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WEDNESDAY, WAV 4, 1830-
” Hit just, on I fear wot.”
I’crsons indebted to ns, botSi in (lie
city and country, arc earnestly ro
ll nested to malic immediate payment,
by which they will greatly promote
the interests and conveniences of the
establishment dnring-our absence.
t.ITTEI.IuS MUSEUM.
The contents of the April No. of tills periodi
cal, may he found in our advertising columns.
The articles under (he caption of “ account of
the /fee. Jno. Farmstead,” and “
Ilf Sin Waiter Scott,*’arc interesting and in
structive, and will not fail to elicit the attention
Os those into whose hands they fall. Some are
not so much to our liking—and others wo have
not read.
ST. PETER’S IN ROME.
The exhibition of this splendid painting by an
eminent artist, closes with the present week.
We would respectfully invito those who have
not yet availed themselves of the opportunity oi
seeing the representation of the interior of this
splendid edifice, to do so, before it is too late. —
An hour or two spent in viewing this rare and
rich production of an American artist will well
repayfor the time. We invite the reader’s at
tention to adcscription’ofit,by Bishop England
in another column.
TEXAS.
The Mobile Chronicle contains a statement,
said to have been received through the Mexican
Consul, contradicting the melancholy account of
the massacre of Col. Fannin and his men, who arc
laid to he alive, in Victoria, prisoners of war. We
sincerely hope this is true. By the same paper
we learn that the schr Bravo, [Montezuma] in en
deavoring to warp over the bar at Matamoras, lost
her rudder, and afterwards suffered in an action
with the Texian schr Invincible —that at the time,
the Bravo was lying at anchor on the bar, and the
action resulted without loss. “The Bravo succee
ded in returning to port without damage, and has
since sailed ill Company with the schooner com
manded by Caps. Thompson, late master of the
Corrco, convoying a vessel laden with provisions
for Santa Anna’s army. Wo publish these ac
counts as we received them from supposed credi
table sources, and time will only disclose which of
them most boar the stamp of truth.”
Martin van buren.
below our readers will find the opinions of this
(gentleman on the Missouri Question, contrasted
with those of the sage of Monticello on the same
subject. This, taken in connection with his re
tent letter to his friends ill North Carolina, arc
■‘proofs as strong as holy writ” of what the South
has to expect from him, in the event of his being
blevated to the Presidency. With this evidence
before them, we cannot believe that the Southern
(people will sustain the pretentions of a man who is
known to he opposed to the South, on the most
Vital and important question that has ever been
agitated in the American Congress. When it is
remembered that ho voted for the tariff of ’2B—that
he Was against us on the Missouri Question, and
now contends that Congress has the constisulional
right, to abolish slavery iu the District of Colum
bia, —to ask the South,with these facts staring her
in the face, to support him for the Presidency, is
apiece of impudence that we had scarcely expec
ted, even of his sycophantic demagogues and
prostituted presses. But such seems to be the in
fatuation of his leading partizans, that we do not
believe they would abandon him, were they' sure
he would place a butcher knife in the hands of
every slave south of the Potomac.
We have often been struck with the pertinacity
and infatuation, with which men ding to a course
of sin and folly, which promises nothing but cer
tain and inevitable destruction. Tire course per
sisted in by the leaders of the Van Buren parly in
the South, is another striking evidence, that, it is
much easier to arrest the progress of virtue and
patriotism, than to check tlufonward march oftin
•
and wickedness. The very principles which the
South regards as most sacred, they would persuade
the people to set aside, and elevate to the highest
= office in this government a political black-log, who
would gamble away the rights and liberties of the
people of the South, to promote his own selfish j
aggrandizement.
g We have every confidence in the virtue and
integrity of the people, if they will only take the i
trouble to read and reflect for themselves, and not
e trust every thing to political gamblers; unless they
do this, all will be lost, and that forever.
i, “Mr. Jefferson’s and Mr. Van Buren’s Opinions
- on the Missouri Question.
1, Mr. Jefferson's Opinions Fun Buren's Opinion.
it “The Missouri Ques- “The Constitution of
is lion aroused and filled the United States clearly
d me with alarm. The old gives Congress the tight
t, schism of Federal and torequire of new States,
y Republican threatened not comprised within the
r nothing, because it cxis- original boundaries ofthe
ted in every State, and United Slates, the prohi
>f united them together by hilion of slavery, as a
- the fralernism of party, condition of their admis
d I have been amongst the siotr into the Unidn,
d most sanguine in believ- therefore,
- ing that our Union would “Resolved, That our
i hoof long duration. I; Senators be instructed to
now doubt it much, and oppose the admission, as
see the event at no great a State, into the Union,
s distance, and the direct of any Territory, not
. consequence of this ques-comprised as aforesaid,
1 tion. without making the pro
. “I have for a long time hibilion of slavery there
ceased to read nowspa- in, an indispensable con
s pen, or‘pay'any attention dition of admission.”
