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■■■tiwrr.MßMu^m—wnwß^fgtrT—^— —bw«wc—wyg .—.TTtniitcr WILLIAM E. JOiVKS. AUGUSTA, GEO., TBSU£BS2?AY MOISNIKG MAY 80, 8 838. [Tri- weekly.]— I Vol. 11,-- I¥o 56. Published DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, At JVo. Broad Street. 1 Terms.—Daily paper, Ten Dollars per annum . in advance. Tri-weekly paper, al six Dollars in ad vance or seven al the end of the year. Weekly I 1 paper, three dollars in advance, or lour at the end i of the year. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. , i AUtfJPSTA. ' VVcdncMluy Mom inn, May <(. (jj» We learn the Committee appointed to make collections for the sufferers by the recent fire in Charleston, made their report to Council on Sa turday last, which is as follows: Ward No. 1, $633 “ No. 2. 1,428 “ No. 3, 1635 <• No. 4, CG3 Which with $2OOO given by our City Council, •will make the sum of $0,414 contributed by Au gusta. Wc understand that a report has got into cir culation in a neighboring Stale, that the two Insurance Offices in this city have met with such heavy losses by the recent fire in Charles ton, that those who are insured in them arc in suring in other institutions. To show the fid. lacy of this report, and for the in urination of all concerned, we will slate (hat the loss of both companies in Charleston will not exceed $79,- 000, which is nearly equally divided, and which they can pay from their surplus fund, without touching their capital. The capital of the Au gusta Insurance and Banking Company is Five Vj. Hundred Thousand, all paid in;—and Geotgia Insurance and Trust Company, One Million, al 1 paid in, and the stockholders liable for as much more. The Convention ol the Union Parly of this State, for the nomination of Candidates lor Congress at the ensuing Election, assembled al Milledgevillc on Monday last. Thomas Spald ing, a delegate from M’lntosh, was appointed president, snd Jno. T. Lamar, and F H Sandford appointed secretaries. A large number of dele gates from most of the counties in the Slate ap. peared and took their scats. Wo shall, in a day or two Jie able to give the result of their deliberations. The Great Match Race. The match race over the National Course for $21',000 aside, between O. P. Hare’s Fanny Wyatt and Col. John Heth’s Decatur, was dcci ded on Tuesday, Ist iust., in favor of the latter, in two heats. The first heat was nan in 7m. 455,, and the second was not timed—the marc having given up the contest in the third mile. The Charleston Courier of Tuesday says; Wc learn, that during the rain of Friday last, a water spout passed over Sullivan’s Island, in a north- ' tvardly direction, tearing oil' the piazza on the north side of the Club House, and demolishing ne knehen attached to the same premises. MaiFßobber caught. A man who calls himself John Larkcr, was i arrested in Philadelphia, on the Ist inst., charg- i cd with having shot the driver of the U. S. Mail 1 hear Mobile, Ala., some time since. He was ta- | ken before tbo Mayor, and committed fur a fur- i ther hcaiing. , Notice to Newspaper Publishers. , The office of the Mobile Mon.vtso Cauosi. j cle is offered for Sale. It is said to be one of ] V-he most valuable establishments in the Southern ( country. Those wishing to purchase should make immediate application. 1 The circulation of the paper is very extensive, t and it has a large commercial patronage in the cily. 1 ( Sixteen companies of volunteer Infantry have * been called fur by the Governor of Tennessee, in j ( compliance with a requisition make by Gen. j , to enable him to carry out the terms of the 1 I Treaty. * I Milledgcvlllo Recorder, of tiio Sill inst. 1 ' SS Mint at Dahonega, in this Slate,has ■ ' pa its coining operations. Wc have ' J *. ,4 been shown a few half eagles, H within a few v They resemble precisely, with i 1 of its coinage. \n, our other coin of similar j 1 H on ® slight exceptiov D. plavcd immediately over i 1 H size—the initial lollc.^tipguisi,in s it, from that j 1 ■B the year 1888, alone iV cast at Charlotte, in ‘ H of our other Mints l isl ing U ished, m like ! K ' -N. C., we learn, is nis < Kj-. manner by the letter C. i :~TiUon. Virginia'Ei . , . m The Richmond Whig of t/"' “*• : ... —The official returns which * !