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\From the N. O. Picayune 'lhth all. j
POSTSCRIPT.
the LATEST FROM THE BRAZOS.
Embarkation of Troops at the Brazos—Fur
ther of the Surrender of Maj. Gaines'
Command—their Arrival at San Luis —
Movement of Santa Anna's Army—March
towards Saltillo—Santa Anna's Address to
his Troops.
At anea'ly hour this mo min" the
schooner Harmonious Walker. Capt.
Malcolm, arrived from llie Brazos, hav
inj_r made the passage in six days.
Through the couricsy of Mr. Ma’rtm,
who came passenger on the schooner,
we arc placed in possession of our cor
respondence to the IBih iiist. and various
items of intelligence.
Mr. Haile writes on the 1 Bth that there
were transports enough at tfie Brazos (or
all the remaining troops of Worth’s divi.
sion, and that every moment of calm
weather was improved in embarking
them. In three goo i days more lire whole j
command would he off.
Bv this arrival we have further infor
mation in regard to the troops captured
I)V Gen. Minon. In Minon’sown modest !
report, which is before us, his prisoners 1
are set down at 82 in all.
Resides the Americans taken by him,
there was one Mexican named Galeano.
who had been with our troops as a spy
and a guide. He was immediately put
to the sword, although Major Gaines in
terceded for him.
We have before as another list of the
captured, which includes the names of
Capt. Albert Pike of Arkansas and Capt.
Wm. Heady of Kentucky. Capt. Heady
was captured two days after Maj. Bor
land's party by a party of ranciteros.—
Ilis fate is uncertain.
The parly captured is now said to have
consisted of fifty Arkansas troops and
two parties of Kentucky troops, one of
twentv-five, the other of eighteen.
Their camp was surrounded in the
night after they had marched forty miles.
Report says that Capt. C. M. Clay
wished to break the ranks, but could not
induce others to assent to it, finding the
Mexicans so outnumbered them. Minou’s
command con-isted of two thousand and
some hundred men, according f 0 some
accoun’s others say of not more than five
hundred.
Dan Henrie, well known asaMier
prisoner, who acted as an interpreter to
the Arkansas troops, made his escape
from the Mexican camp, on Maj. Gaines*
horse. The guard fired upon him, but
he escaped uninjured.
The prisoners arrived at San Luis on
the 2G:h ult. J)i ums were beaten through
the streets and guns were fired to cele
brate the event.
In this connec'inn, let us explain that
the Tampico Sentinel’s account makes a
great part ofthe priso ters Irishmen. We
doubted this when we read it, hut had no
authority on which to contradict it; but
Mr, I fade gives a different translation of
the letter from San Luis. He makes all
that is said of Irishmen apply to that
company of deserters the formation of
which we have already noticed, and the
passage concludes: “They have been
permitted by »he general in chief to hoist
the flag of (heir nation.” We have not ihe
original Spanish to refer to, hut have no
doubt that Mr. Haile’s is the current ver
sion. It agrees with what we have al
ready said of that company formed of de
serters. We arc assured that there are
but few foreigners in the Kentucky and
Arkansas regiments.
Mr. Haile gives us another important
item from this same letter from Sun Luis.
It is to the effect that on the 27th ult. there
marched out of San Luis f>r Tanqne cle la
Vaca, the place where Minon made hi>
capture, three bodies of infantry, a brigade
of cavalry, and that of fool artillery, with
more than fourteen pieces of artillery.
These pieces consisted ofthree‘24 pound
ers, three IS pounders, four 16 pounders,
and the others 8 and 6-pounders. It was
also said that within l«o days another 1
division would march, and shortly after,
the rest ofthe force remaining in San Luis
Potosi. So it appears the blow is to he
struck in the direction of Saltillo. Santa
Anna’s address to his troops, dated the
271 h ult., favors this idea, and would (
seem to leave no doubt about it hut we
learn that the opinions of the olTicers in i
our army are varions on this point. Many 1
think Santa Anna is in truth on his wav 1
to Vera Cruz, and that the display of force '
on the other side of San Luis is intended
to ma-k his movements, and hide the
weakness of the latter place. ,
'1 hough crowded for time and room, f I
xve cannot omit Santa Anna’s address. i
The General-in-Chief of the Army of Operations of I
the North to his Subordinates; (
Companions in arms! The operations of the
cnemv demand that we should move precipitateli
upon his principal line, and we go to execute if.
M he independence, the honor and thedestinv ol
the nation depend at this moment on your decis
ion.
