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OLD SERIES, VOL. Xli.
NEW SERIES-VOL. 3-m lft
FLAG OF THE UNION,
ElUblilM July s, 1*J3.
STATE JOURNAL Ic FLAG OF TUE UNION,
United November 9,1843.
Ominous_We clip the following piece of
ppetry fiom the “Dublin Nation,” ana lay it be
fore our readers, as significant 0f the course
of the people of Ireland, should it be our good,
or bad fortune to have a war with E inland.
The Tow ot Tipperary.
From Carrick street to Shannon shore,
From tlievcnamon to Uallindeary—
From Longford-pasB to Gallymore—
Corne hear the vow of Tipperary.
Too long we fought for Britain’s cause,
And of our olood was never chary ;
Bite's paid us baak with tyrants laws,
And thinned the Homes of Tipperary.
But never more we’ll win eticli thanks,
We swesrljy God, and Virgin Mary! •
Never to list in British ranks,
And that's the vow of Tipperary.
Orcgoil—Arbitration.
Those who have been inclined to think
unfavorable of the action of the Executive
in rejecting arbitration us proposed by Mr.
Pakenliain, are earnestly desired 10 read the
subjoined remarks of the New York Eve
ning Post, 'll the statements mudo by llie
Post are correct—and of their accuracy
there can, wo think, be no doubt—who will
•ay that the adjustment of this question
ought to be withdrawn from lire control of
the powers'most inlertsted in the territory
ia dispute ?—N. Y. News.
We hRve repeatedly proposed to divide
the country by the 49ili parallel—this of
fer, England, for thirty years lias steadily
refused. Anything abort of this line de
prives us of every port on the Pacific —gives
us a territory without a single herbor, port,
®r roadsiead, and yet it is this absolute re
fusal of ports thnt England calls »n offer
when she suggests to us the Co’tirnbia riv.
er as the dividing line. Equally unfair is
her last proposed division I y the Columbia,
with the addition of a headland cnmnletdly
cut off from the rest of our possessions and
of certain freo ports. What avails a head
land separated from our own territory by a
hundred miles of British Oregon 1 Of what
uae are ports ''free'' only ut the pleasure of
Great Britain.
In a word, we l ave proposed to divide
he country by a line, giving to each.power
moielics of its surface nearly equal, and giv
ing to Great Britain almost all the porls.
Great Britain has never made any* propo
sition which w 141 Id give us a single available
norL
Is this reasonable ? Is it just t Is it
friendly ? The Oregon question to day is
of little moment—hull'a century hence, ibe
enterprising population employed in the
commerce of the Pacific will look back with
amazement at the men who in 1845, pro
nounced the controversy one of no conse
quence, and in its discussion utterly over
looked the question of the harbors of the
country.
Whut now is (he question.to arbitrate ?
What is to be left to arbitration? The
matter and the only matter, to be left to
die proposed board is, whether the United
S'ates shall have any ports on the Pacific
Ocean—not how many, but whether any.
Draw the line where you will, Great Britain
must be left with beautiful and abundant
\iarbors. Draw it half a degree below lor
y-nine, and the United States are left with
it one.
Is this a question to be left to nrbitra
.ibn ? An arbitration which, go as it may,
will go in favor of England, Riid which may
result most adversely to the Uuteri Slates?
To offer such an arbitration, after a whole
generation spent in w®«dv refusal of otlr
reasonable o(Ter.*> 1S surely little in accor
dance with what Mr. Pakenliam calls a
“friendly intention” or “a holy purpose.”
The result of this negotiation makes us
look with greatly increased anxiety to the
passage of the notice hill through tlio Sen
ate, and the adoption of proper measures
of national defence.
It is evident that delay only tends to in
crease the difficulty, and though we have
no apprehension that England will venture
on a war, the real object of which would ho
to exclude us from the Pacific Ocean, still
the nature and position of (he controversy
call loudly for enorgetic and decisive ac
tion.
Mr. Elijah White, a “settler” in Oregon,
baa been writing a scries of interesting let
lera in the “Union,” descriptive of that
great country. The following picture o(
the American colony there wiil show, that
there is full justification for the deep inte
rest taken in the question. Ho says :
"We now grow all the fruits and grains
fteculiar to the northern and western States
—have the choicest gardens, with vegetuhlcs
of every description ; amt the cheerful prai
ries are enlivened by thousands of domestic
herds, roaming at pleasure, and luxuriating
upon nature’s own bountiful provision, both
summer and winter. We now number, in
‘•II* somewhere in the vicinity of seven
thousand—have seven grist mills and ten
•aw mills in operation ; five neat chureh ed
ifices, some eight or ten common schools,
one large academical institution, well con
ducted ; four American and two English
■tores j a colonial library worth several thou
•and dollars ; a valuable printing press; a
town at the falls 0f the Willamette of five
hundred inhabitant*; and a peaceable, hap
py, orderly people in hwn and country liv.
ing without brand; or aVohol, under laws
of tb'ir own making; and j„ obtaining the
good things of this life, they a*, getting for
ward most comraendably.
