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Lat* from Chacresßy ihe arrival trnm
Chagr*-'. at Charleston, of the brig llenrico, the
day before yesterday, the editori of the Courier
have advices from that place up to the 31st ult
A passenger in the Henrico reports the U. S.
ship Independence at Valparaiso, about tr. sail
for ihe U. S., on the 30th December.
The steamer California, of Howard &. Aspin
wall's line, after having provided herself with
coal and water, came to the inner anchorage at
Panama on the 25th ult. to take on board her
New Vork passengers.
The California was to have left Panama about
the Ist inst. for San Fancisco, with 350 passen
gers on board It is stated that she will realize
60,000 dollars for the passage and freight char
ge
The American ship Philadelphia, a British
barque, and a small schooner, had been taken up
at Panama, by passengers at that place, to pro
ceed to California, all of which would go lull.
It was believed that the steamer, and the vessels
above enumerated, would not leave more than
200 at Panama, including those on their way to
that place from Chagrcs, but there was no vessel
at the former port to take them when Captain
Phelps left.
The Br. Royal Mail steamer Trent, arrived at
Chagres on the 20th January, and left again the
same day, taking in at Chagres one and a half
millions in specie. The Vellow Fever broke
-out on board the Trent, shorty after she left
King-ton ; and previous to her arrival at Cha
gres, 7 peisons had died, and 17 other cases
were then reported on board.
The Ophir of Solomon —There is a large
mountain called “Ophir,” says a recent traveller
contiguous to the coast of Malacca, and it abounds
in gold. In sailing close along theshore at nigh l
the air was perfumed us if with spices and fran
kincense The whole country teems with rich
and rare products Sofala, on the contrary is a
low swamgy territory ; no mountain is visible;
gold is certainly obtained there, brought from the
interior, but there are no spiers, frankincense,
or myrrh. Its latitude prohibits the growth of
those articles, while Mulaccha is especially a
dapted to them. The transition of tfie Jews
from Malacca, up the coast, to Chinn, was an
easy matter ; indeed, the Chinese themselves
visited the Red Sea and Persiaii Gulf. About
the year A. D. 1150, the Rabbi Bonjamin, of
Tudeis, visited several Eastern countries, forthe
express purpose of ascertaining the residence of
the lost tribes. The Rabbi found some of his
brethren in Snrmacand, China, and Thibet ; in
the first city they found 50,000 Israelites.
To those who consider California as the an
cient Ophir, we would just like to ask of them
where Solomon got his apc3 and peacocks from,
that were brought in his Ophir ships.
New Whaling Ground.— From Honolulu,
Sandwich Isles, we learn that Capt. Royce, an
American, of Sag Harbor, L. I. had just arrived
with 1,800 barrels of oil which he took in the
Arctic Ocean above Behring Straits. He found
the seas clear of ice, pl« nty of whales, and one
anew kind. From the imperfect knowledge of
the seas he had to be very cautious. He found
the ocean there very shallow from 14 to 35 fath
oms, and he saw Indians crossing in their canoes
regularly from Asia to the American continent.
There can be no doubt then but the two were
•once united Some interesting discoveries are
yet to be made in that region.
O’A Mr. Goettger. bis wife and children,
i were recently poisoned near Baton Rouge, La.,
•and all died in consequence of drinking water
from a weli in which was found an old copper
* kettle
Formation of Hail. —Professor Steverlv,
at a meeting of the British Association, read a
paper on mcteorolagical phenomena, in which
he attempted to account for the formation of hail,
[by supposing that it must be formed when, after
I the fall of some rain, a sudden and extensive
[vacuum being caused, the quantity of caloric ab-
Istracted was so large as to cause the rest of the
Jedrops to freeze into ice balls as they formed,
wl’his principle, he said, had been strangely over
looked, although, since the days of Sir John
Leslie, every person was familiar with experi’
lincuts on the small scale illustrative of it. He
■also said that the interesting mine of Chemnitz,
in Hungary, afforded an experimental exhibi
tion of the formation of hail on a magnificent
scale. In that inino the drainage of water is
raised by an engine, in which common air is
violently compressed in a large cast iron vessel.
| While the air is in a state of high compression,
•a workman desires a visiter to hold his hat be
fore a cock which he turns ; the compressed air,
as it rushes out over the surface of the water
within, brings out some with it, which is frozen
into ice balls by the cold generated by the air as
it expands ; and these shoot through the hat to
the no small annoyance of one party, but to the
infinite amusement of the other.
