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MEETING AT IMK^VTll
r.irwiunt If. previous notice, ** >»•««
rcsqieet-ihU' portion ol th« tfilizcuo ol
'■l -nroc county, «n«I » namlrrcd ff.nt *•-
• • m from other tciintic*, in at.* miuucc
on he ftuiicrior Court of the «ouHty,f»»n
v.M.ed in the Court Houwe ahv the loth
jnst, to express ttieir sentiment* in rela
tion to the recent decision oftlic Supreme
Court of the L'niteil Mutes, denying tin
von-titutionnlity of tlio la .v of Georgia
extending her jurisdiction over that por
tion of her Territory in the possession o!
the Tribe of Indiana-
On motion, (Sen. Benjamin //■ Rut her
ford whs called to the Cliair, and fJdriug 4
' <j. Ctihrmis appointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting having beer
announced by the Cbnlr, and a lew rv
murks mod ■ by A. 11. Chappell, Irfq. tin
following preamble and resolutions wtri
siibmiiUnl by General E. Heath
Among the dearest and highest ngtib
olTn.'cniPU, ih the uttribut*? c>l
sli t>-riinnin‘» tipon 4 bene claims of cove
r-ignly. '» hat u nation or people, claim
tug to he free and independent, shoul
|>mmit their privileges, rights anil hnuiu
miirq to ho udjmhmted avvuy by a tnbu
toil usurping authority, is ilicoosisteii
with national honor, national rigid, am
Aittional dignity.—The people of Geer
gm claim to be, and will ii.iiintuia, tan
she is a free, sovereign uitxl imiepemlen
fstnte—that she entered into ll.e fedem
league ns saeeh-tbal ill fonaieg a link i
the chain of the Union of the Males, sb
did not divest her ads of her novel eigi
cdinraeli r—her sovereignty she retaine*
—licit stie consented to grant to tin
JSiutcs as n federal union ha* n diona
purposes, certain rigbts which were a«-
huowledged to l.e hers. Tliese are foam
in the federal compact called (he t'oiisli
tut ion of the United .States.—All exceji
those there specially delegated, she iv
served to herself. Among those ul hot
former mid sovereign ngtits, and wind
she has never ceded or granted to any
power or government, is the right at ab
solute soil and jurisdiel'oii. ovei the ten i
toiy within her chartered limits. A err
tain portion ol that territory mnomiiiaf
to millions of acres, is elaiimd by a par
of the Irilic of Imiinns known ns the (liter
okoc tribe— (this nntwil, if there lie one
is beyond the Mississippi.) baiie:!-,
laws, deamgogitcs. inert eiutry i. issionu
ri.-s and trait.>rs have sought n home ui *
n refuge there in violation of the p«ldi«
Jaws of the State. Homo of them Inivt
been arrested (tirst having been kindly
ii.,third of our laws and advised to leave
the territory, to avoid Ilia legal coase
iptetices of mi illegal residence there.)
They have licen tried, convicted and are
iiow undergoing the punishment pre
scribed by law. They have appealed to
a tribunal for redress, which we disclaim
has any right of jurisdiction of their
criiix**. or over <iin* territory in imiUrrs ci
that kind. A small majority of the
preme Court of the United {“'talcs, has
nssiimed to themselves the right to pro
noiince upon the constitutionality ol om
laws, nod have dceroetl them iineoiistilu
tionnl, and their mandate is directed to
he executed in spite of olli* laws, oar
rights nod opr liberties—nml this deeret
too. from the very same bench which Ins
hitherto said in relation to the saim-sub
ject matter, that (Jeorgia Irsall the rights
nlluclicil to her sovereignly, within her
limits, and which aresetured to her by
Mecdoii of the lit; article of the
Constitution of the United Suites, a
which the United Mules could not *■»•» 1
either by ttieir power over the territory,
or tlteir treaties With the < Iter.dices, nail
by the treaties or compacts, the Unit< i
Htafes, never contended for the right,
jurisdiction over that territory—lluu
right has long since heoti admitted to
hove passed to (Jeorgia—The decree of
that Court seeks now by judicial con
struclion to arouse Indian sovereignty
from its long slumber, and tiring it inti,
immediate action uguiiist the Stales, by
an extra judicial lint. To this t»eorgi>
never will consent —Hifotc she does,
“may it he recorded that (Jeorgia in/.i."
From the same hetteh on another oc
casion we have been told that (Jr. iit l.ri
tain before our ’ndei»eiulei ce coiisidered
them (the ( herokee) ns her subjects
whenever she chose to Haim their nlle
ginnee, and their country as hers both in
soil and sovereignty, and I bat the for
henrntice exereised lowtmla them by
tJreat Krilnin was voluntary, nn*l not
’• *>. Hup|msed waul of right to extern!
