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J. tlLELAND, City and.Countt Phixteiu’
JAN UAIIY 8. J840.
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(PAVAIIt.K IS AUVAXCKj.)
SAVANNAH!
WEDNESDAY E^iNIXtf, JAN. 8, 1810.
DJ* Tho Mail failed to-day, North of Charles
ton.
jVjei dnJ Ac * .tdeatisaiicute, app:a r hi ba‘.k Tapirs.
07* Olfh’.tt ut tin* comer of Hay an l BuW4tf6et|, over
' Mr. J. 1). G«intlry'» Store.
From the Columbus Enquirtr,
TUa Indian Mother.
The following lines were suggested by the lament
of Ditto* , in din C reek Anthology. •
Igi light canoe o'er stormy billows sweeping,
Her yellow arms die Indian mother flung
Around her boy, her Outalissi sleeping,
And wildly thus her plaint, half said, half sung.
“ Sweet bo thy slumbers, Outalissi, fearless
tOf wind and wave tliot loudly roar around 5
x Light be thy little heart, my boy, though cheerless
Thy mother's arms about thy form are wound l
“ Oh! fiom thy dreams too soon to wake in sorrow—
Thy tender breast chill'd by the night wind wild}
Oil J whither, whither, shall I floo to-morrow,
To save tku, boy, a warrior cliieftaid* s child 1
• “Where once I sung to thee'as thou wer’t sleeping,
And saw thee BinUe, 10 hoar of fees to cph>*\
Ills blood—thy father t blood, my boy, is steeping
The cold 1 cold ashes of our silent home!
“Along our pleasant wood the foe is yelling,
Ucside our happy stream his watch-fires bum,
On the wide earth there is for tt« no dwelling 1
' Oh! whither shall thy desolate mother turn 1
“For sooner would I cast dice in the billow,
Last of a race of warrior chieftains’ bold,
And lay thy head upon a wat’ry pillow,
To sleep For e’er, in coral caverns cold;—
« Than stain thy father's spotless name and glory,
By turning suppliant to his victor foe,
And heap a dark disgrace upon the story—
Tho fearful story of our fall and wo!
“ Then far away to unknown forests flying,
From shame thy noble blood, my boy, I’ll save,
Ami though I fear me thou art cold and dying,
My Outolissi ne'er shall live a slave !-
“ But closer to my acliiug heart I'll press thee !—
Oh! OntaUsi live, my warrior child,
And Areouski’s* smile I know shall bless thee
And free as both from foe and tempest wild!
*“ Live! to avenge thy father’s blood outcrying,—
But ah! how cold thy little face and head!
Awake 1 awake! I fear me thou art dying—
Wake—boy 1—Oh! Outolissi,. art thou dtad ?
MISS SIURRKFF AND MR. WILSON. ,
It will bo suen by onr advertising columns,that
the uhove tunned Lady and Gentleman, propose
giving auother Concert this evening. We trust
for the credit of our city, that there tvili be a good
turn out.
Last night, though tho scats were occupied,they
were not crowded, but tho night was unfevora*
bio, which was doubtless the cause.
Wo cannot, ami will nut beliovo, that artists
like MissSiitnucrFaud Mr. Wilson, will remain
unappreciated in a city that boasts a Piano in ev
ery house, nudtliat is so run mad with toug, that
wo can scarcely sleep o’nighta for the etornal
piping, even of the littlo urchins in the streets.
Wo will vculure to say, that never were such
note.) uttered on the banks of the Savannah, as
some of those sent forth by the Shirred 1 —unless,
indeed it was by some sweet feathered songster
that inhabited these regions, wlieu they were giv
en up to the dominion of birds aud beasts.
We were truly mortified to see that none of the
pieces were much applauded, except some oftlie
popular street ballads-—these were excellent, it is
true, and admirably sung; but, tliorc were others,
to which they could no more bo compared than
one of onr negro fifes could be likened to Cud
dy (or Kyle's) flute.
The room in which the Concerts are given, is
miserably adapted to tho purpose—tho music,
both vocal and instrumental, sounds as if it was iu
a tin kettle. Where were all our professors of
UiltaiciOO —UtjIJO—K or U—CoBCRN It MoRKEN?
ordeily. It is uufotii.uata th)t some t ule was not
adopted Ui prevent the agitation of this subject t
but l", appears that, from want of concert, and di
versity of opinion, it will bo vary difficult to bring
the lloueotoany particular rule. A largo ma
jority of fbo House arc openly in feveroftito pro
position of Mr. Chinn, of LoUtsiaun, to relhr tho
petitions, without debate, to a Select Committee,
with tho understanding tlmt tho Committee shall
be composed chiefly of Southern men, and nwko
a strong and satisfactory report against the object
of till) petitioners. But this mode acknowledges
the ritflit of Congress to net on tho subject: it per
mit* the reception and tho consideration of the
petitions, and may servo only to encoumgo in
stead of checking the progress of flmaiicisut.
OJ* Great destitution nitd-suffering prevail a-
mongtlie laboring classes in Paris. The corres
pondent of the New York Cornier, in his last lot-
tor says—
A return now before mo show* that there are
nearly sixty thousand persons registered on tho
books ortho twelve municipalities of Paris in a
■itnli« ,.r itnrrnlinn 'I'hnrn nra hull* n< tnnltv lint
state of starvation. There ore hulf ns many not
registered who beg privately, and soelt on the
smallest possible quantity of aliment; no mutter
how oxecmble its quality,to keep Hlb within them.
