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COSAM EMIR BARTLETT— EDITOR.] T H E rtAKNAH mZJBLC'VJk’g m ‘h every day, in Savannah, Geo. /the business season, find three times a Vdnrn® summer months, at Eight Dollars ’ , Lujb.P * vim Ar^atrs ~, C(jm pif*d from the Daily Papers, and pub j pver y Saturday morning, at Four Dollars ‘• efl 1im * or Three if paid in advance. -/ \,irerUsements will be published in both pa . ,**7s cents per square of 14 fines for the first • V .. nvd'fflh cents for each continuation. Communications respecting the business IcOf ce > miSt e a ddrtsscd t 0 ie Editor, post i \ 3 0 f land and negroes by Administrators, j , ;" fors or Guardians, are required by law, to j ’ eld on the first Tuesday in the month, between • • hvirs often o’clock in the forenoon and three I ’ [ h ‘. afternoon, at the Court-House of the Coun-1 ; n which the property is situated Notice of j .: c sa ’ es must be given m a public Gazette days previous to the day of sale. ’ \- ol j C e of the sale of personal property must be ven in like manner, forty days previous to the j \!!tico to the debtors and creditors of an estate, ,{ st be published forforiij days. Notice that application will be made to the Court Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be pub \hed four months. ‘^ ==^lACON r SA LES === OF THE RESERVE ILIVES, THE TOWN LOTS, AND THE BRIDGE, 7 ILL commence on Wednesday the first day 7 * of next October, and will continue from j -'ay (o day, with the exception of the first IMbn <Uy and Tuesday of that month. We shall then (..xpose to sale in Macon, to the highest bidder, in conformity with a late act of the General Assem bly : All the town lots not heretofore disposed of; r eing upwards of one hundred in number; on the western side of the river : among them are twelve uljcining the river, and a few other choice lots for .business. The residue are in more retired situa :;jrs, and generally afford good building sites in a and growing part of the town, forty-two gardening lots of 10 and 20 acres ■ch ; laid out from 1 to 1 1-2 miles distant from ho town in two ranges around the Western Com mon. Also, twenty eight lots on the Eastern side: hat is to say, 4 of twenty, 8 of ten acres, and 10 of ‘-ne acre each These last include the place some tiines known as Newtown ; and w ill be sold, sub •set to certain leases from the United States, to expire next January. * The residue of the lands in the two reserves, ore laid out in tracts of 100 acres, and fractional vizis of such tracts. Os these, the uplands will r : next offered; the last numbers first; beginning • .th those on the western side. On Wednesday the22d of October next, at 11 r clock A. M. will be offered at the place of the , ilier sales, the BRIDGE AT MACON , Together with one acre of land on the eastern side t the Ocniulgee river, as one of the butments : :d the privilege of using so much of Fifth or ; idge street on the western bank as may be ne r'ssary for the other butment of the Bridge. On Thursday the 23d of October , we shall pro ceed to sell the swamp and bottom lands within tiic Reserves,those cfi the Western side first; ar.d c ntinue from day to day until completed. The particular numbers that will be sold on each day cannot be specified ; but it is intended to put up the several kinds and descriptions m the order here mentioned. The Reserves are generally well watered and contain several good mill seats. The area of the rhole cannot be exactly known until the platting completed ; but tirenty-onc thousand acres is the estimated quantity contained in both Reserves and the adjoining fractions, exclusive of the town surveys. Perhaps no body of land of the same extent can be found that embraces a greater va riety in its surface, soil and timber. Situated just ‘Uthat region where the pine of the lower country ehinges to the oak and hickory of the upper : it includes both these growths, and soils in most of ‘heir varieties; in some portions entire, in others I interspersed or blended. Tracts of very hilly land, ar that which is quite level, or gently undulating, maybe had of almost every quality ; either of oak and hickory, or pine, or river lands ; and several of these kinds occasionally united ; m tracts of ♦‘k* acres and fractions of various sizes, adapted to most of the purposes for which land is wanted. | from the pressure of the times ; and more es- ! penally from the quantity of lands and town lots, • that will have been lately in the market, these must unavoidedly sell low. And, lying at the head of navigation, immediately around the third town of the State in population and trade, thero Js every reasonable prospect of their soon rising lvalue. * s Purchasers have now an opportunity, and appa parently the last that will soon offer, of obtaining ‘'n cheap and very indulgent terms