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-■•—’«»«^vi>^-t.w<—i *■ «■».»-»■—— im»a«M> xajn murivt —ini i mwainiwn wwn ■ «»—r—««w» * , *Wl ,* * B *V^^ l** ^,,, ,** ^f w* WILLIAM 13. JOAES. AUGUSTA,|«IiO.j THOaSSJAV APKIf* 63, SSSH. [Tri-wcfkSy.j-.Voi. li.—m© 44. Published DAILY, TRI WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, .ItJVo. Broad Street. Terms.—Daily papei, Ten Dollars pur annum in advance. Tri-weekly paper, at Six Dollars hi advance or seven at the end of the year. Weekly paper, three dollars in advance, or four at the eii of the year. ;. «iSriMnuij»[im<nngsiw iiinno CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL/ AIJftIJSTA.' | • Wednesday Moruiny, April ll.j Maine Election. Entire returns have heen received from J i coin Congressional district. The lion. Ed!r *• Kohinsou (Whig) has heen elected by a mafy t of 16G votes. He fills the placa of Mr Gill a On the 30th inst., an election will bo hcJU 11 representative in Congress to fill the va ct>J nc ~ casioned by the death of the Mon. 'gothy ~ . f v Carter. f [roll THE CIIUOMCLE AMU SKNTI J] Mh. Editou —l had heard much Jof the high prices of marketable commodities/ Augus ta, and having a few articles which cd'i lui red from my farm and garden, I was/ ; ducod .0 send a servant to market lire f’ uut ! wishing to mount a market cart niyJD) ail d 011 1 his return he handed me the recein ol bis sdosi among which were three pieces (/paper, si|ned * * * Cashier of the and dated Ist Oct. 1823, and another sign* l Treasu rer of the Jackson Street fee Company, and pay able in Ice. Now Mr. Editor, in what Jiflit, other than that of a swindler and scoundrel, can you regard a man, who would palm oil’ on a servant, as cur" rent money, such worthless rags as the bills ol that long forgotten concern, which catted itself the Bank of Hamburg in 1823 ? They are not worth as much f. the same quantity of blank paper, for 1 could me such to write an order up on, or a pass form) servant. If such is to be the 'result of tuy marketing in Augusta, 1 had better throw my produce to the hogs, than throw it •way for such trash, and let the people ot Augusta look to others than myself fur supplies. As to the Ice receipt, I never saw or heard of one before, and as we people in the country ate now quite cunl I had rather have my pay in some other currency. Formerly we had change bills issued by the banks, payable in specie, but now we get them redeemable itt Rail Road rides, and Ice and divers other coin of that description. As I know nothing about these Ice receipts, I will thank you Mr. Editor, Whom I depend upon fur correct information, *" tcll »«« •*’ lhc 7 " ro oF value, uiiu what use I can put them to, and who ther, if 1 keep them until winter they will still ho worth any thing. A SUBSCRIBER. Richmond County, 9th April, 1638. We assure our friend in the country that those Ice Receipts constitute one of the best branches of ou; City currency, and we have no doubt that before the summer closes they will command a considerable premium. We perceive also that bur fiieiid is vastly in the tear of tiro age of im provement in which We live. The ancient cus tom of dealing in dollars and cents, is now not only unfashionable, hut “horrid vulgar.” Under the auspicious reign of his present gracious ma jesty, Marlin 1, “follower ol the footsteps,” prince of Shin Plasters, defender of the royal faith of Humbuggcry, by the Grace of God,&c. &o. &c. a new order of things is about to Ue established. Hereafter men will do their business upon the barter principle, and those commodities which constitute the necessaries and luxuries of life, will become the common currency of the country. The practice of valuing things in dollars and cents will bo abandoned, and wo shall buy and sclj with miles, yard*, pounds, bushels, gallons, quarts, «V.c; A mile for instance, will be equal to two pounds of Ice—thlee pounds of Ice will buys pound of Cotton, and 10 pounds of Cotton will buy a bushel of Meal or a bottle of champaign, or a pair of shoes. To avoid the trouble of exchange of commodities, every branch of business will issue its own bills or receipts, which will be the shadow of “things hoped for> and the evidence of things not seen.” A bale of cotton will correspond to a twenty dollar bill of the present currency, and mint julips, pounds of ice, rail road miles, pounds of cotton, &c. will bo change bills. Under this glorious era what use will there bo for those abominable, “al mighty” dollars which have kept the world in turmoil and trouble ever since they were first in vented! None, thank Heaven ! Wo shall pay for every thing with our own bills ! What a happy time for the printer, when lie can boy all that he wants with “daily’s,” “tri«we«kl/' s ' a,ld "weekly’s,” and the representatives of squares and insertions ! As to commerce on a large scale, or a currency that will be good as far as Now York or New Orleans, or indeed as far as Charleston or Columbus, his gracious Majesty is determined that there shall be no such thing I He is also resolved to break up and abolish that useless and unnecessary class of spongers upon the rights of Democracy, called Merchants, who \ have the audacity to set up their complaints against his Majesty's Government while tUrJJI are permitted to buy exchanges at from 7 pet cent. Vile inunnurets !