Thus you will see that fully one-tonth of the in
habitants of this city arc famishing. Heaven on
ly knows tho sufferings of hundreds of thousands
of others.* who by precarious labor continue to
avoid accepting alms. No alteration lias taken
place since the 15th inst. in the prico of bread—
but the trifling difference observable in the mar
kets is favorable, so that the people flatter them
selves with a further diminution of two hard's
(half n cent.) iu the four pound loaf which would
then be reduced to 17 sous (cents.) No cluuige
is observable in tho foroigu markets. Tho con
tinued, indeed, almost incessant mins, preventing
the transmission of produce and tho sowing of
winter coni in France, Spain and Italy, will con
tribute much to prevent, oral least postpone, any
amelioration.
03* The stcsai packet British Queen, wss to
have sailed from Portsmouth, (Cng.) for New
York outho 1st instant.
03* The amount of Treasury Notes outstand
ing on the 1st of January, was $2,758,335 30 cts.
VIRGINIA V. 8. SENATOR.
In the Virginia Legislature on the 2nd instant,
Mr. BntD offered the following resolution, which
he moved to be laid on thelnblo, desiring tocalj
attention to the subject, and indicating bis inten
tion to call it up on the next day:
Resolved, That this House, by joint vote with
the Senate, will proceed on Monday, the 13U»
inst. to flic election of United States Senator, to
supply the vacancy occasioned by the expiration
of the term of service of Win. C. Rives.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
•The name of a war-god.
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* Amanlurnal BSnAtp—The hist number of llic
Knickerbocker ha. a capital story of a block man
farming himself into a rnoukey, for a Yankee
speculation:
A gentleman of (lie town of ', in Virginia,
owned a slave by the name of Paul. He was a
native African,about sixty years of age, four und
• ulinlf feot high, with a short body, and uncom-
tqonly long arms. lie hail two small twiukling
eyes, which would have been in a remarkable
state of propinquity, but for the intervention of a
nose of ample latitude, barely elevated above the
plane of his face. He had no chin, hut what he
lacked in this respect, was fully compensated by
his under lip, which, with its partner; extended
nearly from ear to ear; so that when he laughed,
to use an old comparison, his head was just half
off. His knotty wooldecended to within an inch
of where his cyc-brows should have been, over
a forehead receding abruptly backward from jus
twinkling orbsjhis ears were small and transparent;
made apparently of the material of which bat’s
wings are formed. His face was shrivelled and
wrinkled, and from age or deformity, his body had
eh undue inclination forward, with a compensa
ting projection a posteriori. Such was Paul, and
Ishail hnrdly be accused of profanity when I say,
that he might have been worshipped without a
violation of the commandment.
It was Paul’s good or bad fortune, as he was
- basking one August day, on the sunny side of the
8trcet,to attract the attention of n peripatetic deal-
air Jn tin-ward and essences.- Ha stopped and
gazed long und wistfully at Paul. Vague, unde
fined and novel notion? coursed through the peri
cranium of the pedlar. He took 0 step forward,
hesitated, thou crossed over, and finally, with
* speculation inbiseye;’ addressed Paul. He in
quired to whom he belonged, and Whether lie was
willing to be sold. He told him if he teas willing,
ho would buy him, make him a free man. and pay
liitn well for his sendees beside. The pedlar's
ways were very insinuating; and. alter a little
fiirther parley, Paul surrendered nt discretion,
went to his master, aud insisted on being sold.
Now Paul’s master was one of the most be-
nevolent,chari tilde, und humane men in the world.
He had owned him forty years, aud would just os
soon have thought of selling one of his chiidreu,
as selling Paul. He refused at once. Paul beg
ged— the pedler importuned. Human nature
could stand no more. Paul was sold.
Some time after tliis event, a gentleman who
had been residing abroad, returned to Virginia,
und, gave me the following account. 21c was
passing, ho said,‘through one of the thoroughfares
of Paris, when his progress was impeded by a
great crowd, and his attention directed to avail t
courier, or herald, who was announcing the exhi
bition of nn ‘American Oumng-Outang,’- a most
wonderful uuinril,und the only one ever exhibit
ed in Europe. 'Ilis curiosity was excited, and el
bowing his way through the multitude, he guined
admission to flie show. Ye gods and goddesses!
what wo* his amazement, on recognizing, in this
. marvellous lusus ntUura, his old acquaintance
Paul? Paul—on whom, in by-gone days, he hail
played 86 many a school-boy prank—here in an
iron cogo, playiug the monkey in Paris, to u de
lighted audience! The harmless, quiet, mid inof-
tensive Paul, who would not have hurt a fly, con-
• * fined liken felon, with a chain around his waist;
. skipping about liis prison-house, chattering, jab
bering, and grinning, aud munching, with Simian
avidity, the nuts thrown to him by the crowd!—
;He was dressed iu a full stuof regimentals, iu the
‘French stylo, bedizzeued with gold lace; and 011
' his head was au cuorinoils clwpeuu-brus; while
from an eyelet-hole, in the Neat of his inexpressi-
bles, protrudeda bvutfufa tail, of duo proportions^
'which lie whisked about qs though it bad been a
thing of life. Anon he would throw himself on
r oiie side, tickle himself the while with his long
noilsthen gallop on allafimr* around bis cage;
l aud finally, when fairly tired out by exertion,
quietly soot himself iu a corner, and throwing
aside the monkey, resume the solid gravity of the
L \TE3T FROM THE PACIFIC & FROM
CHINA.
The editors oftlie New York Journal of Com
merce have received, by an overland conveyance,
advices from Mnzaflan to the 30lh of October,—
from Valparaiso to Sept. 9th, from Canton,China,
fo Aug. Gilt, nod from Macao to the 10th.
The Valparaiso papers contain nothing of in
terest except the arrival there Aug. 23rd. of tho
U. S. corvette Lexington, Capt, Clack, lost, we
believe, from Callao.
