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| Monday morning, august so.
| The Albany (N. Y.) Evening Journal states
I that the State Loan of 500,000 dollars for the
enlargement of the Erie Canal, has been taken
by the Manhalten Company of the city of New
A: ork at par. It was at five per cent, interest,
the principal payable at any time after the 'par
1855 at the pleasure ofthc Commissioners of the
Canal Fund.
Correspondence of the North American.
Nkw-Yokk, August2l, 1839.
[Stocks are down again. Thsfall to-day is i a
1 per cent. There is no relief in the money mar
ket, and moneyed men stand oil" once more to
see where things will go to. Our merchants
generally are in no trouble, and we have had no
failures these three weeks.
Exchange for the Liverpool, to sail on the
24th, is beginning to attract interest. On France
the general quotation is sf, 2Ac„ and on England
prime bills are held at 9 prem. though out of
town names, deemed quite safe, can be had down
to B±.
Cotton is very flat to-day, and if sales crowded,
in the lower qualities, they could not be elfected
so well as last week. Good fair and upwards is
held still, for some advance though, there arc very
few buyers.
Flour is also dull, and remains much in the
state I quoted yesterday. Common brands of
Gennessee are offered freely at $6,50, and South
ern of the common kinds at $5,25.
Mr. Clay is to arrive this afternoon and suita
ble preparations have been made for his recep
| tion. Most of our vessels have their flags high
up and floating.
By the Boston papers, we learn that Pickering
Dodge, the loss of which we gave an account of
on Monday was a new ship, built at Medford, and
owned by William A. Rea, J. Silsbce, and L.
W. Tappan, of Boston. When wrecked she was
on her way to Newport, Wales, for a cargo of
railroad iron.
The supercargo, who was drowned, wasThos.
Sweet, of Salem. The vessel was insured in
Boston for $30,000 and the cargo for $3,000
at the Suffold office $13,000; at the American
$10,000; at the Mercantile $lO,OOO.
The St. Louis Gazette says, an English agent,
said to be commissioned by the house of Roths
childs, has lately visited the iron mountain dis
trict, and has been ncgociating, with a view to
the construction of a railroad,from theiron moun
tain to the Mississippi. It is confidently stated
says the Gazette, we know not how credibly, that
at least 500 men will be engaged and actually
employed on the work by September next.
From the New Orleans Bulletin, of the 19 th.
From Matainwrits.
From this port we have dates to the Bth inst.,
but they do not contain any news of much impor
tance. Bustamente was in quiet possession of
the Presidential chair, and the Hero of Vera
Cruz had retired to rusticate on his hacienda of
Mango del Clova. The Federalists are still at
V Monclova; but when the reinforcement of 1000
men, for which Canaliza is waiting at Monterrey
shall arrive, we believe that the Patriots will be
compelled to give up the contest for good, or fall
back on Texas. General Araya is now the Com
mander-in-Chief of the Federalists. The idea of
invading Texas appears to have been abandoned;
and rumor is current that the government is now
trying to sell the “Ungrateful Colony,” L'pper
California, &c. to England, as payment of the
national debt.
We give the following extract of our corre
spondent’s letter:—“You inform me of the dull
ness of business in your place, but here there is
none at all, and scarcely any one to be seen in
the streets, except a few miserable soldiers. The
streets stilt continue barricaded, although we
hear nothing of the Federalists. I believe they
are all dispersed, except a small party up the riv
"cr, in the neighborhood of Monclova. There are
but few troops here at present, probably not more
than six or seven hundred.
“The heat of the weather and drought have
been and still continue so excessive, that all veg
etation appears to be parched up, and it is said
that the cattle on the ranchos arc dying for want
of water.”
European Intelligence.
We annex some additional items of European
news furnished by the mails since Friday even, j
• ntr;
l"o
brpoBTAST.—A London circular has the fol
lowing postscript, under date of July 31st, 4, I
P. M.
“The confirmation of the fact of the Bank of
England having negotiated with the Bank of
France, for a loan of from two four millions ster
ling, to be drawn for from hence, has led to con
siderable discussion. The effect will be, to cause
a return of specie and give an impetus to com
merce.”
The New York American of Monday afternoon
says, in reference to this arrangement:
“We have seen a private letter from London, of j
31st July—from a source that could hardly he j
misinformed —stating that bills were drawing on j
Paris for account, as was believed of the Bank of
England, and in execution of an arrangement, ;
for disposing in that city of its dead weight, j
Moreover, there are letters from Paris of 29th j
July, imparting the same intelligence.
