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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. FRIDAY MORNING, MAR' H 20. (£/* See first page . r, Pennsylvania Destructives. The recent bill introduced into Pennsylva nia Legislature, a sketch of which rill be found in this day’s paper, strikes us as tbt most extra ordinary measure we have eve * sc m submitted to any deliberative assembly, by a n an who had sufficient intelligence to draft a bill. Certainly the anti-bank party are struggling to see how low they can sink the institutions and credit of the State, and if they succeed in carryii g this mea sure, they wHI accomplish the d< struction of both. By the bill the Banks th.' t accept the terms,are required to loan to the Stat« $3,000,000, and to pay the interest on the S ate debt of $32,000,000, from now until 184 1, which a mounta to two million dollars anr, aally. And those Banks that reject the terms, a e compelled to resume specie payments in thirl f days. To what are we comingl When the L ’gislature of one of the most powerful States ii the Union says to her banks, you shall loan u* money and pay our debts, or your charters shall forthwith be forfeited! For it is, in effect, saying so by requi ring them to resume specie paymei ts in thirty days. As well might they go to a ' realthy citi zen and command him to open his stre ng box, and take therefrom the fruits of his laoor; and we hesitate not to say, if such measures are counte nanced, the day is not far distant w hen such a right will be claimed for the Legisla ure, by the destructives of that noble State. | Theatre Opens to-night—see advertisemei t. The National Intelligencer of the 16th Inst, says. An article appeared in the “ < Jrlobe,” two or three days since, in relation to this contested election in the Third Congressional!District of Pennsylvania, in which it was stattil, in sub stance, that Mr. Ingersoll had already I discovered and proved that upwards of a thousand illegal votes had been polled for his corapetitol, Mr. Nay lor. This, we are authorized tc sayi is entirely without foundation; and i* is not tru j that Mr. Ingersoll, has produced a particle of «|vidence af fecting the case, or can produce any.}—We are further informed that the evidenc which ue has procured is what a person, had been h »ard to say and whom the witness who testified to his de clarations stated to be unworthy of ci ;dit, even, if upon oath. This is the four da ion of the Globe’s charges, if they have a foe idation at all. Correspondence of the Philadelphia 1 iquirer. Harrisburg, M irch 14. Bill to authorise the issue c'' state : Lock bonds to the contractors on the Gettysburg rail road was considered, and the passage of th bill urged with great ability by Mr. Snyder, but a ter amend ments to take a loan from the U. < >. Bank in specie were adopted, the bill was vi ted down. Mr. Snyder imraedi«tely offered a jo; it resolu tion providing for a Joan to pay the c .ntractors, or if a loan cannot be had to issue si >ck bonds to them.—Laid on the table. Correspond nee of the Baltimore F triot. Philadelphia, March 14, i a. m. The excitement, that unfortunately prevailed to such an extent on Thursday has ei Jrely sub sided, brought about by the interfere ce of the proper authorities to prevent the railn id compa ny from proceeding with their work. Business generally has been much more ani mated than for the last two or three days. A sale of 50 bags Rio coffee, slightly dat aged, was made by auction yesterday at lOfc, 9( days; 70 hhds. Porto Rico molasses, a little tar 25, cash; 200 kegs Lexia raisins a $2,95 a 3; l|»0 drums Turkey figs at 6 cents, and 150 sacks! Liverpool fine saltat $1,60 per sack. * Correspondence of the National Intell gencer. New York, M; rch 14. The rates of domestic exchange re a Utile better than when I last gave a table, bu there are many places on which bills cannot be legotiated at any rate. Mississippi, as to com aerce and trade, is out of the Lnion, and in son e respects Alabama is not better off. The broken have the control of the whole business, and mo lopolizeit at will. We begin to think our South ;rn breth ren are getting almost enough of it; f not, we can stand it yet a great deal better nan they. Exchange on Philadelp lia has slightly improved from an impression that the New fork and Eastern Banks would co-operate with he Phila delphia banks to bring about a resumj tion. The Great Western not sailing til the 19th, but little is done in exchange on Lond m as yes The rates may be quoted from 108 to 108 i» which shows no tendency to the erp< rt of spa cie. Stocks are slightly advanced to-da r. Money continues plenty here, and at a low rate of interest for New York; but few havt securities of any kind now, and very few secur ;ies good enough to get it. There is great anxiety here respectin j the Gen eral Bankrupt Law among men of ill parties. Our State Legislature will speak in a fi sv days on the subject. If the politicians, for po tica» pur poses, throw obstacles in the way to t ie general relief of individuals, it will in the end be a dan gerous vote for them, for the.e is no o ie matter upon which so mauy persons now arc so keenly sensitive.