Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, May 24, 1837, Page 219, Image 3
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Statement of emigrants arrived at New j
York and Quebec fur each of /be las: ;
eight years :
At Quebec. At J\<tc \ orb.
1829 13,357 15,004
1830 24,391 30,224
1S31 49,250 31,739
1632 51,422 48,589
1833 23,062 41,702
1834 30,217 48,110
1635 11,5S0 35,303
1630 27,513 00,541
From tliis statement, it appears that a 1
much larger proportion of the emigrants to
the United States and Canada land at this
port, than was the case a few years ago.?
The change, we apprehend, was occasioned
in part by the greater dangers to life and
property which were found to attend a vovagc
to Quebec. Perhaps the loss of the
Mexico, Bristol, vVc. near this port during
the last season, may turn hack the current
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to lis afcuMumtu cutiiiitMca?.am
* Times.
Matbzmomal Cheat.?A young mnn
named John Uobbins led to the altar in
Luke's Church, on Sunday lash a very
pretty girl, aged 19, tlic daughter of Geo.
Daily .a respectable iarmor in the borough.
bile passing through the aisle of the
church, the entire head dress of the bride,
including a trig [7] was pulled from her
head, which was left as bare as the back
of her haul! In consequence of this
unlucky exposure, the happy bridegroom
desired further time to consider whether he
would accept the bareheaded spinters as a
partner for life; and the parties left the
church. The mischievious trick was ef.
fected by a former lover of Miss Daily.?
[Dristol (Eng.) Mercury.
CHEKAW GAZETTE
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OUR BANK.
It will be seen by a notice of this-insiitution,
to be found in our columns, that it has suspended
specie payments. In this it has the approbation
of our entire community, and has only followed
the example of ail other banks, not only
in this State, bnl throughout the country from
Maine to LouIsana,except two or three deposit
banks in the neighborhood of Washington city,
sustained, thus far by the Government. Ably
and wisely as it has been administered it is
manifest that, in the present s'ate of things, it
had no other alternative that would be safe
either to itself or the community. When there
is, every where, so great demand for specie, if
it should continue to redeem its bills as presented,
all the specie in its vaults would very
soon be drawn out, and locked up in other
banks either in this State, or at the Xorth,
while it would be unable toobtain more. Tor
although there are due to it, by individuals and
banks of unquestionable solvency, hundreds of
thousands, from which it could, but a short
lime since, and will bye and bye again, be able
to realize, at pleasure, the specie ;yet, at the
present time it could not raise from these dues
one dollar of specie. Suppose then it should
cro on to pay out till its present fund is e.xhaus
ted, how much better off would the holders of
jls bills be at that time than they now are ? they
would be worse off; because its credit would
most probably be somewhat impaired; and
what in that state could it do 1 It would of
necessity cease to pay specie; and after lesening
its ability to serve the pubiic, it must get
along as it now does, without such payments;
or, the only other alternative, it must at once
wind up its coucerns in the midst of the present
scarcity of money and derangements of the
currency, to the incalculable distress of its creditors,
and the very great depreciation of its
notes ; which of course, would injure every
individual who holds one of them. This is an
alternative which no man in his senses would
recommend.
We said that the condition of the bank is
sound. To satisfy the public that this is the j
case, an authentic statement cf its condition
will, we understand, soon be published. In!
the mean time, we state, on the best authori- j
ty that it has command of means equal to about j
two hundred and seventy percent upon its liabilities.
That is. for every dollar which it owes,;
it can command means of payment equal to :
two dollars and seventy cents. Its ability j
then to meet its engagements does not admit
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of the shadow oi a doubt. There is not a bank '
in the United States?we make no exception j
?which has been managed better, nr which
is at this time in a sounder state, .Although j
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so much of its busincs has been done through ;
New York, such was the caution and forecast
with which it guarded its funds in that city, i
that, notwithstanding the numerous failures j
which have taken place there, it is not likely
to loose by them, at most, more than a very i
few thousand dollars. And suppose that all'
tj'ie funds which it now has in situations where 1
they could be endangered by any possible con-,
tingency arising out of the present commercial i
embarrassments, should be entirely lost, the j
loss would be more than covered by either the ;
profits realized since the last half yearly divi- j
dend ; or the surplus of profits remaining un- j
divided at that time.
