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tiott between the I uiud States ot A met ica and
Hei Majestj the Queen of the Utoti Kt
doin ol Great liiit.'in and Ireland, concluded at
AVashington tiie 15th day <t .lune. 181 b, was
read a first time.
[Alter various intermediate questions, chiefly
on proposed calls lor documents, the Senate, on
foe 18th of June, came to the following deiet
miuaiion:]
Mr. MeDulhe submitted the lidlowing reso
lution lor consi.eraiion:
Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present
concurring,) That the Senate advise and con
sent to th ■ latificalmn of the treaty between the
United States ol America and Iler Majesty the
Queen ot the Uni ed Kingdom ol Great Britain
and I reland, concluded at Washington the 15th
day ot June, 1816/’
On motion ol Mr. Hannegan to amend the
said resolution, by striking out all alter the
word “resolved, and inserting the following in
lieu thereol:
“That the President ol the United Slates be
and he is hereby a. . i*e 1 by the Senate to oiler
to the Government of Great Britain, as a just,
fair, and equitable compromise o! the conflict
ing claimant the two governments connected
with thee rnntrv lying a ing between the Rocky
Mountains and Pacific Ocean, extending from
the parallel ol id degrees to 54 degrees and 111
minutes north latitude, and includingthe islands
embraced within said parallels ol latitude adja
cent to the coast, the following as the lunda
mental provisions mr a treaty between the two
governments.
“First. The Government of Goat Britain
shall acknowledge the tight ol soil, and the
sovereignty* io exist, and be with the United
States to the whole teriitory above described,
and shall abandon to the Untied States all claim
which shall in any manner conflict widt the
paramount jurisdiction ot the United States
therein.
“Second. The Ur iled Stales shall guarantee
to the Hudson’s Bay Company lor twenty
years from the date ot such treaty the most per
fect security in all their possessions, and the
right to pursue their business of hunting anil
trapping with all the immunities which pertain
thereto, and to trade during that period with the
natives; and the use during that time of the
ports, rivers and harbors within sail! territory
without charge or hinderance.
“Third. Within twelve months from thedate
ot said treaty commissioners shall be selected .
bv, and on behall of, the respect ive Governments,
whose duty it shall be to assess at just and
liberal prices the value ot the property ot the
Hudson’s Bay Company, within said territory,
which amount, when ascertained, shall be paid I
by the United States to said Company, in such
manner and at such time as shall be agreed
upon between the United States and Great Bri
tain.”
It was determined in the negative—yeas 5, ;
nays 4*2.
So the proposed amendment was rejected.
On the question to agree to the resolution of !
Mr. McDuffie it was determined in the affirma- •
live : yeas 41, nays 11. ,
Those who voted in the affirmative are—
Messrs. Archer, Ashley, Bagby, Barrotv,
Benton, Berrien, Calhoun, Chalmers, Thomas <
Clayton, John M. C.aytJii, Colquitt, Corwin, t
Crittenden, Davis, Dayton, Dix, Evans, Greene,
Hay wood, Houston, Huntington, Johnson, of
Maryland, Johnson, ot Louisiana, Lewis, :
McDuffie, Mangum, Miller, Morehead, Niles, ;
Pearce, Pennybacker, Phelps, Rusk, Sevier, (
Simmons, Speight, Turney, Upham, Webster,
Woodbridge, and Yulee.
Those who voted in the negative are — i
Messrs. Allen, Atchison, Atherton, Breese, ■
Bright, Cameron, Cass, Dickenson, Failfield,
Hannegan, Jcnness, Semple, Sturgeon, and
W estcott. i
So it was resolved (two-thirds ofthe Senators .
present concurring) that the Senate advise and
consent to the ratification ofthe treaty between
the United States ot America and Her Majes
ty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland |
concluded at Washington, the 15th day of June
1846.
Ordered, that the Secretary lay the said reso t
hi lion before the President oi the United States (
[The correspondence laid before the Senate, c
in Executive session, by the President, as far c
as published in the official organ, is noticed in
the annexed article from the Baltimore Aineri- (
can] i
The Oregon Treaty The official corres- |,
pondence relating to the Oregon Treaty is now
in course of publication in the Union. The
documents thus tar published are not later in f
point ot date than the first ot December last. e
In reference to Mr. McLane’s correspondence (
with the Department ot Stale, the President
says, in a brief Message to the Senate, “These h
despatches are both numerous and voluminous, t
and from their confidential character the publi- o
cation, it is believed, would be highly prejudi
cial to the public interests.” it is subsequently 1
remarked that these documents are open to the v
inspection of Senators at the Department of
State. Two ot Mr. Mcl.»nA mn r.; 9n
tions to lhe Department are to be published,and ’
these only because they are necessary to ex- d
plain the answers given lothem by the Secret
ary of State.
Thus far the published correspondence does
not reach the periodo! the President’s message a
to Consress, in which he mentioned the rejee- u
lion by Mr. Pakcr.ham ol his eff-r ot the forty
ninth pdX3.\\e\ t without the free nai'igation of t/i-. 1
Columbia, and asserted our title as “clear and s
unquestionable” to the whole of Oregon. i
We shall take occasion, at the proper lime,
to review this whole correspondence, believing 11
as we do, that it signalizes ah act of national f
humiliation, in so tar as the course ofthe Ex- j
ecutive may.incur national humiliation, not to
beregardedby a high-minded American but
with feelings of shame at the act itself, and ut t.
indignation towards the author of it. 1,
In the meantime let us quote the official jour
nai f n reference to ’.he terms ot the Treaty con
cerning the free navigation of the Columbia.— 1
“The President,” thus speaks his retained apo- t
legist, “had determined never to yield the per
manent navigation of the Columbia to Great
Britain; and by the convention it is confined to s
the Hudson Bay Company, and those who trade \
with them, and that only tor a limited time, as r
appears by the letter of Mr. Buchanan to Mr.
McLane, instructing him to communicate this
interpretation of the Convention to Lord Aber- ‘
deen.” ;
Is this a correct statement of the stipulation
in question *1 Not a word or it. The tree navi- 1
gation ot the Columbia is secured to the Hud- C
son’s Bay’ Company and to British subjects
trading with them, no: tor “ a limited time,” but .
in perpetuity. Did not Mr McLane so under- ’
stand the article in question when he advised «
ou t - Government not to accept it without a mo- (
dificatu’n limiting the right, and when he ex
pressed the belief that the British Government a
rather than forfeit ttit whole t'caty, would ad- ’
mit the limitation 1 But u\ e stipulation itself, j
which forms the second article tn die treaty, will (
speak its own meaning:
“ Ffcm the point at which the 49ih parallel 1
of north latitude shall be found to intersect the r
great northern branch ot the Columbia liver, ,
the navigation cf the said branch shall be free
and open to the Hudson’s Bay Company, and ‘
to all British subjects trading with the same, to j
the point where the said branch meets the main
stream to the ocean, with free access into and
through the said river or rivers, it being under
stood that all the usual portages along the line
thus described, shall in like manner be free and ,
open. In navigating the said river or livers.
British subjects, with their goods and produce, 1
shall be ucated on the same footing as citizens
of the United States; it being, however,alwa\ s
understood that nothing in thi< article shall be
construed as preventing, or intending to prevent,
lhe government of the United States trum mak
ing any regulations respecting the navigation
ofthe said river or rivers, not inconsistent with
he present treaty.”
There is not a word here about “a limited
time”—not a word which the most brazen ef
frontery could ofl r io perveit into such a limi
tation. it the itr pre-sion had been correct,
which prevailed with many, that the chatter < t
the Hudson’s Bay Company expired in 1858,
then the expiration of the charter would have
involved a cessation ot lhe privilege. But the
Company’s charter is perpetual; and being so
the privilege ot the tree navigation of the Co
lumbia is perpetual also. Yet it seems that
Mr. Buchanan has written a letter to Mr. Mc-
Lane instructing him to communicate to Lord
Aberdeen lhe tact that Mr. Polk interprets the
foregoing article in the Treaty as conveving t >
England the free navigation imly lor a “ limited
time.” We have a lively curiosity to see that
letter, which will be forthcoming, we presume,
in due order. Mr. McLane has had a pain til
task enough to contend against the blunders
and follies of the Administration at home, while
conducting a hampered and embarrassed nego-
tiation with one ot the tno4 accomplished di
plomatists in Europe; lie has done his best to
•extricatethe Administration from the difficul
ties into which its blunders and lollies had in
volved the question—certainlv he should now
be spared the injunction to stultify himself and
make hisG »vemment lidicuiotis by gravely at
tempting to interpret f»r Lord Aberdeen the
true meaning of the second article of the Oregon
treaty accordingly the Pulkaud Buchanan raid
ing. Mr. McLane is a man of sense, and he
will atteinnt no such thing. Ili< own under
standing of that article is upon record; it was
communicated to the Government as the under
standing of both parties-asthe only understand
ing in fact which could be had ol words which
do not admitot a doubtful meaning.
The Slave Trade. —The Liberia Herald of the
18th of June says :
“The slave trade about here is breathing its last
gasp. The British cruisers have so closely invest
ed these dens of blood and death that the slavers at
the Galenas have given their slaves to the natives,
and some of them, we have been informed, are
waiting with impatience an opportunity to qu : t
the coast. Those at New ('estos, making a virtue
of necessity, have embarked in the palm oil trade
Success to this branch of their business.”
It is said that in a business point of view the
last tripot the Great Western is one of the best
ever made by her or any other steamer. Her
freight list amounts to between ±2,300 and ±2,-
400, exclusive of passengers and mails. She
brought out 138 passengers, and one was born a
lew hours previous to her arrival. She was obliged
.to refuse about 60, for want of accommodations.
WEDNESD.-n \l MINING, AUG 19, IHIU
lhe Tarill Bih.
As many ot our readers may l-c pleased to
see the provisions ol 'he l.t'e I’arill bill, we
have transferred ii, entire, to out columns to-day,
from the official repott. Wr have so often <x
piessed our opinion ot this bill, it is unneces
sary on this occasion to repeat them. It is now
the law ol the land, and it bceomesthe duty of
every good citizen to rendu implicit obedience
to its provisions. Let it be fairly anti Hilly*
tested bv its operations, upon the commerce
and all the other great inteiests ol the country,
and be judged accordingly. It it justify lhe
predictions of its triends, it will disappoint our
expectations, and if on lhe other hand it fail
to accomplish lhe object designed by its enact
ment, it will then become the duly of the good
and lhe patriotic of lhe land, to unite in its re
peal and to establish upon its ruins, such a bill
a. will secure American interestsagainsl.idan
gerous foreign competition, and give assurance
ot protection to American labor, industry and
capital. When it is to be hoped, that the sys
tem will be permitted to rest quietly on our
statute books, dispensing its benefits to all
classes, and receiving only' such modification
and change as time and experience shall dic
tate to be prudent.