Soldiers! theenlire world observes us, and will
expect our acts as heroic as they are neces- (
sary. Privations of all kindssurround us, in con
soquenceoflhe neglect shown towards us for innn
than a month bv those who tfbeuld provide s«ui
pay and provisions. But when has misery de
bdititedyour spirits or weakened your entbusi
as ml
The Mexican soldier is well known for ho
frugality and his patience under suffering—nevei
wanting magazines in marches across deserts—am
always counting upon the resources of the eneim ;
to provide for his wants.
To-day we shall undertake a march over a
desert country, without succor or provisions. But i
he assured that we shall immediately be provided
from those of the enemy, and with the.a you will
be sufficiently reimbursed.
My friends—we go to open the campaign.
What days of glory await us! What a flattering
future for our country! H»w satisfactory, when
we contemplate that we have saved its indepen
cence. How the world will admire us! How
the nation will bless us! And when in the bosoms
of our families, we shall relate the risks and
fatigues w icb we have endured, the combats j
with and triumphs o- era daring ami presump- |
tuousenemy; and herealter. when telling oui i
children that we have saved ourcountry a second |
time, the jubilee will be complete, and these sacri
fices wil then ap|»ear to us as nothing.
Soldiers! hurry forth in the defence of your j
country. The cause we sustain is a hoiv one;
never ‘have we struggled with more justice,
because we fight for the land of our forefathers
ami of our children, the honor and religion of our
wives and children! What sacrifice, then, can
be to * great for objects so dearl Let our motto
be, “CONQ.UER OR DIE! ’ Let us swear be
fore the great. Eternal that we will not wait an
instant in purging our soil ofthe si ranger who has
dared to profane it with his presence. No treaty,
n -thine- which may not bo heroic and proud.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DR SAN I’A ANNA.
Headquarters, San Luis Polo si, Jan. 27,1347.
[From the N. Orleans Picayune. Extra, 25 th ult.]
FURTHER FRO3I THE BRAZOS.
In addition to the details given in our last,
we annex the following items of information,
for which we are indebted to Mr. Marlin,
who arrived on the Harmonious Walker.
Gen. Wool apprised Gen. I aylor, towards
the end of January, that he anticipated an
attack at Saltillo. In consequence, Gen.
Tavlor left Monterey on the Ist of February
with his staff for Saltihn. He took wi’h him
Bragg’s battery and Thomas’s battery, the
Ist Mississippi Rifles and May’s squadron
of dragoons. Capt. Thos. F. Marshall was
to leave Monterey on the 3d inst. with bis
company of mounted men, also for Saltillo.
Capt. Gordon, with a detachment of 150 re
cruits for the different regiments, also left
Monferev for Saltillo with Gen. Taylor.
The American forces at Saltillo wou'd be
between 5000 and 6009 men. In addition
to the two batteries named above, the batte
ries of Capt. Washington and Capt. Web
ster were at Saltillo, and at last accounts the
troops were throwing up formidable fortifica
tions. Little apprehension is felt as the re
sult of any attack which may be made upon
that point.
The number of troops left at Monterey
does not exceed 500 men, but the citadel or
“black fort” is held bv them, and there is no
route by which the Mexicans can approach
the city with artillery, save by Saltillo.—
Without artillery any attempt upon .Monte
rey would be futile. The troops at Monfe
rev consist principally of Ohio and Indiana
volunteers, all under the command of Col.
Rogers. Capt. Arnold, of the 2d Dragoons,
has also been ordered to proceed to Monte
rey from the month of the Rio Grande.
We mentioned in our last the capture of
Capt. Heady bv a party of rancheros. He
was taken, with seventeen men. two days
after the command of Majors Gaines and
Borland had been surprised.
In regard to the murderers of Tit. Ritchie
we learn that Gen. Taylor had investigated
the affair as thoroughly as possible while mi
bis return to Monterey. ILs inquiries led
I him to release the first alcade of Villa Gran
and also the interpreter of Iceur. Ritchie, an
Englishman, who was also his guide; but he
retained as prisoners two Mexicans, upon
whom circumstantial evidence fixed suspi
cion, and carried them with hjm to Monte
rey. The principal man concerned in the
atrocious affair, the one who threw the lasso,
was still at large, H n 1 in po-se-sion of the
despatches. He proceeded on his route to
San Luis by the way of Victoria and Tula,
having had the despatches translated for
him at Linares.
We have conversed with an excellent
Spanish gentleman who leP Durango on the
ISMi of January—Senor Benito Velez, a
nephew, we learn, of Peter Harmony, of
New York. Senor Velez confirm-* all that
we have said ofthe action near El Paso on
the 25th of December. The loss ofthe Mex
icans in that affiir was about 180 men. No
news bad reached Durango of the fall of
Chihuahua when our informant left there.
