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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
I'riday Morning, April 27-
The Duel.
It is slated in the Baltimore American slip, of
Monday, that the report of the majority of the
Committee of the House of Representatives, ap»
pointed to investigate the circumstances of the
Ir.te duel, concludes with a resolution to expel
Mr. Graves from the House Messrs. Gronnell
and Rariden presented a counter report, and Mr.
Elmore presented a third, dill'ering from both.
Coroner's Inquest.
An inquest was held yesterday over the hotly
of William Wallace, who was (omul dead n a
field, the oilier side of Hawk’s Gully, in the
tipper part of the town. The jury after a care
ful investigation, brought in a verdict that, the
deceased came to his death by intoxication, &c.
Constitutionalist, yesterday.
The Board es Aldermen of the city of St,
Louis have ballotted one hundred and forty five
times for a President, without citeding a choice
Mexico.
News has been received at New Oilcans from
Matamoras, as late as the Kith insl. Great ap
prehension was felt in that city, of an attack from
the French squadron, and the Mexican army of
2000 men, which recently marched toward.. La
Bahia had been ordered to return to repel the
enemy, if it wore necessary.
A noth Bit Captive Chief Gone —Jumper
this distinguished Seminole Chief, died at the
Barracks in New Orloanson the morning of the
18th instant, and was buried in (he afternoon.
The military, and a number of citkeus, attended
fate ‘funeral, which was conducted with all the
honotsofwar. He had been on a sick bed for
nearly two months past.
From the N. V. Com. Advertiser, Aprd 21.
From Upper Canada.
Ou. private advices from Toronto arc to Wed
nesday last. Al 9 o’clock on that day General
•SnriiEtiLxNii was BANISHED FOR LIFE, to
New South Wales.
It was the prevailing opinion at. Toronto, on
Wednesday last, that there would he no further
executions, except perhaps of General Theller,
and opinions were shout equally divided, as to
j-ttle fate of that individual, between 'death and j
banishment.
Mr. John G. Parker had p’caded guilty, and
thrown himself upon tho court for mercy ; it is
feared bj his friends, that he will he among those
who will be banished to New South Wales.
On the 13ih the court was occupied with the
of Dr. Hunter, who was finally acquitted.
Samuel Lount, who was executed at Toronto
on the P2lh, was upward of si/ feet in height
and aged about 4 7 years, and is said to have been
a very good looking man. He was a native ol
Peensylvania, and had been in Canada since 18-
12. He married a daughter of Mr. Soles, a weal
thy farmer, who resides a few miles north of To
ronto; he has left a widow and seven children,
NVe are informed that since tho execution a
daughter of Lount has died of grief. She visited
her father in prison', a short time Ivcfore his exe.
cution, since which her grief lias been extreme.
Wc understand that when Sir (Jcorge Arthur
was waited on with entreaties that the life of
‘Count might fey spared, he said that ho had giv
en the matter that consideration which the dis
tressing case required, hut that He could not.con
sistently with his views of justice, extend tho
royal clemency to the cases of the two individu
als, Lount and Matthews. In consideration of
his family, however, the property of Lount should
not he conliscatcd, hut given to Mrs. L. for the
support of herself and children.
Correspondent of the Baltimore American.
The late Duel.
As soon as the vole was declared upon the
private bill which was before the House during
the (Toy, MrToucey, the chairman of the com
mittee, rose to Thake a report from a select com
mittee. It was well understood by the House
that (ho report was in reference to the lute duel.
Mr Touccy said that he had hcenjunanimous- ]
ly instructed to report to day with an order that 1
the further consideration should he postponed to
two weeks from next Monday.
Mr Touccy said he slmuld submit this motion
4o the House with another that the report he
printed.
Mr Robertson, of Va. rose to a point of order,
and said he was not now prepared to vole for |
the printing. He wished to know the conclusion j
.of tho leport, If what he said was true the I
.committee had gone beyond their parliamentary j
powers.
Mr Robertson was interrupted by a motion to
adjourn—lost, 80 to 06.
Mr To cey then moved to suspend the rules
of the Mouse, which motion was carried, viva 1
voce, without much opposition —not more than
eight to ten members voting in the negative.
The rules being suspended, Mr Toucey moved 1
the printing ol the report. 1
Mr Grenncll, of Mass, from the minority of the I
same committee, then presented a counter re- I
port, presented by himself and Mr Kaiiden of
Indiana. He asked that this report be printed. I
Mr ELLMOUE, ofS C., from the same com
in it tec, presented a third repart, with the remark 1
that he had come to ;i conclusion different from [
the major/'. the minority.
