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■ From Ihf Avgu'ta Mirror. The South the iintumi home of literature. “ Heir me for my cause.” Thin in the ago of startling theories end strange hypothesis. Ami it may ho thought that in com mencing with the proposition which the title of my brief essay would seem to imply, that 1' am merely ambitious of following in the train of those, who would startle by some strange hypo thesis, rather than instruct with simple truth. It is possible that even a majority of the citizens of the south, from their long habit of looking abroad tor the materials of mental cultivation and mental pleasures, may turn an incredulous car to him who would show them that the south has within herself eminent literary resources. And even those who think most favorably of the mental re sources of the southern section of the Union, may smile incredulously at the proposition, that the south is the natural home of litemture. 1 com plain not of this incredulity. It ia but natural that thoughts should flow in their wonted chan nel, ami that he, who has been long accustomed to look to other sections of the world for his men tal resources, should lie startled at the thought of literary independence. I merely uak n hearing. Nor do I this with the hope of at once convincing. 1 but wish and expert to throw out a few hints, which may lead others to reflect, and after being duly weighed and considered, lead them, perhaps, to a more favorable view of a proposition, which 1 raunot but deem important. The south in this natural home of literature. She has ever been so. Homer strolled and sung under the rays of a fervid sun. Italy and Greece have, from their first waking into being aa civili zed nations, afforded their poets and their orators. "1 he literary pilgrim ever bends his steps to the south of Europe, as his mes' favoured shrine. \V bile there, foml memories throng to his mind of the epic i trains of Homer, the soo'hiug meas ures of the Mantuan Swan, the exulting odes of Horace, mid the hiring sarcasms of Juvenal. While in later times, heelings to the memory of t to fearful strains of Danta, the epic measures of the madman Tasso, the soft strains of Petrarch, and the pleasing images of Boccacio, And lie fondly turns to the sisters of literature, oratory and the line arts, ns they recall to his memory their favoured sous, in the forms of Demosthenes, Cicero, Kiules, Rubens, Titian, Renihrando, and a host ol others. And while thus fondly recal ling to mind all these, he remembers that they drew their inspiration from the fervid sun of Italy and G recce. He feels in the balmy air lie breathes, in llic brilliant heavens tiiat form the canopy above him, in the brilliancy of the sunsets that glow in the horizon, in the tint that the air and clime spread merlin- earth, the inspiration that formed ami developed the genius of those w hom he now so fondly regrets, and ns, in his musings, he calls •to mind the efforts of the literary giants of the North, he remember! that thsy too drew their in spiration from the spot on which he now stands. He remembers that Milton derived from Italy the plan ol his Paradise Lost, and (hat he is indebted to Dante for many of the most striking passages and illustrations of his great poem. He remem bers that the rlnssie pages of the .Spectator wore tinged with much of the Italian hue, that tnueh of their interest was drawn Irom the illustrations they derived from classic Italy. Ho reflects that even at the present day, Italy and Greece are sought as the land ol inspiration by many of the most popular writers of the age. And he knows (hat Italy has not ceased to inspire her own sons oven «t thin day. Me finds in the productions of the •cloistered monks tnueh to admire, and sees that •even the secluded n ils of that fervid clinic, afford contributions to literature, which would be admi red wherever the lovers of literature are found, were their authors ambitious enough to make them 1 generally known. Such food for inspiration does the literary pil grim find on the classic shores of Italy and Greece, and under the fervid situ of the south. And is it possible that a kindred clime in a western hemis phere presents no parallel to this I Do the same sun, the sumo brilliancy of the canopy of clouds, the same glorious sunsets, the same rich tints up on the landscape afford no inspiration there? A wilder, a more abrupt scenery than Italy or Greece can boast, speak In living tones to their beholders. W bile with these, an Italian soilness of landscape upon the Ashley, the Havatmah, and other favor ite streams, glorious waterfalls and streaming cas cades, are every where claiming their worshippers in those who dwell among them. And do all these afford no inspiration ? They do inspire. I They have spoken in the eloquent tones of the Rutledges and Pinkney*ofthe Revolution. They have spoken in the polished pages of a Grituke. They are now sfieaking in the strains of a Charl ton, a Gilmer, « Wilde, a -Simms, nml in the 1 faithful scones of a Longstreet. Aye, more, they 1 are speaking in the thousand of the young, who j cast hack to the mountains, the water-falls and the streams, their inspiration in living tones, and whose wild songs through rare publications, some times startle the public ear, They do speak in these thousand, who, if once the south became the 1 literary people they should become, would aston ish the world by their eloquent tones. .Such in citements ol climate and scenery as the south pre sents, cannot speak in vain. Her sons need but encouragement to speak out, and the inspiration ol southern skies and southern scenes, would nt otico he fell by the world. Nor does the south lin k for inspiration in her historic incidents.