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Amelia—The Louisville Poetess.
Under the head of ‘Sketches of Literary
Charac era.’ a writer in the Home Journal and
Citizen Soldier has the following interesting
notice ol the gifted Mrs. Welby ; formerly Miss
A « ujin B SSe »<-*• . an ar ‘
list of celebrity, aiLouisvnle, my attention was
directed to a portrait in the room which he in
formed me was of -Amelia, the poetess of the
Louisville Journal. Having perused her pro
ductions with infinite delight, 1 bee irne uneras
ed in the features of one whose soul seemed
al most to dissolve itself in song, and I gazed al
the counterfeit presentment, with more than
ordina y regard, which was noticed by my
friend, the limner, who promised me an intro
duction forthwith This I at once embraced,
and was introdti’ed to her the subsequent day.
Shortly after our arrival at the residence ot this
gift d young lady, she made her appearance in
the room, and I was surprised at her youthful
form and leatuies, piesenting one whose years
din not exceed sixteen, and with a correspond
ing innocent and confiding address. The fust
interview was brief, but availing nivself of a
very kind invitation to call again, I paid my
second visit and had the pleasure ot a tele a-tete
with the t harming youthful poetess! Our con
versation became unreserved, and partook ol a
social and friendly character, in the course of
which she informed me that the malting ol poe
try had been an early amusement, but never
for an instant supposed that her pieces posses
sed any unusual merit, until Mr. Prentice no
ticed one of them in an album, and elicited
from her contributions to the Journal.
It is truly astonishing in reading her poetry,
to reflect upon the deep philosophy which per
vades them, and the almost sublime melody of
her verses, tor one so young! Inspiration seems
to have touch' d her lips with its hallowed fire—
and one might well imagine,—
•'That angles would start in wild aurpiise.
Toliear a voice so like lheir own.’ 1
The reply she made to me, upon eulogizing
her splendid intellectual efforts, told ot the year
nings of her soul after immortality.—• Willing
ly,’ she remarked, ‘would I be content to die
to-morrow, provided that b should be remember
ed always.’ The aspiration was glorious, and
a herald ol the fame which awaits her when the
voice of her melody shall go forth to the
World I
I requested to see one of her MSS., to behold
her writing, and to observe whether she cor
rected much during the progress of an article;
as it has been alleged that N. P. W ill is frequent
ly re copies his articles five or six limes, to
moddle them perfectly in his own estimation.
Kindly did ' Ameba' favor me with one writ
ten at the suggestion of a youthful friend who
was in the Navy, and never were more noble
sentiments dictated; than those addreseed to that
young officer, who should ever wear them next
to his heart, as a talisman whenever his country
calls him firth to the field of honor and glory!
I remarked to her, in admi ation of the beau
tiful penmanship, that she certainly wrote with
no ordinary degree of elegance, and that it was
singular, as most literary individuals wrote a
bad hand. ‘ Everything that I do jingles,’ she
playfully replied ‘For my part,' she contin
ue I, ‘ 1 write so compositors caA read, and hence
there arc but few typographical errors in my
articles.”
In reply to the question as to the place of her
nativity, she informed me that it was the East
ern shme of Maryland,—within sight and hear
ing ot the deep blue ocean. In her own sweet
language,
For ’twas upon the dewy sod,
moaning seas,
I learnt at firs' to Wot ship God,
And sing such strains as these.
The Gift or ■, Gab —The following
amusing article;’ . the rounds ol
the Londoff papt ’qfc* lauglpble
anecdote at the <*YmA ’f'”' well known ge
ologists, Dr. Mr. Geotge Ste
phenson : v SLq.
■'Once upon a time, at a gathering of fine
spirits at Drayton Manor, Dr. Bu'kland, Sir
William Follett, and Mr George Stephens n
were among the guests assembled. The im
vnortal railway engineer is remarkable for pecu
liar notions on di-putable points tn various sei
ences. Fol instae'e, he knows by she elfect of
electricity on a rail, whether the road pays or
not; and, as he has gone as deep as most men
into the bowels of the land, he rejects theories
alike of Werne- and Hutton—the' advocate of
water and the advocate of fire--and announces
his own views with so much original vigor, that
they at once startle and amuse. Sir Robert
having the leading professor of geology at the
same table with the expounder of new notions
on stratification, contrived to bring them into in
tellectual collision. Mr. Stephenson disputed
the factsof formations as alleged, and Dr. Buck
land defenoed them; and he con batted the ar
guments ot his opponent with such happy flu
ency and ready reference, that he crushed his
adversary with as much apparent pow -eit one
of the engineer’s own locomotives wipeai>-
trading rabbit, when the engine was goi> .. he
rate of forty miles an hour. Mr. Step’Kenson
ielt thalhe was worsted, not defeated; but, being
pleasantly and politely chafed, the efforts he
made to reclive' his oosition only served to ag
gravate the painsofhis wounds. Although it
was only a friendly controversy, he was con
siderably irritated and he slqpt little
“He was early up next morning and sought
to cool his temper in the spacious garden at
Drayton Manor. He had nottaken many turns
on the silica when Sir William Follett made
hit appe. rance. His first salutation was,
“George, you made a pretty fool ot yourself
last nigh'.” “ I have a strong suspicion ot that
kind myselt, Sir William,” replied Mr. Ste
phenson, “but I am convinced that I am right
alter all.” “Tobe sure you were,” said Sir
William, “ but you cannot talk. I r ever heard
such a bungler. You were full of facts—won
derful facts—and Buckland had only sophistry
to oppose you. He beat you to a stand still,
because you had no rhetoric.” “I am/Sir
William, no lawyer.” “But I am. Come, sit
down in this alcove; and now, before we are
called to breakfast, repeat to me your whole
theory.” Mr. Stephenson did as Sir William
desired. He went through the progress ot fire
and waler, the operations of electricity, the
nature of salts, the position of strata. “That
will do,” said Sir William. “Now at dinner
to-day hold your tongue; leave Buckland to
me.” After dinner, Dr. Buckland, exci ed by
his triumph ol th” pieceding evening, soon in
troduced mineralogy. Sir William, in his
quiet, gentle way, drew him into a controversy,
c.osed upon him, out-taiked him, and prostrated
the professor as effectually as the professor had
overthrown the engineer the evening before.—
Sir Robert enjoyed the encounter; no one
was displeased; and, as they rose to retire, Sir
William whispered, “George, what do you
think now I” “ Think 1” replied Mr. Stephen
son, “1 think that there is nothing in earth or on
it like the gilt oftbegab.”
From the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
Practical Clairvoyance.
The Editor of the Button Journal has an in
valuable correspondent at Lvnit, rnd one who
gives sou.e hints (ouehing the sublime science
ofMesineris n that may possibly lead to the
most important improvements in our police
system. We have not ourselves been so much
smitten as we might have been with the merits
of the Mesmeric philosophy—not near so much
so as some otliets, and possibly not so much so
as we ought, but here is a case that somewhat
staggers— our belief tn the statemnt.
The story bears that a merchant living in
Lynn lately lost tour dollars from one of his
drawers, and as good luck would have it, he
happened to remember the number and name
ot the bills. He could not, however, find any
clue to the thief until one of his neighbors
advised him to apply to an eminent clairvoy
ant, who was accordingly put to sleep by her
husband, and between them bo'h, matters were
so managed that the missing money was seen
by the woman, as plain as the nose on lur own
lace, though she could but partially describe it.
But n’imporle, she sent her imagination into the
store Irom which the cash was abstracted, and
thence to the whereabouts of the young villain
who stole it. He was a boy, and theclairvoy
antdescribed him so accurately that there was
no sort of difficulty in identifying him. He
■was searched tor and found, and though at first
he sturdily denied all knowledge of the money,
upon being toll that a woman saw him lake d and
lay pari ot it ou' in oranges, he owner! tip, and
agreed promptly to go to work, and earn money
enough to make restitution!
This is certainly a remarkable case, and
goes ahead even ot alt that is claimed lor “ Pro
fessor” Rogers’s wonderful protege in the clair
voyant line; forshe, we believe, merely profes
ses to see simultaneous movements and to look
into matters passing at the time; while here we
have a Lynn lady who cad see transactions that
have already passed—see a boy buying oranges
some days alter the purchase, and watch his
“ goings in and comings out” at some iudefi
ni’e period subsequent io the actual movement,
and while he is in a different place and a dif
ferent posture! No wonder then, that th* phi
losophical correspondent of the Journal calls
the earnest attention of the Boston police au
thorities to this most important matter. —
The Lynn sorceress ought to be made at
once a branch of the police system, and set
instanter to hunting up all the current rascality
of the city. Moll Pilcher was famous in
that region, during her day, but her marvels
and even her memory are'alike to live in the
shade hereafter. The modern sybil eclipses
all Mollv ever did or ever pretended 'o do. and
if the “Native American” Mayor and his as
sociates have any desire to im- ortalise them
selves and their city, by an ‘onward movement’
in the matter of Municipal reform, they will at
tend uith-mt any unnecessary delay to the
wisdom vouchsafed to them from the Lynn
gentleman. They will promptly put the clair
voyant into the city constabulary, or al least
her a “siring: justice”—so that thieves,
HKargtars, and other gentry of loose habits and
. uncertain virtues may be brought to the ring-
K " bob, and punished as the!' various demerits
ntav seem to demand. We the more especially
commend the eminent services of this lady t<
their consideration, fro n the fact that she is, so
far as we k iow, the first actual embodiment ot
Sam Buller’s notion about the optics whirl,
were so keen that they
“Could see what was not to be seen,”
If we quote Hodibras any where within gun
shot of the text —which we confess is rather
apocryphal in our mind. That she can do this,
however, there can be no question, for we are
told that she did really see somebody stealing
money from a drawer, ala time when for aught
that ap ears to be contrary, the little villain was
abed nnd asleep at home—at any rate, not in
the place where he had taken the money, if he
had taken it stall. Os course we join heartily i-n
the hope of the writer, that such valuable de
velopments will not be lost sight of by the
Boston authorities!
Great Yield of Wheat.
A correspondent of the Baltimore American
has furnished that paper with the following ac
count of an extraordinary yield of wheat, which
he says was given to him “ by an English friend,
whose confi fence in the gentleman who had it
printed for circulation, induced him to plant se
veral acres in the same way last season. I
hand it to you, supposing that the subject has
not yet been generally brought to the attention
of our own people, to whom I hope it will ap
pear equally valuable.”
To Farmers —At the end of Augu«t, 1843,1
planted in my garden thir y-two grains ot wheat,
at six inches distance, an inch and a half deep;
the seed was of the first rate quality. This seed
produced this year thirty-two plants, having
from 10 to 28 steins and ears each; the average
number ot ears was 16; the average weight ol
each plant IJ ounce, An acre of land would
contain, al six inches distance, 174,240 plants,
the produce 304,940 oz , or nearly 19,600 lbs.,
320 bushels, or 40 quarters per acre. The ex
pense ot dibbing would be more than saved by
the diminished quantity ol seed required.