. to public affairs. But
this momentous question,
like a fire-bell in the bight,
[ awakened and filled me
j with tenor. I consid
ered it al once as the
knell of the Union. /.
is hushed, indeed, for
, the moment—but this is
. n reprieve only, not a
final sentence.
“Onr anxieties in this
quarter arc all concenlra
ted in the question. What
dues the Holy Alliance
in and out of Congress
mean to do with us on
the Missouri Question I
And this, by the bye, it
but the name ofthe case
The real question, a:
seen in the States afflic
ted with this Unfoonnatc
population, is, arc our
slaves to he presented
with freedom and a dag
ger 1 For if Congress
has the power to regu
late the condition of the
' inhabitantsof the States,
it will be but another
exercise of that power
to declare tht call shall
be free.”
MR. BAILEES BENEFIT,
Will lake place to-morrow evening, on which
occasion the 4th act of the Merchant of Venice
will bo performed—Miss C. Barnes, representing
Shylock, in which character she is said to pro- '
eminently successful, — Mrs. Barnes, as Portia,
Also the comedy of Chls. 11, or The Mkriit
Monarch, and the farce of the Dutch Brothers. 1
Wc sincerely hope our citizens will give this i
gentleman a full house, for we are ever in favor of
the encouragement of industry and sobriety whom
ever found,—and these qualifications arc posses
sed by him in :yi eminent degree. Besides, as an
actor Ire is a thorough utilitarian —a merit which
very few can boast. (
BLUES AND HUSSARS.
Wc have the pleasure ofinforming the citizens 1
who will doubtless be gratified to learn, that the '
Blues SJ Hussars arrived in Savannah, from Pi- 1
colala, the 2d and tbok passage on the Steam- 1
boats Forester & Washington, and will bo here '
to day or tomorrow, and will receive a warm and ■!
enthusiastic welcome from their friends. 1
(.
FOR THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE. 0
IVIIAT I LIKE. t
I like to see a cowardly Editor, who has refu ,
sed to meet his antagonist when “ challenged to (
single combat,” do all in his power to ridicule ;
those who have generously volunteered, to fight
the battles of their country, by publishing what (
he knows to be false. It shows spirit and pa- c
triotism. ,
» D - 1
PUBLIC MEETING. 1
At a meeting of the citizens of Richmond c
county opposed to election of Martin Van Buren [
to the Presidency, held at the City itall in Au- |
gusts, on Saturday Morning, the 30th April,
1836, for the purpose of nominating Delegates so f
the convention to be assembled at Milledgevrllc (j
on the first Monday in this month, Mr. John j
Carmichael was called to the chair, and Na- j
THAMES W. Cocke was appointed Secretary. ,
On motion of Wx. W. Holt, Esq. it was re
solved, That a committee, to consist of five, he s
named by the chair, to report forthwith a Prcam- 1:
■ ble and Resolutions expressive of the sense ofthe
meeting. Whereupon the chair placed Messrs.
1 Wm. W. Holt, John Enoxß, Fhilip McGh in, ,
1 Gilbert Longstbeet, and William Jones, s
1 on the committee, who, after having retired for a j
1 short time, offered to the meeting the following ,
‘ Preamble and Resolutions, which were unani- ,
r mouslv adopted: I
3 A portion of the people of Richmond county , (
■ impressed with a sente of the high responsibility ,
connected with the exercise of the elective fran- (
chisc, have assembled to consider ol the course it ,
1 becomes them to pursue in the Presidential dec- ,
c 1 .
tion. They bdieve that we are approximating e ,
fearful crisis in our National existence —that the
canvass which now agitates the country involves
I something _of deeper import than lire more pro
" fcrcnce of men—that it presents a struggle hfc
‘ tween Liberty and Fowdh
In reviewing tire political career of a promi
-1 nent candidate for the Vrcsidenc.y, extending
’ through a scries of years, the Federal
Government has more than once been shaken to
1 it centre, they see him, at no time, pursuing an'
open, avowed, fearless policy—never, with ,tho
firmness and forecast of a great Salesman, ventu
ring to expose popular delusion, or to camhat po
pular prejudice, but, on the contrary, ever watch
: ing the progress, and following in the wake of
| public opinion. They look iu vain for one sin
gle act of self-abandonment—for an isolated
proof that his country’s good was ever a cbnsi
| deration poramount to his own glory. Now that
a peculiar institution of one section of the Re
public, protected by constitutional harriers, is
wantonly assailed, they find Him still enveloped
in mystery, and occupying neutral ground, equi
vocally flattering tire hopes of the South, while
- he pays deference to the fanaticism of the North,
i The past offers no guaranty of his fidelity, save
to Himself—the future presents no hopes to die
Union, save in his defeat. The fact 100 that
: they see in him the nominee of the present Chief
Magistrate, (to have served under whom the no
minee considers “ glory enough,”) and that the
, whole executive influence in the Union is open
- ly exerted to sustain the nomination, is, of itself,
sufficient, independently of these personal objec
tions to Mr. Van Buren, to akrm the fears of
those jealous of their constitutional rights, and
anxious to preserve the purity of our institutions.
