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[From the Washington Union, I\th ult ]
Mr- Clay's Speech at Lexington-
We lay this important document, in its
Carefully revised and authentic form, before
our readers; and we ask for it a careful perusal.
Its origin, its character, its well-known object,
»nd its probable influence upon the future
policy and position of the whigs, all entitle it
to such attention. It is the whig manifesto,
drawn up evidently upon the most mature ad-
V sement and consideration by the most experi
enced, renowned, and influential of all the
whig statesmen. It is intended to shape, and
ft must go far towards shaping, the counsels
of the whigs in the approaching Congress and
in the next presidential campaign. It is the
only demonstration issuing from the whig
ranks, which can even pretend to be regarded
as an adequate basis for the national rally of
that party. In that view, it has been waited
for with anxious impatience as the main, if not
the sale, hope of whig unanimity. The various
eectionsr of the party must unite upon the
policy it embodies, or must fail to unite at all.
As a whig, and so opposed to the war, Mr.
Clay has been constrained to assume as his fun
damental position that the war has originated
in the unjustified act of our government, and
that the guilt of it and the responsibility for
it are upon us, and not upon our enemies.
Deny this postulate—assume that Mexico has
wickedly forced the war upon us —and there
is no imaginable justification for the attitude
which the whigs have from the first assumed
in relation to its commencement, its prosecu
tion* or its close. If Mexico forced the war
Upon us without just cause, then, in failing to
unite in its most vigorous prosecution till it be
closed in full reparation and indemnity, we
should be undeniably false to our highest na
tional duties, and should thus bow down the
proud crest of our country to foul shame and
dishonor. In the nature of things, no issue
between two parties can be more vital than
this; and on this point the case of the whigs is
thus stated by Mr. Clay:
But, notwithstanding a state of virtual war
necessarily resulted from the fact of annexa
tion of one of the belligerents to the U. S.,
actual hostilities might have been probably
averted by prudence, moderation, and wise
statesmanship. If General Taylor had been
permitted to remain, where his own good sense
prompted him to believe he ought to remain,
at the point of Corpus Christi; and if a negotia
tion had been opened with Mexico, in a true
spirit of amity and conciliation, war possibly
might have been prevented. But, instead of
this pacific and moderate course, whilst Mr.
Slidell was bending his way to Mexico with
his diplomatic credentials, General Taylor was
ordered to transport his cannon, and to plant
them, in a warlike attitued, opposite to Mat
amoras, on the east bank of the Rio Bravo,
within the very disputed territory, the adjust
ment of which was to be the object ot Mr.
Slidell’s mission. What else could have trans
pired but a conflict of arms?
The position of a party is indeed deplorable,
when, to justify its position on a question in
volving the most sacred rights and good name
of the country, its chief statesman is forced
into so palpable and flagrant a misrepresenta
tion of well-known facts. General Taylor or
dered his cannon apposite to Mat amor os, “ while
Mr. Slidell was bending his way to Mexico icith
His diplomatic credentials !” When we saw this
stupendous misstatement in the published
sketch £o Mr. Clay’s speech, we corrected it
from the record, Suspecting, however, that
there*might be some inaccuracy in the re
port. But what means the same language,
given as it is here, almost word for word,in the
revised and authentic speech? Mr. Slidell ar
rived at Vera Cruz on the 30th of November,
1845. On the Bth of December following, he
presented himself with his “diplomatic creden
tials” in the city of Mexico to the Mexican
government .On the 21st of that same month,
that government definitively refused to receive
him. And not until all these facts icere known
at Washington did the order issue—on the 18th
of January, 1846 —for General Taylor to move
from Corpus Christi! But more than this:
Paredes came into power in Mexico by the
overthrow of Herrera’s administration, on the
first of January, 1846. Mr. Slidell was then
there. Instead of receiving our minister,
Paredes himself tells us, in his proclamation
under date of the 18th of April, 1846, that
having determined 4 *//* the beginning of that
year.” to adopt a more vigorous policy, he had
ordered his army to attack our troops. This
order, thus referred to as isssued “in the be
ginning of the year,” was aimed at General
Taylor while he was yet encamped at Corpus
Christi, which place he did not leave till the
11th of March, 1816, just ten days after Mr.
