Tri-weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1838-1877, December 03, 1839, Image 2
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3.
In yesterday’* paper we published a statement,
showing the circulation and amount of specie on
hand, of all the Banka of this State, on the first
of October last, except the Mechanics’ Bank of
this city, and the Monroe Rail Road Bank of
Macon. Below we give a similar statement of
the same Banks, except the Central Bank, on the
first day of Ap.il last. We have admitted the two
Banks above, in order to enable our readers to
make a correct comparison of the condition of
banking in Georgia at the two periods.
Circulation. Specie.
Planters’ Bank, 188.773 220,604
Commercial Bank, Macon, 249,501 74,581
Marine A Pire In*. Bank, 226,495 136,997
Bank of Columbus, 449,258 119,633
Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank, Columbus, 309,225 104.449
Ocmulgee Rank, Savannah, 225.710 85,702
Georgia Rail Road, Bank, 663,705 228,419
Hawkinsville Bank, 216,129 36,341
Farmers Bank of Chatahoo
chee, 19,565 13
Bank of the State of Geo. 819,969 437,2)3
Darien Bank, 440,993 54,173
Bank of Augusta, 264,733 121,898
Central Rail Road Bank, 163,755 130,635
Augusta Insurance and
Banking Company, 274,910 43,277
Bank of Brunswick, 97,765 110,697
Bank of St. Mary’s, 62,620 27.924
Western Bank of Georgia, 83,074 3,991
Insurance Bank of Columhua, 11.645 224,158
Milledgeville Bank, 280,730 93,704
6,027,545 2,263,409
By which it will be seen that the circulation of
the above Banka, on the first day of April last,
was $5,027,545
The circulation of the same Banks,
•n the Ist of October, (as published
yesterday,) deducting the circulation
of the Central Bank, not included
above, waa 2,751,781
Diminution ofcirculation in 6 months $2,275,764
The amount of specie in the above Banks on
the firet dey of April last was 2,203,409
In same Banks in October (deducting
Central Bank) 1,249.101
Diminution of epecie in 6 months, $1,014,308
We shall to-morrow make a consolidated state
ment of the amounts due to all the Banks in the
State upon notes, and the amounts held by the
Banks for Individual Depositors.
Mnasnchusctta.
The final result is not yet ascertained. The
Atlas, a Whig paper says that Morton's plurality
ever Everett is 269, and that there arc scattering
votes enough to prevent an election. The Post,
aV. B. paper, stales Morton’s plurality at 455,
and say a there will not be scattering voles enough
to prevent hi* election. In the event of there
being no election by the people, the Senate make*
choice of a Governor from the two highest candi
dates. The political character of the Senate it
self is not yet settled, as there were no elections
of Senators in many Districts. These vacan
cies are filled by the House of Representatives,
which is said to contain a majority of Whigs.
Tennessee U. S. Senator.
The Hon. Felix Gntudy , Attorney Geneua)
of the U, S. has been elected U. S, Senator from
Tennessee in place of the Hon. C. H. Foster re
signed. The vote stood, Grundy 66, Foster 44-
It is understood that J udge While will also resign,
03* We call the attention of our monied men to
a tale of one hundred and fifty shares of Georgia
Insurance and Trust Company Stock. The sale
will l>c positive, as the Slock belongs to an Es
tate. It lakes place this day. See advertisement.
“ Jam Nehemiah , is the name of a new paper
published at Macon. It holds forth us “an occa
sional paper," published whenever ho pleases, by
Solomon Weazle Esq. It j* 8m .,1l but , lui ,„ #p j
rited and racy. Nehemiah, thou art welcome ! !
Report
Os the Commissioner appointed by authority
o f the Legislature, on the subject of the Stale
inanecs,—Continued,
They projMise then the pa-sing ot a tax Act,
which shall declare. That all landa, and all per
sonal estate within this State, including within
these generic terms, the several particulars there
after specified, whether owned by individuals, or
by corporations, shall be liable to luxation, sub
ject to the exemptions thereinafter staled. That
the term "land ' as used in the Act, shall be con
strued to include the lam) itself, all buildings, and
other articles erected upon, or affixed to the same
all trees, and underwood grown, g thereon, and
all mines, minerals, quarries, and fotwilein. and
under the same, and that the tern, -Real Estate”
and “Real propertywhenever they occur in the
Act, shall be construed to have the same mean
mg. as the term “land,” thus defined.
That the terms “personal estate,” and “per
•onal property,” whenever they occur in the Act
shall be construed to include all chattels, moneys!
debts due from solvent debtors, whether on note,
bond, or mongage; go.Kisand merchandize; ne
gro slaves; slock cattle above (he number of
, horses and mules above the nttin
i . . . ’ J ,leaßUre carriages, public
stock, am stocks moneyed corporations.—
I hey shall also he construed to include such por
lion of the capital of incorporated companies, lia
. e 1" • taxation on their capital, as .hall not bo
invested in real estate.
