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Lijiiuajuiii__^ M , M _ju-a.. ..j „.„,jre „..n- mixiiu-jwi.Mi.i.in. ..ii-i i- — ■ , »«.iinn * "—a.-" —.— . —: 1 * toccldn (bcouiui danstttettunafet on> Republic ——. ,5... ' ... -... . • -----—— —•— — , J ... BY JAMES GARDNER, JR- OFFICE ON Me IN TOSH-STREET THIBO DOOR FROM THR NORTH-WRST OOBXBB OF BROAD BTRKKT. (ale* of LAND bv Executors, Administrators or Guar dians, arc required, br Uu. to be held on Tuesday in the month, between the hour3 ,‘? f *.?" rt the forenoon and three in the alternoon. at House in which the property i« ‘' gIXT Y these sales must be given in a public Ga DAYS previous to the daj “t** l ?:. , uct i on , on the Sales of NEGHOES must be atl “™ c * h us «l hour. first Tuesday of the month, between tne ntT of sale, at th* place of public «a e nitration, where the Letter. Testamentary.rer or Guardianship, may ha' e been S • ftl public SIXTY DAY 3 notice thereof, in one o 4 ourt G,relies of this State, and at the do Houm where *ncl>, sale. *« pn , (r must be given. Notice fur the previous to day of sale. in like mann-r. I OUT t»• F Estate, must NoSoe to the Debtor, ami Credit®" 11 he published for FOR be made to the Court of N OnUnnrefor'lrare to .ell LAND, mult bo published for TW O MON IHr WEGROKS. must bo published VoS® order absolute can be given by or ADVERTISING. One square IS lines. IS cents the first insertion, and SO cents adycb t l3 kM S XTS. Sheriff- Levies. SO days. $2 SO per levy; 60 days. »5. Executor's. Administrate, and Guardian a Sates. Real Estate, (per square FlHnoaO ..... *4 <» Do. do. Personal Estate 3 25 Citation for Letters of Administration ; io p o do DUmUdon J 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors Two ' Months* Notices 4 Rules Nisi, (monthly) >1 P* r «ioare. each insertion ■ Ohitoary Notices over six lines, will be charged at the same ratesas advertisement,. LEGAL NOTICES. Notice of the sale of Land and Negroes by Ad ministrators, Executors or Guardians, must be publish ed FORTY DAYS previous to the day of sale. Notice tn Debtors and Creditors of an estate must lie published FORTY DAYS. •—E- Notice that application will be made to the Court of Or liu.iry so-leave to sell Land er Negroes, must be published TWO MONTHS, weekly. ■Nolic* of application for Letters of Administra tion. nin-t be published THIRTY DAYS, and Let ter. of Dismission of Executors or Administrators, SIX MONTHS —Dismission of Guardians. FORTY DAYS. _j- Sales of personal property of a perishable na ture, Fv the Act of ISi-A, br Executors and Administra tors’at i’-.* discretion of the Ordinary. open not less ,aaa 1"N DAY S notice Axle, by regular Administra tor,. a« under the old law FORTY DAYS. O" ALL REMIT 11 1 ~ _ ga. 'SAtSrOA 7 MORNING - APRIL 2. t=~- ' Southern Ladiea Book. tasteful Magazine is well worthy ot i . _ _r.ern patronage, both for its literary merits S Tthe beautiful style of its execution. In addition to its intrinsic claims, it appeals on grounds well set forth in the following re / marks of the Home Gazette, to our sympathies ’ jvnd sense of justice, and to our gallantry in be- j ha?’ 01 a talented Southern lady unfairly as- | sailed f On m.ire than one .occasion we have taken i n!ea-..re in commending to on- leaders and to ’ the people of tne Sou* h, the “Southern Ladies' Book,’’ pnb’ished in New Orleans, and edited ‘ by Mr». L. Virginia French, a rifted daughter of the Sirutb.and one ot our most charming wri ters Indeed, the press of the South generally have borne repeated witness to the ability and j taste with which it is conducted, and to the value and attractive interest of its pages. These 1 tributes have been no less warm than well de served- The “Ladies’ Book" has been hailed everywhere in the South as a home production, wcrthv of the most liberal encouragement: and it is a source of pride and satisfaction to every well-wis>er of Southern literary effort that its prospecW are daily becoming brighter and more Bntthe success which has so far attended this Sontlern Magazine has aroused a feeling of sus picvus jealousy, and even bitter animosity, in themrinds of the proprietors of more than one Virthern Monthly. They are beginning to #pen their batteries against it: and not only so, but are using the lowest and most despicable means to destroy its rising popularity. A man ly spirit would scorn to use such means to injure * sister Magazine—a young Spring Violet in the «a,-den of American literature—to say nothing of siK'b efforts as used by men against a woman. As a spCcfflien of the weapons with which they seek to st."'ke down the 1 adies' Book ot the South, we qno.‘e th? following passage from a letter published in the N»hville American and which we understand written an Agent of Harpers' Magazine. V. e quote as follows : ‘•The Southern Ladies’ B<?ok-o which she (Mrs. L Virginia French) i.i editress- does not come up to the expectation oi the public. If the future numbers are not born oi .eg.tima.e , parents in prose and poetry, and at tne proper period, it cannot be sustained. Who cares to read such abortions in literature as the January number, which is decidedly insipid, tasteless, , trashy, ‘flat, stale and unprofitable.’ The pas- | - .totewpa-escfthis January jsspe are Jiot even : •’ nanabie i>f exciting emo-ion in the tender bo rom of a boarding school Miss. An antiqua ed JaaiJen. dreaming of sheltering and rearing in the prolific garden of matrimony, matrimonial • plants, can find a half dozen sentences suitin„ “Merely because this Magazine is published in t,?e South, is not a good reason why it should mn sorted. Genius and talent sparkle *n its napes—iu' leaves ought not to be ‘sear and yel teThnt fres.'i a» the smiling verdure of spring. Vo one ; ar with the merits of the “South ornTadies Book«n read the extract above. wPthout a feeing of -urn and indignatiom- From cur soul we pity tws vena! hireling U the Harpers, and detest his wean and contracted •pirit It is not enough that the Magazine, which h«s secured him as its scout«is its hun dred thousand subscribers, and thousands ottnem in the Southern States—it is noi enough tha. it borrows its articles from English penou'cals, and thus chills and destroys the spirit ot literary ef fort in the United States. Oh, no! It must frown spon the younger and weaker Magazine ofthecountry—Magazines, too, which are com posedentirely of original articles, in most cases midfor. This is a specimen ot Northern Maga •zire riit.-of'T' quite in keeping with the charac terof the monthly whose agent has thus vented hi spleen upon the only Magazine in the oouth fr a lady. ~ ~ Woman s delicacy and woman s pride would no doubt deter the editor of the “Ladies’ Book’ from taking any notice inch a dispicable at tack in the columns ofher own Magazine. But the press of the South owe it themwlves to re f buke the foul slanders promulgated in the letter referred to. We esteem it a privilege as well as a duty" to vindicate the ‘ Ladies’ Book from the aspersions of this hireling scribbler, and to commend it to the patronage and the generous support of the Southern people. “Merely because this Magazine is published in the South, is not a good reason why it should be supported "—says this agent df the Harpers ! / A \h I that is the key to all the snarling oi j thia' drummer-up of Southern subscribers to / Northern periodicals. The “Ladies' Book,’’ we f to know, is published in the South, and*for tha ‘ very reason has a strong claim upon ' our encomsg/ng support. But it does not rest 1 ita claims upon .“>at alone. With a gifted mind to superintend, ana ? corps talented contribu tors to enrich its colum'”’- ft may safely base its claims upon its literary iPenta. Success to it, land may the efforts of its deti?ct° rs impede y its progress, but add to the number and to tfea zeal of its friends. “We hope to aae the day when ths ‘Southern Ladies’ Book’ will have its bandred thousand subscribers,” says the Alaba ma Southerner; and in that wish we fully and fervently join. SerrtTl; 'nno xttt. Slave Trade.—lt is said Schenck, the U. States minister to Bra zil, has recommended our Government to adopt more stringent measures in order to prevent the American flag being prostituted to subserve the slave trade between Brazil and the African coast. He proposes the prohibition by law of all direct trade in vessels of the United States betw« en Brazil and the African coast. If this be deemed •too stringent, then he suggests that the expor tation from Brazil, in American bottoms, of arti cles suited only or principally for the slave trade, be prohibited ; as also the granting of consular sea letters to American vessels sold on the Coast of Brazil or Africa for any purpose except mak «s ing a direct voyage home. If none of these mea- * aures be adopted, Mr. Schenck urges an imme diate reorganization of our naval force, and makes an eloquent appeal that our national honor be vindicated, and our duty to God and humanity Be no longer outraged. The Skaboxs, &c.—The Columbus Enqui rer of 29th says : Since our last there has been but little change. A few fair days and some pretty showers, with a white frost on yesterday morning, leaves the earth about as cold and wet as it was a week ago. We hardly remember so backward a spring. The woods are as naked as usual in February, and the farms still waiting for the evaporation of the water and the genial rays of the sun. As german to this subject, we are glad to note the fact that the price of cotton during this season has not caused our planters to devote their efforts entirely to this staple.