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The Supreme Court.
The following important cases were
scaled at the recent session of this Court
at Savannah. We extract from the Re
publican.
In a Peck .claimant, dec.,')
Plauiliii’m Error, |
I Twi""s
Nathan Land, Assignee j> Superior Court.
of Henry Solomons, ( ‘
rtaintiffin fi fa Defendant !
in Error. J
This was a case of claim. The De
fendant in Execution was in the posses
sion of the property, consisting of la nd and
negroes, at the lime of levy. At the trial
of the claim, the claimant produced a
deed of the property, dated before the
judgment, hut subsequent to the com
lucneement of the suit, and the case turn
ed upon the validity of that deed, under
the act XIII. Eliz, c. V.
Per Cur. Lumpkin Judge.
When the Plaintiff levies on property
which was in the possession of the de
fendant in execution at the lime of the
levy or rendition of the judgment, such
levy makes out a prima facie case in his
favor, and this principle applies as well
to real as personal property.
A sale by an insolvent, pending a writ,
is a badge of fiaud; it is a legal presump- ,
lion, that it was intended to hinder and j
delay the collection of his debt by such •
creditor, and the case becomes stronger i
when the conveyance is made to acredi- j
lor in satisfaction of Ids antecedent debt, j
and the debis of other creditors, and such j
presumption becomes conclusive if there j
is no explanation of the transaction as- |
forded by the claimant.
Although a full price be paid for pro- I
perty, if the intent of the conveyance be !
to hinder or delay creditors in thecdliec- |
tion of their debts, the transaction is frau- !
dulent.
Anv original Court paper of Hie in the
office of the Clerk may be used as evi
dence in I lie Court in which it is of file
without requiring an exemplification.
If the verdict below was rendered with
out evidence, it was the duty of the Judge !
to grant a new trial, and upon a refusal I
so to do, tins Court would have reversed I
the decision, and allowed such new trial, !
but as the evidence was contraViant, the
Court below committed no error in refus- j
ing the new tiial—such evidence being
the peculiar province of the jury.
Decision of the Court below affirmed.
Rockwell & Kenan and I. L. Har
ris, for plaintiff in error.
C. B. Cole, for defendant in error.
Henry Solomons, PUT. in error,'!
vs. ! Twiggs Supe- j
Frances Solomons, Adm’x. of j nor Court. *
Jas. Solomons, Def’t. in error. J
This was a case involving the doctrine
of partnership. The legal principles are
staled in the decision of the Court below',
which was to the following effect :
“There is no difference between a joint
adventure and a co-partnership when the
joint adventurers purclia.se jointly and
are to participate in the losses and profits,
such an adventure is a co partnership.
“The only ways a copartnership for a
single adventure, enterprise, or business
can be dissolved, are—first, by the ex
tinction or destruction of the subject of
co-partnership; or, secondly, by a total |
separation or severance ol if, betore the !
completion of the business or enterprise;
or, thirdly, by a completion or ending of j
the adventure, business or enterprise.—
The Court docs not recognise any sucli I
thing in law as a dissolution pro tanto
of a co partnership; for a single enter
prise or business there must be a total
severance.
“With respect to verbal admissions
they ought to be received with great cau
tion, and if made by a party w hen igno- 1
rant of his rights, are not binding upon
him, yet when made deliberately and pre
cisely identified, are usually received as
satisfactory.
“If a partner draws upon the partner
ship funds, and applies the proceeds to
his own individual use, he is liabel to ac
count for a moiety with interest from the
time he received the funds so drawn.”
Curia per Warner, Judge, considered
the different positions held by the Judge
below and affirmed then seriatim with the
exception of thelast, upon which point
thev decided as follow-s:
That where a part of the copartner
ship fund is abstracted by one partner
secretly and fraudulently, that he is lia
ble for interest on such amount from the
lime of the abstraction; but where such
fund is withdraw for the private use of
one of the partners with the consent of
the other, that no interest accrues until
demand made. The commencement of
suit is a demand.
The order in lids case was condition
al.
The decision below was affirmed pro
vided the defendant in error did. prior to
the next term of the Court, enter a remit
titur for all interest preceding the lime
when suit was brought, otherwise a new
trial granted.
C. B. Cole, and Rockwell & Kenan,
plaintiff in error.
Poe & Nisbet and W. Law, for defen
dant in error.
In this case there was a preliminary
motion made by defendants in error to
strike out the last two assignments of
error up on the ground that they were not
contained in or authorised by the bill of
exceptions, which motion was granted bv
the Cou.t under the xx.xiii. Rule.
