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GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Report of the Committee on Finance-
The Committee on Finance, in discharge of
a portion of the duties assigned them, have
examined the books and accounts of the Comp
troller General, and tind them correct.
They have also examined the office and ac
counts of the Treasurer, and find his disburse
ments fully supported by proper vouchers.
As the late incumbent in the Treasury Office
had gone out, and another been appointed to
supply his place during the interregnum be
tween the last and present session, the exami
nation into the official acts of each has been
as sear citing as possible, but not more tho
rough than satisfactory. But one slight error
was detected, and that in favor of the Ltj
Treasurer.
We find that there was in the Treasury on the
20th October, 1816, a balance of $895,536 sb*
To which add total receipts from ail
sources, during the past fiscal year,
say to 20th Oct., 1817....,, 316,014 20
Slaking an aggregate of $711,550 73
And deduct the total of tlisbursmcnts
to the same period 349.299 28
Leaving a balance in the Treasury,
20th Oct., 1847, of . I. 362,251 50
Since which period, up to23d Nov., (the
date of our examination.) the receipts
from all sources have been.......... 144.056 76
$506,308 26
And the disbursements on Executive
warrants.... 29.652 11
Leaving as balance in the Treasury,
23d Nov., 181-7 $476,656 12
This balance is composed of the follow
ing items, which were critically exa
mined and counted, viz :
Certificates of stock in State Rank and
Bank of Augusta $272,300 00
Packet of uncurrent funds,
under seal of Finance
Committee of 1846 2,194 72
Western A Atlantic Kail
Road Scrip, redeemed
under Act of 1845 4,124 89
Receipts of Attorneys to
late Treasurer for unew
rent Bank notes placed in
their hands for collection
by Executive order.... 12,062 00
Notes of Mrs. Cargile and
J. U. Starke for fraction
of land sold under Act
of 1839. 1,179 00
Commercial Bank notes re
ceived by late Treasure?
from Attorneys in settle
ment of Monroe R. Road
claim 109 00
Counterfeit and uncurrent
notes passed and allowed
by previous Committees
on Finance HI 00
Receipts for payments to
members and officers of
the General Assembly on
appropriation of the pre
sent session 2.255 00
Coupons paid since Ist No
vember, 1817 3,517 50
Cash on deposit in Agency
Banks, Savannah and Au
gusta. ................. 51.003 23
Certificates of Deposit and
Bank checks 5,006 37
Cash in vault, specie ami
specie paving Bank notes 122.463 36
$ 176,656 12
Os this amount there is
available only $131,275 5(
And unavailable,the sum of 292,380 61
We count as available the receipts for pay
ments to the present General Assembly, and
the coupons for interest on State 6 per cent,
bonds paid since Ist November, because they
represent cash for which warrants will be
drawn in the operations erf Government for
the political year 1848.
Your Committee will now revert to the balance
as before stated, in the Treasury on the
20th October. 1847..... $362,251 50
Os this there was unavailable, by report
of Treasurer 298.704 61
Leaving as available $63,546 89
Os this there belonged 1 to the political
year 1318, viz :
General tax of 1847 collected, and divi
dends received on Edu
catio i Fund, she sum of. fG.368 59'
And reserved for payment
of specific appropriations 24,557 23
Then undrawn 40,925 82
Leaving $22,621 07
Adding to this the receipts from 20th Octo
ber to Ist November, when the political year
closed, and allowing for the drafts yet to be
made on the appropriations of a contingent
nature, tv hie hdo not revert till Ist May next,
we may safely estimate the surplus of the po
litical year 1847 at $20,000.
Your Committee will now proceed to show
the probable wants of the Treasury and its
means, for 1848 and 1849, under the present
laws, several of the fruitful sources of income,
else than from taxation, having ceased.
The expenditures for 1848 will probably va
ry but little from the following :
Pay of members and officers of the General As
sembly $52,000
Civil establishment 44,000
Contingent fund. 10.000
Military fund 1,000
Printing fund 10,009
Interest on public debt, including 8 per ct.