In conclusion, and in support nt the position,
we and other opponents ol the present Tarill
have maintained, that it would foster foreign
industry and capital, to the prejudice of Amer
icans, we beg leave to submit the following re
marks ot the Montieal Courier, who in com
mon with other English prints, and citizens, are
rejoicing at the repeal of the tariff of 184*2. It
is brief but to lhe point—read it:
“As Englishmen, we ot course are pleased
that the tariff is abolished; as, taken in con
junction with our abolition of lhe corn laws,
it will open an immense market lor us, but if
we were Americans we should certainly be
tariff men."
Veto of the French Spoliation Bill.
It our readers have paid particular attention
to the Message ot Mr. I’olk, in which he con
veyed his disapprobation ot the above bill to
the Senate, they will have been struck with it
as a strange, contradictory, and disreputable
production.
It is not necessary lor us to go into a detailed
statement to show, that the claims are just for
which this bill provided. Suffice it to say, that
Congress thought they were. No one pretends
to deny,that the rights and property ot Ameri
can citizens were disregarded and outraged by
the French prior to the year 1800.
By a treaty with France, the United States
assumed to pay any just claims which citi
zens ot :he United States had against France
for property thus seized upon and confiscated.
As we before said, Congress, af’er lull delibera
tion has decided in favor of their validity, and
Mr. Polk interposes the veto power to prevent
their saiisfac?ion. Upon what grounds does
he assume thn serious and high-handed respon
sibility? Take his message, analyse it, and
what are us positions ?
He objects tolhe bill, because it proposes to
pay a debt ot nearly fifty years standing—be
cause ot “ the remoteness ofthe period to which
lhe claims belong”—“ the complicated nature of
lhe transactions”--ihe “ protracted negotiations”
on lhe subject! Do these sac-s prove that lhe
claims are unjust ?
Again, he says, that the}’ have been before
Congress, from time to time, since 1802, and
it is scarcely probable they would have been so
long unpaid if they were just; especially, as at
several periods of that time our treasury was in
possession of a large surplus of money! What
excellent logic ! flow completely it demolishes
the pretensions of lhe claimants ! There would,
however, have been some little more force in
this view ol the case, it Committees ot Con
gress appointed tor lhe purpose had not “ from
time to time,” and reported in their fa
vor, alter thorough investigation.
Again, he says, that we are now in a war and
cannot spare so large a sum, (n»v
dollars.) Is that any reason lor denying the
justice of the demand? Or, is that a reason for
refusing to acknowledge the debt? Hereafter,
according to Mr. Polk, it a man has a personal
use for his money for speculations, gambling,
or what not. it will be a good reason for refu
sing to pay a debt of honor with it! Besides,
it Mr. Polk intends to sav that lhe claim should
not be paid because not valid, he cannottake the
position that this is not the time to pay it. Let
him take one ground or the other ; either that
the claim is unjust, or, being just, cannot now
be paid. There would be some reason in this
latter position. He objects, further, that the
bill proposes to pay lhe sufferers in land scrip,
instead of money, and says, that payment would
thus be made “not in the currency known tothe
Constitution.” This is a squint at the uncon
stituli itiality of the bill. How does this square
with his declaration that he withholds his sig
nature “upon the ground ot expediency alone?' 1
Mr. Polk says, in one part ot his message:
“ The limited lime allowed me, before your ad
journment, makes it impossible to reiterate the
facts and arguments, by which, in preceding
Congresses, these claims have been successfully
resis'ed 11 Now, compare this with the follow
ing, from the same document: “The short time
intervening between the passage of lhe bill by
Congress, and the close of their session, as well
as the press of other official duties, have not per
milted me to extend my examination of the sub
ject into its mi/tufe details." Lie decides the
question, then, without a full and lair investiga
tion ' He rejects, without proper examination,
a bill which was matured after full research by
a Committee ot the Senate—which was passed
by bjth houses of Congress, after a fair discus
sion—not for its unconsiituiionality, but for its
inexpediency.
What does Mr. Polk mean by expediency?
Is it not clear horn his declaration, that lhe
claims have heretofore been successfully resisted,
that he thinks they are not just? Os course,
then, in his opinion, it would be unconstitutional
to pay them; for, it would be giving away lhe
public funds. It would be unconstitutional to
give away the. public money to any citizen or
citizens not entitled to it. When we talk of
opposing any measure under our government
upon grounds o! expediency alone, its conshtu-
for granted, but its propriety
is denied. It is evident that Mr. Polk had no
clear ideas ot what he was about, in the
message in question.
He exercises the one-man power and inter
poses his opinion (in a case of expediency,)
against the solemn judgment ot Congress—A me
licans are to be deprived ot their dues by a re
pudiating veto, and yet that dangerous power is
thought by Democrats to be the shie'd of liberty
and justice. No wonder that one of the suffer
ers by Fiench confiscation proposes to (he rest
to apply to France to make restitution ! ’ De
nied it by their own Government, after being
pledged by a treaty to make it, the last hope
to call for justice at the throne ot a monarch !
Congressional Nomination.
The Democratic Convention held in Warrenton, j
have nominated Robert W. Flournoy Esq , of
Washington county, as their Candidate in the Bth
Congressional district.
No one who knows the candidates and is familiar
with the district, will doubt as to the result be
tween him and Toombs.
“It is rumored that Mr. Pickens, of South
Carolina, is to succeed Mr. McLane as embas
sador to England.” «
A veiy fit representation of Mr. Polk’s ad
ministration. Verily, we have fallen upon evil
times when such pigmies are thought of to re
present this government al the Court ot St.
James.
Naval —Pensflco/a.—f>ur Pensacola coriespon
dent, in a letter of the Nth inst., informs us that the
I’. S. brig of war Lawrence sailed la<t Monday for
New York. It wa* reported that she had been
condemned as not seaworthy.
The U. S. (Texas) ship Austin was also found
not to be worth repairing. She may be considered
a< condemned. The officers of the Austin were
expecting orders lor some other vessel in the Gulf*
The U. S. revenue cutter Wolcott was to sail on
Sunday last with despatches for the squadron off
Vera Crue.
Owing io the sickness of the crew of the frigate
Raritan, she was uot expected to go to sea under a
month — Pioayune, \2th inst.
A letter written at Antwerp, Belgium, says up
wards ot twelve thousand emigrants will leave
that port alone this year for the United States.
Till, i AItI I * 1 * 811. I, . —[<JliK*i.il.|
All Act Itedut ii.g tlie Ituty oil liiipoi ts amt
tot* other put-puses.
Be it enacted bn the Senate and House -
presen’attves of the United Slates America
<n Uonurrss That from and after
lhe first day ol December next, in lieu . t
lhe dti'ies heretofore imposed bv law mi th.*
attieles hertinalter mentioned, and on such
as may tmw b- exempt from duly, Ihme
shall be levied, collected, and paid, on
the goods, wares and meichandi.e herein
attcr enumerated and provided In*. im:oit<*d
from lor. ign enmities, the following lates ot
duly—that is to sav :
On goods, wares, and merchandisememi.im-.l
in schedule A, adttty <4 one hundred per l eiitiim
ad valorem.
On goods, ware<, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule B, a duly ol forty per centum ml
valorem.
On goods, wares and merchandise mentioned
in schedule C, a dutyol thirty per centum ad
valorem.
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule D, a duty of twenty-live percentnm
ail valorem.
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule E, a duty ot twenty per centum ad
valorem.
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule I*', a duty ol fifteen per centum ad
valorem.
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule G, a duty often per centum ad va
lorem.
On goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned
in schedule H, a duty oi five per centum ad va
lorem.
Sec.‘2. And be it further enacted, That from
and after lhe first day ol December next, the
goods, wares and merchandise mentioned in
schedule 1 shall be exempt from duty.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That from
and alter the first day ol December next, there
shall be levied, collected, and paid, on all goods,
wates, and merchandise imported trom foreign
countries, and not specially provided for in
this act, a duty of twenty per centum ad valo
rem.
Sec. 4. And be it further enorted, That in all
cases in which lhe invoice or entry shall not
contain the weight or quantity or measure ot
goods, wares or merchandise now weighed or
measured or guaged, the sameshall be weighed
gauged or measured at the expense ofthe owner,
agent or consignee.
Sec. 5. And. belt further enacted, That from
and after the first day of December next, in lieu
ofthe bounty heretofore authorized by law lobe
paid on lhe exportation ol pickled fish ol the
fisheries ot the United Slates, there shall be
allowed, on lhe exportation thereof, if cured
with foreign salt, a drawback equal in amount
to the dutv paid on the salt, anti no more, to
be ascertained under such regulations as may
be prescribed by the Secretary ot the Treasury.
Sec. 6. Andbc it further enacted, That all
goods, wares and merchandise imported after
the pa-sage ol this act, and which may be in
the public stores on the second day ol Decem
ber next, shall be subject to no other duty upon
the entry thereof than it the same were imported
respectively alter that day.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the
twelfth section of the act entitled, “An act to
provide revenue from imports, and to change
and modify existing laws imposing duties on
imports, and tor other purposes,” approved Au
gust thirty, eighteen hundred and forty-two,
shall be, and lhe same are hereby so modified,
that all goods imported from this side of the
Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn may re
main in the public stores lor the space ol one
year, instead ot lhe term of sixty days pre
scribed in the said section; and that all goods
imported from beyond the Cape ot Good Hope
or Cape Horn may remain in the public stores
one year, instead ot the term of ninety days
prescribed in the said section.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, Thatitshall
be lawful for lhe owner, consignee or agent of
imports which have been actually purchased,
on entry of lhe same, to make such addition in
the entry to the cost or value given in the in
voice, as in his opinion may raise the same to
lhe true market value of such imports in the
principal markets of lhe country' whence the
importation shall have been made, or in which
the goods imported shall have been originally
manufactured or produced, as the case may be;
to add thereto all costs and charges which,
under existing laws, would form the true
value at the port where the same may be enter
ed, upon which the duty should be assessed.—
And it. shaltbe the duty of the collector within
whose district the same may be imported or en
tered to cause lhe dutiable value of such im
ports to be appraised, estimated and ascertained
in accordance with the provisions ol existing
laws; and if the appraised value thereof shall
exceed bv ten per centum or more the value so
declared in the entry, then, in addition to the
duties imposed by law on the same, there shall
be levied, collected and paid, a dutyot twenty
per centum ad valorem on such appraised value:
Provided, nevertheless, That under no circum
stances snail u... Juijr I-. wpon an
amount less than lhe invoice value, any lawot
Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 9. vlmt be it further enacted., That the
deputies of any collector, naval officer or sur
veyor, and the clerks employed by any collector,
naval officer, surveyor, or appraiser, who are
not by existing laws required to be sworn, shall,
before entering upon their respective duties, or,
if already employed,before continuing in the
discharge thereof; tales and subscribe an oath
or affirmation faithfully and diligently to per
form such duties, and to use their best endeavors
to prevent and detect frauds upon the revenue
ofthe United States; which oath or affirmation
shall be administered by the collector of the port
or district where the said deputies or clerks may
be employed, and shall be of a form to be sub
scribed by the Secretary ofthe Treasury.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That no
officer or other person connected with the navy
ot the United States, shall under any pretence,
import in any ship or vessel ot the United States
any goods, wares or merchandise liable to the
payment of any duty.
