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The Washington Spectator, on the harmony of the
Democratic Party the means of preserving- it.
Th# suggestions of the Spectator on these vital
subjects, evince a judgment so sound ami a spirit so
liberal and patriotic, we arc sure our readers will be
gratified, by meeting them in the columns of the
Democrat.
Harmony of the Party™the Means of Pre
serving it.
The Union of the Democratic party is
an object justly dear to its members, and
none have labored more earnestly than
ourselves to attain this happy result.
But we have never believed that it was
to be accomplished by requiring unne
cessary sacrifices, either of interest or
opinion, from any portion of our friends;
and we have entertained a sincere con
viction that the harmony of the party
would depend upon the justice of its ac
tion, and the efficiency of the means by
which it sought to develop the true sense
of its members. For ourselves, we are
the friends of all the candidates, and the
enemies of none ; and while we have a
very decided preference for one, we shall
endeavor to do full justice to the others.
But if the proceedings of the party are
to be regulated with an exclusive refer
ence to a particular candidate, will mere
appeals to the generous feelings of the
friends of all the others secure their hear-
ty concurrence in measures which, tho’
not designed for that purpose, may have
the effect of suppressing the voice of a
large majority of the party ? We doubt
not but that there is enough of generous
and disinterested feeling in every portion
of the Democratic party to induce it to
make all necessary sacrifices, either of
interest or feeling, when the common
good may require it; but more cannot
and ought not to be expected. It is the
great object of a National Convention to
develop the true sense of the party as to
the man who is most likely to unite the
suffrages of its members, and the insti
tution must lose the confidence of the
people, whenever, in their opinion, it
has ceased to be true to these ends.
It is of the utmost importance, there
fore, to adopt such regulations in rela
tion to the time, ‘place, and manner of
holding the Convention, as to inspire a
confidence in the party that it will faith
fully rellect their will. We know that it
is impossible to prevent entirely the sus
picions with which the proceedings oi
such a body are naturally received by
the public mind. Our opponents will
always attribute improper influences to
a convention, no matter how fairly it
may be constituted, whilst a portion of
our friends may be too ready to receive
the suspicions which may be suggested,
by disappointed expectations in our ranks.
But it is the vulnerable point, which we
ought to guard with the most care ; and
these difficulties only afford additional
reasons for adopting such regulations as
to time, place, and manner of holding
the Convention, as may serve to inspire
confidence in the fidelity and justice cf
its action. The place ought to be of
convenient access to the whole Union ;
the time ought to Ixj such as to allow a
full and fair opportunity for comparing
the pretensions of the candidates, and
for interchanging opinion amongst the
members of the party, so as to collect
their wishes in time for the organization
which may be necessary to meet the
common enemy; and the Convention
should Ix3 conducted in such a manner
as to reflect fairly the will of every por
tion of the party, according to its weight
in the Federal Government. All these
objects are important; and we haw been
surprised that there should have been
any difference of opinion as to tho time,
which, so far, has been the question
most discussed. Every reason seemed to
us to be in favor of the usual time, in the
spring before the election. It would
have been enough for us that the friends
of four out of the five candidates believ
ed the latter day to he necessary for a
full and fair expression of the popular
will. Unless there were some overrul
ing consideration of the common good,
and none such has been due to the cor
diality of fellowship, and the harmony
of brethren, that the wishes of so many
should have been consulted upon a ques
tion so delicate as that of a fair ad just
ment of claims between friends, and es
pecially as it now appears that the sup
porters of the one never believed that his
interests would have been seriously af
fected by the adoption of a later day.
But, independently of these consider
ations, these seemed to be peculiar jus
tice in the proposition of those who desi
red the convention to meet at the usual
time. To the new candidates, it was
especially important. The election of a
candidate, as we all know, depends not
only on the public opinion of his merits,
but upon his supposed availability.—
There must be time enough given before
the Convention assembles, to enable the
public mind to be satisfied upon the lat
ter question, in order to do justice to the
candidate. An opportunity must be giv
en to his friends to compare opinions,
and ascertain the public sentiment; and
more especially is this necessary, as the
impression of availability is often the pre
vailing one in determining the election.
In this point of view, a premature
Convention would have been to force the
choice of the only one amongst the can
didates whose friends had possessed the
opportunity in a previous election of
comparing opinions, and estimating their
forces. Such a selectionof the day would
have been to say to the public: Although
a majority may prefer a man as yet un
tried in the field, you shall not have the
time necessary to ascertain his availabil
ity, though it may be an important con
sideration in making your choice.