The relief which this operatioi. would afford 1
to the Bank of England, would preclude any ne- I
1 ~"~r”” '■ i'"’* Vi.'.-i"..
ccssity for a further advance in the rate of dis
count ; and when that fact was once promulgated
and understood, confidence and activity in affairs
would ho universally restored—as it is well
known that large orders for purchases and invest
ments on foreign account were on hand, and only
not executed, because of the uncertainty of the
money market.
The heavy payments of the English Cotton
Houses for the month of August, we learn on
the authority of a letter of the highest respecta
bility, have ail been prepared for.
The Liverpool brings a cargo valued at £150,-
000.
The Wesleyan Conference commenced its ses
sion at Liverpool on the 31st July. Upwards of
500 preachers were present. The subscriptions
to the centenary fund amount to £215,000,
(equal with current exchange to $1,044,900.)
Os this sum §428,960 have been paid to the
Treasurer.
Amp, me ax Stocks.— Baring’s Circular of the
31slsays: ‘‘We have no alteration to notice in
the Money Market; the Dank rate of discount is
still 5h per cent; the Exchanges do not improve,
and the stock of bullion in the Bank, by the
twelve weeks average, ending the 23d July, was
only £3,786,000.”
The following were the prices of American
stocks:
Alabama Sterling bonds 1859 5 per cent, SC.
Illinois 1870 G per cent, 88.
Indiana Sterling bonds, 88 a 89.
Louisiana Sterlings bonds 1844 to 1852,5 per
cent 93.
Massachusetts Sterling 5 per cent, 1868 103.
Maryland State stock 1870 6 per cent 93.
New York City stock 5 percent, 1851 to 1860.
80 a 82.
South Carolina 5 per cent state stocks, 88.
Virginia State stock 6 percent 1844 to 1857,90.
United States Bank shares, £23 2s Cd.
The above, except for U. S. Bank and New
York City stock, were nominal.
Sultan Mahmoud died on the 30th June, and
his eldest son, now 17 years of age, was pro
claimed Emperor by the Divan. The Sultan was
51 years of age, and has left six children. He
succeeded to the throne on the 28th June, 1808,
on the deposition of his elder brother, Mustapha
IV.
The Mbniteur Parisien of ths 20th contains a
semi-official article announcing that the European
powers intend to take the young Sultan under
their protection.
During the first twenty days of July, sixty
three new failures are reported to have taken place
in Paris, of which the most important was that
of M. Lasscure, a wine merchant, who failed for
the amount of about half a million of dollars.
This, according to the speech of the Prefect of the
Seine, made to the merchants assembled for the
election of Judges of the Tribunal of Commerce,
is no indication of any depression of business.
From the correspondence of the New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Tub Caxaiiiax Prisoners. —l informed
you some days ago that the Canadian prisoners
would be released about the 4t!i of July. It was
not done on that day hut a few days after, and
while I was reading a loiter from Lord ,
informing rnc of the fact, Mr. John G. Parker
called and afforded me proof positive. Those
discharged are JohnG. Parker, R. Wixon, Win.
Alves, R. Walker, Finlay Malcolm, Leonard
Watson, James Brown, Ira Anderson, and Paul
Bedford. Two others were in prison when I
left London—Linus W. Miller, and John Grant.
I hope something may be done for these young
men. For one of them. Miller, you will recol
lect, I interested myself last summer, after his
sentence to suffer death at Niagara. It has been
my advice, and that of others, to those men who
have been recently discharged, that they never
again take any part in a scheme so mad as that
for which they have so long suffered. I hope
they will settle in the United States and become
good citizens.
The New York Journal of Commerce,
Wednesday, 2, P. M. says :
The news by the Liverpool has had more ef
fect than has of late been customary. Money
Stocks have fallen, except U. S. Bank, for which
there were a good many orders, and the price
went up 1 percent. Cotton is selling at Ja£ et.
advance on the closing sales last week. Flour
has run up 25 cents, with large sales closing at
§6,5n for Ohio—§6,s6a 62 for common Genes
see, and §6.50a62 for Georgetown. The sales of
Flour were many of them for shipment, partly to
Canada, some to England, and some elsewhere.
The New York Express of Monday 2, P. M.
says:—
A contrariety of opinions is formed and enter
tained in Wall street relative to the news from
Europe. Those interested in keeping down
stocks, are clamorous that the accounts are bad,
and it appears to have that effect on stocks which
have declined from ito 1 per cent. The Cotton
holders are quite encouraged, and ask higher
rates. Both opinions are in part correct.
Private advices give a more favorable account
ol trade, —particularly in American goods and
there is certainly a good advance on Colton, —
full a half-penny, with a speculating spirit.—
This is calculated to help the staple. The pros
pects aie thought to he unfavorable to grain and
also for money,—for as the Bank of England
has obtained no relief, it was unable to afford re
lief to others. Indeed its ability was not as great
as that of the private bankers who discounted pa
per at less rates than the Bank. As there is no
relief in American stocks with the exception of
one or two, the effect upon stocks has been un
favorable in Wall street.