— M hat wilder scenes for the strains of the minstrel, or the talcs of the legendary could there he than the wild career of the Huguenot settlers of Caro lina, the hardships of the followers of Smith, the harrassed course of Oglethorpe, or the changing state of the early settlers of Louisiana ulford ! M'hut greater scones of interest could there he than those in the parallel history of the Aborigi nes ? in the fate of the peaceful Watehely, the melancholy career of the noble Pocahontas, or in the late oi those who are hut now preparing to leave our borders ? Such is the foml for inspiration tile south presents in her climate, her scenery, and her historic incidents. They will not always, nor do they now, speak in vain. But it is not on the natural incitements of cli mate and scenery alone, that I ground my belief of the future distinction ol the south as a literary people. But this belief is more especially found ed on tin- leisure and opportunity for mental cul tivation, that her domestic institutions afford so large a portion of her citizens. No part of tin world affords so large a population with so much leisure, as the planters of the south enjoy, \\ here will you look elsewhere for the parallel to this—for so large n class of citizens, enjoying so large a portion ol ease ? Is it among the mer chants. the mechanics, the farmers or the profes sional men of the north ! Is it in any class of any country in Europe 1 The aristocracy of En gland may, [icrhap*, enjoy as much cast-; but how •small a class are they, compared with the remain ing portion of the population. The scholars of Germany are devoted to learning; hut they are like dust in the balance when compared with the number of those devoted to other pursuits. 1 ranee, Italy and the remaining countries of Eu rope, have all their men of leisure, but in all of them the number is trifling indeed, when compa red with the number of citizens without leisure, j The southern states of this confederacy present the unparalleled spectacle of a country whose main population are a class at case. The south alone presents the singular feature of a people <for the planters are emphatically the people of the south,) possessing abundant leisure and means for mental cultivation. This leisure mid these means for mental culti vation cannot, in the nature of things, alwavs re main unimproved. The south must take the place among - ationa that her climate, her scenerv, and the adva cages her institutions afford her, so plainly point to her as her proper place. And this place is the first among the nations of the earth, Shi must bsconi# te ths world in s new era, what Greece wta to the world in the old. “Her merchant# ere princes,” was the eloquent praise applied to a nation of the East. With how much justice may we say that the planters of the south may in a still nobler sense be stilcd princes ! Every planter may to some extent become an Agustus. He has the leisure to devote to the productions of literature, and the means to call them forth. The finger of destiny then, points to the south ns the literary centre, from which must radiate an influence, that shall illuminate the world. Ami this influence must lie a shield against all attacks upon her institutions. This influence willitself lie an answertoall objections, and will arm her at all points. She will then stand forth in her proper light, too formidable to be assailed. Ramiilkii. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20. djf* We received nothing by the Express Mail yesterday morning, from the North. Mormon Troubles Ended. Hy a slip from the office of the St. Louis Com mercial Bulletin, of the Bth hist, we have receiv" ed the gratifying intelligence of the termination of these disturbances: “The Mormons seeing such a large body of men, assembling together, all highly xeited, and considering “discretion the better part of valor,” surrendered themselves to Gen. Atchison, without even firing a gun. Joe Smith, the prophet, and two or three more of the ringleaders arc to be taken to Jefferson city, and the rest (about 700) are to be marched without the bounds of the State. A number of (he vo lunteer companies, were disbanded, and had re lumed to their respective homes. The Third Regiment of Artillery arrived in in this city, on the 17th hist, on its march from Tennessee to Florida, the Cherokees troubles being happily adjusted. The following is u iist of the officers: — Lieut. Col. Gates, Commanding. Dr. S. Forry, Assistant Surgeon. K. Ridgely, Adjutant. E. J. Steptoe, A. A. Quarter Master. Capt. Garner, Lieutenants—Poole, Mock, Bragg, Taylor, Rodney, Wysc, Casey, Board, Kctchum, Shover, Haynes, and Jennings, Major McClintoek, proceeded to this place in advance of the troops to effect arrangements for their transportation to Flo ida. Major ( hurchill, Cupl. Vinton, and