— Experience has taught them an important les son or two, and they intend to profit by it.— Corn and peas, hogs and potatoes, are beginning to be looked to as productions of some impor tance. The receipts of the American Tract Society, for the la‘t month were $35,139, and for eleven monts to March 1, 3316,294. Grants of publi-, eatioos since April 1, have amounted to more than forty-five millions pages. The indebted ness of the society has been largely reduced since [ he last meeting. 1 Appointment of Cadets.—The following ■’ j ppointments of Cadets to the Military Acade . j my—to take effect on the first day of June next t —have been made; Maryland—Richard H.Brew- J : er, Ist district; William G. McGill, 2d ; Thomas ;D. Cockey, 3d; William J. Evans, Sth. Vir ginia—Thomas G. Baylor, Ist district; Richard ’ I K. Meade, Jr.. 2d ; Ellison Cortin, 7th ; Richard Murphy, 10th; William S. Parran, 11th; Wil -1 • liam P. Smith, 12th. North Carolina—Solomon ’ j Williams, Sth district; John T. Winslow, 7th; I LlonlyninP. Warren, 9th. Pennsylvania—Wil ! mer Bedford, 3d district; William H, Bell, 7th ; i Charles B. Tyler, 12th: James Searight, 13th. , 1 John F. Magruder, of Va., has been appointed a i cadet at large. I j An Office Declined . —The Boston Atlas is informed that Judge Bishop declines the office ( i of Sub Treasurer for that port. The pay is toe small for the heavy bonds required. The salaiy i is 52,.'00 per annum—the bonds required,s2oo,- 1 000. • j On the 7th inst. the first public message was > sent thraugh by the ele trie telegraph from Paris ; to London withont stopping on the way to be * i translated. The message lett Paris at 9 o’clock l and arrived in London at two minutes before 9, ■ which is said to be the first instance of anihila tion of time yet achieved in Europe- Railway Iron.—The Chicago Daily Tribune learns that the Illinois Central Railroad Compa ‘ ; ny, have contracted for the freighting of 47,000 tons of Railway Iron from New York to that i city, during the ensuing summer. The amount of railroad iron to be brought to that city during this year, will about amount to 72,000 tons. CrBAN Exports. — *"l’ niolarses.fiDias^DTF 1 ,'fijuSry and February last -were fl. 1.4 J boxes of sugar from Havana, and I 2.5.682 from Matanzas ; 6.710 hogsheads of mo lasses from Havana, 19,755 from Matanzas, and I 19,111 from Cardenas. Os the sugar, 5.327 boxes were sent to Bos ton, 19,319 to New York, Philadelphia and Bal timore, 2.590 to other ports in the United States, 1.144 to Great Britain, 17,186 to Cowes and the Baltic. 1,386 to Hamburg and Bremen, 4,157 to Holland and Belgium, 14,952 to France, Italy and other ports, and 1,644 to Mexico, Sisal and , South America. 1 Os the molasses, 6,941 hogsheads were sent i to Boston, 11,295 to Portland. Me., 2,983 toother ; ports of New England, 9,123 to New York, .' Philadelphia and Baltimore, 7.995 to the South- j I era ports of the United States, 2,898 to the I i British provinces, 4.331 to Great Britain, and i I 10 to other points. The exports of sugar for the two months ! were less than those for the same time iA 1852 j by 14,710 boxes, than those of molasses by : 4.340 hogsheads. A British Parliamentary paper just publish ed, gives a most satisfactory statement relative to the continued decrease of pauperism in the United Kingdom. The number of adult able bodied persons relieved, both in-door and out door, has diminished during the year 1852 from 127,471 to 116,237, or about 81 per cent. The reduction during the last four years has been from 201,644 to 116.257, or 421 per cent.; a most satisfactory result. And what has been the case as respects Ireland ? In January, 1849, the work houses in Ireland contained 185.184 pau pers ; in January, 1853, they contained only 138,764. The out-door relief at the former period was extended to 423,355 persons, at a weekly expenditure of £11,170; at the latter, only 3,- ' 038 persons were so relieved, at a weekly cost j of £9O. The total number of paupers, in and out doors, receiving relief on Ist January, 1853, at 565 unions in England, the population of which was 15,157,505, was 731,483, or Ito 21. The total number in Ireland was 141,822, in a popu lation of 6,615,794. or lin 46. Again a most satisfactory result. Telegraphic Pranks.—ln Boston they have a fire-alarm telegraph, which, when connected, sets all the fire-betis ringing at one time. A day or two agio, the wires of trie Morse Tele- ! graph from New York got in contact with the Fire Telegraph in Boston, and instantly King’s Chapel bells began striking fire at a rapid rate, and the fire apparatus of the district were all drawn out before the cause was discovered.— Ringing Boston bells in New York city is rather a long bell rope to pull ; but is a very striking illustration ot magnetism annihilating space. Freshet in the Hudson River.—There is a strong freshet in the Hudson river, at Albany The water had risen some eight or ten inches within a day or two, and the docks are partially submerged. The warm sun, the few days past, melting the ice in the streams, and turning the snow into water, is to blame for it. The Toll* on Freight and Passengers on the Columbia (Pa.) Railroad, during the quarter ending February, show an increase over the same quarter of the previous year of nearly $53,- 000. Should this ratio hold good during the re maining nine months, the increased revenue da rived from the road, during the year 1853, will 1 be about $200,000. On Saturday, Mr. Doran, the Counsel for the convicted murderer Spring, made a motion in tho Court of Oyer and Terxniner at Philadelphia, for a new trial, on the ground that one of the jury who tried him passed by the name of Bernard Corr, when his real name was Bernard McQuil lan. Corr had hired him as his substitute, and he daily answered to that name. This is a nov el question, but the case cannot be taken to the Supreme Court, as the record ofthe Lower Court is all correct. The evidence in the matter was to have been heard last Monday. The ScncßßS oi - Boston.—The Boston Tra veller says that the number of persons living in the suburban towns, but doing business in Bos ton, is daily increasing. The 6 o’clock P. M. special train for Newton on the Worcester rail road. on Saturday last, took out 350 passengers, chiefly inhabitants of Brighton and Newton. A Disgraceful Riot occurred at Williamsburg opposite New York city, on Tuesday evening. A mob of white rowdies attacked a colored church, smashed in the windows and doors, and beat, most unmercifully, several police officers who attempted to stop their lawless proceedings. From several quarters the suggestion has been made of a World's Temperance Convention to be held during the great exhibition to como olf du ring the summer in New-York. One proposition is, that each State appoint tome man, to repre sent her in making the arrangements; and that this Committee have an early meeting in New York to fix the time and issue the call. The Department of State has decided that the United States Government cannot grant a pass port, with the protection incident thereto, to a foreigner desiring to go abroad, who has only de clared his intention to become a citizen, or, as it is commonly called, filled his first paper. The final oath must be taken, and a certificate of ci tizenship obtained,before a passport can be grant ed. This is important to those of foreign birth ■&1O may wish to visit the old country before the completion of their naturalization. A bill compelling all the roads in the State to carry way-passengers and freight at (he same rates as charged for through-passengers and freights, has been introduced into the New York Assembly, and it is said will certainly pass the House. The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad enterprise, it is also said, is blocked for the pres ent, if not permanently. Ice at Providence.—At Providence, 11. 1., 10,000 tons of ice have been secured, against 20,- 000 tons last year. The consumption of the city last year was 10,000 tons. A Dinner Bill.—lt appears fiom an official report, that the directors of the East India Com pany have spent £53,000 in house dinners du ring the last eighteen years. An Officeholder in Extremis.—The Bos ton Mail is responsible for the following picture of an office holder at bay : “ Gen. Peaslee. the newly appointed Collector of Boston, is in a 1 state of siege.’ No less than fifteen hundred ravenous applicants for the two hundred offices in his gift had, at last accounts, driven him to the confines of a single bedded room in the Tremont House, in the fourth story. One of Hobbs’ patent locks was yesterday put on the door.” Grand Balloon Ascension. —Mons’r et Mad’me De la Vellnpapier ! 