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The Toast.
The feast is o’er! Now brimming wins
In lordly cup is soon to shino
• Before each eager guest ;
And silence fills the crowded hall.
As deep as when the herald’s call
Thrills in the loyal breast.
Then up arose the noble host
And smiling cried, “ A toast! a toast!
To all our ladyes fair.
Here, before all I pledge the name
Os Stanton’s proud and beauteous dame—
The Ladyo Gundemere !”
Then to his feet each gallant sprung.
And joyous was the shout that rung
As Stanley gaye the word:
And every cup was raised on high,
Nor ceased the loud and gladsome ery,
Till Stanley’s voice was heard.
“ Enough enough,” he smiling said,
And lowly bent his haughty head,
“That all may have their due,
Now each in turn must play his part,
And pledge the ladye of his heart,
Like gallant knight and true !'*
Then one by one each guest sprung up
And drained in turn the brimming cup,
And named the loved one’s name ;
And each, as hand on high he raised,
His ladye s grace or beauty praised,
Her constancy and fame.
’Tis now St. Loon's turn to rise,
On him are fixed those countless eyes—
A gallant knight is he ;
Envied by some, admired by all,
Far famed in ladye’s bower and hall,
The flower of chivalry.
St Leon raised his kindling eye,
And lifts the sparkling cup on high :
“ I drink to one,” he said
“ Whose image never may depart,
Deep graven on this grateful heart,
Till memory be dead.
“ To one whose love for mo shall last
Wnen lighter passions long have past,
So holy ’tis and true ;
To one hose love hath longer dwelt,
More deeply fixed, more keenly felt,
Than any pledged by you.” ’
Each guest upstarted at the word,
And laid a hand upon his sword,
With fury flashing e\e,
And Stanley said : “ We crave the name,
Proud knight, of this most peerless dame,
Whose love you count so high.”
St. Leon paused, as if he would
Not breathe hor name in careless mood
Thus lightly to another :
Then bent his noble head as though
To give that word the reverence due,
And gevtly said : “ My mother!”
“Murder Will Out.” — Arrest of a Fugitive !
—Nearly ten years agow two planters. and the
overseer of one oi them, were travelling from
one pait of Texas to another. Night found them
beside a liver which they were unable to ford,
and where they would have to wait till morning
before they could be ferried across The weather
was fine, the travellers were well armed, and as
they were accustomed to wild-wood journeyings,
they soon prepared rough accommodations for
the night. As they had travelled far and fast
during the preceeding day the planters weresoo.i
in the enjoyment of “tired nature’s sweet res
torer, balmy sleep,” and no sense of danger dis
turbed their slumbers. Not so with the overseer.
For hitn there was no sieep. Athirst for filthy
lucre, his greed had banished sleep, his blood ran
riot, and he saw red! He knew that the plan
ters had a large sum of money with them, and as
neither he nor they were known in the section
of country in which they then sojourned, he
thought the opporrunity a favorable one for pos
sessing himself of their wealth. But in orderto do
so he must first murder them. And what hindered
him from doing so? They had aiieady rendered
themselves incapable of defence by yielding to
“Death’s first cousin, sleep,” an J in a moment he
could transfer them to the domains of the sterner
and more terrible of the cousins. And he did so.
A blade, murderously keen, was drawn with a
hand of demoniac firmness across the throat of
one of the planters, and a leaden death was sent
from a pistol into the ear of the other. Then did
the red robber consider himself a man of wealth,
for the sum which he had gained by the double
murder, entitled him so to think. He fied the
country; went to the federal capital, became a
beaux, and participated in wild and reckless plea
sures to his heart’s content. But gambling and
other dissipations gave wings to his riches, and
they flew away. Eventually, being reduced to
poverty, he, by the prosecution of a successful
buiglary,again filled his purse. But the crime
was traced to him, and he was arrested, tried and
sentenced for five years to the penitentiary. Be
fore the expiration of the term he was pardoned
by President Polk, and went to reside in South
Carolina. A strange train of circumstances re
cently pointed him out as the murderer of the
two Texas planters, and a requisition of the Gov
ernor of Texas to the Executive of South Caro
lina, was responded to by the delivery of the fu
gitive to an officer who had charge of the requisi
tion. The result is, that the overseer, under the
name of John Schultz, is now confined in the
First District police prison of this city, on his
way to the scene of his greatest crime, and that
“the way of the transgressor is hard,” is evidenc
ed by the sharp clank of his iron manacles. A.
O. Delta.
Sleigh-Riding with a Young Widow.—
Snow had fallen, the young of the village got up
a grar.d sieighing party to a country tavern at
some distance; and the interesting widow Lamb
kin sat in the same sleigh, under the same buffa
lo as myself. “Oh! don’t!” she exclaimed, as
we came to the first bridge, catching me by the
arm. and turning her veiled face towards me
while her little eyes twinkled through the moon
light. “Don’t what?” I asked : I’m not doing
any thing.” “ Well, but I thought you were go
ing to talre toll, replied Mrs. Lambkin. “ Toll!”
I rejoined; “ what’s that *” “ How 1” exclaim
ed the widow, her clear laugh ringing out above
the music of the bells. “Dr Meadows pretends
he don’t know what toll is !” “Indeed, I don’t
then,” I said laughing in turn. Don’t know
that the gentlemen, when they goon a sleighing
party, claim a kiss as toll, when they cross a
bridge? Well, I never! When next we came
to a bridge, and 1 claimed toll, the struggle of the
widow to hold the veil were not sufficient to
tear it; aud somehow, when the veil was re
moved, her face was turned directly towards my
own, and in the glittering of the moonlight, the
horse trotted on himself, toll was taken for the
first time in his life by Dr. Meadows. Soon we
came to a long bridge, but the widow said it
was no use to resist, and she paid up as we
reached it without a struggle. “ But you wnn’t
take toll for every arch, will you, Doctor? ” she
asked. To which the only reply was a practical
affirmative to the question. Did you ever, read
er, sleigh ride with a widow, and take toll at
the bridges?— Exchange paper.
The Ship Worm. —Destructive as the ship
worm unquestionably is, nevertheless its services
could ill be dispensed with, though a devastor of j
ships and piers, it is also a protector of both ; for !
were the fragments of wreck and masses of stray
timber, that would choke harbors and clog the !
waves, permitted to remain undestroyed, the
loss of life and injuries to property that would 1
result would far exceed all the damages done and
dangers caused by the teredo. This i.etive shell
fish is one of the police of Neptune— a scavenger
and clearer of the sea. It attacks every stray
mass of floating or sunken timber with which it !
comes in contact, and soon reduces it to harm
lessness and dust. For one ship sunk by it a
hundred are really saved; and whilst we depre
cate the mischief and distress of which it has been j
the unconscious cause, we are bound to acknowl
edge that without its operations, there would be
infinitely more treasure hurried in the abysses of
the deep, and more venturous marines doomed
to watery graves.— Westminister Review.