Assistun'.'Surgeon Baldwin, also joined the Regiment at this point, having been engaged on other duties. The command consists of nine companies, the tenth. company created by the recent augmentation of the army, being already in Florida. j This regiment within the lust twelve months, will have marched hy the lime it reaches Garey’s Ferry, nearly four thousand miles, one thousand of which, were performed on foot, and mostly in an enemy’s country. This circumstance is mentioned not ns an extraordinary fact, hut as illustrative of the arduous nature of military ser vice in the ordinary routine of duty. The majority of the companies have served in Florida, since the inception of hostilities, and many marched from the opposite extremes of the , Union. The regiment has participated in the ( majority of battles and skirmishes that have oe eurred on the theatre of military operations in in Florida; and for its more recent services in ( the Cherokee nation, Major Genl. Scott, has been pleased to manifest his approbation by the ■ highest complimental notice. f Specie. 1 The U. S. ship of War Vandalia, arrived at the South West Pass, on Wednesday the 17th, * bringing $94,991,46 in specie, consigned to dis- * ferent houses in New Orleans. 1 Eire. t A two story dwelling house owned and oceu. pied by Mrs. Aim Wright, at Cartwright’s point, ( in Glynn County, was destroyed by tire on Sat- , unlay the 10th lust. After the flames were dis- ] covered, it progressed with such rapidity, that property to the amount of five hundred dollars was destroyed, there not being time to remove it- The lire is supposed to have been communicated , by a spark from the chimney. A Good Yi mm.—We see by a communication published in the Savannah Republican, that Dr Wm. O. McConnell of Liberty County, raised the past season, eighty-three bushels, three peeks and three quarts of corn from one acre of manured ground. An annual revenue of $109,500 is derived by the city of New Orleans, from the granting of li censes to shops to retail ardent spirits. The Prince do Joinville has sent a handsome gold snuff-box, enriched with diamonds, to CoF De Russy, us a token of gratitude for the hospi tality he received from that officer while at West Point. The city of Mobile, from a census just taken, contains 13,921 inhabitants, of which number 8,594 are whites. The white males number 5,882 and females 2,705. The Philadelphia Commercial List, in an article I on the subject of the improvements made in th English Locomotive Engines by Mr. William Norris, of that city, says:—“ln July, 1836, his machine the “ George ’Washington” ascended the Inclined Plane west of the Schuylkill, with a load attached, a feat so astounding, that even at the present day, it is not credited by some of the 1 English Engineers, although the best and most j respectable testimony has been produced, not only for that performance, but for a hundred others ! since. The result of this performance was seventy j five per cent, better than had ever before been j attained. Since July, 1836, the establishment of j Mr. Norris has been in full operation. He has built sixty-eight Locomotives, three of which are now in use in Europe. Four more are engaged and will be shipped this year for the same destina tion, W e understand that he is also in negoeia. tion with the Directors of the Bolton and Gaston i Railway in England, for the supply of several of hiii machines fur their road. His works are situa -1 ted at Bush Hill, and furnish employment to up wards of "00 men.” I _ ______ j By the following items from the Mississippian 1 it will Ire seen that Judge Trotter has resigned * his seat as U. 8. Senator. A Whig will undoubt edly take his place. 1 Rksio.vation.—James F. Trotter has resigned his scat in the Senate of the United States. Daniel W. Wright has resigned the office of , Judge of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, , the resignation to take cflect on the first day of December next. , The following members of the House of Repre sentatives have also resigned. James M. Trussel, of Kemper; Bcnj. B. Barnes, of Marion ; Rufus T. Draught!, of Perry, and .lessee M’Afee, of Covington. Elections to fill the vacancies in Kemper and Marion have been ordired on the 3d and 4th, and in Perry and Covington on the 17th and 18th I of December next. Communicated. Augusta Academy of Fine Arts. ' It affords me greit pleasure, Mr. Editor, to find the subject of the Fine Arts occupying the atten -1 tion of some of your correspondents. The im- I portance of this sulject has been too long over* > looked in this county, and in the South particu -1 larly. It is high time that due efforts were made H for the cultivation of ’hesc invaluable arts in our B own land. e It should lie remembered that there is no Gov * eminent so prolific of genius such as our is, nor 4 docs a more genial sun warm and illuminate any clime to favor its finest develop*raenl. Thus fa vored by nature’s choice gifts, shall we ever re. main tribuutary to foreign lands at a great cost, for productions, and for instruction in the fine 1 arts! Let us glance at a little of our past and present history. Our own Wear, was obliged * to lake his residence in a foreign land for instruc tion and for patronage. Canova and others