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* * CHRONICLE 4ND SENTINEL. a 1 g|u st a. THURSDAY MORfcING, FEBRUARY 20. Ce cress. The proceedings ar 1 still devoid of interest. — The fanatics at the Nc fir have struck upon a new theme, and are now memorializing Congress against the employme t of blood hounds to hunt out the Indians in FI 'ida. A number of these memorials have been resented to the Senate.— The House of Repres [Natives seems to be con verted into an elecfion ‘ring arena for the Presi dency. and members a '$ spending whole days in making speeches for aid against General Har rison ; discussing his fualificatlons as a warrior, and reviewing his ha 1 ties. On the 14th, Mr. Crary of Michigan, m flea long speech against the General, in which <? depreciated his services ( both civil and rnilitar ; and on the next day, Mr. Goode of Ohio, to him. Several others have spoken ab at the same matters, and there is no telling whe 3 it is to end. Charleston Ita es—Second Day. Mr. Hammond’s C nega won rhe Citizen’* Purse on Tuesday, bea ng Gano and others. Omega, 1 I Gano, 2 2 Meridian, 3 4 Lily, 4 5 Janet, 6 3 Zorida, 5 d r . Time Ist heat, 3m. f is.; 2nd sm. 525. 1 ennessee.—A W ig State Convention was held at Nashville on M nday week, says the Na tional Intelligencer of ti j 15th, at which an elec toral ticket was formed >be voted for at the ensu ing election of Preside t and Vice President of the L lited States. A its head are placed, as Senatorial Electors, th honored namesof Hugh L. White and Ephrai 1 H. Foster. This is a glorious auspice ot the j obable result of the elec tion. With such nan *s inscribed upon their banner, the Whigs have ivery reason to count up upon success, and every notive to strive for it. Specie Come and 9Jomino.—The barque Ann Eliza, arrived at llsw York on the 13th, from Vera Cruz, has brought $126,000 in silver- A letter in the Journal < [ Commerce, dated Mex ico, January 14. mentio 3 the departure of a con ducta for Vera Cruz wit two millions and a half —to be soon followed bj another with a million. I he National Intellig acer of the 13th instant states that the Chain briiie across the Potomac, at the Little Falls, has b ; ;n entirely carried away and its timbers have con ; down the river. ( orrespondence of i e North American, New Y |mt, Feb. 13, 3 P.M. Ihe sales of Cotton o-day, amount to 500 »>Mes at steady prices. n Flour there are but tew sales, and the mark tis heavy. The sale of Teas imported in the R bert Fulton took place to-day at the Phoenix sa 3s room. There was a large and spirited comp ; iy, and the black Teas sold at a great advance < , the last auction sale, say 5a 6 cts per lb. Cal on made Teas brought no advance. The Bos ~n merchants bought largely of the Souchong We have h.d an auc tion sale of Leather to-da ~ at which 4000 sides were run off. A credit« 6 months was given, and the prices obtained xf ? re on light weights, 3 Clb °' er t,le last sale of ! ie autumn, Middling li; good damaged £a|; heavy, par . Stocks sold rather belt! r this morning. Mo ney begins to go a hegg ig. Some of the brok ers are buying paper atjr per cent. Corpora tion 7 per cent; Bonds ayable next June are above par. There has I en a good deal of stir m French exchange, and prime bills have been read.lysoldatsf2.sper ollar. Sterling 8* a 9 prem. There , s no breal through to the sound yet. he N. Haven be 4 stops a dozen miles from the citv. Domestic Exchanges , e rather better. Phil adelphia 6 a 6 1-8; Haiti tore 5j a 5 1-8- Ri „ h mondej a 7i Char 1 e.tc,3 i .3, :5 .;. li :; h h Corretpondenee of the I,tonal Intelligencer. Th , ' > w '°» 4 February 13, ,840. Ibe stock market to-dt exhibited touch a„i matton. and tnete was as. neral advance. Man hattan Bank ran up to pa f rom which the infer ence is that the losses w:i be less than announc for iha. specula,ion tor|he purpose ol puiiing aup ha, been at work.dl;. S . Bank is 75* Corporation bond, hear,l, an in,ere,, are now above par. K The indication, of th. money market are. greater plent,fulness 0 f mc 1 , 6 “ , UI nK ie J. I here hem >• it tie or no demand ib«» k “ to takl'w :, P ' ab '- V —- "ould have taken J ' ha " ** in the street, good paper JL » ’ ' .ho lawful raw „f i da ‘hey believe 54 to be the" “TofT 'T ** Whai a cf k ot incendiaries' lr! ;T raemary 0P ” Die limes, and the i morals of the city. We Private letters state that here has been . grea , reahe, ,he .Mohawk, md tha, the Saratov railroad bridge has been ca red away. trad o hC T* market ,S ntb T barren ■ The s P rin S thin I p oPenanon,Wher we hope to do some from E e ' 3IUS ° UI “ re * d ’ butshi l' s horn Europe almoatemplv. . T he New York r* flf Uth ww-A. ,i_ T ** of the m.t i r * K> ° has not vet made her appearance. \\ , hi , ' no. depa. ton the day .J,e : ™ 1 ■ty is that when was k„, ,TL P ” W ’ ,I ‘ > the departure of the BrhU t^cn ‘ h “ ofl-,o,h.l.t„fMarch..he L,"m P “‘ postponed the departure c, .heir ship „°„Tthe Ist of this month. ‘ ] Hsoivut Case—U.viTEU States Cotitr j The last Congress, we think, passed a law V touching imprisonment for debt-one prov.s.on o. of which was that the L. S. District Courts it should discharge insolvent debtors upon their j w complying with the requisition of the state laws p in which the court was held. Judge Betts, ot ti N. Y., decided that this law reached debtors to a the Government. The decision was, we belive, p hastily made, and avowedly without argument, e A case recently came before Judge Hopkinson. li of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in which e a debtor to the United States pleaded his certifi- tl cate granted by the Insolvent Court of Pennsyl- , n vania. The Judge refused to receive it. and de- , cided that the act of Congress did not apply to j debtors to the Government. t From the New Orleans Bulletin. I Progress of the Federalists in Mexico. s We have been favored with the perusal of a r letter, received by a respectable house in this city, c from the interior of Mexico. It was written from San Luis de Potosi, bearing date of the thirteenth of January last. San Luis is situated among the mountains of the interior, a few leagues from the provinces of Guadalaxara and A alladolid, border- g ing on the Pacific ocean. The position ot the c writer has enabled him to gather some important f particulars respecting the movements of the Fed- a enlists in that quarter. It is a remote section of t the country, with regard to us, but nevertheless t influential, as comprising much of the population f and wealth of the Republic. The prospects of lh« Federalists there are decidedly flattering; in- * deed, in no part of the country does the cause p present a more flourishing aspect. In Guadalax- h ara, the efforts of the party, under General Gor- r diano Guzman, have been very successful. The t Government forces, under General Paredos, were p defeated in a pitched battle, with the loss of five 0 hundred men. The victory was so decisive, as to give the Federalists the ascendancy, and it was p expected that the whole province would soon be s reduced to subjection. p The news from that section of the province of e Mexico which lies on the Pacific is equally en- p couraging. General Alavarez at the head of the c Federalists, had gained important advantages.— a His army at the last accounts, wss moving to the j North-East, intending to overrun the State of s Yal!adolid and form a junction with the troops un ier Guzman. The union of their forces it was j, thought, would ensure success by completely rev- y olutionizing the states of Guadalaxara, Luarrax- p ato, Valladolid and the section of the state of c Mexico that bordeis on the ocean. Along the p whole Pacific coast south of Acapullo, the feeling j is fivorable to Federalism, and the provinces are n ripe for revolution. In San Luis, Potosi, and at j oth?r points of the interior, there have been de- /. monstralions which plainly indicate to which side c the popular mind is inclined. p In the meanwhile, the course pursued by the t | Centralists is highly injudicious and destructive j of their own cause. Instead of yielding to the popular current, and encouraging a reform of pre- vailing abuses, they oppose every thing like im provement or innovation, and seemed resolved at all hazards to maintain the sway of priestcraft and tysanny. The government has more to dread from the folly of its rulers, than from the strength of their adversaries, and will no doubt, illustrate in its ruin the Latin maxim, “ quern Dcus valt per,lere,prius d mentul.” j Peru and Bolivia.—The government of Pe- ! ru having made the following demands upon that of Bolivia, and the latter refusing to comply, pre- I parations for war were making, at the dates of the last accounts: Demands of Peru. I 1 That the Republic of Bolivia pay 6,000,000 of dollars on account of the war with Chili. 2 That the limits of Bolivia be bounded by a p line along the Desaguadero and the lake of Till- , caca, to Gorata. (This limit would deprive Bo- ,j < liviaof a large extent of territory.) f 3 That Bolivia return to Peru the flags lost at j; the battles of h anacocha and Socabaya, and that they be conducted to the Desaguadero by Boli vian troops, with all the honors of war. 4 That the port of Cohija be closed, and the commerce of Bolivia he carried on through the Peruvian port of Africa. (By this demand, Bo livia would lose all the duties accruing on her commerce.) 5 That Bolivia send, to Peru one soldier for * every Peruvian killed in the battles of Yanoco cha and Socabaya.— Globe. And so dissolves the Peru-Bolivian Confedera cy.—Com. Adv. J The New \ ork Gazette says that the notori- p ous Stephen Burroughs, so well known for his „ various rogueries in early life, for his counterfeit m preaching as well as his counterfeit money, died recently at Three Rivers, Lower Canada, at the probable age of about eighty. Burroughs had , been in numerous prisons for various crime, and made many surprising escapes from them—and finally took up the business of being a respecta- r ble man, in the latter part of his life. He was ' the son of a very worthy clergyman of Coventry, t ; Conn. ’ f y A Large Increase.