But as many are obliged to receive bank
notes and now actually have thein in posses- >
sion, who have not knowledge enough of bank- j
ing operations to understand how it happens j
that a solvent and well managed bank can !
have in circulation so great an amount of bills .
above the specie on hand to redeem them, I
and who are therefore liable, in the present i
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state of the country, to be alarmed; for the ;
satisfaction of such, we shall attempt an cx- j
plan at ion.
If a bank issued bills equal in amount only j
to the amount of its capital, or to the specie i
paid in, it could receive in return only the in- j
terest of so much of the capital as was loan' d
out: from which must be deducted the j
fwnens^s of managing the institution, such as
I
i iiibiinspmm i > u* jj"'
&c. with the losses from bad debts; all whirl;
would reduce the profits much below the regular
interest of money loaned out. No one
of course would invest his money in sue!
I stock, and there would be no banks. All
banks arc, by their charters, allowed to issue
notes to a much greater amount than the
capital paid in. In this State they are allow;
cd to issue three times the amount of their
| capital. The issues of the Chcraw Bank at
| this time, arc but little more than half the
amount authorized by its charter. To meet
these issues over and above the amount o!
specie on hand, they have the notes of other
hanks and of solvent individuals,* with good
i security, for every note issued or loaned out,
j and every bank properly managed, always
keeps on hand, or at command, hills or other
obligations and securities by means of whicii
it can, whenever licence, procure uuy uiuuum
| ol' specie which, in ordinary times, ami while
i tho specie ol* the country is like otiicr commodities
in the market, it can ho called to
payout. Thus while the amount of its bills
in circulation may be the. or even ten times
as great as tho amount of specie actually on
' hand, it may be able fully and promptly to
! meet its engagements and may have an extensive
and well founded credit; just like a
wealthy planter of good character, and known
j to be a thrifty prudent manager. Such a
planter can purchase property on credit, and
I his notes will be received bv am* of his neighi
?
I bors, and will pass currently among them
I without any fear of loss, and that although it
may he known, from histr.vn declaration, that
br.ln< nnt iii his nosscssion a single dollar in
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either specie or bank bills, ami that lie is
! therefore obliged for the present to suspend
I payments. His lands, his slaves, his horses,
! cattle and outstanding debts give him credit:
I because it is known that from these lie car
' raise the money; and that even if he should
j refuse to do it, or die, it can be done by his
creditors through the Courts of justice. Jusi
so it is with the Cheraw and other banks a'
; this time. Although they have not in theii
| vaults, of gold and silver, an amount equal t(
j that of their notes in circulation, they have
j much more than r.n equivalent in obligation;
1 which bind the moneys and lands and house;
j and slaves of wealthy and solvent men in the
j community ; and from which the specie oriti
! equivalent can and will bo realized.
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w lule on the suoject or the du.uk, mere i:
j one remark which \vc feel called upon t(
make. It is this; that the institution has beer
adin-nistcrcd not only with much ability ant
a most faithful regard to the safety of thost
! who hold its r:o cs; but also with a generous A
: praiseworthy liberality that entitles it to th<
goodwill of the public. It was not made, a<
I from the state of the currency it might hav<
j been, a mere shaving shop, but was conten
with a regular business and/fair profits; whilt
it consulted the public interest as well as it!
i own.
We have no interest ourselves in the bank
and have r.o motive to deceive t he public. W<
wish only to save honest men and good crU
; 2crs from unnecessary alarm or embarrass
j merit.
Mr. John C. Coit, having devoted himself t<
a different vocation, rc^iuxtcd the Presidency
of the Bank in this town, in April, when J us
Wright was elected by the Board of Direct
' ors, in his place.
At the meeting of the stockholders oa tla
first Monday in the present month, the oh
: Board of Directors were re-elected, except Mr
. Coit who declined. In his place Mr. Browi
' Bryan was chosen. Mr. James Wright was
1 elected President.
i
The President has issued his proclamation,
! calling Congress together on the first of Sep'
ternber. The remoteness of the time is said
to be tor the purpose of enabling the States,
; which have not yet elected their members, to
do so.
The Government, by its - experiment," has
subjected itself, as well as the whole country,
to much embarrassment. I lie Jaws now require
the public revenue to be paid in specie;
or the bills of specie paying banks ; but neither
can be obtained?how, then, is the Revenue
to be collected 1 The laws also require
the revenue, when collected, to be deposited
in specie-paying Ranks; but there are no
such Banks. Supposing, then, that any portion
of it could he collected, where is it to be
deported for safe-keeping 1 Again, the debts
of the Government tc be raid in specie or
j bills convertible into specie ; but neither can
I he obtained. IIow, then, is the Government
1 te pay its debts, or to advance one step in its
functions, without a vkdatirn of its own laws ?
