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CHROMCLB AM) SENTINEL.
AUGUST. .
MONDAY HORNING, (ARCH 2.
(Cfi See first page. j
Wc had tht piersure, on Sat rday evening, of
visiting Mons. Adrien's Cabin* , at the Theatre,
and have no hesitancy in prone ncing it far su
perior to any we have ever seer. His first per
formance takes place to-night, nd if one or t\so
of his feats of magic, which he at that
time for our amusement, can I taken as speci
mens. a rich treat is in store for those who go to
see him to-night.
Professor I>j .
This gentleman has reached 10 city, and pro
poses to deliver a lecture on his row 'I heory and
Philosophy of Storms, in the It asonic Hall, this
day, at 12 o’clock, M. The c izens are invited
to attend. *
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Revival of the r ;i\riflT.
A large meeting was held iiMthe incorporated
Liberties of Philadelphia, at Wfilch a number of
resolutions were passed, recommending and urg
ing the adoption of high 1 ari« duties foi the
benefit of Manufacturers. a
Consistency.;
“ Never commit your opinio 3 to paper, for
they may be brought up in j dgment against
you”—is a motto, if adopted by many of the po
liticians and demagogues of ’ le present day,
would save them much mortification, and many
uncharitable remarks. I
Change is written upon the lice of all nature,
and man, ambitious, unstable min, submits to the
unalterable decree, as certainly >.ny portion of
the vegetable or animal creatioil Yesterday he
asserted doctrines and principles! which in chari
ty we must suppose were hoil'slly cherished,
upon a mature and deliberate f'flection on the
subject of which he wrote and gspoke. To-day
place is offered, Io and beho,| ! his opinions
“upon a sober second thought” gave changed.—
What a commentary upon the cigeneracy of the
times, and the office Iming pre tensities of our
countrymen. Charity herself annot offer any
other apology for the unfortunal 1 victims of am
bition than that which suggests self to the mind
of every honest man. They 1 ive sold them
selves and their principles for otl :e !
These reflections have been su gested on read
ing the following letter from the ton. R. J. Wal
ker, now a Senator in Congress J om Mississippi
—written soon after the removal >1 the deposites
from the Bank of the United St: cs by General
Jackson. We invite the attentii iof our readers
to this extraordinary document, id ask them to
compare its principles with the r tent support of
the Sub-Treasury in the Senate y Mr Walker.
Verily, “ Times change and nr i change with
them.” 1
Natchez. Maiih Ist, 1831.
Dear Biu—As I promised clour parting to
give you my views on any subj< 1 which might
be interesting to your common constituents, I
hasten to say that Mississippilwill with great
unanimity sustain you on the Del site Question.
In fact the public voice loudly dlu.ands a resto
ration ot the Deposites, and the cheating a Bank
to supply a general currency. AU'tate Bank can
no more supply and govern the gdiieral currency
than a State Government can di Yet and control
the allairs of the Nation. Go on j-your consti
tuents are with you—the Country must be reliev
ed from the frightful scences of j istrees which
have visited us I
In haste, as the boat is leaving,
Yours iruly,
R. J. j WALKER.
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Death of the Rev. John N. Maifit.—Ex
tract of a letter received in Mohih 23d uU.,from
Louisville announces the decea:Y of the Rev.
John Newunii Maffit, the cm nent and pop
ular Methodist preacher. Ho die! at Maysville,
Kentucky, from apoplexy. I
Late Arrivals fko.m Arkansas. —By
Saturday nights mail we recece ved the Little
Rock, Arkansas Star, of tlie l. r h November
last.
The New Orleans 800 savs : iis currently
rumored in -Xashviile that the \ ai Buren electo
ral ticket in I ennessee is to be h uiod Andrew
Jackson. The locofocos in that e ate, it is evi
- dent, are terribly alarmed. They .now that Mr.
Van Buren is powerless in Tenne ';eo, but think
(hat Gen. Jackson may possibly s ure the slate
for him, as he secured the Preside . y in 1836.
The schooner Francis Amy, ar ved at New
Orleans on the 22J ult. from Yer,a Cruz, bring
ing §49,477 in specie.
Mr. J. Lloyd \ anhook claims jthe name of
i Ladif Leg-Treasurer,’ for a b. < filly foaled
April 11th, 1839—feirc, Wild 15 4 ; dam bv
C-lay s Sir M illlam. Among othei reasons for
choosing this name, he giv es the fa t of no Leg-
Treasurer having ever been overtake n in any race
From the New Orleans Bee of \he 24f/ t .
Mexico.
By the arrival of the schooner F; ancis Amt
from Vera Cruz, which place she iel| on the 12th*
instant, we have received papers loin that city
up to the 10th, and from Mexico tithe sth in
slant. *
Yerhal intelligence reports th& troops are
marehiug on the northern frontier; however, the
papers wc have received uo not malo anv mention
of this fact.
An engagement took place on the 22d January
at Fadareyta Jemenez, near Monte sy, between
300 Cum.niche Indians and about JO Mexican
dragoons in winch the Mexicans ost 17 men
and a lieuU cant wounded. From 2. militia men
who had joined the dragoons, five ( re killed and
several wounded. The Mexicans epulsed tire
Indians uho were marching on Mon erey with a
great loss.
