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SATURI)AY MORNING, JAN 27, 1840.
[ij’The “Sons of Temperance,” of this city,
celebrated their Third Anniversary at the Baptist
Church on Wednesday evening last—having
been prevented from doing so at the regular time
bv the inclemency of the weather. A corres
pondent has kindly furnished us a sketch of the
proceedings on the occasion, which will be found
in another column.
THE « MUSEUM.**
We arc truly gratified to learn that the Museum
is gaining the praise as well as the confidence of
the public. A gentleman writes us from Ala
bama, thus :
“I accidentally saw the Southern Museum—l
think it a good paper. If you will send it to
me at Mount Andrew Post Office, Barbour coun
ty, Alabama, I will get as many Subscribers as
I can, and pay for it.”
The gentleman will please accept our thanks
for his kind offer to aid us in extending the cir
culation of the paper. We embrace this oppor
tunity also of tendering our acknowledgments to
those who have aided us thus far, by their sup
port, and trust that our efforts to please them
may not altogether fail. We promise them un
tiring industry on our part in order to merit their
patronage, confidently believing that we shall
succeed in our enterprise, judging the future by
the past, as our subscription list increases al
most daily.
Since the publication of the "Museum was
commenced, we have labored under some disad
vantages. Opposition has been set on foot by a
few, from whom, probably, we had no reason to
anticipate encouragement. Such opposition,
however, but serves to make us more sensible
of the necessity of greater diligence to place our
selves above the reach oftheir influence ; which
can be easily done, if we are notin that position
now. But on the other hand, we acknowledge
our indebtedness to a large majority of the busi
ness class of the city, for their liberal and hearty
support.
The "Museum" is not new what it will be be
fore the close of the year, if trill and labor can
accomplish any thing. Onward and upward, is
our motto. ».
Philology —We see it stated that someone
is attempting to prove that California is the
“Ophir" celebrated in Scripture, whence Solo
mon procured gold for bis temple. A friend has
suggested to us that in the ages of manuscript
volumes, the vowels O and I may have been ac
cidentally interchanged, and Ophir should be
read Iphor , or Ifor ; and why may not this be
the root of the name Cal-ifbr-nia ? Who can re
solve the question? We commend the sugges
tion, as worthy of investigation, to the originator
of the geographical conjecture.
A Mystery Explained and a New Dis
covery.—A correspondent much nearer the
wonder of the night, of which we have heard so
much, writes us :—“ Someone of your fellow
citizens of Georgia has put it into the heads of a
few of our good folks, that the movements of
Canopus have become so wayward and unsteady
as to endanger the harmony of the spheres and
heighten the probability of our being knocked
into pi by his eccentric vagaries. To me, how
ever, the old fellow appears quite orderly and
well-behaved, and none of the Sans of Temper
ance arc able to detect the slightest irregularity
in his movements ; but Sam. S , can see him
‘■'■wabbling ” in all directions; and on his way
home, the other night, from D’s, he discov
ered two stars, very near the same place, look
ing exactly alike, and both dancing.” Zed.
lias ouß Athens friend yet made the same
discovery ?
O’The Savannah Republican has a very neat
appearance, having put on anew Mr. A. K.
Moore has become interested in the paper, and
it will hereafter be published by J. L. Locke &.
Cos. Under the management of these gentlemen
we are sure it will be a welcome visiter to its
patrons, whilst we wish its conductors an abun
dant reward for their labors; and unintcriupted
happiness.
Savannah Exports.— The Republican gives
the following statement of exports for the last
quarter of the year 1848, which exhibits very
gratifying results, the low price of produce being
considered. These added to the large coastwise
trade, which are not embraced in the statement,
show exports, the value of which has, perhaps,
never been surpassed there for the same period:
Exports from Savannah to foreign ports, in fo
reign vessels, from Ist October, to
31st December, 1848 $365,796 00
Exports to foreign ports from Savan
nah, in American vessels, from Ist
October to 31st December, 1848, $722,302 00
$1,088,098 00
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad.
