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41 h New way to detect a Thief. The father of the ureal American stales, man (Mr. Webster) was a very humorous jo cose personage. innumerable arc the anec dotes that are relate'd of him. As he was once journey mg in Mas-iachusoite, a Till far irom his native town, he stopped rather late one night, at an inn in the village of . In the liar room were about twenty different persons, who as he entered called out tor him to discov er a thief. One of ills company it appeared, had, a few minutes before a watch taken Irom his pocket, and he knew the offender must be In the room with them. ‘ComeMr. A'maiiae maker! you know the signs of the limes, the hidden things of the season , tell who is the thief/” •Fasten all the doors of tho loom, and let no one h ave it; & her? landlord go and bring your wife's brass kettle.’ •Wh—ew! want to know! my stars? my wife’s—wh—cw !” quoth Boniface. 'Why you would’ut be more stru.k up, it' J told you to get a pot.’ Boniface did as commanded. The great brass kettle was plac’d in the middle ul the floor, its bottom up—as black, sooty, and smo ky as a chimney back ? The landlord got in to Ins bar and looked on with eyes as big us •auccia. ‘Vou don’t want any hot watur or nothin, to take ofl’tlie bristles of no critter, do yon squire !' said the landlord, the preparations looking n little too much liko hog killing—‘the old woman's gOiio tt> bed, and the well’s dry. ‘Now go into the barn and bring the bigge. t cockerell vbu've got.’ Whew!—you won’t bite him, will you? — Tie’s a lough one. 1 con swear, squire, tie itid'nt steal the watch. The old rooster knows when it’s time to crow without looking at a watch !’ ‘(Jo along, or I won’t detect the thief.’ Boniface went to the harn, and soon rc. turned with a tremendous great rooster, cack ting all the way like mad. ‘Now pul Inin under the kettle; mid blow the light out.’ •Now gentleman, I don’t suppose tho thief is in company, but if he is, the old rooster will crow when the offender touches the bot tom of the kettle with Ins hands. Walk round in a circle, and the cock will make known the watch alealer. The innocent need not he afinid you know.’ The company then, to Innnor him, and cur ry out the juke, walked around the kettle in the dark for throe or four minutes. ‘All done ‘gentleman ?’ ‘All done !' was tho cry—‘where’s your crowing—we heard no cockadoodledoo !’ ‘Bring us a light.’ A light was brought aa ordered. 'Now hold up your hands good folks.’ •Due field up Ins hand after another. They were of course black, from coming tn contact with the soot of the kettle. ‘All up ?’ ‘All up!’ was ths response. •All black !' ‘A—ll —don’t know, here’s one fellow who hes'iit held up his hand !’ ‘Ah, ha, my old buy; let's take a peep at your paws!’ They were examined, and were not black, like those of tho rest of the company. ‘Vuu’J tiud your watch about him—now ecaPjli- Anil so it proved. This fellow not being aware any mure than the rest, of tho trap that was set for the discovery of the thief, hud kept aloof from the kettle, lest when ho touched it, the crowing of tho rooster should proclaim turn as the ihief. As the hands of all the others wero black i eued tlw whiteness of one showed of course r.that die dared not touch (he old brass kolile, and that he rvas the offender, lie jumped out of the trying pan into the fire, and was soon lodged in ns uncomfortable a place ns .-either, to wit, the jail. from the La ( Sraugr , Ten. Whig. Mysterious CBenimtnurs, Editor of the Im Orange H'iff and Herald Sir.—About three weeks ng': 1 there came , to my plantation a sorrel horse, low in flesh, showing the appearance of having traveled sonic distance. The animal came without 1 saddle or bridle, as many as four times to my plantation, and was dr,ven off, thinking at the lime that lie belonged to somo neighbour, i and would return, hut was disappointed. The horso persisting to stay, 1 had him sta bled and directly posted. In a few day* subsequent, my overseers with some two or throe neighbors concluded to take a patndge hunt. In their hunt, they meandered pretty much with the fence on tho Stale Line Koad, when one of lliu party m tho corner ot my fence discovered a saddle, -bridle and martingale, covered over with a lankel some -distance from the road, and directly under a vast growth of underbusli. That circumstance, together with the horse, excited some suspicion, and accordingly my self with some neighbors, and a few Irom La Grange, was disposed to make search, and the horse had been confined with rope halter for a matter of two or there days '• —judging from circumstances—while tire | saddles, brib’.e, martingaleo and blanket, were | but a few yards from him. Near where