In a Confederacy so extensive in ter
ritory, and so various in interest, the
people require at least until the spring
liefore the election to canvass fully the
merits of the respective candidates, and
to determine their relative qualifications
in all respects. In addition to this, the
utility of the Convention itself seemed to
us to depend upon a proper selection cf
the time. Suppose we had hurried a
premature assemblage of delegates, call
ed together without time or opportunity
to make the preliminary inquiries so ne
cessary to a proper discharge of their du
ties. Suppose, too, that we had forced
the friends of four candidates to submit
to those of one, and asked them to ac
quiesce in the decision of a convention,
which they had forewarned us could not,
in their opinion, if assembled at so early
a day, reflect fully and fairly the senti
ment of the party. Would we have
made much progress towards cultivating
a spirit of harmony by such a course of
proceeding? They might not have re
sisted ; but could we have expected the
cordial co-operation of all our friends un
der such circumstances? But, suppose,
in addition to all these considerations,
they had urged that at the next session of
Congress several important questions
were to be settled, and the action of the
Republican candidates and their friends
upon them would have a controlling in
fluence upon their choice—could we
justly disregard such an appeal, and
might not the proceedings of the very
next Congress afford the discontented an
ample excuse for resisting the nomina
tion ? Full time would still be left for
calling another convention, and for or
ganising after its meeting for the conflict
with the common enemy. And thus the
party might be embarrassed by the action
of two conventions, and by irreconcila
ble feuds amongst our own friends. In
deed the very spirit which a premature
convention would engender, might dis
pose our friends to make points of differ
ence amongst themselves, and disturb
the harmony so essenti and to the proper
settlement ofthe difficult questions which
the next Congress must consider.
But we foresee none of there difficul
ties if the Convention meets in May next,
and it is fairly conducted, as doubtless it
will be. The very circumstance that
the nomination is yet to be made, will
induce the friends ofthe respective can
didates to meet in a spirit of compromise
and conciliation, and to settle these del
icate and distracting questions upon
*grounds alike safe to the country and
honorable to themselves. And, after the
decision in May, 1811, there will be too
short a time before the election to give
the disaffected any opportunity for re
sistance.
Theonlyother question which remains
to be considered upon the subjectof time,
is as to the opportunity which would
thus be afforded for organizing for the
conflict with the common enemy. It is
to be remembered that we should have
as much time left for this purpose as the
Whigs have reserved for themselves ; for
their Convention assembles in May, 1841,
and tiicir course might have some influ
ence in determining our choice of the
most suitable candidate to oppose them.
We should have, too, as much time as
we have heretofore reserved for this pur
pose, and all indeed that is necessary.
The conflict between the two parties is
incessantly waged, and we need no time
to enable us to decide between a Whig
and any tried Republican who may be
presented as our candidate for the Pre
sidency. But the selection amongst
friends is a much more difficult question,
and time is necessary to enable us to ad
just it to the satisfaction of our brethren,
and with harmony amongst ourselves.
The zeal with which wc have hereto
fore urged these views has subjected us,
we are aware, to the imputation of being
governed by an exclusive regard for the
supposed interests of one of the candi
dates ; but, if we know ourselves, we are
oiiided by far higher motives. We do
not profess to be indifferent to his politi
cal success, but we only regard it as in
our opinion identified with the welfare
of the country. We are looking to har
mony amongst brethren, to the success
of our party, and, higher still, to tho.
prosperity of our common country. —
These objects, in our opinion, are inti
mately associated. Without harmony
amongst ourselves we are defeated as a
party ; and we conscientiously believe
that if the party suffers another defeat,
the star of our country’s glory will pale
under the malign influences which will
then be in the ascendant. It is in view
of these high considerations, and for no
pcrsonnl preferences, that wc so earnest
ly urge the course which wc think will
best preserve the harmony of the party.
To be true to the party, we must be just
to ench, and we deserve the thanks of
all if wc endeavor to prevent a wrong to
any. Nor does our preference for one
make us the least insensible to the mer
its, or ungrateful for the services, of the
other great leaders of the party. It is
with no design to disparage the claims
of the others that we have ventured to
express our preference for the distill
guished South Carolinian, as the man
best fitted for the times, and most likely
to lead the Democratic party to victory.
His position and character, his abilities
and services, justify the hope that his ad
ministration would elevate tin* tone of
public feeling, and develop the vast
ral and physical resources of a country,
whose Government can only be success
fully conducted by compromises, which
satisfatorily and skilfully adjust the pro
gress of society and the march of true
principle to the conflicting interests and
varied character of a people who occupy
nearly the half of our continent. To
him we look for purity of motive, mod
eration of purpose, wisdom in council,
and justice in action, which would pro
perly adorn the first office in the world ;
and in him we recognise a leader wor
thy of the party and the country to which
we tie long.
—^
There is a singular vigor of mind, as
well us body, in tie men who ha"e
been piaced out of the reach of luxury
and corruption by their poor or obscure
condition.
A3EC3SLTi3&
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7, 1811.
