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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUST A.
Wednesday Morning', Peb. 14*
Elkctiost.—An election was held
in the town of Hamburg on Monday the 12lh
instant, for Intendant and six Wardens of said
town, and tho following persons were elected:—
I Henry Shultz, Intendant; M. R. Smith, Joseph
I Woods, M. Gray, B. F. Goudy, H. L. Jeffers
■ and A. Walker, Wardens.
■ HxJfDsoMF.DivinKNn.-Tho Ochmulgee Slenm
■ Boat Company has Aclaro 1 a dividend of thirty,
-S per cent for the last year. Good business this*
I The schr. Sarah Ann, arrived at N. Orleans
H on the 7th instant from Tampico, whence she
H sailed on the I si, bringing §103,000 in specie.
■ CrNctNNATi MAnkXT,—On the Ist instant
9 Flour was §5 25; Whiskey 28 CIS; Hogs 050 a
S 4 50; tho weather cold and dry—canal closed—
■ money very scarce—specie advanced to 5a 6
■ premium.
■ The Br. brig Grenada, Tuzo, from Trinidad
H for Savannah went ashore on the south breakers
■ on the 13lh ult., tho weather being very thick.—
H yhe vessel will probably be lost—crew saved
■ Latkst from Sr. Adoustine. —TheSavan-
-9 nah Georgian of the 13th inst, says:—“The stea
-9 mer Florida, Capt Nock, arrived yesterday from
9 St Augustine. We learn that the late skirmish
of Gen. Jcsup, with the Indians, P' ticed last
■ week, is fully cenfirmod. Gen . 4> g . WO und, wo
■ are happy to say, is Captain N. brings
■ no news f rjm arr,y t pj ej howover, furnish*
W rs the lollowin- intelligenoo.
1 he sloop Splendid, Capt Holms, arrived on
Friday, 9th inst. at St. Augustine, having left
Indian river on the 7th. Capt ft. reported that
the schr. Lqr.dha. was ashore on Indian river
bar, but iV!!l, probably, be got oil - . Tho schr.
Stilly sliller was also ashore, on the north brea.
aeri,ifsaiiio was considered doubt,
'ful whether she could be got off.
The steamers Wm. Gaston, Charleston, end
James Boatwright, were left a*. Indian river.
The steamer James Adams left St Augustine
«w» the 6th for the same river, and the Forester
was to have kit for the same river on the 9th.
Tho steam dredge boat’Balize, for New Orleans,
touched at St Auguslino for wood, and was to
leave on tho 9th for her destined port.
Mail Ron nr.ns.—Tho Post Master General
ha* offered a reward of six hundred dollars to
. apy? person or_ persons *d'.o rhay preruolc the
arrest and conviction of the robbers and murder*
ers, or any of them, engaged' in tho late r.ffair
near Stockton, Alabama.
The N. Y. Commercial Advertiser of the
19th instant, quotes sales at the stock exchange
as follows:
SVtciK —American gold a4 i premium;—
halt dollars 4 a do; doubloons §l7; Patriot
doubloons 16 a 16 12J.
Trbasprx Noth* —i discount a par; sales
of $lOOO at tho latter rato. Fiva per cent notes
j a 1} per cent premium.
\ Excbakoe —Bills upon England 7 a7iprem.
The following are ■’.he remarks of Mr. Tab.
madge of New York, on the Sub Treasury Bill,;
in .reply to Mr. ’Hubbard, of New Hampshire,
who expressed the opinion that the New York
election had been influenced by the Banks,
Mr. FALLMADGE, ofN. Y. now took the
floor and addressed the Senate for about one
hour with distinguished ability. His remarks
were partly foreign to the subject and in re
ply to Mr. Hubbard.
Mr. T. spoke at some length up oil the re
mark in the /’resident’s Message that the New
York Election was the result of the exertions
of the New York Banks. He said New York
has 56 counties. All but 13 have Banks; sos
them were Anti-Administration, and 8 Admin
istration. In these 8 counties where there
were no Banks, the opposition gain—Whig
rain—is nearly five thousand, and yet the
President says that the Banks brought about
the result of this election. In the counties
where there were Banks, the gain was in pro
.portion not one half. Sir, said Mr. 1 allmadge
there may be an excuse lor this declaration,
when it is maoe by the organ of the Govern
ment —there mav be an excuse for it when it
comes as it does'from the Eoco-f»co organs in
the city of New York—but when it comes
from the President of the United States, I
hear the charge with astonishment. Sir, con
tinued Mr. T. 1 repel it with indignation.
I repel it although it comes from the President
himself. He should have known the people
of New York belter, and he did know them
belter. I call upon every Representative
from New York to bear witness to the falsity
of the charge. Come from what source it
may. be it high or low, from the F.xecutive or
-from one of the least exalted, L shall repel it.
What a situation do wc present to the world ?
\ The President of the United States holding
'forth to the world the declaration that the
Banks bribed the voters of lus own State to
vote against his own measures. What a mes
sage to' be sent to Em ope and the world—to
England, where we are largely engaged in
trade !
