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TO WILLIAM E. JONES & Co. AUGUSTA, Ga. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1839. Vol. lII.—No. 53
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1 Cl IRQ .NlO LE AND SKNTINEL.
f , AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 10.
From our Correspondent.
Milleugeville, May Sth, 1839.
The State Rights Convention assembled last
night, in pursuance to previous adjournment
Mr. Jenkins, of Richmond, oll'ered a resolution
highly complimentary to Governor Gilheu, ap
proving his administration, and expressing regret
that he had determined to retire to private life.
The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr-
Merri wether, of Putman, offered a resolution
that the Convention should proceed to ballot for
1 a candidate for Governor, without presenting any
names to the Convention, and that it should re
. quire a majority of two thirds of the whole Con
'S vention for a nomination. This resolution was
s adopted by a large majority. The Convention
a then proceeded to ballot, and the following is the
result- —
Ist ballot. 2d,
f Hon. Charles Dougherty, 117 178
•y Col. Heniiv G. Lamar, 40 34
I ■'j Cot. Wm. C. Dawson, 43 15
Col. R. L. Gamble, 22 1
Scattering, 3 2
The Hun. Charles Dougherty, having re-
I ; ceived a majority of two thirds of the Conven
tion, was declared to be the candidate of the par
ty for the office of Governor at the approaching
* election.
Col. Dawson was a member of the Conven
tion, and in conformity with a determination
which he had previously expressed to a large
number of his friends, publicly withdrew his
name from the canvass for a nomination, before
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the balloting commenced. A number of mem
f hers, however, had come to the Convention un
" instructions from their counties, to vote for
Col. D., and felt themselves bound to do so, at
1 least upon the first ballot.
The nomination of Judge Dougherty is one
■which will biing out the strength of our party
in every part of the State. His ability, and sterl
ing worth as a man, his pure and spotless char
acter, and his firm and inflexible maintenance of
the great principles of our party, ever since hl«
first entrance into public life, pointed him out as
every way worthy of the nomination he has re
ceived, and of the office to which his friends de
sire to elevate him.
Milledgeville, May Sth, 1839.
The session of the Convention this morning
was very short. The committee of 30 was not
prepared to make a report, and the Convention
adjourned till 3 o’clock this evening, at which
time it will do so. A member from one of the
South Western counties, who had exhibited great
unhappiness about the rules adopted by the
Convention for its Government, introduced a re
solution in relation to them, upon which he made
a very absurd speech about matters which he did
not comprehend. I presume he was determined
to be delivered of a speech, and he seized a hap
py time for it, as the Convention had nothing
else to do, but to hear it and laugh at it.
I understood that a sub-coinmittcc of 30 have
agreed to report a plan of reduction, about the
correctness of which they did not agree among
t themselves. Not being able to agree, they de
termine to report a plan, merely for the sake of
making a report, in order to bring the matter be
/ fore the Convention. That plan I understand to
be as follows :—to make Senatorial Districts, by
throwing together two contiguous counties
throughout lire Slate, as prescribed in the act of
the Legislature—to give each county one mem
ber in the House of Representatives, and to those
having a representative population of 5,000, one
additional member, and to those having 12,000,
two additional members. This plan will make
the Senate to consist of 40, and the House of
140 which is not a sufficient reduction, and
renders the representation more unequal than it
is at present. I expect there will boa “ glorious
wrangle” this evening.
As the mail closes at 3 o'clock, I shall he una.
hie to give you any of this evcning’sprocecdings
until to-morrow.
ntrj= Owing to negligence on the part of one of
our compositors in correcting proof, the quotation
of exchange on Charleston and Savannah, in
our paper of yesterday, was made at 4J per cent,
instead of I, per cent. —Checks on New York
are selling, we understand, at 2 per cent, instead
of as reported to us—both of which wer
corrected for our country paper.
Richelieu, or the Conspiracy—The Messrs.
Harpers have issued from their everteeming press
Bulwer’s last production, Richelieu or the Conspi
racy. It is a drama in five acts—has been highly
praised by sonic of the English Journals, and per
formed with groat success at the Covent Garden
theatre. Macrcady playing Richelieu.—The New
York Commercial Advertiser thus speaks of the
work. Richelieu is a work of great merit—vigor
ous, well-arranged, and highly interesting. It is
enriched with copious and instructive notes; and
accompanied by three historical odes, on well
known incident* in the lives of Nelson, Crom
well and Queen Elizabeth —far sup pr ' or *° an y
thing we thought Mr. Bulwer could produce.
