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Daily, i*» advance......per annum *8 00
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Weekly, in advance... .per annum 200
DISCOUNT FOR CLUBS.
Centra! Bail Road.
Report at the President and Directors of the Cen
tral Rad Road and Banking Company of Geor
gia to the Stockholders
Savannah, Dec. 6, 1854.
To the Stockholders of the Central Railroad and
Banking Company of Georgia.
The eranings of the Road for the past year, its
current expenses, its condition and equipment,
are all distinctly set forth in the accompanying
Report of the General Superintendent:
The Cash recived for the year is as follows
From ca, wines of Road $962,644 36
“ ' “ Bank... 65,394 01
. .. ■
From which have been paid $1,028,037 37
Current Road expendi
► tures $475,266 56
Bank expenses. 14,042 05
Dividend, June, ’54, 4
Carried to Cost of Road,
Carried to Reserve Fund wW
in June last. ...... .84,476 92-SS93 902 53
Leaving. $134,945 b 4
This sum of $134,945 84, is the net amount of
cash received from earnings of Road since the
Ist of June last. Since that date there has been
paid - .. .
On account of Road $58,153 55
For Company’s Road Bonds 73,200 00
Nearly the whole of the $73,200 paid for Road
Bonds fell due «** the first day of October last, at
which time we had, in consequence of the epi
demic, fallen short in the September receipts,
over $26,000,and were in the midst of circum
stances truly distressing. It was impossible to
realize money even on the stock which we hold
is the South Western Railroad Company, a stock
paying eight percent dividend, and which the
Board thought could be sold at or near par. In
October the Road recipts fell off over $20,000
Since the first day of November, when business
was generally resumed,!! has been found impos
sible to sell even at great sacrifice, the stocks
held by the Company. The line of Discount and
Bills receivable, being not much* more than
enough to protect the circulation and deposits,
could not with propriety te reduced. The Road
Earnings were of necessity, used to their full
extent, in paying for Road work and Company’s
Bonds. Between this time and June next, the
4 Company has to pay.
For Iron Rails about. .5 $63,000
‘ Rent of the Augusta & Wayneboro’
and other Roads about. 73.000
“ Road Bonds due fist May,’ss 85.000
“ ,Rail Road, about 56,000
gt . > ' 4277,000
Seeing this large amount so soon to be paid,
and the utter impossibility of realizing from the
assets a sum sufficient to replace the Road Ear
nings so used, the Board was unanimously, -ot
opinion that a Stock dividend of Ten per centum
should be declared in lieu of the semi-annual
cash dividend ot Four per cent. It was seen
that the Capital of the Company being only $3,-
500,000, ami the net income of the Road as much
as $534,000 per annum. Stock could be issued to
the amount: of $350,000 without imparing the
value of your property. It was recollected that
the Stockholders at their meeting in March,
1851, expressed the opinion that a Stock dividend
could be declared, in this year, to the amount of
$300,000, and it was known to the Board that
such a dividend at least was expected. The
Board therefore, did not hesitate to declare the
dividend which they publish to-day. It will,
we think, be manifest to every carelul examiner
of tbe affatjs of the Company that, by the course
which the Directors have pursued, the condition
of the Company is made more satisfactory and
stable than it ever has been.
The Reserve fund now $376,299 64
W'ili have added to it (onto! the
said sum of $134,945 84) 112,932 84
450.232 48
and, further, if the Guatanteed
Stockholders merge and elect
W the Stock dividend, there will
be added 22,013 00
- ■*, . §511,245 4§
» , and the Fund, after being used
, to carry down the cost* of the
. road to the actual Road Capita*.
so as to have the Bank Capita!
entire, as now, 205,790 00
will still amount to §305,455 48
It is subject to the Road rent which we owe,
end to maKe good any loss that may happen by
depreciation of Assets.
The su t.s already mentioned as soon to be
paid, and a dividend of four per cent, can be
paid, in June next, without requiting more than
50,000 from the Assets. The amount, if found
necessary, can be realized in the course of six
months, withoalnsubmitting to more than a very
trifling loss. Our Bond debt, moreover, will be
largely reduced by June next, and the remain
ing Bonds do not begin to fall due until 1857.
Aad there will be no necessity for reducing the
discount line.
After the Stock dividend, now declared, shall
have been paid to the Stockholders, the Capital
of the Companywf the guaranteed stockholders
merge, will be as follows :
Road Capital Stock §3,644,210
Bank Capital Stock 205J90
The road can be kept dowrnfo the sum of $3,-
644,210, and the Iron remaining to be re-laid
and all other improvements can be finished in
two years.
There will be required annually, for a divi
dend, at the rate of efght per centum. $308,000 ;
and tbs income Irom road alone will be over
4 530,000 leaving an annual surplus of over $200,-
090, per annum. That surplus should be used to
finish U*g re-ironing of the road, and all other
road improvements ; and for additional motive
power, lor a limited time. By the end of two
years the whole work can be so placed that
there no necessity of charging anything
further to construction ; or if it-shall be deemed
advisable, beginning in the year 1856, dividends
at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, can be
declared, leaving an annual surplus of ovei SIOO -
.. 000.
§; garter allows a capital stock of four
millions of dollars The residue left after the
f PWpent dividend, to wit: one hundred and fifty
[■jfbousand dollars can be sold from time to time
wmnd the proceeds advantageously added to the
Jp? present bank capital.
The annexed statement, A, under the hand of
ilP 1 * faahier, shows the condition of the Company
on this day. ' 1
H| The amount paid into bank fmn the Road ear
jgLuiwgs for the year ending Isi instant, is §9Ol 561-
" 84, leaving uncollected §108,221 49. In the last
annual report you were informed that the ac
counts between this Company and the Eaton
ton Railroad Company were unadjusted. That
company has issued stock for the subscription
which we made in the iron rails s23,loo—and
will soon deliver to this company its bonds lor
| §25,000— being the sum required to be paid by
that company, to bring their road up to the sta
ted condition agreed on when our lease began.
This sum of $20,000 is to go to the credit of fu
ture road repairs on the Eatonton branch. We
have expended nearly the sum already, but
the amount has gone into and (orms part of the
current expenses of the year just ended. On
the delivery of these bonds we must pay the first
years’ rent, $14,000 due Ist April last, less se
ven thousand dollars and inteiest due to us on
bonds Ist August last. In the conrse of a few
days ourfccount with the Eatonton Company
will be adjusted, and then we will be enabled j
to see when the stock of that company will i
begin to declare dividends out of the rent we
*The read from Gordon to Milledgeville, we
thin!»■ will hereafter pay, and the road liom
Milledgeville to Eatonton will nearly pay seven
Dei cefit per annum. VVe have lost a very con
; liderable sum by the lease of the Augusta and
Waynesboro’ Railroad, and we shall continue to
the end of the lease, 31st December.
