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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUS T A.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30.
“The Poet* of America, Illustrated," i* the
title of a beautiful volume of poem*, selected from
a host of the first and finest poet* of America,
and splendidly illustrated by engravings of a su
perior and peculiar order ; published by S. Col
man, New York, to whose politeness we arc in
debted for a copy. It is a volume which should
he in the hands of every American, who has any
pride in the literature of his own country. The
illustration* of Drake’s poem ot the “American
Flag,” and the “Annoyor,” by Willis, are alone
worth the cost of the book. It is for aale at th*
Bookstore of Mr. T. H. Plant.
We are also indebted to the same publisher
for a copy of "Undine, the Water Spirit,- a min
iature Romance, from the German of the Baron
de la Motto Fouque.” We have had no time to
peruse this work, but the nature of the subject
and its Germanic origin give assurance that those
who are fond of the imaginative and mysterious
will find it one of deep interest. It may also be
found at Mr. Plant’s.
To the same enterprising Bookseller we are
indebted fora copy of the “ Letters of Eliza Wil
hint on,” written during the invasion and posses
sion of Charleston, 8, C., by the British, in the
Revolutionary war. This is a most interesting
little volume, of which we can speak from peru
sal ; peculiarly so to us of the South, who are
familiar with the history of the local incidents of
that period.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Important if True*
The Texian man-of-war schooner San Anto
nio, F. B. Wright, Lieut. Comd’t, arrived last
evening from Galveston, whence she sailed on
the 10th inst.
We learn by one of the officers, that the Tex
ian man-of-war brig Colorado, Com. E. H. Moore,
arrived at the South West Pass on Tuesday from
a cruise down the Bay and off the mouth of the
Rio del Nolle. She bring* the news that the
Tezian troops, under command of Col. Ross,
have taken Matamoras. No particulars given.
This, if true, is of the utmost importance.
At a meeting held on Thursday evening, the
38th inst., at the LsfnyeUe Hall, by the members
of Section No. 3, it was
Reeolved, That in consideration of a notice put
forth on the 36th instant, signed by the Clerk of
the City Council, calling on the respective Sec
tions to nominate suitable persons for the office
of Captain of the Augusta Fire Company, that
Council may elect the same."
Reeolved, therefore, That the members of Sec
tion’ No. 2, believing that the Augusta Fire
Company having had the privilege conceded to
them, according to the third article of the rules
of that association, of both nominating and elect
ing their Captain, and Council the right to con
firm.
Be it therefore reeolved, by the members of
thie Section, That they pray the honorable the
City Council to continue the same privileges to
them.
Reeolved, also, That a copy of the above reso
lutions be handed into Council by the Ist Lieu
tenant, and further, that they bo ordered by this
Section to be published.
JOHN BRIDGES, Secretary.
From the N. 0. Picayune of the 22 d.
Steamboat Explosion— Loss of Life.
We regret having to chronicle another steam
boat disaster, attended with lamentable loss of
life. The following are the particulars:—
The steamboat Washington on her voyage
from this port to St. Louis, burst her boilers a
bove the mouth of While River, killing thirteen
persons, and wounding seven. Among the killed
were one of the engineers and the pilot. The
captain escaped unhurt. The steamer Marmion
brought the wounded to Napoleon, for medical
aid. These are all the particulars we could ob
tain. Can nothing be invented in this inventing
age, to arrest these deplorable casualties I
Still further Particular ».—Since the above
_ was written, the steamer United States has ur
& rived, bringrinir still further information.
It seems that the unfortunate boat was under
way at the time of the explosion. She had left
a wood pile about twenty minutes before, and it
is supposed the engineer was at work regulating
some of the machinery when the boilers bursted.
The accident occurred on the morning of the
18th instant, near the mouth of the Arkansas
river. The boilers, engine, and forward upper
works of the boat were entirely displaced.
One of the pilots, named Andrew Helms, was
blown overboard and lost ; Julius Fisk, Ist En
gineer,killed ; —Paul, 2d Engineer, mortally
wounded, and dying at mouth of Arkansas river;
four others, (3d cook included,) dead. The ex
act numl>er of the wounded is not precisely
known—the accounts varying from six to twelve.
Texas. —lt is asserted, in a late French Jour
nal, that Texas is disposed to assume one mill
ion poands sterling of the Mexican debt due to
England, on condition of the recognition of her
independence by that Government, and that ne
gotiations are now going on for that object.—
Globe.
From our Correspondent.
Milledoxville, Nov. 27, 1839.
IK SENATE.
