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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AI’GISTA. TUESDAY MORNING JAM AR'V <• The election for county officers, yesterday, re sulted as follows, at the city box: run siiuirr. Wm.V.Korr, «? Benj. Brantly, tom cuiRK svexuioa *sn i.M'Kaicft corars James McLaws, John C. Snead, FOR TAX COLLECTOR- William Kennedy, William O. Eve, 267 FOK RECEIVER Os TAX RETURNS* (ieorge M. VV alker, William Doyle. FOR CORONER* Isaac Hen irks, Jeremiah Morris, 403 Joshua S. Walker. 269 FOR COUNT I SURVEYOR. Daniel Hack, ij ‘ * Cu NOnilillONit Ecectiov is M ASSACHi:- bext*.—The Boston Atlas of the 30lh, gives us returns of the recent election in the sixth Con gressional District of Massachusetts, from al! the towns but one. ihe result is as follows ; Osmyn Baker, (Whig) -641 Israel Billings. (Whig) - r)23 Kodolphus Dickenson, ( Tory) 2141 Mr. Baker falls short of an election fifteen votes in these towns. The Atlas thinks that the re maining town ( Buck land i has probably given a small majority against him. and that there i* consequently no choice. Another C«l»‘ at Ifc3 Ea«t. Another violent ga'o was experienced along the Ma.ssachu-.ctta coast and its vicily, on Friday lh-5 27th ult., which did considerable damage to ▼es»els in the several harbors.— IHe Boston Mer cantile Journal of Monday, states that the tide rose in that harbor to an unusual height,—the wind blowing with great fury,—and overflowed the wharves, carrying off large quantities oi lum ber, and filling the adjacent cellars. Many ves * -Is n irtod their lasts and drove against each oth er, breaking off bowsprits, booms, ttc, Among the disasters, we m te the following 'Pile fine ship Columbiana, of 630 tons, lying a! Charlestown, broke from iter mosrings, and urged by the wind, drove, aiem on, against •he old Chi lestown bridge, with such vio lence. as to carry away two of the piers, and dish through the bridge, as if no obstruction had been placed in her way. The ship next brought -iip against Warren bridge, which fortunately withstood the shock, though not without sustain ing dome injury. The stern swung round a gain-l the wharf and dem dished to atoms a small house, from which fortunately the inmates had escaped. Among the vessels injured, are the schrs. Ve -1 *_*:ty, with coffee, (sunk.) Splendid, Atlantic, (stove.) Palestine. Cased, (stove and sunk.) brig A !elaido, barque Ganges, hermaphrodite brig with lumber far the West Indies, (sank.) i '.nr.eyiondrnre of the Baltimore American. Washixgtos, Dec 30, 1539. HOl’r'R OF REPRESENTATIVES. f i 'ier the reading of tire j itirnal of Friday A 4'.- > eediiigo, the Clerk read the names of the seve ral Standing Committees of the House. They nude a part of the journal of proceedings Mr. Granger of IN. Y.. after the reading of the committees, announced to the House, that his colleague, Mr. Kempshall, who had been absent and unable to be in attendance during the session, was now in lire seat. Mr. Granger attended Mr. K -mpshall to the Speaker’s chair and he wis aw irn in, 8L . i kii v. Mr. Wise tlien rose in lus place,and said that he fa re the House proceeded to business he was •anxious to offer a i important resolution. To this end lie moved a suspension of the rules for the purpose of efiering the following resolution: Ksoivcd. That upon the presentation of any m anorial o. piper, relating to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia or any of the Territories, the same shall be considered as ob jected to upon reception, and the motion to re ceive shall be laid upon the table without debate ■or further action thereon. Mr. Fillmore of IN’. V. objected to the suspen sion of the rub s, and Mr. Wise demanded the a.yes oicl nays. The House objected, 100 to 77. • s o tie House t ’’tired to suspend the rules. A!" Rice Garluii 1 soon after presented some -resolutions referring to the subject of slavery in Flo I nilcd States. Mr. Adams said lie should vote for the recep t on of these resolutions it they could be diseuss el. He feared the Previous Question, and was therefore opposed to suspension. The yeas and n lys were then demanded upon the motion to suspend. The vote was yeas 107. nays 82. Two thirds were necessary, and the House refus ed to act upon the resolution. SMI rUSOM AX HEqt'KST. 'Mr. Adams brought forward a bill in relation i » the Bequest, which, upon his mo tion was referred to a Select Co umittee of nine mem ere heroaUar to be appointed. PBKSiIViX ,’k MESSAGE. Mr. rcoasp-ari ot S. C. upon a motion to re rouabler the vole whereby the House ordered the printing of ext.a copies of the President’: Mes •Mge. unde by him on Friday last, spoke at some length— commentin' u ami disapproving of the Messigc. H: th mght it a very able uoournen*. but avers disingenuous one. and warned the fsoutli n >t to trus; the author of it. Aker Mr.T. had concluded his speech, which occupied about an hour, Mr. Duncan, ot Ohio, moved the Previous Question. Mr. Thomas *n sat 1 that in making his motion to re-consider, he designed to have the Presi dent’s Message debated. If this c mid not be done he waild withdraw his motion. The mo tion to re-consider was therefore withdrawn. * K ' X van Bvnr.v claimants to skats. Mr. Duncan, of Ohio, brought forward a reso lution thin tlic tree \ an Huron claimants of seats from New Jersey. he allowed to take their seats uu.Wi. the-Co ui«litre of Election* decide as to their right to scats c.pon the fl >or, The resolu tel was ti »t in onler, and was not of course » looted. lie-ore the adjouaiment of the House, various n -asures relating U public mailers were referred »• th- several com niltees, and ordered to be pur red. M ast of them were the annual stale, !r ’ ct tire several departments. CXITT.n STATES SENATE. Several memorials were presented upon various -übrcK after the reading .