On tlie 10ih of January Gen. Heredia left
Durango for Chihuahua at the head of 700
men, of whom 150 were cavalry. He look
with him 1500 muskets and-two pieces of
artillery.
When he reached Cnencame, in the north
part of the State of Dunngo, he heard the
news of the action near El Paso, and leaving
there his infantry, lie pushed on to Chihua
hua with his cavalry, with the view to as
sume the command of the Government forces
there.
'Hie cavalry of Cuiltz, which was in (he
action ofthe 25th of December, and which
protected as far as possible the retreat of the
Mexicans upon El Paso and afterwards Cari
zal, had dwindled down to a hand full by de
sertions which took place at the different ran
chos on the route.
News had reached Durango that about the
sth or 6th of January two English ships en
tered the port of Mazatlan, having evaded
the blockade. They are supposed to have
been laden with ammunition and other oiu
nit ions of war.
We add Gen. Minon’s report of his suc
cess. The date is omitted, but the despatch
is addressed to Santa Anna;
“Excellent Sir—To-day I have captured,
without the loss of a man, two chiefs of
squadron, four officers, and 76 men of the
troops of the United States, who bad advanc
ed to this point; all their arms, horses and
equipments have been taken for the nation,
and at ihe first opportunity will he placed al
the disposal of your Excellency, according
to the list herein. The prisoners will be put
en mute for San Luis to-morrow, and I shall
continue my operations about, this point, and
if fortune is favorable to me, I shall endeavor
to turn it to account for the public good.
“Your Excellency, on receiving this ac
count, will please regard it not for what has
been done, since it is a very small affair, but
merely as a proof of the desire which we have
to discharge our duty. In spite of the diffi
culties which we have experienced in cross
ing over this country, exhausted of every
thing, we shall conquer all inconveniences.
Among the persons taken to-day was one
with arms in hand, Galeano, a Mexican who
served ihe enemy as a spy and guide. ID
was immediately pul to the sword, ihe
chief of the surrendered forces wished to in
tercede for him, etc. etc.”
There, I have not time for another word—
ihe schooner is off. I enclose Tampico pa
pers. “•
Later from Havana.
The bark Elliott, Capt. Watts, arrived
yesterday from Havana, having sailed on
ihe ISth inst. The mo>t important intel
ligence she brings is from the peninsula
of Yucatan.
The dates from Merida received in Ha
vana are to the 6ih Inst. The forces of
Campeachy, under the command of Senor
Cadenas, had entered Merida. Gov. Bar
bachano has been deposed, and in his
stead Senor D. Domingo Barret has been
nominated Governor of Yucatan. The
city of Merida capitulated to spare the ef
i fusion of l)!ood, and the act of canitula
i tion is referred to as the Convention of
I Tecos—we presume from the village at
1 which it was signed. Gov. Barcachano
1 was to sail for Havana on the Spanish
I)ri«; Manuelita, which arrived at Hava
na on the 12di inst.
By a decree issued on the 20th of Jan
uary it is ordered that the authorities and
■ public functionaries who, down to the day
of the convention of Tecos, 1 ad not se
conded the plan of the Bth of December,
should give in their adhesion in writing,
j Bv another decree oflhe same date the
i residence of the Government and the
| Council of Stale is transferred to Cam
pencil y.
The blockade of Laguna and Cam
peachy had been suspended so long asthe
most absolute neutrality should be ob
served, and vessels could come and go
freely which should not attempt to carry
by stealth munitions of war.
The Council of Slate by the advice of
which Gov. Barret rules, was format)v
installed as far hack as the 12th of De
cember, but the instrument insialliiigsnch
council has again been promulgated.
The local news from Havana is not of
much interest. The Till and Mary Ann
Jones arrived thereon the 12th inst. from
this port.
LATER Fito3l THE GULF.
J Correspondence of the Mobile Hi'a’d Tribune.
United States Squadron. >
Os! Anton Lizardo, Feb. 4, 1817. f
I believe the bnele»i and most imelugiUle
mode of giving information of events, is by
dates, and in writing you the unconnected
acts transpiring in the squadron, 1 will adopt
it as far as practicable.
On the 19 It of Jan , the Commodore trans
ferret! his fhg to the Princeton, and proceed
ed on a cruise to Laguna, a village or rather
succession of villages sit uated on a large la
goon about thirty miles northward of Gam
peachy and 200 miles southward of Vera
Cruz. The steamer Vixen and .-cummer 1
Petrel were lying at anchor in the lagoon
and on friendly terms with the inhabitants,
| notwithstanding which, however, boarding
j nettings were placed around the ves-els a»
; at night, and all other precautions of de euce
taken. The Princeton, by reason of her
draft, could not approach the shore within
sever.il miles, but the V ixen came out and
communicated. Os course nothing of inter
est had occurred, the vessels merely main
taining a blockade.
