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THE COURIER,
By J. G. M’Whortcr.
TERMS.
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No deduction will be made in future from these charges-
AH advertisements must have the number ot insertion*
marked on them;otherwise they will be inserted till for
bid, and charged accordingly* ~ _
SHERIFFS, CLERKS, ii>d other public officers, wil
have 25 per cent deducted in their favor.
Review of the Augusta Market.
——
articles. $ cis. a $ cts.
Cotton, prime, 16 i 16}
fair to very good, 15 J , 15}
inferior, 141 15
BAGGING, best hemp, 42 inch-
es, yard 23 28
inferior to fair, “ 21 26
Cotton, “ 26 28
Sacking, “ 14 16
BALE ROPE, 8 11
OSNABURGS, yard 8 9
TWINE, American, 30 37
English, . “ I 30 37}
SALT, bush. 40 50
' SALTPETRE, . “ i 12 18
BACON, hams, lb. 12 12}
sides, “ | 10) 12
shoulders, “ • 9{ 11
FISH, herrings, none box 75
dry cod, “ 400 425
MACKEREL, No. 1, bbl. 8 00 9 00
No. 2, “! 700 800
No. 3, scarce “ i 600 650
LARD, leaf, lb. 10 12
BUTLER, Goshen t scarce, “ 22 25
CHEESE, in casks or boxes, lb. 9 12}
FLOUR, Canal, bbl. 650 750
Baltimore, “ i 650 750
MOLASSES, New Orleans, gal. 36
West India, “ i 25 30
COFFEE, inferior to fair, lb. 12) 13
good to prime, “ 13) 14}
IRON, Swedes, assorted, lb. 4) 5
hoop, ... “ I 8 9
sheet, . “ 8
nail rods, “78
STEEL, American, ' lb.\ 8 9
E. Blistered, “, 16 20
German, “ ! 14 15
CASTINGS, northern, “ j 41 6
NAILS, cut, 4d to 20d “| 6} 7
wrought, “ 16
PLOUGH MOULDS, “56
SHOT, all sizes, bag 200 225
LEAD, pig and bar, lb. 7} 8
RAISINS, Muscatel, box 300 350
Bloom, “ 250 300
SUGARS, St Croix and Porto
Rico, lb. 9} 12}
■ New Orleans, “ 7} 9}
Havana, white, “ 11 12}
Havana, brown, “ 10 10}
Loaf and lump, " 14 18
SPIRITS, Cognac brandy, 4th
proof, gal. 1 50 200
domestic, “ 35 75
peach brandy, “ 75 100
apple, “ 45 50
Holland gin, “ i 100 150
Jamaica rum, “ 100 150
N. E. rum, “ 40 50
whiskey in bbls. “ 40 42
do. do. hhds. “ 36 40
WINES, Madeira, “ 200 300
Teneriffe, L- P. “ 125 150
Malaga, < “ 56 70
TEAS, imperial and gunpow- 600 700
der, ; lb. 100 112
hyson, “ 75 100
PEPPER, black, “ 9 12
Pimento, “ 10 12
CANDLES, sperm, “ 35 37
Georgia made, “ 18 20
TALLOW, “ 11 12}
BEESWAX, “ 16 18
HIDES, country, "79
POTATOES, bbl. 250 300
STONE LIME, east 300 400
RICE, lb. 400 500
SEGARS, Spanish, AT. 17 00 20 00
American, “ 300
TOBACCO, manufactured, lb 10 22
Cavendish, ‘ 25 35
GUN-POWDER, Dupont’s, "
SOAP, yellow, “ 5*9
WELSH PLAINS, yard 40 65
LOWELS Negro Cloth, " 33 37
OIL, linseed, ‘ gal 100 1 12}
Train, “ 45 50
best fall strained, “ 1 12 125
WHITE LEAD, best Amer}*
can, keg. 3 37
CIDER, Newark, none,
BEER, John Taylor’s new
Cream Ale, bbl. 10 00 11 00
CORN, wagon sales, bushel 70 75
CORN MEAL, do. “ 75 87
COTTON.—During the past week our mar
ket has been in an unsettled condition. Recent’
advices from Liverpool and Havre, giying ac
counts of healthy markets abre-.d, have caused
an advance of } cent on the prices of last week.
