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~ ls most ProflUalt Cotton or Sugar!
W'e copy the followingextracvs from a let-
to the Editor* of the Columbus
bv Mr. Solos Robinson, the travel-
of the American Agriculturist,
taEving they will be of interest to our readers.
••I am now on my way through Mississippi,
Bama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Caro-
Virginia, &c., in all of which I hope to
_.f t iv j|h the same kindness and respect that I
'EL me t with among all who knew aught of my
or of the object of my visit. Certain
ly |o man ever traveled in any country where
be had more reason to speak in high terms of the
PMf’ ‘ than I have of the planters of Louisi
aait and Mississippi. And certainly no traveler
i n Lny country ever saw so many laborers
“ftwersof wood and drawers of water,” whe
ther white or black, that were so well clothed
snJ fed, so well housed, healthy and happy, as
t b« slaves of the Louisiana sugar plantations.
Aid as an evidence of their health and good
treftmcnt, I will assert that no country on earth
cal make such a show of children as are to be
soap among these negroes. For example—
Bidhop Polk lias 70 under ten years old ; F. D.
CcErad, Esq., has 90 under 13 years, and that in
awnilyof only 200. And many other similar
eas -
Wm Are you or your readers aware that the mak
jHof sugar is not only extending northwards,
H that it has proved very successful away back
ialhc bill lands, upon old cotton plantations
tut would not produce half a hale to the acre ?
Suit is the case upon several places in East and
West Feliciana parishes, La. Why should not
Staftth Alabama make sugar too—since it lias
b*V proved that it can be as profitable raised
ujjin bill lands as upon the Mississippi bottoms?
1 have notes of one place near Clinton, La., that
mfte 130 hlids. sugar and 11,000 gals, molasses
frUi 100 acres of old cotton land, for a first crop ;
and which will more than pay all the expenses '
of a sugar mill.
“I am frequently asked which is the most
profitable, the Sugar or Cotton cultivation? This
is a Question that I am not yet prepared to an
swer, but I am taking some statistics that will
enable my readers to form a tolerable good idea.
<mHl find on the well managed sugar plantations,
ths the crop will average about seven hogsheads
to {he hand, and somewhat over a hogshead to
th«acre, or rather arpent, which is 18 per cent
Though this is much above the average of
thlwhole State, for there are many poor sugar
Milters us wc!S as CGttOfi planters,
w Hut while the sugar product is much larger
than the cotton, the expense is very far greater.
It i- considered a fair estimate of the annual ex
p«n se of a sugar plantation to count it at SIOO to
each field hand. Upon some that I have notej
it is oven more than this. But it must be recol
lected that they buy all their meat and clothing,
while upon cotton plantations the meat is gen
erally made, and most of the clothing.
But here is a table of items of expense last
!r upon a plantation that has 201 negroes all
to I, and worked in the field 80 odd hands, to
m; ke 700 logslieads of sugar, and 40,000 gui
ld sos molasses:
Or erse r's wages. $1,200
S. IV •mil and Sugar-house engineer, 700
A Inual average outlay for mules, 1,000
Keeping up supply of plows, carts, hoes,
jiapades,chains, harness, nails, iron, etc 1,000
Ajerage annual outlay for repairs of en
gine and kettles, sugar-mill and savv
'jftill, 200
Hoop poles, 200
Oil for sugar house, 175
Two hundred and twenty-five bis. of
' jßrk, at $lO, 2,250
I illy bis. of flour, (one barrel for each
Boily at Christmas,) 225
C#§ton cloth for negro clothes, 800
Wpolen cloth for negro clothes, 444
BBtkets S2OO, shoes $175, 675
-|^B 6 ‘cians hill and medicines, 350
Ojer incidental expenses for sundries, 200
$0,419
■ To which should have been added taxes.