That the following property shall be exempt
trom taxation : *
r^ r T r ' y . e J Cmi,,ed fMm taxation, by the
irsTissss - “»
a .AR land. belonging lh is Stale, or to the I’,
of learning! and the ° r “V*" "‘"''nary
•“me; every l 'T ,o,, * in » bt ‘ l,e
every building for pul*' worshi^“ l,d j l *' l :
al lou whereon such buiklin **' *' ,d “Over
book. and T : al >
poor-house, alms-house; house of industry, and |
every house belonging to any charitable institu
tion, and the real and personal property lielong
ing to, or connected with the same; the real and
personal property of every public library, and the
other literary associations; all stocks owned by
the State, or hy literary or charitable institution)';
all household furniture, and plantation tools, not
held as merchandize and for the purpose of sale;
all property exempted by law from execution;
all property owned by any jierson, whose real
and personal properly does not amount to
hundred dollars, and all turnpike, bridge,
or canal companies, whose nett annual income
shall not exceed five per cent, on the capital paid
and secured to lie paid in. That all lands held
under warrants, and surveyed, hut not granted by
the State, shall be liable to taxation, in the same
manner as if actually granted ; and all lots drawn
in any Lottery, although the grants may not have
been taken out
That ail moneyed or stock corporations deriv
ing income or profit from their capital, or other
wise, except as before stated, shall he liable to
taxation.
That the owner or holder of stock, in any in
corporated company, liable to taxation on its cap
ital, shall not he taxed as an individual, for such
stock.
Taxes which were anciently contributions ar
bitrarily demanded at the will of the Sovereign,
have in the present more advanced stale of politi
cal science, been levied will, greater equity. Ac
cording to the existing theory on this subject, they
are considered as the portions of the. properly of
individuals, which ea h has to contribute to the
public treasury, to delVay the puUb. espouses.—
From this definition, it would follow,
1. That all should contribute who have
properly, and arc protected in person, and es
tate.
2. That taxes ought to he assessed according
to the nett income, of earh individual.
3. That they should never be permitted to in
jure the sources of income.
4. That the ratio of taxea to income, should
be ns small as possible, in order that the revenue
of the State, as well as of the individual, may lie
allowed to increase.
It is not doubted that a tax which being uni
versal in its operation, should he levied on nett
income, without injuriously affecting its sources;
and which should ho in the smallest possible ra
tio, which the necessary expenditure of the gov
ernment would pennil, would he the most equita
ble. It would undoubtedly be so, in an old set
tled country, where the value of property whs
fixed, its productiveness in a great degree uni
form, and especially, where the luxes were heavy.
There is difficulty however, in the application of
such a system, to a people chiefly agricultural, in
habiting a country comparatively new, and in
which the vclue, and still more the productive
ness of property, are unequal, and fluctuating.—
Happily, it is less necessary among such a peo
ple, because the amount required to meet the ex
penses of the Government, is so small, as to re
lievo from all apprehension of pressing too heavi
ly upon iml viduul income. In such a state of
lb ngs, it is sufficient, if the objects of taxation,
aresuchusnro ordinal ily productive of income.
Income is derived, I, from land; 2. from person- i
a 1 estate; 3, from moneyed capital; 4, from la- l
hor. The last in the system proposed, is taxed i
only hy the imposition of taxes, upon certain ’
species of personal property, hy the agency of
which it is performed. Lunds, negroes, slock in
trade, hunk slock, &c. &c. are familiar objects of
taxation, under the present system. No reason ’
is perceived, why stock in other corporations than
Ranks yielding profit to the proprietors, or mon
ey at interest should not he equally liable.— J
These have therefore been included. Stock cat
tle. exempting a sufficient number for domestic
uses, have also been considered as proper objects 1
ot taxation. The excess is kept for profit, and is
productive of income. The same principle, after
allowing a like exemption, is applicable to mules
and horses, and is applied to each of these objects, t
in some of the Stales, similarly situated with our
own.
i'ho exemptions proposed are those for the J
most part with which we are familiar, being pro
vided for in the present system of taxation, or I
other cases to which they are extended, arc
thought to bo within the spirit ot existing provi
sions. This remark however cannot be applied
to the proposal to exempt from taxation the pro
perly ol a person whose real and personal estate
docs not amount to hundred toi
lers. It is proposed that such persons shall still
he liable (o the capitation tax, lor the purposes of I
education, but it is thought that they may he I
safely exempted from nil other taxes, on the i
ground that the income of so small an 4 amount of I
pioperty must necessarily he consumed in the i
support of the proprietor, and consequently that
the tax would fall exclusively on his lalior.
For the purpose of c irryiug out such a system
it will lie necessary to have,
1. A census of each county.
2. A map showing the quantity and bound
aries of lauds held hy individuals, distinguishing
between those which arc owned by residents and
non residents, and specifying such as are vacant,
or unclaimed, if any such there me.
