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GENERAL NEWS.
Letter from the Hon. Edward Everett to
Lord John Russell.
A letter from Lord John Russell was recently
published, addressed to Mr. Crampton.the Brit
ish Minister, in reply to the letter of the Hon.
Edward Everett, written in December, 1852,
(he being then the Secretary of State) on the
•tripartite treaty proposed by England and
France, for the purpose of guaranteeing to Spain
the possession of Cuba. Mr. Everett, it will be
remembered, refused on the part of our Govern
ment to enter into any such treaty, and gave
his reasons at length, and defined the position of
the United States in regard to Cuba, in his usual
able and masterly style. Lord John Russell’s
reply was not made public until Mr. Everett
had retired from office. The latter gentleman,
however, has deemed it his duty to some extent
to answer it, and the answer, which we find in
the Boston papers of Wednesday, is written in
z chaste, dignified and thorough manner.
Alter disposing of preleminary things as to
the tone of Lord John’s despatch and the length
of his own letter, Mr. Everett adverts to the
grounds upon which the United States rest the
claim of having a paramount interest in Cuba.
He then goes into a close and interesting exami
nation of the remark made by Lord John rela
tive to the avowal that the President could not
repress the Lopez expedition. This is pressed
in such a manner as to leave Lord John Russell
in a melancholy plight. The same thing is
done as to Lord John’s lecture on American
law. The manner in which this law was vio
lated in the British orders of council, and French,
Berlin and Milan decrees, is dwelt upon, and
forced home in away that must be peculiarly
refreshing to Lord John in particular, and to
John Bull generally. We give this portion of
his admirable letter:
u Consider, too, the recent antecedents of the
powers that invite us to disable ourselves to the
•nd of time from the acquisition in any way of
this natural appendage to our continent. France,
within the present century, to say nothing of
the acquisition of Louisiana, has wrested a
moiety of Europe from its native sovereigns;
has possessed herself by force of arms, and at the
time greatly to the discontent of England, of
six hundred miles of the northern coast of Africa,
with an indefinite extension into the interior;
and has appropriated to herself one of the most
important insular groups of the Pacific. Eng
land, not to mention her other numerous recent
acquisitions in every part of the globe, has, even
since your despatch of the 16th of February was
written, annexed half of the Burman empire to
her overgrown Indian possessions,—on grounds,
it the statements in Mr. Cobden’s pamphlet are
to be relied upon,—compared with which the
reasons assigned by Russia for invading Turkey
are respectable.
u The United States do not require to be ad
vised of ‘ the utility of those rules for the ob
servance of international relations, which for
centuries have been known to Europe, by the
name of the law of nations.’ They are known
and obeyed by us under the same venerable
name. Certain circumstances in our history
have caused them to be studied more generally
and more anxiously here than in Europe. From
the breaking out of the wars of the French rev
olution, to the year 1812, the United States
knew the law of nations only as the victims of
its systematic violation by the great maritime
powers of Europe. For these violations on the
part of England prior to 1794 indemnification
was made under the seventh article of Jay’s
treaty. For similar injuries on the part of
France, we were compelled to accept an illusory
set off under the convention of 1800. A few
years only elapsed, before a new warfare upon
our neutral rights was commenced by the two
powers. One hundred millions at least of
American property were swept lrom the seas,
under the British orders in council and the
French, Berlin and Milan decrees. These or
ders and decrees were at the time reciprocally
declared to be in contravention of the law of na
tions by the two powers themselves, each
■peaking of the measures of the other party. In
3831, after the generation of the original suffer
ers had sunk under their ruined fortunes to the
grave, France acknowledged her decrees to
have been of that character, by a late and par
tial measure of indemnification. For our enor
mous losses under the British orders in council,
we not onlv never received indemnification, but
tbe sacrifices and sufferings of war were added
to those spoilations on our commerce and inva
sion of our neutral rights which led to its decla
ration. Those orders were at the time regarded
by the Lansdownes, the Barings, the Broughams
and the other enlightened statesmen of the
school to which you belong, as a violation of
right and justice as well of sound policy ; and
within a very few years the present distin
guished lord chief justice, placed by yourself at
the head of the tribunals of England, has de
clared that ‘ the orders in council were grievous
ly unjust to neutrals, and it ts now generally al
lowed, that they were contrary to the law of nations
and our own municipal law
“ That 1 call, my Lord, to borrow your ex
pression, ‘ a melancholy avowal’ for the chief of
the jurispudence of a great empire. Acts of its
sovereign authority, countenanced by its parlia
ment, rigidly executed by its lleets on every sea,
enforced in the courts of admiralty by a magis
trate whose learning and eloquence are among
the modern glories of England, persisted in till
the lawful commerce of a neutral and kindred
nation was annihilated, and pronounced by the
highest legal authority of the present day con
trary not merely to the law of nations but your
own municipal law !
