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A .Sonj for the Ladies.
The glorious rlav is dawning, girls,
Wheo women shall be frc<
When gowns and bonnets, cu|at and shawle,
No longer wo shall see!
Miss Webber, bless her heart, sweet girls '.
Has put the scheme on foot:
?he leads the trump of male attire.
And we most follow suit.
We ll dress in real “ bifurcates," girls,
With glossy boaver bats ;
And don the most bewitching coats.
Andbrummel-tied cravats.
We'll wepr superb gilt buttons, girls,
fipou tint v osts of buff—
Bright, « a’'a rich, plain, treble gilt,
Hat surfaced, that's enough !
Oh ! won’t wc look bewitching, girls,
When wc ro so trimly drest r
No morl • 1 man can brave our charms,
Though bo may strive his best.
Bewhisker I folks mav envy, girls,
Our maul., gurh and airs;
But lot them fret until they tire—
Poor fellows' no one cares.
Perhaps » few may " cut" us, girls t
And lay us on tlio shelves ;
But what of th»t ? wo’ll crook our arms,
And act as bea ts ourselvoa'
And if they won’t say marry, girls,
We'll call them Mart gallants ;
But come what will—float, sink or swim—
We’ll ni-ior yield our pants!
Turpentine Y» Cotton.
Mr Editor >»-I propose in this papei to show
tome of the advantages which the culture of tur
pentine has over that of cotton—more particular,
ty in Florida where there i* so much pine land.
The production of cotton is attended with many
difficulties and subject to so many disasters, that
it is considered otic of thfe most uncertain crop*.
That it is attended with many expenses which
Turpentine is not subject to, will at once be seen
by all who take into consideration the price of
good cot{oii laud, cleaiing, fencing, cost ol farming
implements, teams, &c.; that it is uncertain, none
will deny, w ho have seen effects of the droughts,
cut worms, wet seasons, boll worms, catterpillar,
itc.; whereas in making turpentine, we have but
one enemy to dread in Florida, and when that
docs gel hold it has no mercy—this is fire; and
with due care and precaution, none need under
even from this, as all can hoe and rake around
the trees and '‘burn- through'’ once a year, and
after tne first time, it is no gieat matter; thus
while the turpentine has but one great destroyer,
which may be warded off by the power of man,
cotton has many, which all the power of earth
may not defeat —then the tiir|ientine is the surer
crop. To make it, rve need no clearing, no fen.
ring, but S 3 or $4 worth of tools per year, and
not more than half the time which cotton re
quires.
That it is well adapted to this climate, admits
of no doubt, the successful trial having been made.
In 1847, the first boxes were cut in Middle
Florida, near the St. Marks river—in 1848 some
two or three individuals embarked in it to a
small extent n Newport, and a distillery was
erected in that .•!■ e—in 1849, two or three crops,
of hoses were n t i the vicinity of the railroad
between Tallahat -e and St. Marks, and some
80 0 barrels of tur]>cntine made therefrom, which
went down the railroad to St. Marks and New
port—in 1850, this same neighborhood sent off
some 5,000, and this year there will in all proba
bility be some 13,000 sold to the three distilleries
which have been, within the last sixteen months,
erected within sight of each other, and on or near
the railroad; thus a small neighborhood of but
some six or eight miles in diameter, and which
in 1848 produced not more than S3OO or S4OO
worth of produce, now yields not less than $35,000
worth. Can such another instance of prosperity
and increase be found in all Florida J f venture
there cannot, especially if in cotton.
From exp< nemo it is found a hand in turpen
tine will tend from 10,000 (first year) to 11,000,
or 14.000 (second yeai) boxes, and if his boxes
me well cut, and he has a good start in the season,
he will make from 225 or 350 barrels. Any
hand, that works well, will make 250 at least;
and 250 barrels at present prices, of $2 29 for
Yellow Dip and $2 50 for V. D., will amount to
more than the same hand at cotton. 250 barrels
Yellow Dip, ai $1 70, (exclusive of barrel,) is
equal to $420; V. P.r at $2, SSOO. Now', where
isthe cotton grower that makes this amount ex
clusive of bagging and rope, even with cotton at
12 cents.
Another great advantage which this busiuess
offers to the poor man especially is, that be need
not wait to the end of the year for money; and
then, as is too often the case with the cotton
grower of moderate means, have to settle with
some merchant for goods bought” and ‘‘cotton
sold on account," probably at 6 or 8 cents, with a
balance against him at the bottom to be carried
forward and thus begin the new year in debt.
