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Snake Charmers.
As we strolled through the market place of
Laraiche we met a party of Eisoway, or snalre
channers; they consisted of four Soosys, or na
tives of the province of Soos, three of whom
were musicians, their instruments being long
rude canes resembling in form a flute, but open
at both end', into one of « hich lire performer
blew, producing melancholy but pleasing no'es.
We invited the Eisoway to exhibit their snakes,
to this they readily assented. They commenced
by raising up their hands as if they were hold
ing a book, muttering in unison a prayer ad
dressed to the Deity, and calling upon Seedna
Eiser, who in Morocco is held as '.he patron
saint of snake charmers. Having concluded
his invocation, the music struck up, and the
snake charmerdancedin rapid whirls, which no
Strauss could have kept time to, round the bas
ket containing the reptiles. This basket was
made of cane-work covered with goat-skin.
Slopping suddenly, the snake charmer thrust
his bare arm into the basket, and pulled out a
large black capella, or hooded snake: this lie
handled as if it had been his turban, and pro
ceeded to twine it around his head, dancing as
before, whilst the reptile seemed Io obey his
wishes, by preserving its position on his head.
The cobra was then placed on the ground, and
standing erect on its tail, moved its head to and
fro, apparently keeping lime to the music.
Now whirling round in circles still more rapid
ly than before, the Eisoway again put his hand
into the basket, and pulledout successively, and
placed on the ground, two very poisonous spe
cies of serpents, natives of the deserts of Soos,
called leffa. They were of mottled color, with
black spots, were thick in the body, and not
above two feet and a half or three feet ,ong.
The name of leffa is given, I imagine, bv the
Mogrebbin Arabs to this kind of serpent from
their resemblance, when in the act of darting at
• their prey, to the Arabic letter fa, le being mere
ly the article transposed. These reptiles pro
ved more active and less docile than the cobra :
for, halj’ coiled, and holding their heads in a
slanting position ready foran attack,they watch
ed with sparkling eyes, the movements of the
charmer, darting at him with open jaws every
now and then, as he ventured within their reach,
and throwing forward their body with amazing
velocity, whilst their tails appeared to remain on
the same spot, and then recoiling
The Eisoway warded off with his long balk the
attacks which they made upon his bare legs, and
the leffas seemed to expend their venom upon
the garment.
Now, calling on Seedna Eiser, he seized hold
of one of the two serpents by the nape of
the neck, and danced round with open
ing its jaws with a small stick, he to
the spectators the fangs, from which
a white and oily substance. He then [Wt the
leffa to his arm, which it immediately seized
with itsteeth, whilst the man, making hideous
contortions, as if in pain, whirled around, call
ing on his patron sainT The reptile continued
its bite until the Eisoway took it oft’, and show
ed us the blood which it had drawn. Having
laid the leffa down, he then put the bitten part
of his arm into his mouth, and pressing it with
his teeth, danced for several minutes, whilst the
music played more rapidly than ever, till, ap
parently being quneexhausted, he again halted.
Conceiving that the whole was a trick—that
the lefft had been bereft of its poison, and that
its bite consequently would be as harmless as
that of a rat, I requested to be alb wed to han
dle the serpent.
“Are you an Eisoway?” said the man of
Soos, “or have you steady faith in the power of
our saint?” I replied in the negative.
“ Then,” said he, “ if the snakebite you your ,
hour is come. Bring me a fowl or any anima&j
and 1 will give you a sore proof, ere you .'s
tempt to touch a leffa.” A fowl was brought,
and part ofthe feathers having been plucked,
he serpent was again taken up by the charmer
and allowed to bite the fowl for an instant. The
bird was put on the ground, andadfrer running
around as if in ir fit for about thw-pace of a
minute, tottered and fell dead. ItrJneshbecame
shortly afterwards of ablueish hue. It is need
3ess to spy that alter this I declined handling
the leffa.
i The only way that I can account for the Eiso
ayay escaping unharmed from the bite of the
Stake is, that either he prevents the leffa when
inflhe act <d seizing his arm, from using its
fangs, and that the I food seen is drawn by' the
teeth otjlv of the rs -lie, which are distinct from
its, tangs' ft else that the Eisoway possesses an
actijote to the poison, or that he puts it into his
mouth and applies it to '.be bitten part during
>4he dr :e.
I have frequently witnessed individuals be
longing to the sect of Eisoways, in whose com
pany I have chanced to he during my sporting
expeditions, handle scorpions or poisonous rep
tiles without fear or injury, the animals never
attempting to sting or bite them. Whilst I was
residing at Tangier, a young Moor, who was
witnessing the exploits of a snake charmer, ri
diculed bis prowess as a mere delusion, and
having been dared by the Eisoway to touch one
of hisserpents, the lad ventured into the mystic
ring, was bitten by a leffa, and shortly after
wards expired.”—Wlsterw Barbary—lls Wild
Tribes and Savage Animals, by J. H. Ilrum
mond Hay, Esq.
The following strange story, is vouched lor as
~ & Ü br , n"^., , ! i ; 1 '. r,,i,1f " r lh ‘
“Txppino the Admiral.—A strange article
of die genusAomo came to light in this county
recently, in a manner quite as strange. We
proceed to the particulars:
In th.' autumn of ’43, a gentleman of Natchez
sent to his overseer in this county, a keg marked
“oil,” thinking it such. It was tapped, and in
stead of the whale’s rich juice, the spile poured
forth awst delicious juice of the grape. Many
were the happy times that a few jolly, frolicking
fellows'enjoyed around the rich cask, until to
lheir unquenchable regret, it was dry. Alter
/ this it was used in making vinegar of a superior
e quality, which, in due course of lime was used
up by the negroes, and others, and a new ler
• mentation proposed. The old negroes, however,
declared that there was too much mother in it.
One of the heads was accordingly removed, and
10l instead of the mother, there was the child!—'
a well grown negro child, with two heads, tour
legs, four arms, with but one chest Dr. D n
was sent for, and he relates the scene as pecu
liarly rich when he arrived on the ground.
Riding up, he inquired what was the matter?
The reply was a pointing with the digit of the
left hand towards the cask—that modern Pan
dora's box—accompanied with ugh! oh! eah!a
spasmodic up heaving of the stomach anti all
the usual accompaniments of retching. Some
dozen sable sons of Alric who had partaken of
the choice yinegar, were clustered about in
groops, and singly, all giving evident tokens that
their supper didn’t set well.
Thisdenoue nen’ has set several of our citizens
to thinking, and it is amusing to see with how
much earnestness they deny ever having dined
at the place referred to, or partaken of the goodly
wine. They are all temperate people, if we
may credit their story. The cask and its con
tents were intended, we suppose, for some Mu
seum, but got misdirected. The child is a
wonder, putting Casper Hauser quite in the
ehade, and is wortbv the careful study of the
scientific.— Woodville Republican.
Ansrs Horsemks.—ln one of his letters to the
Savannah Republican, the senior editor of tha
paper, now travelling abroad, mentions an en
counter in the desert with a party of Bedouins,
of whom he thus writes;—
These men were most admirable riders, as are
all the Arabs, without exception, whom 1 have
seen in the East. They ride with a very short
stirrup so short, that to one of us it is incon
ceivable how they have so firm a seat. Their
horses, too, are noble animals, and capable of '
enduring great fatigue, such as ours could not
stand. These Arabs, too, are particularly fond
of “showing oft” whenever they can find spec
tators. In the present case, as in every instance
•where we hired guards, they amused themselves
en. roujejn chasing the gazelles, which, I am
——glad m say, alway.*.£iuU>-a o.- —, -t—., -
nothing else to do they would give their steeds
the rein, and dart off wjth the speed of lightning,
turn their bodies and discharge their muskets
straight towards the rear, while going at lull
speed, and then rein up, and dash back again as
last as they went. Upon the whole, I am dis
posed to think that there is no extravagance in
what we hear of the Arab horses and theii- man
agement. They come nearer to the Centaur
than any thing 1 ever saw elsewhere.
Movssritvrs of Troops.—The operations of
the Army and Navy Departments, show a deter
mination on the part of the Government to
concentrate a strong force in the Goli and on
the Southwestern frontier. A day or two ago
we noticed the arrival at St. Louis of two com
panies of the 31 Regiment of Light Infantry,on
their wav from Fort Leavenworth to Fort
Jesup. The two companies arrived here yes
terday,'on the J. M. While, front St. Louis.
We understand they leave lor Fort Jesup the
first favorable opportunity.' Crescent City.
Grant Tborburn.
This important little personality appears to
enjoy a green old age, and, what is better, a con
tentment and buoyancy quite unusual at bis pe
riod of life. He tells us in a letter to the Boston
Courier, that he thinks he has enjoyed more of
the mercies of a bountiful Providence than ge
nerally falls to the share of manhood. “ During
. fifty years,” be says, “that I have been in
Ametica, I have nut been confined by" sickness
one day. I have threfcapig and three daughters,
mu nnh-ro— ha< given me a sore heart; I
have twenty six grand children—two of them
married. lam now in iny seventy-third year;
my health as good, my personal feelings as com
fortable, and. my heart as light as it was, when
in my twentieth year, and 1 read without spec
tacles.” He appears to look back on his long
Hie with great satisfaction, and the image of his
wife—the wife of his youth, connected’as she
was with the days of his early struggles, appears
to dwell in his recollection with peculiar vivid
ness. He says—“ There is another item among
my mercies, on which I, though Id, look back
with delight; that is, the pretty Yankee girl who
became iny wife, was the first young woman in
whose private company I had spent ten minutes;
yes—and the first whose lips I4ver tasted. You
will laugh at this; be it so, belter laugh than
cry—the merry man lives as long as the sad—
so save Solomon; amt were I to begin my life
anew, 1 would just manage my treaty of peace
with the lasses, alter the same mode and iorm.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 24.
The American Review.—We have receiv
ed the April No. of this excellent and able work.
The following are the contents: The last Chief
Executive; .Thiers' Revolution; Road Song of
Earth’s Travellers ; Hymn tothe Virgin; Some
words with a Mummy ; About Birds; Walton
iana; Valley of Unrest; The City in the Sea ;
Castes and Occupations of India ; Song of a
Country to a City Bird; "I am Sir Oracle”;
How shall life be made the most of; Commer
cial Intercourse with Eastern Asia ; Rail Road
tothe Pacific; Critical Notices; Foreign Mis
cellany.
Convention to Nominate a Candidate for
Governor.—The Georgia Journal proposes
that a Convention be held in Milledgeville on
the fourth Monday in June, (the Monday fol
lowing that on which the Democratic nomina
tion is to be made,) to nominate a candidate tor
Governor, and to take into consideration su*‘h
other business, connected with the same, as
may tend to promote success. “The Demo
crats,” says the Journal, “ will hold their Con
vention, nominate their candidate, and make
strong efforts to insure success at the polls. Un
der such circumstances, what is the duty of the
Whigs? To remain indolent, contented in
their own minds that the man of their choice—
he who is now at the helm of Stale affairs—by
his energetic, able and successful administra
tion, is entitled to the confidence of the people,
and, therefore, to re-election, may be to act un
wisely, and expect too much. Our Whig
friends should be on the alert, and should spare
no effort to promote that which they so confi
dently anticipate and hope for. We should
have a convention—not fur the purpose alone
of obtaining ‘an expression of public opinion,’
for, with the Macon Messenger, we are perfect
ly satisfied that the Whigs ‘ate unanimous in
their choice of a candidate for Governor.’ But
we need a convention to make ‘ assurance dou
bly sure’—we need it, to make the nomination
of a candidate come directly from the people,
and not from the press—to make satisfied all in
vested, and to adhere to the established usage
of the party.”
