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again recommended it, and rc-.ec mmendrd it, and urged it upon Congress and the cople, till the very agitation of the question, wit . the execu tive crusade which has been earn i on, under color of it, against the currency ol the country, has deranged and broken down ar, I ruined the business of the country from one extremity of the Union to the other. Yes, sir, f vetimes, and in five different shapes, I believe, I .s this meas ure been rejected by Congress. V hat monarch in Europe could stand up and re ist, or would dare attempt to resist the representative voice so often and so potently expressed? J>{at one. No, sir. not one. Neither the Ministry fi F ranee nor England ever went for a second neJilion, by the representative branch of the Goveriijnent, of any leading measure which they had bro’*ffit forward. Its rejection is a signal for their ret jpment from office, and a new ministry comes it} of opposite sentiments. An attempt in the Commons of Great Britain or in the French Chrlnber of De puties to resist such an expression |f the repre sentative voice, would lead to revolution, and shake the very foundations of the K rone itself. —But what do we see here, under j >ur boasted freedom, and in the youth-time of ov : republican institutions? The leading measure and I may say, the only measure of the administration, is rejected over and over again by th representa tives of the people, and still the cablet not only remains in office, but the executive | himself ur ges it with renewed energy and unrjmitted per severance; and seems determined Usdragoon the people into submission to it. Such| an outrage upon the rights of the people, ar*l upon the very spirit of our free institutions, I have never known in this or any other governjent having the least pretension to a participatioi in the re presentative principle.—And does colleague suppose that I, a representative fromfci State con taining some three millions of peopam to sit quietly by, and not resist these usurpations of their right? Doeshesupposc that lam to be mealy mouthed in speaking of thef Executive, who has thus attempted, in its pratjical opera tion, to subvert the fundamental principles of the Government? If he docs, he will find himself most egregiously disappointed—and net me tell 1 im once for all, that as long as I ha>|; the honor of a seat in this body, I will defend,lwith bold ness, the rights of those who sent n* here, and repel with energy, every effort to usii-p the pow ers of the government, and every att 'inpt to un dermine the foundation of our free ; nstitutions. CHRONICLE AND SEN FIN EL. AUGUSTA. SATURDAY MORNING, MAR 'H 21. The following letter signed by a la; ge portion of the Southern members of Cong ess, which we copy from the Charleston paper of yester day, contains suggestions of consider ble impor tance to the city of Augusta, as also - ill that por tion of Georgia through which the pi >poscd mail route will pass. That the route su gested will eventually become the great thorofar* for trave and transportation of Merchandise t| a portion )f ‘ of Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, no one can doubt who has investigated the siiject. And the sooner this direction is given tof the travel, the better for all the interests that p y e notv, or may be hereafter, connected with |. To the city of Augusta and her commerci:ll interests, we regard it of paramount importa|ce, as the first step in the great work of her futifre commer' cial importance, to which we alluded a few days since, in connection with the Rail *Roads, <?:c. We therefore, think they would be* consulting their inteiests in no small degree, br acting at once on this measure by a unanimdi petition in favor of its adoption. i To the towns in the interior of thcf.State that will be benefited by increased ma£ facilities, we would also suggest the propriety of uniting in advancing this object, by petitioning the de partment. ! We deem it wholly unnecessary ito emerge upon a subject, the advantages of winch are so prominent to every reflecting mind. l| the proper exertions are used, there can be no dclbt that the route will be established; and in pwportion as the facilities of travelling are increased, in the same ratio will the whole country beWcncfitied. W ASHINOTf , 1840. Sir—The undersigned respectful represent that, by reason of the great amount <i Rail Road and Steam Boat line now in use, hi ween this point and Memphis, Tennessee, y way of Charleston and Augusta, through the Tennessee Valley, this route must shortly becc lie the one principally used by the inhabitants ol- the South ern portions of Tennessee and Northern portions of Mississippi and Alabama, together with those from a great part of Arkansas, in the transporta tion of their mails and in travelling .