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JOB-PRINTING OFFICE,
JSH- M
T II I K » - S T E EET,
fpWENTY founts of new Job Typo, of the latest
I style and fashion, will be added to the office of the
“Southern Post,” in the course of the coming week—
which, in connection with our former assortment, ren
ders it quite extensive and complete.
The subscriber has hitherto given universal satisfac
tion, and pledges himself to use every exertion to mer
it a continuance of the patronage which has been so
liberally extended to the establishment since its begin
ning. He flatters himself, that his work w ill be done in
a manner not to be equalled in the City, or in the South
ern country.
We have every facility for executing, in a very supe
rior manner. Job-Printing in ail its various branch
es, and on the shortest notice. Persons wishing work
done would do well to call and leave their orders.
CORNELIUS R. HANLEITER.
S-'y Don’t mistake the Office : it is on Third-street,
next door to Harvey Shot veil's Drug Store, opposite the
Central Hotel, and in the building formerly occupied by
the “Clock-Makers.”
Macon, November lOtii, 1838.
The READING ROOM attach
to the Macon Lyceum and Library
*■ t has been Removed to the front Rooms
%_r ts <iukV over the Store of William B. Parker &,
Cos., at the corner of Third and M ulberry-street, open to
subscribers and their distant friends alone.
90“ All persons having in their possession any of the
Periodicals or Newspapers belonging to the Society arc
requested to return them w ithout delay. Their abstrac
tion, it must be known to the subscribers, is a positive
violation of the rules of the Society, and to others an
open theft. AMBROSE BABER,
October 27 ltf President.
are Euthorised to an
nounce CHARLES CRAWFORD, as a can
didate for Marshal.
FOOD FOR THE MIND.
.& miw 53 DD K l
r F IIE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends
1 and the community in general, that he has remov
ed from Milledgeville, and permanently located himself
in this place, tw o doors South of the Washington Hall,
on Mulberry-street, at the stand formerly occupied by
W in. H. Burdsall, ann lately by A. MeArn, where he
intends carrying on the BOOK and FANCY BUSI
NESS on the most reasonable terms ; and he flatters
himself, if the people w ill call and examine his stock,
that they will be convinced that he can sell ns low as
can be bought at any house this side of New-York.
Among his stock may be found a general assortment
of Bair, Medical, Miscellaneous and School BOOKS;
GLOBES, MAI’S and CHARTS; Mathematical In
struments ; Record and IBank Books of all kinds;
Paper, Ink, Quills, Inkstands; Printing, Visiting and
Playing Cards ; Steel Pens, Fine Cutlery, Silver Pen
cils, Purses, Pocket-books, Banker’s Cases, Ladies’
Work-boxos; ladies’ and gentlomen’s Dressing Cases;
Dissected Maps, Spelling Puzzles, and a large assort
ment of TOYS for children ; Fancy and Drawing Pa
per, Bristol Boards, Paints, Varnish, India Ink, Brush
es for Painting; Gentlemen’s fine //air, Shaving, Nail,
Tooth, Whisker and Clothes Brushes ; Writing and
Travelling Desks; Wilson’s Manifold Letter Writer,
w ith the art of despatching 1,2, 3or 4 letters with a sin
gle stroke of the pen—a very useful article for all busi
ness men.
Cologne, Florida, Lavender and Bay Waters ; Milk
of Roses, Rouge ; Ladies’ Curls, Head Ornaments, &c.
Violins, Accordians, Music Boxes ; the most celebrated
MUSIC for Pianos; Card and Cigar Cases; Tobacco
and Snuff Boxes, 4’c &c.
92r All New Publications will be received as
soon as they are issued from the press.
The above goods have all been selected fresh in New-
York this fall, and are of the best binding and mater
ials. A liberal discount will be made to gentlemen
and teachers buying by the quantity, for their libraries
and schools. By a close application to business, and a
desire to acomodatc, I hope to merit a portion of the
patronage of this liberal community.
C. A. ELLS.
November 17 Iy4
DISSOLUTION.
rgN I firm of William A. Ross &, Cos. is this day
“ dissolved, by mutual consent. The settlements
es the concern ■wifi be made by William A. Ross alone,
who continues the business on his own account.
WILLI A V A. ROSS,
L. A. BOND.
nberlo 3
NOTICE.