—There are 2,024 pau- r i pers m the Philadelphia alms-house, at the pre sent time, which is four hundred more than was fi j ever within its walls at any one time before. So n says the Baltimore Sun. 0 As Escape and Recovery of a Convict. c The most ingenious device hitherto resorted to, c to effect an escape from our Penitentiary, that has come to our knowledge, was practised by a $ i convict of rather dull and ordinary understanding s I last week, by the name of Rambo, who had been a : committed from Bibb county. Having, it appears, a an extra suit of clothes in his cell, he stuffed them and otherwise made a pretty complete image of “ himself—which he placed with the face looking out through the grating of the window, and the f back to the cell door. It having been taken for , himself, was hastily locked up, and as such, fre | quer.tly recognized through the night by the ! guard stationed in the passage. But lo! in the morning, the Simon Pure, to the mortification of C : all, was missing—off—no one knew when or a j in what direction. The fates however were against him—his inventive genius failing. Not having scaled the walls till just before day, being obsen- 1 ed, but not known at the time, ‘the guard was h i Sorely enabled to get upon his track, and he ' was rclodged again in prison before night. For t! j tins offence, under our code of laws, he now sub je ts himself to have four years added to h : s time | of servitude. —Southern Recorder. 'j j Illinois Internal Improvements. —The e i at e of Illinois have passed a law repealing, as is tar as they could do it, all the internal improve- tl ment laws of the commonwealth, and abandon- n ing the works. It is thought the House will agree p to it. A correspondent of the St. Louis Argus ti gives the following brief account of the condition m which things will b<? left by this legislature: ! tc Out ot 300 miles of railroad, some 20 are com- h pleted. lie rest is in every stage between comple- ai t.on and commencement-embankments half for- I h met, bridges halt built, an immense amount of I tying on the ground; the first is left to a t wash away; the second to tumble d:wn and de- o [ cav; \ he l ast lo rot ,n u tter uselessness, unless some kind persons will take ,t for fire wood or i so fences. A large amount of contracts are now |cr abandoned by the state. ol A Candidate.—The editor of the Richmond I“< Enquirer says he is a candidate for of Premiss, of the Louisville Journal thinks he will I in be elected. I as Hail Road Concussion. —We learn that u»i Wednesday afternoon, while the train of cars was ,n its way to Washington, moving at full speed, \ t was unexpectedly met by a burthen train, which j vas approaching the city. The meeting took dace at a short turn in the road, and the locomo ives at the head of each train came together with i force which,— according to the account of a rassenger,—literally demolished them both. Ihe m-ineers, seeing their inability to prevent the col- ; ision', jumped off just before it took place, and escaped without injury. We are happy to add ihat none of the passengers were hurt.— Bath- ( more American, 15/A inst. The License Question in Connecticut. I The Hartford Courier says—“ Most of the towns in this State have followed the example of | Hartford in allowing the free sale of wines and spirituous liquor. Several towns that had passed resolutions entirely prohibiting the sale, have since called meetings and reversed that decision. Among these arc Wetheisfield, Bolton, and Manchester. From the Farmers' Register. Comparative View of the Profits ari sing FROM THK CULTURE OF CORN AND THE CULTURE OF SILK ON POOH SOILS —III the Farmers’ Register (vol. vii.pp.599,) Dr. Perrine, after having avowed his belie! in “/Ac fitness of the Southern States for the culture of silk, uses the following language: “but this beliel is not founded on the false hypothesis that this new branch of rural industry will yield greater profits than an equal amount of labor and capital em ployed in the culture of corn or cotton. Yet this belief is based on the undisputed facts that this new industry will occupy the poorest soils and the feeblest persons, which and who cannot be profitably devoted to the culture of any old staple of agriculture.” Now, while I avow a determined and firm op position to all humbug statements, if the hypothe sis that the culture of silk will yield greater profits than the same amount oflabor and capital employed in the culture of corn or cotton (when poor soils are brought under cultivation in both cases) can be proved to be false , for one, I shall abandon the culture of silk, and advise others to do the same. But let us