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BY \VIIjIiIAM -5■ -TONES.
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CASH SYSTEM. —In nocase willan order forthe
paper be attended to, unless ccompanied with the
money, and in every instancewhen thelime for which
the subscription may be paid, expires before the re-
Ctfipt «’f f nnds to renew the same, the paper will be
discontmiitu. Depreciated fundsreceived at valucin
this city.
The Brothers Moiite»qnl«n and the Hom
icide* at Sr. Louis.
ihe deplorable and almost iracomprehensi
ble event which produced so much sensation
in the public mind at St Louis a few weeks
ago. and so much grief in several families,
seems to have excited equal sensations and
irriefin France. The last steamer brings out
from Mr. Rives, our Minister at Paris, a letter
of his own to Senator Benton, with many let
ters and official documents to himself, .and oth
ers to Senator Benton, Senator Cass, and the
Hon Mr. VVinlhrop on the subject of this
most melancholy occurrence.
These letters make known the fact that the
father of these young gentlemen (the late Count
Monlesqniou) labored under insanity, and des
troyed Ins own life two years ago, and that their
elder brother is now insane in Paris : and
hence rai-e the irresistible inference that in
herited insanity must have broken out in the
two brothers at St Louis. All the letters
speak of them in the same terms, as being re
marwable for the amiability of their characters
and their “mild and inoffensive manners;”
that they came to the United States for infor
matmn and recreation, and especially to see
the Western country, and with ample means
dan credit They descend from a family in
France no! only of great historic name, bill dis
tinguished for private virtues. The celebrated
Duke de la Rochefoucauld Lianc. urt, author
of the “ Maxims,” is their grand father on the
mother’s side; the present Duke de la Roche
foucaid writes in their behalf as his nephews
General Oudinot, (Duke) of Reggio, and
General Arrighi, (Duke) of Padua, also write
in their behalf as relations. The Count Mon
tesquieu himself belonged to the distinguished
and amiable family of that name. Many Ameri
cans in Paris, among them Mr. Wm. H. Aspin
wall of .New York. also write, and with all the
deep feeling which the view of the agonized con
dnion of the unhappy mother and relations so
naturally inspires. These letters and official
attestations a ra all forwarded to St Louis, to
have their effect in explaining a transaction
which seemed to be incomprehensible.
We believe the trial has not yet taken place at
St. Louis These papers will show it to be a
deplorable case of inherited insanity, breaking
out in a strange land, and leading to a most
calamitous event A calm and unprejudiced
trial is assured by the character of our popula
tion. and by the particular conduct of the in
U " L ‘ Louis at the lime of the dread
, and where the circumstances
rig. Two amiable young men
ers wounded, all in their own
igersjust arrived, and between
selves not even a look had ever
: ihe crowded hotel and the
used bv the loud report of the
-.onrm-i, and rushing to the ghastly scene ; yet
the arrests were made without violence, the
unhappy strangers conducted to prism, with
out harm, and, upon some fear of an attempt
on the prison, conducted to the military oar
racks fifteen miles distant, and there militarily
guarded and protected. This was honorable
to the population and to the character of the
hotel. Bnrnum's, one of the most respectable
in America, and whose proprie or was the un
cle of the young men killed. This calmness,
moderation, and regard to justice and decorum
at the moment of the catastrophe, gives assu
rance of an unprejudiced trial at the time it
shall take place, and that these unfortunate
young men shall be dealt with precisely as if
they were our own citizens.— Nat. Intell.
D. C. Campbell s Report on the Condi
tion of the Bank of Darien.
CtNTRAi. Bank of Georgia,
November 20th. 1849. )
To the Honorable the, Speaker and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia.
Sir: The Director of the Centra! Bank of
Georgia, in obedience to a resolution of the
General Assembly, assented to December 29th,
1847. instructing him to “ report to the next
Legislature the names and classes of all credit
ors of the Bank of Darien, who, in the opinion
of said Directors, are bona fide creditors”—
Respectfully reports, that on the 18th day of
December last, he gave notice through several
of the leading Gazettes in various parts of the
State, to the creditors of the Bank of Darien,
to file their claims with ihe evidence to sustain
them on or before the first day of May ensu
ing, that the schedules hereunto attached con
tain a statement of ail claims that have been
presented, which exhibits respectively, the
claims that are in judgment—those founded on
certificates of Deposite—those on open ac
count, and finally, those on bills in circulation.
