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About The Argus. (Savannah, Ga.) 1828-1829 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1829)
jCOSAM EMIR BARTLETT— EDITOR.] THE AI ijnak MERcuair r* nll b!ished every day, in Savannah, Geo ‘ iC busme*}g season, and three times a W S inlVl r the summer months, at Eight Dollars ‘\ i: !aM,rP''> able ,n advance r ~; E s illvaa// mercury, 1 J (for the country,) ,u- nablished every Monday, Wednesday, f L j-v at Six Dollars per annum. This sheet made up of the two inner forms es the fill „ r containing all the news, new adver *"*'” ths AXtcsu a compiled from the Savannah Mercury, ■ lain a selection of the leading and most and co . n inr articles of the Daily papers. Adver- ts will be generally excluded, and the cSe f n Hbe principally tilled with reading matter. **** “ipour Dollars per annum, or Three Dol- in advance. _ v ” jJ rer ii se ments will be published inbothpa- 1 ’ -3 ctn is per square of 14 lines for the first f rs,t . (lJI( i 37 cents for each continuation. Communications respecting the business \ir ‘office n ust addressed to the Editor,post ; Safes of/and and negroes by Administrators f TcSors or Guardians, are required by law, to r on the first Tuesday in the month, between di hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and three afternoon, at the Court-House of theCoun- Jin which the property is situated. Notice of . , ie s must be given in a public Gazette l days previous to the day of sale. of the sale of personal property must be ren in like manner, forty days previous to the ejvnfsale* . . f, Sotice to the debtors and creditors ot an estate, must be published Cor forty days. V ilice that application will be made to the court ((Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be pub lished four months. \Verecommend to the favorable notice of our Proposals (which may be found in an- Piher part of our paper) for publishing by sub tfriotion, the Persona Narrative of .Mr. Jl Stc- j .fonini containing an account of his own life t)! j gafferings, after the capture of Patras by (j 5 Turks, Ac. Mr. Stephanini is a Greek —a native of that land for whose fate our iwpathies have long been awakened; he is the sjiof wealthy parents, whose fortunes wereover nehned in the devastation of his country His iiier was murdered, his mother and sisters sold lie da very ; himself exposed to all the terrors ,ut, and afterwards doomed to many years ofig nubious sevitude, and has finally escaped to this ■ ant ry, and has conceived the generous of relieving such of his family as have sur ned the revolution, from the hoirors of their cap- Srity. He brings with him the most undoubted gtiinonia sos iiis worth, and it is hoped that his pkl to the liberality of this community, will not blade in vain. It will be seen moreover, that If S. seeks for no gratuitous aid. He asks no for which he does not propose an ample e ivilent. His volume will contain much inte :sing matter, as well as valuable information. COMMUNICATED. Many honest persons have been inadvertently y into an error by associating the case of an in* iridual who has excited much attention of'ate. whtliat of an unsuccessful patriot, fleeing from tunny and death, and seeking an asylum with v I think the ease not only dissimilar, but that ciwrent sentiments should prevail For I can teterconsent to extend to the enemy of human Mire the sarii’ sympathy which its friend may claim. The patriot may bleed under the/ixe, but memory will be dear to posterity; the unfor kaate man of commerce deserves and has our pi ty iad indulgence ; but he who by falsehood and ruins thousands of innocent, -Siiog persons, is an enemy, not only of those wietrays, but of the whole human family; and Mtth, richly deserves universal execration. If is no law by which such offender* (for of fers they are against the great commercial Re of the whole world) may be returned to the P-tte irom whence they have fled, there ought to k so that what has been unlawfully attempted be lawfully done. For it as little be rr, stis to sympathise for the fate of such men, *iUould for that of a paricide. The British go -nent. though