Not so with the poor man who makes turpen
tine—be gets lus cash for every dipping—(every
six weeks at least) —pays it for what he buys,
and when new year comes, it finds him a free
man.
Thus has the turpentine producer the advan
tage of the cotton planter in every respect; ami
were more to engage iu it. it would not only ac
crue to the advantage of the individuals them
eel ves but also to the country at large by develop
ing a revenue which our vast pine forests render
inexhaustible. Let those who wish to make a
certain, sure and profitable crop in Florida, try the
Piney Woods.
Letter from 001. R. W. Jackson.—Relative to the
Imputations Against den. Lopez.
We give below a letter sent to us by Colonel
R. W. James, brother of that gallant young man. ]
Thomas C. James, who was one of the fifty so
cruelly murdered in Havana. Col. James was
also the intimate friend of Mr. G. A. Cook,
(another of the murdered patriots,) having ac
companied him through a long and perilous ser
vice in the reconnoisance of the Isthmus of Tehu- ;
antepec. He states facts which confirm the
opinion expressed by us, that the suspicious of
desertion, which embittered the last moments of
the unfortunate young inea, though quite natural
to their position, arose from a probable misap
prehension of Gen. Lopez’s real situation. This
fetter also disposes ol another charge, quite rife
among the enemies of Cuban independence—
that the young men were deceived by Gen. Lo- ,
)«.
New Orleans, Aug. 25,1851. I
Editors Delta , GiNTLEjiEN-r-Though oppressed
with grief for the loss of a beloved brother, and
of my dear friend Gilman A. Cook, who were
brutally murdered in Havana, on the 16th instant, 1
by the Spanish authorities, I cannot refrain from ■
performing an act of duty, by stating what my |
intimacy with Mr. Cook enables me to say,—
that, in going to Cuba, he was neither deceived
nor persuaded by any one, but from his own
noble impulses, w hich werealwaysou the side of
the oppressed. His determination to accompany
my brother, with whom he had passed through
many dangers, and to whom he was warmly at
tached. was made but a few hours before the ex
pedition sailed. He had no knowledge whatever
of the plan of operations. My brother and my- j
self, from motives of friendship and regard, know- |
ing that he was the only surviving son of a large !
family, endeavored to dissuade him from going;
but his mind was made up, and he said he would ,
thrink from no dangers which his old friend j
Thomas C. James might encounter. lam satis- !
fled that he could have had no consultation with :
Gen. Lopez before he left.
I would also add my belief, as one who felt
deeply the effects of the calamity, that the com
mand of Col. Crittenden could not have been
deserted by General Lopez, but that the gallant
old man no doubt did all that mortal could do to
save the very Aower of his little army, and that
their destruction was effected somewhat in the
manner described by Gen. Huston, in Sunday's
Delta, —by the unexpected interposition of a
large Spanish force, between the party with Gen.
Lopez and the command cf Col. Crittenden,
which had charge of the baggage.
In justice to the Old Hero, I would oppose to
the charges of his assailants in this city, who ac
cuse him of treachery, my own, and what I be
lieve is the sentiment of nearly our whole peo
ple. that his conduct was brave and honest.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
R W. JAMES,
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 3.
For Governor.
CHARLES J. MCDONALD.
For Congress—Eighth District,
ROBERT McMILLAN, of Elbert.
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION 5 THE STATE.
The Alberti Case.
The Chronicle Sp Sentinel of the Mist ult., con
tains a new version of the Alberti Case. It ac
companies the publication of it with a few re
marks, every word of which we copy as follows
The Ai.bf.rti Case.— We have received from
Andrew.!. Miller, Esq., the subjoined authentic
report of this celebrated case, which we publish
for the better information of our readers, as well
as all those persons in Georgia who have been
itnjiosed upon by the report copied from the
Richmond (Va.) Enquirer, which has been
so industriously circulated through the State by
the disunion organa and their allies. We have
already expressed the opinion that the review of
the Richmond Enquirer was not entitled to cre
dit, and the reader will be a'ole to judge how ful
ly that opinion is sustained after reading the fol
lowing report, which is copied from pages 40.0 to
502 inclusive, of a forthcoming volume of “ Re
jiorts of Select Law and Equity cases’’ decided
in the courts of Philadelphia. This, therefore,
is no newspaper report of the case, made up for
political effect in the South, but is an authentic
Law Report, designed to elucidate the principles
of law adjudicated; and like all reports is a fair
and impartial history of the case.
