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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUsif A.
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THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 5.
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Mr. Stanly’s SpeeclL— Abolition.
The very excellent spea k which this gentle
man delivered some time sinpe oij the subject of
Abolition petitions, in rep i to Mr. M atlerson
from Tennessee, who had inlhc course of his re
marks endeavored to fix upon the Whigs of the
North all the sins of Abolition, and thereby re
lieve the Administration party from any portion
of the offence against the peace of the South,
we had designed to publish,; but its length for
bids, at least for the present.* In defending the
Whigs, however, Mr. Stanly did not pretend to
assert, but that some were j obnoxious to the
charge ; but in defending the great body of the
party, he proved most conclusively, as well by
documentary evidence as the conduct of men on
the floor of Congress, that sie Administration
party were equally obnoxious to the charge of
being Abolitionists as the W|».igs. He asserted
and proved most satisfactorily to any unprejudi
ced mind that the Abolition is -s belong to no party
particularly, but that there were Administration
men and Whigs both to hefoijnd in the ranks of
the Abolitionists. This is ll|e true stale of the
case, and every man who hae travelled through
the Northern and Eastern States knows this to
be the fact For our part we 'Have always felt it
our duty to denounce Abolitionists, no matter to
what party they belonged, ar- in doing so we
have never felt justified, by sac t i, in charging one
party with being more infected |wiih these danger
ous doctrines than another.| Unfortunately,
however, for the disseminaticd of correct infor
mation, this course has not bgen observed by
many who have charge of r.he press at the
South, and particularly irs| Georgia. We
have witnessed with feeliigs of melan
choly, the prostitution of the di nity of the press,
in treating of this subject. Tin re are a few hon
orable exceptions among the Vt i Buren presses
in the South, (we know of no te in Georgia,)
who have on this as almost a| other subjects,
deported themselves as becarr|! the organs of
Freemen. But the majority, wiiconfess and con
fess with shame, persist, regard |!ss of the abun
dant evidence which is daily s[|cad on their ta
bles, in endeavoring to make the impression on
the minds of their readers, that i*iie Abolitionists
are exclusively confined to t;|a ranks of the
Whigs. We have forbornto :;i;tice these efforts
to produce an erroneous impression on the minds
of the unsuspecting portion ol tlpj people, whose
opportunities of obtaining facts ale not as great as
those who seek to deceive them, with the hope that
a sense of justice, if a regard for I; he dignified and
importai it station which they occ ijpy as conductors
of public journals did not exerc!:k a proper influ
ence, would eventually induce tb»lm to pursue that
course, which is sustained by|truth. But we
have been disappointed. And jest our
might be construed into an acquiescence in the
truth of what they assert, we ilyive endeavored
in this short article ts disabuse tip public mind.
For the large majority of thef Lolitionists, we
feel more of pity than contempt. It is only
against the leaders of the deludeij many that we
have ever directed our censures. | They merit all
that has ever been said of them |— -but that por.
tion of them who are ignorant t|f the true state
of those whom, in the excess of tljcir sympathies,
they would relieve, although censurable for uni
ting with designing and base mei S are neverthe
less much less censurable than iheir leaders.—
They are prompted by the nobles! feelings of our
nature, the wish to relieve humla misery ; but
unfortunately in this they are misiVd. Tne cause
js obvious : they are not infotmi H of the facts;
they only hear one side of the qu -stion, and that
is highly distorted and pervertey. They have
not at their command correct information, nor is
it possible, in the present state of jffairs, for them
to be supplied. s
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Washington National Monuiueut Society.
By a report of the Treasurer, exhibiting the
state of the funds of this Society cU the 16th of
October last, it appears that the -whole amount
of the funds received by the Society since its or -f
ganization in 1834, u.) to October, 1839, is $34,-
.208,53 ; of which $33,105,64 has Been expended
in Pennsylvania and Washington City stocks.
The remainder, except $174,56, ■<|lw on deposite
in Bank, has been consumed inincidental ex
penses, or remains on hand in unavailable, un-
Current and counterfeit Bank notes! the two lat
ter of which amount to SIB,OO. 3
We confess that we look with filings of mel
ancholy rather than pride upon thisireport, when
we reflect upon the time, six years jieaily, which
has been consumed in raising ihi-jjcontemptible
sum. It is true the fame of Washington needs
no such monument to perpetuate |, to the very
latest civilized man, in whose boslm the vestal
flame of Liberty finds a congenial altar. But
the rearing a monument worthy tlu name of the
“ Father of his Country,” would be a most noble
monument of the gratitude of a free >eople, which
will, we fear, h)v.se much of its dai ding brillian
cy, by the time required to collect a Sufficient sum
for its structure. - ! (
The New Orleans Sun thinks it i full as im
pertinent to ask of an editor the j ames of his
correspondents, as of an old maid fler age ; and
you’ll get the truth about as soon.
sentiments.” f
Iwo important Facts for !\xti-Bahk
Butler, Ohio, Democrat states, that
within the last twenty years, no iimk charter
h.s been granted by the Ohio Legirltlure, when
the Whig, had the majority. Th.faante paper
.lao affirms, that the charter, of a!l Iht Banks
of Okw were granted by the Leg, j ature when
that party which now supports Marti?' V an Bureu
had the majority. Such facts as lh«je are worth
p volumes of declarations in determining the pre
tensions of a faction to the title c ‘-anti-bank
party.”
