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I A net reviled el the exhibition of the Blind,at the Finl Preohyterian 'Church, January •3 d, 1838, by JOSEPH B. SMITH, a Blind Boy, The bird that never tried hf« wing, Can blithely hop and iweelly ting, Tho’ prison'd in a narrow cage, Till hit bright fealhera droop with age, So I, tho’ never bleated with tight, Shut out (torn Heaven'i surrounding light, Life's hour* and days and yean enjoy, Tho’ blind, a merry hearted boy. That captive bird may never float Through Heaven, or pour his thrilling note 'Mid shady groves by pleasant streams, That sparkle in the soft moon lieama. But he may gaily flutter round Within his prison's scanty bound, And give his soul to song, for ha Ne'er longs to lasts sweet liberty. Oh! may I not as happy dwell Within nine unillumin’d cell? May I not leap, and sing, and play. And torn ray constant night to day? I never saw the skies, tho sea— The earth was never green te me: Then why—oh! why should I repine For blessings there were never mine? Think not that blindness makes me sad— My thoughts, like yours, arc often glad: Parents I have, who love me well— Their diflerent voices I can tell. Tho’ far and absent I can bear. In dreams their music meet my ear. (a there a star so dear above As the low voice of one wc love? I cannot see my father's face— But rm his forehead when I place My hand, and feel the wrinkles there. Left less by time than anxious care, I fear the world has sights of woe To knit the brow of manhood so. 1 sit upon tny farther's knee— He’d love me loss if I could see. I never saw my mother smile— 'Her gentle tunes my heart beguile; They fall like distant melody, They are so mild and sweet to me. Nhe murmurs not, rny mother dear— But sometimes'l have kissed the tear From her soft cheek, to tell the joy One smiling word would give her boy. Right merry was I every day, Pearless to rdn about and play With sisters, brothers, friends and all, To answer to their sudden cull; To join tho ring—to speed the chase— To find each playmate’s hiding place— To pass my hand across his brow To tell him—l could do it now. Yet tho’ delightfuljflew the hours, Ao passed in childhood's peaceful flowers, When dll were gone to school but I, >1 deed to sit at home and sigh; And tho’ I never longed to view Thu earth so green, and sky so blue, I thought I’d give the world to look Along the pages of a book. Now, since I’ve learned to rend and write, My heart is filled with now delight; And music, too—can there be found A sight a i beautiful as sound! Telt me, kind friends, in one short word, Am I nut like the captive bud? i live in song, in peace, in joy— Tho’ blind, a merry hearted boy. From the Bouton Mercantile Journal. VICTORIA, OR THU DIFFERENCE IN OPINION. •‘lt in really amusing,” autd Ito rny friend, ■"to read the many fulsome paragraphs, Hood ing every column ol a newspaper and maga zine, respecting the tluecn Victoria of Eng land, and then bring our mind to tho reality of what Victoria is; —no more or Jess than a plain, homely girl, of between eighteen and nineteen Summers. Were she the angelic creature, the earthly paragon, which she has been represented to be, every bachelor’s heart would leap with delight that she was tree to marry whom she pleased.” My Incnd made no reply to this long exor dium, and I resumed: —“Few bachelors how ever, who arc sure of their bread and cheese for a twelvemonth, would care fur the heart or hand of the youthful Victoria; for though young and a queen, she is nevertheless as ugly as our pussy-cat.” Our friend started with astonishment— “Pon honor this is no table,’ wc continued, ‘Tor we have had a squint at her three differ ent times, when she was a careless girl saun tering about London, seeing the lions.” She and her mother, the Duchess of Kent, were taking ait airing in Hyde Park one Sabbath afternoon, and all eyes wore turned towards the carnage. “Who can that bo !” said I to my framd, who had a touch ol' “Bond street” about bun. “Victoria,” said he. ‘‘Victoria!’* “Ave —heir apparent to the British throne,” “Fudge—that girl—that ugly—” “Whist —she’s an angel—she’s a paragon ehe's a— “Nonsense,” said I;—and we went on, squinting at N. P. W., as large as life, with ins new claret, high boots, white kids, etc. etc., till we were lost in the crowd of anna bios, fashionables, etc. • *♦*••• Again—we droped in at Drury Lane—there sat the Duchess of Kent, and the youthful Victoria at her side, as plant as a pipe stem. Now my lovely, thought 1, I’ll have another squint at you ; and 1 put my quizzurs on, and she magnified horribly. Oh,what a complex ion 1 What features ! What thick lips ! O thought I, you don’t catch me to marry that girl tor her beauly; ana then i turned my eyes to witness the inimitable performances of the peerless Ellen Tree, (for she was in London that time,) and soon forgot all about the youth ful—the smiling—the happy