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has received a supply of these beautiful and elegant books. These Ballads may be considered as a romantic history of Spain, from the downfall of the gothic monarchy, to the final expulsion of the Moors from Spain, and are commemorative of the heroic ex ploits of the Moorish and Spanish chivalry, as well when contending with each other, as when together defending the soil of Spain from Frankish invasion at Koncesvalles. Beginning at the “eighth and fatal battle, when the Moor had won the day,” they pass in review a long list of illustrious heroes, the Cid, 41 he, who in a lucky hour girt the sword,’ Bernardo del Carpio, the great Captain the Zegri’s and the Abencerrages. We are brought down to the “ last aigh of the Moor,” as ho turns his back with swelling heart and swimming eyes, for the last time, from Granada the beautiful. We cordially recommend ,hcsc beautiful volumes to the public. Macaulay’s Lays of Ancient Rome. The extensive and increasing popularity of such ' Works as “ Lockhart’s Spanish Ballads,” and the “Lays of Ancient Rome,” is an evidence of a change I in the public mind which we are pleased to sec. Wc I say, that we are hcaitily glad that the public is get ting tired of the vast numbers of prurient and mere tricious publications which have flooded the country for some years past, as destructive to the morals as they were enfeebling to the mind. The “ Lays” are as pure in morals as they are he roic in sentiment, and are illustrative of some of die most noble and heroic men and actions, of the best days of Ancient Rome. “ Froissart’s Chronicles.” Are the cheapest of the re-publications put forth by the “ New World” press. The paper is very whi'c and pure, and the typographical execution and engraving, the very finest. The price marvellously low. “Froissart” is the mine from which Sir Wal ter Scott, Bulwer, James, and others, have drawn the materials of their most interesting works. Among the most remarkable revolutions, is the one in the publishing trade, in consequence of which, the most profound and interesting works of the day can be purchased at from a sixth to a twelfth of their former prices, and in as good or superior style. An erroneous impression, seems to be in some de gree prevalent, that because these publications are cheap, they are consequently light or tiashy, but none is more erroneous. Liebigs Animal and Vegetable Chemistry ; For rey’s Works on Climate and Meteorology; Allison’s History of Europe ; D’Aubigue’s Reformation; Murray’s Encyclopedia of Geography; Braude’s En cyclopedia of Science ; Johnson’s Farmer’s Diction ary, &c., are considered among the most scientific and profound works ever published oil these various subjects. All these and many otUcrs arc to be had at Messrs. Boardman and Barnes’ Book-stores, for almost no thing. The Prospect. We transfer to out columns the following notices from the South Carolinian, and a number of other prints in various parts of the Union, and hail with pleasure the new instances which every day presents of the awakening of the public mirl in every quar ter of the country to (he claims of the great Caroli nian to (he next Presidency in the North and in the Sou'.h. In the Middle and New England States he is steadily and rapidly advancing in public favor. This is an earnest anil harbinger of the feeling and spirit which we confidently predict will be exhibited at no very distant day throughout the length and breadth of this great republic, and long ere the ides of May 1814. the Democratic party of the country will have united on this “noble tribune of the peo ple" with an unanimity of opinion unparalleled in the history of public men in this country—they will move after him “ like the wild trees which followed Orpheus’ harp.” We ask. nothing for the distin guished statesman whom wesupport as ourfirst choice for the next Presidency, but a calm and dispassionate view of the whole course of his private and public career. His friends scorn any mode of appeal not addressed to the understanding of the public without passion or violence—satisfied that the people will do their duty, if an enlightened, independent and moral press will doits duty. Wc desire, however, not to lie misunderstood ; yielding tononc in admiration of Mr. Calhoun, believing as we do that he is the most available candidate of the party, and that he is, of all others, best calculated to bring back the government to the Republican track of the days of Jefl'erson — that by his election the prosperity and happiness of our people at home, and the character and dignity of the nation abroad will be greatly promoted, we arc nev ertheless ready to yield our preference to the will of the majority, when honestly and fairly expressed; and go as far in support of the nominee of an honest and fairly organized Convention, “as who goes farthest.’’ From the Charleston Mercury. The following remarks of the New Hampshire Gazette have much sense and just discrimination in them. When men accept the position of political leaders, it is, or ought to be, as the representatives of principles—and the party they lead have far more right than they, to dictate their coarse. When the leader therefore assumes the absolute right of deciding what he will do in given circumstances, he makes his position a matter of mere personal distinction, and the presidential contest a mere personal rivalry. “ Mr. Calhoun has by inttendo been censured by some of the democratic pa pers for answering “ warily” as it is term ed, the question of the Indiana Conven tion, “ whether he will abide by the de cision of a National Convention if not himself nominated?” In our view it was not a proper question to ask any of the candidates. It was proper enough to ask their opinions on national politics, but for a candidate whose name bad been brought before the public by his friends without any agency of his own, to be asked whether he will abide by the de cision of a convention if not himself nominated is a delicate question. Ad herence or non-adherence to such decis ion, forms no part of his political senti ments, and will no more prove him a de mocrat than a whig. Gen. Jackson in 1824, was run against a regular nomina tion, and obtained a plurality of votes, and in 1828 was elected without any oth er nomination than the common consent of his friends, and the concurrence of the people, and no convention since held has been any thing more than a mere form. For our part we think any direct affirm ative answer to such a question looks too much like begging for a nomination, and that the course taken by Mr. Calhoun was the only modest and dignified an swer that a candidate could have given to such a question, and of course that he is the only one who has answered it as it ought to be. But why did not the Indiana Conven- tion ask one more very important ques tion ? certainly not less important than any one that could have been propound ed—a question which should perhaps of all others be a sine qua non in regard to all the candidates for the next presidency. It is this : Is it constitutional, or expe dient, or admissible, in any eveut, for the United States, either by issuing stock and pledging the sales of the public lands for the interest, or in any form whatever, to assume the payment or become responsi ble for the debts contracted by the indi vidual States respectively ? This is a question to which we should like to see a plain, flat, and categorical answer from every man who is brought before the public as nominee for the pres idency. This is a subject which has been already pushed before Congress: and will he persevered in with quite as much tenacity as the question ot a Na tional Bank. It is a question of the high est importance to the pure democracy of the country, and there is more danger to apprehend from the success of such a measure, than that of a national bank, because of the influence of those indebt ed states which arc otherwise democrat ic, and which may covertly if not open ly select such candidates for Congress as will yield to if not join with the Federal party in urging on the proposition. It behoves then the democrats of the un indebted States in particular, to look out for a Chief Magistrate who will firmly and unflinchingly set his face against all propositions of that nature in every pos sible shape and form. We hesitate not to declare, that in the event of the success of any such measure, we shall be nulli fiers to the back hone.” From the Charleston Mercury. The Georgia Convention. The Savannah Georgian, in the fol lowing excellent toned artiele, announ ces its adhesion to the nominations of the Convention. We thoroughly sympathize with and appreciate the spirit with which our cotemporary greets and welcomes the fairly expressed wishes of the people and if the time conies when we ourselves shall be tested in the same way, we have no hesitation in pledging ourselves to the same cheerful acquiescence in the will of the people. It is this will of the people which we are most earnest to have fully and unequivocally promulgated: From the Savannah Georgian. FOliP RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOHN C. CALHOUN, OF S. CAROLINA. FOR GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, MAJOR MARK A. COOPER. FOR CONGRESS, JAMES 11, STARK, OF BUTTS. Onr Candidates. We this morning announce our candi dates for the distinguished olfices of Pres ident of these States, and Governor of Georgia. In doing so, it is only necessa ry to state, that while we would, in Con vention, have deposited our vote for Mar tin Van Buren, who, we believe, is a pure and enlightened statesman, and entitled to the full confidence of the Republican Party, whose principles he has so ably sustained, we now, as we would, had we been in Convention, yield to the express ed will of the majority of our party, and unfurl the standard of Democracy with the name of John C. Calhoun inscribed on its fold. We must take a more convenient op portunity to dwell upon the distinguished services of the late Senator of S. Carolina, and his ardent support of the principles identified with the faith we cherish. We henceforth support him for the Presiden