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[COMMUNICATED.]
Spirit Rapping? in Burke.
In the room where 1 am writing, the move
ments of a small table, under the hands of some
Uriies, one of whom is styled the medium, who
talks to it as to a living, intelligent being, and is
obeyed by the table bowing and turning and
running over the floor, telling who aie the guar
dian angels of each individual, etc . is amusing
and puzzling all. Wonders pass away, and oth
ers come in quick succession. Clairavoyance
was probably a wicked cheat; and therefore,
its hopes were soon cut off. Mesmerism having
some more of truth connected with it« errors,
has enjoyed'a longer life, and pvssibly its prin
ciples are involved in, and have given rise to the
_inovements of the table.
* These phenomena are considered by many of
the votaries of science and religion, to be fraught
with much evil. We indulge in no such alarms.
■’ True science and religion have nothing to fear
f from discoveries in the works of nature, wheth
er real or imaginary. A great philosopher
has said : “ Most of our first ideas are fallacious.
Our best knowledge is acquired at the expense
of a hundred exploded theories. The richest
truths often follow in the wake of the grossest
errors; the latter having prepared the way for
the former."’ Perhaps more would be said by
scientific men on this subject, but tor the fact
that the perlormers generally know as little ot
the element with which they operate, as the
lightning-bug does of the electricity which fa
cilitates his movements, and lights up his path
way. And men of scientific pretensions dislike
to risk their reputations on a subject concerning
which there are such a variety of opinions.
Since, however, the writer has no such reputa
tion to lose, he may venture a few thoughts
with impunity, if not with the hope, that if in
error, it may be exposed and pave the way for
truth.
The only arrangements for an exhibition, are
a small table ; pine is said to be best, and a tew
persons—ladies—are usually chosen. The table
must be rubbed, which excites the electric fluid,
the resin of the pine table contributing of course,
to that result. The ladies next slap and rub
*beir hands till they are warmed and moistened,
end are then placed iu a cfreZc, the palms fl-it on
L.rke table toesching r 0.4 or Arc. Would the rough. I
da/ltSorera do as well ’ In fif
minutes a tingling sensation is felt in the I
asrfaces touching the table. At this juncture, j
there is evidently a mysterious commingling of
thought, ot imagination, and of electricity, by
which the tabic and the circle of Aands, and
the thoughts and imaginations of all, are made to
act in unison, and thus become a powerful batter
ry. What effect, one or more discordant spirits,
differing in thought and imagination, would have
on this battery, we cannot pretend to say.
We will now notice a few facts in illustration.
A magnificent cloud, with serrated edges, rising
in threatening grandeur, is over-charged with
the electric element, moving in majestic massive
currents from point to point, till a negative
pole, a conductor, from the earth, or another
cloud, is found near enough to teceive the charge
The electro magnetic machine operates on the
same general principle. The electric fluid is
detained by the magnet, qutil a negative pole is
presented to receive the shock. The fluid with
in the Leyden jar, seems to be waiting impa
tiently fora conducting medium, through which
it may communicate with the outside or with
another body. Well, here is a similar arrange
ment on the table. The table and circle of hands
are heavily charged. The bodies of the ladies
are insulated bv their clothing. The fluid escapes
through their arms, it is true, but very slowly.
And so it does from the cloud through the light
er vapors, and from the magnet in the electio 1
magnetic machine, and through the glass from
the inner to the outer coating of the Leyden jar
But the mass of the fluid in all these cases, is
held to its central position, till a negative pole
is presented. The only difficulty now in the
way. is to understand how a negative pole is
presented to the magnetized table, and circle
of hands. To understand this, we must know
something of the power which thought and imag
ination have in giving direction to currents of
electricity contained, partly at least, within the
operators.
Col. S , a gallant widower of seventy, asked a
charming girl of fifteen, to take his arm in walk
ing from church, and told the writer of this, that
as soon as the young lady touched his arm, an i
unaccountable feeling ran all over that side of j
him. The fact was, that all the electricity con
tained in the dry’ old gentleman, was instantly
arranged on the side of him next that beautiful :
"young lady.
Well, now, to the battery on the table 1 The
person who acts as the medium, orders the table
to bow to a certain person, or to move in acer- I
tain direction ; at that instant, every thought is ,
directed to that point, every one imagines that j
the table will move in that direction, which j
causes the fluid to arrange itself on that side of)
the circle, or battery, and a portion of the elec- :
tricity is discharged into that individual; which ;
carries the battery in that direction.
That communications can be had with depart
ed spirits, is not believed by any in this commu
nity. that I am apprised of. None here are so
stupid. T. D.
Alexander, April 25,1553.
[communicated.]
Atlanta, April 25th, 1853. ’
To the Editor of the Constitutionalist if Republic : ;
Sir:—The meeting of the General Baptist
Convention of this State, is now in progress
here, and the proceedings, thus far, have been )
remarkably harmonious and attended by clear
evidences of ardent zeal, in the cause ot tempe
rance, moral and religious improvement and
domestic and foreign, especially African, mis
sions. Yesterday the Convention adjourned to lis
ten to an address by the Rev. R. R. Gurley, on
thesubject of African Colonization. On Saturday,
evening the subject of religious publications oc- I
eupied the attention of the Convention. Last
evening a crowded house listened with profound
interest to addresses from three young gentle- )
men who have dedicated themselves to the )
cause of missions in Central Africa. You may j
be aware that the Rev. Mr. Bowen, (a native of
this region of Georgia,and a gentleman of ad
mirable qualifications for the enterprize he has
undertaken) has been for two years exploring the i
countries north of Lagos and a little west of the
Miger. and that he there found a beautiful, I
•haaitby and populous country, all prepared for .
the reception of Christian teachers, and to which,
with two companions, (both natives of this
State) he is soon to return, and seek to diffuse
tbeHesseU light and influences of Christianity.
Mr.Bs wen found the peopie of Zarriba, (where ;
hewai welcomed by multitudes anxious to hear
his diifcourres and ready to afford him a home) I
sety e>ri’iderably advanced in civilization, who
belrevelin one God and in Providence,very oblig
isgaocßPoUte, respectful to women, having many
very just and appropriate as rules of
- ißu a language capable of communicating
moral|r>d religious ideas and of becoming the
Instrument of importing the holy and sublime
mysteries of the Gospel. The Convention gave
evidence of deep interest in the statement.— ;
I trust Mr. Bowen will not forget to visit New '
York and other northern eities where, I feel
confident, his report will awaken a concern for :
Africa, hitherto unknown in the United States
[communicated ]
The Spy System Ln England.
A British Minister has promised to become
the spy of Austria! It is absolutely so ! Lord
Clarendon having been indoctrinated into the
mysteries of Dublin Castle in 1848, and having
become an adept detective in that connection,
has assumed the new duty of having an eye on
Kossuth and Mazzini in their obscure London
lodgings. John Bull begging at the feet of the
Emperor of France a fev weeks ago, to relin
quish hit hostile intention to invade England,
and an Anglo-Saxon Knight turning spy to
Hunt the edge of Austria’s anger 1 How are
the mighty fallen 1 Exalt all ye sons of Free
dom 1
Ship-Wnts ok Cotton from Memphis. — lhe
Memphs Whig of the 20th ult. says :
The shipments of cotton from this port, since
the I st of September up to the close of last week,
a>« 175,591 bales. Since then 2 514 bales have
gone forward on the George Collier, and 106 on
the Sacramtnto, which added to the above make
178,212 baits. This exceeds the total shipments
of last seasot by about 500 bales. The receipts
at this point thus far, make 183,272 bales.
The Ekksson"—This ship is now lying a
her dock in Williamsburgh, New York. The
Tribune says that innportant alterations are go
ing on in her machinery at the foundry there,
which the owners are confident will considera
bly increase her speed. She is to be ready to
sail for London, on her first passenger trip, soon
after the first of July, at which time the improve
ments now going on will be completed, and she
will be in order throughout. Capt. Ericsson
and some of the principal owners will go out in
bar to Europe. She can accommodate about
two hundred passengers. The ship is now open
to public inspection.
I [communicated.]
The Temperance Movement.
Having placed the advocates of restraining le
gislation on the license system in their true po
sition, I proceed to another branch of the sub
ject, to show the consistency of their proposed
application, with the true principles of genuine
republican institutions. A word first, however,
to those who seem to believe, and who endeavor
to persuade others into the belief, that the pro
tection of the rights of minorities, is Mr great and
paramount object, if not the only object of all
good governments. The protection of these
rights is, indeed, an object, which can never be
overlooked by any good government: but not
the only, or the paramount object, but subordi
nate to several others. I understand the great
and controlling object of good governments to
be, “ the greatest good of the greatest number”
of the governed. This object, in all cases of
collision between the rights of minorities and
those of majorities, can be secured, only by a
sacrifice of minor rights, on the part of minori
ties, for the common good. This is good repub
lican doctrine, —such as we may well hope will
ever preponderate in this, our own, wise and
happy government. It is true that minorities
have some rights which can never be surrender
ed, even for the general good, but by an abandon
ment ot all claims to good protective govern
ment. But is the right, the surrender ot which
is demanded by the movement in question, ot
this character ? I think no one will assert that
it is. If it were required for the good ot ma
jorities, that some positive and substantial good,
not involving the rights above excepted, no
good republican would deny, that the sacrifice,
for the common welfare, should be made. This
is a great and paramount principle—one which
lies at the very foundation of all good govern
ments, and without which, any government is
but a rope ol sand—as any government which
fails to guard, by proper sanctions, the more im
portant rights of minorities, becomes a tyranny.
