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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. : jjf AtCt'ST A. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY S. Theatre. Mr. *nd Mr?. Barnes, and Miss Charlotte BArnes commenced an engagement Tuesday evening, and have been playing to good houses. This evening “Old BarW’ appears in the char, ecterof “Triptolemus Polyglot” in the new farce of the “Scapegoat.” Now if this farce and their character are anything like the things we expect il will be worth a haystack of shinplasters to see them. An association has been formed in New York, for the purpose of distributing letters and small packages through the city, after the manner of the penny post. Seventy-five places in the city h i e been announced where letters, &c., may be deposited. Each package is stamped with the bourfand taxed three cents, payable on delivery. _ ■ - (> ‘ UrrxK Cakada. —The union resolutions have been adopted in the Legislative Council; and the union resolutions brought forward in the House of Assembly have also l>cen agreed to. The ma jority in the Council was B—in8 —in the House 13. By these resolutions, the equal representation in both provinces, permanent civil list, and the Joint assumption of the public debt, arc all agreed to. ® % Drradfcl Explosion. —On the morning of the 28th ull. about eleven miles below Lynch burg, Virginia, two boats, having on board 75 kegs of powder, were blown up by the ignition of the powder, together with Jive other boats, and their entire loads, also killing four persons and maiming one. The Lynchburg* estimates the loss by the explosion at between $2,000 and $3,000. Illinois.— ln the message of Governor Car lin to the Legislature of Illinois, at the commence ment of its present session, the aggregate indebt edness of Illinois is stated at $11,107,919 44. Os this sum total, the state pays interest, at six percent on $10,630,000 —making the annual interest to be paid equal to 2,637,860. The available resources of the state are put down at $3,100,000, bank stoi k, yielding an annual in terest of $248,000. Mississippi. The following extract from an Agricultural Report recently published in Mississippi, is belie ved to contain a true representation of the condi tion of that great cotton-growing State : The following calculations are made by a gen tleman who seems to have devoted a good deal of alteation to the subject, and whose statistics, I have no doubt, will be found somewhat under the mark, though sufficient for ail reasonable in duction. The calculat.on is based on an average of five years. The debt side stands thus : 1.800.000 yds. of bagging, for 300,000 bales (6 yards per bale) at 25 cents per yard is $450,000 2.400.000 lbs. rope, at 12$ cents per lb. (U ibs per bale) 300,000 30.000 lbs. twine fordo,, 1 lb. for every 10 bales, is 9,000 $759,000 There were, in 1836, 164,398 slaves in 8 this State; the expense of feeding and clothing each, is estimated at S4O per y ear . $6,575,920 There were in 1836, 1 048,530 acres of land in cultivation in the State, — cost of farming utensils of all kinds $2 per acre is not looked upon as to high an estimate, 2,097,060 Considered necessary expenses, $9,431,990 There were in 1836,41,239 while male inhabitants in the Stale over 18 years of age—charge them with ex pending 12$ cents per day in cigars ® and liquor, dec. 1,881,484 The whole white population of the State, male and female amounted in 1836, to 144,351—charge them to average, in excess of dress, and other needless expanses $25 per annum, 3,608,770 1 seless and unnecessary expenses, $5,490,254 Necessary expenses, 9,431,980 •r k u • $14,922,234 i o winch add interest, paid to com mission merchants in New Orleans, and the chartered bank account of the Stale of 8 per cent per annum, it would make about 3,200,000 rpi .. . , 0 , $18,122,231 Ihus making the indebtedness of the State over I? millions of doHars. The credit side of the balance sheet is made up of a single item - 300.000 bales of cotton, valued at SSO per bale] amounts to fifteen millions of dollars, leaving the balance against us of over two millions. Thus, instead of making money, we have been going in debt annually, at the rate of some two millions of dollars. In the estimate of expenses, no ac ivount is taken of the annual outlay for horses mu.es, and also flour, which have been here tofore considered necessary disbursements. Nor h> 7 KIT Ult ° the account th * onerous per “^ h,fh We fV fo [ evef y purchased, in consequent of the depreciated state of our cur rency. If the whole amount were brought into opsn view, the sight would b-too appalling to look upon with tranquility. The question arises how is this very untoward state of things to be remedied ! I answer emphatically, by retrench ment in our expenditures, and by raising and manufacturing those article* of prime necessity at home, lor which we have been hitherto depen dent on other