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ft CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14. Our readers will find in the letter of our Mil ledgcville Correspondent an important item of Legislative newt. —It U the refusal of the House of Representatives by a large majority, to lay on the table for the balance of the session the bill to create a new Rank of Ten Millions capital to he called the Central Rank. This Hank is to be a State Institution. We should like to know where the Capital is to come from 1 Is it not worse than folly for a Stale to talk aboat putting into operation a Bank of Ten Millions, when it is un able to pay off the members of the Legislature and its printing bills, without borrowing the mo ney ? Messrs. Joel Crawford, 'James Paris, and Jas. Liddell, as we learn by our Millcdgeville letter, have been elected Rail Roed Commissioners for tly State Road. The two first have been in of fice for two years past —the latter is a new mem ber, and takes the place of Dr. Hamilton. The Board is a good one ; the new meml)or. Mr. Lid dell, is a man of talents and sound judgment, and in our estimation, much'bctter suited for that station, than for Congress, to a scat in which, he aspired some years ago. We presume there was no good reason for turning out Dr. Hamilton, who is a highly intelligent man, unless it was to make a majority of the Board of the right com plexion of politics. As that had to be done, wo know of but few Union men heller qualified than Mr. Liddell. Four of our Representatives in Congress, Messrs. Cooper, Black, Colquitt and Nisbet have each made speeches on the New Jersey question* and we are happy to say that they are all upon the side of the Constitution and the laws of tho country. We look upon the decision of that question, as deciding tho question whether wo are in future to live under a government of law or under the decrees of Jacobins! aud revolution ary tribunals. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. W asm i notun, Dec. 9. The House is no’ yet organised, nor anything like it. We have had a quiet day. Messrs. Black, Colquitt and Nesbitt spoke severally, in support of the claim of the regularly commis sioned members to their scats. They consider that a proper regard for the rights of tho Htatos renders it necessary that those having the certifi cate of the Executive of the Stale, under the broad seal of tho State, should be recognised as members until (heir title is adjudged by the House of Representatives, to ho invalid. Other Statu Rights’ men, who are not Whigs, disagree with those gentlemen in opinion. These Cieorgiu Sub- Treasury Whigs, by the way, are all capital speakers, and will do honor to their State. It is to lie noticed that Mr. Noshil was clearly of opin ion that the members in dispute could nut vote in their own case. I think the majority of tho House is of that opinion. The rule of the House no doubt applies to the case. 1 never heard it questioned till Mr. \diuns decided that these members were not parties to the question, nor “interested in the event of it.” No member, heretofore, ever voted in his own ease, at a eon tested election. In the British Parliament, there is a standing rule, that when any question arises, touching the election, return, or privilege of a member, the member shall retire till the same he determined. Most of this day’s sitting was consumed in reading the documentary evidence in the case, at tho request of Dr. Duncan, who has tho floor. There is a great eagerness to speak upon the question. I don’t see that we are any nearer to an organization than we were before Mr. Adams was put iu the Chair, I think it not improbable that the Message will hr communicated by the President, to tho Senate, in the course of the week. The nomination of General Harrison for the Presidency, by the Harrisburg Convention, was received here with enthusiasm by a few, and with coldness by many of the Whigs. Mr. Clay says he is very glad that he is out of tho way. He did not, 1 fancy, wish to bo beaten again; and it was agreed by the Whigs, tho Convention, that he could neither carry Pennsylvania nor Ncw / York. What influence may be exerted upon tho political coni|*lrxion of the House of Kepresenta- V— tires by this movement, Ido not know, but it will be a very important one. Some think that Sou thern Whigs (proper)—i. e. stick-to-thc-caiidi dato-of-tho-Conveution-taen, will he scarce. It has been rumored that Mr. Clay will soon retire from the Senate. We shall bo sorry to lose him, but, in the quiet shades of Ashland, he will find more case as well as dignity, than in the scuffles of party politics. From our Correspondent. Millkdosvillk, Dec. 11, 1839. IK SENATE. Bills Reported. —Mr. Foster—To amend an Act to revise and consolidate the Militia Laws. Mr. Lewis—To repeal all Laws in force in this State, prohibiting our Citizens from giving to their promissory notes such form as they may deem prope;, Ac. On motion of Mr. Dunogan, the Senate disal lowed Mr. Go dou ot Chatham, the privilege to introduce a Bill authorizing the Chartered Hanks of this State to issue Post Notes.