Roi-ertsotl, •rt’n , then said ho could not
vote for the printing ce -Ithec of the rcpo>Uuntil
he knew what were the comments. Mr KolW[.
son said under his view of Pailhncntary
he beli eve J the reports presented by the chair- ,
man of n«, committee would have to he sent |
hack. The x'-rlimentry law rna'de it necessary
when a member w„. chargedjwilli any mUdemea- j
nor, committee ,|,j no t report the facts in
the case; action beyoru. (ll ; 3 f, e | on j, e J to the
House, the House oll| y, not to any com
mittee. If fhc committee had g 0.., furlher)Bn j
he was not prepared to say it had, m. u dil!
not know the fact ofhca.ly. as repotted u ha( .
'XfSX '"Vi“
made to adjourn, and earned h> a ot 80
to 62. V
[From the N. V. Herald A/iril 22.]
Important from llugland— Six Days La
ter—Great Reaction ia the Bullion Mar
kets.
Early this morning wo received our loiters and
impels from Liveipool by lire packet ship George
Washington, Captain Ilolilrege, to whom we beg
to express our warm acknowledgments for his ci
vility in forwarding them to us, and also forconu
mercial intelligence, and the latest Liverpool pa
per. The Geo. Washington left that port on tho
2Eth ult., and brings Liverpool dales of that day,
and the London Sunday papers of the 25th.
Wo have the satisfaction of despatching the
intelligence by this arrival to all parts o! the coun
try by the express mail of this afternoon.
Ihe commercial news is interesting! it appears
■ that cotton has fallen a trifle in Liverpool.
The specie continues to arrive in groat abun
dance. About $ 1,000,000 at least, by this pack
ct, as follows :
_ 18 boxes specie, Prime, Ward and King; 2 do
Grinned, Minium and Co.; 1 do llcckscher. Cos
ter and Madflcld; I do Cammaim and While
house; 1 do Barnwall and Co.; 1 do order; in all
£194 000 sterling.
Mr. King is also a passenger. The reaction
in England towards the United States is r renter
than ever known. It is believed that the trade,
government mid institutions ot England depend
on the commerce with the United Stales. Our
extracts on these points are highly interesting,
’Pm nA no i.o-Aji bhi ca \ llui sns.—Nol with
standing the stagnation of almost every kind of
business which has existed in the United Suites,
the debts ot the suspended American linns in
London have been working oil’ well; mid wo be
lieve we may say that one ol these e-tal lishmonls,
whose affairs our contemporary regarded as hope
loss and forlorn, has reduced its liabilities to about
£l5O, to nothing, in fact, as compared with its
positional the period the firm was compelled to
yield to the pressure of (lie times. The Ameri.
cans have strained every nerve Ip -pay oil' their
debts. I hey have retrained horn entering into
new engagements, and sacrificed every thing to
the one grand point, that of mainlaing their ere
dit. In discussing these matters it should never
he forgotten how completely the two countries
are now identified in interest; fend it is as much
for the benefit of English trade that assistance
should he rendered to the merchants of New York,
as to the merchants ot London, Liverpool, or
Leeds. It is a saying in Lancashire that New
York is Liverpool, and Liverpool is New York.
i he Bank of England and the Expouta
tion of Gold. —The Directors of the Bank of
England, it appears, have determined to export
gold to the United Sta'es; whether as an opera
tion for profit, or one of policy, we will not slop
to enquire, hut rather lake a cursory view of
some of the effects of the measure, As one of
policy if is, perhaps, amongst the wisest ever
adopted by the Dilectors of that hank. That it
of mercantile character is very evident.—
Wc should not complain of the Direclers for
being dealers in coin; the pursuit is legitimate.
Hitherto it has not always been practised as ex
tensively ns circumstances required, when the
transactions resulted in loss so as to touch upon
their rest, One of the consequences of this
measure, on the part of the bank, is very obvious.
1 heir wholesale dealing must afford advantages
with which the merchant will rot be aide to com
- pete. Their gold may as well he in a course of
transmission to the Stales, so far as it will he
affected by any accumulation of interest, as for
it to remain locked up in their vaults. The tri
fling expense of freight and insurance will at
lach to their operations; whereas, the merchant
exporting becomes subject to interest from the
day of his purchase.
The Bank ol England lias commenced export,
ing, and will, no doubt, continue. It is said,
half a million of gold has been shipped by the
bank to the Slates within tho last three weeks.—
We are induced to believe, that ten times this
amount will he sent if thought desirable, and
even more can he despatched under the Imme
diate direction of the hank; putting down, so
effectually as it can, the transactions of mer
chants. '1 ho latter, by toazing repetitions, and
for large quantities of gold for shipment, would
unquestionable, have executed such apprehen
sions, on the part of the bank, as to have involv
ed the commercial world, at least, in a partial
panic; but of this there is now no danger. Mer
chants, we think, will not venturi ! w A
gold operations under the disadv ■ !.n .ju. ro
ly of a loss of interest, but the probability of the
course of the exchange being turned in the
Slates, through the interference of tho Bank,
and thus ynhjcct them to increased loss.