* the journal of ve*. tcrJtjy s pnH-eedinga. Mr. Buchanan presented a memorial, declaring it t • Ha the convi. tion of the rae.nanalists that th- ra>r*l. palmed >.nd pecuniary condition of tire country, w .u!d lie secured hv reducing the rat sot po-tag • on le lers. so that the highest /*U of postage shall not exceed ten cents. 1 Mr Roane presented another memorial, piay- - £ iD V,unon, bv .he French ( , | 1800. HILLS IMPORTED. | . A bill was reported by Mr. \ tmng. or t .e I efit of the Florida. Alabama and Georgia Rail Hoad Company. Several bills ot th.s c, |^ i were reported, and referred to the Commute, on , ; Roads and Canals. Mmar /.p ii Mr. Davis, from the Committee on C ommerc , I reported a bid designed to refund certain dukes | paid hv vessels engaged in the whale fishery. * • j j Davis'said die bill was one of considerable mi- j i parlance, and he should ask attention tan at in- j | earliest moment. bxsoutioxs. ; Mr. Tappan, of Oh o, called up are so mion offered by bin on Friday, proposing an atnen | merit of the Constitution ot the hnitcJ ° . j the end that judges of the U. S. Courts shall not i serve for a longer term than ten years, an wi . the view also of displacing the judgts w 10 iava j served twenty years, after oik year s notice. On motion of Mr. Hu'bard, a resolution was adopted, called upon the President ot the United j Stales to coinmunicate to the Senate the amount j I of money drawn from the I reasury tor private I claims. . , . Mr. Benton called up the resolutions offered by him at the commencement of the session, <uk : sp.;kc at seme length in defence of them-—t e first resolution related to the Portland am *ou isvilic Canal, and the tolls exacted by the com ! panv. which, it was alleged, were inordinate. 'Phis resolution was adopted after the discus i aion had been briefly continued by Mr. Crittenden i of Kv. and Mr. Smith ot Indiana. The Senate then adjourned. 1) jeember 31. ; In the Senate, numerous resolutions were in-j : trod ii red on various subjects. Some of our read- j ers may not be aware that Mr. Tappan, a Doeo t Foco Federalist from Ohio, has introduced into i i the Senate a bill to limit the terms of the Judges j ; of the Supreme Court of the Uni cd States to 7 I i years. _ L In the House, it being petition day, the time j was occupied in attempting to devise a plan to j ’ dispose more effectually and satisfactorily of abo- . 1 lit ion petitions, but nothing definite was accorn- ; j plished, aiid the House adjourned over New | j \ ear’s Day. —Madisonian of Wednesday. i We understand, says the*Grecnvi)!e Mountain* j | ecr. of Friday last, that a kitchen, belonging to j • Mr. Hugh Stokes, about two miles below this j • place, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night j ' the 26th ult., between 10 and 11 o’clock, and ! shocking to relate, three Negroes perished in the ; flames—a man and two of his children. The i fire was net discovered until the bulding was al- j most cr irely enveloped, so that all efforts to res- i cue the unfortunate sufferers proved unavailing. |lt is supposed the Negroer had gooe to bed, after j I which the fire rolled off the hearth upon the floor, | ( i from whence it quickly communicated to ether j > i parts of'he building. ! Fi'ty thousand barrels of fltm have been ship j ped from Rochester and Oswego this season to I the Canadas. Considerable has also been ship j ped from Detroit, and Ohio has aUo solj very I large quantities of pork for the same market. ! ! j - The Governor as Virginia lias appointed Wed ! nesday, the 15th, for an election to he held, to j ; supply the vacancy in Congress, occasioned by 1 1 the resignation of Mr. Mercer. |' ” | 'The whole amount of Treasury Notes out- | i staudiiiir on the Ut instant, was $2,758, 335. | ° ' Correspondence of the North American. New York, Dec. 31, 3P. Al. | | Stocks are higher to-dav, and the feeling more ' 3 I i secure, owing in part to the decline ia foreign ex- ! • i ; changes, which has taken a decided character. \ ! Sterling hills hare soid to-day at 8 prom, and j • francs at 5f35 per dollar, though the highest quo' \ i tation would be a shade above these prices. The corn market continues very dull—Gen- I i nossce flour cannot he quoted over 85.75, for com* i f ; mon brands, and $5,50 a $5,75 is all that could. , i be counted on for all sorts of flour, ! I j ! The directors of the Schuylkill Bank of Phila- ! ( delphia have offered a reward of three thousand j | dollars for the apprehension of Hosea J. Levis, j | late rash.cr of that institution. Schuukiußank.—The Philadelphia North j I American says that a presentment was read on j j Mon lay in the Vriminal Court, hy the Attorney ! Genei.il, charging H. J. Levis, Peter Wager, I U iiiiam Badger, John Miles, Daniel Saint ."33 > Robert Donnell, with a conspiracy to defraud ! ♦he 1 vtc election for directors ot that institution. | i—- - I from the Madisonian of Wednesday. Tin; Committees.