A petition has been presented to lie chamber
of Deputies, to udm.t cotton vmfts ni ,h e fron
tiers of Santa-Fe. Retencd to the WmmUtce on
finance. |
A report from the judiciary culmittee was
read on the 24th January, recom[lending the
adoption of < law to establish a con It martial lor
the trial of robbers and murderers. I
■ For the Chronicle $ Sentinel.
Messrs. Ehxtors: —Having late f y passed ;
through ti e Eastern section of the Carolinas, | 1
and in C - gia along the Savannah River, my at- 1
tenl.ion was directed to some of the great miner- '
al resources of this section of country, which ap
pear to be entirely unappreciated by its inhabi
tants. I refer particularly to a great depo-it of
limestone which I first observed in Jones coun
ty, N. C., near the Santee, and afterwards in the ;
western part of Charleston Disirict, S. C., and
again on the Edisto, and in Georgia at Jasksop
boro, where there is now a small kiln, not at
present, however, in use. Ihe puritv of this
rock, which approaches that of chalk, renders it
admirably adapted for the production of lime, and
yet notwithstanding its abundance, the facility of
procuring wood, it costing nothing, both the la
bor of cutting and hauling, and the great ex
pense of lime, Charleston and Savanah and all
the Southern coasts continue to be supplied with
Thomaston lime. Were men of capital and en
terprise once aware of the means they have at
hand, and of the relative costal which this arti
cle may be produced in the two sections of coun
i try, it seems hardly possible, that the South
j should look much longer to the North for lime, j
1 any more than, as was once the case, they did to
! Germany for brick !
Lime is burned at Thomaston, Me., with wood» !
j which never costs less than $3 a cord. I ine
Anthracite coal has lately been introduced, and
partially used as fuel, which may reduce toe ex
pense a little ; but from the lowest estimates, as
given in Dr. Jackson’s Geological Reports ot the
surveys of that State, it cannot be produced at a
less expense than §77 the hundred casks, which
include the price of the casks. These should hold
by law, each five bu-hels, but they have been 1
found to contain less than a common flour barrel
—three and a half bushels may be taken as their
average capacity. The expense of transporation,
I &c. make them worth at Charleston about §2 per
cask, or more; ■ ad as it is carried into the inte
rior, its value rapidly increases, till on the very
spot, where the rock occurs in the greatest abun
dance, it has long been sold for §3 per cask I
In the Chester valley, Penn., lime is sold at the
kilns for cents per bushel. It is burned in
large kilns holding 1600 bushels, with only six
teen cords of good hard wood, which costs §2,50
per cord. Fine Anthracite coal is there used al- j
| so to some extent, but the lime is not afforded any
cheaper than that made with wood. At Potts
ville where coal is used altogether, lime costs
! twenty cents; the rock, however, has to be trans
i ported some twenty-five and some eighty miles.
From the slight opportunities I have had of
| judging, I can see no reason why lime should not
j be made as cheap and as abundantly in South
| Carolina and Georgia, as in the Chester valley #
; Suitable stone for making kilns may not always ;
i be found conveniently at hand, but if granite cun
j be t ansported from Quincy to build churches and j
houses, it, or a better material may also, to build j
kilns, and substantial ones made, which should
last many drawings. Pine wood can every
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where be obtained for little or nothing. Os the
1 relative cost of labor to effect the same end, I
j know nothing. But as to the quality of thelime ) |
■ the Southern ma}- well compete with the Northern
in purity and strength, though prejudiced work
j men may for a time refuse to adopt the change, |
: as is invariably the rase with any alteration in
| troduced in their business, which they, naturally
| enough, think they understand better than any j
j one else. As an instance of this, lime made from
a particular rock in Rhode Island, a magnesian
| carbonate of lime is prepared at double the price j
i in New York of Thomaston lime, while a pre
■ cisely similar quality of lime, made from a rock,
! which is chemically the same at the latter place,
! but which happens to he an unusual variety
there, meets with no sale in New York at a very
low price.
Some of those in South Carolina may not
make so white a lime as tire Northern, but it will
be equally strong and similar for mortar, mid far
ther in tire quarry it may be found purer. Very
little of it, however, will be liable even to this j
objection. That from Jacksonhoro’, is remarka- |
biy white.
By opening the same bed on the Savannah ri- i
ver, where it must occur, with a few kilns there, i
and also on the navigable parts of the Santee and
Edisto a company of enterprising men, or one
man with a capital might, I believe, supply
the lime required for Charleston, Beaufort, and
the whole Southern coast, for half the present cost
of the Thomaston lime, and afford it to the
neighboring planters at a price, which would
make it an object to them to use it for renewing
worn out lands, and keeping up those under im
mediate cultivation, without their being compelled
continually to clear new land, and cultivate ex
tensive tracts for crops, which, with the aid of
lime, might be produced on half the number of
acres.
These observations, a traveller’s notes merely,
arc at your service, Messrs. Editors, and if they
may call attention to some of the neglected ad
vantages of this country, it will afford me much
pleasure, that I made them. J, T. H.
