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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA.; FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27. Theatre. Mrs. Fitz william doses her engagement in this city when she takes her benefit, prior to her depa Jure for Charleston. We have save, on a single occasion, forbore to eulogise the performances of this highly accomplished lady.for we felt that her powers needed no eulogy, indeed they are superior to it. To-night she presents an attractive bill, am? we trust that our citizens will testify their sense ,of her merit by making it a real benefit. * The Tybee Light, Is the name oCa new Daily and Tri-Weekly paper about to be ?;>sued in the city of Savannah, under the Editor! il management of Messrs. H. S, Belt and Charles Davis, the prospectus of which is now out. We subjoin a paragraph from their prospectus, in which they announce the political principles &c. of their forthcoming sheet. “Our combined efforts will, as heretofore, be devoted totnc advancement of the great cause of State Rights, and of retrenchment and economy in public officers,‘state and General—of purity in the public and private morals of the country (so shamefully degenerated of late,) —to the promo tion of the cause if temperance and frugality— and to es ibhshmcnt of law and order in the adruinistratioi of our institutions from the primary movemei at the ballot boxes, to the highest judicial tr 'unal of the country. And as the surest and on r available means of promoting all these high inte ests, we will advocate the elec tion of William Henry Harrison, of Ohio, and John Tyler . jof Virginia, to the two highest offices in the gift c* the people. Farther; of the Shipwrech. The Charleston Patriot of Wednesday says:— “We learn by tb arrival of the Steam Packet C. Vanderbilt, fre n Wilmington, that it was re ported at Smithv I ile that one of the Cape Fear Pilot Boats had j one to the wreck of the Br ship Flora, wrecl ;d on Frying Pan Shoals, and succeeded in save g two of the crew, leaving the Captain and nine men still upon the wreck. It blowing a gale of wind at the time and a heavy sea running, the 1 dots were unable to save any more. The Pilot 3oat would proceed again to the wreck this da; with the hope of saving the balance of this u fortunate crew, if the weather should prove favo; ble, but from the viole. -e o ( the weather at th f time, it is more than probable no assistance rendered these unfortunate beings, and that t*cy will be left to their fate. A bad Account.— The Patterson, N. J. In telligencer says;—“ The greater part of the man ufactories in this town have been lying idle for months. There are, we understand, but two es tablishments among the whole number which are making full time; a few of the others run part of the time.” A Post Office has been established at Camak, Warren county ; Edward A. Crandall appointed Post Master. Also at Poolesville, De Kalb coun ty ; James Caldwell appointed Post .Master. Hon, Mu. Cpthbebt.—The Washington Correspondent of|he New York Express, gives the following desr iption of Mr. Cuthbert’s man ner of speaking ir public: “ Mr. Cuthbert is an odd fish ; affected—vain —ridiculous. H< would talk for a month about nothing, and in a i anner so pompous and extrava gant, that from hi manner, you would fancy the subject under con deration, a question of war or peace. To-day, 1 } was quite ultra. Maine was threatened, if. J, id Georgia would have a non intercoura.i law wjh her, but. Mr. C. is a radi cal Loco Foco: credit system —a golden humbug min—ail advocate of the Sub-Treasury “"—I Dn Goods Trade. The New York Morning Chronicle of Satur day, says:—“Since our last report on this branch of trade, the stock in this market has been great ly increased by the arrival of about a dozen packets, ah of which have brought, as we pre* dieted in our last, fair cargoes of Dry Goods.— This addition to the supply of new and desirable goods, must naturally have some influence to re vive trade among this class of merchants. The merchants of the neighboring cities have been anxiously waiting these arrivals, and they will now be able to get in their Spring supplies, whether large or small. The packets that left Liverpool early in the season, have not brought so full cargoes as those that left later. This can only he attributed to the disappointment of the manufacturers of Great Britain, in not receiving more extensive orders from this country, and which induced them to ship a considerable quan tity on their own account. It is a fact very well known among our leading merchants, that the orders Irom this country which went out early in the season were vsry small, and the sudden in crease if at Liverpool, the latter part of January, cannot be reasonably attributed to any other cause, ffian the determination of the manufacturers of fcurope to ship their surplus stock on their ovv! account, which, if they do to any extent, must create an overplus in this mar ket, injurious to tie interests of this community and to the shippe i.” The editor of i e New Orleans Sun savs he will give $50,000 o any person who will show him a rich man’s pitaph without a lie in it f he draws the St. Charles Theatre in the $3,000,000 Loiter /. From th Southern Recorder, The Monroe Rs iroad Bank, on Thursdav last, made a demand o the Centra! Bank for settle mentor her hios, ' the tune of 40,000 dollars, care .Mturmed |settlement was refused. We handy know how* n andcrsMnd o • f J stand inis, bpecte of course could not v e been demanded, cr if it was •was o. cour.