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r a «« Ohio 19®. f>d. a 20s. 6d.; Philadelphia and
- a 21®. orn is 6d. dearer, with
Iwiewiw. Yellow 30s. a3ls. 6d.; white 325. a
33* Beans are a shilling higher.
Provisions are more active, and prices unchanged.
Freights are unchanged. Passengers have
declined to £3 ss.
Money Markit.— Money is steady. The
Bullion in the Bank has increased over £37,-
000. Console closed at 97 £ a 98. American
Securities are inactive and unchanged.
The accounts from the Manufacturing Dis
tricts were more favorable.
England . Hyde, a Colton Broker, his
failed. His liabilities amount to £200,000 to
£300,000. The Messrti Finch, Iron Mer
chants, have also failed, whose liabilities
amount to £IBO 000.
The committee on Indian Steam Naviga
tion has reported against the Panama and in
favor of the Cape of Good Hope route.
Parliament has adjourned for the Whitsun
tide holidays. The visitors at the great exhi
bition average nearly 50,000 daily, at a shilling
per ticket.
The Dublin and Galway Railroad will be
opened on the Ist of August.
The crops throughout England and Ireland
promise an abundant harvest, though .he sea
son is backward.
France.— The committee appointed to re
port upon the revision of the French Consti
tution stand 9 in favor of revision and 6 against
it. Lamartine made a powerful speech in fa
vor of revision, subject to the decision of the
people by universal suffrage.
The President is about to make another tour
through the Provinces, where bis popularity
is on the increase.
The accounts from Paris of the state of trade
are sa’isfactory.
Portugal.— lt is reported that Saldanba is
becoming unpopular with the army. The
French fleet had arrived in the Taguti.
Spain.—A new levy of 25,000 troops was
about being made to enable the Government
to interfere in the affair of Portugal.
Turkey.— The Russ ; an Troops had com
pletely evacuated the Danubian Provinces.
Germany — A collision had occurred be
tween some sailors and the Austrian troops at
Hamburg, in which six lives were lost and
many wounded.
Holland.— Accounts fiom Amsterdam rep
resent that trade is completely stagnant.
Coffee and Sugar were unchanged ; Rice dull.
Dunkirk, June 20.—Mr. Brown, the frieght
agent of the Erie Railroad, has effected an ar
rangement for forwarding freight direct from
New York to Cincinnati in five days, ata
cost of from SI.OO to $1 60 per hundred
pounds.
St. Louis, June 21. —The Mississippi and
Missouri rivers are again rising, ami another
flood is anticipated.
Two canal boats, bound from Chicago to
this place, were sunk by the steamer Briggs, in
the Illinois river.
Lestire. a merchant of this city, was drown
ed yesterday.
Farther by the Europ*.
Halifax, June 24.—The steamship Europa
left Liverpool at 114 o’clock on the 14th. The
Franklin arrived at Cowes on the morning
of the 12th. The Lafayette was to sail on
the 16:h and the City ot Glasgow on the 17th
the berths of both vessels being full.
Markets —The imports of Cotton for the
week are 81,600 bales. There has Iseen con
siderable activity in the Corn market and some
purchases havo been made on speculation.
Wheat ba® advanced 2d. to 3d. Flour has ad
vanced a shilling and Corn sixpence. The En
glish Stock Marketismoreactive; Consolshave
advand to 98j for money, and 984 for ac
count. A fair business has been done in for
eign Stock, but not much in Americans. U.
8. 6’s, 105 a 1054 ; do. ’6B, 112 a 113 ; ’67
107 a 108; Ohio 6’s, ’7O and ’75.105; Mary
land s’s, Bonds, 90 a 91; Freights are dull
England.— Tha domestic news is very dull.
Parliament had re opened, and had passed the
Navy and Army estimates, including £300,000
o sustain the expenses of the Katlir war. Aus
teri’s motion respecting the State prisoners in
Van Dieman’s Land had been withdrawn. A
new measure for reforming the chancery sys
tem had been proposed. Doubts are enter
tained whether or not the government wilt pro
ceed with the Ecclesias io Titles bill. The
Exhibition was still a trading crowds, but not
so many working people as waa expected.—
Emigration continued unabat'd. The Galway
people were rejoicing at the prospect of steam
communication with New York. Trade was
improving, and prices in the manufacturing
districts were improving. The weather is ge
nial, and an abundant bay harvest is anticipa
ted. The goin crops in England are healthy
but backward. The crops in Ireland are pro
raising, and there is no appearance of disease.
France.— Affairs are tranquil. The war in
Algiers was over, and had resulted in the sup
pression of the rebellion. Commerce and
trade were improving- The Bourse closed
brisk, and the 5 per cents were 30c. higher
than on Wednesday. The Havre market
closed inactive, notwithstanding the favorable
reports from England. Bales of Louisiana
Cotton at 83 a Bis. for tree ordinaire, and 72
a 73 for baa.
India.— The Indian mail had arrived, and i
the British provinces continued tranquil. The i
Pestwaur frontierand thef'enjatib were threat
ened by bands of robbers. Money was firm. ]
Freights high. Imports and exports dull, i
Cotton brisk. . i
The Continental news is of very little io <
terest. i
Correspondence of the Commercial Advertiser.
Fmther by the Europa.
Lokdoh, Friday, June 13, 1851.
Whitsuntide holidays have given us a
ert suspension of the languid labors of the
two houses of Parliament but a return of cold
and wet weather, wre’chod almost beyond (he
experience of the preceding months, has made
everything dull. The exhibition still numbers
its daily crowd of 50,00 \ yet even this, which
haa extinguished all beside*, has been conside
rably affected by the gloomy skies. Ala ger
influx at the particular period was generally
anticipated, and it is also disagreeable that a
great proportion of tbe visitors have been poor
people from the countr/ whose s ay was lim
ited, and whose enjoyment must have been
sadly sacrificed. At the stme time one effect
has been produced which every decent person
in London contemplates with satisfaction Tne
largest metropolitan fair that is now permired
to be held takes place at this season at Green
wich, and is usually a scene of unmixed de
pravity and ruffianism. The swarms nf atran
-5 era among us. however, were happily not
estined to be ether corrupted or disgusted by
it, the soaking ra : n having completely quenched
it and rendered it one of the most dismal spec- i
taeles that could be seen. «
TA« Cotton Crisis —Since the departure of t
the Arctic the Liverpool and Manchester mar
kefs appear on the whole to have shown as
much firmness as could be expected, and we i
hate received no announcements of farther <
failures. It turns out also that the liabilities of
Mr. Hyde, of Liverpool, whose stoppage took
place on the 9th instant, amount only to ■
£121.000. instead of £200,000 or £300,000,
as was at first supposed by some of the par
ties interested, and who were best capable of
forming an opinion. It was known that be
commenced the year with a clear property of
more than £70,000, and it was inferred that in
losing that sum in cotton, he must have spec
ulated st least to the extent stated. But it
aeeou that his reverses must have bean spread
over several months, and that ho has met them
from time to time. At a meeting of his cred
itors the day Before yesterday a list of assets
was submitted amounting to £124 000, of
which £46.000 consists of cotton estimated at
the market price. The remainder of the
property, however, was regarded as having
been pht down at too high a valuation, and
the impression, therefore still is, that although
a nominal surplus was shown, the actual divi
dend to the creditors will not (unless there
should be a decided resc.ion in cotton), exceed
the amount stated in the last advices, name’y
15s. to 17s. in the ponnd. The inspectors ap
pointed to wind up the estate are Mr. Hamil
ton, of Brown, Shipley db Co.: Mr. Crosbie,
consulting director of the Borough Bank of
Liverpool; and Mr. Wilson, of Wilson, Hal
let A Co.; the latter, it is understood, on behalf
of parties of New Orleans.
Foreign Affairs.
Foreign affairs still continue stagnant, ex
copt as regards the monotonous accounts of
cruellies and persecutions at Rome, finance
difficulties at Vienna, and the complex in
trigues which have pretty well brought all par
ties to a dead lock at Parison the question of
revising the constitution.
At Schleswig, according to the last accounts, a
curious plan had been hit upon by the inhabi
tants to triumph over the petty tyranny of their
military conquerors, which, like all pacific
methods, has succeeded where violence would
have failed Au insulting order that every oil
men should respectfully salute ail Dantth offi
cere has been rescinded, not on account of its
being resisted, but from its having been im
plicitly obeyed and something more. The
people of Schleswig adopted the hommopalhic
law of rias lia naiMai curantur and cured the
evil by practising an analogous but wholly un
oxpeete 1 process. If they were to be forced
to make an obetsace to these whom they dio
liked or despised, it occurred to them that they
should act in harmony with the principle
throughout. Accordingly it is stated that they
agreed to meet each other with tha slightest
nod of acquaintance but to salute every dog.
Cg. bullock and Danish officer with a pro
und bow. Tne abrurdity, it is added, be
came popular, and the obnoxous regulation
was speed iy revoked
Momxt Markkts, Ac.—ln the money mar
ket there has beau no alteration. The rate tor
lhe beat paper is still a shade under 3 per cent
The funds have experienced a farther advance
of a quarter per cent., and continue to show
even indication of firmness Consols are now
quoted or 97 si-dividend.
The Grain market also exhibits a tendency
toward a fur her rise, although the prospects
of the harvest both m Groat Britain and Ire
land are thus far perfectly favorable.
In tbe Colton market there has been a rise
since last week of jd per lb. tu middling
American. Our last dates from your side are
to the 31st of May, by the Franklin, whose
letters wore delivered this morning.
Spbctatob.
Tua Mississippi.—The Fag la of the 19 a
inet. says t
The River at this point had risen but
tour inches within the previous forty eight
hours up to 6 o’clock P M. yesterday. It is
lew su inches below the highest water mark of
i pc past season and ■ about on a stand, 0
Lake Superior Land Bai.es.—The sales
of land at St. Marie Land Office give sure
proofs of the prosperity and growth of the min
eral regions. During the month of May the
receipts were about $40,000 for mineral and
agricultural land, and the Journal supposes a
much larger sum, in proportion to the time,
has been received within the last ten days.
The National Intelligencer states that Presi
dent Fillmore left that city on Saturday morn
ing in the steamer Osceola, for Old Point and
Norfolk. He was accompanied by several
members of the Cabinet, and will be absent
from Washington about a week.
Death or Judge Mounger.—The Paulding
Miss-, Clarion comes to us with its columns in
mourning for the death of the Hon. Henry
Mounger. He departed this life, at his resi
dence near Paulding, on the 10th instant, in
the 47th year of his age. He was a native of
Georgia; emigrated to Mississippi in 1834;
was appointed by Gov. McNutt, and then elect
ted by the people. Judge of thc4th Judicial Dis
trict, for four years; as erwards pursued the prac
tice of his profession, very successfully ; and, in
April last, was nominated as the Southern
Rights candidate for the Slate Convention
from Jasper county. He died greatly regret
ted, leaving a widow and eight little children.
—filobile Reg.
"The Cobden Murderers. —In Cecil coun
ty on Saturday morning a verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree was rendered
against Nicholas Murphy, one of the persons
implicated in the Cosden murders. This is
tr.e third convinction of murder in the first
degree arising out of tiis bloody affair. One
more case, that of Roberts, remains to be tried
in Kent county court.
The latest accounts from Kingston, Jamaica
state that the cholera had again broken out in
that Island, and was spreading to an alarming
extent.
San Francisco.—We conversed yesterday
with a gentleman who left San Francisco on
the 15ih of last month eleven days after the
devastating fire of the 4th. Already there were
nearly five hundred new tenements in various
stages of erection, many of them so far complet
ed as to be occupied This rapidity may be
accounted for by the fact of a great quantity of
building materials being for sale, ready framed
and quickly put together, and the presence of
a great number of mechanics. — Nat Intel.