Sw.rHEN f Jester, Ex’or, of) Bulloch Superior
W ora tu k, PI if. in Error, j Court.
vs. )> Trover for twoNe-
James \ <->cng, Defendant in j grots — Will and
Error. j Nancy.
I pon the trial of this case in the Court
below, the Plaintiffs in Error who were
also Plaintiffs in that Court, offered in
evidence a paper of which the following
is a copy :
Georgia, ) 19th day of June, in the
Effingham County . £ year of our Lord, 1826.
Know all men, that 1, William Wonuick,
in consideration of natural love and as--
feci ion for my son, Frederick Womuck,
1 dogive unto him the following property
—three hundred acres of land, which 1 :
now live on, two negroes, two horses,
and the rest of my stock of hogs and cat
tle, together with my household furniture
after my death and the death of my wife,
to have and to hold the said property for
ever. In witness whereof, 1 have here
unto set my hand and seal the day and
year above written.
William Womuck, [l. s ]
Signed, sealed and delivered in pre
sence of
John Dines, Test.
Dow-all Minds, J. P.~**
Recorded in folio B. 8., p. 375, this
26th day of June, 1846.
John Charlton, Clerk.
The defendants’ counsel objected to
this paper, as being testamentary ilschar
acter, and requiring probate belore it
could be admitted us evidence to go to
the Jury.
The motion was sustained by the Court,
whereupon the plaintiffs submitted to a
verdict, and moved for a new trial, and
upon the decision on this last motion
which affirmed the ruling at Nisi Pruius,
| the writ of error Was brought.
It was contended by thecounsel for the
j plaintiff in error, that the paper should
; have been admitted for three reasons.
Ist. Under the act off 1802, (Princes’
! Digest. 210,) which requires the Judges
! of the Superior Court to allow every grant
■ deed or document under which any party
i in a Court claims title, to go to the Jury.
2nd. Because the paper was a deed of
I gift and not a will, having all the indicia
; of a deed about it.
I 3rd. Because if not a deed of gift it
might stand good as a deed of covenant to
I stand seized to uses.
Per Cur. Ntsbet, Judge—
It is the inclination of the mind of the
Court, that tlie act of 1302, refers onlv
to the snits*for real estate, but the Court
I do not seek to base their decision on that
i ground. The proper construction of the
| statute is this, that the Court shall not
i withhold from the Jury any evidence of
title, which is legally proved, hut whether
there is such legal pi oof it is the province
of the Court to determine,
lion alone can reconcile the act with all
the subsequent legislation upon the same
subject, and it is a rule of law that all
statutes in pari materia must be con>trued
together, as though they were butene
statute.
The form ofa paper is of no avail in
determining upon its legal character. It
may have all the formal requisites of a
deed, and still he in substance testamen
tary. Whether the parly intended it for
a deed or will makes no difference. It
is his intention as to the character of the
estate which he gives, not as to the form
in which he gives it, that the Courts will
look to in interpreting the instrument, and
it is the province of the Court, and not of
the Jury, to make such interpretation.
A remainder may be created in per
sonalty after a life estate, but this is not
such a remainder. The paper is clearly
testamentary in its character, and being
testamentary cannot be admitted in evi
dence except under probate. ,
Decision of the Court below affirmed.
F. S. Bartow and L. S. D'Lyon, fur
plaintiffin error.
Thos. E. Lloyd and Ward & Owens,
lor defendant in error.
The Muaqiiehaima Hirer.
Detention of the Mails. —We noticed yes
terday the fact that the ice in the Susquehan
na river had greatly retarded travel between
this city and Philadelphia; and thrown the
mails from the East out of their usual regu
larity. On Wednesday the passengers and
mails were conveyed across on the ice, and
a connection between the two cities thus
formed, but the weather having moderated
yesterday the ice became too weak to bear
the weight of passengers. On the arrival of
the train from this city at the Susquehanna
yesterday morning, an attempt was made to
carry the mail and passengers across, as
usual, in the steamboat. She was accord
ingly started and forced her way through the
ice to about the centre of the river, when it
became impossible to proceed further, on ac
count of the thickness of the ice, and in at
tempting to return, it was found that the ice
had closed around her, so as to completely
hem her in, and prevent a connection with
either shore. This was the condition of the
boat when last heard from, by the at rival of
the baggage train about 5 o’clock last even
ing, but efforts were making, which were
doubtless successful, to cut away through
the ice to enable her to return.
The officers with the President of the com
pany, Mr. Cohen, have been on the line for
two days past, using the most strenuous ex
ertions lor overcoming the obstacle, as well
as for the convenience and comfort of the
passengers, those who returned to the city
having had their passage money refunded to
them.
