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WILLIAM E. JONES & Co. AUGUSTA, Ga. JUNE 4, 1839. y OL m.—No. 63
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CHUONICLR AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 3.
FOR GOVERNOR,
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
OF CLARK COUXTTi
The following letter from the Hon. Charles
Dougherty, signifying his acceptance of the
nomination tendered by the late Convention
places him fairly before the public as a candidate
for tho office of Governor; for which letter wc arc
indebted to the Athens Whig of the 31st ult.—
Os the claims of Judge D. to the office tendered
him, wc shall not now speak, having before ex
presse dthe opinion that his nomination could
not bo otherwise than acceptable to the party
generally. At a proper time these claims will be
pressed upon the consideration of the public.
Athens, May 30th, 1839.
Gentlemen :—I have received your commu
nication, informing me of my nomination by the
State Rights parly, as their candidate for Cover,
nor, at the election in October next, and request
ing my acceptance thereof.
I hereby tender my acknowledgements to the
party, for this renewed expression of their con
fidence, and in accepting their nomination re
mark, that it is done, to gratify no selfish feeling,
but alone in conformity to their wishes, and from
a sincere desire, to advance and sustain, as far as
I may be able, those principles, on which in my
Aiumble opinion, depend the preservation, in their
Juiity, of the political institutions of our State
and country.
Please accept for yourselves, assurances of my
respect and esteem,
C. DOUGHERTY.
To A. Hole,
S. Floyd,
B. F. Hardeman.
Committee.
Virginia Elections.
Wc are in no humor for condensing some five
or six columns of election returns, which grace
the Richmond Enquirer of the 28th ult., and
should not be, even were the prospect of a favorable
result more cheering—still less, as wc should by
thi* investigation be but heralding our own losses
and defeat. We therefore content ourselves
with offering a postscript only from the same pa
per, reserving for another day our triumph (of
which we have no hope) or an acknowledgment
of our defeat, if defeat it must be. The postscript
adds.
Three more nett Gains.—Wearecrowd
ed with Letters, giving returns, by the last even
ing’s Western mail. They shall all appear—but
we have room only for those which are the short
est. It is still too early to come to any conclusive
result. The signs are certainly most cheering.
Our gain is decided—triumphant—but we will
not yet undertake to say whether we shall carry
the joint vote, and elect an Administration Sena
tor. The reaction for the Legislature is most
decided.
Summary of Gains and Losses. —“Wc
J?ave marched so tar into the bosom of the land”
—and bo far the result of the campaign is—The
Whigs have gained 2 Delegates, and 2 Senators.
We have gained [without counting Hampshire,
otJCulpepper, or Rappahannock] 11 Delegates—
being a nett gain of 7 votes on joint ballot, [and
counting Messrs. Goode, of Mecklenburg, and
Venable of Prince Edward, 10.]
Interesting from Havana.
We have been informed,-says tho New Or
leans Louisianian of the 29th ult., by a gentle
man just arrived from Havana, in whose veracity
full confidence may be placed, that great discon
tent prevailed amongst the natives of the Island.
They are much dissatisfied with the European
Spaniards, who have seized upon all the employ
menu, civil and military. There were some ap
prehensions of a revolt. Robberies, murders, and
burning of houses have re-commenced in the city
of Havana. It was feared that the Governor
General,Espclletta, would find a difficult task in
suppressing the effervescence that was beginning
to manifest itself in the minds of the creoles.
The following law of the last Legislature is a
matter of interest to all persons who deal in li
quor, either at wholesale or retail. It will be
seen that no person can sell in a less quantity than
a gallon without obtaining a retailer’s license.—
* A very important part of the law, also, is the oath
i ifeministcred to retailers not to sell liquor to Ne
t-roes. We hope to see this portion of the act
fully carried out, and that every one who violates
it may be subject to the severest penalty of the
law. Many of our citizens have felt the evil ef
fects of the practice as it has existed among us.
Their servants have been ruined, both in morals
and physical powers; while fortunes have been
made by worthless and dishonest while men,
who have received their pilferings in return for
administering to their appetites. The walls of
the Penitentiary now frown on all such individu
als; and we never should rejoice more in the in,
tliclion of the penalties of the law, than on one
who should violate this provision of the art.—
Mrroti M'tsropr-
Sec. 1. That from and immediately after the
passage of this act, upon the application of any
person for Licicnsc to Retail spirituous liquors,
the Clerk of the Inferior Court .to whom such
application may be made, shall before granting
such License, require the application in whose
name such License shall issue, to take and sub
scribe the following oath, to wit: I do solemnly
swear that I will not during the next succeeding
twelve months, sell, barter, give or furnish to any
slave or slaves, or free person of color, any meas
ure or quantity of distilled spirituous or intoxica
ting liquor, without the verbal or written consent
of the owner, overseer or employer of such slave
or slaves, or without the like consent of the guar
dian of such free person of color; and Ido fur
ther swear that I will not suffer or allow any
other person to do so for me by my approbation,
knowledge or consent, so help me God.