The Senate refused to reconsider so much of
their journal as related to the laying on the table
for the balance of the session, the bill to amend the
several acts authorising the construction of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, (to suspend op
orations, &c.) yeas 41—nays 46. An increased
vote upon that of the 26th, in favor of internal
improvement.
Bills reported—Mi. Branham—To authorise
Wm. Sheffield, to erect a bridge over Little river
at or near Sheffield's Ferry, &c.
Mr. Christian—Explanatory and amendatory
of, and to the 39th section of an act of Dec.
1838, authorising the business of banking, dtc.
Mr. Bryan of Stewart—To legalize the organ
ization of the Florence Bridge Company.
Mr. Green—To empower the representatives
and heirs of McLin Lunday, to establish a ferry
rT h river - at “ P‘*ce knjwn ..
Hudson t Landing.
Mr. Hopkins To incorporate the Belleville
and Altamaha Canal, Railway and Riy cr Navi
gaUon Company.
Mr. Henley reported a bill to point out the g
mode of legalizing Bastards and adopted chil- 1
dren. (Important!) c
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I* HOTTSE 0» BErXXSEKfATITXS. ’
Nov. 27, 1839. 1
On motion of Mr. Dart, the House reconsider
ed the loss of the bill in regard to Brunswick.
Bills reported —Mr. Berrien of Burke, from
the select committee, reported the hill (which had
been referred to them) “to change and define the
line between the counties of Jefferson and Wash
ington,” and a substitute for the same.
Mr. McKinnon—To attach the county of
Houston to the Southern Judicial Circuit, and to
fix the lime of the Superior and Inferior Courts
of the same.
Mr. Chester—To alter and amend part of the
7th section of the Ist article of the Constitu
tion. t .
Mr. Berrien of Jefferson—To authorise Thom
as R. Hu son, his heirs, &c., to erect a mill dam
across the Etowah river.
Mr. Tanner—To incorporate the Georgia
Manufacturing Company in the county of
Dade.
Mr. Shropshire—To authorise Robert Ligon
to establish a Ferry in Floyd county on the
Etowah.
Mr. McDougald—To alter and fix the time
of holding ihe Inferior Courts of Muscogee
county.
Mr. Collier of Baker—To repeal so much of
the Judiciary act, passed the 28th Dec. 1799, as
relates to the stay of Executions.
Mr. Kenan—To authorise Wm. Sheffield to
erect a toll bridge near Sheffield’s ferry on Little
river, &c.
Mr. Arnold, authorising the Government to
furnish the Republican Blues at Savannah, 50
stand of arms, dtc.
Mr. Bethea—To repeal so much of the act of
1830, as relates to the pay of Adjutant and assis
tant Adjutant Generals.
Mr. Hilliard—To pay volunteers for services
against the Sominoles in the Okeftnokeo
Swamp.
Mr. Bryan of Wayne—To prevent obstruc
tions to the free passage offish, up the Altamaha
by nets, dec. over 50 feet in length.
Also a bill to furnish tho Way no county Vol
unteers with arms.
The House then took up the special order, to
wit: To regulate tho emission of the paper of
Banks, dee.
Mr. Barclay offered a substitute, which after a
vote on striking out tho first section of the bit 1 ,
(see bill) which was stricken—yeas 107, nays 53 I
—withdrew his substitute, Mr. Barclay’s sub- !
stitutc was again offered and discussed. Noth- J
ing definite was done until the hour of adjourn- \
men I last night. t
P. 8. In the Senate on yesterday there was J
some very interesting speaking, and resulted fa- (
vorably for tho friends of the great State work as
above noticed.
