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Ifc)NDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25.
Twenty-Second February.
The birth day of Washington was celebrated
in this city, in a manner worthy of that dislin.
guished patriot, warrior and statesman. At 10
o’clock, A. M. the three Volunteer Corps of this
city, the Richmond Blues, Artillery Guards and
Clinch Riflemen, of which any city in the Union
might well be proud, paraded in splendid style in
front of the United States Hotel, where the Orator
and Reader for the day, were received and escorted
to the Presbyterian Church. Thatspacious build
ing was filled with one of the most numerous and
respectable audiences ever assembled on any oc
casion. Divine Service was performed, by the
Rev. Mr. Cunningham, and the Farewell Address
of Washington, read in a distinct and impressive
manner, by Robert Y. Harris, Esq. After which,
an Oration, chaste in style, just in conception
rich in sentiment, and in every way highly appro
priate to the occasion, was delivered by Col. John
Milledge. The character and services of W ash
ington, were brought to view, by the orator, not
so much for the purpose of wasting upon them l
lavish and oft-ropoated praise, as to draw from
them lessons of patriotism, and public and private
virtue, for the benefit of the generation upon
whom the destinies of our country now rest. It
was an oration intended more to instrutc, than to
please; more to produce proper impressions of
duty to country, than to amuse for the
by a display of rhetoric and words. The anima
ted and impressive manner of its delivery was well
suited to its sound sentiments and strong and ori
ginal views.
A splendid Civic and Military Ball in the
livening, at the Masonic Hall, unsurpassed by any
thing of the kind for years past, closed the sele*
bration of the day.
Western Bank of Georgia.
We learn by the Western Georgian, (published
at Rome,) of the 16th instant, that on the day
previous, to wit, 15th instant, the Western Bank
of Georgia closed doors, and stopped payment.
We are not surprised at the news, for we believe
that such an event has been anticipated for some
weeks past. We have no idea at present that there
has been any corruption,or disposition to injure the
community, and presume the bills ot the institu
tion will be ultimately redeemed. Its failure is
attributable no doubt to two prime causes; Ist
want of information in relation to the correct
management of a bank, on the part of its officers
and directors. 2ndly. to its location, at a place
where there was no sort of use for a bunk—be
yond the reach of commerce and all the aids
which trade brings to a bank in its business.
Those who had the management of this insti
tution were all farmers, men ot good characters
and property, but unacquainted with commerce,
and wholly uninformed upon every principle of
banking.
We have not understood that any runs were
made upon it by other institutions.—We arc confi
dent that none were made by the banks of this
city. Its bills have been put out upon accommo
dation paper, and have returned for redemption
faster than that paper has matured and been paid
% off, and it finds itself now without the means to
redeem those bills—an overwhelming proof that
banks should be located only at commercial points.
Large Turnip.—Wm. Hilliard, Esq. raised
on his plantation, near this place, the past season,
a turnip, of the flat kind, measuring 31J inches
in circumference. The largest of which we have
overheard. Who can beat it I —Georgia Mir
ror, 19t/iinst.
We can ! We have now in our office the vc.
ry turnip for that purpose, brought from the coun
ty of Burke, raised on the plantation of Col. Geo.
W. Evans, of that county, and by him presented
to us on Friday last'. It measures 35 J inches in
circumference, being 4J inches larger, friend Mir
ror, than your Chattahoochic turnip. Col. Evans
informs us that there were very many others as
large, and a few still larger, which he has reserved
for seed. Curiosity prompted him to weigh sev
eral of the heaviest, one of which weighed 12 lbs,
V ounces, and another 12 lbs. 2 ounces.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, February 18.
In the Senate, the bill, providing for the armed
occupation ofFlorida, was ordered to be engross
ed for a third reading, with little opposition. The
bill, if it pass the House, and go into operation,
x may save much of the public money and many
* valuable lives, which have been wasted in the
Florida war.
The bill, introduced by Mr. Wright, for the
better security of the public money in the hands
of government officers and to punish defaulters,
was taken up. The amendment by Mr. Rives
for the placing of the money in banks, under cer
tain restrictions, was lost, 15 to 27.
Mr. Tallmadgc offered an amendment, provid
ing that the money, when deposited, should be to
the credit of the Treasurer of the United States,
and this was also lost, 20 to 23.
The bill, after some debate, was ordered to be
engrossed, 26 to 16.
Mr. Calhoun refused to vote upon toe bill. It
we had any connexion at all with the banks, he
was for a large connexion; but he was against
any connexion with tlicm whatever. Ho went
for the Sub-Treasury and the separation of the (
Banks from the Government, out and out.
In the House, Mr Mallory, with a view of sa- (
ving time on a subject before the Committee of '
the Whole, asked leave to submit a resolution,
requiring the Secretary of the Navy to report at ’
the next session of Congress, a plan for the reor- |
ganization of the Board of Navy Commissioners. ,
Objection being made, Mr. Mallory moved a
suspension of the rules, which motion prevailed, s
ayes I (JO, nocs 26—so the rules were suspended. (
The resolution was then received, and laid on ]
the table for one day, under the rules. I
Mr. Cambreleng said, that with a view of econ
omizing the time of the House, he would move a ,
suspension of the rules, so as to receive petitions
from the several States, by having them laid on (
the Clerk’s table, without the formality of the ,
usual mode of presentation. .