I will give a table of expenses upon a
cofcon plantation in tile “cane brake” of Ala
bama, working 40 hands, (65 negroes all told,)
, has planted for the last three years about
400 acres, and made an average of “200 hales a
year, and all corn and meat:
Overseer’s wages, $4 00
IB'sician SIOO, medicines sls, 115
JBnter clothing and blankets, Q 8
Summer clothing $lO, hats sl2, shoes, SSO 102
: j^P c hsmithing SOO, hoes, spades and
Moo's, sls. 105
upsupply of mules, 200
and Rope, average, 300
SIB*® 8 ’ 140
$1,460
jP' EW Source or Super .y.—The Charleston
of the 3d inst. says “We had an arrival
■ Saturday, of a lot of 35 head of cattle, from
county, Tenn., which, through the good
and attention of the owner, reached here in
I fi" c st order, and at a most appropriate period,
now rather scarce. They were dis
of at a price averaging about 7 cents per
I hose cattle were brought from the
n ' er 'ands of Middle Tennessee, and from
1* mV' ''" S c '*y Railroad, at a cost of a
” Cr ° r P cr Por tbe roai *
? El) S,,EE » an eminent Sur
#hbears g his nar c and i nVent ° r ° f " ,0
• • n,e ’ has announced important
3C. Z an,o,a ' e| ectricity. By a test which
t h#|erm' C < Ctr ° V ° llaic ’ be bas discovered that
e^K p |. lnat *° ns oftho sensor nerves are the tel.
•ntfthemir.' Carryt,le sensation to the brain,
‘he)mu s cl es Cr^ rVe u Scarr > back » h « volition to
voh ebra,n ,le infersto consist of
ic *« grounds, he'h C | rCleS ’ ' Vhich ’ Upon ,heoret
eoqnt for all c “cves to be sufficient to ac
siWcecded in TnT phen ° mena - Mr - Smce '*°s
•SSs— r ial tnu i '"® ar, 'fical elcctri fish, and
■Mrclies be ar Substanre - Should these re
"*t be re,," , y confir med by in vestigators.they
°%,'ica| d^ovcry S of ,e T timPO, ' tant physi ‘
ve ry of modern tunes.
Causes of Insanitv. — Dr. Brigham, Superin
tendent of the New York Asylum for the In
sane, has made a valuable report on insanity and
its causes. On the subject of hereditary insani
ty, Dr. Brigham states that, contrary to the
opinion of many, he has found the inherited
form of insanity as curable as any other.
Os the 2,014 patients who had been at the
Asylum, 1,017 were men, and 097 women, and
637 were known to have insane relatives. The
statistics on this subject also show that insanity
is a little more likely to be transmitted by the
mother than by the father, and that mothers are
considerabiy more likely to transmit it to daugh
ters than to sons; while the fathers more fre
quently transmit it to sons. Among the frequent
cases of insanity in those not disposed to it, is
the over indulgence of the appetites and pas
sions in early life ; and to those who inherit a
tendency to this disease, such a course is highly
pernicious. The utmost attention should he
given to securing a good bodily constitution.
Such children should be confined but little at
school; they should be encouraged to run about
the fields and take much exercise in the open
air, and thus ensure the equal and proper de
velopment of all the organs of the body. They
snould not have the intellect unduly tasked.
Very early cultivation of the mind, and the ex
citement oi the feelings by the strife for the
praise and the honor awarded to great efforts of
mind and memory, is injurious to all children,
and to those who inherit a tendency to nervous
diseases or insanity is most pernicious. In after
life, persons thus predisposed to insanity should
be careful to avoid engaging in any exciting or
perplexing business or study, and should strive,
under all circumstance, to preserve great equa
nimity of temper, calling to mind the words of
wisdom, “ He that is slow to anger is better than
the mighty ; and he that ruleth Ins spirit than
he that takelh a city.” In Dr. Brigham’s opin
ion, the most frequent and immediate cause of
insanity’, and one of the most important to guard
against, is the leant of sleep.
Curiosities ok the Earth.— At the city of
Modena in Italy, and about four miles around it
wherever it is dug, when the workmen arrive at
the distance of sixty-three feet, they come to a
bed of citaik, which they bore with an augur five
feet deep. They then withdraw from the pit,
before the augur is removed,and upon its extrac
tion, the water bursts up through the aperture
with great violence, and quickly fills this new
made well, which continues full, and is effected
neither by rains nor droughts. But that which
is most remarkable in this operation, is the lay
ers ofearth as we descend. At the depth offour.
teen feet are found the ruins of an ancient eitv,
paved streets, houses, floors, and different pie
ties of mosaic. Under this is found a soft oozy
earth made up of vegetables ; and find at
twenty-six feetdeep, large trees entire, such as
walnut trees, with the walnuts still sticking on
the stem,and their leaves and branches in perfect
preservation. At twenty-eight feet deep, a soft
chalk is found, mixed with a vast quatity of shells
and this bed is eleven feet thick. Under this,
vegatbles are found again with leaves, and bran
ches of trees as before ; and thus alternately
chalk and vegetable earth, to the depth of sixty
feet.
