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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 25.
Another failure of the mail. This is particular
ly perplexing at this time, when we are expecting
Important foreign news. There are five mails due
this evening.
Editor's Correspondence.
Milledgeville, Monday, November 23d.
In my letter of Friday '2oth inst.) I discover ;
that you have made quite an important alteration
by substituting a j for az. In the last paragraph
but one you make me allude to some of the friends l
of General Harrison as “ jealous advocates, ” when ■
it should have been “ zealous advocates .”
Soon after ray letter of Saturday was closed both j
Houses adjourned to the hour of 3 o’clock, P. M.,
for the purpose of completing the action of the
Legislature on the pardon of James Hunter, ol
Chattooga, which being completed both Houses
adjourned to this day.
By reference to the Bill presented by the Bank
Committee to both Houses, I discover 1 was mis
taken as to the time at which that bill contem
plated a return to specie payments, when I stated
as tl.e Ist of January, when it was the first ol
February, 1841.
In the House this morning the bill of Mr. Mur
phy, of Deka'b, called tne Poor School Bill, which
has numerous and extensive provisions, that I can
not now (for want of time since its passage,) con
dense in this letter, was taken up and passed.
In the Senate this morning, the unfinished bus;- |
boss of Saturday being the bill for the with- {
drawal of the six thousand dollar appropriation !
to ihe Franklin College, was taken up and after !
discussion passed by a vote of 31 yeas, 48 nays.
Mr. Echols, of Walton, then called up the reso- |
lution of Mr. Calhoun, of Muscogee, providing for
the election of a United States Senator, and moved
to lay the same on the table tor the balance of the
session, which motion is now being discussed.
And should the vote be taken to-day, and the whole
party follow in the wake of their leaders, the tac
tion will be carried, as there are some half dozen
Harrison Senators absent. Yours, J.
North Carolina.
Forty-three counties have been heard from, which I
give a majority for Harrison of about 11,600!
Illinois.
The Cresent City of the *9th says, returns from
78 counties, received yesterday, show merely that
the contest has been very close. We believe Van
Buren has that little State.
The Tuskaloosa Flag of the Union of the ISth
has returns from 42 counties, which give a Van
Buren majority of 3400. Seven counties yet to
hear from which in August gave 1527 Locofoce
majority,
More Indians.
The Tallahassee Floridian of the 21st says —A
detachment of ten men from Cap.ain A Burney’s
Company, under the command of Lieut. Mews, on
Saturday, the 14th in»t., was scouting near the
head of the Siccohopko, when they heard a rifle
fire, and on proceeding to the place, they saw an
Indian reloading his rifle. They immediately fired
•n him and killed him. They then proceeded up
the same stream, and on the morning of the loth
inst. Lieut. Mews fired his rifle at another, and
supposed to have wounded him, but he made his
escape. They had proceeded but a lew miles when
they saw a small party of Indians, which they fired
into, and killed one, but the others succeeded in
carrying him off, and concealing him in the swamp?.
It would be advisable for all citizens on the fron
tiers west of Tallahassee, to be on the look out. as
there is supposed to be more Indians sec
tion of the country than has yet been there since
they lately commenced hostilities there.
The Charleston Mercury of yesterday says:—
By the schooner Empire , Capt. Southwick, we
have received the St. Augustine Herald and
News of the 20th inst. The News says, in re
ference to the failure of the last “talk,” “ it is ru
mored that all the posts are to be destroyed ex
cept a few necessary depots ; wagons sold, com
pany officers to march on foot, and the old sys
tem of hunting the enemy to be revived.” The
following order issued by Gen. Armistead, looks
a little wratby:
Head-Quarters, Army of Florida, /
Fort King,Nov. 16, 1840. 3 j
Order No. 57.—Part ll.—The Indians having .
acted with their usual want of faith the Armis- !
tice is at an end ; the Commanding Officers of
different Regiments and Posts, will therefore be
prepared to act offensively on the promulgation
of this order.
111. The General Commanding has reason to
ke gratified with the zeal and energy heretofore
displayed by the officers and troops under his
command, and in calling for increased energy on
their part, he is confident his wishes will be met
•nd he anticipates the happiest rebuild from the
approaching active campaign.
Should the enemy hereafter appear with the
white Bag, they are to be made prisoners, and dili
gently guarded until further orders.
By order of Brig. General Armistead,
W. J. NEWTON,
Lieutenant and Aid-de-Camp. i
[True Copy.}
R. Ridgeley, Adjutant 3d Artillery.
Indian Affairs.— A parcel of Indians on the
St. John, were surprised the other day, by r a par
ly under Lieut. Sibley, and twelve women and
children captured, with a great quantity oi their
plunder. The Express states, that he understood 1
that Tiger Tail and several chiefs, were at Fort i
King. This shows that the account from Tam \
pa, of the flight of the Indians, reported by the
echr. Rio Grande, was unfounded.— Tallahassee
Floridian of the 21 st.
Pensacola, Nov. 7.
By the Schooner Rio Grande, Capt. Jenkins,
arrived this morning from Tampa Bay, we learn
that the Indians have again broken faith and left
the whiles to wonder at their treachery. On
breaking loose at Tampa, they killed one man,
tireing seven balls into his body and scalping him
within a few hundred yatds of 2500 troops. On
the day the Rio Grande left, Gen. Armistead
started with a regiment of men tor Fort King.