Victoria. ******* Again—l strolled into Kensington Har dens. It was a Yankee forenoon as to time, but a London midnight—smoke and fog—us to appearance. I had my “sprig” with mo. “What old house is that yonder,” said I. “ Thai! —that is Kensington Palace,” said tie sharply. “Kensington Palace ! —i* that a palace ? who lives there! “The Dutchess of Kent, and her daughter Victoria, said he, with a long sigh, as lie cast hi* eyes towards the ancient domain. “Victoria !” said I, astonished. “Aye—England’s flower—the lilv of the vale.” “Pshaw !" “Whiat! There —there —look—yonder— look for yourself,” said he, raising Ins canepn the direction of her window. I looked eagerly, and there stood, sure e nough, the youth—the smiling Victoria, us homely as eotr, in her nighl cap ! A man seeing an oyster vender pass by, called out, “Give me a pound of oysters.” "We sell oysters by measure, not by weight,” replied Ihe J other. "Well,” said he, “give me a yard of them.” ' Excerpts,/com the Cluckmaktr,or sayings and doing of Samuel Slick. “.Society is something like a barrel of pork. The meal that's at the t4Mbr sometimes not so good as that that’s IftlWPaiii lower down, the upper and lower eend are plangy apt to have a little taint in ’em, but the middle is always good. Iranian dint hoe his corn, and he dont get a crop,he says ’tis all owing to the Bank; i and if he runs into debt and issued, why he I says the lawyers are a curse to the country. We can do without any article of luxury i we’ve never had, hut when once obtained it is not in human natur to surrender it volun tary. When a fellow is too lazy too work, he paints his name over Ins door, and calls it a tavern, and as like as not he makes a whole neighborhood as lazy as himself. When i sec a child I always feel safe with those pwonien folks; for 1 have always found that the road to a woman’s heart is through her child. Never tell folks you can go a head of ’em, but do it. It spares a great deal of talk, and helps them to save their breath to cool|their broth. Politics makes a man as crooked as a pack does a pcdler; nut that they are so awful heavy neither, but it teaches a man to stoop, in the lung ran. There is a pi mgy sigh', of truth in them are old proverbs. They are d stilled taels steamed down to an essence. They arc like portable soup an urnuzin deal u’ matter in a small compass. They are na true as a plum line, and us short and sweet as sugar camly. When you have too many irons in the fire, some on ’em will get stone cold, ami t’other onbs will gel burnt, so they will nev er be good in natur. Now is the time to lam’ when you a r e young. Store your mind well, and the fra grance will remain long arter the rose shed its leaves. The otter of ruse is stronger than the rose, a plangy sight more valuable. Natur is natur, whenever you find it—in rags or in King’s robes; where the butler is spread with the thumb, ,as well as with the silver^knife. All folks that grow up right olf like a mushroon, in one night, arc apt to think no small beer of themselves. Nothing sets up a woman’s spunk like callin her ugly—she gets her back right tip. like a cut w. en a strange dog comes near her; she is all eyes, claws and bristles. Make a (armor of him, and you will have the salisfacton of seeing him an honest, in dependent and respectable member of so ciety—more honest than traders, more in dependent than professional men, and more respectable than either. A saw Specimen of Yankhi Inuemcitt.— A gentleman residing at Troy, a frontier town in Vermont, writes his friend in Uostou : “A curious method has been adopted to smuggle arms into Canada, for the use of the patriots. It is well known that a number of girls from the northern section of Vermont, as well as the comignmis part of Lower Canada, find employment in the factories at Lowell. Mass. It has sometimes been the case, when a death has occurred amongst their number, that the body has been sent to the friends of the de ceased for burial. During the past summer it was observed that an unusual number of cof fins had passed along, frequently accompan ied by mourners. Two or three had some times passed at a time, which occasioned re ports that some terrible malady was raging at Lowell Since the present difficulties occur red in Canada, someone, having the fear of her Majesty before his eyes, suspected that these coffins contained other arms than those of a female corpse, and he assumed the res ponsibility of opening one, when, behold, ri fles, guns pistols, and swords, “looking dag gers” at him, as a voice seemed to thunder in his ear “shut pan !” and he fled for protec tion behind the bayonets of British soldiers. “How many bright eyes grow dim—how ma ny soft checks grow pale—how many lovely forms fade away into the tomb, and none can tell the cause that blighted their loveliness. As tilt dove will clasp its wings to its side, and cover and conceal the arrow that is preying