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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14.
(fj’As we have been obliged to rmploy a new
carrier for the lower part of the city, ninny of
our subscribers may not get their papers —all
auch will please call at the office and let it lie
known. Others in the upper part of the city may
have changed their places of business ami may
thereby lie overlooked. Should there lie any
such, they will also please give information of the
fact.
"Cotton
Has been arriving very freely for the past
'week, both by the Railroad and by wagons.—
There is however, not much felling, as the prices
have a downward tendency. We quote sales at
8j to 9$ of the new crop and of the old at 8c. —
A vert/ choice lot of square bales might command
9}, but not more. The late rain has not raised
our river sufficiently to admit cotton to be ship
ped. The Railroad has taken at jj per pound for
round bags and J for square, and arc full fur
-some time to come.
New York Election,
The mail last night brings intelligence of the
success of the Whigs in the State of New York.
They lost the city, hut have nevertheless carried
the State, having elected u majority of the mem
bers of both branches of the General Assembly,
The majority is not yet ascertained, hut it will
lie large enough, we presume, for all practical
purposes. It is also stated that the official re
turns will show a considerable gain in the popu
lar vole.
The New York Express of Saturday lust says,
“There is no improvement whatever in the stale
of the Money Market. On the contrary, money
is as light and close us ever. The Hanks dis
count next to nothing. Paper is constantly sell
ing in the street at 3 and 4 per cent, a month.
Cut otr us the merchants are from their Southern
Exchanges, there was never a period when so
great sacrifices wore made ns at present. The
ordinary securities are almost at an end. The
sacrifices now made and making by those who
get funds on from the South and West are un
'paratlclud in the hislc-ry of the city. Our Hanks
sustain themselves, and will, at the sacrifice of a
vast portion of the merchants, A vast amount
of paper is renewed in a private way, to avoid n
public .exposure.
Vorrcfponilence of the Philadelphia N. American.
Nsw Yokk, Nov. 7, I’. M.
The great topic of conversation to-day is u de
cision of the Supreme Court of this state which
seems to throw all our Free Hanks into confu
sion. The constitution of this stale requires that
in creating corporation/! (he bills should puss by
two-thirds of both houses voting for them.—
When the Free Hank law was under considera
tion, thequcalion came up whether the Hanks
formed under it, would or would nut be corpora
tions. The Attorney General gave his vote in
the negative, and that there was no necessity for
a two-third vole,
Several other legal gentlemen wore of the same
opinion and so the bill passed in the ordinary
way. Chancellor Kent has purchased stock, and
so have many men of great opinions. Hut it
seems they are all wrong, for the Supremo Court
sitting at Albany, has Just given its opinion in u
case argued some months ago in which they say,
the Hanks are corporations.
The effect of this decision, if finally sustained,
would bo to make the stockholders liable us co
partners, to rentier engagements made with the
Hanks decidedly null* for the thing contracted
with has no existence, and it host of other trouble
would crowtl in which would perhaps dissolve
the Banks, though that again seems quite an im
possibility. The affair has not at all affected the
currency of the Hunk notes. They us well ns
safety fund are getting better daily.
There is nothing of the least importance do
ing in Cotton. Gennessee Flour can only bo
quoted 5,50 for common brands, and there seems
to be very little demand, so holders arc beginning
to store for winter. Ohio has sold, good order
round hoops at 5,38. Good Northern Corn lias
sold at 67 a 68 cents by weight.
Elections by Iho Legislature.
Yesterday the Legislature went into election
.of two Solicitor Generals, and a Brigadier Gen
eral,-to supply the vacancy, occasioned by the re
moval of Gen. Z. While, and the following is the
result :
.Solicitor Gr.sr.uaL or tiik Chattahoochee
Ciuclit.
Ist ballot- 2nd ballot.
John H. Watson, 118 Kil
J. C. Hamilton, 52 113
James Gaston, 105 drawn.
Mitchell, 7
Solicitor General or rurCowkta Circcit.
Ist ballot, 2nd. 3d.
i. 11. Knight, 55 51 160
H. A. Thomason, 83 99 97
J. M. Calhoun, 118 103 drawn.
*l. Williford, 18 8 drawn.
Col. Thomas J. Holmes, of Baker county,
was elected on the 2d ballot, Brigadier General.—
Georgia Journal of Tuesday.
There was received in the Treasury last year,
a total of seventy-four thousand nine hundred
and seventy-six dollars and fifty cents. This in
cluded Hank dividends, Hunk slock tax, vendue
•tax, fraudulent lots sold, for grant fees, and fees
for testimonials.
There was paid out, it appears, five hundred
and ninety thousand three hundred and twelve
dollars and eighty-nine cents. This amount
paid out so far exceeding the actual iccoipls of
the Treasury, is to be accounted for by (he rea
der, by making up the deficit of receipts at the
Treasury with State Bonds Milledgeville Re
carder.
