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Laie from the Georgia Reginicitl.
We are indelte I to the Coluinixis Times,
extra, of the -2-11 inst., containing the following
letters Irom the editor, Mr. torsylh :
Matamoros, Aug. 1, IS 16.
* Although I sent »tt a tremendously long epis
tle of my gossip yesterday, lhe unwonted luxury
oi a table to write upon—the first 1 have had
since I left “ America,” icrnpls me to scribble
again. Having finished our business we are
waiting for a boat to lake us back t<. camp.
I have met here a number ot noted personages
connected with the army, (.'apt. Walker ot the
Texas Ranger • i> in the same house with us.
He is a middle s l / •.!. taciturn man with a red
beard. His a imin rs in the States will be sor
ry to learn that he is in b/.d health. His indis
position keeps hitn very much retired, and
1 have not had an opportunity "I seeing
much of him. Gen. Hamer, of Ohio, ana
Gen. Lane « f Indiana, were here \oier
day. 'They are Brigadiers U Volunteers
appointed by the Potidem. The first is
a plain and serious straight forward per
son, wi’hout a part itee of humbug or affecta
tion in his Composition ; and a .nan, I should
judge, whose hard sense and energy make him
equal to any sort ot work that may be put. upon
him. He has the command of the Ohio bri
gade, composed of three regiments from that
State. In Gen. Lan?, I saw nothing particular
to be noted. One ot the most .agreeable and
gentlemanly men ! have met, is Capt. Mansfirl I
a distinguished officer us Engineers.
Gen. Memucan Hunt ot Texas, a stern and
swarthy I » >king man (b ’ai ded ot couimj) was
pointed out to me yesterday. Gen. Lamar ot
Texas is also here, but 1 have not met him. He
is expected to command the two 'Texas regi
ments, one ot horse and one ot loot, which are
ordered up to Camargo with the rest of us, ano
which it is understood will certainly form a part
of Gen. 'Taylor’s army beyond Camargo.
The Mexicans have a holy hoiroroi tne Tex
ans. A Mexican officer, a prisoner after the
battle ot the 9ih, told Gen. Twiggs he “hoped
to God the Americans were not going to lake
any ot these Texans to Mexico, with them/’—
“Oh no,” was Twiggs’ reply, “only about
5,000 ot them.” Texan rifles and 'Texan feroci
ty excised by a long series ot unredressed cruel
ties at the hands <6 Mexico, are the terror ot
the people this side the river. I forgot in my
former letters to say that our three voting towns
men, Mr. Barrow. F. Davis and E. Reed, who
left Columbus at the first report ot war from
this point, hat! paid our camp a visp. They al!
belonged to Col. Peyton s Regiment, which is
disbanded.
Barrow will return with his regiment; Reed
has joined the “ Columbus Guards” and in
tends to “see it out.” Davis had not made up
his mind what to do. We advised them all to
go home, as there was nothing but a plentiful
harvest of hardships to be reaped in this cam
paign.
The day we left camp, a row broke out be
tween the Alary land battalion and Col. Mitchell's
Ohio Regiment, which was near being very
serious. It commenced about the ridiculous
trifle of a cat-fish.
Col. Mitchell had a hand to hand fight with
one ot the Baltimoreans, and had his sword
broken in the rencontre. Numbers flocked to
the scene from both camps, until finally the Ad
jutant of the Ohio men drew out the whole regi
ment under arms, their pieces charged with ball
cartridge, and marched them down to the battle
ground. A peace was patched up between the
belligerents and thus ended an affair, not ciedit
able as far as it went, and which might have
been tragical and disgraceful. The Maryland
battalion has a very bad name in the army. I
have no personal means ot knowing how far
their reputation is deserved. They are charged
with divers heinous offences, such as breaking
into sutlers’ tents, robbing them, and knocking
in the heads ol whiskey barrels, etc. etc. Gen.
Taylor intends to keep this battalion under his
immediate eye.
Our Georgia boys have had one or two
“scrimmages'’ with parties of other regiments
since their arrival, and upon one occasion
whipped and routed a very respectable squad of
Kentuckians. One ol our sentries knocked
down an officer of another regiment who crossed
his post when ordered to halt. The last was
properly done. An officer who beards a semi
nel, whether from ignorance or impudence, de
serves to have a thump on the soft part of his
head. As for the rest, our
defensive, and in such a manner as to cause it
to be generally understood, that they are to be
let alone.
The volunteer regiments have been brigaded
at Washington. We fall in with the forces
from Alabama and Mississippi—but as this is
the only brigade to which a Brigadier General
has not been assigned, we hope lor another ar
rangement. We wish to be with the Regulars,
and have applied to be attached to Gen. Twiggs’
command.
Camp Belknap, Near Burita,
August sih, 181 G.
On the 31 inst. we went on board of thericke
ty steamer Aid, bound down the river. When
we saw that she had lost one wheel ; ml nearly
the whole of her guards on one side and a large
part ol thernon the other, we began to have a
foretaste of trouble on the downward trip. The
Captain (Hyde) protested that the boat was
unable to “navigate” without repairs, but the
Quarter Masiersaid he must go, or bedischarged.
We put off just before sunset and run two miles
to a wood pile wheie w? tied tip fur the night.
Next morning we started again, and at the first
bend in the river away we went into the bank,
with a tremendous bump. The current is so
rapid and eccentric in its course, now rushing
down like a mill-race, now sweeping with re
sistless force across and eddying back, that it is
in vain for a boat with two wheels to keep oil
the shore with all the appliances of helm and
backing water. But a poor cripple craft like
ours, with one fin gone, we were the very sport
of the savage stream. /Ind so we went, first into
one bank, then another, sometimes she would
dive her iiuse a “ feet” into the mud —sometimes
striking her sides, her plank would fly by the
cart-load and float away. Again the current
Suld strike her on the quarter and drive her
and we would float that way
< * owt -stream, until another friendly current
would fop r hows right-side up. Fina lly wc
were up nil standing on a mud bar, and
’' ere were , v e stuck and continued to stick for
hours, 2he v ing the “eudof sweet and bitter
fancies,” and e^c ra iing with all our souls the
“ Brave River otffle North,” as the Mexicans
call this most inhoshhable river. Meanwhile,
wherever wc struck or stuck, the banks
would be lined with the Mexicans, smok
ing their cigars, looking at our troubles
and picking up every lin| c piece ot plank that
was smashed from our sides. The crew afier
incessant labor for a whole day, got her off',
and we reached herein 36 hours from Matamo
ro«, when we ought to have been here in six
hours. To heighten the interest of the trip, the
childish Captain of the boat vented all his spleen
against the Quartermaster, upon the officers on
board. It was only bv begging and threatening
ingeniously mingled, that wo could get anything
to eat, and he, di I want to keep us out lhe berths.
The latter was a little too much, on board a
boat chartered at $l5O perday for the use of the
Government. We accordingly went into our
state rooms fully prepared to make fight, if ne
cessary, for a bed. We were not disturbed, ex
cept by the musquitoes. We were glad to gel
ashore.
We were met with unpleasant intelligence.
We had lost three soldiers during our absence,
J. VV. Beaseley, one of the best men in Capt.
Holmes’company, was un ortunately killed by
the accidental discharge of a musket from the
hands of a friend. The circumstances were of
a peculiarly melancholy character and threw
a gloom over the camp.
Marion Dennis, a member ol Capt. CalhounL
company, and a resident ot Columbus, died ot
bilious fever, and Thomas Carter, of Capt.
Jones’ company, a resident ot Sand Fort, Ala.,
died of congestive chill. We have a good
many on the sick list, but only a few serious
cases.
The measles have got into the regiment, and
it is presumed will take its course through it.—
It was taken from the Alabama Regiment, en
camped next to us, and which has suffered a
good deal from the disease.
Although I regard this a healthy climate—
remarkably lor the latitude—no one who could
have seen our camp for the last three or four
days would be surprised at the sickness. We
were encamped on the river bank, composed of
a large prairie, running indefinitely on the ri
ver, and more than half a mile back to a little
ground covered with chaparals. You know
what prairie mud is—a greasy, sucky,slippery,
slimy soil, rendered terrible to every looting
thing in wet weather. Our camp was on a
dead flat of this sort of ground, and it has been
raining daily for a week. 'The mud was ankle
deep in every part of the camp, and very tew of
the tents were tree from it. Ten pounds of the
everlasting mud would stick to the foot at every
step, anil nothing b it scraping with a knife
would remove it. We stood it lor twodays, for
the sake of “r proximity to the River water,
and because had no wagons to move with.
At last it becatn? intolerabte, and yesterday
morning orders were issued to remove to the
Chaparal. 'This was no joke—for Inr it remem
bered, that this awful mud extended over halt a
mile to the new ground, and the men had to car
ry their heavy burthens ot provisions, camp
equippagr, ammunition, the sick.&c , if rough
the slime ankle deep al every step. After a
hard days woi \, it was accomplished, and now
weare <<n pl-asant ground-but every irop of
water has io b brought through thisSerbonian
bog from the river. It is the fashion here (meri
ted or unmeritt ri to curse the Qr. Master’s De
partment. I have seen something connected
with it objectionable, and son e disreputable.—
But the Department is blame-wor.hv when ’v
tween 5000, and GOOD, men are encamped on
this spot, su-'h ns I have described it, and not a
wag. n or a h.>ol ot transportation provided it.
Two or three wa/ons would supply all the
troops here with water, and save an immense
waste ol strength and health bv the soldiers.—
This could be easily done low, l< r the wagon
trains and steamboats which have been con
stantly running tor weeks past, have already
thrown iwo or inre<- hundred thousand rations
into Camargo, and thus relieved the pressure
upon the Department, for that duty. Ido not
believe that Regular troops would be treated
so. Ido not like to complain. A taull-finding
spirit can find mateiial !>>r carping in every
step ot the hundred daily discomforts, incident
to a soldiei s life. I lakelthese as a matter of
e<»ui>e, and a a part ot the bail in which I am
engaged to dance, but when so great an incon
venience can be so easily remedied, and when
I see our poor fellows struggling through this
vileslu'h, a slight grumble is iorced f.om me.
Alg 6, 1846.
Col. Jackson received yestrid.iv io
proceed to Cama: go. 'l’he distant e s llOmilrs
by land ami 300 bv we.icr. T;.e troops move in
the following order.:
1. Louisville Legion Col. Ormsby.
‘2. Baltimore and Washington Baialiion,
Lt. Col. Watson.
3. Ohio Brigade, Brig. Gen. Hamer.
1. Kentucky Regiment. Col. (’ampbell.
5. Mississippi Regiment, <'ol. Davis.
6. Ist Tennessee Regimcm, <’ol. Campbell.
7. Alabama Regiment, Col. Coffee.
8. Georgia Regiment, Col. Jackson.
9. 2nd. Tennessee Regiment, Col.
I’he first kmr corps move by land. Fortu
nately f>r us, wc go by waler, and ate thus
saved a distressing march through the mud.