Thus ends this last attempt to form a treaty with
the Seminole*,
Many locos will suffer greatly in purse as well
as in feeling, from the result of the Picsidenlial
•lection, as they have had large sums slaked in
bets, and much more than they would have had,
if they had not bsen most shamefully duped and
deceived by their parly organs. Wc arc sorry
for them, on many accounts. Sorry they were
induced to bet—sorry that they lose their money
—sorry that they must be mortified with defeat
and disappointment—but we have no sympathy
or charity for their deceivers—the Niles, the Ken
dalle, the Blairs, and Butlers of their party, who
cere only tor themselves.—— N. Haven Palladium*
Bank of the State of South Carolina.—
The profits of this institution, for the year ending
on the Ist ultimo, have amounted to $lB2 526 77
cents. From this sum $32,970 OS) cents, the en
tire amount received for interest on the fire loan, j
have been applied towards interest on the State j
bonds sold to raise the fire loan fund; $10,899 *
36 cents have been reserved for interest on State j
stack, issued to raise the second million; and J
$28,657 33 cents have been reserved to cover ;
bad and doubtful debts, contracted through past!
years, but hitherto suspended in hopes of pay
ment—in all $72,526 7? cents, leaving a clear
balance of SIIO,OOO, which has been transferred
to the sinking fund of the State, charged with
the payment of the principal and interest of the
puolic debt.— Charleston Courier.
Proceedings of the Alumni Society, and Pupils
of ike late Professor Moses Waddtl, D. D.,
and Correspondence of the Hun. George R.
Gilmer and ike Hon A.H. Longslreet.
August, 3rd. 1840.
The members of the Alumni Society, and pupils
of the late Professor Moses VVaddel, D. D., nun
in Athens; met, according to previous public
notice, in the College Chapel, and organised, In
calling Asbury Hull, Esq to the Chair, and ap
pointed Win. L. Mitchell, Esq. Secretary.
On motion of Hon. George K. Gilmer, it was
Resolved, Thai a committee often be appointed
to select and procure a suitable person to deliver
a funeral oration, at the next Commencement,
commemorative of the virtues and ermnentservi- j
ces of Dr. VVaddel, as a teacher ol youth.
Resolved , Also that the same Committee invite
all the absent Pupils of Ur. VVaddel and Alum
ni of the College, to meet upon the occasion rc-
Iferred to, and take such other and farther steps,
as in their opinion, are proper to express regard
ior the memory ci'Di. VVaddel.
The Chair appointed on said Committee, Hon
George R. Gilmer, Ur. Uavid A. Reese, Col. T.
| N. Hamilton, Dr. James Tinsley, Piofessor The-
Sinus F. Scott, John S. Lewis, Esq. Prof James
! Jackson, Hon. Charles Dougherty, Howell Cobb,
Esq. and Wm. L. Mitchell, Esq.
The meeting then adjourned.
A. HULii, Chairman.
VV.m. L. Mitchell, Secretary.
And the Committee of ten, met; Hon George
R. Gilmer in the Chair.
The Committee unanimously voted that Hon.
A. B. Longslreet be invited by the chairman, lu
| deliver the funeral oration over Dr. W audcl at the
‘ next Commencement, and in lha event of his dc
j dining, Hon. HughS. Legate was nominated.
| then Hon. Alexander Bowie, then lion. Jamc
! L, Peligrue.
Mr. Mitchell authorized to have a proper notice
published, and invitation given to the Alumni
and Puniis of Dr. VVaddel, through the papers.
GEORGE R.GILMER, Chairman.
Wm L. Mitchell, Secretary,
Lexington. Oct. 22, 1840.
Mv Dear Sir.—At the Commencement of
| Fiauklin College, a meeting of the Alumni ofthe
j College and the pupils ot Dr. VVaddel, vvascaii
j cd, to determine upon the most appropriate
I means of honoring the memory of Dr. VVaddel,
; and perpetuating the recollection of his services
ias a teacher of youth. That meeting uirccted
j that I should invite you to deliver a funeral ora
i tion,commemorative ol the character anJ services
j of Dr. VVaddel, at the next Commencement ol
! Franklin College.
I I take great pleasure in following the direction
1 from my knowledge of tne regard which Dr.
j VVaddel had for you, your great respect and af
t faction for him as a teacher, and vour eminent
I % ~
| qualifications to deliver such an oration as will
; gratify those who loved and venerated Dr. Wad
| del in life, and desire to honor him dead. I hope,
j my dear sir, that you will permit no difficulty to
I prevent your performing this act of duty to out
i common Preceptor.
Let me hear from you as soon as convenient,
i that public notice may be given of the oration, to
j be delivered by you in time to collect togetbet
! our old school-fellows, now scattered over the
country. Very respectfully vours,
GEORGE R. GILMER.
Hon. A.B. Longstreet, Oxford.
Oxford, Oct. 28, 1840.
Dear Sir;—l have this moment received
your letter, notifying me of my appointment, ‘-to
; deliver an oration commemorative of the charac
■ ter and services of Dr. Moses VVaddel, at tut
j next commencement of Franklin College.” i
\ hardly feel myself at liberty to decline any pari
j that may be assigned to me, in doing honor tot-u
great and so good a man; I therefore accept th«
appointment, but not without sincere regret, tha>
it was not conferred on one who could better ful
fil its duties than
Your friend and ob’t sent.
A. 13. LONGSTREET.
George R. Gilmer, Esq.
Lexington, Georgia.