The Petersburg Intelligencer tells a good joke
which occurred hi that town a few days ago. It
was rumored that the Governor had issued a pro
clamation requiring the State taxes to he collect
ed in gold and silver. In au instant sit who had
been putting off the Sheriff for mouths past with
the old burden of ‘ call again to-morrow,” were
in pursuit of him to pay their taxes, while they
might yet do so, with depreciated paper. Even
Locoforos to the backbone were seen, with “bunk,
rags iu hand, pressing forward to be in advance
"ri l > r ,K ‘* 4ma iion and save their (>er centum.
1 he Sheriff, of course, made, a go.nl haul, while
the practical oiierulion of the specie sub-treasury
scheme was beautifully illustrated.
- 8 V T .* 0 ?* BT " r Th< ‘ R,ale de,,t of Tennessee
is only $2,C6b ; that of Massachusetts, nearly
>5,000,000; that of Pennsylvania $32,000,000.
Proceedings of the Legislature.
SENATE,
On Monday and Tuesday the Senate was en
gaged in the election of officers, reading the Go
- vernor’a Message, opening the election returns
for Governor, &.c, «Scc.
Wednesdat, Nov. 0.
Mr. Springer, from the Committee on Privileges
f and Elections, made a report upon the contested
| election for Senator of the county ot Gilmer.-—-
The report was favorable to Cornelius Cooper s
taking his seal. It was taken up, and after con
siderable discussion, laid on the table tor the pre
sent.
The Senate then repaired to the House, to re
ceive the new Governor elect.
Tiil iisiiat, Nov. 7.
( HILLS INTRODUCED AND HEAD Tllf. FIRST TIME.
By Mr. Bates; To pardon Philip Johnson of
Hall, and Matilda Cogswell of Jasper county.
Also, To authorize James Morris to erect a
mill-dam across Couasogga river, in Murray
county.
Mr. Branham: To repeal an act to promote
the culture of silk, passed 29th Dec. 1838.
Also, to repeal an net to authorize the business
of banking, dec. passed 28th Dec. 1838.
Mr. Grdon; To incorporate the Georgia His
torical Society,
Mr. Pnyna: ’To alter the third, seventeenth
and twelfth sections of the first and second arti
cles of the Constitution of this Stale.
Mr. Foster: 'To repeal an act establishing a
general system of education by common schools.
Mr. Stanford: To encourage a direct export
and import trade with foreign countries, and to
authorize the formation of joint stock companies
for the purpose of dealing in foreign and domes
tic merchandize and produce.
Mr. Kelly: To pardon James Templeton of.
Stewart county.
Mr. Harris,of Warren: To define the liabili
ties of railroad companies in this State, for kill
ing or injuring hogs, cuttle, or other properly.
Mr. Miller: To amend the 18th section of the
act passed on the 16th Dec. 1799, Is revise and
j amend the judiciary system of this State.
Mr. Billups: 'To change the place of holding
precinct elections in 2351 h district of Oglethorpe
county.
Mr. Collins: To alter and amend an act ap
pointing additional commissioners on the Ohoo
poc and Canoochee, in the county of 'Tatnnll, so
far as relates to the commissioners of the Ohoo
pce river.
'The Senate took up the report of the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections, which was that
Cornelius Cooper should lake his sent as Senator
from Gilmer county; and agreed to the same—
yeas 49, nays 38.
Mr, Cooper was then qualified and took his
sent.
Mr. Porter, of Greene, presented the petition
of sundry citizens of Greene, praying to lie added
to the county of Morgan; referred to a commit
tee consisting of Messrs. Porter of Greene, Por
ter of Morgan, and Uillnps.
Frida v, Now. 8.
RILLS INTRODUCED AMI READ THE FIRST TIME.
By Mr. Dunegan : To amend the several acts
authorizing the construction of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, so as to require the commis
sioners and chief engineer to suspend operations
from Cross Plains in Murray county to UussvUlc;
and to authorize them to make purchase of lands
from individuals, at suitable places, for depots, on
said road, to be laid out in town lots, ami to be
disposed of for the use of the State ; and to re
peal so inui’b of said act as requires the Gover
nor to subscribe for stock in the branch road.
Mr. Billups: 'To niter and amend a part of the
first section of the third article of the Constitu
tion of this -State.
Mr. Lewis: To relievo the city of Columbus
from the payment of $16,000, with interest,
which was loaned for the purpose of the construc
tion of n bridge across the Chattahoochee rawer.
Mr. Miller: To continue in farce the second
section of an act panned 25th December, 1827,
to admit certain deeds to lie recorded.
Mr. McGarr: To authorize and empower the
counties of Emanuel and Bulloch, to sell or lease
the public lands of said counties.
•Mr. Harris, of Warren: 'To authorize Oliver
Duckett to plead and practice law, &c.
Mr. Payne: To extend the time fur fortunate
drawers to take out their grants in the counties
of Early, Irwin and Appling.
Mr. 11crimes: To compel persons residing out
of Baker; and having plantations and negroes in
the same, to pay tax thereon in the county of Ba
ker.
Mr. Stanford: To amend an act incorporating
the Habersham Iron Works utrd Manufacturing
Company.
Mr. Ruulersou: To add n part of Ware to
Wayne county.
HOUSE OF RKPRKSKWTATIVES.