. over theta, did she absddr fron;
o From th" llrilish right to mi!'
isdietinn the light aeeriieil tons b>
tity oflTtfciand that right not tuth
il rovor'iinent but to (Jeorgia, The
Uies nave never lie n reeugni/.ed
dding sovereignly over the territory
iMMji^^heeii“f V’ '*
routed the right .f sov.m eignty tis well as
0 >- -oi! where the CbeiMlu c inhabit, and
it U f om that source we derive our right
uiul there is iml an instance of o cession
Innd by an Indian nation m winch the
right of sovereignty is mentis tied us n
i,nr*, of the mutter ceded. Hat the pen
ide of (Jeorgia hold Hint this quest.on is
not now debatable—the im.lter be- been
long since settled by the only non |;r■*;
authority and that upon a dear right, lb.
decree of the {Supreme Court to the eon
trnry aotw itbstamlimr. Our rights have
been repeatedly reeognw.edby the I-*'i
cutive of the United {Slates ; these rifrlils
it is our province as well as oar duty and
interest as a free state to support ami
""VwJUlc itre.M Thatl vv e holdthe
deei-eo of the Supreme (.ourt ot the I ni
t.-d States ns extra j.nliclal-tluit as good
.md faithful <-tiincus ol (Jeorgia in hehjdl
i.fotir state rights and stale sov etx i_«ty .
w o will to the utmost extent »l our means
severally and collectively maintain and
support the stale against the execution ol
said decree.
AV.W; eJ, That short of paramount pity
sieid force to that of (Jeorgia, sttid decree
shali not lie executed
liefotonl, Thai wo will hold our person
al services nod means at the disposal of
our slate Executive at all limes when he
limy call tqson us to save the state from
site'll a judicial despotism
r-(/ Th't He territory nr, nple.l
by a portion < l die I lierokre t il*e of I ,
<lhiiif> \vi. hiii the chartered limjis of tJenr
gin, hi'lr.nsf to <Je- .‘gm. mid that she will
nex er surrend r the jurisdiction or soil,
to any power u earth unless overcome
by three
Itrsalefd, Tlu.t we have the fullest con
fidouce in the l*resident of the United
ctu o
orj«
t'u or
Slates, that be will not lend tire l- x ‘‘ "
s : live arm to attempt to enforce said ne
* "Tfr.o.W, Tim* we r. commend !
c fellow citizens of the o. h<r eount.es m the |
- state to hold public meeting* on this - .
t, important subject, and to talie a «ta..d
i- linn ami decided.
e The crisis is near nthnrd—we bnv cto
e submit stfi slaves or niumtain our freedom I
•*. an utjoLT/!**hcr, That the Secretary oft
d this meeting forward a copy of these pro
ceedings signed by the Chairman, to *
•- President of the United Slates. ;
■/! \ motion wits intvde to erase from t'"‘i
preamble the word “mercenary —«P"»
n which motion a considerable discussion
•- arose in which (»• W. (Jordon, I« s 'b 41 1
e M. Heidi, A. II Ulin.ipell, Esq ' v • *•
e Torrance, Esq. mnl J latniar I<“<1 uu ‘
nn _* «
s The motion being |>ut by Hie eh air,
d was lost, the preamble an»l ri si biuotis
were llwn ndopterl without a dissetilnifc.
i voice. . ,x .
I On motion of (J. W . Gordon Esq.
It was resolved. That aU Editors of
papers in this State, be requested lopu >
it lisb the proceedings of this meettlife
d The meeting then adjourned, »me Uic.
p ‘ UENJ 11. RUTiIEIIFORU, C'/i’n.
Ci.DßinuK G. Cabaniss, ftfeery.
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AUGUSTA I
d SATI HDAV, (Kt'U 3-1. IfT-i.
•• Hf i»t f . nnJ fr.*r not
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| l( TO COHBEW'ONDUM'S*
i “P. 1’.,” “ A VIII.CNIKFH," Hllll “ Sxi.t’a,”
»l arc iiccussnrily cxcludvi) lor Want of room, but
sliall, if jitis. ililc, apf-oar ill om* next.
if . ... _
the M iMti tu; t oi'HT miriKiox.