On the 2711 i, the Prince'on returned to ;
this anchorage and the Commodore to his j
own ship- During his absence. the prize 1
steamer Petrita, brought down from Vera
Cniz on the 22d, Idem Col. A House Delapn
of Louisiana. lbs adventures are rather
romantic, as far as 1 can learn. Under in
structions from Gen. .Scott, he set out from
New Orleans to visit Vera Cruz and the
surrounding country as a spy, and to cover
his intentions proceeded firs* to II ivana, and j
obtained a passport to Vera Cruz as a French- i
man, (he is of French descent and speaks !
the tongue like a Parisian ) After arriving !
there he penetrated as fas as J daps, asrer- j
fained the probable nnmberof men that could 1
be thrown into the castle of San Juan D * Ul- |
loa, the length of time for which it K pmvi- j
sinned. &,c., and the general /out ensemble, /he j
material , &c.,lhat would oppose Gen. Scott’s ’
contemplated attack. During his stay he
narrowly escaped detection, being suspected
and subjected to several clos* e\min it to ns.
Being informed that (he airliorities intended j
committing him to the Castle as a snv, he 1
had barely time to escape on hoard a French ■
merchant bark King at Sicrificios, from j
which he was taken and brought down by |
the Petrita. UK escape was singularly pro- j
vidential. The men of the boat supposed him
one of the t assengers of the boat and carried
him off under mistake. They were waiting
for one of the passengers and being ordered
authoritatively in French “to shove off,”
obeyed unhesitatingly. Again, the arrival
of the Petrita, at Sacrificing was purely acci
dental, nor should I omit to state that the
French bark had been brought info Anton
Lizardo as a prize h few days before and had
just been let go.
On flie 231, three vessels ran the block
ade at Vera Crnz, notwithstanding the vigi
lance of the Albany and St. Mary’s’; in |
fact steamers are the only vessels to block- ;
ade 'y.
On the 27 h the French brig Princess Ma- j
rie was brought in by the Albany. She was |
taken near Compeachv and a waits the Com- j
modore’s decision. The same day tlie small ;
schooner Mariner, arrived from Havana, with
despatches for the Commodore, supposed re
lating to the filling out of privateers from that
port under Mexican colors.
On the 29th the Porpoise returned from i
Tampico and the sloop Mariner proceeded to I
that place with C<d. Alfon-e Delapn on hoard ;
as a passenger. Os course he communicates
with Gen. Scott as early as possible.
On the 31st, the Porpoise went out to
cruise and the Princeton left for the blockade
of Alvarado.
Feb. 3d. the French brig Princess Marie,
was permitted to leave here for Sacrificios;
the French Commodore guaranteeing that no
part of her cargo should be landed. The
same day the Petrita brought down intelli
gence from Sacrificios that the advanced
guard of a column of our forces advancing
from Tampico upon Tuspan, hail been defeat-*
ed and sixty of our soldiers made prisoners,
Santa Anna was slso reported to be still at
San Luis Polosi.
The rumor is now current that our whole
naval force has been ordered to collect here
on the 20th of this month to he in readiness
to ro-operafe with Gen. S<*ott in the expected
attack on Vera Cruz, and it is the general im
pression throughout the squadron that we
shall have a fight at last.
The only vessels of war now present at
this anchorage are the frigate Raritan and
steamer Spitfire, together with a number of
gun boats.
GEORGIAN OFFICE, /
Sanannah Feb. 28. 1847 \
¥.o*B of the 17. s. Propeller Ocean.
The steamer Wm. Gaston, arrived this
morning, reports that the U. S. propeller
Ocean, from Philadelphia, bound to Tampico,
loaded with Government stores, ordered to
put into Musquito for four boys, saved from
AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT, MARCH 3, mil.
ARTICLES Per. Wholesale. \
BAGGING—Gunny |,...j 18 n2O
Kentucky i ! 15 aUO
BALE ROPE—.Manilla lb 10 a 12 j
Kentucky 7 a 8
BACON—Hams ' 1.... 9u 10
bides i.,.. 8 a 84
Shoulders ... 6; a 01
BUTTER—Goshen,prime lb 23 a23
Country j.,.. 2 a 15 ,
CANDLES—Spermaceti! a 35
Georgia made "Lia 13
Non hern do .... *3 alO
CHEESE—Northern J ‘J a 10
CO EPEE—Cuba none.