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
a notice, stating that4* during the present unfortunate
suspension of specie payments," lie
will still draw on such olliccrs and Banks, as
have received ample funds to meet them for
the purpose of paying the dues of the Government,
hoping that the draughts will be
paid in a manner satisfactory to the holders.
If not paid, they are to be received in payment
of duties and lands. ]f not paid in this
way; and f returned, under protest, then
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II1U Ot'cruiai vwii <jaAiiveu> IUIJUVSI uj
Congress, ".authoritv fur carlv means to sa.'isO
i. w
///them," &.C. How humiliating to the Government
to bo reduced to such shifts to pay
its debts.
Where now is Co-. Benton, the author of
the Gold humbug! lie was lately announced
as a candidate fur the Presidency. Now is
the time to push his claims before the public,
while all see, and feel too, the mighty benefit
of his wise policy. lie "put the ball in motion
and he is, no doubt, viewing, with deep
emotion, the velocity and accumulating momentum
with which it advances.
The Post Master General has no thought,!
of succumbing to the force of circumstances.
He mci* 1" ~ ra^Ts.t
i! or he wil retain thein in his office. The i
i I
law is imperative, and he cannot "take the I
responsibi'ity" of disobeying it. He Ijas is- i
i sued his o*der to the Deputy Post Masters, to '
t j collect postage in specie, or its equivalent.
, j The reider will remember the able letters
I of Mr. lhcdlc to Mr. Adams, on the derange.
ment of tie currency, which were published
. | some time since. A third letter has recently |
been published by Mr. B. on the same subject j
J which rcktes chiefly to the suspension of spe- j
r < cie payments, and puts in the clearest light!
. j the necessity which existed for the suspen-1
[ sion of spfcie payments in all parts of the Un- !
j ion, as soon as tiie policy of the government :
compelled its own deposite banks in the city 1
of New York to refuse payment of its own j
draughts on them as well as their notes, in:
specie. We extract part of a paragraph from
. I the ietter:
I - i
I 10U may, jh"rji?i|i>, ruiueinunr umi hi ui) i
j letter to you of the 11th November Inst, I sta- 1
l ted what seemed the real causes of the embar j
| rassincnts then existing, and the appropriate j
remedies for them, adding, that by their adop- !
i tion confidence would be restored in twenty(
four hours, and repose at least in as many
days." Six months' further experience has
only confirmed that opinion. I believe now, j
| as I believed then, that the events of this week j
i might have been readily prevented, and that!
the unhappy perseverance in the measures then
deprecated lias reduced the country to its present
condition.
. | The Banks of the State of New York are
: j by law allowed to suspend specie payments for
: j ninety days without a forfeiture of their chari
, ters. If the suspension is continued for a long:'
er time, the banks, are deemed to be insolvent,
1; and it is the duty of the bank commissioners
. to proceed in chancery against them, to pro;
| cure a decree of insolvency, and appoint re.
i: ccivcrs to distribute the assets. A proposition is
I now before the legislature of that State to lc>
, galize the present suspension, and .authorize
I its continuance if necessary. It is opposed,
1 ( and its fate is considered doubtful. The mar
i jority of tfie Legislature have hitherto been
) disposed tc sustain the Jackson-Van Buren polJ
! icy ; whetacr they will now continue to do so,
3 at the incalculable sacrifice of property which
i i iiv 1 _
: ; the dc8tru:tion ot trie uanxs woiuu involve, is
' ! questionable.
All the Banks of this State have suspended
specie payments ; and so have nearly
! or quite all the Banks in the Union. The
^ I only exceptions that we have seen any acj
I count of, are the Deposite Banks in.Washing^
j ton city and Georgetown. The Government
! will no doubt sustain these Banks in this
I !
J | course as long as it can do so. If they con'
j tinue to pay out, they will of course, very soon
^ j be drained of all they have, and all the Gov'
i ernmcnt can procure for them, and then they
s j can procure no more. To what a glorious
, | state has the specie policy of General Jacki
son and his advisors reduced the couutrv.
, j Rate of Exchange.?We learn from the
? j Fayettevillo Observer, that South Corolina
. Bank bills are at a discount in that State, of
.! from 5 to 15 per cent. We hope farmers and
I others in the country, will not be alarmed at
i the suspension of specie payments by the
3 j Banks. They arc generally solvent; and the
' j Banks in Soutli Carolina are, beyond doubt,
j all so. Their bills pass as currently in the
! State, asthev did twelve months ago; and all
i
j who understand any thing of the State of the
i j Banks, have just re much confidence in them,
1 j as they lad at that time.
