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' DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST PUBLISHED BY STOCKTON GO-' AUOUSTA. GA. FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 16, 1866. interesting reading matter on 4th page THE IMPENDING CRISIS IN FI NANCE. The Hon. Secretary of the Trtasory, Mr. McCulloch, as far hack as last Automn, pre dicted a financial crash of a terrible and over whelming description, if business did not re turn to legitimate channels and business men abjure stock gambling and speculation!? We foresaw, at the time, the substantial nature ol liis admonition and prognostic ; likewise, did we anticipate that this caution would go the way of all good dvice. Insteud of growing more hoalthy, trade became morn morbid ; instead of a cessation, speculation became more rampant than ever.. The admonition having been overslaughed, tie prophecy trembles in the balance of fulfillment. That this money cris ; s is imminent, few have the hardihood to deny ; how it will eventuate, when and by w hat gradation, equally few can certify. The bald fact of its final advent still remains, and we propose to deal with it briefly and temperately, regretting its probability and suggesting au ounce of prevention, as far as our beloved Eection is concerned. Very recently, the rate of interest at the per centum. Ordinarily, a British capitalist can get but three per cont and a fraotion for investment in the National funds. When the %nited States nominated in its uttered bonds a rate of in*erost more than twice as great, having maintained iiseif against absolution successfully, it was perfectly natural that for eign capitalists should seek these securities to the abrogation of those at home. Such has been the case to a tremendous amount. Fur ther, there has beeu a vast exportation of goods and merchandise to the extent of many millions, for which the British shipper has received in return little else but railroad debentui'63 and United Slates bonds. Still further, the 15»st, from whence she drew her cotton mainly, is draining England of her coin at a most inconvenient moment. To check this outflow of their gold, the Bank ts England increases its rate of interest to tempt capital back and, if necessary, will still more summarily check the gold flux by augmenting interest from eight, to fourteen per cent. As a matter of course, under such pressure, United States securities must decline and, instead of paying for imports with bonds, gold payment would be demanded. Here is a big game o r ‘ kite flying” going on between the two coun tries and the panic in England cannot fail to react upon us, finally. Whether the crisis will commence in the realm of John Bull or not, we are hardly prepared to answer, but it will not require the interposition of the soventli son of a seventh son to foreshadow what would be tin* result and where would be the collapse, if Mr. Bull should take it into his cranky head to send the aforementioned secu rities tumbling pell-mell back for sale. At any moment, the debt of the United States may become as unwieldy as it is gigantic, and win n ilia* fatal nrr'mcnt supervenes, earthern jars should steer clear of the iron pot. Mr. McCulloch’s advice, as wo said before, Las been unheeded and tho deluge is about to sweep over the land, as he saw it would, in the glimpses of his prophetic soul. That, in such an issue, he will attempt to save the Govern ment credit, as far as possible, we confidently believe ; that be will bo powerlers to save those who refused to tread in the path of sal vation, wc feel assured. For the North, it will be to the great majority “sauce qui pent" —devil take the hindmost. For the South —we hope better thing* but, so stiff-necked is all humanity, we fear that a large share of disaster will be our lot. Can we avert the full vehemence of the storm ? We believe it possible, if meu will earnestly goto work and prepare ngainst the wrath to come. Our people, at present, have a cotton mania; wc mean them to despite when we say that they are cotton-mad. They thiuk and dream and talk of little else ; and thu9 think ing, dreaming and talking—they plant noth ing else. The exclusive cultivation of this staple is based upon the idea that it will com mand some forty cents per ponnd, this year. Sincerely do we trust that it may go a bow shot boyond that figure, but, let us suppose that it decline below it, nay below even twen ty cents. The possibility Qf such a fell, may well make men bestitate how they venture too broadly upon grave experiments ; may well make them reflect upon the propriety, nay the sacredness, of husbanding an abundance of meat and'bread. Suppose the cotton crop be a failure or does not command anything like the figures speculated upon, what will the farmers and tho people do for the ncces sttritv of life when money ;a unstable and the wherewithal to procure such necessities is in tho vocative ? With plenty to eat, we can feci Independent, ay, we will lie the most inde pendent section of tho land. All other evils have done their worst for us ; let us not add to the present misfortune, one so horrible that language shudders to convey it. We know that this is politic waring, but not more po litic than opportune. We do not set up to boa Cassandra in breeches and little affect the lugubrious in anything. But when wo ob serve the leaves rustle and the seu look grey ; when the thunder-cloud rumbles blackly above us and the pattering of rain smites the mast ; when the pilot sings out “breakers ahead” and the crew sit down to gamble— verily, by such tokens, one may assume the divining rod and grow weathorwise. We bid our people make themselves doubly secure. Will they heed the premonitory meuacaeof the tempest by sheltering their families or will they sacrifice to Piutus the first frutts of the land which appertain to their household gods? Mr. McCulloch, we opin°, as far as the Gov ernment is concerned in its strategy with the Bank of England, is master of the situation. The grand combat is between New England and Old England manufacturers for agricul tural staples. Great bids will be made to the South by both, bur the policy of either is to sque ze this lemon to the utmost. Prodig ious efforts are being made, by the Yankees especially, to stimulate the growth of cotton and that alone. Did the subtle reason for such efforts ever occur to the planting community ? If not, we cun assure them that it is for no other ulterior purpose than cheapening cotton for the manufacturers and forcing the South to exchange with them for breadstuff* and the like. That is ihe sum and total of the com bination and shamefully is the South being wheedled into the mesh. Let us make Bread 1 Political vassalage is bad enough, but it is the worst kind of bondage to depend upon others for bread. Somebody writing of Seoator Sumner says : “ He scrupulously patterns after tbe English, but m doing so he apes their rices and affec tations, taking no heed of their generous and noble qualities. In statecraft he is weak and > purblind. He tampers coatiuually with the letter, but brings no practical wisdom to bear **P on *be spirit of tbingi. He has blackened the end of his nose, and is content not to see beyond it. He originates nothing of import* anw, is weak and querulous in thi attack, and feeble and ineffective in defense. He neglects the Sqnateto address gdleries that retuse to l ' Bl . en . ,o hlm > »nd he substitutes for the point othis argument some Greek or Lat ‘n .‘tolen laboriously, and *s tat ou hfc lips as it u futile in his speech/’ ~ 3f Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. have forwarded tis from their celebrated publishing house a handsome collection of recent publications, all !