the horse was confined, the loaves wero very much trodden and bruised— i on which has been distinctly seen, by several , gentlemen, blood,with a considerable quantity : of virus or mucus matter, with hair of an I auburn a«d gray color, denoting middle ago, or old age as you may please to have it. The - hair was examined and (ho routs distinctly ! seen. Tho saddle is labelled, “Wheeling, Virginia,- which with lire bndio, martingale ■ami blanket, are in the possession of Major Franklin. The horse is at my plantation. I look upon it as my duty to publish these facts; with the view that some valuable dis coveiy mav grow out of it. EDWARD CRESS. l\oß tun. —On Wednesday morning last* ; about II o’clock,in the Town of Chysville, i in Marshall Comity, Nathaniel and Graves W bteele-, whilst passing in a carriage, were shot dead with muskets fired from a house in the suburbs of the town-two other men ( Al exander Steele and Win. Collins) also in the carriage, were wounded, the first supposed mortally, and the latter severely in the head. The perpetrators ol this horrid deed are sup, posed to be Jesse Allen, Alexander and Arthur Macfarlanu, and Daniel Dickerson, who tim mediately thereafter left the place. We pre sume a full detail of facts and circumstances, will be handed m for publication, and there, fore return from further nolicu at tins lime, more than to observe, that the mdiuduals kil, ted were themselves ot a party who last year killed, by shooting, Sanies M. Macfurlane nod another person, which produced great excitement and bad Iceling in that large com munity.—KuHumJJe Dtmoerat. fu» Biruwicu Islands.—lt is slated dial when first visited by navigation, sixty years ago these islands had a population amounting lo 400,000 souls that they arc now dwindled down to 110,000, and that causes are in operation | which continue to reduce their ntimhcra ycdrly. It in dated that hardly more than one in lour in larnilleii now existing, hare children living; and tbal according to the las! census to whole nuno bo r of children amounted to but u little moiolban a tbi c-of the whole population. , Vet, the lilinale ia salubrious,{favourable to bealtb, and the roeaiid of subaistei.ee are easily obtaied. 'i’bo etnef cau- Kiul the decline of population are tbe imroduc lion of aidcnt spirit, and the habit* of lieelious nesa now and hctelofore prevalent in the islands c: 1 1 Rome LB AND SBNTt !•; l~ Amum. '■ msiliiy .Morning, April 10. We would remind tbe public that to-night pro. feasor Davis delivers one of bis Lectured at tin Medical College, for Ihe benefit ot the Ladle* Working Society. The subject is the Median), cal properties of tho Atmosphere. Seethe Ad. veilisciuent. City Election. Yesterday, the election for Mayor and tnom hern of Council look place in this (’tty. The following is the result FOR MAY OH. Samuel Hale. John Vhinity. Ward No. I—os 84 •• No. 2—77 Id “ No. 3—120 £>d No. 4—HO 60 4 11 300 303 Halo’s Maj’y. 102 On the ijuesliou of giving the Mayor a salary , the following is the result- Salary, .Vo Salary, Ward No. 1—35 73 •• No. 2—72 20 “ No. 3—102 22 “ No. 4 —l3O 10 340 142 149 Mnj’y forSal’y 207 MEMBERS OE COUNCIL. Ward No, 1 —* G. f. Parith, 1 17 * Philip Crum/), 107 * Win E Jackson, 70 K f Hush, 01 M Nelson, 53 W C Dillon. 0 Ward No. 2— Camming, 151 * H H Warren, 131 •M M Dye, 108 John Hones, 78 5 M Thompson, 00 Ward No. 3—M B Bishop, 11 1 * II H Xnlland, 102 W U Ni in mo, 71 / .... t It W Forco, 71 5 1* F Eve. 67 F H Cooke, 47 A G Bull, 24 Ward No. 4—‘John Hill, • 10 •CliHitt, 120 * I, H Dngim, I 10 VV I’ Deiirinond, 03 A .1 Miller, 80 Those in Italics were members of llie last Council, and those marked thus * are the meini hers elected. Connecticut. We have hut little information to add to that published yesterday in relation to the glorious riuitiph Connecticut." Returns from all the towns but seven lime been received. Mr. Ells worth's majority over Itecni, (loco foco) will be about 5,800 —over all opposition, not far from 4,000. Last year, the majority for Edwards, (loco) was 2,207. Out of die 21 Senators, the loco foe os have elected but one. Three fourths of the mumltersof the House of Representative* are opposed to the present adiuiiiiatriition. One important result of this election will bo the return of a Whig to the United Stales Sen ate in the place ol John M. Niles, the pieecnt in cumbent. Tin!following tart ttiiU cutting urt.de from the Columbia Telescope, stales a Jjict ft which wo were aware before—viz, that I lie Wasiu ington Reformer was offered for sale, soul mid body, U> Mr. Clay, with a pledge to lake up his cause in I lie South, but ho refused to purchase it! Wo did not Know, as slated by the Telescope that it had been purchased up by a company of Van