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NUMBER 3.
Ctje Cimes,
A Commercial. Miscellaneous, & Literary Journal.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY 111 M. J KAPPEL,
lathe city of Savannah, Georgia Office on the Bay.
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tion for two or mare squares.
Prime Eastern Hay , &c.
240 bundles prime Hay
30 hhds prime retailing Molasses
20 bbls No. 2 Mackerel
For sale by J. W. LONG.
june 18
Molasses. Lime , §c.
9 80 bbls Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Mackerel
50 casks Thomastown Lime
75 kegs fresh Gun Powder
50 cases assorted Glassware
50 boxes Window Glass
200 reams Cap, Letter & Wrapping Paper
10 bales Domestics, assorted
Por sale by ROBERT S. GOFF,
june 18 1
PETTY & GREENE,
*1 OFFER FOR SALE,
iaSg/Sg/ Bbls prime Pork, City Inspection
50 do Phelps Rye Gin
20 do Whiskey
50 do best St Croix Sugar
10 bags Coffee
20 kegs Tobacco
20 bbls No. 1 and 2 Macketel
1200 bushels Liverpool Salt
100 qr boxes Spanish Segars
10 qr. casks Malaga IVine
20 boxes Sperm Candles
20 boxes Soap
5 casks London Brown Stout
•25 mats Cassia
* : 0 13caaijoims.
Rum, Gv.i, Brandy and Wines, by the Demijohn
Teas Sugar
Axes and Plantation Hoes
Powder, Shot, Sweet Oil and Mustard, See. Lc.
At Wholesale or Retail.
june 25 h 2
The Undersigned
HAVING associated in business Mr. James M.
Jones, the business in future will be con
ducted by him, under the firm of
D. B. Nichoi.s Cos.
At their new stand in Young’s fire proof build
ings corner of Bryan street and Market
square, where therr assortment of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver , Milita
ry,JFa&cy and Staple Wares, t
Is very complete,’and to which, additions will
be constantly received at prices corresponding
to the times.
Repairing: will be strictly attended to, accom
panied to their guarantee.
(Ej* During my absence, Mr. J. M. Jones will
act as my Attorney. D. B. NICHOLS.
June 18 c 1
JV* otice,
fklllF, subscribers will close their Business
X for the Summer months on the first of July.
Those indebted are requested to call and settle
the same by that period—persona having de
mands against the concern, will please present
them for payment.
June 18 1’ t. BALDWIN & CO.
To Rent,
Several STORES in the Market-
Square and its vicinity—they are consid
ered 89 good stands for the retail or cotton bu
uness.
ALSO—a two-story DWELLING HOUSE, in
Frpnhlin Ward, situated on the Bay, and oppo
site Tclfairis Garden. This house has recently
undergone considerable repair, and has had a
spacious yard annexed thereto, with ground
sufficient for a family Garden. Apply to
WM. C. MILLS.
junc 25 c 2 t
Notice.
DURING the absence of the subscribers,
Messrs. J. B. Hebbeut & Cos are their
Agents. THOMPSON Si BONNEY.
june 25 m 2
- •
Boarding,
TIREB or four Gentlemen can be accommo
dated with Board during the summer.—
Apply at this Office. june 25
To Let,
fjSHL Several small Houses, situated in
‘USIS healthy parts of the city, with all conven
iences necessary, suitable for small families—as
the rent will be low, persons wishing Houses
will find it to their advantage to make immedi
ate application at this Office. June 18
THE TIMES, 1
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DOMESTIC SCENERY.
THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.
[from evan’s tour.]
The rapids of the river Niagara com
mence at a little distance above the celebra
ted falls, and terminate near the narrows
opposite to Lewiston. Between these two
places the distance is about seven miles.
That I might have a full view of the
scenery in the vicinity of the falls, 1 travel
led, during the evening of my leaving Fort
Niagara, only two miles beyond Lewiston.
Early the next morning I moved on, glow,
ing with anticipation. The lofty and rude
banks of this part of the river, the deafen
ing clamor of the falls, and the huge clouds
of vapour which arose from them inspired
me with anew and indescribable emotion.
The day too was dark, windy, and wild.
Yet the sun shone bright; but the darkness
did not comprehendit.
Owing, perhaps, to the excitement occa
sioned by these circumstances, I expect
ed too much. I confess lust 1 was disap.
pointed, both with respect to the height of
the fails and the quantity of water propel,
led over them in a given time. There isj
however, in their eternal roar, a nameless
solitude. For ages this roar has been
ceaseless ; and it seems to speak of per
petual duration.