By reference to the list of Judgments, itwdl
be seen that some were based upon checks and
bil's of exchange, some on the bills of the Bank,
others on certificates of deposite, and one on
collections made by the Bank of Darien. All
of these, in the opinion of the undersigned, are
equally valid, and the owners of them should
stand upon as good a footing as the holders of
the bills in circulation. No evidence has been
ascertained to throw any suspicion upon any
of this class of the creditors; all are regarded
as buna fide The same remark is applicable
to all that class of creditors whose claims are
based upon certificates of deposite, with the
single exception of the certificate presented by
L. J Gar rell, Fsq , Attorney for the securities
of the estate of John R. Anderson That cer
tificate, upon the last trial of the case of the
Bank of Darien vs Anderson and his securi
ties, was tendered by the Defendants as a set
off; but. it is understood, was overruled by
the Court ; as the parties claiming intend pre
senting the subject specifically before your
honorable body, any further notice of it in this
report is deemed unnecessary Os the two
open accounts, one is claimed by the Central
Bank, and the other by the Bank of Hawkins
ville. The former is composed of specie loan
ed, of interest on the bills held by the Central
Bank, and of expenses incurred in winding up
the affairs of the Bank of Darien. The latter
is for a balance of an account current, and
which is satisfactorily attested by the present
cashier of the Merchants’ Bank of Macon.—
Both claims are regarded as bona fide.
Os the bills in circulation, so far as any evi
dence has been adduced, the holders of all of
them cannot be regarded other than bona fide
creditors except those presented by I L. Har
ns. Esq , Attorney for Palmer, Makilon & Co.,
of London, and those presented by James Hol
ford, Lsq .of New York. The first, those an
der the contro! of M r . Harris constitute un
doubtedly a portion of what has heretofore been
called “the Delafield transaction.” The histo
ry of this transaction is too well known to ren
der it necessary in this report to give it in de
tail. There is a suit now pending i n the Su
perior Court of Baldwin county, for the amount
of these bills It is alleged on one side, that
they were fraudulently thrown into circulation,
and that they ought never to be paid It is
alleged on the other side, that the holders are
innocent purchasers for a valuable considera
tion without notice, and are justly entitled to
payment. As the claim is now before the tri
burial most competent to decide upon the law
and tacts involved in it, it is deemed most pru
eru on the part of the undersigned to express
no opinion upon the subject. In reference tc
the bills held by Mr. Holford, there is no posi- |
live evidence that they are a part of those de
posited with Mr. Delafield. nor has any to the j
contrary been submitted. Circumstances, how-j
ever, strongly indicate that they constitute a j
part of that transaction, and if so, that the Bank
of Darien never received for them any valua
ble consideration-at all events they should
not he considered a bona fide claim till Mr.
I Holford has proved his title to payment. As
| it may be important for your honorable body
: to he advised of the assets of the Hank of De
rien applicable and available for the redemp
> tion of its liabilities, the undersigned further
reports:
That during the current year, the Bank of
Darien has obtained a judgment for nearly
$20,000 against the securities of the late John
R. Anderson, Cashier, of which $6,500 lias
been paid and placed to the credit of the ac
count of the Central bank with the Bank of
Darien ; besides this, notes to the amount of
$2,250 are unquestionably good; ol the other
notes and judgments, some may be collected,
but for the most part they are valueless.
The onlv other remaining assets are the Mis
sissippt Lands. These amount to ten sections
of 640 acres, making in all, 6,400 acres. Col.
Geo R Young, the Agent in Mississippi, ap
pointed by His Excellency the Governor, un
der a resolution of the last Legislature, esti
mates these lands at a fraction over two dollars
per acre The Agent has advised that the sale
of the lands be not pressed He has disposed
of a small portion of them, but as his sales were
made on time, nothing yet has been realized
from them by the Central Bank.
D. C. CAMPBELL, Director.
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Intf.rfsting from Oregon—The Indiana
State Sentinal publishes a letter from Hon. VV.
P. Bryant, dated Oregon City, August 18ih.
which affordes some interesting items in regard
to that distant territory. The Legislature,
which was then in session, was engaged in
devising means for the relief of the expected
emigrants. The packers, who had that day
arrived, in advance of the emigrants, reported
8000 wagons on the road, about 2000 destined
for Oregon, and the rest for California. About
700 emigrants had died of cholera, between the
Missouri and Bine river. The wheat crop,
although not abundant, owing to the scarcity
of labor, caused by the emigration to Califor
nia, was very fine. Laborers in the harvest
fields received six dollars per day. and other
labor was proportionally high. During the
* season, from May 7th to August 18lh, fifty
' eight vessels arrived in the Columbia river,
1 ranging from 40 tons to 700; and not a single
1 accident, of a serious character, had happened.
Several new and good harbors have been dis
covered on the coast, south of Columbia river.