—Tho objection urged was, thatt he subject matter of the Hill had been already acte 1 upon by tho Senate. Bi is passed. —To alter and amend the claim Laws. To tepeal the Ist , 2d, 3d, 4th, slh, Cth, 7lh and Bth aeitions of the 13th Diviaion of the Penal Code ol this Stale. To incorporate a M mual Labor School in Floyd County. The Se i ate agree !to the Resolutions, appro printing $1 250, to d.ifray the expenses of Major (now General) Nelson's battalion, marched to the Okcfei-'ioke Swamp this Spring. They rejacted the Bill regulating the granting of letter* o I Guardianship. tic vat or namzat ii tat Ives. The H mse lefused to reconsider their rejec lion of various amendments tendered to the an propriati.m Pill, on yesterday. Bills Inti odwxd. Mr. Chappcll-To change Aa umc...fhohUg the Superior and Inferior Courts of Bibb and Crawford Counties i'Ue whole matter of tho coule.t„d election fk from Sumpter County, between Messrs. Pearce and Pickett, is made the special order for Thurs day. The Appropriation Act monopolized the day in the House, and was passed late in the after noon. The Senate to-day have been very wisely em ployed in reconsidering what they had with folly enacted on yesterday. The Resolutions for the forfeiture of the charters of the Western Bank and Ocinulgce Bank. The vote for reconsidcra. lion was taken about noon. In the House of Representatives, the Centra Bank Bill was elaborately discussed until dinner hour, when they adjourned, without any final action thereon. A vole was taken upon the mo tion to lay the subject upon the tabic for the hal. ance of the session, which was lost by a large ma jority. In the afternoon both branches convened in the Representative Chamber as the General As sembly, and elected three Commissioners foi the Western and Atlantic Rail Road.—Messrs. Craw ford and Furis were chosen on the first ballot, and Mr. Liddell on the fourth. The two Houses look recess until half past six o’clock—when they met and resumed their elec tions for Bank Directors upon the part of the State. The following gentlemen were chosen. PLANTERS* HANK. Myers, 144 Stiles, 144 No opposition, some scattering votes. HANK OF THK STATE OF OEOItOIA. Bulloch, 139 McAllister, 128 Miller, 118 Schley, 116 HANK OF T)ARI RN. McDonald, 113 Jewett, 101 Stewart, 104 Thorpe, 100 Bond, ioi Caldcr, 101 Thomas, no All are Union men, I believe, without a single exception. The Legislature ol Virginia have passed a law compelling tho Banks of that state to pay six per cent, per annum on all hills presented and not paid, during suspension, and forbidding the Banks to declare dividends until they resume, Mn. Jones.— “ Let tho Dunks comply with their promises,” has become a sort of cant phrase, among those who look only at one side of the question. I say, too, “Let them comply with their promises” ; but I go farther, and say, « Let the people first comply tuith their promises to the Banks," and the difficulties that surround the. Banks, will soon be all removed. How does tho account stand * Look at tho condensed statement recently published. The Banks owe the people, $3,017,348 18 Tho people owe the Bunks, 14,439,752 58 Now just let all accounts bo settled up by the people, and tho Banka will ask nobody any odds. Let the fourteen and a half millions of debt duo by the people to the Banks be extinguished, and the Banks will not be Jong paying the three mill ions they owe the people. I say therefore, again, “ Let the people comply with their promises to tho Banks,” before they set up a cry against them ; and let those who do not like the Banks have nothing to do with them. Up Country-. Missouri anh lowa.— The aspect of the quarrel between these two powers does not pro mise a speedy or a peaceable settlement. Seven delegates from each party met lately to negotiate some present ugiocmeut until the action of Con gress might he interposed lo effect a definite ad justment of tho question. The attempt was with out success; neither party would accept tho pro positions of the other, since each insisted upon the supremacy ot their respective governments over tho disputed district. The Burlington, lowa, Gazette, after detailing the particulars of tho unsuccessful negotiation, adds—-"Wo are very certain that if the authori ties of Missouri persist in exercising jurisdiction over the territory in dispute, before the decision of Congress is known, blood will most assuredly he spilt. The enterprising and hardy yeomanry of this country will submit to no other power than that of the United States and their own lo cal authorities, nor will they pay out their hard earnings to swell the treasury of any foreign government.” From our latest correspondence from Texas, we are happy to lie informed that our late fellow citizen, Gcu Felix Huston, has been electee! to the office of Major General, lor which he was a candidate. In N ucogdochos county, he has re ceived a large and overwhelming majority. At Jasper ho received alt the votes given; lit San Augustine he is ahead of all the candidates, and will leave Eastern Texas with more votes than all thecandidatcscombined. In Western Texas there exists little or no doubt of his election. We hope the expectations of Itis friends will be grati fied, as no man in that country probably is better qualified for the discharge of that highly respon sible and important office. —Natchez Courier Dec. 3. From the New Orleans Bulletin. Tcxns—Message of the President. This document, us could be expected, places that government in a