Sec. 2. And be if An ther enacted. That on
or before the first day uHune next, and annually
thereafter, each and every vender of any measure
or quantity less than one gallon of distilled spir
ituous or intoxicating liquor, shall, and are hrre
by required to take and subscribe the above and
foregoing oath.
, Sec, 3. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the Ist day of June next, and au
, Dually thereafter, each and every person who
! may or shall become a vender pf any measure or
, quantity less than one gallon of distilled spiritu
ous or intoxicating liquor, shall, and are hereby
required to take and subscribe the above and
I going oath.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
upon the neglect or refusal of any person so re
quired to take and subscribe the above and fore
going oath, each and every person so neglecting
or refusing, shall be, and are hereby made liable
and subject to all the pains and penalties which a
person retailing without license is now subject
to, by law.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
, each and every oath so taken, shall be subscribed
by the person taking the f ante, and attested by the
• Clerk of the Inferior Court, before whom the
same shall be taken in a book to be kept by him
for that purpose.
Virginia Elections.
The National Intelligencer of the 30th ult says;
We begin to get a clearer view of the results of
t the late contest in this State, having heard enough
to justify us in announcing the election of the
following.
representatives to congress.
Whig. Van Buren .
Henry A. Wise, John W. Jones,
John T. Hill, Joel Holloman,
John M. Bolts, P. E. Rives,
Chas. F. Mercer, G. C. Dromgoole,
Wm. L. Goggin, Linn Banks,
John Taliaferro, Walter Coles,
R. M.T. Hunter. Wm. Lucas,
Conservatives. Robert Craig,
James Garland, O. B. Samuel.
G. W. Hopkins.
Three Districts remain to be heard from, being
those represented in the last Congress by Mr.
I Beirne, Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Johnson. If the
, Whigs should be defeated in all these Districts,
they will still be gainers upon the whole; for
p whilst the Virginia Whigs began the last Congress
, with only six members against fifteen friendly to
the Administration, the Whig and Corservutive
■ strength from Virginia in the present Congress
will, even in that event, be as nine to the Admin
istration’s twelve.
A detachment of 220 recruits for the United
States garrisons on the Red and Arkansas rivers,
arrived at New Orleans on the 27th, from Now
; York.
Mr. Wood, the gentleman referred to in the
subjoined notice, is now in this city, and will of
fer to the public, during the present week, the Map
alluded to. We have given it a hasty exami
nation, and do not hesitate to pronounce it, both
1 in the arrangement and execution decidedly su
: perior to any Map wc have before seen. It is
' worth, if only for ornament, to say nothing of its
[ utility, the amount asked.
1 We copy the following complimentary notice
I from tho Charleston Mercujy.
New and splendid Maps. — Wc have hung
in our office, one of Chapin’s ‘ ornamental Maps
of the United States’ published in New York. It
is a very tastefully designed and beautifully ex
• ccuted specimen of art —and combines accuracy
. with neatness. It contains, besides tho Stales
and Territories, smaller maps of the British pos
sessions, Texas, Mexico, the West Indies, Co
' lombia, and the world ; views at the four corners,
of Baltimore, Philapelphia, New York, and Bos
, ton—and around the ornamented border, very
good engraved portraits of the eight Presidents.
The Map is accompanied by a new and very
’ excellent Gazetteer, a copy of which may also be
1 seen at our office, where a list for subscription
, will be open, for the few days that the agent, [Mr.
Wood] remains in our city. The Maps will be
promptly supplied to subscribers,
i Wccan safely recommend both the Map and
, the Gazetteer.
From the Boston Mercantile Journal of the 27th,
Important Irons Sumatra.
1 The ship Arabella, Capt Rogers, arrived at
this port this morning, left at Singapore U. S.
, ship Columbia, Com. Reed, arrived day before,
and saw the U. S. ship Jlohn Adams, t standing
into Singapore^Road *, both from Sumatra.
Com. Reed received information of the cap
ture of the Eclipse, of Salem, at Colombo, and
immediately repaired to the west coast. On his
arrival, after endeavoring (unsuccessfully) to ne
j gotiate for the delivery of the Mandarins, and
i restitution of the stolen property, Qualls Batloo
was bombarded two hours on the 23d December,
one fort destroyed, and the other considerably in
jured. On the Ist January, Murkie was burnt
by the Columbia and John Adams. After can
nonading the place, 400 men were landed from
the ships, and the town and forts destroyed, with
a considerable quantity of pepper—neither ship
sustained any loss—the Malays all retreated into
thejungle. No part of the property captured in
' the Eclipse was recovered.
