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Hvjvoi't of Com mttee on ( us ville Mo inoiinl. 'I lir Joint 81 art Committee, to which xvas re ferred the Memorial of the citizens ot Cims roun* iv. report. I tint the investigation whieli (lie sub ject ha« nn forgone before the Committee, lias re sulted in tin- unanimous conviction on tin- minds ol the Committee, that the Memorial in founded <>n misapprehension of tin; mcnniriah.-U of the laws in force, and the duti- s of the Chief Engi neer under those laws. The charges made, were resolved hy the representation of the memorialists into the following specifications: Ist. That the road, on leaving the Allatoona mountain, was not carried across the Etowah river in a direct line. - I. That such deflection wa- made for tin be nefit ol the < liicf Engineer, who was the owm r ol the land over which tin- deflected line is made to e,ros> said river. M. That, after crossing the Etowah river, and niter running the line in a direct comse towards Cassville, until within two and a hall miles of the town, the route instead of being continued through or near Cassville, is, without any appa rent necessity, deflected to tire left, and continued so aa to leave Cassville one and a half miles to the right of the route, lints incurring an increase ol distance and a heavy cost to extinguish the right of (he way. Ist. On (lie first specification, the Committee has been satisfied, on the sworn evidence of (Jen. Brisbane, that the detour made al the crossing of the Etowah river was rendered impracticable from the nature of the country, which, in its approach to the east side ol' the river, is so ab rupt as to compel a descent, if made direct, at the rate of from lit or 50 feet to the mile, and (lien over a bridge, on the grade of descent, of at least 100 feet above the water level, with lire additional objection of an embankment of great height on the western side ot that river ; whilst hy prolong ing the distance from the point of descent to the river, which a dellcction up the river enabled the Engineer to do, lire maximum grade of !)<) feet to the mile become practicable, the river was crossed by a bridge ol u reasonable height, and a good landing on the west side el the river ob tained. ~d. On the second specification, lire Committee has been convinced that this deflection from a direct line in crossing said river was determined on and adopted before any purchase was made by Col. Long; that lire point of crossing was publicly known, as well to the person irom whom be made the purchase as to nil others; that the land bought by him was largely enhanced in vu •lue by the crossing being on it; and that Ire gave in consequence a large price lor it—indeed, much more than others well acquainted with the route ol the toad through it, would then bare given, or would now give. Tin; Committee entirely and billy exonerates the Chief Engineer from ■impure or interested motives in (be loealioir of the roil, in its crossing the Etowah, mid believe that the point selected is that which (he interest of the work and the State required. Hut whilst the Committee in this matter is decided in the entire justification ol the Chief Engineer from the ch arge made, and of any unworthy motive, the ( ommiltee would respectfully suggest, that it is of (he first importance that our public offi cers should not only he pure in conduct, hut should also he free from suspicion; ami, although the purchases (bus ma le by the Chief Engineer on the line of tin' roule and at Marietta, cannot be imputed to any improper motive, yet, to avoid unworthy imputations an (be nets of our public elHcors, the ( ommitlee would recommend that the Board of Commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, the Chief Engineer, and all Engineers of location or construction, shall here alter he precluded Irom the purchase, while in elb e, ol any lands on or near the route of the road. •Id. O.i the third specification. On the 7th November, I■'>•l7, the t 'liiel Engineer made his report ol a line located from the ChnUshimcheo to I ma-iuee( reek, undo! a line of approxima te! l.ie.itiimn from thence to the Tennessee line. I lie (iener.il .Assembly ol 1837 adopted the line 1 uts reported, anil directed the road to be eon «.;ru •; don that lino. Theactuf 1837 thus do ’ ierite.ueil the a tual located route as far as Co il i uiee Creek, anil the Eiigmcer-iu-l 'bief could nob without a violation of that net,have deviated materially from the line thus designated. Indeed, no deviation from that lino, except for the purpose of improvement in allignmeut or grade, or to cv.vii heavy work, could have been justified. Co ’ni nice Creek Ins beyond or westward of Cass* x 'file, an I ot consequence the roule ax oiding Cass x '.lie, or leaving it on the right of road, xvas actu ally designated hy the act of 1837; mid if a pre ferable route were known, it ought to have been presented before the passage of that act, mtil its claims to examination, at least, could then have been inferred with reason: but the silence of till, on that subject. 