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LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMSHIP NIAGARA.
TWO WEEKS LATER INTELLIGENCE.
We received two despatches last night from
Baltimore, so promptly transmitted as to be
quite refreshing to us, who have been accns
touted to receive them recently a day or two
after the fair—not, we are persuaded, from any
fault or neglect of the attentive and courteous
operator at the office in this city, to whose as
siduity in the discharge of his duties we bear
cheerful testimony—but to some cause inexpli
cable to us. But to our despatches :
Baltimore, April 5 P. M.
The steamer Niagara arrived at Halifax on
Thursday afternoon, having sailed from Liver
pool on the 24th March, bringing dates two
weeks later than the Canada.
Commercial.
Trade throughout England was depressed
until within three days of the steamer’s depar
ture, owing to the tenor of the Continental
new% at which time more favorable India news
was received, which caused an improvement.
Cotton had fallen }d. per lb. since the sail
ing of the Canada, but had rallied again |d.,
and the market closed on the day of the steaml
er’s sailing with a brisk demand, and firm
prices. The quotations were: Fair Upland
and Mobile 4gd; fair Orleans The sales
of the week ending March 16 amounted to
31,690 bales; and for the week ending the 23d
ult. 29,290 bales.
Brkadstuffs continued ;to recede. West
ern Canal Flour quoted at 235., which is con
sidered a fair quotation now, though it has
been full 6s. higher ; Philadelphia and Balti
more 235. ; Ohio prime 245.; American Wheat
6s. to 7s. per 70 lbs.; Indian Corn 275. to 295.
per quarter.
Stocks.—The prices of 'American had been
fully sustained.
[second despatch.]
Baltimore, Apjhl 6,8£, P. M.
The demand forgoods in the manufacturing
districts, had fallen off.
Intelligence from India represented trade in
that country in a healthy state which had caused
a more buoyant feeling in commercial circles.
Money was abundant in the London market.
Mr. D’lsrael’s motion in Parliament inquir
ing into the burdens on the landed interest was
lost.
The Navigation bill had passed to a second
reading by a majority of 56. Mr. Gladstone
stated in debate that the Americans did not re
ciprocate. The bill is framed to allow retalia
tion in cases of non-reciprocity.
The Cholera is raging in Ireland.
Beef has declined 3s. to ss. per tierce; Pork
quoted 555. to 575.
Further by the Niagara.
France.—The Russian Ambassador at Paris,
it is stated on what is supposed good authori
ty, has demanded his passports ot the French
government. France pursued the same course
toward the Russian government. The French
Ambassador had left St. Petersburg. The
Czar considers the election of Bonaparte an
evidence of the spirit of conquest in France.
Had Gen. Cavaignac succeeded he would have
acknowledged the French Republic.
Two of the murderers of Gen. Brea had
beengui’dotiued—the rest implicated were par
doned.
Troops were embarking at Toulon, in con
sequence of the state of affairs in Italy.
Prussia —The elections in this country were
strongly democratic, and indicate a democratic
majority in the Chambers.
Austria.—Numerous desertions had taken
place in the army of Radetzsky. Charles Al
bert had refused him supplies. Sardinian
troops were about taking the field.
The Schleswig Holstein armistice had been
renewed temporarily.
The King of Holland died on the 17th o
March.
A Prussian Envoy, it is said, was to proceed
to the United States shortly to buy ships and
steamers.
It was rumored that the Prussian Ambassa
dor had also demanded his passports from the
French Government.
Charleston Market.
Charleston, April 10, P. M. — Cotton. — Sales
to-day 1600 bales at 5J a 7|c. No material change.
Lower grades heavy.
Sugar,— lso hhds. Muscovado sold at auction at
<>c.
Savannah Market.
Savannah, April 10, P. M.—Colton.— Sales to
day only 50 bales—making the sales of the week
4,400 bales at extremes ranging from 6to 7|c. Mar
ket still unsettled.
THE NIAGARA’S NEWS!
FURTHKR EXTRACTS.
By Telegraph to the Neio York Tribune.
The Niagara has 41 through passengers.
The Europa arrived at Liverpool on the 20th
in 13 days from New York Her arrival was
anxiously looked for as the bearer of President
Taylor’s Inaugural Address, which was itiNiie
diately Telegraphed to the London press, and
has since been very favorably commented upon
by all the leading papers.
The Hermann arrived at Southampton from
Bremen on Thursday and was to have sailed
for New York on the 26’h.
A steamer has arrived at Southampton from
Havre with 500 bales of valuable French
goods, which were placed on board the Her
mann for the New York market.
«The Sarah Santis made the run home in 17
■days.
The news by this arrival presents European
politics in a more threatening aspect than at
any previous period during the past year, and
its importance, not less than its exciting inte
rest, predominates over all other intelligence.
On Wednesday the anxiously looked for
India news was received, and being of a more
favorable character than had beeu anticipated,
a reaction immediately set in, and at the mo
ment of the Niagara's departure every depart
ment of trade had assumed a far more cheerful
aspect.
Cotton, that sure barometer of commercial
health and confidence, rallied at once to the
extent of | of a penny, ami the market for the
week closed with rather an active demand.
There has been no improvement in the
trade for Breadstuff* since the advices by the
Canada. In fact, prices at all the leading mar
kets have continued to recede, but low as they
now are, purchasers still hold off from a con
viction that they have not reached the bottom.
There has been no diminution in the extent
of employment in the manufacturing districts,
but there has been a perceptible falling otf in
the demand for manufactured goods.
There is a lull in the Metal trade.and prices
are a shade lower; but it is believed that the
late advance of £1 per ton on manufactured
iron, and 10s. on forged Pigs will be fully
maintained at the coming quarter.
The reports of the Overland Mail represent
trade at Bombay. Calcutta and Canton to be
good, and business generally to be in a healthy
state.
The supply of money continues abundan’
on call. The bankers will not give more than
2 per cent and are quite indifferent about re
ceiving it >t that. First class paper is gladly
taken at 2$ a2J-
The Bank of England returns do not fur
nish any feature worthy of particular remark.
The anticipated drain of bullion for the con
Unent has not yet been realized.
American Stocks fully maintained their pri
ces.
Cuttom.—The ordinary and middling qual
ities of Cotton are freely ottered at the reduc
tion noticed. Fair Upland and fair Mobiles
are quoted al 4sd. and fair Orleans 4|d.
The sales for the week ending 16th. were
31.690 bales, of which 8.000 were on specula
tion. and 2.100 for export.
The business for the last week amounted to
29.290 bales. of which speculators have taken
2,600. and exporters 3 SOO bales.
The Stock m Liverpool is now about 408.-
000 bales, of which about 259,000 are Ameri
can
Bkkadstvffs.—During the past two weeks
the Corn markets of the United Kingdom have
been quite as dull and as inactive as before the
sailing of the last steamer.
Western Canal Flour is selling at the redu
ced price of 235. per bbl. This fall produced
some speculation in the article for a few davs.
and an advance of 3d. to 6d. per bbl., but 235.
is now quotation for the above descrip
tion, as well asiur Philadelphia and Baltimore,
though for Ohio, of prune quality. 245. is ob
tained.
.American Wheat from 6s. to 7s. per 70 lbs.
Indian Corn in moderate demand, and sold at
275. for inferior White up io 295. per quarter.
For the best Yellow Corn Meal 12s. 6d. a 13s.
6d per bbl.
England.
In Parliament, the proposal of Mr. D israeli
to make an inquiry into the peculiar burdens
on land, with a view to their relief, has been
disposed of by a majority of 280 to 189. This
majority is quite decisive for the present, but
Mr. D'lsraeli promises to bring it forward again
and again, and it remains to be seen to what
point of depression agricultural produce will
fall; and upon the political results of the great
experiment now in progress must depend the
eventual solution of this question. The Army
and Navy estimates have been carried by ma
jorities quite as large as heretofore.
The long threatened opposition of.Mr Hume
<nd Mr. Cobden has subsided into the meekest
disclaimer. in the House of Commons, against
'he present alleged excessive number of troops
*nd seamen. Only the most msiguihcant mi-
Bo ptjss have supported the Uuancial reforms
* be events m India seems to have aroused
'ha Bruuh feeling so long kept in abeyance,
it is quite plain that me cry of ships, colo
and commerce, was nevermore popular
wthw moment
P this period of the session the state of
parties in the House has not undergone any
material change. There exists on all sides a
sincere desire to support the Executive Gov
ernment upon all national grounds.
Mr. Bouveree’s bill to “ Disclergyfy clergy
men of the Church so as to enable them to
preach in dissenting chapels without incurring
the penalties and costs, for the non-payment of
which Rev. Mr. Shore is in Exeter jail, is re
ferred to a Select Committee and is likelv to
pass the Commons.
The division on the second reading of the
Navigation bill seems to give an assurance that
with toe exception of removing the impedi
incuts which stand in its way of perfect reci
procity in the European trade, so as to assimi
late it to that of the present free intercourse
with the United States, and of nationalizing
certain produce, it is very doubtful whether the
present Navigation Laws will be abrogated.
The second reading of the present bill has only
been sanctioned by a majority of 56 in a House
of 476 members. The question, as expounded I
by Mr. Gladstone, runs farther; the chance of
being defeated upon the essential point nov»
raised, whether reciprocity or retaliation is to
be the ruling principle of the proposed altera
lion. Mr. G. said: ‘ It is merely assumption
at present to reply that the American or any
other nation will concede reciprocal advan
tages to ns in the coasting trade. If they do
not, then in that case we are to call into action
the slumbering Dower in the bill, and we are
to retaliate.” That means to replace matters
as they exist at p: esent. The more the subject
is canvassed the more difficult dnes an equita
ble and endurable adjustment of all the antago
nistic interests appear.
The political opponents of the present Min
istry do not aim to expel them from office. A
Peel Ministry split ii pas the Peelitesare into two
factions, and forming scarcely a sixth part of
the House, is at present out of the question,
and the Protectionists are waiting for the fur
ther development of free trade measures, which
they believe, with a depreciation of agricultu
ral produce, will terminate in such an over
whelming national distress that an appeal to
the people will give their party a majority in
the House of Commons.
We rejoice to say that the cholera is fast dis
appearing. Total number of cases has reach
ed 14,304, of which 1,200 were in the metro
politan districts, about 1,100 in the country,
and more than 12.000 elsewhere. The total
deathshave been 3,464.
The weather has been uninterruptedly mild
and fine for the season.