Sec.fi. And be it further enacted, That all
acts and parts of acts repugnant to the provi
sions of this act, be, and the same are hereby
repealed.
(Schedule A.) — One hundred per centum ad
valorem.
Brandy and other spirits distilled from grain
or other materials; cordials, ahsynthe, arrack,
curacoa, kirschenwasser, liqueurs, maraschino,
ratifia, and all other spirituous beveragesofa
similar character.
Schedule B.—(FWZy per centum ad valorem.')
Alabaster and spar ornaments; almonds;
anchovies, sardines, and all other fish preserved
in oil; camphor refined , cassia; cloves; com
position tops for tables, or other articles ot fur
! niture; comfits, sweetmeats, or fruit preserved
■ in sugar, brandy, or molasses; currants; dates;
I figs; ginger root, dried or green; glass, cut; mace;
I manufactures ot cedar wood, granadtlla, ebony,
I mahogany, rose wood and satin wood; nut
megs; pimento; prepared vegetables, meals,
poultry, and game, sealed or enclosed in cans,
or otherwise; prunes; raisins; scagliola tops
tor tables, or other articles of furniture; cigars,
snuff, paper cigars, and all other manufactures
ot tobacco; wines. Burgundy, Champagne,
claret, Madeira, Port, sherry, and all other
wines and imitations of wines.
Schedule C.—^Thirty per centum ad valorem.}
Ale, beer, and porter, in casks or bottles; ar
gentine, alabain, or German silver, or other
metal; articles woin by men, women,or chil
dren, of whatever material composed, made up,
or made wholly or in parr, by hand; asses’
skins; balsams, cosmetics, essences, extracts,
pastes, perfumes, and tinctures, used either tor
the loilcL < r fur medicinal purposes; baskets,
and all other artic’es composed of grass, ozier,
palmleaf, straw, wnalebonc, or willow, not
otherwise provided for; bay rum; beads, cf
amber, composition, or wax, and all other
beads; benzoates; Bologna sausages; brace
lets, braids, chains, curls, or ringlets, composed
of h ir, or of which hair is a component pari;
braces, suspenders, webbing, or other fabrics,
composed wholly or in part ol India rubber, nut
otherwise provided lor; brooms apd brushes of
all kinds; cameos, real and imitation, and mo
saics, real and imitation, when set in gold, sil
j ver, or other metal; canes and sticks forwalk
i ing, finished or unfinished; capers, pickles,
i and sauces oi all kinds, not otherwise provided
I for; caps, hats, muffs, and tippets of fur, and
all other manufactures of fur, or ol which fur
shall be a component material; caps, gloves,
leggins, mils, socks, stockings, wove shins and
drawers, and all similar articles made on
frames, worn by men, women, or children, and
not otherwise provided for; card cases, pocket
books, shell-boxes, souvenirs, and all other
similar articles, of whatever material com
posed; carpets, carpeting, hearth rugs, bed
sides, and othn portions ot carpeting, being
either Aubusson, Brussels, ingrain, Saxony,
Turkey, Venetian, Wilton, or any other simi
lar fabrics; carriages and parts of carriages;
cayenne pepper; cheese; cinnamon: clocks |
and parts ot clocks; clothing, ready made, and ,
wearing apparel of every description, of what
ever material composed, made up or manufac
tured wholly or in part by the tailor, sempstress,
or manufacturer , coach and harness furniture
of all kinds; coal; coke and culm ot coal;
combs o! all kinds, compositions of glass or
paste, when set; confectionary ot all kinds,
not otherwise provided for; coral, cut or manu
factured; corks; cotton cords, gimps, and gal
loons; court-plastf r, crayons ot ail kinds; cil -
lery of all kinds; diamonds, gems, pearls, ru
bies, and other precious stones, and imitations
of precious stones, when set in gold, silver, or
other metal; dolls and toys of all kinds> earth
en, china, and stone ware, and all other wares
composed ol earthy or mineral substances, not
otherwise provided lor; epaulettes, galloons,
’.aces, knots, stars, tassels, tresses, and wings ot
gold, silver or other ine*al; tans and fire-screens
ofeveiy description, of whatever material com
posed ; leathers and Howers, artificial or orna
mental, and parts thereof, ot whatever materia’'
composed; fire crackers; flats, braids, plaits,
parterre, and willow squares, used tor making
hats or bonnets; frames and slicks for umbrel
las, parasols, an I sunshades, finished or unfin
ished; furniture, cabinet and household; gin
ger, ground: glasses, colored,stained, or paint
ed; glass crystals for watches; glasses or peb
bles for spectacles; glass tumblers, plain, moul
ded, or pressed, not cut or printed; paintings
on glass; porcelain glass; grapes; g,um ben-
i z iin or Benjamin; ban pencils; hat bndiesol
1 cotton ; hni' and bonnets, toi men, women, and
I children, composed ot straw, satin straw, chip,
grass, palm leaf, willow, or any olhei veitelable
sub* ■.itiec, or ot hair, whalebone, or othei inate
rial, n. t otherwise provided lor; hemp, untnanti
l.tciiiiid; honey,* liuinan hair, cleansed orpre
paieil for use; ink and ink powder; iron, in
bars, in>, l ulls, loops, pig', tods, slabs, ot
o.hei term, not otherwise provided lor; cast
ings ol non,old or scrap iron, vessels of cast
iron ; japanned ware oi all kinds,nut otherwise
provided lor; jewi Irv, leal or imitation,- jet
and manulaciines ot jet, and imitations there
of; lead pencils; maecaroni, vermicelli, gela
tine, jellies, and allsimilarpieparatiotis; mantt
tactincs of the bark ol theenk tree, except
corks; mannlactures of bone, shell, horn, pearl,
iv.nv, or vegetable ivory; manttlacturcs, aiti
cles ’ vessel', and wares, not otherwise provided
for, of brass, copper, gold, iron, lead, pewter,
platina, silver, tin, or oilier metal, or of which
either ofthose metals or any other metal shall
be the component material ofchicl value; man
ufactures of cotton, linen, silk, wool, or wors
ted, embroidered or tamboured in the loom or
otherwise, by machinery, or with lhe needle, or
oilier process; manufactures, articles, vessels
and wares ot glass, or of which glass shall be a
component material, not otherwise provided
for; manufactures and articles of leather, or
of which leather shall be a component part, not
otherwise provided for; manufactures and ar
ticles of marble, marble paving ties, and all oth
er marble more advanced in manutacture than
in slabs or blocks in the rough; mannlactures
of paper, or ot which paper is a component ma
terial, not otherwise providedlor; manufactures,
articles, and wares ot papier mache; manufac
tures of wood, or of which wood is a compo
nent part, not otherwise provided for; manu
factures of wool, or of which wool shall be the
component material of chief value, not other
wise provided for; medicinal preparations, not
otherwise provided tor; metallic pens; miner
al waters; molasses; muskets, rifles, and oth
er fire-arms; nuts, not otherwise provided for;
ochres and ochrey earths, used in the composi
tion of painter’s colors, whether dry or ground
in oil; oilcloth ot every description, of what
ever materia! composed ; oils, volatile, essenti
al, or expressed, and not otherwise provided
lor; olive oil in casks, other than salad oil; ol
ive salad oil, and all other olive oil, not other
wise provided tor; olives; paper, antiquarian,
demy, drawing, elephant, foolscap, imperial,
letter, and all other paper, net otherwise provi
ded lor; paper boxes and all other fancy box
es; paper envelopes; parasols and sunshades;
parchment; pepper; plated and gilt ware of all
kinds; playing cants; plums; potatoes; red
chalk pencils; saddlery ol ail kinds, not other
wise provided for; salmon, preserved; sealing
wax; sewing si'ks, in the gum or purified;
shoescomposcd wholly ot India rubber; side
arms ot every description ; silk twist and twist
composed of silk and mohair; silver-plated me
tal, in sheets or other form; soap, Castile, per
fumed, Windsor, and all other kinds; sugar oi
all kinds; syrup of sugar; tobacco, unmanu
factured; twines anti black-thread, ot whatever
material composed ; umbrellas ; vellum; vine
gar; wafers, water colors; wood, unmattfac
tured, not otherwise provided for, and fire
wood; wool unmanufactured.
Schedule D.— centum ad va
lorem.)
Borax or tinctal; Burgundy pitch ; buttonsand
button moulds, of all kinds; baizes, bookings,
flannels, and floor cloths, ot whatever material
composed, not otherwise provided for; cables
and cordage, tarred or untarrd; calomel, and all
other mercurial preparations; camphor, crude;
cotton laces, cotton insertings, cotton trimming
laces, cotton laces and braids; floss silks, fea
ther beds, feathers for beds, and downs of all
kinds; grass cloth; hair cloth, hair seating,
and all other manufactures of hair not other
wise provided for; jute, sisal grass, coir, and
other vegetable substances unmanufactured, not
otherwise provided tor; manufacturescomposed
wholly of cotton, not otherwise provided lor;
manufactures of goat’s hair or mohair, or ot
which goat’s hair or mohair shall be a compo
nent material, not otherwise provided tor; man
ufactures of silk, or of which silk shall be a
component material, not otherwise provided
lor; manufactures ot worsted, or ot which
worsted shall be a componert material, not
otherwise provided lor; matting, China, and
other floor matting and mats made ot flags, jute,
or grass; roofing slates, and slates other than
roofing slates; woollen and wors’ed yarn.