Sample Cotton.— The Unilrd States Supreme
Court at Boston was recently occupied with the
case of the Casco Manufacturing Company vs.
Thomas Dixon & Son. This action was brought
to recover damages for breach of guarantee, the
defendants having sold 65 hales and 29,289
pounds cotton, per agents, by sample to plain
tiffs, which was found to have been falsely pack
ed. The Traveller states that the sides were of
as good quality as that exhibited by agents to
plantiffs at time of sale. The centre, on the
contrary, was of an exceedingly poor and al
most worthless quality. Defendants contend
that, inasmuch as they received no intention or
notice of the false packing until after nine
months, they are not bound In make good the
guarantee, because plaintiffs were hound to give
them prompt and immediate notice of the fraud
of the packer, thereby giving defendants oppor
tunity of recurrence to the shippers or planters.
Curious Mode of Grafting tiie Grape Vine
—A gentleman in the neighborhood of Oporto
split a vine shoot (white grapes) very carefully
down the midle, cutting the hud in half, and then
split a corresponding shoot on a black vine, and
united them as in common grafting, and, after
many experiments, succeeded in making the
graft grow, and the produce of the vine was
white and black fruit on the same bunch, and on
others variegated fruit.
Profits of Apple Orchards.— The Ameri
can Agriculturist says : A gentleman having less
than seven acres of orchard, realizes from SSOO
to $750 worth of apples annually. In another
exchange paper it is said, an old orchard offour
or five acres, that had not been ploughed for
thirty years, and was said to be worthless, was
ploughed and manured, and the third year there
after produced 280 barrels.
Curious Swearing. —In lawsuits between
Russians and Ostyaks, it is still the custom, at
Beresoy, to bring into court a head of a bear;
and this animal, which is supposed to be omnis
cient, is tiiere appealed to as a witness by the
Ostyaks. In swearing, they make the gesture
of eating, and call upon the bear to devour them
in like manner, if they do not tell the truth.
Artificial Stone.— This singular substance,
the discovery of which in Ohio was announced
some time ago, has grown into much favor with
the public. It is found that when applied as a
coating, it renders the wood perfectly weather
and fire proof. In its original state it is as soft
nearly as putty, hut on being exposed in the at
mosphere it becomes as hard as stone.
O 3 A machine for making flour barrels lias re
cently been put in operation at Oswego, N. Y.
which employs fifty to 75 men, and titans out
easily 400 flour barrels in a day. The barrels
made by this machine are said to be superior in
many respects to tnosc mode in the ordinarv
way.
Ho for California.— The Federal Union
ofthe3dinst. says: “The followingyoungmcn
from this city and its vicinity, left last week for
California, viz: Ellsworth N.Park, Bollig Breed
love, T. \V. White, F. 11. Sanford, Starke Park,
E. King, and T. D. Edwards. They unite with
others at Atlanta, and proceed thence to St.
Louis. At this place they design providing
themselves with conveyances, and then take the
Independence rout, via, Santa Fe. In the de
parture of such young men as these, Georgia
sustains a loss. But it is in their power to ren.
der her in the El Dorado to which they go, es
sential service. They carry with them southern
hearts, glowing with devotion to the clime which
gave them birh. They will have a voice in the
counsels that will controul the future destinies
of that new territory. Little as the State can
afford to spare such men, we should rejoice to
see thousands and tens of thousands like them,
departing from the Southern States for the same
destination.—lt is in this way, and perhaps in
this way alone, that the future political institu
tions of California can be made to harmonize
with our interest and the constitutirnal rights of
the South be secured.
The young gentlemen who have left, carry
with them the best wishes of their numerous
friends, for their future welfare and prosperity.”