Our people are always ready whenever there is
the least chance for speculation. The news is
considered so unfavorable for the crops in Eng
land, that quite an active movement has been
made here in the flour market. At an early hour
the spirit made its appearance, and considerable
sales have been made at 25 cents advance.
The whole exports of the domestic produce
and manufactures of the United States last year,
is reported by the Secretary of the Treasury, to
be $96,033,821,
The Agricultural products exported are thus
classed :
Products of animals, §2,340,850
Vegetable food, 6,764,664
Tobacco, 7,392,029
Cotton, 61,550,811
Other products, 140,093
§78,194,447
Seizure of British Cloths,— An exten
sive seizure of Yorkshire Woolens has just been
made at Philadelphia, of which we have the fol
lowing particulars in the Inquirer of Tuesday :
We learn that in consequence of information
which transpired a few days since at New York,
a Custom House Officer came on from that city
! yesterday morning, and seized large consign-
I rnents of woolen cloths at a respectable Commis
- sion merchant’s in Front st. It is hut jestice to
I say, that the firm to whom the goods \wrccon
• signed, arc not inculpable in any fraud upon toe
1 U. 8. revenue, they being merely the reputed
• agents and receivers for purposes of sale.
Rumour gives various amounts as to the value
t of the goods seized—from $OO,OOO to SlOO.oou.
It is, at any rate, the most extensive seizure ever
i made in Philadelphia,
i The grounds for proceeding on the part of the
Custom House, arc said to be, chiefly, making
entries at less than the true value. On dit, that
the importer, for some years a resident of New
York, is among the missing.
The affair has created a great sensation in our
business circles, and we hope to be in possession
of full particulars in the course of a day or two.
It is yet possible, for aught wc know, that the
matter may be satisfactorily explained and the
goods returned.
It is further stated that two or three merchants
from Yorkshire, who arrived by the Liverpool,
have been arrested in New York, on a charge of
being connected with the alleged smuggling.
Wo trust that the transaction will render our
Custom House cautious in receiving consign
ments from any parlies who have been connected
with smuggling, as the sale of such goods, of
course at inferior price, not only defrauds the rev
enue, hut injures the fair trader and the upright
American manufacturer.
From the Baltimore American of the 20th.
The Carmelite Nunnery in Aisquith street,
became a point of attraction to a large number of
persons on Sunday, in consequence of the various
reports which were current in connection with
the circumstance that one of the Nuns hud on
that morning left the institution, and was unwil
ling to return. It appears that she applied for
admission into several houses, and was received
into that of Mr. Wilcox, residing in Aisquith
street, near which a crowd of persons was soon
gathered. The following additional particulars
of the affair arc thus related,in the Sun of yester
day :
His honor the Mayor was sent for and prompt
ly repaired to the spot, and sent a messenger lor
Mr. Jeffers and the police, which summons was
obeyed on the instant. 'The mayor appealed to
the good sense of the crowd, and after urging
upon them the duty they owed to society by a
preservation of the peace, asked if she should he
sent to the Hospital, “No,” cried a few scatter
ing voices. “Shall she he sciu< to the Alms
House I” “No, no, no—send her to the Wash
ington College.” 'The hint was acted on, and
she was accordingly after the excitement had
become somewhat allayed, placed in a hark, and
under the escort of the mayor carried to that in
stitution, where she has been placed in comfort
able quarters. 'The only cause she would assign
for her conduct was that she wanted to gel out,
though she acknowledged she was well treated
in the institution. From what wo cun learn,
“Sister Isabella” is a lady of from 23 to 25 years
of age. Her family name is Sarah Neal, and she
is from Georgetown, I). C., where her family,
which is of the highest respectability, resides.—
For many years she has exhibited symptoms of
insanity, a malady that one of her brothers is
now laboring under, and after her admission into
the convent the evidences of an alienation of
reason became so eccentric that at the advice of
the physician of the institution she was with
drawn from the school-room, and allowed to in
dulge in the solitude she seemed desirous to
court.
Her malady, we are informed, grew upon her
until she conceived that it was her duty to ab
stain from all nourishment of the usual kind.
