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AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MOANING MAY o.
The May Party.
The wintry winds have passed away, and the
■ gentle breeze of Spring, wafting the odour ot
opening flowers, bids us welcome, thrice wel
come, the return of May,—a season which, to
erery buoyant, sportive and innocent youth, is
the most joyous period of the year, ’listhen, .
all nature puts on her brightest livery, anu in
vites to scenes of mirth and innocent enjoyment, ,
whieh the customs of centuries have perpetuat
ed and sanctioned ; and they come to us hal
loaed by the thousand associations, their anti
quity and the bright and blooming lace of na
ture arc so beautifully calculated to inspire in
the hearts of those, to whom the ever-fruitful fu
ture is full of promise. Such is May day, anu
such the feelings it inspires in the swelling
breasts of innocent yeutli, wherever this time
honored festival is observed, shall we, then
attempt to describe the smiles which lighted up
the.faces, and gave new' and more brilliant cor
ruscations.to the sparkling eyes of beauty, in
that joyous group who mingled in the merry
dance at the May Party of Mrs. H. L. Moise,
at'Mr. Parson’s Saloon on Monday night
’till long after the unerring hand ot the dial toL
the midnight hour? The effort were vain; foi
nolanguage of ours, vivid as the scene in all its
brilliancy now flits before our enraptured ima
gination, could convey to those not present ..
faint idea of the reality. But we may essay a
more humble task, and repeat a brief sketch 01
those who contributed to render the scene one,
Which the uiiad could contemplate with such
unalloyed pleasure. There, youth, with all its
fascinations, sported in its innocence, and
beaming with delight at the dazzling scene with
Which:it was surrounded, thought only of the
present, forgetting alike the past, as it shunned
the contemplation of the golden future, with its
promises, its shoals and its quicksands.—Tne
Belle, lost in admiration of the brilliant seem
in which she whirled, and upon which her rav
ished eyes dwelt with delight ineffable, for
got the influence ot her charms, and the potency
of her lustrous eyes!—The Beau his artfully de
vised stratagems, and the Bachelor his calculat
ing diplomacy.— The Student, exhausted with
continued mental effort, there sought relaxa
tion; the Merchant, wearied with the calcula
tion of the counting-room, wandered thither,
and, for a time, forgot the rates of State Stock*
and Central Bank bills, nor heeded the bank no
tices which were suspended over his desk.—
The Artist, too, ever ready to mingle the poetry
with the realities of life, found there a recre tinn
as innocent as it was grateful. Those, too, of
-maturer age, and those whose locks bore the im
press of accumulated years, mingled in the
.assemblage to dignify, and to manifest their
approbation of the festivities. —All, all, for a
time, seemed to revel in a scene of unsurpassed
beauty and unalloyed pleasure.
From the Baltimore American.
American Cotton Fabrics.
A vessel cleared lately at Boston fbr London
with four hundred bales of drillings on board,
which are believed to be the first American cot
ton fabrics sent to Great Britain.—This inci
dent in itself marks an important epoch, and
shows already what great results the tariff poli
cy has accomplished in reference to a particu
lar branch of manufacture. That similar re
sults will mark the progress ot American in
dustry and ingenuity in other branches of man
ufacturing and mechanical labor, there need be
no doubt, provided only that a consistent and
wise policy be maintained by the Government.
When the friends of dome-tic industry in foi
mer years declared their conviction that with
an efficient tariff our home industry would by
and by come to sustain itself without needing
especial protection, it was thought by many that
this notion was utterly fallacious, and that it
■was used merely as an argument for the occa r
sion, without any actual belief in its truth on
the part of those who used it. But what do
facts nov. prove in reference to the coarser cot
ton fabrics ? Our manufacturers are sending
large quantities of them to China; very exten
sive shipments lor that market have been made
within a month past. The supply for our home
market is not only furnished by our own manu
facturers, but in foreign markets, where no dis
criminating duties give advantages to our fab
rics over those of England, we are able to com
pete successfully and to control the market.
The following extract from the speech of
Robert Greg, Esq., at a great meeting of cotton
manufacturers at Manchester in 1841, has been
quoted recently in the Boston Daily Advertiser.
Mr. Greg is himself one of the largest cotton
spinners in the world:
“There are in the United States 900 cotton
mills; a capital ot £IU,UUO,OOV sterling (®50,-
000,000) is invested in tne cotton manufacture ;
they have nearly 40,000 looms, and produce
350,000,000 yards in a year. Anu 1 can state
also, on the very best authority, tnat the Lowell
mills, which consume 00,000 bates (out ol 300,-
000, the total consumption) produce a greater
quantity of yarn and cloth, by each spindle anu
each loom, in a given time, than is pioduceu by
any other mills in the world. They turn off fif
ty yards a day in all their looms at Lowell, ana
we all know that no English mills produce any
thing like that quantity. To be sure, they work
rather longer hours than we do here. They
Work at Lowell 73$ hoursa week, in other mills
in America about 75$ hours. 1 got a return
only last week from a friend ol mine, who has
been at Lou ell, olthe work performed in the
last new mills which have been built there.—
We are familiar with tne coarse mills that we
all used to make immense quantities ot at one
time to supply pantaloon stuns tor the India anu
China markets, and now they are used all ovei
America, and which, not veiy many years ago,
the house in which 1 am concerned, useu to
make and ship to a great extent. Ihe new
mills at Low-ell produce those at 3|d per pound
from the cotton, 6J cents, (in the other mills 7c.)
which, with the cotton, brings the cost to 9Jd
per pound for those articles. As to the advan
tage they have over us, I do not exaggerate
when I state it at upwards of Id per pound in
cotton alone; the freight to the American mills
being about half the at erage freight to England,
and there is our duty and othei expenses. In
the concern in which 1 am interested, the extra
tax paid, owing to the high price of flour, a
mounts to a tax ol £I,OOO a year upon our mills
as compared with their mills in America.—
[Hear.] Then their water-power costs at the
highest rate £3 10s. per horse po« er; while the
lowest rate in this country is £l3 per horse pow
er I have not the smallest donbr, indeed lam
prepared to prove, that they can produce coarse
domestics, drills, and every thing ot that kind,
at least IJd cheaper than we can. [Hear.]—
They have beaten us out of the India and Citi
nese markets; of course they produce tor all
their own consumption, and, after a little while,
• I have little doubt that we shall have them in
troduced very largely here. [Hear ] The last
thing they will do is to attack the enemy in bis
own camp; but I am quite sure that we shall
see it by and by; of that 1 think there cannut be
a doubt. The rate of wages is considerably
higher there; but the great obstacle to the rapid
spread of production in the American mills is
the difficulty of getting more spinners. When
they get self-acting mules that difficulty vanish
es. We must make up our minds to prepare
for the loss of these markets; it is ot no use to
disguise the fact; it is of no use of any of us
saying ‘I can hold out as long as my neighbor;
there is nothing for it but to push the weaker
ones to the wall. 1 That is an idle and selfish
way of expression, to say no worse of it, which
■1 regret too many of us have been indulging in.
[Hear.] Let us take care that the strong be I
not also pushed to the wall; because we may
depend upon it that, in production, there are
stronger countries than we are; and it we are,
as a country, the weaker one, we shall all go to
the wall together.”
All the statements made by Mr. Greg are I e
lieved to be correct. The self-acting Mule to
which he refers, has been introduced, and will
doubtless be adopted throughout the country,
particularly in the manufacture of fine goods.
“In every description ot cotton and woollen
goods,” says the article in the Advertiser, “since
December, 1841, there have been great reduc
tions in the cost of manufacturing. Further
improvements will be made in the preparation,
as well as in the spinning and weaving of cot
ton, which will materially reduce the cost ol
production. The hard times through which we
have passed and are passing, have taxed the
wits of our ingenious mechanics, and wb« has
appeared to us a great misfortune may, in the
end, prove ofhigh advantage by opening foreign
markets for our products, which could not be ■
the case while we were in a state of apparently t
tint highest prosperity.” J
Election Returns.
The following is the result of the election
held in this county, on Monday, for Tax Col
lector.
M tn H H
sp ° o
orq 2* d. 3 £
CANDIDATES. g -• ITO £ g &
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,ob. rt A. Watkins,... .457 38 50 24 5 574
William Longstreet,... .334 256 743 442
A Heavy Verdict.—Case or Jesse Hoyt
—The N. Y. Express contains the charge of
Judge Thompson in the case of the United
States vs. Jesse Hoyt, in which case a verdict
has been rendered in favor ot the Govemmen
for two hundred and twenty thousand eight hun
dred and thirty-seven dollars, which nearly a
mottnts to the original claimset up by the Treas
ury Department as the balance due.
Another Steamboat Disaster.—The Mo
ile Advertiser of the 28th ult. says:—The
steamer Native, Capt. Wilson, arrived yester
day from Cotton Gin Port, brought intelligence
tnat the steamboat r avorite was snagged and
sunk on Wednesday morning last about 8 o’-
clock, just above McCartny’s Shoals, having
on board a full cargo of cotton. It is suppose
the boat will be a total loss.
Grea. Fire at »Vi mi..giou, N. C.
Chronicle Office, [
April 30,4 o’clock, p. m. J
An extensive and valuable portion of out un
lortunute town has been within the past few
■lours laid in rums by a fire —probably the most
caiamitous one that ever visited it. At least
two uunaeed buildings we think of every kind
.re destroyed, besides an immense deal of prop
erty ot other kinds. Between 11 and 12 to-day,
whilst a very heavy g.ilqof wind was blowing
■loin me bourn, tire greaqr part of the inhabit
ants being at the time eng. ged at the various
Churches, tue roof of the old warehouse known
as McKay’s, on the alley next North of the Bank
of Cape Fear, was discovered to be on fire-
Almost immediately the flames took hold of
other wooden building near by, and swept in a
lew minutes across Princess street, to the dwell
ings oi Mrs. Robinson. Mr. Anderson, and Mr.
Calder, when ail hope was lost of saving any ot
the Northern part of the town above these points,
oetween Front and Water and Front and Se
cond street. Onward and onward the flames
• regressed, leaping from building to building
with tearful rapidity. In two hours from the
-line the alarm was given, the fire had reached
the Rail R. ad Depot buildings, a distance ot
thi ee-eighths of a mile Irom where it commenced.
