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FOR THE TELLCRArH.
To
The lieartlm throng may hour the knee,
In cheerless joy, nt pleasure's shrine;
While thou, fair Maid, from folly free,
To joys unfading offer thine:
Around affliction’s couch they bend,
Its pains to sooth with tender care,
With feeling heart assistance lend,
And keep unceasing vigils there.
Such are the scenes thy charms display—
The real bliss of life impart—
Their gentle yet resistless sway
\ willing captive lead the heart.
All proud army and worldly glare,
No image of true worth afford:
A sister's love, a brother’s care,
Shall be thy best, tby just reward.
OSCAR.
THE FARMER,
A 80X0.
By Jons I. Barker, of Neu Brunswick, and nine a 1
a meeting of the New Brunswick Agricultural l
tty.
A Farmer's life's the life for me;
1 own I love it dearly;
And ev'ry season, full of glee,
I take its labor checrly—
To plough or sow,
To reap or mow,
Or in the baru to thrash, Sir,
All's one to me;
I plainly see
'Twill bring me health or cash, Sir.
To customers the Merchant shows
His best broad-ctotbs and satins,
In hones to sell a suit of clothes—
But lo! they they beg a pattern—
Which pinn’d on sleeve,
~ rtake '
They take their Icav ■
“Perhaps they’ll buy—since low ’tis,”
And if they do,
The sale ho'll rue,
When paid, sir, with a “notice."
The Priest has plagues as undesired,
tier’d wi ‘
When flatter’d with a cull, Sir;
For though he preach like one inspired,
He cannot please 'em all, Sir:
Some, wanting grace,
Laugh in his face,
While solemnly he’s prosing;
Some sneeze or cough,
Some shuffle off—
And some ure even dozing.
ont to a distance, nnd kill a mail now and then,
which serves him for somo time, the meat beine
cut into slices, put into joints of bamboo, and
deposited in the earth for several days, which
softens it. The part* usually prefered, howev
er, by epicures, are the feet, hands, ears, navel,
lips, tongue, eyes. This monster, in the shape
of a man, is not content with even this fare, but
takes other and more brutal methods of gratify
ing his depraved appetite. A Batta, when he
goes to war, is always provided with salt and
lime-juice, which he caries in a small mat bag
on his left side. He who is the first to lay his
hands upon an enemy, at a general assault of a
fort, obtains particular distinction by seizing a
certain part of the body with his teeth, Tim
head is immediately cut olf. If the victim is
warm, the blood is greedily drank by these
savages, holding the head by the hair above
their mouths. The principal cannibal states are
Seantar, Sillow, Tannah, Jawa, Sepedan, Pur*
ba, Semalongan, Selukong, Leabat, Krian
Usang, Scmapnng, Pendolok, Ria Mahriat Ria,
Pagar Tangan, Naga Saribu, Nagore, Linga,
Perdumbanan, Sepukkah, Dormah Rajah, Bun-
dar, Mirbow, Dolok, Munto Panei, Selutnpin-
ang, all independent States under separate ra
jahs, many oi them speaking different dialects,
and of various habits and manners. All these
states are inland of Delli, Sirdang, Bedagai,
Batubara, Assnhan, and Panei. The country
throughout, is represented to be very populous."
“The Battas of Batubara are a particularly fe
rocious race, and cannot be persauded to give
their attention to agriculture, or the quiet pur
suits of commorce, being constantly engaged
in warfare with each other. Both the Tumun-
gong and the Sri Maharaja had lived a long
time in the Batta county, and were married, one
to the daughter of the rajah of Seantar, the otb
er to the daughter rajah Tanah Jawa, two prin
cipal canibal chiefs. A stout, ferocious-look'
ing fellow, with muscular bandy legs, come in
as I was conversing on the subject of cannibal
ism, and was pointed out to me as a celebrated
marksman and man-eater. He had a most de
termined look, and my draughtsman took a re'
markably striking likeness of him. I mado
particular inquiries of him, and ho gave me the
following horrid details of cannibalism. He said
that young men were soft and their flesh watery.
Tho most agreeable and delicate eating was that
who
The Lawyer leads a harwss’d life
Mach like a hunted otter;
And ’tween his own and other's strife.
He’s always in hot water;
For foe or friend,
A cause defend
However wron^, must be, Sir,
In reason’s spite,
Maintain ’ti» right—
And dearly cam his fee, sir.
