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to themselves as is
honorable Seniors very well kno«, that I
, u., hit nltakitifi lhe notes vs the
have hern hi the habit©* , ..
lerS
TheffiXy of «h« honorrtle Senator who has
sooken thii moving is known to harmonize
with this particular course of procedure. I
believe the reports of the Senators speeches
are understood lobe presented to the country
nrettv much as he writes them out himself.
Such has been understood to have been his
former uniform praciice, and I presume it is
Now, sir, tha reporter [for the Union] yes
terday presented me with notes, not of a few
remarks, such as fell from the other gentle
man—who could be very well heard and set
down with but few alight inaccuracies, and
leaving, be confessed, one or two chasms,
which being supplied, there was an end of his
task—but I spoke at length; 1 spoke rapidly.
I spoke certainly with great heat and with
much more rapidity than the Senator from
Missouri is in the habit of exhibiting. In other
words, I always speak more rapidly than the
Senator from Missouri, as yon all know. My
voice is perhaps not so distinct as his, mv
enunciation may not be quite so clear; I am
not so much in the habit of speaking for the
ear of reporters as the Senator from Missouri
and some others, and I find it very difficult in
deed for any reporters here to report me cor
rectly. Honorable Senators who know my
usual mode of speaking can understand this
matter. The notes of the reporter which were
handed to me contained many chasms which I
had to supply; and it did so happen that a
considerable'number of those vacant places in
the notes of the reporters covered the space re
ferred to this morning of personal altercation
between the honorable Senator and myself.
What did I do? Why, sir, here at this table,
in presence of various Senators, I corrected
some twenty pages of notes. I simply took
the notes as written, and corrected them as
they were written out, snpplying sometimes a
word, and sometimes three or four words;
sometimes four or five lines, and sometimes a
whole paragm ph ; for such was the state of
the notes. I corrected in this way some twenty
pages of the notes before the Senate adjourn
ed. Was this systematic? Was this cold
blooded? Was this deliberate ? Was there any
deliberate attempt at fraud here? And, sir,
I pursued the same course at home. This was
the first part of the publication in our papers
Ulis morning of the debates that occurred
yesterday, and necessarily I had to write out
what I did write as hastily as possible, to let it
lake its proper place in the paper. Ido not
vouch for the exact language of the whole. I
confess, I am willing to acknowledge, there
was one omission, and one which may be con
sidered by some gentlemen an important omis
sion; bctl have good authority for that omis
—ietr In the course of the rapid discussion in
which I was proceeding, in the course of a
very fervid speech, I happened to allude to an
affair of honor, now adjusted, between the
Senator from Missouri and a friend of mine
on this floor. I alluded to it in terms of great
harshness, certainly; but it is no great matter
of after having been assailed in
language o*scurrility, that I used language of
great harshness. Well, sir, the honorable
Senator from Alabama who site near me, (Mr.
King,) suggested that I had indiscreetly allud
ed to that affair. Perhaps I might say, the
gentleman who was referred to in the case
entertained the same opinion and expressed
it here to me. that it was unfortunate that I
had referred to that affair. What did I say I
I said at once to my friend. I will admit that it
was indelicate, and I will omit it in the pub
lished speech. And I did omit it Now, that
was perhaps the harshest thing that I said,
with perhaps one exception, wnich I will nnt
now refer to. I give my reason for omitting
what I did ; I believe the reason to be a good
one; but, if it is desired, it shall appear in
print as reported by the reporter, with such
efforts on my own part to supply actual omis
sion in the notes as I am capable of making.
If it will avail Ihe Senator any thing, he shall
have it.
Mr. Benton. There being a gap al this mo
ment in the business of the Senate, I will call
the attention oi the Senate to what 1 read in
one of the morning papers, the National In
telligencer. It purports to be an account of
what was said here yesterday in a certain case
in which my own voice was heard So far as
lam represented in that paper, sir, the re
port is substantially correct. Now, Mr. Presi
dent. I have to say what every Senator well
knows.ihatit isnot only the right,but the duty of
a Senator to revise his speeches, improve the
style, and improve the argument, if it relates
to argument; but where there is something of
a different character, something personal, there
can be no alteration of tlie words. Thia is par
liamentary law, and it is the law, I will not say
of honor, hot of civilized man.
Now, after the scene which occurred yester
day, the reporter [for the “ Union"] came to
me and laid on my table the notes of what I
had said, and asked me to revise them. I re
fused even to read them. I did not and would
not read them. I told him it was his business
o make it correct, and I exoected be had made
it correct. And why wonld not I read them,
air? Became it alio old not be said that I had
meddled with a word privately. I intended then
as I always intend, and as the only way that
honor can ever do, to let the reporter make his
report of personal scenes; and if there is any
thing wrong in the report, correct it in lira Sen
ate ; correct it in the lace of those who heard
everything, and who know what is right
and what is wrong. A pnblic correction
of public personalities, is the only thing
that can be endured in a land of civilized
men. I refused, then, even tn read the notes
of the reporter, and he carried them away, ask
ing me to fill up a blank in the first sentence,
oftwo or three words, which he did not oatch.
1 filled up these two or three words in the open
ing sentence. That was all. I never read one
word more. Now, air. I find in the Intelligen
cer this morning—and it may be in the Union
also .for anything I know—what purports to be
a report of what was said yesterday. It is a
lying account from beginning to end. It is an
exemplification of all the modes of falsehood
known to the law. Supgresaio «ri etsuggestio
fain; and in a material point, which would
have made it perjury ifit had beensworn to.
Sir, in what is personal in thia chamber, there
can bo no alteration of words; there can be no
substitution of equivocal or convertible phrases
The words spoken, so far as character or feel
ing is concerned, are to stand. They are to
stand, sir, and he is to abide what is to result
from ih-m in public opinion, or in any other
way. There >■ to be no made up case. There
is to be no akeration in a single phrase. And
yet in thia case the alterations are systematic,
from beginning to the end; and I say the re
porter did not made them. I absolve the re
porter.
Tbe report omits many things that were
said, and says many things that were not said,
and that are absolutely false.and this any Sen
ator can see, who heard what was said yester
day. and could have the stomach to read the
filthy stuff that appeared in the papers this
morning. lam not going to nauseate the
Senate by reading it; but I have demanded
from the reporter the original notes of the de
hate. I find the report correct in the repub
lic. I have demanded from the reporter his
notes for the purpose of justifying him at all
events.
And now, air. I will read to tbe Senate, mere
ly as au exemplification of the kind of abuse
which I have spoken of, but a single phrase,
and take it out of the paper which is the reg
ular authorised reporter of the Senate, from
which it is to go into our parliameutary law
and stand there. I mean to brand <t as false be
fore this chamber—to brand it from beginning
to end. giving an exemplifies ion whereof
there are many of a like character. It says :
* At present he is shielded by his age. his
upon disavowal of the obligatory force of the
laws of honor, and his Senatorial privileges.”
Now, in tbe first place, no such thing was
said here yesterday ; and in the second place,
if it had been said it would have been false.
So there are two falsehoods there together. I
am remarking on an article in the newspaper,
and I cannot be called to order.
Mr. Foote, (in his seat.) I hope he will
not be called to order by any one
Mr. Benton “At present he is shielded by
bis age, his open disavowal of obligatory force
of the laws of honor, and bis Senatorial privi
leges.” Shielded by his age ! by his age .'
Sir, let any person insult me where an appro
priate ehastisment can be employed and in
dieted upon blackguardism, ami he will find
out whether I am nut young enough to resist;
he will find out my age without consulting any
calendar al all.
•• His open disavowalof the obligatory force
of the lawsof honor.” Take that in any sense
and it is false, l ake it in the sense iu wh : eh
it is perhaps intended, and it is false 1 am
not a man to make avowals except when there
is a case pending, and then the avowal goes
lu the single case. Il i* not true that 1 ever
made such au avowal. Il is a false excuse, au
afterthought 1 it w an invention of after time,
an invention of cowardice, to shield ilsell from
infamy. That is what it is. Sir, I never made
such an avowal. I avow neither one thing nor
the other. When any person puts a ease
they will get an answer, but there will be no
avowals before that to go before the country.
•• Hie Senatorial privileges !” Sir, I claim
no Senatorial prix ileges. I claim no privilege
of attacking any person on this door. I claim
no privilege of insulting any body here. I
hare never done it in thirty years 1 have been
here ; I have never begun to insult any one;
but if it is begun with me, allhough 1 may bear
with insults a long lime,yet when I once take
notice of it. there shall be an end one way or
the other. And if the senate does not know
that it n a Senate ; if this Senate dees not pro
tect itseli Irom scenes which would disgrace the
veriest brothel : if this Senate permits lan
guage io be used here which cannot be used in
the filthiest brothel in the Fire points, or in the
suburbs ot the city—if they permit such lan
guage to be used here, and to be used here with
respect to me, I mean from this Ume forth to
protect myself, cost what it may.
Now, sir, I merely give this as a specimen
of the falsehood— malicious and systematic—
which pervades what I find in this newspaper.
I ain speaking about a newspaper sir. and can
not be called to order. And perhaps, hereafter,
it mar be well Io wait for the newspaper, and
thou I can apeak es the newspaper. I have
given thia ns an example of the lalsenood which
pervades that report of what took place here
yesterday, and which is to go into tbe perma
nent debates es the Congress of the United
States—which is to stand in the register of
these debates as true and permanent history .'
I brand it wnh falsehood before it goes there,
and Shall hold myself ready upon any occasion
that may require it, to prove the falsehood from
beeianing to end
It Now, sir. 1 undertake to assert that tbe re
port, which the Senator from Missouri ac
kaewledgoa is substantially correct io the Re
public, is subetantially harmonious with the
report wbtea appears io the Uaion and Intelli
gencer. wit* this difference chiefly. (and 1 re
£"l that as the only difference in fact) that
» reporter for tbe kepoblie necessarily coa
deneee aN oar debates, and so condense* that a
*p<*ecb of fear or five columne »n the la
wUi<encor is feu ad tQtaethnee in the Republic
?***"* or atiogfe column. Such is
*"• cw m itMUacff I •poke, Senators
i well know, long enough to have occupied two
I or three columns in either the Intelligencer or
- the Union, and yet what was said in reply to
me, when published in the Republic, is found
not to overspread more than a column and a
s quarter. I will say, then, that the report in
s the Republic is substantially accurate, except
1 in the respect alluded to; that the report is
s condensed necessarily, so that the remarks I
f made are found in t very narrow compass,
and much that I said is leftout which I endeav
s ored to supply in the Intelligencer and Union.
. The gentleman says he will take the notes of
the two reporters—the notes of the reporters of
. the Intelligencer and of the reporters of the
r Union. The Intelligencer, in this case, relied
- upon the notes taken by the reporters of the
t Uniou. For that reason, the reports in these
J two papers will be loutid to be precisely simi
lar. This is very often found to be the case.
b The customary exchange of printed slips takes
place between them, in consequence of which
, wo very often find the same report precisely,
i in each of these papers, of any particular
r speech.
. But, sir, the language especially objected to
r is that contained in the concluding sentence,
r Whether I spoke of "age” or not, 1 am not
i prepared to say positively ; that was left blank
’ in the notes brought to me. I filled it up ac
i ; cording to my memory of what occurred. I
will not undertake to say that I used the word
. "age” in my remarks yesterday. I will not
r undertake to say that the very words reported
, are the very words I used ; but every Senator
> will remember that I distinctly alluded to the
[ fact that the Senator from Missouri was under
t stood as not holding himself responsible to the
i laws of honor; and I did say, most emphati
cally, aud it is so reported, that if the door was
, opened by him, if he would say that he held
himself responsible to the laws of honor, I
would lake the proper steps to bring him to a
just punishment. Isaid all this in the hearing
of the Senate ? Was it not-.o understood by
the Senate? Was it not substantially the
same? Where is the difference? I will n t
undertake to say that 1 used the word "age.”