The Philadelphia North American of Wed
nesday states that about 6000 barrels of Flour
were sold the day previous, at §5, for export, the
greater part to Liverpool. Vessels are in de
mand, and 5s a barrel for freight to England is
freely paid
The Circus at Louisville, Ky., with all the
buildings attached to it. as stables, &c., was burn
ed on the night of the 18th inst. Loss estimated
at from 7 to 8000 dollars.
A Word in Season. —The Louisville Jour
i na ‘ sa y s : “1 he Whigs have out 1 word of good
advice for the General Government. Let it pay
ils own debts, before it undertakes to proclaim to
the "Oild v.he her it. will or will not assume those
of other people.”
Marker Post Notes.—Several of these are
now becoming due, and, we are informed, <6OO -
000 has been paid within a few davs, and §4BO
000 more will he due shortly—all of which will
be honored at the United States Bank in this
city. This shows a return to better times. S.
d. Si/lvcslcr's New York Reporter.
Reduction on freights.
13 V reference lo an advertisement in this day’s
paper, it will be seen that an important reduction
has been made on the transportation of Freights
on the Charleston and Hamburg Rail Road.
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer.
New York, February 24, 1840.
The packet ship Sampson , January 4th from
London, came in last night. The dates are scarce
ly any later, but there is an item of news re
specting “ the Amistad.” Lord Palmerston, it is
stated, has directed her Majesty’s Minister at
Washington to interpose his good oliiccs m be
half of the Africans, onboard of her, and also
certain directions have been given to the British
Representative at the Court of Madrid. The
Emperor of Russia was said lo be sevetely indis
posed.
The losses of the Manhattan Bank are stated
to be $700,000 —one third of its capital I The
Van Buren Directions of the bank are sustaining
the Cashier at all hazards, and he cannot be got
rid of just now. There were no sales in the stock
to-day. The government has, or had over half
a million deposited in this institution, which it
would be well to he looked alter.
The venerable James Maury, aged 90, the first
American Consul at Liverpool, appointed by
Washington, died last evening.
Stocks have risen to-day. Within a few days
the North American Trust Company has gone
up from 40 to 49. Some of these operations arc
said to be the results of cornering —a Wall
street phrase.
New York, February 7 25.
A packet ship in from Havre gives us dates
from Paris to lan. 7th or Bth, with later news
from Africa and the East. The French arc re
covering the ground -hey have lost in Africa, and
Arabs have been worsted in several conflicts,
nlecember 81, a French column at Belida attack
ed the Arabs, and completely put them to route.
The French in Africa are quite elated over their
victories.
The subject of a reply to the address of the
King has been for some time a matter of debate
in the French Chambers, but one was about to
be agreed upon flattering to the King, and coin
ciding in hiscourse of policy. His foreign poli
cy was approved, and the good feeling and unity
of action between France and England was ex
pressively dwelt upon, M. Villemain, in reply
to the attacks of the Duke de Noaifles, said that
the alliance of England was one of the basis of
the safety of Europe, and of universaj liberty.
This is a new tongue in France.
There is no new feature in the Eastern ques
tion. Russia has declared war against Khiva or
Chiva, not China, as stated in some of the ac
counts. This is supposed, by the English papers
to be a movement towards checkmating the
British in Afghanistan.
it is stated now, positively, that the Queen was
to have been married February 16.
The cotton market at Havre had been rather
un soiled, but holders were showing more firm
ness. A decline, however; was anticipated on
account of the abundance of the American crop.
There is a story afloat, as having come to Eng
land in a letter from Calcutta, that the Englsh
and Portuguese residents at Macao had been ex
pelled by the Chinese from the town. That the
English were expelled, we have before heard, hut
| the statement as to the Portuguese is doubtful.
Our rivers are breaking up. The Connecticut
; is open, and navigable to Hartford, The Hudson
i is known to be open as far as Poughkeepsie, and
iis presumed to be open to Albany. Steam navl-
I gation will soon be resumed on all sides. We
have not had a Northern mail since Sunday.
Exchange on England may be quoted at 108.
I Several packets are yet due. The Patric k Hen
ry, to sail 7th Proximo, is the only Liverpool
packet now in port.
The packets from England are bringing in little
or nothing. The Samson had scarcely any thing
| but ballast; but the packets out are full, and over
full. The freight of the Garrick out will be, it is
i said, three thousand pounds sterling ! She
takes tea, corn, flour, cotton, flax-seed, *fec. Tea
j is now going to England constantly in our ships.
The opening of our river, with the accounts
from Europe, are quite unsettling our flour mar
ket, and it may be some time before prices will
be established. The opening of the river and ca
nal will let loose the interior upon stores, and on
ly an active foreign demand, such as we are not
likely to have, can keep up prices.
Stocks fell olf to-day. There were no salt's
in Manhattan. United States Bank is 76U
From Texas.
The Colorado Gazettce of the 13th states that
the market was well supplied with goods suitable
to the Mexican tnjdc.
One of thcTexian papers says the Courier,de
nies that there was any thing more than mere
skirmishing between the Federalists andthe Cen
tialists in the vicinity of Monterey. The Fed
eral leader Canales, having received word from
his friends in Monterey, that the Centralists had
received a reinforcement of 17(10 men, the order
to retreat was given, and a complete disbanding
of the Federalists followed without fighting,
much to the disgust of their Anglo Saxon allies.