The following Preamble and Resolution, were
laid on the table by Mr. Bates, (formerly of Hall, h
now of Murray comity.) w
Whereas, the measures of the Federal Govern-
ment under the administration of Martin Van
Buren, have met the decided approbation of a r
large majority of the citizens of this State, and o
arc of a character, in tho opinion of this General 0
Assembly, to entitle him to re-election for anoth
er Presidential term. And whereas the high
character and long and faithful services of John C
Forsyth, make him the favorite son of Georgia’
and the consistency ol his principles and his able
and unwavering support of the great republican ci
interest of his country, strongly recommend him, P
to the Democratic party of the United States, for
the Vice Presidency of the United States. j E
Be it therefore resolved by ihe Senate and 0
House of Repi-esentatives of the State of Georgia j*
in General Assembly met, and it is hereby re- | (
solved. That Martin Van Buren, and John Fore
sylh, be recommended by this General Assembly, 11
to the Democracy of the United States, and to the “
people of this State. The former for re-election b
to the office of President of the United States, -
and the latter for the office of Vice President. {
Possessing no pretensions to any oxtraordina- (
ry perception of the ridiculous, it is morally im- i
possible for me, without an excitement of my *
risible faculties, to glance even momentarily at "
tho language of this unblushing concoction of i
political hardihood, (I had almost written false- J
hoods.) Tho overwhelming majority of Van’s c
friends in Georgia, was certainly most apparent J
in the contest between himself and Judge White, c
and more recently declared in terms not to be 1
misunderstood in the elections for Congressional c
members. 1
And as relates to tho “consistency” of “John |
Forsyth’s political principles,” excuse me, Mr. 1
Bates, if you please. The “Democracy” of other '■
parts of tho Union, may possibly bo humbugged i
into a belief of it, it is true, but as to the “sons of i
Georgia,” I would say to Mr. Bates, “tell it not '
in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Aska- ‘
Ion.” J
Nov. 28, 1839. '
Tho House are yet deeply engaged in the dis- 1
cussion of the Bank bill. Messrs. Miller, Steph- I
ens, McDougald, Ward. Crawford, Tarver, and '
Flournoy, have addressed the House to-day, I 1
listened with no ordinary pleasure to this highly J
interesting discussion. Mr. Crawford of vaur *
city, was lucid and cogent, as well as chaste! ele- *
gant, and impressive in his remarks. [ very 1
much regret that no Stenographer can be had to t
report this truly able debating. „
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From the Phil. U. S. Gazette. t
Bank or the United States Our 1
York and Washington friends have now develop- h
cal their views—have been foraging amongst the °
bank statemante at Harrisburg, and are eageriy P
availing themselves of the opportunity offered I v *
voluminous tabular statements, showing such “
amounts and numerous figures, (which no, one
even in ten thousand will examined to nm» i
gale incorrect and false exhibitions of the nff.i ' 11
of the Bank. Knowing the inability T?" »
clma'ion of many to investigate for them«»i.-* a|
we think it best at once to annex a true ’ P 1
of the Bank statement of the present month "re
suiting in a clear surplus of $4,869,909 67
the capital and all liabilities of the Bank. This
is the most temperate and effectual reply to slan
ders and misrepresentations. Time will devcl
ope and correct all the malevolent falsehoods
which are daily uttered against this noble Penn
sylvania institution.
Stale us the Bank, Nov. 4, 1839.
Bills discounted—
personal securi
ty, $20,773,945 93
bank stock, 149,076 00
other security, 13,668,948 98
domestic bills of
exchange, 4,521,669 90
$39,013,640 81
Loan to Commonwealth, 491,000 00
Slock account, 13,422,074 34
Pennsylvania 5 per cents, 3,072,050 52
Bonds and mortgages, 313,627 13
Real estate, 907,812 56
Banking houses, 592,090 36
Miles King, late Navy Agent, 40,144 17
Due by the U. States, 5,267 32
Balance due by State Banks, 4,619,947 74
Notes of State Banks, 2,350,838 87
Specie, 1,748,282 44
$66,676,776 26
Capital stock, 35,000,000 00
Dividends unclaimed, 60,516 80
Agency London, &c. 8,408,652 56
Bonds to the U. States, 1,986,589 04
Interest on do. 134,094 76
Treasurer of the U. States, 11,337 54
Depositors, 3,192,371 70
Circulation—
late Bank, 667,046 90
Bank U. States, 4,832.383 58
post notes, 7,016,643 18
Resulting balance
due Bank U. S.
and agencies, 498,130 56
Surplus, 4,869.909 67
$66,676,776 26
Aiexanuiiia, La. —A gentleman from Red
River, has politely put us in possession of the
Alexandria Republican of the 13th instant, from
which we learn that the sickness at that place
has ceased entirely.— N. O. Picyune,
In speaking of the mortality, the same paper
says : —“ The past season has been a sickly one
throughout nearly the whole southern country,
and our town was not without its share. Out of
our whole population, there was not a dozen per
sons who escaped without an attack. The deaths
in the town and its vicinity must have amounted
to at least one hundred and five, all ot' which,
with the exception of six or seven, were males.
When it is considered that this mortality occurred
in a population of less than four hundred souls,
it must be admitted that we have been severely
visited.”