The rapids just above the falls, excited
much interest. Dark, furious, and perplex
ed, they rush on as though eager for des
tiuction. Here the imagination suddenly
becomes aroused, and with a sombre, yet
vivid glance, surveys the opposite, and re
nowned plains of Chipp&wa and Bridge
water;-—then returning to the rapids, it
heais in the voice of their fury, the half
drowned vow 7 of the warrier, and sees in
their mist, his falling steed, and brandish
ed falchion. The trees near the falls were
all prostrated by the weight of congealed
vapour, and seemed to worship, most de
voutly, the Great Author of this grand
spectacle. A lovely yet fearful rain-bow,
Arched tbe river ‘below ; and numerous
gulls, were obscurely seen sailing through
the thick exhalation which iiHeu the whole
space to the Canada side.—Charon and his
boat only were wanted to complete the
scene. \
How impressive is the grand in nature !
It withdraws the human mind from the tri
ding concerns of time, and points it to its
primeval dignity, and lofty desrinies.
There are three divisions of the falls;
and they are occasioned by two islands sit
uated in the river. The whole describes a
crescent. One o£the islands Is about tour
hundred yards wide, and the other about
ten yards. Perhaps the whole width of
the islands and falls, including the curvat
ures of the latter, is three quarters of a mile/
The height of the principal fall is about one
hundred and fifty feet; and the descentof
the rapids, above the largest of them, is
about sixty feet. One can hardly avoid
personifying this rush of water; meeting,
as it does, huge rocksand trees lyingin eve
ry direction, and seeking, with a wild aod
furious velocity, a passage to the falls.—.
Breaking and foaming, the rapids take a
thousand courses, and with a restive spirit,
seek the abyss below. The obstructions of
the rapids appear to dispute their passage;
and the whole scene is fury, uproar and
destruction. The vapor, arising from the
rapids, add 9 to the sublimity of the scene,
by the obscurity with: which it clothes their
tremendous concussions*
The icicles, pending from the sides of
the banks, contiguous to the falls, are, in
the winter season, so tinged with the sul
phurous particles which are mingled with
the strata, as to present, when stricken by
the rays of the sun, a scintillating and blu
ish glare.
A more particular account of the falls is
deemed unimportant. I have endeavored
togi ve such a description as comported with
iny ideas and feelings, whilst in view of
them. These falls are, no doubt, a great
natural curiosity; and they will excite to
all much admiration and awe. But many
of the descriptions which-travellers have
given of them, are erroneous in point of
fact, and ridiculous in point of imagery
An English writer gays, that their “noise
and vapour would scarcely be equalled by
the simultaneous report and smoke of a
thousand cannon.” It is true, that the roar
of the falls can at times be heard for thirty
miles,or perhaps further; and that their
exhalations have been seen at the distance
of ninety miles'; but these circumstances
exist only under peculiar states of the at
mosphere, and the causes of them produce,
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JULY SI, 1823.
upon the spot, a much less comparativeef
tect. The falls, however, are indeed tre
mefcdous; and they constitute the only
Visible discharge of tour vast inland seas. *
Tradition says, that the falls of Niagara
have, for a great length bf time, been rece
ding;—that they were originally situated
at the foot of the rapids near Lewiston, a
distance of seven miles from their present
ppstdou. This idea is no doubt correct.
Mass a of rock must, from time to time,
kite been shaken from the top and sides
°( the falls, by the continual abrasion of the
fail* will continue to move op towards lake
Erie; lessening the waters of the upper
lakes, and increasing those of the lower, in
proportion as the descent of the bed of the
river above the present situation of the
falls may be greater, and the obstructions
in H less. In the course of ramy centu
rioa, the falls, will, probably, reach Lake
Ejtfe itself; in which case the upper lakes j
may be partially drained, and Lake Onta
riobe overflown. It has been asserted,
that this lake fills once in seven years;
as 4o the time, this must be a whim; but
there is reason to believe that the lake oc
casionally fills, because its sources are nu
merous and great, its discharge is not very
ample, and high north-east winds, which
frequently prevail here, retard the progress
of the water towards the river St. Law
rehce.
Commercial.
Liverpool, April 30.—The consumption of
Cotttonis enormous, and if ycur export this
j 5Rr does not considerably exceed that of last,
e may expect higher prices two months hence;
but we considei that every thing depends on
die quantity coming forward.
