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Those intended to bcT limited must have the number of insertions, s nni-wcekly or weekly, written on them, or they will be inserted semi-weekly till forbid, and chat ged accordingly. . , The publishers take upon themselves the risk of all remittances of money made to them by Mail— the poison remitting, first payinjthc postage, and obtaining from the Postmaster, a written or verbal acknowledgement of the amount, and of its depo sits in his office, to he given to the publishers in case of miscarriage. To Executors, Administrators, and Guardians SALES of LAND or NEGROES, by Admin istrators, Executors, or Guardians, arc required by law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours ol ten in the forenoon, nud three in the afternoon, at the Court-house of the county in which the property is "situate.—No tice of these sales must be given in a public gazette, SIXTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property, must be given in like manner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale. w Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate, must be published for FORTY days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell I. AND or NE GROES,must be published for FOUR MONTHS. AtJOUSTA.: VVEDNESDAYrSoVEM BEIt 3. 1838. FOIL CONGRESS, (To Jill Gen, Coffee's vacancy,) Col. WM. C. DAWSON, of Greene. HEALTH OF SAVANNAH. The Savannah Hoard of Health reports the deaths of fourteen persons in that city, during the week ending on the 35th ult.—six whites, and eight blacks. COLT RACE. On Saturday last, a Colt race took place over the Lafayette Course, near this city —one mile out, entrance §3O0 —between Mr. Hammond’s r. f. Miss Bathgate, by Kirkland, dam Highland Mary, full sister to Modoc—Mr. E tores son’s s. f. lone, by John Richards, out of Lady Morgan’s d im—and Gen. Thomas’s b. f. Susan Johnson, by Sir Charles, dam by imported Lucien, out of a Jaybird mare.—The Colts all started well toge ther, Mr. Edmonson’s taking the lead. On mak ing the first turn Gen. Thomas’s filly ran on Mr. Hammond’s grey filly, which threw the rider of the grey from his saddle, consequently the grey fell in the rear, where she remained- during the first half mile; she then gradually gained, and won the race witlfporfoct case. Weights, 87 lbs. Tirol} lin. 51s.—Each colt is 3 years old. SATURDAY EVENING POST. The editor of this vile Abolition print scorns unwearied in his insolence to our Southern peo ple, and wanton outrage upon ti e r feelings, since his unprovoked assaults upon their rights and character have been properly exposed and re buked. It has already fallen to our lot to record several instances of his insulting those of his Southern subscribers who have refused his paper and paid their dues, with claims and charges alto gether as unfounded as his pretensions to decency, good breeding, and regard for the feelings of oth ers ; and we now lay before our readers another, of similar character, sincerely hoping that all who may still patronize his vile paper, will take warning of what they may hereafter experience from him themselves, and treat him and his pa per with the contempt they justly deserve. The following letter, in which it is developed, has just been received by Mr. Thomas Evans, of this city, a respectable merchant, of large business, and well-known punctuality, who has not only discharged the claim kero made against him, as will he seen by the receipt, hut is as unlikely to neglect such a one, or any one, as any person in the community : Office of the Saturday Evening Post, 7 Casket, He. A“o. 36, Carter's Alley. > Philadelphia, Oct. 23nd, 1836. J • 'Sir:—Your subscription to the Saturday Eve ning Post has been discontinued agreeable to our general practice, in consequence of orders from P. M. ’ It appears by our books that your account is in nrrears’and unsettled. Publishers usually refuse to discontinue subscriptions, unless they are paid up—hut my practice is to discontinue them when ordered by Postmasters to do so, or when they have been unattended to and unpaid for an un reasonable length of time. Ido not choose to force my publications on those who do not want them, or who give evidence by their neglect that they do not consider them worth paying for. It appears that periodicals have become too cheap in the eyes of the reading public, which in too many instances shows itself devoid of honor and honesty —so far as to refuse to pay the trilling amount due the publisher: which, in the aggre gate, becomes a grievous burden to bin, although the amount due by each delinquent is insignifi cant in itself. A hill, giving a hint of tho debt, or refusal to take the papers out of the post office, is too frequently considered equivalent to a re ceipt in full, merely because the subscriber con ceives himself safe at a distance, and out of the reach of legal penalties. I trust that yoiu will not include yourself in that number, but that you will promptly comply with your engagements. As I will not tamely submit to be defrauded of my just dues, I once more lay your account before you — distinctly apprising you, that if your own sense of what is right docs not immediately prompt you to liquidate your debt to me, I shall proceed to take other measures than the present, for