*'’ 1 *' U ’ Bk, , , „ , , , almost certain ~ P hsh from Rappahannock, render i.\. f,K that the late Speaker Banks, (V. 1 1 ' X a ■ elected to Congress by a majority ofil^k' U ' 1 'I over Mi. Slaughter, (Whig.) ip Wo copy from the Army and Navy ChrotEV nCT the following paragraph relative to the Exploring .«! Expedition : K. ‘ Lieutenant Charles Wilkes was appointed on Br| the 20lh ult. to the command of the South Sea R; Surveying and Exploring Expedition,and has on at tered actively on the duty of making the neccsi W sary preparations for the cruise. Tha squadron P will consist of the sloops Vincennes and Peacock | the ship Relief, and brig Porpoise. The Mace donian and Relief will proceed shortly to Norfolk H and the Porpoise will return to that port in a fee ■ days from her present duty of surveying severa H ' of the soul hern harbors. Pome changes, it i Er plumed, will be made in the officers at presen M: attached to the expedition, a list of which w | shall publish as soon as the arrangements nr completed.” The result of the Virginia elections ha ■ diffused joy throughout all parts of l!ie cour try« The moral influence of ti redeemin K vole, given so qu elly and so firmly, must b 8.. felt every where, and we have full confident: Hk that a responsive voice will be heard in ever y State in the Union. In August, North Ce mi rulina. Tennessee, and Kentucky will swe m the notes of victory.— Richmond Whig. [pvnusur.n dt keiii-est.] On motion of Alexander A Allen, it was nnani nionsly resolved that a Committee he appointed to wait on Win. 15. While, Esq., anti request of him a copy ot the Oration pronounced by him befote the i’hilomalhia Debating Society on Fri day night, the 13th hist., for Publication. Kcckeksville, April 16lb. 1839. W*. B. White, Esq.—ttii—T- ■ a of the above resolution, wc have ' ■ e.i ; r wait on you and request for ..übiictUion a copy of said Oration. With sentiments of regard, Wc are yourob’t. servants. ALEXANnna A. Allen, John W. Deck, Petek Alexandek. Puckettsvi lle, April 19lh, IS3S. Ocntlemen—The Oration of which you speak was written out in much haste, hut is at your dis posal. With sentiments of esteem, I remain yours, truly, War. Id. Win TE. Messrs. Alexander A. Allen, John W. Deck and Peter Alexander. Oration. The favorable opinion of your Society towards my ability to discharge the important olfico as.- signed mo, is the only apology that I shall ofler on the present occasion, f>r intruding, for a short time, on your indulgence. This assemblage ol youth for intellectual improvement, opens a field of labor sufficiently capacious and extensive to engage the talents of one mote worthy and more adequate. What then is the object of this assem blage? If knowledge he your object, and forms your heart’s desiie, I am prepared to meet you on their highway and at your departure give you comfort and encouragement in your onward pro gress—in the mean time, premonish you that the road is rugged and mountainous—many having become weary, and stopped on the way side, and many having returned and given up the chase forever. Dut while I give you this intelligence of the pusilanimily of some, others again have ascended their highest acclivity and plucked the golden coronet from their loftiest peake. The first enemies with which yon will meet will he those of case and comfort. Enquire not of thorn iho way, their direction will load you into the wilderness at a rolurnless distance from the road. With enticing) words and clamorous elo quence, they will invite you into their spacious halls to banquet on viands delicious to the taste, and force you into enjoyments destructive both to the mind and body. If you listen to the melody of their voice, they will lead you into forbidden paths where, igno. ranee is enthroned and where minds struggling to be free from its fastness will die weltering in their own gore, Their manner of attack is peculiar, they do not plunge the dagger instantly in the heart, but like the canker worm whose corrodings are so gradu al as scarcely to ho perceptible, they will not leave you until their unhallowed thirsts are sated on your mental organs. Just here