“Under these circumstances the government
and people of the United States, who have nev
er committed or sanctioned a violation of the
law of nations against any other power, may
well think it out of place, that they should be
instructed by an English minister in ‘ the utility
of those rules which for centuries have been
known to Europe by the name of the law of na
tions.’ ”
In conclusion, Mr. Everett says:
“As an American citizen, Ido not covet the
acquisition of Cuba, either peaceably or by force
of arms. When 1 cast my thoughts back upon
our brief history as a nation, I certainly am not
led to think, that the United States have reached
the final limits of theirgrowth, or what comes
to very much the same thing, that representa
tive government, religious equality, the trial by
jury, the freedom of the press, and the otfier
great attributes of our Anglo-Norman civiliza
tion are never to gain a farther extension on this
continent. I regard the inquiry under what po
litical organization this extention is to take
place, as a vain attempt to penetrate the inscru
table mysteries of the future. It will, if we are
wise, be under the guidance of our example ; I
hope it wll be in virtue of the peaceful arts, by
which well-governed States extend themselves
over unsettled or partially settled continents
My voice was heard at the first opportunity, in
the Senate of tbe United States, in favor of de
veloping the almost boundless resources of thf
territory already in our possession, rather than
seeking to enlarge it by aggressive wars. Still
I cannot think it reasonable—hardly respectful
—on the part of England and France, while
they are daily extending themselves on every
shore and in every sea, and pushing their do
minions. by new conquests, to the uttermost
ends of the earth, to call upon the United States
to bind themselves by a perpetual compact, nev
er, under any circumstances, to admit into the
Union an island which lies at their doors, and
•ommands the entrance into the interior of their
continent.”
The Weather and Crops.
Freshet and Rain. —Tbe Girard East Ala
bamian of the 16th inst., says: On last Satur
day and Sunday we had a veiy heavy rain suffi
cient at least, to raise the river to a great height.
Fiom the best information that we have, we are
not aware that serious damage has been done to
plantations below this point by the river, yet
learn that the rainy weather done incalculable
injury to the cotton crop in this county, and that
the open cotton is sprouting in the boll, and
some that has fallen out is glowing finely. We
an; iritoimed tNat the cotton crop in tin* county
will be less than' that ol last year.
We understand that Flint river has overflow
ed its banks, and that many plantations have
been ruined.
The Weather, |Crops, &c. —The unusually
wet season of the past month, has been succee
ded by clear, sultry weather. Thecountry con
tinues healthy in spite of such causes for sick
ness. Cautious as we are in our notices and
estimes of the cotton crop owing to the imper
fect and partial accounts usually obtained, we
think we can say that the crop in this region
will be reduced to at least one third of a fair
average, yielding 400 lbs., instead of 1200, to
the acre. This falls considerably short of the
production last year and is itself considered too
favorable an estimate. — Columbus (Miss.) Demo
crat, 17 th inst.
The Weather. —Still it rains. For nearly two
weeks the heavens have poured down a flood
upon us, and yet there is no bright sky over us.
When it will cease the clerk of the weather has
not informed us. We hope, however, for the
sake of what little cotton our farmers have re
maining, that a cessation in the down-pouring
elements will soon take place.— Grenada (Miss.)
Rejmblican , 17 th inst.
Cotton. —Our great staple|comes in very free
ly. The Jenny Beale, on Saturday, brought
down 1010 bales, the largest load of the season.
Since then, the Magyar and Azibe have artived,
’he former bringing 309, and the latter 523
bales. - The receipts from the Ist instant to the
present time sum up 5609 bales. Letters have
been received from Memphis, Ala., and Colum
bus, Miss., which state, if the fine weather con
tinues, more Cotton will be saved than was at
first anticipated.— Mobile Advertiser,2lst inst.
The Weather and Crops. —The weather
continues unsettled. Last week was very
warm; but the past few days have been cooler,
being something more of a fall-like appearance.
From all accounts, the cotton crop will not be a
full one—probably two-thirds of an average.
The boll-worm and the wet weather, in some
sections, did very great damage.— Lowndes (Ala )
Chronicle, 22 d inst.
COMMERCIAL.
Augusta Market, Sept. 28.
COTTON.—There has boon a fair demand for
Cotton during the past week, but it has run on
qualities principally ranging above Middling
Tho lower qualities, or those ranging from Mid
dling downwards, are almost unsaleable, there be
ing no market value established for them in mar
kets below. To sell the lower grades, which con
stitute tho, bulk of tho Cotton coming to hand,
holders have to take lower prices than realized last
week. Tho sales during the past weok havo been
limited, not exceeding 4to 500 bales. Tho recoipts
continue light for the season of the year, and most
ofthat coming to hand is ordered to be sold on ar
rival. The receipts of new Cotton at all the ship
ping ports, up to the latest dates received, is only
18,372 bales, against 46,402 last year, showing a
decrease of 28,030 bales. We now quoto,
Inferior and Ordinary 7 a 8
Low Middling to Middling 9.} a 9}
Good Middling 10 a—
Middling Fair 10} a—
Fair— a—
GROCERIES. —For the se son of tho year there
is a good business doing in the Grocery line. There
havo beon considorablo additions mado to tho
stocks on hand within tho past two weeks, and
our merchants are now well suppliod with every de
scription of goods. There is a good business doing
in filling country merchants and planters orders.
CORN.—There has beon littlo or no export do.
mand this weok, and the corn market has been
comparatively quiet. For homo wants, it is selling
in small lots at 70 cents, sacks returned. Any thing
of a lot would not bring over 05 cents, sacks in
eluded.
FLOUR—Holders are still stiff in their asking pri
ces. Augusta Mills finds ready sale at $6 for su
perfine in bags at wholesale and $0 a sfij by retail.
Family is selling at 57 a $S at wholesale and retail.
Country Flour is selling by tho quantity in bbls at
s6}, and retailing at s6} a s6} per bbl.
BACON.—There is a bettor demand for a good
article, and prices aro stiffening. We continue to
quote ribbed sides (Tennessee) at 9}, and cloar at
9} a 10; Shoulders 7} a 8. Good joint mentis
still scarco.
BAGGING—Stock on the increase and most
holders are asking frem store, by the pioce or bolt,
12} a 13 cents. Bale Ropo is now selling at 9} a 10
cents.
COFFEE.—Stock on hand moderate, and in
consequence of tho sudden rise in the Northern
markets holders havo advanced their prices and
are asking 12 a 12 J cents for a good article of Rio.
