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CHRONICLE AND S uNTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, vIARCH 7.
(Zj’ See first page daily papei
Our acknowledgments arc ue to the Hon.
Mr. Pickens, of S. C.,for a copy >f his speech on
the cent fund, &c. &c. and also to Mr.
Dawson, for the speech of Mr. ; 'avis, of Massa
chusetts, on the Sub-Treasury qi ;slion.
Alarm of Fire
Some little confusion was prr luced yesterday
by the announcement of a fire n the Kill, said
to be the beautiful mansion of C >l. Gumming.—
On arriving at the spot, howev' r, it was ascer
tained that the kitchen chirnne had taken fire
and communicated a spark to b the roof of the
mansion that ignited, and consu ned a few shin
gles. No other damage was doi e, and t,»e party
returned to the city, regarding it rather a plea
sure excursion than otherwise.
AVhig Conveutb n.
The “Hartford Gouranl” says the Convention
of Whig young men of Conn., vas so numer
ously attended that no house i the city was
spacious enough to contain tin members, they
wore therefore compelled to hoi their delibera*
tions in the state house yard.
Ohio and Pennsylv .nia.
One of the most striking evid> nces of the de
generacy of the times, and the desperation to
which the parlizans of the pro; mt administra
tion are driven to prop a sinki g cause, is the
passage of resolutions by the Lee slature of Ohio,
and the introduction of simila ones into the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, i viling General
Jackson to visit those two State: at the expense
of each, during the present yea . As evidence
of sincere gratitude, (if such w re the feelings
that prompted the movers, and the object was
werfhy.) the introduction of s ich resolutions
and their passage, would be co iplimentgry to
the heads and hearts of their re pective movers
and supporters.
But when we reflect upon the ime of their in
troduction, immediately preceedi* ; a Presidential
election, from States overwhelmt 1 wi»h a public
debt, it bespeaks a prostitution o the high office
of legislation, which should cot r the actors in
this hypocritical effusion of grat ude, with the
scorn and derision of an insulted onsiituency.
The amount of Trea airy l\o ;s outstanding
on the Ist Inst, was $2,176,681 17.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 2d instant
says :—“We learn that on Salur ay las*, most of
the Banks of Philadelphia won J not pay out
thairown notes, or the notes of i ly other Bank.
The cheques of depositors, as iresented, were
marked good and returned. T e object, as we
presume, is to decrease their imrr abate lithilities
as much as possible, before the a prehendeJ pas
sage of the Farce Bill. The Ba kof the United
States paid out her notes, as usu: ; . Should this
course be presisted in, every descr ption of paper,
except U. S. Bank notes, would peedily disap*
pear from circulation. A hope is still indulged,
however, that the Legislature wil pause in their
work of destruction.”
Flour Trade.
The Philadelphia U. S, Gazet e of Monday
says that the sales o f Flour last week in tha*
m arket, for shipment, amounted o 21,000 bar
rels. Freights to England contin e high—a ves
sel was loading, at 6 shillings per ihl., and 5 shil
lings would be readily given. Oi Saturday sales
were made in Philadelphia at $5 . $5,12^.
The Baltimore American of ' ’uesday says:
In the Baltimore market, the salt , of Flour for
shipment have been extensive so some weeks
past, and they are still going on. It will be seen
that the store price in Howard s reel yesterday
was s>4.B7£ a $5 at which conside ib'e sales were
making. The Oiiio Kail-road the principal
channel for the conveyance of floi r to this mar
ket, and ihe facilities which it tun islies daily are
very great. It is estimated at leas 50,000 bbls,
have been brought on it to market vithiu the last
tour weeks—at a dead loss of twe cents par ton
per mile to the Kail-road Compai in its trans
portation.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of he 2J instant
says :—-It will be seen on referei ce to our Har
risburg correspondence, that in lb House a pro
vision has been adopted to make t e stockholders !
ot Banks liable in proportion to the amount of
stock held by each. A most iniqu ous provision,
especially as ii will only affect A aerican stock
holders. Foreign holders are bey md the reach
of such a disgraceful enactment. The widows
ami orphans who should happen t ■ hold stock in
any insolvent bunk would be ruth essly plunder
ed under this section. Our Legi.. ature seem to
be mad upon the subject of Bank .”
From the National IntellU encer.
New Jersey Contested I lection.
We regard the vote given by the House of
Representatives Friday evening, n the case of
the New Jersey contested election as'indicating
on the part of .the Adrninistrat on members a
more deliberate determination to disregard the
law ul rights of the citizen under tl * Constitution
than has ever before lieen witnesse in mat Hall.
During all the paroxysms of partj violence with
which our country has been affl.ct J, no party has
ever before had the hardihood, in leciding upon
a constitutional right, to declare , i advance that
it would disregard the law by w uch that right
was se uied. The Constitution i the great fun
damental law of our poli icalcomj act, enacted by
the sovereign People themselves, nd equally ob
ligatory upon ihe highest officer a d ihe lowest
citi/.en, restraining the one and protecting the
outer. It is this great fundarae tal law o. the
National Government, and the iws i a-sed in
pursuance thereof in the States, t at define and
regut .te the sacred right of suffrag t, which lies at
the foundation of all representative Governments
If this lawful rigiit of the elector s impaired by
being compelled to share it with t .hers to whom
jt d.»es not belong, or abridged b 3 withholding i t
from those to whom it does Mon ;, then indeed
are the days of the Republic numl sred.