Sheridan Knowles has entered upon a new
phase of his changing career. He first acquired
renown as a dramatist, and then tried to do so
as an actor, but with indifferent success; for
some time afterwards he was in a transition
state, now and then producing a drama, to show
that the old vein was not extinct. Ultimately, i
he turned “serious,” and not long since flung
himself into religious controversy, and wrote a
book against the Pope. He has, says a weekly
paper, now betaken himself to the pulpit, where
he is much admired for his fervid and pious style
of exhortation.
[Reported for the BaltimorsSun.]
Thirty-Third Congress—First Session.
Washington. Dec. 5,1853.
SENATE.
The Senators commenced assembling in their
chamber at half-past 11 o’clock, and spent an
hour in the interchange of friendly greetings.
Mr. Atchison, President pro tern, took the
chair at quarter past 12 o’clock, and called the
Senate to order.
Mr. Brodhead offered a resolution, which was
adopted, directing the Secretary to notify the
House that a quorum of the Senate was present
and ready to proceed to business.
Mr. Doige, of lowa, gave notice that he
would introduce a bill granting land to lowa for
railroad purposes. Also, a bill to establish a ter
ritorial government in Nebraska.
Mr. Jonea of lowa, gave notice of a bill grant
ing land to lowa for a railroad connecting the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
Mr. Gwin gave notice of the following bills:
Bill making a donation of public lands to Cal
ifornia lor the purpose of constructing a railroad
and telegraph line from San Francisco to the
Colorado river, or South-east boundary of said
State, with a branch passing through the valley
of Sacramento river, to the boundary of Oregon.
A bill to es ablish a line of mail steamers from
San Francisco, via the Sandwich Islands, to
Shanghai.£A bill authorizing the appointment of
an U. S. Judge for the Southern district of Cali
fornia. A bill to pay the expenses incurred by
California in suppressing Indian hostilities in
said State.
At halt-past 12 o’clock Mr. Gwin moved an
adjournment. Lost.
On motion of Mr. Badger, 12 o’clock was fixed
upon as the hour for daily meeting.
On motion of Mr. Badger each Senator was
allowed five daily newspapers during the session.
Mr. Seward offered the following resolution :
Resolved , That the President be requested, if
not in his opinion incompatible with the public
interest, to communicate to the Senate any cor
respondence that may have taken place between
the Government of the United States and his
Majesty the King of the Sandwich Islands.
Mr. Bell.—Do you know how to spell the
name of his majesty * (Laughter )
Mr. Masion.—Let the resolution lie over.
ILaid over.]
After some time spent in doing nothing, the
Senate, at 25 minutes past 1 o’clock, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The galleries were densely crowded at an
early hour this morning. The greatest excite
ment prevailed until noon, when the House was
called to order by Mr. Forney, clerk of the last
Congress.
With the consent of the House, Mr. Forney
proceeded to call the roll, when 217 members
answered to their names.
Mr. Olds moved that the House proceed to
the election of a Speaker viva voce. [Cries of
call the absentees ]
Mr. Mace moved that the members be first
sv\ orn. [Cries of “No! no 1”]
Mr. Olds’ m otion then prevailed, and Messrs.
Ingersoil, Chandler, Davis, of Indiana, and Ew
ing were appointed tellers, and the ballot re
sulted as follows :
For Linn Boyd 143 ; For J. R. Chandler 25 ;
For Mr. Haven 4; For Mr. Campbell, of Ohio 11;
For Mr. Miller 3; For Mr. Ashe 1; For Mr.
Preston 3 ; For Mr. Ewing 6: For Mr. Millson
1; For Mr. Breckinridge 1 ; For Mr. Howe 2.
The Clerk then announced the Hon. Linn
Boyd, of Kentucky, as Speaker of the House, and
appointed Messrs. Chandler and Orr to conduct
him to the chair.
the Speaker, before taking his seat, address
ed the House as follows:
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : By
the vote just given you have manifested a degree
of confidence and respect for myself peculiarly
gratifying to my feelings, and for it you have my
sincere thanks. Confidently relying on your
kind co-operation, without which it were vain
to hope for success, and guided, as I trust I shall
be, by a sleepless desire to maintain order and
promote the harmony of this body by a faithful
execution of its laws, I engage in the duties as
signed me with no feelings to gratify inconsis
tent w T ith the claims of impartial justice—no
aim to accomplish inconsistent with the country's
good.
Mr. Giddings, by request of the clerk, adminis
tered the oath of office to the Speaker, and the
Speaker then swore in the members by delega
tions.
On motion of Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, a mes
sage was sent to the Senate informing them that
a quorum of the House was in attendance, and
of the election of Mr. Boyd as Speaker.
Mr. Mace moved that the rules of the last
House be adopted as the rules of the present
House, with the following amendment.
No debate shall be had in coor. mittee of the
whole upon the State of the Union, or in com
mittee of the whole house, but what is on or
german to the subject under consideration, ex
cept in committee of the whole upon the state
of the Union, when the President’s message is
uader consideration, at which time any latitude
may be given to debate consistent with the de
corum of the house. No rule shall conflict with
rule. When a bill is reported from a committee
it shall be referred and placed on the calendar in
its order without debate, unless otherwise order
ed by a vote of two-thirds of the whole house.
Mr. Mace briefly advocated the proposition—
his design being to avoid the difficulties of the
last housf in transacting business.
Mr. Bayly opposed the amendment, which
wias rejected.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, offered the following,
which was adopted:
4 That the rules of the last house be adopted as
the rules of this house, until otherwise ordered,
provided there shall be a committee of five ap
pointed to revise them, which committee shall
have power to report at any time, and their re
port shall be acted upon by the house until dis
posed of, to the exclusion of any other business •
anything in any temporary rule to the contrary
notwithstanding.”
On motion of Mr. Olds, a committee was ap
po.l.r*t*<J w . a ‘t; °“ th * President, in conjunction
with that of the Senate, and inform him that
the two Houses have assembled, and are prepar
ed to receive any communication that he may
be pleased to make The committee consists of
Messrs. Olds, Chandler and Bailey.