—Large reinforcements were said to be on their
| way to join the government troops in the State of
| Chihuahua and reports swelled to 2(».(>00 men,
the number of Mexican troops destined to invade
Texas.
“ Filisolaleft the city of Mexico on the 23d of
December, at the head of 1500, infantry, to act
against the Federalists in northern Mexico, and
i with tue avowed purpose of invading Texas.
His reinforcements were ordered as follows :
From Tampico, 1900
“ Saltillo,
“ Monterey, (Aristas’ division,) 1800
“ Apomea’s division, 1700
“ Canalizes* division 2300
“ T roops fromßosa onChihuahua,7oo
8,850
From Ike New York Herald of the 2 6th.
France v khsus America.—The Commerce
contains a long and violent attack upon the
French Government for not protecting its agents
against insult in foreign states. Having alluded
to the “insults upon the French Hag by the En
glish,” the Commerce enquires what has been
done iu the affair of the French naval officer, ta
ken away by an American vessel, which was cap
tured during the blockade of Vera Cruz, and re
specting the French vice-consul at Newport, in
the I; idled States, who was dragged from his
house, and put into prison. “ If,” adds this Jour
nal, “the representatives of France are to be in
sulted by the American authorities with impuni
ty, what strength will they have, what respect can
they inspire among the half barbarian govern
ments of the new continent. The Ministry must
give an account in the first discussions of the'
Chambers of the steps which they have taken to
demand tor this insult a satis action, rcquir p d alike
by the security due to our trade and the honor of
our flag.”
Spain.—The head quarters of E.-partcro, are
Slid at Mas de ias IMatas, and General Leon, with
the first division, is in occupation of Aguaviva,
whence lie has detached a brigade to Ginebrosa.
fbe Temps hints at a plan having been form
ed by the Spanish Carlists for getting Don Car
los to abdicate in favor of his son, and then of
procuring the escape of the young Prince from
Bourges, and placing him with the* army of Ca
brera.
From the New Orleans Bulletin.
Cession of the Califoruias.
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The rumor of a pending negotiation for the ac -
quisition of the two Califoruias by England from
| Mexico, is calculated to excite considerable inter
est. As to the t ulli of the rumor, we have no 1
i authority, except the letter published in the Cou- j
rier the day before .yesterday. There are, how
ever, other circumstances, which render such a ;
movement highly probable. The cession of the !
two provinces would give to Great Britain an ex- |
tensive and valuable teiritory, in a part of the
world where she has long been nxions to gain a 1
: foothold, besi .es securing an object >till more de- ;
i sirable—a spacious range of sea const on the Pa
cific. stretching more than a thousand miles .rom j
the 42d degree of latitude, sou'll—sweeping the
circuit of the peninsula of California, and em
bracing the harbors of that Gulf—the finest in
North America. The ambition of the British ca
| binet would grasp it the prize, as a possession ad- j
mi rably adapted to a banco the naval and com
mercial aggrandizement of the nation. It would i
be desirable, also, as offering a barrier to the en
croachments of the Tcxiairs and Americans. — |
For England well knows, that before another
century the tide of emigration now moving to the !
base of the Cordileras, will pass across the moun- |
tains, and overflow the regions bordering on the
Pacific. The plan of a fir-sighted policy may
be, to establish colonies there, that might prevent
the acquisition of the territory by a kindred but
a rival people.
The fact is also well known, that Englan I pre
fers some faint pretentions to the Oregon coun
! try, which the establishment of her authority to
the adjacent province might tend greatly to
strengthen. Indeed, the ta-k is not difficult to
point out many reasons that make the measure de
sirable and highly expedient and politic for Great
Britain. How Mexico may be disposed to re- I
ceive the proposition, is a subject concerning j
which suggeslio is might he made of a similar
import. The pseudo-republic it is well known, j
possesses vastly more of tenitory than she occu
pies or w ill ever make use of. Her boundary
northwards encloses almost half a continent of |
wild waste lands, which her indolent population ;
have never had the enterprise to subdue or even i
;to explore. The broad patrimony cannot long ;
i be kept safe from invasion ; and Mexico may be ,
i disposed to make a virtue of necessity, anil cede i
| for an equivalent, provinces which she may no
longer hold or protect from the aggression of the
groat pioneers of liberty and civilization. What
might add strength to the resolution, is the fact
that Mexico is indebted to England in a vast
sum. The sale of the California might be a con
venient mode of cancelling an enormous debt;
and perhaps the setlemcnt of other foreign claims
due by Mexico might be included as part of the
purchase money, in the bargain. The deep in
terest which Groat Britain look in the controver
sy between France and Mexico, is itself an evi
dence that designs arc meditated as well for her
own advantage as for that of , ier protegee. It is ,
not to be supposed that England would have lie- \
come security for the debtor in that instance,
without some better guarantee than the faith of
j Mexico.
j 'Flic more the subject is pried into, the strong
j er grows the probability that an arrangement of:
1 the kind is contemplated. How the convention j
would be received by foreign powers, is another
question, about which no doubt can be entertain
ed. They would all with scarce an exception,
express their disapprobation. But the distance
of the region from Europe, might prevent any ac
tive interference. The only country that has
any great stake in the matter, is the United S. :
Our honor and interest are concerned in prevent
ing any European power from acquiring territory j
on tiiis continent. We trust that our Cabinet ;
will not remain inactive, amid movements soirn- j
portant. Our position in this hemisphere justi
fies the Government in taking a stand on ques
j lions of this kind. The courts of Europe should
be taught that without our consent they are not
to plant their settlements on this side of the At
lantic. They may invade an 1 plunder Asia or
Africa, to the luil extent of their ambition, or ra
pacity, but America should be covered from de
predation, under the wing of the American Ea
i gle.
