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JAMES GARDNER, JR., 1
and [ Editors.
JAMES M. SMYTHE, )
AUGUSTA, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18.
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE.
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[CZ”Sec Postcript Head.
Appeal to those who owe us.
This paragraph will meet the eyes of many
hundreds who owe us each small sums, and who,
because the suns me small, think it of no conse
quen eto us when it is paid. They therefore
postpone paying until specially called on by a
dun, through the mail, or by pi collecting agent-
Wed -sire to disabuse the minds of all such, and
to assure them, that we are much in need of
money, and to urge them to remit their dues to
us as soon as thf j read this, or as soon alter as jios
sible. Our expenses are himoksos op noi-t-Atts
wreklv. To meet this constant drain upon us,
we r-dy upon the g> od faith and punctuality of
our patrons. Without this reliance we could
not carry on our business.
Having heavy payments to make in Decern"
her and January next, we appeal to our friends
to rally cheerfully to our aid, and forward their
dues to us. They can do this without being
inconvenienced by the abstraction ol these small
sums from their pockets, while the relief to us. j
in this time of severe pressure, will be most sea
sonable and essential.
XT” All remittances by mail are at our risk.
Tiio Democratic Fart)- South and North.
"In reorganizing the Democratic parly in
tin- SU.tc of Georgia, is it your opinion that it
should immediately and fully affiliate with the
Democratic juirty North, and unite witii that
party in the suppi rt of a candidate for the Pre
sidency ?” This question has been frequently
asked us of late, and we will briefly reply to it.
We have, heretofore,expressed Ibc opinion, that
the Democratic party of Georgia and the South,
should lie as vigilant as ever, in watching over
her lights, and should be cautious in forming a
connection with even Democrats at the North
where both parties have been 100 deeply tainted
with fanaticism on the subject of slavery. The
Democratic party of Georgia, cannot go into a
convention with Northern Democrats if they
are free soilers. If they should go into a Nation
al Democratic Convention, it would he their du
ty to refuse to act with the majority if they
proved themselves to be unsound upon the slave
ry question.
but we have hopes that the Democratic party
North will yet rally upon the true principles of
the constitution, under the lead of those able and
distinguished Democratic statesmen Buchanan,
Dallas. Douglas, Paulding, and others, who have
bravely and nobly thrown themselves into the
breach to resist agi ution andjniti-slavery bigot
ry. If one oftho.se, with their avowed senti
ments should be the nominee of a National t. (in
vention, wo think the Democratic party South
should rally to his support, and exert themselves
to the utmost to elect him.
In our opinion, this would lie the proper policy
to pursue. l)i\ ided and distracted as the South
has been and is, having lost the vantage ground
once i i her possession, by which, if she had oc
cupied it, she could have dictated fair and proper
terms of settlement, she must now use the
next best means in her [tower to protect her in
terests ;ud rights. We believe there is no hope
for the South in the views or determined policy
of the Northern Whigs. If we can have hopes
at a!!, of the North’s justice, they must be placed
upon the Northern Democrats.
The question now is, will it be dangerous or
dishonorable to try them: to try them once more.
Will it not he brotherly and liberal in us, when
we have been wronged, to meet them as broth
ers, and say to them, let the past be forgotten if
the future can be secure.
What a responsibility now .rests upon the
North. If the South turns her eyes not beouy
antly, but hopefully, to the Northern Democrats,
how great the responsibility that will rest upon
them. Will they, can they look upon our sec
tion as a luxurious prey for their rapacious appe
tites, and a victim lor their wanton assaults in
the future.
If we try them again, and find them faithless,
if we should unite in electing a Democrat of fail
professions now, who should deceive and betray
us, then indeed might the South be brought to
unite in seeking new safeguards for their future
security. Wounded, insulted and outraged, she
would stand gui’tless of the destruction of the
Union, or if needs lie, of the blood that might be
shed, in the eyes of the civilized world.
If there could be a happy reconciliation be
tween tne South and the North, upon just and
honorable principles, whose bosom would not
glow with delight and swell with thankfulness
to Heaven ? None would more rejoice at itthan
the much abused Southern rights men, who have
been charged with disunion and treason till thou
sands of the people have believed the impudent
falsehood. This is our answer to the question
which begins this article.
We should be pleased if it should meet the
views of our political friends, and we hope and
believe it will.
Oglethorpe Infantry.
This fine corps attracted much attention on
Saturday evening last. Their uniform is a splen
did one, and set otf admirably their martial move
ments.
A considerable number admired their svolu
tions in Light Infantry Drill, which were de
seivingof much praise as it was their first effort
upon Broad street. They deployed and fired as
skirmishers and fired by platoons and whole
company in excellent discipline and time. The
Company was under the command, on Sat in day,
of Lieut. Kirkpatrick. He.|asalso, Lieuts. Jack
son and Mealing, exhibited marked proficiency
and skill as officers.
This company is an ornament to the city, and,
with the other fine and valuable corps, have re
moved the stigma, which, for a long time, rested
upon our community for its neglect of the mili
tary spirit and the enlistment ot this strong arm
so essential for our security. These various corps
are already favorites, aud deservedly so, with our
citizens.