•> and from the Eastern Cities and the seat of l ie General Government. We .deem it a matter ot great impo; lai ce to the Citizens, along this very extensive lire of travel, that a good and comfortable line of Pest Coaches he established to run daily, connecting the Wes tern end of the Georgia Kail Road wi ■ the Ten nessee River at Gunter’s Landing, w 4 jre steam boat travel commences, and that a like line of daily coaches be established from i’uscumbia, through the Northern Counties of A abaraa and Mississippi to Memphis. ' This line could diverge at Salei , Miss, by Hilly Springs and Hernande to Men phis, or go directly to Memphis, conceding will: tne Lag range and Memphis Road, or it could je made to alternate running every other day ah ng each of those routes from Salem, and thus ac ommodate a larger community. Tnis route, on account of the greal amount of Rail Road improvements going on, ias al cady become the one which gives most sp<* J to mails and travellers, and in consequence is .coming ra pidly into use. I We therefore think it due to so| xtensive a population as are directly interest'll, that it be placed upon a respectable footing by‘living speed to the mails and comfort to travel, should an exact estimate of the profits arisingjto the mail service, be made the basis in the estimate for de termining upon the propriety of mailing the ex tension here desired—but the present and future conveniem e of the people growing ?uch valua ble products, in obtaining the earli,|t informa tion of prices, should, in our also enter into the estimation. % We have the honor to be, &c.ccc. The attention of our readers is respectfully di rected tD a sketch of a debate, which u ill be found in this day’s paper, between Messrs, Tallmadge, W right and Strange of the Senate. ’ Theatre. The very attractive bill of fare which Mr. Forbes presents to the admirers ofihe drama, to-night, will certainly secure a full Lmse. Sir Astley Cooper’s maxims for p. of health were temperance, cleanliness,exercise and early rising . The New Jersey Question. Yesterday we gave our readers the address of the minority of the Committee of Elections, on this agitating question, and to-day, to enaole them to form a more correct idea of the course of pro ceeding, which the House and the majority of the Committee have pursued, we copy the follow ing article from the National Intelligencer. We candidly ednf.-ss that the who!c’proceedings,from the beginning of the session to the last flagrant outrage, by which the Va.. Burcn claimants were permitted to take their seats in the hail, appear to us the most high handed usurpation of the rights of a sovereign State of the confederacy, of which the history of this country furnishes a re cord. And we have been, and are still, at a loss to suggest any other motive on the part of the majority, who committed this act, than a reckless determination, regardless of all consequences to the constitution and the laws, to secure to the Administration a majority in the We wish we could see in it, some more laudi ble and honorable motive ; but when we reflect that the house had before it, no evidence other than that in its possession when the committee was appointed—that the report was received and adopted without being printed or investigated, and that the report of the minority was refused a reception, the ''onclusion is irresistib’e to our mind, that they were determined to suppress all testimony, in order to secure their base If they desired to be correctly’informed, why not have recommitted he report, with instructions to the committee to report the whole matter to the House, that they might be capable of doing justice to the respective claimants? Wc will not now say that justice was al! they feared, but cer tainly no impartial, investigating mind can come to any other conclusion from all the circumstan ces which have been developed. Something, however, may yet be disclosed, of which we know not, that may justify the majority. We hope, for the honor of Congress, and the character of our country and its cherished institutions, that such facts may be produced. For although we are among those who believe, that there has been a moral prostitution of the representative character of this government, which has been manifestly increasing, ever since the utterance of that de testable sentiment, “1 take the responsibility,” yet we arc unwilling to believe that the majority of the House of Representatives of Congress, men in many instances (and should be in all) se lected for their intelligence and sterling integrity, arc so heedless of their obligations to the coun / try, as to perpetrate such an outrage upon the rights of the people. We have received last evening the report of the minority of the committee, which wc shall, if our limits permit, give our readers on Monday. The New Jersey Election. To afford to the People