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Mr, Toombs’s Speech*
Thf very able and intelligent Washington
Correspondent ofthe Philadelphia er
-2« refers to the late speech of Mr. T00*..,
amfiiU position in Congress, in the following
complimentary strain .
The debated, the
sntestnauship. The speeches ofMr. Toombs and
Mr Winthrop which followed upon the heels
of eachjother, were on all sides conceded to >e
among the ablest efforts of this or of any other
session. They were temperate, dignified, pow -
erfnl and conclusive. Speeches that of them
selves, would have elevated their authors to a
high rank among rising statesmen.
Mr. Toombs declared his opposition to the
bill in the form presented by the President.—
The battles of the country should be fought by
the people, led by the officers elected by them
selves lie regarded the war as unnecessary
and having been made by the Executive, but he
was ready to maintain the honor olthe country
and vote all necesssary supplies for its vigorous
prosecution. We were in the war-no matter how ,
it commenced —and it was our duty to unite in I
terminating it. We were now no nearer peace j
than we were ten months ago, because the Ad
ministration had not put an adequate force in j
the hands of their generals, they had not been
able to follow up their successes. Taylor was
» forced to an armistice for want of resources.—
He was prepared to vote one hundred regi
ments, if necessary, to end the war. On the
subject of .Mr. King’s proviso, he said the Whigs
of the South were opposed to the acquisition
of any additional territory. They desired to >
stand hy the compromise ofthe Constitution, ,
and to prevent the agitation of a question that
must disjract the harmony of the Union, and
might endanger its stability.
It was altogether the effort of a patriot .and
the production of a statesman, from its argu
ment, ability and arrangement, reflecting the
iTighest honor on Mr. Toombs. Georgia may
well be proud of such sons, and the Whigs j
I ofthe Union may well rejoice in such represen- j
? tatives. Mr. Toombs brought to the great me j
tropolis a reputation for talent and discrimina- *
, tion, that induced the largest expectations.—j
Like few men of his..age, he has not only reali- j
zed all that was anticipated, but has excelled
his fame.' In Georgia lie has always been re
garded as a man of the largest promise, coinbin- !
\Png the rarest qualities of popular oratory, with '
tlup highest of vigorous thought and original pow
er At homwJiis name is a host to any cause
that he undertakes, and I can bear personal tes
timony to’ the service which he contributed to j
the important results which he effected in the !
great revolution of!840. Let him but follow j
out the career which he has so happily begun,
and ho is destined to fill an important place in j
the councils ofthe nation.
&
Mr. .Semple*, the Senator from Illinois, is, it j
to he appointed Governor of Ore
gon.
Argument to thk Point.—Two median- j
ics, one a Whig and the other a Democrat, j
f ! were arguing the other day on the subject of |
the Tariff' and Protection, until at length the
Whig exclaimed, “ You say, then, you are
protection, and go with Polk for free
trade.” ‘ Yes I do,” says the Democrat, “for
f don’t believe in the doctrine that helping rich
manufacturers helps us at all. “ Well,” said
• * the Whig, “if you oppose manufacturing be
cause some niep engaged in that business as
well as farming and trading are rich, let me
ask von one or two questions. Suppose Win.
Davis, Matthew Vessar. and James Hooker
slfould determine to build a factory in this town,
to cost two hundred thousand dollars, and go
and lay out the money, who would get it?”—
*• Why the mechanics and laborers the most of
it.” “ Suppose they should then put it in
operation, and pay out five hundred thousand
dollars a year to the hands employed in it,
where money go ?” “ What the
hands didn’t save would go to the merchants
•* and mechanics in town,and thefannersaround.’’ i
“ Nmv take your own party ground, and sup
. pose that, instead of having any factories built
aifd put in operation in this country, all that
business is carfi&d on in England, who will get
the inoneyqr.iid out by the owners then ?” The
Democrat paused and—vanished.—Poughkeep
sie- Telegraph . *
Mistaking One’s Self.—A lady was shop
ping recently in Washington-street, and in the
course of her business avocation, she entered
one of the new and spacious stores, and asked
one of the clerks for the article which she want
ed. She was told politely to go higher up for the
woods, and following this direction, she was
along from clerk to clerk, until shear
rived, as she sirj(j)osed, nearly at the head
tse At ore, when a lady in the way seemed to pre
vent her further progress, She stepped aside
involuntarily to let the person pass, but the lat
ter seemed to do the same, and this was repeat
ed several times with an apparently' right and
left motion, until the lady of whom we speak,
wean with dodging, exclaimed,“Well. Madam,
wlydi shall pass, you or I / If we keep up
this ceremony', onr politeness, I fear, w ill en
croach qitfte toojnuch upon onr time.” So say
ing. she fifteen p her veil, and extended her hand
outwardly, when both eyes and hand met a
mirror which was fastened against the wall.—
Tffe lady was completely deceived by the effect,
for, having had her veil down, she did not per
ceive that >he was practicing politeness before
o her own reflection. She laughed heartily at the
mistake, and said that she certainly had at one
t ime in her life “seen through a glass darklv.”
The clerks saw the <novenient and smiled at it,
but the lady tells the joke as a caution against
modern deceptions. —Boston Transcript.
