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WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27. 1838. v T, w
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
A U t; II S T A .
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26.
Our paper this morning is printed partly with
new type, and in a few days will be entirely so.
We are shuffling oil' the old garment and putting
on the new as fast as the nature of the rase will
admit. We hope also, to have our new power
press in operation in a few days.
Pennsylvania.
Porter’s majority in all the counties but two,
is 8,225. Those two will probably increase it
about 500 voles. In the Legislature, the Whigs
have a majority of 7 in the Senate, and the Van
Burcnites a majority of 12 in the House. For
Congress, 17 Van Burcnites and 11 Whigs.
New Jersey.
We have not yet received the. official returns.
A letter published in the Globe, giving a state
ment of the polls, says that the Van Burcn ticket
arc all elected to Congress except one, who is
behind one of the Whigs.
Ohio.
In all the counties but 13, Shannon, the Van
Burcn candidate, for Governor, is 7000 votes
ahead. The Van Burcnites have elected eleven
members of Congress, and the Whigs six, two
Districts remaining to be heard from, which are at
present represented by Whigs.
From the New York Herald.
Cotton Market—Cotton Crops, &c.
It has been said, and most justly, too, that this
country is a greater and a richer country than any
in Europe, by the amount of its cotton crop ; such
is the fact, and such will ever be the case. And
when in the course of events we have brought our
domestic manufactures to that pitch of perfection,
as will enable us to compete with the old and es
tablished cotton lords of England, the wealth, the
value, the importance of the cotton crop to the
people of this country will be increased five fold.
As it is, however, the cotton crop is the great ful
crum upon which our cotton lords place their
lever to move the European world. Within the
last ten years we have consumed in our manufac
tories less than two millions of bales, or but very
little more than the reported crop for the last year,
1,800,000 bales. And if, with this state of things,
our cotton crop is of so much importance, what
will it be in ten more years, when with a ten fold
population, we shall bo consuming in our own
manufactories two thirds, or half of all that wo
produce 1 And nothing that we can say will pre
sent this fact in so striking a point of view as the
certified returns of the declared value of manufac
tured cotton goods sent from England in fourteen
years amounting to 307 millions of pounds ster
ling.
The importance of this subject to the leading
commercial men of Europe, demands that we
should detail the following expose of the present
state of the Cotton Market, &c. in this country,
as a guide to the financial and other operations of
the leading commercial men in Europe. To ac
complish this, we have been at great pains to es
tablish a correspondence with the leading men of
experience and practical knowledge throughout
1 the South and West, from whom we have recei
ved full and accurate details, which we have con
densed into the following account, and which our
readers in Europe will readily perceive docs away
with the necessity of then consulting any of the
heavy, blundering, incorrect, senseless journals of
Wall street.
The first important item that will be sought af
ter, on the arrival of the Royal William in Eu
tropc, (for many and powerful reasons,) will be
the best calculated account of the coining crop,
now in progress of picking. “And perhaps it
would here be best to present a tabular statement
of the total crops for the last 14 years.
Bales. Hales.
1824, 560,000 1831, 987,477
1825. 712,000 1832, 1,070,438
1820, 937,000 1833, 1,205,394
1827, 713,000 1834, 1,254,328
1828, 857,744 1835, 1,360,725
1829, 976,845 1836, 1,422,930
1830, 1,038,843 1837, 1,801,497
Now the first question that arises upon view of
this statement, is the cause of the singular differ
ence in different years ; and we may reply, that
this was caused by the operations of the joint
stock local banks. The revulsion in England in
1825, affected the cotton crop hero materially.
True, the crop in 1826 was increased, but this in
crease was caused by the increased expansion of
the banks just previous to the revulsion ; tire com
paratively large cotton crop of 1826 was the fruit
of the seed emanating from that expansion ; for to
withdraw from the total growth is a work of time,
and cannot be accomplished in a single season ;
but the crop of 1827 fell off 200,000 bales—and
it was not until the community had completely
rallied from the. effects of that revulsion, that is,
about the year 1829 that the crop was as large as
that of 1826. Again, there is a striking increase
in the crop of 1837 over that of 1836, to the
amount of 400,000 bales. Now it will i, c remem
bered that in this country in the early part of
1836, the expansion by the banks was tremen
dous ; this caused the planters to obtain unusual
facilities; they took more land into cultivation
employed more force—and die result was an in
crease of 400,000 bales. In the summer of 1836
Tnc Bank of England first began to discredit
'American paper; this produced ultimately the
tremendous revulsion here in the spring of 1837, (
which, however,occurred too late to affect the l
crop of that year. Now, then it remains to be j
m seen this year whether like causes will produce .
like effects. —That is, wil the crop fall short 1 W
answer unhesitatingly, it will, and principally j
from this very cause ; some slight deficiency may, I
and has been caused in Arkansas and Tennessee
by the long droughl ; but the amount of growth
here is so unimportant, compared to Miscissipi, j
Alabama and Georgia, that it i hardly fair to take |
that into account -j ; a principal catrc. From tlir
best calculations wc have been able to make, based
upon our returns from the planters in the various
southern and western states, wc feel certain that
the entire crop of this country for this year will
fall short of 1,500,000 bales. We even doubt
whether there will be over 1,400,000 bales. This,
from a casual inspection of the growth table given
above, makes it about on a par with the crop of
1836, but it will be even less that the growth of
that vear. For the crisis of the period, though
not affecting the growth, actually prevented about
100,000 bales from coming into the market, which
remained in the interior, and made the total crop
1,532,900 ; so that under these circumstances wc
feel positive that the coming crop will not exceed
that of 1836.