No, continued Mr. Tallmadge, this is not
v the cause. Far from it. It originated with
1 the Loco-focoes—the English Radicals—who
began a war against till Banks in favoi of
misnamed equality— advocating hard money
hard monev —exclusive specie payments —
experiments,' &c, This party were opposed
i to the U. S Bank—so were the Administra
tion, and thus a union was brought about be
tween the two parties. Ihe Message of the
President in September —the squinting at a
bankrupt law in that message —winch law the
party with all its *erve has not yet had the
courage to bring forth. It is these measutes,
continued Mr. T., this war upon the Banks—
this union with Loco-focoisra —this denuncia
tion of meri who did not believe as the party
did—it is this which lias prostrated the coun
try, and brought Ms where wo are. Here is
the cause of our distresses, Your specie
circular, your iron-handed, griping l execution
of the law has done it; and because all of its,
do not do as we are told to do, and swear en
mity to every thing not destructive, we ire
proscribed—denounced—impeached and im
paled There is to be neither freedom of
speech nor freedom of thought without denun
ciation—bitter, personal, vindictive—and we
who will not walk, in the fool-steps of the il
lustrious successor of the more illustrious pre
decessor, are to have imprecations heaped
upon our heads because we will not do what
the Executive bids us do.
In another part of his speech Mr. T. said—
we are called Conservatives—whether in ho
nor or derision I eare not. We are called by
some “Conservatives,” and called so because
our numbers are small. Sir, I must say that
1 think the name of “Conservatives” much
better than “Sub.Servalives,” which name
has been tendered to the friends of the Sub-
Treasury. We have also been called, what
wc arc, a Spartan Hand, and when my col'
league asks me, as one of that band, to sur
render my arms, I must give him the Spartan \
answer, “Come and take them”
Had the [‘resident, continued Mr. T.,rc-.|
commended the Slate Banks instead of the
Sub-Treasury scheme, he would have found
supporters. My honorable colleague would
then h ive raised the banner of his country,—
the stars and the stripes, instead of his banner
of gold and silver.
In conclusion, if these things are to be per
sisted in here, continued Mr. Tallmadge,—if
these experiments are “to go on—l warn gen
tlemen to remember the Ides of November,
when a voice will be heard in New York from
the Atlantic to the Lakes, loud as the roar
ing cateract which pours its torrents in tones
of thunder over her western borders.
[vuom oi:n comtEsroNiiKNT.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9ih, 1838.
Mr. Mi'.lilcnburjj of Penn., whose appoint
ment as Minister to Austria, I informed you of
”e ! 'irday, resigned his seat as a member of the
of Representatives.
When the Speaker announced the fact, Mr.
WISE made aome complimentary remarks upon
the personal and private character of Mr. Mub-
Ittnburg. He regretted that that gentleman If ad
escaped the operation of the amendmcPt to the
Constitution he proposed sortie ilhys ago, prohib
iting the President from appointing members of
(jongress to office; but he rejoiced that Mr. M.
had been removed horn the scenes of turmoil and
contest here, and in Pennsylvania, and found a
haven of rest and reward in another country !
Mr. BELT,, from the Committed on Indian
Affairs, reported the Senate Bill tocxlend the time
of service of the Commissioners appointed to ad
just the claims to reservations of land under the
■tro-tty with the Choctaw Indians of 183 G. After
some discussion, it was made the special order
for the morning hour bii Monday next.
The House then jwent to the consideration ol
private Bills: Among those passed, was the Bill
for the relief of Iloliert Fulton’s licirs, (giving
them a grant of$100,000.)
The debate exceedingly animated. Messie.
Owens, Haynes, Craig, M’fCay and Russell, op
posed the bill, cliief’y oh the ground, that in mak
ing up Mr. Fulton’s account with the GovcrmcrU
the Secretary of the Navy had made 100 large an
allowance for hi» services, and also for the use by
the Government of his steamboat Vesuvius, dur
in„ ,’..c attack on New Orleans.
Mr. OGDEN HOFFMAN, the dislingushed
New York barrister, and Mr. Lcgaro of South
Carolina, resolutely and eloquently supported the
measure. They dwelt with groat effect on the
merits of the illustrious Fulton, —the debt of
gratitude due him from the whole Ameiican pen
pie; and the national reproach arising frbm i*><>
destitute condition of his uiphan children.
Mi. WHITTLESEY of Ohio, also Advocated
the claim, in The most spirited manner, as a inut
■ ttl- of right, on the documentary evidence submit
ted to the committee of claims.
The American people in the mass, will, I am
sure, approve this act of simple justice to the
representatives of a msn who has conferred the
greatest and most lasting benefits on his country,
and his race.
In the Senate Mr. CLAY presented a number
of petitions from workmen of different classes,
formerly employed by lire United Stales at Brook
lyn, N. Y.; but now out of employ, braying that
Congress should cause two vessels of war, the
Subine and Savannah, now lying at Brooklyn
to be completed; so as to afford them employment
and the means of suppolt, without detriment or
disadvantage to the public.
