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CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. - ■ ■ - ■ BT WILLIAM S. JONES. DVIL.'S TRI WEEKLY & WEEKLY OFFICE IN HAIL HOAD BANK BUILDING Ekt —— TEKNS-Haily Paper, peraa’nijin advance*slO Tri-Weekly Paper, “ “ “ ,f •• 5 I Weekly, (a mammoth sheet) “ “ .. 2 ('ASH SYSTEM. — In nocase willanorderforthe paper be attended to, unless ccompanied with the money, ami in every instaucewhen thetimefor which t!ie subscription may be paid, expires before the re ceipt f>m I* t 0 renew the same, the paper willhe discontmutu. Depreciated funds received at valuetn this city. _______ Texas.— By the arrival here yesterday of the steamship Galveston, Capt, Crane, from Galveston the sth mst, we have received the Civilian and the News of that por?, and other papers from the interior of the State. f; p . The Civilian of the 30th ult. stales that a company is about to be started in Galveston, E entitled the Galveston and Brazos Navigation Company, for the purpose of cutting a canal from San Luis or West Galveston Bay to the Brazos river, with the privilege also of connect ing by canal the water of the Brazos river with the San Bernard, Peach Creek and Colorado. It is intended to apply to the Legislature for a canal charter. The capital stock will be $150,- 000, with the privilege of increasing it to $300,- 000 to be divided into shares of $lO each, Report says that Americans in the employ of the Slate authorities of Chihuahua have enter ed our territory, attacked, killed and scalped peaceful Indians near Presidio del Norte. [ This will produce among the various tribes hostility towards all white men. Chihuahua is now literally besieged by the Indians because of this outrage. News from El Paso dated the 16th Septem ber had been received by Major Babbitt, Assis last Quartermaster General. The Govern s merit train had arrived being out 110 days, but only fifiy-lhree were occupied in marching. Corn is worth $3 a bushel there, and beef | is not to be had. Fifty dollars per yoke had been offered for the tender footed cattle belong ing to the train. A fight had taken place between a detach ment of American troops commanded by Ma jor Stein and a party of Apache Indians, about ninety miles from Dona Ana in the direction of the Gila. Corporal Norwood and Sergeant Snyder were killed. Major Stein was slightly wounded. The loss of the Indians was not as certained, but forty horses and mules were re taken. The Americans were from forty to fif ty ; the Indians fifty to sixty, but the latter were strongly posted in almost impervious thickets. The Sail Antonio Western Texan of the 20th ult. says: A train of about 175 carts is now being fitted out from this place for the pass by the way of Las Mores, and will probably leave in ten days, —Pic. ' " : : * Ship Jane Abandoned—We have already stated that the Br. ship Jane was ashore near Cumberland Island light, and have learned from Capt. Couch, that he has finally abandoned her, as he finds il impossible to get her off. He arrived here on Saturday evening, in the steamboat J. Stone, Capt Freeland, which was sent to his aid The loss of the ship is owing to a defect in the chart used by Capt. Couch, which gave some five fathoms, six miles inside of the place where the Jane struck. The shoal has about ten feet on it at low water, and lies fully eleven miles direct East from Cumber land Island light house. All of the moveable materials about the ship were stripped off and brought away by the Captain on the J. Stone. (r' — Sat. Rep. Another Interesting Trial of Kyanixed Rope. —A test trial of Manilla and Kyanized Amer ican rope was made recently at Cincinnati, at Griffey’s foundry, which resulted most favora- P bly to the American manufacture. The parties met, says the Commercial, about three o’clock f p. m., and immediately proceeded to the trial A small Manilla rope of the best quality of Boston make, was first tried, and was broken, after sustaining a weight 1520 pounds.—The I Kyanized rope, invented and manufactured by ( J. T. Cook &Co, of Maysville, was then put to the same test, and sustained a weight 0f2320 pounds before parting. A second trial was then had of the same size of Manilla rope, which sustained a weight of 2200 pounds. A second trial was then also had o r the Kyanized rope, and sustained a pressure of 2410 pounds. Two trials were then had with a larger size of the Manilla rope,manufactured by Bonte,which parted first at 2840 pounds, and on the second ■ trial at 2796 pounds. One trial was then made with the Kyanized rope, which sustained the weight;of322o lbs before parting. The average difference in favor of the Kyanized unrolled hemp rope being in the first trials 500 pounds, and in the last 400 pounds. This shows that the Manilla rope, which has always been con sidered the best that was ever used, is far infe rior to the American untrotted hemp rope. The Kyanized rope is manufactured from the un rolled hemp, and is not only the strongest rope made, but by the chemical process of Kyanizing, is by far the most durable. The Author of the Railway System. —The following sketch of Thos. Gray, the au thor of the Railway system, we take from the Painesville Telegraph: Thomas Gray v|as born in Leeds, England, about a half a century, or more, ago—and this is all we know of his early history. The Mid dleton Colliery had a railway for carrying coal to Leeds, a distance of three miles. The cars moved along at the rate of three and a half miles per hour. It was laughed at —not by Gray —but by the wise public Gray saw in this little