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DAILY PICAYUNE EXTRA, }
New Orleans, Oct. 2>3 —10 o'clock. 5
Further from Mexico
c give this morning the letters received j
by the mail brought by the James L. Day,
which was not opened till Sunday morning.
AVe omit some passages, which were antieipa
t ,‘d by the papers received on Sunday night.
There has been no later arrival from S era
Cruz or the Brozoa.
[SPECIAL OF THE PICAYUNE.]
Vela Chez, Oct, 16. 1347.
This city and B agar a present the most in
teresting scenes at this time. At the latter
place are some 3doo troops encamped, say the
13th Infantry, Massachusetts regiment, new
Ohio regiment, two I'lorida companies, Capt.
Stapp’s Illinois Mounted Men, irnety recruits
for the Ist Dragoons, two companies of the
11th Infantry, sixty Voltigucr recruits, and
last, though by no means the least, Capt.
Tighlman's magnificent light artillery battery.
About half a mile beyond this camp arc four
companies of Texans Hangers.
Gen. Patterson has put his shoulder to the
wheel in earnest, first to put an end to certain
abuses that bare been too long overlooked
here, and practised by officers going up in the
several columns that have left tor the interior.
For instance, a large number of men, belonging ;
to both regular and volunteer forces have been
sent into the general hospital here, by their j
officers, without descriptive rolls. Numbers of
thcic poor fellows have remained in hospital
six and eight months, some have died, and I
many are still suffering who, for want of this \
light duty on the part of their officers, cannot
he honniady discharged or paid. To send
them off sick, without pay, and with no pap ers
by which they can claim their land bounty, or
perhaps pension, would be treating them badly
indeed, and the surgeons will not do it. The
pay and board of those who die in hospital are
lost to their heirs, if the officers under whom
they have served have been so criminal as to
neglect to furnish the hospital surgeon with
their descriptive rolls and clothing accounts.
To prevent a recurrence of this evil, Gen.
Patterson has issued orders that every officer j
who shall send men to the hospital without
the proper papers, shall be arrested and tried.
Other healthy orders have been issued and
n m vi 4- I AA-nonf-nr! nv. • I f« r. I la.-. . .... 1 .
arc stringently executed, and tne General is I
determined that the guerrillas as well in this j
vicinity as on the road, shall fool the weight
of our power.
Day before yesterday he despatched two
companies of Texan Hangers and some other
mounted men to scour the country between |
the Jalapaand Orizaba roads, where guerrillas
were known to be quartered, and arms and
ammunition to be stored. A few miles above
Santa Fe a party of Hangers came upon a ranche
where they found ammunition, and several
hundred bushels of American corn. They
burned the ranche, and then discovered by the
numerous explosions, that loaded tire-arms
wore concealed there. In the vicinity of Mede
lin another party discovered large quantities
of arms and ammunition, and killed some six
ty guerrillas. When the rangers returned to
their camp, they were fully “armed and equip
ped as the law directs,” and a little more so.
All had sabres dangling by their sides, some
had on guady uniforms, with cocked hats, and
numerous other curious looking articles of
clothing and ornament. One demure looking
gentleman wore a robe which was supposed to
have been cast off by the good Padre Jarauta
when he became a robber chieftain.
Whilst, however, the mounted men are
employed ferreting out and destroying guer
rillas and guerrilla depots, the general does
not forget to protect the innocent and defence
less. The following general order will show
his policy in this respect:
ORDERS NO. 5.
Headquarters, Voeonteer Division, ?
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Oct. 12, 1817. >
The commanding general of the division
being charged with the duty of opening the
line of communication with the mam army in
the interior of Mexico, directs that:
1. The communication of all corps, detach
ments and posts, under his command, or led
by him on the line from Vera Cruz to the
headquarters of the army, shall protect from
injury and insult all unarmed and peaceable
inhabitants.
2. No private property shall be taken, except
by the order of the commanding officer of a
corps, detachment or post, and then only for
the use of the troops, for which, in all cases
when the owner can be found, a reasonable
compensation shall be paid.
3. The frequent robberies and murder
committed by gu* rrillas and other banditti,
who live by plundering Mexicans as well as
Americans, thereby rendering life and proper
ty insecure, and interrupting trade and inter
course with the interior, requiung a prompt
remedy, no Mexican will be allowed to bear
arms, except by the written permission of the
commander of a department or post.
4. Commanders of all armed parties will ap
prehend armed Mexicans faun 1 without pro
per authority, and should they resist they will
!Le shot.
By order of Maj. Gen. Patterson:
J. J. ABERCROMBIE.
Lt. Col. and A. A. A. G.