Slidell, already once repulse! by Herrera’s
government, had made in vain his second ap
plication to be received with his “diplomatic
credentials” by the usurping administration of
Paredes. In the face of these facts on the
officials records, both of Mexico and the U. S.,
Mr. Clay denounces his own government as
having, by its own act, brought on the ivar, and
offers for proof the astounding assertion that
our army was ordered to plant its cannon in
battery ag-finst Matamoros while Mr. Slidell
■was on his way to Mexico! But Gen. Taylor’s
“good sense,” says Mr. Clay, ‘'prompted him
lo believe that he ought to remain at Corpus
Christi.” Just the reverse. General Taylor’s
good sense prompted him to write to the War
Department on the 4th of October, 1846, ad
vising, if we meant to claim to the Rio Bravo,
to make a forward movement to the Rio
Grande, more than three months before the order
for that movement was issued. We have
already seen how Mr. Clay states facts. This
may show how he cites authorities.
Having, on such grounds as those, charged
his own country with the wrongful commence
ment of the war, Mr. Clay proceeds to assert
that tho objects of the war on our part have
not been made known—that we are at war
“ blindly and without any visible object.”—
Let us see,then,what is on Mr. Clay’s own show- ]
ing, a sufficient declaration of the objects ot a
war. Here is what he says on this point in re
lation to the war of 1812, of which he was him- *
self one of the foremost champions:
In the instance of the last war with Great
Britain, the act of Congress, by which it was i
declare!, was preceded by a message of Pre- i
sideal Madison enumerating- the wrongs and in— '•
juries of which we complained against Great Bri
tain. That message, therefore^and without it
the well-known objects of the war, which was a
war purely of defence —rendered it unneces- -
»ury that Congress should particularize, in the act,
the specific objects for which it was proclaimed. — |
The whole world knew that it was a war waged
for free trade and sailor’s rights.
Have we had, then, no prisidential message
“ enumerating the wrongs and injuries com
plained of against Mexico?” AN as not the war act
ofMayl3th,“preeeded”by just such a message r j
Is not “indeminity for the past” one of the I
“well-known objects” of the present war? Is
not “security for the future” against Mexican
outrage and aggression, such as we have en- j
dured for more than fifteen years y ast, another
of those “well-known objects?” Or does Mr.
Clay now claim that these are not sufficiently
44 specific objects” —not 44 visible ’ enough to j
justify a proclamation of war? If so, his
views on that point must have changed since
1813 ; for in his great speech delivered in the
House of Representatives during the debate of
that year upon the Army Bill, Mr. Clay, in re
ply to this very objection urged by the oppo
sition of that day that 44 specific objects ” of the
war had not been duly made known, himself
stated those objects in the following emphatic
phrase •
44 WE SOUGHT INDEMNITY FOR THE
PAST AND SECURITY FOR THE FU
TURE !”
These “object” of the war of 1812 were spe
cific enough and 44 visible ” enough at that
time to answer the purpose, in Mr. Clay’s
judgment, most fully. But even if this were
not so, how can Mr. Clay complain that the
“objects” of the war on our part have not
been made known, and are not visible, when in
this same speech he refers to the published do
cuments, in which the administration has fully
state d to the government our proposed terms of
peace ? We have set forth all our 44 objects” at
length in a treaty. The treaty is on his table,
and yet he says that the 44 objects arc not visi
ble, and asks for more light to dissipate the
“ blindness” which is upon him !
AVe have expressed in a former article mu
views of Mr. Clay’s proposition, (so broadly
repeated in this full report of his speech,) to
disclaim all purposed of indeminity from Mexi
co for the wrongs she has inflicted on us in
past times, and for the war which she has
forced upon our hands. That a great party
in this country should permit itself to rally on
such a ground, seems to us one of the remar
kable manifestations which this generation has
seen of the blindness of party rage. That such
a party should find Henry Clay cheering it on
to take such a position, appears to us, if pos
sible, yet more astonishing. If anj'thing
could add to the strangeness of such a specta
cle, it is suerly to be found in the nature and
character of the indeminity which the Ameri
can people are now called upon to fling away
when it is in their grasp. AVe are summoned to
leave to Mexicoan wretchedness and anrrchy
a vast contiguous territory, still unpopulated
and unenjoyed in all its countless advantages,
both territorial and commercial, because, by re
taining it in our hands, we should secure a
just and rightful indemnification for years of
Mexican robbery, perfidy, and war!
AVe do not deem it necessary, not have we
time at this moment, to examine; this effort of
Mr. Clay more in detail. Not the least sig
nificant indication of the hopelessness of the
issues brought before the country in this
speech in behalf of the whig party, is the fact,
that through the greater part of his effort Mr.
Clay has plainly enought spoken very wide of
the topics before him. He has aimed as much
as possible to pursue a safe and politic tone in
his remarks; and in so doing, he has found it
necessary to discuss a variety of subjects having
little relevancy to the policy either of the ad
ministration or of its opponents. He has ex
patiated upon the horrors of war. Nobody
doubts them. He has deprecated the annexa
tion f all of Mexico to our Union ; pointed out
at length the evils of such a measure ; and then
confessed that, in his judgment, it is not a
measure contemplated in the present policy of
t ie administration or of the democratic party.