If I did not, 1 certainly ought to have done so,
• because that is to some extent a circumstance
which does weigh with gentlemen in affairs of
this kind.
The honorable Senator says that when the
notes were brought to him he refused to read
them. Well, sir, that is his example. I am
not bound to follow it. Ido not care whether
he ehose to read them or not. I chose to read
them. I shall never refuse to read what is
brought to me. I shall always choose to look
at the reoorter’s notes and to correct them
wherever I think there are faults or omissions.
But the gentleman says he would not look nt
them, nor correct them, for fear of being sus
pected of injustice. That motive does not
affect me. I do what 1 think right, without
caring who suspects my motives, or without
thinking of the motives of others. That is an
other difference between the Senator and my
self. Sir, every one who hears me will say
that the speech which I delivered yesterday
was as harsh as the speech was report'd.
There is not a serious charge reported either in
the Intelligencer or the Union that was not ut
tered yesterday ; and if there was any thing in
that speech that could give offence as reported,
that 1 atn supposed by any one as having
uttered, all I have to say is that I utter it now.
And now, sir, I will not bandy epithets with
any man ; but. after, this I think it my duty to
say, what I said yesterday, and what I am re
ported as having said—l am done with th- affair
here. I did not report that. That was the re
port of the reporter himself. I said so yester
day, and 1 »ay so again. I expressed my opin
iors; I avowed my sentiments as really enter
tained; I declared my principle of action; I
was satisfied with the altercation as it proceed
ed ; 1 was satisfied with the result of it, so far
as a man can be satisfied with a mere parliamen
tary altercation ; and I announced here, delib
erately, in the presence of the Senate yes
terday, that so far as the Senate was con
cerned, I was done with the affair; I should
prosecute it no further here.
Now, Ido not care what the Senator says
Why, sir. his voice of denunciation passes by
me as the idle winds. Months ago 1 expressed
iny opinion of his course. Ten years ago, as
he knows, I expressed my opinion of him I
have reason to know, and I can prove, that he
was greatly offended with what 1 then said. I
have had occasion very often to speak of that
Senator publicly. I did so in a published let
ter last summer, over my own signature. I
have done so here, in a manner evidently very
offensive to him, and I did yesterday say, and I
repeat again, as much of harsh and disrespect
ful language as 1 ain reported in the Intelligen
cer and Union to have uttered. Wliat could I
do more ? I should dishonor the Senate, I
should discredit myself, if I were now, after
what has occurred, to repeat the language
which I used yesterday in the presence of the
Senate. I avow the speech a* printed. I fl
vow every word that I ain reported to have said,
and I eare not whether that Senator considers
it falsely reported or not. Hie opinion is with
me a matter of absolute indifference.
There is a single point on which ( have a
little curiosity ; and that is, to see how this
thing will be reported in the morning.
I did say yesterday that the Senator was un
derstood to disavow the lawsof honor I have
seen it printed by one of his colleagues iu the
other House within the last week ; 1 have seen
tbe same fact printed repeatedly; and I have
had especial reason to suppose it to be true
A common impression to that effect has cer
tainly existed, I wish to know this morning
whether I am authorized to understand—for
the language of the Senator ia somewhat
equivocal; his denial that ha had made the a*
vowal seemed to be modified —that the Senator
does consider himself responsible to the laws
of honor or not / Let hiln say aye, and I shall
know what course to take- It is not sufficient
for him to say that he has never said so a’id so
Let him say that he does hold himseli responsi
ble to the laws of honor, and I give bim my
word that I will give him au opportunity to
prove it
Here the matter was droppad.
News of tlje Week.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Thx Gkxat Industrial Exhibition.—The
American Institute of New York has received
from the Hon Abbott Lawrence the follow
ing letter, which needs no other prelude or in
troduction—
London, February 23d, 1850
To the Secretary of the American Institute :
Dkar Sir—You have doubtless been ap
prised, through the public press, that an indus
trial exhibition is proposed by Great Britain to
take place in May, 1851. The invitation em
braces all nations. The plan has met with
general approbation here, and by the repre
sentatives of the different countries of Eu
rope accredited to this Court.
It has commended itself to my judgment, as
the representative of the United States I
have taken au interest in its success, in be
half of tbe people of the United States, be
lieving that great benefit may be derived not
only by the citizens of the Union, but by all
mankind.
1 entertain an abiding confidence that we
possess the material tu present at the proposed
Exhibition such combinations of science and
art as will gratify the highest anticipations of
that class of men who have been, and will
contiuue to be, the creators of wealth, and,
through their inventions and labors, the civili
zers of mankind throughout the world.
If such a response should be given to this
invitation as may be expected, the Exhibition
will present to the world a victory gained by
a Congress of Nations not acquired by arms
or physical strength, but the triumph of mind
over matter
The details of this great plan will be pub
lished at an early day, which I shall have the
pleasure of transmitting to you; in the mean
time I send with this note a copy of the Re
port of the Eleventh French Exposition, with
the Royal Commission establishing the pro
posed Exhibition, and tbe proceedings ol the
first public meeting. Will you do me the
favor to place these papers before the govern
ment of the Institute, and, if the plan should
be approved, to open a correspondence with
similar institution* in other States, that there
may be concert of action in the arrangements
for the Exhibition ?
I have the honor to remain. Sir,
Your obedient servant.
Abbott Lawrzncx.
Explosion or tbs Trot Stbamkr—Dz
plokablk Loss or Lira.—An extra from the
office of the Daily Republic, al Buffalo, dated
on Sunday.at 3 o’clock, give* full particulars
of a dreadful accident at Buffalo. It says:
The steamer Troy, from Sandusky and
other ports on Lake Erie, attempted, at half
past two o'clock this afternoon, to get into
our harbor, but being obliged to desist, by the
strength of the tee, steered for Black Roek,
to laud her passengers.
When just eutenng Niagara river, off the
head of Black Rock Pier, her boiler exploded
with a terrible report, which roust have been
heard for miles blowing a part of her upper
machinery and sundry of her passengers, the
most of whom were gathered upon her upper
deck, overboard.
It is not possible to knew how many are
scalded of the passengers, as all who could
help themselves left the boat as soon as she
was moored alongside the deck. Some came
up to the city, and others sought the nearest
shelter they could find, where they could get
aid aud assistance.
Os the number lost overboard, nothing cer
tain cau be ascertained Ger tiemen who wit
nessed the explosion from the shore, say that
they saw a number iu the water. The deck,
immediately over the boilers, was filled with
p .ssengers, and many must have fallen into the
water. Ouly five, that we can learn, were res
cued.
The whole number of dead, as ascertained,
is passengers 7. crew 5
Some of the names of the dead are Dr. Rial
\\ right, of Syracuse; L L Post, first engi-
I neer ; Andrew Martin, Thomas Gant, firemen;
Win. Worthington, deck hand; John Buch
■ ley, do Three ladies were seen from the
shore to drowu, names not known.
[ The badly scalded were Zuman Harris.
Daniel Bouckly, George Uland. Daniel Ken
nedy. Patrick O'Herrou, Thomas Evans. Mi
' ebael Luman.
1 There are six at the Roek. lying in houses
J under the charge of Dr. Step'henson. all of
’ whom are badly scalded, one or two of them
■ fatally so
A German from Syracuse, by the name of
• Sieland. had three sons with him on board tbe
1 Troy One of them was scalded to death.
1 one killed, and the other io now lying in great
pain, having been badly scalded on the face
and hands
How many others shared the fate of Dr.
Wright will never be known as there is no
’ probability of recovering the bodies, tbe cur
rent being swift and filled wuh fioatmg ice
from the lake. The bodies with tbe ice will
1 find their way over tbe falls.
i Ranting tftha Sksiiiesd H S RassU.—The
- Steamer H S. Smith, which left our Wharf
for Apalachicola ou Sunday am. caught on
I fire about fifty mile* below this place, about 9
i o'clock of the same evening, and was entirely
o consumed. So far as hoard from there were
r i three lives lost, and among those who are
o ; known to have been drowned, we regret to
1 mention Gen Irwin of Henry county. Ala.
a whose age and infirmities disabled him to make
a his escape. The other two were negroes,
t hands on the boat. The Smith had on board
s about one thousand bales ol Cotton, and some
I six or seven thousand dollars worth ol other
, goods. The Cotton and part of the goods
- were insured The boat, valued at SBOOO. is
. a total loss. Besides the goods, there was-a
f loss of between six and eight thousand dollars
f in cash. The total loss may be estimated at
, $75,000.
I The magnanimous conduct of the Pilot,
i Peter, a negro man, deserves to be mentioned
in connection with the disaster. By his cool
ness and presence of mind, he saved the lives
. | of a lady and young gentleman, who without
i ' his timely assistance would inevitably have
been lost.— Columbus Sentinel '2Bth inst.
Furtiler Items by the Niagara.
American Stocks. — Barings’ London Circu
, lai of the Bth instant says—
The quotations received from the United
States by the last steamer produced firmness
on this side, and as the quantity of Stock now
for sale is, generally speaking, small, and as
the abundance of money continues, we quote
an improvement in pricss. United States 6’s,
1862, 92a93 ; do. 1867-8, inscription, 106Ja
107. J; do. 1868, bonds. 1074a108i, and in fair
demand ; Alabama Sterling 70a72; Illinois
Internal Improvement 44a45; Indiana State
s’s, 67a69; Louisiana Union Bank Bonds,
none for sale; Massachusetts Sterling s’s,
1054, in demand; Maryland s’s, 90, sellers;
New York State s’s, 96a97. wanted ; do. 6’s,
107al08; Ohio 6’s, 100al03, none for sale;
Pennsvlvania s’s, 83, sellers. No South Caro
lina for sale.
England.— The official returns just issued
for the mouth ending Feb. 5, 1850, show some
extraordinary results. For instance, there is
an increase in the value of exports, over the
corresponding month of 1849 of £858,285;
and of £695,718 over Feb., 1848. But this
commercial activity does not extend to yarns,
cotton, linen, and woollen, on which there has
been a decrease. The falling off in wheat is
remarkable. In that article there has been a
decrease of nearly 600,000 quarters; in flour
and meal a decrease of 500.000 cwts., and a
corresponding decrease in Indian corn and
other descriptions of grain.
The report concerning Sir John Franklin’s
expedition, inserted in several of the English
papers, and copied from a paper published in
California, and received via Panama, has
caused much iistress of mind to all connected
with the still missing expedition, as parties who
are unacquainted with dates and other facts,
have for the moment been deceived and led to
the hope thafthere is truth in the statement.
This, however, is quite fallacious, and requires
immediate contradiction, for it is evident that
the same is a false report revived, and might
lead to postpone or retard the generous efforts
still in progress both in this country and else
where on behalf of our gallant countrymen.
France— On Saturday the Foreign Minis
ter was questioned respecting the truth of the
reports relative to the probabilities of war be
tween France and Prussia, in consequence of
the sympathy the Republic had evidenced in the
affairs of Switzerland. The Minister replied
that there was no ground whatever for such
rumors, nordid he see any threat of such an
event in the various circumstances now passing
in Europe.
