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OLD SERIES, VOL. LIX.
THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
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BY J. W. * W. S. JONES.
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FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 13.
Round Bales of Cotton.
A few days since we copied from the Macon
Messenger an article setting forth briefly the
injurious effects, lathe grower, of packing cot
ton in round bales, in which allusion was
made to the action of the Chamber ot Com
merce and the cotton buyers ol Savannah, from
whom a circular had been promised. That cir
cular will be found in onr pouer of t r-day, and
although we know not that it contains anything
new on this im'ortant snbject to the cotton
planter, yet it presents facts tor hisconsideration
which should not be permitted to pass unheeded.
Every planter who has visited any market in
the State, could not have failed to perceive, if
he was observant of wnat was passing around
him, the difference in price between cotton of
the same quality packed in round and square
packages. This difference it is true varies from
i to f cent per pound, but it is oftenerthe latter
than the former rate. This of course is paid,
or rather is lost by the producer ol the cotton —a
loss too, which in one year, is equal to the cost
of a screw, to every man that makes fifty bales
of cotton. Should not these facts arouse the
planters to action upon a matter which so im
mediately touches their interests?
We think so, and we think we should do them
gross injustice not to give them credit for such
a regard fortheir interests as will prompt them
to immediate action. We have personally no
interest in this matter, and our only object in
ever urging it upon the consideration of the plan
ters was, if possible, to induce them to bring
their cotton to market in such a condition as
would enable them at all times to obtain the
best price. To do this, they should not only
handle it neatly and put it in square bags, but
they should be careful always to put it in the
best bagging and rope, taking care to have the
cotton well covered by the bagging.
We might have added much more on this
snbject, but for the present we prefer to avail
our-elves ot the remarks oflhe Savannah Re- i
publican in introducing the address of the 1
Chamber ol Commerce to its readers.
“ The Add:ess (says the Republican) should be
copied into every paper, and read and consider- t
ed at every fireside in the Stats. Now is the 1
lime too lor it to be acted upon. Every man
who has not a cotton press upon his place, should
go to work at once and erect one. The saving
of a single crop will more than pay the entire
expense, and the gain of future years will be
Clear. One didlarper bag, the present difference
in price between round and square bales, is by
no means an unimportant item to the planter,
under the present prices,of cotton, it is equal
tire capital of the prudent and economical culti
vator of the staple. It men will not expend
some labor and means to save such an impor
tant item, they deserve to suffer as they have
suffered during the past years. We feel confi
dent that the plain and wholesome truths con
tained in the Circular in question, will have an
important influence upon their course, and that
immediate action will be taken on the subject
in some of the upper counties a movement has
already been made. Only a day or two since
we heard of a number ol mechanics who were
on their way to’he interior, for the purpose of
erecting “screws” lor the planters. '1 he neigh
boring mechanics found it impossibletoaccom
plish the amount of work required, and others
from a di-tance were flocking to supply the de
ficiency. It such a spirit already prevails ger e
rally, we mav venture to express the hope that
the work will soon be accomplished. Let every
planter remember, however, that as the number
of round bales diminishes, the differ" nee in price
will increase, until the present cumbrous pack
ages will scarcely be sold at any price.—
Hence the necessity of a general movement at
once. Let no man put it ofl merely because
everv body else is adopting square bales. If he
does so he may rely upon it, he will be vastly
the loser by the new transaction. Let this cir
cular be universally distributed among the
people, and they will act wisely, because then
they will see that it is to their interest to do
so.” -
Messrs Toombs and Stephens.—The Flo
ridian of the 7th in-t. in the following article
makes the amende honorable to these gentlemen,
for havingrhargeJ thrm with making stump
speeches in Florida prior to the election.-
“ Amende Honorable.— ln the Floridian of the
24th u'.t. we notic' d a report that the Hon.
Messrs. A. H. Stephens and Robert Toombs,
Whig members of Congress from Georgia,
were trampnoting over East Florida, making po
litical stump speechesto influence our elections.
We learn these honorable gentlemen have been
misunderstood in this ma ter, and they have not
been guilty of intermeddlihg in the affairs ol a
political communitv to which they were in s -me
deg, ee aliens, andoflieiouslv volunteering their
vis. advice tothe people of the <Ea»t, unasked,
and without any interest in our local matters. ’’
All "Odd Fellows” Together.—A Port
land paper tells of a beautiful copper-fastened
schooner ol about 80 tons, which was launched
there on Thursday. She is intended as a packet
between Thomaston and Boston. Her name is
the I. O. of O. F.” She was built by an Odd-
Fellow, is to be commanded by Capt. George C.
Dow, who is an Odd-Fellow, and her first trip
will be on the 17th of June, when she will carry
a load of Odd-Fellows to the celebration in
Boston, on the I9ih of the same month.
Banks or New Orleans.—According to the
official statement of the Board of Currency, the
active movement cl the specie-paving Banks ot
N. Orleans on the Ist inst. was as follows:
LIABILITIES.
Circulations 3 135 365 50
Deposits.. 5,988 371 56
Due to other Banks 1,247 571 59
Other liabilities 519,071 30
T0ta1810,890,318 96
ASSETS.
Specie-. 36 851,166 47
Loanson deposit 3 559,11)1 99
Due by other Banks.. 3,350,278 32
Other assets 131,559 75
T0ta1813.895,106 53
Cost or War.—Our revolutionary war drew
from the treasury of Connecticut alone nearly
823,000,000; as much as $100,000,000 would be
for that State now, or $200,000,000 tor Massa
chusetts. Our last war, though cheap compared
with most w.irs, cost us nearly $50,000,000 a
L year. Our revolutionary war cost England
than $600,000,000, and her wars with
SJapoleon alone, more than $500,000,000.
A Relic Thefirst gun, itissaid, which was
discharged at the British during our revolution
ary war. is in possession ot Mr. Jno. Ruttrick,
of Massachusetts. It was used by his grand
father who commanded the minute men assem
bled to oppose the British army which marched
out ol Boston on the 12th April, 1775, (or the
purpose ot destroying the stores at Lexington
aad Concord.
Savannah < hamber of Commerce.
7'u the Planters of Upland Colton of the State of Georgia ;
Gentlemen:—A communication was ad
dressed to you by the Presidentol the Savannah
Chamber of Commerce on the3lst May, 1842
on me subject ot packing Cotton in round
b iles, which it is believed, has produced a pat
tial effect, but the evil still continues to a gieat
extent.
On the 21st January last, a meeting was held
by the Purchasers ol Cotton in this city, and
ihe result ot their deliberations is now laid be
fore you, in a report ot a Committee of iheii
body, together with a resolution of the Chamber
of Commerce, passed on the 28 h instant, to
which you are referred tor the opinions ano
suggestions ol the Merchants ol Savannah.
The average value ot Colton in Square
Bales this year, has been about a quarter of a
cent per pound more than in Round, and the
prejudice against the latter description ol pack
age is rapidly increasing in Foreign and North
ern Markets.
The importance ol this question will doubt
less commend it to your careful consideration,
and it is earnestly hoped the enjuing ciop ot
Georgia will be in such packages as to enable
it to compete with the Colton produced in other
States.
By order ot the Chamber,
GODFREY BARNSLEY, President.
Savannah, 31s/ May, 181a.
Savannah, January 21, 1845.
Godfrey Barnsley, Esq..
President Sabmnah Chamber of Commerce:
Sir: Ata meeting ofthe Foreign and Do
mestic purchasers ol Colton in the city of Sa
vannah, held this day, to take into considera
tion the great and increasing injury to the busi
ness ot the port ard the general interest of th"
State, by the prevailing custom of packing Cot
ton in Round B des, it was unanimously
Resolved, Taatihe preponderance of Round
Bales among the receipts of Cotton at Savan
nah, is a serious evil, prejudicial to the inter
ests of the grower and embarrassing to the
commerce of the port; and that until Square
Packages prevail as in other places, the planters
of Georgia must of necessity look for di
minished prices foi their products in all mar
kets to which they find their way in so inconve
nient a shape.
And it was deemed due to the Savannah
Chamber of Commerce, to place the result of
this meeting Delore it, inorder that, it approved,
it might be dismissed under the sanction of the
Association, accompanied by such suggestions
as that body might think expedient to add; and
in so doing, w’e are directed to stale the accu
mulated inconveniences which have induced
i his meeting to appeal to the planters to discour
age the preparation of Round Bales, and these
are:
Ist. I’he increased expense of transportation
by Rail Roads and other means.
2d. I’he indifferent order in which such
packages reach the sea-board.