[ Tiif. Burning Well. —A correspondent of
■'the “Presbyterian," Louisville, (Ky.) gives the
■fallowing brief account of a subterranean fire in
ff-astern Texas :—“There is a very singular cir
iWUuistance in Shelby county, Texas, of a well
_ In* been on fire about twelve months,
4t the former residence of Judge Rusk. When
c moved from that place he laid some logs ove r
A le well, from which lie had used water forsev
pera years. Some time nfter the woods caught
ire, and the timber burning fell in, and ignited
■some substance supposed to be stone coal. The
§[ B,ny Sfiason,f have not extinguished it, but it has
R Urnt incessantly. It does not givn a very agree
§S. C te *‘ n 6 t 0 the visiter ; for it is neither sub
wme nor beautiful ; but from the deep rumbling
jP* c t int is beard, the sulphureous smell, and
_k . c *° ud ofsmoke that is continually rising
Sll *'°fi Cr * S forcil>, J r conv inced that there actu-
and brimstone in the subterranean re
bar*., ' ar ‘ OUi re *oltß aro conjectured ; per-
Bou» S |n on 'i BR<>logist cun B ivo coinfort to the nnx
m,nd* °f Ihe surrounding inhabitants by
C| I r" 8 Whnt wi " b « «»*e Anal termination of
" llc ““ming Well.
• 'vav"ii« , | itt, i B a Baltpetra PU * ‘ nt ° °* < * ercnm takes
| * ’ ba,J ft “vor when churning.
Cotton Feed Extractor.—Tl.e Northern
papers, we notice, says the National Intelligen
cer, are describing at length anew invention for
extracting the seed of the cotton plant. It is of
ihe simplest const!union, composed mainly of
two cylinders, closely set together, a feeder, and
the ordinary fan. The cotton containing the
seeds is thrown on the feeder, from which it is
taken by the cylinders, which extract the seeds
whole, the cotton being passed by the fan into a
receiver. The quantity of cotton cleaned by this
machine, it is said, will far exceed that by the
ordinary saw-gin now in use, and a third less
power is required to keep it in operation. By
this method the texture and length of the fibre
is completely preserved, the value of the cotton
will he greatly enhanced, and the intrinsic worth
is increased from a rent ton cent and a half per
pound. It is calculated that a thousand pounds
of cotton can be extracted in the same space of
time that is required to extract twenty-four
pounds by the common saw-gin. The machine
may be worked for ten years without requiring
repair.
The Fine Arts. —The taste for the fine arts,
according to the Journal of Commerce, has been
increasing of late in that city very rapidly. It
shows itself in the best form, that of admiration
of the productions of American talent, instead
of an absurd desire to possess old European
paintings, and the consequence lias been that
this encouragement of native artists has dlavvn
out a great amount of talent, and is producing
excellence in a number of departments of art.
In the mere matter of wood and steel engrav
ings, the improvements in the last ten years have
been astonishing. As soon ns the public com
mence to appreciate art, artists begin to excel.
Education must refine the taste of the public
and develope the sense of the beautiful before a
love for the creations of art is experienced. The
public mind appears io be undergoing this pro
cess. a proof that education is embracing a high
er order of intellectual exercises, and infusing
with the commun pursuits of life a much finer
feeling Men of comparative wealth are less
devoted to the worship of mere dollars; they
have time and inclination to study the beauiiful
in nature, and the result is a desire to possess
these higher productions of art, which most
closely resemble nature.
Electric Light.—An Electric Light is being
exhibited in London, in the presence ofscientific
men, which is described as of a most powerful
character. The patentee stated that the light
would be particularly applicable for light-houses,
and added that the light then exhibiting, (the
expense of which would not exceed a halfpenny
an hour,) if placed at an altitude, with the re
flector above it, would perfectly illuminate an
area of ten miles in circumference, and that it
would be possible to produce a light which should
illuminate an area of 100 miles. A single jet,
apparently not iarger than a star, as seen with
the naked eve, upon experiment, made the whole
area of Waterloo Place as bright as day, and ena
bled spectators to distinguish features and read
handbills across the street.
Railroad Steamboat. —There is at present
building at Glasgow, by Robert Napier,an iron
steamboat 180 feet long and 35 broad, with three
linns of rails on deck to take a train of cars 500
feet long on the boat at once, on the three tracks.
It is to he propelled by a 240 horse power en
gine and is to connect the Northern Railway a
cross the River Tay at Broughton Ferry, where
it is about a mile and a half broad near tlie sea.
The banks on each side are high and water low
between, so the cars are to be letdown into the
boat by an inclined plane worked by stationary
engines and raised on the other side in the same
manner, so that it may he said that the Railroad
Company has made a floating Railway across
the Tay.
(ETFive hundred tons of rails for the Lex
ington and Frankfort Ky. Railroad, arrived at
Louisville a few weeks ago and the remainder
will soon follow. This road is expected to be
finished by the first of October next.