see how the matter stands, taking “ undisputed facts ” to form a basis for our estimates. I live in a region where corn is cultivated to considerable extent on soils that yield 10 to 12 bushels per acre, and none will pretend that this culture, taking 11 bushels of corn per acre as the average of the crops, will pay a profit of more than $2 per acre: and if it Joes even that, it must be under a system of the most pinching economy. From this, it is obvious that the cultivators of such soils in corn, if hired labor were their dependence, could not live, and consequently they must emigrate, or sell their poor lands, and turn speculators or traders, and thus destroy the proper balance of society by ad- Jing to a class already 100 numerous. No. 1. 3 men, 3 boys, and 3 women, may cul tivate 10U acres of poor land, and pro duce 1100 bushels of corn, from which 320 bushels must be deducted, for the support of 4 horses and 9 laborers; 780 bushels, the remnant left for mar ket, at 70 cents per bushel, $546 00 Deduct as follows : Hire of 3 men and clothing and animal food, $2lO 00 Hire of 3 women and clothing and animal food, 135 00 Hire of 3 boys and clothing and animal food, 135 00 Net profit (without charge for black smith’s bill,) $66 00 From the foregoing statement it appears that 66 cents per acre, instead of $2, would be the profit realized from poor soils cultivated in corn, and that this is near the truth, may be inferred from the fact that such lands, in this region, rent for 60 to 80 cents the cultivated acre. No. 2. 3 men, 3 boys, and 3 women, may culti vate 30 acres of morus multicaulis, and with the assistance of $l5O ex pended for help, rear 2 000,000 of silk worms, which will produce 400 pounds of reeled silk, worth S2OOO 00 And 200 lbs. of floss and waste silk, 100 00 S2IOO 00 Deduct as follows: Interest on cocoonery, $75 00 Hire of 9 laborers,as in No. 1, 480 00 Bread for 9 laborers, 100 00 Corn for 2 horses, 70 00 9 months’ interest on $l5O 6 75 Transient labor, 150 00 Net profit, sl2lß 25 This may be a “false hypothesis,” but if so, it rests mainly on the admitted facts of Dr. P., viz., Ist. that 200 pounds of leaves produce 1 pound of reeled silk ; and, 2d, that one acre of poor soil, planted in morus multicaulis, will yield 3200 pounds of leaves, or 16 pounds of reeled silk. In the last statement I have made no charge for reeling the cocoons, because I know that it may be done by the 3 women, with the assistance of the men and boys. There is no difficulty about the art of reeling that may not be over- j come by any woman capable of learning to spin cotton or yarn, with a few days suitable instruc- j lion, and two or three months practice. But if >1 per pound be paid for reeling the silk, we shall still have a net profit of SBIB from 30 acres of poor soil, or rather more than s27* per I Layton Y. Atkins. Stafford County, Va., Jan. 1 840. * Let it be remembered that I have made the product of 30 acres, 80 pounds of reeled silk, less than the estimate of Dr. P., which would add $320 to the net profit. ■ • It is stated by a correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, that there is at Port-Spain, Trinidad, i congregation of worshippers who hold all the tenets and doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, but deny the jurisdiction of the Pope Phis is believed to be the first congregation who lave emancipated themselves from the control of the See of Rome, and yet hold the doctrines of hat church. “Better Laugh than Cry!”—So say we.— Fhere’s no use in rubbing one’? eyes and blub- Bering over all “ the ills that flesh is heir to.” Red yes are scandalous looking affairs. The best wav s to “ stand up to the rack,” and take the good hings and the evil as they come along, without epining—always cheering yourself with that philosophical ejaculation, “ better luck next time !” Is dame fortune as shy as a weasel 1 Tell her ° go to thunder, and laugh her in the face. Tt.e lappiest fellow we ever saw slept upon a plank— md hadn’t a shilling in his pocket nor a coat to lis back. Do “ lurking in many i prize? Then throw it away and laugh it vour >wn folly for so pursuing it. ° Does fame elude your grasp? Then laugh at the ools that are so often her votaries. She’s of no onsequence any how, and never buttered a niece if bread, or furnished a man a clean dickey. 1 ake our ad\ice in all circumstances to laugh dull care away !” Don’t be in a hurry to get out f the world. It’s a very good world, consider og tne creatures who inhabit it, and is just about s full of fun as it well can ue. You never saw a man eat his throat with a broad grin on his late, it’s a grand preventive of suicide. There's phi losophy and religion too. in laughing—it shows a clear conscience sincere gratitude for the good things of life and elevates us above the b~ute cre ation. So here goes for fun—and we’ll put in for our share while the bull is rolling.