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From the Apalachicola Advertiser.
ST, JOSEPH’S.
This beautiful Bay is situated on the
West side es( 'ape St. Blas or gambles, as
we notice it is called in some of the an
cient maps or geographies, and it is form
ed by a narrow strip of neck of land ex
tending from the Cape about 20 miles
Noithurcfly afong the coast and nearly
parallel wilh it,which in the old mapsand
chaits is called St. Joseph’s. The Bay
is from four to seven miles in breadth.
Its entrance or mouth is at the Northern
end of the ruck of land above mentioned,
which is also near that extremity of the
Bay making it about 20 miles lohg. It
is peculiar in not having any but one or
two very inconsiderable fresh water
streamlets enqtying into it, and in its uni
form and unbroken high and bold pine
bluffs, ami it is stated as an extarordinary
circumstarrce (owing doubtless to the fact
of its not being the reservoir of any fresh
water stream as above stated) that its
waters are actually more salt than those
of the Gulf on the Ei st side of the Cape
and at the mouth of the Apalachicola
Bay. The Eastern arm of the Bay is
only separated from the Gulf on the Eas
tern arm of C.tpe St Bias by a strip of
land scarcely 300 yarctowide,.—the whole
cape being in Let a narrow peninsula.
1 his place is called the Indian haul over
—it being formerly a place where the In
dians in their voyages round the coast,
por agid their canoes across, in prefer
ence to going around the Cape.
It has long been known that the chan
nel at the entrance oflheßay afforded from
20 to 25 feet water,but upon art cent care
ful examination,• it was certainly ascer
tained that there is a safe and easy chan
nel of 2t) ieet at all times into-good har
bour and safe anchorage within the Bay.
The Harbour is one of the most splendid
in the world. We make this assertion
on the authoiity of ger.tiemen of the first
respectability—nautical men of experience
and intelligence, who have personally
sei n most of tie harbours of reputation,
and who pronounce it inferior to none. It
is completely landlocked—it is deep, and
it affords the best anchorage. The town
has been located on sections 12 and 18,
Township 8, Range 11, South & West,
being near the upper end of the bay. It
is laid out after the plan of Philadelphia,
immediately on the shore extending back
about a mile The land upon which the
location is made, and in its imnu diate vi
cinity is not very rich, but. is a light san
dy bluff, which as it is greatly conducive
to health is an advantage. The best waler
is afforded by sinking wells a few feet in
depth. Several fertile tracts of the best
land are however to be found in the inte
rior a few miles from the town, which
w hen brought Into cultivation w ill always
ensure to the town constant supplies to its
markets. The Bay abounds in fish of the
greatest variety and choicest kinds. The
town is al present to be connected with
she Apalachicola river by Rail-road, run
ning Irom the Bay through its principal
streets, to Bayou Leland, an ann ol Lake
W imico, about six miles distant. Gen.
Searcy’s map of Florida lays down the po
sition of Lake Wimico pretty correctly,
but it does not notice (nor any other pub
lished map that we have seen) the Bayou
above mentioned. A contract has been
made, for the completion under a heavy
penalty, of this Rail-road by the Ist of
December next, and we dewbt not the en
terprrzing and rndelaiitrable contractor,
John D. Gray, Esq., will have it furnished
according to stipulation. The survey and'
all the preliminary arrangements have
been completed. The survey was made
by Mr. L. W. Dubois, a civil engineer of
superior skill and intelligence. Bayou
Leland affords good navigation lor the
largest steamboats, without the least diffi
culty, and without improvements, up to ;
the point where the Rail-road joins it. !
J he navigation for all craft, keel and flat
boats, as well as steamboats, and for rafts, '
from up the river to this point, is in fact,
superior to the navigation ot “Murder
Point.”
We have stated the Rail-road is intend- >
ed to be temporary only. It is contempla-!
ted during the next summer to cut a wide :
and deep Canal parallel to its point, to
end in a basin, on the North East side of
the town, which will have two fronts, one
upon the Basin and the other on the Bay
connected by Rail roads, through the
streets, as may be found expedient. The
plan may be improved and changed, but
such we learn is at present contemplated.