Wonderful Balloon Ascension and Ex"
plosion.— At New Orleans recently M. Victor
Verdale, a Frenchman announced that he would
ascend with his balloon at 4 o’clock, not as is
customary, in a car, but attached to the balloon
by a rope, his “ feet to heaven, head to earth,"
and so ascending, would perform some most
wonderful serial feats, which he did. The after
noon was exceedingly favorable for the daring
aeronaut, but an accident occurred as lie started
which placed him in gaeat danger, as the event
showed. It seems that when all was ready for
the ascent, and the word was given to let go, a
rent of some four feet was made in the balloon
by getting foul of a post. The gas, of course,
commcuced escaping, the balloon at the same
time rising majestically, and Verdale going
through his novel performances, to the great de
light of the assembled multitude. The balloon
did not rise to a very great height, but went off
steadily in a northern direction, the gas all the
time making its escape. On arriving over the
Ponchartain Railroad, third Municipality, hor
rible to relate, the balloon exploded, and pre
cipitated him to the earth from a distance of 7000
leet ! and what is more astonishing he was not
*he least injured. He owes his miraculous es
cape of death to a rose bush in the garden where
he landed. The wind being very strong the bal
loon was in a measure kept up in such a manner
as to break the fall.
[This is the greatest lent ofground and lofty
tumbling, in the annals of the flights of fancy,
or fortune.]
Canada.— The Philadelphia Saturday Even
ing Post, says “ there is at present great discon
tent among the English population of Canada,
in consequence of the passage of a very singular
bill by the Canadian Legislature—where the lib
eral or French party have the majority. It is a
hill appropriating a large sum of money to pay
the participators in the rebellion of twelve years
ago, the amount of the losses incurred by them
during the rebellion. The English portion oj
the population, who supported the Government
during the rebellion in question, are highly in
dignant at the passage of this bill—which only
needs the signature of the Governor General, to
become a law. They talk even of Independence,
of Annexation to the United States,&c., in case
the Governor gives his assent to the bill. It is
our opinion, however, that the French party
have only to take them at their word, and pro
pose to unite with them in obtaining their inde
pendence of Great Britain, to drive them back
into their old, unreasoning ioyalty to the British
crown. Such ultra loyalists as the British Can
adians have always had the credit of being,
would endure almost any amount of bad treat
ment from the parent State, before they would
leave off snarling, and really prepare to bite.
Our readers will remember the old argument
for the annexation of Texas, that it was needed
to make a pretty boundary line. We notice
that some of the papers are already taking simi
lar ground relative to Canada. Any one will
perceive, they say, by turning to the map that
the parallel of 49 degrees is the natural bounda
ry line of the United States—instead of the
crooked and ugly line of the St. Lawrence and
the lakes. Canada juts down into our territory,
as if longing to be embraced by the Union. And
if this be true of Canada, it is equally true of
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Earthquakes in the Western Islands.—
The Azores have been kept in a state of constant
alarm for nearly two months past by a succes
sion of earthquakes, which had thrown down
many houses and churches on these islands.
The alarm was heightened to an intense con
strnation one night in December by the appear
ance of a brilliant aurora borealis in the west.
Such a phenomena is without a precedent in that
quarter.
Patent Smoke Consumer.— The New Or
leans Bulletin says : “ Wo visited a few days
since, the steamer Buena Vista, and our attention
was attrracted by a newly arranged furnace, for
the purpose of consuming smoke and catching
sparks, and thereby saving a large quamtity of
fuel. We learned from the officers that the im
provement is the invention of Mr. Harvy Guild,
of this city, and that it promises to be of the
greatest importance. They inform us that it has
enabled the Buena Vista to make her trip to St.
Louis in a day and a half less time than formerly
required, and with a saving of some twelve per
cent, in fuel. From what we saw, the improve
ment is extremely simple, and very easily appli
ed. It is well worth public attention.
(O 3 Feed the earth, and she will feed you !
act liberally toward her, and she will liberally
reward you. It is in vain, as the New England
Farmer says, to try to cheat her. If you give
her little,you need not look formuch; she will
yield but little.
Statue of Jackson. —A Correspondent of
the Baltimore Clipper, writing from Washing- 1
(On, speaks thus of the progress of Mr. Mills
who is engaged in the construction of the Statue
of Jackson : “The rooms of Mr. Clark Mills,
near the Treasury Department, have, within the
last week, been visited by hundreds. He has
compietled the piaster inode! of a horse, (one
third larger than life.) rampant, on which is to
be a repaesentation of Jackson, as he appeared
at New-Orleans in 1815. The casting is to be of
brass, of the cannon captured by him in Florida.