In estimating the difference in the number of
bales in different years, wo ought, before this, to
have called attention to one important fact, 'iz :
in the 710,000 bales grown in 1825, there could
not have been more than 248,500,000 pounds;
whereas, in the 1,801,497 bales, grown last year,
there were at least 810,073,650 pounds. This
extra increase of pounds in proportion to the num
ber of bales, was owing to the fact, that ten or
twelve years back, cotton was put up in long bags,
not compressed, and the bale did not average over
325, or at the most, 350 pounds. On the other
hand, the bales put up in 1837, averaged, on the
lowest calculation, 450 pounds to the bale; and, in
isolated instances, as much as 900 pounds have
been compressed into one bale. This, therefore,
should bo taken into account in estimating the
amount grown at the present time.
With regard to the coining crop, there are many
reasons why it must fall short. The drought, in
the state of Tennessee, has cut off two-thirds, and
left only a one third crop; so severe and of so
long duration was it that in many places the plan
ters ploughed in the growing cotton and planted
corn. Again, the same effect was fell in the sandy
part of Mississippi, which occupies about onc
seventh of the cotton growing district. Hut
another cause was felt here; the revulsion and con
sequent scarcity of money at one time almost de
prived the Mississippi planters of the power to
procure corn, bacon, and other supplies from New
Orleans for their plantations. The consequence
was, that as we. ascended the Mississippi in the
spring we saw' many acres of cotton land planted
with corn.—A letter from Georgia, received yes
terday, represents the crop in that state as falling
far short of an average. Some of the cotton lands
in Louisiana were last year planted with cane, the
planters having been tempted by the good luck of
the previous year. Again, the picking season is
scarcely half way through; the bole opens in Au
gust and continue opening until December, and
the calculation of 1,500,000 bales for the coming
crop is based upon the most favorable calculations;
should the ensuing part of the season turn out
unfavorable for picking—such, for instance, as
heavy rains to knock down the plant, an early
frost to top it short, it may even be reduced 10
or 15 per cent^more.
Thus much, then, for the coming crop, upon
which the shipments to England depend; but
there arc other causes that will be brought to bear
upon the quantity shipped the coming season to
Europe. Last year the total shipped was 1,575,029
bales. The year before we shipped 1,168,425
bales. Amongst that shipped last year was 125,000
bales of the old crop, kept on hand from a previ
ous year. This year nothing remains of the. old
crop worth speaking of; not over 8,000 bales.
Again, the increased and steadily increasing (■on
sumption of cotton in our manufactories, as shown
by the following table, will affect the exports of
cotton. The following amount was worked up
in our manufactories during the last 12 years:—
1826, 103,483 1832, 194,412
1827, 120,593 1833, 196,413
1828, 118,853 1834, 216,888
1829, 128,512 1835, 230,783
1830, 182,143 1836, 222,549
1831, 173,800 1837, 246,066
By which it w ill he seen that the increase in eight
years have been over 100,000 bales. It must he
borne in mind, whilst referring to the shipments
of eotton this year to England, that should any
cause operate as it has heretofore done to keep
hack 150,000 hales in the interior, that amount
must be allowed for. In respect to last year’s
shipments, nothing was kept back ; every thing
was shipped oil. It should be remembered, also
that many ot the largest cotton growers in the
south are perfectly independent and wealthy men,
who arc not under obligations to any bank and
who don’t owe a debt to any one ; such planters
of course, will hold on to their cotton, and not
send it forward unless the prices are good.
Tire quantity from Texas, too, we arc credibly
advised, will tall short this year, owing to the in
creased tide of emigration to that country, which
makes it more advisable for the planters to raise
rorn ; one farmer of our acquaintance having rais
ed 16,600 bushels of corn, for which he obtained
S 3 per bushel. With its present force and avail
able land Texas could next year raise 100,000 bales
of eotton of excellent staple.
The crop, wo have not the least doubt, will also
he very late in coming to market; for the western
rivers are very much lower than they have been at
this season for fifteen or twenty years ; and if this
state of things continues, as it is very likely to do,
the cotton will come into market slowly.