1 A' V ccole Du Gas Hippodrome. Paris. Mons De la Vellapapierhas the honor to announce to the citizens of Augus ta, Hamburg, and the surrounding country, that i his first experiment south of Richmond, Va., and his third in America, in .Erostatic Progression, - in accordance with the Chart ot Lieut. Maury, and by his diagrams, will take place Friday, at I half-past 9 o’clock, A. M. at the Parade Ground South Common, Augusta, M. De La Vellapa , pier has selected this point in conformity to the charges of the" Dcgres Solicitudes,” of Pliilatres ■ de Rosiere, being the nearest approximation to ■ 34 degrees of North latitude. He will be accom panied in his ascension by Mad. De La Vella papier. and will make use ofthe same Balloon in which he has made one hundred and fifty 1 Aeroltic voyages. This stupendous piece of mechanism is made of the heaviest and richest Artiennes silk, consisting of at least 3000 Square ‘ Feet of fabric of gorgeous and magnificent col ‘ ours, with a diameter of -ixty feet, and possess- ■ ijg a sustaining pow.of 6950 pounds. The inflation will commence at 9, A. M.,and the rope will be severed at half-past nine, pre cisely, at which time the ascending balloon will be seen by the entire multitude. Madame Dela i Velapapier, will be seated in the beautiful and gorgeous Car of Flowers The quantity of gas required for the inflation of the balloon, 197.532 feet, exhaled from four heco-litres of 53,000 frames ? N. B. The first row reserved for the City Council and Professors ofthe Medical College of Georgia. Positions in rear of Gasoterites to be occupied by the ladies. Admittance Free. On Monday, at 5 p. m., from the same place, Monsieur De la Vellapapier will ascend on the back of the celebrated Pony, Eros, who will be attached at least 25 feet from the Car by ropes. Madame De la Vellapapier will be seated within the Car of Flowers, and if the wind proves favorable, will descend iny^ew.oftb* ll " 1 11* 1 ions s'Witateffr , ‘*'b*i-'imUoii, one doi- April Ist, 1853. The above is a copy ofthe handbill alluded to in our last, as having been posted at the different corners of the streets of the city. Business, (as we expected) prevented our visiting the Com mons, but we learn that numbers who were fa vored with more leisure, were seen wending their way thither. Those who were in the se cret, they say, enjoyed themselves to their hearts content. As described to us, there could be seen about the hour specified, several of our sedate citizens, commons-bound, who thought they knew, but Were not certain, that the to-be-ascension was all a hoax. They could be seen, as though taking a | morning’s airing, proceeding in the direction of the parade ground ; but on gaining the corners of the various streets from which a full view of the common could be obtained, they invariably right about-faced, with as grave a countenance as they could put on. We were informed that some three or four hundred forgot the day, and went to sse the ascension! but on enquiry, we could not find the first man who was not too smart to be caught with such chaff. One of the knowing ones, however, we understand, boldly walked out, but when he found himself sold, he jumped a fence close by, and availed himself of his po sition to peer at others who were more exposed. It is needless for us to say, that the ascension was all a hoax, and that the hand-bill was well played off, by some of our mischief-loving young ones. We hope the worthy 7 proprietor who reserved rooms for Mons, and Madame Vallapapier, suffered no loss or inconvenience by their non-appearance. April comes but j once a year, and if we are forgetful, no one i should be offended at being reminded of old customs. Sad Accident. We learn that a Serious accident, attended with loss of life, occurred at Social Circle on Thursday. They were adding a second story to the Dinner House, and had so far completed it that half ot the roof was covered in. From some unknown cause the whole fell in, burying in its ruins, and instantly killing, Mr. William Carter, one of the hands employed on the building. Mr. Carter, we regret to learn, leaves a wife and seven children, who were de pendent on his exertions for support. The Bank of East Tennessee.—The Chatta nooga Advertiser says : There seems to be some foundation for the rumor concerning the failure ot this Bank, as will be seen by the following from the Knoxville Register of the 25th inst.: “ Thompson’s Bank Note Reporter (of New York) of the 15th inst., announces the failure of the two C mnecticut Banks, and also of the Bank ot East Tennessee, and savs “the failure of these banks may be dated on Friday, March 11, and their notes may be considered very near worthless.” A considerable sensation was excited here by this intelligence, as it was generally understood that Mr. Chittenden owned the greater portion of the stock of the Bank of East Tennessee, and on yesterday a run was made upon the Bank. So far the Bank has redeemed her issues prompt ly in gold and silver, but how long it will con tinue to do so we are not able to say. The fail ure of Mr. Chittenden leaves the bank in a very precarious condition, and we cannot advise the holders of its notes to retain them; they should send them to the bank for redemption forthwith. From our knowledge of the officers, we feel fully authorized to say, that they will meet every dol lar of its liabilities as they are presented, as long as the bank has any means. The propeller steamship South Carolina, is lying near Corlears street, New York. She has been altered for a voyage round Cape Horn. Her propeller has been taken out, and with her machinery on board, will sail under canvass for California. The Banks of Ohio have made up their re turns to the auditor of the State to the first Monday in February. There are now four classes of banks in tW State, viz :—five of the ' old chartered banks, with a capital of $1,297,- ■ 526; forty branches of the State bank, with an aggregate capital of $4,146,675; eleven inde- i pendent banks, capital $7*4,180; and thirteen I free banks, organized under the free bank law of 1851, with a capital of $575,970. INDICTMENT FOR STEALING AN UMBRELLA The long mooted question whether stealing an j Umbrella is larceny, is about to be tested in the Court of General Sessions, in New York, the grand jury having found a bill of indictment against Henry Bell, charging him with having taken away, with felonious intent, a cotton Um brella, valued at 87c., th- property of Wm. Wood, against the “ peace and dignity” of the State of New York. The final decision in this case will no doubt be looked for with interest by every owner of a “ cotton Umbrella.” Wm. E. Burton, Esq., has published quite a yevere article in the New York papers, in reply to repeated attacks of tha Albion newspaper up on the style of performances and the characte of the audiences at his theatre. The first Salmon of the season arrived in Boston, from Penobscot, on Thursday. He weighed twenty-one pounds, and was sold at the rate of $2 per pound. Shad have “come” also in Boston, and sold at $2 each. The Wheat Crop.—The Baltimore county Whig says “ the young wheat does not seem, as a general thing, very promising ; we shall make to judge from appearances, scarcely an average :.rop.” The Memphis Eagle & Enquirer of the 19th inst., contains the following proposition : Messrs. Editors :— Through the medium of your paper, I wish to make a proposition to the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company, or to the Stateof Tennessee, to-wit: That if either will secure to rne, in the Bank of Tennessee, three hundred thousand dollars, I will give to either a plan by which the mail can be sent with safety from Memphis to Charleston in one hour or thereabout, running time, exclusive of stop pages at the various post offices. If the plan fails to perform, I will not claim anything. R. C. Land. Virginia Cattle. —A drove of 83 cattle, which are expected to average between 1,300 and 1,400 lbs. each, left Moorefield, Va., last week, for the Baltimore market. Another drove, of 100 head, left on Saturday for New York. Go it,California I—A somewhat new and marvellous revelation is made by a Washington correspondent of one of the New York papers : It amounts to this, and if true, will be a new move in the workings of manifest destiny. A company of wealthy Californians have entered into a negotiation for the purchase of the Sand wich Islands, with a view of having them an nexed to the United States, as a county of Cali fornia. It is said that atone time the whole ar rangment had been made, when the weak-min ded Ring backed out. A ...GUST GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MO3NING, APRIL 6, 1853. Mr. Fili.work’s Visit io Srv.innml—The following communication has been addressed to Mayor Wayne, of this city, by the ex-President, in reply to the welcoming resolutions ot our City Council recently transmitted to him : Washington, March 24,18.13. Hon. R. Wayne, Mayor, <sr., Sir : Your letter of the 16th inst., enclosing a copy of the Resolutions adopted by the Council of the City of Savannah, on the 15th, inviting me to visit your city on my journey South, and kindly tendering its hospitalities, has just reach ed me here, whee lam still detained by the se vere indisposition of Mrs. Fillmore. She has been slightly improving for two or three days, and her physicians give me reason to hope that she will recover, but I fear not in time to enable me to go South this Spring. I have heard much ofthe picturesque beauties of your city, and have long had a great desire to visit it, and this desire is greatly increased by the very kind and cordial invitation with which your citizens have honor ed me, and for which, whether I arn able to avail myself of it or not, 1 beg leave to return my pro found acknowledgments. Should Mrs. Fillmore’s health enable me to visit your place, I shall take p'easure in accept ing your invitation, and will advise you ot the fact in due time. I am yours, respectfully, Millard Fillmoke. * •-* [Savannah Republican, 31st ult. We presume the death of Mrs. Fillmore has put a stop to the Ex-President’s contemplated visit South—at least for the present. At any future time his Southern friends would, no doubt, be pleased to extend to him a warm wel come. A Rag Mill out of Funds. —The ton Republic states that a Bank of the notes of v. i.ich are*. “ received by it qirjJjyposit at par and under,” on ‘ Monday refused to redltem two liundred one dollar bills of its own issue, on the ground of having “no funds.” The notes we dated, 1 Washington, November, 1852,” yet the gen tleman was told that they are redeemable in New York—in that very city from which they were sent to an agent in Washington for collec tion. There are two or three others of this sort of paper in the District, some located in George town. The New Silver Coin.