1.555. Notice will be given that this company
a ill not renew the lease. We have offered to
work the road for a year or two, on that com
pany’s account, if they shall desire us to do so.
We think the revenues of this road will increase
handsomely, after 1855, and fair dividends can
be paid to the Stockholders. This road is an
admirable one. We have expended large sums
to make proper culverts ior it, and it will be de
livered up at tfce end ol our lease, in perfect or
der—!ar better order than we received it. It 1
may; m July next, become a part of tbe great
New Orleans mail line, in which event its Pas
sen busines will be highly remunerating.
i .te citizens of Jasper county have been dis
appointed in their exj ectations ol procuring a
subscription sufficient to 4 pay for a Railroad from
Eatonton to Monticeilo. They have enquired
of the Directors whether the Company will re
new the offer made to them a year ago, and the
Board refers the mat' er to your determiuatiou
Wh procured a survey and estimate to be made'
of the route, the expense of which this Company
advanced—the sum will doubtless be soon repaid
to us. Ihe estimate of the cost of the line was
greater than we supposed it would be, and we
fear if the Road were built it could not pay 7 per
cent per annum.
We are advised that the Opelika Branch of
the Montgomery Railroad, leading from Colum
bus to Opelika, will be opened, its entire length,
29 miles during the next ensuing month. This
road will add considerably to the revenue-of our
Road. Goods from the Northern cities for the in
terior of Alabama and Mississippi, to a large
amount, will pass over the line irom Savannah.
Tbe distance hence to Opelika byway ol Co
lumbus is 320 miles ; the distance hence to the
same point byway of Atlanta and West point is
401 miles; the distance from Charleston
to Opelika is 418 miles. The advantage in
distance is near 100 mites in favor of our line,
and we have a continuous track to Columbus,
avoiding transhipment.
The South Western Railroad has been opened
to Americus in Sumter County. This extension
promises increased profit to this, as well as the
South Western .Railroad Company, whilst it af
fords very great advantages to the planters of the
South \V estern counties. An offer has been
made by the Company to the to extend
the read still further, and to the neighborhood of
the counties of Lee, Randolph, Dougherty and
Calhoun ; if the people shall, by the first day of
February next, subscribe the sum of $250,000,
and pay down one-fourth of their subscription in
cash. It is to be hoped that the inhabitants of
the prosperous country below Americus will
avail themselves of this liberal offer to extend
Railroad communication to their doors. Should
the present effort to continue the road fail, the
terminus ol tbe South Western Road will, pro
bably remain at Americus for several years to
come. ...
The projected Road irom Macem through Mjl
iedgeville to Warrenton, referred to in tbe last
Report is not likely to be built. This Company
will not be called on to make any effort to coun
l teract the tendency of such a line.
> Respectfully submitted,
* R. R. CUYLER, President.
A.
Statement of the Financial Condition of the Company
on the sth day of December, 1854.
aSSODROKS AND PROPS -ITT.
Rail Ro&d and Appurtenances, 3,507,737 50
Notes Discounted and Bills Receirable, 356,827 28
Stock and Bonds of other Companies, 662,703 00
Due by other Banks, 57,042 01
Due by Agents and other Companies. 36,134 98
Banking House and Lot, 13,612 97
Other Real Estate, 8,177 43 16.e90 40
Specie, 66,559 11
$4,693,664 26
LUBILITIBS
Capital Stock, 3 600,000 90
Bonds due by the Company,
Past due 8 p ct bonds not yet present'd, 167
Past dae 7 p ct bonds ditto, 2,800
7 per ct bonds due May 1, 1856 So ,000
7 per ct bonds due Feb. 2, 1857 24,000
7 per ct bonds due July 1, 1857 11,000
7 pfe- ct bonds due Aug 1,1857 20,000
7 per ct bonds due Dec. 1, 1857 20,000
7 per ct bonds due Apr. 1, 1858 21,000
7 per ct bonds due Jan. 1, 1859 30,000
7 per ct bonds due July 1,1859 9,000
7 per ct bonds due Nov. 1, 1869 4,000
7 per ct bonds due Feb. 2, 1862 96i000
„ t „ : 321,967 00
Bank N otee in Circulation, 167,214 00
Suspense Account,
J ue to other Banks and Companies, 5-i’239 39
Individual deposits, 116,656 19
Unclaimed dividend*. 17.068 29
Appropriated for Guaranteed Dividend of
December, 1864 22,013 00
Re*erved Fond. 378,299 64
Added this day, > 112,932 84 489,232 48
$1,693,661 26
GEO. A. CUTLER. Cashier.
Savannah, Dee. 6, 1854.
Eloquent and Just Tribute to Mr. Douglas.
John W. Forney, the able and accomplished
Clerk of the House of Representatives, in a let
ter which he wrote to the committee charged
with the management of the late Douglas festi
val in Chicago, thus eloquently alludes to that
gentleman:
‘‘ I have seen him in the Senate of the United
States, surmunded by admiring listeners, bolding
vast audiAces from night till morniDg, repelling
the assaults of the giants of sectionalism, con
founding the enemies of the Constitution, and
eliciting from friend and foe those tributes which
genius and patriotism are sure to command; and I
have wished that the people of Illinois could
have seen the man who represents them in the
highest legislative body on eartb, during these
occasions of triumph and of trial. Is it to be
supposed that a man capable of meeting and of
mastering those who feel the fires ol fanaticism
can be crushed by angry and revengeful local
combinations? Is it to be supposed that when
Mr. Seward, the Chief of these combinations,
could not restrain complimenting the resistless
ability of your intrepid Senator, and almost con
fessed his incapacity to answer the great argu
ment of Judge Douglass on the Nebraska Bill,
and when one after another of the Abolition
Senators yielded before his victorious facts and
figures, that heated impulsive crowds can destroy
or defeat the high and inspiring principles to
which his life has been dedicated, anu to which
our patriotic fathers always turned, as to the
stars that guided the bark of liberty through the
most ominous periods of our history ? No, gen
tlemen ! The march of these principles cannot
be arrested. Men may fall in defending them,
but they will survive forever ! And from the’
days of the early past down to the present hour,
whether fanaticism has assailed these undying
truths, as upheld and enforced by Jackson or
Polk, or Pierce, their success has been as certain
as unerring as the regularity with which the
morning follows the night.
