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• 9 the entire quantity required for consumption
ind exportation in each year; the following
table shows how much this has increased in the
last year:
Cotton delivered for home Consumption and far
Export in each of the following *§ ars.
Homeconsumption. Export. Total.
Bales. Bales. Bales.
Sent. Ito Bee. 31, ’43- 418,200 33,900
Jan. Ito Aug 31, ‘44 -.955,678 97,550
1,363,378 131,450-1,495,328
Sept. Ito Dec. 31, ’44- 471,144 46,500
Jan. 1 to Aug. 31,’45 1,140,548 103,100
1,611,692 149.600—1,761,292
Sept. Ito Dec. 31, M5-.425 651 30,800
Jan. 1 to Aug. 31, ’46 1,056,704 131,400
1,482,355 162,200-1,644,555
Sept. Ito Dec. 31, ’46-. 502,563 62,800
Jan. 1 to Aug. 31, ’47-.788,088 130,000
1,290,651 192,800-1,483,451
Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, ’47--317.910 91.850
Jan. 1 to Aug. 31, ’4B„ 980,027 122,710
I 297,937 215 550—1,512,487
Sept. I to Dec. 31, '4B- -525,304 66,800
Jan. 1 ttTAug. 31, ’49 1,196,092 188,600
1,721,396 255,400—1,976,796
The home consumption of the last year has
therefore been 423.459 bales above that of
1847—48, and 430.745 bales above that of 1846-
4/ • while the entire deliveries have been
464 309 bales more in the last year than in
1847-48, and 493 339 more than in 1846-47.
The only other feature in the past to which we
will allude, is the prices on the Ist of Septem
ber of each year, compared with the stock and
the average weekly consumption at the time:
Sept. >, >S<4 13(3 ISIS 1847 18(8 ISIS
bales bales bales bales hales bales
Stocx«* 1.10-iJbO 1,193,700 911,300 507,400 669.300 717,400
Weekly con-
sumpt’n. 27,417 32,855 30,400 22.702 28,116 34.456
No. «>t weeks’
consumpt’n, 40 36 29 22 23 20
Price of Ga. 3sas 3fas 6{a7|d 3jasd 4fa6d
It appears, therefore, that at this time the
stock bears a smaller proportion to the con
sumption than it has done in any of the last
six years, and just one halfthat it did in 1844
So far, then, as regards the actual facte known
np to this time, in relation to supplies, con
sumption, and stock, there can be no reasona
ble doubt entertained that the advanced price
up to this period at least is based upon legiti
mate considerations and ascertained facts.
, In endeavoring to come to any conclusion
in respect to the stock which will remain on
hand at the 31st of December, it is evident that
the first consideration which we must encoun
»w in the
<g &re-«> point, it
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n done
■’ early
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n with
u<uun v«ututtar, Mr til llf*y olleh |
lin v eiju events at an early
. “ptfnod of the year, have been compensated by
a favorable season afterwards, and by mild o
pen winters, which prolonged the picking sea
son. Nevertheless there are, it must be ad
mitted, strong prima facie reasons for appre
hending a decrease <>n the crop of last year.—
First, there are the defects in the crop from the
various causes mentioned, all of which had
some foundation in fact; then there is the
great mortality which has existed among the
Negro population from cholera, which is likely
10 interfere with early picking, and thus expo
sing the crop more than usual to winter frost;
but the chief reason that renders a comparison
of the present year with the last unfavorable,
is the fact that in 1848 the most favorable com
bination of circumstances occurred ever be
fore experienced for a large crop, and the fact
that it was the largest crop on record. But
let us take it for granted that extensive plant
ing, a favorable autumn, and an open mild
winter, will be sufficient to counterba'ance all
the-e drawnacks—that the crop of 1849-50
will be as large as the unfinished crop of 1848
49, and that the receipts at the ports are as
large and as early in the present year as they
were last year, there are still two ascertained
facts which must make the imports from the
Ist of September to the 31st December, con
siderably less in the present year than in 18 48
The entire imports into Great Britain from the
Ist of September to the.3lst of December, in
each of the last six years, were as follows :
Imports of Colton, Septa 1 to Dec. 31.
1848 bags. 418,853
1847 354 290
1346 199,853
1845 318,021
1844 313.304
1843 215,210
So that the imports of the last four months of
1848, exceeded, by more than 100,000 bales,
those of any of these years except 1847, and
this it exceeded by 64,564 bales. But even
taking for granted that the crop and receipts
will be as large in the present year as in 1848,
there is first the fact, that the stock left on hand
in the United States on the first of September.
1849, was 44,976 bales less than in ]B4B, which
will tend in some measure to diminish the ship
ments Great Britain ; and then there is ihe
fact, n : on the Ist of September of this year,
thequao ity of cotton at sea and to arrive, af
ter that dale, was 82.918 bales less than in It 48
On these ascertained facts, therefore, even sup
posing that the shipments of the new crop will
be as large and as early as last year, the im
ports into this country in the last four months
of the year will be at least, 100,000 bales less
than in 1848. Assuming therefore, no failure
of crop and no lateness of season, the imports
of the four months from September Ist to
December 3|st, cannot be reckoned in the pre
sent year above 318.854 bales. The average
weekly consumption of this year, up to the
Ist September, was 34.455 bales; but assu
ming that it will only be for the remaining four
months at the same rate as it was last year,
th* a it will amount to 525,304 bales. With
regard to the quantity which will be required
for export, when we take into account the low
stock? on the continent, and the great increase
of trade compared with the autumn of 1848, we
shall make a very moderate allowance under
that head if we put it the same as last year.viz:
66.800 bales. For the first eight months of the
present vear the quantity exported has been
188 600 bales, against 122.700 bales in 1848.
Taking these estimates, then, as a basis for cal
dilating the stock which will be left on hand
at the 31st of December, we come to the follow
ing result:
Estimate of the Slack of Cotton in Great Britain
on December 31s/, 1849.
Stock Sept. 1. 1849 717,400 bales.
Add imports far four months 319,854 “
Total supply .1,036,264
Deduct consumption, 4 mat* 525,304
“ export 66,800
Stuck of December 31, 1849-• •• 444 150 “
“ “ “ 1348 ... 451 910 “
“ •• ’• 1847 ... 515.790 “
“ “ « 1846 -.1,055.270 ••
“ 1945 ... 897.060 “
“ " “ 1844 ... 784.710 “
“ u •• 1843-.. • 561,430 "
According to this estimate, the stock on the
3ist December will be only 444.150 hales, after
the largest cron on record; but it must be
borne in mind that this is on the assumption
that the forthcomingcrop will boas large and as
early as the unprecedented crop of 1848 ; that
the consumption of the last four months of the
year will be less by 3445 bales weekly, than the
average of the first eight months; and that the
export demand will be confined to the limited
quantity of 1848; all of which are assumptions
which we fear are too much in favor of the
stock at December 31. As these facts become
further elucidated by time, the estimated stock
at that dale will of course be subject to correc
tion accordingly; and, in the meantime, each
person may apply his own views on these un
ascertained points, in order to arrive at a con
clusion. Important as we fed cheap cotton to
be to the comforts of a people, and the pros
perity of our trade, it is impossible, with these
facts before us, to entertain any hope of a re
duction of present prices: it is difficult not to
apprehend even a further advance, unless in
deed the state of trade should become such as
there is no reason to fear, as long as food is
abundant and cheap, and employment as plenti
ful as it is at this lime. We do not fear the
effect of speculation, that will retard rather
than accelerate higher prices. We look only
to the supply and demand. These are ele
merits beyond the control either of Liverpool,
on the one hand, or of Manchester on the
other hand- Forcible attempts to alter the
natural consequences of these first causes,
either by speculation or combination, always
have a tendency the reverse of that intended.
Two Hundred Absconded Slaves.—The
Baltimore correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune
states that be is informed on the best authority,
that nut loss than two hundred slaves have ab
sconded from their masters in Maryland within
die past five months. These, at’ the lowest
valuation, were worth SIOO,OOO. This esti
mate as to the number, is, we think, entirely
too great : though it is true, as the correspon
dent furtheraays, that “of late the absconding
slaves have increased three fold, and their suc
cess in eluding the most expert of our officers
and police agents has been remarkable.'’
Naw Counterfeit.—A new counterfeit
S2O bill on the Planter’s Bank of Tennesee.
has recently made its appearance in St Louis.
It is described as follows: “Planters’ Bank of
Tennessee. S2O, dated Nashville. February Sth,
1845 Letter D. payable to J. W. Petway,
at Athens; M. Watson, President; N. Hobson,
Cashier. Vignette—eagle, hogsheads, shipand
tobacco plant.” \
FOR SALE
VI.IKKLY NEGRO GIRL about 22 years of
age. •g ud Sempstress and House servant. Ap
ply .u this odke. o2t>-dlm&w>
PIANO FORTES TUNED AND RE
PAIRED.
'|AHK SUBSCRIBERS are happy to inform
I their friends and the public that they have se
coted the services of' Mr. F. Rvootrnes. an eipe
rieneed 7 user and Repairer of PI ANO FURTEs,
»n whom e eri coafidervee can lie placed, and whoee
work will be warranted in every respect. Persons
wsbinc their Piano’s tuned in a scientific and skill
nd manner will please leave their eedera at
GEO. A OATES <1 CO.,
Piano, Book and M usic IVpM
Broad strew, oppose State Bank.
< DM INISTR ATO R-sVaLE. - Wdl be
‘ w at Appling, Columbia county. on the Unit Tues
day in January next, by an order from the honora
blr Interior co*urt ot said county, one Negro mm
Mated William, about thirty-five years of age; also>,
the tntnrvs* as the of Ttemnas Pollard. de
• m a Tract of Land, belonging to :he Estate
vt RtX'ert Pollan!, deceased. CtMtiaxuing tire bun- I
died and eighty Acre*. m.'re or less, said interest be
ing one twelfth part of eaid Trad oi Laud All sold
bw »he purpwe of distribution, between the Legatee*
Thomas Pollard, deceased. Terms Cash.
DANIEL L. MARSHALL, Adm r.
November 7. 1549-
SEED WHEAT.