The demand for cotton, when the crop reach us
will be very much increased for the consumption
m our manufactories. The extreme dry weather
which we had for many months, prevented our
manufacturers from operating ; all the mills were
stationary, and out of operation. This added to
the increased demand for domestic cotton goods,
(m which there has been a very brisk trade re
cently) and the fact that the market will soon be
iare of them, will cause a larger quantity than
usual to be retained for home consumption.
With regard to the price of cotton, it would he
tolly to suppose that it will decline; it must sus
tain itself, if only for the above reasons. Again
the country generally is very hare of imported cot
tons; the planters are fast getting out of debt
they are in want of supplies ; this will increase the
demand for manufactured goods in England to a
considerable extent, and may be brought to oper
ate upon the raw material. Much has been said
about the proposed operations of the Bank of Ala
bama, in cotton, by advancing on it; but these
movements, if carried into effect, will not operate
°/ 00(1011 in Liverpool. About one
ballot the crop m Mississippi is held by the banks
on the planters notes; but even this fact will not,
hmk, affect the operations of the market here.
IhiMnarkct n. th.s ~i ty has throughout the
lout-Ton ' ' S -nT ° f " 111 reach
i rT 00b l -. / -.nek on hand is about
front! ’ 1700 aru *»■"', ”"'1 chiefly
■ atannah and Charleston ; the staple anil
; ? are both good, and is held in 14 TV lV
he demand for export was nearly quiet ,1 urine
j the whole week ; only 200 bales have been taken
1 ,|l " , Tr rS ’, and th ° Ke for the Havre market. \
1 : Srd UBe * ,S T’ r the ,lncr dualities,
" tTvTf ,hl i H '‘ w ; r, f' Uon of buyers, holders, the
K : o nfr hav ? fc b « to submit to a
« (bn - per lh - The "•«**« sales sum up
follows —l3OO bales Uplands at 101 al3 for
-i, '.nd I-, a tit fo r !lsw 360 Mobi ,* e " , ,
,e '»rb-ih-.i04 £!3 . still, this* a I
sual decline cannot be taken, wo think, as an evi
dence of the general price of the coining crop.
From the Cohivibia (Mo.) Patriot of the 22 d tilt.
The Mormon Difficulties.
The true secret of the excitement against the
Mormons, it is shrewdly suspected, lies in the de
sire to keep them oil' some of the fine lands in
Carroll, Davies, and the counties adjoining Cald
well. They have settled sonic rich farms which
are very tempting to the cupidity of some citizens,
who think by raising an outcry against them and
exciting them to violence they may be driven off
and their lands lie portioned out to other hands.
Such we believe to be the very worthy purpose at
the bottom of all this outcry, and to aid in carry
ing this laudable design into effect can but be the
ultimate result, though perhaps, undesigned, of
the movement of troops now against the Mormons.
In addition to this we annex the more conclu
sive testimony of a committee sent by the citizens
of Chariton county to investigate the state of the
difficulty in the (ircen river counties. The report
is as follows:
Keytksville, Sept. 10, 1808.
To the citizens of Chariton :
The committee appointed for the purpose on the
3d hist have to-day returned from the neighbor
hood of the. Mormon difficulties, and left the Mor
mons begging for peace. Joseph Smith and Ly
man Wight came before judge King on Friday
last for trial, and bound with security in the sum
of 1,000 each, to appear at the next regular term
of the court for further trial. The crime seems
(from the evidence) only to have been the taking
of an armed force into the county of Daviess,
which the Mormons say they were led to do, from
hearing that two of their church had been killed
at the election, and that the citizens of Daviess
had refused to suffer them to be buried until a
mob could be raised to drive the balance out of the
county: but that on their arrival in the county
they learned that, nobody had been killed. They
then called at Adam Black’s, to learn whether a
mob would be raised, as had boon reported; when
Mr. Black assured them that he had not nor would
not attach himself to any mob. Mr. Black was
then requested to give up his statement in writing;
he refused to sign the. instrument presented to him
by one of the company, but drew an instrument
himself and signed it, which was to this effect,
that he was bound to support the constitution of
this state and of the United States; and that he
was not nor would not attach himself to mob, nor
would not molest the Mormons if they did not
molest him. Mr. Black says, that Mr. Smith may
have said that he would not be forced to sign any :
and Mr. Smith proves that he assured Mr. Black
that he should not be forced to sign any instru
ment of writing but that he requested it as a favor.
Messrs. Smith and Wight say that they have at
all times been willing to give themselves up to an
officer, to administer law, but not willing to be
taken by a mob who were threatening their lives
daily, and who were endeavoring to drive them
from the county, after having sold to the Mormons
their improvements. There were great fears mani
fested by the citizens of Daviess, that if the Mor
mons gave themselves up to be tried by the law' it
would allay the difficulty. The citizens insist, that,
the Mormons are disagreeable neighbors, and that
they are not willing to live in the county with
them. The Mormons have, perhaps, become the
majority of Daviess county.