- General Lane was in good health. He left
f Oregon City on the 18th o f August, in com
j panv with Lieut. Talbert and an escort, for
- Umpqua valley, to examine Alice’s Bay and
, see the Indians in that region.
In his message to the Legislature of Oregon,
delivered at Oregon City in July last, Govern
- or Lane urges upon the inhabitants to cult:-
i vate friendly relations with the Indian tribes.
- He expresses the determination to punish the
- Cayuse nation for the massacre at Wulliitupe,
as soon as the regiment of U. S. troops, ex
- peeled in September, should arrive. The
l murder of an American citizen at VViskally, by
I Indians, would also be redressed. The rela
i, tions with most of the tribes, however, were
8 of an amicable character. The message en
-6 'arges upon the agricultural and mineral re
- sources of the territory, and the extent and
o capacity of its harbors and rivers. It considers
i- the Congressional appropriations for buoys at
v the mouth of the Columbia river as inadequate
i- to the work, owing to the advance in the price
is of labor since the gold discoveries in Califor
o nia. It is therefore recommended that the
’ people memorialise Congress for further ap
propriations. Many ol the inhabitants were
i returning from California, and Governor Lane
! thinas that, so far from reducing the popnla
i tion of Oregon, the gold excitement will dou
ble it in a year, since a large proportion of the
California emigrants will come to seek perma
nent homes in the fertile and healthy region of
Oregon. The receipts of the California gold
in Oregon are estimated at s'2 000,000. ihe
expense of the late Caynse war is estimated
at $190,000, and it is advised that Congress be
urged tn make appropriations to meet it. Gov
ernor Lane also recommends that the Legisla
ture make provision for revenue, common
schools, an efficient militia, improved roads,
election laws, a location for the seat of gov
ernment, and other necessary matters. The
message is brief and to the point.
■■ilhvtmulc anil Sentinel,
a era usx a, aa :
I FRIDAY MORNING, 0EC.21, 1849.
LIT Thk Mail failed last night North of
Charleston.
Alabama Sugar.
The Mobile Tribune notices the recent ar
rival in that city of a lot of five hogsheads of
sugar from Clarke county, and adds:
“ One of our city papers is mistaken in supposing
this to be ihe firs’ successful effort made in our Slate
to manufacture sugar. >laj Jeremiah Austill, whose
plantation is in tlie same county, was the pioneer in
sugar culture there. Last v ear be made the first ex
peiitnent and produced 2500 lbs. of superior sugar,
dry, of good color and finely granulated. He had
cane enough this year to make twelve hogsheads, but
in consequence of his imperfect machinery for grind
ing. which obtained barely 40 per cent, of the juice,
he sold most of it to his neighbors for planting and
made only six hogsheads. The quality of this sugar,
samples of which he has tit his office, will rom
pire favorably with the best Louisiana Muscovado.
He contemplates the coming season to pul up a bet
ter mill, alter which his planting will be gradually
increased, until sugar will be his only crop. Maj. A
has thoroughly investigated the whole subject ol
sugar making and is fully satisfied that no lands in
Louisiana or Texas will produce better sugar or larger
yields than those of Clarke conntv. W’e mentioned
some weeks ago that some 75 »r 1000 acres in that
county were in cane last year. Fire planting the
present season wilt be greatly increased. We un
derstand that several planters in Marengo made ex
l*eriments last year that proved the prairie lands to
be every way suited to the sugar cane and that se
veral of them wil make sugar and molasses from the
present planting.”
This is an important move of the planters of
South Alabama, and we sincerely trust that
their most sanguine anticipations, as to the
adaptation of their soil and climate for the pro
duction of Sugar, may be fully realized, and
tfiat it may enter largely into the staple produc
tions of that State. To diversify the labor of
the South is an object of paramount conside
ration, and of vital importance to her success
and prosperity; and if this enterprise in Ala
bama succeed, much of the labor of an exten
sive and very fertile section of the State will be
diverted from the production of Cotton and
transferred to Sugar—reducing to the extent
of its capacity the culture of the one, and in
creasing in a like ratio the other ; both of which
are important points gained in the great work
of progress which now animates all classes at
the South. The diversity of labor in any com
munity or Stale, is the true secret of succeas
and progress—for it rentiers all the members of
a community tributary to, and dependent upon,
each other for their respective products, while
it secures to all employment and a market «t
remunerating prices for their supplies. This
diversity should, however, extend to every
branch of business that may be profitably pros
ecuted, as well in all the branches of the me
chanic arts and manufactures, as the products
of the soil. In truth, it is of the highest impor
tance, that every community should manufac
ture as much as possible of its raw material,
whatever that material be. whether the pro
ducts of the fields, the forests, or the mines—
because it necessarily introduces labor-saving
and wealth-creating machinery, which contri
bules largely to increase the productive capaci
ty and the prosperity of any people. It is to
the introduction of machinery, aided by steam
and water power as propelling agents, that the
Northern and Eastern States are mainly in
debted for their unexampled prosperity and
success —and the South may attain the same
position by the same agents. A steam engine
which will perform the labor of one hundred
men, will cost little, if any more, to sustain and
drive it. than it costs to sustain five men ; yet it
accomplishes .tie labor of one hundred.