Bonds 106.000
Sinking fund 75,000
University of Georgia 2.000
Indigent Deaf and Dumb 2,500
Lunatic Asylum 9,000
Penitentiary Inspector and Chaplain 650
Military Storekeepers, Savannah and Mil
ledge ville 450
Miscellaneous appropriations 20,000
$332,600
The estimated receipts may be as follows,
viz:
General lax ............$2-30,000
'Fax on Bank stock 20,000
Dividends on $ 10,000 Bank 5t0ck......... 600
From lands 3,500
Making , $274,100
Which being deducted from expenditure
leaved a deficiency 01. 58.500
Deduct surplus of 1817.,., 20,000
Leaving u deficit of $38,500
lUtimated **peivliturcs fur 1819;
/ Civil establishment $43,175 f
■ Contingent find.. 10,000
j Military fa d 1,000
i Printing fund 2,000
Interest on public debt. 98,000
j Sinking fuud 75,000
University of Georgio 2,000
Lunatic Asylum 9,500
I Indigent Deaf and Dumb 2,500 i
1 Penitentiary Inspector 500 j
Chaplain 150 |
Military Storekeepers, Savannah and Mil
iedgeville r-, 450 j
$214,275 1
Add deficit ot 1813,, 38.500 j
Estimated receipts under existing laws :
| General tax $250,000
| Tax on Bank stock 20,000
; Dividends on SIO,OOO Btsnk stock 600
I From lands 3,500 |
Making $274,100
4\ hich being deducted from expenditure
leaves a probable deficiency at the end of
the financial year, of $8,657
This result, your Committee are aware, may
be considerably varied by two causes —the
appropriations may be more or less and the
amount of interest due on federal bonds yet
uncalled for, may exceed our calciations.
It is, therefore, advisable, that ample provision
be made to guard against contingencies. The
Sinking Fund should not, under any circum
stances, be less than seventy-five thousand
dollars annually, and a very small increase of
taxation would be adequate to the demand
upon the Treasury, and at the same time enable
the State to carry on, to its early completion,
the great work in which she has been so nraise,
; worthily engaged for ie xrs; and it is confident
i ly believ- d that the eju dization of taxation
I on the advalorcm principle will raise an amount
1 equal to the wants of the Government, and
finish our great public works.
The pub ic debt, consisting of bonds is
sued at the Executive Department under
authority of law, amounts to the sum of sl,-
579,875 60, one hundred and forty-two thou
sand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars
and eighty cents of which constitutes our
I foreign debt; and is payable in London,—
; This debt bears interest at five per cent.,
| and is payable semi-annually in the months
:of March and September. This debt was
j contracted in 1839, the bonds having thir
ity years to run. The interest has beer* p vine-
I tually paid,- and most of the original debt
I extinguished. That portion of it held by Reid,
Irving & Co., amounting to $72,724 80, should
be paid with as little delay as practicable. —
The means are in the Treasury, and will
doubtless be applied at the earliest practicable
day. It is for various reasons desirable that
the remaining fifteen thousand pounds, in the
hands of the Dean of Litchfield, he made pay
able in the United States; and if that cannot
be done, th * bonds should be purchased as
soon as the Treasury is in a condition to do so.
Premium on exchange, commissions, risk.
Sec., make a foreign debt, bearing five per cent,
more objectionable than a domestic one pay
ing seven. The federal bonds of the State,
issued from time to time for the construction
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and
bearing six per cent, interest, amount to sl,-
135,250. The interest on these too, is paid
semi-annually at the Treasury, and has at all
times been faithfully met, and occasionally t
paid in advance. From this commendable
punctuality, our public securities deservedly
stand as high as any in the Union, and invest
ments are constantly being sought in our j
bonds. It is, however, desirable, in the opin
ion of your Committee, that the semi-annual
dividends of interest should be paid to the
bond holder at all such points where it can be
safely done by the Treasurer, ami with greater j
convenience to the public creditor. Such a .
policy would, we have no doubt, appreciate
our securities from one-half to one per cent.
In addition to the amount of the public
debt proper, as stated above, it may not be j
amiss to recogni-e, at the present time, the do- :
licit of the Central Bank. As stated in a
former report the excess of 8 per cent, bonds, j
falling due within the present fiscal year a
moante to $157,000 beyond the means of the
Bank ; and in 1849, an additional amount of
$22,000, amounting to, in all, say, SIBO,OOO,
which, added to $1,579,875 CO, the State debt
proper, makes the sum of one million seven
hundred and fifty-nine thousand eight hun
dred end seventy-five dollars and sixty cents.
This comprises the entire indebtedness of
■ the State, so far as the same could be ascer
’ tained by your Committee.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
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IX n§ti 01 a, (£> r&r3 ia ,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 16.
•' We would call attention to two com
munications in this day’s The review
of Mr. Clay’s speech is from a Whiff, who has
given to it, in our opinion, a correct interpre
, i tatiom
>
la Advance of the i>l;ul
We received yesterday by our Western
i j Pony Express, Mobile papers of the 11th, and
i New Orleans of the 9th, both twenty four
hours in advance of the mail, but we find but
little of interest in them.