The above order of march, presented bv the
Gen. in (.'hief, has created quitea hubbub in
some ot the Regiments. 1 leretolbre the rule has
been prescribed and followed, to move the troops
found in the order ol their arrival al the Bra
s<>s. This rule has been here set aside, in the
case of the Mississippi Regiment, commanded
by Col. Davis, which Regiment is still ar the
lirascs. and arrived o//rr the Tennessee, /Ala
bama and Georgia corps; but yti, has been put
in advance ol all throe. Speculation was im
mediately at work to find out the cause ol this
preference. \Vrte the A1 ississippians bet er
tiov'ps? No; 'They had not been inspected.
What then! The Mtpeie.de.l eorps thought
they had found the clue, lertainiy, when they
ascertained that ( ’ol. Davis, was the son-in-law
of the General in Chief. I give you this as the
gossip of the camp, without expressing an opin
ion.
We had our first war alarm last night. Du
ring yesierday afternoon, many peisons in camp
had heard what was supposed to be the repott
ol a distant cannonade. It was heard at inter
vals from ‘2 o’clock, P. M. until al.er dark.—
Sometime.-in single guns and sometimes sever
al in rapid succession. 'The listeners differed
as to the diiection. Some thought it came from
seaward, and others Irmn the direction of Mata
moros. Our curiosity was a good deal aroused
as von mav suppose. We went to bed, won
dering v. hether it was a privateer engagement
on the coast, or a brush above. We had hard
ly turned in, before half a dozen musket reports
were heard on the Mexican side of the river, di
rectly opposite to us. We had a guard on the
river over some stores, which had not been mo
zed up, and we immediately’ sent down a party
to learn the cause. Before their return, we were
startled by the roil ot the drum from the Ohio
brigade, three quarters of a mile above us, and
as it was then near midnight, and as no calls,
except the “lung roll” to arms is ever beat afier
tattoo, we lc|t sure for a while, that the Ohio
Brigade had been alarmed and was turning cut
under arms. As this was the first time, we had
ha our ears pricked up since we have been in
the enemy’s country, the excitement was very
eonsiderable. The roll in the Ohio camp, is
not yet accounted for; but the firing over the
river proceeded from seven men, who were
seen by oursentinels to land on the opposite
bank, af'er being hailed. A s soon as challenged,
they put out their light and tell into the bottom
of the boat. Ii is not known who they were—
probably some stray volunteers. 'The a arm
has been serviceable. It reminds the men,
where they are, and increases the visilance of
the camp. We are still curious to know wha
the big guns meant. F.
Prom th“, !\7obVc Herald of the 21 si inst.
Still Later from Mexico.
Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 19, 1846.
I hasten to give you the arrival of the strain
frigate Mississippi, four and a half days from Vera
Cruz. Owing to the mail brought by her not yet
being distributed, I am unable to give jou as full
arc unt of the news as 1 would be, had I received
my c rrespondence before the departure of the
mail for your city.
I learn verbally that the department at Vera
Cruz have declared for Santa Anna, and a deputa
tion had been sent to Havana to escort him over,
and his arrival by the British steamer Montezuma,
would certainly be announced the day after the
Mississippi sailed. This change however, will re
sult in nowise to the security of peace between
the two nations, for Santa Anna’s party, although
they require a change of ruleis, sternly insist up
on the most active prosecution of hostilities. On
the evening of the 7th inst, Com. Conner contem
plated an at ack upon Alvarado, and with a view
to that object the Mississippi was sent down pre
paratory to an attack on the Bth, but owing to the
difficulty and danger encountered in crossing the
bar, and the indications of an approaching storm,
a signal was given from the Mag ship to haul off—
this was done, not however, without firing a few
sheds at the enemy, at a distance of about two
miles and a quarter which compliment was recip
rocated by a salutation of musketry Lorn the
bushes at our gun boats, which were endeavoring
to effect a passage up the liver against a strong
curient. No damage was dene to our party, but
what damage the enemy sustained is unknown.
This attack 1 learn wiil doubtless be persevered
in by Com. Conner, and success will iuevi ably be
the result. The great dissensions in the enemy’s
camp as to who shall rule, can surely result in no
good to them, but on the contrary favor our in
terest.
The next arrival from Vera Cruz is locked to
with much anxiety to know the impression made
upon the people by the presence of his excellency
Ex-President Santa Anna, and the couise he wiil
pursue after being restored to authority.
A boat was sent from the Mississippi to the St.
Mary’s with 16 men and one midshipman, Mr.
Pillsbury. The boat was capsized, drowning the
officer and one man. Montgomery.
(’rime in Florida—Great excitement pre
vails in Leon and Gadsden counties, Florida,
in consequence of recent outrages perpetrated by
a sang of desperadoes and villians, upon the
citizens. A stage driver by the name of Fish
was shot upon his box, on suspicion that l.e
knew 100 much and might be a dangerous wit
ness against certain persons previously arrested
for the crime of negro stealing. We clip the
following from the Florida Sentinel:
Samuel Holloman, and a man named Ca
ruthers, have been arrested —the first for per
petrating the murder, and the second for aiding
and abetting therein. Caruthers has made a
confession, implicating Holloman, and (we
understand) also, Reuben Sc.»tt. as instigator
to the foul deed. Scott has been arrested,
charged not only with thiSj but also, with hav
ing been concerned in stealing neproes. He
was brought to 'Tallahassee under custody of
a deputy sherifl and posse and lodged in jail this
moning, heavily ironed. Two negroes were
also brought down, charged with aiding in
the running off of slaves. We learn there are
nine persons in the Gadsden jail, waiting their
tiial at ihe special term <4 the Circuit Court on
the Hili September next-
The vigilance, activity and public spirit dis
played bv the people of that county in search
ing out and arresting these offenders, justly en
titles them to the thanks, not only ol every
Floridi in, but the whole Southern country.
We believe facts important perhaps to the whole
South and Southwest will be elicited in the
trial ot these criminals.
Navy and Commerce of the U. States.—
The August number of Hunt’s Merchants’
Magazine contains an interesting article, com
piled with much apparent accuracy, exhibiting
the naval strength and commerce ot the princi
ple nations ot the eailh. We find prepared to
our hand, in the New Orleans Times, the fol
lowing synopsis c»t that part of the article re
lating to the naval force ot the U. Stales:
The naval establishment ot the United States
is now composed ot lhe tollowing force: ships
ot the line twelve, viz: Pennsylvania, Colum
bus, Ohio and North Carolina in C< in mission :
Franklin, Delaware, and Independence, razee,
in ordinary; aid Alabaina,Vermont, Virginia,
New York, and New Orleans, on lhe stocks.
Those in commission carry three hundred and
seventy-four gtins; those in ordinary one hun
dred and sixty-tour, those building tour hundred
and twenty.
'The frigates in commission are the Consti
tnti--n, Potomac, Columbia, Congress, Cumber
land, Savannah, Raritan, carrying each forty
tour guns. Those in ordinary are the Brandy
wine, forty-four guns, and the Macedonian and
Constellation, each thirty-six; those on the
stocksaretheSantee,Sabine and St. Lawrence,
forty-four guns each, and lhe United States,
preparing tor sea.
Os the Sloops of war, tho'C in commission
are the Saratoga, John Adams, Vincennes,
Wanen, Falmouth, Cvane, Levant, Ports
mouth, Plymouth, St. Mary and Jamestown,
each twenty guns, ami the Ontario, eighteen
guns, and Yorktown and Marion, each sixteen
guns. In ordinary, lhe Boston, Fairfiekl, Van
dalia, 6’i. Louis, twenty guns ; Boston, Preble
and Dale, each sixteen. Preparing tor sea,
the Albany, twenty guns, on lhe stocks, the
Germantown, twenty guns.
'The brigs in commission are lhe Boxer,
Dolphin, Porpoise, Somers, Truxton, Bain
bridge, and Si. Lawrence, each ten guns; in
ordinary, the Perry, ten guns.
Ot lhe schooners, the Shark, Experiment,
Wave amt Phoenix,each ten guns, are in com
mission; and lhe Flirt and On-ka-hy-e, are in
ordinary.
Ol th? steamers, the Mississippi, armci
with ten Paixhan guns, the Princeton, nine
gun*, the Michigan one are in commission;
ihe Fulton four guns, the Union four, are in or
dinary; the Allegheny is on the stocks, and
the General Taylor, Water Witch and En
gineer are used as tenders.
The sloreships aie the Relief, six guns, Erie,
eight, and Souif.ampton, six, in commission,
and the Lexington, eight, in ordinary.
Compared with Great Britain, our naval
force is not large. We have 47 vessels in com
mission, carrying 1155 gun*; 30 building and
in ordinary and pierced for 1190 guns—total 77
vessels, carrying *2315 guns, ami manned by
t'v 872! men. Great Britain lias3>2 vessels in
commission carrying 4583 guns, 301 building
and in ordinary pierced for 31X18 guns—total
G*26 ves-e!s, carrying 7681 guns, and manned
by 4<\<XXJ men.
AX hi! • our naval force is so small our com
mercial marine is larger than that of any other
nation ol the world, Great Britain alone ex
ceptcd. The Uni ed States possess nineteen
th -usand seven hundred and twenty vessels,
with an aggregate tonnage of two millions tour
hundred and sixteen thousand nine hunlredand
ninety-nine tons mnploying 118 (Mhl seamen.—
Holl. America a.
The New York Courier and Erquircr says:—
The / nioH labors through a column to prove that
he Treasury drafts issued from the Treasury De
partment, are in strict confonnify with the provi
sions of the Sub-Treasury Law.
The drafts bear date June 27. The law bears
late Angus/6 / And yet thi< official z.iny seeks
j to delude the public into the belief that the drafts
were issued in exact obedience to the terms of the
law I Can even official impudence go farther than
this <
McConnell and the Administration.—The
Alabama Journal >ays: Mr. Polk is gradually find
ing his Ivvel. Felix has become the glorifier, duz*
<.tveZZeuce, of the Young Hickory administration
There is a fitness in the thing— n appropriateness
—that wc cannot but admire. It is right and meet
ih.at Felix Grundy McConnell should extol Mr.
Polk's government, and ii is natural and highly ap
propriate that he should doit in the words that fol
low. It suits all lound.
We get our report of Mac’s remarks from ihe
Washington coi respondc-nce oi the South Carolinian,
a democratic paper publi hod in Columbia :
“ Sir, sai l .Mr. McConnell, the beat of this Con
gress has never been known —the glory of this
administration never surpa< ? ed. Texas, sir, fixed
and j’mtcd into the Union as fmn as be d d ;
the tariff knocked just wheie i< ought to have been
centuries ago ; the constitutional treasury, keeping
the hard pewter in general circulation ; the British
made to feel ju<t whar they can go and no further.