I do not mean to stale that such a result would
be obtained unon a largescale; but Sritink it is
worthy of trial, when we know that the average
produce is only 2} quarters per acre, and that it
is possible t > grow FORTY : it will be allowed
there is ample scope for improvement. Try a
breadth in your fields an inch and a half deep;
put "ne grain, and ONE only, in each hole
plant it at six or eight inches distant—be sure to
plant good seed—set as much produce as you
can. but GO FOR FORTY QUARTERS
PER ACRE.
Stock Exchange, August 22, 1844.
A Magnificent Steamboat.—The steam
boat Missouri, from St. Louis, arrived at our
city about 2 o’clock yesterday, and was visited
and admired by m.my ot our citizens She is,
unquestionably by far the most magnificent, as
well as the largest boat floating upon the Ame
rican waters. She looks upon like a
graceful floating mountain. Her 'accommoda
tions and splendor ot finish, painting, furniture
and general arrangement, is of the very finest
and most magnificent order. We copylhefol
lou ing description ot this beauty of the waters,
Horn the St. Louis Republic :— Memphis Eagle
Beyond ail question, the Missouri, is the most
complete structure afloat on the western waters,
and those concerned in tashioning and buildmg
her may, each and all, take pride in the work.
Her dimensions an I qualities arc thus stated by
a gentleman who has watched her progress.
The Missouri is destined for the New Orleans
trade, and is of the following dimensions:
Length of keel, 280 feet; breadth ot beam, 38
feet; depth of hold, 10 feet; entire length ondeck,
305 feet.
She is built of the best materials, and the
workmanship speaks for itselt. Herlastenings
are heavier than have heretofore been usedin
buil’ing steamboats; and »he is believed to be
asstrongas iron and wood can make a vessel
She has two high pressure engines, each 2!)
inch cylinder, and 12 teet stroke, working a
wheel 36 feet in diameter, with a 11 feet bucket.
Seven boilers 29 teet long, 42 inches in diameter,
with double flues, supply her with steam. She
has an extra engine to supply her boilers with
water, &c. Her model is pronounced by judges
tv be beautiful, and it is thought her power is
such as to propel her at least as fast as steamers
have vet been made to run.
But the great consideration to the travelling
community, <s the superior construction and
plans ot her cabin, and her arrangements lor
the comfort of passengers. Sn»- has saloons on
her cabin deck fora length of 230 leet, or more,
contiguous to which on each side, ate her spa
cious rooms lor sleeping. For families she is
provided with bedsteads and bedding of the best
kind, in apartments eight teet square —equal in
size to many rooms in public houses. She has
sixteen rooms in the bdies’ cabin, and near forty
in the main eabin—and, altogether, can accomo
date over one hundred passengers in the state
rooms, and, ilneed be,can provide foronehun
dred and fitly or two hundred persons with more
comfort than half thatnumber usually find on
boats.
Her officers are provided with a social ball
and sleeping room on her upperdeck—and above
that, in the neighborhood of thecluuds, is placed
her pilot-house, where, with the motion of a
finger as it were, the officer at the helm controls
the mighty mass as it careers thruugn the water
almost at the lightning’s “peed.
Her hull was built at Cincinnati by Button
Hazen, Esq. Her engines are refitted and put
on board by Messrs. Gaty, McCune&Glabsby,
ol this city. Mr. Win. Gearing, of this city
h the bu’lder.gj hci:cabin e .
deck up; and our well known artists, Messrs
Asa Wifgus & Co., have added to lheir widely
extended lame, by the skill displayed in the
painting and finishing of her entire work, trorn
the water’s edge up The construction ol her
cabin, and her finish in painting, seem to be su
perior in point ol view and design, taste, utility
and beauty to the best that have preceded her.
Howto Treat a Wi/e.— First get a wife—se
condly be patient. You may have great trials
anil perplexities in your business with Hie
world ; but do not therefore carry to your home
a clouded or contracted brow. Your wile may
have many trials, which, though of less magni
tude, may have been as hard to bear. A kind
conciliating word, a tender look, will <fo won
ders in chasing from her brow all clouds of
gloom. You encounter your difficulties in the
open air, tanned by heaven’s cool breezes; but
your wife is ofteo shut in from those healthful
influences, and her health fails, and her spirits
lose their elasticity. But oh I bear with her;
she has trials and sorrows io which you are a
stranger, but which your tenderness c n deprive
of all lheir anguish. Notice kindly her little at
tentions and efforts io promote your comfort.
Denol take them all as a malto- of course, and
pass them by, at the same time being very sure
to observe any omission ot what you may con
sider her duty to you. Do not -reat her with in
indifference, if you would not sear and
palsy her heart, which, watered by kindness,
would to the latest day of your existence throb
with sincere and constant affection.
Sometimes yield your wishes to hers. She
has preference as strong as you, and it may, be
just as trying to her to yield her choic%,\i to
you. Doyon find it hard to yield someiJiies?
Think you it is net d’fficnlt for her to give up
always? If you never yield to her wishes,
there is danger that she will 'hink you are sel
fish, and care only for yourself, and with such
feeling she cannot love as she \night. Again,
show yourself manly, so that your ■ k
up to you, and feel that you will ac id
that she can confide in your judgin "T"
The mystery of the missing instol . ' e
.Iferican Indemnity is fhus noticed ."V.
Courricr des Etats Unis ol Satl ty. The
facts are said to be derived Irom a person re
cently arrived from Mexico, and one intimate
with Santa Ana, even to a kno vledge of his
tampering in stocks. The Courrier, however,
declines to assume any responsibility, as to the
person ' a ed. We translate the passage:
“ It is known that a sum ot $275,0tX) is in
question, making the quarterly paym-nt ol
April and July, 1814. This sum has never
reached the government al Washington, al
though the Mexican government insists that it
is paid, and exhibits the receipts oj the repre
sentative of the United States. Here is the ex
planation as furnished to us of this enigma.—
Mr. Shannon, the U.S. Minister, Mr.Voss,the
agent of the U. S. to receive the money, and
M. Trigueros, the Minister of Finance in Mex
ico, are said to have been interested in more
than one speculation. The partnership wa
indeed official between Mr. Voss and M. Tri
gueros, who belonged to 'be same commercial
firm. M. Trigueros not having as Minister,
money enough—ready money to pay the amounts
a- they fell due, induced Mr. Shannon and Mr.
Voss to accept drafts ou the Treasury in favor
of and endorsed by an English house iu Mexico,
for 8325,000, being $50,000 more than the
amount due. In return it was agreed that M.
Trigueros should accept Horn Mr. Shannon
Mexican Treasury Notes in payment of the
excess of §50,000, and as these were to be bout In
anywhere at Irom 8 to 10 per cent. —so gteatly
were they depreciated—this little operation
would leave a profit ot some forty odd thousand
dollars to the American agents. In return they
were to give a lull and entire acquiuance to the
Mexican government in terms lor the payment
■ fthe two instalment-, whereas they had only
been liquidated. Such is said lo be the se
cret history of this little diplomatic jobbing.
The question now is, were the drafts paid ai
maturity either by the Mexican Treasury or ihe
English endorser? This is precisely what is
not known, and concerning which the official
accounts at Washington are silent. However
that may be, the Mexican government considers
itselfdiseharged from all ulterior responsibility
by reason of the very explict tenor ot the Ame
ncan receipt. On the other hand the American
claimants insist on being paid by their own
government.
Such is the position of the matter, an ! it is
certainly not a little remarkable and not al all
creditable lhattbere should be any room for such
a solution of the delay as is here given. We
must soon know the truth now.
-A heroic statue of Queen Victoria, eight feet
in height, sculptured in Canara inarble, tor the
Royal Exchange, London, has just been com
oletedby Mr. Lough. It represents the Queen
in the robes ol the order of the Garter, holding
in one hand the ball, end in the other the sceptre.
he artist has been successful in giving a suffi
cient degree ol resemblance to the Queen, and
in preserving a feminine grace in the figure,
notwithstanding its large proportions.
‘Jhramde anb Sctithd.
AUGUSTA, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 19.
OThe carson the Charleston Rail Road
did not arrive at the depot in Hamburg last
evening until 8 o’clock, having been detained
by the severe storm ol rain in the afternoon. In
consequence of the late arrival, the mail was
not brought over to this city.
Rain.—After a drought of great severity, we
have for the last four ot five days been visited
with copious showers, and we sincerely hope
they have been general over the country.
The American Review.
We take pleasure in announcing to our citi
zens the arriva. in Augusta of Mr. Webber,
one of the E litorsol this spirited Whig Journal,
for the purposeot extending the circulation of
the work.
Editor’s Table. —“The Columbian Lady's
and Gentleman’s Magazine," with its usual
excellent variety of articles, and two superb
engravings, together with a plate of Fashions,
for June; also No. 2 | art ill. “ Thiers’s Life of
Napoleon,” and parts II and Hi of “Dr. Gard
ner's Popular Lectures on Science and Art,”
have been laid on our table by Mr. S. A
Holmes, ol the Dep t.
Democratic Convention.
The Convention to nominate a Democratic
Candidate for the office of Governor assembled
in Milledgeville on Monday last, and nomina
ted with great apparent unanimity M. H. Mc-
Allister, Esq., of Chatham Co., the candi
date ot the patty. We copy from the federal
Union of Tuesday the following condensed
account of the Convention:
“At 10 o’clock yesterday, the conventual was
called to order on motion ot Judge Cone, by
placing in the chair, Gen. V. Walker ot Rich
mond county, F. H. Sanford and G. W. Fish
of Baldwin, acting as secretaries pro tern,—
Seventy-eight counties responded to the call by
delegates present.
“On motion ot Dr. T. Fort, the Hon. Joseph
Day, of Jones, was unanimously chosen Pres
ident, and F«H. Sanford with G. W. Fish
v. ere appoints Secretaries. The rules of the
House of Representatives being adopted. A
resolution was offered by Judge Cone, that in
the nomination about to be made, two thirds of
all the votes present, shou.d be necessary for a
choice. This resolution being agreed to, a
motion was made and agreed to, to proceed to
ballot. At this juncture, Dr. Fort announced
the withdrawal of the name of Col. H. V. John
son, tendering to the convention his letter of
withdrawal. This highly patriotic letter was,
on motion, read by the Secretary amidst the
unbounded applause and acclamation of the
whole Convention. The name of Col G. W.
B. Towns, was then withdrawn by Mr. L. B.
Smith, a delegate from the county ot Talbot.
The ballot then proceeded, which being count
ed, it appeared that the Elon. M. Hall Mc-
Allister bad received 209 votes and the Hon.