The law should authorize and require the re
ceiver to assess all lands not returned at their full
market value, and to return such assemenet to
the collector, who sluuild In* required, if the
amount of tax is not paid after no
tice in one or more of the public gazettes of the
Slate, to proceed to sell the whole tract so assess
ed, paying the -.urplus above the amount of taxes
into the Treasury of the Stale, subject to the
claim of the owner, if such claim be made within
years alter the sale, and established to the
satisfaction of the Governor, who should he au
thorized to draw on the Treasury for the amount,
in favor of the claimant. This course would be
| justified by (he consid ration that tire State isin
| tetested not merely in receiving the taxes on
lands, but also much more so in having its lands
occupied—and still further by the fuel that the
requsition of oar present lax law. to sell such
P«rl of land in default, as will be sufficient to pay
the amount of taxes, lias had the effect of render
ing most tax collector’s titles ineffectual and val
ueless.
In regard to lands which are found vacant, or
unclaimed, the receiver should be required to give
notice, in one or more of the pub
lic gazettes of Ibis *>tule, particularly describing
their location ami boundaries, mid stating that
unless the same be claimed, and the taxes there- i
on (which, if claimed, the receiver should be re
quired to assess at their full market value.) he paid, !
the same will lie returned to the Executive De- i
pari nient us vacant lends, and will be thereafter!
liable to be sold, and granted by the IStute, on 1
such terms as the Legislature shill prescribe, al
any time after the expiration of
months from the time when the same are so re
turned to the Executive office; with a further
proviso slating that if any person claiming title
to any land so returned shall within
months after its return to the Executive office,
present to the Judge of the Superior Court of the
' minty in which such land lies, a petition stating
his claim thereto; the Attorney or Solicitor Gen
eral shall lie bound to reply to the same, in be
half of the State inatanter, and the said Judge
shall cause the issue so made up to be submitted
to and tried by a special jury, at the next term of
the Court, whose decision shall lie final savinir
to the Court the right to grant a continuance or
new trial, according to law and usage; and that
upon filing in the Executive Department a cer
■dicale of the pendancy of such petition, it shall
be the duty of the Governor to forliear from sell
mg or graining the said land, until the issue on
such petition shall have been fi lla i| y j ecidcd ■
manner atoremud.
| In the Counties in which the lands have been
distributed by lottery, maps may be made and
transmitted from the Surveyor General’s office,
leaving to the County officer only the duty of
ascertaining the occupants of particular lots, and
which arc vacant.
In those Counties in which lands have been
granted on bead-rights, actual surveys will be
necessary, but the expenses of both opentiona
will be more than reimbursed to the Stale, by the
course recommended in relation to defaulters, aud
unclaimed lands, and the Slate will moreover
have accurate maps of all the lands within its
limits, and their several partitions, forany future
exercise of the taxing power.
For the purpose ot receiving the returns of all
property, real and personal, liable to taxation, un
der the Act, the Receiver, should he required to
attend in each Captain’s district, for a certain
number of days, to be specified in the act and of
w iich he should give a notice, to be specified in
like manner.
He should be directed to receive all returns
made to him, on the oaths of the person making
them, and at such valuation, as they may affix ;
but if any person should fail to make a return, or
to affix value to the property, the Receiver should
then be required to assess the annum of taxes
due by such individual, with a right of appeal
from such assessment, in such rnodras the Legis
lature should prescribe. The Receiver should he
directed to return to the Collector, a digest of the
taxes so returned or assessed, whose duty it should
lie to collect the same in the manner now prescri
bed by law.
It is recommended that the several Collectors
lie required to deposit in certain banks, to he from
lime to time designated by the Legislature, or if
they shall fail to do so, by the Governor, the
amount of their collections, the receipt of the
proper officer of such bank, to entitle them to
credit at the Treasury.
E it-li person making a return, should be requi
red to specify in district columns the several
kinds of property liable to taxation underthe Act,
and in ca»c of land, to specify its qualities and
boundaries.
The Comptroller should he directed to prepare
and transmit to the several Receivers, a form of
the returns to he made by individuals, and it
should hr made the duty of the Receivers to
cause such form to tic published in the nearest
gazette, at least one month before the lime ap
pointed for making returns.
The Comptroller should be moreover required
to prepare and transmit to the several Receivers,
a form for the preparation of their digests, which
each receiver should he required strictly to ob
serve.
All powers given to the Receivers, Collectors
and other officers, by thei listing laws, not incon
sistent with the provisions of the new act, should
be continued to them. _
It is not easy to make a satisfactory estimate of
the amount of revenue, which at any given rate
of taxation, such a system would produce. The
difficulty consists in fixing a just valuation on
some of the objects of taxation, and in ascertain
ing the quantity, as well as value of others. The
operation of the system for a single year, would
however, go fur to remove it. At present all that
can he done, is to submit some data, from which
to make a conjectural estimate, taking care to
avoid excess in each particular.
The lands of the Slate, estimated in
round numbers at 35.5UU,0(10
acres, and at the low value of $3
per acre, give a taxable properly ofs 106,500,000
The Slaves in the Stale, estimated
in like manner, at 243,000, and
valued at S4OO ea h, give 97,200,000
Stock in trade from the books of the
Comptroller General, also in
round numbers, 7,000,000
The Capiial of Banks, and other
monied slock corporations liable
to taxation, by the proposed sys
tem, and taxed as hank capital.
