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Truth and Error.
BY RICHARD HENRY WILDE.
There is a tuneful river
lu Erin’s isle,
W here the sunbeams quiver
In silvery smile;
Where the leaves that fail
’Neath the autumn sky,
Grow gcm-like all,
And never die —
And such is the stream by Truth enlightened.
That leaves the breast by W isdom brightened,
Where even the joys that storms dissever.
Are turned to gems that glow forever.
There is a darkling tide
In thy Indian clime,
By whose herblcss side
There’s a sulphury slime—
To the flowV that touches
A scorching wave—
To the bird that approaches
A weltering grave.
And such are the waters of bitterness, rising,
In the desert bosom of dark disguising :
And the birds of joy and the flowers of feeling
Must perish where ’er that wave is stealing.
Monetary Difficulties in Great Britain-
The well informed London Correspondent
of the New York Commercial Advertiser, :Ims
alludes to some of the causes of the monetary
difficulties in Great Britain:
“In the midst of all this excitement, what,
it will be asked, have been the condition of the
Bank of England and the course pursued bv
its directors? On the second of last month,
when things were comparatively quiet, but
when there was, neverthless, a strong demand
for money at increasing rates of interest, the
Bank, to the surprise of every one, reduced
their charge upon advances from 5£ down to 5
per cent. Under these circumstances it was
at once supposed that the reserve of notes in
their till must have greatly increased, and that
this fact would be shown upon the publication
of their next weekly returns. When those
returns, however, made their appearance, it |
was seen that instead of an increase, a large
diminution had again taken place, so that the
Bank Thad actually again pursued the system by
w'hich they had caused so much mischief in
April last, of lowering the prices of their com
modity in proportion as the demand for it was
increasing. Against infatuation of this sort
of course all protest was vain, but the conse
quences that were inevitably to be looked for
were strongly pointed out by the press. Os
course they were besieged with applications for
loans upon the reduced terras, and meanwhile
the Aveekly returns continued to show a de
cline in their reserve of notes and also a steady
decrease in the stock ot bullion; the diminu
tion in the reserve of notes since the last packet
having been £370,000, and in the bullion of
$132*000.
Under these circumstances it was obvious
that the Bank would sooner or later take fright,
and that at the first unlucky moment of gene
ral embarrassment that might arrive, they
would be seen resorting to every kind of strin
gent measures to save themselves, instead of
being in a position to give aid and confidence
to the public at the time when these would be
needed. No sooner lead the principal propor
tion of the failures above enumerated occurred
than the Bank, in the midst of the general dis
trust which prevailed, at once rescinded the
measures of the 2d Sept., by which they had
deluded the public into a belief that they might
expect cheap money, and raised their charge
to the former rates. This, coming as it did, of
course added to the vague feelings of distrust
and anxiety which occupied the mind of every
man. But this was not enough, for no sooner
had the Bank thus announced a raise in their
rate for advances, so as to lead the public to
expect that advances at the increased rate
were at all events to be had, than they next
morning summarily announced that they
would discontinue making advances altogether.
These advances, it should be mentioned,had
nothing to do with the discount of bills, but
were upon deposits of Stock and Exchequer
Bills, the discount of bills being carried on as
before, except at a slightly increased rate. The
whole weight of the announcement, therefore,
fell upon the market for public securities.—
Consols, which at the sailing of the last packet
were lower than at any previous period of the
year, namely 85|, at once dropped to 84, and
Exchequer Bills, which were at o per cent,
premium, became almost unsaleable at 10s.
discount,
To-day the panic in the stock market has
been greater than at any time since 182-5.
(Jonsols dropped to 83£, and Exchequer Bills
to 275, discount. A slight improvement, how
ever, occurred toward the close of the day. At
one time the rate for money upon loans on i
Stock and Exchequer Bills for the next ten
days was not less than thirty-six per cent. I
write the amount, and in italics, fearing that if !
put in figures you would scarcely believe them \
correct.
The most astounding feature connected ;
with all this history still remains to be refer- I
rod to. Last month the railway calls amounted j
to nearly four millions sterling, and on the first
of this month —the very day on Avhich the
chief failures took place —side by side with
the record of the calamities which had happen
ed. came the announcement of further sum s to
be paid, to the extant of three millions and a
half. The unhappy proprietors of shares, that
is to say, nine men out of ten, protest and im
plore for some relief, but the directors having
commenced the various works, and having in
most instances got to that point at which it is
as ruinous to go back as to stan still are inexo
rable, and being moreover urged on by con
tractors, engineers,and solicitors, and the eager
host who have everything to gain and nothing
to lose by pushing forward, they use ever} - ef
fort to stifle the complaints by which they are
constantly assailed.