We lilts the spi- it of the prcatiilil* ami ronolii
, lions of the Mon m; county mcutiiig, uit'l copy
r du-in into our paper with pleasure—as a pro; or
g example to Ilia citizens of Georgia generally,
ft anil pailicnl .tly those of our own city ami conn
l- ‘ ty ; ivlio wo trust will prepare immediately, by
|' a similar i!i| reasion of public opinion, to meet
, • t.*:™ c.iiais which now threatens a total destine
lion to the sovereign? 4 "' 1 dio States, and the lib
■ © lies of tbo people, and cultmiui ho two rc 4,, “
* {tlateoftioorsia, w'itb proper dignity Ali mnets
> —with dignified bksistanck —not dial coutomp
1 i tible “tlignifieil obedir.net” which is recommeinl
ml tiy llto Georgia Colt.ioi —a paper ever loio
( . most in op|insition to the tine interests and priori
- plus of the South, of ropublicailisnt, «& state stive. •
a eignty, in every slnqie. “ l
a How could any kind of o'nollnirr to a decision
1 whicji would Miip the SI ate ol its deaical rights
1 . and liberties, and reduce it at once to a state of
| coloniul to -.‘S'//'/pc. possibly bo dio nifud, in any
, sense of llm lei in—- or otherwise than eve: last-
I ingly disgraceful, belli to the peoj hi and the
I- jjtulc ? This if no lime I’m sot | brakes, honeyed
(> words, and namhy pamby terms. The liberty,
' and honor, and character of Ibp Si rle, are assail
ed, and at slake; and he who under smli ci;
. i cuinslanccs would cry peace, pence, when there
is no peace, is virtually tbo greatest enemy to
r j once. Tbo only way to preserve an honorable
’ peace, is by speaking out, one and all, boldly
' and manfully, the feelings and opinions ®f the
Slate—that they who might otherwise be misled
bv • seemingly tacit aci|Uiesconco on the pint of
I the people, into a fruitless eflb.t to enforce the
decision, may bo waned of the const indices of
such a sloe, eio it be too laic to oroservo t caco,
and that Union, so continually in the nwulks of
on o ouenis, which would inevitably be forever
* seven'll by any act of coercion on the part of the
, general government.
The Richmond I'n iuirer, in speaking of the
j decision, says, -'I. strikes at tbo sovereignty of
tbo Stales—while, we humbly coiTceive, it is
* fraught with no arguments, which can cany irre
sistible conviction, or justify the ala tiling at
tenij t.” And the New Yo: I: Courier and F.n
I cither, says, in concluding its .cm,nlts on the
decision, and the onto, ics of those No. them faun
ties, who ate in favor ol it—“On New Lna
1 land ancestors killed off all their Indians, and re
timed thanks for having done so—they now
seek to vvoiry Gco-gia, who mine humanely
I wishes her Indians to emigrate to a better
country. The whole uffa’r, from beginning to
end, is a mere political t ick—an nn»icly,te
nsli on mischief, and sticngUieu an( ,
I Stale party.”
Wo attain ami feelings of
oUo a. o,.ddy and . t.unlv.
nS®' M 'hey are-lha. they may be tan K
known, both a. home and ah ead, and each par
ty prope.ly advised, and premned to act under
rUandingl/. in whatever measmos ,t may takw
This is strictly not only to mracli es.
,o 0.1 opponents, that w hen -properly ...fu med,
lliev may have none to blame but thomselvo,
for the consequence, of any rash coercion .bey
mav meditate. Let there be pub he meetu.gs,
ll.cn, lu re, and every whore else throughout the
State ; and be who would madly prevent them,
o„ the |dea of preserving peace and harmony,
im ,s, fee sensible,on reflection, that such a course
icn-ls directly to bring about tbo very conse
quences be professes to deprecate.
1 THE Cll \BIsKSTON CONVENTION.
i Wo did not -eco tbo denial of die Georgia
Courier and its “informant,” of our statement,
in relation to the feelings and opinions of the
| Georgians present, at the second meeting of the
f Stale Rights and Free Trade Convention in
, Charleston, till sometime after it appeared ; and
s other mutters have lierotofore prevented us from
*, noticing it. Indeed, so far as die Courier itself
1 ! is concerned, and perhaps its anonymous cor
respondent also, we should have deemed It alto
1, ! gother unnecessary to reply—and particularly
| alter Mr. Lamar, with that independence, fear
- . lossness, and love of truth, which fonn so stri-
Fj king und honorable a part of bis character, bus
' openly stepped so: ward and bianded u; on the
* denial the charge offulsihnod—- but that tome
I poisons, who differ from those Georgians, might
choose, for | olitical effect, to const'no om si
lence into a t.K it admission ol the hulh of that
1 denial, however they might believe to the cun
* tiny Foi our own c, edibility in the matter, we
p foal nothing. Humble though we are, wc arc
«a capable of estimating the value of tiulh, and
j th* consequences of a uniform adherence lu it,
fttiam dffowmg*
as any man; at; 1 Wc fool firmly conscious,
tho people of Augusta, who kavo had a continu
al opportunity of marking our professional course
| for many years, however they may 'differ fom
I us, in opinion, will neither doubt our truth, «°>
| the honesty of our opinions, whatever they may
j think of their honest errors—at least, not when
I oo- credibility comes in contact, either with the
; editor of the Courier,or an anonymous informant.