Burcnilos, prior to its becoming the Washington Chronicle. We are truly glad to learn its proper position—we now understand it us a Van Horen striker, “first lieutenant’’ to the Globe. We now un derstand also how it comes about lhat it so af fectionately speaks of the Van Horen mem bers of Congress as "the republicans" and so flippantly denounces all others Federalists and nationals. The money of the adm lus tration has changed the tone of tins would ho regulator of Southern politics. Hereafter lot tho thing deceive no body. The Washington Chronicle — Reformer — Merchant — Telegraph denounces the Tele scope as a Clay paper. The falsehood of the ! charge is only of a piece with many of the I asseitioiia of lhat press, especially since it joined the Administration ami the Globe—but we confess its excessive impudence almost as,- tonished us. Onr readers know, every one who understands or cares any thing about ns, knows, that our paper never lias contained a word winch it is possible to construe mto a support of Mr. Clay. This comes with n peculiar grace from the Chronicle. A few weeks ago. the Telegraph | having expired, the Merchant having broken, I ami the Kolbnuei being at Us last gasp, Dull Green endeavored in sell Ins press mid bis ed itir together, lie led Cralle about fur sale, as it Frenchman would lus poodle. It is known that the concern was offend hi Clay and his friends, who rejecting it, it was m length bought by a company of Administration men, to do the business of the G obe in tbe South, where it is supposed that the remains of its subscript ion list, and its still smaller re • mams of credit, will enable it to be of some ■ service to “ THE USURPER,’’ aslhe Refer, i uier used to call Mr. Van Horen. • This is the press and editor lhat abuse ui i for Clay.isiul The very same concern which ’ at this moment, would be praising Mr. Clay r ij he had thought it U'orlh buying. - t .Spring M heat. Fanners in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl vauia are giving increased attention U) the culti t vation of tho Italian Spring Wheat - Thcnume 1 rous experiments made with it last year eoncu i m establishing the fact of Us great vjuue and im , porlance to wheat gturver*. From rtonda. i The Charleston Mercury of yesterday says : J “lly the schr. Empire, Capt. Southwrck, ar rived yesterday, in ‘2O hours from St. Augualine, e we have received from our correspondent at that ■ place the following intelligence: — ■ St. Acoubtiss, April 6. From nit Ahmt. — Recent arrival* from Ju ( piler River inform us that the five Iwndred In a | diana encamped there, awaiting the decision of the President, have been captured by order of - | Om. Jesup. A part rtf them had been sent to _ Key Uiscayrte, (Capo'Florida,) thej rest have gone over to Tampa bay. They aro in all 520 in number, men, women and children —among e them 150 to tJOO warriors. . A more recent arrival brings information thal Col. Bankhead, with his comtntnd, after travers ing some terrible swamps, Cairo up with a body of Indians, number not known, hut supposed to bo Sam Jones’ gang; to whom a flag of truce was sent, but the Indians fired upm lire flag. An at l ' tempt was then made to surround tho Indians, but 1 without success, rh«y escaped. An Express arrived hce a few days sitice from MiCanopy, by which We earn that two men have befin killed hnd scalped ih that vicinity. The mime of dno wc bnderstaid Was Hogans; we have not learned tho name of .ho other. It is reported that Nehou’s brigade have gone home. The Philadelphia Gazette of April 5 says:— “Wo understand that the Banks in tho city of Philadelphia and districts huvfllPMianimously de cided that it is inexpedient to send delegates to the adjourned meeting at the Batik Convention, on the I I tlx of this month.” Tho New York correspondent of the Nation* nl Intelligence, says that “the proposition for a now $20,000,000 Bank for New York finds no favor in Albany, and will not oven be proposed. Under Ihe Free Banking era we aro to bank as much as we please.” It is staled as tho general impression that not a Bank south of New fork will follow the extmiplo of those in that city in resuming specie payments. The Faltnou h and Alexandria Rail Road Bill ' has passed both hraiicher o‘s tho Virginia Legisla ture, arnl is a law. The Stale takos three filths of its stock iii tho Improvement. [roil Tilt CIIUONIKI.E AND Sk.NTr.SKL.] Mu Editor—You will allow me tho use of your paper to impress the following ideas on the minds of every Southerner, and more par* ticulnrly at Ilfs time, when they ute awa kened on the subject of their interests. Tho Convention has met, and the whole Souths ern country are anxiously looking for the re sults olTh'etr deliberations. It will be indeed