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MILLEDGEVILLE RACES.
Ou Monday Inst ti colt sweepstake taco was run, SlOOen
litce which resulted ns follows:
I Col. Edmonson's ch. f. by Andrew, dam by Galhilin, I I.
1 col. lv tian's hr. c. by Lusboro', dam by Stockholder, 3 2.
: 1. \ aulaudingham's ch. f. by Andrew , dam by Muc-
| John. ’ ' o 3
t ?• J- Harrisons b. c. by Bertrand, Jr. dam sister to
I IckUjuhu, Jr. 4.
I line lst heat, Im. 555. 2nd hunt 2m.
•RST DAY—Tuesday Nov. 12, I'39— Ttco Mik Heats-
Purse $ lt>t).
*. j ol >nel I.dmousoi's g. m. Alice Anu, dam by Old
dl.iiin,
, [ 01. Young's !>, h. Tam O'Shauter, dam hy Gallatin, dist
■ «g*COND D AY—Wednesday, Nau. V3—Three Mile Heats
Purse 8503.
t 1 . V anhuidiagh mix's ch. f. by A.idrew, dam by Muc
fiohu—3 years old. dist Ist. L.
•Owea I homtu' ch. c. Aitakapas, by Lusboro'. dam
|ah —I years old. dist. Ist li.
i. ivcll 3. II nniiioud's ba, f. Miss Accideut—4 years
<< ly Tramp, dam Whisker, 2 2.
Col. Edmonson's ch. f. Mary Elizabeth—3 years old,
Andrew, dam hy Old Gallatin. 1 ].
Time—lst bent. 6m. Is. 2d heat, 6m. Gs.
HIRD DAY— Thursday, Nov. 11—Four Mile Heats
Purse SBOO.
Alex, i ho.ua,' Cavalier Scrveute, dam hy Sir An-
ew. I i
Lovell Jt Hammond's ch. h. Gerow, dam by Old
| chose, o o
I A (ter the main race, a sweepstake fm 3 year olds was run.
’1 into—lst heat, Bm. 18s. 2d heat. Bm. 18s.
DLR I II DAY— Piiday. Nor. 15— Mile Heats, best 3 in 5.
Purse S3OO.
t •!. Edmonson's p. m. Alice Ann, dam Old Gallatin, 11
r. D. Booth's b.c. Effort, dam hy Archy, 2 2 uithd'n
THE CENTK \L RAIL ROAD.
Ih« Savannah Georgian of II th iust. says—lt is indeed}
teering to see the amount of business transacted at the de- !
‘tel this Road. The company, we see, is daily addin’ '
rs for the transportation of freight, and already do our re i
•rts ol Cotton brought down, show the arrival weekly of
urt.-en and fifteen hundred bales. Two new and very
laU'.id eight wheeled passenger car. capable of accommo
.ling fifty passengers each, arrived from the North a few
ys age, and arc now in the work-shop, to he put up for
use. They are named the Washington nnil Jeffer- i
One of them will be placed on the track, hy the mid- ■
*of the next week. We rejoice further to notice the pro
cssive iuctctise of travel, and the consequent teceipts of
** o/it*. • karn that the cash receipts for passage money
iiianil to from 150 to $203 per day, and the aggregate re- ’
ipts for freight and passage, from the Ist September last to '
is dav, exceed the sum of *25.000
I.MENSE PRODUCTION FROM TEXAS COTTON '
SEED.
The Columbus Sentinel and Herald ®f 13th iust., contains ;
te following letter: *
Macon, October 29, 1839.
Gen. Hamilton Sir: I have carefully cultivated the I
exas ( otton Seed w hich you were kind enough to present |
me, and I herewith send y >u a statement of the result of
its production for this season, as far as it has been picked
out.
1 measured off three acres, which 1 hail picked over five
nes, aud th- following is the result of each of the pickings:
Ist acre, 328, 456. 604, 618, 909, 29751h5.
2d acre, 412, 506, 598, 624, 821, 2991 “ I
3d acre, 297, 357, 1178. 942, 938. 3712
1 h ■ third acre was in a state of high cultivation, and will
el yit Id from ?()0, to 1,000 lbs. more. The land of the Ist
nd 2d acres was somewhat worn, but will yet yield 500 to
0 l lbs. more to the acre.
M lien all is gathered and weighed. I will write you, and
ire you the total amount produced on each acre.
Your obedient servant,
CHARLES COLLINS. I
Mr. Ritchie, the editor of the Richmond Enquirer, is sug- !
“-t d to the Legislature of Virginia, as a suitable candidate
irthe ofiice of Governor.
Appointments nr the President.—R. B. Gilchrist,
► Isq., has been appointed by the President, United States’
udge for the district of South Carolina, in place of the
lon. I liomas Lee, deceased; and Edward M’Crearv,
I asq., United States Attorney for the same district, m
dace of R. B. Gilchrist, promoted.
DEATH OF THE IION. THEODORE SEDGWICK.