31. Their additional liability to damage.
4th. The additional rate of freight charged
in conveying Round Bales to the few Foreign
Markets where they are tolerated.
sth. The extensive injury inevitably accru
ing to the bales while being “screwed” on ship
hoard.
6th. The much greater loss in weight upon
Round Bales than upon Square, and
7th.‘Th" entire unfitness of Round Packa
ges for the Continental markets.
It is p esumed by this meeting, that the acu
men of the people of Georgia, will al once lead
them to perceive, that under the increasing
competition of growth, they cannot, in prepar
ing their crops for the rivalry ol trade, intelli
gently adhere to a form of package which has
been abandoned in every State in the Union,
except their own. Florida, with wealth anu
opportunities far interior to those of Georgia,
has entirely adopted the Square Packages for
her crop, and Carolina has so nearly ceased to
put up Round Bales, that it is presumed tour
filths oflhe lew seen in her market are derived
troni this State.
Those interested will no doubt bear in mind
that thecotton of the United States has already
11 contend with the products of India and other
quarters, and to secure to our growth the ad
vantages it naturally possesses, artificial aids
should not be wanted.
Planters who see Round Bales onlv in the
idea of their condition upon reaching the ship
ping port, and still less when the bales have been
driven by machinery into a narrow space on
ship-board, from which they have to be forced
again by hooks and tackles at the port ot desti
nation. A ship from Georgia, is easily recog
nized in Liverpool, by the mass ol loose and
soiled Cotton accumulated in her hold al the
termination of her discharge, involving a loss
to Planters, not the less opeiative because un
even, as, in originating shipments of Round
Bates, the purchaser must necessarily provide
for such waste by paying so much less for the
Cotton.
To France, the Mediteranean, and the North
of Europe, Round Bales cannot be shipped,
even ata lair difference in price, as they would
be unsaleable, and toe scarcity of Square Bales
has driven from Georgia to her more sagacious
neighbors, a lucrative and steadily increasing
trade; the < xponsto France and the Continent
limn Charleston, since the commencement of
this season, having been five times told those of
this port to those quarters.
Again, in the British ports, the demand for
Cotton Ibr export is exclusively supplied from
Square Bales' and to the majority of the orders
now received from Liverpool the condition of
“Square Bales” is annexed. Round Balesbe
ing saleable with difficulty in Great Britain as
well as in the Northern markets ot the United
States.
It may not be generally known, that with al
t e advantages Georgia possesses in her safe
bars and deep harbors, her ports are sought un
willingly, alike bv American an t Foreign ships,
because of the sacrifice ot time necessarily
caused by the screwing of Round Bales, and
the serious deficiency in the freight list-weight
of such a cargo. A ship of 2,000 bales would
be loaded with square packages in twelve days,
whilst with bales as they ordinarily reach our
market, at least three weeks would be occupied
in completing her lading.
We are aware it may be urged that in the
present depreciated condition ol the staple, any
additional investment of capital in its culiiva
tion or preparation is impolitic; but to this, we
would reply, that the very necessities of the
planting interest furnish the strongest argument
for the change now recommended, as the con
stant demand for Square Bales, even in the
du'lest periods ol the market, must have shown
Planters how large a preference such packages
have with the Buyer, and how soon the cost of
a Colton Press would be more than defrayed
by the additional price secured f r the crops.
In conclusion, the Cotton Buyers ot Savan
nah would hope the facts addduced, will satisfy
the Planters of Georgia, that the common inter
ests ot both will be permanently advanced by
abandoning a mode of putting up their crops,
which, excusable in the earlier history ol our
agriculture, becomes an anomaly when the
successful application ot mechanical power to
the departments of labor has been so fully con
firmed by patient, practical experiment.
We are, sir, very respectfully, your obedient
servants, (Si med )
ROBERT HABERSHAM, ) c
CHARLES GREEN, ( C1 "“ Z
g-y The size most approved lor Square
Bales, is as follows- Length, 5 feet 4 inches;
depth, 2 teet 10 inches; width, 20 inches;
weight,4oo lbs., and with no: lessthan five ropes.
At a meeting of the Savannah Chamber ol
Commerce, held on the 28th May, 1845, it was
"Resolved, That this Chamber concurs with
the Colton Buyers ofSavannah, in considering
the number ot Round Bales in the ciop ol
Georgians a serious evil, and that next tothe
disadvantage imposed upon the Planter, by so
pulling up his Cotton, mav be reckoned the
loss arising from the use ot Bagging manufac
tured fro>n Cotton, which is so generally <lefi
cient in strength, as to be an unfit covering,
and when used for Round Bales, their condition
by the time they reach the seapoit, renders them
unmerchantable.”
The weather was so cold at Addison, Me., on
Saturday, 31st ult., the ground froze an inch
deep, aud the water in the ditches froze over.
There was ice upon the edge® of the ponds
and ditches in the vicinity of Wilmington, Dela
ware, on Saturday morning, 31st ult.
Hottest Dav Yet.—Tne Charleston Cou
rier of yesteiday says:—The Thermometer in
our office yesterday stood at 92 degrees at »
o’clock, P.
(Correspondence of the Georgian.)
St. Marys, June 9, 1845.
To Ike Editor of the Georgian:
Dear Sir—A large wreck came ashore a lew
•lays ®ince on beach of Cunib’rland island
near Mr. R Stafford’s place. We are told n
wasseenby that gentleman some 15 miles ai
-ea. It came ashore in two pieces, each piece
some thirty feet long, being the hulk ot the
vessel. Gentlemen who saw it, suppose it t<
be the wreck of a steam ship. It appears t<
have been loaded with eotton and burned at sea
Some ot the irons cut from it have be n brough
here, and are of immense size. Further par
ilctllars, if interesting, 1 will communicate
hereafter, as the Gaston is just off.
Yours, in haste.
Prom the N. O. Picayune of the 7 th inst.
Later from Texas.
The steamship New York, Wright, master,
arrived at this port yesterday troni Texas. She
left Galveston on the 4ih inst., to which day sne
brings us files of papers The New Yoik ar
rived al Galveston on the 31st ult., Gen. Lamar
and Maj. Donelsoti being passengers.
The U. S. revenue cutter Woodbury arrived
at Galveston on the 31 inst., with despatches tor
the American Minister.
Among the passengers by the New York we
notice the names of Judge Baldwin and the
Prince de Sohns. The ratter is on his way to
Europe. •*
All was quiet on Ihe Texas not a
sing'e Indian dislur: ance noticed in any ol our
exchanges.
The steam saw mill of Col. M. T. Rogers,
at Lynchburg, was consumed by fire on ihe
night of he 29th ult.
We have received verbal intelligence by this
arrival to the effect that the Mexicans are really
concentrating a large lorce on the Rio Grande,
preparatory to war in case Texas should agree
to annexation. Our informant states farther
that the feeling in the latlercoumry is thorough
ly warlike—th" talk is ol nothing else than a
brush with Mexico if she wishes it—and in a“-
diiion that the propositions of Mexico and Eng
land will be plomptly rejected. Many think,
and with good show of reason, that ihe move
ment oftroops towards the Rio Grande is insti
gated by England, but let who will be pi tha
; bottom i> Government at once to
march an efficient force to the frontiers of Tex
as So long as the negotiations are pending
until the final action of the Texas Government
is had upon the propositions of the United
States—not a single Mexican soldier should set
foot on this side the Rio Grande. The inhabi
tants of Texas are now deliberating upon pro
posals made them bv the United Stales—it is
imperative upon the United States to see that
they are in no way molested, constrained, or
overawed by foreign influences, until the ques
tion is settled. Some may say that this is an
extreme course—the necessities of the case de
mand it.
Capt. Elliott, the British charge to Texas,
reached Galveston on the evening of the 30th
ult. in a French man-of-war brig. The Civil
ian says it is understood that he brought further
overtures from Mexico for an acknowledgment
of the independence of Texas. He proceeded
to the seat of government on Monday morning
The precise character of the propositions
brought is not known, but if they he ol the na
ture intimated, they will probably, says the Ci
vilian, “be laid bes >re the public in a very short
time.” The same paper adds: “The decision
of the qnestio- of independence or annexation,
belongs exclusively to the people, and the Go
vernment has manifested its enure willingness
to allow the matter to be decided by them.”
According to the same paper, the American
squadron, under Capt. Stockton, was lying at
anchoroff Galveston on the 4th inst.
We spoke a few days since ol the immense
meeting recently held at Bastrop, and or the
opinion indulged by many of the citizens that
President Jones’s call for a Convention was a
“ snakey” document. We give two or three of
th" resolutions passed on the occasion to show
the feelings of the inhabitants:
Resolved, That we disapprove ot thesaid pro
clamation tn each and every particular; that we
condemn the same as dictatorial in its nature,
and an attempt, tor reasons to us unknown, to
frustrate tne anticipated action of Congress on
this import nt measure.