Our opinion of the unsourulncss of the bank of
! England as a great hanking institution remains
unchanged. Tho hank will never he more sound,
as a grand monetary machine, until the adoption
ol a system in accordance with the views enter
tained in the pamphlet of Mr John Hill or that
ot Mr Jones Loyd. The charter of the bank
expires, we think, in 1844; so that we have to
progress, it is to he feared, to that time, with all
the uncertainty to which the action of tho hank
shall make every man’s property liable—up, as it
were, to day, and down to morrow—as we have
seen of late, ruining some and elevating others.
The contemplation of such power, vested in j
twenty four heads in the hank parlor, is fright- !
ful, seeing, as wo have, the revolutions in pro
perly which MvcTison (-fleeted hitherto by the
maladministration of such a body of people; re
volutions more extensive in their effects on pro
perty than a hundred icforms of Pailiamcnl.—
Tho House of Commons has not a thousandth
part of tho power of the property of individuals to
that which rests in the administration of twenty
four directors of the hank of England !
The contingencies to wb : .:.' u any ;« nC Walofi
the charier of the btltilx oi England, are, in fact,
toe best guarantee now for tho public, that the
decisions of the directors will be of a protective j
nature tor the commercial and manufacturing
interests of the kingdom, even at a considerable
sacrifice, were any necessary, in order to keep on
good terras with the community; the owner of
property, may, therefore, indulge hope, that its
value will he in the ratio tho bank conciliates tho
public in order to achieve the renewal of their
charter.
Expoutation or Gold to the United
States. —We arc truly glad to find that the
Bank of England has, at length, determined to
make a shipment of gold to the U. States. This
will not only be the means of giving life and an
imation in the United States, hut will lead to ex
tensive orders Ur our various manufactures. It
j -Is evidently the harbinger of more cheerful limes.
! Bank intend to send .£1,000,000 ; Messrs,
j Rothschild, £250,000, and various other firms
diflereut amounts, making in the aggregate, about
T 2 000,000 sterling, wc understand. The whole
Vc . ** consi Bned to Messrs. Prime Ward,
aI,IJ q- ; hut a portion of it report says, is on
I accoun tlie Government, to meet bills from
I Lana- '■ \m le ef p ect p ro J ucet J this operation I
'"Vslaics will be quite astonishing,
iJ he resc m‘Vof ca sh payments Ins been tin
great destdeial-Jy J lllit th ,
L “l ty ° T, Utm ? Vanencv I- so vital a mca*.
were K- 7 ' 200,000 sovereigns
1 j f U ‘f y , A1 itt
| said, shipped on board ckct
God'fre I
Washington’ which is expected to sail t„ J*,
■ lor the same port. Mr. King, who has been in
t.ondon arranging the matter with the directors
j oflhe Bank of England, goes as a passenger on
, board the George Washington.— ,l/biiui.
, Lo.miox Monk* Mahkkt, March 25.
’ Amongst our loading monetary and commercial
circles, the great topic of interest has been the
. half yearly meeting of the proprietors of Bank
, Mock on J hursday, tor the purpose nt assenting
to the amount of the dividend lor tins hall year.
The result.has turned out to be of a more favor
, able character than many anticipated.
It appears that the Governor was enabled to
propose a half yearly dividend of 4 per cent upon
s ' their capital of £ 14,500,000, by taking £40,000
fiom their rest or surplus capital, which sum is
. equal to a deficiency of about j per cent on their
, actual capital, a slight defection, considering the
lisks the corporation have run, and the late dim
, million in their business.—This sum ofXII.OOO
. | is i't addition to £.’20.000 taken from their rest to
. j make \ p tin-, lasi half year's dividend. The rest,
I ; after providing for the present dividorf’, stands at
i .£2.810,305. It appears that the hank will loose
i 1 nothing by the Amcriuan suspended firms, there
r | fora the proprietors ought to he thankful that ad
j ventitinus circumstances have enabled the maim-
I | gers ot their allairs to conquer so easily dillicul
r i ties of which they alone were the origin.
