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EATONTON, GA.
SATURDAY MORNING, AUG. 5,1854.
Otir Terms
From tliis date \ve withdraw ourolub rates. We
aVso citangv the price of our paper per annum from
$2 to $2.50, provided it is not paid iu advance.
We make a slight change, also, in our advertising
rates to make thorn correspond with those of our
cotemporaries in Mllledgevillo—in some rases hav
ing to fail, and in some having to rise. Wo make
these changes because we have no idea of running
the newspaper business out to the little end of
nothing. We spare no expense to make a reada
ble sheet, and presume our subscribers aro willing
to pay the worth of our labor. We have gotten
such a start now as enables us to be a little inde
pendent, and hence we ‘‘speak out in mootin.'
Our subscription price too, must "now in all eases
be paid in advance. Those changes will not cflet-t
those who are already subscribers, but are intend
ed to refer only to those who subscribe in the fu
ture.
Attention
Is called to tlic advertisements of Messrs. Ilard
wiefce A Cook, and Messrs, Dana a Washburn in
another column. Also, see other new advertise
mentd.
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Write a Paragraph
sav we to our correspondents. Write us eve
ry week a good, nice, readable paragraph—sav a
page or foolscap, (hid never more than two pages
unless you are certain your article is very interesting.
We know it is much easier for you to write several
]>ages than for you to write one: but then you
ought to curb your propensity to spin out, and
learu to condense. If you wish to find favor in
the eyes of the (alitor, and of the printer, write
only a paragraph, make it sparkling and vivacious,
and above all things make your chirographv plain.
Agricultural Journals.
The Cultivator and Soil of the South have been re
ceived. Every farmer ought to subscribe for oue
or the other, or both.
The Southern Eclectic-
This Journal has been purchased by James M.
Smythe, Esq., who will unite it and the Georgia
Ho ne Gazette into one. and publish a journal un
der the name of the Southern Eclectic & Home
Gazette. It will be a largo quarto sheet, published
at three dollars per annum, and will be well worth
the subscription price, inasmuch as there will be a
large quantity of reading matter given, and the
characteristics of a magazine and weekly journal
be blended in the same pages.
A Great Talker Is a Great Liar.
We believe it. Nothing gives us a meaner opin
ion of a man than to find him a vain babbler—all
tongue. Ilia only business on earth is to talk, and
if he can’t find facts to enunciate, lie will soar into
the regions of fancy, gather rain-drops from the
clouds of imagination, and shower them down
upon you in such profusion as will make you wish
the speaker “on the other side of Jordan.”
A constant palaver is no evidence of mind. It
may produce this impression upon the crowd ; and
the wordy man may console himself that
‘ Still they gazed, aud still the wonder grew
That one small head could carry all lie knew,”
but such is not the impression made upon wise j
men.
Dean Swift said that fluency of language was j
no evidence of an abundance of ideas. This seems
paradoxical, and is directly in the teeth of the
generally received opinion. But the Dean's rea
soning is good. For, says he, in substance, ho
who has but one set of ideas has no hesitancy in
enunciating them. But he who has many ideas
will hesitate to which he shall give utterance, and
will bo choice in the language ho uses to convoy
them. lienee he will not be fluent, and will ap
pear to hesitate for the want of an idea, when ho
is only selecting from an abundance of ideas.
"We recollect reading, when a boy at school,
among the “Anecdotes, of Philosophers” in Jacobs’
Greek Reader, one, which translated, runs thus;
“Arislottle, being annoyed by a certain youth,
who related to him many marvellous tales, and
who often asked ‘do you not marvel at what I say,’
replied: ‘Not at all; but I marvel that any one who
has feet stays where you are.’ ”
But there Ls another old book from which wo
will give some extracts concerning babblers and
vain talk. And we do so the more readily because
we presume our readers hardly ever examine its
pages: I*
“Who is he that darkenth counsel bywords with
out knowledge?”
“Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of
the foolish is near destruction.”
“The beginning of the words of his mouth is
foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous
madness.”
Doctors.
A healthy man is a great abuser of doctors, and
don’t believe they are any great things any way.
But let him get sick, and his ideas undergo a rad
ical change. We know these things from our own
experience. A man’s opinion concerning physi
cians form3 a pretty good thermometer, or hygie
nometor, by which to tell the,.state of his health.
Lord Byron understood this matter pretty well.
He says:
“Physieians'mend or end us
Secundum artem, and though in health we sr.ecr,
When sick we call them to attend us,
Without the least propensity to jeer.”
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Mr. Toombs and direct taxation.
Wo make the following extract from the proceed
ings of the Senate:
“Mu. Toombs opposed the amendment, hi the
course of his remarks he said ho hoped in ten
years there would not be a custom house in the
United States.
Mu. Caps.—llow will you collect the revenue?
Mu. Toombs. —Directly from the people, who
will hold those who expend t-o a strict accounta
bility.”