“Our foreign commercial relations are not
well established, and a circulating medium
ia much needed, as gold and silver ace
■carce ; but in the absence of both, Ibr rea
sons to be assigned hereafter, our colony in
Oregon has more rapidly advanced theii
•tote th<m any heretofore planted.”
From the Worcester (Mast.) Palladium.
The News from England—freedom
to Trade.
Tlia news brought by th? Cambria is the
most important that has crossed the water
since the pence of 1815. It is pacific in
character—and lor more than that even
10 the present generation of men. It is not
ilia! the leuders of the two great parties in
England, Sir Robert Peel and Lord John
Russell, both mnnifest the most pacific tem
per towards the United States. It is not
that they both openly disapprove ,Mr. Pak.
enham's rejection of President Polk’s offer
to the 40th degree as the boundary of Ore
gon, without referring the proposition to his
government. It is not alone in these', or in
the manifestation of feelings the most pacific
towards our country. It is in the great
fact that the proud landed aristocracy of
England has at last been forced to let go
its grasp upon the giant monopoly of the
Corn Laws—a monopoly that has been for
many years the subject of the most with
ering denunciations, because ol its oppres
sions upon the mass of the people in depri
ving them of a sufficiency of bread.
Mr. Cobden’a League inis well nigh nc.
complished the purpose of its organization.
The monopoly will yet struggle hard for
the mastery. It may in the outset defeat
the Ministry in Parliament ; hut it is doom,
ed. and must come down, or the govern
ment must stop. Whigs and Tories have
both tried their hands ut currying on the
government and upholding the cum laws,
and have failed in the experiment. The
Ministry have brought forward their scheme
for giving fioedom to industry, releasing
trade Iroin odious restrictions, nnd putting
the loaf upon every man’s table ; nnd if
they fail to carry the project, and go out of
power, there will ho nobody 10supply their
places. Therefore, the experiment that
iias been commenced, must go on. or the
government must stop. In this extremity
the landholders find themselves, and howev
er repugnant it may be to their pride, there
is no escape from it, hut through submission.
It is impossible, therefore, that tiro Ministry
shsuld fail to carry their scheme.
What is Mr. Peel’s project ? It is nothing
less than giving freedom to industry and
trade, in the very stronghold of restrictive
and prohibitory systems. If perfected, it
will he a century ot progress to the nations
in the arts of civilization ; for if the restric
tive system rails in Great Britain, it falls
throughout the world. It is the will of that
Providence that guides the race, that it should
be so. The failure of the potato crop lias
IHgjtcncii the crisis, tor starvation has a re
sWiess energy. It knocks loud, will be
heard, and cannot be turned awny with a
contemptuous nnswer. The people must
have bread, and ttie monopoly of ilie coin
4hws can no longer stand in the way. Jus
lice, .immutable, even-handed justice de
mands that the monopoly shall be ground
to powder; arid in such a contest it is not
s.ifu for government to take the side of
wrong against right.
A market is to be opened in England (or
the surplus agricultural products ot other
nations. Indian corn, one of the gnat
crops of the United States, and on which
I England now imposes a heavy duty, it is
I proposed by Mr. Peel to admit upon the
light tax of one shilling the quarter,—les.
than tliiee cents on the bushel. Many im
portant ar'icles of provisions, atjch ns beef,
pork, bacon, &c. are to ne entirely relieved
from import duties ; and on nil others the
present taxes are to be so essentially redu
ced as lo take away from their revenue
system every thing of a protective charac
ter.
Our country is capable of immensity of
production. We can almost supply the
world witli bread, let the demand be made
upon ils productive energies. The jHolifie
West needs a market for the abundance it
con produce, so that it need not be thrown
into the older Slules, and thus press down
their agriculture by excessive competition.
The influence of this great free trade move
ment in England, is to lie felt throughout
tlie world. 1 knocks off (lie shackles which
have been imposed upon labor for the bene
fit of capital, and ^industry will rise up "re
generated and disenthralled.” 1 is passage
through Parliament will give an increased
value to every cultivated acre of land in
America : for we shall find a better market
for our produce and Great Britnin will some,
how find the means to pay for it ; and in
that way trade will be promoted.
Let the United States then meet these ad
vanres towards a more liberal system of
commerce among the nations with an open
handed liberality iri the arrangement of our
revenue system ; for this is the way in which
the great principles of enlightened freedom,
having their foundation in benevolence, in
truth, and in right, are to be diffused over the
earth. Objections will be made, hut their
own selfishness will take from them all thuir
force.
We are glad to learn that the citizens of
TusSaloosa county are moving on the sub
ject of manufactures. The last Monitor
states that stocks to the amount of $40,000
has already been subscribed, and that
two gentlemen have agreed to erect nil
the necessary buildings, and take their pay
in stock, which will increase the amoum to
$60,000.