a distinct view of the tortuous course of the majority of the House of Representaliv )s, and its Committee of Elections, by which the purpose of unlawfully bringing per sons in as members of the House has been accom plished, we publish below as follows. First —The resolution of the House of Febru ary 28th, directing the committee to report on the lawful votes. Second. —The evidence of the rejection of a resolution offered by Mr. Fillmore in committee to take up the evidence then before the commit tee for that purpose. Third. —A resolution adopted by the commit tee, directing, the chairman to take and consider certain votes ‘•'as the lawful votes.” Fourth. —The resolution adopted by the House, reciting that the committee has reported on the “ lawful votes.” The report of the journal of its proceedings to the House by iis Committee of Elections enables us to obtain these facts, and lay, them before the People; and they are a curiosity, as showing how a plain resolution of the House was perverted, and the fact then falsified in the recital of a reso lution based upon that report— Nat. Int. I. Resolution of the House, Feb. 28, 1840. Resolved , That, the Committee of Elections be authorised to report to this House such papers and such of their proceedings as they may desire to have printed by order of the House; and that they be instructed also to report forthwith which five of the ten individuals claiming scats from the State ofNetv Jersey received the greatest num ber of Lawful votes from the whole State for Representatives in the Congress of the United States at the election of 1838 in said State, with all the evidence of that fact in their possession : Provided , That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent or delay the action of said committee in taking testimony, and decid ing the said case upon the merits of the election. 11. In the Committee , Feb. 29, 1840. Mr. Fillmore moved to amend a resolution then depending by striking out all after the word “ Resolved and inserting the following: “ That this committee, in obedience to the res olution of the House adopted yesterday, will forthwith proceed to take up the evidence now before the committee to ascertain which five of I the ten individuals claiming scats from the State | of New Jersey received the greatest number of ■ lawful \otes from the whole State for Represen j talives in the Congress of the United States at I the election of 1838 in said State.” Upon this resolution the votes were as fol lows : Ayes —Messrs. F illmore, Crabb, and Smith —3 Noes —Messrs. Rives, Medill, Brows - , and Fisher—4. 111. The original resolution was then adopt ed under which the report was made as follows .- Resolved, That the chairman prepare a report in pursuance of the House resolution of yester• j day, and that in doing so he take and consider the I votes adjueged to have been given to the several | claimants by the Governor and Privy Council ot | New Jersey, together with those returned by the ; election officers of the townships of Millville, in j Cumberland county, and South Amboy, in Mid dlesex county, to ffie clerks of said counties, re spectively, as having been polled in said town ships ' ? the number of lawful votes given in the said State. On this resolution the vote was as follows; Ayes —Messrs. Rives, Medill, Brown and Fish er—4. Noes —Messrs. Fillmore, Crabb and Smith—3. The committee then, without adopting any further resolutions, adjourned to enable the Chair man (Mr. Campbell) to prepare his report in pur suance of this resolution. IV. Resolution of the House moved on the coming in of the report, and adopted under the previous question, March 10, 1840. Whereas it appears by the report of the Com. mittee of Elections that Philemon Dickerson Peter D. Vroom, Daniel B. Ryall, William R* Cooper, and Joseph Kille, received the greatest number of lawful totes can in the State of New Jersey, at the election holden in that State for Representatives in the twenty-sixth Congress. Resolved, That Philemon Dickerson, Peter D. Vroom, Daniel B. Ryall, William R. Cooper, and Joseph Kille, are entitled to take their seats in the House of Representatives as members of f the twent3 r -sixth Congress, aad that the Speaker of the House on their presenting themselves, qualify them as such : Provided, That nothing 1 herein contained shall prevent the investigation into said election from being continued in the r manner heretofore authorized by a majority of the Committee-of-Eiections, on the application of the five claimants for said seats. Correspondence of the North American. New York, March IG, 3 P M. The cotton market remains precisely as it closed last week. In flour there has been a move ment in Genesee to-day, which has rarde a little better feeling. Two or three thousand barrels have been bought at 5,37 a 5,50. As the Erie canal is to