work something that might be aug mented into greatness; and he thought upon the subject, and forthwith became a visionary ! He talked and wrote upon his project of “A General Iron Railway” until the people de clared him insane. He petitioned Parliament; sought interviews with the lords and other great men ; and thus became the laughing stock of all England. He received nothing but rebuffs wherever he went. All this took place in 1820, or thereabouts. But he succeeded at last. The railways were laid. The world has been benefitted by the mndnest of Thomas Gray. Well, what became of him, the reader will ask. We do not know; but believe he still lives, in Exeter, to which place he removed. Up to 1846 he had been neglected. While thousands have been enriched by the consum mation of his brilliant scheme, he remained for gotten —forced by poverty to sell glass on com mission for a living. Howitt, in the People’s Journal, a few years ago, gave a somewhat lengthy sketch of his career; tnus bringing him into public notice. We have seen nothing in print in relation to him lately. Elliot wrote a great truth in these words ; “ How many men who lived to bless mankind, Have died uuthanked.” How many of the railroad projectors, agita tors, stockholders, &c , have ever heard of the subject of this brief sketch. Sailing of Missionaries. —The Rev. J. L. Mackey and wife, Rev. J. W. Simson and wife, and the Rev. J. Best, Missionaries lor Ga boon; Mr. John S. Brooks and wife, and Sarah Kiuson, for the Mendi Mission ; Mr. Adolphus Pike, lor Sierra Leon ; Mr. Joseph Barry and wife, and Mrs. Webb, for Liberia, sailed on Saturday in the brig Lowder, for Africa, under the auspices of the American Board of Com missioners lor Foreign Missions—JV, Y. Jour. Com. Giddings, the notorious Ohio abolition agita tor, whohaslong held an equivocal position in the Whig ranks, seems to have gone over,soul and body, to the Locofocos, with whom he coalesced in the late election. The Whig pa pers of his district are now organizing strong opposition against him. i£l)roniric tint) Sentinel. AUGUSTA, S&; WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. I4r, |gp No mail north of Charleston last night. “The twelve large manufacturing establishments at Lowell employ a capital of about 13 millions of dollars, at present owning 48 mills, with their appen dages, such as 600 boarding houses and other build ings. The total number of spindles in operation is 310.000. The present number of operatives is about 13.000, of whom 4,000 are males, and 9,000 females.” These are the fruits of Yankee enterprise and industry aided by Yankee capital. Why may not we of the South, rear factories and ma chine shops and build op such cities as Lowell? There is no reason why we do not, but that our capitalists are seeking other investments, perhaps less profitable, and probably not so conducive to the general welfare and prosperi ty of the people. We may err in the opinion, but we are confident if the surplus capital-from the sales of the Cotton crop of 1849 were in vested in cotton and other Factories at the South, it would contribute more to secure the independence of the South and the prosperity of ihewhole people than any other disposition that can be made of it. It would ensure a large home market for our great staple and for the .surplus products of tte farmer—the bene fits of which those only can properly appre ciate who enjoy such advantages. It would give employment at liberal prices to a large class of our population who are in great need of such a market for their labor—it would im prove the value of the landed estate in every section of the country, because of the increas ed value of breadstuff's and the other products of the farm and dairy, and the putting into ac tive operation such an amount of wealth-crea ting machinery would increase the wealth of the entire South at a ratio which would aston ish the most sanguine. May we not then in dulge the hope that our planters will unite in a common effort to enrich themselves by appro priating a portion of their surplus to such an object ? The Troubles of the Democracy. The possession of power by the Democracy seems not to be without its trials and difficul ties. Too many of them have fought for the spoils—all cannot get offices, and the dispen sers of favor find it difficul t to appease the hungry patriots. The Milledgeville corres pondent of the Savannah Republican instead of sympathising with “ the harmonious” in their troubles, seems rather to luxuriate upon them, if we may judge from the following extract from a late letter of his: The Democracy is “in a stew,” to use a phrase common in this latitude. They can no longer be called the “Great Unterrified,” the “Harmonious Democracy”—for they are as badly frightened and split up as a party well can be. The election of a Whig Clerk of the House gave the alarm, and they are now at a loss to know upon whom to depend.— Several of their members are insubordinate, and re fuse to support any nominee for the vacant Judge ships unless their friends should be that nominee.