The tear house system b -iilt up seeuic and tight
to purtect our foreign goods, and almost every mea
sure of glory passed, that wc ever dreamed of.—
All that is wanting to clean out the stable complete
—and crown the administiation with everlasting
glory and to render the whigs tetotally defunct and
zion-c'Dia/iAus, is to order our navy Io knock down
tiiat d n castle of de Ulloa, and make a human
sacrifice of them rascally Montezumas—and use
their bushy heads and mnstachios as evidence of
oui triumph over the whigs. The thing must be
done, d I if it mustn’t.”
“The President of ihe United Slates has
been <4kn heart! to remark, since he has i»e< n
President, that alllheinsiituii l- cl Providence
were wne, but none of them more so than the
institution ot a Sabbath.— Union.
Is it pcssi! Ic ! th re is, then, w.? suppo e
some hope lor the “institutions ol Providence,”
«nd especially the Sabbath, now that the President
of lhe United Slates, —who is a ‘ working Presi
dent,’ —‘not a man of robust appearance’—and
who‘al ways attends church,’—has been pleased
to extend to them his gracious patronage. We
congratulate all concerned.— Cour. Enq.
New Cotton —.Mastodon Cotton—The Crop.
—We clip from the Montgomery (Ala.,) Journal
the following paragraphs:
New Cotton. — A bale of new cotton—classed
middling fair — from the plantation of Mr. Henry
Lu: as, was brought to this city, la»t Monday, and
sold at auction fur 9 cents.
Since the foiegoing was written we learn that
another bale, from the plantation of George W.
Mathews, e«q., was aNo sold at the same price.—
These bales weighed GOO aud 602 pounds.
Mastodon Cotton— A friend exhibited to us last
M >nday, a part of a pod of this species of cotton,
which we compared with a sample from the bale
spoken of in the preceding paragraph. The staple
of the Mastodon was nearly twice as long as that
oi the o h -r, ami much finer.
Cotton Factories in Florida.—We were
not aware until recently of ihe existence ol a
single manufacturing' establishment in this
young State. We now learn from lhe Pensa
cola Gazetie that at Arcadia there is a cotton
manufactory in successful operation, founded
by lhe enterprise and public spirit ot a few dis
cerning citizens of Pensacola. The building
is 91 bv 38, two stories high from attic to base
ment, 960 spindles, 40 operatives, all black
girls from 15to 20 years, and are mostly mar
ried, and look as happy andconten’ed with their
vocation as it has been our lot to see any where;
they are comfortably lodged, well ted, well
clothed anti kindly treated. Twenij’-lour
looms, making par twilled and part cotton
cloths, averaging 4000 yards a week, and will
shortly increase toGOOO, or three millions per
vea r . The cost of lhe building and machinery
is near $60,000, and five citizens of Pensacola
are the proprietors.
The Gazettedoes not inform us of lhe precise
location of Arcadia. It is, however, but a short
distance from Pensacola. Bagdad islhe name
ol another manufacturing town, three or four
miles nearer to Pensacola, which the Gazette
speaks ot as being in the wild woods and well
worth a visit to lhe curious.— Mobile Register.
Specimens ot copper ore from the mines of
the “Green Ridge Company,” Lake Superior,
have been received at Pittsburgh, some of which
contain about 90 per cent, of pure copper; oth
ers contain from 30 to 60 per cent.
A Ncin Pcature in the Iron Business.— The
Buffalo Courier mentions the blowing in ot a
bituminous coal furnace at Poland, on the Ma
honing river, Ohio, by Messrs. Wilkeson,
Wilkes & Co., of that city. This, that paper
states, is the first American furnace in which
pig iron has been made with raw bituminous
coal. The iron made by them, by this process,
is fully equal to the best Scotch Pig—being
made from a good ore, and a belter quality ol
coal, and smelled in precisely the same manner.
If the account is correct, lhe success ot these en
terprising gentlemen opens a new branch in lhe
manufacture of iron that will be valuable to the
West. The establishment employs over 200
men.
The Czar and the Polish Peasantry.—lt is
quite cheering lu hear of a liberal act in the his
tory of Nicholas, of Russia. Wc therefore no
tice with pleasure a report which is rr< ntioned bv
a correspondent of the Charleston Courier, that the
Emperor is about to carry out extensive and im
portant reforms, which he has been long medita
ting, in favor of the Polish peasantry. He has for
several months been residing in Poland, occupying
himself almost exclusively in maturing his pio
jects. Important modifications of the administra
tion of Poland, which were at first intended, li-ve
been postponed for the present, and attention ex
clusively directed to the condition of the serfs.
Late events in Austrian Gallicia have given to
the Emperor much anxiety. It was only the
prompt and decided measures taken by the prince
Governor which prevented the spread of the i.i
aurrection into the Russian provinces. The Em
peror proposes to try upon the 3,060,000 Polish
serfs, projects which he desires, but has as yet
been unable to realize in his old provinces of Rus
sia, where there arc 40,000,000 peasants,subjected
to the deplorable conditions of the feudal service,
and bound to the soil.
A discontented man was quite too much in the
habit of reminding his second rib what an excellent
manager his first wife was. Out of all patience,
in turn, he was comforted with the remark that no
one regretted her death more than she did!
Horse Flesh.—A correspondent of the Bos
ton Bee, writing from Paris, says:—“There are
4000 lbs. o' horse flesh brught to Paris every day,
duty (>n which is paid at lhe farriers, ostensibly
for dog’s meat, but in reality for the cheap res
taurants !”
The Lruisville Journal says Mr. Polk has made
the brilliant discovery that the Federal Constitution
has got the hydrophobia and hates fresh water.
Thedeposits to the credit ol the Secretary of
th* Treasury in ihe banks of this citv are ra
pidly dwindling awav. On the Ist of August
they amounted to $3,923,484; they are now
only a little more than one-half of that amount,
and another month will suffice to use up tiie
balance.—.V Y Herald.
“ Stitch —Stitch—Stitch.”—The persoas
who advertise for women to sew cap*!, allow one
cent a piece for the work ! Two dozen can be
made in r dav by a smart woman.
Shirt-makers are allowed twenty-five cents for
making a tine shirt with seven plaits! One can
be made in a day.
We know a poor widow woman who makes four
carpet bags a day. They’ sell for four dollars
each >hc receives forty cents for her days’ work
—sewing from six in the morning until ten at
night!
No wonder that poor and destitute women arc
sometime- driven to despair.— Alorrif*s (Philad.)
Press.
It is said that Dr. M’ Laughlin, who has been
a long time the chief agent of the Hudson Bay
Company at Fort Vancouver, will remainthere
and become an American citizen. He is greatly
respected by all lhe American settlers in Ore
gon.
He has ins Reward !—The Portsmouth Jour
nal, announcing the appointment of Henry Hub.
bard, of New Hampshire, as Receiver of the public
moneys at Boston, reminds its readers that Mr
Hubbard nominated James K. Polk at the Balti
more Convention, and this is the quid pro quo.
Epes Taken.—The Petersburg Republican
of Wednesday contains the following notice
under ihe editorial head.—“We learn that a
letter was received yesterday, by a gentleman
i.i town, containing intelligence of the arrest of
Epes, the murderer of F. Adolphus Muir.”
A public meeting, numbering about three thou
sand persons, was held at Montreal on the 10th
instant, to adopt measures fur carrying forward the
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad, intended to
connect Portland, Maine, with Montreal.
Ch arles R. Ingersoll, son of the new Minis
ter to Russia, has been appointed Secretary of Le
gation to that Court. He is a gentleman of ac
quirements, .nd possessed of a suavity of man
ners which will suit him for the courtly circle. —
Ph Hade!ph ia A merican.
Mili.f.rbm.—\\ e learn from the Trenton, N. J.,
News that tiffs delu-ion has been revived in that
vkinity, and tha* a camp of“ Second Adventists”
is now in full operation.
How tj Economise.—The Alex ndria Gazette
thinks that the enormous expense of long sessions
<>f Congress may be saved hereafter by a proper
understanding in advance with tbe President up
on t. e subjects to which he intends to apply the
vet>.
Pailures in N l ' York — TheNewYork Tele
graph say- Quite a number of failures of
prominent houses have occurred within a day
or two, and the times are sadly out of joint.
CIIBONICLE AND SENTINEL.
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AUGUSTA, (iA.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGTST27,
It big Nomination lor Congress.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE EIGHTH DISTRICT:
ROBERT TOOMBS.
Mr. Polk’s Love of Country.
It seems to us that the recent conduct of the
President, has placed his character foi love of coun
try in rather a doubtful light. Perhaps we might
al ; 0 add. bi' love of justice.
He has signed a Tariff Lili, that carries joy and
gladness to the very’ heart of the British empire
It has also excited the most agreeable pleasure and
emotions in other foreign countries, whose interests
will be promoted by* it. It is said that “ Deeds ar-?
fiuits; words are but leaves.” Mr. Polk has talk
ed and wiitten some things, that appeared to be
patriotic ; but how has he acted ? He has signed
the Sub Treasury bill, which furnishes a gold and
silver currency' for the government officers and
creditors (God save the mark ' it only professes to
do that,) which if canied faithfully into execution,
would injure the banks, derange the currency, em
barrass commerce and trade, and of course, injure
the people. He has signed the Warehouse hill;
but that is of minor importance to the Tariff bill,
which he has al-o signed, and which is calculated
to do such immense mischief to the country. Eve
ry one who has at all examined it will see, that it
discriminates ogai/ji/American interests, Ameri
can labor and i..dU'try. When Congress, in the
exerci'O ofjustice, passes a bill to indemnify
American citizens for Josses by French spoliation
—when it docs this too, according to treaty stipu
lations, binding upon our Government—when it
thus does an act of long deferred jusiice—for the
claims have existed since the year 1800—when it
now undertakes to do justice to hoary age, or the
children, or tgrand-children of the sufferers, Mr-
Polk interposes the one-man power, the abomina
ble Veto, and says that this act of justice shall not
be consummated. He virtually, by his own act,
r pudiites the debt; brings the veto power to bear
upon private rights, and withholds by such an out.
rage, the just dues of American citizens. There
would be some reason for his conduct, if he thought
the act was unconstitutional! But he admits its
constitutionality, and practices the ciuel exercise
ot the veto, avowedly upon grounds of expediency
alone.
He is willing to heap wrong, wretchedness and
despair, almost, upon the claimants,because,/redoes
not think it expedient to sign the bill. He telis
us that the money is wanted for the Mexican
War!.' This is not the first time that he has
brought up the Mexican war, to sustain his acts.
Well, pray, how happens it, that this great Mexi
can war, like a cormorant, stands ready to devour
the public means ? Is it not sickening to hear the
Mexican war brought un by Mr. Polk, to justify
repudiation, and the denial to American citizens
of their just and long deferred rights ?
Such an argument would come with I etter grace
from any other person, than himself. He, wicked
ly and by a usurpation of power, produced the
war, and for him new to call that up, to sustain
hi; other misdeed',is accumulating wrath against
the day of wrath, to fall with crushing weight up
on himself.