it receives willingly men char. . t n © J the crime of insurrection against every ■ rerrunent, does not tolerate delinquents of this ‘er. An instance is before mo— In 1809, J Collector of New Orleans, absconded with ;, Ur 2* sum of money. He was pursued by an ‘tates vessel of war as far as Jamaica. — ‘authorities oCtiiat Island refused to deliver lv, P tothe United States agent Brow” sub ’ ‘ l! y kfi Jamaica for England, and on his ar f” kr e, the American Minister, (Mr Pinck ; ‘ ! |in k) interfered, and by tl aid of the Brit- N' n rament, nearly all the money (the whole P ss ession) v;%s recovered. This took place, one 'na recr.Jleet, when the relations be ‘e two countries was any thing but friend * *s presumable that in this instance, the tkityi 1 3°vernment acted upon tlie broad princi- H without private faith, civilized society K c vist, and therefore despotic as well as re n governments are equally interested in Ibe social tie unimpaired. P. ‘ • ‘lerstand, (says the Columbia State Ga hv° ‘ ie inst.) that on Saturday last, at -‘i( ourt House, the case cf “the State vs. Jacobs,” was tried. t * ‘ vas charged with the murder of Andrew v ’ 10 ‘ vas killed upwards of twenty-one J s°- The evidence against Jacobs was { ■ ’Resumptive. He was found guilty ofmur i. ‘ r ' COin,n ®uded, by the jury’, to Executive - We are also told that he has applied 4 °®'v trial. , p , l )as; cngers of the ship Niagara, from fyit n ° evv York, saw the reflection of the in, t llle fi rc in Laurens street ,on the morn •di inst. at the distance of miles. ‘p. . e nun ‘ber of vessels sailing from Al ki,, ’ 1 °fts South of New York, in the was 87; of which 33 paid dockage *tson and 54 by the day. TWO DAYS LATER FROM LONDON. N w York, April 14 1 lie Grecian, Copt. Masters, arrived at this port during the last night, from Liver pool, whence she sailed on the sih of March. By this arrival, the editors of the C >mmer cial have the London papers of the 2d and of the evening of the 3d of March. There was no abatement of the Anti- Catholic excitment. In the House of Lords, on the 2d, the Duke of Newcastle gave notice that he should move a call of the house, on the day that might be fixed lor bringing into that house the bill for the removal of Catholic disabilities, which he said he should designate as ‘a bill for op pressing and injuring the King, and for in troducing Popery and arbitrary power.'* The debate was very warm, the Dukes of Wellington and Sussex, and the Bishop of Bath and Wells, took an active part. The Archbishop of York, on the presentation of a petition, said his opinions with respect to the Catholic question had undergone no change. He knew nothing about the bill to be introduced; but if it made adequate securities for the established church, he would support it. He should, however, feel it his duty to oppose the bill if that were not the case. The Duke of Glouces ter said, it was unfortunately necessary to adopt some measure for the entire emanci pation of the Catholics, for no half measure would do. He was convinced that the Ministers would not propose any measure inconsistent with the security of the church establishment. The Duke of Wellington replied, and the explanations which he gave are thus editorially stated by the Lon don Courier:— Avery few hours will elapse before the great measure will be introduced into Par liament, Mr. Peel, as we stated a week ao, is to bring it forward the day after to morrow. And thus all tbe reports which have been circulated upon the subject will be set at rest—and we shall know what the measure really is. The Duke of Wel lington touched upon it yesterdarv in the House of Lords in h ; s reply to the Bishop of Bath and Wells. V\ ithout going into any details, his Grace stated generally— “ That the bill hereafter to be introduced into the other House of Parliament, and subsequently come under the discussion of their Lordships, would be perfectly free from the least encroachment on existing institutions, and would not at all interfere with the oaths taken bv the Right Rev. Prelates and other members of that House “That it would not touch upon the in tegrity of the Protestant