The English residents had all left Canton, and
were residing at Macao. The English ships are
prohibited, in effect, by the Superintendent, Cap
tain Elliot, from going up the river, and the gen
eral opinion among the English residents seemed
to be that their government would attempt to chas
tise the Chinese for their late act in attempting
the stoppngo of the Opitttn trade.—Admiral Mait
land was at Trimcomnleo, waiting orders from his
government, with a force of one or two sail of the
l'pie and several frigates.
'’The U. S. ships Columbia and John Adams
sailed from China on the 6th August for the Soci
ety Islands nnd Valpariso.
The U. S. ship Falmouth was to sail on the 1st
of October from Callao for Mnzaflan.
. The first idea of mv friend was to expose the
‘fraud; hut a sjy wink of recognition from Paul,
fjetermiued him u> humor the joke. Ho played
"tondinimtion; all Paris vv-i* agog; and nothing
lwi.vfiilkodofbnttbe ‘AmericanOurung-Oufiing.
Tllo bust of the joke is, that finding ho had to
• do all the work,and tho Yankee koptull tho money,
;tho nigger-baboon slipped his cage, and came
^hmne to “ Shinbone Alley, long time ago.”
Tho capital invested in stenm-vesseis in Seot-
hud Tuiioniits to three millions -pounds sterling.
Tho etettin vessel* belonging to uritfan number
tWm 850 to 93 h comprising about 170,000 tom,
go.Uh^ pqwer of 70,099 horses.
B3* Tho able Paris correspondent of the Na
tional Intelligencer, in alluding to the commer
cial intercourse between France aud the United
States, says—
The French dwell upon the wonderful increase
oftheir exports to the United States since the
year 1827 ; and when they mention tho amount,
in 1836—hundreds of millions of francs—they do
not seem to know that tho part remaining unpaid
is relatively vary small. I am struck, in tho offi
cial exposiiion nfthq Minister of Commerce, with
tho rapid and vast increase of your consumption
of French products, as evidence of your prodigi
ous strides in luxury. The items of silks and wines
alone would be enough to ruin another nation.
The growers and mnnufuctarers of champagne
and claret should be more thankful to flie Ameri
can People than to all Europe. With regard to
flie European market for French wines, it is worth
while to note flie language of the Journal des De
bate in its able nccoimt (17th instant) of the Ger
man Commercial Union. ** Wo liuve wines in
comparable in quatiity. Tho exportation of them
should be the pi line object of all custom-house
measures. But tariff systems create impediment*
which arc constantly on the increase. The fall
in the wine trade is such flint, at this day, flie val
ue of flie wines sent from Franco to England is
less thanthat of the egga with which we supply
the English. Tb«» poulterers of Normandy (who
wou’d believe it?) make a greater figure in the
commercial relations of France und England than
the storehouses of Modoc and the cellars of
Champagne and Burgundy united.”
Apropos of the juice oi* the French grape, I
may observe that, in my travels over tho* interior
of the country, I have 'found, I may venture to
say, thirty or forty kinds and denominations of
wine, of which I had never heard. Most of them
seemed to me very good, and some quite eqnul
to the best of the most widely-known and esteem
ed. la Paris, every vendible article that can pos
sibly be adulterated is so, and all wine in particu
lar. The pure liquid you drink in the districts
ouly where it is produced. I have visited the
most celebrated vineyards in Burgundy nnd along
tho Rhone; all nlong the Loire nnd* below; in
Chnmpagneun-J the East and North,'und deem my
self competent to give voun separate dissertation
thereupon, without collision with yourTeniper*
nno:» Snnmtin-tnr nffptinp. tit thn British TnAtninl.
courtesies which. sTtouW mark their Ctihtlkltioii. Trco Planting,
must, thuiefore, lie reprownted as nn uiiktiowii
fidelity. „ • a ~ * a
But to return to wit own Congressional com
mittee*. We fuel disposed, for once, to concur in
opinion with the olliciu 1 journal, flint ns regards
tho Ruination of tho committees iu general, Mr,
Sneaker Hunter lifts “discharged Ins trust with
fidolity to the principles which should liavo gov
erned his selection.”
Tho poUtioal complexion of lha committees is
as follows:
Of Elections, four Whigs nnd four Loco Foeos,
and Campbell of South Cnrdliua, who is not in
full connection will: cither party, though lie is
oppoftod to the Siib-Trensury, aud voted, nn nil
questions, in favor oftlie Whigs from New Jersey
king thoir seats.
Of Ways & Means,4 Wldgs and 5 Looo Foeos.
Of Claims, 6 Whigs and 4 Loco Foeos.
Of Commorce,5 Whigs snd 4 Loco Foeos.
On Public Lands, 3 Whigs, 5 Loco Foeos, and
1 Conservative, (Garland of Virginia.)
Post Offico. Ac, 3 Whigs, 5 Loco Foeos, and
1 Conservative. (Hopkins of VirginiaA
District of Columbia, 6 Whigs mid 3 Loco Fo-
cos,
Judictni
gsnnd 3 Loco Foeos.
.fuuiuuiry, fi WliigbuHu.. . -,wv™
Revolutionary Claim*, 3 Whig# and 0 Loco
Foeos. *
Public Expenditures, 5 Whigs and 4 Loco Fo*
os.
Private Land Claims, 5 Wldgs and 4 Loco
Foeos.
Manufactures, 5 Wldgs and 4 Loco Foeos.
Agriculture, 2 Whigs and 7 Loco Foeos.
Indian affitirs. 5 Whigs and 4 Loco Foeos.