He has discussed the career of Alexander and
the condition of Ireland. He has deplored the
evils of slavery, rejoiced over the African set
tlement at Liberia, and pronounced an elabo
rate eulogy upon the society for the Coloniza
tion of the Blacks. All this may be very well.
Y"et wc are entirely unable to preceive how it
can be regarded as fairly coming up in the
next presidential election, or as contributing
(to borrow his own words) 44 any considerable
addition to the general stock of information”
in relation to our true Mexican policy, or even
any 44 small assistance in delivering our country
from the perils and dangers” which, to Air.
Clay’s eye, seem to surround it!”
[From the Baltimore Patriot.
By Alessrs, Aliller & Co.’s Express wo receiv
ed the Philadelphia Daily News of this morn
ing, from which we extract the following:
BY TELEGRAPH.
Burning* of the Propeller Phoenix, on Lak«
IVlichigan-
TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST! '
Pittsburg, Nov. 26 —9 P. AI.
News has just reached here, by the way of
the Lakes, of a sad catastrophe which happen
ed on Lake Michigan, by which nearly two
hundred human beings have been hurried into
an untimely grave.
On Sunday morning last, the Propeller
Phoenix, bound up to the Lakes, was discover
ed to be on fire, when within 19 miles of She- '
boygan. The fire broke out under the deck,
and a fresh wind prevailing, spread with fear
ful rapidity. The utmost consternation pre
vailed among the passengers, and it was im
possible amidst the excitement which follow
ed, to make the proper efforts to stay the flames
and save the bout.
There were over two hundred passengers on
board, and the scene was heart-reading in the
extreme. Mothers crying in frantic madness i
for their chilcrea —wives clinging to their hus
bands, and crying aloud for mercy from above.
Some in desperat ion plunged into the Lake—
others in their wild delirium rushed headlong
into the flames.
It was a harrowing spectacle and humanity
shudders at the recital of it. Some of the pas- 1
sengers succeeded in escaping in the boats, j
and the rest either perished in the flames, or
were drowned.
Capt. Sweet, who was lying on a bed of
sickness, was saved in one of the boats.
Those who so miraculously escaped in the
boats, were shortly after picked up by the
steamer Delaware, which hove in sight just in
time to witness the fate of those on board the
ill-starred Phccnix, but too late to render them
any earthly assistance. Every attention was
paid to the survivors by the officers and crew
of the Delaware. One hunured and fifty of
the passengers were Gorman emigrants. The
Phoenix was owned by Pease & Allen, at
Cleveland, and insured for $15,000.
NEW ORLEANS, N0v.24, p. m.— Cotton. —The
market has been very quiet and the sales barely
reach 1000 bales at rather easier rates, which is
probably owing to the proximity of later news from
Europe.
Sugar.r~loo hhds. have found purchasers with
out change in prices.
Molasses. —Sales 1200 bbls. at 18£ a 18J, chiefly
at 18|c ; leaving little in first hands for sale..
Flour. —-The market continues dull, holders be
ing anxious to.sell;, we only hear, of a few small
sales, as 300 bbls. St. Louis, in lots at $6; 150 Ohio
at $5 25 ; 337 and iBS bbls Illinois at $5 25.
Corn —Sales 500 sacks White at 47, and 428
sacks weevby at 44c.
Whiskey. —2so bbls. Rectified sold at 17|c.
Lard. —6oo kegs and 23 bbls. Prime were sold at
7c, and 50 bbls, and tierces at 6£c.
Freights. —No b ne w engagement has transpired.
nans t a , d 3 cor3 * l a •
WEDNESD AY MORNING^pE^Ji
1&T Our Letter Sheet Price Current wUI be
ready for delivery this morning at 9 o’clock.
Mr Clay in 1847 and in I® l2 ’ ,
Wc publish below an extract from Mr. naj *
speech delivered in 1812, the language it
will be seen, is quite different from that
I (riven in our columns, as emanating nom
the same gentleman. We think the ma
! Why of our readers will agree with us, that
the sentiments of Mr. Clay in 1812, are those
I of a great majority of the American people at
this time, and whatever flattering un6tion the
| opponents of the present war may take to the
souls, the American people will hold them in
the same light that Mr. Clay held the oppo
nents of the war in 1812.