Res dved, That in our judgment no contin
gency has occurred that renders thesaid pro
clamation necessary; that our Congress is call
ed to meet and act in due season for the sale
consummation of the great measure of annexa
tion and to them we submit the questions of re
presentation and time and place of calling a
Convention.
Resolved, That our members of Congress he
clothed with plenary powers upon the subject of
annexation affirmatively.
Notwithstanding all this, it was still thought
that the West would elect delegates to the Con
vention.
We give the following extract from a corres
pondent as showing the movements oflhe noted
British Charge. Tne letter is dated
Houston, June 2 1845.
Eds. Pic.—The only item ol news.ol tn.nor.
Mexico, with the ackTTTTv.-,—olt“ 11.0.51
ftendence by that government. The acknow
edgment is unconditional, I understand, except
that w are to eschew the Yankees. The fast
moving Chatge left here for the seat ot Govern
ment, Washington, an hour after his arrival,
but his mission will be no go. The people have
got their dander fairly up for annexation, and
nothing else will suit. Yours, &e.
It will be certainly unfortunate forthe very
distinguished Captain to lose all his labors of
love in favor of Texas, but to this complexion,
unless we are mistaken in all onr calculations,
it must come at last. The Charge is too late.
He has kept himself in a perfect stew for the
last six months, posting about from place to
place—now endeavoring to throw pe.-ple off the
scent by giving out false destinations, then tra
velling under an assumed name through Mexi
co—now subjecting himself to the pestilential
vomita of Vera Cruz, next broiling under the
hot sun on the Texan prairies—and in the end
to find himself worsted: of a verity, he must
become heartily sick of his mission. Had he
manifested such extraor tin trv zeal tor the wel
fare of Texas two years since, it might have
amounted to something, but the day has now
gone by.
The candidates for seats in the Convention
from Galveston, the only place where there is
anj’ regular opposition to annexation now man
ifested, are Cols. Love and Menard, Gen. Me
mocan Hunt, and Major Bache The latter is
a grandson ot Benjamin Franklin, and has been
against annexation, bnt we learn that he says
that if elected, be will not oppose th? popular
will. The other candidates are all warm in fa
vor of the measure.
From the Tropic.
Capt Elliott, the British Minister, arrived at
Galveston on the3oih ult. trom Vera Cruz, in a
French vessel of war, and set out for the seat of
government immediately. The papers state
that Elliott was the bearer of propositions trom
Mexico, acknowledging Texan independence.
In relation to this maticr, the News says:
The purport of the treaty, according to El
liott’s statement to a friend ol ours, issimply the
recognition of our independence, without re
gard to limits, upon the condition that we re
nounce annexation to the United Slates, leaving
us at liberty to be annexed to England or any
government.
The most astonishing item of intelligence re
ceived bv this arrival, is contained in a para
graph in the Houston Telegraph, which, in re
ference to the siaiemenl in ihe message of Cue
vas to the Mexican Congress, that Texas had
made proposals to Mexico to obtain an ac
knowledgmentofher independence, says: “We
havebeen assured by Col. Allen, out Secretary
of State, that President Jones has made no pro
posals to Mexico, and authorized no agent to
proceed to Mexico with proposals.” The Gil
veston News, speaking of the endeavor to rep
resent President J mes as a friend of annexa
tion, says, that such inference cannot be drawn
from existing facts, and, in refetenc • to the
above extract from the Telegraph, remarks :
This, to say the least of it, is a most extraor
dinary mode of exp.anatiun, and challenges no
small sha-e ot credulity, especially as at this
moment Cant. Elliott is in Washing!in, ami
probably again in secret conclave with the Pre
sident.
This declaration by the Telegraph in the face
ot existing tacts, appears to us strange and in
explicable. There is some mystery about this
affair which we would like to see elucidated,
ft seems there are as many crooked paths have
been on this side ot the Sabine, in support ol it.
We give the intelligence of President Jones’s
disclaimer, as we receive it, and for what it is
worth, leaving our readers to draw their own
conclusions.
The News has the following paragraph, in
relation to the growing crops :
“ The Planter informs us that the Corn, Cot
ton, Sugar and Tobacco crops are highly flour
ishing. There is likely to be an abundance of
Corn. There has been a little too much rain
tor Cotton, and planters find it difficult t > keep
the grass dow-n. The worm has attacked tbe
leaf of the cane and injured the growth a little.
Tobacco is said to be already large enough “ to
top.” Dr. Gautier has a farm of 30 acres in
Tobacco, and others are paying increased at
tention to this staple.”
The Telegraph states that all the counties m
the Republic, as tar as heard from, are in favor
• d the President’s Proclamation calling a Con
vention.
Th- citizens of Montgomery and Houston
counties have passed resolutions ot confidence
in the President’s unwavering patriotism and
devotion to the Republic.
When the New York left Galveston, on
Wednesday, the election for members of the
Convention was going on.
At Treves, in Prussia, during some researches
whic” have been made in the soil about the an
cient Roman Basil ca. which is about to be re
stored to its ancient form and used as a Luther
an Church, a curious and interesting discovery
has been made. There was found beneath the
mosaic pavement of the principal hall which
rests on brick pillars, a system ofcast pipes, ol
»reat calibre, which had evidently b-en used for
seating the hall, either bv means ot steam or hot
ir which would prove that this method of heat
ing which has been thoughlof recent invention,
was already known and used in the time of the
Roman*.
AUGUSTA, GA,, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1845?'
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 14.
The New Post Office Law.
“We understand that Wm. L Mitchell, Esq..
Postmaster at this place, has sent his resigna
lion to the Department, in consequence of the
new Post Office bill.”
The above paragraph we clip from the last
Athens (Ga.) Banner, and is one ot the first
fruits of the new Post Office Law; a result tor
which we had prepared ourselves among the
small offices in many instances throughout the
country, but we confess we had not supposed so
important an office asthat at Athens would be
abandoned by the incumbent. Although an ad
vocate for cheap postage, we have not been dis
posed to regard the late law a' very good one,
and by no means so good a one a? Congress
might and should have adopted—we thought it
passing from one extreme io the other, and one
ol the greatest evils we anticipated was the
impossibility of procuring competent persons,
at a large portion of ti e smaller offices through
the country, who would discharge the duties for
the compensation allowed. Ifour fears in this
particular should be realised to any considerable
extent the effects ot the law' will certainly lie
prejudicial'to the interest and convenience of
much the greater portion of the people, and par
ticularly so to the press. But we hope for
better things, and now that the law has passed,
it i° the duty of every good citizen to give it a
fair trial, that its merits may be fairly and fully
tested —and especially do we regard it the duly
of those who have enjoyed the emoluments of
the old law, to continue in office tor a time to
test the operations of the new. This latter view
however, is a mere matter of opinion, in which
men will very naturally differ, and we shall not be
surprisel it many of the present officers resign
their offices, because thecompensation isthought
to be inadequate. Indeed, the compensa ion
under the present law is so inadequate in many
instances, that persons have been induced to re
ceive the office alone upon considerations of
public policy and their disposition to serve the
immediate community. Whether these con
siderations will be paramount to the state of
things under the new law, time alone will de
termine, but we sincerely trust that the great
mass of incumbents will give the experiment of
cheap postages a lair trial, by continuing in the
discharge of their duties tor at least one year.
Improvement of the Chattahoochee.—
The improvement of this river above Columbus
has been the subject of discussion for some
time among the citizens of that city, and as it
is a matter ol great importance to that place,
as well as a large portion ol the people above
-m both sides of the river, we shall be pleased to
see vigorous measures adopted for us comple
tion, if indeed it be practicable, of which the
Editor of the Enquirer has no doubt. That
paper ol the 1 lib inst. says:
“To-day we will only say we are gratified
to learn that intelligent citizens, here and else
where, are examining the subj -ct of improving
the navigation ot the river above Columbus.—
No one has—no one can-thoroughly investi
gate this subject, without coming to the con
clusion that it is entirely practicable. Os its
ntili y to every industrial pursuit, not a reflec
ting man has yet expressed a doubt. Its im
portance to the whole people of Georgia is as
yet undefined and (indefinable; and immeasu
iably more important tor Ihe Stale and the peo
ple, than any other improvement that can be
suggested.
“It the selfish will be patriotic for once, the
work will be accomplished.”
COMFORTABLY VVahm The Savannah Rr.
the p IU g s“j?r
of Mr. Rterson, on the Bay, and in that of Mr.