We look upon this movement in Tusca
loosa as the most important event that has
lately transpired in our State, and shall mark
its progress with no email interest. We
think we see in it the germ ot a degree of
prosperity such as neither Alabama, noitony
State South, has hitherto witnessed. We
have had line upon line and precept upon
precept on the advantages of manufacturing,
till the propriety, if not necessity, of the
step is generally admitted. All that is now
wanting is a practical illustration of the
truth established by a'rgument. This we
think Tuscaloosa will shortly afford. . She
has fine water privileges, extensive beds of
coal, rich mines of iron ore, and, better still,
men of capital and enterprise—all the re
quisites, in fine, for becoming a g eat man
ufacturing town.—Pickens Republican.
I Discovery of a new Diamond mine.
‘•We have received from Rio de Janeiro
a letter which gives some curious details re
lative to (he working of a new diamond
mine recently discovered in Brazil. For
some months past the communications nnd
commercial intercourse with the province
I ot Baiun have been extiaordinnry brisk. A
large number ofinhabitnnts, speculators, ad
venturers, and even sugar planters, are emi
grating with their slaves to the province of
Bahia, where is situate an immense dia
mond mine, the produce of which is incred
ihle. It was discovered in October, 1844,
by a slave, who in 20 days hud gathered
70t) carats of diamonds, and carded tli ir. a
considerable distance for sale. Arrested
affd imprisoned, the slave obstinately refus
ed to disclose the locus in quo. They there
fore let him loose, and put n number of in
telligent Indians upon his ‘trail.’ The hit.
ter pursued him for several days, and found
him working for the extraction of (lie din.
monds not far from Caxoeira, the second
city ol Bahia. Investigations were then
made on a large scale along a chain of
mountains called Sincura, which hare given
the name to this mine, nnd on the banks ot
the river Parnguassu, which falls into the
bay ot Baliiu. The first persons who es
lablished themselves nt the mine of Sincur
ra were chiefly crnvicts and murderers.
They made known their presence hv fires
and assassinations. The difficulty of sub
sisting in the country, uud the danger to
which those were exposed who proceeded
thither to exchange diamonds for the paper
money of Brazil, prev< nted honorable mer
chants from entorug into the trade. By'
degrees when the population laid become
more numerous, a system of police was cs:
lablished by the new colonists and the mine
was then worked upon a much larger and
moie •extensive scale. The population,
w hich only amounted in ’August, 1844, to
8000 souls, distributed over three villages,
was at the end of July upwards of 30,000.
and on the increase' The villages at pres
ent inhabited and cultivated are seven in
number, nnd are named Paraguasso, Coin
linens, Chiqucchjque, Cousu-Bon, Andra
shy, Nage nail Lmeoc. The last named
vill ige, which i9 20 leagues distant from
Paraguassa, remains alone 3000 families
nnd 20.000 inhabitants. The centra! point
ot.the diamond trade is Pnraguassnu, w hich
nlihoiigh sufficiently peopled, has only nt
present twelve small houses of brick. Al
most all the miners go thither on Saturdays
and Sundays to sell the stones they have
picked up during the week. They receive
in exchange different articles of consump»
lion,arms and apparel, which are brought
thither nt great expense from Bahia. The
diamonds extracted trom l'urnguassu are
generally speaking, of o brown color, und
of a very irregular formation. White and
| light green, almost transparent on their first
extraction from the tn.ne, distinguish those
of Lancoes, Tliev are of an ocinhedral
form, dll cl a ro the most in request. It is
often requisite to dig three or lour metres
in order to reach the cascaille, or layer ol
the diamonds. Diamonds are also discov
ered in the rocky ravines at the bottom of
the Parngunssti itself, and the streams which
fall into it. The price of these diutnonds
varies, at Bahia, from 250 to 508 milrois
per octave (G70f. 13401.) according to their
fineness and size. The octavo is 17 1-2
carats; hut the Brazillian carat is 7 1-2
per cent less than the French, which makes
ilie Brazilian carat about G7fto 134f. The
present course of exchange ol Bahia is 3G5
reis for 1 franc. The two English steamers
of May and June brought nliout 5,500,000
francs worth of diamonds from this mine.
Duiing the months of Juno and July the
mine yielded nearly 1450 carats per day.
It is estimated lo have produced, during the
six months of its working, nearly 400,000
Porlugues carats (about 18,300,000 francs,)
of which three-fifths were sent lo England,
another filthawnits buyers at Ilio .luneiro
and Bahia. Not all the lapidaries in Europe
would be sufficient to polish only ouo half
of the produce of the Sincurru mini?; thus
a depreciation of that value is expected,
which gives rise to the most hazardous spec
ulations. Brazil, which has the privilege
of supplying the trade with diamonds, did
not produce annually, before the discovery
en kilogrammes, which cost more than n
million for ihe expenses of working ; thus
the price even in the rough slate, bus always
been very high. Hitherto no very large
diamonds have been found at Sincurra.—
Tncre are very few in the world weighing
more than 20 grammes. The largest dia
mond is that of Agra, weighing 133 gram
mes ; (hn| of the Rajah ol Mntan, in Borneo,
weighs 78 grammes ; that of the Great Mo.
gul 63 grummes, and that of France, called
the “Regent.1’ 28 grammes 89 centigram
mes; but it is of a very pretty shape and
perfect in every respect. Bclore being pol
ished it weighed 87 grammes, nnd cost two
years' labor. The mine of Sincurra pre
sents the spectacle of an independent colo
ny in the bosom of the mother country
Hitherto the Government has taken no steps
to possess itself ol the direction of this trade,
which promises to be so abundant a source
of wealth In Bahia, and it will he perhaps
induced to sanction the regulations formed
by the inhabitants themselves for the work'
ing of the mine which nlieady covers a su
perficies of more than 30 leagues !”—Jour
nal des Debats.