The Jonesborough Whig, of a late date, in
exhibiting the great necessity of a railroad from
Knoxville to intersect the Georgia railroad, dis-
I closes the following interesting facts :
“ To undertake a lecture now, upon the im
portance of a railroad intersecting the Georgia
road,and coming to Knoxville, to all the various
interests of all East Tennessee, would be an in
sult to the understandings of our numerous rea
ders. It would be the very salvation of this end
of the State. In con equence of the facilities
afforded by the Georgia road leading to Dalton,
the owners of large Mills in that State, now
h.i\c agents employed here, in buying up all the
i "heat of these upper counties, paying us fifty
, Cf "is in cash, which is one-fourth more than
could realize from any other source for wan 1
an outlet to market. Now, if the road wore
depleted to Knoxville, this same wheat would
amt our farmers 75 cents. The carriage from
noxville to Dalton, where it readily brings one
er, would he less than the present expense
° bauhng it from Chattanooga to Dalton. Ccr
-1 uuly an increase of fifty per cent, upon the pro.
« uce of our country, is not a small matter with
° Ur “ rm ' !r8 - We instance this case, because it
18 * P “ ,n corm "on sense affair, and addresses it-
Sl ut once totho understandingsgf all men.”
THE CIITTOS INTEREST.
Our readers will remember an article publish
ed by us a few weeks ago over the signature of
“ A Cotton Planter.” We have read a second
article from the same pen with much interest,
and regret that it met our eye so late in the week
as to preclude it from the present issue.
The statistics upon which lie bases the neces
sity of reducing the annual crop of Cotton, are
highly interesting and valuable.
“ What the extent of that over-production now
is, I am unable to state precisely. This, how
ever, is not material. My object being to point
out to what extent orer-production acts in reduc
ing the price, and under-production in raising
it, and thus impress the necessity of a curtail
ment of the crop in the manner proposed, if ne
cessary, by legislative action. I will, for this
purpose, take the history of the trade for the last
five years, ending the Ist September, 1848.
Neither will it be necessary, for an illustration
of the subject, to adhere to the precise number of
bales made and manufactured, I shall therefore
omit fractions, and speak in round numbers on
ly. From Ist of September, 1843, to same period
in 1848, from the best data I have been able to
obtain, the general average annual consumption
lias been about 2,100,000 bales of Americans.
Assuming this as the standard, and comparing it
with the tables of prices for the same period, we
find, under the moderate crop of 1843, (2,000,000
bales), that the price was eight cents per pound;
but, under the heavy crop of 1844, (2,400,000
bales,) the price fell to six cents —showing that,
by an excess of one-seventh over the consump
tion, the price fell one-fourth. On the other
hand, however, the crop of 1846,' (1,800,000
bales), being short one-seventli of the consump
tion, increased the price one-fourth over the
moderate crop of 1843. But, when compared
with the heavy crop of 1844, it exhibits a falling
off of one-fourth in quantity, but a doubling of
price—that is, while a crop of 2,400,000 bales
brought five and six cents per pound, a crop of
1,800,000 bales brought ten and twelve cents.
These are startling facts; but, when w’e compare
[lie aggregate income of both crops, we arc stiH
more astonished to find that the crop of 1844
brought only 50,000,000 dollars, while the crop
of 1846 brought 75,000,000 ; or a crop, one-fourth
short of another with which -it is contrasted,
brings double the price per pound, and an aggre
gate income of fifty per cent, more.”
The writer then sustains the suggestion thrown
out in the first article, to tax the number of acres
planted over five or six to the able bodied field
hand, as the only mode of permanently reducing
the production of the staple.
“ Here, then,” he says, “ the inquiry presents
itself, how is this permanent reduction to be
brought about? I answer effectually, only in the
manner proposed, by taxation. From the best
information attainable, 1 find that there are about
50,000 souls engaged in the culture of cotton in
the United States; if we allow eight acres as the
average for each, we liavo 4,000,000 acres devo
ted to this purpose, and assuming 4 4-5 bales as
a fair average per hand, we have precisely 2,-
400,000 bales, the present assumed production-
Now, sir, if a tax of ten dollars per acre be im
posed on all over six to the bund, it will, in all
probability, amount at first to a prohibition, and
reduce the crop one-fourth, or to 1,800,000 bales,
bringing it within the bounds of the present con
sumption. This reduction would, as already
shown by the history and statistics of the*trade,
double the price and increase the actual income
of the cotton region fifty per cent. As the esti
mate of 50,000,000 dollars for the large crop,
(bales of usual weight), we have for the 500,000
hands engaged in its production the average
gross income of 100 dollars each ; of the other,
an average gross income of 150 dollars—a dif
ference of fifty per eent. per hand in favorof the
short crop. But, sir, very many planters in our
own State and in the Southwest plant largely
some ten and even fifteen acres to the hand, so
that it ts highly probable a fuller average would
be nine instead of eight. Suelt being the case
the curtailment of three acres per hand would
reduce the tffimber of bales to 1,600,000, or one
tliird ; when, by the inflexible law of supply and
demand, vve might reasonably calculate upon fif
teen cents at least for our cotton, and an income
of near 200 dollars to the hand.”
