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i ( y j CHRONICLE ANjD SENTINEL, j • A IJ G U t] T A. MONDAY MORMNC . FEBRUARY 24. Cj* fi rs t page. i j Our Ueadi Koom. Some weeks since we jioitified our friends that we were making arrangements to have this estab lishment handsomely fitj:|d up and well supplied with Papers and Magazines, under the impres sion that it would recei je such patronage as it merited. In this, howevcjr. we h? ve thus far been disappointed, as there se ins to be little disposi tion to sustain an estali Ijishment of the sort in the city- I j The indifference, how ker, is probably the re sult of an impression s ibong many 'who have heretofore been subscribe •», that they are still so, which is erroneous, unle: i) their Subscription be renewed. I The object of this not :e therefore is to inform those who wish to be<;|ine subscribers to the Room, tl at our Book wirj be kept open «nd the Room lighted during the| Present week, at the ex piration of which, we wi | determine whether it is prudent to incur greate jexpense, or discontinue it altogether. I * The price of subscript |n to each is Five Dol lars per annum, invariably in advance. For a Firm of two orijnore members Ten Dol lars. I j li Western of Georgia. We learn from a genljeman of high standing, direct from Rome, thlj this Bank is again re deeming its Bills with||:urrent Bills, whenever they are presented, andhe further informs us that the Cashier, Hhodam fj. Green, Esqr., assured him their Bank would ijontinue to do so in fu ture. , | Twenty-Seeoi ill of February. The birth-day of W lihington was celebrated in this city in a marine: (highly creditable to our citizens. The VolunU |r Companies turned out in a spirited manner, a: |l at eleven o’clock a pro cession was formed in ! iwu of the United States Jl Hotel, by which the CMtor and Reader of the day were escorted to t[;,e Presbyterian Church, where after divine servij Farewell Address was read by tlj: Rev. C. F. Sturgis, and an impressive and excel ent oration was delivered by William R. McLawi Esq. We had not the pleasure of hearing it, A we were absent from tha city, but we heard it hi; hly spoken of by those who were more fortune ? than ourselves, \\ :~ —— l Extracts of a letters |?ceived in this city dated 1 Sj lannah, February 21. “We have to-day L ; .jerpool dates to 3d Janu- ‘ ary, per Olive Branch. ? They report an advance , ot i. Money easy an la firm market, and quote a W e have irr ships in to-day, and I understand they offer n take Id for round bales. The wind is favorable for arrivals, and we may look for several inor •in all this week, and I think freights will set* i down to a for square and round. These at jvals will help the market more than the account February 21. “ % Olive Bn| ich from Liverpool direct, ( we have letters to 3d . anuary. Upon a declara. i , tion of stock on the Is . the market became brisk i i and an advance of f,l was obtained during the 1 three days, upon Arne lean descriptions. Money was abundant in Lorn on at 5 per cent interest, and trade in Manchest r brisk.” February 21. ihe Olive Brand direct from Liverpool ar rived this morning, hinging dates to 4th Jan. uary. We have no I Uers but hear that cotton had advanced £d sin. 3 stocks were declared and that the stocks of An rican proved 27,000 bales less than was expecte .” The Philadelphia Commercial List of the 15th • “f)n Monday last the ice gave way in the Delaware River, and he City Ice Boat towed up the Brig Stranger to 1 w city. Since that period a number of vessels have arrived and cleared. Theiehas been a coi siderable freshet in the inte rior, which has brou ht down an immense quan tity of floating ice, i > some cases 18 to 20 inches in thickness. The 1 ipression is rapidly gaining ground that no desi uctive measures will be re sorted to by :he Lc. slature with reference to the Banks. Goods hav ng arrived, as soon as confi dence is a litile raor* restored, considerable activi ty may be expected 11 the market. The weather is mild and pleasant Extract of a lette received in this city, dated Philadelphia, Feb. 17, 1840. “ I regret to say that your cotton has come to a \ery dull market—lscarcely anv sales making, and the best Oilcan will not command over and I do not see an r p respect of improvement ; our stock is about 5500 hales, and 1500 more daily expected.* Corresporui nee q the National Intelligencer. Nev York, Feb. 17, 3P. M. The sales ol Coi ton to-day are 350 bales at steady prices. Iu fl >ur, no movement 8000 bushels hard Long sland wheat were purchased last week for the aiglish market at 125 c per bushel. Slocks sold largi y at the Board this morning and at rather highi • prices. • Domestic Exchanges may be quoted as fol lows; Phi ladel phi ft) aA, Baltimore 5£ a6, Richmond a7, i’-har lesion 3$ a4, Savannah 7, Augusta 8$ a9. fvlacon 10 all, Mobile 7$ a 8, New Orleans 4 J a I heSilvie de G|isse, which sailed this morn ing for Havre, tak.l §106,000 in specie. New \ouk against the Bcß-T«r»<r»r House passed the senate of New V , rlr , . Pl day. by-a vole !C yea.r' slightly amended! they wet. mJLI Wito House, and limn Jiately passed that b>b 1 vote of 92 to 7. ’bus decidedly speaks the t n pire State again* the Sub-Treasury scheme of t Spoils’ party. \r-Naiional Intelligencer William Selden of Virginia has been appoint ed Treasurer of the United States, in the place of John Campbell, superceded. from the Savannah Telegraph of Friday. Latest from England. The Br. ship Olive Branch, Capt. Sedrick, ar rived this day. sailed on the sth of January, from | Liverpool, and we understand has accounts to the ■ 4th of last month—having consequently five days ; later intelligence. She brings the good news that the Cotton mar ket remains steady—Sales of the week 14000 bales, prices ranging from 6i to 7^d. Correspondence of the Philadelphia American. New York, Feb. 14, 3 p. m. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Manhattan Bank to-day, it was resolved, that a report of a Committee of the Board made Jan, j Isth, and another made Jan. 27th, should be primed. These reports show that a very large j propartion of the resources of the bank have been I used in loans on demand, secured by stocks and notes, and that this part of the business ought to be very largely reduced. The reports do not es timate the loss as great, and they do not attach blame to any officer of the bank for having made them. The subject has ceased to be talked of, but the publication of these reports to-morrow, will bring it up again for one day. The field of ice at Throg’s Neck was broken through by the New Haven boat yesterday after noon, and the navigation of the sound will be re sumed immediately. The market for Gennessee flour is rather firm er again. Sales to-day at $6 50. This is owing to the opening of the Sound, which makes a de mand for Eastern ports, where the article is very scaice. Cotton is selling pretty freely for exportation. ( Prime Uplands, very handsome, I saw sold to-day at in round, and 10 cents for square bales. Correspondence of the National Intelligencer. New York, February 15, 1840. 7’he Manhattan Bank has made a report of its affairs, not over-satisfactory nor extra-promising | for ,ts stockholders. Resolutions have passed the New York Assem bly almost unanimously, asserting the right of pe tition, and directly censuring the late action in Congress upon that subject. The first resolution passed ayes 85, noes 10, and others without a division. The Van Buren men, of course, acted with the Whigs on this subject, and it was not a party question. The action here is quite a significant sign of the times. It shows what an important phalanx of Southern defenders the Northern men with Southern principles, are, and just how much dependence the South can put upon them ; but no matter for this, though, as the South loves to be duped on this subject, and is completely duped by the whole force of the ex- Regency of the Slate. The fact is, the only defence of the States and their institutions, under the Constitution of the United States, is the Conservatism of the Whigs. The Locofocos of the Park, with whim Mr. Calhoun has just shaken hands, believe in no contract that cannot be repealed by a majority at will, and in no Constitutions the majority may not in an hour upset. They temporize, it is true, but with Southern slav.i institutions, as with Northern banks, if the People will them down, down they must go. Their ideas of the largest liberty embrace all mankind—the emigrants of all races, and the colors of all human kind. If the Whigs of the North were in abolition what they are charged with being often, the Van Bu ren men would, and must of necessity follow, for their principles dispose them to abolition for the whole human race, as well as to the abolition of all restraining law ; and whenever the Whigs take a step like that just taken in the New Y’ork House of Assembly, the Van Buren men, of course, go with them on such a subject as far as the furthest. However, the South so loves be ing duped, of late, that it is scarcely worth the while to show them how it is done. I commend the action of New York, though, to the attention of the Southern Whig Press. The Northern man with Southern principles has ten whole men in the popular body of the great Sta'.e of New York! The rest ran away in action, and could not stand fire! New York, February 16. There are no arrivals of importance. We continue hourly to expect later news from Eu rope. The Eastern mail brings us nothing extraordi nary. A great Temperance Convention is assem bled in Boston. * There is nothing new in the city. Our river is open some distance, and, to ascertain how far, a steamboat to-morrow will go up to see. The Sound is again passable, and boats go through it daily. The Southern mail (3 o’clock) has not reach ed our post office. It is to be hoped the Post master General and the Baltimore and Philadel phia rail road will soon make some anangement, for never was a quarrel, to the Public, more vexa tious. New Aohk, February 17, 1840. The steamship Liverpool on her vovage out put kntoFayal, one of the Western islands, for a supply of coal, December 31, and sailed again January 3. This news, via Boston, relieves the anxiety of the insurance offices, which where pretty full upon the gold and silver taken out in her. The Eastern steamboat leaves to-day, for the first time since the Sound was closed, with the mail tor Boston. Large masses of ice are com ing down the North river. Stocks to-day have been quite lively in Wall street, with the exception of the Manhattan. The patchwork report from that institutions on Sa turday did not last over thatday, and the conse quence was a decline to-day to 97. The Public ore very much dissatisfied with the management of this bank, and it is now clear that its money has been loaned to the brokers to shave notes with, when it had none for legitimate business and merchants. 