A Carat. —A carat is a weight of four grains,
used in weighing diamonds, but used in refer
ence to gold, the mass is supposed to weigh 24
carats, 15 grains eaefi, and “22 carats fine” means
there are' 22 carats of pure gold and two carats
of alloy, and this 22 carats is about the fineness
of our gold coin * or, as expressed in the mint
term, 22 carats 917 thousandths fine.
ffJ’Tliere were 2,500,000 bales ofcotton raised
in the United States, in 1848.
[for the: southern museum.]
RYE vs. BUCKWHEAT.
Messrs. Editors :—Believing that every effort
to oxtend the knowledge and increase the con
sumption of the products of our own State, is
likely to prove beneficial, I venture to communi
cate a few thoughts upon the use of rye, and the
proper method of preparing it for the table.
During a visit to our mountains last year, I fel*
in with Rye-cakes made so palatably, that I pro
cured the recipe for making, and bought some of
the flour. This winter 1 have used it freely, and
believe it as wholesome as palatable, and iu this
respect, it does not fall far short of Buckwheat.
I have frequently set it before my guests, and it
as re ceived universal commendation.
Why may not some of our enterprising mer
chants introduce it into our market, put up in
bags, as Buckwheat, containing twenty-five or
fifty pounds’ They could doubtless make ar
rangements with somoofthe up-country millers
to have it furnislii-d in this style, and I am sure,
that if once introduced, the salo w ould amply
repay them for the venture.
To prepare the Cakes —Tako two parts of Rye
and one of Wheat Flour, sift and mix with Milk
—buttermilk is best—and bake at once. The
proportion of Wheat Flour would be greater if
the Rye Flour was bolted.
Lot no one who tries, be discouraged at a few
failures in getting them just right, for this re
quires some judgment and practice ; but after you
once learn, you will find them so easily made
that you will always wish to bo provided with
Rye-Flour, to get up a “ hasty plate” of cakes
for an unexpected guest.
Who will try thu KVE FLOUR.
From the Mobile Daily Advertiser, \4thinst.
Public liictiiig—OlLciti Proceedings.
On Monday night one of the largest and most
respectable meetings ever assembled in Mobile,
met at the Court House to respond to the “ Ad
dress of the Southern Delegates in Congress to
thrir Constituents.”
On motion of Gen Thomas Holland, J. E
b lunders was called to the Chair,
j On motion of Col. B. Boyken, Judge II
I Chamberlain, Capt. James Crawford, and Chns.
Leßaron were chosen Vice Presidents.
On motion of G. F. Lindsay J. R Blocker,
H. Ballentyne, anJ R. Brooks were chosen
Secretaries.
The meeting being thus organized, the Chair
man stateil its objects, ana was succeeded by J.
A. Campbell, who, after an impressive speech,
submitted the following Resolutions:
1. Resolved , That we heartily approve the
conduct of the Senators and Representatives in
Congress of the Southern States in general, and
of the State of Alabama in particular, in the a
doption and signature of the “ Address of the
Southern Delegates ” to their constituents of the
South.
2. Resolved, That we fully concur in the pro
priety of the tone and the truth of the matter of
that Address—we agree that aggression, and en
croachment, on the part of the Northern States,
upon the rights, the feelings, and the interests
of the Southern States relative to the institution
slavery,and that the time has arrived fora plain
and explicit understanding between the differ
ent sections of the confederacy as to the means
of maintaining its peace and stability.
3. Resolved, That the encouragement and
countenance given in the Northern States to the
agitation on the subject of slavery through the
churches, organized societies, popular assem
blies, the public press, and the Legislatures of
those States, have produced a wide-spread alien
ation in the hearts of a large portion of our peo
ple from a further connection with those States,
and that unless its continuance be obstructed by
the sober-minded and honest of those Stales, it
must inevitably render such alienation as natur
al as it will be universal That these feelings
of alienation have been strengthened by the el'
forts made on behalf of those States to impose
odious and unconstitutional restrictions upon the
power of our citizens to emigrate with their pro
perty to Oregon, California and Mexico—and
that w hen we consider that, in addition to these
repeated wrongs, menacing resolutions to abol
ish slavery in the District of Columbia, have re
ceived the sanction of a majority of northern
representatives, and that a large proportion of
the same representatives deny that slaves are
property under the Constitution of the United
Stales, and may be taken from their owners with
out compensation—a large portion of our people
have concluded that the only alternative left to
them is an abolition of slavery at the demand of
the north, or a total separation of all further po
litical connection with those States.