Fine Tobacco.
We have received from Messrs. Gibbs & Mc-
Cord,the agents in this city, a sample of Suther
land’s No. A. Tobacco, which we have had the
pleasure of testing, and find a good article. They
have a few boxes of the same sort left—dealers. 1
who wish a good article would do well to give
them a call.
Augusta Beer.
Our old friend, Martin Frederick, has com
menced o|ierations at his Brewery, in this city,
and is turning out as good Beer as can be brought
from the North. This is a new branch of busi
ness South, and one that should meet with en
couragement. If people will drink beer, let us
encourage home industry—it will keep in the
South hundreds of dollars that now find their way
into the pockets of our Northern brelhen.
Ohio.— The Ohio Statesman of the 6th has
full returns of the vote lately cast in that State
for Governor. 'They sum up :
For Samuel F. Vinton, whig, 119,538
Samuel Lewis, Iree-soii, 10,911
Reuben Wood, opp. incumbent 115.007
Wood over Vinton, 20,069 —Wood
over all 9,158
legislature.
Senate—Whig, 8; Free-soil, 1; opp., 20.
House—Whig, 27; Free-soil. 1; opp , 00.
A good regulation has lieen adopted in En
gland, which provides that after the 31st March
next no steam vessel shall proceed to sea from
any port in Great Britain, or to steam tqton any
of the rivers, without having a safety valve ujion
each boiler, free from the care of the engineer,
and out of his control and interference; aud such
I safety valve is to be deemed to be a necessary
part of the machinery.
The results of the recent operations at Hurl
Gate in New York Harbor show that it is not
necessary, as has been heretofore supposed,to have
the powder either within or under a submerged ,
rock which is to be blown up, but that by put- j
ting the charge on the rock, and having the
weight of the superincumbent water as a ful
crum, it is almost as easy to blow a rock down, as
it is to blow it up.
H7” We would call attention to the Auction
Sale, in Charleston, of Messrs. A. Tobias Ik
Son, which will he found in this day’s paper.
The Legislature of Tennessee has passed a !
series of resolutions highly complimentary to j
Kossuth, tendering to him the honors and hos
pitalities of that State. The Legislature declares
its readiness to approve any donation that may
he made by Congress to the Hungarian exiles
not in violation of the Constitution.
An explosion took place on the Layfayette
Avenue near the Flatbush road, New York, on
Thursday afternoon, at a Pyrotechnic establish
ment occupied by Hugh O’Rourke and John
Morris, by which Michael McCue and John
Dully were killed, and Michael Conolly,Patrick
Fitzgerald, and Peter S. Kelly were frightfully
burned. The loss on the property was about
85(11).
Twenty dollar bills, purporting to emiiiate
from tin l Southport Bank, Connecticut, are in
circulation North. The bank, it is believed,
uwctf ite-uoi Airy tvvtiulnaw, wud (lia and ilallsr
bills have been fraudulently converted into bills
of that denomination.
Southern papers have been requested to notice
that, if Joseph Roman Sauiewski, apprentice on
board the American merchant ship Henry Shell
will call at number 279 Sixth-street, New-York.
or write post-paid to that address, he will heard
his parents.
The Kditor of the Lone Star published at
Washington. Texas, states that he has made a
minute investigation into the matter, and has
come to the conclusion that the Cotton Crop of
Texas this season, will be fully an averegc one
in quantity, and in quality a very superior one.
IcOMMLMCATKD.]
Calhoun, on Government.
The work of Joint C. Calhoun, on Govern
ment. embracing a discourse on the Constitution
of the United States, recently published, is per
haps the greatest intellectual exhibition ever
made by that extraordinary man. By an al
most superhuman process of analysis aud gener
alization, he has grasped the leading principles
ot all governments, and of ours in particular, and
weaving them into a system, harmonious and
complete, has given to this great subject the pre
cision and accuracy of science itself. Looking
with philosophic eye into the principles com
mon to human nature, he has sought and ascer
tained those in which the objects and the neces
sity of government are found; and with the
same reference to the great fundamental laws ot
man s nature, lie solves the important problem of
the mode by which government is restrained,
and kept within its legitimate sphere.
He then applies these principles, which con
stitute the structure of a perfect government, to
the three most distinguished governments that
have existed—the Roman, the English, and
American—illustrating and testing the theory he
has established by the examples they afford.
In reference to the American Government, he
is more elaborate and miuute—showing its con
formity, in the main, with the theory he has
wrought out,-and its consequent superiority over
all others that have existed. His exposition of
the origin, character and structure of our govern
ment, is most profound and lucid; demonstra
ting with a clearness and force of evidence, im
possible to be set aside, the theory he maintain*
ed ol the relations of the States to the General
Government: and bringing out. in light as bril
liant as bis own genius, the doctrine of State
rights and State sovereignty, on the recognition
and maintenance ot which, he shows, with equal
clearness, the perpetuity oi the government de
pends.