When pressed by the mother to partake, of some
nourishment, she refused, and begged to he al
lowed to eat peach leaves, grass, and other articles
not edible for a human being. Yesterday morn
ing she was persuaded by the attending physi
cian to cat a hearty meal, and she revived. The
dinner hour is about half-past eleven, and sister
Isabella, at the table, seemed more than usually
rational. With the cunning of the insane, she
requested to be allowed to go in the kitchen and
attend to the culinary affairs, which request was
granted by the Superior, and she descended to
the lower story. There is a window in the kitch
en about six feet from the ground, without blinds
or bars, and out of this window she leaped, a
few minutes after she had been in the apartment,
aud rushed into the street as before described.—
She had frequently before expressed a desire to
leave the institution, and enter that of the sisters
of charily; hut it was incompatible witli their
vows and the regulations of the contract into
which she had voluntarily entered when she be
came a member of the order. Such are the facts
as we asceitaincd them from an authentic source.
Cj 5- The foregoing account, we are requested
to say, is inaccurate'in regard to the age of the
Nun, she being some ten years older than is
stated above.
'The Post of yesterday afternoon has the fol
lowing additional statement:
“We learn that the request of the Rev. Mr.
Gildca, superintendent of the Institution, a com
mittee consisting of Gen. Leakin, Mayor of the
city, Judge Worthington, of the City Court, and
Henry Myers, Esq., went yesterday evening
through the entire building, and into every de
partment to satisfy themselves whether any of
the inmates were kept there through restraint.—
They conversed freely with the nuns who unhesi
tatingly answered their inquiries that they had
no wish to leave the institution ; that they wore
contented and happy, and no consideration could
induce them to abandon the quiet scenes of their
religious retirement.”
We learn thatsoon after dark on Sunday, there
were a gathering of persons in the vicinity of the
rear wall of the Nunnery, hut they immediately
dispersed ou being warned by acitizen who com
manded the armed party within, that if any at
tempt to scale the walls would be at the peril of
those who made it.
The City Guard, under General O’Donnell,
occupied the street in front of the Nunnery on
Sunday night, fully armed lor the maintenance of
the public peace and the protection of private
t property. No disposition, however, was mani
fested to violate either, the crowds who were
drawn thither by apparently sheer curiosity hav
ing gradually retired as the night advanced. The
City Horse Guard, which was on the ground,
was dismissed about midnight.
From the Cleveland Ohio Herald.
Excursion to the Sault St. Marie.
The voyage from Lake Huron to the Sanll,
(pronounced Sou,) 54 miles, is alone worth the
expense of the entire excursion to the West. Na
ture is here seen in her primitive attire, and seems
in sportive mood to have united the wild, the |
grand, the beautiful, and the picturesque in a sin- I
gle panatamaof lakes, rivers, islands, rocks, ever- I
greens, mountains and vales. Lake Huron, as j
you approach Point dc 'Tour, is thickly studded |
• I with islands of various size and shape, and on I
entering West Strait, Drummond’s Island stretch- |
es away on the right. This island was fortified j
by the British after the fall of St. Joseph, is now i
~~I~MBBIIB 1 I ,
American ground, and n valuable position in aid
nt tlie lur trade. St Joseph Island, just above
Drummond’s, contains an urea of about fifty-sev
en thousand acres ol land, and was occupied by
the British in 1795, Colonel Groghan destroy
ed the village ol St. Joseph, and the mouldering
ruins appear distinctly as you pass up the chan
nel. The transparency of tho water among the
thousand islands scattered between Huron and
the Sun It, excites the admiration of every one.
Yon look into the glassy deep, and the fleckered
clouds are seen far down mirrored in all their
beauty, while the boat seems floating midway be
tween them, so perfect is the illusion.
Tho place railed Sailer’s Encampment, from
the circumstances that a party of boatmen from
Lake Superior were here obliged to spend a win
ter by sudden frost, is one of surpassing loveliness.
Kooky isles, all mossy and green with low shrub
bery, rise from too waters around, and no less
than seven channels, like broad bands of silver,
shoot out in various directions from this point
The Indians have a few lodges on one of the
most central islands, and their light, canoes were
seen darling like arrows upon the rolling wavelets
the Lexington left for many yards in her wake.
The notes of our band echoed from island to isl
and, and gently died away among the. hills rising
in majesty on the horizon. Tho sky was clouded
and a dreamy haziness seemed to settle on the
hill lops, diffusing a softened coloring of azure,
luxurious as Indian summer, over wilds and wa
ters. A fairy land truly, but as we floated through
Lake George and entered the mountain dcfde
where the St. Mary has torn a passage to swell
tho volume of the lower lakes from the vast foun
tain ofSuperior, the solitary, tho rugged, the mag
nificent prevailed. In comparative silence we
passed through this high temple of creative pow
er, until a symphony to the eternal anthem of
Niagara fell on the ear, and the sparkling waters
of the Sault. were descried in the perspective, tos
sing foam-wreaths to heaven.