Ireland*
The West and South of Ireland seems to be
in a deplorable state. Several frightful mur
dersare reported. The cholera is committing
extensive ravages. In Limerick, to compen
sate for their sad and distressing visitation, the
farmers have commenced tilling the ground,
and the potato is again planted to a greater
breadth. The attachment of the Irish to this,
their precarious mode of sustenance, cannot be
eradicated. It is hoped that the early sowing
has been adopted generally throughout the
country, that the chances of failure may be di
minished. The friends of Ireland, however,
view with considerable alarm this recurrence to
a system which has cost so much life and trea
sure.
France.
Public attention continue to center in the
trials at Bruges of the political prisoners which
are proceeding with due solemnity. But as
the Parisians do not anticipate any new light
to be thrown upon the events of last year and
the distance from the Capital precludes the
possibility of making the proceedings u subject
of excitement, the public attention of Paris is
drawn to a theme nearer home of far more ex
citing character than to the probable fate of
the prisoners.
This first application of the guillotine fin the
case of the murderers of Gen. Brea] since the
la-t Revolution has excited the Red Republi
cans to uncontrollable fury. They have stig
matized the President as an executioner and
an assassin, and M. Proudhoun ends an out
rageous article on the subject, thus addressing
Louis Napoleon !
*• You have restored the guillotine and it will
only disappear with you.”
The Abolition of the Clubs has been decided
by the slender majority of 378 over 259, the
division being taken by ballot.
Every day now discloses some fresh instance
of the indefatigable zeal of the Socialists, who
overturn the* present order of things. The
journal of M. Proudhoun, to the extent of 30
or 40.000 per day is scarcely circulated in all
the barracks of France, and the non-commis
sioned officersandmen are tempted from their
allegiance by every imaginable means. We
very much doubt whether matters will settle
down without some outbreak.
At Toulon there are great preparations for
embarking troops, and in consequence of the
movements in Piedmont and Italy the Army of
the Alps has been again recruited and every
arrangement made so that a large division of
troops may cross the Alps should an armed in
tervention be resorted to.
Up to this moment there seem a cordial and
complete understanding between the French
and English Governments in respeetto the af
fairs of Italy.
The French funds have fluctuated violently
since our last. The 5 per cents fell 3 per cent
in one day, owing to the rumor of actual hos
tilities in Piedmonte,but they have since rallied.
Very large purchases seem to be making on
English and foreign account. The last prices
of the 5 percents were 82f.60 ; the 3 per cents
521'44.
Holland.
The King of Holland has been removed
from the scene of impending strife on the Con
tinent, having expired on the 17th ult. His
son, now King William HI, was in London at
the time, but immediately proceeded to his do
minion, where probably he has peaceably
ascended the throne.
Germany,
The notice for the cessation of the armistice
and of the blockade of Schleswig-Holstein
ports, has been officially published.
A correspondent at Berlin, however, on the
20th writes: I learn that yesterday the Danish
Envoy had an interview with the Minister of
Foreign .Affairs, Von Arnim, in which he pro
posed to him the renewal of the Danish armis
tice for three months.
Austria has taken the most extraordinary
and unlooked for step. The Diet oi'Kretnsier,
which was convoked by the late Emperor, and
has occupied the few months of its existence in
theatrical discussions, has been dismissed, after
having promulgated a Constitution, not only
for the countries represented al Kreinsier, but
for the whole Austrian Empire.
The great object which has been kept in
view by the designers of this Constitution is,
the making of all Austria into a free, indepen
dent, indivisible, indissoluble Constitutional
Monarchy. With regard to the social and po
litical regulations guarantied under the Consti
tution, the liberality of their nature can hardly
fail to excite surprise.
The press is not allowed to be put under
censorship.
The complete equality and toleration of all
religions, the independence of every church
and sect in the management of its own proper
ty and affairs, the extension of education to all
languages,and its prosecution as a government
work, are especially secured.
The Imperial Diet is to consist of two Hou
ses, whose Constitution approaches nearer to
that of the American Senate and House of
Representatives, than the Legislative Assembly
of any other Stale.
How this Constitution may work when re
duced to practice must of course depend upon
the people themselves, but it must be admitted
that it places in their hands ample means of
securing a name of political freedom scarcely
inferior to that ot any other coumry in the
world.
In the mean time,the Hungarian war proceeds
with unrelenting fury. The Magyars have
adopted a guerrilla warfare, an I Prince Win
dischgratz no longer taking the field,but remain
ing at Buda, shows that the war has hut just
commenced.—ln fact, the king of Sardinia,
in secret now with Kossuth, trusts to the pro
longation of the war in Hungary to reconquer
the lost fields of Lombardy. King .Albert,
hemmed in between his own people who urge
him to war, and his enemies, the Austrians,
has no alternative but to declare the armistice
with Radetzky at an end.and during the last
week we have beeu expecting daily to hear
that he had done so.
From the Baltimore American—By Telegraph.
Washington April 2, 8 P. M.
Appointments Rumors. Sec. —It is now un
derstood that Mr. Alexander Ramsay, a mem
ber of Congress from Pennsylvania, has
received the appointment of Governor of Min
esota.
The Rev. Robert Allen, of Kentucky, a
graduate of West Point Academy, and recent
ly Professor in Transylvania University, has
been appointed Post Office Agent in C alitor
nia. in place of Mr. William Van Voorhees,
removed.
General Wilson, of Missouri, has received
the appointment of Navy Agent at San Fran
cisco.
Mr. Win Squires, recently a large contrib
utor of Indian antiquities to the Smithsonian
Institute, has been appointed Charge de Af
faires to Guatemala, in place of Mr. Elijah Hise
of Kentucky.
Mr. Sherman has received the appointment
of United States Marshal for the Stale of New
Jersey.
It is also stated that Mr. Stubbs has been
superseded in the State Department by Mr.
Butler.
The Hon. George Evans had his first inter
view with the President to day. He has not
yet accepted the commissionership on Mexican
claims, nor is it certain that he will. There is
considerable doubt on the subject.
Captain Payne of Texas has been appointed
Military Storekeeper at die city of Galveston,
in Texas.
Mr. Meredith. Secretary of the Treasury, re
turned to Washington from his hurried visit to
Philadelphia
Sixty four gentlemen, composing the Cali
fornia Mining Company. left here in the cars
this afternoon, via. Baltimore, for California.
They waited on the President prior to their
departure, and took leave of him. An im
mense crowd assembled at the Depot to wit
ness their departure. As the cars moved off
they received loud and repeated cheers from
the multitude.
[We would remark that this company ar
rived safely m Baltimore last evening, and put
up at the United States Hotel. Pratt street.
They leave to-morrow morning in the West
ern cars, via Cumberland, for St. Louis, and
expect to leave St. Joseph, on the frontier,
about the first of May. and to reach Calfornia
by the South Pass ]
Rhodk Islast* Elsction. —The latest tele
graphic accounts show that Anthony (Whig)
is elected Governor, by about 1.500 over ail
others. The free soil vote was 466. For
Congress, in the Eastern district. King (Whig)
is elected by 1.547 majority, in the Western
it is thought there is no choice by the people.
Legislature largely Whig.
Hartford, Ct.. April 2.
Connecticut Elects** — The election for Go
vernor. Members of Congress and the legis
lature came off today in this State. Col T.
H. Seymour, the Democratic Candidate for
Governor, gains 400 on the Whig ticket, and
has 13 majority in Hartford. He gains in
almost every town in this county.
The present prospects are that a Democratic
Congressman has been elected in the first dis
trict, and it is probable that the State has gone
in favor of the Democratic party.
From the Baltimore Sun—By Telegraph.
Albany, April 3. 1849 — Destructive Fire.—
A file occurred here this afternoon which de
stroyed several frame houses and a lumber of
fice, situated on Centre, Colonade and Water
streets. The loss is estimated at about fifteen
thousand dollars, on which there is a partial in
surance.
Cincinnati, April 2, 1849.—At the election
of the city officers, held to-day, Henry S. Spen
cer was re-elected Mayor, and Mr. Ruffin, the
whig candidate for Marshal, was also elected.
Montreal, 'April 2.—The Kingston Argus
of the 23d ult., stales that a petition to her Ma
jesty, the Queen, is circulating for signatures in
that city, to allow Canada to apply for annex
ation to the United States.
Prom, the Baltimore American—By Telegraph.
Washington, April 4,7 P. M. —Senator Foote
lias to-day received a letter from General Cass, in
which he denies most emphatically that he has re
ceived or charged either pay or mileage for the regu
lar session of Congress. That he had received noth
ing for any but the executive session. A certificate
from Mr. Dickins, Secretary of the Senate, will be
published in the Union some time during the present
week to this effect. The letter is dated at Cincinna
ti last week. He says that though his political
course is nearly run, he does not wish to forfeit the
confidence of his friends, and hence he thought pro
per to deny the charge.
Mr. Evans has to-day accepted the appointment
as a member of the Board of Commissioners on Mexi
can Claims.
It is rumored to-day that there will be no important
appointments made fora fortnight to come.
it is also said that Mr. Ignatius Mudd, father of
John Henry Clay Mudd, will be appointed Commis
sioner of the Public Buildings.
B iilie Peyton is still the most prominent man for
the Mexican Mission.
Mr. Alexander Irving, of Clearfield county. Pa.,
has been appointed Marshal of the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania ; and Mr. Switzer District Attorney of
the same district. The latter resides at Pittsburgh.
It is also rumored that Thomas Fitman has been
appointed Warden of the Penitentiary of the District
of Columbia.
The Department has been engaged to-day in re
ceiving, examining and deciding proposals for mail
contracts for the New England States and the State
of New York. The proposals are not so numerous as
they were four years ago. Several days will proba
bly be consumed in attending to this matter.
New York, April 4, 6 P. M. —The steamer Can
ada sailed to-day for Europe at her appointed hour,
with 142 passengers, among whom is Mr. V’on Stalk,
bearer of despatches to England. No specie on
board. /
The ship Christoval Colon, which left this port in
January last, (6th) for Sah Francisco, met with a
disaster, which caused her to put into a harbor. —
Fortunately no lives were lost.
By an arrival here we have dates from Port an
Prince to the 17th ult. The accounts are that the
President of Hayti, with 12,000 men, had marched
on the 10th against the Dominicans, but there have
been no tidings of the result.
The Old Hunkersand Barnburners have united
upon Mr. Van Shaick, a free soldier, for Mayor of the
city.