remain closed until the 20lh of April, in order that the work of enlargement may go on, we are to have but small receipts until that time, nor is there much stock of flour on hand in the interior. The millers have been idle mostly, as the farmers have refused the offers they felt able to make for wheat —a great favor to the millers by the way, as it has turned out. The Southern mail came through yesterday, over the direct railroad from Baltimore to Phila delphia. The Directors of the Manhattan Bank have been in very earnest deliberation over the report made for them by the committee of investiga tion. The report must very speedily be printed, and in the meantime, the great question to be determined is, whether Mr. White shall retain his office of Cashier and Manager. Bills on England Domestic Exchanges—Philadelphia 6a6,J ; Baltimore sjas£ ; Richmond 7 ; Charleston 34: Savannah 6 ; Augusta 7£; Macon 8|; Mobile 6 ; New Orleans sas^. The Weekly Report of Interments in the City and County of New York, from the 7th day of March to the 14th day of March, 1840, are—33 men, 36 women, and 33 girls—total 143. The mills at Great Bend. Jefferson county, N. Y. owned by Charles E. Clark, Mr. Potter, and Mr. Carter, were destroyed by fire on the sth inst. Loss about §30,000. For the Chronicle Sentinel. Mr. Editor:—l see by your paper, that our present Mayor declines being again a candidate for the office he holds, and I have seen it with re gret and sorrow. Sir, we must not part with him now. We owe him too much. We have too much need of him. We have too much gra titude for his past sendees. We shall have too much need of his future services. We cannot , must not part with him now. I use strong terms, because on this subject I feel strongly—because strong and powerful motives dictate these terms, and influence those feelings. The people of Au gusta are criminally ungrateful, if they can for get the services of Alfred Gumming, to our city during the past summer, and if, for the sake of what to the city is a paltry sum, a few hundred dollars, they fail to reward those services in the most effectual way, viz; by continuing him in office. I have been informed that he has said he cannot, in justice to himself, continue to dis charge the duties of the office, as they should be administered, (thus neglecting his private af fairs to a great extent,) for the small salary which is attached to the office. Let us increase the salary to §2,500, or §3,000, if that can retain his services. It will be to the city comparatively but a small sum; and by his vigilance, his watchfulness, his extraordinary and almost unex ampled efforts last summer, when the town was so nearly depopulated; he saved thousands and thousands of the property of our citizens. Since then, as every man acquainted with the facts, must know, by his skill and industry, he has saved much to the public purse of the city. Du. ring his administration, the streets have been im proved, and the police brought to a system which has wrought a great and powerful change in the order, quiet and welfare of Augusta. Will it be replied, that others may he found with equal abil ities, who will accept the office with its present salary ? Suppose so; yet others cannot be found who have done, what he has done for us. Others cannot be found, who can so well carry out the labours in which he has been employed. Grati tude requires us to retain him, if we can, upon reasonable terms—policy bids us not to part with him now, if by a proper compensation for his duties, we can still have his services. If by a gen eral understanding, thar such compensation for the labours of the office shall be appropriated, we can keep his name before the people, as a candi date for the office, I have no doubt the other can didates will retire. Ifthey do not, there is too much sense of justice among our citizens, for them to fail in giving; him a majority of their suffrages; let those oppose him who may. I hope these sug gestions will be thought of, discussed by our cit izens, and acted upon. We owe it to ourselves, and to our characters, as men of hearts and heads. For my part, I will gladly join with others in calling a town meeting on the subject, or I will unite with them in the determination to nominate and support such a ticket in each of the Wards, for Aldermen as will pledge them selves to give an increase of salary to the May oralty. A majority of such tickets, I do believe, can be elected ; and, I have no doubt, if we wil* organize such tickets, with a strong voice, Al fred Gumming will be again a candidate, and again—what his merits, and our gratitude de mand for him —the Mayor of Augusta. Recompense of Reward. Dead Men’s Bones.