Rio ! 9 a 10
Java 1 2ia 13
Laguayra 9 a II
fShirtings, brown, 3-4 yd. 54a G 4
-5 I ** " 7-8 5 .... I 74a 8 I
o { “ “yd. wide 8 a 12# j
j Sheetings, brown. 5-4 2 a 13
\ " bleached, 3 4 8a 20
t | Cheeks *0 a 10
| j Bed Tick K u 18 |
C; Oznahurgs, Boz .... I**« D*
(Yarn (assorted) Ilb 17 al9
Flail—. Mackerel, No, i hbl. 12 «I 3
Do. No. 2 ! 8 a 9
Do. No. 3 073 a 7
FLOUR—New Orleans none.
Canal j.... I 8 50a9 00
Georgia 6 00a7 00
GRAIN —Corn bus. 03 a7O
Oats !....■ 30 a33
GUNPOWDER keg. 6 a
IIA A’—Eastern .. 100.
North River
IRON—Pig 100.
Swedes, assorted ion. 41a 5
Hoop : 100. 7 a
Sheet j lb 8 a 10
Nail Rods I. ... 0 a 7
LEAD—Pig and Bar ; 100. Oa
Sheet j.. .j 6iu 8
While Lead 1. .. ~ 74u 9 (
Exports of Cotton to Foreign and Coastwise Ports, commencing Ist September, 1810.
rinvaiiuali €7itirle*f M. mobile. i IV. Oflcan*. \ N'cvv Voik. OllierJPorli*. I olid.
whither extorted. [SI7. 1 s H>. 1847. 1846. 1847. 1846. 1817. 1846. 1847,1846. 1847. 1846. 1847. 1846.
Liverpool 7.TL77i ~523G2 T62IG 68%8 _ 4U647 “205% ""53055 130889 232713 ~ 30213 4914 12256
Hull ! i ! ij
Glasgow and Greenock 7361 3147: 3738; 1802 j 2660, 1309 51,3 14101,j 6*-V
Cork and a .Market i || 2728 1723 I j_ 3JU9; 19183; 173
Total to Great. Britain j 59726 19393 75434 41174 23256 31364 139171 286620' 3i ub 38668 4914 12236 38 <76 4330 at
Havre 73j8 3027 3220 l ■ J 7709 i|7oß 17321 juji 19603, j 312;
Bordeaux,*-. •.V .".i..*.: I (j j 119 ljj 30;
Mirseilles j 482 326 j 448 2971 j 2 425 3062|
Nantes. L I S*JO 1 I \ 780 ! __ 215 ijj _ 404 H 1
Total to I ranee ; 7338 3627’ 3 683 18625 14733 17769 10761 39365’ 23121 26191 * 342; 1 .c.hH 12fH19
Amsterdam 3G3 413 i ij 1131 48<» 3tV
Rotterdam * 1 j i i 53 903 j
Antwerp jj 1911 1161 6361 Ij 1832! Ho7j 4813!
llambu g I 1 Ij 901; 3762
i Bremen j | 2617 j 2271
i Barcelona. 5308 jj
Havana, Am- i | 4133! 11217 13088 82
Genoa, Trieste, Am* 9141 3383 4661 2009 ,{ 17230 6822 6598'
Ghent, &c j ] 130o|
Ollier Ports.... Ij | 1057 S 942, 1 _ j 1129 871 1771 lU9 386
Total to other foreign Ports 011 6932
New York 33:32 *21102 'TidU24r 27756 iTJoJ uTiTt 22:87 29612 ; iH9ij 104*0. ~~
Boston - 13413 i |so» 18683 12962 12018 12330 j 39333 56238 39611 4918 j
Providence 23»3 333 2561 j l>7t 455.. 433*»i ! 2160 1623, 3932;
Philadelphia 163 l 3283 9268; 4114 421 ( 42281 4910
Baltimore 1300 Bt2 3368: 1043 15 6 2913 3'91 1977 1606} 1221
Other Pons 1319' 10474 2331 i f. 36( 4360 31"0 2323 7713; 1910 1
Total Coastwise. 66048 50556 102362 1 47719 33 81.* 36794 722 It 97 n? • 20793, 22196 *972->3’ 253037
Grand Total JJrg7ij 73a70 f 21, -*TT i 117729 liJSTb 288562 4bo.o*j 73-82; i Jo7 i 27.86 33180 821172 8.833-6
the wreck of Cnpt. Rodgers, a id
I thro proceed on her voyage. Soiind.-d the
hay and found 8 feet witi r. Atiem ited to
an in .truck on the bar, and thumped out
one tide—next tide was (breed over into
deep vva'er. where she sunk. All hands
saved—-vessel sui»Di>sed a total loss.