The Doctor’s stiled a gentleman,
But this I hold but humming;
For, like a tavern waiting man,
To ev’ry call he’s "coming”—
Now here, now there,
Must lie repair.
Or starve, sir, by denying:
Like death himself.
Unhappy elf,
others’
He lives by others’ dying.
The Soldier, deck’d in golden lace,
Looks wond'rons fine, I own, Sir;
But still I envy not his place,
When battered to the bone, Sir;
To knock my head
Against cold lead,
I never had a notion;
If thnt’s tho way
To rank, Isay,
Excuse me the promotion.
The Sailor lives but in a jail,
With all the risk besides. Sir,
Of pillage, founder and of gale—
This cannot be denied, Sir,
While I so snug
Enjoy my mug.
Or kiss coy wife, and so forth—
When rain and storm
The nights deform,
His duty bids him go forth.
A Farmer's life then let me live,
Obtaining, while I lend it,
Enough for self, end some to give
To such poor souls as need it.
I’ll drain and fence,
Nor grudge expense
To give my land good dressing:
I’ll plough and sow,
Or drill in row,
And hope from Heaven a blessing.
SKETCHES.
SUMATRA.
[From Anderson’s Mission lo Sumatra.]
In the interior, besides the Siackian, cloth
ed with foe bark of trees, the situation and hab
it of the Sumatrians more in tho interior, ore
deplorably bad. The Battas are divided into
seveinl tribes, some of them -addicted to canni
balism even in excess. This fact has been
doubted, but after reading Mr. Anderson, tho
doubt, wo are sorry to say, must vanish.
Ol these Battas we learn—“THn Knnuiknrau
ana other tnbet which are uut addicted to can
nibabun, are extremely avaricious; and i>.
proportion as they have had dealings with the
Malays, they become cunning. They are ox-
ticmely fond of amassing money, which makes
them industrious, notwithstanding they are ad
dicted to gambling, opium-smoking, and other
vic-ous propensities. They are proud and in
dependent, and cannot bear any restraint on
their inclinations, becoming in this case furious
and desperate. The other tribes who are ad
d : rted io cannibalism are (with some few ex
cept ions,) more artless, careless about money,
and more honest in their dealings."
“It is no’,” continues the author, “for the
sake of food that the natives devour human
Sesh, but to gratify their malignant and demon
ic feelings of animosity against their enemies.
v.ome few there ate, however, of such brutal
and nepraved habits, as to be unable, from cus
tom, to religh -my other food. The rajah of
Tanah Jawa, one of the most powerful and in
dependent Batta chiefs, if he does not eat hu T
men ftvftrv riav. «« nfflietorl il
men flesh every day, is afflicted with*a painito
»stomach, and will eat nothing else. He
in bis i
... — — -.w—f —--- " ••• vi»» uw'nnij; ill*
a-dersone of b-s slaves (when no enemies can
^ procured, nor criminals for execution,) to go
of a man whose hair had begun to turn grey,
“The Battas who reside in the interior of As-
sahan, have a belief in three Gods, one above,
one in the air, and one below; but they offer no
petition, nor do they show any symptoms of ado
ration to any one of the three. Their only
mode of worship is beating the drum. They
believe when they die they shall become ghosts.