countries—then, and not till then with the exchange be turned in our favor. It is rumored here, says the Knoxville Ur that Col. Polk is to fill Judge White's pSce “ L mted States Senator. We of course, give it as a mere rumor, and cannot vouch for its cor rectnesa. We should not be surprised, however, il the Colonel a aspirations should tend that wav. t is not lo be believed, that he sought the seat of Governor for its own intrinsic honor, but that it might serve as a stepping stone for his ambition ; •id a. hu pro,pM. f or the vu* Prf ,,,| e „ cv waning wondrous dim. he will be un „ iliin to secure . snug berth in ihe United States -Sen - * *-* - No glasses effect the eye more unfavorably than glasses of brandy. So the opticans saj . A late Liveipool paper has a notice or a.* ““ portant invention” of a new steam en^ *• gentleman of that city, which has . the marvelous touch about it. It IS s a ... “the power is created by air and steam, consume only one-halt the quantity o. ue old one: and the rapidity by which a veß ! el be propelled by it, will enable it to per orm passage to America in six days. Owing 0 8 particular way in which the power acts upon the vessel, twenty miles the hour can be realized*! the greatest possible ease. The weight o e be only one-half of that required by the old steam engine, and instead of straining and weakening the ship, will brace and strengs en it. By this method the steam power is more than doubled. On the subject of Bread-stuffs in France and other parts of Europe, the Paris correspondent of the New York Courier writes as follows, un der date of3oth Nov. The condition of France is not improving. The corn markets are tailing, but the diminution of price occurs not from the o. dinary and legiti mate cause—plenty; but from the unusually large quantity of inferior grain on hand, which is necessarily the first thrown on the market. Nothing has occurred to change the report I gave you three months since of the harvest. It was perhaps a sufficient ane, but no more —and you are aware that before it was gathered our stocks were exhausted. F orn Spain we learn that, superb as was the last harvest, prices maintain themselves, owing to the large orders from abroad, principally for seed. From French Africa little wheat has been imported into Franee; but it is understood that there is a good deal in warehouses at Algiers, and elsewhere. From Egypt we should have had some shipments, but for the dearth that prevails in Constantinople, and most of the provinces of the Turkish empire, which will be first served. — From Italy (Trieste and Leghorn equally,) we are informed that, although there was little de mand for produce, the holders were holding it, rather than lower the price. Thus you will see that not only has the price of the good article not come down, but that it is expected to become exhausted. This unfavorable prospect is further justified by the loss of the seed already sown in very many districts of France, as well as of England and Ireland—the rain filtering through the new ly harrowed earth, carrying with it the seed into the drains. Ixferital Machine. —The same writer thus speaks of the machine which was recently ex ploded in one of the streets of Paris with such fearful effect: I lately mentioned tojyou the seizure of hand grenades or portable shells, at the houses of sev eral persons suspected of being Republicans, and I described their form and contents. On Thurs- ( day night last, at the early hour of 8 o’clock, an | infernal machine of that precise pattern, was affixed to a house in the Rue Montpensier, which runs at the rear of the Palais Royal, and dis charged. The effects were tremendous. Part of the stone wall of the house was broken down, and a volley of musket balls (50 or 60 of which have been found) was discharged, some of which crossed the street and embedded themselves in the wood work of the opposite houses. The machine was placed and fired by a person, no doubt, who dreaded detection. He watched to see the coast clear, and nobody in view.— Hence the consolatory fact—which the newspa , pers deem a marvellous interposition of Provi- I dence—that no passenger was injured by the ex plosion. None could be injured, for there were none.