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! j I I I _ JJg — CHRONICLE AND SKN^INEL. AUGUSTA. j FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27. We invite the attention of our itaderl to the ar ticle of “A Planter ” in this morningls paper, it treats on a subject of vital importance |> the com munity at this moment, and is one cm they cannot be too well informed. I Editor’s Correspondence, ■ Millf.dgevii.le, Wednesday, 25. The Senate had taken a recess yesterdry when I closed my letter. At the hour of 3 P .V the body again met in their chamber, and after ,m attempt at any reconciliation, the Senator from Walton persisted in his motion to lay fie resolu tion on the table for the remainder o ' tie session, when the Hon. A. J. Miller arose and m|de a brief, most powerful, and eloquent speech in jdelence of the position of those with whom he pcied, and concluded with the suggestion that thf Harrison Senators retire from the Chamber, whicsr they im mediately adopted, and the Senate fijund itself again without a quorum, and took a recess till this morning, 9 o’clock. i { £The Senate this morning again met- and after another ineffectual effort to adjust thcl difficulty, took a short recess, during which th£ Senators of each party convened in the Senate rooms, with a siew to produce a ijecpnciliation, which was eventually most happily (jbtained in the following manner: The Van Btlresi Senators *ent the following proposition to i.h'J Harrison Senators, that the Hon. Thomas H. Dawson should, when the Senate again assembled, a suspen sion of the order and the postponement jof the re solution for the present, the effect of iwjiiich would be To place the matter precisely wherj; i\ was prior to toe difficulty. This proposition w:is accepted on the part of the Harrison Sen ator>>—jibe Senate ‘ I immediately convened. Mr. Dawsfiaj submitted the proposition, and it was adopted bj’ vote of 63 yeas IS nays — the nays all Van Bure i i*icn. Thus has terminated, for the presen f at lea t,-This vexed question, and the legislation of the country will now proceed, unless the Senator fron IValton ob stinately persists in his efforts to pre e-t the elec tion of a United States Senator. The only Bril of general interest >atsed by the House yesterday, was a Bill in relation o the laws of Usury, which provides that in all| cases when usury is p cad, the plaintiff shall reu vet his prin cipal anti legal interest instead of :h« principal alone, as the law now stands. This rr oming the House refused to reconsider this Bill. Since the adjustment of the diffijuities in the Senate, that body has proceeded to tht; Special or der of the day, which is the Anti U. *3. Bc.nk reso lutions of the Senator from Hall, npo| which he is while I write occupying the time u the Senate with a speech. The Governor this morning, subru tted to both Houses a communication announcing fact that one of the under keepers of the Pen tentiary had resigned, and made charges of mal pi ic ice against the principal keeper. Gen. Charles H. N’t;lson, upon which, his Excellency asked an inv ;? igation by a committee, which in the House wa; referred to a special committee of five. This being the day set apart by t ie House, for the consideration of the bill for the i esimption of specie payments, which question is while I write under. discussion. This Bill as I ha< e already in formed your readers sets apart the fir: t day of Feb ruary 1841, as the proper time. Mr. Crawford of Richmond preset Leri the peti tion of many citizens of Augusta, desiring the postponement beyond the lime fixe- a the Bill, which was read and laid on the t* v » What will be the result of -ction of the Legislature upon this question it is impossible now to conjecture, but I should not be si?i prised if the time was extended beyond the first- of February next. Yours, | J. Thirteen square bales of Cotton Pi.s received yesterday by the Georgia Railroad,land stored at the W T are House of Messrs. Bustii! ac Walker, from the Cusseta farm of Col. John t/polfolk, on the Chattahoochee River, eight miles:below Co lumbus. i i The quality being fine, 10 cents caia -lejobtained for it, and as the freight upon the Reload, having ' been reduced, from the head of the road to £ 1 25 c. per bale to this place we, hope, ar d think plan ters may and will find it to their i a U-rest to try our market, where every article, gemrally need ed by fanners an.l families, can be h d at low pri ces. Correspondence of the Chronicle ar i Sentinel. Washington, Noverab r 21,1540. W T « have no more election news to; send you from this quarter. The Northern Middle and Western states, and that portion of th;: South be yond Virginia, have spoken in tonls of thunder against the administration of the Dcsjru :lives ; and all we wait for now is to hear from virois, Alaba ma and Arkansas. Most of our Whlj 1 lends anti cipate the success of Mr. Van Buren i| t e two last, but the last mail brought us fresh g|oi nds for en couragement, and I will not yet giveL;era up. Winter has thrown his mantle of <|nc;w over our city,and the keepers of hotels and bchr.Hng houses have redoubled their preparations foi|ti>e great in flux of strangers that follow on the fii|>t f ign of cold weather. Already the city begins Ho? put on a bustling aspect. The tramp