From the New York Express, sth inst.
Eater from Europe. :
r By the South America we have Liverpool dates 1
of April the Blh. We find but few items of news, '
1 The average price of wheat in England having ‘
iallen to 725. Gd. the import duly has risen to 2s.
Cd. per quarter, at which it will probably remain
ior a few weeks.
Mr. Stevenson has had a long interview with
Lord Palmerston, at the Foreign office on Tues- „
day. I
ft rvsSsls, March 27. — Mr. Van Burcn, son |j
of the President of the United States of Ameri
ca, set out this morning for London,accompanied (
by Mr. Maxcy. J
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The Savannah Georgian, of the Bth inst., adds
another to the list of fires with which that city ‘
has lately been visited. The large Steam Saw
Mill, on Fig Island, opposite the city, known as |
Capt. Solly’s Mills, was consumed between two I
and three o’clock on the morning of the 7th.
No alarm of fire was given. Several persona
were interested with Captain Selly in the loss J
thus sustained, which is estimated at 22,000 dol- I
lars. The fire breaking out, says the Georgian,
at an unusual hour, causes suspicion that it was
the work of an incendiary.
Rhode Island.—The votes for State Officers
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have been counted. The result is, no election of g
Governor or Lieutenant Governor. Seven Whig i
Senators are elected. John Sterncs, V. B. is
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elected State Treasurer. The Whig Secretary j
of State and Attorney General are already known j
to have been elected, being on two tickets. There I
is under these circumstances to be no further J
election. The first Senator, Mr. King, is ex-offi- j
cio Governor.
Stkamhoat Explosion. —The steamboat
Highlander, while on her way from New York 3
to Newburg, on the night of the 2d inst. ex- j
ploded her boilor, and killed two or three persons. I
It would appear that she was racing with other 1
boats, at the time of the explosion. \
Another of the Pirates Beau.—The p
New York .Sunday Morning News of the sth t
states, that on the previous evening one of “
the crew of tthe Braganza, named James Davys,
Englishman, who had been permitted to testify
in the case, and who has been, since his arrival,
in custody in the debtor's prison, was found in I
his cell with his throat cut, and the arteries of s
both his arms severed; the poor wretch was in j*
the last stage of exhaustion from loss of blood, (
„ TKo rtupov!*-. V —o’— o* - *’ |
mington Whaling Company, arrived at Wilming- j
ton. a day or two since, 112 days from Otaheite, (
with 1400 barrels of sperm oil. Spoke, April i
Ist, ship Amazon, of Greenport, with 1400 bbls. 1
whale oil. The Delaware Gazette says the ar
rival of two whale ships within two or three
weeks of each other—the one with a cargo worth
$30,000 and the other from $40,000 to $50,000 —
gives quite a business appearance, and inspires
that little city with new life and activity, such as
has scarcely ever been witnessed before.
From the N. O. Louisianian, of the 4th.
Mexico.
The schooner Diligencia, from Campeachy,
has brought the interesting intelligence that that
city has not confined itself to a simple declaration
in favor of the cause of Mexia and his party, but
has showed its disposition by efficient and prompt
action. The authorities have issued an address
to the citizens, who have responded to it with the
vivacity that characterises them. A detachment
of 300 men was immediately organized and armed,
and lieforc the sailing of the Diligencia, em
barked for Tampico, to join Mexia’s army. This
reinforcement will be of great use to the federal
ists, as it will augment their force to more than
2,000 men, a number sufficient to penetrate the
interior, and bring the revolution to a consumma
-1 tion.
We also learn that the French consul, who had
quitted Campeachy at the commencement of
hostilities between Mexico and France, has rc-
turned, and was received in a friendly manner by
the inhabitants.
Money Market.
A slip from the office of the New York Ex
. press, dated Sunday April 5,3 P. M. says :
f The News from Europe by the two Packet
Ships, is not very cheering. Cotton has receded,
and the Money Market is not in a promising con
t dilion. By Quarterly Returns of the Bank of
s England, the decrease in its Bullion since the
last Rctu»i is 1,133,000/. The Bank ol England
was, therefore, selling Stock, and curtailing its
- circulation, which probably had its effect upon
» the Cotton Market.