J. M. Turner, Monument square, the mercury
stood ai 92 degrees, Farenheit, al 3 o’clock, p. m ,
while in less favorable positions, it rose as high
as 96. The heat was excessive throughout the
day, and though the clouds at one time gave
promise of a shower, the rain seemed eventually
tc be indefinitely postponed.
SjpAt Boston Manufacturing Stocks still
tend upward. Merrimac issl per ct. advance;
Ainoskeag46 per ct. The Merrimac Co. have
declared a semi-annual dividend of ten percent,
and its stock has again advanced tn 51 per cent
prem dividend on. York or Saco is worth 32,
and Palmer, which was recently sold at auction
for par, is now in demand at 8 advance. Rail
road stocks generally tend upward, Eastern be
ing 13 for Mass, and 12} for N. H., Lowell 21},
Providence UJ, Fitchburg 22}, Worcester 19.
Concord has declined to 65 or 30 per cent, ad
vance, equal, with its recent dividend, to 36.
There have been some operations in Keene or
Cheshire Railroad, and prices were up to 4 per
ct. advance forthright to subscribe.
JV A strong effort is making at Vicksburg
to raise means to extend the Railroad from
Jackson to Brandon and eventually to connect it
with the Railroads ofGe rgia and S. Carolina.
JjpThe Picayune of the Bth inst.says:—
Elworth completes his great walking teat this
morning, but he will continue his career through
out the day, to show that he is not at all “used
up” by his six weeks’ work.
American Opera.—The New York Mirror,
speakingot the announcement that an Opera
by Mt- Fry, Philadelphia, is to be brought
out at lhe Chesnut bv the Seguins, and that it is
pronounced to be the “ first Americao Opera”
yet produced, thus corrects the statement:
There is evidently a great mistake in this
matter, for it will be fresh in the recollection ot
play-goers, that during lhe time Mr. Henry
Wallack was Manager of the Chatham T ea
tre, an original American Opera, (and original
it was in every sense ol the word,) was produced
there, and had a long and highly successful ca
reer. It was entitled “ The Saw Mill,” and was
written and composed by Micah Hawkins, mu- ■
sician, poel and grocer. Hawkins was a ge
nius, a-d was considerei in those days a cap tai
performer on lhe violin and piano. Ole Bull,
or Wallace, or J me Sloman,or a host of other
eclipsers, were then the things that were “to
be.” Hawkins kept a grocery shanty in Catha
rine-street, and had a piano tone beneaih his
counier, and played a sort of running accom
paniment to the varied demands of bis custo
mers, which doubtless attracted a good many to
his store, and in the intervals between serving
out sugar and salt, tea and tobacco, corned pork
and ,-heesf, &c., he composed lhe onera, which
Wallack at once accepted, and filled lhe house
for weeks. About the twentieth night Hawkins
was unanimously called for, and appeared upon
the stage, fiddle in hand, covered with blushes,
and a pepper and salt suit. Here he was in a
sad dilemma, being unable to speak his thanks,
but Wallack came to his aid, and got him off
triumphantly. Atter this, w-bo will sav that
Mr. Fry’s is the “first American opera!”
Extraordinary Foot Race in England.—
A man named Maxfield, ran 20 miles in one
hour 58 minutes and 20 seconds at Slough, on a
wager of £2OO to £IOO, that the distance could
not be rnn in two hours. Maxfield performed
the match in most admirable style, and as this
is, we are informed, the first and only lime this
extraordinary undertaking has been accom
plished, the following account of the time in
which each of the two miles were gone over
mey interest our readers:
The first 2 mtles, 10 minutes 12 seconds.
'- 4 “ 21 “ 5 “
u 6 “ 32 “ 12
« 8 “ 43 ’• 34
“ jo » 55 “ 16 “
12 “ 1 hour 7 “ 32 “
« J 4 “ 1 “ 19 “ 38 “
« 16 -• 1 “ 32 “ 9 “
« J 8 “ 1 “ 45 “ 21
20 “ 1 “ 58 “ 30 “
From this statement it will be seen that Max
field performed the t-venty miles in one minute
and a half under two hours.
He was immediately conveyed to the North
Star and put to bed. When this account was
dispatched he was, to use his own words “as
well as ever he was in his life.” He never
•‘pulled up” once dut ing the race; but was sup
plied with weak brandy and water by means of
a sponge, w hile he wasjrunning at fol spetd.
Banks of GEOttpu,—The report of the
Banks ol the State otGeorgia on the Ist Mon
day in April shows the following items:
UMtncn. uabJUmss. .
Ot.c'lsand loAii-.gU.VlTjiyi.t C.pitgi ,S9.>‘Z J .6”6
houds,dec.. 1,6 3.515.598
Rpai Estate 6 s
Personal pmperty.. Dividends 29,<M6
Expense*, dec .... 4® <73 Dbe Banks. .- 271.771
Su.p’d Items, dec.. L-'an*, dec 1,492.434.
Due from Banks... IPSf-W’’ B»spende<i items..
Xdv’ces on Colton. 1 i. 44 ’ Frofiis, *c 1,431.937
Railroads Balances 43,5i»4
Balances
Bills other Banks.. 832<* K Total $17,580,296
Specie
T0ta1..........»7 M
The the Cuncord Railroad
for the year have beejl 13 per cent, and its net
orofits exceeded thsttehandsome return. The
whole capital and this road is $750,000,
which fora line of jjksiiles is very low. For
the year ending the gross receipts
were slßl 81J, of r 590,546 were from pas
sengers, $90,099 and $1196 from
rents, &c. Theexpesfljfeieludings9llscharged
tor depreciation of stock, were SB2 928,
and the surplus or fund is n0w517,740.
In comparison wiih previous, there is
an increase oi of which
gain* 817,746 Were from passeh|irs, and $25,015
from freight, &c.
Price of Negroes.—An officer of the U. S.
brig Truxton, now on the coast of Africa,
writes that a good heahhy negro costs there but
S2O; and is purchased for rum, powder, tobacco,
cloth, &c. The price of the same negro in
Cuba is 8400.
Por the Chronicle and Sentinel
The Theatre.
The Dramatic Association gave the public
their first exhibition in the Theatre on Thurs
day night, to a full house. The ladies (bless
their souls,) graced the boxes, while the pit was
full; not ot those alone who are generally found
there as a matter of course, but of many others,
representing the character, talent and literary
taste of the city. The play was lon, and the
excellence of performance was plainly evidenc
ed in the solemnity of the audience, as the ma
jestic movement of inexorable Fate, the object
ot the poet’s delineation, irresistibly urged the
hero on to the denouemement ot his destiny.
The performance was, really, highly creditable
to the talents and dramatic taste ol the young
gentlemen; for, 1 presume, it is unnecessary to
say the lady was a gentleman. This could not
be concealed, even if the amiable youth wh 'per
sonated the sweet Clemanlhe, had so desired; for,
whatever may be the approximation ot delicate
form and fairness of feature, man cannot throw
out from his person, those emanations ot grace
and sweetness which so peculiarly distinguish
the angel that Heaven placed by his side to cheer
and bless him through the real scenes of his
troubled life. I would not invidiously particu
larize the different performers, nor criticise,
with the slightest severity, an effort that could be
only the foretaste of the future, and the omen of
that improvement in enunciation, gesture and
address, which the ambitious talent of this As
sociation is su - e to accomplish. Improvement
in the art of public speaking is their object;
the acquisition of a natural address, and that
style ol elocution which will give their efforts
full effect, when either in the primary assem
bltesol their fellow-citizens, in the hallsot legis
lation, or any other field ol public debate, their
wisdom, talents and eloquence may be required
to enlighten or animate.lhe public mind. Can
any oteci be more >ra«s.w<wAhy, more wonhy
the au?liitioii of renublj''^’'•"•'•t' ;■ .
to its highest honors lhe ruest incentive ol vir
tuous talent, and attainment of the goal, the
crowning reward of the n.iblest ambition ?
I had designedly torgaten “ Bombastes Fu
rioso,” as a farce is beneath my criticism.
Charity is alleged to be the noble object to
which will be devoted anr surplus in the funds
of the association.
“The Grecian Daughter"has been suggested
tor another representation as it is only inferior
to I.m in excellence of composition and moral
effect; and it must be a desideratum in select
ing to find a plav with as few heroines as possi
ble. PHILO.
Prom the Baltimore American.