Mon da v, Nov. 4, 1839.
This day was taken tip in the organization of
the House, the election of officers &e.
Tuesday, November 5.
This day the Governor’s Message was received,
road, and 300 copies ordered to lie printed for
the use of the House.
On motion of Mr. Cone,
1 Resolved, 'That so much of the Governor’s
Message us relates to the payment of the militia
companies of Lowndes county, that has been
passed on by the commissioner*, and not paid, fur
the want of funds, be referred to a select commit
tee, and that they report by bill or otherwise.
Agreed to. Messrs. Cone, Hilliard and Ser
mons were appointed that committee.
Mr. Toombs offered the following resolution :
Resolved, That James K. Pickett, a member
elect from the county of Sumter, as appears from
the official returns in the Executive Office, lie
qualified and permitted to take his seat us a mem
ber of the General Assembly ; which being read
and some discussion being had thereon, was, on
motion of Mr. Glascock, laid upon the table.
On motion of Mr. Glascock, it was
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor
be requested to furnish this House with the offi
cial returns of the election for Senator and House
of Representatives for the present session.
The balance of the day was taken up in open
ing the returns of the election for Governor.
Wkunksbai, Nov. 6.
Mr. Gray introduced a bill to authorize Gil
bert E.Thigpen, of the county ol Jones, to plead
and practice Law in the several courts of this
Stale.
Mr. Stephens presented the petition of sundry
citizens ot Greene and Taliaferro, praying indem
nification for cattle ('ire. destroyed by the Georgia
Rail Road cars, which was referred to u commit
lee consisting of Messrs. Stepliens, King of
Greene, ami Blount.
’The House then proceeded to make arrange
ments for the reception of the new Governor elect.
The Senate having joined the House, the Gover
nor appeared, took the oath Cv e.—after which, the
House adjourned.
Thursday, Nov. 7.
BILLS INTHOHVCF.iI AMI RF.AD THE FIRST TIME.
By Mr. Cleveland : To repeal the act of 1838, I
to promote the culture of silk.
Mr. Anderson : To incorporate the Boswell
manufacturing company.
Mr. Miller: To incorporate the Georgia His
torical Society.
Mr. Hunter : To revive, and continue in force 1
for three years, an act to oslall.ah and admit tr
record certain instruments which were destroyed
ed with the county records of Crawford county,
by fire.
Mr. Warren : For the relief of Executors, Ad
ministrators and Guardians, in certain cases, and
to define the duties and liabilities of the Clerks of
the Courts of Ordinary of this State.
Mr. Barclay: More effectually to compel Banks
to redeem their paper.
Mr. Hudson : To consolidate the offices of Re
ceiver of Tax Returns and 'l ax Collector, of the
county of Hancock.
Mr. Whatley: To establish an additional elec
tion precinct in the county ot Harris.
Mr. Hardage : To alter the 3d, 7th andl,lßth
sections of the 3d article and the 15th section of
of the 4th article of the Constitution of this State
—Also,
To repeal the second section of an act to ap
point additional Trustees of lire University of
Georgia, Ac. and to authorize the loan of $lO,-
000 to the Board of Trustees, and to provide for
the education of certain poor children.
Mr. Dunn : To incorporate the Trustees of
the Southern Botanic Medical College.
Mr. Carson; To compel persons resident out
of the Stale, bringing suits into the Slate, to se
cure tile cost.
Mr. Gray : To carry into elfecl that part of
the Constitution which requires theestublishmcnt
of a Supreme Court fur the Correction of Errors,
200 copies ordered to he printed.
Mr. Crawford : To change the name of Wil
liam James to William Little.
Mr. Stell, of Stewart : To establish two addi
tional election precincts in the county of Slew
art.
Mr. Meadows: To consolidate the offices of
Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns of
Upson county.
Mr. Flournoy: To repeal the law of capital
punishment, so far as free white persons are con
cerned, with the exception of the crime of trea
son, and to institute solitary confinement for the
same—
Mr. Bryan, of Wayne: To authorize Jesse
Lewis, of the county ot Wayne, to establish a
ferry across the Great St. Ilia, in said county.
Two hundred and ten copies of the semi-an
nual reports of the Banks were ordered to he
printed for the use of the House.
The House took up Mr. Toombs’ re.sloution re
lating to James Id. Picket, claiming his seat as u
member elect from the county of Sumter, etc.
Mr. Glascock offered a resolution as a substi
tute for Mr. Toombs’, that the whole matter of
controversy between Messrs. Pickett and Pierce,
be referred to a select committee, which was
agreed to. Messrs, Glascock, Toombs, McDou
guld, Seward, and Tarver, were appointed that
committee.
Fhiuay, Nov. 8.
BILLS INTRODUCED A VII IIEAII TUB FIRST
TIM B.
By Mr. Barclay; To amend the net more ef
fectually to secure the solvency of all bunking
institutions of this State, passed 24th December
1832.
Mr. Stell, ofGwinuett: To consolidate the of
fices of tax collector and receiver of tax returns
of the county of Gwinnett.
Mr, Ghent: To incorporate Corinth, Heard
county.