Mr. CLAY very feelingly rcmaikcd on the
distressing evidence these and similar petitions
from Philadelphia, furnished of the derangement
of the c-rrency, and the consequent paralysis
which had seized upon every branch ol industry
Embarrassment, dislrtss, ruin, the most poignant
individual wretchedness, were the results of the
series of experiments the Administration had
been making. He entreated them to pause ! He
implored them in the name ofjustice, of humanity,
of their suffering countrymen, to stop in their
mad and destructive career!—to collect the ma
terials of our former groalncss, now crumbling in
ruins around them, and reconstruct the edifice of
National Prosperity on a tried, sure, and solid
basis! When ho looked at the condition of the
country, he entirely concurred in the sentiment
expressed ala very large and respectable meeting
rn Now York, that the question before the people
is not “Bank or no Ban#'— but ‘•Bueaii on so
Biieaii!”
Mr. Wi lister’s motion to refer to the Commit
tee on Finance, the Secretary of the Treasury’s
report in answer to his call for information re
specting the payment oi pensions and fishermen’s
bounties, was taken up, and carried.
The debate on the Sub Treasury Bill was re- j
sumed. Mr. Smith of Indiana made a very sen- j
siblc and vigorous speech against this scheme for I
a Government Bank.
Mr. Niles has the floor for Monday.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania are debating
on a series of resolutions against the Sub-Trcas- !
ui-y Bill; and for inslrUtling their Senators to op- 1
pose it. It is generally believed they will p SB ., : 1
and if so, Mr. Buchanan will go against it. The 1
luss us lu-t vatu to tho Suli-Treuxuiy ml vacate/
will settle the mailer in llio Senate. I think, the
measure will ho rejected there; and that Mr.
Rives’ substitute will be adopted with some modi
ileal ions.
Both Houses Adjourned over to iVlonday.
M
[Correspondence of the JV. V. Courier A Enquirer]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3tl, 18.18.
I must ask your indulgence while I notice an
editorial article in The Georgia Constitutional
ist. This is not my wont, and shall not soon he
repealed. In my letter of the 271 h December last
I referred to certain proceedings «f the Georgia
Legislature, and, ns 1 thought, trot itr discourte
ous terms. This reference, however, has drawn
forth a torrent of angry and vituperative remarks,
accompanied with charges of «iliul misrepresen
tation. I am at loss to account for this excite
ment, Unless indeed, the saying of the late Mr.
Widgery, of Portland, is applicable in the present
case. On similar occasions, the old gentleman
would quietly say —" You may always know the
wounded pigeons by their fluttering” I now
proceed to give the charges, in lire language
they are made, with such explanations as 1 hope j
may prove satisfactory ; or at least lead to restore t
the equanimity of lire ‘Editor's temper, if it yet re-1
mains rutiled, He says—
‘•To show how reckless this writer '( The Spy 1
in Washington’) is, in his perversion offsets, wo
sir dl quote a few of his assumptions, to which
we w ill adil a few brief remarks. This writer
says that ‘tho Jackson Van Ilmen party succeed
ed in their last, local election so far as to carry n
majority of ten in lire Senate and Cen In the
House of Representatives, This is not ‘the fart.
If tho writer had intended to tell the truth, ho
would have said, that the majority of the repub
lican party in the Senate was ten and in tho
House twenty.' [My reply is, that I did intend
to tell tho truth. And does not this captious
gentleman perceive, that the greater tie makes the
majority of the Van llnren party, tho greater the
triumph of the opposition in defeating tho friends
of power 1 They attempted to prevent, hy law,
the circulation of the notes of the United Stales
Bank, and their proposition was rejected by ft
majori'y of forty. I represented thirl this occur
red in a legislative body composed, nominally of
a majority of ten Van Burcn members. It now
appears dial this act was performed hy a house
having a majorly of twenty Van Burcn members.
I stand corrected ; hut I must ho allowed to re
peat my question—“ Call ye this bucking your
friends
The Constitutionalist adds—“ The writer” (Tho
Spy ) “says that an effort wire made to endorse
the Sub noifury scheme, by legislative action.
The question was laid on tire table. A morion
was made to reconsider and lost, ayes 32—noe*
20.—Absentees 21. No magician is necessary
to explain the reason why so many were absent”
“If the le ter writer had intended to 101 l the truth
he would have said, that these 21 Senators were
absent from Milledgevillc; that to the disgrace
of the Georgia Legislature, there are always
absent from tire scat of government, at least fitly
members of troth branches of the General Assem
bly, especially after the second week of the ses
sion.” [My reply is,that I did not know, that any
thing was done hy tiro members of that honorable
body ‘to the disgrace of the Georgia Legisla
ture,” an A if I hid known the fact, I should have
paused before I gave it publicity. I take it for gian
ted, wit rout any information on the subject, that
tire absentees did not belong to the opposition, os
their presence, if they did belong to it, would
have increased the majority. The Constitution
alist has a perfect right to apply to his political
friends such epithets as his knowledge of them
enables him to judge whether they do or do pot
merit. But he will pardon me, if I decline fol
lowing Itis example.]