upon its vi tals, so it is the iialuie of woman to hide from the world the pangs of wounded affection. The love of a delicate female is always shy and silent. Even when fortunate, she scarcely breathes it to herself; but when otherwise, she buries it in the recesses of her bosom, and there lets it cower and brood among the ruins of her pc.ico. * * « • Look a little farther for her, and you find Friendship weeping over her untimely grave, and wondering that one who but lately glowed with all the radienco of health and beauty, should so speedily bo brought down to darkness and the woim.” Washington Irving. The Providence Herald, in talking of the propensity of some people to regard every calamity that happens as a special judgment of Heaven, brings in a good anecdote. ISpea kmg of the old Parson , .vhu was famous (or the propensity referred to, the Herald | says "One day the meeting-house was struck with lightning and somewhat injured. After the consternation had a little subsided, the meeting was dismissed, and everybody began to talk about the dreadful event, .lack whose organ of reverence was not too large, 1 took occasion to put in a few words in ins • dry way; “Parson ,” said he, “wo have 1 escaped a great danger, alarming accident, this judgment 1 would say. begging your par don. Hut pray tell me Parson ,if I may ' be so bold, what in your opinion was the cause that this judgment should have fallen 1 upon «s.” “Why,” said the Parson, not « Jutle posed, and after two or three coughs; ‘why, Jack, 1 should!not think it strange 4 ,if —if there was something the matter with the lightning rod !" Pleasure of Piibi.isiiino Papers.—ln an article on the stern necessity, and that unkind inattention of subscribers and adver tisers, which compel the publishers of papers to dun their patrons, the editor of the Wheel ing Times very justly and feelingly makes theso remarks: “There is a mania (or pub lishing newspapers n this world of ours, that is more fatal than the small pox, the cholera, or the yellow fever. Ninety in a hundred meet their destruction iu it; yet as fast ns one dies another takes ins place, gels innocukted with the writing fever, thinns of gold and glory, turns newspaper publisher, drags on a worthless life, hall fed, half clothed, toils day and n ght, heart-sick and weary; the public slave, yet wielding an engine which properly restricted, would move the world, or make its inhabitants ire i.ble. The press cannot be free or useful while it is trammelled with poverty and dogged with duns. So situated, it will, it must be, at the back of every whipper-snapper who has mo ney enough to keep the printer’s soul and bo dy together. —This slate of things will not do We move that the printers of Hie tinted States divide off iu halves and “jelf” to see wlrfeh shall (jo lo digging ditchea amJ (Peking n stone-coil («r u living. It would improve the n situation of both halves mightily. We leok i upon every new paper that is started, very c much ns we do upon every new murder that a is commuted. We think, there is another v man lost to every thing useful,lost to himself, lost to the world, and doomed to a purgatory f from which salt cannot save him. We think 1 that the last days as that man will be worse ® than the (irsl!—but all must live and harn. We have become a little hardened to the * business, but if we bad life to go over again, would rather adopt the trade oljtishing'forfmin- ,j nows with a pin book than that of publishing a paper in the United .States.” -- I i.. I> UY KXPUESS iUAIL. , From the N. Y. Dull/Express, Feb. 5. FRANKLIN HANK BOSTON. ' The Boston Atlas of Eriday, contains the pepurt of a joint special Committee ol the Legis lature, appointed ‘.o examine into the doings of the Franklin Bank. The report is too long I to transfer to our columns, but we give below an abstract nf it. The Allas says: “The institu tion appears to have been rotten to the core, and the profligacy and corruption displayed in its . management, almost exceeds belief.” The poo- pie can now see what there was in the Pel Bank System to render it so great n favorite with a certain class of politicians. The Franklin Bank and the Lafayette appear to have been linked to gether in I heir operations, by which they have succeeded in robbing the public of huge sums of money; and both of them were wholly or in part controlled by persons intimately connected with officers of tile General Government. The Presi dent of one of those Banks, and the Cashier of the other, are brothers inlaw of Mr. Secretary Woodbury. These two Banks obtained 337,000 of the Government deposites, which they shared between them. This money was loaned out to * various individuals of the parly on very flimsy i security,—most of it falling into the hands of the Directors, who are all thorough going Loco | Focus. The name of F. O. J, Smith occupies a con- 1 spicuous place in tho report of the committee, i