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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IC. CCj'Aa we have been obliged to employ a new carrier for the lower part of the city, many of our subscribers may not get their papers—nil such will please call at the office and let it be known. Others in the upper part of the city may have changed their places of business and may thereby be overlooked. Should there he any such, they will also please give information of the fact. We adverted yesterday to the resolution intro, dueed into the Legislature of this State, directing the Governor to institute proceedings against the Banks for tho purpose of forfeiting their chariots. We recur to it again for the purpose of throwing out a few hints. In the first place it is to n considerable extent impracticable. Many of the Bunks which have suspended, do not ineur a forfeiture of their char ters by the suspension, liecansc it is not made a ground of forfeiture in the act granting their char ters. A decision of that import, we understand, has been made hy Judge Wm. SchVjr, while on the Bench, in the case of the Merchants and Planters’ Bank of this city. It would then he extreme injustice to a portion of the Banks to forfeit their charters for suspending, because that was made in their charters a ground of forfeiture* while other hanks guilty of the sumo offence, should escape the same penalty. But it is not for the sake of tho hanks that wo plead against this rash and thoughtless step. It is for the sake of the country, which, already harrassed to the last extremity for the want of money, would, hy the winding up of the banks -and tho forcible collection of tho immense debts due them, he thrown into a condition of helplcas ncss and ruin unprecedented. Suppose that this resolution passes, and tho charters of half the hanks in the Stale he forfeited, they compelled to wind up their affairs, and the stockholders should demand specie for tho debts duo them! What would he the consequence? The debtors to the banks, who arc generally merchants and business men in the cities, would he compelled to collect their demands from country merchants and plan ters in the same currency—its scarcity, nay the impossibility of collecting it, would depreciate every description of property to the lowest point —and monied men would grow rich out of the misfortunes of those who happened to bo in debt. Nay, tho owners of the slock of Bunks thus wound up, would themselves bo able to eon trol the price of properly, hy controlling tho col lections, and would ho able to purchase it up at prices which would fourfold repay them for nny sacrifice they might have to submit to in tho withdrawal of tho funds from tho Banks. We repeat again that tho owners of Bank stock will not I>c the losers by (ho operation, and that the consequence of this rash experiment, will fully heavily upon tho people. It is certainly the duty of tho Legislature to adopt such measures us to prevent the Banks from imposing upon the people during the suspension, and to compel a resump tion ns soon us the circumstances ofthe country and tho course of the Banks in other States will justify it, and wo hope they will do so. From the New Orleans Courier, of the BM. Latest from Mexico. Arrivals this morning, have brought accounts from Tampico and Miitamorus to the lust of Oc tober, and more than $158,000 in spo ie. The greatest tranquility, we are happy to learn, prevailed throughout Mexico, and there was every probability that trade generally during tho season, which has just commenced, would he brisker than has been known for foreign goods, and the demand was expected to ! 9 good there and at Malamoras. Tho October fair at Saltillo was well attended, Haifa million of dollars had been lately ship ped ul Tampico for New York. Wo are indebted to a respectable merchant of this city for the loan ol Tampico papers to tho 87th till., and those of tho capital to tho 20th of October. 1 A conducts of sporio arrived at Tampico on the 34th ult. from Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Sun Louis Potosi and Sun Barbara. By it were re ceived $477,109. On tho 20th of October, u conducta from Zac calceas and San Louis do Potosi, arrived at Tam pico, bringing $735,499, On the last of September, $360,000 were re ceived at Vera Cruz from the interior. The French brig Fanny, 53 days from Bor deaux, was castaway near Vera Cruz in the night of the 3d of October. Her captain, La lande. a lady passenger, and one of the sailors were drowned. The number of criminals who received sen tence in one month, in the capital of Mexico, is set down at 79—16 of whom hud been guilty of Jiomicido. J The visit of Ad. Baudin to Texas has attract ed the attention and excited the ire ofthe Mexi cans. One ofthe papers of the capital contains the following, among other reflections, on the subject of Texas: "It is now time for the Mexi cans to think seriously of what they should do. If honor and the interest of the nation prohibits us from sanctioning the amputation of one of iis members, every day lost without prosecuting tho war, becomes of serious consequence. Oviedo, Noguera, and Ugaste, noted leaders, had been allowed to escape from prison. The conducta of silver from Tula was escorted by troops of horse to preserve it from plunder us it approached Tampico. The last instalment (300,000 dollars) of tho indemnity to France, has