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COTTMXMirfwe •/»' Baltimore American.
In Senate Juwz. 8
The Committee on printing made a report
The Compromise bill was then taken up and
considered until the hour of adjournment.
Hoose —The California bill came up for
consideration and was discussed bv Messrs.
Phelps, McMullen, Thiertnan and Allen, when
a recess was ordered until 8 P. M.
In Senate j OSB jo.
Mr. Dickinson presented a memorial from
citizens of Schenectady, in favor of the adjust
ment bill reported from the committee of thir
teen. The memorialists think that six months
is a sufficient length of time to the black peo
ple, and they urge the claims of twenty millions
of white people to the attention of Congress
Mr Pratt offered a resolution in reference
to the trade with Peru for guano, and with a
view to put American vessels on an equal foot
ing with those of other nations engaged in the
trade.
The compromise hill was taken up, and Mr.
Benton spoke at length against the union of
the California bill with other measures and
moved that the further consideration at the bill
be postponed till the 4th of March, 1850.
Mr. Hale took the floor, and replied to some
remarks made on Saturday, by Mr. Dawson,
and vindicated his consistency in his course on
the subject of abolition. He stated his inten
tion to retire from the strife and turmoil of
political life, and even from hie seat in this
Senate.
Mr. Dawson rejoined at length, in explana
tion of bis former remarks. Mr- Dawson
made some additional remarks.
Mr. Cass took the floor for to-morrow.
The Senate, after a brief executive session,
adjourned.
llocsa.
Mr. Doty introduced a bill to amend the act
to provide for the punishment of offences com
mitted in cutting, destroying, or removing live
oak and other limber or trees reserved for
naval purposes, “approved, March 2, 1831.”
which was read twice and referred to the Com
mittee on Public Lands.
Mr. Evans, of Md., made an ineffectual ef
fort to introduce a resolution to extend the
time for closing the debate on the California
question, till Tuesday two weeks.
On motion ofMr. Bayly, the House resolved
itself into Committee of the Whole and re
sumed the consideration of the California
question.
The House was successively addressed by
Messrs. Bowdon, Gentry,McClernand, Wood
ward and Stanton when the committee rose,
and the House took a recess until? P. M.
At the session of Saturday night, speeches
on the California question were made by
Messrs. Hamilton, of Maryland, Butler and
McQueen.
Im Senate JuMK 11.
After some unimportant morning business,
Mr. Clay called for the orders of the day.
The adjustment bill was taken up, and Mr.
Cass spoke in reply to Mr. Benton's speech of
yesterday.
He argued that the union of the measures
in one bill strengthened each measure and that
'California suffered no delay nor detriment
from it
He argned against the Wilmot proviso and
against he Executive plan. He reviewed and
replied to the article in the Republic which ex
plains and vindicates the President’s views, in
an official form. He showed that it was the
duty of Congress to provide governments for
New Mexico and Utah, and that, if this was
not done, agitation of the slavery question
would be continued. He advoca'ed the offer
to Texas, and pointed out the danger that
would result from leaving the question unset
tled.
Mr. Dayton followed, and advocated the
President’s plan of bringing in New Mexico
as a State.
The Senate then adjourned.
House.
The House met at eleven o’clock, and im
mediately rosumedtbe discussion of theCalifor.
uai question
Mr H oward, of Texas., opened the debate,
and was follwed by Mr. McDowell, of Va.
Before Mr. McD. had proceeded a halfhour in
his able speech, the hour (1 o'clock) for termi
nating the debate had arrived.
There was an almost unanimous cry that Mr.
McDowell be permitted to continue his re
marks.
Tne Chair said it required universal con
sent to permit the gentleman from Virginia to
proceed.
Mr. Conger objected, and he coaid not pro
ceed.
Mr. Jones, of Tenn , said that there were
several important amendments which had been
ordered, but were not yet printed, he therefore
moved that the Committee rise, with the view
to an adjournment till to morrow, at which
time the printing will have been executed.
The question was taken by tellers and deci
ded in the negative—ayesßß. noes 107.
The Chair stated that Mr. Doty’s bill to admit
California, was in order, and that the amend
ment ofthe gentleman from Mo., (Mr. Green)
to the Ist section of the bill was first in order.
Mr Green’s amendment adopting the Mis
souri Compromise line of 36 deg. 30 min.
North for the Southern boundary of Califor
nia, running through to the Pacific Ocean,
was then read.
He supported it in a few remarks showing
that the State would then be immensely large.
Mr. Seldon then offered an amendment pro
viding that the territory south of 36 deg. 31
„ . miu. shou'd be subject to settlement by those
holding slave property. He supported the
enactment of the Missouri Compromise line in
some few remarks.
Mr. Stanton, of Ky., moved anamemdment
providing that the Slates which may be formed
South of 36 deg 30 min shall be admitted in
to the Union whether they adopted slaverycon
etitutions or not.
Mr. Meade, Mr. McWillie, and Mr. Vena
ble continued the discussion.
Mr. Ashman moved to amend the amend
ment of Mr. Green so as to confine the
Missouri Compromise line to the State of Cali
fornia alone.
Af'er this proposition was made there were
several propositions for profound amendments,
upon which to hang speeches under the five
minutes rule : also two or three appeals from
the decision of the Chair, for and against
thoseameudments. After they were decided,
the Committee rose, and the House, at 3j
o’clock, adjourned till to-morrow.
[The House seems to be laboring under a
great degree of restlessness and that kind of
sullen excitement which is the natural precur
sor of a great storm ]
In Senate Jess 12.
The bill to grant swamp lands to certain
Slates for tho purpose of reclamation at their
expense, was considered and passed.
I he adjustment bill was taken up—theques
tion being on the motion to postpone it till
March 4ih, 1851.
Mr. Dayton continued, and concluded his
speech against the bill. He was particularly
opposed to the proposition to Texas ; to the
fugitive slave act and to tho establishment of
territorial governments. He resisted the con
glomeration of the bills, and declared that
there was no compromise in them. There was
nothing of any value in the measure outside ol
the President's plan.
Mr. Clay argued the qneslion on the motion
to postpone. Ata proper tune he would an
swer the Senator from New Jersey.
Mr Davis, of Mississippi, commented on
some of the Senator’s statements.
Air. Foote said the Senators efforts would
be entitled to a high reward from the other
end of the avenue, if there was any thing like
a sense of merit in that quarter.
Mr. Daytou had nut spoken with any view
to reward. Ho seldom troubled this body
much. He was surprised at the intimation of
the Senator from Miss.
Mr. Footerejoined. If the Senator’s speech
was not attended with good effects elsewhere,
then human nature was insensible to what was
due to zealous advocacy.
Mr. Benton said he wished to allow all
amendments to be offered. If any wished to
offer amendments now, he would withdraw
his motion to postpone.
Mr. Clay said be had requested the Senator
from Me , not to move the postponement. It
would lead to the Inga of three days. He
hoped that the Senator would not suffer the
Senate to vote on the motion to postpone.
Mr. Yulee offered an amendment, fixing the
northern boundary line of Texas.
Mr. Rusk said be was obliged to the Senator
from New Jersey, (Mr. Dayton,) for his asser
tiou of tbe title of the United States to the ter-
of New Mexico east of the Rio Grande.
at a proper time undertake to show
that United Blates had uot a title to a foot
of it. t ,
The by
and Mr.^ *
Air. Shields offered in amendment tn rela
tion to the Texan boundary, which was reject
ed— jeas *24, uays 28.
All the amendments offered in relation to the
Texas boundary were then rejected.
Mr. Turney moved to strikeout the 29th
section ofthe bill, making a proposition to pay
fur the territory of Texas.
Mr. Foote opposed the motion.
Mr. Hale moved au adjournment at tour
o’clock, P. M. Agreed to. The Senate ad
journed.
House.
Mr. Ewing, from the Committee on Milita
ry affairs, reported a bill to pay to lexas the
advances made to volunteers to protect her
borders, which was read twice and referred to
the committee of the Whole-
On motion of Mr. P. kmg. the House re
solved itself into Committee of the Whole,
and look up the California question.
Mr Stanton. Mr. Morse ahd Mr. Schenck,
severally addressed the House.
Various amendments were offered to tne
amendment of Mr. Green which were voted
d°Mr* Stanton, of Tenn., moved to amend the
uiendment as follows :
b Beeolved, however. That it •hall be no ob
jection to the admissiou into the Union of any
Slate which mav hereafter be formed oat of
territory lytr.f South of the parallel of latitude
ot 36 deg W min. that the constitution of said
Slate may authorise or establish African sla
very therein.
This amendment was debared by Messrs.
Stanton of Tenu., Seddon and Baker, but
before action thereon, the Committee rose and
the Hoose adjourned.
1* Soweto Jv«bl3*
The Compromise Bill was taken up—the
motion of Mr. Turney pending to strike out
all that relates to Texas.
Mr. Webster spoke briefly against the mo
tion—urging the expediency of an interposi
tion by this joverment between Texas and
New Mexico.
Mr Reward said Texas had not a shadow of
tide to any part of New Mexico. If we gave
fifteen nuHions to buy ear peace, we should
create fifteen miUwne of sympathies afaioM
tne immediate admission of California ; and
• should destroy the constitution which New
; Mexico brought with her, and make it slave
holding territory. If we let Texas alone she
would, in the end, get as much of New Mexico
as she was entitled to, and that is just none al
all. If this bill were withdrawn we could ap
point a Board of Commissioners to draw the
boundary line between New Mexico and Tex
as, or refer the subject to the Supreme Court.
' Texas owed all the money she borrowed to
J carry on her war, and the United States, by
annexing her to tho Union, knowing that
r Texas could not pay her national debt, as
■’ sumed the obligation to pay the debt. He was
0 for paying the debt.
Mr. Clemens said he had no doubt that the
whole territory claimed by Texas, belonged to
a her; but the Senate decided otherwise. He
moved now to fill the blank with one million
of dollars, which was all that was due to 'lexas
g on account of the duties on imports into Tex
as collected by the U. States since her annexa
s tion.
Mr. Clay hoped the motion would be voted
» down. He denied that this bill had delayed
j the public business and prevented the admis
sion of California. Those who resisted the
} committee were liable to the charge. On the
13th July, the motion was made by Mr. Foote
to appoint the committee. Had it been done,
f according to usage, we might long ago have
I acted. But by perseveringly resisting the ap-
I pointment of a committee, the long delay was
occasioned. The course of the miiority was
the cause of the embarrassment of ne public
business in this branch of Congress.
This minority now obstructed progress by
renewing motions for amendment, on which
- the majority of the Senate had frequently de
cided against. To postpone, check, evade,
and procrastinate was the policy of the mi
nority. It had been for weeks the anxious
will of the friends of the compromise bill to
take the question. They had taxed their phy
sical powers to the utmost by attending here
He, with weak and trembling limbs, had drag
ged himself here to day, in the hope that the
minority would suffer some progress to be
made in the bill. He would answer for the
majority, that they would lake no course
that would prevent final action on it in one
week.
He proceeded to offer the amendment.
Mr. Foote expressed his abhorrence of the
policy advocated by the Senator from New
York. If we did not settle the Texan bounda
ry, it would not yeild in this conflict, nor
would she halt in her course. Now, the Sena
tor from New York invokes the force of the
executive government in resistance to Texas
If a drop of Texas blood was shed in the con
text, by the executive power, every man in the
south would take up arms m behalf of Texas,
and we should be involved in civil war. This
might suit the policy of some one aspirant who,
north of Mason & Dixon’s line, might expect
to preside over a portion of a dismembered
confederacy.