A Borrower. —We have a shrewd suspicion
I that this article will meet the eye of a certain
man we wot of, who is in the habit of regularly
1 reading our paper, without rendering the quid
[ pm ntf'. He is one of those shifty patrons
! the press who has a knark of “just lookingover”
his neighbor s paper, “merely to see if there is
, any news stirring,” forsooth ! He “don’t care
i any thing about it in a general way”—is loudest
1 in his censures—always threatening to subscribe
1 I°r some other, —yet among the first to steal a
guilty glance at our columns ! Now, dear fellow,
you perceive that wc know you like a book, so
"confess the corn.” Look this paragraph in the
face, and say whether you are reading your own
paper, or one your neighbor lias subscribed for,
and paid for, or ought to pay for, and no doubt
will pay for!
“There are hut two ways, friend, to altone for
your numerous sins of omission and commis
sion ; the one is, henceforth and forever to let
your neighbor read his own paper without mo
i lestation—tho other, to subscribe and pay for it
yourself. We should prefer the latter.— Greens
i boro’ Patriot,
Michigan General Banking Law. —We
| learn from the Detroit Free Tress, that the Michi-
I gan legislature at its late session, annulled the
general banking system of that state. If any per
son should hereafter attempt to exercise banking
powers under the old law, it is declared that he
, “shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding ten thousand dol
lars, and confined in the state prison no more than
ten nor less than one year.” These penalties, if
It strictly enforced, will pretty effectually cripple tho
cat operators. No association which was not*
organized and doing business for six months pre
ceding the passage of the late act, and which has
not deposited with the auditor general the securi
, lies required by law, shall hereafter be allowed to
\ transact any business, except such as may be nec
| essary to wind up its affairs.
t
Annual Statement of the Commerce and
Navigation of the United States. —We
| have received from Washington an abstract of
| this interesting document, from which wo pre
! sent the following;
1 Imports for the year ending Sept 30th, 1838.
Total amount, #113,717,404
Os which were imported in Ame
rican vessels, 103,087,448
. In Foreign vessels, 10,029,950
, Exports.
, Total amount, 108,480,016
1 Os which were domestic produce, 96,033,821
! Foreign produce, 12,452,795
Domestic Articles.
Exported in American vessels, 79,855,599
do. in Foreign vessels, 16,178,222
Foreign A rticlcs.
Exported in American vessels, 9,964.200
do. in Foreign vessels, 2,488,595
Navigation. Tutus.
American shipping entered the ports
of the United States for the year
ending Sept. 30, 1838, 1,302,974
do. cleared from do. 1,408,761
Foreign shipping entered during
same time, 592,110
do. cleared do. 604,166
Registered tonnage as corrected Sept.
30, 1838, 822,591
Enrolled and licensed, 1,041,109*
; Fishing vessels, 131,102
Total tons, 1,994,798
L Employed in whale fishery, 129,629
: > Shipping built in the United States
r during the year ending Sept. 30, 1838,
3 Registered, 4 1,859
Enrolled, 71,275
) ______
» Tons, 113,13
s The imports of the previous year ending 30th
September ,1837, amounted to if 140,989,217, and
the exports to $117,4 19,376. It will he observ
ed that while the imports of 1837-8 are less by
$27,000,000 than in 1836-7 the exports are less
1 by only $9,000,000 more. This looks like get
ting out of debt. The tonnage of American
shipping which entered in 1837-8, is greater than
' in 1836-7 by 3254 tons, while the foreign ton
nage is less by 173,593 tons. This again is a
favorable indication. The actual tonnage owned
3 in the United States has increased within the
. year from 1,896,685 tons to 1,994,798; or 98,-
i 113 lons. Rather less tonnage was built in
1837-8 than in 1836-7.— Journal.
1 Don’t despair Girls. —On Saturday last,
■ Mr. John Ayrenstein, a very respectable gcntle
-5 man, a sugar-refiner, in this city, led to the hy
i menial altar Miss Rhoda Grason, after a contin
ued courtship of thirty-nine years ! The part!*,
are both over seventy years of age—Mr. A. over
a seventy-five, Miss Rhoda about two years hisju
nior. They have been acquainted from child
r hood, and when the gentleman was in his 251 h
’ year lie essayed to woo his fair one, and was lent
t a patient hearing for some two or three years,
when a country lass of some 17 or 18 years, a
r village coquette, crossed his path, and led him a
j merry dance for a few months, and then left him
for a newer face. After a lapse of a few
like the prodigal penitent, and in sorrow, he re
turned to his first love, and a more attentive
| and faithful swain “ne’er crooked the pliant hin
, ges of the knee,” having visited her upon an av
erage more than five evenings of every week du
, ring the entire thirty-nine years. (Some disagrec
, ment upon a point of trifling consequence in their
' future domestic arrangement was the cause of
the long-deferred nuptials. In a pecuniary point
, of view he has made a handsome speculation—
she possessing solid charms to the amount of 40,-
I GOO dollars. The point of disagreement he was
compelled to yield—the fair one vowing she
would die first.— Philadelphia Times.