—The director of the Philadelphia Mint has gone to Washington with a view to procure directions from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the new coinage and other matters connected with the Mint. The new silver coin, it is expected, will be is sued by the Mint about the 15th of April. The Mint has about half a million of dollars worth of silver on band. Important Surgical Operation.—On Tues day, the Isth ult., (says the Abbeville Banner.) Dr. Dearing, of Augusta, Ga., extracted from the bladder of the son of Capt. E". Barmore, of Mount Hill, Abbeville District, a stone ofthe Mulberry variety, measuring J inch in length by f in width, and weighing-six grains. The age of the child, (six years) taken into consideration, this is quite a large stone. The little fellow is doing well, and bids fair to recover rapidly. This is the second child of the same age Dr. Dearing has operated on within a month. The Small Pox.—We are glad to state (says the Atlanta Intelligencer,) that there is no long er any probability of the spread of this loath some disease in our midst. The single case of varioloid, reported by us last week, is the only case that has appeared in the city, and the indi vidual has already entirely recovered. Our friends through the country need have no fur ther fears on the subject. Eatonton Railroad Finished.—On Monday of last week, (says the Federal Union.) the iron horse went through from Milledgeville to Ea tonton. We believe the passenger carsnow run regularly from Gordon to Eatonton, through Milledgeville. We congratulate the stockhol ders on the successful termination of their la bors. • A three mile race took place at Mobile on Saturday, between Charmer and Wade Hampton over the Bascombe Course. Wade led for two miles. At the beginning of the third mile, he shied at e gate. Charmer pressed him. Wade caught and passed her, then stopped dead and was distanced. Thousands of dollars were lost on the result. Western Cotton.—A correspondent of the N. O. Delta, writing from Logtown, Ouachita, (La.,) requests the editor to state that the plant ers on the river are in want of more steamboats to carry their crops to market. The correspon dent states that the crops in that section are overwhelming, and there are but four small boats to take them out of the river; and, unless they get more boats in the trade, they will not be able to send a great portion of their cotton to New Orleans. He also says that the boats now employed are only taking cotton from those points where they can get passengers and orders for return freights. Cotton from Jamaica.—The N. O. Pica yune of the 24th inst. says: The brig Wm. Clark, Capt. Daley, which arrived here yester day from Kingston, Ja., had among her cargo twelve bales of cotton, grown in the Island of Jamaica. The seeds were not cleared out; why, we know not, unless it be that no cotton gins are to be found on the Island. Many attempts have recently been made to raise cotton in Ja maica, and with success, but on no extended plan. The Tipperary, Ireland, Free Press, a temper ately conducted Catholic Journal, say's that a project is in contemplation, having for its object the voluntary relinquishment of the Maynooth grant, and the release of the Irish priesthood from all pecuniary obligations to the British Government. It is proposed that 1000 gentle men should come forward and subscribe each £IOO towards founding an Irish college in Paris for the education of clergymen, or towards en dowing, for a like purpose, by the application of such sum, the Irish college already established in the French capital. Thus, a fund of £IOO,OOO would be created, and the Free Press thinks there is every reason to suppose that such facili ties would be afforded by the French Govern ment as would render this amount quite ade quate to carry the scheme into practical opera tion. Mr. Seth Paine, the “Christian Banker,” the Chicago Democrat of the 17th informs us, commenced on the 16th redeeming the bills of the Bank of Chicago, when presented In sums less than five dollars. Each party that present ed a bill was questioned whether he had taken it for its fact or bought it ~t a discount—Mr. Paine’s intention being onTy’to pa y what parties gave. After redeeming £BOO of two hundred persons, Mr. Paine’s pile of current bills was exhausted, and he announced the fact, at the same time expressing the hope that he would be able, in a few days, to redeem every outstanding dollar of the Bank of Chicago. Proposed Line of Boats from Brunswick to Macon.—The Macon Telegraph is pleased to learn that the capitalists and business men of Macon are discussing the project of establishing a line of Boats, to ply between that city and the port of Brunswick. The enterprise is pro nounced feasible by those most experienced in similar undertakings, and it is said that fast boats, with a capacity to carry seven hundred bales of cotton,can be constructed to run from Brunswick up to the Macon wharves for nine months in the year. We learn (says the Charleston Courier) from a correspondent that Chesterfield Jail, with 8 persons confined therein, was consumed by fire at three o’clock on Tuesday morning. W. W. Campbell and the Jailor having been aroused by some persons outside, had just time to make their escape. Our correspondent has not given us the names but of two of the unfortunate indi viduals who met their death in this horrible manner—namely, John Parr and Hall. A man and his wife, who were on a visit to one of the prisoners, were also burnt to death. The Boston Transcript learns that Mr. F. Ritchie, the well known editor of the Rich mond Enquirer, will soon lead to the hymenial altar, tha distinguished actress and estimable woman, Mrs. Mowatt. Fatal Accident. —On Monday last, Mrs. Sterne, a widow lady of this place, in attempting to fix her well-rope which had got out of order, fell into the well. No one being near except a negro girl, life had become extinct before the necessary aid to get her out could get there.— Griffin Union, 3UZ ult. { lomthe N. O. Picayune.] Santa Anns-his reply- lo the Invitation to Return to Mex no—Vengeance on Arista—Hostile to the Unit "I States. The «co tel Cornercio of Vera Cruz, of the <>tn inst,, ■ attains a remarkable document, being the repot w Don Manuel M. Escobar, who was sent by P’e authorities of Vera Cruz to Cartba gena on | mission to Santa Anna. Escobar was always I warm friend and political adherent of this chia and the present publication may be considerjl tlie premonitory trumpet call to his friends a I rirstanathema of his enemies. In the presf't crisis the views presented and the tone of y document make it worthy of mature consideJjjHL It is dated on board the steamer Dee. infne harbof of Y’era Cruz, on the 4th inst, and is adressed to (>.* G "ernorand Legislature of VeraSmz. SenoEsei bar sth’ s that he left Vera Cruz on the of January, and r ived at Carthage na on fl of Febn;-u v. He found Gen. Santa ■re;’’ 1 residing at Turbaco, five leagues from Cifhagena. Here he had giv en prosperity to a half'imed town, rebuilt the church, began a fine nfcadrjiized road to Qarthagena, built new ho 1 t-', tpned the surrounding wilderness into a and protected the people, who blessed i> as their benefactor. Senor Escobar found Si A Anna in his study, and after an ex clamatir of surprise at this unexpected visit, the Gen Psfrst question was, “ What happens in our "hje? What say the Mexicans?” He thefl*ke<i;f it was true that another Amer ican Invßoswas threatened, to which Escobar replied t mdjipie question of Tehuantepec would force Ms Jftocede without fighting.” Senor|“™>'A“ states tuat he then went into - a t j[ the course of the Tehuantepec the Goverjujent. Wfe niW to the pap£ bipueht * next molning San- ’■' , , You?! aiv? has made me pass a very bad nvMit Htif* i v fi I been affecterl by the unhap py sit’ireU'nJfk.nr beloved country, the victim of passios in anarchy, and in immi nent daffer P losing her nationality. Unhap py Mexfc! Without revenue; owing a mil lion andihaiof back dividends on the English debt anffinar to pay the Inst year’s interest, or even tte sillies of her officers ■ without an army, thefrojiers abandoned and suffering the greatest drasJrT from the attacks of the sav ages; the 'rorier States undermined by traitors, influencedanjprotected bv