We take from the Delta, the following para
graphs :
MectinO of Ambkic\x Citizens at the
Rio Grande. —“We yesterday published the
proceedings of a meeting of American citizens,
trading to the Rio Grande,- held at the mouth
of that river on the 25th ult. The resolutions !
I in which tire meeting gave embodiment to
their views, and expressive what they deem I
to be their grievances,- are clear, concise j
and to the point.
“They take the ground assumed by the XT,
S. government, by the government of Texas :
and by we believe, a majority of the people of i
tho United States, that the territory up to the I
eastern bank of the Rio Grande is American—
we use the word in contradistraction to Mexi
can —territory. This being granted, they very
reasonably, in our opinion, contend, that the
nagivation of the river should be free to Ameri
can citizens, and that neither in the National
or State law is there any guarantee or authori
| ty for taxing goods or merchandise brought
! from any State or Territory in the Union and I
landed on the East bank, of the river—Ameri
can soil —as is now done to their manifesto
injury and the detriment of their interests.— i
These opinions,which the resolutions put forth, !
seem to us so clearly sound and equitable, that
we are at a loss to conceive on what law or
| principle the right to levy the duties complain
j ed of, rests orclaims to have its foundation, j
The parties aggrieved have every properly re- i
solved to lay the matter before the Secretary
of the Treasury, who will we trust see justice |
done in the premises.’*
From Vera Cruz.—“ By the ship Tahmaroo,
Gapt. Sir.c’air, we last evening received papers i
i up to the 22d ult., from Vera Cruz. We could |
not glean from them a single item worthy of
notice. The Tahmoroo left Vera Cruz on. the 1
j 23d ult/' |
The Market. —“ Notwithstanding the rainy
! and disagreeable weather yesterday, there
1 was a good inquiry for Cotton, and the sales
reached 3-500 bales. Prices are sum at the
rates of Monday, say to 6J for Middling to
! Good Middling. Os Sugar, only Sod hhds*
were disposed of early in the day, the rain
1 preventing any transactions in the afternoon.
1 Some 800 bbls. Molasses were taken at 18 to
I per gallon. Flour still in demand, and
I 6000 bbls. sold, including 1000 and 1366 bbls.
' Ohio from harboats at $-5 25, 700, 500, 337 and
520 do., from store and steamboat, at the same
I rate, 100 bbls. fair St. Louis at $5 50 and 100
do. Choice at $5 per bbl. Os Corn, 400 sacks
Mixed taken at 55c. per bushel. Small sales
of St. Louis Oats at 41 to 43c. in sacks. A
i
lot of 500 bbls. kiln-dried Corn meal in ex
tra order brought $2 50 per bbl. Provisions
rathea more active. A sale of 300 bbls. Prime
Pork at $8 per bbl. Beef in demand, with
the following sales; 80 bbls. Prime Mess at
$6 50, 200 do. Prime at $5 75, and about 800
bbls. at a higher rate. No sales of importance
jin Bacon or Lard. Os Whisky, 300 bbls. sold
at 17i| to 18c. per gallon. No foreign Freight
engagements reported, but one or two ships
laid on for Liverpool.”
Fou Vera Cruz.— The steamer Portlan d,
which left the city some days ago with a de
tachment ot the Rifle corps and a quantity of
Government stores, on her passage down the
river, ran into a bayou about ninety miles be
low this port. It is quite likely that the steam
er New Orleans witt be sent to her assistance
to-day. If the Portland is found to be in a
dangerous position, the New Orleans will take
off her cargo, ami proceed to- Vera Cruz.
Vasski, Afire.—“ Cant. Chcscbrotrgh, of the
brig Napoleon, from Rio de Janeiro, arrived
yesterday, reported that on the sth hist., 100
miles south of the S. W. Pass, he saw a ves
sel about 250 tons burthern on fire. She had
burnt from the stern to the fore rigging. Capt.
C. took from her a dog, some rigging, sails,
blocks, etc., bfif could not make out her name.
Prom the Worth-
But one of tiie mails due last evening came
to hand. Our Ponv Express, however, came
i *
through, and brings us advices from Wash
ington and New York to the 12th inst.
At a caucus of the Democratic members of
the Senate, held on the 11th, it was deter -
! mined to support Lewis Cass for chairman of
| the Military Committee, in place of Mr. Ben
ton, who declined, owing to his necessary at
tendance at the Fremont Court Martial. —
i They also determined to support Mr. Mason
for chairman of the Committee on Claims', in
| the place of Mr. Penny backer, deceased ; Mr.