Our City Banks.—lt gives us much gratifi
cation to be enabled to state the pleasing fact,
that several of the City Banks have given un
mistakeable indications of the flourishing coo
dition of business in Charleston, by their hav
ing announced dividends to be paid on and af
ter the Ist proximo, of a larger amount than
have been paid for the preceding six months.
The South Carolina Bank has increased from
$1 35 to $1.50; Union Bank from $1.25 to
$1 50; Planters and Mechanics’ from 874 to
$1; and the Sou’h Western Rail Road Bank,
and the South Western Rail Road, which
heretofore paid $3, have advanced to $4.25. —
Ch. Cour.
The Louisville Courier, of the 18th instant,
says:
The cholera lias entirely disappeared from Padu
call. At Smithland there were three or four deaths
last week. AtOwen&boro’ there have been some
three or four deaths during the part few days.
The St. Louis Republican, of the 14th inst.,
states that the cholera prevailed among the Uni
ted States troops, under command of Col
Summer, on their way to New Mexico. It
was reported that as many as 8 or 10 wero
dying daily, and that numbers were deserting*
It was slated that two surgeons of the com
mand had died of the disease, but the name
of Dr. Kennedy is the only one recollected.
The progress of the troops was also much
retarded by rain, which fell every day. The
trains of the traderu were not in better condi
lion. Where the Cholera had appeared among
them some had died, and all the teamsters ha !
deserted in the general panic. Cases of the
cholera had appeared at Independence, where
five or six had died in one day.
Heavy Robbery.—On Sunday night, 15th
inst, the jewelry store of Mr. West, in Wau
kegan, Illinois, was entered by moans of false
keys, and the establianment completely strip
ped of ns stock ot jewelry, including the most
valuable watches, many of which belonged to
customer*. The loss was estimated at S3O,
000 The robbers had not been traced
The Weather and ths Crops.—Nearly all
of this week we have had regular fall weather
—cold, cloudy, damp, drizzly, and every way dis
agreeable. We do not remember such a spell at
this Reason for many years. There has been a
good deal of rain also, but we hear of some sec
tions where none has yet fallen. It is to be
hoped that the corn crops, which were in a bad
and precarious state, will be improved by such
weather, and that even yet our country will make
a full supply. The cotton, we hoar, is rather
spotted. In some places, though a little back
ward, it is doing well ; while in others the pros
pect is gloomy. There are some large planta
tions wiih hundreds of acresnot yet up—the
grasshopper having cut down the earlier planting
so as to render entire re planting necessary. On
the whole, our planters are much discouraged
by the present showing of the fields. — Tallahas
see bloridian 21stinst.
The steamer Chatham, arrived here yesterday
from Augusta, brings 350 bales of Domestics
manufactured by the Georgia Manufacturing
Co., at Augusta. These goods arc to bo shipped
to Northern Markets; large quantities are con
tinually passing through this city, and the re
ceipts are still increasing.— Sash. Rep.
We heard of a sale of 71 bales of Mastodon
Cot on yesterday, at 12 *en’j. It was the croo
of Dr. Bour-e, of Elbert county, Ga , and wh
sold by Messrs. F. T. Willis & Co. — Sav Rep
Advices from Rio de Janeiro to 12th May
warrant the opinion that the Brazilian Gov
eminent was in earnest about suppressing the
slave trade; and it is understood that the
Minister for Foreign Affairs will lay before
the chambers all the correspondence with
Great Britan and France up?n the subject-
Cheap 1 ravel.— Competition on the North
River for the summer travel is active. Pas
sengers are conveyed between New York and
Albany in all the boats f r twenty live cents
each The charge by the Hudson River railroad
is $l5O.
Cholera in the West.— The Louisville Jour
nal of the 21 at inst. says :
A despatch from Eddyville savs that the
Cholera has again broken out at Princeton,
Ky. Seven new cases of which two termi
nated fatally, occurred on Wednesday. Tne
town was nearly deserted.
The Cholera has made its appearance
am-ing the men at work on the canal in (he
vicinity of Petersburg, Ind. Four or five
deaths occurred there last week
The Memphis Express says there is some
sickness in that city, but no epidemic cholera
—a few sporadic cases occur, with some
deaths.
From Lack Svpkrior —The steamer South
erner brought down some 50 tons of copper
her last trip. The Monticello has been taken
across the Portage at the Saul, and launched
safely into the waters of Superior, thus adding
another good craft to the fleet on that lake.
The propeller Napoleon made a successful
trip tu La Pointe. She brought a large num
ber of passengers, 50 tons of copper from the
Cliff mine. 150 packages of fish from Two
Heart river, 14 tons of copper from the Ad
venture, and 6 tors from the Ridge mines, the
first shipments from 'hesu new mines. Around
the mthe marks of the ancient miners are abun
dant. The copper raised has been found near
the su-face.
The Journal says the season’s business at the
Saul has commenced in a brisk manner Stores
and dwellings are going up, and the great in
crease of business gives impetus to improve
ments. The Jourri.il mentions an important
rumor brougid by he Northern route, that a
company has been furmed in Toronto, and the
money subscribed, for building a ♦hip canal
around tbe Hr. Marie rapids, on the Canada
• ide, and for tbe cenefit of mining and all oth
er business on the lake; hopes it will prove
true. The Amer can Government; has been
shamefully neglectful in not building the Saul
ship canal. A canal less than one mile in
length would remove ha obstruction and add
immensely to the value of Government a-< well
as private property in the N jrth vest. The
Journal forcibly says:
The Government owns on the borders of
Lake Superior, an immense domain, including
with it' limits the richest copper and iron
mines in ths world, and agricultural lauds of
great value, which it has been selling and of
fering for sale for several years, and has been
bolding out great inducements to purchasers
and encuuring miners and farmers to secure to
themselves these rich lands, while at the same
time, by refusing to open ihis highway to theie
mines and valuable hndtt, it has been deprecia
ting the value of its own property in the must
effectual manner possible,— Cleveland Herald
Cal it Calking Eltcied Mayor.— The first
election in Newburyport. Mats, tinder the
city charter lately granted by the Legislature,
took place on Monday last, when Hon Caleb
Cushing was elected to the Mayoralty by a
large majority ; he having received 964 votes
against 88 for all others.
Two thousand troops of the regular army
are at this moment stationed on. or have been
transferred to, the Mexican and Texas fron
tiers, to enforce the provisions of the treaty of
Guadalnpe Gen. Peraifer F. Smith succeeds
Gen Brooks in command in Texa<. Gen.
Hitchcock succeeds Gen. Smith on the West
Pacific division. Col. Sumner eucceds Col.
Munroe in Now Mexico. Col. Harney serves
under Gen. Smith. These officers are among
the tlowerof the army, and have been selected
with special reference to the delicate and im
portant duties to which they have been assign
ed. Formal instructions have been issued
by the Secretary of War to revise the policy
and reinvigorate the administration of military
affairs at different stations, and to protect the
persons and property of Mexican eitiaens
wi.b the same care as our own.—St. Loom
Rip.
Norfolk. June 23.—This morning, when
the mechanics and laborers employed in the
Gosport Navy Yard, arrived at the gate they
found it closed, and were informed that it had
been done by order of the Commandant, and
that hereafter they were to remain outside till
the bell rang. Deemiug this au infringement on
their rights, and a movement uncalled for, the
workmen immediately determined not to sub
mit to it. and at the tap of the bell gave three |
cheers and rel urned in a body to Portsmouth,
whore they repaired to the City Hall and pro
ceeded to organise a meeting. A committee
was men appointed to wait on Capt. String
ham and learn why the order was issued. The
Commandant in reply stated that some of the
operatives in the Yard had been detected in
pilfering, and he had adopted this plan to pre
vent their coming in, except during business
hours. He also refused to revoke the order,
and ordered the names of all the workmen,
who were not present when ti.e bell rang at
12 o'clock to be stricken from the roll.
The meeting upon learning this, appoint
ed another Committee to proceed to Otd
Point and request the interference of the
President. Ttiev immediately chartered a
steamboat and proceeded on their mission.
After several speecnes were made in which
the Commandant and Captain were handled
without gloves, they resolved not to return to
work until the order was revoked, and then
adjourned to await the report of the Commit
tee. Ths greatest oxeitetnenl prevails in
Portsmouth.
Breeding Fish.—The London Morning
Chronicle gives an interesting account of a
curious branch of husbandry which is practised
in France, in the valley of the Saone. A
characteristic feature of this part of France is
the vast number of small lakes or pond® by
which the surface is studded. In one depart
ment, that of Saone et Loir*, there are sctual-
Ig upwards of two thousand of these sheets of
water, principally lying to the east or Swiss
aide of the Saone. These sheets of water are
of all sizes, from mere pools to lakes of from
fifty to one hundred acres in extent, and they
play a very curious part in the agriculture of
the district, many of them being alternately
dried and refilled, the proprietor raising corn
one year in the precise spot in which he
caught fish in the preceding summer. The
small ponds are commonly used for rearing
l the fry which are destined co acquire their fu’l
I growth in the larger sheets ol water. The
i following is an outline of the plan ot opera
; lion .Vat. Intelligencer.
“At the commencement of winter, iroin
ten to fifteen carp are turned into each small
pond, great care being taken that no pike
manages to slip quietly in along with them.
The next year the water nurseries are dried,
and thousands of young carp are found
sprawling in (he mud. The fry is called
la fueille, and is let loose in larger ponds in
the ratio of about one thousand two hundred
little fishes to an acre. Here the creatures
pass the second year of their life, attaining
a size of about four or five inches. In this
s age they are called carpillor.s or altins ; and
are vubject to the same treatment as before,
the pond being again drained, and its occu
pants turned out into a still larger piece of
wafer. In this third dwelling place they take
their final development. They are flung into
it in the proportion of about one hundred
and eighty carpillons per acre, and are taken
out again in one, two, or three years afterwards,
according to the size of fish required. The
carp fa ten fast in rich, muddy waters, sleep
ing stagnantly in the bosom of fat fields and
stiff alluvial soils. The ponds sprinkled
among the woods are the worst feeding places.
Into the third pond some dozen of sma I pike
are let loose, destined to keep down the
young carp, so that the largj fish may have
the advantage of the best possible feeding.
The final fishing genera ly takes place early
in the spring. The water is drained off, and
the fish are caught by hand or by hand nets.
They are usually sold upon the spot either
by the hundred or by weight, to the agen’s of
fishmongers in the neighboring towns, occa
sionally to the tradesmen of Lyons or Paris,
by whom ‘.hey are carried off in casks pierced
with holes and half filled with water. The
critical lime for the interests of the fish breed
er is ihe draining off the water, lest the crea
tures die in the mud; the critical time for the
fishmonger is the carting them home, lest they
die in the cask. It is a common practice; after
a pond has been fished for three successive
years, to drain it thoroughly, and to sow maize
or oats for as many seasons as the earth has
been under water. Near Chalons, three
years’ water and three years’ crops is the rule
The proportion in oiher districts depends
much upon the qualities of the laud. The
weight of authority is, I understand, in favor
of the doctrine which maintains that fields are
more profitable than fish ponds. Tne large
ponds yield from four to six thousand carp
anriMaiiy. but the unknown depths of the rich
black mud they contain render it certain that
complete drainage and good cultivation would
greatly enhance the value of the land.”
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Thb Unitbd States Militaby Academy
and its Gbaduates. —We have before ue a
Register of the Officers and Graduates of the
United States Military Academy from March,
1602, to January 1, 1850, which comprises the
whole existence of the Institution, except the
last two years. The Register is a very instruc
tive document historically, but still more as ex
hibiting the power us discipline and science in
producing the highest results of education.