If possible, the union of the fresh and salt [
water should be avoided We are satisfi-;
cd such junction occurring at Apalaehi- 1
cola, is one ot the primary caases of its I
mortality.—Experience has proved the
places of such union are never exempt
from fevers and similar diseases. This
< anal is an important and necessary link
m the great chain of internal navigation |
from the St Mary’s or St. John’s river to
New Orleans in conteajplation.
Contracts have also been made for the i
erection of wharves and ware-houses both
at the Bayou and at the Bay, at the ex
tremities of the rail-road, to be completed ,
this fall. 1
St. Joseph’s we are sanguine will become
in a few years, second to no place on the
Gulf of Mexico, except New Orleans.
The country of which it must become the
on.let, is already immense, and is increas
ing in an unexampledmeasare,Seven years
ago scarcely an hundred bales of cutton
were shipped, and yet during the last sea
son, nearly fifty thousand bales of cotton
have been sent from Murder Point, either
directly to Europe orcoastwise to Atlan
tic ports, in the Northern, Middle, or
Southern States, or to New Orleans. It
is estimated also that merchandize amount
ing in measurement to 400,000 barrels,
were received at this place and sent into
the interior during the last season. The
merchandize received, and also the ex
ports, it is anticipated, will increase from
1-4 to 1-3 annually for some years to come.
The Apalachicola river, is the only prac
ticable outlet for the produce of the South
western pa it of Georgia, the South-eastern
part ot Alabama, and Middle and West
Florida, within fifty to seventy miles of
[the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and
i Flint Rivers andti.eir tributaries, compo
sing a vast scope of fertile and valuable
cotton and sugar lands, and one ol the fin
est lumber regions in the Union. Vari
ous projects have been devised to find oth
er channels aud direct the trade to other
places; lor instanc.*, a Rail road from
Columbus to Pensacola, and one from
Columbus to Macon, have been talked of,
but they are generally regarded as the
merest, wild, chimerical and visionary
schemes that eowld be projected, and
which it is i-nwpoes-ible to put into suc
cessful operation, The idea of carrying
sugar, salt, iron, bacon, pork, beef and
lumber, several hundred miles in this
[country on a rail-road, in competition
' with a goed steamboat navigation, is
j really ridiculous and absurd.—Twelve
large steamboats are now on the river, be
sides keel, flat boats, barges, &c.. The
ChatSahooche is navigated by steamboats,
up to the populous and flourishing town
of Columbus, Geo..—upwards of 300 miles
from, its junction with the Flint: and the
latter has been- navigated by steam t©-
DanvllJle, about 250 miles from its mouth,
and flat boats go up both rivers to a much
greater distance. Within a short time
past, the titles of the Cherokees, Creeks
and Apalachicola Indians, to millions of
acres of the most valuable quality of land
contiguous to thtse rivers, have been ex
tinguished, and the lands have come into
the hands ofenterprising whites, who will
soon bring much of it into a state of pro
ductive cultivation. A commercial city
of importance must, therefore, immediate
ly grow up-near the outlel of the Apalachi
cola.
Nature has so imperatively destined,
' and her destinies cannot be thwarted. It
j had been expected by many, that ‘‘Mur
; der Point," which has heretofore had
- some four or five hundred inhabitants,
i principally merchants—would be select
ed, at the early settlement of the country
before its survey, when little was known
ofits geography or topography, before it
could be certainly ascertained what was
the most suitable, and at a period whin
it was out of the question to think of such
improvements as canal and rail roads to
aid and bring into notice and use, the su
perior and natural advantages of other po
sitions; of necessity, this po.nt being under
those circumstances and at that time the
most eligible site then practicable to set
tle, was pitched upon as the. temporary
place of depot; temporary buildings- were
erected, —and it became the principal point
of trade. Influenced to continue here by
the natural reluctance to change, which
weal! have, for several years the residents
have encountered many serious obstacles
and labored under many great disadvan
tages rather than break up and remove to
another place.—Thousands of dollars
have been expended by the United Stales
and enterprising individuals, during that
time, in endeavors to improve the naviga
tion to the town, but without resulting in
one cent’s benefit. All such efforts have
proved fruitless and ineffectual. The ar
tificial channel cut under the direction
of Lieut. Long of the army, has within the
lasi year almost entirely filled up, and
vessels drawing over 7 feet cannot now
approach within several miles of the town.