If these promises be true, —if minorities are
bound to sacrifice <> positive, but minor good, upon
the altar of the common welfare, then indeed,
it follows, cum majors vi. that minorities are
bound to sacrifice mere gratifications, whenever
the welfare of majorities will be materially ad
vanced by such a sacrifice. These doctrines and
the conclusion deduced from them, appear to |
me.selt-evider.tand incontrovertible. The rights '
of minorities then, to retain the license system as
it is, which secures to them nothing higher than
mere gratifications, ought to be cheerfully sur
rendered. whenever the general good will there
by, be materially advance But it may be ask
ed, appositely enough, who shall decide upon
the utility of the sacrifice to advance the general
good. The petitioners for legislation, have judi
ciously pointed as a condition precedent to their
petition, to the only practicable and unobjec
tionable mode of deciding this question—the re
sult of the votes at the ballot box. They ask at
present, nothing beyond this decision. Should
this result be against the license syst m, then,
in accordance with the wishes of the majorities,
they will ask, that restraints be thrown around
the system, such as may relieve them from the
evils which they have so long suffered from this
legalised drunkenness. It follows then, —a ne
cessary consequence, if these positions be true,
that the application, dependent as it is, on the
expressed will of the majorities, as a condition
precedent, is in strict consistency with the true
principle of republican liberty and enlightened
reason, and theretore, ought to be granted.
Having now, Mr. Editor, contributed what I
have thought might give some aid to a great and
good cause. 1 leave the subject in the hands of
others lor discussion—and to the decision ot the
people ; in the hope, that the people, on this sub- j
ject, will exercise a wise discretion—and take
the “ sober second thought'’ first. Lowndes.
Georgia Baptist Convention.
Atlanta, April 22, 1853.
1 The Baptist Convention of the State of Geor
gia assembled according to appointment.
The introductory sermon was preached by
the Rev. B. F. Tharpe.
After the appointment of T. W. Wilkes, T. J.
Burney, E. W. Warren and W. I). Atkinson, as
a Committee on Credentials, adjourned to half
' past two o’clock, P. M.
Half Past 2 o'clock P. M.
The Committee on Credentials made a report.
: The committee for the nomination of officers for
I the ensuing year, recommended the following,
I and the report wasacc-pted:
: Hon. Thomas Stocks, Moderator; R. H. Mell,
Clerk, and Charles H. Stillwell, Assistant Clerk.
Appointed as a committee on business, V. R.
Thornton. W. H. Stokes, J. R. Callaway, G. W.
Epps, and Moses Brinson.
Committee on preaching, W. H. Robert, T.
i J. Burney, M. A. Cooper, W. H. Stokes, H.
. Coe. and I. O. McDaniel.
On motion, it was voted that this body, dur
ing their session, will convene every day at 9
i o’clock, A. M., half-past 2. P. M., and adjourn
■ at 12. A. M., and at 5, P. M.
• Invited ministers of our own, and other co
: evangelical denominations, ta seats with us.
I Invitations accepted by brethren Eli Ball, J. S.
Dennard, E. Strode, W. 11. Clarke, and J. J.
Wallace.
Called for Correspondents, when there appear
; ed from the Alabama Convention, brother W.
) H. Mclntosh, from the general Association of
East Tennessee, brethren W. Wood, R. Snead,
and W. S. Callaway.
Appointed Correspondents to the Alabama
: Convention —J. E. Dawson,T. W. Wilkes, J.
I W. Wilson, J. M. Wood.
South Carolina Convention—Rambeaut Tus-
I tin. W. H. Stokes, J. Harris, W. J. Harley, and
; W. H. Robert.
Union Association-S. Sisk, Gresham M. M.
Landey, A. Webb, T. M. Haygood, I. 1. Loadle
milk, and D. H Moncrief.
General Association of Tennessee—E. Dyer,
Buford, G. W. Selvidge, J. W. Wilson,
H. A. Williams, T. M. Haygood, and M. A.
Ccoper.— Savannah Courier. M.
[From the Baltimore American.]
The New Remedy.
Large numbers of citizens of Baltimore, satis
fied with the explanations and practical effects
of the simple remedy of Dr. Brainerd, for the
cure of defective sight, have applied the means
with great benefit. The following is taken from
the Republican & Argus of Tuesday evening:
Wonders Never Cease. —Last evening the large
Hall of the Maryland Institute .was crowded to
its utmost capacity to hear the lecture and wit
ness the experiments performed on the eye by
Dr. C. Bainerd, of New York. The Doctor hav
ing stated that he would make the blind see,
many thought it a humbt-g and so pronounced it;
but at the close of his interesting lecture, the
Doctor gave a general invitation to those who
were blind, near-sighted or had weak eyes to
come on the platform and he would do all that
he professed. Quite a number of ladies and gen
tlemen went forward and in the short space of3
minutes each declared their eye bad been im
proved.
This morning we visited the Doctor’s room
at the Institute, and while there saw his simple
application applied to a lad aged about 11 years,
and son of Mr. Nicholas Richeir, No. 223 S.
Charles street, who had been blind in the right
eye for six years. After the cup had been ap
plied for the space of one minute, it was re
moved when the left eye was closed and the
little fellow was requested to walk across the
room. He immediately complied with the re
quest, and cried out' 1 Father, father, I can see!”
He was then handed several articles, all of
which he named correctly,and described several
persons who were standing in the room. The
joy of the father and son can be better imagined
than described.
The application was also applied to Mr. O. R.
Cunningham, who resides at 146 Baltimore
street, and had been blind for 32 years. He in
the short spare of three minutes declared he
could see distinctly, and recognized several gen
tlemen he had not seen for 32 years. These are
facts, and any on ■ doubting them can call on the
above mentioned gentlemen and be satisfied, j
Dr. Brainerd’s room was crowded this morning
with those who were so unfortunate as to have
bad eyes, not one of whom who applied the ap
plication but retired thanking him with a grate
ful heart.
We also add the following, from the Clipper
of yesterday morning:
The experiments were the most satisfactory
and convincing. Some dozen persons who were
afflicted with far and near-sightedness, inflam
mation of the eye and dimness of sight, applied
the cups—and all acknowledged an improve
ment. though the experiment in no case ex
ceeded three minutes. One gentleman, who was
very near-sighted, said that be would not take
five hundred dollars and have his sight return to
what it was before he applied the cups.
Another who saw better at the distance of
fourteen-feet, had the focus of his sight so chang
ed that he could see best at the distance of about
one foot. A lady who could not bear the glare
of a lamp before her eyes a second without pain,
was enabled, after the short application of the
cups, to look lor any length of time at tho lamp
placed close to her face, which she said she had
not been able to do fora number of years.
Philadelphia, April 29.
The Murder of Rink, ffc —The grand jury
made a special presentment this morning in re
lation to the murder of Rink, embracing all the
evidence which would seem to fasten the crime
conclusively on Spring. They therefore found a
true bill against the latter, and recommended
the discharge of Jerome Freckertin custody for
the offence. Freckert is however held tor an
assault with intent to kill Wilson, a hack driver.
Judge Allison this morning overruled the mo
tion for a new trial in the case John Capie and
Carson Emmons, for the murder of Soohan.
The prisoners were then asked ifthey had any
thing to say why sentence of death should not
be passed upon them. Their counsel presented
papers for each protesting their innocence. Em
mons elated that Capie told him that Soohan had
pushed against him and struck him, when he
stabbed him. Sentence of death was then pro
nounced by Judge Allison.
Additional por Canada.
Halifax, April 28.
The steamer Canada has arrived, bringing
Liverpool dates to April 16th. The Baltic ar
rived out on the 1 tth, having been detained a
day by the breaking of her crank. The Canada
will reach Boston by daylight to-morrow.
England.—The Glasgow steamship company
had contracted for another steamer to run be
tween New York and Glasgow, in conjunction
with the steamer Glasgow. A commercial
house at Bremen were about to put two steam
ers recently purchased from the German States
on the line for New York.
In the House of Commons, on the 14th, Sir
Hugh de Lacy asked the Government whether,
in negotiations with the United States or Cen
tral America, the rights and interests of British
subjects iu Honduras, and those of Britain's an
cient ally the King of Mosquito, had been re
garded. Lord John Russell replied that the ne
gotiations were not yet terminated, and that
consequently any statement would be prema
ture.
A resolution to abolish the duty on advertise
ments was agreed to witiioul a division.
The 1 .ondon police searched Kossuth’s house
on the morning of the l it h and large stores of
arms and ammunition were found.
It is stated that the recent arrests in Prussia
were in consequence of information furnished by
the London police, who placed spies around the
houses of the refugees. In the House of Com
mons, on Friday, Sir J. Walmsley asked the
Government if these statement were true, and if
the British Government had given assurances to
foreign powers that the refugees should be put
under surveillance.
Lord Palmerston replied that a warrant was
issued to search a house at Rotheshire, not occu
pied by Kossuth, in which were a large quantity
of rockets, shells and gunpowder, but no assu
rance had been given to foreign powers, excep
ting that the refugees would not be allowed to
abuse the hospitality of England.
Mr. Duncolmbe said that these munitions
were found in a rocket factory, and were for
sale.
Mr. Bright asked Mr. Palmerston if Kossuth
had really any connexion with the munitions.
Lord Palmerston replied that he did not know
—he would cast no imputations on Kossuth. It
would be the subject ot future enquiry.
Lord Stuart charged the government with
getting up a false charge against Kossuth. The
subject was then dropped.
Mrs. Harriett Beecher Stowe was welcomed
on landing by a large crowd, and proceeded to
the house of Edward Cropper, wheie she met a
select party. Next morning Dr. McNeill pre
sented the address ot welcome. She was enter
tained next day by the Liverpool Negroes’So
ciety and presented the British Bible Society
with J! 130. She left on the same day for Glas
gow.
France. —The Emperor has entirely recover
ed from his recent indisposition.
Stringent measures concerning the refugees
have been adopted by France.
It is rumored at Paris that the projected trans
atlantic steamship enterprise has been aban
doned.
Spain.—The latest advices deny the truth of
the reported insurrection in Barcelona.
The Spanish Ministry resigned in a body on
the Sth of April. Their resignation was accept
ed by the Queen. General Lersundi has been
charged with the formation of a new cabinet.
There were rumors at Madrid on the 10th of
April, of an insurrection in Catalonia.
Austria.—Austria has refused the demand ot
Piedmont, and the Piedmontese Ambassador has
quitted Vienna.
Mazzini was reported to be at Turin, but was
subsequently reported to have crossed into Turin.
Turkey and Russia. —Dates from Constan
tinople have been received to the 31st. The
negotiations with the Russian minister were
progressing amicably. Prince Menschikoff re
quires that the character of the negotiations be
kept private.