very advantageous light to strangers; and while the President displays the public statesman, in presenting a favorable view ol home affairs, he evinces much candor and decision in disclosing her relations with foreign powers, and uu intimation of her future conduct towards the government of Mexico. Honored by the virtual acknowledgment of France of their separate, independent existence, he is assured that "England, and other nations’ of commercial distinction,” will soon tollow the example. “With the United Slates,’’ he says, “we re main upon the mast amicable terms,” and com plimenta the -generous feelings'’ which animate the “chivalry of the land." in high praises. In reference to their relations with Mexico, which forms fsr tho most important pan of the Message, he commences by staling that he had despatched an agent in March last to the capital, to propose terms of peace ; but the agent was not suffered to proceed beyond Vera Cruz; and says he had no confidence that Santa Anna would redeem the pledges made while a prisoner in the Texas camp. They have not been redeemed ; and wo think we are warranted, from several paru of the Mes- I > | Rage, tlnii it is the uncompromising intention of the President to recommence hostilities against that nation, as soon as the army and navy may become adequate to a successful undertaking. f That preparation is already partially made. — - “Whilst we have every reason,” says he, “to be satisfied with our military operations, we also find in the report of the Secretary of the Navy i much cause of congratulation. When the con y | tracts for increasing the number of our vessels, e | which are now in progress, shall have beencom k [ pleted, we shall lie in possession of a force fully 1 adri/unle to all the exigencies of marine defence, j From the annexed passage, it may easily be J perceived that “his voice,” like Scmpronius, “is still for war!” ( He say she is opposed to the “protracted slate r | of their differences with Mexico,” and ardently d desires to “bring them to a close, even should a - further resort i<> the sword be necessary!" — I ; From a disposition adverse to negotiation mani fested by Mexico, he says, “still I cannot per l' | ccive in the conduct of that government any ! thing which would justify in us the slightest re ,, | taxation in the preparations necessary to extort from it a peace, which their own sense of jus * j lice will not voluntarily accord”—that “it will c i continue to be my policy to place the country in r. I that position which will enable to meet with con (j fidenc a any crisis which may arise." In speak ing of national finance, he says, “we shall have an expensive navy to support, or resign the x Gulf; aline of military posts to maintain, or .. abandon the frontier; and a general preparation to make for the settlement of our national i/uter rel; or discard for once, and forever, all preten sions to ultimate coercion." In making these preparations, immense expen ditures have been employed, and still more re quired, and while “funds'for these objects can mot be raised unfelt by the nation,” ho exhorts llbc : people to “meet them with cheerfulness.” The loan obtained by the commissioner, of j $280,000, has been appropriated to the army mad ) navy. Four millions more are expected to be raised by the. sale of government bonds in Lon don. Could this desirable object he effected, it would infinitely increase the confidence of strin gers in the ability and solvency of the govism mont, and draw many emigrants to the country, who are still in doubt aliout the ultimate fate of that nation. The “Hoard for the examination and auditing: of claims against the Government,” established by the last Congress, proceeded to the discharge of the duties of their office, according to the rcgtn lations of the act, until the 13th of July, when, they were suspended by the Executive. Wee know not what authority the act may confer ore e the Executive ; hut by the constitution of hw government, he has no right to suspend a public act solemnly declared by the legislative poweraof the land. That instrument enjoins him to “see n that the laws be faithfully executed,” but no. x where empowers him to suspend their opera-- it Regarding the honor of his country, he speaks. p in strong and emphatic terms against the “iniqui ties” practiced upon the republic by refugees from foreign justice. “For the congress of a; h young republic,” says he, “proud of its chivaJiry, and courting the confidence of other nation** to ’ do aught that might legalize these iniquities, or 0 to refuse to adopt any measure to bring them to 1 light, would, I fear, have a tendency to strength ! en those unfounded prejudices, already too in veterate, which many people abroad entertain ' against our national character.” This part of I the message exhibits a moral and honorable hcar , ing, highly becoming the chief magistrate of a na- I tion. The document taken as n whole, is an able and well-drawn exposition of the affairs of the repub l lie—will produce a favorable impression abroad, and he read every where with interest. Mexico.