A Pennsylvania paper remarks that the Banks
in that Mtatc owe the people thirty-two millions
of dollars, and that the people owe the Banks
j seventy millions.
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Died at Mansfield, Mass., on the 20lh Jan.,
Lieut. Mason Cobb, 84 ; 28th, Air. Benjamin
Cobb, 87; 4th ult., Capt. John Cobh, 82—all
three brothers and revolutionary pensioners, leav
ing slill living four other brothers, the youngest
of whom is over 70. The united ages of al!
i seven amount to 550 years, 9 months, and 17
i days, the average of which is 78 years and 8
months. The father, Bcnj. Cobb, died in 1811,
aged 82, and their mother died in 1828, in the
99th year of her age—a rare instance of family
longevity.
The old American Theatre at Lousiville, late
ly fitted up as an Ampitheatre, was burnt down
the 18th. Tioss $15,000.
i he New 1 ork Express states that the losses
of the Manhattan Bank amount to nearly $700,-
000, or one-third of the capital.
M A R RIE D,
On the February 26. by the Rev. Air. Pewal, Mr
James Panton, of this city, to Miss Charlotte
C. Sturgenigger, of Beach Island, S. C.
Commercial.
Latest dates from Liverpool, Jan. 7
Latest dates from Havre J an iq l
Savannah, Feb. 28.
Cotton. —Arrived since the 21st inst. 11312 bales
Upland and 589 Dales S. 1. Cotton, and cleared at
the same time 7220 bales Upland and 93 bales S. I.
Cotton; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of all on
shipboard not cleared on the 28th inst, of 45135
bales Upland and 2838 bales Sea Island Cotton. On
I riday last the receipt of Liverpool advices to the
4th ult., of a favorable chaiacter, materially increa-
I sed the confidence of both sellers and buyers of
| Upland, and induced a further advance of j ‘ a J ct ‘
S during the last throe days, however the demand
has been very limited and the improvement is near
ly lost, attributable in part to the advance in IroUht
and scarcity of shipping. The sales are 6126 bates
viz : 65 at 6; 81 at 6s; 88 at 6.1; 69 at 6i? ; 149 at f.
24 at 7}; 65 at 7i, 143 at 7*; 425 at 8; 725 at s-L
SBS at 94 at 8 7-16; 1352 at SA; 420 at S-i. 764
at Si; 262 at 8|; 456 at 9; 28 at £)£. In Sea Island
lucre has been an extensive business, without
much change in prices; the sales are 434 bale= viz
-8 at 16; 51 at IS; 4 at I Si,; 12 at 19; 63 at 20- 74 at
■2l; 64: t 2U;98 at 22; 21 at 23; 12 at 24; 13’at 26-
II at 28. ’
Rice. —Since our last the market for this article
has undergone no change. The stock fop- sale be
ing light, the sales amount only to about 800 c'< i s
at 2| a $3 —principally at 2| a" $3.
t Flour —Continues dull. Bales of small lots of
Howard-st. at a $7. Canal at 7J a SB.
Corn Is selling in lots to suit purchasers at 63 a
70 cents, with a limited demand.
Groceries. In Coffee, Sugar and .Molasses a fail
business has been done. Sales of 100 hhds \
O. Sugar at $5 a6; 30 hhds. St. Croix do at I*o4 i
10*; 200 bags Coffee at lU, a 12; 220 hhds Cuba
Molasses at 22 a 24. a
Salt. Two cargoes from Liverpool arrived in
ffie week, amounting to 20,000 bushels, sold at 19 a
S10(T~ Sa,eS ° n the wharf of 1000 Smiles at 37^
Spirits .-rustic liquors of all description, are
a- wh S “I BS , of .‘V- F um at 36 a 3S; Gin at 40 a
5o; Whiskey at 34 a 35.
Exchange —On England, 10 a per cent, prem.
Drafts on New York, at sight, 5 j per cent prera. ;
5 days sight, 44 a 5 per cent premium.
Freights. —To Liverpool, 11] —1 ]d,asked; to New |
York, I ct.; to Boston, l£ct.
Mobile, January 2 4.
Cotton. —Since the 15th inst. wo have received
52,755 bales ; and shipped to Liverpool, 2,884; to
Havre, 2,685; to New York, 1,3“ 1 ; to Boston,
2 505; to Providence, 553; to Philadelphia, 214 ;
and to N. Orleans,sß9 ; making in all 10,796 bales.
At the corresponding period last season, the total
receipts were 190,696. bales ; the exports, 97,293,
and the stock on band 93,492*
The same state of affairs noticed in our last, lias j
continued to prevail throughout the week. The
scarcity of vessels, and rates of freight and ex
changes, counteracting with their adverse influ
ences on the prices of the staple, have redered the
market extremely vascillating ; and we cannot
foresee its assuming any decisive character until
we have a considerable accession to our shipping.