Hiram W arner 64, and Blank 1: giving to the
nominee a considerable number more than re
quired by the two-third rule
“On motion of Col. Latham, of Campbell,
it was
“Resolved, That the nominee be announced
as unanimously nominated.”
This nomination gives us quite as much
satisfaction as any the party could have made;
indeed, we believe more than cither of the aspi
rants, for'Col. McAllister is quite a favorite
with his party, of resoectable talent, and gene
rally, we believe, scorning, as beneath an honor
able ambition, the low arts of the demagogue
it, therefore, he should be elected, of which we
have no fears, we shall have the consolation ol
knowing, (if we ate not greatly mistaken in the
man,) lhat the Executive chair will not, as it
has been heretofore, when filled by Demo
crats, be regarded as a fit theatre for the dis
play of demagogueism.
Fashion and Pevtona, says the N. Y. Spirit
of the Times, we are glad to announce, will
doubtless meet to “fighttheirbattleso’eragain,”
in October next I In the meantime both have
been temporarily turned out. Fashion is re
cruiting her strength in the paddocks of her
owner, at Madison, N. J., and will not be sent
to her trainer’s stable for some weeks to come.
We presume that ere this, Peytona and her
stable companions are reposing under the “ um
brageous shade” of the flue old trees which sur
rnimrlMr t- -i ,■ ■ ' T ■ ■ ,
Course, Petersburg, Va. Most assuredly the
rival cracks will “meetagain at Phillippil”
The Southern Recorder of Tuesday says:—
Through gentlemen from different parts of the
Stale, now at this place, we learn that more
than ordinary sickness has been prevalent in
several sections—probably the effect ot the unu
sual drought of the season. We are pained to
hear ofthe loss of -aiued lives, from severe;
quarters; among them, thatof Col. John Lamar,
of Macon, who died at his residence a few days
since, of pneumonia. We trust that the re
freshing showers with which a kind Providence
has lately blessed us, will bring healing on their
wings to the suffering and the afflicted every
where.
Coleman’s Attachment to the Locomo
tive. —This new invention was exhibited re
cently in the Merchant’s Exchange, in Boston.
The Journal says the engine is Constructed
with a view to draw loads over planes
or railroads. Two tracks are laid upon the
road, the inner rails being raised higher than
the outer ones. In the centre of the track is a
rail of cog«, these being round and turningon
their centres. The locomotive has the usual
number of wheels. Beneath it there is an end
less screw, with two wheels attached, the mo
tion being communicated to the screw and the
twp wheels by the means of cog wheels. The
wheels connected with the screw are ot less
diameter than the driving wheels ol the engine,
and moved upon the inner raised rails. As
soon as the engine strikes the inclined plane,
by means of a lever, the screw is set to work
upon the stationary cogs laid upon a centre
rail, the driving wheels are lifted Irom the outer
rails, and the two inner wheels, connected with
the screw, set to work to propel the engine. By
raising the driving wheels, all the power is ap
plied to the screw. Theengine worked exceed
ingly well this morning, and drew a man weigh
ing 180 pounds up the plane. Theengine was
slopped mid-way of the plane, and moved up
or down, al the will of The manager.
Astiquitiks.— I’he Commercial Advertiser
has seen a letter from an American, dated at
Tarragona, Spain April 27, 18-15, to his sister
in New York, the following extract irom which
may be oi interest to antiquaries:
"Yesterday I visited the new discoveries
made on the 25th of March—about three weeks
since. In removing a hill, the workmen, in
digging, came to portiqns of a wall; this was
reported to the overseer, who caused the rub
bish lo be removed carefully, and he was well
rewarded: for, alter digging a shortdistance, he
came to a hard fluor, which on being cleaned,
proved to be an entire piece of Mosaic work.
“The part uncovered showed, when cleaned,
the head of Medusa, with a rich border ol
Mosaic, representing birds, beasts, &e. The
next was the figure ol a R miati warrior taking
leave of his "lady-love” beloie going lo battle.
These are the only two discoveries they will
. show, as they expect the Queen here next month,
and she is to see them first; but the workmen
have dug in several places, and every where
with success. This is a great discovery, and
not at present known out of Tarragona; word,
however, is to be sent to England and other
places soon, as enough lias been ascertained to
prove clearly that this was formerly a residence
ot the Roman Emperors, some two thousand
years ago.
“Ot this ne w discovery you can say you are
the first lady in America'who has been inform
ed, and that yonr brother was on the spot and
assisted in rubbing off some of the dirt with
his own hand. I have a piece oi the wall lor
you, with the colors still clear on it. 1 have
also a piece ot the marble surba-e around the
hall. Guins cl the Romans are now and then
found.”
-A Lowell Opebativb.— The last number of
the Lowell Courier gives the following interest
ing paragraph:
“ Last evening a female about lorty-five years
of age came into our office to nurcha-e a paper.
She informed ns that slue had b en an operative
in the Lowell mills nineteen years, and that her
health had been good all the time. She said,
‘My health is belter now than it was wl en I
first began to work in die mill.’ She had during
the time saved about sr2ooo. which she had safe
ly invested, we think, in the purchase of a farm;
and besides, she had given her parents, who
were p001,3^1150- She had been mirned and
had one son. wbo was now absent. Her name
was Mrs. Clark. She has worked several
years in the Boot mills, and is now about to com
mence on the Massachusetts. Her industry,
economy and contentment deserve the highest
praise.”
Round Hales—Another Chapter.
The persevering obstinacy of a large portion
of the planters of Georgia, in continuing, in di
rect contravention of their interests, to put up
their Colton in round bales, can only be over
come by such an indomitable spirit as-that
evinced by the Savannah Republican, in its ef
forts to correct the evil, it is, however, a good
cause; and we commend the Republican for its
zeal, in teaching the planters their true interests.
We copy the following extract ol a letter, from
a merchant ot New York, >o a commmercial
house in Savannah, from that paper:
“ The late advices somehow, seem to have
had a queer effect, or rather in spile of them, our
market for good middling fair to fully fair, in
square bal-s, ia luWy he. better than before the
steamer, that is to say on 100 bales that I have
here, 6} was all lhat 1 could before get offered.
I have now three offers of 7c. and could no doubt
get 7}. it I would accept it. I would here re
mark, that whilst this advance 1 could easily re
alize at this moment on square bales, ii would be
very difficult to find a sale for round of equal
quality, at any thing over or even at old prices.
The reason ot this advance, is the execution of
certain orders that were received. Os course
.he inquiry or demand is of a limited nature,
and being over, prices may relapseas they fre
quently do—and thus the square bales take the
benefit of the demand and get the advance,
whilst the miserable round bales, lose it —and in
a dull market of course, are still more difficult to
’ sell, unless at a serious reduction from the value
of square. I think I alluded to this matter in a
former letter—and it is now brought to mind
again by a circumstance that was yesterday told
me hv a friend here—by which he lost outright
SI2OO on a lot simply from being in round
b»les—it was thus: He had a selected Ijt of
200 round bales choice quality, exactly adapted
to the Russian market. A large order was in
the market, and he sold it at B}c.—(ibis was last
year.) When it was discovered by the purcha
ser that they were round and not square bales,
he would have nothing to do with it, as square
only would answer. The market at that lime
was daily falling, and he daily urged his Cot
ions, but square ot the same quality always had
ihe preference, even at the difference in price.
The price kept declining, and finally it was sold
to a manufacturer, who, though he admitted,
lhat for his use, the round did as well as the
square bale«, yet insisted upon the full difference
in value that ihc shipper required. It is quite
time the Planters of Georgia, opened their eyes
to this “ penny wise and pound foolish system,”
which they have so long pursued—and for a
paltry outlay, secure to themselves the same ad
vantages in this and other markets, that their
neighbors have. I think lhat it would improve
the freighting business at Savannah essentially,
if this reform was effected—and that all classes
ot merchants there are particularly interested in
bringing it about. It would be better for each
factor to put up, at his own expense, or share the
expense ot a simple press on each plantation,
and combine not. to buy any Cotton in round
bales, at more than one cent? per lb. under the
standard value in square bales. By appointing
a Committee, adopting resolutions, makingsug
g-Ations, and representing these eircumstances
directly to the Planters, they will readily see the
importance of getting their screws ready for
their riexZ crop. I know it is a bard matter to
overturn old habits, or introduce new ones, but
when it is made clearly for the advantageot the
individual, as in this case, it could be, it is well
worthy the effort.
You see the objection to, or the difficulty in,
ma nagi ng round bales, is infinitely more apparent
fercthan in yottrplace. Thereyou have been ac
customed to them for a long period—and as the
boys say, “don’t know anj’ thing else.” Where
as, here they bear a small proportion to the
mass received front Mobile, New Orleans and
Charleston—and the quantity taken for ship
ment comparatively, is yearly diminishing.
This is a long story on round b iles, neverthe
less it is one that is of more importance, to you
than to me—and if facts were wanted in addi
tfon, I could give you a certificate with six feet
of signatures, to prove to you, that the differ
ence to the Georgia crop, if all should be in
square bales, would in two years more than
furnish every plantation with a first rate press
that would last with care ten years. (In this
calculation I have made no figures) In a few
words of conversation with Mr. F., he thought
I ought to write you on this subject—and
this is inv apology tor so doing. I have said
nothing ot extra charges, which round bales are
subjected to in the way of freight, storage and
labor. This however is well understood.
Yours very truly, &c.”
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Mr. Editor:—Ou looking over the de
cree ot Judge Harper, as published in the
Chronicle and Sentinel of Saturday last, 1 find
that his Honor says, “the necessary amend
ment being made, a final decree was made by
consent of all parlies, ontheßih May, 1830.”
Now, the fact is, that no public sale of the bridge
has ever been made by consent ot “all parties,”
nor has the consent of “ail parties” -ever been
'S A3 nry dao- aa .1..<:.»■. pi’operty.’ '"On
the contrary', Messrs. Walker and Fitzsimmons,
appointed commissioners by the Federal Court
to sell the bridge when the consent of parlies to
the bill could be had, reported that, “ personal
application was made to one of the defendants
to join in the power of attorney for the sale, but
he positively refused. Under these circum
stances, it was deemed proper to postpone the
sale.” Should Judge Harper or any other per
son be in possession of the consent of "all par
lies," I hope it may be published, and thereby
put so much of the controversy to rest; or, if
>he interest of “ all parties” has ever been sold
uniier foreclosure of mortgage, or in any other
public manner, let it also be published. 1 should
like to know what right any Judge, either Fed
eral or State, had to order the sale of a citizen’s
property, without his consent, and against his
remonstrances. JUSTICE.
Agricultural Meeting in Warren County.