Tho Constitutionalist says—“ With regard to
what the letter writer says about the proposition
to prevent tho circulation of the notes of the
late bank of the United States, he is also wide
of the truth. The proposition was not opposed’
because a majority of forty was in favor of “
national bank.” [How am I "wide of the trulhV’
I have not said Ilia - any ol the l ” were favourable
to such a bank- I anow nothing of their opin
ions or wishes, and, therefore, have said nothing
about them. I have only stated a fact, as quo
ted in the second paragraph of Ik is letter. May
I ask you, Mr. Constitutionalist, are you not con
stitutionally a little pelulent ?]
The Constitutionalist proceeds—“ The Spy in
Washington says] that it is due to Gov. Gilmer to
say here, that much of the change in Georgia is
to he ascribed to his intelligence and zeal in the
cause of tiro people.” “We will inform the letter
writer, that Mr. Gilmer Iras operated no change in
the sentiments of the people, with regard to a na
tional hank.”.—[And who in the name of Heaven
said he had 1 Not the Spy in Washington. I
do not know whether t c Governor is for or
against a bank ; nor do I care. But Ido know
that he was a most useful, efficient, and faithful
representative of Georgia, in the Congress of the
United States. And Ido believe, that llio tal
ents and untiring industry of such a man, in the
service of his country, must be prod ctive of
great good ]
The CoiistilutionaliiitcontinueB —"The Spy
tells us. that, the Georgia wings have nomina
ted their Congressional ticket, and that at
presenttbere are in tire House of Representa
tives eight administration members, and one
whig, Col. Dawson.” “We cannot tell wheth
er Col. Dawson will be pleased to find him
selfciusscd among the wlr gs, along with J.
Q, Adams and Mr. Slade.”
Now, a word as to the classificat ion of the
wings. Call them opposition men, if you
please. Call them any lit ng but Vim Burett
men. Mr. Adams and Mr. .Slade arc fanatics
on tiro exciting Question of the day. 1 do
not stop to inquire into the r motives. But
they are encouraging on agitation in the
country, winch would uproot its institutions
and sever the Union,if they were not checked
as they most effectually are, by their thinking
and patriotic neighbors in the North. On
this question, I do not, class Mr. Dawson
with them. They are antipodes. Cel. Daw
son, and I regret to say it, with all Iris fine
talents, and the doliglitidll social qualities,
winch ire is said to possess, (for personally
I do not know lire fact) is a Southern fanatic.
Whatever maybe his language or policy at
home, in Washington, Ire is a whole hog
Southern man. 1 speak it respectfully,—He
is a Georgian, I had al most sa'd, more than
an American
1 have now (lore. The charge against me
a wilful misrepresentation” 1 have stated
every specification, in the language of my
accuser. I have replied to each. In doing this
I have occupied more space than I have pre
viously occupied for years in defence. If the
Constitutionalist dbes not feel and acknow
ledge tlris condescension.! shall be compel!
cd consider him ungrateful, and will never
airim reply to any thing be niaf deem it ex
uendleal or proper to say, respecting,
i P THE MW IN WASIIIGTON.
The Right Soax or Eloquence.—
I “That rhetoric,” says Selden, “is the best,
1 which is most reasonaVle and catching We
(lave um ustuncj m that old, blunt comman
der nt Cadiz, who showed himself a good
orator, though not much accustomed to public
• apeakirg.” “What » shame,” cried he to his
soldiers, when obliged to make a speech to .
them, “will it be to you Englishmen, who
feed upon good beef, to let those rascally
Spaniards beat you, that have nothing to live
upon bet oranges and lemons.”
The following upimlo from this celebrated
Cotton JMalior, cannot fail to bo read with
great interest, as well for the quainlness of the
style as the fuels it ielates:
[AN liqiUUL) SNOW.]
Sr Boston, 10th Dec 1717.
Tho’wo are gott so far onward as the be
ginning of another Winter, yutt we have
not forgnit ye last, which at the hitler end
whereof wo were entertained and overwhelm
ed with a snow which watt attended with
some things which were uncommon enough
to affhrd matter for a letter from us. Our
Winter was not so bad as that, wherein Ta
citus tells us t hat Corhulo made liisexpidi
lion against the I’urUiiana' iVir that which
proved so fatal to ye IA-asht rid Birds in
ye days of ye Emperor Justinian, and that
| the very F alien were lulled under ye freezing
sea, when i’hocas did ns much to ye men
whom Tyrants treat like yc Fishes of the
sea. lint ye 'conclusion ol our Winter was
hard enough, and was too formidable to be
easily forgotten, and of a piece with what
you had m Europe a year before. The
| snow was the chief thing that, made it so.