—We take the following letter tac a* commercial house in New Orleans, from the 1 t 7 Courier of the 6th : “Matamoras, Nov. 15. Since my last, this department has been sub jected to an inroad of Tcxtans, Indians and Mcx ■ icans, who succeeded in capturing the division under Col. Rayon, stationed at Mier, and after disarming the soldiery, arc said to have retired with their booty, cannon, &e., until a junction be> formed with other reinforcements, when their purpose is to attack this place. We know not as yet whether any reliance can las placed in this re port, but active preparations are making for the reception of the enemy, and preparations ate al ready in a forward state. The disposable garri son consists of 1200 men, amply sufficient, with resolution , to repel any attack made by the oppo site party, it their force does notexcccd 700 men, as reported.” , The Natchez Courier of the 2d instant., con i fains a full list of alt the deaths that occurred in that city from the Bth September, when the first r Base of yellow fever was reported, to the cessa tion of the epidemic, on the 30th November. . During that period the whole number of deaths , was 235; of which, 96 occurred in September, , 135 '•> October, and 31 in November. Os these, r about one half the residue the nature of the dis r o,,se Wlls not specified. Very few of those who r had resided a long time in the city were number . 63 among the victims. During the epidemic of I 1837 ’ 'n the months of September and October j there died 244 persons. In estimating the com parative fatality of the two epidemics, it i* to bo remembered that in 1839 the greater part ai the population left the city, which was not tha fact in 1837. r J o*l-88 OK TUB DkaTII WATCH. Tlaf mflu cnco of superstition and ignorance is a.rtonash t in ly great!—As one proof, what dismoy and j uneasiness has not the watch-like ticking of this I grub often excited among all descriptions sf per- I sons 1 and, indeed, as a writer in u certain. peri , odical remarks, “ That an insect, almost invisi , Wo, should, in regularity oLtime and distinctness of sound, imitate a machine which has employed r so ntany hands in its construction, and coiajunsed . of wheels and springs, with the utmost ingenuity, is above all ordinary comprehension.” It was only within a few years past that I considered these visitors as solitary and nightly disturb*™ since which, 1 have accidentally discovered that this in by no means the case. Having occasion to stretch a piece of silk-paper, moistened with ' glue-water, on a square frame, I was frequently » sui prised, at different hours of the day, by a t noise similar to what we are accustomed to hear in a watch maker’s window, full of watches, and 1 distinctly audible at five or six yards distance. I i soon found that ray frame was occupied as a l drum, by numbers of Uiese little gray vermin, not much larger than mites; and was thus enabled f to identify the performers, and witness the harm , lessness of their music ; and 1 think it more s than probable that, could these little creatures of ! tener meet with a proper tympanum, we should more frequently hear them at ceitain seasons, when their little drumming, which, no doubt' concerns their own social community, is con stantly heard by their companions, though inau dible to us. Monks or tub Screw—A celebrated society under this name, partly political and partly con vivial, existed in Dublin, in 1779. John Philpot Curran, the first prior of the order, supplied the brotherhood with ahymn, invoking them to ab stinenee and mortification, in this wav : “My brethren be ebaste till you're temnted While sober.be wise and discreet: ’ And humble your bodies by fasting, As oft as you’ve nothing' to eat.”’ Here are beautiful sentences from the petP*|| Jat Coleridge. Nothing can be more eloquent—no thing more true. ] as Comfort of Children. —Call Hot that man ani wretched who, whatever else he suffers as to pain inflicted, pleasure denied, has a child for whom c a he hopes and on whom he doats. Poverty may 64 grind him to the dust, obscurity may cast its darkest mantle over him, the song of the gay ec may be far from bis own dwelling, and his voice ‘u be unheeded by those among whom he dwells even pain may rack his joints, and sleep may flee from his pillow, Iml he has a gem, vith which he would not part for wealth delying computation, for fame filling a world’s ear, for the luxury o( he the highest health, or for the sweetest sleep that ai ever sat upon a mortal’s eye. cc r an A Madman’s Frolic. —Michael Kelley, in til his “Dramatic Recollections,” relates, with great th effect, a story that Mrs. Mattocks, the actress, sa I told him. Who went to Bedlam with some a friends, and the keeper pointing to one cell which ' i they had not seen, said, “Here's one in here who is perfectly quiet so long as you don’t contradict a { him. Mind, I say if you don’t contradict him.” jp Accordingly they entered the cell, and saw a pale as faced melancholy looking man, with dark eyes, which had a penetrating brightness peculiar to (•> madmen. He was in deep thought as they cn- j’ 1 tered. The party having satisfied their cariosity, " were about retiring, when, said Mrs. Mattocks, _ he seized me by the wrist, shutting the door and placing his back against it, and held me in his Jinn grasp, “Well, young woman,” said be, “you’re in a comical situation here, shut in with a mad man.” f “Sir,” said I. J “But you need’nt be alarmed—you are per f fcctly safe; they told you 1 was harmless, did’nl ; they ! You need’nt answer. Arc you fond of C j drawing! I know you are. What is this! he B ! concluded, holding up a bit of paper. n “A ship,” said I. “A ship, is it? You call my tree a ship do 1 .you?” ti “Yes, yes,” said I, “it is a ship.” a “Oh,and pray what is this!” _ Obliged to say something, and not knowing what he thought it was, I answered “A house,” which it was. ' J “A house, eh!” So saying, he pulled a clasp knife from his pocket, and opening it with his teeth, at the same time swinging me round the J cell with his huge arm, said, “Now, is it a house 1 or not!” 1 “It is, it is.” * “Then I’ll tell you what it is then—this is a r dolphin.” ) Then holding up his knife and knashing his | teeth, “(fan you tell me what this is, and no mis- <- take!” “A knife,” I answered. “Right for once,” said he. “And can you tell , me what I shall do with it!” 1 I trembled, and shook my head in silent nega- . live. < “I’ll tell you what I shall do with it; I shall— scrape my charcoal .” A slump orator who wished to gammon some Germans just previous to an election, in order to j obtain their votes, observed that though he was t not a German himself, he had a brother who was I ■remarkably fond of German sausages. j > The following laconic epistle may he seen in ! tlie window of a coffee house in Featherstone ‘ street, City road : “Stolen from this window, a * china cup and saucer; the set being now incoin- * plete, the thief may have the remainder at a bar- t gain.” c - I Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road. * Hamburg, December 12, 1839. c Stovall, Simmons & Co.; J. Vincent; Rees & j Beall; T. Toben; J. W. &T. S. Stoy; H. Cum- o ming; R. Allen; J. Coskery; H. Hnttier; T. Daw- son; A. Purmelee; S. Buford; Wright, Bull & I Co.; A. Roberts; W. K. Kitchen; B. W. Force ® & Co.; G. Parrott; I. Levy; Jeffers & Boulwarc; c J. F. Benson; 11. W. Sullivan. COMMERCIAL. Latest dates from Liverpool, Nov. 16 Latest dates from Havre Nov. 13 p New Orleans, Dec. 7. h Cotton —Arrived since the 3d instant, of Louisi- h ana and Mississippi 11395 bales, Tennessee and N. a Alabama 958, Arkansas 827, Texas 100, together, a 13280 bales. Cleaved in same time; fur Liverpool 1 7730 bales, Havre 3948, VVestlndies 601, N. York n 793, Ilaltimore 4, together 13076 bales —making an • addition to stock of 204 bales, and leavingon hand, f inclusive of all on shipboard not cleared on the 7th 1 instant, a stock of 117435 bales. “ Previous to the receipt of the news by the Brit- ? isli Queen, which did not arrive until about 2p. m. j ( on Wednesday, there was a tolerably fair business ,j doing in our market, about 3000 bales having chan- c ged bands,and generally at prices a fraction higher ~ than were current a day or two before; but after the above adv'ces from Europe were received, f, nothing more was done during that day, OnThurs- 1 day, the market exhibited a heavy appearance, as t buyers did not come forward very frceiy, and the d sales, which amounted to some 2500 bales, were C generally made at a small decline on the lower p qualities. Yesterday was a dull day also, the sales v being not over 1500 bales, and again at rather w drooping prices. The liner grades of cotton arc not tl so abundant as they were, and prices for these H have been maintained, but for the lower qualities li we reduce our quotations a4of a cent. The sales a during the week amount to 17000 bales, and for a the last three days to 7000, which we particularly t( notice as follows, viz: 40 bales Louisiana and Mis- P sissippi at cents, 24 at 9; 853 at Bjj; 264 at 94- h 880 at Sj; 839 at Sjf; 300 at 8|; 176 at—; 67 at b 84; 55 at 84; 350 at Sjj; 42 at 8; 76 at BJ, 300 at 84; 10 at 94; 55 at 11; 350 at 8g; 700 a mixed lot *' of Mississippi and Tennessee at 84; and 1100 do. £ do. at 84 cents. ” LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS. n| La. and Miss. Tenn. and N. Ala. n Ordinary, 6J a74 Ordinary, 'I Middling, S aSj Middling, I Fair, 9 a— Fair, Y6| a 9 Good fair, 9jf alo4 Good fair, extremes Good !s line 11 a— Good & line ■ -c c< t air crops, —a el STATEMENT OF COTTON. m 1839. Oct. 1, stock on hand, 15824 j,. Receipts last three days 13250 t r “ previously, 195062 208342 n , ai 224166 p, Exports last three days, 13076 “ previously, 93655 106731 Stock on hand, 117435 Sugar—Louisiana —The better demand, noticed m in our last, has continued, and a tolerably fair bu- pi sincss was done on Wednesday and Thursday, from G the Levee, generally at our previous prices—say ai 44 a 54 cents—though we are advised of one or m two small lots of quite inferior quality having been sold at 4 cents. The market has a good supply of ea all descriptions, except very choice parcels; but ur there are some 400 a 500 hhds at the Levee, yet to P n be landed, the quality of which is not yet ascer tained. We have heard of some two or three sales b ! on plantation, and notice particularly one of 80 a S' 1 100 hhds very choice at 5$ cents; a'nd one of 130 88 hhds at 5 cents. Havana Sugars continue very dull ,ir at former prices. do Molasses —The supply on the Levee has been m only moderate, but there seems to have Lccn rather °, n less activity in the demand, within the past few- ch days, and some sales have been made a little low- m ! er than previously. We now quote at 25 a27 cts V' per gallon, remarking that