The reader will perceive that 11 the abduction
of the child teat —without any farm of law being
observed for the airtst of the mother or the child,
and “ that there teas no legal proof that the wo
man was a slave, or that Mitchel was the owner,
or that Alberti had any power of Attorney or au
thority to arrest ami remove the woman.'’
Mr. Miller’s friends, Law Book sellers and
publishers in Philadelphia, who sent him the
the pages containing the Report, say of Judge
Parsons,’ that “He has honesty if not ability:
nous who know him doubt his uprightness and
virtue, and few public men equal him.’’
It may not be improper to add that the Review
of the case published by the disunion organs of
Georgia is without name or authority, Was got lip
with a view to obtain a pardon for Alberti and
Price, as we are informed, and was “so grossly
unfair in its narrative,’’ that the counsel engaged
against Alberti, refused to attest its truth. It is
circulated in Georgia a* a faithful report, and
attempted to he introduced into the political can
vass with a view to make parly capital.
Voters of Georgia, you now have the facts of
this case in an authentic form: read and digest
them, and mete out to those who have thus at
tempted to deceive you, the measure of your just
indignation.
This is like almost every thing trom that pa
per, where the North is concerned. It is apolo
gy, apology, apology for the North !
It will be seen that the Chronicle denies that
the first report, as published in the Richmond
Enquirer, is entitled to credit. It says that the
one it published is an authentic law report, and
is a fair and impartial history of the case. This
report, it tells us, was sent to Mr. Miller by his
j friends, who are law book sellers and publishers,
i in Philadelphia; and for aught we know, they
may be rank free soilms and abolitionists. How
does the Chronicle know that this report is a fair
ami impartial history of the case ‘ It may have
been prepared under the eye of JuJge Parsons,
who acted so tyrannical a part in the case. No
doubt he, and those concerned in the outrage,
desired to cover over their corruption and judi
cial villainy.
The Chronicle quotes that part of this report
which says that tire child Joel was kidnapped ,
and his mother Betsy was not arrested according
'to the forms of the laws. Now, William A llem
i Esquire, before whom the slave Betsey was
brought, heard the case, and decided that Betsy
| was the slave ot Mr. Mitchell, of Maryland, not
' only by the testimony of several witnesses, but
the admission of Betsy herself. Mr. Allen was
1 a citizen of Philadelphia, and after a full hearing,
he delivered up the slave Betsy to Mr. Alberti,
the agent ol Mr. Mitchell. It is not common for
! Northern justices or commissioners to give up
slaves when the claimants are not their owners,
or authorized agents.
We admit that according to this report, sent to
i Mr. Miller, it would appear that Alberti had
kidnapped the child. But who were the wit*
: nesses against him? Wm. Thompson, a free
negro, the husband of Betsy, and Richardson,
i who had been twice convicted of larceny and
was pardoned, the day before the trial came on,
that he might be able to testify against the
' prisoners. His testimony was received, although
several respectable witnesses testified that they
would not believe him upon oath.
Respectable testimony in favor of Alberti and
Price was rejected, while that of a free negro
and a thief was admitted to swear them into the
Peuitentiary. Let it be remembered, too, that
the conviction of these unfortunate men was eP
fected mainly by the testimony of this negro and
Penitentiary convict, and the one-sided charge
of Judge Parsons.
The Chronicle does its best to apologise for this
judicial tyrant. It quotes from Mr. Miller’s
friends account of him. as follows: “Ha (Judge
Parsons) has honesty, if not ability: none who
know him doubt his uprightness and virtue, and
few public men equal him."
The man who can apologize lor Judge Parsons,
has but one step farther to go to call the celebra
ted Judge Jeffreys a saint. In our honest opin
ion, the acts of this Judge and the jury who r >n
victed Alberti and Price, cover not only Penn
sylvania with infamy, but stain the nation and
disgrace the age in which we live.
The Chronicle says the first report of the Al
berti case was made without name or authority.
The Richmond Enquirer says “it is from the
pen of one of the most distinguished citizens of
Pennsylvania, and is published for the benefit of
the family of Alberti." Unfortunate man—un
fortunate family! They have fallen into the
hands of cruel fanatics, who hate the South, and
would doom to death, if they had the power, the
husband and father who dared to aid one of her
citizens to recover his fugitive slave.