Greece —Rumored Collision between a British
and an Austrian Ship of IFar.— The Turin
papers, Opinions and Concordia, and private
correspondence of the French paper Assembler.,
state that an Austrian ship had exchanged shots
withan English ship in chase of a Greek ves
sel. That the English Consul of Milan had,
consequently, struck his flag and retired to
Turin. That some ships had been detached
from ihe English fleet to blockade Trieste
The Milan Gazette, however, of the 24th,
does not confirm this news; but private let
ters speak of the retirement of our Consul
from Milan.
Dispatches have been received from Ad
miral Parker, of the 17th, which make no men
tion of these occurrences, and as neither the
Turin papers nor the Assembles condescend
to dates in their account of the transaction,
we are not inclined to place much reliance on
the accuracy of their statements.
The Turkish Government has moved a
small fleet into the Propontis, for the purpose
of enforcing the long outstanding claims which
Turkey has upon Greece. The conduct of
Mr. Wise is highly praised by the Turkish au
thorities. The English fleet win, on lhe 18th
ult., iu the Bay of Salamis.
Mexican Outkxuk.—By tha arrival of lhe
steamship Yacht, from the Brazos, we are in
formed of an outrage, perpetrated recently
at Matamoras, by the Mexican authorities, on
the personsand property of American citizens,
which calls for lhe prompt interference of our
Government. By the treaty of peace between
Mexico and this country, after the close of the
Mexican war. our readers are aware that all
goods imported into the country during tbe
war, on which duties were paid to the Amer
ican government, were permitted to be sent
to any part of the interior. Large shipments
of tobacco had been made during the war, to
the ports of Matamoras, Tampico, and Vera
Cruz. A portion of the tobacco, lying in store
at Matamoras at the close of the war, was pur
chased by the extensive mercantile firm of 8. A
Belden dk Co , of the latter city. Some time
ago, these merchants sent a portion of their
stock to the great fair at San Juan. AU tbe
formalities requisite to secure its transportation
uninterrupted through the interior of the
country had been attended to, every package
having on it the government stamp. While
the train was passing through Saltillo, the
Judge of that District, a fellow named Go
mez, who is said to be one of the most notori
ous gamblers and swindlers in Mexico, seized
on tbe tobacco, and by his own judgemen t con
fiaca.ed tlio loit. Knowing his decision would
be reversed, if the subject were brought be
fore the higher tribunals, he denied the Ameri
eui merchants the right of an appeal.
This was not all; for in addition to the ille
gal confiscation of the tobacco, he fined the
American Merchants some $27,009. and sent
a special agent to Matamoras to collect it, with
instructions that if the fine was not promptly
paid to imprison the parties. Belden & Co.
of course protested, in due form, against such
high handed outrages. Their establishment
was closed up, and an order for their arrest
aud imprisonment forthwith issued ; and to
save themselves from a dungeon. Messrs. Bel
den & Co. were compelled to abandon their
property and business, by crossing the river to
Brownsville. Wc learn that the determina
tion of Mr. Belden was to go to prison, re
lying on his government lor reparation and re
dress. and it was only through the earnest so
lici.ude of his friends, and the principal au
thoritiesat Matamoras, that he left the city ; for
had he been imprisoned a scene of bloodshed
would have been theresnlt, such as the fron
tier had never witnessed. The inhabitants
of Brownsville, on hearing of the order of Bel
den's arrest, were organizing to cross the riv
er, to wreak their vengeance on all concerned
in the outrage The act of the tyrant Gomez,
of Satilla, and his agent, is openly denounced
by tbe Mexican authorities in Matamoras, and
they feel confident that as soon as proper rep
resentations of the ali'air are made tu the Mexi
can government the act of the tyrant Gomez
will be disowned, and ample indemnification
made to the injured parties.
We understand that no time will be lost in
bringing tlie whole matter beforefour Secreta
ry of State, and our Minister in the city of
Mexico. From all we have heard ofthis affair
it is one of tbe greatest outrages we have ever
known perpetrated on American citizens by
the legalized robbers of that imbecile nation,
and if ever there was a case that demanded
the piompt interference, of the American gov
eminent this is one.— True Delta.
From Panama.—The brig Major Eastland,
Capt. French, arrived at this port last evening
from Chagres, the 7th inst. Capt. French reports
the steamer from California hourly expected at
Panama.
By this arrival we have received the Pana
ma Echo of the 2d inst.
The Echo says that during the previous two
weeks there bad been much competition for
passengers among the various vessels in port.
Steerage passage to San Francisco was re
duced to sl20 —lower than it had been for a
year.
Tlie bsrk Change sailed on Tuesday, the
28th ult., with a full load ; the John Enders
was to sail on the 21 inst ; the ships Grey
hound and Gleumore were advertised to sad
the next day ; and they were to be speedily
followed by thej W. Coffin, Mariana. Mary
Stewart, Whiten, and others, should a suffi
cient number of passengers present them
selves. The vessels are plenty and the fore is
represented to be good.
The British steamer Bolivia, which arrived
al Panama for the first time ou the 23d ult.,
bringing $600,000 in specie bullion, left on
the evening of the 27th alt. carrying with
her all tbe mails from all parts of die world
for the South Pacific eoast.
The French frigate Serieuse, J. Cosnier,
commandant, left Panama on the 28th ult. for
Punta Arena. The British ship Asia, Rear
Admiral Phipps Hornby, commander, left on
the Ist inst, (Friday,) for the same destina
tion. It appears that there** something very
important going on between his Majesty the
King ot the Mosquitos and tbe Republic of
Costa Rica.
The Asia had on board abont eight hundred
soldiers and marines; tbe Serieuse some two
hundred and eighty.
We take the following paragraphs from the
Echo .
Last week several gentlemen in crossing the
Isthmus, when about a mite this side of Gor
gona, came in contact with a large anaconda,
that lay pasking in the sunshine near the road.
The natives when they saw the repli e took to
their heels and run. and could not be induced
upon any consideration to return and attack
it. The Americans having nothing but a
pocket pistol with them, felt a little skittish
about undertaking the task of killing so huge
a monster. So the “terrible visitor” was
suffered to pursue his way unmolested. It
was about eighteen feet long and twelve inches
iu diameter.
We understand that Mr. Corwine the Ameri
i can Consul, has received his exequatur from
f the executive power ol the Government of
1 Bogota, and he has accordingly notified to the
Government of Panama h» entrance upon his
f official functions as Consul. The Governor
, immediately recognised him in that capacity.
. Some time since a respectable young Ameri
t can named Johnson was accused by a negro
e robbery, and was committed to prison by the
Panama authorities. After some time had
elapsed. Mr. Johnson being all the lime con
t> acinus ot his innocence, called on .Mr. Cor
, wine the American Consul, to intercede fol
e him Mr C. went to lhe judge and demand
11 ed a speedy trial for tbe prisoner; the judge
refused, wben tbe Consul suggested a wrii
ot tufas r oerpas m accordance with tbe law,
e of New Granada This was also denied
•f when Mr. Corwine protested against thr
n preceding*. Hie interpreter, an Americar
2 eu-zen. indignant at such a denial of justice
y weal up among the crowd of citizens aasem
e bled at Panama, and told them the whole
e story as it transpired. The excitement in con
o sequence soon increased. The mob rushed to
~ the front of the prison door in the grand plaza,
e disarmed the Grenadian soldiers, and set the
r. captive free. On seeing the crowd assembled
d in the plaza, the city authorities were alarmed,
e and called on the American Consul to use
r his influence in arresting the infuriated career
s of the multitude, and restoiingorder, peace.
• and quiet to Panama. Mr. Corwine at once,
a and without hesitation, proceeded to the pri
s son, where he spoke to the persons assembled
t in the general melee, and so well satisfied
were the crowd at what he uttered, that they
I, cheered him three times, and at once retired.
1 Mr. C. then gave bail for the appearance of
- the accused, and obtained the promise of a
s speedy trial, for which Mr. Johnson is now
t awaiting.— New Orleans Picayune 2Bth inst.
a
Mr. Buller, of South Carolina, observed in
the United States Senate, on the Blh, that the
free colored persons in South Carolina were
. in possession of civil rights, could hold pro
perty, claim the protection of the laws. etc.
I Many of the colored persons in South Caro
-3 lina, he added, held slaves.
, All this exists to a much greater extent in
3 Louisiana where an immense amount of pro
, pony is In Id by colored persons. There are
many colored men in New Orleans who are
, worth from 50,000 to 150,000 dollars, and
r they are treated with infinite more respect and
, consideration than they would receive in the
s Northern cities —they enjoy all the protection
and rights of lhe law, so far as their persons
and property are concerned, hut cannot hold
’ office or serve as jurors. In no city of the
Union do free colored persons maintain a
' higher standing than in New Orleans. — N.
’ O. Bulletin. _________
Extract from aprinate letter of the Hon. E. Joy
' Morris to a gentleman t» IFasleington City,
dated "Paris, Feb. 27,1850.”
1 “ I heard on all sides in London that Mr.
Lawrence is an eminently popular rep.esen
’ tative of American interest s He has taken
1 the elegant mansion of Lord Cadogan, oppo
site Green Park, at a rent of SIO,OOO per an
num, and lives in a style becoming to his conn
1 try. He enjoys an extensive acquaintance
among English statesmen, and seems to have a
strong hold on public opinion in Great Brit
ain.”
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Second-hand Steamer Tickets for Cali
fornia.—The New York Tribune states that
Messrs. Howland & Aspinwall, of that city,
have adopted a very impartial role for the
prevention of speculation in tickets by their
line of steamers between New York and San
Francisco. It is that persons purchasing tick
ets at second-hand, having been originally made
ont for other parties, cannot go through with
ihem; a most rigid scrutiny is made by the
i agents at Panama, and lhe holder is not allowed
to go on board the steamer unless he can
prove himself the original purchaser of the
! ticket. All persons wishing, therefore, to go
safely, should avoid buying second-hand tick
ets, unless they are transferred on the books of
the company with their consent, which is never
withheld where the original purchaser cannot
go, and wishes, for that reason, to dispose of
• his ticket —but such transfer is not made at
all if one dollar of premium is received by the
seller in any shape or way.
Ohio and the “Fugitive” Question. — From
the subjoined extract from a paper published
at the seat of government of Ohio, we learn
that a measure of extreme violation of lhe
spirit of the Constitution of the United States,
proposed in the Legislature of the State of
Oho, was defeated in lhe House of Repre
sentatives of that State. This we consider,
at the present moment, an incident of happy
augury for the peace and harmony of lhe
Union.
From the Ohio State Journal of March 13.
The Bill prohibiting lhe Officers and Citi
zens of Ohio from taking any steps to assist in
the recapture of fugitive slaves was defeated
yesterday in the House on its final passage.
A Watch to match the Chain.—A num
ber of New-Eoglanders, residents nf New-
York city, determined not to be outdone by a
Californian in a manifestation of regard for
Mr. Webster, have purchased an elegant gold
watch, to be attached to the massive gold chain
The Atlantic and Pacific thus unite in paying
a tribute of respect to the Statesman who will
always oppose the weight of his giant intel
lect and influence to any scheme which may
result in the severance, or even weakening, of
those bonds which unite us as a people, having
‘•One Country, One Constitution, One Desti
ny.”
Ex-Senator Hannegan— The New York
Tribune, after having seconded lhe charges of
gross intemperance aguiu-t ex-Senator Han
negan, late Minister to Berlin, is now, through
one of its Washington correspondents, out in
his defence, and expresses the opinion that the
allegations against him were greatly exagger
ated.