For the’ rarely does a winter passes, .vbore
in w.e may not say with Pliny Ingens Hyenie
Nins apud nos cop in, yet our last W inter
brought with it a snow ’ns true, not equal
to that which once fell and lay twenty dilute
high about the beginning of October, in ths
parts about ye Euxine Sen: Nor to that
which, ye French Annals tell us, kept tailing
for twenty nine weeks together: Nor to sev
oral mentioned by Boethius, wherein vast
numbers of people and of Cattle perished:
Nor to those that Strabo finds upon Caucas
us and Ithodiginua in Armenia; but yet such
an one, and attended with such circumstan-'
ce» as may deserve to be remembered.
On the twentieth of Inst February there
name on a tnow, which being added unto
what Itad covered the ground a few days be
fore, Blade a thicker mantle for our Aether
than was usual; And ye storm with it was,
for the following day, so violent as to make
all oonnnunicDtion between yc neighbors
every where to ceas-. People lor some
hours could not pass from one side of a street
unto another, and yc poor Women who hap
pened in this critical 'tine to lull into Travail
were pul into Hardships which anon produ
i ced many odd stories lor us. Hot on ye
Twenty Fourth day of yc month comes Poll,
un upon Ossa; Another enow came on which
- almost, buried the Memory of ye former, with
1 a Storm so famous that Heaven laid an In
-3 teidict on ye Religious Assemblies through
out. ye country, on this Lord’s Day, ye i ke
2 whereunlo had never oeen seen be'oru. The
" Indians near au hundred years old affirm
1 ihat their Fatliera had never told them
]of any thing that equalled it. Vast
numbers of c'ftltlc were destroyed in this ca
’ Ismity. Whorecf some there were, of ye,
'I Stranger sort, weic found standing dead pii
thoir leg's, ns it they hod been alive many
weeks after, when yc snow mehed away.—
And others had their eyes glazed over with
ice at such a rate that being not far from the
sea, their mistake of their way drowned them
there. One gentlemen, on whose tanns
were now lost 1100 sheep, with other Cal tell
, were interred (shall f say) nr Innixed in the
snow, writes me word that thcie were two
cattle very singularly circumstanced. For
- no less limn eight and twenty days afier the
■ storm the people pulling out tho ruins of an
; hundred sheep out of a Snow Bank, which
■ lay 10 foot high, drifted over them, there was
two found alive, which had been there all
tins time, and kept themselves alive by eating
the wool of their dead companions. When
they were taken out they shed thoir own
Fleeces, but soon golt into good Case again.
Sheep were not the only creatures that lived
j unaccountably, for w hole weeks without their
usual sustenance, entirely buried in ye Snow
drills.
The Swine had a share with ye Sheep in
strange survivals. A man had a couple of
young Hoggs, which he gave over for dead,
but on the twenty-seventh day after their Ifu
fid/, they made their way out of a Snow Bank
at. the bottom of widen they found a little
Tansy to feed upon. The Poultry as unac
countably tifrvivcd as these. Hens were
found alive after seven days; Turkeys were
found alive after five and twenty days, buried
in the Snow, and at a (balance from yc
irround; and altogether destitute to feed
ihem. The number of creatures, that kept a
Rigid Fast, shuit up in SnoW for diverse
weeks altogether, and when found alive after
ulljhavo yielded surprising stones unto us.
’i’he VVild Creatures of the Woods, yc outs
goings of ye Evening, made thoir Descent as
well as they could in this Time of Scarcity
for them, towards ye Sea-eids, A vast multi
tude of Deer, for yo same cause, taking the
same course and ye Deep Snow Spoiling 1
them of their only Defence, which is Inrun. 1
they became such a prey io these Devourers, (
that it is thought not one in 20 escaped, lint
hero again occurred a Cunosiiy. 1 heso car*
hivorous Sharpers, and especially the Foxes; I
would make their noctural visits to the Pens,
where the people had their sheep defended
from thorn. The poor Ewes big with young j
wore so terrified with 'lie approach of ye Fox- i
es, and the terror had such impression on 1
them, that most of ye, Lambs brought forth |
in ye Spring following, were of /ifonsieur (
Rrinard’s complexion, when ye dams were
either White or Blark. It is remarkable that
immediately after ye Fall of ye Snow’ an in
finite number of Sparrows nude their appear
ance, but then after a short continuance all
u »ippci red.
It is incredible how much Damage was
done in ye Orchards. Fur, the Snow freez
ing ton Crust as high as the boughs, of yo
tiees, anon Split ym to pieces. The catlel
also, walking on ye crusted Snow a dozen foot
from ye .round so ted upon ye Trees as
very much to damnify them. The Ocean
was in a prodigious Ferment, and after it was
over, vast heaps of little shells, were driven
ashore where they were never seen bo,-ore.
M glity shoals ot Porpoises also kept, a play
dav m the disturbed waves of our Harbours.
Thcold Accidents befalling many poor pop
ple, whose Cottages wen; totally covered
w.th ve very tops of their Cb/mnies to be
’ seen, would afford a story. But there not
bomg miy Relation iu I'lnlospliy in them, 1
forbear them.
