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said by the Magistrate advertising.
New Piano Forte & Music Store.
A. A. 01A 1Z 1 :fli
(Next door to Meclanic's Bank.)
Augusta, Ga.,
Pianos, Nlelodeons, Guitars, Violins,
Accordeous, Flutes, Striu;-,
SHEET MUSI , and every thintin the luic linte
SECOsD-tIANt) PEAt TAKEN iN EXCilANGE.
g Orders for MUSIC by ntil promptly at
t. tded to.
ar PIANOS TUNED and REP.\lREP.
Periona wanting their Puanos tted, will pl. ase m
zify us to that effect. A. A. CIA RK,
B. F. CLAREK.
Augusta, Nev. 9 2m 43
GEORGE SINCLAIR,
CI.U.I\.t, S. C..
STEAM ENGINE BUILDER
And Boiler Aaker.
L L iid., of Flour, Grist and Saw Mill Ce:nr
1 ing and lihaftig maile and warranted t.+ per
furimxqual to any in the State. . -:. -
Dr. it. T. Mixs; at Edg-fleld C. II., is authorised
Agent to make contracts.
Nov. 2, 18.3. 1 )_ 42
JOSEPH WHILDEN,
DEALER IN
AND
SHIP CHANDLERY,
No. 6o1 Mast-Bay. opposite P. & Ia. Bank;
Coan:ero . S. C.
E keep." e.,ntantly fur eni-: a gen-rsal a-sort
m3tlent of P'A IT'- and li~ OLStf all kinds,
oindow Was and Sashes.
Sis. Trurpentinie, Camtphene, Spirit Gas,
TIallow, Grindtones., Cordate.
Chain Pumps. (;ne4. Packing Yarn,
Cotton Foot Gyin Fiturts, and l.ru.,hcs of variu
kinds. - - Gin
Ch adon N i nfam c tl
Bioset rendinShe tmanfatoy
11':tiA, YlaNGe repmivedtoeS toern
-T a0.jPIEn Dr A0.G TMa~rXs-F~
tmed tomake ito rerFn.re-obl oe
Bootrsu s and Shoes,
COfTSer STFSMATE BELS ad AeCES
Tun k alas Twarveld. as,~e C
rAts, Cothand alatrg vBriesCety of , BOOTS and
'ft)E Tf1my own manufactre, ~heuic l withb
disiwlsedbof willreanl ters.lwu aib ogti
WM. . CEOY
?eh 30 tf 40
AU USTAO FARONT ABLEOPOIETE
WM O PIC & CO,~.a-O
o TiE SRes, Trs CEare coBasly
* Auarngw rendiiT A:tir1E wALL SppCe wif
thme ws SyES of tm
Clt ineof alecitins,
C OATr A nNTALoOaNS, VETS SilRTCL
Uuml kmnerhirt and in DraweStr.
- HOSIERY Ot'ALL~ KIND
Tru nTaveTIng Ba0gsAe, c
TO A DL1T F SERG-ANTSy SOEx
*Alls Coth nd lir in Bsetm oms res'
TOha Tb r T&lm W Ed e w upied withad
CLOJpTHS, CASPRfSIG ANNKR d rmlambmgt De
TRMisG othsb olte pmioepen foorepmb
WM. A. PRNIC, Prr
Wc~ .sT R AHM
qunex nz an un_1 I I.
AHIE4D OF THE RAZOR STROP MANI.
Tho.usinds of persons have attemited to
interfere with and nnniy the celebrat, d Ita
tor Strop Man, llenry Smith, while holding
forth with his stentorian lnngs to an admir
ing crowd on the incomparable merits of his
wonderful strops ; but we never heard of but
oie man who in the attempt came off first
best..
The incident happened as follows: Smith
had sold out his basket of strops to a " high.
ly intelligent audience," as he termed them,
and then, he made it out a clear case -that
every iin owning a strop should have a
god razor, that the strop might he used
with proper respect, he took out a dozen of
Roger & Sons best, and exclaimed
Gentle-netn ! now let me sell you at anc.
tion a few of the best razors that ever were
u~ed or ever will be used! .Agd how much
anm I offered for one '.
"You can't *(hic) never si-ll- nothing if
von t elk thIat -low (hic) *rlte," egclaimed a
Ibal-pated, ragged-halise disciple of Bach.
us; " if you (hie) wan't 'to puike 'em hleive
the (hie) razeidl ent quick gnumi oughtto .ell
'em quick ! -That's so, my hibitty- tip-toet
and I'm the man that can.sell 'em for ye, if
(hie) ye only say the word."