of an slimy of office seekers will be soon heard along alllth’' highways to the metropolis. Yet, though thes niass of our army has been honest, high-minded lar d disinter ested, it cannot be denied that there jir« also many followers of the camp, who are attache! to us by the expectancy of spoils. Some of Jtl e Locofoco journals are indulging high hopes that ?his lust for office and salary will speedily lead -to;drssentions and discontents, which will greatly »iff barrass and weaken the new Administration, a id! ultimately lead to its overthrow'. There are, u®q many difficulties of this kind in oct; and i would be too much to expect thatjeven General Harrison will ie aole to please all phties entirely; to reconcile all jars —to assuage all tile restless an.l discontented, and importuning spirit:; that have Joined the triumphant party—and to disarm all the selfish and interested combinations that may arise. But let those who are hugging to th< ir;bosams the hope of a rupture of the Harrison pa ty:, remcrabei that our patriotic and disinterested le idH - has been elevated to the Chief Magistracy by the favor ol the people; and so far from being in leuted to pro fessional politicions, he has, from be; inning to end, nobly despised the electioneering art i that are usu ally resorted to for the acquisition o power. The people themselves, feeling the n« cecity f ol a change of government —for a coraph teireorganizi tion in order to save the country ; rojn the pro gress of corruption which was rapidl / vxtendidg to U« vitals, bestowed upon him the h* mjr of being | ‘ » \ the Chief Ager tto accomplish that work. He will undoubtedly call around him assistants, in that business —distinguished for ability, honesty, and patriotism—ard though office-seekers may be dis appointed, the people will approve, and they will continue their support. Mr. Van Bu en keeps himself very retired; and his friends say he bears his defeat with apparent composure. Nay, some go so far as to talk of his philosophical resignation / Bah! I would not sneer at a fallen man : but an intriguer from first to last —without a contemplative character —with- out habits of study—without those higher and more sublime reileciions which refer to another and bet ter stage of existence—how can be find it easy, after such a career, to make himself happy in the shade of private life to which he has fallen, not de scended voluntarily. His friends are ill advised thus to i..ake him ridiculous by their affectation. Mr. Rives passed through this city on his return home yesterday. He was in fine health and spirits, —notwithstanding the defeat in Virginia. The Old Dominion will be regenerated more effect ively and more speedily in consequence of the course events have taken. Her people must now see to what a fall the counsels of locofocoism have brought her —separated from her natural allies in the Union, Ritchie Si Co. have placed her beside Isaac Hill’s state, Benton’s state, and Calhoun’s state ! D. For the Chronicle and Sentinel. Messrs. Editors : —I see by your correspondent in Milledgeviiie, that the joint committee on Banks have reported a bill, to compel the resumption of specie payments on the first of February IS4I, and a forfeiture of such charters as fail to comply. Tne question before that committee, should not have been whether the banks should be made to resume, but whether the people who are more or less in debt, according to their respective credit and means, should be compelled by an act of the Le gislature to meet all their engagements without grace or favor, with specie or its equivalent. But now that such a report has been made, it will be difficult to conjecture what will be the result —it is to b» hoped however, sincerely to be hoped, that theie is good sense enough in that body, not to in sist upon the passage of a bill, so destructive, and prejudicial to every interest of the State, and so much at variance with every dictate of political wisdom. When the Banks first suspended, the Legisla ture generously overlooked this violation of their charters, upon the ground that it was an act loudly uallcvl for, by the necessity of the times, and by public expediency. The whole country was so much involved in debt by various causes, such as extravagance, overtrading and speculations, that the lapse of four ycars_has not served to restore its formi r credit and prosperity-retarded too, as its recovery has been bj- a combination of adverse circumstances, incidental to every species of labor. It was harrassed soon after, by a partial resump tion, induced 310 doubt by the opinion, that the country was prepared fur it. A few months ex perience proved, that they were mistaken in this respect; and that the country could not sustain it self; this act therefore being premature and has ty, they were then forced to assume the position they are now in, rather than madly to contend a gainst evil? which time al„ne could rectify. Let us briefly, enquire into the present state of the country, and see whether it is even now pre pared to do its part in a general resumption of le gal payments. And first I notice a very specious argument contained in your paper of the 23d under the signature of 8,, intended to prove that because the cotton crop was short one half, less money was required to