'FUR SVBSCRIBKRS hare just iwived
I from (he North a foeeh supply of superior " bite
anj Red Seed Wheat, which can be obtained al
♦I 75 per bushel at their Mills.
n| S l» I IN TON A CC.
OCI V. El) KK \ l I CKYRAG SiN u .
15 piece* ot'heavy RentUvky BAGGING, a
toUia wet by iawah water, ea eons gautant and far
by no JKTTEMS, COTHRAN A CO.
From the N. O Picayune, 31st ult
Mexico*
By the British steamer Teviot we have re
ceived files of El Monitor Republican©, El
Siglo and Le Trait d’Union of the city of Mex
ico to the 13th inst., El Arco Iris and El Lo
comotor of Vera Cruz to the 17th, both in
clusive. --
The most important intelligence from Mexi
co by this arrival, is that which announces the
entire suppression of the revolt of the Indians
of the Sierra Gorda, which had beeen for so
long a time the grievous ulcer in the vitals of
that country. Ramirez and Quiroz, the two
principal leaders beaten on all points, abandon
ed by their men, were obliged to take to flight.
They were overtaken and executed without de
lay, and “without mercy,” says the Trait d'
Union. That paper adds: “The insurrection
has no longer chiefs or soldiers; this deep sore
has cicatrized; may it never be reopened!”
The State of Zacatecas is in a state of com
plete Governmental anarchy. The Governor
had been impeached before the Legislature, but '
while the latter was solemnly occupied with the
consideration of this grave affair, the populace
rushed into the hall of meeting at the capital,
drove out the representatives, locked the gates
of the edifice deposited the keys with the mu
nicipality. The Legislature has assembled at
another town in the State. The Federal Gov
ernment meanwhile has taken up the affair.
Cosio was to be summoned to the city of Mexi
co, to answer for his conduct before the grand
jury, and the administration of the affairs of the
State would be confided ad interim to the
Lieutenant Governor.
Gen. Don Manuel Crescencio Regon, who
was considered as the head of the Puros, died
in the city of Mexico on Sunday, the 7th inst
aged 54 years. He had played an important
part in all the changes in Mexican policy for the
last ten years.
The savage Indians were devastating the State
of Chihuahua, robbing and murdering the in
habitants without opposition. The xMexicans
say that the Chihuahuans want a few companies
of Norte Americanos, organized like those in
the service of Durango, when the merciless
Camanches and Apaches would be taught to
fear and shun the haunts of civilized life.
Juan Ramiroz, the principal chief of the in
surgents in the Sierra, was mortally wounded
by his captors on the 2d inst. Gen. Busta
mente, in communicating this fact to the Su
preme Government congratulates the country
that the long-pending intestine war is now
ended.
The subject of the Mexican debt has been be
fore Congress since its opening, upward of
three months ago, and it was expected that the
committee on public credit would make a re
port on it on the 28th ult., but up to the latest
dates nothing definite had been done, regarding
the several plans submitted for gradually ex
tinguishing it. Mr. Robertspn, the agenlurf
the English crediu/r^LJzas^criTfedoutb> the
jAUyv amr Was al’out to leave for home, there
to give an account of the failure of his mis
sion
The Government has issued orders to es
tablish four military colonies in the Sierra
Gorda, the seat of the late insurrection. They
are to be in places dependent on the four States
bordering thereon, viz: Mexico, Queretaro,
Guanajuato, and San Luis Potosi. They are
to be organized like those on the frontiers, and
after four years’ residence the colonists may
become a resident population This is done
with a view to overawe the Indians, who now
constitute the mass of the people.
Gen. Bustamente has received orders to des
patch eight hundred men and six pieces ofar
tillery to Zacatecas, for the purope of preser
ving order, in the difficulty between the
Governor, Cosio, and the Legislature of that
State.
Some abortive attempts had lately been made
at Cindad Victoria, at Chalco, and in the valley
of Toluca, near the metropolis, toward organ
izing another revolution. The prime movers
in it were the Santanists, or friends ofthe exiled
Ex-Dictator. By the energy of the Govern
ment, none of them came to a head, and with
the exception of a few insignificant arrests, the
display of force alone by the authorities was
sufficient topreserve order.
The company owning the line of diligences
and transport wagons between Vera Cruz and
the city of Mexico have proposed to the Gov
ernment to establish, at their own expense, an
armed force of 400 men, to secure travelers
from the attacks of robbers between the two
cities. With security between the principal
port and the chief city of the Republic, travel
will materially increase, which will accelerate
the march of the prosperity ofthe country.
We find that our files of papers from thecity
of Mexico extend to the 18th inst. inclusive E7
Sfg/oofthat day states that the conducta of
treasure lately despatched from Guanajuato
and San Luis Potosi to Tampico, amounts to
the large sum of $ 12,000,000
A great number of insurgents, with their
chiefs, have fallen into the hands of Gen. Bus
tamente since the capture of Quiroz and Ra
mirez, most of whom have received the amnesty
of the Government and been dismissed to their
homes.
\n El Defensor of the 13th appears a letter
written by a correspondent in New Orleans,
announcing the reportthatthe Round Islandeis
had abandoned for the present the idea of inva
ding the Island of Cuba.
Gen. La Vega has resigned his post as Com
mandant at Tampico, through a desire to avoid
being the instrument us Cardena’s tyrannical
and unconstitutional acts. El Siglo of the 13th
inst., says that the Supreme Government has
accepted his resignation.
Serious Steamboat Accident.—On Tues
day last, about sundown, one of the Hues of
the steamer DeKalb, Capt Moody, collapsed
at a place on the Savannah River, called Seven
Points, about seventy miles below Augusta,
injuring several persons and killing two negro
men. Mr. Rahn, the Mate was struck in the
face by some fragment and badly bruised and
cut across the nose. Mr. John Hearney, 2nd
Engineer, was badly scalded in the face and on
his arms. Mr Chavers, deck hand, badly scald
ed on his side and shoulder, and it is feared that
he has inhaled some of the steam; altogether
his case is a serious one. A negro man, who
was sitting on a bale of cotton, has not been
seen since, and is supposed to have been blown
overboard and drowned. Another negro fel
low was so badly scalded that he died in three
hours, and was buried on the shore with appro
priate religious services.
Rev. Mr. Ross, of this city, and several oth
er gentlemen were passengers —none of whom
were injured. Injured persons suffered con
siderably for the want of medical attendance,
as none could be procured for two days, the
T. S. Metcalf, being the first boat that passed to
take off the passengers. Mr. Ross had studied
medicine some years since, and kindly did
what he could to relieve the sufferers.
The cause of the accident is supposed to be
the weakness of the work where the Hue join
ed the boiler, as the Engineer had tried the wa
ler, but a few minutes before, and it was found
all right
Capt. Moody came down on the T. S. Met
calf to get a b tat to tow the DeKalb to the city.
No part of the DeKalb is injured except her
machinery.—Sur/i Rep.
Bridge over the Ohio at Cincinnti.— We learn
from the Covington (Kv.)Journal that the stock
for the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Com
pany has all been taken. The commencement
of this great enterprise (regarded as so impor
tant to Covington and Cincinnati) depends tip
on the decision next December of the United
States Court relative to the Wheeling Bridge.
Governor Johnston, of Pennsylvania, has
appointed Thursday, the 29th instant, as a day
of general thanksgiving throughout that State.
GUNS ' GUNS * ’
DOUBLE BARREL SHOT GUNS.— We
have just received a tine assortment of London
make, with all kinds of Gunning Apparatus of the
best quality. Leather Gun Cases, Percussion Caps,
Wadding, Cleaning Rods, &c., for sale very low.
Any person in the country wishing a good Gun,
can depend with confidence in this article. Sold by
us for the last twenty years, and with general satis
faction. We will forward Guns, fully warranted, to
order. n7 CLARK, R ACKETT & CO.
E? L. ADAMS,
WHOLESALE GROCER AND COM
MISSION MERCHANT,
Corner of East Bay and Central Wharf.
Chnrlesfon, S. C.,
WILL KEEP always on hand, an extensive
and well assorted stock of GROCERIES,
selected for the country trade, which will be offered
lor sale on accommodating terms, and to which lhe
attention of country merchants is particularly invited.
Agent for Charleston, of J AMES THOMAS Jr.,
celebrated Tobacco <*t the favorite bands of
•• NECTAR LEAF •”
“EL DORADO
“VIRGIN GOLD LEAF.” 06-dtw&w6m
MjNOUR MONTHS afterdate, application will l»e
Il made to the honorable the Inlet lor Court of Rich
mond county, when sitting tor ordinary purposes, for
leave to sell ail the Land ami Negroes belonging to
the estate of Augustus F. Haynie, deceased.
JOHN K. JACKSON, Adm’r.
November 5, 1849.
MONTHS after date, application will
be made to the honorable the Justices of the
Inferior court of Columbia county, when sittir?g as a
court iff ordinary, for leave to sell the whole of lhe
teal estate of Thomas Hegjfie, deceased.
JAMES L. HEGGIE, AJm'r.
November 5, 1849.
TIOUR MONTHS after date, application wd be
JC made to the Inferior Court of Wai ten county,
when silting far ordinary purposes, for leave to sell
the interest of Aaron Jackson, deceased, (it being
one-third.) in a negro man named Albert, belonging
to the estateof John W. Jackson, deceased.
SAMPSON R. CULPEPPER,
Administrator with the will annexed.
November 2, 1849.
tpoUH MONTHS after date application will
be made to the honorable the Inferior Court of
Richmond county, when si’ting tor ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell all the Real Estate, Negroes
and Personal Property, belonging to the Estate of
Amory Sibley, deceased.
JOSIAH SIBLEY, ? ,
GEO. A. SIMMONS, j Adm rß ’
November 7. 1349.
X r OTICK«—AU persons indebted to the Estate
of Amory Sibley, late of Kichmord county,
deceased, are requested to make payment; and those
having demands against said deceased, will please
hand them in, duly attested, within the time preserib
ed bylaw. JOSIAH SIBLEY. ,
GEO. A. MM MONS. | Adm re '
VBYaK KKN CO VNT Y. GE ORG I A
v v Whereas, George S. Allen applies for letters
of administration, de b>mi* on, with the will annex
ed, on the estate of William Baker, Sr., late of said
county, deceased :
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and
sing.ilnr, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my odice, within the time pre
scribed by law, to show c unse. if any they have, why
said setter* should not l»e grant d.