in your outset on this road your magnanimity will he tested, and unless you nc: the valiant man and play (he soldier with skill and bravery, victory will perch on the Standard of your enemies. Just here human nature yields a 100 willing obedience to its own inclination, and submits too easily to its too doubtful misgiv. ingu. Just hero you must stand fiim or else your fatal mental destiny will he scaled forever. Defore this struggle is over another formidable adversary joins the ranks of the enemy, dealing blows thick and heavy, he flatters the mind, feeds the vanity, pours poisoning balm into the heart; ho lulls into sweet but fatal repose the en 2'"-ies, eives the nuietus to reflection, and bloats anticipation, causing it to imagine vain things and contemplate unreal greatness. To dav is il’.C day of pleasure, and his to morrow of exertion never appear-; promising to give you the true direction in this great highway to knowledge, hut his promises arc only a sounding brass and a tinkling symbol. It will require much circum spection, much exertion, much activiiy, and much magnanimity to conquer this enemy; he conforms to your natural disposition, is subservient to your inclination, if you would apply your minds, ho professes a willingness and yields assent to your desire. Watch him mhe wiii undermine your 1 tires I prospects. Watch him or ho will sever the (irsl buddings ofyour youthful minds. Watch him, for his name is Idleness, the father of mis chief and the companion of ruin. While battling in a hopeless condition, and gasping in the agonies of despair, another potent cncrnv sallies forth to tho assistance of the oth ers. With stately steps, and majestic appearance, ho enters tho contest—assuming an air of dignity of which he is unworthy, professing a knowledge of which he is not master, a superiority to which he has no claims, and mental abilities which he does not possess. He loves to be seen of men, to be gazed on by the passing multitude; talks of knowledge as a mere play thing—he is familiar with greatness, makes philosopy a common con versa’,ion,all tho arts anil sciences are as plain to him as tho noon.d ry sun—ho will appear to he ignorant on no subject, deceitful, r:nl hypocriti cal; be is all things to all men. *■ riilfnizo him closely, and you will (Ed him ; r . ■- ignor ant ? Sound him, and ho i.s r ty—take hold on him, and ho is a bubble wind chaff—ignorant and proud, loving flattery ami profusing it on oth ers; you scarcely over find him in company with intelligence—he seeks those on whom he can im pose. His name is sell righteousness. Having spied out your enemies through this road, are you willing to try the road, to buckle on your armor in self defence ? Have you any fears about success, any doubts as to your proi gress, any care about the result? Do you tell me that the road is too long, that the hill on whoso summit the coronet is suspended, is 100 high,and inaccessible? My reply will be, that on close examination you may discover traces of tftols.eps up its rugged br<"\ before you; ami are mlSitl 80 much disposed I mstrusl your own paw ' yfc to fear that you can not go where others n xSnLJ’ OU want assistance to conquer these a S \By»y them prostrate in the dust; move i- cnot. will flock tr> your stands ?l * orwa the onset. In order that you n ard, an, your enemies, the, fust r, may tho t, must he that of industry, 3 . weapon 1 1 powers will give you lire w 10Ee VV)I,( A adversaries; scale their w vanltge grouno, >V , r v nml cons!ema tion al (.atljimcits, yt |U , Igllt influence, 15 1 Vo iS ’ —superstition nt ißn4ftt.coV.il retreat f,*V h , iavo e ‘ nve |„ped ve ; ‘‘ l , l ‘ vo , V \ l , he » ltd as to be almost rc tire mind in\/*nes- e - r ro i felt, will boX •htfbef, -c ,h^ R,n!? T.,° ( , L Ui <w%in which the l-ght and kno A The glo?lnverted into a- mind has been Hfcuded will wMLh— and n - ZnMt- 2 thob , llghUn g- w ‘ i| mildews ofW.Mk.ads. be mac ton will rece,l llei( , o wn ffiuV oe I Duided hy induslr Ai a pplicotiou, V ry poise your minds iA air , fCa le the elm' a - 1 ped canopy of he',v,>e^o nlo familiar with p J e ji clary and solar sygte apd count the myriS' of twinkling stars ""“"""i*" l rn " ■ i ■■■.iiMiiiaii.i , By it, philosophy can he brought to yield up i its claims to the mighty energies of the mind, i d Industry and application must stand by you in , if this your day of trial. i You will probably enquire of me if there arc no lighter weapons that you can cany to meet your enemies. Socrates and Plato knew of none S rlon and Lycurgus could discover none; New. ton and Locko fought bravely with them, and f Cicero and Demosthenes purchased a glorious o immortality with no less a price. Take them y with you, or go not at all—take them with you, 1 or he content to bo unknowing and unknown. But industry and application unassisted may tire ere they have conquered—what then must bo done? Perseverance then is your last though not the least and only hope. When you have ptocure.l his services, then ami not till ten, shall I be prepared to pronounce you out of danger ; there will bo no giving way then, but the waicb k word will bo onward, onward. No impediment s- then will obstruct your march, no circumstances can impede your progress ; your gaze will bo on the sun of gl-ry, having at lived at its near prox imity, you may hold out yout hand, ant! seize on’ :, its dazling splendors. I>o you ask me if educa tion is worth all this toil and privation * My reply must he that there is no earthly standard \ hy which to judge its value—its calculation is j s not computed hy dollars and cents—the best t i.- evidence of its value is the necessity of it—it, a ' tr government like ours whore equal laws, and pri rt vtlcgcs are dispensed ns well to the pea ant as , >f lord, to tho humble cottager as to the indwellers d of high places—where the lightening of religious o and political reformation falls on our enraptured f o vision, piercing with its rays every section of our ( * country,illuminating our pathway to the ultinia s turn ot human perfectibility, end where religion ( n with its attributes, virtue and morality, have , u fought the battles of Immanuel God, hoisted the , >- while flag ol truce and proclaimed peace on earth, e and good will towards men. t g Do you nsk mo what education is worth 1 ( d Go and road the Constitution of your country, , 10 an d if office is hereditary, religion confuted , in despotic fetters, or liberty' circumscribed. Go , c see if the poor and rich arc not equally entitle ! , d to share in the burdens, and profits of the go- , n vernment. Go see if our Republican Institutions do not guarantee to all and every Antotican citi t zon equal rights and immunities. Go and seek , t in the history of other nations, and find a spot on o earth where there are more inducements present o e ed to youth fur mental exertion and effort, 1 '* But it will require education to sustain this s fair fabric of liberty, and prevent it from sharing ■ '» the (ate ol all preceding Republics, from being 0 swallowed up in the vortex of Revolution.— 1 Those on whose shoulders rests the mighty re- 1 y sponsihility of conducting our Ship of Sla e ' through tho tempestuous seas of jealousy, and ; distrust must depart hence, and be no more—yea t n the Clays, Calhouns, Webstcrs, Leighs, Tax. wells, and Tylers, cannot survive tho ravages of time. Their places must be filled, llteir re„ e sponsihility must bo incurred. By what author t- ily can you say that their advantages were supo* >t rior to yours. The doors of knowledge arc thrown d open wide, and you are bidden to enter—by the same exertion you may rule in Slate, thunder in r the Senate, and preside over Councils. A nation o( intelligent people cun never be subjugated, or 11 made to cower before kings, tyrants, or despots, j 1 but will rise, superior to force, power, or itum- ( s bor; for knowledge is power. j , But it is your duty to become intelligent, for c God has endowed you with minds susceptible of b improvement, the foundation being laid, you must reart ho superstructure, or you will mock J Iho wotks ol God, and despise the wisdom of R ? Heaven. , One other reflection I will offer to your con* - sideration is this, that it has been ascertained j ■ that the evarage ago of mankind is 30 years.