At a meeting ol the citizens of Warren coun
ty, held at Warrenton on the 31 inst., pursuant
to a previous adjournment, John Harris, Esq.,
was called to the chair, and Joseph W. Thomas,
Esq., requested to act as Secretary. On motion,
the proceedings of a previous meeting were
read, when the report of the committee a r pointed
at a previous meeting to draft a constitution was
called for and submitted through their chair
man, G. V. Neal. Esq.
On motion ofG. V. Neal, Esq,
Resolved, That the constitution, as re
ported by the Committe, be taken up for adop
tion by sections.
Which was unanimously consented to and
adopted.
On motion, the Society' went into an election
of officers for the ensuing year, when it appear
ed that the following gentlemen were elected,
viz:—John Harris, President; G. W. Harde
way, Samuel Hall, sen., Sterling Evans, Vice-
Presidents; John H. Roberts, jr., Secretary and
Treasurer.
(#1 motion of S. W. Smith, Esq.,
Resolved, That the Chair anpoint a commit
tee oflhree to draft bv-laws, (for the further
government of the Society,) to be reported at
next meeting.
A door for members being opened, some
thing like 50 immediately signed the constitu
tion.
Adjourned to meet first Tuesday in July next.
JOHN HARRIS, President.
Joseph W. Thomas, Secretary, pro tern.
Anecdote —We find the following curious
hit at the Lord Bishops ot England in au old
newspaper, published in Boston some seventy
five years ago. It was evidently from the pen
of one who inherited from his puritanic ances
tors unp easant feelings towards the Established
Church :
“ 'When Sir Robert Walpole began to mani
fest symptoms ol declining power, the first of
his old friend- who shrunk from him were the
I Bishops. Having, however, a question to carry
in the House ol Lords, to the success of which
the Episcopal votes were essentially requisite,
he applied to his firm and faithful friend, the
Arehbishopof York, to assist him in procuring
the support of the Right Reverend Bench. The
Prelate shook his head when the Minister urged
the necessity ot personal application. “My
good friend,” said he, “ there is but one way to
proce-d with my Right Reverend brethren, and
vou may be assured I will put it in practice.
Trouble yourself no further about the matter,
and be as secure of their votes as if they had al
read-,- given them.” The Minister went away
perfectly satisfied, and the Archbishop took im
mediately to his bed. ordered the knocker to be
tied up, the street to be covered with straw, and
desired his confidential physician to intimate,
by shrugs of his shoulders and shakes of his
head, that he was in very great danger. The
sickness of the Archbishop was soon known;
the Arehiepiscopnl mitre danced before the
Right Reverend Bench; the Bishops returned
to Ministerial duty; Sir Robert Walpole gained
bis point; and the sick Archbishop, on being
informed o f his success, immediately quitted his
-ick bed in order to dine with the Minister, and
laugh in their sleeves at the trick they had put
upon lawn sleeves.”— Boston Journal.
It was reported some months ago, on the au
thority oi a paragraph from a French paper, re
published in the London papers, that a tunnel
of Roman construction, had been discovered at
Marseilles, under the mouth ofthe harbor. The
Civil Engineer and Architects’ Journal stiles
on the nnthority oi Mr. Simms, who had lately
been in Marseilles, that nothing of the kind was
known there.
From the New York Herald.
n Value of ExjXH-ts.
We have compiled g table from the reports of
p the Treasury Department,.;giving the value of
.. each article of domestic produce and tnanufac
t lure exported from lheU. States for the past three
L years. It will be observed that the value of ex
j ports for 1844 was greater than in either of the
s two previous years, and a larger portion of
. the aggregate value ol exports from the country
, was in domestic produce, than in any previous
year:
Summary Statement of the Value of the Exports
of the Growth, Produce and Manufuclure of
■ the United Slates, durins the past lh*ee years.
, The Sea. 1842. 1843. 1844.
, Fisheries 9 months.
' Dried fifth, or cod fish
criesss67,7B2 381,175 699.836
. Piclcl-d fish 162.321 116.<M2 197.179
[ Wh.ile itid other fish 0i1.!,315 411 803.774 1,461 963
Spermaceti oil 233.114 310 768 344 93'>
Whalebone 225.382 257
Spermaceti ccndles .... LIB 997 244,308 180,492
/ T0ta152,823,010 2,112.548 3,350,501
’ Forrest.
: Skins end Rm 598.487 ’ 453.869 742,196
' Ginseng.. 63,702 193,870 95,008
Product of Wood— -
, Staves, shingles, boards,
hewn timber. 2,202.537 1,026.179 1,672.279
Other lumber 253.9 U 211,111 326.945
Masis and spars 37.7 W 19,669 23.271
Oak bark and other dye 111,087 39,538 70,370
All m a 11 u fa c t u res of
wood 623,718 391,312 919,100
Naval stores, tar, pitch,
rosin and turpentine.. 743.329 475357 818,692
Ashes, pot and pearl.... 8'2.741 541,004 1.’40.848
T0ta15,518,262 3,352,099 5,808,712
Aj’ricut/ure. L*.
Product of Animals —
Reef, dec'1.212.638 ,1,092.949 1,810 551
Ratter and cheese. 358J85 .- aorf96B 758.8 9
P0rk2,629,403 2 6 0,026 3,236.479
Horses and Mules 299,654 2.2.696 31',696
Sheep 38,892 29,061 27,824
r cut abb'. Food
Wheat 916.616 264.109 500 400
F10ur7.375.356
Indian corn... 345,150 281,749 404,008
uOIH 619797 745 ’- 126
Rye, oats, and other A
small grain and pulse 175,08-2 108,640 J 33.477
Biscuit or ship bread... 32:3,759 312,232 388603
Potatoes.. 55.844 47,7'j7 74 108
Apples 32.245 32.825 51,465
Ri< e1.907.3*7 2,182,468
Tobacco9,s4o 755 '
All other Asricultural Produdi—
C0tt0n47.593,464 49,119.856 54,063.501
Flaxseed 31,991 4P.406 23,749
Hops 36,547 123,745 51.5 4)
Brown sugar 8,890 12.363
Indigo 1,042 198 1,176
T0ta1573,688,113 61,863,736 79,84,572
Alanujuctures.
Soap and cand’es ...... 48-5.129 407,105 619.544
Boots and shoes.. 168.925 115.355 204.0:10
Household furniture.... 290,997 197,982 327,938
Coaches and other car-
riages 4 Q ,509 48.356 63,931
Hats 65.882 39,843 75,649
Saddlery 25 986 17,653 34.552
Wax 103.626 137.532 278,0.39
Spirits from grain J6U,708 21,395 56,697
Beer, ale, porter, aud
cider 54.674 44,061 59.312
Sn iTand tobacco 525 490 278.319 536,600
Lead 523,428 492,765 595,238
Linseed oil and spirits
turpentine 34,775 29,434 68.476
Cordape 30.457 22.198 49 242
Iron—Pig, bar and nai’s >20.454 120,923 133.524
Casting* 68.507 41,188 54,598
All manufactures of.. 920.561 370.581 528.212
Soirits trnm molasses... 247 745 117,537 241,604
&iigar, refined 291.499 47.345 128,594
Chocolate 3,094 2,032 2,150
Gunpowder 161,292 47.088 130,921
Copper and brass 97,021 79.231 91,446
Medicinal drugs 139,313 108/138 166,805
Cotton Piece Goods—
Printed and colored.... 385.040 358,415 385,403
White 2,575.049 2,293.800
T-vist, yarn and thread. 37,325 57,312 44,421
All other manu acturcs
of 250,361 232,774 170,156
Flax and henjp—all ma-
nufactures of 1.0-38 326 311
Wearing apparel 53,219 28.815 117 570
Combs and buttons 3,714 23.227 30 778
Broshes 1,925 4,467 5,962
Billiard tables and appa-
ratus 1,800 416 2.534
Umbrellas and parasols. 5.838 4,654 6,514
Leather and morocco
skins 22.502 26,782 39 197
Printing presses 19.61 I 20, >3O 36,243
Fire engines !,: 04
Musicii instruments... 16.253 6,661 17.050
Books and maps 44 "’46 23,643 42,432
Paper and stationery... 69,862 51,391 53.108
Paints and v„rnish 27.370 28,991 44 060
Vinegar 10.208 7.555 8.315
Earihen and stone ware 7.613 2,907 4.8 4
Manufacture* ol glass.. 36.748 25.343 77.860
Tin 5,6.82 5.0 26 6 421
Pewter and lead ... 16.7'9 7.121 10,018
Marble and stone... 18.921 8,544 19.135
Gold, silver and leaf 1.323 1.905 2,368
Gold and stiver coin... .1,170,751 107,429 183,105
Artificial flowers and
jewelry 7.638 3,769 6.761
Molasses... 19? 40 1.317 3,922
Trunks 3 916 2-072 7,841
Brick and I’m? 5.728 3:883 12,8-33
Domestic aalt 39,054 10,262 47.756
T0ta184,611.401 6,117,725 8.163JM9
Articles iu>t enumerated
Mannfaciured,. 5U8.<>76 170,261 1,600090
Other articlesl 359,163 575.199 851.427
T0ta1*92.969,996 77,703,783 99,715 179
Ol the aggregate value of the xports, #69,.
706,375 were shipped in American vessels, and
S>3o 008 804 in foreign vessels-.. More than one
halt the va'ue of exports from ih“ United States
iu 18.44. in,. the of eo'ton.
T* ’bacc-tuio' .tos «rrrt ttre< -Hntrr: ja com:
parison of the ekpoTts in 1813 fnd'44, according
to this table, would not be correct, as the re
turns for 1843 only cover a period ot nine
months. The difference b-twien the value ot
the exports in 4842 and 1844, is about the same
as the difference in the value of cotton expotted
each year—the ditf-renee in the aggregate ex
port being #6.745 183, add in th£ value of cotton
shipped 86,470,037 This would bring the
aggregate value ol the other items about the
same lor each year.
Many of the articles embraced in the above
table < f exports from this country are almost
exclusively the productions of this country, and
are taken ot us by other because they
cant ot get them any where else. Our two great
exporting staples, cotton and tobacco, supply 1
the principal part of the world, and whatever
increase in the demand may arise from year to
year, will add so much to the wealth of this
country. While we also monopolize the pro
duction ot many articles consumed very exten
sively throughout the world, the demand for
which must rapidly increase, subject only to
temporary depressions in price and demand,
we are becoming less and less dependant upon
supplies of many articles in return, from foreign
countries, which we have heretofore imported
largely. In other words, our experts are in
creasing and our imports decreasing, and should
the value of our importations fall off within the
next five years, fifty per cent, it Would have no
influent e t-pon our exports, as they must under
ail circumstances steadily increase.—The ex
portalion of cotton manufactured goods Irom
this country is very small, compared with the
immense quantities manufactured. Our man
ufacturers can hardly supply the home demand,
which is the first important thing to attend to.