From the Boston Post.
The Congress of 1774.
The New York York Review for April contains
an article in which is traced the origin of the Con
[ grcss of 1 774, which met at Carpenter's Hall, in
1 Philadelphia, on the sth of September. This was
the beginning ofour political combination. After
I the old Congress, came the imperfect confedera
tion under which the revolutionary war and the
trealy of ’B3 were carried on and concluded ; and
then succeeded the present constitution.
| How interesting in a historic light, this body of
| about fifty men —containing an amount of wisdom,
' j eloquence, and patriotism, such as the world had
| never before seen. As debate followed deba*, as
’ I the strong impulse urged them on they knew >ot*
whither, —never perhaps diditenter into the hearts
of the wisest of them all, to catch even a glimpse
i of tho momentous consequences of their delibera
t I lions. Not even the favored few, who seemed to
he gifted with prophetic vision to discern as from
afar, “the rising tops of future events,” could have
been aware of the sequel of those times. Per
chance the political faith of some of those venera
i ted men might have been strong that, ultimately,
westward the star of empire would wend its wav,
hut the onward march of time, guided by an un
’ I seen hand, could only reveal the result.
r Accurately to appreciate those times, the mind ’!
must rise above the dry record of fact: imagina
i tion, the hfo-inspmr of history, must excel its
power, amheall up the actors, the grievances, the
feclingsicf those days. Then history is no longer
i the dull oninstrnctivo page that merely chronicles
dry matter offset.. It becomes radiant with les
sons of priceless value.
The immediate cause of the assembling of this
Congress was the passage of the Boston Port Bill.
Intelligence ot this reached Boston on Tuesday,
May 10: on the 12th, by another arrival, it reach
ed New York: on'the 17th it was first known at
Philadelphia. AVtlon on the part of the colonies
was immediate ; and long before, the most efficient
action had! been suggested. Samuel Adams, in
April, 1773 i had spoken of it in Congress; Arthur
Lee, in April,-1774, hud said, “there ought to be
a Congress,” whilb tho Stamp Act. Congress of
1 764 had well prepared the way. But the first
formal recommendation of its revival, in 1774, by
any public body, is duo to ■ Philadelphia. The
honor of first suggesting it belongs to Providence,
Rhode Island. Atalegaltown meeting, May 17,
1774, their deputies were requested louse their
influence “to promote a Congress-” Meantime,
Boston had’despatched Paul Revere, with the
Boston redress of commercial non-intercoursc, to
the South. He reached New York May 17th,
where a meeting had already been held on the
16th; another followed on the 19th ; while Revere
hastened on to Philadelphia, where he arrived on
the 18th or 19th of May. Oh Friday May 20, a
i meeting of some two or three hundred of the most
respectable inhabitants, was held at the city tavern;
this meeting appointed a Committee of Correspon
dence. On the 2Tst of May this Committee met,
and reported a hitter to the citizens of Boston,
which was despatched by Revere. This letter
recommended a general' Congress ; a copy of it
was sent to New York, where it was received andl
answered by Mr. Jay ; who then made the formal'
suggestion of a Congress in his letter to Boston.
The following intossting table, taken from this
Review, is a summary of the earliest dates on
which tho subject of a general Congress was acted
on by public assemblages, in 1774:
By a town meeting at Providence, R. I. May 17.
By tlic committee of a town meeting
Philadelphia. “ 21.
t By the committee of a town meeting,
New York. “ 23.
By the members of the dissolved house
of burgesses, of Virginia.; and others,
at Williamsburg. “• 27,.
By a county meeting, Baltimore. “ 31.
i By a town meeting, Norwich, Conn., Juno 6.
By a county meeting, Newark, N. J. “ 11.
By the Maas. House of Representatives
and Fancuil Hall town meeting. “ Z7.
By county meeting at Newcastle,
Delaware. “ 29,
By the committee- of correspondence,
New Hampshire, Portsmouth. July tl.
By general province meeting at
Charleston, 8.. Cl “ 6 7 8.
By a district meeting, at Wilmington,
North Carolina. “ 21.
, lyia’tEavhnseUs was not, by. this table, foremost
in'this great movement; and fora good reason.