Then let u* glance at the proceedings of the
House on Friday evening. While this case was
pending before the Committee of Elections, and
the commissioned members had gone home un
der an order of the committee to finish taking ev
idence to prove the frauds committed and the
unlawful votes alleged to have been given, a mo
tion was suddenly made in the House requiring
the committee “forthwith” to report which five
of the claimants of the contested seats received
the greatest number of votes. This motion was
evidently made with the design of at once voting
the Administration gentlemen into the vacant
seats, whether they had or had not the greatest
number of lawful votes, and was earnestlv advo
cated for that avowed purpose. As nothing but
the greatest number of lawiul votes can constitute
an election, a motion was made by Mr. b illtnore
to amend the resolution by inserting the word
“lawful” before the word “votes,” and the vole
on this motion was taken by yeas and nays; and
to the surprise, we should think, ot almost every
body but themselves, ninety-six members were
found ready to record their names against a
report to be based upon the number ot lawjul
votes. Thereby manifesting a willingness to
exclude those claimants who had received
the greatest number of lawful votes, and admit
those who had received the greatest num
ber of votes, lawful or unlawful, without regard
to the frauds that had been practised in obtaining
them, or the dangerous precedent thus establish
ed, that those who can, by fraud or conspiracy,
obtain the greatest number of votes, whether ol
aliens, minors, free negroes, or others, shall, in
stead of being held up for reprobation and dis
grace, be rewarded with official honors and high
trusts. We confess we were not prepared lot
this. It is more alarming than any thing wc
have before witnessed, ami it ca Is loudly upon
the freemen of the country to look to their rights,
and enter their solemn protests against such a
dangeious and unconstitutional proceeding.
From the Austin City (Gazette , February the Isf
M. De Saliguy.
M. de Saligny and suite reached our city on
Tuesday last, and was, on the succeeding day,
presented to both Houses of Congress and duly
recognised by his Excellency the President, as
Charge d’Aflaires from the Court of France,—
On his approach, he was met, in the wild and
beautiful valley of the Colorado, some few miles
from the city, and escorted to his lodgings by the
mayor and civil authorities, Gen. Henderson, oui
late minister to Franee and England, the Hon,
Secretary of W ar. most of the heads of depart
ments and bureaus, and a considerable concourse
of citizens and strangers.
We congratulate oui fellow-citizens on tbecon
summation of an event so much desired by every
patriot as that of the ratification of a “ treaty oj
peace, amity and commerce” between France
and Texas; and devoutly hope, as it is the first,
that it may prove to he a strong and perpetual
link in the chain of mutual friendship and fideli
ty which shall, in future, bind together the two
nations.
During his visit among us last year, M Salig
ny secured the esteem, confidence and high re
gard of all with whom he was associated. His
abilities, acquirements ami principles are no less
appreciated than the liberality of his sentiments,
the correctness of his judgment and the urbanity
of his deportment; it is, therefore, with much
pleasure, that we welcome him to our city, and
we feel assured that all Texas will hath with
great satisfaction, his return to the republic in his
present diplomatic capacity, as the representa
tive of one of the most liberal, chivalrous, en
lightened and truly powerful governments in
Europe.
From the A ew Orleans Bulletin of the 21th ult.
Important from Campeacht. —By the schr.
Callao, private letters, dated the 11th instant,
have been received by a commercial house in this
city. They state that a division of one thousand
men has left 'he city of Campeachy, with a view
to give battle to the Federalists in the vicinity of
Merida, the capital of that State. The moment
the division came in sight of the soldiers of the
Central army, they abandoned their officers and
went over to the Federal party. The comman
dant of the Centralists with his staff, returned
to Campeachy without a single solider in their
company. Campeachy is now left without any
garrison, save the picket guard that was left when
the army went out. In the whole place there
were only fifty soldiers, exclusive of the officers
who had been deserted by their troops. The ci
ty was in a had state of defence. Artillery was
scarce and in bad order. The town, it was thought,
would soon be taken possession of by the Liberal
party. The greater part of the inhabitants were
in favor of Federalist opinions, and there is little
cause to doubt the speedy triumph of the cause
of libei ty in the Slate of Yucatan.
Banks axp Chkdit.—We have not seen, in
any of his fugitive writings, the practical charac
ter and line philosophical turn of mind of the
Hon. Henuy VI. Biiackenuiiioe mure striking
ly exemplified than in the annexed passage
which we extract from a late letter of his to a
friend, which we find ii) the Western papers;
“ According to the specie standard, which
seems to oe the lavorite measure of the pseudo
chainelion democracy of the present day, the
price of labor is to be reduced to onc-fiUh of its
present amount, so as to l>e on a level with the
cheap slave labor of Cuba; and, as other things
j are regulated by it, the value of its products, and
j of real and personal property, must fall in the
| same proportion ; while debts, taxes, ground rent;
j articles of foreign production, and salaries of offi
cers shall remain stationary, And this idle chi
j mera is honored with the name of democracy !
j The banks, it is said, stand in the way, and bar
; the entrance to Ihe golden city. But’ these are
j now prostrate; th y cun hardly help themselves
i —they areforp d. tike those animats which pass
j the winter in sleep.