Arrived—Steamer lieaulorl D.slrict,Cietty,
Chat lesion.
Cleared—Cr. ship China, Atridge, Liver
( pool.
1 Went tn Sea—Br. ships Wallace, Som
: nterson, liiverpoo'; < >rrgon. Herron, do ; Cale-
I dottia. WKhart, do.} brig Cl n on, Andrews,
i New York; sours. I I - try B. B iscoin ,C’a r.-otl,
Providence; C.kr, Lake, Philadelphia.
M»
P" AUGUSTA" GEO..
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1817.
{fcrThft Constitutionalist 1 ettcr Sheet Prices I
| Current, will be reaily for delivery Tins Morn
j ing, :il *9 o’clortk.
ILTWe received no papers last evening
; f.mn offices North nf Charleston. The av•
: aiiitali papers due. a!-o failed to reach ns.
O* Our citizens will bear in mind that
ibe Annual Commencement of the Medical
College of Georgia will be held this day at
Masonic Hall. Arrangements, we under
stand, have been made to accommodate all
who may wish to be present.
Augimta .lluHul'ac-tiiring Company.
We understand this Company is now fully
organized, and will he ready shortly to com
mence operations. The Directors are, Wm.
M. D’Antignac.John Bones, \V r . K. Jackson.
; R. 11. Gardiner, Jesse Kent, Limbetlt Hop
i kins and Pleasant Stovall. 'The board have
I elected Win. M. D’Anligiiac their President,
■ and have been busily engaged fur several
I days past, in making the necessary arrange
ments for an early beginning. It is the
: opinion of some, that before April they will
ha e their estimates all in and commence
1 the foundation of the building. When com-
I menced, the progress will he rapid, and with
1 one manufacturing establishment in opera
tion, we look for a number of others to
follow.
The Direction of the Augusta Company is
composed nf gentlemen not only well and
favorably known, hut they possess, in an emi
nent degree, the necessary qualifications for
such an undertaking as this, combining in
tegrity, perseverance and industry, and with
the means already at their disposal, they will
be able to lay the ground work, and carry
through one of the greatest projects ever
started to advance the prosperity of Augusta.
Real Estate nnJ llanU Stock.
We are gratified to inform those at a distance
who feel an inieresl iu the prosperity of Augusta,
that Real Estate, and every other species nf proper
ty is looking up here. Business has been better
this season than forsever.il yeirs past, and our
merchants have been graiifie I with the of
many old fares, which in times lung syne were very
familiar, but for some time past have been
boxing the compass, with the hope of finding a bet
ter market to buy and sell in thin Augusta. At
last they have come to the conclusion, from ac
tual experience, that they may go further and fare
worse, ami they have again commenced dealing
with our merchants. Anew customer is always
welcomed by them, but to see one of these oldrcus
t imers return, speaks volumes in favor of our mar
ket, and their visits are doubly welcome.
We had quite a large sale of Real Estate yester
day) which was well attended by capitalists. The
ARTICLES. 'Per TTkoitsale.
LIME >bl. 43U a 23J
.MOLA6BEB—Cuba pi 1. 30 a33
N. Orleans ...j 40 a43
NAILS—Cur, 4d to 20d i 3 a 3i j
OlLS—Sperm, VV. strained j 13 > a
Fall strained d... u
Summer do.* lon a
Linseed bbl • 87 4a
Tanners 33 a
Lird 1 100 a
POTATOES | hbl. 325 a 373
PORTER doz. 223 u -3 0
PL PER—Black It 124 a
PIMENTO i 14 iu
RAISINS —Malaga, bunch. ... box. -'23 a 250
.Muscatel 2 a
RICE —Ordinary 100. 423 a 430 ■
Fair j 473 a 3
Gonti and Prime 32a a 33') jj
f French Brandies. gal- ROu 2
Leger Freres 2< 3 u 3
X Holland Gin 123 a 130
g. American Gin 37? a 1 •
Jam Oca Rom 13 • a 2
N.E.Rum,lnis.and brls 86 a 37
Z Whiskey, Phil. A: Ball 38 a 33
Do. New Orleans 30 a 33
Peach Brandy ... '<-> a b'o
SUGAR—Cuba Muscovado ]’6 9 a 10
P. B. & St. Croix.... .... 10 a 114 ;
Havana,white 10 a It 3
New Orleans j.... 9a lO jj
L**af. I 13 u I I
Lump 11 a 12
SALT—Liverpool sack; 140 «13-t
Loose bus* 37 a 40 i
SO\P—American, yellow Hi ' 3 a 6 I
SHOP—AII sizes 162 a 173 t
SEGARS —Spanish M. 20 n3O
American 8 alO i
T VI. LOW—Vm-ncan S a
TOB.VCGO — Georgia lb 4 a 5 j
Cavendish 13 a 17
TWlNE—Bagging |...j 2» a 10
Seine j• • • 3) a J j
properly disposed of was on Broad street, known as
F a’s Range comprising six brick s ores ami dwell
ings, the whole of which brought tiiirty-six thou
sand eight hundred . n I fifty five dollars, which is
considered a very full price, and more than the
sum * property would have brought at any time
within the past seven or eight years.