purchase it, and consequently the banks wound have less to redeem. The writer should have remembered that the wealth of this country consist in the production of its great staple, and that it fluctuates according to price and th* quantity produced. Hence if there is no oth r way by which the mass of its citizens can extricate themselves from embarrassments, than by the pro duct* of the soil—it follows as a necessary conclu sion, if they produce nothing they can pay nothing. Selling and buying are two distinct things —if the planter had no debts to^pay, it would be a matter of little moment, whether or not, he had any thing to sell, but the reverse being unfortunately the case with most of them, it is a consideration of the first importance with his erditors to know whether he has made anything with which they are to be paid. The man who commenced operation? the pi event year, owing money, with the expectation of pay ing it at the ebse, will find that after plantation expenses are deducted from the sales of a dimin ished crop, the balance, which is the nett proceeds of his labor, will not go far towards the payment of his debts,especeially when another years’ inter est is added to the amount. It would be a very fine time for the planter to discharge his liabilities, if they could be reduced in proportion to the fail ure of his crop, but such charitable settlements are seldom offered—he is always made to stand up to the whole amount of his debts, be the crop or price what it may ; 10 matter if it takes plantation and negroes to supply the deficiency. This being the present situation of the great producing class of our country —of those who are the actual creators of what little wealth tnere is to be seen in the South —is it right or equitable, that they should be sac rificed in order to subserve the interest of a vast minority who are otherwise engaged? It is evi lent, then, that as the planter has failed to derive means from his resources, he is unable to pay “ upon demand.” I remark further, in connection with that article, that the Banks have never yet made any objections to discount upon the crop brought into market, immaterial how large it mav have been, because in so doing, they do a very safe and lucratrive business, getting not only an interest on their advance, but a premium on the exchange thus created by the bill drawn against the shipment. And the people may be assured that the Banks are generals enough to know the value of Cotton, even as an article of defence, and that they will net'er be afraid to throw out their bills whenever they can] be shielded by a rampart j[ Colton bags. But again: having seen what is the actual con dition of the planter, iet us see what that is of the merchant. He may be in a very easy and comfor table business, but it may be asked, does it not rest upon his own individual credit and responsibility, and not upon the promptness and punctuality of his debtors. How many merchants are there in the city of Augusta, who would have sustained them selves so creditably'to this time, if the paymen of their Northern paper or any of their debti had depended upon their actual receipts, or upon what their travelling agent might have remitted from some given point in the interior r They have dunned and dunned in the streets, and all to no purpose. They have gone to the very domicils of those whom they supposed could £t least pay their store accounts,“ now grown reverend by the lapse -1 of years,” and they have invariably been turned away empty and unsatisfied. What do vve hear 1 from the merchant in the country, when he writ s to his “d ar friend ” in the city?—does he tell 1 him that his little establishment is in funds, and that soon he expects to be in Augusta, when he i will ce able to take up his note, which has been t lying over for the last six months ? No, no; i he t writes at all, it is only to announce the fact, that • his supply of goods is nearly out, and that with > the assistance of a few*more fancy articles he may . be abie to work off the remnant of the old stock — , that he had tried faithfully the effect of the credit > system, and that upon the whole, his allairs are in . such a confused §nd deranged condition, that it I will require the aid of all tiie lawyers, courts, and doctors in the county to arrange them ; and final ! ly, wheffthey are closed, what little money he f • will get for all his trouble, will be raised by the , i officer fr rn the sale of ox-carts, spinning-wheels, . j worn out land, and the like. • Now this may seem a ludicrous view of so grave • and serious a subject ; it is not intended to create • laughter, but to convey a just idea of the general i indeotedness of every class and condition of the ; people,and their inability to extricate themselves. ; What does the creditor do under these circumstan | ces ? If he is_a wise man he acts according to the ! ultimate solvency of iiis debtors. Knowing that by i hasty and rash measures, he deprives him of the 1 means bj which he might pay. He looks over the list of his notes, and coolly and dispassionately considers what an amount of sacrifice it would cre ’ ate, if all of the>e were in executions, and the mo ney to be made upon them instanter. No,he says, as long as such a melancholy scene can be obvia ted I will do my