Americans: all this tolerated for ffe years by inqpt leaders, who are traitors and off worthy of universal execration. Lower CaiiHia. too, threatened in such a man ner that if. mrinvaded and overrun without resistance. Jicetan sustaining an Indian war in which if cannot triumph. Tehuantepec threatened ad it’ military occupation by our natural enenls delayed until the coming month of April.” Senor Esiojir here puts a note to his report stating thatq) his arrival at Vera Cruz he had learner) that-i “The qumon of Tehuantepec had been set tled in a mailer which must be satisfactory to ail good citibns which Gen. Santa Anna could not know -iheH he used the above words. H<> goes otfto report Santa Anna’s words: “What a station I But what has the Gov ernment of lexica done with the millions it received for Je iniqnitious sale of a great part ot our territory What ha« it done -with the reve nue it has cptrolle I for five years, while the nation hid ranained dumb and resigned in view of the prodiges which the ominious Government of Queretarooffered to do ?” The report states that the conferences were continued fol two or three days, - and finally Senor Escoba invited him to return to the Re public. SantrAnna spoke of his disinclination to leave the tnnquil life he was leading, to enter the labyrinth ipened to him in Mexico, of his vivid recollectnns of his sufferings though the ingratitude of Hs cotemporaries; of his readi ness to abtndoifhis residence in Havana at the call of the natifi, when his wounds were still unhealed ; of la efforts to repel the invaders and save his com try; of his great personal sacri fices to equip hir armies : of his horse wounded at Angostura: if his clothes pierced with balls in the Valley o' Mexico : of the burning of his estate by the irvaders and of the infamous ac cusation againit him by Gamboa which had been suffered t« lie for five years upon the table of Congress, without one single Representative coming to his lefence, or asking even for ac tion upon it. tough many of them had been with him and knew of his great labors. 1 “Words cannot define such conduct, and it in dicates clearly ivhat can be expected from such citizens. A society thus accustomed to the physical and m«ral assassination of the leaders in its war of independence, that does not respect an observing w»rld, cannot be otherwise than in the unbappycondition of our country. God and man must Jpndemn acts that are so rarely frnnd s n ■'be 7';ws such a course encourage ou» young menltrprve their time and theirbest yeais to the benefit of the country, defying dangel and forgetting all that is most dear and sweets n life, and abandon all for her safetv 7 * * * “ Besides, it is impossible that I can return, and meet with serenity a c et of men who have elevated themelves to power without any thing in past history favorable to them ; or him who has never been a good son, a good husband, a good friend, ora good citizen ; men who have borne the filthy yoke imposed upon them, and remained impasive even when they saw’ that nothing was done to save our country from the aggressions projected by the new van ’als of the North. “ Have the Mexicans abjured their passions 7 Do they blush for their follies 7 See the abyss that is open at their feet? Know they that they will be absorbed by this modern Rome, without any resource but to bend the neck, if they do not change completely their course ? Have they the presumntion to suppose they will be saved without effort on their part, amid the disorders in which they lie, and when it would seem that patriotism has fired the land of the Hidalgos, ofthe Iturbides and Guereios 7 “ Shall I present myself on that scene when no government is possible? When the ties of obedience. are torn into shreds? When the wicked rfhd vile Arista has disolved every social bond, and driven morality and virtue into obliv ion ? Do they wish me to leave this sw’eet re pose ? That I shall again risk the term of life which Divine Providence concedes to me. mu tilated as I am, to look upon such misfortune, with the wish, perhaps, to save, but powerless to remedy because I may not find a loyal and effec tive co-operation, as occurred when I made front to the American invasion ?” Senor Escobar states that to these powerful truths he could at first reply only with silence, but that gaining courage, he told the General it was all true, but that those times were past, that the hatred to Arista was universal; that fortu nately for Mexico there was a great majority of illustrious citizens that had taken no part in those affairs : that every one proclaimed him as the only liberator, and that his presence would cause anarchy to fly. and restrain the counsels of thos% who’wished to convert Mexico into a colonv. After two days deliberation in silon'ce, Santa Anna told the messenger— “ That his heart could only be Mexican ; that, notwithstanding the past, he wished to show to his compatriots how dear they w’ere to him; that their misfortunes were his and he could never be indifferent to them ; that, looking at objects fromta distance, their deformities were better seen; that he did not wish that history should one day s»y that he had been deaf to the call of bis country when she honored him with a call to meet the common danger, and that he had seen with indifference her fate; that he de sired to end his (lays in the spot he had chosen as a residence fisr his family; that his only wish Was_tp see hi/ country happy, and that, casting aside “pg to detain him, he re signed hiWself to vivo ‘•“I’li b'"' IJilr triotism, although history taught him to confidence in the passing enthusiasm of the masses. “ I hold,” hoz’aid, “ that independence is the greatest of our blessings, and every good citizen should defend it with all his power, and I cannot be deaf to the voice of my countrymen, nor fail to appreciate the high honor they have conferred upon me, in calling me to help them out of the labyrinth in which they are involved, and above all to save our nationality now in such immL nent peril from the grasping spirit of our neigh bors and the indolence and treason of a few Mex icans. Return in the next packet, and in giving an account of your mission to those who sent you, tell them from me that in the next month of March I will leave this spot for the shores of Mexico. “On my arrival there I will call around me those persons of influence who are true lovers of their country. I will confer with them; and if I find co-operation, if I find sincerity and a good will to abnegate capricious and mistaken opinions; and finally if I find men of heart to make an obstinate defence of our rights against the aggressors from the North, and that the only cry is independence or death, then will I lend myself cheerfully to new sacrifices, for in truth I cannot survive the disappearance of the Mexican nationality,, and I desire to bury my self in its ruins, if, after the Mexicans have done their duty, the great Regulator of the destinies of nations should order for us such a fate. But if my hopes should not find encouragement equal to my desires, which never can be other than the weal and glory of our nation, I will return dis consolate to this retirement and deplore the blindness of a people that obstinately believe it can do everything when it leaves the only path lelt open to it, and will not imitate others, who like them, have found themselves in a similar situation.” Wheat.—Mr. Wm. G. Calhoun handed us a few stalks of Wheat yesterday which were head ed and pretty well filled. It is early for that grain to present such a growth. From the pres ent appearance of that crop hereabouts, the pros pects are flatten ng for a good harvest —Sanrlen ville Georgian, 29th imt. Frost.—The Sanderville Georgia, of the 29th, fißyi: We had quite a frost at this place yes terdey, we hope it has done no damage.” Official. Appointments by the President—By and with the advice and consent ofthe Senate. CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICERS. Collectors.— Edward P. Little, district of Ply-s mouth, Massachusetts, vice Thomas Hedge, whose commission has expired. Samuel L. Gardener, district of Sag Harbor New York, vice Edwin Rose, whose commis sion has expired. Jesse Sharpe, districtof Delaware, vice Charles Polk, removed. James Sands, districtof Annapolis, Maryland vice Thomas Ireland, removed. George T. Wright, district of Tappahannock, Virginia, vice Jefferson Minor, removed. John Boston, district of Savannah, Georgia, vice Hiram Roberts, removed. John H. Harmon, district of Detroit, Michi gan, vice Oliver M. Hyde, removed. J. N. Eby, district of Puget’s Sound, Oregon, vice Simpson P. Moses, removed. James M. Scofield, district ot San Joaquin, California, vice Madison Walthall, removed. Lansing B. Mizner, Sotiomo, California, vice William W. Gallaer, removed. Phillip Beauprie, district of Minnesota, vice Charles Cavileer, removed. Surveyors.— William C. Barker, at Providence, Rhode Island, vice William P. Greene, whose commission has expired. Asa Gray, at Tiverton, Rhode Island, vice George Howland, whose commission has ex pired. Lyndon Taylor, at Pawcatuck. Rhode Island, vice John H. Cross, whose commission has ex pired. Gordon Forbes, at Feocomico, Virginia, re j B Flanner, at Wilmington, North Carolina, John Cowan, removed. -k-ioc Hutchinson, at Evansville, Indiana, vice Brown, removal a.