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Thirty-Third Congress.—First Session.
SENATE.
Washington, Dec. 8. —After the reading of
the Journal, Mr. Jonei, of lowa, with the view
of giving time for the formation of the Standing
Committees of the Senate, moved that when the
Senate adjourned it be until Monday next.
Agreed to.
Mr: Hunter said—Since the adjournment es
the last Congress an event has occurred which it
becomes us to notice. The American people
have lost a Vice President and the Senate a pre
siding officer by the death ofWm. R. King, who
departed this lile in the month of April last at
his home in the State ot Alabama. I rise to ask
that we may pause for a day at least in our de
liberations upon the affairs of life to devote it to
the memory of one who was bound to u* by so
many personalities and official ties. Surely,
sir, there are none within the limits of this
wide spread confederacy to whom the life and
services of Wm. R. King are known, who
would not be ready with some offering of public
respect or personal affection to bestow upon his
tomb.
There have been few public men whose lives
have been as long and as active as his who have
made more friends, and I am sure ever left few
er enemies. Nor was he one of those cold and
impassive characters which shed their light
without heat, but its kindly influences fell with
genial and friendly warmth within whatever
circle he might move.
Here at least is a public man in whose life
there can be found no instance of a mean or
equivocating action, none of a departure from
the self imposed restrictions of a refined and
lofty sense of honor, and none in which either
the fear of man or the seductions of ambition
tempted him to a deed which could destroy
either his own self-respect or the respect of others
lor him. He trod the difficult and tedious paths
to political preferment long and successfully and
yet he kept his robes unsoiled by the vile mire
which so often pollutes those ways.
It is a happy thing for a country when the
lives of its public men may be thiown frealy
open to the world and challenge its closest scru
tiny with a consciousness on the part of the
friendly critic that there is no blot to be con
cealed and no glaring fault which a love of
truth forbids him to deny, and his own sense ot
right scarcely allows him to palliate.
It is said that the story of every human life, if
rightly told, may convey a useful lesson to those
wh® survive. Os all the public men whom I
have known there are none whose lives teach
more impressively the great moral of the strength
which public virtue gives than that of Col.
King. His was an instance of those brilliant
qualities whose rare assemblage the world calls
genius, but, by purpose to pursue the right, and
a capacity to gather wisdom from experience.
He was no orator and yet from the force of
character he could wield an influence which
mere oratory never commanded. He had none
of that presumptuous self-confilence which so
often misleads ourselves and others, end whicii,
though a dangerous, is still a commanding quali
ty —but he knew how to inspire a people v\ ith a j
firm confidence iu the soundness oi his judgment
and the integrity of bis purpose, so as to be
looked to as a safe depository of trust and pow
er.
Although gentie and kind in his intercourse
with others he could be stern enough when the
public interests or bis personal honor required it.
He was a man, Sir, whose whole soul would
have sickened under a sense of personal dishonor.
It is notsurp ising then at each step intt.e po
litical career of such a man should bave been
crowned with public honor*. At the age of
twenty-one he was elected to the Legislature
of North Carolina, his native State, where i.e
served until he was made solicitor. In that ca
pacity he served until be wa* twenty.five years
of age, when he was sent to the House of Repre
sentative 5 of the United States, whe • he served
from 1811 to 1816, when he resigned to go
abroad as Secretary of Legation to Mr. Pinckney
our Minister to Russia. Upon his return he
emigrated to Alabama, where he was almost
immediately sent to their Constitutional Con
vention, and at the first session of tee first Leg
islature which assembled .afterwards, be was
sent to the Senate of the Uuited States from the
State of Alabama, where he may be said to have
served continuously until his election to the
Vice Presidency with the exception of two years
when he was Minister to France. Finally he
was elected the Vice President ot the United
States by a large majority of the American peo
ple. As he ascended step by step to this eleva
tion, his vision seemed to grow with his horizon,
and when the occasion came, he was always
found equal to it, for to the aid of a sound judg
ment he brought, as he grew older, tne wisdom
of a large experience.
His political career may be said to have
been one triumphant march through life, a march
in which his step neither faltered nor stumbled
in ascending to that place which was perhaps
the chief object of his aspiration, and yet as if to
show that even the most successful of men must
sooner or later feel the emptiness of the earthly
objects of our usual pursuit. That much prized
honor was to him the Dead Sea fruit which turns
to ashes on the lips it touches: but it carne too
late, the breath of public applause could not re
vive the flame which flickered in the lamp of
life. In vain did the assiduity of relatives and
friends surround him with affectionate care, —in
vain did the aspirations of a whole neopie as
cend to heaven for his recovery. The balmy in
fluences of neither sea fnor sky could revive or
restore him. When the public messenger came
to clothe him with the forms of office, his chief
earthly wish was to see his home once more,
and, in tne midst of familiar scenes, to die
amidst his friends. His desire was gratified.
Life and its busy scenes on this°side~of the
grave, are now closed on him forever, but its
tale yet remains to be told, not by me, sir, or at
this time, but it will be told in the chronicles of
his State. Hereafter, when it may become a
labor of love to some of her sons to write the
story ot its foundersand sages, it will be told in
our own political history by whoever may por
tray the stirring and eventful scenes in which
he acted a prominent and useful part. It will
be told, too, and perhaps heard with most inter
est in the traditions of a family, of which he
was the ornament and pride.
Mr. President, those to whom our people
have been long accustomed to look in times of
difficulty and emergency for counsel and opin
ion, are failing fast around us. It is an anxious
thing to feel their loss at a period like this, preg
nant with change and teeming perhaps with
great and strange events.—The men we cannot
recall, but let us preserve their memory—let ua
study their teachings and it will be well if in
many respects we shall follow their example?.
I offer the following resolution :
Resolved, That from respect to the late Wm.
R. King, Vice President of the United States, the
chair of the President of the Senate be sbiouded
with black, and as a further testimony of re
spect to the memory of the decased the members
of the Senate will go into mourning by wearing
crape on their left arm for thirty days.
Ordered , That the Secretary of the Senate
communicate this resolution to the House of Re
presentatives.
Mr. Everett then addressed the Senate as fol
lows :
Mr. President, I have been requested to sec
ond the motion which has just been made by the
Senator from Virginia. Ido so with great
cheerfulness. It was my g< o i fortune to enjoy
the acquaintance of the late Vice President, I
hope even some portion of his friendly regard, for
a longer period, probably, than most of those
within the sound of my voice—a period of near
ly thirty years. Such being the case, I feel a* if
I ought not to remain silent at this last moment,
when our relations to him as members of this
Senate are by the performance of this day : s mel
ancholy duty about to be closed forever. There
is an ancient maxim, sir, founded at once in jus
tice and right feeling, which bids us say nothing
but what is “good of the dead” I can obey j
this rule in reference to the late Vice President
without violating the most scrupulous dictates of
sincerity. I can say nothing but what is good
of him, tor 1 have never seen or heard anything
but good of him for thirty years that I have
jtnown him personally and by reputation.