An Intelligent Postmaster.— -There isa
j. postmaster in Arkansas, who cannot read, and
when the mail comes he is under the necessity
of measuring it, and sends about three pecks to
Little Rock (the capital,) two pecks to Batcsville,
and dwindles down to a gallon when he comes to
, the out counties,
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Western Poetut. —The editor of the
Woodsman, a Tennessee paper, thus make* poet
ry. The Vevay Times must try it again.
“O dear .' what times these is
Sugar am rose and rum arc ris I”
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Ten Thousand Dollars Lost.
f The New York Journal of Commerce, gives
an account of an amusing circumstance that hap
pened on board of a steamboat from Hartford. A
I passenger, who had gone on board at New Ila
v ven, discovered just as the boat neared New York,
e that his pocket-book, containing $lO,OOO, was
missing. The Captain immediately sent ashore
for a police officer, when an examination of all
3 the passengers ensued, but without finding the
d missing pocket-book. A passenger then inquired
II of the person who had lost the money what berth
he had slept in, and whether he had not changed
it in the night 1 The person said ho had slept
in No. 124, ami had not changed, or did not
think he had. The ollleer and the loser of the
pocket-book went to berth 124, and behold!
there lay the coat, and in it the pocket-book, and
in the pocket book the money, just as it should
be ! It turned out that after taking berth 124,
and pulling the coat there, the $lO,OOO man laid
himself in the next tier, and on awaking in the
morning, and finding his coat was not with him,
he at once concluded that he had been robbed.
Financial Statu of Europe. —The aggre
gate of debts contracted in the principal states of
Europe, is upwards of 36 billions of francs (1
billion 440 million pounds sterling,) viz:
Francs.
Great Britain, 21,000.000,000
Holland and Belgium, 4,000,000,000
Spain, (foreign and domestic
debt bearing interest,) 2,000,000,000
Spain, (debt without interest,
but in circulation in all parts
of Europe,) 2,000,000,000
Franco, 4,000,000,000
Russia, (foreign debt circulating
in England and Holland,) 1,000,000,000
Prussia, 500,000,000
Austria, 1,000,000,000
Portugal, 500,000,000
Denmark, Bavaria, Wurtcm
burg, Baden, Sweden, and
Norway, Piedmont, and the
Papal States, 750,000,000
Total, 36,700,500,000
The metallic currency of the principal nations
of Europe, is calculated to be about 7 billions
500 millions of francs, viz :
France, 3,500,000,000
Great Britain, 2,300,000,000
Spain, 460,000,000
Holland and Belgium, 300,000,000
Austria, 275,000,000
Paly, 250,000,000
Prussia, 220,000,000
Germany and Switzerland, 240,000,000
Portugal, 150,000,000
Total, 7,555,300,000
It is necessary to deducts to 600 millions, the
amount of sums exported from England between
1816 and 1825, and absorbed by the loans of
Mexico, Colombia, Chili, Poyais, Peru, Austra
lia, Guatamala and Guadalaxara, and 4 to 500
millions exported of late to Russia, Spain, and
the United States. The gross amount of the
metallic currency of Europe is therefore 6 bil
lions, 500 millions of francs, (260 millions of
pounds.) With this sum it is necessary to sus
tain an aggregate of 36 billions of public debt,
and 20 billions of bank shares and notes, canal,
rail-way and other as well as all the bills of ex
change in circulation.— French Paper.
The Bennevolent Creditor, ixii the
Intrepid Daughter.— The Philosopher tells
some characteristic anecdotes of his aunt Jerusha
JellVins, now a widow. Jerusha’s father, before
her marriage, lived in a town adjoining Lowell,
in very straitened circumstances, and was fre
quently subject to unpleasant visits from the
more stock or furniture on hand, than our merci
ful laws exempt from attachment. Among the
goods and chatties thus exempted is “ one swine,"
alias porker of either gender. Taking prudent
advantage of this exemption, old JellVins culti
vated a magnificent hog, which looked lovely in
the eyes of one of his neighbors, named Nick
ingham, to whom he was indebted; and one day,
when JellVins was “down town,” his neighbor
creditor was very complaisant, inquired for the
health of his wife, Jerusha, and all the little ones.