Mon*. Adne*.
This celebrated Magician continues to exhibit
his unrivalled powers in Legerdemain, Mag.c,
Physic, &c, aye! and tricks of all sorts, that
are calculated to interest and amuse. To-night
he promises an entirely new exhibition, which
has never before been performed to an Augusta
audience; and really, if we were to judge from
what wo have seen of his powers, he might pro
mise any thing within the chapter of possibili
ties, without fear of failing to accomplish it; un
less he should offer to relieve us from the pressure
in the Money Market.
We are requested to call the attention of the
public, to the sale of one million of burnt Brick,
which will take place this day, at 12 o’clock, at
the yard of J. K. Kilburn.
A proposition for an asylum for inebriates has
been made in the Legislature of Massachusetts
Correspondence of the Philadelphia N. American
New York, Feb. 28, 3 P. M.
The cotton market continues active. The
sales to-day will reach 1000 bales again, at stea
dy prices. Flour remains very dull at the prices
quoted yesterday. Three or four caigoes of
southern corn have been sold yesterday and to
day, the last at 58£ cts. 56 lbs. Domestic Ex
changes stand precisely as quoted yesterday.—
The cotton shipping points, now that so much of
th« staple is going forward, rather look better.
To-day is the first start for Boston via Nor
wich, Ct. on the new Railroad to Worcester.—A
daily line is to run hereafter on that route by
which passengers will be taken through as quick
as by the way of Providence, and a very sound
competition will be kept up. Before long there
will be a third route by the way of Hartford and
Springfield, all the way by steam.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of Saturday, says:
‘•The intelligence from Harrisburg, published in
the morning papers of yesterday, together with
the general advices of the week, have had an un
favorable effect upon public feeling in our Money
and Stock Markets. Although a hope is still in
dulged that no destructive measure will become a
law, the continued agitation of the subject, and
the votes in both Houses thus far, have excited
the apprehensions of the timid, and thus again
retarded the confidence that was beginning once
more to appear. As to the final result, it is in
vain to speculate. The Spring Trade has com
menced, but with less activity than heretofore.—
Still, the lapse of each day seems to improve the
prospect, and a belief is entertained that the re
sult will prove more satisfactory than was at first
believed.
Flour has been pouring in from the West in
very large quantities. As many as 3000 barrels
arrived in Broad street from the interior, on Wed
nesday last, and sales to a large amount have
been effected, as low as $5 per bbl. The money 1
rates have undergone no change.”
The Eastern Mail Again.—Extract of a
letter to the Editor ol the Baltimore Patriot dated
Washington, February. 28.
I learn from a correct source that the Commit
tee from the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad
Company, had a meeting to-day with the Post-
Master General, and that they had agreed upon
all points as to a restoratien of the mail upon their
road, except one, of seeming trifling importance
to the Company. It is this—the Department
claims the right of changing the schedule as to
the time of departure—which is resolutely object
ed to by the Company. This is regarded as ab
solutely necessary, so that a complete connection I
may be preserved in the great Mail route—they
were told the Post Master General had no inten
tion, nor did he think it probable, that any altera
tion would be made. Upon this, point, however,
the Committee made issue, and refuse to con
tract 10 carry the mail ! I still hope they will
yield the point and come into the measure—or
if this is not done, that all further negotiation 1
may be brought at once to an end, that the public i
and all parties concerned may know what to do
and act accordingly.
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer.
New York, February 24.
“The work goes bravely on.”
It is impassible for you to conceive the excited
state of public feeling, and the rapidly increasing
strength in the Empire State of “the old Hero of
Tippecanoe.” The Whigs of every city and
village are wide awake, determined, in the lan
guage of Scottish song, “To Do, or Die.” They
of’76 battled against a foreign foe; the ‘more
modern Whigs” have declared “uncompromising
hostility” to domestic usurpation. We confide,
like our gallant ancestors, in the justice of our
cause, and firmly believe that Heaven will aid us
in the coming contest.
The present condition of this great commer
cial city is indeed distressing. The man who
has seen New York in the full tide of her pros
perity, when her vessels were crowded with mer
chandize from every clime—when her streets
were thronged with buyers and sellers—when
trade was brisk through all her channels, cannot
but be struck with the melancholy change. Many
a gallant ship, that
“Walk’d the waters like a thing of life.