4. Resolved, That the adoption by the State
Legislatures of the principal non-slaveholding
States, of laws framed with the view of annul
ling the constitutional provisions in regard to
fugitive slaves—the steady and increasing de
mand made by those states for the abolition of
slavery in the District of Columbia—the decla
ration of New York that the limits of Tevas as
a slave territory ought to be curtailed—the in
cessant attacks yearly becoming more hold and
unscrupulous, upon the compromises of the con
stitution, under which slave population is repre
sented in Congress, manifests a strong, increas
ing and dangerous disposition on the part of those
states to assume and exercise a complete control
over the institution of slavery' in the Southern
States, and to dictate the terms and conditions of
the relations between master and slave, to which
no free and enlightened peopolc ought to submit.
5. Rrsolred, That the terr lories ceded bv Mex
ico to the Uuited States, are the fruit of the blood
and treasure of the slave-holding States That
we canuot forget that the slave-bolding as well
as the non-slavehulding Slates contributed to the
armies of the Union—Seott, Taylor, Gaines,
Butler, Jessup, Quitman, Twiggs, Smi tli and
Davis—and that Mclntosh, Ringgold, McKee,
Clay, Yell, Butler, Dickenson, Burgwin, and a
host of others, shed their blood for the common
cause. Nor can we forget that he who saved
the day at Buena Vista—he who planted the
standard of the Union on the walls of Mexico,
and he who performed the boldest reconno ssance
in the campaigns of Scott, were all men of the
South that of the armies which entered the
battle-fields of Mexico, nearly two to one were
from the Southern States—that it was in the he
roic deeds and by the blood of these men, freely
shed for the whole Union, that its title to these
territories has been acquired—and that we should
bold ourselves unworthy of the dead and unfit
to cherish the fame of living heroes, were we to
consent to the restrictions sought to be imposed
upon us in these territories, or to any measure
whereby the honor, the rights or the dignity of
the Southern States was sought to be impaired
in the Government of the Union.
C. Resolved, That we are strengthened in the
determination to maintain our rights by a recol
lection of the concessions made by the Southern
States to the feelings and opinions of the North,
upon the subject of slavery. At the conclusion
of the war of the Revolution, the vacant and
unappropriated lands within the limits of the
United States belonged to the slave-holding
States. Virginia consented to yield to the Un
ion, territories for five States, and the Southern
States consented to the exclusion of slavery from
them—the ordinance of 1787, resting upon no
legal authority, lias been upheld by the honor
and good faith of the South alone—the acquisi
tion of territory since that time from France and
by the annexation of Texas to the United States,
has been of territory in .which slavery existed
by the municipal law- in force. These territo
ries have been divided—the Northern States re
ceiving fat the largest share,from which slavery
is excluded by laws, the constitutionality of
which the Southern people deny, but which
have been observed with truth and loyalty. Un
der these facts, the Southern people would be
unworthy their ancestors, were they tamely to
submit to any legislation excluding themselves
or their property from the lately acquired terri
tories of the Union.
7. Resolved, That we approve the action that
has been taken by the ancient and honored com
monwealth of Virginia on these subjects, and rn
commend to the Legislature of the State of Ala
bama to prepare the State to sustain her to the
last extremity.
8. Resolved, That we heartily approve of the
conduct of our immediate and honored represen
tative, John Gayle, of Alabama—whose prompt
ness and courage in the present emergency prove
him worthy of the constituents, whose confi
dence he enjoysand now doubly deserves.
On a motion of Col. Root that these resolu
tions be adopted, a debate sprang up, in which
Col. Boykin, Price, Williams, of Sumter county,
Coi. Walker, A. B. Meek, J. W. L Childers,
Dr. Win. T. Hamilton, G. F. Lindsay, Chancel
lor Lcsesne and J. A. Campbell participated.
Finally, all obstruction to the original resolu
tions » as removed, and they were adopted unan
imously and with shouts of approbation.
The follow ing resolution was submitted by G.
F. Lindsay, and adopted :
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing he published in the papers of this city,and
that tho papers throughout the South bo reques
ted to publish tliem—und further, that the Sec
retaries of this meeting furnish n copy of the
same to each of ourSenutors and our immediate
Representatives in Congress, with ,the request
that they bn presented to the Congress of the
United Slates.
Here a motion for adjournment was carried.
POSTSCRIPT.
[Tile graphed for the Georgia Telegraph ]
Fourteen Days later from Luropc.
ARRIVAL OF TIIEEI'ROPA.
Advance in Cotton—Breadstuff Steady—Storks
still improving—Money Abundant—Sir E. L.
Bulwer appointed Minister to the United States
We are indebted to the Editor of the Telegraph
for the following interesting intelligence receiv
ed just as our paper was going to press :
BALTIMORE, FEB 23, P M.