Our stock has increased beyond all precedent.
The transactions of the week, though quite respec
table, bear no comparison to the receipts, and stock
on sale. The plai ters who are here with their cot
ton are becoming very impatient. Ihe factors
are not disposed to advance, while those willing
to ship to foreign markets cannot do so lor want ot
vessels. The sales of the week amounted to 24,-
000 bales. The later foreign advices received via
New t.'ilcans, (which will he found in another col
umn) have not exercised the least influence upon
our market.
We give quotations according to the prevailing
tone of the market; remarking that in some instan
ces there have been salts of mixed lots, at a shade
below our figures.
Liverpool Classification. —Good and fine. 9n9(;
good fair, 8a Bsc; fair, 7|; m iddling, a 7-Jc.
inferior and ordinary, 5 i a 64c.
Charleston, Feb-uary 29.
Cotton. —There has been considerable animation
among dealers in Upland since our review of the
22d inst; and about 10,523 bags have been taken
at the following prices : —2O at 5 ; 9 at bf ; 138 at
6;59at 6; 20 at 61; 168 at 6|; 471 at 64 ; 270
at 6 4 ’ ; 776 at 7 ; 29 at 7} ; 483 at 7£ ; 355 at 7 1 2 ;
192 at
at 84 ; i.>57 at S£; 364 at 8§ ; 831 at 83 ; 74 at
SJ ; 263 at ; 213 at 9;63at 9] ; and 19 bags
lat 9] cents per lb. The following quotations were
yesterday thought by buyers and sellers generally
a fair criterion of the market. Liverpool classifi
-1 cation —ordinary and inferior, 6] a 7 ; middling and
; middling fair, 74a 8 ; fair to fully fair,
I good fair, a 9 ; choice, 9. a 10 per lb. There
are several choice lots on hand which are held a
fraction above this latter quotation. Dealers in
Long Cotton have taken 214 bags Bea Island at the
following prices, viz:—lo at 20 ; 16 at 21 ; 8 at
22 ; 71 from 18 to 27 ; 109 from 25 to 40 ; and 90
bags Santee at 20 cts. per lb.
Rice. —The unsettled condition of the Rice mar
ket noticed in our last, has been followed by a re
duction in price on all qualities. In the early part
! of the week there was comparatively nothing do
ing in the article, as holders were unwilling to sub
mit to a reduction ; subsequently, however, a con
! cession was made in favor of buyers, who have
i taken about 2081 tierces, at the following prices,
viz : 41) at v] ;89at24; 90 at 2 9-16 ; 1.87 at 2§;
| 361 at 2 11-16; 1170 at 2£ ; 473 at 2 13-16; 24 at
I 2] ; 130 at 3 1-16; and 95 tierces at 3] per 100.—
I he market closed yesterday at tiie following quo
tations : inferior to fair, 2| a 2^; good to prime,
2]- a3. A strictly choice parcel would probably
I bring a fraction above the latter quotation
Rough Rice. —d wo small parcels have been sold
during the week at 77 cents per bushel.
G rain. —The receipts of Corn since our la-t
1 have been very light, being but aboub 5 00 bushels
from North Carolina, which were disposed of at
prices within the range of our quotations, viz: 53
: a 57, according to quality. Sales of Hay have been
I made at Sl£ a Ssc per 100 lbs. About 3000 bush
i els Virginia Oats, received during the week, sold at
41c per bushel. No arrival of Peas since our last.
Flour. —The operations in all descriptions of
1 Flour continue light, as the business is confined
t solely to the city bakers —North Carolina has been
selling in small parcels, and according to quality,at
from 54 to 6 j per bbl. Baltimoie Howard-stieet,
6] a 64 ; and superfine Virginia as high as S7 per
bbl.
Bacon. —The business of the week has been con
fined to old Bacon at the following quotations: —
Hams 8 a 10 ; Shoulders 6 ; and Bides 7 a 8 cents
per lb.
Lard A lot of old Western Lard brought Sets,
per pound.-
Salt. —ln the absence of arrivals the Salt market
lias become more firm, in fact holders are asking
an advance on store lots. We quote Liverpool 1 4
aIJ per sack. A lot of about 1 100 sacks of this
desci iption, but of common quality, received coast
wise this week, was ottered at If persack. Turks
Island and Cadiz, from second hands, have been sold
by the quantity, the former at 40 and the latter at
35 cts. per bushel.
Sugars. —Louisiana, in small lots, have been
taken by private contract at 5 a 54 ; an I at auction,
about 166 hhds. and So bbls. of the same descrip
tion were sold at prices ranging from 4] to 5f ;
principally at 5 cts. per lb. Os the 100. hhds El
Destine and F. D. brands Muscovado Sugar, also
offered at auction, about 50 hhds. were sold at 7 a
7] ; sale stopped—received this week 110 hhds.
from the West Indies ; And 180 boxes and 35 bbls.
coastwise.
Molasses. —A lot of New Orleans, has been sold
within quotations—26 a 28cts.; and a lot of West
India, in small lots, at 22 cts per gallon.
Coffee. — The receipts of the week have been
about 300 bags Cuba, which were sold to arrive at
prices not made public, but which is selling from
second hands at prices r nging from 10.4 to 11 ■) cts.
per lb.; Uio is selling at lo£ and 111 cts. per lb.
