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eri-tOechlj) Chronicle & Sentinel,
I*Y WILLIAM S. JONES
(gtironicle ans Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, a A ;
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 18.
South Carolina. Election,
Ihe returns of the recent election for dele
gates to the Southern Congress are nearly
complete. The co-operationists have carried
the State by a large majority, fjom five to ten
thousand.
The Secessionists have probably carried
only one Congressional distrie.t electing Mes
srs. Khett & Dvncan by a small majority.
The returns from the other districts indicate
the triumph of the co-operationist in some
of them by very heavy majorities.
Mexico. —Accounts have been received at
New Orleans from the city of Mexico to the
7threpresenting the Government to be in much
confusion. Many ineffectual attempts have been
made to appoint a new Cabinet. The Treasury
| is at its lowest ebb, and the Government re
sources nearly annihilated.
Eschew Szaubg Wax.—The National In
teligencer says:
Our Governmental Departments have re
ceived official information from San Francisco
that letters frequently reach there with the
envelopes partly torn off, and the address mu
tilated, in consequence of the practice of using
sealing-wax to secure the envelopes.
In passing through the tropics the wax is in
variably melted so as to destroy all semblance
of a seal, and not unfrequently so as to adhere
to the letter beneath it, and cause the injury or
destruction of tho address in separating the
two. 6
The Postmaster General therefore recom
mends to all persons having correspondence
with California, and other parts of the coast of
the Pacific Ocean, to discontinue the use of
wax in sealing their letters or other papers.
The Propellor South Carolina, intended to
run between Charleston and Liverpool, was
launched at Messrs. Jabes, Williams & Co’s.
Yard, at Grsen Point, New York, on Satuiday
lust*
Henry Clay.— The Louisville Courier of
the 10th instant says • We notice a paragraph
going the rounds of the Northern papers, to
the effect that our distinguished fellow citizen,
the revered Sage of Ashland, contemplates
resigning his seat in the Senate of the United
Slates, owing to the debilitated condition of
his health. We can assure the numerous
friends jf Mr. Clay throughout the country,
that all such announcements, to say the least
ol them, are premature. Mr. Clay’s health is
gradually improving, and a cough that he has
found troublesom through the summer, has
nearly left him. There is now no reason for
supposing that Mr. Clay will not bo at Wash
ington at the organization of Congress. His
own opinion, as well as that of his friends, is,
that he will enjoy fully as good health at the
metropolis as at home. The country mav
therefore feel confident of reaping the advan
tages of bis experience and wise counsels du
ring the approaching session of Congress.
Coal in lowa —Thi» very youthful syster
of the Confederacy is immensely rich in natu
ral resource*. Mr. Owen, the geologist, who
surveyed the State by order of the United
States government, stated before the Ameri
can Scientific Association, in reference to the
coal depositee of lowa, that: ‘ Between John
son and lowa Counties, an uplift of carboni
ferous sandstone is encountered, wh ch is
probably near the eastern limits of the Des
Moines coal field. The lowa river meanders
near the eastern margin of this coal field, but
the seams presented on the river are of infe
rior quality. It is upwards of two hundred
miles in the direction of the valley of the Des
Moines across the great coal fields. West
wardly it extends from the Des Moines river
nearly across the gtate of lowa. The entire
area of this coal field in lowa alone cannot be
less than twenty thousand square miles, iu all
embracing a country nearly equal in extent to
the State of Indiana.”
He estimates the beds of coal to be one
hundred feet in thickness, and, lying near the
surface, they must be caoable of beiDg work
ed easily and at small expense.
Caution to Land Buyers and Owners-
The Surveyor General has handed the follow
ing statement to the Federal Union >
There are gangs of larks prowling about the
country that have a wonderful faculty of know
ing tho owners of vacant lots of land, which
have been sought after. Application is soon
made to the proper officers for copy plats and
grants of these lots, and after a time one of the
party appears in the neighborhood with • plat
and grant and chain of titles, and effects a sale.
Judging from the very many copy grants ob
tained, a smashing business is carried on through
out the state. A gentleman that was swindled
by them, presented his plat and grant to the
Surveyor General to know if it was genuine.
In appearance it was so very old, that the sig
nature of all the officers were gone, and fully
two thirds of the seal) indeed, from its ancient
appearance, tho plat and grant looked as if it had
been left a legacy to their grandmother. Yet
the S urveyor is sure he issued it not three months
since.
The chain of titles, too, bore marks of great
antiquity, but the Justice of the Peace who wit
nessed it must have been commissioned for the
occasion—-as a reference to the proper record
showed no such men to hafe held office at the
time.
One flock of these Birds, it is reported, have
their roost in Fayette or DeKalb county.
Land owners would do well to have an eye to
their property-fer in seven years, the magic
wand of the bupreme Court, more than that of
the Fairy, converts these shadows into realities.
A Notasl* Cottok Fact.-—A return recently
issued, says the Mobile Register, of tho auanti
ties of cotton imported into England, presents
some remarkable totals. In 1850 the imports
from the United States were 493,153,112 lbs.
while in 1849 they had been 634,504,050 lbs!