— The leaders ha*e been endeavoring to whip them in for the past few days, and finally succeeded so far as to induce them all to go into caucus last night, ex cept six or seven, who still stand out. The refrac tory members, by clubbing together, may elect their friends with the help of the Whigs, and this will probably be the case, if the Whigs find they cannot re-elect the present incumbents. That some of the present Judges will be re-elected is not only possible, but in the opinion of some sanguine persons, quite possible. Nous Verrons, as the libeller of Jack son and Taylor would say. The gentlemen nomina ted last night by the Democratic caucus for Judges of the Superior Court are —Henry R. Jackson for the Eastern Circuit ; Ebenezer Starnes for the Middle or Augusta Circuit; Eli Baxter for the Northern ; Jas. Jackson for the Western ; John H. Lumpkin, the Oregon Wilmol Proviso member of Congress, for the Cherokee; Alfred Iverson for the Chattahoochee ; Jas. H. Starke for the Flint; William Morgan for the Southern, and Herschel V. Johnson, late U. S Sena tor, for the Ocmulgee. Judge Warner was nomina ted for the Supreme Court, his term having expired. Mr. Drytdale, of your city, received the nomination for Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer.— Without meaning any disrespect, I cannot refrain from saying that, in no case is the Democratic nomi nee so able in the law as the Whig incumbent whom he is nominated to succeed, except perhaps in the Chattahoochee circuit. There never was before so much talent upon the bench in Georgia as at the pre sent time. As before remarked, the Democrats are anything but “unterrified.” They move as if they were treading upon a mine which they expected every • momeut to engulph them. They distrust their own friends and regard every man with suspicion. Ev ery appliance in the way of argument and persuasion is used to bring back the refractory members. They may succeed, but the matter is surrounded with much doubt, and will continue so until Tuesday, the day set apart for the election. Illinois Legislature.—We notice in the pro ceedings of this body, that at an early day of its pre sent session, the Hon. J. Gillespie, of Madison coun ty, offered a resolution which was adopted, that the Governor be requested to procure a suitable block of stone from some Illinois quarry, and to have the same properly prepared and forwarded, at the expense of the State, to be placed in the Washington Monument, in progress of erection in this city. This is an exam ple worthy of emulation by every State in the Union that has yet made no similar provision.— Washing ton Republic. What say our Georgia Legislators to the ap" propriation of a sufficient sum to defray the expense of getting out a block of Georgia • Marble or Granite, or both, and sending them to Washington to grace the Monument now erecting to the Father of his country. Cer tainly Georgia will not be behind her younger sisters Illinois and Alabama in rendering this tribute to the immortal Washington. It would afford evidence of her enterprise, industry and vast resources, and would be a fit offering to the noble structure designed to commemorate the deeds of one of the purest and greatest men who ever lived. Another variety or Cotton. —Col. Ska well has sent to the Memphis Eagle , a sam ple of cotton of which the editor says, “ the sta ple is fine, beautiful and large.” Col. S. says “ It is called the Golden boll, and is represent ed to be a native of the interior of Central Ameri ca. This specimen is taken from a plant raised in my garden, of which I have some eight or ten. The soil was rich, but not adapted to its , culture, being too wet. The average height of 1 the stalks was about four and a half feet, plant ■ ed four feet apart. “The distinguishing properties which charac -1 terize this description of cotton, are its prolific t production, the long silky texture of its fibre, r and the astonishingly large size and great num ber of bolls; several of the plants had from 120 to 130, of which, from 60 to 80 were fully ma tured, ten of which, being frequently tested by the scales, weighed four and a half ounces of i j seed cotton. Those bolls that did not reach full s maturity in size, all opened, and are yet open- ing, yielding cotton apparently of as good qual ity, but not the same amount of the early bolls.” Frauds in Flour.—The New Orleans Bul letin takes the following notice of the frauds practised by the millers of the Northwest in putting up flour for market. The press should not hesitate to give the names and brands of the perpetrators to the public, and we trust that they will not shrink from the performance of so important a duty to the whole country. If men will not act honestly in putting up an arti cle for market, they should be exposed and made to feel the effects of such dishonesty upon their interests : Fraud in Taring Flour. —We hare been com pelled to reflect pretty severely upon the millers of the Upper Mississippi for the quantity of light weight flour they have sent to market this season, but by the following paragraph from the Cincinnati Price Current , it will be seen that their Ohio com petitors are equally censurable. It is the interest and the duty of the reviewers at Cincinnati and St. Louis, to expose every instance of such intentions to defraud. To say nothing of other reasons, justice to the honest packer imperatively requires it. It is becoming quite common for many of the coun try mills to fail to comply with the law, requiring each barrel to contain 196 pounds of flour. Unless in a rare case, where the deception is very apparent, every barrel of flour passes for 196 pounds; and the loss consequently, falls entirely upon the consumer. A few days since, a lot of flour was received by Mi ami canal, from a well known mill, branded as usu al, ,: s. fine, 196 lbs.,” every barrel of which fell short from 6to 10 lbs. ThC would have made a dis Terence of 25c. per barrel in favor of the milller, had the fraud not been detected. A barrel failing 10 lbs. short of the standard weight is liable