rejoiced lo learn that harmony and unity of action prevailed, and that their proce'edings were characterized, with the determination lo 1 advance, as one man, in the prosecution of 1 the grand object of their meeting. One of the most important recommendations of the ho-< dy, was to equalize the currency ot the Sontli -1 ern Stales, through uu arrangement entered b into hy the different 15inks in eich ot the 3 States, which is intended to lessen the etior-’ mous exchange which now exists between 3 adjoining States, and on no reasonable or jus -1 tiliable ground*. This certainly is a measure ’ which, if carried into operation, will benefit 1 ovey individual in community, and lessen the heavy expenses which have hitherto been solely on exchangee. It is confidently be lieved that the banking institutions of the country will adopt litis resolution of the Con vention, which, if no other good come of it, will be a great desideratum to lire mercantile portion of the coun'ry. The other measures, ar proposed, aro wisely intended, to have | their effects in bringing about the desired end. It is not my intention to comment upon the | ' oruCOOdmgs of that meeting—the views and plans wine.*.' "’ ure digested, and which arc ! now proposed Ip L l ‘cir countrymen, were the result of the most deep add profound deltbc ( rations which some ot their most gifted and , patriotic statesmen could bestow upon the . subject, and may God sustain them, to the , accomplishment of their noble undertaking. ■ My object is to call the attention of the South, to the vast amount of capital taken out of our _ | country by Southerners themselves, and for which they receive no equivalent. Tho grand , | obstacle which impedes tho consummation of this s | scheme of Southern enterprize, with which, otherwise, operations might bo immediately „ commenced. " This was the only difficulty lo t contend against,” was tematkej by many olTbo most able counsellors of the meeting, yet the same amount of surplus capital, which is laid aside from tho profits of agricultural or mcrcan ; 1 tile pursuits lo spend abroad every Summer, e might do something in tho matter. Were it 1 possible to obtain a correct account of tho Hum- I ! her ol our citizens who travel to tho North an. L , ; rurally, and lire amount ot money taken out ol r, the country, lire former would l>e incredible, and a the latter would cause us to wonder how the II j country has sustained so long such a continued ! drain. It is actually an incessant flow of our c I wealth northward. It is not sufficient for the i Northerner who is not acclimated to our sun, IV to leave us in the Summer, and carry with him s the earnings of the past Winter, but wo, whe b have been raised under its genial warmth, follow 8 in tho tide, our country is left to wear the gloomy aspect of want and wretchedness, out ii business dull, paralieed, and our cities depopula te led. Hence, ills evident in c rcry sense of the 8 word tho South is tho supporter of the North c since every body who can accumulate a few r . hundred dollars above their expenses, rush off, a; if they were under some moral obligation to spent 18 the surplus in that section of the country. Now under these circumstances, the question very ua turally presents itself; is there any necessity so leaving our own country. I answer rlec’uledlj there is none. Fashion, has hitherto made i 1- assent in! lo a man’s health, that he should visi i- the North every Summer—!h- slewed in thei i'. crowded Hotels, jammed in their steam boats in and suffer a thousand oil et inconveniences he i. lore may could obtain strength enough to re tun borne. Curiosity, and a desire for the novel nas been anclfiei great incentive for cmegrating in the Summer. 7'he time has, however, arrived when our citizens are beginning to learn the I fact, that health is not the absolute and certain II consequence from a Northern lour —or that ha ving once gratified their curiosity, they are neces sarily compelled to continue the same course every year. Those who were ignorant of our advantages might reasonably suspect from su ch a state of things, that we resided in a country which abounded in the most certain causes of ° disease and that the very atmosphere ° was choking with contagious malaria. It cer tainly brings a slander on one of the healthiest ® countries in the woild—were it otherwise; there would bo good reason for seeking in other sec tions, health which is so essential to the enjoy ment of the other blessings of life. Uut let ’ the contrast bo stated, and a part from any poli ° tlcal consideration,where is the necessity, I would 1 again cilk, Os spending so much of our capital a broad, t The whole of that vast section of country, n which you find on the map South