— The Legislature of Ohio having passed an act to prevent the digging up of dead bodies for the purposes of dissection —making it a fState prison offence, we believe —thirty-two physicians of St. Glairsville and vi cinity have published a « card,” to the public, in which they state that they « believe it a duty they owe to the public, and to the profession of which they are members, to refuse medical attention, if called on, to any one who shall vote for the final passage of the bill, and to all members of the present or succeeding Legislature, who shall not, in future, if the bill pass into a law, use their best endeavors to have it repealed.” —New Or leans Sun. 1 Pennsylvania Bank Bill. —The Harris burg Telegraph of Monday states that the com mittee of conference, on the Bank Resumption bill, have not yet, reported, and are not expected to report immediately. No progress had been made, as yet, by the committee, in coming to an understanding ; and the Telegraph inclines to the opinion that the majority (in the Legislature) do not wish to act definitely on the Resumption bill, until something has been done with the Im provement bill. The following outrageous proceeding is rela ted in the Litile Rock Times of the 24th ult. Outrageous. —We are informed by a gentle man from Fort Towson, that two or three weeks since, a citizen of the Ldited fetates, at the head of eight or len men, had occasion to go into Texas, for some purpose, where he came across a party of Cherokee Indians on the borders of 1 ex as, who kept in sight of him for two or three days, without manifesting any hostility. One night after the Cherokees had encamped, the whites stole upon them and killed seven or eight of their number, when the Indians returned the fire, killing one or two of the whites, and then fled. The cause assigned by the commander ot the whites, for attacking the Indians, was that he was afraid they intended to attack him, and therefore took the start of them. If this is the true state of the case, we think the U. States should punish the aggressors, and prevent, sf pos sible, any further outrages ot the kind. Our in formant states that the officers and agents at I ort Towsou consider it an outrageous and unprovok ed murder. Will they not then have the matter investigated, and justice rendered to the Indiansl Resumption In Virginia. —We learn ver bally from Richmond that the hill, passed by the House of Delegates in January last, respecting the suspension by the banks, had just been taken up by the Senate, who added fifteen or twenty amendments, to the original bill; most of them were promptly rejected by the House. Upon its return to the Senate, a disposition was manifes ted to concur with the House, which induced ‘•Extraßilly Smith” and two other leading Loco Focos to leave the Senate chamber in high dudg eon with their brother Loco Locos. Their defec tion, however, increased the probability that the bill would pass the Senate in the form in which it originally passed the House: providing that the banks shall resume the payment of specie after the end of next session of the Legislature, and suspending, for the time, the penalties incurred by suspension. —Baltimore Patriot 17 th inst. Death of John Lowell, —The Hon. John Lowell died of apoplexy, Friday morning, at his residence in Roxbury, aged 70. Mr. Lowell has occupied an exalted rank among the distinguish ed men of Massachusetts. As a lawyer, a states man, a politician, and a writer, he has had few equals in this country. —Boston Com . Gaz. A Shocking Tragedy. —A bloody Tragedy recently occurred at Hopkinsville, (Ky.) in which a mm by die name of Cuvillier,formerly connected with the Orchestra of the Theatre in Nashville, and the Vocalist, Barclay, an Englishman, were the principals. It appears that Cuvillier recently ran away with and married Miss neach of Hopkinsville— the same who figured in the Conceits of Nash ville last winter—hut previous to accomplishing this purpose had opened an illicit correspondence with the wife of Barclay. On detecting some of his letters in his wife’s possession, Barclay went to Cuvillier, armed with pistols to demand the return of Mrs. Barclay's answers. Cuvillier on this demand, pulled one of the letters from his pocket and destroyed it in his presence, when B. msantly shot him through the body. Cuvillier expired in a few minutes, and B. surrendered himself to the civil authorities. Robbery of thf. Western Mail. —lt ap pears from the Columbus (Ohio) Journal, that the robbery of the mail recently committed, near Springfield, (Ohio) was perpetrated by persons who deal only in New York funds. The Journal says that the stolen mail bag has been found, and it appears that the robber took nothing from it but the lelter packages [directed to the city of New V ork. Ihe packages of letters from Colum bus, Wheeling, Baltimore, etc. were all left, and have since been forwarded to their proper desti nations. > An Accomplished Family. —The Coburg, a Belgian paper, makes the following observation upon the accomplishments of the Princes of Co burg in the Fine Arts: “The husband of the Queen of Portugal is a skilful engraver—our King a most capital violin-player—Prince Albert a distinguished poet—and Prince Ernest sets his brother’s poetry to music.”