to be detected in hauling; but if it falls short only 2 to 4 pounds, the fraud is seldom discovered; and it is believed that a very considerable portion of the flour received in this market, if put to the test, would be found want ing from 2to 4 pounds in every barrel. The loss to each consumer is not heavy, but, in the aggregate, it amounts to a great deal; and the miller who would practice the fraud throughout the year, would real ize thereby from SISOO to $3,000 per year. This is a matter that justly demands the attention of the legis lature. For the Chronicle 8? Sentinel. Charleston Hotel, Nov. 10,1849. Dear Chronicle : Having been detained here twenty-four hours by the failure of the steamer from Wilmington to arrive in this city till 11 o' clock last evening, to pass away time, I write you a letter, hoping that it may be worth the space it will occupy. There was a slight frost this morning, to the great joy of all denizens of Charleston. Its business has suffered severely from the pre vailing pestilence, and the panic it has excited in regions from which the trade of the city de rives its principal support. Both the fever and the dread of it are happily subsiding. The National Intelligencer of Bth instant, has a short article under the heading : “ Pteserva tion of Wheat and Grain,” which will be inter esting to the readers of the Chronicle, and should be published with what I am about to say on the subject. It is a matter of considerable moment to the farmers and commerce of Geor gia, that the art of drying and preserving grain, flour and meal for export, as well as for home consumption, should be generally and well un derstood. The two Merchant Mills in Augus ta and the Steam Mill in Atlanta, must act as pioneers in putting up corn meal in a condi tion to keep sweet and sound in any climate, and for any length of time. Believing this at tainable and at a very trifling cost, and know ing the facilities for growing and exporting corn enjoyed by the citizens of the Cherokee cqitn try, of the Savannah vailey, and other portions of the State, 1 deem it not amiss to invite pub lic attention to the matter. I have seen Mr. Stafford’s apparatus at work, and regard it as valuable ; although I question whether it is the best and most economical contrivance for drying grain that can be constructed. It dries by steam which passes through sheet iron tubes, the meal or grain being on the outside,and either falling over and around the heated tubes by its own gravity, or it is moved by narrow flanches on revolving cylinders. With great care not to over heat and partially cook the meal or grain, it can be dessicated rapidly by Mr. Stafford’s process In the city of Rochester and at Black Rock the practice has been to dry the corn immedi ately before grinding and packing, in prefer ence to drying the meal. Some four or five weeks since 1 visited a large mill in Cincinnati in which the meal made from three to five hun dred bushels of corn was dried daily. Steam is also used at this establishment for generating the necessary heat. Practically, it matters lit tle whether breadstuff’s are dried before or after grinding. Instead of using steam for drying corn and w heat, I am confident that hot air may be more economically applied for that purpose; and that 100 by farmers at home, who may be disposed to fit their grain for export themselves, or to keep it salely till a scarcity shallgive them a liberal price at their own granaries. Without drawings to illustrate the plan, it its difficult to give on paper an intelligible idea of a cheap apparatus for drying corn that shall operate well, and not impair in the least the flavor of the grain, nor its ability to form light Suppose a farmer has a brick fire proof building, twenty feet long and eight feet wide, with a brick furnace or arch running through lengthwise, as a kiln for drying boards and plank is often constructed. Now, instead of placing the grain on the floor of an oven, on sheet iron pans, or iron cylinders, as I have seen done, it should pass through the heated room in a wire-gauze reel, which revolves like a bolting cloth. This being quite open, the hot air surrounds each kernel and it is kept con stantly in motion revolving in its entire pas sage through the twenty feet reel The latter should be open all the way at the ridge, to let out dampness; and it should have a shelter to protect it from rain. A thermometer will re gulate the temperature. On a farm, the reel could be turned by a single mule with all ease, and kiln-dry eight hundred bushels in twelve or fifteen hours. The whole expense of house, heating and drying apparatus need not exceed $300; and in many places they can be built for S2OO. At ordinary temperatures in the air, corn and wheat contain from 11 to 12£ per cent of water. One half of this must be expelled for corn, wheat, or meal to keep well in mass es, Doth summer and winter. After grain is dried, it must be kept so, or it will soon absorb moisture from the atmosphere. Nor is this so difficult or expensive as one at first thought would suppose. , I incline to believe that Mr. Stafford is right in what he says of “the cohesive proper ties of flour and meal when packed in barrels orcasks making them impervious to air,” to a certain extent. Os course, meal must be well packed for tha purpose—having the wood or cask to aid in the exclusion of dampness. In Cincinnati, firm cotton bags are used for put ting up dried meal; and I was informed that they answered a good purpose. Covered with a solution of gulta percha, or some water proof pigment, cotton