“ The time will come, gentlemen and that
soon, when the libellers ol Judge Douglass will
be compelled to admit the invincibility of these
same principles, so powerfully advocated in his
Nebraska speeches, if they have not the candor
to confess their virtue and necessity.”
i Cotton Coming Back.— lt rejoices us to
know that the opinion is rapidly gaining ground
that the cotton of the counties east of this, on
the West Point road, is tending to the Golf again.
It has been discovered by some planters, not
withstanding their shipments to the Eastern ci
j ties have been made under circumstances very
| uniavorabie to the Gulf, that their calculations
i were very wrong, and that for them, the Home
Market it , after all , the best market. One very
intelligent business man of Macon county, who
is a considerable dealer in the staple, after send
ing his samples to Augusta, Charleston and Sa
vannah, at last brought all his stock to Mont
gomery. We are told by a gentleman of great
business sagacity that this is but the natural
wo. king of a law governing exchanges. The
Eastern Banks deal largely in sterling "bills, and
these are procurable only in New Orleans and
Mobile. Out of this fact grows the inability of
the planter to ship his crop advantageously to
the east. —Montgomery Mail.
The uneasiness, says the New Orleans Pica
! V'uoe, ol the 12th inst., which was created a few
| days since, by the suspension of some firms in
this city connected with the Western trade has
!>een entirely dispelled. The causes of the trou
bles under which some respectable houses have
given way, has been distinctly traced to circum-
J st «nces which are temporary, and mostly pecu
itar to themselves. There is, of course, incon
veniences felt from the lowness of the rivere,and
the consequent holding back of great quantities
of produce that ought to be in this market; and
: this has, in some cases, accelerated the catas
trophe brought on by engagements outside of
regular business. But we learn that arrange
t inents are in progress, by which one or twocon
| siderable houses will resume business soon. The
I trade generally has not been affected by these
partial reverses We have ceased even to hear
tbe rumors, which always fly about in swarms on
such occasions, and quiet confidence appears to
have been restored again. The Western houses
in this city are sound, and among these there are
some as solid as any to be found in the United
States.
AuTiUSTA, GEORGIA^
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20.
A Chance for Poets.
Ihe Daily Constitutionalist & Republic will
be iurnished one year to the author of the best
New Year Carrier's Address, handed in at this
office before the 26th insf. The address must
contain not less than forty liues, nor more than
eighty.
The Bridge Case.
We learn irom a telegraphic despatch received
in this city last evening, dated Columbia, Dec.
19th, that in the House of Representatives, the
act giving permission to Messrs. Kennedy &
Jones to collect tolls on the Carolina end of the
bridge has been repealed, and the charter vested
in the City Council of Augusta. The vote stood
yeas 63, noes 41. It has still to pass the Senate.
Mackerel.
I hose tond ot Mackerel, we would advise to
call at the store of Messrs. H. O’Neill & Co., on
Jackson street, next to the Warehouse of M. P.
Stovail, aud procure a kit. We have tried
them, and found them large, fat, and correctly
branded No. 1.
The Parade Yesterday.
We had the pleasure of seeing yesterday the
first regimental parade that has taken place in
our city within the past three or four years.—
The only portion of the exercises that came
under our inspection was the formation of the
regiment in line, by Adjutant Kirkpatrick, which
was well and speedily done. At about 11 o’clock
the regiment was formed, turned over to the
Colonel, and took up the line of march for the
parade ground, for the purpose of drilling.
Business prevented our visiting the parade
ground, but we understand our volunteer com
panies acquitted themselves handsomely, going
through the different evolutions, marching and
countermarching with a precision that would
have done credit toplder companies.
The four militia companies, considering the
time that has elapsed since their last drilling
did very well.
After the drill, the regiment was marched up
Broad street, and down Greene to the city Hall,
where they were dismissed.
Major General Drane and Brigadier Geueral
Harris and his staff were on the ground in full
nuiform.
New Books.
The respective publishers have furnished us
with the following recent publications:
Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the present
time, by Fanny Fern. New York. Pub
lished by Mason Brothers.
The numerous admirers of Fanny Fern will,
no doubt, have their expectations raised to a high
degree of impatience to peruse “ her first con
tinuous story.” Those, however, who have
formed so high an estimate of her powers as a
writer, will, we think, be much disappointed
with her first attempt to write a continuous work
of fiction. The characters are badly drawn, and
the incidents are forced and unnatural. We can
not help fancying, that old Mr. and Mrs. Hall
are intended as a modern rendition of the Ogre
and Ogress, who figure in the popular tale of
"Hop O’My Thumb,” the only difference being
that Mrs. Hall is wanting in those feminine
traits of character,which distinguish women in all
ages, and under all circumstances, which are at
tributed to the Ogress. We are under the im
pression, that almost every adjective in the Eng
lish iangaage has been pressed into service in the
composition of the present work. The “Hill
Tops” are all “ breezy,” and the “ »i!
“ emerald/'
Byway of giving our readers an idea of the
style in which the work is written, we might
j give many extracts to prove the correctness
! of our remarks, but in attempting to make
i selections we found it so difficult to choose
■ the most appropriate from such a chaos of l,Nam
-6 by-pamby isms,” that we must refer them to the
I work itself. No doubt the reputation of the au
• thoress will secure for it an extensive circula
! tion, but we must be permitted to state, that in
| our opinion, her fame, as a writer, will not re
, ceive any material addition from the present pro
! duction.
Magazines , Reviews, etc.
Hunt's Merchants’ Magazine and Commer
cial Review. Conducted by Freeman
Hunt. Nov., 1804.
The North British Review. No. xliii. No
vember, 1854.
Graham’s American Monthly Magazine.-
January, 1855.
All the above Periodicals are so well estab
lished and known to all our citizens, that it is
only necessary for us to state, that they tfre ful
ly eqnal to the high reputation they have al
ways sustained.
Study, the only sure Means of Ultimate
Success.
An Address, delivered before the Thalian and
Phi Delta Societies, of Oglethope University,
Geo., at the Annual Commencement, July 19th,
1854, by the Hon. William H. Stiles, ot Savan
nah.