**——n— — ■ Appraisers.—O- Prflbtton, at San Francisco, California, vice George Pendleton, removed. Phillip A‘. Roach, at San Francisco, Calfornia, vice J. Vincent Brown, removed. Miscellaneous.— Charles Mason, of lowa, to be Commissioner of Patents, in place ot Silas H. Hodges, resigned. George W. Manypenny, of Ohio, to be Com missioner of Indian Affairs, vice Luke Lea, re moved. Asa C. Marvin, of Missouri, to be register of the land office at Clinton, Missouri, vice An drew M. Tutt, whose term of office has expired. Benjamin, F. Danley, of Arkansas, to be re ceiver of public moneys at Little Rock, Arkan sas. vice Charles P. Bertrand, resigned. Robert A. YVatkins, of Arkansas, to be regis ter of the land office at Little Rock, Arkansas, vice William W. Adams, resigned. James C. Tappan, of Arkansas, to be receiver of public moneys at Helen*, Arkansas, vice Wm. H. Ringo, deceased. ’ William W. Lewis, of Arkansas, to be regis ter of the land office at Batesville, Arkansas, vice James H Patterson, resigned. Henry L Biscoe, of Arkansas to be register of the land office at Helena, Arkansas, vice Henry F. Moonev, removed. Daniel P. Roberts, of Illinois, to be register of the land office at Kaskaskia, Illinois, vice Ferdi nand Maxwell, removed. Richard S. Molony. of Illinois, to be register of the land office at Danville, Illinois, vice Dan iel Clapp, removed. John B. Cloutier, of Louisiana, to be register of the land office at Natchitoches, Louisiana, vice H. Y. Waddell, resigned.* John Connelly, senior, to be register of the land office at Springfield, Illinois, vice Turner R. King, removed. Edward Conner, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Springfield, Illinois, vice Wal ter Davis, removed. John M. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be regis ter of the land office at Shawneetown, Illinois, vice Andrew McCallen, removed. Samuel K. Casey, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Shawneetown, Illinois, vice John W. Norton, removed. Harmon Alexander, of Illinois, to be register of the land office at Palestine, Illinois, vice James M. McLean, removed. Wm. J. A. Spark, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Edwardsville, Illinois, vice Blueford Johnson, removed. Augustus C. Marsh, of Illinois, to be register of the land office at Quincy, Illinois, vice Henry Asbury, removed. Damon Houser, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Quincy, Illinois, vice Henry V. Sullivan, removed. Eli B. Williams, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Chicago, Illinois, vice John H. Kinzie, removed. Naval Officer. — William N. Peden, district of Wilmington, North Carolina, vice James G. Green, removed. Postmasters.— James Dick, Vincennes, In diana. Elibu H. Strong, Janesville. Wisconsin. Thomas J. Henley,San Francisco, California. John Bowen, to Lo deputy postmaster at €un Antonio, Bexar county, Texas. William D. Marrast, to be deputy postmaster at Tuscaloosa. Alabama. Alexander Galt, to be deputy postmaster at Norfolk, Virginia, in place of John B. Leigh. Thomas B. Bigger, deputy postmaster, at Richmond, Henrico county, Virginia. Jacob Carter, to be deputy postmaster at Con cord, New Hampshire, in place of Ephraim B utchi ns. Turner W. Ashby, to be deputy postmaster at Alexandria, in the county of Alexandria, State of Virginia, in place of Daniel Bryan, resigned. Cortez D. Kavanaugh, to be deputy postmas ter at Huntsville, Alabama, in place of J. J. Pittnam. Nathaniel Bishop, to be deputy postmaster at Marietta, Washington county, Ohio, in place of Frederick A. Wheeler. Doctor George A • Cracraft, te be deputy post master at Wheeling, Virginia, in place of Jacob S. Shriver, removed. Edward A. King, to be deputy postmaster at Dayton, Ohio, in place of Adam Speia, whose commission has expired. Samuel R. Anderson, to be duty postmaster at Nashville, Tennessee, in place of John Shelby, resigned. Reuben S. Cheney, to be deputy postmaster at Jackson, Jackson county, Michigan, in place of James A. Dyer. Miscellaneous.— Nathaniel Hawthorne, of Mas sachusetts, to be consul of the United States at Liverpool, to take effect on the first of August next, in place of Thomas L. Crittenden, resigned. West H. Humphreys, to be judge of the dis trict court of the United States for the eastern, middle and western districts of Tennessee, in the place of Morgan W. Brown, deceased. William H. Richardson to be Marshal of the northern district of the State of California, in the place of David F. Douglass, resigned, to take effect from the first day of July next. Russell Bishop, to be register of the land office at Genesee, Michigan. Frederick Hall, to be receiver of public mon eys at lonia. Michigan. William W. Gift, of California, to be register of the land office at Benicia, California, Charles Loring, of California, to be receiver of public moneys at Benicia, California. William P. Harrison, of Missouri, to be regis ter of the land office at Palmyra, Missouri, vice Lloyd P. Halleck, removed Joseph P. Ament, of Missouri, to be receiver of public moneys at Palmyra, Missouri, vice Robert H. Griffith, removed. Henry Fulbright, of Missouri, to be receiver of public moneys at Springfield, Missouri, vice Marcus Boyd, removed. Judicial and Ooneressiona! District*. P. M. Compton, Esq., the Surveyor General ofthe State, has furnished the Griffin Union the following statement of the Judicial and Con gressional districts of Georgia, as arranged by the last Legislature : JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. Eastern Circuit— Wayne. Camden. Glynn, Mclntosh, Bryan, Liberty, Bulloch, Effingham Middle Circuit.— Columbia, Washington, Mont gomery, Tatnall, Emanuel, Scriven, Burke, Jef ferson and Richmond. Northern Circuit.— Madison, Elbert, Ogle thorpe, Lincoln, Hancock, Warren, Wilkes, and Taliaferro. Western Circuit — Franklin, Rabun, Gwinnett, Jackson, Clark, Habersham, Hqll, and Walton. Ocmulgee Circuit — Wilkinson, Jones, Jasper, Baldwin, Greene. Morgan, and Putnam. Southe.n Circuit— Lowndes, Thomas, Teltfair, Irwin, Laurens, Pulaski, Appling, Ware and Clinch. Flint Circuit—Butts, Upson, Pike, Monroe, Newton, Henry and Spalding. Cherokee Circuit—Cass, Chattooga, Murray, Walker, Floyd, Dade, Gordon and Whitfield. Coweta Circuit— Fayette, Merriwether, Cow eta, Troup. DeKalb and Heard. South-Western Circuit— Randolph, Early, Lee, Decatur, Sumpter and Baker. Chattahoochee Circuit— Stewart, Marion, Mus cogee, Talbot, Harris and Taylor. Macon Circuit— Twiggs, Bibb, Houston, Crawford, Dooly and Macon. Blue Ridge Circuit — Paulding, Cherokee, For syth, Lumpkin, Union, Gilmer, Carroll, Camp bell, Cobb and Polk. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. First— Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liberty Mclntosh, Tattnall, Bulloch, Emanuel, Mont gomery, Lowndes. Telfair, Appling, Glynn, Camden, Wayne, Ware, Laurens, Clinch, Thom as, and Irwin. Second— Muscogee, Stewart, Randolph, Early, Decatur, Baker, Lee, Dooly, Sumpter, Macon, Pulaski and Marion. Third— Harris, Talbot, Upson, Pike, Butts, Monroe, Bibb, Houston,Craw ford, and Spaulding. Fourth— Troup, Merriwether, Coweta, Heard, Campbell, Fayette, Henry, DeKalb and Cobb. Fifth—Dade, Walker, Murray, Gilmer, Chat tooga, Floyd, Gordon, Cass, Cherokee, Paulding, Carroll and Polk. Sixth — Union, Lumpkin, Rabun, Habersham, Hall, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Walton, Clark, Jack son, Madison and Franklin. Seventh— Newton, Morgan, Green, Jasper, Putnam, Jones, Baldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson and Twiggs. Eighth— Elbert, Oglethorpe, Lincoln, Wilkes, Taliaferro, Warren, Columbia, Richmond, Burke, Jefferson and Scrivon. VOL. 32--NEW SERIES--VOL-8.- NO 9. [From Du Fay Co's Circular, Manchester.] Cotton. ‘ Although some disappointment is expressed by parties who took too sanguine a view of the i . prospects of trade for 1853, that.their expecta tions have so far not been realized ; no change of importance has, in our opinion, taken place to frustrate the just and reasonable an tici pations which prudent tradesmen entertained at the commencement ofthe year. Unfortu nately the foreign export trade of the country, with few exceptions, have not shared the pros perity which the home trade has enjoyed of late. The spinners and manufacturers are doing better than the exporters; this was the case du ring the past year, and continues to be so at present. “The tables referring to the exports of this country,which we received a few days ago from the board of trade, enable us to lay before our friends the following statement, which shows in a marked mariner that the home consumption was considerably larger in 1852 than in any pre vious year, exceeding that of 1851 by 81,021,- 138 lbs. weight of yarn, and an amount of X8,581,000[; thus changing altogether the pro portion which our home trade bore to our export trade, the former having amounted, for the first time during a long period, to more than one-half of the estimated value of our production of cot ton fabrics, namely, X 31,594,000 ofthe total pro duction of X 61,550,000. . Estimate of the . .InrioB 184S > 1848 > ’S' l7 - 1848, 1849, isao, is-ii, and 1852, to pay for the expenses of fuel, machinery, drugs for dyeing, printing, bleaching, interest of capital, and every kind of wages, profits, &c., after deducting the ac tual cost of the raw material: Exports. 