There was also a sal • of some Hank Stock be
longing to the Estate us Fox, which brought the
f i low ifig prices :
lii' • shares Bank of Vugu«ta >3 per share.
75 ’* Insurance l> ink S7J a dO— -losing at S'*-
45 “ B’k State Georgia 824a 83—closing atß>*
We also learn tit it ’25 shares M -ch inbV Dank
Stork were disposed of at private sale at
earthquake.
Tim people of liosioii experienced a “smart
sprinkling” of an earthquake on Tuesday
morning week, about half-past six o’clock .
j The noise commenced in the S. E. and pass
i ed otfiat the N. E., lasting about a minute,
and accompanied with a sliglit jar.
rflouj Plat Jets.
The N. Y. Conner & Enquirer says that
the ojeration of the Sub-Treasury law lias j
jocked up about three millions of dollars, i
the disastrous effect of which upon the mon
ey market, has, however, been counteracted
bv the steady arrival of specie by the packets.
The Herald says that there is a report cur
rent in the street that the house of Roth
s iii Ids has made an offer for a twenty milli* n
U. S. lout fir twenty years. The Herald,
doubts the truth of this report, as the mem
bers of this house are said, some time ago
to have made a vow not to loan another dol
lar to this country, until every State had ac
knowledged its indebtedness and punctually
paid its interest.
Cargoei of Food lor Ireland.
The new and splendid pa» ket ship Con
stitution sailed from New York on the 24th
u!t.. with the following cargo:—Wheat, bu.-1.-
els,*lo,ooo, corn, bushels', 2t»,000; corn meal,
barrels, 2,700; flour, barrels, 4000; soda bnis
cnit boxes, 109: cotton, haies Gt»l; clocks,
boxes, 42; beeswax, barrels 19,
Opruing of Ihc Danish Ports.
The Secretary us State has given official
notice that information bad been* received
from our Charge d’Affaires at Copenhagen,
under dale of ihe 9’h Dec. last, that a decree
had been issued by the Dani>h Government,
for the suspension, until fa .•■her notice, of all
import duties on seed gram and rape seed,
and the reduction of tbe rlate on bulled grain
and flour.
Tax Oil Tea and Colter.
The correspondent of the Ualtimore Am
erican states that a Congressional Demo,
cratic Caucus was held on Thursday night.
and attended by about three-fourths of the
party. Two-thirds of those present advised
the consideration of the bill imposing a tax
on Tea, Coffee, and other articles.
Shipping for New Orleans,
The Commercial Times of the 24th, con
tains a list of one hundred and twenty-seven
vessels cleared, sailed and up for New Or
leans, viz: 87 ships, 17 barks, 10 brigs and
13 schooners. Three-fourths or more of thi?
tonnage are coming from foreign ports.
Perpetual Time Keeper.
We were shown yesterday, a very neat
little article to which we learn the above
name has been given. Our readers will pro
bably better understand its use by calling it
♦
EXCHANGE.
Augusta Insurance ami BankingCompanypar
Bank of Augusta .
Brauclt Stale of Georgia, Augusta, t|
i Bank of Brunswick, * M
Georgia Bail Boad, (1
Mechanics’Bank, M
Bank ul St. Mary’s,
Bank of Milledgeville, (<
Bank olthe Stale of Georgia, at Savannah,. ..
Branches of ditto,
.Marine ami Eire Insurance Bank, Savannah,.
Branch of ilillo, at Macon, “
Planters’Bank, Savannah,
Central Bank of Georgia, “
Central B. It. & B'k’g. Co., Savannah, "
Charleston Banks, *'
Bank of Camden "
Bank ot Georgetown, ....
Coiinnercial.Colnruhia,
Merchants’, at Cheraw “
Bank of 1 lamhnrg, “
Alabama Notes, 2 i7i di*.
Merchants’ Bank of Macon, 5 (3 0
Commercial Bank, at .Macon, failed
NO SALK OR UNCERTAIN.
Bank of Darien ami Branches.