The dissuasion was continued by Mr. Sew
ard Mr Turney, and Mr. Benton.
Mr. Clay rejoined to the remarks of Mr.
Benton.
Mr. Houston spoke in reply to some re
marks heretofore made by Mr. Dayton. He
said Texas had never threatened to use military
force. She had but a single commission, and
his authority had been obeyed. But Texas
was menaced with force, if she asserted her
rights.
Mr. Benton and Mr. Clay had some contro
versy in regard to the allegation, of the latter,
that Mr. Benton, was, last November, opposed
to the admission of California.
Mr. Benton deniedit.
Mr. Clay read the letter from St. Louis,
signed John H Reed, stating that Mr. Ben
tion had expressed these views.
Mr. Benton hoped the letter would be en
tered on the journal. He proceeded to allege
that Mr. Clay had delayed the business of
the Senate, and was originally in favor of ad
mitting California as a separate measure.
But the Senator should not get off by bring
ing up an offset.
Mr. Clay—l have no thought of getting
off.
Mr. Benton—You shall not, if you wish to.
I Much laughter.*] He would hold the Senator
as the author of that letter, for he had pro
duced it. He did not admit the Senator’s
right thus to arraign h m for delaying business.
The letter is an infamous calumny, and 1 thus
brand it —and I brand it and the publisher of
it.
Mr. Clay. I repel with scorn and contempt
Um Senator’s insinuation against me.
Mr. Benton. Oh, you may send it back,
but vou got it first.
Mr. Webster. I see with pain such offen
sive remarks. It is the duty of the Chair to
stop debates on personal matters. He could
not sit here quietly and witness such breaches
of decorum.
Mr. Benton. Oh, it is all over.
The Vice Presidentsaid he did not perceive
the tendency of the remarks of the Senator
from Missouri, and was not in the chair when
the Senator from Kentucky first spoke.
Mr. Hale said that when he was at acked
and letters read against him, every body seem
ed to enjoy it. How old must a Senator be to
be entitled to exemption from such assuits ;
as a young Senator, he had to endure them.
Mr. Underwood took the floor. He did not
feel like speaking after this scene. Adjourued.
House*
The House met at 12, and went into com
mittee on the California question, Mr. Boyd in
the Chair.
The Chair stated that the following was the
pending amendment of Mr. Green, adopt
ing the Mo. Compromise line as the Southern
boundary of California.
“ Provided that it shall be no obstacle to the
admission into the Union of any Slate which
may hereafter be formed out of the territory
lying South of the parallel of latitude of 36
deg. 30 min., that the constitution of said
State may authorize or establish African slave
ry therein.”
The proposition was debated under the five
minutes rule by Messrs Thompson, of Miss.;
S ephens, of Ga ; Wentworth, McLane, of
Md ; Bocock, Featherston, Meade, Hilliard,
and Hubbard,and the question was taken there
on, and decided in tho negative—ayes 78, li es
•9.
Mr. Seddon introduced an amendment to
the Missouri Compromise Proposition of Mr.
Green, of Mo., as follows: "And at the lime
of its adoption intended and understood as a
partition for the future, between the slavehold
ing and non-slaveholding States, of the terri
lory of the United Stales, to the uttermost ex
tent of its Western limits, and as such was en
acted mainly by the votes of the representa
tives from the non-slaveholding States!
A debate of an interesting and exciting cha
racter arose on this amendment, in which
Messrs. Seddon, Brown, of Miss ; Carter,
Venable, Baker, Meade, Stanton, Toombs,
Winthrop. Thompson, of Pa.; Duer, Hall
Harris, of III; and McClernand, took part,
when at 4 P. M., the Committee rose and the
House adjourned.
In Senate June 14.
The adjustment bill was taken up. and Mr.
Clemens'amendment to the fill the blank with
a million, was rejected. Yeas 8; nays 25.
The motion of Mr. Turner to strike out
from the bill all relative to Texas was rejected,
as follows:
Yeas—Messrs Baldwin, Benton, Butler.
Chase, Clarke, Corwin, Davis, of Mass.. Da
vis, of Miss., Dayton. Dodge, of Wis., Greene.
Hale, Hamlin, Hunter, Mason. Miller, Seward,
Smith, Smile, Spruance, Turney, Upham,
Wales, Y ulee—24
Nays—Messrs. Atchieou, Badger. Bell. Ber
rien, Bright. Cass, Clay, Cooper, Dawson,
Dickerson, Dodge, of lowa, Downs, Foote,
Houston, Janes. Morton, Norris, Pearce,
Pratt, Rusk. Shields. Sturgeon, Underwood,
Walker. Webster. Whitcomb —27.
The Senate adjourned to Monday.
House.
The House refused, 81 to 122. to go
into committee of the whole on the Califor
nia question.
Mr. McClernand, reported a bill amendato
ry of the act to carry into effect certain pro
visions between the United States and China
and the Ottoman Porte, approved August 11,
1848.
Mr McClernand explained that under the
treaty with Chiuaof 1844. the U. States were
authorised to extend their laws over China
with the limitation of their oporation to citi
zens of the U Slates, and to punish all such
offenders against these laws, lu pursuance of
this, an act was passed in 1848, authorising the
Consuls to punish all citizens of the United
States committing offences in China, “includ
ing Afecuo.”
The words including Macao are exception
able, and the Portuguese Government objects
to them on the ground that Macao is no part of
the Chinese dominions; but belongs to her.
and has belonged for 300 years. Portugal ob
jects to this language, and refused to receive
an American Consul at Macao. The passage
of this bill was to correct the mistake of in
cluding Maeao as a part of the Chinese Em
pire.
The bill was passed. Several private bills
were reported
Mr Bayly, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, reported a bill making appropria
tion out ofthe revenue ofthe Post Office De
partment for its service for the fiscal year end
ing 30th June, 1851.
Also, a bill making appropriation for the
current and contingent expenses of the Indian
Department, and for the fulfilment of the trea
ty stipulations with the Indian tribes for the
fiscal year ending 30th June. 1851.
Mr. B. also reported a bill to supply a defi
ciency in the appropriation for the judicial ex
penses of government for the fiscal year end
-1 ing 30th June, 1850. Mr. Bayly stated the
r great importance (hat this bill sh uld be passed
► immediately. Unless it was done, some of tne
Courts could not be held for the want of means
of paying expenses He moved that the rules
. be suspended, and that the House resolve it
self into Committee of the Whole to consider
» this bill. After some discussion, the motion
was put and carried in the affirmative, and Mr.
• Boyd was called to the Chair.
1 motion, the bill was taken up. and Mr.
Bayly availed himself of this opportunity to
B explsiti the reasons why the general appro
priation bills had not been reported earlier.
Two amendments were offered and reject
r ed, when the Committee rose and reported the
I bill, and it was passed. Adjourned.
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THK SBNATE \ OTB OB THE COMPROMISE.
—As a matter of much importance al this
particular time, we have collated the several
• votes taken m the Senate respecting tbe
j amendments, which had been offered io that
part of the Compromise in regard to Slavery
tn the territories. We do not think the vote
can bo received as conclusive evidence of the
s course which senators will pursue; yet it indi
t cates a disposition to give the plan a fair
cnance and to relieve it, if possible, of the ob-
• jecnons which have been urged by it* oppo
nents. We are somewhat surprised at some
J of the votes of Mr. Webster, and particularly
of Mr. Cass.—See. Rq.
The question being taken oa Mr. Chase's
« proposition (which provides that nothing in
d Mr. Davie amendment shall be construed so
»t as to autboruw tho introduction of Slavery in
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d the territories) it was rejected by yeas 25, anc
v nays 30, as follows:
»- Yeas. —Baldwin. Bradbury, Bright, Chase
e Clarke, Cooper, Corwin, Davis, of Mass..
o Dayton, Dodge, of Wis., Douglas, Felch.
it Greene, Hale,.Hamlin, Miller, Norris, Seward,
>- Shields, Smith, Spruance, Upham, Walker,
e Webster, Whitcomb.
t- Nays.—Atchison, Badger, Bell, Benton,
t. Berrien, Butler, Cass, Clay, Clemens, Davis
o of Miss., Dawson, Dickinson, Dodge of lowa,
y Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter. Jones, King,
it Mangum, Mason. Morton, Pearce. Pratt,
i Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Sturgeon, Turney,
s Underwood.
The question was then taken on Jefferson
? Davis’amendment, (which proposes to permit
i the territorial Legislatures to pass such laws as
may be necessary for the protection of prop
i petty of every kind, which may have been, or
s mav hereafter be, introduced in said territories,
- conformably to the constitution and laws of the
- United States ) which was rejected—yeas 24,
nays 31. as follows :
Yeas.—Atchison, Badger, Bell, Berrien,
I Butler, Clay, Clemens, Davis, of Miss.; Dw-
Ison. Dickinson, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hun
ter, King, Mangum Mason. Morton, Pearce,
Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Turney, Under
wood.
Nays.—Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury, Bright,
; Cass, Chase, Clarke, Cooper, Corwin, Davis,
of Mass., Dayton r Dodge, of Wis , Dodge, of
J la., Douglas, Felch, Green, Hale, Hamlin,
■ Jokes. Miller, Morris, Seward, Shields, Smith,
Spruance, Sturgeon, Upham, Walker, Web
ster, Whitcomb.
Mr. Seward moved to amend the thirty
i eighth section, by adding the provisons of the
Wilmot Proviso, which was rejected, by yeas
, 23, nays 33, as follows :
Yeas—Baldwin, Bradbury, Bright. Chase,
Clark, Cooper. Corwin, Davis, of Massachu
• setts, Dayton, Dodge of Wisconsin, Douglas,
Felch, Greene, Hale, Hamilton. Miller, Mor
ris, Seward, Shields, Smith, Upham, Walker,
Whitcomb.
Nays.—Atchison, Badger, Bell, Benton,
Berrien, Cass, Clay, Clemens, Davis of Mis
sissipi, Foote, Dawson, Dickinson, Dodge of
lowa, Downs, Houston, Hunter, Jones, King,
Mangum, iVlason, Morton, Pierce, Pratt, Rusk,
Sebastian, Soule, Spruance, Sturgeon, Turney
Underwood. Webster, Yulee.
Mr. Berrien moved to amend the tenth sec
tion, so as to strikeout from the clause restrict
ing the Territorial Legislatures from passing
any law in respect of African slavery, and sub
stituting there for the word “in respect to
tho establishing or prohibiting,” which was
adopted—yeas 30 nays 24 :
Yeas.—Atchison, Badger, Bell, Berrien,
' Borland, Butler, Clay, Clemena, Davis of
Miss, Dawson, Dickinson, Downs, Foote,
Houston, Hunter, Jones, King, Mangum, Ma
son, Morton, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian,
Soule, Spruance, Sturgeon, Turney, Webster.
Yulee.
Nays.—Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury, Bright.
Cass, Chase, Cooper, Corwin, Davis of Mass.,
Dayton, Dodge of Wis., Dodge of lowa,
Douglas, Felch, Green, Hale, Hamlin, Miller,
Morris, Seward, Shields, Smith, Underwood,
Upham, Walker, Whitcomb.
Mr. Hale moved to emend the section, as
amended, by inserting after the word “ pro
hibiting,” the word “ allowing.” His object
was to prevent the Legislatures from assuming
that slavery already exists in the territories, and
legislating upon that assumption.