101 l the Legislature no other course but to adopt the only line reported, anil to which there was then no dissent. But the Committee, desirous to know the claims of Ibis route to u preference ovet that adopted, has examined (ion, Brisbane ou this point, mid are satisfied, on his ftxstim my. thru though there would have been no diUieultx in carrying the road hy the way ol'Cass x file to some distance beyond it. that the pass thence forward, either through Shaw's Cap. or Stoke's (lap. was impracticable at the grades es tablished. Two routes, passing through or near Cassville, were instnimentally examined, and found to be impracticable. The other, through Stoke s Cap, was not examined with instruments, because the reronnoissanee of one able Assistant Engineer, in company with a number of tlie citi zens interested in this route, resulted in his eon x ction that it was even more impracticable than others proved to be so on examination. lii conclusion, the ( ommitlee submit herewith the testimony ol Con. Brisbane ; ami, convinced taal the ( liiel Engineer bus noted in this matter in conformity xvith the letter and spirit ol the law. and that the imputations of unworthy motives are gratuitous, and made under a misapprehension of the law and tacts, ask to he discharged from the fut liter consideration of the subject. MILI.KIIOKV II.LK, 7 Cioorgin, Nov. 22, 1838. A £>pe. - ial charges to he exhibited against Col. Long, the Chief Engineer on the main trunk, in lo cating that part of the road from Allatoona Mountain to the Oothoaloga A'alley. ('hinge Corruption. Specification Ist. I’hat instead of running the road directly from, and crossing the river Etoxx a alter leaving the Allatoona Mountains, and cross ing said river on a bridge, going through the laud of Arnold Miller, the north side of said rixer, which is the proper course the said Engineer should have taken the road, yet, having private interest in view, bus deflected to the right, iiml miming up said river nearly or quite tliree-lourlhs of a mile, crossed the river at a point where it is notorious, said Engineer and ti company of gen tlemen joined with him, intend to try niid make a manufacturing town, and after crossing said river is obliged to run down said river across a la’iul to gain said proper route. Specification 3d. That the said Engineer after leaving the Etowah river, runs the road in a line nearly direct towards the town of Csssville, until within two and a hall miles of said town, and although by going near said town and crossing the b lint Hill N. AV. of Cassville, which is per leetlx practicable, yet without apparient cause from any obstruction in the country, when within two amt a hull miles of said town of Cassville, run nmz in a N. W. direction at this point, he deflects to the left in nearly a west course, leaving Cass vtlte one and a half .(files to the right, ami runs downsiot ot seven nub s west to CouUiuc Creek, , I mkl up siiii Creek N.N. E. into Oothcaloga Vul Icy, by which route there in iniun'ii -**• high charg-. made for the riant of way, when, by tin' rouledi reel near ( '.issvillc, erosing the Flint Hill i' „ Sloke'a (fin into .said \ alley, the right id way i offered grads in almost every instance, mid by lid route some six or eight miles of distance would In I saved and a much larger population benefited. ■ I have the honor, Gentlemen of the Joint Com ■ millec, in aii.-over to a aerie.* of quu-.tioiisgrowini : out of the memorial of the citizens of Cassville i touching tilts Chief Engineer of the Western am Atlantic Railroad, tosubmitas lidlows : *Que:rUm 1. Have you ever been connecter with the Engineer corps engaged in surveyim and locating lb.- WtMle.n and Atlantic Railroad i li so, whin did your connection with it commence and how long lie : that connection continued ! Answer, Yin, And from April 1837, to the present. (ifue* /. 3. Were yon acquainted with the sur vey and location of so much of'said road, as was reported to the last session of the Legislature, cin braeinga distance of ten miles, north and south ot the Ktown river? If so, state if you know the location of the. road, as now put under contract, between said points, and whether the loca ion is, oris not the same ? Ans. Ves. Having made both myself, as act ing Chief Engineer, during the temporary absence ol the chief proper.—Further ; that no alteration has taken place of the same, save, where the di minution of bridge structure could lie effected by introducing embankment; or where the economy id excavation called for the avoidance of points, known to he dillicnlt by actual operation. That this however, has not altered the position of the line mure than a few paces at any one point with in the limits specified. Quest. 11. Do you know any thing of the de flection made by the road at the Flow a river as complained of in flic Cassville memorial? If so, stile llic reason for the same ! I ix. The dclleetion was obligatory. The test level passing the house of Mr. Clark, some quar ter of a miles distance below the point adopted for the Fasten! Abutment of the Etowah viaduct, pi'm < d the niter impossibility of avoiding the do lour in question. 'Phe chief difficulty consisted in finding sufficient scope for the necessary elon gation id the lino. The point at which the deflec tion takes place, is one hundred and fifteen feet above the water-level of the Etowah. To effect a bridge grade then, at seventy feel above said le vel, to limit the length id the bridge if possible to •he foni'lh nl a mile, and to reach the river by a decent oi thirty feet the mile, the maximum wes tern grade ol the road, required an increase of dis tance equal to one mile and a half; the length of the di'loiir in question. Quest. 