The foundation stone is to he laid in Lafayette
square on the 4th of July next, and the statue
placed there on the Bth of January, 1850.”
Eiri-osios at Pittsburg. At 11 o'clock
on the 26th ult. the boilers in Fife's batting Fac
tory, in Allegany city,exploded, carrying away
the roof of the building, and throwing the boilers
forty feet. Five bodies have been dug out of the
ruins, but there are others badly injured. Mr.
J. Fife was among the killed. Such was the
terrible force of the explosion that five dwellings
situated near the factory were destroyed ! An
investigation is to be made into the cause of this
awful calamity.
CrMr. Hannegan, our Minister to Berlin,
has received his commission, drawn his outfit,
and is now on his way to Europe.
U ,, The Ringgold Republican states that the
iron, in part, for the State Road has reached
Dalton, and will be immediately put on the
track from Dalton to the Tunnel, which will
complete that portion of the work.
Fire. — We learn from the Muscogee Demo
crat of the sth inst. that the Stables of Messrs.
Mustian & Mott, at Columbus, were consumed
by fire on the 3d inst. Loss about $2,000 —Mr.
J. J. Sutton also lost about SSOO worth of car
penter’s tools, Sic. which were in the building.
Crevasse. —lt is said that almost the entire
country west of the Mississippi, for thirty miles
into the interior, is under water, from near Point
Chicot down to Red river, embracing the South
Eastern part of Arkansas and the contiguous por
tions of Upper Louisiana. Gen. Taylor’s plan,
tation is said to be entirely under water.
Conundrums. —What rose is without a thorn?
—the prim- rose.
Why are buckwheat cakes like catterpillars ?
Because they make the uuiiet-jly.
Why is a gunsmith’s shop like a chicken pie?
Becasue it contains fowl-in-pieces.
The Law of Newspapers.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing to con
tinue their subscriptions.
2. If the subscribers order tho discontinua
tion of their papers, the publishers may continne
to send them till all cash charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse take their
papers from the offices to which they are directed
they are held responsible till they have settled
their bill, and order their paper discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places with
out informing the publishers, and the paper is
sent to the former direction, they are held re
sponsible.
5. The Courts have decided that refusing to
take a paper, or periodical from ths office, or re
moving and leaving it uncalled for, is “prim®
facie” evidence of intentional fraud.
Postmasters are requested to keep a copy of
the above rules, and show it to persons who may
decline taking their papers out of the respective
offices, without having paid up all arrearages
for the same.
Public Meeting.
At a meeting of the Citizens of Bibb county,
held at the Court House on the 3d inst. for the
purpose of forming an Agricultural Society,
Samuel B. Hunter, Esq. was called to the
Chair, ami E. G. Jeffers, Esq. was requested
to aot as Secretary.
The following Resolution was offered by J.
J. Gresham, Esq. and adopted :
Resolved, That there be a Committee appoint
ed to draw up a Constitution and Bye-Laws for
the Society.
The following named persons were appointed
by the Chairman that Committee, viz : John J.
Gresham, Asa E. Earnest, James W. Armstrong,
Pulaski Holt and A. P. Powers.
On motion of Samuee R. Blake, Esq.
Resolved, That a Committee of five be ap
pointed to prepare an address to the People of
Bibb and the adjacent parts of the neighboring
Counties, presenting to them tho advantages of
this Association, and also to make personal ap
plication to such citizens as they may see, to
secure their co operation in its behalf.
The following gentlemen were appointed by
the Chairman that Committee, viz : S. R. Blake,
James Smith, A. 11. Chappell, Washington Poe
and Edwin B. Weed.
The Meeting then adjourned to meet on the
Third Saturday in April, 1849.
SAMUEL B HUNTER, Chairman.
E.G. Jeffers, Sec’ry.
Council Chamber, )
April 6, 1849. >
REGULAR MEETING.
Present—The Mayor,
Aldermen Ayres, Babcock, Carhart, Collins,
Dibble, Shinholser and Sparks.
Absent—Aid. Ross,
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read
and confirmed.
The Bridge Keeper reported Tolls for week
ending this day—sl4s 60.
The following accounts were passed, viz
W. H. Bray & Cos., $3 50.
Treat Hines, SB6 00.
H. Whitehurst & Cos., $4 60.
The Treasurer's Ist Quarter's Report was re
ceived and referred to the Finance Committee.