The Crops,
The long continued drouth and the recent
heavy frosts have caused serious apprehensions
that ihe crops in various parts of the Union
have suffered material injury. Au intelligent
farmer, writing from Jefferson county, Va., to
a friend in this city, says he has met recently
with persons from the South and West, who
speak of the prospects in those sections of the
country as very disheaneniMft In Ohio and
Kentucky the crops are said to be literally burnt
up. The wheat and crop grass have all suffer
ed alike. He has been informed by a highly
intelligent gentleman that io North Carolina
and the Lower James River Region the wheat
has been cutoff For about thirty miles along
the water courses above and below Richmond
the wheat looked well.
The Cincinnati Chronicle ot Monday last
has the following article, which shows that there
are apparent grounds forthe apprehensions no
ticed above:
Crops Prospects of Failure in Ohio— There
are two facts in relation to the coming crops
which it concerns the peonle to know.
1. Nearly all accounts from Onio and Indi
ana agree that the joint efte ts ol lhe drought
and the late frosts, have killed nearly all the
fruit, greatly injured corn, and near'y destroyed
the wheat crops. We hope lhe accounts are
exaggerated. We have no doubt the corn and
wheat crops will in the end be greaier than is
anticipated. Still, there is no doubt that the
crops in those two Slates are seriously injured.
To the farmers there is still a resource left, in
planting se-ond crops of different vegetables,
which will not indeed supply the wheat crop,
but will enable them to secure somethin’ valua
ble from their lands.
Those who were acquainted with Meteorolo
gy, anticipated a comparatively cold spring and
Summer, which is so far verified by the facts—
but the drought was not anticipated.
Usually the worst danger to wheat, as in last
season, occurs in or near harvest time by the
rust which is a consequence of warm rains,
just previous to catting. In this year the case
was very different.
2. The second fact of importance to know is,
that the anticipated failure of the wheat occurs
only in the two States, with perhaos the ad li
tion ot Kentucky. From all other parts of the
country we hear of abundant crops. I’he re
sult will be even if half the entire crop ol Ohio
and Indiana be lost, that the entire crop of the
U. Slates will not be reduced over one-tenth,
an amount taken in connection with the stock
on hand insufficient to enhance the price very
much. That is, provided there is nothing
uncommon occurs to the crops at harvest lime.
There are few things which so seriously affect
the commercial affiirs ot a nation as that
which diminishes the amount ot its great staple
grain crops. It is soon lelt both in the financial
and in the domestic world. Itaffects every man.
In the yea. 1837 lhe extraordinary phenon
mcnon was exhibited, of the United States im
porting wheat! It was so extraordinary that
rhe newspa ers insisted upon it that it was al
together a scheme of speculators in provisions
who raised lhe price. There was much specu
lation, but it was not that. Time rolled on and
it was soon proved that the crop was really
short.
Trial of O Blennis for the Murder of
Frank Coombs. -This case was entered upon
by the Court at Point Coupee tn Tuesday last,
and was not disposed of until Friday. Thefirst
day was consumed in empannelting a jury
The evidence adduced on the trial was wholly
lor the Slate—the prisoner producing no wit
nesses. The facts as proved before the jury
were substantially the same as published by us
at the time Coombs was killed. Tbe jury after
being out a night and a part of a day could not
agree upon a verdict and were discharged.—
The prisoner was remanded to jail until lhe
nexi term ot ihe Court in November. We
have been informed that the trial was one of
great interest and excitement. O’Blennis’s
wile sal by him in court during its progress,
md elicited a great deal of sympathy for her
husband. The instruction ofi he Judge
produced a good deal of irritation on the part ot
the prisoner’s counsel—one ofthem, Mr. Boyle,
was sent to jail for offensive language to the
Court.
O’Blennis was defended by Messrs. Soule
and Lacy of this city, and Mr. Cooley and .Mr.
Bovle.
The State was represented by the District
Attorney, Mr. Talbot, who was assisted by
Messrs. Beatty, Prevoster and Nichols.
We have oeen told that the ptosecution am
defence were conducted with great spirit am
ability. The trial attracted a large number ot
spectators, amongst whom an unusual degre<
Aif excitement was manifested on several occa-
I aions.— Pic. Uth inst. v
I — : V
I Factories,—Th? Boston Post has the fbl-
7 lowing statement:
1 In all parts ot the country new cotton fac
tories are either building or contemplated, and
in New England there is an especial tendency
to this now lucrative investment. * ♦
* * There is at present, and has been tor
some months past, a great demand for cotton
tabrics ot domestic manufacture, but the num
ber of spindles now making and the increased
production they « ill afford will certainly give a
large addition to the supply, wi.th natural results
upon prices and profits. Among other new
schemes of this kind, tho new steam mill at
Salem, the large mill about commencing at
Manchester, the Kennebec Company al Au
gusta, on the famous dam at that place, and
many smaller mills in the middle and southern
Stales, may be noticed, those ot New Jersey as
being ihe most important.
It is also staled that a large addition is to be
mad" to the Waltham Cotton Mills or Boston
Manufacturing Co., by a steam engine of 160
horse power, that now in use being but 80, and
this additional power being used at tow stages
of the river. No ch ck to the upwaftf move
ment of manufacturing stocks has yet been
manifested, but as they were rather elevated by
a doubtful state of our for"ign relations, the
prospect of continued peace may net be favora
ble to an advance of rates. There is a close
race between Merrimac and Amoskeag stocks
tor the lead, which is yet maintained by the form
er, but the difference is now small, 51 per cent,
advance being offered for Merrimac, and 46 for
Amoskeag The Merrimac Co. have declared
a semi-annual dividend of 10 per cent, and its
stock has advanced to 51 percent, piemium, di
vidend on. It is thought that printing is not so
profitable now as the manufacture of cloths.
York or Saco is worth 32, and Palmer, which
was recently sold at auction lor par, is now in
demand at 8 advance.
From the Savannah Republican.
A writer in the Athens Banner ot' the sth
inst., who is advertised at the head of the edito
rial columns as one of two or three gentlemen
who have kindly volunteered to conduct the pa
per during the absence ol the Editor, professes
to have taken a “ peep behind the curtain,” and
proceeds to rcveal some most marvelous secrets
of the Whig party. The article in question is
one of a series which we must say, are rather
remarkable for their stupidity and extravagance.
A tew weeks ago the Banner assumed that if
the Whig party should succeed in October next,
Judge Berrien would, as a matter ot course, and
from necessity, be returned to the United States
Senate. He called boastfully upon the Whig
papers to answer if such would not be the fact.
Regarding his call as very silly or very imper
tinent, they of course, treated it with respectful
silence. Consequently, this volunteer Editor,
who, from necessity, was bound to show his
shrewdness during the absence of his principal,
found it necessary to assume a different tone.
Accordingly, in the paper before us, he disco
vers that the Whigs of Georgia are on the eve
of a parly schism—that there are in the midst ot
the party two distinctly organised cliques, head
ed respectively by Messrs. Berrien and Dawson.
We would not have noticed the silly fictions of
this writer had he seen proper to confine himself
Io generalities, or spoken with a respectful re
gard to the record. Among the many gross and
palpable misstatements which the article con
tains, we will notice only two or three, which we
think will expose the writer of the article, who
ever he may be, to the scorn anil contempt of
every lover ol truth. Speaking of the position
ot Messrs. Berrien, Stephens and Clinch, he
says:
“The astute, discreet and politic Recorder,
looked upon the scenes more in sorrow than in
anger, bid said nothing. The reckless, head
strong, fool-hardy Sentinel and Republican, took
up the cudgels in good earnest tor Berrien, and
dealt out hard and ungraceful blows upon Ste
phens and Clinch; with what success remains,
yet to be seen. T his virotrtit bravSTo was ol
short duration, and tliey tw. havg
the calm io upon us, the storm on'y sleepeth.
The elements are at work, and the actors in the
scene impatiently await the result.”
So far as the statements in this paragraph re
fer to the Republican, they are not only nega
tively, but positively untrue. When did the
Republican “take up cudgels lor Mr. Berrien,”
or “deal out hard or ungrateful blows upon Ste
phens and Clinch ?” Come to the record, Mr.
Banner pro ten. Give us the proof or confess
that you have rendered yourself utterly unwor
thy of credence in future.
In regard to the position of the gentlemen in
question, we have pursued the course which to
us seemed proper. Regarding the difference be
tween them as a mere diflerenceol opinion upon
a single question, which ought not to cause a
schism among political friends, we published the
opinions of both sides, without doing more than
to repeat our own convictions in regard to the
question. He who would pervert our remarks
on that occasion, into either a defence of one
parly or an attack upon the other, perverts truth
for the sake of party, and makes wilful mis
statements to sustain his extravagant positions.