That the time of the final crash, however, is
fiOV approaching, may be apprehended from
various signs. Last week a meeting was held
at Manchester, of the bankers, merchants,
manufacturers, and others of the town, at which
between one and two thousand persons were
present; to take into consideration the steps
that could be best adopted by the shareholders
to enfore a suspension of the various works. -
At that meeting one of the speakers observed,
that “He perceived in one ot the Manchester
papers that, during the present year, the out- j
lay on fifty principal railways had amounted j
to £12,000,000, and it was found by compu- |
ting the total market value of these fifty lines,
from the commencement of the year to the
present time, that they stood at a less marketa
ble value by £15,000,000 sterling, even after (
the addition to their capital of the £13,000,000. ,
Here Mas a glaring deficiency of £28,090,000
sterling—a sum that might as well have been
sunk into the sea as employed in a manner so
prqjudical to the community.” All the speak
ers followed in the same direction, the unani
mous feeling of the meeting being that the
“present derangement of monetary affairs is to
be attributed to the unwarrantable haste in
carrying out the railway enterprise of the
country; that “if everything Mas pushed on
simultaneously, the money power of the coun
try would be unequal to the call; ” and that
the time Avould come when, if a general aban
donment of works M'cre not now consented to,
“nothing but a panic M'ould work out their
deliverance.”
The report of this meeting was read w - ith
universal avidity, and it is quite evident that
the public temper has nearly readied its limits
of endurance. In the very first letter Avhich
I MTote to you—now nearly a year ago —I des
cribed the state of affairs that would ultimately
occur, and that description corresponds so pre
cisely with M'hat is now taking place that I am
tempted to recall it to your recollection: “That
the railway works are to be extended during
the c ming year,” it was observed, “beyond
any former preccd nt, is the confident boast of
their projectors, and in that case a tolerable
conception may be formed of what is likely to
be the rate of money; but it is palpable that
these expectations are Avholly delusive, and
that not one tenth part of the contemplated
schemes will bo proceeded with during the
coming crisis. It is quite certain, hoAvevcr,
that they M ill go on until the pressure is so
great as to render it impossible for the share
holders to pay the calls made upon them, and
as, previous to that point, all sorts of sacrifi
ces, such as borroAved money at any terms on
an assignment of the shares, or selling a por
tion to pay up the remainder, will be resort
ed to, the way in which the market will be
fioodedis apparent,and the discounts to be quot
ed in the place of premiums M ill be to the ex
tent usually observable M'heu markets are fill
ed with sellers instead of buyers. The ruin
that must then be looked for will pervade the
entire country.”
You Mill easily understand from the picture
I have drawn what must be the natural end
of the present crisis. A temporary reaction may
take place, and even that is by no means cer
tain; but there can be no cessation in the gen
eral doAvmvard course until the pressure shall
have arrived at that point at which neither
cajolery nor threats shall enable the railway
companies to obtain a tithe of their demands.
Before that time shall arrive, of course every
M’cak house will be broken down, but those
that remain will then have a healthy sphere.
The general distress that must be borne, hoM - -
ever, is a painful subject to contemplate.
During the last few weeks the fall in the value
of all descriptions of railway property cannot
have been less than lo per cent, and what I
must fear is that when the final break up shall
be seen rapidly approaching, some violent and
dishonest modes of extrication, either by tam
pering M’ith the currency or by some other
i means, may not only bo rushed upon, but by
the aid of a railway Parliament may he arbi
trarily carried out.
In the midst of the prevailing excitement of
the money market, the state of the Corn Ex
change has during the last fortnight attracted
but little attention. The M - eek before last there
Avas a decline in the price of wheat of os. per
quarter, but for the M - eck ending to-day there
is again an improvement of 2s. to 3s.
The cotton market also is of course heavy.
In fact it is only the shortness of our stocks of
raw material that can prevent the rapid fall
in all descriptions of goods Avhich the pressure
on the money market would otherwise inevi
tably occasion.
In domestic matters, apart from the usual
dullness of the season, it will easily be con
ceived that it would be impossible for any or
dinary subject to command attention. The
money market, and the money
is the one grand theme.
Foreign affairs still wear a most interesting
aspect and many striking events are evidently
to be expected. But during the past fortnight
the relations of things have undergone no ma
terial change (except in so far as they are af
fected by the death of Colletti, the Greek
minister, Avho Math his dying breath com
mended himself to M. Guizot, saying that he
had done all that France had required of him,)
and I may therefore defer until my next letter
a summary of our general prospects.
SPECTATOR.
Since the foregoing was written, another
heavy failure has been announced. John
Thomas, Sou & Lcfevre have suspended, with
liabilities to the amount of £370,000. The
house was largely engaged in exporting cot
ton tAvist to Russia. Mr. Lefevre, the acting
partner, is a brother of the Speaker of the
House of Commons. The loss will fall prin
cipally on Manchester. T. H. Murry & Co.,
of Liverpool are also reported, with liabilities
to the amount of £50,000. They show, how
ever, surplus assets of £BO,OOO.