the latter price can be ' obtained for very small parcels only. We arc ad vised of a contract for about 50,000 gallon.,,on plan- v* ' ♦ t * yon, at but we understand that crops ( notice no miteflal change sin<% ouK st. The slock of all descriptions is not large, id Hams and shoulders are becoming rather scarce, r’e quote as heretofore —say for f lams, 10 a 11 cts; anvassed do 10-j a Sides, 8 a 8J; Shoulders, J a 7 cents. Ijfird —None of any consequence has been rcceiv 1, for some time past, and the stock is reduced to ut a moderate quantity, though the demand cou nties to he confined to small parcels for consump on. We still quote at 94 a 10J cents, remarking lat the small sales of good quality are generally at ae latter price. Flout ■ —The receipts, since our last report, have ecu very trifling, hut the increased probability of rise in the Ohio river, and some other circumstan es, have induced holders to yield a little in prices, nd the consequence has been a rather larger amount f business for the past three days than for some ime previous. The quantity sold yesterday and he day before,amounts to about 2000 bbls. and the ales for the three davs may be estimated at 2500 2800 bbls. The principal part, so far at we have con able to learn, was lorj home use, and brought >6 a 6 70, though we note one sale of 000 bbls or export at $0 70. Some sales have been made ts 6 50, for superfine. The stock is at present imited, but we may expect further supplies soon, s we have news of a rise in the Ohio river. Whiskey —There is a fair supply, considering hat the demand is limited to small parcels, and irices remain the same; say, 42 a 43 cents per gal on for Cincinnati rectified, of which description lie stock principally consists. MARINE INTELLIGENCE Savannah, Dec. 11. Arrived since cur last. —Steamboats Lamar, 'reswell, Augusta; Hamburg, Wood, do; Chat lam, Wray, do. Charleston, December 13. Cleared—Ship Inez, Cook, Havre; C. L. b rig Cordelia, Sherwood, New York; schr Mandarin, Burrows, Baltimore; schr Nimrod, Bishop, Balti more. Went to sen yesterday —Schr Virginia Antoinette Place, West India. In the effing —Ship Jacob Perkins, Bisson, Bos ton; new U. L. brig Moon, Sturges, New fork, and line brig Solon, Baltimore [Communicated.] To His Honor the Mayor, and City Council of Au gusta and its Citizens. Gentlemen,—l have read in the public prints of Augusta, that you intend buying the bridge across the Savannah river, commonly called the “Augus ta Bridge,” and will give the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the same, provided the lilies he satisfactory. I can give yon nothing new on this point, for all Augusta knows the fact,yet it may bn proper lobring them to your mind anew, mid ex press to you my full intention to perform that duty due to myself,as well os that due toothers In the year 1813, one Lewis Cooper and myself, contracted with W alter Leigh and Edward Rowell, then proprietors of the Ferry-right across the Sa vannah river, for the sum of eight thousand five hundred dollars,tor the purpose of building a bridge. And on the 17lh of August, in the same year, we commenced the enlerprize now in question. The Legislature of South Carolina granted us a charter in 1813, and stipulated the lolls to be re ceived lor twenty-one years. In 1814, the Legisla- ' lure of Georgia granted a similar charter to John Kinne and Henry Shultz, for twenty years, Cooper having sold his interest, being one half, to John McKinne.) McKinne and myself paid the stipulated sum of eight thousand five hundred dol lars to the said Leigh & Howell, in the year 1814, and took their bond for titles, and completed the bridge as it now stands, whereby it became the ab solute properly of John McKinne and Henry Shultz, and if said properly is now claimed by any other man or men, the; must make a clear showing how it lias become theirs. —Lawyers’ opinions, constructions, and fine speeches, to tickle the ear, will not do. I want acts, for it becomes ours by acts; we not only gave our money to the amount of $73,G00, but two years hard labor by myself, in particular, for its erection, and to promote the pub lic ns well as our private good, was our design.— The first object has been fully realized—the sec ond, from certain causes, has failed. I will pro ceed 11 relate those causes: On the Ist day of July, 1816, John McKinre and myself resolved to form a Company and act as Bankers, and that that com pany should be called the “Bridge Company of Augusta”—should issue hills commonly called Bank Bills, and those bills to be worded and sign ed in the following manner - “The Bridge Compa ny of Augusta promise to pay to A. 8.,0r Bearer, on demand, dollars,at iheiroffice. Augusta, Georgia dale. year. And to bo signed. • JOHN McKINNE, ) Pm . , HENRY SHULTZ, ) lro P netor “ The emblem of the Bridge to be on the face of every bill, and a cenam portion ot our private pro perly set apart as a joint slock for the payment of the joint debts, and so entered in the Company’s books, lobe kept for their transactions: in which boohs an entry of the following property,and valu ation was fixed and mado The Bridge, to the amount ol $75,000; Bridge Row, to SZS,OUO, and two tracts of land in South Carolina, lo $5,000 — making the whole stock amount los 105,000, at that period, independent of some