Ij-Wm. M. Brown, of Crawford county,
was unanimously nominated on lhe22d ult.,as
the Whig candidate forthe27lh Senatorial Dis
trict of Georgia, composed of the counties of
Upson and Crawford.— Pori Gaines Whig.
U. S. Senator from Mississippi.—We learn
from the Oxford Organizer, that the Hon. Jacob
Thompson has resigned the appointment of
Senator received from the Governor. He will
be a candidate for re-election to Congress.
Beautiful Sugar.—The new process is work
ing wonders in the sugar of Louisiana. The
New-York Journal of Commerce says; “We
have at our office a sample of three hundred
packages, made on one plantation, which is
whiter, and on the whole more beautiful than
any sugar ever imported from the West Indies.
The expense of the new procesj'is no more than
that of the old, except for machinery. This
parcel of sugar was received at Philadelphia,
and most of it sold there al cts. lb. A small
portion of it has been brought on here and sold
for 9J a9‘ cts. lb. The highest sale ol St. Croix
sugar yet made, was at 9-j cts.”
Juries.—A writer in the New York Express
urges the abolition ot the “novel ptactice” of
interrogating the person called as Juror, whether
he has formed an opinion on ihe issue in ques
tion, and of excluding him from the Jury box if
he answers in the affirmative. Pie says that a
search has to be made for twelve men who read
no papers, or have no brains with which to form
opinions from what they read, while respectable
and judicious men who happen to have read the
history of the enme in question, are rejected.
Purification of Prisons, &c.—Mr. Double
day, keeper ot the Auburn State Prison, has dis
covered an important improvement for the pu
rification of prisons. He has found that hy
dro sulphate of calcium—common unprepared
ground plaster—has the power of attracting the
offensive parts of all animal effluvia, forming
two new substances, sulphate of ammonia and
■onrhnamn of !»»»», wl, u h are harmless. By the
epilHWllllg W ILUI'y BWIUII quantity u» piuum-m -
places that generate foul air, the adjacent atmos
phere is rendered pure and wholesome.
Anti-Rent Matters.—A home in Anchram
Columbia co., N. Y. was pulled down on Friday
or Saturday last, by seven men, disguised as In
dians. The property had recently been pur
chased by another person, which so incensed the
anti-renters that they met and destroyed the
house.
TV Large fortunes, it is said, have been lately
realized by the advance in the prices of sugar
and molasses. The Boston Post says that
“ holders are firm an’d sweet.”
Q-The number ol French immigrants into
this country is said, by very good authority, to
be greater than that from any other European
country, Germany and Ireland alone excepted.
Louisiana is sa'd to have from 75,000 to 100,-
000; Missouri 40,000; Michigan 20,000; New
York 50,000, and the other States 50,000. This
does not include the great number who came to
this country from Canada, during the recent re
bellion.
ExrnloitniSAttv Fuoricultuhal Curiosity.
—At Mrs. Irlam’s conservatory at Bootle, Liver
pool, there is a camellia from 16to 17 feet high,
and 20 yards in circumference, with upwards
of 4,000 flower buds on it at the present lime.
Somebody's Last.— 11 It is very curious,” said
an old gentleman a few days since to a friend,
“ that a watch should be perfectly dry when it
has a running spring inside.”
yVThe entire estimated of the provisional
expenditure of Canada for 1845 is $2,827,988.
The following are the chief items.
Interest of the public debtssoo,ooo
Sinking Fund 253.000
Civil list 333,000
Upper Canada losses 160,000
The estimated revenue, including the balance
at the credit of the consolidation fund, is $2,731,-
936.
Grisi, the great vocalist, is 45 years of age
and her salary is $60,000 tor six months in
Paris, and the same fcr six months in London.
A large silver mine has been discovered in
tne edge ot G7u>»G7iT:7,ui.,,,
Biver, near the Asheline, some 25 miles NE
from Jefferson, N. C., and 20 miles S\V- irom
Grayson Court House. A smelting furnace is
about to be erected at the mine.
McCurry, the murderer of Roux, is to
be hanged on the 27th ot June.
Ulf The following is said to be a new order
of the Postmaster General. It will be very con
venient fur publishers :
“ Money for newspaper subscriptions, not
exceeding $lO in each case, may be paid to a
Postmaster for the purpose of being paid to the
publisher of r. newspaper at any other office.
The Postmaster is, in such case, to give to the
person paying the money, a receipt therelor,
and to advise forthwith the Postmaster who is
to pay said amoutyof such deposit. Upon pre
sentation of this receipt, the amount is to be
paid over. The Postmaster receiving the a
mount is to debit hiltselt therewith in his ac
count, and.the Postulates paying that amount
isto credit himself therevbp j n ins account ot
contingent txpenses.” \.
53- At a tegular mating at tl\Board of Di
rectors of th? S. C. Raft Road Cofonany, held
on Monday, Wm. G»f.g\ Esq., was>?Wed a
Director, in place of C. BorckmyAr, l'k re
moved from the Suite.
We are authorized, Norfolk He-\
raid of Saturday, t» state that «q duths have
taken place among the sick trrniste>,, ( | f ro(n
theU. S, ship VanialiatotheNav.nH S p jtal
and they are doing is well as could be ex^ |e(J
No new cases of fever have occurred amoL (he .
officers and crew.
The U. S.steamer Princeton, now at Phi.
delphia, has received on board her big gun, t u,
“Oregon,” and a mpnly of hollow shot weig >-
ing about one hundred and sixty po»" ds eacil ‘
The Grand Jury of Court,
at New-York, have indicted Wni. Barnett, t c
I pilot of the steamboat Swallow, for tnanslaug i
ter. He had not been arrested, but would pro
bably surrender himself.
The Boston Allas of Friday says that the
Hon. Leverett Saltonstall is dangerously ill at
his residence in Salem.
O’Snow fell to'the depth of four or five
inches at Sandusky city, Ohio, on the 7th inst.
Protest of the Mexican Minister and Reply
of the Secretary of State.
We find the following correspondence in the
N. Y. Express of the 18th inst., obtained and
communicated to the editois by their correspon
dent at Washington:
[translation.]
The undersigned, &c. &c., has the honor to
address the Hon. John C. Calhoun, &c. &c.,
for the purpose ol making known to him the
profound regret with which he has seen that the
general Congress of the Union has passed a law
consenting to, and admitting into the American
Confederation, the Mexican province of Texas.
The undersigned had flattered himself that, in
this question, the good sense and sound opinions
ot the citizens most distinguished and experi
enced in the management ot public affairs in
this Republic, would have prevailed in the de
liberations of the legislative body, and of the
Union—but, unfortunately, this has not been the
case; and, contrary to his hopes and most sin
cere wishes, he sees consummated by the Ame
rican Government, an act of aggression, the
most unjust which can be remembered in the an
nals of modern history—such as is the spoliation
of a friendly nation, like Mexico, of a conside
rable part ol her territory.
For such reasons, the undersigned, in fulfil
mentofhis instructions, finds himself obliged
to proiest, and he does accordingly protest in the
most solemn manner, in the name of his Go
vernment, against the law passed on the 28th ot
last month by thegeneral Congress ol the United
States, and sanctioned on the Ist of the present
month by the President of the said Stales, by
which the province of Texas, an integral pan ot
the Mexican territory, is allowed to beadmitted
into the American Union.
The undersigned in like manner declares that
the aforesaid law can in no manner invalidate
the rights which the Mexican nation possesses
to recover the aforesaid province of Texas, oi
which she is now unjustly despoiled, and which
rights she will sustain and enforce at all times
by whatever means are in her power.
The undersigned will say in conclusion to
the Hon. Secretary ot State of the United Slates,
in order that he may be pleased to inform the
President of the said States ol the same, that in
consequence of the law against which he has
just protested, his mission to this government is
terminated from to-day. Consequently the un
dersigned requests the Hon. Secretary ot Stale to
be pleased to send him his passports, as he has
arranged to quit this city as soon as possiblelor
New York.
The undersigned, &c.
(Signed,) T.N. ALMONTE.
Washington, 6th Match, 1845.
Department of State, I
Washington, March 10, 1845. (
The undersigned, Secretary'of State of the
United States, has received the note of General
Ahnonte.the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary ol the Mexican Republic, ol the
6lh inst., addressed to his predecessor, the Hon.
John C. Calhoun; protesting in the name ol his
Government against the resolution of the late
Congress for annexing Texas to the United
Stales ; and he has submitted the same to the
President.
In answer, the undersigned is instructed to
say, that the admission of Texas as one of the
Uniun, having received the sanction both cf the
Legislative and Executive Departments of the
Government, is now irrevocably decided, so far
as the United Stales are concerned. Nothing
but the refusal of Texas to ralily the terms and
conditions on which her admission depends, can
defeat this object. Il is, therefore, too late al
present to re-open a discussion which has al
ready been exhausted, and again to prove that
Texas has long sinceachieved her independence
oi Mexico, and now stands before the world,
both de jure and de facto, as a sovereign and inde
pendent State amid the family of nations. Sus
taining this character, and having manifested a
strong desire to become one of the members of
our Confederacy, neither Mexico nor any other
nanon will have just cause of complaint against
the United States for admitting her into the
Union.
Tne President nevertheless regrets that the
government of Mexico should have taken of
fence at these proceedings, and he earnestly
trusts that it may hereafter be disposed to view
them in a more favorable and friendly light.
Whilst entering upon the denies of the Presi
dential office, he cheerfully declares in advance,
that his most strenuous efforts shall be devoted
to the amicable adjustment of every cause of
complaint between the two governments, and to
the cultivation ol the kindest and most friendly
relations between the sister Republics.
The undersigned has the honor to transmit to
Gen. Almonte his passport according to his re
quest, and to assure him of his distinguished
consideration and regard.
[Signed,] JAMES BUCHANAN.
To the Brigadier General.
Don T. N. Almonte. Ac. Sec. &c.
We have met with the following anecdote of
... T,
and give it a place as illustrating a prominent
trait in the character of this great man, namely—
his firmness and untiring perseverance:—
“ A singular tale is told of the indefatigable
perseverance and determination of Henry Clay
to rise superior to the most inconvenient obsta
cles. Chancellor Wythe, forgetting thesimple
education ot his protege, gave him a Greek MS.
to copv, adding a sufficient number ol cautions
as to accuracy. Young Clay bowed respect
fully, retired to his study, ar.d sat down to his
task. At the appointed lime, the copy wjs pre
sented, and Mr. Wythe, having complimented
his amanuensis upon his taste for writing Greek,
inquired where he had learned that language?
‘Sir,’ he replied, ‘since you gave me your MS.
to copy.’ The energy, industry, and determina.
lion exhibited in this single instance was a suffi
cient guarantee for his future conduct; and it is
fully ascertained, that in the single year 1797,
he acquired all that vast accumulation of legal
knowledge which was the foundation ol his pre
sent fortune, and his future tame. In that year
it was that he first took out a license to practice;
and from his own accounts of his prospects at
that period, self-confidence, not a very useless
commodity to the profession, was not amongst
his qualifications.