We quote inferior 14} a 15; fair to very good
15} a 15} ; prime 16a 16} — prime real is scarce
ly to 1* had at any price.
FREIGHTS—duII: to Savannah $1 ; Char
ton $1 25.—'River in good condition.
Agard, Mrs. l. G. Larus. has removed
to the next tenement, below Mr. R. Alien’s
Hat Store, where she will still continue to give
Lessons in Music, Drawing, and Painting,
Terms made known at her residence.
Oct. 17 ts 123
MUSIC MISSING.
I" OST from the Theatre at the close of the
JLj late Season, a music book containing the
first Violin part of much valuable music, inclu
ding that ot Macbeth, Hunter of the Alps, &c.;
for which the finder, on returning it to This Of
fice, will be warmly thanked.
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DENTISTRY.
THE Subscriber wishes to give notice to his
friends, that.he will, after a short time,
leave for the low country, ou his annual visits ;
and desires those for whom he has commenced
operations, to call immediately, and have them
finished before he leaves.
He would also say to those who are unac
quainted with his operations, that he practices
on scientific -principles;, and on as reasonable
,er ? l s a ? Dentists Os respectability in New York
ana Philadelphia, and will warrant his opera
tions to be equal in beauty,durability, and use, to
any that can be procured in the United States.
S. OSBORN, Surgeon Demist.
; 149 ts
A-Card to the
MRS. C. HOFFMAN,
Broad street, three doors above J. K. Kilburn's
RESPEC TFULLY informs the Ladies of
Augusta and Hamburg, grateful for past
s *' e has received and opened a new
PATTERN BONNET, of latest fashion, with
e w bestV jful figured Sil Its, Ribbons, Flowers
and'Patterus in Dress Making.
She hopes to be worthy the attention of the i
Ladies, and to merit their call and patronage. I
December 15 5t 149
A Summer Evening and night in Swe
den.
Evening now closed upon us, unaccom
panied however with that dusk so pleasing 1
and grateful to the eye overpowered by
the burning glare of the day. The con
trast between a summer evening in Swe
den and England is sufficiently striking.
In the latter, the busy hum of the coun
try gradually subsiding, the barking of
the villege cur mingled with the noisy
gambols of the children upon the green,
are borne by the gale upon the listening
stranger in the sweet notes of peace and
harmony, till the grey vest of night
spreads around and closes the scene. In
the former the sun reluctantly qnits the
horizon at eleven o’clock, his lingering
rays even at midnight throw a streak of
crimson across the heavens, and impart
a fiery tinge to the landscape, a dead si
lence reigns, and creation reposes in the
absence of night. Even in the small
hamlets thinly scattered thro’ the immense
forests, at a very early hour of evening no
traces of inhabitants appear.— The
ploughman’s whistle, the lowing of the
herds, and the deep tone of the evening
curfew, so enchantingly described by our
bard [Gray, in his exquisite and well
known Elegy in a Country Church-yard,]
are unheard; and not a sound strikes up
on the ear, except perchance the distant
tone of the lute, blown by some Swedish
peasantboy to collect his wandering cows
The whispering breeze, creeping thro’
the dark pine forest, sighs in melancholy
accents sweet as the .ZEolian lyre, and
fills the mind with the softest emotions;
while the eye, darting between the tall
straight trunks rising in quick succession
conjures up amid the surrounding gloom
the flitting forms of fancy. Thus for a
short time, eve’s pensive hour glides si
lently c.n undisturbed and unenjoyed by
man, who wrapt in sleep thinks only of
preparing himself for the toils of the
coming day. /kt one o’clock the. animal
creation returns to life, and the singing of
various birds announces the approach of
morn. A deep blush now spreads along
the heavens, and shortly afterwards the
fiery orb of the sun shoots aloft, and gilds
the mingled landscape of mountain, lake
and forest, while the rolling mists of night
slowly retreat at his presence. Thus, du
ring the fleeting months, of a northern
summer, the sun of the higher latitudes
keeps circling constantly round the hori
zon, and darkness is unknown. To the
unceasing day continued night however
soon succeds; the extreme of heat is fol
lowed by that of cold, and in the absence
of the meridian sun, the moon, during 2
of her quarters, rises high in the heavens
never setting; while the increasing bril
liancy ofthejconstellations, and the darting
fires of the Aurora Borealis, rushing
through the firmament, light up the skies,
and compensate the inhabitants of those
frozen regions, for the loss of the day.—
Sir Arthur de Capell Brooke's Eravels
in Sweden. <£c.