Military Affiiirs, 4 Whigs and 5 Loco Foeos.
Military i
Militia, 4 Whigs and 5 Loco Foeos.
Naval Affuir*,4 Whigs and 5 Loco Foeos.
Loco
Foeos.
Invalid Pensions, 5 Whigs aud 4 Loco Foeos.
Roads and Cunnlsfi Whig* and 4 Loco Foeos.
Patents, 1 Whig nnd 4 Loco Foeos.
Public Buildings, &c. 1 Whig and 4 Loco Fo-
cos.
Unfinished business, dec. 2 Whigs and 3 Loco
Foeos.
Accounts, 2 Whigs and 3 Loco Foeos.
Expenditures of State Department, 3 Wlugs
and 2 Loco Foeos.
Expenditures offreasury Dopxttment, 3 Whigs
and 2 Loco Foeos.
Expenditures of Navy Department, 3 Whigs
nnd 2 Loco Foeos.
Expenditures of Post Office Department, 3
Whigs and 2 Loco Foeos.
Expenditures on Public Buildings, 3 Whigs
and 2 Loco Foeos.
Of tho (hirty-three commmittees, the chairmen
of twenty-two me Whigs, ten, Loco Focoa, and
one, uncertain Tho Whigs nnd Conserva
tives have flie majority on eighteen,(am) including
the Committee of Elections niuetecn,) aud the
Loco Foeos fourteen.—Baltimore Patriot.
MONEY AND BUSINESS MATTERS.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 31st tilt, says
—“ Our Money Market is not so easy. Fair pa
per cannot be sold out of doors for less Uiun 1 aud
1J percent, a month. U S. Bank post notes 11
per cent, per annum. Stocks were a trifle better
yesterday.”
The New-York Courier Sf Enquirer of flie
33th ult. has flic following:
Sales of Stocks to a moderate extent were made
on Saturday, and prices closed firm, at both flie
first and second boards, with a small advance on
rate*. In nil other departments of business,how
ever, little or nothing was done, and money was
excessively scarce, more even than on the precC'
ding day. The holidays will account for this stag
nation in trade, and the closing of accounts for
flie year, for flie increased pressure for money.
Nothing whatever was done in Foreign Ex
changes. To-morrow operations in these will
probably be resumed for die next packet. The
Siddons, which sailed on Saturday, took out $30,-
U00 in specie. The demand for specie continues
very moderate, and no alteration in the premium
pai l for it.
There was something mors done in Southern
was Exchanges, and at rules nearly the same as those
last quoted. In unciirrcut money there U not the
slightest variation.
once Societies or offence to flie British Teetotal
lers.
The fifteen and thirty reus pieces in circulation
in France, form a cupital of thirty millions of
francs: the two sous of mixed metal, ten millions
and the one sons pieces of fifry willlous, of
francs.
A floitimr breakwater; invented by Captain
Taylor,his been exhibited in'England with perfect
success ton nunber of scientific men—its buoy,
an-y nnd cheapness being extra recommendation.
It reaches eighteen feet below tho surface, und as
the wind does not inflnence tho sea beyond the
depth of nine feet, will insure smooth water with
in its boundaries.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.
The President's mansion was, according to cus
tom, thrown open to-day, to ull who wished to
show their respects to the Chief Magistrate of
the nation. The foreign Diplomatic Corps, and
the officers oftlie Army and Navy, made nil un
usually brilliant appearance. The heads of de
partment and nearly all flie members of Congress,
of both parties, were present. Among those
whom I noticed were Mr. Clay, Mr. Preston and
Mr. Calhoun. * * * 0 *
l have heard nn excellent jrr d’ esprit of Mr.
Preston, by the way, which, us it cuts both sides,
may ns well bo told A distinguished Senator
was rcmnrkiimtoMr. Preston,that from the pres
ent position of parties, lie was not able to ascer-
tain to whut class he (Mr. P.) belonged, und os
the reinurk implied a question, flic South Carolina
Senator replied, that before leaving home, lie Imd
witnessed an amusing scene, which fully illustra
ted his present position: two negroes, one a slave
und flie other free, were engaged in a violent
qiia/rel, concerning the merits oftheir respective
situations: towards the close of the arguiuent.fliQ
slave cxb'aimcd that his antagonist wus a rascal,
thief, good for nothing, Sec.; nnd, to cap the cli
max of opprebium, sutd he, “ and besides, yon
d—1» uiggdf, you aint got no master>”
The successor of Mr. Grundy, in tho office of
Attorney General is not yet uppoilitcd. Humor
assigns the offico to 5Ir. Gilpin, now Comptroller
of the Treasury, * or to Mr. James M. Porter
(brother oftlie Governor) of Pennsylvania.
I look, with some solicfludo to the next meet
ing of the House, on Friday. By an order al
ready adopted, petitions are to be received from
the several States, the call commencing with
Muino. The number of Abolition petitions
ready to be poured in from the Eastern States is
verv great. There is 110 restraint whatever, upon
their introduction, reading reference or diVtis-
. sioti. They will be discussed; aud, as you may
i imagine, the debate cjhuoI bo very temperate or
[TTThe Philadelphia U. S. Gazette has flic fol
lowing paragraph in reference to the report re
centiy in circulation In New York,implicating the
chnracter of a principal officer of tho U. S.
Bank.
The Bank of the United Stales.—-The inventive
calumny of the New York press, aided nnd stimu
lated by tho cupidity and despair of New York
stock jobbers, is daily exhibited in the circulation
of new nnd gross falsehood*. It seems almost
a work of supererogation to put any one on their
guard against such flimsy contrivances; but flie
recent attempt upon the eve of flie Railimr of
a fust ship for England, (most providentially''de
tained by the elements 1 is only a new proof of the
concentrated v enom which actuates its authors.