of payment 5 , £hoice situations for residence, for or for formin'*. TERMS OF SALE. Purchasers of lapds and lots are to pay the Com missioners on the day of the purchase, one fifth part of the purchase money in Cash or current l . l * s °f chartered bunks of this State ; and tlie re *‘U'Jcin four eq;ul annual instalments. JYo secu 7Lt,p tnll be ; equired. Bridge will be sold on the same terms ; ex • that the purchaser will be required to give M“iid with two or more approved sureties for the Payment of the four subsequent annual instal ments. W. N HARMON, ) C. R. S PRONG, / Covim'rs. „ O. 11. PRINCE,- S July 5,1883. „ The Editors of the Charleston City Ga the* Tuscaloosa Mirror, and of the several p.iyiic Gazettes in this state, will publish tho fore o ingv.eekly, nine weeks, in their respective na forward their accounts to MARMA bhE J. SLADE, Esq. Clerk of the Commission- r ‘ , > m such time as to reach him by the Ist of No vember. . J?jy M 22—ut COMMENCEJM ENT. FRAjYKLLX college , > mversity of Georgia, 2dd June, 1823. < p. Ro final Examination of tlie present Senior issin this Institution, will take place on Mon y? u.e <th July. The examination of the Fresh cJJ on Wednesday the 3Ct.h, and of the Paomore Class, on Thursday the 31st of the j a j T)n * * iday, the Ist of August, the tte£ r \ h " wi, l examined, and on Saturday O’ sut Candi<^at es for admission into College. vdlYli a tlie third, a commencement Sermon e delivered in the Presbyterian Church in in^p* 4 ! 8 ’ on Monday the board of Trustees will of tj. ’ ,° n Tuesday, the sth, a part of Itc member- , p i, ’ mior . Class attached to the two Societies P°sitir deliver Orations of their ow n com wijJbg | 011 Wednesday the Oth day of August, oco as ; n 6 annua ! col mnencement. During the eiavo.n 0 ’ ftn , 0l ?^ on will be delivered by Judge thI S °f by Ju t ge . Berri ‘‘ n * Re P re e tie * *“ e •^ einost^enian andrPhi Kappn ASBURY HULL, july 4 vMrctary of University of Georgia. id THE ARGUS. mm Ainm WEDNESDAY MORNING , AUGUST 13. It was asserted by Col. Preston of Columbia, S. C. that out of every hundred bales of cotton which the planter sent to market, sixty were virtually taken from him by the operation of the Tariff act. This assertion, so utterly absurd and extravagant, has been reiterated by the editors of the Journal, and made the foundation of several very ingenious editorial essays. Soon after one of these publica cations, a correspondent of ours states, that the following short dialogue took place between the Editor and one of his country readers : Planter. —Good morning Mr. Editor—how goes the types this morning P Editor —Good morning neighbor Doles. Planter. —l say, Mr. editor, I’m rather jubus you’ve missed the figure this time. Editor. —Ah, how so ? Planter. —Why you see as how I took my crap to market yesterday, and it brung me 9$ cents, which is more than I got last year, before the pas sage of the Tariff, that you have been talking so much about. Editor. —True neighbor; the merchants are oblig ed to have the cotton, cost what it will. But the Tariff will ruin the country notwithstanding. Planter. —Why as to that, it mote or it moten’t; but you told us last week that out of every hun dred bales of cotton, 60 went to the Tariff; now d’ye see, I sold my whole crap for the ready, and not a cent was deducted for the Tariff, and herein is where I say you've irtissed the figure. Editor. —But you must recollect that the duty on Broadcloth has been increased fifty per cent. Planter. —They may tax it a hundred for what I care—you know I never buys none, nor do my neighbors'; and therefore I’m jubus that the story of the planters’ losing 60 bales of cotton out of ev ery hundred, is all a humbug. I shall just go and hear what the Argus says on that head. Mr M Duffie is one of the leaders of the u State Rights ” party. He would now deny the power of the General Government to prosecute works of internal improvement, and has threatened a disso lution of t*he Union because Coqgress has pre sumed to lay a tax on British Broadcloth. Yet by reference to the former debates in Congress, it will be seen that he has, even within a few years, been the warm advocate of the same principles and measures which lie now so violently and reck lessly assails. Was he insincere and selfish in his former support of measures, or is ho so now, in his opposition to them ? An able writer’ in the last Charleston Courier, (under the signature of The People) refers to nu merous instances where Mr. M’Duffie has, since 1822 up to 1826, been the advocate of the con structive powers of the General Government,and voted for the appropriation of monoy, to a large a mount, for wurks of .Internal improvement, and been the champion of the constitutional power of Congress t© create corporations ! —yet, wonder ful to observe, it is for