The House then proceeded to ballot for Clerk
with the following result; whole number ot votes
200, of which Forney received 121, R M Yon™
27, E. P. Smith 10, B. B. Pringle 18, E. Whit?
man 13, and the others scattering. Mr. Fornev
was declared elected and was sworn in. *
On motion of Mr. Stanton, of Tennessee the
remaining officers, Glosbrenner lor Sergeant-at-
Arms, McKnew, Door-Keeper and Johnson.
Postmaster, were jointly appointed by resolution.
On motion ot Mr. McNair a resolution was
adopted to select seats by lot, and the member*
all left their seats and took positions in the lob
bies, advancing as their names were drawn from
the box by the cle'k, and selecfing their seats.
Mr. Benton selected a seat directly in front of
the chair, near the main aisle.
Several notices of bills were given, after
which the house adjourned.
The New York Times, of Thursday, contains
the following information of the success of Mr.
Bayne in negotiating the Virginia loan bonds:
“The Commissioner for the State of Virginia,
: who went to Europe some months since to ne
| gotiate additional improvement loans for the
public works of the Commonwealth, Mr. Bayse,
! " ashington, returned in the Atlantic on
! Monday. After much trouble and embarrass
ment, growing out of the peculiar condition of
money affairs on the other side, Mr. B. finally
succeeded in making such arrangements with
Messrs Baring Brothers as will not only secure
to the Commonwealth the means immediately
required lor her prominent iailioads, but place
her loans on a very eligible footing in London.
To do this, and to enlist the special services of
Messrs Baring, part of the loans of Virginia
were agreed to be made sterling five per cents,
instead of federal sixes. This was the plan
adopted by the State of Massachusetts and the
city of Boston, and through the same eminent
aouse, their loans have attained a high credit at
relatively low rates of interest in England.”
Hector Jennings, of Ohio, it has been ascer
tained, is oae ot the heirs ot an English estate
estimated at from fifty to seventy-five million of
dollars. Mr. J. B. Bacon, of Yates county, N.
Y., has just returned trom London, and states
that Mr. Jennings is one of tke heirs of this im
mense fortune.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.] |
The U. S. M. Steamship Humboldt Wrecked. |
Faltimoee, Dec 6.-—The U. S. mail steam- ■
ship Humboldt, with advices from Havre and
Southampton, to the 23d ult., went ashore near
Halifax on Monday night, and has become a to
tal wreck, the tide ebbing and flowing in her.
Her passengers, however, are all safe, and her
cargo will be saved, although part of it is dam
aged. Some two hundred package of goods have
already been taken from her in good order. Her
mails have been taken to Halifax, and will be
forwarded by the Niagara to Boston, when she
arrives from Liverpool.
Mr. Westervelt, her builder, is reported to be
the largest sufferer by her loss—probably to the
amount of $60,000. The stock of the Company
is scattered, and it is supposed that the other
owners are individually covered by insurances.
The cargo is heavily insured in New York.
The insurances in Boston amount to $40,000.
The steamer Marion has been chartered and
will proceed on Monday to the relief of the
Humboldt.
We learn from her advices that the report of
the retreat of the Turks across the Danube had
been officially confirmed. It was effected by
Omar Pacha, without any interruption, and was
induced by the lateness of the season.
The Turks still hold Kalafat, which had been
strongly fortified, and it is reported that the
Russian forces were marching to attack it.
It is said that the Russians had evacuated
Lesser Wallachia.
The Russian fleet had been dismantled and
gone into winter quarters.
The Turks had received large reinforcements
in every diiection.
The latest advices state that the Russians had
been beaten back in Georgia by the Turks.
The Turks were sending succor to the Cir
cassians.
The Turks had also established a camp in
Servia, and had commenced throwing a bridge
across the Dwina.
The Servians had determined to resist the
Russians.
It is reported that at the latest advices the
Czar was very sick.
It is said that the Russian Ambassadors in
London and Paris have orders to demand their
passports if the combined fleets remained in the
Black Sea.
Austria and Prussia have formally announced
their determination to remain neutral.)
The editors of newspapers in Vienna have re
ceived warning not to publish anything of a
tendency to provoke Russia.
Maria-da-Gloria, Queen of Portugal is dead.
[She was daughter of the late Emperor of
Brazil, Don Pedro 1., by his first consort, the
Arch-duchess Leopolden of Austria, and was
born at Rio de Janeiro, April 4, 1819. She had
been twice married—her first husband being
Duke Charles Augustus Eugene Napoleon of
Leuchtenberg, to whom she was allied on the
27th of January, 1835. and who died suddenly
on the 28th of March in the same year—and
her second, who survives her, to whom she was
married on the 9th of April, 1836, Duke Ferdi
nand, son of Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg—Coha
ry, who upon the birth of a Crown Prince, was
named King.]— Eds. Cour.
The Markets. — The Liverpool Markets. —On
the 21st ult. 6000 bales of Cotton were sold,and
on the 22d ult. 4000. The market was rather
heavy, but no change had occurred in prices
since the departure of the Europa.
Flour has receded, and the late improvement
bad been lost. Grain was firm and Wheat had
advanced Is per quarter.
The London. Money Market. —Consols closed at
95*
Columbia, Dec. 7. South Carolina legisla
ture.—The Senate Committee have decided to
report in favor of rechartering the Bank of
Charleston, and granting a charter to the Cen
tral Bank ot Charleston, restricting the capital of
each to $1,009,000.
The House of Representatives went into
Committee of the Whole, on Wednesdag, on the
electoral question. Mr. McCrady spoke in favor
of his own bill on the subject, and the debate
was adjourned until Thursday.
Both Houses favor the formation of a Rifle
Battalion by the military Academies of Charles
ton.
Columbia, Dec. 7— The South Carolina Press
Association. —The first ar.ivery meeting of the
South Carolina Press Association was held at
Columbia on Wednesday morning, and was very
fully attended by the Press of the State.
The following officers were duly elected to
serve for the ensuing year:
President —Richard Yeadon, Esq., Courier,
Charleston.
Vice-Presidents —Robert McKnighfc, Journal,
Union C. H., R. S. Bailey, Ledger, Lancaster C.
H.
Secretary —A. T. Cavis, Carolinian, Columbia.
Orator —W. B. Johnston, Carolinian, Colum
bia.
The first anniversary oration of the Associ
ation, was delivered in the Hall of the House of
Representatives, this evening, by Thomas J.
WarreD, Esq., of the Camden Journal. It is
needless to say that the address was fully equal
to the most ardent expectations of his numerous
friends.