Alexandria dates to the 3d of April state that
there were great disturbances in Arabia, and that
the Porte’s authority was tottering.
Persia.—The report of a serious misunder
standing between the Persian Court and the
British Government, was confirmed. The Brit
ish Minister was preparing to leave.
India and China.—The India mail has ar
rived at Marseilles. The British repulse at Do
nabem was more disastrous than at first report
ed, there having been one hundred killed.
Hong-Kong dates have been received to Feb
ruary 25th. The American Commission at Ma
cau will shortly proceed to Shanghai. Commo
dore Perry was daily expected.
The rebellion was progressing to a fearful ex
tent, and preparations were making for defence
at Nankin.
The sloop Saratoga and storeship Supply were
at Shanghai.
Markets.— Liverpool, April 16th.— The Bal
tic’s advices gave activity to cotton, and prices
of all qualities had advanced }d per lb. The
sales of the week had been 60,000 bales, of
which speculators took 11,000 and exporters 12.-
000 bales. Middling and lower descriptions had
improved most. The quotations are fair Or
leans 6}d; middling 5 15-16 d; fair upland 6}d;
middling s}d. Imports 42.000 bales. Stock
818,000 bales.
Further Liverpool Markets.
The Canada's and Baltic’s news gave holders
of cotton increased confidence. Middling and
good ordinary has advanced sixteenth to an
eighth. In other qualities there is no quotable
change. The market closed steady. Sea Island
was in good demand at 2d. a 3d. advance.
Breadstuff's.—There had been heavy imports
of flour and wheat, which was mostly in ware
house, and held at higher prices. Flour was
dull at an improvement ot 6d. per barrel. Fine
wheat was steadier at full prices. Corn was
more active, and white had advanced fully 6d.
per quarter, and tended upwards.
London, April 1 6th. — The money market was
easjL Consols closed at 100], The bullion in
the bank had decreased 11115,000. The quota
tions of U. S. stocks are: U. S. s’s, ’65, 97 a9B ;
U. S. 6’s, ’62.104 a 105 ; U. S. 6’s, (bonds) ’6B,
110 a 111 ; U.S. 6’s, >67,’68, 109 110; Penn
sylvania s’s, 88 a 88} ; Maryland s’s, 99 a 100.
[From the New Orleans Picayune, 29th ult.\
Later from Texas.
By the arrival of the steamship Louisiana, we
have Galveston papers to the 26th ult., inclusive,
and papers of late date from the interior of
Texas.
The Galveston papers give accounts of the
festival at the opening of the first five miles of
the Harrisburg Railroad on the 21st ult. Our
Texas friends who were present appear to have
had a pleasant time. There was a substantial
barbecue and plenty of good cheer, to which all
hands did full justice, alter passing over the road
in cars drawn by the locomotive “ Gen. Sher
man,” so called in honor of the brave man who
commanded the Texan Cavalry at San Jacinto,
and who is also at the head of the railroad enter
prise. After speeches by Judge F. M. Gibson,
Gen. McLeod, the Hon. Ashbel Smith and others,
some of the company enjoyed the pleasures of
the dance, and then the assemblage, numbering
some five hundred persons, departed highly
pleased with the day’s enjoyment. Railroad
transportation has now become a fixed fact in
Texas.
The Centreville (Leon county) Pioneer, of
the 13th ult., says :
The wea'her is now fine—real spring weath
er at last. The Trinity is still in boating order
and the steamboats a-e running,through without
much down freight. We learn that there is lit
tle cotton left on the river.
The Matagorda Tribune, of the 20th, says :
During the past week we had a heavy show
er of rain—a blessing much needed by the grow
ing cross.
The Brazoria Planter gives lists of the names
of the sugar and cotton planters in Brazoria
county and the amount of their crops last year,
from which it appears that thirty plantations
produced 7.365 hogsheads or 7,365,000 pounds of
sugar. The whole amount of cotton reported is
4.584 bales. The sugar crop for Brazoria, Mata
gorda, Wharton and Fort Bend counties, is put
down at 11,023 hogsheads.
The Columbia Democrat of the 19th inst.
says:
After a two months’drought, we had a fine
rain last Thursday. The prospects for a crop
are now quite good, although the season is later
than usual.
The editor of the Democrat is confident that
the Galveston and Brazos canal will be so far
completed as to admit of the passage of river
boats through to the bay, by or before the Ist of
January next.
The Houston Telegraph of the 22d inst. says :
The roads are in an excellent condition owing
to the long drought, and c»tton is now arriving
in our city from all districts. It is estimated
that over a thousand bales were received in
town last week. We are informed that a very
large portion of the old crop still remains at the
plantations.
Several refreshing showers of rain fell here on
Thursday and Friday.
The Telegraph learns that the planters of
Burleson and Williamson counties have had a
very favorable season. An abundance of rain
has fallen, and the crops are unusually promis
ing;
The editor of the Telegraph had a visit a few
days ago from Gen. A. S. Johnson, formerly
commander of the army of Texas. The Tele
graph says:
He seems to be as young and cheerful as he
was in the trying days of 1836. He has passed
through many vicissitudes, and seen some very
hard service within the last sixteen years, yet
age has scarcely furrowed his manly brow.
The General has recently visited the section of
country near the head of the Clear and Red
Forks of the Brazos, and he informs us that he
has seldom seen a more fertile, healthy or beau
tiful region of country than this. He believes it
will soon be occupied by a dense population.
The table lands are exceedingly rich, and capa
ble of yielding large crops of wheat, and all the
cereal grains commonly raised in the Middle
States. There is a scarcity of timber, but an
abundance of excellent stone can be obtained for
fencing and building, and a deposit of stone coal
similar to the bituminous coal of Illinois is found
in many places. The settlers have used this
coal for fuel, and consider it equal to the*Pitts
burg coal.
At the late session of the District Court at
Huntsville, the jury did not find a single bill.
This fact speaks well for the people ol that
locality.
The Galveston News of the 22d inst., says:
Up to this time the amount subscribed to the
Texas and Red River Telegraph Line, in this
city, is about SB,OOO, and the subscriptions are
still going on. Mr. Clute, the agent, leaves this
afternoon for Houston and Harrisburg, at both of
which places he is promised liberal subscrip
tions. There is not now any doubt whatever of
the complete success of this enterprise. We ex
pect to receive intelligence from New Orleans
by September next, in five minutes instead of
forty-aight hours, as heretofore.
I The Austin Southwestern American announces
P. H. Bell and Thus. W. Blake, by authority, as
I candidates for Congress.
Dexter Watson, an old citizen of Texas, died
at San Augustine a few days since, after a li'eol
adventure and vicissitude. 1 lie Galveston i
vilian says Watson was principally raised ami
educated by Gen. Henry Atkinsen.of St. Lorn*.
Mo. When a mere youth, he accompanied the
General on his first expedition to the Upper Mis
souri, to establish the military post at Council
Bluff. He went to Texas previous to the revolu
tion, and was a member of Capt. Kimbro s corn
pain’ in the army under Gen. Houston, at the
battle of San Jacinto.
Thrilling Incidents.
We do not remember ever having seen a more
thrilling, or heart-rending narrative, than the
following, taken from the San Francisco Whig
in regard to the burning of the steamer Inde
pendence, at Margarita Island, on the Pacific
coast. The particulars are given as related by
Dr. Corbett, surgeon of the ill-fated steamer:
“ When the steamer was beached with her
bows on, and before the flames had broken orrt,
a rush was made tor the bows, but the sea,
though smooth off the shore, ran in heavy surf
on the beach, and there was a distance of some
three hundred yards between the vessel and the
i land. Capt. Samson now gave the order to
I lower away a boat, mid the chief mate, with
I one other, undertook to carry a line to the
| shore; the progress of the boat was watched
I with eager eyes by the assembled multitude on
I board the ship: but as some of the sailors on
board had predicted, she was swamped by the
surf, the line was lost, and the venturers, with
their boat, were thrown upon the beach, the
two men barely escaping with their lives. A
second boat was now lowered and manned by
volunteers from among the firemen, who we do
not hesitate to say have shown themselves the
most noble-hearted and heroic of men, by their
fortitude and courage through the terrible scenes
which followed. These brave fellows reached
the shore and succeeded in making a small three
I inch hauling line fast to a projecting rock, which
was at once hauled taut by those on board. The
precise object of this line we do not perceive, as
it seems thafimmediate use was not made of it,
and a third boat was lowered by order of the
Captain; this boat was put in charge of Capt. j
Steel.au experienced shipmaster, who was a
passenger on board. During this time the ship
remained Immovable, the surf striking her in
the stern, and, perhaps, tending to set her firmer
into the sand. The third boat having been low
ered, it was found that she was half full of wa
ter and of no service unless bailed out, and Doc
tor Corbett sprang into her for that purpose;
.this effected, six ladies were passed down into
the boat, among whom were Miss Conway,
Mrs. Haley, Mrs. Seymour and Mrs. Coots.
3’here were two other ladies whose names we
have not learned. The boat rode the first bra
ker, but was filled and swamped by the second,
and those already on shore, rushed in to the res
cue of the ladies, and dragged them on to the
beach. Doctor Corbett was in this boat, and
gaining the shore, turned towards the ship, at
the cries of terror proceeding from her, and be
held the quarter deck enveloped in flames.