been paid over to the French Consul ut Vera Cruz. The celebrated robber Keyes has been killed in a duel in the vicinity of Tumazula. A conspiracy was detected at Tampico about tac middle ol October, and several persons arrest cd. A hatta'ion of troops had been ordered to leave » era Crux for Yucatan. On the 1 Ith of October, tho Mexican Confess authorizing the President to borrow 800,000 dollars, to meet the deficit in the reve nucs. To sum up, os far we can form an opinion, nf and*thoseof■ ° f 'T b i!? 71 "' I ?.’, 11 ' 1 '' 6 ** like re in he r.ii? ~arlof Mexico, or any armed force Bust u le Tu ‘. l ‘ c ■Whorlly of President uustamuile. Robber,c. on the highways seen, frequent; and .be public treasury is nearly eZ, still trade was reviving every when, .i! ■’ ’ were ftffiy worked a‘ud grew stronger in tile resources of .k_ " and the return of bettor tinies ‘ hc COUn,r >’’ MrsaTts, Editors—l would particularly wirh to bring to the notice of those who lAvc the power of appret ialing the services of one who was alwaysjo ho found, during tac late epide mic, at his pest; than whom none other has been more apt to administer to tho wants of the suf fering, and in that person I will present to you Samuel Lindsey. Ovi; w'lio knows. The New VarTC Evening Poet announces the death of Theodore Skdokwick, Esq. at Pitt ficld, Massachusetts, a few days since, while ad dressing a public meeting. He was seized with a rushing of blood to the head, and soon died. Mr. Ritchie, the editor of the Richmond En quirer, is suggested to the Legislature of Virgin ia, as a suitable candidate for the office of Go vernor. Imports and Expohth.—By an account offi cially emanating from tho British government, it appears that the value of their exports to the United States in 1838, amounted to $90,000,000, and that from us they have received goods in cx* change to the amount of $00,000,000. We have the St. Louis Republican ofthe 28th ult. containining information of approaching or existing difficulties between the whites of the Far West, us well as the Indians of Arkansas.— The year 1839 may not close without witness ing unprofitable contests in or near the Great Valley ofthe Mississippi, Already have the peo ple us Missouri come to blows with those of Iowa; and there are many notes of preparation for a fight between Uncle Sam and the Chero koes. It is possible, the veteran general Arhuc klc may have more customers than he will be able to attend to, particularly should the Red Skins unite. There are thirty thousand Indian warriors within striking distance ofthe frontier, from tho Missouri to Red River, and should any thing like unanmity prevail among them, they may devastate most ofthe thinly populated white settlements. Tho government ofthe Union has less than 1000 men to guard a frontier lino of 300 leagues t and before the militia can ho equip pnd for tho field, much mischief may be done.— New Orleans Courier. The. abolition vote in this city at tho recent election has tended wo hope to convince candi dates— cspocial'y Whig candidates—that they had belter treat those people as their impudence deserves when they undertake to put their inso lent questions. They have merely polled two hundred votes out of between thirty and forty thousand given in the city, and yet they take it upon themselves to put candidates nominated hy other parties to the question ; as though it was of any consequence what abolitionists may think or may do I It vexes us that the least show or sha dow of countenance should he given to them un der any circumstances. Their letters never ought to hc answered, and if they have (he insolence as was tho case in (lie recent election, to place upon their mosaic scroll of mock candidates, (he names of gentlemen previously nominated upon a regu- - lar party ticket—the injured individuals, instead of disclaiming tho abolition impudence in (he 1 velvet phraseology too often adopted—in fact 1 adopted this time hy two or throe of our enndi- ' dates—ore hound to cut themselves clear of the ' pollution hy manly and decided language. It ‘ can never do them any good in New York, we 1 cun toll them, to hold any terms with these folks. ‘ 1 heir very touch is death to the hopes of every * man dcsiiious of standing well with the rest of 1 his fellow-citizens, and to tamper with (hem even 1 in such away ns hy tho most remote implication ( to lie under tho suspicion of favoring their views, 1 is to insure inevitable defeat. We have ourselves ' seen tho names ofthe three candidates alluded ' to ex/i ungc.d from the ticket, merely In cause those ' candidates wore too inexplicit in denouncing the liberty taken with their names hy tho abolition ists. 80 will it always hc.