Monroe Rail RoatL
The Griffin Jeffersonian says—“ A large and
respectable meeting of the stockholders and
creditors ot the Monroe Railroad (Jtmipany was
held in this plpce on Tuesday last, at which it
was determined to organize a new Company
ter the purchase of the road. Stockholders and
creditors ol the old company will have a pre
ference in their subscriptions, but if. not suffi
cient to take up all the stock new.sttbscriptions
may come iu. If m re than the necessary
amount of stock is subscribed, a reduction to be
made pro rata. Ihe payments lor stock lo be
made in cash, or with approved notes at six
months from the fifty day of July next. The
claims of creditors of the old company taken in
payment lor stock, after decision of the Court of
the value due to the claimant has been adjus
ted. Shares to rate at one hundred dollars each.
Any person failing lo comply with the condi
ditions at the time specified, Ills subscription to
be void, and his shares may be taken by other
persons.
“A committee with genera! and discretion
ary powers was appointed to act as managers
for the company in the purchase of the road,
obtaining subscriptions, &c to wit: Col. Win.
B. Parker, Dr. George H. Winn, John D
Gray, James Whatley and C. Y. Caldwell, Es
quires.
“The following gentlemen were appointed a
Committee to receive subscriptions iu Griffin
and the interior generally, to wit: Aaron Cloud,
John Daily, Lewis H. Beck, A. B. Dulin, ana
Henly' Varner, Esquires, to whom any of the
stockholders or creditors of the old company,
who wish to incorporate themselves with the
new one, can apply and make subscriptions.
“ The meeting ha<l a numtie'' ot propositions
before it, but there were none whieh ap
peared to the committed to whom they were
committed for examination, which held out more
liberal propositions to the sufferers in the old
company, either as stockholders or creditors.—
Some other plans were considered of a highly
liberal character, but impracticable iu the short
time between the meeting and sale ol the road,
during which lime the purchase money must
be raised. The above plan gives every old
stockholder and creditor an opportunity to come
in ana renew Ins stock, upon the best terms the
committee could devise, and it met the very
general approval ofthe meeting at large.
“ We need not say to the citizens of Griffin
and surrounding country how important it is,
that they should have a controlling influence
over this road—that the value ot their business
and property will be governed by Monroe Rail
road stock. To the Monroe Railroad Griffin
owes its existence—to that road also it is owing
that our city is not double its present size.—
Griffin w s established in the zenith ofits pros
peri’y, and has also felt the revulsion of its
fortunes. The citizens of the counties along
the rail road line has now an opportunity of ob
taining the control of this regulation. It is for
them lo embrace it, or let it pass into the hands
of others. Under any circumstances in which
this matter can be viewed, there can be no harm
done to the sufferers in the old com any, lo give
this new project a cal n and attentive conside
ration ; and, if possible, as many as can, to see
the committee, or some member thereof, who
have been appointed to obtain subscriptions.—
The most of them are fellow sufferers, and
would not go into a seneme with their eyes shut.
The stockholders and creditors have a prefe
rence, but the slock must be taken, the money
must be made up; and if they do not avail
themselves ot the privilege held out to them,
othets are standing ready, as we are assured,
to step into the shoes provided for the stock
holders and creditors.
“ Purchased at a moderate price (perhaps not
a tenth ol its original cost) taken up clear of
debt, put in good repair, and stocked witn ne
cessary apparatus, the road cannot fail to prove
profitable at the outset, and will progress witha
constantly increasing business. This is our
judgment. Eighty milesot the State Road will
be finished in the present year, and a branch
will be built to the Coosa Valley. We have
already expressed our opinion that the amount
of trade which will flow to the Atlantic through
this channel cannot be realized at this time by
the most active imagination. We do not think
we have much ot the visionary in our compo
sition, yet if we had twenty thousand dollars to
spare we think we should invest the most of it
in tliis new concern. Others, however, must
be lheir own judges.”
From the St. Louis Reveille.
Reverence.
“Th® silver livery of advised age ”
All the works of the Creator are beautiful,
fall of perfection and teeming with matter tor
solemn contemplation ; but if there is one thing
that should command our admiration more than
all the rest, it is a man with silver hair and an
eagle eye, a man of age and honor, travelling
to the grave with hrs heart still warm, and light
yet in his countenance, though it be the linger
ing beam of a setting sun. A man who may
say with fine old Adam—
“Th-ngh I look old, yet I am strong and lusty;
Far in my youth I never did apply
flor and rebellious liquors to my blood;
Nor did with unba-htul forehead woo
The means of weakness and debility;
Therefore my age is a lusty winter,
Frosty, but kindly “
Such a man is a spectacle for the eye ot youth
to look on with advantage, and the roaring
cataract, the mighty river, or the eternal ocean
itself, can exhibit no more striking attributes of
grandeur and sublimity. Man is the noblest
work of God; and that work returning into his
l ands with the halo of original purity around
it, is a something of earth that seems worthy of
being rendered back to heaven. The white
hairs of age at all times command respect and
are honored among men, but when accom
panied by an eye yet undimmed and a brow un
clouded, admiration too is awarded, for these
tokens always tell of well spent days and a heart
that has escaped the melancholy contagion of
vice. We have seen good-looking old men whq
were knaves, hut not often. They are generally
good men, and if not such embodiments of
laughing benevolence as “C>>eeryble Brothers,”
at least with morals strictly regulated by all the
conventionalities of 'ociety.
It is beautiful, too, to see youth receiving
council from, and yielding respect and venera
ration to age. The hoarded wisdom of many
years is poured out as a golden legacy, and
when that heaven-wrought machinery of the
brain which gathered and left it, is a cold mass
of slumbering decay, rohbed forever of its Pro
methean warmth, other atoms of mortality shall
receive blessings and happiness from the trea
sure no longerof use to its first possessor. We
have always looked upon gray hairs with the
profoundest feelings of regard, and we could
nevereven in untamed boyhood, vent scoff or
jest at age, as we have 100 often seen others do
with pain. How we first became so amiably
sensitive, we are now ata loss to remember.—
Whether we had some kind old friend with
silver locks, or whether the lesson was caught
from juvenile studies or parental counsel, or
implanted by tender old Mother Nature herself,
it is now quite as uncertain as it is immaterial.
We only know that the feeling was with us and
has grown with ns. and is one of the things
theft we remember first and shall part with last
in life. Why, we can cal! to recollection even
now—and do it, too, with pleasure— how our
eyes used to fill and our heart swell at that
highly popular juvenile recitation :
“Pity the sortows of a poor old naan,
Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door,
Whose days have lingered to their shortestspan.”
We do pity the sorrows of any poor old man,
and pitv, too, all who are callous to such a
sentiment. Age linked with poverty is the
most sorrowful spectacle that the eye can look
upon, it is melancholy to see an old horse
dwindling to a skeleton and dragging its feeble
limbs, that once were fleet, about a bare common
swept by the autumn blast—its eve dim and
drooping in fruitless search of a blade of grass,
and its ribs, bare even of hair, projecting from
ilssides. This is a sad and pitiful sight. How
touching then to see man, intelligent and intel
lectual man, frosted with years and smarting
with the pangs of poverty I Sorrow and destitu
tion mav attend the steps of age, but, even
though relief is beyond our means, respect and
pitv will console, and these are in the power of
all to yield. Phazma.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes,
In 1841 the waters of Lake Erie receded to
such an extent lhat the Erie canal, for several
miles, was left without water, and great fears
were entertained in that vicinity that thisebbiug
of the lake would continue so long and to such
an extent that this portion ot the canal would
fora time be rendered useless.
During the prevalence of strong easterly
win<i«. tbi» end IwUa aTTEcfeu
a cirri al suttsmence ot its waters.
I bad frequently heard ilremarkedby persons
residing in the country bordering upon the
lakes, that these waters rise and fall every seven
years. I have watched the account ot the rise
and tall of the lakes-for near thirty years, and
have ascertained during that period that the rise
is not periodical, but nccasitmal.
Chicago, on lake Michigan, during the land
speculations in village lots, extended its borders
so far toward the lake during a period of the
subsiding of the waters, that on the occasion ol
thr great rise of the lakes, the outside village
lots were live feet under water.
T! e rise ot the river Nile, in Egypt, the in
habitants watch with much care, and they have
the means ot deterxnining the stage of water
each successive year by means ot a measure
called a Nileomeler, the notings of which are
recorded.
The inundations of this river are generally
annual, and happen at the period of the sum
mersolstice; but I have known two yearsdur
ing my recollection, that there was not the usual
annual innundalion, and much suffering was
produced in Egypt by the consequent failure of
the crons.
A large pond in the town of Concord, Mas
sachusetts, has its rising and falling during an
interval of several years, and these appear to
be disconnected with years that are wet, and
thor e which are dry. The inhabitants in the
vicinity have, in noticing the rise and fall of the
waters, what is qua! in some respects to the
“ Nileometer.” In the beach of the pond,
which is ot white sand, when the pond is low,
a wagon and horses can be driven on the
beach the whole circuit of the pond between
the water and the bashes, which border the
beach; but in years of high water, the pond ex
tend- some distance in the bushes covering the
beach. The oldest inhabitants who have no
ticed this risingand falling of the pond for half
a century or more, are unable to account tor
these changes. The pond has no visible inlet
or outlet, and covers an area of about one hun
dred acres.
The great rnkes are not influenced in any
noticeable extent by seasons ot wet and dry
weather.
The area of surface drained bv the great
lakes, including the St. Lawrence, is computed
at 510 030 square miles. The area of surface
‘rained by the waters of the Mississippi, Mis
juri, Ohio, &c., is about 1,100,000 square
miles. The length of course ot the waters ol
the lakes and the St. Lawrence, maybe estima
ted at 1200 miles, and the width of the basin al
425 miles. That of the Mississippi may be
estimated at 2000 mile? length of course, with a
mean width of 550 miles ot basin.
The area of surface drained by the Nile is esti
mated at 420 000 square miles, with a length of
course ol 1680 miies, and a mean breadth of ba
sin of about 250 miles.
I'he waters of the lakes are spread out over a
great surface, while the waters of the Missis
sippi have a narrow channel. The rise of the
former is consequently slow, while that of the
latter comparatively rapid.
The waters ofthe great lakes, and those ofthe
tributaries of the Mississippi mingle togetherat
very high spring floods when the lakes are at
their greatest height. The waters of the great
lakes which flow into the Gull ofthe St. Law
rence passover that potion of the surface ot our
continent which forms the curve of the sphere.
The head waters of the Mississippi come
from au altitude which, when added to its north
ern latitude, would give a climate of the tempe
rature ot Iceland.
The cause of ihe rise of the lakes may be
placed among those which cause the flow of
arctic ice at greater extent some years than
others.