Between Princess street and the Rail Road, and
>econd street and the river, not more than a do
zen buildings are left standing. On the upper
wharves there was an immense quantity ol
country produce, such as naval stores, lumber,
&c., all of which was destroyed. Many fami
lies lost the whole oi their furniture, others a
part. We do not think there was a very great
value in merchandize destroyed, the greater part
being gut out, as the stores were not so directly
in the range of the fire as the dwelling houses.
Many of the houses were among the best in
town, and a very large proportion were valua
ble ones.
The loss by this dreadful fire is estimated at
$300,009. There is insurance to the extent of
45100,000, asss supposed, leaving a sad deficit to
ne borne by our citizens, under all the other de
pressing circumstances of the times.
Annexed is a list of the sufferets. It is not
perhaps entirely accurate, but as nearly so as
we can make it at present.
Dwellings on Front Street.—"Wm H Briggs,
Wm R Larkins, Mrs Robinson, A Martin,
Alex Anderson,Mrs Noyes, Matthew Lawton,
Thos C Miller, E Kidder, Mr. Cason, Jas I
Bryan, Thos N Gautier, Rev. Jesse Jennett,
Samuel Beery, Stephen D Wallace, John Walk
er, house only partly burnt, Wm Calder, Mrs
Meares, Robert H Cowan, P K Dickinson, A
Wannet, Gen J Owen, Mrs Kelly, MrsCollina,
Ross Davis, David Jones’ Hotel.
Also on Front. Street. — Methodist Church,
Alex Mcßae, store-house, Messrs. Grant’s store
Jeffrey & King’s, do, Trask, Rail Road Cos-
fee House, Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road
Co.
All the Rail Road Depot buildings, of every
description, including five Locomotives, some
cars, the bridge over the ravine, and two or three
hundred yards of the road where there were sev
eral tracks. Books and papers saved.
Dwellings on Second Street.— Levin Lane,
John A Davis.
■S’ ores. Offices, Warehouses, 4*c. on Water street.
—Shelton & Mallory, L S Yorke, Mayo,
W C Lord, Wm B Giles & Co, S W Dunham,
Custom House, (books and papers saved,) Jas
I Bryan, E Wessel, Thos Slewart, E Peterson,
O G Parsley and H Baker, John Mcßae, Alex
Webster, David Thally, Geo Costin, Geo W.
Davis, Miles Coslin, Alfred Dudley, John B
Craig, Hall & Armstrong, B F Mitchell, Jesse
Jennetr, John Hall, E Wilson, Jesse Bowden,
Hector McKellar, Mrs Piner, Wm R Larkins,
R Smith.
A Tasty Bachelor.—A young bachelor, in
Lafourche, who proposed for the daughter of a
wealthy planter in that parish, insisted, in his
letter to her father, on receiving with her as a
dower a certain sugar plantation which tl e lat
ter owned; “for,” added the gallant in his letter,
“I should like to take my wife as I do my coffee
—well sweetened
Cleveland, olConnecticut, was up
s< t while riding in a wagon the 25th ult. and fell
so hard on a heap of stones as to break his knee
pan.
Life in the West.—The peculiar appear
ance presented by some of the great steamboats
on tne VV estern waters, crowded as they fre
quently are by all manner of living things, is
thus desci ibeit in the Cincinnati Gazette:
It is a curiosity to see steamers sometimes when
full. They often appear as if they were made
for the same purpose asNoah’s Ark. The Go
ddess ol Liberty, in a late trip to St. Louis looked
like one. She was literally covered and cramm
ed with passengers, horses, cattle hogs, dogs, fur
niture and freight, having on board upwards of
400 men, women and children, more than 6J
horsesand hogs, about 170 dozen chairs, 40 wag
ons and carriages, about 4000 tons freight in the
steamboat and a Weighted keel boat in tow.
A child was born on the passage, seven pigs,
and a calf! So much for emigrating West.
From the N. O. Picayune.
Late from Mexico*
By the schr. Chattahoochie, Capt. Doane, we
have dates one day later tnan uy the Vincennes,
although little auditional news.
Capt. O’Phelan and the two Riddles, taken at
San nntonio last fall, but released lately to the
British Minister came passengers on the Chat
taiiooehie.
It was reported that such of the Mier prison
ers as had been retaken and not shot, had arri
ved at Queretaro on the road to the city of Mex
ico.
? he schr. Win. Penn arrived at Vera Cruz
from Lerma on the 9th inst. with important des
patches for the Mexican government. The na
ture of these despatches could not be ascertain
ed.
A project for another new constitution has
been started by Sama Anna, who has recover
ed from his illness and was about moving out
to Taculaya lor the benefit of his health. He
had otieted Gen. Paredes a seat in the “Junta de
Numbles," but the latter refused in a spirited
manner. Gen. P. is one of the most influential
and dangerous men Santa Anna has to deal
with.
The finances of Mexico are in the most deplo
rable state under the present government and
Santa Anna is pretty much in the situation of
tue soldier who “spent halt a crown out of six
pence a day.” He is raking and scraping all
the money he can, from every source, but still
the expenses exceed the income in the propor
tion ol 85 to s'3.
Nothing is said of the propositions ol Santa
Anna to the Texans. His only object in send
ing these propositions was doubtless to create
divisions in that country, or in other words to
too break up the people into two parties. It
may be recollected that these propositions were
sent to the inhabitants of Texas—not to the gov
ernment.
One of the most important movements of the
Mexican govern nent of late is an order to per
mit the introduction offoreign cotton, to some
considerable amount, into the country, saidcot
ton to pay a duty of $6 per quintal.
The Tyler Party.—The Madisonian labors
earnestly tor “justice to John Tyler.” We cer
tainly cannot object to that, though we would
rather infuse a little mercy into the cup. But
the Madisonian is in earnest, and says:
“But his friends, in whom he confides, and to
whose wishesfit is hoped he will yield, deem it
just and proper if not necessary, that the stigmas
put upon him by defeated Federal Whiggery,
should be expunged by the votes of the Republi
can party. And hence we call for ‘j ustice to
John Tyler.’ ”
This is, of course, a cut direct to the poor
Whigs, without any mercy; so that we may
suppose that the great Tyler party is to be form
ed without a single particle of Whiggery. No
alloy from that source will mingle with the ster
ling metal. Let us, then, see what the other
great party of the nation is to add to this domi
nant portion. The Globe, the great organ ot the
Loco-focos, thus utters a diapason note:
• The Democracy want nothing to do with
such an administration; and the only favorwhieh
the country and the Democracy owe to John
Tyler, is for the exposure of all dishonest and
corrupt men who have shown themselves such
by being bought up to support this administra
tion.”
Truly the “betwixt and betweenity" of the
■Tyler party stands a fine chance ol gathcii ;
strength.— V. S- Gazette.
From the Naw York Express,
Commodore Porter,U> S. Navy.
This gallant officer, one of the bright lumi
naries that lends to the page of American histo
ry a lustre that reflects at once their country’s
glory and their own, was born in Boston. ■re
was the son of a “North-Ender,” and sprang
from that hardy stock whence emanated the
“Liberty Boys, the “Tea Party,” the “Minute
Men” of the earliest revolut onary times. “The
Sailor’s Home” is the name of a Tavern, which
now stands on 'he spot, near Hancock's W harf,
where the future Commodore first drew breath.
The name of Portei first appears conspicu
ously in the history of the American Navy, in
the year 1800, when a Midshipman on board
the “Experiment,” under the gallant Stewart,
he signalized himself in the memorable action
with the Frigate L’lnsurgente. His station in
that engagement was in the forctop, and such
was his conduct that the lack of influential friends
alone is said to have prevented his prefermen .
This, however, was not long in coming. Merit
like his could not be disregarded in that infant
day of our gallant Navy. Upon Commodore
Barron’s coining into command of the “Con
stellation,” Porter was made lieutenant, ..nd
was appointed to the “Experiment” under Cap
tain, on the West Indiastation. Onthisstalion
he signalized himself by many exploits of cool
bravery and gallantry. Receiving from Capt.
Talbot the command of the “Am; hitrite,” a
prize schooner, with five guns and fifteen men,
he captured a French privateer, heavily manned
and armed, with much loss t. the enemy, and
not any whatever to himself. This gave him a
name and a station in the Navy, which he has
never lost, but which in the rapid progress of
advancement, identified him with the most gal
lant spirits in that service.
At the period of the declaration of war against
Great Britain, in 1812, we find Porter a captain,
in command of the “Essex” frigate, 32 guns.—
After the glorious capture ot the “Luerriere,”
by “Old Ironsides,” Capt. Bainbridge (Captain
Hull desiring to be relieved Irom that commad)
was appointed to the latter, and a squadron was
placed under his command, consisting of the
“Essex,” Porter, and the “Hornet,” Lawrence,
i This wap in September, 1812. Bainbr dge is
sued ordprs for the cruise, prescribing to Porter
a certain course, at the end of whk.fi, not meet
ing with the squadron at a specified point, he
was to act at discretion. Thus uirected, Porter
sailed from the Dela are on the 27th October,
1812, and commenced one of the most glorious
cruises recorded in our Navy’s chronicles.
Under the letter of his instructions, he pro
ceededfrom the Delaware to the Brazil coast,
capturing by the way an English packet, which
yielded a large amount in prize money. The
vessel was sent o the United states. He then
scoured the coast to the La Plata, and thence
for the Pacific, arriving at Valparaiso, after a
long succession of bad weather, on the 14th of
March, 1813. Thence he went to the Chilian
and Pei uvian coasts, and encountered a Peru
vian corsair, which he took, and among whose
prisoners he found twenty-four Americans, trie
crews of two whaling vessels taken on the coast
of Chili. Porter threw the pirate’s guns and
ammunition overboard, and freed the prisoners.
He also reco> ered one of the ships taken by the
pirate, as she was going into Lima.
He then pursued his meteor-like course in the
Pacific, doing immense injuiy to the British
commerce in that ocean, capturing many valua
ble cargoes, sending some of the prizes to the
United States, and fitting out others as consorts
in his gallant cruise. With the stripes and stars
at his mast head, he carried his little squadron
into action, and became a perfect scourge to the
enemy in those seas, by the rapid and daring de
vastation committed upon their commerce there.
