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AUIiiVAL
OF THE ffs STEAMSHIP
IN' IAGAKA.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
Cotton Declined 1-id. to 3-8 d
Halifax, March 26. —The British and North
American Royal Mail steamship Niagara, Capt. J.
G. Wickman, has arrived with Liverpool dates to
Saturday, March 13th.
Commercial.
Liverpool Cotton Mirbt. — The sales of Colton
for the week ending the Hth inst., were 21,00t>
bales, and all qualities bad declined to %<!.,
in consequence of the heavy imports.
Provisions and lireadsfufls were reported dull.
London Money Market.— No change reported in
the money market. Consols had improved and
were quoted at 96% a 90%.
General Intelligence.
Nothing later had been received from India.
Arrests of persons suspected of being implicated
in the conspiracy against the life of Napoleon,
continue to he made throughout France.
The appealed Oitsixi, and his accomplices, has
been refused.
The House of Commons of England met on the
12th inst. D’lsraeli announced a satisfactory ter
mination of the misunderstanding between France
and England.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Sales of Cotton, in Liverpool, to speculators
2,500, and to exporters 2,500 bales, The quota
tions are :
Fair Orleans 7%d. j Mid. Orleans 7 9-1 fid.
“ Mobile 7%d. “ Mobile. 7%d.
“ Uplands.. ..7%d. I “ Uplands 7%d.
The stock of Cotton was 272,000, of which 170,-
000 bales were American.
The sales on Friday were 3,000 bales, and the
market closed dull.
Manchester accounts were unfavorable, *as there
was but little enquiry lor manufactured goods,
and prices were feeble.
Flour was very dull and almost unsaleable.
Wheat was dull, but unchanged.
Corn was quiet, but the Brokers’ Circular re
ports a slight improvement in prices.
Sugar closed firm, but the inquiry was limited.
Rice was reported buoyant.
Rosin was dull at 4s. 3d. to*S. 6U-, and Turpen
tine quoted from 41s. 9d. to 425. Gd.
Additional General News.
An attempt had been made at Chalons, bwt it
was deleated, to revive the Republic in France.
A serious riot had occurred-at Dublin, between
the Police and College Students, in which live of
the students had been dangerously wounded.
A telegraphic dispatch received in London from
Madrid, states that Gen. Zcloaca seemed well dis
posed to settle the differences with Spain.
The removal of Gen. Concha is contradicted.
The few items of news, by the steamer, tele
graphed above, compromise all points of general
interest received by this steamer.
Later from California.
New York, March 26:—The steamship Moses
Taylor, from Aspinwall, with late dates from Cali
fornia, has arrived.
She brings one million four hundred thousand
dollars in specie.
The Moses Taylor and her connecting lines on
the Isthmus and Pacific, have made the quickest
trip, from San Francisco to New York, which has
ever been recorded.
Tb© intelligence from California by this arrival
is unimportant.
The legislature has confirmed the disputed titles
to land, in San Francisco, to the occupants.
Gen. M. I*. Lamar had been received as the ac
credited Minister from this country, by the gov
ernment of Nicaragi a. It was believed that Ihe
Yrrisari treaty would be re-opened at Washing,
ton.
The steamer San Carlos had been lost on the
Like.
Vivaxco had captured the town of Arica, in
Peru, and one half of tluftown was destroyed and
several hundred lives lost.
The attempted revolution in Lima had been sup
pressed.
Congress ionnl.
Washington, March 24. —To-day, in the Senate,
twenty private claims were reported Unfavorably
against. Mr. Fitch, of Indiana, introduced a reso
lution, the substance of which is to suspend judicial
and establish martial jaw in Mfah. The resolution
was unanimously referred to the Judiciary Commit
tee. The bill for the admission *f Minnesota was
discussed.
In the House the Deficiency bill and Kansas
affairs were discussed.
Shipping Intelligence.
Charleston, March 24.—Arrived, steamship
Westernport, New York; bark Flight, Boston;
schooners I). 13. Warner, New York; James Bliss
JJucksport, Maine; and W. 11. Gilleland, New
Kansas Hi 11 Passed the Senate.
Washington, March 23, P. M.—The Senate
passed the Kanaas bill to-night, with amendments,
by a majority of eight.
Sale of the Steamer Kmpire City.
New York, March 25.—The steamer Empire
City was s'rld to-day for sixty-seven thousand
dollars.
Late from Rio—Advance in Coffee.
. New York, March 25.—8 yan arrival to-day we
have accounts from Rio Janeiro up to February
18th. Coffee had considerably advanced. The
supply bad almost ceased. Stock at Rio one hun
dred and twenty thousand bags.
Shipping Intelligence.
Charleston, March 25.—The shiji Hartford, from
New York, arrival to-day.
Congressional.
Washington, March 26.—The Senate was not in
session to-day. In the House private bills were
considered, and Kansas affairs were discussed.
Market Reports.
New v ork, March 26. — Sales of cotton to-day
800 bales, which were made before the steamer’s
news was received. The market is unsettled and
quotations nominal. Flour dull, sales 6,500 bar
rals. Wheat dull. Corn fir®, sales 32,000 bush
els. Naval Stores quiet. Rice firm.
Charleston, March 26.—Sales of Cotton 600
bales. Nothing was done after the steamer’s news
was received.
Mobile, March 2G.— Sales of Cotton 2,500 bales;
Middling ll*cents—decline caused by steamer’s
news. Sales of the week 19,500 bales, and receipts
* of Jhe week 11,880 bales. (The receipts last year
same time was less than 8,000 bales.) The de
crease at this port is 17,000 and the stock 341,000
bales'. #
Nkw Orleans, March 26.— Sales of cotton to-day
5,000 bales, before the Niagara’s accounts were re
ceived. The subsequent light sales were made at
an tb. to cent The sales of the
week are 62,500 bales, and the receipts 56,000
bale*. The stock is 480,000 boles. The decrease
in the receipts at this port is 82,000 bales, and at
all porta, 220,500 bales.
The Diana and Baltic Boat Race.
The New Orleans True Delta of Monday moi l
ing, March 22nd,says:
The upper landing on Saturday was the scene of
great excitement, owing to a trial of speed to come
off between the Diana and ihe Baltic. The race,
we believe, was a thing perfectly understood by all
two or three days ago, and both parties made due
preparations. The cause of it was the unwilling
ness of the Baltic to leave the day before the Diana,
and the officers of the latter declaring that if she
did not, they would beat the Baltic. Both packets
did not take any freight or any way passengers,
except for the most prominent points. The Baltic
started at exactly 4 o’clock, from the foot of Girod
street, in charcre of Captain Frank Carter. The
Diana, Capt. E. T. Sturgeon, followed two minutes
afterwards, and both boats rounded the point in
beautiful style. The time which can be made by
either boat will, be,the best, as the
river is rising nil the way down from St. Louis and
Cairo. As a matter of course, there was consider
able betting by the friends of either boat, and a
large amount of money will change hands next
week.