And seemed to dare the elements to strife,”
now lies dismantled of its beauty, a chained pri
soner at her shore. The receipts at the custom
house during the last three months are compara
tively nothing. All classes suffer in this unex
ampled prostration of trade. The merchant, the
lawyer, the mechanic, have all felt the disastrous
consequences of the ruinous policy of a mad Ad
ministration. Why is thisl Is there no remedy!
Is there no “balm in Gilead!” Is there no phy
sician to heal our diseased country] Yes! Hak
rison is the man. W e will apply to him for re-
A MERCHANT.
The Hon. W. C. Rives, of Va., holds this elo
quent and forcible language in a letter to a friend:
“Regarding Gen Harrison, for reasons I have
mentioned, as the true Republican candidate for
the Presidency of the two now presented to the
choice of the country, I shall unhesitatingly give
him my support. I shall do so with the more
cheerfulness because, while best consulting there
by, as I honestly believe, those great Republican
principles which I have ever considered to be inse
parably united witlthe happiness of my country,
I shall assist to confer its highest meed on an
eminent citizen who has rendered it the most sig
nal and important services at a time, when to serve
meant something far other than merely to receive
the emoluments of office—on one who, having
successively enjoyed the confidence of Washing
ton, Jefferson and Madison, would be naturally
prompted to emulate their high example who
in all the various and delicate trusts he has held’
has ever shown that he preferred his country to
himself, and has retired from all, amid the numer
ous and alluring temptations they presented to
private gain, with clean hands and unsuspected
honor, neither guilty of infidelity himself, nor
winking at it in others —and who now in the
honorable retirement of private life, combining
the ennobling pursuits of the agriculturist, the
scholar, and the patriot citizen, is emphatically
one of the people , knowing how to appreciate
j their interests, as well as to maintain and defend
their rights.
I cannot doubt that the principles we have held
in common will have brought us to a conclusion;
but whether this should be the case or not, you
will, I am sure, do me the justice to believe that
in forming the judgment I have done, upon the
most deliberate and careful reflection, I have been
actuated by no personal feeling, by no mere party
views, but by a sincere and for the
liberty, happiness and honor of my country.”
The following report was received in the House
of Representatives on the 19th instant from the
Post Office Department:
Post Office Department, February 14.
Sin : In compliance with the 2d and 461 h sec
tions of the act to change the organization of
the Post office Department, &c. approved July
2, 1836,1 have the honor to report the expendi
tures of this Department for the year ending 30th
June, 1839, set opposite the estimates under
each head of appropriation, viz.
Estimates, Expenditures.
Transportation of the
mail, $3,529,000 $3,194,201 25
Compensation to post
masters, 1,091,000 987,573 51
Ship, steamboat, and
way letters, 35,000 41,961 30
Wrapping Paper, 25,000 23,196 97
Office furniture, 6,000 4,940 31
Advertising, 38,000 35,316 10
Mail Bags, 48,000 45,909 28
Blanks, . 34,000 30,728 28
Mail locks, keys, and stamps, 12,000 9,275 64
Mail depredations and spe
cial agents, 15,000 20,273 28
Clerks of offices, 208.000 208,932 S 3
Miscellaneous, 67,000 52,409 67
$5,100,000 $4,654,718 42
I send, herewith, a statement, from the Audi
tor’s office, exhibiting the revenue, expenditures
and general financial, condition of the Dep irt
raent for the last fiscal year and giving also the
information required by the 4th paragraph of the
22d section of the act of 1836.
It will be perceived that the expenditures were
$445,281 58 less than the appropriations, and
yet they exceeded the revenue of the year about
177,000. The funds on hand at the beginning
of the year enabled the Department to meet the
excess of expenditures over the current revenue.
The expectations entertained when the appro
priations for that year were made, that the speedy
and entire recovery of the country from the revul
sion of 1837 would bring a large accession of
revenue to the Department, have not been real
ized.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
AMOS KENDALL.
Hon. R.M. T. Hunter,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
N. B.—The Revenue, as now shown by the
Auditor, is over S9OO more than was staed in
my annual report to the President. The Canada
had not been received, and was estimated. Ha
ving since been received, it shows an increase of
more than S9OO over the estimate, which, with a
few other slight corrections, accounts for the dis
crepancy.
j The joint committee of the legislature of Mis
! sissippi, to examine into the condition of the Un
| ion Bank, have made a report, from which it ap
-1 pears that the affairs of that institution are in a
I most perplexed condition. The committee report
i that the losses of the bank on cotton notes will
be immense; that of post notes of the bank fall
ing due in May next, there will be over $3,000,-
000 more than the bank, by any probable ar
rangements. can make provision for; that the
losses from bills receivable will exceed $500,000,
and that an agreement of the board of directors
to allow their debtors 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 years’ cre
dit upon good security being offered, will pre
clude the possibility of the bank meeting her en
gagements in any reasonable time. The indebt
edness of the president and directors of the bank
to the institution as drawers, and endorsers and
membersof commercial firms is, $1,046,965.