In Philadelphia, not a word is necesBarv in reply
or confutation. The cashier of this Bank is Acre
known, and his purity and integrity universally
admitted. For distant renders clone, wo think
it right to any that a more fnbe nnd utterly ground
less charge was never nut out l)y|di:ibolical malice,
than drat uttered in New York. There is not
a shadow, & pretence, a scintilla, upon whichto
found it. Jtisvure, unmingled falsehood.
When will the honorable men & merchants of
New York, numerous and estimable they are,
feel their own responsibility involved in correct
ing such shameless slanderel It concerns them
and tho credit oftheir noble city more than they
seem to be aware of. The indignation of Pennsyl
vania, when fully aroused, will make itself felt, ns
well as heard, throughout the Union. Her voice
will ere long be authoritatively heard iu London,
and her wrong" will he redeemed, whatever may
he flic result to grp.at Baxkrrs and Brokrrs,
there or in Wall street—Neither Englishmen nor
Americans, Whatever their prejudices may bo,
will tolerate deliberate treachery. This shall lie
spread before the world iu its deformity, cud our
institutions shall be prelected front it* baleful
eflbc.s. We shall recur to thissudjcct.
The Committees.*—Agreeably to expectation, the
Speaker on Mondaynnnonnced the standing com.
inittees of flic IIouso of Representatives. We
may add that flie constitution of these committees
is such also, in the main, os to fulfil expectation
in regard to the impartial action o f the Speaker.
in their formation. It was deemed proper, ami
was expected by flie Opposition, that in tho con
stitution of several of the lending committees,
having intimate relations with flie Executive depart
ment, respect should be had to the political or
party predilections of the members—so far at
least, ns that there should be no wqnt of assimila
tion between tho Executive and the chairman of
those committees. Courtesy would seem to re
quire thus much; os would, no doubt, usage, in
the five “free” Governments of (he worm, to
which tho President alludes in his ine*.4n; r n, ns
repubiuling the Sub-Treasury scheme, winch he
is so pertinacious iu urging upon Congress and
the country.
Wliat the nsage maybe, on tho point iu ques
tion, in the twenty two absolute monarchies of
the world (including Turkey nnd Algiers) which
have established the Sub-Treasury system, nnd
“highly approve” of that pleasant nndconvenient
system of “ fiscnl agency,” we have* no present
mean* of ascertaining. It is probable, however,
that in most of'these riuh-Treasurv countries of
ft... ..1.1 ........ !_ I... _ . «... .
Silk-Worm* IVI on Lwef,
OktM or Alvarado Cotton,
Part. HI;— Mhckm-ukoii* JxmuHuttOB.
Patent Buicliorng; Wool Mnrkots? The two of
".ilpliur 111 preserving from Insects tlhe English
..rtichoko: Toiuatto Omelet! TJerry StnmtUt
Custard 'without .Eggs; llomminy Pudding 1
UoneyDcw; MuUicuulis and White Mulberry
Silk; Vjihmhlo Crops; Silk Culture: Planting
Mulborrv Cuttings] Distance of MuUicoaJis
Trees; Oii Planting tho Morus Multlcaulisj lo
Preserve Eggs.-
Index to the 12th VoL,
Having made arrangements with Mr. A. E.
Ml . " . > I .1 . 1 A III.la
Miller, by which tho Southern Agriculturist la
transferred to us, wo propose to unite it with the
Journal of which we had issued n Propectus, un
dor the tiflo oftlie “ Southern Compendium, of
Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic and Rural
Economy, Literature, tho Arts nnd Sciences, aud
Sporting Intelligence &c.” A prospectus oftlie
uuw Journal accompanies each of the nrcient
numbers of tho Agriculturist. Ou ovorlookiug
it, it will be perceived that flie plan U more ex
tended uud diversified than that of tho Agricultur
ist, and admits of a widerrunge than could be ii:
dulged in by following flint, on which the latter
Jnnrnnl has*been conducted. In order to afford
us scope to carry this out, while at tho sumo, time
the agricultural department should receive the at
tention it niorits, wo shall enlarge tho size of tl;e
Journal, add several pages to it, and nrint il ill
smaller typo, (which has been expressly order* d
for it,) we hope therefore without negDcthig the
great interest of tho South, to issue a Journal
which shall bo so varied, as to prove acceptable
to the community at large. Wo respectfully rc-
3 nest tint our old friends with whom wo were in
te lmbit of corresponding, while editor of tho
Agriculturist, ns well as tho present patrons of
flint Joumul, will do us the favor of exhibiting our
prospectus, to their neighbors, and procuring a
few additional subscribers for us. W0 also solicit
contributions to cither of flie departments enu
merated, in our prospectus, and we hope we shall
uot bo forgotten by the friends of either Southern
Agriculture or Southern Literature.
- JOHN D. LEGAUE.
03* Unless otherwise directed tho Southern
Compendium will be forwarded to all of the pres
ent subscribers of the ‘Southern Agricul urist.
Commercial Journal*
LATEST DATES.
From Liverpool, Nov. 23 I From Mobile... .Dee. 09
From Havre,.... Nov. 30 J From N. Orleans, Dec. 28
SAVANNAH EXPORTS, JAN. 7.
Per Br. ship Charles Humbcrston, fur Liverpool-
1702 boles Upland Cotton.