,4 LL accounts und notes due toC. 1.. Howland and
-ti- the firm of C. L. Howland & Cos. due last Decem
ber, and those fallen due since, if not paid within twelve
days w ill be given to the Justice for collection.
C. L. HOWLAND.
November 10 3p
A CARD.
DOCT. WM. J. ANDERSON informs the public
that he has located himself in Macon, and will at
tend strictly to practice of his profession in the city, and
country adjoining Macon.
His office is over the Darien Bank ; and, at nitrht,
he will he found at his room in the Washington //all.
April 14 25tf
A Select School for Young Ladies.
MRS and MISS SHELTON respectfully inform
the public that their Winter Session will com
mence on Monday, the first October. A limited num
ber of pupils will be received. Particular attention
will be paid to the various branches usually taught—
both useful and ornamental
An extra Drawing and Painting class will be receiv
ed on Saturdays.
Terms for English branches, from six to twelve dol
lars. Satisfactory references can be given, if required,
sept 22 48
ALMANACS FOR 1839.
CARTER’S Georgia and Carolina Almanacs for 18
w by the gross or dozen, for sale bv
October 27 1 J. M. COOPER.
SINGING SCHOOL.
IIE subscriber takes this method of informing the,
JL citizens of Macon, that he has opened a School o
instruction in the art of Singing, in the lecture Room
of the Presbyterian Church, on Saturday afternoon of
each week. lie would further inform those who wish
instruction on the Piano Forte and Organ, that he will
devote a few hours every afternoon, to giving Lessons
on those instruments. !£r Piano Fortes Tuned and
Repaired.
TERMS OF TUITION.
For Vocal Music, Juvenile Class, per quarter, $3 00
Adults, - -- -- -- -- - do. - - 5 04)
For the Piano, per lesson, --- -- -- - 75
Organ, -------- - 100
P. MATTHEWS.
October 20 52
GRIER’S GEORGIA ALMANACS, by the do
zen or gross, for sale by C. A. ELLS.
November 17 4
Cent.al Rail Roatl & Ranking Company, 1
Savannah, Sept. Ist, 1838. $
INSTALMENT.
RESOLVED, That an Instalment of Ten per cen
tum on the Capital Stock of this Institution, be
and the same is hereby called in, to be paid at the Bank
ing House in Savannah, on or before the 10th day of
December next.
Stockholders at, and in the neighborhood of Macon,
may make payment at the Branch in that city.
Extract from minntes
It. R. CUYLER. Cashier,
sept 29 49
DISSOLUTION.
npilE co-partnership heretofore existing under the
-i- firm of Robinson, Wright &. Cos. is, by mutual
consent, dissolved. The unliquidated claims against,
and debts due, the concern will be settled bv J. H
Morgan. R. P. ROBINSON,
U. L. 1 FRIGHT,
J. H. MORGAN.
July 7 37tf
Molasses, Coffee, Ragging, Ac.
“:|W k PIECES Iffiitp Bagging,
cfAF 120 hhds. Molasses,
60 bags Cuba Coffee,
12 boxes brown f/avana Sugar,
10 bbls Portland Rum,
46 boxes Tobacco, (various qualities)
10 boxes Georgia mould Gandies,
For sale an accommodating terms by
REA A COTTON
Oatnfcar ( sn
(fikmlferu Ufost
)
EY T. C. TENDLETON. -
s
VOL. 11.
LEVI ECKLEY,
| S just receiving at his Store, Nos. 3 and 4 Commerce
* Row, an extensive variety of superior WINES,
LIQUORS, &c.—viz :
12 pipes best Maderia
2 pi[ies Pale Sherry
2 pipes Brow n Sherry
1 pipe Gold Sherry
4 pipes Tenerife , rlv r . c
2 pipes Sicily Maderia " IN Lb
12 barrels L. P. Madeira
10 barrels Muscat
2 barrels Liston
2 pipes Port J
15 casks Porter
4 casks Scotch Ale
Best Coniac Brandy, //oiland Gin,
And Jamaica Rum.
WINES IN GLASS,
200 baskets Champaignr,
Also, a large quantity of Maderia, Sherry,
Port, Claret, .J c. <*-c.
Johanesburg Hock, 1822.
1 lie Maderia, Port, Sherrys and Champaigne Wines
are all of my own importation, and warranted to be
pure.