cash ana personal properly, for its immediate operation. During their progress, the proprietors agreed to buy a lot on Broad-street, more suitable lor their business, and lo build on it a brick house more sale to l lie Instutilion, and lo fake this properly in exchange ft r Bridge Row, which were wooden houses, and dispose of the latter, by sale, which agreement was carried into effect by Henry Shultz, but the Com pany received the proceeds. In the year 1818,1 desired to leave this country for my native land, and on the 21 st day of April, 1818,1 transferred all my interest in said Bridge Company to BarnaMcKinne, on the following con ditions, viz :—He to fake all my interest in the Company, pay all the debts due by me to the Com pany, which was $63,000, and pay, in conjunction with John McKinne, all the Bridge Company’s hills we had issued. The transfer did in no way change Lite principle in the affairs laid down hy John Me lt i line and myself. It was a mere change ol men, like one President or Director of a Bank goes out ind another comes in, or one co-partner leaves a concern and another lakes his place. These mat ters wore made know-ti to the public, through the public Gazettes in Augusta, by both parties, and here are the publications: “Notice—The subscri ber, intending in May next to leave this country for Europe, respectfully iniotms the public that he Ims sold out his entire interest in the Bridge Com pany of Augusta, (Bridge Row excepted,) unto Mr. Barna McKinne, consisting of the bridge across he Savannah river, the Bridge Company’s Bank, ind lands in South Carolina, with all other proper y thereto belonging whatsoever, which he lately teld jointly with Col Job i McKinne. (Signed) HENRY SHULTZ. Januar> 20th, 1819.” "Notice —Henry Shultz, intending to leave this ;ountry, has sold to ilia Inst of Iho undersigned, his mlire interest in the Bridge Company of Augusta. Sot ice i« I here tore hereby given, that the subscri iers will continue the prompt and faithful redemp ioti ot the Bridge bills, signed by John MeKlnne ind Henry Shultz, as heretofore, and render such iccommodalion as may occasionlfy be in their lower. (Singed) JOHN McKINNE, “ BARNA McKINNE hmuary 26ih, 1819.” On the 3d of May, 1819, John Barna McKinne nad-the first mortgage of their private property to my their private debts lo the Bank of the State of Georgia, in w inch mortgage the bridge was named; ind on the loth of .lithe, in the same year, they nade a second mortgage, as it appear.*, in lieu of he first—and here are the words- “Whereas the aid John McKinne, m his own individual right nd capacity, and on his own account, and as a innner of the late Hiercanti'e house or firm, known y the name of McKinne and Company, stands ha le and indebted to the Bank ol the state ofGeor ia, in the sum ol timely thousand dollars, either s the drawer, endorser, or acceptor of several romisory notes and hills of exchange, drawn en arsed,and accepted hy the said John McKinne ihts ow n name and on his own account, and also n several other promisory nobs and hills of ex hange.drawn,endorsed, ami accepted by the late icrcantilehouse orfirm of McKinne andCompa- V, of which mercantile house or firm, the said ahn McKinne was a partner.” The following is the property embraced in said torlgage (or ihe payment of the above debt ; “Ist All that lot or parcel ot land, situate, lying. and being in the c:tyVT Augusta, county of Rich. » mond nWi .State aforesaid, known and designate,) I as alcKinne's warehouse square, &e. Ac. 2d The following named eighty negro slaves I that is to say, Andrew, Plenty, Kobm, Ac. fee. ' I 3d The Bridge across the Savannah River,oppu. I site the city of Augusta, commonly called the An. gttsla Bridge, together with all and singular i) le 1 rights, members, Ac Ac ” The warehouse square was the private pronertv ! of John McKinne. -M The eighty neg.o slaves were the private pro- is petty of John and Barna McKinne. But the Bridge is the copartnership properly 0 f 4 the Bridge Company. The Bank of the Stale of Georgia Ims been f„ r I these many years endeavoring to make this enpa r (. ■ ncrdiip property subject to the payment ol t) le a foregoing private debts. There have been various 1 decrees in both States, but no final decision Ins 1 ever been had, but I unliesiialingly say the Courts ■ must decide, and will decide with justice iu the I case, and all that is necessary, is to bring all the 9 facts properly before them, w hich, as yet, never has J been done. The it denaking of my great enterprises, requir- 1 cd all my t lent and lab irot which 1 was possess- 1 ed. I engaged and confided in a man, to give hl« fa attention in this important mailer for me, and paid H him one thousand dollars for his services, but ii au ■ turned out,that lie received five thousand dollars | on the other side of the question, and gave his sen I vices accordingly, but finally, he served himself I more than he did either or both of us, and I Brietlmupt was that man ; he is dead and gone, im/ ' we will close Ids career here; ThefoUowii g certificate, will exhibit the affairs j of the Bridge Company, and Henry Shultz and J. McKinne, by the way ol property, subject to taxa tion. The Bridge is not included in the Bridge Com pany’s properly because it vvusjnot considered tax able properly. Bridge Company of Augusta, for 1818. Houses and lo sin Augusta, 1880,000 00 $250 00 Three Negroes, 93; Bills in circulation, 252,117 23 6,302 931 HENRY SHULTZ, 1818. Houses and lots m Augusta, 43,000 j Three Negroes, [ 135 811 One two-wheel Carriage, ) JOHN McKINNE, 1818. 