establishments of the country, nor upon the existing securi ties for that integrity in any way whatso ever. “That when those measures, which would shortly be submitted to the other, and subsequently to that House of Parliament were before their Lordships, he engaged to prove—that so far from tending to establish Popery, they would prevent the growth of Popery, and promote the extension of the Protestant religion. He engaged to prove, he would repeat, that those measures would check the increase of the Catholics while they would tend to add to the numbers of the Protestants. “Finally, that the measure tended, so far from establishing Popery, to check and prevent its growth, and to promote the in fluence of the Protestant religion in Ire land.” In the House of Commons, a committee was ballotted for on the petition against Mr. O’Connell*, return for Clare. The following are the names of the persons ap pointed: J Easthrope, J Stewart, Sir G Robinson. Baronet, Hon l) Liddell, Hon R Clive, Right Hon P Courtney, J Brougham, R S Cteve, E Bellow Clive, J Lock, Esqs, Lord W Russell. Petitions were pouring into both houses of Parliament, for and against concession to the Catholics; hut the latter greatly out numbered the iWmer. The number of members qualified to vote at tbe setting of the Catholic Association was, at the time of its dissolution, over 15,000. In the debate in the House of Commons on the 2d ult. Mr. Baring made an enquiry as to the amount of expenditure which would probably be incurred (or public works aud fortifications in Canada, and how far their construction had advanced. The estimates were £67,398 for Canada, and £4,581 for Nova Scotia, which he considered small, when compared with the public ultimate expenses. Sir H. Ilar dinge replied, that these items were for the continuation of the works commenced last year. The gross stun which Parliament was called upon to vote, on account of these works, amounted to £330,000, for Canada; but of course that expenditure did not take place this year. 9 “ The Votes for works at Halifax and Kingston were (he principal which were included in the preset estimate. For these purposes about £l 5.000 was to be expen ded it Halifax, and £20,0 0 ar Kingston. This was £5,000 more than was taken last year. These woiks, which were to be continued on the scale of £30,000 a 3’ear, would be finished next year, when that branch of expense would cease. The Ri dout Cana! was not contained in this esti mate. Estimates to a large amount for works in Canada were brought forward and laid before the Finance Committee ; but at the same time it was stated that there was no intention of carrying the whole into execution. The works were divided iuto three classes —the first embracing what was urgent; the second including works that were desirable, but not of so urgent a na urr; and the third referring to undertak ings kept back till a more distant period, and made contingent on the spread of civiliza SAVANNAH THURSDAY MORNING , APRIL 30, 1829. tino, the wants and exig ncies of th? coun try. A sum of £90,000 would have been requiied to complete the whole of the un deriakings contemplated, exclusive of JC6GO* 000 for the Ilidaut Canal. For £1,500,- 000 we should he able to place our colonies in such a state of defence as might be con sidered complete; hut he stated that no more than £330,000 would be asked from the House. The Ridaut Canal would most undoubtedly answer every objoct and in tention which government had in view when it was first contemplated; and, ac cording to the latest reports of the survey ors, there was no season of the year except j when the waters should be frozen, in which it would not afford a perfect water commu nication. With respect to the Kingston j and Halifax, it was of the utmost import ance whether or not other works were to he carried on at Montreal, Isle-au-Noix, <fcc. and that undertakings now in progress should be completed. “ r * A. Baring thought the Ridaut Ca nal not a useless waste, but an extravagant application of the public money. It was an improvement certainly, but one which, though we might make it, there was little doubt would fall