We have heard many commencement orations,
and read a number, by distinguished gentlemeu j
of the country, some of them,of superior literary '
merit and beauty. Yet, we unhesitatingly pro- j
nouncethe above oration by Mr. Stiles one of
the finest, in style, thought, force and beauty, of |
all that have passed under our review. We were
at Milledgeville at the time of its delivery, but !
were prevented by indisposition from attending '
the commencement. We hea:d universal en-!
comiums of the Address of Mr.Stiles,as possessing
singular merit as a literary production, and of
most beneficial tendency in the truths it pressed
upon the mind of the youthful student. We look
ed forward with pleasure to its perusal, and hav
ing recently received a pamphlet copy, we sat
down to it with a keen relish. It deserves alt !
that has been said of it. It should be read by |
every youthful aspirant on entering the field of
active life, and itsjfacts and precepts be well pon
dered. It will win the admiration of every per
son of cultivated taste and classic reading, by the
felicity and polish of its style, and the extent and
aptness of its historical illustrations. It will
command the approbation of ail thinking minde
for the force of its reasonings, and the value of I
its deductions. The Address fully vindicates the
proposition, that study is the only sure means of
ultimate success. It is the secret of all the great <
triumphs of Genius in every age—the means I,y
which differences in intellectual capacity
men have been manifest. Those difFereuse* have j
been not so much in the mental gifts themselves
a3 in the exercise of such as are common to all
men.
A New Travelling Fix in 7 . —The Wheeling
Intelligencer describes a travelling wagon, which
passed through that city a few days ago, on its
way West, with a stove in it to keep the fami.'y
warm, and at the same time do the cooking a s
they progressed.gThe stove pipe went up through
the wagon cover, and sent forth a volume of
curling smoke. The wagon started from near
Winchester, Ya. That’s a go-ahead family.
Augusta Gymnastic Society. »
This Society, which is also known as the
Turn Verein,” gave their first entertainment
lor the season on Monday evening last. At one
extremity of the Halt, they had fitted up a neat
and handsomely decorated stage, with appropriate
scenery and a well executed drop curtain. The
balance ot the room was filled with benches,
which were occupied by a number of ladies and
gentlemen, all of whom seemed bent on enjoying
themselves to the utmost.
I be entertainments commenced with the per
ornoance of Schiller’s comedy of “ Uncle and
Nephew,” followed by an amusing song. The
off well, the leading characters sus
tained their parts in a highly creditable manner,
especially the toi ditant ladies.
At the conclusion of the theatrical portion
the entertainments, stage, scenery and decora
tions disappeared, almost as if by magic, and the
floor was quickly occupied by those who were
bent on finishing the evening by participating in
the pleasures of the dauce. Mirth and good
feeling were the order of the night, or, rather, of
the morning; for we heard it hinted that before
the company finally separated the “small hours' <
were gradually beginning to lose their right to
this title.
We must not omit to mention the music
ochestral and vocal, both of which would do
credit to professional performers, and which add
ed much to the enjoyment of the evening.
W e are pleased to see our German citizens
orming themselves into these Societies for
mutual enjoyment. At a small expense they
can procure more pleasure and of a more rational
character than could possibly be obtained by
other modes modes at a much larger outlay.-
Success other Gymnastic and Harmonic Societies
of Augusta.
The Boston Failure.— The failure of the
extensive dry goods importing house of J. W.
Blodgett St Co., in Boston, is said to be the heav
est that ever occurredjin New England. The
liabilities of the firm are stated at $1,900,000,
and the assets show a surplus of about $300,000
Messrs. Blodgett & Co., had a very large Wes
tern business, and have been obliged to suspend,
partly in consequence of the troubles in that
section ol the country, which have prevented re
mittances and sent large amounts of paper back
under protest. They are reported to owe one
commission house in Milk-street $176,000,
another $151,000, and there are several others
who are creditors for about $50,000 cash.
The Post says, that “a large amount of the in
debtedness is in New York. It is thought by
some conversant with the affairs of the concern
that it will pay a dividend of seventy-five per
centum—while others place t'ne probable divi
dend as low as fifty.” The house has heretofore
enjoyed high reputation in all sections of the
United States and the Canadas.
The Rev. Antoinette Brown says that, if Pro
vidence had given her an ‘ invalid husband and
half a dozen children” her salary as a clergy
woman is amply sufficient to pass them comfor
tably through life. Here’s a hifitfora ‘sick man’
-—situation comfortable,,weather cold,and a young
lady freezing her feet in a single bedstead.
City Subscriptions to Railroads.—A bill
has been reported to the South Carolina House
oi Representatives by the Committee on Incor
porations, prescribing the terms on which the
City Council of Charleston may subscribe to
works of internal improvement, and confirming
the subscriptions heretofore made by them.—
The main features of the bill are : 1, that there
shall be a vote ot the citizens taken, with all the
formalities of a city election, before the Coun
cil shall subscribe to any Railroad, Canal or
Plank Road ; 2, that they shall in no case sub
scribe more than a fourth pait of the stock ol
snfb improronwut; 3, mat they shall subscribe
to no Railroad out of the State without the con
sent of the Legislature first obtained. Finally
the bill declares to be“ fully authorized and con
firmed and declared to be obligatory in law upon
the said City Council and City,” all previous
subscriptions to Railroads.
The provisions ot this bill, remarks the Mer
cury, are well considered and the restrictions are
judicious. Its passage would do much to remove
a feeling of distrust that has been growing up in
regard to our city affairs, and that has had a most
injurious influence.
The Specie of the Country.— The Secreta
ry of tha Treasury estimates the amount of spe
cie in the country on the 30th of September last
at $241,000,000. He says: “Os this sum there
was about $60,000,000 in the banks and $26,000,-
000 in the United States Treasury ; the rest be
ing in circulation among the people, or hoarded
up.” At the period ot the discovery ol gold in
California there was in the country about SIOO,-
000,000, and of this $50,000,000 was held by
banks and $50,000,000 by individuals. Thus
tn about seven years, the amount in the bank
vaults has only increased $10,000,000, while the
amount in private hands hag increased $95,000,-
000. /■
Southern Commercial Convention, The
Commercial Convention of the Southern States,
which met in Baltimore in 1851, at Memphis in
1852, and Charleston in 1854, adjourned fioru
the latter city to reassemble in New Orleans on
the second Monday of January next The City
Council of New Orleans has directed the Mayor
to appoint a hundred delegates from the city and
to invite the Governors of Southern States and
the Mayors of Southern cities to visit that city
during the session of the convention.
Dinner to a Grandson oe Lafayette.—A
complimentary dinner was ■given at Paterson,
N. J., a few days ago to M. Lafayette, a grand
son oi the Marquis, who is «n a visit to the U.