— Goshen Detn- I ocrat. From Priest's American Antiquities. A Cavern of the West, 1 In which are found, many interesting Hlerugly i phics, supposed to have been made by the An cient Inhabitants. I On the Ohio, twenty miles below the mouth I ofthe Wabash, is a cavern, in which are found i many hieroglyphics, and representations of such , j delineations as would induce the belief that their | authois were, indeed, comparatively refined and civilized. It is a cave in a rock, or ledge of the mountain which presents itself to view, a little above the water of the river, when in flood, and is situated close to the hank. In the early settle ment of Ohio, this cave became possessed by a party of Kentuckians, called “Wilson’s Gang.’ Wilson, in the first place, brought his family to this cave, and fitted it up as a spacious dwelling; erected a sign-post on the water side, on which were these words: “W ilson’s Liquor \ auU, and House of Entertainment.” The novelty of such a tavern induced almost all the boats descending the river to call for refreshments and amusement. Attracted by these circumstances, several id.c characters took up their abode at the cave, after which it continually resounded with the shouts of the licentious, the clamor of the riotous, and the blasphemy of gamblers. Out of such customers, Wilson found no difficulty in forming a band of robbers, with whom he formed a plan of murder ing the crews of every boat that stopped at his tavern, and of sending the boats, manned by some of his party, to New Orleans, and there sell their loading for cash, which was to be conveyed to the cave by land, through the States of Tennes see and Kentucky; the party returning with it be ing instructed to minder and rob, on all good oc casions, on the road. After a lapse of time, the merchants of the up per country began to be alarmed, on finding their properly make no returns, and their people never coming back. Several families and respectable men, who had gone down the river, were never heard of, and the losses became so frequent, that it raised at length, a cry of individual distress and general dismay. This naturally led to inquiry, and large rewards were offered for the discovery of the perpetrators ofsuch unparalleled crimes. It soon came out that Wilson, with an organized party of forty-five men, was the cause of such waste of blood and treasure; that he had a station at Hurricane Island, to arrest every boat that passed the mouth of the cavern, and that he had agents at Natchez and New Orleans, of presumed respectability, who converted his assignments in to cash, though they knew the goods to he stolen, or obtained by the commission of murder. The publicity of Wilson’s transactions soon broke up his party; some dispersed, others were taken prisoners, and he himself was killed by one of his associates, who was tempted by the reward offered for the head of the captain of the gang. This cavern measures about twelve rods in length, and five in width; its entrance presents a width of eighty feet at its base, and twenty-five feet high. The interior walls are smooth rock. The floor is very remarkable, being level through the whole length of its centre, the sides rising in stony grades, in the manner of seats in the pit of a theatre. On a diligent scrutiny of the walls, it is plainly discerned that the ancient inhabitants at a very remote period, had made use of the cave as a house of deliberation and council. The walls bear many hieroglyphics, w T ell executed, and some of them represent animals, which have no resem blance to any now known to natural history. This cavern is a great natural curiosity, as it is connected with another, still more gloomy, which is situated exactly above, united by an aperature of about fourteen feet; which, to ascend, is like passing up a chimney, while the mountain is yet far above. Not long after the dispersion and ar rest of the robbers, who had infested it, in the up per vault were found the skeletons of about six ty persons, who had been murdered by the gang of Wilson, as was supposed. But the tokens of antiquity are still more cu rious and important than a description of the mere cave, which are found engraved on the sides within, an account of which we proceed to give: The sun, in different stages of rise and declen sion; the moon, under various phases; a snake, biting its tail, and representing an orb or circle; a viper; a vulture; buzzards tearing out the heart of a prostrate man; a panther held by the ears by a child; a crocodile; several trees and shrubs; I a fox; a curious kind ot hydra serpent; two : doves; several bears; two scorpions; an eagle; an | owl; some quails; eight representations of ani mals which are now unknown. Three out of the eight are like the elephant in all respects ex j cept the tusk and tail. Two more resemble the tiger; one a wild boar ; another a sloth ; and the | last appears a creature of fancy, being a quadru mane, instead of a quadruped, the claws being alike before and behind, and in the act of con ] veying something to the mouth, which lay in the ; centre of the monster. Besides these were se veral fine representations of men and women not naked, but clothed; not as the Indians, hut j much in the costume of Greece and Rome. j To Manage a Reahiag House.