Alabama Marble—We learn from the State
Guard that Mr J. M. N. B. Nix of Wetump
ka has recently discovered a quarry of marble
near the line separating the counties of Coosa
and Talladega, that exceeds any thing of the
kind lor fineness and beauty of color that lias
ever yet been opened in this country. This
quarry ties within a few hundred y>rds of the
contemplated rou-e of the Central Plank Road,
and is so situated that bnta trilling 'amount ol
labor will be required to unbosom it of its rich
and precious contents. Mr. Nix has also on
the spot, ample water power for the propul
sion of the machinery necessary for sawing
and dressing it.— Mont. Allas.
Father Mathew.— The great apostle of tem
perance, whose visit to this country gives
promise of so much good, administered the
pledge to about one thousand persons on
Saturday night last, at St. Patrick’s Church,
New Orleans. He keeps up the blessed work
fenat day M-dfau foewni*umtergreai
physical disability. Every lover of his race
must rejoice at the incalculable good which
will result to poor humanity, from the di' n
terested labors of thia most excellent man
Mobile Register 29th ult.
A Musical Prodigy.— A performer on the
piano, only nine years of age, named Ebene
zer Cook who is said to play equal to Herz
and DeMeyer combined, has appeared in
New York, to confound the musical critics
A New York paper says he ‘bears, in his per
sonal appearance, the stamp of precocity; is
of a highly nervous temperament, has a large
head and a small body, and looks as if he was
deprived of those sports and out-door exercises
winch are so necessary to lads of his age?
Jewish Liberality— The head of an exten
sive London Banking house. Mr. Joseph
Hambro, a Jew, who died lately, left by will
1(10,000 rix dollars to his native city. Copenha
gen, for establishing charitable institutions;
but reserved to his son, Charles Hambro, the
interest of tbe capital during his life. The
son offered to relinquish his claims if two wash
houses and baths for the poor were built,
which the municipality of Copenhagen ac
cepted.
Tis ths Mecca of the States.'’— A person
who accompanied Gen. Taylor in his late visit
to Richmond, gives the following description
of the scene as the steamboat passed Mount
Vernon:
“We were now passing Mouul Vernon
The President approached lhe guards of the
boat, and gazed at it very attentively, Some
one remarked, "For fifty years no boat or ship
has passed this spot, where lie tbe remains of
the illustrious dead, without paying thesolemn
compliment of tolling their bell while passing.
No such honor was ever paid to the memory
of any of the great dead.”
“ ’Tis the Mecca of the States," solemnly
added the President, without for a moment
moving his eyes from the spot.
Grxscx.—Letters from Syria to .the 9th
state that more than one thousand vessels had
been siezed and confiscated in different porta
of Greece and that iu the meantime commerce
bad suffered seriously. The impression was
that if the blockade continued a month longer
i there were but few who would not be reduced
to bankruptcy.
Nino York and Charleston steamers.— We
mentioned on Monday last, that a steamer was
iu course of construction to ply iHßween this
city and New York. The paragraph on which
we predicated our remarks gave no particulars,
but we are pleased to learn form the following,
copied from tlie New York Journal ofCom
1 merce, that we are to have a splendid sea
steam ship placed on the line between tbe two
cities, which will do credit to the enterprise of
1 the proprietors.
I “ Messrs. Spofford. Tileslon So Co., have
r contracted with Mr. W. H. Webb to build
them a new steamer in the place of the North
. enter. The extreme length is to he 220 feel
35 feet beam ;22 feet held which «ill make her
i a bout2so ions larger than the Northerner Tbe
Allaire Works are to make the machinery.
I She is to have two engines, which is a new
feature ia these steamers, 61 inch cylinders,
i and 7 feet stroke, and is to be completed in
i nine months. The whole cost will not varv
much from $200,000”
We learn furtlier, that Capt. Budd, formerly
, of tbe Northerner, has been intrusted with the
superintendence of lhe construction of this
boat, and from his well known experience,
i we can confidently predict that lhe new stea
mer will be ail that her owners, and those that
feel interested cau desire
> In addition to the facilities afforded by lhe
r running of the Southerner, and the new boat
between this and New York, we have a strong
I b- lief that one or more steam propellers will
> sliorily be placed in lhe same trade. And still
further to encourage all who desire the in
crease of our commercial prosperity, we can
confidently state that but a short time will in-
t terrene before a communication between Bos
- ton and Charleston will be carried on by
steam. — Ch. Cour.
The legislature of Virginia, at its recent ses
! cion, made an appropriation of SIO,OOO for
tbe construction of a railway, to test the value
1 of French’s invention, whereby most impor
-1 taut results iu the ascension of any grades by
1 locomotives and cars are said to be attained.
1 With the consent of tlie City Council of
‘ Richmond, it is designed to connect the Fred
-1 ericksburgh Depot and the Petersburg Depot
* by a railway, in Bih street, crossing the eaaal
by a bridge; thia route presenting the best
locati in for trying the value of the invention.—
‘ Bast. Am.
e A private despatch received yesterday from
s Washington confirms the announcement we
r made on Tuesday morning of Col. Gadsden's
appointment as a Commissioner to superin
[l tend the erection of the Custom House, in
0 place of H. P. Dawes, esq. deceased
e Tbe Secretary of tbe Treasury will decide
j upon the Plans for the custom House, on
Tuesday next. — Ch. Mercury
r- Ifashington. March 25 —The exhibition of
* r Mr. Reynolds* Self-Sharpening Plough took
1 place ibis morning. The President and a
e number ol members of Congress were in at
n tendance. General Taylor exhibited bis skill
's as a former by beating all present in handling
1- the plough. There were numerous pleasant
* sallies of wit on the occasion.
n The Courier des Etats Unis, contains an
B ‘ article stating that Mr. Collier, collector of
eusto me at Saa Francisco, iiaa seized four
e French vessels, aud their cargoes, for a viola
i- lion of lhe revenue laws of the United States,
o The offence is in- shipping brandy in bottles,
.. instead of in casks of not less than five gallons
e each, in accordance with our tariff regulation,
d The other portions of the, cargoes were de-
I, livered to the consignees, but the vessels and
e the brandy seized, although the French Vice
r Consul appeared and remonstrated. He has
also seized four other vessels, from Bordeaux,
, for putting into certain ports on the Pacific,
- where they took goods on board, not the pro-
J ducts of French provinces.
J Thirty years ago, a young man, the son of
r a clergyman in Washington, New Hampshire,
■, was married, and after living a few years with
1 his wife, left her with one child, and went to
1 Eng land, where he was arrested, and it was
supposed executed, for felony. Under this
belief his widow married a lawyer of Con
cord, with whom she now resides. But in
-1 stead of being hanged, her fiist husband was
! transported to a British penal colony so
twenty years, from which he has just returner
to Washington to find his father and son alivd
The steamship Southerner, Captain Berry,
arrived yesterday morning in sixty hours from
New York. The Southerner had on board
$400,000 in specie, besides a very valuable
cargo of Merchandise, and 103 passengers.
Among lhe arrivals by the Southerner yes
terday was Frederika Bremer, the distinguish-
■ ed 9ewdish novelist.——CA. Mercury.
Indian News. —The Ocala Florida Argus,
of the 14 th inst. says—Major Mansfield and
i Capt. Petty, through Capt. E. D. Howie, have
favored uswith the following Indian movements
There left on the 28th. of Feb. for Arkansas
19 Warriors, 22 Women, 14 Bovs, 19 Girls
Chopko Hadja Fixico is the sub chief. One of
Sam Jones* sons went also. Each warrior re
ceived SSO0 and each woman and child SIOO.
Bowlegs was to move with the balance next
moon Since writing the above we learn in
confidence, that the train which was sent in
the nation for more Indians and their plunder
was forcibly driven back. This accounts prob
ably for General Twiggs strengthening lhe
Atlantic coast.
Father Mathew.—-The eminent apostle
of temperance arrived in our city on Saturday
last from Mobile, and yesterday gave a short
but eloquent discourse at Sr. Patrick’s Cathe
dral, where he administered the pledge to a
large number of applicants.—A. O. Bulletin
25th inst
Manslaughter.-—We understand that Mr.
Fannin, who it will be remembered was ar
rested some lime since in this city for stabbing
his daughter, has been convicted of man
slaughter in the second degree by the court
now in session at Decatur.— Atlanta Intelli
gencer, 29 th inst.
China Berries —lt is slated that the ber
ries or balls ofthe China tree, if spread on the
garden in great profusion in the spring time of
planting, will drive out the insects and cut
worms which are so pernicious to all gardens.
Panama Railroad.—Operations on the Pa
nama Raailroad have been suspended in con
sequence ofthe intense heat, and fevers which
prevail on the Isthmus. Nearly all the hands
employed have either died or deserted and
Col. Totten, *the chief engineer, could not ob
tain help upon any consideration whatever.
Col. T. had written to the board of directors
that the work could not be prosecuted, for even
the natives would not work. An engineer
and one of the hands employed on lhe road
are passengers on the Ohio. Col. T. had
gone to Carthagenia to recruit. Navy Bass
has been fixed upon as lhe terminus of lhe
road on the Atlantic side, and Panama on the
Pacific.— Balt. Sun.
Beet Sugar.—Dr. Stolle, of Berlin, a gen
tleman who has given much attention to lhe
manufacture of beet sugar, has published a
statement from which it appears that there are
in Europe 1024 manufactories of the article.
Russia has lhe largest number—43o.
Cotton Growth in Spain.—The editor of
a Barcelona paper says he has had an oppor
tunity <»f seeing so me samples of Cotton which
was cultivated on the banks of lhe Guadalquiv
er, the superior quality of which can compete
with the best that is imported from the Amer
ican continent. He recommends that the cul
tivation of this most useful plant be extended to
every part of the peninsula of Spain ; the soil
and temperature of which he says, are calcula
ted to give rich results The " editor flatters
himself that an intelligent speech lately made
by Don Felix Rivas before lhe agricultural so
ciety, at Madrid, may produce the effect of
extending the cultivation of Cotton.
The last of the Cotton Crojr—The last boat
load of cotton in this section of country was
forwarded to Apalachicola this week—about
600 bales, in all our warehouses, there is not
bow a dozen bales of cotton remaining, and
we know of none neld by planters. The river
has been good throughout lhe season, and this
with the remunerating prices paid for cotton,
has been the means of forwarding lhe crop
earlier than usual.— Albany (Ga.) Patriot,
29th ult.
Frksukt.—Since our last weeks publication
we have had a rise in tbe rivers. The Elowali
and Uoelanaulla seemed to vie with eueli|olhe<
in menacing destruction to the inhabitants of
lhe city. On Saturday morning lhe back wa
ter was found to have entered tlie streets at sev
eral points, and on Sunday it had taken quiat
possession of several house*, and stood knock
ing at ibe doors of many more. Some seemed
to have supposed that “ Pittsburg, ’’ (as that
portion of the town near the depot is called)
was the only part which was fin danger, but
when lhe water had reached its highest point,
the boys were found fishing from the doors
of those living several doors up Broad street
above the fool bridge, while the whole busi
ness part of “Pittsburg” stood high and dry
above th? water.
Little or no damage has been done to the ci
ty property, though farmers along the rivers
b.-v.v injury Sr—ur ,he
loss of fences, &c.—the bottom being general
ly overflowed to the depth of several feet.
Whether lhe wheat crops will be seriously In
jured by being under water so long, is yet to
be seen, but we suppose that many fields will
be very nearly a total loss.