— A sale of real estate was effected in I roadway the other day so low as to alarm all the holders es real estate in the city and its suburl i. There has not been any thing like it hardly since the embargo. John Jacob Astor is closin ( up many of his mortgages, and when a rUo , f property comes again his immense wealth will b amazing |y added to. There never were such ti ies for the rich, and there never were such times f. r the poor. • ■» to A - .k. m: : The New-Yorker. Those of our citizens who desire to subscribe for this valuable paper, can do so by applying to Mr. I. S. Beers, of this city, who is the Agent Balloon Ascension—No go. We omitted io publish yesterday morning, the letter of Mr. Hobart, announcing his disap pointment, in consequence of which he is com pelled to defer his contemplated ascension. New York, March 12th, 1840. Messrs Editors. — l regret to have to inform you that, having failed to procure an immediate shipment, from this port, of the materials for my contemplated “Balloon Ascension” of the 271 h, the ascension is necessarily postponed to some fu ture day, of which further and timely notice shall be given. I deem it proper to add, that when a day shall be fixed on for the purpase, it will be done with a more careful reference to the circumstances, that that have caused the present delay, and may, therefore, be depended on, and, also, to inform you that, to prevent disappointment, I have has tened to address a note to every Post-office to which advertisements had been directed. Respectfully yours, Samuel Hobart. The new act upon the subject requires the Census of 1840 to be commenced on the Ist of June next, and to be completed within five months from that date. All the returns are to be made to the Secretary of State before the Ist of Decem ber. From 44 Down East.” The Bangor Courier says : “ A letter from Fort Fairfield states that six teen more horses, with their drivers, &c. were ta ken on the Aristook on the 3d inst. The pro perty belonged to trespassers on that territory. The Democrat states that a mob armed with axes attempted to recover the property, but were compelled to beat a retreat.” The following items from the New Bruns wick papers, look a litte warlike: Woodstock, Frebruary 22.—Captain Batersby and Haw*kshaw, of the Engineer Department, ar rived here on Thursday evening from head quar ters, for the purpose of selecting sites for the erec tion of barracks and all such other works as may be deemed necessary for the protection of this place. These works, we understand, will be on an extensive scale, sufficient to accommodate a large force. — Times. More Trouble. —Col. Goldie has been or dered to take command of the British troops now within the disputed teiritory, and 250 additional solders have been sent thither.— St. John's Cou rier. « Important from Peru. We are indebted to the kindness of an absent friend, for the following interesting letter. The bearer of despatches alluded to. has arrived at Washington, having proceeded at once from Norfolk, where he landed, to that city. This is the first intimation we have seen of the object of his rapid movements. Correspondence of the Philadelphia North* American. Panama, January 7, 1840. The Peruvian government has refused to re ceive Mr. Pickett, our chpvge d’affaires, or to re cognize the treaty formerly concluded, ratified and exchanged with the former governnent (that of General Santa t b uz) in consequence of which the St. Louis has been sent down here with a bearer of despatches for our government, who crosses the Isthmus to day on his way to the U. States.—This proceeding of the Peruvian gov ernment, is so much the more insulting from the that the British treaty, which was ne gotiated under precisely similar circumstances as ours, is, for the present allowed to remain in force, and will continue to be observed until altered, modified or annulled, through the negoti ation of a Peruvian Minister, who has been ap pointed to proceed to London for that purpose.— Don Felipe Pardo is the person named to fulfil this mission, and there can be no mistake as to the object of it. New Jersey Contested Election. TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. We desire to call the attention of the whole country to the statement herewith exhibited, as a report prepared and presented to the House of Representatives, by the minority of the Commit tee on Elections, to which was referred the con tested election from the State of New Jersey; and we especially desire to call their attention to the novel, extraordinary and appalling circumstances, which have driven us to the necessity of thus appealing to our fellow citizens, from one end of the Union to the other; and we do it with the confident assurance, that they will give to the sub ject that careful and unprejudiced consideration which its importance demands, and their own fu ture safety and interests imperiously require; that they will unite with us in the belief, which in the honest sincerity of our hearts we entertam, that the government under which we live, must soon become worse than a Turkish despotism, unless the people, in the majesty of their strength, shall arise and rebuke the perpetrators of the outrage which has been committed on the constitution of the United States, the laws of one of the sove reign States of this Union, and the rights of the great body of the people themselves. We will not enter into a minute detail of the means by which five of the representatives of the State of New Jersey, furnishing the highest evi dence known to the laws of that State, that they had been regularly