“A single frigate,” says a recent writer, “was
lording it over the Pacific, roving about the
ocean in saucy defiance of a thousand English
ships, revelling in the spoils of boundless w ealth,
and almost banishing the British flag from those
regions, where it had so long waved proudly
predominant.”
In vain were vessels after vessels sent forth
in pursuit of him. His manner of cruising
baffled their attempts. No traces of his where
abouts did he leave, as now shooting into the
open sea, and now lurking among the islands,
keeping clear of the coast, he ke, t all research
or foe at bay, and went on all the time with his
orilliant exploits. He took possession of an
island in the Pacific, called it Madison’s, (after
the then President,) lougnt with the natives, re
duced, repaired his ship, and having quite refit
ted and restored her, sailed for the Chilian coast
in December, 1813. Thence he wentto Valpa
raiso, and then fell in with British Commodore
Hillyar, with two ships. As he went into the
fiarbor, one of these vessels fell foul of the “Es
sex,” and was at the mercy ol Porter. The
port was a neutral one, and he did not avail
nimselfof this advantage, He was as mag
nanimous as brave, and this conduct earned him
the warm acknowledgment of the British com
mander. While in port, the most social and
friendly relations subsisted between them and
their crews.
The English Commodore put out of port,
keeping his ships together, to avoid a separate
action, and regularly blocxading Porter at Val
paraiso in vain did the latter tiy to get a fight
out of either of his foes singly, tlillyar kept
them snug, determined to give his enemy no ad
vantage. At length the gallant Yankee “put
out;” the foe bore down upon him, and, alter a
most desperate struggle against a far supe
rior force, his g„llant frigate, so long the
terror and scourge ot the British Lion, was cap
tured. His loss was tremendous. Nowhere in
the whole history of naval warfare is there any
record of an action more sanguinary, gallant
and obstinate. The battle was seen from the
heights of the Valparaiso, and all the sympathy
ol the spectators were enlisted in ti.e cause of
the brave commander and crew of the gallant
little frigate, detending herself so bravely against
a greatly superior force.
No battle ever fought upon the land or ocean
more strongly and satistactorily illustrated the
true com age which is innate in the American
character, than this same contest of the “Es
sex” with the “Phebe” and “Cherub.” At its
termination Porter was liberated on his parole,
and returned with the remnant ot his devoted
ciewto the United States, in the “Essex Junior.”
Before he could come into the .port oi N. York,
another British vessel overhauled and took him
prisoner, thus violating the terms of the parole.
Being then at liberty to act as heshould find oc
casion, the intrepid Porter found means to es
cape, landing on Long Island, and was received
by his follow citizens with enthusiastic and
grateful warmth. He was a hero in their eves,
his exploits for the last year having filled all
minds with the highest admiration of his bra
very and gallantry.
The subsequent career of Commodore Porter
is familiar to all our readers. Peace being rati
fied, the life of the most gallant oi our navy
was thenceforth to derive its lustre by reflection
from the past. The hero ofthe “Saucy Essex”
had gathered a harvest of laurels, upon which
his fame could safely repose for all time, and
which he ever stood ready to vindicate anew
the high name his country had acquired in arms,
if need should be, he yes needed no new occa
sion to signalize his claim to lhe remembrance
of posterity, as one of her most gallant defend
ers.
Being appointed by his Government to a dip
lomatic station at Constantinople, he had resi
ded near that capital tor several years, during
which time he had discharged all the duties of
his position acceptably, when on Friday, the 3d
of last month he breathed his last, in a land of
strangers, but not without warm and attached
Iriends around him, to receive his last requests,
and to perform for him the last offices. His
disease nas pleurisy, and for some days prior
to his decease, he had felt sure that that event
was not distant, fetters trom Constantinople,
dated on the day of his death, inlbrm us that it
was his last will that his body should be buried
at the foot of the American flag-stall'. How like
the last request of his compeer, the gallant Law
rence, that that flag should be his shroud I
A deep grave was accordingly prepared be
neath the waving of the banner ol his country;
the diplomatic corps resident at the Turkish
Capitol, with all the Americans in that port,
followed the remains thither, and the earth now
coversthem. But will they be permitted to re
main there? No! The grateful country, for
which the brave Captain lought so long and so
well, will never permit his bones to lie in a for
eign soil. The remains of the gallant deod be
long to the land that has so much reason to be
proud of the deeds of the li 'ing hero; and the
period, we feel assured, is not far distant, when
that country' will reclaim them, to rest, until the
last trumpet sha 1 sound, within the green and
peaceful bosom of that free home, which his
youth and manhood so gallantly defended.
His splendid achievments shall not lang siring the
nerves
Os ail who the blessings of Freedom inherit;
And his be the honors such merit deserves.
And dear to each bosom his death-daring spirit!
The poet’s high strain shall such mem’nes maintain,
And Affection embalm them to Time's latest reign ,
While, roused by the story, our sons shall aspire
To rival such deeds, —and to glow with such tire !
Mctiny.—The N. O. Bee of the 17th ult. says:
We learn that a mutiny broke out on board tlie
ship Metoka, Capt. McLaren, which vessel ar
rived here yesterday from Liverpool, shortly af
ter having left that port. The entire crew were
arrayed against the Captain and two mates, and
had complete possession of the ship. Captain
McLaren when in the neighborhood of St.
T. omas, steered his vessel into that harbor dur
ing the night, and to theirastonishment the crew
found themselves next mt rning within the range
of the guns from the fort. Assistance having
been procured, the men were immediately pla
ced in irons, and delivered over to the charge of
our Consul.
TV The Picayune is responsible for the fol
lowing:
“Why, Jim, what’s the matter?”
"O, not much, Ned. I only underwent a
gouging operation since you saw me last; —
that’s all.”
“And lost an eye, eh?”
“Yes, and although as romantic as ever, I'm
not more than halt as nision-ary!”
“Jim, I have just thought of a conundrum.”
“Let mehearit; I’m death on them doings.”
“W hy is your lost eye like the United States
Bank? D’ye give it up?”
“Yes, I pass.”
“Because it is an ‘obselete cyc-dea !’ ”
“A cd, it I hadn’t taken the pledge I’d treat af
er that, it’s such a good ’uu!”
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 4.
That Roquet.
Our Ah nd T. li.m a tine, warm hearted
Irishman, who never forgets his friends when
basking himself in the bright and sunny spots
ol his sweet scented garden, yesterday sent us one
of the most beautiful Bouquets we have seen
this season, for which he hasourthanksandour
good wishes for his success. The walk to his
garden isa delighful morning or evenings ram
ble and we hope the Ladies will not neglect to
avail themselves of a visit.
A Whig, in the last Georgia Journal, sug
gests the name of the Hon. Roger L. Gamble,
as a suitable candidate for Governor. Georgia
does not contain a man of more sterling honesty
and integrity, or a more devoted patriot, nor one
whom we would more cheerfully and zealously
support, than Roger L. Gamble.
Fine Chewing Tobacco.
The Messrs. Tur, in yesterday laid on our
table a plug of “Mi Weed," (forgetting doubtless
that we had long since abjured it,) which for
delicacy of flavor we have not seen surpassed in
the market, and we cheerfully recommend those
who delight in a delicious quid to call and ex
amine its quality.
Bank of the State of Georgia.
The Savannah Georgian of Tuesday, says:—
At an election of Directors for this Institution,
held yesterday,
*C. P. Richardson, George Cumming,
Michael Dillon, Robert Hutchison,
»Wm. T. Williams, *Noble A. Hardee,
•Benjamin Snider, ’John Stoddard,
were elected.
W. B Bulloch, Esq., Director on the part of
the State.
We learn that Mr. Bulloch yesterday so. ward
ed his resignation to his Excellency Gov. Mc-
Donald.
•New Directors.
National Institcte.—The Picayune says:
—Some of the officers of the United State
Army, stationed in what was the disputed
territory but is now Maine, have presented to
the National Ins.itule at Washington, the head
and horns of a five year old bull-moose and of a
caraboo, the entire skin of a sable or martin,
and of a white weazel, and a lake Kout, all found
in the disputed territory, and prepared for pres
ervation by’ Dr. Isaacs, of the Army. The In
stitute is receiving continual accessions from
abroad, and will in time ow n one of the most in
teresting collections in world.
Whig Meeting.
Madison, May Ist, 1843.
According to previ. us notice, a respectable
portion of the Whig Party oi Morgan county,
assembled at the Court House this day, for the
purpose ot appointing Delegates to the Conven
tion to meet in Milledgeville on the third Mon
day in June next.
On motion of W. O. Saffold, Dr. E. E. Jones
was called to the Chair, and C. R. Hanleiter re
quested to act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been stated
by the Chair, on motion of Wm. O. Saffold,
Esq., it was
Resolved, That a Committee of five be ap
pointed by the Chair, to propose to this meeting
the names of ui table delegates tothe June Con
vention.
W. O. Saffold, Esq., Col. Augustus Reese,
Dr. Hugh J. Ogilby, Benjamin M. Peeples, and
John T. McNeil, Esqs., were appointed said
Committee.
After consultation, the Committee reported
the names of Maj. T bomas D. Speer, Wm. O.
Saffold, Esq., Asariah Bostwick, Esq., and Jno.
A. Brougluon, E.-q.; who were accordingly ac
cepted as Delegates, with power to fill such va
cancies as might occur in their delegation.
On motion of Col. Reese, it was made the
Secretary’s duty to notify the several Delegates
chosen, of their appointment.
, On motion, Resolved, That the proceedings
of this meeting be published in the Southern
Miscellany and Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel.
I'he meeting then adjourned.
,_. E...E. Js>NEs, Chairjna” -
C. R. Hanleiter, Secretary’.
Loss of the Constitution or Boston.—
We learn Irom the Merchants’Exchange books
that the ship Constitution, Peabody, from Ha
vre for Chatleston, S. C., was abandoned on
the 9th instant, in lai. 23 30, lon. 62 30, with 12
feet water in her hold. She sprung aleak in
consequence ol heavy gales which caused the
ballast to shift, and when the crew left her she
was on her beam ends. On the same day she
fell in with a Danish brig from Santa Cruz, lor
Copenhagen, and three days alter the crew were
transferred to the whale ship Caledonia, and
arrived al Stonington. Ihe Constitution had
on board $42,000 in gold, which was saved—
had no other cargo. Insured at the Neptune
and Tremont Oilices in this city for $15,000. —
Boston Democrat.
Tatnall’s Sword.