MOLASSES. Stock of Cuba good. Holders
are selling from stores 24 a 25, according to quantity
Now Orleans is worth 33 a 35 cents.
SUGAR.—Stock on hand large, and principal
sales 5£ to 6J for Orleans and Muscovado ; Porto
Rico 6J to 7] ; Clarified 7j to 82, according to the
grade. Prices are looking up.
SALT—Tho stock in first hands is| light and
higher prices are asked. Retailing from store at
$1 55 a $1 60.
WHEAT.—There is a good demand for Wheat,
and good Rod meets with ready sale at 80 a 90
cents, and prime Whitoat sl.lO a $1.25 per bushel.
NAILS.—Havo an upward tendency, and most
holders aro now asking 5} t* 5J conts.
FEATHERS—Fair demand at 40 to 43 cents per
lb. for a good article.
BEEF AND HOGS —Shoats, weighing from 50
to 80 lbs. are in demand and will bring 6 to 6i cents
nett —supply modorate. For.largo hogs there is
very littlo enquiry, being too early in tho season.
Beef, grass fed. is worth 4£ nett, and stall fed 5 a
sj. No sheep in market—demand good.
, EXCHANGE.—Our Banks are drawing on New
York and other Northern cities at per cent,
prem. for Sight Drafts.
FREIGHTS.—The river is now in fair boat
ing order, with every prospect of continuing so
I for the remainder of tho soason. The quantity of
Cotton offering is on the increase, but it is still limit
ed. We quoto to Savannah 50 conts per bale; to
Charleston por Railroad 75 cents pier bale.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 23d. Cotton. —Arrived
since the 15th inst., 1,532 bales Upland (808
per Railroad, 18 from Darien, and 706 from Augus
ta and landings on tho river,) and 42 do. Sea Isl
ands. Tho exports for tho same period amount to
972 bales Upland, viz : To New York 501 bales;
To Boston 96 bales Upland ; Te Philadelphia 50
bales Upland, and to Charleston 25 bales Upland
—leaving on hand and on shipboard not cleared, a
stock of 3,273 bales Upland, and 172 do. Sea Isl
and ; against 2,480 do. Upland, and 59 do. Sea
Island, at the same time last yoar.
Our market has shown but little activity at any
time during the week. The news from Europe, by
the Arctic at New York, was at hand on Sunday
evening. The sales of cotton at Liverpool for
three days, to 7th September, wero 14,000 bales—
-1,000 to speculators and 3,000 to exporters Prices
wero unchanged, Fair Orleans being quoted at 6J,
and Fair Upland 6fd. Holders wero offering their
stocks vory freely.
The sales hero for the week amount to 174 bales
at tho following particulars : 9 at 8J ; 2 at 8| ; 35
at 10i ; 29 at 10* ; 62 at 10| ; 19 at 10J j and 18
bales at 10|c. The market doses quiet with a
mod-rato enquiry for'Northern market. All the
shipments this season have been to coastwiso ports,
tho stock offering being too small to induce buy
ers for foreign countries to come into the market.
We boliove tho sales warrant tho following quota
tions.
Middling to Good Middling lOj a 10J
Middling Fair lOf a—
Fair, (nominal.) a 11
Sea Itlai tl —Tho receipts of the week amount
to 42 baits. The sales for the past week were 14
bales all at 36 cts. Thoro is very little inquiry and
the holders find it difficult.to sell.
Rice —Wo bear of the sales of 386 casks, 50 at
$3,815, 56 at $3,875, and 280 casks at $4,125. The
supply is adequate to meot the present demand.
Hour. —The stock continues light and the sales
have been confinod to small lots. Woquoto $6,50
a $3,75.
Corn. —There is very little demand for this ar
tiolo. The stock is ample. We hear of tho sale of
ono lot prime white at 82 cts. Wo qutoe 75 a 80
cents, wholesale.
SfrOats— Nothing has been done in th s article.
Bagging. —Wo have not hoard of any sales of
importance. Wo quote 11J al2 cents.
Rope. —3oo coils Kentucky changed at BJ. Hol
ders are asking 0 a 9$ cents.
Bacon. —We have no salos to report this week.
No change in quotations.
Lime —We have had no cargo arrivals since our
last. We quote $1,37$ per bbl.
Lumber —
S. Sawed, refuse perm. ft.. 8 OOall 00
Merchantable per m. ft .14 00al8 00
River Lumber,refuse... ..per m. ft.. 9 OOalO 00
Merchantable to primo.. per m. ft .14 00al6 00
Ranging Jo., for export...per m. It., 9 OOaOO 00
Mill Ranging perm. ft.. 10 00al3 00
White Pino, clear perm. ft. .30 00a40 00
Merchantable per m. ft.,.18 00a25 00
Cypress Shingles per m... 4 00a 450
Sawed Sypress Shingles, .per m.. 16 00a
Red Oak Staves per m.. 12 00al6 00
Whito do. pipe per m .35 OOnfiO 00
do. do. hhd per m.. 25 00a35 00
do. do. bbl per m. .20 00a25 00
Molasses. —This article is entirely neglected. No
gales reported.
Freights are dull. To New York at 75 cents per
halo for Cotton, and 87$ for Rico ; Copper in boxes
$2 por ton.
