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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24.
FOR CONGRESS.
HINES HOLT, Jr.
OF MCBCOOEX.
Election on First Monday in January.
Adams Press lor sale.
A power press of the above improved patent can
be obtained at this office at a reduced price. It is
in perfect order —Urge enough to work a sheet 24
by 36 inches, turns off eight hundred sheets per
kour and does its work in supeuor style.
Mail north of Richmond last night.
Correspondence of the Chroni.le and Sent 1 net.
Millidceville, Monday, p, m.,
December 21, 1840. 5
The Legislature seems very slowly to approxi
mate the period of its adjournment Several mea
sures of considerable importance are still before
its consideration, and no day certain is yet fixed
for bringing its session to a close.
The Senate has been engaged nearly all day
upon the general appropriation bill, which finally
passed, but not without an intimation that a mo
tion would be made to re-consider in the morning.
Besides this, the Central Bank bill, the Tax bill ?
the ReUcf project, and the Maine question,— all of
them important matters, —with a great many other
bills upon less interesting subjects, are jet to be
disposed of in that body.
In ihe House, the time has been consumed mostly
in concurring with the Senate in amendments to
hills of the House, and in acting on bills of the
Senate. To give a detailed list of these would be
as tedious as uninteresting. Amongst those that
struck my attention as being of most importance,
was one amending the attachment laws of the
State, so as to prevent the attachment lien from
being defeated by a common law judgment, found
ed upon a suit commenced after the levy of the
attachment; and a bill amending the charter of
the Georgia Rail Road Company, so as to permit
foreigners to own stock therein, &c.
The bill to incorporate the Milledgeville Turn
pike and Rail Road Company, to connect with the
Central Road, was lost; as bill giving the
election of the clerks of the courts of ordinary in
the several counties to the people, instead of per
mitting it to remain with the Court, where it is en
trusted by the Constitution. The bill which passed
the Senate, for preventing frauds at elections, &c.,
was also lost in the House to-day. The main pro
visions of this bill were, that each voter’s ticket
should have endorsed upon it, by the managers
the number opposite his name on the registry or
list of voters; so that if, upon an examination of
the lists, it should be discovered that any one had
voted not being entitled, by a comparison of num
bers the vote could easily be excluded in the count
without any difficulty, and without prejudice to the
gbts of aay candidate. Such a provision, it is
aid, exists in the laws of Alabama, and some
•ther of tht States. But no system is so correct,
and so promotive of the manly virtues of indepen
dence, as the viva voce plan of Virginia.
The Post Note bill came up in the House to-day,
on its second reading, when a motion was made
by Mr. Toombs to “ June it, ” which was carried
by a vote of 131 to 51, —showing a very decided
majority against that measure. The motion to
postpone, or “ June," was advocated by Messrs.
Toombs and Murphy, and opposed by Chappel.—
There will, doubtless, be an effort to re-consider
in the rooming, but without the slightest proba
bility of the passage of the bill. The question of
an entire and complete resumption may be con
sidered as settled. The Governor has signed the
bill, as it was amended by the Senate and concur
red in by the House. Ban*s, therefore, that are
not able to resume, (if any such there be,) may as
well be making arrangements for winding up their
concerns, while such as are able to resume will
feel but little embarrassment from the measure.
Yours, <kc. H.
MiLLEDcvrLLE, December 21st.
All the morning was occupied by the Senate in
acting on the appropriation bill, which passed that
body with amendments.
His Excellency sent in a message, stating that
he had refused his assent to the bill confirming the
purchase of the bridge at Augusta, &c. His objec
tion was founded upon that section of the bilj
which proposed to vcst ; n the Mayor of Augusta
the power exercised by the City Council, of pun
ishing offenders against the City Ordinance; which
His Excellency says “ cannot be done without vio
lating the pi'ovisions of the first section of the third
article of the Constitution of this State " and that
“ if the corporate authorities of the city of Augus
ta cannot be vested with criminal jurisdiction to
try offences at common law, or enabled by statute,it
would certainly be an exercise of power not war
ranted by the constitution , to authorize them to
establish a penal code of the'r own,and furnish those
ad libitum, who might incur its penalties.”
An amendment, including all the piovisions of
the original bill, except the section obnoxious to
the Governor, was immediately drawn up and pre
sented in the House by Mr. Jenkins, to be added to
the bill (which had previously passed the Senate)
to amend the recent laws, so far as related to the
city of Augusta, which had been taken up for it s
passage. The amendment was adopted, and after
wards concurred in by the Senate. So the measure
so desirable to our corporate authorities, has for the
third time passed the Legislature. It was lost in
the first instance because the bill did not get to the
Governor; in the second, because His Excellency
differs in opinion with every other lawyer of re
spectable standing in his profession (that I know)
upon this constitutional question; and in the
present instance, I trust it will be free from the ac
cident of the first, and steer clear of all constitu
tional objections.