have been obliged to be appealed to, and the works of Rubens, Raphael, Hogarth, Angelo, and others, have been obliged to be visited for lessons in sta tuary, sculpture, and painting, and even now, our Giikxouuh, has had to take up his residence abroad to accomplish a piece of national statuary. Nor is this the only cost to the country. Our richest treasures, the choice genius of our land, arc too often lost to our country altogether, and made the glory of another. And whence comes these evils, but from the want of encourage ment, patronage, and cultivation at home. The South has long slept over its interest in this par ticular, and paid its tribute to foreign lands. Now whilst the South is aspiring to every thing like noble and independent enterprize, let her citizens come forth with their abundant ability and insti tute and sustain within herself the proper means of preventing those evils and of promoting her own talents, which arc so bountifully bestowed on her by the giver of all goods. A SOUTHRON. Communicated. Oglethorpe University. The annual examination of the College and Academic departments of the Institution took place on the titllh and 30lh of October. As there was no graduating class, an exhibition of original Orations by members of the Junior and Sopho more classes followed the examination in placeo what will hereafter form the Commencement ex ercise on the last Wednesday in October. The examination was attended by the follow ing members of the Board of Trustees, from dif ferent parts of the State, as well as by other lite rary gentlemen and a number of the citizens o. Milledgeville and its vicinity. The Trustees feel that they would be rendering a valuable sendee to the community at large, and doing but justice to this Seminary of learning, by a brief and can did statement of their impressions of its character and prospects. If the manner in which the students acquitted themselves be a proper criterion of opinion, it may justly inspire the most sanguine hopes of its success and usefulness. The examination was thorough and critical, evincing a familiar and accurate knowledge of their various studys, alike creditable to the mental endowments, the dili gence and application of the student. At the exhibition, the speaking was marked by a graceful ease and propriety of manner, and a clear and distinct enunciation; and their compo sitions were characterised by a judicious selection of subjects, perspicuity of style, sobriety and per tinency of|argument, and in several instances by unusual maturity of thought. A very flattering testimony to the character of their performances was afforded in the interest and pleasure manifested by a large and respecta ble audience, who evinced no signs of uneasiness or impatience during the exhibition, but on the contrary, gave unequivocal tokens of unusual approbation. The number of students in the Institution du ring the year was 135, of whom 109 belonged to the Academy, and 25 to three College classes. At the close of the exercises, 17 were received into the new Freshmen class, and 3 were added to the Sophomore class. The Trustees are high ly gratified to be able to inform the public that the College department will go into operation at the commencement of the ensuing year with a full organization of four College Classes with at least 60 students. The arrangements made for the accommoda tion of the students arc not only comfortable but highly eligible. The police authority secured by the charter to the Trustees and Faculty over the vicinity for the purpose of excluding those nuisances which are ollen so destructive to inexperienced and thought less youth, cannot fail to be of salutary operation: And the system of moral and religious instruc tion which is designed by the founders and patrons ot the institution, ever to hold a prominent place in its economy, ought we think, to commend the University to parents and guardians of youth, who appreciate properly the welfare of their children or the prosperity of their country. No student is allowed to contract any debt without the express permission of the parent or guardian. The Board having secured the services of the Rev. R. Chamberlain, ns their agent, to solicit subscriptions and collect sands, would take this opportunity of recommending him to the confi dence and co-operations of the public. • T. Covering, President of the Board. Jab. Henri Lumpkin, Francis Bowman, D. C. Campbell, Joiit 3. Wilson, Saml. J. Cassels, T. Foiit, John W. Baker, R. J. Nichols, R. K. Hines, J. L. Harris, 8. Rockwell, M. Grieve. Editors friendly to the cause of education will please copy the above notice. The South Floridian, of the 3d inst., published at Key West, contains some additional particulars of the disastrous effects of the late gale which we transfer to our columns. Every week brings fresh intelligence of the awful consequences of the gale in September last, which was not confined exclusively to the de struction of shipping on the mighty deep. At Long Island, one of the Bahamas, the water rose thirty feet above high water mark, literally wash ing away buildings, cattle, and a number of in habitants: a similar occurrence is not in the me mory of anyone living. Various accounts have reached us from that quarter, the substaheo