AMERICAN CITIES.
Few things in relation to this country
are more likely to excite the admiration
of Europeans, than the rapid growth of
cities; not of a capital simply, but of nu
merous ones in the same State. Look at
New York State. About thirty years
ago, the place where Utica now stands
was a forest; and the same may be said
of the sites of Buffalo, Rochester, Lock
port and other places within a much
shorter period. Rochester has a popu
lation upwards of 10,000, and appears
destined to become an important city, as
its commercial advantages are great.
Look at Ohio. That State is altogeth
er of recent formation; yet how many
cities does it contain ! Cincinnati is re
garded by the inhabitants as a second
Philadelphia, it being buiU cm the same
plan, that is, with streets intersecting
each other at right angles;—a plan, con
venient enough, but not tasteful, as it
wants variety. Its population, there can
be little doubt, is much greater than was
that of Philadelphia at a similar period
from its foundation, and its buildings are
j more elegant Cleaveland, on Lake
! Erie, is rising into importance, and will
probably, at no distant day, rival Roches
ter. From a news paper published there
—for towns and even villages have their
political journals in this country —we
learn that the formation of a Lyceum is
in progress; a circumstance of auspicious
appearance, as the west has been gener
ally considered to be neglectful of mental
culture. There is no reason to doubt that
in the course of another twenty years,
Ohio will exhibit as much talent and lite
rary taste as other States long since set
tled. How cheering is the prospect!
Who can fail, in contemplating it, to be
struck with admiration! Campbell, in
his Pleasures of Hope, that poetical gem,
thus adverts to the subject; and we offer
no apology for citing good poetry, espe
cially when it relates to our own country,
“Come,bright improvement! on the car of time,'
And rule the spacious world from clime to clime;
Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore,
Trace every wave, and culture every shore.
On Erie’s banks wher ■ igers steal along,
And the dread Indian chants a dismalxsong,
IV here human fiends on midnight errands walk.
And bathe in brains the murderous tomahawk;
There shall the flocks on thymy pastures stray,
And Shepherds dance at summer’s Queuing day;
Each wandering genius of the lonely glen
Shall start to view the glittering haunts of men,
And silent watch, on woodland heights around
The village curfew as it tolls profound.”
Little it is probable, did Campbell imag
ine, that his prediction would be fulfilled
in the li tetime of the poet. Yet after what ;
he has lived to witness, he might now ven
ture on a still bolder one, by extending his
views from lake Erie to the Rocky Moun- ’
tains, and beyond them to the shores of 1
the Pacific. The triumph of civilzation
over savage life across the continent of ]
America, is proceeding, like the s-m from •
the east to the west, and will probably ex
tend even across the Pacific, to those re-1 ]
gions in Asia, where the Christian reli-1 t
gion has yet to achieve a mighty revolu
tion. The present generation may not
live to witness it; but it is written in the
book of fate— Ball. American.