And now ensued one of the most harrowing ;
scenes ever recorded in the history of shipwreck;
the flames leaped rapidly across the after part
of the ship, driving the masses before it, and |
dozens sprang into the water, and were seen j
struggling in the surf. All the boats were |
now gone, and it was impossible to regain the :
ship from the shore, or to render any succor |
whatever; dreadful cries and screams proceed
ed from the ship, which, mingled with the roar- j
ingot the sea. the crackling of the flames and )
shouting of those on shore, who could only <
gaze helplessly on the sight, must have been I
an era of terror in the lives of those who beheld i
it from the beach. As the flames advanced, I
the unhappy victims were forced into the sea,
and every surf came freighted with corpses, or
exhausted, half-drowned men, women and chil- :
dren. Such a scene has never before been wit
nessed on the Pacific coast. To add to the ex
citement. the flames had now communicated |
to the powder magazine, which exploded, tear
ing the run and stern to pieces, and splintering I
all that portion of the ship ; the two guns, sur- I
rounded by the flames, also sent their solemn
booming over the scene. Those who were tor- I
tunate enough to get within reach of their
friends on shore, were dragged half dead out I
of the reach of the surf, while others were swept
around the stern of the steamer, or out to sea, I
there being a strong current making seaward |
from the ship. At one moment, not less than
thirty corpses and bodies of the dying were in
the edge of the surf, some of them divested ot
clothing. Out of a party of eighteen Jews who
were on board, sixteen perished from the weight
of coin, it was supposed, which they attempted
to bring with them through the waves. The
outward current above mentioned carried off
numbers of persons who were good swimmers,
or floated, who would other arise have been
saved ; several women thus floating were swept
away the baggage, such as would float, also
went out with the ebb; none ol it was saved by
drifting to the shore.
We have spoken above of the manly conduct
of the sailors, firemen and coal-passers. Some
of these noble fellows, disregarding their Otvn I
danger, seized little children in their arms or
lashed them to themselves and attempted to
gain the shore : several are known to have thus I
sacrificed themselves. We have no space or ;
heart to insert the numerous affecting instances
of courage and self-sacrifice of which we have
received accounts. Among them most conspic- j
uous is that of Mr. Tarr, of Sacramento, who !
lost his lite in attempting to save a son of Mr.
Watson—they came ashore together—both !
drowned. One of the firemen, whose name we |
die not learn, biought on shore two children I
whose parents were both drowned. Another I
fireman brought a beautiful boy ashore to his
mother who had just been washed to the beach ;
Her husband and two children were drowned,
and she supposed this child had shared the same
fate. The meeting may be imagined.
The Purser of the ship, Mr. James Freeborn,
remained upon the deck until driven off by the
fire, when springing overboard he clung to a
floating spar and was washed ashore insensible;
he was resuscitated, but barely escaped with his
life ; being attacked with a violent fever. There
is one fireman, known as Tom Sawyer, a wild,
reckless scamp, but whose faults, be they what
they may, should henceforth be forgotten. This
brave fellow, entirely stripped went to and from
the wreck four times He is only nineteen
years of age. After the third time, and when
nearly exhausted with his exertions, he learned
that the Chief Engineer, Mr. Collins, was un
able to swim and likely to drown. He immedi
ately started oft" again through the surf with his
life preserver, fastened it around the helpless
man and accompanied him to the beach , he was
also instrumental in preserving the lives of sev
eral others. Most of those ashore were too ex
hausted to render assistance to those beating
about in the surf. People ran about the beach
perfectly frantic; one party attempted to launch
a boat to reach the steamer, but it was over
whelmed by the surf, and this accident intimi
dated others, so that it was impossible to mus
ter the requisite force to launch a second.
Meantime the ship had become a living mass of
fire ; the heat was intense, even on the shore,
and every moment the beach received new ac
cessions to the list rtf the dead and dying. The
scene was truly harrowing, and when at last the
steamer was a charred and smoking bulk her
stern lifted, and she swung heavily round and
went broadside on the beach.
Some few provisions were saved from the
wreck, such as salt beef, pork, molasses, vinegar,
a few tin cans of preserved meats and some
chees?, but no water, nor was there a drop on
the island, which we have before observed was
utterly barren and uninhabited. The usual
amount of suffering, particularly among the wo
men and children, was experienced. During the
first day, attempts were made by the survivora,
after burying the dead, to procure water by con
densing steam, but the experiment failed.—
There were-now some two hundred and seven-’
ty souls congregated on the beach, and they all
went without tasting water for fifty-six hours ;
the salt provisions only aggravating their suf
ferings. Shortly after the scene we have de
scribed above, a party started for the neighbor
ing mountains, and on reaching their summit,
they were enabled to descry Magdelena Bay on
the mainland opposite, from which the Island of
Margarita is removed some fifteen miles; here
they observed four ships at anchor; they proved
to be whalers, busily engaged in trying out oil,
while beyond in the vast panorama they discov
ered several small boats in full chase after •
whale, for Magdelena Bay is resorted to by
whales in the winter season.
Observing this, the party descended to the
wreck, and the chief mate, the engineers, and a
few others, slung one of the cannons of the In
dependence, dragged and lugged it with great
toil to the top of the hill, and with what little
powder, they had, fired twice to attract the at
tention of the whalers ; the boats, in their pur
suit of the whale, had insensibly neared the
eastern shore of the island, and were at once at
tracted by the discharge and the smoke agajnst
a clear sky. The sound was also heard by those
on board the ships, and signals were observed to
go up to each mast-head recalling the boats.
While this system of telegraphing was going on
between the shipwrecked and the whaling fleet,
another party had taken an iron boat belonging
to the steamer and carried it bodily across to the
lee-side of the island, and there launchedit, to
pull for the fleet; on their way they fell in with
the returning whaling boats, who were obeying
the signal to return. The news of the wreck of
the steamer and the dreadful sufferings of the
passengers aroused all the natural instincts of
sailor hospitality in the crews of the ships.—
Every boat was at once called into rerjuisitiop
—they were loaded down with provisions and
dispatched to the scene of the wreck ; assistance
did not arrive a moment too soon ; the women
and children were completely exhausted by ab
stinence, and their sufferings by the deprivation
of water were most acute. Purser Freeborn
went on board the ship Omega, Capt. Fisher,
where every attention was shown him and his
companions Capt. Fisher also sent directions
that the sufferers should cross over to the lee
side of the island, where boats would be in rea
diness to convey them on boaid the ships.
Among the incidents of the day after the
wreck, a child was born on the beach, and is
now healthy and thriving; the mother was
carried across the mountains in a hammock,
and even walked part ol the way to the boats.
Many of the passengers, especially the fernales,
suffered much from want of elothing. The
dead were buried near the wreck. Holes were
dug in the sand with boards, and each corpse
received a separate grave. The number known
to have perished is one hundred ami forty, anil
as the graves number sixty, there were, of
course, eighty who were drowned or burned,
and whose bodies were not recovered.
Gas. —The Montgomery Journal learns that
the Gas Company have commenced the erection
of their building andlixtures,and intend to H-' '
hat city completely by the -s“'
»•> ot January next
I pi) JHiiflnrtic
I Reported for the <:oiislitullo» u ||,t Republic
LATER EITrOPR
A R R I V A I,
OF THE < ■ STEAMER
BALT 1C .
Charleston, May 1.
The steamer Baltic has arrived at New York
bringing advices Irom Liverpool to the evening
of the 19th ult. She brings 92 passengers.
Among the passengers in the Baltic, were the
Hon. George W. Crawford, of Georgia, and
Dudley Mann.
Cotton Market. —Brown & Shipley’s Cir
cular states that the last steamer’s advices had a
depressing effect on the Liverpbol market, and
that Ordinary and Middling had declined one
sixteenth to one-eighth—the lower qualities had
declined most. Fair Orleans and Uplands re
mained unchanged, and a moderate business was
doing at previous rates. The sales of the
three days reach 17,000 bales, of which spec
ulators took 2,500, and exporters 1,500. The
market closed dull.
quotations :
Fair Orleans 6}
Middling 5 13-16
Fair M0bi1e..... 6}
Middling 53
Fair Upland 6}
Middling 51
At Manchester trade had fallen off, but were
not lower.
Miscellaneous.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Statement
proposes a general reduction on duties. Opin
ion was divided on the subject, and it is believed
the measure will overthrow the Ministry.
The Kossuth affair remained unexplained.—
Kossuth remained apparently guiltless. Hale,
the owner of a Factory threatens to prosecute
the government for munitions of war seized
and deposited in Woolwich Arsenal.
Mrs. Stows. was enthusiastically received.
The remains of were to be re
moved from the Invalids on the
first of May.
The Spanish ministry has been formed, and
the Cortes dissolved, it is averred on account of
Concha’s exposures of the Cuban slave trade.
The Government of Holland had protested
against the establishment of a Catholic hierarchy,
and has withdrawn her minister from Rome.
The English and French ambassadors had ar
rived at Constantinople, and the former had as
sured the merchants of a continuance of peace.
Liverpool Cotton Market, Wednesday.—
Cotton has been feely offered at a decline, and
the sales reached 6000 bales. All the circulars
quote a declne of nearly one-eight on the Mid
dling qualities.
Consols were quoted at 100} a 100$ .
Havre, April 18.— Cotton.— Sales to-day 850
bales. The Asia’s news had no effect on prices,
and the market closes quiet.
Loss of the Ocean Wave.
The steamer Ocean Wave was destroyed by
fire on Lake Ontario on Saturday morning.
Out of fifty passengers, but twenty were saved
The vessel belonged to the Ogdensburg Railroad
Company, and was fully insured.
Charleston, May 1.
Appointments.
The following appointments will be made on
Monday: Gov. Seymour of Conn., Minister to
Russia. Col. Gadsden of Charleston, Minister
to Mexico, and Gen. Dix ofNew York,Minister
to France.
Naw York, May t, p. m.
Cotton. —The Baltic’s advices have depress
ed the market. Sales 1,250 bales, at a decline
ot } cent.
New Orleans, May 2—noon.
Cotton—The sales reach barely 1,000 bales,
all parties awaiting the steamer’s news. Mid
dling quoted at 10 to 10) cents.
Prime Molasses 20 a 21 ; Bacon Sides 73 ;
Whilky 19 ; Rice dull at 3} a 4}.
Charleston, May 3—P. M.
Cotton.—Holders are free sellers, and the
sales to-day reach 2,800 bales at prices ranging
from 8 to 101 cents.
[Telegraphed to lhe Charleston Mercury.]
Baltimore. May 2.
A vessel from Port-au-Prince arrived at New
York brings several articles from the Emperor
of Hayti, which are intended for exhibition at
the approaching World's Fair in that city.—
Among them is a log .of mahogany weighing
tloee tons;
[Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.]
Buffalo, April 28.