—l n prefer -1 ence to the dangerous experiment of pulling a j rearing horse backward, 1 recommend the adop j tio n of the following method : —Whenever you j perceive the horse’s inclination to rear, separate your reins and prepare for him ; the instant he is , about to rise slacken one hand and bend or twist I his head with the other, keeping your hands low. This bending compels him to move’ahind leg, and of necessity brigs his feet down. Instantly twist him completely around two or three times," which will confuse him very much, and completely thr ow i him off his guard. The moment you havefinish : ed twisting him roud, place his head in the direc tionyou wish him to proceed, apply the spursharp , ly, and he will not fail to go forward : if the situ ation he convenient, press him into a gallop, and apply the spur, and whip two or three timesVbut i not more) severely. The horse will, perhaps not be quite satisfied with die first defeat, but may feel disposed to try again for the mastery. Should i ?hi s be the case, you have only to twist him &c I as before, and you will find that in the second struggle he will be more easily subdued than on the first occasion—in fact, you will perceive him quailed under the operation. It rarely happens that a rearing horse, after having been treated in the way described, will resortto his tricks a third I f ,mc - But on into other hands, and hav ! ,n S another rider, he v ill be very likely to have | recourse to rearing.—The Sportsman. ! During Gen. Jackson’s crusade against the United States Bank, the burthern of his son was—“ Too much foreign capital in this coun try.” Alluding to the eight millions by foreign ers in rested in the stock of that institution. But now how is it ? Instead of owning eight millions in stock in an institution the management of which foreigners had nothing to do with thev own more than EIGHTY MILLIONS, in state bonds, with a fee simple title to our soil f or the payment of the same, given by the State Legisla tures.—Southern Argus. An old maid eyes a single gentleman with the same feelings that we look at a street do- j n doe- ' days, viz ; wondering if he intends to bite. 1 A Fact For Naturalists.— A crow with < been Seen m thC **** of Mid- . From the Casket. Far, Far Away. BY C. J. PETERSON. I love to look on the purple west, In the gorgeous robes of sunset drest; With its crimson pomp and bannered sheen. Like the lordly state of a dying queen; The distant woods with their crowns of gold, And the hoary lulls, Time’s fastness hold; — While zephyrs breathe in their low, soft chimes “We may only tell of the golden climes, And that better land in the realms of day. Far, lar away!” . , .. „ * i I love to stand on the mountain height. In the magic noon of a summer night: While vale and meadow are fairyland. And elves come out on the pebbly strand. And fays are merry in moonlight dell. And earth is witched wPh a seer-like spell; And low the voice of the sounding sea Seemethto savin its minstrelsy — “We only tell of the realms of day, Far, far away,” I love to look on a young face fair. With the sunny smile of childhood there. To hear the laugh of its careless glee. Like the gladsome shout of the summer sea — For it seems to say as the} float along, With mazy dance, and the murmuied song, “The land !—the land by the sunset sky. Where tears are not, and we’ll no more die, — Oh ! the old grow young in that real n of day, Far, far away !” ' There—starry rivers are murmTing low, Todeath’ess floweis that by them blow ; And zephyrs breathe in their lute like tones; And hymn the stars on their golden thrones ; The sun sings out; and there is no night; And myriad ones, in robes of white, ; Floating along upon azure wings Their raptures tell on their trembling strings— “Oh ! let us fly to that realm of day. Far, far awayl” Philadelphia, January, 1840. COMMERCIAL. Latest dates from Liverpool, Dec. 30 Latest dates from Havre Dee. 19 AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT. Thursday, February 20, 1840. BAGGING — Hemp, per ydrd 20 a 25 Tow, “ 14 a 20 BALE ROPE, lb. 8 a 14 BACON—Hog round, “ 9 a II Hams, “ a * 2 Shoulders, “ —a 11 Sides, “ —a BUTTER—GrsIen, per lb. 28 a 35 Nort Carolina, “ 15 a 25 Country, “ 18 a 25 COFFEE —Green prime Cuba, “ 14 a 15 Ordinary to good, “ 11 a 14 St. Dommgo, “ 10 a 14 Brazil, “ —a Laguira, “ \2% a 15 i Porto Rico, “ 12 h a 15 i Java, “ lo a I 6 Mocha, “ W<» 20 COTTON—Ordinary, “ 5 | Fair, “ 6 3 a 7 3 Good, “ 7 £ a Prime, “ 7 i a 8 CANDLES — Spermaceti, “ 48 a 50 Tallow, “ 20 a 22 j CHEESE—American, “ a 14 j English, “ 40 a 50 ClDEß—Northern, per bbl. 900a10 