Mr. Adams objected. He said he had above ,
four hundred petitions, about the reference of
which, there might be some dispute. He there
fore hoped the usual order would not be departed
from. i
Mr. Pickens was averse to the proposition. He
thought it would lie establishing a laid precedent
to leave it to the discretion of the Clerk as to the
reference of petitions to Committees.
Mr. Cambreleng eventually withdrew his mo
tion.
Mr. C. H. Williams renewed it.
Mr. Calhoun moved to lay the motion on the
table, which was negatived.
The question then recurring on the motion to
suspend, Mr. Adams demanded the yeas and nays,
but they were not ordered. The rules were then
suspended by a large vote.
In pursuance of the order a great number of
petitions were then senttothe Clerk’s table with
out the formality of presentation.
Mr. Calvary Morris presented the petition of
Mr. F. Curtis, and others on the subject of the
improvement of the Ohio River.
The greater number of petitions were on the
abolition subject.
Reports being then called from Committees, the
House resumed the consideration of the report
from the Select Committee on the public lands.
The question pending was on the motion of Mr.
Robertson, to recommit the report, with instruc
tions to report a joint resolution, authorizing a dis
tribution of the public domain among the several
States.
Mr. Harrison being entitled to the floor, resumed
and continued his remarks, until the expiration
of the morning hour. Mr. Robertson then moved
that the above subject be made the order of the
day for to-morrow, which was rejected.
The House passed the bill to authorize the is
sue of exhausted Treasury Notes, for the purpose
of defraying the current expenses of the year, and
adjourned at an early hour.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Eleven days later from England.
arrival or the great western.
By the arrival at New York of the Steam Packet
Cheat Western, wc arc enabled to spread be
fore our readers foreign intelligence eleven dats
later. Our last advices arc up to the seven
teenth of January from Liverpool, while the
Great Western did not leave Bristol, Eng. till the
twenty-eighth of January. She made ihc pas
sage in nineteen days, and brought over one
HUNDRED AND THREE PASSENGERS. For tile de
tails wc are indebted as well to our attentive, friends
at New York, as to the kindness of the active and
efficient Superintendent of the Philadelphia Ex
change, who again requests us to acknowledge his
indebtedness to Captain Hoskin, and a passenger,
.1. Hastings, Esq. Wc copy every thing of im
portance, and need scarcely add, that in conse
quence of this arrival, we have been compelled to
postpone much matter intended for our impres
sion of to-day.
AN’-APFAEWN G'DISlS’hH*-.
EAST INDIANAN AND ONE HUNDRED AND
' SEVENTY LIVES LOST ! !
Accounts from India announce the loss of the
ship Protector, bound from London to Calcutta,
at Sands Head, near the place of her destination.
Out of 178 persons on board, only eight were
saved, viz: 7 recruits and 1 seaman. The num
ber of recruits on board was 116, accompanied by
16 women and 10 children; crew 36. ThcPro
\ tcctor was driven ashore in a gale, while at anchor.,
DISSOLUTION OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY.
The Ministry of France resigned on the 22d
ult. and their resignations were accepted. This
event occurred in consequence of the vote on the
address not giving them a sufficient majority to
carry on the Government, the division on the
first question giving them only 9. The King had
requested Marshal Soult to take the War Depart
ment, in conjunction with certain parties named;
but report says that Soult would not accept un
der the conditions. The truth is, the Marshal is
averse to Monsieur Thiers without whom it was
believed a cabinet could not formed. Monsieur
Humann is named for the Finance, in conjunc
tion with Mons. Mole.
Rear Admiral Baudin has been promoted to the
dignity of a Vice Admiral, as a mark of Royal
and National esteem for the skill and bravery he
displayed in bombarding San Juan do Ulloa.
THE FRENCH REVENUE.
The receipts of last year exceeded the expendi
tures, by 17,000,000 of francs.
HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.
While some of the papers state that the king
of Belgium will not sign the 24 articles, and that
Franco has ordered an army of 36,000 men to the
Belgium frontier; a postscript in the Bristol Jour
nal contends that the difficulty is settled by the
Representatives of the five powers at the Confer
ence of London. —The final document is not, how
ever, even yet ratified by the Belgium monarch.
If ho refuse, his territory will be invested by sea
and land until he submit. It is not likely, that
with his comparatively small power, therefore,
that he will hold out. Such obstinacy would be
ridiculous.
The armed position of Belgium and Holland,
the Corn laws, the condition of the French Minis
try, the resignation of M. Mole, and the British
Money and Cotton Markets, are the great points
of interest. The Bank of England is again stri
king at our trade. The Moniteur (Paris) publish
es an official edict prohibiting the further expor
tation of Grain.