From the Merchant’s Magazine fur Rove aher.
| Connection of Learning with Commerce,
j The reciprocal benefits of commerce ar.d agri
! culture have been often slated, and cannot be 100
strongly urged. In our country, this connection
should be constantly kept in mind. The future
prosperity of the United States depends on the re
cognition and practical ooservancc of tins great
(ruth. Perhaps the connection of commerce aau
science is not theses s real, nor the less important
j to ue recognized. Whatever tends to the increase
and dissemination of science in a nation, must
contribute toils improvement, and therefore toils
true aiui permanent prosperity. If the morals oi
a people are not invariably in proportion to their
knowledge, their character is generally improved
by it, as to the arts of civilization and political
strength; but so long as they remain in a -tale ol
ignorance, there is far less hope, as well of their
political power, as of their moral elevation. A
referance to the history of past ages will show
that learning and science have usually accompan
ied or closely followed commercial enterprise, and
serve to ensure its just appreciation with enlight
ened and patriotic citizens, by suggesting an im
portant consideration of its benefits, in addition to
what is more commonly called the prosperity ol
a nation, its pbysibal resources and wea th.
It is true, indeed, that an intercourse between
different countries, for the purposes of trade, may
be, and in remote ages was, maintained by land
; transportation; but since navigation has been
i known and improved, the other mode es convey
ance has been in a great measure discontinued,
j And where the local situation of countries would
permit, a preference has been given to navigation,
since the age ot' Solomon ,- and probably us early
as the exoue of the Israelites from Egypt, five
hundred years before the reign of that prosperous
monarch. Three Smndrcd years before Moses
trade was pursued between central and western
Asia and Egypt, by means of land t ransportation
From CaalJea and Persia, and the Hither India,
the caravans passed through Syria to the eastern
shores of the Mediterranean and to Egypt, and
some of them probably across the
Red Sea to Nubia a country probably of more
early settlement than Lower Egypt. So Chaldea
and not Egypt, may justly be considered as the
cradle ofthe human lamuy, after the deluge; and
the country, whence originated and were com
municated the learning and science of eariy peri
ods. Some of the grand-children of Noah sc Tied
in Chaldea ; and they had all the learning which
survived the calamity of an universal deluge. As
the descendants of iho antediluvian patriirch ts
third and fourth generations removed, some cast
of the Euphrates, and others west and south, to
.-vrabia, Syria, Nubia. Egypt, dec., an intercourse
would naturally !>« maintained between those
countries; and an exchange of the products of i
each would be made for the purpose of trade, c
The descendants of Noah, who remained in the <
fertile plains of Shinar, would be most likely to j \
| make greater progress in the arts and in science j :
| than those removed to remote regions and who 1
I had to struggle hard lor the mere necessaries ol <
) hfe. The merchants or traders to whom Joseph : ’
j was sold, where Midianitcs engaged in traffic be
' tween their country (part of Arabia) and Egypt, 1
who passed through the land of Canaan, and
probably first visited older settlements in the east t
! bringing thence various articles of great value.
For they had not only balm and myrrh, but spices,
which mignt in very early times have been con
veyed across the Persian Gulf, though in boats
; comparatively small and fragile.
1 Tiie early population of Arabia is implied,
| I hooch not so expressly asserted by Moses as that
|of Chaldea, Syria, and Egypt. There were men
! of learning and science in Arabia before Moses. ;
I Job and bis friends had some acquaintance with
1 astionomy, derived no doubt from their Chaldc .n
ancestors; and a knowledge of astronomy, even
when atunded with some errors in theory, and
destitute of the discoveries of modern times, pre
supposes some acquaintance with mathematics.
The fact indeed is undisputed, that in Chaldea,
Hither India, and Arabia, the science of numbers
and of arithmetic was early cultivated.
The Chaldeans possessed ad the information
I which Noah and his sons had communicated
j from the antediluvian race; and from the remo
; test periods were celebrated for their study of the j
divine science of astronomy. ine kindred
sciences, no doubt, were studied by them, and
soon spread to distant countries. All other na
tions having originated from Chaldea, would rea
dily receive knowledge thence, anu even revisit
it both fur trade and science. In very early ages,
however, this intercourse, as already suggested,
was chiefly maintained by land conveyance.
The first c{forts in navigation arc now un
known : but it is probable they began as soon as J
the descendants of Noah spread to the Persian
Gulf, and to Arabia, and the Red Sea. and through
Canaan to the eastern shores ot the . .diterrane
•an. It is supposed by some learned men, loa*
the Phoenicians practised navigation as early as
the time of Moses, (or soon after,) fifteen hun
ched years before the Christian era, and that they
visited distant ports on that sea. When the peo
ple of Canaan wereMriven outer their borders by i
Jo«hua, romc of them probably colonized places
in the western parts of Asia Minor, m Greece,
and on the northern coasts of Africa.
In the days of Solomon, navigation attracted
great attention, and it was encouraged as the most
efficient aid to commerce. Thus, it gradually be
came a substitute for land transportation, where- >
ever it was practicable. The caravans were not,
indeed, discontinued Irom central Asia to Pales
tine, and Asia Minor and Egypt, for centuries af
ter Solomon; but in ail places on the seacoasts,
they were superseded by navigation ; and the
Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the Mediterrane
an where then traversed for the purposes ol trade.