I'OU PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
JOHN C. CALHOUN,
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
LEVI WOODBURY,
We marked the birth-day of our
Journal, by unfurling to the breeze
the broad banner of Democracy, and
inscribing upon its bright field the
stainless name of John C. Calhoun,
the American Aristides, as our First
Choice for President of the United
States] and for the Vice Presidency,
the name of that icisc, honest and able
Statesman and unswerving Patriot,
Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire:
Subject, of course, to the decision of a Na
tional Democratic Convention;
The Delegates to be chosen directly
by the People —to convene at Balti
more, May, 1844, and there individu
ally express Faithfully, the will of
their Constituents. Wc ask but a fair
field and fair play —and then “ Cod
defend the Right."
Remarks on some peculiarities in Mr. Cal
houn's diameter, &c.
The combination of simplicity and power the ca
pacity for the deepest and most abstruse research, uni
ted with the most efficient and minutely regulated
practical executive activity, place him as a states
man, perhaps without a parallel. A candid man can
not rise from the modest, unpretending,yet unques
tionably authentic biography of the great Carolini
an, without recollecting the stanza in Gray’s beauti
ful, though not faultless poem, “The Country
Church Yard.”
“The applause of listening Senates to command,
The threats of pain and ruin to despise,
To scatter plenty o’er a smiling land,
And read his history in a nation’s eyes.”
We beg leave to recommend the perusal of that
biography to every candid man iu Georgia. It rec
tifies sundry misapprehensions and prejudices long
entertained in this State against Mr. Calhoun. On
this account, wc confess our obligations to the biog
raphy—it has afforded satisfactory explanations of
some particulars in the early career of Mr. C. wc at
the time censured freely : there is stiH something
in his conduct at that period, connected with indi
viduals and affairs in this State, we cannot think of
without regret. We know, he saw what is alluded
to.
But admitting the mistakes, what docs it prove?
Simply this that John C. Calhoun, was a son of
Adam and not of the skies. Sincc_ the first man
was created, there has existed but one Being wear
ing the human form, who never erred!!! If in ear
ly political life our great statesman made some false
steps, has he not amply, nobly atoned for them, by
a manhood and mature age of inestimable public ser
vices, political wisdom and devotedpatriotism ?
Wc hope for the honor of the democracy of this
country for the sake of human nature, that the
name of John Caldwell Calhoun may never become
an item in that opprobrious schedule, specifying in
stances of infamous ingratitude committed by Re
publics and Republican parties, against their ablest
and most devoted friends, their most meritorious
benefactors —a schedule with which the advocates
of despotism so often taunt the friends of Ficedom
and that has so oft redened the check and excited
the iiiditrnation ot every honest and high-minded
Democrat.
Wr-r , —^
The Jlac n Fire Department.
For the last few months, scarcely a week has
passed, without intelligence reaching us of some
awful conflagration (affecting chiefly our Southern
cities) blasting the hopes and involving thousands
of our fell iw creatures in all the wretchedness of
unexpected indigence.
We learu with uuminglcd regret and profound
sympathy, that the capital of our neighboring terri
tory of Florida, lias recently experienced one of
those terrible visitations —that Tallahassee, a city
filled with life, the bustle of business and the usual
allotment of human comforts, was in the space of a
’few short hours transformed into a mass of blacken
ed and smouldering ruins, through which were seen
wandering houseless and pennyless victims, like
the spirits of the departed visiting the scenes of
former happiness.
We earnestly hope, that on the subsidence ofthe
agitation atld confusion necessarily attendant upon
such events, the calamity may bo found les3 exten
sive, than first reported.
Though the accounts ofa traveller who viewed the
place on the day following the conflagration, the
scene was truly appaiiing.
How has it happened that the melancholy tale of
Tallahassee, has not before this, been to tell of the
good city of Macoti ? We can account only for the
exemption on the supposition, that our hour is not
yet come —that the destroying angel has not yet
passed in this direction for certainly no human
means, have of late, been employed to avert such
an evil or limit its extent had it occurred. Our city
presents (with few exceptions) piles of combustible
materials, which from the effects of a scorching sun
and long continued drought, are highly prepared
for the action of the devouring element the Fire
Department is as we arc informed in a state of utter
disorganization, and the Engines, from many months
of neglect and disuse, totally unfitted for any imme
diate service. Surely this is something worse than
folly ’tis infatuation, —yet r.o tongue stirs to warn
no hand is stretched to remedy the evil. The above
exposo of facts one would think ought to rouse the
most torpid in our community into vigilance and ac
tivity, and suggest the necessity of a general meet
ing of our citizens will) as little delay as possible,
to consider of and adopt adequate measures for
placing the Fire Department on such a footing of
practical efficiency as the safety of the persons and
property of our citizens imperatively demand.
We trust, the good sense and liberality of our fel
low-citizens composing the Fire Company, will pre
vent the supposition, that the preceding remarks
were intended, to have any special application to
them—such in truth, is not the fact and the infer
ence would be doing us great injustice.