Bentley announces as ready for publication,
“How do you like our Country, ’ or an Autumn
in America, by Charles I. Matthews, —with illus
trations.
Young Lieut. Colonel Sir Walter Bcott, with
the 16th Hussars, is going to India.
O’Connell has been abusing the Dublin Liberal
Press, on w hich account the Reporters refused to
report his speech made at a public meeting.
Lord John Russel has annnounced his readiness
to defend in Parliament the principle of a moder
ate fixed duty on the importation ol Corn.
Lord Durham and Lady had g ven a Grand
Uinncr at their Mansion in Green Park, and 1
among their guests, were Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson.
The Habeas Corpus question respecting Cana*
ilian Prisoners, was not settled when the Greg* l '
Western sailed.
Lord Durham, Lord Brougham, Mr. Pauletts
Thompson and others, have announced their op
position to the Corn Law, in letters read at a din
ner ofthc Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association.
A steam ship of 1206 tons has been launched
at Greenock, for the India business of Cape of
Good Hope. Lieut. G. N. Kendall, R. N. one of
Franklin’s companies in the Polar Expedition, is
to command her.
The North America went out in 18 days, car
rying news to the British Public.
The Queen, as goes the story, is to be married
to Prince Albert of Saxe Coburgh,—but the Cou
rier, Ministerial, denies the truth of the report.
“Prince Albert is handsome, and about 33 years
of age, but without a sliver.”
From the Philadelphia, Exchange Books.
We have received from Mr. J. Hastings, who
came passenger in the Great Western, the follow
ing. Through the politeness of Mr. H. we have
also received from Capt. Hoskin, London and
Bristol papers of the 36th January.
February 17, 1839.
Dear Sir.—We have had 19 days passage.
The Cotton market has improved since the 17th
January up to the time we sailed. The transac
tions the week before were large—nearly 40,000
bales, and a decided tendency for a still higher
advance, and that without any reference to news
from this side. The Great Western has 103 pas
sengers.
Yours truly,
J. HASTINGS.
The prominent topic of discussion in the Eng
lish papers is the Corn Laws. The advocates for
repeal appear to be increasing, both in activity
and numbers. Public meetings in favor of the
repeal were being held in different parts of the
country.
London, Jan. 26.
In the course ofthc ensuing week, we may ex
pect intelligence of great importance, both from
Belgium and France—from the first in respect to
the discussion of the Protocol of the five Allied
Powers, which we hear was despatched last night
for its signature. The King of Holland, we have
no doubt, will sign it, if the King of Belgium and
his Ministers will consent to Jo the same. A few
days will determine this important point. It is
expected by the well informed that if he refuses
his signature, his territory will be blocksned both
by sea and land. In regard to news from France,
great excitement prevails to ascertain who will be
the new Ministers, and if they will pursue the
same political policy as the former ones.
Consols continue steady at 92 5-8 for the Ac
count Money, 93 1-2 ; Exchequer bills lower, 65,
62, 64; India Bonds lower, 63, 61.
London, Jan. 26.
American securities are bouyant, and a great
deal has been going on in the shares of the U. S.
Bank at 25/. persharc ex div. Alabama Five per
Cents closed at9l; South Carolina Five per Cents
sterling (Baring’s) 95 1-4 to 96; Mississippi Five
per Cents, sterling, 93 to 1-2 ; Louisiana Five
per Cents, 96 to 1-2.
St. A e oust ink, February 14.
Two men wore «\votatby a party, uh tUcy mvy, \
of about lb Indians, near the plantation of J. H.
Mclntosh, Esq., in Alachua, a few days since.
Aujiy Movement. —Two companies of IJ. S.
troops, under the command of Maj. Churchill, ar
rived in the U. S. Steamboat Poinsett, Capt. Tra
then, from Black Creek, this morning. We un
derstand this detachment is ordered to scour the
country around the head waters of Miami and
New Rivers, and thence to work their way north
ward along the everglades, to Lake Okcchobce.
Maj. Ashby moves south from Fort Mellon,
and will meet Maj. Churchill’s command on the
banks of that lake.— Herald.
A
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The Commodores’ Cohukspondence. —Hav
ing published the billets doux that were exchanged
between Commodore Elliott and David Porter Esq.
formerly ofthc Navy, we fulfil a demand of jus
tice by giving place also to the annexed commu
nication from Commodore Elliott to the Secreta
ry of the Navy. There is something odd in the
jlianner of this whole correspondence. We can
■ not for the life, of us understand why the Secretary
is made a party, the difference between the writers
being entirely personal, and one of them not be
longing to the navy. Like Merculio in the play,
we can imagine Mr. Paulding exclaiming, “A
plague on both your houses!”
Commodore Elliott’s Letter.
Philadelphia, February 10th, 1839.
Sir, —My attention has been drawn to a com
munication addressed to the editor of the Baltimore
Sun, by Mr. Porter, late charge, d' affairs ofthc
United Slates at Constantinople, by perceiving
amongst the letters communicated, two addressed
to yourself.