May day in Savannah was observed as a
gala day by the Volunteer companies of the city,
to one of which “the Guards” was presented the
sword of their former, high sou led and distin
guished Commander, the Hon. Edward F. Tat
nall, to whose memory the Georgian, in anolice
of the interesting ceremony, pays the following
well merited tribute:
“Yesterday was a lovely spring day. We
panted like the caged bird to escape from con
finement ana revel m the sunshine. But this
luxury was denied us. We therefore, as tar as
we could drank in the notes of martial music,
which, ever and anon, throughout the day, sal
uted our ears.
Hearing that the Sword of Tattnall, whose
name is identified with every thing manly, chi
valrous and brave, was to be presented to The
Guares, we escaped for a brief period from our
desk, and witnessed the presentation.
T he Guans wete drawn up on their parade
ground, in double rank, the standard ot the Corps,
wrought by female patriotism and beauty, occu
pying, with its gi aceful folds, the position as
signed it,
Capt. Bowen,{attended by ex-Captains Jack
son and Robertson, appealed in front, and in an
address replete with feeling, and glowing with
admiration lor the gallant dead, presented to the
corps the weapon which, in the liardsol Tatnall,
was ever ready to do battle against the enemies
ol his country, or to honor that count, y’s friends.
\V e well remember with what pride he, at the
head of the Guares, welcomed the Nation’s
guest to our city, and evinced the enthusiasm ol
the soldier, whose habiliments he had asst med
with “hot haste,” alter icpie.-efi.iug tusLity and
State in the councils of the Nation. Ten years
since the Guans honored his memory by laying
the corner stone of a monument, who e obelisk
peers among the ancestral oaks of his own Bor ..-
venture, 't hey had previously, when the spirit
•f Tattnall foisLok itsearthly tenement and sped
its way to blighter wo, l.is, escorted the remains
of this gallala sulutci, Ifos ,01110111. l.epieseliu.-
tive, ol his kindred. In lite The Guans loved,
and admired him for his manly and noble heart,
in death they cherish the memory ot his virtues,
and although younger men, have mostly occu
pied the places of the Guans of Tattnall, there
are many remaining whose admiration of his
virtues sei ves to kindle in the bosom of theyoung
soldier a reverential regard for their predecessor
in arms.
Let the memory of his virtues be consecrated
in the affections of each one w ho wears the uni
form of the corps, for bis Iriendship was not
guaged by the contents ot another’s purse, or ihe
influence throw n around wealth and station, but
his heart was nobly inspired to yearn towards a
friend, when the clouds of adversity overhung his
path.
Throwing up a lucrative office but '.hen re
cenily conlerred upon him, he spurned the allure
ments of wealth and its consequence, power over
weak minds and accepted a commission in his
country’s service. In theonly skirmish in w hich
he was engaged, he exhibited a gallantry which
to display, needed but opportunity to be afford
ed.
His brother, Commander Tattnall, presented
his sword to the Guards, and in their keeping
its blade we are sure, will not be tainted by dis
honor.”
From Newfoundland. —Capt. Mcßumie, of
the British brig Buflalo, arrived at New York
on Wednesday from St: Johns, N. F., which
port he left on the 11th instant, informs us that
accounts had reached that place just, before he
left, that from eleven to twelve sailing vessels
belonging to different outports, had been lost in
the ice, with several of their crews; caused by
the heavy Northeastgalesdrivingthe ice toward
the shore.
One of the passengers lost at the time the
Harry of the West collapsed her flue was a Mr.
Foster, oflhe mercantile flrmofFoster AGiraud
of New York. The American Eagle, publish
ed at Memphis, says that Mr. F. became so a
larmed that after the accident occurred he walk
ed to the stern of the boatand jumped overboard.
He is represented to have been a very intelligent
gentleman, and eminent in his profession. The
editor of he Eagle exonerates Capt Van Houten
from all blame, and intimates that the accident
was one that no prudence or foresight could guard
against. — Pic.
■BS-SB"Si
Virginia Election.
We surrender our columns this morning says
the Richmond Whig, to the details of the late
elections—so far as they have come to hand.
The returns, tho’not incisive, indicate, what
we foretold they would, a rapid ad ance of the
Whig cause in the potuflar affection. Without
any general rally, and with a strong indisposi
tion on the part of many Whigs to have a ma
jority, yet such was the disgust inspired by the
conduct of the late Locoloco Legislature, that
the Whigs are in imminentperilofbeingthrown
into a majority. Thev have already gained
seven members of the House of Delegates—and
at every point—save Norfolk County alone—
they more than maintained the strength of their
best days.
The Congressiouabcanvass in several Dis
tricts has been very^|(msied—and the result in
many of them dose arid doubtful. In this Dis
trict—outrageously gerrymandered, the Loco
loco majority is lessltan 30—including illegal
votes. In the Norfßl*Distrii.t, where Hie Locos
supposed they had sdnie 300 or 4CO majority,
Langhorne (the Whig,) if not elected, is not de
feated by more than'a dozen votes. In the Es
sex District, which was carved out fbr tire es
pecial benefit of the!‘*gtaroithe Rapahannock,”
(R. M. T. Hunter,) tnatbld and noble Whig,
Willoughby Newtotl is certainly elected. In
the Albermarle District —where the waters of
the Roanoke were united with those of the Poto
mac, to stifle the voice of Bedford—nothing but
a three days election in Madison can possibly
save “every inch’ (Governor Gilmer.)
Albemarle District. —The Whig, in a
postscript, adds:—Passengers in the Cars say
that Gilmer's majority in Orange, Green and
Madison, is 508—which will not be sufficient to
meet Goggin's majority in the upper counties.
Others say that Gov. Gilmer had reported that
he went to Bedford 250 ahead. In either event
he is beaten. ,
Halifax District. —A letter from Halifax
states: From all 'I Van learn from the otiier
counties of the jfe®Ct, Mr. Gilmer is certainly
ilß®Ht,T'»O FAR.
The Whigs have gained:—
Albemarle 2
Powhatan 1
Hanover 1
Fauquier 2
Southampton i
Fairfax 1
King & Queen I
9
And lost
Norfolk Co 1
Southampton.
Dr. Carr Bowers, a Whig of the first water, is
elected in ihiscounty, without being a candidate.
The result in this county and Albemarle, where
the Whigs by merely’ “throwing away their
votes,” elected their men, shows what the Whigs
might have done, ii'they had rallied in every
county, or if they had even concentrated their
scattering votes in every county!
From the Chartoteerille Advocate.
Mr. Southall’s Acceptance.
In the following appropriate terms Mr. South
all has handsomely’ accepted the high honor
which has lately been conferred upon him in
such a flattering manner by his fellow citizens
of Albemarle:
TO THE PEOPLE OF ALBEMARLE.
Profoundly sensible of the unexpected and
unsolicited honor whieh you have been pleased,
by the recent election, to confer upon me, way 1
avail myself of the medium ofthe press to de
clare, as I do, in all sincerity my unfeigned and
grateful acknowledgments for so flattering and
so distinguished a token of your respect and con
fidence, I hope, which, whatever may l« my er
rors of j idgment, I shall ever properly appreci
ate and gratefully remember- -which repays me
for past sacrifices in your service and claims
and receives my prompt and cheerful acquies
cence in your will, proclaimed at the polls.
V. W SOUTHALL.
April 29, 1843.
The Election.
The Charlottesville Advocate chronicles the
result in old Albemarle, by which the great
high priest of Loeofocoism in Virginia, Tuos.
Jefferson Randolph, was defeated, in the fol
lowing glowing and eloquent strain:
(t is with feelings of no ordinary satisfaction
of the highest gratification and the sincerest
pleasure that we announced the result of the
election in Albemarle, and the complete and
triumphant victory of the Whigs, on Thursday
last.
Thafday will long be remembered in the po
litical Imstury ot-our eounty. It has been mark
sion’ibr tKmediifig more elevaTeifand ennobling
than metS’pirtiy exultation. It brings back to
the patriot’s heart inspiring hope of a brighter
destiny for his country. Here was a real victo
ry’ achieved by’ the iieople themselves in the
resistless majesty of their strength, in the cause
of truth and justice and in vindication ofthe
great principles ol rational liberty which lie at
the foundation of republicanism and free gov
ernment.
The triumph of of the Whigs in this elec
tion ol April, 1843, long to be remembered in
the annals of Ola Albermarle, has been a tri
umph achieved by the pedpie in opposition to the
polilui/'US,
Never did any party go into a contest with
heavier odds against them than did the Whigs
ol this county. With only one candidate in
the field—and he a plain farmer—an unpreten
ding country gentlanan, wholly unpractised in
debate—unskilled in the weapons of political
warfare—unused t», and proudly disdaining to
employ the arts ofthe intriguer, or the cunning
crafty management of the demagogue lighting,
for one of his inches, with the boldness of a lion
and the manly spirit of a hero, against two of
the most determined and accomplished gladia
tors which the prolific field ol Albemarle poli
tics has ever thrown upon the arena, the tri
umph of himself, ii» .friends and his cause,
under these circumstances, isa triumph of truth
and principle, and a tribute to popular sover
eignty, which is not often inscribed upon the
history of our Republic. The people rallied to
the support of the gnat principles which were
openly and fearlessly avowed in the contest,
and the election of fie Whig champions by
them, afforded lhe noi'est evidence of their ex
alted sense ofthe magnitude of the interests at
stake in the struggle. It may truly be said ol
this election, in the language of the Irish ora
tor, when vindicating the kindred doctrine of
personal right and- iberty, it is the mighty
cause, and not the indvidual advocate, h wever
bold and resolute, whch Ims won the triumph,
and now wears the weafh of victory.
It is not the less gnliiying reflection on this
welcome result, tha the Whigs throughout,
with accustomed holiness, spread their banner
to the breeze, emblazcted in broad and legible
character, with the iistinctive principles of
Whig policy, and ga e their opponents all the
advantages which thy have so often claimed
from a full and candi. and open avowal of our
advocacy of a Nation! Bank, Distribution, the
One Term principle, rn adequate revenue Ta
riff, and the elevationio the Presidency of that
distinguished and exaltdstatesman and patriot,
Henry Clay of Keid-ueki “Clay ana'the Bank,"
as they have so olten sad (ana their new ally,
Gov. Gilmer has learne. ti echo the cry) w ouid
at any time break downtny patty in Albemarle.