00 j In boxes, per doz. 350 a 450 ClGAßS—Spanish, M. 15 a2O American, “ 5 a l2 CORN bushel 50 a 62% FISH — Herrings, box 125a 150 ] Mackerel No. 1 “ none « 2 “ £ * <c “3 “ , “ FLOUR—Canal, bbl. 9 all Baltimore. “ S a 860 Western, ' “ none Country, “ GSO a 750 GUNPOWDER— keg 6 a 7 Blasting, “ 4 a 450 GLASS —10 12, box 350 a 425 8 k 10, “ 325 a 4 IRON—Russia, “ 0 Swedes, assorted, “ 6 Hoop, lb 9 a 10 Sheet, “ 8 a 10 Nail Rods, “ 7 a 8 LEAD—Bar, “ 9 a LEATHER—SoIe, lb 28 a 30 Upper, side 175 a 2 Calf Skins, doz 30 a36 LARD— lb 12 % a 15 MOLASSES — N. Orleans, gal 40 a 50 Havana, “ 35 a 45 English Island, “ —a NAILS— "lb 8 a 9 OlLS — Lamp, gal 1 50 a 200 Linseed, “ 1 15 a 125 Tanners, “ GO OA TS — bush 50 PEAS— “ 1 I PAINTS—Red Lead, lb 15 White Lead, keg 300 a 350 Spanish Brown lb 4 a Yellow Ochre, “ 3 a PEPPER—BIack, “ 9 a 12£ PORTER — London, doz 4 a 450 and Ale, American, bbl 3 a 350 | RAISINS—MaIaga, box 2 a 250 Muscatel, “ 1 50 a 2 Bloom, * £ none RlCE — Prime, 100 /6 4 a 5 Inferior to good, “ 350 a 450 SUGAR—New Orleans, lb 7 a 10 Havana, white, “ 13 a 15 “ brown, “ 8 a 9 Muscovado, “ 8 a 10 St. Croix, « 10 a 12£ Porfo Rico, “ 8 a 11 Lump, “ 14 a 16 Loaf, . “ 15 a 20 Double refined, “ 20 a 22 ! SOAP— American, No. 1, 8 a 8^ 41 Ao. 2, 5 a 8 SALT—Liverpool ground, bush 55 a 75 Turk’s Island, « none STEEL — German, Jh 15 a l(j | Blistered, “ 8 a l2i SHOT—AII sizes, bag 2 12% a 2 37A SPIRITS—Cognac, 4th prf. gal 150 a 250 Peadu “ 1 a 1 -4TP/e, “ 45 a 6o Gha, Holland, “ 120a 155 “ A/iierican, “ 55 a 75 Rum, Jamaica. “ 125a 175 “ New England, “ 43 a 56 Whiskey , Northern, “ 43 a 50 IFesfern, “ 50 a 75 “ Mononga. “ 75 a ! “ fn's/i, “ 2 a 3 TOBACCO —AT. f aro/ina, lb 8 a 15 Virginia, « 15 _ Twnvn? o > j.j a 40 “ 30 a 374 PPA— Bohea, « r,n „ t- 1 a 7o Souchong, « 50 a 75 Hyson, “ 75 a 125 i Gunpowder, “ 1 _ , 250 a 350 ItX *' : «>« .. 75 a 125 :: «: « “ nine * 3 . in bottles, doz 3 a 6 Champaigne, “ 5 al2 remarks. Cotton. Accounts from all quarters, in relation 1 to Cotton, are of the most gloomy character.— Paces arc still downward, and the market dull and inanimate. The high rates of freight from the At lantic cities to Europe, operate very severely upon prices, and the scarcity of monoy, and the inability of purchasers in our market to hold their cotton compels them to submit to sacrifices which render the business of purchasing tor shipment to the sea ports not only unprofitable but ruinous. The re ceipts at this place continue brisk, though there is not much offering for sale. We quote a 8 cents as the extremes of the market; sales principally elite tea from 6* to 7T Our elassiucdti..n ■ , , • C 11 1 lw ■ the week is as follows: Ordinary * - - 51 a g. Fair-- - -6! a Good - - - - 7i a f Prime r - - - - 7| a § A fancy lot in square bags might be sold to an order at a small fraction over Bc, but it f ‘ loss to quote any higher than above, for , sale would be accidental. Groceries —The stock on hand is good, but th t is not much doing in the market. We . ,av CDo j change to note in the leading articles. Freights —To Savannah $1 00 per bag. Money continues scarce,beyond al! precedent • Our leading banks do nothing but exact pavtri e , I from their debtors* ! Exchange. —On New-York at sight Stui ~ ’ “'2 cent, lor current funds; Charleston at 4 • 0 per cent. Savannah 1 a 2 per ct.; Philadelphia 3 ct.; Lexington, Ky. 2 per ct. ; specie commands 5 i a 6 per cent, premium. | Bank Notes. — o Savannah Banks, 1 per cent p rcn) Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 5 “ lt Agency Brunswick, “ 5 <£ « u Columbus Insurance B’k 1 * £ « t 1 Commercial Bank, Vacon, 1 “ „ Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus, 2}“ “ Monroe Rail Road Bank, 5 “ « Ocmulgee Bank, 4 Milledgeville Bank, Darien Bank, 16 “ “ « Chattahoochie R. R. & B’k * Company, 10 “ “ <. Hawkinsville Bank, 5 « « .- Rank of Rome, 50 “ •< All other Banks now doing business, at par. * Specie Paying Banks. —Mechanics Bank, Bank* of St, Mary’s, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Coir,, rnercial Bank of Macon, and Brunswick Branch ir, ■ i this city. _ - New Orleans, February 12. | Cotton —Arrived since the 7rh instant: of Loui. I ■ siana and Mississippi. 13257 bales; Tennessee and I | North Alabama, 3600; Arkansas, 157; together I I 17014 bales. Cleared in the same time: forLiver* I I pool, 11425 bales; Havre, 1511; Marseilles. 57Q. I Antwerp. *00; New York, 1334; Boston, 1839; to- I gethcr, 17479 bales;—making a reduction in stock i of 465 bales, and leaving on hand, nclusivc of all I I on shipboard, not cleared on the 11th inslant a I 1 stockof 111433 bales. On Monday there was again a pretty fair inquiry I j some 4000 bales having changed hands, without any 1 j very perceptible alteration in the rates. Thetran i sactions of yesterday reached to about 3300 bales, j at steady prices, and we, consc'quently, continue I our previous quotations The sales during, the : three days embrace upwards of 11000 bales LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS. Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary, 6 a 6J; j Middling, 7 a 71 ; Fair, 8| a 9 ; Good fair, 9§ a lo’ ; j Good and line, 11a —. Tennessee and N. Alaba ma,—Ordinary, middling, fair, good fair, good and i fine, a extremes. STATEMENT OF COTTON. j 1839. Oct. 1, stock on hand, 15824 Receipts last three days 17014 “ previously, •64800 481814 497638 Exports last three days, 17479 previously, 368726 386206 , * Stock on hand 111433 Sugar — Louisiana —'{’here is a rather heavy sup ply on the Levee, and the demand continues limit ed, at former prices—say 3;f a4| cents per lb. M further transactions on plantation, demanding spe cial notice, have come to our knowledge. The de mand for Havana Sugars continues to be limited to very small parcels, at the prices which have pre vailed for some time past. Molasses —A tolerably fair demand has existed on the Levee, for barrels in good order for ship ment, but increased supplies have made it necessa ry for sellers to yield to a considerable decline.— We now quote at 20 a 21 cents per gallon. The I rates on Plantation remain as before—say 15 a iff | cents per gallon. Flour —ln our report of Saturday last wertpre- | sented the market as being in rather an inactive state, with the price at $5,00 for Superfine. Since that time the receipts have been quite light,amount ing to only about 2400 barrels. The demand, how ever, has not been at all brisk, though some pat- f cels have been taken for export, in addition to the usual sales for consumption, and our Saturday's quotation has been the pievailing, if not the inva riable, rate. The stock on sale is now reduced to a | few hundred barrels, which are held firmly at Jo, Bacon — The market has received do further sup- j plies for some days past, but all descriptions con- I tinue extremely dull at our quotations, which re- j present the range of prices for very limited par- fl cels. There seems to be no demand for lots of an; considerable magnitude. Lard —The stock of this article is not large,at4 has received no considerable accessions for some days past. But the demand is very limited, and the actual sales show a further decline, though some holders refuse to sell at present prices— now quote at 7 a 8 cents per lb. Bogging and Bale Rope— There have been no further receipts of Kentucky Bagging or Hope since our last, and we have no change to note in prices. The demand is only limited, and most of the sales are at 28 cents for the former, and 8 a Sj cents for the latter article. There are some lots of German Bagging in market, which wc quote at 16 a 16 cents. Whiskey —A fuither decline lias taken place in this article, and we now quote Cincinnati Rectified at 31 a 32 cents per gallon. Grain —The receipts of Shelled Corn, in sack?, have i een quite limited, during the past three lays, but the article is very dull, and has yielded to a *fl further decline. We now quote at 45 a4B cents per bushel for any considerable parrels from the Levee. Oats remain the same —say cents per bushel. We have heard of no fuither sales of Wheat. Exchange —The demand for all kinds of Ex change has been very limited, since our last report, but the rates for Sterling Bills are still maintained at a 1(H per cent prem. There is a slight de cline in bills on Fiance, which we now quote ai 5f request, and we quote a slight reduction in the rates for hi Is at 5a 15 days sight. Those at j • and 60 days hghtremain the same. 41 Philadelphia, February D- Coffee —Operations continue limited, and scu very much reduced. We notice small sales of W* at 14c ; Rio at at llc * l Cotton —The operations continue very limite • | confined to small lots to the trade. Upkndsare U held at from 8 a 1 Uc. , Flour —The sales of this week reach severa thousan 1 barrels of Flour at $ 5,50 on Broad street, and $5,62£ on the Delaware. Yesterday holders oa || Broad st. asked $5.62%, but the market was in an unsettled state. We cannot arrive at a nearer cc elusion than buyers at $5,50 and sellei? at , Further sales of Rye Flour at $3,50. Corn— Yellow, at 56c ; White 54 a occ. Oats, j 31 a 32c. Molasses —We note sale of 132 hhds. Havana Molasses at 26c. Sales of two cargoes of Matac zas to arrive at 25c. Sugar.— We notice sales of 114 boxes C»b» [ Browns at 7| a 7%c ; 422 do at 7d a Sc *, SI hhds Common Cuba Muscovadoes at 5h a St Jago. terms unknown ; 100 bbls Brazils at Si- I - Whiskey. —Sales of Whiskey in hhds at 22c " I Some holders now ask but we hear of n° I sales at that price. 1 Baltimore, February 13- j Coffee. —There is not much doing. Some lob Laguyra have been taken at 11 a 1 cents, aiul' Rio at 10 a 11| cents. A cargo of Kio is announ* ced for auction next week. Cotton — We note a sale of 25 bales Louisiana at II cts and 40 bales Florida at 10£ cts 6 months. Corn —At the beginning of the week good wh. te Corn was sold from store at 54 cents, and pritn*