—This does not, however, diminish the guilt of the intention ; for accident might have brought people within reach of the murderous machine. The affair is likely to remain unex plained The miscreant actor in it had, in all probability, no confederate. It was, therefore, an act of pure unadulterated wickedness, or an ex periment on those death-dealing machines, which the discontented propose using in the:r next in surrection. The following table exhibits the number of | acres of Land in each County, and likewise the number of acres contained in the State of Geor gia, agreeably to the Maps and Records in the office of the Surveyor General. Apglmg, 680,426 Jones, 241,920 Baker, 899,297 Laurens, 450,560 Baldwin, 156,160 Lea, 340,203 Bibb, 152,563 liberty, 393,600 Bryan, 276,480 Lincoln, 126,720 Bulloch, 605,440 Lowndes, 1,238,203 Burke, 665,600 Lumpkin, 396,025 Butts, 113,030 Macon, 240,308 Camden, 720,000 Madison, 124,800 Campbell, 147,963 Marion, 950,562 Carroll, 482,180 Mclntosh, 422,200 Cass, 439,130 Meriwether, 335*885 Chatham, 268,800 Monroe, 302,623 Chattooga, 223,986 Montgomery, 407,680 Cherokee, 467,780 Morgan, 228 480 Clark, 179,200 Murray, 407,740 1 Cobb, 406,961 Muscogee, 291,903 Columbia, 320,000 .Newton, 256,299 Coweta, 282,881 Oglethorpe, 286,720 Crawford, 250,319 Paulding, 423,617 Decatur, 707,609 Pike. 266 962 DeKalb, 281,253 Pulaski, 515,355 Dade, 112,235 Putnam, 236,800 Dooly, 650,693 Rabun, 249,515 Early 602,549 Randolph, 519,968 Effingham, 310,400 Richmond, 201,600 Elbert, 327,680 Scriven, 345,600 Emanuel, 753,920 Stewart, 482,170 Fayette, 218,804 Sumter, 369,857 Floyd, 317,343 Talbot, 331,468 Forsyth, 183,516 Taliaferro, 86,400 Franklin, 499,200 Tattnall, 761,600 Gilmer, 530,572 Telfair, 264 960 Glynn, 253,440 Thomas, 900,720 Greene, 268,800 Troup, 280 100 Gwinnett, 347,083 Twiggs, 23C680 Habersham, 408,475 Union, 419 158 Hall, 258,277 Upson, 184’, 580 iiancock, 288,640 Walker, 399,663 1 Harris, 297,680 Waltonf 264,015 Heard, 165,763 | Ware, 879,360 Henry, 333,540 i Warren, 274,560 Houston, 392,884 I Washington, 416,720 Irvvui, 1,269,426 j Wayne, 380,160 Jackson, 337,926 I Wilkes, 323 840 Jasper, 245,760 | Wilkinson, 288,000 Jefferson, 376,320 I [ _____ 35,615,526 The New Y ork Times, commenting on the President’s urgent appeal to Congiess to make the use of the public money, by public officers, felony, pertinently remarks “ Anticipating, jve presume, that the future lee treasurers will follow in the footsteps of their if ustnous predecessors, he recommends, to quote the language of Mr. Legare. that when a safe or sub-treasury , s erected to keep the public moneys, a penitentiary shall be erected by its side to keep rhe relent does not seem, hor^ h ”,' k 'P> “efficiently in view that saee maxtm of Mrs. Glass calch Ac—Wouldnota ball and cIU, sufficiently heavy to ptesent rapid locomotion, be decidedly Aubxitre i.TSLLHjiacE —A Writer in Bos ton computes that there are 30,(Joo persons in the United States of the name of John Smith, and proposes that Congress transport all but 5,000. 4 from th 4 Baltimore Sun. Report ol the Secretary of the Navy. From this document it appears that the duties ’ of the naval branch of the public service have been assiduously atended to, and creditably per* 1 formed. Our commerce has been protected, and the honor of our flag maintained at the various stations in the East and West Indies, the Pacific, the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico, the South American coast, and various other parts, and in no instance has force been necessary to this end, except at the Island of Sumatra, where an act of piracy had been committed, and two American citizens murdured by the natives, who refusing the restoration of the plundered pr°P® rt y and delivery of the murderers, received a lull measure of deserved chastisement, at the hands of Commodore Read. Commodore Hull in the Mediterranean; Claxton. in the Pacific, Nicolson, on the Brazilian Station, to be relieved by Ridgely; Shubric. in the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies; and Read in the Indian and Chinese seas. One vessel ha 1 , been sent, and another is about to fellow to the coast ol Africa, to prevent the abuse of our flag by foreigners en gaged in the slave trade. The exploring expedi tion under Lieutenant Wilkes, prosecuted it» searches as far as the 70th degree of South lati tude, where it narrowly escaped being frozen up. It promises good results, and the Secretary states, that if no new discoveries are made of unknown lands or islands, it will be because that none exist in that region of the globe. Various surveys or dered, have either been completed, or are in pro gress ; two steam frigates have been commenced, one at New York, the other at Philadelphia, and a third frigate ordered has not been commenced, on account that it is contemplated to adopt a mo del by a distinguished naval officer, to be propell ed by a different description ol machinery from the others, which are also different from each oth er, for the purpose of testing their respective merits. The number of invalid pensioners is 456, and the sum annually required to pay them is $38,- 844 74. The number of widow pensioners is 330, and the annual amount of their pensions is $62,064. The number of minor children pen sioners is 115, and the amount of their pensions is $14,314; making an aggregate of 901 pen sioners, and $110,122 74. The amount ol stocks to the credit of the Navy pension fund, Ist of October, 1838, was $309,832 25 ; on the Ist of Oct. 1839, $251,139 00; difference 137,693 25; which sum was applied to the payment of pen sions granted by acts of