It is true that the principal ooject of naviga
tion, in the early j-eriods of the world, was wealth. ,
But the spirit which .td men to adopt and pursue
it, was indicative at once of enterprise and o} tu- ;
riosity. And the active, adventurous merchant, |
was usually a friend of science, and a patron of
j the useful arts. He was eager lo acquire a knowl
edge of the tliscoveiies of other nations, and to !
communicate it to his own countrymen. lor
commerce tends to enlarge and liberalize lire hu
man mind ; and those who pursue it are usually
munificent encouragers of learning. Wherever j
commerce exists ine arts of civilization arc known
and cultivated; and refinement, literature, and
science are seen to follow.* Leonard!, an end- \
nent merchant of Pisa, in the beginning of the
tenth century, brought the knowledge ol algebra
from Arabia, which he h id visited for the sake of
trade. It is supposed he traveled cast or northeast
of Arabia, whence the people of the latter coun
try might have received that science. Bui wheth
er tney derived it from Chaldea, or from Greece, |
assume suppose, is not material in the view hi re
taken of the subject. It was nut received in Italy
and the west directly from Greece; and it i; pro
bable that, although the Greeks hud a knowledge
of geometry long before this period, they were not
the first people who were acquainted with alge
bra ; but that it originated in Arabia, or in India,
whence it was early conveyed to the Arabians.
Nations which have bad no foreign commerce, j
have usually made slow advances in science and
he arts. The Romans were live hundred years ,
without commerce, except to a very limited ex
tent, and on a small scale. Except their neces
sary attention lo agriculture, war was their em
ploy merit and their trade. And though this may
polish men's deportment in some measures, it nas
far less tendency to improve or civilize than a
•omrneicial intercourse with foreign countries, j
The most savage and barbarous nations may be
ibic warriors, while they make no progress in
literature or the aits of civilized society. The
pursuits of cummer, c on,y will raise them from
their uncivilized condition.
When Mexico was invaded and conquered by
Coriez, near the beginning of the sixteenth cen- !
tury, though the population was great, and the
inhabitants in some respects inventive, they were
ignorant of many important discoveries which ■
lad been made in Europe fur five hundred and a
thousand years.
Their ancestors had probably emigrated from .
the north-east of Asia, tu the north-western part
>f America several centuries before the Chris
tian era. and from a people far Ess enlightened t
than some nations were, even at that pci sod, in (
the west of Asia and in Europe. After passing i
>ver to this continent, they spread Ur and wide
chielly to the south and east, lor a more genial 1 1
climate; and they or their descendants succes- | i
siveiy, passed through parts of the present terri- , j
tory of the United States, on their way to Mexi- t
I jo, leaving a portion behind on the lands they !
traversed. They would have been far more ad- :
vanccd in the arts of life and in science, when |
visited by that conqucrer in 1520, had they pur- j
•mod the business of commerce with distant coun
tries. ;
The Chinese have been somewhat above a ;
savage and barbarous condition ever since known
Hid visited by Europeans, which is more than j t
three hundred years; but their secluded stale, and ,
an aversion to intercourse \v ith other nations, have I ■
no doubt prevented their making any advances in ! §
science or civilization for many centuries. They 1 1
are probably descendants from the posterity of j .
She/ii , and carried with them to China the knowl- j
edge possessed by those inhabiting central Asia,;
five hundred years or more from ihe deluge. But !
their want of enterprise for foreign adventure ’ J
and trade, has been an entire obstacle to their ,
making such progress a* many other nations j |
have done, in which a portion of the people were ;
engaged in commerce. And navigation having *
in a great measure superseded land conveyance |
between distant countries, where this is not en- *
couraged, commerce is necessarily cramped and i I
unprofitable. I s
The Phoenicians, one of the earliest people do- | 1
• oted to commerce and navigation, probably car- i i
ried the knowledge ot letters into Greece before j j
any inquisitive individuals of that country vi-ileu j j
Egypt for the purpose of discoveries in science |
or literature. The Phoenicians were engaged in '
commerce and navigation as early as the lime of c
Moses, perhaps at a more early period. And
when Joshua settled his countrymen in Canaan
* “.Commerce,” says Dr. Belknap,“is one of the 8
most powerful causes which have contributed to
enlarge the sphere of science; because it is stimu- s
latcd by one of the most active principles of tho
human mind. 1 ’ And it is from a fortunate mer- c
chant and mathematician of Florence that America
derives its name ; though, in justice, it should have
borne that of,a s ill more-jUdveotuiouß, sad »p.ra Jy *
intelligent Individual,
many of the original inhabitants fled by ?ea to J
distant places in the Mediterranean. 'The chief |
object of the Phoenician navigators was weal:?.; j
but they were also patrons of the arts of civiii- 1
zaiion, end encouraged the propagation of useful |
knowledge, and the physical sciences, from the
east to tho then more ignorant and barbarous i
west.
To an extensive and prosperous commerce,,
Gres.; Britain owes more for its wealth and civil
ization, than to any oilier cause. And, that her
commerce with other nations is owing to her use
of navigation, anti the employment of her own
citizens in pursuing it cannot be justly doubted.
Had it been the policy of her ruters for five hun
dred years past, to discourage commercial pur
suits, and to have no more trade than depended
on the efforts and enterprise of other countries—-
had her citizens retired from the ocean and left
the carrying trade lo others, or shut themselves
uti from the rest of the world, their condition
would have been far less elevated and glorious
than it now is.
If the first settlers of Virginia, Massachusetts,
New York, Maryl, ml, ike., had been content
to confine themselves entirely to the cultivation
of the soil, and to a few mechanic ai ts, necessary
to subsistence, and had their descendants adopt
ed the same narrow policy, and desisted wholly
from navigation, and from trade with Europe,
the condition of this country, and the character
of the people, would have been far inferior in civ
ilization and literature than it is at present.