-e reused, as the R iff road Bank must nave antic.,led. But they had a right we ! imagine t aa t afango 0 f . pm. - , ■‘ “ Was this refused ?j We imagine so> as this was all that could ha*,| been expected by the Bank making the demand. If the Central Bank has refused to exchange her hills for others when re quired, we fancy her own bills will suffer from the operation. One thing at least strikes us very forcibly from this example. That is, that if the Central Bank either cannot or will not take up her hills when other bills are required, we wonder at the recent Editorial articles of the Federal Union on this subject, advocating an extensive issue of these bills byway of distribution. If she fails in the first demand, and when but a very insignificant amount of her bills have been issued, we are at a loss to know by what possibility she could respond when the issue was extended probably five fold. From the Rational Intelligencer. The State of the Country. Such is, we know, the infatuation with which some men hug the trammels of party, that they will follow its fortunes so nearly to the verge of ruin that nothing but the last step in the catastro phe seems capable of bringing them to reflect up on their dangerous predicament. Never did this observation apply with more force than to the supporters of the last and the present Administrations; for they have stood by the unwise measures of their leaders with unyiel ding firmness until ruin has crushed its thousands and they find themselves involved in the univer sal desolation. By dint of mere suffering some among them have been brought to pause, and they begin to reason with themselves and with one another. The lamentations over the dead and the wailing of the wounded on a bloody bat tle-field are not affecting than the cries of the ruined and the broken-hearted now heard through the whole length and breadth of our country. Whilst we deplore a state of things which we have done every thing in our power to prevent, it is a subject of gratification to perceive that it has a4 length roused in the less bigotted adherents of their party a spirit of inquiry into the causes and the authors ot so much evil. We ask once more of such of these as are in a condition to hear reason, to go with us back to the recollection of better days, and trace our his tory up to the present time, that we may discov er what have been the causes, and who the au thors, of all this mischief. For the first forty years of our national exist ence, the Government was administered by pro found statesmen and devoted and disinterested patriots. During that period, a country so pros perous and happy as our own, one that moved on with so successful a devclopement of its vast re sources, the world has never seen. No cloud darkened our horizon foi more than a brief pe riod of time, and then from causes that no foresight could avoid, and of a nature to which every Peo ple must be subject, however wisely its Govern ment may lie administered. The blessings of prosperity and happiness were vouchsafed to us through all this space of time, until the People, in an evi! hour, with hearts over flowing with gratitude to the founders of our In stitutions, were cajoled into the belief that they would find in Gen. Jackson “a second Washing ton,” and placed him at the head of the Govern ment, without his possessing a single qualification for its safe administration. Had Gen. Jackson been wisely distrustful of his own capacity, he would have found in the ample of his illustrious predecessors the chan of safety. He had but to throw himself on the wave that was carrying the whole country on to its proud and enviable destiny, and all would have been well. But the infirmities of his character prevail ed over the dictates of reason. With daring courage, indeed, but yet with presumption which ignorance alone could excuse, he approached the most delicate and vital principles in the science of Government, and determined to reform them, though the wisdom of nations had declared them good, and the experience of ages had pronounced them settled. He took hold of the currency and the finances of the country, and, in the absence of both information and experience on the subject, resolved to change them from their settled foun dations. And tliis purpose he accomplished, in violation of the sanctity of t!ie (Constitution, and in disregard of law. Without a faltering step he pursued his determination, which has been of so much mischief the prolific source. The war ning of wise counsels, the remonstrances of friends and the predictions of evil, only made his resolves the more inflexible, and his means of accomplish ing them the more desperate. Thus was laid the foundation of all the evils which now scourge the country; and our present Chief Magistrate, by following in the footstep* of his illustrious predecessor , has consummated the work of mischief and ruin. From the beginning of Gen. Jackson’s crusade against the currency, the finances, and the insti tutions upon which their successful management essentially depended, must be dated the downfall of our national prosperity and happiness. And, if