Athertons for chairman committee ou Finance
j in the place of Mr. Lewis ; Mr. Rush as chair
man of Militia, in place of Mr. Atherton.
I
There will he some changes in other com
mittees in consequence of the arrival of seve
ral new members*
No determination was had as to tire officers
! of the Senate*
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.
There is a heavy pressure in the money mar
ket, and one of ou*r hardware houses hast sus
| pended.
j The weather is Very unfavorable to business.
Cotton 1 has an upward tendency in conse
| quence of the small stock on sale. Middling
uplands arc quoted at 7 i to 7$ ; Orleans, 7$
to 7s. 1,0 )0 bales sold to manufacturers—
none on speculation.
Sugars, none lauding in consequence of the
weather. Sales 100 boxes White Havana at
7c.; 300 bbls- Molasses at 27, and 200 do. in
lot«, at 28.
The Flour market is heavy and sates limit
ed. A decline of a 18c. per bbl. has been
submited to since the steamers news. Wheat
is also heavy and lower prices would be ac
cepted .
Mess Pork Is steady at 13d a 13] ; Prime,
sales at 81 a Sg. Lard, new, bbl. 8 ; Hams 81.
Reception of Gen- Shields
Tbe booming of artillery yesterday morning
at half past three o’clock, announced to the
citizens of Augusta the arrival of Gen. Shields,
by the Georgia Rail Road from Atlanta, in
the splendid new cur Cincinnati, despatched
for the occasion. Our anxiously expected
guest was accompanied by Sergeant Walker,
(one of Georgia’s sons) of the Charleston com
pany, and Lieut. Clark, and escorted by the
committee of citizens, who waited on him at
Griffin', proceeded to the United States Hotel.
The desii'e of our citizens to show every at
tention to our honored in consequence
of the briefness of his sojourn, made it a very
busy, perhaps fatiguing day to him?, however
gratifying to his entertainers. During the
! forenoons, the General received a large nuraf
' her of visitors at the hotel, who were delighted
! with the suavity of his manners and his con
' vcrsational powers.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, a levee
I
j was held at the Masonic II ill, whore a large
! number of ladies and gentlemen were assem
-1 bled to greet the distinguished soldier, for the
I time “the observed of all observers.”
After a pertinent address, he retired from
the assembly to receive the honors due to so
distinguished a brother, from the Masonic fra
ternity* The ceremonies on the occasion were
as can only be known to the fraternity.
Suffice it to say, the General appeared highly
pleased, as were his brethren, with the visit.
It was- a renewal of that bond of friendship
which makes the stranger a brother.
The day was closed by a dinner, given by
the citizens at the Masonic Hall, at which
there was a good attendance. When we say
that the viands were prepared by Messrs. Jcn-
I ning«, of the Globe Hotel, and Mixer, whose
1 names in all matters of provant are a to we 1
I of strength, our readers will conclude that the
| fare was excellent. Song and sentiment, toast
! and anecdote, we are informed, enlivened the
| company, and our excellent band discoursed
| most eloquent music until a late hour.
The whole day’s proceedings, whilst honor
! able to the hospitality and patriotism of the
’ city of Augusta, were a just tribute to one
who comes among us fresh from the field of
his country’s glory, which he has nourished
with his blood, and who thus receives a small
; instalment of the gratitude due by his admir
| mg countrymen for his “deed of noble daring.”
AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT, DECEMBER 15. 1847.
ARTICLES* Per/ Wholesale. | Duty. ARTICLES. Per. Wholesale. Duty. EXCHANGE.
::::! ?‘2S * *S 13r,v “- j „
BALE ROFEr*- Manilla*..! lb R> to w Wpr. cl* Summer do 100 to il2 j - hank of Augusta, «c
Kentucky..i..., 9po) *0 : Linseed Obi. 87£© 20 pr ct. Branch State of Georgia, Augusta ««■
&*COJV-J lams 9to W > Tanners to | Bunk of Brunswick,.,.**,.,
Sides,...* 9to 10 >2O pr, ct. Lard ....i 2o to
Shoulders, 7 qto 8-i ) POTATOES Obi. 3 50 to 4 00) Georgia Rad R0ad,.,,,.
BUTTER—^ Goshen,prime; lb j 2d to 25 20 pr. et. PIPES .... 02 to i ooj Mechanics’ Bank,.,
Country, 12 to 15 I PORTER ......... doz. 2 25 to 3 SO) R-mk of «r Min’.