Thus it will be seen that Mr. Toombs is becoming
more and more democratic. He has been getting
straight for some time past, as we have several
times recently contended. If lie is not careful,
now, he will get so straight that ho will lean over
on the other side. In the meantime, as wo admire
Mr. Toombs as a man of intellect and a.bold and
skillful defender of the South, we hope ho will not
aid and abet the proposition to form a sectional
party which will assuredly be a disunion organiza
tion, but that he will have the manhood to throw
himself with those men at the North who have so
long stood up for our rights.
The Latest News
From Europe is the same that it has been for some
time past, and that is—nothing. The following
extract is as good a report of the news as can bo
given:—
Punch represents Nicholas as an ass who has ah
lpy/ed himselt to be shut upJn a pound, aud all
the European nations, conspicuous among which is
John Bull, stand looking aver the fencejit him, but
no one dares to get inside to put the bridle on.
Ttirkevhas let- down one bar, aud, reaching a hand
through, has got hold of his tail, and implores
France and England to go in and take him by tlie
in-lid but thev manifest a mbst decided dtsinclma
timi t 1 tj‘l 1 j* »| 1 '; ! ii
The Reason we don’t
Write any leaders these days is that it is too hot for
us to pen them, or for you to read them. Wo are
endeavoring to adapt our editorials to the weather.
When it gets cooler, and people are more disposed
to read long articles we will return once more to
the task of setting the President and his cabinet
right. In the mean time they may go on batter
ing down such contemptible little places as Grey
town for their summer amusement until wo can
find for them some more profitable employment.
Our Thanks
Are tendered the Comer Stone tor publishing
our prospectus: Also to the Ilonorables Wni. C.
Dawson and David A. Reese for public documents,
and to the latter gentleman for some turnip seed
of a now kind. We hereby take occasion to re
turn our thanks to all who have subscribed for our
paper aud to all who design doing so. M e thank
all those who have boon of any service to us, and
we thank those who have been of disservice to us
that they have not done us any more harm than
they have. In short, we are a very thankful man-
And if wo should accidentally fail hereafter to ex
press thanks to any one when thanks are due, let
j him turn to this article, and herefrom draw just as
; many as he wants. The supply ought to lust a
j long time.
The Editor
Os “The Smasher” is spending a few days in
our town. Those who aro disposed to patronize
the above clever lit lie paper, edited by a clever lit
tle man. now have an excellent opportunity to
subscribe.
Keep Cool
Keep cool, boys— if you can! That's the way
we do —when ire can! The sun shines very- hot,
and the dog star rages. The cry of the mercury is,
“Ever upward,” and still higher it goes. Don’t
get mad with any body. It is an outrage up
on society to do so—a perfect bore. W ork hara
to keep cool, both physically aud mentally. “Pull
off your coat and roll up your sleeves, ’ to do so.
Walk up and down the streets, and eat ice, begin
ning at Prudden’s, then Leonard’s then Floyd’s,
then Ike's, then Harwell & Graybill’s, then Leu
j Carter's. Eat ice with all of them, and when you
get to the last place, turn round and go back again,
| still eating ice as you go. Laugh and jest and keep
;in a good humor. Be certain to do that.
Oh! how hot town is! Tlie country is far pref
| enable. Hear what Horace says about it:
“Nuue viridi membra sub arbuto
Stratus, nunc ad aquae lene caput sacrae.”
Now stretched full length beneath the shade to
dream,
Now at the spring whence /lows some sacred stream.
Does it not seem cool? Look at the picture and
enjoy it: A man wandering iu the country first
from the shade to the spring, and then to the shade
again, where ho can lie down full length under a
green tree, and enjoy himself. None of your nar
row, cramped up, hot and dusty towns or villages
but the broad, free and open country, where the
zephyr fans your brow, and peace and comfort are
j in your heart.
But our poet in inviting his friend Tyndaris to
| spend some time with him at his Sabine villa. says i
! in praise of the country :
Tlic in reducta valle, Caniculae
Vitabis sestus, et fide Teia
Dices laborantes in uno
Penelopen, vitreamque Circen.
Here in a cool, sequestered vale
The dog-star’s heat shall not prevail;
But you your breathing harp shall string,
Some amorous ditty there to sing,
And in the shade sip Lesbian wine—
No fear of mingling with the swine.
Now this is nice, too. It is so cool, and so agree
able, and the drink mentioned is a good article—
innocentis Lesbii —innocent Lesbian. None of
your bald-sace —none of your rot —(something.)
wo forget what they call it, —but good, pure, inno
cent wine. Who would not like, in these hot days,
to be with some Horace in his Sabine villa ?
Do Good.
Ever}- body is bound to do something for his
neighbor. We do not live for ourselves alone, but
for others also. Selfishness Ls disgusting. It is the
principle which actuates brutes. No man should
behave in such a way as to make his actions say,
“Just so I get along I don’t care for any tody else.”
No body ought to say, when he goes to pray, “Oh!
Lord have mercy upon me and my wife, my son
John and his wife, wo four and no more.” It is a
poor, pitiful, despicable prayer to pray, and should
not be tolerated in any well regulated community.
Do something for your neighbor. If you have no
money to give him, heip him in hia business. If
you can’t do this, speak a good word to hirti, And of
him. And if you can’t talk, look at him kindly,
and smile. Le v.ini know ho has your sympathies
and it will prove a blessing to him and you.