Among the other arrangements, a depot is
to be immediately established at the National
Bridge. This is certainly a most judicious
measure. Escorts can always bo provided here '
for trains going no higher up than the bridge,
and during the time troops are accumulating
here the teams, instead of lying still, can be i
employed conveying provisions, &c. to that
depot. For the first few miles after leaving 1
A era Cruz the road is exceedingly heavy, and
if freshly broken mules start over it with heavy
loads on a long march they are often rubied.
The new teams can now start with light loads,
and by the time they reach the depot will be
well trained and in a condition to receive the j
usual weight. The army will probably move |
to the interior in about a week,
Ykha Citrz, Oct. 18, 1847.
The Alabama, came in. yesterday morning
with u large mail, much to the relief of soldiers I
and citizens. Wc have nothing in the shape j
of news h'ne except when the English courier j
cgmes down, or a mail arrives from New j
Pileans and can only amuse ourselves specula- j
fiiig over tlm thousand Mexican rumors that •
*■ i
reach us, but which arc never true. \ erily, 1
these Mexicans arc a nation of liars—they can';
tell the truth, poor follows, their nature rebels
against it. Camp Bajara is in command of
Brig. Gen. "Cushing. The general is pretty
hard on the Americans, sometimes, when they
deviate from what he considers the path of rec
titude. 'The other day it became necessary to
clothe the Massachusetts regiment anew, their :
old gray uniform having bo* ome seriously de
lapidated. Gray clothing could not, of course,
be procured here, and the United blueftho be A
soldier’s clothing in the world) (was substitu
ted tor it. T ire regiment accepted the clothing,
w ith the exception of one company, the mem
bers of which positively refused, on the ground
that it was disgraceful for them to wear the
national unuorni! -J hoy could not blot he
themselves in anything else; they were becom
ing ragged, and were on the point of marching
to tnc interior, where there is no clothing at
all. Gen Cushing pursued with them the I
\ cry course tnat most military men would have
pursued. lias order sounds somewhat harsh,
but I Lke tae tone of it. Mutinous troops
usually behave badly on the tick! of battle, j
and the disposition which the General ha 4
made of this row’dy company is a very judi
cious one. The army desires no such fellows j
in its midst. But here is the General’s order :
[A\ e gave the order in our last paper. Our j
correspondent says that forty-five instead of
sixty-five men are named in the list.]
Yesterday the prisoners were marched from
the camp to the castle, under the charge of
Capt. Carr’s company, 11th Infantrv. On !
reaching the mole some fifteen of them endea
vored to beg off, saying that if they were per
mitted to return to duty they would wear the
blue cloth, but it was too late.
io-day the loth Infantry, will march with
a train of some sixty or seventy wagons for
the National Bridge.
In addition to his regular staff, I sec that
Gen. Patterson has appointed as aides for the
march to the city of Mexico, Capt. Haile, 14th
Infantry, and Midshipman Pen y, son of the
commodore. The company of Capt. 11. is at
Puebla.
The quartermasters at Vera Cruz, Capts.
Elliott, Jordan and Gleason, are ;is busy ns
bees, and arc acquitting themselves in a most
j creditable manner. They are young, clear -
| headed and active. Elliott is at the head of
the department here, and is as zealous an offi
: cer as there is in the service, and is as ready
to oblige those with w hom has to do. Jor
■ dan is the disbursing officer, and is very much
| esteemed for his amiable, gentlemanly’ quali
ties, and fine abilities as an officer. Gleason
I is the issuing officer, having in charge the
j horses and a greater variety of goods and chat
i tels than could bo found in a dozen country
stores. His head is as clear as a bell, his bu
siness talents of the first order, his -manners
pleasing, and his heart in the right place. But
who would be a quartermaster? It is the
most thankless, the most responsible office in
the service. Th equ irtermaster is expected to
do every thing, and they do have a little of al
most every thing to do, and frequently they
I are obliged to do twenty things at once. Is
j there a quartermaster in the service who has
not been a thousand times blamed, against
whom curses,bitter and deep have been mutter
jed by troops ? In fact, who is there who has
! ever been across the Gulf since the war com
-1 menced.be he officer, soldier, Jcav or Gentile,
j speculator, newspaper correspondent, idler or
I Ia A -av I - k n .* '*'■ AWun Afl 4- V, _ i. > T
i loafer,that has not cursed the quartermaster ? I
j have indulged in my full share of blaming
{ them, yet the more I have seen of their endless
' duties, and of the killing labor that is imposed
upon them, the more do I feel convinced
that they arc a thousand times more sinned
| against than shining, and that the press at
j least should protect them against the numer
ous unjust complaints that are made against
them by anonymous writers.
Fly Telegraph'
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. 1
NEW YORK, Oct. 27—G P. M.
The Herkimer Democratic Convention'.
—I learn that the Herkimer Convention have
to-day adopted resolutions repudiating the
proceedings of the Syracuse convention, and
re-affirming the Wilmot proviso. Mr. Wil
mot himself was present and addressed the
convention. This convention is composed of
the young (or progressive) democracy, and
was called for the purpose of repudiating the
action of the convention at Syracuse, on the
Wilmot proviso and other matters. They will
also nominate different candidates for Lieut.