Congress, and accounts reported by the Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller. About $55,000 will be required to pay pensions, which will become due the Ist of January 1840, and to meet arrearages as they may be reported ; which sum on account of the depreciation of stocks, cannot be realized without the sale of investments, to an amount not less than $.80,000 or $90,000 ; for which reason it is presented to the attention of Congress. The na vy pension laws are considered to be so compli cated, that it is hardly possible to administer them fairly and equally, consistently with justice, and their revision is recommended; and to one of them, the act of 3d of March, 1837, is mainly attributed the decrease of the navy pension fund, which has sunk in little more than two years, from $1,115,329 53, to $253,139; and, as I have before stated, about $55,000 will be required to meet demands, which will become due on the Ist of January, 1840. The appropriation made in 1835, for the con struction of a dry dock at New York, with the exception of a small amount for surveys, remains unexpended, and has reverted to the Treasury.— Its re-appropriation is recommended; and the discovery of Gedney’s channel is urged with some other reasons, in evidence of the fitness of New \ ork as a location for such a dock. The Secretary complains of fraud in the enlist ment of minors, both as seamen and apprentices. The former, having deceived the recruiting officer, by taking a false oath, which is not made legal perjury, releases himself when he sees fit, by a habeas corpus , after receiving advance pay, and perhaps becoming indebted to the purser, and a fraud is committed, for which there is no remedy. Apprentices are sometimes offered by persons claiming to be parents or guardians, and after they have been supported and educated at the public expense, the real parent or guardian appears with his habeas corpus , and perpetrates another legal fraud on the country. The remedy proposed for these abases is to make a false oath in stfch cases penal, and punishable as perjury. The system of naVal apprenticeship has exhibited the most en couraging results, and the attention of parents, guardians and magistrates, has been ca)led| to it by the Secretary, not only account of the benefit accruing from it to the navy, but to society at large, in purging it of multitudes of idle and dis orderly boys, growing up in its midst as a nui sance, to the great injury of the community, and the ruin of themselves. 0 The Board of Navy Commissioners are enga ged in revising the old regulations, with a view to their adaption to laws subsequently passed ; and a revised system will shortly be laid before Congress. In presenting his estimates, the Secretary has contemplated no diminution of the force in com | mission, for the reason, that the only sure and es ! fectual means of maintaining the character and discipline of the service, is to keep in commis sion as many vessels, and employ as many offi cers in active duties, as .is compatible with the resources of the country. Not the number of ships in ordinary or on the stocks, but experience, discipline and habits of hardy endurance, consti tute the only solid basis of a naval establishment. The retrenchments, therefore, are to be looked for in other branches of the expenditure; and the estimates for 1840 are made with every regard to economy compatible with the interests of the country. The passage is recommended, of a law for bringing under one general head all special ’acts for building or rebuilding particular vessels, and for repairs, as giving the Department the more ready disposal of all necessary materials, at the precise time when they may be needed. It would also simplify accounts, and produce other minor advantages. The Secretary thinks, that if the $340,000 ap propriated lor the gradual improvement of the navy, be transferred from that object to the com £oo on i° f i h -* tw ° stearaers > remaining $4 10,- 000, which is to be available, in 1840, would not be needed till 1841, provided the whole amount of transfers is eventually returned. The growth of the navy and the multiplication of records render an additional number of clerks necessary to the Board of Navy Commissioners and apian of reorganization is prepared in which such addition is included. The report concludes with a recommendatiod of the creation of a high er grade of rank, than is now recognized in the Th* Body of a Husband Sold bt the W inow.