What the French cull a sault, (lea)),) wo term
a tall , and tho descent of waters here is about
twenty-seven feet in three quarters of a mile.
Above the falls, the river from the ocean lake
flows with a deep, strong current for about fifteen
miles, until it meets the ledge of rocks over which
it rushes in such fury that the tumult continues
for some distance below. The river is not far
from a mile in width at the falls, so that a sheet
of leaping foam, about a mile each way, is spread
before you. Mrs. Jameson describes the “effect
as exactly that of the ocean breaking on a rocky
shore: not so terrific, nor on so largo a scale us
the rapids of Niagara, but quite us beautiful—
quite as animated.”—Lamnansays, “ut this place
nature assumes an air of unusual grandeur and
sublimity. Vast fragments of rocks, consisting
of granite and hornblende lie embedded in the
stream, which, opposed to tho current of the ra
pids, scatter its foam around the maple, the (line,
the hemlock, and the elm, mingled in green for
ests upon its hanks. The canoes of the Indians
engaged in fishing, which are seen plying around
the font of the lulls; and the distant mountains of
Lake Superior, which stand like mighty battle
ments on the horizon, impress the scenery with a
character of solitary grandeur.”
A band of the great Chippewa tribe, scattered
from Montreal along the bo usd ary waters for
some three thousand miles towards the north west,
reside at the Sault. During the warm months
they follow fishing as a chief business, and in
winter take enough through the ice for subsis
tence.
Some forty barrels are taken daily at the Sault
at this season of the year. The fish trade is Cast
becoming an important item in Lake Commerce,
and Superior is an exhaustless fishpond. Fish
ing establishments are now in operation at various
points on that Lake, and wc heard it stated ul the
Sault that the great Fur Company monopoly bus
secured five thousand barrels already this season.
Herring, pike, pickerel, trout, siskevat, and other
varieties, abound plentifully in Lake Superior.
When Michigan completes her contemplated ship
canal around the falls, and Yankee enterprise
finds free access to the Father of tho Northwes
tern waters, the present monopoly of the fishe
ries enjoyed by the Hudson Bay Company and
the American Fur Company will be broken up,
and the white canvass will he spread on every
wave, hearing to eastern marts riches not yet ap
propriated and scarcely conceived of.—Michigan
commenced the woik last spring, lint the contrac
tor was driven offhy the United States troop sta
tioned at the Sault. The Government had some
years previous dug a small mill race across the
portage and erected a saw-mill, which the propo
sed canal would interfere with ; hence the inter
ruption of the work. The difficulty has since
been settled, and the Government no longer ob
jects tethc construction of the important work by
the State.
Below the. falls the river spreads out into a
lovely bay, on the British side sprinkled with the
store houses of the Hudson Bay Company, some
neat dwellings, and scattering Indian lodges. On
the American side,directly at the lower point oflhe
falls, the old Indian village is located, and hark
cabins and lodges, teeming with red men, still give
an air of wildness to the spot. The shore of the
little hay before the villages is lined with canoes,
carefully taken from the water when not in use.
Just below, the American town rises gently from
the water—a medley of lodges, hark cabins, log
buildings, and a few well built residences. From
the suburbs Fort Brady looks down upon the
river, and the white barracks around a green grass
plat convey a feeling of health, neatness, and
comfort to the mind rarely met with in more ac
cessible stockades. Adjacent to the fort tho
Johnsons have an elegant scat, pretty as can be
found on the romantic Hudson.
Most of the Sault Indians are members of the
Baptist, Methodist, or Catholic Societies, and the
Sabbath was very generally observed by them as
a day of rest. Not a fishing bark was seen in
the rapids, and such is tho influence of the reign
ing chief, that a violation of his command in this
respect, would he visited by a breaking up of the
canoe of the offender, by the whole band. The
Kev. Mr. Bingham officiates in English at the
Baptist mission school room, a half breed inter
preter following him in the Chippewa tongue.
Half breeds, mainly French Canadians, form a
large proportion of the population nt the Sault,
and the French and Indian languages are princi
pally spoken.
Wo were fortunate in meeting at the Sault, a
large party of the wildest of the wild men
Blackbird and hi* band from Lupnint, 450 miles
across Lake Sujierior, They area large stalwart,
and exceedingly muscular race—half naked,
painted and ornamented with trinkets, claws of
beasts, talons of birds, feathers, stuffed skins and
every thing hideous and grotesque in nature.