4. Doyou know any thing of the route designated as 111/ (lassville route ! If so, what is its character, anil its practicability as compared with llic route adopted ? Ann. \ es. The character ofthe Cassville route, is comparatively impracticable. The length of llie line actually tested is greater than that adopt ed, by Ivvo miles, from common points upon both routes ; and the summits necessarily to be passed upon such route, gives a difference of 100 feet in favor of the adopted route. Equating thisdiffer • ncc id elevation gives an addition of six miles; and consequently makes the lolal transportation distance ol the (Jnssvillo lino, eight miles longer. Tlie reason for encountering the second summit between the waters of Two (fun and Tine Log Creeks, arose from (lie impnietieiibility of descen ding from the summits ofeitheriShaw’s or Sloke’s (Jap,into the Valley of the Oothcaloga. '/’his is shown by the fact, that the maximum grade of thirty feet is imperative in overcoming the adopted Connnseeu Hap; and Ibis Cap is 150 feet lower than Stoke’,s Cap in question, at a distance of two miles and a half, so that without the use of auxil iary power upon a grade of 00 feet per mile, it would have been impracticable even to have des cended from one Gup to the other, much more so •o have reached the \ alley of the Oothcaloga it self. Had (he Assistant Engineer, engaged on this service, increased the expense of testing such a descent, with the positive data before him, ho would have subjected himself to merited censure. Quest. 5. Ho you know any thing of purcha ses ot real estate made at Etowah river by the Chief Engineer ! If so, was the same made be fore, or idler the location ofthe rood ; and was or was not the location of the road kept secret or made public ? Ann, \ cs. The Chief Engineer informed me at Milledgevillc, in December 1837, that he had just become a landholder in Georgia. This was some two months after the location across the Etowah river had been effected, and the same made public. It was perfectly understood by the neighborhood in which the purchase alluded to was made, for we were incessantly complained of for the injuries done to the crops, by the accurate process ol location and domavkution. Qiii.il. (i. Do you know of any oilier purcha ses of real estate, made by the Chief Engineer, on •he line of said road ; whether the same was made belore or after the location ofthe road; and \ state fully what you know of said purchases? ■Dm. \ es. The object of the chief engineer, in his purchases upon the Etowah, was to procure the lowest lull ot that river, sumo mile or two above the Etowah viaduct, for manufacturing purposes. I’o effect this, be was obliged to in clude the different (arms intervening, with a view to his intercourse with the Railroad. It is pre sumable, that to cover the expense of so much unproliiable outlay, ho united himself with certain gentlemen of capital in Georgia, and purchased the May’s ferry, which was calculated to yield a fair per ventage upon the whole investment until the contemplated manufacturing operations should go into elleet. He has also purchased town pro perly in Marietta upon the line of road, but to what amount I cannot say. I know of no other purchases ; it was rumored that he had some in terest in the property of Mr. Hargrove upon the line of road to Conasinoe Creek, beyond Cassville; but I doubt the truth of such rumor, or that he ever thought himself of purchasing said property. AH these purchases were made after the road had been located. Quest. 7, AV hat operations have been conduct ed, ofthe character of surveys by the use of in struments, on the line between the Etowah and Connsinoe Creek, during the year 1838 ! Ana. A revision of the location.' Quest. 8. If the route of the road was in fact defined, and the line located prior to the 7th No vember, IS3B, what was the cause or expediency of surveys on said route, if anv was made, in the year 1837? Ans. The revision ofthe location was ordered tor the purpose of elevating the road grade above the freshets, to which the flat country of this neighborhood is subject in the winter. Quest, it. Was request made by any ofthe cit izens ol Cass county to have a survey or rocon uoissanee of a route through IStoke’s Cup on tin Flint Ridge; if so, at what time, in what year and was such request complied with ! If no complied with, please state the reasons for non compliance ! Ans. There was such an application in tin summer ot 1838, to Mr. Drown, assistant ought eer, then residing in Cassville with his family, bn for reasons stated in answer to question 4, tin assistant engineer without reference to the clue 1 engineer, satisfied the demands, as he thought. In i riding over the ground in company with severe ; of the gentlemen of Cassville, and pointing on to them the absurdity of the attempt. His rea i sons for believing them satisfied were, that al • though still a resident of Cassville, no further te • quest was made to him on the subject. • Respectfully submitted, A. H. BRISBANE. Sworn to In-fore me this 34th November, 183 f • At, W. GORDON, Ch. Com. of In. V CIIIinJSIKJI.K ANU SJSNTINgL. J* a r CS U s T A. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1. >C I u . The Constitutionali-t ami I'eopl Press arc ig both shooting popguns at us. The heavy metal 'a ! of the former is at Millcdgcville, ami the latter | never had any. ■d 1 The (JoiiHlilutinnaii; I U out upon our remark* in relation to the grand iminn'tivrc of the Vanites | at Millcdgcville, in nominating Mr. Forsyth, ns “ th': candidate of //ic South,” for Vice-President; 0 and the People’s Press is horrified into a full co lumn of comments and portentous prophecies 8 upon the occasion of our being favorable to a i- National Hank, as though it had not already 1 known that fact for months! In our next we will “ show up” both—not because wo deem a reply' 1° either very necessary,but byway of “ defining’’ our own position —ala mod » Mr. Calhoun. e Pr:r.ATO, a story if the Goth, is the title of a i new Novel founded upon fact, by W. Gilmore Simms, of Charleston, author of “Guy Rivers,’’ y “the \ emassee,” &c. has been laid on our table i, liy Mr. T. H. Plant. We seldom read Novels' * not having the timetodevole In that purpose, and have not read this one under consideration. Os course we cannot speak of its merits from person i- al examination. The Charleston Courier speaks H in high terms ofit, and the author’s name is of it ’ srdf sufficient to give it, a passport into the studies :- of those who patronize the literary w orks of our ’• countrymen. It is to he found at the Rook store 1 ofMr.T. li. Plant. I We received the Standard of 1 hiion last night. . hut it contains not one word in relation to the - proceedings of the Legislature. 1 We are gratified to learn that our fellow-towns , man, Dr. F. M. Robertson, who was appointed a last spring, Agent on the part of the City Coun * eil of Augusta, to procure a settlement of the j. claims of that body against the United States Government, for advances made for the equip . meat of the Richmond Blues and Richmond s JI ussars, for service against the Seminole Indians, at the breaking out of hostilities, in 1830, has , successfully accomplished his agency, by obtaining I $5,900, the whole amount of the balance due. Health of Augusta. The total number of deaths in (his city, during the month of November, according to the Sex ton’s report, were 10. Whites s—black and col ored 5 A letter from the Rev. C. W. Howard, the States’ Agent at London, to procure copies of the Records relating to (he Colonial History of Geor gia, has been received at the Executive Depart ment, containing information that he had ob tained permission to examine and transcribe tlu» records. Fire, We learn that on Tuesday night the 13th inst, the gin house mid com and fodder house of Messrs. Tucker & Holcomb, at Monticello, were destroyed by fire, together with 20 bales of cot ton, 400 bushels of com, and about 10,000 weight of fodder. The lire is supposed to have been the work of two negroes, who have been lodged in jail for trial. The Chicago Democrat of the 10th inst., an nounces the death of Mr. Carlin, Governor elect of Illinois, Ship of the Line Ohio. This noble vessel is now lying in the harbor of Ncw-Aork, ready to proceed pn a three years cruise in the Mediterranean, under the command ol the gallant Commodore Hull, According to the Journal of Commerce, her measurement bur then is 1993 tons, and her draft of water 25 feet. Her canvass for a single suit of sail covers a space very nearly equal to two acres. Bhe carries 102 guns, viz : thirty-four 421 b., earonades on her spar deck; thirty-four 321 b. long guns on the main dock; thirty-four 421 b. long guns on the lower deck. She has on hoard about 1000 men. from Montevideo. Captain Sutton, of the ship Renown, at Now- Vork, from Montevideo, Sept. 6, states that the market there was well supplied with every dc- I scription of imports except Flour, which ws s 1 worth $24 n $25 ; produce scarce and high, and - the city closely besieged by Gen. Rivera. Things at Buenos Ayres was very gloomy; the French blockading squadron extremely vigilant, and no ;< prospect of the blockade lieing raised. The Cumulus. . The New-York Evening Herald of the 2(ith * says:—Wo had nothing from Canada yesterday, . the intense severity of the weather having put a - stop to all intercourse and internal navigation, d For the present, the insurrection is over—but the disposition of the prisoners at Montreal is the , t next point. A general feeling of sympathy for >- 1 their fate is developing itself all over the republic. >’ In Oswego, a public meeting has been held, and . n mission is sent to the Canadian Government, to ,1 intercede in their behalf. Our Government will e also be called upon to exercise their good offices ls —but what can they do! We can fell them. t ; Mr. Van Burou’s proclamation is very good so i- far—but has he not authority, under the laws, ta lt ’ deliver up McKenzie & Co., the agitators, w’no have led the young men astray, now held in u. Canada. It there be any possibility of delivering up '* these cowards to the British authorities, let it be ut ( * on0 ' 11 Canada, or England, or any country ic " ants a reform of Government, let them organ ct izc it themselves. As a neutral nation, it is not our business to meddle.” al _ _ ot The New-York Courier says that the weather *J‘ in that ci, .V became intensely cold on Saturday e- tiight the -4th inst. and continued so until Mon day morning without diminution. Fears ard ex pressed that many goods on the canals w ill be ar 8. ro * ted b - v tho ice fro »' arrival at their places of destination. From Florida. I | The Tallahassee Floridian of Saturday last ‘ states liiat there have l>een several rumors in that place during the past week from the seat of war, one ol wliieh stated that tile Indians in at Tampa I had to]lowed up their old game, giving our