Slock Cattle, liable to taxation un
ilnrtkn \tro\muml aynlnm,
Horses and Mules, do.
Moneys outstanding, on note, bond
or mortgage,
Bank capital and that of other mon
ied corporations, is not extended
in this estimate of property, sub
ject to the proposed general adva
lorem tax because it is intended
that it should he taxed as at pre
sent.
Looking to the foregoing enumerated objects o '
taxation, considering the low estimate of th<
lands, and of the probable amount of those item
in the list, whose objects have not been ex,endec
Irom want of satisfactory data, it seems fair I.
conclude that the value of taxable property in th-
Slate, as thus defined, vould not tall short of twe
him 'red and fifty millions of dollars.
But if to secure to the State, a certain retnn
of the amount which its necessities may requir* ,
we reduce it to two hundred and twenty milliom .
we shall found our estimateolmost exclusively o
these items, the qu entity of whi h has been ai
cerluined, and on the low valuation, which ho i
been attached to them.
The tax on two hundred and twenty millior ;
value of property, at such rat, advalorem. as th
Legislature shall think proper to impose, wi t
constitute the first item in the resources of th
Slate.
The second will ho the dividends on Ban'
Stock.
Tne next will he the notes and bills for •••••
money lent and discounted by the Central Ban!.
It will of course lie desirable to ascertain wit c
as much certainty as may be, the amount of ai •
nual revenue, which such a system of taxatio t
would produce. But ns it could not, even it
adopted now, he made available furtheyear 184( ,
it seems proper first to consider what are the lii
hililiea of the State for that year, and what ai i
the resources which can be marshalled to meet
them.
To sit] us ir. makinglhis examination, we has v
asked for a statement of the condition of the Cei ■
trill Hank, np to the l«tli October, 1839, whir i
has been promptly furnished. From the mamv •
in which this account is stated, and ourimperfe t
apprehension of it, we may perhaps err in tl i
statement of results, hut the document itself, , i
herewith submitted for our correction, and enoug i
it is believed may lie extracted from it for oi r
present purpose. Wo proceed to state our vie '
ot it.
) The tw x first items on the debt side, viz: Cap -
| Stock and I iiited States surplus revenue nit
he omitted in this examination, as not affectii •
the object of our present enquiry, which is to n -
certain the liabilities and resources of the Sia >
\ for the year 184(1.
The next item, the Ncw-Vork 12
months loan, due Ist September,
1839, as it cannot be provided for
during the currentyear, is put down
as a charge upon the next, $300,000
I Interest on that debt, to Ist Sept,
'ST- „ 21,0 C»
item No. 4, consists of checks on
time. It is not said when due. or
when’ on, hut it is presumed they
are soon to lie provided for.
Items No. 6 and fi, are dividends
on Bank Stock, $45,775. and free
school and education funds, $36,-
419 21. It is not stated whether
these items are payable forthwith,
by placing the first at the credit of
the Treasurer, and by distributing
the second, among the counties, un
der warrants from the Governor,
They are withheld from the present
estimate.
Nos. 7, 8 and 9, are of course ex- I
eluded from this estimate.
The first is prrjfit and loss, $269
87—the second discount on hills
$4,762 93, the third discounted on
notes, $72,015 00 reduced by char
ges ($36,525 89, which arc not ex
plained) to $35,489 71. These
three items after deducting the item
No 10 of charges, amount to $40,-
521 61.
No 11, is a small balance due to
other Banks. 2,403 45
No. 12. Due to individuals liable
to he checked lor at any time, 27,852 84
Nos. 13, 14 and IS, shew the
amount of emission, of bills on hand
and in circulation—this last amoun
ting to 87,632 00
$468,888 29
The amount of debts due to individ mis, and
circulation, may, however, not be all called for for
some time to come; still they aie present liabili
ties, and aie so presented.
( To be continued.)
PAtfolo cn., Miss., November 8, 1839.
The citizens of the vicinity having assembled
at the house of Dr. Elijah Hcut, formerly ot
Abbeville District, S. 0., on the Bth of Novem
ber, 1839, to perform for the deceased the last
offices of friendship and humanity, and witness
the solemnity of his interment; Maj. Jas. Ruffin
was called to the chair, and Joseph J. Caldwell
Esq., appointed Secretary, when the following
preamble and resolutions were offered, by B. H.
Rice, Esq., and unanimously adopted :
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God, to call
from among us an esteemed neighbor and valued
friend, in whom were united the polite, accom
plished, and high-minded gentleman ; the social,
enlightened and public spirited citizen ; the ten
der, humane, sympathising and skillful physi
cian, and the systematic, scientific and enterpris
ing planter, whose appearance among us was hut
of yesterday, whose residence here, though not
long enough to entitle him to the privilege of
citizenship, yet was long enough to attach and
endear him to us while living, and to call forth
our most sincere and heartfelt sympathy for his
death, which came merciless in haste upon him,
in a land of strangers, far from his native home—
from his wife, his children, kindred and old and
well-tried friends, whose presence would have
consoled, and whose tender offices would have
soothed even his expiring moments.