— N, Y, Gazette. Another Indian war seems to he brewing on * our western frontier. General Arhuckle is niak- | ing preparations on a scale which shows tho cx- a tent of his apprehensions. A coalition among r the savage tribes on the border, would assemble ( 30.000 warriors. Querc ?If tho Executive, with f all the forces of government, and the expenditure , of $20,000,000, cannot conquer 20CO Seminoles , in a six years war, how much money, how much ; time, and how many men will bo wanted to quell 20.000 Cherokoes, Gauges, Pawnees, Greeks and Guiumanchcs? Alas! the only army in the * manoeuvering of which, our Executive is expert „ or successful, is—an ARMY of office-holders N. U. Bulletin. ‘ Jho project ol the English so establish steam c packets in the Gulf of Mexico, has not failed to t awaken the attention and excite the jealousy of 11 their neighbors in France. Tho organ of the go- 7 vernment at Paris, says (ho lesson thus (aught l must not he lost, and the coming winter allowed to s pass away, without witnessing the establishment ot a lino of French steam packets across the At- ( hiutie. A French writer does not hesitate to de- t daro that tho Gulf oj Mexico must ho (heprinei- f pal centre ofthe trade ofthe new world, although t lie is undecided ns to tho question whether any one point on the Gulf is sure of concentrating it. f We think it rather humiliating, for us, thus to 1 bo compelled to witness the combinations of stran- 1 iters to seize on a commerce that of right should 1 be carried on hy Louisiana Americans. A little ( of tho money lost here in wild speculations, would s have suHired for the construction of Steam-puck els, long before these Europeans ever thought of 1 dispatching then t to our shores. The materials t and the mechanics could have been found in the t Wort for the purpose; and a little management c might have secured for our city almost exclusive- t ly the valuable commerce of Mexico, that we are 1 now perhaps destined to see attracted to other 1 points, thus building up the fortunes of strangers. 1 — N. O. Courier, From the Army and Navy Chronicle. t Thoughts Respecting the Nuvy. 1 The late understanding or coolness between ' Admiral Baudin and Commodore Shubrick, at ‘ N era Cruz and Pensacola, bus suggested a plan 1 for equalizing the names or titles designating the relative rank of our naval officers with the officers ol foreign navies, and with corresponding ranks in our own array,and, by giving them titles sig- ‘ nificant of the importance of their commands or stations, to enable them to appear abroad or on * shore on terms of perfect equality with the offi cers of all navies and armies, by which means it 1 is hoped the pride of olliee, esprit do corps, and discipline of all grades, will he promoted. j Under present prospects the navy officer has very little to stimulate and much to depress him. , , In all civil employments, talents and application ' will, 111 a very few years, raise a young man loan 1 eminent standing in his profession; his industry and knowledge are rewarded hy wealth and eon- f sequence among his fellow men; but in the navy under tho present system, no young officer can " hope to rise above the grade of a subordinate this I side ol tho meridian of life; he arrives at the com maud of a ship at a time when his physical and \ mental energies are on the decline, at an age when the successful merchant ami artisan ietiros Irom business to enjoy the fruits of his labor and ' industry, and past the age when hy the militia } laws he is considered incompetent to perform military duly. I Thn young officer enter* the service, fully nwarn that the pay he is to receive is only suffi cient to support him respectably in the different offices he is to fill: he looks forward to Rank in the navy as his recompense for faithful services; he serves a long probation as midshipman, &c. and at thn age of .'M3, after devoting 21 years of his life to the service of his country—at an age too when he ought to be in command of a frigate or ship of the line, he finds himself a Lieutenant of 12 years standing, some 120 from the top of the list of lieutenants, with a reasonable prospect, if ho lives 12 years longer, of arriving at the command of a third class sloop at the age of 48. Disappointed in his hopes and reasonable ambi tion, and ashamed of the name by which his rank in the service is designated (lieutenant) as convoying a reflection on his years and servi ces, lie becomes convinced that no possible con tingency short of a war can make him a captain at less than 05 or 70 years of age. The ruinous apathy which has in consequence crept into the service, ran bo overcome without incurring much additional .expense. A late law of Congress altered the name master command ant to commander, itnJ sailing master to master. Why not alter the names ofall the grades above a midshipman so ns l» express the corresponding rank they hold with the army 1 This will grat ify them and restore their pride, energy, ami self respect. To lie placed on terms of equality in rank and title with their sister service is all the navy officer desires or seeks and a iWvotcd ser vant is cheaply rewarded by a change of appella tion to one signifying the nature and importance of the situation ho holds. The War and Navy Departments have regulated the rank and prece dence of officers in the two services ; but the De partment cannot make a captain in our navy rank with any other than a captain in a foreign navy although he may ho in command of the largest squadron afloat, and hold the brevet cog nomen of commodore. To establish a higher rank, Congress must change their title to one ex pressing that rank. The greater portion of our fellow citizens take but little interest in the details of naval affairs, and are not aware that the navy officer holds an assimilated rank with the military on shore,high er than his title expresses ; he is therefore con stantly subjected to the mortification of passing for less than he really is. Dy an agreement between the Secretaries of War and Navy, which received the approval of the President, tho relative rank