— 1 If you desire to be known, if you wish (o render 1 * your follow man any substantial benefit, you j" I must begin early. If you ha’o any care in rela tion to the light in which posterity will regard 11 5 your life and conduct, you should turn by day I 1 , and by night the book of knowledge. ‘ Men have lived in the affections of succeeding h generations for centuries after the close of their it ' earthly career. Some one deed of virtuous, no- I' * ble d triitg, may erect, for you a monument, more !\ durable than brass, or Parian mat bio. Someone c ■ mighty stretch of the mind, may make a disonv- (1 t cry that will canonize tho author, and make him tl ihc subject of all fit I tiro history. Htiivo then for q illustrious immortality, so; posterity will do you |, justice, because it acts without motive. ll We have been favored says tho Savannah p Georgian, with the following extract of a letter to a gentleman in this city, dated 0 FORT MELLON, E Florida, } April 29,1838. J p| Dear Sir —Since your late flying visit to our post, a successful expedition lias Leon j made by Gapt. E. L. Bullock, a description 131 of which may interest you. Seventy miles I’ j from henct, on Lake Winder at the head of ol j boat navigation, on the St Johns, is Fort Tay- 111 | lor. This fort was evacuated in March, and et i tho largo Cypress Swamp in its neighbor, u hood being known to afford concealment to hi a body of Indian families. Capt Bullock left si thio port, on the 21st April, with sixty dra- L goons, to emprise any of those who might vv have approached to collect the fragments of le provisions left about the works. p On the evening of tho second day, he on-- Li camped at the this is pi two in les from Fort Taylor, the country he- 01 t tween being prairie with tubs of palmetto - t hammock. 71 Mounting after midnight, the prime was pi passed and the rising sen discovered to Capt. I 1 13 in advance to Ins men, n warncr, whom he 1 charged and struck to the ground. Being ’ instantly surrounded, the interpreter learnt hi 1 from him the position of four families, all o' el * whom, after a tedious march over a circuit '• ! of many miles, they now secured, (amounting 11 ' to thirtec,) with their rifles and pouches. 5 From the mound could be seen, after sun* fil set. the smoke of fires within the swamps, (i 3 where many other families were encamped, tl 3 These could only be reached hy long march* P “ esD rouge almost impassable morasses. 0 1 This expedition, anil the capture of I hir- v* 1 teen Mickasukies, show judgment, prornpti- “ ’ tude, and good fortune or, the part of Capt. 11 e Bullock and Lt I lard to, and liter Dragoons, c r Had (ho ennduion of this post permitted a r > " longer absence, and his supplies been suili- P ’’ c jei)i, the same officer would have extended h j his march, and quadrupled tho number of his h t captives. Could the young officers of our h ,f service be frequently in situations to plan and h , e execute their own measures thus, our army [ o would regenerate itself, and the Union pride 1 d herself on the chivalry of her small cavalry d corps. . \ ;. Should not the order lately arrived, for six companies ol’Drogoons to depart for the Che. ; a- rokce nation prevent it, another scout will be u made before many days in pursuit of what In- j. -‘Vdiane may still be remaining in this neigh’ j ( v \orhoocl. , V There was considerable excitement in Now Orleans, in relation to some despatches hand ed to the Mexican minister, now in that city, by the Collector i f the port. They were supposed to contain an invitation to the min ister to leave the country. Theso idle rumors sevo only to amuse, ns they are too ridiculous to ho credited. An equally idle rumor in re lation to the despatches from the Texian government, prevailed in New Orleans. JllobUe C/iron, Tun Express Mails.— From (ho publication in the last Official paper, wo learn that the Wes, tern Express Mail lias been discontinued as far as Eouisvillle, (Ky.) including the branch to bit. Louis, (Missouri.) "The Express lines.” the Globe adds, “from Louisville, Ken. to Montgo mery, Ala and from Gaston, N. C. through Montgomery to Mobile, it is not irt contemplation to discontinue; and the rapidity with which the ordinary mail now travels from Mew York to Gaston, N. 0. and to Louisville, Ken. makes it practically an express without the charge of triple postage. Gen. Scott, has passed through the State, to Iris Head Quarters, which will he formed at New Ee-hola. 