CL3NDLES— Spermaceti!* 34 to 37$ 20 pr. ct. PEPPER. lb: 10 to 13 * ar> 5,,, ,*..,,
Georgia made j
Northern 17 to 18 j pr. c . RAISINS^Maht%a T hunch oo.\. 375t0 3 ) , Bank of the fcjtate of Georgia, at Savannah,* »*
CHEESE— Northern 9to 10 30 pr. cl I Muscatel..- I to 250 L ‘*opr. ct.- i |j r . im .Ke ri G c ’ l( .
j 9 ] Ordinary 100. 400t04 2* > | Marine ami Fire ..
J°.; X £ > free, * !ur y •••••„••. ****u& 2f no Branch of ditto, at Maeon,, „ .♦
• •••• “4? y, j a„d Prime.. .. ; .|4 75 to o ol> Planters’ Bank, Savannah , *#
f ..... Lagjur.u.....a J f French Brandies,. *,, gaL loOto 9 100 pr, ct. Central Btmk of Georgia,,, ** ** * ’
ffchirtmgs, brown, d-4*! yd* *W b 4
-3 . 7 :J ® , SP Holland Gin 12oto 100 i oo p r . ct. Charleston Banks, . .*
>d. w»de,...! 17./ti) 20 i m American Gin 40 to 00 Rank r»f Camden o
C I Sheetings, brown, 5-4. 13 to 15 I a* \ Jamaica Rum.... .... Isoto 200 IQO nr. ct. n-,„t <>*’ r>*,inr<rpU.Y,’. ls
P ‘ BSl""
SlSrfe : SEE 5 •whi S key,yiiii,&iiait.
g Bed lick... U fa) M Go. New Orleans. 32 todJ Bank of Hunhnn* «»
= 1 Osnaburgs Boz. 19 to 11V Peach Brandy 75 to 100 100 pr. ct. Vlahanta Notes ■ • *> to ”di
j (assorted)...... lb 17 to TJ l SC/OJIi-Cuha Muscovado lb 1 B-nk of Macon ® tji 1
FIS.I— Mackerel, No. 1... bbl. Id to 14 j I pR, & St* Cf. lx • •-/.-! 8 to~IUA , Vorawercm ot Macon,.**,,***,*,..fauce
' _ 9 ® >3O pr ct. Havana, white,. 9Jto)lo| f NO SALE OR UNCERTAIN.
I J )o * ** . to 8 ) New Orleans*.-.. •••* 8 to) 9 j >3O pr. ct. Merchants’Bank of Macon.*
i FLOUR New Orleans none. \ Loaf...-.*.,...*.. .... lHtol2£ | Bank of .Darien and Branches.-
Georgia ~,*5 1)0 to 6 00 > S^iLT —Liverpool sack 1 03 to 0 00 ( „ Chattahoochee Rail Rfoad and Bankin'* Company
GRAIN— Corn bus. 45 to 5a > I*oose bus.; 40 t 045 |2opr.-ct. >i o „ r ,»e Rail Road and Banking Company.
GUNPOWDER — Keg. 550t0 575 SHOT— -All sizes }o2tol 75 20 pr. ct. Exchange Bank, Brunswick.-
HIDES —Dry to 1,. SEOAH'S —Spanish**..... M 20 OOtodO 00 40 pr. ct. Insurance Bank of Columbus, as Macon.
Dry, salted Bto 9 j * * American. Bto 10 j Phcenix Bank of Columbus.
HA Y— Eastern 100, to i oa TALLOW —American 10 to 00 10 nr. ct.
Nonh River to 20 pr. ct. TOBAC cO- Georgia lb 4to il‘ ** CHECKS.
IRON— Pig 100. to 30 pr. ct. Cavendish 15 ®l6 i 30 P r ct On-NeW York,.. J prertf
Swedes,assorted, ton. 4}to 5,\ 30 pr. ct TWlNE —Bagging 20 to2s' ■* . Philadelplua, “
Hoop 100. bito 7 }nn , Seine .-.*.* 20 to'sU j3O pr. ct. , Boston, “
SJieet I lb Btolo i P r * ct - T’E.iS-Poucliohg*** 50 t 075 ) Charleston and Savannah, p;^.
Nail Rods i oto 7 : Gunp’dcr & Imp 75 to 100 | Lexington, Keutrtr ky,.-.-.
I LEAD —Pig and Bar 100. Gto 7 v Hyson 75 toßo (free | Nushvdle, ■ Pennessee, “
Sheet ;•••• 6£to 8 >2O pr. ct. Young Hyson j.... 50 toTS J 1| STOCKS.
