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INDEPENDENT PRESS.
“ Without Fear, Favor or Alfection.”
EATONTON, GA.
SATURDAY MORNING, DEO. 15, 1954-
Thanks.
Our thanks are tended Hou. D. A. Recso for
'* p*unph!c‘t copy of tho president's message, and
f-r a “Compendium of tho U. S Census.”
Tlie President’s Message,
The manner and style of this document ft fiord a
model for the composition of a state paper. There
is no ground whatever for the assertion of tho Now
\ork If-ra'ld that it is a inilk-and-ciderish affair,
or for the declaration of tho Savannah liepiddiran
that it deals in -unmeaning generalities. While
we do not belong to tho class V writers who feel
bound by party fetters to say that tho message is
perfect in every respect, we certainly do'not rank,
on the other hand, with those who are equally
bound to condemn in all respects. We shali speuk
of the document as it presents itself to the mind
of one who is “willing to praise—not afraid to
(.•ensure. ’’
Having pronounced in favor of the nsr.nner of
the message, wo can also say that its matter, as a
general thing, commands our warmest approba
tion. In one or two things only are we obliged
l o condemn.
The bold assertion by Gen. Fierce of the Mun
roe doctrine—in other words the plainness and can
dor with which lie tells the nations ot Europe that
•however they may league together to preserve
the balance of power on the Eastern continent,
they must confine their intervention to that hemis
phere. and hands-off upon this side of tho Atlantic,
as well as his rebuke of the penchant displayed by
England and France to regulate for us our a flairs,
will meet with a prompt response from the breast
of every true-hemted American. At the same
tune the moderate and conciliatory tone of his
message, as regards our lorcign relations, deserve
the highest commendation as expressive ol the
feelings of tii* American people. Gen. Fierce in
this department of his message lias adopted the
spiri of which the eagle emblazoned upon our
national colors is emblematical. That eagle bears
in one talon the olive branch of peace, and in-tho
other the shafts of war.
We are reluctantly compelled to join issue to
.some extent with the president when ho says “Our
present attitude and past course give assurances,
which should riot be questioned, that our purposes
are not aggressive, nor threatening to the safety
and welfare of other nations," and when he says
we “eschew intermeddling with the national
policy, and domestic repose of other govern
ments." In days past, fillibustering expeditions
have been lilted out from our shores, and have
given other governments cause to believe that a
ro.tiaiof our people at least have been disposed
; intermeddle with their domestic repo3C. For
tunately, however. Fillmore and Fierce both frown
ed upon these expeditions, and they were put
down. Can Gen. Fierce give his ■appointment of
George Sanders as consul to Loudon in evidence
that he “eschews intermeddling with the national
policy and domestic repose of other governments?"
Can lie adduce minister Soule as evidence of sili
con yin liis professions? The truth is, a portion
of the American people, and especially a portion
of General Pierce’s foieign ministers, have given
other governments too much ground to suppose
that we go in for intervention in their affairs.—
This should not be so. Our people should cease
to go a filibustering, and our foreign ministers
should cease to go a whoring after strange gods
—such political Dagoes as Kossuth, and others
like unto him that spring like Venus, from the froth
Upon the cess-pools ofEuropean revolution, crazing
and bewildering with their unchaste and unholy
charms. j
It is very evident, not only from Gen. Pierce’s j
message, but from the known feeling of the Amor- j
icau people that they would not for a mo- j
incut tolerate any interference on tho part of
foreign ministers in our domestic concerns. And ;
we are not without precedent, also, bear
ing upon this point. When Genet, the French min
ister. during the war between England and France,
appealed from the decision of Washington’s ad
ministration as to the policy to be pursued by this
country, to tho people themselves, the father of
his country demanded the recall of the intervening
minister, the people promptly backed this demand,
and Eauchet was sent from the cabinet ot the
Tuileries in the place of the jacobin Genet. Thus
the Americans showed they would allow of no in
terference in their domestic concerns by a French
red republican. And yet the American president
sends to, and persists in keeping at .the Castilian
Court one of these very same French red-republi
cans, who stirs up sedition and strife—aud still
our president says ho “eschews intermeddling with
the national policy and domestic repose of other
governments.’’ Verily, verily, it may be said of
Gen. Fierce with reference to more things than
cue—
‘ Ileknovs the right. approves it too,
Condonin'* the wrong, but v. i. the wrong pursue.’'
Non-intervention is the leading American idea
of the 19th century. It is only nationalizing the
homely adage intended to apply to individuals
“mind your own business and let every body else’s
alone." Nonintervention is the idea—noninter
vention as to slavery in the tcrntoi.os —the do
mestic concerns of the state —the religion of the
Irish—and in the policy of foreign countries. It
was the ruling idea in the American revolution, !
was baptized in tne blood of its oponents, but lias
been well nigh overwhelmed in the bogs of aoo
iition.sm, Ivossuthisn), and Know NotLfingisixi. It
m ist have anew birth, n u t be baptized again—•'
wc hope not in Wood—an 1 will forth the rallying
point for all good men and true. It will not do for
ilr. Soule to say in aiding in tho insurrections of
Ku •he i*s only aiding to provide a better gov
ernment for her oppressed millions. Once ac
knowledge the force of this principle, and abolition
wi’l intervene upon the same alledged ground to
[c,v‘ tlidW egroes of the South.
In strange contrast with the conduct of some of
our foreign representatives, is the conduct o! the
European ministers at Washington city. When
hare they presumed to interfere in our domestic
concerns? It were well for the United States :1
elm claimed for herself no more than she is willing
to concede to others.