! Governor, and other offices. L).
WatertLet in.—On Friday last, the water
was, for the first time, let into the new rock
canal which has been built by Messrs. Howard,
Echols & Co. below their factory dam. The
j length of the canal is 1100 feet and aver
age width 75. The new Howard Factory
1 company are progressing rapidly with their
| preparations for building, the foundation being
nearly ready for the walls. Messrs. Winter &
Co. are about ready to put their Saws and
Planing Machine in operation, and are busily
engaged in putting up the balance of the ma
chinary.— Columbus Democrat , 28 th inst.
[From the Albany ( Ga.) Patriot.\
Messrs. Editors : — ln Mr, Webster’s late
speech in the Massachusetts Convention, in
one column as published, we find the follow
ing sentiments : “ I say that in my judgment,
after the events of 1846, and the battle of San
Jacinto, Mexico had no reason to regard Texas
as one of her provinces. She had no power in
Texas, but it was entirely at the disposition of
those who lived in it. They made a govern
ment for themselves. This country acknowl
i edged that government, foreign States ac
j knowledged that government, and I think in
fairness and honesty, we must admit that in
1840, '4l, '42, and '43, Texas was an indepen- j
dent state of the Union. Ido not admit , there
fore, that it was any just ground of complaint on
the pari of Mexico, that the United States an
; nexed Texas to themselves.'’
In another column of the same speech we i
; find the following: “ Sir, I have alluded to the j
i declaration of Mr. Calhoun, that if there had :
been no annexation of Texas, there would !
have been no war. I now choose to say, sir, |
that I agree in your sentiment, expressed in I
your forcible way in your place in the House
ol Representatives, that the direct consequence
of the act of iniquity in the annexation of Tex
j as, is the war in which we are engaged.”
Now, Messrs. Editors, what is the conclusion
to be deduced from these two extracts? Docs
not the first clearly show that Mexico hud no
just claim upon Texas at the time of annexa
tion, and that Texas had the full and undoubt
ed right to annex herself to the United States,
I and the United States to receive her? Docs
not the second prove that annexation was the
i cause of war — a priori, j ust on the part |
I of the United States, and unjust on the part |
; of Mexico? Does not both prove that there
was no iniquity towards Mexico? What then
can Mr. Webster moan by styling the act an
act of in puty? —His conclusions are apparent
ly opposed to his premises, but they arc not
so in reality. In still another paragraph of his !
speech, we find the solution of the difficulty, i
Mr. Webster says, “my opposition (to unnexa- 1
tion) was founded on this ground, that I never
would and never should, and I say now, I
never will, and never shall vote for any further |
annexation.” What then becomes of the j
grandiloquent speeches of Messrs. Tombs,
Stephens, Berrien and others in Georgia, who •
denounced the war as so damnably unjust to |
the Mexicans, when loand behold, the godlike
Daniel has signally rebuked their ignorance—
showed they wore barking up the wrong tree, j
and incontestably proved it no act of iniquity 1
towards Mexico, but alone iniquitous to the i
l ulled States of the North.—a condoling doc- i
trine for Georgia truly. Get on the stump once
more, Messrs. Toombs, Stephens, and Berrien,
and preach it. JUNIUS.
3. ugu s t ct, (S 3 cors Ia .
SUNDAY MORNING, OCT. 31.
IJ# 1 The communication “T. H. C.” is writ
ten in so cramped and crowded a manner, and
on hath, sicks of a sheet of paper, that we must |
decline publishing it. Portions of it are not
very legible. We wish our correspondents,
i generally, would be more heedful of the pro
• • •
pnety of taking pains with their manuscripts.
Many typographical errors arc unjustly churg
| od to the printers.
“Journal of Literature,
E UHOPE AX AND AMERICAN.”
i The Prospectus of the above periodical will
be found in our columns.
The enterprize proposed is worthy of all
encouragement. It is one that appeals very
strongly to the patronage of the educated and j
literary classes of our Southern country. It
will furnish rich stores of well selected liter
ature from the best sources which the whole
world of literature furnishes. To the busi- I
ness man, it will afford an elevating and re- :
I fining recreation for his leisure hours —to the
i
agriculturist, a fund of practical information,
in addition to the intellectual enjoyment to 1
be derived from its pages—to the family circle,
it will be a semi-monthly visitor, freighted
j with selections which will find a welcome at
the social fireside, and in the quiet boudoir.