—The New York Era tells a queer sto ry of a Mrs. V ondonderskirk, the once wife of a sausage maker, residing on the Ninth Avenue l eei \ f‘ h 39th streets, whose fonJS husband died of the consumption, and she thin king (as most economical wives always do} how to turn things to the best account, thought she m.gh make a speck on the carcase of her depart! ed help-meet by selling him to the doctors which she accord, nglyfdid, after shedding a few te’ars and “About three weeks after this business transar tion, she married Hans Vondonderskirk, who is a very sickly looking personage, bul who take good care to give he, a thumping every day over tne head to lessen thatawlul bump as much as possible, and to ensure hi. not being sold to lh^ 1 doctors before he dies. Mrs. V. yesterday went out declaring she’d lie revenged. Hans learning the design of his wife, which was to complain of him at the Police, sent a friend after her, who whispered that selling a dead husband was a “hanging matter,” and that her living one would certainly expose her if she persisted in going be fore the magistrate. This cooled the lady s wrath, and s'ne reluctantly left the office withou troubling justice with her compla nt. Imports axd Exports of the State of Georgia. —We are indebted to the last annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, says the Standard of Union, for the following valuable statistics. In the tables exhibiting the imports and exports of the United States, from the Ist :ot October, 1789, to the 30th of September, 1838, we find the value of the imports and exports o Georgia from 1821 t«» 1838. y Years. Imports. Exports. 1821 $1,002,684 1022 989.591 5,484,870 2823 670,705 4,293,666 1824 551,888 4,623,982 825 343,356 4.222 833 826 . 330.993 4,368,504 1827 312,609 4,261,555 1828 * 308.669 3,104,425 1829 380,293 4,981,376 1830 282,346 5,336,626 1831 399,940 3,959,813 1832 253,417 5,515,883 1833 318,990 6,270,040 1834 546,802 7.567 327 1835 393,049 8,890,674 1836 573,222 10,722,200 1837 774,349 8,935,041 1838 776,068 8,803,839 Total, $9,208,971 $107,356,964 Lawyers is Texas. — A Texas paper in speaking of those who visit that country in hopes to better their fortunes, observes that “lawyers have usaallv done well here, and there is still a prospect for some of them to do so ; but it now requires men of sense and legal acquirements to succeed; and young men who fail at home had better not come here, unless they are willing to dig potatoes or turn soldiers.” The Population of Cincinnati is estimated at 40,000, divided by national origin as follows — American, 23,000; German, 7,000; English, 3,000; Irish, 3,000 ; Miscellaneous, 4,000. The Ghost ix Spectacles. —l once saw what nobody, except always the audience of that particular night could have seen—the Ghost of Hamlet’s father acted at Covent Garden Theatre in spectacles. Armor, of course, was the cos tume, and chalk the complexion ; the performer, the late Mr. Chapman, who was remarkably near-sighted. Having acted the Ghost so fre quently as to have entirely forgotten the part, (for who can expect people to remember things forever 1) he had put on his spectacles on the outside of the casque which covered his “ aun ciente” head, and, being suddenly called to the .stage, on he went—helmet, glasses, and all— When once on, to remove the glasses would have been impossible; a ghost without specula tion in his eyes, taking off a pair of spectacles, would have been fatal; and accordingly, the ghost performed his duty, even to the time of cock-crowing, framed and glazed as ghost was never seen before. —New Monthly Magazine. Hamburg, 27th Dec. 1839. William Y. Hansell, Esu- Sir—The failure of the Bridge Bank of Augusta* on the 24th of May, 1819, of which John McKinne and myself, and Barna McKinne in my stead, for a time were proprietors. Although twenty years have passed away, it was an event engraved too deep on my mind, ever to be erased. It subjected -iue to a twenty years unrelenting persecution to obtain without price, the monuments which ray foresigh* and perseverance have erected. I was cast from dungeon to dungeon, from that to the present day, and it not only stampt an odium, but acted oppres* sive on ©very one connected with its affairs, of which you yourself bore a large share. I braved rm fate with nil the fortitude of which I could master myself—with a constant prayer for health and life, long enough to correct the error, if committed by i myself, and to revenge the injury, if committed by others. I thank Heaven for the grant of my pray ers. I felt the Institution was placed on such a basis, that with ordinary prudence, and without occurren ces of unforeseen evils, would be beyond the possi bility of a failure. Yet it fell subject, to that misfor tune. The ptoprietors were possessed of an unin_ cumbered estate to a large amount. The Bridge was their property and part of their slock—its in come alone paid all the expenses of the institution’ and their profit as Bankers, was a clear gam. The position in which you were placed in the Bank, enables you to form a more correct opinion of the true cause of its failure, than even the propri etors themselves. Will you therefore grant my re' quest, and give me your unreserved opinion of the circumstances producing that failure, even should the censure fall upon myself? In so doing, you will oblige your sincere friend, HENRY