N. O. Bee.
Moke Smuggling Mails.—The New York
Star of Saturday says:—This morning, very ear
ly several bales of merchandise came down to the
steamboat Bunker Hill, bound for Nev Haven.
The captain, a remarkably sly Yankee, having a
curiosity to know what merchandise was shipped
so early and suspecting that some smuggling was
going on in British goods, slipped his penknife
) cautiously in one of the bales, to have a peep,
| and discovering they were Amos Kendall’s Let
j ter Bags!! in the halos. The worthy captain
I said to the agent, “ Deliver this merchandise
1 free ; the poor devils at Washington have no mo
| ney to pay their own way, and have to smuggle
| their mails.” Heaven deliver us! into what
hands has our Government fallen !
Rocky Mountain Flax. —A species of Flax
has been found growing spontaneously in the*
country adjacent to the Rocky Mountains, simi
lar in many respects to the ordinary flax, but per
ennial in its growth. It may be mowed like
grass, and need not be pulled up every season.—
Mr, Oakley, who travelled through the country
on the head waters of the Platte, last year, de
scribes a vast piairie, thirty miles long and three
miles broad, covered with a thick growth of this
flax. It is said to be of a strong, tenacious fibre,
and it is used by the Indians to make fishing
nets. If this plant should be found to be equal
to the flax which is now cultivated in the coun
try in respect to fineness and strength, its peren
nial nature will give it a decided superiority, and
render the cuiture ol it far more easy and produc
tive.
Disasters at Sea.—ln a late number of the
Sailors Magazine there is a statement in refer
ence to disasters at sea during the year 1839, ta
ken from a record at the office of the American
Seaman s Friend Society. The statement in
cludes such disasters as far as they could be as
certained. The whole number of vessels lost is
set down at four hundred and forty-two. Os
these there were seventy-four ships and barks
brigs, one hundred and twenty-four ; schooners’
one hundred and ninety-seven ; and nine steam
boats. Thirty-two are not classed. Some of the
above named were lost towards the close ot 1838
but were not reported till within the past year.—
In addition to these known losses, thirty-seven
missing vessels have been reported during the
year, which with their crews were most probably
' lost. The number of lives reported lost is five
■ hundred and thirty-seven, which falls considera
! bly short of the real number.
! This statement shows that notwithstanding
the improvements which have been made in the
• art of navigation and in the construction of ves
i sels, within late years, the loss of life and pro
■ perly at sea is still very great. Moral means are
, needed, in addition to the helps of science for
b itter security against the perils of the deep
The practice of abstaining from spirituous li
quors, which prevails on board of many mer
chantmen. is greatly in favor of their superior
safety; not only because the positive evils of in
temperance are thus avoided, but also because a
greater degree of rare and watchfulness is thereby
ensured. The Coast Survey, when completed
under the direction of Mr. Hassler, will tend
much no doubt to diminish the number of ship
wrecks on our own Atlantic shore.
Pennsylvania Banks.
The bill to compel the Banks of Pennsylvania
to resume specie payments immediately, passed
the Senate by a vote of 16 to 11.
Verbal Plagiarists. —There is a numerous
race of dolts in the world who may be denomi
nated verbal plagiarists, persons who do not
think with their own faculties but with those of
others; who borrow your brains as they would
borrow your umbrella. They may be divided
into three classes. The first species among them
is the man-monkey, who speaks when you speak,
and holds his tongue when you are silent. He
is a mere echo. If you say, -‘Peace is an excel
lent thing when it does not cost more than war,”
he answers, “more than war.” The second spe
cies is the man-parrot, who every morning collects
here and there, or from the mouth of some cle
ver man, a series of thoughts, which he retails,
as long as the day lasts, in every house he en
ters. He is like the hand organ, which, at the
corner of every street, repeats the same dull tune.
The third species is the man-vulture, who fattens
upon you. It matters not wilh him whether you
he one of the unknown, or the possessor of a cel
ebrated name; if in his presence you utter any
thing good, it is like taking out your watch before
a pickpocket. You are robbed of your idea, and
you may be sure that before the morrow all the
city will know it by heart. If you should after
wards repeat it, you are heard with a smile, and
considered as the plagiarist. He is frequently so
obliging as to repeat to you your own idea, in or
der that you may he better able to understand it.
This is pleasant. — N. Y. Mirror.