[From the New Orleans Delta.]
Returning - from the North.
Last night there was a man not more than
tM'enty-fiA T e years of age, who sat smoking his
segar in front of the Ncav Commercial Ex
change, on St. Charles street. His countenance
betokened much anxiety of feeling, and his
care-worn brow told that during the past
season he had not been merely “a looker on
here in Vienna..” It Avas quite dark, and the
A r cry stars seemed afraid to show themselves
save at intervals, Mdien the murky curtains of
the clouds Mere drawn aside by the stern
winds, and the silver faces of the fairies of the
sky looked down upon the M - orld. In front of
i the Exchange there Avas nothing to be seen but
| a few - cabs, which rolled lazily along, and here
j and there a passer-by. Occasionally a flower
j girl, with her basket full of fragrant bouquets,
I M - ould pass along. Poor thing! there were
j but feM' Avho walked the streets AA'ho cared
; about floAvers. One recollected the white
I roses that decked the pearly broAvs of the dead
| maiden M'ho was to have been his bried; another
thought of the rose that he had given his
blooming sister on her birth-day, and another
of the pleasant hour when he placed a bunch
of violets in the tiny, rosy fingers of his first
born child. Each one turned aAvay, for the
sight of flowers brought M’ith them thoughts
of the grave.
Still the young man smoked his segar. Now
and then he would tip the Avhite ashes ofl Avith
his little finger, and then the end ot the “mild
regalia” looked like a flaming carbuncle. What
was the young man thinking of? Was it of
wealth, ambition, love, or revenge? Os neither
—he thought of the many dear friends that
during the past disastrous season had gone
doAvn to their graves, of pale-faced women in
black dresses, and men whom he had known
M’ith ruddy cheeks, men as jovial as the Knights
at the “Round Table of King Arthur,” who
were uoav bent down as it Avere Math age and
wan Avith sickness. Still he smok cd his segar,
but no one observed that his eye was moist,
and that now and then a tear would trickle
down his cheek. He had his own thoughts,
and as the vision of some sAveet face or dear
friend glanced on the magic mirror of memory,
his heart would throb, and his eye, the foun
tain of his soul, would overflow.
Noav this is a true picture. None of your
i fictitious getting up out of the brain, but a
I real Daguerreotype from life. Tom, poor
fellow, sat and smoked, and at last his segar
went out. Throwing down the hot remnant of
the “noxious v/ced,” Tom clasped his hands
■ over his eyes and thought. He had been in
the city all the summer — seen death in every
! lorra, and his two bosom friends were far away.
gr^ , a*. •^vsmiasnesaea
Tom recollected how gay Dick Bight used to
look at the ladies through, a borDwed opera
glass, in the Orleans 'Theatre, on Sunday -
nights; and then again, how tha rollicking
fellow, Jack Bragg, would bet a wjole month’s
pay at a scrub race, or at the gamepf bagatelle. J
“When shall we three meet agiin?” Tom j
mentally ejaculeted to himself, aid scarcely
had the thought darted out of hisjnind before J
he felt himself “grabbed.” A stafvart young
fellow, clad in a green coat with ich gilt but- ■
tons, a satin neckcloth of many Odors, a vest,
that for beauty of pattern, would have drawn
a compliment from Bean Brummy, and pants
that would have pleased D’Orsiy, was the
person who, technically speaking “grabbed”
poor Tom.
“What do you mean, sir:” inquired Tom
with some asperity of manner.
“Why Tom don’t yon know me Don’t yon
know old Dick Bright, or bright lick, as you <
used to call me when we lived in Chartres
street, and sold-muslin, and hook and eyes,
and all ‘them are sort of things,’ tothe ladies?”
Tom for a moment was incrediious, but at
length recovering himself, ho spng from his
seat, and grasping his companion ly the hand,
almost shouted, “God bless you old fellow!
How are your”
“Well I’m just as fine as silk, ole boy! Look
at me! Ain’t las fat as butter, and don’t my
checks look like a pair of big strawberries?”
“Well how did you enjoy youiself during
the past season?”
“Enjoy myself-—don’t talk of it. I’ve been
living in New York like a lord. Boarded most
of the time at the Aster—employ ed my leisure
hours in buying goods and looking out for the
English steamers. Saw the Chinese Junk—big j
humbug by-the-by— went to the concerts — ;
took several, if not more, drinks with Willis— i
took dinner with old Major Noah — shook
hands with old John Jacob Astor—talked with
people about old Jake Barker’s election—wrote i
a little bit of an article for Bennett’s paper,
and a lovely piece of poetry for Beach’s N. Y.