The following are the telegraphic reports about
the race in the Delta:
Bayou Sara, March 21.—The Baltic passed here
at 6 o'clock A. M., the Diana at fi% A. M.
Natchez, March 22.—The Baltic passed up at 12
minutes before 3 P. M.; the Diana at 13 minutes
after 3 P. M.
Vicksburg, March 22. —The Baltic arrived here
at 1 o’clock 20 minutes A. M.; the Diana at 1 o’clock
38 minutes. The Baltic landed, the Diana did net.
On leaving Vicksburg the Baltic was only three
minutes ahead.
Paducah, March 24.—The Baltic passed up at
two minutes before five this evening without stop
ping, she threw a package overboard. The Diana
passed up two hours ana five minutes after the Bal
tic.
Resumption of Work in Cotton Mills, Fac
tories, Ac. —All the cotton mills at Manchester,
N. IL,commenced running full time on the22d inst.
For the past several monfs the mills have been
running only four days in the week. A dispatch
dated Cohoes, N. Y., Mar*h 22d, says :
“ The Harmony Mills commence work to-day,
employing about eight hundred hands. The em
ployers recently wanted to reduce the wages twen
tv-hve per cent., but the operatives resisted and
“struck.” An arrangement has been effected by
which they agree to resume work at a reduction of
twelve and a half per cent. The Ogden Mills are
at work upon three-quarters time, with a reduction
of twenty-live percent, in the wages. Cardwick’s
Strong Mills are at work on full time. Barber’s
Halcyon Mills employ at present a reduced force of
a little over one hundred hands. Simmon’s axe
factories are at work upon three-quarters time,
with a reduction of twenty-five per cent, in price.
Destructive Fire in North Carolina.—A slip
from the office of the Elizabeth City (N. C.) Senti
nel, contains the particulars of a destructive fire
which occurred there on Monday morning, con
suming twenty-five or thirty houses in the most
business part of tUe town. The slip gives the fol
lowing particulars:
Among the stores consumed are those of Robin
son & White, Win. B. Burgess, Thomas D. Knox,
the large Agricultural Depot of Win. H. Claik,
the store and house of Captain Henry Culpepper,
the large warehouse of C. M. Loverty, the store of
John J. Grandy, the store of Wm. S. Shannon, the
new store of Benjamin B. Spruill, the store and
house occupied by Joshua T, McCoy, the wood and
coal depot of B. T. Miller, the Marine Hospital,
the storo and out-houses belonging to A. Cohen,
where the fire originated, together with several
others that we cannot recollect. The Cohen fami
ly, where the tire originated, have been taken up
and committed to jail, as it has been alleged that
they know something of the origin of the fire.
One hundred thousand dollars worth of property
has been destroyed.
The loss of Mr. Clark is about ten thousand dol
lars and no insurance.
From the Few Orleans True Delia.
The Martinez Decree.
A few days ago we published a decree of the
Martinez Government in Nicaragua, declaring that
“William Walker and other foreigners who came
wilh him, or were brought, by him to meddle in the
internal disturbances of the Republic.” “have nev
er been,” “are not, nor can they be either citizens
or officers of the Republic.’' As this decree as
sumes to deny and destroy rights guaranteed to
I Americans by a government recognised by Mr.
j Pierce in ihe person of Padre Viiil, and by Mr.
j Buchanan in the person of Honor Yrissarri, it may
be of importance to examine its value and validity.
Col. Walker and the Americans who accompan
ied him wete induced to emigrate to Nicaragua
early in 1855 by the offers of the Provisional Gov
ernment established at Leon and directed by Don
Francisco Castillon. The Provisional Director and
his adherents contended for the Constitution of
1888 in opposition to that of 1854 ; and under the
former any native-born citizen of au American Re
public became a citizen of Nicaragua qn a simple
declaration of intention to that effect. Not only
; were Col. Walker and the native-born Americans
| with him constituted, under this section of the Jaw,
J citizens of Nicaragua, but in virtue of grants made
! to them they became each entitled, they and their
j heirs, to five acres of land, to be selected
j from the public domain.
i But further than tins; by the treaty of the 23d
of October, 1855, the government Organised mder
the Constitution of 1854, recoguised and iran
teed the rights granted to the Americans Jy the
provisional government of Leon. The treaty of
the 23d of October was not, as often stated, a treaty
between two military commanders, but was a
treaty made between two governments struggling
for the supremacy. Corral negotiated that treaty,
being delegated, ns his commission read, “omtli
modamente,” bv Estrada, acting as Senator Presi
dent after the death of Chamorro, under the Con
stitution of 1854. This treaty being a compromise,
expressly recognised the validity of the clauses
concerning naturalization contained in the Consti
tution of 1838, and by inference recognised that of
1854, by appointing a provisional President, an of
fice only known under that organic law. Besides
■ this, the treaty over and over again acknowledged
I the rights of the Americans already acquired in
Nicaragua; and Gen. Martinez himself gave iu his
adherence to the treaty by acting as commander
of the port at Nicaragua, and in that capacity re
ceiving and obeying orders from Gen. Walker, as
commander-in-chief of the Nicaraguan forces.
The United States, too, legitimated the treaty of
October, so far as its relations with Nicaragua are
concerned, by the reception of Padre Yijil, a Minis
ter from the Provisional President, Don Patricio
: Rivas. Again, the present Administration received
I Senor Yrissarri as Minister from Nicaragua on cre
dentials furnished him by this same Patricio Rivas
after he had lost nearly all authority in the Re
public. How, after these two acts, can the United
States ignore the rights which Americans have ac
quired under the treaty of the 23d of October,
1855?
But most of the Americans, it may be said, for
feited their rights in Nicaragua when they ceased
to act under the authority or Rivas. Many, how
ever, died previous to the defection of Rivas, and
their heirs are for the most part American citi
zens. The President, in his late message to Con
gress, prates about the Americans who have
“miserably perished” in Nicaragua. Why does
he not take steps to see that justice is dealt out to
their heirs? Have the United States fallen so low
that they will permit a tribe—we will not call it a
nation—of halt-breeds to rescind the contracts
they make with Americans at their own will and
pleasure ?