“ I was without patrons, without friends, des
titute of means of paying my weekly board. I
remember how comfortable I thought I should
be if I could make .£IOO Virginia money per
annum, and With what delight I received the
first fifteen shilling fee. Mv hdpes were more
than realized; I immediately rushed into a lu
crative practice.”
Lexington, Kentucky, appears Io have been
the scene of his first debut, and he was admitted
to practice by the Virginia Court of Appeals.
—Com. Adv.
Bearer of Despatches.—George Plitt, Esq.,
bearer of despatches from the State Department
at Washington, to the Government of Texas,
has arrived in this city, and will leave for Gal
veston on the steamer New York to-morrow af
ternoon. — N. O. Bee.
Gen. Jackson and the Sarcophagus.— Com.
Elliott having recently written to Gen Jackson,
kindly offering him the use ot a Sarcophagus,
whenever the Hero of the Hermitage might
have occasion for such an accommodation, Old
Hickory has answered the obliging Commodore
very graciously, but telling him that if the same
thing to him, he had rather not be buried in the
coffin ofa Caesar. He is very much obliged by
the offer, and particularly flattered by the deli
cacy of the hint that he will soon requ're such
a convenience, hut he really has his objections
to being put up in a box believed to be prepared
for Alexander Severus. Those Imperial fel
lows were people alter his own heart to be sure,
mm were ptooaoij, ~,s : y| r
Ritchie insists that be (tlreTJeneral) was bom
an “Old Roman,” but still he considers it anti-
Demoeratic to be buried in one of their coffins.
Il would have a bad look, be out of accordance
the “resolutions ot ’98,” if not in the same
category with the United Stales Bank as “he
understands” the Constitution, and finally, the
Commodore may keep his Sarcophagus
tor his'pwn use, for aught he (the hero) will have
to do wifli it- He repudiates the present. The
Generalb quite right, and to be serious on the
subject, hfe letter is tor the most .-art a very
sensible one\and is in good corff .st with the
assiuine taste ton thought to in; -’r a little fur
ther favor by leaking such an offer.— N. y.
Cour. <f- Enq.
The Swiss Cantor's thk Jesuits.—We
find the following stat\oent of the division of
the Cantons on the subject of the expulsion of
the Jesuits. 'S,
Those insisting upon the expulsion, are Bern,
Zurich, Vaud, Argovia, 'Tessino, Thurgovia,
Griscns, Soleure, Shaffbnde, Glaris, Bale in the
country, which is a- ualf canton. These ten
cantonsandabalfhavela population ot 1,002,-
500, furnish to the Federal army a Contingent of
40,000 men, and to tht* Treasury 572,000 francs.
The cantons o! St..'Gall and Geneva, and the
halfcanton ofthe cit”oi Bale, are opposed to
the Jesuits-but onlf desire that a request tor
their expulsion shali'he made to Lucerne.
The population “f these two cantons and a
half is 2p3,000. tljeir contingent to the army 4455
men, and to the 'treasury 144,000 francs.
The cantons opu ios ed to theexpulsion, or that
desire to invite Jef'’ its , are Lucerne, Fribourg,
Valais. NeufchaW. Schwyz, Unterwalden,
Zuz, Wie, ApperzaN (exterior,) which is a halt
canton. •
These eight gnd tAhalt cantons furnish to the
army a contingent i°i 13,507 men, and to the
Treasury ot 150,000ifranes.
The Jesuits, lherel«’ re have a great majority
igainst them—but il wil l he difficult, never
heless, to route thei/holy phalanxes.— N. Y.
dur. f
huEACCo.—Wiihl'n'«’o weeks past, over six
beetd hogsheads lb l Western Tobacco have
Snsqvtght into thB s market by the way of the
large aana Railroad- Besides this, quite a
in on t>t of olhty r produce has been brought
upwards o.me tfoad, amongst which was
Fat. 'OO <?bs. Western Bacon.— Balt.
From the N. V. Tribune.
Cotton.
This great element in the regulation ol com
mercial exchanges, has given rise to wonderful
improvements in Mechanics, as well as to ex
traordinaty developments ot agricultural phe
nomena. In the primeval states of its culture
the seed was separated from the fibre, only by
picking with the fingers—another mode,said to
be still common in some parts ol India, is by,
beating. A man manages to beat out lour sers
or 41 pounds a day, for which begets paid with
6} pounds ot grain. To the human hand
succeeded the roller—then came in the United
States a rude hand mill. After that Kinsey
Burden, of South Carolina, constructed a roller
gin which enabled hitnto “clothe his negroes in
garments fabricated at home.” It was compo
sed ol pieces ol iron gun barrels fixed on wood
en rollers, with wooden cranks to turn “in the
manner ol the stellcorn mill.”
Then came the food or treadle gin, into
Georgia from the Bahamas, where it was erect
ed and put into use under the direction ot a lady,
Mrs. Brisbane, who had temporarily resided at
Ptovidence, and being of an active and inquisi
tive mind, had watched with interest the diffe
rent processes ot preparing cotton lor marke t.—
Bear that in mind, ye good housewives, as you
go along. The next decided improvement in
the process of separatingtheseed from the wool,
was made by a Mr. Eaves, a Yankee from
Rhode Island, butthen residing in the Bahamas;
and again his machine, by additional mechan
ism, was made to feed itself, and the great ad
vance in power was effected by the application
of horse or oxpower! After this cameimprove
ments by Pottle, Simpson, Nicholson and others,
in quick succession, in Georgia and the Caro
linas. One great desideratum besides the in
crease of power, has ever been to prevent in
jury to the staple, either by cutting or beating it.
“To accomplish this result, at least halt a mil
lion of dollars has been fruitlessly expended by
artists incited by the expectation ot the highest
re x ards, and distinction lor skill and persever
ance in their profession. In 1784 an American
vessel that carried eight bags of cotton to Liver
pool was seized on the ground that so much cot
ton could not be the produce of the Uniled Slates I
The exports from 1790 slowly but steadily in
creased until 1794, when a powerful impetus
was given to the cotton culture by the inven
tion ot the saw gin, by another Yankee, Ell
Whitney, of Massachusetts ‘lf we should as
sert,’said Judge William Johnson, ‘that the
benefits of this invention exceed $100,000,000,
we can prove the assertion by correct calcula
tion.’”
For the silky cottons produced on the Sea
Islands of South Carolina, the planter is in
debted, says "that accomplished planter, W.
Seabrook, to the botanical skill and perseverance
of Kinsey Burden, sen., of St. Johns Colleton.
His discoveries for the improvement of the
staple were held to be so valuable that he was
induced to offer the secret to the State lor 8200,-
000, he resigning all his seed except what was
necessary for his own crop. This shows the
connection ofanother beautiful science, botany,
with agriculture.
How remarkable have been the flnetuations
in the price ol this great staple of the country!
In 1828, ten bags of Sea Island produced 90
cents a pound. The same planter for bis two
succeeding crops received#! and $1.25 a pound.
For two bags of extra fine in 1798 $2 a pound
was received, “ the highest price ever obtained
in this or any other country from which cotton
wool is imported.”
The Sejj Island is undoubtedly superior to
the best cotton produced in any part of the world
where the plant gossypium (a genus of the
polyandria order, belonging to the monoadol
pbia class of pUnts is produced. While a
pound of the beot’produced elsewhere can be
spun into a threat! of only 115 miles 2 furlongs
and 60 yards, making 350 hanks to the pound, a
pound of Sea Island from South Carolina has
been spun at Manchester, in England into a
thiead to the length of over 228 miles long!
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Criminal Justice.--A Contrast.
The enormous contrast between our judicial
system and that of England, as an agency for the
discovery and punishment of crime, is forced
upon our consideration by the cases ot Mr. Ta
well in the latter and of Mrs. Bodine in the for
mer. The wile and child of Mr Houseman
were murdered in December, 1843—more than
fifteen months ago; the trial of the accused has
but just taken place, alter two unsuccessful at
tempts in another county; it occupied some
twenty-three days, and, though resulting in a
verdict ol guilty, there is much reason to believe
that at least another year will pass away before
the fate ol the accused will be finally determined.
Sentence has not yet been passed, and we are
given to understand that her counsel are prepar
ing a formidable list of exceptions with which
to go, first belore the Supreme Court and then
before the Court of Errors.
In the meantime, on the Ist of January 1845
less than thtee months prior tothe consummation
ot the matter —John Tawell.a staid, respectable,
elderly gentleman of wealth and good connex
ions, administered a dose ot prussic aeid to a
woman whom he had seduced in former years,
while she was living with him as a servant, and
who had borne him two children. He had mar
ried within the last two years and broken off his
connection with the young woman, continuing,
hna-Awr, to cupnort her in moderate comfort anti
respectability, and occasionally to visit her, for
the purpose of seeing his children. But he did
not like the expense ot maintaining her—ac
cording Io his own account he received letters
from her, asking tor money, which he feared
might come to the knowledge of his wife and so
betray the former connection—and therefore he
resolved to put her out of the way at once and
forever.
One cannot but be struck, in reading the re
port of his trial, by the terrible energy and vigi
lance with which crime is hunted out in En
gland. Within an houraftertheadministration
of the fatal drops, the whole machinery ot jus
tice was in full activity; the avengers of blood
were on the traces ol JohnTawell, and though
he resorted to the swift agency of steam in flying
from the scene of his crime, the swifter agency
of the electro-magnetic telegraph was al work,
conveying intelligence ot the deeJ and directing
suspicion to the fugitive. Policemen were in
search of him, even before he reached London,
and he had nottimetocongratulate himself upon
the fancied success of his flight before he was
in custody.
Early in March he was brought to trial. A
very great number of witnesses were examined,
each adding to or strengthening some link of the
deadly chain that was gathering round him.
All the history of his past lite was explored; his
connection in former years with the myrdered
woman was traced out—all his movements sub
sequent to the murder were discovered and es
tablished—every contrivance to which he had
resorted for the concealment of his deed was de
tected and brought up in fearful array against
him—in short, it was as if an invisible spy had
oeen at his side, day and night, at every moment
when he was engaged in any act or preparations
or occasion ot motive tor the deed. Yet with
all this the trial occupied but three days - on the
14th of March he was convicted, sentence was
passed at once and before the end of the month
John Tawell was hanged.
Now in this case the prompt and fearful march
of justice was not accelerated by th<- poverty or
personal insignificance ol the culprit. Tawell
wasa rich man—he had forhis defenders several
~ot the most eminent criminal lawyers in En
gland, and, it is said, expended jn fiis defence
more than five thousand dollars; his position in
society was most respectable;—he worethe garb
ot a Friend, and ostensibly belonged to the So
ciety at Friends, though it is affirmed that he was
not recognized by that society ; bis past life had
been, to outward seeming, decorous and un
blameable. But though direct proof of his crime
could not be made—though many believed, after
his conviction, that there might be an explana
tion of the circumstantial evidence on which the
verdict was given—and though, in consequence
of this beliet, immense and unremitting efforts
were made to save his life—the course of justice
was not hindered for a moment. The murderer
wac handed; and before he died he justified the
doom tli<it~i<uu uwaroi-dTn-friui tya~confession
of his guilt.