The “Journal of Literature” is modeled
upon the plan of that highly popular and suc
cessful work, “Little’s Living Age.” We
should be much gratified, as a citizen of Au
gusta, and of the South, to see a work such
us the “Journal of Literature” is intended to
1 be, fully patronized and in successful opera
tion. It would speak well for the literary
tastes of our people, and it would evidence a
commendable patriotism in the encourage
ment of a South mix work; for many thousands
: of dollars go annually to the North for the
j encouragement of literary enterprises intrinsi
; cally not more deserving.
From a personal acquaintance with the pro*
joctors of the “Journal of Literature,” we
feel authorized to commend them to the public
as fully competent to the arduous and honor
; able task they have undertaken.
The Theatre-
This word is productive of a magical effect
upon the eye and the car of the votaries of the
muse who presides over the drama. We com
mend them to the advertisement of Mr. Forbes,
| who offers them an entertainment worthy of
i their patronage to-morrow evening. Anion"
- W W
: the names are some old favorites, and in addi
tion, a star, new to the theatrical sky of Au
| gusta, lends its radiance in the person of the
distinguished actress Miss Clara Ellis. She
will appear in the popular melo-drama of the
Hunchback , and will be well sustained. In the
afterpiece, the distinguished comedian, Fuller,
the very sight of whom on the stage is a pro
vocation to merriment, will make his first
bow for the season to his old admirers in Au
i gusta.
On Tuesday evening, the distinguished ac
| tor Air. Crisp will make his first appearance
i in this citt'.
Church and State-
We never before understood the full force
; of the term, New School Presbyterianism,
, until our eye lighted upon the following Pre
j amble and Resolutions. The National Intelli
gencer publishes them along with the resolu
{ tions of the New Hampshire AVhig Convcn
i tion, and cads them “moral sentiment of
| the country.” AVe rather think it will shock
the “moral sentiment” of a portion at least of
the country, to see a religious assemblage,
brought together for ecclesiastical purposes,
dabbling in politics, and identifying itself in
tone and sentiment with political caucuses and
conventions. It is a new school , truly, when a
! conclave of preachers, of any particular form of
j religious faith, should so far ungown them
| selves as to step aside from their religious
calling, and enter the political arena. It is a
j great scandal on the Presbyterian Church of
New York and New Jersey that its Synod
should recommend its ministers to convert
their pulpits into political rostrums, or stumps,
to use a more familiar term, from which they
are to harrangue the people on the sinfulness
of the existing war with Mexico.
We have always understood that it was a
part of our republican creed that Church and
State should be separate—that neither one
should interfere with the affairs of the others.
Since, however, New School Presbyterianism has
embarked in a political canvass, and aims to
bring its apostolic artillery into play in the
, ancient and approved Papal style of the thun
ders of the Vatican,
“To fright the souls of fearfal adversaries,”
| and embarrass the administration of our fede
ral government, we arc surprized that they
j did not proceed further in their political cm- '
sade. Why did not the Synod give us its
views on the Sub-Treasury. What side docs |
it take on the Tariff question ? Does it go in i
for repeal of the Tariff of 1816, and the resto
ration of the Tariff of 1842 r What does it
think of the sinfulness of surrendering the U.
i S. Treasury to Banks, to enable them to in
t crease their issues, and inflate or contract the
I currency of the country, and produce at will
alternate expansions and panics in the money
j market ?
i We will put one’more query, and then close
i —at least for the present.
Who is the favorite candidate of the Synod
for President ? Wc should think Tom Corwin |
would suit the complexion of their political ■
resolutions remarkably well. It was his speech
on the Mexican war that was dubbed “A
Mexican life preserver,” with a copy of which
; it w r as said that an American could travel safe
ly through all the guerrilla parties in Mexico.
Alight not their political views be still further ■
i promoted by recommending to their ministers
to hold forth from the pulpit upon the subject !
| of his claims to the Presidency I
1 Preamble and Resolutions just adopted bi/ the f
i Synod of the New School Presbyterian Church \
i of New York and Neic Jersey , viz :
The Synod of New York end New Jersey, j
considering the tendency of war to impede the (
progress of the Gospel, by putting the minds i
of men in a state unfavorable to the influence
of truth and the Holy Spirit, deem it proper
and seasonable, in view of the fact that our
country is now engaged in war with a neigh- !
| boring nation, which, as tar as it has proceed
ed, has been unusually sanguinary and disas
trous, to express thoir solemn, convictions in
I the following resolutions :
Resolved, That the Synod regard this war ;
both as an exhibition of human wickedness j
1 and as a dreadful scourge from the hand of
God. which should lead the Church of Christ ■
I to great searchings of heart, to deep humilia
-1 tion and prostration of spirit, and to earnest i
supplication before the Th/one of Mercy.
Resolved, That it bo recommended to all the
Ministers of tiie Word belonging to this by
nod to labor, by prayer, preaching, and ail
other appropriate means, to impress the minds
of men with a sense of the sinfulness and the
j evils of \\ ar, and especially of the existing war
! with Mexico.