Mr. Johnson, of Heard : To consolidate the
cilices ol lax collector and receiver of tax returns
of Hoard county.
Mr. Gondor: For the relief James L. Daniel.
Mr. McLeod; To repeal an act passed 2l)lh
December 1838, to regulate the granting of re
tail license and sale of spirituous liquors.
Mr. Whitfield, ol Putnam: To alter and
amend an act more effectually to secure the sol
vency of all the banking institutions of this State,
passed 24th Dec. 1832.
Mr. Ledbetter: To compensate the grand and
pctiljurors of Paulding county.
Mr. (merry: Po authorise the trustees of the
Columbus Academy, to lay oil two acres, and
erect an Academy thereon, of the east commons
of said city.
Mr. Beecher: To consolidate the offices of
tax collector and receiver, of the county of Bald
win.
Mr. Mays, ot Cass; To lay oil and organize a
new county from the counties of Cass, Murray,
Floyd and Chattooga.
Mr. Moore: To incorporate the Georgia
Manufacturing Company, of Clarke county.
Mr. UcLapierrie: To authorize the Governor
to draw his warrant for moneys withheld from
the trustees ot the poor school of Jackson county,
in consequence of the passage of th eact establish
ing a general system of education by common
schools.
Mr. Parker: To repeal tiro act establishing a
general system of education by common schools.
Mr. Bryant, of Walton: To change the elec
tion precinct from T. Patterson’s to John Smith’s
in said county.
Mr. Toombs; To consolidate the offices of tax
collector and receiver, in the county of Wilkes.
BILL PASSED*
To authorize Gilbert Thigpen to plead and
practice law in the various Courts of this State
&c.
Mr. Rives presented a petition from sundry
citizens of Hull, praying to be added to the coun
ty of Lumpkin.
Mr. Chastain presented a petition of sundry
citizens of Lumpkin county, praying the admis
sion ot certain Indians, or dependants of Indians,
to citizenship.
Mr. I oombs offered the following resolution :
Resolved, Phut the select committee, to whom
was referred the whole matter in controversy be
tween Messrs. Pickett and Pierce, now claiming
their seats as Representatives from Sumter coun
ty, he and they are hereby authorised to send for
persons and papers, and examine such persons
as may be brought before them under oath.
[This resolu'ion was strenuously OPPOSED
by Gen. Glascock and others—and supported by
Messrs. Toombs, Jenkins, Campbell, Steven®
and Kenan. Alter the discussion had proceeded
for sometime, Mr, Seward offered the following.]
Mr. Reward offered the following as a substi
tute for the same :
hesolved , Jhat there is no mode under the
existing laws of this Slate, ofdcterminig the mat
ter in controversy between Messrs, Pierce and
Pickett, us contending for a sent in the House of
Representatives, of Sumter county, and that the
seat of such Representative, bo declared vacated,
ami the matter referred to the voters of Sumter
county.
After further discussion, the resolution and
substitute were, on motion of Gen. Glascock, laid
upon the table for the present.
[All the Union party voted to lay the resolu
tion on the table, except Messrs. Kenan, Cone,
Ghent and Hardage,]
W kstkhn Bank. —This institution, wo are
happy to learn, is recovering from its recent de
pression. Already have arrangements been made
which will enable it to redeem its circulation, and
we hope in a short time to exhibit to the public
such an account of its allairs and management
as will not only restore it to public confidence,
but prove it to lie in its resources, sound to the
core. The circulation, we arc informed, is but
1 $(15,000, and its specie fends, specie and specie
i Certificates, $50,000.
Being furnished with information in relation
: to the Hank, on which we can relv, we do not
hesitate to advise holders of its Notes, not to dis
pose of them at a discount. They certainly will
1* very soon as current as the Notes o's any
, Bank ln tht> State.— Western Georgian.
Juiiv Chapmav, who was awaiting his sen
tence of death in our Jail, for the muider of his
wife in December last broke out on Saturday
night! He haJ complained of bad health, and
was compassionately removed by the Jailer, from
the criminals’ to the debtors’ room, on the lower
floor, which is more airy,—from which, with the
aid, it is supposed of persons outside, he broke
through the brick wall and made his escape. He
had been respited by the Governor from the 22d
March to 20th December next; and there is little
doubt that the Legislature, as usual, would have
granted him a pardon.— Macon Telegraph, sth
inst.
The Wau dpqx the Cchuf.xct.— We are
yet in the midst of the whirlwind. The grand
experiment upon the currency which was com
menced by Andrew Jackson, and which Martin
Van Buren is pledged to carry through—the ex
periment of two men upon the happiness, the
well being, and wc might say, the lives of fitfeen
millions of human beings—is still upon its on
ward march a second time. One grand convul
sion of the country was notenough to distinguish
the administration of Mr. Van liuren. A sec
ond is in progress. We must now go back to
the beginning and take a new start. Every step
in our financial system since 1832, has been a
false step. It has been a step which has conduct
ed us further and further from the path of safety.