>erlect in letter-press and superb in binding. In the list of school books thus sent, we note: The First Book in English Grammar. An English Grammar. Primary History of the United States. History of the United States up to the present time, by Quackenbos; and Harkner’s Latin Grammar and Reader. Accompany ing these we are in receipt of the following miscellaneous works: Thoughts on Personal Religion. By Ed ward Meyrick Goulbourn, D. D. Lyra Americana. A Critical History of Free Thought. By Adam Storey Farrar, M. A. Thackeray the Humorist and the Man of Letters. Education ; Intellectual., Moral and Physic al. By Herbert Spencer. The Band-Book of Dining; or, Corpulency and Leanness Scientifically Considered. * By Urillat Savarin, author of the “Pysiologic du Gout." • My Cane Life in Vicksburg. Bv a Lady. Two -pictures. By Maria J. Mclntosh. Beatrice By Julia Kavanagh, author of “Nathalie.” Hints to Riflemen. By H. W. S. Cleve land. * We lender our thanks to Messrs. Appleton St Co. for this munificent present and trust that our publishing friends generally may emulate their enterprise and liberality. From the New York Day Book. Financial and Commercial. We have the statement of the public debt of tl.e United States up to February Ist, 1866, and it stands thus: $2 824,391,600. We do not aee line roduciion no bopofwlljr promiaoJ. The war virtually closed near six months ago, and yet the sum total remains at the original (Inures, and we see efforts to induce tho gov ernment to assume the State obligations, which have grown out of the bounty rayments. If thus assumed, the footings will carry the sum quite beyond $3 000,000.000. The debt, bearing ooin interest, is $1,161,- 149,741. The debt, bearing currency interest, is 91,191 295,881. The matured debt, not presented for payment, is $lO9 933 032. The debt bearing no interest, consisting of U. S. ootes, fractional currency, and gold certificates ►of deposit, $458,848 647, making up the grand ■ otal of $2 824 391,600. The amount in the Treasury is as follows: Ooin, $51,443,161; currency, $56,050,180. Total, $107,493 348 Regarding the resumption by the govern ment of the State debts occasionedby the war, it will make no change in the condition of the people. Whether they are taxed by the .State or Federal authorities!, it is all the same; the taxes will be ground outot theru. As every debt, State and national, is a niort gtige upon labor, and as every lank note, Suite, national, or private, is a floating debt upon which tho people are paying six or seven per cent., the great laboring portion will not be gratified to know *bat the national bank ei'culat.ion, in forty-three States and Territo ries of the country, has now reached within a fraction of S3OO 000,000. An effort has been made to increase tbo circulation to S4OO 000,- 000, and if the speculators and gamblers of the country can saddle labor with a further load, the interest on the extra $100,000,000, they will be sure to do so. We are now suffering under the effect of near $1,000,000,000 of currency, and the evil of thin plethora of paper money is not realized by the commercial portion of the people. They see the disturbance of the law which governs trade. They see that ‘ supply and demand” do not, as of old. regulate commerce, and pro dnoe healthy results; and while endeavoring to ascertain the cause of ibis irtexpficable con* dition of things, they oveilook the prinoipal disturbing element—too much paper money.— In the (ace of this great fact, that we already have more paper money than we need, that an excess of paper money is a commercial evil, an rffirt. is now being made to foist SIOO 000 000 more upon us. Is this huge volume ol currency needed tD the present condition of restricted demand for production, growing out of restricted consump tion ? As we have stated time and again, when upon this mi> ject, the South is all but ruined, and can buy but little for tho next decade of years. The wealth of the South was the wealth of the Union. It entered into all the chan nels of trade throughout the North, as well as it homo, and in thus blotting out so much of the solid pro-perity of that section, we have ■rapped the commercial foundation of this. Sixteen States of the South wero more or less ravaged by war. The State of Lou sians is reported by careful estimate to have suffered to the extent of S3OO 000,000. If we assume 'hat tho sixteen Stales have averaged only half that amount, it gives the terrible result of the havoc, a portion of it wanton and unpro voked, at no less a sum than $2 400,000,000, almost as large as the reported public debt. Can the South in the next quarter of a cen tury resume her position commercially, in this Union, with $2 400,000,000 of solid wealth blotted out ? And if she cannot, shall we be able to take along the load of taxes ourselves ? The pleasant picture which the political economists, who belong to the Thad. S'evens party of the country, are daily presenting of our glorious future, will Soon begin to fade. The reports of disappointment throughout the manufacturing disiricts of New England, in consequence of the non-appearance of buyers from the South and West, are now floating in commercial circles here, and in nicety days we look for a dismal howl from the fanatics of that, section. New England months have beep filled with bread, and New England backs covered with broadcloth, mainly through Southern labor, and most righteous will be the visitation of commercial and manufacturing prostration upon that locality. We shall all suffer, the entire North and West, but not to the degree of that land of tho Puritans, that abode of all the virtues and alt the Christian morals, whose people have bean evangelizing the world for the past eighty years, and from whose princi pal seaport, Boston, not ninety days ago, a vessel left for the eoast of Africa with not only missionaries, hut with that jolly production of the home of the pilgrims, Known in com merce, and mo a t. especially known on the As rica-' aoast, as New England rum. New Eng land is now greaniog over a dull boot and shoe market, an item of manufacture the South used to tak- from her to the amount of thirty millions of dollars psr year, anc her aggregate sales of miscellaneous merchandize to that section were valued at sixty millions of dol lars per year. New England is bankrupt if she los'S this sum, and she will so lose it as true as time rolls round. One of the peculiar features of the times is the enormous increase in the value of city properties. All over the North this is the case to a cerlaiu extent, but partisularly does it apply to the city of New York Remote residents will scarcely believe tho representa tions that are made of the extraordinary rise in rents, and vhluation of dwellings in particular localities. It is estimated that two thousand houses are needed, which would accommodate four thousand families, who are now forced to accept the questionable comforts of a boarding house. Rents are up 25 per cent. Fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars per year are cheap rates; six, eight, ten, and as high as fif teen thousand dollars per year are paid for fur nished dwellings, while the pum of ten or twelve thousand per year ie paid for unfurnished. In the face of these extraordinary facts, coun try property, which can be reached in less time, and at half the distance, off the Island of Man hattan, goes a begging. Fine houses in the country, with acres attached, sixty minutes ride from the city hall, can be bought at one half the price of dwellings of like character, with a single lot, 25x100, in New York, sixty minutes ride from the same point. Yet the New Yorker is hliud to the advantages of a pure atmosphere nr.d tho beautiful green fields, lie sees no corafor' in the ownership of the vine and fig tree. He cannot appreciate his own strawber ries and cream. He had rather drop into Tay lor’s, or Delmonico’s, or the Mniion Doree, and pay a dollar a saucer for the two days old fruit smothered in questionable lacteal, or a dollar a bunch for the black Hamburgh or Golden Chassala, than go into the country and raise them. The ways and means by which three enormous rents are paid is one of the mysteries of the day. Store rents are