' ; Rise of Storks.?Stocks have risen in N.
1 j York siice the suspension of specie payments.
s j United States Bank Stock rose from 95 to
1110; and other Stocks, from 15 to 20 per
j l-CUU , tUlUO Utt'il lliuib.
The city CounciJ of Philadelphia have aul
thorizcd their Treasurer to issue small bills
, to the amount of ?130,000, to supply the
i want of silver change. The example will*
probably, be followed by other cities and
i towns; or private individuals, selling by the
retail, must issue their own due bills, as was
done, by many, during the suspension of spej
cie payments before. Silver change cannot
now be had.
Since the above was written, we see that
I
I the city Council of Baltimore, have authorizj
ed the issuing of Certificates to the amount of
' ?100,000 for supplying small change.
I Judge Smith has published a statement of
| his reasons for declining the appointment of
! United States Judge, which amount to this : j
i Tbat the state of the country is likely to be
' su:h that he will feel called upon to engage in i
pclitical and party discussions; which he
would be restrained from doing, by considerations
of propriety, if he held a Judicial office.
An affray occurcd at the Circus, in Columb
a, week before last, between some of the
; College Students and a few Irishmen; in j
I which, one of the latter lost his life, by the j
! stab of a knife from one of the students. J
From the account which we have received of j
the occurrence, the student acted only on the ;
defensive. But the Circus is a place where ,
he ought not to have been.
Virginia Elections.?In Congress, the Administration
party have gained the Franklin
and Kanawha districts?the Whigs, the Norfolk
and Caroline districts?and parties are, I
f hprcfore. substantially as thev were. Admin
istration, Francis E. Rives, John \V. Jones, '
Goorge (\ Dromgoole, James W. Bouldin, |
Walter Coles, Archibald Steuart, James Car- j
land, John M. I'atton, James M. Mason, Jos. '
Johnson, William S. Morgan, J. S. Pcnnbacker,
Robert Craig, Andrev^Beirne, George W. j
Hopkins, 15. Whigs?Francis Maliory, Hen- J
rv A- Wise, John Robertson, R. M. T. Hun- I
ter, John Taliaferro, Cliarles F. Mercer, 0. i
In the State Senate, the Whigs have a nctt {,
gain of one Senator. In the House of Dele- ' (
gates, the Administration gain is 14, loss 5? j (
nett gain 9. I,
A daily express line has been put in opera-! j
r*'"Nl?!TT,Via ;?nd (Tories'on ' i
A smalJ Steam Boat for passengers, is about j
to be run between FayetteviJle and Wilming- j
ton, (X. C.) to connect with a boat Iroin the j
latter place to Charleston.
1 1
(Icorgia.?A convention of the anil-Administration
party of Georgia, recently held in
Milledgeville, nominated G. 11. Gilmer as a 1
candidate for the oilice of Governor.
The Commercial Bulletin of New Orleans i
and other papers in the State of Louisiana
recommend a call of the State Legislature.
The Camden Courier states that the stage
from Columbia to Charleston was lately robbed
of three trunks; one of which was after
'
wards found near the Columbia bridge, riuled j
of its contents.
The collector of the Port of X. Orleans ;
has issued a notice that lie will receive the J
notes of the several banks of that city in j
payment of duty bonds, the suspension of
specie payments by these banks notwithstand- I
in2
Medical College of Georgia.?Two new |
professorships have recently been created and ;
tilled in this institution. The following are j
the present Faculty.
L. A. Lm^as, M. D., on Anatomy.
" * * * * If <%.? TJl.1,-,1 /\1 ,-v rm t? !
iiCO. iH. i\e\Vl01J, M. \J.% UU niyoiuivgy auu |
; Pathological Anatomy.
I Charles Davis, M. D., on Chemistry and j
| Pharmacy.
j Jos. A." Eve, M. D., on Tiicrapeutics and
i .Materia .Medica.
L. D. Ford, M. D., on Institutes and Medical
Jurisprudence.
! .Milton Antony, M. D., on Obstetrics and
j diseases ol'l'cmales and infants.
| A. Cunningham, M. 1)., on Theory and j
Practice of Medicine.
Paul F. Eve, M. L>., on Principles and Prac,
tice of Surgery.