&eeing the 'man was intoxicated, .Smith
tried hard to proceed with the sale, Without
appearing to. notice the interruption; but it
was imjpossilble. The, fellww made some
witty retort, that would." bring down the
hnse," to every remnar Jat Smith (ffered,
and as human - enduranc could stand-no
longer, Smnih sauddeil tured to his annof
"r :nd exclaimietla-..-t t
SIlere, my gdod-ri-ed ! Yoitre'eo drunk
Ilmk vou don't know youm' wife's uncle froe.
lur grandnother's aunt, and stil.you-.are.
i:.lking to iie ahont selling razors thal ac&c
worth a dollar a pice ! Why, sir, I wi4f for
people to shave thenselvies instead of-'d'ig.
ts you have done let the runseilers lihave
von. And here you are interrupting -m;
mid pretending you nderstand my hus.iness
better than 1 do myself. You had better
aig the pledge, old codger I You are -too
runk now to either buy or sell."
"Try me (Razor (hie) Striip' Man ! Try
me ! was the cool rejoinder.
" Very well," says Smith; here is an ex
elleiit razor, and as you are anxious to ex
iihit your skill in getting quick bids, you
shall have a fair chance."
The old toper mounted the dry goods box
m wig the razor around his head a few times
m conmnnned
" Gen.erlmen ! here's a pro-pub licuhono
azor, :i' 'ow mnch nam I offered for it I
Six cents- going ! going once ! going twice,
end tlgoing-gonme to ile for six cents."
Putting the razor in one pocket, and ta.
king from the other six coppers, and proffer
i1g tilti to Smith as pay, the old covey
junped from the box, amid the crowd of
e-vulsedd spectators.
Smith laughed as hearty as the rest refus.
d the coppers, gave the man a cake of soap
and a strop, and acknowledged it the cheap
est joke he ever purchased in his life.
A GE:outtr. LrcrsL.roz.-The Milledge
ille correspondent of the Augusta Constitu
!ionalist gives the annexed amusing pen and
ink sketch of Mr. Paris, Representative of
Dade county in the lower house of the Geor
gia Legislature:
rte. is a little under six feet four, through
ie represents himself as the shortest man ini
Dade. Hie spotrts a pair of huge whiskers,
wears his hair a la mode Andrew Jackson,
ad in as much as lisk eye sight has been in
jured by severe ap~plicationm to study, he adds
to the dignity of lisk appearance by the usc
of glasse's. Beneaths this fierce looking ex
teior, lurks a gniet vein of good humor, pro
vokinmg the irth of al1 who conrpe within the
sphere oif its influenice. He speaks the Eng
lish lantguauge, amid comnsequc ntly I was not
ompeled to employ a tranmslator in makimg
out miy report. Hius mnanner is forcible and
expressive ; lie suits the action to the word
ad the word to the action. Mr. Paris is a
ntive of W'arreni county, Tlennessee, having
been born, by his viren choice, on the banks
of the~ Collimi's river, H~e has hield various
offies of honor and profit under the ge neral
government, (lie says that he was once a
postaster in Dade,) and now, at the age of
5 years, enjoys the sole anmd di-tingnished
honor of represenlting the State ohfpade in
the lower brainch of the Genieral Assembly.
To conclnde this description, I .wilh remark.
that he always wears the tie oh his cravaut on
the side of the neck, immediately under the
right ear.
A corNTIuY paper says: " When you
see a girl so wveak that she cani't sweep her
seven-bynine chamber,. bot can go. and
dance all night with the powei- of a locomo
tive, make up your mid that she is " got uip"
on bad prineciples. The sooner you take
your hat and depart, the better. Such sort
of calico has beeni the r,uin of many a man."
A GExx.-Who wrote the followir~g beau
tiful epitaph on an infat!?.. Ii speaks to tm
heart:
Beneath tis stone in sweet repose,
Ia laid at niothmer's dearest pride ;
A flower that scarce had waked to life,
A ud light arid beauity, ere it died.
God in his wisdom has recalled
'Thu precious bo'n his love had given;
And though the ensket rnoulderst liere,
The gem is sparkling now in Heaaen.
IF ANY one entertains the remotest doubt
of this free and happy lar.d being a great
country, let him forev'er keep silemnce after
perusinig the subjoined names of " fellow.
citizens" who voted att the recent election im
Nebraska, for a Delegate to Congress.
Theyv are copied from the poll-book;:
.June-e-tah-e.quah growvl,
Os-si-e-men.e-men-ho,
Mah-mien- wan.e-kah,
. Pe-shah-hahil.me-quuh,
. Nub-at-tahi.noh-noh.no-to,
Kah-ku-noh-ne-wve.to-to.
Short r.ckonimns umnko ln friends.
A WHACK AT MISERS.