It is with no ordinary sensations of regret, that we an
. nouncc the death of one of the ablest and most intrepid
of t:ie sons of New England. Theodore Sedgwick, of
Stockbridge, expired suddenly at Pittsfield, yesterday
morning. He died literally with his armor about him, do
ing b ittie for the great cause of the people and of popu
lar rights, of which hi: was an eloquent ami profound a I
vocatc. To rare qualities of mind, he added the graces
of the gentl. man and scholar. In private and in public
life, he was deservedly esteemed and respected.
1 lie melancholy event is communicated to us by n cor
respondent in Pittsfield.
Pittsfield, Thursday Morning, )
i November 7, 1839. j
X, “ I perform a melancholy office in informing you of the
* death of the Hon. 1 heodore Sedgwick, of Stockbridge,
which occurred between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning.
. “He attended a democratic meeting in this town last
Evening, ami made one of the most eloquent speeches to
[which 1 ever listened. At the close he had an apoplectic
.attack, which terminated his life in a few hours. Everv
klvirg which medical skill could do was done to avert the as-
Ul'ctive result.
[ Ihe deceased, as you well know, was one of the most
talented and worthy sons of Berkshire, and his loss will be
long and deeply felt.
SURGICAL OPERA! ION.
( Ihe I alia rm ian or Rhinoplastic operation was perform
ed on Saturday last at the anatomical theatre of the Alba
ny Medical College, by Doctor Alden March, Profess >r of
Surgery, in the presence of the entire class now in al'.en
-1 am e upon the lectures, and a large number of physicians
o the city and its vicinity, who were attracted bv its nov
elty and interest.
It consisted in supplying the loss of the nose; which in
this instance was entire, by detaching sufficient .skin from
fori.lread, leaving it connected between the eyebrows, and
bringing down and moulding it into the form of a now, tin
raw and bli.edtngsurface being closely applied to a similar
raw surf ..;,, made upon ,| lt . o) - f(j (
which adhesion is effected.
The patient is a resident of this city, ami sustained the
painful and te lions operation with signal fortitude, and nt
- its temrmatnm rose from the operating table, ami walked
| into an adjacent room, whence he soon removed to bis
| houv, and we learn tints far is doing well, and every con
fldmiie I, entertained of it, complete siici-css.
I ins operation is an instance of the tr irtmpli of surgery
I over the worst of <h formi:ie, mflir ted by disease, ami bv ii\
I t’"'cess rr’llects the bigiicst honor on fho operator, as well
OS lhe profession. Albany Argus.
Ear thp Stundeuti of t 'tii •/».
No. 103.
MAJOR “M.”
H iving sufficiently contemplated Major M. in the ridic
ulous position in which he places himsi it in Ids last nnm
her, let us resume the consideration of the fust.
“Al.” insists that 1 both “advocate and oppose” the
meustite in which he is enyayed. Denying the fact, ami
I dreading no proofs, 1 proceed to other matters.
“The gentleman to whom you allude, is openly and in
' dependently the advocate,” &c. This is the first time 1
! have heard Major AL accused of openness am! indepen
' deuce.
He talks of the “increase of crim. ,’' and the evilsol’
! intemperance. 1 have no controversy with him on these
! ' s ' , . . , .
“ And one thing lie will promise you. not to skulk be
i hind the presentments of a grand jury,” &■•. Now this is
j indeed “ reniai kable.” Although M. has been for some
time sustaining himself by grand jury presentments, lie
proclaims that “lie will not skulk behind them;” and he
does ties in such a wa v too, as might make the impression,
that I had “ skulked behind a grand jury presentment
and he would have it believed that 1 had “attempted to
csnistriie away,” the presentment under consideration.—
V» hetlier 1 have ‘explained away’ tiie presentment in
question, 1 leave for others to determine.
Os all the specimens of quibbling and perversion which
have come under .my observation, his exposition of the
presentment at March Term, 1838, is one of the most ex
traordinary. “In attempting” says M. “to escape from
the honorable position which he [Lacon] then occupied,”
&.C. 1 have made no such attempt ; I stand now where 1
did then, in relation to the objects of that presentment.—
I have not desired to withdraw a syllable, nor shall 1 pro
bably ever desire to withdraw a syllable, from that pre
; sentuii'nt. I am unhesitatingly on the side of temper
ance, order, morality, and religion ; and opposed to intem
perance, disor let, immorality and itreligion. But lam
disposed to promote the former, and oppose the hitter, bv
such means only as are necessary and proper. No means
of a different character were contemplated in that pre
sentment.
“He [Lacon] says,” continues M., “that the present
ment wa, against gamblers only.” Now, I said no such
thing. Ami here let it be remembered in view of the
constant denials wliii h I am authorized to give to the alle
gations of M. that he is in the habit on much slighter
ground, of imputing to an adversary, “ falsehood” ‘ livpoc
ricy,, ‘slander,’ ‘trumpeting of slander,’ ‘scavenger
like, raking up the putrid carcases,’ of falsehoods, &.c.
&c. The bare repetition of the abuse which he lias in
dulged in the present controversy, would fill one or two
of my numbers. 1 will not imitate his example. Hav
ing no respect for him, I yet have some for the public, and
for myself.