The Diamond Mine.—The Frankfort
journal has an extract ofa letter Irom Rio,
giving some curious details of the diamond
mines recently discovered in Brazil :-“Hals
full ol the stones have been picken up and
brought away. Two-thirds of them are of
a yellowish tinge, and do not possess the us.
ud hardness ol the diamond, but many of
them are vtyy fine. Tlu- House of Bomfim
and Sesliesldr.the largest diamond merchants
at Rio Janeiro, at first threw doubts on the
reality of this discovery of the mine, but
notwithstanding this every one who has dia
monds on hand is endeavoring to sell them
at the best price they cm obtain, fearing &
great reduction in the value. The country
where the new mines are siloate is thickly
populated, but the people are mostly very
poor.”
CHorcE Cotton.—A Jay or two since
wo received from Col. McDonald,ofBarbour
1 County in this Stute, a small samp/e of col.
ion raised on his plantation, which, for fine,
ness of fibre, length of staple, color and
cleanl.ness excels anything we have seen
this season, to the shape of Upland cotlon.
Col. McDonald is an agriculturist in prac.
lice os well as theory,and has rendered great
service to the agricultural interests of our
Slate. Severnl productions from his pen,
possessing both interest and originality, on
agricultural subjects, hove already been laid
before the public-some ol these, we arc proud
to pay, have appeared in the columns ol this
paper. Sucli men are benefactors and or
naments of the age in which they live.
We copy the following from the last num
ber of the £ufauly“Southern Shield Mo
bile Advertiser.
Uaise I*ink Cotton*—As an inducement
to our planting friends to devote more ol
their attention to preparing fmo cUton for
market, we publish the following extract ol u
letter to Col. McDonald, dated
"New Yokk, Feb. 7. 1846.
"Col. Alex. McDonald.
“Dear Sir: Your 20 hales of cotton are
in store, and in ns fine order as e*ilon can
he, and probably in as good ns shipped.
14 bales ol the 20 are beautiful, uud the sta
pie altogether superior to that of any you
have sent us heretofore. For the 14, I shall
do much better for you than to have sold it
at home ai nine cents. Inm certain that
I could gel 11 cents, it I would *n j the word,
—•but 1 ask considerable more, and shall
get it too, I think.
“i 8«w a sample of some ciilfnn lo-dav,
grown on the uplunds of Mississippi, (coin
Mastodon seed, and such staple 1 neversaw,
except in Sea Island cotton. I vile lose you
a little, and will learn where th<( seed can
be got for you. * * *
“Your3, truly.
“JAMES VV. PHILLIPS.
The Cotton Plant.—Ti e Now y,,rk
Farmer, in an article upon the C>Uon Plant,
says:
1 crimps no physical event illiterates more
remarkably mid clearly the superintendence
of Providence, limn the Cotton Plant. At
this moment it lias an important influence
in preserving peace between the two great,
est maritime powers, and perhips between
the whole civilized world. The interests of
all.classes in Great Britain are directly or
indirectly dependent on the uninterrupted
supply of cotton from the United Stutes.
A very large portion of the most influential
of the Southern Slates would be reduced to
bankiuptcy by the "suspension, for a lew
years, of the demand lor cotton from Great
Biitaio. I he value of property, throughout
the cotton-growing Slates, would be greatly
depreciated by a rupture between this and
the mother country. The statesmen ol
Gicat Britain and those Stater, foresee these
and Consequent evils, and htiice much of
that unwillingness in the Soulliern States to
provoke a useless and bloody War.—Should
a rupture lake place, it would stimulate the
grow-h of cotton in the liait Indies and
I" South Ameiicn, resulting probably in
a Permanent injury to our Southern sec
li°|>
When we consider the apparently acci
I dental circumstance that let to the culture
I of cotton in this country, nnd the immense
i and varied interests that hive grown out
' of it—interests that affect the moral, reli
gious, social, political and physical position
of the whole world—we see a chain ol'events
that can owe its existence to no other than
the Creator himself.
The Enolisii Cohn Laws.—The Board
of Trade of England have necn circulating,
a pamphlet, the object of wlijcli is to show
how the difficulties in the wui of repealing
the Corn Laws can he obviated. They
maintain that England cansmtain free trade
with all nations, with chenp food, by retain
ing a duty on eight articles only for reve
nue, tobacco, coffee, sugar, tea, spices, salt,
spirituous and malt liquors. These articles
of necessity and luxury they show by offi
cial tables, now produce £19000,000 ster
ling, of the £21,0(10,000, the present amount
of duties collected on all oilier arliclcs.