Mr. Foote and Mr. Butler opposed the
amendment, as going over ground already cov
ered by the words “ establishing,’' or “ prohibit
ing ”
The amendment was rejected—yeas, twenty
one ; nays, thirty-six, as follows:
Yeas—Baldwin, Bradbury, Chase, Clarke,
Corwin, Davis, of Mass,, Dayton, Dodge, of
Wis., Douglas, Felch, Greene, Hale, Hamlin,
Miller, Morris, Seward, Shields, Smith, Up
ham, Walker, Whitcomb.
Nays.—AtchLon, Badger, Bell, Benton.
Berrien, Borland. Bright, Butler, Cass, Clay,
Clements, Cooper, Davis, of Miss., Dawson,
Dickinson, Dodge, of lowa, Downs, Foote,
Houston. Hunter, Jones, King, Mangum, Ma
son, Morton, Pearce, P.att, Rusk, Sebastian-
Soule, Spruance, Sturgeon, Turney, Under,
wood, Webster, Yulee.
Mr. Chase moved to strike out the words
“ prohibiting African ” —upon which the yeas
and nays wero refused, and the amendment re
jee’ed without a count.
Mr. Douglas moved to strike out the entire
restriction in relation to slavery, which was
rejected. Yeas 31, Nays 33, as follows :
Yeax —Messrs. Bradbury, Cass, Chase,
Clarke, Clay, Cooper. Corwin, Dickinson,
Dodge, of lowa, Douglas, Felch, Greene,
Hamlin, Jones, Miller, Morris, Seward,
Shields, Sturgeon, Underwood, Upham.
Nays.—Me.-srs Atchinson, Badger, Baldwin.
Bell, Bention, Berrien, Borland, Bright, But
ler, Clemens, Davis, ol Mass , Dawson, Dodge,
or Wisconsin, Downs, Foote, Hale, Hous
ton, Hunter, King, Mangum, Mason, Morton,
Pearce, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Smith, Soule,
Spruance. Turney, Walker, Webster, Whit
comb. Yulee.
Mr. Walker moved to amend the section,
by introducing a clause abolishing Peon servi
tude in tiie territories.
Mr. Pratt opposed the amendment, on the
ground that Congresrs had no right to inter
fere with the vested rights of citizens in the
territories—rights acquired by contract. This
peonage being in fact a servitude undertaken
by contract, under legal enactments.
Mr. Dayton said he felt the full force of the
remarks just made, and moved to modify the
amendment, so as to refer only to all future
contracts. Pending this question, the Senate
adjo urned.
News of tlje Week.
European Intelligence*
We give some additional detai's of Euro
pean intelligence to 29th May, brought by
the U. S. mail steamer Atlantic, at New York:
The Atlantic brings 73 passengers—among
them G. W. Kendall, of Nxw Orleans, and
Mr. Dudley Mann, late special agent to Hun
gary.
The New York Courier, speaking of the
passage of the Atlantic, says :
The Atlantic has an excellent passage
—equal to any that has ever been made, and
agairi't a good many disadvantages of weath
er. Her machinery, we understand, worked
admirably—her engines not having once stop
ped from the time of her leaving Liverpool
until her arrival. She averaged over thirteen
revolutions per minute during the voyage.
The Canada arrived at Liverpool from
Halifax on the afternoon of Sunday, the 261 h
England.— The British Admiralty propose to
abo'ish the spirit ration in the navy, and in
lieu thereof, to make an annual appropriation
of £IO.OOO.
Miss. Jane Porter, the well known authoress
of the Scottish Chiefs and many other stan
dard novels and romances, expired at the resi
dence of her brother. Dr. W. Ogilvie Porter,
Portland-square, Bristol, on Thursday night,
frem a second attack of pulmonary apoplexy.
.Miss. Porter was in her 74th year, and main
tained to the last moment not only her intellec
ttial facultiex unimpaired, but that cheerfulness
of disposition for which she had been so much
admired during her long hie.
France — The London Times, in the course
of a leading article, says:—Paris is perfectly
quiet. So it is; and what is more, the most
timid do not now believe that there is any
chance for some time of ils being otherwise.
Its Express from Paris, also brings the fol
lowing items:
Leiters from Toulon of the 24’h inst. an
nounce the sailing from that port of the steam
vessels Solon and Grondeur to reinforce the
French fleet of Naples.
The Prefect of the Cote d'Or has suspended
from the exercise of their functions the two
Deputy Mayors of Semur, for having assisted
at a meeting of tbe Municipal Conned, a’
which a resolution was vo ed against the Elec
toral Law.
The director of the Reformateur of Tou
louse has been sentenced to imprisonment for
one year,and to pay a fine of 2,0001., for hav
ing published a seditious libel.
Leders from Marseilles state that the last
wool imported from Tunis and Algiers had
been sold at an advance of 25 per cent, on the
prices obtained last year. An improvement in
the demand for silk, at an advance in the price,
is observable at the late fairs in the South of
France.
Italy— A convention was signed at Florence
on tbe 17lb, between the Austrian and Tuscan
Governments, regulating the military occupa
tion of the Grand Duchy by the Imperial
troops. The number of troops is limited tu
14,(MIO. Time of occupation net determined-
The new commander of the French army
had arrived at Rome, and been most warmly
welcomed.
Germany.— Berlin, May 22.—The follow
ing are the Tacts attendant upon the most infa
mous act of intended regicide :—The King and
Queen having left Charlottenburg this morn
ing between 11 and 12 o’clock, arrived at the
Potsdam station a few minutes after the latter
hour, and quitting their carriage, rested awhile
iu the royal waiting room, attended by the
aide de-camps on duty. The special tram hav
ing been pushed forward, his Majesty giving
his arm to the Queen, quitted the waiting
room, traversed the corridor, and was in tbe
act of descending the first of the three stone
steps which led from the passage to the plat
form, where stood the royal railway carriage,
when his spur striking against the projecting
arm of the step, caused his Majesty to slip or
stagger, and at tbe same time to throw up his
right arm iu an angular position as a counler
, poise ; at this ins.ant, a man m the uniform of
I a sergeant of artillery, who had been allowed
to advance close to the constables and two sen
i tries, who are usually posted on either side
, pushed through them and the few bystanders,
stooped, or half knelt down, and, drawing a
. pistol rapidly from his bosom, fired upwards.
! and with such deliberate aim that the ba I struck
the lower inner part of the King’s fore-arm.
traversed the flesh between the skin and bone,
without fortunately injuring the latter, and
, passed out within an inch or so of tne elbow.
His Majesty staggered, by slipping in the first
instance, and then, by the force of the ball,
tired within three or forr feet of bis person.
, lost bis balance, but was immediately raised by
Colonel Bonin and Count Waldersee, aides
de-camp in waiting (we believe.) and was car
ried into an adjacent room, where he became
. extremely faint for a few seconds, but quickly
s recovered
J Tnrkry and Great*— A telegraphic despa’th
9 from Vienna, of the 20th ult, brings advices
t from Con-tantinople of the 9tb, Samos Bth, and
r Athens 14m ult. Tranquility had been res
e tore*! at Bagdad. A depu anon of submission
9 bad left Samos for Constantinople. The king
-of Greece bad conferred me grand cross of the
r Order of the Saviour.
Maanfactnnnf Districts. — The accounts of
tbe state of trade in tbe provinces during the
9 past week are comparatively of little impor
r tance, owing to the intervention of the holi
days Al most of the markets, however there
s has been corunued firmness, and at Mancbes
i ter there have been signs of an improvement
> in the demand for India. Germany and Greece,
x At Leeds and Bradford light stocks combined
id with a steady business on the purtof the ship
ping houses have again contributed to a great
b, prospect of increasing prices. At Nottingham
i.. tho hosiery trade has been maintained, priuci
i, pally by the orders from America, the home
i, demand being very languid, while sa regards
r, lace, the market has been flatter than at any
time during the year, this branch of business
i, being especially interfered with by the unchan
is ging harshness of the weather.
i, ——
r, From the Charleston Courier, Vith inst.
t, Arrival of the Isabol. —Later from Ila-
S vana.
The steam ship Isabel. Capt. Rollins, arrived
n at this port early yesterday morning, with her
11 accustomed regularity, having left Havana on
the Bth inst at 5 P. M.
The Isabel brings but little news from Hav
r ana, in reference to the recent attempt to revo
'» lutionize the Island. It was difficult to obtain
e definite information, as there was the utmost
» caution observed on the part of the authori
ties, and the flying reports were of such a cou
« tradictory character that there was little reli
’ ance to be placed in them.
A conversation with an intelligent gentle
» man, a passenger in the Isabel, has elicited the
’ following particulars, which are probably as
nearly correct as could be possibly obtained
, It appears that there are about sixty prison
» ers in durance, composed of the crews and pas
s sengers of the Georgiana and Susan Louo
» They were undergoing a trial by a Marine
» Court, and the resident British Consul was, on
■ invitation, present at the examination, while
Mr. Campbell, the American Consul, had no
< official information of the fact, end was not
2 allowed to see them, although a request was
3 made to that effect.
The report was that the Court was disposed
> to make an example of the Captain ofone or
both of the vessels and discharge the remain-
, derof the prisoners, but that the British Con
“ sul had given a caution to the Court that such
> i course would involve a natinal difficulty, and
it was hoped that no extreme measure would
» be adopted.
A rumor was also current that the master of
f one of the vessels was subjected to tortuie,
, for the purpose of making him confess parti
, cipation in the recent out break, but that h* re
fused to make any disclosures. A passenger
was also threatened with death, with the same
view, and a rope is said to have been placed on
his neck, and execution threatened when he
yielded, and offered to tell all he knew of the
affair, if his life was spared.
It was believed at Havana that the steam
ship Fanny, with some 500 men, was about
making another descent on the island, and
alarm was evinced in consequence.—
The Fanny was, however, at Key West, when
the Isabel touched, landing freight, and was to
• proceed to New York, thus proving this rumor
, groundless.
It is the impression that there is not, at this
time, any actual expedition on foot to disturb
Cuba.
When the news of the attack on Cardenas
reached Havana and Matanzae, the utmost ex
citement and alarm was apparent. The Gov
ernor of Matanzas. on the 19ih ult., started
from that place with a body of some 700 troops
i When within 8 miles of Cardenas halted, and
did not move from that point until information
was received that the invaders had left. For
this conduct he had been subjected to a Court
Martial, the resuhof which was not known.
There are now left at Key West but few of
the members ofthe expedition that arrived there
in the Creole. xMost of them have taken their
departure for New Orleans and other points.
We give the above items as they have been
communicated to us, reiterating the remark
that it is very difficult to obtain accurate infor
mation ofthe true state of affairs.
The following particulars we copy from the
Mercury :
Much excitement still prevails throughout
the Island, arid the feelings of the old Span
iards and the Government Officials run strong
against Americans and the American Govern
ment.
The officers, crews and passengers of the
American vessels still remain in close confine
ment. Efforts have been made by torture to
extort confessions from the cspiains of the
Georgiana and the Susan Loud, but in vain
They declared repeatedly that they regularly
cleared from New Orleans for Chagres, as
was confirmed by their papers; that they had
no knowledge ol the character or objects of
their passengers until the steamer Creole came
alongside, when a number of them went on
board of that vessel, and that they were pro
ceeding on their course to Chagres when they
were captured by the Spanish steamer.
The Captains were then suspended in the
air by cords attached to their thumbs, but, de
spite the tortiir?, they persisted in their state
ments.