“Whilst these peaceful experiments are un
dergoing a trial, what is the conduct of the
opposition ? They are the champions of war
—tte proud, the spirited, the sole repository
of the nation’s honor—the men of exclusive
and energy. The administration, on the
contrary, is weak, feeble, and pusillanimous —
‘incapable of being kicked into a war.’ The
j maxim, ‘not a cent for tribute, millions for de
fence,’ is loudly proclaimed. Is the adminis
tration for negotiation ? The opposition is
tired, sick, disgusted with negotiation. They
want to draw the sword and avenge the na
tion’s wrongs. When, however, foreign na
tions, perhaps emboldened by the very oppo
sition here made, refuse to listen to the amica
ble appeals, which have been repeated and re
iterated by the administration, to their justice
and to their interests —when, in fact, war with
one of them has become identified with our in
dependence and our sovereignty, and to ab
stain from it was no longer possible—behold
the opposition veering around and becoming
the friends of peace and commerce. They tell
you of the calamities of war—its tragical events
—the squandering away of your resources —
the waste of the public treasure, and the spill
ing of innocent blood. “Gorgons, hydras, and
j chimeras dire.” They tell you that honor is
an illusion ! Now we see them exhibiting the
terrific forms of the roaring king of the forest
now the meekness and humility of the lamb !
They are for war and no restrictions, when the
administration is for war. You find them, sir,
tacking with every gale, displaying the colors
j of every party, and of all nations ; steady only
in one unalterable purpose—to steer, if possi
ble, into the haven of power. * *
“I omitted, yesterday, sir, when speaking of
a delicate and painful subject, to notice a pow
erful engine which the conspirators against
the integrity of the Union employ to effect
their nefarious purposes—l mean southern in
j fluence. The true friend to his country, know
ing that our constitution was the work of a
compromise,in which interests, apparently con
flicting, were attempted to be reconciled, aims
}to extinguish or allay prejudices. But this
| patriotic exertion does not suit the views of
I those who arc urged on by diabolical ambition.
They find it convenient to imagine the exist
ence of certain improper influences, and to
propagate with their utmost industry a belief
of them. Hence the idea of southern prepon
derance —Virginia influence—the yoking of
the respectable yeomanrj' of the north, with
negro slaves, to the car of southern nabobs.”
* * * * * * * «
| “No, sir; the administration has erred in
the steps which it has taken to restore peace,
but its error has been not in doing too little,
but in betraying too great a solicitude for that
j event. An honorable peace is attainable only by
an efficient icar. My plan would be to call out
the ample resources of the country ; give them a
judicious direction; prosecute the war with the
utmost vigor ; strike where we can reach the ene
my, at sea or on land, and negotiate the terms
of a peace at Quebec or at Halifax. We are
: told that England is a proud and lofty nation,
which, disdaining to wait for danger, meets it
half way. Haughty as she is, we once tri
umphed over her ; and, if we do not listen to
the counsels of timidity and despair, we shall
again prevail. In such a cause, with the aid
of Providence, we must come out crowned
with success ; but if we fail, let us fall like
men —lash ourselves to our gallant tars, and
expire together in one common struggle, fight
ing for free trade and seamen s rights.
A Mexican Prize-
Recent advices from Vera Cruz, state that
on the evening of the Bth, the U. S. steamer
Scorpion brought into that port as a prize, a
i Spanish topsail schooner. This is one of the
! vessels which Capt. Davis, lately of the Secre
tary Buchanan, reported at Vera Cruz he had
seen under suspicious circumstances, and
| which the Scorpion was immediately sent in
quest of. ‘
Popular Demonstrations of Respect-
The N. O. Delta of the 25th ult. says :
Gens. Quitman and Shields, Cols. Moore and
Burnett, Capt. Mclleynolds, and several other
, of the officers who are at present honoring onr
city with their presence, were escorted to the
i American Theatre last night, by a band of
music and a large crowd of citizens. On en
tering the theatre, the audience, which was a
very large one, rose cn masse and saluted these
war-worn veterans and heroes, with such an
outburst of enthusiasm and applause, as fair
ly shook the Theatre from “ foundation to tur
ret stone,” the orchestra, meantime, playing
first, “ See the Conquering Heroes Come,”
and “ The Star Spangled Banner.” Barely
have we seen so large a crowd raised to such
a pitch of enthusiasm and excitement, as cha
racterised that which filled the American last
night. Three cheers were enthusiastically
given for Gen. Quitman, three for Gen. Shields,
three for Col. Burnett, three for the American
| Army, and three for “ Old Bough and Beady.”
| It was the simultaneous and unbidden over
i flow' of hearts full of gratitude and admiration
: for the illustrious deeds of the brave men, who
are now seeking a temporary repose after the
severe trials and sufferings of the marvellous
campaign, through which they have just
passed.