When the cry of Perish Credit — Perish Com
merce, first sounded, we were in possession of the
best currency on the face of the earth—the same
from North to South—from East to West—equal
ing silver or gold in any part of the Union.—
Now the people are crushed and rained, without
means at home and without credit abroad. And
this is the result fur which wc have passed
through so much suffering, and are now the wit
nesses of such wide-spread devastation !— Boston
Allas.
Chf.iiokre Troubles. —Faettyeville and
Ozark (Ark ) dales of the 10th and 14th ul'.., re
present the probability of a war with the Chero- >
kees as exceedingly strong. The commanding
officers at Fort Gibson and Fort Wayne have is
sued orders upon the keeper of the military stores
at Fayetteville, for an additional supply of arms
and ammunition; and it isstated that, in the event
of a union among the different tribes, the forces
of the government upon the frontiers would lie
the strong arm of their defence. Such a union,
insufficient for their protection; for which reason
the militia me now looked up to as their only
protection it is said, would bring down 20,000
Indians upon their borders, with all the horrible
accompaniments of a savage irruption.— Balt.
Sun.
In the Presidents’ House there is a row of
plain painted pine tables, used by General Wash
ington, as wc understand, when he was Presi
dent, and on which his entertainments were
spread ! They, in constrast with the gorgeous
furniture which now decorates the President’s
Mansion, show the progress of luxury in our
country, and give rise to reflections not altogeth
er agreeable or favorable to the present times!—
Alexandria Gazelle.
From the Boston Courier.
The Hindoo Sacrifice.— Among the e ents
recorded in recent intelligence from India, is
that of the death of a native prince, and the
sacrifice, upon his funeral pile, of his wives and
concubines, agreeably to the ancient custom of
that region of the globe. The sacrifice of the
slaves is considered as an act of atrocious cruel
ly, enacted, as the Bombay Times declares, ap
parently for no other purpose than that of add
ing dignity to the funeral pageant. The same
paper expresses a hope that the British govern
ment, in its communication with Kurruk Singh,
or Dhiun Singh, who seems to have been the real
director of the obsequies, will not fail to convey
a strong intimation of its sense upon this most
barbarous proceeding. The suggestions which
follow (taken from the Bombay Times of July
27,) coma n the very reasons, which will, proba
bly, deter the British government from interfer
ing in the matter:—
Which of us, when reading in Southey’s wild
poem, the Curse of Kehama, the description of
Arvalan’s funeral, the burning of his two queens,
and of the whole train of female slaves, could
have imagined that he would live to behold the
incredible fiction realized to the death, at the ob
sequies of a prince in close alliance with Great
Britain. Yet so true it is, that the poetic des
cription of Arvalan’s imaginary funeral becomes,
with a very trifling adaptation, the most exact
historical record of the real obsequies of the late
monarch of Lahore.
Even as regards the four princesses, Gudden,
Baanl-Arlce, Rcjkover, and Hindecr, there arc
circumstances which seem to render their sacri
fice inexcusable. In the case under considera
tion, it appesrs that, with the princesses, (not
with the slaves, be it remarked, they were not
worth the ceremony,) the form of dissuasion was,
gone through. But how happens it that the
same multitude which succeeded in restraining
Dhian Singh, in his pretended attempt at sell
eombustion, could not move hand or foot to pre
vent the Ranees'! The reason is too clear.
Dhian Singh was wanted ; he had n living part
to play, both for himself and the Couit of La
hore ; and those who looked forward to reap
benefits from his power, were too wise to allow
biin to carry his pretended wish into execution;
they would have received little thanks from him
living, little reward from him dead, had they ta
ken him at his word. Hut the Queens were not
wanted; their jewels, their jaghires, their pen
sions—all these were wauteJ, and they themselves
were in the way.
The perpetration of this tragedy shows, in the
first place, how low our moral influence is oven
where our political influence is most powerful.—
It shows, jn the second, how futile is the hope
that India would ever regenerate herself under
native rulers. Here is the Sikh nation, in full
independence, power and wealth, w ith ail the
elements of progress in its possession—profess
ing. too, a new and freer creed, untrammelled
with caste or any other venerable fetters derived
from antiquity ; yet the present tendency of the
national mind is retrograde towards the ides and
the customs of past ages.
The Lightning Ron.—lt is curious to find
that the conductor, or lightning rod, which so
many men of genius, learning and ingenuity,
have been at the pains to complete, which in fact
has always been regarded as one of the proudest
trophies of science—was known and employed
by people of no more refined cultb at ion than the
ild peasantry of Lombardy. Tlu Abbe Bethol
let.in his work on electricity, describes a practice
used on one of the bastions of the Castle ol'Dui
no, on the shores of the Adriatic, which is literal
ly neither more nor less than the process which
enabled Franklin to bring lightning down from
the clouds. An iron stall', it seems, was erected
on the bastion of the castle during the summer,
and it was a part of the duty of the, sentinel,
whenever a storm threatened, to raise an iron
pointed halbert towards this stall'. If on the ap
proach of the halbert, sparks were emitted, (which
to the scientific mind would show that the staff
was charged with electricity from a thundercloud,)
the sentinel wssmade sure that a storm impend
ed, and he tolled a bell which sent forth the ti
dings of danger to the surrounding country.