—ln the organization of | : the Committees, the Speaker has given* general ' satisfaction to all parties. It was expe Ud that j the Committee of Ways and Means, and of For- i eigu AtGirs, would be given to the Admiuistra- i j non. i’his was right under th • circumstances. ! , The Administration ire responsible for the great I measures of Government, and our negotiations i I with foreign countries Opposition majorities I >ti those Committee might have produced only I einivaiTßssfncMt, us tluMf business i& inti , niately related to the Executive, than that of most others. Fhc Committees on public expenditures of all ' s >rts, are decidedly favorable to the people. Tie y are all of the Opposition, and will hold tne i Government to strict accounts and economical ! habits. Os the thirty-three Committees appointed by | ♦he Speaker, twenty two have Whig chairmen. | ' Last year, under the loco foco administration of I Mr. Polk, it was just the reverse. Mr. Crawford, on behalf of himself and others. ‘ presented the following protest, which being j signed by the protestants was ordered to be enter” i ed on the journals, and which is as follows to i i VVI U v> e, the undersigned, being a portion of the i minority that opposed the passage of the bill to I extend the charter of the Central Bank, &c.. cl.um in the exercise ol our acknowledged right, to protest against said bill, and hereby to declare the grounds of such protest. M e hold that the principle whi. h asserts that the pcop e should rely on the Government for pecuniary relief, is radically wrong. It is an in version ol all proper Government. Above all others, a republic created by the people should rest upon the people. As an obvious inference ton this proposition, we maintain that only the necessary supplies lor the Government ought to be derived from the governed. Applying these admitted truths to the recently adopted nuisance, u is apparent they have been subverted ami out raged. Its pra tical operation, and especial vit carried to the extent avowei and desiVed bv'.ts a ; ocates will in a short period, exhibit its tn 'eilei folly and ruthless oppress on. For it 1 •‘tarts with the outrageous proposiuon that pi bUc credit is to relieve popular want., will, the certain necessity ol umversa and beat j , tavation. in order to redeem Ihal/inW.c cr */. , We further hold that so long as we mixed currency, there must be some es abhshed . standard of value. Among all uommerc al and civilized nations, this standard ts regulated by the , precious metals. Without an adequate supply of these, no sound currency can exist, credit, whether public or private—of a Male,, or . an individual, cannot be regarded as a P ern * d,^‘ 1 and substantial basis of a sou r.J currency; for the , obvious reason, it woul ibe wanting mme first j and indispensiWe test; that oi easy and immediate. , convertibility. In a worn, mere credit cannot j surplv capital.—ln opposition to these plat j truths, confirmed by all experience, thebill just j passed assumes to make the credit ot the Male i the capital of the Central Bank, and thus under its authority, and in the discretion ol the direc tors, credit may produce and reproduce crct! , j such unlimited extent as must necessarily cause j the bills of the bank soon to circulate, as depic- . ciated money, and eventually be u»ed on y m j payment of public dues. To this prominent pe culiarity of the bill, was added another still nu re j hideous. It is that which declares to be a part ot • the active capital of the Central Bank,anamount j nearly of two hundred thousand dollars due the , State on ancient bonds, and other evidences of j debt, that has been for many years suspended m ■ their collection; and from which, in alll probabih- j ty, not one cent will ever be realized, ihe under- ■ signed were desirous 01 restraining the irec ors , of the Bank front extending its issues on this portion of the worthless credit ot the Mate, vat were overruled hv the general reply tnat tic ois , crction of the directors would insure the credit ot the Bank against abuse. We hold that the direc tion and management of the fiscal affairs ot the .State, should be plainly ascertained, and cautious ly o-uarded. Power, of whatsoever kino it may be,”according to the theory and practice of our government, should be restrained by abundant and appropriate checks. And above all the pow er of money, which is usually surrounde yso many temptations, and often prostituted to mis chievous and wicked purposes, should be control - cd by certain and positive law. Discretion can never be safely substituted for law. In a consti tutional view, and in reference to pecuniary mat ters, discretion is never allowed when the law car meet the exigency. VV hen, therefore, the House gave the Directors ot the Central Bank discretionary power to make issues upon that de clared to !<e capital; but, which, in part, was so Worthless, as unworthy to be called credits, it ei ther surrended its legitimate and constitutional authority over the subject, or tacitly acquiesced | in the propriety of the Directors, if they so willed, in banking emphatically on nothing. As a State should bo careful of its credit, and not hy undue expansion expose herself to the ha- 1 zara anu rcprotutl cf Cdapehsion, we were £iiX ious to place such restrictions o - er the Directors of the Central Bank, hy which a result so disas trous and disgraceful might be avoided. These, however, were rejected, and now the Mate, at all hazards, is required to supply every want, wheth er real or feigned. We lurther hold that the f same measure of justice which the State has es- j tablished between her citizens, ought, in no wise, j lobe modified between herself and her citizens.