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WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Gv. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1839. y OL ni.—No 38
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MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 1.
The ISlectiaK.
This day the election for Delegates to the Re
•Unction Convention takes place- Ihe following
gentlemen arc the only ones -whose names are be
■fore <fho people, and as .there as no opposition we
'pTwanne there will he hat little interest felt. It
is however theJoty of our citizens to attend the
•polk and hy casting trick ballots, show that they
■arc not indifferent to the subject which will oecu
py the attention of-the Coaveistioat.
Jko.P. Kish, C. J- .Tlxkiss.
■Jxo. Siilt. Ilr tvar Mealing.
We call the attention of oci icily readers to
♦the sale of valuable real estate, belonging to Mr’
Hale, advertised to lake place to-morrow. —
Among other things, it will he seen that the
•Water Works, by which the city is supplied
whdi water from the Turkuclt Springs, will he
•offered for sale in Two Hundred Shares —of One
Hundred Dollars each. A brief history of the
■ origin of these works may not he niniuteresting.
In May, 1623, a committee appointed hy the
•City Council, reported that it was -expedient to
supply the city of Augusta with water from the
'Turknett spring. An estimate was furnished hy
J. Eve, Civil Engineer, stated Die elevation to be
forty-three feel above the level of the city, and
that the supply was seventy-five gallons per min
ute.
In November, 1823, a contract was made with
'George W. Towers, to supply the city with wa
ter, with the exclusive privilege for twenty-five
years, on condition that the City Council might
purenase it at the expiration of that time, for a
valuation to be agreed upon. This contract was
abandoned.
In March, 1828, the City Council contracted
•with Thomas McG ran and his associates, to sup
ply the city of Augusta w ith water, on certain
■conditions, for twenty-five years. This contract
Was not carried into effect, in consequence of the
'disagreement es the parties, .as to the manner of
•conducting the •water into too city.
In July, 1829. Thomas Met*ran -oonveyed the
spring and all his right to SamtK.l Hale,'who
holds the contract with the Ci y Council of Au
gusta, and who offers the privilege for sale on
Tuesday, the 2d hist. The condition of this con
tract with the Council is, that the City Council
may have this property hy paying “the just and
full value of the same.” Whether it is the policy
of -the. present City Council of Augusta, to per
mit this valuable property to pass into other
hands, is matter of deep interest to the city.
Mr. Hale has secured hy good titles, thepight
of way from the spring to the city, along the
.course hy which the water is conveyed. ’V
The I’tesbyt riau Case.
Th; Philadelphia U. S. Gazette of the 27th
tust. says—‘ A gentleman of the bar, in whose
prudence we have great confidence, has, at our
request, supplied us with a notice of the case
which closed yesterday. The verdict of the jury
|S for the. Relators or New S hool. The Counsel
for the Respondents, (or 011 School) moved for
a new trial. ,
From the New York Commercial Advertiser 20th.
» '
GateM irotn Maine.
The only tidings we have are. that the House
refused to concur in the Senate’s amendments to ■
the resolutions on the boundaiy; th it a conference
was ha I—that the Committee of the II ouse re- L
parted in favor of concurring—and that thcllousc
finally did concur.
The. folio ving res dutinn was then offered, in
the (loose,and passed to he engrossed.
Rtioleed, hy the House of Representatives,
That the unquestionable right of this state to the
whole territory embraced within the limits as de- 1
scribed by the definitive treaty of peace of 1783, !
ought never to have been submitted to arbitration 1
and in the opinion ofthis II vase, again to consent j
to another arbitration, would he an abandonment :
of the rights and interests of Maine. :
The Legislature was to adjourn yesterday. i
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From the Louisianian ts the iVh.
Texas.
W- have received the Galveston Gazette of the j
15th inst.
Schr James Madison, Brannnn, bound from !
Galveston to Brasses, waa lost on the bar at the j
mouth of the river, cargo and crew saved.
A regiment was forming at Galveston under i
Colonel Karnes, to act against the Cumanche
Indians, and to pay a visit to .Santa Fe.
From the Louisianian of the 27 th.
From Mexico.
We have received hy way of Havana, the fol
lowing particulars of the treaty signed at Vera
Cruz, between Admiral Hamlin and the Mexican
pie lipntentiarios.
The indemnity of $600,000 is to be paid at
*3, 4, and 0 months.
St. Juan de; T'ilo.i is to lie restored so soon as
the treaty is ratified hy the Mexican government.
Letters received at Havana, expressed the ut
most confidence that the treaty would he imme
diately ratified.
An English sloop of war and the French steam
er Media, had arrived at Havana from Vera Cruz.
A private letter fnm Vera Cruz informs ns
that the steamer Meteor would leave that place
for N. Orleans, so saon as the ratifi-ation of the
treaty was received, with despatches for the
French consul. ,
From the Boston Transcript of the '2sth.