advancing rapidly. Losses of $15,000 per year, have been raised to $30,0 0, and as high as $45000 per year is obtained for first class stores. Farms are cheap, country property is going a begging. Agricul ture is neglected, farmers are sick of the slow, plodding life which gives them an independence in not less than a ten or twenty years toil, and they consider that rate of getting rich too mod erate altogether. They have seen the fortum s made in an hour, as it were, and that toil which makes the brow sweat, but the rest sweet, that honest occupation which is called labor, they are disgusted with, and have come to the cities by thousands, to, as they suppose, pick up greenbacks in tire street. Hence the crowded hotels and boarding houses, and the rise in real es'ate. The end is not yet. Railways are unmi«tably falling eff in their stock values. The leading roads of the coun try are earning less per month than at any pe riod in the past four years, and the long ex pected, widespread reduction of business touch ing every department of commerce, trade and manufactures, aud .affecting, of course, the freight and traffic of every land and water-line in the country, ia now drawing upon us. Governments on Saturday closed dull. Money was 6 to 6 per cent, and gold at 189$, It opened at the beginning of the week at 141$ r Although imports the past week were large, foreign billa were quoted weak at 109, but it is not possible that these figures will hold. With no exports to offset our enormous foreign pur chases, an advance must take place. The following table shows the aggregates of the last weekly statement of the New York Associated Banks compared with the returns of the previous week : Jan. 27 Feb 2. Loans $240,407,886 $242 610,882 ,-tnecie.. 12,166.750 10.537.474 Circulation 20.9(55 883 21 494,234 Deposits 195,012,454 191,011 695 Legal Tender- 70,319,146 68,786,250 The deviations from the returns of the previ • us week are as follows : fncrease in loans $2,102,566 Decrease in specie. 2,169,285 Increase in circulation 628,351 Decrease in deposits 4.000 750 Decrease in legal tenders 1,522,896 The local movements in real estate continues to surprise prudent men and amaze the out -iders, but at the same time holders are, of course, well pleased. The country is not de monstrating that commercial activity which •he season should show. New York depends upon tho country to support this huge advance in real estate. How is it to be done ? The country has been depleted of its people. T.hous nds have flocked to the cities to reap the rapid fortunes they have heard were gathered in an hour, as it were. Disappointment awsitsThem all, but before it comes, these high rents we hear about will strip them clean of whatever in money they msy have brought here, and when their golden dreams are over, they will return to the country again, prorer but wiser men.— New York cannot depend upon her sales to the country the present year by which to support the huge rents her merchants are now paying. In this she will be disappointed, but millions of paper money are now being brought here, and will be spent here, and when it is gooe, and we rely ou the legitimate profits of coun try trade, we shall awake to the actual condi tion of things. Ben. Franklin. A CHAPTER OF HORROR. LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP LONDON. INOIDEMm o» HEMOIBH AND BrrXBRINO—NOBLE CONDUCT PP THE CAPTAIN —MARVELLOUS ES CAPE OP THE SURVIVORS. The wreck of the Australian emigrant ship London, with the loss of over two hundred lives, haa already been recorded. The English papers received by tne Africa furnish details of tha catastrophe, excelling in horror and in terest anything of the kind that has occurred in Europe since the loss of the Royal Charter. HEROISM OP THE CAPTAIN. It was not till 4, a. m., on Wednesday, the lOlhinst., that Oaptain Martin resolved to put back to Plymouth, the London being some two hundred miles southwest of Land's End. But it seems to have been already too late.— At half-past ten on Wednesday night a tre mendous sea swept the ship, broke into the engine room and put out the fires. This wag the night on which the thirty vessels were wrecked at once in Torbay. All the passen gers of the Loudon worked at the pomps, while the gale became a hurricane, and the ship was 1 -sing all control. At length, at 10,. *. m., on Thursday, Captain Martin called his passengers together, and told them that they nous': prepare for the worst. The ship Irid already sunk as low as her main chains. One boat was lowered and instantly swamped, but the five men in her were dragged on board the ship. No attempt was made to latmch the other boats ; but the passengers gathered into the chief cat'in, having been calmly assured by Osp'aiu Martin that there was -no hope left, 'hey quietly joined with a clergyman in prayer. There was no wild and selfish terror, no screaming, no rushing to the boats ; there was the agony of sudden partings, and ot everlast ing separations of parent and child, and hus band and wife ; but, with the example of Cap taiu Martin before them, ail these dying men and women were composed, aod all resigned, while the children wondered and asked why their fathers and mothers looked so sad. Cap tain Martin remained at his station on the poop, once or twice only going forward, and once or twice into the saloon to join in the devotions of the passengers. At, two, p. m., the few men who were destined to survive to bring the sad story home—sixteen of the crew and three of the passengers—determined to trust themselves to the chances of the sea, lowered away the pinnace, and launched her clear of the ship. These men called to the captain to come with them, hut, this brave and steadfast Euglish sea man declined, saying. ‘ No, I will go down with tho passengers; hut I wish you God sceed, and safe to land.” The boat then pulled away, and five minutes after tho London, with 270 souls on hoard, went down, and all was over. It seems that after the pinnace came away an ineffectual attempt was made to get tho other boats out, but it was toolate. DEM KAN OR OF THE PASSENGERS. The agony of suspense had been so long maintain' d that on the day the London found ered the passengers were peifectly quie‘ and unexcited, and a surprising degree or resigna tion was exhibited throughout. It, was on that night that after the sea had peured down the hatch the captain said, ‘Boys, you may say your pravers-’ At twelve o’clock on the fol lowing night, Mr. Draper held a general prayer meeting in the saloon. An extraordinary fact deserves to be recorded. A poor old couple, who had three children with them,had tri»d in vain three times to go upon their voyage. First in a vessel unknown, and which was wrecked ; next in the Danoan Dunbar, which also was recently wrecked, and lastly, Gardner, the steward, paw the poor wife washed overboard from the London, to leeward, her husband fol lowing her presently beneath the billows.