We cannot blame !hem ; the community does
not suffer from what they do, hut because they
do comparatively nothing; and a large propor
tion of that community is for doing without
them altogehcr. And since, they have been par
tially suppressed, have we had better times, bet
ter markets mure regular employment tor our
workshops, a more steady improvement for our
country, or any new impulse to our internal
trade 1 No; on the contrary every thing is pros
trate. It this be the case now, what will it he
when they sh ill he entirely destroyed, and ren
dered incapable of affording any relief? But
things will come right after a while; in the mean
time we must suffer nod live in hope. So said the
man who attempted to teach his horse to five
without eating. The experiment of the snecie
standard, which I most sincerely hope may be
the last in the series, has actually commenced;
we are now suffering under it.
“ When the vast amount of active capital cir
culated by the banks, at a moderate interest, shadl
be withdrawn from business and enterprise,
a very large portion of it will remain idle and
unemployed, be permanently invested on mort
gages, orient out ou usurious interest; out much
the larger portion of it. founded on the credit sys
tem, must be entirely annihilated. The whole
amount of that arttfi -ial capital, the great inven
lion of modern times, which produces all the
substantial effects, of reality, and is in tact based
on reality, will cease to exist. In one of the
tales of the genii, we read of a person who re
ceived a most precious favrtr as a reward for some
good action —it was a spigot inserted in one oi
the pillars which supported the roof of the house
from which he could draw as much wine as ht
pleased. Being actuated by a foolish curiosity
s/he cut into the pillar to the bottom of the peg,
s when he found a single grape ! But , from that
1 time, his invaluable gife was no mure /
“The Federal Ailmm.stration are now labor
- ingto establish a National Hank, under a feigned
e name, of which the President of the United
- States and the new phalanx of office holders,
I the treasury keepers, are to be directors, and the
e army of office-hold rs to be the beneflc : aries. Is
1 there to be no end to these political frauds and
s empiricisms! Will not the People, the whole
I People, at last open their eyes, standing as they
t do on the brin i of a frightful gulf, into which
t those unfaithful servants of the Public are about
- to precipitate them 1 I hope the time for recov
t ering has arrived.”
e
e Two Million Lottkht.—The tenth day’s
x drawing of Caldwell, Oakey and Pritchard’s lot
e tery tmk place on the 28th ult. Four prizes were
drawn. No. 48,542 drew the stationary prize.
i Three floating prizes were also drawn—number
e 12,122, the 68th—No. 85,519. the 78th—and
a 90,579, the 101st prize on the catalogue.
3 - -
] Naval.—The U. S. sloop of war Erie, Wm.
t V. Taylor. Esq. commander arrived at Pensacola
. last week from Vera Cruz. The Pensacola states
J that Santa Anna was about leaving Mexico, and
t j had already demanded his passports.
, A love Spell.—Two men have recently been
f condemned, by the Court of Assize at Rouen,
* France, one to five years and the other to three
* years confinement at the hulk, for having extor
-4 ted 2000 francs from an old man who was in love
r with a young girl under the pretence that a rah
e j hit’s tail which they sold to him for the money in
i question, would, with their cabalistic aid. compel
i. I the damsel to love him in spite of herself!—Bus
a 1 ton Trans.
Boston in the Olden Time.—The flow
ing paragraph is from the ‘Huston Gazette and
the County Journal,’ of Sept. 19, 1757. The
person icferred to is the same, the celebrity of
1 whose feats drew from that notable punster, Ma
’ thcr Hyles, the famous remark, so clten quoted
\ in former times. Dr. Byles was asked by a
s friend if he had seen-the man fly. No, sir—re-
T plied the Reverend wit: I have seen a horsefly.
Tuesday afternoon, John Childs, who had giv
s en public notice in our last ot his intention to fly
e from the steeple of Dr. Culler’s ehu-ch, perform*
r 1 ed it, to the satisfaction of a great number of
'• spectators; and Wednesday, in the afternoon, he
again performed it twice; the last time he set off
e with two uistols loaded, one of which he dischar
ged in his descent, the other missing fire, hecock
* ed and snapped again before he reached the place
* prepared to receive him. It is supposed from the
' steeple to the place where the rope was fixed, was
about seven hundred eet upon a slope, and that
'J he was about 16 or 18 seconds performing it
each time. As these performances led many
people from their b isiness he is forbid flying
} any more in the town. The said Childs says
he has flown from the highest steeples in Eng
land. and from the Monument by the Duke of
Cumberland’s desire.
s
s
, Bor leva tins.—When Paris ceased to be a
y fortified city, the walls and towers which had fall
-1 en to decay, were taken down and removed, and
j the moats filled up. The wide space remaining,
1 after this had been done, suggested to the mind
8 ‘>l Louis XIV, the idea of converting it into a
. road and planting it with liees. Four rows of
. trees were set out; between the middle rows was
the carriage path, and between the middle and
outer rows, on hoih sides, were the walks. A
few years only were necessary, by the growth of
the trees, tor the Parisians to see the beauty, and
* experience the benefit of this street or road.