bags would fulfil every inten tion ; and hundreds of thousands of them might • be exported to Brazil in exchange for bags of coffee. Indeed, as suggested by a citizen of Augusta a few days since, the planters ofGeor giacan easily make both he bags and the corn | to fill them, on their own plantations, and leave the grain to be ground wherever it finds con sumers. L. Preservation of Wheat and Grain. We • copied into the Intelligencer of the 2d instant, from i some exchange paper, the following paragraph : “A day or two ago a sample of corn meal was ex hibited at New York, made from Ohio corn, steam dried, that had been ground twenty months ago. It bad been shipped to Rio Janeiro, and this sample came back, and was as sweet and as good as if it had recently been ground.” • Since this paragraph appeared we have learnt that , flour dried by the process alluded to (which is the in vention of Mr. J. R. Stafford, Esq., of Cleveland, Ohio,) is held in such high repute that Mr, Stafford is in receipt of heavy orders for it, and it commands a higher price than any other. He has already a contract for supplying the Navy, but is unable at present to meet the requisitions. He is about erect ing a mill, elevator, and store house in the vicinity of New York and in other places. We have also received a copy of an interesting pamphlet by Mr. Stafford, entitled “Observations on the production, manufacture, transportation, and pre servation of the Cereal Grains; Report of the Far mers’ Club of the American Institute; with extracts from the Report of the Commissioner of Patents, and American Journals;” and containing the highest en comiums from distinguished chemists on the great im portance of Mr. Stafford’s invention. The theory is, that without the presence of air and moisture no organic body can change. The advanta ges claimed by the patentee fur his revolving driers over all others are, mainly, that it dries all substan ces without the possibility of change of quality, color, or flavor, and removes all danger of the meal dried by that process undergoing any change under any circumstances of exposure. Mr. Stafford affirms that when grain is ground into flour or meal, and is dried by this process by packing it into casks its co hesive properties make it impervious t > air, and being divested of internal moisture, vermin cannot exist among it; and from this cause it is susceptible of be ing kept in any climate an indefinite period. Evidence is given that, in April, 1847, a large par cel of cornmeal was ground at Elyria (Ohio,) and in the month of May following shipped by the way of Lake Erie and the canal to New York. The ship per agreed to guaranty the meal to keep in flavor for five years in any part of Europe. The meal was after wards shipped from New York to Liverpool, remain ed in store until the month of September, and then sold for more than any other description of meal in the market. It had been three times transhipped be fore it arrived in New York, remained in the city du ring a part of a hot summer, and in a climate the most humid proved to be superior to any in the mar ket. The gluten is not destroyed, and the cohesive properties are retained. “ It is understood here that Mr. Calhoun will re sist the incorporation of California into the Union as a State, should the Constitution that she may present exclude slavery.”— Wash'n Corres't Ch. Courier. Such a position on the part of a Senator would certainly be very absurd, and at variance with the fundamental principles of this govern ment ; the most important of which is the sovereign right of the people to govern them selves, and to form their own Slate Constitu tion. The Constitution of the Union only re quires of a State that she shall adopt a Repub lican form of government to gain admission into the Union, and it would be an anomalous position for a Senator who claims to be, par excellence, a State Right’s man, to assume to dictate to a people whether their Constitution should admit or exclude slavery. We do not believe that Mr. Calhoun will take any such position Second Growth of Pears. —The Editor of the “ Safe Guard,” published at Pontotoc, Miss, in his paper of the 7th inst. says; We were shown on Saturday last, by Capt. R. E. Crane, a fine full grown Pear, the second crop from the same tree this year. It was ripe and had matured, finely tasted, and in short was the most delicious fruit we have seen during the year. We were also shown some apples, the second crop, by the same gentleman. Capt. Crane informed us that the first crop was larger and the tree was full, at this time there is some fifty or more on the tree and equally as well tasted ; valuable fruit this. A second growth of tbesefruits is not uncom mon in this clirnate[in propitious seasons, but we do not recollect an instance in which they matured. For the Chronicle and Sentinel. Tlie’Season and Crops in Middle Georgia* Greensboro, Ga. BA r. Editor : This is the 12th day of Novem ber, without a killing frost, and but little ap pearance of winter. The gardens and cotton fields have much the appearance of summer. Some of the tenderest plants are still growing, and to-day I saw on the dinner table many of the summer vegetables, such as to matoes, beans, and radishes While writing, I will say a little about our crops, for it will be recollected that the late spring frost caused many persons, who had never thought nor reflected upon the source from whence these temporal blessing came, to think seriously and to fear that there would not be “bread to the eater nor seed to the sower;” i but how changed