Special Notices.
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EXPORTS OF COTTON TO FOREIGN AND COASTWISE PORTS, COMMENCING IST. SEPTEMBER, 1846.
SAVANNAhT CIIARLESI ON.” MOBILEr N. ORLEANS. NEVV YORK. OTHER PORTS. TOTAL.
whither EXPORTED. 1847.(1846." 1847.11846.1 j 1847.1 1846.1 i 1847. 1846. 1847.1 1846. 1547. 1846. 1847. j 1^46.
Liveri*ool ...T .".T L549j
Hull .7.7 i; * I
Glasgow and (ireenock •••••••• - 1 ■***Vnoo ir-7 1 o--»
Cork and a Market I 1 i 346 1,227, 1,4a7 | ],73b d,»89 Ibd 2(3
Total to Great Britain j | 17549 6,249 19,675 15,159 j 9,259, 49,076 20,285 18,315 10,707 _ 1,909 801 99,783 53,201
Havre E304 Tjb 97
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i 1 616 406 |
Total to France ~T,304! 1,597 8,299 liyTlO |~~~M2O 17890 |~~3Q,105 " id, (>3O 20,692 12,027 ~ l,02(il i 02,946 ~4Q ,854
Amsterdam 1 J ! | i fioo”'!”!' 7
\nt t werp m '7!'777777!7!7!777!7! 7 777 7777777 77 77 77 77777 77 7' ‘ 1,062 .7.77777 ''2,102 ”’"iso; mib! 1,873 77 77777777: 77 77 7.7 :;:;77! 77 777 7 ”
Hamburg j| | ' j *
Bremen j
BorcploTiß . ••••*•••#••••••• 30*) 1. llio •••••••«•••••••• ••••*•*• •••••••• *••••••• •••••••• •••••••■ ••••••••
Invm I&c 7 I 2,053 5,41 4 394 82
&c*. ii;..””..: 384 1,720 L 612 1,834 1,780
outer ptTr C ts7 777777777777 77 77 77 77 77 7 ;”7” 77 7 777 77 ” i4o 77 77 ”.’.! (7777 77 77 7 !”77”i ‘"ijeSl”'"ijia "”i',o 1? It? tos: ias 77 7 777 7777777 77 7
Total to other Foreign Ports.... n 758 384 1,3437• 1,165 7.75/ 8,305 18,5.'x3 8,235 708 180 29,143 18,2. 4
New York * 9,919 157163 11,001 28,H9 1 4,518 2,253 13,208 7,916 1
Boston 995; 2,076 2,567 3,390 ! 4,058 ! 9,847; 4,882
Providence 612 j
Philadelphia 430 639 1,790, 4,221 168 387 1,483 l,4iU f|
Baltimore 28Q, 548 913 1,350 1 450] 818 414 j
Other Ports 1,595* 4,719 16; 253 158 2,820 ...» 16/ 1
Total Coastwise 13,2191 23,145 16,287 37,945 8,902 5,940 ’ 25,356 14.849 I i | | 63,764 81,879
Grand Total i _ 45,019, 65,198 t
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is now for sale in every city and important town
in the country, and at a price too, that any one can
afford to pay. You have no excuse, therefore, for
neglecting to save your life and health. Be not
deceived with quack nostrum, or any imitations of
this invaluable medicine. An individual at Charles
ton, South Carolina, recently purchased four bot
tles of a doubtful kind-one of the most celebrated
physicians in the city, told the deceived patient
he must send that article back, and exchange it
for Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. Be not
deceived —remember that it is Dr. Wistar’s Bal
sam that cures —it is Dr. Wistar’s that brings back
the bloom of health to the cheek, lustre to the eye,
strength to the system, joy and gladness to the soul
and happiness to the man—it is Dr. Wistar s that
has gained such celebrity among the sick, aston
ishing the world with its effects, and is recommend
ed by the best physicians throughout the land.
Be not deceived —buy none unless signed I. Butts
on the wrapper, the genuine Dr. Wi-tar’s, which
is for sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by
HA VILA ND. RISLEY & CO..and also by THOM
AS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicines
generally in Augusta.
Dec. 1 3t
Jayne’s Expectorant
[LT EXTRAORDINARY! .Tfl
qqq 3 3 3
A CUKE OF BODY AND MIND.
Philadelphia, Jan. Gth, 1846.
Dr. D. Jayne.—Dear Sir;—Justice compels me
to make the following statement of the extraordi
nary effects of your valuable medicine—the Al
terative.