Exchange. —Sterling is quoted nominally at 9$
a9s per ct. premium. Domestic.—The Banks are
selling Sight Checks on the Northern cities at $
per cent, prem.; and purchasing Sight Bills at par;
30 da.v Bills at $a $ per cont discount: 60 day
Bills, 1$ als per cent discount; 90 day Bills, 1$ a
2 per cent discount.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 23. Cotton.— The trans
action sinco our report of the 16th inst, reach up
wards of 1400 halos, which is a slight improvement
on the demand of tho previous wecV. Wo have
no matorial change to notice since ou/publieation
of this day week The transactions in tho lower
grades show a little failing off in prices, whilo the
better qualities have sust lined their former posi
tion, There has not been enough done, however,
to establish a rango of quotations, and for the pres
ent prices must bo considered nominal. The re
ceipts ofthe week roach 1,314 bales. The sales in
tho same time may bo classed as follows, viz : —314
bales at Bj, 25 at 9, 51 at9J, 73 at 10, B‘J at 10 j. 83
at 10*, 59 at 10$, 152 10f. 124 at 10 11-16, 282 at
10J, 42 at 1# 13-16, and 45 bales at 10|c. We have
no transactions to report in Long Cotton.
Corn. —There was an arrival this week of up
wardsof 4100 bushels North Carolina, which were
taken for coastwise shipment at 68 cents, which is
an advance of 5 a 7 cents on previous transae
tions.
Flour. —The transactions, which have been limit
od to small parcels for city consumption, have been
confined mostly to country brands, at prices rang
ing from 6 a S6J. sacks and barrells. Baltimore
brands are held at 6J a S6J per barrel, but they
meet with slow sales at these prices.
Bacon. —The market lia3 been very quiet this
week; tho few sales, however, that havo been
made, show a firm market at last week's prices,
which we havo renewed, ar d would confidently rc
for to them as being a fair exponent of the state of
the market at the close of the wook.
Bagging. —Gunny cloth, to which the demand
is confined, readily commands our quotations—ll 3
a 12c.
liopr. —Wostern and Philadelphia have boon
selling in small lots at prices ranging from 84 a 9c.
Salt. —Tho stock is very light. Holders have
advanced tho rale to 84.50 per sack, but at this
price tho article meets with very slow salo.
Sugars. —The transactions of the week have
been confinod to smal lots lrom tho hands of job
bers. There is very littlo in first hands.
Coffee —There have boon no transactions this
week of any consequenoe. Tho stock, with tho ex
ception of some 2,600 bags Rio, which is limited
to 12c. is in tho hands of grocers, who havo mate
rially advanced their rates.
Freights —There are no vessels up for foroign
ports. To New York 20c.per 100 lbs. has boon the
current rate of the week. Rice mav bo quoted
nominally at 624 a 75c per tierce. Engagements
have been made of t'otton to Boston at jc. per 100
lbs. There is no Rico offering.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 17.— Cotton— Arrived
since the 9th inst., 4,197 bales. Cleared in tho
same timo 112 halos. Stock in presses nod co ship
board not cleared on tho 16th iastant 13,92* bales
We are still without any general activity to no
tice in tho Cotton trade of our city, and the mar
ket of the new crop can hardly bo said to havo
fairly opened, so comparatively light havo been the
rec.npts up to this time, and so limited tho number
ol buyers. There have beon more or less transac
tions daily, however, and the sales of tho week sum
up about 3500 bales of old and new crop, (princi
yally the latter) for which very full prices have
been paid generally, though tho market exhibits a
good deal of irregularity. Wo have advanced a
fraction on our quofations of last week, to embrace
new crop, tho outside figures being for a strict clas
sification. The purchasos are principally for Eng
land, though some few hundred bales have been
taken for Franco and tho North, and there would
probably be more doing for all these markets, at or
near present prices, if the supply and assortment
were more amplo. The receipts of new crop thus
lar this year are 4592 bales, against 38,479 bales to
same time last year.
NENV-ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION.
(Assimilating to that of Lnccrpool )
Inferior —a
Ordinary to Good Ordinary 8J a 94
Low Middling 10 a lOj
Middling 10J a 11
Good Middling llj a 11 j
Middling Fair 113 a *2
Fair nominal
GoodFair nominal
Good and Fine nominal
Sugar. — Louisiana. —The transactions in the
Sugar market continue ot a limited character, the
sales being mostly in mere retail paroles, for the
consumpt onof the city, and ot places in the im
mediate neighborhood, as there is no demand for
the Northern markets and but littlo intercourse
with the upper country. The sales ot tho entire
week have been confinoi to about 300 hogsheads,
of which 120 hogsheads were disposed of yesterday,
in several lots. In prices thre is some irregularity,
but the sales generally have been within the range
of the following quotations :
Inferior —a —c.
Common 3j a 3j
Fair to fully fair 4 a4}
Prime 44 a 4J
Choice 5 a 5j
Clarified .6 a 7
Molasses. —The receipts of this article arc tri
fling, and there is at tho same time, very littlo de
ruand. Tho occasional limited sales that take
place are mostly within a range of 13 a 18 and 20
cents per gallon, tho lowest figures lor ordinary
fermenting and the highest for Refinery reboiled.
Arrived sinco tho 9th instant, 102 barrels. Clear
ed in the same time for Charleston 62 barrels.
Grain. —Tho demand for Corn has continued
moderate throughout thu week, and prices have
ruled still more in favor of buyers, the sales com
prising 7500 sacks up to Thursday evening at pri
ces embracing the extreme of 62 a 7C cents, the
bulk being at 63 a 68, and 1000 yesterday, inclu
ding 500 mixed and y ellow at 66 cents, and 250
white at 70, miking an aggregate for the week of
8500 sacks.
Bacon —Prime Meat has continued scarce and
in request at full prices, say 74 a 73 cents for
Shouldos and 73 aBJ cents for Sides, but skippoy
and inferior have been neglected and sold at low
er figures, according to condition and quality. The
sales up to Thursday evening comprised 300 casks.