On the other hand, the imports from the East In
dies were 118,872,742 lbs., in 1850, the total in
1849 having been only 70,838,515. Thus, while
the quantityjmported from the East Indies in
1849 was equal to nearly 11 per cent., of that im
ported from the United States, in 1850 it was
equal to nearly 25 per cent. The importation of
cotton from all ports last year was 663,576,861
lbs. against 755,469,012 lbs. in 1849. It also ap
pears from the same return that the declared val
ue of the English total exports to the United
States was £11,971,028 in 1849, and £14,801,951
in 1850. As the value of the exports to all the
world in the latter year was £71,459,000, it fol
lows that the trade with the United States was
nearly 23 per cent, of the whole.
A down easier applies, through the New
York Mirror, for the right to use Barnum’s
fire annibilator for the dietrict of Mount Vesu
vius, .
110 1 for California. —The rush for Cali
fornia seems to have been resumed with re
doubled vigor. The New York Express says
that the steamer Illinois on the 27tb ult., had
between COO and 700 passengers, and the
steamer on the 7th left with quite as many.—
The Ohio last Saturday carried over 600.
Through passages to San Francisco can now
be had in the steerage for $l5O. There are
more than a hundred individuals from the up
per part of Georgia now in this city, waiting
to sail in the Isabel on Wednesday next, for
Havana, whence they will proceed in the
Chagres steamers towards their destination.—
C harleiton Courier.
Hon* Abbott Lawrence In Ireland.
An Irish paper, received byihe Canada,gives
the following account of the reception of Ab
bott Lawrenss in Galway, on the 17th ult.:
Mr. Lawrence, the American Ambassador, arrived
in Galway on Tuesday evening, in company with
Mrs. and Miss Lawrence, Alderman Boyce, Mr.
Hemacs, C. E., and Mr. Perry. A special meeting
of the Harbor Board was convened at 1 o'clock or«
Wednesday, the Rev. Peter Daily, P. P., in the
chair, when a congratulatory address was presented
to his Excellency, who, in acknowledging the com
pliment. said:
We have in the United States a very large Irish
population, natives of the Emerald Isle and the de
scendants of Irishmen, now inhabiting the country
which 1 hive the honor to represent | and i beg here
to say that, generally speaking, they are persons of a
most valuable and necessary class to the mainten
ance of our Institutions and the development of the
great reeources of the vast country which they in
habit. [Loud cheers.] I think 1 know the charac
ter of tho Irish nation, and I have a sympathy,
whether in Ireland or the United States, for Irishmen.
[Cheers.] 1 must say here, in justice to tho Irish
population in the United States, that generally—not
always, but generally—they have made good and
valuable citizens. [Cheers.] 1 have ccme to your
country, believing it to be my duty to do so, repre
senting, as 1 do, a very large body of persons who
were bred and bern in Ireland. [Hear, hear.] 1
came not here from idle curiosity, but I came to look
at the physical formation of the country, and particu
larly at its people. I wanted to see with my own
eyes what has so often been represented by the
press, the condition of Ireland ; and bo far as l hare
travelled, which is a very short space indeed, 1 have
seen nothing in the condition and appearance of the
country that should not indicate, and does not indi
cate, that man is as well here as in any other coun
try. I cannot, gentlemen, discuss yeur political,
religious or social condition; it would not become me
to touch ou any of these points, but I have the gieat
eet desire and the strongest wish to see Ireland in
such a state of prosperity that she can retain on her
own shores, and maintain at home, her people, with
out sending abroad so large a portion of her popula
tion. [Applause ]
The United States are open to tire people of all
nations. We have given all good men a hearty wel
come, and we have given Irishmen a hearty wel
come, and 1 can tell you that Irishmen will continue
to receive that welcome. | Hear, hear.] To-day,
gentlemen, I have had the satisfaction of visiting
your beautiful bay. 1 have been on Mutton Island,
as it is oalled—l have had a view cf the ingress and
egress to your town— and I must say that I have rare
ly seen anything in any country that promises more
lor the accoor modation of ships than the Bay of Gal
way. [Great cheering ] It will give me great sa
tisfaction if you areabie to carry cut the p'an which
you proposo to adopt, and which would bring you
and the United States nearer together. I am from
600 to 700 miles nearer to myYioiril to Cuy tt»nu r im<a
been for a very long time past, [long and continued
cheers;] and if anv means cun be devised to short
en the distance between this country and the Union,
the nearer we come together the greater will be our
friendship. [Great cheering.] lam one of those
who bet ere that all nations require to he friends with
each other, is intercourse. Let us come together —
let us be one family, one nation —let us maintain
peace and good wilt amongst each other, for I be
lieve it is the interest of ail to maintain peace. I
do not believe iu War or “rumors of war.” 1 be
lieve the true in etests of mankind rest on giving the
greatest amount ol employment to the greatest number
of people—l believe in the utility of universal educa
tion. [Great cheering.] And l would teach every
man, woman and child in Ireland to read and write,
if possible. Give the people univeisal education—
and I beg to be understood on this point— living in a
country, as I do, that is ruled by self-government—a
government of the people, and from the people, our
only security lies in universal educstion, founded on
religion. [Loud cheers ] His Excellency sat down
amid loud and long continued applause.