We have space but for two more extracts:
“Suppose however, Mr. Editor, that the plan
ters, obstinately blind to their own interest,
should all persist in large planting, the tax of
teu dollars per acre on the 1,000,000 acres pro
posed to be curtailed would yield to the ten cot
ton States proper the nice little income of 10,-
0l)0,000 dollars ; or, if equally divided, $1,000,-
000 to each. This, in afe w years, would entire
ly extinguish their rospective debts, for all ex
cept North Carolina (God bless her for her hon
esty and prudence) are pretty deeply in the suds.
If, however, there be any other not in debt, and
even all after the extinction of their present
debts by them, this fund could be applied to the
construction of railroads, canals, and other works
of internal improvement calculated to develop
the agricultural and commercial resources of
each ; also to the erection and endowing of
schools and colleges, whereby the blessings of
education could, like the dews of Heaven, be
diffused upon every bead. Indeed, sir, it might
be so used in a thousand ways as to develop the
resources as well as the moral and intellectual
energies of our people. If, however, we admit
that this curtailment would at once take place,
would not the price soon rise, so that the planter
could aftord to pay the tax and gain by the ope
ration, when compared to the present system
and present price? I think so decidedly.”
With due defferencc to the writer, we must
think that he has proved too much. If the pro
posed system of taxation will have the effect to
make a permanent reduction of the amount of
cotton produced annually, as he presumes, by
forcing planter? to plant only five or six acres to
the able bodied field hand, this tax must amount
to a prohibition of cultivation beyond that quan
tity, or the good sought for will not be realized ;
and if it amounts to such prohibition, of course
the Stale will realize no revenue from it, to be
applicil to the purposes enumerated. One or
the other of the supposed effects of this scheme
must be lost; and if the first is to be lost, by any
contingency, we can see no justice in taxing
cotton planters for the benefit of a State, merely
because, in the exercise of their volition, they
choose to plant more than six acres to the hand.
In conclusion, the writer says:
“ Allow me before I close to allude once
more to the subjact of a Cotton Planter's Con
vention. The suggestion has been frequently
made through the public prints, and I see our
Geo-gia friends have entered upon the subject
with a zeal worthy of the good cause. Shall we
prove by our apathy and indifference that we
have no interest in the subject? Like yourself,
I care not about great agricultural conventions,
but a Convention of Cotton Planters may do
much good. They may meet, consult together,
and present such statistical information upon the
subject of this great staple and its prospects as
will open the eyes of our people to their true in
terests. Such information coming from such a
source will be received with much more consid
eration, than appeals or recommendations com
ing from isolated sources. Then, too, the social
benefits arising front bringing brethren of the
same calling together, now separated by thous
ands of miles, should not be overlooked.”
We purposed to append a few remarks on this
all-absorbing subject, but the length of the ex
tracts above compels us to defer them to some
other time.
PUBLIC MEETING IN SAVANNAH.
The following proceedings, alluded in the city
papers, of a public meeting of the citizens of Sa
vannah, to take into consideration an applica
tion of the South-Western Railroad Company to
the corporation of Savannah, “ to make a present
subscription of $150,000, instead of the subscrip
tion of $250,000 in Railroad stock as voted by
the people of Savannah—provided the 7 per
cent. Bonds of the city of Savannah can be used
(and be only used)forthe purchase of iron rails,”
vve copy from the Savannah Georgian of the
23d inst.:
The meeting was organized by calling bis
Honor, Dr. Wayne, to the Chair,and appointing
11. R. Jackson, Secretary.
Upon motion of Solomon Cohen, Esq., who
briefly stated the object of the meeting, the Sec
retary was directed to read the report of the Fi
nance Committee of the City Council, upon the
subject-matter of the call for the meeting, sub
mitted to Council on the JSt Ji inst.