In a chapter on Life Assurance. whicl
appears ini Blackwood's Magazine, for Jtil
the writer is somewhat severe on wealth)
men of our day, who are too scrupulous in
their observance of the maxims of " Pool
Richard." He says:
"'Those who desire to be absolutely riel
may, if their lives are spared long enough
attain that object by sordid and perpetual
pinching, and rigorous abstinence from the
enjoyments, hospitalities, and Charities o1
existence. It is' %t' 'difficult to accmigtt
.gold, if a'man has conrage to be an IwIes
indeed, cases are abost daily cited of ap
parent paupers, amongst whose rags an
g:illimentry, in the corner of sonm fetid
cellar, extraordinary hoards are discovered.
No one, however, but a mere caitiff, would
addict himself to this kind of metalic accu.
mulation; and it is noticeable that the prac
tice is chiefly confined to dried up bache.
lors, who have either no relatives to sneceed
then, or who hate 'tiheir relatives cerdialy:'
Poogwretches! If ere they had given u$
the .ghost on. their ill tentled couch and
been de .sited in, paltry shells wihich
thiv havebespoken from a miotive of post
bunions -ecitionm,, taty col-ki oitailf
vision of the serene or lively countaance 0l
thoso wii- ihaill walk at their' qineral and
< ''ie their gains; if they could he prospec
tive ; present at tb banget. whieb is to
follmw the ceremont, alad. tnewsr the enor
mous consunmption of ligt r qu)fled, not in
honor of their memorier mt: by way of
congrattilation to -they ifebriatml heirs: it
they could ear, by auticipation,.the remarks
of the jocular e sts, the retailed :necdites
of their cyuel {el . mess-theynitght poissi
6 M , bef'ro. tIme -'s~Pirit' s leftatb clay, ask
'Ieeftes se-filF,. 'fatt end, either in
this.;'orld-or tlre next,'lle. h ave-consented
it 0a 1d)h'.li't"'f itinCk..ors, :.n,$nsure
dme 'emer'npt of -their- rae... For,. of a
preptQi .ipon 'tie eartih, noir misso desji
''eems th' miser. It is hbt impnoasihle that
theiptofuigatei'nay .lu"e a friend, for there is
dsitally.left abon't Jriin -some touch of hi.
aiinity-some one unbroken chord of the
finer feelings' of our naturecbut the miser
meets with no sympathy.' Even the nurse
who is hired to attend him i the last mo.
"ments, loathes, the ghastly ocupation, and
bugs for the moment of her release-for
although the death damp is already gather.
ing on his brow, the thoughts of the de.
parting sinner are still upon his gold, and at
the macro jingle of a key lie startles from his
torpor in a paroxysm of terror, lest a sur.
reptitious attempt is being made upon the
gnCtity uLhi V t _box....Deqdsthere je'
nianv in that box; but where are the deeds
that should have comforted the dying mmti
What blessings has lie purchased for him.
self through his long useless life ? There
are no prayers of the orph:mn or widow for
him-not a solitary voice has ever breathed
his name to heaven as a benefactor. One
poor penny, given away in the spirit of true
charity, would now be worth more to him
than all the gold that the world contains;
hut, notwithstanding that he was a church.
going uman, and fimuiiliar in his infancy with
that awful text in which the worship of mam.
mon is denounced, aind the punishment of
Dives told, he has never yet been able tc
divorce himself from his solitary love of lus
or to part with one atom of his pelf. Am
so, from a iserable life, detested and des
pised, lie passed into a dread eternity ; am
those vhon lie has neglected or misused
umake merry with the hoards of the miser.'
A CJIuKrAss TuA~.- W hile thme last genie
ration was flourishinig, there dIwelt in whmat i~
mow a famuous city, niot a mile from Boston
atm opulenmt widow lady, who oncee aflordet
a queer manifestation of that odd compoaun
of incompatibles, called " human niature."
It was a Christmias eve, one ot those nik
fashioned winters whmichm were so " bittei
cold." Th'le old lady pat on an ext ra shawl
aid as she tnugged her shiverinig frame, slhe
said to her taithftul tiegro servant:
"It is a terrible cold night, Scip, I an
afraid my poor neighblor, Wid~owv Greemn
mmust be sufferinmg. Ta'mke time wheel- harrow
Scip, fill it full of wood, pile onl a goodl load
and tell time poor . woman to keepi hersel
warim and comfortable. But before you go
cip, put some miore wood otn tihe fire, aim
make me a nice mug of flip."
These last orders were dutly obeyed ; ant
the old lady was thoroughly warmied huti
inside anid out, anid niow time trusty Scipit
was about to depamrt om his erratnd of mere;
when his cotnsiderate tmitress, interpouse<
agamt.
" Stop Scip. You neced not go now.
he wveather hats modleraIted.