Resolved, That the Synod express the car
j nest desire that all the people of this land,
and especially God’s covenant people, see eye •
. to eye in reference to the present and prospoc-
I tive evils of the existing war, and the desira
bleness of sts speedy termination.
I Special Notices.
City Council of Aug-usta-
The Committee on the Bridge, to which was
i ... i
I referred the application of Col. James Gads
! den for a reduction of the rate of toll on
; grain passing the Bridge on its way to the .
j South Carolina Rail Road, respectfully
REPORT:
j That since the Augusta Bridge became the j
i property of the City, in 1810, a reduced rate :
of toll on drays carrying produce or merchan
| dise to or from that Rail Road, has always been
j established. The toll authorized to be taken
by the charter, on the passage of drays, when
the Bridge was offered for sale in 1839, and
with reference to which the property was sold,
was 37-i cents for each crossing; but notwith
standing this incontrovertible fact, and al
though the City Council was under the neces
sity of rebuilding the Bridge at great expense
I after the freshet of 1810, they have never
| charged more than 2 5 cents for each dray cros
| sing with produce or merchandise to or from
' that Rail Road, except in cases hereafter men
tioned, where the load exceeds certain weight.
The usual quantity of corn taken at one dray
load crossing the Bridge, as your Committee
have ascertained from the Bridge Keeper, as
well as from intelligent citizens conversant with
the subject, is scarcely ever loss than 30 bush
els, and frequently more; but supposing the
average quantity be 30 bushels, the toll on a
dray for crossing twice would be 50 cents, and
the drayage 25 cents making, in all, 75 cents
for 30 bushels or 2£ cents per bushel, exactly
the rate per bushel for dray age and toll which |
the applicant wishes established. But if a |
dray which carries over corn has a return load, i
even at the reduced rate of 2-3 cents, (and re- i
turn loads are frequently obtained, and rarely
if ever taken for less than that sum,) the dray
age and toll on 30 bushels of corn -would, in j
that case, be 50 cts or 13 of a ct. per bushel, or
5-Gths of a cent less than is asked. But to put
the matter beyond all controversy, it has been
ascertained that responsible persons arc willing
to contract promptly to dray all the goods and
produce which the South Carolina Bail Hoad
i Company may have to pass from one Bail Boud
to the other at 75 cents for dravage and toll of
- °
an actual dray load, and 2\ cents per bushel
for corn. It is very clear then, that the own
ers of drays employed in hauling corn to the
South Carolina Kail Boad, have been charging
* o o
the owners of that article too much for their
services. The business, it is believed, would
be profitable at the charge off 75 cents for the i
dravage, and toll of a drayload actually carri- J
Icd without charging 37i cents besides. Jus
tice to the absent owners of corn, and also to
the city, alike require that the toll should be
paid on every 20 bushels, or that the owners i
should not be charged with more toll than has i
been paid, or more dray age than has been fail - i
ly earned.
By an existing regulation, drays crossing j
the Bridge loaded with more than 1500 pounds i
weight, except in cases in which 4 bales of
cotton or some single article exceeds such
o j
: weight, pay full toll; but it is found from cx
| perience to be impossible to ascertain, without i
considerable delay, which is rarely admissible,
the actual weight of the assorted dray loads
which frequently pass from the one Bail Hoad
to the other. It is known that most of those
loads are either very bulky or very heavy, and
if the practice of charging dravage and toll |
for small or moderate loads, while actually I
carrying such as are very heavy, prevails in
this case, as appears to exist with regard to J
corn, it will be easy to account for the impres
sion that has been made in some parts of the |
country that the tolls at the Augusta Bridge !
are extravagantly high, whereas any unwar
rantable charge which may have been made,
is contrary to the wish and in opposition to I
| the interest of the City Council.
It is the duty of the City Council of Au
! gusta, and of the South Carolina Rail Boad
j Company, as w'ell as the Georgia Rail Road
! and Banking Company, to prevent all over
charges for drayage and toll by all fair means
within their power.
The opinion has been sometimes expressed,
by superficial or thoughtless observers, that the
charge for toll at the Augusta Bridge, (al
though in the case of Rail Road goods 33J
per cent less than is authorized by the charter
under which the bridge was purchased in open
market,) is unreasonable and extravagant —
that it obstructs commercial and social inter
course, and is destructive of the freedom of
trade. But these persons do not consider that !
■ the toll paid for passing a bridge is not more
unreasonable than the charge for passage or
freight on a Rail Road or in a Steam Boat.—
The charge for toll, freight or passage is the
only way in which those who make invest
ments in such enterprizes can receive compen
| sation for the outlay of their capital in the
I first instance, and the trouble of keeping their !
i property in repair and in a fit condition for the
| accommodation of the public. No trade,
: whether tree or shackled, would exist with-
I out the prospect of prolit, and steam boats
aa 1 rail roads and bridges over large rivers,
would not be made without a similar pros
pect, which cbuld not be held out to them
without the authority to demand the payment
of freight, passage, or toll.