Exchange. —Hills on England, 9 a 10 per cent
prem.; on France, 5 f 174 a 525. There has been
considers!) e doing out doors on New York, at about
the following prices; short sight 2I 2 a 3 ; 30 day
bills la 14 ; and 60 day do par a 4 perct. prom.
Freights —To Liverpool, 1 a f|d., for Cotton ;
to Havre, 2 a 2] per lb. for Cotton in sqr. bags • to
New 1 ork engagements were made yesterday at
£of a ct. per lb., for Cotton in square bags,and 1 4
per tierce for Rice ; and to Boston, a 1 ct. was the
current rate for Cotton in square and round bales.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
s. I. Upl’ds.
Stock on hand Ist Oct. 1973 2733
Received this week, 749 11419
£* do. previously, 16054 152123
12776 166275
i Exported thisjweek, 562 10051
previously, 5312 128286
On ship board, 225 10043
6099 148380
Stock on hand 0677 151445
New Orleans, February 22.
CoGora.-gjArrived since the 18th inst. of Louis
iana and Mississippi 14,376 bales, Tennessee and
N. Alabama 514, Arkansas 341, Mobile 527 Fioii
da 79, Texas 147, together bales. Cleared
in the same time for Liverpool 9.666 hales, Glas
gow 1,631, Cowes and a market 963, Havre 3951
Antwerp 2,670, Genoa 532, Havana 226, N York
U°on’> , J; °. slon 13 , 96 ’ Philadelphia 303, together
23,30- bales—making a reduction in stock of 7316
bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of all on
°" ’ hC ' lS ' i “ ta " t - » Oock of
lu our report of last Wednesday morning, we
noticed a decline of a quarter of a cent in price
and observed also that the market even at this
reduction seemed to be in a rather unsettled state
Winch remark was tuID confirmed by the business’
of that day, as Lie sales were generally made at
1500 bales’ 111111 rates, & and scarcely amounted to
• rhursda /’ h y t!ie arrival of the ship Galen
• tins port, from Havre, advices were received
from that place to the 10th, and from Liverpool to
j the bt.T oj January. The Havre cotton market is
reported as having been r-uite dull, from the date
ot our previous advices to the IA of January, and
pi ices had declined from 3to 4 centimes ; but from
that period up to the 10th, a pretty active demand
had existed, in consequence of which, and the de
lay of supplies by contrary winds, holders became
more firm,and prices improved from 2to 3 centimes
f rom Liverpool the news is much more favorable
than was anticipated, as it regards trade generalv
but particularly in respect to co‘ton, there havin '
been a good demand from consumers since our ac
counls of the 26th December, and the market was
firm at an advance of an |d.
Immediately after the receipt of thejabove intel
telligence, and in some degree, was presumed «
effect of it, a vary active demand sprang up m ,
market, which resulted in the sale during th e U
j of upwards 1 2,000 bales, and, generally, at v ' ’
full prices. •
Vesteiday the demand appeared to have So) ,.
what subsided, though there was still ave ’
business doing, the sales, having amounted to abo* 1 '
3,500 bales, at the full rates current the day
ous. We continue our former quotations, ■ '*
however, that the sales in most intances l
the highest figures. ‘
LIVERPOOL CL ASSIFIC VTIOKS.
Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary, oj a fi
j Middling,6j- a 7.4 ; Fair, S'j a9 ; Good fair, 94 a p
\ Goo , and line, a—. Tennessee and N. AlabV
ma —Ordinary, Middling, fair, good fair, good an
fine, 54 a 9£, extremes,
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1839. Oct. I,stock on hand, , sso i
Receipts last three days 1)986
“ previously, 516645 53263)
548455
Exports last three days, 23292
do. previously. 415354 438646 1
Stock on hand 1095u9 1
Macon, Fob, 27 i
Cotton —In consequence of favorable acconius I
from abroad, our market, for the last few da vs has I
been somewhat brisker, and the st. pie has brought
better prices. We quote fiom 54 to extremes'
MARIiM: r
Savannah. Febniarv 27, L
Arrived —-Steamboat Chatiiam, Wray. Augusta i
Febniarv 28. I
Went to sea —Brig Lexington, Candler, (da- o w
Departed —Steamboat Oglethorpe, Williams.'\ u ’ I
gusta.
Charleston, Febniarv 20. I
Arrived yesterday —Schooner Virginia Antoi
j nette. Place, Trinidad. Cuba.
Cleared —Ship Robin Hood, Proctor, Liverpool*
British ship Josepha, M’lntyre, Liverpool; i 1 encii
brig Pensee, Rabot, Nantz; hr schr Hornet, s,: ~
Nassau, (N. P.;) schr Harmony, Williams, PonJ 9
Rico; sloop Vandalia,Congdon, Key West.
Went to sea yesterday —Br.g Uncas, Ilus-eb
Antwerp; schr Elijah Chase, Ellis,Boston.
~(XyRAILROAD FREIGHT REDU 'KJF^V j
articles usually carried by weight to Hamburg, will
be charged at -10 cents per 106 ponnds (instead of
50 cents, as customary,) till further notice.
rnar2 JOHN KING, Jr., Agent.