Then come in the stamp dutiei (amount not
recollected) nnd for the balance(£9,000,000
to make up £50,0110,(100 sterling, the esti
mate to pay the interest on puHic debt, civ
il list, army and navy, it is proposed In place
the deficit entirely on the income tax. This
measure they propose, provided the Corn
Laws are repealed.
Anecdote.—When Clingman was elec
tioneering in one of the obscure villages of
North Carolina, last summer, he asked n
young lady, (a good democrat by the bv) it
the ladies in the valley were not in furor ol
him. She replied we are too good demo
crats for flint. Hut says Cliogrnnn. down
i'.i Cleveland all the gil ls go lbs me—why
not long ngo, there ut Court, when a young
lady was about to give her evidence in
court, the Bible being presented to her, she
asked his honor if it would'nt do-us well for
her to kiss the lawyer, for she would n
great deal rather kiss Mr Clingman. Y*s
Mr. Clingman, rcstorted the spirited maun,
tain gir|. I can tell you why,—she did’nt
want to kiss the truth.—Calumbia Caroli
nian.
A Promising Clerk.—One day last
week, says the Boston Transcript, n mer
chant in Milk street, ordered a clerk, 17 or
18, whom he had just received into his
counting room, to take of an account from
the books with all despatch. Soon after,
hearing him scratching out something from
the ledger, the merchant inquired what he
was doing, to which he replied that he was
“taking off the account, but his knife was so
darned dull that it would take all the after
noon to get it off!”
A Compliment mid a Itcminl
i pence.
The National Intelligence, speaking ol
the news by the Cambriajlsays :
The most curious ilcnrt of intelligence
hv this arrival is Ihe unprecedented com
pliment paid by the House ot Lords to Mr.
Secretary Walker’s Annuli Treasury lie
port, recommending the rfpeal of our pro
teclivo tariff, which was irdered by their
Lordships to be printed for the use ot the
House. It is, indeed, not1 improbable that
the free trade propositionstof our Secreta
ry accelerated, it they did not prompt, the
kindred measure in England of a total re
peal ol the corn laws."
Upon this the N. Y. Evening Post rer
marks, with a reminiscence at this time pe
culiarly interesting, of a very early singe of
the Oregon question :
‘•The Intelligencer is not accurate in
speaking ol the compliment paid to Mr.
Walker’s report as unprecedented. It is
Ihe practice of the English government to
direct the printing ol such documents (rom
abroad as are of great public interest.
I he report concerning the Oregon territo
ry, made by Mr Francis B.ylins, of Mas*,
acliusetts, to the House of Representatives,
twenty years ago—a report which gave us
our first impressions of the value of that
territory, and Ihe strength of the American
title to it—was re-printed in England for the
use ol the British government. So early
was that government awake to the impor
tanee of that territory, and with such vigi.
lance did she watch the proseedings of this
country ill regard to it.
ric II. had the following, correspondence
with the Sexton of the Cuthedru) at Ber
lin : •
‘•1 give notice to your Majesty, lstly, that
there arj hymn books wanting lor tlie roy.
“I family ; I give notice to your Majesty,
2dlv, that I want wood to heat the royal
pew; I give notice to your Majesty, 3d,
that the bnlliistrnde behind the church tow.
arris the river tlucatcns ruin,
Schmidt, Sexton of the Cathedral "
Ui.pi.y of tub King.—“I give notice to
Schmidt, the Sexton, lstly, that those who
wish lo sing may buy books lor Iheinselvep;
I give notice to Schmidt, the Sexton, 2dly,
iliut those who wish to warm may buy some
wood ; I give notice to Schmidt, the Sex
ton, 3dlv, tliut the hullustrade towards the
river does not concern me at all ; I give
notice to Schmidt the Sexton, 4llily, that 1
wish to have no more correspondence with
him."—Boiton Traveller.
Copartnership.
TllK subscribers have connected themselves
together, under the firm of Bull, Dyche
Si Co, fur the purpose of doing a general Fac
torage business in Mobile. They would respect
fully offer their services to their friends and the
public.
, plat t bull,
of the late firm of Bull & Boardtnan.
JNO P. DYCHE.
JNO. BRALENTINE
Mobile, Juno 1,1845. 10 47.
Thompsonian Medical Depot.
RMOVEED TO MO. 70 WATER ST. MOBILE, ALA.
fIMIE subscriber having recently determined
to wind up his business as early ns possi.
ble, will sell his present large slock of But nic
Medicines at cost, adding the expense of im
portation, JOSEPH REED.
Dec. 18, 1845. 5 *2m.
t|iHE SUBSCRIBER having taken liis bro
there, Luke and Huge Alasterson, into Co
partnership, the business will in future be con
| ducted in the name of Masterson &. Brotu
ers, both in St. Louis, Mo. and in this place,
j _ JAS. MASTERSON.
_Wbbile, FI 3, 1846 __ If 13,
NEW DRUGS, MEDICINES, &G.