the wit ot mankind had been taxed to work out a scheme otthe quickest and most successful ru in, none could have been devised more fatal and efficient than that whose success Gen. Jackson’s flatterers madenim believe was to crown his fame with unfading glory. We have but to cast our eyes over our continent, and we behold in all di rections the sad memorials of a desperate and fa tal maladministration of public affairs. Our commerce, that once floated on every sea, has dwindled down to a mere remnant. Our manu factures, that erewhile were enlivened with the busy movements of industry and piofit, are lin gering out an unprofitable existence. Our agri culture, that, until lately, was rewarded with a rich return, seeks in vain for a market. Our in ternal improvements, that recently stretched out their thousand arms to embrace the Union in one bond of fellowship and intercourse, are abandon ed, and many millions of their cost are already lost to the com try in consequence. The stream of capital that was flowing in from its capacious reservoir in the Old World to seek employment in the enterprise ol the New, is wholly cut off. Our credit, that once stood with proud respect in all the marls of the world, is now dishonored. Our enterprise, that was wont to explore every avenue for profit, is stricken down in hopelcssdes pair. Labor, that brought its re’urn of happi ness and comfort to tons of thousands of families, now wanders about in rags begging for employ ment. The exchanges of our country, which, ten years ago. stood at Jess than one per cent- be tween the extremes of the Union, ore now rang ing, between places only a hundred or two miles apart, at from six and seven to fifteen and twenty per cent. In fine, a national paralysis, ruined fortunes, gloom, suffering,and a bankrupt Treas ury. are the prints of Gen. Jackson’s footsteps, in which Mr. Van Buren has faithfully followed. Such are the consequences of casting away the I valuable lights of experience, substituting for them the crudities of ignorance, and experiment ing with the life-blood of a nation’s prosperity. When this fatal purpose was first disclosed, un der the administration of General Jackson, the wisdom of our country pronounced it a heresy, and predicted the consequences. These predic tions have been vetified to the letter. So uner ring was their reach into the future, thattbe spirit of ancient prophecy never foretold events with more certainty. Against the rash and reckless course ot the Executive the warning voice of our real statesmen was raised with earnest entreaty. Their protestations against it were 1 >ud atfd long sid their resistance to it was of a boldness pro | portioned to the magnitude of the evils which they apprehended. But unhappily the persons who conceived the mischief held the reins of Gov ernment, am- they have driven headlong over the ramparts ot the law and the prostrate interests of the country. Nor have things yet reached their worst unle s the People interpose. The tendency of things is yet downward. The same stern resolve that has broken down she prosperity of the country is now at work !o crush with it the spirit that dates, to complain. Success in this last effort is all that is wanting to perpetuate the reign of tyran ny and oppression, under w hich the country has already groaned too long. Surely, if there be any truth in the picture which we have sketched of the present state of our country—and that there is, we presume no one will deny—and if the stale of things, be as it undeniably is, the fruit of mal-administration of public affairs, still willfully persisted in; what reasonable or thinking man but must be satisfied of the necessity of a change of administration, to produce a change in the face of public af fairs. Setting aside all questions of personal prefer ence, or party pride or predilection, is it likely, we ask, that a dogged perseverance in a foolish and ruinous policy will lead to a wise and pros perous end 1 Is it not the known determination of the now dominant power in the Government to persevere in its present policy 1 Is there, then any earthly mode of bringing back the country to its former sound and happy condition, than, by a concert of all men who see and acknowledge these truths, to effect such a reform in the admin istration of the Government as will give it a new direction 1 These are questions which are put to our read ers, and which we trust that those who yet doubt will think upon, and each one answer for and to himself. Congressional. Among the petitions presented on Monday last in the House, we perceive the following: By Mr. Dawson : Tue following petitions, viz : from Samuel Rockwell, Win Hansel!, and Wm H Underwood, asking of Congess the payment of certain claims against the Cherokee Indians as a tribe, and assumed by the General Government under the late treaty with that tribe. A claim of the State of Georgia for money advanced to the officers and soldiers of the Revo lution. Referred select committee of five mem bers. A petition from the Commissioners of Pilotage of the city of Darien, relative to a light-house, &c. A petition from the citizens of Ruckeisville, asking a mail rout, &c, Greensborough, Georgia, through that place, to Greensborough, South Car olina. Value of Water Power tiif United States. —ln a report made to the Senate of In diana, we find the following facts recorded in re ference to the value of water : By an examination of the rates of leasing wa ter power in other portions of the United States, vve find the following facts: In Ohio, at large towns on the canal, the rates per run of stones arc, per annum, $l5O 00 In Ohio and Indiana, out of the large towns, SIOO to 125 00 At Cincinnati the State leases at 250 00 At Lowell, Massachusetts, on Merrimack river, 97 80 At Cohoes, near Albany, New York, 189 00 At Patterson, New Jersey, 399 00 At Manayunk, near Phiiadcl # phia, 555 40 Average of the whole, exclusive of Indiana, 384 74 In this state has been leased at Indianapolis, I awrenceburgh, Harrison, Peru, &c., a total amount of power equal to 30 run of stones, at $l5O per year for each run. Opium Eating in England.