Our animadversions arc addressed to all, and
meant to excite general attention to a dangerous ne
glect of one of the most vitally important munici
pal concerns of our city —they have been elicited
simply by s sense of public duty: in that light, doubt
less they will be viewed by every candid man.
(»cn. Jackson's i’inc.
At the teecnt session of tho Legislature of Louis
iana, resolutions were passed declaring' that that
State would do justice to the “greatest of heroes,
and purest of men)” provided the National Congress
failed t> do its duty, and restore to the gallant old
cldcfiaii the amountcf the fiu« imjrracd ott him tin
justly, while defending the lilit rlies of his country at
New Orleans. These resolutions passed as they
were by a Whig Legislature “ as an act of condem
nation cf their own Senators and Representatives,”
who have attempted to blacken the fame of a brave
old man, who periled his life for the Slate in the
darkest period of her fortunes, arc alike honorable
to the State and the times. They are a green spot
in the once cultivated but now “unweeded garden”
of politics in this country, in which may he seen the
lingering remains of former freshness and beauty.
The reputation of every great man in this country,
earned by a life of distinguished public services,
usefulness, and honor, should be regarded by ev
ery high minded American (however much they
may differ in political opinion) as the common pro
perty of the nation, —and should be defended by
all, as a valuable possession, enriching our annals,
and exaltingthc character of our common country.
But the name of Jackson will live, despite W the
detraction of his enemies, associated with Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison and Harrison, with a host
of other patriots, as long as there is any recollection
of these States, or as long as a sympathy for brave
ry, or an admiring votary of patriotism remains on
eat th.
The T< if graph again.
With that Journal \vfc wish no a tcrcation in truth,
wc will have none —no verily, nor with any othei ;
yet from the peculiar and uncovcted notice bestowed
on our labors, by the Telegraph, w o owe it to our
friends as well as ourselves, to offer a few remarks
on the subject; .bis wc do the more willingly; as they
ate, as far as tho Telegraph is concerned, valedic
tory.
The commencement of the Democrat was announ
ced by the Telegraph of the 23d ult., in the folio ving
literary bijou—“ Anew weekly political paper has
been started in this city, purporting to be published
by W. A. & C. Thompson —called the American
Democrat, Edited by Dr. Win. Green.” In the little
gem above quoted, the reader will notice the under
scored word, and recollect that the Democrat was al
ready published then, and before the person who
penned the article, and that purporting.mctms design
ingot intending. Yet the Savant w as so delighted with
his own performance, lie boasted of the authorship.
If the Proprietor of the Telegraph permits the col
umns of his paper to be used as channels for effu
sing the ignorance and malice of such a person, ho
should not be surprised if even by the reasonable
and candid, he is identified with the publication.
Wc hope the writer of the notice will no', by contin
uing bis lying and malicious whisperings respect
ing the Democrat, render it imperative on U3 to re
publish the Telegraph’s former advertisement re
specting him, where his likeness is sketched in col
ors so flattering and attractive. A word to the wise,
Ac. It’s a safe rule “ Let every one mind his oicn
business.”
But let this pass. Wc arc happy to learn that a
writer of a different stamp is note employed in the
Editorial department of the Telegraph. If our in
formation be correct, he is one wc have long known
and respected for his abilities, and liked for bis ami
able qualities —with that gentleman, wc can have
no intercourse but that of kindness.
Had he adverted more attentively to the editorials
of tilt Telegraph, 23d ult, we think he would not
have attributed our very quiet and temperate remarks
to the morbid and excessive sensitiveness of the Ed
itor of the Democrat. The drift of the articles alluded
to, seems to be to prove that the editors who have
made a public expressionof their opinion, by hoisting
the flag of their favorite candidate, have done a very
naughty thing, committed an aetpregtiant with more
evils than were contained iu the casket of l’andura
an act tiiat must orVCllluaic iu rows, confusion, dis
aster, defeats, &c. Ac.
Amo"g the Democrats, compared with which, the
Devil among the Tailors, was a mere joke—oh dear, oh
dear! You that have tears, prepare lushed them now.
The editorial article iu the Telegraph, of the 30. h
ult., (Tuesday week,) though breathing a better
spirit, and clothed in a garb more attractive, is still,
however, condemnatory of the editors castigated in
the preceding number, a.id prophetic of the disas
trous results that must ensue from such rash and
puerile conduct.
Now it has happened, that fifty or more Democrat
ic editors through the Union, have pursued the very
course so loudly reprobated by tho Telegraph
among them, many whose intelligence, integrity
and knowledge of public affairs arc unquestionable.
With this fact hi lure him, a modest and considerate
man might have hesitated, lest tic should place him
self in tl.c false position ol that twelfth member of a
Jury, whj denounced ..ufuriously the “damned oLsii
nate eleven.”