part towards it. The cost of a continued suspension for one year longer, will be the difference of Exchange, which is to be paid by the consumer, but the price of an immediate re ’ sumptionwhen the country is so illy prepared, may not only be the loss of my profits but a por tion of m}- investment. —Viewing then the inti -1 mate connection which exists between every mem ■ ber of the community, the entire dependence of one trade and craft upon the prosperity of another, —the source whence all derive nourish • ment in time of distress,' —are we prepared to say 1 that the time has arrived w hen ail artificial alli ances which unites society should be dissolved, • ; when forbearance and meicy should no longer Le regarded, as woithyof practice,—and that perfect independence should be proclaimed, regardless of consequence?, as the order of the day. Then let ' the Legislature pau-e and consider before such an edict is announced, and reflect what will : be the condition of those who look to them for deliveram e. Let them consider whether the ; country has yet sufficiently regained its strength ■ and vigor, to do without the support of these , | institutions which lias nursed and sustained it ■ when there was no other arm of protection.— ‘ i Ask the people of they owe the Banks anything, • | and if they do whether they are willing to com mence the conflict, no matte, how sacrificing the • results. These are questions which should have « had a poweiful and controlling influence over the i committee in deciding this point. They are que-- • tions which could have been easily answered, and all in the negative. The countiy cannot yet stand f alone, and what better evidence is wanted to con . firm the assertion that the people are greatly em barrassed, than the fact that there is more litigation . and sueing going on in the country than has ever r t ime to the knowledge of its oldest inhabitants. ~ The truth of the matter is the crisis is yet to , come, pay daj* has been postponed—but a vast a , ' mount of property-will soon be thrown into mar . ket, and the sheriff’s hammer will then test the . I question, and decide the point whether it w as wise or expedient to urge the passage of such a hill, so destructive in ad its bearings. It may be asked, how are these evils to be rem ; ; edied ? I answer, by not causing a diiect issue ■ between the Banks and their debtors, by any ill ■ timed legislation, forcing them into an immediate . | resumption of specie payments. Otherwise, those ; Banks which have given a sound circulation to the r country, evinced a disposition to cherish trade and ' | and stimulate industry by their accommodations, ; will in justice to themselves, assume a defensive attitude. They will say to the people, though wo r know your crop is short, and that v'ou cannot meet , all your paper, though we have confidence in your solvency, and good faith in the ultimate pay t j ment of all your liabilities, yet we are compelled _ j to pursue a harsh course towards you, because the ( i legislature, regardless of your interest in this matter : has placed us in such a situation, that in order to j comply with its requisition to pay specie for our bills, 1 we are driven to the necessity of making you do the same ; therefore, all paper must be met in full at maturity. Thus a collision is at once re luctantly brought about between the Banks and the people, where before there existed every wish to aid and sustain each other, and the consequences will be a sacrifice of property forced upon the latter, at a lime too, when there will be scarcely a dollar in circulation. This, then, will be the feast for heartless Shylocks—for those greedy, hun gry sharks of the land, who have been waiting . to devour the substance of the people. But is there no one anxious for a resumption, are none of the banks desirous of this event—yes, those banks which have given the country, and the community no relief, by the circulation of their bills, are very much concerned now, that they should be placed in such a situation, where having nothing to risk themselves, they can make their stocks profitable. These deep financiers, who have been looking out of their own windows upon their suffering neighbors without lending a helping hand—are. very anxious to see those who have been struggling hard to uphold a sinking community, dashed against the wall in order that they may get ail that is left of the wrack. These are they who are crying out lor resumption—besides there is a large northern credit in our city, in the shape of Bank certificates and remittances lobe made,which must be accommodated with a resumption before they can be transferred. It would be too much sac rifice for this to be done at present; the State of Georgia must be liter ally sold out and hammered off t j the highest bidder, before the north can think of losing a few dollars in the way of exchange- Now' then it these banks are so anxious to resume, let them do so immediately, and not delay for an act oi compulsion—it required no law to cause theii suspension, they acted upon their own judg ments in relation to the expediency of the matter, and upon their own views of what was beneficial to the public. They possess the same means of knowing when the country is prepared for a re sumption, and such inlormalion