The mail due at 11 o’clock on Wednesday
night has not yet arrived, nor has either of
the trains or mails since due, conseqenlly
the last dates we have from New York by
mail is the afternoon papers of Tuesday and
the latest dates from Philadelphia the papers
of that city of Wednesday morning. The
Telegraph is, however, in working order, and
on inquiry we, find that nothing of special
interest has occurred in either Philadelphia
or New York since our last dates.
P. S. At o’clock last evening a train
arrived from the Susquehanna, by which we
learn that the boat got across yesterday, but
could not return. A passenger from Phila-
delpliia, and we believe the unly one that ar
rived, lie having ventured across the ice, has
furnished us with copies of yesterday morn
ing’s Philadelphia papers. —Baltimore Bun
\sih inst.
The Louisiana lic^in-cnt.
This regiment is now located at Fort
Jackson, and hourly expected to start for
the seat of war. We are informed fllat
(fen. Brooke received orders from the
War Department, some days ago, to send
this regiment immediately to Mexico, and
that the delay has been solely owing to
tfie want of vessels for transportation.—
This difficulty, however, we are happy to
learn, has been obviated, and it is more
than probable that to-day or to-rnorrow,
this gallant body of the citizen soldiers of
Louisiana, will, for a time, bid adieu to
their homes and firesides. God speed
them on their mission.— N, O. Delta,
14 th in.', t .
Texas Siaajjcr*.
Since the receipt of the intelligence
that active operations a re about commenc
ing at the seat of war in Mexico, we no
tice many of the officers and men who
have been absent on furlough, returning
to join their respective commands.—
Among them we had the pleasure, last
evening, ot meeting our friend Lieut.
John Kinsey, of the Texas Rangers. lie
was one of the “gallant eight,” whb ac
companied Capt. Walker on his famous
expedition from Point Isabel to Fort
Brown, on the 4th of May lasi; and after
wards distinguished himself by his brave
ry at the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de
la Palma and Monterey. No troops are
more acceptable in Mexico than the Tex- !
an Rangers, and none more useful. May :
success attend our friend in the approach
ing campaign.— N. 0. Delta, Id th inst.
Culture of ihe <tiivc.
In a late address before the Agricultu
ral Society of South Carlina, the lion.
.Mitchell King warmly advocated the in
troduction of the Olive in the rural econ- j
orny of that Stale. lie read a very in
teresting letter from one of the most sci
entific agriculturists in the United States
(J. Hamilton Couper, of S'; Simon’s Is
land Georgia) from which vve extract the
following passage :
“We have succeeded perfectly in pick
ing the Olive, and in making from it the
finest oil 1 ever tasted. This season I
expect to make several hundred bottles of
oil* and if lam not disappointed by hur
ricane, I hope this winter to submit a i
sample to your ethical judgment. Hav
ing now about 250 trees of various ages,
and intending to increase them, 1 hope in
a few years to be able to test conclusive
ly the question of the Olive culture in
Georgia. The experiment will not be a
costly one, as the ground occupied by
Olives is cultivated at the same time in ,
other crops.”
I*roj>ngaGoii ol’ iCo««*s fioin C utting!*.
We received, savs the Carolinian, the
following instructions for the cultivation
of Roses by cuttings, from our esteemed
friend, the Rev. John Bachman, D. D., of
Charleston, who is as well known as a
horticulturist, as he is celebrated as a
naturalist. It is no experiment }etto he
tested, and the peculiar mildness of the |
season heretofore will render it practica- ;
hie immediately after the first hard frost :
“After the first severe frost in Novem- j
her or December prepare a bed in a frame,
tire size of a window sash—3 feet by 4
feet will answer—the earth must trot be 1
manured. It is not a hot bed, but corn- i
posed of common garden soil. In this
make trendies 1] inches deep, 4 inohes 1
apart. Then cut your branches intocut- i
tings containing three or four eyes; the i
lower part cut smooth just below an
eye—one or two eyes remaining above I
l!ie earth. The cuttings are now laid, or |
set nearly upright, in the small trench, j
and may be pul within an inch of each 1
other. The trench must he filled up with ;
common sand, such as is used for scour
ing, &c. The object of the sand is to pre
vent too much moisture accumula ing
around the plant. The ground is now
gently watered, to fill every little open- |
ing around tire stems. The glass is now
put on the frame. Nothing more is done,
and no watering for five weeks, when the
buds will he found putting out —an ocea
sional gentle watering is then given, and
the glass raised during the day, for an
inch, to admit air—closed down in cold
nights. Towards spring the buds will
have shot out three inches, and the roots
formed. Then they can he transplanted
in good rich soils. Well rotted manure
and moisture add much to the growth.—
They bloom lire first spring. 3>
A Hoary Load of Htahf**.