Duo of the great ellecls ot the gigantic com
. ! tnetcial break up in the United States, in the
1' | opting ol 1837, has been to deaden, almost to
j I atiihilalion, the commerce of our British Indian
, I empire, and its numerous and valuable depen
. dencies; and the exlrme depression in the value
ot silks, sugars, cottons, and drugs which has
. prevailed in the markets of ear Indian settle
t incuts, has, of course, induced many resident
s merchants to ma'ke investments, which, at the
, persenl market value, afford ample profits on
. their arrival here, whilst it completely bars the
r speculative holders of lapt year’s arrivals from
, making sales hut at a heavy sacrifice. It is,
} therforc, anticipated, in consequence oflhe heavy
bosh importations which have lately taken place,
r that our markets for colonnt produce will bo se
-3 riously affected.
i Lite commercial advices from the. United States
, continue to be very unsatisfactory. The ex
, change on London ruled at to 0 premium,
r American gold is -1.- premium. Sovereigns are
, not quoted. Sales of treasury notes were made
on (bo 10th nit., to the amount of £5,000, at
discount to par,
[ The Great State Work.
Wp are happy to be able to lay before our
, readers, the following interesting information
f in relat ion to our great Railroad.’ The Board
I' since their meeting, which commenced on the
• Ist instant, has put undercontract the whole
. of the road from the South eastern terminus
- in Dekalb, neatly eight miles east of Uhatta
• hoochee, to a point lour or five miles West of
. Etowah; being by far the most heavy and ex
■ pensive part of the work, and cmbaracing a
■ distance of nearly fifty four miles.
t Col. Long, the Chief Engineer, whose ex
• pcrience makes him a well qualified ud<r C of
; such matters, believes that regarding 0 the
• ra,e «. iho number, respectability, means and
V skill oflhe contractors, it is llto most satisfac
tory letting ever made in llio'Dnited Stales.
' t The Board believe, if they are able to make
a fair sale of a portion of iheState script, they
will easily put under contract for 80 to 100
miles during the year. The Engineers state,
that between tbc Etowah river and lire Con
nieawgo, the grading will hardly cost .$2OOO
a mile, on many scarcely oriel; the surface be
ingso level, as to require but little excavation
or 00111,1111(111011'. All this is most gratifying to
the friends oflhe improvement of our noble
old Stale. —Southern Recorder.
“The House that .Jack built.”
The Government, it seems not satisfied
with its (eats in Finance and War, lias also
been distinguishing itself in Architecture. A
building of great size (containing 150 rooms)
has been lately erecting, for the use of the
• Treasury Department; when lo ! no sooner
fro the walls all tip, than it. is discovered that
they must bo taken down again. A commit
j tee of Congress, assisted by two able archi
tects, have reported in substance,
1. That Urn building is placed where it
ouitiii. not to Le.
2. That it is not suited to the purpose for ■
which it is intended’.
•i. That it ia exceedingly ugly.
4. That it completed on the present plan
it will inevitably tumble down. ;
They therefore recommend that,i-t be taken
to pieces and built at another place on a bet- '
tor plan. The workmanship &c. already ex
pended, will ho a loss of about eighty thous» ,
and dollars, and it will cost thirty thousand ,
more lo unbuild it,—total loss, .$] 10,(100.
No one cap fail lo bo struck by tlie nietn
j plioncnl resemblance between this edifice and ,
I the Administration itself.
1. Tne Administration is where it ought ,
not to he. I
2. It is unfit for its design. ,
3. It is exceedingly ugly.
4. If it, docs not soon tumbledown of it- ,
self it, will he pulled down. —Columbia Tel
escape. I ‘
AF«,*t;:,fKXT FOR -;„ f , JUdiks.—'“Thy grand. '
| mother, sard my uncle Toby, addressing himself
I lo young Arabella, just from London, who was
j playing the battle of Marengo on the piano, “iliy '
grandmother, child,” said he, “used to play on a 1
! much belter instrument than thine.” c
•'lndeed - ” said Arabella, “how could it have *
been better 1 you know it is the most fashionable 1
instrument, and is used by every body that is •'
any thing.” a
“Your grandmother was something, yet she t
never saw a I'iano forte.” I
“But what was the name of the instrument? u
bad it strings, or was it played by keys.” d
"You must give mo lime lo recollect the name, v
it was indeed a strange instrument, but was play- c
cd by the hand.”
“By the band alone I —how vulgar? but I pro- |
lost I should like to see one, and papa shall buy ]
me one when I return to London. Do you think J
we can obtain one ?” (
“No, you will not probably find one in London fii
hut doubtless they may be found m some of the >j
cown'ry towns.” ,
“Bow many strings had it?” Must one play
with both hands 1 and could one play the double
bass, ’ .