It would be hardly expected of me to attempt
to detail the incidents of the private life or the
public career of the late Vice President. That
duty belongs toothers by whom it has been or
will no doubt be appropriately performed. I
regrat particularly on this occasion the un
avoidable absence ot our colleagues from Alaba
ma. It is the province of those of us not con
nected with him by political associations, es
pecially of those inhabiting remote parts of our
country to express their cordial concurrence in
the affectionate praises which hare been or may
be pronouced by his fellow citizens and neigh
bors.
Faw of the public men of the day had been so
intimately associated with the Senate as the late
Vice President. I think he had been a mem
ber of the body for more years than any person
now belonging to it. Besides this, a relation of
a different kind had grown up between him and
the Senate.
The Federal Constitution devolves upon the
people, through the medium of the electoral col
leges, the choice of the presiding officer of this
body, but whenever the Senate was called to
supply the place teraporaiily, for a long couise
es years, and till he ceased to belong to it, it
turned spontaneously to him. He undoubtedly
owed this honor to distinguished qualifications
for the chair. He possessed, in an eminent de
gree, that quickness of perception, that prompt
ness of decision, that familiarity with the now
somewhat complicated rules of Congrassional
proceedings, and that urbanity of manner which
are required iu a presiding officer.
Not claiming, although an acute and forcible
debater, to rank with his illustrious contempo
raries, whom now alas, we can mention only to
deplore,—with Calhoun, with Clay, and with
Webster—(l name them alphabetically, and who
will presume to arrange them on any other prin
ciple.) where their unmatched eloquence so often
shook the walls of this Senate, the late Vice Pre
sident possessed the rare, and the rightly impor
tant latent power of controlling with impartial
ity tne storm of debate, and moderating between
mighty spirits whose ardent conflicts at times
seemed to tkeaten the stability of the Republic.
In fact, sir, he was rightly endowed with what
Cicero beautifully commends as *the boni senato
ris prudenti —the wisdom of a good senator—and
in his accurate study and ready application of
the rules of parliamentary law he rendered a ser
vice to the country, not perhaps of the most bril
liant kind, but assuredly of no secondary impor
tance.
There is nothing which more distinguishes
the great national race to which we belong than
its aptitude for government by deliberative as
semblies, —its willingness, while it asserts the
largest liberty of parliamentary right, to respect
what the Senator from Virginia in another con
nection has called the self-imposed restrictions of
parliamentary order; and I do not think it an ex
aggeration to say that there is no trait in their
character which has proved more conducive to
the despatch of the public business, to the free
dom of debate, to the honor of the country, I
will say even which has done more to establish
and perpetuate constitutional liberty.
The long and faithful Senatorial career of the
late Vic* President received at last its appropri
ate reward. The people of the United States
having often witnessed the disposition of the
Senate to place him at their head, and the digni
fied and acceptable manner in which he bore
himself in that capacity, conferred upon him a
twelve month service in that office, which is
shown by repeated and recent experience to be
above the second if not actually the first in their
gift—the offioe which placed him constitutional
ly r.nd permanently during its continuance in
the chair of the Senate. A mysterions dsipensa
tion of Providence has nipped these crowning
honors in the bud.
A disease for which the perpetual summer and
perfumed breezes of the tropics afforded no labor,
oyerteok him, and at an age when he might, in
the course of nature, have reasonably looked for
ward to still many years of active service.—
Clothed by a special and remakable act of Con
gress, even] while under a foreign jurisdiction,with
the constitutional qualifications to enter upon
the high office to which he had been elected, he
returned, not to exercise its functions, but to seek
his much loved home, and there to die. Thus,
sir, he has left us to choose for a little while lon
ger the shadows which he has exchanged tor un
utterable realities. He has left us, sir, prema
turely lor everything but his spotless name and
his entrance on th* well earned honors of Ins
unambitious career. And we, Senators, tor ail
the interchange of kindness—for all the inter
course of private life—for all the act of co-ope
ration in the public service to which, for at least
four years the Senate was looking forward in
its connection with him—have nothing left to
offer to his friends and his memory but the
unavailing tribute of this lastmourniut farewell.
1 second the resolutions of the Senator from
Virginia.
Mr. Cass addressed the Senate as Inflows:
Again his death invaded the high places of our
land, and has taken from ui a citizen distinguish
ed by his talents, his worth, and his services, and
enjoying the confidence and affection of his
countrymen. In the Providence of God these
visitations come to warn us that none are exempt
from the decree that “in life we are in tbs midst
of death,” and that, “be ye also ready” is a sol
emn admonition announced to us from the cradle
to the grave, to the mighty and the lowly as
they successively fall before the great destroyer.
Tre lesson is the more impressive the higher the
position and the more eminent the character of
him whose departure we may be called upon to
mourn, and when one who occupied the second
station in our country is summoned from the
duties of life to the responsibility of that which
is to come, as the loss is a national one, the man
ifestation of public sympathy and the acknowl
edgment of the public grief should be national
also. Our lamented friend, the late Tice Presi
dent, has been taken from us full of years indeed
and of honors, but in the midst of his usefulness,
and whea just prepared to enter upon the high
career to which he had been called by the Amer
ican people.
Upon this occasion I desire to do little more
than to express those sentiments of affectionate
regard with which an acquaintance of many
years had inspired me, leaving to others who
have this day well fulfilled the task, to present
those features of his character and services which
endeared him to his countrymen in life, and will
endear to them his memory, now thatthescer.es
ot life are forever closed upon him. His career
was eminently useful and fortunate, and in the
w .ole range of American Statesmen there are
ew indeed to whom our youth can better look,
when seeking models of imitation and encour
agement, than to William R. King. Firm but
courteous frank and learless, of high honor and
irreproachable morals, he brougnt a vigorous in
fchJ e n t hi nd r aned ? rid extensive information to
the public Counsels, and the ripe fruit of his ex-
Enl J °r d t 0 • tbese en(iowme nts gave con
\ iction toi his opinions and authority to his ex
ample. We always heard him with attention
for he elucidated every subject he
and brought to our discussions the stores of his
knowledge and experience with a manner as
unassuming as it was captivating. While lov
ing the State in which he so long resided and
which had given him so many proofs of confi
dence and affection, he loved also our common
country, and at home and abroad proved himself
the true patriot, the able and faithful citizen. In
ail the relations of private life he w as loved and
honored, as well from the amenity of his manner
as from the kindness of his heart, and in the so
cial circle he was the very model of the accom
plished gentleman.