the exercise of these powers by the present administration, which has excited Mr. M'Duffic's apprehension to such a pitch as to induce him to threaten the dissolution of the union. Wo a short time since republished an article from a Richmond paper of 1798, showing that Gov. Giles was at that time, by his own admission, hostile to the Union of the States. We this mor ning republish another article from the Richmond Constitutional Whig, which proves that after the lapse of thirty years, the sentiments of Gov. Giles have not changed in this regard ; but that in 1828 Gov. Giles continues to be the same enemy to the Union that lie declared himselftobe in 1798. It will be borne in mind that Gov.. Giles is at the head of the “State Rights” party. Now when the principles avowed hy this party, tend directly to disorganization and anarchy, and the sentimontsof the leaders are known to be hostile to the gov ernment. can the people doubt for a moment as to their real objects and intentions ? The great Caucus which met at Athens, the past week, has probably settled for the people, the important question relative to their representa tives in Congress. By the joint operation of pro mises and threats, it has usually been managed, so as to drive from the field, each and every one who in any way dares dispute the empire of King Caucus. VVc shall look for the Official List of the Candidates in the next Journal. How long will the people submit to this inter ference with their rights, by a few intriguing managers, who set public opinion at defiance, and equally disregard the most eminent talents, and the most faithful services. It is a matter of the highest importance that the true interests and the true feelings of the peo ple of Georgia should be faithfully represented in the next Congroes. Yet what probability will there Lm of this, if the dictat ion of some half dozen dem agogues be patiently submitted to? By the accounts from the London and Liver pool markets, it will be seen that the prospects of the Cotton plauters are rather discouraging. Although no reduction had actually taken place in the price of cotton, yet it appears that th 0 “importations were heavy and the sales dull.” It also appears that there is a bill, now in pro gress through the house of Commons “making alterations in the several existing duties, and enacting among others, that cotton may be im ported from any British possession, without refer ence to the place of growth, at a duty of Is per cwt.” What will be the effects of this measure on the orice of our staple, is yet uncertain. Theorists 1 .vhohave the peculiar fa u lty of looking through futdf ity as through a glass, will no doubt make all out very plainly. This measure, whether it may ©r may not have aeen intended as retaliatory on our Tariff, is nev ertheless in strict keeping with the exclusive and selfish policy of Great Britain on all occasions; md instead of furnishing any argument against the wisdom of System, should rath- SAVANNAH, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1828. er stimulate us in the prosecution of those means, which tend to render us independent of British cu pidity or British cunning. Another great m w ! Died, at his reeidenue near Washington,Wilkes county, on the 4th ifist. Doncan G. Campbell, Esq. In the death of Col. Campbell, the public has sustained an irreparable loss ; he possessed talents of the highest order, and for many years has acted a distinguished part in the affairs of this State. He was one of the commissioners who ne gociated the Creek treaty of 1825, and it is prin cipally owing to his active exertions, that the rich and beautiful territory between the Flint and Chatahoochie, was surrendesed to the use of Geo gia. For the Savannah Mercury. Mr. Editor. —Much has been said and written of late, to stir up a spirit of rebellion against the I ederal Government, and a withdrawal from the L nion of the Stales South of the Potomac ; witness the violent sentiments expressed at the fourth of July, celebration in Beaufort, South Carolina, the sober, calculating, but erroneous essays of Leonidas, and the frantic ravings of Sidney ; also, the violent, (I had almost said trea sonable) proceedings of tue Walterborough meet ing : and wo are even told in our teeth, that in the event of a separation, “ heads, (human heads I presume,) will be as cheap as chickens, and blood as plenty as water,” and the oracle of these restless, disorganizing spirits, gravely tells us, that “ it is time to calculate the value of the Union.” Now Mr. Editor, I am what is termed a state rights man, but I am also devoted to the federal union, because I believe that the surest guaran tee for, and the best protection of, the rights of ’the States, will be found in the continuance of the federal compact. Permit me then, through the medium