1 he agent who has been coasting along Long Island shore for the discovery of the dead bodies lost by the Lexington, has returned without find ing any. It is not at all iraprobale, however, that some will be found by-and-by. Correspondence of the Baltimore American. Washixgtox, Feb. 17, UNITED STATES SENATE. PUBLIC LANDS. Mr. Dixon, ot Rhode Island, presented the Res olutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, ask ing Congress to divide the proceeds arising from the sales ot the Public Lands among the several 'tales of the Union. Mr. D. in presenting these Resolutions, remarked that they were similar to the Resolutions which had been before oftbred referring to that subject. No State, Mr. D. re. marked, had done more to secure the possession of the public domain for the Union than Rhode Island— the citizens of no State had done more to achieve the Independence of the country in her Revolutionary struggle. The Public Lands. Mr. , D. contended, belonged to the old States, and was their property in common with the new States. ' Af.er the resolution, had been read, Mr. Cal houn remarked .hat he did not bel.eve that the respeeted Stale o, Rhode Island had ever seen .he I lull ol hi, which proposed the cession ol the Hub- : he Lands among the several States of the Union in which the lands were located. He beli*™ 1 that the State ol Rhode Island had go. their i n formation from letter writers or newspapers whidi presented fiction for truth. Be that as it may the resolutions, said Mr. Calhoun, do not fairly I state the character of my bill, which proposes a ' partial equivalent tor the lauds ceded totlie Slates. My bill also, said Mr. Calhoun, is designed to diminish patronage, which gentlemen on the op posite side so much desire. Mr. Clay said that in his humble opinion the resolutions of Rhode Island pretty nearly, if not altogether, staged the effect ot the character of the hill of Mr. Calhoun. The bill proposed to cede all the lands belonging to the United States to the Scales wherein the lands lie. It was true that one i half the receipts were to be returned to the Govern- I ment, but the States were to be the collectors of j this one-half, and though they might not like ! some of our collectors, run away with the one i half, yet it would doubtless be very inconvenient for them to meet the debt required of them by the Government. Many excuses would be made, and much time and accommodation asked. He , doubted even if some would not ask to be reliev ed from their debts upon the ground that the land belonged to them, or for some other reason. Mr. Calhoun said he was not to be provoked into a discussion at this time. When the Com j mittee on the Public Lands took up this question, | he should go into it, and be ready to meet the Senator from Kentucky or any body else. He should show that his bill was an important meas ure of public policy, and that it would not result as that Senator supposed. “As for the opinions of the Senator from Kentucky,” said Mr. Calhoun, ! “ I have no confidence in them—none whatever, j Mr. Clay.—l am equally unwilling to protract j debate or throw hindrances in the way of the Sen ate—but I wish to say to the Senator from South Carolina, that I heartily reciprocate all that he has said in regard to the confidence he had in my opinions or remarks. Igo a little further, said Mr. Clay. I have no respect for his opinions, past, present, or to come. Whenever the Senator from South Carolina,rises in his place and with his usual egotism sends out a challenge, and one to me, I shall in my poor way make as good a defence as I can. That Sen ator’s frequent description of hispporersw r ers are no doubt equal to his genius.—l grant that he has that, but I must say that I am tired of hearing from him these continued exhibitions of his personal powers, morals and intellectual strength. Mr. Calhoun said—l shall not r.se to notice the personalities of the Senator. I have but risen | to say that I have not misstated the character of mv own bill. I scarcely ever speak continued Mr. C. that he does not rise to answer me. To day he has come in between me and the Senator from Rhode Island. I consider that my proposi tion was wrongly stated by the Legislature of Rhode Island, and I have but corrected the mis take. Mr. Clay said—l appeal to the Senate as to who began the personal allusions complained of. He commenced by stating in an uncourteous, un usual, and unparliamentary way, that ne had no confidence in my opinions. He wishes to make an attack upon me and then assume the position of one acting on the defensive. This is his usual and his wiley course. What are the facts] The Senator from South Carolina rises to correct the proceedings of the Legislature of Rhode Island. He wishes to say that the Leg : slatu r e have miss tated his hill. My opinion is that they have not and so believing I have corrected the Senator’s errors. Pressed by the sensitiveness of his na ture, and his natural egotism, continued Mr. Clay he leaves his own position, uses different language and makes an attack upon me. The Senator and myself are antagonistical to each other. We are so naturally, in