Sun—saw Horace Greeley, who asked me to
join him in some bread, that looked, like saw- j
dust, and a glass of milk—had the pleasure of j
sccingGen. Morris’ regimental coat,and saw the !
original manuscript of ‘Woodman, Sparc that '
Tree,’ and—d —u old fellow let’s go and take
a drink!”
They had no sooner gone up to the bar,
than a young man, with a broad, good humor
ed face, roared out, “ain’t I just in time. Give
me old Orleans yet, and mix me a cocktail, j
sweet and strong. Old Jack Bragg is back
again boys! Give us your hands—l’m so glad |
to see yc that I could hug you like a bar!”
The three friends drank — recounted what
they had seen —told their several adventures,
and when they separated, each one went home,
as Mr. Bragg remarked, as happy as “Julius
Caesar or Nebuchadnezzar.”
! !
SI ugu 0 1 a, 0c o r Ia .
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 27.
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STIPWe tender our acknowledgements to
i Wm. Humphreys, Jr. dealer in drugs and ;
! medicines. Savannah, Ga., for a bottle of real
ly excellent Cologne, of his own manufacture, i
We have not often met with a line article of
I this refreshing perfume, of domestic manufac
ture, and have usually preferred to pay well
for the little we use and get the reed Farina.
The common kinds smell too strong of turpen
tine and whisky for our fancy. But the odour
of Mr. Humphrey’s is unexceptionable.
Apropos of Mr. H., we take pleasure in say
i ing that he is a very enterprising and indus
| trious man, and is certainly destined to go a-
I head. He understands the philosophy of ad
j vertising and has found out that it is a sure
! road to fortune. Besides advertising in papers
of established circulation, ho publishes on his
own hook, an advertising sheet, which he cir
culates among his customers and sends off in
every direction by mail, proclaiming his busi
ness, his drugs and their prices, and his will
ingness to fill all orders in his line on satis
factory terms.
“’Tis not for mortals to command success,
But lie’ll do more, he’ll deserve it.”
Mexico Must Be Subjugated.
This plain proposition put forth by us a few
days ago, seems to have struck our sensitive
friend of the Chronicle with utter consterna
tion. We had no idea that the proposition
would so startle him, as a novelty and an out
rage. But his comments of Monday morning
indicate that it has burst upon him suddenly,
like a thunder bolt from a cloudless sky, and
taken him wholly by surprise, and overwhelm
ed his affrighted imagination with innumera
ble horrors.
We had supposed that the sagacious and
lynx-eyed associate editor, over watchful and
observant of the signs of the political horizon,
must have perceived long since the inevitable
tendency of things to this grand finale . It
needed no Astrologer to examine the signs of
the Zodiac before the subjugation of Mexico
could be predicted as a thing possible, proba
ble, inevitable. Some may have thought from
the beginning of the war that this was the
true policy, and we are of that number.—
Others may gradually have awakened to the
policy and advantages of it, while others
again, and these last constitute the great body
of the American people, have only very re
cently become convinced, as they now arc, that
this is not only politic, BUT NECESSARY.,
in the present aspect of affairs. There seems
to be no other alternative left ns, consistent
with national rights and national honor, and
future security.
This is not a bold and dreaming scheme of
the editor of the Constitutionalist, as the Chron
icle characterizes it. Wc have a coincidence
of opinion to sustain us in a quarter that the
Chronicle should respect. It will be remem
bered that the whigs of Georgia, in conven
tion, being assured of the identity of his princi
ples tcith their's, recommended Gen. Zachary
Taylor for the Presidency. Now the National
Whig, published at Washington City, assumes
to be the organ (par excellence) of Taylor
Whigery. We find that this print goes for
subjugation also. It calls the policy by a dif
ferent name. Its term is “The Civil Occupa
tion of Mexico.” This means the same thing
that wc do, we presume, and we like our form,
of expression better. It conveys the idea to
the mind more distinctly, we think, and hi
therefore preferable.
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EXPORTS OP COTTON TO FOREIGN AND COASTWISE PORTS, COMMENCING IST. SEPTEMBER, 1846.
;'■ ■ • SAVANNAIC CHARLESTON.,, mobile: N. ORLEANS, r NEVV~YURK. QTnMrpORTS. ~ TOTAL."
WHITHER EX poll 1 ED. 1847. j 1846. 1847. 184*5. 1847- 1 1346. 1847. 1846. 1347. 184 S. 1847. 1846. 1847.1846,
Liverpool . 1.549 2,049 7,320 3,740] 0,9// ........ 20,365, 5,409 19,3.)/ 5,-43 J,l/t! 090 ........ ........