Given under u»v ha mi atotfice in Warrenton.
PATRICK N MADDVX, Clerk.
November 7. 1549.
< DMINI STR A TOR S SAI F,.— Agreeable to
R. an order ins: the honorable the Just ices of the
Inferior court of Morgan county, when sitting tlbr or
dinary purposes, will be sold, <hi the first Tuesday tn
January next, tie tore the court-bouse door ot said
county,' twe likely young Negro boys, about fifteen
or sixteen years cid. SoM as she property &l John
Peek, deceased, and for the benefit of the heirs ot
said deceased. Terms on the dav.
F. W. ARNOLD,
Adminrsirator, de beni* non.
November 6, 1549.
Augusta,
MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 5, 1849.
Increased Consumption of Cotton--The
True Policy of the South.
We think there is little danger of a general
war in Europe, and less doubt that the annual
consumption of all fabrics made in part or
whole of cotton is largely on the increase, both
in the civilized and semi-civilized portions of
the habitable globe. Os all nations, the peo
ple of the United States consume the most cot
ton goods according to population; and we
now increase at the rate of about one million
a year. The increase in Europe and other
cotton consuming regions must beat least four
millions per annum ; so that the total increase
in the commercial world may be set at some
fivemillionsof souls. We will not undertake to
say what amount of cotton will suffice to meet
the wants of this addition to the human family
every year. If the quantity be set down at only
six pounds to a person, the aggregate is 75,000
bales of 400 lbs. each The principal increase
in the consumption of our great staple, how
ever, we trace to a different source. Science,
improved and multiplied machinery, add im
mensely every year to the productive power of
nearly all the laboring people in the world.
Os course, the more the people of all nations
produce, the more they can consume. This
enlarged consumption of cotton, coffee, sugar,
wool, or whatever else man is willing to pur
chase, is entirely independent of any extension
of commerce and civilization, and of any in
crease in the numbers of our race. If we can
by better educating the masses in the United
States add 25 per cent, to their productive in
dustry, we thereby give them the power, (the
disposition they already have) to consume a
quarter more of cotton goods than they now
do. With all our culpable, short-sighted neg
lect of popular education, and the far more
culpable neglect of other governments, and,
with all our omissions to improve the agricul
ture and mechanic arts of the country, still
much progress is really made, and great gains,
both in wealth and consumption,
realized.
Should the price of cotton keep uj>
--Sgnre fWr several yoa?s,ls we*are
believe it will, there is danger that
the planners of the South will ruin their best
cotttfn lands, and come near killing the goose
that lays golden eggs. That such a course
will prove in the end most disastrous to all the
cotton growing States, admits not of a doubt.
The prosperity of these in all time to come
must depend in a degree on the fertility of
their soils. Materially impoverish these and
both commerce and manufactures will forsake
the South. Improve the cotton lands of Geor
gia, lessen the first cost of this staple, and the
State will maintain flourishing manufacturing
and mercantile villages andcities in spite of all
competition. All interests must alike fall back
at last on the fruits of our mother earth for
support. Hence, all classes are equally inte
rested in saving all farming lands from injury,
either by excessive cropping, wishing of the
surface soil, or neglect to save or procure and
apply all needful fertilizers. Now is the time
to provide the raw material for making cotton
at a small cost per bale next season. We have
reliable information to the effect that a single
stalk of cotton grown this season on the plan
tation of Mr. John M. Moody, of Oglethorpe
county, bore 384 bolls, all well stored with
lint. Allowing only 20 seeds to a boll, and a
single seed gives a crop of 7,680—an increase
perhaps without a parallel in any other plant
grown in the United States. Very few at all
appreciate the quantity of good cotton which
may be economically produced on an acre,
when the soil is brought up to its highest point
of productiveness. There is also a great ad
vantage in gathering, when 2.000 pounds or
more grow on one acre instead of ten. The
difference in chemical composition between a
poor and a rich soil for the production of cot
ion should be known to every planter; and yet,
how few can tell wherein consists this diffe
rence. How many have close at hand all the
ingredients lacking in their soits to make them
highly productive, and yet remain in profound
ignorance of the important fact ? Cotton seed
is a valuable fertilizer, but where is the practi
cal planter to search for the materials demand
ed by nature to form a large yield of this seed,
and of the lint which grows upon it? The
true policy of the South is to provide ways
and means for informing every planter how he
can best improve the land which he cultivates.
Os all things of a business character, know
ledge is most useful and least sought after.
Augusta Flour*
Messrs. S. D. Linton *& Co. t have favored
us with a couple of bags of flour ground in
their new Mill on the Canal iu this
city. We have compared it with Hiram
Smith’s and other favorite brands, and find the
Augusta article equal to any ever offered in
this market. It is several shades whiter than
Canal flour from Western New York, making
beautiful biscuit and bread.
We have seen many larger mills, but none
better than that of Messrs. Linton & Co.
Having witnessed the operation of all the ma
chinery in this establishment, we take pleasure
in commending the professional skill of the
Millwright, Mr. D. W. Reed, who has drawn
the whole plan and executed the work in a
most satisfactory manner.
In this connection, we beg to add a word of
caution to those sowing either Maryland or
Virginia wheat. Some, if not all of it sent
here, contains the offensive and very injurious
seed of the garlic, which, if onco fixed in a
field, it is nearly impossible to eradicate. We
should be sorry to have this pest take root in
Georgia if its soil is now free from it.
There is but a small district in the United
States in which due pains are taken to weed
wheat fields, and neither harvest nor sow any
thing but pure wheat. Nothing short of this
will ensure grain of which 4 J bushels will turn
out 196 pounds of extra superfine flour.
Railroad Accident—Loss of Life. About
dusk Saturday evening, the “ Picayune" with
the passenger car for Belair attached, came in
collision with a wood train on the Georgia Rail
road. just four miles from the city. When
they discovered other an effort was made
by the Engineers to avoid a collision, but as the
wood train was on a down grade, they did not
succeed, and we regret to say, that a woman
named Smith, living some ten or twelve miles
from the city, who in the fright jumped out,
was run over and instantly killed. The other
passengers who remained in the car were un
injured. The Picayune and her tender sus
tained some slight damage.
The Tariff.—lt is understood, says the Al
exandria Gazette, that the Secretary of the
Treasury is preparing quite a large volume up
on the Tariff, in favor of specific duties, in
which he will be aided by Mr. Hudson, the ex
member of Congress from Mass., and now the
Naval Officer of Boston. The Secretary has
written to all the Collectors for information
upon this, and kindred subjects.
New York Politics.—-Five State tickets
are already in the field, in New York, vi« :
Whig. Democratic, Working Men’s. Anti Rent
and Abolition. The latter have Fred. Doug
lass. for Inspector of State Prisons, and Samuel
Ward, for Secretary of State, both Negroes.
The Telegraph to Halifax will soon be put in
operation. The delay which has occurred, was
owing to a mistake in measuring distances, in
consequence of which the wire ran short, and
it became necessary to obtain a fresh supply,
Powkrs’s Statue of Calhoum.—Hon Ed
ward Everett writes to Hon. R. B. Rhett, that
he has received a letter from Mr. Powers, dated
Florence. Aug 26ih. which says, the statue of
Mr. Calhoun is nearly finished, it having taken
a year's more labor than the artist anticipated,
in consequence of its being his first draped piece
of work.
A recent letter from Washington, says the
Little Rock Democrat, states, that the War
Department has ordered a survey of a route
from Fulton. Red River to Paso del Norte,
and Capt. Catlett has been employed to accom
pany the expedition, which is under the man
agetnent of Col. Johnson of the Topographical
Engineers. The Secretary of War thinks
this i* the best route for a Railroad to the Paci
fic.”
The amount of Treasury Notes outstanding
on the Ist inst. was $2,905,399 31.
Lt Presse, of Paris, which accomplished
more for the election of Louis Napolean than
any other journal, now sets up the Prince de
Joinvilie as its candidate for the succession. It
boasts of having still the largest subscription
list.
The New York Courier says that Mr. Ew
bank. the very accomplished Commissioner of
Patents, will submit to Congress a report,
which, for ability and valuable information,
will far surpass any similar production that ever
emanated from that Bureau. It is understood
that he will make some important suggestions
for materially improving our means of en
couraging the inventive genius of our country
men.
For the Chronicle SsiilwieL
Excursion to the Tunnel.
On Wednesday evening last a small party left
this city for Dalton, hoping to be present at the
opening of the Tunnel, near that place, which
it was expected would be on Friday. The
cars were unusually crowded, although an ex
tra car had been added to the train, and the
night was unusually cold. With these excep
tions, we had *i pleasant ride to Atlanta, reach
ing that city in time to breakfast. Having tF'
few hours to remain here, the writer improved
them by rambling over the city. Go a-headi
tivencss seems to be the peculiar characteristic
of this thriving town.
The principal street was so crowded with
loaded wagons, that it was almost impossible to
get along, and it is estimated that 500 bags of
cotton were brought into market up to 12
o’clock, M, of Thursday. The corporation
have wisely commenced planking this street,
which has, before this, been almost impassable,
from the mud. Improvements are progressing
in every part of the city. The most notable of
these, are a new engine house and machine
shop, which are being erected by the Georgia
Railroad Company. The engine house is tobe in
form a polygon of nineteen sides, calculated to
contain that number of engines. Its diameter
is 140 feet, and its circumference is about 480
feet. The top is to rise in the form of a dome,
the centre of which is to be open. The en
trance is to be semi-elliptical, and 17 feet in
height. Attached to the engine house is to be
a wing for machine shops. 200 seer by 40. The
whole is being built of Stone Mountain granite,
laid in the best manner, and will, when com
pleted, be a beautiful specimen of substantial
architecture. The facilities for transportation
possessed by the company, enable them to pro
cure the granite at a trifling cost, and it is
thought that the expense of the sy’ucture will
not be much greater than were it builtof brick,
while it will be far more imposing and dura
ble. The project of removing the Scat of Go
vernment to this place—which seems to be agi-.
tating a portion of the public just new—ia
strongly supported by the its
to the Stone Mountain. ■
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struction of public buildings wmreh would be
an ornament to the State. Being less hard
than the Quincy Granite, it is more easily work
ed, while it is sufficiently durable for all practi
cal purposes.