Yesterday 25 casks bhoulders sold at $7 SO, 50 to
arrive at 73, 10 Sides at 84, 13 inferior sugar cured
Hams at sll 90, and 40 fancy ditto, in iour lots,
at 15 cents. Arrived during the past week 282
casks. Cleared lor Florida 15, Texas 10, Mobile
13, Charleston 15 casks.
Coffee. —Tho market has exhibited increased ac
tivity since our last report, and holders have been
enabled to establish a further advance, the sales
of Rio, including resales, comprising fully 12 000
bags. 6000 of which were sold at 9 3 a Li cents, 4000
at 10| a 11, 1200 at 114 and 150 at 12. The stock
on hand last evening was t»9,503 bags, tineluding
14,288 in second hands.) against 22,412 at the cor
responding date last year.
Whisky —Rectified has continued to sell in
small lots at 25 cents, but Raw has improved. The
sales include 200 barrels former on Monday at 24 J
conts, 100 on Tuesday at 25 corns and 200 barrels
Raw, in two lots, on Saturday and Monday, at 25
cents, 70 on Thursday ar 254 cents, and 50 at 26
cents. Arrivod during the Week 3627 bhls. Clear
ed for Florida 20, Texas 40, Charleston 205 bbls-
BY TELEGRAPH.
Transmitted to the Constitutionalist & Requhlle,
New Orleans, Sept, 26.
Yellow Fever.
The interments on Sunday were 35,16 by
yellow fever. There will be r.o more daily re
ports given.
At Mobile up to Sunday night, 14 deaths
were reported, 9 by fever.
Richmond, Sept. 27, P. M.
The Great Race—Nina Victorious.
The great race of the season, SIO,OOO a side,
was won by Nina, in two straight heats. Time,
three minutes lifty-four and one quarter seconds,
the first heat; second heat, three minutes and
forty-eight seconds.
New Orleans, Sept 27.
Yellow Fevor.
The interments to-day were 33, 14 by yellow
fever.
At Mobile, the interments were 20, by fever
13.
MARRIED.
On Thursday eventng last, by Lewis Levy, Esq.,
Mr. Jacob Se.nninger. to Miss Martha Gibbs,
all of this city.
.On the 7th inst., at her father’s residence, by tho
Rev. William V. Burney, Miss Vianna V. Har
well, eldest daughter of Mr. T. B. Harwell, to
Mr. Charles D. Pearson, all of Eatnoton, Ga.
On Thursday, 15tb inst., by Owen McGar, Esq.,
W. A. Moxley, of Jefferson county, to Miss Emi
ly Hall, of Emanuel county.
On the Bth instant, by the Rev. O. C. Gibson, E.
J. Dozier, of Columbia county, and Mrs. A. C.
Ivey, of Barnwell District, So. Ca. daughter of
Jarne and Elizabeth Hightower, of Upson county,
Georgia.
On the 6th inst., in Jackson county, by the Lev
Jesse Littlejohn, Mr. Timothy Snelson, of
Wilkes county and Miss Margaret T. Varnum,
of Jackson county, Ga.
On the 11th instant, by the Rev. B. Tolloson, Mr.
Sanford Gorham to Miss Mary Burroughs, all
of Marietta.
On the 20th inst., by Rev. W. J. Keith, Mr. WtL
liam W. Walcott, of Cedar Shoals, and Miss
Elizabeth D. Hollingsworth, of Griffin.
On the 20th inst., at Cave Spring, by the Rev
M. Cloutz, Mr. S. M. Dandson and Miss Susan, L
Cottrell.
In Burke county, on the lttth inst., by tho Rev.
W.L. Tucker, Mr. John P. Allen to Miss Mary
A. E. Pierce, n.l of Burke.
OBITUARY.
Died, at her residence in Columbia county,
Georgia, on Friday, the 16th inst., Mrs. Mary
Wellborn, in the eighty fourth year of her age.
Another connecting link between this and a
former generation has been snapped in twain, re
minding us how rapidly the relics of Revolutionary
memory, are fading from the earth. The venor
able subject of this brief sketch, was no ordinary
person, either considering abstractly, the qualities
ot her head and heart, or the general character
of her ancestry and family connection. She was a
daughter, by his second wife, of the Rev. Daniel
Marshall, distinguished among the Primitive Bap
tists of Georgia, for his sell-sacrificing devotion to
the cause of religious toleration, and for his active
and zealous attachment to the fortunes of our Re
volutionary fathers, in their contest for indepen
dence Thus descended, she was, of course relatod
to that worthy list of Marshalls, who graced the
earlier history of our State, by their virtuous in
fluence and bright examples, among whom we
might more particularly state, that she was the
sister of Abraham, and the aunt of Jabez .Mar
shall, both of whom were distinguished in their day
and generation, for eminent piety, and their elo
quent advocacy of the cause of Christ. Sprung
from and connected with a noble stock, the subject
of this Obituary was in her sphere, a worthy rep
resentative of their many and heroic virtues.—
She was married, in early lifo, to Elias NV oliborn,
who has been dead some eighteen years, and who
rendered efficient and active service in tho Revo
lutionary War, for wnich his widow was duly pen
sioned by the General Government,
Removed by sex, as her husband was by dispo
sition, from the strife and ambitious contests of
the world, it was their peculiar province to rear up
1 a numerous offspring. Os strong pratical judgment
i and fervent piety, even after the death of her hus-
I band, sho managed her worldly interests with a
masculine skill and wisdom, and all through life,
1 trained up her household in the paths ot virtue and
! honor. Most nobly were her declining days re
warded and consoled, by tho spectacle ot her whole
posterity, in tho full tide of successful career, and
without a blemish upon the characters which she
had formed and moulded. Os familiar and accom
modating disposition, her home was always tho
abode of a generous hospitality, and there is scarce
ly a traveller or wagoner, accustomed to that great
thoroughfare between middle Georgia and Augusta,
before railroads were established, but who has
drank from the ,l old Oaken Bucket which bang
at her well, 7 ’ and are even now amused and refresh
ed, by tho recollections of her inquisitive disposi
tion and familiar lindness.