And what is the ostensible occasion of all this abuse?—
Why, in my 94th number, 1 ventured, without a single
term of abuse, to speak of the ‘ change’ and inconsistency I
of a certain 'gentleman' (a slight misnomer, bv the way,)
tile impropriety of ‘pressing men into the public service i
after published declensions,’ to the exclusion of ‘worthy i
men’ presenting themselves to fill stations‘actually crap- '
pareiitly abandoned,’ <Soc ! The public will feel no diffi
culty in deciding whether the occasion ju-tified the abuse. '
'But M. alleges that I said the presentment in question
was “against gamblers only.” I did not say so. Mv
words are; “I now ‘call upon reflecting men everv w here,’
as earnestly as 1 did then [March 1838] ‘to aid in puttinir!
down those establishments, which prove to our young men I
the very chambers of death; to exterminate those liar- j
pies who prowl through the land, ready to strip inexpep- I
-»nce l yoaths of the hard earnings of honest fathers.” It
will be perceived, however, on a le-exaininalion of the}
presentment at March term, 1838, that its object was to }
“exhort public officers to a faithful discharge of duty,”}
under existing laws of course ; “in suppressing vice and }
immorality;” to “implore reflecting men every where}
to unite in arresting the current of dissipation;” suggest- i
ing no uew legislation; and to “call upon them to aid in I
putting down” gambling hortses, and to ‘exterminate’gum- 1
birrs.”—Now so far from confining the presentment to '
gamblers only, as asserted by M. 1 expressly extended it
to ‘gambling houses,’ ‘dissipation,’ ‘vice and immoraliiv.’ ;
And yet M. asserts, in the face of the record, that ‘ I said I
the presentment was against gamblers only’! and yet he
talks about‘falsehood,’ and ‘slander,’and ‘misrepresenta
tion,’ in others!
‘ M.’ w ill have it, that, in speaking of ‘dissipation,’ the i
jury meant ‘drunkenness.’ Now, if I know any thing of
the meaning of the jury, they meant a dissolute irregular '
course, of life. He affects to believe that my exposition }
of tiie presentment would lead to the absurdity of consid- }
ering a ‘gambier ' as an ‘establish ■ ent’ <3kc. Azc. Now
ail tiie foolery into which be has gone to fix folly upon me }
will n it avail him: the people will know the meaning of
dissipation, and of drunkenness; they w ill know, that, al
though a gambler is not an establishment, a gambling
house is,and they will never believe tiiat Major‘AL’ tin- !
derslauds my own presentment better than Ido myself. }
ThereJs no mystification iu the presentment, or in my }
exposition of it ; though there is enough in that of ‘AL’ !
The jury wished ‘public officers’ to discharge their duty ;
‘in suppressing vice and immorality;’ they wished ‘rellr’ct
ing men to unite in arresting the current of dissipation,’ (a
term easily understood, and riot confined to drunkenness;)
and they wished ‘to put down those establishments which
prove to our young men the very chambers of death, and
to exterminate those harpies who prow l through the laud
ready to strip inexperienced youths of the Hard earnings
of honest fathers.’ Now, who are the ‘harpies who prowl j
through the laird, ready to strip inexperienced youths?’— ;
Clearly they arc professional gamblers. What are the j
‘establishments which prove to our young men the very ’
chambers of death?’ Surely they are gambling bouses, }
bawdy houses, and ‘common-ill-govr rued and disorderly
houses’ generally. 1 feel no reluctance in adding bawdy
houses and disorderly houses, encouraging vice and immo
rality, and disturbing the neighborhood and orderly citi
zens. These are all discountenanced by law. Disorder
ly houses should be regulated, and nuisances should be a
bated. In the exposition I gave in my 9-llli number, I
spoke only of gambling houses, because the principal ef
fort of the jury was against them.
It is certain that, in the presentment at March Term
1838, the jury did not contemplate a prohibition of the
retail of spirituous liquors, great as they believe the evil
to be, though they had no objection to its proper regula
tion—especially in the enforcement of existing laws. It
is also certain that they did not suggest any new legisla
tion; though it is likely they bad no objection to such as
might be necessary ami proper—excluding, of course, such
as might unnecessarily or improperly invade the rights of
the citizen, and such as might violate essential principle.
Oct. 1839. LACON.
NO. 106.
State debts —Banks—Suspensions—Paper Systems,
&e. &e.
A friend both to internal improvement and to public
economy, wishing to do good, and yet fearing to do harm ;
I present, forthe consideratiun <d’others, the following
views from the Democratic Review for Al ay last.
“'Die measures adopted to produce and continue the
suspension of specie payments by the banks have created
deep appieliensions of the consequences of the progress
which several of the States have made in contracting pub
lic debts. Those debts now amount to between one and
two hundred millions of dollars. A great portion of this
amount was incurred by those states for the direct liimelit
of bmks, and nearly' the whole balance ismin i'/ed and
controlled by those institutions. Under the plausible and
fertile contrivam is of spec.ihitors, fur enrii liing them
selves rtt the expense id’ the iu hnlrv of the people; it is
< x< ecdil:'.’!yiobable that within a few years this vaM a
ilHiimt <d stat'- debt . will In* donbh d, il not trebled. The
rage for borrowing seems to hiivc no limits, ■ xriqiting that
v. ha li may In: impos'd bv the cant on whi- i c X|>"ri< nce
may teach those among whom paper currency circulates.