States in behalf of a suit, r; 10 w before the Su
preme Court, relative to *.he lauds given to his
grandfather by Congre* for service rendered
during the Revolution? , r y war.
Central Railroad -and Banking Company.
We publish to-day the Annual Report of the
President ot the Central Road, from which it
appears that the affairs of the Company are in a
sound and d»u*iishing condition. From the
Report we make the following
extract, wliicJj exhibits a satisfactory improve
ment upon tb.e business of the previous year:
for the year *
hav« boen ' 1,009,793 33
The. aggregate expenses for the
same period have been 475,260 56
i Showing a nett profit of $534,526 77
The increase of gross earning over
the previous year is 92,933 40
And of nett profit, 20,400 48
This result would have been much more favor
able, but for the sickness that we had during the
months of August, September and a part of Octo
ber, which reduced our earnings, while our ex
penses were increased, and we have also made a ;
number of improvements, the cost of which has
been charged in our expense account, but might,
with propriety, have been charged to con
struction. •
It is understood that the Hon. Samuel Parker,
member of the House from the sth Congression
al district of Indiana, will t)e the Whig candidate
for U. S. Senator, fn place of Hon. John Petit
whose term expires with tfc* preaent session.
The Mails. —The Charleston Courier of the!
19th inst., says:—ln yesterday’s Courier we
mentioned that we had heard a rumor to the
effect that the contractor with the Post Office
Department was about to make a sub-contract
with the South Carolina Railroad Company, to
carry the Great Western and Northern mails as
usual. On inquiry we find that such a sub-contract
had been made, but that the Postmaster General
had decided that such an arrangement was inad
missible, and consequently ordered Mr. Douglass,
the contractor, to convey the mails daily be
tween Charleston and Kingsville—or Manches
ter as the contractor may find most advisable—
in two horse carriages; also tri-weekly between
Charleston and Orangeburg, in order to supply
the offices on the line of the South Carolina Rail
road, and daily to Augusta via Kingsville and
Columbia by the same mode of conveyance.—
The mail for Savannah will be conveyed from
thi» city tri-ioeekly in steamers, a contract to that
purport having been effected. The new arrange
ments are to go into operation on the Ist of next
month and continue until the 30th of June.
The above, we believe, to be a correct state
ment of bow the matter now stands, and with
out entering into any discussion relative to the
merits of the controversy, we may be permitted
to express our surprise that the Department
should have deemed it proper to forbid Mr.
Douglass entering into the sub-contract with the
Rail Road Company, especially as it involved
no additional expense to the Department, and
would have proved ot vast advantage to the en
tire community. This refusal seems to us to
breathe a spirit of personal pique, incompatible
with the dignity of any member of the Cabinet,
and should be rebuked at once by the popular
voice; and lor that purpose we would again re*
spectfully suggest that his Honor the Mayor
call #Tnrblic meeting forthwith.
The Charleston Mercury says:—We have been
favored with the following extract of a letter
from a special Agent of the Post Office Depart
ment, dated
Columbia, Dec. 17.
A despatch has been received from W H.
Dundas, esq.,Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, directing that contracts should be made for
wagon service, to take effect from the first day of
January next, and continue until the 30th June
following, to supply mails to the offices now be
ing supplied by the South Carolina Railroad, as
the terms proposed by the Company for carrying
the Mails cannot be accepted by the Depart
ment.”
In compliance with these instructions, we
learn that the agents have entered into a con
tract with Mr. Fosdick. to carry, in stages, the
gieat Southern Mail from the terminus of the
W.ilmington and Manchester Road, via Colum
bia, to Augusta ; a mail from Charleston tojMan*
Chester, or Kingsville, daily, in a two horse wa
gon ! a mail from Charleston to Orangeburg,
supplying the intermediate offices, in a one-horse
sulky, three times a week ! ! and a mail from
Charleston to Savannah, in steamboats, three
times a week. These arrangements are to com
mence on the first of January, and to continue
until the 30th June. We learn that the com
pensation for this wagon and sulky service, is
much greater than is now paid the Railroad for
carrying the mails, and also, that the difference
in the views of the Department and the Rail
road would not amount to more than S4OOO for
six months Without expressing an opinion as
to which party is responsible, we must be per
mitted to express our regret, that for a sum 60
contemptible, the entire mail arrangements of a
large portion of the Union should have been bro
ken up, and the whole mercantile and business
community, North and South, placed at the mer
cy of so pitiful a substitute.
The Jenny Lind Concerts.—A statement of
the results of Miss Lind’s concerts in the United
States shows that tha total roroiptis from 95 POD
certs (including three given in Havana,) were
$712,161, —from 35 concerts given in New York
(exclusive of the two devoted for charity.) $286,
217 or an average of $8,177 50 each. According
to the terms of the contract with Mr. Barnum,
his gross receipts were $535,486; Miss Lind’s
net avails, $176,675.
The Artesian Well. —Tha Charleston Mer
cury of the 19th inst., says:—The water stil(
continues to flow from the Artesian Well, at
the rate of from 20 to 25 gallons per min
ute, the variations being occasioned by the great
er or less obstruction of the sand in the tube. It is
the intention of Mr. Welton to continue his per
foration, in perfect confidence that as he gets
deeper the flow of water will increase.
Mail Contract.— We understand (says the
Charleston Mercury) that a contract was en
tered into on Friday last, by the Agents of the
Post Office Department with Mr. Douglass, to
carry the Mails between this city and Augusta,
in four horse post coaches, from and after the
first of January next.
Colored Seamen. —A bill modifying exist
ing laws in regard to colored seamen, Ifes passed
the Senate of the South Carolina Legislature by
a vote of 24 to 14. The bill provides that cap
| tains of vessels arriving at any port in the State
| must give bond and security that the negroes on
! board their vessels shall not go on shore.
New York Money Market. —The smallness
of imports this week, with large and increasing
| exports, form the lavorable feature of the money
i market. The value oi the imports is below oue
| half of the imports of the corresponding week of
last year. There is a very active shipping of cot
ton going on at the southern ports, where the re
ceipts are very large and the holders anxious to
sell at declining rates ; the consequence is that
bills on Europe are becoming excessively abun
dant, and much cannot be soltl in the present ab
sence of general demand lor remitting. A better
state of things in this regard is expected in Janu
ary; when the dividends become payable on a
large variety of securities. The range of quota
tion is 108 i to 107} for bankers’ bills, and 107 f
to 105 for other descriptions. The counter and
unfavorable circumstances of the market are the
continuous failures all around, the want of con
fidence, and the falling of water in the western
rivers. Money is in as great demand as ever,
and must increase until alter Christmas. Specie
is going South and West, and the banks here
seem little likely to benefit from the large re
ceipts from California.