The Tariff.—Another reduction of duties took
effect on the 1st inst., under the provisions of the
Compromise Act. Tho change is thus officially
announced to the Collectors of Customs by the
Treasury Department:
Treasury Department, >
First Comptroller’s Office, Dec. 30,1839. j
The Collectors of the Customs ore reminded of
that portion ofthe Compromise Act of the 2d of
March, 18:13, providing for tho abatement of an
additional tenth oftlie excess over the ad valorem
duty of twenty per cent.—and which, in its oper
ation from aim after the thirty-first day of Decem
ber ofthe present year, until flie thirty-first day of
December, eighteen hundred aud forty-one, pre
sents flie following scale of reduction:
Articles subject to on ad valorem of
25 to pay 23 per cent,
do. 30 do. 28 por cent,
do. 35 do. 29 per cent,
do. 40 do. 32 per cent,
do. 45 do. 35 per cant,
do. 50 do. 38percent.
J. N, BARKER, Comptroller.
The Philadelphia North American has tho fol
lowing paragraph ou the subject:
Deduction of Duties.—The reduction of duties
ou foreign merchandize imported from and after
this day (Dec. 31) is only one tenth of the oxcess
of tho amount of duty charged by the Tariff of
1832 above 20 per cent.' Thus the duty on wool
ens, which was fixed in 18:12 at 50 per cent., was
by Mr. Clay’s compromise bill, reduced as fol
lows, being 3 percent, every two.yenrs.
1833, Dccombcr31, 47
1835, * 44
1837, “ 41
1839, “ 38
After December 31,1841, the duty will be 29
per cent., and 0 months thereafter 20 per cent.—
the lowest ruto.
WILMINGTON, JAN. H."-‘£krp:nUne.~Daring
the Christmas very little of tills or other Produce ar
rived at market—Sales nt 3t a 33 cts per gull.
Tor.—Dull at quotations, very littlo demand. The
quantity arrived up to this period has exceeds 1 anti
cipation, being 1 ! greater than for sometime in several
preceding years—90 cts per bbl.
Flour, plenty—and of good quality.
Rice....no demand—quotations nominal.
Corn Is wanted ami cotnes in very sparingly.
Cotton.—Sales at 8 1*4 a 9 cents.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
RICHMOND, Jan. 1.
Disaster near Lynchburg—We have boon polite
ly fuvored witlftnefollowing extractor a letter
from a Mercantile House in Lynchburg to one
iu this city, detailing a disaster involving the dcs-
traction of four boatmen, seven boats, and a con
siderable amount of goods:
"Lynchburg, 28th Dae. 1939.
•Gentlemen: This morning, about 4 o'clock,
two boats, having on board 75 kegs of powder,
wore blown unliy the ignition of the powder,
together withjvs other boats,and their entire lea !r,
also killing (bur persons nnd muimiug one. The
boats lost belonged ns follow*:
Two to Edward Scott;2 to Robert Cunning
ham; 2 to Thomas McKinney; 1 to James Dal-
lew.
The persons killed were free colored men—
their names mi follows.
William Ciumighani, not found yet.
John Cunningham, blown ill pieces :-u part of
his body foul d m different directions.
Frank Cottcral, blown to some disUinco in tho
woods; found alive, but he expired somo two
hours afterwards.
Joe Stanton, wounded aud since dead.
A fifth man was thrown some distance on tho
bunk, and had his shoulder dislocated; ho is ulive
ami likely to set well.
The other hand* were absent at the time Scott
nnd Cunningham's boats had on the powdur.
The powder belonged to Messrs. McCorkln and
McDaniel. Mr. Hollins had on board 40 bags of
shot, nnd flie balauco ofthe freight belonged to
Messrs. Brunt & Young. Tho entire of which
was lost.
The accident occurred at Joshua Greek Falls,
about 11 miles below here. Thn flash of tho ex
plosion was distinctly suen aud the report heard at
this place.
Yours, <&c.
“t\ S.—Since writing the above we learn from
a gentleman from tho scene thatpart of tho goods
may bo saved.”
THIRD concert,
ANV LAST BUT ONE. .
will lie .ung. variety nf Ho" llWl !
Hootch, Knglieli etui Irish Bau.ao,, Mira's?.?*
roil will aing her grand Hondo, “The ma '
™. r Af5h fhr ,^ or Mr. Wii.0,;
will ring hie fiivorlto umg Irou, Amllio, "W?,.
hnenot merit'd," mid also the grand wi’nnl'rJ
P™Ui» T "lo,de , orlptl v e of a Brigand'. |jn>
, Ticket, end Programme, of the Comer! mV
hod01 Col, Wlllla,,,,' Book Store,at hoH?. ,?.
“i uw. Wllliuiu.' Book Store, at tho n a ,.r
the City ifotol, end at the door. jun $
8H5,000-810,OOO.
iinAtv. on a vTOuD.tr IItii in.tant
ORJiEm: AUD PULASKI MONUHEXt
LOTTERY. ' 1
CLASS NO. 3 FOll 1840.
ballots. Among other, era the rollowini'
HIGH PHIZES. J
J P" 20 01
! „ ••»••• jo.ooo
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15
25
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180
4c.