ADVERIsIN.-In one of the proverbs c
Solomatn we find thme monist commprehenmsiv
ad satisfactory exposition of thme philosoph
of advertising, that ever was or couldI b
wrttnl, viz:
"'1There is that scattereth and yet increasetli
aid there is 'that withhboldeth more thani
meet, but it tendeth to pov'erty."
And time words of Paul to the Corinthiani
aptly express time same idea:
"He which sewetha sparingly shall rea
also sparinigly; and lie whlich sowethi boum
tifully shall reap also bountifully."
THE Albany Knickerbocker gives an am
count of a woniderful dog belonging to or
of its carriers. Th'le carrier falling sick, set
out a boy to dleliver thme papers, who beini
unaquintmed with the round was followe
by time dog, who stopped at the door of ever
subscriber anid wagged his tail, never mnis
ing onie in a list of six hundred. A t the doc
of all the subscribers wh'lo had not paidl in
long time time dog was heard to howl.
- Tun Two -WASUuruss.-A brace
Maine boys are in the H-ouse of Represents
tives this year. Israel Washburn, Jr.,
Maine, and his brother, Elihu B.. Washburi
of Illinois, have both the honor of heir
side bmy sidle, politically, and brotherly 1
Represetatives in Congress.
IFIDLTY.--Theere are no infidels
hell. T[here all believe without a doul>
..w.h.ie the tenmh~l withonnt a hopnn--Ne wto
RAILMUJ&Zia-A ih~U~aAAs ? w--'
In the present state of Railroad progress,
it would appear-supererogatory to attempt a
demonstration of the necessity of the "iron
road," .politically, ?commercially and social.
ly ; or show that.icuilityof- intercommunica
tion increases conmmunication; creates busi
ness, begets sociality, tends to the dissenmi
nation of enlightened views, and by uniting
all these advantaga, promotes the growth,
wealth and prosperity of-the country.
It is a. self evident proposition that acces.
sihility promotes'population. 'The history
of our country is an endwingsexemplifica.
tio: of this fact. As.facilities of intercourse
increased, the area 'of our settlements ex
tended, until the ejstire continent has been
embraced within. our., borders. Cities and
towns have sprungi up in the midst of the
wilderness, an4 thQ wilds have been made to
blossom like the rose ; and if cinle, rivers,
and plank and ;tacadamiied "roads-the
restrieted means df intercommunication-'teu
ljnyed before the introduction of railroads
have sutiiced to render this country.so pros.
perons, whait naywe not anticipate when
the vast undertakigs nqw projected shall
have been completed t-when the auriferous
shores of the I'eiuc shall be connected with
the rocky barriers ef the Atlantie by iron
hands, and the treasures of the East and
the island of the seas shall be transported
thereupon, to find a ready market among
the dwelters at thelWest !
That railroadsmill hereafter be the means
of intercommunication, - is equally evident.
They are the best; and cheapest means for
promoting accessibility ; they can be built
wherever the p cle will it; and by their
means time and "tance can almost be an
nihihated. The perience- upon the few
completed railroas has demonstrated their
I utility and fitness for the- purpose for which
were designed. And the completion
At thebse few roads;has made the buil4mng of
others conpulsorykgr those sections kicking
in sueh facilities, must consent to sit supine
ly down, and witnes the rapid development
in wealth and prosperity-of such sections as
keep up with the piogress of the age..
Wherever railroads have been built in this
country, the inevitable consequence has
been to enhance the value of propertyin the
neighborhood. Depots have been established
along the lines for the reception and ship.
ment of freight ; and from these simple
depots, flourishing :towns' have grown up
magic-like, and anonalousas it may appear,
but in few instances producing any diver
sion of trade from .one plae, to another,
seening rather to egate of themselves busi
iess for tneinselves-tins, ny-reitte-or
communication adding to population, and
by population adding to the wealth and pros.
po ity of the country.
Not unfrequently does it occur that these
depots are established in mines heretofore
unavailable, for the want of means of trans
portation, as is the case in many instances
within our knowledge. So soon as the roads
are completed, and these mines are brought
within the reach of a market, a town at once
springs up, and the heretofore waste lands
become not only sources of wealth to a
few, perhaps, but of competence to many.
And when these roads are opened through
ian agricultural country, affording means of
ready and cheap transportation to market,
the farmer at once becomes independent.
! He is not compelled to haul his produce
through almost impassable mud-holes sloughs
and ponds, to a market, where lie is con
strained to dispose of it at unremnunerating
rtes, rather than haul it home again ; he
cn gnietly wait until itris called for at his
own dloor, or until lie learns fronu the papers
that it is to his advantage to ship to a dis
tnt marhet. Fewv personis are aware of the
difference in the cost of transportation be
tween the ordinairy wagon and the railroad.