the recovery of the same, with the full conviction that I have always given more than a lull equivalent to every patron for the amount paid by him. Very respectfully, S, C. ATKINSON. • I Thomas Evans, To 8. C. Atkinson, Dr. To 7 months subscription to Evening Post, from March 14, 1836 to Oct. 14, 1836, $1 50 Please remit the above amount immediately. t Now, it will bo seen by the following receipt the agent of this print, that Mr. EiaKs "> paid the charge on the Blh of Sept, last, when the paper was discontinued; and might thus 0 have reasonably hoped, not only to Wave escaped 1. the wanton and flippant, insolence, and unsound ■ ed charges of inlention to “ defraud” &c. con ’ tained in the above, but also the imposition of l( twenty-five cents postage, with which tho infa t mous outrage was burthened. s _Recc’d of Thomas Evans, one dollar 25-100 • for six.mmiths subscription to the Evening Post. '> Bth Scptr. 1836. f (Signed) JOHN COSKERY, Ag’t. 1 f TEXAS. . We recommend attention to the article in an- J other column, from a citizen of Texas, which • strikes us as worthy of the most serious consid :l cration of our Southern people. We warned them at the outset, of tho danger and improprie ty of interfering with tho affairs of that coufi s try, and still think, that this interference has boon I marked, not only by flagrant injustice, but un -3 questionable impolicy. That it commenced and > has continued (with some few individual ex f ccptions,) in a spirit of daring avarice, and , reckless disregard of our national honor, and the considerations duo to a nation with whom we • arc at peace, and to whom we openly profess friendship, and have engaged to treat differently, , it is impossible fairly to deny ; and unless wo, of all others, are not hound to do unto others, as 3 we would that they should do unto us, how can _ we pretend to justify ourselves, or hope to escape that retribution, which in some shape or other, always follows injustice and wrong. We pretend that it is a war of liberty against oppression ; yet, even if oppression were attempted, who is it that complains, hut they who voluntarily left their own land of liberty to make themselves subjects of it ; and what right have we, of all others, to attempt that interference with the slaves or slave ry of others, which wo refuse to permit" with our own 1 We may draw distinctions between our 1 slaves and slavery & thosd of others, hut who will admit or regard them but ourselves I—and what ever we may think or know of the matter, others look upon us the worst of tyrants, and denounce us as such before the world, while none deny it hut ourselves. IVe may plainly see just distinc tions between the oppression wo denounce, and our treatment to our slaves, and it may be natu ral that wo should sympathize with any people contending, os we have done, for liberty and in dependence, and the blessings of them which we enjoy ; hut it is equally natural, that they who do not, and from their totally different position can not, sec those just distinctions, should look upon our professions and sympathies as inconsistent . and unnatural, and treat them with ridicule and contempt. What, then, docs all this prove, but that we arc a peculiar people, distinct from all the rest of the world, and, in just respect lorjoursolves and others, should act as such. Moreover, at this time, of all others, wo have quite enough to do to take care of ourselves, and shall be very fortunate if successful in doing so much longer, against the crusade, not merely of the Northern States aione, hut of the entire civilized world, which is rapid i ly organizing and maturing against us. Our in terference with the affairs of Texas, offers precise ly such a pretext for interference with ours, a i we ought to guard against most sedulously ; and • silnated as wo noware, it would seem that noth . ing less than the blindest inlatoation could have , induced us to a contrary course. We must con . fess that wo look upon the aspect of things, as they concern ourselves, and particularly our con- I duct in this matter, not only with deep solicitude, . but with alarm. Properly true to ourselves, and j to others, wc might ho “ confident against the world in armsfor, He who controls the dcsti , nics of the "World, and must bo foiever with tho j just and right, would then be with us ; and who } shall prevail against broil Hut how shall we hope that he will protect us from aggressions, such as wc wantonly practice on others 1 It is terrible to sec a people like ours,so unmindful of the peculiar position they occupy—so thoughtlessly indiffer ent to its duties, and the awful storm which is rap -1 idly gathering all around them, and which must ultimately leave them," as they now act and pre pare for it, cither the strongest and most power ful, and favored of the earth, or a wide heap of • mingled ashes, dust, and blood 1 Our peculiar institutions, think others of them as they may, 1 I are tho happiest and best on earth—those very [ i! patriarchal institutions once enjoyed by “God’s i chosen people”—and, looking upon the events 1 around us, it would seem that the time is come, j , when He is about to try us, as them, whether we ' • are properly sensible of and grateful for these j I peculiar blessings, and worthy of a perpetuation : of