Hull ;•
Glasgow and Greenock l,?3o COO
Cork and a Market 1,227 ■ • .... —. 3
Total to Great Britain L-549 2,049 ~~ 8,547 3,740 i 0,977 j j ‘>>,l6l 5,409 13,023 5,240 1,176 696 53,313 17,140
Havre jj 77777777 37FT6 77777777 j M2O 777777 , foul 5£27 14,232 c,i7i 454 7777777 777777.7777.7
Bordeaux 1
.Marseilles I j 55 1,498 797
Nantes 616
Total to France 1 3,110 jj 1,420 4,847 5,282 15,780 6,958 454 £5,611 12,240
Amsterdam j! 901
Rotterdam,.... 407 009
Antwerp 2,102, 150 2,2(9 B\).> ........
Hamburg j 1 3,010 3,614
Bremen j i j 044 1,379
I Barcelona i 218
| Havana, &c I| 218 3,171 81
| Genoa, Triesta, &,c 1,«23 ( 88| 121
i Ghent, &c . ■
Other Ports 140 1,902 1,129 444 117
Total to other Foreign Ports.... 140 jj j 2JB 3.522 4,450 [ 7,735 6,328 88 121 i 1i,485 11,117
New York ifohTf 7,837 7*153 12,808 i' 3,350 foS46 4,946 ~ 3,126 .77777 777777
Boston 26! 31 1,457, 1,897 1,616 3,475 1,119 |
1 Providence 1 308 • ••*
I Philadelphia 108* 26 0 632 1,032 i 168 ; 906; 170
Baltimore 99 118 131 116 : 225 32
Other Ports 849 1,383 444 1,674 IC~
Total Coastwise ' 6,466;
Grand Total 11 8J)15; 11,678 39,77» 19,907 13,531 3,438 / 39,322 19,755 , 36,538 18,532 1,718 - 817 118,578 74,127
The article we refer to appeared in the Na- ;
tional Whig of the 22d inst., and is as fol- *
, lows:
Results. — If the results of the Military Oc
cupation of the Chief City of Mexico are as
i they are described in the following article from j
a French paper, revived in that city immedi- j
ately after our fiag was planted on the Old
National Palace,—and there is every plea in
favor of its truth —how much more satisfac
tory and peaceful would be the Civil Occupa- |
tion of that extraordinary Capital bj* the U nited j
States! i
Every day, every hour demonstrates that the ;
only mode left for us to put an end to the war ;
and to pacificatc the enemy, is for Congress to J
declare the whole to bo Territory ot the United
States and to legislate forthwith for its Civil
: Occupation.
[From the Mexican Moniteur Francaise .]
i The City.—What a change has come over
j the capital in the space of two or three weeks !
i When we were in hero during the armistice, |
I there was not a half hour in the day that bodies
i of troops were not moving to and fro, “the j
blast of the shrill trump and the ear-piercing I
life,” continually bringing to mind that the
j beautiful city was under the dominion of a
I usurping and tyrannical military power. But
“a change has come over the spirit of its
dream;” all this tumult has subsided, and a
change has come over the city, whose in Habi
tants? in life and property, are protected by
those who -were represented as the andals
of the North.” In our opinion, confidence is j
now' perfectly restored; there is scarce a place
of business that is not open, and what more
clearly than anything else demonstrates the
fact that contentment reigns, in a great mea
sure over the scores and scores of families that i
begin to promenade the streets. Whenever j
you see the softer sex walking the streets in ;
confidence, yon may set down at once, that :
things arc as they should be.
New Hampshire^
The N. H. Whigs have nominated Nathaniel
S. Berry for Governor —Governor Colby hav
ing declined a nomination for x*e-clection.
Meteors.
A brilliant Meteor passed over the city of j
Charleston on Saturday morning, about 4 I
o’clock, and another on Saturday evening at 10
minutes past 7. The light from the latter w r as
brighter than that from the moon, then in her
full and unclouded glory. The course of both I
Meteors was from E. s. E. to W. N. w'.
Col- Riley
An anecdote, says the Arkansas Intclligen- j
cer, is told of this gallant officer. He was
heard to say, on being ordered to Mexico, (by j
the way he lisps very much,) that he would
have thix feet of Mexican ground or a yellow
thash /” We congratulate him on having no
bly won the latter. The government will cer
tainly brevet him.
Death of an Old Warrior-
Col. David Folsom, a highly respectable
citizen of the Choctaw Nation, died at his
residence on the 24th ult. Tbo Arkansas In
telligencer says, that in the death of Col. Fol
som the Choctaws have lost one of the lights
of that Nation, and the Government of the
United States a steadfast friend, who has been
the same at all times. Col. Folsom has filled
every position that a citizen of the Choctaw
Nation can fill under the constitution, and by
the voice of his countrymen. Col. F, served
as a leader of a party of Choctaw warriors
against the Creeks, during the Creek war,
where his bravery and friendship to the Uni
ted States rendered him a cherished object of
Government favor. He was also under Gen.
Jackson, at the surrender of Pensacola. He
w r as the untiring advocate of religion and edu
cation, and had the high gratification before
his death, to witness a moral and intellectual
change among his people.