New Publications.
Books for Youth. —D. Appleton it Co.
have just issued a series of books for youth
which are admirably calculated to charm the
minds ofyonthful readers and excite a taste for
mental culture. Among these are : “ Lives of
Illustrious Men”—Cromwell, Cortez, Sir .1
Reynolds, Sir 11. Davy, Adam Clarke. &c ,
&c., a highly interesting and attractive volume
I ° .
for the amusement and instruction of youth.
“ The Caravan, a collection of popular tales
translated from the German of Wilhelm Hand',
by Gluackenboss” —a fascinating little volume
of German idealities and fancies of absorbing
interest. “Fireside Stories,” by Mrs Ellis,
while it captivates and instructs, impresses on
the mind of the youthful reader, some sound
moral lessons which excite a higher regard for
virtue. “ Fireside Fairies, or Christmas at
Aunt Elsie’s,” a charming collection of fireside
stories, well adapted to enlist the sympathies of
the young.
From the same publishers we have received
“ First Lessons in Landscape,” by Otis, a series
of sketches designed to aid new beginners in
drawing.
These may all be had of T. Richards & Son -
From the same publishers we have received
through Messrs. J. A. Carrie & Co , “Arner
ican Historical Tales, for You'll,” which treats
of Henry Hudson, Daniel Boone, Capt. John
Smith, and other distinguished Americans,
whose lives were continued scenes of adven
ture, in which fiction is surpassed by reality
a work well calculated to excite the ambition
of the young to the performance of noble deeds.
“The Child’s Present” and “Louise” are
neat little volumes of fascinating stories for
children.
These are all designed by the authors and
publishers,and are admirably adapted for, Holy
day presents for the young.
Growth of Philadelphia.— The number
of buildings erected the present year, in the
city and county of Philadelphia, is stated, in
round numbers, at JOOO ; in the city proper,
2556.
The Legislative Recess.
The Journal Sf Messenger. in noticing the
passage of a resolution by the Legislature to i
take a recess, comments thereon in the follow
ing very jus’strain. The fact is not to bo de
nied that the Legislature contains in its compo
sition too many who are reckless as to the pub
lie interest, and the sooner the people dispense
with their services the better for the public
good :
This course is to say the least, unprecedented.
Hitherto, our Legislators have regarded it as their
imperative duty, to despatch the public business sons
to adjourn by the 25th of December. The present
however, is emphatically a talking Legislature. A
few men, with more tongue than judgment, and with
more .ambition ihnn brains, have managed to con
sume the time t .id money of the people, and perhaps
rendered it necessary that the ordinary course of Le
gislation should bo departed from,
ihe excuses for this course, so far as we have
heard them, are wholly frivolous and indefensible.
L the public business has not been despatched, who
is to blame but th ■ members themselves ? They have
had every opportunity to aci at least upon the leading
measures ol public interest. Whv have they not
dom.it? Why have they indulged each other in
useless harangmngs. suited only to the huntings? Why
did they not so organize their committee as to classi
(y, digest, and consolidate the local bills in the early
part o( the session 7 Why did they not press the
leading measures to an issue, and adjourn as in former
years i 1 hose are questions which the people will
natura ly ask ol each of their representatives upon
his return home.
“ VVe question whether there has ever been pre
sented before any Legislative body such a mass of
crude and ill-digested matter as is now before the
two Houses in Milledgevdle. The Democracy arc
engaued in the important business of Letfislalino
themselves permanently into power. Hence, the
bills for changing precinc's, altering county ji rieS)
ami gerrymandering Senatorial and Congressional
Districts are innumerable. Every ferry and cross
road association has some representative who is seek
ing for an act of incorporation. The number of Con
stitutional and Judi ial reformers is unusually
and extraordinary efforts are being made to alter the
pleadings so us to adapt them to the capacity of in
competent Lawyers.