In the remarks we muko in this connection, wc
wish it understood that we intend them to apply
only to the Soule clique, and not to such men as
iiuchanan, Mason, and Jackson.
Wo think that Gen. Pierce had better liave
said, with reference to our French and Spanish re
lations; “Our relations with Frauv.e, except the
alight rnisi'uderstundiug concerning Mr. Dillon,
consul at San Francisco, which was promptly" set
tled upon honorable and mineable terms, might
have remained uninterrupted i>*»d it not been on
account of suspicions which justly attached to Mr.
Soule our representative to Madrid. Ow mg to- the
conduct of tliis gentleman m taking part in a revo
lution in Spain, and toother conduct which render
ed him obnoxious to that government, our rela
tions with Spain remain just as they were twelve
months ago. No progress whatever has been
made in settling the dilJercnccs between thm gov
ernment and that. Doing eontirmed by jCK-cnt
events in the opinion that 1 made a fatal mistake
in sending Mr. Soule to Madrid, I have promptly
ordered his return, anil shall have the honor, before
long, to lay bolbre IH&.' Senate for
his sucMMpr.” " sp - .
'|jJVe shall say nothing here of the bad manrtgo
t tent of the post ojtee "department, not of the af
fair at Grey town, but close this article, already too
long, by expressing our high appreciation of the
maimer in which Gen. Pierce discusses tho nation
al law rtSa policy, concerning neutral rights and
privateering—the interests of our commerce—our
domestic concerns—the management of the public
lands, and other tilings decently and in order.
The Corner Stone.
When we see anything rich or amusing, and en
joy over it either an obese ettoliination, or other
pleasurable sensation, wo very naturally wish our
readers to enjoy tho good tiling also, and hence
frequently lay before them passages at arms be
tween tho knights of the quill, without indulging
in any improper feeling. In this spirit we give
one or two extracts from tho Corner Stone, whoso
editor is some in a bear-light. He is not ill-natured
however, and like a good-natured bruin, does not
often show his teeth, but contents himselt with lov
ingly hugging you to death. A short time past,
lie was about to give us a squeeze, but like tho
coon which t’aj't. Scott leveled his rifio at, wo ask
ed him his intention, and finding that lie did ac
tual] v have a bead drawn upon us, we saved him
the expense of one load ol powder and ball, and
voluntarilv came down, without waiting to be
shot down.
But we have been wandering Irani tho point.—
A few days ago tiio Columbus Enquirer, and the
Times it' Sentinel made a pass or two at each other.
The latter said it was a “powder gun" it tired at the
former. Whereupon the Corner Stone lets off as
follows, at tlie Times it Sentinel:
“Waste of Powder.— The Times k Sentinel
savs it was a “powder gun” it tired at tho Enqui
re •• fact—the same sort he always shoots—he
took a few crocks with them at as.
Having tints shot at one of its neighbors, the
Corner Stone loads up again aud gcUiug both of
them in a line, blazes away once more; and ii any
one can hear the report and not laugh, he posses
ses more of the essence of and illness and stupidity,
usually termed dignity, aud to which many editors
very successfully aspire, than we hope ever to
reach:
“.Shanghai and Bantam. —Our neighbors had
quite a pulling of leathers last week—in which
they exhibited great game. It was a soit of nat
ural affair, howevor, and no damage was done,
save a little rumpling of tho leathers, as neither of
tlie combaltants hud on gaffs.”
Southern Medical Journal.
The number for December is upon our table.—
The contents present a rich and varied repast to
tho general, as well as professional reader.—
Among the original articles is one from the pen of
Dr. Long of Tennessee, on Typhoid Epidemic
Dysentery. He says that during tho two past
seasons, ho has principally treated his cases with
opium and its preparations, using tho warm bath,
aud warm fomentations to the abdomen. Not
withstanding there was manifest biliary derange
ment. in a majority of his eases, iio does not be
lieve in the old doctrine of inaction of tlie liver,
and congestion of the portal circle as tlie cause of
the disease, lie met with no case which forbade
tho use of opium, notwithstanding ho saw many
[ii which the fever ran high, the pulse was quick
and the pain in tho head severe. In such cases
lie says ho did not hesitate to administer opium in
pull doses, with the happiest effect*—the opium act
ing as an anodyne, constipative, sudorific, and
febrifuge, in every instance where it was given in
sufficient quantities. In a few instances, where
the symptoms were not urgent, and tlie liver ap
peared to be inactive, tiie blue pill was used with
the opium with good effect. With this treatment
Dr. Long says that lie treated this season and last
together, two hundred and forty cases, of all ages
and sexes, and of every variety of symptom, and
lost only eleven, or five percent.
Snakes.
Read in another column a very interesting ar
ti"’e from the pen of Dr. Gilman, on the venom of
serpents, and see how it is proven that alcohol
will cure snake-bites, how the king-snake masters
the rattle-snake, and how the charming of the ser
pent is the same principle as mesmerism.
Unitarian Register-
We acknowledge with pleasure the receipt of
“The Unitarian Congregational Register for the year
1855.” It contains a list of all the Unitarian min
isters, churches, associations and other valuable
statistics of the denomination, together with an
almanac for 'ss.—Boston: Published by the exec
utive committee of the American Unitarian Asso
ciation, 21 Brumfield street.
Atheism and Puritanism.
Atheism and Puritanism are two extremes
which should bo carefully avoided. One says
there is no God, and the other says God is a de
mon. They both would wrap the earth in the
flames of hell. The latter has dono it more than
the former, simply because there lias been more
Puritanism than. Atheism.
Piano Timing and .Music.