them. Certain it is, that a trial has commcn- j I I ced upon us, as great, at least, as ever tested any i j people —one, that he would seem to he the very ’ blindest of mortals, that docs not sec—and the ? most thoughtless and inf/tuated, that does not - look upon with the deepest awe. For our own > part, wc cannot view it without feeling how complete is our country’s dependence upon the ’ I Ruler of all destinies, and such a general course -of conduct on the part of our people, as can a ■ lone bring His unswerving justice to our cause j and aid. Happily, as we learn from the history of , all nations, he has given to every people, howev er small, the power ofaelf-protection—the power f to deserve success, and enjoy it. Yea, even ; poor ill-fated Polanji triumphed, almost miracu t lously, against her enemies, all-numerons and I powerful as they were, as long as she did her ' duly, and was true to herself; and ceased to do , so, only when she did not. When the contest commenced, how devoted and united were her whole people, and rcgatdlessof self— thinking on ly of their love and duty to their country ! And, as long as they remained so, how wonderfully they triumphed ! How their highest chiefs and nobles voluntarily made way to elevate superior skill and talent from inferior stations ; and how Ithe long, deep, bristling ranks of their gigantic, terrible, and almost countless enemies fell before them as grass before the scythe! The woi Id looked on with deep amazement; and none could under stand it, hut they who looked for’ its causes be yond tho mere battle-field and armed hosts. Then came a change—and oh, what a change! Where was the cause of this 1 Were the Rus sians more numerous, or the Poles less so 1 No. What then 1 Why the latter, elated with suc cess, began to think more of themselves, and less of their country. They quarrelled among them selves about the honors and offices, became dis. traded and divided, and though they still fought on, they fought now only to fail, and fail, till they fell entirely—conquered, not so much by the Rus sians, as by themselves 1 Such has been tho cause of every national fall, and ever will be ; and this lesson we have selected, not as singular, but more generally known, because of our own times. Shall me be unmindful of such a lesson—of the hundreds of such lessons, written in those great events which, like all others, are the hand writing of God, upon that World, which is his commonplace-hook! Shall wc ho just toothers, that his justice to us, may be our triumph, rather than our downfall t Shall wc also be united and stand, or divided ami fall? Let us choose, now, at once, ere it be too late, for tho season of choice will not long remain unto us ; and though we should at last happily choose while we may yet do so, yet bitterly must we pay for every past or future moment of delay. For our course toward Mexico, already has that government recalled its Minister to our coun try ; and there is reason to fear that, though it may bo too weak to declare wai against us single handed, it will interest seme other nation in its cause, and destroy that peace and quiet among our people, which must ever constitute their chief source of national happiness and prosperity. Should a call be made upon us for redress, we trust no ill-judged notions of national honor will prevent us from doing justice, alike to the weak or tho Strong. The true liotior of a nation, as of an individual, consists in being just, and doing right, under any and all circumstances; and false and shameless is that misnamed honor, in the one or the other, that refuses to grant redress for injustice or wrong, because it hopes to persist in it with impunity, or to triumph over an attempt to punish such refusal. “A CONCISE SYSTEM Os Instructions and Regulations, for the Militia and Volunteers of the United States, comprehending the Exercises and Movements of the Infantry, Light Infantry, and Riflemen ; Cavalry, and Artillery: together mith the man ner of doing duty in Garrison and Camp, and the forms of Parades, Reviews, and Inspections, as established by Authority, for the government of the Regular Army. Prepared and arranged by Brevet Captain S. Cooper, Aid de Camp and Assistant Adjutant General / under the supervision of Major General Alexander Macomb, Commanding the Army of the United Stales, Philadelphia: Robert P. Desilver, .Vo. 355 , Market street, 1836.” This is the title of an excellent military work recently published, such,as has long been needed, and to tho want of which, much of the defective and disorganized state of the militia is to be attri buted. Scott’s work is not only difficult to ob tain, but is too voluminous, technical, and ab struse, for the militia and its novices, though very well for the regular army ; and nioieovcr, it con tains no instructions for Cavalry or Artillery, or for Garrison and Camp duty, and the various forms of Parades, Reviews, and Inspections, all of which were greatly and mostly wanting.