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Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-12-26
SOUTHERN ARGUS.
TUESDAY, o=C.25.
Commission BusfmeSs.

The following bill regulating Commiss ion
business in Mobile, was passed lately by the
House OF Representatives of Alabama, and
will probably pass the Senate and become
a law. What its effect will be on those
now engaged in the business in Mobile, we
know not; but frouI the fact of tie ePreSen-
tatiVe from Mobile, (Mr. Bates) having en-
tered his protest against it, we should argue
that it is any thing but pleasant to the high
minded and honorable merchants of that
city. AS our section of the State is so
closely connected with Mobile as it respects
Commerce, we publish the Bill in full.
An act for the beterregulation of trade
in the city of Mobile.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted, &c. Thai
after the passage ofthis act, the trade
and business of receiving on cOnsign-
ment or otherwise, holding or storing &
selling, shipping, forwarding or other
wise disposing of cotton. or other com
modify, or goods, wares, and merchan-
die, of any description whatever, and
charging, accepting, or collecting, any
commission or reward therefor, in the
city of Mobile, Or elsewhere in this
State, by any person as commission
merchant, factor, broker, or agents for
others, shall, and is hereby, declared
to be public liberty and franchise.
Sec. 2. That before any person or
persons, shall be permitted to act as, or
exercise the trade and business of COM
mission merchant, factor, broker, or
agent for others in the city of Mobile,
as contemplated and provided for in
the first section of this act, he or they
shall produce to the Judge of the coun-
tv court of Mobile county, the evidence
of two or more respectable and credit
able witnesses, of his or their good
moral character, and shall obtain from
the clerk of said court, under the seal
thereof, upon the order of said Judge
made for that purpose, a license au-
thorizing hun or them to exercise such
trade or business; and before said
clerk shall issue said license, he shall
take from the person or persons apply
ing for the same, bond in the sum Of
twenty thousand dollars. with at least
two good and sufficient securities, pay.
able to the Judge OF the said court OIL
his successors in office, and TO be APP
proved of by him, conditioned for the
true and faithful performance Ofthe du
ties of said trade and business, and IL
take care of, and account for, any cot
ton Or other commodity, that may come
to, or be placed in his or tneI hand
or possession, in the care Of, OI
in the exercise Of such trade and bust
/, ness, and well and truly, to account fn
: and pay over to the person entitled I,
d receive the same or his agent, or &C
2 COrding to his order or directions il
r wriiing--all sums Of money, which h
!, or they may receive for others, deduC
s ting only such commissions or reward
for his or their services, or such sum @
+ balance, as may Justly be due him G
) them. And the said persons, SO az
1t plying for the said Icecse shall furthe
e take and subscribe, before said cler
n the following oath 10 wit: r.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-12-26

do SOlemnly swear, that will honestly
and faithfully discharge the business
and duties of commission merchant,
factor, broker and agent for others, in
the city of Mobile, and that / will not
directly or indirectly, either as primer
pal. partner or agent, be interested or
concerned, in the purchase Of any cot
ton or any other commodity, or any
goods, wares and merchandise that NAV
be consigned, delivered orentrusted to
me, to sell or dispose of. If any per-
son who may take said oath, shall be IN
terested or concerned in the purchase
ofany goods, wares and merchandise,
that may be consigned to, delivered or
entrustedtO him, to sell or dispose Of,
he shall be deemed and taken. to have
committed perjury, and shall be liable
to be indicted and punished according
Iy.
Sec. 8. That the bond provided to
be given by the second section of this
act, may be sued upon by any person
who may be injured or aggrieved, by
he person or persons giving the same,
either in the county where the plain
tiff or defendants, shall or may reside,
and q recovery had for the amount of
any damage or injury the person sueing
nay have sustained: And the said
bond shall not become vol upon any
me or more recoveries. but may be
sued upon as often as necessary, by any
person or persons, who may at any
time be injured or aggrieved-and a
copy Of said bond, certified by the
clerk OF the county court of Mobile
county, shall be sufficient evidence on
he trial for any suit brought on SAID
bond.
Sec. 4. That if any person or per-
ons. shall he guilty of acting as, or ex-
rclSing the trade and business ofcOm-
mission merchant. factor. broker or a
gent, for others in the city of Mobile.
contrary to the provisions ofthis act, or
without first qualifying as herein pre-
Scribed, he or they 40 offending, shall be
liable to forfeit and pay for each and
every act, he or they may perform
and commit. the sum of one thousand
dollars, to be recovered by any person
who will sue for the same-onc half to
the use Of the person so sueing, and the
other half To the State of Alabama
And any such suit may be brought and
maintained, either in tie county where
the plaintiff or defendant shall or may
reside. And in every such suit the
burthen OF proof, snail be on the defen
tant, SO far as a compliance with the
provisions Of this act may be involved
Sec. 5. That the clerk Of the coun
ty court of Mobile county, for perfor
ming the services required by the sec
Ond section of this act, shall be entitled
to demand and receive the sum of five
dollars, and the Judge of said court shall
be entitled to receive for his services
the same amount-to be paid by the
person or persons, who may require
said services to be performed.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-12-26
OHIO
munlty.