The great rise of 1847 is said to have been
some three feet higher than the present, but
we are now satisfied that Rome can stand even
four or five feet more water without any se
rious damage to property.— Rome Bulletin 2dth
ult.
The Errscrs or the “Fubezx.”—We
learn from all quarters that the “freeze” on
Wednesday night was most destructive to veg
etation. The crop of corn and cotton, most
of which was up or in lhe process of sprout
ing, is entirely cut off. The whole crop will
require replanting. The fruit trees, which
were in full blossom, giving the most abun
dant promise for a rich harvest that we have
seen for years, are ruined for ibis season, and
,n some instances entirely destroyed. Ice was
formed on water a quarter of an inch thick,
and lhe ground was in many places frozen
hard.
The Talladega stage came through at 74
o’clock yesterday morning with about H inch
es of snow on the top. aud we learn from the
driver that it snowed all Wednesday evening,
wiihin twenty miles of this city
• A Registering Thermometer, which was sus
pended from an upper window of the Dexter
House, marked twenty-five degrees *s the
greatest cold at night; the Thermometer at
Col. Owen’s door at 4 A. M., was thirty-one
degrees, at 6 A. M., thirty-two degrees.— Ala
Journal, 29M ult.
Tub Wxathbr.—On yesterday, we had
rain, sleet and snow, making altogether a most
disagreeable day, so far as the weather is con
cerned. We have daring the winter and early
spring, had an almost unprecedented quantity
of rain, and number of wet days.— Marietta
Advocate 2Sth.
Tri Wkathkk—Snow.—For the last few
days we have experienced some of the most
disagreeable weather of the season. On Wed
nesday there was during the greater part of
the <‘ay a continual fall of rain, making the
ground, which was already muddy from a pre
vious abundance of rain, still more muddy.
In the evening however, the weather became
somewhat colder and snow commenced falling
copiously, and by Thursday morning the
ground was covered, the thermometer indica
ting a temperature of 25 degrees. The effect
ol this weather will be considerably injurious
to vegetation —Atlanta Intelligencer. 29th inst
Thursday last was a wet, cold and sleety day
with ue. About 9 o'clock P. M. the snow be
gan to fall in the largest flakes we ever saw,
and on the following morning the earth was
prettv well conveyed with it.— Yorkville. (S.
C ) iHiscellany, March 30.
Pbach Crop.—We are truly sorry to learn
that tlie great severity of the weather, for sev
eral days p;*st. has rendered lhe prospect of
any thing like an average yield of peaches,
this year, very unpromising. It k even sup
posed by many that the entire crop is destroy
ed.— Dalton Times. 231 h uli.
Corn Wzathkk.—Last "Wednesday was
one of the most unpleasant day* we have ex
perienced since winter set in. It was rough,
raw, rainy, with a high, gusty and extremely
cold wind from the northeast. Pedestrians
were glad to betake themselves to their cloaks,
wnile in-door folk* hugged their fires closely.
Red ebeek* were plentiful, but blue noses more
srr. Night eame, the rain ceased, the elouds
were dispersed, before midnight the wind Ini
led, and of course a heavy irost was expected
—expected did we say I Yes, just as the re
turn ol day was expected. And no nne was
disappointed, unless it might be some fair lady
who. by extreme care had saved a few choice
plants or flower* that she had resigned to lhe
destroyer in despair. Yesterday morning the
•un rose clear and brilliant, lhe thermometer
standing at 32, and ice formed a quarter of an
inch thick. Os course the destruction of ve
getation has been general and very great. The
moist ground of the gardens was covered with
a crust of frozen earth. Some idea may be
formed further north of the injury sustained,
when we say that tbe season had so far ad
vanced as to give ns straw berries from our gar
den*. Figs were as large as grapes, and lhe
tree* in full leaf. The more tender vegetables,
beans, squashes, okra, melons, cucumbers,
&C-. have been totally destroyed. While the
more hardy ones, rodisbes, beets, peas, onions,
lettuce, dec., have eseaped with but little inju
ry. The orange trees must have been seri
oiislv injured. Those that have blossomed,
will'undoubtedly yield no fruit this year.— Mo
, We Register, 29th nit.
Macon, (Ga.) March3o.— Ths Wbatrsk.—
i On Wednesday night last, we had the heaviest
fall ol snow experienced here for several
I year* past which was visible in various parts
of the etty until nine o’clock the next morning.
! On Thursday night there was a severe frost,
i which we learn has killed lhe cotton and ent
down the corn which was up in many places,
f in some of the counties below tnis. Last
j night it was cloudy and threatens rain te-day.
i Snow asd Flowzbs.— LanrenmrUle. March
. 29 —On Wednesday night, after a cold ntin,
I sleet and snow fell to lhe depth of about an
r inch- And alihongh it was a beautiful sight, in
t tbe light of the morning sun to see the emerald
green wheat fields partially covered as with a
white mantle, and lhe pink peach blossoms and
f yellow jasmines and eoral honeysuckle* eon
; trasteu charmingly with the dazzling soon
- [ Hakes with which they were sprinkled, yet, we
. could not but regret the pleasure enjoyed,
, | when we thought that to pay for it we would
s bo obliged to dispense with that greatest of
slimmer luxuries—peaches.— Herald.
1 From the Baltimore American.
The Gold Region —The forthcoming re
port from T. Butler King concerning the gold
’ region in California is awaited with much in
terest by the public. The letter which we pub
lish below, purporting to give a bird’s-eye
view of its contents, will naturally increase
the desire of further information upon the in*
• teresting subject to which it relates. A docu
i ment so full and so much in detail as this is
understood to be, coming from an intelligent
1 observer who has had abundant means of ac
i curifle knowledge, may well be expected to
contain a great deal of important information
respecting the gold deposited in California,
1 their nature, value and extent.
California--Mr* King’s Report*
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Journal of Commerce writes that Mr.
Thomas Butler King’s Report on California
was read to the President and Cabinet on
Monday, and occupied two hours and a half
in reading. It will of course be soon present*
ed to Congress. The topics of which it treats
are
The population of the country;
Its agricultural resources;
Extent and production of the mineral re
gion ’
The Commerce and Navigation of Califor
nia !
The legislation necessary for the territory ;
And, especially, in regard to the disposition
of the gold bearing lands, belonging to the U.
States.
The population of the country is now about
one hundred and twenty thousand. An acces
sion to the population by immigration, during
the year beginning at the next dry season—
on the Ist day of May, is estimated a two hun
dred thousand.
The agricultural capacities of the State are
vastly greater than has been heretofore repre
sented. There is a vast extent of pasture
lands, unsurpassed any where in the world,
in verdure and richness. The wild oats grow
spontaneously all over the plains yielding an
annual crop at the rate of forty bushels per
acre. Any number of cattle and sheep may
be raised. Two hundred thousand head of
cattle must be brought into the country during
the next two years.
The cattle were formerly killed for their
hides, which was the chief article of export;
and they were worth but four dollars a head ;
but now they are worth twenty or thirty dol
lars a head.
California is especially adapted to wool
growing ; a gentleman was about to import
ten thousand sheep from Mexico, with a view
to go into that business. The future value of
the vineyards is represented as very great.
As to the commerce of the country, he esti
mates the value of imports needed in Califor
nia from the Atlantic Slates for the next year,
at four millions of dollars in Hour, six millions
in lumber, and two millions in other articles.
As to the article of lumber, its price is now
$75 per thousand, and cannot be lower, be
cause it is below the cost of labor necessary
for cutting and sawing lumber in California.—
It can be carried to California for $24 a thous
and ; and supposing it to cost S2O here, it will
continue to pay.
Tne gold region is described as extending
five or b six hundred miles from the South to the
North, and fromforty lo sixty mites in width
from the East to the West. It rises gradually
in an inclined plain from the Sacramento Val
ley, to the elevation of 4,000 feet, at what are
called the Foot Hills. Between these hills
and the Sierra Nevada, a number of streams
have their source, and take their course
through the Foot Hills, westward.
Mr King examined twelve of these rivers,
and found them all very rich in gold. The
territory on the North is very rich in goid;
and the conclusion is inevitable, from all the
facts, that the whole quartz plain, containing
three thousand square miles, is full of gold
bedded in the quartz, and some ot which, disin
tegrated from the quartz by the torrents,
may be found in du&t and lumps in the beds of
the streams.
The whole number of foreigners in there
. gion, who are gold hunters, is fifteen thousand,
There have been but seven thousand American
gold hunters. The Chilians and the Sonora
people came in crowds, and have carried oft'
twenty-five millions. The Americans have
procured fifteen millions. The Chilians are
expert diggers.
The amount of gold already procured, is
forty million* But forty millions more will
be procured during the coming dry season—
say from May till November.
The regular mining operations in the] solid
quartz rock will soon begin, and can he con
tinued during the wet as well as the dry sea
son
Mr. King estimates the amount of gold
which will be procured, from the Ist of May,
1850, till the Ist November, 1852, at one hun
dred millions!
He recommends that the lands be retained
as public property forever—and as a perpetu
al resource for the public exchequer.
To the workers and diggers of gold, he pro
poses to grant permits, at the rate of an ounce
of gold for each pound.
For the encouragement of regular mining
operations, he proposes to grant leases of a
limited number of acres, to persons or compa
nies at a small per centage on the amount of
gold procured.
It will be seen, on reference to the proceed
ings ofCongress in another column, that the
report of Mr. King was trar>«mwni to both
U»«««•• •£ .Congress on Thursday, and ordered
to be printed.
The Southern Cultivator.—The second
No. of Volume eight of the above work, is at
hand; it is a beautiful number, not for its orna
ments, but for the excellence information con
tained therein. It is worth more to the read
ing farmer, than all the romances in the land.
It is edited by Daniel Lee, and published by
W. 8. Jones, Augusta, Ga., at the exceeding
ly low rate of $1 per annum. Backwoods
man, Tenn.
Hostile Indians. — Mr. Saiegson, who arriv
ed at the Brazos on the 20th inst , from Roma,
brought a report that about 500 Indians, of
various tribes, had assembled near the latter
place. They appeared quite friendly, but the
fears of the inhabitants were much excited by
the proximity of so great a number of savages.
Between Roma and Laredo the Indians
showed evident signs of hostility. They had
murdered several whites, besides destroying
and carrying ofi a large amount of property.—
Picayune
Special Notices
Oak Hall, Boston. —Who has wot seen or heard
of this famous place for clothing, where all sorts of
garments can be had at the lowest prices'? There
will be a great many travellers visiting Boston, du
ring the year, and to such we recommend Oak Hall
as a place that should not be overlooked. It is a cu
riosity and is well worthy of a visit. 1
Bank of Brunswick, Augusta, Ist
April, 1850.—DIVIDEND No. 13.- The Board of
Directors have declared a Dividend of FIFTEEN
DOLLARS per share, payable to the Stockholders
on demand. UNO. CRAIG, Cashier.
ap2 5
Mechanics’ Bank, Augusta, Ga.,
April 1, 1850.—D1 VIDEND No. 32.—A Semi
annual Dividend of TEN DOLLARS per share will
be paid to the on demand.
ap2-12 M. HATCH, Cashier.
FOR SHERIFF.
We are authorized to announce GEO.
G. STURGES, Esq., ae a candidate tor Sheriff of
Columbia county at the Election to take place on the
15th April next. mh22
j Elegant and Invaluable Articles for
the Toilet.— Boglk’s Hyperion Fluid, for Re
storing, Preserving, and Embellishing the Hair.
The following Certificate, from Dr. Winslow Lew
is, one of the most eminent Physicians of Boston
will show the estimation in which it is held by the
i scientific and learned, being one only of many
similar ones.