Before we touch on the statistics of educa
tional results exhibited in this roll, let us notice
two or three facts in its early history. When
the Military Academy was first established it had
no Professors as such, and no Cadets as cadets,
of the Academy. There were two cadets at
tached tu each company of artillery and tu each
captain of engineers. These cadets of compa
nies were collected at Wes'. Point, and there
instructed by officers of engineers.
The instructor appointed to West Point
was W. A. Barron, captain of engineers, ap
pointed April 1, 1802. The second was Jared
Mansfield, captain of engineers, appointed May
3, 1802. Mr. Barron was acting Professor of
Mathematics, and Mr. Mansfield acting Profes
sor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy.
These two gentlemen were the only teachers at
West Point for the next two or three years. In
that time Gen Joseph G. Swift, of the engi
neers, Gen. Armistead, ot the engineers, Col.
Bomford, of the Ordnance, and Col. Mcßce,
of the engineers, were cadets.
The Academy remained in this form till 1812.
when, In preparation for the war with Great
Britain, it was re-organized. A corps of Cadets
and a corps of Professors were provided for, as
members of the institution, and appointed a*
such. The first Professor appointed under the
new organization were Jared Mansfield, ap
pointed to the Professorship of Philosophy,
Alden Partridge, Professor of Mathematics,
Christian E. Zoeller Teacher of Drawing, and
Florimond de Masson, Teacher of French. Os
these Professors, Col. Mansfield remained in the
institution sixteen years after his second appoint
ment Capt. Partridge remained five years, Mr.
Zoeller s ven years, and Mr. Masson three years,
The Professorship of Engineering, Chemistry,
and Ethics were subsequently filled as the in
stitution and its course of instruction were en
larged.
In 1817, Col. SylvannoThayer, now stationed
in Boston, was appointed Superintendent; the
Superintendent of the Institution being alway s
appointed from the Corps of Engineers. This
gentleman was, in manners, character, energy
dignity, and information, admirably adapted to
(hat position, and it was under his administra
tion that the institution was brought to that
perfect order find discipline which it has ever
since maintained. He united at once those
rare qualities, so seldom found together, and yet
so necessary to a public institution—a firm
government and an amicable disposition; a man
ly dignity and the most polished manners. In
the first five years of his administration there
was the same struggle for the supremacy of dia
cipline which goes on in all places where many
youths are collected. It was not till after two
or three insurrections, repeat©,l dismissals, and
the unyielding infliction of punishment, that the
young men foine to know that resistance was
in vain, and obedience the first principle of a
sound education. Col. Thayer remained at
West Point fifteen years, and was relieved at
his own request.
Such was the history of the formation and or
ganization of the Military Academy at West
Point. Though the Government has expended
much more money recently, and added many
appliances for its convenience and comtort, yet
the essential character of its instruction and
discipline has nut changed in the last twenty
years.
There are now (including the Military Staff)
forty Professors, Teachers, and Assistants, of
whom more than half are lieutenants in the ar
my, who are often retained for a year or two
after their graduation to serve as instructors.
As they are generally assigned to the new class,
they do not come in contact with their old
associates, and they make admirable teachers.
In practical results, the roll of pupils gradua
ted at West Point may be compared safely with
that of any college or university in the world.
It is true that tne graduates of West Point have
exhibited their usefulness chiefly in two or three
departments of life ; but they are distinguished
by one remarkable feature, that there are scarce
ly any of them who fail in any thing they un
dertake, while of the graduates of colleges large
numbers are continually sinking in the conflict
of life.
The following is a brief statistical table of re
sults among the graduates i
Number of graduates 1,449
In service 611
Died in service 248
Killed in battle 69
Resigned 419
Disbanded 28
Dismissed 19
Cashiered 5
Dropped 13
Os the 419 who at different times have resign
ed, nearly all have been distinguished in their
several employments. The following are some
of them :
Civil engineers 130
Chief Engineers 28
Presidents of colleges 6
Principals otacadmies, &c. 27
Professors, teachers,dec 52
Attorneys at law 90
Members of Congress 8
Memoeraof the Legislature 41
Clergymen, (two bishops) 15
Authors. 12
Editors 11
Besides there, many of them were engaged in
other emp'oymentsof civil pursuit. It appears
that 213 have been engaged either as civil engi
neers or teachers. A.though not in the army,
it can hardly be said that any of these are out ot
their proper vocation. Civil engineering and
teaching are two departments fur which the edu
cation of West Point admirably ad ipts its pu
pils The Register is prepared by Capt. G. W.
Cullum, of the engineers, and has the merit of
being the m >st lull and accurate account which
can any where be found of the life and pursuits
of the members of any public body. It will
make a valuable document for history.
Thb Blood or the Revolution Rcn Oct—
A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury is
violently opposed to the usual celebration of the
4th of July. He asks :
“ Is this inglorious Union any longer tolera
ble ? And when stern necessity compels us to
dissolve it in self-defence, is it matter fur rejoic
ing that what was once glorious is now ignomi
nious ?
“ Will the vain boasting of what was achieved
by our Revolutionary fathers, by military pa
rades and salutes, be consonant with the feel
ings of oar citizens generally 7 Can it be pre
tented that such displays will tend to prepare
the mind of this community for measures that
must soon be adopted, or for acts that msy re
quire much seif-denial ? ”
The writer further proposes that Instead of the
usual celebration by bonfires, illuminations, and
military fetes, the people of Carolina shall con
vert the day into one oI humiliation and prayer I
This latter suggestion is not a bad one. Our
neighbors of Carolina certainly ne-. d light from
abevc. and we know of no better time to ask for
it than on the anniversary of their nation’s birth.
They need eo-nmunion with the departed spirits i
ot the Revolution, and we feel convinced that if |
the entire population of the State could spend
twenty-four hours in humble worship of their
G«»d, instead of the manes of a departed poli
tician, they might exorcise the fell spirit of dis
union from the land, and become better citizens,
as well as purer patriots.— Jour. 4* Mess.
CARD.
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS.
Jacksen Street, Augusta, Gee.
Til b’ SUBSCRIBER begs I ears to inform
bis friends and the patrons ot Waljkbb, Bbt
scjr A Co., that he wit! continue the WARE
HOUSE and COMMISSION BUSINESS at the
W are House lormaxly occupied by them, and hopes,
by strict atttntioa to the interest cf his curtotners,
to receive a continuance of the liberal patronage be
stowed on tbe late firm. He will give bis personal
at eaton to all business sn.rusted to his care. Par
ticular attention will be given to baying of Bagging,
Kops and Supplies for his customers, wh ch wiilatall
times be boaght at tbs lowest prices, and liberal cash
advances will made on produce ia Store.
G. WALKER.
Augusta, July 1. 1851.
How h this ?—From what we can gather
the people of South Carolina are prepar
ing to ab n don the idea of seceding alone.
Thi« is a sensible idea as far as it goes. Such
a nonsensical and suicidal notion never should
have entered the head of a thinking man in
thatstate. Butthey will not have it understood
that they have aoandoned the hope of break
ing up the government. They are gradually
clawing off from secession and propose
to substitute a Southern Congress to effect
their objects. Well, wo have heard before of
this Southern Congress, and begin to gain
some insight into its purposes. If we
mistake not, one Charles J. McDonald, in a
letter writen on his return from ihe National
Convention, strongly urged the propriety of
such an assembly of the faithful What do th)
people of South Carolina want with such a
Congress? What do they expect it to do ?
The answer will strike every man that will
have patience to investigate the matter. They
have tried every other plan, and now as a last
resort they will try and persuade the Southern
Sates to join them in a Southern Congress,
adopt Mr. Calhoun’s Now Constitution, and
in this odious work Charles J. McDonald
entreats the citizens of Georgia to join them.
Look well to the signs of the times, and
watch closely the march of events. — Columbus
Euq uirer.
To charge Governor McDonald, therefore,
with being a disunionist, is to make the same
charge against all who framed, as well as all who
are determined to abide by, the Georgia Platform.
Federal Union.
What a pitiful specimen of humbuggery is the
above! Nobody claims that Gov. McDonald is
a disunionist from the testimony furnished in his
lale letter s it is his past political course—lns acts
which prove that he is one. This letter is an
evidence of nothing, except that its author
would acknowledge to anything, or repudiate
anything, to deceive tho people out of their
votes. The devil leaves his deeds of darkness,
enters the sacied desk, and declaim? against sin
—this is proof conclusive that he is not only
no sinner, but that if he is, tho ministers of
Heaven who occupied it before him arc equally
guilty, their discourse the same ! What
miserable stuff to be served up to intelligent
readers I Washington Gazette.
Hon. Charles Murphy.—The Hon.
Charles Murphy of DeKalb, an able and thor
ough going Union Democrat, has been nomi
nated as tho Union candidate for Congress
from the fourth dristrict, now represented by
Mr. Haralson. Mr Murphy is a gentleman
of character and ability, and was one of the
first men in the State to take position against
the wild scheme for the establishment of a
“Southern confederacy.” He does not sym
pathise with the opponents of the Compro
mise, nor will he suffer himself io be flattered
or frightened into ihe ranks of the secession
ists by promises and d nuucia'ions. He is a
Union democrat. A member of the grsat
Georgia Convention of last year, he stands up
on the broad platform there laid down. That
he will be triumphantly elected, we enter
tain not the least doubt. — Sank. Rep.
The following resolutions were adopted
by the conveu'.ion which nominated Mr. Mur
phy:
Ist. Resolved, That wo adopt aud re-affirm the
Report and Resolutions of the Georgia Convention
of 1830, believing it to be broad enough and strong
enough to hold all who are not disunionists per se.
21. Res lived, That we aj prowe and ratify the
nomination of the Hon. Howell Cobb by the State
Constitutional Union Convention at Milledgeville for
Governor of the State.
The Newnan (Ga.,) Banner speaking of th i
nomination,says:
From the proceedings of the Union Conven
tion assembled in ihis place on the 18th inst., it
will be seen that Mr. Murphy has been nomi
nated for Congress by the Union party of the
fourth Congressional District. The Co’onel
cannot, we are confident, be beaten in the
race, by any one the opposite party may bring
out in opposition to him. He is deservedly
popular in the District, and the nomination,
connected, with the unanimity with which it
wai made, wi’l be hailed as the harbinger of
success to the Banner of the Union through
out the District. With the names of Cobb
and Murphy, the Union men will cool the ar
dor of he fire eaters and extinguish the flick
ering flame of Dis-Union in the fourth Con
gressionnl District. Let every man now buck
le on his armor and go to work, in right good
earnest.
Senator Clemens.—Thia eloquent and dis
tinguished gentleman delivered a speech in
Tuacu bia on ihe 14th, in which he discussed
the Compromise at length and with decided
ability. Ihe North Alabamian contains a
proUy full report of the speech, which we will
lay baforc our readers to-morrow. Senator
Clemens advocated the Compromise as it is,
and in the coarse of his argument shewed,
not only that the Mexico, Texas and Utah bills
were southern in their origin and su port,
bat that the admission of California was also
a southern measure, and recommended by
Mr. Polk, a southern man, and that Mr. Doug
of Illinois, subsequently introduced a bill
into the senate for her admis®sion as a State.
This bill, sa/s Senator C., was defeated by
northern votes. Again, said he, Gen. Taylor,
a southern man, recommended the same
thing.
Mr. Clemens was particularly severe upon
the Secession, Anti-Cotnpromise, resistance
parly, and exhibited them to the audience in
their true position, and if they did look a little
rediculeus. it certainly was no fault of Mr Cle
mens.—Mobile Adv.