Schedule E.—( Puienty per cent ad valorem. '
Acids, acetic, acetous,benzoic, bmacic, chro
mic, citric, muriatic, while and yellow, nitric,
pyroligneous, and tartaric, and all other acids,
of every description, used lor chemical or me
dicinal purposes, or lor manutacturing, or in
the fine arts, net otherwise provided lot; aloes; ,
alum; amber; ambergris; angora, thibet, and .
other goat’s hair or mohair nnmanulactured;
anniseed; animal carbon ; antimony, crude and ,
regulus ol arrow-root; articles, not in a crude .
state, usedin dyeing or tanning, not otherwise ,
provided lor; assaloetida; bacon; bananas; |
barley; beet; beeswax; berries, vegetables, ,
flowers and barks, not otherwise providedlor; .
bismuth ; bitter apples; blankets of all kinds; ,
blank books, bound or unbound; blueorroman ,
vitriol, or sulphate ot copper ; boards, planks, ,
staves, lath, scantling, spars, hewn and sawed
timber, and limber to be used in building
wharves; boucho leaves; breccia; bronze li
quor; bronze powder; buuci , cadmium, cala
mine; cantharides; caps, gloves, leggins, mils,
socks, stockings, wove shirtsand drawers, made ;
on trames, composed wholly of cotton, worn by
men, women, and children; cassia buds; cas
toroil; castorutn; cedar wood, ebony, gtatta
dilla, mahogany, rosewood, and satin-wood, un
manufactured; chocolate; chromate ot lead; '
chromate, bichromate, hydriodate,and prussiate
of potash; cobalt; cocoanuts, coculus indicus; ’
copperas or green vittiol, or sulphate of iron’ 1
copper rods,' bolts, nails, and spikes; copper
bottoms; copper in sheets or plates, called bra- :
ziers’ copper, and other sheets ol copper not 1
otherwise provided for; cream ot tartar; cubebs;
dried pulp; emery; ether; extract ot indigo;
extracts and decoctions of logwood and other '
dye woods, not otherwise provided for; extrac 1
ot madder; feldspar; fig blue; fish, foreign, 1
whether fresh, smoked, salted, dried, or pickled,
net otherwise provided tor; fish glue or isin- '
glass; fish skins; flaxseed; flour ot sulphur; '
Frankfort black; French chalk; fruit, green,
or ripe, not otherwise provided lor; fulminates
or fulminating powders; lurs dressed on the '
skin; gamboge; glue; 'green turtle; gunny
cloth; gunpowder; hair, curled, moss, sea
weed, and all other vegetable substances used
for beds or mattresses; hams; hats of wool;
bat bodies, made of wool, or ot which wool shall
be a component material ot chief value; hat
ters’ plush, composed of silk and cotton, but ot
which cotton is the component material of chief
value; hempseed or linseed, and rapeseed oil,
and other oils used in painting; Indian corn ami
corn meal; ipecacuanha; iridium; iris or orris
root; iron liquor; ivory or bone black; jalap;
juniper berries; lac spirits ; lac sulphur; lamp
black; lard; leather, tanned, bend nr sole; lea
ther, upper of all kinds; lead, in pigs, bars, or
sheets; leaden pipes; leaden shot; leeches;
linens of all kinds; liquorice paste, juice, or
root; litharge; mall; manganese; manna;
manufactures of flax, not otherwise provided
for; manutactures ol hemp, not otherwise pro
vided for; marble in the tough, slab, or block,
nnmanulactured; marine coral, unmanulaclur
ed; medicinal drugs, roots, and leaves, in a
crude state, not otherwise provided for; metals,
Dutch and bronze, tn leal ; metals, unmanufac
tured, not otherwise provided for; mineral and
bituminous substances, in a crude state, not
otherwise provided tor; musical instruments of
all kinds, and strings lor musical instruments
ol whip gut or catgut, and all other strings of
the same material; needles of all kinds for sew
ing, darning, or knitting; nitrate ol lead; oats
and oatmeal; oils, neatstoot ant other animal
oil; spermaceti, whale, and oilier fish oil, the
produce ot foreign fisheries; opium; oranges,
lemons, and limes; orange and lemon peel; osier
or willow, prepared for basket-maker’s use;
patent mordant; paints, dry or ground in oil,
not otherwise provided for; paper-hangings and
paper for screens or fireboards; paving stones;
paving and roofing tiles and bricks; pearl or
hulled barley; periodicals and other works in the
course ot printing and republication in the U.
States, pineapples; pitch; plantains; plasterof
Paris, when ground; plumbago: pork; potas
sium; Prussian blue; pumpkins; putty, quick
silver; uuills; red chalk; rhubarb; rice, or pad
dy; roll'brimstone, Boman cement; rye and
rye flour; saddlery, common, tinned or japann
ed; saffron and saffron cake; sago; sal so
da. and all carbonates of soda, by whatever
names designated, not otherwise providedlor;
salts, epsom, giaubcr, rochelle, and all other
salts and preparations ot salts, not otherwise
provided tor; sarsapatilla; seppia; shaddocks;
sheafing paper; skins, tanned and dressed, ot
all kinds : skins of all kinds, r.ot otherwise pro
vided for, slate pencils; smalts; spermaceti
candies and tapers; spirits of turpentine;
sponges; spunk: squills; starch; stearine can
dlesand tapers; sleet not otherwise provided for;
stcreotye plate; still bottoms; sulphate ol bary
tes, crude orrefined; sulphate of quinine; tai
low candles; tapioca; tar; thread laces and
insertings; type metal; types, new or old ; va
nilla beans; verdigris ; velvet, in the piece, com
posed whollv of'cotton; v.lvet, in the piece,
composed of cotton and silk, but of which cot
ton is the component material ot chiet value;
vermillion: wax candles and tapers; whale
bone, the produce of foreign fisheries; wheat
and wheal flour, white and red lead ; whiting,
or Paris white: white vitriol, or sulphate ot
zinc ; window glass, broad, crown, or cylinder;
woollen listings; yams.
Schedule F.— {Fifteen, centum ad valorem.
Arsenic; ba’k, Peruvian; bark, Quilla;
Brazil paste; brimstone, crude in bulk; codilia,
cr tow of hemp or flax; cork tree bark, un
manufactured; dimonds. glaziers’, set or not
set; drag*.m’s blood ; flax, unmanufactured :
gold and silver leaf, mineral kermes; silk,raw,
nut more advanced in manufacture than singles,
tram and thrown, or organzine; steel, in bars,
1 cast, shear, or German; terne tin plates; tin
loil;’ tin in plates qr sheets; tin plates, galvan
ized, not otherwise provided for, zinc, spelter,
or teutenegue, in sheets.
Schedule G.—CTVn per centum ad valorem.')
Ammonia; annatto, Rancon or Orleans;
Barilla •, bleaching powders or chloride ot lime;
books, printed, magazines, pamphlets, periodi
cals, and illustrated newspapers, bound or un
bound, not otherwise provided for; building
stones; burr stones, wrought or uu wrought;
I cameos and mosaics,ami imitations thereof, not
set; chronometers, box or ships’, and parts
thereol; cochineal; cocoa; cocoa shells; com
positions ot glass or paste, not set; cudbear;
diamonds, gems, pearls, ttibies, and other pre
cious stones, ami imitations thereof, when not
set; engravings or plates, bound or unbound;
hemnset-d, linseed,ami rapeseed; lullers’earth;
lurs, hatters’, dressed'or undressed, not on the
skin; jitrs, undressed, when on the skin, gold
beaters'skins; gum Arabic and gum Senegal;
gum tragacanth; gum Barbary; gum East In
dia; gum Jedda; gum substitute, or burnt
statch; hair of all kinds, uncleaned and ttn
manutact-.ired; india rubber, in bottles, slabs,
or sheets, unmanulactured; indigo; kelpj’flem
on and lime juice; lime; maps and charts;
music paper, with lines, bound or unfibund';
natron; mix vomica; oils, patm and cocoanut;
orpiment; palm leaf, unmanufactured; polish
ingstones; pumice and pumice stones; rattans
and reeds, unmanufactured; rotten stone; sal
ammonia; saltpetre, (or nitrate of soda, or pot
ash,) refined or partially refined; suda ash; sul
phuric acid or oil of vitriol; tallow, marrow,
and all other grease, and soap stocks and soap
stull's not otherwise provided for; terra japonica
or catechu; watches, and parts of watches;
watch materials of all kinds, not otherwise pro
vided for; woad or pastel.
Schedule H.— (five per centum ad valorem.)
Alcornoqtte; argol, or crude tartar; bells,
when old, or bell metal, fit only to be retnanu
taciurcd; berries, nuts, and vegetables, used
exclusively in dyeing or in composing dyes,
but no article shall be classed as such that has
undergone any manufacture; brass in pigs or
bars; brass, when old, and fit only to be reman
utaclured; Brazil wool, and all other dye wood,
in sticks; bristles; chalk, not otherwise pro
vided tor; clay, unwrought; copper in pigs or
bars; copper, when old, anti fit only* to be re
manufactured; flints; grindstones, wrought or
unwroughl; horns, horn-tips, bones, bone-tips,
and teeth, unmanufactured; ivory, unmanu
factured; ivory nuts, or vegetable ivory;
kermes; lac-dye; lastings, suitable lor shoes,
boots, bootees, or buttons, exclusively; madder,
ground; madder root; manufactures of mohair
cloth, silk twist, or other manufacture of cloth
suitable tor the manufacture ol shoes, boots,
bootees, or buttons exclusively; nickel; nut
galls; pearl, mother of; pewter, when ol.*, and
fit only to be reinanulactured; rags, of whatever
material: raw hides and skins of all kinds,
whether dried, sailed, or pickled, not otherwise
provided tor; safflower; saltpetre or nitrate ot
soda, or potash, when crude; seedlac; shellac;
sumac; tin in pigs, bars, or blocks; tortoise
and other shells nnmanulactured; turmeric;
waste, or shoddy; weld; zinc, spelter, or teute
negue, utimanutaetuied, not otherwise provided
lor.
Schedule I.— (Exempt from duty.)
Animals imported for breed; bullion, gold
and silver; cabinets of coins, medals, and other
collections of antiquities; coffee and tea, when
imported direct fr-m the place ot their growth
or production, in American vessels, or in loreign
vessels entitled by reciprocal treaties to he ex
empt from discriminating duties, tonnage, and
other charges; cotfee, the growth or production
of the possessions ot the Netherlands, imported
from the Netherlands in the same manner;
coins, gold, silver, and copper, copper ore;
copper, when imported for the United States
mint; cotton; felt, adhesive, for sheathing ves
sels ; garden seeds, and all otherseeds not other
wise provided for; goods, wares, aud_merchan
dise; the growth, produce, or manutacture of
the United Slates; exported to a foreign coun
try, and brought back to the United Stales in
the same condition as when exported, upon
which no drawback or bounty has been allowed
—provided, that all regulations to ascertain lhe
identity thereof, prescribed by existing laws, or
which may be prescribed by the Secretary ot
the Treasury, shall be complied with; guano;
household effects, old and in use, of persons or
families trom loreign countries, it used abroad
by them, and not intended tor any other person
or persons, or for sale; junk, old; models of
inventions and other improvements in lhe arts
—provided, that no article or articles shall be
deemed a model or improvement which can be
fitted for use; oakum; oil, spermaceti, whale,
and other fish, ol American fisheries, and all
other articles the produce of such fisheries;
paintings and statuary, lheproduction ot Amer
ican artists residing abroad, and all other paint
ings and statuary — provided, the same be im
ported in good faith as objects ot taste, and not
of merchandise, personal and household effects
(not merchandise) of citizens ot the United
Statesdyingabroad; plasterof paris,ungrounc.;
platina, unmanufactured; sheatingcopper; but
no copper to be considered such, and admitted
tree, except in sheets forty-eight inches longand
fourteen inches wide, and weighing from four
teen to thirty-tour ounces the square foot;
sheathing metal; specimens of natural history,
mineralogy, or botany; trees, shrubs, bulbs,
plants, and roots, not otherwise provided lor;
wearing apparel in actual use, and other per
sonal effects not merchandise; professional
books, implements, instruments, and tools ot
trade, occupation, or employment, ot persons
arriving in the United States— provided, that
this exemption shall not be construed to include
the machinery or other articles imported for use
in any manutacturing establishment, or torsale
Approved, July 30, 1846.
ftnms from l-'cneigß I’-* 1 tiers.