— AmoDg the passengers were two stout old peo ple who had become favorities on board, Rnd who had been sent for by their only son. The poor creatures on learning that they must drown, took a small quantity of brandy and went below to die together in their cabin. Mr. Be van, a wealthy coach proprietor, and his wife, of Melbourne, who had been enjoying a trip in Europe; Mr. Lemon, ironmonger, Burke street, Melbourne; Mr. McL=an, owner of ex-, tensive baths, opposite the Albion Hotel, Mel bourne, who had brought his s«n to be edu* cated.in England,and Mr. Barnett,Russell street, Melbourne, were among those who perished. BROOKE, TUB TRAGEDIAN. Down into the waves with two hundred and sixty-nine others has sunk Gustavus V. Brooke, the famed tragedian, who was bound for the country which had been the seene of a reverse of-fortune to him. but previously of many bril liant successes. He will be well remembered as a tall man, of powerful build, and he is sta ted by the rescued passengers to have exerted bis strength to the utmost in helping to keep the ship afloat. The Dutch portion of the crew, twenty-one in Dumber, refused to work, and according to the English sailors who were saved, these men wont to their berths and re mained there, so that (lie passengers bad to work at the pumps for many hours with the English seamen. Mr. G. Y. Brooke exerted himself incessantly. Attired only in a red Crimean shirt and trousers, with no hat on, and barefooted, he went backwards and forwards to tho pumps until working at them was found to lie useless, and when last seen, about four hours before the steamer went down, he was leaning with grave composure upon one of the half doors at the companion. His chin was resting upon both hands, and his arms were on top of the door, which be gently swayed to and fro, while he calmly watched the sceoe. One of the passengers who saw him hss said, •“ He had worked w, nderfully, and, in fact, more bravely than nny man on board of that ship.” To the steward, who made himself known, Mr. Brooke said, (, If you succeed m saving yourself, give ray farewell to the people of Melbourne.” STICKING BY WIFE AND CHILD. One of the passengers in the boat—Mr. John Wilson, a native of Montrose—went down into the cabin and endeavored to persuade a friend, Mr. Joha Hickman, from Ballarat, and brother to Mr Hickman, aolicifor, of Souihainpton— to attempt to save his life by going into the boa'; but after being entreated, he said, “No. I prom i->ed my wife and children to stand by them, and I will do so ” The water was then con siderable depth on the lee side of the saloon, indeed over the top of the berths; and he asked Mr. Wilson to help him in removing his four children to tho windward side, out of the water. This wes done; aud then he shook hands with Mr Wilson,with “Giod bye, Jack,” and parted from his friend forever. When last seen Mr. Hickman was standing in a row with his wife and children. This occurred about au hour he fore the boat put off; but probably they hud perished by that time, as the water had before then poured ifito tho steamer through her cabin windows, ar.d when the boat left, the sea was flush with the top of tho poop deck, and the corpses of drowned women and children were floating over the deck. ROOM FOR ANOTHER. When the men were all in tho boat, one of tiie seamen cried, ‘ There may still be room; fetch a lady.” Mr. Wilson then sprang over a portion of the deck in search of a lady he knew, but not seeing her, and knowing that every instant was precious, he said to a young girl, “Will you go?” She did not refuse; therefore Mr. Wilson seized her and took her to the bulwarks; but when she looked over the rails and saw the distance which ahe must spring, she said in despair, “Oh, I can not do that.” There was no time for persuasion or parley, and Mr. Wilson was obliged to drop the girl and jump from the steamer to the boat, which he fell into safely. The ship was being washed over to the boat, towards which it lunged heavily. THK captain’s LAST ACT. The captain, who was walking calmly up and down the poop, had refused to leave his ship, but. just before the boat put off he had the consideration and presence of mind to give those in the boat their “course.” He to : d them that it lay east northeast to Brest, which was correct. Before the |boat could be got off it waa in great dauger'of being sucked down with tbe ship, which was rapidly Bat tling beneath the water. The- swirl of water round the stern that preceded the foundering had already begun to be excessive, and (he boat waa therefore hastily got away. A THOUSAND GUINEAS FOB A LIFE. At that moment those in the boat were piVa— ously called upon by a lady about twenty-th, ree years of age, who, with a face which way , it jg stated, lived with horror, shrieked out with a horror of “ a thousand guineas if yen'll take me in." But in that solemn hour millions of money would have been accounted valueleis, and to return must have resulted in destruction to all. One of the seamen baa stated that when the boat wss pushed off, and the captain had wished those in her “God speed’’ the men resolved that no danger must be allowed to accrue to them from further crowding, and that some j>f them drew their knives, with n determination of cutt>'jg off the hands of those who might leap from the ship and endeavor to cling to the boat’s gunwales. It is also stated that long before this, when it was first made known that the vessel must go down, a passen ger brought on deck a carpet bag, and that on bis doing so, the captain gave a short mejan choly laugh, and then smiled, as one of the passengers expressed it, “ at the preposterous idea of the man’s thinking at such a lima of his property." THB LAST GLIMPSE OF THE DOOMED. Two passengers were seen with life-bells, but pfbbably none were alive when th *y came to the surface. Tho spectacle was only to be seen, for in the din of the tempest, no cry from the sinking multitude could be heard, and soon a vestige was visible. As the ship sank, it was seen that all on deck were driven forward, not by water, but by a tremendous and overpowering rush of air from below, which, as it escaped through the deck as well as the hatches, impelled all on deck forward with violence, and their dreadful struggle must have been soon ended. It was remarUP ed that the third officer, whose name was Aqjf gel, Btood to the last at his post, at tbedonkpgj engine, which was employed in working tin , .pumps, a d that his hands were on the gine even as the vessel disappeared. THE PASSENGERS SHOOTING THEMSELVES TO AVOID] DROWNING Several revolvers were seen in the hands oi passengers, who did not conceal their intention] of shooting themselves when the last moment came, preferring to meet their death, when in. evitable, by at bullet rather than by drowning. The steward, indeed, overheard an offer by the owner of a pistol to a friend, that he would shoot him if he desired. The well-meant offer was at that time declined, and whether these intentions were carried into execution is not known, but no report of fire-arm? were heard as the steamer foundered; THE ESCAPE OF THE BVHTITORS Leaving the sad circumstances connected with those who have petished, there is some thing to narrate concerning the adventures of the small remnant of the crew and passengers who were saved. A compass had been given them by tl e captain, and under the directions of King, the men agreed that whatever might happen they would sit unmovable, except when pulling at the oars. Two worked at each oar, and they ran before the 83a. Every nerve wss exerted to make the boat withstand the fearful to?sings and the strain as she mounted the waves and became surrounded by (he surge. Before daylight, and as the moon rose, the men were overjoyed at descrying a vessel close alongside. They hailed the ship and were heard, but as they could present no light, they could not be seen, although they could see the ship tacking about for an hour, tvyiDg to find them. The seirch was fruitless, and the ship was lost sight of. The boat had not been rowed during the time the ship was sighted, but simply kept betore the wind until day-lignt, when no vessel was visible The men adhered to their coarse, and at nine o'clock sighted two vessels, but were prevented from making for them by the cross seas They rowed for one of them, however, for five heurs. When at last they came up to her they fonnd her to be an Italian bark, theMarianople, Capt. Cavassa. Juntas they were approaching the vessel they were struck by a heavy squall and shipped a sea, so that all in the boat gave themselves up for lost but by only one of the men moving in the boat to bail her out, and no tresh seas striking her. they were enabled to bale her clear, and bring up alongside the bark A line was thrown to them, and they w-re drawn up to the deck, where they found themselves comDletely be numbed by the exposure to wh eh they had been subjected Captain Cavassa. who could speak little English, to whom the men feel grateful to