The Railroad Accident near Chicago.— The
Chicago papers contain heart-rending details of
the late melancholy accident. The entire road
in the vicinity of the catastrophe was covered
with ruined cars and the dead and dying. One
by one the wounded and uninjured crept from
beneath, and the shrieks of the women and the
groans of the dying added to the horror of the
scene. One poor woman, with both her legs
broken, lie with a dead child on her arms, and
two little ones, uninjured, clinging to her. A
young woman stood by the dead bodies of her
father, mother and brother, shrieking like a ma
niac. Three children, from eight to ten years of
age, were taken out and recognized by their fa
ther, who is left alone. Beneath the edge of a
car appeared the bald head and hand of an old
man, a leg of one, and the mangled body of an
other.
The scene at the depot was awful in the ex
treme when the remains were brought in—the
floor was covered with blood, and a heap of limbs
gathered together in a corner, while many be
reaved ones were searching for lost friends or re
latives.
The coroner’s jury rendered their verdict last
night on the bodies of the sixteen persons kill
ed. They found that the deceased came to their
deaths by a collision between the trains caused
by the gross carelessness and neglect of Moses
Tyler, conductor, and Thomas Backman, engi
neer, of the Michigan Central Railroad, and
Herbert L. Whitney, and Edward Davis, engi
neers on the Southern road—holding them as
causing the deaths of the bodies before them.
They also censure Mr. Jouriette, superintendent
of the machine shop, for not furnishing proper
lights on the engines of the central company.
Robert-Davis, a fireman on the Southern road,
and Whitney, Davis, Tyler and Backman were
committed ro await their trial. Those named in
the verdiet are held for manslaughter.
Boston, April 29.
Liquor Law in Massachusetts.— The House of
Representatives to-day adopted an amendment
to the liquor bill, making the owners of buildings
where intoxicating liquors are sold liable in the
sum of 5500 for the first offence, and for the sec
ond offence the same fine and 3 months impris
onment.
*'herry Pectoral.—We have departed
from our usual rule in regard to the
advertising of Medicines, in admitting the notice
of the Cherry Pectoral to our columns. It is not
a patent medicine, but one, the contents of which,
are well known to the medical profession, and
which has proved highly beneficial in the cqse of
number of our Acquaintances, Kha were soriou.'-ly
afflicted with pulmonary complaints. Some of
our ntest skilful and eminent physicians recom
mend it to thoir putieiitACJn their regular practice,
and we feel tnat wo are conferring a favor upon
the public by maki»^>fcnown.its virtues.—Louis
ville Ch. Advocate.
MARRIED,
On Thursday, the 21st qlt , at the residence of
her father, in Clark county, by the Rev. Mr. Little
john, Miss Ann C. Kinney, daughter of the Rev.
Joseph Kinney, and Mr. Francis C. Prater, of
Jackson county.
On tho 19th ult., by the Rev. J. W. Yarbrough,
Mr. 11. A Hays, of Clark, to Miss S. A. V- Wal
ker, of Greene county, Qa.
On the 21 st ult-, by Roy. D. D. Cox, Mr. James
W. Lanqston, to Miss Eliza J., daughter of Rev.
Jesse Lamberth, all of Romo.
Iu tho Presbyterian Church, Cuthbert, on Sun
day, 17th, by Rev. J. H. Luther, Mr. J. J. Kiddoo,
to Mrs, Amanda C. Clarke, daughter of J. W.
Wilson. Esq.
On Sunday, tho Ist May, at tho City Hall, by
tho Hon, Wm. E. Dearing, Mayor, Mr. Thomas
Vauhhn, of Columbia county, Ga., to Miss Caro
line Adams, of Edgefield District, 8. C.
On Thursday, 21st inst., at Edgewood, by tho
Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Mr. J. Stricker
Coles, of Virginia, to Miss Eliza S, sqqond
daughter of Col. F. W. Pickens, of LdgoQold Dis
trict.
On Wednesday evening, April 20th, at St. Johns
Church, Tallahassee, I la., by the Rev. P. Teller
Babbitt, Mr. John M. Millen, of Savannah, Ga.,
to Miss Lizzie A., daughter of Major Richard
Hayward, of Tallahassee.
In Washington, Ga., on Thursday, 2flth April,
1853, by tho Rev. George B. Pierce, D. D„ Wil
liam F. Alexander and Miss Mary Louisa,
daughter of lion Robert Toombs.
At Belair, Millbank, on tho 28th ult., byE.E.
Ford, D. D , Mr. A. L. Roisclair and Miss Ellen
E. Beers.
DIED,
In Warren county, on Friday, the 22d of April,
Mr. Jon Hunter, in the 74th year of his ago.
Mr. Hunter was a native of North Carolina, but
for many years past, has been a citizen of Warren
comity, Ga.
Forty or fifty years of his life, ho was an ex
emplary member of tho Baptist Church, atd adorn
ed his profession by a uniform and consistent lifb
of uprightness and integrity.
Dy industry, ho had aueiimulatod suflleient of
this word's goods to inakolife comfortable, anil has
left an aged widow, borne down with years and af
fliction, and it considerable circle of children and
grand children to enjoy it,
Suddonly,inNowtmicounty,ontlielst<l'”-
instant, at the residence of his •” ' yottlus
Nathan P. Lee. I" ,v William, Ms or
LEE”- . - 02nd year of his age. Major
. ..us » kind and generous friend and much oa
( toonied by his neighbors. Ho lies loft four child
ren and many friends to mourn his loss.
AUGUSTA WHOLESALE FRIGES CURRENT, MAY 4,1 853.
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c IIA-.GlNU—Gumiy K’J ig 1.1 '2O > .SSl'! OlLS—Sperm. W. Straiuedj... .Il aSlTTTftfree. il Augusta Insurance & banking Company pa
Kentuckvoo nj OO Jbu 11 Strained 1 30 (a) 1 4(> .
BALE HOPF .hitv.. lb 0 25 pcent.ji Summer do Bank of Augusta
Kentucky 0 il,’ ,' Linseed jbbl. 0 fiO @ 1 00 20 Branch State of Georgia,Augusta u
BACON-Hams 00 00'’l 1 ' Tanners ... OCO 0 00i ■' Bank of Brunswick «
Sides I <X> 00 >2O pct.H Lard 1.... 1 00 (gg 1 12 _ .
Shoulders j 00 tij 00 J || POTATOES bbl. 000@ 000 li Ge °rgia Kail-Road
BUTTER—Goshen, prime . lb.! 30 20 p cent. PIPES |..,.0 62(aj 1 50! I Mechanics’Bank
JS '! 23 w ” an . k •. "
CANDLES—Spermacetti 45 50 20 p cent. J PIMENTO .... 000 16 . Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah “
Georgian made ... .1 15
rnviPQr A ninu /Y Muscate '4 ’J? 2? ' C Marine & Fire Insurance Bank,Savannah “
CHhESh—Northern ...j 00 Co; 00 30 ■p’cent.'! RlCE—Oordinary 100 42d (a) 450 i e un ♦
COFFBB-Cuba 1.... 11 Till Fair L ... 475 ® 5 W,! - Branch of ditto, at Macon “
Rio 10$ I free Good and Prime 0 00 (ffi 0 00l Planters'Bank, Savannah ‘
Java ...J 13 (<g 15 | I I French Brandies gall 150 (g> 200 100 ® ct. I Central Bank of Georgia
■ SHIRTINGS, bro. 3-4 yd. 5 J Leger Freres 1.... 275 (a> 3 00, i u„ ri tr„i n u v . e i
•8 '■ 7-8 . ... f>J <g 0 bn Holland Gin 125§ 160 10 0 » ct. Central K. R & Banking Company, Savannah
; o brown, yd. wide,... .1 ■ £ American Gin 1....0 38 (eg 0 40‘ i Charleston Banks
® SHEETINGS, bro., 6-41... .1 10 13 ns < Jamaica Rum 1... .[1 50 @ 2 OOiIOO ct. , Bank of Camden.................................. “
•£ bleached, 5-41....! 11® 15 I N.E. Rum. hhds&bbls .... j035®0 37 j Bank of Georgetown *•
» 5 CHECKS ....I 8® 12 .Vj Whiskey ,Phila. A 8a1ti.... 028 @ 0 301 I Commercial, at Columbia
IE BED TICK | Bj® la . Do. New-Orleans 030 ® 0 .32 , Merchants’, at Cheraw
5 OSNABURGS, 8 o».. .1. ... 8® 0 J Peach Brandy 1.... «2 ® 1 00:100 » ct. Bank of Hamburg
M YARN, (assorted)... ,1.1 b. 15}® 16 I SUGAR —Cuba Muscovado .fc. Io «® 7,' Alabama Notes .2 ® 3 dis.
FI.-iII Mackerel, No. 1... bbl.) 14 ® 13 I P. R. A St. Croix .... 0 7}® 0 : , Union Bank Tennessee, (payable at Chattanooga? par.
Do. N 0.2 | 13 ® 14 ) Havana, white 000 ® 00l «
, Do. N 0.3....... 10® 10} >2O Vet. New-Orleans 0 6® 7}! 30 V ct.* q, „„„ " 1 “ ANK *BLE.
FLOUR—Canal .... 5 ® 7} ) I Clarified Brown 0 B}® 00} I Bank of St. Marys 40 per cent. die.
1 Augusta Canal. J... J 6® 7 ) White., .lb. 0 B}® 0 »}) J J Merchants’Bank, at Macon.*
Georgia, good.. 1.... 7 ® s}}2oV«t-l Lump 010 @ Hi I on-im vII EXCHANGE.