Mrs Poke Again.
We to-day publish another letter from this lady.
She wields a ready pen, and we hope our columns
may be often adorned by her productions. We
trust she will excuse us for having published both
of her letters. But they pleased us so well wo
could not help it.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Scrubtown, the 2d of Aug. 1854.
Mistur Editur:
When I rote yu that letter the uthcr
day, I had no noskun you was a gwinc
to make a fool uv yoreself and me too,
by printin uv it. Jcems ses as how I
rote it just to get my name in print ;
an tlie ole manses as how he is very
sorry Ise a gwine to get down as low
as them northern wimmen what writes
for the newspapers, sich as Mrs. .Par
tington and Fanny Fern and them.—
An then he sed he wouldn’t be sur
prised es I was to got to warin of the
trousers. An it’s a pitty, Mr. Editur,
at ween you and me, an the post, that I
liav nt worn them thar articles all my
life; for, el I had, things would have
gone no a great deal better than they
has. So, every nite since my letter was
printed in your paper, the old man,
who is just about as full of devilment
as Jeems is, takes his britches and
locks them up in his trunk, jest, he
ses, to keep me from getting uv cm in
the rnornin.
Well, Mr. Editur, you can tell the
folks, (though you must be certain not
to print this letter,) that they had me
up in the church last Sunday on spi
cion. Thars ole Tom Collins what’s
class-leader in our church, and who is a
rriity good ole man too, only he is a
Icetle too keen in a boss swap, thet
brought me before the ciety for goin
in the grocery that nite, and becase lie
sed how I cust and took a game on
that table what I scribed in my utljer
letter. Brother Collins made out that
them wastin' reasons he had me up,.- - -
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But I. don’t believe wun word ov-it;
becase lie has been more’n half mad
with me ever since his sun Sam corted
my darter Betsy Ann, and coodn’t kum
it. You see, Mr. Editur, Sam is a rite
clever fellow, but then the stock he
cum ov didn’t silt© my sagacity. And
fur him to cum marryin in our family,
it was jest a leetle more than I cood
stan. So me and the ole man both
put our vetow on the procecdins.
Betsy Ann made out she was pow
erfully in luv with Sam, and I raly
think tlic chile must have bin; for
while the courtmcnt was agwine on,
herappetiglit forsook her almost, entire
ly, and she never cood bring herself
to eat morc’n two plates of col lards
and four rashers 1 of middlin. She pin
ed away smartly too, and got down to
be nutliin but a .shadder. She scace
wayd 175 pounds. When the moon
was a shinin she used to walk about
down tow’rds the cow-pen, and sing
some of the most lemancholly himes
you most© ever beam. She maid sum
songs herself about her tru luv. Wun
ov the verses went sum how this
way :
My true love’s a pretty man
As ever you did see,
And I will marry liim of I can,
Es I don't blast m 6.
And Mr. Editur, es you was to see
Sam you would say that Betsy Ann
has got a most powerful imagination,
an orter rite poetry very well. For
among all of Sam’s vartues, and fail
ins too, he never was accused afore ov
bein pretty. For he is sartinly wun ov
the most lantern-jawed, bandy-shank
ed creaturs that ever you seen yet. —
But that’s jest the w r ay with a purty
gal. For they always takes to ugly
men —especially es the gal are smart
and got a poetical temperament, like
Betsy Ann. An I tell you my ole
man aint purty himself.
Well the thing wurked on so fur a
long time, an I begin to git rite sorry
for Betsy Ann. The poor chile seem
ed to suffer so much, and said she cood
not slope uv nites. But Jeems kept a
devlin his sister, and sed how he lieerd
sum powerful snorin cummin frum her
bed sumtimes. Then Betsy Ann
would set up a cryin, and her eyes
was rolled up in sieh a way that she
looked jest like the pictur of inner
sense and sufferin. And as I was a
savin, I begin to git rite sorry for her.
I didn’t know what to do. Thinks
I it will kill our darter es we doesn’t
let her and Sam marry. But, ses I,
also, I had reether foller her to lmr
grave than to lot her disgrace the fam
lv by marryin them as is not her
equals. And the Collinses never was
equal to the Pokes, for their pigs nev
er growed as large as ours and thar
warnt as many ov cm. And they nev
er wore as fine clothes as our fokes,
neither.
Wun day Betsy Ann was a sit-tin
down by me re ad in of a yaller-kivered
book, what she called a novel, and
what she had took to readin sence
she fell in love with Sam. The chile
lookt so pale an interestin, and her
eyes rolled up so much jest like them
in the pictur of tlic Vargin Mary in
the bible, that I busted out a cryin and
shoutin. Thar sot Betsy Ann payin
no attenskun to me, but her eyes sot
alicl gU/bn up iutke elements. It looks
to me like I never seed fuiy body a
lookin so much like an frillgci /R my i
life. Thinks I sumthin must be dun.
