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Another Mare's Nest-
The violence and recklessness of party ma
lignity have never been more strikingly illus
irated, than by some of the whig and abolition
members of the House of Representatives at
the present session of Congress. Chafed and !
chagrined at the eminent success of the de
mocratic policy during the present adminis
tration, and mortified that all their forebod- ,
iugs and predictions of evil to result from this
policy have been falsified, they seize upon every
petty pretext to pursue, grossly assail, and
misrepresent the administration, and through
it the democratic party. The object is mani
fest. It is to withdraw the public attention
trom the great and glorious results which have
crowned its policy, foreign and domestic. It
was but a few days ago that they made the
astounding discovery of the “Protocol,” as
connected with the Mexican treaty. When
the resolution of inquiry was introduced into
the House, Stephens, Schenck, and such small
men us are put forward to do the party work
which the men of character are ashamed to do,
made a fierce assault upon the President; and
it they had been believed, the Mexican, treaty
had been abrogated, and neither California nor
New Mexico belonged to the United States.
They made their partisan speeches, and sent
them forth, through the whig newspapers, to 1
the country. When th£ President's message
in answer to the call was communicated, the
udiculous farce which they hed gocton up was
so completely exposed, that they shrunk back
into their seats in silence; and there ended the
matter. The bitterest of the federal press
cepting, perhaps, the National Intelligencer)
were either perfectly silenced, or came out
trankly and admitted that Stephens and his
prompters had made a false clamor. Smarting
under the rebuke of the incontrovertible facts
and unanswerable truths contained in the
message, and feeling that an indignant public
opinion, without distinction of party, must I
overwhelm them, even Mr. Stephens himself
was so stunned that, with all his r> :ciy malice,
nothing more was heard from him about the
“Protocol” for more than ten day . On Satur
day last, he essayed to raise a smoke under
which to make a retreat from the discomfiture
he had suffered in relation to the “Protocol”
—not by controverting the facts contained in
the President’s message, but by raising up a
new charge wholly unconnected with it. This
charge, in substance, was, that the President
had at some time or other expressed opinions,
in conversation, in favor of the Wilmot Proviso.
To all fair-minded men, it is wonderful that
even party malignity and factious pa siou could
have induced any sane man to bring forward
such an impeachment. Before noticing a
charge so perfectly absurd and untrue, we
have waited since Saturday to see a report of
this novel scene in the House in Mu- press,
but have as yet seen no report of Stephens's
••ueech. We can therefore only state in sub
» ance that Mr. Stephens, with his id. racteris
tic partizan violence, made the charge upon
lae authority, as he stated, of Mr. dmit, and
the latter afterwards took the stand a- a wit
ness; and what was his statement: Nothing
more than his own version of his own recol
lection of a conversation which he stated he
had held with the President more than two
years ago: in which version, we undertake to
say, from a fullj knowledge ouiselve- of the
President’s opinions, freely and repeatedly ex
pressed to ourselves and others, Sir. Nv'ilmot
lias wholly and moat unaccountably misap
prehended him.
The President, and every member of his
cabinet, were frank and unreserved in the ex
pression of their opposition to the Wilmot
Proviso, at all times and places, when they
spoke on the subject, from the moment it was
first raised. Even Mr. Wilmot himself, in Ids
r - vised speech, which we find in the Globe of
Wednesday, does not venture to say that the
President expresed himself in favor of the
Proviso; but he makes statements of his recol
lection of a conversation, held two years ago,
from which that inference is left, and puts,
this recollection down as a quotation, which
he says, “I think almost literally” what the
President said. At the distance ot time of two
years afterwards, he must have a remarkably
retentive memory to have retained the precise
words used, and we undertake to say that he
mistakes or misstates them. Our readers all
know the origin of the Wilmot Proviso; and
all who are not blinded by fanaticism orfparty
malignity, know' and will admit the Presi
dent’s unwavering opposition to it. It was
first moved upon the two-million appropria
tion bill. The President, in a message to Con
gress, recommended that an appropriation be
made which he deemed important to enable
the Executive to negotiate a peace with Mex
ico. A bill for this purpose was considered !
in the House of Representatives on the after- -
noon and night of the Bth August, 1843. To :
this bill Mr. Wilmot moved his anti-slavery
Proviso as an amendment. The President,
attended by his cabinet, was at tlm ti ne in the
Vice President’s room in the Capital, as is
usual on the last night of the session, receiv
ing and signing bills.