—“ln this country,” to use the language of the preface, “ the Militia, from the nature of the government, must he depended on principally for repelling sudden invasions, and suppressing domestic in surrections ; it ought, therefore, to he properly or ganized and instructed, in order to be effectual for those purposes. The great difficulty in the way of its becoming properly instructed, has thus far been the want of a simple and uniform system o instruction—one easily to be comprehended, and readily applied. The books published for the re gular army are too voluminous and diffuse to supply this want; and tho various works com piled as aoauhstitule, are all more or less ohjec i tionahlo. The present volume is intended to re move the difficulty, as far as practicable.” And I so far as the work itself is concerned, the inten j tion has admirably succeeded. The complaint or excuse can no longer be justly made, of the want of a concise, plain, easy, and uniform system ; of instruction ; and we sincerely hope that they j who desire such instruction, or whoso duly it is to obtain it, will procure this work at once, and zealously aid in that general reform of the militia, long so much needed, and which it is greatly to he feared may soon ho requisite for our immediate protection. At any rate, in the case referred to, as in all others, the best mode of preserving peace, is to he prepared to punish, promptly and effec tually, any infraction of it, since the obvious cer tainly of such punishment, will render a resort to it unnecessary. Tho study necessary for this reform, and to constitute a valuable and efficient militia officer, is now, through the medium of this volume, exceedingly brief and easy. Its entire pages number only 283 ; of which, 53 only, in cluding the plates, comprize tho complete organ ization and discipline of a Company—and 50 more, those of a Battalion—2o are devoted to Light Infantry’ and Riflemen, the Company and Battalion —48 to Cavalry, the Company, Squad ron, and Regiment—36 to Artillery, embracing the service of the piece, and the manouvres in the field and in the batteries—and 70 to the general Regulations, including the Precedence of R-gi- i [ rocnls and Corps, Duties in Garrison and Camp, ' 1 Beats of the Drum, Sounds of the Bugle, The 1 [ Roster, Roll Calls, Daily Details and Duties, r Dross Parade, Guard Mounting, Relieving Guards and Sentinels, Method of giving and receiving r the Grand Rounds, tho Use and Duly of Guards, ! Order of Encampment, for Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery, Honors paid by tho Troops, Sa lutes, Escorts of Honor, Funeral Honors, Color Escort, Review, Inspection, Calling out tho Mi litia for the service of tho United Slates, and the Manner of Issuing and Distributing Orders. It will thus be seen that there is scarcely any • portion of the elementary instruction of the Sol dier, but what is here taught, in this little volume • —none, indeed, that is necessary for the militia, except that of tho general Evolutions of the ■ Line, which can he found in the third volume of 1 Gen. Scott’s work, and if included in this, would have made it too voluminous. The Infantry portion of the work is of Course 1 »n abridgement of Scott’s, hut happily simplified 1 —tho system of Artillery, that of Lallemande, 1 now in use in the U. S. Army, and recognised as 1 undoubtedly the best extant. The Cavalry tac tics are principally on the French system, and were doubtless compiled from the “ School of ! Cavalry” of Lieut. Tone, of the U. S. Artillery, and formerly of tho French Cavalry, published in 1833; which is hi many respects a valuable 1 work, but certainly defective in its entire exclu sion of tho elementary fractions of threes, as used by the British and German Cavalry ; for though ’ the fractions of fours, as adopted by him from the French, (and also by this work,) are in many 1 respects valuable, and mainly in wheeling by those fractious from line into column, which docs 1 not require any lengthening of tho column, yet the fractions of threes, forming, like each man in Infantry, an exact square, and consequently oc cupying precisely the same space in depth as in 1 front, are invaluable in many respects, from thfeir capacity of wheeling rapidly and simultaneously ’ on their own ground, as in facing about, from the ’ front to the roar, &c. &c. As the solo basis of the r formation mid elementary manouvres of Cavalry, wcconsiderthe fraction of three files as hotter than that of four ; but a far more perfect system, in our ' opinion, would he formed from a combination of both, which would of course afford all the advantages of both. However, the system immedi- I atcly in question, though defective, like that of ' Tone, not only in the above particular, but one i or two others of minor momumt, is undoubtedly a valuable acquisition to our Volunteer Cavalry, i which, from tho great difficulty df obtaining any. > work on this arm, is mostly destitute of any sysf tern at all, and confined (d a few hiritpld move! ments of little or no use, except for purposes of parade. Its exclusion, however, of the sword ex ercise, and the light manner in which it treats ’ that rnattci, and encourages a neglect of it, is in our opinion a serious defect, which it is but jus tice to say, was not borrowed from Tone, or any I other Cavalry work that we ever met with or heard of. In a lame attempt to excuse it, the au ’ thor says: “ Tho sword exercise is reduced to a ! veiy few motions. It has not been thought nc i cossary to enter into all the cuts usually practised , by Cavalry, in the attack and defence; it is deem t cd sufficient that a militia or volunteer trooper j should he able to draw and return his sword with agility, to pay the compliments with grace; and, for the attack, to come to the preparatory of , “ raise sword," and dash at his adversary with cut or point as may be most effectual in the charge against horse or foot.”