Claimin'* th* Honobs.— lt appears that re
cent discoveries in the Arctic regions, which
are claimed by British navigators, and to which
British names are given, have been first made
by citizens of the United States, and that the
honor of these discoveries truly and properly be
long to our own countrymen. The matter is
thus set forth in the New York Journal of Com
merce :
The Arctic discoveries made through the en
terprise of the British nation, have extended
the bounds of science, added to tho sum of hu
man knowledge, and conferred honor on the
British name. Northern geography receives on
annual contribution fiom the ardent and noble
men who are sent on expeditions to the Polar
seas, and the British Navy is strengthened by
the discipline, and elevated by the studies and
acquirements which appertain to that naviga
tion. Tho late expedition sent from England
unaer the command of Capt. Penny proceeded
in a northerly direction from Barrow’s strait,
beyond the limits reached by any other British
navigator, and although Capt. Penny’s return
to England was as late as September of this
year, the maps showing tho extent of their sup
posed discoveries have already been given to the
public. Those maps embrace extensive regions,
and names have been appropriated to capes,
islands, bays and inlets embraced in the discov
ery. With the nobleness which ever marks
those who engage in such enterprises, they have
Srinkled over tho new ground the names of
ose who lately returned in our own expedi
tion. Penny and Austin undoubtedly supposed
that they were the first discoverers of the land
and waters to which they gave a name and a
location on British maps. The Grinnell expedi
tion proceded them, however, one season in
these discoveries; and to America is due the
honor which Great Britain has attempted so
gracefully to wear. On the return of the Ad
vance to this port, tidings were for the first time
had of the results of Penny’s voyage; but be
fore the Advance had reached her berth, and be
fore those tidings were received, the maps show
ing the discoveries made by the American ves
sels beyond Wellington’s channel, had been ex
hibited to the originator of the enterprise. We
did not speak of tho discoveries, because they had
not been reported to the head of the Department
at Washington, in pursuance of the practice
prevailing among Navy officers, and they had
been communicated in that confidence. The
British Government need only to know these
factß in order to induce them to erase from their
maps the names which they have so applied to
these froxen regions, and substitute those given
by the American navigators. The British name
given to an extensive rang* of land lying to the
North of Wellington Channel, is the “Albert
Land,” in honor of Prince Albert. The name
given by the American discoverers to the same
range was In honor of Henry Grinnell, the au
thor of the American expedition. The honors
and the national rights that flow from a discov
ery of new regions of country, are such that
nations never part from, except on the most in
centestiblc proof of the authenticity of a prece
dent claim. The Grinnel expedition will have
no difficulty in showing the extent and the time
of their discoveries, and their precedence over
those of Great Britain, and willthUß be able to
settle the question futiy. They have won those
honors for their country.
AUGUSTA, GA. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1851,
The Planters’ Cortxrtior at Macob.—
We nnderstand, says the Southern Press, that
Mr. Baylor, our consul for Amsterdam, and
who is in this country on leave of temporary
absence, will attend the Macon Convention of
Planters on the 87th, and that he is authorized
by merchants and capitalists of Amsterdam to
tender to Southein planters and merchants
ample cash advances, at a low rate of interest,
on direct shipments of cotton to that port, and
also to guarantee at least the market prices of
Liverpool.
We think this affords an excellent opportu
nity for the establishment of a direct trade be
tween the Southern ports and those of conti
nental Europe. It is the interest and policy
of the Boutb to decentralize the cotton trade—
to diffuse it over the various markets of Eu
rope, and to avert as much as possible the costs
and charges of needless transhipments.
It is peculiarly important in another aspect.
England has, of late years, given a good de&i
of aid aod comfort to abolition. Her WeM In
dia policy proves her antagonism to African
slavery, and her intervention in Cuba shows it
still more, to say nothing of the money actually
remitted by her anti-slavery societies, to pro
mote abolition in this country. Hence it be
comes important for the South to foster the
cotton manufacture of the continent of Eu
rope, so as net to be dependent either on Old
or New England. If the Amsterdam mer
chants will afford equal facilities to cotton pro
ducers and cotton planters,jdt Amsterdam have
the preference to the extent of her demand for
her own and her interior consumption.—Sa
vannah Republican.
Variations From Climatb in Organic Lira.
—Organic life assumes new characteristics
under new influences. The domestic ani
mals of Europe were not found in this coun
try on its discovery. They escaped from the
Spaniards, and ran wild for centuries. In
consequence, new and striking characteristics
have been acquired in accomodation to the
novel circumstances. The wild hog strikingly
resembles the wild boar of Europe. The hog
of the mountains of Parasmus resembles
the wild boar of France. Instead* of bris
tles, which tho stock has from which he
sprang, he has a thick fur, often crisp, and
sometimes an undercoat of wool. Changes in
color have takes place, and [the anatomical
strucore has altered.
The ox has undergone similar changes;
some in South America, called “pelones,"
having a clothing of fine fur ; others with a
naked skin, like tne Mexican or Guinea dog.
In Columbia the practice ofmilkiug cows was
given up ‘and the secretion of milk is confined
to the period of sucklißg the calf.
The wild dog of the pampas does not bsrk
like the domestic dog, but howls like a wolf.