If we look far back into remote ages, we shall
find that the nations then existing, which had
intercourse with one another for tiie purpose of
trade, whether by iand or water, were among tiie
first who became distinguished for science and
letters. Thus we find Chaldea and tiie Hither
India, Arabia, Egypt, and Phoenica, very early
enjoyed a great degree of civilization, and had
n knowledge ol many useful arts, when the rest
of the world was in a rude barbarous state. It
Greece was not early engaged in trade by na’. i
gation, it is evident that the merchants of the
east visited that country, and carried thither the
elements of science, then cultivated in Asia.—
In the lime of Alfred, (850,) Britain had very
little commerce, and the people were in a deplor
able stale of ignorance and barbarism. Edward
1., in the thirteenth century, encouraged com
merce, and learning soon followed. Prom the
tenth century, many nations of Europe advanced
in knowledge and civilization, and wealth ; «nu
this improvement matr be justly attributed lo
trade and commerce, more than any other cause;
though the crusades to the holy lanu by Euro
peans, led indirectly to the dissemination of lit
erature and science in the western part of the
old continent, Thus it will be found that the
first and greatest advances were made in maritime
towns and their vicinity.
Venice was early a place of trade, and its en
terprising merchants contributed greatly to the
civilization and learning of Europe. They w ore
considered as “citizens of the world,” on account
of their commercial enterprises; for they thus
became more liberal in th« ir view’s, and more
courteous in their manners. At Genoa, tho birth
place of Columbus, navigation and trade early
flourished. Vienna soon after became a place of
trade, of letters, and of the arts, and thence civ
ilization and learnig extended to the more north
ern parte of Germany.
At e more remote period. Marseilles was a
mart of foreign commerce. Jt was early visited
by the merchants of Tyre and Sfidun ; and in its
vicinity probably was situated the ancient Tar
sbifeh, if, indeed it were not the same.
The Saracens also, w ho conquered Spain, con
veyed the knowledge of aritnmetic, astronomy,
and algebra, to that country from Arabia; but it
was not their disposition or object lo disseminate
either art or science for the benefit of other na
tions. They were warriors, and promoters of the
Moi.amodan faith, rather than merchant* or pat
rons of civilization and science.
We are fullv justified, then, in asserting the
connection between commerce ami letters, the
favorable influence of the former on the latter,
and in urging upon the attention of our citizens
the consideration of the vas; and various benefits
of trade with foreign nations. The people of ihc
L uited States are of an enterprising and inven
tive spirit. They have made great improvements
in the useful arts, and in the mode of education,
which people of the old contine.it may do well
to imitate. And the latter have and will learn
much ol the former in future period*. But Eu
rope is not stationary. L contains numerous in
dividuals who aro the most scientific and learn-;
cd character* in the world; and we should not >
he ashamed to learn of them, nor confess our ob
ligations to then for a great portion of the science
and literature of our young, but rising country.
And without commercial intercourse with Eu
rope, not only the means of wealth, but of scien
tific and literary progress in America, would be
in a great measure diminished.
Blank \ r.nsK. — fhefollowing description ol
a female loafer, we clip from the Boston Herald.
The verse is about as gsod as trie subject.
“ Her eyes wore iike weazei’s ;
She bad a harsh
Face, like a cranberry’ marsh ;
All spread
With spots of white and red,
As if she had the measles ;
With hair like wisps of straw.
Ana disposition like across cut-saw. ''
A Goon Joke.—'The Sunhury American states
that at Northumberland Pa., a sign painter put
the following joke upon some politic ians. lit I
sum rami w ith sulphuric acid the banner on
which he had painted a name, to order; so that
in half an hour, the banner bearers were, to their
perfect astonishment, under the name of their i
opponents, displayed on their standard.
M A KIN E INT ELLIG ENC E.
Savannah, Nov. 23.
Arrived. —Brig Oswego, Young, Thomaston.
At Jour iii’le Point. —Ship Celia, Thatcher, New j
York.
Coming tip. —ScLr. Meteor, in distress—bound
to New York.
Chare:!. —Ship Monticello, Lawton, Liverpool ;
-Ship John Gumming, Thayer, Liverpool; Brig Au- '■
gusta, Shorwo d, New York ; Brig Sterling, Ris- !
Icy, New York.
I Tent lo sea. —Ship Gen. Parkhiil, Hoyt, New I
Orleans.
Charleston, Nov. 24. I
Arrived yesterday. — Sehr. Eraoire, Southwick, I
St Augustine. I
it cut to sea yesterday. —Schr. Zephyr, Trescott. ’
Havana; Schr. Driver, Taylor,Philadelphia ; Schi j
Tom Wood, Syrnonds, Baltimore.
(C7* A CARD.—DANIEL MIXER,late Proprie
tor of the United States Hotel, thankful to hb
friends in Georgia, and the travelling public gener*
ally, who have so liberally patronised him at lib
former establishment, solicits of them and the pub
lic a continuation of those favors at the well
known spacious and convenient establishment, the
Eagic and Phoenix Hotel.