■. Since that time, streets or avenues, straight,
~ round, circuitous and every other imaginable
3 form, planted in the same manner, with four rows
] of trees, generally elm on linden, have been laid
, out in and ab »ut Paris—and for a walk or ride,
f by day or night, by sun or moon, nothing of their
kind can exceed their beauty and interest. Bou-c
. levards are now not common to Paris only, but
[ are found, of more or less beauty, all over France
. Germany and Helgiurn, and indeed all over the
[ continent of Europe. .In some places they cun
■ stitute a part of the great highway, and are from
twenty to thirty miles in extent.’ V:u rollon,
hour after hour, over the hard, smooth and shady
■ roads, with as much interest and pleasure as you
would ride through the Boston Mall.
A Warm Corpse.—The New York Sjn
- day Mo ning News tells a story of a couple of
resurrectionists, who stalled for a subject one
cold night, in a small covered wagon, and suc
; ceeded in finding one. When they had disinter
: red the body, they dressed it up in a frockcoat,
hat, &c.. placed it between them in their wagon,
and started Jor heme. The weather being very
cold, aod coming in sight of a tav «rn. they conclu
ded to stop and ‘-fake a drink,” which they did,
leaving their inanimate companion sitting erect
upon his >eat, with the horse’s reins lying in his
' lap. The ostler observing three individuals in
the wagon when it was driven up, and noticing
1 that but two went ;nto the house, thought he
would inquire of tin third why he did not follow
bis companions. So he walked up to the wagon
| and asked the reason of Ins remaining behind.
No answer was returned. After questioning tire
’ dumb gentleman some lime, he look hold of him,
and found that his hand was upon a head man !
j Although terrified at first, his mind soon solved
, Hie mystery, he recollected that one of the indi
viduals who was sipping toddy at the bar was a
’ medical -tudent. “So,” savs the ostler. “PH
’ have some fun with these I nks. Ho hoisted ‘the
i body Irom the wagon and carried it into the sla-
J. hie, where he took off its clothes, put them on
e himself, and then placed himself in the wagon;
s a - tci a short time the students returned—one of
s them jumped beside, as he supposed, bis dead
man, and in merriment struck him upon his knee,
5 I claiming, “how would you like some flip, my
f \ old V —' T he moment the words had pass
. ! lls )8 » he observed to his companion, in a
t ; ,ow a nd tremblii.g \oice, “Ben he’s warm !” This
. I f Parted Ben. but he recovered his self-possessi m
. ' n a mornent ; at "l after reproving his friend for
frightening him unnecessarily, stepped up and
r | touched the ostler himself; in an in.-tant choked
j Wl,h tear ’ he repeated what his companion had
( J u?it saui—“ He is warm by heaven.” “And so
B j wo ' lld you be.” replied the ostler, in a measured
. : u,d « host *y to " e ’ “ if you had just been stolen
t ; f [ nrn • *** have Iho students took to
their heels, and never returned to claim their
i horse or wagon.
M
j , If there ts any thing disagreeable in the social
j circle, really loathsome in any kind of society it
; j is to hear a poverty stricken aristocrat, too lazy to
} work, and ashamed to beg, talk of what he once
- ; was of rich uncles, aunts, and cousins— of the
1 j splendor of his father’s mansion, and his mother's
! » j “ tirst society.” He had better date his origin in
1 j a hog-sty, and the public, now bored to death
* ! Wlt h stories of his ancient eminence, would give
i | him credit of some energy in getting up in the
i- worl 1.
Never M \ rht.—The following interesting
e piece of advice was given by the housekeeper of
J a maiden lady ot thirty, who at last thought of
e of entering into bonds: « Take my advice, ma’am,
'• and never marry. Now, you lay down master
e and get up dame. I married a cross man ot a
husband, and the very first week of our marriage
ma’am, he snapped me up because I put my cold
e FEET TO his’n ! You don’t know the men,
r » ma am, as well as I do.
A Sion.—There was a gathering of the peo- i '
pie in Brookville, Indiana, on the 19th inst. to 1 :
consider the evils under which the whole country
is laboring, through misgovernment, and to de»
vise a remedy for those evils. In a remark up
on the subject, tne Brookville Ameiican of the j
21st says: The meeting was large and enthusi- |
astic, and evinced more determination to “do ’
their own voting.” than we ever saw manifested
at any former public meeting.
It is stated as a singular fact, that of the four
female sovereigns who have occupied the throne
of England, not one ever was a mother. Three
out of tbe four were married : the first Mary,
married to Philip of Spain; the second Mary, join
ed in her sovereignty with the ever to be remern- 1
bered husband, the hero of Boyne—and Anne,
j married to Prince Geo. of Denmark—Elizabeth
| never was married. None of the three, however,
left a child to inherit her crown.
M isfortcse. —Fortunate people seem to i
think that their less happy fellow creatures ought
to sufler and die before them with decency, as the
Romans used to require of their gladiators.
Seventy.—ls it is true, in the literal sense,
that all the vvis !om of the world is folly in tne
sight of heaven, is it worth a man’s while to
live to seventy 1
MARRIED,
At the residence of George VV Crawford, Esq.,
on tbe sth instant, by tire Rev. Mr. Ta'madge, Mr,
John P C. Whitehead, of Burke county, to Miss
Mary Ann VV. Dent, daughter of tbe late Dr.