extremest extent, used more means for their recovery and for their comfort than simple humanity would dictate. He had the men stripped, rubbed, clad in fresh, warm garments, and killed for them a turkey, be sides providing tea and soup, and setting apart for them warm beds. The Shenandoah j LETTER PROM CAM'. WADDELL—AS INTERESTING A letter from C*pt. Waddell, late of tbs Con federate crusier Shenandoah, has been made public. The captain appears to fr6l bitter dis appointment over the result of the late war. He says that the South has played false to her cause; he has very little respect for her; he does not believe she was in earnest ; she will never again take the field, etc. Regarding himself, he says : ‘‘l am now in exile, but far from belDg a ruined mau. I won’t go to sea any more if I can help it. The feeliug shown toward me through the restriction placed on my wife is do cided. It ia just the feeling I like, though the tyranny to her is humiliating to the naturo of man. I have written her to release hor bonds men and inform the government that she owes her allegiance to her husband. As my case now Btands. I do not thiuk the bond is worth the paper it is written on. In a court of law, I know it would fall. “You have seen Mr. Welles’ report, I sup pose. Redoes n e justice when he writes that I ‘ ceased my depredations when I heard Mr. Davis was a prisoner.’ He wilfully lies when he writes that I continued 1 cruising against unarmed whale" ships when I knew that the armies of the South had surrendered.’ The facts are tbeße: “ After reaching Behring’s Sea, I captured the ship William Thompson und brig Susan Abigail. Both had left San Francisco in April last. These captures were made about the 33d of June, and from each I received the S-:n Francisco papers. These papers professed to have the correspondence between Generals Lee and Grant, concerning the surrender of Lee’s army. They also stated that Mr. Davis and Cabinet were in Danville, to which the Confederate government bad been moved and that Mr. Davis had issued a proclamation in forming the Southern people that the war would be carried on with renewed vigor. “I was made possessor of as late news by these two captures as any the whalers had, and I continued ray work until it was com pleted in the Ariic Ocean on the 28th of Jnue, when I had succeeded in destroying or dispers ing the New England whaling fleet. I left the Artie on the 29th of June, and shipped from some of the whalers eight men on that very dav—men of intelligence, all trained sol diers It is not to be believed that those men would have taken service in the Shenandoah if they believed the war ended. "Before leaving Behring’s Sea, I fell in with no vessel until I communicated with the Brit ish bark Bairacouta, from San FranCisco 2d August, fourteen dayp, bound for Liverpool She informed me of the capture of Mr. Davis and a part of his Cabinet p'also of the surren der of Gens Johnston’s Smith’s and Magru ders armies. The Barracouta furnished t* at news the first time I htd heard it, and I in stantly ceased to cruise, and steered for Cape Horn. “Before communicating with the Barracouta, I intended to look into the Gulf of Lower California, and then to await tho arrival of a steamer bound for Panama. “The Baraco da’s news surprised us, and among some of the officers I witnessed a terror which mortified me. I was implored to take the vessel to Australia; that to try to reach a European port would be fatal to all concero • d ; petitions were signed by three-fourths of the officers, asking to be taken to Cape Town, arguing and picturing the horrors of capture,' and a'l that sort of stuff. I called the officer’s and crew to the quart»-deck, and said calmly to them : 1 1 intend taking this ship to Liver pool : I know there is risk to be run, but that has teen our associate nil this time. We will be sought after in-the Pacific, and not in the Atlantic.’ “They supported my views, and then fol lowed a letter from the crew—signed br Tl out of 100— saying they had confidence in me, *nd were willing, nay, desired to go with me wherever I thought best to take the vessel. I had. of course, a very anxious time, painful ly anxious, beciuse the offioers tad set a bad example to the crew. Their conduct was nothing leas than mutiny. I was very deci ded with some of them; I had to tell one officer I would be captain or die on the d»ck, and the vessel should go to no o*her port than Liv erpool. So ended my trouble with complaints and supplications from the officers. The mpti behaved nobly, and stood firmly to their de sion. o'* o-o • • 0 “The Shenandorah ran from tho Arctic to Liverpool in 130 days ; from the line on the Pacific side to the Cape in 26 days ; from the Cape to the line on the Atlantic in 26 days and from the line to Liverpool in 24 days. Two of my crew died of disease when near Liver pool ; otherwise nothing happened to mar onr cruise ; no accident occurred during the cruise ‘■So ends my naval career—and lam called a ‘pirate 1’ I made New England suffer, and I do not regret it. I cannot be condemned by any honest thinking maif. I surrendered the vessel to the British government, and all are unconditionally released. My obstinacy made enemies among some of the officers, but they now inwardly regret their action ia the Ome Town affair.” F P^ T . State in the Union —The prt s ent Union, or “New Nation" rather, is cora **l °l . . one Btale Do not be startled rea r ®*’ **■ a solemn and momentous fact, a* Dame Partington would say. You are, Perhaps, not aware of it, but unless you reside io Massachusetts, you are living out of the Unit jd States I Just see if we do not prove it. We now every day by the Solons in Washington that as tbe Constitution is now amended. ’ it knows of no distinctions in race or color, and as Massachusetts is the only - p pte whose constitution now conforms to the f ederal Constitution, why it follows that sbe is the only State in the Union ! There it is, as plain as a pike staff Now, why don’t the Massachusetts Senators and Representatives u interlo P er ‘» out of Congress ? What i fgbt have they to be legislating when they are not m the Union T That’s tha question that wa would like to see answered. We say turn 1 ' all means, and let Massachusetts , rule the whole oountry in name as she now does n fact.—Day Book. A Disloyal Sun. —The Washington Chroni cle is tho appropriate advocate of the last legis lative absurdity: i “Tho crime of counterfeiting the national f c i orr "cy justifies the punishment of death.— The perpetuity, of tho government is at stake. The litis of ihe nation is paramount to all other considerations. “Such is tho perfection to which the arts have attained in the present day that it is im | possible to guard against the skill of the coun . terfeiter. This arch-enemy of the credit is as sisted in his diabolical schemes by the god of day, and photograph becomes bis willing slave. ” ■ I CONSIGNEES PER C. R R— Feb. i 16.—S A Paneost, Gray, Muilarky A Co, G Kahrs L' A Bro, W H Stallings, Joo Pender, Sylvester A | Co. J G Bailie A Bro, Mra A Frede.ick, E O’Don £ nell, M Wright, A H Cole, Bothwell A Co, E Mus ( Jin, J T Gardiner, W P Ray A Co, Clark A Derry, * L B Davis, G H Myer, Dr J M Ogilvie, Porter A iPotnam, Warren A Hopkins, Jno Gldron, B H Warren, E I* Oleyten, J H Wright, W H Potter, Chas E Nesbitt. Wm Thomas FUNERAL NOTICE, j The Friends and Acquaintances of Mr. O*o*ti* Scaur and family are invited to attend | Abe funeral of the former, at “ Riehmoud Hill,” at IS M., on FRIDAY; tbe 16th instant. . 6PHCIAL NOTICES. t I ATTENTION, OUGLLE.-The regular monthly mooting for Monday night, Feb. lSih, is post poned until Wedneeday evening, th; 14th, at T o’clock. 1 Every member Is requested to be preseat By order of Capt. H. Olay Fosmb. OHAKLIE CHEEABOROUGH, 1 fcbll—td Secretary. J SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD t COMPANY, Augusta Agbxoy, February 10, 1866. , On and after Monday, the 12ih inetant, un 11 farther notice, the Pataenger Train oa thU road will run as | tollowi; Leave August* 8.00, p. in. , Arrive Johnaoa’a T. 0 11 00. p. m. Leave Johnson’. T. 0 12 00 j Arrive Angasta 8.00, a. m. ! . H. T. PEAKE, Oen. Sup’t. febll—tf s _ COLGATE 8 HONEY SOAP.