is the aspect. Our corn crops are abundant and as for the cotton crop the planters of this county (I speak of no oth er) are gathering in a generous reward lor their labor. And I here say the crop in Greene county, will be larger the present year than any during the last ten. There are large fields of cotton that will yield 2000 lbs. per acre without a shovel of manure, but with it there are acres that will produce 3000 lbs. I heard a planter say the other day that it appeared to him as if his stalks would turn to cotton, if there was not frost in a few days, and the most of plant ers aro not only anticipating a large top crop but are now realizing it Four weeks since I thought a frost would not affect my crop, but now I see that in the place of only twenty bags my top crop will add ten, making thirty, or I might have said the top crop is adding one half to the bottom or first crop. Wednesday and Thursday next is the days appointed for the Meeting and Fair of the Ag ricultural Society of this county, and no one who has had any regard to the progress of the Society can doubt that it has accomplished much for the farmers, fori frequency see spe cimens of corn, potatoes, cotton, &c., at the Court House and other public places through out the county. This will be the second Fair of the Society, and from the result of the first its friends are anticipating a good exhibition. Yours, <fcc., H. S. E. Banks of New Orleans. —The following was the situation of the Banka of New Orleans on the 27th October, agreeably to the official publication of the board of trade. Liabilities. Circulation $4,251,300 Deposits 6,842,281 Other cash liabilities 113,311 $11,206,892 Assets. Specie $7,322,725 Domestic and Foreign Exchange- • • 1,922,948 Other cash assets 658,730 $9,904,403 Besides the above, the Banks have loans pay able in full at maturity, $8,811,023; loans on mortgages, $8,160,046; loans on stocks, sl,- 010,102; and Real Estate, $1,430,733.—8u11e tin. Bank of Charleston, S. C.—At an elec tion held on Monday for a Board of Directors of this institution mr the ensuing year, the fol ’ lowing gentlemen were duly elected : H. W. r Conner, Ker Boyce, L. M.'Wiley, Joseph Ice land, G. A. Trenholra, Henry Gourdin, Wm. i H. Gilliland, T. Street, Alexander Robertson, J. S. Bowie, Chaa T. Lowndes, A. G. Rose and W. B. Pringle. At a meeting of the Board held in the after noon, H. W. Conner, Esq. was unanimously re-elected President. Milk Business.—We learn that one hundred and ninety-six thousand four hundred and *ne gallons of milk and cream were carried over the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad to the Baltimore market during last year; much the largest portion of the above came from points this side of Parkton, Baltimore County. The Company, looking to a very large increase in this branch of their business, have had con structed cars particularly adapted to the trans portation of milk exclusively. When this bu siness was commenced about two years ago, but a few gallons were carried daily.— Balt. Pat. North Carolina Ikon.—The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer states that an abundance of rich iron ore has been discovered in the close vicinity of that town, near Rockfish Creek, and that David Murphy, Esq. an enterprising gen tleman, has purchased the premises, and com menced the erection of a foundry. A remarkable surgical operation was per formed in this place on Saturday last, by Dr. H. H. Toland, who successfully divided the jaw-bone of a female patient, which had grown together, and at last prevented her from open ing her mouth. We learn that the operation was most scientifically and skilfully performed. -Columbia Telegraph. Counterfeits. —A counterfeit ten dollar bill of the Bank of Charleston, was shown us on Saturday, (says the Courier) which was re ceived by a mercantile firm of this city from the West; and in that section of country many of them may obtain circulation, while here, any one accustomed to handling money would readily pronounce them spurious. The plate is fanciful, bearing little similarity to the genuine bill. The difference may be readily distinguished by noticing the word Ten, on the left end of the bill in a black ground, some half inch broad and a medallion vig nette a little to the upper corner and near the border. The genuine note has no suen border at the left, but has a vignette both up the right and left of the bill. There is no payee of the name of W. West inserted in the legitimate bills, while that name is used in the counterfeit. The name of Mr A. G. Rose, Cashier, is extremely well imitated—that of Mr. H, W. Conner, the President, is well executed, but a comparison with the true signature, will show that the counterfeit has a little the advantage of the worthy President in the chirographic an. Special Notices. Os Wilson begs leave to inform the citizens of Augusta, that he will remain a short time longer, and that his room is now in the Masonic Hall , where several finished Portraits can be seen by those who will favor him with a visit. n 8 O”Dr. J. A. S. Milligan having returned to Augusta, will practice in the various branches of his profession. Messages left at his office in Jackson street, be tween Broad and Reynold streets, or at the residence of Dr. Joseph Milligan (over the Bank of Bruns wick,) will be promptly attended to. 09-3 mo HjT Dodge’s Painting and Ua* GALLERY— E. S. Dodge, Artist, would respectfully announce to the citizens of Augusta and vicinity, that he has again opened his Gallery, next door to the Post Office, and would be pleased to