The Bar at the mouth of the Bay, will
not admit safely vessels drawing over ten
feet water, and in consequence, the larger
vessels have to come into the Eastern
pass—and to employ lighters 25 miles dis
tant from our wharves. The habor with
an Easterly gale is greatly exposed and
dangerous. We have not had during
said time, and it is impracticable to get a
safe, certain,and regular interior commu
nication by land. Our mails have been
miserably irregular and uncertain, and in
deed. being transported from Fort Gads
den (to which place they are brought on
horse back) down the river in an Indian
Piroque or canoe, have been an unsafe
medium ofcommunication. We have of
ten been weeks without any mail, and it
never can be relied upon.— But Ike most
seiious evil has been the dreadful malady
which annually pervades this point du
ring the summer season. The causes
are fully explained ill another editorial ar
ticle in this paper, and it is sho-wn they
will be coexistent with the place,—are
permanent, and cannot be eradicated or
p eviaied. New Orleans, Key West,
1 ensacola, Havanua, Mantanzas* oi any
place noted for unhealthfuLness that we e
ne.;rd of, is n ut afflicted with half the se
verity or fatality as this p o j nt d ur j ng . sfc|e
season of sickness.
Ihe “Point” is included within the
boundaries of the great Spanish Claim of
Forbes, recently decided in favor of the
claimants, (Don Collin Mitchell & Co )
'i’lie settlers failed last spring (through the
childs-play and trifling of the Proprietors)
to make satisfactory arrangements with
uiem in regard to the purchase of the
town, or of lots, and consequently, taking
also into consideration the total iueligibili-
ty of the place, most of the merchants, 1
steamboat owners,and masters, and others,
with great unanimity inMay last, resolved
to remove town, stores, houses, business,
“bags and baggage,and all to St. Joseph’s. ’
In anticipation ofthe probabilty of such I
event, an act of incorporation was obtain
ed at the last session ofthe Legislature of
the Territory, for the Canal, above
mentioned, which was now put into use, ‘
and the company incorporated—fully or
gan sed. Gentlemen ofthe most exten
sive influence and undoubted means at
Columbus, and elsewhere in Georgia; at
Tallahassee, and elsewhere throughout
Florida; and in Alabama, and in New Or
leans, Charleston, New York and Boston i
have joined with the settlers to further
this great and beneficial work.
It can readily be seen that under such
auspices, and with its superior advanta
ges, St. Joseph’s will, without any doubt,
become the great Emporium of the Apa
lachicola.
It has easy and safe communication
with the interior by land. A pleasant and
good carriage road can be made to Mari
anna, Jackson County, (through which
place the great Northern and N. Orleans
mail stage passes tri-weckly) over a lev
el country, at a trifling expense. The
length of such road will be short of sev
enty miles, and it will intersect the great
Federal St. Augustine and Pensacola
Road cut by the late Maj. Daniel Elmer
Burch, U, S. A. in 1835 r about 45 miles
from St. Joseph’s.. The road recently laid
out by Maj. MacNeil r U. S. Engineer,
from Apalachicola to Marianna, passes
within sight of St, Joseph’s Bay, and can
be used at present.
The town is nearly a degree South of
Tallahassee, a little less south of Pensa
cola and New Orleans, and some miles of
St. Augus'.ioe— St. Joseph's will be the
Souths rnmosl city of the U- Stales. This
fact as well as the protection against frosts,
afforded by the salt breezes from the Gulf r
will enable figs, oranges and th© tropical
fruits, &c. raised with difficulty in the vi
cinity ofthe places above named, to be cul
tivated aland around St: Joseph's without
trouble or danger. Combined to all these
advantages, and having the sine qua non
of health, without which blessing all else
is worthless, is it 100 much to predict, that
instead of being deserted, tone, forsaken
and desolate as Apalachicola wow is du
ring the summer r St. Joseph’s in a short
I time after it becomes improved, will be
resorted to by the citizens of the surroun
ding country —and strangers to enjoy
its salubrious sea breezes, and the
luxuries it will afford visitors. We say
it must be healthy, unless every indica
tion and evidence of health fails, for we
defy any one to designate at this time a sin
gle probable, local cause of disease near
the town.
Application will be made to the Terri
torial Legislature this fall, to incorporate
the. city and make it the county site of
F rank I in.