The Wing of a Bat. —-The wing of the
Bat is very commonly spoken of as a
wing of leather, and the idea attached to
this term, undoubtedly is, that it is compo
sed of a callous membrane, that it is an
insensible piece of stuff” like the eather
of a glove or of a lady’s shoe; but lothing
can be further from the truth. If one
were to select an organ of the nvst ex
quisite delicacy and lesther, and sensi
bility, it would be the bat’s wing; iris any'
tbiug bnt leather, and is, perhaps, the
most acute organ of touch that can be
found, though it is-not easy to understand
why it should be so. Spallanzaii, phi
losopher as noted for his extreme cruelty
as for his ingenuity and love of research,
had observed that bats could fy with
great certainty in rooms howev<r dark,
without striking agaiust the wals. He
found that when their eyes were covered
they could fly with as much precision as
before; and even when their eyes were put
out, no alteration hii this ruspcit was ob
served. When branches of tiees or th
reads were suspended from the ceiling,
they avoided them, nor did they even
brush the threads as they flew past or be
tween them; and even when the space be
tween was too small to admit their expan
ded wings, they contracted the latter so as
to suit their demensions to’the breath of
the passage. Spallanzni thought that
the bat must possess a sixth sense. The
organs of vison had been destroyed, and
therefore itcould not be by sight that they
avoided all obstacles. In many individ
uals the ears were stopped, so that it could
not be by hearing; in others the nostrils
were stopped, so that it could not be by
smelling; and taste is out of the question
The following remarks from Cuvier are
sufficiently demonstrative that it is by the
acuteness of the sensation of touch in the
wing, and not by any additional sense,
that the plienomenoe is to be accounted
for:—The bones of the metacarpus, and
the phalanger of the four fingers which
succeed the thumb, aie excessively elon
aated. The membrane w’hich unites
them presents an enormous surface to the
air, the nerves which are distributed to it
are minutely divided; they form a net
work very remarkable for its fineness and
the number of its anastomoses. It is
probable, that in the action of sight, the
air, when struck by its wing or very sen
sible hand, impresses a sensation of heat
cold, mobility and resistacce, on flat organ
which indicates te the animal the exis
tence or absence of obstacles vhich would
interrupt its progress. In this 1 manner
blind men may discover by their hands,
and even by the skin of their faces, the
proximity of a wall, door of a house, of
side of a street, even without the assist
ance of a touch, and merely ly sensation
which the difference, in the resistance of
tho air occasions.— Letters l<. a Young
Naturialist.
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE.
In pursuance of the resolution passed
yesterday, the Senate proceeded o ballot
for its Standing Committees, an! the bal
lots resulted in the choice of the following
gentlemen, to serve for the present ses
sion.
Foreign Relations— Mr. Clay - , Chair
man; Messrs. King, of Georgia, klangum
Sprague, Tallmadge.
Committee on Finance— Mr. Webster,
Chairman; Messrs. Wright, Tyler, Man
gum, Ewing.
Committee on Commerce- —Mr. Silsbee,
Chairman; Messrs. King, of Alabama,
Waggaman, Sprague, Wright.
Committee on Manufactures — Mr.
Frelinghuysen, Chairman; Mesirs. Mor
ris, Knight, Prentiss, Tyler.
Committee, on Agriculture— Mr.Brown
Chairman; Messrs. Kent, Swift, Robinson
Morris.
Committee on Military— Mr. Benton,
Chairman; Messrs. Tipton, Prestcn, King
es Ala. Clayton.
Committee on Militia— Mr. Rjbinson,
Chairman; Messrs. Hendricks, U’Kean,
Waggaman, Swift,
Committee on Naval Affairs — Mr.
Southerland, Chairman; Messrs. Robbins,
Tallmadge, Bibb, Black.
Committee on Public Landt— (The
Committee on the Public Lands of the
last session was continued for the present
session, by an unanimous vote passed du
ring the last week. The members con
sist of Messrs. Poindexter, Ciairman;
Moore, Prentiss, McKean, Biib, and
Clay.
Committee on Private Land Claims—
Mr. Black, Chairman; Messrs. Kane,
Naudain, Porter, Shepley.
Committee on Indian Affairs — Mr.
White Chairman; Messsrs. Tipton, Smith
Swift, Frelinghuysen.
Committee on Claims— Mr. Bell,
Chairman; Messrs. Tipton, Naudain,
Brown, Shepley.
Committee on Judiciary— Mr. Clayton,
Chairman; Messrs. Preston, Bell, Smith,
Leigh.
Committee on the Post Office aud Post
Roads— The committee on the Post Of
fice and Post Roads of the last session
was continued for the present session, by
a resolution passed unanimously, during
the last week The members consist of
Messrs. Grundy. Chairman; Ewing, Ro
binson, Knight, Southard.)
Committee on Pensions — Mr. Tomlin
son, Chairman; Messrs. Tallmadge, Me- j
Kean, Prentiss, Preston.
Committee on Roads and Canals— Mr
Hendricks Chairman; Messrs. Kent, Rob
binson, Robbins, McKean.
Committee on the District of Columbia
Mr. Tyler, Chairman: Messrs. Kent,Bibb, j
Southard, Tomlinson.
Committee, on Revoliitionary Claims— \
Mr. Moore, Chairman; Messrs. Smith. ■
White, Leigh, Frelinghuysen.