If we should find that the rise and fall of the
great lakes are periodica!, and at long intervals
of time, then in that case, we must look tor tbe
influence of some solar or te r restrial body be
longing to our system as the cause of these
changes.
Some sections of the continent have long pe
riods of drouth. Here is an atmospheric phe
nomenon which is beyond the reach ot human
science to determine.
Whatever disorder we may find in the order
of things, are parts of the great system, and help
to make up the harmonies ot Nature. The
thunder and its electric fire are, to our view, the
convulsions of the air; but nature has placed
these among its harmonies. So ot the earth
quake, the tornado, and the Irost.
The great lakes occupy the successive terra
ces of the earth, in the great slope to the St.
Lawrence; and could we but view them from
an elevated position, with a telescopic eye. we
should see beauties of high order.
The waters ofthe great lakes are yet of that
fertilizing quality that is possessed by the waters
ofthe Nile and the Mis issippi. Yet one ol
these is as much the King of Lakes, as one of
the others is the King ol Rivers.— Brooklyn
Star.
The Scotch Thistle.—The origin of this
national badge is thus handed down by tradi
When the Danes invaded Scotiard, it was
deemed unwarlike to attack an enemy in thr
pitch darkness of night, instead of a pitched bat
tie by day, but, on one occasion, the invaders
resolved to avail themselves of this stratagem;
an-ljiLorder to prevent their tramp from being
heard, they marched barefooted. They had
thus neared the Scottish force unobserved, when
a Dane unluckily stepped upon a superbly
pricked thistle, and instinctively uttered a cry of
pain, which discovered the assailants to lite
Scots, who ran to their arms, and defeated the
foe with great slaughter. The thistle was im
mediately adopted as the insignia of Scotland.
Interesting Fact.—At the recent anniversa
ry of the Union Discipline Society in Boston
the following anecdote was related of a boy,
who was sent to the Brattleboro Asylum, in a
slate of derangement. He told th ■ physician he
wanted work —he couldn’t live without it. The
Dr. asked what he could do 1 Hecould print—
buttheyhadno means of printing. Well, he
said the Dr. could get work to.' him at the pres
ses in the village. The Dr. applied, but the
printers said the boy would “knock the type all
into pi.” The Dr told the boy the r suit of his
application. Well, said he,l woulddo nosuch
thing; but, Dr., you can buy a press; it will
cost but little. The Dr. made the experiment,
bought press and paper, and enlisting the insane
to contribute, edited the “ Monthly Asylum
Journal,” and sent it abroad. The hoy printed
it, improved rapidly, and has entirely recovered
—anil in the last Journal relumed his thanks
to the community for this means ot restoration.
Boilino Potatoes.—Not one house-keeper
out of ten knows how to boil potatoes properly.
Elere is an Irish method, one ot the best we
know. Clean and wash the potatoes and leave
the skin on, then bring the water to a boil and
throw them in. As soon as boiled soft enough
lor a fork to be easily thrust through them, dash
some cold water into the pot, let the potatoes
remain two minutes, and then pour off he wa
ter. This done, halt remove the pot lid, and
let the potatoes remain over a slow fire till the
steam is evaporated, then peel and set them on
the table in an open dish. Potatoes of a good
kind, thus cooked will always besweet, dry and
mealy. A covered dish is bad for potatoes, as
it keeps the steam in, and makes them soft and
watery.
Suicide.—Mr. Alexander Walker, of Green
county, committed suicide on yesterday, near
Union Point, by cutting his throat with a razor.
His remains were brought to this place this
morning for interment.— Madison Miscellany,
Uth inst.
Moss.—Musk is a concrete substance, found
in an animal having a near affinity to the deer
tribe, a native of Thibet, China, and Siberia.
The musk-deer is a timid animal, and rarely
appears during the day; consequently, the musk
collectors watch and surprise it at night. The
best musk comes from China ; and to have it
genuine it should be purchased in the natural
bag or pod, as it is very often adulterated. The
Bengal musk is inferior, and that from Russia
the worst of all. The hair on the p->d of the
best musk is a fawn color; that on the inlerior
a dirty white. A variety of musk is found in
the niusk-rat of Canada, an animal about the
size of a small rabbit. M u«k is of a bitter taste,
and of an odor more powerful than anything
known; substances in its neighborhood become
strongly infected by it, and when once perfumed
with it, long retain the scent. It has been
known to affect chests of tea placed at a con
siderable distance, even though both had been
packed up in leader boxes; for which reason
the East India Company gave an order not to
import musk and tea in the same ships. Many
per-ons dislike the odor. It has the property,
when employed in very small quantities, ol
augmenting the scent of other sub-tances, with
out imparling its own
[Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy.
Smallpox and Vaccination.—A report of
considerable interest was presented recently to
the Academy ot Sciences in Paris, by M. Serre,
on the subject of Vaccination Before the dis
covery ot this process, the number of deaths
from smallpox annually in E trope was 400,000;
of which 60,000 occurred in France. In one ot
the essays presented to the Academy’s Commit
tee, it is shown that between 1816 and 1841 there
were in France 10,434 cases of smallpox in
persons who had not been vaccinated, and 5 963
in those who had; of the non-vaccinated patient
1,628 died; of the others only 62.
The report of the committee to which the
whole subject was referred, slates that the pre
servative value of vaccination is absoluteduring
a period of five or six years, and generally ur
to the eleventh year, but that beyond that time
persons are liable to take the smallpox. In the
greater number ot cases, however, vaccination
is a preservative for life. It appears from facts
that have been collected, that the preservative
value of vaccination is not proportioned to the
intensity of the local symptoms. Il is further
stated, as the opinion of the committee, that
under ordinary circumstances, re vaccination
should be performed after the fourteenth year
When an epidemic malady reigns, however, it
is prudent to re-vaccinate before that period. In
the course of the report it is said that the appli
cation of re-vaccination in the Prussian artnv
since 1833, has completely extirpated the small
pox. In Wirtemburg, out of 14,384 soldiers
who had been re-vaccinated, there was in five
of
ted, the cases of smallpox were only three in
number.— Courier <f- Enquirer.
The Crops.—As the season advances, the
situation and prospect of the growing crops at
tracts increasing attention. We mentioned last
week that the reports from ihe interior were
generally favorable; since then we have heard
a good many complaints from differentcoun
ties in this State aud Mississippi, of the altered
appearance and unpromising aspect of the cot
ton plant, occasioned by the depredations of in
sects, and a diseas" known in the country as
‘sore shin,’caused by cold, wet weather. From
other sections of the interior, however, the ac
counts are still favorable, and although the sea
son has generally been admitted as two weeks
later than last, it will be remarked that the first
cotton blooms appeared a day or two earlier
this season, in our own State, and about a week
sooner in Mississippi. On the 24th ult. full
blown blooms were seen in Warren county of
that State, and bolls as large as musket balls on
the Ist inst. The early blooming of cotton is re
garded by many as indicating a long season, or a
late frost, and consequently a large crop. The
numerous casualties, to which this plant is ex
posed, and the long period yet to elapse before
the crop can be considered made, should admo
nish us of the futility of speculating upon the
subject for months to come. We hear com
plaints also from Louisiana, and from the same
cause. Os the extent of these unfavorable in
fluences we are unprepared to speak.— Mobile
Register, 14/A inst.
Old Times.—Braham, the singer who was
here last vear, is still giving concerts success
lully in England. The London Morning Post
ot July, 1787, announces.- “Master Braham
will sing “ The soldier tired of war’s alarm’s.”
At the time when Master B r aham sung this
song, says the Observer, “Lord North was
England’s Prime Minister; Pitt and Franklin,
Burke and Washington, were prominent per
formers on the public stage; Louis XVI. still
wore his head, and Tom Paine was sharpening
the axe for its removal: Seringaputam was un
stormed by Cornwallis; Burns was in his prime,
and Cowper still delighting the world with his
verse; Byron was a child in arms; Napoleon
a name unknown, and Mrs Siddonsonlvdawn
ing into fame. Braham has omtlived them all
—and. alter a lapse of neadv fiftv-eight years,
is still before the public, “living to please, and
pleasing to live!”
U-zA young aspirant for admission to the
bar being questioned yesterday by the Examin
ing Committee, with a view to discover his fit
ness, made the subjoined replies to the follow
ing interrogatories:
Q. “ May a man’s wife become his partner
in business!”
A.—“ She may become his steeping partner;
hut ‘ the books’ furnish no instance when she
has ever been a silent partner.”
Q.—“ What is a common carrier?”
A.—“An Irish hodman; —he is the common
est kind of a carrier.”— Pic.
Remedy for the Slmmi r Complaint.—Put
three-fourths of a tea spoonful ot powdered
rhubarb, and one tea-spoonful of magnesia into
a tea cup, and pour it full of boiling water, let
it stand till it is cool, and then pour the liquid
off, to which add two tea-spoonfuls of good
brandy, and sweeten well with loaf sugar; give
a child of from one to three years old a tea
spoonful five or six time-a day. For food,
take a double handful of flour, tie it up in a
cloth and boil it three hours; when cold, take
off the outer covering of paste, and grate the
hard white substance in a sufficient quantity to
thicken with milk, boil it a minute or two, stir
it with a stick of cinnamon and sweeten it.
Both the medicine and food are quite palatable,
and together rarely tail of a peifect cure.
Cheap Enough. -The N. Y. Sunday Mer
cury, in a short nozel taking off the style of
some ofour modern steam literateurs, speaks
of a man who got shaved, had his hair cut, his
head shampooed, and himself kicked out of a
barber’s shop, and all for sixpence. He offered
the barber a sixpence only for the three first
operations—the barbel threw in the last gratis.
33*The SUBSCRIPTION BOOK
and LEDGER belonging to the Constitution
alist office have mysteriously disappeared.
They may have been stolen tor the purpose of
using them in Collecting debts due the office.
Persons are therefore forewarned paying to any
one but A. G. Willis, or myself. Any informa
rion relative ta these Books will be thanklully
received. Je. 19. JAMES GARDNER, Jr.
PORTRAIT PAINTING.
W. WILSON.
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m- 19 trwtf
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Augusta, Ga., May 1, 1?45.
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They are also prepared to supply all orders
for wheels at short notice, and to furnish compe
tent workmen to put them in successful operation
n any part of the State. The Wheels being of
cast iron, will last an age. They constitute the
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prompt attention.
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LYMAN S. CATLIN,
COLLINS POTTER.