M “ The irnmediatc call of the Congress,” says the
p w New York Review, “was a parliamentary measure,
■ than in its direct opoiation, affected that colony
alone, and it was not, therefore, for her to say howN
I far it was incumbent on the other colonies to make
I common cause with, her.”' She waited therefore
until tho pbn was matured before she appointed
her delegates,
i It is interesting thus to trace the minutia of our
. great National epochs. The origin of this Con
gress has been variously related. Judge Story,
in his commentaries, ascribes it to the recommen
dation of Massachusetts. Sparks has not noticed
the meeting at Philadelphia, nor has Marshall.—
And it has also been stated that New York first
promulgated the notice for this that Congress.
Cti in Trade. —The first American vessel
that went on a trading voyage to China, sailed
from Ncw-York, in 1784; but so rapidly did the
trade, thus opened, increase, that in 1789, there
were 15 American vessels at Canton; a larger
number than from any other country, except
Great Britain. During twenty-eight years, be
tween 1805 and 1833 inclusive, the whole num
ber of arrivals of American vessels at the port of
Canton, was 596, giving an annual average of
32. The total estimated measurement of ton
nage of these vessels was 590,000, averaging,
therefore, 17,857 per annum. The entire value
of the China trade, during the above-mentioned
period, may be stated, in round numbers, at $ 150,-
«■» 000,000, or over five millions and a quarter
yearly. Rather more than a hVndred milliomJif
this sum have been paid in dollars and hills of
exchange. The bulk of this trade,.ia-in teas.
Os these, twelve kinds are known to .the foreign
commerce, six of black, and as many of green.
A great variety of other articles enter into the
trade, hut they form a compasaiively unimpor
tant part of it. Opium is the chief import into
China.
Mr. Bridgman in his “Description.of Canton”
estimates the whole number of vessels employed
in the China trade, belonging to all the different
nations, at 140, “But the trade,” he adds, “has
always been carried on under circumstances pe
culiar to itself. It is scouted by no commercial
treaties; it is regulated by no stipulated rules.
Mandates and edicts not a few there are on re
cord; but they all emanate feom one parly ; still
the trade lives, and, by that imperial favor which
extends to the “four seas.'” flourishes and enjoys
no small degree of protection.”
The foreign commerce with China, the land
trade carried on by the Russians alone excepted,
is restricted to the port of Canton, and is con
ducted, so far as the Chinese themselves arc
concerned, by a body of licensed traders, called
“Hong merchants.” 'lihisbody is called the Co
hong,and its members pay roundly for the privi
lege of entering it. It is not a joint stock com
pany; each Hmig enjoys his individual gains,
yet the whole Co-hong is made responsible for
tho delite of every member, so far as they consist
of government dues and obligations to foreigner.
These merchants generally amass large fortunes,
and live like princes. Honqua, the present head
of the Co-hong, is-supposed to he the richest
commoner in the world. Tho wealth of Girard
was small in comparison with that which lie
possesses. His annual expenses exceed half a
million of dollars. There are very few oftthc
« English nobility, rich as they are, who lipvc a j
rent-roll equal to his.
The factories, as the warehouses and residen
cos of the foreign merchants are called, arc built j
on a plot of ground, in part reclaimed from the ;
river, having not more than 060 feet of frontage, |
with about 1000 feet of depth. Within these
narrow limits is conducted the whole foreign |
trade of the Celestial Empire, amounting from
$30,000,000 to $40,000,000 annually. The |
factories arc all of granite or brick, and present a,
handsome and substantial front. The ground on I
,j, which they stand, as also roost of the buildings j
themselves, are owned by *he Hong tnerch'n's.
i i»!<BntT»in
I'm: largest iDT.—Mr. Keller, ono of our
townsmen who sometimes amuses himself fishing,
caught this week, among some others, « monster
of a catfish, weighing 132 pounds! He was near
ly all mouth, and we can compare tho monster
to nothing else hut Shakspeare’a hump-hacked
Richard, for like him he seemed to he “curtailed
of all lair proportion,” and looked as if "cheated
of feature hy dissembling nature.”— l’cora Keg.
Consignees per South C arolina Uni! Road.
Hamburg, June 1, 1839.
W. & A. Austin, Clark, McTier & Co. Haviland,
Risley & Co. W. Anderson, D’Antignnc A Hill.
.Tellers & Boulware, H. VV. Sullivan, Geo. Parrot,
J. F. Henson.
DIED,
In this city,on Thursday, the 20th ult. William
Nelson, in the 21st year of his age.
JS-ll "'."'l iL'.. - I
COMMERCIAL.
Latent, dates from Liverpool April 27
Latest dales from Havre Mai/ 2
New York, May 29.