'J'ho troops from Florida, will pass through Colnmhue, on their route to Cherokee. We learn, that the Georgia quota, are organized, aird many of tire companies on tho route, ere this, to Cherokee. A lino spirit In.* character ized the country, cn this occasion, and wo feel great pleasure iit saying, that probably a finer body of men, than that which will compose tho Georgia Brigmle, belongs to no service. Wo understand, Gen. Charles Floyd, has been ordered by the commander.hr.-chief, to lire com mand of the Georgia Brigade; and will promptly assume his command. All that prudence, sound judgment, and the most untiring devotion to tiro interests of the country can do, the acts of our patriotic Governor will prove, has been done. Wo can now only repeal our hope, sincere and sanguine, that tho removal of the Cherokecs may be accomplished, and the rights of humanity, and the peace of the country at tiro same lime maintained. —Southern Recorder. Stanzas. She was sleeping in beauty—the pale shroud had hound her, And the damp earth would soon have its chill arms amund her; Tho faint smile that hallowed her features when breath Left its homo in her bosom, had faded in death; Dread silence forever had claimed her—and wild Was the parents’ lament for the death of their child. ’Tvvas midnight, and flowers o’er tho coffin were shed; The tapers til dimly the face, of the dead; A lone one was kneeling lhat sleeper beside,' He held the wan hand of his death wedded bride, Morn da vned, and they found him unmoved n here she lay— Ills spirit had passed in his vigil away. L— s. —Oasis. A correct criterion. —Wo copy the following evidence es honesty and punctuali ty in dealing; from Iho last Indianapolis Journal. The Merchant was correct in his estimate of his criditor’s ability and inten tions to discharge his obligations, and took a very unusual, hot sure way of testing it: “ft may not be improper here to give the substance of a conversation that lock place between a Cincinnati merchant and editor, a few weeks since. The merchant entered the editor's office one morning and inoo-;;;', if Mr who L.fltocd in a neighboring slate to Ohio, was a subscriber to ins paper. Tiie editor answered that ho was. The merchant wished to know il ho had any objec tion to hia looking fit his account. The edi tot- repiicu’ that ho had not; and immediately handed hint his Icdg-r. A tier the merchant had got through with Ins examination tin; f,di lor inquired Ins reason for wishing to examine Mr. ’s account. “Why,” said the mcr -liant, “he soul to me an order for goods to i l, and referred me to some of his friends in lie citv as to Ids ability to pay &c.; hut it accured to rue that the best reference would te your bonkr. lam entirely satisfied with he result oftho examination. ! find that he ia-> long taken your paper, that he has always laid his subscription every year, and that lie s not now in arrears with you. I will fill liis irder.” On the above no commentis necessary. V nmn who pays tin* printer each year in ad- 1 ■ance may, with all truth, be called “theno dest work of God” During the last your 96,400,000 letters, and i 0,000,000 newspapers, passed through the Post offices of Great Bri'ain, at an expense ,f about $5,800,000. Os the Infers 80,000,- )00, paid postage, mid 7,400,000 were frank id. The population ol Great Britain is be ween twenty two and twenty three millions, nit the commerce of a country is the chief inppoiiofthe system, and the postage in England is higher than any other part of the vorld. During the same year 112,300,000 utters, and 20 000 000 newspapers and pant mints passed through tho Post offices n the Jinled States. Os the letters, 20,301.000 iaid postage, 2,100,000 were free, and 900,- )00 dead lett.f n. Receipts, 4,137,000 d-dlars —expenses 3,381,000 dollars —excess about '50,000 dollars. The appropriation for the ircteiil year is about 4,700,000 dollars. Irish Driving. —Various are the anoe lotes on record of the humor of Irish post mys, but wo question if any ol them are more iharacterislic than the following