The President of the United States has in a most
arbitrary and illegal manner interfered with the
comrades of the Americans who fell in Nicaragua,
when they returned thither to make good their own
claims and those of the heirs of their martyred
coropanions-in-arms. Therefore, the duty doubly
devolves on him of securing the rights of those
whose relattons have fallen in Central America.
Will he take any steps to force the recognition of
American right*in Nicaragua? Or is he so busy
in reading of ihe enormities his message hints at,
that he has no time to notice theinsults and wrongs
which a mongrel race heap on his countrymen and
their Government?
Camp Scott, January 20.— A1l well; no move
ment of a military character reported.
New Orleans, March 23.— Accounts from Texas
saj- that several citizens of Yell county had been
seized and impressed into the Mexican forces.
Their release was demanded by Cnpt. Brackett’s
army, and a meeting of citizens bad been held
against this and other outrages.
Cincinnati, March 23.—The steamer St. Law
rence, from Pittsburgh for New Orleans, struck
on the rocks near Pomeroy, Ohio, on Sunday, and
sunk
The boat wa* valued at twenty thousand dol
lars, and is a total loss. A portion of the cargo
will be recovered in a damaged condition. No
ivea wej;e lost.
From the MdiU Tribune.
Dixon H. Lewis.
In his politics, Mr. Lewis was a Southern Rights
Democrat and a nullitier. He took as much pride in
his nullification doctrines as did Mr. CalhonD, who
said that the only epitaph wished was, “John 0. Cal
houn, the nullifier. 1 heard Mr. Lewis speak fre
quently of our most distinguished statesmen, and on
one occasion 1 said, “you have been frequently
thrown with these men, which of them is reallv
the superior ?” He replied that “Calhoun was the
most intellectual and commanding man of them
all.” “Pray give me an instance.” “Well,” re
plied Mr. Lewis, “if Clay, Calhoun and Webster
consult together on any subject, the opinion of
Mt\ Calhoun is sure to prevail.” He disliked W.
It. King, telling me frequently, “Col. King is not
a man to be sent to Coi%ress, he does not repre
sent Alabama on the slavery question.” In this
opinion I did not concur. I differed with Col.
King, it is true, on many very important points
of public policy, hut there was a kindling kind- <
ness, sc* to speak, in the nature of tbe good old
Senator that drew me to him “with' hooks of
steel;” and when he told me on a certain occasion,
that he had not voted for the hated “bloody bill.”
but had refused the request of General Jackson
that he should do so, he won mv heart forever —my
head still remained on my nullification shoulders.
I was frequently with Mr. Lewis, when he re
sided at L >wnd sboro, in Lowndes county, and
subsequently when he removed to the vicinity of
Benton, n£ar the dividing line of Lowndes and
Dallas. The last time that I ever visited him
occurs to me, aud as some of the incidents which
took place, ure bubbling up from the repertory of
the past, I shall relate them. It was in the summer
of 1547. He had just returned home from Wash
ington byway of New York, where he had been
feasted and toasted “to the top of his bent” by the
merchants and manufacturers. In fact I had
scarcely taken a seat, after entering the house,
before I saw evidence that the India rubber man
had been about. rubber trunks, India
rubber bags, India rubber capes, India rubber
caps and cloaks—egad ! he was enveloped in India
robber. After we had inspected these articles,
who should come in but his sou John, looking like
a Texas ranger, and holding a yard-stick in his
hand. “Fattier,” said John, “I have measured
the band, and it’s twelve iuches wide, and (I think
he said) forty feet long.” “That will do,” replied
Mr. Lewis, “I’ll write on to New' Tbrk, to-morrow,
about the gin bands.” The cat wasfout. He was
about to write an India rubber manufactory,
ordering a band of India rubber, as substitute for
leathe* in ginuiug his cotton. I saw at once
that the feasting in New York, of which the news
papers gave the most animated accounts, had
been purposely designed, having for one of its
objects the use of India rubber on the southern
farms. That evening I spent with the handsomest
young lady of Alabama, who resided in his
neighborhood, and on my returning to Mr. Lewis’
and retiring io bed at night, I was shown into
the drawing room, which contained a bed, this
being common among the old settlers. The nov
elty of my position kept me awake for the rest of
the night, and as the first streak of day touched
the window with its fingers, I jumped up, and
surveyed the field. The bedstead was made for
some giant—the chairs and stools were Herculean—
and having approached the mantlepiece, I saw a
sight that eclipsed everything. At one end of the
mantlepiece was a miniature likeness of J. C. Cal
houn, representing him when he waff about twen
ty-five years old ; at the other end of the mantle
piece was Mr. Lewis himself, as if to balance the
intellectual giant at the other end—and who do
you think was in the centre? Why, no less a
person than Tom Thumb ? I looked around for
some quiet place where, like Annie Laurie, “I
might lay me doon and dee”—but I am admonish
ed that these trench too nearly on re
served rights; aud yet what shall I do? You ask
for a description of Mr. Lewis? How can you have
him as he was, without my stating some of the
peculiar traits of his character? Nay more. In
this morning we fell into discussing some inci
dents which had taken place at Washington
several years before. He found himself frequently
at fault, and last he cried m his loud, abrupt tone,
“Susau!” In a little time Mrs. Lewis appeared
at the door, inquiring what he wished. “When
I did so and so take place at Washington?” After a
little hesitation, she replied, and then returned to
her duties. We had not got along very far after
this, when he become puzzled again he called out,
“Susan!” and again Mrs. Lewis appeared, heard
wluit he had to say, replied, aud then returned to
her business as before. She was his factotum.
He appealed to heron all occasions when he was
doubtful on any point, and in truth they seemed
to be as much oue person as it is possible for
man and wife to be. Mrs Lewis was Miss Susan
Elmore, the sister of Franklin Elmore, who
succeeded Mr. Calhoun in tho Senate of the
United Slates; of Captain Benjamin Elmore who
commanded the Richmond Rifles in the first Flori
da campaign, and was afterward a competitor of
Gov. Noble for the chief magistracy of South Caro
lina; of John A. Elmore, the law partner ol William
i L. Yancj, in Montgomery; of Rush Elmore, one of
tlie judges of Kansas; of William Elmore, late
attorney general ot Louisana; of Albert Elmore,
the clerk of the house of Representatives of the
general assembly of Alabama; and of Mrs. Fitz
patrick, wife of* Mr. Senator Fitzpatrick. Mrs.
Lewis is one of the kindest and noblest of her sex,
and what pleased me more than anything else,
was the interest she took in all things that con
cerned Mr. Lewis.