American Aborigines —The region assign
ed for the permanent location of all the Indians
residing within the territories of the United
States, is bounded as follows:
Beginning at the source of the Puncah river,
thence down to the Missouri river; down the
Missouri to itsjunction with the Kazwan river ;
thence south on the western line of the State of
Missouri to the state of Arkansas ; thence south
wardly on the westerly line of that state to Red
river ; thence up Red river to a point two hun
dred miles west of the state of Arkansas; and
thence northwardly to the beginning. Making
a tract of little over six hundred miles long, from
north to south, and two hundred miles wide from
east to west.
So little is known of the remote tribes, that
we cannot safely attempt to state either name or
their numbers. The estimate of their numbers,
given below, has been made with much care by
comparing the whole region inhabited by them
with nearer districts, wi.hin which the numbers
are well known, making allowances for climate,
&c.
Population of the tribes indigenous with
in the district, 21,660
Numhei of emigrants is 73,200
Total within this district, 94,860
Within the territory above described, which is de
signed for the permanent residence of the Indi
ans, it is contemplated to accommodate all the
tribes and remnants of tribes east of the Missis
sippi river, and the portion of the Sacs and
Foxes west of that river, and north of the State
of M'ssouri. When all shall be thus located,
the aggregate will be 140,682 souls.
Twenty three tribes have already received as
signments of land. These assignments are de
scribed by the surveying of the exterior bounda
ries of each tract. A large portion of these sur
vey* have been made.
To each tribe, a patent, in due form, signed
by the President of the United States, will issue
from the General Land Office. The Cherokee
patent is the first ever given to an Indian tribe.—
Patents at once change the tenure by which In
dians hold their lands. A patent secures to ev
ery individual of the tribe, an equal right in the
land, and the right of one cannot be alienated by
another. —Baptist Advocate.
Beet Sugar. —We were not aware of the
extent to which the manufacture of Sugar from
the beet has been carried in Europe. It is stated
in the New York Journal of Commerce that the
quantity of beet sugar manufactured in France,
Belgium and Germany, in 1838, amounted to
150,000,000 lbs.—and it is confidently expected
that the crop of 1839 will reach 2t10,000,000
lbs. or 200,000 hhds,, which is nearly four times
the average crop of Louisiana. It has become
no longer a matter of experiment, but is now con
sidered as a regular business, affording a profita
ble means of investment.
The sugar beet is also valuable as food for
stock, particularly milch cows. Its productive
ness is great, and the crop does not exhaust the
soil. The sugar beet is cultivated to some extent
in this country, and it might become a prominent
article of cultivation generally, since in point of
soil and climate no region is better fitted for
growth than the United States.
Commodore Hull.— The New Y’ork Ameri
can says that there has been much talk in that
city during a few days past, of a mutiny on hoard
the United States ship Ohio; and sundry exag
gerations have been circulated, that it is perhaps
as well that a plain tale should correct. The
facts, as the editor understands them, are these;
Ihe crew had not been ashore on leave from
the time of their depanure from the United
States. Anxious for some liberty, at last, when
in Port Mahon, one bright morning, some three
hundred of them went forward in a body to the
break of the quarter deck, asking to speak to the
Captain. The lieutenant on duty, possibly not
reflecting that the very fact of such a body apply
ing to address the commander was in itself an
at t of gross insubordination, instead of ordering
(hem back, sent for the Captain.
On his appearance, and perceiving what was
the condition of things, he sent for the Commo
dor?. The old man, the Hero of the Constitu
tion, did not stay to be twice bid. He was in
stantly on the quarter-deck, and as instantly told
these sailors they were committing an act of mu
tiny that “might hang some of them.” He then,
after rebuking them sternly for the breach of dis
cipline, ordered them instantly to*disperse and go
below. They dispersed upon the word, and went
below. He then ordered all hands to be piped
to quarters.-All hands were in a trice at quar
ters. They were then piped below—and a«min
all went below.—This was repealed three or four
tunes, and always the same alacrity and promp
titude in obeying orders. 1
-Finally, the order was given to get up the an
chor. Ihe ship was got under way, and for 10
°L \l dayS , Sh ® Cruised about the Mediterranean.
At the end of that time—the men conducting
themselves perfectly well-the Commodore re
turned into port, piped all hands, told them he
was much satisfied with their conduct, and that
he would let them go ashore; and, accordingly
leave was given to them, which was not abused,
or a frolic on shore. Discipline was preserved
on board, and the old Commodore came out, as
usual, bright and true as steel.
A legislative blunder is related by the ror
respondent of the Natchez Courier, which gave
nse to no little mirth at Jackson, Miss. Nearly
three hours were consumed in the Senate on a
bill to increase the revenue of the State bv a tav
on bank stock. The debate was going on very
gravely, until some knowing one in the
cned aloud, that he had always been of opinion
that bills touching the revenue of the State must
originate in the House of Representatives W?