The Chronicle says, “the counsel engaged
against Alberti, refused to attest the truth of the
report,” wliich we copied from the Richmond
Enquirer. That is not at all surprising. Peo
ple generally refuse to attest the truth of a report
of their own villainy!
The Chronicle , in conclusion, calls upon the
people of Georgia to measure out their indigna
tion against those who have published the first
report as true. What does, what can it expect
for itself, at the hands of a people, who hate ty
ranny in every form, and the minions of tyranny,
who hold op and kiss its robes, stained with
crime and the tears of an unhappy family.
Barbacd* and Discussion Yesterday.
A large number of citizens attended the Bar
bacue, given to Col. Robert McMillen at the
Lafayette Race Course, on yesterday. The
number was variously estimated at from eight
to twelve-hundred, Mr. Pleasant Stovall was
appointed President, and George Schley, John
C. Snead, and T. W. Fleming. F.sqrs. Vice Pre
sidents, of the meeting.
It was arranged by the committee that Mr.
James M. Smythe should open the discussion.
He then addressed the assemblage for about three
I quarters of an hour upon the important topics
which are now agitating the public mind.
At the close of his speech, Col. McMillan was
introduced to the meeting, which he addressed
in the happiest and most effective style for about
one hour and a half. We have seldom listened
to a more able and eloquent speech. It was full
of cogent argument, withering sarcasm, rich an
ecdote, and flights of bold, eloquent and impas
sioned apjieals, which elicited frequent and hear
ity bursts of applause. We never saw an audi
j ence more attentive or 1 letter pleased.
Col. McMillan, by this single effort, establish
! ed a high reputation among our citizens as a
ready, pleasing and able public speaker. We
have not time or room to give even a synopsis
of the positions taken by him. They wgre well
calculated to dagger the fa'tli of his jiolitical op
ponents, who were present, and afforded the
highest gratification to his political friends. He
! exposed the miscalled Compromise itt its true and
; deceptive colors, and sustained the doetiiues
of State sovereignty and tlie right of seces
sion, with impressive and impregnable reasoning,
i Before closing his speech he took occasion to
stamp as a falsehood, the charge which has been
| made against him of being an Orange man.
! At the close of Col. McMillen's speech, the
l people assembled, partook of the Barbecue pre
, pared forthe occasion, after which they returned
j to the stand and calls were made upon A. H. H.
Dawson, Esq., and John Phinizy, Jr., Esq.
Mr. Dawson excused himself for not speaking
at length, but made a few patriotic remarks
; which were applauded by the meeting. Air.
Phinizy then made a brief address which was
well received. Before adjournment it was an
nounced that Col. McMillan would address the
citizens of Richmond some time in the fourth
week of this month, at which time he and the
Southern Rights Party will be pleased to see Mr.
Toombs and his friends.
The Act to suppress the Slave Trade in the District
of Columbia.
At the request of several correspondents we
publish the following Act. being on* of the so
k called Compromise measures:
AN ACT to suppress the Slave Trade in the
District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled. That from and after the
first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty
one, it shall not be lawful to bring into the Dis
trict of Columbia any slave whatever, for the
purpose of being sold, or for the pnrpose of being
placed in depot, to be subsequently transferred to
any other State or place to be sold as merchan
dize. And it any slave shall be brought into the
said District by its owner, or by the authority or
consent of its owner, contrary to the provisions
ol this act, such slave shall thereupon become
liberated ami free.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That it
shall and may be lawful for each of the corpora
tions of the city of Washington and Georgetown,
from time to time, aud as olten as may be neces
sary, to abate, break up, and abolish any depot
or place of confinement of slaves brought into
the same District as merchandize, contrary to
the provisions of this act, by such appropriate
means as may appear to either of the said corpor
ations expedient and proper. And the same
power is hereby vested in the Levy Court of
Washington county,if any attempt shall be made,
within its jurisdictional limits, to establish a depot
or place of confinement for slaves brought into
the said District as merchandize for sale contrary
to this act. Approved Sepcember 20, VBSO.