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OLESALB PRICES CURRENT
|| ARTICLES. Per. Wholesale, j U>dy.
OlLS —Sperm,W. Strainer: .... 1 30 to 1 37'jiee.
Full strained I 25 to)
Summer do 1 00 to 1 121
Linseed bbl.j 87.1 to 20 pr. ct.
Tanners ! 55 to
Lard i 25 (a)
I POTATOES did. 3 25 (a) 3 50
| | PIPES { 02 to i 00
II PORTER t'oz.2 25 to 3 5J
| PEPPER lb | 10 la 12
11 PLVEjYTO. j 14110/15
ILSiSlA'S —Malaga, bunch box. 2 50 to 2 75 )
Mnsciitcf. 2 to 2 50i j 40pr. ct.
RICE —Ordinary tOO. 4 go to 4 50
Fair 4 75 to
Good and Prime 5 00 to
fFrench Brandies gal. Isoto 2 100 pr. ct. i
Leger Freres .... 215t0 3 I
yj Holland Gin 125t0 I sU'loopr. ct.
St American Gin ...j 40 t 043
5 ■{ Jamaica Rum.... ■*.• 1 50 to 2 00:100 pr. ct.
N.B.Rmn, bds. 6c bids. .... 37 to4o j
c 2 Whiskey,Phil. & Balt. ••• • 33 to-35
Do. New Orleans. •••• 30 te33
Peach Brandy •••• 75 to 100 100 pr.ct.
SUGAR-Cuba. Muscovado tt>
P 11. & St. CT. iv 9 toll 1
Havana, white.. •••• 10 toil lon
Kew 0r1ean5........ Bto 9 f P r ‘ CL
Loaf. •••• ll|to!2£ j
Lump 11 toll J
S.4L 7’—Liverpool 1 75 to 0 00 l
Loose bus. 45 toso .\ M P r * ‘
| SOAP —American, yellow lb sto 0 30 pr. ct.
SHOT —AII sizes 1 02 to 1 75 20 pr. ct.
i SE OAR S —Spa n ish M 20 00to30 00 40 pr. cL.
American 8 tolO
| TALL OJP— American 10 to 11 !10 pr. ct
! TOBACCO— Georgia lb 4to it „,
Cavendish 1 15 to 16 !i JU P r * Cl *
ii TWJJYE— Bagging j 18 t 025 j
Seine | 30 to 5 ) j 30 pr. it. ;
! ; TEAS— Pouchong j 50 t 075 )
Gunp’der & imp ! 75 to 1 00 !
Hyson 1 75 toßo f free
Young Hyson ! 50 t 075 J
HlJVES —Madeira gal.'2 00 to) 2 25 30 pr. ct.
Claret, Mars’lies cask i 25 to)60 40 pr. ct.
Do. Bordeaux do/.. 3 00 to 3 50 40 pr. ct.
Champagne..... .... 9 00 to!s 00 40 pr. ct.
Malaga.. .... 5o tou2 *4O pr.ct.
(Hornnun la I.
LATEST DATES FROM LIVERPOOL OCT. 4
LATEST DATES FROM HAVKJ OcT. 1
AugTista Market? Oct. 27.
REMARKS.—As regards the growing crop, the weath
er has been all that could he wished for, and the quality
of tho Cotton receiving and to be received at this
i point, will he of the best average over brought to this
market, very little if any of it ranging below middling,
: We have conversed with a number of planters, and all
| admit they will make more Cotton than calculated on
1 in the early part of the season, but at the same time tew
I will make as much as they did Lust year, (although they
; have planted more ground) and a majority say they will
not make more than two-thirds of a crop. By our tables
below, it will be seen that the receipts so far this season,
i show aa increase at Now Orleans, .Mobile, Florida ami
| Texas, of 44,837 bales; while the falling olf at Charles
ton, Savannah, Virginia and North Carolina, exhibits
30,012 bales—showing an increase so far of 14,825 bales.
But tho increase being in the Gulf ports, where heavy
bales are made, if we measure by pounds wo will find
the actual increase 20,229 bales, averaging 450 lbs.
EXCESS OK RECEIPTS OVER LAST SEASON, AT
N. Orleans,. .37,901 bales, av’g 450 lbs 17,056,8001b5.
Mobile, 6,207 “ “ 489 “ ... 3,035,233 “
i Florida, 428 “ “ 415 « ... 177,620 “
Texas, 298 “ “ 459 “ ... 134,100 “
’
T0ta1,,.. .44,837 20,403,753 lbs..