A LAIUiE and general asanrtmenl of
Drugs and Medicines,
\ Paints and Dye Sluffs,
' Glass and Glass Ware,
Surgical and Denlical instruments,
Olive and Coslor Oil,
Sperm and Wax Candles,sup.
Wines, Brandy and Alcohol,
Congress and Saratoga Water,
Sperm Lard and Linseed Oils,
Perfumeries,Soaps, &c. &c.
Also a voricty of other articles, all of which
are fresh and oflhe best quality,
Dr. SAML. SMITH.
May 8th, 1845,
Tax Collector’s Sale.
ON the first Monday in May, 1846, 1 elial
offer for sale, for cash, at the Court House
door, in Walker county, tor taxes due the ful.
lowing tracts of lands, to wit: the west half of
the north-east fourth of section 19,township 14,
range 7. west; as the property of John K.
Heard. Also, fractional section 10, township
15, range 6, west. On the south side of the
Warrior river, containining 136 acres, as the
properly of Silvester Steel, non residents, this
30th Sept. 1845.
W«. ROBINS, t. c. w c.
Oct. 10, 1845, liu6m-47.
China, rdii.s, I’.urllicnware 4k Cutlery
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
rilHE subscriber is now receivirg an enton
JL sive assortment of the above articles,
which he offers at the lowest prices.
JAS. MASTERSON,
Importer, 34 Water St.
April, 28 1845. ly 24.
~BLDRE1) RAWLINS,
«4>saafUESff2 £>2r aoiMssiEi&sr a
NO. till COM M ERCE ST REST,
H0SIL3.
KEFEREIdCES :
Hon. Joshua L. Martin, Tuscaloosa.
Col. James Pickett* Marengo ("ly.
Col. Win. K. Pickett, Autauga Cty
Col. Jno. J. Winston, Oreene County.
Desha, Smith, & Co. I .. ...
Bradford St Saunders, \ ‘ 0 tc‘
Ruffin Coleman, Columbutt Mist.
Jefferson Mills, ) .. ,
Rev. J no. C. Burros-, $ Aberdeen.
Coh Albert J. Pickett, Montgomery.
Allen & Hayden, ) ...
Ttar, Stewart, &i Co. ( Mobile.
Oct. 31, 1845. tfJO
Executed at Uiia office * ith neatness &. depatch
PREPARATORY SCHOOL
By R FURMAN, Principal.
J. L. FURMAN, Assistant.
THE exercises of this school will be resums
ed on Monday next, it is the object of
the teachers to communicate instruction hi eith
er a part or the whole of the studies required for
admission into tfie Freshman class of the Uni
versity. These studies, as may bo seen by ref
erence to the publication of the Faculty, are,
English Grammar. Arithmetic, and Geography,
Four Books of Cesar's Galli«*VVar; The Bu
colics of Virgil, ami six hooks of the .ASneid ;
Sallust, and several of Cicero'st Orations; Ja
cobs' Greek Reader, and Latin Prosody.
jgprticular attention is paid to Elementary
Principles; and Rending Writing, and Spell
ing, together with a daily exercise in the Sa
cred Scriptures, are, by no means, neglected.
Small boys arc not to be considered as exclu
ded. On the contrary, it is desirable to have
them, in order that they may be taught, from
the first, according to the method most approv
ed by the subscriber.
T he price oF tuition is rechtced to that of ele
ven dollars a quarter of eleven \Veeks each, to
be paid at the end of every quarter,at which time
a vacation of two wicks is usually allowed.
(t^7“ Young (hen desirous of Qualifying them"
selves for teaching in the country, would be
greatly benefited by spending a few months
with the subscriber.
U. FURMAN.
Jan. 3,1840. tf.8.
University or Alabama, Jon 3. 1846.
Mr. Richnrd Furman, nn Alumnus of this Uni
versity, ond ihe principal of an elementary and
classical school in this vicinity, having requested of
die Faculty of the University, an expression of (heir
opinion in regard lo his qualifications ns n teach
er, the Faculiy have no hesitation in saying, that
they regard him us at once able ond faithful, and as
abundantly deserving the patronage of an intelligent
•public.
Mr. Furman has been for six years engaged in
bis present employment; and during this time, he
has sent a number of students to this institution,
who, if not always perfectly prepared for admission,
have, nevertheless, in no case, brought from him
any tcst'moninle which their attainments would not
justify. It is characteristic of him to state, with the
utmost frankness, to all whom it inny concern, whnt
he believes to bo the progress made by the \ upils
under Ins charge.
As an able, honest, and faithful teacher, the Fac
ulty of this University, therefore, very willingly say,
thut sliey know no one more deserving than Mr.
Furman, of the confidence of the public.
By order of the Faculty.
F. A. P. BARNARD, Sccreatry.
University of Alabama, Jan. 15, 18-16.
Mr. Formas—8ir.—By an ordinance of the
Board of Trustees of the University, passed at their
session in Dec. 1813. the Faculty arc authorized
to issue to the teacher or teachers of those candi
dates for admission, who, on the formation of each
succeeding class, shall appear to be best prepared,
a e r tiiicate to that efiect, and an expression of the
1 approbation of the Faculty.