—A London paper of recent date says that the consumption of Upium in England has increased to a great extent; insomuch that the subject lormed a mat ter of discussion at a late meeting of the West minster Medical Society. It whs slated by a respectable member of that body from his own personal knowledge, that opium eating had in creased in the country to such a degree as to have become nearly equal in its proportion with tee-totalism. The subject had become of such importance that the different insurance offices were about to hold a meeting in consequence of their h iving discovered that they had sustained considerable loss from, as well as that a new risk had been created, by the enormous increase of the consumption of opium. The use of this drug seems to be the last re sort of a vitiated taste in search of unnatural excitement. The statements above made, if founded upon actual facts, may well cause alarm in England, fur there is no predicting how far the dangerous habit may prevail if it once be comes established. The experience of mankind unhappily shows in too many instances that the terrible consequences which follow unlawful in dulges, are insufficient to warn effectually against yielding to them, when once infatuation has pos i sessed the mind. If the fact were otherwise ; there would need no other security against the | habit of opium eating—for of all kinds of intem ' perance this appears to entail upon its victims the most dreadful species of suffering.— Balt. I American. Destructive Hurricane at Madras.—A ! tremendous Hurricane, with an inundation of the sea, occurred on the 16ih November, at Cor ; inge.on the coast northward of Madras. Some particulars of the devastation committed were I given in the Madras Spectator, on the authority jof letters written on the spot. “The water from the sea rushed in with such violence, that the i houses at Coriuge, except E’s. large house, and j three or four other brick houses, all the rest they say have been carried away. I have had two and a half feet of water in my garden and in my room, which is under my bungalow, one and a half foot. They say that more than 20,000 peo | pie have perished by this terrible hurricane, which ! lasted only five or six hours. There is nothing to be seen in every direction but dead bodies and drowned cattle. Sixty native vessels, which were in the roads loaded with paddy, disappeared; and they do not know what has become of them.” Among the items of literary intelligence con tained in the L verpool correspondence of the N. \. Star, it is stated that Bulwcr has produced another play. The title is “Cromwell,” and it will be brought forward at the Hay market in the course of this month—the part of Cromwell by Macready. Theodore Hook has tw o novels in press. One is entitled “Uncle Geoffrey.” and it will have | Hook’s portrait; the other is called “Precept and | Practice,” to be illustrated by Fhiz, Edward Howard, author of Rattlin the Reefer, has also a novel in press. It will be called Jack Ashore. A Bishop’s Humilitt.—John Knox’s “Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regimen.” gave great offence to Queen Elizabeth, who could not bear to be bearded in her “ pride of place;” and Dr. Aylmer, having written a courtly answer to Knox’s work, he was advanced to the See of London. In his work Aylmer had advised the prelates to be content with “ priest-tike and not to seek after “prince Vkc” fortunes; but when he was made a bishop he forgot his doctrine, and being one dav reminded of it. he replied in the words of St. Pin!, “When I was a child I spake as a child, I thougl t as a child ; but when I be came a man, I put away childish things!” The affairs of Turkey have been managed in ' a wretched manner. It has been demonstrated that in a district which [aid four millions in tax es, only 35U.000 rea bed the treasury of the Sul tan ; consequently 3,650,000 were absorbed by rapacious Pachas or their underlines. From the New Monthly for February. Annette, or the Galerien—A Tale. BT THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. Annette Moran was the prettiest girl at a vil lage in the department of the Isere, famed for the beauty of us female inhabitants. She was the only person who doubted this fact, and her evi dent freedom from vanity, joined to the unpre tending simplicity and mildness of her nature, rendered her beloved even by those of her own sex who might have felt inclined to contest charms less meekly borne by their possessor. Among the many candidates for the hand of Annette, Jules Dejean was the one