into the hands of others Mr. P eel has been elected for Westbu ry, in Wiltshire, for which place he was sworn in aud took his seat on the 2d. An American brig was chased into Por to Novo, Terceira, on the 20ih February. She ran on shore in hazy weather, and lan ded a large number of Portuguese refugees. Letters received from Portsmouth from on hoard the Shannon, and from Terceira, refer to the landing of the refugees in the James Cropper, on that island; and men tion that Capt. Fitzclarence, a midshipman, and one or two men had been hurt in a scuf fle with the guard on shore, whither the Pallas had been sent for water. The Go vernor had received considerable reinforce ments, which, for the present would enable him to oppose efficient resistance to any at tack from without. A cruel murder was committed at Ports mouth on the night of Sunday the Ist ult. A Mr. Langtree, aged eighty years, who was a cripple and his housekeeper, a wo man between fifty and sixty years of age, on the following morning weie found in the house they occupied, with their throats cut, and their bodies mangled. Some plate which was scattered about ltd to the iufer euce that the ruffians bad been alarmed and fled, while searching for plunder. Mr. Lang tree was a man of eccentric and miserly ha bits, and lived in seclusion. The front w in dow shutters of his house were never suf fered to be opened. The Ducti mail received in London on the morning of the 3d, brought nothing of consequence which has not been anticipa ted here by recent arrivals. Varna, on the 4th February, was well provisioned, and gaods -were sold at reasonable prices Mr. Jauberc continued to be treated with dis tinction by the Porte on the 24ih January, and his negociations with the Reis Efiendi were not broken oft'. The scarcity of pro visions at Constantinople was sensibly felt; aud various rumors prevailed as to the course the Porto would adopt in conse quence. London, March 3 City, 2 o'clock. There is little alteration in the money market this morning. The highest price of Consols has been 87, tbe lowest 86f ; the present quotation is 86f to 87. Exche quer bills are steady—so to 52 premium. India bonds have fallen to 41 to 44. “ In the foreign market Portuguese stock has fallen to 42|; Mexican, 2 3*. In the other foreign stocks there is no material al teration. “ Half past 3.—Consols for account, 87 ; Mexican, 23 ; Portuguese, Spanish, 9f. Four o'clock. —Consols, 86| ; Ditto for account, 86J. Smyrna, Jan. 17. “ His Majesty’s ship Alacrity has retur ned to this port, with a piratical boat, in quest of which he was sent out, and which she carried by boarding in the Gulf of Vo lo. fiomone of her boats in the nij ht. The Lieutenant and several men were severely wounded ; and the commander of the pi rate and second of the party, have been brought here in the same state. The rest, to the number of about 40, jumped over board and made for the rocks.” Gibraltar, Feb. 12. “ Three Austrian vessels of war (2 cor vettes and a schooner) anchored this mor ning in Algesiras roads; the object of their coming ,it is supposed is to obtain reparation from the Moorish government for the cap ture of the Austrian vessel Veloce; a fur ther interruption to the trade of ihat coun try is therefore apprehended.” VAL UABLE CIT Y PR OPER T Y FOR SALE. The City Hotel , on Bay Strect % AND the extensive three story building, on Johnston's Square, occupied by Mrs. Batty, as a Boarding-House, are offered for sale, and terms made known on application at the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank. It the above property be not sold previous to Wednesday the oth of May; it will be offered at auction on that day. W. W. BAKER. april 23 Cashier. LETTER PAPER. Hundred Reams, Fine and Superfine, Hot and Cold Pressed, Letter Paper, just received and for sale by PIIILBRICJK & BAKER. april 24 China, Glass and Earthenware. [ npl’S! subscriber offers for sale, a larije assort,- A rnent of Glass, China and Crockery, suitable Cdr the town or country trade, consisting oi Lon, stooe, china and dining s.'ta Liverpool china do do Rich French china tea sets do English do do Canton china