But this vonerable mother in Isreal is gone
Having lived beyond her throe score years and
ten; till the elastic throb had left her heart, and
the power ot locomotion had escaped her limbs,—
she has been taken in her second childhood, to the
rest of her fathers. Her body reposes in the family
burial ground by the side of many of her children
and grand children, whom she has outlived, but
there are still scores who can rise up and call her
blessed, and plant the woodbine and cypress on her
venerable brow. L H. B.
[Tp” Christian Index please copy.
HIED.
In this city, at the family residence, on the for?
noon of Thursday, the loth inst., after a painful
and protracted illness, which she bore with much
fortitude, Mrs. Amanda M. Richards, e nsort of
Thomas Richards, in the 45th year of her age. Mr.
R. being absent North at the time, for the benefit
of his own health, was telegraphed of her ap
proachin dissolution, and with all the speed which
steam afforded, hastened homeward, hut arrived
only in time to learn she had been in the grave
two days, and to mingle his tears with those of his
stricken family, who already felt, with deep inten
sity, avoid had been made there, which could
never be filled May He •* who tempers the wind to
theshorn lamb,” sanctify to them this afflictive
dispensation, that it may lead them the more ear
nestly to “ set their affections on things above,''
is the fervent prayer of the writer. t.
fig; Upon the plantation of Mr. B. D- Hill, in Burke
couniy. on the 19th iust., after a very short illness,
Mr. Richard Folds, in his ninety sixth year.
This venerable old citzen of ours, had been
helpless for a number of years, and was sustained
bv his industrious and laborious children, who are
left to mourn his loss. May tho Lord cherish him,
and all others who sufferrod for our libertj.
D. A.
At his residence in Columbia county, on the 2d
inst., in the seventy-fourth year of his age, Mr
Samuel Banes, a native of Ncedhan, Mass., hut
been for the last forty years a resident oi Colum
bia county, in this State.
Providence, R. 1., papers, please copy.
In Hall county, Ga., on tho 3dult., after a pro
trracted and severe illness, Mrs- Celi\, tho con
sort of Robert Cocran, sen., in tho 55th year of her
ago.
Os Typhoid fever, at the residence of his moth
er, on Monday the 12th inst., Gkof.uk W. C.
Blakey, aged 21 years, 7 months and 11 days.
In New Orleans, on the 24th of August, D. L
Holliday, formerly of Augusta, Ga.
At his residence, in Columbia couniy, on tho 31st
of August, Mr. William Mebiwethek, in the
61st year of his age
In Warren county, Ga . at the residence of Mr
Henry McKinney, Mrs. Elizabeth Cody, in the
66th year of hor ago.
AUGUSTA STEAM PLANING MILLS,
(Head of Me hit sh street, near the Waynesboro
Railroad Depot.)
DOORS. BLINDS, SASHES.
DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES,
MOULDINGS, PANELINGS, MANTELS,
ORNAMENTAL SCROLL WORK,
TURNING, BRACKETS, FENCING, BOXES,
AC., AC.
Os every size and of tho newest designs, made to
order at short notice.
Also—Workod FLOORING, CEILING and
WEATHER BOARDING.
Orders punctually attended to.
sep 2 dicjOm WOOD A SUPDABD,
PAPER COMMISSION WAREHOUSE,
No. 82 EAST- BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C.
AGENCY OF THE
SOUTH CAROLINA PAPER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
THE Subscriber having entered exclusively into the PAPER COMMISSION BUSINKgj, aD( j
having every facility lor canduoting tho same, offors his Stock at greatly reduced prices, '\y >yer
than has heretofore been offered in this city. Country Merchants and others will do well to cub a
- his Stock, consisting in part of
TfcWJHBL ,
LETTER PAPER. PACKET AND COMMERCIAL POST.
SuperGne Blue and White, Wove and Laid, Ruled Superfine Blue Wove and Laid.
and Plain. FOLIO POST.
FOOLSCAP . Blue and Whito Wove.
Supeflno Blue and White, Wore and Laid, Ruled BLANK BOOK PAPER.
and Plain. Cap, Demy, Medium, Royal, Super Royal anti
NOTE. Imperial.
Blue and M hite, PlaiD and Ruled. Blue and While Wovo and Laid-
NEWS PATER, BOOK PAPER.
CONSTANTLY on HAND. of various qualities.
22x32. 23x32. -6x36. 26x37. Moaiurn 19x24.
24x34. 24x36. 26x38. 26x39. Double Medium...,, .24x38.
24x35. 25x37, 30x44. 30x42. 24x40
News and Book Printing Paper Manufactured of any size and at shortest notice.
era- ~ ' ■ w ttb i
STRAW WRAPPING. rag WRAPPING.
12x16. 14x20. 12x16. 14x20.
18x24. 20x28. 18x24. 20x28.
24x36. 36x40. 24x36.
18x24. j Os various thicknosses, some extra heavy 124x30
}■ and strong, for Hardware Dealers, 36x40
24x34. j Grocers and Cotton Samples. j 40x48.
TEA PA PE R 8 OF V A RIO US SIZES.,
Superfine French Assorted Colors, Fine Assorted Colors, Medium, Royal and Double Medium
B »<**»«
Plain, Enamelled and Colored ; Card Boards and large Embossed Cards.