The wild oat has lost the sweet musio of the
caterwauling concert. The wild horse of tho
higher plains of South America is covered
with long shaggy fur, of a uniform chesnut
color. The sheep of the central Cordilleras
produces a thick matted, wooly fleece, which
breaks off’in tufts, and never reappears. The
goat has lost her large teats, and produces two
or three kinds annually. Similar changes oc-
C*nr in |aasa on*) go llitiannua Ciuvla fiu-.pl—•
ones have sprung up, wanting the caudle ver
vertebia. Cat*are frequent on White river
without tails.
The fat tailed sheep of Tartary lose their
mass of fat on removal to Siberia. The Afri
can sheep has become like a goat, covered
with hair. The Wallachian sheep are differ
ent still. The wild horses of Siberia have an
atomical differences from tame ones. It is a
question among naturalists whethei the dog
and wolf belong to the same species, though
it is referred to one species. But between
these the differences are immense, frem ihe
gigantic St Bernard and the Newfoundland to
the little lap dog iu a lady’s arms. The cow,
the domesiiccated fowls, and pigeon have put
on infinite varieties of siza, color, and ckarac
ter.— Scientific American.
loa Houses. — Mr Editor: Will you or some
oae of your numerous subscribers be kind enough to
inform me through the columns of your valuable
journal, the best and cheapest method cf building a
small lee House, suitable fer two or mere families
during the hot weather that we usually enjoy here
among the hills of Vermont? Whether there ought to
be a tight floor, and if so, uhether the floor should
be elevi ted much above ground? —also, whether there
should be a hole for vsmilation, one or morel
By answering the above you will greatly oblige
Yours, Ctrvs Hill.
Williamaville, Newfane, Vt., Sept. 27.
Ice houses are now built above ground. The old
method of sinking them low in the earth is not good,
tor the earth in winter is warmer than the air and
melts the ice more.
A floor ought to cover the bottom of the house, and
straw ought to be placed on the floor, for no part of
the ice should come in contact with the earth.
A hole lor ventilation is now usually made in the
top. The sides should be shielded with tan bark or
something of that nature, and this is done by filling
in the bark between the outside boarding and the
ceiling.
It ie well to have several families concerned in one
ice bouse, for if they live near each other they can
all be accommodated, as the house may be opened
in the morning for all and then closed for the day.—
Ed. Maas. Ploughman.
m—wgggg» ' mi .
At a meeting of the session of the First Pres
byterian Church in this city, held on Saturday,
Oct. llth, the following resolutions were unani
mously adopted—
Resolved, That this session has received with
deep regret, the melancholy intelligence of the
decease of the Rev. C. B. Jennnette, late the
esteemed pastor of th* Baptist church in this
city.
Resolved, That we tender to our bereaved
brethren of the Baptist church, our affectionate
sympathy with them in tins affecting dispensa
tion, by which they have been deprived of a
minister, with whom they fondly hop id the pas
toral connection, recently formed, would be one
of permanent and increasing usefulness j and
that we assure them of our carneat desire that
this event may be abundantly sanctified to them
as a church and as individuals.
Resolved, That a copy of the above be trans
mitted to the Baptist Church.
Signed, E. P. iirogers, Moderator.
JohSi R. Dow, Clerk.
. Augusta, Oct. 11 1851.
The Baptist church of Augusta havorecelyed
with touching interest, the condolence of the
Session of tne First Presbyterian church in
their bereavement
We are indeed smitten of the Lord and afflic
ted. But it is the Lord, and we would bow
submissively to this dispensation *f His provi
dence. We trust, dear brethren, that the wieh
expressed by you, that this event may be sancti
fied to our good—may be fully answered. We
are sensible that the chastisement of our Heav
enly Father is not unmerited, but we would not
despond under the rod, for “whom the Lord
loveth, He chasteneth.”
Accept, If you please, our acknowledgments
for the sympathy which you havs so kindly ten
dered, and be-assured of our best wishes for your
happiness as a church, and as individuals.
Dona by order of the church, in conference
thi9 day, Oct. 11, 1851.
I. W. WHITLOCK, Moderator.
E. JVfusTiN, Clerk.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
1 <ft asm it ted for the Chronlcl* <fe Saatliul
Fnrthek- by tbe America.
Charleston, Oct. 17th.—Barring’s Circu
lar of the 3d inst., reports American Stocks
unchanged. United States sixes, 105. Cou
pons 12. The Coifes market unsteady ; pri
ces supported; lerge sales at fall rates. Thir
ty nigh shillings was refused for a full cargo of
Rio.
Mleellaneous.
Biclkrs Magority for Gover of Pennsylra
nia is 7000.
The examination of the Syracuse Riote rs is
progressing and an indictment for Treason has
been demanded.
New York Karket.
Feidat, Oct. 17.— Colton . —The sales to-day are
1,500 bales.
Sales of Comm jn Southern Fleur at 34.25. Rio
Cotfee 81.
The America bas arrived at Boeton. The pri
vate letters by her are unfavorable to Cottor.
NEWS ITEMS.
Boston, Oct. 14.— Mr. Henry Cutter, a bro
ker of Boston, attempted to commit suicide
last night by cutting hia throat. He is still
alive.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Vermont Central Railroad, held at the White
River junction yesterday, it was voted to issne
bonds to meet the present indebtedness of
the company, not exceeding $2,000,000,
bearing 7 per cent, interest, and secured by
mortgage on the road.