“1 know not whether it would play double
bass, as you call it, but it was played by both j'
hands, and had two strings,'
“Two strings only 1” surely yon are jesting ; ”
j how could good music lie produced by such an t c
instrument, when the piano has two or three j v
hundred.” j a
“Oh, the strings were very long, one about 14 |
feel, and the other might be lengthened at pleas. n
uje, even to 50 or more." j t
“What a prodigious deal of room it mur.l take it
up, but no matter, I will have mine rn an old hall ' p
and nem to K* ■■■ e-
■ 11— —' 'l'
ivx (lint 1 shall never want tor any tiling, and so
duos mamma. Worn Ihe siring* struck wiili lit
ilo mallets like tin) piano, or were they snapped
like the harpsichord.” /
•‘l.ike neither ot those instruments, ns I recol.
leet, hut it produced a soft kind of hemming inu-'
sic. and was peculiorly agreeable to the husband
and relations o( tho performer,”
“( 111, ns to pleasing one’s husband or relations,
that is all dicky, in the haul-ton you know; hut
lam determined to have one at any rate. Was
it easily learnt and was it taught hy French or
Italian masters 1”
“It was easily learnt, hot French apd Italians
scarcely dared to show their heads in our country
in those limes.”
"Can you not possibly recollect the name 1
How shall wc know what to inquire for?”
“\es, I do now remember the name, ana we
must inquire lor u spinning "wheel,"
From the Knickerbocker,
limes
•room simi vi vi xu ii KvoLiTuiN) n v souimis.
Wons remnant of a noble band,
Fast dwindling to decay,
Preservers of our blessed laud,
, ln its most gloomy day;
Cur wealth, our ploVy. ard onr fame,
thir ransom from the tyrant claim,
That ranked us with the slave,
Wo owe lo you, time honored race,
And those your mates, whose dwelling place
Is now the narrow grave.
When summoned by the war trump’s breath,
Vo spurned the monarch’s chain,
V e bravely faced the frown of death,
And bore the sling of pain;
Ye staked your all upon the die,
“Freedom and Truth,’your buttle cry,
With courage strong and rare;
Justice your armor, God your shield,
Ye triumphed op the battle field.
And youi rewards are—where?
Hehnld n people great and free,
While smiling on the laud,
Fair Plenty leads Prosperity,
And Hope extends her hand,
And decks the mist with colors bright,
That hides the future from our sight;
lie hold the once red swords,
Turned into plough shares; and the earth
Look fair as Eden at its birth;
Oh! are not these rewards?
rewards that patriots only earn,
And value ns they might;
IVI iiils whose heads with high thoughts burn,
Os what their blood has bought;
And not unmindful all are we,
Hold pioneers ot Liberty!
Os what your toil has won;
Your triumphs cannot he forgot,
While there remains n Dingle spot
Freedom may call her own.
Her race is equal with your fame,
Where’er her altars rise,
Hearing the purcr-t, hnghli-,Mflame r
E’er kindled ’ncath the skies;
There shall your memories still ho dear,
And there shall many gather near,
'i'o hear the glorious (ale,
HuW Wir hold fathers bravely fought.
And Virtue won the meed she sought,
While Tyranny grew pale !
The I’awnee Urave.
Pctalesharro was a brave of the Pawnee
tribe. ILs lather, LoUslinw, was. chief of Ins
band q.tgl a man of renown. Petalosliarro
early imbibed his father’s spirit; often mo doubt
eh tunned with the songs of the chief, in which
he recounted the battles ho hud fought, and
told,of the scalps he had taken, his youthful
bosom heaved, and his heart resolved lo imi
tate these deeds, and in his turn to recount
his war.ike exploits—to tell of his victories
and count (lie scalps he had taken. Thus
impressed, he went early into battle and goon
won the renown and the title of 9 Bkavk.
Wc saw him in Washington in 1835., whith
er he was sent as one of a deputation from
his tribe, lo transact business with the govern
meet. Jlc was dressed, so far as Ins half
length discloses it, precisely as ho is seen in
t he portrait. Ho wore a head dress of the
feathers of ILo wpr eagle, wide i extended in
a double seriee down Ins hack to his hips, nar
rowing as it dcccnded. His robe wan thrown
carelessly but. gracefully over bis shoulders,
leaving his breast, and often one arm bare.
The garments decorated bis bips and
'lower limbs ; these were the atizcum, tlie leg
grins and the moccassin, all ornamented.—,
The youthful and fcmtinmc character of bis
face and the humanity of its expression were
all remarkable He did not appear to bo oh
dor than twenty years; yet be was then be- !
lieved to bo twenty-five.