So I got up and bluwed the dinner
horn for the ole man, knowin as how
that wood bring him home sooner than
any thing else in tlic work For I nev
er yet knowed him to be slow cummin
to dinner. But all this time Betsy
Ann seemed to be gittin wuss. Bime
by the ole man cum to the house, and
I went out to mete him. Ses he, “Is
dinner reddy,” ses he. Ses I “no”
ses I, “but thar is sumthin the matter
with Betsy Ann.”
When the ole man found out din
ner warnt reddy, lie kummenst to cuss
powerfully. But by the time he got
in the house lie seed sumthin was the
matter with Betsy Ann, and he begin
to git skeered too. Thar she still sot
with her eyes still rolled up a lookin
jest like she was a gwine to be transla
ted rite up into heaven. The ole man
could scase keep from cry in. I never
seed him do so afore. Ses he “what’s
the matter with you darter?” But
Betsy Ann didn’t say a wurd. So he
took her up in his arms, and carried
hur and laid hur on the bed. Pretty
soon she begin to roll and tumble
about, and we got the camphire and
made her smell it, arid gin her sum to
drink. But matters kept a gittin wuss,
and Betsy Ann put hur lmns down
about her waste, and peered to have a
powerful pain. It looked like her
hart was a gwine to break rite in two.
When the camphire done no good,
we gin her sum peppermint, and sum
number six, and sum lodmon, in a
powerful chance of sage tea, and rubb
ed her with Had way’s Roddy Relief
Bimeby she kummenst to heave, and
then she''fhrowed up about a peck of
green apples and pi unis and sich, which
gals always will eat when they’s in luv,
an then she vgot better, and went to
slepe. .
iSes I, “ole man,” scs I, “Betsy Ann’s
'V.
love will kill tierWf duz not git
better.” The old man Said bo begin
to think so too., Thrn we sot our
beds together to see if wc coodn’t fall
upon sum plan to weifi her from Sam.
At last we concluded -die had better
travel for her health, land so we sent
her to camp-mcetin. She staid away
gum four or live days, and when she
kum home a young preccher brought
her home iu his buggj, and she has
been gittin better of her luv for Sam
ever sence. Your Iren,
Ally Poke.
Not;/ Bony. —You must not print this
letter, but es you duz, you must make
all the things rite afore you do it.
S. P.
Noty Beny, the 2d. —Es you was to
print this letter I woodn’t git very mad
with you. S. P.
WEEKLY SUMMARY.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STETMIER «f EPS.
Boston, July 31.
The British screw Steam ship, Alps,
Captain Wickman, has arrived at Bos
ton, from Liverpool, which port she
left on the 19th inst.
The IT. S. mail steam ship Atlan
tic, Capt. West, arrived at Liverpool,
on the 19th inst. from New York.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Hottingsheads Circular.— The Liver
pool Circular, of Messrs. Ilollingshead,
Tetly & Cos., of July 18tli reports that
the sales of Cotton for the three days
since the departure of the Africa,
comprised 18,000 bales. For the first
two business days the market was quiet
but on Tuesday, the 18th inst., prices
were somewhat stiffer, and tlic sales
comprised 6,000 bales.
The Liverpool Grain Markets. —Bread-
stuffs bad largely declined. Ohio
Flour was quoted at from 345. 6d., per
480 lbs.
The Liverpool Provision Marlcets. —
Provisions of all kinds had slightly
declined. Lard, however, was steady.
The London Money Market. —At- the
London Stock Exchange, on Wednes
day morning, Consols had advanced
and closed at- from 92 5-8 a 93 3-4.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Tlie attitude of Austria remained
doubtful.
The Turks with their allies were pre
paring to cross into Wallachia, and
the Russians were reported to be again
advancing towards the Danube.
Omar Pasha, with seventeen thou
sand men, had established his head
quarters at Griurgevo. The Russians
were at Frateschi, and had a force con
sisting of 70,000 men, which was con
tinually being reinforced from Mol
davia. The Allies, with sixty thou
sand men, were proceeding to assist
Omar Pasha, and a pitched battle
was daily expected. The English
troops were midway between Sckumla
and Rustckuk, where the French had
already arrived.
Meiiemet Pasha had defeated the
Russians at Chernavoda, in Dobrud
sclia, and captured the place.
Islam Pasiia had defeated Gen
eral Prolsoff on the 9th inst.
The Russians, likewise, had sustain
ed a severe defeat at Frateschi.
It ivas rumored that the Russian Gen
eral Aurep, commanding in the Les
sor Wallachia, had committed suicide ;
and ft report was current that Prince
Paskiewitcii was dead.
Three hundred persons had been ar
rested in St. Petersburg on suspicion
of intending an outbreak, and, on de
nying the charge, were told that their
political opinions required that they
should be imprisoned.
The revolution in Spain was spread
ing. The garrison at Barcelona had
declared against the Government.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, July 29.
The United States Senate on Satur
day passed the bill providing for the
payment to Messrs. Fremont and
Hummel $183,000, the value of the
beef furnished by them to the starving
imigrants in California.
The consideration of the R iver and
Harbor bill was resumed.
The pending amendment was the
one moved by Mr. Stuart, giving
the Secretary of war power to suspend
appropriations until the next meeting
of Congress, if the public interest de
mands it.