The following named gentlemen were appoint
ed Commissioners of Health, viz .-
James A. Nisbct, M. E. Rylander, J. L. Jones,
David Flanders, A. J. White, S. Rose, E. E.
Brown, H. G. Ross and Keelin Cook.
Council thon adjourned to meet on Friday
next at 7J o’clock, P. M.
Attest. A. R. FREEMAN/ c. c.
AT THE CITY HALL.
Positively for Two Nights only.
On Monday A. Tuesday Evei>iug|.tpril9&lO.
THE CELEBRATED MAGICIAN ;
THE ORIGiy.IL
lIEICR ALEXANDER,
Whose Exhaustless Mine of NECROMAN
TIC \VONDERS excites the astonishment of
all, will present the First and Second of his
POPULAR ORIENTAL SOIREES, display
ing the Great Acts of the Ancient Magii, with
a vast variety of FEATS OF NATURAL
MAGIC, new and surprising Transformations,
&c., at the City Council Room, on MONDAY
and TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL9andIU
Doors open at 74 o’clock, performance will
commence at 8 o'clock precisely.
Tickets 50 cents—Children half price.
HP The Magician is on his way to Savannah,
Augusta, Charleston and Havana,
april 7
The Largest Painting in the World !
Stock well’s Grand moving Pano
rama of tho Mississippi River.
OVER FOUR MILES LONG !
Will be Exhibited at the “ .71 onroc. Rail*
Road Ranh Building THlS
ErENING, SATURDAY, APRIL 7,
and continue open every Might, for ONE WEEK
ONLY, commencing at a quarter beforeß o’clock
and also on SATURDAY
APRIL 14th, at It o’clock, for (lie particular
accommodation of Schools and Families
at a distance.
This Panorama is THREE TIMES THE EX
TENT OF ANY PAINTING IN THE WORLD,
and faithfully represents a view of country
THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
MILES in length. The Drawings were made
from actual observation, by Mr. STOCKWELL,
and are truthful copies of some of the most mag
nificent scenery in the world, and include every
City, Town, Village, and “Landing” from
the GULF OF MEXICO to the “ FALLS OF
ST. ANTHONY.” Innumerable Steam Boats,
each one a correct likeness of the original, are
represented as under way, xrooding,at the land
ings, burning, snagged, in collision, &c., &.C.,
and countless numbers of other kinds of water
craft, will he seen on the river. In the “ Up
per Mississippi” will he shown a great number
of Indian Villages and encampments, with their
“Lodges,” “ Wigwams,” &c., and Groups ok
Indians in fuel costume, dancing, at hall play,
fishing, and equipped for battle ! In short, no
feature of the mighty “ Father of Waters” has
been slightly passed over.
[Lr Admission, 50 cents—children half price.
°P r >l 7 J. M. WESTON, Director.
Horticultural Notice.
MEMBERS, and all others interested in Hor
ticultural improvement, will please take
notice that the next (Quarterly) Meeting of the
Central Horticultural jlssociation , will ho held
at the City Hall THIS DA Y, at 10 o’clock, A.M.
GEO. W. FISH, Sec’ry
april 7 - 19
Bargains For April, 1549.
.It R.IjWROFT'S.
DIMITY, at 124 cents per yd
Linen Diaper, 10c.; Huckaback Diaper,l24c
Black Silks, 50c.; Colored Silks, 50 a75 cents.
Also, in lots to suit purchasers, Ribbons, Lisle
l.aoes, Thread Laces ; Gloves, Hose, Silk and
Cotton ; Shell Combs, Crewels, Remnants of
Muslins, Calicoes, Silks, Jaconet and Swiss
Muslins, Muslin Trimmings, &c.
april 7
New Book and Job Printing Office,
In the Brick Building at the Corner of Colton
.Ivcnue and First Street, Macon, Georgia.
11IIE undersigned, Proprietor of The South
- erm Museum, respectfully informs the
Public, that he has an extensive assortment of
-Ycic and beautiful PIILYTIJYG TYPE, and is
prepared to execute all orders in tho Printing
line, with neatness and despatch, and upon the
most favorable terms —such as—
BOOKS, C.IRDS,
CIRCULARS, ILLYD-BILLS,
SHOII-BILLS, BLA.XKS,
PAMPHLETS, LABELS, S,c
WM. B. HARRISON.