No one, who is unprejudiced and capable of
understanding it, can read his discourse on the
Constitution ot the United States, without ad
mitting the justness and propriety ot his con
struction ol it—so clearly, so convincingly, so
overwhelmingly does he demonstrate the truth
ot the positions he assumes.
ibis work oi Mr. Calhoun is the greatest,
and perhaps will be the, greatest monument of
his lame. No other work on Government is
comparable with it. None other goes so deeply,
so profoundly into the philosophy of the subject.
None other has reared a structure so deeply laid
in the great principles of man’s nature, and so
compactly built up with the enduring material
of eternal truth. It must become the text book
on Government: and whatever many of his co
temporaries rnay think of it, posterity doubtless !
will do it the justice of recognizing it not only as |
one of the greatest efforts of human genius, but
as containing the wisest and truest system of
( human government.
1 his country never had a statesman of the
same compass and force of mind as Mr. Cal
houn—none, who, with philosophic clearness
and accuracy, could survey the subjects which
employed him, with the same vivid apprehen
. sions of their real bearings and relations. While
| others have been only able to see measures with
reference to their more immediate results and
direct practical bearings, it was his, by a saga
cions comprehension of the great principles they
! involved, or to which they related, still further
j 1° see them in their remoter bearings and final
consequences: and thus, in regard to them, as in
many instances experience has shown, to have
almost possessed the attribute of prescience it
self. To say nothing of the impress of Mr. Cal
houn upon the legistation of the country, during
his long and eventful career, his writings and
speeches, left behind him, —more philosophical,
more profound, more thoroughly imbued with
those great truths and principles which endure
from age to age, and in which, therefore, man
kind, of all generations, have a common interest
—will be read and studied with an admiration
of their immortal author, while those of others,
I his cotemporaries, will be unsought for and
forgotten. Hampden.
Newton, Ga.
[communicated. |
Messrs. Kdi/ort :—l have seen nothing written
j on the death ot young Bishop, and the probable
f cause of the accident which produced it—the
i bursting of his powder flask. I wish to gain
’ some caution from all such fatal occurrences.
' No doubt, I believe, exists, that his death was
; produced by the bursting of his powder llask,
i and the transmission ol some of its pieces
, through his neck, severing the carotid artery,
I jugular vein, windpipe, Kc. How came the llask
to hurst ? The young man did not smoke, nor
is it believed that he had any fire apparatus with
him. He was seen by several persons going in
the direction he was found, not ten minutes, per
haps, before the accident happened. The pre
sumption is, that he was in the act of reloading
I one barrel of his gun, as one was empty when
j the gun was found. This is done by turning up
the llask with the measuring portion in the
muzzle. Some fire must have hung in the gun,
which ignited the powder, and. instantly reach
ing the llask, exploded its contents, producing an
injury which couhl.but result in death, in a very
short time. This retention of fire in the barrel,
is favored in several ways, by loading with loose
paper, rags and similar articles. It is even fa
vored by the cut patching, which is now so com
mon and so handy in loading. These cut wads
carry down with them into the bottom of the
barrel, all the remains of the exploded load oi
powder, which adhere to the inside of the bar
rel, anil though at every explosion, much of it is
sent out with the load, it is not all discharged.
And il the gnu has been often shot, ami is lbul, the
danger is increased, because the accumulation of
dirty and imperfect powder-dust is then greater.
t.,.t «.>y . ... tills Accumulation, raked iu
the liottom of his gun. with his ramrod or wiper,
and pour it on a live coal, and he will soon dis
cover that it can be easily set on lire. It will
fizz, as the cracker-shooters say, and will even
glow with a quiet heat fur some seconds. It
may be illustrated by likening it to tool. The
wood is burnt, but the soot will also burn again.
This powder-soot was probably the cause of the
explosion of young Bishop's llask, and his con
sequent death. He appears to have discharged
one barrel, and probably proceeded immediately
to re-load, as is the almost universal direction and
custom before you go for your bird. The reason
given for such practice is, lest you should flush
another bird, or more birds, while your gun is not
fully prepared lor such emergency. Hence,
hunters generally, proceed to re-load, whether
they have killed their game or not, as scon as
the gun is discharged, when there may be fire in
the barrel, engendered in the way I have sup
posed.
Now, this way of loading in the field, with
the flask, always appeared, to me, dangerous, and
hence, instead of emptying my powder directly
into the gun. by inserting the end of the llask, I
usually pour it into my hand, and thence trans
fer it to the gun. I had two reasons lor this
course. One was to avoid the possible explosion
of all the powder in my llask: and the other was,
to assure myself of the true quantity of powder
inserted in the load. For, on one hand, from
some lump in the powder, or defect in the flask
itself. I may not put in powder enough; while,
on the other hand, from defect in the spring, or
gate, which shuts off the measured load from the
rest, I may put in too much. With the neck of
the flask inserted, the powder, from some cause,
if not from those enumerated, may continue to
run until there is enough to burst the barrel.
then, a short time, before you begin to
re-load—run down your ramrod and pour the
load ot powder from the hand, which, if an acci
dent occurs, is not likely to be much hurt. j>e;-
haps only burnt; and serious danger from the
remaining in the barrel, will be almost entirely
avoided.