Dan Marble occasionally letsoffa jgke
that will keep. He saw a fellow stag
gering about the race track the other day,
with more liquor on than he coulcf con
veniently carry.
“Hallo! what’s the matter now?” said
a friend, whom the inebriated individual
had just run against.
“Wh—hie —why,” said the fellow, so
drunk he was hardly able to articulate,
“wh—hie—why, the fact is, a lot of my
friends have been b-b—hie—betting liquor
on the race to day and they've got me io
hold st-slakes for them!” — N. O. Pic
ayune, 14 ihinst.
! stool.
During the war waged by Don Carlos for
the Spanish throne, in one of the attacks
made by Gen. Evans’ British brigade upon
the army of Carlos, the Spanish supporters
of the Queen failed to support the brigade,
and the Carlists charging in unexpectedly
over-powering numbers, the brigade was
compelled to run, pell-mell. A gentleman
who has recently occupied the post of British
Vice Consul at Mobile, held a command in
one of the regiments of the brigade, and com
ing up with one of Evans’s Aid-de-Caraps, he
arrested his flight by unconcernedly asking
him, “Why they were like French beans?”
“I’m sure I don’t know, sir, nor can I ima-
gine why you put sod—n strange a question
at such a moment as this.”
Leaning forward in his saddle, and putting
spurs to iiis horse, as lie sprung ahead, he
explained himself by shouting, “Because |
we’re scarlet rminers.
The General on hearing of this placed the ■
wit under arrest, but his choler subsiding, he
came to the conclusion that the truth was no
libel.
The favorite street song ot the Philadel
phia b’hoys is said to he the following:
{t Gld Zack's at Monterey
Bring out your Santa Ann-er!
For every time we rise a gun,
Down goes a Mexican-er/f’
AUGUSTA. GEoT
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN. 30, 1847.
11l- War Duiioi.
The country is impatiently waiting for some
practical proof of the assertion, “that the people
of the United States are 100 patriotic to refuse any
necessary tax in time of war!”
This was the language of the resolution of Mr.
Sims, of Missouri, aiul w hich passed the House of
Representatives without a division. The mem*
hers had just had an admirable opportunity of ena
bling their constituents to demonstrate this by their
manner of acquiescing in the bill taxing Tea
and Coffee. But they solemnly refused to pass the
bill, and the echoes of their emphatic nays upon
the roll call on this vote, had scarcely died away,
before the resolution of Air. Sims is before the
House, and is carried by acclamation. There is
in this proceeding a good deal of Mexican braga
docio, from whom it seems we have borrowed
some lessons, perhaps in return for those we have
been teaching. We have talked largely, but have
done little in the way of raising money. Our
promises are great —our performance small. Was
iit a misgiving on ttie part of the representatives
\ that their constituents were not quite so patriotic
as was asserted for them? It is to be Imped not,
for the Whig members claim for themselves and
their constituents quite as much patriotism as do
the Democrats. \et Air. Toombs is the only
Whig who has paid his constituents the compli
ment of voting fur this bill. All the other votes
| were Democratic votes, yet there w ere of these but
i forty-seven. “A beggarly account, this,of empty
boxes,” if this were a test of patriotism, for there
were Democrats enough in the House to have car
ried the bill triumphantly. And then they would
have had all the glory of exclusive patriotism for
their party'. But they, too, allowed this fine oppor
tunity to slip by. The two parties now are again
on an equality as to patriotism, on this subject of
revenue. We hope to see them improve it, for this
delay upon the part of Congress to support the war
by adequate taxation, to be imposed simultaneously
1 with loan bills and treasury note bills, is in a high
1 degree discreditable to the country. Next todi
j reel legislation giving aid and comfort to the ene
! my, it is the most effectual way of negatively do
ing the same thing.
We are not particularly partial, per se, to this
tea and coffee tax. We would have preferred the
revenue to be raised otherwise, and should have
regretted to see the bill pass, and so many other
articles on the free list remain uhtaxe I, and so ma
ny articles of luxury remaining at very moderate
duti< •, which could well bear heavier duties. But
j the recommendation of the President and the Sec
; retary of the Treasury, with the necessity assign
| cd by the latter lor the bill in order to obtain the
j necessary loans, ought to have been conclusive, in
the absence of a better bill. Those who really de
sired to support the war, and were not doubtful
about their constituents desiring to do the same
! tiling, should either have supported the administra
tion in its revenue measure, or should have been
ready with a substitute that would have answered
; the same purpose. It should not be made a party
j question in any way. If it is to be, let the Demo
; crats, who have the majority, unite and pass a hill.