The committee have thought proper, to take
from Messrs. Smith and Higdon the following cer
tificates.
“ Wo hereby certify that we have learned that, a
Mr. Nathan Marsh has certified that the people
some time called Mormons have ingratiated them
selves with the Indians, for the purpose of getting
the Indians to commit depredations upon the peo
ple of this state, which certificate of Marsh (as
represented to us) is utterly false. We have never
had any communication with the Indians on any
subject; and we, and all the Mormon church, as
we believe, entertain the same feelings and fears
towards the Indians that are entertained by other
citizens of this state. We are friendly to the con
stitution and laws of this state and of the United
States, and wish to see them enforced.
JOSEPH SMITH, jr.,
SIDNET HIGDON.”
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Bth day
of September, A. D. 1838.
ELIAS lIIGBEE.
One of the justices of the county court within
and for Caldwell county.
STIRLING PRICE,; ~
EDGAR FLOUT. $ (o »tm'llee.
Since the above was in type, we have received
the Missouri Watchman of the 27th ult., which
contains the following:
The Murjiiix war kxdhii — nKTunv op tup.
volunteeiis.—Before we had an opportunity to
announce the departure of the volunteers of this
county, for the seat of the Mormon war, we are
greeted with their return. An express met them
a few miles beyond Boonvillc, which caused this
retrograde movement. The difficulty with the
Mormons is amicably settled and quiet restored.
Religion- in- Paius.—Bennett, of the New
York Herald, in one of his late letters, has the
annexed remarks on this subject :
“In Paris there is very little religion, as it is
understood in England. There are plenty of
churches, and people go to them. But there is
no solemnity or sourness of aspect. Os lute, I
learn that Protestantism is increasing in Paris,
Great efforts are making here to increase it, the
Catholics being very careless themselves about
their religion but as an intellectual movement,
its day is over. I understand, however, that a
Protestant quarterly review is about to be publish
ed in Paris, in the English language, and that a
great effort will be made to create a revival of
Protestantism all over France and the continent.
I need not disguise the general fact-all the
higher classes, comprising the litcrarv, scientific
and educated men in France and Germany, per
haps elsewhere, arc a species of Unitarians, such
as they exist in Boston. In England, Dr. Chari
mng, of Boston, is well known, and he is consid
ered there the modern Bosseut or Massillon of the
new philosophical species of Christianity. For
my own poor self, I was educated a Catholic, and
a Catholic I will ever remain—but it is a Catholic
on my own hook, taking the liberty to think as I
please of those old humbugs the Pope, cardinal
priests, and other tag-rag of past ages. I like old
cathedrals—! like Sunday-I like going to church .
I like the Virgin Mary—lndeed I like every thing I
j good, and lair, and beau Li fid.”
Another Improvement ix Rail Roaii I
l a Hs.— Wc yeslcrerday saw exhibited, on the!
Hack in front of the Exchange, a couple of rail
road cars, built, we understand, by Mr. Imloy, and
intended to run on the Philadelphia, Wilmington 1
and Baltimore rail road. They were said to be I •
fifty feet in length, and have eight wheels each.
he interior of one of them is so constructed that I
the eeats can be immediately changed into two 1
tiers of berths, by which twenty four pcrr.om, ca- 1
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ciir, and an idea of its internal arrangement for
sitting or sleeping, may be formed from that of I
the packet floats on the New York and Pennsyl
vania canals. These two were beautiful cars, and i
are to be used by that company which, more than t
any other it the United Stales, deserves credit for i
the couven once, ns well as magnificence aiuf t
splendor of its improvements. The next step, we >
presume, will he to have the ears furnished with t
accommodations for dining in them while on the
road.— Public Ledger of the 19///. I
()nmux coast. —Senator Linn, of Missouri,
addressed a letter to the secretary of the navy, on
the Bth ultimo, suggesting the propriety of in
structing the commander of the South sea ex
ploring expedition to spend some months on the ’
Oregon coast, and to direct the scientific corps to
explore the interior of that territory, “ with a view
to a better knowledge of its geography, geology,
mineralogy, natural history, and its resources ge
nerally.” In answer to which, the secretary in
forms him that his wishes have been anticipated,
and that instructions had been given accordingly.
—Missouri News.
Anecdote of Jerome Uonnparte.