It I have rendered myself intelligible, my
object has been obtained, of enforcing greater
caution iu the use of fire-arms, even in the
hands ot real sportsmen.
An Old Hunter.
Kossuth and the Mississippi, Once More.
—Capt. Long, the commander of the steamship
Mississippi, is now in Washington, and to settle
all doubt upon the subject, has furnished for pub
lication the following extract, being the conclu
ding portion of a letter addressed to him by
Kossuth, to show that the kindliest feelings and
friendly regard existed on thepaitof Governor
Kossuth towards the commander and other oili
cers ol the trigate at the time ot his leaving her
at Gibraltar. The letter is dated “U. S. Frigate
Mississippi, Bay of Gibraltar, Oct. 13, 1551.' ?
Alter explaining the difficulties in the way of
his returning to Gibraltar to rejoin the Mississippi
in time to permit her to reach New York before
the setting in of inclement weather, and his un
willingness to subject the officers and crew to the
inconveniences consequent upon a delay for him,
Gov. Kossuth adds,
‘’So I have but one favor yet to claim, and that
is that you may be pleased to accept lor yourself,
as well as for the officers and crew of this ship,
the most sincere expression of my warmest
thanks tor the noble, kind, and generous affection
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xAlLS—Cnt.4d.to2od 350 rjM 76 j *
I was honored with on board this ship. The
remembrance of it will be a lasting treasure to
my heart, and I will cherish it as a fair gift of
the Almighty, may I meet with whatever fate
throughout my tempest-tossed life. 1 hope to
meet you soon again on the happy shores of
your glorious land. Let me hope that you and
all who have the honor to do service to their
country under your command on hoard the Mis
sissippi frigate. will bear to me a kind remem
brance, and the same high-minded affection they
honored me with from the first moment I bowed
with deep respect before the glourious Hag of
your ship, and felt free once more because pro
tected by it, and surrounded by your frank, loyal
gallant, true American hearts.
“May the blessings of God, and glory and hap
piness attend you wherever you go.
•"Please to communicate this day my warm
wishes and sentiments to the noble-minded, gal
lant officers, and to the crew of the ship.
Kossuth.”
Captain Long states that he is entirely un
conscious that any hut the kindest feeling and
courtasey were extended to General Kossuth
while bn hoard the .Mississippi.
Georgia Legislature.
The following Resolutions were offered 1> y Mr.
Seward of Thomas, in the House, on the 15th inst.
Whereas, the Convention of the State ol Geor
gia, which met at Milledgeville on the 10th De
cember. 1850, adopted the following r. solutions
to-vvit:
I'L.st the State of Georgia, in the judgment of
this Convention, will and ought to resist, even
(«* it last resort .) to a disruption of every tie
which, binds her to the Union, any action of
Congress upon the subject of slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, or in places subject to the ju
risdiction of Congress, incompatible with the
safety, domestic transquiiity, the rights and hon
or of the slaveholding States; or any act suppres
sing the slave trade between slavenoldingStates,
or any refusal to admit as a State any territory
hereafter applying, because of the existence of
slavery therein; or any act prohibiting the intro
duction of slaves into the territories of Utah and
New Mexico, or any act repeating or materially
modifying the laws now in force lor the recovery
of fugitive slaves.
That it is the deliberate opinion of this Con
vention, that upon the faithful execution of the
Fugitive Slave Law l>y the proper authorities,
depends the preservation o‘. our much loved
Union.
And whereas, it is the fundamental principle
of the Democratic party, that each State is sover
eign, and therefore entitled to the obedience of
all its citizens when it announces its will. And
Whereas, this party is now satisfied that the will
Ot Georgia, as announced by her Convention in
December. 15.30, is also the will of the other
Southern States, generally, and that any future
attempt on the part of any party to change this
will, would, if the change were desirable, be a
hopeless task.
And Whereas, the principles of the Democratic
party are more national and conservative, than
those ol the U big party at the North, which is
de-nationalized and sectionalized. And whereas,
the whigs and democrats of the South, who are
in tavor ol the two aforesaid resolutions, which
look to the luture. prefer H e principles and
doctrines ol tire Democratic party to that of the
National W nig party, as at present organized,
and lead at the North.
And whereas, the National Democratic party
at the North gives some evidence of a willing
ness to incorporate an important portion of said
resolutions, as part of the creed of that party,and
more especial iy the vital particular, that the fu
gitive stave law is not to be repeated or material
ly modi tied, and is to be fathfully observed and
executed by the North, and the National Whig
party gives no such evidence, but on the contra
ry,. manifests an unmistakeable disposition to
resist the same, and to repeal or modify that law,
and on all occasions through its Governors and
other State officers exhibits the greatest reluc
tance o execute it. And Whereas, tire repeal
or modification ol the law, is to be loilowed by
■die consequences ot a dissolution of the Union,
so lai as our own State is concerned, according to
its decision, already made. Be it therefore.