John Dent, of this city.
Consignees per South Carolina Kail Koatl.
Hamburg, March 6, 1840.
Russell & Hutchinson; Baird <fe Rowland; Hud
son & T; T B Harwell; S Kneeland & 8on; Sand
ford & L; VV J V incent: P Flemming; pope & VV;
E D Cooke; Rees & BeaU; Scranton & Smith; S D
Bontet; J II Clayton; J F Benson.
iy——— giroin«iT*ii ■w.ATjrr -*ynwiMii ■ ————wa
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, Jan. 7
Latest dates from Havre Jan 10
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton. —Since our report on Thursday the mar
ket has been firm atom then quotations,and buy
ers more plenty than in the early part of the week
Yes-terdy the market was very firm, and a consid
erable quantity, compared with the previous days
of the week, changed hands. VVe have, therefore,
no change to note in prices, and we now quote 54
to as extremes of the market, tbe lew sales are
made as low as s£.
Ordinary to middling, lo 7
Fair, to7j
Good Fair, 8 to 8f
Prime and choice, 8^
Freights. —The River is still in good boating or
der, and freights are 75 to 100 cents per bale.
Groceries. —The influence of country merchants,
for the last few days, has rather improved the
trade, and more business has been done, than for
some time previous. The market with all descrip
tions, (except Irish Potatoes, scarce at $5 per. bbl.)
is well supplied, at prices not varying from our
previous quotations.
Exchange. —Cn New-York at sight, 7a 8 per
cent, for current funds; Charleston at 4 a5 per
cent, Savannah 1 a 1 per ct.; Phi!adelphia2 a 3 per
rt.; Lexington, Ky. 1 per ct.; specie commands 6
per cent, premium.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Ranks, ] per cent. prem. .
Columbus Insurance B’k 2 “ “ “
Commercial Bank, Macon, 2 “ “ “
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 6 “ “ «
Agency Brunswick, “ 6 “ “ « i
Planters’ and Mechanics’
•t Bank, Columbus, 2£“ “ dis,
Milledgeville Bank,
Ocmulgee Bank, 24“ “
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 4 “ **
Hawkinsville Bank,
Chattahoocbie R. R.& B’k
Company, 10“ “ “
Darien Bank, 15“ “ “
Bank of Rome, 25 “ “ “
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paying Banks. — Mechanics’Bank, Bank
of St. Mary’s, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Com
mercial Bank of Macon, and Brunswick Branch in
his city.
x- T i
Nr.w ( RLE a NS, February 29.
Cotton. —Arrived since the 25th instant, of Lou
isiana and Mississippi 7,788 bales. Tennessee and
North Alabama 887, rkansas 86, Mobile 879, \
Texas 11, together 9.651 bales. C leared in the
same time, for Liverpool, 11.969 bales, Gibraiter !
12, Trieste 997, Havana 204, New York 913, Bos- j
ton 2.170, Philadelphia 153, Baltimore 47 together 1
16,465 bales, making a reduction in stock of 6.814
bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of alj on .hip
board not cleared on the 28th instant a stock of
116. 602 bales.
Cur review of Wednesday morning represented
the cotton mar. ct as being dull, at rather dec linin g
prices, in consequence of the recent very impoi>
tant rise in the rates of freight having driven ma
ny buyers put of the market. Afiafrs, however
did not long remain in this inactive condition- the’
inability of ho!de*s to eitect sales at previous rates
soon caused them to lie a little more lenient in
their demands, which induced buyers again to en
ter tbe market and O' crate freely, the sa'es of
Wednesday having amounted ful;y’6oCu bales. On
Thursday the rm.rket maintaiuc i a very quiet an- i
pea ranee, very fevfc buyers having evinced any dis- !
position looj crate, and the sales did not reach
above 2.5 0 bales. Yesterday the demand revived
again, and up to the time our enquiries ceased
about 5,500 b des bad changed owners. A majo i
ty of the salts have been at a decline of a quarter
of a rent on the rates cm rent in the early pan of
the week, and our quotations have been* made to
conform to this reduction. The stock on sale con
tinues pretty fair.
For the week, the sales amount to about 22 000
bales, and for the last three days to 14,000. ’
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS.
Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary 54 a 6 •
Midd mg, 6ja 7 ; Fair,
Goo 1 and fine, a—. Tennessee and N. Alaba
ma. Ordinary, middling, fair, good lair, good and
fine, Oj) a 9, extremes. 6
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1539. Oct. 1, stock on hand, ’ 15524
Receipts last three days 9651
previously, 551240 56089!
Exports last three days, 16465
do. previously, 443648 460113
Stock on hand U66U2
Sugar—Louisiana. —The receipts have been
ratner light during the last three days and the
stoci. on the Levee is somewhat reduced though it
is sti 1 very ample, as tbe demand does not ve t
tend to parce sot any considerable magnitude W.
now quote at a cents, which is a slight dc
rune remaiKing that most of the sa es are made at
2J a4i cents. A slight reduction is al o made m
the rales on plantation, which we now place at <U
a 4* cents, and within which range some f vv
transactions have taken place There is 1 tnl
no improvement in the demand lor Havan-. v
gars, and prices are without chin m "
Molasses— A tolerably fair demand, and only mo
derate receipts during the past few days ma
tenaliy-lessened the stock on the Leveejbut pikes
for barrels remain the same as last quoted, say 20 \
a2l cents per gallon, the former figures being the j
prevailing rate. Sales on plantation continue to be
ma le at 15 a 1G cents per gallon, but the demand
is not at all active.