JellVins, not suspecting there was any snake in
the grass, answered in good faith. “ It’s rather
lightish times with you neighbor, aint itl” con
tinued theamiable Nickingham. “ Rather hard,”
replied JellVins, “but we must make the best on
’em. It’s no use bein’down-hearted you know.
I never cried for spilt milk.” “Well, neighbor,”
resumed Nickingham, “ I was thinking, that, to
help you along a grain, I could spare you one of
the smaller sort of our last litter of pigs. There's
one on ’em, a plaguey smallish criltur to be sure,
but as spry us a cricket, and you may take him
home in your grain bag, if you like.” Poor Jef
frins couldn’t find words to express his thanks to
his kind creditor, and he bagged the little squceler
right cheerfully, carried it home, turned it into
the pen, and told his family what a dreadful good
sort of a body Mr. Nickingham was. The little
pig and the big pig laid down in peace that night,
and awoke in the same condition. The family
did the same; but about half past nine in the
morning Jerusha discovered the Sheriff stealing
up the back road—the truth flashed through her
mind, that her father now owned more than “one
.twine.’’ Quicker than double-charged lightning,
she decided upon her course to defeat the design
of the creditor upon the fatted pig; and, seizing
her father’s gun, she flew into the yard, and tak
ing deliberate aim, she shut —not the sheriff—but
the little pig, and again her father had but “one
swine,” which the sheriff dared not touch, upon
his peril. He therefore returned the writ to Niek
ingham, unserved; but ever afterward, old Jof
frins was especially careful of accepting of a little
pig, as a present, from a creditor, while he hail a
large one at home.
A Distinguished Cook. —The following
anecdote of Prince Talleyrand is from the Quoti
dienne : In 1792, when the celebrated diploma
tist, then a secret agent from some parties in
France, was compelled to quit London within 24
hours, he embarked on board a Danish vessel,
which was to convey him to the United IStates.
At sea the vessel met with an English frigate,
which made a signal to her to lie to, and sent an
officer in a bout to inspect her, the principle of
England in time of war being that a neutral flag
protects neither persons nor goods of a hostile
power. Talleyrand, who had an insuperable dis
like to the idea of being taken back to England
implored the Danish captain not to declare him,
and the officer could devise no other expedient
than to pass him off as the ship’s cook. After
some wry faces, Talleyrand consented to the cap
tain’s proposal, and with a very ill grace assumed
the cotton cap, kitchen apron, carving knife, and
other appendages, in keeping with his new office.
When the English officer boarded the vessel, and
demanded in the usual terms it there were any
French passengers on board, the captain replied
boldly that there was “only one poor devil of a
limping French cook,” who being immediately
called up for inspection, Talleyrand made his ap
pearance, saucepan in hand, and with sue h a
piteous countenance, that the English officer
laughed heartily, and consented not to make a
capture of him. M. Walcrsdorf, the Danish Am
bassador under Bonaparte, is said to have been
acquainted with this anecdote, and to have inva
riably brought it on the tapis whenever he felt a
grudge against the ex bishop of Autun.
An I mpobtant Question is now before the
Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, the
decision of which cannot but lie looked to with
uncommon interest. Col. Thomas Cadwalbuler,
of the township of Gwing, near Trenton, has
brought suit in $6OOO damages, against the offi
cers of election in that township, for refusing to
receive his vote at the late election, upon the
ground that hs is not a resident of New Jersey.
He is a man of large property in Ewing, where
he keeps an establishment, and spends a portion
of the year—he also keeps a town house in Phila
delphia, where he spends the winter months.—
The question is, of which state is he a resident 1—
Senator Southard is counsel for Mr. C.— C(widen
Mail.
A Knioht Made nr Mistake. —The Liv
erpool correspondent of the New York Star, re
lates the following anecdote in a recent letter:
“ A quack doctor, of no very quivocal caste,
went to the levee, when some knights were to be
made. Each gentleman handed the Lord Cham
berlain a card on which was written his Christian
and surname. This Mr. Aldis did as they did,
knelt down, gut the royal accolade and rose up
“ Sir Charles /viflfS." It was impossible to un
knight him, and Sir Charles the scamp remains.