I
, The "Courier des Estats Unis"' a French
j paper published in Sew York contains a letter
addressed to the editor by Prince Pi err in
r t
\t a nai pnv Rovap.vrte, son of the Prince De (
^ Carrixo, who arrived in new York a few days
after his cousin the banished Prince Louis
| Napoleox. The following is a translation
of the letter.
New York, May 5,1S.TT.
Monsieur Editor: While confined in the
! dungeons of St. Angelo, I had not the power
[ to rebut the calumnies of which 1 have been
j the object. Now that my feet are on a soil of
j liberty. I hold it a duty to explain to my
J countrymen the infamous outrage of which I
: was the victim. * * * The Papal
; Government, uneasy at seeing me traverse,
I with my brother, the plains of Rome, in the j
! enjoyment of the chase, conceived the design .
i of arresting me; but thq agents of the Holy j
j Father dared not meet me face to face. One I
day as I was passing through the village of j
I Caniua, on a hunting excursion, an officer of j
i gend'armerie accosted ine in a friendly manner; j
! lie was conversing familiarly with me, when J
I of a sudden some thirty soldiers appeared from '
i the adjoining streets, and one of them presentj
ed a pistol at me ; it missed fire, and with my
' conteau-de-c basse I gave him a serious wound.
The officer had raised his arm to cut down,
but I laid him dead upon the ground, and disabled
another soldier; the others drew back
and fired several shots at me, one of which
took effect upon my head and I fell; as I lay
upon the ground I received several bayonet i
wounds, in this condition, and bound, I was
.1?,1.^ /.apt!,, Anrrnln Rut. for
i urrtfe'gvu .u iuc woouv, vj iu v. 4 ?
I the wound, which stunned me, I would have j
f put them to flight, or died like a Frenchman I
i and a soldier, deleuding myself to the last. I i
j was tried by a special tribunal?my sentence
i was decreed beforehand?the Court of Rome
sought to wreak upon the hatred it bears my
j race. I should have undergone an ignomij
nous death, but for the intervention of my
j family, and particularly of Cardinal Fesch,
j who represented to the Pope the abominable
I conduct of his agents. The Pope himself con!
fessed that he had been deceived by false re(
ports. After nine months imprisonment I am
! again at liberty, and uiy first care is to defend
; my honor.
"
White Races i.v Africa.? M. Purcau
j de Camalle, the surgeon in chief of the French
I army at Algiers, has communicated to the
j institute a statement that be has seen a beauI
tiful blonde woman, with biuc eyes and au[
burn hair with the fairest skin, (wife of Sidi
Hamet) and that she belongs to a race of the
kind in the interior of Africa. Surely the
Surgeon lias not been deceived by an Albino!
mi ?.r.efin/.nt? /-.f tl,ocr> WJTOCS i
i inert; die iu^uih.i,j vuvw ?a ?
i frequently seen in the West Indies.
Albinos occur among all races of men, but!
!
| a Surgeon ought surely to be able to diptio- j
I nruish one. Vet there arc men called Sugeons, '
I ?
I and who undertake the offices of Surgeon,
| who make as strange blunders as that of
i mistaking an Albino negro for a person of a
white ra; e.
FROM TEXAS.
Extract from a letter to a gentleman in N. j
York, from his brother in New Orleans, dated, j
"\cw Orleans, April 23, 1837. i
41 The true state of things in Texas is de- J
plorablc. The army lias had nothing to sustain
life for the last six weeks but the cattle 1
they hunt for. Scarcely any provisions of any
kind arc in the country; and what there is, is J .
to be had only at exorbitant prices; and now
their supplies having been cut off, must leave | (
them in a deplorable condition. 1 have been 1 ,
deceived by the news published in the news- j,
papers respecting Texas. The fact is, Texas j
is governed by the land speculators in New
Orleans, by whom ail the false statements
have been published. It appears they can i
do nothing in Texas without orders from New
Orleans.
A slip from the New Orleans Bulletin of i
Alav IS, contains the following : ;f
. J
From the Yclasco Herald, Mai/11.
Our Congress is now in session, and mat- ;
ters of importance will, no doubt, be transac- i ^
ted during the present and next month. ! *
There is a rumor that Santa Anna hap been ! r
restored to power in Mexico, and that the In- i
dependence of Texas has been acknowledged j p
by that Government. It was reported here'
that several Mexicans had arrived at head .
quarters, trom Mexico, witii a tlag of truce and J
official pipers containing the above inteili- j ?once.