—THIS celebiat*l # 9ILKT SOAP, in atich uniter a demand, ] I® made from the materials, is mild acd j nfoLMBNT in it- nature, sckntkd, »nl tx ) tremely übkbimtal in lie action upon the it n. ? For ta;e by all Druggist* aod Faucy Goods Dealer*. * fet.o—ly COLOnBIt AND AU«I7ST-A HAIL* j ROAD CO.—ln conformity to the new corporate style , 81 the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, books j are new of on at my otSee for sub orlptton for new 1 stock in this Company. i Stockholders will brtng tn the crt ftcalcs now held i by them, and receive tb lieu tb-refor new certificates i for cne-fonrth the number of Shares ended lor therein t By order of Col. Wa Johnstoh, Pm (Merit, i WM. CRAIG, Tieaeurer, fobtt—l m Office No. 8 M i' t.<>„ h s reet. ; BKIO THIB.-WHITtS LliAo AND Zi e White, best brands. Pain-* of all colors, Furnt ’ tore, Coa-h, and Danltr Varrdslies, Brushes, Ac., all j llrst class articles, at tbo lowest p toes. 1 For sale hy 1 Jan24—lm PLUMB A T.K’.TNER. S PClie DRUGS AND .VIEOHINKS, a Chemicals, Choioe Perfumery, Brushes, Ac., As. e For sale by B jan24-lin PLUMB A LFJTSTUt. t J. J. II OB HUTSON Ac Ci>., CUTrON Factors, have removed to the large and oommodlont ‘Fire-Proof Store, No. 8 Warren Blcok, where they will continue the Factorage Business in ad its Ihan Iks. Close storage for cotton. dec23—tf Jo 9 r VI RAVE LEARNED NOT TO BE f* astonished at anything. Years of experience and s 1 correspondence extending throughout all nationalities t of the habitable globe, have turned theories into fact and established a basis from which we need not err.— a We are not surprised at saeh facts as the following, al [ though the persons who write them are. We know the ) persons and circumstances, hence fuel at liberty to In dorse their statements: » “ Niw-Bbdvoid, Mass., Nov. 84,1888. f Dkab Bra:—l have been i filleted many years with severe pro Anting eiampa in my limbs, co'd feet and S hands, and s g-ncial diaordeed system. Physicians ® and mediolnes failed to relievo me. While visiting J some friends in Now York who wero using Plantation i Bitters, they prevailed upon me to try them. 1 com inenoed with & small wine-glassful after dinner. Feel lhg better by degrees, in a few days I was astonished to t find the ooldnees and cramps bad entirely left me, and - I oonld sleep the night through, which 1 atre not done j for years. I feel like another being. My appetite and 1 strength have also greatly improved by the nse of the 3 Plantation Bitters Rospoetfully, Judith Ross*!-” I “ Rbsdsbcby, Wis., Sept. 16,1868. l u* * • I have been in the army hospital for fonr -1 teen months—sperehltss and nearly dead. At Alton, 111., they gave me a bottle of Plantation Bitters: * * * ! Three bottles restored my speech and cured me. ** * I O. A. Flaote 1 . 1 f The following Is from the manager of the Union Home i School for the children of volunteers: ** Havkwkybk Mabsjom, 57th St., ) I New York, August 3, 1863. J Da. pBAKS-Yeur woi ierful Plantation Bitters have been given to some of oar littlo children suffering fror weakness and weak lungs, with most happy effect. On. lltllS girl in partlonlar, with pains in her head, loss oi appetite, and daily wasting oocsumptiou, on whom a<! medical skill had bee exhausted, has been entirely re stored. Weeommrnoodwlthbatateaspoeßfulof Biitet • a day. Iler appetite and strength rapidly increased, and she la now well. Respectfully, Mrs. 0. M. Dbtob.” “* * * lowamnoh to you, for I verily believe ! the Plantation Bitters have saved my life. Rev. W. R. Waoooneb, Madrid, N. Y. “* * * Thon wilt send me two bottles more of thy Plantation Bitters. My wife has been greatly boneflt ted by their use. Toy friend, ■ k Asa Ccrkim, Philadelphia, Pa." •* * • * I have been a great sufferer from Dyspep sia, aid had to abandon preaching. * * The Planta tion Bitters have eared me. Rev. J. 8. OATHORW. Koohutar, N. Y.’> <>• • e I have given the Plantation Bitters to hun dreds of our disabled soldiers with the most astonishing effect. O. W. D. Andricws, Superintendent Soldiers’ Home, Cincinnati, O.” “* * * The Plantation Bitters have oared me of Liver Complaint, of which I was laid up prostrate, and had to abandon my basiaeee. H. B. KtNusbEV, Cleveland, Ohio.” • The PJaatstton Bitters have cured me ot a derangement of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs that has distressed mo for 7sara. It acts like a charm. O. C. Mooke, No. 264 Broadway.” Ac i Ac , Ac., Ac., A The Plantation Bitters make the weak strong, the languid brilliant, and are exhausted nature’s great re storer. They are composed of the celebrated Oaltsays Bark, Wintergreen, Sassafras, Knots, Herbs, Ac., all preserved in perfeotly pure St. Croix Rum. S. T.-IS6O-X. Persons of sedentary habits, troubled with weakness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of appetite, dis tress after eating, torpid liver, constipation, Aoi, deserve to soffer if they will not try them. They are recommended by the highest medical an - thornier, and are warranted to produce on tmmtdta'e benefloiat effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, pei - feotly pure, and harmless. Notice.—Any person pretending to sell PLaniati ti Bitters In bulk or by the gallon, is a swindler and ie'i postor. It 1s pnt up only In our log eabin bottle. Be ware es bottles refilled with lraitetion deleterious stuff A>r which so rural persons ere already la prison. B. c that every bottle has our United States stamp over the oork unmvMlaitd, and our signature on steel plate slue of label. Bold by respectable dealer! throughout the habitable globe. F. u. DRAKE * CO.. ooM-6at 31 Park Row, N; T. RAFFLE.—A PEARL SET-w.rth »60« In gold—will be Raffled at 1. Kahan A Go’s., 262 Bread street, ss soon as the chances are all taken, at |JO a chanoe (greenbacks.) Only e few more chanoee leit. Janiß—tf COPPER tips protect the toes of ohlldren’s shots. One pair will outwear three wlthont tips. Bold everywhere. Jodß—On JOHN K. JAORSON, ATTORNEY AT Lew, Augusta, Georgia, qgNo. Sdt Bread sties t, ever the Augusta factory Office. oetlP-ffm NEW ADVERTISEMENTS u THEATRE. Lessees and Managers, RAYMOND & HAMILTON, (Also of Savannah.) Friday Evening, Feb. 16th. Benefit of the Popn'ar Comedian, MR. JOHN T. RAYMOND, i f hen he will appear In two of bis most brilliant eflorts, ISADORE FARINE AND SOLON SHINGLE. MISS M. E. GORDON, In her favorite part of MARTON. >»♦ The evening’s entertainment will comtnenoo with the Favorite Corned y of the PRIDE OF THE MARKET. I-adore Farine Mr. J. T. Raymond Marton Mias M. E. Cordon To conclude with THE PEOPLE’S LAWYER. 3olon Shingle Mr. J. T. Raymond febl6—l INSURANCE” JOSEPH E. MARSHALL, Agent HOME INSURANCE COMPANT, of New York. SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York. ♦MANHATTAN INSURANCE COM^". of New York. ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY. Brooklyn. SPRINGFIELD INSURANCE COM’Y- Massachusetts. INSURANCE COMPANY, Valley of Virginia. •FLORIDA HOME INSURANCE CO., •WOODVILLE INSURANCE COM Y. •These Companies are the only ones who have met with any loss at this Agency; they have been met as promp'ly as mail facilities permitted. This Agency is prepared to Insure Houses, Merchandise, Farm Property at reasonable rates. Inland and Marine Insurance written as usual. Business attended to promptly, and losses promptly and equitably adjusted. JOS. E. MARSHALL, Agent. feblG—lmif Oil, Lamps, &c. 10 BBLS. extra No. 1 Kerosene Oil. 100 gallons in five gallon cans for family use, and ■ onvenient for shipment to the country. Side and suspending Lamps with reflectors, Brackets and Chandeliers. Parlor, Taper and Aand Lamps of every varie ty and price. Berners with all the la‘e«t improvements. Chimneys, Chimney Cleaners and Trimmers, Wicks. Ac , Ac. v For sale, wholet-ala and retail, at the lowest market rates, by DAVIDSON A (IO , feblß—d2*"l 2)0 Broad street. Hats, Hats, Hats. Foil sale, a fine assortment of Gent’s lIATS, latest slyleg. Will he sold very cheap. Apply to . W. B. GRIFFIN, Auctioneer and Coirmitsion Merchant. feblfi—St Real Estate. A N excellent, stand for Retail Trade, well f\ located in tlii. city, for sale low. Also, nn excellent Country Residence, four miles from t wn. Apply to W. B. GRIFFIN, Commission Merchant and Auctioneer. fehUi- 3t Notice. Dr. HOLSENBAKE’S friends will be pleased to learn that he is now convalescent from a mi d attack of Small Pox, and will bo able to resume his practice in a few days. feblfi—B* Bagging and Rope. 400 COILS Greenleaf Rope 50 BALES Gunny Bugging. MAUDE & WRIGHT. feblfi—3 Irish and Scotch WHISKY. 