BANaoR, Me., Oct. 14.—Perkins’s steam
saw mill in Hallowell, Mo., was totally destroy
ed by fire on the 12th inst. Loss $20,000, on
which there was no insurance.
Providence, Oct. 14th— The button facto
ry at Pawtucket, occupied by Daniel J. Sher
man, was destroyed by fire to day.
Boston, Oct. 14th.— Catharine Hays gave
her first Concert in this City to-night to a
crowded and fashionable house. The seats to
the second Concert will be sold at auction to
morrow.
Syracuse Oct. 14.— Jq obedience to orders
issued by the Federal Government, warrants
have been gotten out against some of the most
prominent ciizens of this place, for alleged
participation in the recent rescue of a fugitive
save.
Buffalo, October 14.—A colored woman
named Eliza Green, from Richmond, Va., it
creating quite a sensation in musics! circles
here, and is to give a concert here shortly.—
She is said to have quite a powerful and won
derful voice, and is called ‘ The Black Swan.”
Jenny Lind and suite arrived here to day,
and were received with { real enthusiarn. The
tickets for ber first concert to-morrow night
are going off rapidly and at high prices.
TOSotib, to.H ttn —_ __
Ministry, as far as formed, is composed as fol
lows :—A. A. liinckß, Inspector General; Dr.
Ralph, President of the Council; Malcolm
Cameron, Postmaster General; Gen. Morris,
Commissioner of Crown Lands; William B.
Richards, Attorney General for West and East
Drummond; Morin, Provincial Secreta
ry. The other three members are not yet ap
pointed. It will bo the most liberal govern
ment Canada has ever had.
New Orleans, Oct. 15—There was less
Cotton offering her e on Wednesday, but the
demand was good, and five hundred bales
were sold at firmer prices. Good Middling
was worth 7£c. Theie have been sales of
Molasses of the new crop at 28c.
Nxweerryport, Oct. 14.—Reports have
been received here of the safely of the crews
of the schooners Statesman and Forest.
The Pyro and Rispah have arrived at Ports
mouth, having rodo out the gale.
It is believed that previous reports of the
gale have been much exaggerated.
Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 14. —The schoon
ers C. and M. Rogers and Atlanta, from the
Bay of Lawrence, Bih inst., have arrived, and
report that tbe sehoone; Telegraph, of Boston,
supposed to be ioat with ail ou board, is safe,
and that but two of her hands have perished.
The schooner Fiirt, also reported lost, with
fourteen persons, was in company with the
Atlanta during the gale, and stood off for the
land with her. Hopes for her safety are enter
tained.
• New OrLana, Oet, 16.—Four thousard bales
of Cotton have been sold to day since the
reception of the America’s advices. Prices
were decidedly better in the morning, but the
improvement was subsequently iost. Low to
strict Middling was worth 6} to Whisky
was quoted at from 19£ to 2Uc. There is no
Rice in first hands.
Columbia County Land for Sale.
MTHB undersigned offers his two
Tracts of LAND, situated and ly- Sw
ing in Columbia county, about six* L
teen miles from Augusta, on the Wrigbtsboro’ Road.
One tract contains two hundied and forty acres, and
the other two hundred and seventy-five acres. They
are adjoining each other, but will bo sold separately,
if desired. Both tracts have Dwelling Houses on
them ; one of them has all the necessary out-build
ings on it, and bo'h are well watered. There is
about one hundred and seventy-five acres in the
woods, and well timbered. Persons wishing to pur
chase are invited to call and see for themselves.
018-w3 JAMBS W. Bl A CUSTOM.
('tOMJJIBIA COUNTY, GA.—
J John Lamkin and Gabriel Jones, Exec .’tors of
the last will and testament of Lucy Hunt, late of
said county, deceased, applies for letters dismissory
from said Estate—
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office, within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, wby
said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Appling.
A. M. CRAWFORD, Dep. Clerk.
October 18, 1851.
EXECUTOR'S BADE.—WiII be sold, cn
the firs' Tuesday in JANUARY next, with
in the legal hours of sale, in pursuance of an order
of the Court of Ordinary of Riohmont) county, the
following tracts ol LAND, the property cl David
Finley, deceased, to wit s
At the Lower Market House, in Augusta, county
aforesaid, 291 acres, more or less, adjoining George
Bchley, James Brandon, Lawrence T. Shopp, and
Valentine Walker, being a part of the Spying Hill
Traet of Land, formerly belonging to Freeman Wal
ker, deceased. The improvements are in good or
der, end there is a fine Orchard on the premises.
Also, at tha Court House in Baktr County, Lot
No. 320, in the 11th District.
Also al the Court House in Decatur County, Lot
No. 126. in the 10th District.
Also, at the Court House in Cobb County, Lot
No. 702, in the 2d District, Shi Section.
Also at the Court House in Union County. Lot
No. 918, in the 11th District, Ist Section.
THOMAS G. FINLEY. Ex'r.
October 18,1851.
Commercial.
AUGUSTA HAIIKET """
• Fsidat, P. M.