cy, willing, however, to return to our first love, should the National Convention, in May next, decree that Mr. Van Buren, or any other gentleman entitled to their nom ination, shall be the Republican candidate in 1844. In announcing our determination to rally around the person of Mr. Calhoun, as the standard bearer of our cherished principles, wc should say, that while the ex-President was our first choice for the contest at hand, Mr. Calhoun was our second, and consequently we anticipated the period which, if in life, we should, in 1848, support him as the successor of Mr. Van Buren. The people of Georgia, through the Democratic delegates, have decided otherwise. Harmony of action being essential to the vindication and triumphant success of sacred principles, we accord with that decision, and with a firm reliance on the justice of our cause, proclaim to the Republicans of the Union, our confidence in John C. Calhoun. We have reserved but a brief space to speak of our Gubernatorial candidate. In council and in the field, Major Cooper has been a faithful representative ■ —a gallant soldier. Can we say less than that one so pure in patriotism, and so sterling in the requisites which should entitle a citi zen to the confidence of his fellow-men, will receive onr cordial support, a Os Mr. Stark, we shall have more op portunity to speak hereafter. We believe him well qualified for the office for which his Democratic fellow-citizens have nom inated him. Signs From the U. S. Gazette, a Whig paper. Mr. Callioutw We find in the New York Journal of Commerce, the following : “An active member of the Democratic party in Connecticut, tells us that the impression among his friends is, that the friends of Mr. Calhoun are now in the majority there, and gaining rapidly, and that the same is true of New Hampshire and Maine. A gentleman similarly situ ated with regard to affairs in Illinois, on hearing the remarks of the Connecticut gentleman, responded, “the same state of things exists in our State.” The true state of the case is, of course, | scarcely set forth in the above paragraph, j though we incline to the belief that there is some foundation for the assertion. The 1 .ocofocos were whipped out of their love | for Mr. Van Buren, in 1810 : and there is 1 no one of their ranks aiming at the Pres- idency, that stands so generally fair as Mr. Calhoun.! Mr. Buchanan's popularity is local. Col. Johnson's is in one of the horizontal divisions. But Mr. Calhoun with all his errors of Nullification, bears with him the port and majesty of a great mind, nothing less than an archangel fal len. And we haveadvices from the Eastern States, that Mr. Calhoun is stronger in the Loeofoco ranks than Mr. Van Buren ; and this is strengthened by the belief that Mr. Woodbury would be nominated on the same ticket with Mr. Calhoun. The last named gentleman has stronger friends in Pennsylvania than has Mr. Van Buren. The Wilmington Chronicle (Whig) makes the following notice of the recent change in the Raleigh (N. C.) Standard: The Raleigh Standard has passed into new hands. Wm. W. Holden is said to have the Editorial control, and the name of Mr. Van Buren “as the democratic can didate for President” is to be taken from its columns. Mr. Holden is, it is under stood, a Calhoun man, although he says in his address he is willing to abide the decision of a Democratic National Con vention. From the Bouth Carolinian. •• Anti-Bank Democrat. An able and spirited paper under this title, published in Duchess County, N. Y., with the name of Mr. Calhoun at the head of its columns as its first choice for the Presidency, thus speaks of that dis tinguished statesman—its comparison be tween him and Mr. Van Buren being omitted. “The distinguished individual whose name we have placed at the head of our columns as the next candidate for the Presidency, is entitled to the full confi dence of the Democracy of this State and Union. For upwards of thirty years Mr. Calhoun has been the most powerful, fearless, vigilant and eloquent champion of sound principles in the Democratic party. Indeed it may be safely said, that no man now living has done so much for the promotion of the cause as this tal ented South Carolinian ; and, in our opin ion, no man is better qualified for, none so well entitled to, the highest office in the gift of the people. We have long en tertained this opinion, and wc believe the time has at length arrived when the opin ion ought to be publicly proclaimed. * * * * # * Another ground of our preference for Mr. Calhoun, is that his position is more clearly defined. We always know ex actly where to find him. lie is as pre eminent for integrity and straight for wardness, as he is for wisdom and sa gacity. There is nothing doubtful nor uncertain —no non-committalism about him. * * * jyir. Clay will doubtless be the whig candidate ; and as he is the champion of the protective tariff and na tional bank, we think there would be a peculiar fitness and propriety in putting in nomination a man who is known to be decidedly and clearly opposed to these schemes. Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Clay have for years been antagonists on these subjects in the Senate of the U. S. Let them now go before the people and try these great Issues. It will be emphatically a trial of principles, from which the De mocracy ought never to shrink. *'*# * # « These are our views upon this import ant subject. We believe they are sub stantially the views of a large portion of the Democratic party in this State. We believe that, especially among the young men of the party those who will bear the toil end burden of the next campaign there are hundreds and thousands ready to rally around the standard of the orator, the statesman, the patriot of South Carolina. From the South Caroiinian. The Weekly Pennant. We welcome to our exchange list this spirited advocate of Democratic princi ples. It is published by E. B. Carter, Esq., at Brooklyn, Conn., at $1 50 per annum hoists the names of John C. Calhoun and Levi Woodbury, as can didates for President and Vice President, and zealously advocates their claims to those high offices, “ subject to the decis ion of the Democratic Convention to as semble in May,” &c. Its motto is the fa mous one of Mr. Calhoun, by which alone the Democracy can hope to con quer : “Free Trade; Low Duties; No Debt; Separation from Banks; Econ omy ; Retrenchment; And a Strict Ad herence to the Constitution.” Mr. Cal houn seems to be going ahead rapidly in Connecticut. The Charleston Mercury of the 31 inst. says : “Our correspondent in New York, who was led to believe that the Honorable Samuel Young had expressed a prefer ence for Mr. Calhoun for the Presidency, was mistaken, as we observe that that dis tinguished gentleman in a recent publi cation names Mr. Van Buren as his first choice. CO.H <1 i'.ItCIAL JOCKVAL. CHARLESTON MARKETS. r ottom. Heceived since our 1010 by water, and 1203 by Hail Road. Exported in same time, 0980 bales, leaving on hand a shipping stock of 14,284 bales, exclusive of 3665 bales on shipboard not cleared The past week commenced on Saturday last with a full enquiry, re suiting m the sale of 1497 bales on that day, at the fiim rates of the previous week. Early on Monday morning was recei ved per steamer Acadia, Liverpool accounts to the 13ih, and Havre to ihs 17th ult At both places the Cotton market had rallied and was decidedly more favorable than could have been anticipated from the accounts received previously. Our market immediately opened with an animated demand ; du ring which, holders started and obtained an advance of about 4 on their previous asking prices, and about 3-16 a 4 on prices which they had been ofTered. The operations on that day amounted to 2611 bales. On Tuesday the demand continued to a nearly equal extent the sales reaching 2096 bales. On there seemed to be a sudden check to farther operations, .and the market on that day, as well as on 1 hurs day and y esterday was very inactive, only 670 bales changing hands in that timoj The continued firmness of holders was perhaps the principal cause of this inactivity. The total sales of the week amount to 6778 bales, at the following particulars: 201 bales at 7\ etr ; 42, 7 ; 63, Cl; 70, Cj ; 336, 6* ; 308. Ci ; 827,61; 66, 6 116; 720,6f 141, 5 7-1 ; 551, 53 4; 34, 5 11-16; 381,5 5-8 ; 242, 5 3-16 ; 474,5 1-2; 1046, 5 3-B.‘ 556, 5 1-4 ; 62, 5 2*16; 104 f 5 1-2; 9,5; 22, 4 3-4. We still retain our former quotations, viz : luf. to ord. 4 3-4 a 5 1-2 ; MuMling to MiiMl’g Fair, 53-4 a 6 1-2; Fair to fully fair, 6 3-4 a 7 1-4 ; Good fair to good, 7 1-2 cia. Long Cotton*. About 112 bales of Sea Island have been disfiosed of during the week, of which 46 Georgia at from 12| al4 cents; the balance from 19 to £0 cents, 17 bales stained, 5 a 9 cents. From the New York Herald. MONEY MARKET. Thursday, June 1 6P- M. The stock market resumed, in some degree, its activity to day. <‘hio G’s rune 1 1-4 ; Kentucky's 1-4 ; lltinoU 21 2; In diana 3 per cent; Delaware and Hudson 1-2; Long Island rose 1 per cent; Harlem 2 per cent; Cauton 1-2; Farmers' Loan fell 1 percent; sales of Vicksburg 5; Morris Canal 3. At the new board United Mates 6’s sold at 116. We have received the following Miami Canal Extension, Oiuo. The letting for the completion of this work is to take place on the 15th June next. 'I he work consists of a reservoir on the Loraintr’s Creek; 35 miles of main line, principally excavation; 20 wooden locks: sor 6 aqueducts and numerous stone culverts. Pay ment to be made in Ohio 6 per cent domestic bonds, inter est to be paid semi-annually at the State Treasury, ami the principal after 1863. Courier. What does this mean? It is only a few hours since we were assured “that if the State of Ohio” only could raise a million and a half, she would never want any thing more ; and, behold! the ink is hardly dry, when wc hear of payment to be made by domestic bonds “anew article, and peculiarly adapted to the season,” as they say in Bond street, London. No matter can’t have too much ol a good thing. 