The Boston Allas hastranslated th»fotlnwing
interesting items from late French papers:
Ot all the recent agricultural discoveries
which have been made, by far the most interest
ing, and certainly’ the most important, are those
in relation to the tea-plant in France. When
we remember, says the Presse, the enormous
sums which we pay each year to loreign coun
tries for the teas we consume, the amount of
which is everyday increasing—we need not be
surprised at the efforts which cultivators are
now making to acclimatize this precious shrub
upon our own soil, or the protection so wisely
afforded to it by our government. A number
of plants have recently ripened their fruit in
the open air, as well as in the climate ot An
gers, as at Hyeres, under the warmer sky of
Provence. This is an important tact in the
cultivation of the lea-plant, since its introduc
tion into Europe. The experiments which
have been tried in Algeria, have not been so
successful. All the plants have died in conse
quence ot lhe extreme heat, in spite ot the shade
with which they furnished them. This heat,
shown to be too great in a country so near to us,
affords sure proof that we must possess, in cer
tain pnrtsot ourteri itorv,the temperature suita
bletothe perfect development ot this plant.—
Between our northern provinces, which seem
too cold and too damp, and the hot plains ot
Algetia, we have all our several departments
of the centre and the south. We have, there
fore, only to select good soil and favorable situa
tions, and these, we doubt not, will be readily
procured.
Letters from Rome state that Casolani, the
newly appointed Bishop, Father Ryllo, lhe
German physician Knoblocher, and Angelo
Vinco, are about to set out immediately, on an
expedition to the interior ot Africa. This ex
pedition was a tavori’.e plan of the late Pope.
They intend to pass through Abyssinia, Sene
gambia and Congo, to the Baibary States.
There are published at this moment in Paris
no less than 26 daily newspapers. Thesejour
nals have an average circulation of 150,000 co
pies. Ot these the journals having the largest
circulation are the Constitutionnel, the Presse,
theSiecle and lhe Journal des Debats. These
papers have an average circulation of over
25.000 each.
It has been observed, for a long lime, that the
port of Smyrna was filling up more and more, ■
each day, without any one being able to assign f
a cause. A French engineer of the port was f
directed to investigate the subject, and he soon
discovered that it was entirely owing to the J
cuslom, which has existed from time iramemo- 1
rial with the vessels of all nations to throw out
their ballast within the port. He has made .
this report to the authorities, and a decision of
the Turkish government was immediately ta
ken ordering the immediate discontinuance of
this practice. This decree has been formally ,
and officially placedin the hands of the several t
foreign consuls. (
The late Pope Gregory XVI. has left in his
will his rich collection of music to the Acade
my’ of Masters and Professors of St. Cecilia.
The researches into the origin oi the family
of Napoleon have recently attracted the atten
tion of a number ot genealogists. If we are to
believe the Duchess of Abrantes, who herself
claims to be a descendant ot Comments, the an
ces:ors of the Emperor originated in Greece.—
They formed part of a colony which first took
refuge in Tuscany, after the invasion ot the
Turks, but afterwards established themselves in
Corsica, where their descendants have pre
served, she adds, the language, and even the
costume of their country. But the ancestors ot
the conqueror cf Marengo exchanged their
names oi Kalameros tor an Italian one, adopt
ing that of Buonaparte.
The cholera, which spread with such rapidity
in the month ut May in Aden, had, at the last
accounts, nearly all disappeared. Several new ■
cases made their appearance from time to time
but they were all quite light ones. The change
in the trade winds has delivered Aden from the
scourge, which during the short time ii raged
carried off more than four hundred of the in
habitants. Four-fifths oi the persons attacked
with it died, la the harbor a large number
ot the merchant vessels as well as those belong
ing to the navy, lost a number of men. The
cholera has raged the most in the district ot Ye
men. The mortality has been frightful. Mo
cha, Jidtien, J ambo and all the Arabian side of
the Red Sea, have suffered. The Abyssinian
shores have escaped. This pesii’ence is now
following precisely the same course that it did
in 18*22 and 1823. There is every reason to
fear that it will soon be in Europe, along the
shores of the Mediterranean.
A great discovery has recently been made and
one of great interest to the arviquarians; we
refer to a number of unpublished levers of
Christina, Queen of Sweden. On the last meet
ing at Stockholm, relative to the publication cl
the docaments connected with the History of
Scandinavia, the Baron of Ihre announced that
Mr. Bergman, the Charge of Sweden, and Nor
way, had announced to him that there existed
. in the library of Count Azzolina, at Florence,
r several letters ol Queen Christina, hitherto un
know n to Swedish historians, as well as certain
t documents concerning lhe Queen, which this
■ diplomatist has obtained petmission to copy.
Ii is known th.it Queen Christina appointed
Cardinal Azzolina her legatee, and that a Mar
quis of the same name, who now resides in
Florence, is a descendant of this Cardinal; this
explains his being in the possession of the
documents.
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HAIL \, TRI- l y AND WEEKL V.
OFFICE IN DAILROAb BANK BUILDING.
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THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 20. 1846.
Whig Nomination for Congress.
ron hernesextative from the eighth district:
ROBERT TOOMBS.
Flections.
North Carolina.—The Raleigh Register of the
14th, announces the complete triumph of the Whigs
in the old North State, having elected their Gover
nor and majorities in both branches of the Legisla
ture, thereby securing two Whig U. S. Senators.
Indiana.— lhe Louisville Journal of Monday
last says : The election returns from this State, so
far, indicate that Whitcomb is re-elected Governor
by a small majority. The Whigs will have a
large majority in the lower branch of the Legisla
ture. Only one-half lhe Senators are elected each
year, and owing to the large Locofoco majority in
the Senators holding over, they* will probably re
tain the ascendancy in that body.
Honor to Whom Honor is Due.
Nothing short ot intatuation, it seems to us,
(unless downright deception is intended,) can
urge the Democratic press to claim for Mr.
Polk the merit of settling lhe Oregon question.
We are willing to admit that he acted wisely,
in submitting the British proposition (which
was accepted,) to the consideration of the Sen
ate. But what did be say in the very message
accompanyingit? Did he not tell the Senate
that unless two-thirds of that body advised him
to treat upon the terms submitted, he should re
ject them? Did he not tell the Senate that his
views remained unchanged? What -were his
views? Those contained in his annual mes
sage. His language is, “My opinions and my
action on the Oregon question were f ully made
known to Congress, in tny annual message of
the 2! ol December last, and the opinions there
in expressed remain unchanged." Our readers
are familiar with those opinions.
We do not quote the language ot Mr. Polk in
that message, but did he not say, in substance,
that all hope of an amicable adjustment ot the
difficulty was at an end—that no settlement
which the United States could effect would be
honorable to them—that our title was clear and
unquestionable to the whole of Oregon—that
facts and argument were all upon our side, as
high and as solid as the Rocky Mountain it
self—and did he not say, that it would be dis
honorable in the United States to yield their
claim and pretentions to the territory ?
These were Mr. Polk’s views then, they have
been reaffirmed by hitn on several occasions
since, and unequivocally so, on the tenth of June
last, when he submitted the British proposition
to lhe Senate and asked the advice ol that body
upon it.
Mote than two thirds advised him to accept
the proposition on the 12th, and on the 16th he
informed the Senate that out* Secretary ot State
and the British Minister had concluded and
signed a convention on lhe day before, which he
submitted to that body lor ratification if compa
tible with their views. On the same day lhe
Senate advised and consented to lhe ratification.
This is a brief history ot lhe case. Whodid
the work? Who caused the treaty to be made?
Suppose only a majority' had agreed to the terms
offered by Great Britain? They would have
been rejected and the whole subject thrown upon
the wide sea ot uncertainty and hazard.
Mr. Polk has clearly consented io give au-ay
American soil, it honest in his opinions! For
the same reason, he has consented to sacrifice
lhe honor and the interests ot his country.
Why did not Mr. Polk seek the advice of lhe
Senate at an earlier period? Why all his ridi
culous secrecy tor so long a time, when (we
have the authority of lhe Washington Union
tor sa 7 .* Dg st>> ) he had determined eight or nine
months ago to conform to the advice ol the Sen
ate?
The truth of the whole matter is, Mr. Polk
wanted to roar like General Jackson had done,
but he had on only the skin of the lion; he was
not lhe lion himself, and he always intended to
put the Senate between himself and danger. If
he could do a big business by bluster, well, it
he could not, sticking to his opinions, he could
present himselt to the country in an attitude ol
determination to fight the British for all of Ore
gon, but tor being held back by his constitution
al advisers, the Senate.
The compulsive ardour of Mr. Polk seemed
to be such, at one lime, that weconless we be
lieved firmly a war would ensue. But we are
satisfied that his whole policy has been a trick
from beginning to end. In this case he over
reached himself, and became so involved, that
he had to slip out as best he could at lhe first
little opening incident or an might afford him.
He bas sneaked out of a small place, and we
do insist, that for doing that, he shall not re
ceive the honors due only to noble bearing,
consistency and wisdom.
The “Atlanta Enterprise,” is the title ot
n neat and very handsome paper just com
menced at Atlanta, the second number of which
we hare received. It enters the arena ol Poli
tics, with a boldness that evinces a confidence
in the j'ustice and patriotism of Whig men and
measures. We wish it success.
Medical College of Georgia.
We would call attention to the card in re- I
ference to the Medical College of Georgia, ,
which will be found in another column. i
The exports oi domestic cotton goods from
Boston, for the month of June, were 4,426 bales 1
and cases, and for July, 5,1G0, making a total !
for the two months ot 9,586 bales and cases,
against 7,212 for the corresponding months last 1
year, showing an increase this year of 2,376
bales and cases.
Natal. —We received yesterday the following
letter from a friend at Balize :— Pic.
Balize, N. E. Pass, August, 10, 1846.
Gentlemen : The U. S. revenue cutters Ewing,
Van Buren, Legare and Forward, sailed this day
for Brazos Santiago. The Ewing has on board
Capt. John A. Webster, who has been placed in
command of the revenue marine forces cruising in
the Gulf of Mexico.
This fleet, it is presumed, will cruise along the
coast as far as Vera Cruz, for the protection of our
seamen ; and we admire the promptness with which
the Hon Secretary of the Treasury has met the wants
of our mercantile community, in thus sending down
these vessels, whose services are so much required,
and have rendered so much valuable assistance.—
We can nut do justice to the officeis comprising
this squadron, for the diligence and perseverance
they have manifested in the discharge of their du
ties. Yours, truly, W.
New York Railroads. —The Auburn and Ro
chestt r railroad divides four per cent, for the last
six months, the Syracuse and Utica two and a half,
and the Troy and Schenectady three per cent.