The receipts of cotton in Atlanta for Octo
ber, were, at the Georgia Railroad depot, from
wagons, 2834 bales, against 2147 for the same
period last year, showing a gain in ’49, of 687
bales. At the Macon and Western Railroad
depot the receipts from wagons for last month
were 384 bales, making the lot’ll receipts for
the month, 3218 bales. This is certainly a gra
tifying exhibit for so young a city. The West
ern and Atlantic Railroad parses through a
country remarkable for the beauty and variety
of its scenery, and for the rapid increase and
the enterprise of its population.
The traveller over this road is struck, by the
great number of bridges on its route, and by
the frequency and extent of the excavations it
required. There is a much greater length of
bridging than was necessary, and the State is
now doing what should have been done at the
outset, that is,she is constructing embankments
of earth extending as closely as possible to the
stream to be spanned. There are three con
siderable streams crossed by this road, between
Atlanta and Dalton—the Chattahooche, the
Etowah, and the Oostenaula, besides several
smaller ones. The highest bridge spans a
small creek, and is 125 feet above it—the longest
bridge is that across the Chattahoochee.
The deepest excavation is through Alatoona
Mountain, which averages 95feet in depth, and
was mostly made through slate-stone. The
highest gradient is 33 feet. This is about 3
miles above Marietta.
At Etowah we received a valued addition to
our company, in the person of Maj. Cooper
and some gentlemen and ladies who accompa
nied him. The Major had already sent up a
field-piece, as he deemed it important that
powder be burned on the occasion. At Dalton
we learned that we were too late to witness
the opening, as the passage between the twb
portions of the tunnel had been made the day
before.
The first perforation was made at 11 o’clock,
A. M., on the 31st of October. The excite
ment among tho spectators and workmen was
very great.
A passage large enough to admit two men
was soon made between the parts, after which
all work was suspended. On Thursday, al 11,
A. M., the opening was celebrated, by a pro
cession and other ceremonies. The Chief
Engineer, Mr. Mitchell, furnished us with a
programme of the proceedings.
The procession was formed in the following
order:
Ist. Chief Engineer, Mr. Mitchell.
2d. Chief Engineer zltlanta and LaGrange
Road.
3d. Chief Contractor, Mr. John D. Gray.
4lh. Ladies, at the head of whom was Doct.
Hull and lady.
sth. Invited Guests.
6th. Chief Mason, Mr. Win. Gray.
7th. Assistant Engineers, Mr. Benjamin C.
Morse, Mr. E. B. Wells.
Bth. Chief Tunneler, Mr. Chas. Lincoln.
9th. Bosses and Hands.
10th. People generally.
On reaching the passage, the Chief Engineer
formally introduced the company to the west
end of the great work, and made some remarks
upon the magnitude and importance of the
achievement.
A bottle of Grape Brand, No. 1, Sillery
Mousseaux was presented in honor of the oc
casion, by Mrs. Geo W. Towns, (through the
Chief Engineer) and broken by Mr. Geo. D.
Gray. A bottle of Old Port Wine presented
by Mrs. Mitchell, was broken by Mr. Win.
Gray. Three bottles Bland Madeira, present
ed by Dr. Hugh Neisler, were broken by Mr.
Benj. C. Morse. Four bottles Scuppernong
—a Georgia Wine—were then presented by
Maj. Thomas Mitchell, and broken by Mr. E.
B. Wells. 5 bottles Madeira, presented by Mr.
Geo. D. Gray, were broken by Mr. Charles
Lincoln; 6 bottles from the same, broken by
Mr. Robert Gray. This part of the ceremo
nies closed by the exhibition by Mr. Mitchell
of a small bottle of waler from the river Jordan,
a portion of which he sprinkled about the Tun
nel.
Then followed presentations by the Chief
Engineer to the workmen (1.) A half eagle,
Georgia gold, stamped at Dahlonega, 1849.
was given to Mr. Win. H Gray,Chief Mason,
as a memento of the time when this great
achievement occurred. (2 ) Thirty five dol
lars to Mr. Chas. Lincoln, Chief Tunneler, as
a token for his skill and fidelity in the work.
(3.) Ten dollars each, to Christopher Cormick,
J no. Bray. Jos. Teague, Edwd. G. Walker,
Dani. Davis and Wm. Thomas, Tunnel bosses,
for the faithful discharge of their several duties.
The Chief Engineer concluded the ceremo
nies by commending the workmen and return
ing thanks to them in the name of the good
people of Georgia. Although disappointed
in not witnessing the perforation and the at
tending ceremonies, a party was soon formed
to make a moonlight excursion to the Tunnel.
A locomotive and cars were placed at our ser
vice and our party was augmented by the ad
dition of Messrs. Mitchell, Grant, Morse and
several other gentlemen, and an equally grate
ful addition of ladies.
The distance from Dalton to the Tunnel is
about seven miles, and the road passes through
a very romantic mountain gap, which, under
the eentle rays of the lovely moon, looked ex
tremely beautiful. Before entering the Tun
nel we ascended the hill through which it pass
es. where the cannon had been conveyed.—
Here it was designed to fire a salu’e of 13 guns,
but the cannon, being too heavily loaded, burst
with the seventh discharge. Fortunately no
one was injured. We then descended to the
Tunnel, designing to enter at the east end. At
the mouth we found two or three hand cars,
in which all the ladies and several gentlemen
obtained seats, and were soon moving gently
along upon the elevated rail track which had
been constructed for the convey ance of mate
rials. The Tunnel throughout its entire length
was brilliantly illuminated, and the effect on
entering it. headed by an excellent band of
original SabU Melodists, was exciting in the
highest degree. The long rows of lighted can
dies on either side, extending as far as the eye
could reach, the beautiful brick arch over our
heads, the large concourse of people around
us, the lateness of the hour—it being nearly
midnight—the right good will with which the
negroes “discoursed eloquent music’* upon
their several instruments, and the general hi
laricy which eharacterixed the company, all
conspired to render the scene impressive in
the highest degree, and the occasion which
produced it indelible. An ardent imagination
might easily have fancied that we were invad
ing the realms of Pluto, which had been illuini
naled for some Pandemonean entertainment,
and the contrast between the brilliant torches
and the sooty faces of their bearer*, and the
comical gyrations of the musicians, might have
suggested the fancy that we were escorted by
PlutoiMan minstrels and Ereboean imps. On
teaching the extreme of the railway (which
extended several hundred feet—a procession
was formed, in nearly the same order as in the
morning, comprising the whole company, in
cluding laborers and all, and led by the inspir
ing strains of the music, we marched through
the opening into the west end. Here we pans
cd and formed a circle, the Chief Engineer,
Contractor, and President King of the
Georgia Railroad, occupying the centre.
Several bottles of wine were then presented
by Mr. Jno. D. Gray, Chief Contractor, one
of which was broken by Mr. King, and another
by Mr. Grant, Chief Engineer of the Atlanta
and LaGrange road. Maj. Cooper was called
upon for a sentiment, but the writer did not
distinctly hear his response. Mr. King was
then called upon. He gave, “ After all the
talking and all the firing hero’s to the men who
did the work,” which was received with three
times three. The sparkling wine flowed free
lyr“ the sons' onlv refusing to partake. The
daughters were not affected with such scruples
or they deemed the occasion justified them in
(disregarding them.
Mr. Mitchell presented his bottle of Jordon
water, which with some remarks, he again
sprinkled around the Tunnel. We then pro
Deeded onward as far towards the west end as
we found it pleasant to go. The arching over
a portion of it not being completed, rendered
it damp and slippery to the feet. We then re
turned to the mouth in the same manner that
we entered. Not an accident happened to
mar our enjoyment, and the universal good
humor pervading every countenance express
ed the entire satisfaction of all.
The following statement of the dimensions
of the Tunnel, and the geological character of
the obstructions which had to be overcome in
the Work, will give some idea of the difficul
ties which’surrounded the undertaking.
The length of the tunnel is 1477 feet, the
widtUat the grade line is 12 feet. The side
walls awe 4 feet thick at the bottom and 2£ at
the top. At an elevation of 11 feet the arch
restsjtpon these walls which are here separ
atdjKlO-12 feet. The arch is a semi-circle
of 6 11-12 feet. It is built of
is 22 inches in thickness. The face
thick at the base and 5 feet at
from
n.-jel iiicasiires 18
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n-x’
Wll i* ll,t
at the east end
fan rkWttiffc lay with flint gravel extending in
ward *OO feet, and the same intermingled with
sandstone for the remaining distance of 477
feet At the west end the work was comtnenc
ed July 15lh, 1848, and at the east end August
25th, 1848.
The average number of hands employed
daily, was 220. The quantity of powder used
in blasting exceeded a thousand pounds. The
ends were united October 31, 1849.
So accurate had been the survey, that the
parts at the junction were only an inch at vari
ance. The Engineer, Mr. B. 3. Morse, from
whom the above particulars were derived, is
deserving ofthe highest praise, for ihe skillful
manner in which he has conducted an under
taking comparatively new to him, without a
pattern and without experience.
The work certainly reflects great credit upon
him. The Contractors, Messrs. J. D. Gray &
Co. are also entitled to great praise, for the
perseverance which (hey have manifested in
prosecuting the work amid discouragements
and obstacles of no ordinary character. The
Tunnel will be entirely finished in about two
months, although it is expected to transport the
mails and passengers over the whole road by
the first of December. The road and the tun
nel are an honor to the State which has con
ceived and prosecuted them with such manifest
success. C.