should govern them in tneir future operations. It requires no greater knowledge of finance or iaiight into the affairs of the to de» ■ wmmamma mm i mm mmmammmmaßamfm termine,whether the remedy which was so prompt ly applied in the fir-t instance has had time to effect a perfect cure on a patient so dangcrou-’y : disordered. In conclusion let me the f.agis’alurc that us the Banks judged for tho pu' lie in relation to the suspension, it 'should reserve to itself the right, in justi-e to its citizens, of holding them thus su-ponded between the action of one legisla ture and another, and of determining when the peo ple are prepared to make legal tender for their debts —and above all, let me remind those who are I acquainted w r ith Ihe history of commerce in all its : stages from its earliest infancy up to the present moment, to remember that all legislative interfer- ! ence, however well intended, has only proved* ■ like so many drear and blighting obstructions, bin. ! dering the mild, gentle and speedy action of its own immutable law'-’. A Planter. i For the Chronicle <y Sentinel. ii The First Mouthful was Prime ! ? ’ “ The first mouthful was prime /” was an ex clamation I once heard from a little urchin, in half I apology and explanation for desisting in the con sumption of a pla’c- of baked beaus and molasses— a dish of hi.s own fixing—an experiment in gastron omy, for whicn at fust, he could not find words strong enough in tne English language to ex ores half his admiration ; though at the third spoonful the idea occurred to him that it was not quite so delectable as he had cracked it up to be ; at the | fourth, found it difficult to swallow, and ouh- got J ° l it down because he saw the eyes of Pie family : around the table quizingly regard ng his operations and he had rather swallow the mess he thought. - 7 i bad as it was, than eat his words, —at the fifth, gjgeu, and unable to martyr himself any longer in the cause of beans and molasses, pushed the plate away from him in ill disguised disgust, blushed a s he observed the general smile, and a little i uied made the defensive remark before quoted: “ The first mouthful was prime !” .Now, when 1 see a young man just out of lead ing strings and into a fortune, dash forward into the whirl of fashion, frivolity, and dissipation, with the cry, “ now I will enjoy myself !” I think it ve ry probable that he will find ‘‘the fust mouthful j prime.” W hers I see a young bachelor uniting himself to a mindless girl, lor her nsonea*, or because she is pretty, and as dressy as a doll, and can nlay on the piano, and waltz sweetly; or an old one marrying a fair one. young enough to be hi<= grand daughter, under the impression that she will make him a faithful and loving wife; I say to myself w t : is first mouthful will he prime !” M lien 1 hear of a young lady, of lefined taste good intellect, and susceptible feelings, taking for a companion through life, a clod, ' s hc mar be a res pectab.e man fur ail that,) who,though he may not actually decry it as fastidious, certainly cannot ap preciate her taste, who will consider any display of j her superior intellect as a depreciating reflection | upon the banenness of his own, and who so far from sympathizing with any of her fine sentiments* i will, most likely, if he understands their purport at a 1, depreciate *hem as mawkisa and insipid; and i all because “ she felt anxious to he settled in life.” ’ | and to be sure of her animal comforts, and her bread and butter, —I am di-posed to believe her first mouthful prime. ' And when 1 see such an one in after life, with the fountain of gushing feelings that ouceenriched her soul, wasted ana dried up, and the flowers it once fertilized, withered, despite i all her bodilv comforts, diaging out a monotonous existence with both heart and intellect in disuse, I . ’ neglect, and rust, with all the warm radiance which j once shone o’er her mind, obscured, and nothing I ; but the cold unvarying ray cf duty to light her ste- ; rile path to the grave—lam apt to ernsider it a corroboration of ray opinion. When 1 see flaming accounts of some new disco vered gold mine, or projected rail-road, or muiticau- Ls mania, big with dollars and importance, and warranted to make nabobs and millionaires of all of its stock-holders; or some novel machine which promises to save more labor than ever was accomplished, or ever will be, and which taking in a bit of leather and waxed-end will send them out a complete pair of shoes, before the astonished be holder can say ‘Jack Robinson ;’ or some such like invaluable invention ; or ol a new and surprising i theory, religious, scientific,or political, gaining ad herents on ail sides, or of the impulsive public throwing up its rap and shouting hosannas for some i ephemeral favorite; or of some cabbage, cotton or ' what-not seed, which is going to grow faster, yield I more, and open finer, than any thing that ever was I seed, or of some now found Texas, whose streams run molasses and trees bear slap-jacks while roast pigs, each with a knite and fork stuck in his back, run about in crowds, crying,‘come eat me —when I hear of these things, I say, I havn't a doubt but “ the first mouthful will be prime.'” A. L. S. The Washington correspondent of the Philadel- I phia North American writes— Mr Van Burcn in his defeat assumes a philoso phic demeanor, which his friends appear little dis posed to imitate. He was stepping out of church, when an officious retailer of news, of his own par ly, gave him the information w hich withered his hopes. “The news to-day, sir, gives the Whi-s ten thousand majority in New York and a small majority in Pennsylvania.” Not a muscle of Mr Van Buren’s countenance changed, but drily an swering—“l hen General Harrison is your next President,” he made his usual bow, and turned ab ruptly from his informant. SaiPW lIECK— — SLAVES SET FREE It Y BRITISH Authorities.