—ALSO—
-8 cases Sardines
1C do Pine Apples and Lemons
C do Canton Ginger
18 do Citron and Orange Preserves
1G do Gnara and Currants Jellies
2 chests Yoik Pouchong Tea
2 do Iljcon do
12 boxes di r Dates, Citron and Currants
50 do fresh Raisins
5000 lbs soft shelled Almonds
3000 lbs Lump Sugar
1000 lbs Loaf do
15 boxes white Havana Sugar
6 do Maceronies
4 do Vermillion
50 do Sperm Candles
2 do patent do
4 baskets Sweet Oil
25 dozen American Mustard
4 do French do
2000 lbs Cheese
500 lbs Sopesaga Cheese
4 cases Heron-paste
—At.sc—
Ground Ginger, Pepper, All-spice,
Cloves, Cinnamon, Mace and Nutmeg,
12 dozen Blacking
30 do Shaker’s Brooms
50 boxes Common Soap
Also, Shaving, Fancy and Castile Soap
10 boxes Starch
50 dozen assorted Tickles
10 do Lobsters
10 and i Clams
30 barrels Butter Crackers
10 do Pilot Bread
4 tierces White Beans
—ALSO—
-80,000 best Spanish j
5,000 best Principe > CIGARS.
25,000 best Florida )
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco.
Together v .i a large, lot of fine cut a n d common
GLASS-WARE, and a great variety of otha: articles
i usually kept in his line.
November 17 4tf
O. 11. LC.SMIS, PORTRAIT PAINTER,
HAS returned to Macon, and occupies a room at
the fame place as before, over Rea &, Cotton,
Commerce-Row.
The public generally are invited to call and examine
his Paintings.
November 10 3:f
HARTFORD
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT,
Incorporated in 1010 with a Capital of 9150,000, and
power to increase the same to $250,000.
rpillS long established Institution has for more than
* a quarter of a century, transacted its extensive
business on the most just and liberal principles—paving
its losses with die most honorable promptness ; and the
present Board of Directors pledge themselves in this par
ticular, fully to maintain the high reputation of the
Company. It insures on the most favorable terms, ev
ery description of property against loss and damage by
Fire, but takes no marine risks.
Application for Insurance may be made either per
sonally, or by letter, to its Agent in this city : and c”
renewals for risks now running by this Company on
property in this city, may be trade by application to
the Agent. WM. B. JO//NSTON, Agent.
Macon, April 21, 1838. 2f.tf
DIVIDEND, NO. 1.
Ochmulgce Bank of tie State of Georgia, )
Macon, 12i.’i November, 1838. \
nPIIE board of Directors have this day declared a
JL dividend of six per cent, for the last six months on
the capital stock paid in, being ct the rate of twelve
per cent, per annum, which will be paid to Stockhold
ers, or their authorized agents, on and after Thursday
next. J. A. WHITE, Ass’t Cashier.
November 17 4c
PAINTING. '
FgMIE subscriber is now prepared tocxectite all kinds
3 of House, Sion, and Fancy Fawtisg, Gilding,
Glazing, and Paper-Hanging. House-Painting will
be done by the yard; pound, or day. Orders, either i;;
the city or country, thankfully received and promptly
attended to, at No. 21, Mulberry-street, opposite the
Post-Office. D. T. REA.
sept 18 47
To the Ladies !
ril//E subscriber respectfully informs the Ladies of
jl Macon, and the surrounding counties, that he has
again returned to this city, for the purpose of REPAIR
ING TORTOISE-SHELL COMBS, not with pieces
of silver, nor with any metalic substance, but they are
welded together, wherein they may be broken, so as to
be equally as good as when new, and as handsomely
polished, so that it would be impossible to know them
if they were mixed with new- ones. He will remain in
this city two months, and can be found at the sign of
the Comb, Mulberry-street, opposite the Central /Hotel.
EDWARD PETTI IS.
N. B. Ladies ean have Tortoise-Shell Rings made
to order, of the best quality.
October 6 50
LEMON SYRUP.
O 4 44 k DOZEN Lemon Syrup, very superior.—
aVV/Vr Also, 50 dozen Stoeeghton's Bitters, for sale
by HARVEY SHCTWELL, Druggist,
Carpenter’s Embrocation for Horses.