of which is embraced in the following extract from the Observer, which is printed at Nassau, N. P. being a short, but correct account of some of the circumstances attending the gale. We are enabled, through the politeness of a friend, who has favored us with a recital of the accounts which he has received from his friends on Lung Island, to give a cursory statement of some of the particulars connected with the mel ancholy loss of no less than thirty souls, who perished on that Island during the gale, in con sequence of the overflowing of the sea. Some of the circumstances related are almost beyond our credence, but the authority from whence we have received them precludes our doubting their correctness. It is stated that the bodies of two individuals were found, after the waters had rece ded, lodged on the top of a tree, no less than twenty feet from the ground. One young lady, a Miss Donaldson, who was a very excellent swim mer, had nearly succeeded in reaching a hill, where, with those who had been more fortunate in their efforts, she would have been saved from a watery grave, when a part of her dress was caught by the branches of a tree, and being unable to extricate herself, and assistance being out of the question, she unfortunately perished! The loss of property is totally beyond calculation; all that we can say is, that the Island itself is said to pre sent one mde scene of general devastation, and the most of its inhabitants are suffering from want of provisions and clothing. We confidently trust that all who have it in their power will lib erally contribute towards their relief.” Philadelphia, Nov. 15. One Dat eater from England —By the arrival at this port of the packet ship Pocahontas, Capt. West, we have London papers to the Bth and Liverpool to the 9th Oct. inclusive, which being only one day later than our intelligence via New York, allows of but little gleanings. The Liverpool was to make a trip to Dublin before she commenced her voyage to New York. Some accident may have befallen her in that run which would prevent her departure on the 27th. The Liverpool markets are usually reported to Saturday, and consequently they were contained in our news of Monday last, via New York. But wo observe the following remarks in a Liverpool paper of the 9th (Tuesday) of October : The market on Saturday was very flat, and the sales only 1500 bales ; today, however, we have a fair attendance of the trade, who have bought 3000 bales. From the New Orleans Bee, Nov. 15. Important Irom Mexico. We arc indebted to the officers of the United States sloop of war Vandalia for the following interesting intelligence respecting the operations of the French squadron. The source from which this information proceeds, is a certain guarantee of its entire authenticity. It will be perceived that the French are at last acting with the utmost energy and decision. The interest of the drama is nearly at its acme. The news of the revolution at Tampico has been partially anticipated by previous arrivals. General Mejia left this city about three weeks since, with the avowed intention of stirring up the embers of intestine discord. He will, no doubt, take an active part in the revolution. “The IT. S. ship Vandalia bearing the broad pendant of Com. A. J. Dallas, arrived off the South West Pass on Tuesday the 13th inst. The Vandalia left Vera Cruz on the 27th Oct. and Tampico on 4th November. Rear-Admiral Baudin in the Nereide accompanied by the Medce Frigate, arrived at the former place on 26th Oct. in advance of a large squadron, consisting of line of battle ships, frigates, steam vessels, &c. and immediately dispatched an officer with a flag of truce to Mexico to ascertain the final determination of the government in regard to the French in demnity. Should the answer prove unsatisfactory, an attack by land and a bombardment by sea, of the city of Vera Cruz, will be immediately at tempted. j Affairs were in a very unsettled state at Tam pico, on the 10th of lust month the troops of the i [dace declared in favor of the constitution of 1824, i deposed the Governor, seized on the Customhouse, and wisely paid themselves for their last years services. Montenegno a Lieut. Col. headed the troops and it was supposed, acted in concert with Gen. Urrca, who is now on the Pacific Coast. When the Vandalia sailed, an attack on the town was daily expected from the government party, the advance guard of the central forces consisting of several companies of cavalry being but three ' leagues off. Letters from Tampico dated the 3d inst. state f that ever since the revolution had occurred, the Hi os t perfect tranquility prevailed, and that for- . eigners continued entirely unmolested. Never theless, as it was expected that the government , troops would march directly upon Tampico, it i was thought proper to place the city in a posi tion of defence, and it was believed that the troops, unless in greater number than they were repre sented to be, would be necessarily defeated. In formation had been received at Tampico, that a division of the army, which left Tuxpan, under ' the orders of general Cos, (the same who was made prisoner with Santa Anna at Texas.) to join the troops despatched by the government against Tampico, had proclaimed the constitution