About fifteen years ago the City Council
subscribed for 1000 shares of the Capital Stock
of the Georgia Kail Koad and Banking Com
pany, which has proved very unproductive
j for many years, paying no dividend, and until
I lately only occasionally a very small one,
! while the City of Augusta was paying an in
| terest on a portion of her debt of 8 per cent
| per annum payable semi-annually. This in
i vestment aided in the construction of a work
highly advantageous to the South Carolina I
i Kail Koad Company, and to the people of the
interior. The purchase of the Augusta Bridge
for SIOO,OO0 —at which that Rail Koad Com
pany refused it, and which, as far as known, no !
| other purchaser would give, proved more for
tunate —although the Bridge was soon after
i its purchase carried away in the great freshet
of May, 1840, and was soon after rebuilt as
his been already stated. When this circura- j
stance is taken into consideration, it does not
seem reasonable or proper, that parties who
have profited so largely by the work in which
! the City Council have made such an extensive !
and unprofitable an investment, should urge a
| further reduction of tolls than that which bus
been liberally and voluntarily made, unless the
parties to be benefitted will agree to make a
reasonable compensation for such reduction.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES HARPER, 4 Committee
I. P. GARVIN, \ on
B. CONEY, ) the Bridge.
True extract from the minutes of the City
Council of Augusta.
W. MILO OLIN, Clerk of Council. |
Oct. 30 1—
(EPNOTICE. —The public are respectfully in
; formed that the PEWS in the Episcopal Church
| will he oifere.i for Rent, To-Morrme Morning at
10 o'clock, for one year from that date. Notice
t of which will he given by ringing of the bell.
Oct. 31 1—
FRENCH EVENING- CLASS.
F. he Darbier Will open a French Class for
gentlemen, on Wednesday, fid of November, at 8
! o'clock in the Evening,
i °
Terms—Six dollars, for a course of thirty Les
! sons, payable in advance. Apply to him at the
United States Hotel. 4 Oct. 28
AUGUSTA MANUFACTURING COM
PANY.
By order of the Board of Directors, notice is
hereby given, that an installment of 10 per cent is
required to he paid in by the Stockholders on Wed
nesclay, the 10th of November next.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Sec’y A. m.c.
Sept. 30 ♦ X
i ;
ICr DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at
tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in
i Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store.
June 13 6m 215
JOHNSON’S DAGUERREOTYPE
ROOMS.
AIR. C. E. JOHNSON has the honor to in
form his old patrons of last year, and the pub
lic generally, that he is again AT HIS OLD
STAN D, over Messrs. Clark, Racket Co.'s Jew elm
Store, where he is prepared to execute MINIA
TURES in a style superior to any thing he has
done heretofore.
Air. J. thankful for the very liberal patronage of
last season, asks a continuance of the same.
Oct. 24 —3m
FRENCH AND SPANISH
LANGUAGES.
E, LE BARRIER gives lessons in the FRENCH
(his native language) and SPANISH, eil.ier in '
private families, or at his residence. For terms,
apply to him, at the United States Hotel, cver\
morning before ten o’clock, or in the afternoon, be
tween three and five.
REFERENCES:
FT. Gumming, G. T. Dortic,
.1. Auams, Dr. Dugas,
.1, Gardner, N. Dei.aigle,
Gardeel &, Rhind.
Oct. 1 m
i ,
Sand’s Sarsaparilla-
The esculent swallow of Java, by some unknown
process converts the ocean weeds into edible nests, >
delicious to the taste, highly prized as luxuries, and
I said to obtain a vast quantity of nourishment, and
: to be efficacious in consumptive cases. If such
results can be produced by the instinct of birds, f
; what may not be expected from the investigation j
and experiments of the man of science ? 3luch |
may yet be anticipated in the way of checking
I disease, from the researches of the educated
*
| chemist} but much has already been done. The
long catalogue of cures effected through the
agency of Sands Sarsaparilla is an example in
1 point. Among Scrofulous patients, how many—
! pronounced incurable, and certainly beyond the
1 reach of medical practice—have not only obtained !
j a respite from suffering, but permanent relief, from j
I this invaluable preparation.
Prej ared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A. B.
& I). SANDS, Wholesale Druggists, 100 Fulton, I
corner of Willi, m-street, New York.
Sold also by
HAVILAND, RI3LEV CO,
And bv Druggists generally throughout the Uni
ted States. Price SI per bottle, or six bottles for
£5. Oct. 27 I
Wistar’s BaFam of Wild Cherry
“NEVER GIVE UP,” so long as it is in your
power to avail yourselves of that justly celebrated
remedy for coughs, colds, and every species of lung
complaint.
WISTAR’S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY.