For almost half a century he was in the public
service, and was intimately connected with ma
ny of the great events which marked that long
and stirring, period, and he proved himself equal
to all the circumstances in which he was placed,
sustaining himself with signal ability among
men whose renown is written in imperishable
characters upon the history of our count y. But
better than all this,he was ajsincere Christian,ad
ding another to the long list of eminent men
who have searched the Gospel of Jesus, and
nave found it the will and word of God. In his
last illness, w hen the world and the things ol
world were fast fading before him, he found hope
and cousoiation in the piomises of the Saviour, :
and calmly surveying the approach of death he 1
looked beyond its power, to the glorious immor- j
tality promised to the true believer. The places I
that knew him will know him no more, but
though dead, his memory is embalmed in the
he rt* of his countrymen, and there it will live
honored and cherished long after all those who
aie now taking part in this tribute to his worth
shall have followed him in the journey where for
a br.ef space he has preceded us through the“dark
valley ot the shadow ol death.”
Mr. Douglass—l can scarcely hope to add any
thing ol value to what has been so well said by j
others. For the last eight months the rno irnful
event which is now officially announced to the
b«nat« has bees known, frit, and lamented by
us »H, In th« mein tim« we have pawed through
scenes well calculated to engross our thoughts
and divert our attention, if not to obscure the
freshness of the first impression or assuage the
keenness of that sorrotf Which filled every heart.
But no matter what the lapse of time nor its re
sults, the meeting of the Senate and the absence
of one whom all admired and loved and delight
ed to greet and honor, calls up associations and
reminiscences which impart to the occasion all
the effects of a sudden and unexpected bereave
ment.
Those whose happiness it was to be associated
with Colonel King in public duty and private
intercourse, are alone capable of realizing the ex
tent of our loss. His example in all the rela
tions of life, public and private, may be safely
commended to our children as worthy ot imita
tion. Few men in this country have ever serv
ed the public for so long a period of time, and
none with a more fervent patriotism or unblem
ished reputation. For forty-five years he de
voted his energies and talents to the performance
of arduous public duties—always performing his
trust with fidelity and ability, and never failing
to command the confidence, admiration, and
gratitude of an enlightened constituency. While
he held, in successionfnumerous official stations,
in each of which he mantained and enhanced his
previous reputation, yet the Senate was the place
of his choice, and the theatre of his greatest use
fulness. Here he sustained an enviable reputa
tion during a period of thirty years senatorial
service, always manifesting his respect lor the
body by his courtesy and propriety of deport
ment Here, where his chsracter was best un
derstood, and his usefulness and virtues most
highly appreciated, his loss, as a public man and
a private friedd, is most painfully felt and deeply
lamented.
Mr. Clayton.—l shall only pay a debt of honor
to the spirit of the dead, by offering my humble
testimonial in addition to what has been so ap
propriately and eloquently expressed by others.
A quarter of a century has elapsed since I became
acquainted with William R. King as a brother
Senator on this floor. During the greater part
of that long period I was an attentive observer
of his course as a public man, and I cannot in
justice remain silent when an opportunity is of
fered ot paying a tribute to the memory of one
whoso honorably deserved it.
That man, who, dying, can be said to have
passed his days without a stain upon his reputa
tion, has justly earned the honors due to a well
spent life. The Roman poet has immortalized
the sentiment—
'"Nee male vixit, qui natns moriensque
and William R. King may be truly said to have
passed from thecradie to the grave without a
blot upon his name.
The chief part of his history is written upon
the records of this Senate, in which his high
charac>r as a legislator and a statesman was
firmly established. I would avoid the common
places employed on occasioas similar to the pre
sent, when speaking of such a man. It is not
enough to say of him that he performed his
duties well as a member of the Senate. He was
distinguished by the scrupulous correctness ot his
conduct. He was remarkable for his quiet and
unobtrusive, but active, practical usefulness as a
legislator. He was emph&rically a business mem
ber of the Senate, and, without ostentation, ori
ginated and perfected more useful measures than
many who filled the public eye by greater dis
play and daily commanded the applause of a
listening Senate. He never sought with some
of his cotetnporaries to earn a brilliant reputation
by the exhibition of splendid powers of oratory ;
and, to his honor be it spoken, he never vexed
the ear of the Senate with ill-timed, tedious, or
unnecessary debate. He preferred to be checked
for silence rather than to be tasked for speech.
Yet, on ali occasions when a great issue was be
fore the country, calling lor the exercise of manly
firmness, courage and patriotism, Mr. King was
always with those who stood foremost for the
safety and the glory of the Republic.
He graced that chair of the Senate longer than
any other man that ever occupied it—not con
tinuously, or by virtue merely ot repeated elec
tions as our temporary President, but often also
at the requestor' the presiding officer. I think
he wa9 thus engaged in the performance of the
duties of President of the Senate during the great
er part of the terms of five Vice Presidents; and
at last he reached the second office in the gift of
the people—an office excelled iu honor only by
one other in the world. To preside over such an
assembly as the Senate of the United States, and
to do that, as he did it, was enough to satisfy
the highest aspirations of an honorable and pario
tic amoition.
In this elevated position he was distinguished
(and I may add he was never excelled) for the
dignity of his deportment, the impartiality of his
decisions, and the promptness and fidelity with
which he maintained the order and enforced the
rules of this body. I can remember no instance
in which he lost sight of what was due to his
self-respect or the rights of his political oppo
nents, by the indulgence of party feelings in the
chair. Presiding, as he did, when party spirit
raged in torrents of fire, all just men will admit
that he could bave been no common man who
maintained his high character for justice and
impartiality at such a period.
A little man, at that time, would have shown
his littleness by yielding himself up as an in
strument of oppression to the minority. But he
sought an honest and enduring fame, and he ob
tained it without the employment of any un
worthy means, or the slightest sacrifice of prin
ciple. He engaged no hireling press, no mer
cenary libeler to traduce others, or to trumpet his
own fame. He paid respect to the feelings of
others, and rigidly exacted the observance of the
same respect for himself—Generous as he was
brave, his conduct to his opponents, suffering
under defeat, was always liberal and kind; and,
by his inflexible truth, he won the entire confi
dence of men of all parties in his own unblem
ished honor.
Others have spoken of his services in other
places, but I shall speak of nothing to which I
was not a witness. While Mr. King remained
in the Senate, there was still one member of the
body who had served with me on this lloor during
the session of 1829-’3O. It is melancholy to re
flect that nearly ail the rest of the Senators of
that period have closed their career on earth, and
that not one of those who survived remains here
with me to-day.
The master spirits of the time were among the
Senators of that day. I speak not of the living.