From tub East.—End of tub War. — By
passengers in the steamer Bangor, which left the
Penobscot yesterday morning, we leant that all is
quiet in that city, even to dullness. No war—no
shingles—no sleighing. All flat. At Augusta,
again, the Legislature met for the last time yester
day morning, at half past 5. Moreover, orders
were received there for the Oxford and Cumber
land troops, which we have heard so much about,
to oetiirn home forthwith. This, we lake it, ends
the war, —for the present.
The New York correspondent of the National
Intelligencer writes—
There is growing up in this State some hostility
between the free-banking banks and the chartered
banks, the end of which it is difficult to foresee.
As the charters of the old banks expire, there is
an un willingness on the part of the new banks to
see them have an especial charter renewed ; for,
it is argued with much force, two currencies can
not well co-exist, and that, as the State has begun
the experiment of free banks, it is its duty to go
on with it as long as it works well. The subject
is before the Legislature.
I.nte from England.
The packet ship Siddons, Capt. Britton, arrived
at New York on the morning of the 261 h ult. from
Liverpool, whence slui sailed on the 18th Febru
ary, five days after her regular time. By this
arrival the editors of the New York Commercial
Advertiser have received files ol London papers
to the evening of Saturday, February 16th, and
Liverpool to Monday the 18th, both inclusive.
PAIILI AMF.XTA 111 PItOCEKDI VOS.
February Bth.
Lord Durham rose to ask when the papers re
lating to Canada would be placed on the table of
the House. He had seen, with the deepest re
gret, the publication of a portion of those papers
in a morning journal, (the Times.) He adverted
to the attempts made in certain quarters to preju
dice him in the public mind, in reference to the
expenses of his mission; declaring that every shil
ling ofexpense that related to himself had been
defrayed by himself. He had received no salary,
and incurred a loss of nearly £lO,OOO.
Lord Melbourne declared his entire ignorance
as to the publication of the report—how it had
happened it was impossible for him to say. It
would be idle, however, to make farther delay in
bringing it before the House, since it had gone
before the public; and on the 11th ho would lay
it before theii lordships.
The Marquis of Londonderry gave notice that
0 i the 14th he should pul some questions rela
ting to a very nmnilitury proceeding, (the dinner
given to Lord Durham by the Guards, at Quebec
—a proceeding, he said, which had caused as
g-cat a sensation in England as any other con
nected with Lord Durham’s administration.
Lord Melbourne laid on the table the papers
connected with Lord Durham’s mission, and the
alfiirs of Canada. lie said
Ministers had found it impossible to make up
their minds as to what course they should pursue,
until they were in possession of the views of the
noble carl who had filled the office of Governor
General. But he begged leave lo say, that now
they were in possession of the information deri
ved from that source, they would lose no time in
giving (o it their utmost consideration; and he
was in hopes that, before the Easter recess, they
should be enabled to introduce a measure for the
purpose of putting a speedy end lo the discon
tents that now unfortunately existed in Canada.
On the 14th, Mr. Leader presented a petition
from two lawyers of Montreal, omplaining that
they had been deprived of their liberty unlawfully.
The petitioners stated, that on the 4th of No
vember last they were forcibly torn from their
families and conveyed to prison by certain persons
acting as the agents of her Majesty’s government,
without a warrant or any accusation being made
against them, and, as they believed, under the or
der of the preSenfc Governor of Canada, Sir J. Col
borne; that there appeared to ho a carle blanche
given to denounce any person in the colony as a
traitor, and thus there was an opportunity for se
rious attacks being made on the liberty of the sub
ject; that they, the petitioners, were detained in
prison until the 13th of December, when the jail
or order them to go out; that they had written to
Sir J. Colbo-ne demanding the reasons of their
detention, a d that they might be allowed a pro
per trial, bn' that to thesedemands no answcr.had
1 ‘cn returned ; that certain commissioners, how
ever, had been appointed to examine in their ease
and the commissioners themselves had acknow
ledged that they were detained in prison without
any accusation, and they believed that that was
known lo the executive at the time; but they fear
ed, that in consequence of the acts and ordinances
th it had been made, the petitioners were deprived
of the right of trial. They therefore came to this
house to ask that justice which they could not ob
tain in their own country. The hon. member
gave notice that he should call the attention of the
house to the petition on the 28tb of February.
[One of these petitioners must bo M. Lafon
tai'ie; the other, we presume, is M. Pcrrault.j
i,o n n nun n am.
The report of Lord Durham would occupy some
40 or 60 coinnfns of our paper. We have not
yet had time even to look at it, for tho purpose of
making extracts. All vve could do was to give
the following very interesting remarks upon it,
from the London Spectator. If they are just, the
report must be an extraordinary document, and
one of the highest interest and importance.
loud duiiiiam’s iir.eonT ox the affairs of
lilllTlSll NORTH AMERICA.