Mr. Smith, it appears, soon slier the bank had received the Government doposites, applied for a loan of $14,000 in specie, with the understand ing! that it should he returned, ua aoon ns an examination of it should be concluded in a hank which he was about starling at Westbrook, Me - The Franklin Bank also furnished funds for the redemption of the hills of the Westbrook Bank, to the amount of I 2,000. It Is worthy of remark that all the individuals implicated in the trans actions of this hank, aro warm supporters of tho Administration, and, some of them arc office holders under Government. The report exhibits the condition of the hank irretrievably ruined; and ii ia not probable that'une dollar ofits large circulation will ever be redeem ed. The principal debtor In (he bank is the late cashier; whoso indebtedness the report shows to be $120,815,79, and who is destitute of property. Among the oilier assails of the bank aro $82,000 in its own slock, and $15,000 in that of the Laf ayette Bank—neither of which add to its resour ces; The whole real estate of the Bank is under attachment to the amount of $75,000, and has been since assigned to the Government to recover the amount of deposites. The remaining asset! a of the bank are reported by the committee to be of little real value. The liabilities including tho capital stock, an.’ounl to $526.026,24, Ihe bank has out $167,07.5. irt post notes, and $142,- 345 in bank bills, and holds deposites to the amount $144,410, —not one do.far ol which will probably over be paid. From the -V J'. Oady Expres , Feh. 5. MONEY MARKET—CITY NEWS. Saturday, P M.—The bill which Mr. Rives has proposed ill the Sdnste will attract tho at- 1 tention of the public. It seems to be a r«-con slructiun of the late allied system of banks, with many salutary checks and regulations. If it be ( settled that wo cannot have an U. S. Bank, this system may answer as a temporary expedient, * particularly if New York should create a Bank of a largo capital, to do that for us which the ( Pennsylvania bank of the United Slates is cna- , bled to do fit the State of Pennsylvania. The Madisonian, which is the organ of the Conserva tives, advocates ice bill with a good deal ot zeal, as doing away with the Specie Circular, the hard money humbugs, and us restoring confidence to the banks and the people. We also see that a Mr. Peyton has introdu ced into tho Virginia Legislature a scries of res olutions, repudiating the Sub-Treasury and its heresies, which have some probability of meeting with success. Tbe gieal opposition to Mr. Rivcs’s bill will come from the Loco Foco and Calhoun seclion of the Senate, though it is not probable that the Whigs will give it a very hearty support, for it is not their panacea for our ills,—but nevertheless, with some amendments; they may support it; if they see no prospect of doing belter. We arc quite surprised to see some of our contempora ries, oven on the very morning when the whole stock joining part ol the hill was knocked out of it by a large vote, circulating the idea that the , Sub-Treasury lull would become a law. Wo see no auch indications. Certainly that bill can ne ver become a law. The Committee of Twenty , that was selected to fix on the time of meeting at the Exchange, I wore unanimous in their opinion that from one to two would be the most convenient hour. On Monday evening llicy will report accordingly, one o'clock, The lime agreed upon appears to be generally approved, and we have no doubt the , merchants will approve of the report. . From the .V. T. Herald , Feb. 4. MONEY MARKET. We have seen business letters of the first au thority from Charleston, S. C., and Mobile, giv ing an account of the new and magnificent oper ations of the United Stales Bank in the cotton market of those regions. At the lust dales, the agent of Mr. Biddle in Mobile had gone into the market and purchased Holes of the Bank. In Chaiieston, similar operations were performed on northern funds. In consequence of these opera , lions, exchanges on the south has somewhat vi brated, but its ultimate effects will not bo realised for some time. It is generally believed now that (ho United Stales Bank lias an outstanding cir. eolation, In uncalcclled notes, of $12,000,006 principally in the southern and western slates. By these notes, Mr. Biddle can perform ve-y ad vantageous operations in the cotton market, in inland and in foreign exchanges. Tho present state of the currency and banking institutions, is highly favorable for such a bank as enjoys so much confidence at the United States Bunk, and is besides managed with such skill, adroitness and success. Several of the southern banks are 1 op-rating also in cotton but none of (hem to that extent that the United Stales Bank can. These | operations aro very usc ul to all the parties con- | serned. In Iho midst of the depreciation, panic, , excitement and trouble among the other