See advertisement of Mr. Frey, in another col
umn. He brings with him undoubted testimonials
as an adept in tiie art lie professes
A Strong Hint-
An Episcopal Church has recently been built in
| Da-. •enport, lowa. A correspondent of the New
York Independent says that the following notice
was appended to the advertisement of the opening
of the edilice:
“ The chewers of tobacco are earnestly request
ed to avoid the use of the article in tho Church, or
el f. spit in their hats.''
Would it not he well to paste the above in the
church in Eatonton? "Then, if it should be regard
ed, men would only ruin their own property—their
hats—and not the property of others--the church.
Gen- Cass President o? the Senate.
We learn from a report in the New York Herald
of the lirst day’s proceedings in Congress, that Mr.
Atchisoh having resigned tho presidency of the
Senate, Gen. Cass was, on motion of Mr. Hunter
of Virginia, elected President pro tern. The report
continues:
“Mr. Cass took the chair, and returned thanks,
acknowledging ins incapacity to preside over the
Senate.”
Now the Herald is a very funny paper, and there
is a good deal of sly wit and satire in what it says
of Gem Cass. “Returned thanks ” looks like
“saying grace," and “acknowledging his incapaci
ty to preside over tlm Senate ” is a good burlesque
upon the modest estimate men generally profess to
place upon themselves, when any honor lias been
conferred upon them.
John Forsyth.
We give on our first page an iutcrcstihg sketch
of John Forsyth, written years ago during his life.
Take him for all in till ho was by far tho ablest or
ator, most iionest politician, and most brilliant
statesman Georgia has ever produced.
Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute.
The attention of the reader is directed to tho ad
vertisement of the above Institute, whose president
is Rev Wm. C. Wilkes, born aiul raided in this
county, and who possesses high qualifications for j
tl)0 post In? occupiM*;
A Street Preacher Beaten.
“New York, Doe. *l.—A man named Eldredgo
| was brutally beaten by a party of Irishmen yester-
I day, whilst he was attempting to preach and dts
i tributing tracts near tho Catholic Church, opposite
| Tompkins square." ; '
Wo are glad indeed to hear that tho fool was
I beaten. Tho only way to cure fanaticism is to
j maul it out of a man. Kldrodge had no more bus
| mess interfering with tho religious opinions of the
| Irish than he had to steal their property May all
j such crazy ’in tor meddlers meet with a similar fate.
Nonintervention is tlie great luminary of tlie 10th
century, in whoso light all the fools aud fanatics,
political and religions, must be eclipsed.
Intercepted Letter;
FROM MRS. SUSAN BIMPI.E TO lIER lIPSUANI), CON
CERNING 11ER BABY EXHIBITED AT THE
AUGUSTA FAIR.
Dear husband, how vain are the phantoms of earth,
And tho whisperings of hope liuW alluringly
deceiving,
How uncertain the things which the future gives
birth—
But it's no uso complaining, or even of grieving.
You know when I left you, my prospects were
bright
That I’d be by the worth of the premium richer,
But my prospects are gone, and my hopes are a
blight,
For a great chubby tiling took the premium
pitcher.
Would you think —could you think—that a darling
like mine
Could have faded to have got e'en a goblet for
pretty ?
Why she was an angel Compared with the swine
But I wont e’en comparo with them dear little
Nettie.
Just to think all the trimming, and working, and
iaee,
That I’ve toiled to complete, and to have it in
season,
Was all to no purpose—was ever a case
So provokingly bad, and without any reason 1
Oil! it wasn't fair, now—you may know twasn’t
fair—
But they had such a plague-talced ugly com
mittee,
That it’s not at all wonderful, I do declare,
That they could not appreciate sweet little
Nettie.
Well let it all slope, for I really believe
That it’s but a small thing either winning or
losing,
And I do not complain, and I scorn o’en to grieve—
So adieu till you see me, your own dearest
Susan.
One More Christian Gone.
We see that Mr. Christian has retired from tlie
editorial eliair of the Dalton Times.
This is to be regreted, as there are so lew Chris
tians connected with tho press.
Two Things.
There arc two things concerning which wo rather
consider it our duty to say something—the first
referring more particularly to thoso who live in
town, and the latter to both citizens of town and
county. We allude to a cemetery, and a poor-house.
For nearly two months past, the trustees of the
academy lot have caused to bo published in this
paper that after the first day of January next, no
burials will be allowed in the grove about the
church. Yet no final action, that we are aware of,
has been taken to furnish a resting place for the
dead.
The other matter is this—that three grand juries
of Putnam County have recommended to the In
ferior Court the building of a house lor tho accom
modation of the poor. That house remains un
built and probably will lor some time to come.
Hard.
The Atlanta Republican says “ The way of the
transgressor is hard, hut the way of an editor is
harder.”
Our brother, then, must have a very hard time
of it indeed, since ho is both an editor, and a trans
gressor.
Administration Logic.
A paragraph, started in our own paper, not long
since, went the rounds of tho administration press
in Georgia. It was to this effect—that the recent
Northern elections were a rebuke to the President
for his truckling to the slave power. Wc took the
paragraph from the abolition organ in Washington,
and gave it to our readers in order that the adminis
tration might have the benefit of being condemned
by the National Era. In order to deal as fairly by
the Know Nothings, we have given various con
demnations of them by the same abolition print.
But the administration papers can see no benefit
accruing to the Dutch-haters, on account of this
abolition condemnation. And again: The admin
istration papers throw up, not only to those who
oppose Pierce’s policy, but even to those who can
not defend it, that it is also condcaiend by the abo
litionists. Yet they cannot see any force in the
fact that the most violent haters of tlie Know
Jvothings are Fierce and Seward, Benton and Doug,
las, the Washington Union and Washington Era,
aud tlm New York Tribune and Charleston Mercury.