Capt. Joseph Powell, we understand,
passed through lJrazoria on Tuesday last, on j
bis way to the town of Houston, with the pa-1
acrr al!::d d '? in his possession. and one or j
two of the Mexicans in company. We c'o
not feel willing to say much on the subject until
we hoar something more, and that better
authenttcnted. j
If we continue at proper intervals to have . i
such seasons as we had yesterday and the; |
evening before, our farmers cannot fail to have j
a largo quantity of corn,iand other produce to
dispose of, for which they will have ready
sale, and receive the "ready money" the ensuing
fall. I
TEXKS. i
The Congress of Texas commenced its so
cond session at Houston, on the 13th inst. The J
government have taken steps to negotiate the (
bonds for a loan of five millions,?but we arc
not informed whether it is expected to nego- j j
tiate them in the United States or in Europe. : ,
c* ? i- ? - *1.aPT.^A A\ 1/aon in I >
oili'ii arc ujc luuiis unci tu iu. ui? ... , j
times than ofless'commercial embarrassment ' j
than these, we think it would not remain long j t
without being taken. Two charters for bank- j y
ing institutions exist in Texas?one with a i ?
capital of five millions, the other ofone million. |
It is expected that one or both of these will;
soon get into operation, and the currency of:
Texas may speedily become sounder and better !
than the wretched and delusive system, which
has been so badly uregulated" in the United !
.States.?A"etc Orleans Bulletin.
From H'es/ of Arkansas.
from tiie arkansas state gazette. j J
Choctaw Nation, April 9. i
"A Choctaw Indian, who has been much of L
his time among the Camunches the past sum-1
mer, says, that while he was among these In- j
dianslast summer, several Mexican officers :
were there, making arrangements to get them I
to join the Mexicans in the war against Texas ,
* . i i* . ? .
and that they had accepted ot trie lerms oner- i
ed by said officer?. lie farther says, that
while a company of dragoons was in the prai- !
ries last summer, three Mexican officers were I
then with the Camanches, hid out and fed by '
tiiem, while tlie dragoons remained in the vi-'
cinity of their lodges. They were to remain I
neutral until they received their arms and am- ,
munition from Mexico, and then to commence
their war of extermination against the Tex i an?,
(or the white people as the Choctaw relates,) i
kill all or drive them across the4great red irater' j
(no doubt meaning Red River,) where they !
came from. i
"T!:gy were friendly to the Choctaw, and J
told him that they did not wish to fight with any i
other tribe }f Indians, but wished all other j
tribes, partieularly the Choctaws, to join them
in their war."
Contents <f the Southern Jgricutturist, |
for May.
nuTfiiYii. flowMrvmATioxs.?Cautions *
against using the Cultivator, and sugges. J
lions fortlw more extensive use of the coin- i
mon Plough anong Sea-Island Planters;
l?j "St. John's Coileton;"' on the Cotton
Culture, by "C." on the Six-acre System
of Cot!or Culture, by 44 Beaulort;" on
Grasses?Correspondence between Dr. j
J;;s. Davis and Mr. Jas. Camak.
Selections.?Knowledge of Plan's applied
to Farming and Gardening; Mr. Baden's
44 Mary land CornRotation of
Crops.?Potatoes and Corn; Rise and
Progress of Agriculture; on the suitable- j
nessof Warm Climates lor Wine Making: :
Morality of High Prices; Experiments of
various Manures on Potatoes; Siik and
Sugar-Beer Culture and Manufacture; |
Rules for Reading Books: Hints on Early ,
Education; on the Impregnation of Plants; '
Milking Cows.
?
M ISC ELL A N?OU3 L\ TELLIG F.KCS.?ClliiU re
of Root Crops; Turnips, Corn, Potatoes,
&c,; Heat of the Earth's Centre; Impor
tation of Wheat; Murder; Silk Manuftc*
turc in England; Silk in France; Corn
and Oil; Choice of Geese; Population of
Texas; Green Tea; Garden Plants at j
Paris; Animal Instinct; Advertisement?
Medical Properties of the Grey Sulphur
Springs.
The Rev. James Thomas will preach at J
Wm. Powel's on the 23d instant, at night;
on the 24th, at Piney Grove, in Rockingham
county, N. C.; on the 27th, at Dockery's M. j
H.; on the 28th, at Piney Grove; 29lh at I
Ccder Creek, Anson couuty; that night in !