Mr. S. IV. ramie.:
If you think the following certificate worth pub
lishing, it is at your service :
I hereby certify that I was afflicted with a very
troublesome cough lor about one year. I tried a
great many different remedies recommended to
me, but all to no purpose; finding that 1 was not
getting anv better, 1 was induced to try Dr. Wis- |
tar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry; and accordingly pro- j
cured a bottle of Edward Mason, Druggist and
Apothecary in Portland. After using it according
to directions, I cau truly say it cured AJE entire
ly. I uni now well and able to attend to my work,
and would cheerfully recommend it to any oae af
flicted with any disease of the Lungs.
DAVID ALLEN.
Witness, GEORGE ALLEN.
Pownal, Cumberland Co., Ale., Oct. 1815.
None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the
wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by i
H A VILA Ml. IHS LEY & CO., and also bv THOM
AS BARRETT & CO., and Dcalcgs ju Medicines
generally in Augusta,
Oct. 27 . 3—t
Com inert in I.
i--*test dates prom uvekpooi o<
LATEST DATES FROM HAVR; ( . I; j
i N ‘ XA H ’ ° Ct - ~ iJ -—Cotton.— \priced sin/
the 23d instant, 2,817 bales Upland, 23 bale-S?
island, 7, per Rail Road.) The
same period are 1.708 hales Upland, and 18 do 4
Island, viz: 1,431 bales Upland and 48 do. Sea lsi.,M
jto New York and 337 Up, and to
leaving a stock on hand, and on ahiuboard L t
cleared, of 6.408 bales Upland and halts
Island, against 12,043 bales Upland, and 188 do
Island, at same time last year. ~ ca
At the close oflast weeks review, we left the
market in a very quiet state. The receh.t of
’I elegrapiuc accounts of the Cambria’s news put
stop to all operations. The disastrous condition 0 f
money matters in England, has had a most depress
ing effect upon Cotton, and prices must, f or srtlnf ,
time, rule very low this side. On Monday and
| Tuesday the business Was Very trilling, but on
Wednesday buyers manifested a disposition to
operate, and sellers offered their stocks more free
ly at a decline of 11 cents on the last week’s pri
ces and about 7(H) bales were sold; Yesterday
| farther sales were made of 230 bales,
I he sales ol the week amount to i,027 hales as
i follows; 54 at 7£; 271 at 8; 202 at 85; 370 aigi- 7
51 at B£, and 61 bales at 81 cents.
1 he last sale nt til bales was before the market
was settled, and is no criterion of the ruling prices:
j cents is the extreme price tor a choice quality
of Cotton. The stock of Cotton for sale is very
light at this time. We quote as follows;
Good Middling
Middling Fair
Mindling Fair 8 i
bYir...
Fully Fair to Good Fair
Eire. — Ihe demand lias been good this week at
full prices. The reach 1,758 casks, as fob
lows; 80 at S 100 at s3|; 332 at S3A; 113 at s*3
7-id; 300 at s3s, 31 $3 5-l(»; 150 Inferior at —-
The market closes very firm.
We also notice sales 1,200 bushels Rough Rico
at 84 cents.
Groceries. —’Pile sales this week have been very
light, and confined to the retail trade. We notice
sales of 50 bbis. New Orleans Whisky at 2(i cts.
and 20 do. at 27 cents.
Flour. —We report sales of 81 bhls. Georgia at
a and 2.000 lbs. s3| per per 100.
Hope. —'Phe sales are 30 coils at 8. l ,c.
Salt. —Tiie cargoes of the Eliza and Margaret
j are selling at 115 to 150 c. About 1,(J00 sacks hav t
: been sold at these rates.
Corn. —ls selling at (55 a 70c. from store,
j Lime. —A cargo of 350 casks was sold this Weak
j at a price not made public.
Hay. —We report a sale of 75 bundles of New
York inferior at 30c.
Wheat. — Is in good mentahd. The sales of the
1 week are about 300 bushels at 110 c. White Wheat
| will readily command 125 c. per bushel,
i Exchange. —Sterling is nominal. The Banks are
, checking on the North at A per ct. prein. They
j purchase sight to 5 day hills at par; 30 day bills at
I; GO, dis.
Freights. —The rate to New York are j to 5-1(5
for Cotton, and 75 per cask for Rice, and 3jc. per
bushel for Corn. To Philadelphia, | forCoi
; ton and sll for Rce. To Baltimore, g fur Cotton,
square and round, and $1 for Rice. To Boston, J
, a A for Cotton, and 51 i for Rice.