Cemmittee to Credit and Report the
Contingent Expenses of the Senate— Mr.
Knight, Chairman; Messrs. Tomlinson
Morris.
Committee on Engrossed Bills. —Mr.
Shepley Chairman; Messrs. Robinson,
Morris.
Mr. Clay, gave notice that he would,
on Monday next, ask leave to introduce
a bill to appropriate, for a limited tiuae,
the proceeds of the Public Lands among
the States, and for other purposes.
Mr Benton in pursuance of notice giv
en, asked and obtained leave, anc intro
duced a bill to graduate the price of the
refuse lands of the United States; also, a
bill to grant to the State of Missouri a
certain quantity of land for the purpose of
internal improvements; both of which
were read and ordered to a second read
ing.
Mr. Benton gave notice that he. would,
on Monday next, ask leave to introduce a
joint resolution to amend the Constitution
ot the United States in relation to the
mode ofElecting the President and Vice
President.
AUGUSTA,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19.
THE RACES.
FOURTH DAY —MILE HEATS — $'200.
The race yesterday was decided in favor of
Mr. Rowe’s grey colt, who beat Mr. Morrison’s
bay mare Lady Burke, both heats. Time, first
heat Im, 58}s.; second Im. 595.
FIFTH DAY —FOUR MILE HEATS — $600
The following Horses were entered for this
day’s purse of S6O0 —four mile heats.
Mr. Rowe’s e. m. Brunette, 5 years old, by
Phenomenon, dam by Drector,
W. G. Haun’s b. h. Plato, 5 years old, by Sir
William, dam Black Eyed Susan by Tiger.
J. Crowell’s b. f. Lady Nashville, 4 years old
by Stockholder, dam by Strap,
John Phinizy’s c. f. 4 years old, by Jackson,
dam by Kosciusco.
This day’s race excited uncommon interest,
and the course was crowded. The horses, most
of them, were known to fame, and Plato seemed
to be the decided favorite. Bets on him against
the field were freely offered. They took their
stations, in this order: Brunette fwst, Lady
Nashville second, Paulina third, and Plato the
outside. Plato, but a very short distance, kept
his starting relation, but pressed up by Bru
nette and ran nearly locked with her for two
and a half miles, when from the horse’s sick
ness his rider was obliged to pull him up, and
he did not complete his third round. During
the two and a half miles, Paulina lay close on
their haunches, but Lady Nashville played be
hind nearly a quarter of a mile, as if she had no
interest in the heat. About the middle of the
third mile, she began.-to fly, and came by the
stand nearly abreast with her competitors. The
4th mile, therefore, was warmly contested by
Lady Nashville and’Brunette, but the former
took the heat abouttwolengths—Paulina finding
that she could not take the heat, slacking her
pace, was distanced, evidently by accident, hav
ing intended just to drop within the distance
stand.* Time Ist mile 2m. 075.; 2d, 2m. 045.; 3d,
2m. 145.; and 4th. 2m. 05s.; —whole time Ist heat
Bm. 30s.
2d Heat terminated in favor again of Lady
Nashville. Time first mile 2m. 245. 2d. 2m.
10s. 3d 2m. 3s. 4th. 2m. 16s. Whole time
of 2d heat 8m 535. Each round was closely contes
ted the rivals, the first 3 rounds, uniformly com
ing by the Judge’s Stand abreast.
* The distance, by a rule of the Club, is shor
tened to 140 yards.
In noticing the Time of running, this year,
we omitted to state that the track is thirty-eight
yards over a mile. This will help to explain
the unusual bad running as to time, which has
been remarkable this year.
We understand says the Sentinel, that a line
of Stages, to run three times a week between
this city and Mobile, byway Louisville, and
Hawkinsville, &c. will be put in operation in
January next.
The Governor has appointed FrancisH. Cone
Esq. and Wm. W. Gordon, Esq. of Chatham,
associate counsel with the Attorney General, in
the prosecution of the information against the
Merchants and Planters Bank.
The Greenville Mountaineer says:—The
Hon. W. R. Davls, we are sorry to learn, lies
sick at Anderson Court House.
We learn that Mr. Baxter has been elected
Attorney General of Virginia. The vote was,
for Baxter 81—Patton 77. — U. S. Telegraph.