Arrival of the Isabel*
The steamship Isabel, Capt Rollins, arrived
at her wharf early yesterday morning, from
Havana, with dates to the 221 ult. She brings
100 passengers, several of them from Califor
nia.—Charleston Mercuiy.
Havana, Juns 21.—We beg reference to our re
spects of the 7th inst., and hand you the annexed re-
We have nothing to add, except the sale of 145
casks Rice per Isabel, at 10| rs, and 210 bags of Va
lencia at 84 re.
Havana, June 20.—We beg reference to our re
port of May 31. Since then, the business in Sugar
has not been extensive, but prices have on the whole
been maintained at the decline we then noticed.—
The advices from Europe are now more discoura
ging, and as there are ample supplies at market,
planters will probably soon have to make s< me con
cessions in price, particularly as the Exchanges
ate still lower, while Freights continue high.
We place our q'jotations as follows —fair to superi
or Whites 8 a9j rials, Yellows choice 6j a 7 rials,
Yellows good and fine a 9 rails, Browns 5a 5f
rials, Cucuruchos 44 «4| rials*
Very few Muscovados are offering, we quote the
same as before, say 5 to 6 rials lor middling to fine.
Molasseshave been sold in the harbor at 1J rials,
but, is generally held at 2 rials.
The transactions in Coffee are very insignificant
at $8 a >B4-
An Old Letter.
We are indebted to our friend, Dr. R. W.
Gibbes, for the privil-ge of laying before our
readers the following copy of an old letter,
addressed by Dr. David Ramsay, our patriotic
and distinguished historian, to William Henry
Drayton, Delegate from South Carolina in
Congress. The Post mark, which is very
roughly stamped, bears dale Sept 2d. 1779.
The letter is as follows : — Carolinian.
Chablestown, Sept 1, 1779.
Drab Sib Your favor of July 18tb, came safe
to hind on the 16th of August. A hurry of busi
ness prevented my acknowledging the receipt of it
sooner.
Our Assembly is now drawing to the close cf a
long session. Little business is yet complete 1. A
tax bill of 20 dollars a head, has been read twice.
A bill for filling our regiments by giving a negro
bounty to every volunteer recruit, has also been
read twice. This measure is now our ultima spes.
Money will not procure soldiers—the militia will
not submit to a draught; it has been cnce reified in
tbe House, to put them under continental articles,
but tbe friends of this measure fear that it will be
lost on the next reading. The p triotism of many
people is rox etprceterca nihil. Next Friday is set
apart to choose anew delegate in the loom of Mr.
Lowndss, when it is probable that Mr. E Rutlfge
will ba chosen. Mr A. Middleton will set nut in
a few weeks. Most people expect the enemy here
in October or November, and yet wc are halfasleep.
When the campaign closes to the Northward, ii will
be easy f r them to send a f w thousands of a rein
forcement to their troops in Savannah. Our back
country is much disaff< cted, especially at the high
price of salt, which is 60 doll'rs a bushel. We mean
to solicit aid from the grand army. I wish you
would send us two thousand continentals immediate
ly. You know the im( ortance of Charlestown; it
is the vinrulum that binds three States to tbe
authority cf Congress. If the enemy
thetnselve? of this town, there will le no living for
honest Whigs to the Southward of Santee ; at pre
s?nt nothing is wanting to put them in possession of
it, but vigor and activity on their purls. A spirit of
money-making has eat up our pitrictism. Our mo
rals are more deprecated than our currency. It is
with great pleasure I receive your letters, and 1 shall
be always ready io acknowledge them. Yours,
yours, David Ramsay.
(GOSHEN BUTTER.
| ri yIRKINS Extra MAY BUTTER, just
1. vr received by
jv’J-d&wtf ESTER & RICHMOND.
NOTICE
JUST RECEIVED and for sale, by Jefftra.
Cothran A Co., twenty tierces fresh RICE. jy2
GEORGIA CORN.
| BUSHELS prime Georgia CORN,
j,3 tor-a ,by f. c . TIN'I.EY.
TOOTH BRUSHES.
FINK Engli.fi TOOTH BRUSHES, imported
exprerslv for us.
je29 ' D. B. PLUMB A CO.
PAINT MILLS AND STONES.
AM ASSORTMENT of Paint MILLS, Paint
STONES, 4e., de., for sale by
j»29 IL B. PLUMB A CO.
TRUSSES.
A LARGE SVPPLT of TRUSSES, Ab-
A dominal SUPPORTERS, and Shoulder BRA
CES, of the moot eppro.e i Pattern., on hand, by
j. 29 D. B. PLUMB A CO.
ORANGES, ORANGES.
»_> j— BOXES ORASGKS will be landed
O O To morrow, and for eale by
je23-d4wlw f.-Tf.SA RICHMOND.
Refined Sugar.
STVART'S Loaf, Crushed and Clarified bU
GAR—for tale by
je2Q HAND, WILLIAMS & CO.
Molasses.
K HHDS. prime Cuba MOLASSES, far sale
dtz low, from tbe wharf.
je2o HAND, WILLIAMS A CO.
BACON.
PRIME Heron, SIDES, SHOULDERS and
hams. je2G HANI', williams &co
TARTARIC ACID.
A LARGE SVPPLT, warranted pure, end
a*, for eele eery low at
je2 W. H, A J. TURPIN’S
' TO SURGEONS.
A SUPPLY of Roe’s Patent FRACTURE AP
PARATUS. with the latest lmpro.em.nta, for
“ le b ’ r J«29 PLUMB & JO.
HAIR BRUSHES AND COMBS.
A N ELEGANT assortment, comprising wane
thirty ditfsreal styles, and ranging ia price*
from 2te. to tI.SO eaeb, jut reeeirad and for ul.
by _ *a2fl _, „ W. H. Al. TURPIN.
J ELE GRAPHIC PI EWS.
l/auaoaittedfor the Chronicle & Sentinel.
Charleston Market,
Tvbsday, July I.— Colton.— Tho sales to-day
amoant to 720 bales at 5j to 9 cents. Tho market
is a little better, but still vary low.
case of col. taloot.
Waihington, June 23.— The Court Martial
in the case of Lient. Col. Talcott aasemled at
noon to-day in Winder*, Building. The fol
lowing officer, were ■ reseat—Gen. Twigge,
President; General, Wool, Smith. Riley,
Gibson, Churchill. Totten and Childs ; Col’s.
Abort, Crane and Piynipton, and Major Lee,
Judge Advocate. Lient. Col. Talcott ap
peared attended by hi, counsel, Mr. Carlisle.
Owing to the absence of Brig. Gen. Clarke,
the Court adjourned till to-morrow morning,
at 9 o'clock.
Washington, June 24 —The Court Martial
re-aesembled this morning and were aworn in.
General Clark is still absent.
The Judge Advocate read the several charges
and specifications against Col. Talcott, which
were substantially as follows :
Frist —Violation of the 132 d regulation of
Ordinance Bureau, by making a contract
through Lieut. Col. Huger with Dr. Carmi
ch,el, of Virginia, for 500 ton, of shot and
•hell, without the sanction of the Secre'ary of
War.
Second —For wilful disobedience of ordersof
the Secretary, who had rejected Mr. Crow
ningshield’s application in Mr. Talcott’, pre
sence and refused to reeogniie an alleged ver
bal contract with the previous Secretary.
Third —For conduct unbecoming an officer
anil a gentleman. Knowing these articles unne
cessary for public service, the contract was an
abuse of authority and unwonted, making false
statements to the Secretary with the intent to
deceive him in denying that the contract had
been made by him or atbi, instance.
Capt. Mcgruderand Secretary Conrad were
examined at length in support of the chargee.
The Secretary’, evidence was not conclud
ed when the Court adjourned.
Washington, June 25—The Court Martial
re-assembled at nine o'clock this evening.
Gen. Clarke appeared, but the proceedings
having commenced, he was disqualified from
membership. Secretary Conrad was cross ex
amined for upwards of two hours. Capt.
Maynadier was recalled and further examined
Lieut. Col. Huger was examined at length rel
ative to his contract with Carmichael, and the
Court, without concluding the case, adjour
ned. The distinguished Mexican General
Herrera attended die sitting to-day and wa,
treated with rnarkreatterilion by the American
officer,.
New York, June 25.—The omnibus stablee of
Cornell & Furnme, proprietors of the Bow
ery Line, 34th street, were totally destroyed
by fire yesterday afternoon, together with 40
horses, 75 tons of hay, and 20 sots of harness.
Loss s4o,ooo—insurance $lB 000. Three
frame dwellings were also consumed.
Belfast, Me., Juns 25.—The Foundry build
ing and several large dwellings were destroyed
by fire to-day Loss 25,000—n0 insurance.
Hartford Conn., June2s — The Legislature,
after three unsuccessful ballotings, have indef
initely postponed the Senatorial election.
Boston, June 24—An Englishman named
John Williamson was arrested on his way to
Albany and brought here on the charge of be
ing concerned in the robbery of the ship Em
ily, of Charleston.
St. Louio, June 25th, P. M.— By the new
mail arrangement papers are received here in
five days from New York.
River falling slowly, butto high as to stop
shipping business. Missouri river again rising
rapidly at Independence. 14fl deaths by chol
era in the preceding 7 days, almost entirely
amongst emigrants. Cholera very bad at
Hannibal. Weather very favorable.
Boston, June 25 —The steamship America
ailed this morning with 83 passengers for
Liverpool and 13 for Halifax. The noted
George Thompson, the English abolitionists
goes out in her.
Winchester Va., June 25—Mr. Webster
arrived here last evening. All along the road
he was compelled to address crowds of people.
He was welcomed to this place with great joy
by the Mayor and author.ties. Immense num
bers collected around bis hotel, and ho made a
brief and beauiiful speech. He has already
been invited to several dinners, but will only
accept one at Capon Springs, on Saturday
next.
New Orleans, June 24 —lt is reported that
one and a half millions of bills have been re
turned from Liverpool due from this city alone.
Henry Williams, agent here of R. E- Hyde,
Liverpool, failed lately. He has just left for
Liverpool.
Albany, June 24.—The Senate has just
passed the Canal Enlargement Bill by a vote of
yeas 22, to nays 8. There is much excitement
in consequence.
Louisville, June 24.—There had been 20
deaths by Cholera at Fort Smith, Ark., op to
the 11th inst. Many recruits had left and the
sickness wasaba<iog.
Norfolk, June 24.—The President, accom
panied by A H. 11. Stuart, Secretary of the
Interior ; Com. Powell, (J. 8. N; J. O. Sar
gsnt, Editor of the Republic, and others came
from Old Point this morning in the steamer
Engineer and proceeded to the Navy Yard.
After inspecting the works there, they visited
Portamouth for a short time and partook of a
collation at the Crawford House. They then
came to Norfolk and were received at the lan
ding by the Norfolk Light Artillery, Cap'.
Spratley; the Blues, Capt. Young; theJi
nior volunteers, and a large concourse of cit
izens, who escorted them to the Nat onal Ho
tel where t»ne of Folye’s best entertainments
was prepared. The whole party returned to
Ol<l Point »hiß as ernoon, and will probably
leave ioi Washington to-morew morning via
Rehmoncf
The President could do nathing for the Na
vy Yard workmen, but referred them to the
Secretary of the Navy. A petition with 2000
signatures in favor of rescinding the obnox
ius order has been forwarded to Washington
at 24 o’clock this afternoon.
Lancaster, Pa., June 25th.—The Whig
Conversion re assembled this morning, and
after some preliminary business, refused by a
vote of 91 to 31, to reconsider tbe resolution
expressing aseut in the compromise measures
of the last Congress. They then proceeded
to vote for Canal Commissioner, and then to
nominate Judges of the Supreme Court.