Hindoos and Chinese: Purchased Sub
stitutes for Torture and Death.— ln what
country could wretches be found who, for a j
small payment, would allow themselves to be
bun" on a rope by two sharp iron hooks inser
ted in the flesh of their backs, and to be whirled 1
rapidly about in the air ? Every spring, at one
of the religious festivals, there are men who
willingly undergo this torture, being paid bv
rich hypocrites, who hope to save their souls bv
these vicarious mortifications; and they go
through the whole without a groan, some of
them even singing. After being cured of their
wounds, they are ready to undergo the same
pn>cos?the following year. Vet they are not
martyrs, cheered under their sufferings by the
prospect of heavenly beatitude. They know
perfectly well that their reward will be ten
pounds. The Chinese go still further. They
, not only torture themselves by deputy, but
-om-dimes suffer decapitation in the same com-
Mi nimus manner. A rich man, condemned to
( lose his head, is allowed to find a substitute,
who shall sutler in his stead, and he finds one !
or is it merely decapitation which the man
has to undergo, but he is usually tortured before
he receives the final blow. A man sells bim
scll in China to the executioner to find bread for
bis lamdy just as in Europe he devotes himself
Ito the chances of war. W hat must be the love
id such a man for his family, or the obtnseness
of hi-physical sensibilities ’ The one and the
other are to U 3 alike incomprehensible.— Jac-
Clientele entb Sentinel.
ATTG-TTSTA, OEO =
TUESDAY MOBSISCi JAS * l9 ’ 1847^
ThbNokthk* Mail, came through yester
day as far North as Washington, though we re
ceived no later accounts ofthe proceedings of
Congress.
Who Wants Factory Stock 1
This is an important question just atthi* mo
ment, and we trust that a few days will develope
the answer, for we perceive by an advertise
ment inserted in another column, that the com
missioners appointed by the Legislature are
about to open books for subscription to the
stock of “The Augusta Manufacturing Com
pany,” on Wednesday, the 27th mst. This
forms something of a crisis in the affairs of
our beautiful city, and we sincerely hope the
citizens will prove by their acts that they are
fullv equal to the emergency. Let no man then
stand aloof who has any capital to invest, but
let every man, (if it be but an hundred dollars,)
resolve to give his mite to the good work. This
is no time for croaking or dallying; the interests
ofthe city require that every man shall do his
whole duty, and a little public spirit, with con
cert of action, will give an impetus to the pro
gress of events, the influence of which may be
felt for generations, and probably centuries.
Four days Later from Europe.
Private letters received in this city from Sa
j vannah by yesterday’s mail announce the arrival
I at that port on Saturday of the packet ship
Aberdeen, with four day’s later accounts from
Liverpool, from which port she sailed on the
Bth December. She brings advices of an ad
vance of l-8d on cotton within the four days.
We were unable to obtain any other particu
! lars.
Freedom of Opinion and Speech.
| The effort of Mr. Polk to gag the people
and fetter free opinion has been rebuked Iroin
one extremity of the country to the other. It
certainly exhibited a species of political deinen
tation ; for no man, not in some degree beside
| himself, could have been so short-sighted as not
' to have seen that an official attack of that ciiar
| acter would recoil with fearful and retributive
i power upon the assailant.
The official indecorum of charging his politi
! cal opponents with giving “aid and comfort” to
the enemy, because they censured his acts,
brings the President down from the dignity of his
station to the arena of a demagogue. He steps
from the Presidential chair to the hustings, and
| instead of playing the magistrate he becomes
j the partisan.
The indelicacy of the proceeding is the
| more shameful and glaring as he attacks the
patriotism ofthe people for finding fault with
himself. Ifhis gratuitous defamation had been
perpetrated in tic fence of another, some excuse
could be found for him in the claims of friend
ship. or the disinterestedness ol his motive. —
But, said Mr. Polk in substance, “You have
called my acts in question; you attack me, James
K. Polk, the President of the United States.
In daring to do so, you have committed moral
treason, and given “aid and comfort to the
enemy.
It would have been better to have left his de
fence, especially such a defence, to his “ loving
friends,” if any he has. They could, with
better irrace, have published his “ griefs” and
charged upon his opponents treason to the coun
try. for daring to differ with him in opinion and
doubt the constitutionality and purity of his
acts.
We have been led into these remarks in look
ing over the following, which we copy from the
Philadelphia North American. The reader
will readily perceive the appositeness to the
case in question, ofthe catechistical instruction
in the government schools of Austria:
“The President is not without august authority for
the principles avowed in the Message, which are far
from original with him. The Austrian Government
requires that the same doctrine should be taught in
the public schools—a mode of urging them nearly at
effectual as by a Presidential message. The following
is an extract from the lessons actually taught by au
thority in the Austrian Government Schools:
“ Question. What must subjects abstain from [be
sides treason ?”]
“ Answer. They must abstain from talking unrea
sonably of the events of war.
“Q,. And why so l
“ A. Because, as they are not aware of the real cir
cumstances of such events they easily can deceive tin
populace with their discourse.
“Q. W hat must citizens and country people d<
not tube suspected?