Dr. Arnold thereupon offered the following
resolutions, which were seconded by Col. Jo
seph W. Jackson, and passed by the almost unan
imous vote of the meeting:
Resolved, That the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City be, and they are hereby, authorized anil
requested to make a present subscription to the
stock to the South-Western Railroad Company
of $150,000 in lieu of the subscription hereto
fore promised— provided,
1. That the subscription be payable in Bonds
of the City, bearing 7 per cent, interest, payable
half yearly.
2. That these Bonds can be used to buy Iron
for the first 50 miles of the South-Western Rail
road, and be only Used for that purpose.
3. That the city retain a lien on the Iron un
til the Road shall be ready for its reception On
the completion of the Road in sections of ten
miles, the lien on the Iron for these sections
may be relinquished.
4. The city of Savannah to be allowed, by the
South-Western Company, interest on such por
tion of the subscription as may be in advance.
5. That the Central Railroad Company and
the South-Western Company, by their respec
tive Boards, shall pledge themselves by resolu
tion to see that the two roads are joined as soon
as the same can conveniently be done.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the thanks of the meeting be
returned to the President and Secretary, and
that the proceedings be published in the Ga
zettes of the city.
The meeting then adjourned.
R. WAYNE, President.
II R Ja r rcsoNj Secretary.
MINKSOTA RICE.
A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury,
in noticing an article going the rounds of the
newspapers, in relation to the Minesota Rice,
remarks as follows :
“ The Minesota Rice is the article known in
our Northern, Western and some of our South
ern States, under the name of “wild Rice Ziza
nia Aquatica,” sometimes it is called Wild Oats.
It abounds in the rivers and lakes of Western
New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, &.c.,
and is collected by the Indians on the shores of
the Northern rivers and lakes. It is described
by Elliott, vol. 2, p. 585. Should our Planters
desire to make an experiment in its cultivation
to ascertain whether “it is superior in taste and
far more nutritious than the Rice of the South
ern States," they need not send to Minesota for
the seed ; but just collect it along the shores of
the Edisto, Santee and Savannah rivers, where
it abounds. Or to save them the trouble of plant
ing the seed, they may leave an acre of the na
tive wild grass which they are now booing up
and destroying,add on the next autumn they
will have a pretty good crop of the Minesota
Rice. In Savannah I perceive it has been sold
in the market, in its green state, as food for cat
tle, under the name of wild oats.”
Important Judicial Decision —The Gal
veston papers of the 24th ofDccember, says the
Alabama State Gazette, contains an account
an interesting case recently case recently decided
by Judge Watrocs, of the United States District
Court, sitting in (bat city. The suit was brought
by Thomas Tory against David Randon on two
promissory ootes, amounting to $3,500. The
defendant contended thpt the money was not
justly due, as the property ho received for the
notes were slaves, natives of Africa, who were
brought through Cuba contrary to the laws of
Spain, and taken to Texas in 1835, in violation
of the laws of Mexico. The plaintiff contended
that at tho limn of the revolution the negroes
were held in slavery, their condition was fixed
by the constitution of tho Republic of Texas of
17th March, 1836. Judge Watrous sustained
the plea of the defendent, and gave judgment in
his favor.
ffJ*The Hon. Jared Sparks has been nomi
nated President of the Board of Overseers ol
Harvard University.
[for the southern museum.J
THE SONS OP TEMPERANCE.
Avery large audience of ladies and gen
tlemen assembled in the Baptist Church* on
last Wednesday evening, to hear addresses
in behalf of this valuable association, from
Pro r essor Thomas and the Hon. John J. Flotd.
It lias rarely been our good fortune to hear this
subject so ably discussed, and the highly intelli
gent audieuce, the (fleasant evening, the excellent
music oftheclsoir belonging to this Church, and
the practical and forcible addresses delivered, all
combined to impress us with feelings long to be
remembered, and to excite hopes, that an impe
tus has been given to the good cause, which will
result in great advantage to our community.