He was one day, he said, absolutely in want oj
twenty-live louis, his purse being empty, although
General Mural, governour of Paris, and who was
very fond of him, often assisted him with his; hut
this time the latter resource failed him ; and the
quarters’ allowance which he received from the
consul had been spent in advance. What was he
to do ! To whom address himself? To his oth
er brothers ? They were absent. Joseph and
Louis commanded regiments at a distance ; Lu
cien was on an embassy to Lisbon or Madrid. As
to his mother, she could not see any reason for
giving money to a young scapegrace like him,
whom she loved tenderly, hut whose morals she
was more anxious for than his prodigality'. What
could he think of ! It came into his head to pay
a visit to a holy man, his uncle Fesch (become a
cardinal). He presents himself, and is well recei
ved by this worthy relation, at whose house a nu
merous party is assembled. Ho is invited to din
ner; after dinner they pass into the saloon to lake
codec. At this moment Jerome watches the car
dinal entering another room; he follows him
thither, draws into a corner this dear uncle, whom
he had already so often wheedled out. of money,
and requests the same favour again ; hut the other
is immoveable, and refused flatly. Cardinal Fesch,
it was well known, was always a great lover of
pictures ; now the room in which they wore form
ed the commencement of his fine gallery, which
has become so remarkable for its collection of the
master-pieces of all the schools. When Jerome
heard this positive refusal, he turned abruptly
round, “Sec !” said he, “there is a rascal who
seems to he laughing at the affront I have received.
1 will be revenged.” At the same time he draws
his sabre, and directs the point against the face of
a find old man, painted by Van Dyck, whose eyes
he threatened to cut out. It may he imagined
what a fright the cardinal was in at seeing him
ready to transpierce a masterpiece ; he nttemps to
stay his arm ; but the young man will not hear
reason, till the twdnty-iive louis have been pro
mised him. The uncle capitulates, peace is made,
and they embrace.— Mademoiselle Cochelel.
The Bugle of Anncslic.
“‘An’ye winna believe i’ the Bogle?’ said a
pretty young lassie to her sweetheart, as they sat
in the door of her father’s cottage one fine Autumn
evening:—do you hear that, mitlicr, Andrew ’ll no
believe i’ the Bogle ?
‘“Gudc be wi’ us, Efticl’ exclaimed Andrew, —
slender and delicate youth of about two and twenty,
—‘a bonny time I wad hac o’t gin I were to heed
every auld wife’s clatter.’
“The words ‘auld wife’ hud a manifest effect on
Eflic, and she hit her lips in silence. Her mother
immediately upon the young man’s prejudices nar
rating that on Anncslic Heath, at ten o’clock o’
night, a certain apparition was wont to appear in
the form of a maiden above the usual size, with a
wide three-cornered hat. Sundry other particulars
were mentioned, hut Andrew was still incredulous.
‘Hc’l rue that, dearly will he rue’t !’ said Elbe, us
he departed.
“Many days, however, passed away, end Eflic
was evidently much disappointed to find that the
skepticism of her lover gathered strength. Nay,
he laid the audacity to insult, by gibes and jests,
the true believers, and to call upon them for the
reasons of their faith. Eflic was in a terrible
passion.
“At last, however, her prophecy was fulfilled
Andrew was passing over the moor, while the
clock struck ten ; for it was his usual practice to
walk at that hour, in order to mock the fears of his
future bride. Hcvvasjust windinground the thick
et which opened to him a view of the cottage where
Etlie dwelt when he heard a light step behind him,
and in an instant, his feet were tripped up, and he
lay prostrate on the turf. Upon looking up he be
held a tall muscular man bending over him, who
inno courteous manner, desired to see the contents
of his pocket. Do’il be on yc !” exclaimed the
young forester. ‘I hac hut ae coin i’ the world.—
1 That coin maun I hac,’ said assailant. ‘Faith!
I’se show yc fair play for’t, then,’ said Andrew, and
sprung upon his feet
“Andrew was esteemed the best cudgel player
for twenty miles around, so that in brief space, he
cooled the ardor of his antagonist, and dealt such
visitations upon his scull as might have made a
much firmer head ache for a fortnight. The man
stepped hack, and pausing in his assault, raised his
hand to his forehead, and buried it among his dark
locks. It returned covered with blood. ‘Thou
hast cracked my crown,’ he said, ‘but ye sha’na
gang scathelessand flinging down his cudgel, he
flew on his young foe, and grasping his body before
he was aware of the attack, whirled him to the
earth with an appaling impetus. ‘The Lord ha
mercy on me!’ said Andrew, ‘l’m a dead man.’
“Ho was not far from it, for his rude foe was
preparing to put the finishing stroke to his victory.
Suddenly something stirred in the bushes, and the
conquerer, turning away from his victim, cried out.
‘The Bogle! the bogle!’ and fled precipitantly.—
Andrew ventured to look up. He saw the figure
which had been described to him approaching; it
came nearer and nearer; its face was very pale,
and its slop was not heard on the grass. At lust
it stood by his side and looked down upon him.
Andrew buried his’ face in his cloak; presently
the apparition spoke—indistinctly indeed, for its
teeth seemed to chatter with cold; —‘ 'This is a cold
an’ an ceric night to bo sac late on Anncslic Moor!’
and immediately glided away. Andrew lay a few
minutes in a trance ; and then arising from his
cold bed, ran hastily towards the cottage of Ida
mistress. His hair stood on end, and the vapors of
the night, sunk chill upon his brow as he lifted up
the latch, and (lung himself upon an oaken seat.