And now lam Sails Terris Navis. And
here is enough of my Winter Tale. If it
, w?rvo to no other purpose, yett it will servo
an opportunity to tell you That nine months
ago 1 did a thousand times \Vi»h myself with
you in Gresham Colleilge, which is never so
, horribly snow’d upon. /Jut instead ot so
{{real a Satisfaction all I can atlain to is the
pleasure of talking with you in this Epislo
lary way and subscribing myself.
Syr Yours With an affection that knows
no Win er. COT TON MATHER.
A Great Yield of Cohn. — lt seems tojbc
a difficult matter to convince our farmers, that,
with proper cultivation, one acre ot ground is
capable of being made to yield as much as
eight or teu acres, tended in the common way.
\V cso,-’ itataled, that Chief Justice Duchon*
an, of Maryland, raised the past season, sev
en hundred barrels of Corn on filly acres of
land—being 14 barrels to the acre In this
section of country, such a product will
hardly be credited; yet, if our Fanners would
try experiments on a single acre, ploughing&,
.manuring it ns it. ought to !>•• done, lliev will
find that equal success will attend their exer
tions —Ruleigk Uegislcr,
A Queer Way to Mknd Matters.—
Said a viscount to a knight, “Is it true, air, that
in the house where 1 am thought to be witty,
you said that 1 had no wit at all 1” Replied
the knight to the viscount. —“My lord, 1 nev
er was in a house where you were thought to
he witty, and I never had occasion to 101 l any
body that you bad no wit at all.”
Short isn Swkkt.—"l can’t speak in pub
he, never ilonn such a thing in all my life,” said
a chap the ullier night at n public meeting, who
bad been called upon to bold forth, ‘ but if any
body in iho crowd will speak for me I’ll hold his
hat."
V Oi>iM ERCIAJA
MOBILE MARKET, EKII U.
Remarks —The heavy rains in die early part of
the week, the cold weather that succeeded, anil
the want of three or four absent mails, ludotlier,
have contributed to render the business of die last
seven (lays less than was anticipated, and instead
of animated and bustling times, a comparative
quiet Ims reigned in every department.
At this advanced stage bl bur fnjaibess season
such diilness was unlocked for, and unless we
adopt the opinion we hazarded some weeks since,
that our business is becoming general rnlhor than
periodical, as heretofore, it is unaccountable. But
low supplies have thus far gone into the interior,
in consequence of which extensive demands from
that quarter may yet bo looked for soon, unless
past,experience Ims tailed in teaching the mer
chants of the interior the evil of procrastination.
Tim lesson taught them lust scisnn, wo opine,
however, is too recent ta bo soon forgotten; mid
we trust in soon seeing them or theirorders, while
our slock.of every description of inercnoiidizo re
mains fresh and unhroKcn.
Cotton —Since our last F sue, tip to Monday,
the market has been flat, and a deduction of { to
I cent is noticed, and n great anxiety on ’ho
part of holders to realize at this decline. Yester
day sales to from f> to 6000 hales wore effected at
an advance of about iof a cent. Sales of the
weak about 9000 halos; Receipts, 13,000; Kxports
3,f>03, leaving n stock on hand of 81,37’J halos.
The subjoined quotations are defined to ho in
accordance with the transactions;
.Liverpool Classification,
Good and fine, 11. a 13
Good fair, IU
Fair, lot s 101
I Middling, «J a tfl
Inferior and ordi nary, 01 a If
—PS—w—i !■ —m BA
TO TBMMI JPVUIjIC.
PAYNE & JANUARY’S
Patent I.cver Press, Fur Railing mid Cain
pressing Cotton.
tl’llK attention of Flankers and Shippers ii res-
S. ivßVlfuHy invited to the uliovn valuable inven
tion, " ilk the confident boliel that it will bu found
superior to every improvement ot the kind yet of
fered to the public. The comparatively trifling
expense required lor its erection and successful op
eration, together with the quantity of cotton tt is
capable ot packing, (six or eight hands being able
to turnout 60 bales per day,) give it an importance
which they trust, a liberal community will appre
ciate.
As somoovidencß of the favotahlo opinion al
ready excited iu lire public mind, the proprietors
beg leave to introduce the lidluvving report and ro
solulion ol thu select committee appointed by the
House of Representatives of the stale of Missis
sippi.
" Che select committee to whom was referred the
memorial of Messrs. Fnyno and January, have had
the same under consideration. The committee
have examined the model of the cotton press pre
sented by Mr. January ; from sir id examination, and
tiro statements of several gentlemen who havuseoii
the name in operation, the coiriiiiiltco believe it u
valuable improvement, and ouo well worthy ofihe
patronage of the cotton planter, both for packing
and compressing cotton. The committee therefore
reeornin-nd the adoption ol tiro following resolu
tion •
Rt solved hy the Legislature of the Stale of Mis
sissippi, That Messrs, f’nyno <V January, by tho le
vel -lion ol their new patent Cullen press, have con-
in an essential manner to improve (he
operation of coitm pressing.