Resolved, That every effort ought to be made
■■ > prevent the repeal or material modification of
tac fugitive slave law, and the National Demo
cratic Party ought to be solemnly invited to
pledge itself against such repeal or modification.
Res,deed, That in our opinion, Georgia ought
therefore to send delegates to the next Democrtic
Convention to nominate a President and Vice
I resident, with instructions to insist upon the
ai.option by it ol a resolution against the further
agitation ol the slavery question. in Congress,
against the repeal or material modification of
the fugitive s.ave law, and in favor ol its faithful
execution at t> e North, and if such a resolution
cannot be got through that Convention, then to
withdraw Irom it. and invite all other members
who agree with them, to withdraw too; and in a
separate Convention adopt it. ami also nominate
candidates, to be supported by those who are in
favor ol it.
Resolved, That in order to effect the object of
the last resolution particularly, we invite the
citizens oi Georgia who aro -willing to unite
with us in the nomination of sound conserva
tive candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency, to send delegates to a Convention to
be held at d •
, , , , . 1851, to select j
delegates to represent the State in the Baltimore !
Convention.
Resolved. That we indulge the hope that there
will bo no diversity of opinion in Georgia in re
lerance to the proposed action herein indicated,
and should tnere be a concurrence of opinion we
invite the joint action of heretofore conflicting
parties, in said Convention.
Resolutions laid on the table by Mr. Tilt:
A\ iierkas. the people of Georgia have decided
to abide by the series ot measures passed by
Congress, known as the Compromise measures,
us a permanent settlement ol the slavery con
troversy between the North and the South,
That the people oi' Georgia, burying
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New-Orleans 0 7 fa; f 3O l> ct.
Claritieil Brown Osj w 0 0 j
White., bus. 0 9 #1 0 Os j
L "mp lb. 0 10 S' 0 11 ,
SALT—Liverpool 0 00 a 1 2". j 20 P ct.
Loose 0 00 w 0 4-5
SOAP—American, yellow. sack 0 b\a 0 C3O» cent
SHOT—AII sizes ... 162@1 75 20 cent
SEOAR-—.Spanish M . 20 00 b 30 0040 i» eem
TALLOW—American 0 S .at 0 9 10 D cent
TOBACCO—Georgia lb 000 n 0 00 | . „
tic w n Ca r endlsh 022 <o> 050 j F ct -
TW IN E—Bagging 0 18 @ 0 2 > .
ti- .u ‘ 030 050 30 ct '
TEAS—Pouchong 0 56 @ 0 75
Gunpowder Ac Imp. .~. 075 M1 on r
Uy-etn 070 cm OSO lrte ’
Young Ilyson 0 70 to 0 75
\\ INES—Madeira gall. 2 00 M 2 25 30 P cent.
Claret, Marseilles ,-a.,k 0 25 'aj 0 «(■ 40 p cent
Do. Bordeaux .loz !in«3 50 40 cent.
Champagne 1 00 „ 15 on 40 i> cent.
Malaga 050
' past iliiiereuces, can, and now, to unite
j cordially, on the following common platform :
Ist. A faithful adherence to the sovereign
will ot Georgia, as expressed in her Conven
tion—to abide by the Compromise and resist
, future aggressions.
2d - A recognition of the sovereignty of the
j several States; adherence to the principles set \
• lorth in the \ irginia and Kentucky Resolutions ;
j of 1798-f), and to a strict construction of the
j Constitution which forms the Union of these
! States.
I 3d. The Whig party of the Northern States
has become sectionalized, unsound, and opposed,
in mass, to the constitutional rights of the slave
holding States—and, the Democratic party, in
some ot the Northern States, still profess a wil
lingness to unite with their friends, in every
partol the Confederacy, to secure the rights of
, * ~s ever“ ] States, and especially those of the ;
i aoutn, on the principles herein affirmed,
i ~ 1 “* P/'ople of Georgia, in consideration of
! , ese facts, ought, and will, in our opinion, unite
to send delegates to a National Democratic Con
vention. to be held at Baltimore within the en
| suing year, with instructions that, if the princi- !
pies herein affirmed, shall be adopted by tiiat I
Convention, the people of Georgia will support
the nominees ol said Convention for President
• and Vice-President of the United States; and
il the said Convention shall refuse to adopt these
principles, the said Delegates shall withdraw.
1 ami shall appoint a day tor the assembling of
representatives ot tha people from each county,
in .Milledgeville, to determine the course which
Georgia ought to pursue in the next Presidential
; election.
Commercial.
Augusta Market, Nov. 19.