character and principle. I feel that we shall remain so. I am content. —But whenever that Senator wraps himself in his mantle cf self defence, lelies upon the sympathy of his friends rather than upon the justice of his cause—w hen he chosesto challenge me to meet him in any honorable way, I will meet him, and in his language repel attack. From the U. S. Gazette. Mr. Joskpr R. Chasdub, — Sir: —Permit me, through the medium of your Gazette, to make a few remarks in regard to the present debt of Mississippi. In 1833, from September to De cember, there were several thousand slaves car ried to, and sold in that state. The success with which the traders met induced a number of keen, enterprising men to embark in that unfeeling traffic the succeeding fall. In the fall of 1834 the trade was tripled. The traders sold out, at fine profits, for bills on New Orleans at four months time. Previously they had required cash in hand. The trade had now been universally profitable for two years. The speculators from Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri aud Maryland, directed their attention to it, to the neglect of other important enterpris es. In the fall of 1835. slaves, in great multi tudes, were driven to the state, quadrupling any previous year. The demand abroad advanced the price. The competition forced the traders to give from twelve t) fifteen months time, add ing ten per cent, interest; but the prices advanc ed from S7OO to SIOOO, and at the close of the sales to SI2OO, average. So soon as the planter learned he could purchase on lime, by bills on New Orleans, the advanced price ceased to be an objection, and he bought liberally. The traders now soon sold all they had, returned home with the accepted bills, cashed them in bank, and not only embarked in it again more largely them selves, but induced their friends and acquaintan ces also to engage in it. Every corner of the slaveholding states was now ransacked, and every dwelling visited by the trader. Prices advanced still higher and higher. The fall of 1836 is a I time long to be remembered. AH the public j highways to Mississippi became lined—yea lit erally crowded—with slaves. When they ar rived, the immense number (swelling the rise of 40,000) made the callous hearts of all the traders ache. They pitched their tents upon the brow of every hill, surrounding each town and village in the state, awaiting the call of purchasers. No | one came * Ihe winter ot 1837 approached, and but few, very few', sales were yet effected. At last they advertised they would give one and two v ears t.me, by bills ot New Orleans, adding ten per cent, interest discount. The terms were accepted by the planters, and many were induced to purchase a second, and I even a lhird su Pply at from 12 to SIBOO each. All the slaves were soon sold. But by this time the merchants began to give way. X, arlv all the bills made by the planters in the fal. 0f'1835 and spring of 1836, at from twelve to fifteen months time, were protested for non-payment The bills for the whole of the purchase'in the winter and spring of 1837 were protested for non-acceptance. The negro speculators became alarmed. They went to work in February and March, and in three months time had secured their debts by deeds in trust and mortgages upon nearly the whole properly of the state! ”l n three years, the slave population of Mississippi increas ed from 70,000 to 150,000 slaves! at an aver* age cost of at least SIOOO each ! making the debt for slaves alone, in three years, swell to $90,000 - 000 !! Frem 1833 to 1837, cotton bore an ex orbitant high price. This, together with the increased force, indu ced the planter to direct all his energy to its cul | Nation, relying upon purchasing every article of j consumption. He neglected to raise his corn and i pork ; he had to purchase more mules, horses and ploughs, open more lands, and increase his bills wiith the merchants, whom he totally neo-lected to | P a - V - hen the crash came in May, °IB3S all the paper held against the planter by the mer chant, or nearly all, was transferred to'fhe banks or sued upon by the merchants. The c owd of business in the different Courts delayed jud ment. and when ju Igment was at last obtained, the sheriffs and marshal could find nothing B’arcely to levy upon. Bankruptcy and ruin among some of the merchants were inevitable; and in their lull they ciushed the banks. The ne- j gro trader stood by with cold indiffer ,ce, and be held towns depopulated and large plantation at- j ter plantation laid waste, growing up wi:h thorns and briers, without feeling one pang of remorse for the ruin and wretchedness they had brought upon the country ; laughing at their own safety and security. A change has taken place. By a late decision in the Federal Court at Jackson, it was decided that according to the amended constitution of Mis sissippi, which took place in 1832 and winter of 1533, all contracts for slaves since May, 1833, are made null and void, the constitution forbidding the introduction of slaves for sale. Two-thirds of the present debt of the state is for slaves bought since May, 1833. The mortgages to the negro traders are now all laid aside, and cease to trouble the minds of the planters. Millions of dollars, that were considered hopelessly lost, will now be made. Banks, that had encumbered the planter’s property with