“A. They must keep quietly at home —mind thei
own business—work and pray.
“Q. How must the subjects behave when the ene
my causes them losses I
“A. They must bear losses with patience, and put
their trust in God and their sovereign.”
“ The Austrian creed does not go quite so far as Mr.
Polk—for it does not denounce an investigation of the
]>olicy of the Administration as treason. In Europe,
this is considered despotism ; here there is not a go
vernment organ that will not assure you that it is—
democracy
Virginia V, S. Senator - .
R. W. T. Hunter , was on Friday last elected !
on the sixth ballot, U. S. Senator for six years
from the 4th of March next, to succeed Mr.
Archer. This result,'says the Whig, was effect
ed by the co-operation of most of the Whigs
with a few of the Administration members, who
adhered to him steadfastly, not only in opposi
tion to the Gubernatorial Caucus nominee,
(Governor Smith,) but to other gentlemen who
were afterwards put in nomination by the de
-1 termined opponents of Mr. Hunter, several of
whom declared their preference, in private con
versation. for a Whig ?
A Bn.i. has passed the Senate of North Caro
lina authorising the Petersburg Railroad Com
pany to subscribe $500,000 towards forming a
railroad connection between Wilmington and
Charleston. It it is said that the bill will receive
the sanction of the other house.
,
The Legislature of New Jersey met at Tren
ton, on Tuesday last. Jno. Smallwood, (W.) j
was elected President of the Senate, and Dr. I
J. W. C. Evan, Speaker of the House.
A Senator ofthe United States is to be chosen
this session, Mr. Miller’s term expiring on the
4th of March next. There is said to be no doubt
. that Mr. M. will be re-elected.
I he eagle, it is said, can Hy at the rate of one
1 hundred and fifty miles an hour; wild geese
ninety miles; swallows ninety-two miles; and
the common crow at the rate of twenty-five
* miles an hour.
Theatre.
It would perhaps be premature to express a
decided opinion either favorable or uu ;
ble, upon having witnessed a single per o |
ance-it would certainly be from having '
served only one or WO ac*. And almongh
this was our situation last evening. » *
great pleasure in assuring the admirers of the
drama, that the company as a whole made ad ■
cidedly favorable impression-some of them
giving evidence of a high order of
talent, which all acquitted themselves well a- ,
cidedly well. |
To night the bill is an attractive one, and the
reputation of Pl-sctoa alone, were there no ;
other attraction, is sufficient to secure a crowd- ,
ed house. .
The Packet Ship New \ork. The
Charleston Courier of yesterday says From a
letter to the consignee in this city, under date o
the 12th inst., we learn that this vessel was m
the same position as before reported, but with
every prospect of her being got off. The ne- |
cessary assistance, in apparatus, &c., was hour- •
ly expected from New-\ork. Her cargo ,
about being removed to Beahlort, N. C., an j
from thence would he shipped to this port with j
all possible despatch. The letter further adds ;
that nothing would he sold, hut all sent forward.
A passenger in the Wilmington boat, arm M
yesterday, who left the New-York on Wednes
day last, confirms the above intelligence, ex
pressing the opinion that she will be got oil it
the weather is favorable. The agents of the
underwriters had doubtless arranged as to the
amount ofsalvage to he paid. The goods are
stated to he in as good order as could he de
sired. A flywheel belonging to a steam engine
was lost in landing.
Wealth of Boston. —The following is the
Assessors’ valuation of real and personal estate
in Boston, for the years 1845 and 1*46. t
I shows a large increase in both items .
1845. 1846. Increase.
Real Estate--.#81,991,400 90,119,600 8,128,200
Pers a 1 Restate? 53,957,200 58.720,000 4,7b2,i00
$135,948,700 148,839,600 12,890,900
“The Natural Allies. Ihe Albanv (N.
Y.) Argus, one of the boasted “natural allies”
of the Southern Democracy, and the leading
| organ of the party in New York, speaking of
I the famous Wilmot proviso, says, there will he
| little diversity of opinion in the non-slavehold
: mg States on the proposition to exclude slavery
j f r ora all territory to be acquired in the progress
■ of the war with Mexico. This, indeed, is thelan
| guage of the Northern press, without distinc- j
tion of party.
We are requested to state, says the C harh >■
ton Courier, that the steamer Governor Dudley, |
I left New York for Wilmington, on the 12th
j j list-, and was hourly expected at that place,
when she would he immediately put on the line
in tiie room of the Vanderbilt.
The new Constitution of New \ ork abolish
es the Chancery Court of that State. It will j
therefore become necessary to provide for the |
safety and future distribution of the money
which have been placed in those Courts. The
New York Express says;
“ From the best information that can he ob
tained it is believed that the amount now col
lected and secured out, in all the Courts of
Chancery, trill exceed nine millions of dollars, i
a sum altogether beyond the belief of many
persons. Some of these moneys have been
in the court twenty or thirty years. For some
portion of this money, neither the principal nor
the interest has been called for, and probably
never will. The reports that will he made to
the Legislature will form a very interesting
document, and will probably impart inloruia
tion to parties which little dream that they have
an interest in the matter.