OR the cure of Swellings, Strains, Bruises, Galls
Stiffness of Tendour and Joints, &o. <fcc.
This Embrocation is recommended to Farriers and
others who wish a remedy for diseases above mention
ed- For sale by " J. H. &. IF. S. ELLIS
September 25 4tf
Matches, Snuff, &c.
BECKWITH’S Pills, Brandreth’s Pills,
Evan’s Camomile Pills, for heart-bum, dyspepsia.
Toilet Powders, superior Soaps,
Loco-foco, Lucifer, and Friction Matches,
Black and blue writing Ink,
Snuff"of various kinds—for sale by
J. //. 4- IF. S. ELLIS, Cotton-Avenue
March 10 20
NEW SPRING GOODS.
('I EO. C. McNEILL is now receiving at his stand
A in Messrs. Rea & Cotton's fire-proof buildings,
Commerce Row, his Spring and Summer supplies of
Fancy and Staple DRY-GOODS. Among which will
lie found some desirable selections, adapted to the pre
sent, and approaching seasons. Purchasers are invited
to call and examine for themselves.
April 14 25tf
Elgin’s Patent Howie-Knife Pistols,
rtf? ELGIN’S Patent Bowie-Knife Pistols, just rect '
m*3 ved and for sale hv
KDiyvaoiv, & er
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS’. COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE!
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS. AMUSEMENT. Sic. Sic.
TERMS. THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS.
MACON, (Ga.) SATUBDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1838.
POETRY.
THE OCEAN CURIE!).
BY Tilt REV. E. H. CHAPIN
“ Purv me not in the deep, deep sea !”
The words came fzint and mournfully.
From the pallid lips of a youth, who lay
On the cabin-conch, where day by day,
He htd wasted xr.J pined till o’er Lis brow
The death-shade b"ii slowly passed, and now
When the land end his fund-loved Larne were nigh,
Thty had gathered around him to see him die.
“ Pury me not in the deep, deep sea,
Where the billowy shroud will roll over me—
Where nolig’-; can break thro’ the dark cold wave,
And no sunbeam rest sweetly upon ray grave.
1 It boots no:,’ I know I hate of: been told,
• Where the bedy shall lie when the heart is colj,'
Yet grant ye, oh grant yc this boon to me,
Bury me not in the deep, deep sea !
* For in fancy I've listened to well known word*—
The free, wild wind, and the song of the birds—
I have thought of home, of cot and bow'r,
And of scenes that I loved in childhood’s hour.
I have ever hoped to be laid, when I died.
In the church-yard there on the green hill side—
Ey the bonoa of my fathers my grave should be —
Bury me not in the deep, deep sea!”
‘Let my death-slumber be where?. mother’s pray’r
And rister's team can be blendedjthcre.
Oh! 'twill be sweet ere the heart throb is o'er,
To know, when its fountain shall gush no more,
That those it so fondly has yearned for v, ill come
To plant the first wild flower of spring on my tomb.
Let me lie where the loved on?* can w eep over m« —
Bury me not in the deep, deep sea.
‘ A nd there is another —her tears would be shed
For him who lay in an ocean-bed.
In hours that pains me to think of now,
£he hath twined these locks and kiss’d this brow —
In the hair she has wreath’d shall the sen-snake hiss ?
The brow she has pressed shall the coVl wave kiu 1
For the sake of that bright one veko 'waits for me,
Bury me not in the deep, deep sea !
‘ tihe hath been in my dreams'—his voice fail'd there,
They gave no heed to Lis dying prayer.
They have lower’d him slow o'er the vessel’s *id*,
Above him hath closed the solemn tide.
Wlierc to dip her wing the wild sow l rests —
Where the blue waves dance with their foamy crests —
Where the billows bound and the winds spurt free,
They buried him there—in the deep, deep sea.
Coinincrci-I Convention.
Report nud Resolutions of the Commercial
Convention.