Attached to the Hotel are Stables with every
convenience necessary in that lino.
oct 26 dim
J' Hr, It . S. JONES tenders his professional
services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity
lie may be found at his residence on the North
side of Green second door below Mclntosh street,
or at the Chronicle and Sentinel office.
off EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— At sight,
am rat one to twenty days sight. For sale bv
• £C G-UtUiikJUß & KJJiNU. j
081 TCAR Y.
I Departed this life! at hrr residence, in Klbert |
| rountv. Ga., on the .Cat!ay of September last. Mil- !
ley White, consort of the Fev. John M. White,)
deceased, in the 84tSi year of her age.
This remarkable woman was bom in Amherst
county, Virginia, and at the ago of fourteen of lif
j teen years, removed to Pitts; .vania county in the
same Stale, where she was married to John M.
White, who emigrated to this State two years after
| the close of the Revolutionary war. She vas the
mother of thirteen chi drer. —hadover one hundred ,
griuid-children, and ns many great grand-children,
having lived to see her fourth generation.
The physical strength of the deceased, and her
fortitude of mind under every dispensation of Pro
vidence, were unequalled by any woman of her i
1 day and time. Indeed, so great were her powers
of body, and so great her resolution, that she would
often ride on hoisehack 2u miles per day, unatten
ded by any person, until prostrated by affliction’s
; hand, two years before her death. To her children j
she was affectionate and kind —ever ministering to 1
; their necessities and wants ; ana not unfrequently
was she railed to smooth the damp of death from
tiie blows of those whom it was the will of her
Creator to take from her. To her neighbors and
fiiends 'he was kind anu agreeable ; being always
ready and willing at pity’s call, to soften the as
perities of adversity, and relieve suffering human
. ity every where, to the utmost of her power. '1 he •
calls of charity always met in hci a ready response. I
Ever beneficent and kind, it seemed to be her ,
greatest ecriie to assist the poor and the destitute, |
many times by her counsel, but more fiequently |
b}’ supplying them witii those things, which alone j
makes home agtec Tie, and life a blessing. It may
I be Duly said that she was the friend of the poor.
1 Loved and respected, she lias left this “diurnal'
f sphere nut 1 ime, wi'h all its ravages, can never
. efface the recollection of this good woman lro;n
I She memories of those who have been the objects
of her benevok nee and charity.
*• Thus in obedience to Hcav’n’s decrees,
Knowledge shall fail an ! phopheev shall cease ;
Hut lasting charity’s more ample sway,
Nor bound by time, nor subject to decay,
in happy triumph shal forever live ;
■ And endless good diffuse, and endless praise rc
« ceivc.”
The deceased became a member of the Baptist
. • Church in early life, and was a meek and humble
iollowcr of Jesus, Irum that time until death tcr
, initialed her mortal existence, which was about
sixty year-. Her walk m die was that of a Chris
tian, exhibiting in all her leialionship and inter
course with the world, that purity of sentiment
and honesty of purpose, which arc ever to be found
i in the true child of Cod. iier charity was not
! confined to the mere span of her acquaintance, it
, looked far beyond the tilings of time and sense for >
the ultimatum of its denies—it grasped the desti- 1
tute heathen in its embrace, and indeed, so anx- !
ious was she to send the Go-pel “ to earth’s remo
test founds,” that she permitted no opportunity,!
however small, to escape her, without contributing 1
her money to promote the spread of the Gospel. I
■ Before closing this obituary, we will only add. I
that ten or twelve years previous to the death of i
this excellent woman, he had prepared and Iran- |
scribed with her own hand, the four hundred and 1
seventy-hist hymn of Mercer's Cluster, the first
line being “ While sorrows encompass me round,”
aud deffied that it should be sung at her grave when
she was busied, which was accoidingly done by ;
two of her grand daughters. .!. M. W. 1
(TJ- The Synod of South Carolina and Georgia
will meet in this city, in the Presbyterian Church,
<>n Thursday evening tire doth inst., at half past 6
j o’clock, and while opened with a sermon by the ;
Rev. Dr. Howi;.
The anniversary of the Southern Board of For
j eign Missions will be beid in the Presbyterian !
Church next Sabbath evening,at half past 0 o’clock, i
when several addresses will be delivered, nov 25 j
ANDREW J. Si.WTELL,
ATTORNEY i 2 LAW,
j nov 25—ts Dalohnega,Ga.
VV. H. CUNNINGIJA3I, Ar Co.,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ■
• oct 31 Savannah, Ga. 2m
JOHN I?. STAM OiU),
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
| j.vl7] Clarkesville, Ga. j
i>. iL (>v BUB If f
A rTOK NL ¥ A T L A W ,
feb j.» ■ fferson. Jackson county, G
AUGUSTUS REISS,
A I TORN EY AT LAW,
septs-ly Madison Morgan county, Ca. j
j c Zj' W ILLI \.M i'. EVE, J. P., ran be found at f
ail limes at the store of Wright, Bull & Co.
oct 2S ti
i
W . G. NIMMO.
COMMI SSI O X MER CH A N|T .
Office in tire lower tenement Masonic Hall,
nov 9 ts
.1 011 N . J . BYRD,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
s .
j Will be thankful to his friends for any part of bu
siness in the above line, which will be attended to !
witn rectitude, A c. oct 24
L. PENNEY,
MIN IA TV R K I J AINT ER ,
Masonic Hall. *
; Specimens may ho seen at his room, or at the Book
j Store of 11. A. Richmond. nov IS-trwtf
A L ARD. —O, A. CAZENOVE, , at the Eagle &
Phoenix,; is prepared to make liberal cash advan
ces on Cotton consigned to C. C. Gardner at Savan
j nah, or such other arrangements as may suit con
i signers. nov 34-3t*
Till) HEADING Roo’i
Attached to this office is open to subscribers, and |
strangers introduced by them, every day and eve- j
j ning (Sunday evenings excepted) uulii 9 o’clock,
: Subscription fi; for a firm of two or more $lO
Crr* AUGUSTA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—
i For the benefit of the sick poor of Augusta. The
i committee lor the present month are as follows :
Division No. 1. —W. E. Jackson, Andrew Me
Lean, Mrs. Pemberton, Mrs Waterman.