1 bus will they make their democracy and their
i patriotism, for the nonce, synonimous terms.
j They will prove that their party's strength is, in
time of war especially, their country's strength.—
; As it is, that party shows itself powerless or unwil
| ling to serve the country when it most needs s.er
| vies; at least such will be the fair conclusion from
, prolonged inaction.
The Whigs will not vote the duty on Tea and
I Coffee, because they desire the revenue raised by
j a favorite measure of their own—to wit, the Tar
! iff of 1842. This, they w ish restored, and hold
i off, foctiously vve think, in the hope of forcing
i that measure upon the country. The Democrats
| on the contrary, wish to sustain, intact, their fa
i vorite measure the Tariff of 1816. At least they
| wish no change in if, unless to bring it still nearer
to strict revenue principles, and still farther from
“protection for the sake of protection” principles.
Why then do they hesitate ? Why do they not
tax Tea and Coffee, or propose a substitute which
will answer the public exigency as well ? This
I public exigency being the paramount considera
tion. Do they fear their constituents? If so, we
have more confidence in the constituents titan in
their representatives. We believe those constitu
ents will, under the circumstances, respond cheer
fully to the requisition. Or is it that some of the
Democracy of ther Northern and Aliddle States
secretly favor the old Tariff, while the Democra
cy of the West are so irritated with the Adminis
tration on account of the Oregon question and the
veto of the River and Harbor Bill, that with a
view to embarrass and annoy, they refuse to come
into the support of its War measures.
We hope not. And vve will add, vve believe not.
But the delay of decisive legislation, and the want
of harmonious co-operation so far, of the whole
party, give rise to these insinuations, and may
engender suspicions that what as yet is but vague
conjecture may be correct.
But we do not confine our wishes to the action
of one party alone. We hope that the Whigs too,
will disregard factious considerations and aims,
and, giving up the vain hope of resuscitating their
dead hobby, the Tariff of 1842, unite in the sup
port of such fiscal measures as will furnish to the
government “the sinews of war.” This is called
for by the voice of the whole country, which is
clearly in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the
war, as the on ly mode of obtaining peace.
ITOiir next Weekly will contain the able
speech of Mr. Burt of S. C., on the amend
ment offered by him to the Oregon Territo
rial bill.
The bill incorporated in it the section of
the ordinance of 1787, which prohibits slave
ry in that territory, affected by the ordinance.
Mr. Burt proposed so to amend it as to re
cognize the line of the Missouri Compromise.
Though the amendment was lost in the
House by a vote of 113 nays to 82 yeas, the
debate was resumed next day. It is a de
bate, and on a question second to no other
in interest and importance, that has been
before Congress this session. It is a ques
tion pugnant with the most momentous con
sequences to the Union.
The Foreign News.
We were disappointed in not receiving last
evening, in full, the late foreign intelligence j
. brought to Savannah. The Savannah pa
pers of Monday do not contain a syllable of ;
| it, although vvefsee noticed in both, the arrival I
lof the Br. bark Aberdeen from Liverpool.— |
Letters received in this city last evening from
Savannah, dated 1 Sth inst., mention the ar
rival of three more Br. ships that day from
Liverpool, bringing advices from that market .
to the Bth December. We learn from one of
these letters, which we were permitted to
peruse, that at Liverpool on the sth, IG.OOO
bales of Cotton were sold; on Monday 30,-
000, and on Tuesday 14,000 —making in all
about GO,OOO bales, at an advance of g a
These advices, we learn, had some eflect on |
the Savannah market, and after their receipt j
sales were made at g a advance.
The Hails.
The northern mail failed again last eve- |
ning from offices north of Charleston. There
will be five due this afternoon from New
York. The Baltimore American of Friday i
last says—“ That in consequence of the difti- 1
culty of crossing the Susquehanna at Havre |
de Grace, front ice, no train tor Baltimore
was despatched from Philadelpltia on 1 ues- j
day night.
“Some of the passengers who left Balti- i
more Wednesday, walked across the Susque
hana and their baggage was carried over in ,
sleds. Others returned to Baltimore.
“The obstruction in the Susquehanna con- ;
tinued Thursday, and vve have no later pa- !
pers from New York than those of Tuesday.” 1
lETHenry L. Pinckney, Esq., has been j
elected Tax Collector for Charleston District, j
The vote stood H. L. Pinckney, 949; Francis
Lance, 936; J. P. Deveaux, 315. Majority
for Pinckney, 13. A pretty close race.