and constitutionally elected, v ere driven from their seats, previous to any in vestigation whatever, and denied all right to par ticipate in the organization and proceedings of the House, and much less will we undertake hereto pronounce upon the motives which led to this unparalleled proceeding. We wish to take up this subject at another point, and let the country know what are the cir cumstances undei which five other gentlemen from the Slate of New Jersey have been voted into seats in the House of Representatives, who have presented no return, no credential, no com mission—and this done when the members hold ing the commissions of the Governor of that State, under the Seal of that Commonwealth, were at home by leave of the committee, taking depositions to prove—what they had at all times averred they could prove—that they had received a majority of the lawful votes given at the polls. The proceedings of the committee having charge of this subject, will be seen by reference to the report below, up to the time that the report of the majority of the committee was presented, and we now proceed to give a statement of what has since transpired. But it must be remarked in advance that the committee, having determined that if an inveali gation was to be prosecuted behind the commis sions of the Governor, every principle of equity and fairness required that there should be a thor ough search into the legality of the votes given for each patty,and finding that there was no suffi cient testimony before theih by which it could be ascertained for whom a majority of the qualified vote 1 * of New Jersey had cast their votes, such time was granted as the parties themselves deem ed requisite to enable them to take such testimony as they might think advisable to establish their 1 respective claims, and that accordingly the par i ties severally left Washington for the State of New Jersey, where they now are engaged in the • prosecution of this work. During their absence, and shortly after their departure from the city, (no complaint and no applicaiiort. coming from them to the House,) the Chairman of the Committee submitted a pro ’ position to have the documents relating io the • contested seats printed for the use of the Com - mittee. This furnished a pretext for the introduc tion of another proposition, that tho Committee should be instructed to report forthwith which of the parties had received d majority of all the votes i given at the election. After long debate, this was 3 ! so modified as to require them to report upon | the lawful votes, which expressly, as a matter T ■ of course, excluded all unlawful voles. » The subject went to the Committee with a pre cipitation which we deem in a high degree ex j ceptionable.—The majority of the committee adopted a resolution directing all the votes given to be reported as lawful, under a most extraordi -1 nary mental delusion that the instructions re i quired it, because the committee were required t to report forthwith. All efforts to have the testi mony then before them examined were success » fully resisted—reasonable time to the minority to i report these and other facts to tue House, denied, , The report was prepared, presented and received, without delay, the title to which is well adapted • to create the impression that the votes reported were all lawful votes, while the body of the re port itself (which few comparatively of those who see the title will read) labors to excuse the com mittee for not ascertaining whether the votes were lawful or unlawful —a member of the mi -5 nority of the committee attempted to explain the f facts to the House—the Speaker decided that he j was entitled to the floor—the majority of the House overruled the decision of the Chair, and ' refused him the privilege of speaking—the pre • vious question demanded, all debate stifled—in the mean time a counter-report is prepared and offered to the House—they refused to receive it, and proceeded at once, wholly ignorant of what the testimony established with a madness and blindness belonging to desperation only, to vote ■ by the entire strength of their party, that the non ■ commissioned members had received a majority ■ of lawful votes, and were, thereftre, duly elected, ■ and entitled to occupy their seats as the represen tatives of the State of New Jersey; and while ! the public funds are to be freely used for the dis tribution of the report of the five administration members of the committee, private means are to be resorted to, to distribute the report of the four minority members. It is a circumstance, not the least remarkable in this extraordinary case, that the individual members of the majority, refused to recognize, or adopt the reasoning of the report, but were entire ly satisfied with the conclusions drawn from it, while the author of the report, was equally well satisfied with his own reasoning, but could not adopt the conclusions, as evinced by his refusal to vote for the resolution based upon it, though present at tho lime. For every fact here stated, we pledge ourselves to produce the proof whenever called on, either before the House or the country, they being facts on record, to be found on the journals of the com mittee and of the House. And now, we ask by whom these five gentle men have been elected I By the peoj le of New Jersey, or by the friends of the administration in Congress 1 And have we said