The Committee of Twenty-five, to whom
was referred the consideration of the objects
for which the Convention was called, with in
structicns to report thereon, have devoted to
the performance of the duty assigned them, al!
the attention practicable, under the circum
stances by which they have been surrounded,
aid within the very limited ] eriod accorded
for their investigations. An era lias at length
dawned upon us. characterized by ardent as
pirations on the part of our people for the
commercial grandeur aud independence of
Georgia. The sentiment, w inch lias been so
recently aroused, and which has already be
come so strong and pervading is far from being
the forced and sickly offspring of mere State
pride and sectional ambition. On the con
trary, it owes its birth and rapid developement
to causes the most natural and healthful, which
from the certainty, power and permanency
with which they may be made to operate in
her favor, must infallibly advance Georgia to
a towering height of commercial greatness
and prosperity, if she falter not in the pursuit
of her own solid interests and high destinies.
These causes are the vast and various physi
cal resources of the State; its admirable geo
graphical position and capabilities, and the en
lightened perception and strenuous improve
ment of all those noble advantages to which the
public mind and energies have now become
so thoroughly awakened. A glance at the
map of our country, demonstrates at once
how commanding is the local position occu
pied by Geoigia among her sister States, for
all purposes of internal and foreign trade!
She is the last State 1) ing to the South, whose
territory is both indented by fine Atlantic har
bors, aud penetrated deep into the interior, up
to the very mountains, by navigable Atlantic
rivers.—Then on her Western borders we
behold the first navigable waters which find
their way from the same mountain region to
the Mexican Gulf, after winding through her
whole length from North to South. Thus
placed, she is constituted by her position, the
key stone of the long arch of the maritime
States of our Union, which, from her opposite
sides, stretch out respectively along the shores
of the Ocean, and of the Gulf. This pecu
liarity of position, is a circumstance of great
moment, in estimating the superiority of her
natural advantages ; for il necessarily renders
her territory the pathway, and her seaports
the outlet of all that portion of the commerce
and travel of the South-Western States, which
may be tempted to prefer an Atlantic part to
encountering the danger, circuity and expense
of the navigation through the Gulf, and around
the peninsula of Florida.
But it is not until we turn our view in a
nothcr direction—towards the Northern fron
tier of Georgia—and there survey the natural
ties and facilities which invite her to connex
ion with the numerous and thriving States
which cover the great valley of the Mississip
pi, that the commercial capabilities and pros-1
i pects of the State open upon the mind in ail i
their grandeur and infinity. The vast andj
wonderfully productive region, is the theatre to
which every maritime State of our confederacy, 1
which is animated by aught of tke spirit of
commercial enterprize, is now dircs ting an
eager compettion. Georgia has been the
lust to enter ihe iists ; but, though the lust,
-lie wis nevertheless guilty of no delay, for
ehc was prompt to enter them the very first
moment after the way was opened to her
hrough her own territory, by the removal of
tte savage occupants who had so long encum
bered her soil and embarrassed her policy.
The- promptitude, tite confidence and energy,
with which she thus embarked in the great
work of uniting by a comprehensive and judi
cbusly conceived scheme of internal improve
nents her commercial cities on the sea-coast
aid in the interior, with the navigable waters
which pour into the Mississippi, were amply
warranted by the signal advantages lor such
a connexion, which nature had bestow ed ou
her. For in her favor the great Tennessee
River, tiller winding its course far down to
tlx; South, and wooing her embraces by its
near approach, turns away to the West and
North-West, beckoning us to commerce on
its flood with the Ohio and Mississippi. And
in her favor, moreover, tive mountain chain
which stretches across the Western pathway
of all other Atlantic States, from New York to
our ow n territory, is broken and dispersed
within our confines, freeing our route to the
West at once from circuity and any consider
able obstacle. Is it not then manifest, that
when our lines of Rail-Roads now in rapid pro
gress of execution, shall be completed and
thrown open to use through their whole length,
Georgia will be able to enter upon the compe
tition for Western trade, under circumstances
of decided advantage as to distance, accessi
bility and expense, over every other Atlantic
State!