Philadelphia. February 2S-
Coffee —There is a moderate demand for Coffee,
at the prices current for several preceding weeks.
Sales of 8 a 900 bags Rio in lots, at 10} to 12} cts
per lb, for common old, to prime new green, 4, 5 a
6 mos; 200 bags middling to fair Laguyra, at 11 a
11}, fine white 12} cts cash and 4 mos; 70 bags
Maraeaybo, 11} cts cash.
Colton —Prices are held less firmly, and some
sales have been made at a slight decline on last
weeks prices. Sales of 260 Dales New Orleans,
common to good quality, at 9} to IT} cts cash and
4 mos; 60 bales Up'and at a price not reported
The factories are still working short time, and ffia- j
ny of tiic spinners purchase only to supply their
present wants.
Whiskey —On Saturday last prices declined a
shade for hhds, with sales at 21} cts; subsequently
at 2i cts, when the market was nearly swept, and
upwardsof 100 hhds were taken at2l a 2Gcts. —
To-day the market is dull and 20} cts is the pre
vailing price for lots Bbls are in limited request
a«d tire nominal price is 20 cts.
MARINK INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, March 4
Cleaved —Brship Thatis, Brown. Liverpool; brig
Poland, Gardner, Havana; brig Wm Taylor, lioey,
New York.
Arrived —Steamboat Chatham, Wray, Augusta.
< harlfston, March 6.
Arrived yesterday —Line brig Paul T Jones,lre
land, Philadelphia.
Cleared —Br ship Wakefield, Young, Liverpool;
brig Daniel Webster. Adams, Havana; schr S
Uockhill, Walpole, Mobile.
Went to sea yesterday —Hr ships Helena. Dren
ning, Liverpoo ; Coeur de Lion, Webster, do; Fr
barque Mazeppa, Lcloup, Havre; brig Frederick
Pearl, Spoiford, Marseilles; line brig Cervantes,
Tufts. Boston; schrs John finders, Bell,New ork;
Henry Lemuel, Slaght,do; Mount Moriah, lingers,
New Orleans.
rr THE FARMERS’ REGISTER ,a monthly
publication, devoted to the improvement of tne
practice, and support of the interest, of Agricul
ture; published at Richmond, ' a , at $5 per year.
Edmund Ruffin, editor and proprietor. m 6
] Dr. C. W. WEST offers hi? professional
services to the citizens of Aflgusta and its vicinity
His office is in Mclntosli-street, o; posite the office
of the Constitutionalist: residence at the Eagle and
Phoenix Hotel. feb 13 —trwlm
ifffl Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its
vicinity. He will be found at his residence, the
first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis
street,recently occupied by John L. Adams,
aug 17 ts
(Vj- EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— At sight,
and at one to tw ty days sight. For sale by
nov 23 GARDELLE & KHLND.
J. W. JONES, is my authorised Agent for the
adjustment oi my unfinished business.
mar 3 V\ ILLIAM E JONES.
NO TICE. —From this date freight on Cotton
per S. C. C. & Kail r.oad l o. is reduced to forty (4U)
cents per hundred for square bales, and fifty (60)
cents per hundred pounds for roim 1.
A B. SPURGES, Agent.
Hamburg, March 4,1540.
c P’ RAIL ROAD FREIGHT REDUCED—A II
artic es usual y carried by weight to Hamburg, will
be charged at 40 cents per 100 pounds (instead of
50 cent', as customary.) till further notice,
mar 2 JOHN KING, Jr , Agent.
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS^
DR W. EVANS’ CELEBRATED SOOTHING
SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth..— This
infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of chi.-
dren, when thought past recovery, from convu 1 -
sions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. The preparation is
so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no
child will refuse to let its gums be rubl ed with it.
\\ hen infants are at the age of four months, though
there is no appearance of teeth, one boll e of the
Syrup should be used on the gums, to open the
pores. Parents should never be without the Syrup
in the nursery wheic there are young ciuid.i-n ; for
if a child wakes in the night with pain in U e gums,
the Syrup immediately gives ease, by opening the
pores Mid healing the gums; thereby preventing
convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. Wm.
Evans’ Medical (Jjjice, 100 Chatham street, New
York, where the Doctor may be consulted on all
diseases of children.
PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF
Dr. EVANS’ SOOIHING SYRUP.—To the Agent
of Dr. Evans ’ Soothing Syrup: Dear Sir—•'The
sreat benefit ailorded to my suffering infant by
r our Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and
lamful dentition, must convince every feeling pa
enthow essential an early application of such an
ivaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery and
orture. My infant, when teething, experienced
inch acute suilerings, that it was "attacked with
convulsions, and my wife and family supposed that
death would soon release the babe from anguish,
till we procured a bottle of your Syrup; which as
soon as applied to the- gums, a wonceiful change
was produced, and after a lew applications the
child displayed obvious re.ief, and hy continuing in
its use, i am glad to inform you the child has cum
pletcly recoveiod. and no lecurrenee of that aw In I
complaint has since occurred; the teeth are ema
nating daily and the child enjoys perlcct health.