. The statement which called forth the denial
lof the Courier, was as follows : “A number of
, ! Geo plans were present, ami look scats with the
I Delegates—all known to he in the city having
! boon s eeially invited to do so—and we fcchovo
they all heartily concurred in the proceedings,
1 and partook of" the patriotic spl it that dictated
' them.” Wo have not the denial of the editor of
the Cvm ier now by us, but, if wo recollect right
ly, be tiio.se so far to misrepresent the above, as
. to loavo out the qualification, “we believe,” and
■ h,y considerable stress on the word “all”—thus
’ quotum, and using, .is a positive and unqualified
assertion, wbat was simply expressed as a belief.
j. The wilful injustice and malignant artfulness of
this, is evident. To justify the assertion Ins
garbled statement has made out for us, we were
hound to liavo known tho individual opinions «f
“all” the “Georgians present,” by first enquiring
them individually ; nnd it is presumable he was
aware, that while his statement implied that we
• had done so, or that we had a reckless disposi
tion to make unqualified asse. lions cf what wo
. ,risked rather than what we hone, his showing
of even otic dis enter, only, (his informant,)
= would plainly disprove the assertion, so fur, and
leave good reasons lor a hr.liuf, that it it was un
true so far, it might be farther, and as much far
, thor as he cltosu to indicate, on the authority of
his informant. Now, what must honest men
* think of flagrant perversion and injustice like
this? Who is safe r ■ ainst such conduct, he the
t ulh or honesty of his statements what they
may? And, since each man, helm who he may,
may at some lime or other bo so injured and
that too without the means of redress, for of all t lie
wilful misrepresentations ol theCou.iei against
’ us, A which we have fully disproved, notonc lias
’ been corrected in that |>npor —it is evidently the
duly of every man to set his lace against such
conduct, he Ins political opinions what they mayo
for eve.y honest win is interested, even for his
own sake, in the punishment ol injustice ano
the suppression of lalsuhood.
We certainly did net enquire the opinions of
“all the Georgians present” individually, nor
did ours’alement indicate that wc did; for had
we done so, we should then ofcou. se have asset t
ed what they actually were, and nut what we
> believed they were. Wc spoko on the subject,
, to all whom wo had an opportunity of speaking
s with on-the floor: and from what each one said
r f u , himself, and for others whom ho had con
terser) with, wore fully justified in believing
that “all the Georgians present heartily concur
, red,” Ac. It was not rill after wo had written i
ami forwarded our letter, that wo heard of' a
inglo one that dissented ; and even now, we
have heard the names of hut txo ‘ Georgians
present" who did not concur.
from what tho Coin ier says of the “j opular
. mmmers," Ac. of his "informant,” wo feel
confident that wo know tho man; and if wo
mistake not, ho is the one who made himself so
-iM-iiliut ly eonspieur ns, by his denunciations ot
Nullification and Mr. Calhoun, on sundry occa
' sions, ami in places pcculiaily unusual and im
propor — of that Nullification, in i elation to v\ liith,
' in arguments with us, when pressed for Ids rea
sons against it. he has repeatedly said, “ I agree
with you in principle”—and ol that same Mr,
Calhoun, too, whom ho, but a few years ago,!
openly advocated in our Legislature, as a'an
lid-ite for the Presidency, in oppose '"in to Gen.
Jackson and Mr. Crawford— '.nd we believe of
fered resolutions to *.t.at effect—violent a Jack
son and Anii-Calhoun man as he is now. Ami
what are his opinions worth, either in r elation to
Mollification, Mr. Calhoun, or any great j tiblic
question, so far as principle is concerned. Does
he closely investigate public questions, and de
cide on them for himself alone, and with refer
ence to truth and principle only, regardless of
men. or vopnlariUif Or, ns lire Courier indicates,
(we foigct its exact wo ds) is ho no* Jinan of
“popular maimers,” Ac. a popular man, a
1° " hat is popular, or will be,
rather than to what ought to bn, and therefore
does not think lor himself? And have wo not
known him, while a representative in tho Legis
late o, to change his O; inions, on a vitally ini
uo! taut subject to come before that body, from
onu side to the other, several times, m as many
days?—And, was he one of the “Georgians pre
sent” at the second meeting, of which we spoke,
in the sentence which called forth his contradic
tion? Wo are inclined to think not. W c did
not sec him thcie, nor have wo hea. d of his being
llrero; and, fom his urging ns not to attend the
fust, on the ground that ho believed tho building
would fall, us a judgment tiom heaven on the
Nullifiers, one might have expected that he would
not have attended that, either ; and, hut for lus
conduct there, which took place during our
absence, wc poibaps sliuuld not have known
that lie was there. We regret to come thus in
conflict with him ; for, notwithstanding all this,
thcie is much in him that wo adiniie ; and, sen
sible that he possesses great popular means, and
powers of doing good, we have always been
ready to aid him in . ny good enterprise, and to
do him even more than Justice whenever we
have spoken of him ; hut he has cause to know,
from other instances than this, that wo never
permit our jversonal regards to check our profes
sional duties, and that we consider the cause of
. truth and justice as paramount to nil other con
siderations. Wc feel no less friendly to him,
personally, for anything he ha* done, or wc have
laid, ill this matter; for the weakness he has
evinced is by no means unusual with him, and
nt have permitted no personal feeling to enter
into that which we have said of him ; which wo
considoied due to the cause ho has assailed—a
cause which, whatever he or otheis may think
of it, and however unpopular it may be for the
moment, we consider tho greatest, the puresti
the noblest, and the most important, that has!
agitated this country since the days of the Kev
okilion—and that on its final success depends the
bheilii s, happiness, ami prosperity of the coun
try, the purity of its institutions, and the perpe
tuity ofti.o Union.
