tbe
admission of Kansas under the Lecompton
Constitution, $r darkeued by its rejection. |
THK KA*THQtTAKK AT NAPLES,
A correspondent eff the Lendftß Daily
News, writing from Naples, gives a vivid doa
crlptiou of the recent earthquake wjpeh
threatened to destroy that city : #’
•• I was writing,” sayalie, ‘ when the ta
ble began to shake violently, the lamp to
rock, and the bells of tlifliouse to ring a* if
they had been pulled by.a strong hand T—
. walls of iny room, too, visibly i w r vctl
backwards and forwards, and crackdd as
might a boat straining heavily at sea. I*re
could be as to the cause of these
awful phenomena, and I rushed out of my
house. There had already been two shocks
up to this time; then came a third, so strong
that l thought that the house would bat e
fallen and buried mo in its ruins. Some wo
men were seated on the ground, and, in near
ly a faulting state, leaning agaiNst the wall,
to whose movements they yielded, rocked
backwards and forward#,.as in a cradle. By
this time people were escaping rapidly into
tbe streets,-and making inquiries as to each
other’s experience. Every one came to look
at Vesuvius, but the mountain gave little
comfort; it throw out but little fire, and
seemed sulky and gloomy, llie street#,
were full of anxious, trembling persons,some
half-dressed, some in their skirts, some wrap
ped up in sheets or blankets, and some in the
gay dresses in which they had escaped from
tbe drawing room or the the theatre. All
the piazzas were full of carriiges, which
were occupied by families who had abandon
ed their houses. At every hundred steps,
fires were lighted, round which wore bivou
acked from fifty to one hundred persons of
all ranks. A painter might have found
wonderful studies, lUm had been so inclin
ed ; but, alas! otheWPiouglits were upper
most. Leaving the Riviera di Chiaja, I
went into the city, and found there the same
state of excitement to exist. 1 lie palace
yard, the Largo Gastello, and other ojien
places, were full of carriages, in which their
inmates were reposing for the night. Hun
dreds of persons were couched oil the steps
of the churches, and later in the night, the
images of file saints were earried in process
ion, whilst the people sang litanies. As the
houses were, in many instances, left vacant,
the refuse of the population, who are always
ready, in times of anxiety, to profit by the
fears of the more timid, began to create con
fusion, in order to rob. Republican cries
were raised of ‘ Ft cat Tomesi,” and many
houses were entered. Strong patrols, tbere-
Tore, of the police gendannit and military
paraded the streets, and much praise is due
to the authorities for maintaining order.—
Most of the population passed the night in
streets, and the next day brought with it the
same wonderful summer-like weather that
we hare had,for the last two or three months.
During the day great anxiety prevailed
amongst fbe provincials to know to what ex
tent their families might have suffered, and
, the telegraph office was so beseiged that a
sentinel was placed before it, to prohibit all
’ persons from entering. On walking through
the Toledo, crowds were assembled, looking
at the fissures that had been made in some !
of the lofty houses. The monastery oPtbc
Jessits gave similar indications of the ter
rors of the proceeding nigli.t, and“Dwas t >ld
that the great bell had been rung by the
shock.” ■ ‘
SENATE BILL TO INCREASE THE ARMY.
Mr. Toombs gave tbe reasons why be op
posed the increase of tbe army. There was
no need of it on account of Indian hostilities,
for there had not been an embodiment of In
dians in this country for twenty-five years
past that was capable of fighting two thou
sand men. .tvs for Mormon troubles, he
(i?emed it ridiculous to suppose that Brigham
Young was able to compete with three thou
sand United States troops; and therefore no
necessity existed for an increase on that score.