who had won her heart. Their marriage bad been long agreed on, and they only waited to have a sufficient sum laid by, the fruits of their earnings and economy, to enable them to commence their little menage. Annette might be seen, every evening, busily en gaged in spinning the yarn that was destined for the linen of her future establishment, while Jules sat by her, reading aloud, or indulging with de light in anticipations of their marriage. How of ten did he endeavor, during the period of their probation, to persuade his Annette that they al ready had sufficient funds to commence house keeping. Charles Vilman and his Marie, with many other notable examples, were produced to prove that a couple might marry and he happy with less than five hundred francs, and Annette, half convinced, stole a timid look at her mother, who answered it by shaking her head and saying, “Ah! that’s all very well, because Charles and Marie have no children as yet, so that they are as free to work as if they were single. But people are not always so fortunate as to be married three years without having a family; and when a young woman has one child in her arms, and another beginning to walk, she can attend but little to her work” This reasoning never appeared quite conclu sive to the comprehension of the lovers, though it brought a brighter tint to the cheeks of Annette, and a roguish smile to the lips of Jules, and nei ther seemed to think it was peculiarly fortunate for married persons who loved each other not to have children, though they did not dispute the point with la bonne mere Moran. About this period the cure of the village died, a d his place was supplied by a young clergyman, who came from a distant part. The regret felt by all his flock for the good pastor was not light ened by seeing in his successor a man whose youth excluded the hope that his advice or expe rience could replace that of him they bad lost.— Nevertheless, the urbanity and kindness of Lc Pere Laungardsoon reconciled them to him, and he became popular. Le Pere Laungard was a young man of prepossessing appearance, and some natural abilities; but with passions so vio lent and irregular, that they rendered him most unfit for the holy profession he had adopted.— Like pent-up fir s, they raged but with more vio lence because they were concealed; and hypocri sy and artifice were called in to assist rum in hiding feelings tiiathc took more pains to conceal than to suppress. Some irregularities had mark ed his conduct at the cure he iiad left, and these had been represented to the bishop of his diocese; but that prelate refused credence to any state ments against the young priest, and looked on him as a persecuted son of the church, whom be was called upon to protect against its enemies.— Le Pere Laungard had no sooner seen Annette than he became enamour, d of her and it re quired all his powers of duplicity and affected sanctity to veil his passion, while in his heart he cursed the profession that rendered this duplicity necessary. When he became acquainted with the affection and engagement of Annette and Jules, the most ungovernable jealousy was added to the stings of unlawful passion; be abandoned himself to plots for breaking off the marriage, and a thousand fearful and horrid thoughts passed through his ill-regulated mind. At times, arluaied by the stings of conscience, he would throw himself on the earth, and with burning tears bewail his wretched fate, and hav ing humbled himself to the dust, he would pray for power to conquer this fatal and unhallowed love. But some innocent proof of affection giv en by the lovers in his presence would soon ex cite afresh all the evil of his nature, and he would look on them us did the serpent in Paradise, en vying the happiness of our first parents, until overpowered by the. feelings that consumed him, he would rush into solitude, and abandon him self to all the violence of his disposition. He used every effort in his power to insinuate himself into the good graces of Annette, and. by the softness and impassioned earnestness of his manner, he succeeded in exciting an interest in her mind—the more readily accorded, that her whole heart beine engrossed, and the passion that filled it being fully reciprocated, left her disposed to think well of, and feel kindly towards, all the world. Often did Annette, in the innocence of her mind, and with that complacency which a mutual affection engenders, observe to Jules, what a pity it was that Le Pere Laungard, a good looking, amiable young man, with so much sen sibility, should be forever excluded the pale of conjugal ties. “To live without loving,” said the pure Annette, “ appears to me to be impossi ble; and though he may like all hisflosk.as Ido friends and companions, still that is so differ ent, so cold and unsatisfying a feeling in compar ison with that which you, dear Jules, have awa kened in my breast, that I cannot but pi»y all who are shut out from entertaining a similar one. Jules felt none of this pity or sympathy for Le Pere. Laungard, for, with the furtive glan ces of the *young priest directed to Annette, his disordered air and changing countenance, his agitation and tremulous voice, when ad dressing her, and he liked not the flashing of Laungaid’s eye whenever, as the affianced husband of Annette, he availed himself of the privileges that character gave him of holding her hand in his, or encircling her small and yieloing waist with his arm. **The purity and reserve of Annette imposed a restraint on Le Pere Laun gard that but increased the violence of his pas si n, and as the time app.cached for her nuptials, it became more ungovernable. According to the usages of the Roman Catho lic religion, persons about to be united confess to their priest .he night previous to the marriage ceremony, and receive the sacrament the next morning prior to its celebration. Annette went to the church, which was about two miles distant from her home, accompanied by a female neighbor; and on arriving, was told that Le Pere Laungard could not receive her confession until a late hour in the evening.