Application will also be made at the
next session of Congress to make it the
Port of Entry and Delivery for this dis
trict,—and ive believe the Navy a-td
Treasury Departments have already been
or will be shoitly asked to have, an offi
cial survey made of the entrance to the
Bay and Harbour, all of which will doubt
less be successful.
Ju the mean time, we would inform
1 lumber merchants and others, at the
i North, that seasoned lumber of all kinds,
| especially whitepine boards—ready made
window sashes, frames and doors—pre
pared floodngauds weather boarding, man
tie peices, cedar and cypress shingles and
slate sou roofs, turned columns, granite
land other stone window and door sills,and
such like materkils will, we think, com
mand forr prices, immediately, at St. Jo
seph’s and during November and Decern
ber next; and’wre are also of opinion tha
several buildes‘anu carpenters will find
employment there and’ good wages for the
I winter.
The Committee, appointed at a recent
meeting of the citizens of Greenville Dis
trict, for the purpose, and with instructions
to survey and examine the Saluda Moun
tains and the Blue Ridge, and Report on
the practicability of the construction of a
Rail Road across their respective summits,
respectfully
REPORT.
That they proceeded immediately, on
being informed of their appointment, to
execute the task which had been assigned
them—And it affords them infinite gratifi
cation to be able tosay, that those difficul
ties, which, on first sight and in the dis
tance, appeared to be so alarming, and al
most insurmountable, have, on a nearer
approach and a more accurate examina
tion, if not entirely disappeared, at least
so far diminished, as to present no serious
obstacle to the accomphishment of this I
great and magnificent enterprise.
Before entering into detail, your Com
mittee respectfully suggests, that no con
siderations of a personal or private nature,
or of peculiar local interest, be allowed
seriously to interfere with the execution
of this noble work—but that every facili
ty be extended, compatible with our own
rights and duties,
It is an undertaking of such immense
magnitude, and of such vast importance
io the South and the West, and in fact to
the whole country, that no minor consid
eration ofa private nature, or of sectional
jealousy, should be permitted to interpose
any obstacles, calculated to retard its pro
gress, or to affeet injuriously its ultimate
consummation. But if, in the construc
tion of a Rail Road from the City of
Charleston to Cincinnati, rs it be found im
portant or necessary to adopt the nearest
and most direct route from Charleston to
the waters of the French Broad, then your
Committee must be allowed to say, res
pectfully, yet confidently, that in their
opinion, no other route offers as many fa- i
ciiities, and presents as few difficulties, as J
the route which they have surveyed, from
the head waters of the Saluda to those of
She French Broad. As an evidence, and
in corroboration ol the correctness of the
position assumed by your Committee, let
an attentive and accurate examination be
made of the route designated on the Map
accompanying this Report, of the heights ',
and distances, and the elevation ol the '
waters of French Broad above the valley
of the Saluda.
The Committee commenced their stir
vey at Green’s, a Gap ol the Blue Ridge,
called Butts’ mountain, and about three
miles east of Flat Rock, N. C. From |
this Gap to the head waters of Mud Creek, j
I which flows into the French Broad, the
distance is only fourteen poles, and the
descent six feet. Down Mud Creel,
which is a very slugglish stream, to the
French Broad river, no difficulty can pos
sibly intervene; the declension is so grad
ual as to be almost imperceptible. From
the summit ot the Ridge at Green’s, the
direction of the route proposed is nearly
South, crossing Green River below the
N. C. Turnpike road about one mile, at
Baring’s Mills. Pursuing the original
direction, with some slight variations, and
J preserving the level by adhering to the
curvatures ofthe ridge, we arrive at a field
of J. Davis’ on the N. C. road, one mile
North West ofthe Saluda Gap. From
this point, (which is on that account above
mentioned) two separate and distinct sur
veys (as you will perceive by an examina
tion of the Map) were made down the
Salnda Mountain. The distance from
Green’s, on the summit of the Blue Ridge
to the field already designated N. W. of
Davis’ on the road, is five miles, and the
ascent 105 feet. From this latter place
to the old Saluda Gap, the distance is one
mile, and the elevation 24 feet—making
the whole distance from the Blue Ridge
Gap to the Old Saluda Gap, 6 milt s, and
the entire elevation 129 feet. From the
old Saluda Gap, to Poinsett’s spring, the
distance is half a mile, and the descent
332 feet. The State road from the Spring
to Rocky Mount, is now nearly level; and
yowr Committee feel assured, that a plane
can be got level, or so nearly so, as to of
fer no serious objection to the plying of a
Locomotive. From Rocky Mount to the
valley of the Saluda, the descent has not
been accurately ascertained; but a Station
ary Engine will be necessary. On this
route, therefore, it will require two Sta
tionary Engines to accomplish the ascent.