If the principle of the veto message should be
carried out, our corporate authorities might as well
decline all efforts to preserve the peace aud good
order of the city, to promote the welfare of the
people. They could pass no ordinance that could
be enforced, and aisorder, confusion, and all other
evils with which cities and towns are often visited,
would stalk in our streets. Could the health of
Augusta, for instance, be continued, without the
power to enforce sanatory regulations ? And how
can they be enforced without penalties ?
Carry out the Governor’s views, and Augusta
must have her penal code, passed by the Legisla
ture, and the offender agaiost it must be prosecut
ed in the Superior Court. They would olten
escape punishment; and if not, the delay of jus
tice would operate to encourage violations of the
law. And beside these objections, it would be
ridiculous to impose upon tire Superior Court the
iatj t£ iAyutiag, with *ii the tedieu tosuUUta
of the law, whether an individual has poked out
his sign board too far over the side-walk, or driven
his horse faster than a walk, or left any boxes on
the pavements,or discharged too much water from
the hydiant on his lot. In faci,all the petty nui
sances and inconveniences usual.y removed or re
medied by the summary action of the corporate
authorities, must remain until the determination of
a more tedious proceeding. Some one told His Ex
cellency, during the present session of the Legisla
ture, that his talents were not executive, but aeci
dedly judicial. Here was an exercise of executive
power growing out of a question, which His Ex
cellency’s judicial talents should have enabled him
to decide correctly.
A number of local bills were disposed of in the
afternoon and evening, by the Senate.
I send you a copy of the quarantine bill, grow
ing out of our difficulty with Maine, as it passed
the House. It has been read twice in the Senate
and will be disposed of to-morrow or next day.—
Its passage is doubtful. Q.
A Bill,
To be entitled an act to protect the slave proper
ty of the people of the State of Geoigia, by com
pelling vessels owned, or commanued by citizens
of, or coming from the ports of the State of Maine,
and the officers, seamen, and passengers thereof,
to perform quarantine, and to provide for search
thereof on their departure.
Whereas, certain persons have been charged
- with having feloniously taken and carried away
the personal properly of some of the good citi
zens of this State, and have lied to the State of
Maine: and whereas, the Government of Maine
has refused, after a constitutional and legal de
mand has been made by the Executive of this
State, to deliver up such fugitives from justice;
which refusal is an assumption of authority not
only in violation of the constitutional compact,
but wholly destructive to the rights of private
property : For remedy whereof:
Be it enacted by ihe Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of ihe Slate of Georgia, in General
Assembly met. That from r.nd alter the first day
of March next, every vessel by whatsoever de
scription or name known, owned or commanded
, by any citizen of, or coming directly or indirectly
from any port of the Slate of Maine, and the of
ficers, crew and passengers thereof, shall perform
quarantine for and during the space of one hun
dred days after arrival within the limits of this
State, and whilst such vessel may be under qua
rantine it shall not be lawful for the officers, sea
men, and passengers thereof, or any of them, to
go on shore or on board any ship, vessel, or boat
whatsoever; and in case such officers,seamen or
passengers, whilst under quarantine, shall go on
shore or on board any ship, vessel, or boat, what
soever, he, sheer they, shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor, and on conviction, shall be imprisoned
at hard labor in the Penitentiary for a period not
less than five nor longer than ten years.
And be it further enacted. That during the
continuance of this act, no vessel from the State
of Maine, as before described, nor any officer,
seaman, or passenger thereof, shall approach with
in three miles of any seaport city, town, or hamlet
of this State, without being considered as having
violated the limits of quarantine as intended to
be provided by this act; and for such approach to
said city, town, or hamlet, he, she, or they, shall
be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on convic
tion, be impiisoned in the Penitentiary at bard
labor, not less than five nor longer than ten years.
Ana be it further enacted. That it shall not
be lawful for any officers, seamen, or passengers
of any vessel, as hereinbefore described, whilst
under quarantine, to have or bold any interci ur>e
or communication, either directly or indirectly,
with any slave or slaves, or free person or per
-1 sons of color, without written authority of the
owner or guardian thereof, which shall be the on
ly justification for such officer, seaman or passen
gers ; and if, whilst such vessel is under quaran
tine, any such officer, seamen, or passengers, shall
have or hold any intercourse or communication
with any slave or slaves, or person or persons of
color, without the authority aforesaid, he, she, or
they, shall be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on ;
conviction shall be as herein provi
ded by the first section.
And be it further marled. That after any ves
sel, as hereinbefore described, shall be discharged
from quarantine, and before sailing from any port
‘ of this State, it shall be the duly of the captain
or commander thereof, to give twenty-four hours
previous notice of such departure to the mayor
or the highest municipal officers of the seaport,
city, town, or hamlet, from which such vessel is
about to sail, who shall be, and is hereby author
ised, to make a search of such vessel; and on
failure to give such notice, such captain or com
mander shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
t conviction, fined at the discretion of the court.