—All we can say is, that they would form a tolerable company of wandering minstrels. A mandarin, who took much pride in appear .ing with a number of jewels on every part of his robe, vyas once accosted by an old sly bonze, who, following him through several streets and bow ing often to the ground, thanked him for his jewels. “\V hat does the man mean 1” cried the mandarin. “Friend, I never gave thee any of my jewels. “No,” replied the other, “but you have let me look at them, and that is all the use you can make of them yourself; so there is no difference between us, except that you have the trouble of watching them, and that is an employ ment I do not much desire.” Industry of Eminent Men.— When we read the lives of distinguished men in any depart ment, we find them almost always celebrated for the amount of labor they could perform. Demos thenes, Julius Caesar, Henry the Fourth of b ranee, Washington, Napoleon,—different as they were hard-workers. We read how many days they could support the fatigues of a march, how early they rose, how late they watched, how many hours they spent in the field, in the cabinet, in the the court — how many secretaries they kept employed—in short how hard they wokred. Friends.— When we see leaves drop from the trees in the beginning of autumn, just, such think we, is the friendship of the world. While the sap of maintainance lasts, our friends swarm in abundance; but in the winter of need, they leave us naked. He is happy that hath no need of his friends. Great Minds. —How many minds, almost all the great ones, were formed in secrecy and soli tude, without knowing whether they should ever make a figure or not! All they knew was, that they liked what they was about, and gave their whole souls to it. Constancy. —Suffer not your spirit to be sub dued by misfortunes—but, on the contrary, steer right onward, with a courage greater than’ your fate seems to allow. It is by such efforts, that you will in time overcome every obstacle and enjoy at first the fruits of constancy and pei se verance. The Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 16th Inst says: Nothing definite had transpired at Harris burgh at the last dates, in relation to the decision j of the Committee of Conference on the Bank I Question. It has bean a "standing theme of merriment with the Loco-focos, that the parto opposed to the men in power is multifarious in its names. A great many poor jokes have been cracked on the subject. Our party sometimes, say they, are called Whig, sometimes Democratic Whig, and sometimes something else. The Providence Journal proposes even another. The Journal : says that a project is maturing for giving the Whig party a new name on the 4th March next. It is Then to be called the Administration party. —N. Y. Gazette. Reading. —The good Fenelon said, “If the riches of both Indies—if the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet, m exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all*—an hour spent in communion with the wise and the good, is of more real value than an age amongst the selfish and ignorant. Happiness.—Fortune depends entirely on ex ternal causes—hut happiness depends almost en tirely on ourselves. Its principal ingredients are a manly mind, an affectionate heart, and a tem perance of imagination. The first has the pow er of disarming affliction—the second of doub ling every enjoyment—while the last guards us • from wild wishes and inconsistent expectations. An Arkansas paper tells a story of a young man from the country, who, visiting Little Rock, concluded he must go to the Theatre before leav ing town. Having never been inside of such a place he mistook the door entering that establish ment and walked into a billiard room, some wag receiving tne proffered ticket. Ihe best of the joke is that he never discovered his mistake, but sat until the house was closed, professing to be highly delighted “to s-‘e a lot of fellows knock ing about a parcel of little balls.” A New Mode of Getting a Living. — We yesterday saw one of the oddest tricks em ployed to “raise the wind” that ever entered in a mortal’s head. We were sauntering about the Levee, in the vicinty of the lower market, when our attention was attracted by a Dutch woman who stood directly before a bag of coffee, with her toes within six inches of it. What excited our curiosity was, that she kept ever and anon looking first over the river, then down at her feet and then round about. Observing this, we ap proached her as stealthily as we could, when we saw, snugly concealed beneath her dress , a child of some live or six years, with a casekifc in its hand, boring into the coffee-bag, as industriously as a bee, and pouring the avails of its predatory occupation into a kind of receiver, prepared by its mother for the purpose, in the front part of its dress !