So to i, th» assertion of this writer, that the Re
publican is the organ of a particular clique of the
Whig party, is equally false and slanderous.
Among our .Vnig friends, this disclaimer will
be regarded as entirely superfluous. Those who
know the character of our press best, are well
aware that we lave always pursued our own
course, and consulted only our own convictions
of right, regardless of the result to either friend
or foe. Our enemies as well as our friend-,
must by this lime understand our position suffi
ciently to render it unnecessary for us to dwell
upon this point. Any man of moderate infor
mation, in staling the contrary, must have done
so deliberately, and for the express purpose 01
misinforming the public mind.
The object ol the writer in the Banner, is
plain and palpable. He seeks to impress upon
the people of Georgia, that there is disaffection
and schism in the Whig party, and to do so he
must sacrifice truth and honor.
In regard to the candidacy for the United
Stales Senate, there will doubtless be a number
of aspirants, in case the Whig party is success
ful—strange it this should not bethecase. The
Whigs wish to go into the canvass upon their
principles, State and National—and if success
ful, they will choose some one of their best and
most talented men to represent them in the Uni
ted Stales Senate. Who that man will be re
mains to be seen. The voice of a majority of
the party must determine the question. A spirit
of compromise and moderation will, and should,
prevail, and we can assure the Banner man that
no leader of any clique, no scheming intriguer
will get the place—that matter the Whigs are
perfectly willing to resign to their opponents,
who should say but little touching it, so long as
the memory ot the last Senatorial election is
Iresh in the popular mind. The writer in ques
tion need give himself no further trouble in re
gard to the probability that Messrs. Berrien,
Dawson, Dougherty, or Jenkins, will, on ac
count of any differences ofopimon on the Texas
question, or any desire to be chosen to a seat in
the United States Senate, endanger the harmony
and unity of the Whig party. Those gentlemen
have been too severely tried—their patriotism
has been too often tested to permit them tor a
single moment to interpose their private or per
sonal claims to the success of the cause they
have espoused. Any one and every one ot them
would promptly decline a canvass were it even
intimated that the opposite course might lose the
Whigs a dozen votes in the Slate. It they re
fused to do so. the parly cn masse would, and
should, withdraw from their support. None ot
these gentlemen are candidates as yet, nor are
we informed whether they will be, even if the
party is successful. We speak from our past
knowledge of the men, and without any cogni
zance of their ptesent views and feelings. They
are all, we believe, patriots—and men who love
their principles supremely.
The scheme ot the Banner is too shallow to
be regarded with moderate respect. The writer
must either be seeking alter the station of Sena
tor himself, or he calculates too largely upon the
gullability of the Whigs. The members of that
party are too intimately acquainted with Loco
foco tactics, and have had too many lessons in
them recently, to be gull id by such sil'y fictions
as are put forth in the Banner of the sth inst.,
They will go into the canvass upon their princi
ples—they will not suffer themselves to be awed
or annoyed by the efforts ot their opponents to
distract their councils or render luke-warm the
friends of their prominent men, by traud and
falsehood—they will go before the people strong
in the integrity ot their cause, and under the
conviction that their candidate is a man, faithful
and true—one who deserves and enjoys the una
bated confidence of the whole people ot the State.
Sugas.—We understand that sugar planta
tions are being opened in various sections of
the State, with unprecedented rapidity. Many
ot the cotton planters have abandoned that cul
tivation tor sugar. More especially is this the
ease in the Attakapas and Opelousas. We are
informed that on the Red River the planters are
turning their attention to sugar Large orders
have gone up the river tor sugar mills and fix
tures, and a number likewise have been sent to
Philadelphia.— Picayune.
The steam saw mill of Messrs. Wm. Car
man & Son, at Camden, N. J., was consumed
by fire on Saturday evening. Loss 815,000.
MONDAY MORNING,'JUNE 16.
Beauties of Proscription.
Under this head the Charleston Mercury has
An article, from which we make tbe following
■xtricl, which is worthy the attention of every
reader. The truth is, that this disgraceful and
corrupting practice ot proscribing men for opi
nion’s sake, by those in power, is becoming so
interwoven in ottrsystem,as to require some
powerful effort on the part of the patriotic of all
parties to eraifleate it, else the entire offices of
the cjiintry will be ere long filled by unworthy
and corrupt men.
By the' following are the proceedings of a
regularly constituted Association, solemny de
liberated on, and promulged with the air of
men assuming to propound resjiectable matter
to the consideration oi honest people :
“At a meeting ol the Union Democratic Asso
ciation of Georgetown, D. C., held in ‘ Odd-
Fellows’ Saloon,’ June 6th, 1845, the following
preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
“ Whereas Messrs. Phillips and Minor, two
of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary of this
District, lately appointed bv the Secretary of
State, to whom they Khd been represented as
unflinchintr and MeHiar-•tMNecra*^'by their
conduct tn electing an avowed an known Fede
ral Whig to the office of Clerk of that institu
tion, in preference to several Democratic candi
dates, all ot whom were at least equally worthy
and qualified, have forfeited the confidence of
the Democratic citizens ot this town. There
fore, be it
“ Resolved, That it is with feelings of deep
regret we are constrained thus earlv to express
our decided disapprobation of an official act on
the pan of those from whom we had a right to
expect a different result, and to denounce them,
as wn hereby do, for having proved derelict
and recreant to the professions of their political
faith and the trust reposed in them as Demo
crats by a Democratic Administration.
"Resolved, Thalthe course of conduct pur
sued by our fellow townsman, Mr. Richard
Jones, (the other inspector,) who by his vote
sustained the application of a meritorious and
competent Democrat for said appointment,
merits and receives, as it deserves, our decided
and entire approbation.
“Resolved. That a copy of these proceedings
be signed by the President pro. lem. and Secre
tary of this Association, and sent to the Secretary
of State, and published in the Washington
Union and United States Journal.
“CHARLES F SANGSTER,
“ President pro tern.
“ Thos. S. King, Secretary."
Is it not amazing that men can issue such de
clarations wiihout shame?—that they are
unconscious that they are thus sapping the foun
dations of all law by stripping the higher public
functionaries of ail responsibility tor the char
acter of their appointments? The Secretary
of Slate, responsible to the extent of impeach
ment, by the House of Representatives before
the Senate, for every official act of his, is to
he dictated to by a petty political Club in the
District of Columbia? If he does not repel
this insolence with scorn, he will himself merit
the scorn of every true man in the Union.
The same degrading influences have been
brought to bear upon the N. Y. Custom House
Political Clubs have got together in noisy nigh'
meetings and “voted a want of confidence” in
Collector Van Ness.—astd hinted that they were
ready to revenge upon the President any hesita
tion to turn out ot office a man who has ful
filled its du'ies with signal ability and irre
proachable integrity. We find the N. Y
Morning News, (condseted by the very man
who in the Democratic Review has heaped un
measured abuse upon President Tyler lor ap
pointing “Tyler men,”) the especial organ,
eader and instigator ot this interference. We
had hoped that the conspicuous position of that
Editor would save him from such glaring and
indecent trifling with his own solemn avowals.
He now acknowledges no rule tor tbe selection
of a Collector of New York, through whose
hands halt the revenues ol the United S«»'e o
nwss, Um ftdrSffiial'popularity with “ the party”
in the city! If he Wive* inr"""''-"' 11 —
S. Treasury, the News and its tail are to hear
the toss! They pay all the taxes, of course,
and nobody else has any interest in the safely
of the country’s revenues or the efficient ad
ministration of its laws. The people will not
long endure this abominable regiment of office
beggars,—who have already gone far to es
tablish in many parts ot the country, the doc
trine that the offices were created not for the
<akeot the duties attached to them, but as pen
sfons to parly rowdies impoverished by buying
rotes at elections!
Cotton in Square Bags.
What advantages, asks the Macon Telegraph,
result to the planter, in packing his cotton in
round bales? None that we know.
What are the advantages of using the screw
to put up square bales?
Inthefirst place : He avoids the necessity of
subjecting the packer to the dust and lint, una
voidable in the operation of packing a round
bale, and which, in the course of a season, is
sufficient to affect bis health; ultimately, if
not immediately. Diseases which result from
this exposure of the lungs, are frequently charg
ed to other causes, when it has been produced
by this.
In the second place: The screw saves time, as
it will pack a dozen bags, while a man with a
crow-bar is packing one and a half; and the
’operation can be perfo-med during such wea
ther as will not admit of other work, it the screw
is properly sheltered.
In the third place: Square bags are most
sought after, and command a more ready sale
during depressions in the market.