I certify that my wife was afflicted for fourteen
years, during which time her disease ballled the
skill of several eminent physicians, and after find
ing that every means that were used failed to re
■ Have her, I concluded to place her in the Pennsyl
vania Hospital, hoping that with the care and treat
ment she would there receive from the physicians
in that institution she might again be restored to
health. But to my great disappointment she grew
worse, and became entirley deranged in her mind,
and I was obliged to take her home again “ incu
rable” and bereft of reason. I will here
mention that at this time the more prominent symp
toms of her disease were Dyspepsia and Liver
Complaint, attended with sickness of the stomach,
and vomiting of a very offensive foetid mucus,
pains in the head, back and stomach, and in the
region of the heart, with violeni: attacks of Colic,
a troublesome cough from large quantities of
phlegm in her throat, which kept her continually
gagging and retching to throw it up. She had no
appetite, and was very weak. She also suffered
very much from a uterine disease by which she
was confined to her bed. Add to all the above,
the deranged state of her mind, (which at this
time was truly awful,) and you will be able to
form some idea of her afflictions,
By the advice of a friend we commenced giv
ing her your Alterative, in the doses of a tea
spoonful three times a day, and found that it helped
her. We also gave her your Vermifuge to increase
her appetite, and the Sanative Pills to regulatejher
bowels. She had not taken two bottles of the Al
terative, before it operated upon her in a won
derful manner, filling her face, with small red
pimples, and caused her to expectorate large
quantities of corruption, before which, her breath
was s« offensive we could not remain in the room
with her unless the doors were open. Finding the
Alterative doing her so much good, we in
creased the dose according to the directions, and
she continued to improve daily,, until finally she
was restored to health, if body as well
as ry mind !
I hope you will delay no time in laying this be
fore the public, as I am willing to be qualified at
an)* time to the truth of the above statement, and
that it was your Alterative which cured her.
SAMUEL FIELDS,
[Bedford, above Marlboro Street.
The above is from a wellkuowu and worthy citi-
ARTICLES. Per. Wholesale. Duty.
OlLS— Sperm,W.Straineo .... 1 30 fa) I 37 f ree>
Fall strained 1 25 fai
Summer do J 00 (w 1 12
Linseed bbi.
Tanners... 55 fa)
Lard 1 25 fa)
POTATOES obi. 3 50 fa) 4 00
PIPES i 62 (to 1 00
PORTER doz. 2 25 fa) 3 5J
PEPPER.... tb 10 fa. 12
PIMENTO.... 14/0)15
i RAISINS —MaIaga, bunch box. 275 fa 3 )
Muscatel i fay 2 SJA 40pr. ct.
RICE —Ordinary 100. 4 00 to) 4 25! ’
Fair 4 37 fa) 4 50
Good and Prime.. .... 4 75 <a) 5 00
f French Brandies gal. JSO fa) 2 100 pr ct
Lcgor Freres -*.'2 75 fa), 3
tr. Holland Gin 125 fa) 1 50i00pr. ct.
American Gm 40 fa 43 1
\ Jamaica Rum.... ] 50 fa) 2 00 100 ur.ct.
: JT N.E.Rum, lids. & brls; .... 37 fa 10
\Vinskey,Phii. <Sc Balt 33 fa,35
Do. New Orleans 30 fa 33
L Peach Brandy 75 fa) 1 00 100 pr. ct.
SUGAR-Cu\m Muscovado lb 7fa) 8^
PK. &. St. Crv.i.v Bfa i j
Havana, white 9ikvJoi
New Orleans j 8 fa) 9 | r**® P r- ct *
Loaf. ! IJ£fa)]2J j
Lump 11 fa) 12
S./JLT'—Liverpool sack 1 62 ® 0 00 (
Loose bus.i 40 fa)4s || 20 pr. ct.
SOAP —American, yellow tb 5 fa) 6 30 pr. ct.
SHOT —AII sizes ] 62 fa) 1 75 20 pr. ct.
SEGARS— Spanish M 20 00fa)30 00 40 pr. ct.
American ! 8 fay 10 j
TALLQ W— American 1 10 fa) 00 10 pr. ct.
TOBACCO —Georgia tb 1 4 fa) >„„
Cavendish 15 fa)l6 1 \ 30 P r * ct '
TWlNE— Bagging 20 fa>2s | L
Seine 30 fa)so \ » P 1 * a *
TEAS— Pouchong j 50 fay7s A
Gunp’der tc Imp 75 fa) 1 00 !
Hyson 75 fa)80 , (free
Young Hyson.. 50 fa)7s j
WlNES —Madeira I gal. 2 00 fa) 2 25 30 pr. ct.
Claret, Marn’lies caskj 25 fa)6o 40 pr. ct.