Boston, Feb. 15,1847.—Afr. William Bogle, -
Sir: The preparation invented by you far the hair,
has been extensively used in my family, and they
give it the decided preference over all other compo
sitions of the itind. It invigoraies and beautifies the
hair, and cleats the skin of all impurities, without
producing any ultimate deleterious effects which are
so frequently die result of many well known patent
ed compounds. ♦ ♦ • WINSLOW LEWIS.
It to an indispensable article for the Ladies, ae it
i keeps the hair in place and curl, and the skin or
parting of the hair free from dandriff and scurf.
For children, it lays the foundation of a good bead
of hair.
3QT Bogle's Hyperion Fluid for ‘.be Hair, also
' Bogle?8 Hebeaonia, the best preparation for impro
ving and beautifying the complexion, are tor sale by
bis Agents in Augusta, D. B. Plumb A Co., and
» Haviland, Risley A Co. mh29-law
DIED.
I
In Columbia county, on the 2Zd ultimo, in her
* 3dib year, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Nbesom, coneurtW
r Doct. Horace Neeson. She bad a long and painful
! illness which »he Lure with Christian fortitude. Sim
• continued perfectly rational all the time, with some
slight exceptions, when for the moment the would
r seem to be forgetful, yet invariably professing the
utmost confidence in the Divine Redeemer. Though
an extremely feed wife, with the most ardent affec
tions for her mother and children, and solicitous
5 for the comfort and happiness of her domestics, and
1 strongly as she was attached to a numerous circle of
3 friends and acquaintances, yet she hesitated not, but
, expressed an- entire resignation to the will of God,
■ and re.oieed to unucipatioa of tl»e happy prospect that
- lay just before her view. She spoke of her death
» with perfect composure; and though she never could
sing io health, yet jurt a few moments before her de
parture she sung correctly, and distinctly, and with
’ peculiar sweetness, the following words, to the as
tonishment of all around —“ Jesus can make a dying
’ bed,” Ac., Ac.—and then admonished all to meet
her in Heaven. The cause of God and of missions
ever filled her with the most joyous emotions. In all
the general tenor of her life there was evident a
' conscientious regard to do the will of God. To ail
the children of God the was eminently attached,
and especially to the Baptist Church, of which she
.. was a pious and devoted member for twenty years.
I She has left a kind husband, an affectionate and de
-1 voted mother and two children, to mourn her irre
s parable loss. u But their loss is her gain.”
’’ In tiiis City, oa the 26th inst., Isabella M., wife
’ of Robert Philip, in the 28th year of her age.
1 jAr Macon papers will please copy.
TO STONE MASONS.
h y EALED PROPOSALS will be receiv
ed until the First Monday : n July next, for the
*• building a Granr:e Jail at Appling, in the county of
n Columbia —plan of which may be seen at the Chron
n tele A Sentinel Office, Augusta, and at thia place,
d EDW’D. BALLARD j. i. c.
a JOSIAH STOVALL, j. j. c.
d WILLIAM L. BLUNT, j. i. c.
B . ALBERT G. DOZIER, j. i. c
w Appling, Columbia co., March 22, 1850. Uyl
i POSTSCBIPT!
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
I Tranamltted for the Chronicle dr. Sentinel.
New York Market.
1 New Yoair, April 1, P. M.—Cotton dull. Only
' 600 bales sold; market elightly in favor of buyers.
Other thing, unchanged.
, Dr. Webatera'Sentence.
In Boston, to-day, Dr. Webater was sentenced to
■ be hung.
Second Dirpatch.
Tuesday, April 2, P. M.— Cotton. —Sales to-day
of 1000 bales. Market too unsettled to give quota
tions.
Coffee has declined. Other things unchanged.
Sterling 8f premium.
Mr. Kennett (Whig) has been eleeted Mayor of
St. Louis, by a majority of 600 votes over the anti-
Benton and Benton candidates.
Charleston Market.
Tuesday, April 2, P. M.— Cotton..— The Cotton
i Market quiet—prices firm. Sales to-day 400 bales
at extremes of 10 to lljc.
From the Baltimore Sun—by Telegraph.
Washington, March 21.— General Cass met
the President accidentally Monday last, and
had a long and very interesting conversation
on the tvhole matter njw agitating the country
—their sentiments, feelings, and opinions, ac
-1 corded entirely, and the American patriots,
unionistsand constitutionalists separated, re
solved and detet mined to do all in their power
to save the country.
Mr. Speaker Cobb has expressed his opinion
and feelings decidedly in favor of Mr- Foote’s
proposition ; he has no doubt that the contem
plated committee will agree on terms in a few
days, satisfactory to the people, which will be
sanctioned by a large majority of both Houses
of Congress. California will be admitted; all
other matters will be arranged certainly and
without much difficulty.
Washington, March 23.—A Naval Court of
Inquiry composed of Commodores Morris
and Shubrick, and Commander Dupont, has
been ordered to assemble at Annapolis on the
15th of April, to make an investigation into
the capture of Alvarado by Lieut. Hunter.
Conviction or Dr. Webster.— Baltimore,
March 31. —At Boston, the jury in Dr. Web
ster’s case, on Saturday night, at 11 o’clock, re
turned a verdict of Guilty of Murder, iu the
First Degree, after being out three hours in
consultation. Dr. Webster made a speech after
the rendition of the verdict, and then fainted.
Upon his restoration to consciousness, he was
remanded to jail, to await his sentence.
Washington, March 29, 6 P. M.—The diffi
culty between Messrs. Benton and Foote has
been adjusted.
Benton and Foote. —Courier dispatch says:—
The difficulty between these Senators remains
unadjusted.
Montreal, March 28.—The Grand Jury has
found true bills of indictment against all the
political prisoners, except one whose case is
still under investigation,
New York, March 27.—We have advices
hereof the arrival of the steamer Thames at
Bermuda, which place she reached on the Bth
inst. The Thames is last from the Gulf of
Mexico. She has on board a million and a quar
ter of dollars, of which nine hundred thousand
is on account of Mexican dividends-
St. Louis, March 28.—The steamer Cora
sunk on the Missouri river near Brunswick
the other day.
The steamer Saranak, arrived here this
morning, brought from Fort Leavenworth the
two Pawnee Indians who last fall murdered
Mr. Parkhead, the mail carrier, near Fort Lara
mie. They are under the charge of Major
Wood, the Indian agent.
The trial of young Montesquieu progresses
very slowly. Nothing has been elicited. The
testimony is very conflicting.
Boston, March 22.
Excitement in the Stock Market.— There was
much excitement in State street yesterday
upon the announcement that the Vermont
Central road had doubled its Shares, by creat
ing 50,000 shares, new stock, at S3O each,
within a few weeks. Thousands of these
shares, it is said, have been thrown upon the
market by parties in secret, at prices ranging
from $44 to $37. Brokers and outsiders are
loaded to the muzzle, and the general sentiment
in regard to the directors, treasurer, &c , is
that of execration. 20,000 share* were ori
ginally made at SIOO. 30,000 were subse
quently created at SSO, making the average
S7O, and the present issue of 50,000 shares at
S3O, will make the average of the whole
100.000 shares of SSO each.
The indignation against the directors is grea
ter than it otherwise would be,in consequence
of a statement which they made at a recent
convention of the corporation, that no more
new stock would be made at less than SSO per
share. The Company owes a large bonded
debt, and isembarassed by a perpetual lea~e
of the Can ada road at 8 per cent, interest
upon iu cost. The financial agent of the
Reading Railroad is said to be the prime mover
in thia movement.
New York, March 27—6 P. M.— The drug
store of Mr. Rogers, on Courtland street,
caught fire this morniag and sustained damage
to the amount of $25,000. It was insured. At
one time a very disastrous conflagration was
apprehended.
From the Charleston Courier.—By Telegraph
New Orleans, March 28—1110 A. M.—
Cotton.—Yesterday three thousand bales were
sold at no material change in prices. Mid
dling, )0J a 10}. One hundred and thirty
casks Rice sold at 3j a s3j.
The stes m ship Globe, from Brazos, arrived
this morning, report* a heavy gale at that place
on the 22d inst. The Island was nearly sub
merged. The schrs. Gratitude and Ocean
Wave were totally lost, and other vessels much
injured
Washington, March 27, P. M.—There is
much excitement here in regard to the difficul
ty between Messrs. Benton and Foote, which
begun in the Senate yesterday and was con
tinued to-day.
Those who beat understand the matter now
assert that it must end in a duel.
The weather is very disagreeable—it has
been snowing all day.
New Orleans, March 29.—The sales of Cot
ton yesterday amounted to 4000 bales, at steady
prices : Good Middling, 11} ; Fair, 11} a 12.
A great fire occurred yesterday morning at
the Triangular Buildings, near the Levee
which destroyed two hotels, a bakery, and
nine other buildings. The shipping was in
danger, but was saved from injury. The loss
is estimated at over $90,000, of which a part
was insured.
New Orleans, March 30.—The sales of Cot
ton yesterday amounted to 4000 bales ; to day
6000 bales. The sales of the week reach 24,-
000 bales, al very full prices. The receipts
are falling off rapidly.
■ Capt. Wilson, who wu accused of having
criminally conspired to burn the ship Russia,
has been acquitted.
Freights are dull; in British ships to Liver
nnnl 4d.
pool 4a.
The bark Nashua and brig Creed have clear
ed for Charleston.
Commercial.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Weekly Report,Tuesday, P. M.
COTTON. —The receipts of Cotton at Augusta
and Hamburg during the month of March were 13,387
bales against 34,557 bales last year. The total re
ceipts from the Ist of September to the Ist of April
are 231,905 bales against 260,797 bales, showing a
deficiency of 28,892 bales. The shipments this year
are 175,469 bales against against 241,307 bales last
year; and the Mock on hand is 60,265 bales against
46,043 bales, on the Ist of April. The receipts last
year in the month of April were 13,344 bales ; May
5,623; June 1,178; July 719; and August 8,353
bales. The large receipts reported in August were
not actually the receipts of that month, but errors in
the counting of the stock during the year.
Our market opened quietly on Wednesday and
holders would not submit to the prices offered, and
the sales were limit'd. On Thursday the demand
was better and safes to the extent of 1000 bales were
made at about ) to |e. improvement in the prices of
all grades. The demand continued good on Friday,
Saturday, Monday and to-day ; tnd prices have gra
dually stiffened, and our rates now are a full )c.
above the prices at the close of our report on Tuesday
last. Holders do not offer their stocks freely. The
receipts are very trifling, and the great decrease daily
reported of the crop ha* been (lie cause of the ad
vance in our prices. The rales of the week reach
2,800 bales at 10| for Good Ordinary to 12 cents for
Fair, and the market closes to-day firm, holders nut
being disposed to sell freely al our outside figures.
We quote as the closing prices to-day
Inferior to ordinarylo) a 11
G<Mid ordinary to middlingll) a Ilf
Good middling•H| a 11 j
Middling fair-..-11} a—
Fair to fully fairl2 a—
Good fair to choice —a
The receipts of Cotton at all points now show a
falling off of 428,392 bales. The receipts after this
date last year were 595,000 bales. The receipts of
the month of April were about 185,000 bales. The
total receipts now reach 1,704,008 bales agaimt
2,132,300 bales last year. It is not geuernlly be
lieved that we shall receive one-half the amount for
the balance of the year that we did last year. Ihe
foreign exports are showing a very great deficiency
from last year, and as our stocks are largely on the
decrease the deficiency will soon be much larger.