troops til,', slip, and taking again to the hammocks, — The editor doubts the correctness of the report, and says, “we are, however, informed that there have been but few Indians at Tampa, although many more promised to come in. It is believed that a portion of the Tallahassees. numbering about 1(0 men, women and children, all that ba>c eomo in at Tampa, arc yet there, unless sent by General Taylor to their destination west. Our informant recently left that i*ost, and is of the opinion that Sam Jones never has given any pio rnise of friendship, and that he has never left his lair. Hut Sam Jones is no more to he feared than many other war spirits yet among the hos tiles, and will not surrender unless at the point of the bayonet; and the war will bo ended only when the last Indian shall be captured. Scatter ed over a large extent of unexplored country, in small parties of from five to twenty, it is scarcely within the range of possibility to close the war for a long time. If the arrangements of General Taylor, with his present force, succeeds in reliev ing the frontier settlements from future depreda tions, and of confining the Indians down thePe uinusula, our anticipations will be fully realized. The new plan to be adopted by the government of settling the country by the inducements of grants of lands and other perquisites to settlers, is thought to be judicious. It cannot fail, we think, to give security to the frontier, and will effectually relieve our citizens from all future drafts for the protection of onr more exposed neighbors and friends. “The volunteers formerly stationed at the posts on the Jefferson and Madison frontiers have been relieved by companies of regulars, and the posts will be kept up as usual.” Snow. 'I he Buffalo (N. Y.) Commercial Advertiser of the 20th, states (hat snow fell in that city on that day to the depth of one foot. Communicated. Mr. Jones —l understood, from sevcrel mem bers of the Richmond Blues, not long since, that some individuals had been stricken from the list of that company. I did not enquire who they were, or for what cause expelled. In my commu nication of the 26th inst., I remarked that the ranks of the Blues had been purged. In your paper of the 28th, Mr. Barker comes out with a violent and abusive piece against the writer of the article referred to, signed '‘Augusta,” and says that his friends think that he was aimed at by me. If Mr. Barker was expelled from the Blues the remark is applicable to him, but if not I cannot see how he or his friends either could apply it to him. Ido not know what were the circumstances attending Ids withdrawal from the I Blues, I have never heard a reason assigned for I it. Therefore lamat a loss to know, (unless he was expelled) why Mr. Barker should lake the remarks contained in my communication of the 26th to himself. But if that gentleman or his friends will state what were his reasons for apply ing those remarks to him, I will give him any satisfaction ho may consistently demand. AUGUSTA. The author of Augusta, has left his name with the Editor. Pine.—On Tuesday night last a house ou South Broad street was discovered to be on tire. It originated in a room on the ground floor, occu pied by a colored man, and appears to have been the result of sheer carelessness. It was extin guished before it had done much injury.— Sav. Gear. On Thursday last, the Locomotive Ocmulgce was started on this road, byway of trial, and run up to Stranger’s Hill and back at the rate of 21 miles an hour. The Ocmulgee is a handsome ' article and works like a top. The cars are not yet completed, otherwise the locomotives would be kept in operation, making pleasure trips every day. There is but a small piece of the road yet to be finished. In less than two weeks, we expect to make an excursion to Forsyth, to the pleasant tunc of “ sittin on a rail.” The body of a man, very much decayed, was found on the bank of the river, a mile and a half above this city, on Saturday last. The flesh was mostly gone from his face and body, no clothing except around jacket was found, and scarce a vestige remained but the bones and some grey hair, to show that the poor wreck had been a hu man. Finn.—A fire broke out in this city, on Thurs day morning, in the smoke-house on the lot occu pied by Martin Hall, and before it could be sup pressed, the building was entirely consumed. Several other buildings narrowly escaped.—Ma con Telegraph. Domestic Productions. Another shipment of Hour, from the interior, the production of our own soil, has been made to this city, as will he seen by the advertisement of L. J. \V ilson, Esq., in another column. M c rejoice to see this evidence of a disposition on the part of our planters, to grow within them selves, the necessaries of life, and hope we may live to see the day, when Alabama will notbedc | Pendent upon other Slates for her supplies of J bread slutls and other provisions. —Mobile Com. i Adc, Texas. The intercourse between our city and Texas ' nas become so considerable, as to justify increased facilities of communication between the two pla- I CCSi There are so many emigrants and visitors ! «l«ly leaving here for Texas, that are compelled to | go byway ot New Orleans. It seems to us that | a good steamboat put into the trade, would do a lucrative business, would be well patronized bv j passengers, and would obtain as much freight as | she could take both ways—it would also have the effect