too much in char , acterising this proceeding as novel,extraordinary, and appalling 1 Have we done more or less, than our duty as citizens of this republic, and as Rep resentatives of the people, in thus calling your attention, emphatically, to this subject; in warn ing you of your danger, and in asserting the ne cessity of an immediate interposition of tne ma jesty of the people, at the ballot boxes, to correct such monstrous abuses in future. It has been said, and was generally understood that the party in power, had, in secret caucus, re solved on the necessity of admitting the Admin istration claimants, to carry through some of the odious schemes of the present Administration ; still we hoped that before they struck the final blow, they might be induced to listen to reason and to justice. We appealed, but we appealed in vain—their resolution was as determined as it was unjust; they voted, and succeeded, and that by a boasted majority of thirty. How was that majority obtained 1 Only, be cause some of the members regarding the outrage as highly gross and violent, refused to vote, or contribute to the formation of a quorum, for the adoption of a report and resolution not founded, , as we all conceive, on the testimony of the case, and not warranted or justified by any considera tion whatever. A noble subject for boasting, truly. Let them make the most of it. It is matter of pride to us, • that we, at least, resisted it, and resisted to the last. We feel that we have discharged our duty ; if I you are too indifferent to your own liberties, to discharge yours ; be it so—the consequences must fall partially on yourselves, but mainly on posteii ’ ty ; but as citizens of this Republic, we tell you we are mournfully apprehensive for the future, and that you may not think we arc too grave and too solemn, on this vitally important question, we beg leave respectfully to invite your attention to 1 proceedings in several of the State Legislatures, particularly those of New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia, and to the Special Mes sage of the last mentioned Commonwealth, and if all thisdoes not arouse you to the importance | of this subject, all further effort on our part will ’ be vain. But we will not permit ourselves to indulge in P apprehensions—we are not yet old enough—we have not yet come to that pass when those who are clothed with power, for the protection of our liberties,can be sustained in such an encroachment on the rights of the people, either for the purpose ' of propitiating Executive favor on the one hand, or of perpetuating political power on the other. ‘ We respectfully ask that our report, which those who should have acted upon it, have re ’ fused to receive (the first instance of the kind as we believe, that has occurred in the government,) P may meet with that calm, temperate and unpre judiced deliberation to which it is entitled from the importance of the question involved. Millard Fillmore, Jno. M. Botts, Geo. W. Crabb, Trumin Smith. J Washington, March 12, 1840. ) ~ ‘ Fromthe Philadelphia Inquirer of the 14 th. The New Bill, f We yesterday gave a brief outline of the bill, » to continue the improvements of the State, and I to pay the interest of the public debt, as reported s by Mr. Higgins. On looking over the bill, as 1 since received from Harrisburg, we find one or • two matters not without interest. The pream ? ble sets out with stating that there exists an ur -8 gent necessity to complete, with the least possible 1 delay, those important unfurnished lines of the public improvements, in which a considerable 1 portion of the public debt is already invested. This object, it is added, can only be obtained by e resort to the oppressive remedy of taxation, or • by such a judicious system of measures as will " ' release the people for embarrassments, and cor -7 reel the disorders of the currency. It is then - stated that this desirable consummation is ren -1 dered practicable, “by compelling the banks of this Commonwealth to loan the necessary amount e of money to the Commonwealth, and to give ade- I quate security for the faithful fulfilment of their i contracts, and by adopting the salutary restric tions recommended by the Governor in bis late r message, depriving them of their power to do r evil in future, and compelling them to resume r is? r?* ■' , ' the payment of gold or silver coin for their liabil ities to the public, at the earliest day on which such resumption can take place with a ration al assurance of being permanent and useful.” We next have the appropriations, and in the second section, it is provided that the banks which comply with the provisions of the act, shall be required on the 10th of December 1840, to pay all their liabilities on notes, bills, deposites or otherwise, in gold or silver. Also, loan the Com monwealth three millions, in a pro rata propor tion to the capital stock of each, at an interest of 5 per cent. They shall also pay the interest on the State debt, due in July 1840, and on all other days between that time and July 1843, inclu sive, in specie, within ten days notice, and in equitable proportions.