Wc neither expected nor desired pulling from the
Telegraph its commendations could atlurd to no
Journal with which wc arc acquainted, cither in
creased profit, or additional rcputauoii. \\ e, believing
Mr. Callioun decidedly the most ueaiiublt among the
democratic candidates —the man loaned lor “the
crisis”—hoisted his banner. The Telegraph atlcngih,
concluded not luhoist die Tyler flag—well, ail dns w os
as ii should be, merely au exercise ol the inestimable
righlof private judgment. We were proceeding qut
ctly on our way, .he Telegraph might have done so on
Ats, without jostling us or uur fellow-travellers. We
beg leave to assure the proprietor of that paper, that
had lie cliuscii to run up the flag ol Tennessee Ar
nold, the Butts, or Satan, if more agreeable, we
should not have said boo to him, nor iu the slightest
degree interfered with his predilections. The adage
says “ There’s no disputing about tastes.”
Two or three times while penning this article, wc
tried to make out on w hat ground, moral, intellectual,
physical, or metaphysical, the Telegraph felt war
ranted, in assuming the chair of Editorial Censor,
ship few we think will submit to its authority-.
The new born and fiery zeal of the Telegraph for the
intimate Union and unbroken front of the Democratic
party, comes with an iff grace and in a very question
able shape, from a paper what was apparently at least,
for going on two years, been throwing fire-brands in
to its ranks, and endeavoring to fan into a tlauic the
few embers of that accursed feud, the Troup and Clark
controversy which threw the civilization and improvc
mentof Georgia twenty years backward, a idehanged
her previously united demoer tie population, into Ifos
tile and infuriated factions. Arc the proofs asktd for I
Here they arc. The two elaborate attacks over the
signature of au Old Clark-uiau, made cn tho Demo
cratic party in the session of forty-one, on the sub
ject of Major Howard’s Report, charging that in ihc
resolutions they adopted, the censures they inflicted,
and the approbation they bestowed, they were
usurping the rights of the people- We refer to sun
dry other articles over the same signature, “An
Old Clark-man,” that have since appealed in its col
umns, and tho more recent manifestation of the in
ward soul of that paper in its notice of the Demo
cratic Meeting, to elect Delegates to th a Convention
for nominating a candidate to be run by the democ
racy for Governor. It being the first day of the Su
perior Court, the Meeting was large and highly re
spectable, every prcciuct but one fully represented,
yet tho Telegraph calls it a Meeting of a portion of
the Democracy of Bibb. Call you this hacking your
democratic friends, Master Telegraph ? This the
mode in which you would secure their Union and
united action? In that Meet'ug, out of a hundred,
there w ere but three dissenters to the resolution to
support JolmC. Calhoun as the democratic candidate
for the I’resldcury subject to tko ultimate decis
ion of a National Convention.
COM -II RfTAT. JOt RVAT.
MAMIN, JUNE 7.
Cottos. —There has been a smalt advanco on our quota
tioiuj last week. We now quote at 3 1-2 a 5 3-4.
SAVANNAH MARKET.
JUNE 2.
New Voaa. —Briq Wilson Fuller 3(\) bales Upland and
15 bales Sea Island Cotton, 4 casks Beeswax, 6 boxes Furni
ture, and 23 packages Mdse.
t’uAhleston —Steamer Gen. Clinch —3l bales Fea Is
land Cotton.
CorTox Arrived since the 26th ult., 733 bales Upland And
10 bates sea Island, and cleared in the same time 7,4(33 bales
Upland and StiO bales Sea Island ; leavingon hand, inclusive
of all on shipboard not cleared on the first instant, a stock of
15,075 laics Upland and 760 balr» Sea Island Cotton, against
6891 bales Upland, and 245 bales Sea Island, at the same peri.
Oil last year.
riiAßr.tsTO ; exports, May 31.
Indian Key, Key West snd Havana Brig llaync 205
tierces h ice.
AUGUSTA, JUNE I.
Corns —Our market has been active, since our notice of
last'lliurnday, and the demand fait, and would have been
more so, had the quantity on tile market been larger, lint lit
tle is ottering on planter's account, and what has been opera
ted upon was in second hands- The sales, taking these cir
cumstances into view, have laten large, but the principal sales
were effected on Tuesday, when about 1300 bales changed
owners, at rates ranging from 5 3-d to 5 3-4 cents, with a small
lot at G 1-2 cents, which prices are within 1-4 ofa ceiitof
the current sales before tho arrival of the llibcrnia.
Fxcraxo* —As we expected exchange on the north has
undergone a small advance. It Is not scarce ; the supply is
fully equal to the demand; hut we have 10 quote it at par to
half of one per cent premium. The Central Bank money lias
again improved; the rates yesterday were 1G to IS per cent,
discount. Six per cent. State bonds we quote at 54 to 55;
the eight per cent, are scarce, and none hardly offering.