The Committee have heard suggested,
the possibility of working the Engine sta
tioned at Rocky Mount by water; but of
the practicability thereof, they cannot
confidently speak. There is a stream
flowing down the mountain, contiguous
to the Road, withan abundant supply of
water.
On the other route designated on rhe
Map, the distance from Grein’s on the
Blue Ridge, to Hightower’s on Hodges’
Gap, is 7 1-4 miles, and the elevation 276
feet. From the summit at Hodges’ Gap
to the valley of Hightower’s Creek, (wa
ters ofthe Saluda River) the distance is
1 1-4 m’les, and the descent is 924 feet.
Os the two routes here proposed, the Com
mittee incline (o regard that over the High
tower Gap as preferable. The elevation
or asi ent is too rapid and too great for the
capacity of a Stationary Engine—but it is
not at all impracticable to reduce it by |
Excavating, and Tunnelling through one ’
fourth of a mile ofthe mountain, which is
narrow; and which operation will also
bring us nearly on a level with the Gap
ofthe Blue Ridge. After we arrive at
the valley of the Saluda, on the South
side ofthe Mountain, no further serious I
difficulty presents itself in the construction
of the Road 1 ..
The following i.r- the additional Report r
called for by Mr. Thruslon's Resolution:
Descending the Saluda valley, withan
entirely impercep ; ible declivity, passing
to the west of Paris’ Mountain, near the
Village of Greenville, we enter wilh ease
on an elevated and continuous ridge, that
divides the waters of the Reedy from those
ol the Enoree river. Pursuing this ridge,
and keeping, with an occasional diversion,
the general direction of the present Mail I
Coach route to Columbia, we intersect
the Laurens line, somewhere near the
road. If, on the other hand, the direction
to Hamburg should present greater in
ducements, we will pass from the valley
a little South West of Greenville Court
House, from which place, we have a high,
unbroken and uninterrupted ridge, which
separates the waters ofthe Reedy from the
Saluda, entirely through the District, to
the Saluda river, at Neely’s Ferry.
E. D. EARLE,
W. T. ROWLAND.
November 24, 1835.
CoZ. A. Blanding.— We had the pleas
ure of witnessing the arrival of this gen
tleman in our village on Tuesday evening
last, by the Mail Coach. We unde: stand
that some of the gentlemen attached to
our Rail Road Committee?, hadthesatL
fation of interchanging their v.. ws with
him, on the great subject which so gen
erally engrosses public attention, and ex
press much gratification at his liberal amd
enlightened sentiments. Col. Blanding
was on his way ?o> Nashville, and from
thence to Frankfort, to meet she Legisla
tures of Tennessee and- Kentucky, to me
morialise those bodies, with a view of pro
curing Charters for a Rail Road Compa
ny, connecting Cincinnati and Charleston
with a right, among other privileges car
rying the road through those States.—He
left Greenville on the morning after his
arrival, so-F the West.— Greenville Moun
taineer.
NOTICE.
FOUR months afterdate application will be
made to the Honorable the Inierior Court
of Richmond county while sitting as a Court of
Ordinary, for leave to sell a Tract of Land be
longing to the orphans of William Churchill,
deceased.
JANE CHURCHILL, Guardian-
Nor 9 133
AUGUSTA,
FRIDAY, DE€EM BE R . 1 .
The political news by the Roscoe at N. York,
having left Liverpool on ‘2sth Oct. has no inter
est.
We learn from a good authority (says the
Boston Mercantile Journal of Thursday last,)
that a letter has been lately received by a gen
tleman in New York, from Gen. Bernard at
Paris, stating that in his opinion, a war with
France is inevitable. The king and his minis
ters had taken umbrage at some sentimentsex- j
j pressed by Mr. Livingston, in his speech at the I
'public dinner given him in New York; and
Louis Pihllippe had also changed his views
wilh regard to the policy of a war wilh a for
eign power. He thought’ that such an event
might strengthen his government.