The foreign shipments now amount to 844,510 bales
against 1.277,062 bales last j ear. The decrease to
Great Britain being 360,061 bales, to Prance 1,221
bales, and to other Foreign ports 71,270 bales.
Receipts up to latest dates.
1850. 1849.
Charleston, March 29286,740 357,016
Savannah, March 27268,508 284,473
New Orleans, .March 27679,278 866,445
Mobile, March 23292,202 443,242
Florida, March 23143,276 14-.341
Texas, March 20 19,085 21,244
North Carolina, March 16* •• 7,572 4,672
Virginia, March 1 7,350 8,867
1,704,008 2,132,300
Dccreaire at New Orleanslß7,l67
“ Mobilelsl.o4o
“ Ciiarieston7o,276
“ Savannahls.96s
“ Florida 3,065
“ Virginia 1.517
“ Texas 2,162-431,192
Increase at N. Carolina 2,900
Total decrease •428,292
| Stock on hand.
Charleston, Msn-.h 29 I
Savannah, March 27 48 361 41 934 i
I New Orleans, March 27225,786 259 359 !
. Mobile, March 23112,261 136 981
Florida, March 23 36,772 40 643
Texas, March 20 1,065 4J21
• North Carolina, March 16---« 540 60U
Virginia, March 1 950 1,100
485,552 542,049
> Decrease in stocks* •••• 56,497
Stock in N. York, March 19--109,119 83,570
Exports. 1849-50. 1847 8. Decreaw*.
Great Britain. • ••• **557,338 917,399 360,061
Prance 184,226 185,447 1,221
’ Other Foreign Ports.. 102,946 174,216 71,270
Total foreign exports.>B44,slo 1,277,062 432,552
The shipments from southern to northern P ol Jto
amounts to 576,417 bales this year against 537,214
bales same time last year.
REMARKS.—The prices at which real estate was
sold to-day give further evidence of the continued
P improvement in the value of real estate in our city.
All tends to confirm our former statements of the pros
perity and increased trade of our city.
DRYGOODS, HARDWARE, DRUGS, &e._
Our wholesale dealers continue to do a heayy busi
-1 ncss, and the additions they are daily making to their
’ stocks will make it to the interest of Merchants of
the interior to examine our stocks ere they seek any
other market.
GROCERIES.—Sugars remain without change.
J Stock on the increase. Coffee is declining in price.
t Sales are making from store at ]3j a 14c. One or
, two lots from the wharf have been sold at 12j cts.—
The tendency of this article D downward in price—
> the stock in the United States being much heavier
than was calculated. The supply of West India
Molasses is on the increase. Sales continue to be
made from the wharf at 23 cts.—from store 24 a
26 cts. Tbc stock of New Orleans Molasses is on the
increase.
GRAIN. —Corn is dull sale at 65 cts.—-receipts
on the increase. Peas continue scarce, and are re
tailing at $1 per bushel.
BACON.—The stock of Bacon is on ihe increase.
Good lots are sold at 5 j cts. on short time, for hog
round. We quote shoulders 4} a5. Sides 6 cts.
Hams 6a 8| cts., according to quality. Lard is
freely offered at 6 cts.
SALT.—lmports into Savannah during the wtek
4000 Sacks. Sales made from the wharf at 105 c.
BAGGING AND BALE ROPE.—Several large
lots of Gunny Baggi. g and Bale Rope, for our fall
supply are daily coming to band. This discription
of Bagging is decidedly preferred both by the plan
ters and buyers of Cotton, as the order of Cotton
packed in it, is far superior to that packed either in
Kentucky or Dundee.
STOCKS.—We refer our readers to the dividend*
made by the Brunswick and Mechanics 1 Banks.
Sales of 10 shares Iron Steam Boat Company’s Stock
at 8101, and 25 shares Geo. Railroad at $lO2. All
our Bank Stocks are in demand, but there are no
sellers.
EXCHANGE.—Cheeks on the North continue
to be sold by cur Banks at par,
FREIGHTS.—The shipments to Savannah and
Charleston continue light. Last year during the
month of April 11,794 Bales were shipped lo Savan
nah and 5,881 to Charleston. In up freights our
Boats and the Carolina Railroad is doing the heav
iest business that was ever done at this season of
the year. The river continues in prime order.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Comparative Statement of Cotton in Augusta
and Hamburg. April Isis, 1849 and 1850.
1849-50- 1848-9.
Stock on hand, September 113,819 26,553
Received from Sept. Ito March 208,528 226,260
“ “ March Ito April 1• • 13,387 34,537
Total supply and receipts23s,734 287,350
SHIPMENTS.
To Savannah in March 7,635 24,568
•• Charleston in •• 8,014 20,580
“ Savannah & Charleston pre’ly» 159,820 196,159
Total shipments• •• 175,469 241,307
STOCK.
Stock in Augusta, April 152,878 35,367
“ in Hamburg “ 7,387 10,676
Total 5t0ck••60,265 46,043
RECEIPTS.
Total supply and receipts23s,734 287,350
Deduct Stock Sept. 113,819 26,553
Total Receipts22l,9ls 260,797
From the N. Y. courier Enquirer.
NEW YORK, March 27. Cotton.— There has
been nothing as yet done to test the effect of the Nia
gara’s advices. A sale was reported on ’Change, of
350 bales New Orleans ‘good ordinary to low mid
dling’ at 11c. There is a good attendance of buyers,
but sellers are not offering generally. Prom the tenor
of the advices per Niagara, it is evident that the ques
tion of price is simply a question of supply, to prove
which we refer you to the following extracts :
From the “ Fly Sheet, No. 23,” Manchester,
March Ist 1850.
•‘Crop—The estimateslo dale do not at all affect
our standard of 2,200,000 bale’.”
From the Circular of Dewilchenbart, Bleslig cf*
Co, Liverpool, March ftth., 1850.
Speaking of the trade—“ Still incredulous in regard
to the low estimates of the crop—cannot be induced lo
extend their purchases beyond the supply of their im
mediate wants.”
From T. H. Littledale 4* Co's Circular, Li
verpool March 4th, 1850.
“At the close of last year the stocks of Cotton in
all parts of the world were reduced, notwithstanding
the two largest crop in succession ever made in the
United United States; showing thereby that consump
tion hud been greatly on the increase. Nothing as yet
has occurred to lessen the expectation of a large and
prosperous business this year, with the cheapness of
food and money, and the prospect of order prevailing
on the continent of Europe ; and if, as is so confident
ly predicted and acted upon in America, the crop of
Colton there should prove to be four or five hundred
thousand bales less than last year, if we make every
allowance for a r duced consumption, it is evident
higher prices must rule,”
With regard to the dullness, as represented by the
trade in Manchester, private letters state —“ It is well
known that there are very heavy orders in the mar
ket for goods and yarn, buyers claing a reduction in
consequence of the state of the Liverpool market,
which the manufacturer will not concede.” The first
1 movement in Liverpool will be followed by an active
trade at Manchester.
i ———————
NEW ORLEANS, March 27, P. M.—- Cotton.—
Stock on hand on Ist Sept., 1849- •••• ••••••12,154
Arrived since to date *696,604
Arrived to-day 3,146
1 711,904
Exported to date 484,265
Exixwtcd to-day • 1,288
Stock on hand andon shipboard not cleared**226,4sl
Sugar. — The sales were limited to 300 hhds. at
. former prices, say fair 3| a a 3}c
Molasses.— soo bbls, changed hands at 12 a 17
and 22jc.
Flour. — Ths market is lower, as will be seen by
the numerous sales which are reported to us on pri
vate terms. Sales27oo bbls., in luding 500 Ohio,
350 St. Louis, 286 lowa and 100 extra St. Lou's, on
private terms; 300 Ohio in two lota at $5.62; 100
St. Louis at 5.70; 100 do and 150 Ohio at 5.75; 104
Illinois at 5.80; 150 at 5 85; 100 St. Louis at 5 87;
200 St. Louis at $6; 100 extra Illinois at $6.50; 100
extra St. Louis at 6 57, and 140 at $6.75.
Corn. — Sales 640 sacks at 53c. and 1920 in four
lots at 55c.
Bacon. — 55 casks Missouri were sold at 4fc. the
Sides, 3| the Shoulde/s, and 6c. the Hams, and 20
aX——
tierces canvassed Hams at Bc.
Lard. — Market firm. Sales 120 bbls, and 238
bbls, and tierces at s{c.; 182 bbls, at 6c., and 16
Grease at 4)c.
Is. —A British bark taken for Gothenburg
at |d. for cotton and 40s. per hhd. Tobacco.
Exchanges.— Fair demand. London 7) a 8
per cent, prem.; Paris 5.27 j a 5f.40; New York 60
days If a If per cent, disc.; do sight) a| perct. dis.
SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE.
THE INSTITUTE, at its Annual Pair, to be
held in Charleston on the third Tuesday In
November next, will award PREMIUMS, (in addi
tion to specimens of Mechanism and the Arts) for
the following articles:
For the best bale of Sea Island Cotton, not less than
300 pounds.
For the best bale of short staple Cotton, not less than
300 pounds.
For the best tierce of Rice.
For the best hogshead of Muscovado Sugar.
For the best Leaf Tobacco, not less than 100 lbs.
For the best barrel of Wheat Flour.
For the best tierce of Indian Corn.
For the best barrel of Spirits of Turpentine.
For the best barrel of Rosin.
It is the intention of the Institute, with the consent
of the persons sending the above articles, to forward
such as receive premiums to the “ World’s Fair,”
to be held, in the city of London, in the early part of
the year 1851. it is likewise intended to select, from
the specimens of “ Art and design” which may be
prehente I, such as may be deemed worthy of eepeciel
distinction, to be forwarded, for competition, to ibis
great “ Industrial Exhibition.”
The Committee on Premiums, therefore, earnestly
appeal to all the productive interests of our country
to aid the Institute in thus advancing our home enter
prises, and giving them reputation and character
abroad. G. N. REYNOLDS, Jr. j Committee
C D. CARR, > on
ap2 WM. LEBBY, ) Premiums.
NEW BOOKS! NEW BOOKS!!
WHITE JACKET; or The World in a
Man of War, by H ram Melville, Paper
and Muslin binding.
Volume 9of Chalmer’s Posthumous Works; Being
Prelections on Butler’s Analogy, Paley’s Evidences
of Christianity and Hill’s Lectures on Divinity.
Harper’s cheap edition of Hume’s History of Eng
land. Bound or in pamphlet form.
The Life of John Calvin, by Thomas A. Dyer.
Cheap edition.
letter-Day Pamphlets, edited by Thoma® Carlyle.
Price 5 cents.
David Copperfield ; by Charles Dickens. Ten
Nos. for 25 cla. Also, No. 10 with plates.
Spencer’s Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of
(‘hancery, vol. ‘2d, large Bvo., well bound, now com
plete ; either volume sold separately.
Universal Formulary; by R. E. Griffith, M. D.
Autaorof Medical Botany, and a number of others,
which call and see. For sale by
ap3 THOS. RICHARDS & SON
SPORTS OF THE PIT
AMAIN OF COCKS wiH be lought at the
La Fayette Race Track, commencing on Wed
nesday, May 22d, between Gloverand Hughes, for
81000 aside, and >IOO on each fight, each party to
show 21 Cocks. mb27-wtd
' HE FIRMS of Spears & Bufubd, and
L Speabs, Bealle&Co, being by
the decease of Mr. Francis Spears, the under
signed, surviving partners, will continue the busi
ness in both branches, (Ware-House and Grocer.*,)
under the name and style of Buford & Bealle,
; and respectfully elicit a continuance of the patron
-1 aee so liberally extended to the late firms.