The President and all the members of the
cabinet were surprised to hear that such a
Proviso had been moved, and they were at
once united in their opposition to it. Congress !
adjourned on the Monday following, without
passing the bill. The President, still entertain
ing the opinion that an appropriation of money
was important to enable him to secure an
honorable, peace, again recommended it in his
annual message of December following; and
on the 3d of March, 1847, an appropriation of
three millions of dollars was made without the
Proviso, notwithstanding the persevering ef
forts of Mr. Wilmot to encumber this appro
priation with the§Proiuio, and we have no
doubt that this appropriation contributed j
largely to enable the President to make the !
treaty of peace.
From the time the Wilmot Proviso was first i
moved, in August, 1846, to this time, the Pre
sident and every member of the cabinet have
been open and unreversed in their opposition
to it. The President, we know', coasi.U cd
the Proviso, if it should be attached a- .. .. u
.‘Uon, fatal to the object of the apm oMia
uon which he had asked. In conver ..iti m
wit many members of Congress he expressed
that opinion, and urged them not to embar
rass a foreign negotiation with such a restric
tion. He often declared that, if suc h a re 1
.tnction VM placed in the appropriation, he j
could not use the money, because he could f (
not agree to any treaty with any such provi- i
sion in it, and that any treaty with such a re
striction could never receive his assent, or be i
ratified by two-thirds of the Senate. In urg- >
ing his objections to it. as a restriction to the f
three million appropriation bill,he insisted that 1
it was not only w'rong in principle, but would
embarrass and probably defeat a peace with !
Mexico which the appropriation asked was j i
designed to enable him to effect. In conver- • i
sation with many members of Congress, some 1 -
of whom were disposed to favor the Proviso, j
;he urged that if they were resolved upon this, i
and wished to express their views upon the i
subject, they could bring it forward in a dis
tinct form, in which it would not be the means
jot embarrassing the government,by protracting
I the war and preventing peace ; that if they
chose, or thought it their duty to bring it for
ward in a distinct form, no one could object to
their right of doing so, and that those oppos
i ed to it could there meet them, and settle the
question without connecting it with negotia
tions for peace. If Mr. Wilmot, or any other
person, so far misconceived the President as
to suppose for one moment that in any form,
whether moved in an Independent resolution j
or as a restriction upon a territorial bill, he
could yield an acquiescence in the Wilmot
Proviso, we say positively and absolutely that j
it was a total misapprehension. We know, i
and many others who conversed with the Pro- j
sident on the subject know, directly the re- j
verse to be true.
The President was willing to yield his ac
quiescence to the Missouri compromise line,
because was a compromise, and often so ex
pressedhimself in conversation, as lie has done j
in his public messages.
We forbear to remark as the circumstances
would justify us in doing, upon the manner,
and the object with which this wonderful rev
elation of this nine-days’ wonder was enacted
by Messrs. Stephens and Wilmot in the House
on Saturday last.
We venture to say, that during the period
which elapsed between the offering of the
Pro viso by Mr. Wilmot to the two-million bill |
in August, 1846, and the introduction of the
three million bill at the next session of Con
gress, scores of the most prominent public 1
men of the country could bear testimony to
the expressed opinion of the President in op
position to this Proviso or anti-slavery propo- 1
sitiun. With many of these we have convers- !
ed, and make this statement with entire coufi- ;
deuce.
Items
A remarkable decrease has occurred in the
number of births in Ireland. In one county
the falling off in 1848 was ninety per cent. —
An article in the London Daily News attri
butes it to the utter physical prostration of the
people.
a, Jane Evhi..—The English aie discussing
the authorship of this novel. The Edinburgh {
Review says it has been - assured that it was
written by Mr. Thackeray's governess, whom
he had chosen as the modei of Beck, in Vani
ty Fair, and who in revenge wrote Jane Eyre,
and personified him as Mr. Rochester.
Presenting Swords. —The Legislature of
Delaware are about appropriating S2OO, for
presenting swords to Brevet Captain C. P.
Evans and Midshipman Rodgers, for their late
gallantry m the late Mexican war.
A Printer in Luck.— A printer in the Cin- ■
cinnati Chronicle office has just received a let- j
ter from Gen. Sam Houston, informing him
that property worth $50,000, in Texas, has
just been left him by his father.
Mrs. Butler, agreeable to numerous solicita
tions, has consented to give a series of Shaks
perian Readings in New York city, commenc
ing Ist March.
The length of railroads in the United States ■
is 5,449. Total cost, 152,724,917. One thou- j
sand miles were added in 1848.
The Mails! —Oh, the Mails!! —The de
ranged condition of the mails, is a source of
very great annoyance to us at the present time.