By the C jnstitmion these States c; nnot b • sued. The
; payment of the interest as well as the ptincipul of these
debts must, therefore, rest upon the same confidence as the
redemption of paper currency, which, within two years,
• lias uitiveisally failed. During the last session of Con-
■ greas, Mr. Webster juedicted that another genera! explo
sion was not far distant—and his sources of information
■ on this subject arc tiuqiiestioi’tible.
I “Whenever it shall become necessary to provide for
those debts bv ditect taxation upon the jieople of the States
: by whose authority they were created, v. bat will be the re
sult? The tax-consumers are not th;: governing oower in
■ this country, as in England. The tax-payers here pos
sess iincontridhiblo political sway. The money to be re-
I placed by taxation has been generally dissipated for ti e
■ advantage of others'than those who will be required to pav
i it. 1 f they were the same individuals, the questions which
■ n l ite to hollowing and spending, are wholly different in
• their jiractictil inllucnce upon the imagination of most
■ I men, from those of taxation and payment.
■ I “ is not for me to attempt to foretell the course which
•, may oe pursued by the indebted States of the Union,
, whenever a crises shall bef.il theiiv finances. It is clear
' i that, the Constitution prohibiting any State from making
i | any thing but gold and silver tt tender in jtayment, the peo-
■ | pie cannot relieve themselves from debt, as many of the
j States had done at difl'erent periods, before the adoption of
that sacred guarantee of public and private rights. Whe
ther any avenue of e.seajte will be afl'erded bv the prohi
bition against issuing bills of credit—most of the State
debts being substantially fn that shape—may possibly'
hereafter, become an important question.
{ “Wo hope in view of this interesting subject, that those
| who have taken such unwearied pains to corrupt and de
} base public opinion, in relation to public obligations and
} the measure of value, may he induced tp perceive the ne-
I cessity ol elevating the character of their ethical doc
| trines. Should the disorganizing and anarchial principles,
which, within the last two or three years, have been boldlv
promulgated under the sanction of imposing names, be
come generally received among our citizens, and ptoduce
their intended effect upon the governing power, we fear
that many important enterjirises; on which immense sums
have been lavished, must come to an untimely end. None
can deprecate mote sincerely than ourselves any measures
or doctrines which tend to impair the public faith either
of the United States, or the several States. It cannot
j however, be concealed from the view of all men of ob-
I servatioi., that the profligacy which the paper system has
introduced among us, has already made deep inroads up
on the resources ol some of the States, and bids fair to
(trove a heavy source of future taxation. Whether ano
ther generation of legislators will be inclined Is see them
selves and their constituents impoverished, without making
a Serious struggle to relieve themselves fiom the burdens
which have been in so many cases, improvidenllv impos
ed, cannot be foreseen. The most prudent and advisable
course undoubtedly is, to avoid any occasion lor such es
; i ocs by forecast and economy' in all public expenditures,
i’he experience of the English nation, in the accumula
tion of debt, ought not to be disregarded.
“ A general condition of poverty and degradation can
} not be fastened upon tiie people of this country, by a sys
} tern of exorbitant taxes levied upon the many to siqipoft
i the luxury of th- few. No standing army can be kept on
i foot, among us, for the purpose of repressing the despern- ■
tion of want. i’he greatest happiness of the greatest ;
; number, is the only sale maxim, and, in the long run, will
j prove as advantageous to the security of the rich as it
i will be beneficial to the coniloit of the poor and the in- }
dustrious.”
In addition to these views from the Democratic Review, )
it has been rcp'-atedly urged by those who probably know j
j ‘ that Air. Jefferson lays down the rule that a government j
disposed to cherish its credit “should never borrow a dol- ■
I lar without laying a tax in the same instant for paving the
| interest annmdly, and the principal in a given time;” or, ;
} I will add, without being fully assured of the means of es
. lec'.mg their purposes, by some other proper method.
} Ine foregoing extracts contain the most important }
I germs <>! thought. I have neither time nor ability proper- }
}ly to unfold them. I will not even undertake to decide }
} on their correctness ; they are for the present at least left }
i forthe consideration of others. LACON.
i Nov. 11, 1839.
l or the Standard of Union.
t . 4 Copy of a left r Jiotn Elisha G.Craxvford, of Jas
per County, Georgia, to the Rev. John James, of
Henry County, anil Pastor at. Htpsebah Baptist
Church, Jasper County, Georgia, in reply to the. pe
tition question, on the late to prevent the retail of ar
dent spirits.