of your paper, in the spirit of mild ness and good feeling, to propose a few questions for the conside-ation of those who think other wise ; those I mean who are honest in their opin ions ; for with intriguing, corrupt, politicians, and secret foreign emissaries, I have nothing to do, because they only seek their own interest in the destruction and degradation of their fellow men. Have you calculated the consequences of a dis solution of the Union ? If you separate peaceably, (which you cannot as I will shew you in the sequel,) have you calcu lated the cost of establishing anew government ? an imperial one for a republic is out of the ques tion. Have you calculated the expense of fitting out and supporting ministers at foreign courts, and consuls in foreign cities ? for to talk of advancing your commerce with foreign powers by commer cial agents is worse than folly, and will such agents obtain an acknowledgment of your nation al existence ? Will you advance the price of cotton and rice, hv throwing into the European market, the quan tity now consumed in the northern and eastern states? Os cotton (I speak advisedly,) there are 175,000 bales consumed by the factories of those states ; of rice I do* not exactly know, but am as sured by many that it exceeds 5000 barsels, per haps 10000. I now proceed to shew you that a peaceable se paration is out of the question, first, witness the above assertions made by your leaders, of cutting off heads and shedding blood. And do you sup pose that the friends ot the Union, in these South ern States, will, without a struggle, tamely sub mit to have their liberties torn from them and another government established over them, in which they will of course, have no voice ? espe cially as they believe that there is a large majori ty on their side ; I assure you they will act, and that too with a firmness, and energy that will baffle every effort to subdue them. Think not that they will flee to the north to escape ; no, they will not, for their all inhere ; their affections, their property, and what is dearer, their wives and children. I need not say more to convince you of the character of the opposition you will meet. Will you call to your aid a foreign power ? then will you conquer yourselves by your own means ; for bo assured, after they have conquer ed for you, they will subdue you to themselves. I will now ask, where are your armies, your magazines, your arsenals, where is your navy ? where are your seameii, your ports, and fortifica tions, for it is notorious that Sapelo inlet is the the deepest on the Atlantic coast of the United States, south of the Chesapeake, and on that there are but twenty six feet water at full tide. Will it cost you l6ss to pay a tax to create all these essentials for war, than will the tariff even if we admit its effects, to the utmost, that has been said of it, (which by way, wo deny ;) but it may be replied, that our fathers had none of these warlike equipments to commence the war for Independence ; granted. They fought on the defensive ; and so will we; but yours will be an offensive wa r ; their enemies were at a great dis tance ; yours are in the midst of you. And now let me entreat you, to give a serious attention to my last, and most important question. You are very sensitive on the subject of slavery, you acknowledge that in them, (that is your slaves,) consists your wealth ; by these you make your cotton and rice ; now in the event of a civil war, what will become of them ? will you arm them, to aid you in conquering, yea, butchering your neighbours ? if so, will they not in turn, butcher you ? for be assured that with arms in their hands, they will never, again, submit to la bor for you ; and then what will your land be worth * how will you pay your taxes, for the support of your new government, your army, and navy ; the friends of the union in such a case have nothing to lose ; if they arm their slaves they only lose them, and may save their lives and land ; if you conquer, they lose both, their land and ne groes, and many of them, (the leaders certainly,) thsir lives ; if you do not arm your slaves, will they remain idle spectators of such a struggle ? No, they will arm themselves, those very foreign emissaries now secretly plotting your ruin, and urging you on to your own destruction, will fur nish them with the means ; and direful will be the consequences. Have you no wives, no daughters, n > mothers, no sisters ? if you have not, then may you look on, or rather think with indifference on these things; for the picture is too horrible, and appalling for me to present, were I capable. Fellow-Citieens, bear with me, I am a Geor gian, by birth and education ; my ail is in my na tive state ; my family, my connections, my affec tions, and my property, the most of which is im moveable. 