200 KITS No. 1 Maokeret. feblfi—3 MAUDE At WRIGHT. Office Chibp Kn-uiuskr Augusta Fire Dsr’r, \ Augusta, Ga., Feb lfitb, 1860. J THE officers aud members of the Augusta Fire Department are hereby notified to attend the Aonual Meeting of this Department, <n be held at the City Hall, on SATURDAY NIGHT, 17th Inst, at 7$ o'clock. Commanding oflioers will see that every mem ber of hie command is summoned. Secretaries are requested to hand in their rolls at the meet ing. By order of J. B. PLATT, Chief Engineer. J. D. Kavanish, Sec’y. feblfi—2 2,000 Barrels OF STOVALL’S EXCELSIOR MILLS FLOUR FOR SALE. I AM prepared with a constant supply of Wheat to furnish THE TRADE FRESH GROUND FLOUR, As low as can be laid down from any quarter, In Handsome Packages. Full weights and quality warranted. THOS. P. STOVALL. feblt— ts Boarders Wanted. J*IVE or six Day Boarders can Do a cm.mm.,- dated with good board by applying at No. 116 Reynold street, ia front of S. C. Depot. f-Kll -IQt* Wanted To HIRE, a man competent to attend to a Circular Saw. Apply to BONES k HENDERSON, 2 ’■> C '♦iiu'ioDaligt Office. W ASHIHGTB S FEMALE SEMI SAW. WILKES CO., GA., Will be opened Monday, March 5, BY REV. FERDINAND JACOBS, A. M., T ATE President of the Female Collego at I 1 Laurensville 8 0. « He will be assisted by competent Teachers, amongst whom is Prof. J M. FIBHBR, A. M., late Principal of Masio lu the Lauiensville Col lege. The course of study will embmee all that is taught in the bret Female Schools and Colleges, and all possible labor will be bestowed to render the instruction thorough. tuition : Per session of 20 weeks sls, S2O and $26 00 Incidental expense* 1 00 Instruction on Piano or Guitar 86 Ml Use of Piano. 2 60 Drawing and Painting 16 00 French 12 $0 Boarding, including washing 62 60 Pupils who board with the Principal will pro vide them elves with lights and towels. Payments in speoieor it* equivalent. febß-3taw‘lw ________ MONTGOMERY AND WEST POINT RAIL ROAD COMPANT. ALABAMA AND FLORIDA RAILROAD COMPANY (of Alabama.) THE undersigned is prepared with eight per cent. Coupon Bonds of both these Compa nies to fnnd their past due Bonds and Coupon] at the Georgia Railroad Bank, Aufujll Ga. J. MfLffmAN, Masonic Hall. Monday Evening, Feb. 19,1866. Grand Entertainment OP THE STEREOSCOPTICON OR PHANTOM EXHIBITOR PROF. CETOR takes p'e<sure in an nouncing to the inhabitants of Augusta and > irrounding country, that he can now present fjr their admiration, instruction and arauceinrnt, t >e most perfect exhibition of the kind ever pro duced in this country or Europe. He has spaved to expense in procuring the most perfect appa ratus, and without boasting, he enn, with confi ceoce, affirm that it stands unrivak d. This popular and scientific Entertainment com prises Scriptural and Historical VIEWS, Scenes from all parts of the WORLD, Correct Portraits of the principal Generals, North and South, And sue similoa of the finest Statuary of renowned SCULPTORS, .American and European. Together with a splendid assortment of Comic Pictures on various subjects. PROP. CHVOR wou’d respectfully call the attention of Ministers of the Gospel and Teachers of Schools to this Exhibition, as a medium through which to impart religious and scientific instructions, and would lake great pleasure in making arrangements for dav entertainments for the benefit of Children and others. Doors open at commence at 8 o’clock. For particulars see small bills. febl«-4t aTball WILL BE GIVEN ON Thursday Evening;, February 22, AT MASONIC HALL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF Mechanic Fire Engine Company. Tickets, $5. To be had at the Segar store of P. Haksbhrgbr, or of the Committee. feh!4—td TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ) Office of Comptroller ot the Currency, t Washington, December 1, 1865. ) WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence pre sented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that the National Bank of Au gusta, iu the city of Augusta, in the county of Richmond, and State of Georgia, has been duly organized under and according to the require ments of the Act of Congress, entitfej “An Act to provide a National Currency, scoured by a plodge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof,” ap proved June 3d, ISC4, aDd has complied with all the provisions of said A ct, required to be com plied with before commencing the business of Banking under raid Act— Now, therefore, I, Freeman Clarke, Comptroll er of the Cnrreney, do hereby certify that the National Bauk of Augusta, in tlio city of Aur gusts, in the county of Richmond, and State of Georgia, Is authorized to commence the business of banking nnder the Act aforesaid. Id testimony whereof, witness ray band and seal of office, this fir.s-t day of December. 1865. [L. S.J FREEMAN CLARKE, No. 1618. Comptroller. Tlie National Bank of Augnsta. Augusta, Uso., December lKtli, 1865. THIS BANK, with a capital of Fire Huc dred Thousand Dollars (*500,000) paid in, will open on Tuesday, the 19th instant, in the bulldinsr of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company—entrance on Mclntosh street—aud be prepared to receive deposits and pay checks for the same ; and so soon as their notes for circula n f,n mre P re P» r ed, will be ready to do a Genera ! Banking Business. WM. B. DIN-sMORE, President, B. H. W4RRSN, Vice-President GEO. M. THEW, Cashier. dccl9—6o LUCY COBB FEMALE INSTITUTE, Madame 8. Sosnowskl, Principal, ATHENS, GEOEGIA. THE Exeroises of this well known Institution will be renamed Feb. 16th, IR6«—being the beginning of the second session of the regular Scholastic year. The location of the School is excellent, and no pains will be spared for the improvement and well being of the young ladies placed under the care of the Principal. The pupils entered as boaiders at the Institute wi'l bo placed entirely nnder the eharge of the Principal, and required to be subject to all the rules and regulations of the School. Scholastic Year, 9 Months, Comprising 2 Sessions. Pupils required to enter for the entire session, with payment in advance. PER BEB-UON: Board, (not Including fuel, lights, and washing $lO5 00 TUITION: English Department 80 00 English Department, (Primary) 15 00 French and German, each 26 CO Lstia 10 00 PROFESSORS’ CHARGES: Ins'rumentol Music Vocal 30 00 Oil Painting and Pastel Drawing 20 00 Drawing ]8 w Use of Piano 5 oq Use of Fuel g 00 Bach pupil require ! to furnish her own bed linen and bed-covering, lights, towfcl3, and knife and fork. The Tiustoeß are hop ful that, nnder the new Principal, whose reputation is so well known as sssooiated with female education in South Caro lioa, the Institution will meet with a large pa tronage from Southern parents. JOHN H. NEWTON, 1 HOWELL COBB, | D O. BARROW, i Treaters. HENRY HULL, Jr., H. R. J. LONG, I febl4— 6t Wanted, Two good Wheelrighfs and two good Wagou Blacksmiths. Good wages and steady employ ment will be given. Nono need apply but first class workmen. J. S. MULLIKIN, feb!s St .Reynold street. FISH Just Received, 30 KITS SALMON 30 kits Halibut’s Fins SO kitsTongnes and Sounds 60 kits, quarter, hall and whole barrel! 