Resolved, Therefore that as we appreciated
and esteemed Dr. Elijah Hunt, during his short
sojourn among us, as a pattern of manliness and
intelligent worth, wc deeply deplore that stroke of
providence which has, in him, so prematurely for
us, blighted our hopes, and made heavy our
hearts,
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his
distant, and unknown family, in their irreparable
bereavement, and would comfort his weeping
widow and orphan children, with the assurance,
that though strangers tended his dying bed, yet
his pillow was smooth, and around his grave the
tears of sorrow fell.
Resolved, That a copy of this preamble and
resolutions, be forthwith forwarded to the family
of the deceased.
‘‘ln vain tor him the officious wife prepares,
The fire foir-blszing ami ih • vestment warm-
In vain his lit lin ehi (Iren pee ing out
Into the niii'glmg storm, demand theirsire
)?“'• i™.« „i innocence; Alas !
>or wife tinr children abmi i.o n.hoid
Aor triends norsacud home.”
On motion of H.H. Coleman, Esq., amended
by Mr. Miles H. MeGehee,
Resolved further, That the Western World
and Enquirer, at Memphis, Tennessee, Wash
ington News. Washington, Geo . Chronicle &
Sentinel, Augusta, Geo., and the Greenville
Mountaineer, Greenville, So. Ca., be requested to
publish this preamble and resolutions.
J. J. CALDWELL, Sec’y,
JAMES RLFFIN, Chairman.
An extensive gold mine has been discovered in
Randolph county, Alabama. In asingleday gold
to the amount of $4,000 was obtained. One lump
was tound worth over $320. she mine is be
lieved to be the richest in North America.
From the Evening Signal.
The first Leaf of Autumn.
BY MRS. SEBA SMITH.
I see thee fall, ilnu quivering leaf,
Os faint and yellow hue,'
Ihe fire. io teei iK> ai.iu-aii winds,
That, blu luing o’er thee blew—
t-’lnw pain d loi it. rocking brunch,
1 see thee Hunting by.
To brave, nil nemilale and lone,
The bleak ai.iuinnal sky.
Alas ! the fir.-l, the yellow leaf—
How sadly tails it ihr re.
To rustle on the crisped grass,
" Ith every chilly an !
I' tells of ikose dial soon must drop),
All wither’d, (mint e iree,
And ii huih wuk'd a sadden'd chord
In deathless memory.
Thou eddying leaf, away, away,
'i her’s sorrow m ihy hue,
I hou sound si tile knell oi sunny hours,
4*l buds and liquid dew
And ih u dosi nil how I tun; i tie hea t
1 he I.looms id hope decay ;
How each one lingers, loth to part,
• ill all are swept away.
MAR RI ED,
At Appling,' olumhia county, on the 28th ult.>
by the licv 1 hotnas H. Dawson, Mr. Uriah
Slack, of this city, to Miss Sarah A., eld. s.
daughter ot William (Hover, Ksq ,of the forme,
place.
In Abbeville Village, on Tuesday morning, 19lh
instant, by the Uev. Ur. Harr, i 01. John Cunning
ham, of Lawrens,to Miss I loride Calhoun No
ble, of Abbeville Village, daughter of his excellen
cy Governor Noble.
o b 'Crv a r y.
Died, at Summerville, on t\ednesday, the 27th
ult., Frances Matilda How\rd, youngest daugh
ter of Mr. John Howard,of Augusta, Ga. Pos
sessed of ;>.ll the qualities of mind and heart that
endeared her in so eminent a degree to a large cir
cle of re atives and friends, distinguished by all
that characterizes exalted purity and worth, enjoy
ing the benefit of a highly finished and accomplish
ed education, added to great advantages of person
and manners, how deep are the fountains of grief
thathave been opened by this mysterious and af
i flictive dispensation The young, the accomplish
j ed, the talented, the joyous, the interesting mem
ber of the social circle, the kind and affectionate
j daughter, the ardent and devoted sister, the sincere
i and constant friend, is no more! Long will her
| memory tie cherished with the most enduring fond
ness and affection, and her many virtues ran never
. cease to be embalmed in the hearts of her nearest
and dearest friends. To th sewho knew her inti
mately, her disinterestedness of character her
I sweetness of temper, her retiring disposition hei
j great sensibility, her consistent and affable depoit
ment. he -kindness to servants, and her charity to
the poor, will ever be the subjects of delightful
contemplation, and may wed be regarded as almost
a modei for imitation. Her mind had long been
drawn to the subject of religion, and for a period of
twelve months previous to her death, she was
deeply impressed with the important concerns of
her soul, and the realities of a future state The
biblc was her favorite book, an 1 she delighted to
pore over its pure and heavenly truths; to dwell
upon its precious promises, and to tal- of the hap
piness and consoi tions of the Christian. During
the protracted sickness whit h terminated her earth
ly existence, she disp'ayed the greate.it patience
and resignation to the wi.l of her heavenly father.