A Decided Hit. —The Philadelphia L. fe.
Gazette has the following paragraph :
Capt. Bankhead —a son ofthe Colonel—with
in twenty-four hours, raised in this city fifty men,
to complete one ofthe companies ot the Vir
ginia regiment. Enlisting to serve during the
war, appears to he a category not contemplated
by the Virginia resolutions of’9B and ’99.
Mr. Webster, it is said, will make a tour
through the Southern States, immediately after
the adjournment of Congress. He has had this
visit in contemplation for several years, but
though urged by his friends in various parts
has never before been able to gratify their
wishes.
A letter from Indianapolis, to the editor of
the New Albany Bulletin, dated outlie 4th inst.,
says;
> This city has been almost deluged by recent
heavy rains, the effects of which, in the destruc
r tion of life and property, have not yet been
fully manifested. There can he no doubt, hovv
' ever, that lives have been lost by this sudden
inundation. Several of the streets were over
flowed by the outbreak of waters from adjacent
streams, but the waters have mostly subsided
from the face of the city. Houses have been
swept away with their contents, and the loss of
property will be immense. Three persons
were discerned, night before last, on the float
ing roof of a house, in the midst of what is now
White river, crying for help, but none could
then be given. In the morning they were not
to be found, and, doubtless, had perished.
Culture of the Olive. —ln a late address
before the Agricultural Society of South Caro
lina, the Hon. Mitchell King warmly advocated
the introduction of the Olive in the rural econo
my of that State. He read a very interesting
letter from one of the most scientific agricultu
rists in the United States, (J. Hamilton Cou
pe, of St. Simon’s Island, Georgia) from which
we extract the lollowing passage :
“We have succeeded perfectly in picking
the Olive, and ill making from it the finest oil
I ever tasted. This season I expect to make
several hundred bottles of oil; and if lam not
disappointed by hurricane, 1 hope this winter
to submit a sample to your critical judgment.
Having now about ‘250 trees of various ages,
and intending to increase them, I hope in a
few years to be able to test conclusively the ques
tion of the Olive culture in Georgia. The ex
periment will not be a costly one, :is the ground
occupied by Olives is cultivated at the .same
time in other crops.”
The Revenue. —The receipts at the New
York Custom House during the month of De
cember, 1840, amounted to $1,152,40:*
Os which there were in Treasury
notes $149,078.
In Dec., 1840, the receipts were 51,070,400
Mr. Ficklin, in his speech against General
Taylor, spoke something about Federalism and
blue lights —when Mr. Shenck, of Ohio, play
fully asked if he referred to those lights by the aid
of which Mr. Folk piiotted Santa Anna into the
harbor of Vera Cruz! The Illinois General
was silent, but the House had a hearty lan<di.—
Ibid.
A Sc*»p Historj •
The National Intelligencer, in alluding to an
error committed by Mr. Di r.s in Inalatc apecch
in Congress, in reference to the agreem
Lid! between Skxtx Anna, while a prison
er, and the authorities of Texas, as j
boundaries of the two countries, takes oceas.
to spread before its readers the subjome sc p
1 of history, ill regard to that transaction, to
! which Mr. Polk and his blind followers ha e
attached so much importance in making out e
American title to the Rio 0 rande:
1 “ T he annual Executive Message asserts I hat
Mexico, which confirmation that body
Now, on this very point we opposite
authority of the late Life o f lirn : s hed by
vimidlv 'written from materials furn shed ov
Wm Vthe pages of that work the hero and
President of Texas is directly at issue with
President Polk, the hook expressly decJarmg, m
its account of this transaction, that the Govern
mentof Texas itself released Santa Anna from
the compact, hy violating the mam condition
1 for which he made it—that of being immediate
ily set at liberty. Instead of this, he was seized
I on board the vessel that was to carry him back ,
I was put in irons, subjected to great indignities
j and personal danger, and finally sent to ll
United States, instead of Mexico. All this s
I expressly declared, in the following summary
(p. 131) of Gen. Houston s views of the mat
ter: ‘When Houston was asked what he wou d ,
have done in the same circumstances, he said •
‘I would have regarded the faith of the nation
under any circumstances, and before the mob
fGen. T. Green and his soldiers, acting under
an order from the Government] should have
laid hands on Santa Anna, they should have
first drunk my blood.’ It now became perfectly
certain that all the hopes of advantage Houston
had borrowed from the treaty and the. release of
Santa Anna tcere to he disappointed. He knew
that the only reliance they had or could have was
upon his gratitude and sense of honor; and now
the course his enemies had taken had dissolved i
all his obligations.’ ~ 1T
“It thus appears that President Houston
looked upon the “treaty” as only the personal
engagement of one whose influence would
probably he sufficient to procure its adoption
by the Mexican Congress, if he was at once
suffered to go home; and that he (Gen. H.)
considered it as entirely dissolred, even as a
personal engagement, by the detention and
other treatment of Santa Anna. All the facts
as to this matter may he found between pages
126 and 131 of Lester’s “Sam Houston and
his Republic.”
“ Nothing, however, is better settled than that
even a sovereign can he in no manner hound
by a treaty made with him while a prisoner.