of the Po „ tornac is not one great scorching plains ovdr o which the Siroco sweeps with its blighting in* 0 flucnce. The mountains which extend throughout the Eastern and Northern States, n• do not belong exclusively to them. liiit con tinue through (he Southern States, passing through the centre of Virginia—these form a j- Western boundary to North and South Caro lina, an Eastern one to Kentucky and Te'n<- , nessee, and a Northern one to Georgia and t Alabama. We arc not therefore left destitute of the invigorating air, of the mountain region, but have been liberally provided for, by an in dulgent providence, and it is only, by an tin ' grateful abuse of swell kind provisions, that otir country fa 'behind all others in point ot facilities and accommodations. The Virgin -1 ians have become alive to their lutnour in this matter, and instead of thronging annually to Northern cities, have remained at Hume i and are making that healthy and romantic sec tion of their Stale, a fashionable resort for * themselves —their many medicinal springs, which hud been comparatively of but hlile 1 use, are now becoming the retreat from every section of tho country —improvements and accommodations surpassed hv none in the e 1 Union, have been established, and facilities 1 for travelling from one to the other, or from tho most distant parts, can ho easily obtained, i Their many natural curiosities, commanding j the wonder and astonishment of the traveller, 1 are no longer overlooked,: hey are now known to exist, and will ever claim (lit attention of the curious. The citizens of Virginia have accomplished wonders lor their State, by lur -1 mtig their attention to their mountain region, ’ they Have by this means checked, if not 'en tirely slopped that immense amount of capital ! which was annually going from among them. Does any one dobb't the truth of what is j ■ written, let him travel to the Virginia Springs ! 1 and witness tho crowds collected for ihe sum '■ mer, from every State in the Union, and cal. •' ciliated the money which under other circum. 1 stances, would have gone into another couu ~ lry,wheie they wbuld not have seen a dollar of 5 it again—they have therefore retained this 1 travelling capital at Home; circulated among ! those who worked hard to create it, and who ' 1 certainly desire the chance of it—Virginians go on, you are far ahead of your, Southern Sisters—you have been doing Amro for the honour and respectability of your State Ilian ' many would suppose —and could the mighty spirit of your Jefferson arise; it woufd hail your efforts as truly patriotic-—and rejoice to see the day had arrived, when his own peo ple were about to appreciate these great nnl j oral advantages which when alive he endeav ored to impress on their minds. North Car olina is not the Rip Van Winkle she has i * been considered —while apparently asleep— her energies have been directed to the im -1 provement of-her mountain roads, breaking 3 | those great barriers, by which she lias been ; divided, uVh thereby prevented from reaching those high a.-;d hc?lthy sections of the Stale. . Difficult ies and obstacles .Sve been overcome, r &it is now not considered a haZJ r u- H s unuer r taking to visit those watering places, oi other curiosities which abound in the Northern por- B j tion ol'llio State. And by a continuous tiinii ’ j pike, you are enabed to reach the beautiful country of Tennessee. South Carolina, is not tube forgotten among the number of those 13 ° ° States, which supply their own citizens with' j health, —they have long since resorted 'o Pen. ! dleton and Greenville—two delightful villages 1 pi tli3 vicinity of one of the greatest cunusi- 1 t ties in the world—surrounded within a short . d stance by mountains, and delightful scene- | , ry. In the upper districts of that State, have ,1 recently been brought into notice a variety of 1 1 mineral waters,which are under the patronage o ot those who are desirous of making them I d useful and pleasant resorts. Alabama claims i ir her portion of the Blue Ridge—which couth e nues to send over th ■ plains of that State, its i, beautiful breeze, inviting her citizens _to fly ' » to her mountain brow, and find strength and 0 vigor when the heat of sultry summer ' v shall have arrived. But the Northern 6 parts of Georgia nature has peculiar ,r *y blessed—and by her wonderful works seems to have been determined to leave ° nothing wanting by which the wealth, ’ happiness and health of her children might be attained. It is indeed a section which j the attention of every class and condition of society.