Cincinnati. June 27.—A fire occurred in
Deer Creek Valley which destroyed Masers.
Bullar A. Blather’s extensive Blacking Estab
lishment. Also Messrs. Schooley & Hughes
and Messrs. E. Wilson & Co’s large Pork
Packing Houses, besides a number of other
smaller buildings. Tbe entire loss is estimated
at $70,000, on which, unfortunately, there was
no insurance.
Washington. June 21.—Lieut. Johnson, with
despatches from Capt. Gardiner, of the United
Stales Navy, dated Sandwich Island*, detail
ing the recent proceedings of the French, at
Honolulu, has arrived. The correspondence,
we presume, will be published, and will show
the importance of a naval station in that quar
ei
Albany June 23.—Arthur H. Roof, a flour
dealer, failed to-day for SIOO,OOO.
New Orleans, June 22.- -Gen Arbuckle
died at Fort Smith on the 11th inat.
Baltimore, June 25.—There were but
small sales of Cotton in the New York market
today- An advance, however, of an eighth
of a cent took place.
Governor Johnson has beau re-nominated
for Governor of Pennsylvania.
President Fillmore was engaged in visiting
the public works at Norfolk and Portsmouth,
Va., yes’erday.
War has re commenced between the Hayti
ens and Dominicans. Forty Haytiens have
been killed.
St. Louis, June 29. —The weather, since
Monday, has been quite favorable tor out-door
operations, but rether cool for the season The
river, opposite this city, was rising rapidly yes
terday, but since an early hour this morning, it
has been at a stand. The Missouri, at the last
accounts, was rising. The Upper Mississippi
is falling. Freights to New Orleans steady.
Vicksburg, June 2 ’ —The steamboat Pontiac
No. 2, bound for Sc. Louis, is reported to b«
badly snagged at tbs mouth of the Arkansas
river. She has discharged all her freight.
The river et this point is rising. The follow
ing steamboats have passed here, bound for
New Orleans: Buckeye, 9 p. m , June 19th;
Chancellor, 3 a in , June 2’th.
Nashville, June 20.—Th* cars of the Nash
ville and Chattanooga Railroad ran over a cow
on the track this morniog as they were coming
iu, and were thrown off Six or seven per
sons were seriously injured; some cf them
dangerously. Those that were least wounded
were conveyed to the city tn hand cars about
io o'clock A M.
CuciHHATi. Josx 24—A buffalo hunt by
Indians was advertised yesterday to take place
al Covington, opposite this ci'y, and wa< at
tended by 10,100 persons fro tn Cincinnati.
The buffalo, when attacked by the Indians,
and pierced by their arrows, showed no dispo
rition to fight and the crowed, seeing that they
were humbugged, became excited and fired
upon the Indians, killed the buffalo, and were
about carrying him to Woods’ Museum,
around which several thousand people had
congregated and were commi .ing riot, when
the Mayor and a strong police force arrived
and arrested 10 of the ringleaders. The-r
intention w-s to mob the Museum. Wood be
ing suspected of getting up the humbug,
which, however, he denies.
Botton. Jutu 24.—A fire occurred at 1
o’clock thia morning in the store of Messrs.
Collins & Co., in Atkinson street. The flames
had gained great headway before being dis
covered The building and stock of goods
were entirely destroyed. There was an insur
ance of S3OOO on the stock- Messrs. Weth
erill. Stove & Wood, lost SIO,OOO worth of
goods stored in the third story. They were
insured for S7OOO. Tie buildings were own
ed by Mr. Samuel Sanford, and insured for
45000. The total loss is estimated at S2O 000.
Advices have been received from Buenos
Arres to the Bth May. The Province of Par
aguay »*’ greatly disturbed
Je’ly, on suspicion of plotting with
the Command"r of the forces against Lopez,
had been imprisoned, and bis accomplice or
dered to quit the country. Tbe latter had not
done so.
St Le»u- 19- —The board of directors
of the Pacific railroad yesterday located by a
unanimous vote, the first division of tnoir
road It commences at 14th street, on the
north bsnk of Choteau’s Pond, and goes out
by the valley of said pond and the Desperes
valley, as nearly due west as practicable for
six miles from the city, when it bean south
west and strikes the Merrimac river abont 2>
miles from St. Louis; thence it proceeds tip
the valley of tbe Merrimac. The first division
of the road reaches to within about 10 miles of
the iron, lead and copper mines district of the
Missouri- it is understood that tbe directors
will break ground on their great road on the
4th of July next.
Lancaster, Pa. June 24.—The Whig State
Convention assembled here to-day and tem
porarily organized by electing Bell, of Berks
county, President, and S. W. Pearson of
Somerset and A. 8. Henderson, of Lancas
ter, Secretaries. The attendance of Dele
gates is full and the crowd about the Court
House immense. Gov. Johnston and other
distinguished Whigs are present. The Con
vention after settling the question of contested
seats, appointed a committee to report officers
fortheir permanent organization. It is sup
posed Gen. Scott will bo nominated for the
Presidency by a large majority and that reso
lutions approving of the Compromise will be
voted down.
Lancaster, June 24.—The Whig Conven
tion re assembled at 2 o’clock- The com
mittee appointed to report officers reported
for President, Hon. Jno. H. Irving, of Wash
ington county, with 26 Vice-Presidents and 7
Secretaries. The President, on tasting his
seat, made a brief speech eulogistic of Gov.
Johnston, and in favor of a high tariff. The
Hon. Cornelius Darragh moved the appoint
ment of a committee of 26 to report resolu
tions, which wa* agreed to. While the com
mittee was absent, on motion of Hon. A. J.
Ogle, Wm. F. Johnston was nominated as the
Whig candidate for Governor by acclamation,
and a committee appointed to invite him to
attend the deliberations of the Convention.
The committee on resolutions reported a
lengthy series, favoring a high tariff, condemn
ing that of 1846, speaking respectfully of the
compromise measures, and declaring them
selves in favor of the mantninance of the
Constitution, &c. While these resolutions
were under consideration, John M. Scott, of
Philadelphia, offered an amendment, recog
nizing the right of owners of slaves to reclaim
their property, und by implication condemn
ing the act of 1847, which prohibits the use of
our jails for their detention.
A lengthy deba e arose and the amendment
was finally cut off by the previous question,
which was sustained by a vote of 71 to 48,
and the resolutions were adopted by a vote of
83 to 27.
The Convention then took a recess until 8
o’clock, and on reassembling proceeded to
nominate candidates for Canal Commissioner.
Some 30 prominent Whigs were placed in
nomination, and about the time they were
proceed ng to ballot Gov. Johnston entered
and was received with tumultuous applause.
The Convention then adjourned outside the
building, and the crowd was addressed by
Gov. Johnston, who was still speaking at 10
o’clock.
Providence, June 27.—John Gould his been
arrested in this city on a charge of committing
a violent assault upon Nathan C. Lewis, at
Attleborough, Mass., on Monday last, with in
tent to kill. The parties were formerly
ged in business here.
Lewis is believed to be dangerously injured
from the effects of a slung shot.
Washington, June 27.— Ordershave been is
sued by Gen. Walter Jones, for a grand milita
ry parade on the 4th of July, on the occasion
of the laying ot the cornerstone for tho en
largement of the capitol He invites the mil
itaiy and citizens from a distance to be pres
ent, and participate in the grand national de
mons:ra<ion.
The President will remain at Richmond un
til to-morrow, when he will proceed to Fred
ericksburg, where ha will be publicly received
and reach Washington at 11 o’clock on Sat
urday evening nn .he steamer Mount Vernon.
Westfield, Michigan, June 26.—Mr. William
Graham, while standing by a barn near here,
was rtruck by lightning this morning and kill
ed. Three others near him ware knocked
down and injured.
Detroit, June 26.—The body of Capt. James
L. Thompson, late of the army, and son-in-law
of Gen. Brady, was found in the Detroit river
this morning. He disappeared from home last
Saturday.
St. Louis. June 25 —A trader has arrived
here from the mountains. He states that he
met 626 wagons near Fort Laramie; they weie
getting on well; no news; nearly all bound
for Oregon and Utah. There was no snow on
the mountains. He encountered heavy rains
on the route, which had swollen the rivers to
an unusual height Tho cholera had nearly
disappeared from Jefferson Barracks.
A great railroad celebration is to be held here
on the 4th of July. Edward Bates, Esq., is to
be the orator of the day.
Memphis, Tenn., June 25.—The Hon. S.
Jarnagiu, died last night of cholera. There is
a good deal of sickness in the city but not
much cholera.
Washington, June 26 —The Court Martial
assembled again to day Col. Huger’s exami
nation was resumed and concluded.
The President of the Court being sick the
Court was adjourned before 1 o’clock.
Mayor Lenox has tendered the Court the use
of the Aidermen’s Chamber to hold its future
sessions in.
Cincinnati, Jute 21.—The cholera has re*
appeared in Princeton, Ky., seven new cases
and two deaths having occurred. The town
was nearly deserved. A few cases have also
appeared at Memphis. At Lexington, Mis
souri, there were eleven deaths in five days.
Several deaths are reported as having occurred
on the canal near Petersburg, Indiana, from
the same disease.
Norfolk. June 25—The Mayor’s election
vesteiday terminated in the success of S. 8.
Stubbs by 335 majority. W. B. Lamb was re
elected Sheriff.
i’he President and suite left yesterday after
noon at 5£ o’clock for Old Point, visi ing the
sloop-of-war Plymouth as they went down.
Before starting they were joined by the Post
master General, who came down iu the Rich
mond boat. The proprietor of the Old Point
Hotel gave the President a ball last night, which
is said to have been a magnificent affair. The
whole party left for Washington this morning.
The Navy Yard is completely deserted, the
hands refusing to go to work.
Boston, June 26.—-The train from Springfield
to Albany ran off the track last night in conse
quence of the axles of tho engine breaking.
The second class passenger car was upset and
several passengers badly injured. J. Knowl
ton had both thigh* broken.
Bostow, June 26—The sloop-of war Ports
mouth, Com. Gregory, arrived to-day in 36
days from Port Praya. The dysentery pre
vailed on board during the passage and two
deaths had occurred The crew are much de
bilitated by the climate of the African Coast.
The Portsmouth left at Port Praya, the U. 8.
ship Germantown, which was to sail for the
Coast in a few days. The Dale had sailed for
the Island of Java on the 6th of May to demand
satisfaction from the natives for an outrage
perpetrate J upon Americans a y >ar ago. The
brig Perry was ciuising among the Cape de
Verde Islands The Portsmouth brought home
the Ist and 2d mates and 7 seamen of a Ham
burg ship wrecked on the Island cf Mayo.
Hartford, June 26.—The Legislature to
day passed bills chartering four Banks, one of
which is located at Hartford, with a capital of
$500,000.
New Orleans, June 25.—Fully t*o thousand
bales of Cotton were sold in this market to day.
The demand, however, has been checked by
the difficulty existing in the pass ng of Bills of
Exchange. Low Middling commands
Strict Middling 8 to 8| cts.
New Orleans, June 27.—Cotton has been
more active to day and three thousand bales
hive been disposed of, mostly for England and
Spain. Prices are firm Low to strict Mid
dling is quoted at from 7<s to 8| cents. Rice
is dull ; and but small sales have been effected
of Carolina, at from $3 to 3 25.
We learn by a Telegraphic dispatch receiv
ed by the agent, that the sc.hr. Charles Edmond
son, Vincent, from Cienfugas, arrived at New
York on Saturday last.