If I am not mistaken, she always accompanied
him on his tour through his district in the recess
of Congress—a tour that he seldom neg'ected, not
withstanding his physical infirmity, for he was
oqe of the largest men that the world, perhaps, lias
ever seen. He was as large as ten men put to
gether—ten fat men—and his head was large in
proportion to his body. But there was nothing
superfluous about that head. It was compact, and
his brow gave indelible aud unmistakable signs of
intellect, as did that of Charles Fox, the great
English statesman. There is a likeness of Lewis,
which I saw two years ago, in the daguerreau gal
lery of Mr. Mclntyre at Montgomery, and which
he told me was the property of .Mr. A. J. Pickett.
The likeness is a ver\’ good one, and deserves to
be copied.
It is impossible to mention Mr. Lewis without
saying something of his immense size. He could
scarcely walk. He could not visit his cotton fields,
on foot or horse-back, and therefore he caused
roads to be made, which he passed over in his
j wagon or carriage, or whatever the vehicle may
be called which lie traveled in. This-carnage was
a large round box, which opened in the rear, and
it was at this portion of it that he ascended to his
seat. It was drawn by two stout horses, harnessed
tandem fashion, and on the lead horse his groom
was mounted. This was his traveling style; his
wife usually preceded him in her carriage, and lie,
whip in hand, brought up the rear, the little out
rider forming a striking contrast to the stalwart
statesman.
There are many anecdotes current about Mr.
Lewis, most of them touching his great size, on
which he was exceedingly sensitive. It is well
known to everybody that when the collision oc
curred between the* two steamers off the North
Carolina coast, Mr. Lewis refused to leave the
sinking steamer, until every human being had
been safely provided for. Mrs. Wiiliam C. Pres
ton was present, aud testified to his galfantry ou
the occasion. He was brought back to Charleston,
whet* he remained several days. “ I like the
people oi Charleston,” said he to a friend, “ for
they can pass a man in the streets without staring
at him.” In one of his earliest electioneering
tours, he visited Camden, in Wilcox county. His
enormous size being a subject of general discus
sion, the boys got up early on the morning of th s
day of his visit, and took the road to meet the
monster. At mid-day the villagers were startled
by a universal shout from the boys, as they rushed
into town, exclaiming: “ Here he comes ! here he
comes!” all evidently impressed with a belief that
they had seen the elephant.
He was, like most fat men, a bit of a humorist,
I will tell yon of an anecdote which occurred in
Congress in 1830. Mr. Edward Everett, in his
speech against the Indian bill, introduced official
statements that the Indians who emigrated West
of the Mississippi, were in a very destitute and
suffering condition, so much so, indeed, that the
living child had been buried with the dead mother,
for want of sustenance. Mr. Lewis said in reply,
that Mr. Everett’s appeal to the sympathy of the
House reminded him of an old maid of his acquaint
ance, who pitied a goose because it bad to go bare
foot in winter.
He was a very effective speaker, and from his
known ability, he was, we presume, a prompt par
liamentary debater. Great crowds used to as
semble at thtf public dinners tendered him by his
constituents. Jn defiance of the immense mass of
fat. which afflicted and oppressed him, we have
seen him at Hayneville and at Richmond, in mid
summer, speak for two mortal hours, when every
particle of his clothing was dripping with water.
He used a large fan on these occasions, and some
kind friends who occupied the stand, would assist
him whenever the exertion of fanning exhausted
bun. His manner of haranguing the people—l
exactly call it stump speaking—was very
effective, impressive and emphatic. He would
frequently rouse himself up wnen feeling the ef
fects of exhaustion, for a tremendous effort, like a
giant “shaking his invincible locks,” and then
speak in a monarch’s voice frdm the fullness of his
heart. His style was compact, concise, emphatic,
which was occasionally varied by a jest or a sar
casm, without which ingredients a stump speech
would be a very sorry affair. The last time I ever
heard bint speak was in the summer of 1843 or ’44,
at Richmond, lie made a great speech to a great
crowd. When he had concluded, one of the Whig
candidates for the legislature said to my old friend,
Mr. Thomas Rivers, “ I can overturn everything
that Mr. Lewis has said.” “ You /” replied Mr.
Rivers, with ineflable disdain, “why you haven’t
got sense enough.” This retort was followed by a
shout of laughter, but I mention it merely to ex
hibit the confidence of his constituents in the abil
ity of Mr. Lewis.
He was strongly opposed to the nomination of
Gen. fa-s for the Presidency by the Democratic
party. I asked him if Gen. Cass was cordially
uuited with the southern Democracy ? “No,” said
he, “and it being suspected that he sympathised
wit!) the Abolitionists, ihe question was put to him
on the floor of the Senate, if ho was in favor of
the ‘V\ ilmot proviso,’ ” “Well, sir, and what did
he say ?” “Why, he replied that he wa*>"not then,
Out that he might be hertafler.”
In his reminiscences of Congress, Mr. March
mentions that during the great debate on Foote’s
resolutions in 183<>, between Gen. Hayne aud Mr.
Webster, the Senate chamber being crowded to
overflowing, the members oi the House of Repre
sentatives, who could not get in, retired outside
tco capitol, and assembled near one of the win
dows ciose to the President’s seat and that Dixon
Lewis, in l.is anxiety to witness the debate, bored
a hole in one of the panes of stained glass with
his knife, and putting his eye to the hole, looked
in upon the extraordinary contest between the
champions of the North and South. If there
should ever be a painting of that debate, the eye
of Lewis must not be forgotten, as it was a feature
in the scene.
But I must conclude. In a word, then, Dixon
Hall Lewis, was the most intellectual man that
Alabama has ever sent to Congress, and one of
the firmest patriots of the South. He was distin
guished for strong sense, a big heart, and a will
that knew no such word as “ fail.” His character
was without a stain, and from the first hour of his
public life to the last breath of existence, he was
highly respected by his constituents, who never
wavered, and never faltered in their attachment.
Where will you find a higher title to nobility in any
land? He received “the hearty well done of his con
stituents,” and may Alabama ever cherish his mem
ory as her best and brightest statesman.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Thirty-Fifth Congress—First Session.
Washington, March 24.—Senate.—Mr. Seward
presented the resolutions of the legislature of New
iork against the Lecompton Constitution, which
were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Seward quoted the language of the Duke of
Argyle at the Livingstone banquet, denying the
opinion that the British government is tending to
wards the re-establishment of slavery.
Mr. Wilson presented a bill to facilitate commu
nication with the army in Utah. It provides that
the Secretary of War be authorised to contract for
the extension or use of the American electro-mag
netic telegraph from the frontier of Missonri or
lowa to such western military posts as necessary
for the public service, and be authorised to appro
priate a sura not exceeding five hundred thousand
dollars to carry into execution the purpose of said
act. Read and ordered to be printed.