Houq.ua, the celebrated and immensely rich
merchant, died at Canton on the 27th of May
■ The Canton Register says, “ he was universal
, ly detested.”
i We learn, says the Philadelphia Enquirer,
Nov. 25, “that Col William Duane, formerly
' editor and publisher of the Aurora' newspaper,
and, since the election of Gov. Wolf, Prothon--
j otary ofthe Supreme Court, diedin thdk eity
; yesterday morning, in the 76th year of his age.
; He was for a long period of his life one of the
most active and influential politicians of Penn
sylvania.
Such has been the sudden rise of property in
Cumberland in consequence of that place being
recently decided upon as the termination of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, that a gentleman,
within a few days, sold 400 acres of land there
for SIBO,OOO.
LEGISLATURE.
The following billshave passed the House:
A bill to authorize each county in this State
to retain the general tax for the years 1835 and
1836, to be applied to county purposes.
In the House, 29th instant,a bill concerning
the Georgia Union Rail Road Company was
taken up; after it was read, a substitute was of
fered, providing banking privileges to the com
pany. The substitute was ordered to be printed
and made the order for to day. By this substi
tute the company is authorized to establish a
bank at Athens,and branches in other parts of the
State.
On motion of Mr. Gordon,of Chatham, a com
mittee was appointed, lorepoit a bill to provide
for the election of three Judges of the Court for
the correction of errors, and carry into effect
the bill for the amendment of the first section of
the 3d article of the constitution. The commit
tee consists of Messrs. Gordon, Clayton and
Burney.
In the Senate the following resolution, offer
ed by Mr. McAllister, was agreed to:
That the President of the Senate appoint! a
committee, to join such committee as may be
appointed on the part of the House, to prepare
and! report a bill to create a court for the cor
rection of errois,. as contemplated by the con
stitution as amended 1 .- The committee to con
sist of one from each judicial circuit.
In the Senate, a bill was passed, with amend
ments to incorporate the Iron Steam Boat Com
pany of Augusta.
Two propositions have been laid before the
House: one to extend the charter of the Plan
ters Bank of Savannah, and the other to com
pensate the owners of slaves hung for crimes.
FOR THE COURIER.
Mr. Editor:— l was much pleased on reading
the remarks of the Constitutionalist of Wed
nesday morning last, while commenting upon
that section of the city ordinances having ref
erence to gambling—than which a more per
nicious vice never cursed this fair eaith ; and
which, at the present time, is, perhaps, more
rife in our goodly city than at any former pe
riod. Yes, sir, I might say, having some op
portunities of knowing, that this place literally
groans with the nightly—aye, and daily inflic
tions of the enormities of those who, had they
their just deserts, would be made to feel some
little portion of the toiture which, victim
after victim, has suffered at their perfidious
hand's, more- to be abhorred than the hand
of the assassin, wielding the midnight dagger,,
stained with- human blood.
Mr. Editor, my object in penning this article
is to awaken, to arouse public attention with
legard to this matter—to call into action Vhe
public sentiment in suppressing this most ne
farious practice—to excite the public vigilance,
that men pursuing the basest of all possible vo
cations, shall no longer be permitted' to riot, un
molested, in our midst—to stimulate the good,
the virtuous, the orderly and well-disposed itu
arresting, by means of legal proceedings, the
growing, wide-spreading, and th rice-iniquitous
evil.
Sir, our laws are sufficiently potent, though
they may not be sufficiently rigorous, to extir
pate the deadly sin and blasting curse of which
we complain, were they at aft executed. They
can, ought, and should be enforced to their ut
most extent against that man, or set of men,
who, alter ensnaring, entrapping,-
stripping their oft-times unsuspecting prey, will
laugh in his face.—Cursed monsters!