Until the banks can rely on obtaining a per
manent increase of specie they will not increase
their discount line. The disposition to do so on
the first falling off of the expoits of specie has
been checked. No amelioration is expected now
till the middle of January at the least.
Money rates are quoted at 12 per cent, to 15
lor prime mercantile acceptances, and 18 up
wards for second class.
The increased tightness of the money market
affects the stock market, which hag farther de
clined.
We learn that a considerable demand for mo
ney on loan is apparent to meet a large portion
of the interest due and payable in January, for
which preparations are making.— Evening Pott
16/ h intt. '
Copper Ore.—The quantity of copper ore
arriving in this city, from the mines of upper
Georgia and Tennessee, is becoming quite an
item. During the month of November 1,597
boxes were received from Dalton, and nearly or
quite as much from mines in Tennessee. New
mines are almost daily discovered, in various lo
calities, in the mountainous regions of this State
and Teanessee, and many of them are provin"
highly productive. The Atlanta Examiner of
the 14th, acknowledges the receipt of several
exceedingly rich specimens of ore, found at the
depth of thirty-five feet below the surface of the
earth, in a shaft sunk by Mr. John Donlap, on a
spur of the Look-out Mountain, in Dade coun
ty.—Savannah Georgian.
South Carolina Legislature.
Columbia, Dec. 18. — Senate. — In the Senate
to-day, several bills passed their firet reading
The School Bill was taken up, and on motion
of Mr. Mazyck, indefinitely postponed by a vote
of 22 to 21
The Blue Ridge Rail Road Biil was taken up,
and various amendments proposed by Mr. Ma
a°d others, with a view of defeating the
Bui, but all ware laid upon the table by an aver
age vote of $2 to 16.
The Senate took a recess until seven o’clock.
Evening Session. —On reassembling, Mr.
Mazyck continued to offer amendments, all ot
which were voted down except one which pro
vides that no person shall be eligible lor the office
of President or Director who is not a bona fide
tb the stock of the road to an amount
ol SoOOO. 1 his was adopted by a vote of 28 to
10.
Mr. Cannon is now making a lengthy speech
against the bill, but its passrge is sure by a large
majority. s
House of Representatives.—A resolution
from the Senate to alter and revise the Criminal
code, was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. Middleton reported favorably on a bill
continuing the appropriation ol dividends on
certain stocks, for the purpose of removing the
obstructions in Sullivan’s Island Channel in
Charleston Harbor.
Mr. Middleton reported favorably on a bill to
increase the per diem of members to $5 which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow’
The privilege of the floor of the House was
accorded to Commodore R. F. Stockton U. S. N.
Mr. Mullins desired to alter the resolution for
adjournment, so as to fix the day tor re-assemb
ling on the third Monday of November next.
The bill to raise supplies for the year passed
two readings and was sent to the Senate.
A resolution was adopted by the Senate and
the House to go into the election for President
and Directors of the Bank of the State to-mor
row.
The appropriation bill was taken up and the
resolution to give SSOOO to various Colleges was
laid on the table. The bill to increase the ap
propriation for the transient poor of Charleston
to S7OOO was adopted, after some opposition,
and then passed a second reading and was sent
to the Senate.
The House then took a recess.
Evening Session. —No business ol any mo
ment was transacted this evening.
Columbia, Dec. 16, 1854.
At a meeting of the Stockholders of the Co
lumbia Insurance Company, held this day, Win.
Wallace, Esq., was called to the chair, and J. P.
Southern requested to act as Secretary.
On motion of E. J. Arthur, Esq , the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved , That the condition of the Columbia
Insurance Compmiy requires a suspension of
its business, ana a strict examination into its af
fairs.
Resolved , That the Board of Birectors and our
Agents be instructed to ditcontinue business at
once, and to suspend for the present, any tuither
payment of money on losses incuued or to be
incurred; also, that notice be given to all per
sons who are insured in this company, of the
condition of the Company.
Resolved , That a Committee of Three Stock
holders (other than directors) be appointed to
examine into the affairs of said company, and
report to an adjourned meeting of the, stockhol
ders to be held on the second Monday of Janua
ry next, a plan for the final settlement of the af
fairs of said Company.
Wm. Wallace, Chairman.
J. P. Southern, Secretary.
When Macbaon, the Greek Physician
was slain, Homer said of him, “a good Physician
is worth as much as a whole army.” Then a
good medicine like Ayer's Cathartic Pills, is
worth a great deal more, because it cures as well,
works wider, and lasts longer. The circle of the
best Physieiau’s labor must be narrow, while
such a remedy is available to all—can be had by
every body, and is worth having.
MAH HI ED.
In this city, on the 19th inst, bv the Rev. J. G.
Binney, Mr. Alexander Ross, of Midway Ala,
and Miss Sarah Louisa English, of this city.
On the evening oftho 12th inat. by Rev. J? H.
Echols, James J. Lawrence, Esq. of Hancock
county, and Miss Mary Lizzie, daughter of Mr.
Kinchen Little #f Putnam county.
On the 14th inat., by Thos. T. Brandon, Esq,
Cornelius A. Redd and Sarah T. McDaoe, all
of Riohwonti e^ronty.
In Vineville, by the Rev. G. 11. Hancock, at the
residence of Robert Freeman, Thomas W. Bax
ter, of Texas, toEi.LMOKA F., youngest daughter
of the late William Scott, of Vineville, Bibb coun
ty, Geo
In Meriwether county, on the 7th inst, by J. M.
BrasseU J. I. C., Mr. T. M. G. Powers, ot Atlan
ta, and Miss M. E. Allen, ot the former place.
Augusta Wholesale Price Current, Dec. 20
ARTICLBB ( /WHOLESALE. DUTY.
BAUojNG—Gunny 15*@ 10 'ATp cent.
Kentucky...... -I 00 ® 00
BALE ROPE—Jute j 1 00 ® 00 25
Kentucky.. 114® 121
BACON—Hams •• • • 12* Is )
Si.les 9® 10 J2O Pet.
Shoulders ■■tD • 8 ® 8* )
BUTTER—Goshen, prime ••• • 27 ® 30 ,io. Pceat.