“Preserve us!’ cried the old woman. ‘ Why ye
are mair than ancongh to frighten a body out o’
her wits! To come in wi’ sic a jaunt and a jerk
bareheaded, and the red blood spattered o’ o'er your
new leather jerkin. Shame on you Andrew! in
what mischance; hast thou broken that fule’s hear]
c ’ thine!’
“ Peace inilher!’ said the young man, taking
breath, ‘I have seen the bogle !’
I he old huly hud u long line of reproaches,
drawn up in order of march, between her lips: but ‘
tile mention ol the bogle was the signal of disband- I
ing them. A thousand questions poured iu, in '
rapid succession. * How old was she ! How was I
she dressed ! Who was she like I What did 1
she say V '
“She was a tall thin woman, about seven feet I
high! 1
‘■Oh Andrew !’ cried Efl’ic. i
“As ugly as sin !’ I
‘■Other people tell a different story, said Elbe.
“ I rue, on my hible ooath! and then her heard’—
"A beard ! Andrew, ‘shrieked Elbe, ‘a woman
with a beard ! For shame, Andrew !’
“Nay, I will swear it! She had seen full sixty
winters afore she died to trouble us !”
“1 II wager my best new gown,” said the mai
den, “that sixteen would be nearer the mark.”
“Hut what was she like, Andrew !” said the old
woman. “Was she like auld Janet that was
drowned in the pond hard by ! or that auld witch
that your master hanged for stealing his pet lamb !
or was she like—”
“ Are you sure she was na like me, Andrew !”
said Eflie, looking archly in his face.
\ ou—Pshaw ! Faith, guid mithcr, she was
like to naobody that I ken, unless it be auld Els
petb, the cobbler’s wife, that was spirited awn’ by
the Abbot, for breaking Father Jerome’s head wi’
a tin frying pan !”
“And how was she drest, Andrew!”
“ I" that horrible three-cornered hat, which may
1 be blinded it I over seek to look upon again! an’
in a lan blue apron.”
“Green, Andrew!” cried EHic, twirling her
own green apron round her thumb.
“ How you like tis tease one !” said the lover
Poor Andrew did not at all enter into his mistress’s
pleasantry ; for lie labored under great depression
ol spirits, and never lifted his eyes from the ground.
“ Hut ye line na laid us what she said, lad!”
said the old woman, assuming an air of deeper
mystery as sueli a question was put and answered
in its turn.
“ liord ! what signifies it whether she said this
or that ! Hand your tongue ! and get me some
comfort; for to speak the truth, I’m vern cauld.”
“ Well mnyest thou be sac,’ saidEtlie; “for in
deed, ’ she continued in a feigned voice, u it was
a cauld an' an eerie night to be see. late on An
net lie Mm."
Andrew started, and a doubt seemed to have
passed over his mind. He looked up at the dam
sel, and perceived for the first time, that her large
blue eye was laughing at him from under the
shade ol a huge three cornered hat. The next
moment be bung over her in an eestaey of grati
tude, and smothered with his kisses the ridicule
which she forced upon him us the penalty of his
preservation.
“Seven feet high, Andrew !”
“ My dear Etlie !”
“ As ugly us sin !”
“ My darling lassie !”
“ And a beard !”
“Na ! na ! now you cany the jest o’er fur.”
“And siixty winters.”
“Saxtcen springs, E/lle ! dear, delightful, smil
ing springs !”
“ And Elspctli, the cobbler’s wife ! oh ! Andrew,
Andrew ! I never can forgie you for the cobbler’s
wife !—and what say you now Andrew ! is there
na bogle o’ the moor?”
“ My dear Etlie, for your sake I’ll believe in a’
the bogles in Gliristendie!”
“ i bat is,’ said Etlie, at the conclusion of a
long and vehement fit of risibility, “that is, in a’
llnil wear three cornered bats.”
The Tomb of Kosciusko.
Mr. Stephens, in giving an account of his visit
to tho cathedral church at Cracow—“allied in its
history with the memorable annuls of Poland; the
witness of the ancient glory of their kings and
their seculchre”—after describing the tombs of
Waldislaus le Href, Kusirncr the Great and the
Sigismunda, says:
“On the lower side of the church by the side
of Poniatowski, the Polish Bayard, is the tomb of
one nobler in my eyes than*all the kings of Poland
or of the woild.—lt is of red marble, ornamented
with the cap and plume of tho peasant of Cracow,
and bears the simple inscription of‘T.Kcg dusko.’
All over the church I had read elaborate panegyrics
upon the tenants of the royal sepulchres, and I
was struck with this simple inscription, and re
membered that the white marble column reared
amid the magnificent scenery of the Hudson
which i had often gazed at from the deck of a
steamboat, and at whose base I had often stood,
bore also in majestic simplicity the name of‘Kos
ciusko.’ It was late in the afternoon, and the
group of peasants, two Poles from the. interior,
and a party of the citizens of Cracow, among
whom were several ladies, joined me at the tomb.