M&t,
MAYNARD A NOYES CELEBRATED WRITING INKS
AGENT FOR TYPE, PRESSES AND PRINTING MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS.
0Q JOSEPH WALKER
sept 28 c 4
-Appointment* of CuYI.ER W. Yovnu,
IxW tho Revolutionary, Whig, Union,
Clay, Scott, candidate for Congress, in the eighth
District.
At Lexington, Oglethorpe Co., Sept. 20
At Washington, Wilkes Co, Sept. 28
At Elherton, Elbert Co., Sept. 30
sept 21 c 2
Georgia, Elbert County.—The Supo
ftV- rior Court of said county, September
Term; 1853, stands adjourned to the J ourth
Thursday in October next, the 27th day of the
month. Parties, Jurors, Witnesses, and other per
sons interested, will take notice, arid govern them
selves accordingly.
By order of his Honor, Eli 11. Baxter.
William Johnson, Clerk,
sept 21. 1853, c-td
GREAT AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
The eighth annual fair
of the “ Southern Central Agri
cultural Society,” willl be held in
AUGUSTA, GA., during the week
commencing Oetoberl 7, 1853.
The Secretary’s office wi'l bo opened at Augus
ta, on the Ist ot October, for the purpose of receiv
ing entries.
Entries ofLive Stock, or any other articles, may
be forwarded to “ Secretary of Southern Central
Agricultural Society, Augusta, Georgia.” per mail,
any time alter first of October. All articles thus
forwarded, should be carefully labelled tlio with ow
ner’s name and residence.
Miscellaneous Articles should be on the Fair
Grounds as early as Saturday, Oct. 15; but ani
mals may be brought forward at anytime provious
to 9 A. M., on Tuesday, October 18.
Ail articles intended for exhibition only, will be
transported to and from the Fair, by the different
Railroads, free of charge, and visitors to the Ex
hibition will only be required to pay ono faro go
ing and returning. This arrangement will com
mence on tho 12th, nnd end on the 22d of October
—thus allowing ample timo for tho transfer of all
atock and articles of every description to and from
the Show Grounds- The rates of board at the dif
ferent Hotels, and also Hack and Omnibus hire,arc
fixed at a certain standard, from which there can
be no deviation; and nothing will bo left undone
on the part of the Society or Committee of Ar
rangements, to promote the comfort and enjoyment
of visitors and strangers.
All persons having business with the Society, or
wishing i*.formntion, not hero furnished, will ad
dress the Secretary, after the first of October, at
Augusta, Ga.
D. W. LEWIS, Secretary.
Editors, favorable to the cause of Improve
ment will please notice the above in their respec
tive journals.
sep 28 d|itctols
MONTPELIER FEMALE INSTITUTE.
MISS MARTHA M. BUELL, Principal, and
Teacher of the higher English Branches.
I Miss LOUISA S. SPENCER, English Branches,
; German and Italian
! Miss MARY A. PHILIPS, English Branches.
I Mis 3 AUELINE A. CON KEY, I Vocal and In
' Miss ADELINE BUNN. j strumen.Music.
i Miss LUCRETIA S. HOOPER, Drawing, Puin
j ting, Embroidery and Instrumental Music.
M'llo. ADELINE CHAUSY, French.
Mrs. S. M JAMES, Domestic Superintendent,
Rev. RUFUS M. WHITE, Rector.
Rev SENECA G. BRAGG, Chaplain.
The 25th Term of this Institution, will com
mence on the 13th of Ootebcr
A prospectus and any ipffifmation may be had,
by application to the Sefl߻ry and Treasurer.
As the number of pupils is limited, it is impor
tant that early applica'ion should bo made.
W. S. WILLIFORD, Sec. ATrea,
Macon, Georgia.
From Bishop Elliott's A initial Address.
“ With the consent of the Board of Trustees,
I placed the Institute under the charge of a lady,
well tritd and well know, MissM. M BUELL, and
invited the Rev. RI.'FUS M. WHITE, who hud
just at that moment, resigned the charge of St.
Johns Church, to accept the Rectorship of the
Institute. These appointments, together with the
continuance of the Rev. Mr BRAG®, at tho In
stitute, should give paients every confidence that
such as the school has heretofore been, such will it
ho hereafter. I commend is most heartily to the
Diocese, assuring it, that the school has never been
in finer condition, and praying it to use every exer
tion, not to permit an Instbution to go down, which
has been built up at the ext enso of so much sacri
fice and suffering ” INI sept 28
University of Georgia, )
Athens, Sept. 28. 1853. f
ON the 2d Monday in November next, at their
meeting in Milledgoville, the Trustees of this
University, will elect two Tutors, whoso services
will begin in January next.
Applicants for tlnse offices, may address the
President of the College, to whom any testimonials
may be sent. A. HULL, Soc’y.
sept 28 fAelm _
WINES AND LIQUORS,
r;/ \ lilies, old Eagle WHISKY.
OU 50 “ “ Rye do.
50 “ “ Rectified do.
10 quarter casks of Cognac Brandy
2 pipes Holland Gin.
5 quarter casks Jamaica Rum.
5 ** •* St. Croix do,
6 “ “ Brown Sherry,
j “ <■ Palo do.
S “ “ Port Wine.
3 “ “ Tenneriffe do.
26 bbla. old Ncctor and Eagle Whisky
5 “ Extra old Nector do. 1840.