—bofore ol his Majesty’s reign they shall not bo per mitted to trade or travel as fn/ms New \ ork, because there shall be no currency in which they can pay their way that lar Irom homo !! The Banks 100, shall all be blown sky high; =■■ ‘■■■■■..Tfji&r irV' I >« nkM^r tssue ps bills upon whatever ho has to sell, ■ am] bUj with them whatever he wants ! No body shall be allowed to keep or trade with i gold or silver except his Majesty’s officers and i household, who shall have the care and keeping jfxuclt trash, merely to prevent it fiom crcatin? \‘turbailees among his subjects ! 'Vfc have been particular in giving our friend 11 the country an insight into the glorioQs and 'ppy state of things which is about to take place, /“premonitory symptoms'’ of which he himself l r “lclt in the receipts ol his first attempt at mar' =l=^==^-^ —=== I vg. When he and his neighbors come down in f lail lo sell their collon and purchase supplies, I advise them never once to mention dollars n d cents, for they weuld ho laughed at hy the jjty wags for being as much behind the improve* |nent ol the ago, as they would be it they were to a lit about going to New-York or Charleston on lorseback. — (Eiiitoh Cimox. & Hi.n.) [COMMON ICATCU ] Clear the Trade for the 2 ml Heat in Ward JVo. 3. The City Council having declared that there is a lie between 11 W Force and W G Nimmo, and ordered a now election lo he held; it is hoped that the nags who tied at the liist heat, may he allowed lo decide the race by themselves. BASCOMBE. Deaths in ihu city of New \'ork for t! je week ending March 31at, 13G—73 wore t[ n _ der 5 years of age—Consumption, ~B‘, (-Jm, vulalon, 17; Ihflamraation of the Lun >s, t y, [from ouu coniiEspoaiiEST ] I WASHINGTON, April 6, isafe. In the Senate a resolution was adopted ■'/, ring the morning hour, that when the Senate adl oim]; it adjourn over to Monday next. y The icsolulion was earned by yeas aiuj !U iy St 19 1011. / Mr,WRIGHT, during the morninJ asked leave to he discharged, and to have the poinmit lee of Finance discharged from the tt»'’iher con sideration of certain memorials to the committee upon subjects connected wF), t i ie cur , rency. ; The Committee were an j d IP memorials laid upon the table. ) Mr MERRICIv, ot Md., brough[ forward a preamble and resolution upon the S uhject of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. resolution asks Congress to give up its inlere.‘ t j H the Canal to the State of Maryland, or to rnake further subscription in aid of the compleli, ln 0 f this work. Mr SEVIER, of Arkansas, pUpctited rcsolu 1 lions from the Legislature of Ar iansas U p o: i the subject of the Public Lands. Mr YOUNG, of 111., n pm granti/8 a quantity of land to the Mississippi an j it,/ k River Rail Road Company. 'pr, c pm was t\/ ice rend and referred. / The Bill requiring the Cl jr i ts 0 f t i, e Dir rict Court to keep a record upon* er t a i„ subject/’ was read and ordered to be *“ Some Un'nipdWant privaMg business wa ans " acted, when the pjm c ,- up, un«l was discussed atsomr length, upot, various amendments, by Messrs Hubbard, Linn Smith of Indiana, Clayton, Niles, Swill and Grind/. 2 lie discussiot moved to tent upon tie table, for 10 law coo 1 ! be made >f the Seine. ,t ta lay Uipn (lie I able J jrdered ti be engrossed, sontatbs, Mr Fairfield rials in relation lo lire d ones the same tenor, lit, o;ed lenvo to oiler a e Cnmitloe of Investi e 2U February, to ins y .expelling any mem. Thereafter bo engaged I* accessary; and also ppointing a standing ling of each session, examine into any per ay anew lietvvcen mcni ■eport thereon to the eing made, the resolu -3 Committee on Com the relief of Robert ted a Senate bill au in land in the Stale of Jniled States, for the lustom House, Light hill makin# uppropri- Ilonacs, and cstahlish ys for the year 1838. hility of establishing a ic Telegraphs in the i ed i hill for the relief till 'or the relief of T Ull granting a Bounty 'no", wounded ‘ved in the late war nd report ordered lo e of the Chairman of istiict of Columbia, ■ed the subject of the 3 inquire into the cx- L.jiency ot maryiand and Virginia so- M/vraWy this Biflict. lie had received informa* tion to-day tVat one branch of the Legislature of Mary lar/was willing lo receive the Maryland part of -h' e Bislrict. It was a subject of great importau ce ’ all “ one that concerned the whole Union. 