Kentucky Bank.
j The last Louisville Journal says : —The Banks
i of this State have issued a circular to most or all
. of the Bank* in the Mississippi valley, proposing
, a convention in Louisville, on the 25th of January,
. to confer in relation to the resumption of specie
f payments. We hope to sec all the ba-ks repre
t sented. Besides producing concert in relation to
. resumption, the convention may lead to arrange
, ments of importance to the interests, credit, and
t stability of the banks.
Virginia Senator.
' The “ check mating ” Senate of Virginia are
* likely to temper their valour, with discretion, as
we are pleased to learn from the Richmond Enqui-
rcr, which paper confidently predicts that “ the
* election of Senator of the United States will take
’ place about the middle of January, or perhaps
} earlier.”
The next Steamer.
The Boston Atlas of Wednesday says :—“ The
4th of this month was the time fixed for the sail
ing of the swift steamer Acadia from Liverpool.
% As her first trip over the ocean occupied but little
j more than twelve days, we may soon expect to
see her again in our harbor. This ship will in all
, probability bring important news from Asia and
Europe.”
) The Charleston Mercury es yesterday says, we
> aie happy to learn, through a gentleman direct
. from the scene of the tragedy at the Virginia Uni
. versrty, that the general impression there is now
favorable to the young man, who was so unfortu
-5 nate as to cause the death of Professor Davis. It
1 is believed that the injury caused by the pistol
i was altogether unintended, and said that so far
i from there being any malice, tbe Student enter
-1 tained friendly feelings towards the Professor.
Large load or Cotton. —The steamboat Osce
j. ola, Capt. Pease, from Columbia, Ark., arrived at
; New Orleans on the 15th inst., with 2,663 bales
r Cotton—the largest load, we believe, brought by
any boat this season.
1 A Good Humored Candidate.
’ Tbe following paragraphs are from the editor of
’ the Boston Post, the defeated candidate for Mayor
1 of that city;
** It is more important to have a good Editor than
■ a good Mayor, decided the people of Boston, on
, Monday, and we modestly acquiesce.”
“ It is no trouble at all to be a candidate sores
-1 fice when you have so little time to stand, as we
i did at the last go off.”
/
■> 11l 11111 will—
Mr. Stanly stated that in offering the resolution
yesterday to direct the Postmaster General to de
posite such books and papers of his Department as
may not be required for daily and immediate use,
in the vaults of the new Treasury building, for
safe-keeping, he did not mean to be understood
as intending to throw out any suspicion or impu
tation against the preserU incumbent; but that the
late head of the Post Office Department was lurk
ing about the city, and he was mean enough for
any thing. — Nat. Int.
Hear Him !— “ It aTords me, however, great
pleasure to be able lo say, that from the comcnce
mentof this period {my entrance upon the discharge
of my official duties in M uch, IS3T,) to the pre
sent day, every demand upon the Government at
home or abroad, has been promptly met.” Memo
/rablc epoch ! Answer ! ye coutractois, creditors
of Government; ye whose time lias been so much
taken up in seeking payment of your claims—an
swer! ye court records; answer! ye Who have
had their dues doled out in instalments — is this so?
— N. Y. Star.
from the Madisonian.
The Post Office Report.
Mr. Niles’ report is much longer than the reports
of his “illustiious predecessor,” although he has
been in office not a year. It exhibits a considera
ble degree of industry and ingenuity, with not a
little impracticability.
We learn from it that the extent of post routes
in the United States is 155,739 miles,and the annu
al transportation on them, 36,370,776 miles, at a
cos*, of The number of CQiit actors is
about 2000; post offices, i 3,628 of which 951 have
been established within the present year. Within
the same period 271 have been discontinued. Post
masters appointed within the year, 3,231, of whom
959 were for new offices.
The receipts of the Department for the year end
ing 30ih June last.wore Expenditures,
$4,759,111. Excess of expenditures, $219 845.
The Postmaster General mentions as among the
causes for this excess, or rather of the deficiency
of the revenue, the embarrassments of the times,
the practice extensively adopted of carrying news
papers outside of the mails, and the abuse of the
franking privilege,
During the weeks ending the 2d May, 2d June,
and 7th July last, there were 22,038 free letters
ar.d packets sent from the Executive Departments,
20,263 free letters from members of Uc ogress, and
392,268 public documents and other franked pack
ets, making in all, 434 669. The public documents
an 1 pickets from Congress weighed 32,669 lbs.— j
The Executive officers, it seems, have beaten tne
members of Congress in franking letters all hollow.
We suspected as much duiingthe Presidential con
test, when wc endeavored to call public attention 1
to the electioneering abuses of the officers.
Mr. Niles recommends the abolition o*" the a!- I
lowance to Postmasters of 2 cents on free letters, i
and of the franking privilege, except to the Heads j
of Departments; a limitation by law, of compen- j
sation for ah steeambi ats, railroads, ana coach ser- ■
vice; the equalization of postage on newspapers
and other printed matter, with an advance of one
hundred per cent., and a revision of the tariff of
letter postage, with a reduction of 25 per cont.