Whereupon, Itcsotved, Ist. That this mee
ting will zealously co-operate with their Fellow
Citizens throughout tire State, whose common ob
ject is to withhold froh Martin Van Buren the
vote of Georgia for the Presidency of the United
Slates.
Ilesolved, 2ndly, That, to promote this object,
we will in accordance with a general invitation,
Send four Delegates trt represent the Anti-Van
Buren convention to be held in Millcdgcvill on
the ensuing Monday, for the purpose of nomina
ting represent the Slate of Georgia
in the next Presidential College.
Resolved, 3nlly, That the Chairman appoint a
committee of ten to designate and report to this
meeting forthwith four persons as Delegates to
be appointed under the foregoing resolution, and
that the said committee have the power to fill any
vacancy that may occur in the Representation af
ter the adjournment of the meeting.
Resolved, 4thly, That it is the desire of this
meeting, that if any of the Delegates appointed to
represent Richmond county', fail to attend the
convention, those who do attend be allowed the
whole number of votes to which the county is
entitled.
In compliance with the 3rd of the foregoing
Resolutions, the chair then appointed Messrs.
Wm. W. Holt, Gilbert Longstbeet, John
Edgar, Pitiur McGran, Wsn Jones, C.J,
Jenkins, A. B. Long street, B. H. Waiiren,
T. S. Metcalf, and John P. Eve, as the com
mitice of nomination; who having first consul
ted together, nominated Andbfw J. MiLir.n,
Charles A. Hitt, Nathaniel W. Cocke,
and Henry Mealing, Esqs. as delegates to the i
convention.
On motion of C. J. Jenkins, Esq. it was Re t
solved, That a copy of these proceedings be fur
nished by the Secretary, to the Delegates, and to
each of the Editors of the city for publication.
The meeting then adjourned.
JOHN CARMICHAEL, Chairman.
Nathaniel W. Cocke, Sec.
MAT DAT.
On Monday last, wo had the pleasure of alien- 1
ding the Crowning of the Queen Os May, which,
took place in front of the City Hall, at 5 o’clock
P. M., superintended by Mrs. Moise, whose pupils
were engaged in this interesting ceremony. A
more interesting and brilliant assembly of youth,
beauty and fashion, we have seldom seen—the
Belle, and the Beau, the Bachelor and Bard, all
joined in this interesting celebration. Thcßeve
rend Clergy, the sober citizen, and aged malroho i j
gave dignity to the occasion, whilst the gaiety and
and cheerfulness—the smiling and happy faceso*
the young ladies who pUrth ipatdd in the ceremony,
seemed to inspire tire whole assembly with the
unalloyed pleasure and happiness, which anima
ted their own guileless hearts.
The celebration of this festival comes associa
ted with all the bright hopes and delightful anti
cipations incident to the season of youth. The
mind of the most indifferent spectator, who be
held it, would naturally revert to the period when
to him the fttlurc was unclouded and the present
unmingled with anxiety or care. The pillars and
partico of the building were entwined with gar- '
lands of Flowers and festoons which hung in grace
ful array above the throne. The gothic arches,
formed for the occasion of rose-buds and ce
dar, accorded with the architecture of the build
pig; and the whole place presented the ap ]
pearance of a charmed spot, where innocent i
mirth and rural enjoyment might he happily (
blended. The chair occupied by the Queen, and
surrounded by the Months and Seasons,was orna
mented with a profusion of buds and blossoms.
Order of Celebration.
The Twelve Months dressed appropriately, ad
vanced, linked by garlands, and arranged them
selves, six on each side of the throne. Next fol
lowed the Seasons, each bearing a beautiful ban
ner of white saltin on which was imprinted the
name of the season represented. Hope, Flora,
the Old and the Now Year followed; waving the
emblems of the characters they represented.
Having taken their proper stations the following
chorus (as the Queen entered, attended by her
maids of honor, hearing her sceptre,) was suhg j
with feeling and animation, and at the same time j
six flower girls strewed her path with beautiful
flowers from their baskets.
Chorus.
Bright Maid of May,
We hail thee,
We hail thee,
On this auspicious day,
See how surrounding,
The varied Seasons move,
Thy fame resounding, * ,
i The object of their love. j
I Thy path now is brighter,
Thy tread shall be lighter,
. I For flowrcts strew thy Way,
Thou flora of the day.