and precedence of navy and army officers is os follows : Commodores shall rank with Brigadier Generals Captains “ “ Colonels, Commanders “ “ Majors. Lieutenants in the navy with Captains in the army. This regulation has many serious objections. For instance, there is no such grade recognised by our law* as commodore; it is merely a title of courtesy given to commanders of squadrons, or more than one vessel on a separate station or ser vice; so that a contingency has occurred, and may happen again, where a lieutenant has borne the title of commodore, and was entitled by regula tion to take rank with a brigadier general. The case of Lieutenant Wilkes, who dates his official letters from the flag ship Vincennes, is a recent instance in point, he having adopted the common error of calling a ship wearing a broad penant a flagship. A captain may rank with a brigadier for one month, and the succeeding month with a colonel; or the captain highest in rank, in the navy may rank with a colonel; and the one low est in rank with a brigadier; this is manifestly unjust. In England, the first maritime nation on the globe, tho navy takes precedence of tho army, and the titles expressing rank in the high er grades correspond. There is no reason why a midshipman who graduates in the navy should receive) a title becoming ahoy (passed midship man) and a cadet who graduates in tho army re ceive a title becoming a full grown man (lieuten ant.) A law student world quit his profession in disgust if the courts wore to make a rule that after passing his examination he must serve sev eral years as passed student, before he. could put up his sign ns attorney ; and an apprentice to a mechanic would cull a law oppressive, dooming him to servo ns passed apprentice before he could go through tho gradations of journeyman, archi tect, builder, hank director, and (ho retired gen tleman. And to give die navy officer the title of lieutenant, with the privilege of considering him self equal in rank to a captain in the army, is much like having his dues paid in dcpreciatd hank hills, with the privilege of considering them specie dollars. There are other discrepancies equally glaring, which are not alluded to, but which arc attempted to be obviated in the follow ing propositions for the modification of naval bank. L The highest officer in the navy should rank with the highest officer in the army. Without altcringhis pay, give the senior captain a title ex pressing that rank, viz. Admiral of the Blue. Salary the same as now, $4,500. 2. The next 12 captains, following the senior captain, arc or have been commodores. Give them a title to express the rank of brigadier, awarded them by regulation, viz; Vice and Rare Admirals of the blue, red and white, and assign them to the commands of squadrons and naval stations. Salary the same as now, S4OOO. 3. The remaining captains rank with colonels. Give them tho assimilated title of commodore, to express that rank; to command ships of the line, first class frigates, and navy yards. Pay the same as now, $3,000. 4. Commanders rank with majors, hut tho force under their command at sea is equal to a licut. colonels on shore. Give them a title to ex press ns near us possible the rank of major, viz : captain, or, if thought best, post captain, to command 2d class frigates, and Ist and 2d class sloops. Pay the same as now, $2,500. 5. Lieutenant over twelve years standing, who rank with captains in the army, hut whose duties ns executive of a ship assimilate to the duties of a major, tho executive ot a regiment, designate commanders; they are to command 3d class sloops, brigs and schooners, and to bo assigned as executive officers in vessels commanded by com modores and captains; to receive the pay now allowed to lieutenant commandants, viz: SIBOO. 6. Lieutenants, under 12 years standing, are, at sea, tho commanders of divisions of men and guns, and rank with captains in the arqiy, com manding companies. Gall them Ist lieutenants, and/ssign them as watch officers to vessels as signed to commodores and captains, and as exe cutive officers in vessels given to commanders. Pay per annum the same as now, SISOO. 7. The first seventy-five passed midshipmen, their titles to he altered to 2rf lieutenants, and assign them to the duty now performed by them ns acting masters, in ships assigned to commo dores and captains, and as watch lieutenants in vessels assigned to commanders; to receive the pay masters get now, SI,OOO. 8. 1 ho remaining passed midshipmen to bo called junior lieutenants, to do the duty now done by acting masters on board of vessels assigned to commanders, and the duty they now perform ns passed midshipmen on hoard of vessels of every class. Pay same as now, $750. 9. A rigid primary examination of all mid shipmen entering the service, with a certificate from two naval surgeons pronouncing them sound and healthy ; decrease the number of appoint ments, and exact higher qualifications for admit tance, hy which means the prospects of those who do enter will bo enhanced, and the efficiency of the service promoted. 10. New comm ssions to issue to the officers whose titles arc altered. The navy being reor ganized alter this plan, promotions to be made from one grade to another, the same as in former years, without reference to tho time they may have served in any capacity. Tar. Nobilitt of Labor.