Philadelphia# April 4, 6 P. M. —A fire occurred
this morning which destroyed two five story ware
houses situate on Decatur street. They were occu
pied by Mr. G. Condin. There is a partial insurance
on the buildings and their contents, but not enough to
recover the loss.
At the fire this afternoon on the wharf below Wal
nutstreet the stores of Messrs. George Tallman, Car
son Newbold, Mr. John West and Messrs. S. &
W. Welsh were destr »yed. The loss is estimated at
from $20,000 to S3O 000. There was an insurance
but to what amount I have not ascertained.
The grocery store of Mr. George Tallman was al
so destroyed by fire to-day. It is situate on Walnut
street near the wharf.
Prom the Charleston Krening News—By Tele
graph.
Baltimore, April 6.—Henry B. Jones of Phila
delphia, and T. Jones were arrested this morning in
New York.on the charge of having been engaged in
the robbery of the Patent Office some six months
since, in which jewelry and valuables to a large a
mount was stolen.
Gold in bars to the value of one hundred and forty
three dollars, and one hundred and twenty diamonds,
supposed to have been taken from the gold snuff box
presented by the Emperor Alexander, and the scab
bards and mountings of the sword stolen, were found
buried in Jones’s cellar. The thieves are now en
route to Washington.
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Mr. McDowell’s Speech.
We publish, to-day, the admirable speech
of Mr. McDowell, of Virginia, on Mr. Pres
ton’s bill to admit California as a Slate, to
which we invite the careful consideration of
the reader. Mr. McD. is a prominent demo
crat, and was formerly Governor of the Old
Dominion. The speech produced a great sen
sation in Congress by its power and eloquence;
and well it might, for we have seldom read a
production more forcible in argument and
none that breathed throughout a more fervent
and patriotic devotion to the country and its in
stitutions. It should be attentively read and
studied by every man in whose bosom pulsates
an American heart.
International Copy Kight*
The Constitutionalist of yesterday has a
very sensible article in favor of encouraging
American Literature, by allowing foreign au
thors the benefit of a Copy Right in this coun
try ; and securing at the same time a similar
advantage to .American authors in foreign na
tions. Such an arrangement is demanded by
every consideration of justice to writers by
profession in all countries, whose books are as
much personal property, and as unquestiona
bly belong to their producers, as the goods
made by any mechanic belong to him. The
ostensible objection to allowing an English au
thor to have a copy right in the United Slates
is. that it is more economical to steal the fruit
of his mental labor, by denying his right of
property in his book in this country, than to
recognize such right, and buy it, if we want it,
just as we purchase English broadcloth. This
literary theft, instead of benefiting our citizens
has a most demoralizing effect on the country.
Tales, novels and every thing objectionable,
which can be printed on paper, are manufac
tured in London and Paris, expressly for the
American market, and are scattered broadcast
over the Union to corrupt the tastes, and poi
son the hearts ofyoung men and young wo
men. at a period in life, when ail are most sus
ceptible to pernicious influences.
There are a thousand moral, political and
social considerations, which urge us to foster a
purer literature than that which flourishes in
the old and most licentious cities of Europe.
There are many vices, follies and crimes about
which it is the part of true wisdom to know
nothing. There will be tares and weeds
enough spring up spontaneously in American
soil, without importing their seeds, duty free , to
be planted on every square mile in the Re pub
lie. Under a judicious copy-right-law, all use
ful books would be quite as cheap as they now
are ; for the demand for valuable works in this
country, where the millions read and buy
books, is almost unlimited We now possess
a territory as large as that of all Europe ; and
one that is quite as capable of feeding and
clothing a population of two hundred and fifty
millions. Instead of looking up to old Eng
land for opinions, like young children to their
parents, decrepid. grey-haired England should
look up to young America, and learn wis
dom from the latest, and the most perfect de
velopment of Humanity, which the world has
ever beheld. Here, there is no unfortunate
union of Church and State, to render religion
a matter of trade and traffic ; and those that
minister at its sacred alters, the appointees of
corrupt, party politicians. Here, there is no
over-shadowing aristocracy, which owns all
the land in the country, controls the Executive,
and gives law to the kingdom, by filling the
House of Commons with its tools, and its de
pendents. Civil and religious institutions so
antiquated, and so unequal in their bearing on
the members of the body politic—giving to a
few families by entail and other aristocratic
contrivances, a thousand times more than they
really need, and compelling millions of honest
laborers to go supper less to bed. and begiu
work in the morning with half a breakfast—can
not be the favorites of civilized man, and the
fountains of the World’s best opinions. These
will grow only in free America. It has long
attracted hither the best hearts, and the purest
spirits in Western and Central Europe. Our
political institutions and religious freedom, are
not the mushroom growth of a night: but the
mature fruit produced only alter the culture of
centuries. American intellect enjoys peculiar
and unrivalled advantages; and it will soon
speak with a power that must command the
ear and extort the applause of the nations of the
earth.
Let us. then, unite with one heart tad one
mind to build up a Literature worthy of that
exalted destiny which a good Providence has
placed withm our reach. American genius
and talent should be encouraged to study
.m closely, to labor as faithfully and as long, io
’ advance every department of science and of
i learning, as the most gifted in Europe are
j known to practice. Profound learning must
i be appreciated, and adequately rewarded in
j the United States, before sensible men will de-
I vote their whole lives to business of this kind.
Superficial smatterers will rule in the republic
of letters, so long as nothing belter than their
productions is demanued by the public taste
and judgment.
Gov. McDowell and the Agitators.
The reader is aware that Ex-Gov. McDow
ell of Virginia, whose admirable speech we
have just published, was among those demo
cratic members of Congress who refused to
sign the manifesto of Mr. Calhoun and his
faction. Since his return to his constituents,
(he has been renominated for Congress) he is
vindicating his course for his refusal to unite
with the faction, and is doing yeoman’s service
in the cause ofthe country and the South. In
a recent speech before the people of Augusta
county, which is characterized by the Spectator
as an effort ot great power and eloquence, he
manifested a sincere and patriotic devotion to
the Union and its institutions. The Spectator
makes the following notice of a portion of that
speech:
“ He next proceeded lo vindicate his course as con
nected with the Southern caucus, and here he was
eloquent. Love for the Union and a patriotic horror
at the idea of its dissolution evidently thrilled his
feelings. He scanned the designs of Mr. Calhoun
and his Southern coadjutors with a searching eye and
pungent touch, and closed up the review by a meta
phor. vividly and terribly illustrating the fearfulness
of disunion —that he would as soon look for pleasant
breezes from the land of “Tophet” as any one good
from the mighty ruins of such disruption. When he
sat down, it was at once perceived that he had done
more than his duty—that in justifying his own course
in regard to Mr. Calhoun’s project, he had fully vin
dicated that of the oilier Democratic and Whig mem
bers of Congress who refused to sign the sectional
appeal of the great Agitator.”
The Cloven Foot of the Agitators.
The organs of the z\gitators in Georgia,
have been unscrupulous in their denunciation
ofthe Whigs for refusing to sign Mr. Cal
houn’s Sectional Appe.nl. Indeed, no epithet
was too gross to be applied to them, while not
a single murmur has escaped one of them
against Messrs. Cobb and Lumpkin, for their
refusal. What better evidence does any intel
ligent man desire to satisfy him of the pur
poses of these men and their hope to make
political capital out of this grave question ?
What is true in Georgia is equally true in Ala
bama. One Whig and two Democrats from
that State refused to sign, and the course of the
organs of the agitating faction is thus noticed
by the Alabama Journal:
“ They have expended so much of their spleen on
the one whig member who did not sign that they
have none left for the two Democratic members from
this State who also would not touch the mutilated ad
dress. This would be sufficient evidence, if any had
doubted previously, that there is not a particle of hon
esty or sincerity among the whole democratic crowd
which is now attempting to quarrel with the repre
sentative from this District, (Mr. Hilliard.) Their
object is mo»t miserably and transparently partizan,
and deceives no man.”
Intelligent men of all parties are not unob
servant of these facts, which so fully expose the
cloven foot of the Agitators, who, under the
sacred garb of patriotism and devotion to the
interests of the South, are seeking either to
make political capital out of this question, or by
ceaseless agitation to alienate the affections of
the people and ultimately dissolve the Union.
It is yet fresh in the recollection of our peo
pie, that the same party and the very presses
in Georgia who are now such servile followers
of Mr. Calhoun, and such zealous advocates
of agitation, are the same who, but a few years
since, denounced him as a “disorganizer, dis
unionist, and traitor,” for his efforts then to
produce agitation on this question. Then
the Democratic party were in power. Now
the tables are turned—the democracy is out of
power, and they are ready to sacrifice the rights
of the South and the Union itself, to make a
little political capital.
The American Review, for April, has a
steel engraved portrait of the Hon. Abbott Law
rence. The number opens with an article on
California, replete with important suggestions ;
a review of Carlyle’s " Heroes;” the story of
the “Travelling Tutorthe “Three Stages
of the French Revolution;” “The Republic;”
“ The Cheese of Vis;” and the Congressional
summary.
This Review has attained a character and cir
culation which reflect much credit on its able
and spirited conductors. It is eminently con
servative in tone and feelmg.and is destined to
exert a powerful influence on the politics of
the country and in the right direction. Pub
lished in New York at .$5 a year.
“ Raphael: or Passages of the book of Life
at Twenty.” By Alphonse de Lamartine.—The
name of the distinguished author is sufficient to
command the perusal of this small volume; as
yet we have not found time to read it. It can
be had at Richard's.
The southern Literary Messenger, for
April, comes freighted, as usual, with a choice
assortment of reading matter, to suit the taste
of the light and gay, the grave and thoughtful.
Strawberries.
We learn from the Montgomery Journal
that Mr. Peabody, whose fruitery is five miles
from the city of Columbus, raised one hun
dred bushels of Strawberries last season. Mr.
P. is a most enterprising fruitgrower and hor
ticulturist, as we happen to know, and is a
warm friend of agricultural journals. No oth
er fruit sells so high in Northern cities by the
pound, as well dried Strawberries. It can do
no harm for us to suggest that, poor families,
and children of both sexes, may cultivate, pick
and dry this delicious fruit, and realize a band
some compensation for their labor. There are
several kinds of fruit, that with due care, will
yield a large profit, in this mild and admirable
climate. The last steamer that left Charleston
for New York took out 40 barrels of green
peas. Whilst the farmers of New York and
New England are sending fresh pork and beef
packed in ice to London, Liverpool and Dub
lin, we can send to the cities of the North,
many early vegetables and fruits at around pro
fit, by devoting a little attention to the subject.