Mr. Chase moved to amend the a*
mendment so as to restrict the power
of suspension, so th.at the Secretary
should not exercise it on constitutional
grounds. Amendment to amendment
rejected,
Mr. Clayton said he would vote
against the bill if the veto was allowed
to the Secretary of War.
Mr. Stuart proposed to amend his
amendment so as to give the power
of suspending to the president, instead
of to the Secretary of War. Adopted.
—24 to 22.
The House, in committee of the
whole on the state of the Union, pro
ceeded to the consideration of the
Ocean Mail Steamer Appropriation
bill.
Mr. Olds moved to amend by strik
ing out of the bill that part relating t.o
the abolition of the'contractor the Col
link’ Jmcf of steamers, and the reason he
assigned for this motion was, that their
was not time for its consideration
this session, and it had better go over
to the next session.
Upon this motion a long debate en
sued.
DEATH OF MR. FILLMORE’S BROTHER.
New York. July 30.
Information lias readied this city of
the death in Minnesota from cholera,
of ex-Presidcnt Fillmore’s brother.
CITY MORTALITY.
Baltimore , July SO.
There were 175 deaths in Boston last
week from Cholera, and there remain
ed 125 cases of it in the State Prison.
There were 1,140 deaths in New York
last week, including 240 from cholera.
In Philadelphia there were 500 deaths
including 90 from Cholera. There
have been no deaths from Cholera in
Baltimore, and there is no case of that
disease in the city.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
New York , July 29.
In New York on Saturday, Cotton
was dull with a declining tendency. —
Good Ohio Flour was worth from $8 50
a $9 per lb.
[We were informed last evening, by
the attentive operators at the Telegraph
office in this city, that the line went
down shortly after 7 o’clock last eve
ning, somewhere North of Petersburg.]
[Eds. Courier.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMER CANADA.
Columbia, Aug. 3.
The steamer Canada arrived at Hal
afax at midnight on Monday, with
three days later advices from Europe.
Liverpool Cotton Market.- The sales
of the week are 51,000 bales, of which
speculators took 6,000 and exporters
8,000 hales. Prices are unchanged,
and the demand has improved.
Flour had declined 4s. to 4s. 6d.—
Canal 80s., Ohio 31s. Wheat had de
clined Is. Corn 81s. to 325. Consols
92 3-8.
miscellaneous.
The Spanish revolution was rapidly
spreading. After a desperate fight,
Madrid was in the hands of the in
surgents. Grenada and Caledonia have
risen against the government. The
! Queen was endeavoring to escape.
Austria and Prussia have given no
tice to the allies that the reply of the
i Czar is regarded as forming a basis for
peace negotiations, and that they can
not call on the Czar to evacuate the
principalities unless the allies suspend
hostilities. Thus virtually joining
Russia.
The whole Turkish force is moving
towards the mouth of the Danube to
remove obstructions.
Washington, Aug. 1.
The River and Harbor bill has pass
ed the Senate. The House rejected
the amendment to the appropriation
bill increasing the salary of the Judg
es of the Supreme Court.
New York, Aug. 1.
. Gilbert & Johnson have failed.
The markets are unchanged. The
scarcity of Flour prevents a decline.
LATER FROM HAVANA.
Mobile, Aug. 2.
The Cahaba lias arrived, with Ha
vana dates to the 81st. 1000 troops
had arrived recently at Havana. The
steamers Isabella and Colon were
daily expected with 1500 more. Ila
v&na was less sickly.
At the ladies’ celebration at Band,
about nine hundred ladies were present.
One of them let off the following toast:
“Old Bachelors —may they lie on a bed
of nettles, sit alone by a wooden stool,
eat alone on a wooden trencher, and be
their own kitchen maid ’ What a bless
ed institution ladies are, to be sure.
O'oiniiirvcial.
EATONTON PRICES CURRENT
[corrected weekly by W. A. DAVIS.]
Wholesale and Retail Grocer.
BAGGING. .Gunny yard In @ ](j
Kentucky none.
BACON. .Hamslt) 12 @ 13
Shoulders f) lb rt 7 @ 8
Sides ]j) lb 10 (a} 12j£
Hog round lb 10 (.3 IsfM
BUTTER.. Qoslien tt> none.
Country ty lb 10 @ 16
BRICKS.. ]) thousand C f.O On 700
CHEESE. .Northern %} lb 15 (a) 20
English Dairy ]) It) none.
COFFEE..Rio slb U <<s 16
Java lt» 18 O'! 20
DOMESTIC GOODS..Shirt’, ft yd 5 @ 12K
Sheeting yard 15 <,i) 30
Osnaburgs ft? y’d 0 (<i) 12
FLOUR. .Country, barrel 0 00 (ai 10 00
Country sack 450 (H) 500
GRAIN. .Corn $1 8u5he1........ 100 @1 10
Wheat $ Bushel 125 <# 140
IRON. .Sweeds $ It) WM 7
English ]) lb 6 7
LARI)..fI it) 13 (a) 15 .