We see, in the instances alluded to, that Mr.
Polk, whether intentionally or not, in every in
stance acts against the interest of his own coun
try and its citizens. He may talk in honied ac
cents in their favor, but he applies to them by
his deeds, nothing but daggers to wound, and
poison to destroy them.
The Washington correspondent of lhe New
York Herald writes—
I am able to inform you from lhe most credi
table source, that it is now not in the least doubt
ful tiiat Secretary Bancroft will retire Irom lhe
Navy Department on lhe Ist ol October ensu
ing.
Treasury Notes. —The Washington Union of
Friday states that the Secretary of the Treasury
has authorized, under the advice of the President
of the United Slates, and in conformity with the
act of July last, the issue, on that day, of treasury
notes to the amount of half a million of dollars Os
the denomination of $59 and SIOO. Notes of a
larger denomination will hereafter be occasionally
issued. The Union adds—“We understand from
the best authority that the Secretary of the Trea
sury has uniformly avowed Lis determination to
issue no treasury notes under $50.”
The New York Express says that lhe steam
er “Spitfire” will sail immediately for Gha
gres, withComman ier Nicholson, bearer of des
patches to ihe U. S. squadron in lhe Pacific.
Epes not Taken. —Thu Petersburg Intelligencer
of Thursday, notices a rumor which had reached
that town via Lynchburg, of the arrest of Epes,
lhe murderer of Mr. Muir, at St. Louis, and says,
we have papers irom there as late as the 11th,
(subsequent to lhe reported arrest,) which are si
lent on the subject. St. Louis papers to tbe 17lh
have been received in Baltimore, and make no
mention of his arrest.
The Raleigh Register mentions, as a circum
stance of note, that Gen. Welborn, who has
been elected lo lhe House of Commons from
Wilkes county, was a member of lhe fust
Legislature that sat in Raleigh, in 1793.
■LV We take pleasure in giving place to the
following disclaimer of the Chai lesion Mer
cury :
“ The editor ot lhe Augusta Chronicle <[• S-n
--tinel is informed, that we know nothing about
the paragraph touching the comparative length
of Whig editors’ ears, which he says is circu
lating lo our “credit,” —that we never saw it
except in his paper, and that we disclaim all
share in the stupidity of its composition.”
Monroe Rail Bond—Decision.
We find the so lowing report of lhe decision
made by lhe Supreme Court in the Monroe
Rail Road case, at the late session at Decatur,
in lhe Recorder.
This cause came on to be heard on the trans
cript of the Record from the Superior court of
the county of Bibb, and was argued by counsel.
Whereupon it is considered and adjudged by
<hc Court, that lhe Judgment ol the court below
be reversed on the following grounds:
First, Because it is the opinion of this Court,
that lhe bill holders had a paramount lien only
on lhe fund raised bv lhe sale ot lhe Railroad
from Macon t? Giiffin, and so much only of
rhe rail road from Griffin to the terminus in De-
Kalb as was built by’ the Monroe Railroad and
Banking Company, prior to the 2nd day of Au
gust, 1812; and that lhe contractors of the se
cond part, under the agreement ot lhe second ot
Augu«t, 184’2, in the record mentioned, had a
prior and a superior Equity to the bill holders,
to be paid out of said fund in proportion to lhe
relative value of lhe work done by them on said
road, and materials and equipments furnished
between Griffin and the terminus of the road in
the county ot DeKalb;and that the court below
committed error in excluding said contractors
from a participation in said fund to theextent
of lhe relative value of their claim tor work and
labor done, and materials and equipments fur
nished said Road between lhe city of Griffin and
the terminus of the Road in DeKalb, as afore
said It is further the Jtidsineni oi this Court,
that lhe relative value of the work and labor
done, and materials and equipments furnished
on said road bv said contractors, between the
places last aforesaid, be apportioned by three
Commissioners to be appointed by the Court
below, with power to heat evidence in relation
thereto, within such time as to lhe Court shall
be deemed expedient.
Second—Because the Court below committed
error in deciding that the Bank Bills should
take each in proportion to the value received by’
the Bank for it at the lime of its emission by the
Bank; it being the opinion ot this Court, that
each Bank bill should take in proportion io the
quantum of consideration paid therefor bv the
holder or claimant on the fund, and that such
holder or claimant should state ihe quantum ol
consideration actually paid therefor on oath in
writing, with the right of olhercontestingclaim
ants lor said fund lo traverse the same.
Ft rst ne w Cotton inCh a rl eston . Messrs.
E. 11. Rodgers & Co., King-street, yesterday re
ceived a bale of new Cotton from the plantation
of William Han, Sr., Orangeburg District.
The quality is said to have been fair, and the
bale was disposed ot at 9 cents per lb.— Courier,
of yesterday.
M ANUFACTcaEs is CONNECTICUT—There are
in Connecticut 137 cotton mills, 128 woollen
mills, 37 paper mills, 328 coach and wagon fac
tories, and 32 clock factories. Sewing silk is
also manufactured to the amount ot $183,000
per annum.
The Hon. Romulus M. Saunders, U. S. Minis
ter to Spain, arrived at Madrid on the 21st of July,
safe and well.
Death of Col. A. McDonald.
The Eufaula (Ala.) Shield ol iae 221 inst.
comes to us clad in tl e habiliments of mourn
ing for the late Col. Alexander McDonald
Though personally unknown to us. we have
been for ye rs familiar with his name and es
timable character, and we should be derelict in
our duly, while paying this brief tribute to tne
memory of a sincere Christian and zealous phi
lanthropist, not to acknowledge his many and
repeated kindnesses tons as publishers of ihe
Southern Cultivator, with the last most no
ble effort in behalf of which our readers are fa
miliar.
Prom lhe. Eufaula Shield.
Death of Col. McDonald.—The sad duty
devolves upon us to record the sudden and mel
ancholly death of our esteemed friend and use
ful fellow-citizen, Alexander McDonald. He
died at his residence in thL place, on Sunday
morning last, the 16th inst.
A week previous to his remise, he was in
the enjoyment ol fine heali'i. as robust, and ac
tive as we had ever known him,—buf a few
dayssickncs- ended bi; mortal career—and he
lives in an l.ei and h-pier state of existence.
Ourf.i i< I '■uj-! a hi<b reputation among
all who had iHrasui ? t)f ;.is acquaintance.
He w;u, emphaii -illy. a;> honest man—he
wronged no man in .■ .’ptuatif.n or purse—he
spoke cvi: d none, anil his motto seemed to be,
“ to do all the gon,| he could, and as little harm
as possible.”
But we did not take up our pen to write an
eulogy upon the chaiacler of our departed
friend,—the reader will find below an obit
uary, prepared by one of his agricultural
friends, in which his efforts to promote lhe
great cause of Agriculture are particularly no
ticedanother article is in preparation, by a
member of the Church to which lie was attach
ed, in which bis character as a man and Chris
tian, will be held up as an example worthy of
imitation. Suffice it then, lor us to add, that
Alexander McDonald lived lhe life of a Chris
tian, and died as he had lived—expressing a
readiness to answer the summons, if the Lord,
in his wisdom, should see fit to call him from
lime to eternity. He has left an affectionate
wife to mourn his sudden departure—and while
she drops the tear of grid over the mound of
earth which marks the resting place ol his mor
tal remains, her wounded spirit is soothed by
the assurance that she will meet him again—
“ Where sickaegs and -orrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared no more*’
From the same paper, we copy the following
Obituary.
Departed this life, on the morning ol the IGih
inst. al his late residence in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala. Col. Alexander McDonald, in
lhe fifty-fifth year of his age.
Col. McDonald was, for many years of the
latter parr, of his lite, a devoted friend to the
cause ol Agriculture. He not only wrote much
in favor of ihe cause of Agriculture, as lhe
sheets of many ot the leading Agricultural
works will attest, but he took an active and
leading part in holding up and sustaining lhe
Barbour County Agricultural Society, It of
ten happened, in the history ol this Society,
Irom its peculiar location, in anew and unset
tled country, that it had to struggle through
many difficulties. Amid all these times of
trial, Col. McDonald would never, fora mo
ment, relax his exertions. The surrounding
difficulties appeared only to stimulate him to
new exertions—and often, when all but him
self, had despaired of its continued existence, by
his untiring exertions, he would, in some way,
manage lo revive its dormant existence, and
bring it intonew and improved lite and action.
His exertions in the cause of Agriculture,
appeared to be particularly directed to lhe cul
ture of Cotton and lhe improvement of its sta
ple. In this department he was unsurpassed
by any one in this section of country, and equal
led but bv tew, in the quality of his cotton.
Col. McDonald has, also, distinguished him
self, in his late liberal offer to be one ot a thou
sand to procure twenty thousand subscribers lor
ihe Southern Cultivator; and we fear that this
laudable undertaking will suffer from his de
cease.
This active friend to the cause of agriculture,
now rests from his labor -. His work on earth,
is done. His friends feel a well-grounded hope,
that he is now reaping the reward of a well-spent
lite. His example remains foruslo imitate;
but. his cheerins voice in the great cause ol Ag
riculture, is forever hushed in ihe silence of
death. C.
Eufaula, Avgust 20, 1846.
the Chronicle Sentinel.
Supreme Court Decisions.
Messrs Editors : I notice in the Southern
Recorder of lhe 18th inst. a synopsis oi several
decisions made by the Supreme Court of Geor
gia; and believing that it is “important that
every man shall know what the law is,” 1 hope
you wiil permit me to present to lhe considera
tion of your readers the law, as I find it in the
books, that they may compare it with that made
for them by the Judges ot lhe Supreme Court.
The decision 1 propose now to notice, (as it
stands first in lhe list,) was made at Cassville,
in the case of Michael C. Moore, pl’ffi. ia error
vs. Vincent Ferrell and others. The Court
have determined several questions in this case,
but the last in ihe synopsis is ihe one 1 propose
to examine at present.
“An inju.nctiin,” say the Judges of ihe Su
preme Court, “’wisl not be dissolved upon ihe
ground that ihe tine of ihe complainant is ques
tioned by lhe answer; but when the title is de
nied, lhe Courts will look more closely t«» the
character > f the trespass.” This is now the
law of Georgia, as “settled” by lhe Supreme
Court. Let us see what the law is as reported
in cases from lhe English Courts, the Courts ot
some of our sister States, and as we find it in
lhe elemental v works of the legal profession.
The cases el F’illsworih vs. Hoptun, 6 Ves. 51;
Hanson v . Gardiner, 7 Ves.3o4; Smith vs.