In connection with this subject we take the
opportunity to publish our comments on this bill
at the time we published the bill itself in the
Cotisiitutiomlist of May 23rd, 1950 :
Obnoxious Features in the Compromise
Scheme.— ln pointing out some features in the
compromise as so obnoxious as to deserve the
sternest resistance on the part of the South, w«
do not wish to be considered as suggesting diffi
culties with a view to defeat a compromise. We
are anxious for a settlement, and hope that such
modifications of the plan may be adapted as will
secure it. We have one to suggest in reference
to the bill abolishing the slave trade in the Dis
trict of Columbia. As the bill stands it cannot
and should not receive southern support or coun
tenance.
(Here followed the bill.]
Now the objectionable feature is, giving free- .
domto the slave unlawfully brought in for sale
and speculation. This is too much like a con
cession to the spirit of abolitionism.
The penalty under the law of Georgia, repeal
ed last session, was a fine of SSOO, and imprison
ment of the owner so bringing in a slave for sale.
It is only by some such penalty on the owner , the
law should be enforced, if adopted at all. Even '
this would be conceding more to northern pre
judices than is agreeable to southern men.
On first receiving intelligence of the general
features of thg Compromise, being anxious then,
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as we have ever been, for a settlement ol the
strife, our feelings inclined strongly to its sup
port. The bills reported had not been perfected
or discussed. They had still to go through the
alembic of a thorough and jealous test of all their
features and provisions.
We cherished the expectation that the spirit
of Compromise would prompt and concede such
amendments as would remove obnoxious features’
and make the bills such as would recognise and
secure the rights of the South. In this spirit
we favored the Compromise before we had read
the bills teported. In this spirit we wrote and
published the editorial of the 22nd of May, in
which we thus spoke of this District of Columbia
hill.
As regards the proposed law in relation to the
slave trade in the district of Columbia, it is the
same that prevails in Maryland, atnj did prevail
in Georgia until it was repealed at the last ses
sion. It is in fact the law of Maryland, a slave
state, extended to the district of Columbia by au
thority of Congress, which is competent for that
purpose.
We were then under the erroneous impres
sion, as we had not read the bill, that the pro
visions were similar to the law of Georgia,
which imposed a pecuniary fine, and also that
the Maryland law imposed a pecuniary fine in
stead of liberating the slave.
Like thousands of others in Georgia, we were
so desirous of a compromise, that we felt a strong
leaning in favor of the one reported, before we
had time to contemplate its features and scru
tinize its details, with a view to its ultimate
bearings upon Southern Rights. In this very
case, on the very day we published the article
of the 22nd of May, our attention was specially
called, for Ihe first time, to the fact that the bill,
instead ol imposing a pecuniary fine, libera
ted tuk Slav*. This prompted us the next
day, the 23rd, to publish the bill in full with the
comments accompanying it. We looked rqion
it then, as we do now, as an insidious blow at
the institution of slavery. But it would have been
disarmed of much of its force had it been ac
companied with concessions to the South, indi
cating the spirit of Compromise , and a desire to
do justice to the South, and in the same spirit we
would have been reconciled to the bill.
But this spirit was not exhibited by the non
slaveholding States, as the debates and the votes
in Congress on various proposed amendments too
clearly proved.
W e claim no peculiar capacity to jump to cor
rect conclusions at the first glance, nor do we
conceive it any merit to persist in adhering to,
and advocating first impressions in the face of
more thorough examination, and of all tire light
thrown upon the subject by discussions among
the first intellects of the country.
To the Citizens of Augusta.
'there are from 75 to 100 young men in Au
gusta. ready to leave for Cuba. Those who in
tend to aid them with funds or join the compa
ny, or are willing to favor the cause of liberty
in Cuba, are requested to meet, THIS EVE
NING, at the City Hall Park, at 8 o'clock.—
It will probably be the last meeting that can be
called before the liberators leave.
Many Citisens.
The West. —The senior editor of the Missouri
Republican, aud Mr. Kendall, of the Picayune,
are on a tour to Santa Fe, &c. The editor of
the Republican.writes from the Kansas that
mail-stages are running regularly between In
dependence, Santa Fe and the Salt Lakes. The
mail to Santa Fe weighs usually between 250
aud 300 pounds; that to'the Salt Lakes from 150
to 200 pounds. The mail leaves for each point
on the Ist of every month. It is carved in spring
coaches, drawn by six mules, and the trip to
Santa Fe is made in from 25 to 28 days, and to
the Salt Lakes in in from 28 to 30 days. Price
of passaage to either place 5125. It takes about
one hundred mules to supply the lines. #
A New Cotton Plant. —The editor of the
Orleanian has seen a boll of cotton, that deserves
the attention of cultivators, on account of its
rapid growth and early maturity. On the Ist of
.Tune last, a lady planted in her flower garden, a
few cotton seeds presented her by a gentleman.