In the evening we were entertained witli Batta
dances. A Pordimbanan boy danced with
great spirit, but his gestures were more agile
graceful. A little Batta girl, as fair os a
Chinese,from Dutnti, nt—m ,,p 1 1“t—
ber of evolutions. Here, as at other places,
the natives are passionately fond of music: and
at one if tho villages close at hand, and that if
I wish d, he would immediately send and eet
the hes 1 for me. He accordingly despatched
some ol his people; and shortly afterwards we
observt 1 a large party of Battas coming down
the mo ntain, withhis trophy Ot victory. This
unfortt tate wretch was devoured, I was inform
ed, in we minutes, each warrior obtaining only
a very imall piece. The body was shared out
as chil ren do cakes at home. I shall never forget
the im rossion upon my mind at the sight of a
bare a ull, suspended at one end of a stick,
a bunt t of plantains on the other extremity, and
slung i irer a man's shoulder. The chief of foe
village accompanied it, and brought with him
to the ajah of Munto Panei, six slaves, who
had bt n caught two days before, viz. four wo
men a d two children. I was offered many
slaves, but refused the acceptance of them. I
might ave seen the disgusting ceremony of
eating uman flesh, had I chosen to accompany
foe rej h to the fort, which he was about to at
tack (t d which he was prevented from doing
two da i before my arrival) with 500 men: but
thinkir it not improbable that some poor
wretch night be sacrificed to shew me the cer
emony I declined witnessing it. They seem
ed quit surprised that I should have entertain
ed a do bt of the prevalence of cannibalism.—
The it. ih was about to besiege eight forts, un
der foe uthority of Rajah Tinding, of tho tribe
Terdola At several of the adjacent forts were
seen do ens of skulls hung up in the balei.—
The hea Is of the people killed in war are reck
oned val able property, and a chief is consider
ed rich tccording to the number of such tro
phies wl ch he possesses. The friends of foe
deceaset when peace is restored, purchase the
skulls of their relations, sometimes as high as
30 or 41 dollars. The rajah’s mother gave the
man wh brought the skull to me, ten dollars,
Imment > crowds of Battas men and women,
continui d to flock in on foe side of tho river,
when I -eturned to the boat; and there were
some injeresting groupes of women, who were
going oit to commence their labour of cutting
down paddy, die. The dress of these women
comistod of a scant petticoat, which scarcely
reached: to the knee, and their breasts were
quits ba^e. I nover saw such savages. They
were Teiy dark and ill-featured. At the other
villages, loo, the women ware in the same state
of nudity, and girls of 10 and 12 years of age
appeared without any clothing nt all. It by no
means follows that the women who wear few
clotkes are less virtuous than the others. In
deed, I believe the contrary to be the case, and
botk they and the men to be more particular
than those who are more polished in their dress
and manners. I observed, indeed, a natural
timidity and bashfttlness about these, which was
not so perceptible in others who resided in the
Malay chief’s house. The young rajah’s house
is full of women, some of them beautifully f dr.
I saw not less than fifty good looking girls in Itis
*"*"■■*— If ft Utittpx ,1-QfiitAQ-W.ffovo JiirR a
daughter, he makes war upon him, on some pre-
MACOJf MOTEL.
T
HE MACON HOTEL is now open for customers, at the following ratetfor Boards
and Transient Persons:
BOARD per month with LODGINGS- •}£92
BOARD per month without LODGINGS
1 per lllVUVU n.VHVHS ASWACVia..— r ,. n
BOARD per week
BOARD — *»*« w
per day -
d HORSE|
MAN an d HORSE per day -
'gnt •
MAN and HORSE per nigh
IIORSF. per month
HORSE per day
HORSE per night
HORSE per single feed
175
1-50
1500
•75
•50
•37
This Estaldisment is conducted at present by the subscriber, who will use every exertim
to give satisfaction as far as in his power.
Macon, November 1. 1826
TIMOTHY BRUEN.
WARE HOUSE
F
the moment it was whispered that a violin was -? n( * takes them by force. The
in my boat, an immense crowd assembled, who. of Munto Panei assists him with men, and
amused themselves till a late hour. This is by
far the most favorable time for conversing with
the M>ihtys, when their hearts are open, and,
being enlivened with music, they lay aside ail
suspicion and restraint, and enter into the moct
shares in the spoil, while his people feast upon
the <J*5u. Some of these chiefs’daughters, of
He Fetuimbunan tribe (the Tubbas are the
h<r , < ) «rfi beautifully fair. In their man-
net there was a freedom which I had not ob-
suspicton anu restraint, auu enter into tne most, • —, - —-—••■ "■■■—• * ••••“ ■*—
unreserved communications. I attribute, in a v f £ vca any where else. ^ The young men anti
good degree, the extraordinary success of my
mission, to this attention to embrace the most
favourable opportunies, and to my appearing
easy and indifferent, as not having any weighty
affair on hand. Tho chiefs are fond of exhibit
ing their children in (heir fine clothes, and cot -
ered with jewels. Being partial to children,
they were brought out before me in great num
bers, and I gave them small presents. Nothing
pleases a Malay more than partiality to their
children; and I could observe the fond looks
of the mothers, who modestly retired behind
tho canopies with which the place was hung
round, as their little innocents were presented
to mo, watching the reception they experienced,
and listening attentively to my partial remarks
upon their appearance. It may appear per
haps puerile in mo to notice all these little cir
cumstances ; but an attention to the most min'
ute ceremonies, or an anxiety to conform to the
peculiar habits and prejudices of the Malays, is
necessary to insure a hospitable reception from
them, and to secure their confidence, which,
when once established, is unbounded, and cam
not be shaken. There are many amiable traits
in the character of Malays, which a superficial
observor does not discover; among others, a
warmth and attachment to their oflspring which
isextremoly pleasing."