—They shall have twenty days to decide whether they accept the terms or not —and then they are to give security for the compliance of their part of the contract. If they fail to pay in any instance, writs of scire facias are to ,be issued. All the banks that do not accept the provis ions, are required to resume in thirty day * after the passage of the act, and on failure thereof, their charters to be forfeited. The banks that accept, are also to lose their charters, if they refuse to pay specie thirty days after the 10th of Decem ber, 1840. Section 8 abolishes the proxy sys tem. Section 9 provides that no charter shall be granted or extended for a longer time than twenty years. The Legislature to have power to revoke such charter, whenever, in their opinion, it shall prove injurious to the Commonwealth. Section 10 prohibits banks paying out at their counters, any but their own notes or specie, unless at the option of the person making the demand. It al so prohibits post notes, and the holding by a bank of any stock, except its own, or the stock of Pennsylvania or the United States, Section 11 prohibits dividends during suspension. The last sec.ion is in the following words: “That all laws and parts of laws, imposing penalties or rates of interest exceeding six per cent, per annum, upon said banks accepting the provisions of this act, for non-payment of their notes and liabilities, so far as respects the excess above six per cent, per annum, and other laws and parts of laws, hereby altered, supplied, or made inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.” This bill is certainly an extraordinary mea sure. The terms dictated to the banks, strike us as excedingly tyrannical. Those institutions have been vilified, and nearly trampled to death ; and now, they are commanded to “ loan” $3,000,000, besides paying all the State interest between this and 1843 ; or, on refusal, to have the last work of the executidher consummated. Truly, the Le gislature of Pennsylvania seems determined to win an enviable reputation for extraordinary proceedings. The banks are any thing but per fect; but it should not be forgotten that millions of property belonging to our best citizens, and of all classes, are bound up with them—and the rights and interests of this portion of the commu nity should be protected. From the New York Star. British Possessions in India. —The ex isting troubles with China may, or may not, lead to a long and costly war; but it is certain that Russia looks earnestly at every difficulty which may break out in the East as opening a prospect for undermining the British power in India. The war now prosecuting against Circassia, and the assemblage of a formidable Russian squadron in the Black Sea, all tend to the furtherance of the great object which Russia has so much at heart. Indeed it may be said—and it is a singular fact— that war only exists in the East, and great events may grow out of the troubles in India, Egypt and Turkey. The power of England in India is too formidable to be easily endangered. It is a most remarkable increase of power, influence, and terri torial limits springing up, it may be said, from a mere commercial company. We hear the glory of England frequently spoken of, but the little island is a very small portion of that glory—the gigantic power is in India. The British Empire in the East Indies now includes one hundred mil lions of people, and extends over 1,250,000 square miles ot all climates, from the snows on the mountains of the Gaut and Himmclays, to the burning sands of Hindostan, and twelve hun dred miles of the navigable rivers Indus, Junga, Sutledge, Ganges and Bramaportia, with large c'tics Calcutta, Delhi, Benares, Lucno, Poona, Madras, and Bombay. They hold the Great Mogul andall the reigning princes as their cap tives, and can bring into the field an army full as large as Russia. Europe cannot, by a combined effort, dislodge England from her vast possessions in the East Indies; and as to the Chinese war, it is evident that if it is protracted, it will be merely to sea fights with thejunks and coasters. Singular Lawsuit. —An English paper says that a curious lawsuit is now going on in Pesth in Hungary, between a butcher and a cattle-deal er. The butcher had lent 1,000 florins, to the dealer, who sometime afterwards, called on him as*he was at dinner, and laid down a note for 1,000 florins thanking him at the same time for the loan. The window being open the note was blown by a gust of wind into the soup tureen. The butcher look it out and holding it by the corner to allow the grease to drain off, it was seized by his dog and swallowed. Perceiving that he had dona wrong, the dog absented him self, and did not return until the evening, when he was killed and opened ; but the note was, of course, by this time wholly digested. The butch er has brought an action for the 1.000 florins, which the dealer refused to pay twice over, con sidering that, the note having gone into the hands of the batcher, he alone ought to support the loss. Unclaimed Balances. —The New York Express says: By a law ot the State, our Banks are obliged to report all old balances in Bank of over four years standing. On examining the returns of the Manhattan Banks, we find there are nearly two hundred individauls having bal ances, there, amountiug to about eleven thousand five hundred dollars, and among them are bal ances of very anicient standing. Most of the persons are broke, dead, or moved off. Among those deceased is the celebrabled Thomas Paine. This person died, as was believed in abject pov erty, at the house of old Carver, and left $125 7 cts in the Manhattan Bank. This amount