'Consum'd (Total Yarn _ In j iu , Goods. | kaputt. t lb" I lbs. rSL" 1845 J 136,618,043 221.032.974 109,919,0831527,270.700 Ml 6 159,301.482 217.093,017 150,274.201 533,209,300 1847, 119.422,254 191,969,507 63,804,349 375.296,200 1348, 131,674,230 204.851.157 190.363.013 50T.530 400 1849, 153.761.000 250,200,000 148,142.700|555,163.700 1850, 123.677.000 222.950,000 173,192,000 520,125.000 1851, 139,849.000 205.689,000 191.950,500 577,488.500 1852, 133,301,864 202,585,498 292.972.638 668,800,000 v Cotton j Value of I Excess oft Value of lear * used. | Cotton. I Products. [Producti’n lbs. I £ I £ I £ 1845, 592.023.222 10.175.400 45,056.000 34.880.600 1846, 508.758,528 11.850,430 44,454.000 32.003.570 1847 , 421.385.238 10,754.100 33 462.000 22,707,000 1848, 501,595.083 10.014.000 44,876,000 34.862.000 1849, 626.710.W0 12.838.850 42.170.000 28.281.150 1850, 584,000.000 17.574.000 50.438.700 32.864,700 1851, 648,408.150 15.634.800 53.092,000 37,557.200 1852, 751,000,000 16,819,300 61,550.000 44,730,700 “ The progress which our table shows to have taken place in the trade of the country since 1845 is too striking to call for any remarks from us. nor is it necessary again to trace its origin so the salutary changes effected in the ' immercial code of this country in 1846. We ventured to predict the effects of these changes at the time, and now only hope that the example of England will he followed by our continental neighbors in the adoption, so far as practicable, of those prin ciples ot trade which have now fully proved their soundness in the test of a series of years and which have led in so marked a manner to the prosperity of this country. The commercial treaty recently concluded between Austria and Prussia seems to afford an excellent opportunity for revising and ameliorating their respective ta riff's. The latest and surest benefit ot unrestric ted trade—namely, an increasing home con sumption, has now also as incontrovertibly been attained in England. We are no longer afraid of foreign importations; and though there may be articles in which this country cannot compete with neighboring ones, there are numbers of others produced here which excel foreign pro ductions. We cannot take largely from any country without sending our commodities in re turn. If, therefore, Ftencb wines, or anything else, be admitted in large quantities—that is, at lower duty—an increased trade will be the con sequence. whether such reduction be based on reciprocity or not. “ We have taken, in the calculations referring to the above table, the deliveries of raw cotton to the trade of Great Britain (of 36,760 bales weekly at 393 lbs. per bale, average weight,) as having been actually consumed ; although it is well known, that last year’s consumption xvas considerably less. Finer fabrics continue to be produced in larger quantities, and the production of domestics is still further to be reduced, several makers having entered into an agreement to work only 40 hours per week, owing to the con tinued unfavorable state of our market as regards the value of the article. We have invariably found, that if cotton rise above a certain price heavy fabrics are neglected or abandoned from the difficulty of getting remunerative prices, and while we do not deny the capability of consu ming the above named or even a larger quantity of cotton weekly, we know that this will only take place when a much lower range of cotton pl ices pi e v;ils than at present, so as to render the production of goods profitable. Our foreign trade in cotton fabrics has been by no means proportionate to the home consumption ; the chief cause of this is, that prices which have been readily paid by the home-trade buyers,have been found in many instances too high for for eign markets. “ The consumption abroad has, probably, not fallen off, but the dealers and medium men are disposing of stocks on hand at lower prices than they must pay in order to replace them gt the source of production ; and while stocks here keep as low as they have been until now, prices can not fail to be proportionately high. Recent ac counts from America speak confidently ofa larg er crop of cotton by 200,000 to 300,000 bales than last year’s, and this circumstance has sha ken confidence in the maintenance of the pres ent prices of cotton: increased caution on the part of buyers, and more anxiety to sell, or to en ter into contract on the part of sellers, have been the effects of the last news from America. The excess in the receipts is reported by telegraph to amount to half a million of bales: and as the picking season was unusually pr Jonged, a fal ling offin the receipts may take place later or without invalidating present calculations.” New York Dry Good* Market. The New York Express of Saturday says: The week’s business has been slack, but the Western and Northern trade, it is expected will be large and profitable. The stocks of jobbing houses are, however, large, and there is some greater anxiety for the maintenance of prices, and buyers indulge hopes that they may do bet ter a little later. The auction houses have been well supplied with broken assortments that do not sell out at top rates. The sale of Barege de Laines on Thursday was active at rather soft prices. The remittances from the country con tinue fair, and there are no signs of any money pressure leaching the commercial clas»es to a very serious extent. The large remittances of money westward, which have perhaps over strained the means of lenders, will promote the activity of this market for goods. A fact illus trative of the course of business is, that in the last year the exports of Chicago were $10,709,- 333, and its imports $8,358,639, the former, for the first time since the existence ofthe city, ex ceeding the imports. The soundness of West ern business is evidence in the fact. Although the markets for many articles droop, Staple Goods are firm. Woolen Goods particu larly come out at higher cost, and with the gold country demand for man}' descriptions, there is little chance of a decline. Heavy Clothsere ri sing, as are also Blankets. Linens are generally in good demand, at steady prices. Black. Bom bazines sell at steady prices regularly. Drees Goods, De Laines and Prints are in large supply, and prices droop. Silks, however, especially Blacks, are in demand, and firm. Velvets are quick only for male use. The importations ot the week, compared with the corresponding week of last year, are as fol lows ■ 1852 1853 Total imports «r,i4».iuz *1,3.10,0 it Total thrown upon market 1,081.322 1.444,072 The imports since January Ist are as follows . 1852 1853 Total imports $17,636,499 $25,444,063 Total thrown on market 19,450,519 25,587,148 Showing an increase since January Ist of $6,136,629 of the amount of goods put upon the market, and an increase ot $7,907,564 of imports compared with the corresponding period of last year. The value of Foreign Dry Goods entered at the port during the week, is $1,336,014, an in crease of $187,822 over the corresponding week of last year. The value which passed direct in. to consumption from shipboard, is $1,094,898, an increase of $126,503, compared with the same week of last year. The total value thrown up on the market for the week, is $1,444,072, an increase of $62,750 compared with the corres ponding week of last year, and an increase of $61,319 of Dry Goods warehoused. Domestic Dry Goods Market. —Trade is only moderately active, a .d nothing of any im portance characterizes the business of the past week. Doubtless the stringency in the money market affects trade to a considerable degree so far as the sales from first hands are concerned: Jobbers being thereby induced to operate with increased caution, and curtail as far as possible their liabilities. Such a course by them, will operate in various ways to preserve the market in a sound and healthy condition, and ultimately prove advantageous to all interested. It will tend, together with the high rates of money, to check in portations and all outside speculative operations, while it will in no degree lessen the demand from, or requirements of the interior, North and East, when these sections come into the market for their spring supplies. The Jobbers then, with a small stock on their hands, will be required to make further purchases; and will be able to offer their customers a new ly assorted, and fresh stock. This view of the case is based upon the supposition that the pres ent state of the money market cannot long con tinue; that it is only local, and arises from such causes as will not tend to draw to the seaboard an undue portion of the means of the interior and produce n similar condition of things throughout the country. As the market is not at present overstocked, no anxiety is manifested to urge sales of any staple of goods. Extra inducements are offered to buyers, in order to close sales of some styles of fancy goods, of which we wrote in our last number. This applies more particularly to those which have been the least desirable in pat terns and styles. Fancy woolens are sold up close, and few undesirable styles in the market. It is also the case to a greater than the usual ex tent in fancy goods of all material. Sales early were very large; and the aggre gate thus far is much beyond the business of last season, with a much better average of prices. Movements of Silver.