} To Mr. John James:
i Sir: lam told you preached as you called in on Fri
day the 26th of July, and took for your text, a |>art or all
ol the 26th verse of the 32d chapter, of the book of Ex
odus, where Muses called on the camp of Israel to know
who of them was on the Lor d’s side ; and as I am told
j you stated it was those who were on your side of the ques
j tion, such as would come out boldly, and join your ranks
j so that you and y our brethren may get such a number of
|>etitiouers, as would authorize the legislature to pass an
act to entitle the preabhers to the office of a high priest,
and set al] the world under the control of the great beast
sjroken of in the Revelations, which was to war it with all j
the eartlr, w hill), I think, is the Roman Catholics and then
religion. Aon slated, in your opinion, that all I.at were
on the Lord’s side would do it ; but, sir, I will inform you,
that I think that all who are on the Lord’s side will de
pend on Hun: for sure I am, that Aaron’s Calf would
i never have been able to have taken the Israelites across
} tire Red Sea, nor neither could it haye taken them to hea
ven, after they were across, no more than yout petition.— I
j I think sir, were 1 in your jrlace, 1 would try' in future to }
preach Christ and him crucified, as the only hope or jiroj) }
for sinners. 1 assure you, sir, that all your petitions will ,
, never avail to bring a sinner to God nor convert him ;
for the Lord Christ saith, that none cometh to me except ;
the father who sent me draw him. But you may think
that the power of petitionswill have a greater influence to
draw men to heaven than the holy 1 am. sir, I
would be glad to know how you would like the nonprofes
sors to repeal the present law, which protects your minis
try, itrd not protect you ? what do yon think would be the
state of your church ? For my part 1 think you would
then have a just cause for a petition, but now you‘have
none but a selfish view to try to enslave your own pros
perity, as well as others, unless you can creep into some
office under the I’ojie, and get an entailment granted your
children under the Roman Catholic Religion. In all my
readings of the travel of Christ, I have seen nothing of
him inteifering with political affairs. This ministering
; to them was to show his meek spirit and not to excite con
tention among the people, as is now the case with those
who want a Romish govmnment to be established, or at
least not to allow their fellow beings the liberty of acting
agreeable to the dictates of their own conscience. Our
Lord nppesred to contend for peace, but you are trying to
stir up strife, and doing it under the jiretence of a godly
worship. Remember my friend, that blessed is the peace
maker—and if he is blessed, what will be the result of
j him who destroys it? But, I jierceive, you think you have
i it in your power to take heaven by force, or you would
} certainly not be so much misled as you new arc. God
who made all things knows best his own intentions, and as
• he is unchangeable, he will cause all things to he as his
pleasure may direct; and he will shew who are on his
I side, in defiance of Aaron’s Golden God, altho’ you may
■ think you can effect a greater degree of glory that shall
J licit; if-er be atti ibuietl to you, than was to Christ ; for vou
; an I your adherents would bind us down if it were in your
i power, but I see nothing like that in (he travel of Christ,
, iityr nt ither do f in the Apostles, for Saint Paul snys per-
I .snijde men, ami 1 think Goil would prospt r vou all more
lin that than in travelling fiom house to house try ing to
j get women and ciiildren to si pi petitions, and stating to
them that it was the gale ih it led io heaven. Be mindful
and five no clfence lest von should not be found uii the
I land’s side. ‘ELISIIA G. CRAW FORD.
• July 27;h, 1839.
Florida.—The K-y W’est South Floridian, of the 7th
instant, brings information that on the 27th ult., two sol
diers ami a negro interjireler weie killed bv the Indians
st New River, two miles from the Fort occupied by Lieut,
i’ompkimt. The Indians, it appears, had a dance to
which they invited Lieut. Tompkins and all the garrison,
; hut none went except the thr< e. it is »iq>posed that if the
invitation hud been accepted ail would have been slain.
Lieut. Tonipkius sent to Col. ilarrey. at Key Biscayne,
for a rciufGicemiT.t, fearing tin attack; and a dt.-taehmenl
i was sent to him, under Lieut. Sloan of the murine corps.
Jtobbcry.— The .store of Messrs. C. B. Carter & Co.
writ robbed on Monday night 21st ins*., between the hours
oi / and J, past 10 o'clock of several articles.
i'he thief must have been secreted in the store, (as il
was locked at 7 o’clock,) and was well provided with
matches atr’ apparatus for opening boxes. He appears to
have lighted a candle, and the first box he opened finding
tt contained wooden clocks, he abandoned, and went into
a back room, where he helped himself to the Tea, &c.,
and where he hft his jnmips; he went out at the front
door, leaving it open, the key being left in the lock on the
inside. The watchman found the door open at about
past 10 o’clock.— Savannah Georgian.
Awful Warning.-—X Plii'adcljihia paper gives an ac
count of the execution of a murderer, who, in his dying
speech attributed lite origin of his crime (through a long
course of vices gradually leading from this source) to the
practice of borrowing newspajiers. Having indulged in
this mean and sorbid habit, knowing that by every act of
the kind he robbed some poor printer, and snatched the
bread from tile mouths of hungry children, ho became
hardened in iniquity, and fitted for the pel formance of any
low and sneaking villanv of which human nature is capa
ble.
Atoful! — On Friday night, one of the negro houses be
i longing to Mr. Josiah Dickson, of this county, caught fire,
and was consumed to the ground : and, shocking to relate,
a valuable negro man, with his wife and child, perished in
the flames.-- -Macon Telegraph.