The first speaker, Professor Thomas, directed
his remarks particularly to exposing the deadly
evils of intemperance, and drew such a picture
as we hopo will not shortly be erased from the
minds of the hearers He spoke of the fascina
ting power of the bowl—of the helplessness of
the victims, when once bewitched by its Circea-n
enchantments—of its prostration of towering in
tellect—of the beggary and wretchedness entail
ed upon the wife and children of the drunkard,
the involuntary sufferers from his debaucheries ;
and he made a forcible appeal to the audience to
save these, for humanity's sake, from mental,
physical and moral degradation, by combining
to overthrow the power of the fell destroyer.
He told of the fifty thousand drunkards, whom
death plunged yearly into the yawning abyss of
bell, and of the numberless bye-paths opening
into the high road to ruin, along which travelled
the recruiting army of moderate drinkers. He
addressed himself to the venders of ardent spirits,
and in mild but forcible terms, he appealed to
them to stay their hands from the work of des
truction, and proved conclusively, that though
they did not design to produce the evil resulting
from intemperance, yet, they inevitably did iti
and that for gain they sold the morals and happi
ness, temporal and eternal, of their fellow-men,
and would be held accountable at the bar of God,
—for, since these dreadful evils would not exist
but for their selling ardent spirits, as they do ex.
ist, it must be through their instrumentality. He
closed bis address with an appeal to the Indies,
to give their influence to the cause of Tempe
rance, and we are sure, that his remarks were
not without great weight with this interesting
portion of his auditory.
The Hon. Mr. Floyd succeeded him in a
speech, which for sound argument and striking
illustration, we have never heard excelled. We
differ with him on one point in his closing re
marks to the ladies, but the address was indeed
a masterly effort, although delivered under many
disadvantages, the speaker being indisposed, as
bis voice attested, and fatigued with arduous pro
fessional duties. But his heart is in this cause,
and be proved it. His effort was directed prin
cipally to an elucidation of the benefits already
resulting and yet to be derived from the order
of the “Sons of Temperance.” He showed the
insufficiency of every preceding Temperance
association, cither from a deficiency in the strict
ness of their pledges of abstinence, or a want of
that systematic organization, which insures at
tention to the rules of the order, keeps an eye
upon the conduct of its members, moves forward
steadily with combined effort to the accomplish
ment of hallowed purposes, and possesses in it
self the elements ofunion, strength and stability.
He showed how these advantages were all se
cured by the plan upon which the “ Sons ” ope
rated, and gave a touching description of the ten
der care, which, from enforced duty and the af
fection induced by brotherhood, the order has
for its sick and destitute.
He answered many of the objections urged by
Temperance men, as reasons for not joining the
Association. To Church members, who urged
that their membership was a sufficient pledge of
temperance, he appealed upon the ground, that
while religion is designed to extirpate every vice,
t cannot bend all its efforts against this most for
midable evil, nor even reach the drunkard in his
cups. He argued therefore, that while as Church
members tliey were bound to give their influence
to the promulgation of every virtue, their very
vows to God, as well as their duty as citizens,
obliged them to aid in this cause, where men,
members of no church, some of them indeed re
formed inebriates, were associated to do in part,
what religion was intended to do fully—bring
mankind back to virtue ; and that by their ex
ample, and influence and good brotherhood, I hey
should help men thus far on towards the path of
rectitude.
To those who objected to the secrecy of the
association, he answered, from the necessity of
holding a strict watch over the morals of the
members of the order, and the impropriety of
making public those matters which should be
spoken and heard kindly and in the confidence
akin to that of the family ciacle. He shewed
too, that secrecy is tolerated without demurrer,
as necessary to the purposes of government, the
execution of law, and the regulation of domes
tic intercourse, as evinced in the secret sessions
of the U. S. Senate and of Grand Juries, and the
silence which is observed with regard to family
matters, in the presence of strangers, though
they be friends.
The speaker made an earnest appeal to fathers
whose sons were growing up to manhood, to
unite with the order, that their sons seeing their
devotion to the cause may be led by their exam
ple into that charmed circle, the glorious refuge
from the ravenous destroyer. Surely this appeal
will inspire many a father, whose hopes centre
in his children, with moral courage and a spirit
of self-denial, sufficient to cause him to throw all
the weight of his influence into tbis good cause.