Indeed, more so than common. Within the
last three weeks, we have sent out about two j
hundred accounts for subscriptions due this
office; and strange to tell, have only received
answers to about eight or ten. Our letters, or !
answers, containing the cash.oue or the other,
must have miscarried. We cannot tell which.
The accounts, to the “best of our knowledge
and belief,” were all correct, and we regret
exceedingly', that a very large majority of the
letters which ought to have been received,con
taining small remittances, have not come to
hand. We charge it all to the mails,for sure
ly, gentlemen would not refuse or neglect to
remit these small amounts. —Dalton Eayle.
The Inauguration. —Several of our friends,
of this county and Walker, passed through
tliis place during the present week, on their
way to Washington city, to witness the Inau
guration ceremonies on the 4th of March. —
Two or threo citizens of Dalton leave their
homes next week for the same purpose ; and
none of the party are offive^seekers. — Ibid.
[ Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. J
Washington, Feb. 23.
Gen. Taylor begins already to experience
the inconvenience attending fame. He is so
much beset by eager crowds, that he has been
more than once, in his progress, crowded into
inconvenient and hazardous positions, and even
subjected to more personal injury than he suf
fered iu the Mexican war. He is also to be
run down, if he will permit it, by office seek- j
ers and expectants. To a certain extent, he
must listen to them, even though he turn them
over to the heads of departments. They have
the credit of killing Gen. Harrison, and they
would kill Gen. Taylor, if they' are allowed
the chance. The applicants for the higher of
fices in the cities are now here with their tes
; timonies, their recommendations, and their po- j
| hiical managers aids. In reading some of the
applications and recommendations of friends of
mine for the higher federal offices in the clues,
1 notice that the phrase, “if any change be
ordered,” is frequently used, as a sort of res
ervation. It would shew that Gen. Taylor is
not expected by the more intelligent portion
of his friends to pursue a course of party' pro
scription, but that he is expected to make
some removals, and to give the whigs a prefer
ence, in case of vacancies.
The Meeting To-Night. —A meeting of the
citizens of Charleston District, takes place
this evening, at the City Hall, to respond to
the “Address” recently put forth to their
constituents, by the Southern members of
Congress, in relation to the subject of Aboli
tion.
It needs, that we should say but little, as
to the grave and solemn occasion which thus
calls together the people, in their primary and i
sovereign capacity. It is the cause of truth j
and of justice —the cause of the South —the .
j cause of our country, and true patriotism re- j
| quires no further promptings, to stimulate it,
Ito active aud efficient exercise. All around
and about us, from the broad Potomac on the
! one side, to the Rio Grande on the other, the ;
spirit of the South is maniiestesdng itself in |
a settled determination to airest the further
progress of insult and aggression, and the time j
has arrived when the voice of Charleston must
be heard. And she will be heard. She will
echo back the sounds that have just reached
■ her from the mountains, and will proclaim to I
the world, not only her approval of the sen- I
I timents, contained in the address of the South- j
ern K 'preseutHtives, but will announce her j
j renames* to unite with her brethren, iu the j
defence of our common inheritance and com
mon rights.
The meeting, we understand, will be ad
dressed by several of our most eminent citi
zens, and we trust that no ordinary circum
stance will be permitted to detain any one
from attendence.— Vh. Mercury, 27 th hint.
Kissing and its Consequences.— An imper
tinent fellow, not having the fear of punish
iihment before his eyes, had the audacity,
yesterday in State street, stealthily to imprint
a kiss on the face of a lady whom he met ac- ;
cidentally on the sidewalk. The lady scream
ed, and her husband who happened luckily to
be near at hand, came to her rescue, when our
kissing gentleman ungallantly attempted to
escape by taking to his heels. It would not
do however. He was overhauled, and paid
the penalty of his transgression, in the shape |
of a sound drubbing, administered by the gen
tleman with right good will. We are ot the
opinion, that he will be apt to put a strong
restraint upon his inclination in this line, for
the future.— lb.
THE CONST ITUTIONALI ST.
I
Augusta, (Georgia.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEB 28
IdP Oar despatch from Savannah failed to
come to hand last evening.
No papers received by last evening’s
mail, from offices north of Charleston.
0“ Proprietors of Warehouses in this city
and Hamburg will oblige us bv having the
Cotton on hand in their respective warehouse#
counted for us this afternoon.
Female Emigration to California
The gold mania has developed a feature in
the spirit of enterprize which, from its inter- i
esting novelty, will attract attention. It ,
proves that the daring and adventurous char
acter of the American people, which carries
them through trackless forests and over moun
tains of snow, and over boisterous seas to the
remotest corners of the earth, is not confined
to the male sex. The golden particles that
sparkle in the sands of the rivers, and glitter
in the crevices of the rocks, are destined to
woo the daughters as w r ell as the sons of
America to the fair bosom of California.