—All gin to feel the necessity of acquiring knowledge ; and as their minds experience the animating in fluence of the I i glit, they will not ask for more. As the mysteries of science l*cgin to he dimly dis cerned hy the feeble and flickering light before them, their curiosity will become more and more excited—their thirst for knowledge more and more urgent—unt I they are both satisfied. Tho ulti mate—nay, the immediate effect of increased gen eral intelligence, will be a desire to become dis tinguished for their success in the particular avo cation they have chosen. This, they will discov er, is to he surely obtained only, by tracing the rulcsoftheirart totqeir origin, and by inquiring the reasons for the adoption of each. But as they cannot accomplish this without more or less patient study, their intellect will receive a benefi cial training under which their powers must be daily more invigorated. Thus inured to reflec tion and Philosophical inquiry, their minds will become capacitated for the investigation of kindred subjects. They will, in time, be led in this way, to sec how close the relation and mutual depend ence between different branches of science and art, of whose intimate relations they never dream ed, arc connected. The man who is contented to remain ignorant, of the first principles of his trade and receives the rules necessary for his guidance from his ‘'boss,” as perfect and unalterable, may bo expected to remain obscure anddronc-likc. He will very justly descend “To the vile dust from which lie sprung, Unwept, unhonorrd, and unsung” — it may be sinking his children with him, whose education he has neglected. But, on the other hand, the man who spends his leisure hours in searching after knowledge in general, as a bearing upon bis professional interests, must, and will be honored and esteemed. No matter what his avocation or pecuniary situation may be, it will he deemed no disgrace. It is not his profession which renders a man really honorable or dishon orable, in the eyes of the reflecting and discrimi nating portion of the community, but the man ner in which hs pursues it. Let every man manifest that degree of comfort and neatness of drep<-, compatible with his calling —that gentlemanly deportment becoming sensi ble men—and above all, that degree of intelli gence whieh is fully within the grasp of all, and he will he duly respected, wc care not whether he handle the awl, or the axe, the plough, or the sledge, the needle, or the plane. In this view of the subject, mechanics must take thn Marne Jo themselves, if they are not re garded favorably. The noblest end of being, so far as time is concerned, is conformity to the public good; and he who strives for the accom plishment of that high purpose, will realize the “nobility of labor.” “Worth makes the man—wit the fellow— The rest is leather and prunella.” Baltimore Sun, Coining Out. BY JOHN NEAL. Do you know that you are standing on the very spot where I made my first appearance at a ball!—I was about as gawky a fellow, with one exception , I Leg your pardon, our Joe, as ever you saw on two tegs. I came hither, feel ing 1 never knew how—l could hardly get my breath—wholly ignorant of ceremony, and fresh from the back woods. Let me clescril emy dress. It was a plain citizen’s coat, originally of a bright claret color, made for my grandfather—never worn except on great occasions—never altered— going down from father to son, for a Sunday garb. It was tio large by a mile for me—with broad pocket flaps, wide skirts and dulfs—upon which woe four great buttons like so many flowered' clock-faces—l never shall forget it—as many more on each flap—a rolling collar, and a row of pew ter pla'e i all the way up and down o’ cne side.— My waistcoat was of a deep crimson stuff. In stead of breeches, 1 wove a pair of tight worsted pantaloons, woven like sleekens. I was bandy legged by nature, and knock-kneed—wifi ankles and joinis like a horse. Aiy feet were not over large; but in the vanity of youth, 1 had jammed them into a pair of peak-toed shoos, that were much too small for me. Besides, either they or my feet were not mates—for one of them, I nev er had fairly on the whole night through. They pinched my toes till I was ready to ye’l with pain; and, owing to their very genteel construc tion (I got them at York,) they pressed upon the leading instep netve—may I be hanged if I don’t feel it now whenever I attempt to move the great toe of that foot. I had been walking all day— and after a while, my two feet looked to me like a pair of bloated toads in a leather harness. I was terribly agitated; and all the blood in my body of course, had settled in my feet, as the place farthest from tumult. Zounds, how they ached 1 To crown all, I had on a pair of w hite thread stockings, made for my mother—which I had borrowed without leave, and torn across the an kle. There were neither strings nor buttons to my pantaloons, by wh ch I could keep them down—so that I had to double them aslant over my shin-bone, and pin them awry, over the rent in the stocking; which, after all was arranged, I found them to bo on, tho wrong side out I was afraid to move, almost afraid to breath; for, at every step, I expected the pin to fly out—and my pantaloons to fly up, like a crisped eel-skin, or bitch bark by a hot fire. I dared not sit down for several other reasons. I had on a pair of purple sheep-skin gloves too—not very beautiful nor del icate. On any other occasion, 1 could have jumped into them. But once where I most keep them on, or die outright, with vexation, for my hands were large, red and fleshy—do you think tho devilish things would go on !