The of the Macon & Western Rail
Road has furnished the Editorof the Ameri
can Whig witii a statement of the Colton
shipped from Griffin, via Atlanta to Charles
ton from the 29 th Oct. to the 30th Dec. It
amounts to 2,628 bales!
Lead .Tli lies ami Trade of the West.
Dr. Owen, who was appointed by the
Government to make an examination of
the mineral lands of lowa and Wiscon
sin, stales, as the result of his inquiries, ;
that the region produces at this moment |
nearly as much lead as llie whole of Ku- j
rope, with the exception of Great Britan,
and that it has indisputable capacities of
■ producing as much lead as all Europe,
; Great Britain included.
-
North Carolina.
The reso’utiun appropriating ten thousand
dollars for the equipment of the North Caro- .
j
lina Regiment of Volunteers, now enrolling j
for the Mexican war, which has passed the
[Senate has, also, been adopted in die House
of Representatives of that Stride.
Firm) Lower Three s£nn*, S. C.
The Charleston Courier of the I9tii inst.
savs —We learn from a letter with a siVht i
i » j
of which we have been favored, that on ;
Tuesday night, 12th inst. a fire occurred at I
that place,w inch destroyed a building so rapid
ly as to render it necessary for the inmates to [
escape in their night clothes, and prevented i
them from saving either furniture or arli- j
cles of any description from the house.
WoiWC 1
Mr. Charles F. Bemis, of this place, kill
ed on Saturday last, a Berk-hire hog weigh
ing fire hundred and thirty-jive pounds net!
Mr. 8., in a note to us, says, ”he clrd not
weigh as much as I expected, yet litis is
tolerably well for old Early,” \Ve should
say that meat enough in one carcase to snf- i
tice a small family a twelvemonth, is “toler
able well” indeed. Fort Haines Volunteer,
| 14 th inst.
□CP Statement of the business of
the Georgia Kail Road during the week ending
Saturday, January 10, 1817.
Passengers, $3,500 63
Freights, 6,948 5 4
Alail, 769 46
Amount, $11,224 63
Geo. R. R. & Uk'g Co.. ?
Transp. Off. Jan. 19, 1847. S
Jan. 20 92
7?. S. Jackson , Teacher on
the Piano Forte, Flute and Violin, respectfully
tenders his services Io the citizens of Augusta.
References—Henry Parsons, Thus. Richards
and T. 58. Aletcalf, Esq’rs.
N. B.—For terms, &c., inquire at 11. Parson’s
Music store. 6m Dec. 1
DEATHS.
In Albany, Baker county, on the 10th inst.,
Mrs. Martha Jane, wife of Dr. James N.
Parnham, aged 2 1 years.
In Washington county, on the Bth inst.. Air. \
Elam Dudley, aged 61.
NioMMEifcm:.'
LATEST DATES FROM Liverpool,4. !
latest dates from Havre. i ;
CHARLESTON IMPORTS, JAN. 13.
Cardenas—Sc.hr. John Hancock, 185 hhds.,2B
tcs. and 15 bbls. Molasses, to M. C. Mordecai.
Nassau, (N. P.) —Sloop Beamier, 221 bags Su
gar and sundries, to C. & J . Gibbs.
SAVANNAH IMPORTS, JAN. 16,
Liverpool—Br. hark Aberdeen, 323 tons Salt,
2 hales and 2 trusses Twine, 2 cases Guns, 20 tcs.
and 40 bbls. Beer.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 14,2 p. rn.— Cotton. —
The market was quite animated this morning—
sales 2500 bales at previous rates.
Sugar. —Sales confined to about 150 hhds.—
heavy.
Molasses. —Market dull--small sales at 25c.
Flour. —Prices continue firm. A flatboat load
Ohio, 1400 bbls. sold this morning at 4,64, 200
bbls. fine at 4,121 and 200 at $4,15.
Corn. —Sales 200 sacks Alixed at 68c, 800 White,
per flatboat, at 69, and one flatboat load, 1300
sacks, at 70.
Pork. —Steady but quiet—sales 150 bbls Alesson
private terras. In small lots Prime commands 10
1 and Aless 12. For round lots Aless cannot be quo
ited over 11,50.
Bacon. —Stock very light, and sales consequent
ly limited —16 casks Sides sold at 5iC —smaller lots
at 51c—Shoulders 31 a 3ic.
Lard. —Sales 100 kegs at7c; 40 bbls at CJ, and
113 (closed on ’change last night) at 61; firm—pri
ces fully sustained.
Whisky.— Sales 140 bbls. at 18f,
A I (JUS T A I 1 ii I C K S ( IT n n E N TJ
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
AR ICI.KS. WHOLE SACK. RF.TAIt.
liAuUiNCi, Kentucky,. F* >«1 i lA <l 12 laja
Gunny,.... “ none. none.