Cotton —ln Cotton wc have to notice great in
activity for the last three days, the salts from the
1 date of our last weekly report up to last night only
amounting to 1000 bales; and in prices a decline of
fully sc. has became eslaiiltshed —many holders,
however, reject present prices and the quantity on
sale is consequently moderate.
Charleitcn, June 1.
Cotton. —At the close of the last, and in the
early part of the present week, the business done
in short Cotton, although limited, was at the full
prices giver, in our review of the 2. r )th ultimo.—
The, intelligence, however, of the 23d, from Liver
pool which was followcdby successive accounts—
both from that market to the 26th ult., and from.
Havre to the 2d inst., has put a stop to operations
here; and judging from the opinion of dealers ge
nerally, the article will continue in this stagnant
state until the advices per the Great Western come
to hand. The sales of the week are but 19HS bales,
at the following prices: 72 at 14j ; 23 at 1 1,1 ; 90
at 14/ ; 90 at 15 ; 81 at 15$ ; 287 at Isj ; 417 at
16/i 378 at 16; 9 at 16$; 280 at 16$ ; and 126
bales al 17 cents peril). Present quotations arc
nominal. Our market for Long Cotton.has also
been very languid—thesales reach but 80 bags Sea
Island, at prices ranging from 60 to 65 cents per
lb,.
Rice —The sales of the week have been con
fined to about 490 tcs. at at a decline of 1-16 a $ in
the business of the previous week.
Grain —The receipts of the week of Corn have
been about 5500 bushels. Sales have been made
at 87 j, 90 and 97 cents per bushel, No arrivals of
Oats and Peas. Hay has been selling at 8,1 per
100 lbs.
Flour —Wc have no new feature to notice in
any description of Flour since onr last. Western
has been taken for city consumption, at $7 a 4,7,50,
and Baltimore lloward-strcct 8,7,75 per bbl.
Groceries —ln Groceries there has been compa
ratively nothing doing. Several small lots Cuba
Codec have been taken at former prices. A few
hhds. inferior Muscovado Sugar has been sold to
the trade at 6$ and 7; and we understand that a
large lot New Orleans, say about 170 blids. has
been taken at 6/ cents per lb. We have no trans
-1 actions in either Orleans or West India Molasses to
report.
S Huron —The following sales are a fair criterion
of the market for this article. Hams, North Caro
lina, Western and Baltimore 12 a 16$; Shoulders
111 a 10i ; and Rides II .1 1 Z CCIItS per ill.
Lard —We continue our quotations of last week
for Lard, viz: 13$ a 14 els per 15., but would re
mark, that from the very light stock on sale, hold
ers arc asking an advance on these prices.
Salt —Liverpoolsack from on ship board taken
at 4,2 per sack.
Exchange —On New York,sight check have been
sold at 1$ and 1$ per cent prein.
New-Ouleans, May 29.
Cotton —Received since 24tb instant 6,490 bales;
exported to Liverpool 5,931 do, Havre 1,125 do,
New York 2,007 do, Boston 362 do, Philadelphia
50 do, Baltimore 16do, together 6,491 bales; making
a reduction in stock of 3,01)1 bales, and leaving a
balance on hand including all on ship board not
cleared 90,276 bales.
The heavy transactions in cotton which wc no
ticed in our last review, caused holders to advance
their rates from a quarter to half a cent, which
buyers would not immediately consent to pay, and
the consequence was, that the sales of .Saturday
were very light. On Monday, however, buyers
came forward more freely, encouraged probably by
the favorable accounts from New York, and sales
to tho extent of some 4,000 ba.es were made at the
advance asked by holders, as noticed above and to
which cur quotations have been made to conform.
On yesterday the demand continued fair, and the
market exhibited a firm appearance. Our receipts
are now principally composed of N. Alabama cot
ton, in consequence of which the stock on sale of
La. and Miss, is becoming much reduced —in fact,
there are scarcely any good lists now remaining on
the market. The whole amount of sales since our
last, is about 7500 bales, which wc notice as fol
lows, viz : 109 La. and Miss, at 1i j; 49, Hi; 71,
HJ; 077, 1.05;530, 15$; 408, 15$; 79, 13/ a 15J ;
2746, 14/a 16$ cents; 1093 Miss, and N. Ala. at
134 a 14$, and 105 Texas at 14$ cents.
Liverpool Classifications. —Louisiana and
Mississippi,ordinary 12/ a 13$; Middling 13/ a 14$
Fair 15$ a 15$; Good fair 16$ a 16/; Good and fine,
17$ a— ; Tennessee and North Alabama, Ordina
ry, Middling, Fair, Good fair, Good and line, 12$ a
15$,extremes; faircrops, 14$ a 14$.