38 the me, v, u WOU IJ remove a source vfgreal agitation to s OCO untry. that the Committee had the subject under cMoideralton, and would soon report upon it. Mr TALIAFERRO rcpoimd a hill for the rn jicf of the heirs of Phillip also, a hill for the relief of the heirs of Dyoi, Mr MAY from the Committee land claims, reported a bill for the relief Valli. Several other private bills were reporVj, Mr McKAY reported several tahulV Male ments in relation lo the increase of thaVrmy, and also, documents relative to the dofenoeV the Western frontier, which were ordered t\ be printed. \ Mr&HIAUV rose, and t.ndf that some mouths ngo tfte House authorized iJo printing of &000 extM/copios of tho report 0/ the Commissioner ol General Land Oliice./He would bo pleased ,0 l ’is iql’oimod by some n/embor of the Oommit leB|af Public, Lands at vv'ial time the dooumaut wt 'ulJ bo laid upon the tiJde. Sir CASEY staled 11 /reply that ns it was 011 hi s motion that the do/ament in question was °jdorcd to ho printed ; flt was a mutter in which |’.o had felt much inter®!, and he had this morn, iig inquired of one olJtho officers ol the House when it would be pj/tutod, and had been mtonu cd that it would bole./' on the table of the members in a few davs, it ha/l been delayed on account of the number of accompanying the same. I Mr HTCE CAlf LAND asked leave to oiler n | resolution inquiry 1 ? >’f the Secretary ol the Trea- ‘ sury whether iri/lbo present condition of the na tional finance J tt will not be proper to reduce , the ■ pproprtajf IJI,H lo such a sum as will suffice to preserve IW* P u ' J lio works Irom dilapidation alone, and w|§ c, ber *•* Ibis case some cl the ap propvialions# a - rea dy made cannot be suspended; i and also, wtf !lt "ill bo tho amount of the deficit lin tko Trcafttry at the end of tho piesum year, and how dtp proposed to be next. Objectii i|)s being made,Mr GARLAND moved | the suspe nsion 01 l ' lc ru io> which motion was j I | os ; a y,3S Ui, nays 65—not quito two-thirds. The special order for this day, being tho bill I reportci* boor tho Committee on Claims, ~q\i establish a Board of Commissioners lo examine and decide ceitain claims against the UnilJ'i Stales, mao House went into Conmiitl.ee of the 1 a r yyiple ou that BUI, (Mr. Corwin 111 the Chair.) Vlr HENRY made some general remarks in sll jiport of the measure. Mr E WHITTLESEY explained the details I f /tho hill. The debate was continued hy Messrs Sergeant, Ciaig, Underwood and others. Without taking tho question, the Committee rose, and the House adjourned. From ilm JV O Courier, April 5. Latest from Texas. Tho schooner Edgar, arrived last night, ; loft Galveston on 27th March, three days alter the Columbia, hut sa ,v nothing of the Mexi* can fleet. Doubtless the “kind reception” which they met with (ruin Gapt. Wright ims 1 induced them to move off. By this vessel wo have the Houston Tele ■ graph of tho I7th March, from which we an nex extracts. , Four steamboats—the branch, T. Archer, , Sam Houston, Friendship and I,aura ply regularly between Galveston and Houston. ‘The commissioners who recently left Ucxs 1 nr fur the purpose of concluding a treaty with the Cuutancbcv, have returned. They stale that after journeying a few days they reached the encampment of these Indians, and were , received by them in the most friendly manner. Tho day alter their arrival, fifteen of the Chiefs met in council, and stated that they , were anxious to secure the friendship of our government, but that they would listen to 110 terms unless our government would guarun ' tee to them the full and undisturbed posses* ! siott of the country north of the Guaduloupc Mountains. The commissioners not being authorized to accede to this, requested them to send a deputation of their chiefs lo iJexar 1 m April 1 , r.'