He alluded to the remarks made yesterday
by Messrs. Iverson and Chandlci, the former
of whom had said that had it not been for
the troops the abolitionists in Kansas would
have been exterminated, and the latter
thinking that suclr would have been the fate
of the border ruffians from Missouri. Mr. T.
said he would not enter any- controversy up
on that subject, hut that he would not vote
to give a single man for the purpose of main
taining the peace of Kansas, whoever might
‘hold the power there. The history of forty
centuries had demonstrated tiiat order main
tained by regular soldiers was despotism ; a
peace which was only maintained by the use
of the army was the cemetery of liberty. He
would maintain peace in Kau -as on no such
terms; he would have order thereat no 6uch
cost. If freemen could not maintain peace
among themselves, they were unworthy to
‘exercise self government; they were not fit
to bo freemen. A regular army had always
been the instrument of despotism ; and there
was not a despotic government in Europe to
day which could stand ninety days without
it. He proceeded to allude to the increasing
cost o f the army/- When Mr. Callioun was
Secretary of War, he brought down the ex
penses of tho army to $273 per man; now,
estimating only the legitimate expenses of
the army, they amount to more than SI,OOO
per man each year. He was opposed to the
soldiery, except so far as was absolutely ne
cessary for tho common defence. ‘l'lie last
soldiers that were seen in Georgia came there
to help the Indians against the whites ; and
he hoped that jhe sole of the foot of another
federal soldier would never iigniu press the
soil of Georgia.
FIRE IN ROME. v ’
By an extra from the office of the Couri
er &. Statesman, we loarn that a fire occurred
in that city on the afternoon of'Fridny last,
whiclf destroyed an entire square, including
the Exchange Building and Post Office,some
twenty Stores and Offices, and involving a
loss estimated at seveuty-five thousand dol-
Among the offices destroyed, we are
sorry to see that Os the Rome Southerner
and Advertiser. The fire originated in the
middle of the squard and spread both ways,
wholly, as appears, from the want of means
Vnd appliances to arrest it. There was no
j Fire Engine or even a Hook and ladder p
---! paratus in town. The citizens, however,
; were fortunately . able to confine the fire to
the single square, although buildings on
the opposite side of the street, (among them
the Choice Hotel,) frequently caught from
the intense heat of the conflagration.
By** letter from a friend, we learn that
most of tbe goods were carried out into the
street, and many ol them there consumed or
greatly damaged. He further states, that,
with a single exception, the buildings burned
were insured. —Journal If Messenger.
- later Frans Europe. ~.
arrival of the
; EBIN3UBG.
New Yore, Feb. 4.
The Glasgow and New York Steam Com
pany’s steamship Edinburg baa arrived with
one day’s later nwa from Europe. She left
Glasgow late on the afternoon of Saturday,
tbe 16th January.
The Canada, the newt by which we pub
fished last week, left on the morning of the 7
same day the Edinburg sailed.
By the arrival of the Edinburg, we learn
that consols, in London, at rioon on the 16th,
were quoted at a 945,
At Liverpool, on Saturday afternoon, there
was an improved demand for cotton, and the
sales reached 7,000 bales, of which specula
tbis took 3.000. The market closed with
less. disposition on tiro part of holders LiseU.
Tbe intelligence by this steamer is princi
pally confined to the details of India news,
which has been anticipated by the Canada.
Tbe attempt on the fife of the Emperor
Napoleon lias caused the arrest of about two
hundred persons, including a number of the
police force.
CHAWTORD’B EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF WASH
INGTON
The Richmond Dispatch of Tuesday,
says:
The equestrian statue of Washington was
yesterday unveiled ; and at once presented
to the eyes of the assemblage present per
haps the grandest work of the kind in the
world! The criticisms suggested by tbe
outlines ot the figure when sewed tip, at onee
banished like mist before the sun, and ono
and all united in sentiment that there could
not be a grander conception, or one more
beautifully and completely executed. It is
a great triumph of art, and every beholder
deplored that untimely death of the great
genius who conceved it, by which he - ’ was
denied the ioy of witnessing the elevation of
the statue and hearing the exultant praises
of the multitude.
As Virginian*, ns American*, we are
proud of tills great work of genius—this
master specimen of the Sculptor's art. We
have no time, nor language to express our ad
miration for it. It will become celebrated
all over the world, and men will innkc pil
grimages to this city to behold it—at once to
do homage to the memory of the greatest
and'beat of men, and to offer a tribute to
one of the noblest achievements of genius.
Special Notices.
r T* The Weekly Pt^ayune— Fubli.hrJ
on Mondays, hr Li msdkn, K kniiai.l A Cos., No. 66
Camp street New Orleans.