Sugar. —Louisiana.—No change worthy of ob
servation has taken place in the market since our
last report; the demand in the city, as heretofore,
is principally for prime, leaving the lower qualities
almost entirely neglected—and the sales continue
to be wilhiinthc range of former rates, 4 to 5$ cents
for inferior to common, and (i a 6/ for fair to prime.
On plantation, wc arc acquainted witli two sales
amounting to 350 hhds. at 6 cents—the demand,
however, must still be viewed as quite limited.
Havana sugars. —Transactions are at previous quo
tations, and the inquiry very small—white is very
plenty, and the re is a. moderate stock of brown.
Arrived of La. since the 24th inst. 847 hhds; clear
ed lor New York 275 hhds, Mobile 21, Florida 82.
Molasses —The stock of molasses in the city con
tinues limited, and the demand is fair at onr pre
viously quoted rates; 30 a36 cents per gallon. On
plantation the sales are at 26 cents, but there is
but little business doing owing to the scarcity of the
article. Arrived since the 24th inst. 41 bids.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1838, Oct. I, stock on hand, bales 8900
1839, May 28, received since 24th 6490
“ “ “ previously 549004 555494
064394
“ exports since 24th 9491
“ “ previously 464627 474118
; Leaving a balance of stock of 90276
Savannah, May 31.
Colton —Arrived since the 24th inst. 2670 bales .
Upland and 72 bales S. I. Cotton, and cleared at
the same time, 3382 bales Upland and 198 bales S.
I. Cotton ; leaving * stock on hand, inclusive of all
on ship board not cleared on the 31st inst of 12881 ;
bJles Up'and and 357 bales Sea island Colton.
The limited business of this week in Upland was ‘
transacted previous to the receipt of discouraging
Intel igcnce from Liverpool to the 24th and subse
quently to the 26th ultimo, hence our quotations
must be considered as nominal ; the sales arc 483
bales, viz: 4 at 13$, 4 at 14, 95 at 14$, 70 at 15„
28 at 15$, 98 at Lss,22at 10/; !09at 16,53 at 16$. I,
In Island »e have no sales tc report
Uice In this article the transactions continue
moderate, the sales made are principally at s4}.
Com—No cargo sales ; retails from store at 90
a luo cents, in lots to suit purchasers.
Boron The sales of the week amount to about
lbs Karon, assorted, at Iti cts. for Hams, 12}
cts for Sides, and 10} cts for Shoulders. 60 kegs
Lard at 16 cts.
Bagging —Sales of 200 pcs Hemp at 21 cts.
U —Sales of 600 sacks Liverpool, on shipboard
at s!}.
Spirits —ln Domestic Liquors, small sales of Gin
at 60 a 66 ; (turn at 15 ; Whiskey at 46 a 47.
Exchange —Drafts on New York, at sight 1} per
cent, prom.
Er ights —To Liverpool, dull, at }d j to New
York, 75 ett. a $1 per bale.
STATEMENT 01 COTTON, May 31.
Upl’dS. S. I.
Stock on hand, Ut Oct. 3164 36
Received this week 2676 72
do. previously 150383 4720
186225 4827
Exported this week 3382 196
do. previously 169962 4275 173344 4470
Stock on hand, including all 6n ship
board notclearedon the 31st May, I2SSI 357
Mobile, May 30.
Cotton —Arrived during the week 493 bales, and
shipped in oa ne time to
Liverpool, 3354
New York, 846
Philadelphia 20
together 4290 bales leaving the stock on hand, etc.
agreeable to the account taken on the 27th inst.
ot 23082 hales, against 53793 bales last scasun.
The state of this market on the two days suc
ceeding the close of onr last weekly report, re
mained without material change from the condition
then noted, and the sales were confined to small
parcels at the decline previously reported. Oit
Friday, a better feeling was evinced by purchasers,
which has prevailed up to the close of the week,
and sates have been to the extent of 4000 bales,
at such prices as show the full recovery of rates
prevailing week before last. The market close:
this week firm and with an upward tendency in
prices. The causes generally assigned by buyers
for the advantage yielded to sellers are, the ad
vanced state of exchanges, low freights, and the
prevailing belief in favorable foreign accounts
daily expected, together with the improving fea
tures in the New York market. Shipments con
tinue to be made on planters’ account. The stock
on sale is running low, a large amount in ware
house, being held on speculation.
Liverpool Ci.AssmcATroN.—Good and Fine 17A
a 18, good fair 17 a—,fair 164 a 16}, middling 15J
a 10, ordinary 15 a—, inferior 14 a 14}.'
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MARINE INTELEKiENCE.
Charleston, June 1.
Arrived yesterday —Ship Grafton, Smith, New
York; ship IVledora,— —, Havana; U L brigTybtee;
Hcrbcst, New York; schr Undauntcd,.lackson,New
York; schr Orleans, Norriss, lloston; schr Wave,
Sully, Havana, via Key West.