After the battle of Pavia, (about 1525, when
Charles V. extorted from his captive, 1 ration
I, a disadvantageous treaty, all Europe com
mended Francis for disavowing and disregard
ing it, as soon as released; and Charles was
held to have got not right, hut only shame, hy
such dealing with a prisoner.
“ In this country, we may be said to have
1 gone still further: for, under the Presidency of
Mr. Madison, we refused, for a year or more,
1 to recognise, a Spanish Envoy (Don Ouis) be
cause his sovereign, Ferdinand, was, though at
large, really under the control and keeping of
the French Emperor. When under restraint,
his sovereignty was considered in abeyance,
: and treated accordingly.”
Propagation ok Roses from Cuttings.—
We received, says the Carolinian,the following
instructions for the cultivation of Roses by cut- j
tings, from our esteemed friend, the Rev. John
Bachman, D. D., of Charleston, who is as well
known as a horticulturist, as he is celebrated
as a naturalist. It is no experiment yet to he
; tested, and the peculiar mildness of the season
heretofore will render it practicable immediate
| ly after the first hard I'rost:
“ After the first severe frost in November or
December prepare a bed in a frame, the size j
of a window sash—3 feet by 4 feet will answer
—the earth must not he manured. It is not a i
hot bed, hut composed of common garden soil.
In this make trenchss 1A inches deep, 4 inches
apart. Then cut your branches into cuttings
containing three or four eyes; the lower part
cut smooth just below an eye—one or two eyes
remaining above the earth. The cuttings are
now laid, or set nearly upright, in the small
trench, and may he put within an inch of each
other. The trench must he filled up with com
mon sand, such as is used for scouring, See.
The object of the sand is to prevent too much
moisture accumulating around the plant. The
ground is now gently watered, to fill every little
opening around the stems. The glass is now
put on the frame. Nothing more is done, and
no watering for five weeks, when the buds will
be found putting out —an occasional gentle
watering is then given, and the glass raised du- |
ring the day, for an inch, to admit air—closed
down in cold nights. Towards spring the buds
will have shot out three inches, and the roots
formed. Then they can be transplanted in good
rich soils. Well rotted manure and moisture add
much to the growth. They bloom the lir»t
spring.”
epigram written after going to law.
f This law, they say, great Nature’s chain connects,
That causes ever must produce effects.
In me behold reversed great Nature’s laws,
And my effects lost hy a single cause !
A newly married man, writing to a friend,
thus describes his wife : “She has a small mouth,
a plump, pretty face, lively eyes, and a temper
—whew ! as explosive as gun-cotton !”
An itinerant preacher, out West, declares that
the miser, when he dies, and attempts to fly up
to Heaven, will lind a bag of gold tied to everv
feather of his wings, the weight of which will
sink him to perdition.
Notice to Q,uit. —The late vote in the
House of Representatives, in relation to taxa
tion of tea and coffee, the N. Y. Express thinks,
affords Mr. Walker an opportunity to add a
nother British fashion to his practice of finance.
In England, when a call is made to Parliament
similar to the one in his “Tea and Coffee Let
ter,” Ministers retire, when the vote is 67 a
gainst them. If the Secretary is not too dull to
take the broad hint given him, his resignation
will be the next proper step to preserve his
consistency, it being too late to save his reputa
tion as a financier.
A cotton and a paper lactory are being erect
ed*in Tuscaloosa, Alu., and the Observer adds:
“The coal and iron trade, we are also inform
ed, is engaging a large share of public attention;
a much greater amount of the former finding
its way to Mobile, and furnishing employment
to a number of persons heretofore having no
connection with the business.”
Dislocation —(from disluco, to put out of
place.) —The two most remarkable cases of dis
location this country affords are to he found in
two of its most prominent men, viz :—Presi
dent Polk and Henry Clay, both being out of
place. — Judy.
An old lady, in the Yancy Congressional dis
trict, the other day, asked a stranger who stop
ped at her house, it he had ever seen Sam Ro
man. He replied that he had.
“Well,” continued the old soul, “did you
ever hear him talk V ’
i“ No,” replied her guest.
“To be sure!” she returned—“ then you
ought to; lor I give yon my word that he is the
tconder of creation and the lightuin' bug of the
icorld /”— Ala. Journal.
AttncW upon «e». Taylor.
lt <r . " “I
a member of Goiigr -■ . Gen. Tay
less ll|iaoia /appear* has
Inlde t^erhlldiac^.ba.
great slowness— at a matt P h( to )mve
been"“ght“oTier,a,,d the battle
inefficiency w. i he fanltjl
p ’mum train had not gone along wth him be
-1 .1 i «in •nf Vfav and it was his fault mai
these* battles were mot* followed up w ith more
V **Mr°rlckffnfwe*believe. is a Militia General
at home, and like some M office« we wo.
of in Georgia, must be anxious to beco
Brigadier, or perhaps a Lieutenant-General.