WHOLESALE I*lsl’ ES CURRENT!
CORRECTED WEEKLY FOR THE DEMOCRAT.
BAGGING Heavy Hemp, 41 inch, per y<l 22 n24
“ 42 inch, * 22 a25
Tow, “
COFFEE—Green prime Culm Sc. Rio, lb. 94 a 10
Ordinary to Good lb. 0 a 10
Java, lb. 15 a 17
CANDLES—Spermaceti!, lb. 25 a 30
Georgia, Tallow lb. 15
N’ordt rn, “ lb. 13
C ti E ES K— scarce.
COKUAGE —Hemp, lb., 8a 12
Manilla, lb. 12 al4
FlSll—Mackerel, No. I, bid.
No. 2, *• sl4 00
“ No. 3 “ $llOO
GLASS —Window, 8 bv Id, box 3 a 3 25
“ to by 12, “ 3 50
FLOUR—Baltimore, bid. 7a 74
Canal, “ 7 n 74
Country, lb. 3 a 4
IRON—Bar, common size, “ 5« C 4
* Hoop and Band, “ 10
Slice', “ 10 « 124
Natl Rods, “ 10
MOLASSES—New Oilcans, gall.
W est India, “ 25 a3O
NAILS— lb. 5a 54
SOAR— “ 7 a 9
SHO T— bag $2 25
SUGAR —St. Croix, • lb. 8 a 104
JM ascovno'o find Porto Rico, “ 6a 8s
Havana, (w hite,) “ 12 «14
“ (Brown) “ G a 7
New Orleans, “ Ga 71
Loaf •• 121 a 15
Lump, “ 11 «
Crushed nnd Powdered, . “ 15 al7
SALT—Liverpool(ocarse) sack 92 a 24
“ bushel G 24
TWlNE—Sewing, lb. 314 a 374
ROPE—Ba'e, “ 84 a 124
STEEL—Cast “ 25
German, “ 17
Blister, “ 10
OILS—L' listed j gall. $1 5C
Winter strained Lamp. “ $125
common, do. “ $1 00
SPIRITS—Brandy ; Otard, lJupity Sc Cos. 3 50
“ A. Signet, “ 2 50
Holland Gin, “ 1 50
“ “ inflation, “ I 00
Rye Wlriskev, “ 32 a35
Jenlts'Rve Gin, “ 35 t. 40
WHITE LEAD—No. 1, keg, $3 uo
“ *’ No- 2, ** 2 50
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Fuller, 15 a 23 cents.
Bacon—boa round, 71 ccn'r.
i.ard—6 «Bci n s, and scarce.
Beef—fresh, 4 a 6 cents.
Corn—4o a 43 cents.
Corn Meal —40 a 45 cents.
Egns—B a 10 cents perdoz.
Flour —pound 3 to 4 cents
Fodder—ltundre .62 u 75 cents.
Pol u toes—37 a 50.
31 VCON EXCHANGE TABLE.
TIFG2LATED EY A SPECIE STANDARD.
[Revised and corrected Weekly for the Democrat ]
Drafts on New York nt sight, para 4 pm.
“ on Phdudcljdiin,
“ on Baltimore, “
“ on Charleston at sight, “
“ on Suvannab, “ “
“ on Augusta, “ 4 prem.
30 days sight on New York, iiist. off.
GO days sight. “ “
90 “ «
BANK NOTES.
Charleston City Banks par.
Commercial Bank, Columbia, S. C. “
Bank of Hamburg, S. C. “
Ad other South Carolina Banks, “
All Augusta City Banks, “
Savannah City Banks, “
Central Rail Road Bank, 15 u 20 dis.
Commercial Bank, Macon, par.
Insuraroe Bank of Colnmbus, Macon, ”
Branch Marine Sc. Fire Insurance Bk., Macon, “
Georgia Rail Road Bank, “
Bank ol Brunswick, Agency Augusta, “
State Bank at Augusta, “
Phamix Bank, Columbus, uncertain
Bank of Mtilcdgeviile, par.
Bank of St. Marys, “
Branch State Bank, Washington, “
Branch State Bank, Eatonton, “
Branch S'atc Bank, Mtilcdgeviile, “
Branch State Bank,
Central Bank, Milledgcvitlc, 22 a 53 dis.
Exchange Bank, Brunswick, no sale.
Hawkiilsville Bunk, par
“ “ new emission, at Macon “
Bank of Columbus, 50 dis.
Pin tilers’ Sc. Mechanics'B k, Columbus, no sale.
Western Bank of Rome, Rome, “
Chattahoochee R. R. Bank, Columbus, no sale.
Ruekersville Banking Company,
Bank of Darien nnd Branches, 70 dis.