It would not perhaps be worthy of me to take
notice of the communications of that gentleman or
his motives in making them, to the head of the
Department with which he has so long ceased to
have any official standing, were it not that in the
letter under date of January the 6th, he gratuitous
ly offers his opinions in relation to me and my
character, in form and manner of complaint. He
says that “I am indifferent to opinion, and reck
less of my own character,” and he thinks me “an
unfit example to the younger officers ofthc navy.”
I am exceedingly puzzled to discover wherein he
finds grounds for the assertion, reflecting as it
docs, so highly on the Executive of this country.
In my note in reply to his of the 32d of Decem
ber, where he begs of me “the favor to consider
him a perfect stranger,” “this favor” was readily
accorded him.
It is true that I feel indifferent to (he opinions
and motives of one from whom they come with
so bad a grate. I could not, however, but feel a
regret on his account, that one who had been a
distinguished officer in the navy, should have set a
precedent in violating the common rule of justice,
in not according innocence until guilt has been
proven; the more especially, when he knew that
not one of the allegations presented to the Depart
ment had been deemed worthy of notice by its
Executive.
Were it permitted me to have another regret on
this occasion, it would be that the honorable the
Secretary of the Navy should have thought pro
per to receive and entertain so extraordinary a
communication, without even according to mo a
copy of its contents. I have the honor to be, sir,
Your most obedient servant,
[Signed] JESSE D. ELLIOTT.
Honorable J. K. Pallium;,
Secretary of the Navy.
Emancipation. —ln Demarara, the decrease in
the product of Sugar in one year past, since the
I emancipation has gone info full effect, is more
j than one half viz: from 20,360 hogsheads to
j 9,957. The general decrease of produce shipped
i has been one half. The Canes are as abundant
and luxuriant, u crop as ever, but the freed negro
is too lazy and proud to lake them olf, and they
■will perish on tire plantations. The whole loss
of the planters of Demarara the last four months
has been half a million sterling. One third the
sugar crops are standing on the fields.— N. Y.
Evening Star.
A “ Goddess of Silence” is proposed by Mr_
Clarke, of Nelr-Vork, to occupy a niche in the
House of Representatives. The marble divinity
is thus imagined in the exordium of his late
speech:
I most sincerely wish, sir, (and in this w ish, I
feel assured yourself, a large majority of the
H ruse, and a large majority of the nation will
join,) that we had igorc dummies on this floor.
I am a passionate admirer of silence and of silent
men. They are the real salt of the earth, and
particularly of this Babel body. They combine
nineteen-twentieths of the real, solid, useful talent
of the House. I admire them for their quiet, re
tired, and dignified deportment, for their devotion
to the public business, and for their economy of
the public time, which is public money. The
man whose ingenuity should devise some plan by
which the public business might be transacted in
silence, would be entitled to the nation's gratitude,
and more especially to the benediction of the
thousand applicants to your justice ns claimants,
and to your generosity as petitioners for your
bounty. Splendid rewards should be offered to
the literary talent of the country for the beet writ
ten dissertation on the sublime virtues of silence.
We should have before us some striking memen
to of silence, which would constantly remind us
of the importance of action, the true eloquence of
legislation. I would employ the ablest sculptor
of the age, whoso chisel would impart life and
beauty to the inanimate marble, to execute
a statue, or (without giving offence to the enemies
of Heathen Mythology,) a Goddess offSilcnce.—
Her countenance should be bright and radiant,
beaming with thought and intellect. Her pedes
tal, the musty and forgotten volumes of Congres
sional Speeches. Her brow should be entwined
with a perennial wreath, made up of the Declara
tion of Independence, and the testamentary legacy
of the Father of his Country, as a fit compliment
to the illustrious authors of these deathless pro
ductions, and due to them as notable examples of
taciturn wisdom.
The fingers of her dexter hand should rest im
pressively on her meaning lip. In herloft, should
be displayed a scroll inscribed with the adage, as
old as wise, “Have a care of whom you speak,
of what, and where, and when.” Then, sir, I
would eject from the niche over your head, if
niche it be where niche is none, that unmeaning
figure of colossal proportions, and place in its
stead this emblematic personage. It should then
be a standing rule of the House, that every mem
ber, on entering this Hall, should gaze intensely
on the “genius loci,” and pray to him who “tunes
the silent music of the spheres” to give him the
grace and wisdom and the courage to be silent.
If this would not produce the desired results, I
would resort to penal enactments. .Speeches
should bo graduated and limited by time—thirty
minutes being the maximum. An infraction of
this law should subject the violator to the loss of
(joe-sixteenth of an inch of the offending membci.
The 4th of March next will be the fiftieth an
niversary of the formation of the Government, un
der the present Constitution.
OBITUARY.
Departed this life onthefllst alt-, at her residence
in Abbeville District, S. C., Mrs. Mary Ann Bkl
ciier, wife of the Rev. Washington Belcher, agon
50 years and 10 months; leaving her husband and
three sons all of whom are grown, to mourn her
irreparable loss. In the death of the deceased, not
only her family but the community in winch she
lived has sustained a loss not soon to be repaired.