1 here are $375,000 of the above lot to come out, and how many more,can be ascertained when the manner in which the interest is paid is reported to the Legislature next winter. — As to Ohio “assurances,” that State solemnly pledged its faith that no more foreign stock should be issued, aud before six months had elapsed, #1,500,000 new 7 i»er cent stock was is sued in violation of that pledge. When a State is so involved as is Ohio, she rolls irresistibly to destruction. The following is from a morning paper : Ihe Herald thus comments: — ‘*the fact of cheap goods is cheering. It is also true that it is the elTect of the tariir in some degree. Its operation has been, by preventing the pro ceeds of foreign industry from seeking tho west in exchange for its produce, so to depress the prices of agricultural pro duce, that its growers have not had where withal to buy any thing, and the prices of domestic goods have fallen in conse quence.” K Ah! neighbor! you can’t creep out there ! Will you say that tea, coffee, and other articles wholly foreign, and on tehich no duty is charged , or only a low one for revenue, have fallen equally with domestic goods ? You know they have not. Yet if free trade were sound,and your reason for low prices the true one, these should have fallen, and manufactured goods been kept up by the increased duties. And yet you know the fact is quite otherwise. And there is no mystery about it. The Herald and Tribune each afford an immense amount of reading matter for a small sum, because they have a regular daily demand fc. larr& editions. We can gather no clear idea from these comments. Our proposition was that the onerous tariff, which went into Dera tion last year,put a bar to imports, which fell off in the port of New York alone #20,000,000 in the six months succeeding the expiration of the compromise act. A necessary result of ex cluding foreign goods from our markets, was to destroy the foreign demand for agricultural produce to an extent which affected prices so seriously as to leave the farmers no profit of course they could buy nothing either imported or domestic. The result has been an almost universal fall of prices. “Cof fee” in particular has given way; and of all articles, perhaps, the decline in that has been the greatest, with the exception of manufactured goods, which fell 25 per cent in Boston. Whenever the means of the agriculturists are diminished by depriving them of the outlet for their surplus, the whole trade of the country languishes. In order to illustrate what we have said of coffee, we take the current rates now, and in July, 1842, as follows : Prices in New York. July, 1842. May, 1543. Cocoa, lb. Caraccas, 12 al4 —a St. Domingo, 7i a 7i 6 a— Coffee, lb. —Cuba, 8 a 9 7 a— Brazil, 8 a 10| Cl aß| Porto Rico, 9 a 10 71 aBl Laguyara, 9 a 9l 7} a 8 St. Domingo, 7 a 71 M a 6 Java, 91 a 111 81 a 11 Sumatra, —a 7 a74 Maracaibo, 8 a 10 7 a 74 Prices in Boston. Coffee. July, 1842. May, 1843. Porto Ilico, fair to prime green, lb. 9 a 11 8 a94 Havana, 74 a 9 7 a 8 St. Domingo, 6l a 74 54 a54 St. Jago de Cuba, 8 a 10 C| a 74 Laguayra, 9 a 91 7>j aߣ Java, 9 a 114 Bail Brazil, 8 a 9 7 aB4 Sumatra, 8 a 84 6 a 74 Mocha, 18 a 19 16 a 18 These are sufficient to show that coffee and free articles have fallen, although the above assumes rather boldly that we “know they have not.” Assuming, however, that the effect of the tariff was to cause domestic goods to fall in prices, by the simple process of imposing a lax upon foreign goods, we are at a loss to understand how the domestic manufacturers con sider that a “protection.” Such a result might be produced after years of competition by conferring a bounty so high as to draw capital from other employments ; but that a sudden fall of 25 per cent, such as is evinced in the following table, is any benefit to manfacturers,is a gtoss delusion Prices of Domestic Goods in Boston at Diffbrnt Pe riods. August, May, Dec'r May 17. 27 inch brown shirtings, aB4 6a 7 5a 5| 4a 44 30 do do very stout 7i a 9 7a 74 Ca 6| 5 a 37 do sheetings, 9 alO 7a 8 6a 64 54a 6 37 do do very stout 10 alo4 8a 9 7a 74 64a 7 40 do do 114 al2 9 alO 8a 77 a7\ 40 do do fine, —a lO al2 10 a 104 9 alO 46 do do do. 15 al6 12 al3 11a B4a 9 30 do drillings do 104a 114 9 alO 74a 8 6|a 7 28 do bleach’d do 114a 124 10 all 8a 9 7aß 28 do Jean 12ja 13| 12 al3 9 a 94 8a 9 30 do do blaached —a 30 do shirting 94 al2 Ba 9 7a 8 7aß 37 do do 114 al4 11 al4 94a 12 9|all Negro plain cottons 12 als 12 a 5 10 al4 8 alO Negro linseys 20 a25 10 a23 16 a2O 16 a2O An enormous fall took place, it will be observed, before the operation of the compromise act. Under the stagnation of trade, however, which succeeded that event, a further fall of 20 per cent, took place not on new goods manufactured by a cheaper process, but on precisely the same goods. In the Boston warehouses were stored with enormous quantities of those articles, which could not find sale, until from the abso lute inability of the farmers of this country to consume them, the prices fell, as in the case of twenty-seven inch brown shirtings, from 5 to 4 cents, a fall of 20per ct. between Decem ber and May. When such heavy concessions were submitted to, a foreign demand sprung up, and took off those stocks which American farmers could