Macon, March 31, 1849.
Flour, Meal, Corn,
BACON —Hams, Sides and Shoulders; Lard;
Irish and Sweet Potatoes—in store and for
sale by J. S. RICHARDSON,
Cotton Avenue,
inarch 24 17
Sheetings.
i AND 12-4 SHEETINGS, of su
" " perior quality, for sale low by
march 3 G. W. PRICE.
Cash Kales.
THE Subscriber at his old stand one door
from the Washington Hall, on Second
Street, lias commenced receiving his Stock of
STAPLE and FANCY f) 1C Y GOO OS,
and having adopted the Cash system for the ex
press purpose of selling good Goods cheap, lie
invites the public togivc him a call before ma
king their purchases. G. W. PRICE,
feb 21 13—3m*
Hosiery.
JUST Received a large assortment of Ladies’
and Gentlemen’s HOSIERY, of the best
descriptions,for sale low by G.YV. PRICE.
fob 24 ’ 13—3m*
Notice.
ALL demands due the subscriber by Noto or
Book account, if not paid within thirty days,
will be placed in the hands of an Attorney for
collection. W. G. BANCROFT,
march 24 17
French Muslins.
IN Store, received by the laststoamor, anew
and handsome style of French Muslins; plain
and colored French Calicos; plain and plaid
Linen Ginghams, for sale at small profits for
cash, by G. W. PRICE,
march 3 14
AT BANCROFT'S,
NEW GOODS for Servant’s wear, at one
fourth the original cost.
feb 10
[Corrected Weekly, for the Southern Jtfi]
NAILS—
Wrought, 19 a 20
Cuf,4d to 20d 5 a f>4
OILS—
Sperm. $1 a 1 J
Fa!!stran'd,rs « ' 1
Linseed,Am .85 a 1
Tanner’s, 50 a 60
OSNABURG3—
Per yard, 7 a 9
PEPPER—
Blark, 10 a I*4
RAISINS—
Malaga,ho*, 2 a 24
Do half do 1 a 14
Do qr. do 87 a 1
RICE, lb. 4 a 44
SUGAR—
Muscovado,6 a 8
St. Croix, 8 a 10
Havana,vv. a 9.J
Havana,!]. 7 a 8
N. Orleans,6 a 9
Loaf, 104 a 12-4
Lump, nono.
SALT—
Livcrp’l,s’k,l4 a 2
Turks Isl’d,h. $1
SEGARS—
Spanish, M .20 a 30
American, 5 a 10
SII UT
AH sizes, sl4 a I]
SOAP—
Atn.vollovv, 5 a 6
TALLOW, 8 a 10
TEAS—
Souchong,so a 75
Hyson, 75 a 14
Gunpowder,7s a 14
TOBACCO—
Manufac’d,s a 12
Cavendish,3o a 50
TWINE, 20 a 25
Seine, 18 u 20
SPIRITS—
Brandy,C. $3 a 4
Domes.do. 62 a 75
Gin, Hol’d. J-4 a 2
Do. Ain. 40 a 50
Rum, Jam. 2 a 24
N.England,3B a 4(>4
Whißkcy, 25 a2B
Western, 31 a 33
Baltimore,3s a 37,
P. Brandy ,60 a 75
WINES—
Madeira, $2 a 24
Tcnerifte, 14 a 2
Malaga, 60 a75
Champaign/!. 0 a 00
Port, 14 a 24
BACON—
Hog round, 6 a 7
Hams, lb. 7 a 8
Shoulders, 5 a 6
Sides, 6 a 7
BAGGING—
Dundee, 17 alB
Hemp, 17 a 18
Gunny, 21 a22
BALE UOPE.IO a 11
BREAD—
Crackers, 8a 10
BUTTER—
Goshen, 22 a25
Country, 10 als
CANDLES—
Sperm, lb., 35 a 36
Tallow, 124 al7
CHEESE-
Goshen, 9 a 10
COFFEE—
Cuba, none, 8 a 9
Rio, 74 a 84
Java, 11 a 124
COTTON, lb. 54 a 64
CORDAGE—
Manilla, 12 als
FISH—
Mackerel,No I,lla 12
No. 2. 8 a 9
No. 3, 64 a 7
Codfish, lb 6 a 8
FLOUR—
Canal, hhl 74 a 8
Country, 1b.34 a 3*
FEATHERS,3O a35
GLASS—
Window, 44 a5 5
GRAIN—
Corn, bush. 35 a 40
Wheat, none,
Oats, 30 a 35
Peas, 50 a 75
GUNPOWDER—
Keg, 6 a 7
IRON—
Swedes,east 44 a 5
English, bar 4 a 4-4
American, 44 a 5
Hoop, 7 a 8
Sheet, 8 a 10
Nail Rods, 7 a 8
LARD. 64 a 7
LEAD—
Pig and bar, 6 a 7
LIME—
Stone, hhl, 24 a 2|
Cherokee, 1.4 a 14
LUMBER,M 10 a 124
MOLASSES—
N. Orleans, 35 a 40
Hav. sweet,27 a2B
MACON MARKET, APRIL 7, 1849.