!;en they would bo enabled to as ’ certain Iho detenninatii;;: of our government; 1 to which they readily assumed. WevcT.kJ ■ Mexican emissaries and fifteen Shawanoc I chiefs recently visited them, imd endeavored , to instigate them to commence hostilities with our citizens, assuring llieni that our govern • merit was making preparations to seize their ■ lands and drive them beyond the Rio Grande, • in imitation of the conduct of the United . States towards tiro Shawanese and other tribes. In consequence of these representa tions they have become quite jealous of our extending power, and view every encroach ment of our frontier settlers with suspicion and alarm. We therefore solemnly warn those settlers who are preparing to explore the San Saba region, to defer llicir expedi tions until the .treaty shall have been fully completed with tin* trifle. One iudiscret movement of i»«r citizens might heighten their | jealousy to such an extent as to break all 11c gnciatioris with them, and possibly plunge the country into a war of u more formidable and dangerous character than the contest with } Mexico has ever assumed. The appearance | oftivearmed rncu within tho limits of their I hunting grounds at this time, might induce I them to commence hostilities, and the war i once begun with this tribe, the neighboring I hordes of savages making common cause | against us, would soon extend their ravages | along the whole line of our northern frontier. A little prudence, however, on our part, may avert every evil of litis kind. We trust, every , gootl citizen will cordially co-operate with the , government to prevent any encroachments , upon the lands now claimed hy them.’ Wo find in tho Telegraph the subjoined j ( ! communication in regard to the annexation j . | of Texas to tho United States, winch will ! j ; liouullois be read ivit 1 ) interest. I [ ANNEXATION OF TEXAS. ! t While our friends in tho United States arc 1 \ endeavoring to prepare the way lor the ad- | mission of Texas into that confederacy, or its j annexation as tho case may he, to tho great ! republic east of the Sabine- it may not be i., amiss to inquire into some of the facts in con- 1 nection with this question. Mr. Preston, tho j distinguished senator frota South Carolina, , introduced, not long since, in tho Senate of the United States, a. senes of resolutions upon j this interesting subject, which are no win all ( probability undergoing discussion in that body. , These resolutions set forth the expediency on j , the part of the United States, of ‘re-annexing’ i , Texas lo that confederacy. Anew, and it! may be added, very novel aspect, is thus given j jto the matter. It, by the cession of 18015, j 1 the whole country east of (ho Rio Grande, j j became part and parcel of tho United States, i ■ how was it that tho latter government suffered | | its claims to he dormant tor upwards of six- 1 j teen years, during all which lime Spain con- ! 1 tinned to exercise sovereignty over the torn- j i tory in question 1 Did or did not the United j j Stales, by the cession ol 1800 come into pos. j c 1 session of the whole country extending from j i the Pardido east, to the Rio Grande west, of ’ the Mississippi? Is it known whether or not 9 this was the extent of the recession made hy c Spain lo France in 1607. , Had France, in the hint instance, any just S. ! claim to the country west of the Sabine, or oven Hod Hirer, ui tliu lime of Ihe cession ot Louisiana to Spain, or at any previous time I ' Ilia known to tliu re-cession by Spain to France, the boundaries of the ceded country wore but vaguely specified; so that it would seom to boa ijuestion at tins hour,to what ex tent west of the Mississippi did the cession of 1803 carry the dividing lino between Spain and the United States. Air. Preston’s reso lution takes for granted, that which, under till the circumstances, would at least seem to ad mit; ot some little doubt. How would the case stand when considered in relation to the re volutionary struggle which in 1822 severed Alijxico from Spain/ Some ot the hardest j baffles for independence in that war were fought upon the soil of Texas —which, Upon I the supposition of its having been included in the session of 1803, was neutral ground. I But be nil this as it may, lot us come to the : treaty of 181!), by which wo arc told tlie wes tern boundary between Spain and the U. S. was settled. Jay that treaty the Sabine bo came the boundary. Whether in ibut negu ciulion Mr. Adams was overreached or not is no question Lure, except as alluding Mr. Pres ton’s resolution. The “ro-onnexation” of Texas implies that the United States were once in possession of that country; though, as we have seen, this would appear very ipies j lionable. Wo will not however pause to in quire into the probable import of the term re ! annexation, as used by Air. Preston. The | question is in what way are the United Slates to got possession of the 300,000,000 of acres compriscd'tnitweeii the Sabine and tbo Hio Grande! Here would seem to be the diflicnßy. ! 