We consider this proposition to advance UK) per
cent on printed matter a true characteristic of Van
Huron Federalism. Where the people ate most ig- |
norant —where knowledge is least diffused, there I
Van Huron Federalism succeeds the best Igno
rance is the prolific soil in which it douri-lies. Like
the tyrannical and priestly powers of the more be
nighted portions of Eutope, it would impose a tax
on know edge. It would obstruct its diffusion by a j
tariff amounting nearly to prohibition. It knows ;
that in education.christianity, the dissemination of |
knowledge, lies the safely of the republic against I
the insidious marches of power—that they are the
lights of the peopie. Would Mr. Mies put them j
out J Vet he proposes to make an advance of lUO i
per cent, upon the healthful pabulum of the popu- ;
lar mind. He substantially proposes to destroy the
circulation of central newspapers, and coniine all
to the localities where they are punted. The peo
ple, wc apprehend, are not quite ready fur this.—
Besides, instead of increasing, it would, In our
opinion, diminish the revenue of the Department.
Whigs of “ Long Standing ” —There is a
family of six brothers in Indiana, all of whom ,
voted for Gen Harrison. Their aggregate length |
is forty-three feet!
The Globe likens Virginia unto “the virtuous |
Lot.” Thefiguie would have been complete, if the 1
editor had likened the new home of his party to ■
Lot’s wife.— Detroit Advertiser.
Increase of Pofulation.—Mr. Homer, of the
Boston Daily Gazette, makes the following an- j
nouncement in his paper of Saturday:
“ Wc were presented with another beautiful boy j
yesterday morning—making the seventh. It ap- i
pears to us, that a young fellow who his done so
much for his countiy, ought to succeed with his
newspaper.”
In his paper of Wednesday, we find that a name
sake f f his has beaten him all to pieces, as follows-.
We Knock Under !—We did think that we had :
done —and we think so now—a good deal for our j
country, but it appears by the following announce- ■
ment in the Montreal Herald, that a name-ake of
ours in Canada, has beaten us all to pieces in the j
same line. We give it up at once, only saying ;
that when our friend comes to see us, he won’t
bring the whole of his family:
“At Templeton, on the 21st ult, Mrs, Francois !
Homer, of a daughter, b- ing the second in eleven I
months, making net husband the happy father of
twenty-nine children.”
(fff How old is Frank f
Mexican Cotton Factories.—There are in
Mexico il Cotton Factories established by foreign
ers, the location and product of wnich are as fol
lows:
In Puebla there are 5 cotton fac
tories, making per day 4,700 lbs.yarn.
Oriyard 1 2.300 “
Xaiapa 1 800 “
Mexico 4 2,000 “
Other places 200 “
From the Wheeling Times.
Advertising.
A fiiend remarked the other day to us that a
business that is “ not worth advertising is not
worth doing There is much truth in the re
mark, but a truth that uoes not seem to be appre
ciated by most of our business men. It is left
for us editorially to tell the publ.c abroad
that business is done in this city ; instead of
giving the information through our advertising
columns. Many men think lo cease advertising
is economy, that it reduces expenses, that if they
have out little business to do it is not worth ad
vertising ; if they do a great deal there is no use
in advertising. Is advertising less useful than
insuring, is il less useful than a sign, is it less es
sential lo a good business stand 1 We think
not. A man docs not buy his goods to keep
them on hand. If he did, it might be well to in
sure without advertising. Aj»ain, advertising is
like a traveling sign. No business man will hes
itate to pay twenty dollars for a sign where he
would never think of paying half the sum for
advertising. The one is a sign seen only by
those who pass tfic store and can sec the goods
that are for sale as well as the sign. The adver
tisement is a comprehensive sign that comes un
der the eye of hundreds who never will see the
sign over the door; yet some pictend to ague
that becaus°men have done a good business with
out adverti-ing, advertising is unnecessary.
They might as well argue that because some men
have made money without industry, industry is
unnecessary,
There is another light in which it appears in
cumbent on men to advertise. It is the duty of a
people to afford the publishers of papers a compe
tent support, so long as they desire to have them.
The citizens most interested in the ousiness of
a place dislike to be without a newspaper. They
are either a public blessing or a curse. If they are
the latter abandon them. If not give them such
patronage as will draw from them the greatest a
raount of utility.
While the national honor is firmly maintainad
abroad, and while justice is impartially adminis
tered at home, obedience will be voluntary and
betrfiil*— Junius.
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From the New Orleans Picayune of the 17 th.
Latest from Texas.
The steam packet New York Capt. Wright,
arrived yesterday morning from Galveston bring
ing dates totbe 14lh inst. To her polite officers
we are indebted for the latest papers.—The news
is of little importance.
Branch T. Archer, Esq.has been appointed, by
President Lamar, Secretary of War, and Theo
dore Bar by, Esq. Texian Consul at Paris. Both
these recommendations have been confirmed.