at 1824 on the route, and it was generally imagin ed that the troops sent from Matamoras, would follow the example of those under the command of (. os. In short, every circumstance tends to confirm the belief that the present government of Mexico will be overthrown. Extract of a letter received in this city'. The conducta, from Zacatcca with §,800,000, had arrived within 30 leagues of Tampico, when t re pronunciamento took place, and it returned immediately. The government troops, 700 strong were at seven leagues from Tampico, and the ci- , tizensof the place every moment expecting an , attack. The troops in Tampico number 1,290 men, and have forfeited tlie place. Admiral Ban den had prevented the British packet from en tering Vera Cruz. Extract from a letter, dated Tampico, Nov. 3. General Montenegro, at the head of about 1,000 troops, who declared on the Ctli nit. for the f'ede deral systems, had put the place-in a state of de fence against the government troops, which were approaching from San Louis Potosi, from Tux pan, under General Cos, and 1,500 men under General Canaliso from Matamoras. An attack was expected very shortly, and the result thereof considered as yet doubtful. The state ol'Guadalaxara had joined the federal party at Tampico. All communication with the interior was inter rupted. The conducta Zacatecas, with one mil lion of dollars, had been ordered back to that city. It was said that Mr. Baudin the French admi ral, had sent in a person to Mexico with a second ultimatum and hopes are again expressed that things will be settled amicably. Since the 9th September there had been no blockading vessel in sight of the port of Tampico, except from the 12th to the 15th October. Cams tx Cincixxati.—At the last Criminal Court, held in Cincinnati, for the County of Ham ilton, Ohio, no less than 148 indictments were in vestigated by the Grand Jury, and no less than 107 bills found by that body. Os these, there were for Grand Larceny 24, Petit Larceny 38, Assault and Battery 24, Shooting with intent to kill 3, passing counterfeit Bank Bills 3, Riots 3, Perjury 2, keeping Gaming Tables 2, Gambling 1, Manslaughter 1, Alfray 1, House breaking 1, having in possession instruments for counterfeit ing coin 1, Tavern keeper selling without license 1, do. keeping disorderly house 1, Malicious Mis chief 1. The convictions were for Grand Larceny 15, Petit Larceny 20, passing Counterfeit Bills 2, Shooting with intent to kill 2, having in posses sion counterfeit instruments, 1, minor oliences, such as Assaults, Gaming, Riots, &c., 23. Eighteen were sentenced to hard labor in the Pen te diary. The Ohio. The Pittsburgh Advocate of Saturday says : The river is now in fine navigable order, there being six feet water in the channel. The bustle and animation on the wharf is without abate ment. The weather is now dry and cold, which will probably check the further rise of water for a few days; but there is no apprehension of its again becoming too low for steamboat navigation. From the Wheeling Times , Nor. 10. The River.—The river has risen to a good navigable stage, and our wharf again presents a business like appearance. We observed at the wharf yesterday the Arabian for St. Louis. The Robert Emmet, the Embassy, the Girard and the Reliance for the same port this day. They were taking in freight very fast during the whole of yesterday. In connection with the rise in the river we hear that the creeks in this region are again suf ficiently high to set the mills running. This is glorious news, and will be the means soon of bringing large supplies of flour into market, which has, by the bye, become scarce and high. CL' I--, -—n-j—-M. . Consignees per South Carolina Kail Rond, Hamburg, November 19. H. L. Jeffers, J. F. Benson, T. Dawson, J. B. Murphy, Geo. Parrott, Dendy & Key, Reese & Beall, Stovall, Simmons & Co.,S. Kneeland & Son, Baker & Rathbone, E. Boyce, I. Moise, G. T. Dortic, T. & J. W. Stoy, Anderson & Adams, F. H. Cook, Silcox & Brothers, Kernaghan & Rooney, Kerrs & Hope, M. Frederick, Scranton & Smith, Pat Case, S. & S., J. S. Hutchinson, Rankin, Boggs & Co., J. B. Bilbro, A. B. Mallory, Baird Rowland, E. D. Cooke, George Lott, B. VV. Force & Co., Clarke, McTeir & Co., J. & J. Mcßride, May & Burnett, W. Allen. T, (Rich aids, Sibley & Crapon, M. R. Smith, Perrit & Young. COMMERCIAL. KEW YORK, NOVEMBER 14. Coffee —We have no special variation to notice, the demand being still quite moderate for domestic use. The stock is again nearly exhausted of Bra zil in first bands, though of Java there have been considerable receipts, via Rotterdam. The market is also about bare of St. Domingo. The sales include 5 a COO hags Brazil at a ; 200 do. old crop, 11; 188 do. Maracaibo, 10j; 4 a 500 do. Laguira, 11 i, with some at 12; 500 do. Old Government Ja va, 14 al4 A, all 4 mos.; and a few hundred bags handsome St. Domingo, picked and repacked, 9 cents, cash. Cotton —Wo have accounts from both Liverpool and Havre to Bth Oct. The Liverpool market was heavy, and prices hardly sustained; sales for the week ending evening of the 6th, 17,440 bales, and on Saturday, 6th, 1500 bales. In Havre, the trans actions the preceding week amounted to 4G3C bales, and in some instances a reduction of 1 a 2 centimes had been submitted to. Stock