Columbia, December7.— The Vacant Profes
sorship in the S. C. College. —Professor McKay,
of Athens University, Georgia, has been elected
by the Boatd of Trustees of the South Carolina
College to the Professorship of Mathematics in
that institution, vacated by the declination of
Professor Lewis R. Gibbes.
Columbia, Dec. 7.— Agricultural Association.
—The members of the Agricultural Association
met in the Hall of the House of Representatives
at six o’clock this evening, when an able Address
on Agricultural Chemistry, was, delivered by
Professor R. T. Brumby, and the Association
adjourned without taking any action on the re
solutions of Col. J. Croom, of Alabama, on the
expediency of establishing a Southern Central
Agricultural Institute under it* auspices.
Columbia, Dec. 7.— Regimental Review. — The
various regiments were reviewed in Columbia
on Wednesday morning, hy his Excellency Gov
ernor Manning, and made a fine display. The
various evolutions were well executed, and re
flected great credit on the respective officers.
Savannah, Dec. 6.— Savannah Regatta —
Second Day —The first race on Wednesday fer
six oared boats, for a purse of S3OO, was won by
Randolph Spaulding, Esqs.’ Kate Keenan, by
five feet, beating J. Hamilton Couper, Esq’s.,
The Becky Sharp, and John Screven,Esq’s., The
Ella Brooke.
The second race for four oared boats, foi a
purse of S2OO was won by R. T - Gibson, Esqs.,
, The Sarah E., by two lengths, beating Randolph
Spaulding, Esq’s.. The Mary Helsey, J. Hamil
ton Couper, Esq’s., The Fenella,and I). H. Troup
Esq’s., The Barcarola. The Fenella having
broken an oar lock was placed hors de com
bat.
Baltimork, Dec. 4 —Congressional Proceedings.
i —ln the Ser ateon Tuesday, after the delivery
; of the Message, the Hon. John M. Clayton, of
I Delaware, offered a resolution, which was laid
over, to the effect that the President be request
! , transmit his plan to Congress tor the en
i largement and modification of the Judicial sys
i tem.
The Senate soon afterwards went into Execu
j “ ve session, and adjourned.
! _ * u House of Representatives, Mr. Gilbert
Dean, of New \ork, introduced a resolution,
j which was laid over,offering a vote of thanks to
j Capt. Ingraham, arid authorizing the President
to present him with a sword,
j The Message having been read, 20,000 extra
' copies Mere ordered to be printed.
The resolution providing for the election of a
Chaplain was adopted alter some opposition.
Baltimork, Dec. 7.—ln the Senate the Rev.
Henry Sheer was elected Chaplain on the fourth
| ballot.
Various notices of bills were offered.
The Hon. Hamilton Fish, of New York, of
fered a resolution of enquiiy into the cause of
the mortality on board of the emigrant ships.
The resolution in the Senate, respecting the
Judiciary of the Hon. John M. Clayton, of Del
aware, was passed in the House.
General Armstrong was elected Printer; and
the Rev. Henry Melburne Chaplain of the
House.
Baltimork, Dec, l.—Tfie Barque Thos. C.
Baxter. —The Barque Thos. C. Baxter has ar
rived at New York from Mobile, and reports that
Hutchinson, the chief officer, had died on
the passage, in addition to Captain Duncan, who*
as was mentioned in the Steam Ship Isabel’s ad- j
vices on her last trip but one to Charleston—
died at Key West on the 20th of October.
Baltimore, Dec. l.—Tke Late Anson G.
1 helps. Ihe late Anson G. Phelps, after pro
vidmg in his will amply for his widow and fami
ly, has left $581,000 to religious and benevolent
objects.
Baltimork, Dec. l.—Tht Vermont Legislature.
The Vermont Legislature has adjourned without
electing a Speaker.
Baltimore, Dec. 7. — More Gold. —The steam
ship El Dorado was reported on Wednesday at
New Orleans as being below.
The steam ship Pampero had arrived at New
Orleans from Nicaragua with $400,000 in gold.
The steam ship George Law had left Aspin
wall for New York on the lstinst. with $1,500,-
000 in gold.
The steam ship Star ot the West had left San
Juan for New York with $1,500,000, in gold.
Baltimore, Dec. 7.— Great Mob. —A great
mob occurred at Erie on Monday, on account of
an attempt having been made to alter the guage
of the railroad from the State line. Cannons
were fired and the people turned out. The
track was torn up and the tra ins stopped. The
Depot is in the hands of the mob, aud the depot
master barely escaped with his life.
Bridges were demolished, and the riots at the
last accounts had not abated, the people being
engaged in taking the rails up.
Baltimore, Dec. 7. — Extensive Robbery.—Ad
vices from St. Louis state that Sir George Green,
who was en route to Texas on a hunting excur
sion, wa3 robbed of a portmanteau, near Alton,
containing a draft on New York for $5,000 and
S3OO in gold.
Baltimore, Dec. 7. —1100 bales of Cotton
were sold in New York on Wednesday, at 124
cents for Fair Orleans; 10J lor Middling Or
leans; 10| for Middling Mobile, and 10J cents
for Fair Uplands.
Flour was easier. Grain was buoyant, Cof
fee steady, money easy and abundant.
AUGUSTA, GA.
FRXDA% MORNING, DECEMBER 9.
See first page Daily, this morning.
A Swindler Arrested.
On Tuesday last, a man, who registered him
self at tbs Augusta Hotel, as Peter M. Mather,
Albany JMb, applied to F. C. Barber, Broker
of this city, f|r the loan of one hundred dollars,
and offered t 6 pledge as security, two valuable
Gold Watphes, his own and his wife’s. He ac
companiedifhe application with a plausible story
of being disappointed in the receipt of funds,
but of expecting a remittance in a few days in
which.to redeem the Watches.
Mr. Barber and himself called at a Watch-ma
ker’s to ascertain the value of the Watches, and
they were pronounced worth about $135 to
$l4O. They then stopped at Hancock’s Tin
Store, where Mather procured a small tin box,
and had the Watches placed therein, and solder
ed up carefully, and the box then neatly covered
with paper.
This was done, as he stated, that the watches
could the more readily be forwarded to him by
Express, upon his returning the borrowed mon
ey from the place to which he was travelling.—-
On returning to Mr. Barber’s office, he handed
the box, (as the latter supposed.) to him, and re
quested him to write upon it the address to
which it was to be sent. It was then left in
Mr. B.’s possession.