Adopted hy the House ot Representatives, on the
Clh day of May, 1837.
Recommendations. —'Iho undersigned mem
bers of the Senate of the State of Mississippi, lake
great pleasure in recommending to the cotton plant
ers al Mississippi and the adjoining .Stales, I’uyne
& January’s f'atent Lever (lotion Frees, for pack
ing and compressing cotton. From the examina
tion we have bad time to make cf tho model exhi
bited to us by tbo paten.oes, and also from llie re
port of a committee of tho House ol Representa
tives of tins >tulo, we have no liesifaiimn in saying
that the general use ol the patent It ver cotton press
will ho highly beneficial to lha cotton planing in
terest of the .Southern states.
(Signed,! A. (J, McNutt, Stephen C< eke, Jehu
Wall, franklin WaUJioht. 11. Buckner, 11. A. Har
gis, James Mcßaveu.
I do certify that I have one of Messrs, Payns,and
January’s patent lever cotton presses erected on my
plaimcion, and find it in every respect superior to
any thing ol the kind 1 have over seen, and would
recommend the adoption of it to every planter in
the tsoutU W ith eight hands, 60 hales par day 1
can he easily baled, and when erected, will, no 1
doubt, last from twenty to thirty years.
Hinds county, 7lh April, 1837.
A. STONY,
[f’opy.) Natchez, Jlth F. h 1837—1 have wit
nessed the operation of Air- January’s paient lover
cotton press m compressing a halo ol cotton from
the sire ol 37 inches to llie size of 3D inches, and do
with pleasure state, that I believe it a cheap and
durable machine for packing or compressing cotton.
NOAH Barlow.
[Copy.] Natchez,37th Feb. 1837, Having wit
nessed the operation of the Inver press lately put up
iu this place by R. W January, Lsq. for the purpose
of compressing cotton, i have grea, pleasure in say
ing that 1 was fully satisfied of its efficacy, and
would earnestly recommend it to tho notice of
planters who are warning presses at their gins for
packing cotton.
S. M. STEDAIAN,
(Copy.) Natchez Oil Mill, Fob. 27, 1837 -W f|
the undersigned, having examined the patent lover
compress nf Mr. January, and seen i’ iu operation,
are perfectly satisfied that when the machinery is
properly adjusted, it will not require more lhaa tho
power ul two men to compress 9 h*\ c of cotton;
mating it ns am ail in dimensions ns I bat from tho
usual screw press. We would cordially recoia
niomi it id all, mid more particularly to those deter
mined upon erecting a compressing machine, as
! being preferable on ninny accounts, and certainly
i two ot tl.e greatest importance, viz; expense ami
power.
. DAN’L A. BALCOM,
JAMKS MU NS ELL,
1 JUILV AMBLER,
! SETH YOUJVG.
I have examined the compressing machine ot Mr.
January, and lolly concur in opinion with the
above.
1 , D. c. ambler.
lie, the undersigned, having seen the above
named machine in 0,-Miration, lully concur in the
i statement expressed by the above named gentlemen.
WiW, RAMSEY,
THUS. J. SIIROYER.
1 ■ [Copy. 1 Natchez, Feb. 21, 18j7.—Mr. Rob’t
■ January—dear sir; las an uninterested person,have
■ witnessed, while the ship Montpelier, ot which I
have the command, was lying at the cotton press
landing, the power ol your compressed lexer press,
and ran attest it has redo ad one of my largest bales
ol the lot of col tun marked “Elios duffs,” as small
e.s any that I have ever had Irom I lie me tin press ot
llie same size; and it is my opinion that your press
can reduce cotton bales into ns small a Compass ns
any steam press, as 1 was convinced from the trial
made with the cotton halo above rcleired to. 1
wits ~>«» of the three individuals that compressed
said I ale.
To nil Planters in want of presses, w ho make large
crops of cotton, w hich they are in llie habit of
shipping to Europe, const W ise, I w ould unhesita
tingly recommend the adoptionof this press,' ns it
would enable them to have their cotton carried at
less rales of freight; and the compression ran be
(Juno by their own p' otuil ms while ginning.
lam very sorry Una your press had not hoen in
operation hphire my cargo was press* d, as you
would have hud a heller chanco to have exhibited
llie performance of your press before my departure
Wishing you all iho good success that you just
ly mom lur your industry, 1 remain, your sincere
Irieml,
JAMES MEIGS,
On board ol the ship Montpelier.
Uurkk County, Geo. dip. 31st, 1337.
I certify I inn I have packed seven or eight hags
of cotton on Payne <V. January's patent lever
press, and (ind it in every way superior to any thing
of Iho .kind J have over seen, and can with pleasure
recommend the adoption of u to every plainer, and
I litya no douhl when creeled, will lust twenty er
thirty years. JOHN G. HATCHER.
JJutiKK County, Geo. Jan 31st, IS3S.