A resolution has been passed by the House of
Representatives at Austin, directing the Military
Committee to inquire into the expediency of au
thorizing the President to accept of the services j
of 5,000 men, for the invasion ot Mexico, allow- j
ing them to have what they can take from the I
enemy, and a league of land out of any they may •
conquer. Another resolution, to_ inquire into |
tbe expediency of sending the Navy to sea, •
“to burn, sink and destroy, and act in con- I
cert with the land force,” was lost.
Col. Jordan arrived in Austin on Saturday, the
sth inst., so that the report of his re-entry into ;
Mexico is untrue. He lully confirms the account
of Canales’ treachery.
The Austin Sentinel has the subjoined intelli
gence :
We learn by a letter from Bed River county,
tinder date of Nov. Bth, that a company ot 57
Chihuahua traders had arrived there, having
$50,000 In specie. They designed setting up a
large trading establishment in that country,which
shall be connected with horses in the U. States
and the northern parts of Mexico.
They bring information that Win. Marksman
and John Wallace are on their way from .Santa
Te to this city, and that they jare the hearers oi j
despatches to this government. They propose
to come immediately under the law ot this Re
public. and ask the government of Texas to for
ward them translated copies of our laws.
The people of Santa Fe have refused lo pay
thetythe-tax to the priests.
Two additional rich gold mines have been dis
covered on the route between this city and Santa
Fe—about 100 miles from the latter place.
From the account given by the Musquilo, of j
Texas, we should say that il is rapidly progtes- i
ing in population, improvements, morals, peace j
and good order.
In Galveston a Real Estate Bank has com- (
menced issuing its notes. Fives and tens are j
redeemable st the counter in gold and silver, and
notes of a higher denomination are redeemable
in Baltimore.
Tbe city authorities of Galveston have passed
an ordinance imposed a fine ot SIOO on any
person found carrying deadly weapons. This
law will work well if supported by public feel
ing.
A bill is before the legislature for licensing
gambling houses.
Judge Hemphill has been elected Chief Jus
tice by the l«g slature.
Canales has officially announced the dismissal j
of his troops.
Captain Thompson of the schooner Nash ar- j
rived at San Louis on the evening of the 9lh
inst. He brought there the news of the fiyht 1
between C010..e1 Jordan’s parly and the Mexi- |
cans.
All the officers and men who have returned lo
Texas from the different Federal divisions, with
whom Capt. Thompson conversed, concur in as
serting the fact that, there is no doubt of a gener
al alliance between the Central and Federal forces
for lh“ purpose ot invading Texas; and they
moreover state that there are now 300 of the
enemy, in a body, on the Texian side of tbe Rio
Grande.
The remains of Mr. Treat, late agent to Mex
ico, were interred at Galveston the 13th inst.,
with imposing ceremonies.
A leopard, resembling the African, and ten
feel long from the tip of the nose to the end of ,
! the tail, was recently killed near Bexar. Great
numbers of them are found in the neighborhood
j of the Ncuces and Rio Grande.
I The Galveston Civilian says that “ a consider
-1 able quantity of Sugar has been made upon the
Colorado this season. A gentleman at Egypt
made 15 hogsheads from about six acres of
ground, and, from he specimen we saw, of the
i finest kind, equal to the best brown Havana.
i
Latest from Matamoras.—By theschr.By- I
ton, Capt. White, arrived yesterday from Mata
moras, advices to the Bth inst., 8 days later have j
been received.
We learn with pleasure that thevillian Gonza- j
les, together with Rodriguez and Panado. two of
; his principal men, have been arrested and impri
■ soned at .Matamoras. It may be recollected they
were concerned in taking the American sloop at
Corpus Christian and the murder of h**r men.
Maj. Smith, the American Consul, isdoingevery
i thing in his power to bring proof sufficient lo con
i virt them. The Byron brought no other news.
; New Orleans Picayune of the 1 Ilk.
The New York Standard says that several
insurance companies of that city have determined
to have tires put out hereafter by steam. They
are having built a powerful steam fire engine, to
cost six thousand dollars. It is budding on a
plan of Erricson’s, the inventor of the tranversal j
scicw-paudle for steam-sh ps. The engine will
weigh it is said, a little more than two tons—will
have the power of one hundred and twenty men,
and will throw upwards of three thousand pounds
of water per minute to the height of over one
hundred feet. Its power, and the quantity ofwa
ter to be thrown, can be greatly increased over
that which we have stated. This engine, when
completed, is to be in readiness through! the year.
—Steam is to be ‘ kept up” always, though at a
great expense. W; shall therefore soon see which
is the most powerful, steam or fire. —Baltimore
American.
A Fancy Sketch.—How calmly he sleeps.
A blossom of two soft summers— and
pure; the pillow is not fairer than that white
brow ; the first rose of spring lime is not more
delicately tinted than that round, transparent
cheek. How beautiful to gaze upon; those glossy
ringlets lie not more still than is the peace of the
young heart within. Not a shadow has yet bro
ken the morning sunlight of existence, and a calm
as of angels restr. softly upon the infant’s path. ,
’Tis beautiful indeed; what heart can see the
sleeping babe, and not feel a calming, purify ng
emotion steal over the troubled waters of the spir
it. And the young mother; with what a blush
ing pride does she pause over the cradle of her
sleeping child.—Ah ! that kiss—so fervent, so
sweet, so full of love—sa—
Ba-a-a-a-a a-a! 000-o-o-o-o—a-a !