Eotptian Cotton.—The exports of cotton
from Egypt for the present year will amount to
sixty thousand halos of three hundred and fifty
pounds. Os this quantity there are five hundred
bales of Sea Island cotton, which the Pacha has
introdued into Egypt. The rest is of the quality
culled maiio, from a tricnial plant or cotton tree,
which lasts three years. Egyptian cotton from
the length of its staple and fineness, commands
the next highest price to our Sea Island. It sells
for sixteen dollars the hundred in Alexandria.—
Globe,
We have conversed with a gentleman who left
Arkansas about ten days ago. He says every
thing on that frontier wore a pacific aspect, when
he left, end is of opinion there will be no war,
with or among the Indians in Arkansas.— N. O.
Cour. of the 21 st,
ZJovm .* TViviu miia to ue un old
maid “ down cast,” who mokes apple pies with
out paring the apples ! She thinks it the height
of indelicacy to take off their clothing.
Report
0/ the Commissioners appointed by authority
of the Legislature, on the subject us the Stale
Finances. — Continued.
Against the practice of sending them to other
:ountriea for their education, they appealed to our
pride, when they urged it as “too humilitating
in acknowledgment of the ignorance, or inferior
ity of our own.” They appealed to our patriot
ism, when they said, “it will always be the cause
of so great foreign attachments, that upon princi
ples of policy, it is inadmissible.” If they could
have extended their view to the present day, and
looking to our peculiar institutions, have witness
ed the ceaseless and insidious efforts which are
made to destroy them, would they not have found
an additional, an irresistable motive, to cherish
that University, whose foundations they were
laying, to make it indeed the literary Alma Mater
—the nourishing mother of our youth 1
That such was the view of the Legislature, in
the adoption of the resolution under which this
Commission has been constituted, is obvious from
its terms. 1 hat the present endowment of the
University does not meet this requirement, is
abundantly manifest from the embarrassments
which cramp its operations, limit the number of
its professors, and circumscribe its usefulness If
your Honorable body shall be disposed to carry
out the just and lilieral views of your predecessors
which the undersigned do not permit themselves
to doubt.it only remains for them to suggest and
earnestly recommend the further endowment of
that Institution, under such provisions for the ac
countability of the trustees, as may be deemed
necessary.
It is a duty which the undersigned perform with
pleasure, to bring to the notice of your Honora
ble body, the claims of the other principle litera
ry institutions existing in the State. They are
important agents in the great business of instruc
tion, and cannot be overlooked in making provis
ion tor a lilieral and efficient system of public ed
ucation. They ore indeed founded by private
endowment, but they have the public confidence
and sanction, and give promise of much useful
ness. Though originating with, and chiefly sus
tained by the particular religious association’s, un
der whose direction they respectively arc. still
their character is not sectarian. Ali are alike
emulous in the cause of virtue and science, and
will all exercise a salutary influence in their pro
motion. One of them, engaged in the cultiva
tion ofthe temale mind, presents strong and pe
culiar claims to the liberality ofthe Legislature.
A system ot public education, which should leave
them unprovided tor, would not in the view of
the undersigned, consist with the spirit of the
resolution, under which they are acting. Thev
take leave, therefore, to suggest the propriety of
an endowment to the several colleges of the State
proportioned to the bounty ofthe Legislature to’
the State University. Thus sustained by the
Legislature, their success will Ire certain. Their
hallowed influence will he felt by all around, and
our University feeling the general impulse, and
profiting by her increased ability, will elevate yet
higher her own standard of literary and scientific
attainment,
r>° F THK rOr:,TT ACAnKXTFS.
he County Academies have been heretofore ,
itrerally endowed, and may, in the opinion of the ,
undersigned, be safely left hereafter to the man- .
igement of their own trustees, without further an- «
rropnation than a distribution of the present i
iradcnncfund, in such proportions as may he just. i
‘ or thu intermediary class of schools, this provis- ,
bbn is deemed adequate, as experience has proved
that they are capable of self support, and that ■
those of a private foundation, are ordinarily most
successful.