second liens, will now obtain their money. Merchants.that had obtained judgments, have once more set the sheriff to work ; and the planters, instead of applying all their means to the liquidation of (he negro debt, feel themselves able to pay banks and merchants. W hen the crop of 1841 has gone to market, you, and the whole world will he astonished to find exchange turned in favor of Mississippi. Nevertheless, it will be so. She is now less legally involved, for her resources, than any strte in the L nion ; and will, in two years, number among the wealthiest states of the Union. A Spectator. Jaduary 28, 1840. The administration thinks, that it cannot con stitutionally use the Banks of the States as de positories ol the public money. Does it think that it can constitutionally use the penitentiaries of the States as depositories of the keepers of the public money ? — Prentice. A Texan paper says that a yankee came to that country some time ago, as he said, to die; it was so healthy in Maine, where he belonged, that folks lived forever. After remaining in Hous ton a year he found that he weighed ten pounds more than he did when he quit home, whereupon he resolved to visit New Orleans in August, and said if that did not finish him he should return to home and wait patiently for the millenium. On a subject of great moment to newspaper publishers, the New York Atlas sermonizelh in the manner following, to wit: “A man who promptly pays his advertising bills, is one of nature’s noblest works. Ihe fact estab lished is at once a passport for him into society, which he ornaments by his virtues; but the wretch w’ho advertises in a paper and does not pay, who remorselessly can cheat a printer, is unfit for any but the lowest and most depraved society, if known he should be shunned by all honorable men. No good and pretty girl would encourage the addresses of such a man for a moment, and when he dies, he tumbles into pi, rotten and corrupt, leaving behind him no bright memory to sweeten his ashes.” It is estimated that there arc about five hun dred actions now pending in the Massachusetts Courts for violation of the license law, which will be stopped by the repeal of the law'. MARRIED, In Greene county, on Thursday the 20th inst. by the Hon. Thomas Stocks, Major Stewart An derson, to Miss Mary Watson, daughter of Jo seph Watson, late of Greene county. COMMERCIAL. Latest dates from Liverpool Jan. 3 Latest dates from Havre Dec 29 Savannah, February 21. Cotton. —Arrived since the 14th inst., 139*8 j bales Upland and 463 bales S I Cotton, and cleared at the same time 9613 bales Upland and 160 bales | 5 I Cotton; leaving a sto kon hand, inclusive of all on shipboard not cleared on the 21st inst., of 41043 bales Uplacd and 2342 bales S I Cotton. The business of the week in Upland has again been ex tensive, and higher prices by i a ict. duiing the last three days have been obtained. The sales are 6178 bales, viz : 5 at 5 ; 19 at ss; 137 at 6; 77 at at 7 § ; 192 at 7$ ; 122 at 7§ ; 495 at 74 ; 1011 at 6 ; 718 at 8g ; 1096 at ; 723 at 8§ ; 285 at S 4 • 204 at ;1 /1 at 8^; 164 at 9. For Sea Island the demand has been fair, but holders have made some concession on prices—more particularly in the fair qualities. The sales are 251 hags, viz : 6 at 18 ; 17 at 20 ; 14 at 21; 49 at 22; 13 at 23 ;75 at 24 ; 62 at 25 ; 4 at 26 ; 11 at 28. STATEMENT OF COTTON. Upl’ds. S. I. Stock on hand, Ist Oct. 1523 ns Received this week, 13988 463, do. previously 108756 3991 j T , . 124267 4572 | Exported this week, 9643 160 Do. previously, 73581 2070 83224 2230 Stock on hand, including all on ship board not cleared on 21st inst. 41043 2342 Rice. —The business done this week has been quite moderate, amounting to about 600 casks at 24 a s3—principally at s2£ as 3 Stock for sale light ! Flour. —We have no change to notice, the'de mand being confined for city consumption. Small sa es of Howard-street at $7. Corn— ls retailing from store, in lots to suit purchasers, at 65 a 70 cts. Groceries —ln Coffee, Sugar and Molasses the transactions have been to a very limited extent Sales of 150 bags Cuba Coffee at 111 cts ; 100 ba<r S Rio do. at 11$; -140 tcs. and 150 bbis. N.O. Molas ses at 28 cts. Salt. About 10,000 bushels arrived in the week sold or. terms not transpired. Spirits. In dome-Tic liquors, small sales of N. ! L. hum at 36 a 37 ; Gin at 48 a 55; Whiskey at 34 a 36. ’ * ai , Exchange— On England, 10J a1 1$ per ct- prem. ! _ ia ts ° n New sork,at sight, 6 percent, prem.: 1 0 days sight, 0$ per cent premium. Freights— To Liverpool, 1 a lsd.; to New York I 1 cent; to Boston, ct. Charleston, February 22, Lotion. W « 'tated in our last review that m f ’ch app.ehension was entertained then of gloomy ac counts from Europe, respecting the great staple • I since thatjtime, those evil forebodings have been fully realized, and the business done in Uplands ur. i to tne closing ■' our, although to a much greater \ tent than any preceding week of the season was I the resu/ ol still further concession on the part of holders a reduction having taken place, averaging $ a cent per lb. c,a 6* l, b The operations ot the week embrace a lame Dro porl.on of middling qualities. Some inqu”ry ex ,ted f°t cl,oice but holders declined submitting to the heavy sacrifices expected b, operators, fie stock on hand is still large. Transactions com pnse neaily 11,000 bags, viz :—59 at 6 • 95 at 6 1 40 a, SJ ~32 at fo a, 6f, I y » ■V at ‘b ;62 at ; 601 at 74; 148 at 94 • 989 ! 