Bright Queen of May,
. We crown llice,
We crown thee,
On this suspicions day, &c. See.
[ Hope places the CHnrart on
the Queen’s head.]
United voices hail thee,
UnitecLvoices hail thee,
Uniloirvoices hail the Queen of .May.
HOPE, by Miss R. McKenzie.
Look ye nymphs and mortals look !
What sudden blaze of magosty is that
Which we from hence descry I
Too divine to be mistook,
This, this is she to whom our vows and
wishes bend,
And here our ardent search we end.
Fame, that her high worth to raise
Seemoth so lavish and profuse,
t We might justly then accuse
Os detracting from her praise:
Less than half, wc find expressed ;
Envy bids conceal She rest.
Mark what radiant state she spreads
Encircles round her shining train,
Shooting her beams like silver threads,
This, Ibis is she walking like a goddess bright
In tiro centre of her light :
Might she, the wise Latona bo
On the tower’ll cylicle—
Who had thought this clime had held
A being so unparalle’d 1
Oh! welcome! guide our festal day,
And ho our fairy, rueen of May,
Oh! our lov’d one, then in thee.
AH our sister train we sec
Every brilliant bud that blows
From the blue boll to the rose,
All the beauties that appear,
On the bosom of the year;
Or on the lap of Autumn bloom,
All to thee their tribute bring,
Exhale their incense at thy shrine.
Their hues, their odors all arc thine.
Now that with the vernal year,
Awakening nature’s smiles appear,
Now that harmony and gladness
Lilts e’en the stoic’s brow of sadness,
While groves are vocal, flowerets brightest
She’ca blue heart’s true, and bosom’s lightest
To usher in (his vernal day
Wc crown Thee, Anna, Queen of May.
FLORA, by Miss Anna Carter.
The season and the occasion are alike calcula
ted to awaken the most joyous emotiorts. Asso
ciated, as is this anniversary, with the spring-time
of our existence, —witlr all that is pleasing in en
joyment, and delightful in prospect, we cannot
spend it more appropriately than by mingling our
rejoicings with nature - in the innocence of rural
festivity. To her, whom we have just crowned,
with it garland, I edme with flowers as art of
fering, and a more pure and lovely oblation could
not bo presented, for while we value them for
their beauty, and the rich and delicate coloring
of their petals, we love them also, for conveying
those tender and refined sentiments that soften
and purify the heart.
While I scatter in your pathway these fading
emblems, [ addressing the Queen, and scattering
rose-buds audlillies around the throne,] ofyouth
ful hope 'and loveliness, let mo hid you weep not
that the bright objects arouud us should bo so
transcient and short-lived, for
Though all’s ephemeral that’s to mortals given,
Vet hope, with tearless eye doth point to heaven.
( Addressing Hope and presenting the Almond
flower,) meanwhile let me present to you this blos
som which seems to say,
“The Hope in dreams of a happier horlr,
Which alights on misery’s brow,
Springs out of the silvery Almond liower
That blooms on a leafless bough.”
f Addressing Old Year,) to y ou,
“The cypress that darkly shadows the grave,
As an emblem of sorrow that mounts o’etits loti”
And while I dispense this undying perennial
among my com\mniom,( scattering cedar,feline
hope that,
The memory of our loves will h 6
As changeless us the cedar tree.
THE NEW YEAR, iit Miss Mary Poe.
Behold me among you—the fresh new year—
Adown whose cheeks ran never a tear;
I come on the swallow’s untiring wing,
Laden with all the flowers of spring.
Hail to ye—beautiful—^innocent—gay !
Hail to thee ! loveliest—Queen of May :
My Reasons arc near with their innocent pleasures,
My Months are at hand with their choicest,
treasures,
Their presence will give to each young bosom joy,—
And long may it linger without an alloy !
But a moment I pause—fair Queen of May,
A word is all I have leisure to say,—
Beautiful creatures—so happy—so young—
Sweet as the flowers around them flung;—
May the bloom and the smiles I witness now,
Abide full long on every brow ;
But to let each maiden encircling you here,
Read her own fate in the passing new year;— ■
I came with the swift wing’d; with the swift
wing’d I go—
Cradled on flowers, to he shrouded in snowi
OLD YEAR, by Miss S, A. Moisei
My course is run ! My glory’s dying,
Lost is sceptre, seal and sway;
Season’s dance, with banners flying,
Round my youthful rival, May.
Sylvan melodies are ringing
Youth from grotto, brake, and dell,
Woodland warblers sweetly singing
Gralulation and— farewell.
Bring thy fairy goblets, flora,
Sparkling lo their surface rise
Dewy bubbles, that Aurora
E’er distills, from vernal skies.
Pledge with these the lovely vestal
At her brilliant Coronation—
Hope, presiding at the Festal;
Pours for me a last libation.