OF THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
We are next to consider that class, which is
lowest in the scale of literary eminence, but by
far the most important. Common School insti
tution must, under any form of government, exert
a decided and controlling influence upon the
character of a people. Most of ell, is it felt in a
free and popular government, in which the ad
ministration will generally be what the people
are. An ignorant and vicious people will seldom
choose for themselves enlightened and virtuous le
gislators and rulers. And where all are alike
free to receive and to bestow offices of trust and
honor, it is obviously the direct and immediate
interest of every citizen, that every other citizen
should be enlightened and virtuous. This inter
est is as perfectly equal, us our political rights. It
is a personal interest entirely independent of pro
perty, and resting upon the relation which exists
between the citizen and the government of his
choice; chosen because best calculated for his
protection. To sustain this interest, all are equal
ly bound to contribute; the poor, no less than the
rich. And fortunately there is no one having the
faculties of his body and mind unimpaired, who
cannot, with perfect ease, contribute as much as
can be required to support a system of common
schools, quite adequate to the instruction of all
the children of the State, whose parents would be
disposed to send them there for instruction. There
can surely be no citizen who justly eslimales the
privileges which he enjoys under a free govern
ment, who will not he willing to contribute his
equal portion for an object essential to their pre
servation. In this matter, no less than in the
exercise of their civil right , should the whole bo
dy of citizens stand upon a perfect level, none
giving as by compulsion, none receiving as in
charity; hut both giving and receiving as freemen
studious to advance their own individual interests,
and to promote the general weal.
By the Inst election returns, there were about
sixty-five thousand votes cast, and there are at this
time, probably, seventy-five thousand male citi
zens in Georgia, above the age of twenty-one
years, and under that of sixty. If each of these
should pay a capitation lax of one dollar, it would
raise a fund, which would exceed more than four
times the amount of the average sum annually
paid for poor schools during the last five years ;
a fund, which it is believed, would be adequate to
the requirements of the resolution.—The under
signed, therefore, take leave to recommend such a
tax, the proceeds of which shall he appropriated
exclusively to the support of common schools, and
they urge as reasons for adopting it as the means
to provide a fund for this purpose:
1. That it is certain, and may at all times be
safely relied on.
2. That it may easily be kept separate from,
and unaffected by, any other financial concerns of
the State.
3. That it may bo always exaactly adjusted to
the public wants.
4. Thatincreasing wants, will in this mode of
providing for them, a'ways be attended by increa
sed ability to meet them.
4. That an ample fund may be thus raised
from the whole body of citizens, without pressure
upon any particular portion of them, to be return
ed immediately back, not in charities, but in pub
lic institutions, in which all classes have an equal
interest; in which all can participate without a
feeling of humilitation, and by which the general
good will he most effectually promoted.
The capitation lax which it is thus proposed to
assess, is in itself small; but when the object to
which it is to be applied, is considered; when it is
moreover remembered that this is the only capi
tation tax which is proposed ; and finally, that
this is part of a system which proposes that the
poor who have not property beyond the sum of
hundred dollars, shall pay no other
tax, it becomes a mere trifle even from the poor
est. Yet small as it is, the grand result will be
an annual fund, adequate to sustain a system of
common school instruction, on so enlarged a
sea e, that an imj w w a Kt who can, and are
willing to learn.
To give efficiency to these benevolent provis
ions, it only remains to require, that the amount
so collected, shall bo annually distributed in a
mode, ami in proportions, to be prescribed by law;
while the collection of the tax may be rendered
certain, by enacting that no person shall be per
mitted to vote at any election, in the county,city,
town or village of his residence, who shall not
have paid it; of which, the only evidence to be
received, shall be the book of the Collector, or his
receipt.
(To be continued.J
Presentments.
Burke Superior Court, November Term, 1839.
Present His Honor Judge Sciitr.
We, the Grand Jurors, sworn, chosen and se
lected for the county of Burke, November Term,
beg leave to present—
-Ist. This body feel it not only to be their
right, but their duty, under existing circumstan
ces, to give an expression of their opiniili upon
a subject of peculiar importance. We afiude to
the system of Internal Improvement, which has
been set on foot in this Stale. We have no hes
itation in declaring our sincere desire that the
system may be ultimately successful, and that
the benefits promised by its advocates may be
fully realised. But this body cannot but think
that there are features in the system, which are
peculiarly objectionable. Time would fail us to
enter into detail of those objections, or to enlarge
upon their discussion. Let it suffice, however
for us, to say that the mode of adjusting disagree- !
menfs between the several Rail Road companies '
and land holders, through whose land (he Rail '
Roads run, is, to say the least, objectionable. '
This body considers that (here is a defect in the
provision of the charters of the several Rail Road
companies, under which the appraisers are ap- ,
pointed. By reference to the charter, we find i
that there is no provision that a majority ofthe ap
praisers appointed in pursuance of its terms, shall
make an award ; and we understand that there ,
are now several cases of the kind pending in this
county, for the right of way, in which a majority
of the appraisers do agree, but that the Central
Rail Road and Banking Company refuse to con- r
sent for an award to he rendered, unless it be -
unanimous. Here we can readily see, under this
state ol things, that cases may arise in which the |
company may lie in the full fruition of the right 1
of way through a citizen’s land, and yet, by refu
sing that a majority of the appraisers shall'render
an award, they might forever keep the citizen
from recovering the amount in damages, to which
he is justly entitled. We therefore request our
Senator and Representatives in the Legislature,
to use their efforts to procure the passage of an
act, declaring that it is the meaning of that pro
vision alluded to in the several charters of this
Slate, that the award of a majority of the apprais
ers, shall be sufficient to entitle either party to
an appeal if he should desire it.