It was George the Fourth who gave him the title,
and never was a man, a monarch, more annoyed
when the mistake was discovered ; for on the very
walls ot St. James Palace was pasted, the next
day, square bill recommending Sir Charles Aldis’
Pills which contain no mercury.”
Proceedings of Council.
Council Ciiambeh, May 4, 181)9.
Present the Hon. A. Gumming, Mayor.
Aldermen, Harper, Rankin, Thompson, Nel
son, Dye, Crump, and Uishop.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
The Docket was then taken and the following
cases tried—
Michael Sheahan, vio. 18th sec. fined $5 00
Jacob P. Lewis, “ Ist “ “ 10 00
W. Lawrence, “ 18th « “ 500
Richard Nelson, “ 18th “ “ 20 00
Messrs. Bush and Hitt appeared and took their
seats.
The Committee on accounts made the follow
ing report:
The Committee on Accounts have examined
the accounts of the Collector & Treasurer and find
the same correct. They recommend to Council
for their consideration, the passage of Resolutions
embracing the details in relation to the manner
in which the Clerk of Council shall keep his ac-
c ounts with the treasurer, and the general rules
to be observed in the receipts of moneys by the
Treasurer, as well as certain items of expendi
tures, which have heretofore been paid by order
from the Committees on the Treasurer. The fol.
lowing Resolutions will perhaps embody the mean-
Resolved, That the Clerk of Council shall
hereafter keep a Book of accounts, in which all
the receipts and disbursements of the City shall
bo entered, and shall balance the same, and ex
hibit the account and statement of balance when
desired to do so by the Mayor, and once a month
for the inspection of the City Council. And all re
ceipts heretofore given by the City Treasurer for
moneys received, other than on account of the di
gest of Taxes, shall be countersigned by the Clerk
of Council, and no receipt shall be held valid un
less so countersigned—and no disbursements shalj
be lawful except such ns shall be regularly pass
ed by Council and entered upon the minutes;
and where an amount is appropriated to the or
der of a Committee—said committee shall pay
the same by an order through the clerk of Council
Resolved, That applications for slaves to live
apart from their owners or hirers shall bn made
to the members of Council for the ward in which
the slave resides, or to the clerk of Council; and
when members of Council grant the permission,
they shall return the same within two days to
the Clerk of Council for his entries. But all ca
ses where exemption from the usual payment is
made, the case shall be presented to the Mayor,
or members of Council for the ward, for their de
cision.
The committee would likewise state that al
though the treasurer presents a monthly account
of his balance on hand, yet the usual mode of
examining the accounts of that officer has here
tofore been but once a year —they think the points
of time too distant, and would recommend that
examinations should be made by the Mayor or
Committee on accounts, at least monthly—say
on the Friday proceeding a regular meeting of
Council. They would also recommend that a
Bill Book, in which the scrip and notes payable
and receivable be entered, be kept by the Treas
urer and clerk ofCouncil. The committee would
likewise call your attention to the fith clause of
the 35th section of the General Ordinance, where
by it becomes a part of the duty of the Mayor to
countersign all checks for moneys drawn from
Bank, after being deposited to the credit of the
City. The form prescribed has been entirely ne
glected, and this neglect calls for some action on
the part of the Council, by which it shall hereafter
be strictly observed, or that clause of the ordinance
expunged. The committee would likewise re
mark, that as the Mayor is made the Chief Exe
cutive Officer of the City, that the Council should
place in his hands the power to grant Retail and
Dray Licences, which, as the grunt by Council
is only a matter of form, would subtract so much
from the time occupied by them as could be em
ployed by them on matters of more gcncurl im
portance.
Which being read, the Resolutions were adopt
ed and the Report received.
The following resolution by Mr. Thompson
was passed:
Resolved, That the order of Council to the
Mayor to remove the jelly in the river opposite
i! the Centi al wharf be suspended, until he shall rc
( reive further instructions from the Council.
( Council adjourned to hull'past 3 o’clock.
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Half fast tiiukl o’clock,
| Present the Hon. A. Gumming, Mayor.
Aldermen, Harper, Hitt, Dye, Crump, Rankin,
> Rush, and Nelson.
i The minutes of the meeting in the forenoon
were read and confirmed.
Mr. Thompson appeared and took his seat,
i The following Uepoits from Committees were
received :
The Committee on Drains respectfully Report,
That much work has been done on the drains
lately, and so far as they have been cleared out,
they arc in unusually good order.