Dividend. —The Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company has declareda semi-annual
dividend of 3J per cent, payable on the 17th
inst.
From the Cape of Good Hope.— The brig
Souther arrived at this port this morning, from
the Cape of Good Hope Feb. 15. The coun
try was generally quiet under the English rule.
A paper of the 27 h January mentions some
disturbances beyond the boundary, and says
that country will require the utmost vigilance
of government.
From Maritius dates have been received to
December 25th which was the day fixed for the
emancipation of the slaves, in accordance with
the orders of the French Republic. The day
was to be celebrated by the discharge of artille
ry, singing ofTe Dennis, Ac. The blacks, it
was supposed, would keep quiet, but pickets
of fifty men, with loaded muskets, were station
ed at each guard house to meet any emergency.
The Governor had issued a proclamation to
the blacks, advising them by their conduct to
show themselves worthy citizens of the “ Fra
ternal Republic.”
The arrival of the bark Ka<e Hastings, from
Boston, with the first cargo of American ice.
occasions considerable speculation m the pa
pers.—Boston Traveller of Thufsday Evening.
No Thanks for it ! —lu the Missouri Leg
islature on the 27th, a member proposed to
resolve.
•• That the thanks of the people of this State
are due to Hon. David R Atchison for the
manly and unwavering course pursued by him
in regard to the all important question of Sla
very. by subscribing his name, ‘solitary and
alone,’to the Address of the Southern Dele
gates in Congress to their constituents.”
—but on puttingiltovote.it was rejected—
-41 to 46. Other resolutions, declaring that
the people of Missiouri endorse Mr. Calhoun’s
Audress. shared the same fate.— Nashville Ban
ner.
Departmkn r of the Interior.—The wheel,
it appears, is now ‘kept going (to use Mr.
Collamer’sphrase) Without anything to grease"
it. Congress, m its haste to pro-idea Secre
tary and Assistant Secretary. Ac., forgot to
make any appropriation for the payment of
their salaries.
Cincinnati. March 31. The Railroad Ques
tion Carried. Sfc. — At the voting of our citizens
yesterday, it was decided by a large majority
that the city of Cincinnati should subscribe one
milion of dollars towards completing the Cin
cinnati and St. Louis railroad. This million of
dollars is to be expended in building the road
from Cincinnati as far West as the money will
allow, appropriating, at the same lime, a certain
sum for the purchase of cars, locomotives. Ac
Thus it is rendered certain that a portion of the
road wul be constructed.
A large meeting was held at St. Louis on
Thursday night last, when a resolution was of
fered and unanimously passed, authorizing the
city authorities to subscribe a half million of
dollars towards constructing said railroad. So
you see our Western country is determined not
to be behind in her internal improvements.
The 150th anniversary of the Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge was held on
the Sth uit, in St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
The Society was instituted in 1729 by five per
sons. including the Rev. Dr. Poray. Since
1733 it has distributed bibles, prayer books and
other religious and useful works both at home
and abroad to the number of ninety-four mil
lions.
Howto Preserve Eggs.— Take eight quarts
of unslaked lime, half a pound of common
salt, two ounces of cream tartar : mix in water
so as to bear an egg with its top just above
the surface : pour the mixture into a water tight
cask containing the eggs, and they will keep
good for two years. So says the American
Agriculturist.
Our Thanks.
It is a source of heartfelt gratulation ua
to acknowledge the evidences of approbation
which the intelligent and reflecting men ofthe
country bestow upon our efforts in staying the
progress of the Agitators, who are seeking to
build up a sectional party at the South, and to
make political capital that would endanger the
liberties of the people and sacrifice the Union.
In the sincerity of our hearts, we thank them.
Their’s is no empty approbation—they give us
something tangible in the shape of Jong lists of
advance paying subscribers lo the Chronicle
& Sentinel,and bid us tl go on” I n this con
nexion we beg leave to introduce to our read
ers the following extract from a letter received
yesterday morning from an intelligent citizen
of one ofthe most populous counties of Geor- |
gia:
“ '■ , Ga -‘ A P ril Tib, 1849.
“ If proper efforts were made your list of subscri
bers would soon be doubled- Your paper is continu
ally rising in the estimation ot all thinking men.
Your efforts to bring into active operation all the re
sources of Georgia and to place her in her proper
position among her sister States have attracted the at
tention of those who think and act for the country
and not for selfish ends. Those who love the Union
find the Chronicle 4* Sentinel a strong barrier to the
“Southern movement,” —projected by designing and
selfish politicians with a determination to carry it
out even at the sacrifice of the Confederacy. You
are right, stand by the Union ! and the people will
support you. Let carping demagogues rear and rant
—every body knows their object. Who believes that
they have one particle of sincerity or political honestv.
when they talk about the Wilmot Proviso a
violation of the constitution. Noone who reflects
Why do they now support Cobb and Lumpkin who
voted for the principles of the Wilmot Proviso? These
men were acting under an oath to support the Con
stitution; and if the Wilmot proviso be unconstitu
tional and they knew it, what becomes of the oath
they took as members of Congress? President Polk
sanctioned the Wilmot proviso and he too was acting
under the same oath. Yet these things are all rfoht
because done by Democrats. Suppose, Messrs. Edi
tors, you had denounced the Wilmot proviso as un
constitutional, and yet while acting under an oath to
support the Constitution, you had voted for the very
measure which you had denounced as a violation of
the constitution. What would these pure pinks of
Democracy, these exclusive lovers of the rights of
the South and the constitution have said about it?
How many columns of abuse have been written ?
How many times would the word “traitor to the
South” have been published? But Democrats have
done these things, and it is all right. They know that
they are the authorsuf the Wilmot proviso, that it
originated with them —that it was passed by a House
of Representatives with a large Democratic majority,
that a Democratic President has approved it, that
Democratic Georgians voted for it, and with all these
facts staring them in the face, they have the unblush
ing assurance to ask the people to believe that they
are really honest when they say they are the only
true friends of the South, —that the Whigs are all
Wilmot provisoists and against the South. And be
cause the Chronicle cf- Sentinel has dared to expose
their conduct, we hear the cry of “ traitor lo the
South.” Let them ring it, and they will soon find a
large majority of the people of Georgia acting with
the traitor to the South. Again I say, stand by the
Union! You rs, &c.
For the Chronicle Sentinel.
Whig Meeting.
Pursuant to previous adjournment, the
Whigs ol Fayette county assembled on the 3d
inst., Jeptha Landrum, Esq., in the Chair. The
Chairman having announced the object ofthe
meeting, proceeded on motion of Geo. Ware,
Esq., to appoint a committee of one from each
Militia District, to report three suitable persons
as delegates to represent the county in general
convention, to nominate a candidate for Gov
ernor. The committee reported the names of
Edward Connor, William Burnette and E. M.
Pool, Esqrs., which report was accepted.
The meeting was addressed by A. W. Stone, Esq.,
who previously presented the following preamble and
resolutions, which, on motion, were unanimously a
dopted :
IF/tereas, It has been the universal custom in all
ages of the world, upon the achievement of any great
and important victory, calculated to effect great and
glorious purposes, to give public utterance to the over
flowing emotions of the heurt; And whereas, We
see just cause for gratitude and rejoicing in the recent
triumph of the great conservative Whig party, over
the gross outrages and inconsistencies of the self
sufficient Democracy; And Whereas, We see in
the character of President Taylor many of those shi
ning and admirable qualities which so nobly adorned
“ The father of his Country
Resolved, therefore, That we hail his election as
one of the greatest victories ever achieved by the
American people—a victory over a party that has set
at naught the most sacred principles of the Constitu
tion; that have set up Executive vetoes against the
voice of the legislative wisdom that seek self-aggrap
disement, even at the expense of the blood and treas
ure of the nation —a party that can be one thing, an
other thing and everything, to subserve their own
selfish and contracted purposes.
Resolved, That we greet his administration as a
return of those principles for which we have long and
earnestly contended ; that upon our country will no
longer be heaped the stigma of designedly oppressing
a weak and distracted neighbor; that under his ju
dicious administration our agricultural, manufactu
ring and commercial interests will be prosperous, be
ing protected and encouraged by a wisely adjusted,
discriminating tariff, rendering the monetary affairs
of the country permanent and prosperous.
Resolved, That in the election of Gen. Zachary
Taylor, we have declared ourselves averse and totally
opposed to the “one man power”—that we disap
prove the old maxim, “ the King can do no wrong"
—that we discountenance and condemn Executive
usurpations, sub-treasury financiering, ad valorem
duties —the prosecution of an unconstitutional war
to “ secure indemnity lor the past, and security for
the future—or because of the dreadful word “ des
tiny that we disapprove them not because they
are the principles of a certain party, but because nil
experience teaches them to be detrimental to the best
interests of the country.
Resolved, That believing, as we do, in the correct
ness of our principles, our inmest endeavors shall be
united to secure on all occasions, an ascendency of
those principles, in this our happy State ; that in our
coining elections every inferior consideration shall be.
laid a.-ide, and all concessions concurred in, not in
coinpitible with the general interests of the country,
which may be necessary to secure the advancement
of the glorious cause in which we arc engaged, and
the overthrow of modern locofocoisrn.
Resolved, That we consider that particular policy
of political economy, advocated by the modern De
mocracy, to be at best a grosely mistaken policy ; and
so believing, it is our right and duty to make an hon
est endeavor for its overthrow, not impugning the par
ticular motives of individuals.
Resolved, That believing, as we do, the necessity
of unity of action—and it is for principles, not men,
for which we are contending—that if necessary we
will sacrafice preference to principle, favorite candi
dates to important measures, local interests to general
ones; tint w r e will vote with the party and endeavor
to keep the parly what it should and ought to be.
Resolved, That we recommend the 4th Monday in
June next, at Milledgeville, as the proper time and
place for holding the general State Convention ; and
that the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the
Chairman and Secretary, and transmitted to the Ed
itors ofthe Chronicle & Sentinel and American Whig,
with a request for publication, and other Whig papers
to copy. JFPTHA LANDRUM, Chairman.
J. S. Holliday, Secretary.
For the Chronicle Sf Sentinel.
Two individuals bearing the respective
names of J. D. Diomatiri and Irby B. Hudson,
and who boast the vagrant honour of having
been the Secretaries at a Democratic meeting
in Putnam county, some time since, have
through the columns of the ” Republic," a fit
vehicle for detraction, assailed my statements.