FEATHERS—Live Geese. I. lb | 00® 40 ) I SALT—Liverpool :1 25 ® 1 35, J 2O ct ' On New-York I nrum
| GRAIN—Corn, loose bus. 60® 00 (onw st ! Loose 000 (a) 0 00) il Philadelphia ’ “
Do. sack 55® 60 ) 4 " c ‘ l SOAP—American, yellow I @ 030 V cent.;! Boston “
WAeal—Good White.)... .1 100@1 15 j, SHOT All sizes |2 25 @ 2 37,20 V cent.) Charleston and Savannah nar
, Do. Kei1..... 90 @1 00 I„ 0 j™ ) SEGAKS—Spanish M . ,20 00 13 30 00 40 V cent.;) Lexington, Kentucky <■
GUNPOWDER keg 5®5 25 f- u TALLOW—American 00®0 910 V cent. : Nashville, Tennessee “
• HIDES-Dry 0® 9 I , TOBACCO—Georgia lb ■l° @ » 00-I ! « T OUKU
Dry, salted o*lo ] -0 V ct. Cavendish 0 12}® 041 J 3O V ct.,, STOCKS.
IRON—Pig 100 o@oo 30 V cent. 1 TWlNE—Bagging 018 0 25) I , °° org]B P 6rcßnt «
Swedes, assorted.. .ton 47® 5}30 Dcent.) Seine )o 30 ® 0 50i j **o V ct. .
Hoop.' 100 6 ® 71,„,. . " TEAS-Pouchong 10 60 ®0 75 *Not taken by our Banks, butredeemable at the Plan-
Sheet lb. 10}® 11 j2O ■#> ct.-’ Gunpowder 4 Imp 075 ® 100 I, ers Bank, Savannah, at par.
Nail Rods 6 ® 7 I' Hyson 070® 080 r rree - , ■ "V?"— T*qae
LEAD—Bar 100, 8® 9I on t Young Hyson :0 70 ®075 I Savannah Chamber ol Commerce.
White Lead 74® 9 J V WlNES—Madeira ga11.12 00 ®225 30 V cent, j —-_ _—.
LARD 9},® 10} Claret, Marseilles cask Io 25 ®O6O 40 V cent. ROBERT HABERSHAM, President.
MOLASSES—Cuba gall. 24 @ 27 Do. Bordeaux doz 300 @ 3 50:40 V cent. ) C. GREEN, Ist Vice-President.
New-Orleans).... 33® 37 Champagne ' 900®1500 40 V cent. EDW’D. PADELFORD, 2d Vice-President.
NAILS—Cut, 4d. to2Ud. 1.... 550@6 00 J v ‘H Malaga ..,0 50 @06240 p* cent. 11 A. MINIS, Secretary and Treasurer.
EXPORTS OF COTTON TO FOREIGN AND COASTWISE PORTS, COMMENCING IST SEPTEMBER, 1852.
WBHTHBB I XI'ORTI’D II BATAMJUE CHARLESTON. . MOBILE. NEW-ORLBAMS.|| WEW-TOBK. IjQTHBB POBTB.II TOTAL. '
‘ ’ 1853. 185 2. 1853. 1852. 1853. 1852. 1853. 1852. 1853. 1852. 1853." 1852. , 1853;i852.
Liverpool 101,143 79.761 140.605 144,428 _ lßoJi63 *212,432 665,826 569,375 "103,109 _ i40,859 42,81'1 311817.777.
Hull i ...I: ? .
Glasgow and Greenock. J 8,301 6,912: 3,529 1.727 : 11.952 4,183 37,921 8.800 1 5,095 6,151 ..
Cork and a .Market “ I 4 361 7,014 4,725 8,320 10,030’ 155 203
Total to Great Britain )' 109,444 86,613'1 148,495 153,iwj 197,040 "216^15|i ~7 12,067 108,359 147JH3 42?sTl ~317181:i,318721o! 1223.062
Havre ), 1f,590 12,593,j 51.377 33.362 ' 65.728 _ 75J88 .“160,626 "iwjOOT “7)0,369 _ W/ifiO . T 7120 57871 ’ 7.77777
Bordeaux |: 1,733 1.394:1 334 ""Hi:
Marseilles I 1,482' 1,760 ' 5,048 4.223' 803 .. ' "
Nantz I 2,505 399 574 2,210 1,154 3,4741 205 217 )'
Total to Franco ~ 11,590 12,5931 53,882
Am5terdam........................... ■7. ? ~~1319 870'1 1J34 “7 2,688 ' 1375 259,i 228 1.023 .".T —Z" ''
Rotterdam : 1 ] 761 1,597 1,493 3.906 1)
Antwerp 1 3,459 4 701 : i )000 2]65 4,: 20,279 16,<!49j! 2,128 121639 1 3,467 7,255'1
Hamburg ' j! 880 8 92 0 13,112 : 5,543 10,966'!.....
Bremen 1- : 7.471)) 1.150 4,164? ''
Barcelona , 4411 4 44, 027 ’ IT4
Havana, Ac...... 102 37.499 34.430 77 7'
Ueuoa, Trieste, Wc 4,745 833 15,247 7,147 2,024 5,750 31.256 25,082" 1,108 2.083 ... 1 450
Ghent, Ac. 7T77-.T.": I 301 s 37,605 32.947, 594 ,887 ;... .Z'.7 LOOli '.”/.
Other Ports • ——J 8,557 6,898 ;l _7,033 5.620 43,187 22,851 3,419 3|915;i 6,702 4,233
Total to other Foreign Ports ! 4,745 833 I 29,082 18,616,' 10,482 21.570? JfLIOO 155,5081; ~ lo.gae
New York 97.617 *lioj24() )“ 87.254 115,817 ' 32'751 ~28 584? 53,457 85.734i[ .7) “ 17.787 “aL63O:i.TT? *"
Boston j 21,96 S 28.3471| 10,498 19.185 : 44.258 35,240 127.381 110,656 39,428 81.821 ...
Providence 5,542 2.6211 232 790 24.170 20,441'1 15, >75 4.561 | ....I) 7,115 6,209 I
Philadelphia '■ 16.80.’: 12,9311| 15,100 10.733 1 8,575 2,168. 18.534 13,2261| j '329
Baltimore .' ;| 3,249 3,894 9,562 8,572? 2.826 3.070'1 3.818 3,55911 I 645 1,289? '"'
Other Ports |) 11,274 11,451 | 49 31,693 11,283)) 300 80}j I; 5,364 3,420.) ""
Total Coastwise )' 159,515 178,490 j) 128,75a “leiJOS : "14T279 100 792'1 219,465 217,7501} j!~70,60g 64,441 i 720,682
Grand Total i) “285094 *278,589J! 300.214) 368.131 ' “4'25.8031 *410375
As a generous, honest and honorable citizen, the
loss occasioned by his death, will bo long felt by
those who knew him. Ho left agood name, “which
is rather to be chosen than great riches,” for tho
inheritance of his children. Living to a good old
age, his lamp of life went out, after flickering in
its socket for many months, no doubt, to shine as
another luminary in a sky which knows no cloud.
Wcti-rcnton, April 29, 1853. 11.
Suddenly at his residence in Athens, on Friday,
the 22d April, Jacob Phinizy, in about thd 63d
year of his ago—universally esteemed for the prob
ity of his character, and his kind and respectful
bearing towards his fellow citizens.
At his residence, in Edgefield District, on the
21st of March last, Mr. Gazaway Bowen, in the
fifty-ninth year of his age.
(tamnrial.
.Augusta Market, May 4.
Remarks —Our tables given in this issue, will
be found of much interest to dealers in Cotton, as
also to planters. By them it will seen,that there is an
increase in Exports to Great Britain of 95,254 bales,
and to Other Foreign Ports of 17,810 bales; while
there is a falling off to France of 13,434 bales, and to
Coastwise Ports of 1,900 bales—making the total
increase in Shipments to all points, 97,730 bales.
In our last monthly statement, the excess in ship
ments was 96,187 bales. The Receipts at all the
Porta show an excess of 278,082 bales, as fol
low :
Charleston 6,051 bales.
New Orleans... 249,587 “
Florida 1,262 “
Texas 20,185 “
North Carolina... 3,018 “
Virginia 2,307 “
282,410
Deduct decrease at Savannah. 640
“ Mobile. .. .3,688-4,328
Total excess in Receipts 278,082
In our last monthly statement tho total increase
was 398,178 —showing a fulling off in tho receipts
of tho month, when compared with tho same period
last year, of 120,096 bales. Tho stock on hand at
all tho principal ports show an increase on last
year of 52,918 bales.
The Crops.—Both the Cotton and Corn crops
in this section, are very backward, and at tho pres
ent time aro suffering much for the want of rain.
Planting was late in consequence of heavy rains,
and since the sool has been put in the ground, wo
have had an unusual dry spell of weather, with
every prospect of its continuance.
COTTON. —We have a very dull market to no
tice this week; in fact wo may say tho dullest
of tho season. Neither buyers nor sellers have
shown the least disposition to operate, and since the
receipt of tho Baltic’s advices, which were not as
good as wore expected, little or nothing has boon
done. Os our present stock, tho bulk is in tho
hands of dealers, who have bought at low prices,
and refuse to sell or buy until they can realize on
former purchases. This state of things may bo
looked for until tho foreign markets take a decided
stand for tho better. The receipts continue light,
and there is little or no Cotton offering. In tho
present state of tho market it is impossible to give
quotations, but wo would remark that some few
buyers turned out yesterday, and offered 10 cents
for Middling Fair, at which prico they could find
no sellers.
RECEIPTS OP COTTON,
From Ist
1353. 1852.
Savannah, April. 28 312,9Q3 313,002
Charleston, April, 28 398,207 392,156
Mobile. April ?-9, 50\088 508.776
New-Orleans, April, 26 1,514,469 1.264,882
Florida, April 18 165,429 164.167
Texas, April 16 59.516 39,331
North Carolina, April 16 16,513 13.495
Virginia, April 1 15,083 12.770
Total Receipts 2.987,267 2,709,185
2.709,185
Increase 278,082
STOCK OF COT TON
Remaining on hand at the latest dates received.
Savannah, April 28 30.548 39,513
Charleston, April 28 60,181 45,188
Mobile, April 29 59,132
New-Orleans. April 26 260.252 173.665
Florida. April 18 28,602 39.953
Texas, April 16 7,449 6,540
Augusta and Hamburg, May 1.... 27.941 21.732
Macon. April 1 12.925 13.247
Virginia, April 16 700 700
North Carolina. April 1 550 310
New-York, April 26 92,659 88,681
Total 580.999
GROCERIES.—We 4uH week's business
to notice. have been very few merchants
down, and our planters have been so busily engag
ed with their crops that they have been kept at
home. The business has been confined to supply
ing small country orders, and in this line a
business has been done. The market <4 ‘ ho pres
ent time is well supplied leading articles, and
wo have bfl| little change to notice in prices.