The National Intelligencer contains the ad
vertisement of Mrs. Eliza Farnhain, who
proposes to chaperon 125 or 130 fair Argo
nauts, if that many will volunteer, to go in
search of the golden fleeces of California.
She is recommended by ladies and gentle
men of established celebrity and piety, who
append a certificate to the effect that she is in
every way an estimable lady, admirably suit
ed to command such an expedition. Some
years ago she held the responsible position of
matron to the female department of the State
Prison at Sing Sing.
Her plan is that each one who Joins the ex
pedition shall contribute ;j>3oo, as a common
slock, with which a vessel with equipment and
supplies is to be bought; besides which, each
one is to have a sufficient private fund to sup
port her until she gets employment and be
comes established in California. Each appli
j cant is to come recommended by testimonials
; from her Pastor, or other satisfactory re
! ference, of good character, piety, &c. No one
j received unless 25 years of age. We presume
none would acknowledge to more. Nothing
I said about looks. We suppose, however,
I good looks are not objected to.
The philanthropic considerations held out
In this laudable scheme, are that man—rough,
tierce, wilful man, without the refining influ
ence of woman's presence, and religious coun
! sels, would soon degenerate to barbarism—and
•lithe riches ot California indeed be “ barbaric
i gold.*’ To soften his demi-savage nature in
prosperity, and to soothe, by kindness, his
j pains in sorrow and sickness, and brighten his
I pathway with religion, are distinctly limned
i and colored, so as to give an enticing aspect
! of romance to the view' held out to feminine
adventure. The substantial advantages of
good wages and abundant employment, in place
of scant living and precarious resources, which
so many have to contend with at home, are
pictured in the foreground. Not one word is
said about matrimony. But we notice that six
or eight Parsons ( married , and with tueir fam
ilies,) are part of the ship’s complement. This
is a capital idea. Their services in perform
ing marriage ceremonies, &c., might peradven- j
ture be wanted after reaching this land of 1
Ophir.
Peradventure indeed ! Why, it is suggest
ed that the scenes of the early colonial history
of Virginia will be revived upon the distant ;
shores of California. But instead ot the gal
lant cavaliers of the Old Dominion going '
down to the sea. shore with their rolls of to
bacco to purchase wive- for so many pounds
each —the current rate being about 100 lbs. j
tobacco a piece, the stout miners of the Sa
cramento would hasten to San Francisco with |
their bags of the genuine metal, eager to play
the agreeable and display their yellow charms
to the philanthropic voyagers, and each woo a i
partner to give in exchange those charms that ■
blend the lily and the rose. and. with them, a
warm heart and a pure mind—the Parson j
clinching the bargain professionally. Indeed
ere the ship could teach her moorings, the im- !
patient knights of the wash pan would drop
pick and shovel, and by batteaux, dug-outs
and oyster smacks, would put off to see the
the precious freight. Some more adventurous ,
might even,
Tike Beamier, who was nightly wool.
(What maid will not the tale remember)
To cross thy stream, broad Hellespont,”
buftet the placid waves of the far-famed Bay,
rather than be left behind in the contest for
the bright guerdon which inspires man's no
blest energies and purest hope ß .
We have given a notice of this novel expe
dition, more as a curious looker-on than with
an idea that it will be of any use to our fair
readers.
In the South, our females who could com
mand the necessary outfit, have pleasant
homes and true hearted parents, brothers or
friends to cherish them while they choose to
stay, and when they are willing to quit them,
they have lovers nearer at hand than Califor
nia. Long may they live to exercise their
philanthropy among us, and to brighten, adorn
and bless our hemes and our firesides.
AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT, FEBRUARY 28, 1849
ARTICLED. Per. H'iwitsaU. j Duty.
UAGOJJYG— Gunny, 22 & 2O pr. ct.
Kentucky.. 10 fa
RALE ROPE—M ambit... ft, Hta 16 25 pr. ct !
Kentucky.. 1 101 <a> 11
itACOJY- —Hams .. .| fa ,
aides .. j , 20 pr. cl.
Shoulders t
tt b TTER—Oostita, prime ft, fa 2d 2' ipr. ct. j
Country 12 fa 00 ,
BEESWAX ’. Id a
CAJYDLKS —Spermaceti!. .37pa 40 20 pr. cl.