Collyer, A Ves. 89; and Courthorpe vs. Maples
don, 10 Ves. 290. all maintain a doctrine directly
opposite to that laid down as ihe law vs Geor
gia by the Judges of the Supreme Coutt. In
th** case of Norway vs. Rowe, 19 Tes. 116, Lord
Eldon, the Chancellor who made the decisions
in all the cases referred to, uses the following
cleai and explicit language: “ The Court hascer
tainly pu’cecdedto extend injunctionstolrespass:
bu' I do not recollect ii ever granted on that head,
when lhe fact ot the plaintiff’s title to the pro
perty, on which waste was committed, was dis
puted by the answer.” This needs no com
ment. This is the printed law—the law in the
books—and has been heretofore considered the
law of Georgia. But lhe Judges of the Supreme
Court of Georgia say this is the law “An in
junction will not be dissolved, upon the ground
that the title of the complainant is questioned
(disputed) by lhe answer.” Lord Eldon says he
does “not recollect it ever granted when the
plaintiff’s title to the property was disputed
by the answer?” Who is right —Lord Eldon
or the Supreme Court of Georgia? In lhe case
of Storm vs. Mann, 6 John, ch. Rep., page 21,
Chancellor Kent uses the following language:
“ The title appears to be disputed.” ♦ * * In
Field vs. Jackson, (Dickens, 599) lhe Lord
Chancellor held it to be a general rule, that
when the right was doubtful, ihe Court would
not grant an injunction.
So, in a case before Lord Eldon, (Pillsworth
vs. Hopton, 6 Ves. 51) an injunction lo restrain
waste was not granted against a defendant in
possession, claiming by an adverse title.”
Again wc ask who is right, Chancellor Kent
or the Supreme Court ? Mr. Eden inhis valua
ble work on injunctions, recognizes the princi
ples laid down by Lord Eldon and Chancellor
Kent to be sound law; and after treating the
subject at some length, uses the following lan
guage (page 235:) “It may now, therefore,
be considered established, that in every case in
which the plaintiff ’s title is not comroveited, a
court of equity will interpose to restrain irrepa
rable mischief.” But the Judges of the Supreme
Court do not agree with Mr. Eden, and as they
have the power of “settling* what the law is,
Eldon, Kent and Eden may study Kelly's Re
ports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of
Georgia ! and learn how utterly ignorant they
are of the first principles of law.
In the case of Kinsiar vs. Clarke, 2 Hill’s Ch.
Rep., the Court of Appeals say : “The appeal
made, was on the ground that in a mere case of
trespass, no injunction ought to be granted.”—
The Chancellor in the same case, in the Court
below, and whose decision was confirmed by the
Court of Appeals, says: “ While the title is in
dispute (“ questioned”) chancery utterly dis
claims to interfere; but when lhe parties come
before the Court, lhe plaintiff the acknowledge J
owner of the soil, and the defendant a naked tres
passer, it comports more with the principles of
justice tiiat the court should interpose by in
junction.” Now, • would »eem to one unpre
tending in 1-sal learning, that an individual
in possession . flan.’ under a sheriff’s deed isnot
a l 'no.k~i I '''spass l ". l
And it would moreover, that if an in
junction sb ild be granted against such an one,
and he -h<<u]d deny that the plaintiff had any
title to the land, and aver that he had tfie title in
himself, and set it out in his answer, the plain
tifTwould not, in such a case, be thought the
“acknowledged owner of the soil and lhe tide
might justly be considered in dispute—in pre
cisely lhe condition in which “chancery utterly
disclaims to interfere.” The case of Michael
C. Moore vs. Vincent Ferrell and others, is
preciscl)’ lhe case here put. Tbe defendants
weie in possession, denied that the plaintiff had
any title, insisted that they had lhe title, and set
it forth in their answer. But lhejudges of the
Stipreme Court say, that in such a case, “the
injunction will not be dissolved.”
JTORY.
State 141ectionR.
Illinois.—The following is the result ol the
election in this State fi»r Congressmen, as far
as ascertained : First District, Robert Smith,
L. F , probably elected; 2d, John A. MeCler
nand, L F., without opposition ; 3d, R. K.Mc
I aughlin (irregular L. F.) has probably beaten
Orlando B. Ficklin, the present u. F. incum
bent. The result is, however, doubtful ; 4th,
Wentworth, L. F., elected by nearly 4,000 ma
jority; sth, Stephen A. Douglass, L. F. ; 6th,
I’homas J. Turner, L. probabl y elected; 7th,
Abraham Lincoln, Whig, is thought to be
elected. French, L. F., is elected Governor by
a large majority over Kilpatrick, Whig. There
will be a Locofoco majority in tach branch of
the Legislature.
Missouri.—As far as heard from the follow
ing is the result in this State: Congressmen
James B. Bowlin, ihe present L. F. member, is
re-elected in ihe first district. In the second dis
trict, John Jameson, L. F., the present incum
bent, runs far ahead of Brickey, his L. F. com
petitor, and is doubtless re-elected. There is no
Whig candidatejn this district. In the third
district, John G. Miller, Whig, and James S.
Green, L,. F., have a close pul*, and lhe result
is not yet ascertained. Nothing heard from lhe
other two districts.
Indiana.—The Indianapolis Slate Journal of
lhe J2.li inst. says: The Democrats have elect
ed their candidates for Governoi and Lieut. Go
vernor. The majority is not yet ascertained.
We think it will be less than that received by’
Mr. Polk. The Senate is again a tie and the
Whigs have a majority of six or eight in the
House.
Prom the Springfield (111.) Journal.
Interesting from California.
Dr. Todd, of this city, has politely furnished us
with a letter from his son, William L. Todd, who
went out with the emigrants to California, in the
Spring of 1845, dated on the 17th April, from
tvhich wc make the following extracts:
He stated that the company to which he be
longed reached Fort Hall without interruption.
At Fort Hall, and on the road there, Mr. Todd and
others heard so many reports of the superior ad
vantages of California over Oregon, that some of
the company, including himself, changed their de -
tiuation to that country. Nor had he regretted the
change, although he was notin love with Cali
fornia.
He says,“We left Fort Hall on the 9th of Au
gust, in company with ten wagons, and on St.
.Mary’s river we were joined by fifteen more.
We went on smoothly until wc reached the Cali
fornia mountains, which were about 390 miles
from our destination. There wc met with ‘tribu
lation’ in the extreme. You can form no idea, nor
can I give you any just description of the evils
which beset us. From the time we left the lake
on the North side of the mountains until we ar
rived at the lake on the top it was one continued
jumping from one rocky cliff to another. We
would have to roll over this big rock, then over
that; then there was bridging a branch; then we
had to lift our wagons by main force up to the
top of a ledge of rocks that it was impossible for
us to reduce, bridge or roll our wagons over, aud
in several places we had to run our wagons broad
side off a ledge, take off our cattle, and thiow our
wagons round with handspikes and heave them up
to the top where our cattle had beer, previously
taken. Three days were passed in this vexatious
way, and at lhe end of that time we foun I our
selves six miles from the lake on the North side of
the mountain, and you never saw a set of fellows
more happy than when we reached the summit.
“When night came, we were very gl.ul to take
a blanket or buffalo robe, and Jay down on the
‘softest side of a rock,’ and were sorry to be dis
turbed from our sweet repose, when we were call
ed in the morning to our labor. Here our flour
gave out, and we could not get any for Jove or
money. We had to live about ten days on poor
beef until we met the ‘p ac^e ‘ s ,’ who had gone on
in advance of Capt. Sutter’s, for provisions, where
we got some flour for 20 cents per lb. ca«h.
“On the top of the mountain we found a beauti
ful lake, but quite small, and a few miles farther
we came to a tine prairie, about three miles long
and three fourths of a mile broad, full of springs
of excellent water, and at the lower end a tine
branch, which forms the head ot Juba river, and
the way we danced Juba there was a caution to
all future emigrants. Tbe difficulty off' getting
down the mountain was not as great as in ascend
ing it, though it was a work of labor, and looked
at the first glance as impossible to be performed by
horsemen, much more by teams aud wagons.
“Solomon Sublette, of St. Louis, who passed us
at the Lake on the North side of the mountain,
told ns afterwards that he had no idea we could get
through with our wagons. In some places we
found it necessary to lock all foui of the wheels
coming down hill, and then our wagons came very
near turning uver hind part before, on to the cat
tle. At last, on the 20th of October, our haid
ships were ended by our arrival at Fort Sutter,
where we concluded to spend the winter in the
mountain,that is, myself and wagon companion,
five in number, and Mr. and Mrs. Roulette.
“ Wc made «»ur way to lhe place at which I am
now writing. Il is a beautiful valley, about ten
miles long and two wide, situated between moun
tains, which arc about 2000 feet high, from the
bed of Cache Creek, which runs through the val
ley. In lhe mountains there are deer and bear in
abundance, and about 15 miles from here there are
plenty of elk. The v -Iley is about 60 Huh s from
the bay of Si. Fraucisco, about 40frorn FortSutter,
and 25 from the Pacific Ocean. Bodega is the
nearest port.
“ As yet I have seen but very little of the coun
try, and must confess that in regard to the part I
have seen 1 am not so much pleased as 1 expected
I should be. So far as 1 have seen the country
generally it is very' mountainous, with here and
there valleys suitable tor cultivation. Those few
valleys are generally taken up by lhe Mexicans;
and should there be some not taken up, it would
be impossible for foreigners to get hold of them
the recent laws of .Mexico forbidding any officers
of this Government to grant land to foreigners.
In fact, the laws are framed to prevent foreigners
from coining to the country unless they have pass
ports. I have never been asked for my passports,
but if I had, should have b‘-en inclined to do as
Dr. Ball did on a similar requisition,show my rifle.
“ I expect in a few weeks to visit the Southern
poitionof this country, perhaps as tar down as the
Lower Puebla, 350 miles. 1 wish to visit San
Louis, San Joseph, Monterey, Yerba Bcnna, (st.
Francisco,) and in the full design to go up the
coast on the North side of the Bay as far as the
mountains, for the purpose of examining that por
tion of California.
“ I should be more pleased with this country if
the seasons were inure favorable. From the Ist
of May to the Ist of October, it is one continued
drouth; and from the Ist of October to the Ist of
May.it rains, off and on, all the time. The only
way by which crops can with tolerable certainty
be secured, is by irrigation, or the overflow of the
ground by some water course. There arc many
places where this can never be done, and conse
quently, the land can never be cultivated. The
best locations aie all taken up.
“If there arc any persons in Saugamo who
speak of crossing the Rocky Mountains to this
country, toll them my advice is, to stay at home.
There you are well off'. You can enjoy all the
comforts of life—live under a good government,
nod have pence and plenty around you—a country
whose soil is not surpassed by any in the world,
having good seasons and yielding timely crops.
Here every thing is on the other extreme —the go
vernment is tyrannical, the weather unseasonable,
poor crop”, and the necessaries of life not to be had
except at the most extortionate prices, and fre
quently not then. In the winter season it is im
possible for a horse to go about—the soil be
ing so lose that the first rains make a perfect mor
tar of it, and your horse frequently sinks down so
much that you are compelled to jump off in the
mud knee deep to help him out.