—The last Richmond Compiler states that a letter from Capt. Chaltin of the ' schr. llennosa, dated at Nassau, IS’. P. October 29th, announces the wrecking of his vessel. ' -She struck on a reef of rocks near the East >nd of the Island of Abaco, on the night of the 19th Oct. the wind blowing fresh at the lime, after a mn of four days and a half from Cape Henry, j «he was bound from Richmond to New Orleans 1 with a cargo of slaves (47 in number) and to- ' bacco. She bilged immediately, and ts a total 1 loss. "" ! Iho crew and slaves made their escape to the island where the slaves were taken possession of ' by the civil authorities, and after being taken to ' Nassau, New Providence, (the capital of the Bahama Isles) were set at liberty by the Cover- ‘ nor. The wreckers had saved a part of the to bacco in a damaged state. ! The entire cargo was insured. The slaves be- ‘ longed to Messrs. Bumpkin & Co. of Richmond, 1 and their liberation will we suppose form another ' troublesome question for our Minister at the Court of St. James to settle. The Captain reports the loss, on the same J n |g ht near the wreck of the Hermosa, of iho . ship \v elhngton, of Bath Me. Gen. Jackson, it is said, contemplates removing £ trom 1 cr.nessee. He cannot stand a Whig ma joruy ol 15,000. Mr Van Buren, it is thought, ' wnl hardly venture to return to Kinderhook. c , “ °! i | I »5 gentlemen had better golo Turkey— t it-y wi find institutions there congenial to their t W.—Richmond Whig . ~ . Foreign Extracts. The London Evening Mai! has the following j &! Pit act of the latest speculations of the Peris papers, am! intelligence from the capifoi: Those of the Paris Journals which notice the re-construction of the Ministry, object to it. The ultra-liberal papers regard lire new cabinet a? pure ly doctrinaire, ami consequently as “minister of rc-action, that contemplated further restrictions of public liberty.” Some of the journals go even further, for they assert that the ministry had been dictated by the allies; white we are assured the contrary was the fact, fur that “during the whole time that the cabinet was in progress of rc-con struction, neither the King nor Marshal 8?oult, nor M. Guizot, saw a single member of the corps diplomatique.” The public seemed every moment to regard the new Cabinet as more and more likely to be able to maintain themselves triumphantly in office. The speculators on the Bou'se, it w ill be seen, were not behind in this anticipaton. In a word, as far as circumstances yet justified the forma tion of an opinion on the subject, it would ap pear that no ministry had entered upon cilice du ring the last eight or nine years, with better pros pects of permanency. The Journal ties Debats is the only one of tho papers before us winch enters avowedly into the i arena as the champion ol Ministers. In a very | elaborate atiicie il pronounces a warm eulogium on the men who fonn the present ministry, and a perfect conviction that il wiii be able j to maintain itself in power, as it will have around it every consUtuna! man in Trance. The Debats admits that attacks will be made upon the Government, hut that they will be resis i ted, and put in force those laws which the legis i laturc bad placed in its hands, and which too long had been suffered to remain a dead letter. The Debats concludes by demonstrating that no ministry, of the nature just dismissed, could ever again be formed ; and that if the present Cabinet fell, no other ihan a ministry composed of the Gauche party could bo appointed it its stead. The Debats, also, referring to the foreign po!i- 1 cy of the new administration, states, that in res pect to the Eastern question, il would bo founded on the propositions contained in the last note of M : Thiers, restraining the cuusvs belli to the de struction of Mehemet Ali's power in Egypt, thus ahandening all intention of insisting upon all •*Byria and St. Jeand’ Acre remaining to him. The Conslilutionnel, and the other opposition ! j papers, contend that t ie present Ministry could ! not be expected to remain in power; Inal they will only have added to the tears tnat perv adetl ; France lor her independence, and that the terrni nation of the late ends had only been achieved by the creation of another. The postscript of our Paris letter states that ‘•'ome doubt begins to be expressed on the capa bility of the new cabinet to mako head against tin* formidable coalition by which it will be assai led, ’ and that “Ministers have made new propo sitions to several distinguished parties, (to M. De la Marline, in particular,} to enter tiie cabi net. or to accept of a diplomatic appointment of the fust class. M. De la Marline has, for the