1 Mackerel 10 half barrels Dutch Herring. ALSO. Jnst reeelved, large invoices of the following (roods, which will be sold low : Cheese. But'er Lard. Candles, Sugar. Coffee. Starch, Crackers, Biscuits Preserves, Pickles,Canned Prm*, Nu*s. Raisin-, Figs, Bsnc s,.Catsni»s. Rice, Buokwh-at Flour, Tubs, Buckets, ehurns, Waehing Ma chines, Brooms, Brushes-. Floor Mop», Wire Reives, Shovels and Spades, Bagging and Rope, Plow Lines, Wood Saws, Trace Chains, A ice, Hatcbeta, Nail«, all sixes. Window Glass, Colt’s Smith's, and Weston's Revolvers, Cotton Card-, No. 10, Boots and Shoes, Dry Goods, Ac., Ac. For sale low by JAS. G. BAILIE A BP»0, fel»l4-8t 206 Broad st. Kerosene Oil, ALE ANP) porter. T'V©UBLE raflntd Kerosene Oi l , bv the bar- I f rel or gallon English (genuine! Ale and Porter. For eale by JAS. G. BAILIE & BRO . feb!4-5t 296 Brood st. Notice. mo THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE NA- I TIONAL EXPRESS AND TRANSPOR TATION COMPANY.—The Board of Dir. etors have ci«i«d a farther assvssm-nt of five (6) ner oent to be made. You are hereby notified that tbe atiove assessment will be required to be paid at our our office by the 20th February. GEO. R. ORUMP A CO., fnblA— 6t Oommiseianers, Billiard Tables. 2 NO. I marble bed Billiard Taole*. For eale by J. O- DAWBON, fcblQ— 6 No. I Warren Block. Notice to the Public. In the year 1846, the writer embarked in the Drug Business in the city of Phila elphla. and while thus engaged, made.several experiments in L. 8 . ~t o Cie most desirable mode of preparing h nid Extraots. My efforts being successful—the a’tides being approved aDd u*td by the Medical Faculty—l was de-irons of placing them before tie public, but hesitated for some time before concluding to resort to newspaper advertising, knowing t f the prejudices that existed in the minds <>f many against using advertised Medl oines or Nostrums, but through the advice of friends and those who had need them this objec tion wis overcome. After 18 years’ exertions, commencing In a_th small way, the popularity of ivy articles has ex- ** tended to ail parts of the United States, and widely throughout foreign countries—and this in the face of much opposition. Every means has been resorted to by unprincipled dealers since their merit and success have been known—such as advertising larger bottles at less price, cen suring all oiher preparations, and even copying my advertisements—but J am happy to s'ate that out of the many who have resoned to this, tone have been successful. MY OBJECT in this notice is to make facts known to Ihe pub lic and respectable dealers, believing, after so many years’ exertions, that the Drnggbts will discountenance snch proceedings, and that tho r-putation of mv articles may not be damaged bv the use of interior or spnrions onas. Knowing that many may read this artie'e who are unacquainted with me. 1 ap: eid a few re marks from those of my native city, and whose names are known in all part* of the world : “ Being personally acquainted with Mr. H. T. •ielmbold, it affords me pleas ire in stating I have been most favorably impaessed with bis energy and integrity, and gratified at ids suc c-iafc" WM. WEIGHTMAN, Firm of Powers A Weightmann Ninth and Brown streets, Philadelphia. [Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia.] “ When on a visit to the city of New York a few days since, J was induced to call on our old friend and townsman, Mr. H. T. Helmbold, Druggist, 694 Broadway, N. Y. His store is a Model, a perfect Gem—the handsomest of any kind we hare ev r had the pleasure of viewing, and so extensive, being 34 fe'ot front,'five stories in height, and over 200 feet deep. It indeed af fords u« much pleasure to know that he has been so successful, and-it is amp’e evidence of the merits of hia articles—as in our whole business experience we have not known of the sirccess of any articles without Merit—advertising merely bringing the name before the people.’’ [Boston Herald.] “ We do not like to advertise worthless wares, or articles calculated to deceive onr readers ; and when we see an advertiser like Mr. Helm bold, whom we have known for years, gradually extend his advertising from year to yesr nntil he becomes the largest advertiser in the United S'ates, we are satisfied that the statements in re gard to his articles must be correct.’’ Tho writer relnotant'y inserts the shove, ams would not do so were be not a stranger to many ; and concludes by stating the nan es of his arti cles, and the diseases for which they have been used by many thousands with complete -uccess. [auvbrtisrmbnt. ] Helmbold’s Extract of Buehu will cure all diseases of the Kidneys and B’ad n- r. Cures Pain or Wsakm-as in the Back, Strictures, &o ; Cures Weak Nerves, Loss of Memory, Tmnbllrig, Dimness of Vision. HELMBOLD’S FLUID EXTRACT OF BUOHU is a pure fluid ex'ract. not a weak tea or infusion, lathe one thirg needful for all comp'aints inci dent to Femal#<\ For particulars sond for Cir cular. HELMBOLD’S FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU c ires Gravel and Dronsical Swellings existing in Men, Women, or Children: in fact. All Bisea3es requiring the aid of a Diuretic. It is the great est Tonic and Diuretic known—perfectly safe, p'eusant la taste and odor, and immediate in its action. m HelmUil’s Flaitl Extract of Sarsaparilla, HienLY Concentrate*. One bottle equivalent, in strength to one gallon of the Syrup or Decoc'ion. It reach-B the seat, of the difeasu immediately, expelling all Humors of the Blood, and BEAUTIFYING THE COMPLEXION ! These articles, being of snch strength, the drso js exceedingly small. From this fact; it, in used in the United Slates Army Hospital* sn-I public Sanitary Institutions throughout the lanl. ftlk, Sold by all Druggists evirywhero. Apli for Helmbold’s Take no other ! Cut out the advi rtifomeut and send for it, and by this means avoid Cout tjr'elt. feb4-tm DRUGS, DRUGS, WHOLESALE and RETAIL. LARGEST STOCK 111 the State of Georgia. T'kRUCS, Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Medi -1 / cines, and Perfumeries. Trusses, Surgical Instruments, Dye Stuffs, Flavoring Extracts, A'-, Ac. Sole Arent for Helmbold’s Extract of Bucbu and Sarsaparilla, Ayer’s Preparations, Jayne’s Preparations, Rn>»’ St Domingo Bilters ai d Preparations, Hoofland’s German Bitters, Ciook’s Hair Restorer, Thompson’s and Phalnn’s Hair Preparations and Toilet Ar icles, Well’s Strength ening Plaatc-rs, and all the other Patent Medicines before the trade. ALSO, The most extensive and oompiets stock of Paints, Oils, Varnishes, French Sine, Colors, Artists* and Painters’Materials to be found in any sec tion of the Month, and at prices whioh absolutely defy competion. Glass. Every variety of Glass j French and German Plate, Stained, Cut and Bky I.ij-ht Glaus, biogle and double thickness. Pure French Brandies, Wines And Whiskies, For Medicinal purposes; and a large supply of other Liquors fjr general us». BBUei FBICIEB & CO.’S CIAHPABIIES. Sole Agent of the only true Imported Brands in tbe country, viz : Carte D’Or, Lac D’Or, and ••'!llery,pronounced by all connoisseurs superior to any heretofore in use. i-pedal Agent for the American Vintage Com oany, and a large stock of their Celebrated Cali loroia Brand- constantly on hand. My special arrangements with Manufacturers and Importers of the North, and in Europe, war rant me in not only guaranteeing tbe absolute I nrilv and Genuineness of icy entire stock, but also enables me lo bell any of the above mention ed lines of goods at first oott prices—in some lines even less transportation. An examination of my price s will sustain these statements in every particular. S. E. Cor. Barnard and Broughton Sts., SAVANNAH, GA. ■ jand— 6m NEW PERFUME For the Handkerchief. Fill'S A Most Exquisite, Delicate, aud Fra grant Perfume, Distilled from the Rare aud Beautiful Flower from which it takes its name. Manufactured only by PHALON * SON, MW YORK. BEffABE OF COUNTERFEITS. AJUE FOB PHALON’S-TAKS MO OfiPHBH. Sold by DrusfMs seneraD'. (and—dm