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BANK REPORTS.
Western Bunk of Georgia.
Armi. 4,1 838. j
Sir:—l present your Excellency, m compli- .
•nee with tlic law, a statement of liio standing
of this Bank, prepared from the book* on (tic 2d <
in at,
1 have the honor lo he.
Very respectfully youroh’t. serv't.
WM HARDIN, B resident. |
To hie Excellency Guo nor, It. Gilmsii,
Governor, Millcdgeville, Cu. j
Sluttnieul of the ia in til ion of the fVcttern I
JSank of Georgia, on the ‘id .tbvit, 1338,
Du. |
Stock account amount paid in 119,780
OilU in circulation 213,135
Individual depositu* 23,929 00*
Discount* ami prolii* 9,315
Due to other hank* 23,718
£389,617 (ill I
Cn.
Specie in hank in eilv or 27,849 25
do do gold 1 1,051 38 i
Speciw in other hanks and hands of
agents J 0,039 C.)
United Stale* Treasury notes 15,t)0l)
do do on hand in lunik 2,129 01
Note* o( other hunks 18,991
■Expense* from commencement of
the bank 4,095 43
Bill* tunning to maturity 85,315
-Note*discounted considered good 173,077 40
do lying over all good 4 1,388 87
£339,847 09
Or.aUut.v, Floyd County- —William ilnnlcn,
President, and U VV ilirgrove, Assistant (,'iish
ter, of sold hank, living duly HWiitn, ray that the
uliovo return* mo true, to the best of lite r know
ledge and holies.
WM HARDIN, l’icsiilent,
K W HARGROVE, An'l. Caelt’r.
Sworn lo heforu mo, April 4, 1838.
A BATTERSON, Notary Buhlic.
\ LIST or Til G BTOCKIIOLOKHS or Till; W I.ST Ml s
ii i.an or oku am a.
H/inrco. Paid. Amount.
Ahratu Adkin* 29 30 099
Nathan Amluraon 5 do 159
■Oeorgo \V Anderson 5 do 159
John \V A min idler 6 do 159
Houston Ay cotk 19 do 399
Samuel Burns 2 do 69
William II Hailey 20 do 090
Thomas Bryan 49 do 1,299
Francis Buiku 0 do 180
John C Burnett I do 39
Richard 1) Bomiton ft do 150
William K Bryera 5 do 150
Janie* Byco 5 do 159 1
John S Burnett 10 do 399
Asa Briiiluo 2 do G 9
A L Barry 10 do 399
■Eliza Baxter 180 do 5,490
(4 D Byrd per Wil.
ium (1 Springer,
trustee 2ft Jo 600
S 1* Burnett 150 do *1,590
John Barton 120 do 3,000
William II Cleg horn lo do . 300
John Caldwell 32 do 990
Mumble J Camden 30 do 900
John II Cavcmlrr 5 do 150
John (Jloylun 2 do Oil
J V Casey 2 do 60
Cullhorp &. MeSpod
dou 100 do 3,000
Isaac E Cobh 3 jo 150
Robert Cismia 5 do 150
George Clifton 20 do 600
Asa .Dickson 18 d 6 540
Nathaniel Dayis 13 do 360
George Dyke* 5 do 150
John Dawson 20 do 600
A H Dohk'ms 20 Jo 800
A Dickson, Hedge and
Kelley 12 do SCO
Lewis Edwards 4 5 20
J U Foster 11 30 330 ,
Samuel Harris 24 do 720
Samuel Findley 10 do 300 I
John Frick* 20 da 600 I
William Fiiin 20 do COO J
■pi i- vTordon 5 Uo 150 i
George H Giheath 15 do 450
William G Hard* 10 do 300
llairis A Mcßpaddcn 20 39 COO
William Hcuiy 10 do 300
Andmw M IlainiUoti 5 do 150
Robert Hyde 15 do 450 |
Levy Hoglu A Co 10 do 300 ,
A Huy hi 10 do 300 I
Hoyle A Jones 10 do 300
Thomas Hendricks 5 da 100
I‘ldward Ucindon 20 do GOO
Lewi* VV Hays 2 do CO
Thomaa HuWetU 2 do CO 1
Thomas T Hopkins 14 do 420
John R Holcombe 5 do Lit) .