The following day, Mr. Barber having his
suspicions excited, caused the box to be opened,
when he found that instead of the two watches
it contained only clay. Mather had adroitly
slipped the box upon him in place of the one
containing the watches.
Yesterday, finding that Mather was still in
town, Mr. Barber called on him at the Augusta
Hotel and compelled him to refund the money.
He also went before J ustice Levy and deposed
to the above facts, who thereupon issued his war
rant, and Mather was duly arrested and lodged in
jail, where he remains to answer for the offence.
He is accompanied by his wife, who has taken
up her abode with him at the jail.
This rnan is doubtless an old offender, and
has played this trick, or like ones, on former oc
casions. He is described to us as genteel looking,
well dressed, plausible, tall and slender, with
dark hair and whiskers, and thirty-five to forty
years of age.
Appeals to the Unconverted.
An elderly lady called at our office yesterday,
and lett a neat volume for our inspection, enti
tled, “ Earnest Entreaties and Appeals to the
Unconverted, with Persuasions to Religions Duties”
by Mrs. Luzene Chipman, of which
she represented herself to be the authoress.
She also left a slip of manuscript, purporting
to be a copy of an editorial notice of her by the
Raleigh Register, she having lost the number of
the paper containing it. The following is a
copy verbatim et literatim, of the manuscript:
“RauGHLr Register.”
“Wo are Indebted to Miss Chipman of Guilford
County N, C, for a neatly bound volluin of nearly
200 pages Eearnest Intreaties and Apeals to the
unoonvertod with Persuasions to Religious duties
we have heard this work high y spoken of, and the
Intrinsic merit that have impelled the inestimable
Authoricc to write it, is truly prais worthy; and
Challenge the Approbation of the publick.”
It is very evident that the orthographical skill
of the fair authoress has somewhat deteriorated
since her work went to press; for on looking
over its pages we discern no error in that par
ticular. We have not read it, however, with
sufficient attention to give an opinion of its mer
its as a composition.
The London Illustrated News of the 12th ult.
says: “ Mr. Whitworth, of Manchester, has
brought back from his recent tour as Royal Com
missioner, through the manufacturing districts
of the United States, a report filled with the most
starling evidences of the progress which the
mechanical arts are making in that country. 0
A Thanksgiving Feast.— The Boston and
Worcester Railroad Corporation gave to all per
sons employed by the company a Turkey for
Thanksgiving. It took two tons and a half of
turkeys to go round.
A Cave in St. Lotus.—ln the southern lout
skirts ot the city of St. Louis there is a large
cave, a portion of which is occupied by a Mr.
English as a beer cellar. The unoccupied part
of the cave is choked up with the earth and rub
bish of many centuries. Mr. English, finding
his share of the subterranean domain somewhat
contracted in point of extent, is now engaged in
removing the earth for some distance beyond the
apartment he Las hitherto occupied; thus secu
ring to himself a large natural cellar, thirty feet
i n height. In one part, says the Missouri Re
publican, a leaning column, exceedingly fantas
tic in form and position, has been denuded of the
earth which buried it, and stands now a little to
one side of the hall, like a grim giant, supporting
the roof the vault. It is said that this cave con
aects at some considerable distance from the
mouth with another, which debouches on the
river’s bank.
. A P etr H'ikd Man. —One of the most aston
ishmg curiosities ever exhibited in our city, savs
the Baltimore Clipper, can now be seen at Car
roll Hall. It is the body of a man found buried
six feet deep , n guano, on the island of Ichaboe.
It is petrified and turned to a solid massot stone
retaining all the minute outlines of a perfect spe
cimen of humanity. It has been examined by
physicians and scientific men, and pronounced 1
one of the most marvellous subjects ever w»'
nesseed.
PSo Rain in Peru— lt never rains in
1 he vapors, as they ascend from the Peru.—
tracted to the summit of the Cordifl ' a > are at
they are condensed into showers. eraß » where
line of coast which lies between -But on the
base ot these stupendous or - sea and the
never falls. All agriculture - “ >unta ins, the rain
ficial irrigation. But ,s the result of art»-
streams flowing from th' { re q u ent and full
comparatively easy Cordilleras make this 1
Jour, qf Com, -C, or respondents of the N. Y. \
[Correspondence of the Const. & Republic.] |
M illkdgevillk, Dec. 6, 1853.
Mr. Editor: The interesting case of Elijah
Bird was again taken up, to-day, and the bill
for the pardon passed. In a few days it will be
called up in the Senate.
The father, wile, and two children of the pris
oner, were present at the trial. I understand
that Bird’s father has spent a handsome proper
ty in his efforts to rescue his son from a felon’s
grave. While it would be improper to publish
in a public journal, an opinion on the merits of
a case like the present, its decision still pending,
we cannot avoid expressing our sympathy for
this old man in his untiring exertions. They
waned not when the jury pronounced its ver
dict, when an exasperated community, thirsting
for the blood of hijs child, approved it—when
the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the
Court below, and when the House refused to
pardon. This last blow I thought would have
proved more than he would have been able to
bear. Not so, however, he still hoped on, and
still struggled on. Age and grief have bowed
his form ; but hope, eternal hope, still elevated
his spirit. He was not satisfied until the bill
was reconsidered, and again put upon its pas
sage. Whether the Senate will coincide with
the House in its action, I cannot pretend to say.
The old man can, however, rejoice at least in his
present success.
For this change in his fortunes, the prisoner is
greatly indebted to the zealous efforts of Messrs
McDougald, Thornton, Rucker and Lamar, in
the former trial of the case, and again to Mr.
Lamar, in its trial to-day. Mr. Lamar did not
occupy more than fifteen minutes in the delivery
of this speech, yet it was full, pointed, and mark
ed by a high degree of ability.
The speeches of Messrs Fannin and Smith
were highly creditable to them, as efforts of the
mind and as expressions of the goodly feelings
of the heart.
In reporting these speeches, I have changed
my report from the oblique to the direct form of
speech, as either would suit my convenience.—
rhe concluding remarks of Mr. Lamar, howev
er, are given in the latter form, and I only re
gret that I am not able to communicate to the
language the forcible manner in which it was
expressed.
HOUSE.
Mr. Cleveland, reported a bill to add a portion
of Habersham*to Lumpkin.
On mot ion of Mr. Young, of Union, the bill for
the pardon oi iidigah Bird, having been previous
ly reconsidered, was taken up.
Mr. South, of Dekalb, said that lie hoped the
bill would not be hurried through the House.