The presioing officer presented a communica
tion from the Postmaster General in compliance
with a resolution, stating the expense of distribu
ting and separating offices to be in the aggregate
sixty-eight thousand dollars.
Petitions were presented by Mr. Seward as fol
lows: One from citizens of Meriden, in favor of
granting pensions to the soldiers of the war of 1812;
from 0. Beebe, to aid in publishing an analysis of
American law ; from certain citizens of Albany, to
grant quarter sections of land to actual settlers in
Arizona ; from John J. Rink, to purchase his im
provement in marine masonry; from citizens of
New York, for a general relief law.
Mr. Doolittle, of Michigan, offered a memorial for
a general relief law.
Mr. Slidell presented a memorial from the mer
chants of New Orleans against the lighthouse
board.
Mr. Durkee presented a memorial from the State
of Wisconsin for a law to secure to the Slate the
| proceeds of the public lands.
, Mr. Bigler presented the memorial of Findlay
I Patterson for payment for building the capitol at
, Lecompton; also, for indemnity under his con
tract
Mr. Kennedy presented the memorial of the Nu
j mismatic Society of Pensylvania, asking the es-
I tahli.-hment of a medal department at the mint,
i Ail of which were appropriately referred.
Adverse reports were made uguinst binding in
book form obituaries of deceased members;
against the petitions of Mary Renner, W. Russell,
Captain McClellan, Alartain linbbard, Capt.
Waiuwright and 3. W. Brown for fire-arms.
Mr. Fitch made an unfavorable report on a reso
lution, submitted by unanimous consent to th?
judiciary committee, that the judiciary committee
be instructed to enquire into the expediency of
suspending the territorial laws of Utah during the
present dilliculties, and reporting in lieu of the
J latvfc; thus suspended such temporary laws as the
j exigency requires.
Mr. Iverson, from the committee on military
affairs, reported back the bill without amendment
to organise a regiment of mounted volunteers to
defend the Texan frontier; also, authorising the
President to call into the service of the United
States four additional regiments of volunteers.
Mr. Brown, from the District of Columbia com
mittee, reported, without amendment, the bill
providing for the arrest and return of fugitives
from justice in said District.
Air. Simmons, from the committee on claims,
reported a bill for the relief of J. C. G. Kennedy,
secretary of the last census. It was read a second
time.
A resolution was adopted calling upon the
President, for copies of the correspondence be
tween this government and Chili in relation to
the seizure of an American vessel by the Chilian
authorities.
A resolution authorising Lt. Win. A. Jeffers, U.
S. navy, to receive a sword of honor from the
Queen of Spain, was adopted.
Air. Fitch offered a resolution, which was agreed
to, instructing the committee ou the judiciary to
inquire into the expediency of repealing or sus-
Eeudiug the laws of Utah, and to report oihers to
e enforced during the present troubles in that
Territory.
Oh motion of Air. Iverson, the army bill was or
dered to be printed, but he was unsuccessful in
his effort to have it made the order of the dav for
to-morrow.
A debate then ensued in relation to the order of
business—one side endeavoring to take up the Pa
cific ruilroad bill and tbe other the Alinnesota bill
for the admission of the Territory into the Un:on.
Finally the latter measure was taken up, when Mr.
Douglas offered an amendment to give Alinnesota
three representatives in the House of Representa
tives.
Without making much progress the Senate went
into executive session and afterwards adjourned.
liorsE. —The House went into committee on the
deficiency appropriation bill.
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, replied to Mr. Blair, who,
he said, ought first to set free his own slaves be
fore accusing slaveholders of being an oligarchy to
strike down free labor. Such a crime must have a
most disastrous eff'ect where slavery exists. He
then advocated the admission of Kansas under the
Constitution.
Mr. Blair gave notice that he should reply to Mr.
Clark, his colleague.
Mr. Granger delivered his views against tbe ad
mission as Kansas, as did Air. Kilgore.
Mr: Clarke, of New York, made a speech against
the admission of Kansas in the manner now pre
sented.
Mr. Stewart, of Maryland, addressed the com
mittee, contending that the House have nothing (
before them to justify them in disaffirming what
took place in Kansas in connection with the forma
tion of the Lecompton Constitution. He vindica
ted the conduct of the administration, and said that
the President could not have pursued any other 1
course than to recommuid the admission of Kan- <
Other speeches were made, when the House ad
journed.
We regret to hear of the death of Mr. W. S. Wil/ ,
liford, of Macon. He was well known to many of ,
the citizens of Savannah, where he for a long time
resided. Several years ago he removed to Alacon,
where he made many friends and died respected
by all. He was a warm-hearted, generous man, a s
useful citizen, and consistent Christian.
Savannah Republican, March 26. J
New Orleans, March 23.— A heavy robbery i
took place on Sunday, at the office of Henry Shep- y
herd, Jr., part of it was in money, and over one j
hundred thousand dollars in Dotes. Advertise-
ments and caution have been issued against ne- J
gotiating the notes. A large reward has also been \
offered for restoration. j
The Sooth Carolina College.
The Columbia South Carolinian , of the 27th mst.,
says:
“We regret to state that, on yesterday, the Fa
culty found it necessary to suspend ninety-seven
students of the South Carolina College until the
first of October next, and five until the first of
May. We understand the ostensible cause of dif
ficulty was the refusal of the Faculty to allow a
snspensiou of college exercises on Thanksgiving
day under municipal recommendation. Upon the
professors going to chapel and recitation, on Thurs
day morning, the beuches were found tarred,
whereupon the order was given by the professors
to the classes to attend at their private offices to
recite. The junior and freshman classes, with few
exceptions, obeyed the order—the seniors and
sophomores mostly declined doing so. When call
ed before the Faculty, with much unanimity they
declined responding to questions. The act of dis
cipline which followed was necessary to uphold the
essential authority of the government, in which';
the Faculty was unanimous.”
Searching For the Buried Treasures of the ,
Ska. —An interesting report has been made to the 1
Boston Submarine Company m relation to the ex
pedition sent to the Caribbean sea, under the com- :
mandof Capt Coutiiout, to search for the sunken :
treasures of the Spanish frigate San Pedro:
The several divers connected with Captain
Couthouv’s force spent in the aggregate about
eight anti a half hours under water daily during
the time they had been at work opon the wreck.