1 mi the one hand, as some have suggested, the United States attempt it by nogoclalion with Mexico, would it comport with the honor or dignity ot the people of Texas to sanction or submit to a measure of the kind! Mexico, as was the case with Spain in 181!), would in all probability be very glad to be relieved from bur pecuniary liabilities to the United States, by relinquishing all claim to the territory oast of the Hio Grande. But wlnit Would the peo ple of Texas be 'iltely to think of such a con summation of their revolutionary struggl'd 'l'ht’i/ have already purchased the soil at a price more costly than its mines could pay— tLe blood of those who fought and full at San Jacinto. II on the other hand, the annexation be based solely on the consent of the people of Texas, might not the government ot the United Stales be subjected to imputations in the event of an acquisition for which it would seem to have prepared the way by its previous acknowledgment ot the independence of n people u hose country it, was desirous of pos sessing/ H > much then for some of the dif ficulties in the way of the United Hiatus, sup posing Texas to be willing to entertain the question. But is this so! The sentiments of her people are believed to have undergone a change since the vote of 1833. As to the question of benefits , in the event of annexa tion. Mr. Hunt, In bis ollicml correspondence with Mr. Forsyth, a few months since, lias very conclusively shown that the United Slates would be the greater, if not tbo sole gainers, both politically and commercially. We would be subjected to all those financial evils under which the United Stales have labored from first to last, - and for yeans to come these fer tile regions would only have been put under contribution to fill the‘pockets of northern manufacturers and monopolists. From the Newark (N J) Sentinel. The .Stolen Child. Borne of our readers will remember a notice which run through llte papers two or three years ago, concerning a female infant which bad been mysteriously left with a respsctable j'am,’ !v ; then residing in the vicinity of Ithaca, Newiork. Tbo child is now a young lady, and it appears that the notice published by Iter friend, Air Joy, lias produced the follow ing extraordinary cievclupctneiild. The narrative, compiled for the Ovid Bee of tbo 21sl ult., has been furnished to ns by a gentleman of t his city, who is fannl iar with some ot the parties. Os the truth of the statement there is, wo believe, no doubt. Mr Joy is well known here as a respectable mer chant. Mr Aka/> Joy, Merchant,residing at Ovid, Scncca co. JVf V., caused a notice to be pub lished in tbu N Y Observer, of Jan. 14,1835, giving'a statement of facts, relative to un infant female child, supposed to have been | about fi months old—intimating at the same I time, that it might have been brought from j Peru, Clinton co. N Y. ; which child was left on Hie 4thday of Juno, 1817, with a Airs Bun net, residing at that lime at the head of Cay- > uga Lake near the village of Ithaca. The woman by whom the cli.ld was left said j that her name was £ylvia Buck, and supposed j to be about 35 years of ago, of large size, I who had for several days prior to her leaving I it, called upon Mrs. Bonnet, urging bur to j accept of her infant as a gift. This offer, j , however, Mrs. Bonnet uniformly declined to accept. On the 4th of June, 1817, tbo wo. man called again, and requested the privilege I of leaving the child with Mrs. 13. for an hour j | or two, that die might ascend the h 11 in order i . to see a person who resided thereon. This, j however, proved to be the fast time Mrs. B. ( ever saw bur—and indeed, she had not, until ( after the publication of the nonce above re.< „ furred to, ever heard of any circumstances |, by which she could form any probable conjee- , turn who the woman was, or whether the child ( was her own or not. I, Mr.-. Bonnet however, adopted it as one oI !’ her own family, giving her the name of Ll.lza d Ann, and luitting her adopted daughter have an equal share wnh her own children in all A liicir little enjoyments, and bestowing upon her such an education as her bruited circurn- o stances in IJo would enable her to do. f The gentleman who had caused the notice i before referred to, to be published, had lived | aneigiiborto Mrs. Bennet ever since the time I of tliu above occurrence, and thu child, which I ! was then leli, having become a young lady, " was anxious to learn something of her parun- i tage, and caked upon him for counsel and ! advice. The notice alluded to above was the I 1 plan agreed upon, Amplest was likewise r made at the baliom of the notice, that publish- j 1 era would give the notice ar. insertion in their i \ papers. With the well known liberality of j t the American Press, this call was promptly \ responded to, and it was published in various ! 1 1 papers throughout the Union. 