— Indeed, exercising the attributes ot severe gnty, ; and incapable of being drawn without hereon- j sent, into any form in which her l ability maybe j fixed and enforced, she ought to be liberal and j exemplary in her justice. Thus impressed, we j did urge in behalf of the creditors oi the Mate, i that she should be just before she was generous; but this maxim universally accepted and applied ! in her judicial tribunals to transactions between | her citizens, was repudiated in her Legislative Assembly. The past policy of the State in investing her ! j surplus funds in her local monied institutions, | although departed from since the incorporation j 1 of the Central li ink. has never been so far chan | ged as to withdraw such investments, so long as ! ! they were lucrative. The average profits of the i i stock owned by the Mate in the local banks, do- j ring the last ten years, have been nearly eight per | cent per annum; and those of the. Central Bank, ; for the same period, have been less than five per centum per annum. With such a clear arifhmc- j | lical conclusion before us, in which no other con- ; j sideratiou was involved, than that of profit and ' loss we were desirous of keeping the funds of I the State where experience has shown they had ! been most profitably etnplooed; whilst the tnajori ; tv. eager in the pursuit of the new scheme, re ; quire 1 that they should be removed where expe j rien - e has shown they had been least profitably ; employed. For these reasons vve enter our solemn protest ! against the bill in question. 1 Ceorge W. Crawford, Richard Richardson, | Robert A. Toombs, E. C. Lawrence, | Charles J. Jenkins, Edward Ballard, i John E. Ward, Augustus Reese, [ H. W, Flournoy, S. Spencer, | F. M. Stone, Jeremiah Wilchor, j A. H Chappell, IT. W. Hagerman, James L. Seward, T. W. M. Berrien, P. Reynolds, Thomas M core Berrien. B. W. Hubbard, John Milieu. Willis Willingham, Richard D. Arnold, Im.-.hhm McKinnon, Moody Burt, Lewis Wellman, Lewis H. Lynch, John M. Minter, William Chester, William Stroud, A, T. Woolley, Leonard Pratt, Richard McGoldrick, John TL McMath, Hartsfield Hendon, Irby Hudson, Joseph Whig ham, Joseph A. xS. Turner, Burwe.il Greene, W. H. Blount, W S Whitfield, of Pulus. Jeremiah 8. Warren, Anderson Craft, Duncan McArthur, Jonathan Taylor, {chert H. Moore, Wm. E. Evans, Thornes M. O’Neal. William Daniel, James N. Wingfield, Chas. McDowell, Robert Boyd, A. H. Stephens, Willis Darden, John B. Martin. h rom the Georgia Journal 26lh Dec., 18 39. Messrs. Editors I hand you some sketch es, prepared by a friend, of several members of the House of Representatives. I venture upon | their publication, as some of them will be recog i msed as faithful portraitures. Os one thing I |a n confident: not a word is set down in ma lice. Yours, *****' Doctor Arnold, a Representative from ! Chaluam county, is a man of education and lit | eiary taste, and though not bred in that fruitful I school of talkers, the bar, is quite at home when | addressing Mr. >peaker, or giving a lunge at Mr. ; Hunter or Crawford, or to General Glascock of | Richmond. Occasiondy the Doctor lets slip a j wor d. oran epithet, so pungent that one might i question whether it had not been previously sat i uaratedia the sharpest acid of his shop. j Absalom H. Chappell, Esq. of Bibb. i This gentleman is known to the public as being a lawyer of much eminence. !f there is any art to find the mind’s construction in the face, as L ivater would leach us—he has in that broad expanse of forehead, a certificate of a large vol ume ot brain. (What a useless substance in a Geo gii Legislature !!!) Conscious of his own ability and information, he is perhaps rather too incautious in not \eihng his opinion of himself from the censure of those who see, cr think they see. too much of the .Mr Oracle in his manner. His power is enfeebled by such an impression existing in reference to him. He is notan elo quent man, in the common acceptation of that ■erm: he makes no appeals to the passions, and disclaim? any other mode of addressing the House than by a close and connected argument— he . seeks io reach the understanding. Mr. Chappell is said to have made an uoie socech on Gen. Glascock’s Janus-face* 1 con coining the Banks—and to have convinced the ; most ultra-locofoco in the House, that As easy could he the intrench nit air, >Vjth a keen svvvri impress, ns make them t the i Tanks! bleed. i Mr. Chappell is a man of great merit, exceed- , ingly amiable, philosophic in his cast ot nnm , , independent in thought and action. It there is a [ small spice of egotism about him we can leaoily - | pardorx it, as it is generally alloyed with the rich- | j est metal. * . , t Mu. D. C. Campbell, of Bibb, w a penile-: ! man who was on the last Congressional ticket ot I the Union Party. Mr. C. is a native of New I Jersey. It is said of this gentleman that he re- I reived a very high vote for Congress under the | mistaken idea that he was the late Duncan G. IG. Cambpoll, whose public services have been j | very conspicuous. However this may be., Mr. , iC. has a very fine face and uncommon black ; | eye—his whole countenanceiis indicative ot tal-j | e 'nt he is a gentleman in manner —courteous ; and intelligent in conversation. We regret that I I he gave no exhibition of his power as a speaker 1 during the session just ended. We rather sus- ; > pect he. knows that speaking is not his forte, and | therefore keeps silent. . , I | Georc.k W. Crawkoup, Esq. from Ktcn- j i mond.