Not a murmur or complaint escaped her lips, and
all her fee-mgs and conversation indicated that the
sentiment of her heart to ilod was, “Not my will,
but thine he done.” She retained her reason o
the last, and as the trying hour of dissolution ap
proached, and she was told that she could survive
but a short time, she united, at her own request,
with her surrounding friends in frequent prayer,
and she herself sang, as far as her feeble strength
would permit, her favorite hymn, “I would not live
always.”
Such were the last moments of this most inter
esting character, affording to her friends the great
est of all consolation, that she was a believer in
the truths ot religion, that her trust and hope was
in the Lord Jesus Chris' as her saviour a id redeem
er, and that she has gone to join the spirits of the
just made perfect in a purer and better world.
Consignee* per .South Carolina iiiui! Hoad.
Hamburg, December 2, 1839.
Stovall, Simmons &. (Jo.; Turpin & D’Anlig
nac; T. Dawson; S. Kneeland & Son; J. M. &
W. Adams; Bones & Carmichael; J. Bately; E.
L). Cooke; I. S. Beers & Co.; P. Fleming; A,
Johnston; I. Moise; E. T. Cook; W. Hauler;
W. E. Jackson; Gould & Bulklvy; Eail & Co.;
G. It. Jessup; F. 11. Cooke; Rathbone & Baker;
A. B. Mallory; Mr. Jeffries; Garvin &. Haines;
W. Robinson; Wright, Bull & Co.; J. P. Grei
ner; Clarke, Mc.Teir & Co.; W. Hobby; T.
Richards; W. Harper; Haviland. Risley & Co.
A. Frederick; H Chapman; R. Hull; G. K.
Jones; J. Bridges; Rees & Beall; B. W. Force
<Sr Co.; Russell, Hutchinson & Co.; Scranton &
Smith; E. Muslin; IV. S. King; J. C. W. Row
land; J. Purse; Jeffers & Boulware; J. F. Ben
son; Anderson & Young; G. Parrott; A. B.
Church.
11 _ TJH'JJL!—L?iaiaag
COMMERCIAL.
Laleist dates from Liverpool Nov. 1
Latest dates from Havre Oct. 31
Savannah, Nov. 29.
Cotton —Arrived since the 22d inst. 2012 hales
Upland, and 8 hales 8 1 cotton, and cleared at
the same time 474 bales Upland, and UOO bales
S I cotton; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of
all shipboard not cleared on the 29th inst., of 4671
bales Upland, and 54baesS I cotton. Ihe com
petition lo obtain the very small quantily of Lp
land arriving in the early part of the week, caus
ed an improvement in prices of fully asc er lb,
but this has been lost during the last 3 days, the
receipts having increased, and information readied
the city of the piincipal rivers being again naviga
ble The British Queen accounts to the 2d inst.
were received this morning. 'I he sales amount
to 1527 bales, as follows: 2 at 9; 14 at 94; 9 at
9.f; 289 at 10; 28 at I0j; 20 at 10J; 39 at 10f;
201 at 104; 74 at Ids; 383 at 10j; 72 at lOjj; 252
at II; 26 at llg; 29 at llj. In Sea Island the
sales are 10 bales at 25; 1 at 30; 10 at 35; 5 at 37.
Receipts of L olton at the following places since
October Ist. 1839 1838
Georgia, Nov. 29, 13076 36773
South i arolina,Nov. 22 27727®. 33178
Mobile, Nov. 16, 1484 * 10807
New Orleans, Nov. 16, 122519 59737
Florida, Nov. 2, 451 5299
Noith Carolina, Nov. 2, 251
Virginia,
165508 145794
The following is a statement of the stock of cot
ton on hand at the icspective p.aces named.
Savannah, Nov. 29, 4725 16510
South Carolina, N0v.22, 1U417 22.-95
Mobile, Nov. 16, 2038 7789
New Orleans, Nov. 16, 89184 37717
VLginia.Oct 1, 500 782
North Caralina, Nov. 2, 500 800
Augusta & Hamburg,Oct. 1, 6193 6738
Macon, Nov. 1, 5555 3000
Florida, Oct. 1, 650 10i 0
Philadelphia, Nov. 16, 650 480
New York, Nov. 20, 9000 8000
129442 104911
Rice —Throughout the week the demand has
been very limited, the sales amounting toalout
500 casks at S2J a 3; principally at 2jj.
orn —Sales of iobo bushels Baltimore at 75c;
retails at 85 a 95c.
Flour —ln this article the sales continue limit
ed. Howard-stat s7if aB. Canal at Bs.
Groceries —l.i I.ollee, Sugar, Moiastes the mar
ket continues without any change—with a fair re
tail demand.
Hay —Nales of Isoobund'eson the wharf at 75c.
Spirits —VS e have noihange in price or demand
to notic. in domesti liquors of .ill descriptions.
1 Exchange. — n England, nominal. Drills on
■ New York, at 6n days, la Ijc per cent discount;
30 days, 3 a 4 per t ent premium; 5 days sight, 6
percent prem; at sight,? pci c- nt premium
Freights. — lo Liverpool have advanced to fd;
New 101 k 75c. per ba e.
i£■>'.- - 1 STATEMENT OF COTTON, NOV. 29.