1 give you my cheerful permission to make this
acknowledgment public, andwill gladly give any
information on this circumst; nee.
WM. JOHNSON.
TONIC PILLS. —The power of Evans’ Co-mom iU
Pills aie such, that the palpitating heart,the trem
ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the lluttering mind,
vanish belo e their effects like noxious vapors be
fore the benign influence of the morning sun, •
They have long been successfully used for the cine
of intesmittents,together w ith fevers of the irregu
lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral ob
structions.
This tonic medicine is for nervous complain <,
encral debility, indigestion and its consequent s,
or want of appetite, distension ol the stomach, ;n > 1-
ity, unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling noise
in the bowels, nervous sy rnptoms, languor, wbon
the mind becomes initable,despunuing, thoughllnl.
melancholy, and dejected. HypochomLi,.ci&rn, con
sumption, dimness of sight, deliiiurn, and ail olliei
nervous aiiections, these pills will produce a >ufe
and permanent cure.
Evans’ Camomile Pills were first introduced i do
America in 1835.
EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS an*
piueiy vegetable, composed with the strictest nv
cisiuii of science and of art; they never produce
nausea, and arc warranted to cure tne follow u-"
diseases which arise from impurities of the bio »f
viz Apoplexy, Bilious Affections , Coughs (.. './s’
Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet F ver, Asthma ( , '
leva, Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnirt - a /
Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females a d ill
those diseases of wl atsuever kind to w hich h n. •, i
nature is subject, where the stomach is affected
More conclusive proofs of the extraordinar u rliu
caey of Dr. Wm. Evans* celebrated Camomile n i
Aperient Anti-BiL..us Pills,in alleviating affli. U i
mankind.— Mr. Robert Cameron, lul Bow or\
Disease—Chrome Dysentery, or Bloodv Flux
. ymptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels, se
vere gnping,irequentinclination to go to stool, ti?
nusmus, loss ol appetite, nausea, vomiting, tic
queney of pul.-e, and a frequent discharge of a re •
cuhar toetul matter mixed with blood great debitiu
seuse ot burning heat, with an intoleiable bemuW
down ot the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying ivT
ect health, and returns his sincere thanks lei Dm
extraordinary benefits he has received.
Sold by ANTONY &. HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta
J. M.& T. M. TURNER,Savannah
P. M. COHEN & Co., Charleston
SHARP <V. ELLS, Miiledgevilio
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
a. w. Martin,Forsvth
j,.iy 23 “*** a * ti&sssgr
j THEATRE.
Positively the Last Night.
, For the Ueaeflt of Mr. Henri, Interpreter.
GREAT NOVELTY!
SATURDAY Evening, March 7
Mans. ADRIEN, the greatest of all Migicians,
will give this eveningsome of the mod extraordin
ary performances ever witnessed.
PART I.
PHYSIC , MAGIC, DEXTERITY,
ME TA M ORPHOs IS.
PART 11.
MERVILLE’S SOUP.
DISAPPEARANCE OF MRS. ADRIEN.
} PART 111.
FANTASCOPE,
j In which will appear many Novelties just received
from Paris.
Mons. ADRIEN will do all that is posssible to con
tinue to merit ger.eial esteem.
(Xj-Tickets 50 Doors open at 7, and per
, ferrnance to commence at half past 7 o’clock, pre
i cisely.
! DCT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY—V or the bene
fit of the sick poor of Augusta and its vicinity,
j The visiting committees for the ensuing month,
; are as foi ows ;
Division No. I. —James Godby, J. W. Meredith,
j Mrs. Crump, Mrs N. Jones.
Division No. 2.—W. 11. Crane, W. F. Pember
> ton, Mrs. Tai iafarro, Mrs. M. A. Holt.
Division No. 3.—(E. Latimer, James Panton,
Mrs. B. .UcKinnie, Mrs. Julia Fncad.
J. W. WIGHTMAN, Secretary.
(ffpPUBLIC NOTICE. —Dr. Munroe, Surgetß
Dentist, has returned to Augusta, and I as removed
his operating rooms to one door belo.v Martin Frrd
erick’s Confectionary, and opposite the Br dge
Bank Building. fe’i io°
Dr. W. FLlNT offers his services to the ci
tizens of Augusta in the different brancL.os cf ids
profession. He may Lc found at all hours r,t the
late residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, sec ond dooi
from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold streets.
Ilf V 29 ly
(fj •LA W NOTICE —The undersigned practi
ces in the Superior Courts of Columbia, Was.finr
lou, Fcrivcn. Burke, and Jefferson co n ies.
feb 19 2w Cll Ah LES J. JEN K1 NS.
(XT’ TO THE LOVERS OF THE ARTS
The Paintings at Mr. Richards* Drawing Academy
(Masonic Hall.) will hereafter be opened to visi
tors, every Saturdry afternoon and evening, U cm
2 o’clock until 9 o’clock p. m. At night the rooms
will be well lighted. dec 19
i fT W. G. NIMMO, General Commission Mer
chant. office on Mclntosh street, next door to the
Constitutionalist. nov 7
11. 11. DVi.URV,
ATT ORNE Y AT LA IV ,
feb 25 Jeffer o , Jackson county, Ga.