7 V,A 2 a° 4^i 7i 5 - 1377 T B;2 at 8 1-16 5 758 at 8s ; -140 at 8^ ; 08 at 8f ; 1615 at 84 ; 296 at 84- 1 fii 4 ;89 ?f. at9 t, cents ; 22 ba les Nankin Cotton brought 12$ to 13 cents per lb. 0 Long Cottons have also suffered in price to the amount ol J- to $ a cent. The sales of this de scription were also heavier than ordinary 401 ; bags were disposed of during the week at from 21 to 37 A centb per lb. and upwards. Rice —Uittle or n° variation can be noticed in ! h “ we h ek 5 r° eS StiU mahUain the moderate standard embraced in our quotations. The demand is slack—pur. basers take the article sparingly to supply actual demands. There is no ictl v m-L! tube had fro n firs, h.nds-and the inconsiderable. The sales are 1400 tierces os Vo, lows : 194 at S2J , ISO at 268 cts, jJ at2j| 154 at 2 SI cts ; 80 at 3* 92 a? 3 Lb . and «6 at per cwt. ”*6 > Rough Rice— 3178 tierces brought from 79 tv 7i cts. a bushel, and 189 bushels seed at SU Flour. oO barrels “Haxall” sold at s7s; 60 bbls. H. 8. s6f ;20 J do. Richmond City Mid?, 6|; ’>3 do. Balt. 7$ a 7£ ; New York Canal is worth 7* to $« per barrel. C rain. — 3 cargoes Corn were received this week i from N. C. amounting to 8000 bushels, which was j sold at $5 to 65 cts. 2000 bushels Peas at 58 to 70 cts. No Oats or Hay came to hand. Groceries —remain in the same depressed state noticed in our last statement; few private engage ments have transpired worthy of notice. A lot \V. I. Molasses sold at auction for 30 cts per gallon. 113 barrels New Orleans at private sale at 27 cts and 36 do at 28 cts per gallon. stocks of Groceries have been put up at auction occasionally, but no inducement could tempt dealers to offer any thing like fair paces. p acon —Very little new coming in, and what few sales occured, does not justify any settled prices. A lot sold at 10 cts hog round. Large quantities old is still on hand. Lird May be quoted at 10 to 11 cts per lb. Salt —Is selling in small lots at sls. Exchange —On England 9 a per ct premium, France, 5f >sc a ot 25c. New York and Boston, Siiht are taken at 2 per ct premium, 30 days, 1 a 1 £. Richmond, 60 days, 1 percent. Bank of Charleston rates of Exchange, on the North. New York, 3 per ct premium. Phil idelphia. 2 per ct discount. Columbia nnd perrt. Savannah Bank notes, 4 per ot discount. Spanish Doubloons, Mexican 16. Sovereigns, §4 85; Specie, 14 per ct prem. Freights —To Liverpool, § to Id per lb for Cot ton; to Havre, 1 £ cts per lb; for Rice. sl£ per tierce. New York, for 5 Cotton, 7 cts and $1 per bag. STATEMENT OF COTTON. S. I. Upl’ds. Stock on hand Ist Oct. 1973 2<33 Received this week, 623 10141 do. previously, 9431 141952 12027 154556 Exported this week, 228 £784 *• previously, 5084 122502 On ship board, 164 10467 5816 135753 Stock on hand 5785 116139 Columbia, 5. C., Feb. 21, Cotton —We have no change to notice in prices, and therefore continue our quotations of last week —5 to 7A cts, extremes—principal sales, at 6s to nr I • MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, February 21. Cleared —Br ship James Morgan, Furguson, Liv erpool. Arrived —Br ship Orbit, Robinson, London; brig? L Baldwin, Bassett, New York; Wm Taylor, Hoey, do. At Quarantine —Ships Argo, Farley, Boston; Hamilton, Killham, do. Went to sea —Br barks Marry, Godfrey, Liver pool; Spence, Nicoll, Greenock; Br brig Lad}’Dou glass, Logan, Liverpool. Charleston, February 22. Arrived yesterday —U S Mail schr Thames Gi if fith, Key West via Indian Key; schis John A’Jyne, Hawes, Matanzas; Jane Bourne, Perkins, St. Marks. At quarantine —Line ship Leland, Miller, Bos ton; ship Charleston, Winsor,do; brig Commaquid, from do. Cleared —Ship Harriet & Jessie, M’Known, Liv erpool; Line ship Lucas, Eldridge, Boston; Brscbr Admiral Colpoys, Tucker, West Indies. Went to sea yesterday —Brigs Jo’m C Calhoun, Bullen, Havana; Caspian, Swasey, do. A CARD. J. C. Smith, feeling that an apology is due to his patrons’ior the deficiency in the the Orchestra, atliislast Ball, begs lo inform them that the band he formerly emp'oyed was absent from the city on the occasion ; and that it was impossible for him to make better arrangements than he had done, after great and unwearied exertions. He doubts not that, when aware of these unavoidable circumstan ces, his friends will freely pardon him for the ap parent neglect, —particularly as his chagiin far ex ceeded theirs at being disappointed in the services of some he had engaged, and confidently expected among them. He feels it his duty to mention a Mr. Groenevelt, who was engaged for the evening, and who, without sending an apology, or even inform ing Mr. 8. to the contrary, (at the time or since,) failed to attend. This ungcntlemanly and disgrace ful bieach of faith to Mr. S. and the public, has subjected Mr G. to severe and merited censure ; it will certainly win for him nothing more than the scorn of every honest man who considers his word as at all diifering in complexion from -‘pie crust.” Mr. S. assures his friends, that under no contin gencies, shall any thing of the kind occur again, and he trusts that the fulness and ability of his or chestial Department in future will completely de ; stroy the unpleasant f osilion in which the circum i stances have unfortunately placed him. feb. 23 