not buy, because having the foreign market for their surplus choked by the folly of the manufacturer, the accumulating stock here depressed prices below the cost of production, and the home trade as well as the foreign, was crushed. '1 he manufacturers now feel the force of the rebound. The great scarcity of money in the intenor has undoubtedly been a great auxiliary cause of the low prices. But the indi rect and insidious operation of the tariff has been the cause of he anomaly that, while money is accumulating on the sea board to an unparalleled extent, a large portion of the west is absolutely without a currency. The Treasury Tables show that up to the Ist of July, when the compromise act expired, the trade of the country for 1842 presented an excess over that of the previous year. On the expiration of that law the un certainty which succeeded for sixty days produced an absolute paralysis. That uncertainty was succeeded by a prohibitive tariff. Its requisitions in regard to cash duties were such that imports could not revive. '1 he whole commercial demand for money ceased. *Cotton, rice and tobacco continued logo for ward, and the bills they created were all the means of invest dment of the Banks. The proceeds were imported in specie, of which #i3,(KKMXX) are now unemployed in the New York banks alone. The impossibility of importing goods under the tariff, prevented any demand for American produce as means of remittance abroad. 'I here was nothing to remit. The consequence was, that after a long winter, agricultural pro ducts were cheaper on the seaboard than in midsummer, as follows : Trices in New Y'ork. Flour. July 1942. May, 1843. Western Canal, 6 94 a 6 00 4 75 a 4 81 Ohio, via Canal, 5 75 a 5 83 4 62 a 4 69 Michigan, 6 75 a 5 88 4 42 a 4 69 Orleaus, 5 75 a 5 83 4 25 a 4 37 Philadelphia, 5 75 a 5 83 4 31 a 4 37 Georgetown, 6 60 a 6 12 4 44 & 4 50 Naval Stores, bbl. Tar, 150 a 1 624 125a 1 31 Pitch, 1 25 a 1 374 1 25 a 1 374 Rosin, 1 05 a 2 50 72 a— 87 Turpentiinc Wilm’in, 2 69 a 2 87 4 2 50 a Do- North ( arolina, 250 a 2 624 225a 250 Lard, 6ia 74 6|a 6 Duller, Goshen, lb. 15 a 19 12 a 13 Dairy, 10 a II 7 a 9 Shipping, 6 a 7 5 a • 6 Cheese, lb. 64a 7 5 a 6 Salmon, 14 50 a 15 00 12 00 a 1 20 Smoked, lb., 14 a 16 10 a 12 Mackerel, No. 1, bbl. 11 56 a 12 00 9 00 a No. 2, 8 00 a 9 00 7 00 a Mo. 3, 450 a 4 75 5 75 a Shad, No. 1, Conn., 4bbl. 6 00 a 6 25 5 00 a Now, it will be observed, that these prices fell under a con stantly accumulating abundance of money, showing that, as low as were prices, the tari fT, weighing like an incubus upon mercantile affairs, destoyed all enterprise. When produce was so low on the seaboard, at the opening of the spring navigation, what temptation was there to send forward fresh supplies 7 Clearly none. The price would not command expenses to market. Hence, however abundant money may be on the seaboard it it did not benefit the interior ; on the other hand, had the commerce of the country not been interfered with, goods would have arrived in the place of specie, and a steady ex|>ort of agricultural produce in return would have sustained a constant demand, and disseminated Atlantic capital over the interior, causing the channels of trade to How freely and healthily, giving to farmers remunerating prices, and enabling them to purchase domestic goods in return. There wou and then have been no fall in Lowell manufactures. WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT) CORRECTED WEEKLY FOR THE DEMOCRAT. BAGGING —Heavy Hemp, 41 inch, per yd 22 a 24 “ 42 inch, “ 22 a25 Tow, “ 18 COFFEE —Green prime Cuba Sc Rio, lb. 91 a 10 Ordinary to Good lb. 9 a 10 Java, - lb. 15 a 17 CANDLES —Sjiermacetti, lb. 25 a 30 Georgia, Tallow lb. 15 Norm rn, “ lb. 13 CHEESE— scarce. CORDAGE—Hemp, lb. 8 a 12 Manilla, lb. 12 al4 FlSH—Mackerel, No. 1, bbl. “ No. 2, “ sl4 00 “ No. 3, “ $llOO GLASS—Window, 8 by 10, box 3 a 3 25 “ 10 by 12, “ 3 50 FLOUR —Babimore, bbl. 7a 71 Canal, “ 7 « 71 Country, lb. 3 a 4 IRON—Bar, common size, “ 5a 61 Hoop and Band, “ 10 Sheet, “ 10 a 121 Nail Rods, “ 10 MOLASSES—New Orleans, gall. West India, “ 25 a3O NAILS— lb. 5a 51 SOAP- “ 7 a 9 SHOT- bag $2 25 SUGAR—Sr. Croix, lb. 8 a 104 Muscovado and Porto Rico, “ 6a 84 Havana, (while,) “ 12 al4 ** (Brown) “ f> a 7 New Orleans, “ 6 a 74 J.oaf “ 121 a 15 Lump, “ 14 a Crushed and Powdered, “ 15 al7 SALT—Liverpool (coarse) sack $2 a 24 “ bushel 624 TWlNE—Sewing, lb. 314 a 374 ROPE—Bale, “ B 4 a 124 STEEL—Cast “ 25 German, “ 17 Blister, “ 10 OlLS—Linseed, gall. $1 50 Winter strained Lamp. " $1 25 common, do. “ $1 OO SPIRITS—Brandy; Oiard, Dupuy Sc Cos. 3 50 “ A. Signet, “ 2 50 Holland Gin, “ 1 50 “ “ imitation, “ 1 00 Rye Whiskev, “ 32 a35 Jenks’ Rye Gin, “ 35 a4O WHITE LEAD-No. 1, keg, $3 00 “ - No. 2, “ 2 50 COUNTRY PRODUCE. Putter, 15 a 20 cents. Bacon—hog round, 74 cents, laard—6 a 8 cen's, and scarce. Beef—fresh, 4 a 6 cents. Corn—4o a43 cents. Corn Meal—4o a 45 cents. Eggs—B a 10 cents per doz. Flour—pound 3 to 4 cents Fodder—hundred,62 a 75 cents. Potatoes —37 a 50. ADVERTISEMENTS. MASONIC NOTICE. MASONIC LODGE No. 6, will celebrate the appioaching; AnniversaJy of Bt. Junn the Baptist, by a public address by our Rev. Brother S. G. Bbagc. All Brethren in good standing, in distant lodges, are invited to favor us on that occasion. S. ROSE, Secretary. Macon, June It. PRINTING. OF BOOK AND FANCY JOB PRINTING Will be neatly executed at the Office of the American Democrat, on Mulberry Street. Our collection of Job Type is New and comprises every vari ety desirable, to enable us to execute our work in a scrEnton manner. &Pt. Stoiuurg, tc eo., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, QilTilSraiiais) (Hiks Ts. H. Stmitnn>,) J. ll\- JJucnctt. 