Nature’s empire I resign,
Take the tributary rose*
Lavished on her Mystic shrine,
By the Monarcli she deposes.
Lur’d hy May’s enchanting wiles,
Al tier feet my spoil she iicars;
Give her then your brightest smiles,
But for me relieve your tears.
SPRING, by Miss Bcanoiroir*.
“ I come I come ’ ye have called me long,
I come o’er the mountain with light and song!
Ye may trace my step.-, o’er the wakening earth— ;
By the winds which tell of the violets birth,
Bjr the primrose stars in lire shadowy grass,
By the green leaves opening as I pass.
I have looked o’er the hills of the stormy North—
And the larch has hung all his tassels forth.
The fisher is out on the sunny sea,
And the rein deer hounds o’er the pastures free,
And the pine has a fringe of softer green,
And the moss looks bright where my foot hath
been.
Come forth, oh ye children of gladness conio,
Where the violets lie, may bo now JoUt home,
Ye of thb rose-lip tihd iho dew bright cya
Ami the hounding footsteps, to meet me fly 1
With the lyre, ami the wreath, and the joyous lay,
Come forth to the sunshine, I may not slay.
The summer is coming on light winds borne,
Vo may press xhrgra/’e, ye may bind the corn ;
For me I depart to a brighter shore,
Ye are marked hy care, ye arc mine no more.
/go whore Iho loved who have left ye dwell.
And the flowers are not Death’s—faro yo well,
farewell!’’
SUMMER, by Miss M. F. Smith.
“ Golden is the harvest field,
Bright the sky above,
And its orb, a burning shield,
On the arm of Jove.
Hot Iho wearied reaper toils,
Till the day is done,
And the flushing ocean boils,
Bound the setting suit.
Oh, some cool, some midnight cave,
By the rushing river,
Tit to my beating pulse lo lave, —
Sleep mid dream forever !
AH arc now in serious strife,
Gathering in their grain,
”Pis their being, hope, and life,
Hark ! the the hurrying wain !
No ! the distant thunder peal!
Rolling from the hills,
See the eddying tempest wheels—
How it swells and stills !
High above its brazen van -
Juts behind it, roars,
Wind, hall, thunder, —
What is mart
When the deluge pours I"
AUTUMN, hy Miss M. L. Walton.
Summer’s life-giving, fervid reign,
Has just retired, with graceful mein ;
And wood, and vale, and, yonder plain,
Arc robed in deep, luxuriant green.
But autumn comes with cooling breeze,
To wave her wand o’er hill and dale,
Until the undulating loaves
Are scattered by the passing gale,
The summer flowret’a soft aigrette,
l I’ll gently beat upon my wing—
And garner up the ripen’d wheat,
I Until the kind return of spring.
i Yes! spring and summer yield lo me,
The trophies ofcaclr joyous lel^il;
And iu the lapse of time may we,
Three genial seasons, meet again.
Ami flower's—fresh flowers shall still convey
A language pure, emphatic, chaste,
As Iho mild eloquence of May,—
Os such the wreaths, with which we'll grace
The chosen sovereign of the day.
WINTER, hy Miss J. Nicnoi.
Below me spreads the lake,
The stars above mo burn,
Away Iho skaters break,
Ami glide and wheel and turn.
Keen blows the cutting north
Against the wind they drive,
And as they hurry forth
The air is all alive.
Shout and carol, jest und boast,
So they sound along;
Send thy keenest arrows, Frost!
We will give thee song*
The Ea-t is growing bright,
Tiro crystal forrest flashes,
And in the dawning light
Like g.dd lire cascade dashes;
The rainbow spans the sky,
But all her proudest show,
Her deepest tinctures die
Before tire pomp below.
Rock and river, tree and fountain,
Glitter thick with gems ;
Rolling hill and craggy mountain
Glow like diadems.
QUEEN. —by Mins A. E. White.
The grand chorus being repeated the Queen
thus addressed her companions t
“ Selected, hy your unmerited partiality, to pre
side over the ceremonies of this festal celebra
tion, I should prove myself signally unworthy of
even a mimic coronation, and still more unwor
thy of those kind dispositions, and that fond and
dflbctianatc regard, in which ymir choice origina
ted, were 1 to permit the occasion lo pass without
expressing, however imperfectly, my sense of the
flattering distinction which has been conferred
upon me, and my warmest wishes for your future
happiness.