SHULTZ. Milledgeville, JBth Dec. 1839. Mr. Henry Shultz, Hamburg, So. Ca. Sir, —You request me in your letter of the 27th inst., to give you ray unreserved opinion of the cir cumstances which produced the failure of the Bridge Bank on the]24th of May, 1819, of which you, John McKinne, and Barna McKinne were pro prietors. In answering your request, I would observe, that there were, in my opinion, several causes, or a com bination of circumstances, which produced that event. Anterior to the time of the failure of the Bridge Bank, ihore exited in the city of iNew York, an ex tensive commercial firm, known as Pott & McKinne, one in Charleston, South Carolina, known as Me-* Kinne & Ludlow; in both of which Joseph P. Mc- Kinne was a partner: one in Savannah, known as Scarborough & McKinne,in which Barna McKimne was a partner; and one in Augusta known as Mc- Kinne & Co-, which was composed of Cole, John ittcKmne, and James Lamkin. These four firms were partly composed of three broihcrs, with the natural impression that all three firms were connect ed with the Bridge Bank, but such was not the fact yet the failure of one would necessarily effect the’ creditor all Between these firms, there seemed very property to exist a community of intimate friendship, and a natural, if no other, feeling of in terest s In the memorable spring of 1819, the diaaaters of whtch were deeply fell by the enure mercantile com mnntty, and the heavy ahocka o. whteh were “h atood by but few commetelal peraon. or aaaocia iona, who were exlenaively engogeu in huainea these house, faded. The g„t waa the hm... i Pott & McKinne in N. York, and which had dravTn for very large auma on the aouihern honae. «d aho on Ban,a McKinne. individually, who than re aided m Augusta. Many as theae drain, „ n lVr Barna McKinne, and on McKinne &Co wen. , off by fund, drawn from tho Bridge Bart, and * I j the extent of these amounts, which were cohsid-ta I 1 ble, the immediate available means of ihe >an f were diminished. The pressure on the Bunk was 5 daily increased after the failure of the house of I °tt , & McKinne became public; a reaction took place in the circulation of the bills of the Bridge Compa g ny, antfljiey were hurried in from New York, t Charleston, Savannah, and other places for redemp tion. But there was another cause, the effect of which was still more powerful, and in the absence ■ of which I can but believe that the Bridge Bank 1 would have withstood all other assaults, and triutn ' phantly si stained its credit ami standing. It was the opposition and hostility of the chartered Banks, f and more particularly the Bank of Augusta. This institution had continued to collect and receive the f bills of the Bridge Company, and piesent thuin m sums of from ten to twenty thousand dollars at a time, and receiving nothing but its ow n bills or ) specie in payment. This course was commenced l by the Bank of Augusta, in the early part of the 1 year JBIB, and continued even on to the time the Bridge Bank stopped payment, repeating its drafts ' sometimes weekly, sometimes tri-weekly, and for several days before the Bridge Bank (ailed, those I heavy drails were made daily—the panic which had { »aken place, affording to that institution greater fa cilities than had before existed, of obtaining the Bridge bills. The Bridge Bank, from its banking operations and iheconlinued income from the profit of its capital, had made money—the lolls of the Bridge were suffi cient to cover all the expenses incident to its opera tions, and its discount or interest account amount ing to between thirty and forty thousand dollars per annum, might be considered as profit, subject only to the deduction of bad debts, which were in considerable until after the failure of the Bank,, af ter which the losses were great, for no one seemed willing, in country or town, to pay a Bank that had stopped payment itself. I have thus, in'a concise manner, endeavored to give you my view's of the two prominent causes which produced the failure of the Bridge Bank, and remark in conclusion, that from ray intimate knowl edge of the resources, means, and liabilities of the Bridge Bank at that time, that neither one of those causes alone would have produced that result The Bank was never engaged in arty speculations, or commercial enterprize, or business of a Broker by which its capital or its profile could be endan. gered or impaired. I am, very respectfully, Your ob't. servant, WILLIAM Y. HANSELL. Consignees per Sooth Carolina Rail Road Hamburg, January 9, 1840. W. Hattier; A Frederick; A. Shear; D. H. Sif cox; W. E. Jackson; W. E. Jones & Co; W. K. Kitchen; E. T. Cook; D. Joseph; J. F* Benson; Bolling, H. & G.; T. H. Howard. AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT. Thursday, January 9, 1840. BAGGING—Hemp, per yard 20 a 25 Tow, “ 14 a 20 BALE ROPE, per lb. 8 a 14 BACON—Hams, “ 15 a 17 Shoulders and Middling#, 10 a BUTTER—Goshen, per lb. 28 a 