Augusta, June 4. 1845. d&wtf
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gant Summer Raiding—Latest Books from the
Press—Napoleon’s Maxims of War or the Offi
cer’s Manual, price 50 cents; Pictorial edition of
Becklard’s Physiology, 75 cents; Columbian Ma
gazine tor June; Nelly Brown and the Student
12} cts.; The Prime Minister, or the Fortunes of
the Great and Small. 12} cents; The Village
Belle, 25 cents; Caudle Lectures, 12} cents;
Vestiges of Creation, or the Beautie® of Infideli
ty, Philosophy, History and general Science,
price *1 12} cents; Ladies’ Musical Library, for
June, 12} c< nts; The Belle, or the Betrayed One,
12}; The Young Bride’s Book, 12}; The Fair
Puritan, 12}; History of Oregon, by George
Wilkes, price 31 cents; Paris As It Is, 25 cents ;
Fleetwood, or the Stain of Birth, 25 cents; Co
mic Engli-h G-ammar, 25 cents; The Lady in
Black, 12}; Blackwood, for June, 25 cents; Nos.
53 and 54 of Shakspeare, 25 cents; Dr. Lardner’s
Lectures, parts 2 and 3, 25 cents each; Thiers’
Napoleon, port 3,25 cents; Sybil, or the Two
Nations, D’lsraeli’s last Novel, 25 cents; Eve
line Neville, by a Lady of the South, 25 cents;
The Battle of the Factions, 25 cents Only a
small edition of the above works to be had at any
price. First come, first served—choicest pick
ingsfor cash customers My friends will plense
excuse me from giving credit for boo s in future.
It is a poor business to purchase for cash and
sell on credit. S. A. HOLMES,
je!9 Literary Depot.
Latbst Dates.
l.iTlaponl M.v 19 I Havre, Mrv 15
gomm rctu.
AUdUdl’A MARKET.
Wednbsday, P. M.
Cotton— -The receipts of our staple are now very
light, and as the quantity in planter’s hands is
very limited, the amount offering is small, which
with an active demand, keeps o’»r market very
firm at last week’s prices. We therefore con
tinue our quotations of extremes 5 a 6$ cents—
principal sales 5J to 6g cents.
EXCH AN G E TABLE.
(specie basis.)
AUGUSTA NOTES.
Mechanics’ Bank par.
irunswick Bank “
ieorgia Rail Road •*
Branch State of Georgia ( *
SAVANNAG NOTES.
<tate Bank... “
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank t(
Planters’ Bank “
Central Rail Road Ban!
COUNTRY NOTES.
State Bank Branch, par.
Commercial Bank, Macon “
'T illedgevi 11 Bank “
Central Ba ik u
City Council of Augu5ta..........
Ruckersville B-nk “
Branch Marine and Fire Insurarce Bank u
•St. Mary’s Bank u
Me char.s Bank, Macon 5 dis
1 ‘Sjra» ce Bank of Columbus, No sale.
Mtn roe Rail Road Bank Broke.
Bank of Darien and Branches “
Chattai oocbee R. Road de Banking Co.. “
VVesle n Bank of Georgia “
Ba tk of Columbus “
Planters and Mechanic Bank Columbus. u
Bank of Ocmulgee M
Exchange Bank of Brunswick “
Phoenix Bank, Columbus “
Georgia cent Bonds 90 (a) 92
Georgia 8 cent Bonds 100 (d) 10*4
BOOTH CAROLINA NOTES.
Charleston Banks par.
Bank of Hamburg “
Country Banks ((
Alabama Notes 4 f® 5 dis
c iecks.
New York sight... A pre in.
Boston I “
Phi1ade1phia............... i
Charleston par.
Savannah “
New Yor.«, June 13.
The hot weather continues, and that, with the ordi
nary falling off at this season of some sorts of business,
renders every thing quiet.
Money continues abundant.
The Stock Market was rather heavy to-day.
Foreign Exchanges the same : London 109! (a) 1091 :
Paris 5 27J •
Cotton Early in the week there was an active de
mand for home use, shipment and speculation ; to
wards the close however the demand fell off, although
prices remain firm, at an advance of }c W lb upon our
last quotations The sales of the week reach 10,159
bales, as follows :
Upland Florula. Mobile gs New Orleans.
7150 bales. 3000 bale*.
Inferior none. none.
Ordinary to good ord..s| (lb 54 (lb 61
Middling to good mid. 6 (a) 6| C»| (rb 6ft
Middl'ng fair to fair.. .64 (a) 71 7 (at 71
Fnllvfarr 7} (a> 78 7f ® S
Rood fair 7| ® 8J ® St
Fine.... nominal. nominal
The exports, &c., of Cotton srnee the fust of Septem
ber.are as follows Total export 1.272,iXX) bales, last
year 1.372.1*00, and year before 1.83 R 000. To Groat Bri
tain 1.272,000 bales, last year 1,018.000, and year belore
1,376,CJ0. Receipt* 2.336.0011 ba es. last year 1931.000.
and year before 2,2911.1*C3. Stocks 246,000 bales, last
year 314,009, and year before 203,000 bales.
Apalachicola, June 7.
Cotton—The arrivals since our laat amount to f£*s
bales, pnd the exports in 'he *ame lime to 2,972 hales,
leaving a stock oh hand including all on shipboard rot
cleared of 11.4U6 bales.
The few parce's which have appeared in the market
this week have been taken at an advance of ftc, in most
instances, over last week’* rates, hut the quantity ofier
ing is not sufficient to attract the attention of buyers.
Our rivers are low yet We quote:
Ordinary . ..5 fa) sft
Middling ...5| fa)
Good middling 6 fa) 64
Middling Fair 6ft fa) 00
The sales for the week ending June 6, amoant to
181 bales.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Ist Sept, 1843 3 211
Received.<his week 155
“ previously 149,155
Tot< 149,313 120,855
Exported this week...... 2,972
“ previously 131,935
Total 137,907 118,627
Stock on hand not cleared 11,406 2,228
Freights -To Liverpool gd ; Havre none ; New York
and Boston 81 50 ty* hale
Savannah, June 14.
General Rem irks— The season is now so far advanc
ed that but lit le business of any kind is doing. With
regard to the growing crop, we continue to receive the
most contradictory accounts. In some sections ofthe
S'ate, it is represented to be in good condi'ion, while
in other places it is much injured by drought. From
all that we can learn, we are inclined to the opinion
that the stand is a tolerably good one, and thuugh it is
somewhat more backward than last year, with an ordi
nary reason, the yield will be an average one.
The following table showing thedite at which the
plant has blossomed, the time of a killing frost, and the
amount of the crop grown for ten years past, may be
interesting to the curion* in *uch matters :
CoUtmin bloom. Killing Frost. Crop—B les.
1836- 4 Oct. 14 1,422,9-30
1837 May 28 Oct. 27 1,801,497
1838— June 14 Oct. 7 1,360632
1839- 24 Nov. 7 2,177.835
1810— June 6 Oct. 16 1,634,945
1441 June 10 Oct. 20 1,684,211
1842 —May 17 Nov. 1 2,379.160
1843-June 12 Oct. ‘25 2.030,409
1814—May ‘25 Oct. *29 pr0bab!y...2,400,U00
1845—May 30
Cotton— Arrived since the 6th inst., 1177 bales Up
land (received by Rail Road.) and 7 bales iS'ea Island
The exports for same period have been 6132 bales Up
la id to Liverpool, 650 bales Upland to Nantz, 1549 do
to New York, 50 do to Baltimore, and 56 do and 35
and 35 6ea Island* ; leaving a stocK on hand and on
►hipboard not cleared, of 23,392 bales Upland and 399
•S’ea !► lands against 9.274 bales Uplands, and 159 Bea
Islands at same time last year
We noticed the arrival of the Great Western steamer
at N York, with dates from Liverpool to the I7tb ult
and Havre to the 15th ult., in our last review These
accounts were fully confirmed by the news brought bv
the steamer Cumbria at Boston from Liverpool to the
20th and Havre to the 17th ult. Although this news
showed a decline of std ta the Liverpool market, yet the
season is so far advanced, and there is now so little
Cotton offering for sale, that it produced no effect what
ever upon this market. The business of the week has
been small, the saleshave been al full, and in some
cases, rather improving prices. We quote :
Inferior 5 fa) sft
Ordinary ...sft fa) sft
Middling 6 fa) 6ft
Middling Fair ....6ft fa) 6ft
Fair and fully fair 6ft (3) 6ft
Good Fair
I’he sake of the week amount to 1501 bales.
, . , . , CtKARIBSTON, Juh® 14.
And unu.uil degree of inactivity hai p.rvad.d
tn moal branchea of trad® throngbout th® w.ek
jnatcloaed. In all articlia comprl.ed under lb® h®ad ot
Grocenea, the transaction* have been nn a very limited
Keele, and confined to the execution of a few »mall or
ders for the country and in supplying the city trade *
in fact, so little has been done in this particular branch
of business, that it is impossible to give qao ations
with any accuracy, and nur figures in many instancea
must for the present be considered nominal The Rice
market, it will be seen is. comparatively speaking, at a
stand, while Cotton continues to attract ine attention
ot dealer
Cotton— Ii will be recollected that our review of the
7th met. left the Upltnd market in a buoyant state, pri
ces having fully recovered the momentary decline con
sequent upon ihe unfavorable advices teceived from
the other side by the Great Western and Cambria
steamers Throughout Saturday last, although there
was no decided change in the general features of the
market, there were those who weie asking such high
prices, that buyers had either to come to terms or
retire, and as they generally choose the latter alterna
tive, the operations ol the day were consequently limit
ed. On Monday and Tuesday there was a more general
demand for the article than at the elo«e of the previous
week, when holders succeeded in obtaining their de
mands, and before the close of business on 'he latter
d«y « n |c advance was established on the lower sorte,
while prices on the finer classifications, which were iu
most request, went up a|c ‘tf’lb Ihe sales in the
’jp ww.V’l a “ fcl . aled our *emi-weekly report, reach
ed 52W bales. It would seem, however, that the prices
psid tnu» early in the week did not suit ihe views of
those who heid the bulk of the stock, as an effort waa
made on Wednesday, to obiain even higher rales,
which drove buyers from the market, and the firm posi
tion which fteliers have eince maintained have brought
the operations in Upland within a very narrow com
pass. as the sales in the last three days do not exceed
1660 bale« The receipts since our last reach 4396 bales,
and the aggiegale sales in the same time teacA 6770
bales, an follows: 4 at 61, 28at6|, 78 at 64, 221 at 61
93 at sj. 277 at 6, 303 at 6j. 428 at 64, 67 at bl 763 at 64
6 L 1264 430 a ‘ 776 at 7, 10 7t 7|, 384«
7|, .104 at r|, and 127 bales at /|c.
Nbw Oklbans, June 7.
We are still favored with clear weather and cool
breezes.
The river is six feet below high-water mark, and
falling
In our review of last Wednesday morning wo stated
the demand for Cotton in the first of the week as hav
ing been good, with rather targe transactions for thia
period of the season, and at well maintained prices.