And in the fourth place: Cotton in square
bales will always command its market value,
while in round, it is threatened with a deprecia
tion of sot a cent per pound, which is nearly
equal to the amount of the price ol the bagging
and rope necessary to pack a bag.
And what is the price ot erecting a screw to
pack cotton, that planters will submit to all
these inconveniences in preference to going to
the expense of having one? If a planter fur
nishes the timber, and assists in raising, he can
have a screw built at an expense of about S3O.
It is true, his labor in getting the timber is
worth something, so it is in splitting rails to
repair fences, but whoever counts that except
among the necessary duties of a plantation,
and there are always spare times, when either
can be done without injuring any other interest.
So this monstrous expense, which all seem to
dread so much, amounts to an actual outlay ot
about S3O, perhaps a few dollars more or a few
less, not varying materially from that sum.
Now, suppose a planter makes thirty bags of
cotton of 400 weight each, and has to lose } ct.
per pound on account of their being round bags;
it amounts to $1 en one bag and 830 on the
thirty bags, which is just the sum a screw
would have cost him. It he h Q d built a screw
the amount paid out of it would have been
saved; the screw would have paid for itseif the
first year, and if it lasted to pack eight crops, the
saving in that time would have amounted to
8240. If covered in as it should be it would
last fully that long.
Suppose a man raises sixty bags of cotton
and puts them up in square packages, the screw'
not only pays for itself the first year, but pays
100 per cent, on its cost; in eight vears the sa
ving would be S4BO.
It may be that the price we put down as ne
cessary to build a screw, may vary in different
neighborhoods; we write from what we know' of
in this vicinity. But suppose it should vary in
some localities, it is easy to adapt the calcula
tion to the variation, and see the result.
The Merchants’ Insurance Company of
Louisville has declared a half yearly dividend
of twenty per cent, on the capital stock paid in.
O' The Cincinnati Gazette says that the in
terest on the debt of Ohio, due in May, has
been paid, and that that falling due next month
will be promptly met.
Mormon Affairs.— The trial of the persons
charged with the murder of Joe Smith, in Car
thage, Illinois, has been brought to a close, and
resulted in a verdict ot acquittal. The same
persons, however, stand charged with the mur
der ot Hiram Smith, and gave bail in the sum
of five thousand dollars for their appearance at
the next term of the court, to answer the charge.
Summary of News, Items, oac.
Interesting Discovery.—The Albany Citi
zen says:—Among the letters and papers of
Gen. Phillip Schuyler, is one in which he
speaks of the existence of a box, or camp chest,
left in this city, which contained much valuable
Correspondence and information relative to
events connected with the American Revolu
tion and the history of that period. On tbe oc
sion ol the late visit of Mrs. Alexander Hamil
ton, the only surviving daughter of Gen. Schuy
ler, to this city, search was instituted for this
long missing box, and it was luckily found
among the lumber and rubbish of sone quiet
nook, where it had undisturbed reposed lor fifty
years. It undoubtedly contains manuscript
treasures of great value, connected with some
of those spirit-stirring events of the Revolution
in which Gen. Philip Schuyler was a prominent
actor.
Extraordinary Emigration.—One thou
sand two hundred and seven emigrants arrived
here and landed within houfc.i
W.CMThate landed (a the United States
since the Ist of May. Our streets are crowded
A great many are wandering about town, and
are hourly robbed by suckers, stuffers, and
others, who openly assemble on tbe seats ot the
battery, planning their nefarious schemes, re
gardless of the city police, and putting all law
at defiance. When are the Common Council
going to put an end to this shocking state of
things?— N. Y. Gazette.
New York Money Market,—The Tribune
of Wednesday says:—The Money Market con
tinues to be abundantly supplied, and large
loans on the best securities are easily negotiated
at 5 per cent. The range ie 5a 6 per cent.
Shocking Death by Lightning.—During
the storm on Wednesday afternoon a man
named Stevens, in the employ of Ichabod
Sprague, Esq., in the town of Riga, who was
ploughing in the field when the storm arose,
was struck by lightning and killed instantly.—
The fluid entered the top of the head and came
out at the chin—making a hole about the size
of an ordinary bullet. It then passed down his
limbs and went through his foot—tearing off the
sole of his boot. One of the horses with which
he was ploughing was killed also.— Rochester
{N. Y.) Democrat.
The Baptist Mission at Burmah has suf
fered a severe toss in the death of Mrs. Abbott.
Her disease was an affection ot the heart.
Domestic Cotton Goods Trade.—We no
tice in the Boston Shipping List, a tabular
statement ol'the Domestic Cotton Goods export
trade of that place for the year ending May 31st,
1845. It amounts in the aggregate to 65,971
bales. These were shipped to almost every
port of interest to us in the known globe. We
extract a few of them : To Liverpool 8 bales;
Valparaiso 8,317; Calcutta 1,057; Sandwich
Islands 418; Canton 4,666; Philadelphia 8,086.
Gas Fountain.—The Charlestown (Kanaw
ha, Va.) Republican of the 4th instant mentions
the discovery of another natural gas fountain of
immense volume:
Messrs. Robinson, Bibby & Downard, on the
property leased of J. C. McFarland, Esq., last
week, reached a splendid stream of gas, at the
depthotteHM««M»4raH<trei3'airaitrtrty feet. The
stream is steady, of sufficient torcejqjhroxiLjm,
into the furnace and go to
making salt next week.
Samuel Shrewsbury, Esq., higheruptheriver,
a few weeks ago, obtained an abundant stream
of both water and gas. The is not stea
dy, the water jetted up at regular intervals, re
sembling breathing—some great Leviathan
down there, we suppose, in a quiescent state,
snoring.
is supposed. that 150,000 emigrants
from Europe will arrive in this country during
the present year. The New-York Gazette says
that 10,000 have alreadv arrived, and adds—" It
is not a little singular that an unusual propor
tion of these are bakers and tailors—the bakers
from Germany, and the tailors trom England.”
jJcThe earnings on the Long Island Rail
road during the last ten months amounted to
$228 137 93 against $46,991 91 for the corres
ponding ten months of the previous season.
Tbe amount of receipts, remarks the N. Y. Ga
zette, during the last month ($43,496) under the
very low fares, indicates the large amount oi
business the road can command.
The Washington Journal says that the
Secretary ofthe Navy has determined to dis
countenance as far as he can under existing laws
the infliction of corporeal punishment for petty
offences in the Navy.
Boston.—By the annual report of the finances
ot the city of Boston, it appears that the rental
of Faneuil Hall market is $22,880; of the City
Wharfslo,ooo; Faneuil Hall $6,800; and the
Old State House $6,417.
Boston Ice Trade.—The total amount of ice
exported from Boston for the year ending May
31st, was 48,3394 tons, of which 4 079 tons went
to Calcutta, 1,188 to Barbadoes, 1.294 to Hava
na, 1,862 to Kingston, 1,659 to Liverpool, and
22,244 to New Orleans.
Watermelons. —The Muscogee Democrat
of the 13th instant says: “We were regaled on
Tuesday last with a fine watermelon, which
was plucked on the 4th instant, from the planta
tion of Gen. A. Abercrombie, of Alabama, and
presented by his lady to our neighbor Mr. Kiv
lin. It was rich, ripe and luscious, and a fore
taste of what that enterprising planter will be
enabled to do this summer for the refreshment
ol our citizens.”
The city ot Philadelphia was the scene
ofa disgraceful firemen’s fight last Sunday.—
The assailants, said to have been members ot
the Good Will Hose Company, drove the mem
bers of the Fairmouth Company from their fire
apparatus, and then destroyed it with axes. —
This outrage occurred in the morning, and kept
the city in a ferment during the whole day.
O’The N. Y. Tribune mentions the receipt
of a letter from Washington which says that
Mr. Pakenhatn (British Minister) has private
ly expressed his belief that the Oregon question
will be settled without War, unless there shall
be a serious effort to make trouble about it in
Congress or by the Press.
The ex'ensive pail factory, saw', shingle and
clapboard mill of Messrs. Sawyer <fc Taggart
at Hillsborough Bridge, N. H., together with
the woollen mill and grist mill of Mr. Sandy
Smith, were entirely destroyed by fire on Thurs
day evening, the 29th ult. The loss is estima
ted at SBOOO, of which only S2BOO is covered by
insurance.
The Rolling Mill of Messrs. Woods, Edwards
and McKnight, in the borough of Birmingham,
opposite Pittsburgh, was destroyed by fire on
Saturday morning. Loss estimated at $5000;
covered by insurance. The fire was accident-
The Wilmington (N. C.) Chronicle says:
A gentleman from Bladen county informs us
that the frost of the Ist of this month was severe
enough to kill com on his plantation which was
nearly three feet high. He had ploughed up a
thirty acre field of corn of that description with
the design ot re-planting it. It is swamp land,
in a low situation.