5 ‘ WM. H. BUFORD,
WM. M. BEALL.
All unsettled business of the late firm of Spzahs
A Buford, will be settled by
n,hl ° __ W H> BUPOR Di Survivor.
DISSOLUTION.
THE COPARTNERSHIP of Stovall A
Lot her, of the Allatoona Iron Woikv, is tb»
day dissolved by mutual consent. The business of
the !atc firm will be settled by Thomas P Stovall
THOMAS P. STOVALL,
JOHN LOTHER.
Allatoona Iron Works, Cass co., March JB, 1850.
'
HAMB.— A few Packages of fine Bacon HAMS,
tor *ie tow. BAKER, WILCOX 4k CO.
CITY ELECTION.
JO The Annual Election for Mayer and
three Members of the City Conocil, for each Ward,
to serve for the ensuing year, will be held on Mon
day, the Sth of April, 1850, at the several places
hereinafter designated. The Polla will be opened at
10 o'clock, A. M. and closed at 2 o’clock, P. M.
After the polls are closed, the Managers will meet
at the place of holding the election in Ward No. 2,
lo add the voles, and declare the perrons having the
highest number of voles duly eleeted.
Wa.d No. I—Ar the Hay an,! p od der Seale
House, under the management of Jesse Kent, Jamea
McCafferty and James W. Meredith, E,q a ., ,«•
I either two of them.
Wa bd No. 2—At the Eagle and Phenix Hotel,
' under the management of N. B. Moore, John Phiui
xy, Sen., and Thomas R. Rhodes, Esqs., or either
two of them.
WaBD No. 3—At the United States Hotel, under
the management of Bays Bowdre, John Kerr and
Richard Allen, Esq., or either two of them
W*»D No. 4—At the Richmond Hotel, under the
management of Edward Thomas, N. K. Poller and
John C. Green, Esqs., or eilhertwo of them.
mh29 td JAMES B. BISHOP, Mayor.
I I I
yV Resolved, That at the City Election, on Mon
day the Bih April next, each Voter be requested to
endorse on bis ticket bis wishes on this subject.
Each wanting the City to re-build the Upper Bridge
at once, will endorse on bis ticket “Bridge,” and
those opposed wid endorse on their tickets
Bridge.” And that the Manager® keep a true
statement of the votes for Bridge and no Bridge, and
make the same return with them ad they do with the
votes for Mayor.
A true extract from the minutes, March 29, 1850.
L. L. ANTHONY, Clerk Council.
THE BALTIMORE WEEKLY
AMERICAN,
Compendium of Nows and Prices Current.
UNDER the above title the Editors of the Ame
rican have commenced the publication of a
Weekly paper, to be issued every Saturday morning
in time to be despatched by the earliest mails. The
pages of Fs ample sheet will contain all the news of
the week ; selections of a useful, entertaining and
literary character; and aleo the full, complete and
reliable Review of the Baltimore market published
in the daily and rri-weekly American, k will take
rank among the very largest weekly papers, and in
the contents of its thirty-iwdecltwpe he
as much reading matter as wiHifFU ji
decimo volume. The desigtr is. to uMta it. ap : J
•'■-•ptable medium of fee
a rato as to be accessible to alfc Th* texmfe
scription lo “ 7he Baltimore;
are as follows: - - -
One copy, per annum $2.00
Three copies, when directed to one address... • 5.00
Six copies, do do do .... 9.00
Ten copies, do do do -.--13.00
Twenty copies, do do do -•••24.00
Payable invariably in advance, and the paper iu
no case continued beyond the time for which it is
Pdd* ap2-4
MR. POPE begs to annource that the Second
Quarter of his Classical and Mathematical
SCHOOL, in Reynold-street, will commence on
Monday next, the first day of April. Pupils will be
carefully prepared for College, or for ordinary pur
suits. They can also be entered at any’ time, and
charged for accordingly. Number limited to 25.
TERMS.
Tuition in the English Department pr. qr., •• *sl2 00
“ ** “ and Classical, 15 00
“ “ Modern Languages, each,-... 500
References— Rev. E. E. Ford, D. D.: Hon. J. P. *
King; Dr. L. D. Pcrd; T. Richards, Esq.; W. K.
Kitchen, Esq ; Porter Fleming, Esq ; F, Midlam,
Esq., and Hon. Jas H. Hammond. mh26-dlm
PHILIP A. MOISE, ,
DEALER IN DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Metcalf's Range. Augusta, Ga.,
aH AS always on hand large supplies of
best White Lead ; Linseed Oil; Varnish
e«, (Copal, Japan, Coach, Polishing;) JIX
Spirits Turpentine; Train Oils Neatsfoot-Oil; Win
dow Glaes; Paint Brushes; Putty; Sp. Whiting;
Glazier’s Knives; Blending and Graining Brushes.
Paint Mills—together with a complete assortment of
Fresh Drugs and Chemicals, to which the attention
of the public is invited. Every article will be sold
at the lowest price, and warranted to te strictly pure.
ap3
LBERT SHERIFF’S SALE—WiH be
sold, on the first Tuesday in Muy next before
the court-house door in Elbert county, within the
legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit:
one hundred acres of land, more or less, adjoining
lands of Bedford Harper, Joseph Rucker and others,
of Elbert county; and also, forty acres adjoining
Allen Daniel and others, and a negro man named
Elbert, about twenty-five years old, as the property
of Hezekiah Bailey, to satisfy a fi. fa, in favor of
James J. McAlister vs. said Bailey, issued from the
Inferior Court of Elbert county, and sundry other
fi. fas. vs. said Bailey.
FRANCIS G. STOWERS, Sh’ff.
April 3, 1850.
Por sale in Augusta, at wholesale or retail, by the
only authorized Agents,
PHILIP A. MOISE,
. . D ANTIGNAG& BARRY. .
Also, by Mawbi
Cowles, Milk JjjeFtlle, J. M. Tr.’i
and J. H. &
Proprietor’s . Cnh-d.s;;.’,-
Philade’ph’a. '« •
A GREAT variety of Compounds, under the
name of Vermifuge, are before the public, most
of which, although often effective in expelling Worms,
owe their active properties to Mercury, Croton Oil,
and other dangerous substances, and cannot be con
sidered so Perfectly Safe, in all cases, as the
COMPOUND SYRUP OF PINK ROOT, oh
RISLEY’S VERMIFUGE,
which is a concentrated extract of Pink Root, Sen
na and Wormseed, made into a palatable Syrup,
according to a formula approved by the Medical Fa
culty. Sold wholesale and retail by
HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO.
Also, by Country Merchants generally. Price 25
cents. feß-3m
AUGUSTA BURR MILL STONE
MANUFACTORY.
THE Subscribers
\ ' 4 ’- leave to inform
their customers and
l>, e public, that they
jcontinue to build
. STONES, of
fewy -.L V very desired size, out
B urr Blocks, im-
J- '' 1 P° r,e, l direct from
/ I which they
Z. i Warranl * n ©very re-
sped. They build
their Mill Stones ex
actly suitable for Southern Wheat and Corn, which
have been acknowledged as very superior, not only
by those who have put them to work, but also by the
daily papers.
Also, on hand, Dufour & Go’s, “ehl anchor
brand” square meshed BOLTING CLOTHS.
ESOPUS STONES, MILL IRONS, SMUT
MACHINES, PLASTER PARIS and CEMENT,
furnished to order.
The Proprietors of the “ Cunningham Mills,” in
Augusta, Gr iensborn’, Dalton and Rome ;
Mr. Robt. Findlay, Macon,Ga.;
Messrs. A. Leyden A Co., Atlanta;
“ Robt. Findlay A Co., Griffin,
Act as our Agents.
All orders punctually and carefully attended to.
ap2-6md SCHIRMER A WIGAND
PIANO FORTES.
THE SUBSCRIBERS would
respectfully call the attention of their
7 • > U w friends and the public to their atfort*
tnent nf Rosewood aod Malionnny PIANO PORTES,
from the well known and justly celebrated manufac
toriesof Bacon Raven, A. H (iale. 4* Co., and
Dubois <(• Seabury, New York, which are war
ranted in every respect to beat least fully equal to
any instruments manufactured in this country or
Europe.
The subscribers would also state that the In
struments now on hand are of the latest patterns and
fashion, and. fresh from the manufacturers. For
sale at very low prices for cash or city acceptances,
at GEO. A. OATES A CO.’S,
nl 3 doors above U. S. Hotel, Broad-st.
Fine Watches Clocks, Jewelry
AND SILVER GOODS.
-p THOMAS W. FKEBMAS, z-.
at his old stand,nearly oppwttethe Bruns
wick Bank, respectfully
tumors and the public that he has on hand a fine as
sortment of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES,of the
most approved makers, with a choice and fashionable
STOCK OF JEWELRY,
all of which he will sell at very low prices for cash.
T. W. F. solicits a comparison by purchaw-niof the
pialiiy anti prices of Iris Goods, with any other house '
eilbet hen or elsewhere.
WATCHES and CLOCKScarefully repaired, and
warranted. Mr. Wm G. Woodstock coutinucsto
give his utmost attention to this part of the business.
N. B - New Goods received weekly.
L2/-dAw
Richmond county geo : —Whereas,
Thomas W. Miller applies to me for letters
of administration on the estate of Francis Spears,
late of said county, deceased —
These are therefore to cite and adtnonisn, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear al my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have,
why aaid letters should not he granted.
Given tinder my hand at Office in Augusta.
IaEON P. DUGAS, «-lark.
March 5, 1850. j
FOUR MONTHS alUrdate, applicatiou will
be made to the Honorable the Inferior Conrl
of Jeff'-rson county, when ns a court of ordi
nary, for leave to sell file Real E/tare belonging to
Mary Jane Lawson, minor<»f Roger M. Lawaon.
ROGER M. LAWSON, Guardian.
Mwcli_3J, 1850.
OCR MONTHS after date, application wilt
be made lotto- Honorable the Court of Oidina
ry of Warren coun'y, when sitting fur ordinaly pur
poses, for leave io r-ell the Land and Negroes of Mid
dleton Hilpon, fate of Warren county, deceased.
March 29, 1850. ADAM JONES, Adrn’r.
CLARIFIED SUGAR.— SO Darrels refined
Clarified SUGAR in store, just received.
mhls BAKER, WILCOX A CO.
UUCR MCELEBRATED PANACEA,
purely Vegetable.—A supply of this Medicine
just received and for sale by
mb 0 PHILIP A. MOISE, Druggist.
EW ORLEASSMOLASSES.— 2OUbbIs
prime new crop New Orleans MOLASSES.
For sale by fe2l HAND, WILLIAMS & CO.
rhrt OZ. %Ul~nTnE, for S'tleby
W mhz9 PHILIP A. MOISE. Druggirt.
LRe“’medTclNA L. WINE S, seiected
by a competent judge, for sale by
mhl7 D. II PLUMB A CO.
MEOICINE bCALEB.-A few
A? dozen on hand, and for sale by
(üb2-dAw WM, H. TUTT, Druggist.
« IME, LIME.-- Northern LIME, ju«t
1 received and tor ale by
n»tojHAND A FLEMING.
BACON.— 50,(W lbs. fine Tennessee BACON,
in store and for sale in lota :o suit Dealers
mhISBAKEk, WILCOX A CO.
C^OPFEK*— 30U Bags Rio, Laguira and Java
7 Coffee, for sale by
nd HAND, WILLIAMS A CO.
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