The demand on Wednesday was again very fair, and
in consequence of the reduced stocke of all descrip
'ionson sale, the market was exceedingly stiff, hold
ers in all cases obtaining full prices, and. in some in
stances, an advance of jc. Theaales amounted to about
2600 bales, and were chiefly North Alabama and Ten
nessee Cottons. On Ihursday buyers continued to
evince a disposition to operate pretty freely, but the
very limited amount of Cotton offering, together with
an increased degree of firmness on the part of holders,
prevented the sales from reaching beyond 18n0 bales.
Yesteiday, owing to the same causes just mentioned
above, the market maintained a quiet appearance, and
only about 1400 bales were disposed of. Pricee for
Louisiana and Mississippi Cottons below fair, and also
for Tennaueei and North Alabama*, are fully ap 4c
higher than in the beginning of the week The stock
of Louisiana and Mississippi Cottons in first hands is
reduced to a few sma'l scattering parcels, and the sup
ply of North Alabamas and Tennessees does noi exceed
a few thousand bales in all. Some business has been
done on Western account, but buyers for England and
the Continent have been the principal operators.
The sales of the week amount to 14,300 bales, of which,
5800 were sold during the last three days.
Comparative Statement of the Receipts of eotlonjrom the
Is/ Sept in each year to dat>o, and aloo the Slocks on
hand attic following places at the dates annexed.
Rec’d since Sept. 1. Stock on hand.
Places. 1844 1843. 1845 1844.
N. Orleans, June 6...93H«84 822333 92140
Mobile, June 3514475 451916 24V71 38982
Savannah, May 30....29"069 221790 3:M’3O 10679
Charleston, May3o... 281845 37096 36449
Florida, May 24...... 179647 136175 21260 128U1
Virginia, May 5 18400 11100 3200 3700
N. Carolina, May 17®. 10860 8402 2910 1150
New Ynrk, May 27 60306 U3HW
Other Ports, May 24 5946 9U92
Total, ba1e52332913 193:3561 248261 325993
Total to dates in ’43 1933561 325993
Increase this year... 399352 Der rea5e...77732 in stock
ttjr- We have taken Irrm N Orleans the amount,
received from Mobile and Flcrida- Also, Imm 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 Yoik 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— The Sugar market continuee to
maintain the same dull, inactive character noticed for
many weeks past, there being s till no demand except
for very limited parcels, for which holders generally
obtain prices about in conformity to the figures pre
viously quoted—say for ordinary to common (a 5,
Fair 5f to 54. Prime 5| (3) 6, strictly choice in small
pa. cels 6j fa) 6jc 4F lb. The stock on the Levee is
steadily decreasing, as the parcels removed are not re
placed by .resh arrivals from plantation to any extent.
Molasses— The market remains in about toe terne
posrl’oti as al the date of our last review, the stock
un the Levee being s'ill very light, and chiefly made
up of interior ana common parcel*, and the demand
very limited, at prices similar to those before quoted—
say for inferior 18/8)22, f«ir24j/a) with occasional
small sales of prime at 26 (a) ga|.
B icon —The market is still in quite an inactive state,
though within the last few days there m .y 8e said to
have been rather more demand for Hides than was ex
peiienced in the early part oi the week The very
ample supply, however, has prevented prices from be
ing fully sustained, and we nnwquote tor uncanvassed
hams 6 fid 7 cts. canvassed do and extra cured 7j
very plenty and vei y dull, aides 6 cd 6|, shoulders 4f Z 0
4J. with some retail sales o» choice al 5c 1? b. These
figures apply only to limited parcels ot the very best
description, as they are called for, and some round iota
could readily be bought at a tut ther reduction
Lard— Prices are almost wholly nominal, though an
occasional sale is made, at rates exhibiting a marked
decline wi'hin the past few weeks A lot ot 50 bbls in
ferior was sold at 6c. but prime parcel* are at ill held at
He. though the only sales are merely at retail, for the
consumption of 'he city and neighborhood
B gg ng and B leßope Vfe ate still without any
tiaiisactiona of much consequence to none? in thesa
articles Occasional sales are made fnr planters in tha
neighborhood, and some for Georgia, Carolina, dtc.,
but the quanitties are limited, and the range at prices
about the name a* before—say for Western Ragging 11
(a) 12c cash with some sales ol one or two choice mxrka
Rectified at I9sc gal, though, as we terns’Red, moat
holders wete asking 194 (3f 20c On Wednesday, how.
nniaers were asicing tai un weanesaay. how
ever. several hundred barrels were sold, p .r* al l»t.
though the general market rale watt 19ftc, and this ap
peared to be the rate yesterday for actual sales, though
most holdeis were asking more, there being little at tna
Levee. There is, however,a very ample stock in storey
a great part under limits. Common is scarce, and
small sales are now made at 21 (a) 21 ftc gal, though
there is but little demand.
Exchange— There has not been much business done
in Foreign Exchange since our last, but sterling has
advanced, however, on account of its scarcity, the
rates being now from 9 fa) 9ft cent pre in ; francs
5f *26 fa) 5f 28ft. New York 6Uday bills sell readily at ft
fa) ft, Boston do. ft cent discount Sight checks on
New York and Boston ft 3#* cent prem. The rates for
60 day Bills on Philadelphia and Baltimore range from
| fa) If 49* ct dis, and there is not much doing at the
moment.
Freight*— There ha« been very little doing in Euro
pean freights within the past tew days, the only en
gagements that have come to nur knowledge being one
American shtpfoi Liverpool at 13-32 d—which is still
the ruling rate, though British vessels ask a fraction
higher for Texas Cotton—and one for Havre at ftc for
Cotton. There is very little doing in coastwise freigh's,
but the rates are without material change.
New Oalbans. June 12.
The sales of Cotton yesterday were large, consider*
ing the limited stock on the market; they amounted to
bales, of all descriptions of Cotton. Full price* of
former quotations have been obtained, but we do not
make any change for the present.
n Orleans CLASSIFICATION.— Loute’a and Mitamippi.
Inferior 4 ft fa) 5 I Middling Fair,....64 (a) 61
irdinary iTz) 5j | Fair ....71 (at 7|
Middling 5f (a) 6| I Good fair ft} fa>
Good Middling.. (2 | Good and fine.... 910
Norti Alab .ma and Tennessee, extremes 41 (2 64
Round average lists 5| a
There is no change in the Western Produce market,
except in the article of Flour, which is lower, and wo
now quote the extreme price for Ohio #365 bbl
In Exchange there is a fair busines-* doing at last
quoted ra■ es. Sterling 9to9j ty cent prem ; bills on
Paris 5 25 to 528 ; 60 day bills on the North ft <° 149*
ct dis; Sight |to ft 49* ct P ra *
Freights are dull, and have a downward tendency.
One ship w*s taken yesterday for Liverpool |d We
quote Cotton to Liverpool | to i3-32d ; to Havre Jc.
Mobile, June 14.
(Jotton— The receipts since this day week amount lo
752 bales including 5 bales Nankeen cotton from N Or
leans The arrivals by wagons were 119 bales. The
exports in same period amount to 6*i97 bales—teducing
stock to 10205 bales, against 19082 same time last year.
At «ur weekly report of the 7th inst. the market vias
qumed as closing heavy—middling 6c. On Saturday
the business was very limited at previhus prices. Mon
day’s mail brought to hand the foreign new« per Great
•Vesteru, which proving more unfavorable than antici
pated, it* immediate effect here was lo depress prices
first an ftc and subsequently nearly another ftc —the de*
clioe agreeable to Mondry and Tuesday's business be
ing considered an ft fa) ftc upon ihe rate current at the
< petting of the week— middling quoted at This
was the lowest point since when the market h i* gradu
ally improved, until the decline above quoted has been
fully reg ined by *eller»--ihe paid price* in the hulk
of Thursday’s transactions, as well for the limited ope
rations of yesterday being full up to the quotations «f
ihts day week.
We report the week’s business al 1860 bale*, of which
UN) on Saturday, 400 on Monday, HOU on Tuesdry. and
SGJ last three days The stock remaining nn <»ld e*ti
mated at near l*4>J bales. The principal buying has
been on English recount. *lhem «rket closes firm at
the annex d prices. G>>od and fine, nomir’al ; good
fair 8; fair 7ft 74: middling fair 7 ; middling 6ft (2
6ft; ordinal ysl fa oft ; Interim 4ft fa) 5.
Ex h nge - Foreign hills are a shade higher, with a
light supply Checks on the North and r.ast ate in
most ca*e» sold at ft prem , which is a trifle stiffvr than
last week ; they are in fair request, as is also g'»ld fnr
t ravel!injg purposes State Notes have fallen off in
v lue fuily I d? cl daring the week, owing to the com
paratively limited request. The Bank checks on New
York at ft prem. Receipt* of specie during season •!,-
214.*03.
Freighta— Liverpool std ; Havre 15-I6c. Coastwise---
A bark (on ihe berth at last report) and two brigs for
New York have been taking in cotton at from Sift to Ift
iff bale.
g'IASTINGS?HOLLOW
* J &c.—The subscribers are prepared to fill
orders for the above description of g ode from
their Iron Works, Cass county, deliverable in
Augusta, upon as reasonable terms as they can
be had from the North. A sample of the castings
can be seen at the store of John Bones.
jel7 w3t COOPFR& 8 TROUP.
WHI TE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
THE subscriber respect/hfr'aSfr
Ki'ill ly informs the public that he has Hiiil
fitted up and made his house comfortable since
the las; season, and it is now readv for the recep
tion of visitors. The White Sulphur Springs are
situated six miles north-east of Gainesvi le, Hall
county, Geo., in the healthiest climate in the
South, and has near it a Chalybeate and a Lime
stone Spring, so that visitors can use either, as
may best suit their cases.
Every effort will be made to render the stay of
visitors pleasant and ag eeable, and the subscri
ber hopes to have a liberal share of the public pa
tronage. L A McAFEE.
Hail County, Go., June 18, 1845. w2m
NEW YORK ADVERTISEMENT.
PAPER WAREHOUBK.
PErtSSE & BROOKS, Nos 65 and
67 Nassau street, New York, have always
on hand a complete assortment of every descrip
tion of Paper to be found in a paper warehouse-
They own lite large Paper Mill at Windsor
Loe. s, Connecticut, (formerly the Windsor
Manufacturing Company) operating nine Engines
and two62inch Fourdrinier Machi les, which en
able them to supply all orders for Paper, on the
most reasonable terms, and with the utmost des
patch jell Iw
g^UUK. Months alter date, application
C will be made to the honorable the inferior
court of Jefferson county, when sitting for ordi
nary purposes, tor leave to sell the land and ne
groes belonging to the estate of Dr. Bennet Har
ris, late of said county, deceased.
June 14, 1845. WM H. BALDY, AdnVr.
T V well assorted.
f!7 HAND & WILLIAMS
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