BACON,IL.ius... p 1&| .9 « -- 10 a ..
Side.- •• 1a..; 8 a 9
Shoulders,.... “ 0 a•• j a
CANDLES,Sperm “ 31 a 32 37 a ..
Adamantine,. “ j 28 a • • j 30 a
Tallow, “ 1 21 a • ■ Jo a ..
COFFEE,Java “ 12-lu .. j 14 a ..
Laguna “ 9 a .. ! 10 »
Rio, “ 9 U) a U
CHEESE, in ('asks “ i 9 « IU, Ida ..
in 80xe5,.... “ 10 a .. f 12|a
~ ( Mackerel,No. 1,... l.bi 1 ' J u "„ •• 14 00 a ..
j jy u o .. 850a 9.. 1 1) o<* a
■T £ ;j ii o .»0 a 6 ! ti 00 a
FLOUR,CanaI...“ ! TOO a 725 750 « 800
C’oaiurs “ "1 ‘* a 500 •500a 550
GRAIN,Corn, hu 30 a .. j 02 a
< mis “ 35 a .. 40 a
i’eas •* i-50 a .. 02 a
LARD, \f> It, ‘0 « -- l‘a --
LIRE D I,|,| 150 u .. 20" a ..
aiDLASSLS.iV Oris.,. P aal 114 a 35; 43 a ..
Cu1m,.... " *1 « 25 35 a 37
ROPE. Kentucky f> lb c > < l o }a 7
Manilla,.' “ | ’7 a .. 10 • ..
R.A ISINS, i> box 225 u • • 2 50 a ..
RICE |> lmilhs 40u n •• 025 a ..
( Gog. Brandy, <p gal - (Hi a 300 a ~
y I Holla mi Gin •* 120 a .. : 115 a
f-i 1 Jamaica Hum...... “ 1250 a .. j ..a
~ , Uoiiieniic \\ biskey, “ 30 a ~ j .<7 a ~
; Do Rum,.... “ i 3> a ~ | 31 a
“ ! Do Gin “ : 36 a .. , 40 a
i Do Braudy,, u 45 n 02* a
SUGAR, Sant u< Toi.v,.. plb 1° a II 10 c 12
Porto Rico,... | 9 a .. j 10 a
New-Orleuu-,. FJa 0 , 10 a
SALT, 45* sack 131 a 00 , 150a j 62
Do P’ bush 45 a ..I 50 a
SOAP, ..-U Ih 3 a .. j la
TEAS,lmperial,.. ..... •• 80 a .. ) ®7 «
Gunpowder,.... •* SO a .. ; 87 a
Hyson, “ j 00 a • 87 a
TWINE , American 15 a .. j 20 a ..
English, “ 40 a .. 45 a ..
SPICES, Pepper “ 12 a .. IA a
Pimento, “ 13 a 18 a
WOOL, washed, “ 18 a .. ..a ~
Do. unwashed,,... “ 15 a .. a
LEATHERjSoIe, Hera, “ 14 a .. 18 a ..
Do. Oak,. “ 20 n .. 25 a ..
! Do. Upper,Northern pr.dz 10'a .. 18 a
Do. “ Southern, “ 15 a .. j 20 a
I PfEEF, p I|>o 15s 275 a 325 a
i PORK “ “ 400 a .. 500 a s ,
1 SHEEP, each 125 n .. !JSO a
I l
Augusta Jlarkct, January 20.
COTTON. —Our last review left the market
with a fair demand anti steady prices paid, la
this condition it continued on Wednesday and
Thursday, buyers operating to a moderate extent
only. On Friday an active demand sprung up,
and something like 3000 to 3500 bales changed
hands, and sellers found no difficulty in obtaining
readily the prices paid last week, and in some few
instances a slight improvement on them. On Sat
urday, the market opened quiet, and continued bo
jup to .Monday, the sales of tlie two days reaching
I 1500 a 2000 hales at full prices. On Monday eve
: ningwe received advices of an arrival at Savan
j nail, bringing four days later intelligence from Liv
erpool, and representing that market in a healthy
state, with fair sales at an improvement of id. on
| the prices paid at our last advices. This informa
tion caused holders to stiffen in their asking rates,
j and as they exhibited much firmness in their de
mands, purchasers were kept out of the market,
■ and but a very limited business was transacied
j yesterday. The sales of the week sum up 6544
bales, tiie heaviest week’s business we have had
to report this season The particulars are as fol
' lows: 14 at Sf, J36at 9. 15 at 9 MG, 229 at 9*. 19
at 9 3-1 fi, 373 at 94, 31 at 9 5-IG, 557 at 9f, 89 at 9
7-lfi, 1334 at 9i, 199 at 9 9-16, 716 at 9J, 51 at 9
11-16, 970 at 94. 98 at 9 13-16, 814 at 9J, 376 at 1(1,
1 41 at 10 1 16, 125 at 104, 208 at 103-16, 97 at 10*,
i 35 at 10s, and 9 bales at 10*. We continue the
; quotations of last week for square bales (round
j bales being about *c. less) with the remark, that
! holders find no difficulty in selling at them.