Monroe K. R. Sc. Banking Company, 80 00
Alabama Note’, 16_a 20 “
BIJOKE Bank of Rome, Darien, Chattahoochee
Rail Road, Planters and Mechanics, and Bank of Cos
lumbtis, Ocnitilgee Bank, Macon.
CHANGE BILLS AT PAR —John G. Winter's
Checks on the Bank ot S'-Marys, Scott Sc Carhart's
Change Bills, Georgia Railroad Change Bills, City
Council o( Savannah Sc Augusta Change Bills, E. Sc.
R R Graves.
Shot well's Bills, signed with black ink, par red
ink, is paid in Central Bank.
City Council Bills, Macon, 50 a 60 dis
ADVERTISEMENTS.
•
GROCERIES.
fKIHE sultscribers continue to keep on band at the
-M old stum), opposite 'he Washington Hull, a good
assortment of Groceries, Bagging, Saif, Iron, Sic., which
they will sell low for cash.
C. CAMPBELL Sc. CO.
Macon, June 7, 1313. 4 tl
BACON.
10,000 2,00 j lbs Hums ond BhouMere,
j For sale by C* C.VMI’bELL SiCO.
I Macon, June 7, 1313. 4 if
NOTICE.
.Vote’ . after dote, epplien'inn will be made
to the Honorable, the Interior Court, when anting
for Ordinary purposes, for leave toseil the real Estate
of D. H. Emmons, 1.-'e ofsaid county, deceased.
I AMES M. GREEN, AUmr.
June 1, 1843.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
AT NEW TCXtZ FiLZCSS.
T BARNES, offers to tho
\Y <1 . public at his store on A /«/-
HfsßnA brrri) street, an extensive stock
- U V ‘A of SCHOOL, LAW, 31F.D1
CAL and 511 SC ELLA NE
OUS BCkjKS together with
e 1 ery article in the Stationery line.
Ula k Books of every description ~'Court, Re.
cord, and Docket Books, various sizes.
J B. wonld respectfully invite teachers and others
w: o may Waut S4obool Hooks, to call and examine his
stock ; which will lie sold at the lowest possible prices,
For Cush wholesale and rcrail.
Country Merchants can be supplied with paper by
die ream or case as low as it can be purchased in
New York, and in many ca3ts much Ic-vcr. Alt
orders from die country u ill be promptly arendtd to.
Blank Books and I’ajrer Baled and Bound
to order, in the best manner. Bonk Find.
itig in general attended to,
Macon, May 17. I
NEW,CHEAP & DISIRABLK GODS.
SAMUKL J. RAY, & CO.
ICS AVE just received and are now opening a genera
H A nasO'tuH-nr of seasonable STAPLE AND
FANCY DRY GOODS, which they will sell at very
reduced prices lor Cash, being anxious to reduce their
present large Stock, among which may lie tound
Superior Wool-dyed Black, Blue-Black, and Invisible
Green Cloths.
Cassimeres, woolen, velvet, vrdenn'n, Sc satin Vestings.
Flaunt Is, inrrinoee nnd prime I Orlenns Cloths.
French, English and American Prints.
Chid leys, Mttslm de L tines,French Collar' and Capes.
Black, hluc-black and rich light fancy colored Silks
and Satins
Black, India Satins, Indian Coral Spitnlficld, Pongee,
Liner, Cambric nnd Grass Linen Handkerchiefs.
Muslin de Laiuc and Satin Shawls, Neck Tue, and
Dress Handkerchiefs.
Irish Linens, Linen Shirtings. Lawns nnd Diapers.
Jaconet, Swiss, Nansook and B kjU Muslins.
Silk, Cotton and Worsted Hosiery, Gloves, and Sus
penders.
Gent’s. Merino Skirls and Pants, Stocks and Collars.
Bed Ticks. Brown Sc Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings.
Superior Bleached Long Cloths, Cat ion Flannels and
Drillings.
Kerseys. Linscvs, sup Be l and Negro Blankets.
Shell and Buffalo Twist Side, and Riding Combs.
Spool Thread, Tapes, Pins, Buttons, Ac.
With many other article* too tedious to mention.
P. S Purchasers will find ii to their interest to call.
S. J KAY Sc CO.
May 24, 2 te
S'&JtcA awoffseAissr*'
rgIFIE undersigne I has tho honor of informing the
H Ladas and Gentlemen ol Macon, that be bas
crec. rd, at his Coskhtiunary Store, {next door to
H. Shot well’s Apothecary Shop, corner of Mu'berr/
and Third Streets.)
A SODA FOUNTAIN.
Where Mineral Iced Waters of the mod improved
formula can he obtained. Together with S\ RIJPS ot
every description- Constant attention to visitors, Irom
early in the morning, till ten in the evening.
\VM SPEAR.