M!e could uni speak eac h others language; we
were horn and lived thousands of miles apart, and
we were strangers in our thoughts and feelings, in
all our hopes and prospects, but we bad a bond of
sympathy at the grave of Kosciusko. One of the
ladies spoke French, and I told them that, in my
far distant country, the name of their nation’s idol
was hallowed; that schoolboys had erected a
monument to his memory. They knew that he
bad fought by the side of Washington, but they
did not know that the recollection of his services
was still so dearly cherished in America; and we
all agreed that it was the proudest tribute that
could be paid to bis memory, to write merely his
name on bis monument. It meant that it was
needless to add an epitaph, for no man would ask,
who was Kosciusko 1
COMMERCIAL.
New Orleans, October 20.
Cotton. —There has been a fair demand throughout
the week until yesterday, when there appeared to
be a holding otf on the part of purchasers, in conse
quence of the high rates asked by holders, which is
full 1-4 per cent over the prices of last week, and
sales haue generally been made at that advance, but
purchasers feel unwilling to go any further at the
present asking prices, notwithstanding the stock on -
sale is small, for it has generally met with ready sale
on arrival since the new crop has been coming in.
The sales have been principally for the Havre and
Northern markets, with but a small proportion-for
Liverpool. The transactions of the week amount
to about 4500 bales, among which was a fancy crop
of HO bales, which sold at 14 7-8 cents per lb.
The exports are 9723 bales against 5645 to the
same period last season, making an excess of 1077
hales—there is an excess to France of 4014 hales.
The receipts are 8016 bales, cleared 4671, leaving
on hand and on ship board, not cleared, 16,467 bales.
Sugar. —The demand is limited and sales mostly
from second hands from stores ; the range of prices ■
is from 7 a 9 1-4 cents per lb; 7 hhds of the new
crop, a very fine article, and the first received this
season, sold for 9 cent - from the Levee.
Flour. —The fore part of the week the price fell
to 49 per bid, but it has again advanced to th? rates
of last week, $9 1-4 a $9 7-8 per bbl.
Corn. —There has been a small advance in price—
we now quote 80 aS3 cents per bushel—we hear of i
one :ale of 2090 bushel:, from the Levee at 80 cents, ;
SUMMER RKTHKA I for SALK.
M Will be sold*.if applied for shortly, the lot
an*i improvements at the Sand Hills, know n
mh the Turknetl Spring Place, fornier'y
uwne.l mid occupied by Col Thomas McGran. The
lot rifmniniiiß twenty five acres, a large part of
which is in woods,and includes Turknelt's Spring,
•rum which the City of Augusta is supplied with
wilier. On Ihe premises is a comfortable dwelling
with nil other buildings necessary torlh » aceom
inodntion of a lamily. I'osscssion can be given
immediately
A/jn —A small Lot containing between two and
three acres, separate from the above by tbo Mil
ledgevillo Road. Apply to
MnyB nnh HENRY II GUMMING.
• LOCK, WHIsKEV, Ac.
1 j|i) Ulil.S superior quality new Canal Flour,
J **" t 75 bids Whiskey
50 hbls N. E Kum
25 ! his Northern Gin
Hdds Bacon, including fine Ilnms
W in, s, assorted,in pipes and qr casks
Apple, Peach and Ccgimc Brandy
30 hhas > ugar, ussorlel
150 bags Coffi»
50 boxes Soap
50 boxes Cheese
UtO pieces superior Bagging
10 lx lid a Molasses
1500 bushels Corn
Ahn, Castings, Mullers, Powder, Shot, Nails, nmJ
oilier unifies usually kept in a Grocery store
A. 1. HUNTINGTON fc SON.
j nrl fi w4t
51 t niNON FUIALJ; ACADEMY.
111. ruslccs ol this institution are desirous to
cm loy a gentleman and at hast one Indy, to
take charge ol the Academy for the ensuing or a
term of years. They will receive proposals until
the 3rd day of December next. The school is at
present in u most flourishing condition. Such is
the number of students, that the tuition money of
the Literary department, will amount to upwards
ni twenty-two huimred dollars. The Musical de
partment is also offered to n competent instructor.
In this branch from fourteen to fifteen hundred
dollars will be realized.
Our academy and Musical Saloon arc finely situ
ated—a splendid apparatus, with every necessary
coin enienee, is at hand to facilitate the progress
ol a line and liberal course of education.
Our village is remarkably healthy, and our popu
lation constantly increasing. The progressive stole
ol things present the strongest inducements lor the
location of the first talents in the couniry to em
bark profitably ami suocesslully, in the honorable
profession ol instructing youth.
K. E. JONES, "I
T. J BURNEY, |
.1. EVANS. Y Trustees*.