Country ....; 15® 25
BEESWAX •••• 15 ® 20
CANDLES—Spermacetti. ;•••• 45 ® 50 20 te 1 cent
Tillow..'. !■••• 18® 19
Adamantine. ..!••• •; 26® 28 j* u ct-
CHEESE—Northern !••••( 12® 15 30 p cent.
COFFEE—Cuba ....I 11 ® 12 |
Rio :••••] 11$® 12i L
Java j yd. 15*® 17 ; r freß
* 1 1
1 “ 7-8 1 ® 7 !
o brown, yd. wide ■•• • 8®
35 SHEETINGS,'bro.,S-4; - •••! 11 ® 13
bleached, 5-4 •• • •!' 12® 15
2 CnECKS ..;•••• 8 ® 12
S bed TICK •••.j B*l 16
° OSNABURGS, 80z... i-fc 9 @ 94
N YARN, (assorted) bb U 154® 16
FlSH—Mackerel,No. 1. 16 @ 18 !
Do. No. 2. ..]••• v 14 @ 16 )
Do. No. 3.. .!• •• • 9@ 12 V2O »ct
FLOUR—Canal ••••! 114® 12*1)
Augusta Canal. .;••••) 94® 12*1)
Georgia, g00d... •w i 9J® 12 >2O Pet
FEATHERS—Live Geese. bus 37 ®4O )
GRAlN—Corn,loose ■•••; 90® 95 ) _
Do. sack ••• - I 00 @1 ]0 1 20 ** et -
Wheat —Good White. ••••1 75 ®2 00
Do. Red. 150@0 00
GUNPOWDER ••• • 5 25 ®5 50 t2O p ct.
HIDES—Dry |;100; s3g J 0 !
Dry, salted 7 ® 9 1-0 p ct.
IRON—Pig 10b 0 @ 00 30 p cent.
Swedes,assorted.. •» • 6J® 680 p cent
Sheet.. . ."'.IOO, lo*® 11 }2O p ct. j
Nail Rods fc-i el 7
LEAD—Bar 54® 7 ) n
White Lead i-- •*1 SJ® 10 H 0 F
LARD «»U- 10 § 12
MOLASSES—Cuba ••••! 26 @ 27,
New-Orleans •••• SO ® 33 ) „
NAILS—Cut, 4d. to >Od. 61® s}' 1 30 Pi- !
OlLS—Sperm, W. Strained! I 9o @ 2 10
Full Strained 1 80 ® 2 00 free.
Summer do 1 <W ® 1 65
£ ins *-«d J 000 (jg 115 20poent,
Tanners b': 0 60 ® 0 90<
Lard T)bl.,j jo 11 oJ
POTATOES •••• 0 00 ® O ot>
pepper ...' i 7 sg J ;L
PIMENTO l|
RAISINS—MaIaga, buneh.i- ••• 3 50 (a> 4 txl* 1
Museate > 100|q <x> ®OOO 1 40 ct
RlCK—Oordinary ••••d 00 ® 6 6U
Fairnew )•••• ® Qri
Good and Prime. J 0 00 ® 0 Ofli
French Brandies ••• • : t 60 ® 2 001100 Pct *
Beger Frerea •• • »2 75 ® 3 00 ' !
£ I . lolla . nd G J?. •••jl 25 ® 1 50(100 p ct.
S American 6m • ••• 060® 063
Jamaica Rum • ••• 1 50 7® 1 00.100
S N.E.Ruin,hhdßAbbW--- i 065 S 0 ort
00 Whisky Phila & Baltj* •• • 0 <J2 ® 06&
Do. New-Orleans. .;•••• 62 ®0 6&
sttSa » ach 4 ; : 02 @ 1 oo 100 pct
SUGAR—Cuba Muscovado |0 #(S 7 ) r
P. R. & St. Croix’- * • -«0 71® 9 I
Havana, white. .•••• 000 <a» oa «
New-Orleans.... o 54® 7 (30 p ct. t
Ctarided Brown . ■lb o 7* 35 0 84. I
White..; o B*® osf J
qi T t T . Lum P-, i— N) 10® 10* )
SALT—Liverpool -...jl 75 g 2 OO f2O Pet
soap a OOB6 - :'••• *“*» oo ® o oo|3o
1^ ICaU ’ yelloW •m • @ e2O p cent. ,
U ' 2 13 i 22540 P cent
'PIN ****i°o 00@30 ooiop cent
TALLOW— American -Ife-o 0® 08 1 1 P cent
TOBACCO—Georgia i - •••jO 00 ® 0 00i L .
TWINE R Ca T endißh ---- 044 j j
TWlNE—Bagging • <0 22 @0 25 ,
„ Seme -..-K 30 @ 0 50. l do * ,ot i
TEAS—Pouchong ••. • 0 50 ® 0 76j
Gunpowder & Imp. •• •. )0 75 @ 1 Oh '.
Hyson !0 70 @0 80 rre9.
Young Hyson - • • 0 70 ® 0 76
WlNES—Madeira wall, hi 00 @ 2
Claret, Marseilles; cask ;0 25 ® 0 60,
Do. Bordeauxjdoz.j3 00 @ 3 5d
Stuarts sugar, candles, &c.
100 bbls Stuarts A. B. & C. Sugar.
100 boxes Adamantine Candles.
100 boxes Tobaooo, various qualities.
500 dozen Blacking, different size*, for sale
low by C. A- WILLIAMS.
BY TELKGRAW
Columbia, Dec. 19.
The Racir.e Propeller, Westmoreland, has
been sunk 18 mil**s from Sleeping Bear, - ’ and
17 lives lost.
The Washington Globe publishes a deed of
Tiust made by John Withers, directing the
tmstees to apply the assets— lst, to the expends
of the trust; 2d, to the redemption of the bonds
of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, amount
ing to $190,000 ; 3d, to the redemption ot the
Exchange Banknotes: 4tb, to all other creditors
including Virginia, equally.
Charleston, Dec. 19.
Cotton.—Sales to-day M4O bales at 6i to SJ
cents. The market is easier—no actual decline*.
Good Middling 1\ cents,
Commfrriai.
Augusta Market, December 20.