We learn from the Cincinnati Re-
publican that the Legislature of this
State. met on the fourth instant, and the
House ofRepresentatives elected Chs.
Anthony, Speaker, s. w. Wright,
Clerk, aud J. Cook, Door-Keeper, all
Wings, by majority of eight votes
over the Van Burenites. In the Sen
ate G. J. Smith was elected Speaker,
aud Mr.. Osborn, Clerk, Wings, by a
majority of FIVE overthe Van Burenites.
What will our neighbors of the Demo-
crat say to thisl .r
1--WE are still compelled to issue the
Argus on a small sheet. We cannot get pa
per of the usual size until the navigation of
the Tombigby is opened.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-12-26

The time is now upon US when It is very
natural to enquire the cause why provisions
and the necessaTies Oflife cannot be had in
this quarter from Mobile and N. Orleans.
We publish to-day the report of that scien-
tiic and active Civil Engineer, Capt. BING-
HAM, on the removal Of those formidable
Obstructions to the navigation of the Tom
beckbee river, known as Mc(1rew's shoals
near St. Stephens, by which it will be seen
that sum of money very light, compared
to the importance and utility of the work,
would put an end to these dreaded barriers.
We hope that the patriotic representatives
of Marengo and Sumter, who called upon
Capt. Bingham for information on the sub
ject, will press the necessity of an appro.
priation by The Legislature at its present
session, and thus gain for the people of the
interior incalculahle benefits, and for them
selves large harvest of thanks and graft
tude.
We copy the above from the "Voice
OF Sumter" From the exertions which
will probably be made by our neigh
bors Of Alabama, and the very active
cooperation of the company which has
been formed at this place for the pur-
pose of improving the Tombeckbee
from the Alabama line to this place,
we shall almost look with certainty for
continued navigation during the sue
ceed;ng summer. Ifboth States foster
the public spirit and enterprise of their
citizens who have taken the matter IN
hand, much good will result to the cons
munity.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-12-26

A|"Slauu dI"dVS mas some mama. In 1881
IT was The Bill, the whole Bill, and moth
ing but the Bill. )" In 1887, it is the ''Youth-
tHi Queen. But It, as is very probable, the
Queen should find it advisable 10 d,smisstbe
present Cabinet, we shall see all this lin
loyalty veer off-even as it did when the
late KING was the object of it. Adulation is
always unstable and insincere.
Queen Victoria is about taking a naval
excursion from Brighten to Portsmouth or
plymouth, running down, very probably, to
O'ePPe or Bologne, before she comes back
20 AN English port. The vessels will be
reaoy Tor her reception in few days.
ne Duchess of Kent continues 10 reside
WIN ner daughter, but is supposed not to
interfere with her as regards the business
OF Royalty. Extensive alterations are in
progress in Buckingham Palace, to which
the queen will return on Nov. 2. These
alterations are chiefly in the apartments
allotted to the Duchess of Kent.
The Radicals and Loco Focos of
Pennsylvania, chafed and irritated at
the incorporation, by legislature, of
the present United States Bank, sue.
ceeded in gaining a vote for the call of
a Convention to amend the Constitu-
ton of the State. That Convention IS
now in session, and those Radicals
have been endeavoring by every means
IN their power to insert a clause in the
new constitution that all contracts and
corporations which now exist under
authority of the State, may be annuIled
hoping that, thereby, the U. States
Bank may be destroyed, &the levelIing
doctrines of Van Buren, and Benton be
rendered triumphant. We are happy
to record the passage of the following
resolutions, which coLcIusiveIy show
that the citizens of the 'Key Stone
State" are not willing to subscribe to
such agrarian doctrines:
RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this Con
vention that contracts made on the faith of
the commonwealth are, and of right ought
to be, inviolable.
RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this C. on
VentinR, that charter duly granted by Act
of Assembly is, when accepted, a contract
with the parties to whom the grant is made.
After some discussion, thu. first resolution
was agreed to. by yeas 60, nays7.
No decision was had on the second resoiu-
ton until the following day, Rhen it was
amended as follows by the mover:
RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this
Convention, that a charter duly granted un-
der an Act of Assembly to bank or other
private corporation, is, when accepted,
contract with the parties to whom the grant
is made; and if such charter be undulv
granted, or subsequently misused, it n ay be
avoided by the judgment of court Of JUS
tice due course of law, and not otherwise,
unless in pursuance of a power expressly
reserved in the charter ITSELF.
In this shape the resolution was adopted
by yeas SO. nays Al.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-12-26