7’nis notice | t \ whoa being published in the various News-i ( ! papers, elicited many Loiters, some of which I | will be alluded to in the course of this Nan a- ; live. i 1 The first letter received was post marked, “Selma, Pallas co. Alabama,” from Thomas ; L. I’iuld, dated March 1835, who after allu- ' d'ng to ibt notice published in the N. V, Ob- ( Kirvi r a.s the cause of his addressing his letter remarked ns lollowa: "There is a lady now living in Columbus, .Miss., who formerly lived ut this place, who has often told rno of losing ;i (innalii intiuii, nliout the your 1817. She was then living in Massachusetts, not very tar from the stale of'N. V. From the circum stances, 1 ihink ii must ho the siuiio child; her name is Clark. She moved to inis state some 8 or 10 years since, and her husband died about 2 years ago, and she has now removed to Columbus, Miss. The old lady is wealthy and has 51 children, the eldest a son, about 20 years of age. 1 think you would do well to write to the old holy us it may load to some' thing morn delimit: upon the subject. You bad best direct your letter to her sou, Joseph A. Clark, Columbus, Miss.” Upon there, coipl of the above letter, a lung one was writs ten ami addressed to Jos. A. Clark, as direct ed by Mr. Field, giving a general history of the circumstances under which llio child was loll—of tho woman who loft it, together with I a N. V. Observer, containing tiic original notice. I Fending the interval of the forwarding of | the J,elter addressed to Mr. Chirk and the rc ceipt of an answer thereto, (1 letters wore ro | ceiied from various quarters, concerning m hints that had been mysteriously disposed of, drawn uni by the notice in the Observer. [ I lore follows two columns of ex rads, from these letters which, as they prove to have no relation to the child bet re us, we onnt.J The 7th letter received, and the one which appears to give a duo to the whole of this mysterious affair, is in answer to one address' eu by Mr. Joy to Joseph A. Clark, of Colum bus, Miss, as suggested in the letter from Mr. Field, of Selma. Wo cannot give the reader a bettor history of the transaction than by in soiling the letter entire. It is as follows: Columbus, Miss. April 21, 18515. Mr. Arad Joy—Dear Sir. —Thu Postmas ter at this place handed me a letter this morn ing from yon, accompanied with a paper con taining on advertisement concerning a lost female child. From the description given in tho advertisement 1 am certain the girl must he tny sister, add nothing lias ever given me greater satisfaction. 1 was small when this circumstance occurred : 1 will state to yon the facts that mother now gives me til relation to the ridaiit and which she lias otlcn told mo before. In January 1817, my father moved from the vicinity ol springbok!, Massachusetts to Kingston, JM. V. on the North River, 100 miles above: N. Y. City; he had been living there about a month, when a woman came to get u situation its house servant; mother em ployed her;, her name she said was Syl via Oliver, from the eastern part of the State. She lived with ns until the ,Bth of May following, .when her and mother had some falling out, mid on that night she stole the {child and we heard nolliing of her afterwards. We made all the enqui ries that we could and advertised in different papers in the Stale, but hoard nothing of bet; the description was pretty much the same ns that given in the N. I'. Observer, and mother is confident it must ce tho same child. About the month ol Sept, lather moved buck to Springfield and remained there about one year, and then moved to this country and settled near Selma, Dallas Co , Ala. where he died about six years since, and mother moved to this place. She is now preparing to move back to Selma, when: she expects to settle for life. I wish you to write to me again, and toil sislctv(l must call hep oister,; l-j write to me also, and give me all the information you can. As we intend moving soon, (I expect before wo could receive your answer,) you hud best direct yonr letter to Selina, (live my Jove to the young lady, and accept for yourself my must sincere thunks. Your Ou’l. servant, JOSEPH A. CLARK. The above letter was immediately answer, ed.—Mrs. Bonnot and she young lady being boll) present, all the particulars and circum stances were minutely staled—the description of the babe and its clothing at the time it was left, a description of the young lady, her form, si/.'