1 have lived forty years in her?#ush do not now wish to be driven out; no, I will not, I will perish in her ruins. Yours, GEORGIUS AMERICUS. Dai icn x 4th August IS2&> No. 2. for the savannah mercury. Mr. Editor —ln the few remarks which I lately sent you in favour of organizing in our State a Court of Appeals, I promised in some subsequent number to examine and point out those imperfec tions in the present Judiciary System of Georgia, which appear to me essentially to affect the great rights of the citizen, and of which the people have j a right to complain. I proeeed npvv, sir, to redeem ! that promise, as far as my limited powers will permit. j The first and principal imperfection contained in the present Judiciary System of Georgia is to be found in the Constitution of the State, and in the Judiciary act of 1799. I say—principal imper fection—because I believe it lays at the founda tion of all others, which affect the rights of the ci tizen. I mean the unlimited, uncontroulod and enormous power, which is given to the Judges of the Superior Courts of our State, in their respec i tive districts. By the first “ section of the third j “ article of the constitution of our State, the Judo-es “ of our Superior Courts are vested with final and ! “ conclusive jurisdiction in all criminal cases, 1 “ which shall be tried in the county where the ! “ crime was committed, and in all cases respecting ; i( the titles to land, which shall be tried in the “ county where the land lies, and also concurrent “ jurisdiction in all other civil cases, and shall have “ power to correct errors in Inferior Judicatories, “ by writs of certiorari as well as errors in the Su “ perior Courts, and to order new trials on proper “ and legal gr umds.” By the Judiciary act of 1799, they are specially vested with final and con clusive jurisdiction, in all cases in Equity, which may arise in their respective districts. Here then, sir, we have unfolded to our view, a series of powers, to be vested in an single individ ual, analogous only to the powers vested in an ab solute despot; embracing in their grasp the un limited controul over the life, liberty and property of the citizen, in every shape and under every cir cumstance, in which they can possibly be present ed for adjudication. At first thought, it must strike the mind of every candid man, that it is highly dangerous to the rights of the citizen, to lodge in the hands of any single individual, pow ers so extensive and complicated, as those above given to the Judges of our Superior Courts—and particularly so, without one necessary check upon their opinions or feelings. So wisdom, policy, and experience Would declare But if we for a moment will examine the exstenive powers above given, it would really appear that in the organization of our Superior Courts, the Legislature must have proceeded upon the principle, that its judges and proceedings were clothed with absolute perfec tion. From the errors of all Inferior Judicatories there'is an appeal given to them : but from their own errors, who can escape ? where is the reme dy ? And now, sir, I would ask, under the Judi ciary System of Georgia, what protection does it afford the citizen that his litigated rights will be ; faithfully, wisely and impartially decided on ?- ! What assurance does it offer him, that those rights ! may not, and will not, be sacrificed to the precip- I itancy, partiality, ignorance, or power of the Judge ? It may be safely answered almost none— and in the progress of these numbers it will be shown, that it offers none. It is true that the pre sent Judiciary System of Georgia does guarantee to the citizen the right of appeal from the verdict of a petit jury, to that of a special jury ; bus we have not lived to this age of the world to be coh- I vinced, and not to have observed, that the influ ence which the opinion of the Judge has upon the mind of a jury, is an all-powerful influence—that in the exercise of its omnipotent power, it not un frequently tramples with impunity upon the rights of clients, but also treats with contempt the honest exertions of counsel. It is not less a solemn truth, that under the present Judiciary System of Geor gia, the only hope of salvation left the citizen to escape the error and ignorance of the Judge, is by availing himself of an appeal to twelve honest men, selected from the Grand Jury. But, sir, af ter such appeal shall have been entered, before whom is it to be tried ? Before a separate and distinct tribunal ? Before a Judge altogether ig norant of the facts and circumstances •of the case ? Before a Judge, whose mind is altogether untrammelled and unbiased, by any previous de cision on the merits of the case ? No. Excepting the case of an appeal from an Inferior to a Supe rior Court, it is tried before that same Judge,whose opinion at