—This, cutting as it does a most important duty, without point, might do tolerably well against Indians, or any . equally uninstructcdcnemy, hut as wc may not he able always to choose our enemy, would cause us to cut but a miserable figure before European , Cavalry, if again invaded by such, and point on i ly to the rear. It reminds us of the man who I said “ there are hut two cuts in the exercise i worth a curse, viz; when you meet the enemy , cut one, and cut him down, if you can ; if you , can’t, cut dirt." The manoeuvres, however, are mostly simple . easy, and valuable, and the zealous Cavalry offi her, who wishes to avoid and amend the defects ■ mentioned, would derive great and valuable aid from Tone’s work, particularly in connexion with Hott’s very useful and excellent system, if he can obtain it—it being now nearly out of print. i This excellent work—for still, notwithstanding • the defects referred to, it is unquestionably an cx i ccllcnl one—is sold by Messrs. Richards & Stot, of this city—price, §1 25—and we sin . cercly hope that it will receive that immediate and . earnest attention from all concerned, which it so richly mciits, and which their own duties, and the • public interest, so strongly require. TEMPERANCE MEETING. Messrs. Editors : —You will aid the cause of Temperance by publishing the following proceed ings of the Richmond County Temperance So ciety, at its last meeting, on tho evening of the 28th ultimo. ( The Richmond County Tcmperane.c Society , met agreeably to appointment, at 7 o’clock, P. M. in the Presbyterian Lecture Room. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Reid. Mr. Wm. J. Horbi, sen. then read the annual teport of this Society, to the State Society at Milledgevillc, in which he very coircctly depic ! ted the Lukewarmness which prevails throughout the Richmond County Tcmpcrjnco Sociely, and pointed out, in a manner which was worthy the venerable reporter, the necessity of increased en ergy of action, not only on the part of the friends of Temperance generally, in the Stale, hut also, especially by the advocatea of the good cause in , this community. The Rev. Messrs. Smith and Datir, who had been previously appointed Ly the Board ul Maim . gcra to take into consideration the question of to tal abstinence from all intoxicating drinks, repor- j ted, that the subject was one of great importance, I ' and that the limited time allowed them lo iuvesti | gate its claims, would not admit of their presenting such a repoit upon the subject as it merited ; and, therefore, they craved the indulgence of tiro So. cioty until Thursday evening next, at which time they expect to meet a full attendance of the Socie ty, and to lay before them a report which will embody a candid statement of the principal argu ments, in favor of, and against the question of total abstinence from all intoxicating drinks. Dr. Milton Anton y then offered a resolution, disapproving of the expediency of this Society, at present, adopting tho pledge of total abstinence from all intoxicating drinks. I'his resolution elicited remarks from Dr. Antony, tho Kov. Mr. Bvltincii, the Rev. Mr. Rem, and Mr. Pah sons, which, with increasing interest engaged tho Society until 9 o’clock, when the Rov. Mr. Davis moved that, inasmuch ns the question in volved in the resolution, seemed to ho one which was so deeply interesting to tho members present, and one which was too important ta be decided hastily, the Society adjourned over until next Tuesday evening, at 7 o’clock, P. M., at which time the discussion will be resumed, Oit motion, ordered, that tho Secretary send a copy of the proceedings of this meeting to the city papers for publication, and give a general in vitation to the ladies and gentlemen of Augusta to attend ‘the adjourned meeting of tho Temper ance Society, on the 2d day of Nov. at 7 o’clock, P. M. H. V. JOHNSON, Rec.Scc’y. n. c.r. «. Cherokee Council. —We have not yet hoard of tho arrival at New Town, of the commissioner who is to act with Gov. Lumpkin as tho successor of Governor Carroll.—Something must be wrong somewhere or so much unnecessary delay would not have been created. We believe that the dis bursing agent has not even arrived yet. We understand however that Maj. Curry has gone to Gunters Landing to engage boats to carry the Indians to the west.— Cassville Pioneer,Hitt nil. Col. William C. Dawson, it will be noticed, is the Anti-Van Burencandidate for Congress, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of tho Hon. John Coffee. Gen. John A. Sanford is announced as his opponent, who it will ho re collected was not long sinpe elected to tho same distinguished station, and resigned it for a petty agency under the Federal Government. Suppose you elect him again, will ho not desert your ser vice, to feed upon the corn dealt out from Uncle Sam’s crib! Try Dawson and see if he quits your service to engage in the pin-book business of Indian contracts. Wc may bo mistaken in the man, but if ho don’t stand up, at home or abroad, for Georgia and her generous Sons, ho do to fool a wiser crowd than we have seen since tho war.