TV At Bostoi, on Tuesday afternoon, the
gable end ot a building that was being removed
fell against the store of Mr. A. T. Dunbar,
crushing it in, and wounding several ladies and
gentlemen who were in the store at the time.
Some of the workmen on the building were
thought to be beneath the ruins.
VOL. IX.-NO. 25
Ihe Newspaper. The Schoolmaster at
Home. The Gamblers 1
Good advice (says the Carolinian,) cannot be
too often re-iterated. If-you place a newspaper
in the hands of your children, they find 1 much
every week which interests them—and even by
casual reading lay up treasuries of knqwledge
which were unkn >wn to our ancestors. Hence,
the remarkable precocity of. the present age.
The worth of a good newspaper to a family is
incalculable, for substantial information is al
ways connected with the advancement of the
age we live in. It is not estimaiing the advan
tage derived from Newspaper reading too high—
when we say it is worth fully as much to the
world as one-fourth the tuition received. Chil
dren engaged in reading are more considerate,
and of course more easily governed. Instead
of thoughtlessly spending his time and earnings
at a doggery, the prudent young tnan reads—and
it he reads everything which falls in his way,
he cannot be as badly injured as if he had re
velled in the haunts of vlee. Newspaper read- !
ing keeps young men from the Faro .lable-the 1
scientific indulgence of which is according to 1
Green, the reformed Gambler, “ fifty per cent |
worse than stealing”—and in this view would be ;
particularly useful to some scotes ot would-be I
gentlemen, who are on night-terms with hell’s
own pack ot sleek-haired swindlers, who are sent
out by the devil to rid them of their super
abundant cash—and to whom they are ashamed
to speak when they meet them on the street.
By-the-bye these same professional sonsol dark
ness have been scattering themselves over every
part ot our country, and in every country vil
lage, like the devouring locusts of Egypt, and,
too like those useless insects, they eat up all the
substance ot the land, and leave nothing but
their dried skins to show that desolation, ruin
and lamentable destruction ever marks the path
way of the sinful and detestable. Who sees to
the proper administration ot the Vagrant laws
in South Carolina 1 Aye, and who sees to
their administration throughout every other
State ?
The Up-Couutry of Georgia.
We have for some time contemplated calling
the attention of our citizens, byway of rendering
them a most acceptable service, to the delight
ful and healthful summer retreats in the up
country ot our own State. We are however
saved the trouble by the Rev. Dr. Hoyt of
Athens, who has done the thing most happily
in the following letter:
Tub Up Country op Georgia.—-As the wri
ter has numerous acquaintances and friends in
tne low countrv, particularly ot Georgia, South
Carolina and Florida, he would take the liberty
of thus publicly inviting them, instead of all
moving off io the North at this season of the
year, to visit the up-country. You will improve
on the score ot health, more by adopting this
course, with tew, it any exceptions, than you
will by suddenly throwing yourselves into a
Northern climate. Come to Augusta, wnere
you will find excellent public houses; and
thence by the well conducted, carefully managed
Rail Road, to our beautiful Athens, which you
reach in a few hours after leaving Augusta. In
Athens, there has been a lack of large, well
managed Hotels, in which airv rooms could be
obtained. But one large brick Hotel, owned by
Mr. Newton, is now in a state of forwardness,
so that this difficulty will, I trust, ere long, be
remedied. I understand that Mr. Mitchell is
also about toerecta large brick Hotel. But
let not our low country friends wait for the
finishing ol these buildings. Come now, and
we will do the best that we can to make your
stay in Athens pleasant and agreeable.,
three thousand inhabitants, 19 dry goods and
grocery stores, 2 drug stores, 2 book stores, 2
printing offices, both issuing weekly papers, I
hat and shoe store, 2or 3 merchant tailors, 1
clothing store, 1 bank, a Presbyterian, a Bap
tist, a Methodist, and an Episcopal Church, an
intelligent and moral community, which in
point of good order, sobriety and blandness of
manners, can vie, perhaps, with any one in the
Slate. We have a flourish iug Col lege foryou r
sons, and academies for your daughters. Come
and see us. And when you become wearied
with us, or when you wish for change, we will
send you in excellent coaches to that beautiful,
healthful retreat, the Madison Springs. There
you will find Mr. Morrison, the enterprising,
energetic proprietor,and his amiable sistersand
nieces, ready to give you a cordial reception,
and to do every thing in their power to make
you happy. There you will find a salubrious,
pure atmospnere, a splendid natural grove sur
rounding the boarding house and the spring—
provisions in abundance, cooked and served up
in fine style —good stables for your horses (if
you travel by private conveyance)—a small
new church not yet finished—a great deal of
excellent company, and a newlv discovered
spring (three miles from the olherjof very great
value, as I think. The walet is a delightful,
mild aperient, and from Maj. Jackson's analysis,
which lies before me, it appears that these wa
ters contain iron, sulphuretted hydrogen in a
free state, and carbonic acid gas combined with
iron. Whoever tries this new spring, will find
it valuable, or lam greatly deceived. The old
Madison spring, near the boarding house, is a
pure chalybeate, containing nothing but carbon
ate of iron. So says Maj. Jackson, who has
analysed it. It is a fine tonic, as many can
testify.
Butagain, you will wish to change. Very
well. Pass on to Gainsville orClarksvibe, and
the Falls. Perhaps it will be as well, however,
tor you to return to Athens a few days, where
the ladies can do a little shopping, and eat ice
creams —andtl.e gentlemen read the news about
Oregon, Texas, Mexico, &c., &c.; and il it be
near the close of the week, all spend a pleas
ant Sabbath in attendance upon some ol our
churches.
On Monday morning, we can send you on
with good coaches and careful drivers, to Gains-
Ville, forty miles distant, where you will find an
excellent hotel, owned and kept by Col. Griffin,
who, with his lady, will do all in his power to
make you happy. There you will find a de
lightful atmosphere, and a mild, pleasant lime
stone spring. Leaving Gain'.ville, you pa-s on
in an Eastern direction, six miles, wbete you
will reach the new and valuable White Sulphur
Spring, where Mr. and Mrs. Macafee will re
ceive you cordially, and lake good care of you
while you are with them. Leaving the White
Sulphur, you may next pass on to Clarksville;
where Mr. and Mrs. Nash are prepared to re
ceive you most kindly, and to treat you well.
From this point, you may visit the beautiful
Taccoa Falls and the sublime Tallulah, to see
which, is richly worth a voyage across the At
lantic Ocean. To lookdown intothat yawning,
awful chasm, will try your nerves, without they
are stronger than mine.
From Clarksville, you may go to Dahlonega,
where you will find excellent hotels, and tnere
you mavsee the gold mines and the mint in
operation. Butasl have not time to accom
pany you any further, you may go from Dah
lonega just where you please; to Cass county,
to Murray, to Gilmer, to Tennessee, South Ca
rnlina. nr to N. Carolina
But don’t go so far West or North as to pre
vent you from giving us another call in Athens,
and at the Midison Springs on your return.
We want to see the rosy hue upon your cheeks
as you come back from our own mountains,
and our own watering places. You shall see
some of the most sublime, exciting scenery, be
fore you get back, that ever met your eye in any
part of the world. .
Try it my friends, and I think you will not
repent it. The money you expend will be left
in your own country, and you will do some
thing to bind the low-country and the up-coun
try more closely together. I have resided for a
long time at the Saratoga Springs, and of course
I have some knowledge ot mineral walers.
Were I now to leave home in pursuit of
health, and especially were I resident of the
middle or the low-country, I would much soon
er try the walers in this country, than I would
go to Saratoga, notwithstanding all the celebrity
those waiersjustly possess. 1 speak candidly
and considerately.
We are happy to perceive every year, an in
crease of company in this region from the mid
dle and the low-country. But still, with the
present facilities for travelling, and with all
that is inviting in the up-country, we can but
be surprised to learn, from year to year, that
such multitudes, especially upon our sea-board,
should leave their own pleasant, native, or
adopted land, and move in almost caravan num
bers, off to the North. Let our hotels and our
roads be further and speedily improved, and let
all our stage coaches, and their drivers be like
some that we now have, and it will not, ra»-
nol thus continue. NATHAN HOY!-
Athens, Ga., May 31, 1845.
N B Will the Charleston, the Columbia, the
Savannah, Milledgevtlle, Macon, Columbu-,
Augusta, Madisou, Albany, Athens, and lal
.ahassee papers please to insert this hastily wnt
ten article?