a previous term had probably been ex pressed with so much warmth and confidence, as hardly to leave room for the petit jury to think or judge for themselves. And what, 1 would ask, would be the natural current ot thought which would occupy the cninti of May individual, thus si tuated, with his opinion appealed from ? Even if he was conscious that he had decided erroneously, would he be willing to come out manfully and ac knowledge his error, or would he not thus reason with himself—l have decided so and thus. I know mv power under the constitution is great. I know it is final and conclusive. My opinion cannot be reviewed by any superior tribunal, and never will be published to the world I must before the trial of such appeal, gather fresh and plausible reasons and precedents, to convince the special jury, not withstanding the exertions of counsel, that I am right, and that the appellant’s case is wanting both in equity and justice. And now, suppose, sir, that the special jury, after they shall have heard the merits of the cause, in the exercise of their sound judgment and discretion, both in regard to the law as well as the facts, should unfortunately differ in opinion, as is sometimes the case with his Honor on the bench, and in their firmness return a ver dict in opposition to the opinion he had expressed ; in the exercise of the enormous powers given by the constitution, may not the judge tell the jury as soon as they shall have returned the verdict, and even before tliey 6ball have left the jury box—it is true, gentlemen of the jury, you have chosen to exercise your rights; you have chosen to differ with the opinion of the Court as delivered you : but if you choose to exercise your rights wrongfully and in opposition to the opinion ot the Court, this Court wil exercise that right and pri vilege which the constitution gives it, and grant a new trial instanter. Mr. Clerk enter an order for a circumstances and restrictions tantamount to a de nial of justice ? Who does not at once perceive that powers so unlimited, thus vested and thus ex ercised, render the great and invaluable privilege of trial by jurv, under our present Judiciary Sys- j tern, a mere farce—a mere name. But this, sir, is not the only case in which the great powers given to the Judges of our Superior Courts may be misused In the progress of causes there are a hundred applications, in the shape of motions, and which may bo granted to one aud refused to ano ther —and even if granted, may be contrary to the plainest equity and justice. The effect is felt, but the motive cannot be known. It is in this way that a Judge, in the exercise of his enormous and uncontrouled powers, may subvert and destroy the clearest rights that were ever litigated in a court j of justice. Has an exercise of these powers, thus i unwarrantable, ever been witnessed in any of our courts ? Imagination may point it—but the. con science of the people alone can respond to the question. If there lias, I would seriously appeal to the good sense of that people and ask, if it. is not high time that a stop should be put to a fur ther abnse of these powers ? Whether it is not high time to limit and guard their operation, by giving to the citizen a right to appeal to a higher, more independent, and more disinterested tribu nal ? Cetainly it is. Remember that man is the same, place him where you will—a creature liable to err, subject to the influence of strong and irre sistable passions and prejudices—which frequently get the better of his judgment. That, dressed in a little brief authority, he will frequently be seen Paying such fantastic tricks before high heave'll as will make angels weep.” Remember that power narrowly watched, guarded, and protected in its. operation has, in every government and in every age, been found to be the great bulwarks by which the rights and liberties of mankind have been protected from invasion and usurpation. JUNIUS. Extract rs a Utter from Mill edgev ill e,. •‘You no doubt have often been surprised at the i vast volume of smoke which sometimes rises [ from a few sparks of fire, and the great talk which lis frequently made about a very little affair. ’ From the notoriety into which the little anti-tariff , meeting at Milledgeville has been puffed by the | political bellows of this place, one at a distance : might be led to imagine that it was s very import ant concern. But no such thing. Out of 7or 800 voters in the county, something like 90 or 100 at | tended; and these were got together with much pains and difficulty—being principally moved thereto by the free exhibition of whiskey. The principal actors in the business were Col. Seaborn Jones, and his brother John A. Jones esq. the edi tor of the Southron, and who have both engaged in the manufacturing business! You can judcr 0 therefore, how