Wadesboro'; on the 31st at Medow Branch; j
that night at L. Williams'; on the 2d, 3d, and |
4th, June, in Charlotte; on the 7th, at Chalk ,
Level; 9th, 10th, and 11th, at Flint Hill; 13th {
at Hickory Grove; 11th, at Sardis; that J
night in Vorkville; on the 13th and 16th, in
Yorkville ; 17th. at MilJ Creek ; 18th at Flint
Hill.
Friends are requested to extend these notices.
M, " I !
Merchants' Bank of So. Ca. j
At Ciieraw, May 19, 1837. |
At a special meeting of the Board of Direct- i
ors this day, the following resolutions were J
unanimously adopted:
Whereas tbo Banks in New York, Boston, 1
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston 1
ami Mobile, besides many others out of this 1
State, and the other Banks within this State,
have suspended specie payments?
And whereas it would Ikj iujurious to the in.
terest of this Bank to continue to pay sjiecic for
its Bills, while the other Banks refuse to do so. '
It is therefore.
Resolved, That this Bank siisjwnd payment
in specie, until the further action of this Board. :
Resolved further, That this Bank will not in- j I
:rcase its' issues above what tliey now are, do- | J
ring the period for which specie payments are ; J
suspended.
J. WRIGHT, President, i J
May 24 23 tf j I
, i I
Sheriff's Sales. i<
On urils rf Fieri Facias.
^S/"ILL be sold at the Plantation lately own- :
cd by Djniel Nicholson, whereon Mai- j j
;om McLoud resides, on the first Tuesday in j
lune next, within the legal hours, the following j f
>ropcrty viz:? ; p
One Ox?four Cows and Calves and two ! U
fcarliugs, levied o:i as tlio property of Daniel i ?i
Nicholson at the suit of Mark llailey and Good- !
ich &, Webb vs. Daniel Nicholson. ! S
Terms, cash?purchasers will pay for ShcrifPs ; S
^ "' A. M. LOWRY, s. c. d. j S
IherifF's Ollice, ?
? Mav, 1637. ^ 27 3t i
I j 'I
Pen Knives.
T
4f :w line Roger's Pen Knives, and Silver y
Pencil Cases, at the Bookstore.
Rowand's Tonic Mixture,
PERSONS wilh F'vor a::A v\ili consuit
their beat interest by atyA '!? *l) l'"*
Aqent at tlie Store of Mr. Join. A high*. where
they can always procure the al*. vc truly
bio medicine.
JOHN WRIGHT, / '. ft.
May 17 27 3:
Notice.
THE Subscriber has lately iiC-'V ?t hi*
Spring and Summer Good-, :.i.d'..r<g !?:i
issortujent vry good?consisting m part, jI
French Iiinens, Russia Sheeting*, Gr '-loth,
md Printed Muslins, und a general assortment
>f Staple Goods.
He has also ou hand a good supply of ):ocories,
consisting in part, of White J iva liio and
Liguira Coffee, St. (-roix and Porto Rico Sugar,
Molasses, Ac, unJ a general assortment of
Hardware. His Stock is as large and we:! seeded
as any one in lawn, and lie is detejrnin,o
sell at the lowest rates, and particularly inrites
all his fo.-nvr customers and the public
generally to cali aud examine tor themselves.
JJL S. HAULLEE.
May 17 27 4t
Extensive Sale
OF
VALUABLE PROPERTY.
WILL BE SOLD, on Monday the 20d
instant, at Public Auction, in the town
at' Wilmington, N. C., tnc following property,
X'longing to the E.iUte of Wiiiiaui DoUguil,
Esq., deceased, on a credit of six months, viz
*>f2dllfc BBLS' TERPENTINE, (or
/^TP^LrTF thereabouts,) lying on the
Wharf, and now in shipping order,
200 bbls. Tar, also in shipping order,
17 bales Cotton,
25 hiids. Molasses, %
50 casks Lime,
57 hags Coffee,
7 lihds. Sugar,
7 boxes ditto,
3 barrels ditto,
10 barrels prime Boef,
SO boxes Window GLss,
1 hlid. Leaf Tobacco,
700 bushels Alum Salt, (or thcroabouUt
15 sacks Liverpool diUo,
And the balance of Stock of Ship Chandlery,
JLc.
OSE IIORSE, GIG, DRAY AND CART
?ALSO?
Household, and Kitchen
?u?.iTiTtrp.a,
Consisting of Chairs, Tabhs, Bixls and Bad
ding, Sideboard, Bureaus, Looking
C?lasses, Carj?ets, &.C. &c.