—Her companion becoming impatient to return to her home, quitted Annette, who informed her that Jules would come to condqpt her back to her mo ther. Her friend left her in the twilight, in the church reposing on a bench, and met Jules on the road, whom she advised not to interrupt the devo tions of his fiancee, as it would he some time ere she would have finished. He loitered about, and at length becoming impatient, proceeded to the church; where not finding Annette, and conclu ding that she had returned by another route, he hastened to the house of her mother. She had not arrived here, however, and the most fearful ap prehensions filled his mind. He returned again to the church, and knocking loudly at the house of j Le Pete Laungard, which joined it, demanded j when Annette had left the sacred edifice. The ! priest replied thiough ’.he window, that she had left the confessional at nine o’clock and that was j aft he knew. Agonized by the wildest fears and ; suspicions, Jules aroused all his friends in the ; village, and they proceeded in every direction ! calling aloud on Annette ; and the night was pas sed in searches for the luckless maiden. | Morning, that morning which was to have j crow ned his happiness for ever, by making An nette his own, saw Jules, pale and haggard, dis traction gleaming in his eyes, and drops of ’cold perspiration bursting from his forehead, approach with his friends the hank of the river, which they proposed to draw with a net, as being the only place as yet unexplored. While we leave them employed in this melan choly office, we must return to the lemale friend who had left Annette, at the Church. She sought an interview with the servant of the priest whom she closely questioned, as she maintained that the unhappy girl had decided on returning by a certain route, and had she done so, she could not have failed to meet Jules, and conse quently suspicions of foul play were excited in her mind. The servant stated that Le Pere Laungard had give her a commission to execute at the village the evening before, and had told her she might remain there until twelve o’clock. This unsolici ted permission struck her as something extraor dinary, and she did not avail herself of it to the full extent. She re'urned about nine o’clock, and having let herself it, was eating her supper, when she heard a violent struggle in the room above that where she was sitting, and a sound of stifled groans. She ran up stairs, and finding her master’s door fastened, she demanded if he was ill, as she had ueen alarmed by hearing a noise, lie answered that he had merely fallen over a chair; but there was a trepidation in his voice which announced that he was agitated. I his was all that the servant could state ; but it was enough to point the suspicions already ex cited, still more strongly to the priest. The river was drawn, and close to its hank was found the corse of the beautiful and ill-fated An nette ; her disheveled hair, and torn garments, bore evidence to the personal violence she had sustained, ere she had been consigned to a watery grave, and the livid marks of fingers on her throat induced a belief that her death had been caused by strangu alion, ere she had been plunged into the river. Fragments of her dress, found attach ed to the briers, and locks of her beautiful hair caught in them, gave indications of the route by which her corse had been evidently dragged along, and were traced even to the door of the priest’s house; but when the servant came forth, with a fragment of the kerchief Annette had worn, and which she had found in the ashes where the rest had been consumed, there was no longer a doubt left in the minds ot the spectators, as to who was the perpetrator of the horrible deed. The murderer lied, pursued by the villagers; but having rushed into the river, he gained the opposite side in safety, ere they arrived to see him again resume his flight. He passed the frontier, entered Piedmont, and there overcome w.lh the sense of his guilt, and nearly dead with fatigue, he gave himself up to the civil authorities. He was soon after claimed by the French, tried, and condemned to the galleys for life; where he still drags on a miserable existence, not daring to lift his eves from the ground lest he should meet the glance of horror his presence never fails to ex cite in all who see him, and know his crime. Jules no longer able to remain in a spot now rendered insupportable to him. gave up his little fortune to the mother of his Annette enlisted at Grenoble, and soon after met his death, gallantly i fighting at Algiers. The house of Le Pere Laungard, has been ra zed to the ground by the inhabitants of the village; and a monument has been erected to the lovely ! but unfortunate Annette. Tailor Defended.