L-fvision No. 2. —J. B Groves, W. IJ.Crane, Mrs.
Talliaferro, Mi--. Ann Winter.
Division No. 3.—Porter Fleming. E. W. Doughty,
I Mis. Andrew Miller, .Mrs. Cornelia Cohen.
| nov 2-1 J. \v. WIGHTMAN Sec’y.
Cj'-Dr. GARDNER, fiaincrly resident surgeon
n the New York Hospital, and physician at Belle- “
vuc Hospital, New York, tenders to the public his i
professional services. i
Office in Washington street, between Broad and
Ellis streets Residence, Eagle &; Phoenix Hotel 1
a P 3 _ s
FRK NC II .11ILLINERY. "
JUST ARRIVED 11WA NEW' YORK, i
j (For a few days only.)
4 HANDSOME assortment of Ladies fall Boll
ix. net'-, colors ala mode, will be opened this
morning, at Mr. King’s curl and fancy store, No.
291 Broad street, up stairs, one door above the In
surance Bank, opposite Luraback’s, which w ill be
sold immediately, the proprietor going to New Or
leans. nov 23-21*
|i ICE.—A fresh supply just received, and will
be kept constantly on hand, and for sale in 1
quantities to suit purchasers, by
* nov 20-ts GAiIDELLE & RHIND. I
AT PRIVATE SALE.
! BBLS ; New LANA I. FLOUR, a first rate I
article. Just received and for sale by
: oct B IV. E. JACKSON, Auctioneer.
; .MILLISEUV AM) DIILSS JIAKiAC,
MISS HAINES, Milliner and Dress Maker,
removed to the first house above the
i MjUio list Church on Green street, and would be I
! h inkrui loi a continuance of the j alienage hetc-
I tofore extended. (
A;1 oiders executed with neatness ami dtspatch.
; nov U T j
MACON AND
I DADS W.4_YT F. 1) *
At ieduced nt. s I v
DANCING &: WALTZING tr>hff
j R - J - WHA V IS ’ DA ' ; CING SCHOOL^ V
Tvil open for the season, at the • Dc ‘-
I For term * a PP>- v t 0 Mr. W. at Mrs ( aS^
HEFEIIE.NCES. Js -
Hoa. Matthew H. Mc Alucter a
i Hon.'LEVEY is. D. 1 YON',
Dr. Joseph C. Habersham
Euas B. Reed. Esq. ’ >Say acaiii
Stephen Gardener, Esq, 1 ’ i
William M. Pelot, Esq.
Muj, Robert Taylor, Athens J
nov 25
EXLCLTORs’ k\| p
W ILL be S£,ldon the first Tuesday in ,
i ?V next, at the court house dor in if- ■
! Warren county, Ga., all the re<r oe , , arr ? m U ;
: town lots belonging to the estate oiETerenSL a :
l senior, deceased. Any per on or r '.. ® J
to open a Tavern or Hoaiding-hotise in
i Ga., would do well to attend tt sSo af tH
arc well improved. JAMES S JONFS lne ‘ o ’ ,
WM.P. BUTT/ ’> Ev .
! M.M. BUTT, S '■
X ivember 25,1840.
? XECT’TOKS’ SAI.F
; 4 C CORDING to the last wid andTestumert
i ' ,• dec * ast < will l^soldnuiC
; firs " 1 ’itsday mI- ebrnary next, at the co'irt h n
in the town oi CiawtordviUe. Talliaferro nZ'
I within the usual hours of saie. )o the hiv,, e , t •i T
! ‘ter, the following property, to witWesiev '
I man or 30 years old ; Darnel, about 3.3 a . *
wife Dilsey ; Malinda, er2oand child-’ (l Pn ' :
15 or 16; Armstead |4; Calvin, 10; Amo, s.’ I
Jim, 6; Betty, 4; and Ned, H years ofa*e T.j”’
i cash. JONATHAN DF.WBEHRVn* 1 1 ,
JO! L K. MEI CEB.
JONATHAN I)AV!\ S
November 25, IS4P.
. ADMS.NI’fffiATOSFh SALE
WILL be sold on the fir-t Tuesday in J attu
; y V next, between tiie usual hours of sak ' -
tiie lower market house in Augusta,all ffe Hon
hold and Kitchen Furniture belonging to the mu*.
of Rebecca Dunham, deceased.
ANDREW M VCLEAN, Adm’i
November 25, iB4O. trwtd
EXECUTORS? SALE.
"ILL be sold on Saturday, the 19th day.
v w December next, at the residence of the la( f
Gt oige Murray, deceased, in Richmond county. -
: the perishable property (negroes excepted) pf
; deceased, consisting of Cattle, Horses, Hogs.tVn #
j Fodder, Household and Kitchen Furniture." &c. "
i Ai«o, at the same time and place, the tract of
land on which the deceased lived at the time f I
hu death, containing one hundred and thirty-si'
! acres, more or less, lying on Butler’s Cheek,inssd
! county, which is too w’ell known to need anvff.