Pumpkin Sugar.— lt is said that an important revolu
tion is about occurring in France respecting the manufac
ture of sugar and those who ate about to engage in the
manufacture of sugar from beet root in tiiis country, had
better look about them. A large capitalist in Fiance in
tends to erect an establishment for the manufacture of su
gar, from pumpkins, experiments having shown conclu
sively that sugar may be obtained from this vegetable in
abundance, and of a superior quality.— Boston Journal.
[Our old woman occasionally makes a kettle of candy,
quite palatable fcr the y oung ones, by boiling down water
melon juice. It would take a good connoisseur to distin
guish the sweetening thus fabricated from that made of the
best West India Alolasses. If this hint is wot th any tiling
the universal yankeo nation is welcome to it.— Macon
Georgia Telegraph.
COMMERCIAL.
AIACON, NOV. 14.—Cotton has declined in price
since our last. We now quote 7g aBl cents. This de
cline is owing to the fall in <>tln r markets. The receipts
are from 3i oto 500 bales per day. We are still without
river navigation, and freights by wagon to the depot are
§2,00 per hundred pounds.— Messenger.
AU GUSTA, Nov. 14.— Cotton.— The sales this week
from warehouses will reach about 600 bales at prices ran
ging from 81 to 101 cents—j)tincipallv al 9 cents, w hich !
was the highest price that could be obtained yesterday for
prime, in square bales. From wagons, sales have been
made of about the same quantity, and at prices ranging
from Jto cent less. \\ c quote new cottons 8a 9 cents
—old 7 a 9—dull.
i'.xchatigc ßemains as last noticed—none of otn
banks, we believe, are drawing.—-Brokers still charge 10
per cent for short sight checks on New York, and 8 per
cent for thirty days sight on Charleston 3 per cent prem.;
Savannah 1. Ocmulgee and Monroe Rail Road bills arc
selling at 10 per cent discount.
Prom the Georgia Constitutionalist.
NEW-YORK, Nov. 9, 1839- 3 P. M.—There has
been a gradual melioration ie the state of affairs through
out this week. The news by the Great Western, which
was published on Monday morning gave the assuiance
that no particular catastrophy was likely to happen just
yet, though it gave no assurance of a better result finally than
had been previously anticipated. Stocks jumped tip up
on the first impression, but soon fell back again to their
old low position, where they have remained until to-dav
when Ihi re Iras been a dear improvement again, and one
which I think is likely to stand. Our Banks are discount
ing more and more freely and I hear now but very little
complaint about money, though doubtless it is quite scarce
with many people. We have had two or three faikne.sof
some importance connected chiefly with the flour business,
and growing out, as I presume, in the great fall in that
article last spring.
Flour continues to be shipped eff as fast as it arrives
and it comes down liberally from the West, though very
little from the South. The price has touched §5 50 for
Gennessce and $5 37 for Ohio; but to-day the market is
cleared out and the last sales art at an advance of 25 i ts.
an those prices. Wheat sells at 1 124 (- ts per bushel; Rve,
70 a 71 cts., Corn, 65 a 7<) cts per 56 lbs. for all sorts ;
Oats 31 a 33 cts for Southern.
Cotton is giving way, fair uplands can only he quoted
at 11 cts. 'Die sales forthe week are about 3000 bales at
9 a 13 cts for ail sorts. The closing sales are small and
very little to shippers, who think prices will be lower. The
stock is quite light so that large sales are impossible until
more cotton arrives.
Bills on England and France have fallen surprisingly,
so that the w hole specie cm rent is turned already. Piime
sterling bills arc plenty at 4 a 5 prent. and franks at 51'45
a 51’50 per dollar, being some four per ceiw below the par
of gold and silver. Domestic, exchanges are better at the
close of the week and would soon stand well as your pro
duce comes forward, if only your Banks would manage
judiciously. The rates to-day on I’hiladi lphia and Bal
timore 12 a 13; Charleston 9 a 10; Savannah 10; Mobile
15; New Orleans 8 a 9; Florida, no rate; Alississippi
Union Bank post notes 30 discount.
Freight forcotton to Liverpool ]as 16d; Havre § a 1
ct per lb. Specie has ceased to be exported and goes into
the banks freely as it arrives from all directions. The
question of suspension has ceased to he talked about.
DIED,
“Bring flower?, pale flower? o’er the bier to ?betl
To deck the grave of the early dead.”
Departed this life on the morninof the 3d iu?(ant, al the residence of
11. Pitt. Esq., in the comity of Warren, John JS. Rta# non of I). 1..
Evan, tlec’tl., in ths- twelfth year of his age, leaving main’relations’and
friends to mourn his irreparable loss.
“Ilow much of the sorrow that life may inherit,
’That earl'- departure to slumber will save.
The hope thut dial’s onward the world—every spirit
Rusts but when its fever is (jm nth. d in the.’grave.
“Weep not for the dead with a fruitless recalling,
I: is soul on the wings of the morning litiib fled,
Mourn rather for those whom vet life is enthralling,
Ah! w.-.*p for the living—weep not for the (bad!”
At h< r resilience in Bibb county, on the 7th hist., .Mrs.
I’enelope Thompsmt. in the 76th year of her age, after a pro
' traded illness of nine months; her disease was of mi inf’im
| atory nature, ami mint of the time she sttHered a {'teat deal,
which she endured w ith much Christian fortitude.