Mobile anl Girard Rail Road
acknowledge with pleasure the receipt from
our old friend Hardaway, one of the civil engineers
on the above road, a copy of the report of the ofli
cera of said road.
December 11th, 1854-
Thick clouds of fog hang on the pines,
And rain-drops glisten on their r-j ires,
While shimmering through their dusky lines,
Shine faint, tho negroes' morning fires.
The sun is lounging late to-day,
In dusky curtains fringed with red,
While now and then a straggling ray
Os eye-light struggles from his head.
The dark-winged crow with dampened plumes,
Flaps on tho misty, inirky air,
With passage bent whore faintly looms
The negro’s form, his food to share.
Upon the bosom of tho stream,
Down where the waters glide beneath
O’erhanging boughs, in mazy dream,
The wood-duck’s in a vapory wreath.
Trots on my steed—like smoko roll out
His nostrils many a steamy cloud—
W ith watchful eye he looks about,
Ilis vision airy spectres crowd.
And slowly over yonder mead
The cattle wind their heavy,way,
Homo dragging ox is in the lead,
An ago upon each step he’ll stay.
In yonder woods the plaintivo wail
Os bunny falls upon the ear—
The hawk that flushed the whirring quail
Has filled In'* quaking heart with four.
Clpo-hoo !• brings up tho gruntLfifWino #
That loiter, rooting as thcMeome,
They're hunting mast—they know ’tis fine,
And corn is very scarce at home.
Tho day advances and (lie sun
Rolls back tho'fog,in airy space,
And ore tho zenith has been won.
Ho shows a smiling, glowing face.
,
Dramatic,
Tho attention of the reader is called to the ad
vertisement of the Milledgevillo Histrionics in an
other column. From tho compliments wo have
seen paid this corps by tho Milicdgeville papers,
wo doubt not their performance will bo highly en
tertaining and worthy the liberal patrouago of tho
citizens of this place.
Putnam Cos., Dec. 14th, 1854.
Mr. Eflitor —
Dear Sir: —This evening I conclud
ed to have a little sport with my gun
among the almost innumerable family
of rabbits, and having succeeded in
getting one up, he made off down the
swamp in double quick time, a couple
of dogs being in hot pursuit. Present
ly E saw him returning by another and
very circuitous rout, manifesting all
the sagacity and cunning peculiar to
bis species, in order to elude his keen
scented foes. While looking, and ad
miring his tact I was almost staitied
by what T thought a tremendous roar
ing overhead, and upon looking up I
saw something descending like a very
large fowl of some description, with
considerable velocity. This object hav
ing approached to within about forty or
fifty feet of the pla e where I was
standing, I discharged my piece, and
from his actions I was pretty sure he
j’.jt theeffects of the shot, for he spread
pig wings Fud sailed nearer and yet
nearer to the tdrth, until at length, he
came to the ground, soriY tin’Feoi' four
hundred yards from the place where I
discharged my gun. I pursued and
captured him. I think he is not ma
terially or mortally wounded, being
touched in but one of his wings. I
presume he is a fair specimen ol the
true American Eagle, measureing full
six feet seven inches from the tips of
his wings, and weighs eight pounds.
The very rare occurrence of this cele
brated and magnificent bird in this
country, and especially his being taken
and now held a prisoner, I thought
might be of interest to many who read
the Press. I shall keep him for sever
al days, that all who wish, may see
the King of the feathered tribe.
Yours truly, &c.,
Wm. R. SINGLETON.
A Soldier’s Feeling in the Midst
of Battle. —A letter from a private
soldier, says: —“ The bullets of tlie Mi
llie rifle go past you with a most infer
nal sound. It’s as though mocking dev
ils were sneering at you in the air.—
But your blood soon gets up, the sound
maddens you, the smell of gunpow
der has intoxication in it, your veins
tighten as if fire was running through
them, the eyes strain, the jaws become
rigid, and in you go.” lie states that
he lost himself altogether at the Al
ma, and he found himself a victor. lie
got a wound on the forehead, only a
graze, but it bled considerably— ‘ the
blood ran down into his mouth, and in
his burning excitement he drank it as
though it had been inspiring wine.’
.Ravages of Moths, — The ravages
of the woollen moth may be prevented,
by the use of the following substances:
—Tobacco, camphor, red pepper, tur
pentine, and perhaps the most agreea
ble for wearing apparel, a mixture of
one ounce of rhubarb, and one ounce
cedar shavings, tied up in a bag, and
kept in the box or drawer.
A Music Teacher Cowhided.—A mu
sic teacher of St. Louis having insul
ted a young lady, one of his schol
ars, (no names given) her father repair
ed to his residence and gave the man
of bars and crotchets a well meri
ted cowhiding. The funniest part of
it however is that the professor antici
pating something of the kind, from
Siis dastardly conduct, clotlicd himself
with three coats, and received the
threshing with perfect composure un
til the raw hide was applied to his
legs, which were not well fortiliied,
when lie danced considerably !
A southern paper states that a young
gentleman of Alabama, generally
known for his oleaginous proclivities’
but more particularly as a railroad
1 agent, recently attended the Auburn
camp meeting. He made himself quite
serviceable in gallanting the young la
dies but at last (we weep to sav it)
wound up with a glorious mistake
While seated at a table with his
“ Duldnea del Torboso” some tripe
was passed to him by a servant, which
he pitched into in the most cadaverous
manner. An attempt to cut it proved
a failure, and turning with dignified
contempt he exclaimed, “ Waiter take
this plate. These battercalces has got
rags in dm /”
Education is a companion which, no
misfortune can repress, no clime des
troy, enemy alienate, no despotism en
slave. At home, a friend ; abroad an
introduction ; in solitude, a solace ; in
society, an ornament ; it chastens vice ;
it gives at once a grace, an ornament
to genius. Without it, what is man ?