After removing a vast amount of deck..material,
the divers penetrated into the deck room, where
they found gun carriages, deck furniture/ Ac.,
piled up in one large mass, making any attempt to
work useless without first removing it. At this
place four magnificent brass cannons were taken
out and eleven strange boxes, supposed to be
cast steel; they were of the size of a candle-box,
but were thought by some to be platina. Silver
dollars were also found in the depth of sixty feet
in the water, covered with mud, but they were
mostly seperate; several gold watches were here
taken out, and man}’ other valuable articles, and
the divers came to the conclusion that when the
explosion of the vessel took place, these articles
were driven from the forward part of the ship,
where the bulk of the treasure undoubtedly re
mained.
Taking this as a reasonable view of the case,
they proceeded to their work with renewed
vigor, and after great difficulty succeeded in clear
ng away the large amount of rubbish, and ob
tained an entrance to ttie hold of the forward
part of the ship on ths 12th of December last.
About seven hundred dollars in specie and another
brass six-pounder were taken out at this place in
a short time, also watches and many curious
relics. The moDey found here was cemented
together in rolls of fifteen dollars, twenty dol
lars, and one hundred dollars each, and very,
plainly showed that they must be very near the
vast amount of money contained in this ship.
According to the official documents, when the
San Pedro went down she contained one million
of Spanish dollars, and a million and a half in
gold, a large portion of which should be there
still. The work was now fairly commenced, and the
directors felt greatly encouraged, and saw no
reason why the stockholders should not be so.
The last advices, which were up to January 1,
represented that they had been unexpectedly
itopped in their labors by timber, Ac., in the hold,
but hoped in a short time to remove it.
The Oldest Inhabitant. —A Baton Rouge, La.,
paper thus notices an aged negro who died recently
in that place:
“He belonged to|nobody in particular, and went
pretty much where he pleased. He is said to have
been at least one hundred and twenty years old !
Mr. Onesiphore Bernard, Sr., one of our oldest fel
low citizens, and who is fully reliable—himself
some seventy years of age—says he remembered
when a boy, that Ciesar was too old and infirm
then to perform plantation labor. Cjesar was,
without Qoubt, our oldest inhabitant.”
Washington, March 25.—An important fuel to
3 holders of revolutionary scrip is that by a recent
decision it can now be located on or received in
e whole payment for public lands, at any State trea
e sury adjoining railroad grants, at par value. Didd
ers are therefore now able to realise much better
r price than formerly.
(communicated.)
Trbute of Itespect.
Washington Artillery Room, ][
Augusta, Geo., March 2% IS,3$. f
Whereas, it has pleased an all-wise Providence
to remove from our midst our beloved brother
soldier, Sebastian Rudler, to that bourne whence
no traveller returns, and as his merry voice can
no more be heard in our meetings, be it there
fore—
Resolved, That the Washington Artillery deeply
deplore the death of their late member, Sebastian
Rudler, and tender their sympathies t<» hij*surviv
mg friends and relatives.
Resolved, That a page in the minutes be inscribed
with the name of Sebastian Rudler, and dedicated
to his memory.
Resolved , That the officers and members of this
corps wear the usual badge of mourning at their
next parade.
Resolved, That the preamble and resolutions
be published in the city papers, and a copy be sent
to his relatives.
A true extract from the minutes.
Jno. C. Kalthoff, Sec’y W. <V.
COMMERCIAL
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Ilceeipl* of Cotton.
Charleston, March 20 1,740
Savannah, March 2C 1,959
New Orleans, March 22, ( Picayune) 10,302
“ “ (True Delta) 5.372
Mobile, March 23 B*9
The Claiborne (La.) Advocate and Monroe Register, both
speak of the briskness of business In their neighborhood. Cot
ton Is going into market with unparalleled rapidity.
The Houston (Texas) Telegraph, of 17th Inst., says Cotton
begins to roll in briskly—the receipts for the past week being
over 1,100 bales.
T: e Civilian, at Galveston, says the recap.s for the week
were 1,730 bales. The Te.ci-.m learns that the banks of the Sa
bine are lined with cotton, which there is now but one boat en
gaged In taking off.
The Marshall Flag says the planters are rapidly hauling
their cotton to Shreveport. They are also generally making
their for planting there this - year on an enlarged
scale.
A writer in the New Orleans Picayune of 23d hist., says on
“the cotton crop subject":
“ Perhaps we have arrived at a point at which we may safe
ly make use of some figures and facts in relation to tbe cotton
crop. At present we have received at all the ports 2,400,000
bales. Can :t be said, with any judgment, that New Orleans
will receive2so,ooo bales additional ? the Atlantic and Florida
ports. 250,000, Mobile 100,000, and those of Texas 50,000 ?"
The Mobile Mercury states that a sale of the new Dean cot
ton, in that city, was effected at 20 cents a pound. It was pro
duced on the plantation of Messrs T. & T. Tyree, and was of a
rich creamy color. If found In Charleston or Savannah, from
its color gmd long silky fibre, lt would have been pronounced
to be Sea Island cotton. Growing with facility on uplands, aud
even producing more abundantly than the Mexican Gulf, or
other varieties, our cotton planters *lll not be long In extend
ing its culture.
Storks of Coffee.
H. T. Lonsdale, Son Jc Co„ Coffee Brokers at New Or
leans, in their weekly Coffee statement, dated 19th March,
state that the stock on band in that city, in first hands, is 1,500; ,
in second hands, 1,417; and held by dealers and large grocers
5,000; in all 7,917 Backs—while at the same time last year there 1
was a stock of 72,719 sacks, without estimating the quantity in .
the hands of small dealers and large grocers. The prices re
ported on the i9th were for fhlr to good fair 11®11%, and prime
12 cents.
Whits & Elder, Coffee Brokers, Baltimore, on the 29th :
inst.. reported the stock in that city at 18,000 bags. They
quote prime Rio at aud low grades from 9% to 10% ,
cents.
Cotton Cb or in Arkansas.—The ArkadelpLia (Arkansas)
Traveller learns from a correspondent in Arkansas county,
that the cotton crop region has fallen very far short oi the cal- 1
culation, atd far below the usual yield.
Thr Oil Trade.—The New Bedford Mercury , in an article
on the prices of Oil, remarks: “Os the cargoes to be received -
at this port the present season, we are within bounds in stating
«;kat fully one-half of them will, at present prices, he attended {
with loss to the importers, while the aggregate, on an average, *
will scarcely remunerate the actual expense of importation.”
Business in Hew Orleans.