On the 2oth of July a boll was ready for picking:
and at the end of sixty days from the time of
planting, the cotton had arrived at maturity
being in less than one has of she time it takes
the species now raised by our planters to do so.
The lady was totally unacquainted with the
cultivation of the great Southern staple. The
seeds were introduced by Mr. Hyams, from
Yucatan and are styled the Alien.
Land Warrants.— We learn from the Wash
ington Republic that the whole number of land
warrants already issued under the act of the 28th
of September-, 1830, is thirty-eight thousand five
hundred and forty-five, and that the Clerks in
the Pension Office are now engaged upon the
cases presented from the 25th to the 30th of De
cember, 1850.
The case of the fugitiue slave Bolding was to '
have been tried before the U. $. Commissioner
at New York on Wednesday, but was postponed
in consequence of that officer being unwell. The
N. York Courier states that the gentleman from
South Carolina claiming him offers to give him
liberty for the sum of 5i,700, and that the amount ,
will be speedily made tip. Bolding doe? not de
ny that he is a fugitive from service.— Baltimore
American, 30 th ult.
K “ “ * ■’ * i
[From the Savannah News Extra, Sejit. l.|
Glorious Nows from Cuba—Gen. Lopez Victorious
—Gen. Enua Killed—Lopez marching on Havana
with 1500 to 2000 Men.
By the arrival of the schooner Merchant
Capt. Westerndorffe. from Havana, which port
he left on the 22d nit., we have the gratifying
intelligence that Gen. Lopez has been successful
in every engagement which he has had with the
Spanish forces.
In the engagement on the 17th ult., General
Enna, Commander of the Spanish Army was
killed, with several other officers. The Spanish
also lost a large number of men.
Gen. Lopez's forces were hourly increasing
by re-enforcements from the Cubans. The (
Spaniards themselves represent his force at 1500
to 2000 on 17th. With this army Gen. Lopez j
was advancing on Havana.
Capt. Westerndorffe saw the funeral of Gen.
Enna in Havana, on the 21st ult.
The affair was conducted with great protnp
and solemnity. ' All the troops m the city para
ded on the occasion. The entire Spanish forces
then in Havana did not exceed some 700, the
great body of the troops having been dispatched
to meet Lopoz.
There was great excitement and much appre
hension in Havana.
Wc have not been able to obtain any letters.
Our files of Havana papers of course contain no
news.
The hospitals of Havana are crowded with
wounded Spanish troops. They report that the
Spanish officers and the soldiers were utterly
surprised and dismayed at the rapidity with
which the Americans fired, and the fatal effect
every volley made ou their ranks. The Ameri
cans, they say, fired three and four tiities. to their
once.
Private commercial letters report business in
Havana very dull—the excitement in the city
and neighborhood very great.
The outrages perpetrated on the fifty-one
Americans, after their murder, are fully confirm
ed. The Americans in Havana are very much
incensed at Mr. Owen, our Consul, in conse
quence of the indifference which he manifested
in reference to the fate of Col. Crittenden and his
command.
The body of Gen. Enna was sent by General
Lopez with a flag of truce to the Spanish camp,
in order that it might be buried in accordance
with the usages in honor of the dead.
By this arrival we learn also that the Spanish
steamer Pizarro was still fast aground. There
was no hope of getting her off.
Preparations are making to fire 100 guns this
afternoon, in honor of Lopez's victories.
From the Savannah Republican of the 2d inst.
we take the following:
By the Merchant we have received our regular
files ot the Faro Industrial, to the 20th ult.
We learn from this paper that on the 17th,
the Captain Ceneral distributed brevets, &c. to
thirty five officers and soldiers who were woun
ded in the battle of Las Pozas.
It also contains an official communication of
the Captain General, dated the 19th, which states
that General Enna was dangerously wounded in
a battle with Lopez, at a place called Carambola.
We also find an official proclamation, which
we have translated;
•‘Military Secretary's Office.