But here, then, were Clay, Calhoun, Forsyth,
Webster, and Livingston, the learned and labori
ous Woodbury, the astute Grundy, the witty,
sarcastic, and ever-ready Holmes, the classic
Robbins,arid, among many others justly distin
guished, the graceful and accomplished orator of
Carolina, Robert Y. Hayne.
“Whose words had such a melting flow.
And spoke of truth so sweetly well,
They dropped like the sorenest snow,
And all was brightness wherotbey fell.”
Oh ! I could enumerate, and delight to dwell
on the virtues of them all—and then revert to
him whose fame we now commemorate, as to
one not inferior in integrity and honor to the
proudest among them. But these retninisceeces
are attended by the mournful reflection that our
connection with them in this world are ended
forever—
“ Around us, each dissevorod chain
In sparkling ruin lies,
And earthly hands can ne’er again
Unite those broken ties.”
I he resolutions were unanimously adopted.
; Mr. Hunter. As a further mark of respect to
i the memory of the deceased, I move that the
j benate do now adjourn.
1 he motion was agreed to; and the Senate ad
| journod to Monday.
house of representatives.
Mr. McMullen B’ated hia intention to intro
duce a bill equalizing the pay of members of
j Congress.
j On motion of Mr. Riddle, it was resolved, that
j during the session of Congress, the Representa
i tives be furnished with such newspapers as they
may select, not exceeding in amount the cost of
, five daily papers.
Mr. Bayly, of Virginia, offered a resolution
providing for the election of a House Librarian,
who he said has heretofore been appointed by
the Clerk as a matter ot sufference. The House
refused to table the resolution, by twelve majori
ty.
Further proceedings were interrupted by the
reception of the Senate resolutions of respect to
the memory of Wm. R. King.
Mr. Harris, of Alabama, said the tidings of the
mournful event which the resolution of the Senate
was intended to commemorate, was months ago
heralded to every hamlet of our wide-spread con- j
federacy, and the generous hearts of even distant j
lauds mingled their regret 9 with our own, that a :
wise and virtuous and distinguished man has ,
been stricken from the number of earth’s chil- j
dren.—Tears have ceased to flow, and hearts the !
most deeply penetrated by the afflicting visita- j
tion of Providence have learned to contemplate I
it with that iplrit of resignation which time {
ever supplfes as a medicine for the sorrows of j
death.
Mr. Harris gave a biographical sketch ot Mr. \
King, remarking that, for forty years, he brought |
to bis country’s use the rich gifts ot his patriot- j
ism and his wisdom—the glowing energies of !
his early manhood, and the matured counsels of I
a wise and honorable old age. His life is a beau
tiful illustration of the truth, that the line of du
ty is alike the path of safety and the way to
honor.
He paid a glowing eulogy to his private worth,
concluding with the following words: Whila
the joyous gratulations of an admiring people
were welling up from the depths of the nation’s
heart, and falling with thrilling accents upon the
ear of gratified ambition, there was mingled
with them another voice from the spirit land,
whose tones were heard above the loud tumult
of popular applause, calling to ths falling States
man, ’‘Child of the Dust, come away.” The
garlands had been thrust upon the victim, only
that it might prove a more fitting sacrifice for
the altar which already smoked for its immola
tion.
‘What a humiliating mockery of earth's as
pirations, which end in nothingness; of its eva
nescent honors, which vanish at the touch, and
how strikingly suggestive of the solemn reflec
tion that the “paths of glory lead but to the
grave.” He concluded by offering the following
resolution:
Resolved , That from an unfeigned respect to
the late Wm. R. King. Vice President of ths
United States, and President of the Senate, the
Speak *r’s chair be shrouded in black during the
present session; and, as a further testimony of
respect for the memory of the deceased, ths
members and officers of this House will go into
mourning and wear black crape on the left arm
for thirty days, and as a further mark of respect,
the House now adjourn.
Joseph R. Chandler, of Pa., said the specta
cle presented at the present moment was replete
with instruction and encouragement. The rep
resentatives of a great nation pause in the micst
of their legislative business to express their res
pect for a man who owed his elevation less to
his striking qualities than to the gentle virtues
which are so slow to secure general appreciation.
Congress, in paying this tribute of gratitude tea
public functionary, declare they commemorate
the virtues by which he achieved his elevation,
and thus associate the amenities of private life
with the honors of official distinction.
The representative* i'rotn Alabama had re
quested him to take part in the melancholy duty
in which they were now engaged. He said
it was an honor thus to be called to do honor to
the memory of the good, and proceeded in elo
quent terms, to speak of the deceased in connex
ion with the workings ot our Republican form of
government, concluding with the remark, that
while the nation enjoys unbounded prosperity it
will not fail to concede due gratitude to those
whose knowledge, services and virtues, procured
the blessings.
Mr. Latham likewise paid his tribnte t* the
illustrious departed, from whose lips first came to
him words ol encouragement and counsel.
Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, briefly eulogised the de
ceased statesman.
Mr. Ashe, having the honor to represent a
large portion of the district which first sent Mr.
King to Congress, and, having enjoyed his friend
ship, thought it to be his solemn duty to express
his feelings on this sad occasion.
Mr. Benton said he must be excused for de
parting from the rule which he had laid down
for himself, not to speak on such occasions. The
relations between tbe deceased and himself,
however, must plead his apology. Natives of
the same State, immigrating when both were
young to what was then known as the tar West,
returned bv tbe favor of their adopted States to
seats in the Senate of the United States, and
nearly at the same time, in eighteen hundred and
eighteen, or nineteen and twenty, and nearly of
the same age, they remained together nearly
thirty years in that body, with the exception of
a brief interval, when Mr. King represented his
country at a foreign court. Intimately associa
ted in all the current business of the Senate du
| ring that time, and in all the amenities of private
and social life, there grew up that state of teei
iug and intimacy, which gave him the privilege
! now to speak. '
Thirty years a*-o he knew him in Congress.—
■ His knowledge went back forty years, and still
j did not reach the commencement of Mr. King’s
I public services. Forty years ago he saw him in
this bod> —laithfui to every duty to his native
State, he was ever alive to the interests of that
jof his adoption. Asa friend, as an associate, as
i a native of the same State with the late Vice
j President, in giving this last expression in favor
| of one so long associated with him he must think,
! being his senior in age, it a providential privi
lege on such an occasion to join his voice with
that of those who preceded him in doing him
honor, in the presence of the nation’s representa
tives.
Mr. I hiilips paid an eloquent tribute to the
| deceased, concluding with the expressions of the
hope that the light of his example may long con
tinue to illuminate the path of the representa
tives ot the State which now holds his remains
and cherishes his memory. Mr. Harris’ resolu
tions were adopted, and the House adjourned till
Monday.
1 Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.]