This document is, without any exception, the
most interesting slate paper that wc ever saw ;
and will prove, we venture to predict, scarcely
less important in its consequences.
The high commissioner sets out by describing
the contest between the French and English ra
ces in Lower Canada, their utter incompatibility
of ehara ter, and their implacable hatred of each
other. All this is told so simply, so forcibly, and
with such a perfect air of truth, as to leave hardly
a doubt of the reporter’s accuracy. Ho then
gives an account of tho long struggle between
the House of Assembly and the Executive Go
vernment. This part of tin: report, inasmuch as
it passes over with slight notice the stale points
which may be termed the symptoms of a deep
seated disease, ami probes the rotten system to
the marrow, is ns interesting as if the subject was
wholly new. The complicated distractions of |
Upper Canada arc there fully examined, and j
their causes for the first time made intelligible. I
The state of the Eastern provinces is slightly, !
but suffi icn.ly noticed. Then comes a relation ]
of “ evils still unromedied, grievances unredress- j
cd, and abuses unreformed at this hour.” in all
tho colonies, which excite at once indignation i
and shame. The con'luding portion of the re
port is occupied with the consideration ami sng- j
gestions of remedial measures.
It would be a vain attempt, in such space as
we can command, to convoy to our readers any !
I just impression of the state of affiirs which is rf
i vealed by this rcpa.'t, Lord Durham was per
j let'tly warranted in saying at Exeter, that he
should make “disclosures of which, the Parlia
ment and people of England had no conception.”
Such excessive, such constant, persevering, ob
stinate misrule, was never yet brought homo to
the government of a free people. The report is
one continued censure of the system and prac
tice ot our Colonial Government; and this oc
curs without any apparent design; growing, as
it were naturally out of the circumstances de
scribed, and depending far less on argument than
on the force of an accumulation of naked facts.
The inherent vice of the system, and the shame
ful practices to which t has given occasion in all
the North American colonics, are equally placed
before us, ami In a light so clear that it may be
termed glaring. The English reader will for the
first time comprehend the question of “hostile
races” in Lower Canada. He will learn also
more thoroughly than it has ever been taught by
any advocate of the Canadian majority here,
what share the irresponsibility of Government
has had in the calamities of that province
and in the miseries of Upper Canada. It is not
too much to say that this report will teach the
best informed,and stimulate the most indiflerent,
and convince all those who are open to convic
tion.
Lord Durham appears to have placed himself
from the outset above all parties, factions, and
cabals—to have inquired of every body, and been
under the influence of none. His report is emi
nently distinguished by the absence of nil petty
provincial partialities, and by evidence of a de
sire and a capacity to learn and tel! the whole
rrnlh. without fear or favor. He flatters nobody
—neither the French Canadians nor their En
glish antagonists, neither the lories nor the re
formers in Upper Canada, nor the officials nor
the populace—nor even the Americans, of whom
nevertheless, and of their national characteristics
and various institutions, he frequently speaks in
terms of high admiration, when contrasting their
condition with that of the disorganized and beg
garly British colonics.
His frank avowal of having arrived in these
colonies not merely ignorant, hut with very erro
neous notions of their real condition, is of a piece
with the manly candor which pervades the report,
and leaves a strong impression in his favor. One
feels that he must have been sustained by a con
sciousness of integrity, and that opinions so ex
pressed must be at least entirely sincere.
There is one feature of this report which will
give great oflbuco in some quarters. People in
the Colonial office, and in all the olllces, will
complain that it is totally deficient in the proper
official tone—of unmeaning vagueness and dis
guised lying. And that is very true. Lord Dur
ham seems to know nothing of the red-tape style:
he actually calls all things of which he speaks by i
their right names; and he must pay the penally of
being considered no statesman by such mere for
malists of the stool and desk as the Stephenses,
Taylors, and Freelings, whom the times used to
call the “Bumburoaucracy” of England. Just in
proportion, however, as the report is wanting in
the heavy humbug which delights those whoso
world is “this office,” will it be read, understood,
and prized by the public. It is impossible to
please everybody; and Lord Durham must try
to console himself with the approbation of millions
for having incurred the pity of the underlings in
Whitehall and Downing street.
Speaking of millions, the report should be as
gratifying to the American people, as to the Col
onists whom it most concerns. For the first time
an eminent English statesman treats colonists
with the respect which is due to a free people;
concealing nothing from them, not attempting to
delude them with vague generalities, but admit
ting and enforcing their just causes of complaint,
proving their grievances, and insisting that their
interests should be consulted by allowing them to
manage their own local affairs in their own way.