A fine incident is connected with the bislo
ry of litis Indian. The Pawnee Loups had J
long practised the savage rite known to no
other of the American tribes, of sacrificing ‘
human victims to the Great Star, or the plan- f
ct Venus. This dreadful ceremony, annually [
preceded the preparations for planting corn, ,
and was supposed tv bo iiQccs-sry to soQtiro a r
Iruiiiui season. To prevent a failure of the
crop and a consequent famine, some individ
ual was expected to offer nj> a prisoner of ei, /
thersox, who had been captured in war, and
some one was always found who coveted the
honor ot dedicating the spoil ol Ins prowess s
lo the national benefit. The intended victim,
carefully kept in ignorance, of the fate that
impended, was dressed in gay apparel, with
the choicest food and treated wiili every ten- (
derness, with the view of producing obesity, A
and preparing an offering the more acceptable 'I
to the deities to bo propitiated. When hy .1
the snee .ssful employment of those means the f>
unhappy victim was sufficiently fatted, and a J
day was appointed for the sacrifice, the d
whole nstion assembled to witness tl c sob ’1
einn scene. 1!
Some time before Pctalesharro was depu- h
led to visit Washington, it chanced that an J
llean maid who had been taken prisoner, was
doomed by her captor to be offered up to the
Great Star, and was prepared with tho usual
secrecy and care for the grand occasion.— "
The grief and alarm incident W a state of cap. *
tivd.y, had been allmed by deceptive kindness, j.
and the grateful prisoner became happy m
the society of strangers, who bestowed upon y
her a degree of adulation to which She had «
probably not been accustomed. Exempt from j,
labor and exalted into unwonted ease of life, [
she soon acquired that security of mind and y
comeliness ol person which rendered her \
worthy of being offered lo the Great Star as
a full equivalent for an abundant harvest
The reader will now fancy himself in view .1
of tho great gathering of the Pawnees, and .b
that he is in sight of the multitude assembled (J
in honor of the sacrifice. In his near an- I!
p-oach he will lieir their orgm.-. In the rn fist i '
■ ■be i vice :,[■ ji/iit; ;fg <md i< \ 1
' sharpened, when it is driven in ilio ground.
Veils and uhnutH announce Hint all is ready.
In liio distance is seen a company of Paw
nees • liy tlie side of their loader is a delicate
girl. They approach nearer, lie who made
her captive enters the circle—shouts welcome
him. He talces the girl hy the hand and lends
her tQ the fatal spot. Her hack is placed
against the stake : cords arc brought and she
is bound to it. The faggot* are new collect*
, td and placed round the victim. A hopeless
expression is seen in her eye—perhaps a tear.
Her bosom heaves and her thoughts arc of
home, when a torch is aeon coining from the
woods, hard hy. At that moment a young
brave leaps into the midst of the circle—rnshs
es to the stake-tears the victim from it, and
springing upon a horse and throwing Juv up
on another, and putting both to the lop of
their speed, is soon lost in the distance. Si
lence prevailed—then murmurs are heard—
then the loud threats of vengeance when all
retire. The stake and the faggot arc all that
remain to mark the spot on which, hut lor this
noble deed, ashes and bones would have dis.-
tingnished. Who was it, that intrepidly re
leased the captive nia d ] It was the young,
the .bravo, the generous fttlalesharro.—
Whether it was panic or the dread ol j.t hl
ashaw’s vengeance that operated and kept
iho warriors from using their hows and arrows
and rifles, is not known; but certain it, in that
they did not use them.
Inoxiiatf.ii Lands. —The aggregate quantity
of inundated lands on the Mississippi .according
to the estimate printed in the report, s/ooiuils to.
23,4(111,200 acres; of wfdch about 11,231,030
acres belong to iho United .Stales, andean be re
deemed from its present worthless slate, at an
expense at the highest estimate of about $4,000,.
000. The minimum value of the landi reclaimed •
would he about $56,000,000, leaving a balance
of 52,000,000. The quali'y of the I rods is said
to he tire finest on the globe, and the effect of
draining them upon the health of the country
cannot be estimated 100 highly.— Si. I,‘nun Uu'e
letin.
HANK. ItIOI’OItTS.
Hlariue ami Fire Insurance Hank of the
State of (Georgia.
Savannah, April 1), 1838.
To his Excellency (iso. It. Gilmeh,
tiovernor of Iho Shite of deort'iii;
Sin —I hand yon herewith the semi-annual
return of (his Hank. 1 am not aware of any
thing on tiro face of the statement that requires
explanation.
Very respectfully,
Your oli’l servant,
S U PAKKMAN, President.
Statement of the condition of the ,Marine anil
Hire. Insura net Hank amt 11 ranch at .1 fa
te n on .Monday, ,‘l/iril 2, 1838.
Du.