Baltimore, Dec. 15.— Additional Items per ths
Asia. —Aii Pacha, who was at Dabritchia with
25.000 men,and Ismail Pacha, who was along
the Danube from Sistin to Widdin with 35,000
men, were to have made, on the 2ith ult., a
| simultaneous attack on the Russian lines. The
result ot the movement was not known at the
departure of the Asia. The quotations of Ex
change, however, in Vienna, on Thursday, the
Ist inst., which were received at Liverpool by
telegraph, denoted the prevalence of renewed
distrust, such as hail been exhibited on occasions
when news unfavorable to the Russians had
transpired.
Omer Pacha had intercepted letters from Prince
Menschikoff to Prince Gortschakoff advising him
to keep quiet in the Principalities.
Fifty pieces of artillery had been sent to Adria
nople, and the Palace there was repairing for the
reception of the Sultan.
Ihe London Weekly Press says that it has
the best authority for saying that the Emperor
oi Russia had addressed a brief but conclusive
note to France and England, announcing that no
lurther negotiations regarding Eastern affairs
could be listened to, and that Russia had chosen
to settle the question by war.
In consequence ol the continued heavy rains
; along the whole extent of the Lower Danube,
which made extended military operations impos
sible, both the Russian and the Turkish Com
m nders were getting their troops under cover,
and Omer Pacha had marched the bulk of his
troops back to the quarters occupied by them
previous to their crossing the Danube. The
Turks, however, had formed an entrenched camp i
between Kalafat and Krajova.
The London Times, referring to the report ;
that the Turks had advanced from Kalafat—the j
key,to Upper Wallachia, which is the only moun- !
tainous part of the Principality—to Krajova, ths
capital of Little Wallachia, and thence actively
along the Danube, say* that the campaign in i
Wallachia had only just commenced; which
seems very probable, as it is reported that the
fourth and fifth Russian reserve corps are remov
ing from Bessaiabia into Wallachia.
It is reported in Vienna that an alliance had
been formed between the Servians and Monte
negrins, and advices from that city to the 28th
ult., state that Austria supports the neutrality »f
Servia. The Sultan declares, however, that he
will march troops through Servia, if it be neces
sary.
The Russians are reported to have required
from England the recall of Admiral Slade, and
Capt. Borlaz, commissioned officers in the Brit
ish Navy, both ot whom now hold commands
in the Turkish fleets. The Turkish Govern
ment strictly prohibits Letters of Alaryut being
granted to any vessels.
The Asia brings no English intelligence of
any importance. The anniversary of the Polish I
Revolution was celebrated in Loadon on the Bth
ultimo.
A telegraphic despatch received from Madrid
states that the Prince Royal of Portugal will !
probably soon be declared of age. i
Loss of the Brio Palo Alto, of this Port '
—We regret to learn by the arrival at this port. 1
yesterday of the French Barque Neustrie, Capt. (
Ratnal, that on the 4th inst.. just before daylight, <
between Cape Florida and Gun Key Light, she j
came in contact with the brig Palo Alto, Capt.
Kay, of this port. The weather was so thick at
the time that the brig was not seen until a col- 0
iisior* was inevitable. The Palo Alto was cut .
down below the water’s edge and sunk a tew
hours after being struck iu lat. 25 deg. 45 min. v
and long. 78 deg. 80 min. Her captain and t
l
cfew were taken on board the barque, and bro J t
to this port. She was from Matanzas bound to
Boston, with a cargo of molasses. She was the
property of James Chapman, Esq., of this city,
and was insured in the Charleston Insurance and
Trust Company foi SSOOO.
The baique Neustrie sailed from Havana on
the 37th ult., with sugar, and was bound to Fal
mouth for orders. She has put into thia port in
consequence of being leaky and having received
some damage from the collision. Soon after the
accident she waas spoken by tbe brig Ceylon, of
Philadelphia, the Captain of which vessel kindly
offered assistnce, but it was fortunately not
needed.— Chat. Cour.Althinst.
aUgUsta ga,
SUNDAY MORNING, DEC. 18.
Weighing Cotton—The Legislature.
The La Grange Reporter publishes the follow
ing bill, which has recently passed the House of
Representatives of the Georgia Legislature :
A Bill,— An Act to alter an amend an Act to
regulate the weighing of Cotton and other
Commodities in this State, approved Dec. 8,
1806.
Section 1. Be it enacted, Itc., That from af
ter the passage of thia Act, the sth Section of an
Act to regulate the weighing of Cotton and oth
er Commodities in this State, approved Dec. 8,
1806, shall be altered and amended so as to read
as follows :
It shall not be lawful for any scalesman, or
other person, in any of the cities, towns, villages,
railroad stations or depots, in this State, to weigh
any bale, bag or package of Cotton, tierce or
halt tierce of Rice, box or barrel of Indigo, or
any other article of produce disposed of by weight
without first taking and subscribing the follow
ing oath, before some one of the Justices ot the
Inierior Court or Justice of the Peace, of the said
counties: I, A. 8., do solemnly swear or affirm,
as the case may be, that I will justly, impartially
and without deduction for wet or other cause,
weigh all bales, bags or packages of Cotton, tierce
or half tierce of Rice, boxes or barrels of Indigo,
and all other articles of production disposed of
by weight, that may be brought to me for that
purpose, and mark the true weight thereon, with
out any deduction whatever, and render a true
and accurate account thereof to the parties con
cerned, if so required, so help me God. This Act
to take effect on and after the Ist day of Sep
tember, 1854.
Speaking of this act, the Chronicle $ Sentinel,
of Saturday, correctly remarks:
“This may be very properly termed legisla
tion extraordinary, and would be more justly
designated, a Bill to prevent the selling of Cotton
in Georgia.
“ Cotton, unlike almost all other commodities
of commerce, will absorb a very large amount of
water, without being permanently injured, if im
mediately exposed to the atmosphere where it
can be dried; and ;t :s well known to men ex
perienced in the trade that a bale of Cotton will
absorbe five to ten or more pounds of moisture)
by being stored in a damp locality, even with
out having been exposed to rain, and when ex
posed to lain for a day, will absorb from twenty
to fiity pounds ber bale. A similar expose of
any other article of commerce produced in Geor
gia, would either destroy it entirely, or render it
unmerchantable; hence we shall treat of Cot
ton alone. What, then, is the proper course for
Legislators to pursue in reference to the weigh
ing of Cotton by Factors and their employers’—
To our mind it is very clear. The less legisla
tion the better. If, however, they determine to
have weighers sworn, (which we regard very
unnecessary, for if a man is not disposed to act
honestly, swearing him to do so will impose no
obligation upon him,) let them be sworn to
make a fair and impartial “ deduction for wet or
other cause,” according to the best of their judg
ment and bel es. An the weigher is always a
disinterested party, neither the owner nor pur
chaser of Cotton, he has no motive but tonctim
psrtialiy between the holder and purchaser; the
latter of whom is scarcely ever known to him,
till after the Cotton has been weighed and mark
ed. True, he would be at fault sometimes, but
his only motive would be to do justice. Where
as, under the above bill, he could never do jus
tice, because he would be required to mark a wet
package the same u a dry one (the actual
weight,) and report accordingly. The holder of
Cotton, would, therefore, get a certificate of the
weight of Cotton, when, iu fact, many poundsof
it would be water—a resuit which no honttt man
will desire.
u We pass over, without comment, Ihe induce
ments which this bill holds out for the perpetra
tion of fraud and corrupt practices, and proceed to
remark that, experience has shown that the pre
sent system is not only a very fair and just one
between buyer and seller, but that the aetual
result of the Cotton trade prove, that the sellers
have had the advantage under it, because the
weighers have uniformly taken off too little;
hence the buyer suffers the loss at the final fort
ol destination for an insufficient deduction for
wet or other causes.