St. Louis, June 23. —The total mortality for
the week ending yesterday were 273, of
which 149 deaths were from cholera, and most
ly emigrants. 25 deaths by cholera had oc
curred a Jefferson, mostly young recruits.
St. Louis, June 28. —Business duller here
than ever before known at any reason. River
falling slowly.
Twenty-two deaths by Cholera yesterday,
and 22 of other diseases.
Great preparations are in progress here for
breaking ground on the Pacific Railroad on
the 4th with appropriate ceremonies.
The Upper Mississippi and Missouri are
both rising again.
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other q ualities of Cast Metals.
The Year-Book of Facte in Science and Art, ex
hibiting the most important discoveries in Improve,
inents of the Past Year, by Joh ■ Tiinbs, editor of
the Arcana of Science and Art.
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Carders’ Gnide, a practical Treatise on Cotton Spin
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ry, Draught and Twist Calculations, &c , with no
tices of recent improvements, together with Rules
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THE Subscribers weald call the atteaticn of
Sunday Schoo! Teachers, and al! those inter
ested in the management cf Sar.day Schools, in the
town and conntrv, to their coasts nt supply of Sunday
School Union QUESTION TOOTS, Child’s Scrip
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MARRIED.
At the residence of H. J. Schley, in Burke county,
on the 29th of June, by Rev. W. L. Tucker, Mr.
John A. Rosikr and Mies Martha A. Byrd.
DIED,
Departed this life on Thuisday, the 12th inst , at
his residence in Lincoln county, of Apoplexy, Mr.
Jamss Cartlbdoc, in the fifty-sixth year of his
age, leaving an affectionate wife and four lovely chil
dren and numerous friends to mourn their loss.
At the residence of hia mother, in Hamburg, on
the 20th May, 1851, Thomas L. Farrow, son of
the late Dr. Samuel Farrow, formerly of Spartan
burg, S. C., in the 21st year of bis age.
The death of this amiable and estimable young
man, while it brought sadness to the home of the
widow and fatherless, did not cause them to sorrow
even as others which have no hope. Trained up
from childhood in the Presbyterian Church, of which
for many years his excellent and lamented father was
un Elder, he was always distinguished for his sobrie
ty of deportment, and general correctness of moral
character. For a long time before his death, his
mind was deeply impressed with the importance of
a personal interest in the religion of Christ, and he
gave satisfactory evidence that his heart had been
truly renewed by the Holy Spirit. Modest even to
diffidence and naturally self-distrustful, his piety
whs of a humble, unostentatious character, yet it
gave him calmness and peace, through a lingering
sickness, and in the hour of death. His only regret
in hie last days, was that he was not permitted by
reason of his feeble health, to make a public profes
sion of his faith in Christ, and to unite himself with
the visible Church. But it is hoped and believed,
that he has joined the ranks of the Church triumph
ant in Heaven.| R.
Augusta, June 30, 1851.
<Som medal.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Weekly Report .Tvbsday, M. P.
COTTON.—The market throughout the Week
defied to-day, has beon rather quiet, with a moderate
demand for the better qualities, indeed for all above
middling, while those below continue to be neglected
and are consequently very much depressed and re
latively much lower in proportion to quality. The
continued and steady demand for the batter classes
has fully sustained the prices quoted by us last week
for Pair, viz : 9 cents, and it readily commands that
price to day. It is proper to remark, however, that
buyers are very strict in their classification.
Receipts up to latest
1850-51. 1849-50.
New Orleans, June 20932,785 776,253
Mobile, Juno 20,425.468 325,278
Texas, June 14. 38,404 27.074
Florida, June 17174,855 177,301
Savannah, June 26 • • 306,223 322,396
Charleston, June 26367,436 344,91?
North Carolina, June 14---» 12,241 9,856
Virginia, June 1 19,044 8,988
2,276,456 1,992,057
Increase ••••• 284,399
Stock on hand in Southern Sea-ports.
1850-51. 1849-50.
New Orleans, June 20 94,524 95,007
Mobile, June 20 70,405 54,414
Texas, June 14. 3,020 1,278
Florida, June 17 14,289 17,876
Savannah, June 26*«** 7,358 26.999
Charleston, June 26. 27,630 42,816
North Carolina, June 14*** 375 410
Virginia, June 1 1,900 750
Stock in Southern sea-ports•• *219,501 239,550
•• New York, June 2452,159 102,873
Total 5t0ck5271,660 342,423
Exports. 1850. 1849.
Great Britain 1,269,<'48 876,900
Prance.2B9 843 255,299
Other Foreign P0rt5226,623 156,607
Total foreign exportsl,7B6,ll4 1,288,886
To Northern ports* *.....••* *617,391 707,258
REMARKS.—Business generally is very dull,
and the transactions are almost exclusively confined
to the absolute wants of the purchasers. The state
ofthe Cotton market, and the disappointment of hold
ers in realising their anticipations, have had no small
influence in producing this stats of things.
GROCERIES. —The transactions in Groceries
during the week have been limited. The supply of
all the leading articles i« very abundant, and nowith
standing the absence of any active demand, we
have no change to note in prices, tbe general range
of which may be ssen by reference to our quotations,
to which we refer.
CORN.—The advanced state of the season is p<o>
ducing its effect on the value of Corn, and we note a
decline in ;rice. We quote 75 to 95 eta., according
toquclity and condition.
WHEAT. —The demand for wheat continues
steady, and our former quotations of 31 to 31,25 are
fully maintained. Ths latter rate only for a very
choice article.
BACON. —The steck of Bacon is on the increase,
but the heavy demand sustains the price. See quo
tations.
EXCHANGE, —Checks on the North are J per
eent. prem.
FREIGHTS. —The recent rains have improved
the condition of the river which is in good naviga
ble condition, and freights continue at 50 cents per
bale for Cotton to Savannah and Charleston.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Com pa rati va Statement of Cotton in Augusta
and Hamburg, July I, 1850 and 1851 :
1850-51. 1849-50.
Stock on hand, Sept. 1. 19,470 13,819
Received from Sept. 1, to June 1*224,451 244,471
“ inJune***** 2,449
243,921 260,739
♦Deduct for error in prov’s reports* 5,424
Total supply and Receipts.•• *238,497 260,739
Shipmemts.
To Savannah in June-* 1,564 11,348
•’ QUarieskwi* l>i a<*no-- 7,T00 4.147
“ Sav. & Charleston prev’ly •• 189,738 199.824
Total shipments•••l99.loo 215,319
Stdok,
In Augusta, July 1•• •• 31,600 38,171
In Hamburg, July 1 •••*•••• 7,797 7,249
Total stock 39,397 45,420
Rbceipts.
Total supply and receipts23B 497 260,739
Deduct stock Sept. 1 19,470 13,819
Total receipts 219,027 246,920
•It appears that our Factors in guessing at their
stocks on former occasions, have not only over esti
mated 5,424 bales, but also all the receipts in June.
Our report, therefore, shows tbe actual receipts to be
5,424 bales less than they were reported on the Ist
June. In future, when they desire to avoid the labor
of counting, if they will inform us that they have
gussied at their stocks, we will have them counted
ourselves, to avoid such mortifying blunders as tbe
above.
Liverpool Market*
LIVERPOOL, June 12.—The cotton market has
presented no new feature deserving of particular no
tice this week. The demand continues pretty good,
the daily transactions seldom being less than seven
to eight thousand bales. The trade buying some
trifle more than the week’s consumption, speculators
small parcels daily, and for export the demand hav
ing fairly set in. There is a steady business doing;
the sales to shippers seldom being less than 1,900
ba 138 per day. With all this business, however,
this is the fifth week in which tha sales have been
upwards of 40 000 bales. The market does not yet
appear to be sufficiently relieved, and the quantity
offering is still so much in excess of the demand,
that there is no buoyancy in regard to prices, but a ,
degree of heaviness, which, it seems probable, ex
tensive sales alone can remove. American descrip
tions are, however, as regards actual business, a
ribadc dearer than last week; but the quotations re
main as given in our previous circular. 3,020 bales
American and 180 Surat were taken on speculation,
with 4,600 American; and 270 Pernam, and 1,120
Surat, &c. for Export, leaving for the trade 37,602
bales. The sales to-day amount to 10,000 bales, cf
which 3,1 00 were taken for export, and the market
is decidedly firmer than represented in previous parts
of our circular, 12th June. A good business done
in Manchester, the last few days.
LIVERPOOL, June 13.— Colton. — Since the
sailing of tbe A ctic, there has been evinced a better
feeling and Middling qualities are one eighth dearer.
Fair Orleans is quoted at 6jd.; fair Mobile, 5Jd.
The total safes for the week ending to-day are stated
at 46,610, of which 3,200 were taken by specula
tors, and 5,994 biles for export. The imports for
the week have been 81,575 bales.
At Havre, on the 13tb, the cotton market was in
active, notwithstanding the favorable reports from
England. Sales of Louisiana tres ordinaire at 83f.
to 84f; and 72f a 73f. for has”
“LIVERPOOL, June 13. —We have had a very
general demand for Cotton throughout the week
by the trade, as well as by exporters, and
although it has been met pretty freely by
holders, we close with a decidedly better feeling,
and jd. per lb advance has been paid on the low
quotations of last week The accounts just received
via Southampton .will have, in our opinion, a
tendency to advance prices, symptoms < f which are
apparent this afternoon. Speculators have taken
3,020 American, and 180 Surat ; and Exporters
4.600 American, 270 Pernam, 1.100 Surat, and 20
Madras. The sales to day are estimated at 8,000
bales, 2,000 of which are for export and specula
tion.
“LIVERPOOL, June 13.—The Cotton market
has experienced a steady demand throughout the
week from the Trade and from Exporters, and prices
have ruled without any change. Importers willing
ly meet ihe market, and probably another 100,000
bales must be sold before the market will feel suffi
ciently relieved, and by that time Spinners may have
replenished their stocks a little, so aa to be able (o
resist for a time any advance in price. We make no
change in aur quotations of American Cotton. Bra
sil are heavy and rather lower. Surats have been
dealt in more extensively, and are more steady in
price ”
»* p. S.—To-Day’s sale of Cotton are estimated at
10,000 ba es; speculators and Exporters took 3000
bales. The market is firm, except for the low qual
ities, of which there is too much.”
NEW YORK, June 23 —FZaur, ts-c.—There is
a good business doing in Western and B'ate Flour
this morning, and the market for common descrip
tions has again advanced. The demand for export
and home ccnsumflion is good, and we also notice
considerable speculative inquiry.
Griin For Wheat there ccntinuee a good de
mand, and the market may be quoted a shade firmer.
Sales of 5,000 bushels Genesee have been made at
31.12| and a good parcel Canadian at 31.03.
The market fur Corn is very much unsettled, some
parcels are being delivered on contracts, and it i«*
very difficult to get at correct quotations. A few
samples of sound Western mixed are held at 62j, and
yesterday a cargo was sold aa high as 62c , and
another at 60c. in store.
Cotton.— There is no change worth noticing, and
sales to a fair extent are making for spinners. Yes
terday 2,000 bales were sold.
NEW ORLEANS, June 25, P. M.— Cotton
Arrived to-day 592 bales.
Sugar. —BO Lhds. Dutch crushed Sngar were sold
at 81c. per lb.
Flw .—Seles 2250 tbls., including 1200 Ohm,
out of flitboat, and 100 from store at 83-30; 465
Ohio, fresh ground, and of the favorite brand, St.
louis Premium, at 83,60 ;60 Illinois at 84; 100
S' I ouis at 84.10 ;50 extra Illinote at 84.62|; 150
extra St. Louis at 84.70 ; 50 al 84.75 ; and 96 in 2
5 —Sales 6500 sacks, of which 2300 heated
at 35c.; 700 heated at ; 330 inferior at 37c.; 260
mixed at 40c.; 400 at 45c.; 200 at 46c.; 670 * hue
and Yellow at 46c. the White and 55c. the Ye.low,
and 1600 prime Yellow al 55c.