Georgia made , 15 fa 16 /
Northern .... ui fa. uo ! • 20 pr. ft
CHEESE —Northern fa- 10 30 pr.il
CO EPEE —Tuba 7j fa K
Rio 7V® 8y i
Java
Lagyura...... 7pdi 8$ ]
f Shirtings, brown, 3-4. yd. 5 a oj
« | “ “ <-8. .... 7jfa 8
1 , “ “ yd. w ide I7pa 20
5 j Sheetings, brown, 5-4. .... 12 fa- 15
v ( “ bleached, 5-4 18 fa 20
~ 1 Checks ; JO fa- 16
i lied Tick j..., 12 fa 18
| Usuaburgs ooz. 7$ (a) 8
Yarn (assorted) j ft, 12±fa 15 .
EJSit —Mackerel, No. I bbl. 12 fa 13 J2O pr ct.
Do. No. 2... . j B£fa 9 )
Do. No. 3 ....
FLOUR — New Orleans... .... none. (20 pr. ci.
Canal 8 fa j
Georgia 6 fa 6 50 i
FEATHERS, live geese., ft, 29 fa 30 ( o r * ' *
3RjHjY —Corn, loose bu.-. 45 fa 50
Uv- sack 55 fa
GUNPOWDER— keg. 550tv 5 j M cu
HIDES—O ry fa /
Dry , salted Bfa ') j2l pr. ct
IRON— Pig 100. fa .10 pr. cl
Swedes, assorted. ton 1 4Jfa 5 30 pr. cl
Hoop 100. sfa 6 i _
Sheet tb 6fa 7 ;20 pr cl.
Nail Rods I 6 fa 7
LEAD —Pigandßar 100. 6fa 7 jx
White Lead
LIME — bbl fa ! >
EtRD. lb I «jfa ■
MOLASSES- Cub. gal., 26 fa 28 | 3O . ct .
N. Orleans . ...i 33 fa 3a i p
NAILS —Cut, 4d to 20d *
EXPOSTS OP COTTON TO FOREIGN AND COASTWISE PORTS, COMMENCING IST SEPTEMBER
| tutalT
WH! 1 HLtR LVI I 1840 1 348~ 1849. 1848 1849 1848 1849 184a 1849 ; 1848. 1849. 1848. 1849 1848
Liverpool..,. ......TTI' ‘75,348 98,090 45,308 ~9i.*>53; 42,702 256.H7 is*,Bi9 46,591) 2*.6‘4 ;;;;;;;;;;;
B'dl * ”AiL4 1 688 1.527 7,068.. 2,098 19,440 4,004 4,k>2 I .t»3#
Glasgow and Greenock £,’ w , <}7s .... . : 8.255 4,044 207 798
_sja« «*»■}»»•'«»
Havr „ ! 81.04 ' 2 672 ‘ 18,825 .. 22,292 28,749 95,980 49,909 81,561 90,687 ! 28,598 1,166 1,355 j
" ,tv ; e * ’ 2,948 2,155
; Bordeaux -j’ygg 5 118 2,177 2,199 I
1£""‘ :::::::: :::::::::::::::: .. ,!k •.•.
T.ilal to Franc. “iMOk ] m -”» iti,‘Bs 91.910 _3Mv3 l.ll*. I >»* igji ß , Jg-?' 1
: —770 i j 747 ~~. 3 134 2, ,95 2,105 1,563
Amsterdam i 9,621 . 3,8261 2,266
Rotterdam j 9 870 " "*075 "* 3.404 2,662 " ‘ 7,734 ’' ‘ 7,382 5.383 6,997
Antwerp 1 3 ’*'° -« o ' s ’‘ ,4 3939 4 427 6.570 5,909
Hamburg ,1 7049 7,791 1,999 3,368
Bremen "‘b 625 ‘‘*4*332 ’ ....
Barcelona || ....’ 7 25i ’9BO *
Havana, &c .... rvsfl l 0074 7 767 ..37,149 1,386 1,097 2,243
Genoa, Tnesta, itc 1 1,30a ....1,411 *,448 -3,6a0
Ghent, &c 4 989 “‘• 374 ... . 13,670 ’ 7,052 5,942 1,304 1,481 1,229
hpr ' 1 •• • • •* *
umer runs 11” - - lir rr- ——TSVf.g -Tis* *'6B 060 91,3.3 27,587 25,752 1,724 2,078 138,773 130,376
Total to other Foreign Ports 1,305 1,411 19,928 3,526 18,«69 .4,490 -JLTI - -- - ~=~=~ --- --
M t M= =
| 1;!SS 2,1-9 WSi VS? ™ 7 ‘4
Baltimore ! ’B4l 1.016 7,148 2,735 3,339 J,a49 3.051 7,414 ‘ " ‘!!!!.