It would - betray great insincerity, were I not
frankly to admit, that this rjaark of your prefer
ence is, in the highest degree, grateful to my
feelings. Not, I beg you to believe, because it us
signs me a station pre-eminently conspicuous, and
seemingly calculated to minister to a vanity,
which, with more frequency than justice, has
been imputed as our sex’s weakness, nor be
cause, hy securing me tiro temporary homage of
v duntary subjects, it pampers a pride, which can
derive gratification from an acknowledgement of
superiority, however transient or fictitious; but
because it assures mo of your friendship, your
affection, and your love. In this view, it is in
deed valuable to me; and will over be among the
most cherished of my fond remembrances. Sea
sons may change, and youth decay, hut recollec
tions like this, are Iho evergreens of the heart,
which defy alike, the frost of win'er and of age.
I fuel that I can offer nothing in return, more
worthy of your acceptance than the benediction
of a heart tint yo,i have warmed into gratitude.
They may prove valueless, but tliey are sincere,
May your Spring, your Summer, your Autumn,
and your Winter, of life, ho ever crowned with
the choicest blessings of the varied year; and
may tie rude storm, or chilling blight, unfit your
hearts fully to appreciate, and blissfully to enjoy
them. And when time shall have closed the circuit
of seasons and ol years; and each bright maiden
of to-day, like her If,wary garlands, shall he fa
ded and gon :, may each and all of us, with our
honored arid beloved preceptress at our head, be
i reanimated by the breath of an immortal Spring,
\ and receive a crown of perennial verdure, on the
May Day Morning ofEternily."
- IVtusic struck up while waiters laden with re
freshments were handed to the young ladies.—
After which, the children glided through the mazy
dance with case and grabo treading on nature’s
richest carpet, the seasons waving their hau
liers In tlriio with the music.
They then withdr c» to the Masonic Hall,
where they spent a happy, lively evening in dan
cing until eleven, when they departed to dream
', of tile bright and beautiful, and lo ho borne on
fancy’s wpig to the loveliest region that their
youthful imagination could picture.
■SOUTH CAHOhUIA RAU. ROAD.
CONSIGNEES.
> April 30.—Bcnj Baird, E U Beall, Ralhhone &
Baker, Haviland, Risly A - . Uo. Allen Sc Ellis, D
L Thorp, E Bustin, F H Cook, Kerrs & Hope,
R Allen, Rowe & Smith, A R & 0 E Latlinier,
J & .1 Mcßryde, Gould & Bulkley, R Malone, F
& II Clark, Thus Richards, Rankin & Evans, A
Cumming, 8 C Kirtland, S Kneeland, E W Spof
ford, Dalhy Sc Houghkirk, G H Taylor. L Rich
aide, II W Sullivan, G Farrot & Co. Young Sc
Greene, H L Jeffers Sc Co.-Benson <sc Urquhart,
and G W Mayson.
May 2.—8 Baird, 8 Kneeland & Co V Durum]
Sc Co. D W Force, R C lldldwin, W Sc H Bry
son, Beard Sc Fitts, A Cumming, Gould & Bulk
ley, T II Plant, 1 8 Tuttle, Stovall, Simmons Sc
Co. J Norton, T Richards, G H Taylor, J F Ben
son, Goo Farrott & Co.
<QT»WKiBnAL.
LATEST BATE FROM LIVERPOOL, MaIIOU 18.
LATEST HATE FROM lUVIIE, March 6.
AUGUSTA lUAKKET.
COTTON.—Wc have received favorable ac-
I counts from Liverpool, but there appears no ad
vance in this market. It may be said the article
is more saleable at former prices—say 14 a 18e.
Charleston Maiiket, April 30.
Cotton.—ln onr Semi Weekly Report, wc sla
ted that a good demand for Uplands existed at the
commancenlcnt ofthe week. The same good in
quiry continued up to the closing of the market
yesterday. The transactions of lire week have
hocn large, am Hinting lo upwards of 0700 bales,
of which the principal sides were from 10 to 19
cents. The prices obtained were generally from
1) to 2 cents, and in a few instances wo under
stand 2J cents, reduction from our highest quo
tation this season.
New-Orleans Market, April 23.
Cotton. —Arrived since the 15th inst., 11,799
bales. Cleared, in the same lime, 15,323 bales ;
making a reduction in slock of 3624 bales, and
leaving on hand, inclusive of all on ship hoard
nut cleared on the 21st instant, a slock of 94,119
hales. This has beeh decidedly one ofthe dul
lest weeks in the Cotton market, that we have
ever known at this season of the year; the total
sales very little exceed 3,000 bales, and this
amount was taken in small lots, merely for the
purpose of filling up and despatching vessels that
were nearly ready for sea. High prices, is the
only cause wo hear assigned for Ibis extreme state
of inactivity, and it appears to bo the general im
pression, al (his time, that there will he very litilc
done until they are something lower at least for
the more inferior qualities; good Cottons, it is
believed, will in all probability maintain their pri
ces throughout the season, as they are very scarce,
and didst continue so. The withdrawal of buy
ers from the market, has, so far, had very little
influence with the holders of cotton; they arc gene
rally firm, and have manifested no disposition to
yield arty thing in order lo accomplish sales. The
stock of Louisiana and Mississippi Cottons in
first hands is light, that of Tennessee and North
Alabama, is tolerably fair. No alteration has
been made in our quotations, but in the present
slate of the market they must he regarded in a
great measures, as nominal. We particularly
notice sales ns follows, viz: of Louisiana and
Mississippi 275 bales nl 17), 19 at 18$, 22 at 174,
103 aISO, 47 al 19$, 7h at'l7, 260 nt’lHj 300 at
17$, 700 at 17$, 203 at 15$, 50 al 17, 177 at 18,
98 at 19,44 at 224 cenls; of Tennessee and
North Alabama 204 at 16$, 50 at 15, and 345 at
16 cents per pound.— Levy's Price Current.