As he is quite a promlsingyouth, we would not
be surmised to lean, that Mr. Polk were to re
serve his services for the next Oregon war.—
Seriously, however, is it not too had that men,
who have grown grey in the ser ™* e °f n d Ca
co.mtry, whose patriotism and courage and ca
uacity have been proven on many a hard sou
field, should be assailed and insulted .andslan
dered hv the poor pitiful minions of power—
hy men who gloat upon the public plunder,
and who are only the supple too s of
demagogues and paltry partizan leaders bare
ly there must be a redeeming spirit in the lam .
It cannot he that the madness of party, or the
insignificance of these assailants, can s ic
them from the fate which they so nchl> merit.
—Savannah Republican.
Noble Sir Walter Scott
was urged not to prop the falling credit of an
acquaintance, he replied : ‘‘ The man was my
friend when friends were few ; and I will he
his, now that enemies are many.
The value of the exports from Boston in De- |
cemher was $537.007; the imports f 226,- |
942,
The U. S. transport ship America, Capt. J- |
Levy, having been detained hy adverse vveath
er. at New York, was to sail on I hursday last
at 10 o’clock, for the Gulf of Mexico. She
goes out loaded with the surf boats recently
built in New York for the service of the squad
ron in the Gulf of Mexico.
PRESENTMENTS OF THE GRAND
JURY.
•r- -■ The Grand Jury for the first week, Janu
ary Term, eighteen hundred and forty seven, hare |
been unable, by pressure of business, to visit and ex
amine the Poor House, or the state of the Books ofthe |
County Clerk. They are able, however, to report ■
that a committee of their body have examined the :
Jail, and find that building kept in good order, and the |
premises in a comfortable situation ; but they would j
call the attention of the pro|>er authorities to the bad |
condition of the roof, the gutters, and the window
sash of the building
The committee appointed to examine the hooks and |
accounts of the County Treasurer have performed
that duty and report, the books kept with perfect ;
neatness, and the accounts correct. The amount re- |
reived, from all sources, since the last term of the i
Court in June, 1846, is $5,629.47 ; and the disburse
ments, (all with proper vouchers) $5,338.10. The
balance of $291.37 stands to the credit of the County
Treasurer in the Bank of Augusta, as appears hy the |
certificate of the Cashier thereof.
The committee appointed to examine the state of
the Roads and Bridges in the County have not been
able to make a personal examination of this matter, 1
but believe from inquiry that the Roads are in as good
order as can hr reasonably expected at this season of
the year. They report the Bridge over Butler’s 1
j Creek, on the Louisville road, to be in a very bad or
|
I dor, and in a condition dangerous to the public travel,
and recommend that the Inferior Court have this bridge
put in immediate repair.
In taking leave of his honor Judge Gamble, the 1
Grand Jury sincerely regret that the state of his |
health comjiels him to resign the high station which lie ;
has filled with so much impartiality and dignity, while i
presiding as Judge of this Court, and are in hopes that,
by retiring from its arduous duty, his health may
, J . =>
again be fully restored.
We also retunrthanks to John J. Flournoy, At
torney, for the courtesy and ability with which he has
discharged the duties devolving on him.
JAMES B. BISHOP, Foreman.
Charles B. Martin, Absalom W. Rhodes,
Peter F. Boisclair, John M. Cooper,
Chris. C. Taliaferro, William J. Rhodes,
Phaneas Butler, Return J. Meigs,
Joseph Burch, William W. Davies,
Joseph S. Clark, William E. Jackson.
John Phinizy, Robert A. Reid,
I Lindsey C. Warren, John J. Clayton,
B. P. Chew, John C. Carmichael.
At the request of the Grand Jury, it is, on motion
of the'Attorney-General, ordered that these present
ments be published.
[A true extract from the minutes, 15th January,
1847.] jal9 JAMES McLAWS, Clerk.
Special Notices.
rj’Taxes.—Execution will positively be issued
against all defaulters on State Digest, unless they are
paid before MONDAY, the 18th inst.
jals H. A. WATKINS, T. C.
fj 5 R. S 4 Jackson, Teaclicr ontlie Plano
Porte, Piute and Violin, respectfully tenders
his services to the citizens of Augusta.
References —Henry Parsons, Thomas Richards and i
T. S. Metcalf, Esqrs.
N. B. —For terms, &c., inquire at H. Parson’s
Music Store. n‘2B-6m
— mm*~-
PROSPECTUS
OF THE FIFTH VOLUME OF THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL,
Derated to the Improvement of Southern Agriculture.
Edited by JA3IES CAKIAK, of Athens.
FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE! We submit to you the
Prospectus of the FIPIH VOLUME of the SOUTHERN
CULTIVATOR.reIynie upon the interest each and everyone
ot you leel in its behalf for that aid necessary to its support.
We therefore appeal to every man interested in the
success of Southern Agriculture, (and who is not?) to use
some exertion with their friends and neighbors to extend its
circulation. In short, subscribe yourselves, and persuade as
many of your friends as you can to do likewise.
The advantages and benefits resulting from Agricultural
P iriodicals, have been felt and acknowledged by the intelli
gent and reflecting Tillers of the Soil u? all civilized nations ;
to be most useful , therefore, they should be extensively cir
culated among all classes of Agriculturists; if possible, they
should be in the hands of every man who tills an acre of laud,
and to this end we invoke the aid of every man of every class
who feels an interest in the improvement of the Agriculture
of the .South.