Among those who hove been received into the
Class recently lormed, three individuals have ap
peared to surpass the others in their acquaintance
with the preparatory sntdies; and two of those arc
from your School. Infaccordonce, therefore, with
the Ordinance above cited, this certificate is issued
to you, testifying to the superior attainments of
your pupils over the mass of thoso applying for ad
mission to the University. *
By order of the Board,
F. A. P. BARNARD, Sjc*y.
Jan. 30, 1846, 11
Eiaw co-partnership.
rpllK undersigned will practice as Atlor
JL neys and Counsellors at Law, and Solicit
tors in Equity, ill the several Courts of Tusca
loosa county, and of the adjoining counties, in
which their services mnv he needed.
PORTER, McCROHAN & BRODIE,
Benjamin I*’. Porter, j
Ciia’s. P. McCrohan. > Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Sam'l II. IiRoniE. j
filter Spoon A. Fork Tlaim
lavlury.
1OHN CREGAN, Silver and Gold Smith, ha,
" removed his work shop to Dr. Uriah's new
building, directly opposite the Post Ofiict
where he is prepared to make to order the fol
lowing articles of a very superior quality am
finish, viz :
Silver Tea and Table Spoons,
. Do Soup Ladles,
Do Cream and Gravy Spoons.
Do Knives and Forks,
Do Clips and Tumhleis,
Do Sr It and Mustard Spoons,
Do Butter Knives, &c, &c, &c.
Gentlemens walking canes mounted in Gold
! and Silver in ihc most elegant style. He is ulsc
i prepared to make and repair Jewelry in the
| neatest and best manner, and at the shortest no.
> tice. Me respectfully invites all to call and ex
amine Ins work. Country orders solicited and
executed without delay. All work warranted
equal in quality to silver dollars. The follow,
ing gentlemen kindly allow him to refer to them
Gov. Joshua L. Marlin, Hon B. F. Porler,
tier.. Tlios. D. King, Dr. R- Haywood,
Hon. H, W. Collier, Dr. J . R. Drish,
Hon. J. J. Ormond, Judge T. Owen,
I'eb. 13, 184a
tf 13
Do Dessert
do
Rev. Dr. Manly,
Prof. Stafford,
Jan. 2,1846,
Hopson Owen,
Prof. Brumby,
7—tf.
Purish School of ClirUt Church.
THE Wardens and Vestry of Christ Cliurcl
Tuscaloosa, have made arrangement fo
the permanent establishment of a Classics
School, with the sanction and advice of lh(
lit. Ilov. Bishop of this Diocese, who, togethe
with the Hector of the Church, will act as reg
ular visitors of the same. They have obtainei
the services of Horace L. Edgar Pratt, A. B
(of the Unite sity of New York) as Principal
for the ensuing year.
'I'lie school will be opened the 2d Monday
of Sept next, i n the Rectory on the Church lot
the scholastic year will be divided into two aes
sinus of live months each.
The necessary preparatory branches requiret
for admission to College will be thoroughly
tanirlit, besides all English studies desired
no admission fur less than one session, excepi
when a pupil enters after the commencemenl
of a session.
TUrnON,—twenty dollarj per session
one half to bo paid at the commencement, tin
emaindtr, at the end of each session, to eithei
of the undersigned—
E. W. PECK,
C. M. FOSTER,
HEN IlY A. SNOW,
S. J. LEACH,
AUGUSTIN LYNCH,
C. R. HARKISOV,
E. F. COMEGYS. ?
Tuscnloosa, August J4lh, 1845. ly-39.
Digest of Alabama Reports.
A New Digest of the Alabama Reports, fron
Minor to the 7th New Series, inclusivi
by P. PHILLIPS, esq. is now in course of pub
lication, and will be ready for delivery in tin
fall.
JOEL WHITE, Tuscalo&a.
S. W. ALLEN, Mobile.
, Tuscaloosa, July 1st,-1845. tf i»
Alabama Female Institute,
Right Rev. N. H. COBBS, Visitor and Patron.
KW. ARISTIDES S. SMITH, Rector.
PB! IIobject of ti»is Institution is to fit young
JL ladies for that station in life which Prov
idence designed that they should occupy, by
forming their characters on the basis of a well
informed mind, refined manners, and Christian
morals. To accomplish this end, it will be the
constant aim of the Rector to cultivate and im
prove both the mental and moral faculties of
Ins pupils, as well as to impart to them thorough
instruction iri all those branches of learning
which serve to elevate and adorn the female
character.
Bringing to the task which lie is about to un -
dertake, the results of many years experience
as an Instructor of Youth, the Rector hopes
that, by unremitting exertion, both on his own
pari and on that of ins Assistants, he maybe
enabled not only to give satisfaction to Ins pat
rons, but also to promote the wolfaie and hap
piness ot those who may be confided to his
care.
TERMS.