Georgia Stptf.—A few days ago we were
shown by the Editor of the Southern Cultivator,
some specimens of sewing silk, ot eight different
colors, grown and manufactured bj- Mr. Hugh
Cassidey, of Effingham County. It appeared to
be ot superior quality, and tor fine color and
beauty of appearance, would compare favorably
with a similar article produced anywhere.—
These specimens may be examined at the store
of Messrs. Newton & Lucas.
We understand that Mr. Cassidey proposes
to purchase any quantity of cocoons, at fair
prices. Messrs. Newton & Lucas have already
advertised, that they will purchase the same
article at this place. We are gratified to see
the inducements thus held out for the prosecu
tion of this branch ol industry, which, we doubt
not, will open a new and profitable field of labor.
Many who cannot raise cotton to advantage,
can rear cocoons, which will amply compensate
them for their time and labor; and this business,
if vigorously prosecuted, will add not a little to
the wealth of our State. This is no idle specu
lation—its truth has been demonstrated by ex
periment. There never has been a more lavora
ble time to commence the business on an ex
tended scale, and we hope that all who can do
so, will avail themselves of the opportunity.—
Athens Banner.
Honorable Lubbers.—About the year 1790,
many young men of the first families, tollowing
the example of the Duke of Clarence (his late
majesty William IV.) began to fluck into the
navy. One ship in particular was remarkable
fur having a great many of them. The youger
ones were accustomed to reef and fori the mizen
topsail. One day, when they were aloft furling
the sails, the captain thus addressed them from
the quarter-deck: “My lords and gentlemen,
you right honorable lubbers on the mizen top
sail yard, roll that sail up, and come down.”
No Mustachios. —The Spanish journals pub
lish an edict of tbe Governor of Murcia forbid
ding other that; military men to wear mustachios,
tinder pain of imprisonment. A similar oriier
was given io Madrid in 1842, and many (both
natives and foreigners,) were actually imprison
ed, even some ot them belonging to the foreign
embassies, and only released trom durance vile
after undergoing the process of shaving.
“ OLD LEITERS.
Old letters I ohjlhen spare them—they are priceless for
their age I
1 love—oh how I love to see each yellow time-stained
page!
They tell ofjoys that are no mare, of hopes that long
have fled :
Old letters ! oh then spare them—they are sacred to tha
dead!
’they tell of times, of happy times in years long, long
gone by,
Os dear ones that have eeased to live but in the
memory;
They picture many a bright, bright scene, in sunny
days ot yore—
Old tetters I oh then spare them, for they are a priceless
store I
Old am I too, and gray haired now—deserted and
alone,
And all of those I once could call my friends, alas I are
gone:
Yet oft at midnight’s stilly hour, in solitude's retreat
With each one in his silent tomb I hold communion
sweet.
Old letters I here is one—the hand of youth is on it*
face ;
Ah I that was from a brother young in some far foreign
place ;
A sailor boy, beloved by all, frank, open-hearted,
brave—
Cold cold and lonesome is his rut beneath the Atlantic
wave.
Another, stained with dark red snots, as clasped by
bloody bands,
Was found beneath a father’s corse on dread Corunna's
sands;
A stranger hand with kindly care conveyed the relic
dear:
Old letters I ye are priceless! ye have cost a widow's
tear I ’ - -
Another—know I not that hand! Oh I she was bright
and fair;
Too pure, 100 gentle, and luo good, for angles long to
spare
Her to this earth of grief and wo : well, Death, thou
mighl'sl be vain :
Thou hast not such another flower in all thy dark
domain.
Oh lye are now the only links that bind us to the
past;
Sweet, sweet memorials of the days too happy far to
last; „
The tear-drop fills again the eye which tears had almost
fled : I J-
Old letters I ye are precious I ye are sacred to the dead 1”
A Doctor and his Lizards.—Mr. Thurlow
Weed’s last letter from Vera Cruz to the Alba
ny Evening Journal relates the following mar
vellous incidents in a notice of a visit to the
estate of Dr.'Stephens :
While enjbying our segars under a broad
spreading tamarind tree, the lizards came
down as usua>lß* keep the musquitoes away
from their protector. The doctor’s kindness lor
animals hasdevslWped instincts that would not
discredit a race intellectually endowed. His
beautiful fan-tailed pigeons, when he returns
from town, come with their greetings to his car
riage, and perch upon his shoulders. His
lizards jump from the trees into his hands. A
year or two ago when several ol the officers of
ihe U. S. ship Potomac, with two gentlemen re
siding here, were at breakfast with the doctor, a
auge lizard that had the misfortune to lose its tail
by some casualty, marched into the room, and
up to the doctor, with the dismembered limb in
its mouth! This looks, I confess, too much like
a “ Remarkable Snake Story,” but it is never
theless, a well authenticated fact. The maimed
reptile, under the influence of inslict highly ex
cited, sought relief from the hand by which it
had been fed and cherished. The doctor him
self regards the circumstance as a tribute to his
skill in surgery.
The unreasoning species are not alone, how
ever, in their appreciation of Dr. Stephen’s
Medical services. He performed, at an early
day, with entire success, some ot the most diffi
cult Surgical operations. His writings upon
Yellow Fever, Scurvy, &c , won for him the
highest Medical honors that Europe confers.
He was one of three eminent Physicians upon
whom degrees were conferred upon the occasion
of Lord Wellington’s installation as Chancellor
of Oxford University. He is now devoting him
self to investigations of the highest interest
touching the Phenomena of Lite, which, in his
judgment, prove, Ist. That the action of the
body is regulated by some power or agency oth
er than the brain; 2. That there is a living,
vital agent, independent of, and so far as mus
cular action is concerned, superior to the mind;
and 3d. That in Man, and in the higher order
ot Animals, the principle of Life is seated in the
solar ganglion, from which the nervous system
or machinery draws its power of motion, and
by which it is propelled and governed.
Diplomatic Expenses.—A Paris correspon
dent writes that the expenses of the American
Minister at Paris are S7O a day; his wood bill
alone amounted to $1,400. It requires a large
private fortune to meet the expenses of that
office. We are of opinion that if several of
our Ministers would live at the European
courts with less ostentation, they would better
represent the republican principles of our Gov
ernment, and at the same time be more respect
ed in their mission.— Crescent City.
Death of Another Revolutionary Pa
triot. —It becomes our melancholy province to
announce the decease of another of the patriots
who lived, and actively participated in the
“times that tried men’s souls”—and who en
gaged on the battle field, fighting for the liberties
of his country, survived its dangers, and lived to
witness the fruition of the hopes of our forefa
thers, that their descendants should sustain and
perpetuate the free institutions which it had cost
them so much blood and treusnre to obtain.
We alhide to the venerable Dr. William
Read, (a member ot Gen. Washington’s Staff,
during the Revolution, with the rank of Lieut.
Colonel,) wbo departed this life at his plantation
on Cooper River, oh Sunday night last, after a
short illness, and at a very advanced age—we
believe 91 years.— Charleston Courier.
Prom the Illinois Slate Register, April 4.
Carthage, March 30.—Yesterday the milita
ry company ot this place, the Carthage Greys,
almost entire, in their uniforms, waited on J. B.
Backenstos, member of the Legislature from
Hancock county, and commanded him to leave
the place, in one week, under the penalty of the
consequences, which are well understood to be
personal violence or death. This company is
essentially a political, as well as anti-Mormon
organization. One week’s grace is allowed
Backenstos byway ot preparation.
The reason of ibis command is generally de
clared to be his statements, in his speech upon
the repeal of the Mormon charters, wherein he
charges certain acts upon the anti-Mormon
party.
A Windfall to Fanny Wright.—Quite a
windfall has come to Fanny Wright. An uncle
in Scotland has recently died, and leit her a pro
perty 1 worth £IOO,OOO. She is now in Jersey
City, and will remain in this country for a few
weeks, tor the purpose of taking certain neces
sary legal steps preliminary to taking possession
ot this munificent legacy.— N. Y. Herald.
A Touching Incident.—During the late ses
sion of Congress, a young man, deformed and
atnosl helpless, had been permitted to occupy a
niche in the lobby leading to the hall of the
House of Representatives to dispose oi maga
zines, novels and newspapers, to the grave legis
lators of tbe land, and strange's visiting the seat
of government. Day by day, during the session
ofCongress, this poor cripple had been found
early and late at his post, until one day lately,
when his desk was found to be closed, and in
place of the proprietor, a mourning weed hung
from one of the knobs.
On inquiring for the poor deformed, it was
ascertained that he had lost his father, and
having no other place ot bnsines, he had hung
the mourning to his book case, and gone out
to vent his sorrow tothe barren woodsand silent
streams.
How touching this simple tribute appears—
mute, yet eloquent While the memberot Con
gress, loaded with honors, and wept by a nation’s
eye, goes with funeral pomp to his long home,
the poor deformed hangs his token ot affliction
upon the wall of the vestibule through which
the funeral and retires to weep alone!
Nature Superseded by Science. —The Al
geimene Zeitung, a German paper, received
by the Cambria, gives a long account of the
creation, by galvanism, of an egg, and its sub
sequent hatching, producing a fine, lively bird
ofa perfectly unknown species, and without
feathers. This feat was performed by Professor
Geiflingat Bruneberk, after fourteen years spent
in experiments. The editor ot the German pa
per says he has seen the bird thus produced,
and remarks; “This most astonishing result
has almost upset cur previous notions ot natural
philosophy and the governing laws of animal
organism. As we gazed upon the teatherless
bird hopping about, and feeding upon the seeds
givenit, we began to doubt the reality ol our
own existence, or that of anvthing about us!”
A new financial scheme is proposed in the
London Punch, which would doubtless yield a
large revenue if carried into operation. In ad
dition to the stampon receipts, Punch suggests
that there should be one on all tradesmen’s bills,
as the preponderance of bills over receipts is
very considerable, some individuals in society
never looking at a receipt in the course of their
life. Society in general would be benefitted by
the change, tor tradesmen would not then be so
pertinacious in sending in their accounts where
there is no chance ot getting the money.
§j*A young buck, who belongs to the in
dependent dnnk-orlet-it-alone-just-as-l-please
without-signing-the-pledge fraternity popped Hie
question to a pretty girl a short time since, who
brought a still deeper blush to his always blush
ing e.mntenance, by replying that as she had
signed a pledge to neither drink or traffic in ar
dent spirits, she did not feel at liberty to traffic
herself off for a hogshead of brandy.
The Irish papers announce the death, in
Waterford, of Regina Maria Roche, aged 81
years, the authoress oi the Children of the
Abbey.
Mr. John P. Hale, the proscribed Locoloco
member of the last Congress from New Hamp
shire, has no notion ot “giving up so,” but has
made up his mind to stump through the State on
his own hook, and see whether the people of
New Hampshire are willing to give up an old
democrat, because he chose to use his own judg
ment in voting consistently with his and their
own previous opinions on the subject of an
nexation, instead of obeying the behests ot a few
dough-faced party leaders, who had been bought
or drawn into the support of measures to which
they were at heart opposed. ,
Our New Name. —Since issuing the prospect
us for our new paper, it has occurred to us that
the similarity of its name with that of a contem
porary may occasion innumerable mistakesat
the Post Office, and on the part of our subscri
bers abroad.