Your Committee arc pleased to discover that
| the contractor is availing himself of the present
dry weather to perform his duly in a manner as
i honorable to himself as it is conducive to the
health and comfort of the citizens.
The contractor for deepening the drain by
I Savage’s Hospital, is prosecuting his work with
’ vigor, and so far, has performed it remarkably
I well.
JAMES HARPER,?
PHILIP CRUMP. 5 Committce -
Augusta, May 4, 1839.
The Committee on Engines respectfully Re
port, That they have in obedience to the orders
of the City Council, advertised for sale, on Tues
. day next, the 7lh inst., at the lower Market
House, two second-hand Engines; and have writ
| ten to James Smith, of New York, for a new En
gine of the same kind us those which he last fur
; nished for the use of this city, and which cost
$750 each.
I SAM’L M. THOMPSON,)
, JAMES HARPER, (-Committee.
MATHEW NELSON, 3
1 Augusta, May 4, 1839.
1 The Committee to wait on the late Mayor and
receive the papers and accounts belonging to the
city, report that they have done so and that the
Bonds, &c. received, have lieen handed to the
Mayor us directed by the resolution appointing
* the committee.
1 The Committee on accounts Report, That on
' the 2d inst. they counted and burned of City
1 Scrip of the denomination of $ 1 $554 00
“ 2 490 00
“ 3 423 00
“ 50 cents 660 00
“ 25 290 00
“ 12J 245 00
“ 6i 170 00
$2,838 00
Amounting in all to twenty eight hundred and
thirty-eight dollars, for which sum they gave the
1 CiuUwttot-.ayid Treasurer » reeeint au.l
. may be instructed to place to the credit of the for
-1 met officer. A.GUMMING. )
H D.W.ST. JOHN, V.Committee.
JAMESHARPER,)
n Augusta, May 4lh, 1839,
The Collector & Treasurer, to whom was rc
1* ferred the communication of Robert A. Reid, on
i- the subject of u supposed error in the assessment
r on his real estate, made a report, which was or
dered to lie upon the table.
’ The Special Committee, appointed by the May-
or to represent the city interest in the Georgia
- Rail-Road and Banking Company, Report: That
, at the request of his honor the Mayor, they met
James Frazer and Robt. F. Poe, Esqrs., as Com
mittee on the part of the Bank of Augusta, on
* the 3d instant, at the Bunking house of the Ga.
. R. R. & Banking Co., relative to the City Inter
est in said Company,
1 The Committee state ns the result of their eon
-1 fercnce with the Bank of Augusta Committee,
e that the Council should send two delegates to the
„ Convention of Stockholders, to be held in Athens
on the second Monday in this month, and suggest
1 as suitable persons on the part of Council his
1 honor the Mayor and James Harper, Esq.
, C. B. HITT, ? „
; M. M. DYE, S ComnuWeC ’
The report was received and the delegates uu
‘ thorisedto till vacancies, should any occur,
s The following officers made their reports for
■ t the month of April, with Collectors and Trea
surers receipt fur the amount annexed to their
names :
Jailor 55 01
- Clerk of upper market 5 00
j City Marshal 152 50
Clerk of lower market 97 18
1 Keeper of Magazine, no receipt
■- Keeper of Hospital, reports three patients rc
„ maining in Hospital.
The sexton reports nineteen deaths for the
1 month of April, viz: ten whites, and nine blacks.
r The following accounts were severally read
y and ordered to bo paid :