— not they though I tugged and tugged ns I would at a pair of boots, till I split one out, and tore the other open. Ah, if you’d a seen me ! our Joe. My face burnt like a furnace—my gloves adhered in frag ments to my flesh, discoloring it ruefully and being discolored in turn with sweat. In wiping my face, I had left one broadside of it completely darkened with discharged color. But I did not know it then ; for I was very anxious tole agree blc—and was made happy more than once, to see how very pleasantly every body looked, when I fell into conversation, or bowed, or smiled, to the folks near me. I had a brown bandanna hand kerchief too—hut before I had held it a quarter of an hour in my hand, so frequently had been the application to my hot and burning face, it had turned quite another color—almost black—and hung out smoking with moisture. My great hands wore breaking through my gloves at every sob of my heart—they wouldn’t slay in my pock ets a moment, although I did my best to keep them there, and was ready to give up the ghost with vexation; for if I had purposely sought to make myself ridiculous, I could not have mana ged—a—a—but you don’t hear one word I am saying. Bankinc, in Fbanck. —Awriterin the Bos ton Daily Advertissr, who speaks as one having authority, says: hi France till within three or four years, there were but few banks, and the whole or nearly the whole of tho pn)»er issues were furnished by the Bank of France and none were allowed hy her charier of a less value than 500 francs, about SIOO. The Bank of Havre, hy its charter, issues notes of 250 to 1000 francs, equal to $59 to S2OO. It is the only bank which has the right of issuing notes in that great city—the largest emporium of foreign trade in France. The capital is $750,- 000, and It is restricted hy its charter from hav- ] ing a larger amount of liabilities—natnelv, de posited and circulation—than three limes the amoun**df spaiio in* its vaults-* The JJ^nk^if France has (he exclusive circulation in Pans, and the restrictions upon its operations in the charier ate such as to compel her always to be in a safe and strong position. _ The Hank of Havre cannot discount commer cial paper having more than 90 days to run— “and no accurn moduli on paper created without value received,shall he disentailed." The Hank of Franee is under the same restrictions as to tire duration of credit on commercial obligations, but is alloyed to make advances on public securi ties. Origin of tiik Great Bell ix Toi.edu. — A rich Count of Toledo had a son, who, having killed a man in n duel, sought refuge in the Ca thedral, while his father went to Madrid, to peti tion the King for his pardon. “No, (said the King,) quicn ha ruatado a uno esl prccitc que muera he who has killed a man must die ! The Count continued to petition, and the King to refuse; till at length the King said, wishing to get rid of him, “ When you make a bell at Tole do, that I can hear at Madrid, I’ll pardon the young man.” Now Toledo is near sixty miles from Madrid. The Count went home, and some time after, as the King was sitting in his palace, at the open window, ho heard a distant toll. “Volgame Dios”—God help me! he cried— “that's the great bell of Toledo!” And so the young count obtained hi) pardon —A Summer in Andalusia. Vax Amours Outdone.—The lion emperor, (as wc suppose he must he called, to distinguish him from Van Amburg,) Mr. Carter, made his first appearance at Ashley's on Monday evening, in a piece entitled “The Miracle, or Afghan, the Dion King.” In t! e first act of the piece, Mr. Carter fought with a tiger. The beast of pfey in the outset mastered the man, and dragged him from a platform down a flight of steps, and after a contest fsr superiority for some time the ani mal is mastered, nnd is led off tame as a kitten.— All this takes place on the open stage, without the restraint of n cage—the tiger has the same latitude as all his brother performers uncontrolled. In the second act he introduces the novel and beautiful display of a lion in harness, peaceably and docilely drawing him in a chariot. The lion is a magnificent animal, but meek and mild, and seems to manage itself rather than be man aged. In the third act he brought out a beautiful leopard, and played with i>, attached to a leading string, a» he would have done a lap-dog. His performances, of ccurse, comprehended all the expcrinici.tr of thrusting his arms and legs in the mouths of the creatures, and all that was done with ease, elegance and perfect safety. When the curtain dropped, the audience called loudly for the Lion King, and he presented him self to receive the congratulations of the house, leading his its favorite tiger, who partook of the repast of pra se, as if he had been taught to ex pect it.— English paper Hrnuop. oniA. —Mr. Murray, known as a lecturer on chemistry, and author of several chemical works, has lately written a letter to the editor of the Manchester Guardian, embodying his opinion os to the nature of the disease of hy drophobia and its me ms of cure. The following is the remedy he proposes“ Let a mixture of two parts of nitric and one part of muriatic acids, both by measure (evolving chlorine in a concentrated form,) he applied to the wound as soon as possible, aid more than once. I thus treated the wou; ds of a man whoso hand had been dreadfully lacerated by a mad dog, while separating another dog from its attack; and as the latter also became rabid, it afforded full proof that the rabid visit in the former was at its max imum ot malignity. Nearly fifteen years have rolled away, and the man has continued free from hydrophobic attack.” Awkward Mistake.