Ahem ! Mrs. Smith, had’nt you better call the
nurse, and let her take this child out I—Richmond
Star.
The Kf.g of Gold.— Much Mystery hag been
attached to the circumstance of the loss of a part
of the contents of a keg of gold, while in transitu
between the State Bank of Missouri and the Bank
of America, in New York. Tha keg originally
contained about SIOO 000, hut when it reached
New lork $21,459 42
derstood, that the Bank here has commended suit
against the New York Bank for the amount
which war abstracted from the keg, but we have
not been aoie to find the grounds upon which the
action is brought.— St. Louis New Era.
Whig Extravagance.— -Vermont has al
ways been a Whig State. The Governor re
ceives 750 dollars per annum, the Secretary of
State 300 ; Treasurer 400; the members of the
Legislature $1,50 per day.
From the National Intelligencer.
The ludidn Key Massacre.
The attack that was made on Indian Key, in
the month of August last, by a bund of Seminole
Indians, and which resulted in the massacre of a
portion of its inhabitants, and in the total destruc
tion of the island, is yet fresh in the recollection
of most of our readers.
Among those w ho fell victims to Indian rapac
ity and ferocity was Doctor Henry Ferris e, a
gentleman of distinguished talents and education
who had temporarily settled himself at Indian Key
for the purpose of introducing the culture ol tro
pical piants.includmg the Tea Plant, into the Ter
ritory of Florida. Doctor Per rise had intended
to locate himself on a township of land situated
near Cape Florida; out in consequence of the
Seminole war, which was then raging, (and still
races.) he was not allowed to carry his designs
into execution. The township of land of which
we speak, w.s granted to him in the year 1838,
by Congress, with a view to the encouragement
of his favorite enterprise. Whilst waiting patient
ly for the close of the war, at Indian Key, a place
of supposed perfect security, a band of savages
landed on the island, desolated it, and assassina
ted a portion of its inhabitants; and among those
who fell was Dr. Pen mine.
A concise account of the affair drawn up by a
Daughter of Doctor Pehiuse, who was a witness
of the bloody transaction, has been placed in our
han is by a friend, and will be read we doubt not
with deep and melancholy interest. It unfolds,
indeed a tale of terror.
THE NARRATIVE.
On the morning of the 7lh of August, between
two and three o’clock, we were awakened from a
sound sleep by the Indian ww-whoop and the
discharge of guns. Father was lying at the time
in the hammock, to watch Sarah who had been
dangerously ill some weeks. Father mother,
Sarah and myself sprang from our beds at the same
time, while the Indiai s were firing at die cham
ber windows,and the glass falling. We had reach
ed the head ol the stairs to descend, when I
thought of Henry, who had not awoke, and I
ran back to his bed for him ; we then ran down
to a small room at the foot of the stairs, in which
was a trap-dour that led to the cellar which we
used for bathing, (as the tides filled it twice a
day.) Father accompanied us to the door, and
then said ‘-I will go back and see what I can do.”
Soon after he went up stairs, mother called at loud
as she dared to him, and told him ‘ he had no
caps to his rifiehe replied “I know it but I will
gee what I can do,” I constantly entreated mo
ther lo go down into the water, but she refused
thinking father would soon be down to go with
us, until we heard the Indians breaking into the
house of Mr, Howe, which was opposite ours. I
then told my mother “they would soon break into
our house, and we all should be murdered.”
We tl en went into the cellar, passed through
the bathing-room into a small place, say three
feet high, four wide, and ten long, wailed up
with rocks and thick plank over the top, cover
ed with marl and rocks, and then plank again,
to make it even with the wharf, which extended
beyond it, and was separated from it by palmetto
posts driven deep in the marl; under this wharf
was a large turtle crawl, (or pen.) Soon after
we had secreted ourselves in this place, 1 heard
my father on the upper piazza calling to tne In
dians in Spanish, telling them “ he was a phy
sician,” upon which they gave a shout and left
the house. While they were gone, it was evi
dent to us, from the noise we heard, that my fa
ther tame down and closed the trap dooi through
which we had passed, and drew a heavy chest
of seeds that was in the room over it, thinking,
no doubt, he sbduld be saved, and, by thus doing,
he might save us. And this kind act was the
last my dear father ever did for hia family. Dur
ing this time, we heard the Indians breaking into
the different houses, while ours remained un
touched. But about daybreak they returned
jumped upon the piazza, and commenceu batter
ing away at the doors and windows, and we heard
one of them say “ slop thatthey then rushed
up sta'.rs; the same voice said “ they are all hid ;”
“ tne old man up stairs”—for my father had evi
dently retreated to the cupola, which was enter
ed by a heavy trap-door. Soon we heard them
pounding at the door with most horrid yells, but
from its strength, it resisted for some time, but
when it gave way, their yells demons \
and it was then that their most cruel and heart- 1
rendug work was accomplished—the massacre \
of my dear, lamented father. We soon heard !
them breaking crockery, glass, doors, windows,
and, indeed, every thing they could lay their
hands upon, while our trunas, chests of clothing,
boxes ot dry goods, groceries, &c., were being
carried over our heads, and loaded into boats;
and most of the time we were in our place of
secretion, there were three or four Indians sitting
over our heads talking and giving their commands.