1 hese are the causes which have mainly con
tributed to delay the public business, and waste the
public funds. If the Legislature assemble again in
January, there is no telling w/im it will adjourn. —
Ibe same speeches will have to be again repeated,
and new editions put forth for home consumption.
hor ourselves, we cannot but regard this recess as
wholly useless—as a waste of public money Our
people are already suffering from an excess of Legis
lation, and the effect ol this recess will only be to in
crease the evil. We arc truly sorry that a majority
of the members have not stood up boldly in opposition
to the measure. The precedent is a mischievous one,
and will result hereafter in extending ttie sessions to
three or four months, and in an increased expenditure
of from $20,000 to 540.000. Are the people prepared
for this grea: Democratic reform 7 We shall see.”
Things In !>lill edgevllle.
CorrespomUnre of the Chronicle Sf Sentinel.
M illedgktili.k, Dec. IS, 1549.
HOUSE.
Mr. Lawton, from the committee to which
was referred the bill authorizing the Governor
to call a convention of the people of this State
under certain circumstances, reported the bill
back to the House with amendments and a re
commendation that it pass.
The committee on the state of the Republic,
reported the following preamble and resolu- j
lions :
Whereas, the present state of the controversy be
tween the non-slaveholding and the slaveholdin*?
States, involving the disorganized condition of the
Nalional Legislature, (one of its legitimate fruits) for
cibly admonishes the sbi vehoiding States to look well
to their highest interests ; and whereas, it is impor- j
taut tfiat ttie General Assembly in convening after
the recess be in firmed upon reliable authority of the
existing state of thing at the capital :
Rr.solved, That we the Representatives of the Peo
ple of Georgia, long divided into parties upon Fede
ral politics, solemnly declare that on this vital ques
tion we know no party distinctions, and that wc re
cognize all men Nor h and South who will mete out
full and equal justice to the South, and them only as
political friends and allies.
Resolved , That his Excellency the Governor be
requested to institute during the recess, a correspond
ence with each of our Senators and Representatives
in Congress, inviting from each of them a communi
cation of such lads relative to such controversy, com
ing to his knowledge at the teat of Government as
may aid our deliberations ; that the same may be laid
before the General Assembly when it shall again
convene.
These resolutions were agreed to.
The House concurred in the amendments of
the Senate, to the bill to incorporate Wesley
Chapel, Andrews Chapel and Trinity Church
of Savannah.
Also, in the amendments of the Senate, to
the bill incorporating the Northwestern Plank
or Railroad Company of Georgia.
The bill authorize the building of a Turn
pike road from Trenton in Dade county to
the east side of Lookout Mountain, was lost.
The bill to repeal an act further to regulate
the granting of retail licenses was passed.
Mr. Howard, from the committee on the
state of the Republic, made a report to the
House upon the questions touching the matter
of slavery. I refrain from any comments tip
on this report as it will be printed, and your
readers will have an opportunity of judging for
themselves.
Mr. Garlrell moved to print 5,000 copies of
the report, which motion met with opposition
on the part of Mr. Kennan, of Baldwin. The
Yeas and Nays were taken upon the question
and were: Yeas 113, Nays 7. Those who vo
ted in t' e negative were: Messrs. Kennan,
Neal. Perkins, Spalding, Stephens, Tillman,
Waldhonr, and Wooldridge. All the other
members present voting in the affirmative.
The following bill was passed ;
The bill to prescribe the mode of sneing on
bonds of executors, administrators and guar
dians.
SENATE.
The following .bills were introduced:
By Mr. Long: A bill to regulate vendue
masters in the city of Savannah.
By Mr Miller: The memorial of William
H. Pritchard, of Augusta, praying to he allow
ed to sell goods on his own account and for
others at auction in said city, without being
prohibited by the bond of $30,000 now requir
ed by law, which memorial was referred to the
committee on Finance.
By Mr. Win. Jones: A bill to repeal the
present Whig and Democratic parties, and in
lieu thereof to establish a Southern Independ
ent Republican Party.
Bv Mr. John Jones; A resolution that the
Senate will not grant leave of absence to any
, of its members until after the recess, unless in
case of absolute necessity.
The following bills were passed:
i The bill to add a part of Marion to the coun
ty of Talbot
The bill to incorporate Centreviile iu the
county of Camden.
The committee on tiie Lunatic Asylum, in
. troduced into each House interesting reports,
t recommending appropriations for the further
. improvement of the Asylum, which was order
ed to be printed.
The fever on the slavery question prevails to
I an alarming extent The clouds are lowering
■ upon our House and grim visaged war is rus
tling hisbanners The report made by Mr.