5 ATTENTION, CITIZENS OF BZBB COUNTY. TIIIE time for receiving TAX RETURNS for Bibb County, will expire on the 30. h instant. All per sons interested, w ill please make their returns in lime, and t .erehy save Double Tax. Mv Office is in the Store occupied’by Messrs. Reid Sc Ells, below the Washington Hail, on Mulberry Suect. „ SOI, R. JOHNSON, R. T. R. Macon, June 9th, 1843 GREAT BARGAINS IN Prices Ilcbnced 3.1 per Cent. £32 ©. a, WMUS’a CALL AND SEE, riMIE SUBSCRIBER, being drtrrmined.to close his 1 Stock of SPRING ANb SUMMER GOODS, will sell at or near Cost and charges, until further no tice i and would respectfully nshk purchasers to cad and examine before purcensing. His stock consists in part of — Rich F’rench Muslins, various pattern and styles; Fashionable Bulzarine Muslins, fine F’rench and English Cambrics, a large assortment of English and American Prints, fron 5i to 25 cents; Black and Colored Silks, Satins and Sarcenetts; Rich Foulard Silks; Ladie's fine and super Lawn Handkerchiefs; Silk, Thread and Cotton Gloves and Hoisery ; Supe rior Gauze Cardinals; Net Shawls, Tarleton and Braige Mantles nnd Scarfs; Taffcla and Satin Rib bons; Hat ami Cap do; Crapce and Crape l,i3se; Cambric, Muslins, Lace, and Thread Trimmings; Bombazines, Super Irish Linens; Brown; White ar,d Colored Linen Drtllens; Pantaloon Stuffs and Vest ings, and a good assortment of Domestic Goods, nnu most articles usuollp kept in a Fancy and S'aple Dry Goods Store All of wgich will be sold as above, for CASh. , „ (Cr Dimes taken at Ten for ffie First door above Geo. A. Kimberly’s Hal Store. June 13. * 51l GROCERIES. riHIE subscribers continue to keep on hand at the X old stand, opposite the Washington Flail, a good assortmet>' of Groceries, Bagging, Salt, Iron, die., which they will sell low for cash. C. CAMPBELL Sc CO. Macon, June 7, 1843. 4 ts BACON. 10,000 2,000 lbs Hams and Shoulders. For sale by C. CAMPBELL AuO. Macon, June 7, 1843. 4 ts NOTICE. I7OUR .Months after date, application will be made ’ to the Honorable, the Inferior Court, w hen sitting for Ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real Estate of D. 11. F.mmons, late of said county, deceased. IA.MES M. GREEN, Admr. June 1, 1813. BOOKS AND STATIONERY, AT KSW yens PRICES. ijjTSFSCSiSSv T BARNES, offers to the •» . public at his store on Mul- T berry etrert, an extensive stock } \ v t. of SCHOOL, LAW, MEDI CAD and MISCEI.LANK. JaisßAff '-NyPa OUS BOOKS together with every article in the Stationery line. Blank Books of every description,[Court, Re cord, and Docket Rooks, various sizes. J B. would respectfully invite teachers and others who tray want School Books, to call and examine his stock ; which wilt be sold at the lowest possible prices, ForCoeh —wholesale and retail. Country Merchants can be supplied with paper by the ream or case ns low as it can be purchased in New Y'ork, and in manv cases much lower. All orders from the country will be promptly attended to. Blank Books and Paper Ruled aud Bound to order, in the best manner. Book Bind ing in genetal attended to, Macon, May 17. 1 NEW, CHEAP A I>l BIRABLE COuDU’ SAMUEL J. RAY, & CO. k just received and are now opening a genera FtwrU'itTel^T 1,16 STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, which they will sell at very reduced prices lor Cash, being anxious to reduce their present large Stock, among winch mav be found £? s *' n ‘s. reß ’ w .o«len. velvet, valentia, 4. satin Vesting*. Flannels, mennoes ana printed Orleans Clotlis. French, Fmelish and American Prints. Challeys, Muslin de Lames,French Collar, and Capes. B and Sa'ffia “ Ck rich l‘l' hl fancy colored Silks B 'l “ a!ir ‘ 8 ’ I , nd >“ C ? ral Spitalfield, Pongee, Linen, Cambric and Grass Linen Handkerchiefs Muslm de Lame and Satin Shawls, Neck Ties, and Dress Handkerchiefs. Irish Linens, Linen Shirtings, Lawns and Diapers. Jaconet, Swiss, Nnnsook and Book Muslins. Silk, Cotton and Worsted Hosiery, Gloves, and Sut penders. Merino Shirts and Pams, Stocks and Collars. Bed I icks,Brown Sc Bleached Shirtings and Sheetinga. ° U £rii'lffiin e< * C LO,lg Camou Manuel* and Kerseys,.Linseys, sup Bed and Negro Blankets. “ Ile “,*nd fi'msfo 1 wist Side, and Riding Combs. OR07! J mead. Tapes, Pins, Ballons, Ac. a E an ? " I f‘ cr ariicles too tedious to mention. 