The legislature had previously decided that the
verdict of the Jury should stand. That the ques
tion was again before the House, only showed
how strong was the desire for life. He did not
blame the grey headed lather for his repeated ef
forts. They were natural. But he did not see
why this bill should be so suddenly brought up.
The House was not full, he did not know what
would be the character of the votes of the ab
sentees. A gentleman in the former discussion
on the bill nad referred to previous pardons, grant
ed by the legislatiue, and had asked what bad
effect had followed. He would point him to nine
cases of murder at one time in the county of
Dekalb: to the accounts of murder with which
our newspapers teemed. Mr. Smith alluded to
an incident in Persian history, where a king had
reiused a pardon to his own son. Turn this man
loose upon the community and the act would
whet their knives and load their pistols. He did
not know what additional arguments might be
urged upon this case. He had known Father
and son lor 18 years: had lived in the same
community with them. Should they now come
here and ask for pardon without that communi
ty’s consent, without a single extenuating cir
cumstance. Upon what ground could that par
don be granted. He called upon gentlemen, to
let the verdict of the jury stand, though Elijah
Bird’s life blood paid the forfeit.
Mr. Fannin, of Troup, said that he feared the
House did not give that consideration to this bill
which its importance demanded. It ought to
have in view the future consequences likely to
result to the country. We ought, under these
circumstances, to strive to ascertain what is duty.
Duty ascertained brings relief to honest minds,
Ihe claims of society and posterity for outraged
law were presented on the one hand: on the
other the sufferings of the prisoner’s family and
friends. It upon examination we discover that
the court and jury below have not erred from
undue influences, then the verdict ought not to be
disturbed. While we ought not always to adopt
the code ofDiaco, yet we OHghl to imitate the
inffxible virtue of Cato.
Mr. Lamar, of Newton, regretted that the dis
cussion had been revived. The case was one ot
great and solemn importance. We should not
be subject to these heated discussions and excited
appeals. The House was called upon to decide
whether it would turn loose upon society a man
charged with m uder, or condemn an innocent
individual to a felon s grave. The question re
quired the wisest discrimination. He replied
with much feeling to the remark of Mr. Smith,
that if Bird was pardoned, a mob would take
his punishment in their own hands. We were
not to be controlled by the fact, that there is a
community thirsting for this man’s blood, and
attempting to ride over the pardoning power in
vested in the Legislature. These were facts
which urged him more strongly to the defence
of the accused. Such a mob had neither a head
to think nor a heart to feel. If the argument,
that a Jury had rendered a verdict, and a Court
pronounced its judgment, was sufficient to pre
vent the exercise of the pardoning power in this
case, then it was an argument equally good in
every other, and the pardoning power might as
well be at once obliterated from the Statute book
ot the State. The pardoning power is an origi
nal and inherent power. It was one of the most
exalted attributes of sovereignty. It had been so
pronounced by the most eminent writers on
criminal law. Beccaria had declared it the moa*
precious prerogative of the crown. This *
the power which was entrusted to tho J *’ as
ture. The pages of ancient History
ransacked for illustrations to justif - had been
in their opposition to this bill. * / gentlemen
that we did not live in the * He thanked God
and Persians, not in the 9 Jmes of the Metles
his code with a pen d ; S e when Draco wrote
more enlightened a** ipped in blood; but in a
er could he exer where this Pardoning pow
out with the '* -iseil. Mr. Lamar then came
guilty of r declaration that this man was not
import* murder. He regarded it as the most
ant case ever brought to his attention. The
•*. e had not at first attempted to prove malice:
, had only submitted evidence to prove a kill
ing and left the malice to be implied. That tes
timony showed that Bird was behind the car
riage, and that when his mother shrieked for a
marshal, he then rushed out to h.sr rescue. While
upon this point, Mr. Lamar referred to the testi
mony of L. R. Butler. Butler had testified that
he had seen Hilburn striking at Bird’s mother.
It was not until in the rebutting tewtimony that
i the State introduced additional testimony to
prove an express malice. Now, paid Mr. Lamar,
I take this legal position, and defy contradiction,
that though malice may be proved to exist, yet j
if the circumstances of the filing showed that "
the homicide was not referable to malice, but to
a sudden heat of passion, then it was a case of
manslaughter, not ot murder. The law can’t
enter into the anatomy of the human heart and
trace out the currents of passion, but it looks
only to external circumstances capable of proof.
The testimony showed that Bird had not acted
until his mother was violently attacked. I ap
peal to this House, gentlemen ; you all have mo
thers, the objects of your choicest affections. It
you saw' your mother insulted, I put the ques
tion, what would you do ? If you had seen even
an insolent look cast tow’ards her, I repeat the
inquiry, would you have not repelled the insult
at the risk of your life ? If you had seen
her stricken, is there a being so execrable that
would have stood by in silence ? If there is, let
him now stand forth and exhibit himself, an ob
ject of execration and abhorrence. If Bird bad
not defended his aged parent, I would have said,
he deserves not death upon the gallows; let him
die the death of a dog.
Dr. Phillips moved the previous question, and
the bill passed. 49 voting in the affirmative,
and 42 in the negative.
A bid to amend the present tax laws of this
State was then read for the third time. On a
motion to refer it to the Committee on Finance
1 the yeas were 42, nays 42. The bill was then
male the special order for Friday next, after
; which the House adjourned until half past nine
1 to-morrow morning.
SENATE.—BILLS REPORTED.
Mr. Mosely: a bill to amend the act incor
porating the city of Griffin ; also, a bill to au
thorize the Inferior Courts of the State to bind
to service free persons of color, between the
ages of Sand 21 years in certain cases.
Mr. Pope submitted a resolution to consolidate
the Committee on the Census and new Coun
ties, and to ascertain the representation to which
counties, out of which new counties are formed
will be entitled to the next apportionment. A
lively discussion ensued on the resolution, par
ticipated in by Messrs. Pope. White, Green,
Hull, and Stephens.
The bill to extend the jurisdiction of Justices
of the Peace to SOO was taken up. Considera
ble discussion followed on the passage of the
biii. The bill was lost—27 voting yea, 45 nay.
We publish, tp-day, the Report of the Joint
Committee of the two Houses of the Legislature
on the accounts of the Hon. F. S. Lyon, Com
missioner, &c. The report presents, in a clear
light, the state of the cash account between the
State and the Commissioner, and shows results
not only gratifying to every citizen of the State, I
but favorable, beyond all anticipation, to the ‘
skill and judgment with which Mr. Lyon has I
guided and controlled the business of closing up !
the affairs of the Banks, as the following facts !
will show.