“During the morning, several large parties
of Tubba Battas descended the steep pathways
on the opposite side of the river. They re
sembled wild goats clambering down foe rug
ged crags. In crossing the ferry, one party
had over-loaded the boat, which sunk under
them, and damaged all their little merchandize
whicli they hnd brought across foe country sev
eral day’s journey. They came from tho bor
ders of the great lake. Their merchandize
consisted ot collet, mnrsn cloths of their
own manufacture, twine, sword nandles;blades,
&c. At tho nlace they come from, rice is 100
cantons per dollar; salt 3 and 4 gantons per
dollar. They were dressed entirely in their
own manufactures, with webs of bark of trees
round their heads end waist. Of these 1
obtained several specimens. They are a dark,
ill-looking race, some of them resembling Bur-
mahs. Every thing was new to them. Even
a small looking glass was a novelty. I distribu
ted two or three, and the Battas evinced the
greatest delight in looking at their faces. One
chief, whom I presented with one, said he was
happier than if I had given him fifty dollars,—
The Battas called Europeans ’Malayu dangan
gigi putih,’ Malays with white teeth. We were
now in the heart of the cannibal country, and
determined to investigate the habits and manners
of the people while I remained. I again ascended
the hill to the Batta village, where a large crowd
assembled in and round the balei or hall, sharp
ening creeses or swords, and making creese
handles, die. I did not observe the heads of any
victims here; but upon speaking to the rajah of
the subject, no told mo of a
Munto Pttnci on
man who had been eaten only six days before,
vomen were playing and pinching each other,
suui shewingother symptoms of the softer pas
sion like the country lads and lasses at a wake
at nemo. I was frequently asked how many
wi\ts I had; and upon telling them that our
laws admitted of only one, they were quite as-
i jni-aed. The king’s mother and grand-moth-
or, he only two ladies I conversed with, ex-
preyed even more surprise than the men on this
matt lr."
i curious little Batta child was brought in,
wh<ito back w a» covered with hair like a buffa-
loe She cam ■ from the interior of Panei.—
C; e to the sir bandar’s house, in an open shed,
11 served a m m chained to a post by his neck,
m his feet secured in stocks. He was a Tub
ba iwc, who had been converted to Islamism,
had beet: many years in bondage. He had
rut.Wwfty some years, and had been brought
be * c only a few days. He was to be confined
tiu »e could be sold; his price was fifteen dol<
larx A little coarse rice was his only food, and
an ild mat spread upon a floor of hard lantys,
htsnisorablo bed.’’
“One or two Battas who came from a place
called Tongking, also mentioned their having
partiken of human flesh repeatedly, and expres
sed heitf anxiety to enjoy a similar feast upon
soim of tho onemy, pointing to the other side of
the river. This they said was their principal
inducement for engaging in the service of the
sulun. Another displayed, with signs of par
ticular pride and satisfaction, a kris, with which
he said no had killed the seducer of his wife, and
whom head he had severed from his body, hold
ing it by the hair, and drinking the blood as it
yet ran warm from the veins. He pointed to a
spot of blood on the kris, which he requested
me to remark, which he said was tho blood of
his victim, and which he put to his nose, smell-
ygn his
features assuming at foe same time a ferocity
of expression which would not have been very
agreeable, had not my safety been guaranteed
by my watchful sepoy guard. The sultan’s
form consisted of about 400 men, one-third of
then at least such savages as I have been des
cribing. Their food consisted of the flesh of
tigets, elephants, hogs, snakes, dogs, rats, or
whatever offal they could lay their hands upon.
Having no religion, they fear neither Goa nor
man. They believe that, when they die, they
shall become wind”—[a remarkable super
stition.
“T11 provision boat not being able to keep
up witl ours, and being very anxious to push on,
I conti nted myself with the Sultan’s frugal fare,
and ati a little rice boiled by the Batta slaves,
somo b ick salt, and the leg of a fowl burnt over
the fire its throat cut ten minutes before. The
sultan 1 imself was tho executioner, with a little
knife uhich lie always carried about him for the
purpow. He invariably looked towards the
sun on: grasping the head of the fowl, and cut
tho outer skin all around, according to tho Mus-
selman custom."