’ We might enlarge upon this subject, but we
deem it unnecessary to do so, to practical, honest,
business men ; none of whom can faii to seethe
positive injustice which such a bill would pro
duce.
“We have said that this bill would be more
properly designated a bill to prohibit the sale of
Cotton in Georgia, and such would be its effects
upon the Cotton trade in every city, town and
village in the State. For whenever it becomes
the law of the land, buyers will abandon every
market in the State, and repair to those markets
in other States, where the Cotton trade is car
ried on upon honest and legitimate commercial
principles—a basis which no intelligent business
man would claim for it under the operations of
this law.
“Os the propriety of weighers on railroads,
marking full weight, we have not spoken, nor
do we regard a law necessary. They are the
i agents of the company, who requre pay for the
j number of pounds they transport, whether water
;or Cotton; and it is manifestly just and proper
i that the owner should pay for every pound. This
I the company will demand without any law for
their protection, and have it, or not forward the
I produce.'’
Death of Jehu C. Holcombe.
The Mobile Tribune of th# 10th inst. says:-We
are sorry to be compelled to announce the death
of John C. Holcombe, Esq., of our city. He
died last night about 7 o’clock, of an affection of
the heart. He was a few years since an emi
nent merchant of Augusta, Ga., and subsequent
ly one of the largest merchants of Charleston, S.
C. He had resided in Mobile for several years
past, and was when he died, still an active mer
chant, and agent for the Augusta, (Ga.) Mutual ;
I Insurance Company. His integrity during a
I long life has, to our knowledge, never been ques
-1 tioned, and a numerous family and large circle of
friends mourn his loss. His age was fifty-eight
years.
Cologne.
We have received from Messrs. N. J. Fogarty |
Sc Co., successors to P. A. Moise, a bottle of Co- j
logne, of their own manufacture, which for colo j
and odo will compare with any imported article
of the kind wa have teen. Those in want of
Cologne, we would recommend to call cn Messrs
ft. J. F .Sc Co.
Offers ol assistance to the amount of at least
one hundred and forty thousand dollars have been
tendered the Messrs. Harpers, from individuals
with whom they have had no previous connec
tion. Another gratifying svidenc# of the sym- I
patby aecorcted to the* by the buiinesi Comma,
nity, is the offer of the various insurance compa.
nies to waive their sixty days ot grace, and set
tle at once for their several liabilities.
(Correspondence of the Const. & Republic.)
Milledgevills, Dec. 15, 1853.
Mr. Editor: Ihe discussion on the WomarPs
bill still continues. It has become an intellec
tual tournament, and both on yesterday and to
day the ladies greeted the appearance of each
knight upon the held, and bestowed upon their
defenders the applause of their smiles. To no
tice the arms and the deeds of all of the gallant
knights, would occupy more time than the her
ald of the tournament can well spare. The
knight from the county of Spalding, wearing a
livery that has assumed a silver hue through age,
early made an appearance in the contest, and
proclaimed war upon the rights of married wo
men. On many an occasion before women had
smiled upon him, and recently her presence bad
inspired his nerve, and he had laid at her feet a
votive offering. Such a proclamation, therefore
was not to have been expected irom him. The
challenge thus boldly made, provoked to the de
fence of woman the noble knight from Houston,
and right gallantly did he bear himself in the
contest. His was the spirit
“ Where heroes war, the foremost place I claim,
The first in danger, and the first in lame.”
But I will no longer detain you from this effort,
but will enable each and all to judge of its mer
its for themselves.
Mr. McGehee said, that a number of pictures
had been drawn with considerable dramatic ef
fect,of the wholesome appearance ofexisting laws
in which the distinguished Senators from Spal
ding and Lincoln have expressed a deep interest
in the rights of the weaker sex. They claim to
be the champions of their rights, w.hen all is
•unshine and prosperity, and like holiday
corne to their rescue at a moment when their
generous aid is least needed. I, sir, follow the
teachings of a different ministry. Their fervid
protestations of sleepless vigilance in guarding
them from danger, are only heard when danger
is not near, And I must confess, that not a soli
tary argument has been offered to weaken my
convictions of the overwhelming merits of the
bill before us. Ridicule is the formidable wea
pon of their warfare, and when foiled in its use,
a swarm ot imaginary evils, that w ill imperil
the country, are presented to alarm the timid
and drive the wavering from any preposessions*
which they may have in favor of this measure.
I have gazed intently upon the bright pictures,
which they have presented, but have not detect
ed those beauties, nor have I been driven from
my propriety by the frightful sketches, which
they have posted in the path to defeat the Wo
man’s bill. They, sir, have only presented the
J right side of the picture. I shall invotre their
j attention whilst I present mine. I have seen
j the Senator from Spalding basking in the smiles,
j that fall upon him, as soft and refreshingly from
I the gallery, as vernal dews upon the cedars ot
! Mount Labanon. And I have seen him so in-
I spired by the scene as to cause his thirsty nerve
j to drink deeply of the Pierian spring, and mount
ing its Pegasus, convey with the speed of Mer
| cury, its votive offering to the gallery : when
! three cheers for the Senator from Spalding echo
'ed and reverberated through this hall. But be
fore the eweet incense of their smiles ceases to
I
rise from the tribute of his muse, how sadly does
j the «cene change! He is instantly transformed
! from the gay Lothario into the cold phlegmatic
i stoic. I confess, sir, that the former character
; has more charms for me than the latter.
| Now, sir, I wish to present to the Senator
' j from Spalding an image of the future; one which,
i under the providence «f God, may become a sad
! reality. Suppose, that after a few short years
I have passed away, the Senator from Spalding, in
i hi 3 ministrations going about doing good, sees in
i the distance a miserable hovel, with all the in
j dications of external poverty. He approaches
. ! with steady step and solemn brow,and announces
, | the cheering tidings, that the poor have the gos
. ! pel preached to them, the only ray of hope that
■ gleams through the surrounding darkness. He
> i beholds a withered form, a care-worn and de
: | jected countenance, with eyes sunk by grief,—
■ the drapery of wretchedness every where to be
j seen. The oaths and nonsensical jargon of her
| besotted and demented husband are only inter
j rupted by her heart-piercing sobs, and the cry of
| their children for bread. The children famished
1 and in rags, cluster about the mother’s feet, and
' j she, from the deep and gushing fountain of ma
i ternal love, literally verifies the story of the la
, ' bled Pelican, by feeding her young with the
j blood drawn from her bosom. Time passes on,
and the brute, in human form, who had victim
-1 ized her to her misplaced affections, dies.