in first hands, of all descriptions, 6th Oct. 57,117 bales. In our own market there has been no variation as regards demand, it being still moderate, and con fined exclusively to parcels for home use. New Cotton having been offered freely, and in quantities exceeding present wants, buyers have had some further advantage, especially in the finer descrip tions. The sales include 1000 bales New Orleans, chiefly new, at 14 a 16J, with some old at llja 14 j; 1200 do. Upland, old at 11 a new, 13J a 14 i ; and 160 do. Mobile, old at 12 a 15, new, 15 a lojf; and a small lot of line at a price higher than our quotation. The arrivals have been —from New-Crleans 1663 Mobile 206 Florida 157 Georgia 368 i Total 2397 bales Total import, since Ist inst 10,333 bales. Export, from Ist to 7th Nov. 14 hales. Provisions. —The demand is still limited for Beef 1 and Pork, the sales of both being principally confined 1 to small parcels for present use. The receipts thus far of new Pork consists only of a few parcels from the interior of the state, of which a lot of 50 bbls. city inspected, prime, was taken at §l9. Lard con tinues scarce at the previous rates. The market is still bare of Shoulders and Bacon Sides. Smoked Beef sells at 12 a 124 cents. The supply is stillbut small of Hams, and new command 15 cents. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, November 17. Cleared. —Brig New York, Baker, Port Spain, Trinidad. Arrived. —Steamboat Oglethorpe, Dillon, Augus ta ; steamboat Ocmulgee, Blankenship, Darien, Charleston, November 19. , Arrived on Saturday— Brig Wyoming, Watts, Kingston, (Jam;) schrCypress, Crocker, Machias, (Me;) steam packet Neptune, Wilson, Baltimore via Smithville; steamer Win. Gaston, Freeland, Balti more via Norfolk and Smithville. Arrived yesterday —Brig Chili, Ward, Boston. Cleared —Brig Charleston, Burnett, Coast of As- 1 rica. ( Went to sea Saturday— Ship Manchester, Hewitt, J Havre ; brig Mohawk, Crocker, Boston ; brig How- ‘ ell, Smith Havana ; schr. Thames, Sawyer, Mobile- 1 U. S. Mail schr. Hope, Griffiths, Kev West. 1 IFenf to sea yesterday— Schr. William, Carpenter, 1 West Indies; schr. Tiger, Wright,Boston. 1 Augusta Benevolent Society. t The Visiting Committees for the ensuing month are as follows : I - Division No, 1. Mr. James Godbehere, John i Knight, Mrs. O. Smith, Mrs. Waterman. Division No. 2—Mr. Benjamin Hall, Dr. B. Har ris, Mrs. Mary Morgan, Miss Morrison. i Division No. 3. —Mr. P. Flemming, John Cashin, „ Mrs. B. McKmme, Mrs. Collier. i nov 20 C. F. STURGES. Scc’y. ( Clerk Wanted. r A Young Man of moral and industrious habits aX who is well acquainted with the Apothecary ° business, and can come well recommended Kn- ® quire of nov 15 ANTONY & HAINES. ° ANfeVV. I „ ASSeJUIbIy bat r and Genii 1 res *£ tf i% informs the K. || vicinity, that the°inf' US “ 3ta I rr on ’ pupils wui be His ASSEMBLY BAI I vi Wednesday Evening next, 22dtof „ C ™ | n ! nen '' e °« l< ued every other WednesdTy i >e conti «- I season. Ho has been at much expense in tof th * us room and procuring suitable Music Vn i "" 11 ' I his individual exertions to give satisfW hopes h S L patrons. b satli| action to hi, ■ The following gentlemen have kin ( i| v „„„ to act as Managers during the season ■ nsen I Jamxs McLaws, William li s ,. Mr J. B. Walker, J. J. Com.* AG f- S.IMLT.L Bones, D. W. St.Johv Thomas Barrett, C. A. Grein^’ C. B. Martin, James I>ar k ’ James L. Wray, ts Ct HECKS on New York ami CharWim. ;r° • 1 J States Bank Notes, for sale by ,also il. 1 nov2 ° • GKO. INS. & trust f I iOST— A pair of GOLD SPKCTACT i I i red morocco ease, for which the finder tt!iu‘ handsomely rewarded by leaving them with nov 20 ts SNOWDEN & SHEAn I Bank of Augusta, ~ » November li) is* { H Board of Directors having this day doclL, I . a semi-annual dividend of Four Dollar, I share, from the surplus profits of the Bank l K at the rate of eight per cent, per annum, the.!? I will be paid to the several stockholders or their I ders, on and after Thursday, the 22d inst or ' r nov2 ° 2 * ROBERT F. POE, Cashier O a , ~ CITY SHERIFF SALES; ~~ I N the first Tuesday in December next at n I lower market, will be sold the following',«■ I cles, to wit: a lot of domestic goods of various ' I lors, do. calicoes, check plaid, small lot 0 f d LT I loons, cambricks and collars, fur and straw li t I pair scales and weights, shoes, seventeen blown’ f boms, line polish combs and buttons, &c ail P on under attachment returnable to the’ Court ,■ I Common Pleas, city of August, February Torn ,1 the property of John 11. Pettis, to satisfy Aid* I it hhove, vs. said Pettis. Tm-ms cash, ban’2 ' money. j Also, at the same time and place will besohl road wagon, and six pair of harness; also, two hi, ’ ji . horses, one sorrel, one small bay hors?, one vm R 8 blind horse, one bay marc, all levied on as the J I perty ot Bartley Thompson, to satisfy a li. f a L',’ | f the Court of Common Pleas, city of Augusta 'inf,. % I vor of John S. Varnoll or Garnell, vs. said Thoai. I son. '1 owns cash, bankable money, on deliver I Sale to commence at 11 o’clock. E. MARTIN, S. C. \ November 20, 1838. tll ’ | GEORGE’S RALSAMIC COMPOIi THIS celebrated mixture has proved to be a suj J and speedy cure for the Gonorrhoea, filed: 9 and other diseases of the Urinary