QUOTATIONS
Inferior, —a—j Middling fair, 9*a9j
J Ordinary, 9 a iff j iff i-, lOaU 1 *
Middling, 9iabj j Good fair, —alO*
The news received last evening from Savannah
, wiil no doubt enable holders to realize the prices
asked yesterday, v.hichwerea fraction above uur
! present quotations.
RECEIPTS OF COTTON
From Ihs Ist Sept., 1315, to latest dates received. *
1646-7. 1815-6.
Savannah, January 15, 12c,699 62,587
< harleston, Jan. 15, 183,999 104,937
j Mobile, Jan. 9, 102,624 15L314
New Orleans, Jan. 12, 340,850 428,947
Florida, Jan. 2, 30,573 33[595
Texas, liec.s, (K)
North Carolina, Jan. 2, 1,081 2,956
Virginia, Jan. i, 4,760 6,200
Total, 794,775 793,566
STOCK OF COTTON
Remaining on hand alike Latest <lntes received.
Savannah, Jan. 15, 51,768 11.892
Charleston, Jun. 15, 56,339 34,171
Mobile, Jan. 9, 74.118 93,416
j New Orleans, Jan. 12, 167.596 122,725
Florida, Jun. 2, 20,029 20,947
Texas, Dec. 5, 1,000 * 00
AneustaiV, Hamburg, Jan 1, 32,218 39,960
Macon. Jan. 1, 23,941 22,003
i Virginia, Jan. 1, 400 600
I North Carolina, Jan. 2, 500 900
■ Philadelphia, Jan. 9, 2.810 2.114
New York, Jan. 5, 33,000 23,900
Total, 463,719 363.658
j GROCERIFfS—We have an improved business
i to notice this week in the grocery line, as country
j orders have come in freely. The stocks of our-Mer
chants are daiiy accumulating by fresh arrivals of
i goods, and the assortment on hand is fully equal
i to the demand.
FLOUR.—At the present time our market is
well supplied with northern and country Flour.
The latter description meets with ready sale in
bids, at s 5, while in sacks it is difficult to get rid off
We hope our friends in the interior, who send this
article to market, will in future pay more atten
tion to putting it up-like Cotton, much depends
upon the condition in which it is received, to ef
fect ready sales. So far as regards quality, there
can be no complaint—but most of the Flour sentta
this market is put up in inferior bbls. some of light
weight, and in common cotton bags, which ren
ders it useless to our Merchants, unless for imme
diate use, and if they have orders to fill, are com
pelled to look up Northern Flour, in order to se
cure its safe carriage. By paying a little attention
to this matter, millers in the interior will find, at
no distant day, that they will get exclusive con
trol of this market for Flour.
MOLASSES. —There Isa fair stock of Cuba on
band—New Orleans is scarce. Sales this week of
25 hhds Cuba, from the wharf, at 24c. per gallon.
SALT.—Prices have a downward tendency, and
sales have been reported to us this week of about
2000 sacks on the wharf, at $1,30 a 1,37 i princi
pally at the latter price. Retails from stores, in
Juts, at 14 a SH per sack.
THE RIVER—Is in good boating order, and
steamboats find no difficulty in reaching the
wharves. We quote freights to Savannah 75 cts,
per bale. To Charleston, by Rail Road, sl.
BANK .STOCKS, Ac.
I Original | Present Dividffn
' coat. 1 value, per ana
Mechanics’Bank, 100 i 100 <fe int. 8 per~ct.
Aug. las. & Bk. Co. lUO 185 a— 8 per ct.
Bk. of Brunswick, 100 100 alO] 8 per ct.
Bk. of Augusta, 100 89 a9O 6 per ct.
Bk. State Georgia, 100 82 aB3 6 per ct.
G. R. R. <fc Bk. Co., 100 791a 80 I per ct.
Iron Steam Boat Co. 100 unce’tn.* 8 per ct.
’‘There has been no sale of this stock for some,
time —if offered it would readily bring par and
perhaps an advance on cost.