“ I do not, however, believe there was ever a
more beautiful climate than we have in this
country. During the whole winter we have de
lightful weather, except when it rains. We do
not need fire except for c» iking—nor have I seen
during the whole winter ice thicker than window
glass—although we aie in sight of snow the whole
tear round. Most all day long, we could be seen
in winter with our coats off walking in the neigh
borhood of our cabin—except when we were off
hunting for a term of 4 or 6 days.
“The Mexicans talk every spring and fall here
of driving the foreigners out ot the country. They
must do it this year, or they never can do it.
There will be a revolution before long, and proba
bly this country will be re-annexed to tne United
States. If here, I wiil take a hand iu it.
WILLIAM L. TODD.
Telegraphic Cor. of the Baltimore American.
Philadelphia, Aug. 23, 8 P. M.
The weather to-day has been warm and sultry,
wit!) signs us rain.
The sieamship Palmetto, (lately running be
tween Charleston and New York.) having been
chartered bv Government to carry stores Irom
this city to Point Isabel, arrived here yesterday
eveniog. When leaving the wharf this after
noon, on a pleasure excursion, with a large
number of ladies and gentlemen on board, a
stay bolt gave wav, and the engineer, Win.
Fraleigh, was scalded.
The United States sloop of war Germantown
was launched yesierday afternoon from tho
Naw Yard. An immense concourse of men,
women, and children were present from all sec
tions oi the city, and she elided into lhe water
at the appointed time without accident of any’
kind.
More of Felix—A correspondent of the
N. O. Tiopic, writing from Washington, re
lates the following :
Alabama’s nroud representative, Mr. Felix
Grundv McConnell, is daily illustrating the
effects of tne new Tariff, that taking off the du
ties, increases the consumption (ot Brandy.)
In his case it is a paradox; he has redoubled his
duties and largely increased lhe comsumption.
He was holding torth at Coleman’s in a speech
yesterday, (Sunday.) In the absence ot ihe
reporters, and test his constituents and posieiity
should lose the benefit of it, I will give you some
elegant extracts. A group his admirers were
in attendance. It ran : “You see before you,
gentlemen, the embodiment and personification
lot Democracy—the proud representative ot the
flni-fooied, Square-shouldered, hard-fisted, dirty
faced, square toed, cotton-shined, wool-hatted
yeomaniy of Alabama, who goes in lor ‘we
the people and the written constitution.’ Gentle
men, I’m the most graceful and capacious drink
er extant—see me indulge,” &■', &c. What
a comment upon lhe tastes of the people is thi«
specimen ot lhecombine.! wisdom ol the State '
A Promising Graduate to-morrow. —We un
derstand that the graduating class of Ya’e includes
among its number one of those remarkable instan
ces of perseverance under great discouragements,
which arc now and then mel with at every College,
though very rarely attended by circumstances of
such striking interest as the present. The individu
al referred to entered College three years agu, and
is said to have made his way here from a distance
of above one hundred miles on foot, and to have
entered on his collegiate course with lhe sum of
three dollars on hand .' He has, by his unaided ef
fort”, sustained himself to the end of that course,
and to morrow comes off with distinguished honor.
But what is extraordinary in his case is, that he
has also found time (while many of his moie favor
ed comrade' have been wasting their precious hours
in city amusements and college inanities ) for cul
tivating his favorite branch of Electricity and
pushing his mathematical studies beyond the limits
of tbe prescribed college course. As evidence of
his promise in severe science it may be stated that
?.n elaborate paper on the law of electrical conduc
tion of metals was published by him in the March
number of Dr. Silliman’s Journal of Science, which,
for experimental, mathematical and logical merit,
is surpassed by nothing in that department of sci
ence, which has ever appealed in that work, and
which has already elicited from Sir Michael Fara
day, the prince of philosophers in Electricity, n
compliment of which either of our eminent coun
trymen, Prof. Morse or Dr. Henry, might well be
proud. Would it not be a good theme for a Com
mencement exercise, to inquire why it is so, that
the needy, self supported student so often carries
off'the prize of high success, while the lad careful
ly nurtured at the primary school, and followed
through the college course by an affluence of means,
wholly fails in the race, or at most gains a feeble
mediocrity ?— New Haven Palladium.
Origin of “ Hail Columbia.”
We clip the following from the Baltimore
Republican:
In the year 1798, when patriotic feeling per
vaded lhe country, and when there were sever
al patties in tbe field, Mr. Fox, who was more
admired for his vocal than histrionic powers,
called one morning upon his friend, Mr. Hop
kinson; and after stating that the following
evening had been appointed for his benefit, and
expressing great fear for lhe result, as not a
single box had been taken, begged his friends
to do something in his behalf. “ If,” said Fox,
“ you will write me some patriotic verses to the
tune ol the ‘ President’s march,’ I feel sure of a
full house. Several of lhe people about lhe
theatre have come to the conclusion that it can
not be done; yet 1 think it may succeed.” Mr.
Hopkinson retired tc his study, and in a short
t ime wrote lhe first verse and chorus which were
submitted lo Mrs. Hopkinson, who sang them
to a piano accompaniment, and proved the mea
sure to be compatible and in keeping. In this
way the second and other verses were written;
and when Mr. Fox returned in the evening, he
received with delight lhe song as it now stands.
The following morning, small hand bills an
nounced that Mr. Fox would sing a new patrio
tic song, etc. The theatre was crowded; and
the song was sung and received with rapture;
it was repeated eight limes,and again encored—
and when sung the ninth time, the whole audi
ence stood up and joined in lhe chorus. Night
after night, “Hail Columbia” cheered lhe visi
tors of ihe theatre; and in a very lew days it
was lhe universal song of the boys in the streets,
from one end of the city to lhe other. Nor was
lhe distinguished author ot this truly national
song—a song which met the entire approbation
of all parties of the day—forgotten. The street
in which he resided, on one occasion w. scrowd
ed, and “Hail Columbia” broke the stillness ot
midnight irom a hundred patriotic voices.
Expensive Business— Costly Disgrace— The
payments out ot ihe Treasury of the County of
Philadelphia, during tbe past vear, as shown
by lhe financial report ot the County Commis
sioners, just published, on account of the dis
graceful riots ot 1844, amount to neatly forty
thousand dollars. This, we believe, dues not
include any of the damages on account ot the
destruction of the churches. We should like to
see a fair estimate of the whole cost lo lhe city
and county oi Philadelphia of those riots,and the
amount of increased taxation rendered necessary
thereby. It would furnish a moral.
Hannibal Hamlin, a Locofoco Representa
tive in Congress from Maine, we are told by
the Bangor Whig, after supporting all oi Sir
Robert Walker’s measures in Washington, is
now at home denouncing him as “a d——d low,
mousing politician.” He breathes a purer
atmosphere, perhaps, since he left Washington.
The flags were hung at hall mast on the ship
ping at Chicago, Illinois, and signals of distress
were hung out, on the receipt of the Vetoof the
River and Harbor Bill. The late elections in
that State, as well as in Indiana and Missouri,
would have told a different story had the Veto
reached them a few days sooner. •
THE DEVOTED WIFE.—(Mrs. Pagb.)
A glorious woman!
Fit wile tor a Roman—
A fcpirit uncommon —
A thing from above’
No caution nor caring—
No doubting- despanng—
Deterred tier from daring
The labor ot love.
Where lhe hot sun wait shining,
Her poor mate was pining,
On his lone couch reclining
. By night and by day ;
When she heard it, no danger
Could check or could change her ;
To the land of the stranger
She hastened away.
She crossed the dark billow—
To sit by his pillow—
To sooth and to mellow
His anguish and pain :
To pour out his potion—
'Fo share his emotion—
To prove her devotion
Again and again.
Who would not be jealous
Os loved one so zealous?
And though they may tell us
Os woman’s weak faith—
When her heart has been given
It cannot be riven
By aught under heaven
But clings until death. MAYNE Rbid.
EARLY WED—EARLY DEAD.
BY THOMAS MACKBLLAR.
[Suggested by the fate of a sweet girl who died five
months after her marriage-day.]
A voice of laughter—a Voice of glee !
Among the maidens, who happy as she !
By love’s enchantment her thrilling breast
Is wildly, wiichingly. over-blest:
And gushingjoys, like the sun in May,
Enliven the noon of her bridal-day.
A voice of weeping—a voice of wo!
In shroud and coffin they lay her low.
The true, and loving, anil youthful wife
Hath pass’d away to another life;
And sorrow fallelh, like Winter’s gloom.
On him who weepeth beside her tomb.
What heaven hath taken is lost on earth :
A new-made angel, of mortal birth,
Is led with hymns to the world of bliss.
Yet sounds of mourning are heard in this.
Fond hearts I like her be fitted to die.
And ye shall meet her again on high.
MARRIED
In Wilkes county, Ga ,on the evening of the
18th inst., by the Rev. W. P. Arnold, Mr. Wm
H. H Mapsengale, of Wrightsboro, Columbia
county, to Miss Amelia A. Grant, of the former
county.
In Athens, on Tuesday last, Capt. N. W.
Hunter, of the U.S. Army, to Miss Sarah R.
Golden.
On Tuesday evening the 11th inst.,by the Rev.
Mr. Wade. Col. Wm. J. Patterson of Americus,
to Miss Maria Edgeworth of Oak Grove, Hous
ton rountv.
iiepiiriure of ihe A Humic Sicuiners.
Prom England. From America
Caledonia Aug. 4 ....Sept, I
Britannia Aug 19 Sept lb
Great Britaiu Aug. 26 Kept. 22
Cambria ....Sept. 4 ...Oct. I
Great Western Sept. 12 Oct. r*
t o H M E RCIAJL*
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Wednesday, P. M.
Cotton.— Since the receipt of the late foreign ac
counts our market has acquired increased firmness,
and to-day lhe tendency of prices has been upward,
though we make no change in our figutes. We con
tinue to quote 6| (a) 8 cents as extremes—principal
sales (ii) 7£ cents.
The River continues in fine boating order.
EXCHANGE TABLE.
(specie basis.)
AUGUSTA NOTES.
Mechanics’ Bank
Brunswick Bank
Bank of Augusta
Augusta Insurance A: Banking Company
Georgia Rail Road.
Branch State of Georgia
SAVANNAH NOTES.
State Bank
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank
Planters’ Bank
Central Rail Road Bank
COUNTRY NOTES.
State Bank Branch, par
Milledgeville Bank
Central Bank
City Council of Augusta
Ruckersville Bank
Branch Marine and Fire Insurance Bank
St. Mary’s Bank
Meichants Bank, Macon uncertain
Commercial Bank. Macon 60 p. ct. <Hr.
Insurance Bank of Columbus, sale.
Monroe Rail Road Bank Broke.
Bank of Darien and Branches.
Chattahoochee R. Road Ac Banking Co..
Western Bank ol Georgia
Bank of Columbus
Planters and .Mechanics Bank Columbus.