5000
2000
1760
1500
10W
50(1
250
200
ISO
100
. — &c. & c ,
Tickeujljio,Halve. *5, Quarter. IfKISO. -
'"'S'" « by «.
package, for solo by
_ P-B- PUNDERGAST,
Corner Bull-.lrcot and Bny Lmc ; .
t . , Neor the tlrchnar#.
aJSdt" ftom "" ,own or c#unUy
Fifty Dollars Rewnrd.
llonaway (Vom the Rail Hoad on ilia
l.t August, whero he was hired, my ne
gro man named JEFFREY, aged about
35 year.—said negro is about 5 feet, end
dark eompWon, thin visage.onddirevved.rvcar.
a small ring in one oar—has lived in Bryan coun
ty two year, previous to hi. being hired ou t| l0
Road, mid ha, a wife at Mr. Geo. ladder, in Dry.
an: lie wo. formerly the property af Geo. Login
of S. C. The above reward will be paid on hi.
delivery in any jnil in Goorgin or Carolina, or to
tlto subscriber. II. E. EDWARDS,
jan 8 6t(Georgian)
Oitu and Braudfi
2 PIPES ‘NoletV Iniporial Eagle Gin
2 half pipes‘Oturd, Dupuy & CoV Branch-,
received direct from the ^importers per brig Mary i
Barnard, for sale by
jan 8 LADD, TUPPER & SI3TARE.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. SO.-Cotlon-Most of
tho spinners having procured supplies last week, the
demand has again become limited, but prices remain
without visible clmnge. Bales of 100 bales at 12 to
13 cts per lb for Mobile, Now-Orleaus und Upland
Cotton.
Flour fr Meal.—The demand for Flour lias become
less active and prices have again slightly declined.
During tho week flic receipts have been quite limited.
The Snow storm on Sunday last having drifted so
much as to keep back supplies by tho Kail Iload and
wagons, and tho smaller streams are now closed by
ice. Sales early in the week at 6-\U2i for export
later-in the week sales of a few parcels nt vft 5(
a 9ft 50 per bbl on Broad street. To-day holders
generally ask 6ft 021 for good brands, while some
are willing to sell nt 95 59. In Rye Flour no further
sales. Corn Meal is sold nt 93 50 iu bids.
Provisions.—The weeks operations have been lim
ited in Pork at previous rates. Bacon—Sales only in
a retail way nt quoted rates. A salo of Western Hams
at 8| cts per lb. Butter continues without much de
mand. Cheese is in good request at 0J at 9 ot§ per
lb.
it W—Small sales nt3J a 3} cts per lb.
Spirits.- Brandy aud Gin are taken ill parcels as
wanted by the trade, at stoody prices—Sales of N. E.
Hum at 35 a 341 cts in hhds and 36 cts in bbls. But
little Whiskey has ariived this week, owing to the
badness of the roads. Sales in hhds at 22 to 24 cts.
Small sales in bids at 26 cents.
Sugar.—The market continues without any activity
and prices are nearly steady. The only transactions
reported have been the sales of about 50 hhds Porto
Rico at 7 a 71, and some St. Croix in a retail way at
9} cts per lb, all ou time.
' London Porter.
QA CASKS London Porter, in fine order, t]
OU lauding, and for sale by
jan 8 LAPP, TUPPER & SI8TARE.
Linseed Oil.
4 PIPES first quality English LinseedOHJsnil*
iug. aud for sale by
jan 8 LADD, TUPPER & 81ST ARE.
BOSTON, DEC. 27.—Cotton.—The market is in
rather a peculiar state. There is not over 100 bah s
for sale, the late purchases made by manufacturers
having about cleared off the whole stock. A small
lot of New Orleans was sold fev second hands at 15c
perjlb. Ample supplies are daily expected.
C3*Tlie friends und acquaintances of Mr. P.
K. Dwyer, are respectfully invited to attend his
funeral This Afternoon ut 4 o’clock, from hi* lute
reuidonco in Market Square, corner of Barnard
and Bryan-strcet*.
PASSENGERS
Per steamboat Isis, from Charleston—Mrs E-
vans, Messrs Morrel, G 11 Purser, McCord,
Thompson, Hutchison.
, Shipping Intelligence.
PORT OF SAVANNAH,... .JANUARY *, 1840
ARRIVED SINCE OUR LAST.
Selir Eliot, Moorely, Boston 20 day*. Mdze
lo O Johnson &• Co, F Jt Sweat, S J) Corbitt,
5 Philbrick & Co, L Baldwin, W Taylor, S W
Wight, C Reed, G W Budrick, R Habersham
6 Hon,Ladd, Tapper & Suture. A Wood <!t Co.
Sloop Pearl, , from Elba Island. C85 bush
els Rough Rico to Luwton &Behn.
Stnnmbont Ociuulgce, Blankenship, Darien,
to W Patterson & Co. Cotton to sundry per
sons.
Steamboat Isis, Chare, Charleston, to Clng*
horn & Wood. Mdze to E Bli*«-& Co, Turner,
Eastman &. Co, Ladd, Tupper & Sistnre,«.W C
O’Driscoll, and others.
BELOW,
Brig Lancet, DrinUwatcr, Turks Island 23 ds.
Salt to tho master.
CLEARED,
Br ship Charles Hinuberstoii, Marshall, Liver
pool—J. if. Reid Sf Co.
DEPARTED.
Steamboat Isis, Chusc, Charleston.
Steamboat Gen Clinch, Brooks, Black Creek.
DcmUoas.
/Sf DEMUONS of two and five gallooi,
U I tl landing from brig Mary Bernard, for
sale by
jan 8 LADD, TUPPER & 8ISTARE.
Whiskey. I
AA BBLS Baltimore Whiskey, landing m
JLVfU per brig Samh^fojr sale ^
jan 8
M. DILLON & CO. 1
Monongahela Whiskey andBtib
teiv
BBLS old Monongahela Whiskey
B il 21 firkins Glnde's No. 1 Butter,'Wing
from brig Heurtetta, for sain by
jan 8 M D1LLOX &CO.
I
Bacon.
-g A HHDS Shouldor. Bacon, now Uniting ;
JL4J from .hip Eli Whitney, anil for sale low |
from tho wharf, by
jan 8 ■ L. BALDWIN^
Pbelp’s Gin.