Board, including washing, bedding,'fuel,
lights, &c. per session of five months, $?5
Tuition—In the Primary’department, 15
“ In the higher departments. ito
For instruction in the Languages, ancient
rnd modern, Instrumental Music, and the va
aious Ornamental branches, extra charges vviil
be made.
'The Boarding Pupils will he expected to at
tend the Episcopal Church, with the Rector’s
family, unless their Parents or guardians prefer
some other place of worship.
Tins Institut/on will go info operation on the
1st Monday in November next.
Applications for the present, may be made
jo the Rt Rjv. N. H. COBBS, D. D., Tus
caloosa.
Oct. 3, 1845. 46 tf
A
»rii«s .v a
GENERAL assortment—pure fresh, and
good.
Sopns, different kinds
Spices
Surgical instruments
Denlical instruments
Shop furniture
Stationery
Points
Brushes
Varnish
Glass
Medicine clients
Patent medicines
Perfumery
Confectionary
Lemon Syuup
Wines
Dye SLufls
Fiddle strings
Matches ’
Baking Flavors
isinglass
Sullad Oil
Ht*rbs,
tf-c. rf-c.
which are offered ns lmv ns articles of the same
good quality can be ufTordcd.
The subscriber bus alsn lined up at a liPiivy
expense a first rute SODA FOUNT, and will
also during tho summer months keep ICE
CREAM, constantly on hand.
JOHN LITTLc.
Tuscaloosa May 23d 184a. 26 tf
A CAlUil.
WM. McCAY, (recently of Eutaw) res*.
pcctfully offers Ins services to the citi
zens of tins place anil vicinity, as conductor of
a Male. School. From many year experience in
teaching, jm flatters himself thai lie will be able "
to please loose who may patronize him. Ho
will devote himself to the moral and intellectual
advancement of his pupils, cxeicising over them
a strict, yet parental discipline.
The course prescribed will embrace the us.
ual-branchce of English Education, wi h instruc
tion in the Latin anil Greek Languages. Par
ticular attention will be given to Composition
and Declamation.
Terms per session of five months; Primary
Department, $12. Advanced jJIG. Langua
ges, $20.
00“ lief.—lion. S. McAlpin anti lion. J.
V*,'. Taylor, of Greene county.
Tuscaloosa, Jan. ‘J. 1810. tf-8.
WOODRUFF & OLCOTT, would beg
leave to jog the elbow of the public,
and to remind it again, that their assortment of
•‘HOOKS AND STATIONARY” is among
the VEHY HOST IN THE COUNTRY J and they
pledge thcmwlrea as men and as merchants, not
to be undersold in any Southern city.
N. 11. They would also whisper in the ear
of their friends, that "quarter day" had coma
round again, [Setling duy.l
Jan. 9, 1846. tf-8.
look Xlere. _~r'
IF any person wants a first rate Buggy, Parle
Carriage, Rockaway, Buggy, or Carryal,
and makes us any thing like a reasonable offer,
he gets it. We wish to close a consignment,
and we want the store room. \^'e warrant the
work to be ns good, if not the best, that has ev
er been sent to Alabama, and it is handsomely
and tastily made.
WOODRUFF &. OLCOTT.
N. II. Our fall and winter supplies of New
Books are beginning to arrive—a splendid col
lection
Oct 31,1845.
tf-50.
t TllKlSI OL.OUY nl the Old Testament,
and a Commentary on the predictions of
the Messiah by the I'rophels. By K. W. Htg
stenburg. Translated from the German, by
Reuel Keith, D. D. Prof. in the Protestant
Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia. 3
vola. 8vo. Fur tale by
WOODRUFF & OLCOTT,
Waverly I’lucr,
Nov. 14, 1845. tf-52.
AT COST.
fashionable clothing.
CJ. FIQUKT would inform the public,
• that he now offers his stock of fashionable
Over Goats, and Winter Frock Coats, at New
Vork cost, and expenses, for par funds. He
lias also on hand a large stock of the finest
French Cloths and Gassiineres, which he will
sell very low for cash and cush only. Gentle
men, if you want 10 purchase fine and good
■ clothing, for littie money,just call atFiQET’S,
who will sell lower than the Jews.
Jan. 19. 1846. tflO
The Fre e-Mason's Monitor*
CON GAINING a delineation of the funda
mente.l principles of Free-JUasonry, &c.
by Z. A. Davis, I’. VV.
Just received and for sale by
JURE WHITE.
Nov. 21, 1845. tf.l.
Ai.rx.vNorit n. (.litiibuall,
ATIOllNBY AND COVNi.RM.Oa AT LAW, AND SO.
LICITOR IN CHANCERY, J
PICKENSVILLK, ALA.
Inly 27, 1842 :tf.
~fll08. U. CLARKE!,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
WILL practice m the Circuit Courts oil
all the counties composing the third
i Judicial Circuit, la wit: St. Ciair, Shelby, Jef
ferson, Tuscaloosa and Greene; iu the Courts
i of the-United States held in this city, aud in the
Supreme Court of Alabama.
Office in Tutcaloosa, upstairs, above Smith’s
Drug Store
July 12, 1844-34;if