DRY GOODS.—There has been a good demand
for Dry Goods, and our merchants engaged in tho.
wholesale trade have dene a good business and at
satisfactory prices.
HATS AN£ SHOES.---Wholesale dealers in both
articles have done a good business for the season
of year, and their sales are on the inoroasQ.
HARDWARE.—The stooka of our merchant*
wore never better at this reason of tho year than
at present. As they are all direct importers, they
oan afford and do sell as cheap as the same de
scription of goods can bo bought in Now York or
Charleston, if not choapor.
CORN.—Prices aro stiffer. Nearly all in first
hands has boon bought up at 55 cents, inclu»
ded. Moat holders aro nc\w taking 60 cents. Peas
are rotQ’ling at cents por bushel.
BACON. —Prices aro looking up, and there has
been a bettor deiqand. There is some inferior
cured in market that will not bring over 8| to Q
cents tho hog round. Primo Tennes&eo is worth
9} a9l cents tho hog round, holders re
fuse to sell under tho latter price. Lard is worth
9$ to 10i according to quality and package.
MOLASSES.-—Wo have hoard of the sale this
week of about 59 hhds. Cuba, from wharf, ftt 24
cents. It is retailing from stores, by tho one or five
hhds., at 20 a27 cents New Orleans is worth
t¥om 33 to 30 cents, tho foriuor price by the quan
tity in bbla.
SAVT* —Tho stouk in tho hands of retailers is
limited, and it ia selling from stores by the small
quantity at $ 1.30 a $ 1.85 per sack. Wo have hoard
of tho sale of 2,000 sucks, to arrive, deliverable at
the wharf, at sl.lß per sack, which is about equal
to $1,25 in store,
SUGAR.—Stock on hand fully equal to demand
Wo have no change to notice in prices.
BUTTER.—Good Country Butter ol |j n g by
tho quantity at 12 al6 oont” lb d j 4oWor
qualities at loss' - "
CO”- e«icos.
Wo have no change to notice in tho
i price of this article. Stock on hand good. Rio
Coffee worth Oja 10J cents.
FLOUR. —Prices aro without change. We quote
Augusta Canal sup. by tho quantity, at 5 J per bbl
—retailing at sfi, and Extra Family at 6J —retail
c ing at $7. Tennessee and Virginia is selling at
5i by the quantity, and Denmead’s (Georgia) at
0 a GJ in bags.
i BEEF and HOGS.—Choice stall fed Beef is
i worth 6 a6| on the foot, and dressed Hogs 7$ a 8
8 cents por lb. A new article has been recently in
troduced into our market in the shape of Cherokee
-, and Tonnesseo Dried Beef in quarters, which is
I selling at 8a 9 cents per lb.
I BAGGING.—But a limited demand for the ar-
ticle. Holders, however, refuse to sell under 12J a
© 13 cents.
0 STOCKS.—But little offering. We have heard
. of the sale of about 50 shares Georgia Railroad at
I sl.lO, tut 110 and interest is now asked.
DOMESTIC SPIRITS. Fair stock on hand
c Prime New Orleans is worth 30 a 32, and inferior
28 a 30 cents per gallon.
NAIL^.—A reduction in tho northern markets
s has caused prices to recede in this, and wo now
n quote 5| asj cents por lb.
EXCHANGE.—Our Banks are drawing on New
'» York and other Northern cities at | per cent prem
0 for Sight Drafts.
o FREIGHTS.—The river is in good boating or*
I dor. Wo quote to Savannah 25t® 50 cents por bale
Cotton : to Charleston, per Rail Road 50 cents.
>.
STOCK OF COTTON
o At Augusta and Hamburg on Isf tnsf.
1853. 1852.
In Augusta 24,513 15,356
Hamburg 3,428 6.376
Total 27.941 21,732
SHIPMENT OF COTTON
From Augustaand Hamburg to Savannah and Charles
ton. from Ist Sept, to Ist inst.
From Ist to 30th April.
To Savannah 10.882 5.935
Charleston by Rail-Road 8,623 12,685
19,505 18,620
Shipped previously 205,952 198,878
Total shipments 225,457 217,498
RECEIPTS OF COTTON
At Augusta and Hamburg front Ist Sept, to Ist inst.
Stock on hand Ist inst 27,941 21.732
0 Shipm’ts from Ist Sept.to Ist inHt.225,457 angles
3 253,398 239.230
J Deduct stock on hand Ist Sept.... 3,707 29,511
t Total Rirceiptu 249.091 209,719
t Deduct receipts to Ist Apri1....237,871 193,965
Receipts of April 11,820 15,754
s .
Savannah, April 30.—Cotton.—Arrived since
the 21st inst., 5,242 bales Upland (2,490 per Rail
road, 2,752 from Augusta and landings on the riv
’ or,) and 134 do. Sea Islands. The exports for the
3 same period amount to 9,598 hales Upland and 711
i do. Sea Islands, viz : to Liverpool, 6,393 bales Up.
land and 372 do. Soa Islands; to Glasgow 564
bales Upland and 239 do. Sea Islands; to New
" York, 2,499 bales Upland and 85 do. Sea Islands ;
t to Philadelphia, 409 bales Upland; and to Charles
, ton, 33 bales Upland and 15 do. Sea Islands—
-1 aving on hand and on shipboard, not cleared, a
’ stock of 29,748 bales Upland and 860 do. Sea
’ Islands, against 38,565 bales Upland and 948 do.
i Soa Islands at the same time last year,
j When wo closed our last weekly report the
market was dull and languid, tho extreme rates
. demanded by holders preventing buyers from ope
i rating to any extent. Tho market has present
j ed no new feature during the week just closed.
, On Wednesday morning we had throe days later
advices from Liverpool, per Humboldt—that mar
’ k<‘t was reported unchanged with a moderate de
> mand. Sales for the three days 20,000 bales.—
, These a dviees had no effect upon the market. Tho
transactions of the week may bo put down as fol
’ lows:—Friday, 332, Saturday 416, Monday 79,
1 Tuesday 399, Wednesday 75, and yesterday 303.
I Total, 1,493 bales.
Wo renew our quotations of last week, with the
remark that holders are unwilling io sell under
these rates, and purchasers refuse to pay them.
! We quote:
Ordinary to Good Ordinary 8} a 9}
Low to Good Middling 9j alOj
Middling Fair 11 a—
Fair to Fully Fair lljall}
The sales of tho week comprise : 2 bales at 8,
32 at B}, 123 at 9,46 at 9}, 242 at 9}, 181 at 9J,
10at9J, 269 at 10, 129. at 10}. 146 at 10}, 82 at
10J, 181 at 10}, 9 at 10}. 7 at 10}, 22 at 11, and 17
bales Mastodon at 13 cents.
The foreign advices per Canada same to hand
after tho above remarks wore written. The sales
in the Liverpool market for tho week ending the
16th inst., were 60.000 bales, at jd. advance
These accounts were not received here until after
business hours.
Sea Islands.— The demand for this quality of
Cotton continues good, and sellers readily obtain
full asking prices, particularly for tho better quali
ties. The offering stock is very light, and buyers
are unable to operate to any extent Tho sftloa of
the week have been limited to about 22(1 at
prices ranging from 30 to 42 oeftta. Receipts of
the week, 134 bales, f3xp,qsts in the same time,
711 bales,
Rice.—, market oontinues inactive ; the ex
tfamu rates demanded by holders prevent buyers
from entering tho market. The stock on sale is
I very light. The sales of tho week have been lim
ited to 260 casks, at s4} por hundred pounds. Jsz
’ ports of tho week 277 casks.
Rough Rice.— We hear of stflw of about 2,000
t bushels, at $ I per bushej.
Flour.— Thj market continues quiet. Prices
remain about tho same as at tho close of the jaar
; ket the previous week. Wo quote Baltimore
brands.at $5 50 a $5.75 per bbl.
I Corn.—The market is fqirty supplied with this
article. Good white would commend at wholesale
60 cents. Lqts, in sacks, from 65 a7O cents per
[ bqshU according to quantity and quality.
Oats— This article continues neglected. Tho
’ market is well supplied. Prices a,ro altogether
i nominal.
Bacon.— Wo have no change to notice in this ar
ticle. We continue our quotations of last week,
1 vis: Hams, 12 a 13; Sides, 8; and Shoulders, 7}
i a 8 cents per pound.
Freighis —There is more Freight offering to
Liverpool Two ships have refused }d. for full
1 cargoes, and one vessel has been taken for Havre
i atjd. Coastwise—To New York je. for Cotton;
, to Boston, jc. for Cotton, $125 for Rice; and to
Baltimore, jjc. for Cotton, and $1 for Rifie.
Exchange.— Sterling is quotefl at 8} a 9 por
■ cent premium. Domxstic—Th# Banks are sell
ing Sight Checks op all ilorlhorn cities at } per
cent premium; and purchasing Sight Bills nt par.;
' ,3a day Bills at j a J per cent, discount; 60 day
’ Bills, 1} al} por eent. discount; 90 day Bids, 2 a
i 2} per cent, discount.
i Charleston, Apr’fl OB). — -CoUoy.— -There was
• quite an active demand for this article in the early
I part of the previous wook, which was in a great
measure based upon tho favorable advices received
l . by tho America, and heldeia at tho tiujo realized
■ a decided improvement in prices ; but tho demand
i subsequently fell off, and any advance that may
hqvo boon obtained, was not only lout, but holders
found it very difficult to sustain thomsoloos in tho
’ position they occupied previous ty the arrival of
j tho steamer's advices.