Mariner’s Time Compass.—The Cincinnati
Enquirer states that Ralph Reeder, Esq., of that
city, has taken out a patent for a newly invented
instrument of the above name :
Its useful qualities are thus enumerated: It
corrects the variation of the compass, which of
itself alone entities it to the admirati-n of scientific
men, but more especially to the confidence of the
manner.
It will, by means of a gnoman and universal
diet, give the true meridian time in a moment, and
when properly adjusted to the sun’s declination,
give the latitude at the same moment that the
longitude is given ; thus saving the mariner the
’ong, tedious,and oftentimes incorrect calculations
which aie now considered necessary to ascer
tain the ship’s course and position. Professor
Locke, in a letter on the subject, says this instru
ment will not only give the correct latitude an 1
longitude at any time and place, and correct the
variation of the compass, but will solve all the
problems in plane and -spherical trigonometry ; thus
we have combined in the «ame invention an instru
men equa'ly useful on sea and oh land.
The Penitentiary near Little Rock, Ark., was
destroyed by fire on the 30th ult. All the prison
ers were secured. The building was fired by some
of the convicts to effect their liberty. One of the
[ ringleaders attempted to rush ont, knife in band,
, but he was shot down and instantly killed, by one
of the prisoners, who had been employed as a
guard tor some time past.
1 New Cotton. The steamboat Paul Jones
, brought down yesterday one bale of new cotton
from the plantation of Moses Groves Esq., of
1 Madhon parish, La.— Picayune of the 10th inst.
Agricultural Meeting.
Stone Mountain, Friday, Aug. 7, 1816.
Pursuant to call, published in lhe pa -ers <4
this, and lhe adjoining States, a respectable
number ot gentlemen, interested in the improve
ment ot the Agriculture of the South, met at
the Stone Mountain, and on the motion ol \Vm.
M. D’Antignac, of Augusta, Hun. Mark A.
Cooper, ot Murray, was called to the Chair,
and on motion ot Mr. William Eve, ol Rich
mond, Mr. Lewis, of Hancock, was appointed
Secretary.
Upon the suggestion ol Mr. Charles Cunning,
bam, of Jefferson, lhe chairman stated briefly,
clearly and impressively, the objects of the
meeting, when, on motion ol Mr. D’Antignac, a
committee of twenty-three were appointed io
make a report, setting forth the objects ot lhe
meeting, and to report, also, the form of a con
stitution, best suited lor lhe accomplishment ot
the same.
The following gentlemen were appointed the
committee: Mr. vVm. M. D’Antignac, of Rich
mond; Charles Cunningham, ”1 Jefferson;
William Eve, of Richmond; John Webb, ol
Newton; R. S. Hardwick, of Hancock ; Thus.
Stocks, of Greene; Green Moore, of Greene ;
Thomas C. Grimes, ol Hancock; Dr. Alex
ander Means, ol Newton; Col. James A.
Whitesides, ot Tennessee; Judge William
Ezza rd, of DeKalb; James M. Calhoun, ot De-
Kalb; Capt.JohnJor.es, ot DeKalb; Mr. T.
S. Smith, of Jasper; Mr. James S. Robinson,
George Stewart,of Muscogee; John W. Graves,
of Newton; Noble A. Hardee, of Chatham ;
Mr. B. M. Rodgers, of South Carolina ; Col.
Aug. H. Stokes, ol Heard; F. A. Parham, of
Tennessee ; and Mr. Abner Cook, ot flancock.
The committee having retired lor a short time
returned and made the following
REPORT.
The undersigned being impressed with the
paramount importance of Agricultural pursuits
and the advancement of the Arts and Sciences
connected therewith, have associated lor the
purpose of inquiring into its resources and fa
cilities, and into the best manner of developing
the one and illustrating the other, and have or
ganized into a body to be called the “Southern
Central Agricultural Society.”
They have for these purposes, adopted the
following Constitution :
Article Ist. The name of this Association
shall be the “Southern Central Agricultural
Society."
Art. 2d. Its objects and ends shall be those in
dicated in the preamble hereto prefixed.
Art. 3d. The officers ofthe Society shall be a
President, two Vice-Presidents, an acting Se
cretary, a corresponding Secretary and a Trea
surer.
Art.4th. This Society shall meetannuallyon
Wednesday, after the second Monday in Au
gust, at 12 o’clock, at such place as may from
time to time be designated.
Art. sth. The officers shall be chosen annu
ally by ballot, but shall hold their offices until
their successors may be elected.
Art. 6. This Socieety shall be composed of
such numbers as shall have their names sub
scribed tothe Constitution and shall pay the
sum of one dollar, and the like sum annually
thereafter.
The report was unanimously adopted and
the following named gentlemen, together with
those already on the committee, came forward
and paid their subscriptions and signed the con
stitution, viz:
Mark A. Cooper,of Murray; David W. Lew
is, of Hancock; Lewis Powers, of DeKalb;
James Dimond, of DeKalb; John Bryce, ot
DeKalb; William Johnson, of DeKalb ; John
Evans, of DeKalb, M. P. Stovall, ot Rich
mond; John W. Fowler, of DeKalb; Leonard
C. Simpson, of DeKalb; Dr. Thomas Hamilton,
oi Cass; Samuel Dean, of DeKalb; John P.
Eve, of Richmond ; Wm. C. Daniel, ot Hall;
Paul F. Eve, ot Richmond; Daniel Remsheart,
of Effingham; Isaiah Parker, of DeKalb; Mo
ses Stroup, ot Cass; Dr. James H. Davison, of
DeKalb; Charles Delaigle,ot Richmond; Ro
bert Y. Harris, ol Richmond; Wm. C. Evans,
of Richmond; Geo. W. Evans, of Burke; E.
N. Calhoun, ot DeKalb; Reuben Jordan jr.,
of Jasper; Luke Johnson, of Gwinnett; Wel
don E. Wright of DeKalb; Charles Tiot, ot
Effingham; Geo. W. Boston, ot Effingham;
Dr. L. N. Mitchell, ot Augusta ; John Glenn, ot
DeKalb; Ed. A. Broadus, of Jasper; Paul A.
Harralson.of Walton; P. G.Morrow, of Wal
ton ; G. P. Harrison, of Chatham , Few Gor
don, ot Gwinnett; Rev. Lewis Myers, ot Effing
ham ; Dr. John W. Lewis, of Cherokee; Cur
tis C. Langford ot Gwinnett; Eli Hawlsey, ol
DeKalb; William Rahn, ot Effingham; T. H.
Audas, of Hancock; James M. Calhoun, ol
DeKalb; Allen J. Veal, ol Gwinnett; John L.
Gresham, of Walton; Nathan Bass, of Put
nam; Alex. P. Reid, of Putnam; Andrew
Reid, of Putnam; Charles J. McDonald*, of
Cobb; Dr. I. S. Whitten, ot Hancock; Chas.
F. M. Garnett, Chief-Engineer.
The Society thus formed proceeded to elect
its officers when the Hon. Thomas Stocks of
Greene was elected President, Mr. R. S. Hard
wick, ot Hancock, and Col. James A. White
sides of Tennessee, Vice-Presidents, Dr. Thom
as Hamilton ot Cass, corresponding Secretary,
and David W. Lewis, Esq. of Hancock, Secre
tary, and Wm. M. D’Antignac, Esq. of Rich
mond Treasurer.
The President after speaking in appropriate
terms of the appointmentand of lhe importance
ot the objects of the meeting, took the Chair
nnd mllprl fnr rp«nl«»iion» bu jiocoo (hat gvo
tiemen had to lay before lhe meeting.
On motion of Major Cooper fora committee
lo report the best plan for the accomplishment
of the objects of this Society the chair appoint
ed Messrs. Cooper, Whitesides, Hardwick, Ez
zard, Means, Eve, and Cunningham.
Col. Whitesidesol Tennessee, after making
a tew rsntarks showing the importance to the
Agriculture of both sections, of a connection,
by commercial facilities, between the valley ot
the Mississippi and the southern Atlantic cities,
and showing, too, the practicability of such an
enterprise, offered the iollowing resolutionwhich
was unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That this assembly specially re
commend to the citizens ot Georgia, So. Caro
lina, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and
Louisiana, to hold a Convention at Atlanta,
Georgia, on the first Wednesday tn May next,
to consider the advantages ot the Kailroad sys
tem, and the best means ot extending it so as
lo connect the Mississippi valley with the
Southern Atlantic Slates and cities.
Edjourned to 4 o'clock.
Four o’clock.—The committee on the plan
for best accomplishing the objects of the Society, J
made the following report:
Mark A. Cooper, from the Committee ap- c
pointed to digest and report a plan of opera- 1
tions for the ensuing year, submitted the follow- r
ing report, to wit:
The Committee to whom was teferred the 1
digestingot a plan of operations fol the ensuing '
year, have had the same under consideration, a
during the short recess, and beg leave to report r
as follows— '
They recommend the establishment and or
ganization of an annual Fair, for the exhibition a
and sale of all such products of Agriculture s
and Horticulture as may be contributed by a
members or citizens at large. This should in- 5
elude animal and vegetable products of the 1
Plantations, Farms, Gardens, and Orchard,and c
Dairy—Agricultural implements and articles ‘
of Domestic Manufacture useful to the Planter 1
or Farmer.
To encourage and ensure a generous com- 1
petition by contributors, they recommend this j
society to order a premium list —designating the
articles on which premiums will be given—and *
the character or amount of Premiums.
They recommend that suitable committees be 1
raised at each annual Fair, lor the respective
classification of products, to judge and award
the Premiums.
They recommend that an annual address be 1
delivered publicly before the Association on !
some subject connected with the objects of the 1
Society, by a person to be chosen annually 1
twelve months before the time it shall be de
livered.
They recommend that the society shall meet
next year at lite Stone Mountain and that they
shall after that, alternately, meet at different
points some where on the Line of the Rail
Road.
They recommend that the State Road and the
several Rail Road Companies be solicited to
contribute the aid of their most liberal facilities
to advance the views of the Association,
The Committee, also report, that during the
recess, they ascertained that several specimens
of blooded stock, exhibited by Mr. John W.
Graves —were on the ground, and they took the
liberty to view them. They consisted of his
imported Jack (Italian) and Daniel Webster,
his offspring, groomed by a sprightly negro ot
82 year old, once the servant of Gen. Washing
ton. The Jack Daniel Webster, is a fine ani
mal and in excellent keeping. Also his
thoroughbred horse General Taylor, with an
Eclipse mare and colt. The committee like
wise examined a specimen fire stove fitted up
for a dining or breakfast room by Messrs.
Cooper, Stroup and Wiley al their Works in
Cass county, and find it to be a lair article well
adapted to i'ts use. It serves to warm the room,
an t may be used to prepare a breaktast or Tea
when only a few dishes are served.