— N. 0. Sun. Sjiatip Work for the Lawiebs.—The re nowned Peter the Great, being at Westminster. Hall in term time, and seeing multitudes of people swarming about the courts of law is reported to have asked some about him, what all those busy persons were about 1 and being answered, “thev were lawyers.” “Lawyers!” returned he with great vivacity, “why I have hut four inTtny king dom, and I design to hang two of them as soon as I get home.” It is stated that 100,000 copies of the new story by Boz, will be published in London. The receipts, if they all sell, will amount to $6,000 per week, or $312,000 per annum. A Valua bee Suiisci her.—“ I want to sub scribe for your weekly paper.” “ What name, sirl” “O, just lend me a pen, I’ll write you the di rection myself.” Paper and pen was furnished, and this was the direction handed to us. “ Post Master at town, state, When read, please forward to Hiram Jenkins, with a request to send it over the creek to Uncle Perkins, who will send it hack to the Post Office, directed to lead Screwhard in the next State.” A iew more such subscribers, and our fortune will be made.— Picayune. Anti-Tobacco.—A law has been recently pro mulgated in the Swiss canton of the Valais, pro hibiting all persons under 25 years of age from smoking, under a penalty of fine and imprison ment. COMMERCIAL. Latest dates from Liverpool, Feb. 20 Latest dates from Havre Feb. 17 AUGUSTA MARKET. Cotton. —For the last two days our market has been very inactive, and since our report on Thurs day but little has changed hands. Holders arc still very firm and unyielding, while buyers ap pear coy and unwilling to make investments at the prices demanded. Yesterday the market was said to be “ very flat,” and very few sales were made at any price. Buyers seem unwilling to take hold freely, in consequence of the high price of freights to Liverpool, and when they are da ly ex pecting later accounts, which some fear will be unfavorable. We feel justified, however, in con tinuing our last quotations. Ordinary to middling, fo 7 Fair, 71 to 7} Good Fair, 7£ to 8 Prime and choice, gs to Freights— To Savannah, 75 to 100 cts. per bale ; to Charleston, by rail road, 35c per 100 lbs. fo r square, and 45c per 100 lbs. for round bales. Groceries. —We have no change to note in this branch of the trade; the supply is equal to the demand, and the assortment varied and complete with all descriptions, at former quotations. Exchange. —On New-York at sight, 7a 8 per cent, for current funds; Charleston at 4 a 5 per cent; Savannah 1 a 2 perct; Philadelphia2a 3 per ct.; Lexington, Ky. per ct.; Richmond 34 per cent; specie commands G per cent, premium. Bank Notes. — Savannah Banks, 1 als percent, prem. Columbus Insurance B’k 2 “ “ ** Commercial Bank, A’aeon, 2 “ ** « Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 6 “ “ « Agency Brunswick, “ 6 « « « Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus, 2 “ « (ji s Milledgeville Bank, 2£ a 3 “ « *1 Ocmulgee Bank, 3 •* u Monroe Rail Road Bank, 4 « « Hawkinsville Bank, 3 « « Chattahoochie R. R. dt B’k Company, 10 « « **, Darien Bank, 15 « « « Bank of R,ome, 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 Agency in this city. Macon, March 17. Cotton —Since our last quotations an advance of i took place, but the market came down to former rates, say a7£ after the reception of ihe late unfavorable advices by the Great Western Our river is again up, and navigable for steam boats. Freight to Savannah, in boats, $2 50—in boxes, $2 25. To Darien, 50 cents less. Col. James Gadsuen was, on Wedn unanimously elected President of th„ I • .- v » Cincinnati and'Charleston Rail f ( oUlsv *He, Company. OBIT llAßYr^^^ Departed this life on the 10th instant it line Bkodnax, wife of Wm. E. Brodnax f Ada ’ years a worthy member of the Presbyterian , man 7 in this city. She has left a lame circle f 5 ] urc h to mourn her sudden exit Modest an I ° tldends in her manners, kind and affectionate with a heart alive to all the best feeli™! nd / hi P* nature, she won the love and esteei f° f OUr acquaintance. Among her numerous r- ot , 3,1 er was a tender and kind nuise in hours r lei ? ds ’she and was ever ready to sympathise w ° > sicknes s, sorrow and bereavement. T 0 her fa •, tflein in is irreparable, fulfilling all the duties of v® loss and mother with truth and fidelity c Wlte and prime of life, and the season ofusefulr Ht t,le not but mourn the loss of a friend W®can around us an atmosphere of pum v .„ ft .