COTTON.—There is but little doing to-day, and
the prices current fravious to the receipt of the
Steamer's news, are scarcely sustained.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 17.—Colton.—Arrived since
the 9th inst., 3,773 bales Upland, (2,943 per Rail-
Road, 810 from Augusta, and 20 by wagons,) and
11 do. Sea Islands. The exports tor the same pe
riod have been 1,596 bales Uplands, and 30 do. Sea
Islands, viz ; to New York 1,115 bales Upland, and
30 do; Sea Islands; to Philadelphia 235 bales Up.
land i to Baltimore 226 bales Upland, and to Charles
ton 21 bales Upland—leaving on hand and on ship
board not chared, a stock of 7,943 bales Upland,
and 439 do. Sea Island, against 15,368 bales Up
land, and 249 do. Sea Islands at the same time last
year.
The receif ta at the Atlantic ports are much small
er than last year, but from information derived from
various reliable correspondents, we are inclined to
believe tha t the crop of Georgia will fully equal that
of last year.
During tbe first three days of this week, the
market was dull, and but few Bales were effected.
On Tuesday, there was more enquiry, and 411
bales ohanged hands; on Wednesday, there was a
brisk demand, the sales amounting to 853 bales ;
yesterday there was still a good enquiry, and 687
bales were disposed of at full rates. We have bad
three arrivals of foreign steamers this week. The
news by the steamship Asia came to hand on Fri
day, by the Atlantic on Wednesday, and last even
ing, after the business of the day had closed, by
the America at Halifax. After the arrival cf the
Asia, our market was much depressed, and prices
declined fully a cent from those of the previous
week. The brisk market of Wednesday and yes
terday gave firmness, and perhaps a slight advance,
but still our quotations below are nearly a cent lower
than in our last. We quote: Ordinary to Good Or
dinary, 6 a 7c.; Middling to Good Middling, 7| a
7|; Middling Pair, 7J ; Pair to Fully Fair, 8 a §l.
The sales of ihe week amount to 2,181 bales at
the following particulars; 10 at 6; 18 at 6} ; 130 nt
8; 78 at 71; 91 at 7* ; 173 at 7* ; 193 at 7f ; 491
at ;87at 7 13-16 ; 171 at 7$ » 603 at 8;8 at
7J; 61 at 81 ; 8 nt 8 5-16; 23 at 8( ; 13at8i; and
8 bales ohoice at 9 cents.
Sea Island, —There has been a light demand the
past three J«.ys, and we hear of the tol owing sales:
6at 171, 22 at 19,19 at 20, 21 at 22. and 13 at 25.
There is a fair stock now offering.
Rice, —The market remains in the same state
noticed in our last report. The sales s noe that time
amount to about 500 casks, at t2{ a<3 1-16 per
hundred pounds. The new crop comes in freely.
Flour. —We have no large sales to repert. Bal
timore is selling from store in lots at t 5. We quote
Baltimore at wholesale #4,75, with no purchasers.
Corn.— Thi market for the past week has been
dull, the only sale of importance we have to make is
about 2,000 oushels Western at 65 centa per bushel.
There is a good stock in the market, and but few
purchasers.
Groceries. —We are again witho it any large
transactions in the leading articles. There has been
a fair business doing in filling country orders, and
we refer to our quotations for prices. The stocks of
all kinds are now very large, and still on the in
crese, and prices arc as low as in any Southern mar
ket.
Salt. —We have no large sales to report this week
the stock in first hands is rather limited. The only
sale cf any importance made, was et 85c. 4,000
sacks ai rived yesterday after in a-i— .j -.»» enqui
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n-n. —where have been no arrivals since our
last report. The last two caigoes received were
sold ficin the wharf at 1.371.
Bagging and Rope.—We have no change to
notice in these articles, end no sales of consequence
to report. Small sales are made within the range of
our quotations.
Exchange. —Sterling nominal. Domestic—the
Banks are selling Sight Checks on all Northern cit
ies at Jc. prem ; and are purchasing sight to 6 day
bills at )c prein.; 30 day bills, 1 a J dis.; 60 days
14 a Iff dis■, and 90 days 21 discount.
Freights. —There is nothing doing in foreign.
Coastwise to Boston, we quote 5-16 tor for Cotton
and 87Jc. for Rice; to New York tbe rates have ad
vanced and there is more doing—we quote for Cotton
15c. per hundred pounds; to for
Cotton, 50c. per. cask for Rice.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 11. — Cotton. —Although
the difficulty iu passing bills of exchange, and the
indifferent accounts received from Europe by the
Humboldt and the Asia, the steamersof the 23d and
27th nit,, were calculated to depress the price of Cot
ton, they could not check the demand, and in spite of
these obstacles, the sales cf the week reach 29,900
Laics, including 6,000 bales sold to-day. Prices have
given way frern day to day, until the week cloees
with a decline of |c. on Middling and Jc. on Mid
dling Fair and Fair. The purchases have been prin
cipally for France and England, Northern buyers
having operated more sparingly.
The weather has beea warm with more or less rain
during five days. We quote: Inferior, none; Ordi
nary, 6 a 61; Middling, 6| a7; Good Middling, 7}
a 7j ; Middling Fair, 7| a 8 ; Fair, Bla 81 cents.
Stock on hand Sopt. 1, 1851 bales. 16,108
Arrived since 110,451
Arrived to-day ....I 1,798
128,357
Exported to date 45,702
Exported to day • 1,429 47,131
Stock on baud and on shipboard not cleared* 81,229
Receipts at this port last year 49,503 bales—Ex
ports 23,762 bales.