William Hardin ICO do 4,800
Alkmsun T Hardin 45 do 1,350
John G Holland 10 da 3UO
William Ham* 40 do 1,200
Frederick S Hunt I d« 30
ZB Hargrove 600 via 1,800
James Hemphill 50 do 1,600
John Uohhs 4 do 120
WHudson HuhhaiJ and
1) C Eidson SO do COO
Abel Harrison 50 tie 1,500
William and Overton
Hitchcock 99 do 2,970
William Hamc ft do 150
Thomas M Jones 10 do 300
John Jacobs 10 do 300
John J Johnston I da 30
David Irwin 15 da 450
William King 5 do 150
William Lay 20 do 000
John Henry Lumpkin 91 do 2,820
John Henry Lumpkin
trustee for G K M
Murnpkin G dn ISO
James Liddell 30 da 990
Thomas Loyd 10 do 300
James Lay 15 da 450
R J Loylesa IA do 1,600
Lane A. Berry 50 do GOO
Eli McConnell 10 dm 300
Daniel K Mitchell 10 do 300
Madison Montgomery 30 do 900
Robert Murphey 1 do 30
rtpeneer Marsh 20 do CoO
A M Mc.VVorlhar ft do 150
David Morovv ft do 150
John C Miller 2 do GO
John McConnell ft do 150
Andrew Miller 20 do GOO
E B Marlin 200 do 6 000
Hugh McMullen 25 do 750
Simpson C Nevvnan 37 do StO
Newuau A Gunning'
ham 6 do 180
L L Nicholson I 5 5
Joshua Bin lips 10 30 ;S U(J
Hamurl Boc 5 do 1
John J Bosey, W K 80.
*wy atid George
Dickey 10 do 3,(0 !
Elijah Batey 10 do aoo
Thuuiae kl IVu'v ft do ~-l 0
John Byte, bvniot 20 da Ll,o
A.v% lV>ct ;.,,r
I IViun. Chunn A. Co 10 Jo 300
, Hugh CJuin 2d Jo Cou j
John 11 Russell 5 Jo 150 '
I AM Kolliu.-t 10 Jo 390 |
James Ramsey 1 do 3d
Jobe Rodgers 10 Jo 300
1 Spencer \V Rhoden 2 Jo CO J
| James ll'ltoilacrd 200 do C,OOO
' Marlin L Hull 10 Jo 300;
1 J A H Scolt 10 do 300 1
; William Scales 5 do 1501
! William Smith 50 do 1,500 1
| Wesley Shropshire 5 do 150 \
Calvin I. fiiovcy 3 do CO |
| lames M Spallork 42 do 1,200
I John Smith 10 do 300 |
i A D Shackleford 5 6 25 i
| C D Terhuno 20 30 600 !
I William Thompson 21 do 030
I Leonard II Walthall 50 do 1,500 1
! Samuel A George Wil
> hums 32 do 1,050
i N 11 Wheeler 10 do 300 ,
j John Wood 6 do 150
; Isaac Whorlon 30 do 900 '
| Joseph Waters 20 do COO |
| William Withrow 10 do 300 j
I Gcunubeth Winn 25 do 750 '
John A White 20 do COO
I Tackelt Wood 5 do 150
J li Ware 5 do 150
William (J Wyly 5 do 150
Turman Walthall 11 do 330
Robert Ware 171 do 5,220
Hugh Wilson * 10 do 300 |
|
4,000 1 119,750,
An.' ista Insurance & Hanking Com’py.