THEATRE.
Grand and Extraordinary Attraction , for a few
days only !
On MONDAY Evening, March 2, 1849.
M()N S . AI) KI EIV , Sen.
Wei! known in this country and in Europe as the )
ne plus ultra of ail Magicians, has just returned* 1
from France, with the newest, richc-t and most 1
extensive Magical and Legerdamain Apparatus 1
ever exhibited in America.
Mens. ADRIEN respectfully announces 4o the |
public, that 1m wilt give, on Monday evening, a re- M
presentation *)f the most agreeable and varied l x- y
hibitions, which will be composed of the newest .
and most extraordinary feats of LEGERDEMAIN, I
invented and executed by himself alone, wiii h a
will keep the spectators constantly in admiration j
and wonder, and to which nothing that has yet 4
been seen can be compared.
PART I.
CABINET OF PHYSIC, OR TEMPLE OF
ILL ELION SI ! !
Magic Slight of Hand, Disappearance, Natural 2
Philosophy, Mechanical Pieces, Necromancy, |
Witchcraft, Legerdemain, Metamorphoses, Trass- I
foimation, Sic.
PART ir.
SEVERAL SURPRISES.
I In short nothing has been neglected to make the J
; evening’s entertainment the most pleasing and on- jj
tertaining To conclude with
NOCTURNAL APPARITIONS.
; Consisting of the finest subjects of Mythology. I
! and the appearance of the most distinguished In- M
1 oividuaisof the age.
Doors open at 7 o’clock, performonce to com
mence at hall-past 7 precisely'.
fffff Admission to Boxes and Paraquctte 8,1-
B. 11. OVEIIBV,
A TTOR NE Y AT L A W , L
feb 25 Jefferson, Jackson county', Ga.
Hr. JV. FLINT offers his services to the ci
tizens of Augusta in the different branches of his J
profession, tie may be found at all hours at the 1
late residence of Mr. A. 2.1. Egorton, second doox q
from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold street:, j
nc v 29 ' 1 v ■
C O'TO THE LOVERS OF THE ARTS- 1
The Paintings at Mr. Richards’Drawing Academy.
(Masonic Hall,) will hereafter be opened to vise B
tors, every Saturday afternoon and evening, from I
2 o’clock until 9 o'clock p. m. At night the room* H
will be well lighted. “ dec U*
, v EXCHANGE on NEW YORK— At sigh!. I
j and at one to tw ty days sight. For sale by
j nov 23 GAR DELL E k RHINO.
&7“ll . G, A IMMO, General Commission Mer- B
chant, office on Mclntosh street, rext door to the B
Constitutionalist. no v 7 B
s VT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—V or tiic bene- fl
fit of the sick poor of Augusta and its vicinity. I
The visiting committees for the ensuing month. B
are as follows:
Division No. 1. —James Godby, J. W, Meredith, B
I Airs. Crump, Mrs N. Jones.
Division No. 2. —W. 11. Crane, W. F. Pember- ■
; ton, Mrs. Takiafarro, Mrs. M. A. Holt.
Division No. 3. —E. Latimer, James Panton, B
I Mrs. B. McXiunie,Mrs. Julia Bnead.
J. \\. \\ IGHTMAN, Secretary.
E(3’ PITBLIC NO J ICE.—Da. Mhnhoe, Surge
Dentist, has returned to Augusta, and has rernored ||
his operating rooms to one door below Martin Fred- J*
Click s Confectionary, and opposite toe i
Bank Building. fob 10 ™
rffff LAW NOTICE. —The undersigned practi
cos in the Superior Courts of Columbia, U aslant- I
ton, Scriven, Burke, and Jefferson counties.
fob 19 2w CHARLES J. JENKINS |
03= Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his profe=- 1
sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its ■
vicinity. He will be found at his residence, the
first brick building above Guedron’sstable oa Tilts «1J
street,recently occupied by John L. Adams. . (|
aug 17 ' ts
C ffffHr. C. W. WEST offers his professional m
services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity |
His office is in Mclntosh-street, opposite the olfi C( oB
of the Constitutionalist: residence at the Eagle an J m
Phoenix Hotel. fob 13 —trwlm 9
(ZT NOTICE.— The Rail Road Passenger Tram I
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave a* j
follows:
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston befoie 7 00 a m.
“ Summerville, “ - -8 30
“ “ Georges’ - « - 10 00
“ “ Branchvijle, « - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 M
‘ “ Bjackville, - “ - 100 .»• 1
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 409
DOWN VV ARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m*
“ “ Aiken, - *• -7 30.
“ “ Blackville, « - • 930
“ “ Midway, “ - -1030 *
“ “ Branch viil “ - - 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - -1200 m* m
‘ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 00p. «• I
Arrive at Charleston not before 300 ■ -
Distance—l 36 miles. Fare Through—s lo (! v ■
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain - I
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and no ■■
longer than 5 minutes for woand water at an
station. ■
To stop for passengers, when a ■
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also I
Sineaths, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 miK 1 __ v
Rives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Joim^’ 11 ' I
and Marsh’s T. O. 9
Passengers no will breakfast at Woodstock B
dine at Blackville; aown, will breaniast at Aito 9
and dine at Summerville. may I