There has been imported into Liverpool since
tlife Ist January, i 823—from N. Orleans, 26,672
Lgs; South-Carolina, 39,623; Georgia, 48,585 ;
t!;er ports in the U States, 33,118—total, 14“,-
(lOtS bags. I'rcm Brazils, 33,281; East-Indies,
V/c4-1r.cUefi,.4896; o'het ports, 1009.
fVital into Liverpool, 190,194-
•2 Ist Jsi uar, to 23th Apr! l , 1822,"the jde
ports were—from ports in the U. S. 86,582;
Bflai’s, 47,709 ; East-Indies, 301; West-Indies,
501 J; other ports, 104—total, 139,707 bags.
Ilotal import this year into Liverpool, 190,194;
London, 15,071; Glasgow, 10,618. —Total,
2151882 bags.
Andthere have been exported since Ist Jan
182S, 22,402 bags.
Notwithstanding that the import so far this
year has been very great, we doubt if the ag
gregate stock now much exceeds what it was on
the 31st Dec. Still we should beg leave to cau
tion our friends from being too sanguine of
much advance. A great deal depends upon
the conduct of holders, and more upon a con
linuance of the present rate of consumption.—
If any circumstances should cccur to reduce
that, the Colton market must be in a deplorable
situation.
Tie prices of American produce at Liverpool
remained the same as at former advices. The
sates c-F Cotton had been extensive, and tbe im
port light.
A Liverpool Price Current, of the 7th May,
remarks —“Cotton is in good demand, the salts
last week amounted to 13,300 bags, including
160 S. Islands, 11$ a 133; 21'4Orleans,7 a 11;
480 Alabama, 6 a 7s; 14.80 Uplands, 6$ a 7;
344^d0. 7 1-8 a 7s; 1130 do. 758 aB, and 230
do. 81-8 a 8 5-8; prices of midd and fair Up
lands improved 1-8 per lb ; 2500 bags were ta
ken on speculation, anil 500 for export. The
of cotton this year to the 2d inclusive,
amounts to 192,257 bags against 142,809 in the
same period last year, ar and tbe sales this year to
the2d inclusive to 194,450 bags, including 28,-
000 sold to speculators, and 74>GQ<) for export,
leaving 160£0© bags taken by the trade, be
sides 220,000 forwarded to importers in the
couijtry.
U. S. Bank Shares are quoted in a London
Price Current of May 6, at 21/ss. In other
American Stocks nothing doing, prices not quo
ted
The “London Monthly Price Current of East
and*Vest India, American and Brazil Produce”
of Jlty 3d, contains the following note : “The
warehousing bill, which is now in progress
through Parliament, will make an important at
tention in the Navigation Laws, advantageous
to the trade of this country', as it will allow
goods imported in foreign ships to be warehous
edfa* transshipments to the continent. An or
der from the treasury to this effect has already
been obtained for a cargo of sugar frc.tn the Ha*
vmo, in an American bottom.”
E.:!raet of a letter recuvtd per packet ship Mar
man, dated Havre, May 1.
‘•Our Cotton market has not yet resumed its
usual activity and sales cannot be effected with
out sothe concession; but we see no cause to
reduce ©or quotations, nor to desist from rec
ommending fine Orleans at 15 eta. and boweds
at 12. Ashes 65 a 70. The Regies purchasers
of fobccco at our Concours of 30th current,
will probably not exceed 1200 hhda.; hence
In- prices, *ikJ * large refected stock mv fie
anticipated. Car principal
not submit tA the oecline of 3 orV
cated by several recent transacticns/bPM
present we.cannot quote §t. Domingo hSU
than 25 sous, in bond ; Havana, .25 a 284, an?
Java 27 a 28. Annexed to the stock of Cotton
here on 20th April
Orleans 7216 bales
Uplands 7430
Sea-Islands - - . . 449
Pemambucos .... 7392 .•
Fore fn
ToUa . 25436 bales
A t Bremen, March 29th, the demand for C6L
ton had nearly suosided, and no recent sales
had been effected. Old Rice brought from 7
to Brs. per 100 lbs. and it was presumed that ar
rivals of last year s crop would find a ready vent,’
since grain was looking up. „
Havana, June 14.—The advance on Rice,-in
your market, has not had any effect here—sales
are.current at g4£ for prime. Should arrivals
from your port cease for about two weeks hence
we are inclined to think it will be up to &S a 54.