— Few men have been as successful as tins ; gentleman, in establishing such a reputation, in j jso short a time, as an orator. AV henever we j ! hear him in debate, the enquiry involuntary ; forces itself upon us, why lias he been passed j over to make room for men of talent by the ca,- j alouge 1 With a person not striking, it is only when he is seen as it were in the very torrent tempest and whirlwind of debate, rising higher and higher as he warms with his subject, that we fancy that there is something remarkable about his face. Distinguished by a very peculiar voice, by a manner differing from, yet much re sembling that of Vlr. Forsyth, we are pleas*.d al ways with him—he never tears a passion to tat- | lers —he always suits the action to the word— | the word to the action. Mr. Crawford is pre eminently distinguished for his classic taste— chaste in his imagery, he has always a rich store house of troops, and th e cnmrnuni lores o' the orator, for embellishment or illustration, or for such use as the occasion may demand. Wo fear that Mr. Crawford has but litt'e ambition. — ; He does not court as others do, men, that they t may become subservient to hi: aspirations. He | has great pride of character—he could never be- j come a demagogue or sycophant. He is a n fiive j Georgian, Mu. Roiikht W. Flournoy, of Washing- j ton county, —This Representative is evidently a i man o! talent, yet he has imbibed some utopian i notions of government, winch he would do well i to get clear of as impracticable. As ihe ardor ot j youth in one of his temperament is corrected o\ ( the host of instructors, experience, we «re per- ! suaileil that he will he a useful member. A man j of fortune, he con’d devote his entire time to poli- j tics without prejudice to his interests. M c hope ! he will give to political economy, and especially to the subject of banking, a little more observa tion and loss of speculation. General 'Thomas Glascock, of Richmond.— i 'This gentleman h a very prominent mem er ot j the Legislature. A year since he was a member j of Congress, ami has been again nominated by | In's party for the same station. Wo sty his party, i for he is the great General who commands in i ■ every election, and is over in the rear on all ques- j i tions until he has had certain indications o! how i the battle waxes, ami then he sweeps ahead of ! ail others in the fury of his onset. 'This party i lugleman possesses certainly a strong natural j mind; it has, however, been greatly enfeebled by | neglect or other causes—it is a garden full of ; weeds, and little else. We should think the ■ General very averse to study, as we have never I yet heard him utter a profound thought. He i seems content in reference to the discussions of I any of {lie great questions helbrethe. Legislature. ; to gather his matter therefor, from the trashy i editorials of a weak, corrupt or lazy editor, and ! to trick it up in hits of red and blue, a few set j phrases, always at ’ .ml and always used by him, 1 than to ponder over the reflections and reasonings ; of men whose aim being truth, would best aid him j in fulfilling his high duties as a Legislator.— I The consequence is, that this gentleman is a > frothy dedaimer, and to borrow an illustration from Porscn, “He reminds us of that inimitable auctioneer. Mr. Prig, who is as eloquent in des | canting on a ribbon, as on the beauties of a Ra j phiel.” The General is a mere hasher up of the | good tilings said during the debate, which after a | few protestations of “believing in the sincerity of ; his heart,” be »erves up with as much assur.nce j as it every word he uttered was a pearl of ines- I timable price. It is said that this man’s nod con ! trols a party. How has he regained the confi ; dence of the Union pails'? His opposition to j Governor" Schley is well remembered, and his baiting at one time on the Stale Rights party I when a candidate for Congress, is too iccent to i have been forgotten. | This gentleman is getting old, and we hear j with, regret that his circumstances arc em' arrass i cd. \v hat folly to be dashed to pieces in the me i lee of politics, when age. ami duly hid him retire : from a field where he has erected no trophy, and on vvnich he has felt the battle axe of a stronger | arm than his own. , Charles J. Jknhins, Esq., of R;cbrnond, is a bright star in that galaxy of talent which a dorns the House of Representatives. As a de hafant, we think him the readiest and most im pressive in the House. With less .magination than Crawford, he has enough to make him ex ceedingly felicitous in that high declamatory strain in w hich lie often indulges. We are often reminded when we hear Jenkins, of the sketch j which Vlr. Charles Butler has given in his re | minisccnces of the younger Pitt. Mr. J. has a : dear, loud and sonorous voice, a fine expressive j face, full of talent, full of benevolence. His ges- I ticulutiion, though generally appiopriate, may be I much improved. He is remarkably distinguished ! for never saying a weak or trivial thing,, and he furnishes, by his almost alvvoys concluding a de bate, the strongest proof of superior ability. He certainly must be confident of his own intellec tual resources, from the hazard to which he is i constantly exposing his reputation, hy hanging | back until the ablest men have discussed the sub j ject and apparently have exhausted it. Not withstanding this, Mr. J never fails to engage I the attemion of the whole House. Ho never makes a failure. He speaks often, and always sustains htinselt. He is ever instructive and in teresting—often times highly eloquent. Posses sing a calm,dear judgment, and a sagacity which is seldom at fault, he is emphatically a