As to the political opinions of the editor of the
Courier, oa this or any other subject, they have
so completely played ibe wealhervana to every
popular breeze, “boo’d and boo’d ” to every
change of circumstances, and danced to every
popular tunc-" up tho middle and down again,
change hands and back again "-that they have
long not been worth a straw, in the csl,mH
of intelligent men, and arc scarcely ever men
tioned hut ns objects of ridicule or reproac i.
There is but one thing in which he hasbeen com
sislent, cxcent inconsistency, and that is ■> >' ise °
the South, and every tiling Southern, republican,
or patriotic-evcry tiling connected with tho
cause of the South, its interests, and prosperity,
and the defence of its honor and character, h
gainst its assailants from nb-oad. And yet io
talks patriotism, republicanism, honor, Are. Ate.
in as “learned a sp'nit”.as any political laso of
them all, and till each reader is almost ready to j
exclaim, with Othello, “ this fellow’s of tzeccl- j
ins honesty'" Talks', yes, “ Gods, how he does j
talk I" Put,
-• » Thu? nil traitor? »
If tlicir purgation did consist In vents,
They were as innocent as grace itself.'’
He prides himself in being among the first to j
oppose Nullification. Yes, and that is consistent,
too. When was he not among the first to op
pose anything in support of the interests, honor,
character, institutions, or liberties of the State ,
in which he was born, and her purest and no
blest pati iots-or the State in which lie earns his
broad ?—ami not affectedly proud of if. too ?
And wlial knows ho about Nullification ? M hat
reasonable argument did lie ever urge against it?
What feeling or quality appeal to, but prejudice,
ignorance, or fear? or what evidence give., that
he understands it—or ought in relation to it, ex
cept tliat it is not popular with the enemies of
the South and his native Slate ? No wonder that
he .locs not like it. It relies not on any of those
political clan-traps, popular whims and prejudi
ces, threadbare patriotisms, mere sayings, per
sonal flatteries, and cringings to moil and power,
which save the trouble of investigation, spare
■he labor of argument, and the quality of intolli
“••nee, and have long been considered the safe
and easy io id to popularity. It is a cause ol
principle—one that requires labor, to investigate
it intelligence, to understand it—patriotism, to
respect it—cuutngc, to avow it—reason and ar
gmneut, to sustain it—patience and foitjtudo, to
bears its trials—and unbending cotif* ".eir oin tbc
ultimate success of truth and v'rlue, to await its
triumphs. It is not an every.day cause of your
" small beer politicians,” appealing to their aid,
full of their individue’ consequence, controlled
by their petty ml'"'.gues, wailing limit nods, ex
alted by their huzzas, or humbled by their do
nunciatioi’ s—and therefore it is no wonder that
it blino’d not have their support, in its da\ ol trial,
nor till that day of its glory and triumph, when
they will assuredly cling to it with more seeming
lovy and devotion, than its oldest and most con
sistent advocates; and their “ huzza for Nullifi
cation,” will thou helm loss loud, lona, and fie
queiit, than their eleventh-hour “huzza for Jack
son.”—When was their voice ever the test of
t. tj'h, or their popularity the lest of me it I —and
what great and good principles, oi men, in poli
tics or religion, from the ancient republics and
the Christian era, to tho present Jay. have over
reached tho pinnacle fnne, or the (standard
of universal approbation, without having passed
th.jegh the ordeal of limit direst abuse, their
stoutest opposition, and their most malignant
and unsparing persecution? Who, then, will
hopelessly pause to conciliate their aid, or take
counsel of their opinions, when their united op
j posirijn is ominous of future triumph, ami should
' jo looked updo as a boacou light to fame. Had
they, and their foais, and their opposition, tri
unij bed, in tho days of the Devolution, what
would have been the result of that Uovo'ulion,'
and where the liberties, bequeathed by its illus
trious patriots, fur which wo are now contend
tug ? Ami is not the same spirit that induced
the lories of that day, to cling to old abuses, se
vere oppressions, and corrupt men in power, and
brand with the epithets of rebels, traitors, Ac.
Are. all who essayed to cored them, now to ho
found in the language of the enemies of tho
fuiith, nod particularly in tlm columns of tho
Georgia Courier?
Will the Charleston Courier (in which wc saw
the article of the Georgia Courier,) and other
papers which have published that article, do us
the justice to publish our reply ?