In one of our exchanges5 somie tie since,
we found the following table, in which is
niien the comparative value of a ton ol
vbeat aind one of corn, at given distances
from market, as affe.cted by the cost ol
Itrasportaitioin by thme railroad, amid over the~
ordinary read:
*By railway. Orilin. highway.
f ~Wheat. Corn. Whnt. Corn.
-A t market, $49 50 $24 75 $49 ~50 $24 25
10 49 25 24 40 4S 00 23 25
10 49 20 24 45 49 50 21 75
30) 49 05 24 30 45 00 20 25
40 4900 24 15 48650 18 75
50 48 75 2400) 42 00 i7 25
64) 48 50 28 85 40 50 16 75
70 38 45 28 70 39 00 14 25
S0 48330 23 55 37 50 12 7!
90) 48 15 23 40 36 00 11 2!
100 48 00 22 25 34 50 9 7!
110 -47 85 23 10 33 00 8 2!
120 44 20 22 95 81350 6 7!
130 47 55 22 80 30 00 5 2!
- 140 47 40 22 65 28 50 3 7!
10 47 15 22 50 27 00 22!i
S160 47 10 23 35 25 50 0 7!
Y170 46 55 22 20 2440
180S 46 80 22 05 22350
190 46355 21 90 21 00
200 46 50 21 75 19 50
"210 46 35 21 60 18 00
S220 46 20 2145 16 50
230) 46 05 21 30 15 00
s240 . 45 90 2115 13 50
250 '-45 75 21 00 12 00
260 45 60 20 85 10 50
P 70 4445 2070 9 00
280 45 30 20 55 7350
290 4315 2040 6 00
300 43 00 20 25 4 50
*310 44 85 20 10 3 00
320 . 44 7 19 95 150
e330 44 55 10 80 _
tBy this table it appears that a ton of corn
gis estimated not to be wor th hauling b;
wagon, when 170 miles from market; whil
at the same distance upon a line of railroad
Sit would be woth $22 20. A ton of whea
ir330~miles rom the market, is not worth th
ahauling !dw~agon, but by ra iroad it woub
be .. . *.. . land may b
ne: ~e of railroad
.is i , d above th
va1 ailroad. Thbi
is a to farmer
whi s constructi
g of ... nee their ac
0 , . physical re
I. so. by the- read
tmet it affords
..ma . ,the raidroa
1 13 Illll l' ( ItIl G " V +..and with all its ponwers anid results; is~pecu-'
liarly its agent, and has exerted a potential
influence in the development and extension'
of modern trade, and is destined to work
still greater changes and more vest achieve.
ments in behalf of the Commerce .of the
future.
Such being the fact, and railroads .being
the " necessity of the age," we say et them
he built wherever they can be with reasona.
ble prospect of success; .but in railroads, as
in every other line of business,, judgment
should be exercised, and rivaf liines on minor
routes should he avoided, at least. until such
time as the wants of the community call for
ain extension of travelling facilities. This
competition of rival. lines will be one of the
strongest objections to railroads, in the con
struction and prosperous management of
which united effort is : peculiarly necessary
ingredient.-Cincinnati Railroad Record.
THE DUKE OF ALBA AND MX. NEVILLE SOULE.
We ge;nther from M. (aillardet's letter,
of the 1st inst, in- yesterday's Courier des
Etats IJUnis, that the Duke of Alba (the bro.
ther-in-law of the French- Empress). has
made the amende honorablc to Mr. Neville
Soule, the son of our Minister to Spain, for
the inconsiderate remarks of which he was
recently guilty_ at a public ball . in Mtadrtd.
Various accounts have been given of the
matter referred to but M. GaillawIet's proba
bly the correct one. It appears from his I
statement that the Duke of Alba took it ill
because Madame Soule wore a high.necked
dress, while all the ladies of the Court of
Spain wore dresses more or less dccolklccs,
(low in the neck,) and that he further re
marked, " See ! - Tfhere goes Margaret of
Burgundy !" Just.at this moment, young
Neville Soule passed by, and happening to
overhear the slighting allusion to. his mother,
immediately:retorted-bj.dalling 'the Spanish'
'grandee'a blackguard, (pollison.) In a inn
ment -there wasa, .great disturbance. Mr.
Sou1e,:the'elder, immediately caried ofhis
son; and'the latter sent next day two friends
andlige-1itness to the' Duke of Alba, with
instructions to demand .satisfaction either by
means of arms or by a written apology. Ar
first, the Duke refused to consent to give re
dress in either way, upon the plausible pre
text that his adversary was in reality urging
on a political quarrel. But the story is now
that rublic opinion having.been declared unan
imously against him, as is not astonishing
in a country renowed for the chivalrous res
pect.which it has always paid to beauty, the
Duke Alba has settled the matter by grace
fully apologisin foi- the offence com lained
o. ror domng liis, ieduserfWese .