An Abominable Proposition.—The lead
ing Democratic presses of Georgia, ever since
the result of the late election was made known,
have been feeling round to ascertain whether
it will answer for the party, now they have the
power, to “ gerrymander” the State, so as to
give perpetual ascendency to the Democrats,
both in Congress and the State Senate, and
having seemingly come to the conclusion that
the thing can be done as “easily as falling off
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PLAN OF OLD TOWN PLANTATION, JEFFERSON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Reference.—A, shows where the overseers’
house, kitchen and several other good houses stand.
B, shows lhe situation of the Quarters, some 14
framed homes, 16 or 18 brick chimneys, with over
30 fire-places and comfortable rooms.
C, Spring and Dairy.
D, Horse Stable, Carriage house, horse yard.
E, Mule Stables and Lot.
F, Stock yard and shuck lot.
G, Barn and sundry farm and stock houses.
H, Cotion machine and Screw.
I, Grist Mill.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
ADMINISTRATOR’S Sale.— Will be sold,
on the first Tuesday in December next, at the
Market-house in the town of Louisville, Jefferson
county, the following described lands, situate in said
county, and sold under an order of the honorable the
Inferior Court of Richmond county, when sitting for
ordinary purposes, for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors cf Paul Fitzsimmons, deceased:
OLD TOWN PLANTATION.
That well known, extensive and valuable estate,
containing 4742 acres, of which 2900 are open and
under good fences, situate on Dry and Spring Creeks,
bounded westwardly by the Ogeechee river, six
miles above where it is crossed by the Central Rail
road. The improvements are of a substantial kind,
and in good repair, embracing all that is necessary
and usual, on a large and well ordered plantation,
among which is a water power occupied by a cotton
gin, a grist mill and a saw mill; the latter convenient
to an adequate supply of pine timber.
This plantation and lands will be subdivided, and
if desirable, offered in three portions. The same can
be examined at any time upon application to the pre
sent occupant, Mr. Owen P. Fitzsimmons, or it
absent, to his Overseer.
/or Sole.
FOR SALE
WILL BE SOLD to the highest bidder, in
Lexington, Ga., on the first Tuesday in De
cembernext, a negro man, about twenty-five years
old, a valuable BLACKSMITH, very superior as a
horse shoer. n 3 P. H HANSON.
FOR SALE.
A GOOD BLACKSMITH, an excellent
workman, who can iron a carriage or wagon
euual to any in the State. Said boy is about 29 years
old, able and *>tout, weighs about 180 pounds, and of
good character. Apply to R. J. JOHNSON,
029-w Rome. Floyd county, Ga,
VALUABLE NEGROES.
GUARDIAN’S SALE.— Agreeably to an or
derW the Court of Ordinary of Richmond
count/* beaold, on the first Tuesday in January
next,Hßidk lower market house in the city of An
gusta, abont fifty valuable negroes, belonging to the
minor chftdren of tbc late Paul Fitzsimmons, deceas
ed. being a part of the negroes of the estate of the
said FtWimmona, heretofore worked on that well
known phrrkation, Old T-»wn, in Jefferson county.
Temrseash. JOHN BONES, Guardian.
November 2, 1849.
~ FOR SALE.
THE UNDERSIGNED, de
termined to move his planting inte
rest, oriera for sale his PLANTATION in
Burke county, lying on the road leading from Lou
isville to Savannah, 10$ miles from the former, con
taining 755 acres, about 220 of which is cleared and
m good repair. A large portion of the cleared land
is fresh, and produce* well, both Corn and Cotton.
There is on the premise* a comfortable dwelling 34
by 36 fee<, with five rooms and two fire places, a
good kitchen and smoke house, and framed lumber
room and dairy in the yard, comfortable log cabins
for negroes, stables, good cribs, wagon bouse, gin
bouse and packing screw ; there is also on the place
a good store house, 20 by 30 feet, convenient to the
dwelling. I deem it unnecessary to say more, pre
suming that any person wishing to purchase would
examine for themselves, and will only add, that the
price will be reasonable, and terms made easy. I
will sell ten negroes and all the stock, with the pre
sent crop if desired. ELTON HODGES.
031 - w Ira
~ oR SALE.
® THE UNDERSIGNED having deter
mined to remove West, offers her HOUSE
and LOT at Monroe, with about 100 acres of LAND
attached, for sale. Terms accommodating. The lot
is well improved, having a large two story building
thereon in good repair, and necessary out houses.
It is unnecessary to say anything in regard to the
health of this section of country, as it is known to be
as healthy as any section in Middle Georgia; good
schools in Monroe, both male and female.
011-wlm MARIA WALKER, Executrix.
valuable land for sale.
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for
hiij 150 ACRES OF LAND, adjoining
—'**■ anti forming a P»« of the 1 illage of So
cial Circle. Sixty acres improved with a good two
story Dwelling, (in town) new Kitchen and smoke
House, and other comfortable buildings. A bargain
w.U besold in the premised y CRAWLEY.
Social Circle, March 5. IS49.wtt '
Mfor SALE,
BTTHE SI BSCRIBER,
whole concern in Jefferson county, >
six miles below Louisville, comprising twenty
five negroes, seven hondred acres of land, stock ol
al! kinds, corn, fodder, tools, together with all things
pertaining to the awe. Come and see for yourselt.
Rcfcrcaut— Wm. H. Batty, James T. Bothwell,
Esi Aurata: Jo Ige Asa Holt, t-avannah.
e g ARRINGTON>
a log,” are now clamorously calling on the ma
jority in the Legislature to do the foul deed.
We say foul, for so the same act was denounc
ed, by the Democrats themselves, when the
Whig Legislature of 1843 so organized the
Senatorial and Congressional Districts as to
secure themselves 30 out of 47 Senators, and
live out of eight members of Congress! And
will the Democrats now disgrace themselves by
doing an acknowledged wrong, under the spe
cious and false plea of doing themselves jus
tice? It is not so written in our political phi
losophy, and we venture the hope that the De
mocracy will not so abuse the power they pos
sess, through so base a motive as that of “dos
ing the Whigs with their own physic,” or
through a spirit of retaliation.
Besides, no plea of necessity can be urged
for such a course. The Whigs have not pro
fited by their manoeuvering and dishonesty of
1843. With all their advantages they have at
length been thrown into a minority, and the
lesson they have thus learned should not be lost
upon us especially at a time like this, when, in
stead of crimination and recrimination in the
legislative halls, there should be a spirit of com
promise and conciliation in reference to the
great question in which the whole South is so
deeply interested. In our view, the present
is not the time for retaliation and proscription,
but for wordsand deeds of patriotism which
will heal the breaches already made, by party
spirit, and unite the whole people of this glo
rious commonwealth, as a band of brothers, in
support and defence of their common altars
and firesides, against Northern fanaticism and
foreign aggression ! Away, then, with the
abominable doctrine that might gives the ri»ht
to Republicans to alter and change existing en
actments, merely for the perpetual aggrandize
ment of the majority, and for no other purpose !
—Muscogee Democrat.
Statistics of Georgia.—The Savannah
Georgian contains the following notice of the
forthcoming work of the Rev. George White,
which we are pleased to learn is soon to be pub
lished. When the book makes its appearance
we shall take occasion to express our views of
its merits.
“This Book, for which the Rev. George
White has been engaged in obtaining subscri
bers during the last two years, will, we learn,
make its appearance about the first of Decem
ber. The Rev. gentleman has been untiring
in his labors. We promise to the public, in
advance, a work of much interest to the good
people of this Nothing upon its main
subject, indicaled>in its title, has been publish
ed hitherto, beyond what we have in the vol*
lutne known as^Xher wood’s gazetteer. A V"ery
interesting article on the Geology of Georgia,
prepared by a native Georgian, one of our mast
scientific and accomplished gentlemen, will
form the introductory sketch. This will be fol
lowed by extracts from manuscripts, by Col.
Benjamin Hawkins, upon the aborigines of
Georgia. Chapters succeed upon the situation,
boundaries and extent of the State—her soil
and productions—her rivers, population, and
early settlement—progress of the first colony
sent to Georgia—an account of the Yazoo Fraud
—political Government—Judiciary Militia
System—Education—lnternal Improvements,
and Religious Denominations. A very full and
interesting description will he given of each
County in Georgia. Departing from the plan
of Sherwood, which made reference to a sub
sequent part of his gazetteer for biographies of
eminent men, after whom the counties were
named, Mr White follows his description of
each county with an appropriate biography.
He has been indefatigable in obtaining the ma
terials out of which he has constructed his lives.
He has done much in this resoect. The people
will have a knowledge of the principal incidents
in the career of those citizens who have been
thus greatly honored by them. Much it is to
be regretted that little could be recovered in
reference to some But what is given by Mr.
White, will be valuable not only for preserving
the memory of our public servants —and there
by encouraging, in addition to the impulse of
patriotism, a devotion in others to public duty
—but for contributing to the fund from which
future historians will draw.
The geological portion of the work is enrich
ed by Bonner’s Map of Georgia, geologically
illustrated This is a feature of great interest
The work will be issued by Col. William T
Williams, of Savannah. We cannot conclude
this notice of a forthcoming book without ex
pressing our earnest desire that it will be well
received by the people ol Georgia, and that both
author and publisher will be amply rewarded
for their labor and enterprise.
No. I, Mill pond; 2,2, ponds; 3,3, 3, Savannah
Road from 1 ouisville ; 4, Road from W. Connelley’s;
5, Mill Road ; 6, Road to Quarters; 7, Brick-yard
field ; 8, old town Landing; 9. Jackson’s Landing;
10, Bridge. 6
Woodland shaded and marked 650, 140, 140 30
45, 200 and 80 acres.
Hammock and Swamp Land, 110 at upper end and
225 acres at lower end.
Cleared I-and not shaded.
a, Spring creek ; b, Dry Creek ; e, Green Branch.
4742 Acres—loo chains per meh.
ALSO—THE GREENE PLACE,
Contiguous to Old Town, containing 600 acres of
pine land, well timbered and convenient to the Saw
Mill.
ALSO—THREE LOTS.
Containing together 551 acres of Pine Land, on the
oppjsite side of the river; known as a portion of the
Forsyth five bounty tracts, and by Nos. 4, 5 and 14,
in the sub-division made in 1845.
ALSO—THREE LOTS,
Containing together 457 acres of Pine Land, conti
guous to the foregoing, and known as part of the Tur
ner place, on Boggy Gut, Nos. 22, 23 and 24.