Terms of the -Picayune:—Weekly—ss a year,
(inglt enpiri I'tj cents. Daily—sl2 a year in ad
vance. [mariMtf
ITlnterrsting to Those buffering
from Headache—a certain remedy found in Dr. M - -
Lane's Celebrated l.iver 1111*, prepared l,y Fleming
lire*, of Pittsburgh. Tbe following i a sample of
certifieatc* reeemd daily trom our ow n eitizeua :
Xr.w Youk, August 1, le&i.
—.Tbia i to certify flint I have been •object nt time*
to severe headache: sometimes the pain would lie o
severe I could rest neither duy nor night. Hearing
of Dr. M’Lane's Celebrated Liver Pills, prepared
by Fleming llros., i *e. t and got and Ih,x, of which 1
took two pills on going to bed, for two nights,. They
relieved me entirely. Some time has now elapsed,
and I have had no more trouble from i- k headache.
M. JOHNSTON, IIS Lewis Street.
Purchasers will be careful to ask for Or. M’l.aat't
I Celebrated Liter Fill*. mimutHctiired by Fleming
Bros. of Pittsburgh,- I‘n. There are other Pill* pur
porting to be Liver Pills now before the public.—
Dr. M’Lane’s Genuine Liver Pills, also hi* celebra
ted Verniifiige, can now be bad stall respectable
Drug Stores. jYonr genuine without the signature a/
FLEMING BROS.
Sold by E. Seixns.nnd Palmer & Bro. Thomasville
and by one Agent in every town in the South. JWJ
Xcro SlbDerUeemcnts.
llr. \vn. 11. EATOA,
-- ~ DENTIST, •>-
IS permanently located in Thomas
ville. He otters his professional
service* to tbe citizens and vicinity.—
He ii now prepared to iusrrt teeth trom one, to an
entire ret, inJWy manner desired, plain teCtb, teeth
with artificiargums, block ti-eth, Dr. Alens continu
ous Gum Work, Dr. Illaudy's Cheoplastic Work. —
He has no superior in the manufacture of Artificial
Teeth. Every piece inserted guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction He performs all operations up
on the natural teeth in the highest style of the art.
Ladiea will be w aited upon at their residence if de
sired. Orders left at tne Post Oflh-e will receive
prompt attention. He w ill be found at hit residence
near Judge Hansel’s, only when professionally en
gagsd. w feh9-4t
_ Valentines 1 Vuleutlucs!!
A LARGE and well selected stock of Valentines
just received and for sale at.
fi-I'9) E. REMINGTON’S.
H OPE WELL ACADEMY,
THOM A S CO UNTY, GA.
THE undersigned will open n Primrry School at
this newly erected Academy on the 2d Monday
ill February. Having bad some experience in tea
ching, I flatter myself I can give satisfaction to
those who confide their children to my care. Partic
ular attention w ill bo paid to the moral training of
niy pupil*. The scholastic year will bo divided into
two terms of twenty weeks each, at the following
RATES OF TUITION PER TERM.
Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic..s7 00
English Grammar, Composition, and Geogra
phy. .rfXS- : 8 00
Good hoard ean be had in the neighborhood at
from SS.(MI to $ll.OO per month.
Address the undersigned at TliujHasville or apply
to either of ttie Trustee*.
AL'GTSTUS H. DANIEL.
T. S. BTANM.AND,’
Jno. Chastain,
L. D. Jones, Trustees.
J. Stephenson,
Othiek Coi lieu.
feh9 w It
Thomas Sheriff’s Sale— postponed. u
WILL be mid before the Court House door in
Thotnasvilie, on the first Tuesday fn March
next, the following,property, to-wit:
One house nnd lot in Fietcherville, said lot eon
tains fifteen seres of ground, more or less, levied
upon A* the property of George Mr McDonald, to
satisfy oue Justices Conrt fi fa issued .out of tbe
6:t7th district. G. M„ in favor of H. W. Sharpe vs
said McDonald. Levy made aud returned to me bf
a Constable. W. F BANFORD, Sheriff.
febfi w ids _
Administrator’* hale.
WILL be sold beforo the Conrt House door in
the town of TroupviHe, Lowndes county, on
the first Tuesday in March next, oner third of Jet of
land No. 310, iu the )2th district of Lowndes coun
ty, sold as the prnperts\of Elra Simraous, deceased,
for the benefit of tbe hetrs nod creditors.
jan3o-tds B. L. JOHNSON, Adm’y
BLANKS FOR SALE.