Nothing can be more delightfully amiable than
the paternal care of its subjects, which this pro
vision of the government exemplified. The ad
monishing sound of the bell was obeyed like a
preternatural signal from the depth of the firms
ment j shepherds were seen hurrying over the
valleys urging Hooks from exposed fields 10 pla
ces of shelter. The fishing boats, with which
the coasts of the Adriatic was generally studded,
forthwith began to crowd sail and to make fur the
nearest port, whilst many a supplication was put
from many a gentle and devout heart on shore
before some hallowed shrine, for the safety of
the little fleet. —Monthly Review.
Numbf.ii of Oaks necessary to Bcilii
one Ship.— When we consider the number of
trees that are required to build a single ship, and
the length of time necessary to bring them to ma
turity, it becomes the duty of every landed pro
prietor to plant for the sake of posterity. “An
oak in a good soil and situation,” says South, a
practcal planter, “will, in 75 years from the
acorn, contain a ton of timber, or a load and a
half ol square timber.” By a report of the com
missioners of land revenue, respecting timber,
printed by order of the House of Commons, it ap
pears that a 74 gun ship contains about ‘*,ooo
tons, which, at the rate of a load and a halfn ton,
would give 3,000 loads of timber; and would
consequently require 2,000 trees of 75 years
growth. It has also been calculated that, as not
more than 40 oaks, containing a load and a half
of timber in each, can stand upon an arce, 50
acres are required to produce the oaks necessary
for a 74 gun ship.— London paper.
An old toper, who had long been accustomed
to sucking the stopple, being on one occasion
“pretty much as usual, I thank ye,” his wife pro
cured a coffin and gut some men to put him in
the grave yard.
This being done they watched to sec what he
would do when he came to himself. By and by
having slept off the fumes of the liquor, he
awoke and the top of the coffin being unfastened,
he threw it off, and sitting up began to stare
around him in every direction. At last being ful
ly satisfied that no body was there, the men being
hid behind the tomb stone, “well,” muttered he
“in drowsy tones, “I guess I’m the first one that’s
riz, or else I’m plaguely belated.”— Phil, Des
patch
The other Sunday, the clerk of one of the
Dissenting Chappcls in the city of London, pre
vious to the commencement of the service, dirtied
his hands by placing them accidentally upon
some new black paint, and, unconsciously rub
bing his face, besmeared it so as to resemble a
son of V ulcan. He turned into the singing
desk, where he naturally attracted much atten
tion, which was considerably increased when he
gave out the first line of the hymn, “ Behold the
brightness of my face." The congregation
could no longer preserve their gravity, and an in
voluntary laugh burst from every corner of the
chapel.
The Irish definition of an open countenance is
not a bad one : “A mouth from ear to ear.”
Consignees per South Carolina Rail Rond.
Hamburg, November 13, 1839.
W. If. Kitchen; Clark, McTeir Si Co.; Scranton
Sc Smith; T. Dawson; H. C. Bryson Co.; Hand
& Scranton; Reese Sc Beall; J. M. Sc W. Adams:
Stovall,Simmons Sc Co ; W. Sc J. Nelson; S. Knee
land; A. B. Mallory; I. Moisc; A. Frederick; J.
1). Crane; J. Winter; .1. P. King; E. D. Cook; B.
W. Force; J. K. Sc H. flora; J. Davidson; T. JJ.
Plant; H. Hutchinson; T. Richards; Could Sc
Bulkley; Haviland, Risley St Co.; Guicu Sc Thom
son; G, A. Simmons; J. P. Seize; J. W. Houghton;
J. Bridges Sc Co.; E. Adams; J. N. Oliver; Maher Sc
Korney; Sibley Sc Crapoa; J. F. Benson; Jelfers
Scßoulware; G. Parrott; A. B. Church; Dickson &
Storr.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, Oct. 18
Latest dates from Havre Oct. 15
New York. Nov. 9.
Coffee. —There were some exports last week, but
none this. The sales are very moderate and whol
ly confined to home consumption. Prices are with
difficulty sustained. Sales as follows : 600 bags
Brazil, 4 mos 10 a II; 500 do Lagnira, 4 mos 11 a
Hi ;70 do Cuba, 4 raos 10 a—; 100 do St. Do
mingo, cash, 9 a 9s.
Cotton. —The advices by the Great Western of a
fall of i to id in Liverpool, has had the effect to
check operations here, and prices has been with
difficulty sustained. Indeed there haac been a de
cline within the last ten days of a full cent, and
were it nut that the stock is reduced to about 7000
bales, prices would no doubt be lower.
Dry Goods. —Since our last report not the least
activity has been noticed in this trade. The scar
city of country customers is unprecedented.—
Most of our dry goods jobbing bouses are doing no
thing. They feel very severely the existing pres
sure in the money market. The country docs not
pay off very well, and whatlittle is received comes
in such a shape that a very largo discount is submit
ted to, to get current funds. Prices are daily fall
ing, and goods aic sacrificed at auction in large
lots. Our packet ships continue to arrive with fair
cargoes of dry goods, every package of which must
he either wintered or sold now at an enormous loss.