f W. Lawton, jailor, 1 mo. salary 66 67
W. E. A. J. U. Jackson, commissions
* on sale of lots, &c. 75 70
s Amos Bullard, blankets for guard room 12 25
i. C. F. Parish, pump contractor 250 00
I Wm. Moody,keeper of hospital,board
of patients, &c. 50 50
14 watchmen, agreeably to report of
i- captain of guard 332 00
u City Marshal, expenses of guard room j 600
H. Caffin, coffin, &c. 4 S”
L. T.Shopp, city constable, 1 mo. sal’ry 60 00
e John Timmerman do do 60 00
!- K. H. Watson do do 60 00
n E. McGolrick do do 60 00
Henry Johnson, for boarding paupers 34 25
r Ann Crawford, for boarding M. Wil
-10 son, a pauper 10 50
W. Claggett, sundries, by order B. B.
, Kirtland, in Dec.. 1838. 4 50
The following amounts were appropri
ated by resolution, for paying the
d drains of Washington and Jackson*
[j streets, from Broad to Ellis streets,
. and grading the same, under direc
-1 tion of the committee on street, 3000 00
'* For clothes and expenses of a negro,
1- now in jail, to Savannah 15 00
For the expenses of a poor woman to
her relatives in Columbus 25 00
* For the expenses of John Adams to
New York 30 00
11 For the contract of Andrew Stale for
clearing out drains, (when com
pleted) 93 75
e
e $1,555 68
5 ■ - T -j
The Proposals of James Mooney, for the fol
lowing contracts were accepted.
Uuililing u bridge over Campbell's
gully ami put the street in order 100 00
Improve and repair Green-st. from Mc-
Kinnic to west boundary street, 100 00
To remove the trash from the trash
wharf 76 00
The following resolutions were passed:
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor be au
thorised to take the Treasurer’s receipt given to
Joint I’lunizy, Esq., (late mayor,) dated Oct. 3,
1837, purporting to be for $ 1 <l,OOO, hut supposed
by a memorandum on back of the said receipt, to
bo $7,000 to have the said receipt altered for the
true amount, if found to be given for more than
was received by the Treasurer.
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor, Its
requested to have the proper titles or grunts made
out, and given to the purchasers of city lots, who
have paid up the amounts due on the said lots as
bought by them from the City Council.
The following ordinance was read a third time
and passed;
lie if ordained, That the Mayor be authorised
to call any member of Council to preside, during
his absence, in the police court ; and exercise nil
the. powers and perform all the duties devolving
on the mayor, under the sixty first section of the
general ordinance.
At a meeting of Council held on Saturday af
ternoon, April 20th, 1839,
The minutes of the meeting of the forenoon
were read, and on motion of Mr. Uush, so much
of the minutes of the meeting as relate to the in
crease of the Clerk’s salary lie re-considered,
which was done—upon further discussion on mo
tion to confirm the minutes it was ordered that
the yens and nays be recorded. They were ns
follows:
Yeas—St. John, Harper, Rankin, Hitt and
Dye.
JNays—Nelson, Uush, Crump and Parish.
So the minutes of the meeting were confirmed
COMMERCIAL.
Latent dates from Liverpool,..,, April 0
Latest dates from Havre April 1
1.1 v Kapoor, April 6.
The demand for Colton has been unnsually limi
ted throughout Ibis week, being entirely confined
to the supply of the immediate wants of the trade,
and the market closes heavily at a decline of $d to
jjd per lb., in the middling to fair, and $d per lb in
the other qualities of American Cotton. Sea Island
maintains full prices, Egyptian continues in de
mand, and at an advance of $d per Ih.has, in many
instances, been obtained, brazil and llahia com
mands full rates, while in Pernam and Maranhani
a decline of Jd. per lb. has in some cases, been sub
mitted to. Surat is neglected, and has declined Id
per lb. during the week. The sales of the week
amount to 7,650 bales, all to the trade.
Kill Sea Island 20 a KM ; 30 stained do Id a Kid
1400 Upland S a 9,1 ; 750 Mobile Bjj a 9J; 2550
New Orleans, 75 all; 520 Egyptian, 11J a 19d •,
Hernams, &c. 10$ all; llahia, tkc., 83 a 10 J; ISO
Maranham, Sawginned, 9$ a 10$ to ,'IJ a 9s; Para
0a 0; 10 Demarara, 12 a 0; 110 Peruvian, 8$ a 0;
La Guay ra, 0 a 0; llarbadoes, 0 a 0; 70 Common
West India 8$ a 0; (i9O Carlhagena, Cj}; Smyrna,o
a0; 400 Sural, tic.,6s a 7s; Bengal, 0 a 0.
April I.—The market was very quiet to-day, non
IllitJ ur. jju. pvi iu. .v. —*- . * • ,
The sales comprise 50 llahia at lOjd; 50 Maranham,
9sd.; 20 Pernam, 101,0.; a few Egyptian, lid.; and
800 American, to 9sd. On Saturday 1500 bags
were sold.