, COTTON, Our market closet! on Tuesday last, with
! *u upward tendency, at the following quotatiomc-Good
• Middling 7; Middling Fair 7>; Fair 7j; Fullv Fair 7J
cent. It opened on Wednesday, will, a good' demand,
and holders were able to realize 7J cents for Fair. The
market iuce Wednesday has daily stiffened, in conse
quence of the light receipts, and the limited quantity of
Cotton offering, and at its close, last evening (Tuesday)
holders found ready purchasers for all they had to se ll
at our quotations below, which show an advance du
ripgthe week of fully fths cent on all qualities. Tin*
recepts continue very light for the season, and most of
; that coming to hand is hv Railroad.and consists of ship
ments from interior towns, which pass through' on its
way to the seaboard. The prices paid at present in this
! market are within a quarter of a cent of those paid in
■ Charleston for the same qualities of Cotton. The de
mand isconliuod to grades ranging from Middling Fairto
Fair, and very little distinction is made as to prices for
j * vv " grades, as buyers in filling orders have to pick
i it up in small lots. t\ ere a lot of 50 to 100 bales strict
ly Fair put on the market, we believe it would readily
j bring 7J cents. Most holders were asking yesterday,
; this price lor small lots of Fair. Our market closed
lirm at the following quotations :
i Middling
Good Molding... "4
Middling Fait to Fair \
Fully Fair none offering.
RECEIPTS OF COTTON,
From Ist September, 1851, to the latest dates rereived
1851. 1850.
Savannah, Nov. 13 23.079 59,773
Charleston, Xov. 13 65.225 72.919 j
Mobile. Nov. 7 10,379 •*.{.144
New-Orleans, Nov. 11 261.261 177.98 s
Florida.' Oct. 22 4.549 3.600
Texas, Nov. 8 4.329 2.000
Virginia, Oct 15 311 1,904
North-Carolina, Nov. 1 .... 154 658
Total Receipts 375,587 342.686
342.6m>
Tucrea.'e in Receipts 32,8ul
STOCK OF COTTON
Remaining on hand at the latest dates received
Savannah, Nov. 13 16.351 2 *..>7
Charleston, Nov. 13 20.779 2a. *l4 J
Mobile, Nov. 722.95 d II.M'G
New-Orleans. Nov. 11 110.728 102.483
Florida. Oct. 22... 1.900 711
Texas, Nov. 8 SBB 1.444
Augusta and Hamburg. Nov. 1... . 34.273 24.129
Virginia. Oct. 15 600 900 - :
North-Carolina, Nov. 1 133 243
Naw-York, Nov. 14 ! 32.061 18.239
Total. 240,709 215.556
GROCERIES. —We have little or no change to notice j
this week iu the Grocery line. The recent rise in the ;
river lias added materially to the stocks of our mer
chants. and .as there is every prospect of a hoatahle \
river the remainder of the season, our market will offer ]
inducements to country merchants to make their pur- !
chases here. They can do so at as low rates, for cash, j
as they can in any other market in the country. As \
heretofore noticed, the business transacted the past
week has been mostly confined to supplying country 1
orders. . : !
CORN.—The stock is light, hut as the demand is
imiteu to immediate wants, it is all sufficient. We
have no change to notice in prices, ami SO a So cents is 1 '
- still asked for'small parcels. Peas are selling at 87 a
90; and seed Rye is dull at $1 for northern and $1.25
per bushel for Georgia. (
BACON —The stock on hand is light, but still sufficient 1
.to meet the demand, which is slackening. We now
quote Sides at ll£a 12J —principal spies at 12 a 12$ ct<. for
cash. By retail or small lots.it is selling at 124 a 13 cents
LAUD.—The stock of Lard is on the increase. We >
i quote 11a 12 cents.
j COFFEE. —The stock on hand is ou the iucrcrse. hut
j fully equal to demand. We quote Rio 9 alO cents— i,
| principal sales by the small quantity, at 9$ a9| cents. 1
' SUGARS. —Good stock on hand—no change to notice
in prices. Our quotations will give a fair index of prices. . ’~
MOLASSES.—There is a good demand for Cuba, and ]
prices tend upwards. The stock on hand is light, and I
most holders are asking 25 Cents by the hhd. *1
SALT.—Stock on hand very light, and sales are mak- 1 *
ing from stores at $1.25 per sack. No wholesale trans
actions have come to our knowledge this week. i *
BAGGING.—There is but little enquiry for this arti- m
cle. We quote Gunny at 14 a 14$ from stores by the w
bale or bolt. Most holders ask the latter price for bolt. t 5
WHEAT—We still quote good Red at 90 a sl. J*
Whito i« scarce. Our City Mills, however, are well sup- ui
Hank Note Table*.
Augusta Insurance k Banking Company ~,
Bank of Augusta
Branch State of Georgia, Augusta
Bank of Brunswick
Georgia Rail-Road
Mechanics’ Bank
Bank of St. Marys
Bank of Milledgeville
Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah *
Branches of ditto
Marine & Fire Insurance Bank. Savannah
Branch of ditto, at Macon.
Planters' Bank. Savannah
Central Bank of Georgia
Central R. R. A Banking Company. Savannah
Charleston Banks
Bank of Camden
Bank of Georgetown .!!!.!
Commercial. atColumbia
Merchant-.', at Che raw !.*..!
Bank of Hamburg "
Alabama Notes -> ',
Tennessee * (L <P|
NOT BANKABLE.
Merchants Bank, at Macon.*
EXCHANGE.