To capital stock, 400,000
Moles in circulation
(principal) 320,223
do do (branch) 23,750
340,078
Individual Depositors, 388,011, 75
Hiilanco due Sav. Ins. ami Trust J
Company, 02,931 31
do. individuals for unpaid divi
dends, 1,542
Reserved fund, 0.3,581 12
Profits since 6ih Dec. 21,553 38
u 85,134 50
Ain’t duo to Northern anks, 22,501 11
Hal. on open sc’l with branch, 30,183 53
$1,340,882 23
Cu.
Hy fpccic in gold coin, 78,020 81
“ Silver and copper, 32,294 00
11(1,320 87
Notes of the hks of lilts Slate, $15,001
Disc, notes running lo maturity. 403,484 92
Hills of ex. running to maturity, 312,539 51
Hills of ex. under protest, good, 10,000
Ainouni due in Mobile, good, 8,093 82 '
Hills, receivable, doubtful, 2,412 91
Disc, notes under protest,
bad, 2,100 89
liills ot cx. under protest
bad, 5,5(10
7,600 89
Hills receivable, bad, 793 10
Various slocks, 33,530 48
Halanco due from hks of ibis stale, 40,207 51
Amt. due from Northern Hanks, 23,540 95
Current expenses since s'.b Dee last 0,088 20
$ 1,340,882 23 '
Stats or Geouoia, City of Savannah. — ;
Personally came before me, u Justice of (be In
ferior Court of Chatham enemy, Samuel H.
I’urkmari, and James Smith, being the Presi
dent and Cashier of the Marine and Fire In
surance Hank of the Stale id' Georgia, and allirm
ed that the annexed exhibit of the condition of ]
the said Hank and Hrancii, is a Into statement j
thereof, and that the list of Stockholders is cor
reel, to the best of their knowledge.
S. H. PAKKMAN, Prest.
JAMES SMITH, Cashr.
Affirmed before me, this 9th day of April, 1838.
FRANCIS SORREL, J.I.C.
STOCKiuanxiis in tub maiunx and tike tnsu.
i
IIANCE HANK Os ’I'HB STATE or OKODOIA,
Ariirr. 2, 1838.
Shavet.
Chatham Academy 107
Mary Adams 2 ,
Thn Female Asylum 5 j’
lane S Aldrich 53 t ]
Margaret Ulaek 22
John Cumming 300 f
Aaron Champion 250 r
Thomas Clark I'-O
Robert Campbell, trustee, 85
Robert Clark 31
Married Campbell 50 [
Mary Clelantl 20 „
Thomas S Olay 4 <]
Ann 4 '
Mary Ann Cowper 39 [
Henry Castatf 30 1
Michael Dillon 34
8 C Dunning, trustee 8 „
do do 4 ti
Margaret. B Echols 17
3 A Edwatds 1()0 *
Helen Fleming 5
fames Fraser 100
Samuel H Fay 45
William Godfrey 314
\ R Gordon and Samuel H Turkman, trus- 1
tees 48
I II Herbert, estate 120
lohn Haupl,guardian 3
’J F Halsey 30
Robert Jlaborsham. trustee 1 ? 1
I i J llenrv .>O3 > <
■ '!u too j
1* Houston, executor C
. , do do 34
- P Houston, trustee y
• do ilo g
5 i’ Houston, trustee 51
3 1 Houston and f 1 M Kollock, trustees 20
, Patrick Houston 45
| Henderson and Anderson, trustees 8
, Robert Hutcheson 4^
Eliza M llousiouu 35
, K Jackson,‘jr. administrator 100
11 U Johnston Tig
P A Johnston 25
Lucy hone 82
' Jos Jones, truster# 25
> I, (J Jonston 75
j Heorge Jones 50
E H Johnston 70
W P Juhnsto.n hjffp
M H Johnston 1 0
Jane P Johnston 43
Joseph Jones 10n
Pusan VV Johnston 4
Jamrs Johnston 5
George Jones, trustee 7g
Mary P Kollock 38
Mary Krr H)6
Mary M 1C or 05
Maria iCollorh 4
JriillCh liamli I ijp
Joseph J • Lock# 27
Mary Livinder J 5
Arthur Ci Miller nie
II Mackey, estate ‘*(9
Andrew T Miller jy
Benjamin Marshall 5y
Janies Marshall, cashiere my
Ahrnhntn Nicluds, estate 5
John Potter "I 408
Anthony Porter ’’2sB
•'Samuel U I’aikman 20J
William Patterson 50
Padelfonl Pay, Ate. 400
Edward Quin, estate 24
William Kobeitsoit 72
Elias lined 100
Elias Reed, trustee 15y
William Rahil .5,0
(Jatharinc P Meytnour , ,82
Scarbrough, Taylor and Wallace, trustees ICO
James. Smith Cashier, trustee 8
J Slone, entitle 133
Ann (J Stiles, estate 4
William J Scott, estate 395
Robert Station! 40
(JeoVge 'J’l\omas . ' I ~ . 44
I) Turner and .1 F Coles, trustees ;t0
Frederick A Topper 40
William 11 Thompson 109
Margaret C Telfair 55
Mary Telfair 05
Henry Taylor t 20
William Taylor 25
C 1, S Verslulh) •»<;
John Wilkinson 1. ~..• , 400
■ S Wood and F F \VO6d, trustees 58
Henry O Wyer 100
E I, Wnldhurgh 2
(J M Waldhurgh 9
William Waring 4
James J Waring 4
S M Anderson 13
S,OOO
, CQittMioficiAl#.