At one time they lifted a board from the wharf
and looked down, and seeing nothing but the
turtle, they did not look towards the end where
we were secreted ; had they done so, we should
most inevitably have been discovered and massa
cred. Soon after sunrise, the smoke began to fill
the cellar, but did not affect us much until about
an hour before we left, when the whole house
fell in the cellar; it then became intolerable. It
was so thick that although we were clasped in
each other’s arms, we could not see ourselves.—
At this time, the planks which supported the
rocks over our heads took fire. During this time,
we kept our faces close to the water, plastered
our heads with marl, and threw the water con
stantly over us to keep the air in motion, and lo
cool it, so that we could breathe. When the
planks took fire, we commenced throwing the
marl upon them to extinguish the flames. Henry
soon began to scream, when mother held his
mouth with her han.f. fearing that the Indians
would hear him, and I held his arms, until he
burst from us, declaring “ that he would rather
be killed by the Indians than be burnt to death.”
He forced aside a palmetto post, and passed
through the turtle crawl, and got out, while we
waited in horrible suspense, thinking that he
would be killed, and our discovery be inevitable;
but hearing no noise, and knowing that we could
not live but a short time longer there, mother dug
down in the marl with her hands, unti. she could
draw out the posts from the bo tom; we then
passed under the wharf, on which there were
three cords of wood burning, and the floor so
much burned that the coals tell on our necks as
we passed under. As we jumped out, we saw
Henry standing a few steps in front of the store,
looking about; we then discovered a large launch
at Houseman’s wharl, not far from the store, to
which we waded, and beckoned Henry to come
to us. When about half way, Sarah said “ she
was dying and could go no further,” but mother
supported her to the boat, and. after having as
sisted her in, mother, Henry, and I, dragged the
launch into deep water, sprang in, and commenc
ed polling and rowing with all our strength, un
til we were out of rifle shot of the island. Henry
then took off his shirt, tied it to a pole, and rais
ed it as a signal or distress. We had one pad
dle, one oar. and two poleg with which to work
the boat. We went nearly a mile in this man
ner ; twice our boat was aground, but, as Henry
knew how to manage the boat, we soon succeed
ed in getting her off, W e were taken up by a
boat from the schooner Medium. The launch
in which we escaped was one which six Indians
were loading with plunder from the store. It
had in it a barrel of flour, a box of tobacco, soap,
brandy, molasses, corn, a hat, and part of a mos
quito net. When we had reached the vessel, we
fmau it was one o’clock in the afternoon. Mr.
Howe, wife, and five children, Capt. Houseman
and wife, and Capt. Otis, we found, had reached
the vessel before us. We were immediately
taken down into the small cabin, and told to take
ary tiling we could find te put en; mother took
a shirt and sheet, SaraWj niv . .. M
pie of sheets, which w e fastened T 6ach »cot 4
ol tarred rope, as we could get K ft
we wore clothed for lwenfv-fou r IT %ft
Mr Howe found some drosses w hic fc *lj '
had scattered, and we were eaeK F
adres,. Friday and Salurdav
part of 100 inhabitants, on boirj I
whore every service and at, falion ' ■
heir power was rendered by the cann' **• 1 •
transport, and officers McCrearv .i
the .Wn/ Depot. But o„
were very much alarmed bv iJS** «, i
two rifles, (a aigna, which had 1
in case the Indians attacked Tea-tabled'
it afterwards proved a false alarm an.) i j * M
t iere was a violent storm and heavy sea* 1
ged to he permitted to g et into an open ’* el *s |
leave me vessel, thinkinsr every ,L n
Indians would be upon us ; but our captSV** r
ly refused lo permit us to leave the vpsLi
a storm, and thus saved us from a watery
On Saturday, the United States schoo/
arrived, and Captain McLauehlin.
on learning our distressed situation, and h I
Natali was, very kindly offered us the us# a I
private state-room, which mother accept * i
ran was carried on board in a cot. for i
ill that she was not able to stand. On M i' «
we proceeded in the Flirt to Cape Florida S * '
* h ® ~ d ««ned until Saturtay, await J* 1 I
arrival ol the steamer Santee, in' which I
passage tor St. Augustine, under the 1!