—The Agr cullurist will there find a sod adapted to llie cultivation of all the necca -1 rios ot life—her mines ol Gold and Iron af j*, r ' ford a rich field for enlerprize and Industry, j, 1 offering at tho same time employment for the 1 poor. The water power which everywhere is j, j to be found, appears to have been intended S) by an alwisc creator for inanufaciuring c. those staples which are produced in these as n well as in the oilier sections of the State h ■’Springs strongly impregnated with different nnnd-rala have been diECOveted and arc ho doubt designed lo answer the same purposes there as others differently located —besides these advantages, the whole face of the coun try presents a wide range for scientific inves tigation.—To make the whole complete, you breathe in that country, an air os pure and as elastic as could be desired, with scenery as romantic, and picturesque, as can be found or on wich the eye would delight to dwell. 1 have briefly shown the advantages which each and every one of the Southern States, pos sess in point of health, and climate, and have particularly endeavored lo show, how suicidal has been our policy, in taking so much active capital from our country and ennying it into others Yet notwithstanding all these advantages which, are plainly at our own doors—our citizens still seem callous lo a subject involving so much of their interest,and appear unwilling lo remedy the evil; talk lo them of the benefit they would derive from spending their summers in the mountain regions of the Stale,independant of the good they would confer on their country, by their example and influence—and they immediately reply, the thing is impracticable— that there are no facililici for travelling from one portion of the Stale to the other. Now sir, such reasoning as this would continue the Slate nothing else than a wealthy appendix to theirs whence they would expect lo derive an annual reven ue, by which they might ho enabled to sus lain those splendid establishments, and fashiona ble resorts. It would in the eud not only bank rupt our citizens—but cause them to he misera ble, if afterwards, from circumstances, they were denied the means of indulging in this long continued huhit It certainly is 100 great a re flection on the good sense of our people, lo suppose lor a moment that they- have been under the impression, that all the facilities for transpor tation—such us rail roads, steamboats, coaches, spring into existence, as it wuru by the mere touch of a fuliy’s wand. Let the minds of citizens he directed homeward, and all these dillk-ullies and hindrances will as soon he obvi ated here, as they have been elsewhere. There are unlorpriziog citizens enough among us, who understand furnishing these establishments lot the public, whenever there is a desire manifested on their part to sustain them—-this being discov ered, competition would soon place at your own door, conveyances to any part of the State as cheap as inland communication can he obtained ,at the North. Those who reside in the lower part ut the Stale, who prefer being furnished in this way, can join the Georgia Rail Kirad, which now affords upwards of Ally miles of transporta tion, and from any of their depots, can diverge into any section of the up.coun ry, where they will never fail to find health with all the comforts of life. .Such as plain eating, good water,and pure - ail. But those who are more fastidious in regard j lo these matters, may say, that after all their - trouble lo gel to the up.country, they expect to , find none of those enjoy menu which their mo -1 ney can procure them abroad. To this, I readily ; give an answer in tlm negative, by ai-king in id j ply, can it be expected that Hotels in villages; 01 j that the many watering pl'ic'es, naturally cn I dowed with beauty—are to bo highly improved i and filled tip in the most splendid style—suiroun ; ded by all the resouecs ofpleasurc and amusement! | —with choice wines, music and equipages I »nd any thing else that is desirable, when llicii proprietors know that instead of being encour aged to these undertakings, their couritry mon flock off to the North, and spend their mo ncy with those who feel no sympathy for them save in their interests. No sir, it has been a milttcr of great astonishment, how these cslah lishmfcnts have been kept up as well as they arc or that under similar circumstances so much ea pital was ever employed in this way. But there ii nothing wanting to obtain any enjoyment, am luxury the country can produce, hut the partro nago of its citizens. In every village you wil find gentlemen who are desirous of bringing the! particular section of country into repute, frorr s-bfnh known peculiar advantage in point o health and scenery, who would be willing li invest a portion of their capital in ari establish merit which would command the attention of thi traveller, and give him