Where, sir, I ask, does she look for a prop to
, ! her declining years. All is dark and melancholy
: . around her. She shrinks from the cold charity
, j of the world, and when almost overcome by des
i pair, hope dawns upon her as she remembers
! the pittance, which the provisions of this bill se
! cures to her, the fruits alone of her parents’ toil,
j She raises those eyes, which have been accus
! torned to iqpk through tears, and beholds the
manly form, and pleasing and intelligent coun
tenar.ce of the Senator from Spalding, and points
j hint back to brighter when her happy
I smiles from that gallery inspired his muse ; and
I there exhibits her little patrimony secured by the
benificent provisions ot ttiis bill, as the sole reli
ance for her maintaiuance, and the education of
j her children. What an eloquent commentary
l would it not be, Mr. President, upon the speech
|es and votes ot the Senator to-day ? The ladies,
sir, may be charmed by his poetry, but I sin
| cerely trust, that a better fate awaits them, than
ito be taken captive by his philosophy. And 1
really think, that the ladies in the gallery, if
they should again catch the eyes of the Senator
. from Spalding in tine frenzy rolling,” will ex
claim of the burden of his song, as one did of old,
that it is Lsau’s hand—but it is Jacob’s voice.”
Dr. McGehee was frequently interrupted by
applause, during the delivery ot his speech, and
w hen he sat down at the conclusion, in spite of
j the raps of the Piesident’s hammer, it followed
| loud and long irom the gallery, and from the
floor of the Senate.
Dr. McGehee is a large, portly man, of about
forty or forty-five years ot age. He is a sound
reasoner, but loves occasionally to indulge in a
little pleasantry. He adds to native talent of a
high order, sound which can be said
of' but few men in the Georgia Legislature.—
I While his speeches are sound and impressive,
| they are also chaste and elegant; while they
! abound in sound political views, they are like
] wise refined literary efforts.
I am only enabled to give you a synopsis of
one other speech, aud only a few of the points
ot that.
Mr. Pope said, that the war had begun, and
that the forces were in battle array. He ap
peared in defence of woman. It had been said
that this bill locked up the property of the coun
try. Mr. Pope read from the bill, to show that
I this was not the case. It let the husband in
possession of the property—he might use it;
| what more could he ask? Why this cry, then,
: if you pass this bill, away with internal Im
-1 provements i It had been called a rich man’*
bill—it was not a rich man’s bill. It was worn
ant bill; that was the glory of it. The bill
made no discriminations between the poor and
the rich. It left to woman a pittance which
might secure her against want and misery.
SENATE.
A motion was made to reconsider the bill or- )
ganizing the county of Kinchaloonee. The ]
motion was lost.
The Senate also took up and passed a bill in *
relation to election precincts.
The woman’s bill was taken up, and the rest 1
of the morning occupied in discussing it.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The woman’s bill was postponed until to- 1
c
morrow.
Mr. Hull reported a bill, amending an act par- 11
titioning lands among tenants and joint tenants. j
A bill to form a new county out of Henry and !
Fayette, was read the third time, and indefinite- I
I y postponed, I S
A bill to require the Treoi,?* 18 ® *****
School Fund of the county th e foot
certain sums to persons therein *> Pev
mg floor children. Passed med ’ f °rteach
The Committee on Banks reported r
to the incorporation of r , f,Vo %
city of Savannah. eral Ba «ks in
A bill to allow the several •
turns additional compensation '* r*? ot re
special committee. ' lxe, erretl to a
A bill to organize a new n„,„t
and Irwin. Made the special'^, 1 * »«!»
ary next. tne l6l hJ anu .
A bill to amend the several acts in r l *
public printing. Made the special Z < ation
day for the 17th of January n ext 01
House adjourned until 3 o’clock
The afternoTwTSc*
t . J be u House passed a bill Lcornor^" B bli!s
•Mechanics and Savings Bank ”
Savannah. ’ 111 the cit Vc ,
For Liberia —The bri-Gen P p
at anchor off Fort Jack Jn, received™ \\***
yesterday about 90 emigrants bo * r 'l
Tennessee. The steamer FasbdonjS 7 S
to-day from Augusta, and we l ea . n Ka a , rr ' v e
some forty or fifty more, who wilfcj S
the above brig destined for their new b rk °»
Africa, The brig will sail in a few ‘ Q
Newt, 1 Glh inst. levv
Tribute of
, Laurens L dge, No 7
Dublin, Ga , Dec. 10, A. L, 5853
Ai a regular communication of this t„i'
following Preamble and Resolutions wJf’ **
mously adopted ‘ u unani-
Whereas, it hath pleased the Siinrnm» « ,
of the Universe, to take from our Hf f rchitect
den dispensation, eur late Brother a An -sud
nan. M. D.; and while we submit with k e !* a ?*'
; resignation to the inscrutable will of thatT 1 *
• Master Builder, who best knows W hJL t D ‘, nne
from the labors of this earth to the Z cal! U 3
I . Celestial Ledge, it .till UhJrVm '?*S* «
one common traternity, to pay » b f* of
; , coming respect tj'vir, ll of him*“‘ h “ d *
we are compelled to deplore. And whl l ?
! inclemency of the weather preventei sh £ \ tbo
I *o*l from paying U*
and aftection to his earthly remains
Resolved, That the membersof thishi?'
ly sympathize with the relatives andfi&jT
deceased, and extend to them our unleign^
Resolved, That the Regalia and Furniture.i
. Lodge be clothed in mourning for thirty day,^
. t « k,in of our sorrow, and that the brethren*^
Umo USUaI badS ° ° f mOUming for the spaceTf
| Resolved, That a blank page in our record two,
, be inscribed with his name and a*e and 1 j
1 cated to his memory. S ’ ttnd be dedl
’ R 'fi Ved ' a co ky of this Preamble and
■ Resolutions bo transmitted to the bereaved wife of
our Brother, and that they be published
i in the Masonic Journal and Augusta Constitution^
. ahst & Republic, dec 18 cl T. N. Guyton, Sm.
i married.