1 . D. Purchasers will find it to their interest to calL S. J KAY Sc CO. May 24, 2 t e rpHE undersigned has the honor of informing the Lames and Gentlemen of Macon, that he has rrec rd, at his Confectionary Store, [next door to 11. ShorwcH s Apothecary Shop, corner of Mulberry aud I bird Streets,] ’ A SODA FOUNTAIN. \Y here Mineral Iced W’atcrs of the most improved formula can be obtained. Together with SYRUPS of every description. Constant attention to visitors, front early 111 the morning, till ten in the evening. Macon, May 31, 1843. 3 WA J |nSPKAR - BOOK-SELLER. IS SOLE AGENT FOR THE SALE OF MY PILLS IN THE CITY OF MACON, GEO. B. BRANDRETH, M. D. Macon, May 31 3 ,f NEW SPRI NG AND SUMMER CLOTHING. H. SPENCER, If A ,™ r f c ® ived ''‘is day. per Steamer J. God da,rd< ,I|4 L balance of lug Spring purchases, is now prepnred to offer to the citizens of Macon and vicinity, a full and complete assorunentof fashionable SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, consisting of every variety and style of Coats, Pants, add \esis, suited fir the season, together with a groat varetyof bummer Scarfs, Slocks, Gloves, Shirts,^C o *. lars, Bosoms, Suspenders. &c., Ac. 00 Also a splendid assortment of Cloths, Cassimer™ Vestings, Drab de Taes, Camblets, Linen Drillings Ac., all of which will be sold or made up to order on the very lowest t ring for Cash. 1 Feeling fully competent that I can make it for the interest ol gentlemen replenishing their wardrob s to purchase of me, I respectfully solicit a call from all at the Store, one door below J. A. A & S. Virgin's ’r ,n'°uV ar ! and dlrecd V opposite the norlh-wes" front of the Washington Hall, where unprecedented bargains mav always be found. 1 * l * d Macon, May 24 2 AT KIMBERLY’S (CP Hat Store: «£$ CONSISTING OF GENTLEMENS’ LEGHORN, PANAMA, MANILLA, AND PALM LEAF HATS; Al j\lny V ” l f ICI1 ’ Witl 80,(1 “j LOW 88 lhc Lo 'vrsT. NEYV AND FASHIONABLE MV GOODS. rpilE subscriber would respectfully inform the citi ■M. zens of Macon and vicinity, that he has just re* ceived a full assortment of Summer Dry Goods, among which are fashionable French Bulzorine and other Muslins, French Cambrics, rich seasonable Silks and Satins, superior Black Nett Shawls, Black Lace Cardi nals, fine whtte and colored Tarleton Muslin Mantles, bilk mid Barege Mamies, Silk Neck Ties, Stlk Thread and Cotton Wove* and Mms, black, colored and white Kid Gloves, Silk nnd Cot'on Hosiery, Lisle Thread Valence, and real Thread Lace, Edginga and Insertings Cambric and Muslin lnsertings, Jaconet, Swiss, Tarleton and Nansook Muslins,Bishop Lawns, superior Hemstitched and Revered Lmcn Cambric Handkerchiefs, superior Irish Linen, Linen C ambric, and very fine French Lawn, superior Linen, Damask Table Cloths, Towelling Diaper, Bleached and Un bleached shirtings and Sheetings, real Earlston Ging* bains, a large assortment of Calicoes and. Cambrics, Lathes superior Corsets, Ladies’ and Misses’ Shoes and Bonnets, Marking Canvass and Patterns, Wors ted Gruels, olc., etc. Also a general assortment of brown, fancy colored and white Linen and Cotton Drillings, white and colored Sateen, Georgia Nankeen, a good assortment ol Gentlemen s Gloves, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Cra vats and stocks, and a general assortment of such goods as arc usually kept in Dry Good Stores, all of which will he sold as low as the same Goods can be bought m this or anv other Southern City. The pub lic are invited to call nnd examine for themselves, at his btore, one door above Geo. A. Kimberly's Hat Store. N. 8.-DRESS MAKING in the best manner, nnd most fashionable style. „ G. L. WARREN. May 24, 2 lm. MACON EXCHANGE TABLE. RF.GULATEr) BY A SPECIE STANDARD. [Revised and corrected Weekly for the Democrat .] Drafts on New York at sight, par a 4 pm. “ on Philadelphia, “ “ on Baltimore, “ “ on Charleston at sight, “ “ on Savannah, “ “ “ on Augusta, “ i prem. 30 days sight on New York, inst. off. 60 days sight. “ “ 90 •• « BANK NOTES. Charleston City Banks par. Commercial Bank, Columbia, S. C. “ Bank of Hamburg, S. C. “ All other South Carolina Banks, “ All Augusta City Banks, “ Savannah City Banks, “ Central Rail Road Bank, 15 a 20 dis. Commercial Bank, Macon, par. Insurance Bank of Columbus, Macon, “ Branch Marine & Fire Insurance Bk., Macon, “ Georgia Rail Road Bank, “ Bank of Brunswick, Agency Augusta, “ State Bank at Augusta, “ Plncnix Bank, Columbus, uncertain Bank of Milledgeville, par. Bank of St. Marys, “ Branch State Bank, Washington, “ Branch State Bank, Eatonton, “ Branch Slate Bank, Milledgeville, “ Branch State Bank, Macon, “ Central Bank, Milledgeville, 32 a 53 dis. Exchange Bank, Brunswick, no sale. Hawkinsville Bank, par “ “ new emission, at Macon “ Bank of Columbus, 50 dis. Planters’ Sc Mechanics’ B k, Columbus, no sale. Western Bank of Rome, Rome, Chattahoochee R- R. Bank, Columbus, no sale. Ruckersville Banking Company, Bank of Darien and Branches, 70 dis. Monroe R. R. Sc Banking Company, 80 90 Alabama Notes, 20 “ BROKE —Bank of Rome, Darien, Chattahoochee Rail Road, Planters and Mechanics, and Bank of Co lumbus, Ocmulgee Bank, Macon. CHANGE BILLS AT PAR —John G. Winter’s Checks on the Bank of St. Marys, Scott Ic Carhart’s Change Bills, Georgia Railroad Change Bills, City Council of Savannah & 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