— “ What is your busi ness, madam 1 ’ asked a counsel recently of a witness on the stand: “I keep a seminary for the destruction ol young ladies,” was the answer. Woman’s Consolation. —A village pastor was examining his parishoners in the catechism, and asked a young girl. “What is thine only con solation of life and death 1” To which the sim ple maid replied, “11 1 must tell you, it is the lit tle shoemaker that lives over the'way.” Queer Fixins.—The Sheriff of Attala coun ty, Mississippi, in order to postpone the adminis tration of justice, when calleel on by the Court to open the same by crying “O yes! O yes!” said "Oh no ! Oh no I” and handed a bit of pa per resigning his office, Yet he is a candidate for re-election in November ! DIED., In this city, on the 14th inst, Mr. D. P. Neal, of bilious Colic, aged 23, of East Poultney, Ver mont. Vermont papers will please copy. Consignees per South Cnrolina Hail Homi. Hamrubg, November 15, 1539. P. Canie; 11. C. Bryson; G, A, Simmons; Hadley & Owens; VV. E. Jackson; Haviland, Risley & Co.; P. A. Scranton; Scranton <fe Smith; Reese & Beall; Rathbone & Baker; Gould & Bulkley; J. M. & VV. Adams; B. C. Ba'dwin; S. B. Brooks; 11. Hattier; T. Dawson; lb. McDonald;G. 11. Moore;diamond M. Dickson & Storr; Sibley & Crapon; G. 11. Taylor; Jeffers & Beulware; J. F. Benson. ’ COMMERCIAL. Lid eel dales from Liverpool, Oct. 18 Latest dates from Havre Oct. 15 New Orleans, Nov. 9. The business of the week has been on a very limited scale. The market for western pioduce is but poor.y supplied, and the expectation of a rise in the Ohio and Upper Mississippi prevent purcha sers from coming up to the present rates, knowing that prices cannot keep up after the navigation of the rivers are unobstructed. Winter has in reality set in upon us. Strangers arc fast pouring in, to reap a share of our harvest; and many ol them roust be disappointed before they again return to the land of safety. Our Levee is heaped up with all kinds of merchandize and pro duce. Steamboats and ships are hourly landing and leaving, and every thing has the appearance of a busy, bustling, New Orleans winter. The money market is as tight as ever. The banks are unwilling to give further accommodations to any extent; and it is difficult to surmise what pass wearetoming to, if things remain in tins melancholy state. Cotton — r l he market since Wednesday has been in a quiet state, and business to a moderate extent only has taken place. Speculators are not opera ting at present rates, anticipating a further decline, in consequence of excess of the crop over previous expectations. The business doing, is principally filling up orders. Oi r quotations are about J per cent under those of Wednesday, for all kinds ex cept good and fine—that remains without change. The receipts since Saturday have been nineteen thousand one hundred and eleven bales. Exported during same time, twelve thousand one hundred and eighty- one. Louisiana and Mississippi Cotton per lb. Good and fair, 13 a 00; goodfair.llj a 11 j; fair., 104 a 11; middling, a ID; ordinary, 0 a Bj. 3 statement of cotton. Stock on hand Ist Oct. 1839, ic Rl , Received this week, 19 111 ’ ll Previously, 73,’145 92,256 ' 1 108,873 t Cleared this week, 1° 181 ' Previous * 27*034 39,215 ' lock on hand and on shipboard not cleared, 69,(.5j • ( uZJ h * Sa,CS thl ?. w wk bare been very lim ited., Holden are unwilling to sul rnit to any fur ther reduction in price; and until they do, hut litt'c will be taken up for export. The consumers of flour buy from day to day no more than they want for immediate use, reasonably expecting an early rise in the Ohio; at which time this article will ar- abundance. One sale of 600 bhls took place on I hursday, at $5,50 per Mil. It is the only tran saction having taken place for ; hipment duiing ti e week. The market has a downward tendency Receipts since Saturday are 3,250 bhls. Sugar-- The new crop is coming in freeiy, with out meeting with m ch demand; 5A and 6 cents is a fair quotation. The stock of old is very light; that which is choice sells for 6| cents. Havana is in moderate demand; the stock fair. We quote white 1U al2 cents, and yellow aSi cents.