Some six years ago, when the Banks were j
placed in liquidation, the appalling spectac'e J
was presented to the public view, ot a State j
debt amounting to between nine and ten mil- ’
lions of dollars, w’ith no means of paying an 1
amount so large, but bills receivable, and pro
missory notes due to the Banks, in most m
stances under protest. The annual interest, at
that time, amounted to $472,757 77, besides th®
expenses of paying it, with but little on hand to
pay with, except the paper of broken banks.
There was, also, then a circulation to redeem ot *
$427,177. Men of substance and patriotic
saw no means of avoiding the fate which. h
overtake a other indebted States. aa
The report of the committee shows tht Mhe
bond debt ha« been reduced to the sum
581.066 07, that the annual interest is m ...
$178,523 33. Ihe circulation is reduce j $O9l
The committee further shew, »at> ieir rpnort
that in this extraordinary redact lon ol the
State \n d^ e 6 ,eSS ' saved to ‘be
State, in the discount on bardk t hf in mar
mtdetl iJSVTT* f r J 5 75 ’ and ha *
made »ov State, by dealing m tt q qf nr i, c
Exchanges, &c., the further sw flo f $501*939 21*
m Thefe a tb etßa \ n t 0 th K* JOt $M99£34 96^
• thin g 3 have been - done without ieav
mg a stain upon the chaw ter or credit of the
of notice W C ° mpl!a, ‘ nt or clamor, worthy
The committee verifie * these facts, however
they may surprise eve-, t h ose w h’ o had the
higaes. hopes, Irom the change made by law, in
?s. Banks -^°^
The Sup-ply of Cotton.
We copy the concluding pa. agraphs of a very
able article on the su pply of C0 o t J 1? whl * h
f"‘ J V\ the ter ( En Courier of a
late da.e. Ihe obj-j C fc of the writer is to point i
out the danger to which the commercial Cr
ests of Great Brit ain would be exposed should I
the supply ot cotton, which they now ’retire *
United States, lari f rom an y
The writer ponbends that England is almost:
wholly dependent on America .‘or the
the raw material, out of which she manufac me,
the chief productions of the kingdom and hf .
offTh a T tha f She * S making no Effort to throw
otf this dependence on a nation that is the oolw
great commercial rival she fears. Should S
be a snort crop ot cotton for two or three veart
in succes.ion, says the writer, it - would be ?a?
worse ttian a scarcity of food for the r
Manchester for the operatives would be starving i
m the midst of plenty.” ,w vin* ,
We annex the concluding remarks :
We have shown the moral impossibility - r
early suppiy of cotton any thing eaual • °‘ ** 'll
tent to the requirements of so large an *
of consumption as is at present takir
and we must call the most serious
our leaders to the subject; for, with t L. ot
power at work and its numerous “i** I **
should the crop of the United States sos| Pend A ttfr ?’
ally short of the aggregate consumption
it is always liable to do Irotn variant l ’ ulch
and dreadful would be the distre « it ’ great
casion in this country. Indeed it * ou/ d oc "
risk for any ,ratio,, to ruu to be* "Z f eat * !
one country, one soil, one climate on e sv ‘ upon J
cultivation for an article upon which L stem °r i
its subjects are dependent for their £ m f ny of I
and it has been a sad oversight of nrece t! stence i !
erments in not having- had recoup hr dlng gOV '
(iedieiit for the thi*“Z “F“«:
articles for more general ■ J 1 important of
would increase the atabUi*- p r which j
permanently secure to i* yot * , trade » and !
It will, perhaps, not u a mO / e SU PP>y- I
show the great fW* be °f °* P |ace here to I
marked the matrons th: *t have heretofore l
States: jwth of cotton in the United I
GROWTH
OF COTTON IN THE UNITED STAVES.
JB3S»- Bales- Bales.
40....2,177,833 1546-47.... 1,778,651
» .0-41 1,634,945 1847-48 2,347,634
.841-42 1.683,574 1848-49 2,728,596
| 1842-43.... 2,378,875 1849- 50.... 2,096,706
! 1843-44 .'..,2,030,409 1850-51. ...2,355.257
i 1844-45 2,394,503 1851-52. ...3,015,247
1845-46. . . .2,106,537
From this it will be seen that the large crop
of 1840 fell in 1841 about 550,000 bales; in 1843
it increased again about 750,000 bales; in 1844
it decreased about 350,000 bales; in 1845 it in
creased 360,000 bales ; in 1847 it d;creased
616.080 ; in 1849 it increased 1,000,000 bales ;
in 1850 it decreased 630,000 bales; in 1851 it
increased 259,000 bales, and in 1852 it has in
creased 660,000 bales.
Sufficient has been shown to prove the un
certainty of the cotton crops of America, and
their instability as a source of supply. We have
j thought it right to urge attention to this subject,
i for should there come a scarcity of cotton, it
would be far worse than a scarei:y of food in
this district, for the operatives would be starving
in the midst of plenty.
Something ought to be done, and done quickly,
to avert the national distress which would fol
low a falling off in the supply of cotton from
America, if continued for two or three years.
The Irish Exiles.—Of the Irish exiles, four
—Messrs. Meagher, McManus, O’Donohoe and
Mitchel—have made their escape, and are now
on American soil ; three remain in Van Bie
man’s Land, viz: Wm. Smith O’Brien, John
Martin and Kevin Izard O’Doherty. Ol O’Brien, |
Mr. Mijchel said that he would not try to escape,
but if he wished to do so, there was not Eng
lish force enough on the Island to prevent it.
Further p ß rH Ußbolit
The Humboldt’,
deuce between Lord How«le„ ,„ d i
of Virginia, relative to British d Cobd «n
Africanization of Cuba His ° f
flounces the whole story a
and says his efforts have been d; ? riCiti °n,
duce Spain to suppress the slave 10
obtain the freedom and emancinati Bndt °
who have been unjustly
since 1817. U ,n bondig,
The Washington Union professes to f ,
nal evidence in the letter confirm,'
ments. « confirm, Dg lts
Liverpool Market.
Liverpool, Nov 22
bales, of which 1500 were to’ baes4 ’°00
The export market is heavy bn* Speculat *s~
quotable lower. ut are
Advices from Halifax on Thnr»d
two-thirds of the Humboldt’s <*r • Statet^
was hopelessly lost. °° ,n he r hold
„ Congressional
ihe Senate on Wednesday , *
M Lane, as Minister to China - M
Minister to Russia; Mr. Mato,, . k_es ' m ° Ur l
France. ' Minister to
Charleston Market.