incident. While in Ireland, last, summer, two gentle non hired a ear from Belfast to go by the lull •ond. A little alter they had reached the ri ling ground; and while absorbed ill iidtiiirn. ion oftho extensive and picturesque scenery, hey scarcely perceived that the driver had milled up tho horse, till he came round and ipened tho ear door, and immediately shut it vth a hang, bawling out at the. same line 'Now get along, Ruddy.” —On being a-ked, n rather a surly tone, the moaning of his jonduct, he iicld’up his hands as il to com mand silence, and repeating, in a hull whis r, “Hold yer longues, yer honors; I’m rna kin’r Roddy Vlave that you’re out. ; and walk ing°up the hill, for the devil a foot he’d go farllipr this blessed day, did he know lhat yer honors were silling at yer atse, an’ himself pullin’ the legs of ov him up this tarnation hill.” Prolific Cow.-r-Stninger things have happened in Maryland of late, than the Whig victory m Baltimore. Read the folowina ad vertisement from the Easton Sentinel: “For Sale.— The subscriber, residing near die Wind Gap, offers for sale two milch cows, one of which lias a calk by her four i irocs and a vlbascre vvaoon.” Comino Round. —“lt looks blue,” said a du I tingnished friond of Mr. Van Huron, “I'cs, rn liter,” said the lillio jjrc.it man, “but it will corn round by and by.” This abiding faith of til President and the Party, puis us in mind of tin Drunkard going to bed: “Why don’t you got inti bed,” says his liiend. “Why wh— wait a mi nuto, I’ll get in dirccdy, it.i coining round.’ “Now,” resumed the drunkard, making n divi head foremost to the floor. "Well, I failed ir that experiment; but wait a minute, Us comin; round again.” Dive again. This lime he dashei his brains oul. —,V. Y. Slav. Davy Crocket’s east. The Colono was present ut a splendid route once given liy General Green, at Washington, and was in duccd in dance, or rather attempt to dance in a quadrille. The figure was intricate ant the Colonel got off the trail. Turning to hh partner—a laughing, Cun-loving girl—he apol ogised for error, and remarked, with charac (eristic drollery of expression, “that, he wasn’ notch educated in dancing, although he couh stand up lit me plain work mighty perpendic ular; hut,” continued he, "when you tome p put in the scientific ticks, I squat.” Grace after Meat.—One day atlho In bio of the late Dr. Pea ran, (Dean of Ely,) jus as the elotli was being removed, the subject i discourse happened to be that of an extra or dinary mortality among the lawyers. "W have lost,” said a gentleman, “not less thai nr eminent barrators in ns many months.' The Dean, who was quite deaf, rose as hi friend finished his remarks, and gave the com pane grace: “For this and every other mercy i lie Lord’s name be praised!” —The effect w«i irresistible. A gentleman, not very courageous, was onrt so Inr engaged in an affair of honor as to bt drawn loHydo Park to fight a elite!; hut jus us he came to the Porter’s Lodge, mi empty hearse came by, on which lua antagonist, wht was a droll officer, well known, called out u the driver, “ Stop bore, my good fellow, a lev minutes, and I'll send you it faro. This ope. rated so strongly on the gentleman's nerve; that ho hugged iho officer's pardon, and rc turned home with a whole skin. J ... i Mmmgffnmmmf HA INK It IOI’OUT.S. Insurance Ksuik of Columbus, Coi.uMiius, April 7, 1338. Ills Excellency, Gkoiiok U. Gilmer : 1 herewith transmit you n statement of th , flank on Monday iho 2d insl. also a list of ll stockholders. Respectfully, ypnr obedient serum!, 'i'HOS. HO a lE, Presidentpro tcm. Consolidated Semiannual return ofi Ihe it a j of the Insurance Haute of Columbus, and i, JJranches at,Macon and Savannah, on Mo. day, the 2d day ofi Jtja il f 1838. Hills and notes discounted on personal secu.ily, running i to maturity 292,041 71 Bills of exchange discoun ted, running lo main riy 110,78 87 3015,120 31 Hills and notes discounted on personal security under prolcsl and in suit 99,554 90 Hills of exchange discont’d under pruts! & in suit 32,750 132,304 “9 Hills and nnlct dis. on pers’nl secu rity lin'd protest not in suit 5,928 49 Hills of ex. disc, under protest not in suit 23 000 28,928 49 IC 1,233 