Howard, whatever may be said of its expedi
ency or its prudence is a graceful and able af
fair, just such a one as we thought him capable
i of conceiving. The resolutions offered some
t time back by Mr. Garlrell in the House and
by Mr. Clayton in the Senate, form a part of
’ that report and will be printed with slight
amendments with it. We noticed that the word
Oregon was stricken out, at the instance we
suppose of the Democratic members of that
committee. This is not in accordance with
the resolutions offered by the same committee
to-day. These resolutions declare that “on
this vital question (to wit. the Wifmot proviso)
we know no party distinctions, and that we re
cognize all men North and South, who will
mete out full and equal justice to the South
and them only as political friends and allies. 1 ’
Why then strike out Oregon through fear of
injuring the memory of a man now dead? It
will notdo, gentlemen of the committee! You
may embalm the memory of the dead and bu
ried President in the glowing epithets of living
praise, but the betrayed genius of Southern
rights will hang the black escutcheon of treach
ery over his grave. K.
Dry Goods Imported Into New York.
The Journal of Commerce gives the follow
if’g table, showing the value of foreign dry
goods which have passed through the New-
Vork Custom House for the year ending the
30th ultimo:
Description Enteredfor Withdrawn
of Goods. consumption. from warehouse.
Woollens, 39,633,325 31,932.757
Co,t °n, 8,403,998 1.231,369
s 'lk, 13 648,966 1,441,84
P>«x, 4,268,826 620,725
Miscellaneous, 3,362,219 432,199
39,316,434 5,657.895
39,316,434
Total taken for consumption, 44,974,329
The increase over the imports for the pre
vious year (the Journal remarks) is not as great
as many anticipated. The principal cause of
this disappointment was the prevalence of the
cholera during the summer, which curtailed
the orders for the fall trade. Still, owing to
•he increased quantity of woollens brought out,
the importation for the last six months exceed
those of the corresponding period of 1848. al
though there has been a heavy falling off in
cottoq and silk goods, as the following compa
rative table will show :
I otal value of Dry Goods which passed into con
sumption for the six months ending December
Ist, in each year.
Description of Goods. 1848. 1849.
Manufactures of wool, $4,851,198 $8,130,732
Do. ofcotton, 4.631,124 3,774,223
Do. of silk,. 8,234,060 7,810.258
Do. of flax, 1815.0-2 2,330,928
Miscellaneous, 1,445.236 1,348,955
20,976,700 23.395,13
20,976,700
Total increase in six months, 2.418 431
Heavy orders have already been given out
for the coming year, and if trade continues un
disturbed to its close, there will be a larger im
portation of dry goods than has taken place for
many years.
Hank ok the State of SobthCarousa.—
The following gentlemen have been elected by
the Legislature President and Directors of the
Bank of the State, to wit:
President. —F H Elmore.*
Directors.— Messre. Lehre, Deveaux, Stone,
Diikcs, Caldwell, Shackleford, Carson, Glo
ver, Webb, Cohen, Chambers, Robertson.
*The vote was, for Elmore, 97 ; for Perry,
57.
An Important Financial Event has al length
been decided upon. The New York Tribune
says:
“The Messrs Rothschilds have concluded to
establish a branch of their house in this city, al
the head of which will be placed the young
Rothschild, son of the Paris brother, who came
to this country last year. We understand that
although young he already evinces much of
the financial acumen which distinguishes this
family. The det ills of the arrangements, ami
what relation the present agent will bear to the
new house have not yet been settled.
Wool Growing in Michigan.— The Detroit
Tribune says that the surplus exportation of
wool from the Stale oJ Michigan last year,
wits over 1.200,000 pounds. The various wool
eu factories of the State consumed 600 000 lbs.
more. The export of this year will not fall
short of J .600 GUO lbs; and in another year
will reach 2.000.000 lbs. There are a million
ofsheep in the iState at present whereas in IB4U
there were not more than ninety thousand.
From the Vicksburg Whig, Sept. Ist.
The New Cotton--** Prolific Pomegran
ate.’’