Receipts at the same time in 1848-49, 88,679 bales
—Fxports 49,445 bales.
Sugar. —The transactions are confined to small
lots from stole without any quotable change in prices,
inferior and Common, 5 a 6j; Fair, 6f a 6}; Prime
and Choice, 6} a 6|e.
Molasse*. —Transactions are so limited that quo
tations would be nominal.
Flour,— The market haG been dull and prices
rather lower. The sales up to this morning embrace
5,500 bbls., at the following rango of prices ; Indi
ana 93.75; Illinois and St. Louis 93.80 a 94 ; extra
and choice 94 50 a 95. To-day ISO bbls. St. Louis
were sold at 94; 100 lined at 94.02} ; 50 extra Cre
scent at $4.87}, and 50 light weight St. Loafs at
$3.80.
Corn. —The receipts have exceeded the demand
and the sales, up to this morning, are limited to 11,-
000 sacks, closing at 45c. for mixed, 48 a 50c. for
Yellow, and 52c. for White. To-day, 1,900 sacks
inferior and heated were sold at 40c.| 500 mixed at
45c,; 300 yellow at 47c., and 876 mixed at 48c
U'hiakey. —The demand has been limited at 2Qo.
f-f Rectified, 23c. for Raw.
S 3 Bacon. —To day 15 casks choice Cincinnati
Shoulders wero sold at 9c., the largest transaction of
the week. Sides are retailing at 1 !}<>.; llama 10 a
12c. To-day li casks Shoulders wers sold at 8}o„
and 20 atßfc.
Lard Prices have deolinad, 810 bbls. and tier
ces good No. 1 were Bold at 9}c., and 500 kegs at
10} a 10}c.
Bagging and Ropt —Sales confined to small lots
at 14c., and 6} a 6|0., on time, adding interest.
To-day 150 pieces wero sold at 13}o , and 10 bales
East India at 13|c.
Exchange.— The depraise 1 state of the money
market at the North, the increased amount of Bills
offering, and the general distrust engendered by last
year’s heavy losses on eotton, have rendered the ne
gotiation of bills difficult, and havo depressed the
rates: London, 8a 9 per ct. premium; Paris, sf. 17}
a 5f.25; New York 60 days, 3a 3} per ct. discount;
do. Sight, par a } per cent premium.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 17. Cotton.— The Cot
ton market was in a languid and drooping state
throughout tbe whole of the preceding week, and
when we dosed our inquiries, preparatory to our re
port of the 10th inst., buyers had obtained a decided
advantage over sellers, but notwithstanding the con
cataious that had been granted during tb>» period,
purobasers could not ba induced to operate, at least
to any extent, and prices, ss the result of the pre
sout week’s business has proven, were noon destined
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to reach a much lower point. The market was neg
lec'ed at the opening of the week, the sales on Fri
day, the first .lay, Laving been limited to 430 bales.
Prises, although easier than they had yet been,
were still beyond the reach of buyer’s limits, and
hence the stagnation; on Saturday, however, one or
two of our factors, being anxious to realize, placed a
portion of their slocks on the market, which was
subsequently followed by othera-and some forced
sales were effected at a still lower range of figures
Fair having gone off at about B|e. This heavy con
cession brought buyers out, and there was a fair at
tendance of this class of dealers on Monday, who
took during the day about 1100 bales, within the
margin of Saturday’s rates. Tuesday and Wednes
day was comparatively active days—the transac
tions in this time having reached upwards of 3150
bales, at about corresponding prices. A good de
mand also prevailed yesterday, the sales having
reached 1700 bales, Most of the available stock
having been disposed of, the market was very firm
at the quotations given below, up to about 2 o’clock,
when the accounts by the America came to hand,
ttn ., rem# * n s to be seen what effect these advices
will have on the market. The transactions of the
week reached 7333 bales, against the receipt in the
same time of 7755 biles. The sales were as fol
lows, viz: 6 bales at 6; 11 at 54; 35 at 6; 64 at 6i :
'3 at 6 * ; 72 ftt 6 * I**« 7; 106 at 7*
44 at 7|; 445 at 7* ;73 at 7f ; 681 at 7|; 237 at
I|»
432 at 8J | and 6 bales at Sjc. We have no quota
tions to offer for the extreme qualities, as the trans
actions have not been sufficiently large to establish
prices. The middling qualities may be quoted from
74 to 7J ; and middling fair and fair, Bto BJc. The
market for all descriptions of Long Cotton has been
very quiet during the week under review. The bu
siness has not been of sufficient magnitude to deserve
particular attention, and we consequently have no
sales to report.
Rice. —There was a tolerably fair demand for this
article in the early part of the week, and former pri
ces were sustaine i ; within a few days, however,
buyers partially withdrew, and at the close of busi
ness yeaterday the market was decidedly depressed,
and the transactions generally were made at a full
decline of an 40l a dollar. Our remarks have refe
rence to the new as well as the old crop. The re
ceipts since our last comprise 1158 tierces, 700 of
which are of the new crop, which have been sold at
prices ranging from 2 15-16ths to 834. Holders of
the old crop have realized prices ranging from 24 to
83 per hundred pounds.
Corn.—There have been no arri als of Corn this
week, and in the absence of wholesale transactions
to govern us, our present quotations must be consid
ered ncminal. There is a full supply on the mar
ket.