I hey had never licfore seen a steamboat, and with
true Indian stoicism, after the first look of won
der they appeared careless and indifferent. The
government interpreter, an intelligent and com
j municative half breed, informed us that they were
j not really so, iut that they looked upon the boat
as the work of the Great Spirit—that every part
exposed to view was closely noted ; and that the
wonderful lire ship would form the theme of ma-
I ny a talk at their future feasts and dances. To
, «’« r «l* cvoninpr they were invited on hoard the
j boat to give a dance, Some thirty, appeared
j nearly naked, armed, painted and disfigured an
horribly as imagination can conceive. They were
preceded by Blackbird, and two or three Indian
musicians bearing instruments of parchment
stretched upon a hoop, something like a drum
head, i’hesp they heat with a stick, accompany*
iug the thumps with a low guttural song, and gi
vi hi? an occasional whoop in which they were
joined by the whole party.
Before commencing the dance the calumet was
presented to the officers of the hunt by Blackbird,
ami passed round among the spectators. In dan
cing, the dusky savages termed a circle, and close
ly crowded face to bark, leaning slightly forward,
a regular tramp was commenced. Keeping time
with the music, short, piercing yells were uttered,
occasionally prolonged into the startling w hoop,
by quickly striking the band rapidly upon the
mouth. A grand war dance closed the exhibi
tion, in which the braves recounted their deeds—
brandished their weapons as in the fight—anil the
dreadful war whoop sent a chill through the blood
of every stranger to such savage scenes.
Cor,. Preston. —The Southern Christian Ad
vocate, in reference to the account of Col. Pres
ton’s centenary subscription to the Methodist
cause, which is going the rounds of the Northern
papers, and which wo published in Tuesday’s
Courier, contains the following: —Charleston
Courier.
It is untrue in every particular, except that on
that occasion Col. P. did present himself among
the contributors. 11 is subscription was made in
silence, except only his stating to the secretary,
or some gentleman by, the sum ho wished set
. down to his name; and which was not $lOOO.
We suppose the story ha-s been fabricated upon
the report of the proceedings of the meeting in
Ibis paper; ami which, as far ns it concerned Col.
Preston, was in the following words :
“It was gratifying to our feelings to sec the
lion. W. C, Preston, of the U, S, Senate, among
the first who came to the altar-place, in acknowl
edgement. (as we were told,) of his indebtedness
to Methodism in the person of Mrs. Russell, of
blessed memory, who was not more distinguished
for being the sister of Patrick Henry, than for
her own extraordinary piety and parts. Bishop
Ashury used to call her “the elect Indy,” (from
St. John,) and she it appears was Col. Preston’s
grand-mother, and with her he passed his child
hood.”
Fikst rate Business.— A doctor in Vor’
mont had a son who studied his father’s profession!
removed to a distant Stale, married and went in
to practice. After the lapse of about three years,
the father visited his son, and during the visit he
requested the laCcr to take him around his “ride,”
that he might see the extent of his practice. Dur
ing the excursion, the old gentleman remarked
two new' meeting houses, with grave yards at
tached, which, the younger informed him, had
both been erected since his residence there. He
also told his father that he had very frequent calls
to a distance from his regular circuit. Upon the
old gentleman’s return home, his wife asked him
“how Fred was doing 1”
i “Well—very well—first rate,” he replied, “he
’ has already filled one grave yard full; another
1 nearly so, ami is doing a pretty fair chance busi
ness all about in other parts of the country.”—
Philei. Public Ledger.
1 The above reminds us of a notice given in the
1 papers many years since, by a waggish editor who
> yet drives the quill. It run as follows, names
• omitted :
' “ Doct. W. T. C , has removed to the res
: idence opposite the G Burial Ground, for the
hotter accommodation ol'his patients.”
The following, as regards betting on elections,
recently became the law of Pennsylvania:—
“Section 118. It shall he the duty of the
inspectors and judge of the election, to reject the
votes of all persons, who they, or any of them
shall know, or who shall he proven before them to
have made, or who are in any manner interested
in any het or wager on the result of said election,
and on the request ot any qualified elector, said
inspectors and judge shall receive proof to show
the person so offering to vote, has or has not,
made any such het or wager, or is or is not inter
ested therein.”
Lemon Coal Tuaiie, —The shipments for
the week ending Thursday, 15th inst. were 182
boats, carrying 7,4 15 tons. Total shipments this
season, 3,130 boats; 122,752 tons.
MARRIED,
In Charleston, on Wednesday evening last, by
the Rev. Dr. Capers, Mr. Isaiah Bailey, of Au
gusta, (Geo.) to Miss Jane M. A. White, of
Charleston.
OBIT CAR Y.
Died in Burke county, about two weeks since,
at the residence of her father, Miss Hannah E.
Murphbee, daughter of Mr Wright Murprhce, in
the fourteenth year of tier age.