Last year the Mobile papers published noti
ces of this new Cotton, which induced us to
form a determination to see it growing and
make a report to our readers, based upon per
sonal examination. Accordingly we took oc
casion, a few days since, to ride out to “Cedar
Grove,” the plantation of Gen. G D Mitchell,
situated in this county, about 14 miles N. E
of Vicksburg; and in his fields we saw the
“Prolific Pomegranate” in various stages of
growth, andean conscientiously report that, so
far as we are able to judge, it is an eminently
superior variety of the Colton Plant. The
stalk grows from four to six feet high, and is
nearly jointless, as well as thicker and stronger
than the stalk of the common plant. The
branches and stems are very numerous, and are
so fruitful as to present to the eye a literal mass
of squares and bolls. We selected a specimen
al random and counted 150 squares and bolls;
on another and larger stalk, though scarcely a
hove the average, we counted 250 squares and
bolls On one limb, or branch, a foot long,
we saw fifteen as fine squares and bolls as vve
ever examined; and on another limb, about
18 inches in length, there were twenty three ex
cellent bolls and squares. We did not select
these facts out of a small patch cultivated for
mere show, but we found them in a very large
and by no means a rich field, over the whole
extent of which the “Prolific Pomegranate”
displayed its singular fruitfulness in a manner
at once bewildering and delightful to the eye
Gen. Mitchell informed us that this singular
member of the gossypium family produces bet
ter in proportion on poor than on rich soil, and
we had occasion to observe verifications of this
statement. The staple is said by those who have
critically examined it, to he excellent, “more
beautiful and silky than the best Petit gulf ”
So says a Mobile editor who had the specimen
before him when he wrote.
We are not an experienced agricuhuarlist,
and shall not, therefore, attempt to contrast the
“Prolific Pomegranate” with the various other
new varieties which are now claiming the at
tention of planters. But its superiority in
productiveness to the common cotton, with
an excellent specimen of which we compared
it, is very plainly evident; it will certainly
yield a great deal more on any land, the differ
ence, as above remarked, being greater on the
poorer quality of soil.
Gen Mitchell would be glad to welcome
planters and others interested, to examine this
new cotton in tiie field, and judge for them
selves. He invites for it the closest scrutiny:
and to those who may choose to visit him with
that view (or any other connected with the
courtesies of life or the interests of agriculture)
we can insure the most cordial and unaffected
hospitality, as well as on the part of his amiable
and intelligent lady as in behalf of the gentle
manly proprietor of “Cedar Grove.”
From the Vicksburg Whig, Sept ■ 20.
The “Prolific Pomegranate” Cotton.
Air. Editor :—Not long since I saw your u°"
tice of the cotton of Gen G. D. Mitchell, of this
county, and as you may well suppose, I thought
you very extravagant in your description ol it
But, notwithstanding my opinion ol your re
marks on the cotton, I determined to go and
look at it and see how far you had overratedit;
and, obedient to the influence ol curiosity, and
also to a desire to improve in
agricultural department adapted .0 ourV
climate, and especially in the branch • f
great staple. I called at the General’s and
some little fun out of the supposed exaggem
tion. Ine General, however, in seif defence
(amd as he justly supposed the best correc on
of incredulity) took me to his cotton field an
I must confess that I have not before been J
much surprised, and if I were competent to the
effort I would no doubt appear more extrava
gant than you have. Why, sir, it is the very
thing we want, if it is the interest of the planter
to make two or three ba es of cotton to the acre
on thin land. It seems to be better adapted to
•■un land than any cotton I have seen, and I do
believe that the lands which are worn to the red
VV| yield a bale per acre every season ; and on
good land I would not risk my reputation by
sajina low much I think it would produce.
infrorh.^ 11 ?• d!in £ er is that the seed by being
t . . ln ’° general cultivation, will swell
that thp U v- l *l >n f * rbe y ,,nd the common crop,
Mu"*
I would suggest, tlm nronl '
seed will make our country ,J n,aD^S e< |’ tilH?e
the famed California. T ****** *
these seed they will find thai u bTonlv
necessary to plant half the number of acres
they now do in cotton to make more -h ,u
now gather, and by planting the baknee of
their ground in corn, the corn crop tna .*
carried almost to any amount beyond ou/own
consumption. We could introduce, moreover,
an extensive cultivation of some of the small
grains and make suitable pastures, upon
which system 1 can easily imagine quite as
much profit as the digging of gold in Califor
nia—and infinitely more comfort than we noiv
possess. Just imagine the milk, butter and
beef—the pork, bacon and mutton—the mules
and horses, and all other comforts that vve
could raise and combine around us, if one
half of our cotton ground were appropriated
to the growth of corn and small grain and
pasture! With that cotton it can be done.
No doubt of it; and this course taken, it is
opening the mines of California at our own
doors. I will just say to the people, go and see it.
and you will find that the Editor is correct in al!
he said, not only of the cotton, but of the
family of the General A Planter.
Greek Church is New York.—lt is pro
posed to open a Greek Church in New York
city, a priest oi that Church having recently'
arrived in that city.