For the first time an eminent English statesman
| officially avows ins respect for the Anglo-Saxon
people of the United Slates, and honestly attri
butes their wonderful career ot. prosperity to the
to the English principle of local self-government,
which they inherited from their ancestors and
ours. Wellington and Peel seem to long for a
war witli America, or to imagine that they can
avert it by denunciation and threats. Lord Dur
ham shows in what utter ignorance they have
charged the American government with bad faith;
proves that whatever risk there may be of foreign
war on the Canadian frontier, is owing to the
lawless and disorganized state of the British do
minions; and declares that it is only by giving a
government to our own people, who have had
none, that we can hope to avert collision which
may end in war. Which is the bettor statesman
ship—which the wiserdiplomacy—Peel’s or Dur
ham's 1 We need not stop to ask a question
about the policy of such a nullity as the Melbourne
Cabinet.
The remedial suggestions appear to us, so far
as we can judge of them on a hasty examination,
to lie at once hold and moderate—sufficient for the
purpose, but not involving more change than is
required by the exigencies of the case. It is pro
posed ’to unite the two Canadas immediately,
and all the other colonies as soon as they may
choose to form part of a general uidon. The
French Canadians will thus sure enough, be
“swamped,” but not by a minority as others have
proposed : they will be outnumbered by a great
English majority, '/’he cause for a general union,
and the necessity of placing the French Cana
dians in a minority, are treated with a masterly
grasp of both subjects. But a perfect equality of
rights for this unhappy people is strongly insisted
on. All the schemes for cheating them of repre
sentative government are disposed of in the fol
lowing sentence—“ With respect to every one of
those plans which propose to make the English
minority an electoral majority, by means of new
and strange modes of voting or unfair divisions
of the country, I shall only say, that if the Cana
i dians are to be deprived of representative govern
ment, it would be better to do it in a straightfor
ward way, than to attempt to establish a permanent
system of government on the basis of what all
mankind would regard as mere electoral frauds.
—lt is not in North America that men can be
cheated by an unreal semblance of representative
government, or persuaded that they are outvoted,
when, in fact, they are disfranchised.”
We have no room for details. Passing by also
the suggestion of great and comprehensive plans
of colonization, it may he said that the whole of
Lord Durham’s suggestions arc founded on one
principle, v inch has hitherlobeen utterly violated
in these colonies—that ofgowrn meal rrtpnnsiblr !
to the governed. Almost from the beginning to j
the end of the Report, the principle of responsible i
government is constantly, earnestly, and often
| most eloquently asserted. And yet in the propo- j
sal of means for attaining this end, it is obvious]
! that Lord Durham has carefully observed the
i greatest moderation —as if he knew how distaste
ful it wonld he to many here to bestow good gov
j eminent on any colony. His plans would he ;
adopted by acclamation, if all parties here really
I desired tiie well-being of the colonies. We have ,
■ Put little hope of seeing them carried into effect. 1
Not to mention the utter incapacity of Lord Gle
neljt* for giving ofl’ect to such wise and vigorous
conceptions— not to dwell on the crotchctincss
and obstinacy ts J.ord Howick, who has long
been Colonial Minister in Hie Ciiliiiicl —not to
forhodc ill from the Premier's swaggering indffler
ence to every subject that does not involve the
loss ot his place at the Queen’s side—we are of
opinion that the aristocracy of this country, now
all-powerful 1m both Houses of Parliament, will
never give their consent to measures which, imme
diately as respects llritish North America, and
before long by the influence of good example in ,
other colonies, would deprive that class of an im
mense amount of patronage which they ought
never to have enjoyed. They will as soon agree
to the abolition of their corn-monopoly.
It is an ill wind, however, that blows no good.
Lord Durham’s Report will he a valuable text
book for colonial reformers in time to come and
in various parts of the world. It has laid down
in the clearest and most convincing manner the
principals of good government for colonies, and
has sapped the very foundation of our wretched
colonial system. It has made the misgovernmont
ol our colonies in North America impossible for
any length of time. They cannot long endure
abuses and grievances, of which the origin and
permanent causes have been so unmercifully laid
hare. If we w ill not govern them well, they will
surely govern themselves without our assistance.