1 do certify that 1 huvuone ot Payne A. January’*
patent lever presses on my plantation,'the fuel that
has over hoen erected in this Kioto, and can slate
with pleasure to the public, that it surpasses any
thing of the kind I have ever seen in point of speed,
cose and oonvonienc :, and 1 sec no danger in pres
sing cotton w ith proper care, and it i nn he attacked
to the gin-house, so as to ho secure from all weath
er. The cost of w Inch may bo covered w ith s<76
or s3l)Uat farthest, and when limit of good materi
als, will no doubt hist Irom twenty to thirty years,
and I believe it is calculated to press two Dales in Ike
lime any screw can press one, and would rccem
liu ml the adoption ol it to all planters.
KUW. 11 ATCHER.
GEORGIA, Ihirkr cfmnty:
We the undersigned do certify (hot we Were pre
sent and withea-ed the operation of'Mesara. Payne
A January's patent lever cotton press, erected an
the plantation of Mr. Edward Hatcher, and lAk#
pleasure in saying that we helievo it will answer
the purpose most admirably, and will be a decided
advantage to every cotton planter. The Colton bale
pressed in oor presence, «as five lost long, twenty
live by seventeen inches, which weighed feur hun
dred pounds. The sale wan pressed will* lonr
hands. A. J. LAWSON,-
JAS. W. JONES,
A PEMBERTOJV, i.
JO.SEIM I M.'REY NOLDS,
L). W. CLAYTON.
Feb. 7, 1833
1 concur with the above named gentlcrocuj; h
WM. iIAVCHEB. J
I concur with Hie statements of the above named
gentlemen. WM. ti. C. MORRIA'.
GEORGIA, Tlurkf enunty '
I do hereby certify lh.it I was employed hy Mr.
Edward Hatcher to build ono o I'nytre A, JaoWt
ry‘s cotton presses alter a 1 model produced by'Mr.
John [‘eirin, which I completed end saw in opera
tion, which performed beyond my expectation*.
Further 1 believe two good mechanics c»n eotnplele
one in three weeks, timber and iryn famished; I
also think it worthy the consideration of all colt#*
planters, also all those who wish to compress cotton
bales. JAMES NELSON'.
Feb Slh, 1838.
GEORGIA, Tiurfie ciiunh/:
I certify 1 have seen the performance *f Messrs.
Bayne A Junor ry’s pstent lever press and can say
with pleasure that it surpasses any thing 1 havegv
cr seen or known to pack colt mi with, ahd is ridl
surpassed in point of speed, ease and convenience,
and ttlien erected, will no doubt last twenty or thir*
ty years, and do most heartily recommend the adop
tion ol n to all planlcts. ,
Given under my hand, this Bih Fob 1888 •
james mcallister.
I do heartily eoncur with the above certificate.
SAMUELS. LOVELL.
I most earnestly concur with the above certificate.
Feb. 9th, 1838-1 JOHN OWEN. !
Persons desirous of obtaining Ihn above named
Patent Press, either for Georgia or Florida, will
please address John Pkhri.v, Waynesboro’ Burke
< onnty, Georgia. 1 T
In offering the above namrilPrcsa fir sale to the
citizens of Georgia and'Florida (its utility having
already been proven) we hesitmu net to say. that,
in every instance where i trial of itn power is made,
that it will bn found greatly superior tunny thing ol
the kind ever offered. I,lie public. Wo hope for, and
oonfid Hilly expect, th* patronage ol the pnblis.
A. BRVNE,
JOHN PERRIN,
fob H Smdtrw&w 37
MACON SPRING R ACES.
HE annual spring races over the Centra
0, Course will eommcnce im Tuesday the 20th
ilav ol March, when the following purses will be
offered:
... First day, mile heaths, purse
Second day , two mile heats, purse 350 i
Third day, three mile heats, purse 500
Fourth day, four mile heats, purse 750 ?
Fifth day .mile bents, best 3 in 5, pUrse 300
Weights agreeable to the rules of ibe trnrk. •'
Jan Tfi P?;w4t MISTI AN A MOTT. ,
13. V.icJ. lIICC,
ATI' OUM i’.S AT LA IT, *
Moticello ami Eatenteu, C.Vofgm,
tlf ) LL practice in the several courts ot the conn-
Vr a ties of Jasper, Junes, Morgan, Puinnin, Bald
win, Bulls, Henry, Newton, .Monroe, Walton, and
in the Federal Court for the district ol Georgia.
REFERENCES.
Aigutla.— A. JAT W. Miller; Webster, Par
maleo A Co , Hnrvilarid.Ki.dey, A Co. '
Macon. —Poe A Niabil, Henry G. Lamar, Ckarle*
J. McDonald. ”
.S'otvin nnh. —Berrien and Cuyler, G. B. Lamar, Jo
seph W. Jackson. :
Churlit oii —James L. Pctigrue, Weed $ Fannin,
C. A G. H Kelsey A //alsleud. 1 i
The Charleston Courier and Merenry, and New
York Courier and Enquirer w ill publish the above
twice a week for 6 months ami forward their accounts
to this office.j nov 17 wfim 259