I tiier notice. Terms at the sale.
VALENTINE WALKER,?., ,
ALEX AN DEK Mel VE R, hx i -
November 25, IS-10. wtd
NOTICE.
C LL persons indebted to the estate of Rebecn
j Dunham late of Richmond County, deceased,
j aic requested to make immediate payment, and si; i
persons having demands against said estate w . ■
present the same, duly attested, within the time 1
prescribed by law. AND. MACLEAN,
November 9,1840. Administrator.
Si A V-S LI NA 31 ENT,
f AIIRANTED to cure the Piles, or the mo-
V f ney will be refunded. Prepared Ly l!.c
j subscriber from the original receipt, and put up I
with gieat care by Dr. F. Rausuin, who has also I
j manufactured the article sold by “ one Comstock"' |
for several years, to which he is ready to maae P
oaMi, giving the preference to this arlkie in const- ,
quente of me superior quality of tne |
| and the extreme care in preparation,
i bold wholesale by \VM. J. BL RRITT & CO., U )
Gold street, New-Yors.
For sale oy ROBT. AUSTIN L CO.,
nov. 4 Sore Agent in Augusta.
H 4 VILA N I). RISLEY Jt CO.,
AGENTS l THE
M e 1v i I 1 L a boi a tu I )',
REEFER for sale,-in quantities to suit punka*
I VF ?crs,
Melvill’s Black Ink. in 4, G, s, 10, 12 and 24 on.
. bottles.
Melvill’s Black Ink Powder,
i Meivill’s Bed Ink.
| MeP. ill’s paste Blacking, 3 si/os.
Melvill’s Water Proof Paste for Leather.
! Melvili’s Leather Varnish.
Ti>ese ariicics from long use have established x
| reputation unsurpassed by any other of the tied
j now before the public. nov 13
3U MC TUITION.
j riNHEODORE GROENEVELT, Profmsor »
\ Manic, pioposes to commence a course of in-
I struction on the Flute at an early period, at the
Music Room of Mr. H Parsons. Gentlemen wish
ting to join a class, will please leave their name*
with Mr. pardons, or at Mrs. Cart’s boarding-house.
He will also give lessons on the Piano Fork,
Guitar, Clarionette, and Violoncello.
nov IS ts
ii > CONSIGN3IEN T,
A QUANTITY of the best manufactured 'SO
. ILACviO. CD}- and Country meichants are
i invited to call and supply themselves with a first
i rati* article, from 17 to 55 cents. The lattei
* price for Morgan’s Premium Gold Leaf.
THOMAS DAWSON,
nov 6 1m Dawson’s Warehouse
-31 ECU AMI S* ISA N K STOCK.
SHARES of the capital stock of the Me*
chanics* Bank, for sale liy
n ,v 20-ts W. iff J \t Km 'N. Auctioneer.
SI PEltlOlt CREWING TOBACCO.
JUST received, a lot of very superior Cfieivipr
Cavendish Tobacco, For sale by
oct 8-ts I. S. BEERS feCO^
AIDiONDS.
4 A SACKS fiesh Almonds, just received anJ
| I P for sale by W. E. JACKSON,
apiil 27 Auctioneer.
GEORGE C. ALLEN,
(Formerly connected with the House of Rmcdnt n
Benedict; lie edict Benedict ,y Co., end
Samuel ll r Benedict.J
IMP: • TER OF ENGLISH. FRENCH, ASU
S •:; iSN 11 r A Tt HES AA U JE! VK LB V,
WHOLESALE AMJ RETAIL,
No. 30 Wall street, up stairs. New 3 ark.
fjg AS on band, and is constantly receiving, a/
ucscriptions of Lever, Duplex, Chronometer,
Repeating, l.opine. .Anchor Escapement, Roby Cj’ 4 *
inder, ana Verge Watches Also, Diamoaiil Pinu
Rings, Gold and Siver Pencil Cases, Guard Chair-,
Fob C hains, Seals, Keys, and ail descriptions c;
Jewelry, iiis goods being paid for in cash before
they leave Europe, he wid soli at the lowest po *
sib.e pikes, at wholesale or retail, and all h* j
goods will bo warranted to be first rate.
Q 3” Watches, Jewelry, Silver Plate, Diamonds
and other valuable Slones, exchanged or bought,
nov 17
3 R. TAYLOR’S BALSAM OF LI VERWORT,
■ P for Coughs, Coids, Consumption, ARhnu.
Liver complaint, Fains in the Chest, Raising 8100 ,
Night Sweats, Icc.
certificates.
I have had a cough, raising blood and main*
from the lungs, pain through the chest, and nl r ‘.
sweats, for six > ears, ihrough the b less mgs
Go ] J am cured bv Dr. TAYLOR’S BALSAM
LIVERWORT. It is truly the medicine lor
poor. Where it docs not benefit the expeo'C ‘
returned.
Alexander Smith, 10l Foisylh street, and • •
ton of Rev. ?vlr. Stiiiwell’s Meeting in Chnfft
street, June 9, Ib-L.
1 have suffered many years fiom weakness, ?^ 1
pitation of the heart, Ac., and lately cured h>
TAYLOR’S BALSAM OF LIVERWORT.
M. Young, corner of Tilierv and Adams stree -?
Brooklyn. ‘ , Ju “ e >
Sold wholesale and retail by Win. J. Burn
Co., 12 Gold street. Ncw-York.
For sale by ROBT. ATSTIN & ca
bov 4 Sole Agents ic August**