To these highly auspicious circumstances,
ether considerations of powerful influence are
to be added which cannot fail to make the
scale preponderate in her favor, at least as
against her great Northern rivals. Their
channels of trade throughout a large portion
of the year must forever be exposed to the
formidable obstruction of ice and snow. Ours
will bo perenially open and free from all impe
diments. And still more: tlic transmontane i
States of the Wert ’."'id the Atlantic States of
the North, have kindred soils and climates,
raid are also destined to have ultimately kin
tired manufactures and industry of every de
scription—And it clearly follows that they
cannot furnish a market of consumption, for
| each other’s fabrics and productions ; fork is
manifestly absurb that countries producing
Ike commodities ofcommerce, should carry
ion a trade with each other in those commo
dities, for the purpose of domestic consump
tion. Hence the only inducement that can
i permanently direct the Westward trade to the
j Northern States and Seaports as med'ums of
! commercial interchange w ith other sections
of the Union, and with foreign countries. This
'advantage the Seaports of Georgia, will be
vble to furnish equally with those ofthe North;
end in addition to it, the difference of climate,
soil, and production, which characterize the
'South and West, must forever render the
j South a great market of consumption fur
I Western commodities ; and the West, on the
| other hand, as soon as site shall engage largely
lin manufactures, a like market for our great 1
Southern staple. Assuredly then, if the fitcili
ties of reaching our Southern markets, and of
. trading through them with the rest of tlie
world, be but equal to those of getting to the
Northern Atlantic cities, the West cannot
ihesitate to which to award the preference.!
Her citizens and traders coming hither as the
better njarket in which to sell, will remu ; n here
to buy not only our home productions, but ail
foreign merchandize, if w e shall but prepare
ourselves to sell to them on as favorable terms
as are offered by the North.
Thus, by the completion of our works of
internal improvements, we may reasonably
calculate to render Geotgia the medium
through which a vast amaunt of the foreign
trade of the Western States will permanently
pass—which coming in aid of the support de
rived from our own people, and the adjoining
States ofthe South, cannot fail to up build a
commercial emporium on our seaboard,which
shall rival, if not outvie the great seaports of
the North.
The committee have dwelt thus fully on the
tendency of opening channels of trade with the
West and Southwest to attract a direct foreign
trade to our shores, because it is the deliberate
conclusion at which they have arrived, that no
other means or policy which we can employ,
will suffice to pioduce such a result to any
valuable extent. As long as the commerce
of Georgia is hemmed in by the Alleganies
and the Chattahoochee, it is madness to hope
that she can compete even for the supply of
her own people with foreign commodities with
New York and other Northern cities, to whom
the whole Union is open as a region of suppiv
and consumption for their imports. For in
affairs of commerce the principle of centrali
zation is pre-em : nently strong. A place
which has already become a great market to
which immense and widely diversified regions
i resort, will bo able to undersell greatly, other
things being equal, those at which a lessexten
sivc and intense dematid is concentrated; and
this for the obvious reason that the merchant
in the former may certainly sell many times
over in the course of the year the value of the
whole stock which he may have on h&ud at
q C. 11. HANLEITER, PRINTER.
i
any one time ; and can, consequently, afford |
to take a much smaller profit on each isolated i
sale, than the merchant in the latter can put up l
with who cannot make half the same number j
of operations in a given time with his capital. ■■
Thus it happens that although goods can be
landed at Savannah and Charleston from. Eu
rope, as cheaply as at New-York, yet the mer
chant at Savannah and Charleston has found
himself compelled to sell them dearer—.so
mi ch dearer that the people of the South havo
| found it to the r advantage to pass by ana
. through their own seaports and to encounter
; all expense of transporting their foroign met-
I chandise from a remote northern city. The
; only mode of conquering this great existing
! disadvantage will be to enlarge by the com
i pletion of our works of internal improvement,
: the circumference of country, the field of con
| sumption into which our Seaports may throw
their foreign imports. Then, and not oil
; then, will the greatness, constancy and inten
sity of demand concentrated in our cities,ena
ble our merchants to sell as much in value on
u given capita!, in a given time, ami conse
quently to sell at as low a profit on each trans
action as has been found practicable by the
New York Importer. Influenced by the
foregoing views the committee feel that as a
Cleans to the effectuation of the objects for
which the Convention has been called the vi
gorous prosecution of the works of Internal
Improvement now in progress, cannot Lc too
zealously urged upon the attention of the peo
ple and of the Legislature.