Terms —One-third cash, balance with interest from
date on the Ist January, 1851, approved notes and
mortgage on the property.
ROBERT P. POE, )
WILLIAM J. EVE, > Adm’rs.
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, )
The paper* in Savannah, Macon and Milledgeville,
will publish the above weekly until day of sale, and
wan! accounts to this office.
October 2, 1849
Valuable Lands for Sale,
' THE SUBSCRIBERS offer for Bale a
VALUABLE PLANTATION in Pulnam
county, between Warren’s and Little’s Ferries
on the Oconee River, known as W'ilson Bird’s, Esq.,
and formerly owned by the late Joel Hurt.
The above Plantation contains 2,100 acres, and
lies on the Oconee River, the River making a fence
to one-fourth ol it. It has 150 or 200 acres of rich
bottom land, lying above all ordinary high water, and
in a high sta'e of cultivation. It also contains 600
acres of heavily timbered Oak and Hickory Land,
well interspersed over the tracts. The entire tract
under a good fence, and the open land in a fine state
of cultivation. The place has a good Dwelling house,
a large new Gin house and Screw ; also good Negro
houses, sufficient to accommodate 75 or 80 negroes,
good Cribs and Stables, everything complete to make
n crop. All of which we will sell low, and on terms
easy to the purchaser. We deem it to be one of the
most desirable plantations in this part of Georgia.—
Any person wishing to examine the land will call on
Mr. Broom, living on the place, who will show it.
All communications addressed to either of the sub
scribers at Sparta, will meet with prompt attention.
JAMES B. RANSONE,
s26 wtf JAMES B EDWARDS.
JEFFERSON LAND FOR SALE.
MI OFFER FOR SALE
tract of l and in Jefferson county,
known as the “Bellmont plantation,”
atmut six miles above Louisville, on the Ogeechee
River, adjoining land of the estate of Telfair, and ten
miles from Hard wick’s Depo’, containing sixteen hun
dred acres, more or less. Land of good quality, and
a good portion of it well timbered, with all necessary
buildings, new and in good order, with go'd fences.
With the land will be sold, il desired, twenty likely
NEGROES, crop of corn, stock of mules, cattle and
hogs.
A liberal credit would be given on the payments
being satisfactorily secured.
o!6-w4 JOHN PHINIZY.
FOR SALE.
THAT WELL KNOWN and
rjjjf. valuable SETTLEMENT OF LAND,
the residence ofthe late William Gar-
RKTT, deceased, of Walton county, situated about
three miles from Social Circle, and six from Monroe,
on the Alcovy River, containing one thousand acres
of land, at least four hundred of which is wood land
and well timbered ; a considerable quantity of fine
river low-grounds. There are upc-n the premists a
most excellent spring of pure water, Dwelling House
and all necessary farm buildings, large Gin Hoose,
Packing Screw, and good Orchards.
The at>ove lands are offered at the very low price
of Four Thousand Dollars ; one-half cash, the balance
on a credit until the Ist January, 1851.
JOHN SCOTT.
BENJAMIN T. RUSSELL.
Social Circle au2-wtf
fjotcls.
MARIETTA HOTEL.
THE UNDERSIGNED begs leave to
inform the public and his friends, that he has
| taken a lease of tins establishment and will open it
; for the reception of boarders and visitors the first of
September next, when be hopes by his prompt atten
tion to the business, and his anxiety to render his
guests comfortable, to secure a liberal patronage,
auIS-wtf J. F. ARNOLD.
WASHINGTON HALL,
ATLANTA GEORGIA,
BREAKFAST AND DINNER HOUSE FOR PAS
SENGERS.
MEALS always in due season for the de-
• M*.|| parture of the cars. A share of public patron
age is respectfully solicited.
my3o-wly ' HOLCOMBE &. RICE.
PHELPS AND OSE GIN.— For sale by
525 GRENVILLE <fc BATTEY,
'Tlngugfa, :
TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. G, 1H49.
A Professorship of Agriculture.—Prof. Mapes
formally assumes to-day the office of professional
councillor in scientific farming. He has been con
strained to take this step in consequence of the nu
merous and constantly increasing demands made up
on his time and attention from all parts of the coun
try, by men seeking counsel and direction in the busi
ness of agriculture, personally and by letter. It
would probably surprise most readers if an accurate
account of his correspondence alone should be pub
lished—requiring an amount of time and labor that
no man engaged in any other pursuit could afford to
devote to it without remuneration, however well dis
posed.—Newark Advertiser.
In all parts of the Union, men are waking
up on the subject of improvements in agricul
ture ; and we are happy to know, that in this
respect the planters of the South are not far
behind the tillers of the soil in the more dense
ly populated States at the North. Far more
interest is taken in reading and circulating the
Southern Cultivator now than formerly; and
farmers are sending in samples of their soils
for analysis, and make earnest inquiries about
lime,gypsum, guano, ashes, muck, green crops,
and other fertilizers. And well they may, for
steam is rapidly extending the market for seve
ral products of the South, particularly that of
sweet potatoes. The writer found this deli
cious tuber on tables 100 miles west of Detroit
in the centre of Michigan, and also in what
Gov. Clinton used to designate as tho “se
questered counties of New York ” now pene
trated by the Erie railroad. No crop is easier
grown than this: and we never pass over the
road from Aiken to Charleston, without being
impressed with the local advantages presented
fur raising sweet potatoes, pindars, almonds,
peaches and other fruits for consumption in the
northern portion of the United States. Some
fifty thousand quarts of milk pass daily over
the New York and Erie railway to the great
city, where the article is sold at retail at four
cents a quart. The whole consumption is es
timated at about 100,000 quarts a day, the price
of which has been reduced by railroads two
cents a quart, equal to a daily saving of $2,000,
or over *s>7oo,ooo a ’„Myr, on the consumption
of milkjhlone. V
Charleston and Augusta offer excellent mar
kets for milk, cream, flresh butter and cheese.
We dare say that Mr. Mixer, of the Charles
ton Hotel, (who, by the way, is the prince of
landlords in a palace for a public house,) pays
twice as much for a gallon of milk as is paid
at the Astor House in New York.
Despise these little necessaries and comforts
as we may, good vegetables, fruits, milk and
butter make up a large share of the pleasure
of living in civilized society. These things
are unreasonably high in Southern cities. The
best Northern flour sells here at $9 a barrel;
but Northern potatoes are three times more
expensive, if estimated by the relative amount
of nutrition in a barrel of potatoes and one of
flour.
Medical College.
Prof. Paul F. Eve delivered tho introduc
tory Lecture yesterday at 12 M., before an un
usually large class. We were unable to be pre
sent, but learn that the subject—“ The causes
which retard the advancement of Medical Sci
ence”—was handled with equal energy and
ability.
The friends of this institution have great rea
son to be satisfied with its prospects, as the
number of Students in a tendance at the pre
sent course is likely to be full 200.
Ohio Corn Meal.—A simple of corn meal was
exhibited on ’Change yesterday, made from Ohio
corn, steam dried, that had been ground 20 months
ago. It hud been shipped to Rio Janeiro, and this
sample came back, and was as sweet and good as if
it had recently been ground.— Newark Advertiser.
The wonder will soon be, not that corn meal
has been kept sweet 20 months under the equ
tor, but that the art of preserving it without de
terioration, should have been so long unknown
to farmers and shippers.
Rule or Ruin.—Rumors are afloat from various
sources that the Wh'gs in the present Legislature,
when there are several Democratic candidates for the
same office, will unite their strength upon the one
they believe to be least qualified, and most objectiona
ble to the people, that they may render the Democrat
ic party unpopular. We appeal to every candid man
to say whether such conduct is proper in any Legis
lator. — Albany Patriot.
The Patriot has placed the cart before the
horse. The presumption is, that the “Demo
cratic candidate” who is least of a partizan,
will be most worthy of preferment. If the
Whigs deem it advisable to vote for any demo
crat, the Patriot may rest assured that where
all are so inferior, and one must be chosen,
Whigs will be careful to select the best that
can be found among its political friends.
Atlantic Steamers. —It is stated in a Liverpool
letter that the Cunard line of steamers will oppose
the Collins line in every possible manner. Mr. Cu
nardrs new contract with the'Brinsn%vvv» nWMM xj.vi.t!
permit him to go from Liverpool direct to Now York,
and the moment the first steamer of the American
line starts from the United States, the best and most
powerful boats of the Cunard line will no longer call
at Halifax, but will proceed out and home, direct,
between Liverpool and New York.
Nothing is more needed than a little close
competition between Atlantic steamers to re
duce fare to reasonable rates between New
York, Boston and Liverpool. That it will
be reduced to one-third of the present price
within ten years, is altogether probable.
Population of Montgomery —According
to a late census the population of Montgomery
Ala., is 4643, of which 2441 are white. G7 are
free Negroes, and the remainder 2115 slaves.
Free Trade In Canada.
An article in Blackwood's Magazine treats
this subject at some length, and brings the
Canadas and the United States in contrast.
We commend the following extracts to con
sideration :
“The policy of England, from the day that Ixird
Chatham said “that he weald not allow the colonies
to make a hob-nail for themselves,” has been to con
vert them into marts for her manufactures—to make
them useful and profitable to her, by causing them to
consume those things which give her poor employ
ment. her merchants and manufacturers profit, and
her commercial navy all the inc dental carrying trade.
As a return for this, the colonies were directly and
indirectly assured by England, that their produce
should be protected in her markets —that, for all
the profits England might make by manufacturing
for the colonies, they should have a full return in the
profits they should have by their produce being pro
tected. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
“ Meantime, the United States pursued an entirely
different system. 1 hey, notwithstanding the interests
of the great body of the Southern States—whose in
terest, their principal product being cotton, wag to
buy what they wanted of manufactured goods in the
lowest market, and to sell their cotton in the highest
—rigidly adhered to the system of forming manufac
turing interests of their own, and of fostering and
encouraging them by every means in their power.