Other Ports 6,011 10,645 1,073 1.13 3,.">19 , 's_l ’ 1111111 * l’ ’ * ——
Total Cutt.twis. l! 99,69. ”ttW* .«*» JM* .“*?
: 19,047 87.937 «,U7 9J,-J94906^63
tjgjs," To-day is the Anniversary of the open
! ing of telegraphic communication with this
j city. The present operator has been in otfice
during the year, and if as littte fault is found
with the line as at or from this point, but few
complaints would be heard.
The Homo Department
The creation of an additional Executive
Department, at Washington City, was recom
mended to Congress, more than thirty years
ago, by Mr. Madison. The National Intelli
gencer furnishes an extract from the last an
nual message ol that able President, recom- j
mending such an officer. It, as is therein
stated, the existing departments were then
overburdened with business, and the pressure j
called for an additional department, the
necessity must be greater now’, owing to the
immensely increased duties devolving upon
our executive officers, which has yearly grown
1 with the power, resources and territorial ex
tension of our country.
The last annual report of the Secretary of
the Treasury recommended the same step. A
lull for this purpose has passed the House,
and is pending before the Senate. We have
seen no sufficient reason urged against its
main features.
Speech of B- C. Yaucey, Esq.
We acknowledge the receipt of a pamphlet |
copy of Mr. Yancey’s able speech in defence of ,
the Bank of the State of South Carolina, de- |
livered in the Legislature of that State on the
I 13th December last.
The propriety of closing the Bank, and
' winding up its affairs, formed an important
element in last summer’s canvass, and was !
fully discussed in the Legislature. During i
the ensuing canvass, it will again be agitated
and will form a leading issue in the election of
members.
I . |
Mr. Yancey's speech is an able exposition
of one side of the case.
The Augusta Manufacturing Company
We are pleased to learn that this Company
is in a very flourishing condition. Its stock
is already above par, and but little if any in j
the market. We understand that alew r davs I
' ago, a premium of per cent, was given for
a few shares. The present capital paid in is
one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. At
the recent annual meeting of the stockhold
ers, it was resolved to increase the capital
stock to $200,000. The additional $40,000
was taken by the original stockholders, to the
great disappointment of many outsiders who
were anxious to invest funds in a business
which has already demonstrated its profita
bleness. Several of the present stockholders
were desirous of taking additional shares be
yond their pro rata proportion, but no one was
willing to give up his share of the $40,000
of new’ stock.
I his disposition to invest in manufacturing, j
will lead doubtless to the speedy creation of
another Company for the manufacture ol Cot- I
ton in our city.
We understand that the present Company
have already 160 looms in operation and ex
pect with the additional capital to rill their!
extensive building to its utmost capacity, \
which will be about 320 looms. These will j ,
average 49 yards of cloth per day. Each | j
reader may figure out for himself from this i j
data the extent of their business. The cloth
they make weighs about i lb. to the yard, ,
and sells tor cents per yard at wholesale— i
tie Company will not sell less than five bales, s
making about 3,500 yards at a time. At this 1
ARTICLES. p er . WtuM-saU.. IhiU
OILS —Sperm,W. Strained * •*" fa 1 3".
Fall strained 1 -•» fa lree -
Summer do 1 lV ' 112 i
.^ inseed bbl. 20 pr ct.
ilrowfSa:::::;::::;: sjjj
PIPES... |V '' 2 20 fa 3 50 j
. PORTER d/ - e u 10
PEPPER ‘b 12 „
PIM LV*7 6... 'il Oil u 2 50
RAISINS- Malaga, bunchi box . { nip,. ciJ
Muscatel )
RICE -Ordinary 100. 4 a , 50l
i fair a
Good and Prune..j , a
fFrencn Brandies i-iaL., . ' 100 pr. cu
iSsrC::;;-;::;::; > ||
or I N.E.Hum, hds. bris ' {l)
« 1 Whiskey,Phil. Hall r"
1 Do. New Orleans. .... - 1 w
[ Peach Brandy j -t- .a- o-, mo pr. cl,
SUGAR- Cuba Muscovado lo _" ® 1
pR. at. St- Croft .... ‘ a ... 1
Havana, w hite
New Orleans ' f 3O *** U ’
Loaf. 1,1 f<x>U I
Lump in rt-*! m ! i
! S.JL7’—Liverpool sack 1 40 fa J ab (
Loose bus. 40 fa I- , ~ ‘
i SOAP —American, yellow] tb y b 30 pr. cl.