to increase the amount of business now doing with Texas— Mobile Com. Adv. j Small favors thankfully receive®. A I few days since, the administration party were ; holding great rejoicings, over their gain of three I Members of Congress from Ohio—but how stands i the result in the aggregate. Elections for the next i | Congress have been held in twelve States in l j which the Representatives now stand, thirty-live i I Whigs and seventy-nine Vanitcs; in the next t j Congress, they will stand sixty-eight Whigs and i sixty-four \ amtos, making a Whig gain of thirty \ 1 , V °h n ?! U ; W ," hout " n - v l ' hn "S° the (States yet i to hold their elections, the Whig party will have I . a respectable majority—but we look for a still v srcZ in i% elef,ions - vct to ,akc i ,|acc " h 1 r 1 ar. .Nonin Lasti.kn Buivuaiit,—Tin; Commissioners appointed by the Government o!' Maine to examine the North Eastern Boimdarv Line, have concluded their duties and returned to their homes. The Bangor Courier says, -We understand they found very distinctly marked highlands ,l t the point where the waters divide between the idt. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean, and nil tins country north ol r-’t. John's River extremely mountainous. The country where the waters divide, is not level and swampy, as has been represented stud believed hv many, hut lies in mount tins and dividing highlands, cor responding to the forms of the treaty of 1783, —Journal of Cfimm'vre Pitf.vTiss AMiWoan.—in Mississippi, Peon" tiss and Word have both signified their determi nation not to canvass the tState for Congress next year. We regret to learn this. Their names have been associated in one of the most gratifying whig triumphs ever achieved. By their joint ef forts they have prostrated the reign of insolence in Mississippi, and they have taught the people of thaliStnle, that the vvliigs have the power, and on ly want energy and spirit to enforce it. The eloquence and energy of these men con stituted the main lever which revolutionised Mis sissippi. Two years ago, that State was as woe begone and benighted as our own dismal and gloomy Alabama. Prentiss and Word carried the torch of intelligence into every corner of the State ; aroused the people from their unpardona ble lethargy ; infused new life into the ranks of the desponding opposition ; net the advocates of Powitu and Patiiona~k in the open field—de fied and routed them ; —and tore, from the giant grasp of despotism, the gilded sceptre of Dictation. Is it not a question with the whigs in Mississip pi, whether or not they can supply the places of these men with able and popular statesmen I Men capable to contend with the arts and m , j Rites of enemies made desperate by'the dark nets and dangers which surround them ! Wo know there is plenty of talent in the ranks of the whigs in the state; and the recent elections give us re newed confidence in the stability of their party: But if Prentiss and Word lie really off the field, w e have much to fear from the difficulty of select ting suitable successors, and from the dangers of split and division in the whig ranks. We have a word of exhortation for our neighbors and friends—remember the efficacy of union—a house divided in itself must full. “Go all together;—if the heaving earth Shiver the mountain into severed fragments, The lightest breeze that blows may sweep away, Atom by atom, the disjointed mass ; And that, whose solid and united pile But yesterday defied the earthquake’s power, Yields to the petty pipings of the winds, And loses its existence.”— Follow up the noble victory you have achie ved. Secure the prize you have won—and instead of contributing to the crowning of a King, or to the securing of a triumph fora conqueror, vour valor will rescue, from the hands of oppression, the writhing liberties of your country. — Tusca loosa (~AIa.J Monitor. Panther fight on Grand Hirer. A gentleman of our acquaintance has lately re” ceived a letter from Col. R. P. Bowie, of Iberville, containing some interesting relations. We are kindly permitted to make some extracts, after apologizing to the writer for publishing that to the world, which was meant only for the eye of a friend. The letter is dated Nov. 13th, 1838, and alter the mention of some minor matters, the Col. describes the appearance of a man he encountered in the woods lately, while on a hunting excursion, in the following words:— “ I saw an old man in the woods, that has lived there three years, alone—he says he has seen no human being before, in twelve months; an odd old fellow, who neither knew the year, month or day—when I found him, he was digging potatoes; he has about six hundred head of hogs, these, with his gun and dog, are his only companions— his beard is perfectly white, and about eight inches long—he comes nearer my idea of an old patriarch than anything I over saw—he was dressed in buckskin, and appeared contented.” There is doubtless a history of some interest connected with tin; life of one, who at an advanced ago, thus contemns the sympathies of the world. —We should like, to hear the old man’s talc, un der the shade of so me tree, by a streamlet in the forest. The following notice of a “ Panther fight ” which came oil', lately, on Grand River, speaks well for the prowess of those engaged in it. “Mr. Carrhearing a hog squeal about dark, took up his gun and went out to see “what was to pay.” Oil his arrival in the cane, he