On New-York i
Philadelphia '' 1 ..
Boston ..
Charleston and Savannah *'
Lexington. Kentucky .
Nashville. Tennessee
STOCKS.
Georgia. 6 percents |
* Not taken by our Banks, hut redeemable at the I* ,
ers Bank, fcavannah. at par.
Savannah Ckanber «f Commerce.
ROBERT HUtKUMIAM. Prudent
C. GREEN. Ist Vi. e-l*resident
HADEI.KORI). 21 Viw-Pre.i.Wt
°* Im ' COIIEN. fi,. crt .tary and Trm.urei
plied with Virginia and Maryland, and are kept bu -•*,* ir
grinding.
I LOIR. There is a good demand for Citv Mills
We now quote for white Wheat 0} to s7} per M l
a- iu quality, ami for red at 51 aC. There is a good
supply of Northern and country on hand hut the do M
mand for these description, is limited.
DOMESTIC SPIRITS —Supply moderate, hut sutlT ,
I cient to meet the demand. New Orleans Whisk) ,
scarce and worth from 30 to 32 cents. Baltimore 30 a .:2
EXCHANGE.—We have no change to notice in tl.a
rates for Northern Exchange, which continue at J pci
cent. prom, for Sight Checks on New-York and other
Northern cities. On Charleston and Savannah onr
Banks are drawing at par.
FREIGHTS.—Since our last weekly review, we have
had .« -iso in our river of about fourteen feet, hut il In
since fallen about six feet. There i- every p-ospeet ol
a good boating rlvor ’.lie remainder of the \y,.
I have no change to notiee in rates, which continue :■/)
1 cents per hale to Savannah, and -1 to Charleston •
Rail Road.
NEW ORLEANS. X*»v. 12— Cotton— Ani\*d mid
the .th instant 15.985 bale-*. Cleared in the san,o t -,.
2..022 bales. Stork in jirtG ... and on Gup-hoard • ••
cleared on the 11th instant 110.728 bales.
Our lust semi-weekly report l*ft the Cotton mark*-;
! wnh n moderatedemand.and with pri<-»« tirm. .
for the better grades. On Saturday the *•»!. Virv v •-
again fair, and abouts2oo bale* were di.-po-e ■ at i; .
viou rates. On Monday morning telegraphic de-Mao h
es were before the public, with the foreign a‘i-i
■ brought by the Canada and ‘he Baltic, the date- of tl -
latter being to the *2»th ultimo, and i-portm - i -uMlicr
. decline of an { a jl in the Liverpool Cotton i.i ii k.-t.
with sa! for the weekended on tln*2lih ultimo r,t
, 40.(m)0 bales, and for the -üb.M-quent four days «.f 27. i- *
baler*: total business of t<*u days 67.0tu bai ».f w lii. Ji
exporters took 12.060 and speculator 25h> bales U,,
quotations t*n the 29th were for Fair tirleans.l* M i
filing do 4 11-16*1. and the stork on hand \sa- estimate i
1 at 430,000 bales, of which 334.U00 bah *, were American
Last year the total stock at the amo date wa - 449.b00
bal**s. Notwithstanding the unfavorable tenor of t‘.
intelligence, it produci 1 no effect upon our own marke,
the demand continuing fair, at full price-, with de- . •
about 5300 hales. fester-lav the enquirv was quite :>■
tive, and the sales reached fully 7000 bale>; mak in • a
total for three days of 17.500 bales. 1 1 k. . for Gieat lfri*
tain. France, the continent and the North. The m.;ik
closed firmly at our quotations, especially for jdiictK
-Middling to Good Middling, as any infliienee tliut the
adverse foreign account, wen- calculated to » \er. i- •
upon prices has been in a measure count* rbalanced b>
a decline in the rates of freight .
The receipts at this port since Ist B<>ptcnih< r (exclu
sive of tin-arrivals from Mobile. Florida and ivxa-,
are 901.261 bales, again -d 177.9.<H bales to Miaiedat*- la t
year; and the increase in the receipts at all the port, up
to the latest dates, as compared with last year, i 546.237
bales. In the export*, from the United States to
countries, as compared with the same dates la d yi-at
there is a decrease of 15.382 bales to Great Distant. LV'.iiAa
to other foreign ports, and an inerea.su to France i :
5186 bales.
New Oklkans Classification, (assimilating to tl ,t
of Lh'erpool.)—Louisiana and Mi*.*issippi, Inferior T » «,
5J ; Ordinary to Good Ordinary **K a lij,: Low Middliw
to Mi idling6| a7J : Good Mid'dlin r7ja 7! Middling
Fair 7] a8; Fair a 8] ; Good Fair.“nomu.;u ;<b l
and Fine, nominal.