SHOT —All sizes ! 1 b 2 fa 1 '*> 20 pr. cl
SKOARS —Spanish 1 M 20 OO.'a dU 00 yo pr. ct.
American •• • 8-a 10
TALLOW— American.....• u 10 pr it.
»2» i 3O -'"■
! r,me -i25e?.:::;:::bq SSS
: TEAS— Pouchong i 50 fa-a t
Gunp'der & Imp. ....] 75 fa 1 00
Hyson 75 fa-80 | free
Young Hy50n....i....1 50 fa7s j
’ fPUYES —Madeira ] gal. 200fa2 25 30 pr. ct.
Claret, Mnrs’Ues cask 25 fa t’>o 40 pr. ct.
Do. Bordeauxidoz. 3 00 fa 3 50 40 pr. cl.
Champagne.... .... 900 fa 15 0040 pr. ct.
Malaga 1....1 56 fivn 2 ‘4ft pr. Ct.
rate orders are now on hand tor about -00
bales, and it will be found difficult to keep up
with the accruing demand.
This Company commenced under very fa
vorable auspices, and are in the enjoyment ot
peculiar advantages. But it is demonstrated
beyond question that an immense additional
amount of capital can be profitably employed
in the manufacture of Cotton at this point.
Improving' Condition of Augusta
Our city is now rejoicing in an upward
•pring of prosperity, which in a few years
must make her the first inland city of the
South. It is now the beginning of her flood tide
of fortune. A very large business ia pouring
into her lap by railroad, canal and river, and she
i is daily opening a trade with new' points. Ten
nessee and Alabama are already contributing
I large stores of the produce of their prolific
soils, and must continue from year to year
greatly to add to them. In the single article
of Cotton, the entire receipts of Augusta
from the crop of 1848 will be about 225,000
bales. The State rail road to Chattanooga
will be completed in time for the next crop,
and will probably add 25,000 bales to the
receipts of Augusta, and ot other produce
the contribution will far surpass all form
er precedent. Every variety of trades and
and pursuits must partake, in some degree, of
this increased and increasing prosperity. Heal 1
estate is advancing in value, and every invest
ment of capital in Stocks seems to be making
a good return. Money is sometime# a little
tight with our business men whose capital is
limited. Yet all should be of good cheer in
view of the future.
* A good time i* coming, boys!’’
The President’s Return to Tennessee
The gentlemen who addressed Mr. Polk iu
-1 vitiug him to honor Augusta w’ith a visit on
! his return route to his residence in Tennessee,
at the close of his official duties, have received
the President's reply. With regret we have
to state that the President is precluded, by
prior engagements, from taking Augusta in his
route. He returns by Charleston, Savannah,
Macon, and Montgomery, Ala.
Suitable steps have been taken in each of
these cities, to give this eminent citizen
■ a reception worthy of their hospitable charac
ter. and of his distinguished position and ser
, vices.
Mr. Barnet’s Lecture.
We had the satisfaction of listening to this
cha«te and beautiful lecture, delivered on
Monday evening last, before the Young
Men’s Library Association of our city and a
highly respectable auditory of ladies and
gentlemen. It was a production having
many beauties of style, and fraught with good
sense. His propositions were sustained by well
considered facts, and proved by reasoning
which had the clearness, force and directness
of mathematical demonstration.
His theme was, “Causes of the Inferiority of i
American Literature,”
We have the lecture before us, which Mr.
i
B. has kindly lent us, and we desire to give it
a more extended notice at some future time.
tST There is a creditable exhibition of a spirit
of justice and of common sense in the follow
ing remarks of the editor ot the Augusta Re
public. Opposed politically as he is to the
President, and but little disposed, as he has
ever shown himself, to say one word in his
favor, or in his defence beyond what the most
scant justice demanded, he yet shows that
his political opposition does not blunt his
BANK NOTE TABLE.
Vttgusta insurance and IS,ink. 114 Company,
Bank ofAugusta, "
Brancti State of Georgia, Augusta, "
Bank of Brunswick, *'
Georgia Kail Road, *'
Mechanics’ Bank, *
Bank of St. Mary’s "
Bank ot Milledgevdle,
Bank 01 the Stale ot Georgia, ;»l Savannah,... . - - *'
Branches of ditto •
Marine and Fire insurance Bank savannah, **
branch ot ditto, at Macon '
Planters’ Hank, Savannah . ‘
Central Hank ot Georgia,.
C entra! R. U and Hanking Coinpanv, Savannah,.
Charleston Banks,. '
i Hank of Camden,... .