The importance of securing to tl c people
of Georgia the direct importation of the arti
| cles necessary to their own consumption, is
I believed to be universally admitted among us,
' and those who have doubled its practicability,
■ (if there be any such) will in the opinion of
this committee have had those doubts removed
by the able expositions which have heretofore
emanated from the several Commercial Con
ventions at Augusta. The Committee will
not therefore occupy the time of this Conven
tion, in discussing these questions. They will
assume as propositions already satisfactorily
demonstrated, that the direct importation of
the articles necessary to our own consump.
tion, and that of the South-western States who i
are contiguous to us is built desirable and
practicable, and will proceed to enquire wlint
are the means best calculated to accomplish this
object? But, before doing so, as the mind
always reposes with more confidence upon■
fact than theory, it may be useful to bring to
the view of the Convention, the following tacts !
in relation to one of our seaports :
The foreign exports of Savannah, according :
to tite Custom House re
turns, are $11,729,551
The exports coastwise, 4,060,009;
The aggregate of her exports
is therefore 815,739,551
Her direct foreign imports are 81,0 L 0.200 i
He r ciicuitous importation of
foreign goads is 6,000,000
And her importation of .Manu
factures U. S. is 3,500,000
It is thus seen that independently of the
foreign goods which are circuitously imported
into ijte State of Georgia through her other
ports, and through the port of Charleston, the
circuitous importation of those goods, tiu-ough
the port of Savannah alone, is 80,(Klu,l)0il.
Now, the difference of expense between a di
rect and circuitous importation, is estimated,
by practical men, to amount to 20 per cent.
It includes freight from the North to Savan
nah, insurance, exchange, the profits of the
northern merchant, commissions, Arc. The
truth of this statement may be tested by any
merchant. Assuming it io be correct, what
follows ? We pay 20 per cent, on $0,000,-
000, or 81,200,000 to our northern brethren,
for that which ought to be done by our own
merchants. We pay this yearly, and every
year, and we have been paying it fora series
of years. Does any man wonder at the
wealth which they have amassed ? at the
splendor of their cities? at the magnificence of!
their public works ? Look at New-York—
She exports $19,810,520
She im otls $118,253,416
The profits on this vast excess of her im
portation over her exportation, beyond what
is necessary to her own consumption, would
legitimately belong to those who consume the
articles so imported, and, if true to themselves,
they were their own importers.
These facts, in the view of the committee,
speak a language which can neither be mis
understood, nor disregarded. They tell us
that we are faithless to our own best interest,
if, with united effort, we do not endeavor to
remedy them.
When we turn our attention to the means
which weean secure to ourselves ouru idoubt
cd right to supply our own wants, by the agency
of our own merchants, we must not disguise
the fact, that the difficulties which obstruct its
accomplishment, are neither few nor small.
For a series of years, we have )>een accustomed
to look for the far greater portion of our foreign
supplies to the market of New-York. This is
the established channel of the foreign trade oi
the South, and the difficulty of diverting com
merce from its established channels, has passed
into an axiom. Ncw-York has, moreover,
one of the finest harbors in the world, and a
magnificent scheme of internal improvements
carried into successful operation by the liberal
use of the credit of the State, has opened to Iter
lan interior trade which no other city in the
I Union enjoys. With these she combines an
: amount of capital adequate to her extended
commerce. It consists not merely of the
'twenty millions possessed bv her bunks, but
ofthe vast amount in the hands of individuals,
which is actively engaged in commerce. Tin
facility of communication w hich she enj«y«
with Philadelphia, renders the large banking
capita! of that city, also tributary to her mer
chants, and these combined advantages enable
iier to furnish a market, the < xtent and variety
of which exceeds that of every other in the
lin ed States. With these advantages sh#
hn ;«en enabled to beat down the-rivalry of
Philadelphia, of Boston, and of Baltimore, and
in a commercial view, she is the queen, not
only of the North, hut of the Union. If the
quest ion were, whether we could compete with
New-York, in the supply of any foreign mar
ket, it would he speedily answered—such an
experiment would be hopeless. But that is
not our purpose. The bounty of Providence
has made us productive of certuin gieat staple
articles of commerce, the value of w'hich is
more than adequate to supply our wants as
consumers. To a great extent we are our
own exporters of these articles to foreigu
markets, and to those of the other States.
Why should we not bring home the returns
which are necessary to our own consumption
and tiiat of our sisters ofthe Southwest. Hav
ing carried our cotton, rice, &c. to Liverpool,
or e. evvhere, vv by should we employ a no; them
merchant to import into New York, and to
send to u-> from thence the goods which we
want in return ? Tim answer to tlv»*» »n_
quines would include many considerations
which it is not necessary to examine here. It
1 1 unquestionably true, however, that one of
causes which has largely contributed to pro
duce, and which still operates to continue this
state of things is the want of the capital neces
sary to these importations.