The market is abundantly supplied with Flour
—sales of Halt, and Philadelphia are made with
difficulty at gl4 , New-OHeans, 11; Coffee, very
little first quality to be met with— such self*
readily at £18; others 16 a 17; muscovado Su
gars gos, prime scarce.
Matamas, June 4.—Rice at this moment is
scarce and would probably bring 84 a 9 rials •
Flour ptenty at gH* r. 15j ; Lard, quick at
16 a-. Gets.; Ilams, no sale; box Sugars, ver’- >
brisk, especially browns, 8a 12 rials; for asset-,
ted, 7f; browns alone are difficult to be obtain
ed; Coffee, steady, 15 a 17 cts.
Port-au-Prince, May 26~-‘*ftear 2400 bbls.
flour have Arrived here during* the last three
days-a small cargo was sold yesterday entire at
Si l—-at retail 13 to 14 is asked, but the sale is
very slow and limited. Whether it will again
improve or the reverse, will depend entirely on
the quantities that may hereafter be brought to
market We subjoin a few quotations’*
, Current.— Mess Pork, gl9 a 20; prime,
14; Reef, 8; mess do. 12; Codfish, 6; Mack
ercl* No. j, 6£; lUce, 5, dull and plenty; Hams,
14 cts.; Lard, 16, in demand; Cheese, 12; Bor
deaux Claret, 35 per cask, looking up; Mar
seilles, 30 do ; Lidia Goods of every descrip
tion, a perfect glut.
Utm m ~’ r
~.Ne*>-OrtetAs, J, me I—Cotton, Lousa. and
Mississippi, choice, 16, scarce; do dc prime, 14
a 15, scarce; do do 2d qual. 11 a 13$ ; do do 3d
do 8 a 10 . S Alabama, prime, 10 a 11, scarce;
do -d qua!. 4 a 8, scarce; N. Alabama and Tea
nessee prune, 9j a 11do 2d qua! 8a 9; do
3d do 5| a7; t obacco, Ist qual. 24 a 34; do
? Xands ' lal ii Flour, £3 50 a
5; Whiskey, 30 a35 cents, sales: Sugar, Loui
siana, 7; do do on plantation, 6 a 64; Pork,
Mess, 9 a 10; do prime, 7a7SO -, do cargo, 6 ;
Beef, Boston mess, new, 10, dull; do cargo’
No 1, do 7 50, dull; do do No. 2, do 5, dull;
Salt, Liverpool, blown, 2 50a2 75; and • ground,
250 a 2 75, scarce; Turks,lsland, 4 cents; Ba
con, hams. 3a 4, dull; sides, &.c. 2a 3 ; Coffee,
22 a 24, plenty; Corn, in ears, 50 a 62j; Meal,
Si a 1 50; Bagging, Scotch, 30 a 32, dull; Ken
tucky, 26 a 28, dull; Bale Rope, Kentuck, 5a 6
plenty; Northern, 10 a 11, plenty.
Mobile, May 29 Cottos —This article con
tinues to meet with ready sales; late arrivals
not having tended to depress the article. Prime
is held at 11 cents by some.
Freights are rather dull, owing to the number
of vessels in port.
To the Editors of the Salem Gazette.
St. Pier es, Mart. May 3d, 1823.
Sirs —You are requested to publish the
following extract from the log-book of brig
Active, Daniel Hubbard, master, which
sailed from Say brook, on the 12th March,
for this place.
On the 14th, lat. 33 55, n. long. 70 40, w.
fell in with and boarded tbe wreck of brig
Upton, of‘Frankfort, (from St. Mary’s for
New-York,) loaded with yellow pine tim
ber, full of water with all her spars carried’
away and hanging about the wreck. Found
one man dead under the windlass, with his
bead and face bruised, supposed he was
killed by some of the spare or timbers, as
she had a deck load which Was mostly
washed overboard. He appeared to be
about 55 years of age, sandy hair; could
find nothing about his person or in any
part of the vessel by which we could gain
any further information. Supposed ait
hands must undoubtedly have been lost.—
By every appearance she must have expe
rienced a very severe gale,as her bulkhead,
quarter boards,channels, &c. were all stove
to pieces, and r<o appearance of any boats,
spars, or any thing of the kind to be teen.
We buried the corpse in. the ocean as de
cently as circumstances Would admit of.
Bv publishing the above, it would undoubt
edly be a satisfaction to the owner of the
vessel wrecked; and likewise to the sela
tives and friends of the officers and c(Wj
and vou will also oblige yours.
DANIEL HUBBARD/