35 Nort Carolina, “3 15 a 25 Country, “ 18 a 25 COFFEE —Green prime Cuba, “ 14 a 15 Ordinary to good, “ 11 a 14 St. Domingo, “ 10 a 14 Brazil, “ —a Laguira, “ a 15 Porto Rico, “ 12| a 15 Java, “ 15 a 16 Mocha, “ 18 a 20 COTTON—Ordinary, “ 7$ a 7| Fair , “ 8a Good, “ 8£ a— Prime, “ a— CANDLES — Spermaceti, “ 48 a 50 Tallow, “ 20 a 22 CHEESE — American, “ 13£ a 14 English, “ 40 a 50 CIDER — Northern, per bbl. 900 a|o 00 In boxes, per doz. 350 a 450 ClGAßS — Spanish , M. 15 a2O American, “ 5 al2 CORN — bushel 50 a 62^ FISH — Herrings, box 125 a 150 Mackerel No. 1 “ none ii C€ “ <• (( U 3 « R FLOUR — Canal, bbl. 9 alO Baltimore, “ 8 a 850 Western, none Country, “ 650 a 750 GUNPOWDER— keg 6 a 7 Blasting, “ 4 a 450 GLASS —10 >i 12, box 350 a 425 8 >«; 10, “ 325 a 4 IRON — Russia, “ 6 Swedes, assorted, “ 6 Hoop, lb 9 a 10 Sheet, “ 8 a 10 Nail Rods, “ 7 a 8 LEAD — Bar, “ 9 a LEATHER — SoIe, lb 28 a 30 Upper, side fcl 75 a 2 Calf Skins, doz 30 a36 LARp— lb a 15 MOLASSES — N. Orleans, gal 45 a 50 Havana, “ 43 a 45 English Island, “ —a NAILS— ib a 9 OlLS — Lamp, gal 150 a 200 Linseed, “ 1 15 a 125 Tanners, “ 60 OATS — bush 50 PEAS— « . PAINTS—Red Lead, lb 15 White Lead, keg 300a 350 Spanish Brown lb 4 a Yellow Ochre , “ 3 „ PEPPER—BIack, « 9 “ 10 . PORTER—London, doz 4 a4 50 © and Ale, American, bbl 3 a 3 sft RAISINS — MaIaga, bor % “ |'-5 Muscatel, «; i 50 „ 9 RTCV “ nol ie RlCE—Prime, 100 lb 5 a 6 Inferior to good, “ 4 a 5 SVGAR-New Orleans, «, 7 “ ln Havana, white, “ 13 a 15 “ brown, « 8 a 9 Muscovado, « c n »■?">£. - 10 a 2 °. Porto Rico, « 8 a ,1* flT’ “ 14 16 n * “ 15 a 20 Double refined, « 2ft n on SOAP — American, No. 1, o 2^, ‘SAIT T “ , No -*’ 6 a I 4 SALT-Lwerpool ground, bush 65 a 75 l urk's Island, “ n(yno 0 n EL fiz:z: i? « * I® | SHOT-All sizes, t „ .}M\ SPlßlTS—Cognac,m prf. g 2 Apple, “ 1 a- a 1 0 Gin, Holland, “ 120a 1 S American, « 5* „ Ti Rum, Jamaica. « 125„ 1Z “ New England, « fg “ 1 Whiskey, Northern, “ 40 _ 9® “ Western , « 59 “ ™ :: s° nffa -:: 3* l TO BA CCO—N. Caroline, lb 8 a 3 °lf> TWINE— Smia * “ 15 a 40 “ 30 a 37* TEA-Bohea „ 50 a Souchong, « 50 a 75 Hyson, « 15 a I 25 urrivp “ 1 al 25 — Madeira, gal 250 a 3 sft Sicily Madeira, •* 125a 175 SWry “ 2 n 350 Tenenffe, “ 75 a 125 Sweet Malaga, « 40 a 6Q Porte, « 75 a 3 Claret, « nou« “ in bottles, doz 3 a 6 Champaigne, « 5 a MAHI.NE INTELLIGkx^ Charleston i ' Arrived yesterday— Sthr Virginia HoV lins, Plymouth, (N. C.) d S es , i cL Cleared —Ships Thos P Cope, Mierckr pool; Leland, Kendrick, Boston ; brig j Staples, Havana ; U L brig Moses, Lovela York; brig Gen. I'-inckney, Ford, New schrs Tangent, Whitten, do ; Susan, ij a . tanzas. Went to se t yesterday —Ships Catharir London; Oceanus, Bourne, Havre; Sha*.’’ orr ) for a Southern port; barque Elizabeth, S*’ erpool. • ’ lr 1 liy. In the offing —Line ship Congaree, Doanp Boston ; the brig Pandora, from the X vannah, was snoken off the bar 6th insCm* 1 pilot boat Caroline. 1 (fTMILL POND OYSTERS at the Cornucopia this afternoon. 9 It MICHAEL BHP:a.H.\\- Kr Dr. F. M. ROBERTSON Office to No. 302, on the south side of Bro'r immediately opposite the Auction store of v " Russell, Hutchinson & Co. ts a* decj (ffC. M. CURTIS, House, Sign and Orni,. tal Painter, 187 Broad street. —s> n andnm ' tal work done at short notice. ° fa* (D* CLINCH RIFLEMEN, Appear on jour parade ground, on Saturdav 11th of January, at 9-1 o’clocir, a. m., armed’-' equipped for regimental review and inspector 4 By order of the Captain. J an 8 DWELLE, A. ft. s C a C ARD —Mt. RtCHAHDS.TeacherofDr, ng and Painting, will resume his profession t ties in Augusta at an early day, ' nn ‘: : i p' TO THE LO VERS ~o7THE f^ 1 7Jr ie Pa - int at Mr. Richards’ Drawing Acadi (Masonic Hall.) will hereafter be opened fn R tors, every Saturday afternoon and etenirl f 2 o’clock until 9 o’clock p. m. At will be well lighted. n Whe TW)I CCj'Dr. B. HARRIS offers his se-vice, practice of his profession to the citizens of v ta and its vicinity. Messages will receive w attention if left at his drug store in Broad street aUus residence in Ellis street, below Wash* n°v: Up*- A .- IVER SEN is now prepared to professional duties as a Teacher of Music f ders left at f. H Plant’s book store, or at M r i tendedt, s boardin S house, will be promptly, 1 :—- g nov 26 i PUBLIC NOTICE. —Dr. Munroe, Dentist, has relumed to Augusta. ■ (p- EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— 1 and at one to tw uty days sight. For salebv ' - nov23 GARDELLE & RHINB. 1 (jy S. M. SHAVER, ARTISTMTopeZT Rooms at the Masonic Hall. 2d story, where he V 1 be happy to receive orders for Miniatures.