Ip- 1 Thu above article was written in tho conn,
by, previous to our return to Augusta. And
since returning, we find that our conjecture, us
m the identity of the Courier's infoi tnant, iscor
rcet. On reference to the Courier’s article, too,
we find,that in addition to tho gross misrepresen
tation referred to, it even represents us to have
said that all the Georgians in tho city, instead of
“ all the Georgians present ” at the Contention,
us we believed, “heartily concurred,” Ac.
Shame, shame I
COTTON MARKETS.
Our advices from Liverpool are of the 41 Ii Feb
ruary. The following extract of n letter of that
date, shews the situation of its Colton niaiket at
that period : “Os Cotton the supplies come for
ward very sparingly, nor doe* there seem the im
mediate prospect of any important increase. Tho
state of our mailed fur several monlli* past, lias
been very discouraging to shipments. Last week
7,KiO packages were received, and 1-1,770 sold.
During tho present, the import has been very
light, and amounts to 11,111 bugs and bales, with
a brisk and lively demand. The sales sum up
25,215 packages, as follows; 11,800 hagsßow
edsalSaTd; 2,774 do Orleans at Oj a 8d; (10a
8id;) 3,518 Alubatnas at 4 a a (Ud; Ac. Ac.—
There has, throughout the present week, heenu
very pood inquiry both from tho trade and on
speculation ; with the latter object, about 5,000
bales of American, of common quality, have
been purchased at 5d a SJJd. also, some parcels
of Last India for shipment. With so brisk and
general a demand, an advance of JUi a Jd. lias
been established on the lower qualities of Ame
rican, ami on all other descriptions j,d. per lb.
The market closed yesterday steadily, but with
u less urgent demand than tho two preceding
Jays. Since the beginning of tho year our
stock is considerably reduced, being at present
estimated at only 182,500, whilst at the corres
ponding period last year, there remained on hand
225,400 bags and bales.”
By llie arrival of the ship Sully, at N. York,
we have advices from Havre of the llih Febru
ary. We give the following extract oT a letter,
which shows the condition of the Colton trade in
Franca: “Oar Cotton mills, as well as other
branches of the trade, have been in fall aetivity,
and although the prices of their pioducls leave
not improved, still, their gale is easy, and affords
a trilling profit to the manufacturers. Hie de
mand for raw cotton upon this market, during the
last ton days, has been, and continues, very
brisk. The sales have amounted t 06,023 bales,
but our prices have not advanced more than one
centime, and that only upon the middling quali
ties. Our stock is reduced to 25,000 halos.
The sales of Cotton in New- Orleans for the
week ending the 10th hist, exceeded 15,000
halos, at an advance on previous prices. Quo
tations 9 a 12 cents.
Letters from Savannah, by Monday evening s
mail, advised us of an advance in the Liverpool
maiketof Jjd per lb. from the Ist to the7thFeb
ruary. This produced considerable excitement
among our dealers, and some parcels of good
Colton changed hands at9J a It) ets. On Wed
nesday, wo learnt that the report was without
foundation —since when, prices have been gra
dually receding, though but little has been done
i Holders,having confidence in the article, are dis
posed to wait for later intelligence from Furope.
Our receipts of Cotton during the week, sum
np small, and we incline strongly to the opinion,
i that the quantity now remaining in tho interior,
is vet ij cutisiilcrtihhj less than is usual at tins sea
son of the year.
IVo continue our former quo'aliens, remark
ing, that it is next to impossible to ascertain the
true situation of the market.
I’ricts CucrenN
LIVBIU'tiOL. AUGUST A-i
Ordinary sd. Inferior RJcts. j
Middling 5-d. Common RJ
Fair s;d. Fair 9
Good Fair 5Jd. a fid, Good - 9i
Good and fine, Ojd. a7d I’lT.ni Acboice 9[a 19
Freights—to Charleston, per bale —to
Savannah, 50 cents.
Exchange. —Ellis on Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Now-York, Providence, and Boston, uttiU days
sight, 1o- f CL .ut. discount —at sight, on the same
cities, 3 per cent, premium—United States'
Bank Notes, 2 per cent, premium.
Savannah, March, 15.13
Consul rrablii business appears to bo doing
here, hut not so much as aheiii three weeks ago,
when I passed through tiie sheets, while on my
way to Charleston, us the Strain Packet lay for
about an bom- at i lie wharf. A large quantity of
shipping was then at the w harves and in the har-
I, ullr —iibeut thirty sail of which went to sea in
two days, about the 3rd and 4th insl.—and tho
hiding and unlading of vessels, tho songs of the
stevedores, the yeo heave yeo, of the seamen,
the rattling of ebay*, mid the crowding, and pas
sing and repassing, of men, vehicles, goods, &c,
in every direction, gave peculiar lifu and anima
tion to the city ami its husim ss, and made it all
look like kivannah in its bust and proudest days.