Theodore Lyman Jr. has been re-elected
Mayor of the city of Boston.
The venerable Simeon Dewitt, a soldier of the
Revolution, and Surveyor General of the State
of New York,;died at Ithaca, on the 3d. At
the time of his death, he was nearly completing
his 79th year. He caught a violent cold some
time since while on his annual journey to his es
tates in Tompkins county.
Next Governor of Alabama.— The Hon. Cle
ment C. Clay, is announced in the Flag of the
Union of the 6th inst., as a candidate for the
office of Governor of the State of Alabama, at I
the next August election.
The bill to repeal the act, authorising the
Judges to meet annually in convention at Mil
ledgeville passed the House of Representatives
on the Bth inst.—as also the bill to amend the
several laws in regard to the Court of Common
Pleas of the City of Augusta. On the 11th, the
same body passed resolutions, approving the
conduct of the President relative to the re-char- ;
ter of the U. S. Bank—yeas 106, nays 47. On
the same day the bill was passed to extend the ;
civil jurisdiction of certain Justices of the Peace, ;
in the county of Richmond.
The bill to amend an act to exempt from sale, j
for debts contracted after a given time, certain I
articles chiefly necessary for the subsistence of '
the debtor’s family.
The House laid upon the table for the ba- !
lance of the session, the re-considered bill to I
appropriate money to improve Flint River— '
yeas 74, nays 66.
The House rejected the bill to appropriate
money to improve the Ocmulgee river, below
Macon;
The following bills have passed the House :
The bill to alter the times of holding the Su
perior Courts in the Southern Circuit.
The bill to regulate the commission of Tax
Collectors and Receivers in this State.
The bill to reduce the grant fees in the Land i
Lottery of 1827.
The House passed the bill to amend the seve
ral acts in relation to the issuing of Summons
and Garnishments, &c.
Alabama Legislature.— The resolutions intro
duced into the House by Mr. Richardson, invi
ting the Hon. Gabriel Moore to resign his seat
in the Senate of the United States, were under
consideration by that body as late as the sth
inst. having (then) occupied the House since
the Ist inst. “Thus far,’’ says the Flag of the
Union,." the discussion has been animated, and
occasionally eloquent.” “The resolutions un
der discussion,” continues that paper, “ will, no
doubt, be altered by the House.”
The Constitutionalist of yesterday morning
publishes extracts of letters from planters to
their factors in this city, corroborating the very
general impression of a short crop in Georgia;
and, we copy the following article from the
Charleston Courier of the 17th inst., signed by
a long list of Merchants and Planters in S. Ca
rolina, whose representation is certified by the
Governor of the State, and gentlemen from the
principal cotton-growing districts to be “sub
stantially true.”
THE COTTON CROP.
Messrs. Editors. — Accounts having gained
currency through several mercantile journals,
in different parts of the United States, setting
forth that the present crop of cotton will be as
large, if not larger than the crop of last year,
we deem it of vast consequence that the public
mind should be correctly informed on a subject
of such paramount importance to every one of
the community; and for this purpose, the sub
scribers have met together, exchanged their
views, and have come to the following conclu
sions, namely :
Ist. That the present crop of Uplands,through
out this state, will fall short of last year, fully
one third, and as far as we are informed, the
deficiency will be about the same in each of our
sister states North Carolina and Georgia.
2d. That in many sections of the state, the
crop is already gathered from the fields, and in
no part of it is'there asnmch to pick out as there
wasatihe same period last year, although from
the unfavorable fall, the cotton commenced to
open much later this season than last.
3d. That of the present crop, already two
thirds have changed hands, and that not over
one-fourth will remain in the hand of the grow
er, by the first of January next, the usual pro
portion being one half. Very few of the plan
ters have been holding back or storing, but on
the contrary are bringing it to market as fast as
it is gathered. About this period last year,
there were 15,000 bales stored in this place. At
this time we believe the quantity stored falls
much short of 1000 bales, (one thousand.)
4th. The sales of Cotton Bagging and Bale
Rope is so much diminished, as must convince
every one of a great deficiency.
sth. The above conclusions have been formed
Horn a mass of testimony derived from planters,
correspondents, travellers and our own personal
observations,and we are unwilling that it should
go abroad as the exclusive opinion of the mer
chants ofthisplace only, but that it be substan
tiated by gentlemen of the highest respectability
from all sections of our state.