To avoid such consequences, and al the same
time so bear a more comprehensive title, we
have taken the name of The United Stales Jour
nal, and our paper will be so called and address
ed from and after the Ist of May.— Madisonian.
Thornton H. Freeman, the former postmaster
al Carrollton, in Missouri, has been found
guilty of robbing the mail, and sentenced to the
penitentiary lor thirteen years. He has a wife
and family in Carroll county, and respectable
connections, who are deeply wounded at his
criminal conduct.
NOTICE.—On Friday, the 25th
inst., at 4 o’clock, P. M., the City Council will
proceed to elect a Clerk of Council for the re
mainder of the year in place of D. D. Macmur
phy, resigned. Salary SSO per month, and per
quisites. Bond for two thousand dollars will be
required, with one or more securities. Securi
ties to be named when application is made.
By order of Council.
ap23-td M. M. DYE, Mayor.
TAX RECEIVER’S NOTICE.
JEf” ALL persons who have not made
a return to me of their State and County taxes
are hereby informed that I will attend at the Fod
der and Hay Seale, in the city of Augusta, on
Mondays, the 21st and 28th days of April, and
Monday the Sth day of May; at the Eagle & Phoe
nix Hotel; on Tuesdays, the 22d and 29th days of
April, andTuesday, the 6th day of May; at the U.
States Hotel, on Wednesdays the 23d and 30t'n
days of April, and Wednesday, the 7lh day of
Mav ; at the Richmond Hotel, on Thursday, the
24th day of April, and Thursdays the Ist and Sth
days of May next, for the purpose of receiving
their returns for the present year, (1845,) and I
also request all such to be punctual in their at
tendance at the above specified times and places,
as I am desirous of bringing my Digest to a close.
WILLIAM SKINNER, R. T. R.RC.
ap!9 trw4t&w2t
53* THE Whigs of Columbia Coun
ty are requested to meet at the Court House on
,he first Tuesday in May, for the purpose of ap
pointing Delegates to a Convention to nomi
nate a candidate to represent the District in the
Senate, and candidates for the Legislature.
DIED-
On Friday, the 18th inat., at the residence of
his father in Lincoln county. Lafayette Maboy,
youngest child ofElieland Mary Maria Lockhart,
aged five years four months and twenty-six days.
The disease which terminated the life of this
lovely child was a complication of Meas es with
Pneumonia. After a painful illness of ten days
he breathed his last in the arms of his distressed
father, surrounded by a mother, brother and sis
ters, who never before had to mourn the afflicting
hand of death; among them, he was the loveliest
of children, but as if too good and too pure tor
earth he has been called to Heaven, ere the pollu
ting touch of sin could contaminate his pure and
innocent mind. Mysterious indeed are the ways
of Providence; but to his mourning friends I
would say, grieve not, you now have another tie
to draw you to Heaven; weep not for him, nor
wish him here again to suffer the ills of life, and
again to be subject to the afflicting hand of dis
ease and death.
“ Why should we mourn departed friends
Or shake at death’s alarms ;
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends,
To call them to his arms.”
At the Sulphur Springs, near Gainsville, Hall
county, Geo., on the 9th of April instant, Wm.
T. Allan, in the 28th year of his age.
In the meridian oflife, he has been cut offfrom
his friends and relatives forever. He was the
guide and comfort of a widowed mother, the
guardian and counsellor of orphan children, and
long will they look in vain for an equal to fill his
place. Justice, Honesty and Truth, well may
weep, for they have lost one of their warmest
votaries. In all his transactions, he acted with
strict de rotion to these principles, and the re
ward of such a life is the admiration and est eem
of all good men who knew him. May his de
parted spirit enter into that rest which is the re
ward of the righteous.
©ommeruaL
AUGUST A _
Wednesday, P. M.
the receipt of the late foreign advices
per Great Western, which came to hand on the 20th
inst., our market has been without animation, and a
limited business only has been done, at a decline in pri.
ces of j (a) Jc from the rates of last week. The inac
tivity maybe in some measure attributed to the indis*
position of buyers to operate until the receipt of the
news by the steamer now due, bringing one week’s later
intelligence. We quote extremes 4| (a) 6 cts, principal
sales 5 ® s£c .
■ exchange table.
(s PECIE b a sis. J
AUGUSTA NOTES.
Mechanics’ Bank par.
Brunswick Bank “
Bank of Augusta., u
Augusta Insurance & Banking Company “
Georgia Rail Road.. “
Branch State of Georgia *•
SAVANNAH NOTBS.
State Bank “
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank “
Planters’ Bank “
Central Rail Road Bank “
COUNTRY NOTBS.
State Bank Branch,.... par.
Commercial Bank, Macon u
Milledgevill Bank “
Central Bank.... “
City Council of Augusta “
Ruckersville Bank “
Branch Marine and Fire Insurance Bank “
St. Mary’s Bank 11
Merchants Bank, Macon 5 dis
Insurance Bank of Columbus, No sale.
Minrop Rail Road Bank Broke.
Bank of Darien and Branches u
Chattahoochee R. Road & Banking Co.. u
Western Bank oi Georgia “
Bank of Columbus (<
Planters and Mechanics Bank Columbus. “
Bank of Ocmulgee M
Exchange Bank of Brunswick u
Phoenix Bank, Columbus “
Geoigiab^ 1 cent Bonds 90(2) 92
Georgia 8 cent Ronds 100 (as 102
SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES.
Charleston Banks par.
Bank of Hamburg “
Country Banks u
Alabama Notes 7 dis
CHECKS.
New York 5ight.................... par.
Boston “
Philadelphia *’
Charleston “
Savannah “
Nbw York, April 19, r. m.
Cotton— To-day the sales amount to 1200 bales. Pri
ces are firm at a decline of | of a cent since the arrival
of the Great Western. The markel this week has gene
rally been quiet; and transactions, which have been
small, have been at rates generally in favor of the buy
er, although not to an exteot to authorise us to make a
material change in our quotations.
Macon, April 18.
Cotton— We have no reason to vary our last week’s
quotations—the markel continues lively, and perhaps
prices may be a shade higher, we however adopt our
last figures, 4 J (d> . For a fine lot 5J were offered but
refused.
Freights by Railroad 35 cents 100 lbs. The River
is too low for boat navigation, although there is a large
quantity on shiphoard.
Columbus, April 16.
The market during the past week continued steadily
to advance until prices reached 4f t® 6 cents, at which
rates however, the demand this week seems in a mea
sure to have subsided; but from the small quantity of
fering, and the lightness of the receipts, holders are
firm in their demands.
COTTON.
Receipts week ending Aprils.. 1147
Previously 78,948
Total 80,096
Shipped this week- 3527
Shipped previously.. 69,075
F 72,602
7,493
Total receipts same time last year ..,60,901
APALACHICOLA, April 12.
Collon—The arrivals of the week amount to 4549
bates, and the exports -in the same time to 10,241 bales,
leaving a stock ou hand including all ou shipboard not
cleared of 33,177 bales.
We had a very languid market the first three days of
the week, which enabled buyers to gel the advantage of
it® fc in tbe few sales which were made. But on
Thursday, two days later news from Liverpool was re.
ceived showing a good feeling in that market, which
enabled holdeis to get the market up to former rates,
and on Friday, after the arrival of the mail from New
Orleans and the North, the market became quite ac
tive, and sales large, at the following quotations :
Inferior 41 I® 41
Ordinary.. ...4$ (a) 51
Middling 5| f® 5f
Good middling .........6 I® 00
Middling Fair ..61 I® 64
Fair.... 6| ® 00
The sales for the weekending April 11, amount to
2391 bales.
COTTON STATEMENT.
1845 1844.
Stock on hand Ist Sept, 1813, 3 211
Received this week. ....4.549
“ previously 132,t10
Total. 136,662 109,278
Exported this week........ 10.241
“ previously ...93,214
Total; 103,485 87,967
Stock on hand not cleared 33,177 21,311
Freights-To Liverpool Id, to Havre nene, to New
York Jc, and to Boston |c lb. There is no conside
rable amount of cotton offering for any quarter. The
engagements of the week have been in small lots to fill
up at from Jto Jc coastwise, and we hear of no ship
ments under jd to Liverpool, which is our nominal
quotation.
Savannah, April 19.
Cbttan— Arrived since the 11th inst., 9553 bales Up
land— (4,035 from Augusta and landings on the river,
3311 by 'Rail Road, and 2,007fr0m Darien,)—and 170
bales fSea Island. The exports for same period have
been 4,225 bales Upland to Liverpool, 17 bales Sea Is
land to Havre, 1,791 bales Upland to Boston, 2,051 do to
New York, 522 do. to Philadelphia, 50 do to Baltimore,
761 do and 46 Sea Islands to Charleston—togeth
er 9,403 bales Upland and 63 Sea Islands ; leaving
a stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared, of
55,706 bales Upland and 1,989 tSea Islands against 31,746
bales Uplands, and 1,403 Bea islands at same time last
rear. , ,
The market was firm at the close of our last report,
and has continued so during the past week. We have
no change in prices to notice. There has been occa
sionally slight fluctuations, but not of sufficient impor
tance to change our quotations of last week. The sales
on Friday amounted to 1660 bales, Saturday 1000, Mon
day 600, Tuesday 103 S, Wednesday 11W, and yesterday
1026 bales. We quote
Inferior *t*4ft 9 4|
Ordinary ... 5 9 5|
Middling * sft 9 54
Middling Fair ........5{ 9 6ft
Fair and fully fair 6ft 9 6ft
Good Fair 6ft
The sales of the week amount to 6528 bales.
a. STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1844 -45. 1813-44
StouK on hand, Sept. 1, 2160 3151
Received since April 11 9853 4900
“ previously 240210 186612
Total receipts 252223 194666
Exported this week 9403 5772
“ previously ~..187115 157148
Total 196518 162920
Rem’g on hand April 18 55705 31746
Rice— There is still but little doing in this article.
Holders continue firm in refusing to beat fresh parcels
unless at #34 to #34 >OO f° r to sam-
ples The sales of the week are 220 casks; 120 at 34,
and 100 casks al #3* 100 lbs.
Groceries— The imports of the week are about 225
hhds Cuba Molasses ; and 383 bbls Whiskey, 150 bags
Coffee, and 35 hhds Bacon from New Orleans. The
sales reported are : 38 hhds Bacon, Shoulders at 61(2)74
cents, and Sides 74c lb. 120 bags Rio Coffee at 7fc
lb ; 157 bbls N O Whiskey at 25 Cd) 26c gall ;50
bbls Phelps’ Gin on the wharf at 36c dfi* gall, ana 50 bbls
Canal Flour at #5 26 bbl. We quote New Orleans
Molasses 33(2)35 cents gallon ; Cuba du. 33 (2) 35
cents. Coffee, Cuba, inferior to fair. 7 (2) 74; good fair
to prime, 7f (a) 8c lb ; Rio 74 (2) 7|c lb.
Way—Sales 200 bundles New York are reported at 60
(2) 621 c tH* 100 lbs. New York is retailing from store
•t 62jc and Eastern at 75c lUO lbs
Corn —About 3500 bushels Beach Island sold during
the week in small lots at 56jc bushel. North Caro
lina is selling from store at 50 cts 4P* bushel.
mSalt— The imports of the week have been about 5000
bushels Liverpool coarse, in bulk, which was sold at 21
(d 22c & bushel.