The Europa, with Fourteen Days later intel
ligence from Liverpool, arrived at Halifax yes
terday, and her news was immediately Tele
graphed to New York from St. Johns, N. B. She
sailed from Liverpool on the 10th inst. Thedc.
main! for Cotton continued to be good with largo
sales. On the week ending February 2, the sale*
reached 68,000 bales ; 31,000 being American.
South American had advanced half penny per
pound since the Niagara left. The demand for"
all descriptions during the week ending on the
10th continued active—importations large—sales
large. Fair Upland and Mobile 4.Jd.; Fair Or
leans Breadstuff's steady. Slight decline
in Corn. Stocks still improving.
Second Despatch.
Baltimore, Feb. 23, P. M.
U. S. Sixes looking up. American Flour,
best Western Canal, 26 to 275.; Philadelphia
and Baltimore city, same; New Orleans and
Ohio, 26s 6d to 27s 6d. Corn, white, 31*; yel
low, 31 to 325. Wheat, American, white, 7s
3d to 7s 6d per quarter. Cured provisions firm.
Another Revolution had broken out in France,
btxt had been suppressed by the government
The Red Republicans dispersed and their Clubs
closed. Paris had become again settled.
Sir E. L. Bulwer had been appointed Minister
to the United States.
S.P. Chase, Free Soil Whig, elected United
States Senator from Ohio.
OP We learn from the Charleston Mercury
that in the House of Representatives on 20th inst.
Mr. Walkeroffered an amendment to the General
Appropriation bill, extending Revenue Laws
over California and New Mexico, and appoint
ing officers to carry them into effect, which was
passed. The House also passed the Gold Dol
lar and Doubloon bill
BZ7' FiAeon 'million yards of calico are annually
manufactured in this country.
Council Chamber, >
February 23, 1849. $
REGULAR MEETING.
Present—The Mayor.
Aldermen Ross, Ayres, Babcock, Collins,
Shinholser and Sparks.
Absent—Aid Dibble and Carhart.
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read
and confirmed.
The Bridge Keeper reported Tolls for the
week ending this day, $lO5 50.
William Scott's bill, $75 00, for rent; and
Treat Hines'bill, $35 75, for repairs to the Mag
azine, were passed.
On motion of Aid. Sparks,
Resolved, That the Committee on Streets be
authorized to makes contract for re-planting and
boxing all the Trees heretofore set out in the
Streets of the City, tha. have died, and that the
Committee superintend the same, and make a
suitable selection of ornamental shade Trees for
the purpose.
On motion of Aid. Babcock,
Resolved, That the Committee on Streets,
cause the Cistern in the rear of H. Fitch & Go's
Store to he filled up.
On motion of Aid. Sparks,
Resolved, That the Committee on Public Pro
perty examine the Lots of ground between .Mrs.
Goddard’s and Mulberry Street, and ascertain if
said Lots were reserved as u Public Square to be
kept open, at the time the adjoining Lots were
sold.
Robert Cunningham was duly elected City
Surveyor.
Emanuel Isaacs was relieved from his Poll and
Road Tax for the years 1847 and 1848, in con
sequenco of his not being a Naturalized Citizen.
On motion of Aid. Sparks,
Resolved, That his Honor, the Mayor, have
leave of absence from the State until the 10th of
April next.
H. G. Ross' bill of Costs, amountsß 75, was
passed.
Council then adjourned to Friday next, at 7
o’clock, P. M.
Attest. A. R. FREEMAN, c. c.
HALE ACADEMY.
'JMIE Rev. I* A. STROBEL, opened his
J. Academy on the 22d of January, 1849, at the
corner of First and Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga.
All the branches of a thorough English Educa
tion, will be taught, together with Latin, Greek,
Mathematics, Philosophy, &.a
Due regard will be paid to the moral, as well
as the mental improvement oftlio l upils. The
rates al Tuition, will be ns follows :
Primary Department, per quarter....s6 00
Third Class 8 00
Second Class 10 00
First Class 13 00
Fire Wood 50
(UpThere will be no extra charges.
References— Macon, S. T. Chapman, Esq.,
Dr. Chari.es Thompson, Dr. E. L. Si koheckkk.
Savannah, W. 11. Bi'Ll.och, Esq., Editor of the
Georgian, and J. L. Locke, Esq., Editor of the
Republican
Macon, February 24, 1849. 13—5 t
Cash Kales.
THE Subscriber at his old stand one door
from the Washington Hull, on Second
Slrcet, lias commenced receiving bis Stock of
STAPLE and FANCY DRV GOODS,
and having adopted the Cash system for the ex
press purpose of selling good Goods cheap, lie
invites the public to give him a cull before ma
king their purchases. G. W. PRICE,
feb 24 13—3m*
Hosiery.