‘•His Excellency the Governor, Commandante
General of the Central Department, sends the
Captain General the following official communi
cation, dated Puerto Principe, 12 Aug:
Excellent Sir:—On this day have been
shot in the back the following named prisoners,
for high treason against the Government:
Don Joaquin Aguero v Aguero, Don Jose To
mas Betancount, Don Fernando de Zayas. Don
Miguel Benavides, which is published by order
of His Excellency, for general information.
Pedro Esteaan.
Havana, August 1851.
We find in the Faro a full list of all the offi
cers of Gen. Lopez's force. We also find a state
ment of the number of his men. as follows:
6 companies of Infantry, (including officers) 219
3 •' “ Artillery, 114
1"• “ Cuban Patriots, 49
1 ' " Hungarians. 9
1 ‘‘ Germans. g
Total 400 ‘
American Piety Abroad.— A Paris corres
pondent of the N. Y. Express writes as follows
to that paper. .
You are perhaps aware that in all the English
chapels established in Paris, prayers are said
every Sunday, according to the Liturgy of the
Church of England, for the Queen, the Prince of j
Wales, and the whole Royal family. The Ame- ,
ricans have been thinking for a long time that as
they form fully half the attendance, it might be
reasonably expected that some allusion be made
to the President and “ the Senate and House of i
Representatives in Congress assembled.” Up to I
this time no attention has been paid to the uni
versal desire. The result has been dreadful.—
The Americans instead of going to Church went
to the Hippodrome; instead of going to the font
in the chancel, they went to the fountains of
Versailles, and all this because they considered
themselves slighted. I am happy to say that
henceforth they will have no excuse for amusing
themselves on the Seventh Day. I have had the
pleasure of presenting a copy of the New York
edition of the Book of Common Prayer to the
rector of one of the English Churches, and he
promises to read the neglected prayer in fiill here
after. I shonld be there next Sunday myself, but
I am going to St. Clair, and the steamship starts
at just the very hour that services commence.
Bank Bfate Table. I
Augusta Insurance A Banking Company..
Bank of Augusta m
j Branch State of Georgia. Augusta
Bank of Brunswick
Georgia Rail*Road
Mechanics r Bank
Bank of St. Marys
Bank of Milledgeville
Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savanuah
Branches of ditto
Marine Sc Fire Insurance Bank. Savannah.
Branch of ditto, at Macon
Planters' Bank. Savannah
Central Bank of Georgia
Central R. R. Sc, Banking Company, SaVanmj,
i Charleston Banks
Bank of Camden
Bank of Georgetown
Commercial, at Columbia
Merchants’, at Cheraw
Bank of Hamburg . »•
Alabama Notes
f Tennessee * ldh
NOT BANKABLE 4 4 aii
Merchants* Bank, at Macon.*
EXCHANGE.
On New-York
Philadelphia ’ *
Boston
Charleston and Savannah
Lexington, Kentucky Ri
Nashville, Tennessee
STOCKS.
Georgia, 6 percents
Jtr
*Not taken by our Banks, but redeemable it lb.
ers" Bank, Savannah, at par. “rue.
Savannah Chamber ot Commerce!
v . - . —1 .
ROBERT HABERSHAM, President *
C. GREEN. Ist Vice-President
EDWD. PADELFORI). 2d Vice-President
OCTAVES COUEN. Secretary and Treasurer
LATER FROM EUROPE 1
arrival
ATLAN T I C. I
COTTON ADVANCED. | ■
[Telegraphedfor the Charleston Courier]
Baltimore, Sept. 1,12.45 P.Ji j
The U. S. Mail steam ship Atlantic arrived ; *1
New York to-day with two hundred passengtn
from Liverpool, which port she left on the 20>. ft!
ultimo.
Cotton was active at full prices. Middle
qualities had advanced an eighth. The sales o:
the three days comprised twenty-four ihousc; -
bales, of which exporters and speculators took 3
eight thousand.
Flour has declined sixpence to a shilling ■
Corn was in fair demand at previous rates
Wheat had declined a penny. Coffee was active
and firm. Sugars were inactive and unchanged
Rice was dull with a downward tendency. The
Manchester trade was much better. Consols i
had declined to9(ij|. American stocks were in.. ’
changed.
The first account of the Cuban difficulties wi
received at Madrid on the 13th ult., and was ref j'
resented as having been a trifling affair, whidl
had been promptly suppressed.
The rest of the political intelligence is gei>
; rally unimportant.