Whiskey. — 134 bbis. Rectified were sold at la|c.
Bacon.— 34 tierces extra sugar cured Hams sold
at IQc., and iU at 11c.
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD
FOURT
A GENTS will sell Tickets on the 3d, 4th and
sth of July, to any Station and back, by the
Day Passenger, or Extra Trains of those days,
At one half of the Regular Ratal.
, OrF,M Geo r - r -. Augu»ta.
June 24, 1851. jy2-dtJys
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Price, 25 Cents.
NEW PATENT STRAW CUTTER.
THE UNDERSIGNED. Patentee for LEW
IS’ STRAW and SHUCK CUTTER, begs
leave to inform Planters, and the public generally,
that he is now manufacturing bis celebrated Patent
Straw and Shuck Cutter, at his shop in Hamburg,
and is prepared to supply single Machines, or dis
pose of County or State Rights, for making and
vending the same. This Machine has been exam
ined by many experienced gentlemen who pronounce
it superior to any Straw Cutter hitherto introduced.
It is well adapted to cut any kind cf food for pioven
der, and cuts any desired length with the greatest
facility. Its simplicity of construction, and the ra
pidity with which it does its work, commend it to
Planters as a most valuable invention.
Persons wishing single Machines may obtain them
at the Store of Benj. Piequet, Augusta, Geo., or at
my Shop in Hamburg, S. C.
_je27-C&w3m WILLIAM LEWIS.
THIRD ANNUAL PAIR OP THE
»OUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE.
The THIRD ANNUAL FAIR of the
SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE, for the
promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity and indus
try, will be held in Charleston, S. C.> opening oi
MONDAY, 17th NOVEMBER, and continue da
ring the week.
Specimens in every branch of Mechanism, Art
and Industry; also of Cotton, Rice, Sugar, Tobacco,
and all otbir Agricultural Products, is solicited, for
which suitable premiums will be awarded.
The following special Premiums are offered :
For the six beri specimens of Steel made from
Spartanburg or other Iron, the product of a Southern
State, and manufactured into Edged Tools of any
kind—A Gold Medal.
N, B.— A specimen of the Steel in Bars to be sent
with the Tools.
For the largest quantity of Cocoons raised on one
plantation, not less than Ten Bushels—A Gold Me
dal. or 250.
For the largest quantity of Spua Silk, the produce
of any one plantation, not less than Ten Pounds—A
Gold Medal, or Premium of SSO.
For the best Sea Island Cotton Gin, on some new
principle, superior to that now in general use ; or
for any real and important improvement on the pre
sent one—A Gold Medal.
For the invention of a suitable machine for Pulver
ising Red Pepper—A Gold Medal.
For the best Steam Engine—A Gold Medal.
For the best model Steam Fire Engine—A Gold
Medal.
A large and commodious building has been select
ed for the Exhibition, and every care will be paid to
the reception and care of Articles sent to the Fair.
Ail Spec.mens must be in by the 13th November.
Contributors to the Fair are respectfully requested,
when they forward Specimens for Exhibition, to send
full descriptions of the Articles, and such informa
(ion in general as may be of use, and proper for
publication. Address J. H. TAYLOR,
Chairman of Committee on Correspondence.
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TRAINING STABLE.
A PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE has
been openened in Augusta, Ga., by A. M.
Jewell, for the purpose of training Horses for the
Turf. Those having Horses to train, can have the
opportunity of testing their speed and bottom, at the
Fl Races, that take place on the 12th of January.
The Stable will be open to receive Horses on the first
day of August. The Proprietor can be found at the
Race Track, or United States Hotel.
jyl w2m A. M. JEWELL, Proprietor.
O’Spirit of the Times copy one month, and send
bill to this office
DR. WILLIAM S. MEIERE
STAKES PLEASURE in announcing
to the citizens of Oglethorpe and vicinity, his
return from his visit to the North.
Dr. M., whilst absent, has provided himself with
a set of the most approved Surgical and Obstetrical
INSTRUMENTS, together with a choice selection
of DRUGS and CHEMICALS, some of which are
of recent importation, and not to be procured else
where. He has also purchased many excellent
Works treating on diseases of the South.
He hopes that from his already acquired experi
ence in the treatment of diseases, particularly those
peculiar to Females and Children, and by a close
attention to his practice, to merit a continuance of
the encouragement with which he has hitherto been
so liberally favored. jyl-w3
HARPER C. BRYSON,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
Augusta,*Georgia.
THE UNDERSIGNED begs, leave to ten
derto his friends, his services in the above line
•f business ; and would inform them that Cotton and
other produce consigned to him, will te stored in the
Warehouse of the late firm of Walker, Bryson A
Co., on Jackson street, and solicits a share of public
patronage.
Advances made on produce in store, and ordeis
for Goods promptly attended to.
O Office at the above Warehouse.
jyJZ-Jm HARPER C. BRYSON.
NOTICE.
M SCHILLER, (recently of the firm of
• Schiller <ft Carr) having purchased the en
tire interest of the late firm of Mybsh Falk, is
prepared to carry on the CLOTHING BUSINESS
in all its branches as heretofore Be returns his
thanks for the liberal patronage extended to the firm,
and solicits a continuance of the same, and feels
confident that no effort on his part will be spared to
give satisfaction to those who may honor him with
their custom.
Augusta, Juno 21, 1851.
Wb, the undersigned, having sold our entire in
terest to M. Scbillkb, duly authorize him to collect
all accountsand notes due our firm, and liquidate all
claims against it. MYERS & FALK.
Au9u at a, June 21, 1851. je2B-wlm
Th© Union Bible Dictionary,
FO R Sunday School Teachers,
Coleman’s Historical Chart of the Bible,
The Ways of Life, by Rev. Charles Ho.ige, of
Princeton, N. J. Price—374 cents. For sale by
ie2o-dIwDUNHAM A BLEAKLEY.
SIOO REWARD.
ON THE NIGHT of the 31st of May last,
Tavner H. Terrel, John B. Ashworth and
James S. Daniel, came to my house in Elbert Co.,
Ga., and after committing several acts of violence,
fired a gun or pis’o! at my wife, and another at my
self. Terrel left said county on Monday night fol
lowing, and is suppose! to be in Coweta county,
where he has a brother, or in Campbell county,
where he has a brother-in-law. I will give the
above reward of One Hundred Dollars for the ap
prehension of said Terrel, or his confinement in any
safe Jail, so that the Sheriff of this County gets him
in custody. DAVID DANIEL.
June 13th, 1851.
DESCRIPTION.
Terrel is a small man—say a v ont 5 feet 4or 5
inches high, and weighs about 125 libs. ; about
30 years o( age $ has dark-red hair ; pale complex
ion, rather swarthy, with some datk frsckles. He
is lame in one of his legs from an injury of tho hip.
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HOUSE FURNISHING STORE.
(ft IN ADDITION to our stock of
CROCKERY, CHINA and GLASS, ’ffj
I Iwe will be constantly supplied with «■»
every article needed for House Furnishing, which
we will sell as low as they can »e purchased else
where. Among our assortment may be found —
Fine Walnut and Maple Cane-seat Chairs;
“ Rose-Wood “ “ and back Rock-
ing Chairs |
Windsor and Office Chairs;
Safes, Wardrobes, Tables, Bedsteads;
Children’s Chairs, of various stylos;
Cedar Tubs, Buckets, Churns, Keelers;
—ALSO—
Measures, Barrel Covers, Rolling Pins, Washboards,
Towel Stands, Beef Mallets, Clothes Pins Soap
Bowls, Boot Jacks, Poiatoe Mashers, Ladles. Scoops.
Muddies, Flour Boxes, Spiggo's, Seives, Rat and
Mouse Traps, fine and common Bellows, Toy Wa
gons, Knife Boxes, Wooden Trays, Toy Wheelbar
rows, Port Monies, Cocoa Dippers, Graters, Ice
Breakers, Cottou and Hemp LineSj Butter Prints,
Jelly Moulds, Shovels and Tongs, Grid Irons, Sad
Irons, Brass Kettles, Iron and Tin Saucepan, Fire
Dogs, Knives and forks, Spoons, Coffee-mills, Fry
pans, Snuffers, Waiters, Dust Pans, Mortars and
Pestles, Wash Bowls, Japanned Toilet Ware, Dus
ters, Hearth and Scrub Brushes, Clothes Brushes,
Hoes, Weeders, Rakes and Shovels, for flower gar
dens, Fancy Work Baskets, Market Baskets, Mats,
Willow Wagons and Cuairs, aad a great variety of
other articles too numerous to mention. Give us a
call at our old tlaud below the Port Office corner.
m y 23 MUSTIN A LATHROP.
Fire Proof Ware House.
WRIGHT, SIMPSON & GARDINER,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS.
Office and Sales Room. Mclntosh street, near the
Telegraph Office, Augusto, Ga.
THE UNDERSIGNED have This
Day associated themselves in the WARE
ESSSi HOUSE and COM MISSION BUSINESS,
in ail its branches ; and by this medium tender to the
friends and patrons of each, and the public general
ly, their thanks for patronage formerly bestowed,
and earnestly solicit a continuance of the same in
tbis connection, assuring all who may favor aa with
their business that they shall have our personal and
undivided attention, feeling that the interest of the
Planter is equally the interest of his Factor.
Orders for BAGGING, ROPE and FAMILY
SUPPLIES, executed on the most advantageous
terms.
Liberal Cash Advances unde cn Cotton and other
Produce in Store. SAM’L WRIGHT,
J. R. SIMPSON,
JAS. T. GARDINER,
Augusta, June 24, 1851. je2s-6m
NEW WORKS.
JUST received, at GEO. ‘ OATES A CO.’S
Piano, Book and Music Store, the following new
Works, via:
Downing’s Architecture of Country Houses.
Harry Graphs; or Scenery, Celebrities and Soci
ety : by N. P. Willis.
Reveries of a Bachelor; or a book of the Heart:
by Ike Marvel.
May You Like It: by Chas. B. Taylor, M. A,
author of Records of a Good Mau’s Life, Ac.
A Grandmother’s Recollection: by Ella Rodman.
The Glenns, a Family History : by J. 1. McCon
nei.
Household Words; vol. 2: by Chas. Dickens.
Family Kitihen Gardener : by Buist.
The Fruit Garden, a treatise on Propagating
Transplanting, Ac., of Fruit Trees: by P. Barry,
of the Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, New York.
jell
Nails, Brads and Spikes.
CARGO OF BRIG SARAH FRAMCW, TO ARRIkk
3*r k KEGS, of all sixes. Orders io
aOUvr ceived previous to arrival, will be
delivered without charge for drayage. No erdera
received for less than 100 Kegs.
Also, 250 Bales HAY.
ap 3 GEO. W. LEWIS.
HOUSEKEEPING ARTICLES.
BRASS ANDIRONS, Shovels and Tongs, Fen
ders, Bellows, Hearth and Crumb Brushes.
Hair Mats, Waiters, Candlesticks, Carters, Cake
Baskets, Plated and Britannia Tea Sets, Coffee Urns
and Biggins, Solar Lard Lamps, Candelabra in
Gold and Silver, Dish Covers, Beefsteak Dishes,
Egg Boilers, with 3 minute Glass attached, and
many other desirable articles. For sale kw I y
la 10 CLAHK, RACrRTT A « <>
CORN. “
Q fk/Wk BUSHELS of prime White North
W" " Carolina CORN, now landing, and
for aale by je4 S. D. LINTON A CO,
Dry
STAPLE DRY GOODS
SNOWDEN &. SHEAR
HAVE NOW IN STORK ■ Urge supply
of STAPLE DRY GOODS, auitabl. for
Family and Plantation uae.