NEw MATERIAL FOR PAPER.-We have
just examined several samples of paper made
of reeds or cane of a species which grows in
great abundance in our Southern States;
and also a sample made by the same pro
cess from white pine shavings. In such an
age of invention as this incredulity is not to
he tolerated ; therefore we submit with the
best possible grace even to the white pine.
The reed paper is quite a promising article,
approaching in quality, under the second
experiment, to that on which the Sun is now
printing, both in enlor and texture. An
other sample composed of rags and reeds,
one-third of the former and two-thi ds of the
latter is quite a fine article, and its value is
estimated by the makers equal to that from
rags worth 12 1-2 cents per pound. The
paper from pine shavings is designed for
wrapping or envelope paper; it was first
bleached and then collered for that purpose,
and is valued at 12 1-2 cents per pound also.
Paper has been made within a fewv years
past from several substances, and with vari
ous success. A small quantity made froem
straw was recently worked in the regular
edition of a daily paper in a neighboring
city, and as the result of an originarl experi
ment wvas considered quite ene ouraging.
The effort now brought to our attention is
highly credible and has the promise of entire
success. The getntlemen entitled to the
cedit of it are B. A. Lav-ender, esq, and Mr.
Henry Lowe, an analtical chemist of this
city. They have been experimenting for
soine months upon the material employed
making finished sample of paper from time
to time, which we have occasionally seen
and the improvemlent is considerable. They
are sanguine that, with proper apparatus,
paper can be manufactured of reeds or wood,
as the main staple, by their process, worth
12 1-2 to 18 cents, and at a cost not ex
eeeding 6 1-4 cents per per lb.-Blaltimore
San.
CoL-NTERFEIT BILL.S 05 THE BAN oF
H A1fUIW, Sov-rn.CAnoI.NA.-Mr. J. J.
Blakwood, the Cashier, has shown us a
counterfeit 850 bill on the above Batnk,,.and
plamied by the side of it a genuine bill of the
same denomination, so that we could per
eive the marked differeunce between them.
The genuine bill has for its vignette a loco
motive and train of cars, on the right hand
margin a female figure holding a cornucopia;
on the the left, one holding a scythe and
bundle of grain, repr-esenting the goddess
Ceres; on each side of the vignette, and on
the lowver corners of the Bill, the figures 50,
large size.
This is the only plate for $50 bills ever
used by the Batik. The counterfeIt bills is
rather longer and wvide-r than the genuine
has as the vignette a female figure, seated, a
sheaf of gi-ain by her side, anid implements
of husbandry at her feet-a rocomotive seen
in the distance crossing a stone bridge.
On each side of the vignette are the
figures 50, the letter L at the left hand
corners, between them the word FIFTYv in
small capitals, atid across the entire right
hand margin of the bill the word FIFTY in
large letters. It bears date Jan. 11, 1853,
payable to W. S. Cothran.
SThe signature of the president, H. Hutch
Sinson, is well imitated-that of J. J. Blaick
wood, Cashier, is imperfect, the hair strokes
being thicker than on the genuine bill. This
is in part.from the inferiority of the paper
-of the counterfeit.
yWe are thus particular in the desription,
, as we yesterday copied a paragraph from a
I Sava.....ah p.,e, stin that these bills
gin, and that they were well executed..
Augusta Constitutionalist. -
FOREIGN NEWS.
Last evening's Northern mails brought us
the following details of the.news breught by
the Africa :-Carolinian, 5th inst.
Requesting the reader to heap in mind.that
all the accounts of the massacre--for it.can
scarcely be called a battle-in th'e harbor of
Sinope, have come through the Russian
sources, we. proceed to give as cennectqd-u
narrative'of the occurrence as the'ihiperfect
information yet= received will permit. Al
though called a " Turkish defeat," the intel
ligence before us describes the " defeat as
more glorious to the Turks than their " vie.
tory," of twenty-one ships over fourteen is
to the Russians.
The harbor of Sinope is not strongly for.
tified. Formerly, it.was the principal naval
establishment of Turkey, but of late the
arsenal has been transferred to Constanti
nnple, and a single battery on the little fort
of Boze Tepe now constitutes the whole
defence of the port.
On the 30th ult., the -fleet' f Admiral
Nachimoff, th:it had beeni sent- expressly to
look for the Turkish flotilla- that was con
veying reinforcements to the 'army on.the
east coast :of the Black Sea, appeared off
the roads of Sinope, wvhere the Turkish
ships, under command of Osman Bey, were
at anchor, having been driven to. anchorage
there a day or two previously by stress of.
weather. Nachimoff's squadron consisted
of twenifour sail, of which six were line
of battle ships.' Finding there was no help
but fight or surr'eider, Osman bravely, threw
his own and some other of his ships across
the. entrance to the Hiarbor, and attempted to
keep the Russians at bay. while the trans.
ports hastened to. land their men and stores.