Mobile, Sept. 1
The stock of Cotton on hand has been count*.
! and amounts to 27,790 bales. The receipts dn
ring the commercial year just brought to a do*
sum up 161,748 bales.
New Orleans, Aug. 31, 11 A. M.
On Saturday live hundred bales of new Mil
dling Cotton were sold at from 8 to Sj cents.
Rice is held at s3§ for old to fresh Carolina
The two vessels that left here under protes:
lately for Tehuantepec, have been seized by thf
Mexican authorities.
On the 23d ult. a riot occurred at Vera Cru:
in which three persons were killed.
Columbia, Sept. 1,7.15 p m.
' Owing to short supplies the Asia's advice,
have had no effect on the market. The higher
price that can at present be obtained, is 81 cents
Nf.w-Ori.eans, Sept. 1.
Three hundred bales Cotton were sold to-dai
Monday. Middling, new, is worth from 8 to 8i
cents. Flour is dull, and Ohio is quoted at $3,7;
Bacon is firm, and Shoulders command 9 cents
Lard in barrels is at 10, and in kegs at 12 cts
Whisky brings 18} cents.
Baltimore, Aug. 31, 9.30 p. m
In the New-York market on Saturday, Cot:*,
was firm, and eight hundred bales were sold
Middling Uplands were quoted at 8} cents. TLc
sales during the week comprise seven thousand
five hundred hales.
Arrival of the Cincinnati at New- Orleans
Confirmation of Lopez Success.
New-Orleans, Sept. 1, 6.30 P. M
The steamer Cincinnati has arrived from Ha
vana with dates to the 20th ult. Her advices
conlirm the accounts brought by the shoonei
Merchant, arrived to-day at Savannah, including
the statement of the death of General Enw
the considerable loss ot the Spanish troops, and
the advance of Lopez on Havana.
The Cincinnati passed the Pizarro at sea.
New York, Aug. 29th, 6 P. M.
■ locks are quiet. Erie has advanced 1 a i
Heading has declined }.
Flour is unchanged. Sales of 9000 bbls. at
53,87} for State brands, and St, 12} for Southern
and S-l, 6} a 4,12} for Genesee.
Sales of Genessee Wheat at 100 cts., and Ohio
'' lute at 90 cts. Sales ot 25,000 bushels mixed
Corn at 56 cts. Sales of 2000 bushels Rve at 68
cts. Oats unchanged.
Provisions are firm. New Mess Pork $15.50
a 15.75; Prime sl3. Sales of 50 bbls. Mess Beef
at $10.25.
Groceries are steady. Sales of 200 bags Rio
Coffee at 9 cts. 50 hhds. Porto Rico Molasses
at 26 cts., and 100 hhds. Porto Rico Sugar at 51
cents.
Cotton is firm. Sales of 1400 bales at 8} for
Middling Orleans, and 8| for Uplands.
Sales of 800 bbls. Crude Turpentine at *2.87},
and 100 bbls. Spirits at 34 cts.
Concord, V. H., Aug. 28.
The death of the Hon. Luke Woodbury, by
by suicide, is confirmed.
I He hung himself to a tree at Antrim, in this
State, yesterday. Mr.W. was the democratic can
didate for Governor of New Hampshire, and
cousin to Hon. Levi Woodbury.
Loss of the Steamship Galveston.—The
steamship Galveston, Capt. Boehner, from Gal
veston, for this port, got ashore on Ship Island
; Shoals on Monday last, and was totally lost. The
passeners, officers and crew were taken off and
j brought to this city by the steamship Mexico
' which arrived here last evening.— lb.
Cincinnati, Aug. 29th.
The Caban meeting last night was very large
: but was not organized till a late hour. Several
I speeches were made and resolutions adopted, de
! Bouncing the course of the Havana authorities,
but at the same time condemning all mob law
and violence in our own country.
T~.'J! ... _| "™ . Ll' BE
SEED BARLEY.
A TEW sacks fresh country SEED BARLEY—
warranted.
-—ALSO—
A few bbls. PEACH BRANDY—pure. For sal*
by FRENCH 4 BUTLER,
aug. 31 lwcl
CORN AND SHOULDERS.
1 ()( )/ \ bushels prime WHITE CORN;
1 5 hhds. SHOULDERS, warranted
sound. For sale by
aug- *1 5 A. LASTTTE,