The New Orleans True Delta, of Monday morning, 23d lest, ,
says :
The week just dosed may be styled as one of the best six *
days’ work of the season. We give the following receipts of
the principal staples:
Cotton bales 54,946 1 Dry Salted Meats—
Tobacco hhds. 1.503 j casks 287
h J>d9. 9.972 j ft*. In hulk £14,200
Molasses. bbls. 12,890 Beef bhls. 2.106
FJ^ ur bhls. 50,117 | Lard tierce* 5,136
Wheat sacks 7,108 Lard kres 6,071
tom 5ack566.927 | Butter firkins 1,674
sacks 9,878 | Cheese boxes 2,108
•*»
SAVANNAH, March 26.— Cotton .—Arrltcd since
inst., ll,Abates Upland and Bu 4 do. Sea Island The e*
Mg i or B f» e P«l«* amount to 10,4® bales Upland and
i,-3, 3 do. Sea Island—leaving on hand and on shipboard not
clear d, a stock of 52.479 bales Upland, and 3,745 do. Sea
Islands, against 53.283 bales Upland, and 2,413 do. Sea Island
at the same time last year.
The following qu< tations. which do not vary materially from
those given last week, present a fair view of the market in it*
present unsettled condition:
low Middling U lW&n K '
z ggg
gojdMWdlta, 11XS13* - Hli
Middling Fair li*<*l2* - <SH*
r air... . . .- .. Mlkunal. nominal.
The sales of the week foot 4,907 bales, at the following par
ticulars : 12 at 8% ; 2at9% ; 17 at 10 ;98 at 10%; 15 at lk;
309 at 1 OX: 170 at 10%: 65 at 11: 55 at 11%; 164 at 11 % ;SO
at 11 5-16; 655 at 11% : 472 at 11%; 102 at 11 946; 423 at 11%;
5.1 at 11 11-16; 1,035 at 11Y: 130 at 11 13-16; 463 at 11%; 580
at 12; 91 at 12% ; and 31 bale sat 12% cents.
The sales foot 1 100 casks, at prices ranging from
Flour.— The supply is equal to the demand. We quoteSu
perflne |5 25@*5 59; Extra $5 50® *6 00; Family |6^
Corn.—-The receipts of Corn have been light, and derrartf
! good ; this has reduced the supply quite low. Ail that has ar
: rived sold quickly from the wharf at 75c.
I.'ird.—\\ e quote In kegs 12ta42% cents; in bhls. 11® 11%
Molasses— Is in brisk demand at 24c.—one cargo was sold at
this price since our last report. None now remains in first
hands, though two cargoes are hourly expected.
Bacon. —The market f r Bacon continues on the decline.
There is a fair enquiry, which holders quickly meet when a re
spectable ofler Is made. We hear of r-houMers being gold at
s% : Ribbed Sides at 10% ; and Clear Sides at 11®11%c. Clear
bides are scarce, and bring fuil prices: some parties are asking
higher than our quotations, say lor Shoulders S'-'tfiSYc.;
Ribbed Sides 10Y. Hams 12%.
Bagging and Hope.—We hear of a sale of Gunny in rolls ai,
10%. Nothing doing in Rope.
Hides —Are In good request, and have an advancing tenden-
our quotations as follows: Dry Salted 1 Obeli ;
Potatoes. —No arrivals of Potatoes to report since our hist.
Y* e quote from store s3® $3 50.
SAVANNAH, March 26—4 P. M. Cotton.—The encourag
ing accounts which have been received by telegraph from the
gulf ports for three days in succession, imparted to tins market
more vigor than we have noticed in some time. Under their
influence a brisk demand which exis ed in the early part, of the
day was met by holders asking an advance, which iu some
cases was obtained to the extent of %o„ while in others only
%c. The sales would doubtless have been large, and prices
%c. higher, had not operations received a sudden check at nocn
by the announcement of the Niagara, with seven days later ir
telligence, and reporting a decline, produced by the large re
ceipts, of %®%d., with sales »f only 21,000 bales. So great a
decline was not generally anticipated, and caused both buyers
and sellers to withdraw from the market. Until prices become
more settled, we must omit quotations. The sales of the day
foot 1,320 bales, at the following particulars: 9at9: 51 at 10%:
97 at 11; 10 at 11%: 226 at 11%; 19 at 11%; 16 at 11 11 16: 67
at 11 \ ;44 at 11%; 272 at 12; 214 at 12%; and 293 bales at
12% cents. *
STATEMENT OFCOTTOX.
Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1857 bales.. . 1,062
Received since 201.726
Received to-day 1,939—203.685
204,747.
Exports since Sept. 1,1807 150,309
Exports to-day 150.309
Stock on hand and on shipboard no: cleared 54,438
Freights. —Cotton to Liverpool firm t %d. In Am.ships. By
sail vessel, to New York, 5-lf>c.; by steam-hip %c. for square
and %c. for round; bv propeller 546 c. for siunre. To Phila
delphia, Cotton %c , Rice $1 25 V cask, and -’A - ;, me by sail
vessel. To Baltimore, by steamer, %c. for Cotton. To Bos
ton. %c. for Cotton.
CIIARLESTON. March 26.— Cotton .—The transact!*»as to
day had reached some 600 bales, when the advices by the Ni
agara pit a stop to business, and it remains to be seen what
effect these very unfavorable advices will have on our market.
COLUMBUS, March 24.— Cotton*—' The feeling yesterday
was much better. Good Middlings were sold freely at ll%e.
The market closed quite buoyant, giving hope of a ifiuch bet
ter week for prices than we anticipated in our weekly review.
Reeeipts 65 bales : and sales of 172 bales at 11%®11%.
COTTON STATEMENT EUR WEEK ENDIXQ MARCH 20.
Stock on hand Aug. 31. 1857 .bales.. 491
Rec ivt-d past week 1.158
Received previously 68,944 —70,109
Total 70,593
Shipped past week 2.143
Shipped previously 47,860 —60,903
Stock on hand 20,596
Decrease In receipts to date 8.006
Increase In stock 5,171
COLUMBUS, March 96.-— Cotton.— The market was quiet
i yesterday, and Dreviotis prices were fully sustained. We nave
, to report sales of 323 bales, at prices ranging from 10 to 11%C.
; The principal sales were made at 11 %c. Receipts 91 bales.
* COLUMBUS, March 27.— Cotton. —Our market was very
f active In the forepart of the day on yesterday. Good Mill
} filings w. re strained up to 11% cents. The advices by the
Niagara entirely checked operations, and the market closed
1 rather declining. Sales for the day 150 bales. Receipts 108
MONTGOMERY, March 22.— Cotton .—Tl:ere was veiy
little done on Saturday. Sales confined only to a few small
d parcels at previous quotations. The steamer’s accounts have
t ,j had no effect on the market, and we continue our former quo
tations.