Possessing a mind actuated by the most tender sym
pathies, the calamities to which fallen man is lia
ble, ever produced in her bosom the most profound
emotions of pity. To relieve the distressed and to
administer to the wants of the suffering, seemed to
be her ruling passion. A fond and affectionate
wife—a dealing mother —a kind and lenient mis
tress, she was excelled by none in a'l those good
and endearing qualities which constitute the happi
ness of the domestic circle. Her death has pro
duced a chasm in her family which will never be
filled up. That her loss was truly appreciated
was rendered apparent by the undissembled grief
not only of her white family, but of her every ser
vant She had been for many years a pious and
regular member of the Baptist church. She died
fully persuaded ol the truth of Divine Revelation,
and that her lot would bo with the loppy. And
this is the grand consolation of her sorrowing rela
tives, that she has gone to enjoy that rest prepared
for the people of God.
“Although she seemed lodie”
Vet “adorned w ith mercy, picly and truth,"
“She still shall flourish in immortal youth.”
Consignees per South Carolina Rail Roatt.
Hamburg, February 23, 1539.
T. Barber, Reese & Beall, W. Allen, Stovall &
Simmons, B. W. Force, 1.. Dwclle, .1. M. & W.
Adams, W. & J. Nelson, T. .1. Parmela. H. C.
Baldwin, T. Dawson, D’Antignac & Hill, J. S.
Hutchinson, J. Moisc, W. K. & .). U. Jackson, C.
Batty, Gould &. Uulkley, J. W. Haugbton, A. Beall,
W. Woodbury, Ralbbonc & Baker, J. F. Chisholm,
A. W. Martin, D.’Dunkin, J. M. Hunnington, A.
Danforth, 11. Harris, Geo. Parrott, 11. L. Jailers,
J. K. McDonald, J. F. Benson, L. M. Churchill, M.
Jerome.
COMMERCIAL.
Charleston, Feb. 23
Colton. —On Saturday last and on Monday mid
Tuesday of the present week, the excitement no
ticed in our review of the 16th iusl. still prevailed,
with this difference, however, that thedemand was
Croat ;d by speculators, who were the principal op
erators —and at an advance ol I to le. on all quali
ties On Wednesday last accounts from Europe, of
a rather unfavorable nature came to hand which
was followed by the receipt, yesterday, of similar
intelligence, consequently for the Inst three days
speculation has censed, and even legitimate dealers
have been hut lookers on. Throughout the w hole
of yesterday the market was very dull at the follow,
ing quotations;—Liverpool classification—ord and
interior 14 a 141; middling to middling fair 15 a 151;
fair t> fully fair If. a 161; good fair 17 a 171; choice
18 els. per lb. The sales of the week are 4380 bags,
at from If to 171 els. per lb. In Sea Islands, there
has been comparatively nothing doing. About7o
bales have been taken within the range of quota
tions.
Savannah, February 2£
Cotton. —Arrived since the 15th inst. 7234 bales
Upland and 180 bales 8. I. Cotton, and cleared at
the same lime, 8220 bales Upland and 211 bales S.
1. Colton ; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of all
on ship board not cleared on the 22d inst. of 2D428
bales Upland and fill bales Sea Island.
Tl c full prices of last week were freely paid for
Upland until yesterday, when the receipt of intelli
gence from Liverpool to the 17tli ultimo bad the ef
fect of nearly suspending the demand, and the mar
ket closes heavily : the sales are 6712 bales, at from
13j to 17c. per pouud luSealsland the business
has been to a fair extent at about previous rates :
the sales amount to 182 bales, viz: 4 at 38, 3 at 40,
16 at 43; 35 at 44; 28 at 45 , 20 at 46; 57 at 60;
17 at 52; 2 at 56, and 30 Stained at 10 a 21.
New Orleans, February IS.
Cotton. —The market continued throughout the
week in the same dull ami spiritless stale as noticed
in our review of Thursday last, without change in
prices ; principally to till up ship engagements to
Kurope and for the Northern markets. The Liver
pool accounts to 22d December, via New York, re
ceived on Wednesday last, had no effect on cither
buyers or sellers, both are holding off before going
into large transactions, for the steam ships advices,
which are now looked for every day' with much
anxiety, and will no doutit give us some cluo to act ;
upon for some time to come, as our pri.es arc so .
much at variance with those in Kurope at the last
dates.
Our stock on sale is accumulating fast, and the
quality of the late receipts falls off’; fair Mississippi
and Louisiana, and qualities above, arc now very
scarce, and command our highest quotations,
T he sales of the week do not exceed 6000 bales
of all kinds j and we shall wait a few days before
making any change in our quotations below'.
The receipts from the 10th to 10th inst., inclu
sive, amount to 24,754 bales—the exports IS,!MO
bales, leaving a balance of stock on hand, including
all on shipboard not cleared, 110,341 bales: as per
statement.