banks, Mr. Biddle steers Ins "big ship Pennsylvania” quietly through tile agitated waters, without alter- ' ing lack or sheet. His bank papei ia greadily \ seized in the south, and at once converted in a J species of inland exchange—comes north—pays debts—and is again received at the south to per form the same operation. He has his agents at t Charleston, Mobile, New Orleans, and avails { himself of every movement taking place in the commercial world. In this business no other banking institution can compote with him,because they have neither the sagacity, coolness, brains, capital, nor genius. The Treasury back vainly c attempt* to espy toua rwtlre 'firrasury Depart- ( merit, fine* h was authorized to issue notfca, is nothing but a banking institution. About | $2,600,000 of Treasury notes are now only in circulation—and in Wall street tho Five per cents are actually 9£ per cent below their face in specie 1 when due. It is due to truth to state, however, that the , commercial interests engaged in the cotton and, inland exchange business view these operations of Mr. Biddle with great jealousy and alarm. But has he not a perfect right to make hay while the sun shines? Monday, February s—lB M. The week has commenced rather favorably. There is a slight improvement upon Satutday— which, it will be remembered, evinced a better condition in money affairs than was anticipated. Stocks have generally improved, although but slightly. We hope that the week beginning thus auspiciously may show a favorable change. Ilia much needed in specie, nothing is doing. Tho only quota tions are—Mexican dollars, 104; Half dollars, 103 j a 104. Treasury notes are at par. Five per cents, IOOJ a 100. New Vo ax, February 5. Specie.—Half dollars 3 j a 4 premium. TnEASuar Notes. —99£ a 100— sales of $lOOO at latter rale. For 5 per cent notes par was offered. — Com, Adv.. CHRONICLE ANU SENTINEL AieiSTl. Saturday Morning, Feb. 10, HAMPTON COURSE. Fourth Dat—4 Mile Heath*. The kitoioiiig onto all at fault ! From the number of entries and tho character of tho horses, although few doubted tho resul 1 of the race, yet much sport was expected. Col. Hampton’s Charlotte Russc was on all sides the favorite, and many bets were taken on her at great odds against the field. No ono ventured to name a nag against her at any oddr, and a groat majority of bets wore two and three to one on her against the field. Multitudes of bets were made between John Gucdrun and Leanah, tha friends of the two seeming to be about equal in numbers. The first heat was taken by Charlotte Kusie, with gient apparent ease, healing Leanah about halfa length; John Guadton third and Mary Gardner barely saving her distance. Bets wore now offered at the most unreasona ble ndds on Charlotte and none dared to touch! Betting still run high between Leanah and John Guedron for the second place in the race. For the second heat all started again; Charlotte, Leanah and John Guedron running the whole first mile and passing the stand almost tide by vide, the latter having gained the track. In the second mile John Guedron gained slightly on his antagonists which he held through that and the third mile and increasing his distance in the fourth won the heat with great case, Charlotte and Leanah dropping within the distance pole, Mary Gardner double distanced. Charlotte Russe was withdrawn and for the next heat none were started but John Guedran and Leanah, the former winning with great ease and distancing his competitor. Thus ended the race to the astonishment and disappointment pf every body. Hammond & Lovell’S chc John Quad dron, by Bertrand, 3 J 1 Capt Rowe’s b f Leanah by Seagull, 3 3 d‘*- Col Hampton’s ch. f. Charlotte Russe by Sir Charles, 1 t dr. Col Adams' g f Mary Gardner by 4 dit* Time Ist Heat 8m 31s 2nd 8m SSs 3rd 8m 18*. The day fine, but the track heavy fram pre vious rains. The Entries for to day, are a* follows : Hammond & Lovell, enter ch. f. Eclipsia, by Eclpse, dam by Arab, 4 years old. Col. McCargo enters Missouri, by Ec lipse, dam by Director; 3 years old. Col. Adams enters ch. f. Simple Hsnnah, by Godolphin, out of Bedford mare; 3 years old. Literary Curiosity. We have in our possession three numbers of the Bostoe Gazette, more than a century old. One is dated the 291 h July 1734; another 241 h September 1733; and the third the 6lh Septem ber 1725; the latter being 173 yearsofago. The two first are about the size of a 19 by 12 pane of glass, and the Utter one about 12 by 14, which shows the Gazette to have been on tho decline from 1725 to 1734. There are many curious things in these vetrans of a century, and not among the least is the style in which they are printed and their odd phraseology. We find in them, also, several advertisements of negroes for tale, negroes ranaway, &«. which we pub lish for the gratification of our readers. [ f ] RAN-away from Timothy Keeler of Ridgefield, in the county of Fairfield in