DECREASE AT
Charleston, . .20,774 bales, av’g 360 lbs... .7,478,640 lbs
i Savannah,.... 9,030 “ “ 415 “ ...3,747.450 “
j Virginia, J»0 “ “ 300 “ ... 36,000 “
iN. Carolina,.. 108 “ “ 360 “ ... 38,890 “
Total 30,012 11,390.899
COTTON.—Our last review left the market with a
downward tendency, and we gave as quotations for fair
Jat its close ou Tuesday evening, a Sgc. It opened on
i Wednesday morning with a limited inquiry, and in order
j to induce purchasers to take hold, holders had to submit
1 to a reduction on the prices current the day previous of
>c. At this reduction, some few buyers entered the mar
ket, and towards the close prices improved, and sales
were made fall up to our inside figures of Tuesday eve
ning. On Thursday, prices rallied somewhat, and al
though the sales were limited, tho rates obtained were
about those quoted by us in our last circular. Oa Thurs
day evening, we received an outline of the steamer’s ac
counts ip to the 4th inst. brought by telegraph, which
I put a complete damper ou the market, no one showing
I the least disposition to buy at any price, and the sales of
Friday reached only 9 bales at 11 a 11 cent decline from
the quotations of Wednesday. On Saturday, the same
languidness prevailed in the market, the sales of the day
reaching only 84 bales—the majority of that lair Cotton
( at On Saturday evening the foreign letters came to
hand, which fully confirming the telegraphic advices,
; caused quite a panic in our market, and the highest price
i that could be obtained for fair Cotton on Monday was 8
j cents—sales of all descriptions only 86 bales. Yesterday,
buyers manifested a little more confidence, and one or
j two entered the market, and the sales reached some2sß
| bales, the highest price for fair being 8 cents. By the
above remarks, it will be seen that our market has de
clined since Tuesday last all of II cents per lb. The
transactions of the week sum up only 1442 bales, and in
order to give those at a distance an insight to the daily
transactions iu this market during the w'eek, we give the
daily sales, viz: On Wednesday 606 bales, 18 at Bg, Bat
BJ, 88 at. 9, 110 at 9J, 10 at 9 3-16, 162 at 9|, 162 at 9{|, 6
at 9 7-16, and in the afternoon 54 at 9£. On Thursday,
339 bales, 62 at 9, 22 at 9J, 129 at 9},:« at 9g, 36 at 9\, 7
at 9 9-16, and 44 at 9|. On Friday, 9 bales, 7at Bj, and
2at B|. On Saturday, 84 bales, 2at 7|, Batß, 7 atß|, and
67 at B£. On Monday, 86 bales, 20 at 71, and 66 at 8.
Yesterday, Tuesday, 258 bales, 53 at ~at 7J, 169 at 8,
2at 8 1-16, 7ut BJ, and 20 at 8\ cents. We alter our quo
tations to conform to present prices, and would remark
to our country friends, that they are still for square bales,
round selling for about § cents less.
QUOTATIONS, __
Ordinary.-... ...none Middling Fair....... .^a/J
Middling 7 l a JJ £air..... * ®JT
Good Middling 7.ia 7| Good Fair 6| aß^
RECEIPTS OF COTTON.
Prom the Ist Sept., 1847, to latest dates received,
1846-7. 1845-6
Savannah, Oct. 22 6,318
Charleston, Oct. 23 13,021 32,. So
Mobile, Oct, 20 10,097 3,890
New-Orteans, Oct. 20 86,922 49,018
Texas, Se.pt. 24. 527...... 229
Florida, Oct. 2 428 00
Virginia, Oct 7200 3'>o
North Carolina, Oct. 9..., 14 ] *^2
Total 117,527 Jo2,7tfe> |
C, OCTOBER 27, 1847.
j EXCHANGE.
I Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, «
Bank of Augusta, “
Branch Slate of Georgia, Augusta, u
Bank of Brunswick, t(
Georgia Hail Road, «
! Mechanics’ Bank, u
j Bank of St. Mary’s, «
Bank of MiJledgeville, u
I Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah, «
Brandies of ditto, u
II Marine and Fire Insurance Bank, Savannah, «
j | Branch of ditto, at Macon,
Planters’ Bank, Savannah, “
; Cenlnil Bank of Georgia, o
Central R. R. and Banking Company, Savannah, “
Charleston Banks, “
Hank of Camden, “
; Bank of Georgetown, “
i ; Commercial, Columbia, “
Merchants’, at Cberaw, .... “
Bank of Hamburg, “
Alabama Notes,.. 2to dis
j Commercial Bank of Macon, failed
NO SALE OR UNCERTAIN.
Merchants’ Bank of Macon;*
Bank of Darien and Branches.
Bank of Columbus,
j Chattahoochee Rail Road and Banking Company.
Monroe Rail Road and Banking Company,
j Planters’and Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus.
; Exchange Bunk, Brunswick.
i Insurance Bank of Columbus, at Macon.
! Phoenix Bank of Columbus,
i
CHECKS.
On New Y0rk,......,.....,,,.,,,.,,,,,.., \ prern
Philadelphia, * “
Boston, “
Ciiarlesttm and Savannah, par.