Uplands. S. I,
Stock on hand Ist Oct. 1523 118
Received this week, 1012 8
do. previously, 10662 94
14197 220
Export! d this week, 474 00
Do. pi viously, 9052 166 9526 166
Stock on hand, inc tiding all on ship
board not clcaied on 29th Nov. 4671 54
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
Savannah, November 30.
Cleared —Ship Hilah, Hammond, N. York; schr
Doris, Deny , St. arks.
Arrived since our last —Steamboat Chatham,
Wray, Augusta; steamboat Erin, i.ubbard, do.
Departed —steamboat • hatbam,Vi ray, Augusta;
steamboat Erin, Hubbard, do.
Charleston, Dec. 2.
Arrived on Saturday —Ship Admittam e, smith,
Dunoon; barque Jupiter, Carter, iorllaml; biig
Benjamin, Hunt, i oil and; t . L. brig Gi oige, Hull,
New Vora; schr Ontario, Proctor, St Jago de Cuba;
schr Mandarin, narrows, Baitimoie.
Arrived i.eserday —Brig Ajax, Jeffry, Jefferson,
Ga.; sdir Hudson. Hyman, rath, a e.
Cleared —schr Pennsylvania, WooJ, Phi adel
phia; L. S. Mail schr. Thames,Gildith Key West.
(IJr We aie authoiized to announce WILLIAM
L. UI.OLh\ J' as a candidate for the office of .sheriff
ot Columbia county, at the approaching election in
January. nov 30 td
Off’ Mrs. BOWEN is happy to inform her pat
rons that >he has secured the services of Mr. Ivf.r
sen, in her school, for the winter.—Terms, S2O
per quarter. w2t nov 28
9-dF. G NIMMO , General < oinmission Mer
chant, office on Mclntosh sued, next door to the
Constitutionalist. nuv 7
iXj Er. R- H iRHIS oilers his services in the
practice of his profession to the citizens of Augus
ta and its vicinity. Mcs ages will receive prompt
attention if left at his drug stoic in Broad street, or
at his residence in Ellis street, below \\ ashing
ton; nov 7
(fj' Hr. IF. I LINT offers his services to the ci
tizens of Augusta in the different branches of his
profession. He may be found at all hours at the
ate residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second door
Horn the corner of Mclntosh and Ju jnold streets
lie v 29 jy
(Tj A - H ERSON is now prepared to resume his
professional duties as a Teacher of Music, t.r
dois lett at I. H. Plant’s book store, or at Mis.
ampbeld’s boarding house, will be piomptly at
tended to nov *26
A*
CJ* NOTICE. —The Pews in the EPISCOPAL
CHURCH, belonging to the Vestry, will be offered
for rent, this day at e even o’clock, for one year
notice of which will be given by ringing the bell.
Individuals wishing to rent orcb..nge their location >
there, wiR p attend jit the Church. dec 3 u
. (fj'Hr.HOLBROOK tenders his services tu tl e
; citizens of Augusta and vicinity, in tiie several
i branches of his profession, his residence is at
No. 135, Broad street, in the western tenement of
the Bridge Bank. dec 3 wtf
! XT We ave authorised to announce COALY
• DICKINSON, as a candidate for the office of Re
ceiver of lax Returns for Richmond county,
nov 27
O’VVc are authorized to announce WM. V.
KERR, as a candidate lor the office of Sherili of
Richmond county, at the approaching election.
oct3l td
Op" We arc authorized to announce JAMES
McEAWS, Esq. as a candidate for the offices of
< leik ol the Supplier and Infeiior Courts of Rich
moiid county, at the approaching election, oct 31
QC/ - We are authoiized to announce ANDRP \y
MACLEAN, as a Candidate for Sheriff of Rich
mond county, at the ensuing election.
nov 13 td
TO THE VOTERS OF RICHMOND COL
Fellow citizens: —1 oiler myself as a eandi.
date for the oliice of Sheriff of i1 i< hinond county,
at the ensuing election, and respectfu.ly -soiled
your support.
■n'g 17 RFNJ. BRANTLY.
(j. We are authorised to announce Mr. JOHN
C. SNEAD, as a candidate for the offic es of Clerk of
the Superior and Inferior loucts of Richmond
county, at the election to be held on the hist Mon
day in January next. aug 19
(XT’ We arc authorized to announce WM. U.
M A HARRY, as a candidate for Sheriff of Rich
mond ceunty, at the appicaching election,
nov 7
(XT’ EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— At sight, *
and at one to twenty days sight. lor sale by
nov 23 GARDELLE & RHIND.
fGr Er. F M. ROBERTSON has removed his
Office lo No. 302, on the south side of Broad st.,
immediately oppo ite the Auction store of Messrs,
Russell, Hutchinson & Co. ts dec 2
_ Doctor J. J. WILSON oilers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its
vicinity. He will be found at bis residence, the
lirst brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis
street, recently occupied by John L. Adams.