—The Balt. Ameri can publishes an elaborate article, showing that the accumulation of silver in China since 1784 has been $425,000,000, as follows: Import of silver from Manilla $100,000,000 “ “ from the U. States. 100,000,000 “ “ from Japan 100,000,000 “ “ from England, Por- tugal, India, and other W. sources 100,000,000 Imports of silver from Siam and oth- er Eastern sources 25,000,000 Total foreign silver $425,000,000 Add to this, for an average produc- tion of the Chinese Mines of « 000,000 per annum, a'lo yem.s, and WO have « ‘" tMl °* domestic “rec" $500,000,000 •j otal accumulation $925,000,000 It adds that since the late shameful war be tween China and Great Britain, there has been a constant and copious drain upon the hoard of sil ver in the celestial Empire, chiefly for the pur chase of opium imported from the British posses sions in India. We quote— “ Let ns see what effect this illicit trade and its war has had upon the accumulated silver of China, —for it is by silver, alone, that the drug is purchased. From 1823 to 1883,the period when the opium business first became vi"<iroiislv >m porf-*ntj, thdtvci'DKn wngy 1 Q,W)U Ch/ffstH BD .nmllir wtofa nrofliififfil in.tte.fwLyeM«.&za.aoQc 000, at the current rates. From 1833 to 1839 the supply did not fall short of 30.000 chests, yearly, producingan annual drain of 818.000.000, or 8108.000,000 in the six years. From 1843, (after the war and re-opening of the trade,) to 1853, the average import may be set down at 45,138 chests per annum, valued at S7OO per chest, or $31,596,600 yearly, which in the decade, would swell to the enormous sum of $315 966,- 000 ! To this must still be added the $21,000,000 paid by China to England as indemnity for the 20,000 chests of smuggled opium, destroyed at the beginning ofthe war;—and we shall then have the following result! Silver exported from China for opium from 1823 to 1833, $72,000,000; from 1833 to 1839. $108.000.000; Trom 1843 to 1853. $315,966,000 : for indemnity. 21.000.000; estimated consumption prior to 1823,$ 10,000.000. Making the total loss to China and gain to Great Britain of silver from the opium trade $526,966,- 000. If we deduct this sum from the entire accu mulations of the Chinese Empire, we ‘hall bava a startling result which demonstrates that the great bulk of silver must soon be concentrated in Europe or among the Western nations: — Total of accumulated silver in China, in two hundred and fifty years. .$925,000,000 Total of exported silver from China in about fifty years 526,966,000 $398,034,000 Thus, $10,539 320 have been annual)}' drained from China for this poison during the last half century ; but as the appetite for the pernicious drug increases rather than diminishes, we may safely calculate that by observing the usual ratio in such cases, the remaining three hundred and ninety-eight millions will probably be exported in less than twenty years. “ Accordingly, the silver of the active commercial nations of the West will not be decreased, but may be regarded as steadily augmenting by twelve or fifteen mil lions yearly from China alone.” French Kid Gloves.—This delicate article of ladiess’ wear, is becoming famous in courts as well as in drawing rooms, and is handled by lawyers as well as by beaux, to its great injury, however, and loss of character and standing. The evidence in the s'ander case of Fowles ver sus Bowen, in Nsw York, this week, brought out some curious revelations. Fowles was a clerk of Bowen and McNamee, the successors of Arthur Tappan and Co, and was discharged by them for quarrelling with another of their clerks. Two of this firm subsequently gave him a rec ommendation to a house in Cincinnati, which dealt with them, but with whom he did not stay long. One of the latter firm visited New York and purchased his gloves of another estab lishment. Whether this fact was known to Bowen and McNamee or not, does not clearly appear in the evidence, but Mr. Bowen took oc casion to accuse Fowles of being a great liar, and in the trial Fowles brought the glove ques tion into Court. A clerk of the celebrated house of A. T. Stew art and Co. deposed that certain gloves, manu factured by Boivaine and Co., Paris, came in voiced «o high, that the Siewert house eofc'A xrot sell them to their customers ; a most marvellous admission, considering that it is generally under stood that Stewart’s customers pay what is asked for fashionable goods without question. But the Day Book, in publishing the trial, shows that Bowen and Co. did sell gloves with the stamp of this costly Parisian firm, and it also gives an impression taken from the original “ brass die,” made in New York, for Bowen and McNamee to counterfeit the stamp of the French manufacturer. Messrs. Bowen and Co. are noted Abolitionists, and some time since an nounced to the public that their “ goods and not their principles were for sale.” It would be worth while to ascertain the par value of the principles of these descendants of Tim Turnpen ny ; and at what price they would sell in the present state ofthe money market.— Boston Cou rier. [From the Columbus Times ff Sentinel.] Liquor Traffic. Messrs. Editors :—Allow me the use of your columns to make a few remarks on the move ments now being made for the “ restriction of the liquor traffic.” The friends of this move ment greatly desire two things. Ist. To be un derstood and not misrepresented either ignorant ly or of design. 2d. That those opposed, in all fairness, meet the issues made; and do not seek to force issues which the convention at Atlanta did not make, nor could have been induced to make. The convention did not direct that the Legis lature be petitioned “ to pass a law authorizing a majority of the people of any county to determ ine whether spirits shall be retailed in that county, with this advantage in favor of the re striction, if the majority ofthe county should be opposed to the license, then there can be none granted in the county, but if the majority of the county should be in favor of the license, then a majority of any district may prohibit it in that district.” As there are several errors in the quotation above, which I find, are being enter tained in various places, allow me to correct them. The difference is not noticed between license and retail, which the convention observed. It is the retail and not the question of license at all, that is submitted to the county vote. The con vention prays that the whole traffic be restricted by a license, that no one be allowed to sell in a any quantity without license; such license only to be granted upon evidence that a majority of the legal voters in the district, where it is to be sold, desire it sold in that district. Thus the question of license or no license is with the dis trict —that is, sale or no sale of it at all, in that district. As the sale in any way is governed by license, so the extent of the license to whole sale down to a quart, or to retail by the half pint, will be governed by the county vote—it the county votes for retail, then all the licenses granted in that county will give authority to sell by retail as well as wholesale. Ifthe county votes no retail, then the licenses granted in that county will give authority only to sell by what is now known as the wholesale traffic, which comes down to a quart. The county then ehall determine whether liquor shall be sold by retail or not within its bounds; 'hi district shall deter mine whether it be sold at all or not in its bounds —all license granted by districts to be controlled by the county vote for or against retail. 1 hope I am understood, and the convention also. One of the People. Savannah Medical College.—The Legisla ture of Georgia in 1838, passed an act incorpora ting the Savannah Medical College, with a very liberal charter, and apfrointed as Trustees, he Hon. John M. Berrien, Hon. R. M. Charlton, Hon. Jos. W. Jackson, Dr. Wm. C. Dan e!, Rev. E. Neufville, Hon. William Law, Co . Wm. T. Williams, and Dr. Wm. R. Waring. The powers granted by that act have never been exercised until the present time. A ma iority of the Board met last week, and organized by electing the Hon. John M, Berrien their President, and filled the vacancies made by the deaths of Rev. Mr. Neufville and Dr. Waring. Yesterday they elected a Faculty composed of the same gentlemen who formed a Faculty under the name of the Savannah Medical Institute, thus blending the two incorporations into one body. The Faculty, now organized under the auspi ces of an intelligent Board of Trustees, will use every effort to make the Institution a credit to the city and the State. The following is a list of the Faculty: Theory and Practice of Medicine—R. D. Ar nold, M. D. Principles and Practice of Surgerv—W. G. Bulloch, M. D. Physiology—E. H. Martin, M. D. Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Child ren —p. M. Kollock, M. D. Medical Chemistry—C. W. West, M. D. Anatomy—J. G. Howard, M. D. Materia Medica and Pharmacy—H. L. Byrd, M. D. Pathological Anatomy and Demonstrator—J. B. Read, M. D, [Suu. Republican, t39th ult. Drowned.—Coroner Eden held an inquest yester 'ay over the body of Isaac, a colored man, the property of Wm. B. Giles A Co. The de ceased, in attempting to cross the Canal Lock, while in a state ot intoxication, fell into the. Canal and was drowned. Verdict accordingly. Sovuiinafi News, 29th inst.