Liverpool Market, March 11.
Cotton —The b usiness this week consists of
15,650 bags, the market being rather dull at the
beginning of die week, and full one half of the
sales being made in the last two days. In prices
there is, perhaps, a very small decline, but as the
new Cotton offering is not so good as the former
arrivals, we think on the whole, that the prices
are about the same as last week, and wc have
made no change id our quotations. The market
now Wears a firm aspod, and if the present de
mand continues, the whole import will soon he
absorbed, A little has heed done on speculation,
say 750 American, 150 Surates and 100 Bahias,
and exporters have taken 200 American ami 530
Bengals.
March 14. Cotton.— Wo had a very active
market to day ; there was excellent allendanccof
spinners and dealers, who bought freely ; specu
lators also took several large lots. The total
sales are nearly 10,000 hags, at an improvement
of Jd. to fd. 011 Friday's prices, •
March 18.— C6ttons.~ There hits been a spiri
ted demand throughout the week, which has led
to very extensive business, mid the market closed
with firmness, at ari advance of jd. to jjd. per lb.
on the prices of American, id. on those ofSnrat,
and al the full quotation of all other descriptions.
Speculators have taken 8500 American, 200 Egyp
tian and 100 Maranharns, and exports 400 Ameri
can, 750 Surat ami 700 Bengal. Bea Island, 20d ;
a 23d; Stained, 8 a 13; Bowed Georgia, 04 a
U 4 ; Mobile, 9J a 11$; Ala. and Turin. 84 a
104 ; New Orleans, 94 a <2jd.
London Market, March 17.
Cotton —The Liverpool market for Cotton
rather revived on Saturday, 7009 bags sold. Here
Hid market is steady. Since Friday 1100 hags
have boon sold, the ordinary qualities rather
higher.
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KXttCUTOSJ’S SALE.
On the firs' Tttetlay in July next,
PURSUANTtoan order from the Honora
ble Inferior Court of Columbia county sit
ting as a Court of Ordinary will be sold at the
Court House in the Town of Greenville, Merri
wether county, within the usual hours of sale, a
tract of Land. No. 818, 9th District, containing
3024 acres lying in said county, and belonging to
the Estate oj Mary J. Wood, deceased. Sold for
disiribulion among the heirs.
JAS. BURROUGHS, Ex’r.
May 4 xvtd 62
.rots & m isi.rTa.\u
Neatly Executed at this Office
?, Georgia, Columbia County!
e fl n/HEREAB, Richrad W. Jonca applies for
* V Letters of Administration oti the Estate
of John Jones, deceased,
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
~ and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
y deceased, to be and .appear at my ofGue within the
time prescribed by Law, to fdc their objections, if
any they have, to shew cause why said Letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, in Appling;
I, this 30th April, 1836,
GABRIEL JONES, Clerk.
May 4 It 63
n The Greenville
r MJIIF LiIJVE OF
B f oil r Horse Post Coaches,
r Ml HROUGH in 3 days, via Edgefield C. H.,
*■ H Liberty Hill, Cedar Springs, Abbeville C.
I" 11., Anderson C. 11., Pendleton 0. H., Pickens
c ville, to Greenville C. H., S. C. Leaves AU-
l > GUST Aon Monday, Thursday, and Saturday,
at 3 o’clock, A. M.j and arrives in GREEN
“ VILLE Eriday, Sunday, and Tuesday, at 8
’■ o’clock, P. M. Leaves GREENVILLE on
' Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o’clock,
* A. M., and arrives in AUGUSTA on Friday,
Sunday, and Tuesday, at 8 o’clock. P. M.—rest
ing each way for the night, at Abbeville, C. 11.
: At Abbeville C. H. this Line meets the Pied
mont Line, going and returning at Greenville,
r C. H. It intersects the main Western Line via
, Ashvillo, Warm Swings, N. C„ where ithranch
; es, one running vis Knoxville, where it intersects
the main Virginia and Western Line, the other
running via Greenville, (Ten.) Bean’s Station,
to Lexington, Ky. At Greenville, (Ten.) there
. is also a Lino running from (hut place, (hiough,
to the Virginia Springs, intersecting the. mash
Virginia and Western Line. At Greenville, C.