UfffLAW NOTICE. — The undersigned practi j ces in the Superior Courts of Columbia, Washin ;- ! ton, Scriven, Burke, and Jcfierson counties, feb 19 2w CHARLES J. JENKINS. CfT Doctor J. J. IVILSON offers his profes sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity. He will he found at his residence, the first brick building above Guedrou’s stable on Ellis street, recently occupied by John L, Adams, aug 17 j &y~W. G. NIMMO, General Commission Mer chant, office on .Mclntosh street, next door to the | onstitutionalist. nov q C fff EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK—At sight, and at one to t\v t y da vs sight. For sale by nov 2 3 GARDELLE & RHINO. CjC Dr. IV. FLINT offers his services to the ci tizens of Augusta in the different branches of his profession. He may be found at all hours at the late residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second dooi xrom the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold street* j ly * ! _J£/* T 0 THE LOVERS OF THE ARTS i Panting? at Mr. Richards’Drawing Academy. (Masonic Hall,) will hereafter be opened to vi/i --tors, every Saturday afternoon and evening, from 2 o clock until 9 o’clock p. m. At night the rooms I will he well lighted. ec jg A OTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Train I between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as tollows; upward. Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m. “ Summerville, “ - -S 30 “ Georges’ - “ . 10 00 “ Branchville, “ - 11 00 “ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 si Blackviile, - “ - 100 M “ . - Aiken, - - « . 3 00 Arrive at Hamburg not before - 4oq downward. Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a m “ “ Aiken, - “ - 730 “ « ?i?f kvi,le ’ “- • 930 Midway, « . . 10 30 “ “ Branchvill .. n ?o “ ‘.I gorges’ «. . 120 0 m. Summerville,“ - . 2 00p m Arrive at Charleston not before 300 Distance—l 36 mile,. Fare Through—slo 00 Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To iemain2o minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and nM ISn mU,UtCS f ° r ' ro water at any . A to ? P a f sen^ers ’ when a white flag i* hoisted, at either of the above stations; and at . ineatns, W oodstock, Inabinet’s 41 mile T. O Rl Y“» ahams ’ Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons’, and Marsh’s T. O. ’ Passenjers uo will breakfast at Woodstock and dine at Blackvulc; coivn , will brcauiast at Aiken and dine at Summcrvihc. may 21 STABLES TO R ous Stable, lately occupied as such by James Leverich, deceased, situated at the foot of an 1 be tween Green and Ellis streets. Also, a Stable with stalls for 8 or ten horses, with a large Lot attached in roar ot the Drug Store of said deceased \nnlv to either of the administrators - FP 0 P. H MANTZ. Y feb 20 JOHN A. CAMERON,3 Adm’rs. A REAL TO MOTHERS DR W. EVANS’ CELEBRATED SOOTV/fVr ‘ SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth, J ’ infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of c V ;b I dren, when thought past recovery, Ro n Co ‘j’ sions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed 01, ,1 gums, the child will recover. The preparation ", e so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that * S 1 child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed wo, Vv lien infants arc at the age of four months.tho'J, 1 there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of,?” Syrup should be used on the gums, to open t i pores. Parents should never be without the s v e in the nursery where there are young children'. T if a child wakes in the night with pain in the the Syrup immediate!}’ gives ease, by opening thi pores nnd healing the gums; thereby prevents! convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. g-,' Evans’ Medical Office , 100 Chatham street, y, I York, where the Doctor may be cousulted'oa an diseases of children. “ • PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY Dr. EVANS ’ SOOTHING SYRUP.—To tl, e J". of Dr. Evans’ Soothing Syrup : Dear Sir-JpT rreat benefit afforded to my suffering i ntan . f‘ e mur Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted a t lainfu! dentition, must convince every fool n r ent how essential an early application of $ ivaluable medicine is to relieve infant mis erv a '! . ” arturc. My infant, when teething, exp Pn ' , tuch acute sufferings, that it was attacked w ,, I convulsions, and my wile and family sup 1 death would soon release the babe from ana,,, .' 1 till we procured a bottle of your Syrnp ; v,-hg.' * soon as applied to the gums, a wondeih,^^ 1 I' was produced, and after a few apphcatious "lf child displayed obvious relief, and by conunum, " its use, I am glad to inform you the child has C c plctely recovered, and no recurrence of that awf,'» complaint has since occurred ; the teeth are e M nating daily and the child enjoys perfect henitb 1 give you my cheerful permission to make ; acknowledgment public, andwill gladly gi ve information on this circumst; nee. WM. JOHNSOx TONIC PILLS.—The power of Evans’ Cornomi, Pills are such, that the palpitating heart,the i ITII ' f ulous hand, the dizzy eye, aiid the fluttering mil ' vanish before their effects like noxious vapors >.