Connec ticut, about the last of Juno, a Negro Man Nam ed Mingo, a likely well grown Fellow, thick set, speaks good English, can read and write, one of his little Toes is wanting he is about 27 Years of Age. He had on a good duroy Coat of a lilish colour, striped Caliniino Vest and Breech es, good Shoe* and Stockings, a plain cloth Home-made great Coat with brass Buttons, he had, as I am inform’d, a false Pass, a Pocket Compass, and several Books. Whoever shall take up said Fellow, and convey him to Capt. Samuel Keeler, at Norwalk in Connecticut, shall have Seven Founds, and all necesaarv charges paid. By me Timothy Keeler. § * 1 NEGROES Male and Females, to be Sold by Jacob Rovall, for Cash, good Bonds, or six or nine month credit. • I • To be Sold a Negro Girl, about 16 Veara old, fit for Town or Country service, she has had the Small-Pox, enquire of Mrs. Marks, two Doors Southerly of the While Horse at the South End of Boston. | To bo sold by Pyam Blowera and Com pany at their Warehouse just below (he Swing ing Bridge, Barbados Kum and Sugar also sev eral young likely Negro Girls. On Monday the 27th inst. between 2 & 3 a Clock in the Afternoon, a Race willbe run, for a considerable Wager, on the Plain* o(Portsmouth New Hampshire, between a Hog and a Horse. Resolutions favorable to the annexion of Tex- I as have been adopted by the House of Represen tatives in Tennassee,by a vote of 59 t 0 3. Kaode Island. —ThefLegislalure of R. Island ( have rescinded tho resolutions pasted by a pre- r ceding legislature, instructing their Senators in ' Contes* to vow for th« expunging resolutions. The Bouton Pont states that tha Committal oj the Associated Banks,in examining the affairs of the North Bank of that city, on Wednesday .dis covered • deficit in the funds of that institution, A trunk supposed to contain nearly $70,000, upon counting the money, was found to contain only $41,550. No clue to the disappearance of the money had been discovered. The Washington Chronicle, is the title of a new paper published at Washington City. It succeeds the Reformer, end is edited by Mr, Carlle. The New York Daily Express of the sth inst says: “The North River is completely closed with ice all the way down to the city. The Powels Hook Ferry boats can only cross with the great est difficultly, and at irregular periods. Thera is also much floating ice in the harbor—not enough however, yesterday, to impede navigation materially. The thermometer for the last two days has been in the neighborhood of 19, 20 and 22 deg. Indiana.—At a Whig convention held at In dianapolis,Gen.|Harrlson was unanimously nomi nated as a candidate for the Presidency. It how ever, appointed a Delegate to the national con vention, to give the vote of the state to Mr. Clay if a majority of the convention were opposed to Gen. Harrison. Seaman Commission. —The Washington Globe says:—“The Commission for adjusting the claims of our Merchants for Indemnity, on der the Convention between the United States and Spain, closed its session of eighteen months, this day. The duties of Mr. Henry, f being sols Commissioner,) have been arduous, and occupied his unremitting attention to the last day. The propriety of extending the Commission to this day, is manifest, from ihc fact slated to us, that the memorial of the largest claimant was not filed until Saturday last. We are informed that the whole amount awarded, except about eight thou sand dollars, goes to Merchants and Underwri ters North of the Potomac.” Shocking. —On Wednesday morning of lasi week at early dawn, the steamboat Cincinnati came up the river with a sail boat in tow belong ing to Col. Mclntosh, on his way to hisFloridi plantations a few miles above this place. Thf boat hid on hoard, in addition to some valuable, papers, Ac. eleven of the colonel's servants} t»e men, two women, and seven children, on ikir way to their new and delightful home. Oppoito to us, [as it is said in consequence of somr un skilful management of a yawl boat beloligiig to the steamer,] the boat containing the ser ants was sunk, and except the two men who warn on shore, all were lost! The women an chil dren, asleep under the deck, went dot** with the boat, no vistage of which, or ofthm, has been found. —Jacksonville Courier, Rapid and unexampled steam travUing, — The steamer Excel, Capt. James Wile*, arrived i here on Wednesday evening, from facon, in the short space of thirty hours. T ts is cer tainly the shortest trip ever made or this river by any boat, and it would afford us ouch gratifi cation to see a boat calculated to Kcommodale passengers plying between this port and Macon,, i under the command of an officer 0 skilful and careful as Capt. James Wilco*^— Darien Tel, The Aurora Piracy Case—in the circuit court yesterday, Di.n Francti Stoughton, Span ish consol at this port obtainedivirdict of $4619 against Richard Sheridan, late owner and mas. ter of the schr. Auroia, which it will bo lemcm bered, he is charged at havine wrecked at Ocra coke, and robbed of 264 doubloons which had been put on board by the finish government at Havana, consigned to theplaintifif, Sheridan 1 is still in prison here, and is to ho removed to Carolina for trial. His tinmssl Gen. Bogardus, was present, but attempted no defence of the •u’il; and a verdict was yenJetcd upon the bill of lading which was protkhccJ in court and proved. After Sheridan’s arrival here, he pretended to his confcderates in the crime that he had been robbed of the but the doubloons have been found all safe in the funds of an individual to whom Sheridan transferred them in order to secure him in becoming his bail.