sincere their opposition is to the tariff! Two individuals who are about to invest a large portion of their property in a manfacturing establishment, bring forward a resolution request ing the legislature to pass a law prohibiting the introduction of northern manufactures into the state? I hat is, they want the market secured to them by law! a very modest request, and worthy ot peculiar notice from the opennes* and candor with which it is brought forward! They pretend to be violently opposed to the tariff from principle, yet are urging the State to pass one for their own peculiar profit! Yet whatever may be the language of the Bald win Address, as it is pompously styled, the people of this section of the State are “neither disposed to secede from the Union, nor will thev join in any insurrectionary scheme. Out of the 90 or 100 present only 60 concurred in the seditious resolu tion.” SUMMARY. I Mr. Paris of Maine, has signified his accept ance of the office of Justice of the Superior Court of the state and resigned his seat ir. the Senate of the U States. Mail Robbery. —At Nashville, Tennessee, on the sth instant, a youth named Baxter A. Powell, about 17 yeara of age, was convicted in the U. S. Circuit Court, sitting in that town, of the crime ot robbiug the mail, aud was sentenced to impris onment for ten years. This youth was mail car rier between Nashville and Jackson, in the Wes tern District, and vus indicted for taking out of the mail a letter containing money to the Amount ot about two hundred dollars, and likewise for destroying two packages of letters which he had taken from the mail. fn a letter from Havanna, of the 3d of July* it is intimated from a respectable source, says the New \ork Gazette, that it is generally believed that the authorities of the Island have been desir ed to take oil the tonnage duty on lumber vessels and on the export of Molasses to the United States and then levy the amount which the revenue would consequently sutler, by adding an equal amount to the present duties on live oak and hogs.” Ihe crops of wheat and rye in Pennsylvania, this season, are calculated to be double that of or dinary years. A great portion of the poorer sort ot land is said to have produced nearly thrice the usual quantity. The rye straw, an article of con sideration in the eyes of the farmer, has surpassed expectation as much as the grain. There were great rejoicings at Albany on learn ing of the nominations by the Utica Convention of Judge Thompson and Francis Grainger for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York. The Albany Daily Ad vertiser says—“ ihe success of these two candi dates may be considered as certain. The Lexington Reporter , of the 23d ult. slates that Mr. Clay was escorted into that city by a bout 100 of his fellow citizens, in carriages and on horseback. From Guatemala.— Capt. Allen, of the schr. Elizabeth, at Baltimore, from Omoa, informs that a Treaty of Peace was concluded between Guate mala and St. Salvadore, on the 4th June, (ultimo.) Tobacco Crops. —We do not recollect to have seen at any time the prospects for a crop of To bacco more gloomy. It will not be possible that more than half, or at least two-thirds of the usual quantity can be raised in this State. For the want of plants much ground that was prepared for Tobacco, has been put in corn—and the scarcity of plants has been succeeded by drought in many places, and unfavorable seasons, that makes what is standing look very unpromising. Lynchburg , Va. Paper. Excellent Articles. —We have received a quan tity of oat flour, very white, fine and sweet, and very palatable as well as wholesome for puddings, gruels, &c. Likewise jpseats and oatmeal of su superior quality, all iaised and manufactured by Mr. Stevens, of Barnet, Vermont. These articles have been highly approved by several druggists in Boston, by Dr. Kidder, of Charlestown, and other qualified judges, who pronounce them to be pre ferable to any thing of a similar nature imported. N. E. Farmer. COMMERCIAL. [by the william.] Extract of a letter, dated MATANZAS. 29th July. All kinds of American produce extremely low, and no sales—-Island produce very scarce; box su gars 11 to 15 a no Muscovado in market; Molasses, 3r per keg ; Pitch Pine Lumber, S3B, scarce and in demand. The coming crop of Su gars will be immense, and a good crop of Coffee. FRESH MEDICINES, &c. THE subscriber has just received a fresh sup ply of Seidiitz and Soda Powders, calcined Magnesia, French Sulphate of Quinine, English Mustard, and white Mustard Seed,Salt of Lemon, Match Boxes, Vegetable Cerate, Prentisses’ Ra zor Straps, Mead's Pills, &c. and a general assort ment of - Suited to the season, all of which have been selec ted particularly for retail. For sfle by A. PARSON*?, Druggist, No. 8 Gibbons’ buildings. july 21 [No. 12.— V01. 1.