Do. Bordeaux doz. 3 00 fa) 3 50 40 pr. ct.
Champagne....!.... 9 00 fa) 15 00 40 pr. ct.
Malaga 1.... 56 fa)62 ‘4O pr. ct.
zen of Kensington, and amemb-r ot the Metho
dist Church, and hundreds of families in that neigh
borhood will testify to the truth of his statement.
Prepared only by Dr. D. Jayne, Philadelphia,and
sold on agency, by
W. K. KITCHEN, Augusta,
Dec. 1
[CJ 3 We are authorized to announce
Leon P. Dugas as a candidate for Clerk of the
Superior and Inferior Courts of Richmond county,
at the ensuing election in January next.
Nor. 21
[HT We are authorized to announce
James McLaws, Esq. as a candidate for re-elec
tion to the office of Clerk of the Superior and Inie
rior Courts of Richmond County, at the ensuing
election in January next. Nov. 21
AUGUSTA MANUFACTURING
COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders, that
an instalment of fifteen per cent, is required to be
paid in on the 15th of December next.
By order of the Board of D rectors.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Sec’y. A. M. Co.
Nov. 11 f
ID” DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at
tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in
Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalf's Range, up stairs. Entrance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store.
June 13 Gm 215
BLACK & LAWSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Will practice in all the Counties of the Middle
Circuit. Any business entrusted to them will meet
with prompt attention. Address
Edward J. Black, Jacksonboro, Ga,
John F. Lawson, Augusta, Ga. ly Nov. 18
JOHNSONS DAGUERREOTYPE
ROOMS.
MR. C. E. JOHNSON has the honor to in
form his old patrons of last year, and the pub
lic generally, that he is again AT HIS OLD
STAND, over Messrs. Clark, Racket 8? Co.’s Jewelry
Store, where he is prepared to execute MINIA
TURES in a style superior to any thing he has
done heretofore.
Mr. J. thankful for the very liberal patronage of
last season, asks a continuance of the same.
Oct. 2-1 —3m
PLEASANT STOVALL.
Renews the tender of his services in the STO
AGE AND SALE OF COTTON AND OTII
ER PRODUCE, at his Fire Proof Warehouse
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4th, 1847. 8 mos. 35
lUT Dr. J. A. CLEVELAND has re
turned to this city, and may be found at the office
of * CLEVELAND A SPEAR
Nov. 10
STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR*
GIA.
{T~r* This Company having been re-organized
and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre
pared to send forwarded without delay ail freight
that may offer.
Goods consigned to WM. P. WILLIAMS, Agent
at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis
sions.
The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this
Company has terminated.
JOHN B. GLTEU,
June fi I—y Agent at Augusta.
a card!
DR- T. P. CLEVELAND having temporarily
withdrawn from the practice of his profes
sion, I would inform the citizens of Augusta and
the public generally, that I have formed a connec
tion with his former co-partner. Jno, W. Speak, in
the practice of DENTAL SURGERY. The
business will be conducted under the. tirm of Cleve
land Spear. Office Broad-st., over Aldrich &
Green’s Shoe Store,
JNO. A. CLEVELAND
Feb. ia uw- in
exchange.
Augusta Insurance and Banking Comj,am~7l !7
Bank of Augusta,
Branch Btate of Georgia, Augusta, .. ’ u
Bank of Brunswick,
Georgia Kail Hoad
.... 1 u
, Mechanics’ Bank,
Bank of St. Mary’s, ***** ‘‘
Bank of Miiledgevillo,
, j Bank of tJ,e fcsute of Georgia, at Savannah,.*.’*” «
* j Brandies of ditto, u
Marine and Fire insurance Bank, ’.**.*** «
Brandi ol ditto, at Macon, ’ „
Planters’ Bank, Savannah,.::”” u
Central Bank of Georgia,. 1. lt
Central K. R. and Banking Company, Savannah,..; “
Charleston Banks,. * ti
Bank of Camden,. ””” ’’”*’ S{
Bank of Georgetown, “
Commercial, Columbia, j .,,. t \\\ m “
Merchants’, at Cheraw, i..”” “
Bank of Hamburg, w
Alabama Notes, ki "*l»*
Commercial Bank of Macon, failed
NO SALE OR UNCERTAIN.
Merchants’ Bank of Macon.*
Bank of Darien and Brandies.
Bank of Columbus.
Chattahoochee Rail Road and Hanking Company.
Monroe Had Road and Bankuig Company.
Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus.
Exchange Bank, Brunswick.
Insurance Bank of Columbus, at Macon.
. Phoenix Bank of Columbus.
CHECKS.
On New York, { pcem
Philadelphia,. “
Boston, “
Charleston and Savannah, par.