*, eyes and complexion, together with the I advantages of her early life and bringing up. An early reply was requested, but "months passed, and no answer or enquiry was made by Joseph A. Claris, end all attempts to elicit further information failed, until a letter was addressed to the Postmaster at ,Selina, Ala bama, which resulted in the following answer: Selma, October 28, 1835. A communication was received from you a short time since, under date of the sth nit. With regard to the parents of this child, 1 am wholly unacquainted—as also Mrs. Clark’s circumstances, standing, &c. Tho young Jo seph A. Clark, of whom you speak In vour letter, is living here and doing nothing. * * * * * Mrs. Clark, I think lives in one of the up per counties of tins .Stale, and is to me an en tire stranger. Your oh’t. servant, 1 WM. THE DWELL, P, M, I Mr Arad Joy, Ovid, N. Y. Nothing being fieard from Mrs. Clark or ( her son, in tho spring es JH.'ifl, about one year I v after the date of J. A, Clark’s first letter, Mr. " Joy saw a Merchant in New York, who resi- ll ded at .Selma, who was acquainted with young Clark; but nothing to throw light upon tins subject could bo obtainted from him, a long j 1 letter was forward. 1 by that gentleman, par lieuiarizmgthe most of llio circumstances of f flic case, soliciting information; on that let- o ler reaching 1.-elnn, it seems to have been Ul I’r.fiVi.•••'•■■. to young C!»rk, at Columbus, and 11 drew from him tho following answer: a( Cjlumbus Mississippi, July 2d, 1800. ~ Mr. Arad Jov—Dear Sir; 1 tt liy tho politeness of Mr. James Douglas, ] P of Holrna, 1 have been presented with u letter j Irom you to a Mr. I. A. Jones of that placi ■;!", in tins letter yon mention greatly to tny sur- 1 | prise, that you have received but one letter ( irom rue; you speak also of receiving u letter | ■ from the Post Master at Selma. Tho Post Master lias never spoken to me on tho subject, nor did J know that ho had written. In tho first place after receiving your first letter, 1 wrote you an answer in the presence of my mother, the receipt of which you ac- ■ knowiedgod in your letter to Mr. Jones, as ■ well as in the one that I received. That lot- ' ler contained a lock of the young lady’s hair, | , which compares precisely with that of the j«, balance of the family, and from every cirenin- | ' stance tberu appeared to remain but little j 1 doubt of her being rny sister. I wrote you ai j long answer to tins letter, which it appears you have not received. 1 stated tho unsettled state of my mother’s business, which would require my dose application to it lor a length - of time; that in the spring of 18537 I would | ho in Ovid, in person, and that in ail proba- i bility my mother would be with me. I re. * r quested you to ktep up tfit; correspondence ' ' ,l ' ' ,lle ttli d tiiat- IDo young lady should I write me occuiimuilly until 1 should 'be pre ' Part'd to start. I have wailed in expectation ’ : 11,1 il "swcr over Hiiii'o. 1 have no doubt r j iioiM the minute description in your idler, that - . wore wo together, our resemblance would be 1 | " ■'< ily perceived. \mi made some enquiries 111 ■ vour leltor to „Ir. Janes with regard la the , tnluiuion of my mother. She is not what , eomJ nc called in this country rich, nor is she / , poor, idic owned a plantation m Noxbury , enmity ul (>()U acres, winch she luis sold on ) , account, of the increased value of land. She ' how owns a plantation in Dallas County, of i iOd Hires, ■)()() of winch is in a state ot culti* i viition. She has 3(» blacks.' She has some ‘ mio other property; is ar present in delicate - ‘oaltii, and has been ira veiling for her health— lias now gone to Kentucky, but will return in I a tow weeks. lam willing, and more than s anxious to keep up a regular corresDondencc J with you, till I can come to see you, which i I will be some time next spring; write to me on i | ho lecuipt ot ibis, and show tins to the voutnr t : lady and to Mr. and Mrs. Jk-tmot. 1 feel my. • i sell under the greatest obligation, and (del - authorized lo say that mother feels, it possiP - me, more gruallid than mysolt; to Mr. and 1 i ' lr f' /; ,01 '. tlieir kind attention and support and protection of the young Judy, who is tin i don.dedly my sister, and when I visit there I ' _ 1 most surely compensate them for their trouble, lie sure to write me as soon us you receive this. Yours with respect, , JOSEI’Ii A. CLARK, tin ilin receipt of thu above letter, the young lady addressed a letter to Joseph A. t lark, containing a luck of her hair and a hliei was also written to Mrs. Chirk, and un. other to the post master, Columbus, Miss pres eing furl her mforniation and requesting mo ney to assist In helping her complete he” edu cation. I ho Kill, and last letter that we shall men- bears dale Columbus, Miss. Oct. TJ, ‘l ■ '** ! >lso the last letter that lias been received upon the subject of this narrative, ailhongh it was immediately answered—it says: “Hear Sir—l received 'your letter some i week or two since, in which i was informed ihal I might expect a letter Irom my sister in |. a short lime; 1 have waited for that letter, ihal 1 might answer them both at