J W POUTER, I
J. ROBSON. J
Madison. September ait, 1838. swlSt
% SITUATION WANTED, by
a*, married man, either in a Groeery or Dry Goods
store For informal! n apply ut this office,
oct 11 trwfit
\MV A NCI'IS will be made by the. suhscriser
* * • n i oilcm consigned to his Iriends in New
I oik, Liverpool or Havre. JAMES RHIND.
sw tl
C'UUA COI'TKU,- 10U bags prime green
' Cuba Coffee, fur sale by
JAMES RUIN'D,
lrw3t Mclniush-siieut, near Kay.
IJLOVVN SALT. " '
TLk sacks blown -•'alt, I rge size, in good order
25 dozen boxes fine table Salt, lor sale by
"ft 8 ISAAC VIOISE.
ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL,
j' HE subscriber respectfully inlbrnislhe inhabi-
I tants of Augusta, ihat the first winter quarter
of the above school, will commence on the first
Monday ol October, in the room recently occupied
by Air. Pike, on the North side of Ellis-slreet, a
lew doors below Centre-sheet.
I nil ion pie quarter of twelve weeks, in advance,
as follows i F«r the Elementary branches s 7—
the bighi-r branches, siu.
sept 2(1 trwlf W. B. BRICKETT.
Fir I lie city papers will please copy the above-.
CHOK E LIQUORS, WINES, &c.
4 PIPES Cognac Brandy, 4th proof
I do Champagne do very old
3 do pure Holland (im
I lilid Jamah a Ruin
3 pipes choice old Madeira Wine, Lewis Si
Co. and Newton, Gordon Si Co’s brands
6 qr casks pale Sherry, of the well known
brands o. Duff Gordon and Smith, Bailey
& Co.
4 qr casks Port, imported direct from London
20 dozen Ho extra age and quality
15 qr casksTenerilfu Wine,brand Puisly &Co
lit do Sweet Malaga
15 boxes Snulcrne Wine forsaleby
July 20 JOHN COSKKRV.
NEW RICE, CANAL FLOUR, MA.CK
EREL AND ONIONS.
J A TIERCES Now Rice
Xv/ 28 hbls Canal Flour
25 ball bbls Canal Flour
20 do do No. 2 Mackerel
15 do do Onions. Just received and for
sale by ISAAC MOUSE,
oct 23 No. 311 Broad-street.
toil SALK.
\ YOUNG healthy Negro Woman, who has
H- been accustomed to house work. She is sold
lor no fault. Enquire at the store of .Messrs Kerrs
Si Hope, or at this office. 3t ,ict23
lOZENGES for Colds and CoughsT^-
-H lioiirlnmnd and Boncset Lozenges, ol superior
quality, just received and forsaleby
oct 83 ANTONY & HAINES.
/ 'APSI LliS Os COFAIV A, just received
ami for sale by ANTONY' Si HAINES.
oct 23
Florida seoaßs.
FLORIDA Cigum, just received
Jxyxr ami f or S ale at Factory prices, by
oct2o W. E. Si J. U. JACKSON.
SHIRT COLLARS.
DOZEN fine Shirt Collars, just received and
(or sale, by
sept 11 W. E &J. U. JACKSON.
PEA NTS EDTriON OF GHiEtt’B
GEORGIA AND CAROLINA
ALMANAC, FOR
I s ;s a :
(TAI.CIJI.ATED lor the horizon ami meridian
of Augusta, Ga., and will serve for the adja
cent slates anil Florida. The astronomical calcula
tions hy Hubert drier, of Butts county, Ga. Just
published,and sold hy the gross dozer orsingle hy
T. 11. PLANT, Augusta,
aep* 2 I PLAN T <fe NORTON, Columbus.
' I uuSTP~ and clover si;up.—a
i supply of fresh Hula liaga, Flat Dutch Turnip
and Red Clover Seed,just received mid fossnle by
ong 18 HAVILAND, ms LEY A Co.
the GIFT, FOR IS.D.), ~
ELEGAN’I’f.V hound in Embossed Vlaruof**,
edited by Miss Leslie, just received and for
le oby *T. 11. PLANT,
t 13
FRESH RAISINS.
IJ'/A W HOLE snd half boxes new crop bunch
fa* * Raisins, just received and for sale hv
I oct 12 JOHN COSKERY.
"I HH BOXES Bunch Uaisms, just received and
X* **/ for sale bv
fa-1 20 JOHN S HU ICHINSON.
Slitb SUBSCRIBER has this day associated
in his business, Mr. Itaruard Elliott
Habersham, (formerly of Savannah )
EDWi). W. MATHEWES.
ITIIE FACTORAGE & GENERAL COM-
J- MISSION BUSINESS, will be conducted
under the firm of Mathewea & Habersham,
at the corner of Fast Hay and Southern wharves
EDWARD VV, MATHEWES.
BAR VI) ELLIOTT HABERSHAM.
Clisrbslon, IN tober 21, IS3S. 3i