—A tailor, instead of be ing the ninth part of a man, possesses the qual ities of nine men combined, as follows; Ist. As an economist, he cuts his garments ac cording to his cloth. 2nd. As a garduer, he is careful of his cabbage. 3d. As a cook, he provides himself with a hot goose. 4th. As a sherilFs officer, he does much at sponging, sth. As an executioner, he furnishes many gal lowses. fi|Gth. As a general, he brandishes not a sword but a bare bodkin. 7ih. As a sailor, he shears off whenever he thinks necessary. Bth. As a lawyer, he attends to many suits. 9th. As a Christian and divine, it is his chief aim to form good habits for himself and others. I think enough ha# been said to do away with the oj probrium so often cast upon the knights of the thimble and needle, to induce the fraterni ty to unite and contribute a suit of clothes to their friend and humble servant.— Exchange. Soap Locks. —The Boston Times gives a his tory of the origin of the soap lucks—a class of gentlemen who have become somewhat noto rious in New York. The first of the “order,” it is said, was a famous thief in the English metro polis, who after having for a long time success •j fully carried on hisexploits, was at length caught, and .-.cnl to Botany Bay. He could not subscribe !to the doctrin of “honor among thieves,” but soon engaged in his old practices, and having j been detected, he submitted to ihe punishment of • having his oars cut off by the authorities at that place. After living at that interesting colony some lew years, he contrived to effect his escape, and made his way to New York. In that I city he found that cropped ears were by no means 1 fashionable, and in order to hide the deformity, he suffered his locks to grow to an inordinate length, and, to keep them from blowing about in every j breeze, soaped them until they assumed a firm j and sleek appearance. This fashion was soon I followed by “exquisites” and some who were not : “exquisites,” until finally, the wearers have be i come a class distinct and to themselves, known as 1 the greatest scoundrels in the mercantile empori | urn—the dread of honest people, and a trouble I to the police. From the London Athenceum. To an Old Pen. What ho! Come hither, my grey-goose quill! _ W by dost thou on the giound lie low? I'll have thee, shape thee, use thee stiilj i hou shalt not die, and ’scape me so. Come here, old friend; I’ll force thee trace A dream of words, all soft and deep, Such as throw morn on maiden’s face. And carry joy into her sleep. I’ll force thee sing of love, my dear, < f gentle, tenderest, truest lo"e; How gentlest gil ls are fairest here, And angels afterwards above. Perhaps I’ll bid thee chaun: of war, On land, or on the howdingsea,— Os wonders, born in regions far, — Os courts, or crowned pageantry; Or else—sweet music be our theme, The music of the heart or ear; Such as once taught my soul to dream It dwelt upon a fairy sphere. Dost thou remember—years a^o, How thou and I through night did run (Ah, none but thou and I shall know!) Singing cf love, from sun to sun ? Thus will we sing again. Old Time Shall never cramp my heart again. But let me loose, to laugh or rhyme, * W ith tbee—-with thee, mine ancient pen. A et, no; —grave thoughts must now be ours— A graver, plainer, purer page ; We’ll give to youth its world of flowers, And feed upon the fruits of age. Tub Packets auk coming.—The New York Morning Chronicle of Saturday says;—We quote a fleet of packet sh.ps arrived yesterday, all with large cargoes of dry goods, viz;—Toronto, Gris wold, from London, t eh. Ist; Europe, Marshall, from Cork, Feb. 2d; Cambridge, Dursley. from Cork, Feb. 2d; New York, Barstow, from Cork, Feb. 2d; Sully .Thompson, from Havre, Feb. Ist’ Consignees per South Carolina Kail Road. Hamburg, March 26, IS4O. T Dawson; Gould & Bulk’cy; J W Cunningham; B Piquet; W E Jackson; Bently Sc McCord; J C LePner; B & Monday; G R Jessup; J M Smith; Russell & Hutchinson; Stovall,Simmons & Co ; Jef fers & Boulware; Maher & Rhoney; Anderson & Young; J F Benson. COMMERCIAL. Latent dates from Liverpool, Feb. 29 Latest dates from Havre.. Feb 25 Macon, Narch 24. Cotton — VVe quote the prices of yesterday at 5} to 7s, dull and a downward tendency in the mar ket. During the week a choice lot of the Mougion brand went off at Bs. New York, March 21. Coffee. The demand trom the trade continues quite limited. With the exception of Brazil the stocks are very light The sales have been Lain confined to Brazil, of which 5 a 60')0 were taken by the trade at 9$ a 11A cents, the latter price for very prime. Cotton —Since our last,the market has been quiet ‘ and though prices have remained with >ut mateiial variation, the tendency has been in favour of pur chasers ; the sa es comprise 800 bales Upland at 6$ a9; 200do. Florida, a ; 150 do. New Orleans Tall); and 10.) do. Mobile 8 a lOf cents, forming a total for the week of 2900 bales. The arrivals have been—from Mississippi 637 bales. Mew Oilcans 2,777 JVlobi'e 1^440 Florida 3.170 South Cajo ina 2,263 North Catolina Isi Total 10440 Flour —We have advices from England to Ist March. Prices in London and Liverpool were firm, with rather an upward tendency; several