once, but it has not.yet come to h ind: 1 have been anx i tons tor a. length of time to receive a letter 1 1 1 oi n her own hand. Mother has not yet re. turned I rout Kentucky and my last letter 1 lroll ' her informed me that her health was no ■ better. Von say that Eliza Ann wants logo to school this fall and winter, and suggest to me ■j to cloud,her some $25, or $5O. °To this t would not object, hut I had much rather re ceive u letter from her first. (am extremely happy atany time in receiving a letter front yon, anil am desirous to keep up the corres pondence; J would be glad ifyo.i would show this leltor to sister as soon ns possible, give my most hc/trly well wishes lo her and to Mm. Bcimct and family, and accept lor your, self ihe best rctpecls ofyonr most Ob’t. Sorv’t. JOSEPH A. CLARK. I lie great object in \ icw by the com|)iler, is, to elicit further information. For more ihan 1.1 months (here appears lo be a spell upon lliis subject. The reader may nsk, if Mrs. C. has obtained sufficient evidence that Klixa Ann is her daughter, why delay so long In claiming her, and providing for her pre sent and future well being? There is sotne< ihing inexplicable in her conduct, if all the facts disclosed have como to her knowledge: —hut it may bo that her health is still on the decline, or it may have terminated fatally. I'he lest knowlede we have of her is com municated by her son, who says Ills mo: her was still in Kentucky in feeble health—what place lie docs not say. The young woman is worthy to be owneii by any mother, let her claims to respectabili ty bo what they may for she has been relig i msJy brought up. 'file reader will observe that, Mr. Clark slates m Ins letter to Mr. Joy, that, the name ol his mother’s housekeeper was Sylvia Oliv. or, and that on leaving the child with Mrs. Bonnet, she said her name was Sylvia Buck —an alteration not unlikely lo he made by a ihi'J —which, instead rt weakening, rather tends to cond m its in t lip belief that Mrs. Clark is the mother of E.’i/a Ann. Will some of the publishers at the South publish tins narration or at least so much us will subserve the purpose intended? £ AND foil SAM).—Tbe subscribers offer 0 •) (or sale tboir I‘ianlntioii, in tho county of War ren, lying immediately on t tic main mag* road from IV'arront.on to Sparta, two Hide* from llm firmer place, coo ainmg 000 thousand acres. A largo rpiaoijiy of tho above tract is wood land, tlie bul- Uoee in in a high stale of cull nation and well adapt ed to I lie cull lire of cotton, grain, Ac. The improve ments are mostly new, which, together wilh its la alihfulness and situation, render u a very desira ble country residence. Persons wishing to pur chase lands in that part of the country, would do well to examine this tract. One of tho subscriber* may at ah times he found on the premises. Tito terms ofsale vvdi ho accommodating, GEOUGE W. PALMER, april 11 wit HENJ. R. PALMER. yOTini. —The subscriber offers for sale va - xl rious l.o's io the town of Hamburg, which are .‘.•■II improved and soilaldu lor family residences,— Mso, two tracts of Laud m ihe immediate vicinity if //amhiirg; one containing one hundred and fifty lives, mure nr les«, on which llierc are comfortable improvements, well calculated for a summer sent; mil the other containing two hundred and fifty o res, well limbered, ami on which lliere is a film aiil seal, ami if improved would lie profitable to die, owner. The abovementi mod propeity cam ho purchased on reasonable terms. Application can lie made to .1 11. Fair, who resides within five mile* ul Edgefield C. 11. or lo M. Gray, Esq. in tho town of//nnitnirg. Ihinuestionuble titles can he given for the property. 1011 S ]J. COVINGTON. april 17 wit 0,,<: Hundred Dollars it c ward. NOTlEK—Raimwny trom the aubseq her, in IJecemtier last, n negro man liatllsT » Johnson, aged about twenty eight year*. Said negro is four lect eleven indies high, very dark complexion, and wtien interro gated closely stutte/s abide; he has a .-■? lull lace, and u great many marks of tha whip on Ins buck. Said negro was confined n Ma, mm jail last summer three months, and belonged at that time to Mr. Gill, of Monroe co 1 would re jailors lobe particular in examining jails, as the said negro lay six months in jail within leu n.i'es ot his rnasti'i* If said negro is confined in jail, so that I gel him, I wiil pay the above reward. 1 have no doubt hill ihal lie has altered his name, april It wCm C'OIt.NELI IS I), i OHIS. jAOUII raondis after date, application willlbe ’ made to the hono able Jab nor Court of Co lumViia (ouniv,while Killing lor ordinary purpose*, for leave lo selilhe I ...ml-ml belonging to llm estate of Robctt Allen ol matihS AVra J RHODES-* Lx n