Meanwhile it is time that we should begin to
reckon the cost of the present system. On this
point Lord Durham says—“l do not doubt that,
the British government can, if it choose to retain
these dependencies at any cost, accomplish its
purpose. I believe that it has the means of en
listing one part of the population against the
other, and of garrisoning lb. Canadas with regu
lar troops sufll 'l 'ii ta ~. ,wc ail internal ene
mies. But even ti.ia wifi net he done without
great cs; - -mso and hazard. The experience of
the last few years furnishes only n foretaste of
the cost to which such a system of government
will subject us: on the lowest calculation, the
addition of a millionayoar to ourannual colonial
expenditure will barely enable us to attain this
end. As the cost of retainin' bese colonies in
creases, their value will rapidly diminish. And
if, by such me ns, the British nation shall he con
tent to retain a barren and injurious sovereignly,
it will but tempt the chances of foreign aggres
sion, by keeping constantly exposed to a power
ful ami ambitious neighbor, a distant dependency
in which an invader would find no resistance, hut
might rather reckon on active co-operation from
cpo.tionof the resident population/'
We have been led into a panegyric without in
t "/ng it. Wc will now, however, say deliber
ately, (hat the subject mutter of this Report is so
tronsccndently important, and such statesmanship
is evinced in the comprehension and treatment of
; the questions which it embraces, that the points
mooted in Parliament on v.'hyt is called “Lord
Durham’s case,” sink inlo relative insignificance.
He, very properly, avoids nil those points in his
Report. But, whatever may he the ultimate ver
dict on his administration as Governor, the extra
ordinary publis service which ho has rendered us
Commissioner, and the rare energy and industry
by which, under very adverse circumstances, he
was enabled lo accumulate the means of perform
ing this great work, are of a nature to outweigh
all supposed or supposablc mistakes of mere form
iu the executive part of his mission-
Successor to Lord Gi.enelo.-—The Mar
quis of Normandy has been appointed to the Co
lonial Office, as successor to Lord Glenelg. Sir
George Grey, the late under-secretary in the Co
lonial Office, has been appointed judge advocate,
xi i;i, a v choi. i smew heck.
MiLFoun, Feb. I).—The Edinburgh, Bristow,
burthen 658 tons, from New Orleans, for Liver
pool, laden with 1616 bales of cotton, 68 hales
sarsaparilla, and 28 hhds tobacco, struck on the
Crow Rock, last night, and went to pieces. It
appears, from the statement of Mr. Simons, the
chief mate, that they hud been without an obser
vation for six days, and supposed they were run
ning up St. George’s Channel, when, about a
quarter past 1 I o’clock, hist night, being under
close reefed topsails, the wind blowing hard from
S. S. W,, they struck ; the vessel, in about half
an hour afterward, broke up in several pieces, and
drifted ashore, at Pcnnyholt, between Lummy,
and St. Gowcn’s Heads, to the Southward of this
harbor. The masts were out away immediately
after she struck. By this melancholy event, the
captain, second mate, one seaman, two hoys, the
cook and two passengers (Lieutenant Dixon,
R. N., a native of Ireland, and Mr. W, Brown,
an American were drowned.)
The remainder of the persons on hoard, consist
ing of the chief male, eleven of the crew, undone
passenger were saved. Some of them were
drawn up the cliffs, upwards of 70 fathoms in
height, by means of a rope; the others scrambled
up as well as they could. No part of theirclothcs
are saved. The cargo is strewn over the rocks;
the mate supposed a good part might he saved,
hut it will be difficult to bring it to the surface.
Feb. 10, 170 hales of Cotton have been saved
from the wreck of the Edinburgh. A number
of halos have been washed into a cavity, under
Lunney Head, anil, it is feared, very few of them
will be saved, and many more must have drifted
up the Channel. The anchors and rabies will
lie saved in fine weather. The vessel was in a
thousand pieces,
THE CORK HARK.
It appears that there had been a run upon the
hanks m Ireland. The Cork Standard of the
13th Feb. says—
“ The National Bank.—A senseless and
unavailing run was made on this bank since Sa
turday last. The directors flung open the main
door this morning, lo facilitate the entrance of the
multitude who poured in from all quarters.—
More hands were also employed to serve out gold.
The result of this foolish panic is already percep
tible in the depression of the markets. Wc need
scarcely say all the applicants at the National
were of a very humble class, no respectable man
having the slightest apprehension of the stability
of so solvent an establishment.”
But the matter is not made so light of by a
correspondent of the Times, who says :
“Cork, Feb. 11.
“Rust upon a bank—“For some days past
there has been some excitement in the commer
cial circles here, and a run to a considerable ex
tent has been made upon one of the branch hanks,
which may lead to very important consequences.
At present it would he premature to enter into de
tails ; but, if the run proceed, I shall supply you
with some particulars to-morrow.”
From the London Morning llerulJ of' Feb 15
Money for commercial purposes has been ra
ther easier within the past day nr two; and
though it has not been scarce, yet in some iu-
Saturday Morning —The above was written be
fore the news of Lord Lleuelg’s retirement reached 1
us. His ineapaeity is at last acknoweiiged. What
will the sneaking Radicals in the House of Com- i
mens say now of Sir William Moleswoith’s motion,
which they all opposed so strenuously last year > (
stances it has been more in demand upon the
stock exchange to-day, which has had the effect
ot bringing sonic money stock upon the market,
else we might have seen consols higher than our
quotations will exhibit.