statesman, destined to he among the first, if not the very first, of the rising young men of Georg a. Col. Augustus H. Kenan, from Baldwin. — This gentleman is extensively and favorably known as the Aid-de-Camp of Gen. Winfield Scott in the recent Creek Indian Campaign, and in that for the removal of the Cherokees. The Ugh toned independence of character which is stamped in his commanding person, w as so much appreciated hy his constituents, that notwithstand ing the Union party, of which he is a member is in a minority (so we have heard) in that conn ty. lie was elected by a large majority over any other candidate. Perhaps na member of the Le gislature has exhibited so tittle regard to party movements and wishes as Col. K. He is so con •siiluted that he cannot be trammelled by party restraints. Scorning all things which do not be come a man to do-we have heard him in debate m burning, withering language, expressing his deep detestation of any measure which he deem i ed prejudicial to the interests of the State, and in^ | compatible with hU own lofty notions ot honor, j He merits the commendation ot the country tor I the ability, the fearlessness, and contempt, with 1 which he encounters very frequently ‘ the curses nut loud but deep,” of an unprincipled sot ot in triguers, whom he has foiled so often, and whose hatred he has secured, because he is ever active and viclient in exposing them. W herever he 1 may be placed, he must, by the very force ot h’.s . I character, acquire much influence. His talents ; j are of a high order. He speaks well, encigt ti- , j ra py—often ingeniously, somttimes eloquently, i If as a public speaker some lew have more than 5 himself of the maviler in mtdo , united with a ! proper share of the further in re, it is his fault. He should subject himself to severe discipline in j repressing every ebullition ot passion, and in the i avoidance of every word, or ill-; use of any man- 1 ner, which is not perfectly respectful to an adver- • sarv. Let him . reserve his electricity for gicat j occasions and great offenders. Nature has been j • bountiful in every way to this gentleman. L< t | i him invoke the assistance of art, m pruning some d jof those redundancies which detract from h.s j I usefulness. We apprehend he has ambition, hut j las far as we can discern, it has no fixed purpose. j Joh\ Mii.i-.ssr, Esq., of Chatham, is a gentle- | man of quije unassuming mam ers, a business j man, with an easy fluency of speech, which cna j bles him to express the ideas with clearness, I which bethinks proper to urge upon the attention j jof the House. He is a fearless, independent j j man, one whose self respect is ofthat high stan [ durd. that he cannot be swerved from the line of j | conduct which his own judgment approves. He j I see ins to possess no ambition. Wo should lie j I pleased to have i?cen more of him, that our sketch j ' might have been more extended, j Alkxamjkr Stkpkk.ns, of Taliaferro, has a I remarkable person, to which he is indebted not a little for the reputation he has acquired—very spare—with a pale, we might say, a ca iaverous looking fa e. indicating clearly the deop-scaled | disease which is preying on his life—with Mack eyes of a piercing unnatural brilliancy—we arc i prep .red to sympathize with him before he has | i uttered a line. Added to this, he has a voice by ) ! some deemed boyish—remarkably shrill and \ piercing, distinctly audible in the largest room. j Some persons have fancied that he resembled j very much in person and mind the late John j Randolph of Roanoke. We differ essentially j | with those persons, who have been led to pro- ] I nounce two persons alike, who scarce have in | common a point of resemblance. | Mr. Randolph was a most extraordinary man, \ jin every sense of the term. Discursive in his j i oratory —surpassingly keen in ridicule —biting , | ; in sarcasm—unequalled in retort—superlatively j | beautiful in his classic allusions—with a face so j refined and cultivated, that he was ihc wonder j j and admiration of the distinguished in Europe | j and Aracr ca. We feel that it is doing an injus tice to that man's memory, to compare him with , 1 any one —.r rather to compare another with j him. Mr. Stephens should consider it no roni | plirnent to be considered as resembling Mr. Ran- j j dolph. His own consciousness doubtlessly makes him loathe such adulation, i Mr. Stephens thinks with clearness, and ox | presses himself forcibly. Frequently argumca- j I tativc, often declamatory, his style is always, oen i picuovis, and ho ne\er fails to command atteiflioii. | 1 t i | With, in general, a sound judgment, with many 1 | qualities which fit him eminently for a dehbera | live assembly; we have sometimes seen him with 1 j pain struggling in a morass—involving himself j |by striving to be consistent in error —in greater : ! absurdity. He is a great st ckler for the consli- . j tution—it is a sort of monomania with him—so i much so, that he invariably contrives by some , means or other, to hitch it in, in every discus j sion. He is said to be a very ambitious young | man, and is certainly a rising one. We wish | him an entire restoration to health—a correction ; of a few of his “popular notions”—and a scat in i Congress. ! Rohkkt A, TooMiis, Esq .of Wilkes, This } member possesses high genius, a thorough ac- ; I qnaintance wfih mankind, and is distinguished by his physical and moral courage. (3.ten e!o --| quent, always sens; !e and convincing, he is a ( I formidable adversary in debate. He is a bold, j fluent, sarcastic speaker, ever ready, c er fortu i liUte and clear in illustration—{rank and careless j »n hi»- manner—he appears to be wholly indiffer ent to !ht*‘o!ira embelli.