Itis tvera painful task to announce the death of
a fellow bung, but when the duty devolves upon
us to communicate the intelligence of the depart
ure of a young female in the bloom of youth, one
who possessed superior qualities in an era incut de
gree, the heart sectm ready to burst with alfection.
The writer of this obituary was well acquainted
with Hannah—he knew her when she sat in the
school room in the midstuf her frienVls and school
mates—he knew her to possess a heart that never
concealed an unkindly feeling— but now that heart
has ceased to throb—she is lost to the sight of all
her earthly friends, and is now enjoying that felic
; ity known only in the presence oi a smiling Sav
iour.
It should be a pleasure to her parents to know
that when their dear departed was known,she was
beloved j that she is now enjoying happiness the
world could never afford. L.
: Consignee* per South CCarolina Kail Jtoad.
H Amman, August 24, 1839.
S. Buferd,Cress k Turpin; Rankin, Boggs & Co.;
1 John Carter; W. Wightman ; Kerrs & Hope; J.
i D. Patterson ; W. Allen ; T. H, Plant; A. Freder
■ iek ; Haviland, Risley & Co.; A. Greiner <fe Co.;
Gardclle k Khind ; Rees & Beall; Stovall, Sim
i moms & Co,; T. Dawson ; Baird k Rowland ; Bcnt
. ley & M.; R. Adams; D. L. Adams ; J. E. Mc
i Donald; George Parrott; Jeffers k Boulware.
• . ————
! MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, August 24,
Arrived yesterday —Line barque King Philip,
1 Humphrey, Boston.
Cleared. —Schr Financier, Butler, Matanzas.
Savannah, August 24.
Cleared —Brig Oglethorpe, Sanners, Baltimore ; j
schr Virginia, Smith, Philadelphia.
Went tinea —Ship Newark, Soullard, New York; !
brigs Oglethorpe. Sanners, Baltimore; Augusta, Li- |
vermore, New York; schrs Sarah, Green, Philadel- !
phia; Virginia, Smith, do.
' tt mi film -- -- —----- —'"nagawijt
COMMERCIAL.
IMltsl dales from Liverpool, duly HI
Lutes / dotes from Havre July 27
Ghabi,f.ston, August 24.
Cotton —\\ hat litll still lemains in store, there
is no motive for purchasing; the article consequent
ly is a mere drug. It is probable that the news
brought out by the steamer I iverpool, although of
a better complexion than hitherto received, w ill
have litt'e effect in changing the current of opera
tions here.
We have hut two sales Uplands to report viz •
44 bags at 1 lc., and 72 at per lb. The amount
of stock on baud is about 3500 bags I nland anil
1 bOO bags Sea Island. 1
Hive. —The article is in rather better request than
reported incur last review, and at an advance of
et. perewt. The sales were 472 tierces, 14 at <l4 •
3H, 41,; 41,4 5-16; 25G,4jJ; and 123 at 4A per
cwt.
Hour is dull—a few trifling sales of Richmond
country were made at $7 ; and a hotter quality at
7s. A lot of good Canal at 7A perbbl.
Grain. —Five cargoes Corn were received this
week amounting toabout 13,830 bushels, and were
disposed of at from 8b to lObcper bushel according
to quality.
Groceries. —A slight animation has been evinced
in the leading article of Groceries, the prices of
which remain unaltered 20 birds Porto Rico Su
gars brought 9 ; a few birds St. Croix 10-}; 20 Irhds
drime Muscovado at prices not transpired ; 55 birds
New Orleans sold at auction for 6$ ; 25 hhds Mus
covado and Porto Rico at 94 to 10; and a lot, 20
birds Cuba Molasses at secret prices.
Bacon. Hams are worth Ifi a 18c ; Shoulders,
at 10 a 11c, and Sides 11 to 12c. per lb.
iMrd —is selling at 12{e.
Salt. —7so sacks Liverpool sold at $1 76 per
sack.
Exchange —On England and France nominal.
Sight Exchanges on the North 2 per cent on New
York and Hoston; Baltimore and Richmond 30
days par; 60 do t, die. 90, 14 do.; Philadelphia,do;
on New Orleans and Mobile 14 percent; on Camden
and Columbia, S. C. par.
Freights —To Liverpool, dull at g to 7-16 d per
lb for Cotton. To Havre, I cent per II). To New
York, 50 cents per bag fur Cotton. Rice 50 cents
per tierce.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
S. island. Upland.
Stock on hand Ist Oct. 1838, 924 2219 ’
Received this week, 00 366
Previously, 11037 200602
11961 203187
Exported this week, 00 748
Previously, 10448 198773
On shipboard not cleared, 00 200 !
10448 21
Stock on hand 1513 3406
Savannah, August 23.