Btnkol Ocmulgee
Exchange Bank of Brunswick
Ph Dnix Bank. Columbus ‘
Ceoi C w 6ir cent Bonds •ii »So
Georgia ■ ceMl Bonds I’.tt (al
SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES.
Chai leston Banks. par-
Bank ot ll.unf.urg “
ronimercid Bank. Columbia...
| ( ,,K < U. r-«- 1
Bank of Camden 1 W «
Bank ol Georgetown 1 ~ ’
Alabama Notes (a) 3dit
checks.
New Voiksight i prem.
Boston | ‘‘
Philadelphia ♦ “
Charleston Py-
Savannah.
<EI)C Southern £ultiavtor.
those: 20,000 subsc kibe:ksi:
STILL THEY COME 111
Since lhe receipt of the subjoined letters, we
have received the melancholy intelligence of
ihe death ot Col. McDonald, lhe distinguished
author of lhe proposition, a brief tribute io
u hose many virtues will be found in our paper
<4 this morning. We therefore present lhe let
ters without comment, remarking to ihe friends
ol Southern Agriculture, that although lhe
mover in this grand project has gone hence, they
owe it to his memory, as a tribute to his noble
zeal in the great cause, not less than io them
selves, lo carry it out to lhe letter, and their
children will rise up to bless his name.
Mr. Camak: lam much pleased to see so
much interest taken in behalf of lhe Southern
Cultivator. Ido not plant so largely as many
others, yet I feel, probably, as great an interest
for lhe prosperity of lhe Cultivator as any one
else. You may set my name down as one of
Col. McDonald’s one thousand that will pro
cure twenty subscribers. I remain your friend
and ob’t serv’t, C. B. Zuber.
White Sulphur Springs, August \lth, 1846.
Mr. Camak: 1 proceed most unhesitatingly
toobeyyour call in lhe last Cultivator; you
will therefore nut my name dovm as one ot the
number, whoAvill spare no pains in endeavor
ing to secure twenty subscribers, and when 1
have accomplished that end, I will not be con
tented, but will double my energies to send
you others, and still others, until the whole
community in which 1 associate shall have
availed themselves of this most valuable paper.
Now, it I can carryout what I have undertaken,
much good will be lhe re&ull, for we are all
100 much disposed to follow in lhe loolsieps ol
our fathers, and pursue their course ot agricul
ture, without having one solitary idea of our |
own. We should not stop here; no, we should
be on our onward march. Then, as men of
good sense, we should take the Cultivator,
and begin to read and watch the rise and pro
gress ot agriculture. The Cultivator is well
calculated to dispel all lhe gloom which hovers
over the planter. Indeed, ’lis our sun; it
lights up our way by the experience of learned
men, who have made experiments in agricul
ture. Hence, we are brought to think and rea
son upon this great matter oi saving our lands,
enriching our soils, and at the same lime, how
to produce the greatest yield, together with the
best mode of cultivation; these are considera
lions ot great importance to all who till the
earth. Inasmuch as I have been much edified
by your paper, I wish you success in all your
undertakings, and hope ihe day is not far dis
tant when this paper shall shine forth in beauty
and brightness of the mid-clay sun in all its ef
fulgent glory. Yours, truly,
John C. Henderson.
W/zrrter Stand, Macon Co., Ala.
Nbw Ohleans. August 20.
CW(OH--The sales nf the day rt»a< h 50 bales, among
which 197 bales at Bc, 73 at 8* and 88 bales al Bc.
COTTON FTATRMENT.
Stock on hand Ist Sept. 1845 Bales 7,7tK
Arrived since to date .....1,046,477
Arrived to-day. I
Total 1,054,183
Exported io date 11,030.736
Exported to-day 2,816-1.033,582
JStock on hand and on ship-noard, not cleared. .20,601
Sugar— Only about CO hhds changed hands to-day.
Moiasses— .Small sales at former rates.
Flour—3so bbls Ohio were sold at S 3 50, which is the
largest sale we hear of to-day
Corn- -1100 sacks mixed brought 32c and 200 sacks
white at 37/C.
Lard— 344 bbls were taken at s|c. 40 bbls grease at
4c, some small lots prime at 5c and 75 at 6c.
Freights— No new engagements has transpired.
Exchanges Without alteration. London (a) 8 4f*
ct. prem ; Paris sf3otf9 535; New York, 60 days, g
(3) J cent disc ; Sight I cent prein.
Savannah, August 21
Cotton— Arrived since the 14th inst , 17 84 bales Up
land (1,373 from Augusta and landings on the river, and
411 by Railroad.) and no iSea Island. The exports
for same period have been 1.526 bales Upland and 5
Sea Islands, to Liverpool, 1C ) bales Upland to Provi
deuce. 771 bales do and 28 Sea Glands io New Yor k. 72
bales Upland to Charleston—together 2,479 bales Up
land; leaving a stock on hand and on shipboard not
cleared, of 0,217 bales Upland and 241 S«*a Islandt*.
against 2,565 bales Upland and 528 Sea Islands, at
same time last year.
The market has been quiet for the past week. The
accounts by the steamer Great Western, at New York
from Liverpool to the 25th and Havre to23d utt.. came
tohandon Thursday night. The effect of this news
was to suspend all operations for a few days, but since
Tuesday there has been more inquiry, and several lots
have changed hands at former prices.
The sales of the week amount to 582 bales Upland, as
follows ; 41 at 7 ; 103 at 7 3-16 ; 35 at 7k 16 at 71; 287 at
7j; and 100 bales at 7$ cts lb.
Nothing doing in rtea Islands.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1845—46. 1844—45
Stock on hand, Sept 1. 2,611 2,160
Received since Aug. 14 1.781 358
“ previously ..172,649 291,549
Total receipts. 177,014.. 297,067
Exported this week 2.479 301
“ previously ...168,348 291,198
Total 170,827 29-1,502
Rern’g on hand Aug. 21 6,217 2,565
Rice— The harvesting of ihe new crop has com
menced on some of the plantations above the city. The
heavy showers from day today, aie rather unfavorable
for it. The business of lhe week lias been small, but
prices have improved a shade. The sales reported are
40 casks at 2|. and 3GO do at 32} hundred lbs.
Groceries — The sales of lhe week have been princi
pally to the retail trade, at prices within the range of
our quotations. We notice sales ol 64 bags Rio Cof
fee at 8c lb. We quote Molasses, Cuba, 23j a 25c
•jp’gall; New Orleans do. 32 a 34c.; Coffee, Rio. iitfc.
nor to fair, 7A (a) 8} cents 4P* lb., and Sugar, Porto Ri
co and St. Croix, 7j (d) 10, N O. do 6 (a) 7Je. lb.
Bacon— Sales of 11,000 lbs Sides, in lots, al 7 (a) 7|c.,
and 5,000 lbs Shoulders do at 4} (d) 5c lb. We quote
Hams 8 (a) 9; 6’ides 7 (a) 7k, and Shoulders 4A (a) sc.
4? ib.
Flour— Sales 50 bbls Baltimore in lots to suit at $5 (a)
We quote Baltimore Howard-street at
34} (d) 35, and Canal 35 (a) 35 25 barrel.
£ Hay — IOO bundles New York, sold from the wharf
this week at and 20 do from store at Bl|c with about
30 bundles Eastern, at Wc hundred lbs.
Corn— ls retailing from store, in lots lo suit purcha
sers. from 70 to 75 cts. per bushel.
Bugging and Bale
Rope at 4$ (a) Oc 4P* Ib, We quote Dundee Bagging,
44tn.14 a 18; Kentucky, 114 a 14; and Gunny, 17 a
18 cts Kentucky Rope at 4| a 7 cts.
Exchange— Sterling is verydull, we quote at 6}
cent prem., nominal. For Domestic there is a good
demand, but not much offering. The out-door rate for
Checks on the North is par a f per cent prem. The
banks sell sight checks on New York at | prem. I hey
purchase 3U day bills at 4 a L and 60 at If qP* cent
discount.
Freights— There is nne ship loading for Liverpool
at 7-l6d. 4#* Ib. for square and round bales Cot
ton. Coastwise.—The rate to New York is | and 5-l6c
per Ib. for round and square bales, and SI per cask tor
Rice. For Boston, the rate is gc for square and 7-l6c
4#’ lb for round bales Cotton, and SI -y? cask for Rice.
To Philadelphia and Baltimore, last engagements, 7-16
and jc yr* lb for Cotton and SI 4F ca*k lot Rice.
Charleston, August 22.
Cotton—Throughout Saturday last and in ihe early
part ol the present week there was a moderate demand
for the article; as enhanced rates, however, were de
manded. lhe disposition evinced to operate was early
checked, and for some days the market has been very
quiet; out prices from time to time strengthened, and
the prevailing rates yesterday were an | to jc higher
on most grades, than those curren i at the opening of
the present week The stock on sale is not only very
fight, but is confined to a few hands, who generally
h-tve exhibited a gooddeal of indifference about selling
unless thev could obtain their limits, and hence the
rise in nrices. 'l he transactions since our last com
prise 1058 bales, against the receipt in the same time
nf bales. The operations comprise 15 bales at 6#.
95 at 7. 37 ai 74 210 at 7|, 2f3 at 74, 172 at 7s, Bat 7L 68
at 7j, 257 at 8, 90 at 84, 58 at B|. and 48 bales at
pound We quote as follows: Inferior and ordinaiy
6f a 7g. middling >o middling fair, 74 a 7J, fair to fully
fair,Bja good fair and fine, 8J a—. The papers
throughout the Cotton region of the country have for
so ne weeks past, teemed with reports relative to the
backward slate of the plant, and the injury it has sus
timed from the attack of the caterpillar. In Long
Cotton we have no transactions to report. Complain’*
are also very general among the growers of this staple
in relation to the attacks of this worm.
The f< Mowing is a statement of the rcce.ipts and slock of
cotton on hand awl on shipboard not cleared, al the re
spective places named : 1845-6. 1844-5
Rec’ts. Stock. Rec’-s. Stock.
New Orleans, Aug. 15.. 1039 95 19033 947256 2i 50
Mobile, Aug. 15 42<015 9263 516594 516
Florida. Aug. 8 13-<Bbo 1000 G76M 656
Georgia. Aug. 19 174229 6315 291907 2745
Dg. Sea Island 10331 ‘209 F 440 528
S. Carol ina, Aug. 21... 229 86 7269 402257 16005
Do. Sea Island 19-3'o 1103 19993 6'o
N. Carolina, Aug. 8 9401 1OK) 12265 1 *2OO
Virginia, July 1 12125 200 22151 19W
Total 2054875 45392 241J50 26210
Macon, Ga. Aug 6 3558 3167
Augusta Ac Hamburg, Aug 1... 18256 7402
Philadelphia, Aug. 15 5637 1413
New York, Aug, 11 49U00 39U00
Total 76171 509-?2
Salt—We notice the arrival of 3059 sacks Liverpool,
a portion of whrch has been sold at $1 10 4F bushel.