Flour —The demand for England has fallen of"
hot there b's been an active demand for France.
Prices however have not improved; on the contra
ry have rather fallen off. Western has come into
market freely and has been taken at $5 62 a§s
75; Troy $5 75; Ohio $550. Os Southern the
stock is light, hut the holders of Georgetown keep
up the price to $6 20. The supp ies arriving are
very large now, and will continue to he so lor a
week toeome; the season is however near a close
Sugars —The M-.rket is exceedingly dull. The
country trade has fallen off’ suddenly Some sales
for export —prices steady.
Molasses —There is nothing doing of any sort of
consequence at present, Retailing qualities are
selling at 29 to 31 cts, hut forced sales by auction
were at a reduced rate.
Spirits—Domestic —Since our last report, no
transactions have taken place worthy of notice —
Whiskey in bis is in very limited demand, and only
sold iu small lots, as required for immediate use. —
In drudge hbds it still continues at 30 cts 4 months
A lot of New Rum was sold at 35$ a 36 cts cash.
Cider Brandy still continues very scarce, All de
scriptions of Domestic Liquors arc very dull.
Spirits — Brandy —We have nothing worthy of
note or record. Sales arc made at previous prices in
small quantities, the stock being equal to the de
mand. By an tiorr 20 hf. pipes-Kochclle at 118 cts;
12 bo Bordeaux at 112$ cts—Gin remains without
any material change.—Jamaica Rum 160 cts.—St.
Croix —Sales continues at $1 for select parcels.
Baltimore, Nov. 9.
Coffee— At auctiod on Wednesday 882 bags Rio
received per brig llansa, were sold at 10$ a° I2sc.
About3oo bags Rio were sold during the week by
private contract at 10$ a 10$ cts.
H'jwaid-street Flour —At the close of the last
week and in the ear ly part of the present, there
was an active and steady demand for shipment, at
$6,375, and in some instances sales were made
from stores at $6,50. The wagon and car price
was then uniform at $6,25. After the publication
on Tuesday of the English news by the Great
Western, the market became very unsettled and
but few transactions took place, and these at pri<
ces varying according to the views of holders.—
The market has since become more settled, wd
sales of some parcels were made yesterday and
this morning at $6,12$ a 6,25, principally to day at
the first named rate. We quote the store price
this morning at $6,12$ to 6,25, and with much less
enquiry than for some weeks past, The wagon and
car price is now uniform at $6.
City Mills Flour— ln the early part of the week,
holders were firm at $6,50, and refused the offers to
buy at $6,44. After the receipt of the Great
Western’s news, the market became unsettled, and
to-day we quote the price of this description a’ts6.
Corn—Sales of old white up to the middle of the
week, at 65 a 67 cents, and sii eg at 62 a 6.5 c., ac
3 rding to quality. Sales of old yellow com , r
days ago at 70| a 73c; but we have since heardof
no transactions by which to make an accurate
tation it is believed to be worth about 70 cents
We quote new white corn at 50 a 550 andn.t
yellow at 50 a 60c. Sales of old Virginia mi«T
yesterday at 63 cents. ° mued >
Malmse* —We note sales of Cuba at 31 a Olr
Provisions There has been considerable activi
ty m Bacon and the prices continue without
change viz:—Prime Western assorted at Sc ,l„
Hams at 9to lOcents. Middling at 8 to SJc ’ami
shoulders at_7c. Baltimore cured Hams at Kite
1 he stock of Western Bacon is now much reduced
and is in fewer hands. Mess Pork is held at 416 to
17. We note a sale of 100 bbls. in the early mrt
of the week at sl9 12$ cash. In Beef we hear of
no transactions. We continue to quote Mess at
sls 50 to 16 ; No. lat sl3 and Prime at 11 50-
Sales of several hundred kegs No. 1 Lard have
been made at lllc. There are some lots of Glades
Butter now in market. We quote the store price
for No. 1 at 20c., and for No 2 at 18 cents.
JMARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, Nov. 10.
Cleared —Brigs L Baldwin, Basset, New York' '
Opelousas, Forrest, Baltimore; Wm Tay’or, Hoey’ i
New \ irk j schr Emily Knight, DrinkwateV il
Portsmouth. ’ h
Arrived yesterday.— Brigs G B Lamar, Risfciy !
N. York; Eleanor, Jones, Baltimore. " ' I
bailed. —Brig Wm. 'J'aylor, Hoey, New York.
Charleston, Nov. 13,
Arrived on Monday —Ship Birmingham. Drum- I
mono, Bath, (Me); brig Emerald, rosby. Boiton
bug Hunter, Clark,Santa Cruz; V L brig Sullivan’ I
Brown, New York; CL brig Perry, Hamilton, N.’ .
York; schrs Olive, Myers, do ; Orozembo, Watson
Baltimore.