Ba U of Columbus.
■ ('hailahoochee Bail Hoad and Banking Company
Monroe Bail BoaM and Banking Company.
(• Planters ami Mechanics’Bank, Columbus.
Western Bank ul Be •nria,at Borne.
Kxcliumre Bank, Brnnswick.
; tns. BanKof i h»luinho>.at Macon.. no circulation.
! PUicuix Bank ui Culmnhus.
Cll ECKS.
I On Ve w Y0rk..... . par.
Philadelphia,...
I) 4 1
l> *s|i»n
Charleston and Savannah,
I.e \ unit on, K eiii nek v,. .• •
Nashville , ’Tennessee
STOCKS.
i Georgia.B percents 100a 101
I (itmnia, 6 per cents 97 a 98
. — mm n—m.-a
a Pocket Sun Dial. The instrument is en
closed m a small mahojjanv ca-e, and cun
-is)s ot a circular plate, (ohlmtr down over a
compass, on w hich are marked the hours, and
attar lied thereto, is a bar, which rises up
vv t!i a sprinjr. At the side of the plate is a
cov r bar.on which are Hemes an ! in irks of
latitude. When the plate is brought d<*\\ nto
the la'Unde of the place in when yon are.
place the box so that the need e is direct.'y
under the bar attached n f'ie p ate and il It e
-ini shines the hour and in ones are correct -
Iv marked by the shadow.— Charleston
Courier , 2 d ins/.
A uottier Ka'jbcrr.
The count ino bouse ot W. C. Dukes
Co. was robbed on Saturday ineht, I»v some
villain, who by means unknown, had prev
iously irot. possession of die key of the strong
box. Fortunately there tva* not a very large
amount of money left in the chest. It is slip
(Mised that he stole the key during tin* v\P»*k,
and Ins own letter which lie left on the desk,
and which we give verbatim, explains ins
siib-ecjuent aebievemets. Here il is:
‘•Air. Duke—l tooke ilia other day wan
I evety body was out de kontv house tlia key
i of l!»a chest and I hid mvself under ilia c-»(-
it*n till all wa< ouii an i den J rooked Uni key
and out tha Pox and took all tha money to
send to mv Ireland. J am o(T — hv this yon
will Hud de key in your desk under some
papers,
I am oaun to Ireland.”
It is to be hoped that this benevolent and
charitable gentleman will shortly have an
opportunity of testing what weight h s motives
will have on the friends of a Court ol Justice.
[ Charleston Mercury , 2 d ins/.]
■ —-- .jx,
MEDICAL. COLLKKE OF GEOIKJA.
i£r Th*. Annual Com nencemmt of this Jiuti
intiun will lie held at the Masonic Hall, at 12
o'clock This Dij, w.'ien the d-gree of Doctor of
Medicine will be conferred upon the approved
candidates. An addr-ss to the Graduates will be
delivered by the Rev. C. C. Ketcuum , and a res
ponse by Mr. T. E. PniNizy.
'J’be public is respectfully invited to attend.
The Members of tlie Board of Trustees are re
quested to attend a meeting at the College build
ing at 11 o'clock This Morning.
L. A. DUGAS, Sec. B. Trust.
March 3 123
DCJ* Statement of the business on
the Georgia Kail Kuad during the week ending
February 27, lSt7.
Passengers, $3,103 00
Freights, 5,857 63
Mail, 76'J -IG
Amount, $9,735 23
Gf.o. R. R & Bk’g Co ,)
Transp. Off. Feb. 2U, ISI7. f
March 3 —I 128
d/~ DR. J. A. CLEVELAND, has returned
to this city, and may be consulted at the cilice of
Cleveland «fe Spear, over the store of Messrs. Al
drich &. Green. Feb. 28
$Cj~ Mr. Edit or —Please announce Dr. 1. P.
GARVIN as a candidate fur Member of Council
forWard No. 1, and oblige Many Votejis.
Feb. 20 —* 119
DCT Mr. Editor —Please announce the name of
CHARLES E. GRENVILLE, Esq., as a candi
date for Council in Ward No. 1, And oblige
Feb. 17 *— MANY VQTEUS.
{Kr We are requested to announce H, D.
BELL, as a suitable candidate for Council in
Ward No. 2. • Feb. 17
Mr. Editor —Please announce the follow
ing named gentlemen as candidates for .Members
of Council for Ward No. 1. at the coming election
in April next:—JAS. GODBV,A. P. SCHULTZ.
Fel). 13 * —
We are authorized to announce Dr. J. G.
McWIIORTER as a candidate for Mayor of the
the City of Augusta, at the election on the second
Monday in April next. Feb. It