” f ?r. Edward Worrell, of the army
CrateluHy will ever be remembered the ’
fold kindnesses and attentions received T' '
hands of Hr. Worrell, Capt. McLaughlin t\
his officers, in our destitute and distressed 1 i
al, ®°* Hester M. S, P £B| j,
August 20, 1840. ‘ £
Plush vs. Wool.—The N. V I
Advertiser says, that by a verdict’ in theT? 1
Circuit Court, in the case of Haight u
it was established that the article known
worsted plush is not chargeable with duty! K
woollen goods, but may be imported duty fig
Consignees per south CarolTnaftSSS I
Hamburg, December 22, iSto ’
Rankin, Boggs & Co.; P McGrau; J G I
R F Poe j J p Setze; T Richard,; G S
Garvin & Haines; I S Beers & Co. ;
Stovall; More Ho ; Peck k Bearing ; M Holbrook I
J 1 Benson ; J Swy ; Sibley & Crapon ; H lu I
fers; G Panott.
COMMERCIAL P
Latest dates from Liverpool, .VowmwTli 1 1
Latest dates from Havre jfti J] I
AUGUSTA MARKET. I
\\ ednesday Evtsisc, Dec. 23.
Our Cotton market since our report of 2]jt insl '
is without change. Prices range from 8$ ®to 9|,
chiefly from wagon*.
Exchange —On New York, at sight,-®
cent for current funds; Charleston -®5 f '
ct; Savannah 2& 2$ ct; Philadelphial
cent; Lexington, Ky. par (a 3 p cent; I
o p cent; Specie commands —0 4? cent prtm ’
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 0 - ?ct ptta *
Columbus Insurance 8ank.... 4 0- “ «
Commercial Bank, Macon, 40- “» I
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 50- u “ I
Agency Brunswick,” 5 0- “ * I
Planters’and Mechanics’Bank,
Columbus par 0-$ “dim
Central Bank, 5 0- “ “ \
Milledgeville Bank, par.
Ocmulgee Bank, 5 0- * • ||
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 6 0- “ “I
Hawkinsville Bank, 5 0- “ “I
Chattahoochie R. R.& B’k Co.par 0 - “ * I
Darien Bank, 20 025 “ “I
Bank of Rome, 124 07$ “ * 1
Union Bank, “ 50 0- “ * f
Southern Trust Co. “ 30 0 - “ “ *
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
S Specie Paying Banks. —Mechanics’ Bank,hu**
; ranee BankofColumnus, Commercial Bank ol Me
con, ana Brunswick Agency in this city.
■— L ■ 1- . 1 ■ ■g*
MARINE INTELLIGENCE. !
Savannah, December2i f
Arrived —ship Liverpool, Lyon, .Vew York; Iql
Excel, Ladieu, New York.
< leared— brig Savannah, Shapter, New Yofl|
brig G B Lamar, Johnson, New York.
Charleston December 23. E
Arrived yesterday— Line brig Randolph,GoU-t
smith, Philadelphia; schr Drusiila, Kldridge,Rks*■
mond, Va.
Cleared —ship Harriet k Jessie, Connor, Liver-r
pool; biig Romeo, Black. Bremen ; lipe brig^ lc '|
rich. Cope, Mobile.
Went to sea yesterday —ship Harriet Jesii*
Connor, Liverpool; U. L. brig Southport,H«^ 1 ' |
New York. I
HARRISON^NOMINATION
JUDGES OF THE INFERIOR COl'W*
Judge B. H. WARREN,
Jud.e VALENTINE WALCK
ROBERT ALLKN, Esq.
JAMES HARPER, Esq.
WILLIAM P. BEALE.
TAX COLLECTOR.
Rev. WM. KENNEDY.
TAX receiver.
COSBY DICKINSON. •
dj : D. P*. RUSSELL, Esq., will b« “Jjjc I -
for tiie office of Colonel cf the 10th
M., ny many friends. . e * '
(TT We are authorised to annouoce
DUGAS a candidate for the office of
Tax Returns. _ deC J^
friends of Captain M. P- STON J*
support him for the office of Colonel®* «» »
Regiment, at the ensuim: election. —■l
ifff We are authorised to announce '»p I
WATKINS as a candidate for the o® ce .j I
Collector of Richmond county. —-—1 I
IFT We are authorised to announce .gj, I
M. WALKER as a candidate for the K
ceiver of Tax Returns. I
L. PENNEY,
MINIATURE PAIN I
> laSO fi
Specimens may be seen at his room, or , J
Store of H. A. Richmond.
Route Painting,
Paper Hanging
and
R. P. S PEIM AN, **•
Shop near the Upper Market, Broad-st-i
Q 3» ECONOMY, NEATNESS, AND J
dec 10 1
w. a • NUiiio-
COMMISSION MERCHAin-
Office in the lower tenement Mas o0 *'
nov 9 ts — ! 5
Dr. W. S. JONES tenders bis|
services to the citizens of Augusta anc ‘ j
He may be found at his residence
side of Green second door below Mein
or at the Chronicle and Sentinel office.^—
EXCHANGE ON NEW I
ana at one to twenty days sight, f fi nLS'P- |
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