, Tfio market showed uo improvement on Friday
last—tho first day of tho week under review—and
‘ from that period up to the close of business yoster
- day, it has boonin u languid and drooping state, tho
transactions generally having boon made on terms
decidedly under tho quotations given in our report
1 of tho 22d, those most recent at about }o. below the
1 rates nuoted at that time. Wo have reduced our
I quotations to correspond with tho above reductium
t but tho market is in such a state of etagnjjiwn that
any prices we may offer at present, to a great
1 extent bo considerednoniin-,,
The sate ofthow" o g reported to hpvo reach
ed 6,705 br' oSi h portion of which wa'know to have
shipped under advances. The sales may bo
classed ns follows, viz: 118 bales at 7J,3ont 8, 490
y at 81 627 at 81, 50 nt 8 7-16, 100 at, B}, 102 at 8),
r 203 at9,34at 94, OS at 9}. 240 nt,9|. 200 at9J, 39
at 9J, 413 nt 10, 119 at 10}, 15T at 10}, 2,732 at
10}, 490 at 10}, and6os bales at lOJc.
0 Wo quote Ordinary to Good Ordinary, 8} a9j;
o Middling to Good Middling, 10 a 10}; Middling
Fair and Fair, 10} a 10 jo. Tho rocaipta since our
last comprise 13,915 bales. The transactions iu
0 Long Cotton this wook ryaoh about 200 bales, 100
1- <>f which wore Satfloes, which sold at the high prico
J- qf 50<!i
— —.. .xv., .o'j
t i Salt — Tho demand, which is limited, is being
t I supplied at priors ranging from 90 a 95 per sack. “
Rope.— Small lots Western and Philadelphia
have been selling at prices ranging from 8} a 9
5 cents.
! Domestic Liquors— We note tho arrival this
week of upwards of 800 bbls. New Orleans IF7ms
, ly, about 150 bbls, of which sold at 24 a 24} cents
I per gallon, being a decline on former transactions.
1 About 75 bbls New England Rum were si Id with
in tho range of present quotations, viz : 26 a 26}
cents per gallon.
Sugars.— Tho badness of tho week has been
1 confined to the subjoined transaction, viz: 90
hhds Muscovados were s.dd in the neishhorbood
j of 5 cents ; at auction 282 bbls, white Chryatalized
. Sugar at prices ranging from 7} n 7 7-16ths; and
113 do. yellow Crushed, from 6} a 6} cents
Coffee. — The transact ons of the week which
have been very limited have been confined to Rio,
r at pries ranging from 9 a 9} cents, as ; n quality.
Molasses We are without any transactions to
report. Cuba bv the quantity ia worth from 20} a
i 21c . and New Orleans has been selling fr m store
r in small lots, rt prices ranging from 30 a 32c., as in
qualitv.
’ Freights.— The rate to Liverpool ot present is
fixed at jd. for Cotton in square bags; at which
rate, however, vessels londii g make but s'ow pro
■ gross, owing to tho little offering. A vessel was
J taken up yesterday to load for Havre, at 10. for
square hags. The rate to New York for Cotton is
jc.; and for Rice, the best terms that can be
agreed upon. There is no vessel up for Boston.
Foreign Markets
[Correspondence of the Charleston Courier]
Liverpool, April 12.—The sales of Cotton to-dav
aro estimated at 6000 hal -s—looo fir export and
lOoOon speculation—and consistofsooo American,
140 Pornam and Maranh«m, 6J a 6}: 20 Rahia. 6};
300 Egyptian, 5} a 8; 300 Surat, 3} a 4}: 60 Sea
Islands, 22 a 29d. Total sales since Thursday
27.000 bales, of which 4000 on speculation and 3000
forexport. Imports sineo Thursday 20,000 bales.
The market closes very firmly; compared with
Friday’s rates, prices of all kinds aro quite as dear.
Liverpool, April 12—Our Cotton market has
been void of all animation since tho sailing of tho
Arabia, on Saturday last: but notwithstanding a
free import has augmented our stock, holders gen
erally have not pressed snles, yet are willing to
. meet tho demand at the existing currency, and a
slight advance WOUld causononaidorabio parcels to
be realized.
Spinners continue their operations on a limited
scale, and aro not likely to depart from the prin
ciple unless stimulated by adverse accounts touch
ing the prospects of next crop, which cannot devol-
I op themselves sufficiently to form any reliable opin
ion upon for some time to come. Wo do not alter
last week's quotations, which are firmly demanded
for such as change hands. The sales of the throe
> days aro estimated at
Spec. A Ameri. ■
Bales. Exp't. can. Surats. Eg’pt. Brazil,
i Saturday, 7,000 2,000 6.300 —2OO 500
Monday, 7,000 1.500 5.000 100 400 500
Tuesday. 7,000 2,000 5,300 300 300 100 ’
The imports for tho same time is about 31,000
bales.
Tho Manchester market for Goods and Yarns
doos not mprovo, and inactivity is tbo ruling fea
ture in most branches of trade. In the limited bu
siness doing, last week's prices, however, aro ob
tained.
Tho decline in Breadstuff’s, noted in our advices
por Arabia, brought forward buyers, and since Fri
day there has boon a better attendance at our Corn
market, enabling holders of Wheat to effect sales
withgre iter ease at tho prices than current. Flour
also participates in the improved demand, but sell
ers have not been able to establish an advance.
While Indian Corn is a little easier tq buy, yellow
maintains its value. We have had a largo’ import
of Grain and Flour, most of which is being ware
housed.
Large and ValuwWo Plantation for aaflT "iu t he
Parish at Terrebonne, Louisiana, to close a
joint Interest.
BY J ’ A - BEARS &. MAY.
TUESDAY, May 24th, ISW, at 12 o’clock, will bo
sold at auction, at Bank’s Arcade, in Maeazino
street, in the al»y ofNew Orleans, tho following
very oxteasivo nnd valuable Sugar Plantation,
to yyit:
ALL THAT PLANTATION known as tho Batty
and Thibodaux Place, situated about 7 mi es be
low the town of Th bodaux, Bayou Lafourche and
immediately on Bayou Torrebone and Bayou Blue
bounded above tho plantation of Major John C’
Potts, and below bv the plantations of Wm D
and John C ' Boatf y- containing
about 4.000 acres, more or less; about 90Q to 1 000
acres cleared, 600 having been under cultivation
for sugar and corn. In tho body of i an d aro about
1,500 acres of choice high land.; the balance of
the land being Prairie and very fine Cypress and
Swamp, so situated that the wood and timber can
have easy access to a, market. There aro now sev
eral persons crop, to whom time will
be grantofl to. take off said crop. Tho distance from
New Wteang at pmont is 10 hours run by steam
i!*e Opelousas Railroad, now building, eomes
, Within wur miles of the property, and has water
communication from thence to it. The improve
ments comprise a Brick Dwelling, Brick eugar
House, and Brick Negro Quarters ; Steam i- ngino
and apparatus for t-ikinf- off 500 to 600 hhds. olsu
gar, the machinery somewhat out of order as some
of the brass t.ud copper portions of the same are
missine.
! ■ Terms—One-fourth eash, one fourth at 1 year,
with interest at (j per cent, per annum and the bal
ance at a credit ei 6 years after date, with interest
of 6 per I'ts.e. per annum, payable annually—und
in aU cases if the interest is n-t punctually paid, to
bear interest of 8 por cent, pc-r an> urn until final
payment—all notes to liearspoci.il mor’gage on tho
properly, and in iho. went of non payment tho
vendor to have the privilege of for. clos 'ng tbo said
mortgigo Without tho usual formalities of law, and.
tho said property to be sol 1 without appraisemer.t
For further particulars, apply to tbo Auctioneers
whore a plat o the property can be seen.
Act of sale before T. O. Stark, N. P, at tho ex
pense of the purchaser. d6el may 4
GREAT MAIM ———
A GREAT MATCH OUT OF 31 COCKS will bo •
fought at Fair Growl in this City, common
cing on Tuesday Uth May, 1853, and will eon
tinuo 5 days Tf(a Stakes are up fir Two Hun
dred and F\fty Dollars eae,. and TWENTY.
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, ON THE
ODfh FTGffT—Fifteen Hundred Dollurs For
) fsit-
This Main will bo the largest ever fought in
Georgia, and will draw an anusual concourse ®f
strangers from abroad.
Grout sport may be anticipated.
Macon, May 3, D 853. 1 mny 4
WARREN SHERIFF’S"SALE."
Ilwillsell, on tho first Tuesday in JUNE next, in
VI arrentQp, within tho legal hours of sale,
400 acron i f Land, more or less, lying in said
county, on the waters of Little Briar Crock, ad
joining lands of James Norris and others; levied
on and sold by virtue of a mortgage fi. fa. issuing
from Warren Superior Court, in favor of Aaron
English vs. Abner Norris, as tho property of said
Abnor Norris.
mgy 3 _ E. 11. BRINKLEY, Sheriff.
WARREN SHERIFF'S SALE.
I will sell, on tho first Tuesday in JULY next, iu
Warronton, within tho legal hours o f sale,'
Ono HOUSE and LOT, in tho tqwri of Warren
ton, aifjoining lots of Jesse M. Roberts and others,
containing about one-half an acre, it being tho
well known lot whereon is situated tho Tailor Shop
of Monsieur Vorrott: levied, on and sold by virtue
of a mortgage fi, ?». from Warren Superior Court,
iu favor of Q»o, W. Hardaway vs. P. F. L. Vorrott,
as the woporty of fxtd Voirctt,
may 3 E. 11. BRINKLEY, Sheriff.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
7pHE above Reward will bo given for tho appro
I honsion and delivery, at the S. C. Railroad of
fice, Augusta, of two negro mon, BILL and
SHELLY, or twenty five dollars for either.
Tho above negroes have been runaways since Ist
January last. Billy is about 5 foot 6 inches high,
black complexion and good countenance, and is
about thirty-two years old. He has a scar on th®
right arm below, and one on the loft arm above the
elbow. Ho was raised in Upper Three Runs, Barn
well District, S. C., and has a with at that plaoo.
Shelly is about 5 feet 4 inches high, about 31
years old, and has a small soar on his bft arm;
forehead high, and inclining back. He was raised
in Barnwell Distrlot, by Joffbrson Boyd.
GEO. B. LYTHGOE.
' may 4 Gou'l Sup’t. S. C. Railroad Oflico,