I.ivmrroof. COTTON ma 11K i:r, ai a a HO.
< ottonl.iis heon 10 extensive demrirt I, the busi
ness amounting to 59 08U. hales. Elarly in th«
week a slight ndvnneo was realized, hut thernnr
k'U has closed homily at a decline on our last
yveekft quotations of lto Id,on tire middling qual-
Uiesol American and nt ( per lb on Brazil, Kgyp.
O'm rrnrt East India, the sales of lire week rem
priso 110 bales Sea Island at 151 to 29 peore with
111 Mamed at 12d,—11,01(1 Rowed fl’» 81—7530
Mobile, Alabama, and Tennessee 51 to 8 1-4; — 12.-
Hit) Orleans 01 ,to 8 I t—2150 Pernambuco and
Pnraiha Are. HJ to Kiel; 1840 llohia and Alneeio 71
10 H I -Id; 5)0 Mnrnnham 8 to 9M; 550 I.agnira 71
lo 75*1; 20 Cnrlhugena old; IKK) Egyptian 8 1-2
to 12 l-4d; 910 Surat 4 lo 5 I 2d: and 340 Madras
at 5 1-2 lo Old per lb. ol which 2800 American aro
onspeculation, with 1200 American and 400 f’er
neinlineu for export.
NKW OHI.KA.VH MAIIKF.T, Asa 11,22
( otton - i he transactions id the week amount
lo about 6,000 hales at llm full range of our quota
tions, and some think nt a small advance over tho
prices of last week; yesterday there was little or
nothing doing; this will probably be the case unlß
buyers and sellers form their opinion o,s lotlieun
lavorabl) nceounls of tho market at Liverpool; it
is thought however, that (rices will decline.
There has t een some sales nt our highest (pota
tions,say 13c, and 11 was refused for one lot. Wo
ipioto A/iesissippj and Louisiana at fi s 13,ex
treme fair 101 a 1 le. Tennessee and North Ala
ha mil 6 a 91; extremes lair flic.
die exports aro 475,020 hales against 425,418 to
lbs same period lust season, making an excess of
50,202 hales.
Which stand thus. Rales.
Excess lo Rrinsli ports, 89,525
Short to f rench ports, 29,410
North ol Europe, 574
Cowes ami arrurkot. 323
Other Foreign ports, 4,769
-33,84
Excess to Foreign ports. 54,441
•Short Coastwise, 4,329
50,202
Hi (Terence of what has gone Coastwise.
Rales.
Short to Boston and oilier Eastern ports 16,07,2
Excess lo New York and ether polls 12,433
4,239
Rates.
Total Exports lust season, 596,780
Thus far this season, 475,620
121,460
The slock on hand and on ship hoard not cl'd,
is now shout 125,000 hales. The quantity gono
forth direct from Mississippi without clearing at
tilts port is probably about 13,000 halos. The prin
cipal |>urt ol Ihe crop ol Tennessee and North
Alabama is still to come forward, hes'des what is
remaining in Mississippi and Louisiana.
MOBII.E MARKET, APIUI, 22.
Cotton— The market remains withoutapy im
provement, or demand, and the advices trom Eu
rope lo the ->th of March winch aro unfavorable,
showing a decline ot .1 pur lll.—will have the ten
dency to produce a decline ra our market. Pro
vioiih to the advices, prices had (hjchned ic It’s
hope however, this is only temporary. The voqv*
low state of tlio rivers, has prevented ourprtnni
pal boats from making thetr usuallfcceipls
have consequently been light. Owing to the im
scltlod siate ot the hmikel we omit the classifica
tion this week.
Kxpoits nl cotton from Mobile, from Ist October
1837, 1 0 20th April 1838
Liverpool, 83.510
Glasgow and Greenock, 3,288
Havre, 39,560
‘Mur Europaon Foils, 8,335
Total to Foreign polls, 131,698
New York, 40,232
Boston, 7,338
I’rovtdotteo, 2,325
New Orleans, 20,038
Other fIS IV;; , 3,929
Total t I’...»■•••’ ; "r;., 7 »,j33
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