Among the prisoners was a young lawyer
from one of the Western State- - , whose symp
toms of trepidation gave expectation that by
working on his fears, confessions might be ob
tained that would tend io criminate his com
panions. A halier was accordingly placed
round his neck, and caution balls attached to
his feet, and with the threat of immediate death
hanging over him, under promise of pardon
for him»elf and for some of his companions
whom he named, he made certain disclosures
upon which the authorities based their further
proceedings.
Tne American Consul was peremptorily re
fused all access to or communication with the
prisoners. To give a color, however, to the
proceedings of the Court, the presence of the
British Consul was invited. A strong disposi
tion was manifested to dispose of the two
American captains by a suiumury execution ;
but against this course the British Cousul
warmly remonstrated, and warned them that
such a step would inevitably involve them in
serious difficulties with the American Govern
ment. la conaeQueuce of these reuuuiiiun.
ces the decision of the Court upon their case
was postponed
We have been informed by highly intelligent
gentlemen that the excitement and terror at
Matanzas, Havana, and throughout the island,
upon the spread of the intelligence of the
landing at Cardenas, was extreme, and iu
many instances the authorities seemed perfect
ly paralysed. It is their opinion that if a
thousand brave men, well appointed, and well
officered, had pushed on promptly from Car
denas, they have placed themselves in
the centre of the city of Havana without se
rious resistance.
HAVANA, Jone 7.—A very active inquiry has
been maintained during the past few weeks for nl|
descriptions of Sugars, and prices have somewhat
advanced, particularly for Whites, of which the quan
tity brought forward is not adequate to meet the de
mand for Huslia. Wo quote Whites 9| alO rials ;
fine and choice Whites, 10j a 11 rials; Yellows, 6 u
bf rials; superior Yellows, 7 a 7| rials; Browns,
5 j a 5| ; Cucuruchos, 4 j a 5 rials.
Muscovadoes are at 4| a 5 rials for ordinary to
middling; the better kinds are worth rs, and very
scarce. There is very I‘ttle bhd. Sugar left for sale
on either side of the Island.
The weather has been showery. There are but
few estates which are still grinding, and they would
soon finish. The total results will show a filling
otf from the estimates originally made, and we have
fun her advices from the South side confirming the
report of a large deficiency in lhe production there as
compared with previous expectations.
The last transactions in Molasses were at 1J rials,
lut dealers are now atk ng higher rates, both in the
harbor and in the out ports.
The business in Coffee is tea? insignificant to call
for any attention.
There has not yet been any Decree removing the
Blockade, in which the Island was placed by our
Government, but merchant vessels are not subject to
any inconvenience whatever.
There are not many cases of Cholera in lhe city,
but the disease has manifested itself in some parts of
the interior, and we are sorry to say it has broken out
on several plantations, with considerable mortality.
The period of the year, being the commencement of
the rainy season, is unfavorable to give it immediate
check.
From the Baltimore American, 13th inst.
Late and Interesting from Havana—Ar
rival of the Saranac*
The U. S. steam frigate Saranac arrived at
Norfolk on Tuesday morning, direct from Ha
vana, having left on the morning of the 6ih
instant. Capt. Tattnall, her Commander, ar
rived here yesterday morning in the steam
boot from Norfolk, and proceeded immediately
to Washington. The Norfolk Daily Despatch
says that Capt T. received the assurance of
the Spanish authorities that the prisoners cap
tured during the late invasion should not be
doalt with until advices were received from tl i<
Government.
The report in circulation here that the ser
vices of the Saranac had been placed at the
disposal of the authorities of the island of Cuba,
is incorrect The report that the American
Consul at Havana had been imprisoned, is un
founded. A slip from the Norfolk Courier
office says that on the day after her departure
from Havana the 8. broke the frame which
sustained a part of her maebit ery, and made
the run "witn the aid TFTone engiffiL
The prisoners of the late Cuban expedition
were treated with great kindness at Havana.
A note from our correspondents of the
Norfolk Beacon, after announcing the arrival of
the Saranac, says— u Al! was quiet io the
Island when she left. The report of the arrest
of our Consul and the execution of the
prisoners, published in the New York and Bal
timore papers of Monday, is wholly without
foundation. The prisoners are at Havana and
are to be sent home.”
A slip transmitted by our correspondents of
the Norfolk Herald furnishes lhe following de
tails—
Herald Office, )
Norfolk, June 11, 1350. $
Arrival of the Saranac. —Tne U. S. steamer
Saranac, Commander Tattnall, 5 days from Havana,
arrived at this port yesterday morning, ano anchor
. ed off the Naval Hoepitxl. The Saranac arrived at
Havana cn Thursday evening, 23d uIl, and lay off
the Moro Castle until the next morning, when Capt.
Randolph, of the U. S. corvette Albany, went on
board and reported that a Spanish man-of-war had
cap-med two American vessels at the Island of Coa
l toy,* on the coast of Yucatan; that be bad in an in
terview with the Captain General, demanded that
; they should be given up, and cn the rerusal of the
Captain General to do so, had declared hu intention
of re-capturing (hem.
I The Saranac went into Havana about 10 o’clock
on the morning of the 24th, and Captain Tattnall
‘ had an interview with the Captain General, in which
1 he informed that functionary that if he met with
• American vessels, prizes to a Spanish man-oi- war, he
• should require a satisfactory account of the reasons
< of their capture ; and if refused he should re-capture
such vessels; bin he was satisfied that they formed
a portion of invading the expeduiun, be should not
? seek them.
F Tbe Spanish authorities expressed much satisfac
tion at the course ol our Government.
j About three hours after lhe Saranac anchored in
Havana, a Span-sh brig of war came in with the pri
aoners, tut no; the prses; which latter were sup
-3 posed to have been ordered into some other port to
avoid a collision.
i On the following day, the 251 h, the Saranac get
I under weigh for Key West, taking the two corvettes
9 (Albany and Germantown) with her. On their ar
rival they found the inhabitants of K*y W est had
f been in some alarm in consequence of so large a num
» her o! men having beea landed there from the Creole,
over whom the. civil authorities could have no control.
They had, however, conducted themselves peaceably
’ and orderly.
‘ Tbe Saranac remained two days a: Key West, and
again proceeded to Havana, taking as passengers.
1 Judge Marvin and Judge Douglass, (the latter Col
. ieCter at Key West.) These gentlemen, with Capt.
1 Tauxali, of the Saraxiac, called on lhe Captain Gea-
- I eral, and stated to him their reasons for believing tiia
[ . the men captured at Gontoy had abandoned the expe
L , dition. In reply, they were informed, tbiita distme-
’ tion had been made between these men and those
who landed at Cardonas ; that the former were wel
® 1 treated and would have a fair trial and every oppor
$ tunity to prove their innocence. Noone was permit
ted to visit them—-a rule that applies equally to Span
-8 ish subjects. The interview was altogether satisfac-
- tory.
The Saranac again got under weigh for Key West,
in order to recruit the health of the crew, many ol
whom were sick. She remained three or four days al
B Key West, and again sailed for Havana. Here,
learning that no further descent on the island waa
, I expected or apprehended, tne Saranac sailed on Wed
-1 nesday last for Savannah, in order to ask for further
r instructions from the Government; hut in conse
-1 quence of the giving way of an important part of the
engine, her course* was altered for Norfolk.
. •Contoy is at the easternmost point of Yucatan, and
, I only about 50 miles from the western Coast of Cuba;
, l it is therefore the very best position for a rendezvous
for the invasion of Cuba, either on the South or North
side.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot,
evidently one who was on board the Saranac,
says:
' “ The Spanish authorities assured Capt. Tattnall
‘ that the American prisoners should be well taken
care of, and, after certain preliminary forms were
gone through with, the Consul and their friends
’ should be permitted to see them.
Captain Tattnall, in tho management of this de
! licate mission, has displayed great firmness, decision,
i and prudence. He has confon.ied strictly to the
spirit and letter of bis instructions, and has maiu
, teined unsullied the flag of the nation. By his pru
dent course, the lives of the American prisoners have
’ bnen preserved, and our Government left free to act
as it may think proper.”
Later from the Isthmus,—-The B‘eamship
Empire Ci:y, Capt. Wilson, arrived at an early
hour this morning. She left Chagres on the
6th. and Kingston, Jamaica, on the 9th inst.
We learn verbally that there had been no
farther disturbances at Panama Peace and
order seem to have been completely restored
There had been no arrivals from San Francisco
since our previous advices. The arrival ol the
steamers Sarah Sandsand Isthmus was anx
iously expected.
Capt. Bowman, returning from San Franais
co, was robbed on the 24th ult, between Pana
ma and Groces, of about $7,000 in gold dust
and coin; hts trunk was broken open and that
a iiount abstracted therefrom, by the negro in
charge of the mule to which lhe trunk was
lashed. A portion of the treasure had been
recovered.
On the same day, and by one of the same
party, Mr. Marsh, of New York, who was re
turning in company with Mr. 8., was also
robbed of SIUOO, $500,0f which had been Re
covered.
The steamship Tennessee, Capt. Cole, sail
ed from Panama for San Francisco, with about
450 passengers, on the 30th ult.
The California, Capt. Budd, was to sail
from the same port, with her usual comple
ment of passengers, on the Ist inst., and the
British bark Sarah, with about 220 passengers,
on the 2d. These vessels take away not less
than 1000 persons from Panama.
The number of sailing vessels in the port of
Panama was comparatively small, and rates of
passage, in consequence, were high. The
Kingston and Kirkwood were the only Ameri
can vessels in port.
Mr. Chas. 11. Thomas, who was shot at
Chagres, by P. F. Mancoras, was taken to
Kingston by the Empire City, where he was
left in a very precarious slate, with no hope of
recovery.
Mancoras had also arrived at Kingston, and
efforts were being made to have him appre
hended and held for a requisition from the
Government of New Grenada.— New York
Com. Advertiser.
From the N. Y. Cour. Enq.—By Telegraph.
Latest Intelligence from Europe.
Paris. Friday—ln the assembly o:: Thurs
day, lhe 4th, sth 6th, 7th and 8;h clauses of lhe
Electoral Reform Bill were passed.
A Toulon letter of the 28th ult., states that
notwithstanding the hopes of a settlement of
the differences with the British Government,
a levy of seamen is going on in that port.
Another ship ofthe line has been added to the
Mediterranea Squadron.
Parts Bourse.—Tbe Funds are again much
higher—Five’s, 92.80 ; Three’s 57 35.
The Gazette de France states that Lotd
Palmerston has expressed his readiness to ac
cept the Treaty signed at London, on lhe
Greek affair, should it be thought preferable.
The forty-seven Socialists arrested on Thurs
day night were found in the act of making
cartridges.
Prussia, Berlin, 30th—The King’s health
continues to improve.
England.—Transactions in Continental Ex
changes were not very extensiva yesterday
afternoon.
The Collins’ Line or Steamers.—Some
idea can be obtained of the immense size and
power of boats, from the statement by the
N Y. Mirror, that they are of thirty-five hun
dred tons burthen, and that they cost six hun
dred thousand dollars each. This is more than
double the size of the Cunard steamers, and
makes the Pacific equal to four frst class pack
et ships, and more than thirty of such vessels
as have just been despatched in search of Sir
John Franklin. She would make a fleet of
twenty-five such ships as brought Columbus to
our shores, and will carry more than the whole
number of New York and Liverpool packet
ships could have done, thirty years ago. The
money she cost would build and equip ten first
class packet ships of a thousand tons; audit
would build two hundred convenient three
story brick dwellings. Tho interior is on a
style of magnificence equal to the exterior pro
portions, and she is furnished with elegant con
veniences unknown to our old packe.s. She
silled oh baturday. lst twri. ~
Rail Roads bktwkkw Atlanta and Mont
gomery.—We learn from lhe report to the
stockholders of the Montgomery and West
Point Rail Ro »d company, that this Road is
expected to be finished and opened for use to
Wert Point, as early as next October. The
road, as far as completed from Montgomery,
is now in a f ighly orosperous condition, pay
ing very good dividends. The receipts for the
year ending March Ist, 1850, amounted to
about 121.000 dollars.