But I must forbear. I cannot even touch upon
all the strong points in this admirable address-
But I do hope, that many, very many friends of
Temperance who have heretofore stood aloof
from us, will shortly feel proud, as I do, to be
called “ONE OF THE SONS.”
o*Thc Cincinnati Gazette, states that Gen
Taylor has accepted an invitation to spend a
day in that city, where he is expected to arrive
on the 20th of February. His family, in charge
ofCol. Bliss, it is supposed, will take the South
ern route, and will be at Washington befure the
General.
BY LAST N I GIIf ' S MAIL
We gather the following items of news from
the Charleston Mercury of the 24th and 25th :
On the night of the 22d., Mr. Calhoun’s ad
dress to the Southern people, as modified by Mr.
Berrien, was adopted unanimously by the Com
mittee, and would be signed, but not generally,
it is thought, by the Southern members. It is
said that the report is only modified in the. ap
| plication of some portions to the Abolitionists
exclusively, which were applied to the whole
North in the original.
Mr. Calhoun, who has had an attack of cata
! lepsy, was recovering.
The Legislature of Kentucky, in caucus, has
nominated Hon. Henry Clay for U. S. Senator.
Ford has been inaugurated Governor of Ohio.
Lewis Cass has been elected to the U. S. Sen
ate from Michigan.
After a debate of nine days, the Virginia Leg
islature passed the Slavery Resolutions of the
Joint Committee, by a vote in the Senate of 27
yeas to 3 nays,and in the House, by 117 yeas to
13 nays.
P. S—No accounts of the arrival of Steam
ers. The United States sailed from Havre on
•he 7th, and the Canada from Liverpool on the
13th. Expected hourly.
(LpCol. D'jncan has been nominated by the
President as Inspector General of the U. S. Ar'
my, in the place of Col. Crogltan, deceased, and
will, no doubt, be unanimously confirmed by
the Senate.
MARRIED,
On Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. Mr-
Williams, Mr. Thomas M. Edf.n, to Miss Ma
i.inda 11. Heath, all oftliiscity.
DIED,
In Houston county, on the 16th inst. Major
James M. Kelly, Reporter for the Supreme
Court of Georgia.
In Savannah, on the 21st instant, Dr. A. H
Bailey. As a physician, be was ardent and
successful—as a citizen, characterized for his
manly honor—as a friend, sincere. In every re
lation of life pure and honorable.
In Savannah, on the 23d inst. Major Charles
Stephens. For the last seventeen years he
was Captain of the Chatham Artillery of that
city.
Council Chamber, )
January 26, 1849. J
REGULAR MEETING.
Present—The Mayor.
Aldermen Ross, Ayres, Babcock, Collins
Dibble, Shinltolser and Sparks.
Absent—Aid. Carhnrt.
The Minutes of the last two Meetings were
read and confirmed.
The Bridge Keeper reported Tolls for the
weekending this day, $234 80.
M. D. Barnes' account for winding City Clock
for one year, ending 21st January—amount S6O
—passed.
Robert Findlay’s account for iron grate for
. the main sewer—amount $79 30—passed.
The application of P. A. Strobel, Lutheran
Missionary, for the use of the Council Room,
was granted until the Ist of July next.
Shinltolser & Whitehurst,Street Contractor >
presented their bond, which was accepted by
Council.
The Committee on Pumps Report having re
newed the contract with Mr. A. Richards, to
keep the Pumps and Wells of the City in good
repair for one year, from the Ist of February
next ; and to clean out the Wells, when the
Committee on Pumps think necessary—for the
sum of Five Hundred Dollars.
Council then adjourned to Friday next, at 7
o’clock, P. M.
Attest. A. R. FREEMAN, c. c.
House Servant Wanted.
A NEGRO WOMAN capable of doing the
house work of a Family, will find a situa
tion where the wages will be punctually paid
Apply at this Office.
jan 27 j)
Stop the Runaway.
KRanaway from the subscriber, living
in Houston county, on the 2d instant, a
Negro Manby the name ofJEFFERSON.
He is forty or forty-five years old, light
brown complexion and very intelligent. He
can read and write, and will doubtless attempt
to pass himself off as a free mail. He was for.
nterly a l’atroon on the Ocmulgce River, and
will no doubt make his way to Darien, Savannah
or Charleston.
A liberal reward will be paid for his appre
hension and delivery to me, or his confinement
in any Jail so that I get him again. Any infor
mation respecting said boy, will be thankfully
received, andean he addressed to the undersign
ed at Busby ville, Houston county, Ga.