From the confined position in which his ships
were, he labored at great disadvantage. The
Turks had to sostain the firc of over 600
Rudsian guns,' aff:could not bring more
than 200 to play agaut them..
Nothwithstanding- this fearful odds, the
Turks made no proposals to surrender,'but
kopt up'their. fire until one after another. of
henrsliips sunk or- blew up. Astonishing,
to.relate, they Managed to sink and burn no
fewer thin seven of the enemy. To, the
last Osman refused to strike his- flag, but
continued to blaze away from'his.shattered
ship at the. Russian- steamers that were tow
in it towards Sebastopol. At length he
was taken wotin'ded on, board Nachimoff's.
ship, and his frigate sunk, so that of all the
annie f thi "' rillinut rtorv." tha. lips
sians took into Sebastopol only a -few
wounded men, but a plank of a Turkish
ship.
The following is a copy of the bulletin
that was posted on the Bourse at Odessa,
December 5:
" The . Russian fleet, under the command
of Admiral Nachimoff, has met, in the Black
Sea, a Turkish and Egyptian fleet, composed
of eighteen ships-two decker frigates, cor
vettes, together with two steamers of five
hundred horse power, and two others of
three hundred horse power. After a long
engagement. the following Turkish ships
have been destroyed or captured: One of
84 guns-no mane given; do. 60-no name
given; do. 52--Nezratmi Effendi; do. 52
lmet Eli; do 40-Nazim Fessim; do. 22
-Fessi iMahmoud. Steamers-Two of 20
guns each ; 2 transports; I British trans
port. The engagement took place near
Sinope. Five thousand Turks have been
killed, and many taken prisoners. Osman
By, who wvas wounded, was also takenm pri
soer. Several officers, both English and
French, were on board the Turkish ships."
From this bulletin it would appeur that
only eleven Turkish ships were destroyed
two of thsem transports and defenceless-in
stead of the thirteen frigates previouly an
nounced. Also, that if there were eighteen
Turkish ships, seven must have escaped.
And further, the " no name given" of the
two heaviest ships of 64 and 60 guns, looks
suspiciously like as if there had been no
such ships. The 5,00)0 Turks reported to
be killed would have been a sufficient arma
ment for the eleven ships, without the " many"
taken prisoners. And as the Rlussians lost
seven of their own ships, including two ships
of the line, their victory consists-In a surplus
of four ships only, niamely three transports
and a 20 gun steameri Even these they
hve.not to showv ; and if they had, they
would not begin to pay for repairs to the
Rusian *admiiral's ship, wvhich had to be
buoyed up before it could reach Sebastop~ol.
Tlwo French and two Enigish frigates
hanve goneto Sinope, nominally with medi
al assistance for the wounded.
Immediately oin the news of the disaster
being published, on the 3d instant, at Con
stantinople, a grand divan was held, at
which all the foreign ministers wvere present.
The English-and French ambassadors wvere
strongly called upon to order the combined
fleets into the Black Sea; but they (the am
bassadors) requested the audience of the
Sultan, and persuaded him that it would be
better not tp send forward the whbole fleet,
but only a ship or two to acquire more do
finite in formation. This was agreed to.
The wildest excitement prevailed in Con
stantinople, and it wvas expected that the
whole fleet would be ordered to proceed to
the Black Sea forthwith. Their mission
there will be to prevent further conflict be
tween Russian and Turkish ships.
PNRSI DE.CAREs WAR AoAIYsT THE
'T~Us.-Although no official confirmation
of the declaraton of urar by Persia against
Tlurkey has been received, the intelligence is
considered quite probable. The English
press, although :dmitting that the circum
stanco compliCates the position of affairs, do
not consider it of supreme iisportance, Per
sia, they say, although smnall in military
strength, has, it is true, the- advantage of a
geographical position wvhich counterbalance
the deficiencies.
A considerable Persian force is usually
stationed in the frontier province of Azerbi
jan, immediately contiguous to the locality
of the present fighting, and nothing can be
mor probable,9 than that tisi frcme will cam.
make aeoncerted attack upon s
The liss usthided by-the deitir(
the. transports atiSinope"-.would an
an attempt at the preset moment ehn -
likely to be unfavorable to the Tuiis
Consequent on this step on the'pi ,
Shah, the British minister at the
Teheren (as we learn from- Vienia& of
15th inst.,)' has -broken off diplomati: -
tions with Persia.
SWITZERLAtD.--A. GIva p
tions-thaton the: 4thi instant .. a t
and eleven o'.jo ht', s
earthquake, sdIfcit violent
walls of several s#oses
Val d'Jllies. The shok w
wards morning, the ndulatiean
being prolonged for sonie a 4
conipanied. by aidul; heavy
lar phenomenon was observ ro,.
the Valais, on the third instant.