general satisfaction. Thi is not mere assertion, men know their inlcrcs every where too keenly, to let others run aw a; with all the profits, when they know, that if hi deserving, they might share them. These re i marks jro solely intended to benefit the State by 1 culling the atteulmn ofhor citizens to the enor mous amount of capita' which is leaving ou country every year, and which never finds it: way hack to the pockets of the South. Jf there was any necessity for this great expense from ! home, the argument would ho certainly uncalled lor, and wo would bo compelled to seek in ano ther land, that health, which God had denied us in our own. But, I hope it is sufficiently | plain that such a hard necessity docs not exist, i that amid our own mountain region, we can lini as good health, and as sublime scenery as the most enthusiastic admirer of nature could desire. One more remark and 1 leave the subject in the i hands ot the people. The late Convention re -1 commended to capitalists, lo disengage their ca pital from pursuits and investments, which wen not connected with our Southern Institutions I rejoiced in the recommendation, and sincerely hope that after it has once found its way hack it may never again leave its own native home. A GEORGIAN. Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rat Road. ; The Knoxville Register ot the 28lh ultinr ! says .- “We are much gratified to learn Iron the Commissioner receiving the instalment I called for on Monday next, that he has alrea dy received nearly one thousand dollars c that instalment, although a week in ndvanc of the time of payment. Such promptnes and punctuality is worthy of all praise, am encourages the hope that there will be m flinching on the part of the stockholders ir Tennessee/’ The merchants ot the city of New Yorl have presented a set of plate lo Samuel Swar tout, Esq , late collector of that port, in testi mony of their high regard, s;ncerc respect ant grateful feelings, > The U. S. sloop of war Erie, Capt. Teu s eyck, has arrived at New York from a cruise 3 of 60 days on the coast. . Further extracts of Foreign intelligence Irom j the N Y Herald of the 2d inst. J In financial and money matters, we have in ti telligcnce of deep importance. American flocks y and American securities are fighlingtheir way to j confidence in England against all opposition. This can be seen in the annexed interesting ex. - tracts from the latest London “ Uankers’ Circu it lar.”— Debts of the United States and Prospects of Payment. e Mr. Biddle—We do not deny, that Mr. Bid 's die’s conduct as a banking functionary may be il filly denominated as the bold, rather than the li 3> mid, narrow and cautious course of conducting banking operations; but it is precisely the same ’’ system ns that which has conducted every one of 1 our largo establishments in England and Scotland f lo opulence and undoubted responsibility for the e larged engagements. —In London Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester, there is not c one exception lo ihis—having regard, when wo 1 I say so, to the eminence of station which every y such bank respectively occupies. e The’suspicious unhide recently assumed by the Bank of England with regard loan extended money traffic with tbe United 8 ales and enlarged 8 dealings in the public securities of that country, e is a weightier subje t than the foregoing, and is „, far 100 important for us lo notice deliberately on the present occasion It will bo remembered however, that we have frequently pointed out the y inconsistency of the Directors of the Bank in giving their high sanction to a loan to the Bank s- of the United States, at a lime when all the ele meats of mischief which subsequently so much embarrassed them, were collecting and assuming J a formidable character. Distrust and apprelien. J '■ sion, instead of encouragement, regarding the u effect of such operations, ought then to have Icon g the tulc of their conduct. Tlfe question is now in a very different shape; the Bank of England 4 fiTiii a position of safety and confidence, with a . o/ disposition to ussht the undoubted Amfcucan r * Banks, ought now to be the ruling principteApf their acdons—as far as this can bo done with c\, cumspcclion and prudence. * f > On the subject, however, of the distrust and ap, i « prehension which the Bank Directors have ma. (T nifesied concerning the designs of the American j'sJLrnks and State Governments, lo gel p ssession 7 of more British capital, we must submit our viiyjfcp ; “ ut another opportunity. It may have made some \ e impression on public confidence, but it is partial, j 0 and, as yet, not very important, as far ns the vnost I stable of the American Banks is concerned. In I proof of which we may mention that 1,000 shares I of the United Stales Dank were recently purcha- I ■- sed “in one line” by a slock broker, (Mr. B. B. j „ Williams) and many of those were subsequently j s taken by a well informed and skilfully managed 3 Scotch Bank, situated north of Edinburgh. We I lin'd, too, that great confidence prevails among the I r Bankers in general respecting these securities. I „ We believe Ibis confidence to be perfectly well I founded, and shall fegr'et if w'e shbuld have to I report any diminution of it. j e From the iff. Y. Commercial Adv. April 6. I y SSer/cit. — of $5OO American gold at 2 I 9 per cent, premium. I TaßASuui Notes.