COTTON—The market continues in a dull state,
and prices aro daily declining. Prices off, red one
day and declined, cannot bo obtained the next.—
This state of things is caused by the scarcity of
monoy, and unfavorable advices from below and
from Europe, and prices are now ruling lower than
they have been for several ytars past. *The de
cline since Wednesday last, on all qualities offered
for sale, has been fully Jto \ cents—the latter price
on the lower grades, which constitute the bulk of
the present offering stock. Grades above Good
Middling are scarce and difficult to be had, as little
or none is offering. The demand has been fair,
but the low prices offered by purchasers, causes
planters to be reluctant sellers. The sales of the
I week reach 1500 to 2000 bales, the market closing
I dull at the quotations given below. The receipts
j are light for the season of the year, and the ship-
I mentsareon the increase, both to Savannah and
i Charleston. Wo now quote
Inferior and Ordinary, ...5 a 5 ,
j ’ Low to Strict Middling,.... e,f z6*
Good Middling 7 a
- Fair, no
Fair, .no *a : e-
RECEIPTS OF COTTON
From Ist September, ISSft t 0 Ut , H
1354. 1851,
Savannah, Dec. 14 ~64 445 y
?, h& K rl , e3t n n ’ D , ec ' l4 tt-M&r i ii; 133
Mobile, Dec. B 67,2>; 61 Aid
New-Orleani, Dee. 12 iia i <l7o'
Florida Dec 1 W. 377
Texas, Dec. 9 12 "47 194
Virginia, Dec 1 5 , 0 80 2Wi
North Carolina, 2. 3 155
Total 731.605 083,250
613,250
Increase in Receipts 43,349
STOCK OF COT TON.
Remaining on hand at the latest date.r received.
Savannah, Dec. 14 32.919 37,482
Charleston, Dec. 14 58.896 42 685*^
Mobile Dec. 8 50,027 39,316*''
New-Orleans. Dec. 12 178,211 203.940
Florida, Dec. 1 10.517 1?454
Texas, Dec. 9 3.093 3,961 i
Augusta and Hamburg. J>ec. 1... 20.23*3 27,212
Macon, Dec. 1. 10 443 43"
VGginia, Dec. 1 " 900
North Carolina, Dec. 2 500 350
New-York, Dec 12 34,603 32.983
Tota! 400,342 407,325
GROCERIES.—There has been but a moderate
business done.in the Grocery line, as there is but
little money coming to hand, transactions being
confined mostly to supply country orders. As
Christmas and the Ist of January are generally set
tlement days with our planters, we hope to bo able
to report a better state of things next month. —
The market is well supplied with nearly every ar
ticle in the Grocery line, and purchases can be
made low for cash.
COFFEE.—There is a fair stock on hand, and
it is selling from storos at prices ranging from 11*
to 12 cents according to quality and quantity.
CORN.—The stock of Corn is light, but as the
demand is confined to home wants, we have no
change to notice in prices, although we do net
think a large lot of sack would bring over 95 cents,
sacks included. We quote sack Corn in small lota
sl, retailing at sl.lO. Ear Cora is seising by the
wagon load at 90 a 95 cents. Pea? are held a
$1.25 perXiushel.
WHEAT—Is very scarce and in demand. A lot
oi White would bring $1.75 a $2-00 per bushel; and
good Red is worth $1.50, delivered.
FLOUR. The stock on hand is light, and prices
have an upward tendency. We still qaotej City
Mills superfine at s9* a 10, and Extra Family at
sll in bags, and sl2 in bbls. Good brands of
Country Flour range at about the same prices-
BACON.—The market well supplied, and it is
dull of sale. We quote Shoulders at 8 a 84, and
Sides at 9, 9* a 10—the latter price for a choice ar
ticle of clear Tennessee in small lots. Hams are
selling at prices ranging from 12 to 14. There is
some Western meat in market that can be pur
chased at lower prices, v
BEEF AND HOGS.—Beefisin limited demand
and the supply on hand good. We have heard of
no sales this week. The same may be said of
Sheep. Hogs are in good demand, with a limited
supply on hand. Selling at 6to 7 cents.
LARD.—We now quote 10 a 12 cents—the lat
ter price for a choice article in small packages.
FEATHERS.—The demand at the present time
is mode-ate, and sales are making at prices ran
ging from 37 to 40 cents.
BAGGING.—The stock is light, and the de
mand fair. Gunny is selling from stores at 15* a
16 cents. *
ROPE.—Stock light, demand good. Selling at
11* a cents.
MOLASSES.—The stock of Cuba is light, and
holders are asking higher prices. We quote Cuba
at 26 a 28, and New Orleans at 30 a 33c.
SUGARS.—There is but a moderate supply on
hand, although sufficient to meet the demand, and
some holders are asking higher prices. Our quota
tions wi l give a fair index of the market.
SALT.—This article is still scaice, but we have
no change to notice in prices. We have heard of
sales this week, in lots, at $1.75 cash. Retailing
from stores at $2.00 persack.
DOMESTIC LIQUORS.’—The stock on hand of
all descriptions is light, and prices are daily ad
vancing. Whisky meets with ready sale at 650. by
the barrel.
HlDES.— There is a good demand for weil cured
hides, and pricos range from 7 to 10 cents, accord
ing to quality, with an upward tendency.
NAILS.—Fair sleek on band. Prices range
from 5* to 5Jc.
EXCHANGE.—We have no oh&nge to noticeiu
rates. Our Banks continue to check on New YorJt
and other Northern cities at sight at J perct. prom.
FREIGHTS.—The River is low and none but
i light draft steamers can reach the wharves. Those
ot heavy draft have to lighten about five miles fee
! lowtthe city. Thera is more Cotton offering for
Savannah and Charleston, than for some months
previous. We continue to q-ote to Savannah 50
j cents per bale; to Charleston per Railroad sl.
SAVANNAH, Deo. 18., P. M.
j Cotton —The market is very dull and the de
; rnand quiet limited; the sales amount to 604 bales
as follows. 15 at 6s, 32 at 7, 14 at 7|, 46 at 7# 72
at 7}, 50at7i, 45 at 7#, 278 at 8, 31 at 8* and 20
at 8J oents.
I ■“ ....
pipping J*teUi|fßtt.
arrivals from charleston.
Steamship Nashville, Berry, New York.
ut* for charleston.
Brig Tybee, Ferguson, New York.
CLEARED FO"R CHARLESTON.
Steamship Tennessee, Hudgins, Baltimore
Ship Fairfield, Ilathawao, Now York.
Barque Jedo, Jenkins, New York.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 10.—Arr'd. steam ship
Quaker City, Hodgdon, Philadelphia.
Cld steam ship Isabel, Rollins, Key West.
Went to sea, schr. Ella, Swasev, Trinidad de Cu
ba.
SAVANNAH, Dec 18.—Arr., barques Prescott
Spear, Boston; Favourite, Litbgow, Liverpool.