White Lead 7 }/d> 9 J WlNES —Madeira j gal. •;> 00 to 235 30 pr. ct. Georgia, 8 per cents..- no sates
LIME — bid.. Isoto 259 Claret, Mars'’lies!cask 25 toGO 40 pr. ct. Georgia, 6 per cents. gg to 100*
i MODISSES —Cuba gal.J 28 to 30 )„„ Do. Bordeaux doz. 300 to 350 40pr. ct. ——
N. Orleans i to 40 w P r> cl Champagne 1....9 00 ®ls 0040 pr. ct. *Not taken by our banks, but redeemable at the Plant-
NAILS —Cut, 4d to 30d. '
*. —nmnTi t m nj nwi-rniy.t tyt~ f-.ii. nrj— --mr --irTgirTr-TwrTrriiniri--iT-HMri-BiE l .-n-a~n*ihw <rlirraniurM~hmiii n imibih ii■mmpljiwjili—
’
EXPORTS OP COTTON TO FOREIGN AND COASTWISE PORTS, COMMENCING IST. SEPTEMBER, 1846.
SAVANNAH.
WHITHER EXPORTED. —TT~T . :
1847. 1346. 1*47.11845. 1847- 1846. 1847. j ±846. 1847. 1846. 1847. 1846. 1847. 1846.
Liverpool.. 77. 3,31(5 13,437 21,004 “ 16,379 11,151 2,269 j 61,4-58 33,912 13,8fc9 “ 1,939 80l “ '
huh 11 !i7!”!7i’.77*1-
Glasgow and Greenock 1,101 797) 9361 160
| Cork and a Market
Total to Great Britain \ 3,305 14,508 22,456' 18,229 11,151 2,289 65,532 37,798 19,510 14,322 1,909 801 T233 ( »3 87,947
! Havre/....-./. ■ 2,672 7,928
j Bordeaux ' 1 50 1 ......•
Marseilles .... 1,549 1,378 1,833 2,425
! Nantes 1.538 466 j
Total to France.......~2,672 9,901 '~TtM33 I 5775 1,890 ~~7,128 'i4,667 22,080 ~ 14,896 1,026 ' i ~76^82 ! ~ 49'X14 ;
Amsterdam v 1,299 275
Rotterdam ! .■...- 1,785 609
i Antwerp 6JB 1,446 1,062 1 2,102 150 6,042 2,357
! Hamburg 5,279 2,(13
: Bremen 162 3,162 1,6,99
Barcelona 640 1,835
1 Havana, &c 4,322, 6,010 533 82
Genoa, Triesta, &.C.. 281, 308 10,060 5,396 2,129 1,78‘J
Ghent,
Other Ports ......... 745 2,602 1,129 1,121 187 708 185
Total to other Foreign Ports i| |" 899 2,499 f,702 LB3s' 15.086 7 1,320 9,052 708 185 43,715 ~2<^424
; New York.... 1!),4I5 17,790 12,188- 29,141 4,518 7952 9,816 .777777777 777. .7....... 7777777 77777
i Boston 2,156 2,383 2,367) 3,853 I 4/>OB 247 15,296 7,360
Providence ji ...i ti)2'
Philadelphia.-.. 579 892 1,897 5,021 168 387 1,662 1,609 1
Baltimore. 280 518 1,300 1,821 227 66.41 1,650 619
Ollier Ports 1,812 5,488 133 253 j 158 3,085 W 5 259 ;
Total Coastwise. ~1 5,542 27,101 18,085.' 40,791 7,579 7,336 33J572 J9,G93 77777 77 .. ... j ~ 76,878 ~94,821
Grand Total ii ”"21,519
“S'fo should desert in arms be crowned.”
Wc arc sorry that we were unable in this
dav’s paper to give the toasts drank on the oc
casion. In reply to a complimentary toast in
honor of the distinguished guest of the occa
| sion, Gen. Shields delivered, we are told, a
very happy address, and! concluded by offering
the following sentiment, which will meet with
I a warm reception from every American :
Generals Win-field* Scott and- Zachary
I Taylor. ;
The following capital toast, we are - informed,
was given on the occasion by W. T. Gould,
; Esq. :
The Shamrock and the Laurel. —Our ghost
i claims the honor of one by his birth the other
! by his blood.
In our next we will publish the proceedings
in full if we can obtain them.
Gen. Shields, after partaking of the hospi
talities of the citizens of II unburg, will pro
ceed in a car provided expressly for the pur-
I pose, for Columbia.
[communicated-]
A Short Review of Mr- Clay’s late Lex
ington Speech
’ This celebrated speaker said much in favor
of our enemies, not one word in favor of his
i own country.