On the 14th inst., at tho Richmond Factory bv
James E. Cashin, Esq., Mr. Benjamin Trader
‘ and Miss Lybia, daughter of John Arrington all
: o Pvichmond oounty.
l in IIIIIBM |„
_ Camntfrnai.
t Augusta Market, Bee. 17—p, m.
COTTON.—We have no change to notico in our
e market to-day. Tho demand ha 3 been good and
. all offered has met with ready sale at yesterday*
prices, for Good Middling 9 i a9) cents. *
SAY ANN All, Dec. 15.— Cotton —Arrived since
the Bth inst., 11,163 bales Upland (8,635 per rail
road, 2,451 from Augusta ard landings on the river,
0 18 via Darien, 59 from wagons, dc.) and 452 do. Sea
The exports for tha some period amount
s to 9,236 bales Upland, and 108 do. Sea Island*
d viz: to Liverpool, 2,083 bales upland; to New
c York. 5,047 bales Upland, and 76 do. Sea Islands;
to Philadelphia, 1,613 halts Upland; to Baltimore,
r 133 bales Upland; and to Charleston 361 bales Up
land, and 3.2 do. Bea Islands—leaving on hand and
on shipboard not cleared, a stock of 35,926 bales
r Upland, and 1,536 do. Bea Islands, against 45,791
'* bales Upland, and 1,589 do. Sea Islands, at the
-1 same tirno last year.
s Foreign advices by the Niagara were received
i just after our last weekly report was in type. Our
i market opiened on Friday with a fair demand, at
somewhat irregular prices, sales 1,188 bales. 0a
s Saturday there was a better enquiry, sales 1,495
s bales, arid on Monday a firm market withsalesof
768 bales. On Mouday evening later news from
Europe was received by the Arctic. There was a
fair demand, at unchanged prices, and holders firm
d Our market has fielt the iufiuenco of these favora
- bie advices, opening on Tuesday with an active
- demand. The sales of the day amounted to 1,743
e bales, the market closing firm. Sales on Wednes
r day 1,600 bales at full prices, tho market closing
_ with a feeling in favor of sellers. Yesterday the
,f sales were 1,119 bales. The market closing firm
j with an upward tendency. We quote:
i Ordinary to Good Ordinary 7) a 8)
Low Middling to Strict Middling,.... 8f a 9J
Good Middling 9£ a 9J
Middling Fair to Fair 10 a 10J
e The abovo quotations would show a decline if
U compared with our figures of last week, but our
- quotations then were two high, and we think the
above correct. The market has advanced about
jo. within a week.
The sales of tho weok amount to 7.883 bales, at
f the following particulars: 66atS; 45ai8j; 20 at
Y 8j; 145 at 84; 36 at 8|; 314 at 8 3 ; 2,236 at 8; 197
- at 94; 51 at 9 3-16; 1,318 at 9}; 677 at 91; 1,174 at
s 94: 48 at 9 9-16; 277 at 9|; 262 at 9j; 328 at 9j;
- lUO at 9 15-16; 473 at It), 8; t 10J; 46 at lOfi -<>
. at 104, and 52 bales fine at 11 cents.
ISca Islai/ds. —The sales during the wetk have
a beon limited, in consequence of a difference in the
’ views of holders and buyers. In order to operate,
’ sellers have to submit to a decline. Tho principal
s domand is for the finor grades, tho poorer quaii
f ties being entirely neglected. The sales of the
l week amount to upwards of 200 ba.es, at extremes
5 ranging from 24 a 28c. Receipts of the wetk 45
• Exports, 108 bales.
f Rice. —Tho demand continues limited, Prices
• remain firm. The sales of tho week amount to
. upwards of 400 casks, at prices ranging from s3j
as 4 per hundred pounds. Exports of tho week,
’ 473 casks.
Flour. —This article continues neglected, the
, sales being confined to retail transactions.
Corn. —Tho demand continues limited, »•
I hear ot sales to seme extent at 90e. W 0 quote a.
r 85 at 90c. per bushel, according to quantity ana
• quality.
, Molasses. —The stock of Cuba in first hands con
-1 tinues very light. Holders are asking 24 a25 cR
- per gallon. We hear c*‘sales of New Orleans a
[ 27c. per gallon. . w
, Oats. —Wo hear of no largo transactions.
1 quote at 65 a 700. per bushel.
Bacon. —We quote Sides at 84; Shoulders a. <
84, and Herns at 124 a 14c. per lb. There is ve)
little demand.
: Hay.— Wo hear of sales of Eastern to some
tent at $1.25. Wo quote Northern at $1 aJ • 1
per hundrod pounds.
Ltumber — .. ~ aa
S. Sawed, refuse per m. ft.. 8 9 »
Merchantable per m.ft .H J
River Lumber,refuse per na. ft-. » ,g 00
1 Merchantable to prime.. per ia- ff-D
Ranging do.,for export...per rn.lt. JJ ,j
Mill Ranging per m-J.-}J JJJ, 09
W bite Fin 3. clear per m. tt.. 30
Merchantaii le per m.ft.»lß
Cypress r-hingles per m.~ »
Sawed Syprcss Shingles.. per m.. w 000
Rod Oak Staves per
YVhite do. pipe per m ’2? noa3s 09
do. do. hhd per
do. do. hbl P er „ re-
Lirne. —Tho stock is large. The s
ceived was sold from wharf in lots »t r
$1,124. I* l selling from stores at fL*
per cask. so « $2.5®
Potatoes —are selling from wharl at 6
p*r bbl , as to quality cen t.
Exciainge. We quote Storhng at Vgj
prem. D .mkstic.—The Banks are sew ' e m „
Checks on all Northern cities at 4 U er *: gyis* l
and purchasing Sight Bills at par; r 0 9 per
4a 4 per cent, discount; 60 day Bd** 4 t . jis
cent discount; 90 day Bills, 24 a - 4 P e
count. . id- *
Freights. —Foreign, we quote to Liv e p ve3se pi
9 16d., the former has been * C ® C P|, 13-163-
partially loading with Timber. To±ia< > #() te
a lie. per pound for Cotton. Coastwise - n v es
to Boston 4c.; to New York i-toc , - v : lC ißn 1 ’
sels, and 4’ by steamers; to Philadelphia ai
timore, 7-160. - —7. "" r v«t it* \
ROME, Ga., Dec. 14. Cotton.—' Oar ffoald
little moro active to day, and a good a«‘ jj, t
bring »J cents. Receipts are tolerably g g unds y
steamer Georgia brought up 350 bai
SAVANNAH iJt!?
Per Br. barque Arab, ior Liverpool 0
Upland Cotton, 96 319 feet limber,
Staves, and 33 bbli. Flour.