The first number of the Fifth Volume will be issued on the
Ist of January next. It is published Monthly, in Quarto form ,
each number contains SIXTEEN PAGES of matter, 9by 12
inches srpiarc.
TERMS:
One copy , one year gi 00
Six copies “ " 500
Twenty-Jive caplet, one year 00
One hundred “ “ “ 7500
_ KjT ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
tfjy'The cash must invariably accompany the Older.
U3*“rfend all letters containing subscriptions to
J. W. <k W. S. JONES
Augusta , No/ember, 18113.
(£omm mid.
Monday, P. M.
Cotton —The amount of business to-day has not
been large, but the rates were very full.
maaaßaamsMsmammammmßmmaßmmm
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 13.—Arrived since the Bth
instant, of Louisiana and Mississippi 6164 bales, Ten
nessee 2453, Arkansas 897. Mobile 35, Florida 214 •
together 9763 bales. Cleared in the same time, for
Liverpool 2841 bales, Havre 2048, Nanfz 400, Barce
lona 1534, New York 209, Boston 307 ; together 7389
bales —making an addition to stock of 2374 bales, and
leaving on hand, inclusive of all on ship-board not
cleared on the 12th instant, a stock of 167,596 bales.
Our last report closed on Friday, which being a
holiday, very little business was done, though we re
marked that there were indications of a firmer feeling
on the part of holders, notwithstanding a material ac
cumulation of stock. On Saturday quite an active in
quiry sprung up, and during the day some 7800 bales
were disposed of, a portion on speculation, but the
greater part on English and Northern account, and
prices closed at an improvement of an £ to a j of a cent
upon the rates, which were paid a day or two previous.
On Monday there was comparatively but little done,
attributable in some measure, perhaps, to the entire
failure of the mail two days in succession, and trans
actions were restricted to about 3200 bales, taken
mostly for the North, prices remaining full and firm.
Yesterdav the back mails came through, but the day
was far advanced before the letters were distributed,
and the accounts from the North not proving encou
raging buyers manifested little disposition to operate
freely* 1 at the full rates claimed by holders, though there
was, nevertheless, a larger business done than on the
day previous, the sales reaching abo.it 4300 bale ,
and very full prices were maintained, notwithstand- .
in* some increase in the amount on sale The busi- »
ness of the three days sums up 15,300 bales, the great
er part of which has been taken for England and the
North with some parcels on speculation, and for the
Continent of Europe; and the gradual stiffening of
the market has brought prices back to within a frac
tion of the highest point reached immediately after
receipt of the Cambria’s advices, as will be seen by
reference to annexed quotations, which have been
amended to conform as nearly as possible to the alter
ed position of the market, though the prevalence of a
crood deal of irregularity renders it difficult to quote
with strict accuracy. The receipts are again falling
off, and this circumstance tends to strengthen the mar
ket. The total receipts at this port since Ist Sept, are
347,127 bales, against 432,608 bales at same date last
year; showing a decrease of d 5,481 bales.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Inferior 8| ® 8| I Middling fair... lOf® lOf
Ord. to good old 9} ® 9-. [ Fair 11 ® {.I
Middling lb ®l°l I f lOOll fa, r-- - I .*
Good middling.. I Good and fine.. .121® Id
|pf- 20 bales of Mastodon brought 13 cts per lb.
Comparative prices of Cotton at this date, in the
following years. •
1817. 1846. 1815. 1&44.
Interior B*®B* 0® T i ®3l 7 g U
Ordinary 94® 9* ®bj 4 ® Q 7j ® B
Middling in® 10J 6J (a) 6| 4| ® 4J ? $t ® 81
Good middling lOSalO* 6f ®b| 5 ® S 1
Middling fair... lo|nlol 7* ® /4oj ®54 9 ®OU
Fair.... 11 ® 114! 74® 7| 6 ®bj 94 ffl M
(jooii (air ll4all|)SJ ® 6| ®74 lb l®i
Good and fine . Il2}®U 9 ®lO 7 j (a) (JO H® UU
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
Stock on hand Ist Sept., 1840, bales . 6332
Arrived during the past three days . 976.1
Arrived previously J3/361 3471-/
353459
Exported daring the past llnee days 7389 :
Expelled previously 178474 1H5863 •
Stock on hand and on shipboard, ba1e5........16/596
Banging and Hale Hope —No movement of im
portance has taken place in the market for these arti
cles during the past three days, and the sales of Hag
gin*. as far as we have learned, have been confined to
soilie 400 or 500 pieces, at 9a 9$ for hand and power
loom, though some choice brands of the latter descrip
tion bring a fraction more. Ol Rope limited sales have
been made at 4 a 4|, principally, however, at 4£ cents
per lb.
Exchange —Onr Exchange market has not under
gone any material variation since our last report. The
rates for foreign hills are still heavy, and the sales of
the last three* days have been effected mostly at our
lowest figure. We quote Sterling 4 a4£ per cent,
premium, and Francs 5f.50 a 5f.55. Hills on New
i York 60 days 2 a2J j>er cent discount; Boston 60
days 2 percent discount; -Sight Checks on both |a £
ja r cent discount; Baltimore and Philadelphia 60 days
I 2j a2l per cent discount.