accommodate all those who may wish a finely finished Miniature on Ivory, or a superb Daguerreotype, richly colored. Hio charge for Da guerreotypes will be reduced to the low price of two dollars. Having had twelve years experience as an Artist, be feels confident be can produce more perfect pic tures than are taken by most operators. He will keep constantly on hand a variety of new and beauti ful styles and patterns of cases, from which persons may make selections. Rooms open from 9 A, M. to 5 P. M. Pictures taken in all kinds of weather. Thorough instructions given in Daguerreotyping. Daguerreotype Materials for sale. 019-6 m O’ Medicinal Uses of tlie Wild Cherry. —Ever since the settlement of America, Wild Cher ry has been known to possess very important medici nal virtues. Every body knew this fact, but nobody knew how to extract its essential properties. Every mother gives Wild Cherry tea to her children for worms, for colds, and for most every disease ; and adults throughout our country are in the habit of ma king a compound of Syrup of Wild Cherry bark and other ingredients, to be used in spring as an antidote to complaints incident to that changeful season. It is found by experiment that the Wild Cherry possesses even far more important qualities than was ascribed to it. For the first stages of Consumption, Asthma, no matter how long standing, Coughs, Liver Com plaints, etc., it is proved to be the best medicine known to n an. Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cher ry is a chemical extract, combined with a similar ex tract from Tar, which enhances its value. Its suc cess in curing pulmonary diseases, in almost every stage, afterour b'st physicians could do no more, has astonished the ficulty, and led them to confess that Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry possesses a princi ple heretofore unknown among medical men. Buy none without the written signature of I. BUTTS on the wrapper, if you would avoid imposi tion, For sale in Augusta by Haviland, Risley & Co., D. B. Plumb & Co., and T. Barrett & Go. In Ma dison, by Wm. Haines n!4 tw&wt fCs” We are authorized to announce E. C. TINSLEY as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at the ensuing Election in January next. n7 O’We are authorized to announce FLOYD THOMAS, a candidate for RECEIVER OP TAX RETURNS of Richmond county, at the election ir January next. * o!7 iOrlVe are authorized to announce L. T. SHOPPasa candidate for RECEIVER OP TAX RETURNS at the election in January next. sI2 O’ We are authorized to announce ALEXANDER PHILIP as a candidate for re-elec tion to the office of Receiver op Tax Returns for Richmond county, at the election in January next. sß* IMPORTS. CHARLESTON, Nov. 12 —From Liverpool—Per ship Conqueror, 3000 sacks sail; ship Lady Sale, 2501 sacks do. SAVANNAH November 10.—For Boston, barque Globe—l,27o bales Cotton, For New York, brig Macon—63B bales Cotton. ComiKerrial. AUGUSTA MARKET. Weekly Report, Tuesday P, M. COTTON.—The receipts of the past week by the Railroad, wagons and boats, were quite heavy ; the shipments by the river to Savannah were about 5000, and by the Railroad to Charleston about 3,500. The continuation of good weather drives every thing for ward, and our planters have not had such a fall for gathering and sending their crop to market for many seasons past. The business of the past week, from the quantity of Cotton engaged ahead by the Steamboat Companies and the Carolina Railroad, and the advance in freights by the River, and the closing of the gates at the de pot in Hamburg, has been very dull and depressed, and although the quantity sold may appear large, yet our market has been dull and drooping all the week. Prices are about the same as those prevailing at the close of business last week. Pair Cottons cannot readily be sold over 10$ cents, although holders are endeavoring to get 10| and 10$ cents, and are not free sellers unless they get some advance over the former prices. To-day the market was very dull, and the quantity offering very heavy, as the low pri- ces that our planters obtained last year for their crop induces them to sell very freely at the prices now current. The sales of the week sum up 4,292 bales as fol lows: 4at 9*; 25 at 9§ ; 113 at 9* ; 73 at 9|; 443 at 9} ; 43 at 9|; 716 at 10; 152 at 10 1-16; 464 at 10i; 54 at 10 3-16; 1025 at 10*; 18 at 10 5 16; 458 at 10f ; 4 at 10 7-16; 527 at 10* ; 7 at 10 9-16; 42 at 10J; 6 at 10 11-16; 62 at 10|; and 86 bales at II cents. We quote the following as the prices paid ; Inferior to ordinary 8f a 9* Good ordinary to middling 9* a 9f Good middling to middling fair 9f a 10* Fair to fully fair 10* a 10* Good fair and choice 10| all At the latter price 77 bales, from the plantation of J. A. Calhoun, Cedar Grove, Abbeville District, South Carolina, were sold. The exports of Cotton to Great Britain continue moderate, and are over 100,000 less than they were last year at this date, and from present appearances it is not likely that they will receive over 50,000 bales of the new crop by the Ist of January. To Prance the shipments vary but little from last year, and to the continent of Europe there is a decrease of about 15,000 bales. Our Northern manufactories are taking it from the Southern ports very freely, and have already 95,600 bales against 83,400 last year at this date. The total receipts at all the Southern seaports show a decrease from last year of about 60,000 bales, and the stock on hand varies but a few hundred bales from what it was at the same date last year. REMARKS. —Business generally in Augusta con tinues good. Merchants and planters buy freely and our dealers have large stocks, and are doing the largest business that has been done in Augusta for many years past. DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, &c.