“ ‘l*.™ «• “ utSuSS:
affording a bright example of legislative wisdom
i Kentucky Banks.—The committee on banks
in the Kentucky Legislature have made their re
port. It proposes to restore charters to those in
stitutions, with some slight amendments, which
had become forfeitable by their suspension of
specie payments, and fixes their lime of resump
tion on or before the day of the meeting of the
next Legislature, viz: the first Monday in De
cember.
William Pitt.—Pitt, tall and slender, had
an air at once melancholy and sarcastic. His
delivery was cold, his intonation monotonous, his
action scarcely perceptible ; at the same time, the
lucidness and fluency of his thoughts, the logic
of his arguments, suddenly irradiated with flash
es of eloquence, rendered his talent something
above the ordinary line.
I frequently saw Pitt walking acro.-s James’
Park, from his own house to the palace. On his
part, George the third arrived at M indsor. after
drinking beer out of a pewter pot, with the far
mers of the neighborhood ; he drove through the
mean courts of his mean habitation in a gray
charriot, followed by a few of the horse-guards.
This was the master of the kings of Europe, as
five or six merchants of the city are the masters
of India. Pitt dressed in black, with a steel hill
ed sword by his side, and his hat under his arm,
ascended, taking two or three steps at a time.—
In his passage he only met with three or four
emigrants, who had nothing to do ; casting on us
a disdainful look, he turned up his nose and his
pale face, and passed on.
At home, this great financier kept no order;
he had no regular hours for his meals, or for
sleep. Over head and ears in debt, he paid no
-1 body, and never could take ihe trouble to cast up
a bill. A valet de charnbre managed his house.
11l dressed, without pleasure, without passing,
greedy of power, he despised honors, and would
not be any thing more than William Pitt.
In the month of June, 1822, Lord Liverpool
took me to dine at his country house. As we
crossed Putney Heath, he showed me the small
house where the son of Lord Chatham, the
statesman who had had Europe in his pay, and
distributed with his own hand, all the treasures
of the world, died in poverty. — Chateaubriand.
A new Steam Frigate for Russia.—We
understand that a steam frigate, to be about the
same dirnensious with the Great Western, is to be
immediately built at Jersey city, under the direc
tion of Mr. Schuyler, of this city. Mr. Bell is to
bo the builder. This frigate is for the Russian
government, and when completed, the keel of ano
ther will be immediately laid at the same place,
also for his Imperial Majesty.— N. Y. Com. Adv.
24 ih ult.
Sister Nancegaud the Ager.
We were travelling not long since in Illinois,
and called at a house near the road side to soli
cit a drink of water, when the following conver
sation occurred :
‘ Well my boy, how long have you l.ved here l
• I don’t know, sir but mother says ever since
I was born.
‘ Have you any brothers or sisters? ,
‘Yes a few.’
‘ How many ?’
‘Ten or ’leven, I reckon.’
‘ Pretty healthy here, is'nt it?’
* Yes but sometimes vve have a little ager.’
‘ Any of you got it now V
1 Yes a few on us goin’ to have the shakes this
afternoon,’
‘ How many ?’
‘ Why all on us except, sister Nance, and she’s
sich a darn cross critter, the ager won’t take on
her; and if it did, she is so cussed contrary she
would’nt shake, no how you could fix her !’— St.
Louis Pennant.
‘When Tamerlane had finished building his
pyramids of seventy thousand human skulls, and
was seen standing at the gate of Damascus, glit
tering with steel, with his battle-axe on his shoul
der, till the fierce hosts, filled to new victories and
carnage, the pale on-looker might have fancied
> that nature was in her death throes—lor havoc
i and despair had taken possession of the earth,
I and the sun of manhood seemed setting in Seas
! of blood. Yet it might be on that very gala day
, ot Tamerlane, a little boy was playing nine-uins
> in the streets of Mentz, whose history was more
1 important to them than twenty Taraerlanes!
) The Tartar Khan with his shaggy demons of the
j wilderness, passed away like the whirlwind, to be
i forgotten forever—and that German arlizan has
. wrought a benefit, which is yet immeasurably
- expanding itself and will continue to expand
through all countries and all time. What are
r the conquests and expeditions of the whole cor
. poiations of captains from Walter the Penniless
3 to Napoleon Bonaparte, compared with the inove
t able types of Johannes Faust?’
t
f There is a country in Virginia, where the land
a is so sterile that when the wind is at the north
west, they have to tie the children to keep them
from being blown away; when the dogs bark they
have to lean against the fence; the grasshoppers
* cry themselves to death for the lack of food ; the
j horses are so thin that it takes twelve to make a
shadow ; and when they kill beef they have to
5 hold the animal up to knock him down.
, A Fandango at Nachitoches.—On the
, n ght of the Gth ult. a row took place at a fan
j dango at Nachitoches, La.; the fight continued
, f° r so me time without weapons, but one of the
3 combatants being holly pressed, drew a bowie
, knife, and, it is said, at one single cut wounded
3 4 persons of the parties engaged, one of whom,
t a Mr. Manor, soon died. It appears that the de
. ceased had nothing to do with *the quarral, but
lost his life in attempting to separate those who
r were fighting.