At his residence in Jam s county, on the 3-hh October Mr
JAMES WADSWORTH. mar/.I years of age. lie wts a
citizen of North Carolina . it, in;; the 1! vohitiouarv Was; he
was actively engaged with tie- Whigs in ’he struggle lor lu
ll- pemlence, snlm-iptently removed to If ncm k comity, C.t
from there to his hue re.-idem-c. leaving ~ number of collticc
, lions and friends to mourn their irreparable loss.
j THEATRE.
I I I T ESDA VEv i, G \'G, i«t> V. 19TIL the Comedy (in
' : 3 acts) of C’-'ARL or the Merry Monarch.
’ Charles H. (King of England,) MR. BAILEY.
'I .apt. Ci.pi», (Landlord of the Gram! .Admiral,) Mr. Hart.
’( Lady .Clara. -I RS. KELLY.
1 ith tlio afterpiece of the laisti Tcroa : to"g lh'T with otlie 1 *
• | eijtcrminmeiils, whicli will : e • xpri s»ed io ike bills of the day
} Vfe tire tuilitori/.i ii to uiiiioiitice A/ARON
’ COLLINS, Esq. ns a candidate for Tax’
} Collector of BnkhviiiClounty, at tlkt-elec—
tion in January next.
i Nov. 12, 1839.
i RENOVATING.
ALL those iudix iduals residing in the country who may
wish to have their BED RENOV \TED, will make
, application as early’ as posdblu. we intend leaving at soon 1
i as wo are wiilujin business. Vi e Would refer you Io the re
peet dde citizens of Milb.’ih aville, many of whom have tried l
’ ■ its effects on feathers, ttn i who v. ill testify to its utility.
ALEXANDER A-, SPECK.
’j ?iil h‘<L‘‘vDo Nov. 5. 1839. £?_*£_ _
NOTICE.
HAVE this day sold rnx’ entire stock of goods to Messrs.
Breedlove &, Derry, who will take the same stand, and*
continue the business. JAS. T. LANE'
Milledgeville Nov. 1 1839 43 4t.
The Milledgeville papers will publish the above four times.’
notice:
I undersigned would respectfully inform their friends’
-S. aud the public generally, that they have purchased of’
' Mr. JamesT. Lane, his stock of goods, and intend replenish
ing it immediately. Determining, by strict attention to bu
siness to please all, they hope to receive a liberal share of.
public patronage. E. B. BREEDLOVE,
WM. C. DERRY.
Milledgeville, Nov. 1 1539. 43 ts
(U” All the papers in Milledgeville will publish the above'
till forbid.
MORUFKIULTICAUiJS TREES:
8, o,t si ” s " >
7 Apply to 7 GIDEON lIOLSEY,
43 Sparta Ga
■ “IT rGWErrcTSATET
njJAHE subscriber has just arrived from Pcteisburg, Virgin—
-“4-ia, with a large lot of N EGROES; probably the like
liest lot that has ever bees’, seen in this market, which he wilP
sell on tiie most reasonable terms. They consist of servants
of everv dcseiiptiou. Among them are several wull qualified
HOUSE SERVANTS, several GOOD COOKS, WASH
ERS and IROXERS, « BLACKSMITH, about 30 good
sized PLOUGH-BOYS, and a large number of field hands’
o! both sexes.
Persons desirous of purch.Wmg the above umed property,,
are earnestly requested to give me a call, as I am determined
to sell at a very small advance on tb.e Virginia market price.
1 have on hand also 1 first rate Wagon and four Horses'
with harness complete, aud four good Cany tills with Horses'
and harness. BENJ. DAVIS.
Hamburg, S. C. November 7th, 1839. 43 lOt
(L? 0 The Milledgeville, Macon ami Columbus papers, aud
the Iklgefi-’ld Advertiser, will give the above ten insertioue..
end a paper to lite siilucri B. 1).
|iian sv: 1.1. X iLt a Tt.y —a r fYFiLTf: vs at la tic
HA ffKJNSriLLE, (GEORGIA.)
V?. 7 I LL I’RAtITIC E in the Superior Courts ofthe several
, f counties iii the Southe ti Circuit ; Houston of the
I Flint; aud Lee, Baker, Stewart, Sumter, and Randolph of
i Chattahooe hee. AUG. 11. HANSELL,
43 3t K. F. BRANTLY'.,
S T 6 V ALL, 81 ;.i M O NS, Sj C O .
a- "sv? gSS-AtffA 9— —
I ■
p NFORM their friends, and the | ttbiir, generally, that they
.EL have taken tliel’JßF. PROOF WARE HOUSE, op
posite Gen. Dawson’s, formerly occupied by Heard & Cook.