It also suggests itself to this body, that a gen
eral law should be passed, defining the liability of
Rail Road companies in this State, in relation to
injuries done to the property of citizens residing
on the road, such injuries for instance as the
burning of fences, the killing of stock, & c . We m
believe that Rail Road companies ought to be lo
held liable to actions for damages, in the countv st
where the injury may be committed, because it
may frequently happen that a citizen having a
cow or a hog killed by the cars, would take no
steps to recover damages, in consequence of (he R
difficulty and expense of attending court in Sa an
vaimah; the property lost not being sufficiently dii
valuable to warrant such expensive proceedings an
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Wp'fnerclorc
tatives to endeavor to procurd'wlre pwlssge, of a
law adapted to the case.
The present disordered condition of the cur
rency is a subject of great importance, and one
which demands speedy attention, on the part of
the public, as well as by the■ Legislature. The
recent suspension of specie payments by sonoe of
the Banks of this State, without (as we believe)
good cause, is an outrage upon public justice
which ought not to be tolerated. Experience
has fully proved, that the present banking system
is not only inadequate to the purposes for which
it was intended, but that its operations have pro
ved injurious to the best interest of the country.
We therefore recommend to our Senator and Re
presentatives in the Legislature—first, to support
such measures, as may force the suspended Banks
to a speedy discharge of their obligations to the
public; and, secondly, to devise some means, if
possible, by which we may be protected from a
recurrence of similar evils in future.
We submit to the consideration of the Honor
able the justices of the Inferior Court, the prac
ticability of having stoves or chimnies attached
to the different apartments of our Court House,
for our comfort and convenience, so soon as the
funds of the county wilt authorize it.
We have examined the Jail, and find it in a
very bad state, and recommend to the J ustices of
the Inferior Court to have it put in good repair
as early as possible.
We have also examined the different Clerks’
Offices, and find them in such a situation as docs
credit to the different officers.
In taking leave of his Honor Judge Shly, we
most respectfully tender him our sincere thanks,
for his courtesy towards us during the present
term.
Wc a'so tender our sincere thanks to the At
torney General, for his kind attention to us du
ring the term.
We request that so much of our presentments
as are of a public natuie, be, published in the
Chrm icle and Sentinel, Savannah Georgian, and
Southern Recorder.
Enoch Byne, Foreman.
Drury Corker, Willis S. Brcnzcal,
James M. Reynolds, William Bennett,
Robert J. Patterson, Alexander Murphey,
Gideon Dowse, Henry Lewis,
William Hatcher, Christian Shultz,
John Watkins, James Grubbs,
Edmund B. Gresham, William Burch,
Brinson Fountain, Bailey Carpenter,
Stephen Corker, William Murphree,
The undersigned, a portion of the Grand Jury,
do utterly protest against that portion of the
above presentments, which inveighs against the
present banking system, believing as wo do that
the system itself is a good one, as all past expe
rience proves; yet the management of the sys
tem has been ruinous and destructive to the in
terests of the people. We therefore, as a minor
ity, present the management of it as a grievance,
and not the system itself. We further protest
against that portion of the presentments, which
recommend the Legislature to take any action
against the Banks, whereby their charters will ho
forfeited; as such a step must inevitably prove
ruinous, not only to the Banks themselves, but
be productive of incalculable injury to the com
munity at large—the war upon the Banks, fall
ing, not as designed, upon the Banks, but event
ually on the people, which would be a suicidal ac
on the part of the Legislature, as representatives
of the people.
Robert J. Patterson, Alexander J. Murphey,
Edmund B. Gresham, John Watkins.
On motion of the Attorney General:
Ordered, that so much of the presentments of
the Grand Jury as are of a public nature, be pub
lished agreeable to their request.
A true extract from the minutes.
nov 30 EDWARD GARLICK, Clerk.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
Savannah, November 27.
Arrived since our last. —Br ship Calypso, Mel
ville, Trinidad; brig Augusta, Sherwood, New
York; Bohr Samaritan, Corson, Philadelphia: sebr
Prances, Sears, Bath, Me.