LIME.. Northern 250 (it) 300
LUMBER. thousand feet 12 00 <#l3 00
MOLASSES, .Cuba $ gallon 35 (ai 37
Now Orleans *1 gallon.. 40 Oil 45
SYRUP “ “ -it gallon.. 50 (dt 62>jf
NAILS..f? Keg 675 <# 750
OILS.. Lamp Wgallon 150 @2 50
Train gallon 100 (a) 125
Linseed |)gallon 125 (a} 130
Castor "c? gallon 225 (a> 350
RICE. .{1 lb ;... 6 <# 8
ROPE,. I?, 1t)..., 10 @ 11
LIQUORS, .(tin, Northern gal 50 : <gr 75
Rum, N. K. ]7 ga110n.... 50 <# 75
Whiskey gallon 50 (a) 62J'
Brandy/c0gnac........ .3 00 &} 700
Gin, Holland 200 (a) 300
SUGARS, .New Orleans ]) 1b... 7 ’<s 9
Porto Rico ]) It) 0 («j 10
Crushed]? lb 12 @ 14
Keflued]? lb 10 <$ 11
SALT.,» Bushel .... <>o, W 1 00
Balt Sack 250 (a) 300
SOAP, .Colgate, pale ]? lb . 12 <# 15
Yellow ylb 8 an pi
Country ]:) lb 8 .<# 10
SHOT, .f 1b • m-i & m
• V Ba- - op
NEW ADYIdiTISIOiIiNTS. j
DAMI WASHBURN, j
SUCCESSORS TO
WASHBURN, WILDER & Cos.,
Factors & Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH, OA.
F. J. Dana, IT. K. Wasiiiujkn-,
WILL #outi«ue the above business at 144 Bay
Street, East of the Exchange. Orders for
BAGGING, HOPE, and other Supplies, filled
promptly, at the lowest cash prices.
REFER TO
Maj. W. Sanford, Gen’l. S. F. Myrick,.. Baldwin Go.
A. McAllum, Ira Feck, Twiggs Cos.
Maj. John. S. Rowland, V<m Cos.
M. Dennis, S. B. Marshall, Messers Carter &
Harvey, Putnam Cos.
Black & Cobb, Sloan & llawkins, Rome, Ga.
August 5, 1354. 16-Cm
_ LIMITED YaRTNEBSIUpT
rpHE undersigned lmve this day formed a Limited
X Partnership under an Act of the General As
sembly of the State of Georgia, assented to on the
22nd day of December, 1857, for the transaction of j
ft General Mercantile, Commercial and Factorage
Business in this city, under the name and style of
DANA & W ASH BiJlt N,
To continue for tho period of three years from this
date, unless sooner terminated by the death of eith
er party. Francis J. Dana and Henry K. Washburn,'
both of the city of Savannah, are the General Fart- i
ners.
Joseph Washburn and John R. Wilder, both of \
the city ol Savannah, are the Special Partners,
The said Joseph Washburn, as a Special Partner, •
has contributed and paid in the sum"of ten thous
an.cl dollars, to the Capital of saidtfirm: and the
saul John R. Wilder, as a Special Partner, has con
tributed and paid in the sum of six thousand, dol
lars to the Capital of said firm,
Joseph Washburn, )- c „ . VTI
John R. Wilder, f Partners.
Francis G. Dana, ) ~ , _
Henry K. Washburn, j J choir! Partners.
August 5, 1854. 6t
HARDWICK & COOKE,
FACT OR S AN D
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
R. S. llardwiok, J, O. Cooke.
August 5, 1854. Sin.
Money Wanted!!
ALL the notes and accounts of Wm. W. Ros3 ns
guardian or ns individual, and of Martha B.
Ross, as guardian or as individual, and all the notes
and accounts of the firm of Wni. W. Ross <fc F. D.
Ross are to be found in the hands of J. D. Dioma
tari, our attorney, for collection. This is done be
cause we have removed to the far West, and must
have our money. Wm. W. ROSS.
The notes and accounts of F. I). Ross are also in
my hands for collection. J. 1). DIOMATRARI.
August 5, 1854. IC—tf
A CARD.
HAVING heal'd that, there is a report current
here, charging me with having used some verv
offensive language in regard to the mechanics in this
community—saying, “They ought all to be driven
out of town,” and expressing my willingness to join
a crowd for that purpose,' 1 take this method to
pronounce it a base falsehood, fabricated by some
base scoundrel, who dare not avow it. I did re
mark, in regard to one mechanic, I spoke it to
his face—though it did not occur to me that he was
a mechanic at the time—that “he ought to bo drum
med out of town,” or words to that effect. 1 have
made no remark iu regard to mechanics as a class,
and what I said had no application to any one ox-1
cept Mm to whom it was addressed, and that, not
because he was a mechanic. That class of society
are as deserving and respectable as any other, when
they, deport themselves properly—and no man ap
preciates them more highly than I do, who am the
son of a mechanic. ‘A. A. UNDERWOOD.
Eatonton, August 5, 1854. It
FOR SALE.