» Exchange— No change in Foreign. Sales out of
doors during the week at 8} cent pm. 'ihe Bank
rate for purchasing sight checks to 5 days sight on New
York and other Northern cities, is| a j discount;
30 days, fa I per cent., and 60 days 1| per cent dis
count. They are checking on the North at par. Out
door transactions are a shade better.
Freights— We have no change to notice in Foreign.
Coastwise—To Boston the last engagements were at fc
lb. New York |c dp* lb for round and square bales.
Providence 7-16 c and fc lb for Cotton.
Charleston, April 19.
Cotton.— Our report of the 12th instant left the Up
land market in rather an excited state, and, it will be
recollected, with an upward tendency in prices ; and
throughout Saturday last, prices were equally as buoy*
ert as at the close ot the previous week, but ou Mon
day the market was rather languid, inasmuch as offers
had, on that day, been accepted by many, which had
previously been refused, end on Tuesday business was
almost brought to a stand in consequence of the ina
bility of dealers to come to terms ; since that time,
however, theie has been more or less doing from day to
day, and although prices have frequently turned in fa
vor of the purchaser, we have no decided change to re
cord, and think that it is to be attiibuted solely to the
partial withdrawal of buyers, to await the result of
advices frem the other side, which checked the demand
for the article. The receipts of the week are 11,927
bales, and the sales in the same time foot up 7859 bales
as follows : 110 at 5.254 at 54, 675 at 51, 606 at 54, 363 at
54,253 at sf. 753 at 54, 408 °t 6. 171 at 6 1-16, 680 at 64,
1141 at 6f, 75 at 6 5-16, at 6|, 67 at 6 7-16, 749at6j,4&
at 6|, 114 at 6f, 131 at 6s, and 31 bales at 7c.
Comparative statement of supply of Upland cotton, ac«
cording to the latest dates.
1845. 1844.
St’k on hand Sept 1,1844 ... 13097 7334
Received since April 11.... 11927
“ previously....... ...316421
Total receipts,..
Exportedsince April 11. 7<\
“ previously 280818
Total exports 283340 203171
On shipboard, not cl’d 10375 15663
Deduct from total rec’s 298715 218834
Rem’g on hand April 18 42730 40934
The followingfcis a statement the receipts and stock of
cotton on hand and on shipboard not cleared, at the re
spective places named: 1845. 1844.
Rec’ts. Stock. Rec’ts. Stock.
New Orleans, April 12...808188 142823 710102 243691
Mobile, April 12 490072 125793 401343 143438
Florida, April 12 164182 41777 124902 26821
Georgia, April 17 247265 53792 192491 33269
Do. Sea Island 7323 2014 4449 1348
S. Carolina, April 18....335255 53105 247822 56597
Do. Sea Island 18229 3933 11974 5656
N. Carolina, Aprils.... 7700 3000 8123 1500
Virginia, April 1 15850 4800 11100 3700
Total 2091064 431037 1712309 516020
Macon, Ga. April I 24450 18077
Augusta de Hamburg, April 1.. ..42795 58001
Philadelphia, April 12 3938 12048
New York, April 8 61787 165000
Total 132970 253126
Note.—We have deducted from New Orleans and
Charleston the quantities received at those ports from
Florida, Mobile and Savannah.
Rice.— There was little doing in this article in the
early part of the week, but for the last two or three days
the transactions have been very limited indeed. The
operations since our list foot upßoo tierces, against the
receipt in the same time of 1162 tierces. The sales
comprise 141 #2 15-16, 33 at 3, 9 at 3 1-16, 275
at 3j, 86 at 3 3-16, 89 at 3|, and 215 tierces at #3 5-16 per
hundred.
Grain.— There was but one cargo of North Carolina
Corn received this week, which was taken by a dealer
atsoc. ner bushel. Some 700 bushels Carolina white
Hint sold at 55c. Near 400 bundles Eastern and 100 bun
dles New York Hay have changed hands this week, the
former at 70 and 75c., and the latter at 60 a 65c. per 100
lbs. About 1600 bushels Maryland Oats, arrived since
our last, were sold at 30c. per bushel
Flour.— There has been a fair inquiry for Flour tffls
week, from the trade, for city consumption. Virginia
fine and superfine have commanded #5 and sf, and
“Eagle” extras}; Baltimore has changed hands at 5
and 5j ; and 100 bbls. Western brought #5 and 5| per
barrel.
Charleston, April 23.
Cotton. — The operations in Upland have been almost
entirely suspended since the publication of our weekly
report. On Saturday the sales were 500 bales, at un
settled prices; but since the receipt of the steamer’s
advices, on Sunday last, only 447 bales have changed
hands, at a reduction variously estimated irom j to jc.
per lb.; the transactions, however, have been too limi
ted to form a correct opinion as to the actual state of
the market. Dealers generally have exhibited very lit
t'e disposition to do anything in the article until the
advices per the steamer of the 4th shall have been re
ceived. The sales comprise 15 at 5; 165 at 54 ;92 at 51;
77 at 54; 84 at 51; 15 at 5J ; 48at6; 66 at 6}; 76 at ;
102 at 6j ; 55 at 6j ; and 259 bales at 64c. per lb.
Rice.— The sales for the last three days LaVe been 674
tierces, at an advance of a full | of a dollar per huudi ed
on the business of the previous week. The transac
tions are 53 at 2J ; 137 at 3; 30 at 3 1-16; 263 at 31; 16
at3|; 125 at 3 5-16; 25st3|; and 25 tierces at #3| per
hundred.
New Orleans, April 12.
The river is about two feet below high water mark,
nd falling slowly.
Cotton— Arrived since tbeßt hinstant of Louisiana and
Mississippi 6671 bales, Tennessee and North Alabama
811, Mobile 115, Florida 313, Texas 29; together,
7939 bales. Cleared in the same time for Liverpool
8300 bales. Glasgow 1773, Havre 464, Havana 2703, Bos
ton 15, Baltimore 734 ; together 13,989 bales—making a
leduction to stock 0t605U bales, and leaving on hand,
inclusive of all on shipboard not cleared on the 11th
instant, a stock of 142,823 bales.
In our review of Wednesday morning we reported
the Collon market as having been in a very quiet and
inactive state on the day previous, inconsequence of
the refusal of holders to accept the offered prices, which
were generally not quite so full as had been paid before.
of Wednesday were on a limited scale,
purchasers having only taken 2800 bale* and the market
continued to exhibit a rather unsettled character, the
advices which were received early in the morning from
Havre to theßlh ultimo, advising of a good demand for
Cotton in that market and an improvement of about
one centime in prices, having apparently had no bene
ficial influence. By Thursday morning’s mail we re
ceived accounts from Liverpool to the 7th ult, being
three days later than we had before. The effect of
these advices upon our own market was te impart a
very considerable degree of briskness to the demand,
and to enable holders at the same time to obtain rather
higher prices,than were current the day before. The sales
amounted fully to 8600 bales Yesterday the inquiry
was rather limited, and only about 2400 bales were
disposed of, but the market, nevertheless, closed with a
considerable degree of firmness. The demand has em
braced all qualities, though the principal transactions
have been in the lower grades, and for those we have
raised out quuotations from an | to a | of a cent, part
ly on account of the fuller prices which have been paid
since Thursday morning, and partly owing to the fact,
also, that our previous figures were a shade too low.
We have, likewise, adopted a scale of prices for Ten
nessee and North Alabama Cottons, with which de
scriptions the market is better supplied than previously,
and of which there have been some sales of average
parcels. Heretofore, this season, these Cottons have
generally been sold in mixed lots. The sales of the
week amount to 26,300 bales, of which, 13,800 were sold
during the past three days.
n. ORLEANS classification.— Louts’a and Missisaippf,
Inferior 4ft 9 5|
Ordinary sft 9 sft
Middling 6 9 6|
Good Middling 6ft 9 6ft
Middling Fair 6ft 9 7
Fair 7ft 9 7ft
Good fair 7ft 9 8
Good and fine Bft 9
Tennessee and North Alabama.
Good 00 9 6
Common C 9 9 sft
Extreme prices 4ft 9 6ft
STATSMBNT OF COTTON.
Stock on hand Ist Sept., 1844 bales 12934
Arrived during the past three days 7939
Arrived previously 819705 827644
840578
Exportedduring the past three days 13989
Exported previously. 683766 697755
Stock on hand and o* shipboard 142823
Comparative Statement of the Receipts of cotton from the
Sept, in each year to dates, and also the Stocks on
hand at tie following places at the dates annexed.
Rec’d since Sept. I. Stock on hand.
Places. 1844. 1843. 1845. 1844.
N. Orleans, April 11..808188 710103 U*2827 243691
Mobile, April 8 179827 402813 137024 154210
Savannah, April 4....239042 183917 60016 34984
Charleston. Apri14...330100 251307 ’ 59331 77152
Florida, March 29....149100 118261 47718 28475
Virginia, March 1 12800 11100 4600 37U0
N. Carolina, March 22. 6756 7828 30C0 14UU
New Ynrk, March 31 58264 162500
Other Ports, March 29 3980 11194
Total, bales 2025813 1685328 516756 717306
Total to dates in’43 1685323 717306
Increase this year. ..340405 Decrease..2oossoin stock,
ttjr' We have taken frem N Orleans the amount,
received from Mobile and Flcrida. Also, from Charles
ton the receipts from Savannah —and from Mobile the
receipts from Florida.
The exports from Georgetown to New York are add
ed to the Charleston receipts, and the exports from Da
rien to Liverpool and New York are added to the Sa
vannah receipts.
The exportsfrom Mobile and Florida to New Orleans,
and those from Savannah to Charleston, have been de
ducted from Exports to Northern Ports.
Sugar, Louisiana— After we closed our inquiries on
Tuesday last, there were sales of Sugar on the Levee to
a considerable extent, and the demand was again very
active on Wednesday, which not only nearly cleared the
market of all on sale in first hands, but also enabled
holders to realize an advance of ft 9 ft cent, our present
quotations being for ordinary to common sft 9 sft, fair
b 9 6ft, prime 6ft 9 6ft, sriclly choice in small lots 6ft 9
cents lb. Inconsequence of this lise m prices,
and the diminished stock on sale, the transactions since
Thursday morning have not been on a very extensive
scale, although the disposition to operate appears to be
unabated, and the market exhibits great firmness and
an advancing tendency, owing tothe continuance of
favorable accounts from the North. Considerable pur
chases have been made by Western dealers, and some
large speralion& have also taken place on Northern ac
count. A good many of the parcels which are arriving
are for shipment coastwise, and the amount of Sugar
offered for sale, consequently, is not so large as indica
ted by the receipts. Ihe demand for lots on plantation
is still good, and transactions are only limited, on ac
count of the high prices asked and the more limited
number of crons now offering, We give the range ot
prices at sft 9 bftc lb, and uotice sales at those rates.
Molasses—The favorable accounts which continue to
be received from the North, have caused the demand
for Molasses on the Levee to be again quite active, and
as there has been only a limited stock on the market
during the past three days, in consequence of very light
receipts, the result has been a further material advance
in prices. •Siles of good lots were readily effected yes
terday at 28 cts ftfr 1 gallon, and some holders refused to
sell at that rate. On plantation there has been a sale of
25,<100 gallons, at 22ftc gallon, which is an advance
Os ft cent on tbe previous sale.