ought to have gone to old Carver, who died a few days since in the greatest distress. The amount of unclaimed dividends is about four thousand dol lars, some of which have laid nearly forty vears uncalled for.” ” London and Parisian Fashions for Feb ruary. The new cloaks which were described in our last, continue to increase in favor, and will pro bably remain in fashion until the month of April or May. Some new pelerines have just been in troduced, which are exceedingly pretty for the theatres; they are composed of rose, blue, or emerald green satin, wadded, lined with white satin, and the lining being quilted in very pretty pa'-terns; the exterior is covered with'antique point lace. A row of narrow-lace to correspond set on nearly plain, encircles the pelerine, which is of moderate size, rounded behind, and termi nating in front in long narrow ends ; it is closed on the breast by small knots of ribbon. Some white peluche bonnets of exceedingly small dimensions have just appeared in carriage dress; the brims are quite round ; the interior is dacorated with small Easter dasies ; a while sat in ribbon encircles the bottom of the crown and crossing in front, descends at the sides, forming brides. A bouquet of white curled ostrich fealb / ers, placed rather high in the ribbon at one side, droops over the brim. Velvet, velours ep'ngle, and satin are all adopted, but velvet preserves its ascendancy. Colored velvet Limmings are still the most in vogue for velvet bonnets. Violet, purple and deep blue, are colors much in request for velvet bonnets. Cashmere peignoirs, of large patterns, are much worn for morning dress. They are lined with light colored satin, and bordered by a rou lean of the lining. A cordeliere of a large size for the waist, and smaller ones for the sleeves, are usually worn with them. Pelisse robes continue in fashion for half-dresss They are either trimmed with sable, fancy silk trimmings or black lace. Turbans are much used for full dress ; they are now worn short at the ears. Tonquets also are very much worn. The most fashionable are of ponceau velvet, the front composed of a scarf of thread lace, the pattern wrought in gold ; they arc disposed in the turban style, and descend in long fringed ends on one side. Coiffures, of ei ther gold or silver net, decorated with small sprigs of velvet flowers drooping low on each side, are also fashionable. Coral ornaments are about to be revived. The most fashionable colors for evening dress es are ruby, violet ponceau deep blue grosei/le and various shades of green and grey. Corsa ges, in evening dress, are always pointed ; and rich cords and tassels supply the place of cein tures. The corsage is always cut low at top.— A new style of drapery has recently been intro duced ; instead of the material being laid in folds, it is full, and placed rather low ; the fulness being confined in the centre of the bottom by a loop, which varies according to*ftie style of the dress ; for ball, or full dress, it should be gold cord, flow ers or diamonds, for simple evening dress, a rib bon or a satin loop is generally employed.— Sleeves are always short in lull dress, but they have increased in length ; the majority are of the double bullion kind terminated either by man chettes or pogdas. Flounces that have the pat tern wrought in gold are frequently headed by twisted rouleaus of gold filagree, and the mate rial of the dress. Where the dress is of a less splendid dcsciiption, black and white lace floun ces are generally worn. Ex-Governor Wolfe died suddenly this mor ning. Mr. Wolfe was collector of this port, and had gone to the Custom House, about nine o’- clock, where, as we learn, he was seized with spasms, which, in a few minutes, terminated fa tally. The affection was of the heart or lungs, with which our informant states the deceased had suffered for several years.— Phil. Nat. Gaz. 11 th MARRIED, In Columbia county, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Stokes, Dr. L. A. Dugas to Miss Louisa • Virginia, daughter of the Rev, Juriah Harriss. OBITUARY. Departed this life on the 13th instant, after a short illness, Mrs. Peace Butt, consort of Jere miah Butt, Lsq., of Warren ton, Ga., She has been an accepted member of the Metho dist Episcopal Church for the last fifteen } r ears.— In death she exhibited to her numerous friends and relatives, bright evidences of a glorious immor tality. Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road. Hamburg, March 20, 1840. S Knceland; T Richards; P P Carlos; Wright, Bull & Co; L Dwelle & Co; Baird & Rowland; T Dawson; B W Force; J Norton; Aldrich & Shove; . Hand & Scranton; P Flemming; J W Houghton; W [ E Jackson; C F Newton; Earl & Co; Gould & > Bulkley; Stovall, Simmons & Co.; W Woodbury; Reese & Beall; J F Benson; W H Sullivan; G Par rott, Bolling & Howard; J H Clayton. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. I Savannah, March 17. Cleared —Br ship Superb, Hamilton, Liverpool; I bark La Grange, Doane, Mobile. Arrived —Brigs Kentucky, Hatch, Baltimore; In -1 dependence, Evans, Havana; steamer Lamar, Cres • well, Augusta;steamboat David VV St Sohn, Pundt, • do. , Sailed— Bark La Grange, Doane, Mobile. « Went to sea —Br ship Emerald, Ellis, Liverpool. Charleston, March 19. Cleared —U L brig George, Hull, New York; schr ” Reaper, Baker, do. ’ Went to sen yesterday —Brigs Tybee, Herbost, I Havre; Yeoman, Gooding. Hamburg. 