They examined an excellent sample of cast
turning ploughs ready stocked from the same
Worksand find it capable of superceding very
many such ploughs now purchased abroad.
On the score of economy too the price will be
found to recommend it.
The committee having in a hasty manner
discharged, as thee hope, the ditties assigned
them, beg leave to offer the tollowing resolutions,
and to be then discharged.
R-solved, That an annual fair be held by this
association pursuant to this report.
Resolved, That a committee ol five be ap
pointed to digest a Premium List.
Resolved, That appropriate committees be
raised at each annual Fair, of five each, to
judge and award Premiums, according to this
Report.
Resolved, That an /wnual Address be de
livered on the second day of the annual Fair
and that the Society will now appoint a person
i to deliver that tot the year’47.
, Resolved, That the first annual Fair be held
■ al the Stone Mountain, at which place the next
i -hall be held.
Resolved, That at the Annual Fair, all per
s sons whether members of this association or
- gentlemen whose names areaaarired thus* were nom
: mated members and subacripd'fci paid by lheirfriends
1 who were present.
not may contribute and compete for lhe Pre
miums.
On motion of Major Cooper, Dr A. Means
was unanimously elected to deliver an address
before the Society at its next Annual Meeting.
On motion ot Mr. D’Antignac, Messrs. Jas.
M. Calhoun, William Ezzard, Reuben Jordan,
jr., and John W. Gravesand R. S Hardwick,
were appointed Delegates to represent the So
ciety in the State Agricultural Convention.
By Judge Ezzard : Resolved that the Secreta
ry be requested to furnish the Editors of News
papers published in Atlanta, Augusta and Chat
tanooga, with copies ol the proceedings of this
meeting, with a request that all papers friendly
to the cause of Agriculture copy the same.
The Convention adjourned to meet at lhe
Stone Mountain on Wednesday afterthc second
Monday in August, 1847.
THOMAS STOCKS, President.
David W. Lewis, Secretary.
Prom the New Orleans Picayune of the 14rA Inst.
Later From the Kio Grande*
The steamship New York arrived late last
evening trom Brazos Santiago, whence she
sailed on the Bth inst. By her we have later
intelligence from lhe Army, but of no very great
importance, although interesting. We learn
from a passenger, who left Camargo on the4th
inst., that the companies ot Texan Rangers,
commanded by Capts. McCulloch and Gillespie,
were to start that day tor Mier on a scout, with
orders to take and hold that point if possible.
The regiment of Mcnrnted Rangers, under
Cols. Hays and Woods, al Reynosa, were un
der orders to proceed to Linares and Monterey
and take possession of those points. General
Taylor passed up the river to Reynosa on the
sth inst., on lhe steamboat Hatchee from Mata
moros. The U. S. Dragoons were at camp
near Matamoros.
Col. Featherston’s regiment were still encamp
ed at Burita, and it was said had tendered their
services tor six months, but that Gen. Taylor
declined receiving them. Col. Peyton’s regi
ment were mostly en route for this city. The
river from Carrnargo down was rising. Capt.
Blanchard’s company ol Louisiana Volunteers
had been accepted for twelve months’ service.
Gen. Taylor had issued orders, forbidding
the sale of spiritous liquors in lhe city, or per
mitting them to be brought up the river. He
started from Matamoros early on lhe morning
of the sth, with a portion of the Texan infantry.
The Matamoros Flag, of lhe 6th inst., stales
that a fight had occurred between a party ot
Camanche Indians and McCulloch and Gilles
pie’s Rangers, near Camargo. The former
numbering about 600, and the Rangers eighty.
About twenty Indians were killed and but two
Rangers—the latter bringing off one hundred
and fitly horses.
A man named Jack Haynes, better known as
Col. Jack Haynes, a wild harum-scarum sort
of a fellow, was killed on the sth inst. by a
Texan named McCanan.
Mr. Haile had arrived at Matamoros.
Major Mcßae and Capt. Spearman, of the
Topographical Engineers came over in lhe
New York. The New York also brought
several companies of the St. Louis Legion.
We give below a couple of letters trom Mr.
Lumsden, at Matamoros, containing interesting
intelligence as to the movements of the army.
The crowded state of our columns precludes
us from giving any additional items ot news.
(Editorial Correspondence of the Picayune.)
Matamoros, August 4th, 1846.
1 have been in this place some ten days, and
would have written sooner, but that nothing has
transpired worth communicating to your col
umns. Even now there is so little matter for a
letter, that I hardly know what to say. Here
in Mexico, where, as the almanacs and history
tells us, it never rains except at certain seasons,
aud then but little, it seems that the “clerk ot
the weather” is on a “spree,” and he must have
forgotten to turn lhe water off' before commen
cing his jollifications, in his absence it does
nothing but rain, rain, rain.
As to what is termed “army news," I have
but a small morsel tor you; it is all, however,
that can be obtained, and your readers may be
assured that it is correct.
Gen. Taylor and staff - leave here to-day tor
Camargo, and all the troops are to leave by
about the 10th inst. Gen. Twiggs is left to su
perintend the movement ofthe troops now here
and those that are to arrive, for a while at least.
He is in excellent health, and was never look
ing better. Col. Clark ot the Bth Infantry will
be left at this place in command, after all the
troops have been forwarded, and will have two
coinpaniesot artillery and one regiment of vol
unteers under him. Gen. Twiggs, with Capt.
May’s four companies of rtraeoons, and Capt.
Ridgeley’s battery ot artillery, will bring up
the rear as the army moves forward. Col.
Hay’s regiment ol mounted volunteers and Col.
Johnson’s regiment of foot—Texans—ate to
march to-morrow. The “Gaines Rangers”
have joined Col. Hay’s regiment, and will
leave with it. All the regular troops now re
maining here, except Capt. May’sand Ridgely’s
commands, are also ordered to march to-mor
row. It is expected that the army will not
move from Camargo before the 25th inst. Ido
not choose to express any opinion on the proba
bility of another fight with the Mexicans, but I
know it is thought by many who have a great
deal to do in the matter if one occurs, that a
fight, and a hard one at that, is before them.—
One thine' is very certain, and that is, every bo
dy here, except the Mexicans, want at least one
more “shake” with the followers of Paredes, or
whoever may be the leader ofthe Mexican ar
"’V* . . ...
1 had forgotten to tell you an im
portant piece of news—important at least to
some folks here. Gen. Taylor has issued an
order—not against the present deluge of “ cold
waler” at all, for he is 100 much of a Father
Mathew-man for that, but against King Alco■
Ao? himself! The order is one prohibiting all
spirituous liquors from entering the month ofthe
river. Under it no sultler or merchant will be al
lowed to carry or send any liquors up lhe river
frotm displace,andall personsin Matatnorosare
prohibited from selling the "creature" alter the
12th inst. The order has created quite a sensa
tion in certain parts, as you may imagine; but
it’s one ot the best things tor Matamoros that
could have been done—except burning it down.
There will be a smart winding up ot things
here immediately, in consequence.
Yours. &c., F. A. L.
Matamoros, August 5, 1846.
I wrote you from this place yesterday, giving
you what information I had ofthe movements
of the army. I have one or twoadditional items
of army news which 1 may as well send you. 1
told you that Col. Hays's Texas regiment of
mounted men, which 1 shall accompany, would
march to-day. Owing to the non-arrival of his
tents, which have been sent for at Point Isabel,
he cannot leave before to-morrow or the day
after, but by the latter time the regiment will
move. It does not proceed, as I understood it
would, direct lor Camargo, but will go towards
Tampico into the interior and join the main
army in a few weeks at Camargo. It is the
settled opinion of all here that Hays will meet
a strong force of Mexicans on his route and of
course have a fight. Gen. Taylor, it seems,
intends giving the Rangers a chance “on their
own hook” to get into a “scrape,” and then get
out of it as best they may. The regiment, I
leatn, is about ”00 strong.
And so the Louisiana Volunteers have been
disbanded! What a shame! The first to res
pond to Gen. Taylor’s call for aid, aud first to
be sent home without a chance to meet their
enemies! It is too bad, is it not? But they
have not all gone home. 1 meet several of
them daily who say they will not go until they
have had a fight. Numerous attempts have
been made lo reorganize companies ot those
thus disposed. All the companies that can be
raised will be accepted. Capt. Blanchard has
already succeeded in forming one company
numbering 19 rank aad file. They are appro
priately styled the “ Phoenix Company.’’—
Another company, under Capt. Smith, 1 learn
will be filled and mustered into service to-mor
row. I hope Louisiana, after all, will have
some representatives on the field of battle, it
the Mexicans are brought to another contest.
Yours, &.C., F. A. L.
Democratic Economy.—“ Potomac” of the
Baltimore Patriot, slates the aggregate amount
ot all the appropriation bills ol the present
session of Congress, that have passed and are
likely to pass, al something like sixty one mil
lions of dollars! A nice sum fora democratic,
economical administration to expend in a
single year! As soon as Congress shall re
assemble in December—it indeed an extra ses
sion be not called during the short recess—new
and further appropriation bills will have to be
passed to meet the enormous expense ot the
government tor the current fiscal year. Ana- |
lional debt of at least one hundred and fifty
millions will stare us in the face in a very tew
months, while depreciated government shin
plasters will drive out ot the market the gold
and silver and other current money now found
there. A fine state of things this will be in
contrast with what we have had since the tatff
ol 1842 has been in operation!— Moldlc Adver.
Indian Outrages.—We have seen a letter
from a responsible source, dated Fort Washita,
July 28th, slating that a party of thirty persons
left Fort Smith, Ark., three weeks previous,
tor California. From reports which had come
in (fom the prairies, no doubt was entertained
that the whole company had been murdered by
the Catnanches. We have given almost a liter
al transcript from the lettter before us.-Picay
une 14/A inst.
MARRIED-
In Columbia county, on the 13ihinst..by the
Rev. T. D. Peurifoy. Mr. Charles Baston,
to Mi»s Frances Kelley.
DIED.
At his residence in Columbia county, on the
3lst of July last, of bilious pneumonia, ’osiah
Roberts, in the sixty-fourth year of his agj. He
was a worthy citizen, and a kind and true-hcan
ed neighbor, an affectionate husband and an in
dulgent father. He left behind hirn a pjous wit<’.
and nine children, and a numerous train of rela
tives and friends to mourn their irreparable loss;
but we mourn not as those who have no hope.
A Friend.
At his residence in Columbia county, on the
lOthinst., Thomab Bowdbe, in the gixty-nintii
year of bia age.
commercial
AUGUSTA
W EDNESDAY, P. M.
Cotton.— The market since our report of last
Wednesday, has exhibitvd no new feature. The
demand Is fully equal to the supply, and the offer
ings are readily taken at full rates. We continue
to quote fur extremes 6 to 8 cents—principal
sales 6} a 7j cents, at which rates the market is
firm.
I CHECKS.
New Yorkaight J nrem.