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE subscriber havine token an
extensive and commodious Warehouse
in Macon, is now prepared to receive
COTTON. A close Warehouse is also
attached to the establishment, which
will be convenient for Receiving, Storing, and For-
warding GOODS. ,
All Orders directed to the subscriber will meet the
m A 1 <3ood P Supply l of GROCERIES will he furnish
ed, which wifi be sold for produce or cash on the
most reasonable terms. -
Liberal advances will be made on Cotton when
required. ,
The subscriber solicits a share of patronage from
Planters and Merchants, who visit the pine®! and
he pledges himself to consult the wishes and interest
of his customers.
JESSE STRATTON.
November 1, 1826.
HEARD & COOK,
Factors and Commission Merchants,
AUGUSTA,
FEEL thankful for the liberal pat-
*ronage they have received, and re-
I snectfully Inform tUefrlMenU* tba
1 public generally, that they continue
.— businesss at their old stand on M‘In-
•ltteir -wrarehoase and Close Storages
“dTTONi
to^n oircctt
in good order for the reception of CO’
MERCHANDIZE.
liberal advances will be made on Cotton, when
required, and their undivided attention paid to the
business of those who may be pleased to patronize
them. Nov. 1 —2m ■ 1
MEDICAL COLLEGE
Of South Carolina.
T HE LECTURES will be resumed in this Insti-
tution, on the second Monday of November,
1826, as follows:
On Anatomy, by John Edward Holbrook, 51. D.
Surgery—James Ramsay, M. D.
Institutes and Practice of Medicine—Samuel H.
Dickson. M. D.
Materia Mediea—Henry R. Frost, M. D.
Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women aud Infants—
Thomas G. Prioleau, M. D.
Chemistry and Pharmacy—Edmund Ravenell, M. D.
Natural History and Botany—Stephen Elliot, L.
L. D.
E. Giddikgs, M. D. Demonstrator of Anatomy.
J. E. HOLBROOK,
Nov 1 1 Dean of the Faculty.
MACON CLOTHING STORE.
L. FITCH Sf CO.
MERCHANT TAILORS,
H AVE returned from the North, and are nows
pening, end will receive this week, at tbei
store on Mulberry street,
A tieneral Assortment
DRY GOODS
FACTORAGE.
THE subscribers continue to trans
act FACTORAGE and COMMIS
SION BUSINKS8 in SAVANNAH.
All produce consigned to them, will be
insured against fire, after it goes into
store, without any charge to the owner. Storage on
Cotton will be eight and a half cents per bale for the
first week, and six cents for each succeeding week;
but if it remains a month, twenty-five cents only will
be charged for the month, and twelve and a half cents
for each succeeding month.
T. BUTLER & CO,
november l cctf——1
PLANTERS' HOTEL.
THE subscribers having rented that
well known House, on the public square,
fronting the court house, and made vari
ous improvements therein, it is opened
for the ENTERTAINMENT of BOARD-
ERS and TRAVELLERS. Persons calling on them,
will find their accommodations as good as at any es
tablishment of foe kind in the up-country.
JORDAN &. DILLON.
Montieello, Ga. November 1 6w
Mi
THE SUBSCRIBER
B EGS leave to return thanks to hit friends and the
public for the liberal patronage ho has receiv
ed In hfs Line, and informs them that he continues to
transact Uio
WARE HOUSE
COMMISSION BUSINESS
at hit old stand, occupied for many years past by
himself and Holcombe & Brotber, and solicits a
continuance of their favors—His Warehouses for the
reception of COTTON are in complete order, and
his personal attention will be given to all business
entrusted to his care; and be hopes from strict atten
tion to give general satisfaction.—Advances on pro
duce will be made to a liberal amount whenever re
quired, and a sufficient amount will bo kept imsor-
rn on Cottons in his Warehouse to cover any pro
bable loss that may be sustained by fire.
JOHN C. HOLCOMBE.
Augusta, November 1, 1526.
THUL TYPE, and has erected a first rate CA8T
IRON PRESS. HU advantages for executing eve-
ry sort of JOB PRINTINGiare equal to thhse of
any Offiie in the 8tate, and work can be afforded
on as good terms. He solicits a share of the patron-
age or the community.
November!, 1620.