Liverpool Classification.—Louisiana and Mis
sissippi—ordinary 12 a 12J, middling 13 a 13J, fair
bl a 15, good fair 16jj a good and fine IGJ a 18;
'Tennessee and North Alabama-rordlnary, middling,
fair, good fair, good and fine, 12J a 14.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1838, Oct. I,stock on hand bales S9OO
1839, Feb. 16, receipts this week 24754 i
“ “ previously 261963 286717
295617
“ “ exports this week 18940
“ “ “ previously 166356 185276
Leaving a balance of stock of 110341
including all on ship board not cleared.
Coffee. —The demand improves, and large sales
have been made of Cuba and Rio, the former at 11 a
12 ets, and the latter 11J cts. There have again
been considerable receipts from Cuba and the nortli
i ern cities.
Molasses. —There is a brisk enquiry, particularly
, for good, both in city and on plantation, and pur
chasers find some difficulty in obtaining a large sup
ply, as some planters will not contract until their
sugar is disposed of. The receipts during tiro week
have been comparatively small owing to the low
waters in the bayous;—prices remain without
change siuce|our last notice, viz: 31 a 33 cts. per
, gallon in the city, 23 a25 cts on plantation. Clear
. ed this week to New York 970 hhds and 379 biffs.;
f Baltimore 14 hhds; other ports 67 hhds and 130 bids
—in all 1051 hhds and 509 bids.
Sugar. —On plantation there lias been a better
! demand during the week and transactions have been
made at prices from oj a6J rents. In the city the
* enquiry lias not been very brisk, except for a very
, prime article which is scarce. .Sales from levee
f average 5j a cts; and a few small parcels at
f a 7 cts. Cleared this week for New York 211 hhds;
, Philadelphia 772 hhds; Charleston 198 do; Norfolk
’ 180 do; other ports 12:5 do; making a total of 1478
1 hhds.
i
Mobile, Feb. 21.
Colton. —Arrived during the week 13,758 bales,
and exported in the same period 11,111 bales, as
follows : Liverpool, 1316 bales; Havre, 2508; New
York, 5433; Boston, 550; Fall River, 1208; Balti
more, 96. Leaving on hand and on ship board not
cleared the stock of 93,803 bales —91,335 last sea
son.
The sales since our last review are computed at
, 10,000 bales, or about 2000 per day, and at a fur
ther improvement of about J cent. Purchasers,
. though demurring strongly to this advance, have
been forced to submit, but take with caution. Sei
lers evince great independence, calculating on fa
vorable advices per next foreign arrival. We sub
join the annexed quotations, as the governing rates
of the week’s operations, observing that the mar
- ket cannot he considered as settled at those figures;
Hood and fine, 164 a 17; good fair, 16; fair, 15 a 15/;
0 middling, 14 a 14d; ordinary, 13J; inferior, 13.
MOBILE STATEMENT OF COTTON.
, Stock on hand, Oct. 1, 1838 bales 59
1 Received during the week, 13,758
r Received previously, 167,960-181,718
t
i 181,777
Kxported during the week, 11,111
. Exported previously, 76,608
Burnt on board ship John Taylor, 19.5—87,974
I
i Stock on hand and on shipboard? ot hot
i not cleated, Feb. 21, 1839, 5
1 Stock same time last year, 91,335
Money Market. —The amount of onr circulation
for ordinary purposes is daily diminishing; at least
such is the inference drawn from the nature of the
business done by our banks, and the general com
plaints of all who arc dependent on upon the means
_ of others, or who do not possess facilities foreign to
those of which we speak. The banks, it seems, arc
not yet in a condition to pass upon business paper;
and when they will be, is known only to the initi
‘ ated. We live in hope. The report of the committee
■ on the Branch Bank, alluded to last week, hag been
1 published, and goes to sustain the course of the pre
sent directory. Wc believethat report has not met
the views of the community, and that the suspen
sion of the bank is still looked upon by many as in
judicious. If any consolation was to be derived from
the misfortunes of others, wc might draw upon our
neighbors of New Orleans, who, by the last accounts,
were suffering under great pecuniary depression.
Exchange. —Transactions have been more cur
tailed during the last week than the preceding, and
at rates showing a decline. There is a large amount
of exchange olfciing out doors. The banks arc
checking limitedly.
BANK RATES.
60 day Bills on the North, lja2jpcrct. dis*
60 day Bills on New Orleans, 1 do. do.
’ 15 after date, on the North (chks) 1 per cent. prem.
OUT DOOR HATES.
Sterling Bills, 60days ($4 84 on JU) 84 per ct. prem.
’ Banker’s Bills, 9j do. do.
France—Bills,6o days, 525
, New York, 60 day Bills, Ij a2J per ct. diset.
New York, 30 day Bills, J do. do.
New York,6 daj Bills, If per cent. prem.
New York Sight Bills, lido. do. do.
, Philadelphia, 60 day Bills, ij a 2 per ct. disci.
Providence,60day Bills, 2 a2j do. do.