They say, that my remark, that the proceed
ings of that meeting were not sent to the
“ Southern Recorder” for publication, is “teil
fully and deliberately false, uttered without an
excuse.and without palliation.” To subserve
the purposes of their party, and in consideration
of the very high honour they were permitted to
enjoy, they have in their language forgot the
courtesies existing among gentlemen, if indeed
they ever knew them. And they have resort
ed to such expressions, as claim a paternity in
grog-shop broils, which are more in unison
with their feelings and dispositions, than the
more courteous language of disputation. 1
scorn a resort to such—but since they have re
sorted to personalities to gratify a private ha
tred under the cover of a political controversy,
and as the facts as to them fully justify it, they
will have no cause to complain when J throw back
upon them, their own imputation, and tell them, that
in making it, their statement is “ wilfully and deli
berately false, uttered without an excuse and with
out palliation,” and made to subserve a base and
infamous purpose.
Let us look at the facts. The editors of the South
ern Recorder have denied that the proceedings of the
meeting ever reached them. Eatnnton j s b ul m en j v .
two miles distant from Milledgeville—there is but
one ollice intervening. If they were ever sent, then
the post master at one of the offices must have sup
pressed them. This no man will dare even insinuate.
Then what casualty could have occurred, which
prevented their receipt ? Though weeks have passed,
they appear not yet to lia’.e arrived! But these
honoured Secretaries attempt to escape from this pre
dicament, and most strangely, after such a bold de
nunciation ofacts and motives, admit that they never
did send trie proceedings to the Southern Recorder,
nut say that they sent them in a letter addressed
jointly to the Federal Union and Recorder. In point
uifact then, they never did send them as they have
asserted. They say further, that the day after the
meeting, the proceedings were made out, and directed
in the manner slated. Now why was this? were
the proceedings so long that the labor deterred! They
were short—and beside, there were two Secretaries.
Was there a want of time? No. F,>r the mail by
which they were sent, did not leave Eatonton under
seventy-two hours after the meeting adjourned!
Why then was not the order of the meeting complied
with, more especially when much feeling had arisen
among the Whigs, from the belief that every effort
was making to keep them from participation in the
meeting, and when they openly charged that it was
all a party movement, for party ends and purposes—
why was nut some little particularity in the peform
ance of their dutiesjobserved by these Secretaries, to
d'spel this belief, if they were not privy to the move
ment themselves ? Why thia aspersion of motives,
this imputation upon acts, if they do not hope in the
midst of strife of their own generating, tu divert the
public gaze from the truth?
Conscious of their own wrong, however, they seek
now to throw the odium of their conduct upon some
one else. The Federal Union did receive and pub
lish the proceedings—the Recorder never did receive
them ! The presumption therefore is, that they never
were sent. But. my these writers, we are not re
sponsible under the circumstances, for their non
appearance!! Who is? Did the Federal Union
receive a communication addressed jointly to itself
and the Recorder, which it withheld from that paper,
and never communicated it ? Ha* it been guilty of
such an act of dishonour.- And yet this is tbe’unly
hope of escape to these writers, who have so acted as
to raise the presumption ot their own wrong !
Bat I lave reasons to believe that all this pretension
is false. When the denial of the Recorder was made,
>ne of these writers sta'.ed that the proceedings were
directed to the Federal Union, with the request to
\and them to the Recorder for publication. The
same man now asserts differently ! This closes the
question. The proof is no longer inferential—it is
positive and conclusive. Every man will now form
hi« estimate of the motives of these writers, and will
see the justness of the application by me to them, of
their own imputations upon others. I leave them
bere, with an apology to your readers. Messrs. Edi
tors, for the necessarily personal character of this
article. PUTNAM.
Opinions of the Press.
The Southern Cultivator for March is
on our table, and contains as usual a variety
i ot matter useful to the Southern farmer. No
1 one should be withoutthis valuable agricultural
work. It is published monthly, at Augusta,
Ga.,at one dollar a year.— Grenada Republic.
Southern Cultivator.—We take great
pleasure in recommending this interesting and
useful agricultural work to our planting
friends. A great variety of useful knowledge
collected from the experience of practical plan
ters, in the different sections ofonr vast domain
is embodied in this Journal. The objection
brought against works ofthis kind: “that it is
mere theory,” we consider groundless, frivo
lous and childish. What do we know, that we
have not obtained, either from our own ex
perience or the experience of others ? Much
is lost to the planter, and the small farmers
especially, from their total ignorance of the
nature of the soil they cultivate and the proper
means to improve it; as well as the kind of
manure best calculated to promote the largest
yield of the different grains they grow. Some
thing may be learned also, in regard to the
manner of working, and the kind of plows
most suitable to the soil, which cannot fail to
lessen the labor and increase the profits of the
farm. — Natchez Courier.
The Southern Cultivator. —We have
been favored by an exchange with this valuable
journal, and take great pleasure in recommen
ding it to the farmers and planters ofour coun
ty. It is published at Augusta, Ga ,in month
ly numbers, atsl a year. As its title indicates
it is devoted to Southern Agriculture, and is
conducted with much ability.— Lexington
( Miss.) Advertiser.
The Southern Cultivator.—The editor
and publishers of this journal deserve well of
the South. No portion of the Union can boast
a more able, entertaining, well devised and
well printed agricultural journal, and the plan
ter who does not subscribe to it is, in our opin
ion, doing himself a wrong.— Florida Senti
nel.
Southern Cultivator.—We received a
copy of the above Magazine which, as its name
implies, is designed to aid the cause of South
ern Agriculture. The Cultivator embodies
in a tangible and convenient form the varied
experience and observation of the enlightened
farmer, and chronicles the innumerable im
provements which are constantly making to
develope and perfect the great interest to
which it is devoted. Such a paper is a great
desideratum with our Southern agriculturists
whose present ruinous system could with more
propriety denominate them land killers than
cultivators.— Columbus (Miss.) Whiff.
£>perial iNotuea.
GEO. RAILROAD & BK’G. CO., ?
Augusta, 11th April, 1849. $
No, 16. --A semi-annual Divi
dend of 3} per cent, has been declared by this Com
pany, payable on and after TUESDAY NEXT, the
17th inst.: Whereof, so much as may be necessary to
make the fractional Share of any Stockholder a whole
Share, will be paid in stock at par; or the Company,
at the option of owners of fractional Shares, will buy
them at the like valuation.
apll-d&wtd J. W. WILDE, Cashier.
Beware of Counterfeits and Imita
tions.--The unparalleled and astonishing efficacy of
Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry, in all the dis
eases for which it is recommended; curing many
cases the skill of the best physicians was una
vailing, has effected a large and increasing demand
for it. This fact has caused many unprincipled coun
terfeiters and imitators to palm off spurious mixtures
of similar name and appearance, for the genuine Bal
sam. “Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry, ” is
the only genuine. The rest merely imitate the name
of the original, while they possess none of its virtues.
Look well to the marks of the genuine. The genu
ine Balsam is put up in bottles, with the words “Dr.
Wistar’s Balsam qjf Wild Cherry, Phila., ” blown
in the glass; each bottle bearing a label on the front,
with the signature of H. WISTAR, M. I).
This will be enveloped with a new wrapper ; copy
right secured, 1844; on which will always appear
the written signature of I. Butts.
Be careful and get the genuine Dr. Wistar’s Bal
sam of '•*' ild Cherry.
None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the
wrapper. For sale in Augusta, by Haviland, Ris
ley & Co., T. Barrbtt <& Co., and D. B. Plumb
& Co. In Madison, by Wm. Haines. aplOt
MARRIED.
On the sth inst., by Rev. W. J. Hard, at Syca
more Grove, Burke county, Dr. W. B. Jones and
Miss Sidney, only daughter of Everett Sapp, Esq.
DIED.
In Burke county, on rhe 31st ult, after a painfiJ
lingering illness of ten days, Ella Martin, daugh
ter of Hosea B. and Susanna A. Cates ; aged 7
months.
“Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid
them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven. ”
In Russell county, Ala., on the 4th inst., Charles
A. Hardwick; aged 35years.
(Jomnifrcial.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Weekly Report Tuesday, P. M.
COTTON.—Our market has been quiet the past
week, owing to moderate receipts and light stocks of
fering. The demand has been good, and the sales
up to Friday evening were at full prices. The re
ceipt of accounts two weeks later from Liverpool has
had no visible effect noon prices, as holders are firm
and offer their stocks sparingly. The sales of the
week reach only 3,210 bales at the- following rates:
lats} ; 3atsg ; Batss ; 17 at 5< ; 100 at s}; 45
at 55 ; 490 at 6; 283 at 6$ ; 25 at 6 3-16; 364 at
6|; 50 at 6 5-16; 423 at 6$ ; 112 al 6 7-16 ; 452 at
6s; 144 at 6 9 16 ; 231 at 6j ; 305 at 6J; 6at 6$ ;
141 at 7; and 9 bales at 7}c. We quote ;
Inferior to ordinary • * * >s| a 5|
Good ordinary 57 a
Good middling to middling lair 6| a 6|
Fair to fully fair 6| a 62
Good fair and choice 7 a 1
The supply of choice Cotton is very light, and this
quality is much sought after.
The tables below will show that the receipts have
reached 2,214,111 bales against 1.805,849 at same
period last year—showing an excess this year of
409,262 bales. The deficiency at New Orleans has
reached 29,150 bales, and the total receipts at the At
lantic Ports is 689,525 bales against 355,659 bales at
•ame date last year, being an excess of 333,866 bales.
The receipts last year of the first four weeks in April
were as follows:
New Orleans April 1 to 29135,033
Mobile, “ Ito 29 20,777
Florida March 30 to April 27 22,576
Georgia “ 30 “ 27 19,118
S. Carolina “30 “ 27 15,894
N. Carolina “30 “ 27 424
Virginia “ 30 “ 27 900
Total receipts four weeks of April2l4 722
The exports this year continue heavy, the total fo
reign exports being 1,396,103 bales against 1,029,538
bales last year. The excess to Great Britain is 413,-
905, whilst the decrease to France is only 47,402
bales, and this we expect to see gradually diminish
ing from the number of vessels now loading at the dif
ferent Southern ports. The shipments to the North
are also heavy, being 545,925 bales 'this year against
376,388 last year, an excess of 169,437 bales. The
stocks of Cotton at New Orleans and Mobile are de
creasing rapidly, being now upwards of 45,000 bales
less than last year. The increased atock at Charles
ton and Savannah will be greatly reduced by the nu
merous arrivals at ’.hose ports, which will no doubt re
duce fnigb’ and cause heavy shipments. The stocks
ip the interior towns are also diminishing rapidly, and
the light receipts indicate light stocks ere the close of
the season.