— Receipts of new this week are 458 hhds. . Molasses is quoted 39 a3l cent), without meet ing with any demand. The old crop does not find any_ purchasers. Receipts this week 578 bbls. Bagging and Bale Rope —The former is selling at Po P e at SA a9, Planters in Louisiana and Mississippi have received nearly enough for crops of thisseason. Alabama has yet to be sup plied. v Vhiskey We find no cause to change quotations since last week. Only small sales have taken place, and the market is well supplied; 42 a 43 is a correct quotation. Receipts this week 38 bhls. Pork Nothing is doing in this article for several A weeks. Prime is in somewhat better demand-, small quantities having been taken up for ship ments at 1 l a 1 Mess is quoted at 151 a 16. I aeon Uncanyassed hams arc scarce; canvassed are ' , ‘ e , nty > a He. Market well supplied with the old stock No new has yet arrived. — Sides 8 a BJ. Shoulders 6* a for small lots, 6 for large sales. ’ Coffee—The receipts of new Pio amount to 19,000 ags. honew Havana has yet come in; and the stock of oldis low. We quote Rio Ilia 12 ecu's; Havana, a 12| cts. There is no Domingo in the market. Receipts this week, 5.150 bags. t<alt The demand is moderate. Stock about the same as last year. Coarse $2; fine §2 a 2j-. marine intelligence Savannah, Nov. 13. Arrived yesterday— Schr Henrietta, Baker, Bal umore h,.i!Tr f n 0 if a—Br .i sWm - Tay,or - 1,0e .v, N. York; bug L. Baldwin, Basset, New York; Opelou sas, iorrest, Baltimore, ° H Charleston, Nov. 15. v A l riV , ed y es,er(,t ’>i— l ‘ Ship Mary Ann,Childs, New WaUh barq n e K |,zabcth . Swan, Liverpool; brig Waltharn. Barton, Providence; schr Elizabeth Bourne, New Odoans; sch Velocity,- New’ York, schr Gazette, Howland, New Bedford’ C/Mred.—Brig Poland, Shaw, Wilmington, N, C.; schr Ellen, Hood, St. Marys, Ga.; schr Empire Southwick, St. Augustine. P * Cp-Wc are requested to say that the exercise* of the Augusta baptist Sunday School will be rc sumed to-morrow at the usual place, the Lancaste nan school room. The teachers and pupils are re quested to attend; and any children who may not be going to any other school are invited to join tblß ~ rov i 6 _ - V . HOFFMAN takes pleasure in inform mg the ladies, that she will ..pen her Show Room niv t fr°n lat oc. t i Sty ,f. of Millinery, on Wednesday next, the 20th, and invites them to call, no 16 4t 03= Doctor J. J. WILSON offer! his hmfe 7 - sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its » t . H^ ll,belbund at ,lis residence, the first brick but dmgabove Guedron’s stable on Ellis street,recently occupied py John L. Adams. at 'S I? ts (D 3 THE AMERICAN SILK GROWER Ttb FARMER'S MANUAL —A monthly nublical'a designed to extend and encourage the growth of Silk throughout the United States. Edited by Ward Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J., and pub fished m Philadelphia, at the low price of One Dollar a year, Kr Subscriptions roceive'if a t this office. a; GO GEORGIA RAILROAD —The trl-weekly day passenger train is discontinued for the pre -Ben- nov 15 1 w (fj'MRS. f L\N, Mantua Maker, having return ed to the city, wi.l execute with neatness and des patch any work with which she may be favored, tier residence is one door above the Methodist Church, Green street. nov 15 3t (O’ CLINCH RIFLEMEN, ATTENTION— Attend a Company Meeting, to bo held at the Globe Hotel, on Saturday Evening nf.xt, at 7 o clock. By oriler. ■ _J 10v14 WM. FRAZER, O. S. CO 1 Mrs. JANE A. PRITCHARD'S School is rc-opened. nov 14 3t Cj'Dr. W. EWING JOHNSTON, office Mcln tosh street opposite the Constitutionalist, nov 13 (ff Dr. JOHN MILLEN having prepared him sell tor the Botanic Practice by three years study and cxpeiience, and, having failed in no single in stance to relieve his patient, confidently oilers his services to the public as a Physician. He may he found at the Richmond Hotel, or ;it the Medical store of the late Dr Griffith, sept 3 ts MAIL ARRANGEMENT. Post Office, Augusta, Ga.,? November 11, 1839. 3 NORTHERN MAIL, Via Charleston, closes daily at 8 p. M. GREAT WESTERN MAIL. After this date the Great Western Mail via Gfccnsboro, Monticello, Indian Springs, to Colum- , bus, will close daily ai 4 p. m. f WESTERN MAIL. ' iaWanenlon, Sparta, Milledgeville,Macon. Tal botton, to Columbus, will close daily at 4 p. m., and arrive daily from the West by 6a. m. ATHENS MAIL. \ia Greensboro, closes Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, a 4 p. m , and arrive same days by 6 A. M. WASHINGTON MAIL. Close Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, at 4 p. M., and arrive same days at 6 a. m. FLORIDA MAIL. Via Vacon, closes Mondays, Wednesdays and Sat arlays, at 4 p. m. SAVANNAH MAIL. Closes daily at 6 p. m. GREENVILLE, S. C., MAIL Close Wednesdays, Fricays and Sundays, at six P. Me The delivery will be closed from 1 to 3 o’clock, p. m., and from 4 to 5 p. M , while distributing the Northern and making up the Western Mail. Office closes at 6 p. m., opens at 8 a m novl3 iw E. B. GLASCOCK, P. M. ■ (xJ*HOJICE. Ihe Rail Road Passenger Train between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as follows: upward. Not to leave Charleston before 7 fin * ~ “ “ Summerville, “ - -s 30 “ “ Georges’, - » - 10 0 0 Bntnchville, “ . i; no “ Midway . “ . „30 m. Blackville, - “ . 100 P . “ “ Aiken, - - “ . 300 Arrive at Hamburg not before - 4on DOWNWARD. Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 t u ‘I “ Aiken, -“ - - 730 -/ Blackville, “ - . 930 “ “ Midway, “ - .10 30 “ “ Branchville, “ - - u 00 “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 M . . . Summerville,“ - - 2 OOp. M . Arrive at Charleston not before 300 Distance—l36milc». Fare Through $lO Off fc " Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20 minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not longer than 5 minutes for wood and water at any station. J To stop for passengers, when a white flag is hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at W oodstock, Inabinel’s 41 mile T. 0., a^ ms > Willeston, Windsor Johnsons, and Marsh’s T. O. Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstodc and dine at Blackville; down, will breakfast * Aike and dine at Summerville. .nay 21