I4lh April, 1833. |
■J’o his Excellency (Ira R. Gii.mkii,
/jovenor of the State of Georgia,
Sir—ln obedience to legal requirement, i |
he;; to hand yon the accompanying statement of
tho m tual condition of tho Augu da Insurance
and Hanking Company, ft may hn proper to j
add, that claims to tho amount of twenty or |
twenty-live Ihousand dollars, for losses by lire
and water remain unadjusted,
Respectfully yours,
TIM ER UEJMMJCH, Tics!.
Statement of the Augusta Insurance an it
It,Hiking Gumpuuv, on .Moiulat/ morning,
‘Hit April, 1838.
Du.
To Capital Stick 500,000
Depositee 08,887 23
Dividends unpaid 1.811
Surplus mid gross profits 77.028 03
Amount duo other banks 79,860
Dills issued 002,000
'• on hand 135,203 50
536,737 50
1,251,923 75
Cn.
By Moles ptiyublu at Augusta 405,318 97
Dills of Exchange in England,
N. York, Philadelphia, Charles
ton, Savannah, Ac ” 291,823 98
Dills and holes laying over 20.879 18
Dills and notes in suit 7,09 14
Dills receivable 5,010 93
Amount due by oilier hanks '3(5,037 45
do Agents 48,077 55
Real eslalo in Augusta A Mobile 24,089 39
I.ossoh paid 4/184 07 I
Claim in suit 1,753 43 ,
Damaged Colton account 18,364 90
Suspended debt in Mobile 921 07
Incidental c harges 1 I 1
Protest account 51 50 c
Premium on exchange 1.750 42 a
Insurance dims 15,597 09 .
Mechanic’s Dank slock 2,000
Insurance Dank slock 07,923 11
Hills of oilier hanks 83,027 y
Specie in vault, gold r
and silver coin, and
native gold V 120,3?8 97
—— 203,305 97
$ 1,254,033 73 i
'' 1 ' I
At a meeting of the Hoard of Directors on
Thursday, slh April 1838, tho following re
port \va* presented and accepted:
L The, undornignd, a committee to examine
ihc notes and bills of exchiingu of the Augusta
jitsurauco and Hanking Company, have per.
,mined that duty and aro of tho opinion that
hero is the sum of five hundred and ninely two
Jolluis and forty live cents in had paper: and
woven thousand six hundred and forty seven
doliats and twenty two cents in doubtful paper.
JOSEPH DAVIS,
JNO CUSKERV,
T .1 PAR.MEEEE,
I) \V ST JOHN.
Augusta, 2d April IS3B.
list or stock no tin; its op the avousta in’s.
AMI ILA.NKINO COMPAMt.
Alexander A L 100
13 u nee W .1 50
Dennuck Peter 13
Hynes John 25
do Tiusloo T A Hones 13
do do McVV Hones 13
Jo do 11 Eungalrcet 2
Hrysou estate of Win 10
Choke Samuel 100
Campbell, estate Jno 405
Campbell Robert 50
Crump Philip ]0
Climating Wm trustee Mts» S C 35
Cmlniug Mrs Ann 35
j Camming Wm and others, trustee II II
( Cu mining 33
. Camming II II truilco Mrs Smith 33
Cox Edward 75
Crawford Chas A 10
Casey Thomas G 25
Carmtcltal .1 C 30
Coskery John st)
Coleuck J and U Rovcnal, Presidents 310
D'Anitgnac Wm At 2 i
Fox, estate Jno 100
Fmsher James £lO
Glaudinning Wm 25
Johnston Adam 115
Wil Turpin and W M D'Antig ac.trus 155
Gurdclla A 27
Harper JAW’ 27
Herbert, estate of :l 10
j King J P guardian 50
Kcrt Andrew 100
Hank of the Statu of N Carolina 100
Lawrence Garrett 25
Harris Juriah 30
Harris J. trustee Columbia Ce Acadtiny 5
Hamilton Titos N 90
Mealing Henry 25
I Moore John 100
j Nesbit, estate ol II 100
! Toe Robert trustee Mrs M E Davis 33
Tannrloe, T J 219
Purse Tkos and E Gamahl, tiuslces 50
Poller John 50
Lamar Geo W cashier 10
Turpin and D’Auuguac 100
Turpin W H 100
Tubman, estate of 11 100
| Whilo Guo O 25
| While Anna U 75
j Water* C A trustee A E Jackson Itjtl
I Walton Robeit 12
j Vv ultwii Robert, cashier C 55
1 Wardlo'.v James 25
Wilde J W cashier 40 i
Cumming H II uml others trustees 30 ;
i
Total number of shares 5001) '
_____
Personally appeared t«furo me, the President
and ('ashler of the Augusta Insurance and Wank
ing company, who being duly sworn, certify
that the ingoing statement and list of stockhol
ders are correct, unsettled accounts and claims
1 excepted. PETER WENNOCII, Pre-t.