This iu addition to i.'.c:: - /’ ;, r proof Ifurc House, on Broad 1
street, will give them ample root:.’, to place under cover, all
Cotton consii'iietl them ; and being near the liver, will be.
quite convenient for the leception of cotton coining down oi»
! boms. Augn-ta, Nov. lltb. 1839. 43 2nx,
I _ THE copartnership in the Drug Business, here-
I tof’ore existing under the firm of ANTONY &
y? ■, *,V HAINES, having been dissolved by the death of
f. \ Dr. Milton Antony, and the suhscrilnr being de-
G 1 sirous of clo-ing the business . f the firm, earuest
; ly requests al! persons indebted to them to make payment,,
j aud all having demands against the concern to pres’tit them
' fur settlement to VvM. HAINES, Jr.
j Nov. 1, 1839. Surviving Copaitner.
DOCTOR I- P. GARVIN having |)urchased the interest
of the late Dr. Milton Antony, in the Drug Establishment of
Antony & Haines; the business from this date will be conduct
, ed at the same place under tiie firm <•! Gauvix &. Haines.
Thex will continue io keep constantly on iitmd an abundant
} supply of all articles in their line, eonsi,t’mg of Drugs, Medi—
’J cim-s. Instillments, I’m-fernery, Gils, Paints, Window Glass,.
Dye stuifs, Hatter’s Matriials, Brushes, Garden seeds &c. ■
, Jtc. In addition to their present stock ia store, Ihi’Vjiy
eonsiantly Mot iving from New Yolk, I'iiilamd;. ia.
ton, supplies ol Iri- li artiidos, (mu.,i.l, |.i-h in. am
! w hieh will muke th ir al as ex I'-asi. c t.mi can .ph to '
. ;<s t li.a I id’ mix olhci iio a • in Ihe ■ ily. all ol „ hieh t 1 . vwlßhV ’’j
;at lite most moderate prices ami on liber..! tm ms. Tiicv re- ''
■p -ml'idly solicit a continuance of the | .trimape wd>ttim|ft
i extended to the lute (it :n. I. I*. GAR VI nHK *
V. >t. L.'.i.XES, Jr.
Aitgusta, Nov. 1, 1839, 43 -It
I fijjr’ tbens Whig. Southe o Re< order. StandaraW
I i men, ashmgton News, Gi eeitvide 'lomiltiiiieer, and S.
oltninn. will give the nbuTt ’our G. &H.
f.t l'iJ'i lIA.\ I 'S it(Ji 'lE—Coni' r of l-'intr and
Society S'reels, C!t ar lesion (S. G.J •
A;THIS very spacious < stablishment having tin
dei ’K ol,e 1 * thorough repair during the summer, is
'tt-'i-m? tmw’ opened for the acco.nmodatic.it of the pub
lie. The subscriber has taken great pains to pro
cure an abundant supply of servants, orderly and attentive,
ami has furnished himself with a full • vtpply cl the best liquors.
From his long experience, mid bis detei imitation that Itis tR-„
ble and all other arrangements shall be excelled hy none, he
| feels confident that ho will bo able to give satisfaction to al!
who may favor him with a call. WM. GOSS.
| November 12, 43 4t
The Augusta Chronicle, Columbus Sentinel, Macon
j Tidegraph, Milledgeville Union, and Rtdeigh N. C. Star, will
I pic ase give the above fmir weekly insertions, and send bills
to this office.— Char. Cour.
1 i LL be sold at the Court House in Zelmlcm. Pike Co.
W V on the first Tuesday iu FEBRUARY’ next, Lot of
land No. 86, in the 2nd district of c.rigitially Monroe, now
Pike county, sold as the property of John B. Slaughter's es
tate, for the benefit of 1 is heits.
SARAH SLIGHTER, Adm’x.
Nov. 19, 1839. 43
CJ'S TlCl lbailiioadT
and Ban'dii" Company of Gcors'ia. $
EAST INSTALMENT.
•yYTOTICE is hereby given that the last Instalment on the
J.NI Stock of this Company, to-wit: the sum of Two dollnrs
\atid J'lfhj c nt3 per shire, is directed to he paid in, at the .
| Banking House, Savannah, on Thursday the second day of
January next.
Stockholders nt, and in the neighborhood of Macon, can 1
; make payment at the Branch in that city.
1 By order. R. R. CUYLER, Cashier.
Savannah, Oct. 23. I %’,•>. 41 9t
REMOV \L.
: S-.ib i-iiberrc-p.-i'lfiill.-.' i-.ilbniis bis ohi customers nnd the! pi||>.
'i> lie th st h- I, ■ 1.i.-l vi• •an. a! hi. t tout in i try Store Ifoiii Ids for
•<s .■. : i-1 t■. 1 1 . •■i< .r 111-live' iitied le. A. It. .1 ulmn, opposite thti State
!'. ■ ik, v, b re he . . ' ■ e mid ral u—irlnu'ut of
('o.i.fi. /./?/.v.7rx,
which ,-ii' ■of i■ Ils ,-i i ■!' liner- , -vi-r luemtht to this market.
Il s. sil. i, < oisis’isi.s <-f that pistronugc hithertoox-
t eile lr. is.ai aiel pl I n hisnsi-li to n- -hi bi st endeavors to plettitt
the e who in."’, patronize him.
lie: Billiard Tebins arc in ih-’rcnrof his Conlcctionurv.
Just received, a 10l of FINE ORANGES.
E. J. EASTER-
I Oct. 29,1833. 40-3 t.