Ibe New \ ork Courier and Enquirer states
that a singular official notice has been issued by
the French Government on the subject of Mexi
can privateers fitted out to cruize against French
commerce. Whole parcels of Letters ot Marque,
it is asserted, have been sent from Mexico to
England and the United Slates; and here it is
, said, there are depots of Mexican privateers.
This may be so, but at any rate people here know
nothing about it.
J be Uritish Government in India are prosecu
ting tlie war for the extension of their immense
territory there, with great vigor.
\V e perceive nothing very remarkable from
Spain. From the general tenor of the accounts
it would seem, however, that Don Carlos was
making great efforts to commence a vigorous
campaign in the spring.
From France.
The packet ship Villade Lyons arrived at New
York, on the 2Clh, from Havre, whence she sail
ed on the 18th February. The political news by
this arrival is ol no interest. The commercial
will be found in another column.
Fire. —A very destructive fire occurred in our
city last night. It commenced about 10 o’clock
in a stable on Bt. Michael street, immediately
in the rear of the residence of A. J. Jue, Esq.—
Soon afterthefirc broke out, a brisk breeze set in
from the south-east, which drove the lire with
great rapidity across the entire square, destroying
every building on three sides, viz.: on Bt. Mi
chael, Conception and St. Louis streets. The
brick kitchens of Mr. Judge and Wm. Jones, jr.
together with the south-east wind, preserved their
line dwellings from destruction, and also all the
buildings on Bt. Joseph street.
We are not able to state who were the sufter
ers. The dwelling of F. ShcUidd, Esq. Henry
P. Ensign, the Livery stable on Conception street,
and wo suppose, twenty other buildings, princi
pally private residences were consumed. The
Engines were on the ground in season, but to
the discredit of our city, be it. said, wero unable
to obtain any water until the fire was raging in
half a dozen wooden buildings with the utmost
fury, and seemed uncontrollable. Will our citi
zens ever move on this subject of providing
water. It is of more importance than any thing
else, for the protection of our property. —Mobile
Advertiser of the ‘iH/h.
Consignees per South Carolina Kail lloatU
Hahburr, March 30, 1839.
Stovall, Simmons & Co., T. Dawsyn, F. 11.
Cooke, A. Sabal, K. D. Cooke,G. 11. Noble & Co-,
Davis, Grimes b Co., G. T. Doitic, Hand & Scran
ton, I’. Golly, J. S. Hutchinson, W. Ilattier, T.
Richards, K. Lambaek, Snowden A. Shear, Spears
ii White, Himgerford; Frisbic Hi Co., A. Johnson,
C. Hoffman, J. M. «k W. Adams, It. W. Force &■
00., T. Avcrel Si Son, .1. Costello, Hail'd ft Row
land, J. Sibley, (too. Parrott, 11. W. Sullivan, J.
F. Henson, A. 11. Sturges.
COMMERCIAL.
Charleston, March 31.
. In compiling our weekly report of the markets
r yesterday, we were surprised at the very limited
business which has been done throughout the week
—the operations in produce, with but few excep
■ tions, having been conlincd to the retail trade of
the city
Cotton. —On Saturday last, and on Monday and
' Tuesday of the present week, there was_a good de
mand for Upland, and the bulk of the sales arc
' embodied in the operations of these three days, at
the full prices given in our review of the 23d hist.;
during the last two days, however, the transactions
have been light, and the market, particularly yes
terday, was very quiet, but linn at our quotations
The stock on band is estimated at about 36,000 bags,
a large portion of which has been withdrawn, or
rather we should s: y limited shove present prices,
which are now deemed by purchasers bio high,
who continue to buy but sparingly, and as stated
in our last, only to execute unlimited orders; ou
the other hand holders do not oiler freely, even sale
able lots at our present currency, and such no doubt
will continue the case until the receipt of later in
telligence from Euiope. The business of the week
comprbe 4,800 bags at 134 a 174 cts lb. 't he tran
sactions since our last in long cottons, comprise
about 110 bags as follows: 23!) bags white Sea
Island at prices ranging from 33 to 75 cents; 142
stained do from Hi to 2.0; 21 Santecs at 45, and 5
stained do from 16 to 20 cents per lb.
Savannah, March 29.
Cotton. —Arrived since the 22d instant 2895
bales ; Upland and 106 bales S. I. cotton, and clear
ed atthe same time, 2823 hales I pland and 26 bales,
S. 1. cotton; leaving a stock on hand inclusive of
all on shipboard not cleared on ttie 29 th instant of
25038 bales I pland and 1873 bales Sea Island.