Ihe sales on Thursday reached 1600 h i
The sales of the week are 6700 at s **"■
The market closes with a decline r ° 10} cti '
to a half cent. Middling Fair'to p
102 cents. The receipts of the w ,"
Stock, exclusive of that on .h.pboa^ 6038 *
„ York, Decs,
COTTON.-The market is irregular s i®’
day 2800 bales. ° 1 Sale » to-
Flour has declined 6d: Com
steady; Naval Stores, firm Coffe *
Th,.t«,m„ Humboldt w« vaM „
000, and her cargo at the
surea. wer *in.
Arrival of the Niagara
Ine steamer Niagara has arrived at Pvr
Liverpool Market.—Cotton -TH
the week are 41,000 bales. Fair n, ‘‘ es#le!oi
Middling 6d. ; Fair Uplands 6|d
The demand is good and prices -J *_ IlddllDg s * d ,
I Here the line gave out—so’ „ • .
between this city and Charles' lnterru P tloll
■SLL. n ;
A few days since, her 7T~ _
compliance with the po’ e . W lork ,
M. B«n y, formerly of U 1p tt S 7 !?* 1 , 011 of Ca P‘.
Marion, we visited ' rh« 31
rille, which i* MW b i steamship Nash-
Bet* h\7 *
to render hJ/ * P n ed n ,° V ains or expense
rite with i! ex ' e rl > a lly and internally a favo-
CharWo the public and a credit to
Pri'.cina- I°’ which port she will hail,being
r.rm of °w Q edin this mty the enterprising
ihTs? Messrs, bpofiord & Tileston, to whom
Wn 16 OWner f hl P of th,s vessel has
S erroneously attributed by some of our
of t Contemjwaries, only holding a portion
Qe . stock - 11 r «m the indications we saw,on
f p U ‘ VlS £ we think it probable that she will
, av « New York for this city on or about the
* y Ist of this month, and have little doubttiuf
\ expectations of her Captain and her owm
j will be fully realized. On her making herap
j pearance on the line, we understand that the
j U. S. Mail steamship Southerner, Capt. Thomas
j Ewan, will be temporarily withdrawn fern.
! pairs, and on their completion, take the place of
i the U. S. Mail steamship Union, Capt. fi. Ad
j ams, which vessel, there is some talk of making
| the pioneer of a line of steamships between this
! P ort and New Orleans—indeed, Mr. Thomas
Tileston, of the firm of Messrs. Spoffcrd & Tiles
ton, the owners of the Union, expressed himself
to us as strongly in favor ot establishing asteam
ship communication between the two ports, and
intimated his readiness to embark immediately
in the enterprise, provided any capitalists ill
Nevr Orleans and this city, would join him in
the undertaking. The advantages of such a
connection are so manifest, that we have every
hope that some steps will be taken at once in tbs
matter. What are the views of ourNewOr-
Jeans contemporaries on the subject ?— Ch. Cue
risr, Ilk inst.
Tue Killing of Major Riplet Arsold.-
We ha ve published two or three statements of
this dreadful affair, in which the killing of Ma
jor Arnold by Dr. Steiner was represented as an
unprovoked act of violence, having all the trait*
of deliberate murder. It is but fair to say that a
statement has appeared in the Austin Gazette,
. purporting to give extracts from the testimony
! taken before the civil court by which Dr. Stei
t ner was discharged from the custody, aud these
i put a materially different face upon the transac
] tion. Unleßsthey are rebutted they go far to
j justify the defence Dr. Steiner was attacked
and fired at by Major Arnold with a weapon
which he had prepared for the purpose and on
account of grievance several years old.—
Such is the line of defence which provedsuccew
ful before the civil court. It is added that Dr-
Steiner did not try to escape. He was under ar
rest at the time, and it was at his own request
that he was recognized to appear before the niO
district court of Hill county.
We give these particulars as an act of fairness
to the accused, having published the other ac
count, which inculpated him so severely « J
wilfui murderer.— N. O. Pic.
| Home Manu factury.— Anyone desirous oj
booking at a fine piece of machinery, should a
at ouf office arid examine the little steam engine
Kate, which is now running our Hoe print's
machines. This engine was manufacture •
the “ Winter Iron Works” in this city, and a
another proof of the surpassing skill and wo.
manship with which all work is done in ■
excellent and most useful establishment.—- )n
--gomcry Advrtxitr. -
FUNERAL NOTICE.
The Friend* and Acquaintance of
a nd Mrs. Thomas W. Freeman, are invited w
tend the funeral of the former, This (Friday) -'
tsrnoon, at 3 o’clock, from the Methodist Chorea
dec 9
Commercial.
i | SAVANNAH, Dec. The
1 ; day were limited to 458 bales, at irregu‘ ar P
The Europa’s accounts were received e* r 1
forenoon, but had no perceptible effect op-
market. The following comprise tbesa .«*■
7J; 50 at 8; 64 at 8}; 37 37 at 9; 50 »t »}•,,,
9i; 52 at 9J; 29; 29 at 9 9 16; 89 at 93;
and 6 bales Mastodon at 12 cents.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS-DEC. 6-
Per brig Clio, for Boston—626 bales 6
Per schr. L. S. Davis, for New 4 ork v. j-j
Cotton, 178 bbls. Turpentine, 260 t,e J’ ee3 T ■ uo j U
Hides, 2 casks Mdze, 12 quarter cask 3 A
Carboysi|^nd^sundi^pkg*^ld*®^^^ Bi^^^
Sidling Jntrlligfuff
UP FOR CHARLESTON
Barque Saranac, Hay, at New Orleans.
CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON.
Schr. F. Cooper, ,at Philadelphia-
Schr. Eli Townsend, Vaneman, at Pbil»*lP a
Schr. Naiad, Billups, at Baltimore.
CHARLESTON, Dec.B.-Inthe
Franklin, Gibbs, from Mariel, Cuba, 21 « j
lasses. To the Master. Bound to Boston
in for provisions. v^Vor*’
Cleared, steamship Union, Adams, -V g gr ji3.
b.iigs Adela, WestcndorfF, Havana; * 'orje»iH
(iilkey, Matanzas; Gulnaro, 1 i 3 ’tTweetzer. 1
Went to Sea, schrs. Yankee Blade,
Northern Port; Alabama, ® tevcn T 3 yi-W 1 '
Monterep, Somers, Philadelphia, J*-
Thayer, Mobile. _
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