0 11. (B. C.) there is a Line running via
Spartanburg, Lincnlnton, to Salisbury, N, C.
Tire Teams and Coaches on this Line,are not in
ferior to any, and great care haa been taken in
selecting steady careful drivers. Great attention
will ho paid to the accommodation of passengers;
_ as to their fare, lodging, &e.
1 All baggage and purcola, at the risk of the
owners.
R. DOUGLASS & Co.
\ Proprietors.
„ May 4 62 1J 38
< ua 'flian’s Sale.
( n the first Tuesday in June next,
WILL be sold at Appling, Columbia coun
ty, the interest of Robert A. Reynolds,
9 a minor, in a tract of land lying in Columbia
; county, it being one fourth part of the Real Es
,| tato of ROBERT RtiVNOLUS, late of said
1 county, deceased.
3 MARTIN D. REYNOLDS, Ouavd'ti.
Miutdi 16 wUI 48
i PJUTSE It TMI3IVT«
9 OF THE
[ Grand Jury of Lincoln Cot
> at the Amu. Term, 1986.
; Georgia, Lincoln Co :
HI E, the Grand Jury, sworn, chosen and sc'-
sclccted for the county of Lincoln for
the present term, beg leavo to make the fallowing
presentments j
Wo taka groat pleasure in stating that there is
nothing of a criminal nature properly cognizable
by our body, which we feel it our duty to notice.
Wc would avail ourselves of this occasion to con
gratulate our follow-cittzena of the evident decline
of suits ami litigations in our courts; and of tha
general prospciity prevailing in our county. Wo
| also led it our duty respectfully, hut urgently to
protest against the establishing of a Coilrt of Er
rors, and trust that our next legislature will find
it to the interest of the Htnte to refuse to organize
the same ; the evils which must necessarily result
from tho existence of a court of this sort must ho
| apparent to all; they have been repeatedly urged
and as often evaded, Without pietending to enu
j nictate tho evils at this time; suffice it to say, that
we see no great objection to our present judiciary
system, and wo ore unwilling to favor an afters- 1
tion which certainly cannot lie (dr thi) better, bill
may be for the worse. Wo cannot believe that
|- the general principles of law, which it is gravely
said now remain in uncertainty and houbt, will *
be settled by a court composed of men chosen on*
dor the influence of parly zeal, without regard to
any legal merit which tho fortunate candidates
may possess: besides, wc would prefer tho law
remaining in doubt and uncertainty, than to havd
dangerous principles established ; and we tvould
prefer our rights remaining in doubt than tb have
them completely overthrown.
We have examined the Records of the Supfericif
and Inferior Courts, and find them kept highly
creditable to the clerks.
In taking leave of his Hbnor Judge Andrews,
Wc tender him our thanks for the industry and
ability with which be lias discharged his official
: duties.
j To the Solicitor General wo also tender our
sincere thanks fur his strict attention and gentle*
1 manly deportment to the Jury during the p resign
i term.
William Parks Farmer, James Jinings, Jemer
son Mabry, Seaborn Mosely. Jeremiah McKinney,
Hugh Hollinghcad, Lewis Howe), Hugh Hendet*
sou, William W. Stokes K-lis Graves,- Lli Gur
netlo, James McCoid, Peter Hamrick, Thomas
Blanchard, William Lynn, Thomas J. Cavoy, Ar
chibald Mccorclc, Benjamin Graves.
Wc recommend that our presentments bo pub
lished in tho Augusta Constitutionalist, and
Chronicle. . ,
i On motion it is ordered that the above be pub
lished agreeable to request.
A. O. SEMMS, Sol. Gen.
A true extract from the minutes of Lincoln Su*
perior Court.
ELIEL LOCKHART, Cl’k. L. S. C.
May 4 62
Adininlgtratoi.'’* Sale.
On the first Tuesday in Jiltle Hcxt,
BY an order of the Inferior Court
county setting for ordinary purposes will
be sold at ibe t.bvVer Market house in the city of
Augusta, within tho usual hours of sale, seven
hundred acres of Pine land more or less, lying ill
Richmond county, belonging to the Estate of Da
vid Vinson deceased ; and at Appling Columbia
county at tho same time, two hundred «qd forty
acres of Pine land mare or less tyipxin Columbia
’ county, ficlariging to said Estate shbtfi tracts of
Land adjoining lands of Ocorgts Magrudcr. and
nlhois, and lying adjacent to the Rail Road.
Sold for the benefit at the heirs and distributees
of said Estate.
WM. L. CRAWFORD Adm’r.
Will annexed.
March 26 61