A Jersey Newspaper Dog. —We published a
few days since a notice of a dog belonging to
Mr. Hawes, of Boston, which goes regul irly
every afternoon to the office of the Traveller for
his master’s paper. The Pater.-on Guardian
makes us acquainted with a faithful Jersey dog,
even more remarkable than his sagacious
yankee compeer: “He belongs to John An
derson, Esq , of Hackensack, and is daily in the
habit of obtaining his inasier’s paper. ~A few
minutes previous to the regular time of the
arrival of the Hoboken stage he takes his station,
on his owner’s stoop, and on the passage of the
stage, gres out to meet it. If the driver neglects
to throw it ofi’the faithful dog follows the stage,
barking the meanwhile, until the driver per
forms his duly. Having obtained the paper,
he hastens to deliver it :• his m ister Tnough
the Fort Lee stage passes the premises at or
about the same lime, and resembles to a con
siderable extent the Hoboken stage in ar r jar
ance, it is permitted to go on without being
molested.” —Newark Advertiser.
Special Notices.
LADIES FAIR.
Tj’lbe Ladies of the Presbyterian Church
in this City propose to hold a PAIR, tor the sale
of useful and ornamental articles, on Christmas eve
(Monday 24th insf.) at the Masonic Hal/, The pro
ceeds of the Fair are to be expended to aid in the
erection of a Missionary Church, and the support of
a Missionary, for the benefit of our Factory popula
tion.
The doors will be opened at 3 o’clock in the after
noon, and through the evening. The patronage of
the public is respectfully solicited, t!2l
IjfThc New England Society will bold
their Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting at the United
Sta'es Hotel, on SATURDAY 22d inst,, at 7 o’clock,
P. M. Members will please be prepared to pay their
dues. The Anniversary Dinner will ba on the table
at 8 o’clock.
By order of the President.
d2l-d2 M WILKINSON, Secretary.
AUGUSTA COTILLOiNT CLUB.
tTlie Second Party, (post
poned from Thursday last on ac- W
count of weather) will be given on
FRIDAY EVENING, the 21st instant, at the Wa
sonic Hall. Ladies having tickets of invitation to
the last Parly, are respectfully requested to attend.
Members of the Club will call on Mr. C. Gatlin for
their tickets of admission dl9
’ ffjg’ Georgia, Uiihniond County.--The
Honorable the Justices of the Inferior Court, for the
county aforesaid, will elect a KEEPER of the Poor
House, on the 25d day of December, inst. Appli
cants will make their proposals to the undersigned.
By order of the Court.
dI9 tD22 JAMES McIAWS, Clerk.
Jjf Masonic. --SO* liL I ODGE, ©
No. 1, will celebratethe FIFTIETH AN
NIVERSAKY of their Charter, on the
Festival of St. John, the Evangelist, 27th / Nr \
instant. An Address will be delivered by Bro. W,
, H. Hull, of Athens. Visiting and transient breth
ren are cordially invited to attend.
. Wm. T. G.idld,
Lemuel Dwells.
Wm. E. Bearing, .Committee of
Bb.nj, H. Russell, { Arrangements,
Geo. W. Ferry,
J. D. Butt, J
; d!7-td
r Lectures on Mercantile La\v.--lhe
subscriber projxtses to deliver a course ol Lectures on
r Mercantile Law, commencing on the tenth of Janu
‘ ary. It is expected -hat the course will occupy about
twenty lectures, of one hour each, to be delivered on
I Monday anil Thursday
:. subscriber s lecture room A inevitable
; ready made up to insure the - j
. ien doiiara
Subscription papers are left at the Book Stores,
, üb.cr P disposed to attend, are invited to
» * bere F-fZZ' d»0 \VM,T.(iOUI,D.
r enter their names.
rvjfrs. Dr. Cunninghairi) having return-
I ts Augusta, will give Lessons on the Piano Also
i i„ Drawing and Painting in all its Draw-
J „,g with Pencil, Crayoning, Painting on Velvet in
, water colors on Paper, and Oil Painting. A few
- Youn<* Ladies or Misses can he accommodated a*
s boarders in the family, where they can be taught,
and will at all fimes be under the care of Mrs. C.
s Terms made known by applying to Mrs. C.
3 dl2-twtf m
r -.n r , A. Cunningham, having returned to
; Augusta, tenders to the community bin
h services His residence is on Jones-st., near the
a Iron Foundry of the late Robert Philips, or the Lag c
) Foundry. n ~ ” m
i J* A. S. Milligan having returned
3 to Augusta, will practice in the various branches °
his profession. _ . . . h .,.
Messages left at his office m Jackson street, ot
tween Broad and Reynold streets, oral the residence
of Dr. Joseph Milligan (over the Bank of brun.-
wick.) will he promptly attended to.
Hot buckwheat cakes!!---*
cook can succeed in making Buck wheat -a
1 or Rolls, as they should be made, without \ east
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