>’ fore the benign influence of the morning s u „ " They have long been successfully used forthecii of intesraittents, together with fevers of the ii T( . lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral structions. This tonic medicine is for nervous complaim. I eucral debility, indigestion and its consequent' j or want of appetite, distension of the stomach, an'. I ity, unpleasant taste in the mouth, in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, the mind becomes irritable,desponding, thoughtliil \ ‘ melancholy, and dejected. Hypochondriacism, con sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all oil,, , nervous affections, Chese pills will produce a 1 and permanent cure. Evans’ Camomile Pills were first introduced i iiu ' I America in 1535. EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS llf purely vegetable, composed with th ; strictest | m cision of science and of art; they never pro,hie nausea, and are warranted to cure the follown, diseases which arise from impurities of the blr,il viz:— Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, <\uh Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthma, (U lera. Liver Complaints, Diseases cf the Kidnia vtl I Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, auj all those diseases of wl atsoever kind to which buna nature is subject, where the stomach is ailedod More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary 4. \ caey of Dr. Wm. Evans ’ celebrated Cumo/nile mi 3 Aperient Anti-Bilwus Pills, in alleviating nfii.h. mankind.— Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Bowen.- ! Disease—Chronic Dysentery, or Bloodv Khu Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowols v. vere griping, frequent inclination to go to stool, li > nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, lio quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge of a p culiar foetid matter mixed with MOOJ great debhih sense of burning heat, with an intolerable l-e:mi ; down of the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying jvi j ect health, and returns his sincere thanks for ll» , j extraordinary benefits he lias received. Sold by ANTONY & HAINES, Sole agents in Augusta J. M.Sc T. M. TL RNER,Savannah P. M. COHEN & Co., Charleston SHARP A- KLLS, Milledgevillo. C. A. ELLS, Macon, A.W. MARTIN,Forsvth Am. Z. Druggist, A them A. LANE,Washington. 35“ BEJ\EI OLENT SOCIETY. —For the bene fit of the sick poor of Augusta and its vicinity, | I lie visiting committees for the ensuing month, B are as follows : Division No. i.—James Godby, J. W. Meredith, | Mrs. Crump, Mrs N. Jones. Division No. 2. —W. ii. Crane, W. F. Pember- | ton, Mrs. Tai iafarro, Mrs. M. A. Holt, j Division No. 3. —tE. Latimer, James Pantoo, 1 Mrs. B. McKinnie,Mr*. Julia Snead. J. W. WICHITA! V\, Secretary. (fff Dr. C. IV. IVEST offers his profession!; j services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity- His office is in Mclntosh-streel. opposite the office A of the Constitut.onalist: residence at the Eagle aoU | Phoenix Hotel. feb 13—tnvlm p ZfrPUBLIC NOTICE. —Dr. Munroe, Surged [ j Dentist, has returned to Augusta, tmd lias remove- j his operating rooms to one door belo.v Martin Fred-1 ( click’s Confectionary, and opposite toe Hrd? . Bank Building. feb 10 j O. SUG \R.—3l hhdsN. O, Sugar forsak !IN• by [f 21 3t] J. &W. H \UFEK_ J SPECIE AND EXCHANGE.—S6OOO Specie p Exchange on Charleston and the North, want- n j ed s by (f2J 3t) GOULD & BULKLKV. r l I% r OOD, WOOD,—Orders left with the suit- n T ? scribers will be supplied with uplandt'« I g I and Hickory Wood, at $4 per cord deiiveied. j feb 20 RUSSELL & HUTCHINSON. Refined cider and c xnal flour.' 20 bbls first quality refined Cider; 25 hfbCii | Canal Flour, for sale by* H | feb 22 I. S. BEERS & tJ] i OTlCE.—During my absence from homf. | have made Col. Geo W. Evans and Win : » cn i Evans, Esq. my arents. All jiersons interested* i will please call upon them. t WM. H. C. MILLS, p I Burke county, Feb 22 I A UGUSTA INSURANCE AND BANKING I ha TV COMPANY STOCK. s ° 20 shares for sale low by RUSSELL, HUTCHINSON CO. j jan 30 Terms—6 months for approved pass 15 Eli ALI A SUGARS.—IO,OOO Venus S Segars, 20,000 \ onus Uanonis do. ■ * -* 20,000 ’) ves Amigos do. J 5,000 Silva do. -4 For sale by (nov 13] I. S. BEERS an battalion orders.j Sp Augusta, February 21st. IS4O ) Br A N Election will be held on Saturday, the P Ge J\. of Marsh next, at the office of J. W- M*r dith,Esq., for a Major to command the 75th n- go< taiion G. M. wr The Polls will be opened at 10 o’clock a. M. & \ closed at 1 p. m. • edw t ard g. McGOlricK. rj Capt Commanding 122 d Di*t. C 5 Jl C B. MAR I IN, nej feb 21 td Capt Commanding T2otk Hist *• sioi eac TO PHYSICIANS. the THE subscriber being desirous of removingfa'B \pplin», Columbia county, oilers f r sa !e j lll ' House and Lot in that village, together with a , forty acres of good arab e land, within half am; *. f of the place, one fourtli of which i* wood land,*' ’’ “ tlie balance in a high state of cultivation. ( ' dwelling is a good two story house, well "!, “ and in every respect comfortable, togethei • ja all the necessary outbui dings The lot on ». b ™ the house is situated contains three ond v ,u acres weTimprovcd. t ice of g-iv-j As the subscriber will retire from the P 1 Nledicino in this county in the event 01 !l 5 - lC * iaD( out, a fine opening will be made for a ‘ rice. —’ desirous of entering immediately into p'- 1 * Any such are invited to call and examine - perty. WILLIAM S. dec 25 ts 01