He said much to favor the Abolitionists —not
• a word in favor of Southern 1 interests.
1 He feels much for, and justifies the Mexi-
L cans—not a word of apology even for his own
1 countrymen—he justifiies the enemy and con
’ demns his own country.
Arnold went over to the enemy, and fought
! against us with the weapons with which he was
familiar —guns, cannon, &c. Clay has done
the sarnie, and now fights us with the only
weapons with which he is familiar (his tongue
and his pen.)
Disappointed ambition, made Arnold a trai-
I tor to his country, the same may be said of
Mr. Clay/ Arnold has come down to- poster!- |
ty in disgrace —Mr. Clay is hastening down- !
ward in the same direction. Pardon him my |
countrymen , for the good he has done, —the old
gentleman is climactrical.
[communicated.]
Old Pennsylvania has taken a noble stand
in defence of sound principles and Southern
rights. Two of her distinguished sons have
come forth manfully in favor of the old repub
, lican doctrines. One of these men should rc
, ceive the undivided support of the South —I
. eare but little which, though I should prefer
Mr. Dallas, because he has been tried upon the
great issues of the day, and proved sound.—
Still Ido not fear Mr. Buchanan ; but certain
ly the South should form on one of them.—
Pennsylvania, w-ith all her strength has been
modest in her claims upon the General Gov
ernment ; it is high time that she had begun
to receive the rewards of her many’ services to
Republicanism. lam satisfied that there is but
i one course of safety for the South ; and that is,
to abandon all idea of making a President of
her own, and to hold her undivided power at
the service of such Northern men, as -will prove
themselves sound upon the Slavery question.
It is said that upon that question no northern
man, Whig or Democrat, is sound. In one sense
this may be true viz : that none of them arc
in favor of Slavery ; but in another, and the
only important sense to us, it is not true. It
is not true, that every man at the North is so
hostile to Slavery, that he would sanction a
breach of the Constitution in order to injure
the slaveholder. He that lias nerve enough
to speak upon this subject in Pennsylvania at
this time, as Messrs. Dallas and Buchanan have
spoken, may very safely be trusted with the
safe-keeping of the constitutional rights of
the South. If however, when Northern men,>
of influence, rally’ to our standard, we‘ reject
their proffered kindness, impute base motives
to them, and turn our power against them;
what are we to expect but entire abandonment
from the North r The truth is, it but ill be
comes us to be fishing for the motives of north
ern allies if we can be assured of the thing
which we need. We need protection which
we cannot have without northern assistance;
1 and if ambition can be made subservient
to it, why let us have it as the fruit of
ambition, rather than not have it at all. But
it is ungenerous in us to impute vile motives
to these - men. Where have they' ever held a
different language from that which they now
hold-! - When has old Pennsylvania proved
recreant to Republican principles ? Bve the
Bedford Itcsol adorn: arc - the multitude who
passed them, bidding for the Presidency too:
If so, what are we to say of the Trenton Re
solutions r Now if when such strong demon
strations are made in our favor, from the very
region whence came tTfijc Wilmot Proviso we
turn a cold shoulder to them, why let us cease
all contests with the Abolitionists and knock
under at once. If our people prefer compro
mising away' their rights to having them sc- j
cured by a political adversary; why be it so; I
but let them remember that the people who 1
buy’ their peace, from the unprovoked peace
disturber, will very soon have nothing to buy
with, and will cud tfocir compromises in bank
ruptcy’ both of character and puTse*.
HENKY7.
Tclcjrra-ph between Mobile anl New
Orleans.
From the New York Su’n, we learn that 1
the great Southern Telegraph line will have
their labors completed in a few weeks. “The
wires have been carried! over the - “Rigolets”
the most difficult of the route, with perfect
success. The Kigolets is the principal outlet
to Lake Poncrhartradn and is 600 yards wide;
the banks are low and marshy' and no little
science has been requisite to erect masts suf
ficiently’ high to allow vessels to pass under the
r wires. It was, however, effected by the con
struction of two platforms of strong timbers
grafted together, each platform being 50 feet
square and six feet thick, in the centre of
which the masts, one hundred and seventy-five
feet high, are erected, supported by wooden and
iron braces. The sag of the wires between
the two masts, is thirty feet, giving about 150
feet for vessels to pass. The length of the
wires from the mast on the side of the Rigolet.
to the first stake, is 800 yards, and on the other
1200 yards.” The master spirit of this un
dertaking was Mr. Charles Bulkleyq a young
man of much reputation as a civil engineer,
and with Mr. Shaw, is the superintendent of
the Telegraphic line from Washington to New
Orleans. We learn from Mr. B. that the erec
tion of the masts above spoken of, cost one
thousand dollars each.