-g f)A BBLS. ‘PhelpV Gin, lm i g from I
JL AlVj brig Mary Bernard, for sale low from I
the wharf.
jan 8 LADD, TUPPF.R& B1STARF.
Goslicn Batter.
Q FIRKINS Gailien Butter, lauding from j
O J. brig JIury Bernard and for «ulo by
jan7 GEORGE II. MAY.
Batter, Hay and Beer.
ft FIRKINS Go.nen Butter
X m 10 bbl. Cream Ale
105 bales prime Euatern Hay, binding nM
for aale by MICH. DILLON,
jan 7 5
20
jati7
Family Flour.
BBLS nnd 30 bnlfbbhfnmily Fleur,just
received mtdfor^lob^^.
Provisions.
t* BBLS Mess Beef, 20do Prlmedo
( i) 50 do do Pork, 20 do Mess ’l’ork
Just received and for sale by ;
jan 7 LONG & PATTERSON.
White Onions.
■g /\ BBLS jnst received from Philadelphia,
lUand formic^ &pATTER - N .
jan 7
Fine Razors, , ,
R OGERS, Wndo & Butcher*, Elliott--, »»
Prieluleyi, fine and warranted Riuwri, nj
great varioly; together with n fine nssort'-mol«
Brustic*, Boies, Soops, Combs, Perfumed IV <■
ters, Pomatums, See. Just received and fbrBW
at very reduced prices to suit the Mines, for emt
or credit, by G. R. HENDRICKSON,
jan 7 5
Balm Columbia.
50 rails ptr Ilvttlc.
A FRESH supply of this mnch belebtolm r
tide for promoting nnd improving in" ■«!
removing dondriff, &c. Jn*t received and to
sale by G. R. HENDRICKSON, Apot
jan 7 5
CHARLESTON, Jnn.T.—Ar. fine ship La
From thn Charleston Mercury.
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURIST.
It will bo 3cen by tho subjoined address that
this excellent work tyill bo hereafter conducted
by its old Editor, Mr. Legore, who has chutiged
U;d .tamo to the “ HuulUr.ru Compendium” and. in
tends carrying it on upon an enlarged und impro
ved plan, which will greatly increase its already
high claims upou the SouthernAgricuUurist com
munity.
As onr friend Mr. Miller, now closos his con
nexion with the concorn, wo trust hi* subscribers,
in arrears will take care that he shall not have la
bored for them iu vain*
We subjoin also tho Table of Contents of tho
number for Dncenibor, the closing number of tho
Agriculturist:—
CONTENTS.
Fart I.-*-EotTontAi. an*i» Oniatjru,,
The Agricultural Convention, (Proceedings)
State Agricultural .Socioty.
Proceedings of the Moutinello Planters' Society,
Now Species of Plants for tho Old Southern
States,
Part 11.-—Selections.
Report on flie Cultivation of Cotton, by tho Hon.
J. Campbell,
Correctives ol’lfi Couifltiited Soils,
Fayette, Ellery, Now York 12 days; barque Bar- jT h jf nir V rom | jr j a Excel, for sale by
dins, Thatcher, do 72 hours to the ban U I.brig 8 MICH. DILLON*^
(lie old world, very littlo is knownoTCbrngrossinn- Stmoeiwml Mono nflicaring tho Morns Mulll- th' Cnitom-Uousc
al cMtim tcc , nl other sfn 1 njor snccia 1 . The vattlie-. -Cuuscol the Fniiurc! in 1839, jan 8
Sullivan, Brown, do fi days.
Br. brig Famo, Uallontmo, St Thomas 33 ds.
22d ultimo, Iat27 30, Ion 77, foil in with schr Ad
elaide Jenny, Paine,of and from Boston, for Pen
sacola, 10 day* out, with an assorted cargo, in
distress, leaky, having encountered continual
gules of wind—took oil the captain und crew—in
about four hours alter, she sunk, going down baud
rtrst.
Line brig Catharine, Dolono, Baltimore 5 days.
Foi- Charleston,
* - fa Tho steam puokot SAVAN-
SS&.NAII, Geo. Freeland, master, wil
leave tor ilia uboye port every Monday and Frt
day at (i o'clock, A. M. For freight or passage
apply to COHEN & FOSD1CK, Agents.
Jim 3 •
Hay’s Liniment. .1
A FRESH supply ofthis vulunblo remedy
A. curing piles, rheumatism, &c. tvorraiiwj
curing piles,
J tn7 0iVU G tt 'itnENDlIlCK3ON ;
Cream Ale nnrt Batter.
1 fi BBLS superior Cream Ale
JLU 15 firkins Goshen Butter
i - ...i!.. _ ft — l..t. 1,''vi.nl I'nj anlA
AgcaU_
Connecticut. Bivci'Oih-
X BBLS. Connecticut Gin, uo
doc 10 210 . .
Emi"?A r iw' ,t R?ad U, Milk!d«evilj«
Negro Pipe*.
!'00 b ®d
nov23 233 '
For Charleston, via Hilton llcud,
Beaufort nnd Edlsto.
|» fk The eleguntsteam pnekot ISIS,
v ,,-?Tfny master, will depart for tho
above places on MONDAY MORNING nt 7
o'clock. For freight or pussage, having excel
lent accommodations, apply on board, or to
a clahMorn&wood.
N. Bi—All slave pnrsengcranmst bo clean'd at
Beef nnd For!?.
BBLS Prime Boof
40 50 do do Mess Pork
75 do Navy Bread
50 do Pilot do
20 lmlf bbls F 51 Beef
30 lm!? bids do' do,'-JO Imp Goshen
TliilndciphiuBccf.
uuitq
3 BBLS Rounds, infiuo order, )n >l I
a r f r brig.New