thousand barrels of American Flour have been sold, to ar rive, in bond, at 30s. 6d. a 31s. In Havre, 1300 bids. Rochester Flour sold at 38 francs. These accounts have produced no visible effects on this market, the high rate of freights precluding sales for export. Since our last there has been an increased demand for city' consumption, piincipally for Southern description, though in some instances at a reduction of \2i cents per bbl. Common brands Western Canal may be quoted $5 50 a 5 62£, but holders generally demand the latter rate. Sales also of Georgetown in lots at $5,25; 300 bbls Howard street $5, 12£ ; 500 Philadelphia $5; and 3 a 400 Richmond Country at $5 all cash. Rye Flour is dull of sa eat $3,75 for North River; and $3 a $3,25 for Southern. Os Corn meal, 160 hhds Brandywine have been taken for export at $15,50, 4 mos; barrels are steady' at $3,50 at $3,- 62^ Molasses. —Since our last, the sales to the trade have been more extensive, and embrace, in lots, about 300 hhds Porto Rico at 30 a 31 cts. princi- I ally at the former rate, a reduction of 1 cent per gallon; 10 do Matanzas, 24; 120 do old crop Cuba Muscovado, on terms not made public, and 200 bbls New Orleans, 30 cts. all on the usual time. An invoice of 30 hhds and GOO bbls New Orleans, just received, was sold some time since, to arrive, at sorn; thing under the present market rate. Sugars. —The market is veiydull, the demand for Muscovado from the trade being quite limited. The sales embrace about 300 hhds. Porto Rico at 6£ a cents; 100 do New (>r!eans, 5; and 45 do St. Croix, 8 aßs. Os new crop Havana, about 1000 boxes have been received, of which one half has been disposed of in lots, at and with some very common at 6 a 6J; and 50 do prime White at II $ cts per lb ail on the usual time. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, March 24. Cleared —Ships Ocmffgee, Leavitt, Liverpool; Hanover, Sheldon, Mobile. Arrived —Ship Hanover, Sheldon, Boston; brigs Woodstock, Bragdon, Montego Bay; Jane, Sim mons, Baltimore; Clitus, Antony, New York; schr Freeman, Spears,Thomaston; steamboat Chatham, Wray, Augusta; Weaver’s Box from Augusta. Went to sea —Schrs Mary Reed, Gray, Boston; E izai eth, Reynolds, New York; South Carolina, Goodwin, Philadelphia. Charleston, March 26. At Quarantine —Brig Action, Hunt, Boston. From this Port —Schr Only Laughter, Know’es, New York; Sp steamer Almeadares, De Soto, Ha vana. Mr. Editor—Allow us to suggest A. J. MIL LER, Esq., as a suitable person for the otfice of Mayor. (mar 2-5) A Majority Mr Editor, please announce the following named gentlemen as candidates for election as members of the city council fro n ward no I at the approrching election in April next. GAREY PARISH. IVM. E. JACKSON mar IS PHILIP CRUMP. Mr Editor —You wi l please announce Dr. F. M ROBERTSON , JAMES B. BIStiOP and F. 11. COOKE, as candidates for members of Council, at the approaching election, in Ward No. 3. m 23 Mr Editor —PETEß BENNOCH, Esq , is re commended as a suitable person for Mayor, fur the ensuing year, and the following named gentlemen for Aldermen of Ward No 4: JAMES HARPER , EDWARD THOMAS and ROBERT PHILIP, who will be supported by mar 21 _ ALL UP TOWN. (Uj* VVe are authorised to announce JAMES B. BISHOP , THOMAS RICHARDS, and Dr. F. M. ROBERTSON , as candidates for Members of Coun cil in Ward No. 3. mar 21 Mr. Editors—The following named gentlemen arc recommended as persons for members of Council, for the Upper Ward:- JAMES HARPER, C. B. HITT. They will be supported by Many Voters, mar 20 Messrs. Editors—The following gentlerm n will be supported for members of Council, in Ward \o. 2, at the approaching election: B. 11. WARREN, JOHNG. DUNLAP, GEORGE M. NEWTON. mar 20 Messrs. Editors : —The following gentlemen will be supported for Members of Council in W : ard No. 1, at the approaching election; G. F. PARISH, W. E. JACKSON, mar IS Messrs Editors—Seeing from your paper of yesterday', that the Hon. A. Cummino declines a re clcetian fur Mayor of tiie city', at the approach ing election, we. therefore, take the liberty of sug gesting the name of JOHN PHINIZY , Esq., as a person well calculated to fill the olhce,and he will be supported by (mar 13) Many Voters. Messrs. Editors: —Observing in your papertho names of several gentlemen suggested as candi dates for Mayor at the approaching election, we 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 y r our paper of the 12th instant, stating that our worthy Mayor declines being a candidate for ic-election to tho of fice he has so wort'Ty 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 MARTINM. DYE, as a suitable person, and who will serve if elected. Many Voters. THE FARMERS' REGISTER, a monthly publication, devoted to the improvement of the practice, and support of the interest, of Agricul ure; published at Uichraond, Va , at $5 per year. Edmund Ruffin, editor and proprietor. m 6 r'j - Doctor J. J. IVILSON oilers his profes sional services* to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity. He will be found at his residence, the first brick building above Guedron's -table ou Ellis street,recently occupied Iy John L. A.; aug IT tC NOTICE. —Dr. Mdnroe. Suf^cn Dentist, has returned to Augusta, and has removed his operating rooms to cne door tclow Martin i- a d erick’s Confectionary', and opposite the Br dge Bank Building. * 19