IU3T Received a large assortment of Ladies’
and Geptlctnc.n's HOSIERY, of the host
descriptions,for sale low by G. \V. PRICE,
feb 24 13—3m*
Sprint; Prints. Just Received,
PER Steamer Cherokee, a handsome assort
ment of SPIU N G PRINTS, of the
latest style and fashions. G. W. PRICE
feb 24 13—3m*
lysparaKßißOTii&o
[Corrected Weekly, for the Southern Museum.]
NAILS—
Wrought, 19 K 20
Gut,4d to 20d 5a 54
OILS—
[ Sperm. $1 a 1
Fall stran'd,7s a 1
I Linseed,Am.to a 1
Tanner’s, 50 a 60
OSNABUItGS—
Per yard, 7 a 9
,PEPPER—
Black, 10 a 124
RAISINS—
Malaga,box, 2 a 24
Do half do la 14
Do qr. do 87 a 1
RICE, lb. 4 a 44
SUGAR—
Muscovado,6 a 8
St. Croix, 8 a 10
Havana,w. 84 a 94
Havana, b. 7 a 8
j N. Orleans,6 a 8
Loaf, 104 a 124
Lump, none.
SALT—
I Liverp'l, s'k,l 4a 2
Turks Isl'd, b. $1
s SEGARS—
Spanish, M. 20 a3O
l American, 5 alO
SHOT—
All .sizes, sl4 a ]|
SOAP—
Am vellow, 5 a 6
I TALLOW, 8 a 10
TEAS-
Souchong,so a 75
Hyson, "75 a 14
Gunpowder,7s a 14
| TOBACCO—
Mnnufac'd,s a 12
Cavendish,3o a 50
TWINE, 20 a 25
Seine, 18 a 20
I SPIRITS—
Brandy,C. $3 a "4
Domes.do. 62 a 75
Gin, Hol’d 14 a 2
l)o. Ain. 40 i 50
Rum, Jam. 9 a 24
N.England,3B a 40.J
Whiskey, 25 a 28
1 Western, 31 n33
Ballimere,3s a 37
P. Brandy,6o a 75
WIN' S
Madeira, $2 a 24
Tenoriffe, 14 a 2
Malaga, 60 a 75
j Champaign,d. 0a 00
! Port, 14 a 34
BACON—
Hog round, 6 a 7
Hams, lb. 7 a 8
Shoulders, 5 a 6
Sides, 6 a 7
BAGGING—
Dundee, 17 alB
Hemp, 17 a 18
Gunny, 21 a 22
BALE ROPE, 10 a 11
BREAD—
Crackers, 8a 10
BUTTER—
Goshen, 22 a25
Country, 10 als
CANDLES—
Sperm, lb., 35 a 36
Tallow, 12-ia 17
CHEESE-
Goslien, 9 a 10
COFFEE—
Cuba, none, 8 a 9
Rio, 74 a 8J
Java, 11 a 12.]
COTTON, Tb. 5 a 64
CORDAGE—
Manilla, 12 als
FISH—
Mackerel,No I,lla 12
No. 2. S a 9
No. 3, 64 a 7
Codfish, lb 6 a 8
FLOUR—
Canal, bbl 74 a 8
Country, 1b.34 a 3$
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 4.J a 5
English, liar 4 a 4.J
American, 4.J a 5
Hoop, 7 a 8
Sheet, 8 a 10
Nail Rods, 7 a 8
LAUD, 64 a 7
LF, \D—
Pig and bar, G a 7
LIME—
Stone, bbl, 24 a 2]
Cherokee, 14 a 14
LUMBER,M 10 a 12. j
MOLASSES—
N. Orleans, 35 a 40
Hav. sweet,27 a 28
MACON MARKET, FEB. 24, 1849
COTTON.—The market has receded within
the last two days, fully a quarter ofa cent per lb.,
owing to the Banks refusing to draw on Savan
nah over thirty days ;*and the expected news
per Europa, which is now due, she having sailed
on the 10th inst. The receipts continue light
for the season. We quote as extremes to-day
5 a 64 cents—principal sales at from 5 to 5J
cents, with a dull market.
CORN—SO a 55cents per bushel,with a good
demand.
MEAL—SO a 55c. per bushel.
BEEF—4 a 5 cents per pound.
EGGS—IO a 12 cents per dozen.
PORK—4 a 4.J cents per lb.
POTATOES—Sweet 30c. per bushel. Irish
do. sl4 a 2 do.
PE AS 50 a -635. per iuisbe!.
FOWLS—I 24 a 15c. each.