The demand for I pland this week has been good,
particularly the last twodaya,and a small improve
ment in prices is perceptible; the sales amount to*
6052 bales, viz: 73 at ITalGj. For Sea Island
the enquiry has been general and full prices paid ;
the sales are 421 bales, viz: 5 at 30 a53.
Liverpool, February 16.
This week opened with an extensive business in
Cotton, chiefly on speculation ; the trade, however,
continues to take a very moderate supply, and. du
ring the last two days-, the market has been dull,
and closes quietly, a decline of ,jd per lb having, in
partial instances, been submitted to in the common
and middling qualities of American. Sea Island is
in request at extreme rates. Egyptian continues in
moderate demand, and, being offered more freely, in
some instances buyers have obtained an advantage
of jd per lb. Hrazil is rather neglected, and bare
ly supports former prices. The business in Surat
is still limited, ot heavy rales. The sales of the
week amount to 19,430 bales, including 8,000
American on speculation, viz: 380 Sea Island, 234
a 36 ; 30 stained do, 94 a 13 ; 7360 Upland, 74 a9;
640 Mobile, fee. 74 a 9 ; 7570 New Orleans, 7 a 9A ;
510 Egytian, 134 a.164 ; 570 I’crnams, &c. 9 a 10;
900 Bahia, &c. 75 a9,| ; 390 Maranham, 8j( a 9,j
Sawginncd, B,jDemarara, kc. 11; 50 Peruvian
84 ;50 Com West Indies, 74 aB,( ;10 Carthagena,
5?; 20 Smyrna, 6J-; and 860 bales Surat, &c. sjjd
a fi^d.
The cotton market has been dull. The sales to
day, are I*soo hales to the trade.
Taken on speculation this year, bales 77,700
Same in 1838, 3,700
Stock in Liverpool, Dec 31, 1838, 248,340
Same time, 1837, 170,800
Decrease of import this year compared with
the same date last year, 9,587
Increase of stock, 86,5!if)
Decrease of quantity taken forconsumption, 22,300
Computed Stocks,
February 8,1839, 262,800
Same period, 1838, 175,300
February 16.
This week opened with an extensive business in
cotton, chiefly on speculation ; the trade however
continue to take a very moderate supply, and du
ring the last two days the market has been dull, 1
and closes quietly at adeedne of j(d, per lb in com
mon and middle qualities of American. Sea Island
is in request at extreme rates. Egyptian continues
in moderate demand, and, being oliered freely, has
declined jd per lb. Hrazil is rather neglected,and
barely supports former prices. The business io
Surat is still limited at heavy rates. The sales of
the week amount to 1.0,430 hales, including St.oo
hales American on speculation.
n ii r... . February IS.
Lofton,—J his week opened with an extensive
1 nsiness in cotton, chiefly on speculation ; the
trade however, continue to take very moderate
supply, ami dm in* the last two days, the maiket
has been dull, and closes cpiietly, a decline of Jd. pr
lb,haring in partial instances, been submitted to
in the common and middling qualities of American.
.ea Island ls m request at extreme rates. The
!™ f hc week amount to 10,430 halos, including
bales American on speculation
The cotton market has been dull. The sales to
day are 1600 bales to the trade.
~ _ Havre, February 16.
Colton. —Our rates for this article have hitherto
undergone no redm tion, although our market has
continued in a dull stafe, throughout the last eight
ays, and the arrivals, during the same period,
have been considerable.
1 4 -lie ! at , tcr “mount to 14,726 ba’es consisting of
14,53 b bales I nited States, and 100 bales St. Do
mingo.
! The sales have been 1090 ba'es, viz;
„ J°J, **** Ncw-Orlcans, of which 30 at 108 f,
20 at 115 f to 11ST; 44 at 123 f to 128 f; and 27, a
choice lot, at 136f—386 l.alos Upland, of which
339 at 1 lof to 11 Os 60 j and 46 at 123f—686 hales
Pernambuco, at 127 f 60 to 114f—700 bales Uuma
na, at 117f—13 bales Guadalonpe, at 130 f, the
whole duty paid.
Slock I4tb Feb, 49359 bales of which 47260*
hales United States.
*To which must be added 2000 a 3000 bales in
second hands-
Marine intelligence.
Savannah, March 30.
Cleared —Hr bark Champion, Cochran, Liverpool;
Ur bark Itobert A. Parke, Salters, Liverpool; Hi
brig Isabella, .l oses, \ armauth, N. S.
Arrived yesterday —brig Madison,N York; steam
boat Chatham, Wray, Augusta.