Bacon— The material advance in prices within a week 1
past has considerably checked ths demand, and as par- <
cels are arriving rather more fieely, the stock, though
still quite moderate for the season, is rather on the in
crease. Our quotations for regular packed are as fol
lows—say for uncanvassed Hams 6ft 9 7ft cents, can
vassed do. 8 9 10, Bides 6ft 9 7, Shoulders sft 96ftc V
lb. Lots of country packed, and in bulk, are occasion
ally sold at about the following rates—say for Hams 6
(a) Bides 6 (3) 6|, Bhouldera 44 O 6c W lb.
Lard— Operations to a considerable extent have taken
place in this article within the past few days, part for
shipment to the North and part on speculation, and
holders have obtained a further advance in prices. A
moiig the transactions we notice 130 bbls at 61 f 37 cu,
200 bbls and 700 kegs at 7ft, 1000 kegs at 7ft, and 3800 kegs
8 capls 4? The extreme rates aie 6f for very infe
rior up to 8c for strictly prime.
Bagging 8r Bale Rove—W* continue previous quota
tions, which are for Western Bagging 9ft 091 for infe
rior, 10 (3) 10ft, for fair to very good, and 11 O lift cente
for extra heavy, cash. On time the range is 10ft O Ilf
cts, according to quality, length of credit, dec., with oc
casional sales at the cash rates, adding interest. Rope
ranges from 2ft to 4ft cents cash and 4 O 5 on time.
Whiskey— VVe mentioned in our last report that a
speculative demand for Whiskey sprung up on Tues
day last, the market opening at 20 and advancing to
ip* gallon for cents Rectified before night. Common is
nowheld at 23c gallon, but we have heard of no sales
within the past day or two.
Exchange— There has been a good demand for both
Domestic and Foreign Bills since our review of last
Wednesday morning, the last descriptions being want
ed to remit per Steamer Great Western, and the rates
have in consequeMce materially improved. Sterling
has been bought freely at 7J (8 8J ct prem, and is
now rather scarce at these rates. Francs are in pretty
fairdemtnd at sf2B| (a) 5f30 New York 60 day Bills sell
promptly at Ift (a) 2, and Bight Checks at ft (a ft V cent
discount. Boston 60 day bills are at 1| a) Ij, and Phila
delphia and Baltimore do If 02 ct dis.
Freights— Freights have undergoue no material
change since our repoit of Wednesday last. It may
perhaps be said that there is a little more firmness in the
rate to Liverpool, as we understand that no shipment*
can now be made at loss than |d either in British or
American ships.
New Orleans, April 18.
The business in Cotton yesterday amounted to 4200
hales. There is no material change in the market, but
the tendency of prices appears to be in k favor of buy
ers.
XSugar was dull with more disposition to sell. Prices
range from 5f to 7c lb according to quality. Mo
lasses is at 30 to 31c gallon, for oak and cypress bar
rels.
There is no change in the Flonr market We quote
Ohio at #4 10 to #4 12ft, common brands of Illinois and
Missouri #4 10 to #4 15, Louis #4 25 (9 4 75 & bbl.
We have nothing to add as regards provisions.
Exchanges are firm at former rates ; we quote Ster
ling Bft to 8| iff ct prem ; Francs 5f 27ft to 6t 30. New
York 60 days If te 2& ct dis. Bight checks f(9 f
cent dis.
Mobile, April 18.
CoWon—There has been but little animation in the
market during the last three days, and in the few ope
rations that have transpired, buyers have had slightly
the advantage. We still quote middling cottons at 6(9
61c. The sales of the three days have been about 42C0
bales—l2oo on Wednesday, 20CJ Thursday, and 1000 to
day. The receipts have been 2672 bales, making the
total receipts of the season up to this date about 493,-
393 bales.
Freights a> e dull at our last quotations—say |d to
Liverpool, and coastwise #2 bale.
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
Wholesale. Retailft
BAGGING, Hemp yard 16 (9 20
Tow 44 44 15 (9 18
Gunny “ « 20 (9 22
BALE ROPE M lb. 8 (9 10
BACON, Hog. round “ 44 6ft (9 7
Hams “ “ 8 (9 9|
Shoulders 44 44 sft (9 6
Sides 44 “ 6ft (9 7ft
BUTTER Goshen “ 44 29 (9 26ft
North Carolina... “ 44 10 (9 15
Country 44 44 12 (9 20
COFFEE, Green prime Cuba. lt 44 Bft (9 10
Ordinary to Good.. 44 41 “99
St. Domingo 44 44 7 9 8
Rio 44 44 Bft 9 10
Laguira 44 44 9 (9 10
Porto Rico 44 44 9 (9 10
Java 44 44 13 (9 15
Mocha 44 44 22 (9 25
CANDLES, Spermaceti 44 44 34 (9 37
Tallow 44 44 12 (9 18
CHEESE, American 44 44 8 9 12
English 44 44 none.
CIDER, Northern 44 bbl. 7 00 9 800
inboxes 44 doz. 360 9 4 50
CIGARS, Spanish 44 M. 15 00 920 00
American ..... 4( 44 500 912 00
CORN 44 bush. 45 9 50
FISH, Herrings. 44 box. 75 9 125
Mackerel No. 1 44 bbl. 15 00 9 16 00
« No. 2 44 “ 12 00 913 00
« No. 3 “ 44 900 9 10 00
FLOUR, Canal 44 44 675 9 750
Baltimore 44 44 560 9 600
Western 44 44 550 9 600
Country 44 44 500 9 600
FEATHERS 44 lb. 25 9 30
GINGER 44 lb. 10 9 12
GUNPOWDER..... 44 44 600 9 7 004
Blasting 44 44 400 9 460
GLASS, 10 Ml 2 44 box 275 9 325
8k 10 44 44 250 9 3
IRON, Russia 44 44 500 9 500
Swedes, assorted 44 cwt. 500 9 660
Hoop 44 “ 700 9 800
Sheet 44 44 00 9 800
Nail Rods “ 44 700 9 800
LEAD 44 lb. 6 9 7
LEATHER, Sole 44 44 14 9 25
Upper 44 side 87 9 200
Calfskins 44 doz 12 00 926 00
LARD 44 lb. 8 9 10
MOLASSES, N. Orleans 44 gaL 37ft 9 45
Havana 44 44 33 9 37ft
English Island.. 44 44 none.
NAILS 44 lb. sft 9 6
OILS, Lamp 44 gal. 100 9 125
Linseed 44 44 95 9 112
Tanners 44 44 55 9 75
Lard 44 “ 87 9 100
OATS 44 bush. 37ft 9 50
PEAS 44 44 62 9 75
PAINTS, Red Lead 44 lb. 12 9 15
White Lead 44 keg 200 9 250
Spanish Brown 44 lb. 4 9 10
Yellow Ochre 44 44 4 9 10
PEPPER, Black 44 44 12ft 9 15
PORTER, London 44 doz. 360 9 400
and Ale, American. 44 bbL 800 9 900
RAISINS, Malaga 44 box 3 50 9 400
Muscatel 44 “ 200 9 225
Bloom 44 44 none.
RICE, Prime 44 cwt 400 9 450
Inferior to Good 44 “ 175 9 250
SUGAR, New Orleans 44 lb. 7 9 9
Havana, white...... ( * “ 11 9 12ft
“ brown 44 44 8 9 9
Muscovado 44 44 7 9 9
St. Croix 44 “ 9 9 12ft
Porto Rico... “ 44 8 9 11
Lump 44 44 13 9 14
Loaf 44 44 14 9 15
Double refined “ 14 9 16
SPICE 44 “ 14 9 18
SOAP, American, No. 1 44 “ 7 9 9ft
“ No. 2. “ “ 5 9 7
SALT Liverpool ground “ bush. 40 9 45
44 44 “ sack 1 50 9 1 75
STEEL, German 44 lb. 15 9 16
Blistered “ “ 8 9 12
SHOT, all sizes 44 bag 1 621 9 175
SPIRITS, Cognac 4lh proof... 44 gal. 200 9 250
Peach 44 « 100 9 160
Apple « « 37ft 9 50
Gin, Holland 44 44 125 9 150
44 American 44 44 40 9 50
Rum, Jamaica...... 44 44 150 9 200
44 N. England.. 44 44 37ft 9 40
Whiskey,Northern. 44 44 33 9 40ft
44 Western. 44 44 33 9 37
44 Mononga. 44 « 75 9 100
44 Irish 44 44 300 9 400
TOBACCO, N Carolina 44 lb. 8 9 15
Virginia 44 44 15 9 40
TWINE 44 44 20 9 30
TEA Ponchong 44 44 75 9 100
YoungHyson 44 30 9 1 25
Hyson 44 44 80 9 125
Gunpowdei 44 44 100 9 150
Imperial 44 44 100 9 150
VINEGAR, Cider 44 gal. 25 9 37ft
Wine 44 « 50 9 75
WINE, Madeira “ gal. 250 9 350
Sicily Madeira 44 44 100 9 150
Sherry “ 44 200 9 350
Teneriffe 44 44 75 9 125
Sweet Malaga 44 44 40 9 62ft
Port 44 44 75 9 300
Claret 44 44 none.
44 in bottles 44 doz. 300 9 600
Champaigne 44 800 912 0
IMPORTANT TO LUMBERMEN.
HOTCHKISS’ PREMIUM VER
TICAL WATER WHEEL.—The under
l signed would respectfully call the attention of
Mill owners to the annexed certificates of gentle
men of North Carolina, and also to the certifi
cate of the American Institute accompanying the
premium awarded to him in October, 1844.
Faybttevillk, Feb 3, .845.
We, the subscribers, residing tn the county of
Cumberland, and Stale of North Carolina, hav
ing been engaged in the manufacture of Lumber
for many years, feel fully warranted in stating,
that HOTCHKISS’ VERTICAL WATER
WHEELS, and their appendages, are worthy of
the patronage of all mill owners, and that we have
full confidence in their superiority : that the va
lue of Mills will be very much enhanced by their
introduction. They are more durable, and easier
kept in order when properly put together than
the common Flutter Wheel; they will save at
least one-third of the water, and run well in back
water when there is a head above. The speed ol
the saw is increased from one-half to double the
strokes per minute.
ALEX. WILLIAMS, •
DUNCAN MUNROE,
CHRISTOPHER MUNROE,
JOHN McFADYEN,
C. P. MALLETT,
ARCHIBALD GRAHAM,
john McDaniel,
- ALEX. MURCHISON,
ARCHIBALD McLERAN,
ANGUS CAMERON,
(Millwright,)
john c. McLaurin,
(Richmond County,)
THOMAS C. SMITH,
(Bladen County,)
DANIEL McDIARMID.
They have also received a certificate from Col.
Alexander Murchison, (which will be published
hereatter among others in handbill form.) in
which be speaks of this as “ the greatest improve
ment made on Saw Mills in my | his] time,”—
says that his saw will cut 5000 feet in a day ; it
actually cut on the day before he wrote 4633 feet
of 11 inch quarter boards, making 240 strokes in
a minute ; that one-half of the water is saved,
and concludes by recommending its adoption to
mill owners.
Other certificates, which have been promised,
will be published hereafter.
ARCHIBALD McLAUGHLIN,
DUNCAN McNEILL,
ALFRED A. McKETHAN.