_augl7 ts
•JJ A CARH. —Mr. RicHAßns.Teacherof Draw
ing and Painting, wi 1 resume- his professional du
ties in Augusta at an early day. nov 7
(XT' NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Tram ,
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows:
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -8 30
“ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00
“ “ Uranchville, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 m.
‘ “ Blackvilie, - “ -100 p. m.
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 600 a.m. v,;*;
“ “ Aiken, - “ - - 730
“ “ Blackvilie, “ - • 930
“ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30
“ “ Hranchville “ - - 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 m.
‘ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 OCp. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300 <
Distance—l 36 miles. Fare Through —$10ij00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for bieakfast and dinner, and nut
longerthan 5 minutes for wood and water at any
station.
To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
Sinealhs, Woodstock, Innbinet s 41 mile T. ().,
Hives’, Grahams, Wiileston, V'» incisor, Johnsons,
and Marsh’s T. u.
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock :r d
dineat Blackvilie; down, will breakfasi at A:k n
and dine at Summerville. may 21
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
HR W. EVANS' CELEBRATED SUOTHIKG
SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth. 1 his
infallible rchicdy lias preserved hundreds of chi.-
dren, when thought past recovery, Horn ccnvul- A
sions As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. The preparation is hR
so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no j
child wi:l refuse to let its gums he iut<l ed wilhii
U hen infants are at the age of sou- months, tbougii
there is no appearance of teeth, one bolt e ol die
syrup should be used on the gums, to open the
pores. Parents should never be without ihe Syrup
in the nursery wheie theieare young children ;foT
if a child wakes in the night with pain in the gums,
the Syrup immediate y gives ease, by opening the
pores md healing the gums; thereby preventinfi
convulsions, fevers, &,c. Sold only at Dt. Ihu
Evans- Medical Office, 100 Chatham sliect. New 1
1 ork, wliere the octor may be consulted on ailH
diseases of children.
PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICM 1 Os
Hr. EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP.—To theAgml
of Hr. Evans’ Si,oti,,ng Syrup: (.'ear Sii— the
g.eat benefit allorded to my sußering infant ty
your soothing Syrup in a ca.-e of protracted anil
painfu dentition, must convince tveiy feeling I*
lent how essential an caily application ol sue han
invaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery ami
torture. My infant, when teething, experience!
such acute suLermgs, that it was attacked wdi| ;
convulsions, and my wile aid family s pposedtlrai ?
death would soon release the babe from
till we procured a bottle of your Syrnp; wnnli*
soon as applied to the gums a wonderful chaliji
was produced, and after a few applications ttf
child displayed obvious re ief, and by continuing 1
its use, lam glad to inform \on the child has aw- .'
plctely recoveied. and no recurrence of that awk
complaint has since occurred; the teeth arc ems
nating daily and the child enjoys perfect health
I give you my cheerful permission lo make thii
acknow lodgment public, andwill gladly give an;
information on this circumsti nee
WM. JOHNSON’.
TONIC PILLS. —The power of Evans’ Commute
Pills aie such, that the palpitating heart, the tun
uloushand. the dizzy eye, and the flulleii. g mini
vanish befoie their effects like noxious vapors he
fore the benign influence of the morning sun-
They have long been successfully used for the 1 an
of intesmitlents, together with fevers of the irregu
lar nci vous kind, accompanied with visceiai 08
struetions.
Evans ’ Camomile Pills were fust introduced 16
America in 1835.
EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS an
purely vegetable, composed with the strictest pie
cision of science and of ait; tuey never piodw'
nausea, and arc warranted to cure the '
diseases which arise from impurities of the bloM -
viz:— Apopl-xy, Bilious Afleclions, Coughs , CoIIM
Ulcerated Sure Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asti, 11 ft. t'Bj $
/era, Liver <: umplaints , Discuses of the Kidnie » «-
Bladder, Affections peculiar lo Females, a d 11
tho«e diseases of wl atsuever kind to which ln'inai aj
nature is su- jeet, w heic the stomach is affected. 1
More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary rs m
caey oj Dr. Wm. Evans’celebrated Ci.ii.ot-. Ic-i
Aperient Anti-hilu.vs Pills, in alleviating ar ' 1,1 19
mankind. —Mr liobeit Cameron, HT Bowery' fFv
Disease—Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody Hn>c
Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels,
vere griping,frequent inclination lo go to stool. ’ 1
nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting,
quency of pulse, ami 11 frequent disc arge of
- foetid matter mixed with blood great delcU' * rg
sense of burning heat, with an intoleiable hcaiir- J
down of the parts. Nlr. Cameron is enjoying P e '
feet health, and returns his sincere thanks for lb* 1
extiaordinarv benel.ts lie has received.
Sold by ANTONY & HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta f
J. M.fc T. M. I’Ll NER,Suvanna!- -4
P. M. CuHP.N & <: O ., Charleston
SHARP X- ELLS, Milled..cvilic, !■
C. A. ELLS, Mai on,
A.W. MARTIN 1 I'i’syth
Wm. B. W r.LL. , Druggist, A Tern- •
MARK A. LANE. Washing!* n.
iuly 23