HAVING determined to remove West, I
offer for sale, on good terms, the place j: : ,T;;
upon which I now live, containing 860 acres, JgjUt
more or less, lying immediately on Murder Greek,
adjoining lands of Coxe, Lawrence and others.—
This is a good farm, with comfortable buildings,
healthy location, good water, in good repair and
well timbered. Crop, stock and plantation imple
ments sold with the above, if desired. Call and ex
amine the premises. If you want more land I
think you can get it and form a first-rate settlement.
Come quickly or you may be sorry for it, as 1 have
determined to sell. ' Wm. R. SINGLETON.
July 29, 1854. [ls-tf]
Fisk's Mttalic Fluvial Cases,
A SUPPLY always on hand which can bo fur
nished at short notice by S. C. PRUDDEN, in
Eatonton, and Wm. McDONALD in Montieello.
July 29, 1854. [ls-tf]
EATONTON FEMALE ACADEMY.
npilE Exercises of the Eatonton Fe- _
X male Academy will be resumed on
Monday 7th August. No pains will l™ JiuMf
spared in the advancement and thorough
instruction of the pupils. Parents and
Guardians would do well to send their* AfL#
children on the first day of opening as the term will
be short.
July 29, 1854. [2t]
TAKE NOTICE.
rpITE copartenorship heretofore existing under the
X Drm name of Linch & Davis, is tfiis day dis
solved h y mutual consent. All persons indebted to
them, are noiLLtl to call and pay up. No further
indulgence can, or will, be £iy«n ; *
The business will hereafter be conducted in the
firm name of Davis & Walker. We solicit the pat
ronage of all of our former customers, and tho pep- i
pie generally. We promise, so far as we are able,
to give satisfaction to all who may favor us with
their patronage. Our terms will be CASH, for all
Groceries. ' DAVIS & WALKER.
July 29, 1854. [ls-tfj
SIXTY Days utter date, application will he made
to the Court of Ordinary of Putnam county, for
leave to sell the land and negroes belonging to the
estate of James R. lame, deceased.
July 20,1854. J. BOWDOIN, Adnvr.
SIXT\ Days after date, application will be made
to the Court of Ordinary of Putnam county, for
leave to sell the land and negroes belonging to the
estate of Henry Blizzard, deceased.
July 20, 1854. A. J. STUART, Adm'r.
Ci F.ORGIA, PUTNAM C OUNTY.
X WHEREAS, W. F. Rainey applies lbv letters
of administration on the estate of Ircdrick Rainey,
late of said county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office within the time pro
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have why
said letters of administration should not "be granted.
July 20, 1854. W. B. CARTER, Ordinary.
[JTNAM " SHERIFF’S SAUE.—WiII b/
sold before the court-house door in the town of
Eatonton, Putnam County, within the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in September next, the
following property, to wit:
' acres of land, more or less, adjoining the
lands of Whitfield, Presley and others, levied on as
the property of Win. G. Lee to satisfy ail. fa. issued
by the tax collector of Putnam county in favor of
the State of Georgia, and county of Putnam ?w. said
Lee : fi. fa. levied and returned to me by Charles
G. Campbell, constable:
Also to satisfy sundry fi. fas. issued from Putnam
Inferior and Superior Courts, to wit: one in favor
of Pharr iSc Suellings, one in favor of G. B. High
tower «& > Cos., one in favor of Lincli & Davis, and
one in favor of James 11. & T. D. Hollifi eg worth,
all vs. \\ illiam G. Lee. J. B. FITTS/ Sh’ff
July 29, 1854. [tds]
FOR SALE.
I OFFER For Sato my HOUSE and LOT
in tho town of Eatonton.
July 20, 1854. [IS-tf] B. W. ADAMS.*"
FQR SALE.
Kffjl 4 Desirable Lot in the town of Eatonton, ly
jug on tho street leading to Madison, and
containing six acres. Said Lot is in a pretty part of
town, with a line natural growth, which makes it
peculiarly desirable to uuy one wishing to improve
a place. It has all the necessary out houses now
upon it. Any one wishing to §niv, will apply early to
■Eatonton, July 22th, 1848. [Ot.J W. B. SEALS.
BACON AND LARD FOR SALE
by HARWELL rt PEARSON*
■ .
Tin:
INDEPENDENT PRESS.
r IMIE INDEPENDENT PRESS is published
weekly in Eatonton, Ga., at the price ofs’2,oo .
per annum, invariably in advance.
As its namo indicates, it is entirely independent, A
being governed alono by such rules as decency and
good morals impose upon every press, its polities
are Democratic—of tho. school of Jefferson, Madi
son and Jackson; but it will publish all articles
whether they agree with its own views or not, pro
vided they are brief well written and free from
personality.
Its editor is not governed by party- or other shack
lea, but speaks out whatevor lie thinks on any and
all subjects whatever, "without fear, favor or affec
tion.”
All communications must be directed, post-paid,
to the undersigned, editor of the Independent Press.
J. A. TURNER.
Eatonton, Ga., July Ist, 1854.
£3?” Those of our exchanges who arc willing to
extend us a courtesy, would oblige us by giving
tho above a few insertions.
Clic Inkpnknt pYss.