They have bad “Clayind the Bank” to their
heart’s content before th people in this canvass,
and “Cl ty and the Batt” have at last proved
the wincing street in wlwh their very political
existence hrs been entorbed. There is retri
butive justice in thi-. 'here was a time when
st-rdi a -y. x.vi v’.: si-reless, would have its
uiigutiLi; ciicci u, ou t.aDe.-t interests and the
vital prosperity ot trie cuntry. But that time
has passed. That spiri has been exorcised
from the people, and thdessons of bitter expe
rience have taught themhat selfish politicians
have too long deceived ml betrayed them, and
they now rise in all the dignity of conscious
strength to assert their o>n power, to vindicate
theirjust claim io sag;ity and intelligence,
and leach the salutaryesson that they know
their own rights and thathey dare to maintain 1
them. i
The circumstances ofhe struggle are known
here, they ought also to ie known to the coun
try at large. Mr. Soutall declined the nomi
tion which was pressedupon him by repealed
calls from the people, 'his arose Irom no in
sensibility to the honor >f their choice, or un
willingness to serve tlm, but from personal
and professional engagoents, which left him
no hope of being able > sustain, to his own
satisfaction, and to that ahis friends, the prom
inent and arduous positic which was thus as
signed to him. In a pub! letter he announced
his readiness most cheenlly to comply with
the public claim upon hii if it should be their
pleasure to elect him withit the labor and sac
rifices of an heated canva. The gallant peo
ple of Albemarle tired ol t: misrule ol the oth
er party, and anxious to rein the just position
of this great central count in the counsels of
the Commonwealth, took in at his word, and
went to the work, with a eal proportioned to
the great object to be accoplished. The grat
ifying result is known.
Mr. Southall, though poessed of uncommon
power as a popular debate and with a weight
of character as a speaker, which no man in
the County can pretend, fii not a single shot,
in the canvass.—He weno no precinct.—He
attended to no public gairing, but with the
patient and unweaiied assiity • f a close stu
dent and a laborious lawytho pored over John
Doe and Richard Roe withe ailigence which
is his wont, and with a cstancy of attention
which has enrolled his me among the most
eminent of his profession four country. Tho
like every other true Wfo'ae felt a deep inter
est in the unequal canteswhich his gallant
friend Brown was waging th the Philistines,
perhaps he little dreamed tUhe pillars of their
temple were soon to be crued to the earth by
the Sampsons who were ented in the common
cause. Under all those cirmstances we have
beaten—beaten them fairl We fought the
battle on the broad and high ground of princi
ple, with lhe weapons of t uth, justice, integrity
and honor, and when we win such a viclory, is
it wonderfill that we should rejoice and invite
all patriots, and especially our Whig brethren
throughout the Commonwealth to join in one
long, loud, united and universal peal, “ Hurrah
FOR Albemarle?”
The Memory of Washington at Vienna.—
Mr. Jenifer's Ball.— ln the New York papers
received yesterday, we find a few additional items
of foreign news, brought by the South America
and Louis Phillippe. We think no American
can read the following description ofa/r/egn cn
by our Minister at Vienna on the occasion of
Washington’s birthday, without a feeling olex
ultation that the memory ofthe immortal patriot
should be so honored abroad, and particularly
in the proud capitol ol an absolute monarchy
The account is taken from Galignani’s Messen
ger :
“Yesterday, 22d, Mr. Jenifer, the Minister of
the United States at Vienna, gave a ball in hon
or of Washington’s birthday. Her Highness
Princess Metternich did the honors ol reception
as lady patroness. Among the guests was the
distinguished veteran soldier, his Imperial High
ness the Archduke Charles, accompanied by his
son, the Archduke Frederick, and their suits.
It was gratifying to see one ofthe most celebra
ted soldiers of Europe showing respect to the
memory of the most renowned of America.
The Prince Altieri, Apostolical Nuncio; the
Ambaasadors of England, France and Turkey;
their Royal Highnessess lhe Prince of Wassa,
the Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden and the
Prince of Nassau, who are passing the winter in
Vienna; the foreign Ministers of the different
Courts of Europe, with many of the most di tin
guished ofthe Austrian and Hungarian nobili
ty of both sexes, honored the dav by their pres
ence. A fine marble bnst of ’Washington was
conspicuously placed, surrounded by flowers and
evergreens, which attracted much attention.
The arrangement of the dancing saloon and
ladies' toilet were tastefully and elegantly made
under the direction of her Highness Princess
Metternich, whose affable, graceful and
tied manner of reception throughout the evening
elicited the admiration of all; and it was gener
ally remarked that the Princess never looked
more beautiful aud fascinating.—Thecompanv
consisted of about 230 ofthe elite and beauty of
Vienna. The night was gay and animated’ in
the extreme, and the dance kept up with spirit
until five in the morning.
The absence of Prince Metternich was deep
ly lamented, he having expressed his own sin
cere regret, not having been able to attend either
of the Court balls during the season.—Thus in
Vienna has Washington’s birthday been cele
brated evincing that the great and good men of
every age are appreciated by the intelligent and
noble of every countiy. The American Minis
ter used every exertion to render the evening
agreeable to his distinguished guests, and has
ample cause to be gratified at his success; and
the American nation should be proud to know
that the name of Washington is held in the high
est respect in Europe as well as in America.
The tall opened with Wash.ngton’s march, er.,
ecuted by Strauss and his band. His Imperial
Highness Arch Duke Charles and Prince M.et
ernich headed the Polonaise.”
Precocious Geniuses— Filial Affection. —
“Jim, how’s your ma?”
“She’s fat and strong—how’s yours?”
“Feeble enough. I’ve got so that I can lick
her now, and have every thing my own way.—
You don't see me goin’ errands and doin’ chores
about home like you used to!”
The Picayune told that.
Opium Smugglers at Canton. —The Liver
pool Mercury endorses the opinion that the En
glish merchants at Canton, are all to a man,
smugglers ot opium; and that they had previous
to the late riots, pursued such a course as to en
danger the peace of thetwo (Chinese and British)
nations.
: To Smokers.—Blackwood—better authority
■ in such matters than in politics—lays down this
• rule: “Never sw«/.e a cigar in mid day!" and
then adds: No better sign can you have than
this of a fellow reckless of decency and beha
viour; a gentleman smokes if he smokes at all,
where be offends not the olfactories of passers
by. Nothing, as he is aware, approaches more
neatly the most uffensive p ersonal insult, than
toconq el gentlemen and ladies to inhale, after
you, the ejected fragrance of vour penny Cuba
or you three halfpenny mild Havana.”
From lhe Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Last Silver Spoeu.
AN INCIDENT OF REAL LU'S.
An incident of a deeply interesting nz.ture
passed under our observation not a great while
since. The pressure ot the times, the leases by
banks, by the explosion of stock bubbles, ana
the depreciation of property, have, ?.s we all
know, produced many touching and painful ca
ses ol aisiress. The rich have become poor,
want, and matry a father who had devoted the
flower of bis life to the accumulation ofa mod
erate independence, and who had with pride and
joy watched the growth of his children; dearer
in some cases than lite itself, has suffered deep
ly and keenly. It is too often the error, more
over, ot fond and indulgent parents, to unfit
tfieir offspring for the reverses of fortune. They
train them up like hot-house plants, forgetful ol
the cold blasts of misfortune, or indulging the
hope that they at least will escape vicissitude,
an.i not be called upon to labor for their daily
bread. It is in sucn cases, that the arrows of
adversity are felt with the most acuteness, and
the wonder is, not that we occasionally hear ol
a mind too weak to bear up amid the darkness
of despair; but that so many who have been
toppled in an instant, as it were, from high pros
perity to ruin and penury, should still in the
true spirit of philosophy and Christianity, strug
gle nobly and manfully on. Such ordeals are
the true tests of character. If passed through
unscathed, they indicate the possession ofthe no
bler energies of our race, while they also be
speak a proper confidence in Providence, and
in the glorious faith of our religion. How
beautiful does the character of woman shine
forth amidst sorrow and suffering! How her
gentle spirit rises, and acquires new nerve and
fresh vigor, as the clouds of adversity gather!
How she clings with a fidelity which has no
kindred to more earthly things, to the lieings of
her love! What sacrifices she makes! What
trials she submits to, and with a spirit of calm
and patient martyrdom! How she sometimes
lives upon a crust a day, rather than add to the
sufferings of the idol of her heart, or with the
object of relieving the distresses of her children!
But, to our incident.
We happened not long ago, to be sitting in
the room ot afriend.a jeweller and silversmith,
well known to the community as a man of in
tegrity and character. His attention was sud
denly called by the appearance ot an elderly
gentleman, who opened the door of the store,
passed Hastily into the back office where we
were seated, and observing that the store keeper
was not alone, as hastily withdrew. Ourfriend
recognised, called to and followed him. Thev
conversed together for a tew minutes in an un
der tone, and then the store keeper returned to
his little office. We saw that he was agitated
as well as affected. He stammered as he at-
tempted to continue the conversation with us,
and his eye was moistened with a tear. We
looked at him inquiringly—he became more
confused, and finding it impossible to control
his feelings, or explain his conduct, he asked
“Do you know that old gentleman!” We re
plied that we thought we did, but were not quite
certain; and at the same time named an indi
vidual who formerly stood very high in our com
munity ; s a merchant.
“Do you know any thing of his circumstan
ces?”
“Nothing in deui.il; Iml some facts that have
reached us, authorise a belief that he is quite
poor.”
“Poor in lev, res; <*ixled our friend—and he
drew Lu#, !.■•_ ot v>aiUi be uad just depos
ited it a silver spoon.
“This,” he remarked, “is the last of the family
plate. Piece by piece has been sold in this way,
and for many weeks past the spoons have been
disposed of by that worthy but unfortunate man,
with the object of obtaining means wherewith
to go to market. And once, not ten years ago,
lie ranked as a wealthy merchant of Philadel
phia, and kept his carriage. He is now reduc
ed to this pa'inful extremity; has three lovely
daughters, as well as an aged wife, who still
look up to him as their only support, and Heav
en knows what they will do, with this, their last
resource, exhausted.”