READ Y MADE CLO THING;
which will be sold as low as can be bought in SaVat
nah or Augusta; and they solicit the patronage
their former friends and customers and the public
large.
DRY GOODS.
Super Blue, Black, Brown, Claret, Green, Di
Steel Mixed and Stone Colored Broadcloths.
SuperBlue, Black, Brown, Drab'mixed, Buff and Si
mixed, (London) Cassimeres, Sattinetts.
Hunters’ Cloth for great coats
Velvetine, Swanskin, Valencia, Marseilles, En|
and French Florentine Vestings.
Black Silk and Cotton Velvets
Red and Drab Velvets
White and Black Silk Serge,
Bolivar and Grecian Cravats
White and Buff Cravats
White and Buff Handkerchiefs
Striped Handkerchiefs
La Fayette and German Handkcrchiofis
Flag and Bandana Handkerchiefs
English Hankerchicfs
Gentlemen’s Black Horseskin Gloves
Buckskin and Beaver Gloves
Woodstock Gloves
Webb’s Silk Rollers, and Common Suspended
English Suspenders
Mixed Worsted and Lambs’ Wool Hosiery
White and Black Silk Half Hose
Cotton Hose
Plain and Figured Silk Stocks
Hair Stocks, Stiffeners, Elastics Gallons
Paddings, Filletings, Shirtings, Linens,
Sewing Silks of afi colors
Buttons of all kinds
Gilt Cloak-Clasps, Hooks and Rings
With a General Assortment if
Tailors’ Trimmings,
Military Red and White-Top Plumes
Gilt and Plated Epaulettes
Gilt and Plated Stars
Diamond Stars
Gilt and Plated Lace
Gilt and Plated Tassel
Gilt and Plated Cord
Gilt and Plated Ball Buttons
Eagles, Braids, etc. etc. etc.
(CT The above Goods were bought low in Ne;
York, and will be sold low for Cash.
READY MADE CLOTHING.
Super Blue, Black, mixed Olive and Claret Fro:
Coats.
Super Blue, Block, Brown mixed Dress Coats
Super Blue, Black, mixed Olive, Claret, Green
Brown Coattees.
Brown and Drab Great Coats
Pea Jackets, Monkey Jackets, Short Jackets
Super Blue, Brown, Black, Olive, Steel mixed,
range, Light mixed and Drab Pantaloons
Beaverct Pantaloons, a new article.
Cord Ban gun Pantaloons
Black and Mixed Sattinet Pantaloons
Angola and Common Pantaloons
Velvetine, Valencia, Swanskin, English and Frew
Striped Florentine Vests.
Black and Blue Cassimcre Vests
Marseilles Vests
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OT
Gentlemen’s Camblet and Plaid Cloaks with file**
and Fur Collars
Ladies’ Caroline Plaid Cloaks (low)
Fine Linen and Cotton Shirts
Bleached and Unbleached Shirts
Check and Flannel Shirts
Cotton, Flannel and Swansdown Drawers
Flannel Drawers, Cotton Drawers
Common Drab GreatCoats
A large Assortment of NEGRO CLOTHING.
The above CLOTHING was made expressly j
Customers in the best manlier and most fashion
style.
TAILORING
carried on as usual. Having the latest New Ya
Fashions nnd Workmen, Customers may depend 0
having their work done in the best manner and tad
fashionable style, with neatness and despatch.
We return our thanks for past favors, and solicit t
patronage of the public for the future.
N. B. On Hand, 200 pieces of PAPER HANfl
1NGS of differentpattems, which will be sold l<r
Alto a one HORSE WAGGON.
KP Old Debts must be paid.
november 1 3t
M'KINNE Sf CO.
HAVING recommenced the FACj
TORAGE and C051MISSION B({
SINESS in the City of Augusts, j
spectfully tender their services to l
public as
General Commission Merchants.
Their charges are governed by foe present
prices of Cotton. Instead of 25 cents for the
month’s storage, they will ask 13 1-2 cents, and I
selling 25 cents per bale, being one balf of the presr«U
prices charged at the other Warehouses in this pie**;!
All Cotton they may receive will be fully in suit*
pinst losses by fire, without the owners of it beiij
larged any thing for such insurance. By this ■
rangement, should every bale of Cotton they v
have In their possession, be destroyed by fire, it'
be promptly paid for at foe current price of tho day]
the accident should happen.
Augusta, August 29 3in 11