COTTON.—The market is quite dull anil
parties are waiting the receipt of the accounts to
the 24tli nit. per Niagara, now due. The receipts
continue to be very light. We quote ns ex
tremes to-day 54 a64 cents—principal sales
at from 5$ to 6.4 cents.
Stop (lie Runaway.
■a _ Runaway from the subscriber, living
in Houston county, on the 2d instant, it
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 attctnpt
to pass himself oft'as a free man. Ho was for
merly a Patroon on the Ocmulgec River, and
will no doubt make his way to Darien, Savannah
or Charleston.
A liberal reward will he paid for his appre
hension and delivery to me, or his confinctnrht
in any Jail so that 1 get him again. Any infor
mation respecting said hoy, will he thankfully
received, and can he addressed to the undersign
ed at Bushyville, Houston eountv, Ga.
JACOB VV. BASON
jan 20 8— ts
Sum liter lliits.
Fine Panama Hats at $3 25 a sl.
“ Palm “ 124 cents
dßm Stack For sale by
W. G. BANCROFT,
march 17 in
MALE ACADEMY.
111 IE Rev. P. A. STROBEL, opened his
. Academy on the 22d of January, 1649, at the
corner of First and Mulberry Street, Macon, Gs.
All the branches af a thorough English Educa
tion, will he taught, together with Latin, Greek,
Mathematics, Philosophy, &c.
Due regard wiii be paid to the moral, as well
ns the mental improvement of the Pupils. The
rates of Tuition, will he ns follows :
Primary Department, per quarter....s6 00
Third Class,. 8 00
Second Class 10 00
First Class 13 00
Fire Wood 50
(CpThere will he no extra charges.
References— Macon, S. T. Chapman, Esq.,
Or. Charles Thompson, Dr. E. L. St kohecker.
Savannah, W. 11. Bplloch, Esq., Editor of tho
Georgian, and J. L. Locke, Esq , Editor of tho
Republican.
Macon, February 'id, 1649. 13—5 t
Just Received.
A LARGE and beautiful assortment of Paper
Hangings and Fire Board Prints, for sale
by , G. W. PRICE,
march 3 14
linen Drills and Summer Goods.
Linen Drills at 37. J cents per yard
Brown Linen Drills at 20 “ "
Heavy Planter’s Linen at 1G “ “
Drap do Ete, Gamhroons,Summer Cassimcrcs.&c’.
march 17 W. G. BANCROFT.
Tin ITlnniifaetoiy.
INIIF. undersigned respectfully informs the
. citizens of Macon and its vicinity, that ho
is prepared to execute alt orders in the TIN
MANUFACTURING LINE, with neatness
and despatch. His Shopfrontson Second Street
opposite the Marine A Fire Insurance Bank.
He offers for sale a Set of Tinner's Tools.
THOMAS K. JONES,
dec 2 I—if i
Gun smithing*
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 Cottoh Avenue
Double and Single Barreled Guns, Rises
Pistols, Powder, Flasks, Shot Pouches, Caps
Powder, Shot, Lead , fyc.,for sate.
All Work done with neatness and despatch
and warranted. Terms Cash.
THOMAS M EDEN,
dec 2 1
Just Received.
A BEAUTIFUL stvleof French Prints, for
sale by ' G. W PRICE,
march 3 14
Spring Prints. Just Received,
PER Steamer Cherokee, a handsome assort
ment of SPRING PRIN TS , of the
latest style and fashions. G. W PUICE
feb 21 13— 3u»*