found a panther “ rather busy” in making up to him. Ho attempted to fire his rifle, but it snapped—he then struck the animal on the nose with it, when the barrel fell out of the stock. Upon this the panther jumped back into the cane, and seized the hog which he had left for the purpose of attacking Carr, who nothing daunted by the untoward ac cident, went to his house, repaired the damage of his gun and came back to the scene, with his wife, and a young girl— one of them having an axe, and the other a tomahawk. On arriving, they found the panther behind a bunch of palmetto, whore he could not be seen distinctly. Carr gave up his gun to the girl— took the axe, and cut the palmetto down—at that instant the panther leaped upon him—threw him down—bit him in tlie head, and was aiming his murderous teeth at his throat, when Carr caught him by the under jaw, and held him, with his hand in his mouth.— Mrs. Carr then mounted tlie panther, tomahawk in hand, and gave him several blows; a little dog, also, seizing him at the same time, —The panther let go Carr, and gather ing the dog, retreated into the cane-brake again. Carr and his family then went home, and sent for Capt. Ives, who came over with his gun, and a fine bull dog— put on a thick coat, (how cooly calculated,) and repaired to the battle ground. He found the panther as nimble as ever, and quite enraged, for he leaped upon him so soon that he had’nt time to fire his gun—his trusty bull dog however, dragged the “varmint” off, after he had stripped Ives’ coat into tatters. Ives was afraid to shoot then, for fear of killing his dog, and had resort to a Bowie knife, with which ho dispatched him. This is the only time of late years, I have heard of the Bowie Knife being used for the purpose originally intended, and for which alone it was invented.” The above extract from the Col's letter is doubtless true in every particular, and we com pliment all parties concerned, for their coolness and courage on the occasion.—A'. O. Picayune. Billy Jones’ Solliioq.iv.—The following profound reflections uttered bv one of Neal’s ho roes.in his “Charcoal Sketches,” gives a glimpse oi glory in the way ot future improvement .* “I wonder if they wouldn’t list me for a Char ley ! Hollering oysters and bean soup has guv me a splend voice ; and instead of skewing ’em away, it the thieves were to here me singing out my style of doing ii would almost coax ’em to come and be tuk up. They’d feci like a bird when a snake is arter it, and I would walk up and poke their coat collar right into my fist. Then alter a while Id be promoted to the fancy business of pig ketching, which, though it is werry excellent requires genius. ’Taint every man that can come the Cientificks over the swine, and has studied the nature ol pig so as to beat him at maneuvering, and make him surrender because he sees it aim no use ot doing nothing. It wants learning to con wince them critters, it’s only to be done by head ing em up handsom, hopping whichever way they hop, and tripping ’em up by shaking bands v. h their ofl hind leg. I’d SCO rn to pull tl.ei. tails out by the roots, or to hurt their feelings by pulling or dragging ’ cm e bout by their cars. . 4, * r.ui A lull's liic Uric-? If IWJ . ’ii I-1 tiuv.l M.OU liucl out to holler the hour and to ke' h i|„. thieves by steam ; yes. end they'd take ’em ~ court on a railroad, and try ’em with bilim? water I hey II coon have black locomotives for watch, men and constables, ami big Idlers for mdecs and mayors. Firs will be hatched by stiam. ami hi led lit to cat before they’re done squealing Jj v and by, folks won’t be for no use at all. There won the no people in the world but uo mouths but safety valves, and no talkin’ but Mowin' of steam. If I had a little Idler inside of me, I’d turn omnibus, and week days, I'd run f rum Kensington to tic navy yard, and f-’undnv pj run to Fairmotmt.” 1)111!). In this city, on yesterday the 30th Nov., i n the both year of his age,Pr.TEn G ALi,AOHER,a native of Ireland, but for the last eighteen years a citizen of the United States.and for the last seven of this chv. His friends are requested to attend his funeral This Morning at 10 o’clock. Consignees pcrSouth Carolina Hamburg, November 30 j Clarke, McTeir & Co. W. K. &J. U. Jackson • Ip A ' ‘ u "’ *'• Lott, J. Gulmarin, J. W.k hT “d Brothers, A. 1. Huntington, J Shackelford, G. T. Dottle, Rankin, Boggs & Co. Hee&e & Heall, Stovall, Simmons & Co Hand i Scranton, D. s. Homan, J. Bevings, A?Frederick vtoval Kn'T’ Ald v‘ i< r & Shove ’ J ' J - Cohen! • ■to^all fti llamlon, A. Cmnminej, j)r. Holland u \V . Foice &('o., G. It, Noble, E. Paddock j’ K ( Henson, K. Harbor, i. J. Paimeloe. marine intelligence. Savannah, November 2.9 Cleared —Barque Anne Reynolds, Wilcox Phil. ' adelphia; barque Zenobia, Remington,Boston • brie New Hanover, Carty, Philadelphia j bri»- Pandora'’ Sheppard, Philadelphia. ° ’ Arrived-*-'. Ship Macon, Knowles, New York- ship Charlotte, Gorham, New York; steamboat Cheto- I kee, Norris, Augusta; steamboat Duncan McP.ac Calvin, Augusta. ’ g. Departed— Steamboat Hamburg, Wood, Augusta. 5 fi Augusta Benevolent Society. I he Visiting Committees for the ensuing month areas follows: — Division No. I.—Mr. James Godbeliere, John I Knight, Mrs. 0. Smith, Mrs. Waterman. • ■ N ’ o * 2 -—Mr. Benjamin Hall, Dr. B. Har- !