405 acres of Land, Wilkerson, 015 do do Richmond, first quality Swam;', 300 do of Land. Clarke, Houses and lots in Augusta, $127,00 2 Commissions, 6 Lots in Springfield, t,OOO | 83 Negroes, >-$450 31 1 Four-wheel Carriage, 1 1 Two-w heel Carriage, J Comptroller General’s Office, Geo.) MMedgeville, May 7th, 1832. j I certify that the above and foregoing, is truly copied from the digest of taxable property for the county of Richmond, for the year 1818, filed in this office. JAMES BOZEMAN, Comj trnller General On the 24th of May, 1819, the Bridge Company’s Bank suspended specie payment, an act at that time considered a crime, but has now become the order of the day. The suspension of which, made null nnd void, mv liansler to Barna McKinne itself, and a re transfer to me, of all his interest, was agreed upon the same day, and was oarried into effect, in writing, at a subsequent period, and I accordi: gly, on the next day, say the 25th, advanced $15,000 cash, to pay off individual de osites that had been made in the Bridge Bank, and all of which, were so I paid off And John McKinne and myself, procec l ed forthwith lo wind up and pay off the debts of the Ins itulion; and the following is a statement ol i;« affairs and the success ol our efforts, up to the 3il of March, 1821. That we had taken up and paid off, between Ihe stoppage of the Bank, say the24th May, 1819, until the 3d March, 1821, say twenty, one months, Ihe sum of 8374,054 51), and me did not pay 25 or 50 cents in the dollar, but paid dollar fiir i dollar, and would have in a few more months not'd the balance, had we not been nefariously with. The result of all these transactions will be given at an early date, I repeat what, has been said here tofore, that all mv enterprises have been crowned with success, and shall now endeavor to balance accounts between mv fellow men nnd myself, and have that, that is due to myself, and give that, that is due to others. The Supremo Ruler of nil things, will intercede in the accomplishment of these de signs. Total amount of hills prepared for issue by Ihe Bridge Company of Augusta, in the years IHI6, 1817, 1818. $641,972 62 Mutilated bills destroyed, $4,905 25 ( n hand at the stoppage of the Bank, nnd de stroyed hy fi re, 21 st. J uly, 1819. inpresenceof John McKinne, Henry Shultz, Wm. V. Han sell nnd John T. Lamar, 175,300 30 Bills taken up hy John McKinne nnd Henry Shutlz since the sus pension of the Bank, which took place on the 24th May, 1819; taken up and destroyed by fire, by J. McKinne, 95,731 00 Mutilated A change bills destroyed by fire, 14,02125 Larger denominations de stroyed by fire, 6,100 00 In Courts, paid lor judg ments, but bills not de livered, 11,942 25 May, 1823, taken up by the proprietors and de livered by 11. Shultz to Col. J. Hutchinson, Col. B. F. Whitner, fNaiici Col. C. Briethaupt, Committee, and des troyed by fire in the public square in liam „ burg, 239,709 25 Paid but not token up, 2,000 00 May 4, 1824, deslroyud, 4,550 75 '•». $554,260 06 To balance outstanding, lor the payment of which 87,712 56 the Bridge and Bridge Banking House are re sponsible, and shall bo so applied, $641,972 62 $641,972 62 J he foregoing gives the facts ; I have expressed my intentions, as <ar as I have gone, nnd shall pro ceed with tho same principle hereafter. They are entirely at your disposal, whatever use you may deem advisable to make of them. \V itb due respect, gentlemen. I am yours, (Signed) HENRY SHULTZ. Hamburg, S. C N0v.23, 1839. Hamburg. S. C., December 13, 1839 Col. John McKinne ; Sir: My experience nnd perseverance have given extraordinaty results for I tie public good, and entitle me lo extraordinary reward- I intend to have that reward, and if men will not give it, 1 shall lake it Men have clandestinely taken my pnr-e and my good name; they shall restore them again. \ou were for a timoconnecled with me in those works. 1 have spoke about them to the world, will you like a man confirm or deny the truth of them? I'o me gold is trash, when principle is in question. 1 call myself a man that can speak truth. I call myself an honest man, if the world does not admit either,my acts shall decile HENRY SHULTZ „ „ Augusta, Dec. 13th, 1939- Henry Shultz, Esq Sir —\our note of this morning is received, in quiring whether or not I agree with you,as to the correctness of the facts in your letter lo the Hon. a Uty Council of thi. city—l have i'o hesitation ic> '•’ty»'bat the statements above alluded to, are on tircly correct, as tar as I know or believe, and my connection with them, could not otherwise than make them familiar lo Yours Ac, JOHN McKINNE, ffj’A CARD. —Mr. Richards, Teacher of Draw ing and Painting, will resume his professional du ties in Augusta at an early day. nov 7 ITT EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— At sight, and at one to twenty days sight. For sale by nov 23 GARDELLE & RHIND. Dr. I, M. ROBERTSON has removed his Office to No. 302, on the south side of Broad st., immediately opposite the Auction store of .Messrs. Russell, Hutchinson & Co. ts dec 2