— Cor* ) likenesses will be warranted. dec 2S trwlm* JFrU .G. NIMMO, General Commission * chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door to Constitutionalist. o nov -‘ < Uff Doctor J. J . WILSON sional services to the citizens of Augusta and r vicinity. He will be found at his residence < , lust brick building above Guedron’s stable on £ £ street, recently occupied by John L. Adams Jf_ s Cy Hr. W. FLINT offers his services to the c tizens of Augusta in the different branches of *" profession. He may be found at all hours at r late residence of Mr. A. M. Kgerton, second from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold strec °i nc v 29 " , •* A REAL BLESSING TfJMOTHm ' DR. W. EVANS' CELEBRATED SOOTHE F SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teetti.-l infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of ch A dren, when thought past recovery, from cotv 1 sions. As soon as the .Syrup is'rubbed on f gums, the child will recover. The preparation - so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant,that: child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed wife 1 When infants are at the age of four months,the:, J them is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of: Syrup should be used on the gums, to open tt pores. Parents should never be without toe irrc in the nursery where there are young children;! o if a child £vakes in the night with pain inthegu: g the Syrup rmmediat<4y gives ease, by opening, b pores and healing the gums; thereby prevent convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. B Evans' Medical Office, 100 Chatham street, X C( \ ork, where the Doctor maybe consultedon u diseases of children. s j PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICAiU Z Dr. EVANS' SOOTHING SYRUP— To the it of Dr. Evans' Soothing Syrup: Dear Sir —i F great benefit afforded to my suffering infac 1 your Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted paintu! dentition, must convince every feeing lent how essential an early application of sues ai invaluable medicine is to relieve infant miser - torture. My infant, when teething, experie; such acute sufferings, that it was attacked' * convulsions, and my wife and family supposed, ~ death would soon release the babe from anj- lc till we procured a bottle of your Syrnp; whit: soon as applied to the gums, a wonderfulcl» was produced, and after a few r applications a child displayed obvious relief, and by continui: its use, 1 am glad to inform ycu the child has; t| pletely recovered, and no recurrence of that s’ . r complaint has since occurred ; the teeth ares .r nating daily and the child enjoys perfect he . I give you my cheerful permission to make acknowledgment public, andwill gladly give information on this circumsti nee. WM. JOHNS© TONIC PILLS. —The power of Evans' Cow Pills are such, that the palpitating heart,the u ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the fluttering a vanish before their effects like noxious vapor: _ fore the benign influence of the morning sm They have long been successfully used for the: j of intesmittents, together with fevers of theirre f lar nervous kind, accompanied with viscem «d struc'ions. he This tonic medicine is for nervous complsi- in entral debility, indigestion and its consequtf mi or want of appetite,distension of thestomach.n ity, unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumblings • in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, the mind becomes irritable, desponding,though: J melancholy, and dejected. Hypochondii;ci?rn i sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and . nervous affections, these pills will produce*- and permanent cure. , SCI Evans' Camomile Pills were first America in 1535. EVANS' FAMILY APERIEST P^ S : I purely vegetable, composed with the stricter , cision of science and of art; tliey never r nausea, and arc warranted to cure the to t Ma diseases which arise from impurities of the ‘ of viz:— Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, lot Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, A 'thin pre lera. Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnu ;■ taxi Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, at rui those diseases of whatsoever nind to which n- lon nature is subject, where the stomach isallet More conclusive proofs of the extraordW Mi caey of Dr. Win. Evans'celebrated tumorm pie Aperient Anti-Bilious Pills, in alleviating * > mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 b° Disease—Chronic Dysentery, or Blood; Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the h’ , vere griping, frequent inclination to go to '- nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomit®!’ j quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge 0 culiar ftEtid matter mixed with blood .great > TT sense of burning heat, with an intolerable -a down of the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjo} Bui ect health, and returns his sincere thank* 1 for extraordinary benefits he has received. dec Sold by ANTONY & HAINES, J Sole agents in Aug’ J. M. &T.M. TV UNER,_ P. M. COHEN & Co., Charle*J (V SHARP & ELLS, C. A. ELLS, Macon, A, W. MARTIN, Forsvtb Wji. E. WELLS, Druggist, A lDr ran MARK A. C LANE, i juiy 23 *’ Ife