Oats. —We have also besn without any arrivals of
Oats. The last sales were at 37 and 33c.
Hay.— No Hay has been received this week. The
lost sale of any magnitude was at 674 for North
River.
Bacon. —The market may be said to have bsen
brought to a staud this week, so limited have been
the transacticns. We have no change to notice in
prices.
Laid. —This article has been entirely neglected
this week, as we have not heard of a single transac
tion. The stock is rather large than otherwise.
Flour. —We have no new feature to report relative
to the Flour market. The transactions continue to
be confined to small lots, chiefly Baltimore brands, at
84,50 to 84 75.
Bagging and R pe. —There has been very litile
inquiry for there articles, and the transactions hare
consequently been limited. Rope lias been selling
at prices within tho range of present quotations.
The transactions in Bagging have been limited to the
s ZK tyta? Mmv'lsMKMx price?
Salt. —The receipts since our last comprise 12,600
sacks. Tin's heavy supply has ellected prices, which
sre decidedly lower. We quote 75 a 86c. persack.
Some 7600 sacksoflhe above have been
and 1000 sacks, to close a previous a eonsignment, were
taken on terms not made public.
Coffts. —The transactions hare been limited to
small lots Rio. We quote Bto 9c. The sales how
ever, have been principally at 84 and Bjc.
Molasses. —There was an arrival this week of a
cargo ol Cuba, which was sold, as we learn, within
the range of our quotations, vis; 184 a 19c. Mew
Orleans has been retailing at ptices ranging from
36 to 42c, ub in quality.
Sugars. —Tho Sugar market has been in a stag
nant state during the week. The stock is heavy,
and prices are altogether nominal. The transactions,
as faros we can learn, have been limited to a lot of
40 hhds. Muscovado taken on terms not made public.
Domestic Liquors —The transactions of this
week have been confined solely to New Orleans
Whisky, about 70G barrels of which have changed
hands, at prices ranging from 24 to 244 c.
Exchanges. —Yery little has been done in foreign
Exohinges this week. We quoe Sterling 9 a 94,
ncminal, and Francs 5 15a5 30, nominal; checks
on the North | premium.
Freights.— 't here sre several vessels loading at
present for Liverpool. The rate is 5- 16th sd. for
Cotton in square bags. There is a vessel up for
Havre, which is loading at |o. for Cotton in rqaare
bags. To New York (here ere no fixed or quoted
rates. We quote to Bjeton Cotton, 25c per 100 lbs.;
Rice 75c per tierce.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 17.-*-Arr. Hoi. barque On
derneming, Mu r 'elatein, Rotterdam ; barque 'lsabel
la, Humphrey, Bordeaux via N. York ; brigs Emi
ly, Revell, New York ; Tremont, Parett, Bath, Me.;
sciirs. L. Waterbury, Crammer, Baltimore; Knight,
Travia, do.; Rainbow, Rogers, do. In the Offing,
a barque to leeward. Old brig Ann Maria, Smith,
Providence; echr. Ellen Perkins, Ble hens, New
Bedford.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 6 P. M.~The Cotton
market has been dull to*day, and a decline of a half
cent per lb. has taken place. Flour —sales of com
mon Western brands at #3,68| a $3,75} Southern
and Canal brands $4 to $4,18}. Sales of 46,000
bushels of prime mixed Corn at 57 cents. The sales
of Wheat amounted to 3500 bushels, at 71 a 72c.
per bushel.
Shipping Intelligent*.
SAVANNAH, Ojt 17.—Arr. Br. barque Aloyo
na, Watson, Liverpool; Schr. Wm. & John, Par
ker, Havana via Key West.
SAVANNAH.— Per Br. barque Alcyone, from
Liverpool—4,ooo sacks Salt, ICO Anvils, 15 Cable
Chains, 12 bags Nails, 4 cases Steel, 57 casks, 14
cases, 5 chests and bundles Hardware, and 1 oase
Chandelier Fittings;
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On the 14th inst., by the Rev. Thomas J. Beak,
Dr. E. O. Hawks, of Wrightsboro’, Georgia, and
Miss Amanda 0., danghter of Mr. Elias Wilson,
of Warren county, Georgia.
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OBITUARY.
Died, in Tuskaloosa, Ala., on the 24th of Sept.,
Hon. Arthur Foster.
Judge Foster was born and reared in Columbia
county, Ga., from which he emigrated about 18
Jears since. He was, for several yean, one of the
udgea of the Inferior Court *n Columbia county,
and represented that county in the Lagisleture seve
ral years. He also oompiled the Laws of the State
of Georgia. As a man, he waa amiable and courte
ous in all his deportment; as a Christian, devoted
and exemplary; as a Friend, warm and devoted.
He has left a family and large circle of friends to
mourn hisleas. But •' their loss is his eternal gain.’
At his residence in Edgefield Diitiiot, S. C., on
the 13ib inst. Capt. WriLiAM GarrAt, in the
eightieth yeur of his age.
Splendid Dress Silks.
Wg HAVE just received a few patterns of the
richest dress SILKS ever offered for sale in
this city.
Also, thirty pair of very fiue Lace WINDOW
CURTAINS, HICKMAN, WESOOTT <& CO.
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