HIDES—7 a Bc. per lb.
FODDER—BO a sl, per hundred pounds.
TALLOW—B a 10c. per lb.
Private Buiiiditig.
M From the first of .March, a few Gen
tlemen will be accommodated with
.Boarding (without lodging,) in a respect
able private Family, on very moderate terms.
The location is a central and pleasant one.—
For further information, inquire at the Office of
The Southern Museum,
feb 24 13—2 t
Slop the If 11 3i a way.
. Ranvway from the subscriber, living
JKv 1 in Houston county, on the 2d instant, a
Negro Man by the name ofJEFFERSON.
He is forty or forty-five years old, light
brown complexion and very intelligent, lie
can read and write, and will doubtless attempt
to pass himself oft’as a free man. He was for
merly a Patroon on the Oc'mtilgee River, and
will no doubt make his way to Darien,Savannah
or Charleston.
A liberal reward will be paid For bis appre
hension and delivery to me, or bis confinement I
in any Jail so that I get him again. Any infor- i
mation respecting said boy, will be thankfully i
received, and can bo addressed to the undersign- j
cd at Bttsbyville, Houston county, On.
JACOB W. BASON,
jan 20 B—if
New Book and Job Printing Office,
la the Brick Building at the Corner of Cotton
Avenue and First Street, Macon, Georgia.
fTIIIE undersigned, Proprietors of The South
-L hum Museum, respectfully inform the
Public, that they have an extensive assortment of
A‘ei o and beautiful PRINTING TYPE, and are
prepared to execute all orders in the Printing
lino, with neatness and despatch, and upon the
most favorable terms —such as —
ROUES, CARDS,
CIRCULARS, HANDBILLS,
SI 10IV- RILLS, BLANKS,
PAMPHLETS, LABELS,
HARRISON &. MYERS.
Macon, Feb. 10, 1849.
AT BANCROFT’S,
NEW GOODS for Servant's wear, at one
fourth the original cost.
fob 10
Dagiicrrcotypfng.
MR. BURNETT lias resumed Daguerreo
typing, with all the improvements of the
present age, at his Rooms adjoining his Store,
on Cotton Avenue.
feb 310—2 t
tircat Kctindion in t*riccs at
It A NCRO F T > S .
ONE THOUSAND YARDS Fine Mouslin
De Lain, at 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
NEW GOODS ! NEAV GOODS!!
,11 II.I.Vf'IIOFT’S, Cotton Avenue.
SELLING OFF, u( and under New York Cost
Dec 2 I—ts
“A LITTLE MORE GRAPE.’*
TIMIE undersigned, t*-ue to bia premise, again
1 presents to the Public more daia on which
ihev ran safety base their ralriilalivuis relative
lo llic respective merits of the depleting system
of Ihe disciples of Escuhipitis, and of that invig
orating and phlogistic one of which he n proud
! to he the advocate.
Leaving the stilts i.f egotirtn and shafts of fid*
j icnle for the use of those w ho have nothing bet*
! ter to stand on, and no other wenpons for attack
or defence, he selects his standing on tiuih, snd
. uses such support only as merit gives him ; and
1 for weapons, he chooses simply to assail the
ranks of the enemy occasionally with “a little
1 more grape, ’’ in the form of facts,w hich are rvi
-1 dentlv the hardest kind of argument* since they
often administer to Ins quiet amusement by ike
terrible destruction they rause among the stilts
and the ludicrous effect they produce in causing
certain individuals to laugh, ns it is expressed in
homely phrase, “on t’other side the mouth.”
The Mixicans arc not the only people, these
days, whom vanity has blinded to their own de
fer! s ; neither can they claim much superiority
in the way of fancied eminence and blustering
bravado over many that live a great deal nearer
home. A salutary lesson bus latterly been giv
en the former by the Americans, and the latter
may cro long take “ another of the same " ala
mode de Tat,lor.
After the following there will still he “a few
more left.”
Georgia, Jones County, 1848.
This certifies that fi.r more than four or fiva
years my wife was afflicted with a disease pecu
liar to her sex, and notwithstanding nil that we
could do, she still continued to get worse. The
Physicians in attendance hnd exhausted their
skill without rendering her any assistance till,
in 1844, w hen she was ronfined to her lied in a
very low condition, I got her last attendant to go
with me to Macon and lay her case before Dr.
M. S. Thomson, who, without having seen her,
proscribed and sent her medicine that soon re
lieved her, and in the course of a short time re
stored her to permanent health She has now
been well about four years and rejoices in the
recovery of her long lost health
FRANCIS B. lIASCAL.
Macon. June 22d, 1848.