Lexington, Kentucky-, “
Nashville, Tennessee, “
STOCKS.
j Georgia, 8 per cents no sales.
, Georgia, 6 per cents. 98 fa) 100
♦Not taken by onr banks, hut redeemable at the Plant
i j ers’ Bank, Savannah at par.
Co m m c r c i a I.
LATEST DATES FROM LIVEKIMJOI HOT. 4
LATEST HATES FROM HAVRE OCT. 31
Augrista Market, Dec. 1.
COTTON.—-Oh Tuesday evening, 23d inst,, after we
had made up our rein irks, the iidvices per Acadia from
Liverpool, to 4th inst., came to hand per telegraph.
These advices were still unfavorable, and had a damp
, ening influence on our market, which opened on Wed
nesday in a drooping state, neither buyer nor seller exhi
biting the hast disposition to operate, and the sales
reached only 51 bales, 6at GJ, sat GJ, 16 at
6at 6J, and 3at 7. On the 25th, there was a little more
disposition to operate at a decline, to which holders gen
erally refused to accede, and the sales made reached 146
bales, 28 at 6s, 19 at GjJ, 51 at 65, 2 at 6|, 30 at GJ, and 16
at 7. The letters per Acadia failed to come to hand on
Thursday evening, much to the disappointment of onr
merchants, and the business of Friday was consequent
ly limited, the sales reaching only 78 bales, at a decline
in prices of about | cent, viz :5 at 6,7 at 6J, 20 at 6j, 2
at
letters came to hand,and fully confirming the telegraphic
reports, buyers withdrew from the market; only 19
bales were reported to us as sold at 6|. On Monday the
market opened with a better feeling, caused no doubt
by the favorable advices from the West, and the limited
supply on sale ; the sales reached 276 bales, 166 at 6j,
' 39 at 6 7-16, Bat 6|, 2G at 6J, 37 at CJ. Yesterday there
1 was a good enquiry, and the quantity offering being still
light, the few sales made were at prices approximating
to those paid this day week, viz: 7at 6|, 12 at 6£, 10 at
G|, 44 at G|, 40 at C|, and 11 hales at 7 cents. Total
sales of the week G 94 hales. The receipts at Augusta
and Hamburg continue very light for the season of the
year, and as but little is shipping, our stock is on the in
crease. We quote for square bales (round selling for|
cent less,)
Ordinary none . Middling Fair. 6| a—
Middling 6f a— Fair G|a7
Good Middling 64 a6| j Good Fair..none offering,
RECEIPTS OF COTTON.
From the Ist Sept.., 1847, to latent dateg received.
1847. 1846,
Savannah, Nov. 25 18,528 56,72?
Charleston, Nov. 27.. 36,948 98,329
Mobile, Nov. 23 35,124 18,578
New-Orleans, Nov. 23 219,148 154,M5!
Texas, Nov. 6 3,938 1,345
Florida, Nov. 11 3,359 2,442
; Virginia, Nov. 1 550 1,615
1 North Carolina, Nov, 13 28 314
Total 316,916 333,515
STOCK OF COTTON
Remaining on hand at the latest dales received.
Savannah, Nov. 25............. 10,137 30,605
Charleston, Nov. 27. 22,447 45,865
Mobile, Nov. 23 38,298 16,542
New Orleans, Nov. 23 130,794...... 106, 881
Texas, Nov. 6 1,751 800
Florida, Nov. 11 1,745 1,333
Augusta &, Hamburg;, Dec. 1,.... 30,596 25,458
Macon, Nov. 1. 7,712 11,480
Virginia, N», v. 1... 300...... 250
North Carolina, Nov. 13 80 150
New York, Nov, 23 33,089 36,810
Philadelphia, Nov. 20 5,950...... 700
Total .282,899 276,874
EXCESS OF RECEIPTS OTIH LAST SOSOS, AT
New Orleans 64,986 bales.
| Mobile 16,545 “
Texas 2,593 “
Florida 910 w
Total “
decrease at
Charleston 62,081 bales.
Savannah... ..38,201
Virginia 1,6°5
North Carolina 286 **
Total 101,633 “
Decrease at all the ports 16,599
GROCERIES.—There has been a better business di j
ing this xveek in the Grocery line, both with country
Merchants and supplying small country orders. The
stocks of our Merchants are full, amt ws know of no
scarcity in any article.
CORN The market is bare of sack Corn— during the
week there has been some httle enquiry, but we have
heard of no sales. We quote sack Com 55, and loose,
by the wagon load 45 cents per bushel.
BAGGING There continues to be a good demand r
this article from the comiAry, and sales are making : *