Ai.so, on Saturday the tilth instant, in tha
Town of l'ayetterille, a omlity of Molasses,
Salt, Sugar, Coifbe, &c.
?ALSO?
On Thursday the 1st day of June next, the following
Property, belonging to the suuio Estate,
viz:
Tlio Schooner CAROLINE, throe year* old
nest June, copper fastened and copered eighteen
inches above light water mark, 1S9 tons, high
deck, buiit in this State of the most durable materials?Live
Oak, Red Cedar and Pitch Pino
?carries a large cargo, is a tirst rate sailer and
in every respect a lirst rate ressol, being well
found in every particular, und now ready to receive
a cargo, draws Il)? feet, deep loaded
Schooner CALEB NICIIOLS, four years
old this month, 1G3 tons, high deck, copper
frstened, built also in this State, and of same
materials as Caroline, carries and sails woll. is
well found and in fir*t rate order, and now ready
to receive a cargo, draws 10 feet, when deep
loaded.
Steamer WILMINGTON, not twelve months
old, alio built in this State, of Iho very best
materials, 125 feet long, 24 feet beam. 7$ feet
hold, with promenade deck, has a horizontal
high pressure Engine of SO horse power, 19$
inches cylinder, ? feet stroke, 5 wrought iron
boiler", 21 feet long and 30 inches diameter,
working John Kirkpatrick's patent valve. This
Boat was built expressly for the shoal water of
the Cape Fear River, and is well calculated for
any trade where large cargo, very light draft of
water, speed and power, are required. 8he has
pro\*cd a first rate tower.
Tow Boat PETER ROSS, 96 feet long, 1G
feet wide, 3$ feet deep, draws 10 inches when
light, six months old, and carries JOO tops.
Tow Boat FAYETTE,VILL?, 86 feet long,
16 feet wide, 3 foot deep, draws 6 inches light,
and will carry equal to 60 loua,?-about four
months old. Both these Bouts navo complete
sets of Tarpaulins.
Also, an open FLAT, intendod for eery .shoal
water.
At the same time will also be Ilired, a num.
ber of NEGROES, fur the remainder of the
year.
O. G. PARS LEV, Administrate.
Wilmington, N. C. May 1, 183.7.
26 tds.
Neu? Orleans, May 1$.
Cotton, 7$ a 11$; Sugar, prime, 4 a 5$; Mo.
lasses 25 a 27; on plantation 21 a 23.
Pork, clear 21 dolls, per bbi. plenty mess, 17;
prime, 14 plenty ; P.O. 13 plenty; bulk 51.2
a 6 1.4.
Bacon, hams 8 1-2 a 9; canvassed 10 a 101-2;
Midlings 8 1-2 a 9; Shoulders 6 1.2 a "
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liJIU I u V.
COMMERCIAL RECORD.
PRICES CURRENT. MAY 2.
liccf iu market, lb i> 8
Bacon from wagons, IL> 10 11
by retail, lb 12.?
Butter lb 2u 2a
Beeswax lb 20 22
Bagging .yu/J 18 25
Balero;>c lb 12 14
Coffee lb 12J 16
Cotton IDUIImj ; 5 8
Cora bushel 80 100
plour Country, brl 700 800
Northern, brl 1300 J00O
leathers from wagons io 40 45
Fodder. 125 150
Hides ?reoji lb a
dry lb 10
Iron lOOlbs 5 00 650
Indigo ib 7a 250
Linio cask 000 000
f?ird lb 121
n. <? -. I oc
IjC:U.RT MInv
!.^o,-1 11 1? l;'i
UolassM if} } ' > '
S'ails cut assorted Jo b$ "
wrought lb ,
>a?3 bushel 40 50
Jil curriers ?'J1 73: 100
lamp '35
1 msec J i 120 J 37 J
'ainta white iead I.cg, 3251 425
Spanish brown lb 8 12$
'eas, 1''0
ork 10011)6 ?0w .000
Lice UUOIbs 400 500
hot, Bag i 2^5 250
6 JI> 12$
urir ^ i 10 12$
alt -sack. | 3JO 325
salt bttrh 87$ 100
teel American 1^ j '0
English Juj \* 1 ,4
German '0 I j~
'allow ih 10 12$
'ca imparl) I lb 125 137$
hyson ^ *b m 125
'obuceo inattufactored lb 10 15
rjn'lo'V Hass 8 x 10 50ft 325 350
10x12 350 1 373
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