Lexington, Kentucky,
Nashville, Tennessee, “
STOCKS.
Georgia, 8 per cents no sales.
Georgia, 6 per cents 9fc to/ 100
♦Not taken by our banks, but redeemable at the Plant
ers’Bank, Savannah at par.
1 STOCK OF COTTON
Remaining 1 on hand at the latc.it dates received.
Savannah, Oct. 22 5,178 8,27!
, Charleston, Oct. 23 23,9-23 23,823
! Mobile, Oct. 90 19,714 8,285
New Orleans, Oct. 2o 71,125 37,578
Texas, Sept. 24.. 8(1 1,5 0
Florida, Oct. 2 410 1,088
Augusta Sc Hamburg, Oct. 1, 10,802 5,337
Macon, Oct. I, 3,013 3,4U7
Virginia, Oct. 7 250 00
North Carolina, Oct. 2. 90 115
New York, Oct. 90 47,199 33,863
Philadelphia, Oct. 16 7,874 1,639
Total, 195,548 121,9)5
GROCERIES.—There continues to be a fair business
transacted in the Grocery line. The slocks of our mer
chants were never better than at the present time, and
j every day adds fresh supplies. During the month of
i September, and so far in October, wo are informed more
goods have been sold in (lie Grocery line in this market,
than for a number of years during the corresponding pe
riod, Wo hope our merchants will stick to quick sales
and small profits—it is the system that will bring us
trade and give satisfaction to our country friends.
DRY GOODS.—There has also been a good business
done in this line, and although we cannot boast of heavy
houses, the stock of our merchants are good and they
are selling out at moderate profits. By the spring sea
son we hope to be able to report the organization of one
or twolarge houses in this line, when the Augusta mar
ket will afford to the merchant of the interior induce
ments to purchase which will cause him to lay in all
of his supplies here. If our merchants can sell Grocer
ies cheaper in this market than they can be laid down
from New York and Charleston, they can sell Dry
Goods as cheap as they can be obtained from the same
points.
BAGGING.—We have no change to notice in Bag
ging this week—holders are firm in their asking rates,
and sales of about \OO9 pieces have been made this week
atj 17 cents, short time, for Kentucky. Retailing from
stores at 13 a 19c.
BALE ROPE—Is still scarce, and a lot would readily
bring 9 cents. Retailing from stores to customers at 9
cents.
CORN.—The receipts this week have been, confined
to wagons. But a limited enquiry, the demand being
qpnfined to home wants. Our quotations will give a
fair index cf the market.
FLOUR—Is dull of sale. Market well supplied with
inferior country, which is selling in small lots at a
4J. The belter qualities are selling at 5 a s^.
BACON—Good continues scarce, and the receipts are
, | light. Bales this week of about 'WOO lbs sides at 9 cents,
j cash.
SALT.—Prices are improving. was offered Ibis
week for a lot of 550 sacks, ami refused. Our Grocers
however, have a fair supply on hand, and are retailing it
out to customers at per sack and 45 aSO cents per
bushel for loose.
WHEAT—We have had many enquiries made of us
lately as to the price of Wheat in this market, but we
are unable to answer them satisfactorily, as little or none
has as yet been offered. Our country friends, however,
we think can try the experiment with safety, as no doubt
the article will bring in this market as ranch, in propor
tion, as it does in either Charleston or Savannah. He
have here strong competition in trade, and any article
saleable in another market will find purchasers in this
at living (and frequently at losing; prices. We have
now in our vicinity one mill grinding Wheat, and in a
short time we will have an extensive mdl orijout 1 ana
these two will create some demand for the article. Gar
farmers, however, must bear in mind one important
item, and that is, wheat when sold in this or any other;
market, must be governed by weight and not by mea
sure. The New York standard, we believe, is 62 lbs to
the bushel. Should any of opr mercantile friends receive
a consignment of this article, 'they will no doubt reportto.
us the sales, which will be the beginning of a new busi
ness in the Augusta market, that promises to become one
of importance,
EXCHANGE—NoJ much Northern offering. Our
Banks sell Sight Checks on New York at \ per cent
prem. They purchase Sixty Dtly Bills at 1a i j dis.
FREIGHTS—No change to notice in rates. The
River has risen about a foot within, the last two da) a
and is now in boatabje condition.
BANK STOCKS. &.C.
(Original Present Divid 9
I cost. value, peruana
Mechanics’ Bank,.. 100 oef ri-
Angusta Ins. & Bk’g. C 0.... I<W »»M© J ”
i Bank of Brunswick, 100 P-> ?jL r ct-
Bank of Augusta, JW 3* a . rCt<
i Bank State of Georgia, 109
Geo. R. R. & Bk’ C . Co 100 80 aB9 J «•
, Iron Steam Boat C 0.., 100 8- a 1