A splendecl slave—-an unreasoning
slave. —New Republican.
The Presidency. —The prospects,
it is said, arc that Kenneth ltayner, of
North Caronlina, will be Ihe Kuow
■ Nothing candidate for the Presidency.
Ife figured largely at Cincinnati. A
Know-Nothing paper has been, estab
lished in New York, to advocate tlje
claims of G en. Houston, aw no is also
supported by the New York Sun as an
indepe u< len t cand i date.
WQincm arc called llie ‘ softer sex,’
because they are so easily liuWißu'ggfcd.
—Out of one hundred girls ninety
live would prefer ostentation to happi
ness—a dandy husband to a mechan
ic.
BaaiM—wilii 11nniUDimi'^rig—
On the 7th inst., by the Rev. A. Winchell, Mr.
#. D. Pahohal, of Putnam county, uiul Mi* Geor
otA li. lli.'Tonr.nsoN, of Green county. '
Happy they-! the happiest of their kind!
Whom gentler stars unite ; and in one fate
Their hearts, their fortunes, and their being blend.
lit Eatonton, on Thursday, 14th inst., hy Rev. T.
U. Wilkes, Thomas .Jackson, Esq., to Miss Fannie,
daughter, of Capt. .James Wriglit.
jfiATOJITON PRICES CURRENT
[COitUEOTHD WEKItLY HY W. A. DAVIS.]
Wholesale and Retail Grocer.
COTTON.—This articles is very much neglected
in our market. There is but little offering and buy
ers arc asking a reduction on all grud*s of 1° % c -
In all our liome markets there is a good demand,
but spe .ulators arc claiming a. further decline and
holders are yielding to their demands and letting
off freely. Our markets are so irregular, both at
home and abroad that we are unable to give cor
rect quotations, therefore, we oniitt them.
BAGGING. .Gunny # yard 17 (a) 18
Kentucky.' none.
BACON.. Hams #li> @ 16
Shoulders # Ib (it}
Sides # ib ($
llog round # ib @
BUTTER..Goshen # lb • nono.
Country #lb 15 (gi 20
BRICKS.. # thousand 850 (fli 700
CHEESE. .Northern #lb 15 @ 20
English Dairy $ lb none.
COFFEE. . Rio #ib 14 & 16
Java # 11) IS (a) 29
DOMESTIC GOODS..Shirt’. #yd 5 (<§ 12^
Sheeting # yard 15 (sh SO
Osnaburgs # y’d 9 (eti 12
FLOUR. .Country, # barrel 10 00 @ 11 90
Country # sack 500 @5 00
GRAIN. .Corn # Bushel 100 @l 10
Wheat # Bushel 100 ( cj. 200
I RON.. S weeds # it, & 7
English #lb 6 @ 7
LARD..# lb -.... 13. (tS 15
LIME.. Northern # Barrel 250 (f 300
LUMBER. .# thousand feet 12 00 <{Cl3 00 .
MOLAS»SES. .Cuba # gallon 35 <$ 37
New Orleans # gallon... 4-0 <$ 45
SYRUP “ “ # gallon.. 50 (<?] 'O2
NAtLS..# Keg 675 eg 750
OILS. .Lamp # galjou 150 @2 50
Train# gallon '• 100 @1 25
Linseed # gallon .1 25 @1 SO
Castor # gallon 225 4§ 250
'MCE..® lb 8 @ ‘ 8
ROPr -'<d 4b.. • 15 <tS 14
Ll'JUoitS Ui'd '..'"'them # gal 100 @ 100
Rum N’ It C "uiloii..., 100 eg 100
Whiskey # gallon. W %].
Brandy, cognac 000 v® -
Gin, Holland 200 4»*' -
SUGARS. .New Orleans # 1b... 7 @ 9
Porto Rico #B> 9 (f 10
Loaf# Ib 11 (i£ 13
Crushed #lb 12 @ 14
Refined #lb 10 @ 11
SALT..# Bushel 100 ©1 25
Salt # Sack 300 @ S'oo
SOAP. .Colgate, pale #tb 12 (f 15
Yellow # ib 8 19
Country #lb 8 @ 10
SHOT..# lb..'. I2)ij @ 12
# Bag . 275 eg 300
|leto A)imliK!;tcn!.L
DIiAMATICEXinBIfION-
By request of many citizens of Eatonton, the His
trionics 'will give one of their popular LITERARY
ENTERTAINMENTS
AT TEMPERANCE HALL,
(weather permitting,)
(hi Tuesday Evening, Dec. 19th,
COMMENCING AYITII
THE APOSTATE.
SONG—OLD DOG TRAY.
Comic Qcartett — WE ARE ALL PUSHING.
TO CONCLUDE WITH
M ILL O M CUM JR,
NO MATTER WIlIQil.
I -Jf” Eor particulars see handbills.
Dee. 16th, 1854. W. 11. BARNES, Ag’t.
•TALKENBUGIU
PERSONS indebted to the late firm of Lineh &
Davis, either bv note or account, must come
forward and settle or*be sued. M. G. LINCII.
Dee. IC, 1854. S.Wt
1)K. ROGERS.
HAVING returned to iny old stand at Mrs.
Johnson’s, I offer my professional services to
my old friends and patrons. Prompt and punctual
addition will be given to all calls.
L. D. ROGERS, M. D.
Doc. 1C tli, 1854. • n-35-ts
TO Ml' FRIENDS.