Departed. —Steamboat Chatham, Wray, Augus
ta; steamboat Duncan Macßae, , Augusta.
Charleston, Nov. 29.
Ai rived yesterday —Brig Wallace, Crabtree,New
York; Schrs Maria, Ryder, Providence,(R. I.) Aid
Constant, Boston; Susan, Withercl, New Bedford
(Mass.).
Cleared —Ship Florence, Bars tow, Liverpool.
Zff Dr. W. FLINT offers his services to the ci
tizens of Augusta in the different branches of his
profession, lie may be found at all hours at the
late residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second door
from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold streets
ncv29 ]y '
a™ authorised to announce COSBY
DICKINSON, as a candidate for the office of Re
teiVei of lax Returns, for Richmond countv
nov 27 J
arc au ! holized t 0 announce IVM. V
ATiRR, as a candidate lor the office of Sheriff of
Richmond county, at the approaching election
oct S 1 td
ipt, authorized to announce JAMES
f ’ *fl- as a candidate for the offices of
mi a ‘ ‘i Superior and Inferior Courts of Rich
ffiond county, at the approaching election, oct 31
m y*f» authorized to announce AN DREW
MACLEAN, as a Candidate for Sheriff of Rich
mond county, at the ensuing election
nov 13 td
10 IHE VOTERS OP' RICHMOND COUNTY
Pellow citizens:-! offer myself as a candi'
date for the office of Sheriff of Richmond county
JUfyST* •“«
- "" s 17 denj. brantly.
~ Wearc authorised to announce Mr. JOHN
C.. A LAD, as a candidate for the offices of Clerk of
the Pupeiior and Inferior Courts of Richmond
county, at the election to be held on the first Mon
day m January next. aug 19
authorized to announce IVmTu.
M A HARRY, as a candidate for Sheriff of Rich
mond county, at the approaching election
nov 7
Cp" EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— At riehT
and at one to twenty days sight. For sale by ’
nov23 CAB DELL E & RHIND.
' ■ NOTICE, Fhe Rail Road Passenger Train
follows?- leston and Hambul S’ wifi leave
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 on .
“ Summerville, “ - -S 30
« gorges’ - “ - 10 00
„ BranchvUle, •< . n 00
Midway, - “ . i.
* “ Blackville, - » .
“ . “ Aiken, -. « . 3™ P> “• I
Arrive at Hamburg notbefore - 400
XT downward.
Not to leave Hamburg before 600 a *
Aiken, - “ - . 7on
“ M la H ckvi,,e > “ - • 930
.. .. * lldw »y. “--io so
« .. JJranchville “..ii oo
Georges’ « .. j 2 00
. Summerville,» . . o 00p «
Arrive at Charleston not before 3 (JO "
Distance—13b miles. Fare Through-* ro 00
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain*
mnutes each, for breakfast and dinner 2
5 ftr „. ood „ a ™ i
to. -
nd Marsh’s T. O. ° ’ I,ldsor . Johnsons
Passengers up will breakfas’ at Wnodctnri, op
me at Blackville; down, will' t
nd dme at Summerville. may 21 ~
1
r jX/'Weal’c authorized to announce WILLIAM I
c T&OVNT Is a candidate for the office of Sheriff I
’ of Columbia county, at the approaching election i B
January. nov 30 td
s3* Mrs. BOWEN is happy to inform her pat- * I
rons that she has secured the services of Mr. Iver. “I
sen, in her school, for the winter.—Terms, S2O
per quarter. w2t uov 2S
QC/* The Synod of South Carolina and Georgia
will meet in the city of Augusta, Ga., on the 4th
Thursdayo f November next, at half past 6 o’clock
F - m- nov 19 d&wtd
KrW.G. NIMMO, General t'ommission Mer- I
chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door to the
Constitutionalist. n ov 7
(L7 Dr. B. HARRIS offers his services in the
practice of his profession to the citizens of Augus
ta and its vicinity. Messages will receive prompt
attention if left at his drug store in Broad street, or
at his residence in Ellis street, below Washing
t°n - nov 7
C O’Dr. W. EWING JOHNSTON, office Md -
tosh street opposite the Constitutionalist, nov J 3
(C? Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its
vicinity. He will be found at his residence, the
first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Kkib
street, recently occupied by John L. Adams. p
17 ts
CCj’-A CARD. — Mr. Richards, Teacher of Draw
ing and Painting, will resume his professional du
ties in Augusta at an early day. nov 7
(Lj’A. IVERSON is now prepared to resume his
professional duties as a Teacher of Music. Or
ders left at T. H. Plant’s book store, or at Mrs.