Cleared —Ur ship Ann Hall, Tucker, Livepool;
ship Harvest, Fuller, Liverpool; Br brig John"
Troughton, Jordan, Liverpool; schr Jim CroW\.
Gardner, Mobile.
Savannah May 31.
Arrived yesterday.— Brig New Hanover, Carty,
Philadelphia; brig George, Gooding, Baltimore;
Steamboat Mary Summers, Wambersie, Baltimore.
Sailed. —bark Gazelle, Mcirv. Liverpool 1
IOST, by the subscriber, on Friday, the 10th
i May, a Leather Pocket-Book, somewhere in
the settlement of Thomas Green, in Jcll’crson coun
ty, containing nine hundred and seventeen dollars,
and cents not recollected, in small notes signed by-,
John Turner, and made payable to Thomas Street
or bearer, and due Ist January, 1840. Also, three
hundred dollars in small notes, signed by Lindsy
Haislip and Garland 11. Tarver, made payable to
John S. Bell, and due Ist January, 1840. Also,
two twenty-five dollar notes, signed by Wm. D.
Murphy, and made payable to Frederick J. Bheny,
not recollected when due, but sometime since Ist-
January last. Also, one note on James R.Turner,
for thirty-six dollars and some cents, and due Ist
January last, not recollected to whom made paya
ble. Also, one on George M. Turner, for fifteen
dollars, made payable to Thomas Davis or bearer,
and due some two or three years. Also, several
other notes accounts of small magnitude, which
any person will confer a great favor, besides being
liberally rewarded to find and deliver. And I here
by caution the said John Turner, Lindsey Hayslip,
Garland If. Tarver, Wm. D. Murphy, James R.
Turner, and George M. Turner from paying said
notes to any person hut myself.
ANTHONY W. TURNER.
Louisville, May 25, 1839. w4t
A NEW LINE
173 ROM Greensboro, North Carolina, via Salem,
Poplar Ujmp, Newbern.Gray Sulphct Springs,
Red Sulphur Springs, Salt Sulphur Springs, to
White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, in
FOUR HOUSE POST COACHES.
Passengers coming to the Virginia Springs can
enter through from Greensboro, N.C., to the White
Sulphur Springs, V».
Passengers coming this Route to the Virginia
Springs, will find it about 85 miles nearer; a good
road, good stages, good teams and steady drivers
Our Stands will be found at the best houses the
country can afford,and all attention will be paid to
passengers, for their accommodation andcomtort.
Passengers leaving Greensboro, North Carolina,
will reach the Virginia Springs in three days.
QCjf" Passengers coming from the South wishing to
take this Line wil take care not to enter further
than Greensboro.
JOHN & EDMUND WlLLS,Proprietors,
iruu 23 w3m
QTj’The Charleston Courier SavannabGeergisr.
Columbia Telescope, will copy the above once a
week for three months and send' their accounts o
the proprietors, J. & K. W.
■MADISON SPRINGS.
L 4 This establishment is now opened and
jeeWm ready for the reception of visitors, under
JMJLI.. the superintendence of Mr. LAMPKJJS,
formerly of Athens, a gentleman of some experi
ence in this line,and eminently suited, it is believed,,
to give general satisfaction to such as may call up
on him. The stockholders promise on their part, to
furnish every thing necessary to ronderthis retreat
as comfortable to those that desire pleasure and
health, as any similar one in the Southern country,
may 20 w4t‘
Georc.ia, Richmond County, January Term, 1539,
riVIK Sherilf having returned the following per-
JL sons as defaulting grand jurors at the January
term of the Superior Court for the county afore
said, to wit; VVilliamC, Dillon, John P. Seize, John t
Moore, James'A. Faron.John W. Houghton, Sam
uel Wilson, A. O. Parmclee, Amory Sibley, John
C. Snead, F. A, Morgan, Adam Johnson, John M.
Adams, A. J. Huntington, C. E. Latimer, Robert
Walton, Henry McCullough—and us defaulting
petit jurors, Jacob Inglut, Richard Mooney, John
S, Itandell, Britton Mims, Hiram Grubbs, Samuel
J. Anderson, Charles Martin, Wiley Barron, J B.
Burnett, —it is ordered that the first named as
• grand jurors, be lined in the sum of Forty Dollars,
and the last named as petit jurors, in the sum o
■ Twenty Dollars, unless they and each of them file
a satisfactory e: ease in writing, and on oath with
the clerk of said court, on or before the Ilthday
of June next, and on failure to Jo so, execution is
ordered to be issued.
A true copy from the minutes,
JAMES MSCI AWS. Clerk
M-v It. 1>39 4t— /
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