While the colonies, therefore, bought, with the pro
duce of their country, broad cloths, cottons, silks,
blankets, scythes, hardware, and crockery, which
were manufactured in England, they saw all the pro
fits of their manufacture, their sale, and their car
riage, go to another country, to be spent among
another people. The Americans, on the other hand,
who bought, with the produce of their lands, the
manufactures of their own country, saw the profits
upon these manufactures applied to building up fac
tories, villagesand towns, which brought together a
useful population—built churches, made roads, es
tablished places of learning and improvement ; made
better markets for some things which might have
t»cen sol'J otherwise, and made sale for many which
could not otherwise have been sold at all, besides
greatly enhancing the values of all adjacent property,
and increasing the general wealth of the whole coun
try. The advantages of the one system over the
o-.her, however, did not stop here. The necessities
and the advantages of manufactures, which first dic
tated the making and improving of a common road,
next conceived the benefit of a railroad and a canal,
and the profits of manufacturing were straightway
applied to their construction, and they were done.
The farmer, therefore, imperceptibly to himself, was
placed within a few hours of the best markets over
the continent—found bis produce carried to them fora
trifle, in comparison to what it used to cost him—and
found withal, the process which made it so, bringing
thousands upon thousands of people into the country,
to develope its riches, to increase the price of its lands,
and to contribute to its civilization and conveniences,
from the establishment of a college down to the build
ing of a blacksmith’s shop. * * *
“ It is not, therefore, to institutions or to laws—to
peculiarities of race or of situation, that we ascribe
the present undeniable prosperity of the Slates; or,
at ail events, of those States which have manufiictnr
ed over the Canadas. It is to the system the one
adopted f manufacturing what they required, and
thus securing to their country, the benefit of the popu
lation it required to do so, the profits of the labor em
ployed in it, and the incidental improvements it occa
sioned. It is the system the other followed, or
which was chalked out for them, of spending all they
could make in the purchase of goods manufactured
in England, the profits of which all went there to
be spent The States, by the one system, have made
the most of their country’s resources and its labor—the
Canadas, by the other, have made the least. The
States have ci’iee, and railroads, and canals, and ele
gant mansions, to show for their labor of fifty years ;
the Canadas have built elegant mansions, too, by their
labor, and have bought fine country seats, and have
contributed to make railroads—but they are unfortu
nately all in England and Scotland. * *
“ For every penny that the whole people of the
United States have lost, by buying their own goods
they have made pounds by making them. To mea
sure indeed, the advantages that manufactures have
given to America, by the mere profits of the actual
labor employed in them, would be but like valuing
an oak at the price of one of its acorns. Men may
compote the probable profits of labor employed in
manufacturing, by computing the cost of raw material
with the expense of manufacturing it, and what it sold
for—but the enormous wealth that has accrued to
America by the increase of population incident to
manufacturing, by the development of its resources,
and the gigantic improvements that have followed it,
would have been utterly out of the reach of all hu
man industry to compute.”
TEACHERS WANTED.
4 SUITABLE Male and Female to take charge
ZTL of Kock Spring Academy the ensuing year
(1850.) None need apply unless well qualified to fill
the station. All the English branches, with Latin
and Greek. A gentleman and his lady would be
preferred, the lady to teach Music. Fur further par
ticulars apply to the Secretaiy, C. B. Taliaferro,
Kidron, Coweta, Geirgia.
By order of the Board of Trustee,.
n5-w4 C. B. TA LI A FERRO, Sec.
Refined winter strained lamp
OIL, at $1 per gallon. Fur sale by
n g PHILIP A. MOISE, Druggist.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Transmitted for the Chronicle & Sentinel.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMER HIBERNIA.
ONE WEEK’S LATER INTELLIGENCE.
Baltimore, Sunday, ?
Nov. 4, 10 a. m. $
The steamer Hibernia arrived at Halifax
yesterday.
In business affairs, there had been no mate
rial change since the sailing of the Europa.
Cotton Market.
The Liverpool Cotton market continued
very much excited, which state was rather in
creased by the news received from New York
per steamer Hibernia, up to Thursday, on
which day the Cambria’s news was made pub
lic, causing a subdued feeling in the market.
On Friday a slight decline was established in
prices, and the sales were less than on the day
previous.
The political news is unimportant. [This is
all the news received.]
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
FURTHER ADVANCE IN
COTTON!
AND
EXTRAORDINARY SALES!
THE
LARGEST EVER KNOWN!!
Baltimore, Nov. 4, 9 P. M.
Liverpool, Oct. 20— Cotton, on Monday
advanced | to .|d. over the current rates at the
sailing of the Europa. The market on Tues
day was very firm, which caused an increase of
confidence in Liverpool, when another rise
took place, and transactions in American de
scriptions took place at £d. over the rates cur
rent on the previous Saturday.
The sales of the week ending Friday, reach
ed 191,209 bales, of which speculators took
65,620, exporters 1,170, and spinners 64,800.
Stock on hand 437,000 bales against 530,000 at
same time last year. Committee’s quotations:
Fair Upland and Mobiles 6j a 6fc.
Breadstuffs.—ln Wheat, Corn and Flour
there is no change of consequence. Quota
tions are about the same as per Europa.
Political. ;
Jn the best informed cycles in England, the
opinion was general that Russia will not make
war on account of the refusal of Turkey to
deliver the Hungarian refugees, who it appears
are still at Widden. Bern, Dembinski, and se
veral others had formally embraced Islamism,
and joined the Turkish army.
M. Thiers, in the French Assembly, has as
sumed a position on Roman affairs decidedly
conservative.
another dispatch.
Baltimore, Monday, Nov 5, p m.
The Hibernia arrived at New York at 2
o’clock this afternoon. According to her ad
vices Cotton advanced, during the past two
weeks ending 19th, fully one penny. Sales
same time reached three hundred thousand
bales!! closing at the quotations already giv
en. The largest sales ever before known.
The treaty between Austria and Prussia has
been ratified
FURTHER NEWS BY THE STEAM
ER HIBERNIA.
Liverpool Markets.
Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 10 A. M.
English papers received estimate the week’s sales
at 131,590 bales. On the 19ih cotton closed with a
subdued feeling, and the sales were about 7,000 bales.
The quotations already sent you are correct.
Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 6 P. M.
During a debate in the French Assembly on
the Roman question, an altercation ensued be
tween M. Thiers and M. Bixio. The latter
charged the former with saying that Napo
leon’s election would be a disgrace to France.
A duel immediately ensued, but neither were
hurt.
Havre Market.—The Havre cotton mar
ket was greatly excited ; the sales of the week
amounted to 20,000 bales, at 9f. advance.
ONE DAY’S LITER INTELLIGENCE.
Baltimore, October 6, P. M.
The steamer Washington arrived at New
York this (Tuesday) afternoon. The W.
brings one day later news, and has a heavy
cargo and 100 passengers, among whom are
Mr. Ritch (Rush?) and Bishop Southgate.
Turkey.—The Turks were actively prepar
ing for war.
Hungary.—Several of the first nobles of this
country have been executed.
Havre Market.—The Havre market, at
the sailing of the Washington was very active,
and prices advancing.
New York Market.
Monday, Nov. 5, Noon—Cotton—The cot
ton market is much excited, and holders are
asking f a jc. advance.
In the Baltimore market cotton held at j a
jc. higher.
Monday, Oct. 5, 6 p. m.— Cotton. — Sales to-day
1000 bales. Fair Upland life.; Orleans 12fc.
The Sou therner arrived earlyTuesday morning.
ruEsvirr, x/etooer tr—2ooo *
bales. Fair Upland, Ufa 12}c.
Other things remain without change.
Charleston Market.
Tuesday, Nov. 6, P. M.— Cotton.— The sales
to-day amount to 1,400 bales. The bulk of which
was at 11 to life. Prices up an |to |c.
Private dispatches from Charleston report
the sale of about 1000 bales up to 12 o’clock,
at an advance of |of a cent. Fair 11 j.
A second private dispatch says that dispatch
es from New York report the steamer’s let
ters not as favorable as the Telegraphic re
ports.
Savannah Market,
Private dispatches from Savannah, report an
advance of an |th, but that the business was
limited.
FROM MILLEDGEVILLE.
ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
A dispatch from Milledgeville, via. Macon,
received at 9 o’clock last evening, informs us
that William B. Wafford was elected Presi
dentof the Senate, and L. J. Glenn, Secretary.
In the House, J. W. Anderson, of Chatham,
was elected Speaker on the 4th ballot.
Two Whig members were absent. All the
Whigs present voted for Jenkins.
The Senate elected Rogers of Telfair, Mes
senger, and Mitchell of Fayette Doorkeeper.
In the House B K. Harrison (Whig) of
Stewart, was elected Clerk on the first ballot.
The House failed to elect doorkeeper and
messenger.
Miscellaneous.
Canada.—Canadian affairs are still very un
settled. The British League have determined
to make one more appeal to England for pro
tection. without which the opinion was enter
tained that a new government would be organ
ized.
Later intelligence has been received from
Santa Fe. A duel had transpired between
Judge Houston and Maj. Wergman ; no injury
done. More troops had arrived at El Paso.
A special Cabinet Meeting was held in Wash
ington on Saturday.
EXTRACTS FROM OUR EXCHANGES
From the Charleston Courier.—By Telegraph.
New Orleans, Nov. 3, F M.—Yesterday 2500
bales cotton were sold ; prices firm at fc. ad
vance since the reception of the Europa’s ac
counts. The sales of the week amount to
30.000 bales. 'The receipts are 50.000 short of
last year, at the same period. Dealers are
awaiting the Steamer’s advices.
Provisions are all declining. Mess Pork
quoted at $8,75 ; Prime, $7.50; New Molass
es, 24 ; Sugar steady.
New . ■ ‘-t-
Sato • <
ces fi - - »
dling i ■ iJ
hand • ■
weath Lviuia is now
anxiot -.mi.
From the Baltimore Sun—By Telegraph.
St. Louis, Oct. 29 — Election of an Illinois
U. States Senator. — An election for U. States
Senator took place in the Illinois Legislature,
on Saturday last, with the following result:
General Shields 72, Cyrus Edwards 21.
In a previous caucus, Mr. Breese run Shields
very close.