—The numj ber of merchants in our city keeps our wholesale deal ers busy, and we learn from several who have visited our market for the first time, that the prices, assort ment and terms on which they are sold are very satisfactory. GROCERIES.—We have no change to report in Sugars. Our market is well supplied and prices con tinue low. Coffee is looking up and holders are gen erally asking 10 cts. for the best parcels. Several lots of common quality have been bought up by the trade at 10 cts. FLOUR. —Our stock is mostly Northern. Good Canal is selling from 87 a 83, and extra brands 88* a 89. Philadelphia and Baltimore 86* aB7 per bar rel. CORN. —Very little doing in this article —50c. is all that can be obtained for she,'led, and ear corn is selling from 43 a 45 cents. BACON.—Not much doing the past week. Sales of a lot of Tennessee Sides were made at 7* cents. FEATHERS. —The stock in market is not large, and 30 cents are generally asked. BAGGING AND ROPE.—The demand for the past week was more moderate. The stock on hand of Gunny, which is generally asked for is light, pri ces remain unchanged. SALT. —A sale of 709 sacks was made from the wharf at 51.25 per sack. During the past week a cargo of 5,000 sacks was received at Savannah and bought for this market. IRON.—Two cargoes have arrived in Savannah for this market, imported direct by our merchants from Sweden. EXCHANGE.—Checks on the North have been offered by some of our Banks at * per ct. prem. FREIGHTS.—Our River has lost the rise reported in our paper last week and tho boats cannot bring up nor carry down more than two thirds of a load. The rate of Freight to Savannah is 81 per bale, to Charles ton the gates are closed and the rate of Freight wil be established when they again offer to receive Freight. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 7, P. M.~ Cotton.— Stock on hand on Ist Sept., 1349 12,154 Arrived since to date 141,626 Arrived to-day 3,800 157,670 Exported to date- 44,865 Exported to-day . 5,005 49,870 Stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared •• 107,800 Sugar* — 3so hhds, changed hands at firm prices, say Fair 4* a 4|c. Molasses . —500 bbls. were sold at 23 a 23*c. Flour. —Sales 900 bbls., as follows: 300 Illinois atßs; 248 Extra St. Louis at $5 37*; 150 Fine at S 4 37; Fine unbranded at 84 ; and 100 Middling at S 3 62. Corn. —1780 sacks old were sold at 55c., and 330 yellow at 56c. Whiskey. —Sales 60 bbls. Rectified at2o*c.; 530. at 21c.; 100at2l*c.; and 50 Oliver’s at 24c. Lard. —Sales 77 tierces and bbls, at sfc. and at auction, damaged on board of flatboats ; 4351 kegs at s*c., 20 percent, tare; and 223 bbls. at 5f c. at 17 per cent. tare. Bacon. —10 casks Cincinnati Sides were sold at 4|c. Freights. —Two ships taken for Bordeaux and one bng for Marseilles on private terms, and a ship for Liverpool at |d. for Cotton and 3s. 6d. per bbl. for Lard. Exchanges. —Large amount of Sterling offering. London, 8* a 9* percent, prem. ; Paris, 5 27* a 5 35; New York 60 days, l*a If percent, dis. ; Do. Sight, par a * per cent. prem. MOBILE, Nor. 8, P. M. — Cotton. —To-day the cotton market was inactive, owing mainly to the stiffness of holders. The inquiry was almost wholly by northern buyers and resulted in sales of 3 a 400 bales. The stock on sale continuing light. W e quote middling to good middling 10* a lo|c. per pound. CONSIGNEES. Per the Iron Steamboat Company's Steamer A. SIBLEY, with boats 9 and 11, —Mdze. to Baker & Hart, I. Henry, P. Stovall, C. Saltn, C. J. Cook, F C Alltnond, J. Gardner, VV. M. Rowland, ag’t, T. N. Poullain & Son! W. & J. Nelson, C. A. & M. H. Williams, W. S. & T H. Roberts, A. Vigelius, F. Lam back, P. Simon, A. Frederick, C. A Platt, Scranton, Stark & Davis, J. T Bothwell & Co., H. B. Frazer, N. Girardev & Son, N K. Butler & Co,, Koval & Murp'hey. J. C- Hub bard & Co , Z. McCord & Co. ; D. B. Plumb & Co , D Antignac & Barry, G. T. Dortic, 'I hayer &. Butt, H. D. Bell, J M. Newby & Co., J. Sibley, M. P. Stovall, A. W. & W. P. Carmichael, Hand & Fleming, Hand, Wil liams & Co., S. Hardeman, A. Gardelle and J. Wheeler. PER GEORGIA ST’M B’T GO’S ST’M’R THO MAS S. METCALF, with boats Nos. 6 and 10 ; to J. B. Guieu.—Mdze. to Goulu, Bulkley & Co,; Agent Georgia Railroad; D’Antignac & Evans; Haviland, Risley & Co.; W. K. Kitchen; Barrett, Carter & Co ; O. H. Lee ; Thayer & Butt; J. & S. Bones & Co.; John Bones; Bustin & Walker; Ba ker (fcHart; Spears & Buford; Martin Kays; J. Silcox; O. A. Platt; J. R. Dow; Force, Brothers & Co.; Kerrs & Hope; Henry Moore; J. B Guieu, Agent; Adams, Hopkins & Co; A.Sabal; Walker & Bryson; N. K. Butler & Co.; Wright, Nichols & Co.; W. H. Howard ; Dr. L. D. Ford; W. E. Jackson & Co.; P. Lamback. Slipping intelligence. SAVANNAH, Nov. 12. —Arrived, barque Sher wood, Crosby, Stockholm ; Br. barque Abbey Lands, Barclay, Liverpool; Steamer Lamar, Cromwell, Au gusta; Below—a bartjue, a brigand schooner. Clear ed, barque Globe, Whitmore, Boston ; Brig Mctallak, Duell, New York; Brig Macon, Watkins, N. York* CHARLESTON, Nov. 13.—Arrived, ship Geo. A. Hopley, Behm, Boston ; brig Eliza Jane, Brown, New York; schr. Savannah, Godfrey, New York. JUST LANDED and being received, at the new Grocery Store, an extra article of Family FLOUR and RICE. And also N. O. WHISKEY, which I will sell upon my usually low rate*. Augusta, Nov. 14. W. H. HOWARD.