— Columbus Enquirer, 87 th lilt, ' * The Hon. John Forsyth arrived in our City one day last week, and after attending to his pri vate business hits went his way again. His arrival created no stir, his stay no anxiety, his departure no regrets. It war! emphatically and essentially a dry business thro’out. Howjncn and times have altered. A few years aincc, and his coming among us would have been hailed as the harbinger of good, and hundreds would have (locked around him like superstitious worshipers arnuud the tem ple of Dclphos ; now none so poor, as to do him reverence. What’s the matter I—Mr. Forsyth is the same man of talents he always was : but he has abandoned the interests of tho State that has honored him, and he now finds himself abandoned in turn, by his former friends. Such things will happen in a free country, and no matter how often -ibid. ' . A fact for the People. —Gen. John Jr' A. Sanford, the candidate of the Van Bptu porty to fill Coffee’s vacancy, was two years'ago elected to Congress, and shortly afterwards re signed his scat, to enter into a money speculation, as some sort of an Indian agent or contractor: and having now reaped the profits of that office, ho comes back again to the people, and asks them to send him to tho vert/ tame Congress, a scat in which he had previously resigned 1 He was elected at the very same time that Codec was, and if elected now, will have been twice elected to tho same Congress I What security have the people that he will serve if elected t Some other fat Indian job may offer itself to his cupidity, before he gels to Washington City, which may put the people to tho trouble of electing another successor to the whimsical General. A proper sense of self tespeet, on the part of the people, would scorn thus to ho made tho every day tools of ally man’s ambition.— State Ilights Sentinel. The Crops. —Whatever may be the case else where, we arc quite sure that the crop of this District is bettor than usual. Tho corn crop, perhaps, is not better than that of Inst year; but the cotton planter has been rewarded by a suc cess unexampled within ten years. The oat crop has been abundant. The few among us who ventured upon wheat, have done well. On last Sale-day we (jad a show of native colls, and it is with pleasure we declare, that the stock exhibited on that occasion, was highly creditable to the District. Upon the whole, wo have to report the District, in its agricultural relations, in a very fair condition, and to express the confident opinion, that we will commence the now year under the most favorable auspices Edgefield Advertiser, 'Pith tils Colton Crop, —There has been sad work this fall in our staple commodity. What the rain had left, the early frost has completed. During the last week we had some weather which would not have been out of place in December—indeed the very first day of the month was ushered in with this unexpected accompaniment—and we under stand that a destructive frost has spread far and j wide over this Stale and Louisiana. Its effects in Tennessee must have boon equally bad or worse.— .Valehe: Courier, Oct. 11. Tho amount of Shares subscribed to the Rail Road, at this place, we arc gratified to say, was over 700. At Anderson, about, or near Ut)o were taken, but we arc sorry to hear that little or noth ing was done at I’iekens. It is but fair to state, however, that considerably over one hundred of the Shares subscribed for here, were taken by citizens of Pickens district. Pendleton has thus gone up to a thousand Shares. Wo have little doubt that by a slight effort, several hundred more might have been obtained, in the different quarters of the district, and if the books were again to bo opened, many rtlord we believe would be taken.— Pendleton Messenger, 28 th October. The Cranking Privilege. —The Hon. Jabez | Jackson, member of Congress from Georgia, and ; letter writer to the Van Buren Journals, has in- j vented a new mode of exercising this important, privilege, tShorlly prior to the late elections in this State, thousands of printed tickets fur the I Van Huron Congressional ticket were sent from J this place through the State, bearing his frank, j And strange as it may seem, the gentlemen has | j not been in the during the year.— Southern trhif. SOUTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD. rovsinN ken. Oct. 31.—E 13 Brail, Stovall Simmons & co, 5 Kuccland & co, W J Hobby, Collier Hill & Labuzan, JW4 IT Heard, Katbbone <fe BnkPr, Gibson & McLaughlin, Aldrich Shove, Clark MeTior &. co, Turpin & D’Antignac, J Leverich, i E IJustin, Kerrs <lfc Hope, Haviland Rislcy & co, \ •I M Cooper <& Son, W H Mahaney, B W Force i 6 co, U Barber, F H Cooke, Holcombe Peck & co, D L Thorpe, C A Greiner, A Fox, E Skin ner, W C Way, A Boggs, A Gumming, N Smith, R Teed, Geo Parrott, A M Wade, Benson »V Urquhart, O W May son, Q H Taylor, Young & Greene, II L Jeffers <S c co, Yarboro& Mcrriwcthcr. roinraL. “ LATKST HATS KUO M LI V KIIPOII L, HkTt. 22 LATKST IIATK FROM UtVllE, RKPT. 15 1 Macon Maiikf.t, Oct. 27. Cotton. —Tlio transactions in cotton during tlio past week, have been limited, and prices are evi dently diminishing except for prime quality, which