—A*. Y. Sun. —————i MARINE ITTELMGENCE. SAVANNAH, Feb# B.—Cl’cl, schr* Hvroi.'# Hesse, Ha ranna; Olive, Mallati, Charleston: brig’ Solou. Forrest, Haiti more. Arr brig J Cohen, Moore, New Orleans; steamboat J Stone, Afendalw Darien* Went to sea. brif Solon; Forre-t, Baltimore. CHAHLRHTO.V; Feb 9.—Arr yesterday, Cl’d, br ship Higeinson, Campbell. Liverpool; barque Globe; 81br t>arf t ue Isabella, Auld, Greenock. MARRIED, On Tuesday, Ike Gth inat. by the Rev. Mr. Hard, Mr. J. H. Hart, to Miss Mariau V. Collier, of this city. — 1 L . (D* UNITARIAN CHURCH.-Rev. Mr. : Johnson is expected to Preach to morrow at the usual bourn. Augusta Benevolent Society Committees appointed for the present month, (.onAillee Division No. I—Messrs. Janies Mere dith am) James Godby, Mrs. J. Muntz, Mrs Sraah 1-eon. Committee Division No. 2.—Messrs. John \V Stoy and H'm. T. Timmerman, Mrs. C. C. Taliaferro Mrs. Thadeus S. Stoy. Committee Division No. 3.—Messrs. E. W. Col lier ami James Pnnton, Mrs. Amy Whitlock, Miss i Snrali Glover. All cases of sickness nnd distress please report lo M. M. BROWN, Sec’y pro tem. 1 he Constitutionalist will please copy the above. jan.23 1m 18 CC/ - A CARD.— A report having gained cir culation that I had relinquished my Professional engagements, I take this method of correcting such a mistake, as my intention is, and alwavs has been lo wait on all Ladies and Gentleman who may require my services as an instructor of Music on the Piano Forte and Guitar. Terms $25 per quarter. Piano Fortes Tuned. W. H. ORCHARD. Application to be made at A. Iveison's Music Store, No 247 Broad . street. i d ec 9 288 Twenty-five Dollars Reword. THE above reward will be paid for the apprehension and confine JSm ment in any safe jail, or delivery to I he subscriber, of two negro men, C kApt Davis and Peter, belonging to Georg# Gnnby, late of Columbia county. Those boys are no doubt lurking about either in the neigh borhood of Wrighisboro’ or White Oak, in both of which they are well known. Ten dollars will be paid (br the apprehension of either, or any tnforma lion concerning them, will be thankfully received by the subscriber. ROBT. M. GUNDY. White Oak, Columbia co. Feb 10 34 Noticed F "'ROM this day WM. C. WAY ceases to trans act any business, as Agent, for Joseph Shan non All persons indebted to the late agency are requested to make payment to Joseph Shannon,and those having demands against it will present them to the same for settlement, oct JO 237 JOSEPH SHANNON ifIfAKKN Irutua runaway boy by the iit o(Ti- JL ccr», u Gold lire list Pin, which Hie ow ner can have by identiliying and paying fur this advertisement. Apply at this office. 3t Febjlil / i lOHN TRUELLE, (from Paris,) Oma mental Hair Alunufartnrer at Mrs. [lobby’s Millinery store, on Broad street, keeps constantly i on hand, a largo assortment of Ornamental Hair of } all kinds, such as Braids, Plaits, Puffs, Curls, Ac, ALSO, 1 Ladies and Gellomen's Wigs, ready made, or made to order at the shortest notice. N. B. Country merckau's supplied at the lowest rates. Fob B' 3t 34 i. SILCOJ& BROTHER’S Cabinet and Furniture Ware Room. 363, Hroail Street, .Qugutia, Geo. two doom below R. Lofbert H Go's. Dry Good ttore. STIto subscribers having received a large addition to their stork, andaru constantly receiving direct from their JUanufaclory in Aew York, a variety JsB 1 if goods of the latest and most mod —B ern style; would most respectfully invite their friends and the public gpgenerally to cull and examine their assortment, yhicli consists in part of the following is articles. Pier, Card aid Centre Tables 8 > Dressing, Wiling and Breakfast do e Sofas, Wonlrobes and Sideboards , Dressing mil plain Bureaus; u Work ani writing tables; ie Counting house desks of different patterns; ■ Mahogany,curl maple, and lancy chairs; liockita chairs, mahogany and fancy do; ft Muhoyiny, curl maple, and plain bedsteads, j Afluf which they will warrant to be of well seas* m oned materials and good workmanship as cm ibe H 0 four/, which they will sell al unusually low pricjfty H i- for rash or city acceptance. . yB. Fancy chairs finished in Augusta; old * *" chiirs reomamented in the latest style, by an ex pr'ienced workman from New York. _Feb 10 34 “ j>L KAC 111) DS I* ONG E, a very fine and l- sniiuhlo article for the Ladies Toilet, (or sale [j by ANTONY <k HAINES. V Feb 10 34 jgg RAISINS. % 1 BOXES, fresh bunch Raisins, lor sale hr 'if J N SMITH ACo H Feh 17 34 ~ (orT fish. ~ 1 BOXES now Cod fish, for sale low. J ,T, N SMITH A Co. « fell 10 34 CIGARS. ' fkfk CIGARS assorted qualities. N SMITH A Co. lob 10 34 MALAGA WINE. “ QUARTER casks Malaga Wine, Luring’* brawl. N SMITH A Co F*b 10*; ' 34 BEACH ISLAND LAND FOR SALE. /ywaj, THfi subscriber offers for sale hi* yXxHiSH plantation in Beach Island, now known the Marsh Place.