AGDTSV4=O% A+l.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-11-23
Miscellaneous.
From tic I;;mss 6, Ga1efta.


New York misunderstanding to the
journal OF Commerce Of the 10Th instant,
there now remains not a doubt but that the
State of New York has gone against Van
Buren, hya large majority. The city has
c!cctcdthc whole WING tickle: to the Legis-
%latlre; aud positive returns from sixteen
counties give the Wings 4S mcmbcrs, with
out a single II for tho Vaniics. Last
year i'll the same counties Van had forty,
wings s. There nre nine other counties
Which the Journal Of Commerce p%ronoun-
ccs, certain although official accounts have
not been received from them adding TWEEN
ty-fonr members to the Wtiig party, and
making, exclusive of all contingencies. a
Wing vote Of scventy-two certain. The
number Of members of the Assembly, when
full is 1873; of course the wings are certain
Of a majority. No change takes place in
the senate this year.
Since the above has hccn in type we
have received the returns from 40 counties
which gives the Wings 81, and Van Buren,
81 members. There remain but six coun-
ties to he heard from, which will probably
elect Z Wings and 3 Van Buren, men. The
Assembly will then stand Jog Wing, ~
Van Buren,.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-11-23
EdgsGeid Village Female
Academy

y ESfFt exercises of this institution will
~ re-c0inmence on Monday; the frs,
day of January 1888. The Rector informs
the community, that he has cnsagad. rs his
assistant for the next year, Miss Shark, late
OF the Female Collegiate Institution, OF
Troy New; York. Of this lady, Mrs. VIII
Yard, tie principal of that Institution thus
writes ~ reccoGincndrAliss Stark freely &
iuay, as regards all the necessary requisites
OF an excellent teacher" AVitli the assis-
tance ,otrtlis lady aud Of Mr.. BaconSin
inc musical department, all The oruauneniaI
branches OF drawing, Painting, Needle
WORK. Music viii be taught in this insii-
tutioi!, together with the solid branches here
iorc-tau2ht boarding eau he obtained in
The house of thcRector, ior'tw cniy pupils
III neishbourins private, houses to any OK
tent desired. 1t. is particularly desirable,
who intend 10 ulacc their child
rem IN this institution for the next year.
should Go SO IN the list week of The open
ing CT the school in January; as, in i!,a,
week, the classes will bc formed for the
who'll system to IFS operation
gu monday OF the second week.
Ihe school room is provided with FIR.
P!nrossnrd fires 10 make it cuuioroh,,. j.,
winter. and tlie hours Of instruction are ,.,p
same i'll that scaso.: as in the su,o,uc--
"a thatthc advantages for study in the vim
ter viii be equal to those in the sumlicr.
Prices in the solid branches s. ,nusicl;
the SANG the next wear rs this. For Draw
ing aud Painting SIS per quarter: For nee
diework Sc Payments quarterly IN adj
vance. M.B. JOHNSON. Rcc,or
Edgefrlh Nov. IT., 1897. ell
The Columbia Tc!escopc, Cbar:cstn,
Courier and Nercury. 4uru.,, Go,.,.I G.
Chronicle, and Con>titutionalis, will ,;v
me above TWO weekly insertions and for
ward their accounts to this Office for pay
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-11-23
IiEW IIAYES (cnu

c,.- V"'7 WI 80:
Sng"tnr Dc0fh.-An aged lady in liam
den. III thus county. named - Ford. came
L" her death IL icw days since in the follow
ing manner. a large Bat flew into the
room where she was sitting. in the afternoon
OF the day, and .a!ichted upon a piece of
i"i'!ed linen near her. She arose for the
benevolent purpose of giving tho bird the
freedom OF tn" outdoor air again, but
ronid scarcely dctach it from the CLOTH
Sha AT length succeeded. when it turned
upon her and ht her hand most severely.
ffom which wound tho lady died soon after
cH'i!li'ins symptoms Like those Of hydro
ra.vh!a.-p&iu!;Gm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-11-23
From tic Dctardrs State Journal.
AN I,EPf,ANT AT LARGE