Special Notices.
U7T We are authorized to announce
Alexanhkh Philip, as a candidate for the office I
of Receiver of Tax Returns for Richmond county’,
at the election in January next. Dec 15
Q7T We are authorized to announce
MIDDLETON SEAGO, as as candidate for the
office of Tax Collector of Richmond county.
Dec. II VOTERS.
Q7F We are authorized to announce
GIDEON G. BUNCH, as a candidate for Tax Re
ceiver ot Wilkes county, at the ensuing election in
January. o Dec. 12
[D* Dr. J. A. CLEVELAND has re
turned to this city, and mav be found at the office
of CLEVELAND & SPEAR.
Nov. 10
Sands’ Sarsaparilla.
Lor J Chesterlield says a good appearance is at
all times a letter of introduction. How can a man
make a gcod appearance'with-a face covered with
pimples, pustules, salt rheum, barber’s or Jackson's
itch, and various otheTcutaneous diseases that fre
quently disfigure fhe' iiUVnan face “divine.” Th«*e
and similar disorders hare their origin in an impure
.or depraved state of the blood and general fluids of
the system*, and spring is- the time to thoroughly
eradicate them*from 1 the'sysfetn, by the timely u>e’
of the right thtediclnC. Sands ; Sarsaparilla, a pure
ly vegetable preparation*-Which operates on the sys
tem strictly in conformity w*ith-’ nature's laws, will
entirely remove all impurities froth the blood,, the
grand source of liic and bodily vigor, and the patient
will speedily feel it» healing an(i■ regehWratihg'ind'u
ence on the system, and by its ukß' sohn rc;gain
health; the skin is rendered clear, ahth the com
plexion m ich improved, s thousands cah testify', by
the use of this valuable remedy.
For further particulars and conclusive evidence
of its superior value and efficacy, see pamphlet*
which may he obtained of agents gratis.
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A.
B. & D. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists. 100 Fulton*
corner of William-street, New York.
Sold also by
HAVII.AND, RISLEV Ar CO,
And by Druggists generally throughout the I ni
ted States. Px-ice per bottle, or six bottles for
I $5. Dec. 3
OPINION OF THE PRESS.
From the Sentinel Sf Reformer , Worcester, .I lass. r
■/ime 1347.
Wistars Balsam of Wild Cherry-
The benelicial ctfects of this remedial composi
tion are astonishing to the world, and make if one
of the most popular medicines now known. For
Coughs. Colds, and Consumpiive cases, its curative
powers are established by numerous testimonials of
the highest character. In the first stages ot diseases,
termed “Catarrhal Consumption,” originating from
j neglected Colds it has been usedf with undeviating
i success-, and hundreds acknowledge they' owe the
restoration of their health to this invaluable me
dicine.
None genuine unless signed I. BLT I’B on the
wrapper.
From the Cincinnati Daily Times, of May 20th,
WISTARS BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY.
We would advise our readers who are laboring
under an affection of the lungs, to make immediate
trial of this truly excellent medicine. The most
intelligent and respectable families rs our city hare
adopted it as a favorite family' medicine; and per
sons predisposed to Consumption—who have used
it speak in the highest terras of its efficacy.
Scores ot individuals have been cured of Asthma,
the early stages of Consumption, Bleeding of the
Lnngs, obstinate coughs, Ac. by this Balsam —after
hope had well nigh yielded to despair. We say
this in all candor. It is indeed a melancholy truth
that thousands fall victims to Consumption every
year, from no other cause than neglected Colds;y®t
we find hundreds and thousands ■ ivho treat such
complaints with the greatest indifference, and let
\ them run on for weeks and even months without
thinking of the danger.
! None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the
i wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by
HAVILAND. RISLEY & CO.,and also by THOM
AS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicines
; generally in Augusta.
| Dee. 8
Jaynos’ Expectorant-
SCROFULA AND SCROFULOUS SWELL*
INGS.
Scrofula, ill all its multiplied forms, whether w
that of King’s Evil, enlargements of the glanch or
bones. Goitre, White Swellings, Chronic Rheuma
tism, Cancmh djseaaps of the Skin or Spine, or
Pulmonary Consumption, emanate from one
the same cause, which is a poisonous
more or less inherent in the human 3 y
Therefore, unless this principle can be
no radical cure can be effected ; but if the, P rU '
pie upon which the disease depends is remote ,