Receipts up to latest dates.
1848-9. 1847-8.
New Orleans, Anril 2 898,752 927,902
Mobile, April 2-‘ 462,762 390,911
Florida, March 26 141.308 107,598
Texas, March 26 21,764 23,789
South Carolina, April 8 374,315 191,744
Georgia, April 7 301,051 159,956
North Carolina, March 24 5,292 534
Virginia, March 1 8.867 3,425
Total receipts• » >2,214,111 1,805,849
Increase in Mobile 71,851
“ Florida 33,720
“ Charleston-182,571
•• Savannah>l42,o9s
“ North Carolina 4,758
“ Virginia 5,442 —439,437
Decrease in New Orleans29.lso
" Texas*. 2,025 —31,175
Total increase ta date 409,262
Exports. 1848-9. 1847-8.
Great Britain 993.087 584,182
France 208,049 255.451
Continent of Europe 189.967 189,905
Northern ports 545,825 376,388
Total exp0rt51,941,928 1,405,926
REMARKS. —The arrivals lately have added con
siderably to our Spring stocks, and our merchants all
seem busy opening and selling their new goods. The
Steamers between Savannah and New York, with
the facility which our river affords, brings New York
within a week of our doors, and the number of Coun
try merchants who have been making their purchases
in our market gives quite a lively appearance to our
city and Au/usta seems steadily moving in an onward
and improving course.
CORN. —The receipts continue fair, and sales are
daily made at 45c. f>r small lots, without sacks, and
50c. sacks included.
BACON AND LARD.—Receipts of this article
heavy, and sales dull. Prices Lave a decided down
ward tendency. We quote Bacon, hog round, 5j a
6c., and Lard 6f a 6sc.
FEATHERS.—Stock moderate and sales made at
from 28 to 30c.
GROCERIES. —The boats tins week iiave added
heavily to our stocks of Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Li
quors and Bagging, and our dealers are doing a very
heavy business. We know not ol the scarcity of any
article, and from the manner in wmich our dealers
lay in their stocks, goods oj all descriptions are selling
as low as in any Southern market.
SALT.—The arrivals at Charleston and Savannah
during the past week reach about 12.000 sacks, and
boats Lave brought up about 4,000 sacks to our
place. The last sale made from the wharf by the
quantity was at 81.25. Retail price 81.40 a $1.50.
EXCHANGE.—Checks on the North are abun
dant at j per cent premium. Our Banks check on
Charleston, Savannah and all the interior towns at
per.
BANK STOCKS.—There has been considerable
inquiry during the past week for Georgia Railroad
Stock, and par has been offered and refused. Sales
of 81 Shares were made in the early part of the
week at $95 per Share.
FREIGH TS.—Our River has fallen considerably
but we still have a steam boat river. The boats are
doing a heavy business and goods have been landed
at our wharves in week from New York. The
AUGUSTA INSURANCE AND BANKING COMPANY.
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State ot the Augusta Insurance and
Bunkinn
ON MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 2d, 1849.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock
Donnsits 19.746 9u
Treasurer of Georgia jS
Dividends Unpaid.. 11,002 bJ
Undivided Profits.. 62,10 b 4o
Bills Issued.... $682,375 00
On hand 508,914 00
In Circulation 173,461 00
Total Liabilities ... .............................. $668,416 41
ASSETS.
Notes running to maturity $69,368 86
Exchange on New York, Philadelphia and Savannah 115,252 85
Bills and Notes lying over $21,479 56
“ “ in Suit 58,567 40
Os which are considered doubtful 13,673 00
“ “ Bad 1,292 75
Stocks owned by the Bank 111,259 74
Real Estate 52,722 30
Due by Banks and Agents 93.285 96
Advances on Cotton 33,911 31
Insurance Dues -
Protest Account x. - 205 (jo
Specie 100,317 98
Bills of other Banks - 5,263 00
Total Assets, ... | $668,416 41
LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS
Os the .Ingusia Insurance and Banking Company, on
MONDAY MORNING, THE 2D DAY OF APRIL, 1849.
Names. No. Shares. Names. No. shares.
Alexander, A. L 75 Herbert, estate of J 7}
Averell, Edward 10 Hamilton, T. N- •• 63}
Allen, W. J. Campbell 97} Hope, James 56}
Bones, Thomas A 9} Hope, John 15
Bones, John, Trustee • 1} Hamilton, J. F 30
Bowdre, H 65 Henry, 1., Cashier 67}
Bulkley, J. R 37} Harris, Wm 93}
Bryson, Mrs. E. and children 7} Harper, J. & W., attorneys 17}
Bullard, E., Treasurer... 3} King, J. P., Guardian 37}
Cress, Louis 83 Moore, estate of John 75
Campbell, Estate of J 20} Moore, eitateofMrs. F 15
Campbell, James 105 Mealing, estate of H 18}
Campbell, James, Trustee, • 135 Nesbitt, Thomas.... 37}
Campbell, Robert 56} Poe, R. F., Trustee 24}
Cumming, Mrs. Ann-.... 26} Potter, John, 37}
Cumming, Miss Sarah 18} Parrott, G 30
Cum "ing, Wm., Trustee - 43} Rose, A. G., Cashier 232}
Cumming, H. H. Trustee 24} Smith, H 112}
Cumming, Wm. and others, Trustees 24} St. Andrews Society 7}
Cumming, H. H. “ “ 24} Shannon, James 75
Chew, B. F,-..» 10 Summers, George W 73}
Casey, T. G 18} Schley, Mrs. Sophia 53}
Crawford, C. A- 37} Starnes, E., Trustee •••• 37}
Cox, Estate of Edward 77} Stovall & Simmons 30}
Cunningham, Charles 56} Turpin, W. H 173
Cleveland, J. A., Trustee 40 Tabman, Mrs. E. H 112}
Delaigle, N 20} Waters, C. A., Trustee 75
Deupree, L. J 100 Webster, H 18}
D’Antignac, W. M lS3i Walton, R., Cashier 567}
Dugas, L. A 48} Wright, D. R 9}
Henkell, Edward 82
Total Number of Shares 3750
GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY:—
Personally appeared before me, the President and Cashier of the Augusta Insurance and
Banking Company, who being duly sworn, certify that the foregoing statement and list of
Stockholders are correct; unsettled accounts and claims excepted.
r<s . . _ WM. M. D’ANTIGNAC, President,
L»i ß nea,j ROBERT WALTON, Cashier.
Sworn to before me, this 7th day of April. 1849. ?
Geo. W. Summers, Notary Public. $
BANK OF BRUNSWICK.
o
Statement ot the Condition of the Bank
of Brunswick, .tngusta, and .Igency at Columbus,
ON MONDAY MORNING, THE 2D APRIL, 1849.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock $200,000 00
Circulation 308,950 .>0
Dividends Unclaimed OO
Due to Depositors - * ■o'o'm 2?
Due to other Banks and Agents 52,8ul 98
Total Liabilities ...... UJ
ASSETS.
Notes Discounted (lying over $2,852 37—a1l good) $115,383 61
“ “ in suit 00
Bills of Exchange on N. York, (lying over $5,000, considered good) 241,828 21
*• “ Savannah, Charleston, N. Orleans and Apalachicola 27,225 99
Due from Banks and Agents 35,150 10
Advances on Cotton in Augusta,. - $6,409 4 >
“ “ “ “ Savannah - 43,027 84
“ “ “ “ New York - 8,746 06
($4,376 99 of which is considered doubtful) —— 58,183 3o
Georgia 6 percent. Bonds •- 00
Stocks..... 29 ’ 4 2?22
Augusta Canal Scrip J j
Expenses - - '’f? 2 nn
Bank Notes, nncurrent, &c 766 00
Notes of Specie-paying Banks 22,396 00
Specie belonging to this Bank, in its Vaults 70,366 15
“ in Columbus Agency 33,101 17
“ Certificates of Charleston Banks 42,000 00 jg* q(;3 32
Total Assets I
List of Stockholders of the Bank of Brunswick, Augusta,
ON MONDAY APRIL 2, 1849.
Names. No. Shares.
George W Crawford and John McKinne, Trus-
tees of Mrs. Anna Gould 28
Thos. Barrett 72
A. J. Miller 240
A. J. Miller, Trustee Mrs. A. Gibson 18
A. J. Miller, “ Mrs. E. T. Trowbridge-. 9
Mary M. Olive 6
A. J. Miller, Guardian 45
Thos. J. Walton 136
Edwd. Thomas 250
W. E. Jackson- 250
John Wilkinson 18
Germain T. Dortic- 250
Thomas G. Barrett 9
Harriet G. Barrett 9
Ann Barrett 9
Wru. H. Barrett 9
Jas. H. Barrett 9
John Craig 125
STATE OF GEORGIA—RICHMOND COUNTY.-
Before me, Richard Allen, Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the pre
sident and Cashier of the Bank of Brunswick, who depose and say that the foregoing statement of the
condition of the Bank and agency, is true to the best of their knowledge and belief.
6 EDW D. THOMAS, Pres’dt.
JNO. CRAIG, Cashier.
Sworn to, this seventh day of April 1849, before me, >
Richard Allen, J. P. £
shipments of Cotton both by the river and railroad
are getting very moderate—our boats leaving with
only half loads.
BANK STOCKS.