It is nut now its it was, ere the desolating cle
ment had swoj t over it again and again—and
iln: still move desolating h eath of that monster,
tho T,trill—which has withered away the pros
pc:ity of overv Southern city, and village, and
valley, mid still poisons the atmosphere o'fevc-y
plantation, and robs the industrious husband
man of the best f nils of his labor—leaving him
to wonder, that a country so blest by Provi
dence with almost every natural gift that could
possibly bo bestowed on it, should become a
prey to so much poverty and desolation, and
yield so little profit to the labor exerted on it.—
Yet still, Savannah has much left of its former
soir—tho splendor of its buildings, tho taste
and beauty of its daughters, and the intelligence
1 of its inhabitants, and their generous and sump
tuous hospitality. And while the stranger pau
ses to admire lire one and paituko of tho other,
he may look around him occasionally, and find
much to interest in the scones which meet his
eye. A strikingly beautiful view of the city,
mid country around, is to bo mot with from the
cupola of the Exchange, a large brick building
on the Bay, in which is the Post Office, the
Custom House, Council Room, Public Ball
Room, Ac. Ac. From the cupola may ho
seen the city, stretching up and down the river,
and far out to the South, S. F. and S. \V.—over
the river, to tho N. and N. W. and on the Islands,
the plantations of Gov. Hamilton, Mr. Spald
ing, Mr. SK.tnnooK, Mr. Giiuglu, and others—
to the S. F. the plantations of Air. Petigru, Col.
Tattnall, and others, and on a clear day, the
Light House at Tyhoe, .-bout 17 or 20 miles din
tant—and to tbe S , on the common, a slioit dis
tance beyond tbe city, Cantonment Oglethorpe,
ganisoned by United States troops, under tho
command of Capt. Merchant, who was sta
tioned, with the same troops, at the Arsenal
near Augusta, last summer. This station has
been rather sickly during tbe summer mouths,
and on ibis account were tbe troops removed;
but 1 understand tho citizens are desirous to re
tain them in the city dining the ensuing sum
mer; and to this end, the Slate Arsenal is sug
gested as capable of affording suitable barracks
for tho privates, while the officers might obtain
comfortable lodgings in some of the unoccupied
dwellings in the vicinity. This Arsenal {which,
with some few exceptions, I would suggest
as a suitable model for tbe one coutcmtilatod by
some of the citizens of Augusta, who I believe 1
have corresponded with tho Governor on the j
subject through Gen. Montgomery— to whom >
the people of Augusta are much indebted for i
his attention to tbe subject—and solicited
bun to lay it before the Legislature at its next
session, with a recommendation of a suitable
appropriation, Ac.) is built of brick, with thick
walla, plastered outside in imitation of stone—its
size CO by 50 and two stories high—a door in
front, of common size, and one at one cud, much
larger, to admit cannon on cairiagcs, and one at
the back, opening into a small lot, the length of j
the building and about 20 feet wide, round |
which, is a high wall. The improvements 1
would suggest, arc, thicker walls; a somew hat
larger size; a flat roof, or one nearly so, with a
parapet wall around, as iiigh as the breast; and
a larger lot, to extend entirely round tho build
ing.—The building contains very few aorts, and
but little ammunition—a few cannon of different
sizes, and a few stand of small aims —if I recol
lect rightly, less than a hundred —and some can
non ball and grape shot. But little belter sup- ,
plied, is llte Arsenal in Blillcdgevrile, the only
other, I presume, that tho St, “
wlueb contains but few- maakeu c
cavalry swords, and no pistols,
thus entirely destitute of cavalry s ‘''IBB i
consequently been unable to stqiply'v'H
teer cavalry corps which have apphJf'B
and is shamefully deficient of other arms'®
should not be, and we trust that our \i„", VI
patriotic Governor will lay t| JB 6| .|
fore the next Legislature, why Vltr '
commendations.
The necessity for an Arsenal in V -
ing strikingly obvious, it is tobeh.ipeu!