Freights —The foreign freight market has contin
ued dull during tie* past three days, and shipments
have been made at rather easier rates again. The
engagements for Liverpool are mostly in British ves
sels, at 4d for Cotton, with but little offering, 5s 6d
for Flour, and 16d for Ciraiu. 4 esse Is on tbe berth
' for Havre take occasional lots of Cotton to fill uj», at
1a 1 1-16 cent. The U. S. Quartermaster has taken
five more vessels for the transportation of troojis and
army stores to Mexico, at round charters. Coastwise
freights are without material change.
New Orleans, Jan. 13, 2 P. M.
Cotton —There was a fair demand this morning,
, but as vet nothin* of importance has transpired, sales
400 bales.
COTTON fTATEMENT.
Stock on ham! Ist dept. 1840 .Hales 6,332
Arrived since up to dale 316,801
Arrived yesterday 050
354,0-19
Exported to date......................131,ffi0
j Exported yesterday ..... 2.19! —186,223 •
Stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared,. .167,826
1847. 134 G. 1345. 1814.
lleceipts up to Jan. 18..347,717 433,134 431,312 378,270
Sugar —Sales 250 hhds— market dull, and prices ’
still easier, decline last two days sc.
j Mola sses —There is a spirited demand at yester- ;
day’s rates, 25c. Sales 500 bids.
Corn - The demand continues active. Sales 242 *
and 1000 sacks White and Yellow, 1600 bushels and
174 sacks White, all at 68c ; and 1200 sacks and 2500 •
1 bushels White at 70c.
Pork —Business confined to retail transactions, at :
I 810 for Prime, and 812 for Mess.
Ford —Sales 154 hbls Inferior and soft at 5§ cts.
I Vhiskey Sales 100 and 120 bbls at 18|c and 50
j at 18. J. Small lots at 19.
Flour —Yesterday’s rates are fully sustained.
| Sales 900 bbls Ohio at 4 621; 1200, (one flat boat
i load,) at 4 64, 1000 and 470 Illinois at 4 75, and 120
I choice St. Louis at #5 25.
Bacon —The diminished supply has led to advanced
prices. Sales 30 casks Sides at ssc, but holders gen
erally refuse to sell under 5f ; Shoulders 3J.
Exchange —There is a better feeling for Sterling,
and sales have been effected at advanced rates. We
quote 4£ ass. Francs remain unchanged. Northern
GO days, 2 a 2 J dis., Sight J ai dis., Havana short
sight, 4 a 5 dis.
U. S. Treasury Sates are in good request at j dis.
face and interest.
MOBILE, Jan. 13. Cotton —There was a fair
inquiry on Wednesday and sales effected to the extent
of 1500 bales, at the same prices as reported in our
last. Thursday and Friday there was less offering,
and buyers, with a few exceptions, kept out of the
market. Sales were estimated at about 1000 bales
each day. Prices in those few operations seemed to
be about the turn of the market, or Jc in favor of buy
ers. The majority of factors, however, were firm at
former rates. On Saturday there was a better attend
ance of buyers and a better feeling existed on all sides
to operate. S.ties amounted to 2000 bales. Monday
and yesterdav t'«out the same spirit pervaded the mar
ket, resulting in die sale of about 2500 bales each day,
making the sales of the w r eek foot up 10,500 bales.
Prices have run along with considerable uniformity
for the last four days, and the market closes with a
healthy tone. The buying has been chiefly on North
ern account, and some of a speculative character.
Our figures show a slight decline on our last week’s
quotations on some qualities, but it may be mentioned
that there are parties still who are unwilling In submit
to any reduction —who are yet holding for lOjc fol
low middlings, and 10;} for good middlings.
f.IVKRPOOI. CLASSIFICATION.
Ordinary 00 a 9|
Middlings 10* a 10j
Middling fair 10i a 10J
Fair 10J a 00
Good fair nominal.
Good and fine nominal.
The receipts of the week are 13,970 bales—e.v|K>ils
10,364 bales, and stock on hand hist evening, inclusive
of all on shipboard not cleared, 82,020 bales.
The deficiency of cotton at this |>ort, as compared
with the receipts of last year at this time, is 49,996
bales.
Freights —Foreign are excessively dull. The only
vessels in j>ort unengaged, suitable for foreign sliip
■ ments, are British, but the most that we hear offered
; for these is *d per lb for cotton to Liverpool, which
masters refuse. Coastwise there has been a fair busi
ness done, all at fc. Very little, however, is offering
for New York, -c has been taken in some instances to
fill up vessels already on for that port.
Exchange —A fair amount of business has been
1 done in exchanges the week past, though in foreign
bills less within the last week. Prices of foreign bills
i have declined a little since our last, and we have heard
1 of purchases of sterling at 4 percent., though the cur
rent prices out of doors are 4} a 4.§ per cent premium.
| Checks on N. York, Philadelphia and Boston J a J
discount. Alabama money a | discount.
Shipping
Charleston, Jan. 18.— Arrived — Steamship N.