Charleston Sight Bills, 1 per cent. prem.
| N.Orleans, Sight Bills, 3 a per ct. prem. Scarce.
Coffee —The demand for the interior trade has
somewhat improved, still, however, confined to
- small parcels, and in the aggregate make no impres
sion on stock, which remains heavy. We continue
1 to give best Havana at 13e ; fair 12 al3 *c; Rio I2c;
St Domingo 12c. Receipts, 45 bags.
Molasses. —We do not learn that any advance has
, taken place in this article, but remark that holders
are more firm, and as the stock is being much rc
| duccd with light arrivals, wo infer an advance ns
likely from 34 a 36c, present quotations agreeable
, to sales. Received, 75 bbls.
, Sugar —Choice is exceedingly scarce, and Bc. is
. now asked for the best in market, which hardly
I comes up to that quality ; other kinds also improv
• cd. We quote fair, a 7jc. Receipts, 24 hhds.
Livkrpook, Jan. 19.
Colton —The demand for Colton fins been limit
' ed throughout the week, hut prices have been stead
ily mainiained, and iho market closes with tiro nets
at hist week's quotations of American Sea Island
1 continues to command lull rates. Egyptian is in
1 moderate demand, without any change in prices.
Brazils are in request, and fully maintains former
rales. In Surat only a limi'eu business bus been
done at former rates. The sales of the week amount
to 18,280 bags, including 5,500 American and 700
Pernnm on aiieeulation.
1 120 Sea Island 20d. a 27d.; 10 Stained do. I lid.;
1 3320 Bowed Ceor. 7cl. a 9<l ;‘2140 Mobile, Alabama,
&c Cid a Sid. and6}d. a 8d ; 8280 N. Orleans,6ld.
1 a lOd; 1770 Pernambuco, I’aibru, At. 9fd a 102 cl;
; 280 Maranliam and Sawginncd. Sid a It'd and Bi<i
a Bid; 980 Bahia and Mac 8!*) a 10d; 30 Ovmerara,
; ,?, 4 , Jh pyptin,l « la ’ s<l “ !•' »<1; 10 Barba
-110 Boruvian 8d a Bid; 20 Usguayra,
r t o r is ,nd ."l' &c ' 7,1 a 9t) i 8U " «ur<rt &}.I«
fib); 20 Madian and .Sural, s!d a 61d; Bengali 51U a
-, ~ Liverpool, Jm. 26.
Oolton. I (in market opened with a considerable
speculative demand, and on Monday 11,000 bags
were sold, el which 7000 wore to speculators. Since
llicn the enquiry has subsided to a regular trade
business; and although speculators were again buy
ing to-day, prices of all descriptions close rather
heavily. In the sales are included 1500 bales of
damaged bowed and 2200 Surat, sold by auction at
from Id. to Ird. per lb. There have been taken on
spec'll.alien 10,500 Aincncan, 100 Pernaiu and 200
Surat.
~ „ . Liverpool, Jan. 26.
oottan.— Jhe soles of the week sum up 33,370
bales, of which 16,500 bales ol American, 200 of Su
rat, and 100 Pernams have beep, taken on specula
tion. In prices of Egyptian and Sural no change
has occurred. American and Brazil, however, are
offered freely, and prices of last week are obtained
with difficulty. TJie import this week is, 4,768 bogs,
and the sales reach 33,370, including 110 bales Sea
Island at Uhl a 21,1; 20 Stained Pd 8i a I4d: 13,000
Upland, 7 a 9d- 11,860 N. Oilcans, 6} a 91; 35200
Alabama, &c. 7i a Sid.
Havre, January 12.
Our CoKnu sr.les during the w eek amounted to
11,552 hales The transactions in the article were
very brisk, as well as for w hat remains on the spot
as on delivery, and some speculators were even of
fering to take ail that remains to be disposed of, and
also what is expected to arrive by the vessels now
directed to our port. The value of the article is not
only fully maintained, but may bo quoted 2c to 3c.
higher than the week previous.
Louisiana was generally sold at from Il7flo 125 f
forgood ordinary sorts; fine and picked finalities
reached even (rom 130 to Hot. (Joed and onl-ms. y
Mobile ruled II Os to 12. if; Ctorgia 115 f to 123 f
and some few lots 124 f a 125 f. A cargo oi Florida,
expected shortly to arrive, was taken on delivery at
12of. Os Pernambuco we have muling left in first
hands. It is almost impo-siblo to say of what our
present slock consislt; bi t according to our csli
nialion ihero should be from 37,000 to 38,000 bahs
of all sons in our warehouse.
Havre, Jan. 8.
Cvtlnns —Our last report presented the situation
of our Cotton Market at the end of He ;eniher. since
then up to last Saturday, the sales of this article
embraced, at on average, about 1200 hales per day,
without any change in prices Yesterday (Monday ■
there was again more activity in the transact ions
w hich amounted to very near 3000 bales, and we
have to notice a further advance of 1 u 2 centimes
perl kilo in our rales for United Slates short staple
descriptions.