Cotton —Arrived since the 16th inst.’, 10 bale s.
Upland, and cleared at the same time 702 hides
Upland, via: to New York 400 bales; Philadc jj
pbia .102 ; leaving a stock on band iii'lusivc of all
on ship-board not cleared on the 23d inst. of 569
bales Upland and 114 bates Sea island. Since our
last there has been more inquiry for Cotton to serve
as remittances to the north, and but little to be had
at satisfactory prices. The lute a; counts from Li
verpool arc looked upon as mure favorable. Ex
changes are high and scarce, but the coming crop
now near at hand will soon put them on a more
satisfactory footing. Only one bale of new cotton
has thus lur been received, of fair quality, and sold
at 144 cents; more, however, is shortly expected.
Business fair for the season. Sales of old Upland
for the week 55 bales at 11 cents. In Sea Island
no sales.
Hire f here has been a moderate demand dur
ing the week, and the sales will reach about 300
casks atjilil a4f and a few casks by' retail at 44.
(>)7i—No cargo saler. Sells from store at 90 a
106 cents.
Groceries —ln Co/lee, Sugar and Molasses a mo
derate retail business doing at former prices.
liny —Sales on the wharf of 700 baics at 95c.
Bason— Sales of 5000 lbs old sides at 1U; new
sides at 12.A; and shoulders at 104 cents.
Exchange —On England nominal. Drafts at
sight on New V ork 5 a 6 per cent. prem.
Freights—To Liverpool 4d dull. To N. York
75cents per bale, dull.
DOVER.
THIS valuable tract of Land, situated in the
county oi Greene, on the Oconee river, seven
miles from Greensboro, (the present terminus of
the Georgia Rail-Road,) containing 2200 acres, 12
or 1300 of which is wood land, the balance cleared
and the larger portion in a highstateof cultivation,
is now altered for sale on reasonable terms.—
There is a large dwelling house; with all necessary
out-buildings, on said place, together with a line
summer retreat one mile from the mansion, called
Mount Pisgah, from which can be viewed the land
of promise, (lowing witli milk and honey. A large
portion ol said plantation is low ground and of
great value,and the soil generally peculiarly adap
ted to the culture of cotton. Persons wishing to
vest funds in property of this kind, arc invited to
call on the subscribers and examine forthcmselves.
GEORGE G. MATHEWS,
aug 24-w4t CHARLES L. MATHEWS, Jr.
iTy I he Savannah Georgian, Southern Recorder
and Athens Whig will publish the above four times
weekly, and forward their accounts to tills office
for poyrnent.
GREENSBORO HOTEL.
f|NHE subscriber respectfully informs his friends
JL and the public generally, that be has taken the
above establishment lately kept by Wrn. H. Grimes;
there has been some alterations made in the bouse’
since it has changed bauds. It will be placed under
the immediate superintendence of his wife and
brother, and such of ills own lime as he can spare
from other business,will be entirely devoted to the
establishment. He solicits a share of public pa
tronage. WM, M. FRAZER.
Greensboro, Geo. August 26. sw2w
P. S. The Great Western Mail, the Telegraph,
the Alligator or Florida, the Athens and Decatur
stages, all arrive at’and depart from this House.
M JEFFERSON HALL.
The subscriber respectfully
..informs bis old friends, and
public generally, that he is prepared to entertain,
travellers or passengers by the cars, the ensuing,
tall, winter and spring. The night train passes
this place, going down, at half past 9 o’clock, and
the day train at half post 7 o’clock. The day train
runs up on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and
returns the next days. The weary traveller calling
at this place, will bo well entertained with lodging,
Iree fiorn noise* and disturbance. His prices will
be moderate. 75 cents per clay for keeping horses,,
ke. . n
He keeps constantly on hand a quantity of Fam
ily Groceries, at Augusta prices, viz : Sugar, Coffee.
Salt, trim, Nails, Bagging, Twine, Bale Rope, Lett
Sugar, Teas, k freight only to ba addcT*\Va<'-
oners wishing a load of Salt, Ac., can be supplied
here without going to Augusta.
august 26 w2t A; GREENE.
1 he Athens \V hig and Federal Union will
give the above two insertions, and send their ac
counts to the subscriber.
NOTICE. By order of the Commissioners of
the town and common of Wiightsboro, will
be sold before the store door of Thomas K. White
& Co., on the second Saturday in September next,
within the usual hours of sale, all the lands now in
cultivation, together with a small portion of wood
land, hitherto known as the commons of Wrights
boro. Sold for the reinstatement of the churchy
academy, kc. T. E. MASSENGALE, Sec’y.
Wtighlsboro, August 21, 1839. td