AMOItU WHICH ABZ
Superior 12-4 Linen SHEETINGS, and Pillow
Case LINENS,
Superior 4-4 Irish LINENS, and I ong LA WNS,
Superior 8-4 and 10-4 Table and Damask DIA
PERS,
84, 10-4, IZ-4, 18-4, and 20-4 Damask Table •
CLOTHS and Damask NAPKINS.
Superior Bird's Eye and Scotch DIAPERS.
Heavy HUCKABACKS, and Plain OREftUIL
LAS, for Towel.,
Plain White and Fancy Colored Fiimitm. DIMI
TIES, and Cotton FRINGES,
Plain Linen GINGHAMS, TOIL DE INDE,
and POPLINS, for Ladies* Travelling Dresses,
Ladies und Gentleman’s HOSIERY, of superior
style and quality,
Superior Water-Twist, Now York Mills, and
Frame Yarn Bleached SHIRTINGS,
12-4 Bleached and Brown SHEETINGS, of the
beat quality,
Su P°r»w Pawtucket,Merrimack, and Atlantic Mills
Brown SHEETINGS,
Augusts and Graniteville Brawn SHEETINGS
and SHIRTINGS,
Heavy Cotton OSNABURGS. Georgia STRIPES
and Negro KERSEYS, 6
Apron CHECKS and Superior Amoskeag A-C. A.
TICKINGS,
Superior White GAU2IE, and Welch FLAN
NELS,
White Marseilles QUILTS, of superior styles and
qualities,
A large supply of Ingrain, Three Ply, Brussels,
and Tapestry CARPETS,
With a great variety of other articles, to which
they respectfully invite the attention of the public.
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DRY GOODS? - DRY GOODS.
CHEAP AT
GRAY BROTHERS,
290 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
MR* C. GRAY having left for the Northern
Markets, to select a large and splendid Stock
for the ensuing Pall Trade, (pads of <hich we will
bo receiving weekly for our wholesale customers,)
we now ofter the remaining portion of the Summer
Stock at such a low reale of prices that we feel con
fident will insure their speedy sale—
Fine French CAMBRICS, worth 37c., for 25e.
BAREGES and TISSUES equally low.
CALICOES and GINGHAMS, 10. 12, and 16
yards for 21.
Bleached LONG CLOTHS, 16 yards, for 21,
Muslin and Lace CAPES very cheap,
LINENS. DIAPERS and TOWELLINGS,
A few DRESSES, of extra rich light colored silks,
A beautiful lot of rich PARASOLS at coat,
COUNTERPANES, Linen and Cotton SHEET
INGS, BED TICKS, DR LUNGS, DIAPERS,
every kind of DOMESTIC GOODS, selling at un
usually low price*, to make room for Heavy Goods.
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Musquito Nettings and Bareges.
ALEXANDER * WRIGHT bare j<ut re
ceived-
superior 12 4 BOBINETS and Pavillion GAUZS
Lupin’s superior Black BAREGES,
Silk Warp FLANNEL,
Gauze Du., very fine,
Superior Irish LINENS; Table DI A PER,
Bird’s Eye DIAPER, some very fine,
And a great variety of other GOODS, which they
offer at low prices. je24 d&w
Ladies’ Dress Goods.
SNOWDEN & SHEAR,
HAVE NOW ON HAND, a beautiful tup-
ply of LADIES’ DHESS GOODS, among
which are
French printed JACONETTS, of new and beau
tiful styles:
Rich Embroidered and fancy colored GRENA
DINES, of the latest styles;
While dotted SWISS MUSLINS for Lalies* Dres
ses.
Rich Embroidered Colored MUSLINS and Fan
cy BAREGES;
Superior Whi e and Colored GRENADINE and
CRAPE SHAWLS
Ladies’ Worked Lace and Muslin SLEEVES,
of beautiful styles.
Ladies’ French Worked Muslin CHIMA
SETTES, COLLARS and SLEEVES ;
Ladies’ White Lice SCARFS and MANTILLAS
Ladies’ French Worked Muslin MANTILLAS;
Ladies’ Hem-stici Riviere and Frenck Lawn
HANDKERCHIEFS; With a great variety of oth
er articles, to which they respectfully invite the at
tention of the ladies. je2o-dtwdfcw
Another Arrival of New Goods
WILLIAM H. CRANE
HAB RECEIVED, THIS DAY, (be fol
lowing GOODS —
Embroidered Jaconet and Swiss EDGINGS and
INSERTINGS, handsome patterns,
Fine 4-4 Plain Wash BLOND,
Extra Fine Dotted Swiss MUSLIN,
Embroidered Chemisette COLLARS, some very
rich and handsome,
Another lot of Blue Nett VEILS, and many other
articles,
—ON HAND—
A large assortment of all kinds of DRY GOODS,
which he is selling off low.ie2l*d& w
LADIES’ MOURNING GOODS.
SNOWDEN A SHEAR.
HAVE received from New York, a large sup-
ply of Goods for Mourning, among which are :
Lupin’s superior Black BOMBAZINES ;
Superior Black ALPACAS, of the best style and
quality ;
Superior English Black and White PRINTS and
GINGHAMS;
Plain bi’k Silk GRENADINESandbI’kBAREGES
Black MARQUISSE and plain Black CRAPE DE
PARIS;
Black Grenadine and Love SHAWLS; and Black
CRAPE VEILS.
To which they respectfully invite the attention of
the public. je2o-dtw&w
Dry Goods at and under Cost.
TIIK Subscribers, intending ta make a change
in their business, offer their Stock, of GOODS
at cost.
The stock is large and desirable, having been re
cently purchased ; and persons wanting Goods can
soon discover the great deductions made in the prices,
DOMBSTU'-Q, LINENS, CALICOES, SHEET
INGS and SHIRTINGS, and other heavy GOODS
at first cost.
SILK-, BAREGES, LAWNS, ORGANDIES,
Printed MUSLINS, GINGHAMS, and other Goods,
suitable for Summer wear, will be sold less than
cost. T. J. COSGROVE & CO.,
jes-d&twlw 202 Broad street.
GREAT BARGAINS
SELLING OFF AT COST.
THE! SUBSCRIBERS intending, 'o bring
their business to a close by the Ist of July, offer
their entire New Stock of Dry Goods nt cost for cash.
HOXIE & FISHER.
ALSO,
Their store will be for rent from Ist July until the
Ist of October. my2B Im H. & P.
NEW SPRING GOODS.
ALEXANDKR <Si WRIGHT are now re*
ceiving theii Stock of Spring and Summer
GOODS, among which are—
Super, black BOMBAZINES, ALPACAS, BA
REGES, GRENADINES, TISSUES, and MAR*
QUISSE, GINGHAMS, PRINTS, French JACO
NETS; Jaconet, Swiss Mull, and Naneook MUS
LINS;
Check, Striped,and Figured SILKS, Plain, Black,
and Figured SILKS ;
Kid GLOVES, Egyptian MITTS, Linen Cambric
HANDKERCHIEFS;
Muslin COLLARS and CUFFS;
Jaconet and Swiss EDGINGS and INSERT
INGS;
Irish LINENS, Damask DIAPERS, CLOTHS
and NAPKINS, and a complete assortment of Goods
in their lino, which they offer at low prices, and re
spectfully invite the public to examine their assort
ment. mh9-d&w
MORE NEW
PDAIN and figured BAREGES and TISSUES,
Plain and figured black and colored SILKS,
Needle-worked SLEEVES, CUPPS, CAPES
and COLLARS,
Bonnet, Belt, Cap and Regalia RIBBONS,
Plain and Open-worked HOSE,
Black and white figured LACE, for Caps, Gapes
and Mantillas.
Wide black Silk LACE, for Trimming,
Printed MULLINS, 12| cents a yard,
Linen LUSTRES, 12j a 18 cents a yard,
PARASOLS, FANS, Ac., &c.
Just received at the Old and New Stores of
my 6 T, BRENNAN A CO.
WARREN COUNTY, GKO.—W hercas,
Ananias Beck worth applies for letters nf ad
ministration on the estate of Joseph Howell, lata of
said coun’y, 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 shou d not be granted.
Given under ray band at office in Warrenton.
July 2,1851. A I ’AM JONES, C. C. O.
FOUR. MONTHS after date, application will
be made to the honorable the Justices of the In
ferior Court of Richmond county, sitting as a Court
of Ordinary, for leave to sell the Negroes be'onging
to the estate of John M. Turner, deceased.
WM. A. WALTON, Adm’r.
June 21, 1861.
Georgia, Columbia county.—
Jefferson S. Briscoe, of the 134'b District, G*
M., tolls before me, David P. Stanford, a Justice of
the Peace, One Estrsy Chesnut Sorrel MARE, hip
ehotten, about I4j hands high, 16 years old. Ap
praised by Thomas P. Wade and Jesse Morries, tu
be worth Twenty-five Dollars, this 19th day of May,
1851. David P. Stanford /, p.
A true extract from the Estray Book, June 17,
1851. je27-w3 DAVID HA RRISS, Clerk.
Elbert sheriff’s sale.—win be
sold, on the first Tuesday in AUGUST next,
beforethe C'urt Horse door in the town of Elberton,
Elbert county, a Tract of LAND lying on Coldwa
ter Creek, joining lands of James Brown, and others,
conlaing Thirty Acres, more or less, levied on as the
property of David W. Cheek, to satisfy sundry fi.
fu. levied on and returned to me by a constable.
Property pointed out by Wm. Bowers.
JOHN G. McCURRT, Dep. Sh’ff.
June 28, 1851.
Georgia, Lincoln county.—-
Clerk’s Office, Inferior Court, May 6,
1851. —All persons interested, are hereby notified,
that David Kinder, o f the 186th District, G. M_,
tolls before Austin J. Davis, one of the Justices cf
the Peace for said District, as an Betray, an Iron
Gray COLT, marked as follows: three white feet,
a blaze in his face, and about three years old ; valued
by John Ferguson and Daniel Clary, freeholdera of
raid county and district, to be worth Twenty Dollars.
The owner of said estray Colt is required to come
forward, pay charges, and take said Co’t away, or
he will be dealt with as the law directs.
A true extract from the Estray Book.
ALEXANDER JOHNSON, Clerk I. C.
June 28, 1851. w 3
DAYS after date, application will be
made to the Caahier of the Mechanics’ Bank
of Augusta, for the paymant of a BANK NOTE o
said Bank, for One Hundred Dollars, one half of
which was remitted from Perry to New Orleans, by
mail, on or about Jan. 27, 18'U, and hts not since
been heard of, and is supposed to be lost. The other
half reached its destination, and is now in posseasum
of the person to whom it was sent a few days pre
viously. COOPER <fc HEYWOOD.
DiacaiPTiON.—Letter A—No. 292. Oct. 4, 1843.
3100. Payable to W. F. Pembertoa, or bearer.
1 S. B. Carhart, Cashier. A. Sibley, Presideat.
May, 3, 1851-w2m.
bMINISTRATOiVS SALE.— WiU be
sold, at the reri fence of Thomas Parham, late
of Warren county, deceased, on tbe 24th day of
JULY next, all the perishable Property belonging
to the estate of said deceased, consisting of Hog?,
> Horses, Cattle, Household and Kitchen Pur&iiture,
1 and other property, too numerous to mentien.
June 11, 1851. ADAM JONES, Adm’r.
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