>
s r “You’d scarce expect one ofmt age.”
. The Springfii Id (Mass.) Journal, makes mention
. ot a Mrs. Barrit, who had twins at the age of
sixty! b J
1 The Vicksburg Sentinel of the 10th ult. states
that the agents of the United States’ Bank are
. endeavoring to get the rights and privileges of the
, r ail*road from Vicksburg to Jackson, made over
t to the Pennsylvania institution, so as to secure
I the claims ot the latter in preference to other
creditors of the Commercial and Rail-road Bank
( of-Vicksburg.
Go it Boot:-!—A Mrs. Boots of Pennsylva
nia has left her husband, Mr. Boots, and strayed
. to parts unknown. We presume that this pair
I of Boots are rights and lefts. We cannot say,
. however, that Mrs. Boots is right, but there is no
; mistake that Boots himself is left. At the last
. accounts he was pursuing her with all his might.
> Go it, Boots !— N. 0. Picayune.
t
Theatrical Criticism.—A good anecdote
j is the following, from the Sunday Atlas of New
j Yor k» Two gentlemen in the pit of the Bowery
theatre, on the occasion of Kean’s opening, made
the following remarks on his Richard the Third :
“ I say, he’s a screamer, isn’t he ?”
“Fine!”
; “ Capital! How he gets the steam up !”
r “ Woods up at every stopping place.”
i The Atlas says that a more forcible compli
: ment than the last novel expression canriot be
■ conceived.
r 'Z >
’ Talk about soft sodder—there’s nobody on arth
1 can put it into a chap so smooth as a handsom
1 gal. Somehow they melt it with their smiles
} till it sinks into bis heart afore he knows it ’
> Jonathan Slick.
4h
Consignees per South Carolina Kail k ouu
Hamburg, March 4, jg 4o *
Rees & Beall; Stovall, Simmons & Co- S K
land & Son; Hudson & T; Sandfortl & L ;
Scranton; Scranton & Smitfc; J Tobin; D’Anti &
& Hill; W Hattier; Clarke, McTeir & Co-
Snider; W Sealy; C Brooks & Co; P Flemming I '
Frederick; Haviland, Risley & Co ; I s i>e e ’ *
Co; W Butler; W Johnson; T Dawson-, jp! 4
well; T Richards; G Parrott; J F Hen on.
MARRIED^
At the residence of Mr. John Eve in Tan
county, by the Rev. T. M. Dwight Air T ‘ ers ° n
Key to Miss Rachael Eve. ’ ’ oSh da
COMM FJiCI
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AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton —Our market still remains in „
1 -v very quj.
et state, with but little disposition manife
the part of holders to realise, or nun . ° n
’ e iia> e is to take
hold. The market is therefore very flat at
last quotations, on Tuesday-, though we Leiip
they were sustained for the last two days SaJ
during the week, closing yesterday, amount to
1284 bags of all descriptions as follows: 3 a -j
69 a 6; 4 a 6£; 13 e 7; 50 a 7}; 54 a 7f; 56 a 7*’
16 a 71; 307 a 7s, 60 a 7f; 373 a8; 159 a s*. „g
a Si; and 2 Nankcn a 17. We quote the j
as the state of the market yesteiday:
Ordinary to middling, 51 to 7
Fsur ’ 7i to 7|
Good fair, 8 to s i
Prime and choice,
Freights—To Savannah, 75 a 100 cents per bale
Groceries —The -ontinued depression in this
branch of our market, renders it somewhat diin.
cult to speak with much certainty of its state. a s 1
we hear of so few sales, and those only for limit- j
ed amounts. Ihe market is however generally I
well supplied with ail descriptions, (Irish Potatoes I
excepted,) which the dealers say they offer ex- I
tremely low for cash. \\ e have therefore no B
change to note as to prices sin e our last quota- 1
lions.
Exchange. —On New-York at sight, 7 a 8 per
cent, for current funds; Charleston at 4 a 5 per
cent, Savannah 1 a 1$ per ct.; a 3 per
rt.; Lexington, Ky. 1 per cl.; specie commands G
per cent, premium.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 1 per cent. pi frn .
Uolumbus Insurance B’k 1 “ « «
Commercial Bank, Vacon, 1 « “ ««
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 6 “ “ «
Agency Brunswick/ 4 6 “ « «
Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank, Columbus,
Milledgeville Bank, 24 “ “ “
Ocmulgee Bank, • 24 “ “ 4
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 2£ “ “ 5
Hawkinsvilie Bank,
Chattahoochie R. R. & B’k
Company, 10 “ “ “
Darien Bank, 16 “ « “
Bank of Rome, 25 “ « “
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paying Banks. —Mechanics’ Bank, Bank
of St. Mary’s, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Com
mercial Bank of Macon, and Brunswick Branch in
this city.