* Published every Saturday Morning.
j TWO DOLLARS per annum; —in advance to all
not residing in tho County. ' f
: Hat3S of Advertising.—Legal advertisements
| inserted on the following, terms:
: Letters of Citation. $2 75
| Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 8 Ott
i Application for leave to sell land or negroes, 400
| Sale of Personal Property, by Executors.
Administrators or Guardians, per square, 1 50
i Sale of Lands or Negroes, by same, ‘ 3 50
| Application for Letters of Dismission, 4 50
Yearly Advertisements—Professional and
• business cards, measuring twelve fines or less, will
be inserted at Twelve Dollars.
Other Advertisements will be charged $1 00
for every twelve lines or less, for first insertion, and
50 cts. for every weekly continuance.
Advertisements, not having tho number of in
sertions marked upon them, will be published till
forbid, and charged accordingly.
Job Printing of every kind executed with neat
ness and despatch on reasonable terms.
professional k Easiness Carte
RICH A 111) T. DAVIS,
EATONTON, GA.
office OVER VAX MATER’S store.
if*
RESIDENT DENTIST. '
EATONTON, GA.
May 16, 1854.
S. W. BR YAN, _
BOTANIC P HY SIC I AN,
EATONTON, GA.
OFFICE up stairs, adjoining the Printing Office,
where lie may be found during the day, and at
night at tho residence of W. A. Davis, unless pro
fessionally absent. All calls for medicines or atten
tion promptly attended to.
Reference TRY HIM.
May 30th, 1854. 4’y
W, A. DAVIS,
(KHljolfKtU nv.it Xirinii (Cronr:
i Sells Country Produce on Commission:
East corner Jefferson St., Eatonton. Ga.
| April IS, 1851.
I c. L. CARTER,
iFANCY CONFECTIONER,
No. 4,Carter & Harvey’s Range,
i April 23, 1854. Eatonton, Ga.
! S. S. IHJSENDEIUIY, .
j EASMIONAREE TAME OR
j TTTE warrant to please all who wish tho latest
| W style ot dress. Shop up stairs, adjoining tho
Printing'Office.
April 18, 1804.
ADAMS & BROTHERS, ,
FciTo.rro.r, a.i.,
INVITE the, attention of the citizens of Putnam
and the adjoining counties, to their large stock of
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
confident that they can please them in style, quality
and prices.
Special attention will he given to ail orders.—
Cash paying customers will find It decidedly to their
interest to give us a call.
April IS, 1854.
m m m is\ /Mi*
mSmWm mt&mi
WfK would inform our friends of Putnam comity
VY that wo have opened the largest assortment
of ready-made clothing for Spring and Summer that
has ever been in the Eatonton market, which we
will sell upon reasonable terms. We have more of
tiic same good bargains we always sell our custom -
ers. Call and examine our stock in the Temperance'
jp, 11. COXE & DENNIS.
April,, IS, 1554.-ts.
cTd. PEARSON) K- ~co..
"I TTCULT) Call the attention of the public gei.-
YV erally to their large stock of Dry Goods,S
Fancy and Domestic, Groceries, Crockery, Hard
ware, Are. Their Goods are all new, having
been recently selected with great care in tho
New York and Philadelphia markets. They flatter
themselves they can give their customers as good
bargains as can be bought in middle Georgia. Al -
so, call and examine ou r stock of ready-made Cloth ■ .
ing. Wo will enden- vour to lit all in garments and .“
in prices, ~ ~ JB
LINCII & DAYIS,
EATONTON, GA. ;|^
DEALERS in Groceries, Tobacco, Ciwrs, Snuff,
Shoes, Huts, Drugs. Patent Medicines, Hard,
Hollow and "Wood ware, Cutlery, Powdeiynid Shot,
Candles, Soaps, Crockery, Fine Liquomand Wines,
and various other articles. Call and examine before
purchasing elsewhere. Bargains can be had.
April IS, ISGI.
SELLING OFF ATj'clf!
IN Consideration of the advance of the Reason,
we will sell our Stock of DRESS GOODS, con
sisting, in part of— fir .iMfe?
Bareges, Tissues, Grenadines and Muslins,
Besides many other seasonable Goods, AT COST'
Those in want of cheap bai gains will do well to j
call and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
July loth, 1851—-it N. S. PRUDDEN & COM
NOTICE. 3
CORN IN THE EAR FOR SALE,
AT MY HARGROVE PLANTATION |
At 90 cts. per Bushel—CASH.
July Stli, 1851. . Wm. DENNIS, Jr. .
BACON AND LARD!!
J UST Received a superior lot of Bacon fauey trim-J
; -ALSO,- jgH
500 LBS. COUNTRY LAICtfF ■
All of which will be sold low, for WISIIbA,
,' July Stli, 1854. [ltj, WILLIAM A. flflVlg.
—— ; ,——4 faij fufa'——
NOTICE, TO IWlLDtemM;*
LUMBER, Bricks and Shingle",'Lf sllon
tenns by » T A"S. ifIMHBM'
Hutnrdii-eonnlv, Mey ASH JHI7'
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