Theic was never, sir, a more propitious time
t .he present to commence the work of ex
f. rgation. Let the axe be aimed at the root —
let the blows fall thieir and heavy—let the ope
ratives be most i. dustrious—let them cry aloud
and spare not, and my word for it, the laws will
stand forth in their majesty, abundantly mani
festing their efficacy tn the cure of the foul dis
order, which, gangrene like, pervades, with its
putrescent qualities, our otherwise healthy body
politic. Something should be done. And by
whom can it be more appropriately done than
by those who have their all at stake, in the city
of their birth, or of their choice. Their pro
perty is here—their children are growing up
here —their honor, their welfare, their peace of
mind, their happiness, are all measurably in
volved in the good or evil name whieh may at
tach to their city. I mean that those persons
among us of high standing, possessing weight
of character, uneit of influence—our principal
citizens should take the affair into their hands,
and see that the community in which they reside
“ suffer no detriment.” When such persons,
as these step forward and take measures to have
the odious gambler, who robs with impunity,
and insults with audacity, dragged from his
hiding places to the bat of justice,—“ then, and
not til! then,” will our moral atmosphere become
puri-Sedof a species of demoralizing
whose pestilential exhalations spread abroad
more ruin than death, —for death, in my le
gard, is far more preferable than shame, ruin,
penury, and disgrace. X.
Vr John EfoWard Payne, respectfully begs
the citizens of Georgia, to suspend their opin
ion for a few days,-upon the subject of a recent
arrest within-the chartered limits of Tennessee
by the Georgia Guard of Mr. Payne, in compa
ny with Mr. Ross, principal chief ofthe Chero
kee Nation. Mr. Payne, ol course; cannot iden
tity the State of Georgia with this gross viola
tion ot the Constitution-of the United States, of
the rights of an American citioen, and of the
known hospitality of the South to strangers.-
But as he is conscious that every art that can
be devised will be resorted to for trie purpose of
endeavoring to cover such an act from public
indignation—he thinks it due to justice to prom
ise that a full and honest statement shall be sub*
mitted,-the moment it can be prepared.
Calhoun, (Tenn.) Nov. 23d, 1835.
The New Hampshire Horder War, —*•
The Sheriff of Coos courtly with the ai<3
of a company of militia ea*led info ser-*-
I vice by the Adjutant General of the Slattv
has taken into custody five of the ringlea--
decs in the late disturbances in the Indian*
Stream settlement, one of whom has been*
rtidicted for high treason, and part of the
others for resisting the laws of the State.
Ihe rest of the authors of the disturbance*
have fled iato Canada.
COMMERCIAL.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
COTTON, choice, jj , 141-
very good and prime,-
fair to good,
inferior,
BAGGING, best hemn, 42 inches, yard. 25 30
inferior to fair, 20 2S
Cotton, 28 30
BALE ROPE. tb. II 14-
OSNABURG’*, yard. 8 y*
TWINE, American, lb. 26 . 37
Knghrh, 35 : 40
8' LT, hnifl 50 55
BACON, hams, lb. 12 121
sides, 11 j/
shoulders. 10 ll
FISH, herrings, bot. 1’25 150
dry cod, 400 6 00'
mackercf, No. 1. bbl 11 00
No 2, 900 SSO
No. 3, 700 7 50'
L 'RD. leaf, lb 11 121
BUT ER, Goshen, “ 25 31f
• HEESE. in casks or boxes, - •• 11'1 13'
FLUUR, Canal, bbl 8 50 ( 900
Baltimore, 850 9 60’
MOLASSES, New Orleans, gal 37| 45
West India, 35 371-
COFFEE, inferior to fair, .15 13| 14
good and prime, 15 i 1# ;
IRON, Swedes, assorted, 4| 5
hoop, 8 l 9
sheet, I 8 i
nail rods. “J g