New York, February 29.
Coffee —There has been some demand for Cuba
for export, but for other descriptions it is exclu
sively for home use. The market is in a dull '
state, although the supplies are moderate. Sales
since our last as follows: 1200 bags Brazil, 4 mos,
9J a II5; 250 Laguira, do, 11; 700 St Domingo,
cash, 83 a B|.
Cotton —The market rather falls off, and prices
are full £ cent lower than last week The gene
ral impression is that the supplies will be large.—
The last advices from Havre were lather favora
ble. Sales larger and prices well sustained. The .
sales since our last have been as follows: 3100 bags I
Uplands, 7| a 9|; 1250 New Orleans, 74 a 10£; 750 I
Florida,7| a
Exported from U, S. since Ist Oct last, 571,252
! Same time last year, 301,7fy
Same time year before, 565,55 fl
Flour —Since the North river has opened the f
price has fallen off 50 cents a bbl. Philadelphiais
freely offered at 5 50; comnon brands Western and
Howard street, were sold to-day at 5 87. The
asking pr ice is $6, but this price cannot be had.
Molasses —There has so little arrived this week, |
that there is none in first hands except Porto Rico.
Prices are stiffer. Sales of 300 hhds Matanzasat
24c ; 100 do Porto Rico at 29.
Sugars There is no improvement in prices.
The poor qualities are dull and low. Stock of.V
Orleans and Box small. Some new crop of the
latter have arrived, and is held at 74, The sup
plies of Porto Rico are quite sufficient for the de
mand.
Boston, February' 26.
Coffee. —Arrived since our last report, 800 lag; |
St Domingo ; 83 do Porto Rico. Another week of ;
activity has been displayed in the market, and sales |
comprise 450 bags Rio, bleached and green, 10* >
11c.; 600 do St Domingo a 10c per lb; 300 do j
Government Java, 14c, and some common, of m i
old importation. 13c per lb. By auction, 229 bags j
St Domingo, SB.BO a 8,87 per 100 lbs, cash; 60 bags
Rio, at 9g a 10c per lb. 4 mos or.
Cotton. —The imports of the week have been
5000 bales. There has been a further decline in
prices, and sales of about 700 bales, at 8 a 12c
New Ur leans and Mobile, and 8 a 11c for Uplands, |
6 months.
Molasses. —Arrived since our last report, 2000
casks Havana and Matanzas and 200 do Porto
Rico. But little has been done in market for dis
tilling qualities. A sale lias oeen made of a lot 0: j
old crop from store at 23c 6 ms. The operation*
in retailing comprise 250 hhds Trinidad, old crop,
25£ a 26c and new do 2Sc 6 ms ; 650 hhds Havana j
and Matanzas, new crop, 25c ; by auction 90 bbd?
Aux Cayes, 24 a 25c; 30 tcs. and 7 hhds Trinidad *
old, 25 a 26c ; 26 hhds Maracaibo, 23$ a 23|c 4 ms*
100 bbis New Orleans, a 29c, cash ; 72 hhd*
Mansanilla, 261 a 28c 4 mos cr.
Nails. —There have been very considerable said
the past week at 5c per lb, cash, and on 5 act
8 months credit.
Oil. —The operations of the week comprise small :
sales Olive, 1,08 ; Crude Sperm, of a recent iinpor* 1
tation, 1,05 a 106; 500 bbis Whale, a 32c per I
gal. Very little doing in Linseed, and prices nom
inally the same.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
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Savannah, March 1- I
Arrived— Schr Queen, Arey, Boston; steamboa- ■
Oglethorpe, Williams, Augusta.
Charleston, March 4. |
Arrived yesterday —Schrs Ostrich, Ellis, P° rW |
Cabello; Only Daughter, Knowles, Richmond. |
At Quarantine —Line brig Paul T Jones, n O3l |
Philadelphia.
In the Offiing —Schr Carpenter’s Three 80ns
Cleared —Br ship Cceurde Lion, Webster, t
pool; ship Olympia, Gray-, Havre; Er barque- I
zeppa, Leloup, do; Swedish brigs Snell; Ohm > ■
Stockholm; Helena, Hedlund, Hamburg; school* ■
Monntmoriah, Rogers, New Orleans. „ !
Went to sea yesterday Brig Ark, Flanders, m
men. 0 _ |
{fy Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his *
sional services to the citizens of the i
vicinity-. He will be found at bis *£\\is I
first brick building above Guedron’ssD 1 ’ e
street, recently occupied by John L. Ad irftS ’
aug 17 - / I
»f tight, t
(ffy EXCHANGE ON NE VV Y° Kk y .1
and at one to tw ty days sight. U° r s . a , rrrv’D.
nov 23 GAR DELL E & *