Macon, May 31, 1843. 3 In
Ra9R.S2AX.BR,
IS SOLE AGENT FOR THE SALE OF MY PILLS
IN THE CITY OF MACON, GEO.
B. BRANDRETH, M. D.
Macon, May 31 3 ts
NEW SI'RI G AND SUMMER
CAOTIZXNG.
11. SPENCER,
TTAVIXd received this day, per Steamer J. God
ill dnrd. the nalatue of his Spring purchases,is now
prepared to offer to the citizens of .Macon nnd vicinity,
a lull and complete assortment of fasluonuble
SPUING AND SUMMER CLOTHING,
consoling of every variety nnd style of Coats, Pants,
ndd Ve ts, suited fir the reason, together with a great
vitr ely of Summer Suni ls, Stocks, Gloves, Shirts, Col
lars, Bosoms, Suspen. ers. Ac., flic
Also a splendid assnrlmenl ot Cloths, Cassimeres
Vestings, Drab de Tats, Cambhts, Linen Drillings,
iVc., all of which w ill be sold or made up to order oil
the very lowest t tins for Cash.
Feeling fu|!y competent that I can make it fir tho
interest ot gentlemen replenishing their wnrdrob s to
purchase ol nte, I respectfully solicit a call Irom all
at the Store, one door below J. A. ASS. Virgin's
Jewelry Store, and directly opposite the north-west
Irom of the Washington Hall, where unprecedented
jiargnins may always be found.
Macon, May 24 2
AT
KIMBERLY’S
Cor Hat Store lad)
CONSISTING OF GENTLEMENS’ LEGHORN,
PANAMA, MANILLA, AND PAUI
LEAF HATS;
All of which, will bo sold n* low as the lowest.
•Buy 21. 2
NEW AND FASHIONABLE
DRY GOODS.
rgMlfl subscriber would respectfully inform the cili»
u zens ol Macon and vicinity, lint he has just re
ceived a full assortment of Sc.mmlu Dry Goods, among
which are fashionable French BolZarine nnd other
Muslins, French Cambrics, rich seasonable Silks and
Satins, superior Biqck Nett Shawls, Black Lace Cardi
nals, fine w hite ami colored Tarleton Mttdtn Mantles,
Silk and Bnrcge Mantles, Si!K Nwk Ties, Silk Thread
and Cotton Gloves and Mitts, black, colored and
white Kid Gloves, Silk and Coton Hosiery, If.slo
Thread Valence, and real Thread Lace, Edgings and
Insert!ngs, Cambric and MusJin Inserting?, Jut-one',
irwiss, Tarleton and Nansook Muslins, Bishop Lawns,
superior Hemstitched and Revered Linen Cumbric
Handkerchiefs, superior Irish Linen, Linen t amtirio,
and very fine t rench Lawn, superior Linen, Damask
Tab'e Cloths, Towelling Diaper, Bleached and Un
bleached Shirtings and Sheetings real Earlslon Ging
hams, a large assortment of Calicoes and Cambrics,
Ladies superior Corsets, Ladies’ and Misses’ Slices
and Bonnets, .Marking Canvass and Patterns, Wors
ted Cruels, Sc*’.. See.
Also a general assortment of brown, fancy colored
a.id white Linen and Cotton DulUiigs, white and
colored Sateen, Georgia Nonkeen, a good assortment
ol Gentlemen’s Gloves, Hosiery, Ilundkercl iefs, Cra
vats and Stocks, and a general assortment of such
goods as are usually kept tu Dry Good Stores, ad of
which will be sold as low as the same Goods can he
bought in this or any oilier Southern City- The pub
lic are invited to Call mid examine for themselves, at
itis Store, one door above Geo. A. Kimberly’s Hat
Store.
N. B. DRESS MAKING in the best manner,
and must-fashionable style.
G- L. WARREN.
May 24, 2 lm.
PRINTING.
—»**«—
smsarar tmbisv
OF BOOK AND FANCY JOB PRINTING
Will be neatly executed at the Office or the
A.-tEr.icAX DEMocnAT, on Mulberry Street.
Our collection of Job Typo is New
and comprises every vari
ety desirable, to
enable us to
execute
our work iu a scperioii manner.
NEW STORE.
VSPANIER, respectfully informs the Citizens of
. Macon, that he Inis taken the Store or, Sccond-
Strcct, formerly occupied by C. Thomas, next door to
the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank, where he is uow
opening a splendid assortment of
FANCY DRY GOODS,
which for price, quality and lateness cl style, cannot
be surpassed by any bouse in the city.
Pluid Silks, --- - 624 cents,
1 renclt Calicoes, - - 20 a25 “
“ Mudins. • 25 •'
&.C. Stc. See. Sic.
I A. S. would respectfully Invite Ladies and G title-
I men to cull nnd examine Ins stock.
At acton, May 17, 1813. I tf*