Exchange — on England, no sale. Francs 5f 30 (ci)
5f35 ; New York and Boston 60 days 4 y* cent prem.;
Baltimore and Philadelphia A cent prem.
Freights -'I here is no vessel up at present for Liver
pool. A small brig is loading for Havre at Jc. for cot
ton 1 n square bags, and S 3 per 6‘K) lbs. fnr Rice. We
quote to New-York a 25c. ; and 75c. per tierce for Rice
There is no cot ton offering to Boston ; Rice, however,
js going forward at SI per tierce.
ZOST —Last Saturday, between the
Sand Hillsand thn Richmond Camp meet
ing Ground, a pair of GOLD SPECTACLES,
sliding frames, and perifocal glasses, enclosed in
a red morocco case. The fin ter will be liberally
rewarded by leaving them at this office.
»u 26 d?A--Al
STOP THE Till Ki-.
Fifty dollars reward
A man calling himself PEYTON RUS
SELL, who said became from lowa, left tnv n -
sidencc in Columbia county, on Tuesday, the
18th inst., taking with him among other things,
a gold watch with a gold face, (number or ma
ker’s name not recollected,) on the inner case of
which is engraved the letters “ »S. Ann H.” He
is a man apparently about twenty-five years c-f
age, lisrht complexion and hair, with light blue or
hazel eyes, about 5 feet 8 inches high, well form
ed, and slightly bow-legged, and usually wore a
fur cap. When last heard of, he v. as seen on the
road about four miles beyond Hamburg, on fooi,
with a large bundle.
The above reward will be paid for his delivery
and the return of the w’aich, or $25 for either.
au24-w2t SAMUEL HAWES.
Philadelphia Adrertteement.
PHILADELPHIA SE~Ed~STO K E
Os More 1 han Forty Years Standing,
rpBE SUBSCRIBER continues to
A keen constantly on hard
CLOVER, TIMOTHY,
ORCHARD, HERD,
and other
GRAdS SEEDS;
Together with a full and complete assortment of
finest quality fresh
GARDEN SEEDS,
raised from selected plants of best varieties.
Also—Prime quality iresh LUCERNE SEED,
a superior article.
JOSEPH P. H. COATES,
- 49 Market-st, Philadelphia.
MEDICAL COLLEGE of THE STATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
r I'HE ANNUA L COU RSE of LEC•
-1 TURES in this Institution will commence
on the second Monday in November, upon lhe
following branches:
Anatomv, by J. E. Holbrook, M. D.
Surgery, by E. Geddings, M. D.
Institutes and Practice, by S. H. Dickson.
M. D.
Physiology, by James Moultrie, M. D.
Materia Medica, by Henry R. Frost, M. D.
Obstetrics, by Thos. G. Prinleau, M. D.
Chemistry, by C. U. Shepard, M. D.
Demonstrator, St. Julian Ravenel, M. D.
The Demonstrator’s apartment ha«> recently
been much improved, and will be opened on the
Ist of November or earlier, under the immediate
direction of Dr. Ravenel.
Clinical Instruction will be delivered at the
Marin? Hospital, Aims House, and College Hos
pital, to which ’he Students are admitted.
Students have access lo a valuable Medical
Library.
Good boarding can be obtained at from 53.60
to $4 per week.
Specimens in Pathological Anatomy, and in
Natural History, will be thankfully received.
For further information refer to the Annual
Circular of the Coll ge, or direct to
au27-w6t HENRY R. FROST. Dean.
PLEASANT STOVALL,
WAREHOUSE AN D COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
WILL continue the above business
on his own account, on the first of Sep
tember next, at the Warehouse of Stovall & Sim
mons, at which lime that firm will be dissolved.
Arrangements are made with Messrs Andren,
Spears & Wootten, to whom said Warehouse is
rented for the ensuing year, for storage of Cotton
and other produce consigned him.
He has also engaged lhe eervic.es of his pre
sentparmer, Mr G. Simmons. jy3o-wly
VALUABLE LAND IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY POR SALE.
Ten Miles Above Augusta.
(EXECUTRIX’S SALE.—On the
Li first Tuesday in November next, before
the Court house door in Columbia county, will
be sold, the tract of land whereon the late Wil
liam Thomas lived, containing thirteen hundred
acres, more or less. There is about six hundred
- ores cleared and well adapted to the growth of
corn and cotton, as the crop now’ growing on it
will prove. The balance is in woods, and well
timbered. There is on the premises a c intert
able dwelling and all necessary out-buildings.
The fences, &c., are in good repair. There is in
the yard a well of excellent w’ater. The whole
place is conveniently supplied with water and
remarkably healthy.
'I he place can be very conveniently divided
into two settlements,if it suits purchasers. The
privilege of one bid at the sale is reserved, on
buhali of the estate. For further particularsap
ply to the undeis'.gned, at her residence. Terms
made known on the dav of sale.
NANCY THOMAS, Executrix.
August 27, 1846.
ADMINISTRATOR’S Sale.—On
the first Tuesday in November next, will
be sold at the Lower Market house in lhe city of
Augusta, agreeable to an order of the Interioi
Court of Richmond county, when sitting for or
dinary purposes, three nevroes, to wit: Mary, a
girl, about 20 ye_rs of age ; Hannah, a girl, about
17, and Biny, an old woman, about 60; belong
ing to the estate of Harriet P. Ruffin, deceased.
LEON P. DUGAS, Adm’r., de bonis non,
August 27, 1846. with the will annexed.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—On
the first Tuesday in November next, will
be sold at the Court-house door in Marietta,
Cobb county, agreeable to anorderoftho Inferior
Corrt of Richmond county, when sitting for or
dinary puiposes, a tract of tend drawn by Wil
liam O. Eve, known as No 577, 19th district, 2d
section Cherokee, now Crbb. county, belonging
to the estate of the said William O. Eve. deceas
ed. LEON P. DUGAS, Adm’r.
August 27, 1846.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE—By
virtue of an order ot the Inferior Court of
Warren county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, will be sold, on the first Tuesday in No
vember next, beiore the Court-house door in
Marietta, Cobb county, a forty acre lot ot land,
No. 643,15 t district, 3d section, originally Chero
kee. now Cobb, county.
Also —On the first Tuesday in December next,
before the Court-house door in Warrenton, War
ren county, 881 acres of land, more or less, lying
on and near ihe Georgia Rail Road, and near
Camak, to be sold in different tracts with dwel- -
ling house and improvements on each. Said
lands belonging to the estate of Fielding Hill,
deceased. JOHN F. JOHNSON, Adm’r.
August 27, 1846. t
A _ ~DMiNisTRATOR’s“ SALE ~
Agreeably to an order of the Inferior Court
of Warren county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, will be so.d on the first Tuesday in No
vember next, before the Court-house door in
Gainesville, Hall county, a lot of land containing
250 acres, No. 22, 12th District.
Also -On the first Tuesday in December next,
will be sold, before the Court house door in War
renton, Wairen county, between five and six
hundred acres of land, lying on and across the
Georgia Rail Road, near Thomson, with a good
dwelling house and o'her improvements on the
premises, situate about half a mile from Thom
son. Belonging to the estate of David Wilson,
deceased. JOHN M. LAZENBY, Ex’r.
August 27, 1846. t
ADM I NISTRATOR’S
be sold on the first Tuesday in November
next at the Court house door in Appling, Co
lumbia county, between the usual hours of sale,
a tract of land containing 660 (six hundred and
sixty) acres, more or less, a {joining lands of Mrs.
Gibson, Mrs. Sims and Capt. Clielt and others,
situated and lying on the road leading from Au
gusta to Apoiing, and about thirteen miles from
Augus'a. .sold as the property of the late Jon
athan W. Wood, deceased, under an order of
the Inferior Court of said county. Terms on the
dav of sale. WILLIAM S. JONES, Adm’r.
August 27, 1846.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Agreeable to an order of the I nferior Court
of Warren county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, will be sold on the first Tuesday in No
vember next, before the Court house door in
Carrollton, Carroll county, a lot of land number
55, 6th District, containing 202$ acres.
Also, at 'he same time, before the Court-house
door in Cherokee county, will be sold a lot of
land, No. 575, 15th District, containing 40 acres,
belonging to lhe estate of Robert Lazenby, de
ceased. Terms cash.
JOHN HARRIS, Adm’r.
August 27, 1846.
ADMINISTRATOR’S Sale.—Wiil
be sold on Wednesday, the 30th of Sep
tember next, at the late residence of Jonathan
Baker, deceased, late of Lincoln county, within
the legal sale hours, and from day to day there
after until all is sold, all of the perishable pro
perty of said deceased’s estate, consisting of
corn, fodder, horses, hogs cows, plantation tools,
household and kitchen furniture, aud other arti
cles of common plantation use, too numerous to
mention. Terms on the dav of sale.
AARON HARDY, Adm’r.
August 27, 1846.
G GEORGIA, Coweta County.—Wil
liam Smith, of the 992 d District G. M.,
tolls beter me two estray horses; one loan, with
some saddle spots on his back, supposed to te
some sixteen or seventeen years old : appraised
by Thomas Doseter and Theophilus Long to be
worth thirty five dollars; and the other, a sorrel,
with a blaze face, with his right hind leg w’hite
up to his knee, supposed to be seven years old
next spring; appraised by the above named men
to be worth torty dollars, this 12lhday of August,
184 J. HENKY K. ALLEN, J.
[A true extract from the Estray Book of my
office, this 21st August, 1846 ]
au27-3 WM. B. ARRINGTON, c. i. c.
COLUMBIA County, Georgia:
Whereas, William F. Johnston applies to
me for letters of administration on the estate of
Carv Johnston, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish, nil
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to be and anpear at my office, within
the time prescribed by law, to show cause, If any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Appling.
Gabriel jones, cierk.
August 27, 1846.
JEFFERSON County, Georgia:
Whereas William G. Wilcher and Elizabeth
Wilcher apply to me for letters of administration
on the estate and effects of Jeremiah Wilcher, de
ceased :
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Louisville.
Aug 27,1846. E. BOTHWELL, Clerk.
FOUR Months alter date, application
will be made to the honorable the Inferior
court of Lincoln county, when sitting for ordi
nary purposes, for leave to sell the land and ne
groes belonging to the estate of Jonathan Baker,
late of said county, deceased.
AARON HARDY, Adm’r.
August 27, 1816.
‘[VTOTICE. —All persons indebted to
the estate of Jonathan Baker, deceased,
late of Lincoln county, are requested to make
immediate payment; and all persons having
claims against said estate are notified to present
them within the time prescribed by law’.
AARON HARDY, Adm’r.
__ August 27U846.
Bale rope and twine.—
100 coils Weaver’s Bale Rope,
500 lbs superior three strand Twine,
20 bbls W. W. V.negar, ter sale low by
CHAM. P. McCALLA,
jylo-sw2m corner Bay and Mclntosh-sts.
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