ParWalue. Last sales. S’s sold
Augusta Bank SIOO S9O 11
Bank of the Statesloo 85
Mechanics’ Bankßloo • • • •
Aug Ins. & Banking Co-•-SIOO 105 65
Geo. R. R. & Bank’g Co-> -8100 95 81
Bank of Brunswickßloo 100 28
Iron St. Bt. Companysloo 82 10
CHARLESTON, April s.— Cotton. The Cotton
market was quite unsettled at the time we made up
our former report. The account* brought over by the
Canada, which had butrecentlv been received, had
depressed prices, and at the close of the week the
tendency was decidedly in favor of the purchaser. —
The aspect of a (fairs had by no means improved at
the opening of the week under review. The stock
on sale had increased i.n consequence of the compara
tive quiet that had prevailed for some days, and the
accounts by the steatner continued to exercise an unfa
vorable influence over the article. The transactions
during Fricay and Saturday last were limited to about
1000 bales on the former and 1100 on the latter day,at a
reduction of | to |c. on the prices current before this
arrival ; on Monday, however, some activity pre
vailed, and the improvement in the demand had the
tendency to strengthen prices, which were a shade
better. Buyers continued to operate freely on Tues
day and Wednesday, and during these two days up
wards of 4000 bales were sold, and at the close of bu
siness on the latter day the better grades occupied
very much the same position they did just prior to
the receipt of the Canada’s news, while prices on the
lower qualities were a shade in favor of buyers.—
esterday the market was rather quiet —sales 1100
bales. To sum up the business of the last few days in
as concise a matter as possible, we would remark
that prices have fluctuated a little according to the
daily wants of the trade. Sometimes they would
turn i 3 favor of the purchaser, and again the seller
would obtain the ascendancy. This was particularly
the case in the tniddlingand lower classifications. —
The quotations below will approximate as near as
possible to the true value of the article at the close of
the week. The aggregate sales since our last foot
up 9851 bales, against the receipt in the same time of
11,627 bales. The transactions comprise 40 bales at
of; 625 at sf: 569 at 6; 211 at 6f; 105 at 6j; 278
at 61; 116 at 6 7-16; 2134 at 6j; 212at6 9-lo; 172
at 6|; 235 at 6 11-16; 1113 at 6’: 85 at 6 13-16; I=9
a’ 6J: 20 a’6 15-16; 1180 at 7; 78 at 7 1-16; 496 at
7|; 15401 at 7|; 158 at 7 5 16; 260 at 7f; 35 a:
7 7-16; and 117 bale* at 7|. We quote ordinary tn
good ordinary 5$ a 6|; middling to good middling 6 j
a 6| ; middling fair 6| a 7j ; fa r and fully fair 7} a
74. We have no new feature to notice in !-»• ng Cot
ton. The sales of the week reach 300 a 400 bales,
and former prices have been fully sustained.
Rice.— There has been a moderately fair demand
for this article, during the week just brought to a
close. The transactions have been at extremes ran
ging from 2| 2j and up to 83 per hundred for a
small parcel. The bulk of the sales have been with
in the range of2£ a 2 13-16ths per hundred.
Corn.. — The receipts of the week have been 2600
bushels from N. Carolina, 2000 bushels Maryland.
The former sold at 56c. and the latter at 54|c. per
bushel.
Hay.— There have been no arrivals since our last.
Oats.— A parcel of Oats, 1600 bushels Maryland,
was aold at 32c. per busheL
Flour.— The market has been very much neglect
ed since our last. We have heard of small sales at
$5 a 85} per bbl. The arrivals of the week comprise
800 bbls. Baltimore and Virginia, 100 bbls. Westen,
and some 30 or 40 bbls, by the Railroad.
Bacon.— The large increase in the receipts during
the week has depressed the market,and caused prices
to recede. In the early part of the week 36 hhds.
new Shoulders sold a: prices ranging from 5} to 5? ;
subsequently 70 hhds. do. changed hands from 5 j a
5* ; 45 hbds. new Sides sold at 6 a 6|c.. and more
recently 40 hhds. brought 5| a ; there were sales
of upwards of 50 hhds. Sides, old, at sfc. The mar-
Names. No. Share.
Robt. Clark, Guardian
David F. Halsey, Trustee 19
H. K. Burroughs, Trustee of Mrs. V. G. Bur
roughs and children y
A. B. Longstreet «
George M. Thew
Stuart & Harper 30
i Thos G. Casey
• Jos. W. Clark 15
. Wm. Woodbury, Jr 50
’ Jno. Craig ( Cash 289
Isaac Henry, Cash 22
Jas. H. Maxwell-- -•• 15
David S. Boutett 3
Peter D. Boutet 5
Sam’l. A. Verdery •?
1 ewis I). Ford 3
Total number of Shares2ooo
ket is very unsettled. The arrivals of the week com
prise 250 hhds. Hams, Sidesand Shoulders, and 46,-
000 lbs. loose Bacon.
Lard.—The market has been neglected.
Salt.— The receipts since our last comprise 2742
sacks and 2000 bushels. The sacks were sold out in
parcels at 85c., cash ; the latter has not been sold.—
About 2700 sacks were also received coastwise, a
part of which has been sold at 85c.
Sugars.—The Sugar market has been very quiet
during the week. The heavy receipts instead of in
viting operations, have driven buyers from the mark
et. The operations in all descriptions do not exceed
60 hhds., taken in small lots for immediate consump
tion. The arrivals have been 520 hhds., 20 tierces
and 140 boxes from the West Indies, and 509 hhds.
coastwise. Wc cannot, in the present state of the
market, undertake to give quotations.
Coffee. — The transactions of the week have been
coqfined exclusively to Rio, of which about 500 bags
have been sold at extremes ranging from 6} to 7|.
The bulk was sold at 7 a l\c.
Molasses The receipts of Molasses have also
been heavy, comprising 624 hhds. and 29 tierces
from the West Indies and 300 bbls, coastwise. The
sales have been limited to the following, viz :—IOO
bbls. New Orleans at 28c., and 40 hhds. Muscovados
at 24c. per gallon. We have no transactions to re
port in Cuba. Last sales were at 20c. per gallon.
Domestic Liquors.—The arrivals since our last
r each 400 bbls. Whiskey from New Orleans. About
100 bbls, were sold from the wharf at 22|, and a
st ore lot of 40 bbls, at 23jc.
Exchanges.— Bills on the North j per ct. prern.
Freights.— The tonnage has materially increased
du ring the last fortnight. We quote to Liverpool,
C« itton dull at | to |d.; indeed we have been inform
ed that a vessel has been offered to arrive at7-16thsd.
We quote to Havre 1 a l|c. for Cotton. The Bos
ton rate is for Cotton, and §l| for Rice. W e
quote as formerly to New York, but would remark
that there is not much offering: Ccttou |c.; Rice
s!,l2| per tierce.
SAVANNA! T , April 4. — Cotton — Arrived since
the 23th ult.. 11,833 bales Upland (5,6J9 bales from
Augusta, 435 from Darien, 5,725 per Railroad, an 1
9 per wagons,) and 185 do. Sea Island. The ex P or “
for same per,,id ha. e been 14,699 bale. Uptand, and
I 341 do .4. Island. . iz • '« Liverpool 9,025 bales Up
land and 959 Sea Island, to Glasgow 1,144 bales Up
land and 361 do Sea Wa-d. to St Petersburg 1 149
bales Upland, to New York 2,469 bales Upland, to
Philadelphia 630 bales Upland, and to Charleston
172 bales Upland and 21 do. Sea Island—leaving a
stock on hand and oi shipboard not cleared of
35,902 bales Upland, an i 2.025 do Sea Island, against
34,413 bales Upland and 3,679 do. Sea Island at same
time last vear. Therer.eipwsince Ist September ex
ceed those of last year 140,092 bales, and the exports
143,525 bales. The total receipts to date are 339830
bales greater than last year, while the receipts this
week are 5,041 bales Less than the corresponding
week last season.
At the time wc ruatte up our last weekly report, the
market was dull, und closed quite unsettled. On the
following flay the sales were only 65 bales; on Thurs
day but 270 bales changed hands, and prices were
still irregular. O a Friday morning the letters per
Canada were at h?j>d, and the market opened with a
belter inquiry ; the sales being nearly 2,000 bales
on Saturday the sales were about 1,100 bales, and
prices had become more regular, at about |c. decline
from the rates current before the steamer arrived;
on Monday the sales "were 2,684 bales, and the mar
ket closed firm; yesterday the sales were 572 bales
at 6to 7 3-16 cts. We revise our quotations, to cor
respond with the principal operations of the week.
We quote Ordinary to good ordinary 6 a 6|; mid
dling to good middling 6>] a 6f ; middling fair 6| a
65 ; fair to fully fair?a 7|.
The particulars of the sales for the week amounting
to 6.701 bales, areas follows: 5 at s|; 63 at of; 29
at oi; 31 at 6; 493 at6j; 382 at 6s; i443at6f; 203
at 6 7-16; 1616 at 6j; 25 at 69-16; 40 at 6 11-16;
947 at 6|; 436 a 6f; 58 at 6 13-16; 57 at 6s; 716 at
7; llOat 7 3-16; 150 at 7s; and 30 at 8 cts
Sea Islaruds.—The prices paid this week for Long
Cottons were about the same as thoe previously cur-
rent, and the only change we have to notice in this ar
ticle is the increased amount of the sales over those of
the previous week. The particulars of the transac
tions reported to us, amounting to 811 bales, are as
follows: 2at l 4; 11 at 14J; 39 at 15; 117atl4a 17;
1 .2 15Ji 54 13 nll l 165 nt 13 i a 16 l 336
at 13a 18; and 45at 15J cts. 18 bales stained sold
at 5 a 6} cts.
Rm.— There has been very little doing this week,
but we cannot hear of any change in prices. The
sales reported were about 150 tierces at $24 a 2s ner
100 pounds. 8 * r
Com.— We do not hear of any large sales- it is re
tailing at 58 a 60cents. 8 wea, itjare-
, The only sales noticed were by retail at
about 86. '
Co/ee.—We notice small sales Rio at 7} cents
Sugar.— lo hhds. New Orleans sold at 6 cents
Molasses.— The sales noticed are 50 'hhde. Cuba
at 21 cents.
Liquors.— There has been more demand for Do
mestic Liquors this week, and we notice the follow
ingsales: 50 bbls. N. O. Whiskey at 25}:cta ; 50
do Boston Gin at 28 cts.; and 70 do Rum at z 6 a* 27
cents.
Bacon.— 3,ooo lbs. round sold at 6} cts; 500;Balti
more Hams at 10 cts; and 25 hhds. Shoulders at pri
ces not made public.
Salt.— 3,ooo sacks Liverpool sold from on ship,
bom d al 87} cents.
Gunny Cloth. — We notice small sales‘at 19 cts.
Exchange. — Sterling bills 5 percent, prem. Our
Banks are selling Sight Checks on all Northern cities
at par; they buy Sight to 5 day Bills at } a gc. dis
count, 30 days 1 per cent, disc., and 60 days 2 per
cent. disc.
Freights.— Foreign are the same as last week—}d
to Liverpool anil Glasgow. One ship is loading for
Havre at 1 cent. The coastwise rates are : to Boston
} a |c. for Cotton and $1.25 per tierce for Rice; to
New York 7-16 a }c. for Cotton ; to Philadelphia
7-16 a }c. for Cotton, and $1 for Rice.