Resolved, That the opinion of a few of the
principal planters from the different sections of
our state be obtained in regard to the extent of
the present crop. Therefore,
Resolved, That the same be published in each
of the papers of this place, and that a copy be
sent to the offices of the Charleston Mercury and
Courier, with a request to give it an insertion.
(Signed,) DAVID EWART, Chair’n.
Extermintion of the National Debt.— Tbe late
report of the Secretary ofthc Treasury anoun
ces the important and gratifying fact, that tha
whole of our national debt, which at one time
(1816) amounted to more than $127,000,000,
will be paid off on the first of January next.
This immense sum has been paid off in the
course of nineteen years, without the imposi
tion of direct taxes, (except for a very short
period.) Only nine years ago, our national debt
was $81,000,000; in 1816, the interest alone a
mounted to $7,157,550 42; in 1829, to almost
$4,000,000. Since the beginning of that year,
we have paid off, including interest, very near
ly a hundred Millions of Dollars, over and abvoe
our current expenses.—New York Transcript.
In the Report of the Secretary of the Navy,
there is an ardent appeal to the liberality of
Congress, hi favor of our Nnval Commanders,
thnt should not he passed by unnoticad.
“I can add nothing to what has been
frequently urge in favor of a peace estab
lishment for our navy; but must be pre
mitted to state, what has often before been
stated, that the compensation of comman
ders of our ships on foreign stations is al
together inadequate to an honorable dis*
charge of their duties. They are com
pelled to incur expenses beyond the
amount of their pay and rations, or de
cline to receive and return civilities uni
formly oflerred to them on such stations,
and upon which our friendly relations
with foreign nations, may, in some degree
depend.
“The course pursued by our officers,
under such circumstances, has been such
as national as well as professsional pride
have dictated, and, of course, they fre
quently return from their tours of service
deep in deqt; one evil consequence of
which is, that it adds to the inducement
to. our officers, to prefer service on our :
home stationsto service at sea- whereas
the pecuniary consideration should al
ways be in favor of the sea service.”
In regard to the above paragraph the
Editor of the Globe very properly re-'
marks: I
“The whole compensation to a com
mander of a line of battle ship, on a fo
reign station; is only 2230. Out of this
he has to provide for the expenses of his
family at home—his own personal ex
penses, of every description, abroad—
and to retiun those hospitalities, with
which he is greeted in every foreign port.
But, independent of this consideration,
what a pittance is two thousand a year to
a man who has devoted his zuhole life to
reach tbe highest grade in the arduous
and dangerous sea service of his country!
What u reward for the blood shed in bat
tle—for the struggle with every tempest
that sweeps the ocean—with every mal
lady which poisons the breeze within the
tropics—and with all the rigors of the
frozen arctic. Add to this, the daily and
the nightly vigilance necessary to the saf-
sty of his ship, and the responsibility es
bridling into subordination the bold spi
rits of a thousand men who stand around
him on the sama deck.”
PUBLIC LANDS.
Mr. McKinley offered the following,
which he wished printed and postponed
for a week :
Resolved, That the Committee on pub
lic lands be instructed to bring in a bill
to reduce the price of the public lands to
seventy-five cents an acre; and all lands
which have been offered for sale and re
main unsold, for more than five years and
less than ten years, to fifty cents an acre;
and all lands which have been offered for
sale, and remain unsold, for more than ten
and less than fifteen years, to
cents an acre ; and all lands which have
been offered for sale and remain unsold,
for more than fifteen and less than twenty
years, to twelve and a half cents an acre j
and all lands which have been offered for
sale and remain unsold, for more than
twenty and than twenty-five years, to six
and one fourth cents an acre,and all lands
which have been offered for sale and
remain unsold for more than twenty
five years, to become the property
of the States in which they lie res
pectively ; and all persons who res
ide on the public lands, and shall
have cultivated any portion thereof, for
one or mors years, to have the right of
pre-emption of one quarter section at the
price above fixed upon the class to which
it may belong in the foregoing scale of
graduation.
“Down east” observed a Southerner,
to a Yankee, a cow a calf, and a calico
frock, is said to be a girl’s portion—and
that’s the place you came from.”