5 At Quarantine —Barque Potomac Gorham, Bos t ton. THE READING ROOM Attached to this office is open to subscribers, and strangers introduced by them, every day and eve { ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock. Subscription $5 ; for a firm of two or more $lO. 5 CCj* Dr. J. H. MURRAY offers his professional 1 services to the citizens of Hamburg and the viein r ity. Office at H. R. Cooke’s Drug Store. mar 17 1m • fffpPUBLIC NOTICE. —Dr. Munroe, Surgecc • Dentist, has relumed to Augusta, and has removed ! his operating rooms to one door below Martin Fred -3 crick’s Confectionary, and opposite the Br dge f Bank Building. feb 10 DO f~W. G. NIMMO, General Commission Mer -1 chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door to the f Constitutionalist. , nov 7 (ry EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— At sight, ’ and at one to tw ty days sight. For sale by nov 23 GARDELLE & RHIND- I cpRAIL ROAD FREIGHT REDUCED— All articles usually carried by weight to Hamburg, will be charged at 40 cents per 100 ponnds (instead of 50 cents, as customary,) till further notice. mar 2 JOHN KING, Jr., Agent. ' 'rr THE FARMERS’ REGISTER, a monthly publication, devoted to the improvement of the • practice, and support of the interest, of Agricul s ture; published at Richmond, Ya , at $5 per year. Edmund Ruffin, editor and proprietor. m 6 1 (ffj'TO THE LOVERS OF THE ARTS.— " The Paintings at Mr. Richards’ Drawing Academy, ! (Masonic Hail,) will hereafter be opened to visi a r , tors, every Saturday afternoon and evening, from . 2 o’clock until 9 o’clock p. m. At night the rooms will b? well lighted. d ec jq (Hz' Dr. W. FLINT offers his servic es to the ci- L tizens of Augusta in the different branches of his i profession. He may be found at all hours at the f late residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second dooi . from the comer of Mclntosh and Reynold streets. , nev 29 l y ‘ $y NOTICE.— From this date freight on Cotton per S. C. C. & Rail Road Co. is reduced to forty (40) cents per hundred for square bales, and fifty (50) • cents per hundred pounds for round. v ' A B. STURGES, Agent. r Hamburg, March 4,1840, I B. H. OVERBY, ATTORNEY AT LAW , 5 fck 25 Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga. , . CC/ 5 Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his profes ' sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity. He will be found at his residence, the s first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis , street, recently occupied by John L. Adams, i au g 17 ts {Cr BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—For the benc l fit of the sick poor of Augusta and its vicinity. The visiting committees for the ensuing month - are as follows : , Division No. 1. —James Godby, J. W, Meredith ' Mrs. Crump, Mrs N. Jones. Division No. 2. —VV. H. Crane, W. F. Pember ’ ton, Mrs. Talliafarro, Mrs. M. A. Holt. > • Division No. 3.—C. E. Latimer, James Panton 1 Mrs. B. McKinnie, Mr*. Julia Snead. ’ J» W. WIGHTMAN, Secretary. THEATRE. 1 W. C. FORBES, Lessee. Mr. Forbes respectfully announces to the ladle* and genfemen of Augusta, that he will open the Theatre, for a short season,on Friday evening 20t l i March. He takes great pleasure in announcm-r th ‘ engagement of Mrs. Frrzwilliam, the celebrated and popular Comic Actress, from the Drury ] a ‘ and Covent Garden Theatres, London, who is en gaged for three nights only, and will make her first appearance on this evening, as Peggy i n the Conn try Girl, and as the Widow Wiggins, i n th' dramatic entertainment of that name, written ex' pressly for her, in which she will sustain six differ' ent characters. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the admired Comedy of th COUNTRY GIRL. ° Moody, ;q r j Miss Peggy, Mrs. Fitzwiil lam^ ne » In which she will introduce the Ballad “Pi/n Pit Pat Goes my heart.” ’ at > To be followed by the Dramatic one act, called the lnmen t.m WIDOW WIGGINS, Or Music Mad. Written expressly for Mrs. Fitzwilli am and . in London and New York with great success. To conclude w ith the Faree of LOVERS’ QUARRELS. CCT Tickets sl. Doors open at half past 6 anrt performance to commence at 7 o’clock precisely Messers. Editors —EDWAßD THOMAS ]T is recommended as a suitable person for Mavor the next year, and the following named gentleme°n as members of Council, for the Upper Ward JAMES HARPER, JOHN NELSON, C. B. HITT They will be supported by mar 20 MANY VOTERS. Messrs. Editors— The following gentlem nwiil be supported for members of Council, in W ar d v 0 2, at the approaching election: B. II WARRfx JOHN G. DUNLAP, GEORGE M. NEWTO V mar 20 Mr. Editor, please announce the following named gentlemen as candidates for election as members of the city council fro n ward no 1 at the approrching election in April next. GAREY PARISH. WM. E. JACKSON mar 18 PHILIP CRUMP. Messrs. Editors .