Ij "iff NOTICE. —The Bail Road Passenger J ram
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows:
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m.
“ “ Summerville, ££ - -S 30
“ “ Georges’ - “ - 10 00
“ “ Branch viile, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 m
* “ Blackvi.le, - “ - 100 ,m.
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 4 00
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m.
“ “ Aiken, - “ - 730
“ “ Blarkvilie, “ - • 9SO
££ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30
“ “ Brancb.vill ££ - - 11 uO*
££ ££ Georges’, ££ - - 12 00 m.
£ ££ Summerville, £< - - 2 OOp. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance —13umile>. Fare Through—slo 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wo * and water at any
station.
To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
Sincaths, Woodstock. Inabinet’s, 41 mile T. 0.
Rives’, Grahams, Wiileslon, Windsor, Johnsons’
and Marsh’s T. u.
Passengers no will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Bjackviiic ; aoirn, wi!< orcaKiast at Aiken
ami dine at Bummci vile. may 21
ft ,;L EOR S\LE, The formerly
°’ vned occupied, on the Sand Fills,by
jL a: fj"B. the late Airs. E. Clay ton. Also, a pairof
well broke carnage horses, young an handsome,
mar 3 trw3t* THUS. M N'-L'O.N.
IAW. —The un.iei-igned practices in the Bupe-
rior Courts ot Columbia, Washington, Stri
ven, Burke and Jefferson counties.
Culumb.a sits on tiie 2d Alonday in March and Sept,
I Washington ££ 4th ££ ££ “ ££ 44
I Scriven ££ “ « ££ Apiil and Oct.
i Burke ££ Ist ££ ££ May &3d Nor,
I Jefferson ££ 3d ££ ££ ££ " 2d “
f et> 22 trw!2t GEORGE SCHLEY.
MACKEREL —Nos. 1,2 and 3, in ha.f barrel
just received and for sale by
j feb 24-trwlw EARL & CUSHMAN.
j TO RENT, from the Ist » ct. next, a
| .STORE, No. 246 south-side Bioad-street.,
Jj g ilii .recently occupied by tiie late 1) W. St.
| John Apply to JAMES GARDNER, Jr.
jiuglG tnv ts
ELLIS-Vi lICBT ELE.WE Fi Aal
ACADEMY.
rgNiiE undersigned would respectfully inform his I
J| patrons nnd the public that his School is now
| re-opened lor the business of the winter, at his for
j mer stand, opposite the dwelling of Air. li. Callin'
As usual at tins school, pupils ol loth sexes are
received. Every thing relative to the dcpo.traent
of the pupils, w hich such an arrangement may be
calculated to require, w iil be carefully attended to.
C. PI KB.
N. B. —It is contemp’ated to open a Night School,
nt the same room, as soon as a suitable class tac
be co lected. c. P.
| November IS. trwtf
Geo. U. Read cV Hanking Co. /
Branch at Augusta. )
DEPOSIT K. in sums of five bundled dollars
and upwards, bearing an interest of six pet
I cent, per annum will be received at this < fl.ee
for periods not less than ninety days, subject to th«
| order or the depositors on receiving ton aay> noth*
1 of their intention to withdraw
nov 20 wtf J. VV. WILDE Cashier^
fa’ll) CONTRACTORS. —The Committee ot
j Streets wi 1 receive Proposals until the If
j day of Apri next, to pave the side walks of Jact*
I son street from the Kail Road Depository to bioal
! street.
A so, for rnatcria’s sufficient for paving the ce - > ■
| tre drains leading ironi Broad sticet, to be ol the ■
i best hard bunrt brick—the quantity necessary wir I
I be made known bv application to thg Committee. 1
G.'l . PARISH, A
WM. M. D’ANTIGNAC, vCom. B
C. B. HITT, J
j march 2 nj
i N. Pol LLAIN K SON inform their frien*-' |
m and the public generally, that they J
received by late arrivals, and are now
fresh and general assortment of GROILHII • fl
the stand formerly occupied by Clare. AK* 9
Co., immediately opposite the c.lobe Hotel, and |
be pleased to til! all orders sent them. ~ 1
Ari Cotton coniidec to theircare wnl be 501 '
of commission. r I f
A sto k of ScuT Shoals Manufactured I |
will be kept constantly on hand. , I
dec 12 w ! _L K ;
Lt Ti LEN from the subscri; or on 1,1 ■
O of May last, one GOLD LEVER * I
imiration double ca-e; raised eagle on the« ‘^: ye[ . ■
gine turned, chased' dge. I) in fl
pool, Mo. 1264. Also 3 approved titles hr I
the Creek nation, Alabama, and iondf a va - 1
three other pie. es of land. The above, i; aT n- I
rioty of clothing was stolen one ,nl 1 ongi fi ? I
burg, supposed to be stolen by ne r a p ljC ial I
in the vicinity of Hamburg. 1 , 21 ,-rriit iS ar * I
reward for the watch or paper-. , t f 0; to* B,
particularlv reouested to keen a ~l' vvHIJ. l “
said watch. ' JOHN
dec 28 3mw*