—Sales of $5OO five per I cent notes; at J per cent. premium. I I’noViitESCE Banks.—The following ret-olu- ! r lions Were passed at a meeting of the Providence I 0 | banks oil Tuesday j It was Itesolveii, That the same delegation j | which attended the late convention in New York, L, y! bo re-appointed to attend tbe adjourned convcn- { :■ ' lion on llic 11 tlx of April Inst., viz: Moses B. I )r 1 Ives, Jas. F. Simmons, Henry P. Franklin. The I i following gentleman were added lo the commit- I lee:—Win. Jenkins, Wui. Richmond, 3d, Win] | Butler, Win. Rhodes. I i- i liesolveil, That it is expedient for the banks I is ot this city lo resbnie specie payments sirnultane- I 1 ously wiih the baiiks of Boston, New Yoik ami I Philadelphia. I Fhkiohts.—The scarcity of shipping and the I expectation that but few vessels more will visit I tins port the picscht season; has augmented the I rates of freight; It now ranges very high and op- I II erales against commerce, by deterring specula. I a lions in produce to be exported; Sales of tobac- I >. cb it ltd other prime and staple commodities have I e beentrelarded in consequence - Il is apprehended I ’ that tbe enhanced prices of foreign transportation I I' will continue, unless the arrivals ate so numcn I 18 nbs as to create a competition among the met- I id cbanlmen.— JV. O. Jlutlellh. jj BANK REPORT* if Statement of the Augusta Ins. and Bank n iug Company, Monday, April 2, 1838; C A mnuul of property owned . by ibis Bank, viz ; f to Promisary notes, real estate, - , &.C.. 017,910 51 Exchange on New York, tc Charleston, <5 - c. 291,823 98 . ~ j s 939,731 W Balance due by o thcr banks si and agents, 100,912 09 ,y Specie in vault,, 120,278 97 Notes of other banka 83,027 00 203,305 97 >y —’ . r c- Total am’nt owned by this bank 1,243,952 55 Aitiount due by this bank, y viz; /Votes in circulation, 520,737 50 Balance dile tb oilier banks 79,800 00 do Depositors, 70,098*22 I* 150,558 2 i e Surplus profits, 66,050 83 Capital stock, 500,000 00 505,050 85 ri —- A dolls. 1,243,952 55 ROBERT WALTON, Cashier . MARINE INTELLIGENCE. t, I CHARLESTON, April 9.—Arr oa Saturday, hi"' . ship Am n, Sinclair, New York; ship Liverpool; ft*' - ' id ton, Boston, schr Cunstiillntioii, Price, Philadelphia. sc “ r a John M’Cliing. Callahan, Philadelphia, seta - Ann, Jonah Baltimore, schr Hope, George, Baltbno e, schr Barton Dean, Apalachicola; steam packet Neptune, PenDOver,; New York, ft r hours. _ i D ! Arrived yesterday, hr ship Winscalei, XVaiiidrT'l I Barcadoes, eld brig Ashley, Pike, New York, schr Confl merce, Messer, Alatanzas, selir Eliza. Gayles, Norfolk j. Cleared, ship Hrrriettand .Its sic, M’lv'iwn, I.sverp Ml, jj hr Sarah Abigail, Atkins, Boston, br Casket, Jlavik.bM'" re ton. . H eat to sea nn Saturday, line ship Calbouu, O’Aif'. f N<*w York, line barque Chief, Jackson, Boston, br Bulttl. „ Brown, Liverpool, sehr New England, Pendleton, detphia, schr Lebanon. Taibol. Sape Florida, sccr MuT k, ryi Gunnison. Alexander, (D C) —■ SALE* alight Barouche, well made, wiiijk -*• a double harness , hut little Used, will he il low - fapril 10) N. SMITH A Co. J 'V'OTICE.—John K, flora havmg taken Inf _ . brother Henry II tJ into in tl'i 10 Clothing and Hat business in this city, they '‘ I m continue it under the firm of J. K. &i f Hora. (D JOHN K. HORA.f 18 apnl'o xv 4 w HENRY HOKA p f JAIIE Augusta Benevolent Society wil ■ ■i meet on Friday evening next, at half pt>< jc seven o’clock, in the Methodist church, when si exposition of the proceedings for the last six montli t will he made, and addresses suited to file occasion id delivered. A general attendance of mothers is tf quested, and the public are respectfully invited f> 10 attend. JOHN WINTER, Tr. A. B. S.j 11 april 10 td ———-—-—— —,—— ~—-L 4 PRACTICAL TREATISE on the laW k .1 of Slavery, being a compilation of all the de cisions made on that subject in the several rou|s r ’ oft bo United Stales and stale courts, wi ill copiois l„ notes and references lo the statues and authorities . svstomaticallv arranged, bv D. Wheeler, esq- Ibr ld sale by ’ T. 11. &. I. C. PLANTi april 5