The following severe, b toaltppe
ances just remarks, aro- frot the biladeIpht
Evening Bulletin:
" Englanil, we suppose, is a
By her folly, if not.treaher '
the Turkish fleet, and oost
lives of thousands of hiJl'iz7$
treachery, because it is-noi: $
to betray .vhich cohstitute l -te =
ton folly, criminal iinu6aco,
neglect,'ifnthe ,injure ad A
treason; and in the sp. ays as=
would have, done, deser$is m law:
brious lanngnge In e e
the British flee; iostead of lyingdt r'
Constantitiople onght to have bee n'
in the black sea ;'and of cogse -
doing this the -destile'ion . " -
ships at Sinope could n6trtS '
England pretends to be the
Yet, since the war begun
nothing .to advance' his cauer.
'pdence-dictated' that the coinmaiid o.
Black Sea should be obtained tl a ioti
that'Rdssia had 'declihed to-.eat
Principalities, for .the codmai '
is' ihdespensableA o prop
tions.on the: part of Turl-.. e bi
asserting that the Principi1ieiau }
evacuated; and whila dee
fleets were in the 'Bospherh^iJ sca
Prinipalities were not evacoat4d ngii
took no,'stepi to do thel'rstthig t ot
to have been done underthecircqdu~kane.
and whisinhshe colkkha.ve
". We speak of England t in
because, as. is. well known;:,;she aIeA
several weeks, eager to bring- as -o tbre'e
arbitrament of the sword.,,- Could Louis
Napoleon have had his way, the. Blark -Sea
would have been scoured a- montlh ago .by .
the allied fleet in the Bosphorus*.Odessa
would have been seized ; tha slipat Sebas
tapol captured; and Russia disariised of all
power to harm Turkey during the rest of the
contest on the sea. It is possible that this
terrible disaster, suffered by the Sultan,
through their lukewarmness, may induce
the allies now to this. The indignant voice
of civilized Europe may spur their laggard
blood to action at last. But even action
will fail to restore to the Sultan his- ships.
What renders the loss more shameful is the
fact that the successful enterprise was just
the very blow which Russia might have been
expected to strike, partly because it was
necessary to save Circassia, and partly
because the superiority of the Russian fleets
in the Black Sea rendered victory, sure.
Had not England professedly been his ally;
the Sultan never would have exposed his
fleet, or would have been mad if he ,bad.
But he trusted to the p--ofession of aid that
were made to him; he though, like all the
world, that even thought no land' forces
were sent to him, the fleets in the Bosphorus
would act, and lie wae deceived. Shame
on the English niinistry. Is honor utterly
dead" ____"__
REMARKABLEC C.i sE OF SUP~osED- Pu.
TRuATIo.-There arrived, witiin a few
dlys, at the depot of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, in , this city, an oblond box repre
sented to contain a corpse, and it struck us'
as somewhat singular, it weighed fiye hun.
dred and fifty pounds, according to the.
freight charges upon it. Curious to know
something more about this mys'erious box
than the external marks indicated, we institu
ted some inquiries, and derived the following
information, which, as we get it from pretty
good authority, we are ianclined to consider
correct unetil we shall receive a better 'expla.
nation :
The wife of a geiitleman living in Nejson
county, in this State, died -some~four years
ago, and was interred in - the usual manner.
Being a native of Woodford county, Ken.
tucky, she had requepted, before her death,
to be buried beside her kindred and in the
home of her childhood. From.'~accident or'
delay, her request was not compliedzgitir~
until quite recently her relations causdn
remains to be disinterred, wvhen they weie
found to be of the extraordinary weight men
tioned Above--over fie hundred' pounds!
At the time of her' death her weight was .
about .110 pounds. Only the foot of the :
coffin, which was' still in a good state s '
preservation, was broken- open, when her
feet were found to be in'a perfect state of
petrifaction, the stone partaking of the .bar'
ater of the hardest limestone formations.
in the locality 'of the grave. The infeene
is that the whole body is this comipletely,
petrifiecf-WheelingIntellgencer.
WHAT. RAKLUo4Ds Do.-On Thuiaday
last, the estate of James Harmer, decased,.
in Cheltenham township, Montgomery
was sold by Ephraim-Fenton, trusteeThs-'
farms are situated on the-North Pennsyv.A
nia RaIlroad, .10 mIlles north of the "
The Homestead of 43 -acres O. perch~
brought $231 per aere; The pet* i
joining, of 46 acres and 123 perhso lI
237,50 per'acre. .The other fu~~ I
acres 26 perches, with -but tol~l *
provemienits, $150 per -scre.I
that four yearif iioiue p
the same improve Neo
brought half that-~ dato?