JACOB W. BASON,
jan 20 B—ts
Central Railroad and Banking
Company of Georgia.
SAVANNAH, DEC. 5, 1848.
DIVIDEND No. 12.—A Dividend ofs3 per
Share on the Stock ufints Company (other
than the 8 per cent. Stock,) has been declared
t bis day, payable on and after the 15th inst.
GEO. J. BULLOCH, Cashier.
Holders of the new 8 per cent. Stock will be
paid the Fourth Semi-Annual Dividend, on and
after the 15th inst.
dec 16 3—st
Great Reduction in Frice* at
BANCROFT’*.
ONE THOUSAND YARDS Fine Mouslin
De Lain, nt 124 cents per yard
2,000 yards Fine Ginghams, at 15 cents per yd.
5,000 do Calicoes, at 64 to 8 “ “
also:
200 pieces Kerseys, at 10 a 124 “ “
500 Negro Blankets, at 65 a 75 cents each,
jan 13 7
Tin manufactory.
THE undersigned respectfully informs the
citizens of Macon and its vicinity, that he
is prepared to execute all orders in the TIN
MANUFACTURING LINE, with neatness
and despatch. llis Shop fronts on Second Street
opposite the Marine «Sd Fire Insurance Bank,
lie offers for sale a Set of Tinner's Tools.
THOMAS K. JONES,
dec 2 I—ts
[Corrected H'eehly, for tile Southern Museum.]
NAILS—
Wrought, 19 a 20
Cut,4d to 20d 5 a .'4
OILS—
Sperm. $1 a 1
Fall stran'd,7s a 1
Linseed,Am 85 a 1
■ Tanner's, 50 a6O
OSNABURGS—
Per yard, 7 a 9
, PEPPER—
Black, JO a 124
RAISINS—
Malaga,box, 2 a 24
Do half do Ia 14
Do qr. do 67 a 1
RICE, lb. 4 a 44
SUGAR—
Muscovado,6 a 8
St. Croix, 8 a 10
Havana,w. 64 a 94
Havana, b. 7 a 8
N. Orleans,6 a 8
Loaf, 104 a 124
Lump, none.
SALT—
Liverp’l,s‘k,l4a 1]
Turks Isi'd, b. $1
SUGARS—
Spanish, M. 20 a3O
American, 5 a 10
SHOT—
All sizes, sl4 a 1J
SOAP—
Am yellow, 5 a 6
TALLOW, 9 a 10
TEAS—
Souchong,so a 75
Hyson, 75 a 1.4
Gunpowder,7s a 14
TOBACCO—
Manufac'd,s a 12
Cavendish,3o a 50
TWINE, 20 a 25
Seine, 18 a 20
SPIRITS—
Brandy, C. $3 a 4
Domes.do. 62 a 75
Gin, Hol'd. 14 a 2
Do. Am. 40 a 50
Rtim, Jam. 2 a 2-4
N.England,3B a 4(1.4
Whiskey, 25 a 28
Western, 31 a 33
Ballimcre,3s a 37
P. Brandy,6o a 75
WINES—
Madeira, $2 a 24
Tcncriffe, 14 a 2
Malaga, 60 a 75
Champaign,d. 0a 00
i Port, 14 a 24
BACON—
Hog round, 7 a 8
Hams, lb. 8 a 9
Shoulders, 5 a 6
Sides, 5 a 6
BAGGING—
Dundee, 17 alB
Hemp, 17 a 18
Gunny, 18 a 20
BALE ROPE,IO all
BREAD—
Crackers, 8a 10
BUTTER—
Goshen, 22 a25
Country, 15 a2O
CANDLtS—
Sperm, lb., 35 a 36
Tallow, 124 al7
CHEESE—
Goshen, 9 a 10
COFFEE—
Cuba, none, 8 a 9
Rio, 74 a 84
Java, 11 a 12. J
COTTON, lb. 5 a 6j
CORDAGE—
Manilla, 12 als
FISH
Mackercl,No 1,1 la 12
No. 2. 8 a 9
No. 3, 64 a 7
Codfish, lb 6 a 8
FLOUR—
Canal, bbl 7.J a 8
Country, 1b.34 a 3|
FEATHERS,3O a35
GLASS—
Window, 44 a54
GRAIN—
Corn, bush. 35 a 40
Wheat, none,
Oats, 30 a 35
Peas, 50 a 75
GUNPOWDER—
Keg, 6 a 7
IRON—
Swedes,cast 44 a 5
English, bar 4 a 44
American, 44 a 5
Hoop, 7 a 8
Sheet, 8a 10 '
Nail Rods, 7 a 8
LARD. 64 a 7
LEAD—
Pig and bar, 6 a 7
LIME—
Stone, bbl, 24 a 2|
Cherokee, I-J a 14
LUMBER,M 10 a 124
MOLASSES—
N. Orleans, 35 a 40
Hav.sweet,27 a 28
MACON MARKET, JAN. 27, 1849.