Fayetteville, February 12, 1845.
This is to certify that a silver medal was
awarded by the American Institute n t the Annu
al Fair held in the city of New York, October,
1844, to Gideon Hotchkiss, for the best Water
Wheel for Saw Mills-
Signed, G. J. LEEDS, Recording Secretary.
T. B. WAKEMAN, Corresp. Sec’y.
Jambs Tallmadge, President.
All letters addressed to me at Augusta, Geo.,
will receive prompt attention, and I am prepared
to furnish any number of Wheels at the shortest
notice, as well as furnish experienced workmen
to fit them into mills.
ap22 GIDEON HOTCHKISS.
COLUMBIA Sheriff Sale.—On the
first Tuesday in July next, will be sold, be
fore the court house door in Columbia county,
between the usual hours of sale, a negro girl, Syl
via, levied on as the property of John Parks, to
satisfy a mortgage fi. fa. from Columbia inferior
court, at the suit of Joel Dorsey vs. John Parks.
Property pointed out in said fi. fa.
April 23,1845. R. H. JONES, Dep. Sheriff.
COLUMBIA Sheriff Sale.—On the
first Tuesday in July next, will be sold, be
fore the court house door in said county, three
negroes, to wit: Bob, Delia and her child, to sat
isfy two fi. fas. issuing from Columbia in erior
court; one, a mortgage fi. fa. at the suit of Georg?
Dorsey and Edward Dorsey vs. Francis M. Dor
sey, the other a common law fi. fa. at the suit of
Ayres Lynn vs. said Francis M. Dorsey.
April 23,1845. I. RAMSEY, Sheriff.
Georgia rail road and
BANKING COMPANY.— Notice tothe
Newton County or Middle Branch R. Road
Stockholder..—The eighth in.talm.nl on tho
.lock of the Georgia Rail Road and Banking
Company, known a. the Newton County or Miff
die Branch Rail Road Company »tock, amount
ing to »5 per .hare, making the whole amount
called in »100 per .hare, will be required to be
paid, at the company’s Bank in Auguata, on or
before ihe first day of June nsxt, in cash or in
notes at six months with interest.
The stockholders who hsvs paid loss than Nfi
per .hare, will be required, in like msnner, to
make their payments equal to >IOO per share.
By order of the Board.
ap24-wtJei J. W- WILDE, Cashier.
Dr The Federal Union of Milledgevil • will
copy the abore weekly till day l
COLUMBIA County, Georgia:
Whereas Allen Scott applies to me for Ut
ters of administration on the estate of Thomas
W. Jones, late of said county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish, al
and singular, the kindred andcreditorsof said de
ceased, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Appling.
April 24,1846. GABRIEL JONES, Clerk.
COLUMBIA County, Georgia:
Whereas Sidney Tillery applies to me for
letters of administration on the estate of Nancy
Gray, late of said county,deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish, ell
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at my office with! ■ the
tinqg prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted. “
Given under my hand at office in Appling. '
April 24, 1815. GABRIEL JONES, Clerk.
Bank state of Georgia.
—Savannah, 4th April, 1845.—Nonca to
STOCKHOLDaae. An election for eight direc-
tors, on the part of the indivi 'ual stockholders,
will be held in said Bank on Monday, the Sth day
of May ensuing, between 'he hours of 10 a. is.,
and 2 o’clock, r. m., of said day, to serve for 12
months from that date.
ap!2 tmy4 A. PORTER, Cashier.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, dkc.
CLARKE, RACKETT * CO hav«
received, and are receiving, a rich assort
ment of the above articles, together with
BILYEU AND SLATED WASS OS ALL KIHDS.
Rich Bracelets, Pina and Finger Rings; Gold
Spectacles, Thimbles and Pencil Cases; Gold
Pens; Fob and Guard Chains;
WITH A GREAT VARIETY OF FANCY JEWELRY,
and almost every article in the line.
Forks and Spoons of Standard Silver, alway oon
hand : Fashionable Jet Work, for sale ybby low
WATCH MATERIALS, TOOLS, Sc.,
WHOLESALE TO THE TRADE AT PAIR SBICBS
Augusta, Sept. 25, 1844. dffwtf.
QTATE 8 PERCENT. BONDS
O Holders of Georgia 8 per cent. Bonds, from
Nos. 1246 to 1296, both 'nc'usive, are hereby no
tified to present them for payment on the 25tb
Instant, at the Bank of Augusta, in the city of
Augusta, as interest will cease to accrue on ths
said numbers on that day.
A. M NESBIT, Cashier.
Central Bank of Georgia, April 14, 1846.
apl6 trwtAX
AN ACT,
To alter and amend the seventh section of
the first Article of the Coustltuiion of
this State.
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Se
nate and House of Representatives of the
State qf Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority qf the same, that
whenever this act shall have passed in accord
ance with the requirements of the Constitution
of this State, the following shall be adopted in
lieu of the said seventh section: —Each county
of this State shall have one Representative, and
no county shall have more than two Representa
tives. Thirty-seven counties having the great
est population, counting all free white persons
and three-fifths of the people of color, shall hsvs
two Representative;—and if any new county
shall be hereafter formed, said new county shall
be entitled to one Representative, and the appor
tionment shall be made by the General Assem
bly at the sessional which this section shall be
adopted as an alteration of the Constitution, by
an act to be introduced after the adoption there
of, and a new apportionment shall be made at
the session next after each future enumeration of
the inhabitants of this State, made under the
Constitution and laws thereof, but at no other
time.
[Signed] CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Speaker of the House sf Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to December 27th, 184?.
GEORGE W.CRAWFORD, Governor.
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IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS.—
NEGRO CLOTHS.—The subscribers have
just received a sample oi the Wollen Negro Cloths
manufactured at Bellville Factory, Richmond
county, and from the superior quality of the ma
terial and manufacture they believe it is only ne
cessary for the planter to try it to give it a prefer
ence over any thing of the kind introduced into
this market; they warrant it to be pure wool
fining, and can challenge competition with any
for warmth, strength, and durability of wear.
GEO. W. LAMAR A, CO., |
Agen's of Factory. 1
CT They have also left samples with the under 1
named gentlemen, from whom the planter can 1
obtain it on the most liberal terms: Messrs. 1
Thomas Dawson & Son, Bustin A Walker, Dye 1
& Doughty, Clarke & Roberts, Adams A Hop- |
kins, Stovall A Simmons, and Porter Fleming A 1
Co., D'Antignac A Evans and J. Alexander, je 4
Bank os Augusta, ?
March 3d, 1845. | ]|
WILL be sold at Auction, on the
first Tuesday In Ma< next, at the lower
market house, one hundred shares in the capital
stock of the Bank of Augusta, hypothecated to
the President, Directors and Company of the
Bank of Augusta, by William S. Dewar. By or
der of the Board of Directors.
uth4 wtd JAS. W. DAVIES, Cashier."
TVTEAPOLITAN ~ BONNETS.—
X 1 The undersigned, patentees and manufac
turers of the Neapolitan Bonnets, respectfully
inform the trade that they are now ready to sup
ply the above article, of the latest styles and ot
superior quality, in quantities to suit purchasers.
They warrant that they can alter and clean the
Bonnet to appear equal to new.
Buyers are cautioned against an inferior arti
cle of the kindin the market. (The genuine ar*
tide, for which we received th- silver medal at the
last Fair of the American Institute, has our ticket
upon it.) Apply to Thomae Vysc, 172 Pearl-st.,
or at the manufactory of
PATTISON, NOE A CO.,
No. 25 Delaney-ot.
New York, February 25, 1845. law3m
SURGEON DENTIST.
CHARLES DUGAS having fully
p-epared himself for the practice of Dentis
try, tenders his services to the public.
Complete or partial sets of Teeth will be exe
cuted with neatness and adapted securely.
Office in the dwelling of Dr. L. A. Dugas,
Broad street. ly ap2l
Dr. A. L. HAMMOND offers
his professional services to the citizens of Au
gusta and its vicinity. Dr. H. may be found at
all times, when not professionally engaged, at
his residence, over the store of A. Bowdre, cor
ner >*f Broad and ‘‘’enter streets r»nl4 lv
PO WEKS &. WHIPILE,
Attorneys at Law,
n 8 lawd&c6rn Macon, Georgia.
ROBERT HESTER,
Attorney at Law, Elberton, Geo.—Will prac
tice in Lincoln, Wilkes and Franklin coun
tie»- mh27-wly
wm. m. Mclntosh,
Attorney at Law,
jy 15-ly _ Elberton, Geo.
Law Advertisement.
A. D. SHACKLEFORD,
Will practice Law in the several counties of tbe
Cherokee Circuit, and in the Federal Courts
for the District of Georgia. Office at Caae
ville. au3-ly
edward h. Wingfield;
Attorney at Law, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co..
Ga.—Will practice in all the counties of the
Cherokee Circuit. Also, Habersham, Hall
and Gwinnett counties of the Western Cir
cuit. All business intrusted to his care shal
meet with prompt attention. je 17-wtf
I JOSEPH C. WILKINS
t Attorney at Law,—Will practice Jn all tho
counties of the Eastern Circuit. Office in
Riceboro, Liberty county, Ga. all tic
1 ~ MURRAY A. GLENN
1 Attorneys at Law, McDonough, Henry Co.,
1 Ga.—Will punctually attend to any business
entrusted to their care. Office at McDo-
1 nough, Henry county, Ga.
ap22-tf A. G. Mubbav, | L. J. Glkxm.
JOHN R. STANFORD. ~
Attorney at Law, Clarkesville, Ga. Will
practice in the counties of Clarke, Frank
lin, Habersham, Lumpkin, Forsyth, Gilmer
Union, Murray and Gwinnett, and in the Fe
deral Circuit Court for Georgia. jy 17
~ PHILIP CLAYTON,
Attorney at Law, Athens, Ga.—Will practice
in the counties of Clarke, Walton, Gwinnett,
Hall, Jackson, Habersham and Franklin.
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W ILLI AMN? BI RC H,
No. 138 J Water street, Neto York,
Wholesale Dealer In Leghorn, Florence.
Braid and Straw Bonnets. Panama, Leg'
horn and Palm Leaf Hats, Silk, Lawn, and
Willow Bonnets, Artificial Flowers, Ac. Ac.
ap 18 ts
WILLIAM W. CLARK, '
Attorney at Law, Covington, Ga Will prac
tlce in the counties of Morgan, Jasper, New
ton, Henry, DeKalb and Gwinnett.
Rbpbksncbs —A. J. AT. W. Miller; Stovall A Kot
mens, O. H. Lee, W. H. Goodrielt, Anemia.
fl 2 ts
LANO & STROTHER;
Attorneys at Law,—Will practice in the seve
ral counties ot the Northern, and Columbia
county of the Middle Circuit.
BiraaaNCßs:
Avgusta. uirrcourroM.
A J- AT. W. Miller, Francisß.Fleming, Eeq.
Charles J. Jenkins, Esc. James B. Neal, Esq.
Henry 11. Cumming, Esq.
Office —Lincolnton, Ga.
W. W. ANDERSON,
Attorney at Law, Monticello, Ga.
BcraaaMcze.
Col. N. Q. Fostbb, > .. r, ,
Dr. E. E. Jonas, ] Oa -
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