MY NOTES are in the hands of J. A. Turner.
Mv friends will please call on him and settle.
AMOS E. WARD.
Dec. 16th, 1854; n35-tf
Negroes to be Hired.
"5 T7TLL be hired before the Court house door, in
VV the town ftf Eatonton, on TUESDAY, 28T11
DAY OF DECEMBER, inst., the negroes belong
ing to the orphans of David Ross, deceased, for the
year 1835. THE GUARDIANS.
Eatonton, Dec, 16th. 1854. n35-td
notice/
WILE be sold in Eatonton, on the EIRST TUES
DAY IN JANUARY next, 5103% acres of
LAND, lying ten miles er st of Eatonton, adjoining
Spivey, Gregorv and Wilson.
ALSO,
Three NEGROES: Henry, about 24 years old;
Sarah, about twenty, and child two years old. Sold
as the proper*}' of James Rosser, late of Putnam
countv. Terms on the day of sale.
THE LEGATEES.
Doe. 16th, 1854. n35-tds
SF EC TO FEES FO UNO.
\Puir of Gohl-Framed
CLES were found on the Fae-'*—3
torts Bridge on Tuesday morning, 12th December,
ius'it, which have been left at this office, and which
thc*owner can have upon paying for this advertise
ment.
Dee. 10th, 1854. hss-tt
Piano Timing and Repairing.
JOSEPH FREY, from Charleston, So. Cu., in
forms the ladies and gentlemen of Eatonton
arid vicinity, that lie is in E itonton, prepared to
Tune and Repair Pianos and Organs. Best of ref
erences given. No charge will be made it satisiae
tion is not given.
He also has a good stock of select Music with him.
Orders left at. the Eatonton Hotel will meet with
prompt attention.
I)ee. 16th, 1854, n35-tf
Stan vo rdvili.k, Putnam Cos., Ga. )
December 9th, 1854. )
Editor Indcpcndendent Press:
Dear Sir:—Please insert in your paper that I am
an applicant for Marshall of tlie town of Eatonton
lbr the ensuing year. Very respcctfuliv,
A. J. STEWART.
I do hereby certify that I have no hesitancy in
believing taut A. J. Stewakt would make a vigilant
and acceptable Marshall for the town ot Eatonton.
Dee. loth, 1854, D. R. ANDREWS, Sn.
-411
Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute.
w SPRING TERM BEGINS JAN. STII, 1855.
rpIIE subscriber takes much pleasure in informing
1 the friends of education and the putryns of
our College, that lie has associated with him seven
experienced, efficient Teachers. And he honestly
believes that a majority of the Boar-1 of .'Teachers
in talent, 1 scholarship and aptness to teach, have no
superiors in Georgia..,-
Board' per mouth (including washing, lights^
Board unJßnitiou in College for one year;*,%. .$135
M itsic added, $lB5
French or Latin and Drawing and Paiuting ili
eluded, 't.. s2i}o
Wm. C. WILKES, President,
Forsyth, Ga., T>ce. 14th, 185 1, x n :; 5-7t
'’■ , ”
&{gial fUlttts.
TAX RECEIVER.
/ifePjjSo W E are authorized to announce the name
sSjgp' of bham 11. Wright as p candidate for
receiver of tax returns at the ensuing Janhan- elec
tion. TIIE PEOPLE.
Nov. 25th, 1854.
; -. .
Tax Mil C FIVE SI.
jgggsga. TIIE friends of John H« Crafton will
support him for rc-6lbction to the office of
Receiver of tax returns at the ensuing January elec
tion. MANY CITIZENS.
Oet. 7th, 1854.
.TO TIC JR
TO THE VOTERS OF PUTNAM OOUXTY.
We are authorized to announce William
SkS? M. Roby as a candidate for the office of
Receiver of Tax Returns of Putnam county at the
ensuing January election.
Sept. 2, 1854.
Tax COLLECTOR.
fthf r ~3sr* We are authorized to announce the name
of MICHAEL GRAY BILL as a candidate
for the office of tax collector of Putnam county at
the ensuing January election.
August 19th, 1854.
T.IX COLLECTOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
Gfcsir Os STEPHEN S. WIiIGHT, as a can
didate fi r re-election for the office of Tax Collector
at the ensuing January election, in 1855.
Sept. 16th, 1854,
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
Gibson Dawson will ba supported so
W(35 r the office of Tax Collector at the ensuing
January election by MANY VOTERS.
Office, Eatonton Branch R. R.
Eatonton, Sept. 26th, 1854.
ORDERED , That the treasurer give no-
tiee to ail Stockholders in arrears, in the
payment of their subscription tor stock in The
Eatonton Branch Rail Road, that if the balance due
on their subscriptions be not satisfactorily arranged
before tli« last return day for tiie next term of the
Superior Coin* of the Comity of Putnam, suits will be
instituted for the collection thereof.
A true extract from the minutes of the Board of
Directors J. ADAMS, Treasurer.
Oet. 14, 1854. 26 —tldm
wswt&m*
THE citizens of Eatonton and vicinity are
notified that the Trustees have determined
to refuse to all persons the privilege of burial at the
grove about the Church, after the first day of Janu
arv next. J. WINGFIELD, Chm’n.
Oct. 22, 1854. 26—tldj
GO O D THINGS
A®
TRISII WIHSKEY,
I BRANDIES,
WINES,
APPLES,
ORANGES,
IRISH POTATOES, &c.
Just purcltascd in New York and now arriving,
and sold cheap. Call beiyte purchasing elsewhere,
and see what good bargains can be had.
Dec. 2, 1854. [3B-tfJ JOHN LEONARD.
*Y O TS C E .