1 The following statement shows the receipts, shipments, and
- ht- ck of Cotton on hand :»r Montgomery, up to Saturday eve
ning hist, as compared with the same date of last year;
1857. 1858.
f Received since lsl September 59,866 61,137
Shipped 56,169 47,532
Stock on hand
MONTGOMERY, March 25. Cotton.— There was a good
demand for the article yesterday, and our market advanced
from %to %on previous quotations, at which about 1,600 t ales
cl tanged hands We quote Middling U ; Strict Middling 11% ;
Good Middling 11%.
MONTGOMERY, March I*. M.—C&Uon—OU, market
continues brisk, with a good demand. About 620 bales changed
hands yesterday, at prices ranging from 10 to 11% cents—the
hitter price for a fancy article.
EUFAULA, March 15.— Cotton. —Our market the past
week was dull, and prices irregular. We quote 10(311% cent:,
extremes. We heard of a fancy crop at 12% cents.
COTTON STATEMENT.
1858. XSS7.
Received last week 310 123
Previously 16,039 17,440
Total 16,349 17,563
ATLANTA, March 24— Cotton. —The sales of the past two
days foot up about 180 bales, at prices ranging from 9 to ll%c.
Hut little has been sold at the highest price, 11 cents being con
sidered as much as the markets below will justify.
Bacon —The receipts of this article are largely on the in
crease, and yet prices are not only sustained, but are stiffening.
The market is firm at 10 cents fur we’l cured hog round, borne
parcels may be obtained at a trifling concession.
FI ur.— Supply tolerably good, with a somewhat dull and
drooping market. We buote at sisop hundred by the cat
load, for Superfine. Extra Family scarce—but some claiming
to be such, sells at #5 50 p hundred.
UVicaf.—But little doing. Prices unchanged— cents
for couutry, aim 90c.® $1 for prime Tennessee.
Groin.—Price of OVfrn 55®00 cents, sacked; anti Oats 4C®45,
sacked. Receipts light.
Whisky. —No change in prices, with no Improvement In the.
demand. “Georgia Planters” 23 cents—brands l«£s known 28
/* rodnee. —Butter is worth lG@2oc.: Chickens 16®20c.; Tur
kies 50®90c.; Eggs 10c.; Cow peasßs®9sc. sacked.
The receipts by the Western and Atlantic railroad for the
week, are : 400 hnds. Bacon; sto sacks Flour; 850 do. Com ;
•300 do. Irisn Potatoes: 500 do. Wheat; 400 bushels Coal, 20
bids. Lard, home of th receipts are extraordinarily heavy.
MEMPHIS, March 26.— Cotton.— The market yesterday
was buoyant, and prices very full. Some factors report from
an %to % cent advance on previous rates. The sales were
heavy, amounting to about 2,000 bales.
MEM THIS, March 25.— Cotton.—' The market for the post
week has been irregular, and for the most part in a drooping
and languid condition. The sales of the week foot up about
6 000 bales. Ycsterdav, (Wednesday,) the market maintained
the. active spirit of the previous day, aud about 1,200 bales
were '°ld at previous rates. Ihe feeling was firm and the de
mand good. inferior 6®7 ; Ordinary 7%®S: Good Ordinary
8%®8%; Low Miridli g 9®9%; Middling 10®10%; Good
Middling 10%®11% ; Middling Fail 11%®—.
The bimonus. New Uncle Sam and M* mphis, departed last
evening, all having on board excellent trips. The three host
took out near 3,000 bales of cotton.
.There has been no change in the money market within the
last week- The supply of money is o.dv moderate, and quite
insufficient for the growing wants of a more active business.
The rates are very high, ami have strengthened consiuerably
during the past week. The very best signatures on short
notes are shaved at 2% V cent, a month. Exchange is in mod
erate supply and is sold at the rates quoted below.
MACON, 24. —Cottn —The market is quiet, and
prices are unlbttlcd. Receipts are very light; sales are small,
and cm only be made at a reduction ot %® %c. from last week’s
quotations. We can give no regular quotations this week.
CHATTANOOGA, March 25.—Weather for the past week
has beeu decidedly spring-like, with heavy mins, but at the
time of writing everything Is clear and warm. The early'
fruits an* supposed to be beyond all danger. The river aud
streams are high, and produce is finding Its way to market.
The scarcity of money is the only obstacle to trade.
Com.—We hear of no pari icular inquiry—stocks heavy—4o
®45 cents a fair quotable figure.
Bacon. —Supplies heavy and constantly on the increase Nu
merou- flats have arrived with Bacon, and in the absence of
buyers is being stored—holders are asking 10 cents, hog round,
which we think ra her high. By the quantity, we dare say 8%
®*9%. would be fair figures.
Flour.— We hear of no demand—supply full. Superfine
ranging from $2 to $2 50 # sack.
Wheat.— Hear ot but few transactions—6s to 73 cents, we
suppose quotable figures.
MADISON. March 26. Cotton —There is a better feeling
to-day than for the past three or four days. We quote fox
inferior to Middling Fair 8 to 11 cents.
GRIFFIN. March 26.—Cotton. —Receipts light, and not
much doing. Prices range from Bto 11 cents.
MARRIED,
On the 23d Inst., by Blsh-p George F. Pierce, Mr. V«. H.
Bonner, of Hancock county, and Miss S. Eudobia, youngest
daughter of Judge Ramsey, of Columbia county. *
FRESH MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS.
MRS*. M. L PRITCHARD. Agent, opposite the Me
chanics’ Bank, has just received, bv Adams’ Express,
from New York and Phi adelphia, a handsome assortment of
Spring and Summer styles of MILLINERY, consisting of—-
French Chip BON N ETS :
Silk, Crape, btraw and Neapolitan BONNETS :
Dress CAPS ; Head DRESSES;
A large assortment of RIBBONS and FLOWERS:
HATS and BONNETS, for Children, a large and handsome
supply.
All of which she invites the attention of the Ladies to. as
she Intends to sell very low for cash. ts mh27
GENUINE OLD MADEIRA WINES
TO BE IMPORTED DIRECT FROM THE ISLAND
MB. JOHN U. WELSH, of the «rm ot Wm-sii lino-..
in Mtuleira, being in August*, for » few day*. re
spectfully be-rs to inform his old customers and frieuds. that his
Louse has still on hand, in Madeira, a few pipes of choice
WINES of the most c lebrated Vintages, for which he is now
soliciting orders, to be executed next fall, direct from Madeira.
For further particulars apply at Messrs. Poutxain, Jkn
nings & Co.’g store, where Mi. Wxpsh Is to be seen,
mbs 4 4t