Just recoived and for sa e by
s>pt22 d.telmo A. ST EVEN 8^
STUCK FOiTsaLe~ ~'
SHARKS Clinch Rifles Loan Association.
s£\J 10 do Oglethorpe Infantry Loan Ae«o
--c ation Apply to C. S. MuKINNII.
aug 9
GIEORGIA, WARREN COUNTY.—'Whereas, WIL
r LIAM LITTLETON, applies to me for Letters of
Administration, on the estate of LUCY BRAY, lute of
said county, deceased.
These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular tlie kindred and creditors, of the said deceased,
to bo and appear at my oflice, within the time proscrib
ed by law, to show cause if any they have, why said
letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at oflice in Warretnon, Sep
tember 24th, 1853.
Hept 27 AUDEN R. MEUSIION, Ordinary.
GtfiOßGlA, BURKE COUNTY —Whereas, MAUI AH
T MOXLEY, applies for Letters of Guardianship,
for ADAM McNATT MOXLEY, and 11ENRY M. MOX
LEY, minors under 14 years of age.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish ail and
singular, the kindred of said minors, and all other
persons concerned, to be and appear at the Court ot
Ordinary, to be neld in and for said county, on the
first Monday in November next, and show cause if any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Waynesboro, this
24th da}’ of September, 1853.
sept 27 EDWAKI) GARLICK, 0. D. C.
G GEORGIA, BURKE COUNTY.—'Whereas, SiM EON
I" BELL, applies to me lor Letters of Administration
on the Estate of HIRAM BELL, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite aud admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased,
to be and appear b fore the Court of Ordinary, to be
held ij and forsuid County, on the first Monday in No
vember next, and show cause,if any they have, why said
letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in AYaynesboro, this
2fith day of September, 1853.
sept 28 EDWARD GARLICK, o. ». C
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Will bo sold on tho first Tuesday in I'ECEMBKTt
next, in tho town of Waynesboro, Burke coun
ty, hotween tho usual hours of sale, by virture
of the order of the Court of Ordinary of said
county.
Firo hundred and ton acres Oak and Hickory land,
with a good improvement thereon, plantation in a
high state of cultivation. There is a Gin, Straw
Cutter, Press, and all necessary puddings, all now.
Wm. Ponder, will show tho place to any person
wishiug to examein the lands. It adjoins lands of
Goneral G. W. Kvuns, Liston Wimberly, A. J.
Lawson and others, on eight mile Branch in said
county. Wo hope purchasers, or thoso wishing to
purchasosaid lands, will exatnino them before day
of sale. Sold for tho benefit of tho heirs and cred
itors. Terms on tho day of sale. Parties to
pay for papers.
sept 28 JAMES GRUBBS, Adin'r.
PLANTATION AND MILLS FOR SALE.
LYING in Vann’s Valley, within two miles of
Cavo Spring, embracing LAND on both Lit
tle and Dig Cedar Creeks, containing two hundred
and eighty acres, with about one hundred and
twenty acres in a high state of cultivation, com
fortable Ileuses and a good young Orchard There
aro in operation good Flour, Corn and Saw MILLS,
and Cotton Gin, all propelled by water, with Cot
ton Scrow.
We will sell Farming Tools, Wagons, Stock
Ilogs, and Corn. Any one wishing to buy, can find
us on the place, or at Cave Spring.
If not sold by the 15th November, the whole
will be offered at public sale, at the Mills.
C. S. SHIELDS,
IV. K. POSEY.
I will sell my HOUSE and LOT in Cave Spring,
known as “ Posey Hotel,” upon accommodating
terms. W. K. POSEY r .
Cave Spiing, Ga., Sopt. 20,1853. sept2soNls
NEW DRY GOODS STORE.
D BLALOCK lias just opened in tlio New Buil
■ ing—Bank of Augusta—an entire now stock of
STAPLE and FANCY DRY GOODS, in which
aro the richest and most elegant dress Fabrics, and
a complete assortment ol every thing necessary in
the Dry Goods line, for family and plantation use.
All of which ho offers at the lowest possible prices,
to which ho envites attention,
sept 20 d2f3c2
MUSICAL NOTICE.
V. La TASTE respectfully informs his friend
that his Music School will bo continued
through the winter. He would in this connection
state that the common and ruinous system oi
marking the fingering, moots with no favor from
him. All urtilicul aids should bo discarded. One
cannot make a painter who uses theorems or
sketches on a pane o. glass. Mu=io is not printed
with the fingering over the notes, bunco the scholar
should bo taught with this fact in view, to finger by
rule and not by figures.
sep 20 tu&o3
GROCERIES, IRON, NAILS. &n.
1 QC hhds. Porto Rico, Now Orleans audMus
Jl eC tj covado Sugars.
150 pkgs. Loaf, Crushed, Powdorod and Clar'*-
fied Sugars.
850 bags Rio, Java and Cuba Coffee.
100 hhds. Molasses.
100 bales Gunny Ragging.
500 coils Prime Hemp Rope.
2000 pounds Twine.
40 tons Sweods Bar Iron.
1000 kegs Nails and Brads.
300 boxos Soap and Candles,
500 bags Shot.
5000 lbs. Bar Lead.
,100 boxes Tobacco, various brands.
1500 sacks Salt.
100,000 Spanish and American Scgars.
A largo and complete stock of Liquors of nil dc -
soriptions. For Sale by
sep2 d&clm BAKER & WILCOX.
NEW CARPETS.
SNOWDEN V SHEAR
HAVE just roceived from Now York, rich Vel
vet Tapestry Carpots of now and Salendid
stylos;
Tapeßtry Brussel!* Carpots of new and splendid
pattern.
Superior Ingrain and Three Ply Carpets.
RichTapestiy Stair Carpeting.
Rich Chenille Rugs to raa eh the Carpets.
The public aro respeettully requested to sail and
examine the assortment. seplG d|c.