CASTINGS, northern, 4| •
NAILS, cut 4d to 20d, 7
wrought, 16 i
PLOUGH ' OULDS «
SHOT, all sizes, b»e 9 12 I 2 25
LEAD, rig and bar, lb. 81' #'
RAIS NS, Muscatel, box. -3 75 4 25-
bloom, 3 50 I 4 00*
SUGAR-", St Croix, lb. 12 1 13
Porto Rico, It i 12|
New Orleans, 11 I lIJ
Havana white, 15 00
Havana brown, 10
loaf and lump, 15 20
SPIR ITS. cogtHK brandy, 4th proof gal. 150 250
d< mv-tic, 50 75
p ash brandy, 35 I 00'
apple, 45 50-
Holland gin, *1 12 1 50*
American, I 42 50
Jamaica rum, 100 1 50'
N. E. 45 48
w lmkey r iw barrels, 45 j 46
do hi bhds. 43 i 45
WINE-', Madeira, 2 Oil I 3 00*
Teneriffe, L. I*. 125 150
Malaga, *6 < 65
TEAS, imperial aud gunpowder, lb I °0 ; I 50
hyson, 75 I 1 25
PEPPER, black, 10 ; 121
Pimento, 10 j 12
CANDLE*, sperm, 38 I 40
Georgia made, 16 I IK
T SLLOW, 10 | HI
BEESWAX, 16 I 17
HIDE*. 10 I H
POTATOES, bbl 3 00 I 0 00
STONE LIME, ta ,k 275 1 3 00'
RICE, lb 4 00 . 5 0»'
SEGARS, Spanish, .if. 17 CO 20 00
American, 300 000
'IOBACCO, manufarlur d, 10 22
Cavendish, 25 50
GUNP iWDER, Dupont's 600 700
SOAP, Yellow, 5 9
WELSH PLAINS, yard 40 65
LOVV ELL NI GRO CLOTH, 33 75
OIL, linseed, gal. 140 150
train. 50 60
best fall strained',- 112 1 374
WHITE LEAD,American, ktg. 300 325
CORN, butkel 75 87
CORN MEAL. 87 100
COTTON.—We observe a falling off in the*
quality of cotton in the late receipts. Inferior
has been sold at 8 to 12— average lots 13$, and’
strictly prime, in square bales, 14}. Liverpool
advices to the 21th October will be found be
' low.
i Receipt of Cotton al Augusta and Hamburg, from
Ist Oct. to Ist. Dec. 1835.
THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR-
Stock on hand Ist inst. 12,965 19,585
Ship’d from Ist Oct to Ist Dec 49,107 50,462
62,072 70,047
Deduct stock on hand Ist Oct 3,493 2,728
Total Receipts, 58,579 67,819
Slock of Cotton Remaining in Augusta and Ham-'
burg on the Ist. inst.
THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR.-
In Augusta*, 9,737 15,870
On wharf and boats, 1,238 600
In Hamberg, 1,990 3,1-15
Total stock, 12,067 19;585
Sh ipment of Colton from Augusta and Hamburg
to Charleston and Savannah, from Ist Oct. tlr
IsZ Dec. 1835.
From Ist to 30th Nov. this year, lastyeak;-
Savannah, by boats, 28,527 27,398
Charleston, “ “ 470 1,129’
Do by Rail Road, 4,889 2,800
33,886 31,327
Ship’d fiomlst Oct to 15tN0v.15,221 19,135
Total shipments, 49,107 50,462
LIVERPOOL, Oct 1 24.— Colton.— There has
been a regular demand during the week, and.
the sales amount to 19,370 bales. Prices, gen
erally, may be quoted } a fd pet lb. lower; 700
bales American have been taken by speculators,
and 2250 bales of American, and 150 bales of
Surat for export.
1835. 1834.
Imports, 848.691 bales, against 764,903
Stocks, 251,950 “ “ 156,300
Imported from the 16 to the22d Oct. inclusive,
American, 15794; Brazil, 6225; East India,lß39.
Egyptian;— other parts, 423 Totai'2429l bales.
Uplands ordinary to fair, 7}d a9|d, good fair to
fine 10} all}; Orleans 7} a 12; Mobile and Al
abama 7 a 11 j; Sea Island, ordinary to fair, 18
a 21; good fair to fine 22} a 23; stained 9 a 16;
Pernambuco 11} a 13}; Bahia and Macaio, 10}
a 12; Maranham 11} a 13; Demerara &c. Ils a
14; Egyptian 12} a 15; Surat 6} a 8.
Extract of a Letter received in Charleston dated.
1 NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—The Roscoe sail,
ed 25th. The sales of the week ending 16th K
were 26,000 bales, at 8} to a }d advance in the
early part of the week. The sales for the week
ending 23d, were 19,000, with a decline of }d
—market very dull on the 24th. The latest
news from this side, Ist Oct. Nothing of mo
ment trom France, though many rumors efar-