CHARLESTON. Oct. 23.— Cotton. —It will ho
j recollected that at the time of making up our pre
vious report the disastrous accounts by the steamer
i Cambria had bat just come to hand; and although a
few sales were made after their arrival at a de
j Ciine of ;| a Ic, the m irket could not be said to
have opened under these advices, and we forbore
| giving quotations. The short period that has since
elapsed has proven how utterly I utile it would have
been to have quoted the article at the close of the
week, with the reductioi noticed above as the
i basis for our n notations. There was a verv thin at-
i Uiloio UUi 1 lit Jl/ (I Vt; I \ illlf] ill"
j tendance of buyers on the market both on Satur
; day and Monday last, as they were generally en
' gaged with their private correspondence, and the
i transactions during these two days were rather
j limited than otherwise, and at very fluctuating
prices. On Tuesday there was an increased de
mand for the article, but ibj market throughout
the day continued in an unsettled stale, with a
decided downward tendency in prices The
j operations on Vv ednesday were limited and prices
continued their downward course. On Thursday
the sales were also light, and purchasers obtained
a further advantage. Yesterday a fair enquiry
prevailed, but the operations were limited, owing
to the unwillingness maniles'ed on the part of hol
ders to yield to still greater concessions. It will
thus be seen that the article has suffered almost
daily in value. The decline in prices, since the
arrival of the Steamer is hilly li| a 2c, perlb. With*
| out attempting to give quotations for the lower
qualities, as the mirk.'t is quite unsettled, we
, would slate that middling fair, at the close of the
| week, was not worth more than 8| a 3A; an I fair anil
i fully fair oj a he.
j The aggregate sales since our last foot up 4000
bales, against the receipt in the same time of 6112
bales. The transactions comprise 40 bales at SA,
|soat 6A 209 at 7£. 108 at 7J, 76 at 8. HO at 260
j at Bs. 510 at B£, 100 at 8 9-16, 4,13 at «|, 588 at 83.
300 at BJ, 820 at 9, and 53 bales at 9 jc.—There
have been no transactions in Long Cotton.
Rice. —\V e have no new feature to notice in the
Rice market, except, perhaps, that there has
been an increased demand for the article. Par
i cels are readily taken on arrival at the extremes
of the previous week, viz a 4 per hundred.—
The bulk of the transactions have been at 3J and
l >er hundred. 'Pile receipts of the week coin
price 21-56 tierces, nearly the whole of which lias
passed into second hands.
Corn. — VV e have no change to notice in our Corn
i market. The transactions, as has been the
i for some weeks back, have been limited, and con
j fined to small paroles within the range of our quo
-1 t a dons, which have been sustained in consequence
j of the limited receipts. Received 3076 bushels per
Rail Road.
Salt. —There have been received since our last
I 7200 sacks, and 3000 sacks which came to hand
! at the close of the previous week. Some 7000
j sacks have changed hands. The market opened at
i 40, and prices at the close of the week had de
i tlined to $1 15 per sack.
j Freights. —We quote to Liverpool a|d for Lot
ton in square bags and dull; and Havre ale. To
New York 50c. for Cotton and for Rice; and to
Boston 3 —lGths for Cotton and $1 per tierce for
Rice.
MONTGOMERY, Oct. 28.— Cotton.— The mar
ket here, in consequence of the late news from
; Europe bringing an additional decline, and the ac
j count of the embarrassed state of the money njar
i ket and the effect produced on the Liverpool cot-
I ton market, has declined, and is less active than
i last week. The crop is corning in freely, but there
is an indisposition to sell at current rates. Small
sales are effected from those, the smallness of
I whose crop compels them to sell. We quote ex*
tremes 6 a 6|; mid. fair 6;'c.
Total receipts to the 27th, 9.436
Week’s, “ 2,382
Total shipments, 3,004
Week’s, *< SCS
Stock on hand Oct. 27, 6,432
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.— Cdtton.— Holders con
tinue to meet buyers freely, and the result is con
siderable sales, but at a further decline ot one
quarter of a cent per lb. on most descriptions;
| there is, however, now less Cotton pressing upon
the market than for a week past. The sales sinee
our last are 5300 bales, of which 3000 are Upland
and Florida, thus:
Inferior none.
Ord. to good ord.. . 8 a8 j
Mid. to good mid 83 a 8£
Mid. fair to fair 9 a 9^
Fully fair to good fair 9i| a 10
Fine. none
By Telegraph.
I Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. j
NEW YORK, Oct. 27—6 P. AL—The Flop*
market was not active to-day, but quotations re
main unchanged. About 5,000 barrels V* extern,
Oswego, and Genesee, were sold at HSO as 6 b*j-
The receipts still come in ight. Sales are making
for future delivery at Jjfc, which indicates th..'
there is not much hope entertained ot a large |,ir
eign demand. Sales of Petersburg and George
town are making at 6 62A a ,S'6 ?5. ,
There is considerable demand for W heat. an<
holders are firm. Genesee is held at $1 47, a* l
Ohio at $1 37A. r .
Corn has an upward tendency. The sale*
I duv are to the extent of 10.000 bushels, at 75
for white and 77 for yellow,