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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 >