Our nciGhhors at Brandywinc hundred wcr,
considerably alarmed on Thursday morn
ing, Ivy the appearance among them of IL
huge and, 10 some of them, unknown ami
NAL, which seemed to have dropped from
| Tic skies, or to have been ,!own up from,
The deep, so utterly foreign WAS it in aspcc.
and magnitude from any Thin. which had
been seen i'll these parts before. After
much speculation, it Was asccrtaincd that
it was an elephant; hu, where it came from
or how it cot in the woods OfB-anIywinc
hundred, was the question. 1t WAS first
discovered by 81 black boy who vas hunting
for his lows ut dawn. Standing on Il bank
aud gazing over the meadows, his eve was
suddenly struck by the appearance of the
monster within Il few fec, of him, SLOWLY
turning round Il thick hedge. lilackyis
fright may he readily imagined. He gave
one look ut the terrible animal, turned and
ran over the fields yelling as if a legion as
hcilind him. Tho lrishmen workin. ON
tho railroad, heinS attracted by the cry.
came to the spot. and, after giving vent to
sundry cxclamations abou, the wonderful
haste, undertook to capture him by having
h Id Of his snou',anh leading linn to n sta
BILE or shanty: But that was easier tried
than done. His majesty resisted every at
tempt TO clutch his prohosris, lifting il in a
very oEllnous way, and. it i said. ocra-
siona'ly %'cndin- his a>sailants Il rap, which
cminhcd them swccr!y' of the shillulas of
Donnybro"kc fair. Finding lha, the an;
NAL would neither ic led nor driven, il wa.
determined to sec, re him where lie was and
they Wen, to work aud cnlroundcd tho cs-
tray by huiidmg 4 fence round him. The
elephant belonged 10 the ,nena~cric which
Was exhibited lie'c lasr week.
On Wednesday, night the whole cn!loc-
ton of animals were transported across the
river in The liuck!ehcrrv steamer to he ex-
hibilcd II, Salem on Thursday. The small
Ter e!epllan, had been rakrua across. and was
fastened ,o IL tree on The Jersey shore. wI,ilc
the Steamboat came back Tor ]nno1l,er ln,J
On their return, they found tue animal had
escaped from his fastening. and was MISSING
1t swan tie Delaware river in The niobi,
where il is about ii mile and :, half urross
and the next morning found hinlsclrin Bran.
DIVINE 'lndrcl.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-11-23

organizing and general concert in case OF
emergency or necessity. One of the rcso-
luiions disrlaiuas ol belief in any cause for
apprehension Of n successful rebellion, but
says thai TO guard against the operations O.
their advcrsaries il was the boundcn duty
al al loyal subjects throughout, the Province
TO organize themselves into associations fer
the support Of order, protection of life AMI
property, and The ma;n.ainancc nf The coz
rcclinn existing between the Province and
the British Empire. Mr.. M'G,nn prcscn-
tea a resolution expressing the adherence
q the Irish population of the attempts raadc
To draw them over to the revolutionary uur,v.
and their readiness, should it be necessary.
To rcpcl by force those "wiosc every alton
bcspca's them the enemies alike of them
selves and their countrymcn in general"
Afcr the foregoing article was w%rittcn,,i,c
following paragraph reached us by ycster-
days mail, rom the New York Exprcss.-
The crisis appears to be very rapidly APP
pronc!.inc:
Important from Canada.-Wc learn from
darlington VI. that over hundred families
li"'! left Montreal for the U. States. many
q whom had come to Burlington. The
',,"r"Nn! is caused by The serious app:chcn.
>!".is 81 disturbances in Canada.-D.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-11-23
Fror.: * LhariesfDH Ccurilr.