coffeosets Olive breakfast sets Rich cut decanters, with tumblers and wines to match Plain glass shades Cut and colored do. Plain and'eut glass Lamps China and glass water pitchers Glass plates and dishes Champaigne glasses /Fine coolers Jelly glasses China Fruit Baskets /Pith a variety of articles now opening, which forms as complete and general an assortment as [ can be met with in Charleston or any southern city. O 3 Country merchants can be supplied with crates, carefully repacked , which will bear trans portation to any part of the state. This will save their buying broken and unsaleable things, which we always got in crates in the original order. George IV. Coe , april 2 In* Shad’s building WO,HiIO, $15,000, and SIO,OOO. NEW YORK CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY, Class No 4: Was drawn in the city of N. York, on the 23d inst. The drawing will be received on the 3d May. 9 drawn ballots. scheme: I Prize of $3^,000 1 do 15,000 1 do io 000 1 do 5,000 1 do 4,000 10 do 1.000 10 do <5oO 10 do 500 10 do 400 10 do 300 29 do 200 51 do ioo &c. &.c. Tickets sio 00 Halves 5 00 Quarters 2 50 Orders attended to at EPPIJNG ER’S Lottery and Exchange Office. april 24 #30,000, $15,000, and SIO,OOO. NEW YORK CONSOLIDATED LOT IERY, CLASS NO. 4, Was drawn in the city of Nero York on the 23 d instant. The di awing will be received on the 3 d May —9 drawn ballots. S C II E M E: 1 Prize of $30,000 1 do 15,000 1 ‘ do 10,000 1 do 5,000 1 do 4,000 10 do 1,000 10 do 600 10 do 500 10 do 4()0 10 do 300 29 do 200 51 do 100 &c. &c. &c. Tickets, $lO 00 Halves, 5 00 Quarters, 2 50 Orders attended to at Lottery and Exchange office. april 24 PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, The Personal Narrative of J . Stephanini , a Native of Arta, in Greece : Ci OMPRISING an account of his own Life and t sufferings after the capture of Patras; the fate of his unfortunate family after the capture of Missolonghi; a view of the chief cities of Greece; the character, manners and customs of the people of Albania, the Turks, Egyptians, and Bedoin Arabs—Published for the benefit of the Author; and by which he proposes to effect his return to bi native country, and if possible to redeem from a distressed situation those of his family who may have survived the Revolution. The character and situation of this gentlemen, with the objeci he has in view, form a strong in ducement to aid him in his undertaking. The work will be published in a duodecimo vo lume of about 108 pages, at $1 per copy. JIT A subscription paper for the above work has been left at the Mercury Office, where names will be received, april 24 Cotton Cords , Brown Sheetings , Spc. BALES white, drab and olive Cotton O&rds fj 4do 2-4 brown Sheeting 25 do Domestic Cotton Shirts For sale by PHILBRICK & BAKER. april 24 FRESH ALMONDS. 4 BALES soft shell Almonds 500 small boxes superior Table Salt Jars Canton Ginger Preserves 5000 lbs superior Bacon half bbls Fulton market Eeef half bbls family mess Pork 25 kegs Philadelphia Crackers 25 do do butter Biscuit Just received and for sale by GAUDRY & LEGRIEL. april 25 c AGENCY OFFICE OF THE Charleston Fire and Marine Insurance Company , SAVANNAH, APRIL 20, 1829. THIS Company continues to Insure against Fire, Marine and River Risk, on moderate terms. Apply to HOMES TUPPER, Agent. april 21 COMMERCIAL. LONDON MARKETS. * Sugars. —The public sales of Mauritius went off without animation, at drooping prices. Coffice. —Th6 market is without change. St. Domingo g<>od pale ordinary, 375.; good to fine ordinary Brazil, 375. a 40s. Indigo.-— The sales are moderate, and without alteration in price. Tallow maintains its price, and very little offer mg; large parcels could readily be sold at 395. 6d. a 395. 