The Atlanta and Lagrange Railroad, which
is now progressing rapidly, under the energet
ic management of those having it in hand, will
probably be opened as far as ten miles beyond
Newnan, in Coweta county, by next April.
Hence, after that time, through passengers from
Charleston to Montgomery, will only be sub
jected to about thirty-six miles of staging, and the
trap will be accomplished in about 36 hours
Present prospects of the Roads now being
built, warrant the conclusion that by the first of
April, 1852, at farthest, the entire line of Rail
roap intercommunication between New York
and Montgomery will be perfected, reducing
the travelling time between the two points to
about four days. — Atlanta Intelligencer.
Remington’s Bridge.—The Montgomery
Journal 10th inst. says : The Bridge which
Mr. Remington has been building in this city,
and which has excited much curiosity and
speculation. was completed on Saturday and
the scaffolding knocked away under the direc
tion of Mr. Remington, in the presence of a
large committee of the people, and among
them many doubting Thomases. The result
was most triumphant for the inventor.
This beautiful structure, apparently too fra
gile to sustain its own weight, proved all that
has been claimed for it. It was immediately
put to the severest test. Hundreds of people
passed over it, and it was conceded by the
most sceptical that it would stand and answer
for all practical purposes. The bridge, which
at a little distance resembles a slight ribbon or
shaving of wood extended over a ravine beneath
four or five hundred feet in length, though
looking as if it could not bear the pressure of
a bird, is found to endure immense weight, in
fact, it appears, all that can conveniently
be placed upon it. The planks, which are at
the abutment about six inches thick, fine away
at each end towa r ds the centre to about one
inch, or atyoch and a half, and arc finally
joined by iff impervious cement, the inven
tion of Mr. Remington. The principle is re
garded as eminently successful, and in all sec
tions where lumber i« a matter of moment,
must prove of incalculable value.
Silx Manufacture in the United States.
—Messrs. B. B. Tilt &. Co., of Massachusetts
have commenced the manufacture of silk bon
net ribbons, and are now making arrangements
to engage in the business or an extensive scale.
The ribbons, the first made in this country, are
spoken of by the Boston Journal as a beautiful
article, and several of the first importing
houses in that city, to whom specimens have
been sho«vn,were with difficulty made to believe
that they were of American production. Jt is
. eaiH ih»t «amp!oa ol' 11ms# nhhorw ax* t* b*
forwarded to Messrs. Clay, Webster and Win
throp, in order to show them that the article
can be successfully manufactured in this coun
try, and also to solicit their exertions and in
fluence in Congress to bring about such a
revision of the tariff laws in this respect as
ill pm the American manufacturer at least on
an equal footing with the foreign manufactu
rer, as the only obstacle in the way of suc
cess of the enterprising manufacturers is the
operation of our present tariff, which imposes
a duly of fifteen per cent on the raw materiel,
while upon the manufactured article there is
but a duty ol 25 per cent. By this scale the
foreign manufacturer who has no duty at all
to pay upon the raw material, holds decidedly
the advantage over the American manufacturer.
—Balt. American.
Enormous Lump of Gold —We yesterday
had the pleasure of examining a large number
of rich specimens of California gold. Among
them was one which weighed fifty pounds.
It is composed mostly of pure gold, apparent
ly having, while in a liquid state, run among
some quartz rocks. It was found near the
Maraposa, about three feet below the surface
of the earth. $5,000 was offered for it on the
spot where it was found, but it is supposed to
be worth about $6 000. although the ac’ual
value cannot be ascertained until it isground up
and assayed. The big lump is now the proper
ty of Mr. H. B. Williams, who arrived in this
city yesrerday on board the steamship Ohio
The sight of such a valuable 44 chunk ” is
good for sore eyes.—N- O’ Pic.
New Brick Machine.—The New Orleans
Picayune speaks of a new patent concussion
brick machine, recently put in operation in
tbatci.y, which, with only tour horses’ power,
is capable of turning out 40 brick, at each rev
olution. at the rate of 10 revolutions per min
ute, or 24.000 per hour. The facility with
which it can be adapted, says the editor to
plantation use is a great recommendaiion in
its favor. Steps have been taken to secure
the patent rights for the use of this machine in
Europe as well as in America.
The Richmond and Danville Railroad com
pany have just contracted for twelve hundred
tons of heavy English iron rails at $39.50 per
ton delivered in James River.
The Pennsvlvania Railroad was opened for
travelling on Thursday to Huntingdon a dis
tance of about one hundred miles from Hsr
risburg.
POSTSCftIPT!
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Transmitted for the Chronicle dr, Sentinel*
t,
£ LATER FROM EUROPE
is ARRIVAL OF THE
* STEAMER CANADA.
0 Three Days Later Intelligence.
d ADVANCE IN COTTON OF !-*<!.
i; Baltimore, June 11,10 at night.
The Steamer Canada, arrived at Halifax this
morning bringing Liverpool dates to June 1.
j Livehpool, June I.—Cotton advanced jd.
t during the week. Fair Orleans is quoted at
7§d. Week’s sales 65,000 bales, Speculators
1 taking 20,000 and Exporters 4,000 bales.
a
e More per Canada.
3 Money continued steady—Consols 961-
Os Naval Stores there was a large supply,
> causing prices to decline.
8 Lafitte, the French. Minister to London, was
- hourly expected to return.
® The Russian Minister has been recalled from
the English Court.
} The steamer Viceroy arrived at Halifax lo
ir day. She had encountered a heavy storm,
s Nothing later.
> Nashville Convntlon.
1 Wednesday, June 12.
The Convention was occupied to-day in
3 discussing the amendments to the address.
- A later dispatch of same date says: The
Convention adjourned on the 12th, having
passed a resolution to meet again at Nashville,
t six weeks after the adjournment of the present
I Congress.
! The address presented by people of the
3 non-slaveholding States, was laid on the table
! without reading.
The address to the people of the South and
, the whole country at large, was adopted, after
. various amendments; though some of the
, delegates voted against it on the final adoption.
It is represented as embodying strong but
dignified language, and assumes protective
grounds. It however favors a reasonable and
t equitable compromise.
There was some excitement during the day
I but the proceedings throughout were manly
and dignified, as well as conciliatory but firm.
! —--
New York Markets
New York, June 18, P. M.—Cottun active 3,000
bales sold at yesterdays prices.
P Accounts from Rio report 100 deaths daily from
Yellow Fever. Stores all closed. Business suspen
ded.
The Steamer Grenneth, Capt. Roby, was burnt
on Lake Erie yesterday, near Cleveland, supposed
300 on board of which 260 perished—mostly cmi
. grants. Capt. Roby, wife and child; Franklin
Heath, wile and 4 children, and Horace Palmer
among the missing.
Forest the Tragedian, cowhided N. P. Willis in
1 the streets of New York yesterday.
Charleston Market*
Tuesday, June 18, P. M.— Cotton. — l9oo bales
sold to-day at extremes ranging from 10} to 12jc.
Prices are rather firmer than previously reported.
From the Charleston Courier—By Telegraph.
Baltimore, June 17—6 15 P. M.—New York
Market.— The Cotton market is improving.
The sales of the day amount to 2500 bales—
Middling Orleans is quoted at 12| ; Middling
Uplands 12$; Fair Flour is drooping.
Corn declining Exchange on England It)}.
The Cuban Affair.—The National Intelli
gencer, speaking by author.ty, states that none
of the prisoners, confined in Havana, charged
with being connected with the recent attempt
to revolutionize the Island will be punished,
and that there is no apprehension of any rup
ture between Spain and the United States.
The steamship Empire City arrived at New
York on Saturday, from Chagres. She brings
nothing later from California.
Nashville, June 15—The Address has been
adopted by an unanimous vote as taken by
Slates. Nine members only, of those compo
sing the Convention voted in the negative.
The Convention adjourned to the sixth Mon
day, after the closing of the present session of
Congress.
Much enthusiasm and unanimity existed
among the members, at the closing of the
session.
From the Baltimore American—By Telegraph,
Boston, June 13—The Connecticut River
Bank was entered on Tuesday night last, by
means of false keys and blowing the locks
open by gunpowder, and robbed of $20,-
000.
On the following morning about twenty
miles from the bank the money was all found
in an old barn. The presumption is, it had
been deposited there, and that the thieves
became frightened and abandoned their plun
der.
Memphis, June 11—9 P. M.— On Saturday
evening, the case of the Farmer’s and Mer
chant’s Bank came up before Court, on the
part of Dr. J. Fowkes and others, that the as
sets of the Bank should be placed under their
control. The motion was resisted by General
Coe, as attorney fora portion of tbe'ereditors.
The General read a communication previously,
signed by King & Trigg, io the effect that
such resistance on his part would be treated by
them as a private and personal matter. The
argument was deferred to some other day.
Messrs. Coe and Conrell left the court
room, and were met by Trigg and his friends,
when a personal assault occurred. Pistols
were fired, and in the melee, Coe shot and
killed Trigg. A general fight followed, when
Coe was attacked by three different parties,
and shot in the back. He fell mortally wound
ed. Others became engaged in the affray,
and a man named Gaines closed in a contest
with Connell, both falling to the ground, evi
dently seriously injured. The greatest ex
citement prevailed.
Toronto, June 12.—Last night the Provincial
Parliament refused, without discussion, Sir
Allan McNab's motion to introduce the indem
nity bill of last session. The vote stood 36 to
16
THE CROPS, WEATHER, diC,
The Cotton Crop.—We have had the op
portunity of perusing two letters, received by
a mercantile house in this city, from corres
pondents who reside near Grand Gulf, Miss.
'Che writers say : “ The river will keep up too
late to allow anything to be done on the rich
low lands and in our hill lands; in places the
crops are truly bad. In some districts they
seem to be doing pretty well. The report of
great destruction to the crops, although true in
particular instances, are generally partial; if it
were not so, the cotton crop would be no crop
at all. I heard to day from Copiah county;
the crops there are better.” One gentleman s
overseer writes him that he has to plough up a
ninety acre field, which the owner saw about
a week before, and it was then looking well
It is now all dead. Another planter talks se
riously of ploughing up his entire crop and
putting it all in corn. ‘’Another planter was
telling me last week of a field of very fine cot
•on which he had. nearly knee high. To-day
he is ploughing it up and replan’ing. The
*.ut worms are eating up the replanted cotton
ai fast as it comes up. The accounts are all un
favorable, but the above are specimens of the
wofot.” — Picayune Bthinst.
Cotton Crops.—Since publishing our last
statement of the crops of Mississippi, we have
received letters from about fifteen additional
rourties. We are sorry to say that we have
never in our life known a more gloomy pros
pect. We shall not make 250,000 bales in the
Siate—the number ought to be 700,000 bales at
least.— Mississippian, 7th inst.
Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
Macon. June 11. 1850.
For the last three weeks I have been travel
ling through the various counties of what may
be strictly termed South-Western Georgia,
and, as 1 proarsed you, proceed to give the
result of my observations in regard to the
prospects of the next cotton crop.