pre sent, at lea-t, ’’continues ourcerrespondent, “de clined the advances of Ministers, although I be lieve the Department ot the Interior was offered to him. He has also refused the embassy to Lon don or to Vienna, which the cabinet expressed its willingness to confer upon him, should he give to them the benefit of his influence and tal ents. He will however, in all probability, accept the offer of Ambassador, special or extraordina ry, of France to the contemplated Congress of 1 Vienna, should the present intention to hold one be carried into effect. The Moniteur contains the following procla mation of Marshal Souit, as minister of war. to the army, which v. as be lived loan apprehension that the disaffected might revolt, and to the de termination of government to ma th boldly, ami tn net with decision against its internal ene mies : “Soldiers: 'The King’s confidence in me has again placed me at your head. 1 have accepted the honor of commanding you, being convinced that I shall always find you ready to fulfill the duties which the laws, the miiiiiary regulations, and the glory of the French arms impose upon you, Obedience to yur officers, a rigorous obser vance of discipline, a strict attention to the ser vice, the maintenance of that military confroter nity which constitutes the value and the force of the army ; these are the qualities which the King and the nation expect to find in you, and which I have no doubt you will always dispLv, as in the most glorious period of our annals. ‘i ou know me. You kuow that I require much. That I never suiter either inattention to service, or failure in you are likewise aware that my solicitude for you, for the preservation ofyonr rights, and for the amelioration of your well be ing, is ever active, an 1 that I am always happy, whenever an opportunity occurs of conferring roy al recompense upon my brothers in arms. “I depend upon you, as you may depend upon mo, whether it may becomo necessary,* in unison with our brave National Guard, to maintain or der and secure respect to the laws, or whether the King may call upon us to defend the territory, the honor, and the dignity of France. ‘ The President of the Council, Minister at War. “Marshal DUKE OF DALMATIA.” The Costitutionel contradicts the report that M. Thiers intended to retire to Italy after the de bate upon the address, and declares that such cn assertion is totally unfounded. From the A }ew York Sunday Mercury, An amusing .Scene ol Humor. \\ ho ever travels through any of the New Eng land States and twigs as he journeys the eccen tricities of some of the natives, cannot fail to be amused, and may it he choose derive many new ideas in respect to etymology and diversity ol character. Some years since an acquaintance of ours sot out, on horse back, from the eastern part oi Massachusetts for the Green Mountains of V er mont. \\ hile travelling through the town ol New balem his road led into a piece of woods, ol some five miles in length, and long before he got out ol which he began to entertain doubts wheth er he should ever be blest with the sight ofahu- * man habitation, but as ail things must have an end, so at least the woods, and the nut brown uouse ol a farmer greeted his vision. Near the road was a tall, raw-boned, overgrown, lauthorn jawed boy, probably seventeen years of age, dig ging potatoes. He was a curious figure to be hold. VV hal was lacking in the length of his tow hreecnes was amply made up for behind ; his sus penders appeared lo be composed of birch-bark, 1 grape vine and sheep skin, arid as for his hal. 1 which was of dingy white felt—poor thing! it had once evidently seen betterdays, but now, 1 now alas! it, was only the shadow of its glory. ’A hether the tempests of lime had beaten the top l,t > or the lad’s expanding genius had burst it out was difficult to tell; at any rate it was missing and through the aperture red hairs in abundance 1 stood six ways for Sunday. In short, he was one ot the roughest specimens of domestic manufac ture that ever mortal beheld. Our traveling friend, feeling an itching to scrape acquaintance with the critter, drew up the reins, of his horse ' and began : “Hallo, my good friend, can you inform me | how far it is to the next house!” 1 Jonathan slarled up-leant,i on bishoe handle, r ree ed one fool on the g.mbril of his sinister leg f and replied; ® “Hello yourself! how dew] well, I just can. 1 amt near so fur now is it used to be afore they - C a . | Ue r?° ds awa ?’ l^lcn ’ l 'vas generally reckon c a ou. our mile, but now’ tho sun shrivels up j tho road, and don’t make more’n tew. The fust ouse j ou come to, though is a barn, and the next | h 3 , h *Jstack; but old squire HoMtin’sT.-T"' |on beyant. You il br sure to meet his 2a H “ ; afire you g“» there, tarnal roropt’ crbt.fJ ? Rg ; plague our folks more’n T-fe. ‘ H. s Veep { into our paster every day. and his ga!, \ n ? n , pt * I C T d ih I **'* I hC d ° ? ar?f;r the * hefi P rui/me i ar, f r th , e way he makes the wo o ai„. I the petticoats fly. \< a pi n to snakes,” ‘ I see you are inclined to th* facetious' ; nan. pray toil me how it happen.that one’of?" 5 j kgs is shorter tnan the other!” - v °df “I never ’lows any body to meddle ivbh 1 grass tangles, mister, but seein’ its vou Pii Vu vo. I was born so at my tickler renn Psr ~W I when I hold plough I can go with onefootTn furrer and t'other on land, and not lor, ‘ he Sdo%tVn!