continues in demand to a fair extent, con sidering the low state of our rivet. But a small portion of the Cotton that has strived can ho classed os prime when compared with previous | seasons : wd would however remark our receipts, continue to improve in quality. Wo quote ( sales from wagons at 1 fl j for common and , middling qualities: being a decline of $ ct. on last weeks prices, while prime remains firm at It) s—extreme$ —extreme prices 17 els. Our river contin- , ues low and it is with difficulty boats can descend with part loads—this together with the high prices of freight lias caused considerable in crease in the stock in ware houses ; our receipts averaging about 500 halos per day. Considerable cotton, however, is shipped by boxes and lighters adapted to the present slate of the river—say 350 to 400 hales per day, and none remains on hand when the owners are willing to pay the freights. Goods continue to arrive by small hoots and lighters; hut of course, at higher freights than ‘ usual. Freights to Savannah by Baxes $3 50 < cts per hale, by Boats $4. — Messenger, < Ohaht.kston MaUkrt, rtet. 29. ! Colton. —Arrived since our Inst to yesterday morning inclusive, G 055 bales of Upland. Clear in the same time, 2103 hales. On shipboard not cleared, 4347 bales. The sales have boon 370(1 hales of Uplands of the new crop, os follows : 324, 20; 220 19$; 697, 19$; 20, 19}; 793, 19$; 119, 10$; 1129, 19; 245, 18$; 5, 18$; and 151, 18 cents; of the old crop, 19 boles 16; 7, 10$ ; 7, 14 ; 5, 13$, and 7, 12}. There has been during the week a fluctuating demand for Uplands, and the market in our opinion, lias not settled down to that point that we can satisfacto rily establish prices. We are enabled, however, to state, that at the close of our sales yesterday noon, that the market hud given way from $ a 1 cent; there is, however, h good enquiry, and as 1 our stock increases, rates will consequently sol t tie down. Flour. —The demand continues fair, and the stock has somewhat increased by arrivals from Baltimore and New York. There has, however, been no decline in prices. Sugar. —We alter our quotations, as prices are lower from the general decline which has ta ken place in the Northern markets. Dealers and country merchants are reluctant to extend their purchases beyond their immediate wants. Freight* —To Liverpool, $d j Havre Ic, and Marseilles, lsc. — Mercury. Nkw Oiit.eans Mailicet, Clct. 22. Cotton —Arrived since the 14th inst., 14131 hales. Cleared in the same lime, 4490; —mak- ing an addition to slock of 9035, and leaving on . hand, inclusive of all on ship-hoard, not cleared on the 20th instant, a slock of 30,358 bales: We 1 ihave to report another active week’s business ill the Cotton mdrltct, the demand having been brisk 1 from the hegining to its dose and the sales as ex pensive as lire quantity arriving would permit; a ■ .Amounting in the aggregate to upwards of 15,000 hales. The hulk of those sales jiave been ofMid dling Fair to Fair Colton ! made in all edscs at very full prices, and generally at a slight advance on last week’s rates. Most of tiro Colton that is coming in now has been picked out since the fair weather commenced ; the quality, on that account, j is infinitely better than the mass of what was pre- j viousiy received; and it is said lu ho as much ow- ! ing to this circumstance, as to any positive ad vancc, that the sales found below range uniformly so much higher than those noticed in our Inst re port. Buyers for the French market have been the almost exclusive operators this week. Tire prin cipal sales took place as follows, viit: 230 hales at | 17, 172 at 10$, 5(5 at 18, 45.5 at 17, 162 at 18, | 283 at 18$, 113 at 18$, 71 at 10$, 300 at 17, 7.59 ! at 18$ ,20.5 at 17, 530 at 10$, (5.89 at 17$, 1153 I at 17$, 411 at 17$, 200 at 18,073 at 17, Mat 19, 564 at 10$, 350 a'l 17, 40 hi 17$, 1300 at 17$, 540 at 17$. 251 at 17. 263 at IV}, 87 at 18$, 100 at 17$, 200 at 17$, 62 at 20$. 40 at 20$, 82 at | 18$, 11 lat 17$, 374 at 16},489 at 17$,6fLou- j isiana and Mississippi; IfiO new Tennessee at 1.55, ) ISO old at 12$, and 123 Texas at 16$ cents,—Le vy’s I‘rice Current. I Oil* ESvivifsauiit i*. Ift. Ait "Us/n Nnti. 1, 1836. C'OMPjJS' 1* 011 £9 EIIS. AN ELECTION will ho held at Lnmhack’s lioilg Boom, on 'Fhnrsday, 1 lllh inst. at half past 7 o’clock, P. M., for Captain of the Au gusta Guards, vies Capt. W. W. Holt, resigned. By order. Col. GEORGE W. SUMMERS. Sa n’t.. M. Thompson, Acting Adj’t. Nov. 2 11 tlio first Monday in November next, the i Stalls imho Market House, will ho rented, for one year from tint day. The renting will j rtortlmcrictf nt 10 o’clock, A. M. Terms ns pre- j scribed by the 40lh Section of die General Ordin- I a rice. By order of Council. OKI). M. WALKER. Clerk, j Novell)tief 2 11 .Edtit itt Ist rettor's . Vot ice. S I OCR months after date, application will he , ’ made to the Honorable lire Justices of the ( Inferior Court of Columbia county, when silling for Ordinary purposes, for leave to soil the whole j of ttie Real Estate and Negroes belonging to the estate of Green Gilpin, deceased, ftrr lire benefit of the heirs and creditors of said estate. GABRIEL JONfiS, AUmr.de hints non. November 1, 1836 4tm 11 'iViiwtcc’si Aolscc. ETNOUR months after dale, application will lie IP made to the Honorable Inferior Court of ' . ' Columbia Comity, when silling for Ordinary i purposes, for leave to sell lire whole of Ihe Real , I Estate and Negroes, which were bequeathed by i t| lc will of Not Icy Whiteombe to William Whit-, I Combe, and his lawful heirs, for lire benefit «l said g 1 heirs, and for lire purpose of distribution among ( the heirs of said Win. Whiteombe. now deceased. ~ GABRIEL JONES, Mr T’-nster er officio for heirs of I I’m. Il'/ulcomhr. fi * November 1, 1838 4 tin $1 TO EE,ISE. MThe Subscriber offers to lease his Farm, near Augusta, adjoining the Race Course.