Cotton R eceipts in Macon. —Extact of a letter
from Macon, received in Savannah 3d April:
“ Our receipts are very light, and the statement
made before, that the crop (so far as receipts at this
place are concerned) is nearly alt in. is corroborated
by a comparison of the receipts of March with those
of December, January and February last : thus, re
ceipts in ware-houses in December were 22,395 bales,
in January 33,535 bales, in February 15,016 bales,
and in March the receipts only reached 3,439 bales.
The stock on hand in Macon on Ist inst., was 22 356
bales; 16,000 of which are held by planters who are
not disposed, at present, to sell, except at high prices.
The balance is held by shippers, and will in the next
ten days, be all forwarded, when you may expect
very light receipts from this place for the rest of the
season. Very little Cotton is now coming in, and the
stock held by planters will be offered sparingly and
go forward only as they come in to sell. These are
facts, and will go far to show what addition to your
receipts you may in future expect from Macon.”
MOBILE, April 5, P. M.— Cotton.— The inquiry
has been only to a moderate extent to-day. The sales
amount to 2,000 bales. Prices remain firm at 6}c.
Exchange.— The demand for bills is fully equal
to the supply, and there is an upward tendency in
rates. We quote Sterling 4a 5 premium, N. York
60 days, 1} a 2} dis., and Sight par a } dis.
NEW ORLEANS, April 4, P. M.— Cotton.—
The demand has continued to-day, and the sales
reach 8000 bales, making a total for the week of
21,500 bales. In prices there is no change and we
retain our quotations of Inferior 4} a 5 ; ordinary 5}
a s}; L. M. to middling 6 a 6}; good middling 6§
a 6}; middling fair 6} a7 ; fair 7} a 7}; Ten
nessee and North Alabama average lists, 5} a 6. —
Arrived to day, 2,031 bales.
Sugar.— The market has been dull and the sales
of the past three days barely reach 1000 hhds. Prices
have been irregular and in favor of buyers. To-day
a crop of 200 hhds. was sold up the Coast for the West
at 3}c. We quote : Inferior 2} a3; Common 3} a
3} ; Fair 3} a4 ; Prime 4} a 4}; Choice, 4} as} ;
Clarified 5 a 6}.
Molasses.— The demand has been very limited
and the sales of the past three days do not exceed
1200 bbls, leaving a large stock in first hands. Prices
have ruled from 15 a 18c.
Flour. — The market has continued inanimate and
the sales of the past three days are confined to 7500
bbls, including 4000 bbls, sold to-day as follows: 2000
bbls. Illinois unbrandedat 83.62; 846 Indiana at 4 ;
275 choice Ohio lined at $4.12 ; 200 extra Indiana at
$4.37} ; 100 choice St. Louis at $5.12 ; 200 fine at
s3.62and 300 at $3.50.
Corn. — The demand is extremely dull and prices
unsettled and drooping. The sales of the past three
days embrace 15,000 sacks, of which only 1500
White were sold to-day in small lots at 37c. We are
told that a sale has been made at 35c. for prime Yel
low, but could not obtain particulars.
lEAis’A'ey. —Some 600 bbls. Rectified have been
sold at 17J a 17Jc. and 350 Raw at 18J a 19c.
Bacon. — Prices have undergone no change. To
day 100 casks Sides were sold at 4Jc ; 32 at sc; 18
casks plain Hams at 6J and 40 tierces bagged al 7c.
Last sales of Shoulders at 3J a 3;c.
Bard. — The prices have not varied but the trans
actions have been limited. To-day 113 bbls, choice
were sold at 6c; 297 bbls, at —; 94 at s}c ; 25 at
sjc; and 103 grease at4|c.
Bagging and Rope.— Sales have been made at
17 and 9c. on time, and to-day 131 coils at 9c. cash,
and 250 pcs. and 250 coils at 17i and 9c. oa time,
adding interest.
Freights.— Vessels meet with steady demand and
during the past three days seven Ships and a Bark
have been taken for Liverpool; one Ship for Glas
gow ; one for Genoa at 15-16 c.; one for Trieste and
five for Havre. Os these five were taken to-day, as
follows: Ships Thracian and Talleyrand for Havreat
l}c.; Ship Marcellus for Liverpool at jd.: Ship Cas
pian for Trieste at l|c., and the British Ship Orleans
for Liverpool at 39-64 d.
Exchanges.— Transactions have been limited at
the following rates : London, 4J a 5J per cent, prem.;
Paris, 5f.35 a 5f.40.; New York 60 days, 2 a 2J per
cent, dis; do. sight, J per cent. dis. to par.
CIGARS, TOBACCO, SNUFF AND
PIPES.
GUSTAVUS VOLGER, Importer and Deal
er in Havana and Domestic Cigars, would
respectfully inform his friends and the public in gen
eral, that he has received and will always keep on
hand, a large and well selected stock of HAVANA
CIGARS.
Also, a large stock of his own manufacture, which
he will sell lower than they can be bought in any
other market.
TOBACCO of the finest brands and most celebra
ted Virginia manufactories put up in pound, half
pound and five and eight pound lumps. Lorillard’s
SNUFF, CIGAR CASES, MATCHES; German,
French, Chalk and Clay PIPES, &c. &c. The
above articles are for sale at the Cigar and Tobac
co Warehouse, one door below J no. P. Setae’s cor
ner, Augusta, Ga. ap6
SUMMERVILLE ACADEMY—SAND
HILLS.
The exercises in the above Institution
will be resumed on the Ist day of MA Y NEXT,
and close on the 14th December, 1849. The Princi
pal would, on application, accommodate a few Pupils
with board.
TERMS—Greek, Latin and Mathematics sl2 per
quarter; English, embracing Grammar, History,
Geography, Rhetoric, Astronomy, Logic, $9. For
French, an additional fee of $1 per month, or if stu
died exclusively, charge the same as for English.
ap7-wlm LEWIS McCORMICK.
GENUINE PETIT GULF COTTON
SEED.
SACKS OF the aboveSEEl), just received
fj’ J direct from the Gulf.
They are warranted by us to be the GENUINE
PETIT GULF, as we have undoubted certificates,
ami confidently recommend them to Planters. They
will be sold low. JEFFERS & COTHRAN.
ja2o-w&Ctf
PROPOSALS
WILL be received by the Subscriber at this
Office, until April 15th. for furnishing mate
rials and constructing the Walls of a Machine Shop
150 x 40 feet, and a Circular Engine House 130
feet in diameter, to be erected in Atlanta. Bids will
be received for either Brick or Rock work.
Plans and Specifications of the work may be seen
at this Office after April slh.
L. P. GRANT, Res’dt. Eng. G. R. R.
Eng'nrs. Office, Decatur, March 29, 1849.—ap2
NEW BOOKS! !
THE MIDNIGHT SUN ; A Pilgrimage: by
Fredrika Bremer. Authoress of “ Brothers and
Sisters, ” “The Neighbors,” “The President’s
Daughters,” “The Home,” etc. Translated by
Marv Howitt.
MACAULEY’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND,
vols. 1 and 2, cheap Edition.
HISTORY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH: by Ja
cob Abbott—with Engravings.
FRANKLIN ILLUSTRATED—Part 6.
Just received by aplO C. E. GRENVILLE.
Fine Watches Clocßs, Jewelry
AND SILVER GOODS.
j-r, THOMAS W. FREEMAN, <r>
at h’ HO l6 slan ’h nCfir ly opposite the Bruns
i£**J&wick Bank, respectfully informs hiscus-xlo£&
tumors and the public that he hason hand a fine as
sortment of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, of the
most approved makers, with a choice and fashionable
STOCK OP JEWELRY,
allof which he will sell at very low prices for cash.
T. W. F. solicitsa comparison by purchasers of the
quality and prices of his Goods, with any other house
either here or elsewhere.
WATCHES and CLOCKScarefully repaired, and
warranted. Mr. Wm. G. Woodstock contJiuesto
give his utmost attention to this part ofthe business.
N. B.—New Goods received weekly. 014 d&w
HAMS! HAMS’
1 ft ftilfl EBS * f,ne BAGON hams, jus
IL vF^vFvF received, and for sale low.
ap6 BAKER, WILCOX & CO.
MACKEREL,
■]Vr«. 1, 2 AND 3, in Whole, Half and Quarter
barrels, just received, and for sale by
mbß HAND, WILLIAMS & CO.
LARD.
~ 000 Lus, So P erior lard, for
’ a p 6“ " BAKER, VVII.COX&CO.
BACON, BACON.
/liArh LBS. TENNESSEE BACON,
on consignment. Just received
and for sale low.
, n 1,29 HAND. WILLIAMS & CO.
C1 RUSHED AND LOAF SUGAR, Green and
/ Black TEAS, STARCH, superior Jjiva COF
FEF. &c., &c., just received by
ih3-d&w GRENVILLE & BATTEY.
KEGS of very superior Tennessee BUT
vy TER. at 12| cents a pound. For sale by
ap4 C. A. & M. H. WILLIAMS.
GEORGIA HAMS.
h POUNDS Georgia cured HAMS and
O ’LF vZ SIDE*?, an excellent article for family
use, just received by
le2B GRENVILLE & BATTEY.
LARD! LARD!!
A FINE ARTICLE for family use, in Bar
rels or jars, for sale bv
fe7-d&w GRENVILLE & BATTEY.
LANDING THIS DAY.
1 fin DRUMS Fresh FIGS,
1 vF LF 20 Boxes Fig PASTE, in 1 and 3 pound
Packages,
5 Boxes Fresh OLIVES,
25 “ Fresh assorted PICKLES,
25 Doz. Underwood’s best MUSTARD,
3 Tierces Sugar cured HAMS,
5 Bbls. Smoked BEEF,
2 “ Pickled TONGUES.
10 boxes fresh Soda CRACKERS.
50 “ Sperm and Tallow CANDLES,
25 “ best SOAP.
10 bbls. H. Smith’s FLOUR,
For sale by apll-3 G. T. DORTIC.
DENTISTRT.
~Dr. T. J. Jones, a graduate
■ of Baltimore College, of
T T T g*?ry, having located permanentlWlr
spectfully otters his Professional services to the citi
zens of Augusta and vicinity.
Office over Dr. Wm. H. Turpin’s Drug Store.
fe7-ly
MEDICAL CARD.
Dr> S> E. Habersham otters his Profes
sional Services to the citizens of Augusta and its vi
cinity. Office on Brocd-st., immediately under the
Washington Hall. mh3l-3m
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