You may rest assured that there is no con-
TTHgebCy, howeverfavorable? which can how
arise, which will swell the production of cot
ton beyond the figures of the past year.
I have travelled through, and conversed
freely with planters residing in Houston, Ma
con,Marion. Dooly, Sumpter, Lee, Stewart,
Randolph, Early, Baker and Decatur, during
the past two weeks, and find the complaints
of bad seasons and unpromising crops more
universal than I have ever known them before.
In Decatur county the weed is more thrifty
and promising than in any other portion of
the South-West, and even there on the first
day of June, ihe plant would not measure on
the richest river plantations, more than ten
inches in height. Last year at the same time,
with the heavy frost in April, the weed was
fully two feet from the ground.
This has been produced by a season of un
precedented cold weather and heavy rains,
retarding the growth of the plant, and in many
instances rendering replanting necessary. In
the South-West, by the 20th of May, it is not
unusual to see whole fields in bloom, but no
such sight can now greet the eye, nor will for
two weeks to come.
From what I have seen, the conclusion, to
mv mind, is irresistible, that in the finest cotton
region of the South, to wit: South-Western
Georgia, the cotton crop will turn out one
third short of the crop of the lastyear. D.
The Crops.—The Selma Reporter of June
7th say s:
*• We conversed yesterday with a highly res
pectable citizen of this county, who has had
twenty years’ experience in cultivating the
soil in this State, who informed us that be has
never seen the crPton aud corn crops so back
ward. His opinion is that from present ap
pearances the cotton crop will be shorter than
last year. From all parts of the South our
exchanges speak of the unpromising pros
pects.”
The Cotton Crop.—A gentleman just
arrived in this place from Texas, having come
by tnelaud route through Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama and having bad a
fine opportunity to notice the condition of the
c’ops in those regions, informs us lliat through
out the entire route the Cotton crop was in a
n ost deplorable condition In Arkansas, the
planters generally bad despaired of raising
any considerable crop of Cotton and many
had plowed up tbeir Colton fields, and planted
Corn. In Miesieeippi and Louisiana, the Cot
ton was not only in a miserable condition on
rccouit of unfavorable weather, bat was
suffering severely from the ravages of the
Cotton louse. In .Alabama the crop looked
a little more favorable than in the States far
ther West, but even in that State the prospects
were more gloomy than they have been for
years previous.— Atlanta Intelligencer.
The weather here, and so far as we have
heard in this section of country generally has
been for several weeks, entirely dry. The
crops must be short this season. We hear
that cotton in the South is much impaired—
wheat is not more than two thirds filling out
in the head—Oats are very short and seem to
be just growing, and corn is seriously cut up
with the worms, and that which stands is
scarcely growing at all. Gardens are almost
ruined, and what is to be regretted, there is no
indication of rain soon.— Chattanooga Gazette,
14f/i inst.
The Crops.—From every quarter, we hear
that the Cotton crop is backward and inferior.
A late visit to several counties in Southwestern
Georgia affirms the correctness of lhe&e re
ports. Every planter that we heard speak of
the subject, admitted that his cotton was less
advanced than at the same lime last year. The
corn generally is middling fair. In most of
the middle and lower counties of this State,
the wheat crop is destroyed or seriously injur
ed by the rust, in the upper counties it is said,
it will yield an average harvest.— Fed Union,
11th inst.
The Cotton Crop. —The Natchez Courier
of ’he Ist inst. says: We have accounts from
East Tennessee and North Mississippi of the
30th, from Northeast Mississippi of the 25th,
from Central Alabama of the 25th ult., all pic
turing the same gloomy prospect for the crops,
that they were much less promising than last
year’s, and perhaps the worst for ten years
b?ek. A visit last week to Amite and Wilkin
son counties enabled us to gather the opinions
of planters who uni r ormly made the same de
clarations. We saw very little cotton six
inches high, and a great deal not over three
inches.
THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR,
We have neglected to beg to call the atten
tion of our farmers to a very excellent agri
cultural paper published in Augusta Georgia—
the‘‘Southern Cultivator.” This is a perodi
cal that should be in the possession of every
farmer, as each number of it contains some in
formation that would pay him the subscription
twenty times over. It can be procured at the
moderate sum of $1 which can be remitted
through this office.— Caddo Gazette.
Southirk Cultivator.—Published month
ly at Augusta Ga.. is a work replete with use
ful information on all topics connected with
farming and horticulture. We know of no pe
rodical published in the South better worthy
of liberal encouragement from every planter
and stock raiser than tins valuable paper. The
subscription price is only one dollar perannum
in advance. We shad be pleased to be the
means of forwarding the names es several new
subscribers to the enterprising proprietors of
the “Cultivator.”— Louisiana Republican.
The Southern Cultivator is before us, and we
are much pleased with it. It is ably conducted
and neatly executed. There is not an Agri
cultural paper in the Union that exhibits more
ability than it. Our farmers would do well to
subscribe for it. Terms only one dollar per
annum, in advance.— Marion (M .ssissippi) Ga
zette.
The Southern Cultivator, edited by D. Lee,
M. D.. and published by W. S. Jones, Augusta,
should be in the hands of every farmer and
planter in Georgia. The June number which
we have just received, is possessed ol a large
amount of valuable information, and we take
great pleasure in recommenditg it to our rea
ders.—Marrietla Helicon.
MARRIED
On the 12th inst., by the Rev. Win. L. Tucker,
Mr. Milton Humphreys and Miss Elizabeth A.
Johnson, daughter of Win. Johnson, Esq., all of
this city.
On the 13th inst., by the Rev. David Blalock, Mr.
Elijah and Miss Ann Winnefred,daugh
ter ol Maj. John M. Douglass, of Jefferson county.
On the 16’h inst., by Mnneon Glass, j.i. c., Wil
liam Lazenby and Miss Elizabeth Armstrong,
all of Newton county, Ga.
DIED.
On the 9th inst• nt in Columbia, S. C., Eloise
Hayne, wife of W. Ernenputsch, of this city.
On the 15th of April last, at El Paso del Norte,
Texas, Mr. William E. Bell, a native of Burke
county, Ga., but for some time past connected with
the U. S. Army. H. D B.
ULommerrial.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Weekly Report Tuesday, P. M.
COTTON.—The accounts received by the Cana
da on Wednesday last, and published in a postscript
in our weekly paper, has caused us an active and
animated demand during the whole week, and the
sales reached about 3000 bales at about |c. over the
prices prevailing on the Ist of the month. We quote
Middling 11}; Good Middling Ilf; Middling Fair
12 cts. The receipts are almost at an end and hold
ers do not seem disposed to sell to any extent until
further accounts are received, and a further advance
takes place in the Liverpool market, which is gener
ally looked for.
We refer our readers to the extracts published in
our paper of to-day as to the growing crop, and only
remark ourselves that a more gloomy prospect was
never known in Georgia at this season of the year,
and unless the weather should change very soon
blooms will not be abundant by the Ist of July, as
the plant was never in as backward a condition at this
period of the season as it is this year.
We have very little change to notice in the receipts,
exports and stocks since our last weekly report. The
decrease remains at about same figures as last week,
and is at the point where it will not vary much for the
balance of the season—the extent of the crop will no
vary much from 2,000,000 bales. The exports to
England will hardly reach 1,000,000, as France,
the Continent of Europe and the North must have
their proportion.
Receipts up to latest dates.
1850. 1849.
Savannah, June 11305,007 378,131
Charleston, June 13333.495 428,721
Mobile, June 7323,232 502,871
New Orleans, June 12772,732 1,068,701
Florida, June 1170,529 194,140
Texas, May 30 26,253 33,183
North Carolina, June 1 9,665 9,464
Virginia, June 1 8.988 11,674
1,954,901 2,626,885
Decrease* 671,984
Add burnt in Charleston and Apalachicola.. *7,000
Total deficiency67B,9B4
Exports. 1850. 1848. Dec»ease.
Great 8ritain833,777 1,442.648 609,071
France24B,762 334,364 85 602
Other F’gn Ports*. 152,629 292,517 139,888
Total fo’n exports* 1,235,168 2,069.729 834,561
To Northern ports* **679,537 717,668 38,131
Total decrease foreign and domesticß72,692
Stock on hand in Southern Sea-ports.
1850. 1849.
Savannah, June 11 30 984 24,424
Charleston, June 13 50,916 23.916
M. bile, June 7 61,939 23,055
New Orleans, Jone 12** • • •«110.082 53,730
Florida, June 1 20,027 7,1 5
Texas, May 30 457 3,057
North Carolina. June 1 430 350
Virginia, June 750 1,050
275,614 136,697
Increase in southern sea-p0rt5138,917
Stock in N. York, June 1, I860*•••••••• *115,285
“ “ “ 1, 1849 85,221
Increase in New Y0rk30.064
REMARKS. —Business generally is quiet—trade
is as good as usual at this season of the year; our
mechanics are all busy ; wages are liberal and more
mechanics are wanted ; building materials of all
kinds in demand and difficult to obtain.
DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, &c.-Ourwhole
sale dealers are preparing for a heavy fall trade;
those who import their goods direct have already for
warded tbeir orders and are daily receiving parts of
their fall supplies, and others are daily leaving for the
North for their supplies. Our manufactory agents
are daily making shipments of our domestic goods
and yarns for the Northern markets.
SUGARS.—The supply in our market is large and
prices remain without change ; the advance at the
North and—West has nut advaneed— xmr priaet»,-4m4
stiffened holders.
COFFEE.—The stock in market is not large nor
is the demand heavy. Prices are rather unsettled.
We quote 10 j a ll| cts. for the best Rio.
MOLASSES. —The stock of New Orleans Molas
ses is light and it commands 33 cts from store. The
supply of West India is heavy and sales to some ex
tent have been made from the wharf at 20j, and
from store at 23 a 25 cents.
SALT.—Receipts cf the past week 3,000 sacks.
Holders are asking 51.05 from the wharf. Sales
from store at 1.20 a $1.25.
BAGGING and ROPE.—Sales of Gunny Bag
ging continue to be made at 18 cents, and Kentucky
Bale Rope at 9| a 10 cents.
GRAIN. — Receipts of Corn on the increase.
Sales by the quantity at 65c. Meal 70 cents.
FL lUß.—Stock in market heavy. C’nal of
common brands command $7 a 7.25 by the quantity,
and 7.50 a $9 at retail; Hiram Smith’s retails at
$8.50 ; Augusta City Mills 84 per ICO.
BACON and LARD. —Our market is one of the
best either at the South or West for our Tennessee
friends, and this they can uee by comparing our pri
ces with those of New Orleans and Charleston. The
hog round commands 6 a6|c.; Hicos6aß; Should
ers 5 ; Sides 6} a6l cts. Lard commands from 6to
61 cents.
EXCHANGE.—Checks on the North remain at
I per cent. prem. Our Bankstake all the Exchange
offered at interest off for the time to run, and negoti
ations are easily made.
FREIGHTS.—The river remains in good order.
The boats are carrying off about half loads of Cotton.
The shipments during the week have been about
3000 bales to Savannah and about 500 to Charleston.
The rate of Freight remains at fifty cents per bale.
Liverpool Market.
Extracts of Letters by the Canada.
LIVERPOOL, May 31. State of Trade.—
During the past week there has been a better de
mand in Manchester, and improved prices have been
obtained for both Goods and Varna.
.Money Market. — Money continues easy. Con
sols are quoted at 96|.