-hir.en?. W th infinite ! and sagacity, w th a cmni tanding t.flenl for the management ot man, it is with himself to se i htet h'sow!- rank am »ng the ri-ing men of tlic j j fstate. We have heard with regret that he has declined rmphaiically a phi- e on the Congression ! <*l ticket of ihetState Right? party. Having a J handsome fortune, we know no gentleman who | could so well sacrifice something to the public; ! ;iru - °he whom we would contribute mure cm ! dia'ly to elevate. j Johv L. \V a a i>. Esq., of Chatham, is a gen | tieinan oi easy address—urbane in fns mode of j debating, and withal a speaker to whom we listen always with pleasure. High minded, his bearing j lias secured to him the esteem of friends, and the j respect of opponents. ( hie fly intent upon his | advancement at the bar. wo think wc perceive | daat tiic , recision of express on to which he has | habituated himself, cramps Its efforts when on a different arena. We think b ghly of his mind, ami a.c persuaded that he is destined to make grca ! improvement in public speaking, w henever lie shall have liberated his intellect from the manacles oi taste ami criticism, with which it lias been too imeh fettered. Consigned? per South Carolina Fail Eeati 1! a HCURC. January 6, 1840. Rath’one & Baker; W Hattier; \v E Jackson; Mrs Buford; btovali. Simmons & Co; T Richards- Moore A Davis; Russell, Hutchinson & Co: I Poullain; (I T Dortic; A Wood A Co; S Clark; B W Fcrci & Co; Haviland, Hisley & Co; J Bravton; V Frederick; Reese &. Beall; W T Thompson; J P Ring; S II i'eck; I Aloisc; C A Greiner; R Alien; Hand & Serration-, T. Dawson; Kemaghaa A Wray;’ Andersen «V Young; Dickson & S; H W >ul!ivan- G Parrott; I) Plunkett; Maher & Rooney. MARRIED, On tbe 31st December, by the Rev. Mr Fo d Mr. Robert Carter. of this citv. to Miss Evei v.v P. Nels )n, daughter of Major Thomas M. Xdso t of Virginia. ’ D I E D. On the 21st ult.,of pleurisy, Mr. John S. Coombs in the bftieta year of his age, who ! ad been from i boyhood a resident of this city. j MARINE INTELLIGENCE. , ! _ Savannah, Jan. 44 | Cleared Hng Havre, Carpenter, Liverpool; brig i Charles Joseph, Mauran, Havre. | Arrived snice our iad —Brig New Hanover, Car . | ty, Philadelphia. ‘ - II A . , „ Charleston, Jan. 6. 1 ! x^Z Ve< ! 0,1 Barq ue Ospray, Bartlett, } I ' emen bng Express, Danneman, Hio , r.|, J 5 brong Lottery, Spencer, St. .Tago; brig j Aldiffh, Baxer, Philadelphia; line brig Huntress, i | Davidson, i.o; schr Sophia, Eaton, N. York- schr Andiewr Adams, Sproull, Damarascotta, Me I Arrived yesterday— 6 chr Oboron, Hauthorne, . | Newcastle, Me. r I . Rr brig Transit, Newbold,West Indies: - t) k. l e. Al pba, Bonney, Havana. i KrDr. FM. ROBERTSON has ' C'ffice to No. 302, on the south side of Broad st immediately opro-ite the Auction store of Messrs! • i Russell, Hutchinson & Co. ts dec 2 ! 1 , ,-7 C - M CURTIS Hiuse, Sign and Ornamen fal Painter lf 7Br nd street.— Sign and omaiPcn • tai work done at short notice. dec f> ■ffj A CARD. —Mr. ittoii irar-..Tcjcl-r i■ p ing and Painting, will resume his pmfeV s ll‘ ties in Augusta at an early day. ' J| |J| J , ; - • - Hoy 7 i'CT CO THE LOVERS OF THE The Paintings at Mr. Richard.’ Drawing \l, " (Masonic Hall.) will hereafter be opened t' tors, every Saturn ,y afternoon and eoeninl ] Wl ' 2 o’clock until 9 o’clock f. «. At m-dc j,®’ ,r C will be well figfated. ° ‘ j (Tj-Dr. B. HARRIS offers his ser.ie C 8 i i praciiceof his profession to the citizen? of | ta and it? vicinity. Messages will receive ty ' * ! attention if left at hisdiug store in Broad si lC( ,j n at his residence in Ellis street, below W- ? I nov? Sfr'A. IVERSEN is now prepared to ie> Um Y professional duties as a Teacher of Alusic j ders left at r F. H. Plant’s book store, or at'/' j Campfield’s boarding house, will be prnmptj ‘ r ) j tended to * . 3| % | (pfPUBLIC NOTICE.— Dr. Munrok. \ | Dentist, has returned to Augusta. | EXCHANG EON NEIV 1 ORK—\ { | I and atone to tw uty days sight. For sale b j nov 23 DARJJELLE & RHl\f) : Qfp S. M. SUAVER, ARTIST, has opened^ I Rooms at the Masonic Mall. 2d story, \\ here lie w Ibe happy to receive orders for Miniatures y 0 ' I likenesses will be warranted, dec 28 tnvlm' I {kT W. C*. NIMMO, Genera! > omnii-don I chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door to/ j Constitutionali-t. nov f S cry Doctor J. J. WILSON ode i s his pro jy | sional services to the citizens of Augusta and | vicinity. He will be found at his residence t I first brick building above Guedron’s stable oa /| | street, recently occupied by John L. Adams. U S tmg 17 _ (f i cy Df. IV. FLINT offers his servi ;cs to t:,o/ | tizens of Augusta in tiie different branches oF 1 profession, lie may be found at all hours at; late residence of .Mr. A. M. Eger ton. second / from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold stive: ly . <Sj NOTICE. —■ I'he Rail Road Passenger fr 4 between Charleston and Hamburg, will Rave \ follows: UPWARD. Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a ,<i “ “ Summerville, - -n Jj “ Deorges’, - -* - Hi 00 “ il Branchviile, •* - 11 00 “ “ Midway, - - 11 3d m ‘ “ Black vide, - 100 h, *’ Aiken, - - 41 - 300 Arrive at Hamburg not before - 4 DOWNWARD. Not to leave Hamburg before b 00 v. 11 “ Aiken, - “ - - 730 “ “ Blackville, “ - • 930 “ Midway, - - 10 30 “ “ Branchvill “ - - ]i 00 “ “ Georges’, - - 12 00 yj. 1 “ Summerville,“ - - 2 GOT. Arrive ai Charleston not before 300 Distance—l3(»miles. Fare Through —MO 00 Speed not over 20 miles an hour. Go remain •> " minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not longer than 5 minutes for wo * and vvatem am station. . ' Go stop for passengers, when a white fin* . hoisted, at cither of the above stations; and also' r Sineaths, Woodstock, Inahinel’s, 41 mile J’ (i Rives’, Grahams, WiMeston, Windsor, Joimsor! and Marsh’s f. u. {’assengers no will breakfast at Woodstock an dine at Black vide ; aown , wili oreaMast at Aikei md dine at ssummervii.e. may 21 A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS ; DR w. EVANS- CELEBRA TED SOOTHm '■ SYUL'P.. for Children Culling their Teeth.-\\[ ! infal ible remedy ha.? preserved hundreds of chi. h ■ dreo, wb.cn thought past recovery, Lom convul- %- j sion? As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on th» - gums, the child will recover. The preparation , so innocent, so elficaciou? and so pleasant, that s child will refuse to let its gums he rubbed with;,. j *v hen infants are ;>t the age of four months.lhonr 1 there is no appearance of teeth., one Lotte oft; | >ynip should be osc i On the gums, to open t i pores. Fa rents should never he without the Syr® i in the nursery where there are y oung children ; t ; if a chill wakes intheuig.il with pain in tbe gum; : t!>.o Syrup immediate y gives ease, by openingF i pore? did healing tile gums; tHereby ; reventir. \ convulsions, fevers, k-.;. Sold on!v : l Dr. ih i EvanP Medical Office, i .(• Chatham sheet, NT Vork, where the i-odor maybe cojisuited on disease? of clnidren. PROOF POSITIVE OF TUE EFFICACYOI Dr. EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP.—To ihe Ago. 1 of Dr. Frans’ Snothing Syrup: Dear Sir— if g.eat benelit afforded to my suffering infant your Soothing Syrup, in a ease of protracted an. j painful dentition, must convince every feeling;. : lent how essential an early application of suci.. • in valuable medic me i? to relieve infant misery a. torture. Aiy infant, when teeL.ing. •; \peiienu | such acute su.feting?, tint if was attacked w: j convulsions, and my wife and family sepposedt.:< death would soon release the babe from unguis | till we procured a bottle of your Syrnp; which t soon as applied to tiie gums a wo iderfui chasa was produced, and after a few applications tt - chi d displayed obvious re let, and by c -minaiug. ; its use, I am glad to intorm you the child has con ; pleteiy recovered, and no recurrence of that awl. ; complaint has since occurred ; the teeth arc eic oaring daily and the child enjoys perfect hear. 1 give you ray cheerful permission to make ts | acknowledgment public, an !-.vil! gladly gives: $ - information on this circumst; m e. WM. J; HIXSON’. j TONIC PILLS, — i lie power of Evans’ Comoti PHIs are such, that the palpitating heart,the tre: ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the fluttering vanish before their effects like noxious vapors 1 toie l‘ne benign influence of the morning sun.tj| } 3 bey have long been successfully used for thee- y • °1 in tesmittents, together with fevers of the irrcfßj j lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral iff? | struct ions. Ibis tonic medicine Is for nervous complain!® ’ e-*?ral debility, indigestion and its ; or want of appetite, distension of the stomach, ac. ■- .i By- unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumblingnoafe in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, wky/f i the mind becomes irritable.desponding?thoaghtfi|B ! melancholy, and dejected. Uypochondriacism, : sumption, dimness oi sight, delirium, and uli otb •_ ; nervous affections, these pills will produce a ' J and permanent cure. Evans’ Camomile Pills were first intro J need : America in 1835. EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS f purely vegetable, composed with the strictest?/ vision of science and of art; they never pivi ? ’ nausea, and are warranted to cure the follow lM diseases which arise from impurities of the " ! viz:— Apoul:xy. Bilious Affections, Coughs, Cj \ Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthma f ; (era, Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kiduih ‘ Bladder . Affections peculiar to Females and I those diseases of whatsoever kind to which hi.ir j nature i? subject, where tiie stomach is affected. More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary C : caey of Dr. IVrn. Evans ’ celebrated Camomile s | Aperient Anti-Buurns Pills, in alleviating atlla mankind. -Mr. Robert Cameron, IGI Bowen Disease—Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody Flii) SymptoiTis, unusual flatulency in the bowels, verc griping, frequent inclination to go to stool, nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, : queucy of pulse, an I a frequent disc barge of a ! , ; culiar foetid matter mixed with Moo 1 .great debF | sense of burning heat, with an intolerable bealy ; town of the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying M ! health, and returns his sincere thanks tbi '*ljS extraordinary benefits he ha? received. Sold by AN TON Vic HAINES, Sole agents in August* * J. M.& T. M. 'I'LIRNER,Savann 1 P. M. COHEN & Co.. Charleston, SHARP & ERLS, Milledgeville, C. A. ELLS, Macon, A. VV. MARTIN, Forsvtli a -M. .. A ffs. Druggist, Ariel 1 MARK a. LANE. Washin/bfß juiy 23 % J(jH N S. C(K3M HS, Factor and Co mmission N chant. Savannah, Georgia. ~. I Reference —G. B. Lamar, Savannah; A. „ Augusta; Rev. Geo. F. Pierce. Macon. dec 17 tlf.. I