Bank of Georgetown. ' .........
| Commercial, Columbia.
Merchants’, at Cheraw,
Bank of Hamburg,
Alabama IVole.-,. g „i ai.
ij Coitiuierciul Bank of Macon, tailed
NOT BANKABLE
Merchants’ Bank of Macon.*
EXCHANGE.
On New Vork, >, prem
Philadelphia,
Boston,
Charleston and Savannah, pu
Lexington, Kentucky,
Nashville, Tennessee,
STOCKS.
Georgia, B per cent- no sates
Georgia, ti per ceni-t 0d a vki
♦ Not taken by our banks, but redeemable at (he Plant
ers’ Bank. Savannah at par.
Savanna It Chaniltor of CoMiefce*
i
ROB’T. HABERSHAM, President.
C. GREEN, Ist Vice President.
ELHV’I). PADELFORD, 2nd V'ire President.
OCTAVUS COHEN, Secretary and Treasuier
sense of justice, or blind his judgment to the
probabilities of the case.
Uur extract is from some comments ol the
editor onthe question of verueit\ laised be
tween the President and the mover of the
Wilmot Proviso,
i Mr. Wilmot has ma le his statement, and
Mr. Polk has denied i’. We know of no rules
ot evidence that would convict Mr. Polk upon
the mere statement of Mr. Wilmot. it would
seem that they conversed alone. It Mr. Polk
is to be found guilty in this way, any man
may be destroyed by another, win), with a
moderate share of reputation for credibility,
may trump up some falsehml to fT. ct that
object.
We know', in. this case, that Mr. U ilmot ;9
the enemy of the south— that he disturbs and
opposes our peculiar institution. And when
w e see, that northern legislatures wall pass
law's (the members under oath) in express vio-
I lion of the conttitution, to prevent slavehold
ers from recoveiing their fugitive slaves, we
will hesitate before taking tl e word of one or
thorn in preference to .»ur own southern man,
upon a point of veracity, touching the question
of slavery’. While we rind much fault with
Mr. Polk’s administration, we shall not be
found uniting in the cry ofapostaey and treach
ery against him, in company with and by’ the
| side of the abolitionist, Wilmot. The charge
maybe true. But it looks absurd and unreas
onable. It conflicts with Mr. Polk’s positive
declaration in his mes-.age, that he would veto
the proviso, if applied to Territory south of the
Missouri Compromise line.
! We have aimed some strong thrusts at Mr.
Polk during his aamiuisti atiou; but we will
’ not, without better evidence, lend our hand to
! plunge an abolition dagger into the heart of
a southern man.
Mr. Polk is a democrat, but God forbid that
that should, on a question like this turn us so
lar from him as to hunt cown his good name,
his last hope, priceless reputation, in company
with one who hates us and would destrov u»
,it he could. We should teel us much humili
| ated, if Mr. Polk were guilty of the charge
! against him. as if he were a whig; for, on this
: question we know no party; and implore all
| our people to place it as high above party as
the sky is above the earth.
Mr. Polk maybe guilty, but we could not,
in foro conscientiae , pronounce such a verdict
with the evidence before us.
Not so very Muddy after all. — The edi
tor of the Lake Providence (La.) Republican,
in his last number, brags considerably about
the improvement of the streets of his town.
Because he was able to see above the mud the
ears and a small portion of the heads of a mule
team that was driven through one of the
streets the day before, he s-ays, “the mud is
nothing like as deep as it has been I”
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Evening News, j
New York, Feb 24—Evening.
Cotton. —On Thursday 1,000 bales sold at —
Middling Upland 7R Middling Louisiana 75.
Rice unchanged. Flour and Grain un
changed. Mess Pork 11, Lard Oj, Sugar,
five hundred bbls. Orleans, 4H to ss. Molas
ses 29.
Treasuries 10i; Newr Loan 12$.
Gen. Quitman has been suggested in many
j ol !h e papers as the democratic candidate for
Governor of Mississippi, a t the next election
in November.
i W e learn, with deep regret, that Paul
j Harriford, stage esntractor from Dalton to
Nashville, was shot by a Mr. Wallace, a rner
i chant of Dalton, in Cleveland, Tenn. on
Wednesday’ last. The cause of this melanchol
ly event we have not learned, hut presume it
grew out of an old grudge, that had existed
for some time between the parties. Wallace
is now in custody, and we hope the matter
w ill he properly'investigated. The loss of Mr.
H. will be deeply felt.
This is the fourth homicide that has been
committed within twenty miles of this place
since Christmas. If steps are not taken to
put down such out-laws, a man will be in