- —The following gentlemen will be supported for Members of Council in Ward No. 1, at the approaching election: G. F. PARISH, W. E. JACKSON, m IS Dr. W. E. JuIINSTON. ffy Messrs. Editors —Seeing from your paper of yesterday, that the Hon. A. Cummino declines a re-electian for Mayor of the city, at the approach ing election, we. therefore, take the liberty of su»- gesting the name of JOHN PHINIZY, Esq., as\ person well calculated to fill the office,and he will be supported by (mar 13) Many Voters. Messrs. Editors :—Observing in your paper trie names of several gentlemen suggested as cauci dates for Mayor at the approaching election, v/e take the liberty of proposing the name of Dr. DANIEL HOOK, as one well qualified to fill that office and who will be supported by March 18 ts Many Voters. Mr. Editor :—Sir, I see a notice in your paper of the 12th instant, stating that our worthy Mayor declines being a candidate for re-election to the of fice he has so worthily filled, and as it is time the citizens should fix on a suitable person, to repre sent them as Mayor for the next year. Allow me to recommend the name of MARTIN M. DYE, as a suitable person, and who will serve if elected. Many Voxers. A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS?” DR W. EVANS' CELEBRATED SOOTHING SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth.— This infallible-remedy has preserved hundreds of chil dren, when thought past recovery, from convul sions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the gums, the child will recover. The preparation is so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of four months,though there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of the Syrup should be used on the gums, to open the pores. Parents should never be without the Syrup in the nursery where there are young children; for if a child wakes in the night with pain in the gums, the Syrup immediately gives ease, by opening the pores’and healing the gums; thereby preventing, convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. IVm. Evans’ Medical Office, 100 Chatham street, New York, where the Doctor may be consulted on all diseases of children. PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF Dr. EVANS’ SOOTIUNG SYRUP.—To the Agent of Dr. Evans ’ Soothing Syrup: Dear Sir—The rreat benefit afforded to my suffering infant by rour Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and >ainful dentition, must convince every feeling pa ent how essential an early application of such an ivaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery and orture. My infant, when teething, experienced mch acute sufferings, that it was attacked with convulsions, and my wife and family supposed that death would soon release the babe from anguish, till we procured a bottle of your Syrnp ; which as soon as applied to the gums, a wonderful change was produced, and after a few applications the child displayed obvious relief, and by continuing m its use, I am glad to inform you the child has com pletely' recovered, and no recurrence of that awful complaint has since occurred ; the teeth are ema nating daily and the child enjoys perfect health. I give you ’my cheerful permission to make this acknowledgment public, andwill gladly give any information on this ciicurasti nee. WM. JOHNSON. EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS ate purely vegetable, composed with the strictest pre cision of science and of art; they never pro.lm« nausea, and arc warranted to cure the following diseases which arise from impurities of the blowi, viz:— Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, rc.'K Ulcerated Sore Throats , Scarlet Fever, Asthma, ( h> lera. Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnks ami Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, and all those diseases of whatsoever kind to which hunau nature is subject, where the stomach is affected. TONIC PILLS. —The power of Evans’ Comomih Pills are such, that the palpitating heart,the trem ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the fluttering miml. vanish before their effects like noxious vapors he- ' fore the benign influence of the morning sun.- | They have long been successfully used for the cult I of intesmittents, together with fevers of the irregu- I lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral ol>- I structions. I This tonic medicine is for nervous eneral debility, indigestion and its consequences, or want of appetite, distension of the stomach, acid ity, unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling noise in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languo’ , wk’ii j the mind becomes iiiitabie,d'esponding,tlioughttnl) I melancholy, and dejected. Hypochondriacism, com sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all oil" 1 nervous affections, tShese pills will produce a sa!» and permanent cure. Evans’ Camomile Pills were first introduced ml America in 1835. More conclusive proof s of the extraordinary efr caey of Dr. Wm. Evans ’ celebrated Camomile Aperient Anti-Bilious Pills,in alleviating mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Disease —Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels- * vere griping, frequent inclination to go to stool- b nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, ' ,t > quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge of •> ! c culiar foetid matter mixed with blood .great deb) 11 . 1 ; sense of burning heat, with an intolerable bei'H's | down of the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying D ' I ect health, and returns his sincere thanks lor I extraordinary benefits he has received. I Sold by ANTONY & HAINES, | Sole agents in AuQ, 1 J. M. & T. M. TURNER, ****** I P. M. COHEN & Co., Chidejl? • SHARP & ELLS, Mil led S eV ’ C. A. ELLS, Macon, A. W. MARTIN, Forsvth War. E. WELL*, Druggist, A then., MARK A. LANE, Washing! oll • juiy 23