N ugQt', Louisiana. —Then- ha 1 bei-n a fair i -nund fm
Sugar »h the levee since our lad report. cou>idering th*
re-trictcd iutercottrsi^witli the intcsinr. hut more fr.-<
arrivals have caused .some ac< uinulatioii ofst* -k. amt
produced a slight depression of prices. The Mile- of the
pa-fc three days sum up about f*o!> hhds. and our quota
tions are now as follow lnferior 2 l j; Common
.1 4. Fair to hilly Fai *44a 1
6. Clarified 5a 7 ets |> |},. Arriv-d sine* the 7th instant
l«u>2 hhds 87 tes and bbts. Cleared iu the same time lor
Galveston 31 hi d-. Chari--ton 5 hhds-Jo bids.
dram. At the time of closing our hi-t report tin re
was scarcely any Corn r< inaining on tin- Levee, and a;
but little has arrived since a slight improvement h.i
taken place in pri«- The ssales. however, have Im-. ■»
confined to some 251 K) sack-’ at 42 a47 nts |> budiel Ur
ordinary mixed t*» goi».l white and \uilow. thougli for
jirnne lots the asking rates are generally higher.
Bacon. There has Ijeen eareelv auv iuu\*‘i..out ui
tlu- Bacon market, and we have 1.-aim'd of oulv a few
I limited salts at about 10 n l'.'i cent- for |irim- Si !.-, ai I
8 a ets. 1> J, for .Shoulders. .-Gd... however in reui..l
lots can '*e bought at frj ets. and |,n.l.ahlv h-ss ll .iiis
are in some request and we lot tire sales ( .f 12 casks plain
at s, and about 30 tierces extra sugar cured at 1-jtvul.
D H, Arrived during the past three dav« dfi as.
Cleared fur Flor ida, 5 casks.
Extracts of letters received in Chnrt ston.
Ll\ E RFOOL. Oct 31. i here lias been an e\tensi
I demand for Cotton this week, and spiiniers iuduc»-«l t-t
: the great decline which has taken place, and the low
prices now ruling, have purchased pretty freelv. indeed
considerably more than in any similar period during the
! preceding nine weeks, and have consequently mad**
sofue addition to their previously almo-t exhausted
stocks. There lias also been a considerable demand
.ail y for export, with an occasional purchase on s:,ecu
latiou: thus the week's business unis up to 46.1*K>
b iles, causing an important re<luction in the stock
With ill this business, however, the market lias been in
an unsettled state, arising solely from an o- * r eagerne-s
to sell, and the large quantity daily offering conseom-nt
ly has been far in excess of th** demand. American
description at one period were ratlu-r l .w?r than i. -‘
week, but the market Ijelng less opy.r-j.sed at ti.- cl;e-.\
prices are much the same as on Friday l-.st. exVopV'A
the better qualities, the quotations for which arc sli d#
ty reduced.
Large .sales have been made in Surats, both for ooJj
sumption and export; buyers being tempted by tin*
abundance and cheaj.ness of the- Lot ter qualities ] ou»-
quotations are slightly reduced. 1.520 bales American,
80 Egyptian, and 250 Surat are taken on speculation,
with 4.220 American, ho Egyptian, and 1.460 Surat. A ;
for ekport, leaving for the trade 38.550 bales T"
business to-day amounts to B.ot*o bales. u -
A comparison with last year shows an increase . .
import of 166>97 bales, in the export of 4«-'0 ba l ,n *;•
a •- east in the stock of 16.5501 ties. Tlk eSf Wl
-for conpumptien has been 31.756 baJ* ' quantity
ISSI. against 28.383 weekly in 1850. JS Wt -‘v«vly in
HAVRE. Oct. 29.— Cotton. —The .aC fi
exceed 6,255 bales, of which 4.500 l-i. ; of
2.50*1 bales oa speculation within i v i , ,l\ t 0 arr:ve ai
2 a of. rise on tn-s ordinaire and MpwarA
tli- lower dneriptions of Im.,v. .■ ? r .. t a bf - ? u
with o stock on hand of U'.uCk) Mlo''')?r ; w''if
000 bales Vnitej States, and onlv x % f h 7?J ch 9 t 0
Rhine' 1 For f
to our statement at foot ■' Qr ‘ er l )artlcular -' rtf' s *'
Stati went of Cotta* i n If„ Tre _ cn the-yjth of Oit.
Stock the Ist January, 33.911 Jf " L ';;s
Imports from the Ui ditto 247.006 232.117
„ , r lifll ° 5 285.517 270,763
bales for consumption, 268.640 2WI. S <3
taken by speculation, 15.0*J0 15.01-0
Stock this day. 18.977 0...50 j
Same time, 15.70. 1549
imports," 253,028 327.324
Deliveries. 279.901 320.45 S
D° Ck ’ ,„ 31.487 26.780
rnces of L ntted States short staple Cotton, according
to Havre classifications :
Tr. bas. bas. tr. or. ord. b ord
l plands, 74 82 MJ SS 91
f -BA\ ANN AH, Nov. IS.— Cotton. —There was a fair de
mand yesterday, and the sale* amounted to 915 bales, r t
tlu* following particulars : 10 :tf
it 7j. 54 at 7£. 96 at 7j. 176 at 7#. 213 at 73. 119 at 7 lJ
16. 62 at 7f. and 10 J bales atn cents. Fiices remaiu
me hanged. b -