—He would lease thd whole, or a part, fay several yearn. 1 ' Description is deemed uniiceesiats j Its location is pretty well known, and thoso who tvfifilil lease may obtain further information from the finder signed on tiro promises. M. VERDBRY; Oct. 29 3t 10 > ——— i.~ as Ordered, Tit at the t""' Stockholders of the FitiMtii’s Bank or Chattahoochee, he, and they arc hereby notified, that Forty Dollars per share on the Capital Stock is required to ho paid, at the Banking House in Columbus, oil or before the I,sth of tloccmhfcf next. By order of the Board. CHARLES L. BASS, Cnrt/ef; Oct. 20 3t 9 nAjVKWjy# Evjuv, ~~ I Have now on hand a tcry J large assortment of HATS, of 4 very bf their own mannfac “hire, which they offer at wholesale as low as they can bo bought ifi tiny market in tho United States, and oh terms the most accommo dating. They have alfto a splendid assortment of Fur, Cloth, and Seal Caps for ißon, Boys, and Children, together with Wool Hats and Ladies BONNETS, all of which they will sell for cash or approved paper, at ve.-y reduced prices. Augusta, Sept. 17, 1830 101 NEEDLE WORKED LACE A MUSLIN CJiPES 4* COE EARS. Snowden A Shear. HAVE received this day from New York, a very large supply of NEEDLE WORK ED LACE AND MUSLIN CAFES AND COLLARS, of the latest styles and patprns, splendidly worked. Also—Ladies Needle Work ed Linert Catfibrid Bilks, of tire most splendid styles, Irani ?3 50 to >2O; and a largo supply of Infant’s Needle Worked Caps, on Linen Cam brick, and Worked Bodies for Infants, to which they respectfully invite the attention Os tho La-' dies. Oct. 10 5 AUGUSTA I*ACES, ( GEORGIA.) THE great match rare between HICKORY JOHN and MISS MEDLEY, will take ' place on the oth of December next, at which time the first meeting of the Augusta Races will take place. The day after the match, a COLT SWEEP STAKE will he run, for Colts and Fillies, three years old this spring—Fifty Dollars entrance, play or pay, mile, bents, —free only for colts and fillies raised, dr owned On the first day Ot September, in the counties of Richmond, Burke, Columbia, Ga., and Edgefield and Barnwell in S. C;—to name and and close the evening of tire mutch Race—three or more to make a racd; ■hiruri dat. Four Mile Ilonls,—Purse • - #8(j0 Kounni dat. Tliree Mile Heals - - - - 9400 FIFTH DAT. Two Mile Heats, - S3OO At tlio regular Races in March, there is now open and will ho run for, a COLT SWEET STAKES, on the day preceding the regular races, mile heals, One Hundred Dollars en trance, half forfeit—to name and close the first day of November, to which there arc, three entries al ready made—three or more to make a race. There will ho four days races, besides the Sweepstake, vi* : 4tn., 3m., and 2m. heats. THE PROPRIETORS. Oct. 29 10 |— “ New Ai’i'nugeiiiclitfti PEMJVTER’S IMOTEE, marium, Ala Cut ilia. The undersigned having pur rhased the above Establishment, hegd ■ Illlh leave respectfully to inform tho puh- JyjobSl He at large, licit he is toady at alt l times to accommodate those who may favor him’ i with their custom. Thu house is at present un- I dergoing a thorough repair, and he hopes in a I short lime, to make it present an appearance in-, j (error to none in the country. The health and I location of Marion, make it a desirable summer retreat for all those who may feel disposed to seek a healthy residence during the prevalence of sick-' ness in tho lower country. The house shall, nt all times he supplied with tire best that this and the Mobile markets afford, and no pains nor ex pense will lie spared to render comfortable thoso who may call Upon him. His Bar is inferior to none in the Souther'll country, and shall always be supplied with the choicest Liquors. His sta ble shall he constantly supplied with plenty of provonder, and good and careful Ostlers. Persons travelling can be accommodated at all times with HACKS kept for that purpose. The Office of tho Northern and Southern lino of sta ges ri also kept at the Planter's Hotel, where per sons whiting can procure scats. There is also a Barbel’s shop attached to tha cstabhjimcnt. ASA WHEELER. August 24 e "> 94 K. C. BALDWIN. Fancy and staple dry goods, st Wholesale. 234 Broad-sticet, Augusta,Geo. Jan 13 ly 30 Acg'po doth. jf tub scasemanna ufvb} ron satr, BALES heavy Domcsiii^NV*rj^s»t#' •J “ ' best British KerseW 1 “ low priced Satiuells J. P. SETZE, «fe CO. Oct. 29 10 Irish IJaciisi M C \SES low priced and sup super htiilrea -4 -d Lioeus, just received l^ rzß>&t;o Oct. 33 10 immioxiFs sippiies of (.IJIPETt.VO. SNOWDEN & SHEAR have received this 'day, from New York, larr,^/"”?, 1 * U JJ pliesofvery superior Ingrain CAbPE . • > J,invand splendid patterns to which.hey respect fully invite the attention ol the pun i.* Oct. 15