The aggregate of the sales is 7629 B. consisting
0f3147 It. N. Orleims, of which 55 It. at (r. 11)4, 5t
B at Ir. 157, 875 It. at, lr. 109, 60 at. fr. 115,2151 It.
at fr. 106 to fr. 124, and 20 I!, at It. 127 51);- 591 H.
Mobile, of which 60 It. at fr. 105, and 631 It.atfr.
113 50 tofr 119; 2739 It Upland, Jof which 55 B. at
fr. 101, 51 ft at fr 105 50lofr. 107 50; 2)97 It. at
fr. 112 to (r. 118 50, and 126 B. at fr. 120; Pernam
buco, at fr. 120.
The supplies received against (li»so sales, have
been 3171 bales Untied Stales.
Slock 31st Dec , 35,591 B. of which 32,170 B. U.’S.
Imports since, 3,471 3,471
39.062 55,641
Sales since, 7,729 6,597
Stock 7ih Jan. 31.433 29,044
183 J 1838 1837
Stock Ist Jan. 35,591 32,988 54,55
Imports of all
description
tm IoTiU
January, 847 ) 5,240
39.062 28,229 45,555
MARINE INTELLIG ENCE.
Charleston, Feb. 23.
Arrived yesterday— Line ship Niagara, Beshcr,
N. York; schr David Coffin, Lewis, Attakap&s; steam
packet North Carolina, Davis, Wilmington.
Went to sea yesterday —Hr. schr Victoria, Young,
Wilmington, N. C.; steam packet North Carolina,
Davis, Wilmington.
Savannah, February 5.
Cleared. —Ships Eii Whitney, Dyer, Liverpool ;
Othello, Tucker, Havre; sclirs Trumpet, Page, New
Orleans ; Amanda, Keene, Baltimore.
Arrived. —Steamboat Duncan Macliac, Covlin,
Augusta.
WHOLESALE HAT WAUE-1101/SE,
No. 201 Market street, Philadelphia.
a THOMAS EVANS Sr Co., (late Ran
«i| I kin & Evans, Augusta, Ga.,) take pleast
ure in informing their friends throughou
< ieorgia, Carolina, and Alabama, that
they have located themselves in Phila
delphia,where they manufacture and keep on hand
a large assortment of Hats and Caps, of all descrip
tions, which they will sell at wholesale, at such
prices and on such terms as will satisfy those who
may favor them with their orders. They would
respectfully invite those merchants who buy in the
northern markets, to give them a call, as they feel
confident their stock will attract the attention of
buyers. THOMAS EVANS & Co.
dec 24 swtf
(Vji* The MillcdgeviHc Journal, Mobile Chronicle,
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, and Charleston Cou
rier, will publish the above twice a week for two
months, and charge this office. Each paper is re
quested to send a paper containing the advertise
ment to the advertisers in Philadelphia.
R. E. HAYS’ROCKING AND RE
CLININO CHAIR. The subscriber
jpfl would inform the citizens of Augusta
Hamburg, and the country gene
jTlSrf rally, that lie lias taken a shop in
m #lf I Hamburg, corner of Main and Centre
» * streets, where the above invaluable
Chairs will be kept on hand for examination or
sale. The Chair is constructed upon the most
perfect mechanical principles, and combines more
conveniences than any other Chair in use; its con
struction is simple, tasty and durable; it is fitted
for all the purposes of the nursery and parlor }
adapted to all classes of invalids, easily changed by
the occupant into a great variety' of positions to
suit dropsical,asthmatic, gouty, and rheumatic pa
tients ; for surgical operations, or fractured limbs,
it is without a parallel. It is light and portable,
easily conveyed from one apartment or place to
another; well calculated for journeying with feeble
persons, affording a comfortable bed, when needed
by the way. The Chair has two sets of rockers,
side and lattcral; besides being on rollers; it is
well calculated for a hospital or dentist chair, and
not less adapted for all the ordinary' purposes of a
common rocking chair, or a single bed, in a private
family or public office. Although eminently cal
culated to relieve human suffering, it is not wanting
in merit as an article of luxury; when suitably
finished it is an elegant parlor chair, and would not
disgrace the richest furniture. They have met with
universal approbation and extensive sales at the
north, and have been bailed by thousands as a har
binger of rest in an hour of pain. The Chair in
testimony of its merits has drawn a gold andsilver
medal from the “ American,” and “ Mechanic’s In
stitute,” of New-York. Gentlemen and ladies arc
respectfully invited to call and examine for (ttm
selves.
For the accommodation of the citizens of Au
gusta, the subscriber has selected Mr. E. IV 1
man as an agent, who keeps an extensive assort
ment of fashionable Cabinet Furniture on baud, at
No. 127 Broad street, near the lower market, where
chairs will be kept constantly for sale.
All orders will be thankfully received and prompt
ly attended to by myself or my travelling agent,
Philemon Woodruff’. BENJAMIN F. HAYS,
an 21 4td2msw