I HAVE left for Texas. My business is Is ft in
the bands of John IV. Caswell, who is alone
authorized to settle for ,t.e. All persons indebted
to me will please call on linn and make payment,
and those having demands agnin-t me will present
them to him for'pavment. SIIIMIE BLACK.
Dec. 2, 1854.—33-ts
T 0 W N PIIO P Elsy
Foil $aL E.
fT'HE undersigned offers for sale upon very liber-
J{. al terms the following property, to wit :
three lots with fine ne w houses j list’completed:
* ALSO,
Thirty acres of wool-land within the corporate
limits of the town of Eatonton. T. TUNISON.
Dec. 2, 1854.—33-ts
TO (IF HERTOMS.
I SHALL return to this county about the first of
January, when 1 shall expect all persons in
deoreci to me to pay up. Sly shop books are in the
hands of William 11. Scarsbrook, Esq. Persons
indebted to m« for shop work, will please call oil
him and settle. AMOS E. WARD.
Dec. 2, 1854.—35-4 t
CLOTHING! CLOTHING!!
MY old customers and the public generally
are respectfully invited to call and ex
amine a carefully selected stock of Clothing ;i it_
which lam now opening—
•3T THE Jfi.ISO.YIC SS.3LL ,
Where I hope to be able to offer every thing in my
line, on as favorable terms, fur Cash, as can be pur
chased elsewhere. W. T. YOUNG.
Dec. 9th, 1854.—34-ts
MADISON FEMALE COLLEGE.
r jPIIE Spring Term of this Institution, for 1855,
JL will be opened on the sth Jancaby next, un
der the direction of the following faculty :
REV. J. 11. ECHOLS, President, and Professor
Mora! Philosophy, &e.
WM. 11. CARR, A. M., Professor Natural Sciences
and Languages.
REV. JAMES L. PIERCE, Professor English
Literature.
REV. WM. C. BASS-, Professor Methematics.
PROF. GEO. C. TAYLOR, Teacher Music and
Oil Painting.
MISS ANNA E. ROBINSON, Instructress Vo
cal Music, Guitar, ifce.
MISS MARGARETT ROBINSON, Instructress
Piano, &c.
MISS MARGARETTE K. SHERMAN, Princi
pal Preparatory Department.
Board, Washing, Books and Tuition, without
Music-, will cost $l7O per annum.
11. J. OGLEBY, Sec’y.
Dec. 9th, 4854. 34—3 t
NOTICE.
ALL persons holding claims against the estate
of Frederick Rainy, deceased, are notified
and required to present them to the undersigned
properly proved for payment, and all debtors of the
estate are required to make immediate payment.
WILLIAM F. RAINY, Adm'r.
Dee. 4, 1854. 84—40d
” BOARlh”
MRS. R. C. MERRIWETHER would like to
take several boarders for the year 1855, some
of whom she comd furnish with rooms.
Eatonton, Dee. 9th. 1854. 34 —4 t
STEAM MILL
'StW'ffl:.®. EES
TTTE offer for sale our Steam Saw Mill, together
VV with sixteen or seventeen hundred acres of
land belonging to us, and a timber privilege on five
or six hundred more—all situated on the M. & G.
R. R., and well known as the Ross mill.
The machinery and engine of this mill arc pro
nounced by competent judges to be almost perfect.
The frame'is as good us was ever put together.—
This can bo seen on inspection. Tlie demand for
lumber is much greater than the supp’y. \ndeed
it is well known that the lumber ’nisiness is now
one of tlie most lucrative in the w ole country.
Call at the Mill or address us at Eatonton, Geo.
TERRELL, TURNER & CO.
Dec. sth, 185-4. 54 —tl
WEST’S ANALYSIS OF THE BIBLE.
ONE COPY of the above work for sale, r.t the
Store ol DAVIS & AYALKEIL.
Dee. 9th, 1854. 84 —tt
\\l *118! Wl,fIS ! !
A FINE lot of vain potatoes for sale, at the
Store of DAVIS & WALKER.
Dee. 9th, 1854. 84—ts
C£J& r JHA JK JBL
MILITARY ACADEMY LOTTERY.
By the authority of the State of Alabama.
CONDUCTED ON TUE HAVANA MAX.
GRAND SCHEME.
Class lI.—To be drawn 20th Dec.
Capitals si’,soo
o 5,000
it . 2,000
“ 2of $1,000..’ S.OOSj
In all 251 prizes, amounting to. . $30,000
Bills on all solventlhauks taken at pur.
All comuninlcrttions strictly eoaf leutial.
SAMUEL SWAN, Agent c and Manager.
Sign of 1 ie Bronze Lions.
Mongtmoery, Ala, Dee, 2. l«5-‘ . l.v
- Tim V .
INDEPENDENT PRESS,
A Weekly Miscdlaceous Journal,
!'i;i:usiii:d IX
Mi ton ton r Go., at $2 per annum, in
advance , by
J. A. TUK NEE.
A square will consist of ten lines, but every ad
vertisement will be counted a square whether it
reaches ten lines or not.
All over ten lines and under twentv-one will be
counted two squares—all over twenty lines and un
der thirty-one, three ppuafes, <fce., &c.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
ran squap.e or ten lines.
One insertion $1 09, and Fifty cents for each subse
quent continuance.
Advertisements sent without a specification of the
number of insertions, will be published, till forbid,
and charged accordingly.
Business or Professional Cards, per year, where they
do not exceed one square, - * - - $lO 00
A liberal contract will be wade with those who wish
to advertise by the year, ocevpying a specified space.
Legal JidverUaemcnts.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators,
’Executors,-or Guardians, ore required by law to
be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between
the hours of 10 in the forenoon and 3 in the after
noon, at the Court House in the County in which
the property is situated.