Legislature will nbt withhold a ouitahle !” ' “
priation for the erection of one; an ,j
one as that suggested, I should su-,n oi !p
§IO,OOO would be a sutficiem sum, "
But to return to Savannah, and
Oglethorpe. The latter consists of a high flf
ofsquare posts,set perpendicularly in the gr: ■
and close together, so as to exclude obser ■
from without, and a range of wooden bui I
within,extending nearly around the sq'iaro fBl
in which is a beautiful parade ground, d ttl
with short close grass. The only
a large gate on the East side; and on ;,']■»
you enter,are tbe barracks, on the right th'lßl9
cors quarters, and in front, at the oiliersSEl
the square, the Arsenal. I believe. Tiiev.Mlf
ground is exceedingly level, the g ras , JW
and even, and tha buildings \vliitcli!, e
wearing a peculiarly neat, clean, aril J
table appearance. I
Os several handsome churches, the
king is the Presbyterian one, eroded
Dr. Kollock, which is said to be
splendid building of the kind in the p,,®|
States. It is built of granite stone, all , m ...« i
jf.otn the North, with a steeple of wood,
j high, and of exceedingly rich and tastefubroß :
tranship, as is also the portico, attha«Mr*(Js
and die variegated pavement inside, tho
roof, the gallery, and the organ, are very !«■
ful. The pulpit, of mahogany, is very rids® i,
splendid, hut perhaps ratiiei too large, anlhetpS
vy in its style. j
Os the Stores, the most sti iking arc Voir.>EH
and Gibbons’s largo ranges, East of the Ma s.H
and the range on the Bay, extending for,';!®
corner opposite the Exchange, to the licit<-. I( ®
above. And ftf the Dwellings, of which thcieiß
many very splendid, among the most cowi®
tuts is the peculiarly beautiful one of G. \®
Owens, Esq. Mr. Williamson's, Air. Telfair'B
Ac. Ac. t
With tho Greene and Pulaski Monument.'Bß
■ Johnston’s Square, I was somewhat disu-p,-|B
ed, for though it cost, if I rocullocl rightly,
§7,000, it is exceedingly plain and uu'en
si vc, looks rather rough, mid has no in««.i t,®
whatever. It consists of an obelisk, rising p, J *
bably about fifty fuel above the ground, nnd'ec- I
ing on an oblong square pedestal, with up it 9
cornice around,above and below—ami n b.st-' 3
three or four steps. The base should hawk H
much higher, even for the present .“tale oflij I
ground, ant! pat tii ala.ly, as one of the (blurt r: B
moat iuij orient improvem, nts of the sH
would doubtless have heel) to i aise the grottai :fl
the centre, if that were not precluded, usiliu ; i
i'q by tin-low base of the monument.
Thu liew Court House, lately creeled, hut:. J
yet quite finished, is a large bni ding, of liti-j I
and somewhat st. iking in its external aji|«»|9
anco: hut its style is rather too sumbio and kill
vy, and the columns, pa licuhn ly, which sq.®
port the pediment, appear much 100 large, intEa
too close to the w ill. 1 had not an opputiiirin ;q
of seeing the Court room—the door of it Inn;
locked wiien I entered the building—hut it
said to he very handsome and commodious. .1
present, the building is auncntidc.ci by scafliA. I
ing, ami therefore appears to much disaJut
tago.
The Theatre is a la ge brick building, ami it
model, belli in size and interior anangemeii'
generally good, paiticularly in tho fashion of to I
stage, pit, boxes, Ac. Its conveniences, iuT?
dros.ing rooms, Ac. are extensive, bn; ninth np
of order; and its decorations, in front of llte *
stage and boxes, have been very c eg ant aid
tasteful, but a;o now nmch tarnished and il-.-tr
ccd. Tlio situation of it, near the southern ex
tremity of the city, is bad, and must always..-
operate materially against its value; and it u
sui prising that so valuable a building, and one sol .
dependant on the patronage of the whole city t
was not placed in a more central position. It ’
cost, originally, I believe, considerably upwards
of $30,000, hut I presume might now be erected
for one third of that amount, or little more.
The city is very handsomely laid out, at rigid
angles, with numerous open squares; and in sum
mer—when tlio trees are in full verdure, and j
mingling their beauties every whore with those
of the splendid buildings—presents, Horn the cu
pola of the Exchange, a peculiarly garden-lihe.
and stiikingly beautiful view—perhaps one ot
the very finest in onr country for a panorama
painting—and Mr. Parksr, who has left nuraer
ous flattering specimens in our city and State,ot
his great skill and taste as a painter, was engaged
for some time in taking sketches (or one, when
last in Savannah; hut, whether or not he com
pleted them, or the painting, I have never bean.
The most pleasant excursion from Savannah,
is along the Thundeibolt Road, and by the Race
ground, to Bonaventure, the country seat ol the
late Governor Tattnall, and now the property
'of Col. E. F. Tattnall, about five miles from
j the city. The mansion house, which has lung
been destroyed by fit*, is said tohave been very
I handsome, and the situation certainly is so,
while the remains of its former garden, laid on’,
into va ious fanciful shapes, and extending, by
terraces, downward toward the river, and the
extensive and numerous avenues of stately and
majestic Live Oak, wide, and completely over
shadowed, at a towering height, all tell ol past
splendor, elegance, and taste. The site is in
the Lend of the river, which passes by it at dglit
angles, on the North and East; and immediately
at the point, is a high nnd vory pretty hlutf. I'
seems to be a place of much interest, for there
enmo there, during the short lime I staid, per
haps an hour, ns many as six or seven carriages,
occupied mostly by ladies—and sovcta! gentle
men on horseback. It ceitainly deserves to bo >.
place of interest, for it presents a stiikingly r °
mantio nnd beautiful appearance; and anion;
oilier tilings I have omitted to mention,the ! am;
ly Tomb, recording the deaths of Gov. Tattna-' 1
and others, male and female, is by no means "A.
culated to lossoa that interest.