°, b,e athed “Adalinc, thou wast mild and If , Gentle as the summer bree ‘ . Iy ’ Pleasant as the air of evening ’ When it floats among the Peaceful be thy silent slumber Peaceful in thy grave so low’ Thou no more wilt join our number MARINE INTELLIGENCE^' Cleared —Brig Savannah, Shatter v\ sebr Index, Chase, Providence ’ ° rk s Lett" briS Ma ‘ Sarct ° f «*#. Went to sea —Ship Hamilton, Killam I , Br ship Ben Nevis, Burns, do; schr Index, cSe Providence. ’ liase j . , Charleston, March 2fl Arrived yesterday— Schr Francis Canady Smith Port Royal, Mart; schr Ceylon, Merrill kfchmnn!’ In the Offing Ship Commando, PierceflTve ’ pool. * * er * At Quarantine —Barque Potomac. Gorham Bo< ton. ’ Cleared Brigs Catharine, Rose, Havana- V 5 cambia, Durham, New York. ’ Ls ' W * nt to sea yesterday— Schr Reaper, Barker, N THE READINGIt()OM ~~ 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 ! j>s ; for a firm of two or more $lO Cj* D r - W' FLINT offers his services to the ci tizens of Augusta in the different branches of Ins profession. He may be found at all hours at the late residence of Mr. A. M. Eger ton, second door from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold streets, nc v 29 jy ’ B. 11. UVERRV^ ATTORNEY AT LAW, fob 2.5 Jefferson, Jackson covntr, Ga. Cf Doctor J. J. WILSON offers iris profes sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity. He will be found at his residence, the first brick building above Guedrou’s stable on Ellis street, recently occupied by John L. Adams. aug 17 ‘ ts BE.\ E VOL ENT SOCIETY. —For the bene 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. —W. H. Crane, W. F. Pember ton, Mrs. Jalliafarro, Mrs. M. A. Holt. Division No. 3. —C. E. Latimer, James Panton, Mrs. B. McKinnie, Mrs. Julia Snead. J. W. WIGHTMA N, Secretary. 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. Wm. Evans' Medical Office, 100 Chatham street, New York, where the Doctor maybe consulted on all diseases of children. PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF Dr. EVANS' SOOTHING SYRUP—To the Agent of Dr. Evans' Soothing Syrup: Pear Sir —The great benefit afforded to my suffering infant by '■our 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 Syrup; 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 continuiug in 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 circumst; nee. WM. JOHNSON. EVANS' FAMILY APERIENT PILLS aio purely vegetable, composed with the strictest in cision of science and of art; they never produce nausea, and arc warranted to cure the following diseases which arise from impurities of the blood, viz;— Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, Cold*, Ulcerated Sore Throats , Scarlet Fever, Asthma, i ho lent, Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnics and Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, and all those diseases of wl atsoever kind to which hun an nature is subject, where the stomach is affected. TONIC PILLS. —The power of Evans' Camomile Pills are such, that the palpitating heart, the trem ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the fluttering mind, vanish before their effects like noxious vapors be fore the benign influence of the morning suu.- They have Jong been successfully used for the cuff of intesmittents, together with fevers of the irregu lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral oi structions. This tonic medicine is for nervous complain!.-', eneral debility, indigestion and its consequents, or want of appetite, distension of the stomach, acid ity, unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling n.'i-o in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, when the mind becomes irritable,desponding,thoughffil, melancholy, and dejected. Hypochondriacisra, con sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all ollffi nervous affections, IJhese pills will produce a sale and permanent cure. Evans' Camomile Pills were first introduced iuw America in 1835. More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary of'* caey of Dr. Wm. Evans' celebrated Camomile f Aperient Anti-Bilwus Pills,in alleviating affliAA mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Bowery. - Disease —Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody .Flux- Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels, vere griping, frequent inclination to go to stool. I ll ' nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, I"-]* quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge of a I’ c * culiar foetid matter mixed with blood .great debi Iff' 1 sense of burning heat, with an intolerable heatm* down of the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying I' 1 * ect health, and returns his sincere thanks foi extraordinary benefits he has received. Sold by ANTONY J. M.& T. M. P.M. COHEN & Co., ChailestO ’ SHARP & ELLS,M llled S evllU '’ C. A. ELLS, Macon, A. W. MARTIN, Forsyth Wu. B. WELL&, Druggist, Athens MARK A. LANE, Washington. july 23