COTTON.—There lias been a fair demand
during the week, and sales to a considerable ex
tent have been made—principally at from 54 a
5} cunts. The. receipts continue to a fair extent.
The market closed rather dull last evening, ow
ing, we presume, to the Foreign news now due r
not having arrived. We quote as extremes,
to-day, 5 a G| cents.
CORN—4S a 50 cents per hushei.
MEAL—SOc. per bushel.
BEEF—3 a 4 cents per pound.
EGGS—I 2 als cents per dozen.
PORK—34 a 34 cents per lb.
POTATOES—Sweet 25c. per bushel. Irish
do. $1 a 14 do. ,
PEAS—SO a 62c. per bushel.
FOWLS—IS a 20c. each.
HIDES—7 n Bc. per lb.
FODDER—62 a 74c. per hundred pounds.
TALLOW—B a 10c. per lb.
SAVANNAH,JAN.2S. — Cotton. —There has
been no important change in this market during
the past week. Sales of the week sunt up 8,300
bales at from 5J to 7^c —principal sales at 64 a
64c.
The receipts here to date are 173,001 bales*
against 56,749 bales same time last year. Stock
on band 48,925 bales against 16,542 last year.
The receipts at all the ports to date, were
1,187,445 bales, against 705,473 bales same time
last year. Stock on hand 449,966 bales, agHinst
374,004 bales same timo last year.
quotations :
Ordinary to good ordinary, 54 a 6
Middling to good middling, 6} a 6$
Middling Fair, : 6j a OjJ
Fair to good Fair, ; 64 a 6|
Good Fair, : : GJ a—
COLUMBUS, JAN. 23.— Cotton. —Prices 44
to 6.
cotton statement:
Stock on hand, old Cotton, Sep
tember 1, 1848: 1,725
Received this week, : 4,870
Received previously, : 41,150-45,975
Total, 47,700
Shipped this week, 2,521
Shipped previously, 25,993-28,514
Stock on hand, 19,186
CHARLESTON, JAN. 25—The Upland
market yesterday was more quiet, and the de
mand less active than the dav previous, prices
however, continued firm and full. Sales n
mounted to 1641 baics at front 54 a 7c—princi
pally nt 64 a 6f.
New Book and Job Printing Office,
CORNER OF WALNUT AND FIFTH
STREETS, MACON, GEORGIA.
THE uudersigned, Proprietor of The South
ern Museum, respectfully informs the
Public, that he has an extensive assortment of
Nets and beautiful PRINTING TYPE, end ••
prepared to execute all orders in the Printing
line, with neatness and despatch, and upon the
most farurable terms —such as—
BOOKS, CARDS,
CIRCULARS, HAND-BILLS,
SHOW-BILLS, BLANKS,
PAMPHLETS, LABELS, t,-r.
HARRISON & MYERS.
Macon, Jan. 13, 1849.
Qtinsmitliiiiij?.
THE Subscriber having purchased the entire
interest of Mr. E. S. ROGERS, in the
above business, is prepared to carry it on, on his
own account,at the old Stand on Cotton Avenue.
Double and Single Barreled Guns, Rijlrs ,
Pistols, Powder, Flasks, Shot Pouches, Caps,
Powder, Shot, Lead, hft-,for sale.
All Work done with neatness and despatch,
and warranted. Terms Cash.
THOMAS M. EDEN.
dec 2
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!!
*ll It*l*\'fltorrs, Cotton Avenue.
SELLING OFF, at and under New York Cost .
Dec 2 1, —ts