9d. on the spot. Corn Exchange, March 2We have an im mense arrival ot foreign Wheat, chiefly Spanish, and our market was exceedingly dull this morning although the factors demand last Monday's prices for fine samples of every kind of wheat, (Spanish excepted,) not on account of the quality being in ferior, for it is quite the contrary, but owing to the want of granary to hold it, and the positive orders from the owners, who are satisfied with the present prices; therefore this kind of wheat was Id. to 2d per quarter lower than on Monday last. Importations during the week. 2.583 quarters si* English wheat, and 37,098 do. foreign; 5,113 sacks of English flour, and 2,071 barrels of American flour. if nsam aat s Savannah, Friday, April 24, 1829. British Dry Goods, 55 a 02£ per cent. adv. Bacon, 6 1-4 a 7 1-2 cents per b. “ Hums 8 a 9c. Butter , 18 20 cts. pet lb. “ Northern, inferior quality, 10 al3 Ragging, Dundee Inverness , 21 a22 cts. “ Tow, 18. Brandy , Cos guar, Otard, Dupuy & Cos. brand, l 50 a 1 00. *’ other brands, $1 a 120— dulL Cotton, Uplands, 8 a 9 1-2 cts ii Sea Islands, 17 a 22, and above for fn& brands. Corn, cargo sales, 48c. retail 50 a56 cts. Ch eesc, none Crockery , 30 a 35 per cent. adv. Coffee, Havana Green, prime, 14 1-2 a 15, scarce; other qualities 12 a 13 1-2- sales. Candles, Northern Mould Tallow, 10 a 11 cts. “ Georgia, 10 “ Sperm, 20 a27 Flour, Philadelphia , Baltimore, Richmond and Alexandria, $8 Gin, Holland , 90 a 115 Northern, 33 a35 Hay, prime Northern, Ist quad. 00 a 65. Hyson Tea, $lO6 a 110 per lb. Iron, SiQede's SIOO a 106 per ton. Lard, 7 u 7 1-2 cts. Lumber,yellow pine Ranging Timber , $3 1-3 a 4 Steam sawed Lumber, $lO a 17 River Lumber, Boards, Planks 4* Scantling sl2 Quartered 1| inch flooring Boards, sl4 0 kite Pine Boards, dear, 17 a 18 Merchantable, $9 a 10 W. O. Hogsheads Staves, sls a 18 R. O. “ lO a 12 Shingles , rafted , 2 1-2 “ boated , 3 Mackerel, No. 1, $6 1-4 “ 2, $5 1-4 •;,] “ 3, $4 1-2 Molasses, W. India, 30 a 32. “ New-Orleans, 34 t Oznaburghs, 9 a 10. “ v Pork, prime , sll Mess , 13 50. Porter, $3 Rice, $2 25 a 2 75. Rum, Jamaica, 90 a 112£. “ West India —none. “ N - England, 32 a35 cts. Soap, yellow, 5 a 8 cents per lb. Sait, cargo sales 40 cts. Sugars, Havana, icliite and Brown Muscovado, 9 a 9 1-2-&. Croix, j a 10J J\ew-Orleans, $8 12. ’ 4 7 Refined Loaf, 10 1-2 a 18 1-2— Lump 15 a 16 Tobacco, Kentucky, Georgia, fyc. 2* a Acts. “ Manufactured do ftun Tallow,6 a Whiskey in bbls. 27. in hds. 25 a 26c. EXCHANGE. England,7 P- ct - V m - Danen Bills, old plate, Beu>-York, 1-2 pr et J per ct. dis. ’ n° mVt ?*l Emission at par. „ Do d f 1 > a 2 JV Carolina S.B. Motes, Bank Checks do £ prem 5 p er ct ( n s * Philadelphia state Bank of Georgia, Baltimore payable at the Branch Rank , l S Bills, 3-8 a i and Milled <r nr ill cla I 1 * per cent. dis. ’ FREIGHTS. Liverpool , 11-lCd | JV. York $ 1$ per bale. trance, 1 1-4 a 1 3-3 e | Providence , £ a 5 8 remarks. Cotton. —Uplands have been in moderate re quest the last week, and what few sales have been made were at low rates. The transactions will probably amount to 1,000 bales, at prices from 8 to 9 1-2 cents, as in quality; mostly at 8 1-4 to 8 3-4; some fine lots at 9 cents, and prime 9 1-4 to 9 12. Strictly prime Cotton continues yery scarce, and is much sought after. Sea Island* have been dull of sale, and the transactions for the week limited. We quote 17 to 22 and up wards. The stock of Cotton was taken on tha 21stinst. and resulted as follows, viz- Uplands, . 22,000 Rales Short returns since, ascer tained in Uplands, about 3 000 do Sea Islands, 3,382 do Total 28,382 Hhs Rice —Since our last there has been a limited demand for this article, and some sales of middling qualities have been made at $2 i-4 to &2 3-8 We quote $2 1-4 to $2 3-4. Groceries V ery little has been done in Gro ceries this week, except for regular trade. Flour.— Several parcels of Howard-street have been sold during the week, at SB. Corn— Since our last several cargoes have arrived. Some cargo sales have been made, at 48 cents; Retailing from store, at 50 to 50 cents according to quantity. Freights —To Liverpool )l-ICd.; to Franco l 1-4 to l 3-8 cents; to New York per bale: to Providence 1-2 to 5-8 cent. BACON. * i o nnn lbs - ? rin ? e Hams > stouidcr* -l * vv* and Middlings—Landmo- from sloop Delight, and for sale by 1* hil brick Baker • april 24 no. 3 mackerel! ONE Hundred bbls. No. 3 Mackerel, landing from ship Helen Mar, and for sale by HALL, SIIAPTER & TUPPER. april 25 FLOUR. 0VL5321.-JJ5’ r S’ -sfflassv-tsrft'i2 [N0.49 —Vol. I.