Cotton Market. — We have to report a very active
business done in Cotton, especially since the receipt
of the Canada’s letters on Monday last. These gen
erally represent the prospect for the supply of next
1 season as exceedingly unpromising; and ibis has led
I to a pretty general demand from the trade. Buyers
i have been permitted to make their purchases with-
out much »dv&fe£ ns holders have offered their Got
tons for sale vcA freely. Prices are about jd. per lb
dearer, parttenNWy in common Americans and Ju
rats : and (he demand to day continues good at full
rates.
The sales of thd*week amount to 65.340 bales. Im
port 81.543 bales. We qtlofe
Fair Orleans, 1 fd—middling, 73-16 d.
Fair Mobiles, 7|d. —middling, 7}d.
Fair Uplands, 7|d.— middling, 7 l-16d.
LIVERPOOL, June 1, 1850.— Cotton.— On Mon
day, 27th nit., we had advices to the 15th to hand by
the Canada, which arrived at noon the preceding
day, and bringing as they did further unsatisfactory
accoun s of ihe prospects of the growing crops, a fur
ther advance in our market was confidently looked
fir by some, especially as an improved tone in the
trade in Manchester led to increased activity in pur
chases for immediate consumption. Still, however,
a considerable number of holders met the demand
very freely, and with the sale of the week amounting
to 65,840 bales, and those of yesterday to 10,006
bales, only, a very partial advance of |d. per lb. on
American qualities can be reported. Sea Island are
without change, but Brazil, Egyptian, and Surat are
jd. higher.
The import of the, week of all qualities amounts
to 81,543 bales;‘the sales of the week are 65,340
bales, of which 42,730 are American ; speculators
taking 21,750 and exporters 3510 bales ; and the es
timated stock in Liverpool to-day is 532,G80 bales,
against 752,950 at same date last year.
The total import into Liverpool this year is 714,-
486, against 1,034,567 bales same time 1849.
Taken by.fhe trade from (his port in .wenty two
weeks of 1850, 594 010 bales, against 624,240 during
same time 1849.
LIVERPOOL, {May 31.— Cotton The advices
by each succeeding steamer, although fully confirma
tory of the deficiency of the crop, have not materially
influenced the market this week. The state of trade
in Manchester, however, having exhibited some fur
ther improvement, has, combined with a continuance
of the of .be growing crop receiv
ed per “ Canada,” caused an active inquiry ; but as
holders have Wet this increased demand very freely,
only a partial advance of an }d. per lb. can be quoted
in American and Surat. Brazil and
Egyptian copunue in good request, and command an
jd. Sea Island remain without change.
Speculators have taken 11,110 American, 100 Per
nam, 70 Maceio, 1390 Egyptian, and 9080 Surat;
and Exporters*! 150 American. 210 Bahia, 930 Per
nam, 120 and Surat. We quote Fair
Upland
JUNE sales to-day are 10,000 bales;
4000 to speculators and for export.
HAVRE, May 29. — Cotton. — Since our last cir
cular of the 22d inst. per America, our market has
been exceedingly active, and sales on an aveiage
reached 2000 bales daily, with a rise of fully 1 fr. in
our rates. Consumption appears to be gaining a
greater degree of confidence in the article, and buys
more freely. The demand here un Monday was ani
mated, 3000 bales changing hands with a slight ad
vance of }c., and yesterday the sales reached 2200
bales at steady rates.
To sum up, the deliveries during the last sennight,
exceed 12,000 bales, counterbalancing pretty nearly
our receipts, of about 14,500 bales, and our actual
stock may be valued nt 66,900 bales, of which up
wards of 13 000 b.tles are landing. Among the sales
were 3046 Uplands at 95f. a 103 f. The total im
ports since Ist January are 156,259 bales, against
179,659 bales last year. We quote Upland as fol
lows : Tree bas 90f. ; bas 95 ; tres. or J. 100; ordi
naire 103; bon ordinaire 105 f.
HAVRE, May 30.—Yesterday, after the receipt
of New York dates to the 16th inst. by the Canada
(steamer.) a spirited demand manifested itself in our
market, and 2900 bales were taken for home use and
on speculation, at an advanced (rice of If.
To-day the sales amount to 2200 bales, and a fur
ther improvement of 50c. a If. has taken place in
prices. New Orleans tres ordinaire, say about
mid. fair, is now quoted 103 f, 50 a 104 f.
The Albert Gallatin, has just arrived from Mobile,
with 2900 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, June 11, P. M.— Cotton.—
Stock on hand Ist Sept., 1849 12.154
Arrived since to date 802,825
Arrived to-day [BBB
815,867
Exported to date 704,749
Exported to-day- ••• »•••»•• 2,429 —707,176
Stock on hand andon shipboard not cleared•• 108,689
Sugar. — 150 hhds. were sold at steady prices ;
fair 5 a s|c.
Motasses. — Nothing doing, there being no stock.
Flour. — Sales 100 bbls. St. Louis at $8 and 500
at —. *
• Corn.— Sales 6000 racks, of which 4200 Yellow,
in 4 lots, at 75c ; 900 in 3 lots, at 77c. and 800 White
and Mixed at 78c ; about 2000 sacks were resold, in
small lots, at 77 a 82c.
Whiskey.— loo bbls. Rectified were sold at 23}c.
Bacon. — The demand has been active and we
hear of the sale of 504 casks tides, as follows: 170
casks Prime sides at s}c.; 176 in 5 lots, at s|c.; 21
Illinois at s£c.; 100 on private terms ; 25 casks
Clear Sides at sfc.; 12at5|c. and 12 casks Shoul
ders at 4}c. Also, 59 tierces Sugar cured Hams at
9c. and 8 casks Bagged Hams at 6sc.
Bagging and Rope.— so coils and 30 pieces were
sold at 6£c. and 13|c.
MOBILE, June 13, P. M. — Cotton. — The Cana
da’s accounts by telegraph, announcing an advance
of jd. per lb. in the Liverpool market, enabled hold
ers here to put up prices at once. Some 1200 a 1500
bales weie sold, mostly f.»r England, at Jc. advance
on ye terday’a prices—say for middling 11 |c. per lb.
At the close it was very difficult to buy at these fi
gures.
SALE OF LOTS IN CALHOUN,
(Originally Oothcaloga.)
IN THE NEW COUNTY OF GORDON.
ON WEDNESDAY, the 17th of July, the
Lots in the TOWN OF CALHOUN, the
County Site of Gordon County, will oe offered for
sale at public outcry, to the highest bidder. The lo
cation is immediately on the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, equi-disrant from Rome, Cassville, Dalton
ar d Spring Place, in the region of a fertile country,
the lands being well adapted to the cultivation of
Wheat, Corn, Cotton, &c. The water is good, the
eir from the mountains pure and invigorating, and
scenery beautiful —attractions that will make it a de
sirable place of residence. As the place is generally
known, we deem any further recommendations nn
our part unnecessary.
M. DUKE, j. i. c.
W. KINMAN, j. i. c.
D. S. LAW, j. i. c.
D. R. BARTLETT, j. I. c.
W. W. WALL, j i. c.
Calhoun, Gordon county, Ga., June 13. je!6-w4
THE TUNNEL.
THE undersigned would, through this
ffiill medium, inform the travelling public that the
TUNNEL HOUSE
is now in complete readiness, and that visitors to the
Tunnel may rest assured of finding pleasant accom
modations, and every effort to please. The house is
beautifully located in a grove fronting the Rail Road
Depot.
Persons visiting the Springs would like to know
that they could spend a day at the Tunnel pleasant
ly. This will be the point of getting off of the cars,
and just one hour’s drive to Cototwa Springs, and but
eight miles to Gordon’s. Every facility will be of
fered in the way of conveyance, every day, on the
arrival of the cars, from a six horse omnibus io a
dump cart. jel7-w4 G. R. HARRIS.
jJljilabclpljia
WASHINGTON HOUSE.
Chestnut Street, above Seventh Street.
PHILADELPHIA,
IS CENTRAL, in the immediate vicinity of the
most important public Institutions, the best and
most fashionable places of business, and the attrac
tive public Squares of the city. In the important
requisites of light and ventilation, two principal ob
jects aimed at in the recent enlargement and tho
rough improvement of this House, it is nut exceeded,
perhaps, by any establishment in America. To
strangers, therefore, its position is peculiarly desira
ble. The Subscriber returns thunks to his friends
and the public fur the liberal patronage they have
extended to him, and assures them that he will cn
dcuvot to merit a continuance us their favors.
j“l6 wlO X. F GLASS.
Ncm-Hork
iron, nails. &c.
S ALTUS & CO., 32 South-st., New York,
offer for sale in lots to suit purchasers, and at
low prices—
Swedes, English and Peru IRON, of all sizes;
Broad IRON, from 5 to 12 inches;
Cut NAILS and SPIKES.
Also, Band and Hoop Iron; Nail Rods; Boiler
and Sheet Iron; Plough Molds; Horse-shoe Iron;
Blistered Steel; Rivets, dtc. jel9 lawly
Boston TUvertimentes.
TO BUILDERS OF COITON MILLS,
FACTORIES, &c.
An experienced millwright,
and practical Mechanic and Architect, who has
built Mills of various descriptions, and particularly
Cotton Mills, to be driven by steam or water power,
would contract to execute work of this description
in the very bei-t manner, and will furnish satisfactory
testimonials. He prefers to live in a Southern cli
mate, and will be glad to receive propositions in the
above line.
Address “Hancock,” post paid, care of V. B.
Palmer, Newspaper Agent, No 8 Congress-st.,
Boston, Mass., where further information can be
had.
Boston, Mass., June 11, 1850.je17-law4
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
IN CASS COUNTY, on the Rail
Road, extending from the Cassville De
pot to Cassville, containing 800 acres; -A
--300 cleared, 30 in clover and grass, well watered,
end comfortably improved, lying well; and which,
if desired, would be divided into two settlements,
one of 320 acres, the other of 500; both having
framed Dwellings and well selected orchards of ap
pies, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, strawberries,
raspberries, grapes, &c. The land produces, upon an
average 6 to 700 lbs. of cotton to the acre, and 25
bushels of corn. A healthy and delightful summer
residence. AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT,
jel9-w 11 neer Cassville.
WARREN COUNTY, GEO.- w hereae,
V V William A. Seals applies for letters of Ad
ministration on the estate of Robert White, late of
said county, deceased —
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and
singular,the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Warrenton.
PATRICK N. MADDUX, Cleik.
June 19, 1850.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD %
WILL be paid for the delivery of my
Pointer DOG, who disappeared from the
ccy about a week since. He is a very large Pointer,
finely formed, perfec'ly white, with the exception nf
a livid embracing both sides of head and both
ears, and answers to the name of “ Dallas.” He
had on a large steel collar, on which was engraved
“ W. R. Fleming, Augusta, Ga.”
Any information in reference to him will be thank
fully received. W. R. FLEMING.
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THOMAS W. FLEMING,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Continues to do business on Mc!nto6h--treet,
and solicits consignments of Produce, dll-wfim*
SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKS.
HPHE UNION QUESTIONS. from No. 1
JL to 12; the ChiU’s Scripture Questions; Union
Questions; Union Spelling and Heading Books;
Hymn Books and Catechisms, of all descriptions-
Also, several netts of Sunday School Libraries, 100
Vols. For sale by
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SAL SODA AND POT
-500 lbs. first qual-ty SALARATUS;
1 003 lbs. SAL SODA ;
1,000 lbs. POTASH ;
300 lbs. Bi-Carb fcODA.
In Store, and for sale low by TUTT,
2l s d&w Wholesale and Recad Drugjiat.