Went to sea on Monday-Ship Olympia, Gray, I
Havre; brig Charleston,Taylor. France 3 f
New" York Ma yesteria^—C L bli S Ashley, Pike, I
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
DR W. EVANS' CELEBRATED SOOTHING
SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth.- This
infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of chi!-
dren, when thought past recovery, from convul
sions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. The preparation is
so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no
child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it
When infants are at the age of four months, though
there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of the
Syrup should be used on the gums, to open tin
pores. Parents should never be without the Syrup
in the nursery where there are young children; for
if a child wakes in the night with pain in the gums
the Syrup immediately gives ease, by opening the
pores and healing the gums; thereby preventing
convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr Wm
Evans' Medical Office, 100 Chatham street, New
York, where the Doctor may be consulted on all
diseases of children.
PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF
Dr. EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP.—To the Agent
of Dr. Evans’ Soothing Syrup: Dear Sir—The
great benefit afforded to my suffering infant by
your Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and
painful dentition, must convince every feeling pa
rent bow essential an early application of such an
invaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery ami
torture. My infant, when teething, experienced
such acute sufferings, that it was attacked witii
convulsions, and my wife and family supposed that
death would soon release the babe from anguish,
till we procured a bottle of your Syrnp ; which as
soon as applied to the gums, a wonderful change
was produced, and after a few applications the
child displayed obvious relief, and by continuing in
its use, 1 am glad to inform you the child has com
pletely rccoveied. and no recurrence of that awful
complaint has since occurred ; the teeth areiema
nating daily and the child enjoys perfect health.
I give you my cheerful permission to make this
acknowledgment public, andwill gladly give any
information on this circumsti nee.
WM. JOHNSON.
TONIC PILLS. —The power of Events' Camomile
Pills are such, that the palpitating heart, the trem
ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the fluttering mind,
vanish betore their elici ts like noxious vapors be
fore the benign influence of the morning san.-
They have long been successfully used for the cure
of intesmittents, together with fevers of the irregu
lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral ob
struciions.
This tonic medicine is for nervous complaints,
general debility, indigestion and its consequences,
or want of appetite, distension of the stomach, acid
ity. unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling noise
in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, when
the mind becomes irritable,desponding, thoughtful,
melancholy, and dejected, llypochondiiucism, con
sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all other
nervous affections, these pills will produce a safe
and permanent cure.
Evans’ Camomile Pills were first introduced into
America in 1835.
More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary ts
-of Dr. Wm. Evans’ celebrated Camomile and
Aperient Anti-Bilious Pills, in alleviating afflicted
mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Bowery.—
Disease—Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody Flux-
Symptoms, unusual flatulency' in the bowels, se
vere griping, frequent inclination to go to stool, til
nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fre
quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge of a pe
culiar foetid matter mixed with blood , great debility,
sense of burning heat, with an intolerable bearing
down of the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying per
fect health, and returns his sincere thanks for tin
extraordinary benefits he has received.
Sold by ANTONY & HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta,
J. M.fk T. M. TURNER,Savannah,
P. M. COHEN & Co., Charleston,
SHARP As ELLS, MillcdgeviiVl,
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A. W. MARTIN, Forsyth
Wm. B. WELLS, Druggist, Athens
MARK A. LANK, Washington
july 23
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS.
STOVALL, SIMMONS, & CO. AUGUSTA.
THE public are informed, that we continue If
transact the above business, at our Fire Free
Ware Unuse.
We pledge ourselves not to be interested in .I.’
manner whatever,in the purchase of Cotton, exerp
for order, which is legitimately, the business of a
Commission Merchant, and which is done by all
others, when an opportunity offers.
Orders for Goods, will meet prompt attention.-
Ourfriends, Stovall Si Hamlen,continue the Gro
eery,and Hamlen, Robinson & Co.,the Dry Good*
business, and are now receiving their fall supplied
Goods bought of them, will be free from the usual
charge of Commissions far purchasing, and will t*
warranted to give as much satisfaction, as to qual
ity and piice.as those purchased by any other housi
in the city.
Cotton sent us by Rail Road, will be taken from
the Depot to our Ware House, and no charge wili
be made for drayage.
Cotton sent by Rail Uo d, should be branded
and accompanied by written instructions to the
Agent of the Company, stating, to whom it is con
signed in Augusta; it being the duty of said Agetf
(as the Company advertises,) to receive and for
ward all Cotton and Goods free of charge. An;
other Agent is useless.
Being yet blessed with health, and our usual en- (
ergies and capacities for business, we are now a®
our posts, prepared to serve customers, whose or
ders an interests shall be strictly adhered to.
STOV ALL, SIM RONS Sc CO. T|
sept 5 w & trw
MTU RENT, from the Ist Cct. next,'
STORK, No. 246‘ south-side Broad-slreel
recently occupied liy the late D W. St
pply to JAMES GARDNER, Jr.
augK* trw ts
Georgia, J
Citv of Augusta. 3
riIAKE notice that the Court of Common Plea
foi said city, for November Term, stands ad
journed to the fourth day, being the first Wednes
day, in December next, at 10 o’clock A. M. Sui
te rs, jurors, witnesses, and all persons concerned
are requested to be punctual in their attendance.
HENRY ROBERT, Clerk.
1 November 12, 1839. trwtd