passages, and tie’ W proprietor is authorised by a physician, to state Cat M be has used it in an extensive practice with sstoi-iB ishmg practice with astonishing and happy effe' In fact, where the directions were strictly follir. [ 1 cd, a single instance is not known in which it 6.1 I to effect a cure in the diseases for which hu™. tended. It is confidently recommended as »ale If and speedy remedy, and one that can be used ihil P times without the knowledge of the most intimate I friend, and may be taken without risk or sin* hi sion from business. Many medic ncs are dailfof. I fere.l for the cure of those diseases, which, upoa • v I tiial, have liecn found either dangerous or uselci: I This mixture contains no injurious article wliatcvc I but is composed of strengthening medicines of reii I e ncacy, ind probably more congenial to the const) ' . tution than any otuer medicine used for this font- ' ’ plaint. Freed from the nauseating qualities attend- I ing copaiva,and the common mixtures, it will fe f: found agreeable to the palate, and pleasant instfil <i of revolting to the stomach. Extensive experiem ■ has proved it to be an efficacy as much superior ism the ordinary preparations as it is in pleasantness. For sale by ANTON V & HAINES, nov IB Sole Agents for Augusta. NEW BOOKS. JUST received by THOMAS RICHARDS,K: 293 Broad street, The Christian Keepsake and Missionary Annual ! for 1839, edited by Uev. John A. Clark. The American Almanac, for 1839. How to observe. Morals and Manners by MW’s Martineau. Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, comprising tl»il details of a mutiny and atrocious butchery on boa: the American brig Grampus, on her way to tin B South Seas, with an account of the recapture of tlif I ve el by the survivors, their shipwreck and subse- I quent horrible sulfering from famine; their delive- | r.mcc by means of the British schooner Jane (irev; r the brief cruise of the vessel in the Antarctic Coon; If tier capture, and the massacre of her crew amongi I. group of islands in the eighty-fourth parallel of soiiiii | latitude, together with "the incredible adventures I. and discoveries still farther south, to which that dis- I tressing calamity gave rise. Bulwer’s Novels, a new edition, in 2 vols. octave, R)’ witli engravings. A Grammar of the Greek Language, for the us: I, of Schools and Colleges, by Charles Anthon, LL. H “ nov 10 Fancy Canal Flour. WILL be landed to-morrow, 60 bills. Cana] • j Flour, (fancy brand). For sale low, fra , Oa the Wharf. | nov 1-1 w4w A. I. HUNTINGTON & SON. jl- M TO RENT.—A Convenient Dwelling on H Ellis street, just above Washington street. Apply to ‘ A. PICQUET. % ■?' nov 14 2tw Country Sent, Somerville. * THE subscriber oilers for sale a House and Lot, t JB on the Sand Hills, one of the most desirable || locations in Somerville. The Lot contains ten ,‘jp Acres, Garden, Orchard, and Arable Land. On tit premises are Dwelling House, Extensive Kitchen, 3 with Dormitories for Servants, Stable, Carriage ,f House, Wash House, with furnaces, Smoke House, -»| a Well of fine Water, Grape Vines, Fruit Trees. I &c. Ac. All of which will be sold a bargain,and! on the most accommodating terms, as to payment. nov 14 1 wtf A. I. HUNTINGTON. OYSTERS, —Prime Pickled Oysters, just re ceived by the subscriber, and for sale by the gallon and in kegs of different sizes. A new sup ply received every week during the season, nov 16 w3t P. CARRE, Agent. A TEACHER WANTED, to take charge of the || Citizens’ Academy, Columbia county, Geo, jhi for the ensuing year, nov Id w4t* JAMES CARTLEDGE, Soc’y. TVfEW CLOTHS, Cassuneres, Vestings, Sue ■*-» ponders, Gloves, &c. roeiived by oct 10 VVM. O. PRICE, 258 Broad «t. FiIESII RAISINS. t - T| WHO I E and hall boxes new crop lunch Raisins, just received and (hr sale 1 y oct 21 JOHN GUSKERY . DIRECT IMPORTATION., BALES 8-1 9-4 and 10-4 London Dufffi % Blankets 2 bales superior Rose and Whitney Blankets For sale low by oet 20 BONES & CARMICHAEL. HAT STORE.—A. B-MAlZiTliThayH connected himself with one of the largest manufacturing houses at the North, will in luiarc conduct the business under the firm of A. B* Mallory & Co. Their present arrangements will enable A. 8.M.&C0. to supply their customers o' l the most accommodating terms. They are now receiving I heir Fall nnd Winter supply of Gentle-, men's Hats, Caps, &c ; also, n large assortment, 0 * , ' Ladies’ Bonnets, of (lie latest style ami superior quality. Tliose wishing to purchase articles in their line, either at wholesale or retail, are solicits 1 * t-j call and examine their assortment. oet 2 If A. R MALLORY & imiJt; store; riIHE subscriber respectfully informs his friends A and the public generally, that ho has t«Ky' l * l , e corner store No. 309, in McKenzie <fe BenruV' 1 * buildings, where he is receiving a large and Ires* l assortment of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glass, Dye Stuffs, Surgical Instruments, Perfumery, &c , which he will dispose of on die most accom modating terms. . Physicians and merchants are requested to cal* and examine his stc ck, as His articles are fresh ana genuine, and they w dl bo pleased with bis terms. Orders Irom the country punctually attended to, and every article warranted of the first quality act 10 »w2m ROBERT CARTER.