Campficld’s boarding house, will be promptly at-
nov 26
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHEEsT'
DR W. EVANS' CELEBRATED SOOTHING
SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth.— This
infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of chil
dren, when thought past recovery, from convul- i
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 the
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 case, 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 maybe consulted on all
diseases of children.
PROOF POSITIVE OP 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
tent how essential an early application of such an
invaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery and
torture. My infant, when teething, experienced
such acute sufferings, that it was attacked witq
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, I am glad to inform you the child has com
pletely' recovered, and no recurrence of that awful
complaint has since occurred ; the teeth are ema
nating daily and tho child enjoys perfect health.
I give you my cheerful permission to make this
acknowledgment public, andwill gladly give any '
information on lids circumsti nee. \
WM. JOHNSON*
TONIC PILLS. —The power of Evans' Camomile
Pills are such, tjiat the palpitating heart, the trem
ulous hand,the dizzy eye, and the fluttering mind,
vanish before their effects like noxious vapors be
fore the benign influence of the morning sun.—
They have long been successfully used for the cure
of intesmittents, together with fevers of the irregu
lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral ob
structions.
This tonic medicine is for nervous complaints,
eneral 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. Hypochondriucism, 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 183 d.
EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS are
purely vegetable, composed with the strictest pre
cision of science and of art; they never produce
nausea, and arc warranted to cure tho following
diseases which arise from impurities of the blood,
viz: — Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, Colds,
Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthma, Cho
lera, Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnies and
Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, and all
those diseases of wl atsoever kind to which human
nature is subject, where the stomach is affected.
More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary effi
cacy 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, tu
nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fre
quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge of a pe
culiar feetid matter mixed with blood great debility,
sense of burning heat, with an intoleiable bearSg
down of the parts. Mr, Cameron is enjoying per
fect health, and returns his sincere thanks for the
extraordinary benefits be lias received.
Sold by ANTONY & HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta
J. M. Sc F. M. TU RN ER, Savannah,
P. M. COH EN & Co., Charleston,
SHARP <fe ELLS, Milledgeville,
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A. W. MARTIN, Forsyth
Wm. B. WELLS, Druggist, Athens.
MARK A. LANE. Washington.
inly 23
SNOWDEN & SHEAR
TJ AVE just received fiom Ncw-York, rich
l l figured Silks, great variety of styles,
Extra rich Mouseiain de Laines,
Eupin’s extra French Merinos, a large assortment,
Rich embroidered Thibet W 00l Shawls,extra size,
Itrch \ eivet Mantillas and Ladies’Cravats
Extra French Worked Collars, of the best style
A large supply of Black Lace Veils, with a great
variety of other articles, suitable for the present
season, lo which they respectfully invite the atten
tion of the public. nov
I’lllE subscribers offer for sale, at the store re
cently occupied by the late Welcome Allen,
ot this city, deceased, his entire stock of Groceries
now on hand, comprising in part, Sugar, Coffee,
Iron, steel, Russia and Dundee Hemp Bagging,
Kentucky Hemp Rope, fresh Teas, Segars, Liquors
of all kinds,,together with a general assortment of
Shell and Heavy Hardware, superior Rose, Whit
ney andjLondon Duffil Blankets, Negro Kerseys,
LtnseySj \ lanels, Cotton Osnahurgs, Spun Cotton,
1 breads, Bleached and Brown Domestics, with a
great variety of Hosiery', Calicoes, Linens, Cam
brics, Muslins, Re. &c. which will he sold for cash
without regard to COST, it being their intention
to close the business immediately. i
Also, for sale or rent, Pew No. 99 in the first f
Presbyterian Church.
A. SIBLEY, -v
H. H. GUMMING, £■ Executors.
F. M. CABOT, J
_ uov 25 trwtf
Bank of Augusta,?
November 26, 1839. )
NOTICE. —An Election for thirteen Directors ,
on the part of the individual stockholders o.
this Bank, will take place, at the Banking House
on Monday next, the 2d December, between th(
hours of ten and four o’clock.
nov 27 5t ROBERT F. POE, Cashier.
Mechanics’ Bank, ?
Augusta, November 27, 18393
NOTICE is hereby given, that all paper under
piotest in this Bank, will operate agains
the credit of the parties, unless arranged by Wed
nesday, the 4th December next,
nov 28-61 GEORGE W. LAMAR.Cashier.