Notice of these s; ies must be given in a public
gazette 49,days previous to the day of sale.
Noticed for the sale of personal property must he
gi. nin like maimer 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors aiid creditors of an estate
must be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court
of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
be published two months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guardian*
ship, &<?., must be published 30 days—for dismis
sion from Administration, monthly, six months —for
dismission from Guardianship, 49 days.
Rules lor foreclosure of Mortgage must bo pub
lished monthly, fee four months —for establishing
Ipst papers, for the full space of three, months—
for compelling titles trom Executors or Administra
tors, where.bond has been given by the deceased,
the full space of three months. * 4
Publications will always be continued according
to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered, at the following
R A T L S:
Citations on letters of Administration, &e. $2 75
do. do. Dismissory ffoiu Adnnstrntion, 4GO
do. do. do. ' Guardianship, 300
Leave to sell Land or Negroes, 4 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 00
Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 square, 1 50
Sale of Land or Negroes.by Executors, &e., “ 500
Estravs, two weeks, . 1 50
For a man advertising his wife, (in advance,) 5 00
Announcing candidates, 5 00
Large letters and cuts will be charged by tiie
space they occupy.
Letters-on business must T>c Lost paid to entitle
thorn to attention.
We have adopted the above rates from the
Milledgeville papers, by which we will be governed
in all cases. Advertisers arc requested to pay par
ticular attention to these rates, and they can make
out wliat will be the cost of their advertisements as
well as we can ourself.
prrLof) SForft of' all kintls done
tvilh neatness anti despatch.
lil<llV 1!D T. DAVIS,'
AWDiUPai? At? MV,
EATONTON, GA.
OFFICE OVEB.PRUDDEii’S STORE.
EATONTON, GA.
May 10, 1854.
S. w. BRYAN.
DOT AN IC PHYSICIAN,
EATONTON, GA.
OFFICE no stairs, adjoining the Printing Other,
where be mav be found during the day, stud al
night at the residence of W. A. Davis, unless pro*
fcssionully absent. All calls for medicines or atten
tion promptly attended to.
Reference •’ TRY HIM.
May 30th, 1854. .
W. A. DA V IS,
K»vs»l hG s v<y (P *<‘«l a R) k l!‘l
I MAiii
<sjz <au» an es «t. 9
Sells Country Produce »n Commission-
Liberal Advances made on Cotton in Store.
East corner Jefferson St., Eatonton, Ga.
April IS, 1854.'
O. L CARTER,
FANCY CONFECTION Ell,
No. 4, Carter & Harvey's Range,
April 23,1854. Eatonton, Ga.
s. s. dusenberryT
Fa SIMI OJVaiILE TaiLOUr
Wi warrant to please all who wish the latest
style oi dress. Shop up stairs, adjoining tbs
Printing \ Vffiee.
' April 18, 1854.
C. D. I’HARSON. & Co’.
\ TTOT'LD Call the attention of the public gen-
VV erally to their large stock of Dry Goods,
Fancy and'Domestic, Groceries, Crockery, Hard
ware! <fce. Their Goods are all new, having
lK.ci,‘ recently selected with great ears in the-
New York and Philadelphia markets. They flatten
themselves they can give their customers as goo« 4
bargains as can be bought ill middle Georgia. Al
so. call and examine our stock of ready-made Cloth
ing. We will endear vour to tit all in garments and
in prices.
ADAMS & BROTHERS,
E.l TONTON. i
INVITE the attention of the citizens es Putnam
and tin* adjoining counties, to their large stock *f
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
confident that they can p’eass them in style, quality
and prices. . „ ,
Special attention will be given to all orders.-
Cash paying customers will find it decidedly to their
interest to give us a cal).
April IS, 1854.
lorniooiis
AT
& SSISOTIMURS.
\\J E would he pleased to exhibit, to the. ladies
\ V and gentlemen of Putnam and the adjoin
ing counties,' our large stock of
FALL and WINTER DRESS GOOIK.
eomnlete in variety and style.
ADAMS & BROTHERS
Eatonton, Sept. 80, 1854 ts
DAVIS & WALK Lit
EATONTON, GA.
DEALERS in Groceries. Tobacco, Cigars, SnuVl.
Shoes, lints, Drugs, Patent Medicines, Hurd,
Hollow add Wood ware, Cutlery, Powder and Shot,
Candles, Soaps,’Crockery, Fine Liquors and Wines,
and various other articles. Call and examine before
purchasing elsewhere. Bargain:, can bo had.
April 18, 1864.
HOUSE RALNTLKG,
In its Various lircmtht*y
EXECUTED I'lluMl'lLY AND WITH M*I*ATCII.
Jim HAYING a number of hands in conneetien
with me, I alii prepared to do jobs nut only
iiiTutnnm but in the adjufuiugec mtivs. Any com
municiitiqu tVom abroad will.reach me turousm the
Post Office here. lam also prepared to execute pa
pering with neatness, and on good terms.
April, 18, 1854. JEFFERSON WRIGHT.
l.oXii & n'RB,
BEU.KTSWICK, GA,
HT'iLL give their attention to the practice ofJiiw
yy. ill tin: cuuntiiA of Chatham, Liberty, Vfeln
tush, filvdn. Wayne and Camden, of the Fasten
CircuitLowndes; PlincliA'VSslsg. Cliarlton tnd A*,
tiling uf' the Southern eireuit. and also Nassau Du-
Lljm.l St. John’s counties Florida.
*Thos. TANARUS, Lonu, ¥ j Tubs. W. Conn,
May MH Mi'
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