'“Well,” replied the Yankee, “people
have to be born paetty much where other
folks say, baarin accidents. An’ your
from that place, ant ye? where a potater
patch, cracks in’t so wide, thaj the grass
hopper! are picked up at the bottom by
handfuls—all their necks broke trying to
jnmpoxer—is a portion for the eldest son.
My father teld me, continued the down
eastor, “he was once riding by one of
your great farm, observing the wretch
edness of the land, he said, ’the feller that
owns this must be plaguy poor:’ ‘not so
poor you think for:’ answered a voice
from the blackberry bushes! 'For I do’nt
own but a third on’t—my farther gin away
one third to a man to take tother!”
It semas proper to remind our readers
that, in the appointment of Committees in
tne House oißepresentatives, no member
is put upon a committee who has not at
tended the House at each Session before
the committees are ordered to be appoin
ted. This will serve to explain htfw it
happens that some of the Members, here
tofore known as active business-mea, do
not appear to have been placed on any of
the committees. They had not attended
at this session, up to the time ofthose com
mittees being appointed.— N. Intelligen
cer.
Messrs. Editors.—ln looking at an
article under the head of Lumpkinism in
the columns of your neighbor of Oul-see
ing memory, I was reminded of a tavern
keeper I used to be acquainted with down
cast, who likewise not being very gifted
in the organs of vision, and thinking that
his face might be known farther than his
name, in a smilar manner had his portrait
painted as large as life, with a bottle or
two in each hand, on his sign. A Hib
ernian who had just crossed the big pond,
wishing for some refreshment, and who
was not much acquainted with the quad
rupeds of our country, but was profiting
by the experience of a recent rencontre
with the little animal that is not very re-
■ markable for the pleasantness of his odo
riferus vials, after gazing earnestly at
the sign for a few moments, “By shaint
Paptrick,” said he, “and if ye’re the baste
whats call’d the essence pedlar, damn
me if I’ll be after patronizing ye again,”
and walked on in quest of more inviting
quarters.
ANOTHER REVOLUTIONIST GOKE.
DIED, at his lesidence, in Buncomb County,
(N. C.) on the 10th ult. William Mills, aged
eighty-eight years. He was born on the 10th
Nov. 1746, on James River, Virginia, where he
lived until the fall of ’67, when he emigrated to
the western part of N. Carolina, and remained
there until the commencement of the revolution
when he nobly took up arms in defence of his
country’s freedom. He fought bravely under
his country’s banner, at the battle of Cowpens—
was one of the number stationed at Ninety-Six,
j and was wounded in the battle at King’s Moun
tain. A few weeks previous to his death he re
ceived an unlucky fall, which irritated his .
wound, and soon terminated his earthly career.
During this time, he suffered the most exerutia
ting pain, but bore it with ehristian fortitude,
and died in full assurance of a blessed inwnor
; tality beyond life's feeble span. Thus has wo»k
■ to death another of that glorious band of broth*
' ers,who so gallantly fought in defence of free
dom’s suffering cause. When we take into eon-
i sideration the numberless scenes of toil and suf
j sering through which these men had to pass, in
' order to secure to us the inestimable blessings
I of freedom, where can we find the sincere lover
j of his country, in whose eye does not gather the
• falling tear at the anouncement of the death of
j one of that worthy band ? They are gradually
sinking’ to rest, and soon they will all have ter
minated their earthly career, leaving behind
them precepts of fearless freemen. The sub
ject of these remarks was a man to whom the
poor might safely look for aid,and the oppressed,
succour. He was the father of eight, and the
grandfather of eighty nine children, which, to
gether with his numerous friends and acquain
tances are left to deplore their irretrievable loss
rendered doubly so,by recollections of his worthy
actions through life. He now sleeps beneath
the silent clods of the valley—but his example
and precepts remain as a guide to this rising
generation, and point to the true road to honor
and happiness; and in death showed to his friends
around that he had not laboured in vain, but
was about to receive the reward of his pilgrim
age. “Let me die the death of the righteous,and
let my last days be like his.”
MOSES ROFF, Jr. Esq. will act as
my Attorney during my absence from the State
Oct 24 ts JESSE THOMPSON.