“ Wy C ° nVenient Wh6n 1 mo ' v r °und a “ Very good indeed,how do your potatoes corn * on this year! COr *ie “Tney don’t come at all. I dig 3 ’ sm om . . j taere san blastin’ snarl of’em in each hill.” Kuntccky.—■The last number of the Frankftm Ky. Commonwelth contains a statistical ta bL wm.-h represents tne taxable property of tb ’ State to ornaunt to 5372,250,027. * ' •Steamboat Explosion —We learn f rn - j passenger who arrived yesterday on the lon. Thai j l Qe 1 ers ? in °. n ’ her P as sage from New Orleans •« | T*’ six miles below the mouth of ! Arkansas, collapsed a flue, by which 30 peis-T* j were injured, 7of them killed and four mortal? ' wounded. Ihe Persian is owned at St. Louis’’ Cin. Hep. The New Hampshire Gazette warmly advocate nc election of Levi Wooodbory to the Untied I States Senate. —Host oh Journal, OuuNfttv.--A sailor who had -pent nearly j al! his davs on the blue waters, and knew li tt i e . ot land gear, came asuorr the other day, an l j n j P Msin s U P s, roet a little woman going aW I with a large muff before her. He stepped up very politely, and offered to cany it for her, as he Ha going the same way. D I E D’ On the 2Hi instant, at his residence in Burl:,, county, Green IS. C. sen of Osborn M. and Lenb, Lowrey in the 3d year of his age. I MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, November 25. Ship St. Mark, Wcitmau, London ; Schr. Fred’k A. Topper, Morgan, Baltimore. Schr. Eagle Wil r-y, Havana; Steamboat John Randolph, Gould Au?u<t3; Steamboat Chatham, Loud, Augusta. « Went to sea —Ship Monticello, Lawtonf Liver pool. Chaklfsxon, Nov. 26 Arrived yesterday.—-Ship Flood*, Myers, Bor deaux; T. L. brig Moon, Og.Jea, New York. Cleared. —Ship Htiirv Leeds, Jones, Liverpool; Br, barque Acaiian, Auld, Greenock; Rrig Star] .Mitchell, Bordeaux ; Schr. Virginia Antoinette Place, West Indies. o I R HOT S E . Just teceived, 1 icsii Oysters au d Fisli J! -AND NO MISTAKE, nov S 6 o t 'J— S’ Jr. I . , S. J CL\ K N tenders his professional ?ervi es to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity He may Le found at his residence on the Nortn side ut Green second door { clow Mclntosh street, or at the Chronicle and Sentinel office. A CARD.— O. A. CAZEXOVE, .at t!:e Kagk U Phoenix,; !•: prepared to make hhersl cash advan ces on Cotton consigned to C. C. Gardner at Savan nah, nr such other arrangement? as may suit con- Offers- nov 24-31* the heading room Attached to this office is oj>ea to subscribers, and strangers introduced by them, every dav and eve ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o'clock. Subscription fi; tar a him of two or more $lO ANDREW J. UA.WKt.L. A TTORNK Y A T LAW , nov 25-ts Dalohnega,Ga. W. H. CUNNINGHAM, A Co., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, oct 31 Savannah, Ga. 2m JOHN il. STANFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW , j.vGJ Clarkesvillc, Ga. B. H. OVEUBV, ATTORNEY AT LAW , feb 2-3 JeiTerson. Jackson county, Gi Al GUSTI'S REES, ATT ORNEY AT LA W, sept 5- ly Madison Morgan county, Ga, dj’ ILLIAM «>. EVE, J. P., can be found al ali times at the store of Wright, Bull & Co. oct 2S ts W . G . Ni >1 MO. cO MM I SSIO N M ERCH AN|T. Office in the lower tenement Masonic Hail, nov 9 ts L. PENNEY, M INI A T UR E P A INTER, Masonic Hall. Specimens may be seen at his room, or at the Booit Store of H. A. Richmond. nov IS-trvrtf JOHN. J. BYRD, j notary public, ' \\ ill be thankful to his friends for any part ot bu siness in the above line, which will be attended to witn rectitude, oct 24 03* EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK—ax s‘g ht > iad at one to twenty* days sight. For sale by oct 33 ' G ARP ELLS s RHLND 03* AUGUSTA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. - For the benefit of the sick poor of Augusta. The committee lor tire present month are as follows■■ Division No. 1. —W. E. Jackson, Andrew Ms Lean, Mrs. Pemberton, 2«lrs Waterman. Division No. 2.—J. B Groves, W. H.Crane,Mrs falliaferro, Mji. Ann Winter. Division Ao. 3. —Porter Fleming, E. W. Doughty. Mis. Andrew Miller, Airs. Cornelia Cohen. nov 34 J. W. WiGHTAIAN C3 > -®g OAR ONER, fiumorly resident surgeon n the New York Hospital, and physician at Bel>e* vue Hospital, New York, tenders to tho public hu professional services. . Oilice in Washington street, between Broad*' 1 E.lis streets Residence, Ea--lc& PhcenixH° te ap 2 UJ INDOW AND PICTURE GLASS,of various qualities and sizes. . 8 by 10—10 by 12—10 by 14—11 by 14-1-5 14—12 by 10—14 by 10 —l4 bv 18—14 by 20—“' -y 20—16 by 20—10 by 22—18 by 24—20 by J* —24 by 28—and 28 by 30 inches. Also, Glaziers’ Diamonds. For sale bv nov 18-ts HAVILaND, RIBLEV S < VTEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS.— Th« AAI subscribers arc now receiving and opening their fall and winter stock of Fancy and Bta|B Dry Goods, among which are many desirable articles, to which the attention ol public is respectfully invited, sept 4 W >!. H. CRANE & xo.^ EXTRACT OF ROSES.—Rose Water, Milk of Roses, Cologne Water real French American; some splendid Florida Water. D°!‘ ■ Water, Lavender Water, Macassar Oil S eC, i Be as Oil, Indian Dye. Essence es Tyre, tec* For sale by HAVILAND, RISLE^, « nor IS