Sermon on MeLoSs Of Mr Steam PocEeI
lfomc.-Nc have received II copy of the
Rev. Thomas ssmyIh's Sermon, on the
loss Of the Home. neatly printed and ;ub-
llslcd in pamphict form, by jenkins anal
HuSscy. No. IS Broad-strect. IL is u bich.
~ eloquent production, making the prnucr
religious uses of the terrible ucenn disas,cr
which forms its melancholy theme. An
pended 10 the Sermon is a deeply inrcrrs,ino
narrative of the circumstances of The shin
wreck, more accurate Than any which has
previously appeared, being carefully IRE
pared from facts communicated bv Mr.
llusscy, one ofllie surviving. passengers and
also a correct isl Of the passengers boin saved
and lost.
The Crooms.-h little hov(suprnscd 10 be
the son of Hardy NJ. Groom. OF Nowbcrn
n. CO. was pleading with his father To sovc
him. "Father," said the bow. .vou viii
save me. won't you, iaiher!' Bni tho IN
hnppy father was too deeply NIB orhnd in fhc
other charges that rested upon Rim even IN
notice the impioring accents of his help!css
child; for, at thai time, as near as the writer
could judge from the darkness of The place
they were in, his wife hung upon one arm.
and his daughter of II upon the o,hcr.-
He had one daughter besides, but whether
size was al that time living or not, is urccr.
tain.
THE Mother and ChHd.-Closc by mo.
says one Of the survivors, stood a woman
with one Child, and as she hung on the
wreck with one hand, and her DARLING in Ibe
other, Il surf ramc and washed her child
from l.cr; and such was her delirinus agony.
that she leapcd, and will n pitiful scream
cried out, "Oh! my child! ; and disappcarcd
forever.
Professor NoH and Laay.-ProftSSor
Mott, ii is said. stood by his wife. wi,oclunp
iondly TO him. The Steam pipe falling,
crushed Mrs Nott and while he was making
efforts to relieve her, they were both loncth7
or washed overheard.
Res. George Co!2;sS-Prcvious to his
! departure from New York, he preached in
| the Lecture Room of the Central Church.
"A discourse which will long he remembered
says tho New York Observer. ..ior lis i'm
prcssivc AMI solemn cl,aracIor." During
The last scenes of this fatal tragedy ON board
the Home, he with his wife, maintained The
Utmost compnsure, and even Il serious will
lingncss TO depart. When last observed.
they were reclining side by side, and a kind
Providence permitted n survivor to repeat
, rs The last words which fell from the mouth
Of Mr.. Cowles-'IIe that trusts in Jesus
Christ is safe, ever among the peri!s of the
sea-"
The profits which may arise from the
sale of the Pamphlet, are 10 he appropriate
! ~ applied TO ass;s: Tic Chatlcston Port So
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-11-23

AURORA BoIsHALIs.-This beautiful phcnomc-
noi! was seen by "s on Tuesday night the ilti ms
1t indeed a wonder Of surprising beauty and
loneliness. The arch oi white or fiery li-l:t. the
combination of varicsatedcoior, presenting every
possible hue and shade. the very pcrccptihlc I'M
dulation of the masses of light, the Temporary
faIntncss. the rcviving sp!cnior and the final but
Slow and gradual disappearance ofcvcIy trace oil
the phenomenon, at the approach Of morn
these altogether present n scene to which, art not
only Is unequal. but Of which tho hishes, effort of
gcniuscan give no idea. Philosophers nrc p,lzzlcd
to account for the Aurora. Ii has been ascr;bcd
to electricity, to volcanic power, to tho reflection
oil tic sun and moon by clouds of snow and ice,
ind to Magnetism. Who knows but that Col.
Stone, and his magnetic Ladyon that night. made
another trip through the h-axnns To so.na di-,an,
point, andthat the occurrence ort,lese p,,cnomen,
III our latitude where they have so carely been
presented heretofore, may be traced to these
magnetic voyages!
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.W0an. E;lon .gcuGca.,u-

l" exercises OF this Academy will he re-
stunned, under the dirtcion nj lr u -
CAMPBELL, OH the second Mnnday in Jan,,rv
next. MIR. Campbell has had charge Of Ills H.
stIt'lilon the past year, and from the abb. aud src-
cessi'l manner he has discharged his professional
duties we not only feel gratiiicd. but bnnud %
recommend nun to the confidence Of ;hc public
"a. an instructor. This Academy is situi,cd il,
Edgcield District. 26 miles \. T.. Of he Wiz,
ana is not surpassed For health by any situation,
IN the State; and what is equally important IN
parents aud s"ar,iial,S. it is entirely r.n,r-.,I
rom those l,atii'tS OF vice and dissipation. which
TOO frequently destroy The youthful mind. Those
WHO send then children or wards 10 this rloc.
may rest assured that every possible coy. Vii Lo,
taken to improve their morals.
November u. ls31 d1o
The Columbia Telescope will please rive The
above innr weekly Insertions, and forward its mr.
count 10 ihIs Oificr