‘l ns, Mrs. Mary Morgan, Miss Morrison. \i Dn n S \r n r- 0 ’ P ' Flemming, John Gashin Mrs. B. Mckmnie, Mrs. Collier. nov _A°_ C - F - STUKGKS, Scc’y. in ALVRIJN, DENT IST, has returned 0 , ■f ®' •,- th L s «t.v-Ko°m No. -Jo, m the private pfct j ol the I. S. Hotel. ts now e? || ICHMOND ACADEMY.—The Trusted II this institution will, outlie loth day of De- J cember next, proceed to the election of a Rector f ami lust and second English Teacher ; also, for a i! Teacher tor the Branch at Summerville. Appli- I cants for either of these situations will please ad- I dress the Presidentof tho Board of Trustees. ALEX. CUNNINGHAM, nov 20 td President. PAPER. —20 reams lino Medium Printing Pa -*• per for sale, on consignment,at factor’s prices Apjrly at this ofliee. ,Jiinc 13 rjnHE Committee on the Library of Oglethorpe University, respectfully solicit, from the friends of education and literature, donations of Books to S the institution. Any contributions to this object I from Augusta and vicinity, may be left at the store ■ of Wm. Shear, Augu ita, who will forward them to the University. Jos. Hanry Lumpkin, Chairman IV. VV. Holt, D. C. Campbell, J. L. Harris, J. S. Wilson, T. Goulding, R. Chamberlain, S. S. Davis, I. \V. Baker. - nov 23 trw6t .SELLING OFF AT COST J TBNH E subscribers havingon hand a verv’exten fl live and general assortment of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, and wishing to reduce their stork by f spring, in order to open with anew assortment will sell the same at Wholesale or Retail,as above stated % without reserve. All persons wishing to purchase will do well to call anil examine their goods. More : l under the Globe Hotel. N0v.23 d&3w C. & R. IVES. NOTICE— Ml persons indebted to the late linn of IVES & GRISWOLD, are requested to make imme diate payment to C. & R. IVES, who will pay all demands against the same. OYSTERS. —Prime Pickled Oysters, just re reived by the subscriber, and for sale by the gallon and in kegs of different sizes. A new’sup ply received every week during the season. nov j 6 w3t P. CARRE, Agent. 10. lU ItGI OIS, SILK DYER AND SCOURER, from Paris,hav- | ing arrived at Augusta where he intends to make his permanent residence, in the practice of his ! | pro fessional business, has the honor to inform the v ladies and gentlemen of Augusta and adjoining counties, that he lias taken a suitable house on 1 Broad street, two doors below Mr. AugusUw J Frederick’s where all kinds of Silks, Crapes, rki. will be Dyed in ti e most fashionable and pernia- „ nent colors, at tho most reasonable prices. La- I dies’ Merino, Cashmere and Crape Shawls, and I Leghorn Hats cleansed and pressed, so as to look | as well as new. Gentlemen’s apparel scoured M and renewed to their primitive colorand bright n( * ss - dm oct o Twenty Dollars Reward. Ranawny from tho subscriber, abouta fiCjpLß month since, a negro girl by the name likely, and about siv ,e?Tl years of age. The above reward gSftSiy will bo paid for her apprehension and delivery to J. P. SETZE. aug 27 trwtf Cl EORGIALIME.—Fresh Stone Lime of as good ff quality as any in the market, put up in boxes i stronger, tighter, and more convenient for transpor tation than barrels, and holding the same quantity. Price $3 the single box and $2 oO by the quantile, delivered at Augusta, at Jacksonboro, and at the mouth of Briar creek, on the Savannah river, it will be sold at the same rates with freight off Apply to ■ ■ T. 1). SMITH, Planters’ Hotel, or June 14 trw&dtf D. KIRKPATRICK & Co. A 0)11 NEGROES FOR SALK.—The subscri- S *bcr has just arrived from Petersburg, Vir ginia, with one hundred and twenty likely young no groes of botli sexes,and every description, which ho ’ offers for saloon the most reasonable terms. Be begs leave to make knownto his friends and the pub lic generally, that he has made his place of residence, and will be constantly'supplied with negroes suitable for planters in this vicinity. Those at a distance wanting to purchase, may at all tisetu depend on finding a large number of negroes on hand. The lot now on hand consists of able bodied men, plough beys, two first rate blacksmiths,several like ly and well qualified house servants of both sexes, several professed cooks, washers and ironers, sev- i eral women with children, small girls, suitable for . nurses, and several small boys without their moth-,aj ers. Planters and traders are earnestly requeued.yi to give the subscriber a call previous to tnakin.' » purchases else-where, as he is enabled and wi . B sell as cheap or cheaper, than can he sold by any | other person in the trade. BENJAMIN DAVIS. Hamburg, S. C., Sept. 28, 1838. ts N. B.—Also for sale, 1 wagon and four horses \ wagon and 2 horses; 2 carryalls with horses , J fit rate saddle horse, and 1 poncy. N (Uj’The Columbia Telescope,Millcdgeville, Join' jji nal, Macon Messenger, and Columbus Enquire, will please copy the above for one month, and sen. their accounts to this oliicc for payment. OSMETIC FOR THE COMPLEXION, fa " J Milk of Roses, Cosmetic cold cream, C'reaS of Roses in covered pots for curing chaps, tan. s®' burn, chaffing, &c. Micbaux’s Freckle Wash, t most certain remedy, fur freckles ever offers , Pearl Powder, superfine, in neat turned boxes, do. cakes, in paper boxes, Lily White for I eaufl ing the skin, a cake in box ; Vinegar of Rou half ounce vials; Vegetable Rouge in hoxe-.ci; of Almonds for softening the skin after sliavir- Devereux’s Depilatory, for removing superfh hair; Toilet Powder, Otto of Roses, do. do. a- 5 nov 76 For ale by ANTONY & lIA IN f"