Marrh 30. —The accounts brought by the Scot
land and Liverpool being considered favorable to
holders, several of them withdrew their stocks
1 from the market; the demand has, however, been
but moderate, and prices of American and East
India are without change ; for Egyptian the inqui
ries have been numerous, and they are Id. higher,
making the advance upon this description, within
the month, at least 2d. per lb. Ilrazij, particularly
llahia, is rather dearer. Speculators have taken
3500 American, 100 Pernambuco, 100 Aloranhan,,
400 Egyptian, and 400 Surat. The sales amount to
18,430 bags—l3o Sea Island, 24d to 34d; 210
Stained do. 7sil to 1 scl ; 5220 llowed Georgian,Bsd
to llld ; 800 Mobile, Alabama, Ac., Ssd to 10$d, a
7jd to 73d ; 6830 New Orleans,7sd to lid. The
imports for the week are 13,138 bags.
New Orleans, May 4.
Cotton . —Received since 30th ultimo 4,483 bales,
(making the total receipts ofthe week 13,244 bales,)
exported to Liverpool 3115 bales, Havre 1537 do,
Hamburg 310 do, together 4902 do, making a re
duction in the stock of 479 bales, and leaving a
balance on hand of 128,934 bales including alt on
shipboard not cleared to date.
A very active demand for cotton sprung up> on
Wednesday morning after our last review was is
sued, anil about 11,000 bales were sold during the
day at prices corresponding to present quotations,
which arc about a J of a cent higher, it will be
seen than previously. On Thursday, there was
but a moderate inquiry, and in some instances a
small decline was submitted to on the rates current
the day before. Yesterday the market was rather
quiet than otherwise, in consequence of hohUers in
sisting on the full prices of Wednesday, but the bu
siness done fully supported those rates. The sales
amount to fully 14,000 bales —we notice prrticular
ly the following: of La. and Miss. 640 at 15$;
481, 14j ; 4600, 16$ ; 524, 15$; COO, 14$ ; 72, 14$ ;
250, 15$ ; 480, 15$; 280, 15; 147, 14$ a 14$ ; 47,
15(216, 10( 300, 15; 81, 14$; 15,145; 260,165;
51, 14 ; 250, 143 ! S 4, 16J ; 110, 15$ ; 67, 16$ ; 30,
19 ; 135, 14$ ; 25, 15$ ; 180, 14$ ; 605, 15$ cents—
of N. Alabama 947 at 13J, and 1859 Mobile ar 14$
cents. The stock on sale of Louisiana and Mis
sissippi cotton is considerably lessened, though
still pretty fair, but of North Alabama and Ten
nessee there is only a limited supply uu the mar
ket.
Liverpool Classifications. —Louisiana and
Mississippi, Ordinary 13 a 13$; Middling 14$ a
14$; Fair 15$ a 16; Good fair 16$ al7 ; Good and
fine 18 a—; Tennessee and North Alabama,Or
dinary. Middling, Fair, 123 a 16$, extremes ; Good
fair, Good and line, fair crops, 15$ a—.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1838, Oct. 1, slock on hand bales 8900
1839, May 3,rcc’d since 30th ult. 4483
“ “ “ previously 516129 620612
629512
“ “ exports since 30th ult 4962
« « < previously 395616 400678
Leaving a balance of stock of 128934
including all on ship board not cleared.
Sugar. —The rates for sugar in the city remain
about the same as previously, inferior to common
4 ass, fair to prime 6 a G; cents —very little, if
any change,has taken place in the characterof the
market, thestoek on sale beingstill fair,and the de
mand, as heretofore, almost entirely restricted to
small lots of prime. On plantation, we have coop
erations to report, there being no enquiry at pres- '
cut. Havana Sugars continue the same as to pri
ces, but they have latterly been in rather mort de
mand. Arrived since 3Uth ult. of La. 468 hhds; , , <
cleared for Mot ile 36 hhds.
Molasses. —For some days past the arrivals of
molasses have been very light, and the market, ow
ing to the continuance of a fair demand, has become
quite bare —we quote the same rates as previously,
33 a34 cts. and gallon. On plantation, transactions
are now chit-fly confined to small lots in barrels at
from 24 to 26 cents. Arrived since 30th ult. 206
bids; cleared for Bristol 276 bhds. and 6 Ibis.