—lt is situated about ffQ® 1 s miles below Augusta,on the Savannah dSSSSSi road, and contains about 24 0 acres, consisting of rivor swamp, marsh, hammock and pine Land. There are upwards of 300 acres clear ed, 250 of which ore in the marsh and well ditch ed, and have produced several crops of corn and cotton. It is also well adapted to Bice, and can b* overflowed. It produces without cuhuralion a grass equal to any Northern grass for cattle, un<j the uncleared swamp being covered with cane and mast-bearing trees, it uffurss an extensive summer and winter range for stock ot all kinds, equal to any in the United Stales. The tract may be con veniently divided into two or more plantations, and the subscriber will sell one or more to suit those who may wish to buy. 7’hc price will be moderate and long credit given to approved purchasers. Persons desirous of buy ing can see the place and a plat of it, by applying to theitibscriher, and in his absence to his overseer, at Silver Bluff, 12 miles below Augusta,and receive ■ necessary information, by addressing the subscri ber at Silverlon P. O. S. C. Fel.9 «w2w , 24 J. H. 7/AMMOND. RECEIVER’S SALE! WILL be sold at public auction on the first Tuesday, (6th day) of March next at the lowei Market houso in the city of Augusta, in pursuance of an order of the superior court of Richmond ceimly, holding jurisdiction in eiuity,. passed at the January term of said court, in the cases of John Chavous vs. Gilbert Longstrcet and ethers, and Gilbert Longstreet vr. John Chavous and others all that tract of land situate on the Sa vannah river, in sain county of Richmond, adjsin ing lauds of Harris, Collins, Bradford and others known as the James Beal (met. Terns—The land will bo sold on a credit of five, ten, and fifteen months, tor notes with approved personal security,and a mortgage on the premises. JAMES W DAVIS, Feb 8 32;2aWtd Receiver in Equity. The other city papers will publish the above wtoe a week until ths day of sale. Richmond Sheriff’s Sale. * WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in March neat, at the lower Market house in the city of Augusta, within the usual hours of sole, a negro boy named BILL, levied upon ns the property of Mary Campbell, to satisfy two fi fa, issued from the 122 d district court for the county of Richmond,, and returned to me by a constable. Also, At the sumo time and place will be sold a Bay iff I Horse, levied on and taken as the property of Christopher Miner, to satisfy a ft fa. from the In fetior Court of Baldwin county, at the instance of * Lewis Bond vs. the said .Miner and M D iluson. Feb 6 30td RIGHT) F BUSH.Shff. RC. FOR COUGHS AND COLDS. Dr. Moore’s Ess. of Life, a valuable rem- X edy—lor sale hv Jau 26 21 HAVILAND, RISLEY&Co. OIL CLOTH CARPETS. SNOWDEN & SHEAR will receive orders for Oil Cloth Carpets to suit halls or rooms of any size, and of the richest patterns, with bor ders, which will he promptly executed. jan 12 COTTON OSNA BURGS, YARNS, AC. HIE subscriber offers for sale Cotton Osnaburgs. X Shirting and cotton Varna, oflhe Saluda Man ufacturing company, S C., at factory prices, dec 22 JOHN COSffERY. Coinniissiosii Business. THE subscriber will continue to transact a GEiVERALCOMMISSION BUSINESS m the city of Savannah, and will be preptred/W make reasonable advances either in cosh or by ac ceptances on consignments of cotton, if accompan- I ied by the usual documents, and instructions for in surance and sale. sept 21 ts 223 G B. LAMAR IT'OUR MONTHS after date, application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Richmond ecunly, when sitting for ordinary pur poses, for leave to sell the real estate of 1. J. Brown, deceased. P FLEMING, 1 Jan 18 i4;w4mo Administrator. I’ipe Proof Ware-House. f|HIE subscribers take this method of informing X the public that they will continue to transact a general COMMISSION BUSINESS. Their Warehouses are in complete repair, and they soli cit ashare ofpublic favour. Grateful for past patro nage, they assure their friends no exertions shall be wanting to promote the interest of those who may entrust their business to them. Their charges in future will be like other establishments of the kind. Liberal advances on produce in store. Receiving and forwarding goods or cotton promptly attended to. S. KNEELAND A CO aug 31 205 swtf