11 etit to sett Hrig Poland, Gardner, Havana;
brig Spartan, Thurston, West Indies; brig Planet,
Kenner, Portsmouth; schr Uxtra, Wi son, Philadel
phia; schr Diadem, Shepard, Philadelphia; schr
Wanderer, Mcrwin, New York; schr Aurora, Kel
sey, Havana
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
jfc . Hanaway frmo the subscriber, in
the early part of September last, his
Negro boy TOM, 17 or 18 years old
WB and about live feet four or live indies
high, he is well formed and remark
ably likely, with a smooth black
skin and bushy head of hair. fi’«
was purchased by me last spring in
Hamburg, S. C., of Thomas Norris, a trader, for
whom be was purchased by Mr. Hull, the trader of
Mr. John Stone, of Norfolk, Virginia. I will give
fifty dollars for the apprehension and delivery of
said boy at the jail in this city, or twenty-five dol
lars for his confinement in any other jail so that I
get him. JOHN CARTER.
Augusta, Deeember3l,lB3B. swtf
Cj* The Greenville, Mountaineer, Macon Mes
senger, and Raleigh Register, will publish the above
weekly one month and charge this office.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD
gk RUNAWAY from the sub
gK I scriber about the 10th instant,
a Negro fellow—a jobbing car
mn pen ter —named DICK, or
Jwußu / RICHARD, about 26 years of
BjWRXsw age, and live feet nine or ten
inches high ; he is a good look
ing Negro, of black complexion ; has a grum look,
and speaks very impertinently ; and was, when a
boy, accustomed to house work. It is supposed hc
will make for Charleston, or Georgetown, where
his father (named Abraham) is thought to be; he
having baen sold in Charleston some years ago.—
Richard has-been for Hie last 12 or IS months ta
kingearprnter’s jobs on his own account, both in
the city and neighborhood, and is well known in
Hurke county, and at the Richmond Baths, where
he was engaged all last summer. I will give the
above reward if taken out of flic State, ami brought
tomcat Augusta,or fifty dollars if lodged in some
safe jail, where I can get him, and a suitable re
ward if taken up in this neighborhood on either
side of the river. JOHN CARMICHAEL.
Augusta, March 26. swtf
kTr The Charleston Courier and Savannah
Georgian will please give the above five weekly in
sertions, and forward their accounts to this office for
payment.
NOTICE: —The firm of A. F. THOMPSON
Co., was dissolved on the first day of Janu
aiy last, by selling out the entire Stock of Goods-
The business of the concern will be attended to by
A. F. THOMPSON.
Indian Springs, March 30, 1839. w3t
Georgia, Scrivcii county :
WHEREAS James W. Kittles applies for let
ters-of administration on the estate of John
Williamson, deceased, of Scriven county ;
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at rny office within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my band at office in Jacksonboro,
this. 30th of March, 1839.
JOSHUA PERRY,CIerk.
march 30
NOTICE. —All persons indebted to the late
Hamilton L. Lovett, of Scriven county, de
ceased, are notified to come forward’and make pay
ment, else their notes will be placed in the hands of
officers for collection; and those having demands
against him will present them in terms of the law.
ANTHONY B. LOVETT, Administrator.
March 30) 1830.
ADMINISTRATORS* SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in October next, will be
sold at the Court I louse door, in Canton, Che
rokee county, a lot of land containing 40 acres, ly
ing in said county, being number 1179, in the 2d
District of 2d Section, belonging to the estate of
Joseph Shcwmake, late of Burke county, deceased,
Tcims on the day of sale.
JOSEPH A. SHEWMAKE,
ISAIAH CARTER,
March 30, 1539. Administrators.
ADMINISTRA HORS’ SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in June next, will be sold
atfrie Court House door, in Jacksonborough,
Scriven county, Five Hundred acres of land, lying
n saief county, granted to Matthew Ropers, ad
joining lands of Richard Wayne, Roger McKinne,
Thomas- Scarborough, and others, be’onging to the
estate of Joseph Shcwmake, late of Burke county,
deceased. Terms on the day of sale.
JOSEPH A. SHEWMAKE.
ISAIAH CARTER,
Marsh. 30,1530. Administrators.
ADMINISTRATORS’ SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in July next, wll be sold
at the Court House door, in Covington, Newton
comity, alot No. 65, in the town of Oxford, in said
county, belonging to the estate of Joseph Shew
make, late of BurKe countv, deceased. Terms on
the day of sale. JOSEPH SHEWMAKE,
ISAIAH CARTER,
March 30,1839, Administrators.
IIME, LIME.—2OO casks fresh Lime, for sale
j at the wharf, low for cash,
march 28 trw3t W. M. ROWLAND.
JUST received 300 pair Ladies’ new fashion
Kid Slippers,consisting of Ladies Philadelphia
ties, an entire new article, Victoria Slippers, a su
perfine article, also Boys and Gentlemen’s superfine
Kid Dancing Pumps, gentlemen’s su|ier. super. Gai
ters for spring, at 328 opposite Planter’s Hotel,
mar 19 s.at2w 8. TUTOR Di