The great staple articles of our produce will
in some sort export themselves, or will furnish
to a great extent the means of their own ex
portations. Tite purchaser in the interior can
raise funds by discounting a bill on his agent
in the port of shipment, and the latter can re
intbut -e himself by drawing on the foreigu con
duce. But for the purchase of goods in a
foreign market, the importer must have funds
lu re, ora credit upon which lie can value, and
mukirig his sales, on long credits, must have
the means of converting the paper he receives
info cr. t. The merchant of New-York, in
thecour.se of a long continued traffic, has that
credit established to the extent of their wants
—or if not, the amouut of capital at home will
1 readily furniish it. Tite merchant of the
South enjoys no such advantage. To a limi
■ ted extent one of the Banks of Charleston hao
endeavored to supply this want, by establish
; ing a credit in England, upon which it can
grunt letters of credit to the importing mer
chant of that city, and a laudable effort has
been made, though on a still smaller scale,
by the Bank of the Slate of Georgia, to obtain
the means of furnishing similar advantages to
the importer of Savannah. Looking to our
actual condition, it is obvious that these credit*
and the di count of six, nine and twelve months
p ter recoived by the importer, can be furnish
ed and made only by our banks, and it is
equally certain that their prestnt capitals will
enable them to do this to a very inconsiderable
extent. It has been seen that the imports
Savannah alone amount to 810,510,200. Its
banking capital, nil told, is #1,890,151. It
w:!! be obvious that this is utterly inadequate
to the purpose of such supply. If we turn our
attention from New-York, to our sister city of
Charleston, who is entering into com[>elition
w;th us, with a spirit which becomes her, wo
cannot fail to be struck with the superior
advantages which her merchants will possess
over ours. She has already u banking capital
of 89,000.000 to which is to be added a large
portion of that of the great bank of 812,000,-
000, recently established under the charter of
three States, and therefore enjoying a protected
circulation throughout all their borders—w ith a
banking capital of less than two millions, can
Savannah successfully compete with Charles
•on, with her sixteen or seventeen millions?
And are we prepared for the want of this, to
NO. 5.
■acrifice the natural advantages, which our
own seaport possesses. Not only Savannah,
hut our other more Southern ftorls, can in the
justice claim superiority over Charleston, as
inlet , from the ilcean. Savannah does not
yield to her in the amount of her exports, and
very far exceeds her in the amount of her
tonnage.
In determining the question, whether the
hanking capital of this one of our seaports be
adequate to her wants it may be useful to look
at /acts. The amount of the imports and ei'
ports of Savannah have been stated.
The amount of tonnage to foreign ports
engaged in freighting the productions of the
last \ car, is 85,000 tons.
That employed coastwise is 50,000
Os square rigged vessels, owned in whole’or
in part in Savannah, of which eighteen are
ships of the largest class, averaging more than
five hundred tons, there are 37,
Os which the value is $75 O,OCO,
besides a number of sloops and schooners.
There arc three incorporated companies in
that city, employed in freighting goods and
produce exclusively on Savannah river, owning
of Steam-boats (three of which are of iron,) 11
—and having tow-boats 44.
'File stocks of these companies a
mount to 480,000
There are two others running to
Macon, whose stock amounts to 200,000
I here are five other Steamers running, and
one now on the stocks, owned entirely in
Savannah, valued at $70,000, and two other
non Steamboats now building to run between
Savannah and Macon. In that city are als*
three steam rice mills, four steam saw mills,
and a fifth in the course of erection.
I ne.se facts may serve to give some idea of
the amount ol bank capital necessary for do
mestic purposes in Savannah, and will mani
lLst how entirely inadequate to the foreign
wants of her merchants, is that which she en
joys. Indeed, the buyers and shippers of pro
duce in Savannah w ould be frequently deficient
in the funds necessary to make the purchases,
hut for the aid which they derive from the
Banks and 1 rust Company of Augusta, and
some of the still more interior Banks who
employ their Savannah funds in the purchase
ol foreign and domestic exchanges.
It these considerations, and others equally
obvious, of which time does not permit the
detail, arc sufficient to manifest the necessity
ot increasing the banking capital ofour seaport
the only remaining inquiry is, in what modr
■ ~|ay be efiected. The actual capital >