Our friend had scarcely concluded this brief
account, when the slight figure of a young fe
male, closely veiled, passed into the store. He
left us again, and was absent for some time. On
reluming, he was evidently more affected than
on the first occasion. And yet, mingled with
the sad expression of his countenance, was an
evident gleam of pleasure at something which
had transpired. His story was a brief one: The
female was the youngest daughter of the old
gentleman. She with her sister had long known
her father’s distress, but not in its full reality.
They had seeen their luxuries depart from them,
one by one, and instead of murmuring, had re
joiced that they were able so well to spare them.
On the morning of the day in question however,
the mother came to them in tears, and told lhe
whole story—adding that the last spoon had just
been borne away in the manner and for the pur
pose described. The poor girls were deeply
touched; bfit tjie intelligence was not altogether
unexpected—for they had long vainly endeavor
ed to close their eyes to the truth of the changed
condition of their father. Their determmation
was speedily taken. They had still leftmany
jewels, such as ear and finger rings, bracelets
and necklaces, relics of former days and more
affluent circumstances. These they gathered
together, and the object of the youngest ii» vis
iting our friend, was to sell them fox whatever
they would bring, and place the taonev in the
nands of the ruined merchaai. The jeweller
gave a liberal price, fox Unoiwing all the circum
stances of the his heart softened like that
ot a chihl. and thanked God, as he related the
little incident, that he possessed the means of
assisting,evea indirectly, a family every wav
worthy, and whose members in the day qftheli
prosperity, never turned the beggar Hom the
door empty-handed. 4
Sovereign Remedies.-- A foreign paper gives
the following as sovereign remedieslor afflicting
diseases:—For the gout, toast and waler; whoop
ing cough, ipecacuanha; bile, exetcise; corns,
easy shoes, blue devils, employment; rheuma
tism, new flannel and patience; tooth-ache, pluck
it out; debt, retrenchment; love, mrtrimony.
Qlere.—Dees not the last remedy often pro
duce a disease infinitely worse than lhe first.
This question is only proposed to married men
—hold all say yesat once.— Ed. Citron.
ICr A man may be ruined in a thousand ways;
but lhe following paragraph, which comes to us
by the lat* arrival from England, tells of an ex-,
traordinary source of misfortune:
It was stated in the Insolvent Debtors’ Court,
in London, by a Mr. Bartlet, hairdresser, Regent
street, that his insolvency was attributable tothe
recent change of fashion in ladies’ hair. The
ringlets, he said, wene the most profitable, and
the plain bands introduced by her Majesty w ere
the ruin oi the hair dressers.
I'\om the N. O. Picayune.
Letter from Pardon Jones.
Up the Coast, April the 24th, 1843.
My Dear Pic—How du you cum on, voo por
ty voo, as the Frenchman says, in this nice
weather? Have you planted your petaters,
-white beans and garden sass yet? if you haitu,
you’d Ix tter lie about it, for it’s high time that
every thing was growin. I’n Capting Porter
has been as bizzy as bees these tew weeks, set
lin Gungs tu right in the garden, and studdyin
agyyrycultur, and the science of raisin fowls,
anxf so on. I seek most all of the newspapers;
iuLuzyanny has got to be dreadful lamed ooul
farmin all tu once, and they’ve rummaged over
all the old almynacks sense thirty years, tu git
pieces to show how they raise hay and sheep,
and cattle in the climates round 'towards toe
north pole, for the instruction of .Southern plan
ters ! This is all very useful and interestin,
for the folks in the South often wonder how tlie
people work it tu live up in those cold regions.
Mebby you’d like to be in fashion, and print s«i
thin 'bout aggrycnltur; if you want tu, here’s
I’n Ca pt mg Potter's experieneh, etc., that you're
welkum tu.
Fust. — If you want tu spade up a garden,
you’d better le c a strong nigger du it; for I’n lhe
Capting tried that tu our satisfaction, and it
wouldn’t du at all. The old man begun fust,
with his co: it and hat on, and took six spade
fulls; then tbrowed off his hat; then his coat;
his westcoi t; rolled up his sleeves; pulled off'
his wig; s weat like a boss ’bout twenty minets,
and then ’vent into the cool shade ot lhe gallery,
took a drink of brandy and water, washed his
face, lit. a cigar, and decided “that the aboli
tionists. ofthe North was a set ofd d fools.
They don’t know w-hat they’re a talkin ’bout,
halt on ’em,” says he; “now- a nigger would a
spa’Jed there half a day and not winked at it;
bux I only .spaded up a place ’bout as big as a
f’jur-plated table, and—-jest look at my trowsers
’round the waisbuns, —if they aim wringin wet!”
The best way tu plant a garden, if you want tu
du it youtrself, is, tu let a nigger du the spadin,
raking pliuitin, e<c. etc., and you du the rest, in
the cool of the evenin; and yet, you musn’t be
tu lazy. We’ve got a neighbor here, so lazy
that he sends a little nigger out every morn in to
pull up some little trees that he sot out this
spring, and bring ’em in, so’st he can see if they
grow enny t That’s “runnin on’t into the
ground,” as the newspapers say. Directions
for plantin ga.rden sass: don’t plant tu airly, nor
tu late in the season ; be keerlul ’bout that.-
Plant the rite land of seeds, for that’s important.
You can larn rJI the rest from the Northern ag
gTycultral newspapers—the further North tlie
better.
Chicksns.—lmportant discovery of an an
shunt custom o f raisih chickens without no fath
er or mother <or human bein to protect ’em! —
Great nat’ral i nstinct and unparalleled instance
of pure disinterestedness on record !
Capting Pot 1 er has jest made a discovery that
has filled him with wonder and astonishment,
and he has already written over more’n a quire
of paper, under the title of “Essay on Chick
ens, &c. By < Japting Nathan Potter, author of
several interes tin unpublished works.”
A. tew days ago, the Capting received a syn
onymous letter, written in a lady’s hand, tellin
him that chici tens could be raised without fath
er, mother, or other protector, and described
how it could be- done —axin him to try it, and
tu write an cs:?ay ’bout it, and sign in herself
“Chloe of the Cottage.” Well, I’n he went out tu
the chicken pen, and begin tu look round. Tew
hens had jest ha tchtd, and a turkey’s eggs was
jest beginnin tu pip. “Now,” says the Capting,
“where’s that long-legged, long-tailed, peak
headed capon tha t was runnin round here j at
now, lookin like Ichabod Crane, of Sleepy Hol
ler? 1 want Aim.” We cornered him up, and
ketched him, art er runnin round the yard three
or four limes art*-r him. “Now,” says the Cap
ting, looking ver y wise and mysterious—“noir
bring me tew tali ie-spaonfulls oi that old whis
key, (and —a let. le in a glass by itself, for I’m
desput hot, runnlF) Now hold lhe cap'’”’-
mourn open, any i let me put a leetie whiskey
down his throat; it will change the critter’s na
tur entirely, and make a philanthropist of him!
This is the genny wine milk of human kindness,
as you’ll soon sw !” The whiskey soon made
the poor critter ar unk, and he acted a good deal
more awkward than ever. The Capting then
took four or five chickens out of the nest, and
shet ’em up wish the drunken capon in a barrel.
When the capon come tu, I spent he must have
been dreamin that he was a ben, and had hatch
ed out a nest of chickenu, for he clucked over
them he had with him, and acted jest like a
mother tu ’em ! We put all the chickens, thir
ty in number, with him then, and he took ’em
allund-erhis keer, as if he hadn’t done nothin
but lay and hatch all his lifetime. He took lhe
turkies, tu, as soon’s they was hatched, and now
he has thirty chickens and seventeen young tur
kies rumnin alter him, and he hovers them at
night, and scratches for ’em in the day, and calls
’em, and looks as proud and benevolent over
’em as a pious bachelor with a lammerly of or
phans! .”he tew old hens and turkey have got
nothin tu >iu now but go tu layin agin.
Rule.— Take a capon and give him ’bout tew
spoonfulls of whiskey, and shut him up with
three or four young chickens that haint been out
of the nest and don’t know their mother. The
next moulin put the capon in a pen by himself,
with as many chickens as you want him to
raise, a nd'keep him there one day, and let ’em
all out, and be’U take fust rate keer ofthe chick
ens. •
Moral.— Every thing is good forsqthin—even
a dandy is ;;ood for tailors, if he has money nuff
to pay his I alls.
2d. Licker cbapge.? the natur d's man and
beast. It n lakes hewers of wood and drawers
of water out of men bom to command apd di
rect; it ma fees hens out of ci-devant chicken
cocks, and 1 b’Jeeve ’twould make good nurses
out of dandies.
Your l.’rind, &c., Pardon Jones.
the New "York Mirrur.
THIRTY-FlVE— by n p willis. , 5
year sofb man't life are three score
Oh, weary heart! thou’rt half-way home !
We Man d meridian height !
A* far froi a morning come
As to th- • grave s forgetful night.
Give yout! i and hope a parting tear—
Hope pr praised but to bring us here,
And rear ron takes the guidance uow—
One backx yard look—the last—the last!
One silent tear—for Youth is past !
Who gees with Hope and Passion back ?
Who cor nes with me and .Memory on?
Oh, lonely looks the downward track—
Joy’s qu. (sic hush’d—Hope's roses gone !
To plea**ir eand her giddy troop
Farewell , without a sigh or tear !
But heart j fiver way. and spirits droop.
To think that Love may leave its here !
Have v. e n«r - .-harm when youth u ilown—
Midway to dtaaih left sad alone ?
Yet star ! —»* ’twere a twilight star
That sene it* thread across the wave,
I see a i rigti emrig light from far
Steal cowl a path beyond the grave !
And no c—bl God ! —its golden line
<;*»!» .- o'.-r at.d light- n;y shadowy way,
And shows t.. aand cla. p’d in mine '
But list! w hat those sweet voices say !
The better land's iii light.
And, l.y t# ch .stemng light,
All lore fro vi life is in uw ;y driven,
Save her’s whose silueped hand will bring the on to hea
ven!
PRESENTMENTS.
Georgia, Lincoln. County—Superior Court, April
Term, 1843.
The Grand Jury chosen and sworn for Aoril
Term, 1843, to wit: H
John Bentley, Forman.
James B. Neal, Hardy Leverett,
Jeremiah Paschal, Milton Paschal,
Richard H. Sistrunk, William Albea,’
Henry Ulin, Obadiah Florence
M illiam H Norman, Felix Crosson, ’
Joseph F. Mathews, Alexander Frazer
John Miller, Hezekiah T. Bussey
Peyton W. Norman, William W Stokes
Noah Frazer, Peyton W. Sale, ’
John Benson, Henry Thiess.