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H SNOWDEN & SHEAR.
AVE RECEIVED, This Day, from New
imi a BUpp, y ofRU Penor 12-4 Linen SHEET
. u . 90 ’ 4 4 and 8 4 ,ndia P| o°r MATTING,
to which they respectfully invite the attention of the
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FRESH AHRIVAL OF NEW GOODS
BY THE LAST steamer.
WILLIAM H. CRANE,
J Finl Dry Ooodt Store below the U. Statei Hotel
18 NOW OPENING the following GOODS*
Superior wide black GRO DkRHINE-
Fine plain black BAREGE;
Colored embossed Swiss MUSLIN ;
Fine black Italian CRAPE;
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s black Kid GLOVES •
Ladies’ and Misses’ black Silk MITTS- ’
Swiss and Jaconet Muslin EDGINGS •*
Gentlemen’s black Italian CRAVATS*
Stout GRASS CLOTH, for Skirts;
Fancy colored BAREGES;
Black and Second Mourning GINGHAMS ;
Fine brown French DRILLINGS;
Gent’s Linen Cambric HANDKERCHIEFS
emaiI dotted black PRINTS;
Furniture DIMITY; Turniture CALICO!
5-4 and 10-4 Bleached SHEETING;
Misses’ white Cotton HUSE;
Ladies’ extra size Cotton HOSE ;
Fine Irish LINENS; Stout DRILLINGS;
And a large as ortment of Seasonable GOODS, to
which he invites the attention of the public.
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DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS.
SNOWDEN & SHEAR
HAVE received, this day, from New York, a
supply of BOLTING CLOTHS, of superior
style and quality, to which they respectfully invito
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N EW DRY GOODS'
STORE,
290 Broad-Street Agnsta, Ga.
GRAY BROTHERS,
Have now in store, a full
and complete assortment of every article in
the Dry Goods line, to which they are making large
additions every week. Country Merchants, Plan
ters and Purchasers in General would do well to look
at their extensive slock. Among which will ba
found:
Bleached and brown Shirtings, 20yards f0r*....-91
1,000 Pieces rich Dress and Furniture Chintz Calico,
( Blue Homespuns,. .10 to 12
500 Pieces colored Mnshns to 37
100 Embroidered do.. 25 to 50
j Plain and figured Bareges,. 25 to 37
Do. do. Silk Tissues,
Foulard do. Pretty 5ty1e5,.........50 to 62
Rich glace Silks, 62 to 1,00
Plain Carnelian and Satin de Rhine*. .. ..62 to 1,50
Small plaid and striped do.. 62 to 1,00
White and brown Satin Damask,.* .... ..50 to 1,50 ;
Irish Linens of superior qua1ity,.........25 to 1,50
5,000 Dozen Silk Thread and Cotton Hose. 6 to 2.50
per pair.
Linen Cambric Hrlkfs. 6 to 5,00
Plain Linen Lustres 12}
Plaid and Plain Ginghamsand Shambrays 16 to 25
T’ckiogs, 6 to 25
Plain and colored crapes and Silk Shawls, of every
description,
Embroidered white and colored Mantelettes and
Sacks, new style.
Bonnets, Ribbons and Flowers,
Black and white Sewing Silk Mita and Gloves. 25
to 1.20. ® ’
Black and colored Kid Gloves, 62 to 1,00
A choice selection of Fans, from 6} and upwards.
French Cloths and Cassi meres,
Drab de Ete\ Summer Cloths, Ac.,
Linen Drillings, Barnsly Linens, superior quality and
styles for pants,
; In fact embracing every article in our line. The
prices of which are marked in plain figures to pre -
vent the possibility of a second price.
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LADIES' LACE CAPES
SNOWDEN <fc SHEAR
HAVE RECEIVED This Day from New
York a supply of Ladies’ Lace CAPES, to
which they respectfully invite the attention of the
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NEW SPRING GOODS.
ALEXANDER & WRIGHT,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED their Stock of
New and Seasonable DRY GOODS, embra
cing a great variety of rich and fashionable Dress
Goods of the latest styles.
Plain, figured and Breche BAREGES ;
ALBORINES and TISSUES;
Black GRENADINE and MARQUISSE;
Lupin’s superior black BAREGES;
Smail Checked SILKS;
Brocbe, Polka and French Jaeonet
French CHAMBREYS;
GINGHAMS and PRINTS, of fast colors, in great
variety;
Superior Irish LINENS; TABLE CLOTHS,
and Damask DIAPERS;
Damash DOYLAS and NAPKINS;
Superior Paris Kid GLOVES; Egyptian MITTS;
Silk and Cotton HOSIERY, ol all colors and
qualities;
Ladies’ and Gent’s Linen Cambrie HANDKER
CHIEFS;
Swiss and Jaconet EDGINGS and INSERT
INGS, a beautiful assortment;
Thread LACES and figured BOBINETS;
Swiss, Jaconet, Mull and Nansook MUSLINS;
Silk Warp FLANNEL; Brown LINENS;
Plaid, Cotton and Linen COATINGS;
Brown, white and fancy French Linen DRILLS;
COTTONADES;
Bleached and brown SHEETINGS and SHIRT
INGS of all widthsand qualities; and a complete
assortment of all GOODS in their line, which they
offer at the lowest prices, and respectfully invite the
attention of the public. mh2l
SILKS, BAREGES, ALBORINES,
TISSUES, &c.
T BRENNAN CO. have received a aplen-
I« did assortment of Rich DRESS GOODS,
among which are—
Plain, Plaid and Striped Chamelion SILKS,
Plain, Figured and Watered Black Do.,
Colored SATINS, and Marcelino Do.,
Rich Foulard SILKS and BRIL LI ANTES,
Plain, Figured and Satin-striped BAREGES,’
ALBORINES, TISSUES and GRENADINES,
Plain and Brocade Black BAREGE,
Embroidered and Doited Swiss MUSLINS,
Printed Jaconet and Swiss Do.
Printed ORGANDIE, LAWNSand Muslin GING
HAMS,
Fine French and Scotch Spring GINGHAMS,
Plain, Figured and Striped Silk and Linen LUS
TRES,
CHAMBRAYS and Chambray LAWNS, all colors,
A large supply of Printed LAWNS and MUSLINS,
from 10c. to 25c. per yard,
Figured Bobbinet, Lisle and Valencia LACE, for
Capes and Mantillas,
Egyptian MITTS and Kid GLOVES,
Lace CAPES and Needle-worked COLLARS.
Thread an<l Linen EDGE, sc. to 25e. per yard,
Bonnet RIBBONS, 10c. to 31c per yard,
Linen Cambric HANDKERCHIEFS, Cotton, Lisle
and Silk HOSE.
PA R ASOLS, FA NS, Shell, Tuck and Side COMBS,
&c., &c.
Also, a complete supply of Staple and Domestic
GOODS, for Family and Plantation use, to which
we respectfully invite the attention of the Public.
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ENDLESS CHAIN PUjIP
The SUBSCRIBER would respectfully in
form the citizens of Auguste, and the public
generally, that he has pitted up on Green stbeet*
in the rear of Mersrs. Baker & Hart’s store, one of
his NEW and IMPROVED ENDLESS CHAIN
PUMPS, which he will take pleasure in showing to
any who may wish to examine it. These Pumps are
superior to any other used, and are generally in use
on the Georgia Railroad. The advantages are their
exemption from getting out of order, greater cheap
ness and facility in using them. The chain consists
of galvanized iron, which resists any effects of the
water, which is raised by metal elevators with great
e se and in a few moments. The water is always
brought up fresh from the bottom of the well.
Those who may wish to purchase can call upon
the si'bscriber at Warrenton, or Mr. Robert H. May,
of Augusta. All orders attended to promptly, with
instructions to put them up. E. HALE.
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TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM.
/i —DR. W. R. BATTLE S newly
invented ABDOMINAL SUPPORT
ER and Hernial TRUSS, patented Jan.
22d, 1850. This Instrument is recom
mended to the attention of the Medical Faculty as
well as all who may be so unfortunate ss to require
their use. as combining advantages over every thing
of the kind which the ingenuity of man has hereto
fore designed for these purposes. They are so con
structed as to fulfil every purpose that can be re
quired either as a supporter for the relaxed muscles
of the abdomen or for Hernia or rupture, requiring
only a change of pads for either purpose. It is also a
superior ridmg brace. The Instruments are made of
the best material and in the most faithful manner.
The Springs are plated throughout with silver to pre
vent rusting out, and iron rusting linen. They are
not liab'e to get out of order, and are believed to b«
the most durable and economical, as well as the most
comfortable instruments that can be produced.
They can be seen or had at Haviland, Risley dt-
Co.’s. je!2-d<twtfW. R. BATTLE.
POPULAR MEDICINES.
CONSUMPTION CURED DAILY
By Dr. Hasting’. Compound
SYRUP OF NAPHTHA.
THE MEDICAL FACULTY, as well a»
the public, are struck with wonder at (he nu
merous cures made daily by this extraordinary medi
cine, and it. is now acknowledged by many of our most
eminent physicians to be a certain and speedy cure
for tubercular consumption in its worst stages. It
has been recommended by that eminent physician,
Dr. Mott, and is constantly used in the Marine Hos
pital at Savannah, Ga., by Dr. Arnold, the senior
physician of the hospital. Tbs lx>ndon Lancet,
London Medical Journal, Braithwaite’s Retrospect,
and all other of the London Medical Journals, have
spoken in praise many times of the surprising effects
of Dr. Hastings’ Preparalion. It has been thorough
ly tried, not only in the Hospital under the charge of
Dr. Hastings, in London, but also by all the first phy
sicians of England, aud all have fully endorsed it as
an unrivalled remedy in Consumption, and all other
diseases of the lungs. The following area few of
the opinions expressed by the Medtcal Faculty of
England. Dr. Williamson, of Manchester, thus
writes : “ Under its influence I have seen the ema
ciated being, on whose brow death had seemed to
wave set his seal, acquire invigoration and strength—
and exchange his early mornings of intense suffering
and distressing cough for the sound repose which
alone accompanies sound health.”
DR. WAKE, sf Liverpool, says: ** I regard Has
tings* Syrup of Naphtha as one of the first medical
discoveries of any age, and consider its agency in
curing consumption as established beyond all doubt
or question.” A single boi-tle will prove its efficacy.
All the proprietor auks is the trial of one bottle, the
action of which will prove to the patient the virtue of
this mediJne. Coughs, colds, bronchitis, decline,
as.hina, night sweats, and spitting of blood, are
cured in a surprisingly short spare of time; the se
verest colds having yielded to the treatment of the
Naphtha Syrup in the short space of forty-eight
hours. To enumerate all the cures perfoi med by this
medicine would occupy a volume. The agent can
t-how hundreds of certificates. Purchase a bottle,
and use it—you will then need no certificate, it wifi
1 recommend itself. Price One Dollar per bottle—or
six bottles for $5.
All the above popular Medicines are for sale at
New York wholesale and retail prices, by HAVI
LAND, RISLEY & GO , W. K. KITCHEN,
D. B. PLUMB & CO., BARRETT, CARTER &
CO., and W. H. TUTT, Augusta.
Al! orders must be addressed to G. W. BURR &
BROTHER, 154 Greenwich-St., New York.
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TASDIiH, the PURITAN, a tale of
the American Revolution, by Eldred Grayson,
E>q., another supply. . ,
Also a numberof new Books. Just received by
jel9 THOS. RICHARDS <ft SON.
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