I)r. M. S. TncMsay,
Dear Sir : —Deeming it a duty I owe to your
self as well as lo the afflicted generally, 1 huve
cunc'iideil to give you a short statement of my
case, which you are at liberty to publish if you
think that the best mode of thereby subserving
the interests of suffering humanity.
In May 1841, after considerable exposure to
cold, 1 was attacked with Asthma, which pro*,
trated nte very tnuedi, and notwithstanding nit
that could be done lo prevent it, it continued to
return about every two weeks till in 1846, I ap
plied to you. Between these attack* I Imd a tfry
severe cough, which led some of the physicians
to whom I applied lo believe that I had consump
tion. 1 applied lo physicians of bolh the Min
eral and Botanic schools, of eminent general
qualifications, but all lo no benefit, for I contin
ued to get worse,so much so that I had reduced
Irom being a strong, fleshy man,dow n to a mere
skeleton and could hardly creep about —When
I applied to you, I had hut little faith in being
cured, though I had witnessed some wonderful
results following your treatment, especially tho
cure of that crazy woman you bought of Aqnil
la Phelps, in Jasper, yet they gave me confi
dence and by persevering in the use of your
remedies, and as it were Imping against h’opc,
I am much gratified in bring able to aiinouneo
that I have gut entirely well, for I have hnd but
one light attack in twenty months, and that was
eight months ago. 1 have now regained about
tny former weight, and feel as strong as almost
any man of Sfty-one, which is my age. Without
disparagement to the cliaracteroftne other cure*
that have so frequently resulted from your prac
tice, 1 do not think that any of them can beat
this, for confirmed Asthma combined with a
Consumptive cough, especially where the flesh
has wasted, lias !oii r . been classed among the ist
curcables. Most respectfully,yours,
11. LIGHTFOOT.
Tho undersigned still continues to treat Chro
nic cases from n distance at li is office,or either of
the city boarding houses, anil at a distance
through the mail or bv private hand. Those
wliodont require personal attention, are treated
at five dollars per month, those who do, at tho
usual moderate rates. Those who are able to
pay must expect to do so, without variation from
our terms, unless a distinct bargain is made,
those who are not, will ho treated gratuitously.
Letters must be post-paid, and add essed
M. S.TIIOAItON, M. D.
fob It Macon, Ga.
PROSPECTUS
OF
THE C KIT S A D F R .
rpilK undersigned have adopted the above, as
.1 the significant title of a Monthly Paper,
wntcli with sufficient encouragement, they pro
pose to publish in tllo City of Macon, to be de
voted to the interests of Temperance, Educa
tion and Religion.
The plan oflliis work was first suggested, in
view of the rapidly growing numbers within tho
ranks of the Sons of Temperance, and tho in
creasing demand for light, touchiog the objects
and movements of this benevolent and floitrish
ing“Order.” Wo believe that a Divine agenev
is manifest in the startling progress and triumphs
of this great moral organization. It is God's
work, lie is now summoning his “embattled
hosts’’for a crusade against the greatest foe that
ever scourged tho earth. Temperance, there
fore, will stand prominent upon our banner.
But while wo march under the “triple flag,'*
and solicit the patronage and fostering care of
“The Sons," yet, we shall claim the privilege
of striking some good blows for Education and
Religion. “The Order of the Sons," we regard,
under God, ns the handmaid of the Church, tho
harbinger of Religion—“preparing the way oftho
Lord.”
Wo shall spare no pains to make The
Crusader a work ofstandard merit; to give
it a decided character fur usefulnesa, and to
rnako it a work interesting to general readers.
CONDITIONS :
The Crusader will he issued in Month
ly numbers, containing Sixteen quarto pages
each, at One Dollar per annum, payable on tbe
delivery of tbe first number. Tbe Second Num
ber will in no case bo sent to a subscriber unless
tbe subscription price shall have been forwarded
previously to the time of its issue.
Persons acting as agents will receive ton per
cent, upon all amonuts remitted. Upon the re
ception of twenty cash subscriber*, the agent
shall also bo entitled to a copv of tile work as a
bonus It is especially "desired tlmt those who
may becomo agents, or may interest themselvea
in obtaining subscribers, will act immediately,
and forward such names as may be pledged, at
the oarliest possible date, ns it is our wish to
make our first issue by the Ist of February, if
tbe requisite patronage can be secured.
Editors who may bejfriendly to the enterprise,
will oblige us by giving this Prospectus an inser
tion, and if desired they shall rccaive an extia
copy of The Crusader.
Communications may be addressed to either
of the Editors.
W. 11. ELLISON,
E. H. MYERfi,
J. R. THOMAS.
G. H. HANCOCK.
MACOS, December 30, tSI*.