Austin J. Davis,
In the name and behalf o the citizens of
Georgia, at the close of their duties, beg leave
to make the following presentments:'
The committees appointed to examine into
the condition of the offices of the Clerks of the
Superior and Inferior Courts, have reported to
the Jury that the books of those officers are
neatly and accurately kept, and brought up as
nearly to the time as the public interest requires.
The committee appointee to examine and re
port upon the County Treasury, in performing
that duty, report that they find that the .said
Treasurer has received the amount of $630 18,
and that he has disbursed, for which he exhibits
satisfactory vouchers, §lO7 07, which said a
mount deducted leaves in his hands as balance
$223 11.
The Grand Jury, in the discharge of those
obligations imperative upon all good citizens
and especially upon those who are considered
the conservators of the pubhe peace and public
morals, feel that they should not suffer the oc
casion to pass, without expressing their grati
fication at the occurrence of so few instances of
violation ot the lavs of the country, which have
come under their immediate notice during the
present term of this Court. They consider that
this fact bespeaks an improvement, which is
creditable to the morals of the community ; and
we sincerely congratulate our fellow-citizens
that such is the fact. <;
With a firm reliance upon that Great Being,
who careth for all His works, and whose pecu
liar province it is to sanctify and bless the use
ol the means placed in our hands for our resto
ration, which are a strict adherence to right,
and persevering and unremitting industry and
rigid economy, together with an inflexible and
inviolable regard for th* performance of all our
obligations to one another, bv which mu ual
confidence n’ill be preserved and maintained
we shall once more see the clouds which now'
lower upon our sky disappear, realize a return
of our former prosp rity, and rejoice together at
our happy deliverance.
The Grand Jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths
aforesaid, in the name and behalf ol the citizens
of Georgia, charge and accuse Thos. A.,Craw
ford, of the county and State aforesaid, with the'
offence of a misdemeanor; for that the said Thos.
did, on the 17th day of January, in the county
aforesaid, in the year eighteen hundred and foi
ty-lhree, retail whiskey or other spirituous
liquors, without liqense from the Inferior Court
of the county aforesaid, it not being a corporate
town or city, whereby said authority to grant
license is vested in the corporate authorities
thereof, contrary to the laws of said State, the
good order, peace and dignity thereof. We beg
leave to call the attention of the Inferior Court
of our county to the condition ot our jail, roads
and bridges, and hope they will not pass it over
so casually as they have heretofore done, but
have them in better order.
In taking leave of his Honor, Judge Andrews,
we tender to him our respects for the prompt
ness with which h? has discharged the duties
devolving upon him, and the facility with which
he has despatched th; business of the Court.
And also to John W. Wilson, the Solicitor
General, we tender our respects for his prompt
attention to the business of the State, and his
attention to this body.
We request that our presentments be publish
ed in the Chronicle &. Sentinel and Constitu
tionalist.
On motion of John W. Wilson, Solictor Ge
neral, It is ordered by the Court, that the Clerk
make out a copy of the presentments of the
Grand Jury, and forward for publication.
True exhibit from the minutes.
HENRY MURRAY, Clerk.
April 25th, 1843.
Statement of the condition of the BANK OF
AVGUS TA, as to ken from its Bools on Aloiv
day, Aprii3, 1843.
'fo Capital Stock, 12,000 shares at
SIOO each, all paid in 1,200.000 00
Notes of this Bank is-
sued 1,100,927 89
Notus of this Bank on
hand 995,322 00
In circulation 105,605 89
Amount due other Banks 1,342 78
Ain'nt dueto individual depositors. 100,190 14
Amount due Stockholders of this
Bank for dividends unclaimed... 7,443 00
Surplus profits, not including inter-
est accrued but uncollected, a
mounting to $38,535 71 60,400 77
1,474,983 58
By bills and notes running to matu-
rity at Augusta 197,460 83
Bills and notes running to maturity
at Savannah and N. York 46,893 50
Total amount of paper running to
maturity 244,354 33
Bills and notes lying over, viz:
Not protested not in
suit or judgment.... 28,616 00
Protested, but not in
suit or judgment.... 23,845 94
Protested and in suit or
judgmEnt 243,035 56-295,497 50
Total amount discounted paper.... 539,851 83
Real estate including
Banking House 68,331 71
Stocks, viz: Georgia R.
R. & B’king C 0.... 224,590 00
Geo. Ins. & Tr. C 0... 3,650 00
Sav. Ins. & Tr. C 0... 8,698 00
Bank of Augusta 19,110 00
Mechanic’s B’k Aug.. 3,600 00
Flint River Land Co.. 1,800 00
Augusta city Bonds... 21,500 00
State Georgia Sterling
Bonds 302,500 00
Notes of Banks in this
State held *n int’st.. 122,692 00
Advances on cotton .. 3,500 00—779,971 71
Total amount of investments 1,319,823 54
Amount due this Bank
by Agentsand Banks
in N. York, Charles
ton, Savannah and
otherplaces 22,196 17
Amount due by other
Banks and Agents .. 8,314 75
Amount due by indi-
viduals on open ac’t. 1,556 74
Total ain't due by B’ks.
Agents and indiv’ls. 32,067 66 32,067 66
Notes of specie paying
Donhs 1U mis Slalc
on hand 9,132 00
Notes of other specie
paying Banks 2,638 00
Specie bolongingtothis Bank in its
vaults, viz:
•Gold coin, former val... .61,341 98
Silver coin 23,314 57
Copper coin 590 28 97,016 83
Total am’t specie and specie funds, 166,106 50
Notes >-f other banks
on hand 11,351 00
Notes on special depo-
site 3,771 00 15,622 00
Protest account 198 75
Incidental expenses 10,254 80
1,474,983 58
Character of the discounted paper belonging
to this Bank, preparatory to the semi-annual re
port to be made to the Governoi:
Os the discounted paper running to
maturity, (including $3,500 for
advances on cotton) we consider
good this amount 246,271 89
Doubtful, this amount 1,182 44
247,854 33
Ofthe paper lying over
we consider good this
amount 225,133 67
Doubted, this amount. 268 97
Bad, this amount 70,094 86
~ 295,497 50
543,351 83
Slalernni l of the condition of the BANK OF ST.
MARY’S and Agencies, on Monday evening,
Apnl 3, 1843.
; DR.
By notes in circulation.sl2o,94s 00
Due depositors 38,693 81
Due agents 24 19
Dividends unpaid .. 793 22
By capital stock paid in ,134,150 00
Prtifits and surplus fund, i
exclusive of $6,200 in-
■ terest account and un
collected 19,188 25 i
Less expenses 4,853 38
Resulting balance between agencies.. .4,220 fiO <
I
$313,161 19
CR.
To specie in vaults of
Bank and Agencie5....98,914 36
Specie in Mobile 7,570 94
Gold bullion. 1,150 73
Notes of other banks 20,085 00
Change bill# 3 31
Bills ot Exchange on En-
gland, maturing 29 141 47
Bills ot exelu.n -e on N.
Yolk 47,376 84
‘Draft on Collector ot Sa-
vannah 800 00
Drafts on U. S. Treasury
Department 12,855 20
Am’t due by other banks
and agents 5,054 37
To real estate 7,935 43
Personal estate 5,927 78
Central R. R. Bonds cost 1,822 60
Unrecovered balance sto-
len notes 2,834 88
Over drafts 426 02
■ * 3,260 90
Bills of exchange on N.
York under protest 3,677 19
Do Charleston do 4,258 05
Do Savannah do 44 89
Notes disc’nted maturing. .7,303 32
past due.... 16,260 77
in suit 6,497 05
in judgment.32,2l7 43
$313,161 19
Surplus of available assets over all
liabilities, except to the stockhol
ders 63,596 06
Total amount of assets above all lia
bilities, except to the stockholders. 152,707 97
Ol the notes and bills discounted. $6,461 80 are
considered doubtful, and $3,008 bad.
Os the $32,217 43 in judgment, $12,730 Ok has
been collected since the 3d of April, 1843.
THE SOUTHERN CULTI-
VATOR, devoted exclusively to Agriculture and
the business of the farm, is published every other
Wednesday, at the office of the Chronicle and
Sentinel, on new type and fine paper, in a form
suitable for binding, at ONE DOLLAR per year,
INVARIABLV IS ADVANCE. m 29
BOOK AND JOB
In all its various branches,
' Neatly arid expeditiously executed at this office J
OBITUARiES.
Died, at his residence in Columbia county, G».
on the morning of the 10th April, in the 75tti
year of his age, Patrick Dovohsrtv, leaving a
large circle of friends and relatives to mourn his
departure.
Mr. Dougherty, for a number of years before
his death, was a consistent, exemplary and devo
ted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and officiated as leader of the class at Shiloh,
near which he lived. He seemed to be sensible
>f approaching dissolution, and often spoke of it
rather with joy than with regret, and to welcome
its visit, than to repel th# invasion upon the cita
del of life, trusting fully in the promise* of God,
Jhjt He would be with him in six troubles, and
in the seventh He would not forsake him. He
was taken on Thursday, and on Monday morn
ing, a few minutes after 10 o’clock, he fell asleep
in Jesus, not a struggle nor a groan escaping
wfo’iHie said s ' the wor <i« of ‘he Poo*.
Jesus can make a dying bed,
wtii B °fJ a8 downy pillows are,
’ e . ? n lli “ breast I lean my head,
M. I.', brcalh . e m >' life out sweetly there.
v,.ii..r »^ One ,bat bourne from whence no tra-
Hvln*. he/l*’ n <° ‘" ore ,0 h" a,;en among the
lA> >n ?nJ di l "J 10 c re 80 fortunate as to live his
h ‘" de - ,h ’ will hail him around his
* hro '' c ' a *nging and shouting anthems
whJdu in 0 .!? r ct< ’| nlly - “ Blessed are the dead
.k ll : henceforth, yea, saith the
spirit they rest from their labors and their works
do follow them.”
u Died, at the same place, on the 17th April, in
the 69th year of her age, Nanc y Dougherty,
consort of the late Patrick Dougherty, leaving
five children rind it large circle of friends to mourn
their loss. .She was a member of the Methodist
Church for many years, and no doubt is enter
tained by the writer of this notice of her piety.