Shields, however, was nominated in caucus
on the 21st ballot, by four majority.
The Senate passed a resolution to adjourn
on Monday next.
SALE OF NEGROES.
WILL BE SOLD, on the twentieth of De
cember next, at the court-house in the town of
Greensboro, Greene county between the hours of
ten and four o’clock, fifteen LIKELY NEGROES,
consisting of Men, Boys, Women and Girls. Terms
on the dav.
WILLIAM W. D. WEAVER, Attorney.
n - lawtd
FOR SALE,
4 T ONE-THIRD LESS than it originally
cost, a first rate Breast or Pitch-back WATER
WHEEL. It has only been run about two and a
half years, and is calculated, with a ten foot head and
fall, to drive a factory of 2,000 spindles and 40 looms.
It was built by a first rate workman, and is so ar
ranged that it can ail be taken to pieces, without in
jury. It is furnished with a Segment Wheel and
Pinion, for driving an upright shaft. For further
particulars, inquire of the subscriber, at Newton Fac
tory, Ga. JOHN WEBB.
•24 wlamtf
JOSHUA HILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Madison and Monticello Georgia.
AH business addressed to him at either place for
tbs counties of Morgan and Jasper, and those con
tiguous, will receive prompt attention. n 3
JAMES G. COLLIER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Augusta Ga.
Will practice in the several Courts of the Mid
dle Circuit. Office at the corner of Broad and
Campbell streets.
References — James L. Pettigru, Esq., Cbarles
ton; Hon. Edward Y. Hill, Lagrange; Wm. T. 1
Guuld, Ejq., Messrs. A. J. & T. W. Miller, Esqs.,
and Messxj. Baker & Hart, Augusta. n2-ly
WEEKLY
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL,
BY WILLIAM S. JONEa' ~
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INVARIABI-V IN ADVANCE.
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AUGUSTA, GA:
WEDNESDAY BIORHING, BOV. T.
OUR WANTS—READ THEM !
The Patrons or the Chronicle & Sen
tinel will attest that we have not, for years,
save in a single instance, made a request through
its columns for money. Nor should we now.
but that our engagements through the ensuing
winter are very heavy, and require to be met
promptly. We, therefore, look to them for
the means, and entreat all those indebted, on
whatever account or however small, to remit ]
us the amount due by or before the close of
the year. Think not because the amount you—
owe is small, it will be of no consequence ; it
is of these little sums that we make up the
thousands of dollars necessary to defray our „
expenses. You are now reaping the fruits of
an abundant harvest, and the little which you
owe us may he easily paid. Let us not, then, (
we beseech you, suffer for the want of it.
Recollect that our necessities are great, and
that we want every farthing we can raise by
the first day of January, 1850. Do not, there
fore, wait to be called on by an agent, but send
us the money by mail. We will take the risk
of its coming safe.
The Governor’s Message.
Tnisdocument,for a copy of which, in advance
of its delivery, we are indebted to the courtesy I
of the Governor, through our correspon
dent, was -u' the T <*<»f«lat»ir« vpßterdav
at noon.
USUaI Va > • • > . .7>u4fc'
/contents < sv -
exte
“ The Augusta Sentimel estimates the cotton crop
of Georgia at from one-fourth to one-third less than
that of last year.— Huntsville Advocate.
What we did say was this:
“ From information obtained during a visit to the
interior of f fi" State, our opinions formerly expressed
of the deficiency of the crop in this State has been
more than confirmed, and we believe that the re
ceipts of Augusta, Macon and Columbus, will fall
short fully one-fourth from the receipts of the past
year, and many with whom we have conversed put
down the deficiency to one-third.”
These remarks were, however,penned on th®
23d October, two weeks ago, and introduced
into our report of the market; since which the
very favorable weather has made a considera
ble change in the extent of the crop and con
sequently in our views. We doubt now wheth
er the receipts at the points named (not “the
crop of Georgia”) will fall short one-fifth of
those of last year. Indeed we do not believe
they will.
Organization of the Savannah and Alba
ny Railroad.—We learn from the Albany Pa
triot that the 28th ult. witnessed a most impor
tant movement in South-Western Georgia. A
preliminary meeting was held in Albany on
that day, when the Rev. N. W. Collier was
called on to preside. On the following day I
books were opened and sufficient stock taken to 1
authorise an organization of the Company and j
a commencement of the work.
By-laws were then adopted, and the follow
lowing gentlemen chosen President and Di
rectors :
President—Col. Nelson Tift; Directors—
Dr. L. B. Mercer, Rev. N. W. Collier, A. B.
Lawton, John F. Spicer, A. Y. Hampton, P.
M. Nightingale, and Wm. Hampton, Esqrs.
An installment of one per cent, on the stock
subscribed, was assessed and paid. The Stock- *
holders then adjourned to meet on Saturday,
the 3d day of November.
The President and Directors met on the 29th M
Oct, after the adjournment of the Stockholders,
and elected the following officer under the By-
Laws of the Company:
Treasurer, John F. Spencer, Esq.; Secreta
ry, Archibald Hunt, Esq.; Chief Engineer, T.
G. Westfall, Esq.; Assistant Engineer, A. H.
Swinney, Esq. The gentlemen were present,
accepted their appointments, and entered at
once upon the discharge of their duties.
We learn from the Norfc
Company who purchased!
and Welden Railroad, are t ?d r i %
the work through at the
Road is already under way—the sills are laul
to Carsville. and a contract made fof>eiteridi
thorn to rranwiTTY, xnrnws further,’; wtctnn niclH
next 25 days. The iron is contracted for, to
be sent from England direct to Norfolk, and the
first cargo is expected within the next six weeks.
So much for the present.
Despatch.—Under our Commercial head,
will be noticed the arrival of a lot of Bacon
from Knoxville. Tuis bacon was shipped by the
river to Chattanooga, a distance of 250 miles,
then waggoned to Dalton 35 miles and thence
by Railroad to Augusta 271 miles in eight days.
The Gallant Worth and his Companions.
The bodies of the late Gen. Worth, Col, Dun
can and Major Gates were embarked yesterday
in the steamship Ohio for New York. Capt.
Darling, accompanied by Miss Worth, daugh
ter of the lamented General, will proceed to day
to that city by the land route.— Pic. Ist inst.
The U. S. Treasurer s official statement offl|
the amount in the various depositories and
Treasuries, October 22d, 1849. subject to draft,
shows an aggregate of $7,577,962,96
The Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad
Convention, held in Memphis on Saturday,
the 27th ult., was well attended. Ex-Govern
or James C. Jones presided, assisted by a <
number of Vice-Presidents from Mississippi,
Alabama, Louisiana. Arkansas and Georgia.
The following important resolutions were pass
ed, and the Convention adjourned, to meet in
Huntsville, Ala., on the 26th November next.
1. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Con
vention. the Railroad from Memphis to the ‘
• Atlantic should pass through or near Florence
or to Tuscumbia —through Huntsville, and in
tersect the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad *
at some suitable point on said Road, or with
the Georgia route, at or near Rome, in the
State of Georgia.
2. Resolved, That this road be called the
Tennessee, Mississippi And Alabama Railroad.
3. Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed by the President of this convention,
to confer with the President and Directors of
the Memphis and LaGrange Railroad company
and ascertain the terms upon which said com
pany will dispose of the bed of the road from
Memphis to LaGrange, and that they report the
result of such conference to the adjourned
meeting of this convention.
4. Resolved, That a like committee be ap-
pointed to confer with the President and Di
rectors of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Com
pany, and ascertain the terms on which said
company will dispose of their road, and that I
they report to the adjourned meeting of this I
convention. |
5. Resolved, That a committee of three be I
appointed by the President of this convention
to examine the various charters granted by the
respective States through which it is recom
mended the proposed road shall I
port at the adjourned I
tion r - I
1
• ' > uci i- M. refuence to 1
.iW, That the people of the coun
ties of North Alabama be invited to hold pri- -
mary meetings, at as early a day as may suit
their convenience to take this interesting sub
ject into consideration, and send delegates to
represent their views and wishes in said ad
journed meeting of this convention.
8. Resolved, That we invite the co-operat : on
of the friends of the contemplated improve
ment in Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Vir
ginia and South Carolina, and request them
also to send delegates to said adjourned meet
ing.
9. Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed to confer with the President and Di
rectorsofthe Mobile and Ohio Railroad, to as
certain if a union between their road and the
Memphis and Charleston road may not be
made by which the terminus of said Mobile
and Ohio road may be at Memphis.
In compliance with the foregoing
tions. the Chair appointed the following gen-;
tiemen on the respective committees!
The committee under the third resolution:
L. H. Coen, R. C. Brinkley aud F. H. Cossitt. 4
Committee under the fourth resolution ; A.
Miller, R. Walker and C. C. Clay, Sr.
Committee under the sth resolution : John
D. Martin, Dr. Thos. Fearn and W. T. Brown.
Committee under the 9th resolution : R.
Topp, Geo. W. Smith and John Trigg.
WYNNE’S FIRE-PROOF COTTON
GIN’S FOR SALE,
AT a REDUCED PRICE, from «2.soper
Saw to 92.25 per Saw, as it is getting late in
the season. I have a few unsold, I will sell free of
interest until 25th December, 1850, delivered at the
purchaser’s residence, free of charge for sending it.
The purchaser must have cotton sufficient for ten
bales to fry the Gin ready, and then notify me, and
if I fail making it perform well, I will put one in its
place until it does perform well; and if it does per
form well and gin over ten bales, the purchaser will
be bound fur the Gm. 1 will warrant my Fire-
Proof Gins to run one month, free of heat, with one
greasing with tallow. The oil box must be full be
fore ginning, and the water box also filled with wa
ter. My address is White Oak, Columbia county
Ueo. THOMAS WYNNE. ’
Rtftrencu.— Mews. Speara, Bell & Bulord, Mr.
H. Bryson, Messrs. Hardin & Ramey, Messrs. Ad
ams, Hopkins & Co., Mr. W'm. Andrews, Mr. Daw
pon, Meat's. Wm. M. D’Antignac Evans, Augus
ta ; Messrs. Hammond &. Cunningham, Hamburg,
S. C. n3-wlt