Boston I “
Philadelphia f <*
Charleston
| Savannah »»
savannah, August 14
e have no < hange to notice in lhe market since our
The nales made have been principally for
New Amk at Meady prices Y esterday we received the
nrst bale of new Cotton, and no one being disposed to
pay 10c per lb. the price asked for it. it was immediate
ly.hippedto NewYoik Tl.« » a lw. n f th* week amount
lo M biles u follows : 2 al G. Z at G|, 3 at Ci. 72 al 7
[ 411 7J. 7al 7}. 61 a, 7|. 24 at7*.22«t7j, Cal 71. and 4
aißc tfril) The bulk ofthe oH*rin e stock rana-s trom
ordinary to middling fair, nid the prices paid have
been from to 8c Jb for square hairs. Round
beleg are not worth as much by about |c. |h. The
transactions in Rea Island amount to 13 bales : 5 at 21
and 8 bales ai 23 cents ty lb.
Mre—The prospects for the new crop still continue
very fa/orable Thesalesof the week amount to TiOd
casks, viz. 400 at $4, and 100 casks at Si 13-10 S 3
hundied lbs.
Qrt‘CtTif9— 100 hhds Cuba Molasses from the
wharf at 18c ty gall. The retail trade for all descrip
tion* is fair at our quotations. We quote Molasses,
Cuba, 23j a2sc gall; New Orleans dn a 34c ; Cot
fee. Rin. inferior to fair, 7J fa) 8} cents ftr lb., and Hu
gar, Porto Rico and St. Croix, 71 fa) 10, N. O. do C fcO
7fc.
Bacon— Hales of 10,000 lbs Sides. in lots, at 7 7jc.,
and lU,OOO lbs •S’hnuluers do at 4J lb We quote
Harns 8 (a) 9; <9l des 7 O 7|, and Hhuulders 44 (a) &c.
lb
and Bale Rope—S*\e», 600 pieces Kentucky
Bagging at II jc We quote Dundee Bagging,
44 in. H a 18; Kentucky, 11* a 14; and Gunny, 17a
18 cts yard. Kentucky Rope at 4j a 7 eta
Charleston, August 16.
Cotton—The demand for lhe article daring the week
has been limited, owing to the want of shipping facili
ties, hut holders have exhibited a good deal ol firmness,
and the quotations given in our previous report have
been well maintained The operations since eur last
reach IGOO bales against the receipt in the same time
of 1655 bales. The sales are as follows, viv ; lb bales at
6|. 39 at 7,25 at 7>, 126 at 7k 269 at 71. 32 at 7 7-16, 322
at7i, 100 at 7j 57 at 7f, 11 at 7 13 16, 25 at 74, 143 at 84,
12 at B|, and 273 bales at Bjc lb some 30 bales Hea Is
land sold at 19 a 2lc.
Bacon— The market since our last has been ratreq
dull, for both Hhoulders and Hides, Small lots of the
former have changed hands, at prices ranging from 44
to s|c. and the latter at a 7 cents lb
Suit Liverpool sack, coarse, is held at 110 a 1 20.
Domestic Liquors —Nothing doing. Prices nominal.
Groceries— The Grocery market during the week just
closed may be said to have been brought to a close so
little has been done. The transactions rn Sugars reach
some 40 hhds Muscovados at prices ranging from 6f
to 8c according to quality; at auction 60 hhds Cuba
Molasses al prices ranging from 16| to 17c gallon.
Bulging—Theie has been some little inquiry for
Ragg l "!! duritig the week, and Gunny has brought 17|;
Kentucky from 11 to 12j.
Exchanges— Bills on England and France, no sale*.
Checks on New k ork, Philadelphis, Baltimore and
Boston. | cent premium.
Freights— There are but two vessels loading for ports
in Europe, one of which has a lull cargo engaged for
Liverpool at gd for square and gd for round bags and
Hea Island Colton, and the other we believe is filling up
with Paddy. The New York packets are filling upgra
dually at 25c for Cotton and 75c per tierce for Rice.
We quote tn Boston, Cotton |c ; Rice per tierce, tl;
very little offering.
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BU
SINESS.
STHE UNDERSIGN
ED, having purchased from Mr.
Joseph M. Roberts his interest in
the late firm of Doughty, Beall dt
Roberts, will continue the Ware*
house and Commission Business, on their own ac
count, at the same stand on Jackson-atreet,
(which leads directly from the Rail Road Depot,
by the Globe Hotel and Mansion House, to the
River,) under the firm ol DOUGHTY &. BEALL,
and tender their services to the patrons of the
late firm and the public generally.
Our personal attention will be devoted to the
interest of customers, and the rate of charges
such as are made by other regular factors in this
city.
Orders for Bagging, Rope, &.c., Ac., will be
promptly executed at the lowest market prices,
E. W. DOUGHTY,
au2o-tw3&.w6 VVM. A. BEALL.
MEN Ob’ CAPITAL AND ENTERPRISE,
LOOK HERE!
rpHE SUBSCRIBER now offers lor
JL sale his most valuable MILLS and LANDS
lying in Laurens county, on Big Rocky Creek.
The subscriber will .sell any quantity of lands,
from 2,000 to s.oCo:;cres in one block around his
mills, just as a purchaser or purchasers may de
sire. All that is necessary is to become acquaint
ed with the Mills, and with those who know
them, to a. c certain that they are not surpassed
by any in Georgia—nature having formed the
waler power advantageously for a Factory, there
being now in operation a Wool Carding Factory
at said Mills; also a fine Store and Court house,
surpassed by no country stand tor selling goods.
The present crop, now growing, on an examina
tion, will tell lo the farmer what the lands will
do, rm th<‘ subscriber boliovoj ho hau Cotton now
growing that will make from 1,500 to 2,000 lbs.
per acre. (Examine before you decide.) I have
also a large two story framed dwelling house,
with an entry or passage though it ju t com
pleted—good water —anealthy place and section
of country —a good peach ;nd apple orchard now
in full bearing—7oo peach and 200 apple trees—
adjoining a lasting range country for stock of
every kind. If the purchaser is fond of fishing,
ho has nothing to do but cast out his hook and
haul to ; if fond of game, deer are plenty. If re
quested, the subsenber will also sei' hie Cow
pens, 15 miles from his mills, and from 700 to
1,500 head of stock cattle, including 150 or 200
good beef cattle, in the heart of a range country
not to be surpassed by any in Georgia- The
above described property can be bought upon the
most reasonable terms.
JOHNM. HAMPTON.
Hampton n Miih, August 18, 1846. au2t»-w4
FOR SILK.
Ma well settled
PLANTATION in Hamilton SSgSgi
county, Middle Florida, two
miles from lhe lower Mineral
a summer resort, acquiring much celebrity for
its medicinal properties. Said plantation con
tains 880 acres of good pine and hammock land,
400 of which are cleared and under pood fence,
a large portion ofthe cleared land is new, and the
whole tract well adapted to the culture ot long
staple Cotton and Tobacco. There is sufficient
waterpower on the premises to propel a Grist
Mill, and any oth-r machinery that may be re
quired throughout the year. Any one desirous of
good land and a healthy situation, may obtain an
advantageous purchase, without any advance;
and on such terms as cannot fail to be satisfac
tory, provided good security be offered. The pro
vision crop, mules, horses and plantation imple
ments generally, may be purchased with the
plantation on the same terms, if desired. Appli
cation to be made on the premises, or to TH OS.
D. DEXTER, lower Mineral Springs, Columbia
county, East Floiida, from whom any Informa
tion can be obtained.
_ ai> 2 o-wtf JOHN L’ENGLE.
TALIAFERRO County, Georgia::
Whereas Abner Darden, administrator on
the estate of Marcia Ann Thompson, deceas
ed, applies for letters of dismission from ths
administration of said estate :
These are therefore to cite and admonish,r'l
and singular, the kindred end creditors of said de
ceased, co be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any the v
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, this 11th !r.>
of August, 1846. QI'iNEA O’NEAL, CIeTK.
TjAOUR months after date, application
f will be made to the honomble the infe
rior court of Taliaferro county, while sitting for
ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the negroes
belonging to the estate of Emeline Kent, late of
said county, deceased.
August 14, 1846. ASA RHODES, Adm’r.
COTTON GINS! COTTON Gins
—The subscriberinforms his friends and the
planting part of the community generally, that
he is still carrying on the GIN making business
at his own residence, Winsboro, eight miles
west of Appling, Columbia county, where he will
always be found, unless temporarily absent on
business. Old Gins repaired at the shortest no
tice, and when left at Raysville or Thomson’s on
the Georgia railroad, or at Appling, they will be
taken to and from those places, free of charge.
New Gins made after the most approved plan
of the Carver gins. All work warranted to pei
fonn well. Business letters must be addressed
‘ TTiomaß Wynne, White Oak postqffice, Colum
bia county, Ga.”
I will hereafter make the nine inch cast-steel
saw gins, with steel breasts, well hardened, run
ning on castiron boxes, with an improved brush
wheel, for two dollars per saw. Also the Anti
friction of the same size saws, for two dollars
and twenty-fivv cents per saw. The ten inch
saw's for two dollars and twenty-five cents per
saw, running on castiron boxes; and two dollars
and fifty cents per saw for those running on fric-
I tion rollers.
Gins will be delivered at the purchaser s resi
dence free of charge for transportation; and, in
all cases, the purchaser will be allowed to gin
ten bales in the gin. and if the gin should not
perform to his satisfaction he shall have the pri
vilege of trying another’s make,or 1 will put an
other in its place: and if he should continue to
gin more than ten bales in the gin, I will hold
him responsible for the money. I will also make
the improved moating gins, which will free the
cotton of the moats before the brush-wheel acts
upon it, with the addition of twenty five cents
per saw. THOMAS NNE.
CERTIFICATES— CoIumbia county, Ga., A
pril 11, 1844.—1 have purchased ot Mr. 'lhomas
Wynne several cotton gins made at his shop, and
have been well pleased with their performance.
He made a gin for me (perhaps the first 1 pur
chased from hirn) which was, 1 think, better
than any gin 1 have ever used.
Thomas N. Hamilton.
Augusta, Ga , Nor. 2, 1844.—We. tho under
signed, of the city of Augusta and vicinity, here
by attest. that we are well acquainted wi t. the
quality of cotton which is made on Mr Thon.as
Wynne’s superior cotton gin. and that for the
excellence and cleanliness of the cotton, and for
the style of the material, it has never failed to
bring the highest prices usually commanded In
the market, and we further believe, that taking
the cotton turned out by his gin as a data, we see
no reason why his gins should in the least be in
ferior to Carver’s celebrated gins, which are.now
gaining such unbounded reputation in the coun
try. The use of Mr. Wynne*9 gins in this sec
tion of Georgia is very common, and he feels as
suren that IPs experience, which has been for the
past fourteen years, warrantshim to believe that
his eins need only to be tried, to be universally
acknowledged not inferior to any now in use.
Isham Thompson, Francis Spears,
John Harper, C. C. Tinsley,
T.M. Simmons, tl2wly
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