48 Due from banka in Georgia 113,007 11 Duo from hanks nut ol tun Slain 7,902 09 Hanking houses and lota in Columbus and Macon 20,000 Expense account 9,423 05 Cash Jiullance, viz — Notes of the hank of the IJ Stales 57,325 Notes of Gea hits 157,097 211,422 Specii—Gold 20,382 58 Silver 172,660 53 202,43 10 416,405 10 $1,126,811 81 Capital stock 600,000 Notes in ciiculation 29,127 Resulting balance between Iho pa rent bank ami branches 257 85 Treasurer of the U Staler) 6,700 Duo to the Hank of the U Stales, its branches and agencies 282,389 82 Duo lo Hanks in Georgia 15 Due to Hanks out of iho Stale 10,370 30 Discount, exchange and inn-rent rev’d 25,766 21 Contingent fund to meet losses 6,009 Fund for the oxtingnishrn’t of the cost of hanking houses 2 000 B,OOO Suspense account f 15 05 Contingent suspense acc’t 156 10 l7l 81 Individual diposhes 161,073 76 $1,126,811 «1 1.1 ST OX! STOCK HOLD KRS* Stockholders. No Shares. Ain't ;nl in. Biddle Nicholas 5,070 507,000 Haber At broso 145 14,000 Chappell A H 60 6,000 Camming John 100 10,000 Green Joseph H 50 5,000 Greiner Jno P i 15 11,500 Greiner Frederick H 65 6,500 Hoxie Thomas 50 5,000 Harper Wm II s (j 5,000 Roberts Joseph L 245 24,500 Towns Wm 50 5,000 6,000 600,000 State of Gkoroia, Mitsfbgee county Thomas Hoxie, president pro iern. and Jo-eph L "Roberts, cashier, of iho Insurance Hunk of Columbus, being duly sworn, say that the fore going statement contains to the he-l of their knowledge and belief, the condition of the said Dank and Branches, on Monday morning, the 2d day of April, 1838. THO HOXIE, Prst. pro tern. JOS L ROBERTS, Cashr. Hwnrn lo befoie me this 7th dav of April 1838. EWD BARNARD, Not. Pub. Farmers’ Hank of Chattahoochee. CUI.UMBUa, April 15, 1838. To hi* Excellency governor Gilmer : !P Dear Sir, —I have now iho honor of comply. ir , ing with the requisitions of ilio Legislature, by 10 forwarding to you n true statement of the affair* of tbt! Formers’ Bank of Chattahoochee, ns mode up mi Monday, tlio 2d of April (the present ,e UlOlltll.) n Your oh’t. serv’t. e j. s. calhoun. (I __ general Statement of the Fanners' Hank of Coaltnhoochee, on Monday mo ruin O', Jlpril -1 2,1, 1838. y Dr. ■* Capital Stock, Ji205,525 c, Dank notes issued—Old d emission, 322,000 is “ burnt and on hand 315,270 i. > “in cirenlatian 6,730 *t 11 Now emission 814,000 1,) “on bond 786,000 (0 11 in circulation 27,040 Amount due to other banks 30,744 44 Undivided profits 18,442 97 Uncancelled chocks 14,865 83 Orders on Attorneys 30,774 85 si Individual deposilcs 33,145 20 of . r - $463,268 38 r c in Cr. ,” ’Notesdiscounted $232,631 58 is * Hills of cxchunge 32,751 58 i- ‘—265,383 16 y, Notes in suit 73,882 23 is Liills of exchange in suit 88,1 C 2 01 162,044 24 c Premium paid for charier 15 000 io Banking house and lut 17,000 st Due by oilier banks 2,133 46 y Cush in—Specie 1,514 52 |0 Current notes 193 0 1,707 52 5463,268 38 • Amounts of notes, $0,164 80 doubtful bills, 10,000 Balance considered geud GEOHGIA, Muscogee county , Personally appeared before me, J S Calhoun, President, and 1) Hudson, Cashier, of tho Fa.m e,rs Bank ol Chattahoochee, who, being duly sworn, depose and soy lire foregoing statement tis exhibits a just and true report of ibis bank, to tho | IC best of their knowlpdgeund belief. J B CALHOUN, President. D HUDSON, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this four. u/e tcentb day of A f>ril, 1838. its ALULA Ci BASS, Notary Public. on- ' a list or sToerciiouncßs i.v the farmers* It AN It OP CHATTAHOOCHEE. Shares. Jm’t. paid it), Jlm’t. j Bass Charles L 300 100 30,000 J Calhoun James S 449 100 44,000 (Calhoun & Bass 706 100 7(>’co(> Coiy Edward 100 100 1(1,0C0 18 Evans Thomas C 125 100 12,500 Evans Mil 126 100 12,500 Cibson Patrick 50 100 5,000 Green Thomas sr. 100 60 6 000 I verson Hubert 50 100 fj’ooo | Killmrn J 40 100 4 000 Kookogy Samuel 50 100 5,000 Lamar GB 100 U)0 10,000 McGohee Nathan 250 100 25 000 Molyncnx Ejr 300 lot) 30 000 Moss George W 150 100 15 000 VoungWmP 100 Jot) 10 000 Forfeited 5 5 25 3.000 $205,525 . . a 'D.Tt.iivjTt w aour --'fxtTT ryfnr •rnr'xr "rrni W * HIKE IWTEtLIGRyCTI; ) SAVANNAH, May (k —Cli'tin <l. 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