She was an affectionate wife and a tender
mother; she doated on her chillron, undergoing
any privation for their comfort; and although
she was very infirm for several years before her
death, her children will often revert to her mem
ory with sorrow and regret; as a mistress, she
was very indulgent; ns a friend, she was wanu
and sincere in her attachments ; she seemed
anxious to leave the world, and to join her hus
band, who hnd only her one week to
ths land of promise.
Reader, will you be admonished by the provi
dences of God, that you may die the death of the
Christian, and that your “end may be like his,”
“for in such an hour as you think not the Son of
Man cometh.”
QLonuncnial.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Wednesday Evenind, M«, 3.
Cotton.—Wr have had quit, an animated trade in our
cotton market dnring the past week, and aalss to a very
heavy extent have been made at very full prices. Ma
tty of our large planter, who had been holding back
for higher price, have come down and elfered their
crop., which have been very readily sold. The quanti
ty now coming to market u much heavier than it ha.
been for aome time past, and we think lhe present
high rates will add considerably to our stock. The fol
lowing are lhe rates at which most sales are made
Inferior to ordinary 4} ® s], middling to middling fair
s(® 6], fair to good fair 6J® 6|, and choice 7 cis.
Business..-Our market is well supplied with all kinds
of merchandise, and business of all kinds as good as
usual at this season ot lhe year. The number of plant,
era in during the week has caused quite a busy time.
Afoney.—Exchange on New-Y’ork, Charleston and
Savannah ia abundant at all the Banks at par. Central
Bank notes sell from 26® 27 ct. discount; Slate 6
Jg ct. Bonds are much enquired for, and freely coin-
EXCHANGE TABLE.
(«ncti ■ a ais.)
AUGUSTA NOTRB.
Mechanics’ Bank par.
Agency Brunswick Bank «
Bank of Auguata u
Augusta Insurance Ac Banking Company “
Branch Georgia Hail Road «
Branch Stale of Georgia “
SAVANNAH NOTES.
Stale Bank .' a
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank «
Planters’ Bank a
Central Rail Road Bank (ft 101
COUNTRY NOTES.
State Bank Branch, Macon par.
Other Branches Stale Bank >•
Commercial Bank, Macon <•
Brunswick Bank «
Miiledgevill Bank .*
Georgia Rail Hoad Bank, Athens «
City Council of Augusta «
Ruckersville Bank «
Branch Marine and Fire Insurance Bank “
Si. Mary’s Bank “
Branch Central Hail Road Bank. Macon. ®lO dis
Central Bank 27 (a) Ml •■
Exchange Bank of Brunswick ' bio sale.
Insurance Bank of Columbus, Macon.... No sale.
PhtsuiX Bank, Columbus «
Bank of Hawkinsville ,
City Council of Milledgeville Uncertain.
City Council of Columbus “
City Council of Macon “
Monroe Rail Road Bank Broke.
Bank of flatten and Branches “
Chaltahlioocbee It. Road A- Banking Co. *•
Western Bank ol Georgia “
Bank of Columbus n
Planters and Mechanics Bank Columbus. «
Bank of Ocmulgee u
Geoigia 6 Hr cent Bonds lor specie (a) bldg doh
Georgia b (? cent Bonds tor specie None in mat k. I
SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES.
Charleston Banks par.
Bank ol Hamburg t u
Country Banka u
Alabama Notes ’..20 (a> 25 di»
CHECKS.
New York sight p*,-
805t0n.,. ; a.
Philadelphia «
IHltunore <
J-esiiigton. ’.par® A prem
Il ichinoiid, Vs (a) i “
’’•••miati par ® { dis
Choi lesion par® J •■
_ , , Nkw Yonl '> p "■> April 29
Cotton.—l he market opened this week rather dull,
with small daily sales, and a tendency toward decline
lit the rates. It has subsequently however recovered it
self, with a fair amount of bilsinessdoing, and sales to
some extent, to buyers on speculation. The .aids for
the week ending last evening sum up about 5850 bales,
of which say 3150 were Upland and Florida at 51 ® 7‘
cents; IXO Mobile at 5j (a) Bf, 1000 New Orleans at 5}
® Bj, (with some fine lots of the latter two descrip,
tiona at 9(a) 10/ cents) and BOTexas supposed at 6®
cents, short price.
The arrivals during the same period were 5529 bale,;
the prices yesterday were considered is rather fuller
than those ol the day named, being now about Ac high,
er than those current previous to the arrival of the
Britannia.
We cannot quote canal flour to-day at over 65,12 j,
and Michigan at *5, allhough there is little or nene of
the latter tn market. Ohio, via New Orleans, sell, as
wanted at g 5 for choir, rands.
AUGUSTA PRICKS CURRENT.
Wholesale. Retail.
BAGGING, Hemp ...IP yard 16 ® 2U
Tow ■■ “ 12 ® |h
Gunny... “ “ 17 ® yn
BALE H0PE..... “ lb. 0 ® 1/
BADON, Hog reuml “ “ ® t'.l
Hams “ a 7 ® 8
Shoulders 5 ® 7
Side “ 6 ® S
BUTTER, Goshen “ “ 16 » 20
North Carolina... “ 10 ® 15
Country “ 12 ® 20
COFFEE, Green prime Cuba. “ “ 9j ® 121
Ordinary to Good.. “ “ 8 ® 10
Bt. Bom inge “ ** 8 (a) 10
.. ........... “ “ 9 Cd) 14
Porto Rico “ •* 10 Cd) 12*
Java « “ 12* (9 if?
Mocha “ “ 18 (d) *0
CANDLES, Spermaceti •. “ “ 25 (a) '.nt.
Ta110w....* “ “ 12 (d) 20
CHEESE, American “ “ 8 (d) 121
Englikh “ “ none.
CIDER, Northern “ bbl. 900 (d) 950
in boxes “ doz. 3 50 (3) 4 50
CIGARS, Kpanifih. “ M. 15 00 (a) 20 UO
American “ “ 500 Cd) 12 00
CORN “bush. 37* (a) 50
FISH, Herring* “ box. 75 (a) 126
Mackerel No. 1 “ bbl. 12 UH Cti 14 06
“ Na. 2 “ “ 800 (d) 10 00
“ Na. 3 “ “ 600 Cd) 800
FLOUR. < anal « “ 575 Cd 650
Baltimore “ “ 550 (3) GOO
Western “ “ 550 Cd) 600
CouiiUy “ “ 4C3 fa) 350
FEATHERS « lb. kO
GINGER “ “ 10 Cd) 124
GUNPOWDER.....' “ keg. 6 03/9 7 00
; Bi tting “ “ 4 <X» (d) 460
GLASS. 10 x 12 “ box 300 f 2) 350
8k 10 “ “ 2MI (S) 3UU
IRON, liu Ma v wt. 5 00 Cd) 6O>
cder, a»»oited “ “ 450 f> (<_»
* • *’P “ “ 70U Co) BUU
! “ “ OU fd) 8(M
Na.i Rud» •* “ 7CJ Cd) BQD
I.EAD “ lb. 7 (9 s
LEATHER, Sole “ ** 23 fd
Upper “ aide 150 200
Calf Skins « dnz 18 00 Cd) 36 (K)
. LARD « lb. 6 8
MOLASSES, N. Orleans “ gul. 23 fS
Havana “ “ 18 Cd 251
English Island.. M u none.
NAILS « 16. 5* (9 7
OILS, Lamp “ gal. 87j fS 125
Linseed « “ 100 Cd) 125
Tanners “ “ 65 fa) 62
OATS “ bush. 37j Co) 5a
PEAS « “ 50 Cd) 75
PAINTS, Red Lead “ lb. 15 fd)
White Lead “ keg 2 U 0 /a> 3 25
Spanish Brown “lb. -4 Cd)
Yellow Ochre “ 5 (a) 8
PEPPER, Black “ “ 12 ® 13
PORTER. London “ dox. 350 Cd) 450
and Ale, American. “ bbi. 300 fa) 450
RAISINS, Malaga “ box 200 fa) 250
Muscatel u “ 200 fa) 225
nloom ** u none.
RICE, Prime “ cwt. 260 360
Inferior to Good “ “ 175 Ca) 250
SUGAR, New Orleans “lb. 6 f& 5
Havana, white “ 11 124
“ brown “ “ 7 fa) 8
Muscovado “ “ 7 fa) 9
St. Croix “ “ 8 fa) 11
Porto Rico “ “ 7 fa) 9
Lump “ “ 12 fa) 14
Loaf “ “ 124 Cd) 16
Double refined “ “ 14 Cd) 13
SPICE “ “ 9 fS 20
SOAP, American, No. 1 “ “ ti (a)
No. 2 “ “ 4 (3 7
) SALT, Liverpool ground “ bunh. 30 (® 50
“ “ “ sack 1 40 (3) 275
• STEEL. German “ lb. 15 /® 16
Blistered “ “ 8 fa) 124
J BIIOT, allaizea “ Lag 175 fa) 200
SPIRITS, Cognac 4th proof... “ gal. 150 fa) 2 OOfl
. Peach..,. “ “ 100 ® 150
Apple *♦ “ 37 j/® fiO
Gin, Holland “ “ 1 20 fa) 1 So
, “ American. .... “ “ 40 fa) 75
Rum, Jamaica mm 1 26 (® 1 50
“ N. England., mm 35 f® 40
Whiskey,Northern. ** “ <3O fa)
•• Western . “ “ '3O fa) 374
“ Mononga. “ “ 75 (3) 1 00
“ Irish “ “ 200 3 (JO
TOBACCO, N. Carolina “lb. 8 Cd) 15
Virginia “ •• 15 fa) 40
TWINE “ “ 25 fa) 33
TEA, Bohea “ m 50 r® 75
50uch0ng....... mm go fa) 7H
|fy»on.... m m R 0 (fa 125
Gunpowdei “ “ 100 /® 1 25
WINE, Madeira “ gal. 250 360
Sicily Madeira “ u 125 fa) 175
Hherry “ “ 200 Cd) 350
Teneritfe “ “ 75 fa) I
Sweet Malaga mm 40 fg) gn
C1.r.l “ “
“ in bottles •* doz. 300 ® 6QQ
I Charnpaigne •* •• 5 (Y) 12 (g)