ROBERT WALTON, Cashr.
Sworn to before me, this April, 1838.
OEO \V SUMMERS, Nut Pub.
f ll> —Me: Mt eurk - out. «Wj ~mn s,l. « a*|
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
ATOTOTA.
Tlinrstlay Morning, May |O.
| By last evening’s mail wo received the follow
i ing idler from a friend, giving ns the nomina
tions of the Union Convention at Miltedgaville.
j If wo cannot beat this ticket in Georgia, we had
better quit !
MILLEDCEVILLE, May 8. 1839.
My dear sir ; 1 have but a few moments, bc
| h' re the Mail closes, to say to you that the Union
( Convention has just adjourned, tine die, alter
i a Session of two days; during which, it made
| a report, setting firth the principles of the party,
| (among which, I understand, is opposition to a
j Federal Bank, approbation of the Sub-Treasury
1 System, &e. &c.,) and nominating the following
j named persons as Candidates Rr Congnss :
ROBERT POOLER, of Chatham,
B CRAVES, of Newton,
.1 S PATTERSON, Early,
DC CAMPBELL, Bibb,
JUNIUS HILLYER, Clark,
HIRAM WARNER, Mcrewethcr,
ALf RI.D 1\ ERSON, Muacogco,
Dr. .1 C McVVHORTER, Richmond,
CHARLES II NELSON, Cherokee,
Comment on such a ticket is unnecessary, a
weaker could scarcely have bees pic-cnted.
In great haste, truly yours.
The Charleston Mercury of yesterday rays ;
Tlio echr Stephen & Francis, Capt, Haitnah, I
with 117 Seminole Indians on hoard, sailed from
this port yesterday afternoon for New Orleans.
Connecticut —The Legislature of lids Stale
convened on tiro 2d hist. The Hon. Win. VV •
Boardman, of Now Haven, was elected Speaker
of the House, by 106, majority.
The joint committee appointed to canvass the
return ul volts (or Slate officers, reported that
the whole number of voles returned fur Governor,
is 00,101 —of which VV. VV. Ellsworth has
27,115,
Rhode Island.—The Legislature ot Rhode
Island convened at Newport on the 2d inst. The
Hon. Geo Curtis, (W) was elected Speaker of
tlio Jlousu without opposition. The official re
turns of votes for Governor give Win Sprague
(VV) 381 majority over all others. All the Se
nators, 10 in number, are Whigs. The House ,
consists of 72 menbers, 45 of whom are Whigs, i
and 27 Loco Focus. Whig majority in the '
Home, 18; in joint ballot, adding the Lt Govern (
nor, who presides over the Senate, 2D. Last i
year, says tho Providence Journal, there was a *
majority of4l tho other way.
i
Election in the Oxfoiid District, Maine- ,
—By a slip from the Boston Atlas, wc learn that
the Van Buren candidate for Congress, in this
district, Mr. IVd", h“sheca elected by a probable |
majority of 150 votes! In 34 towns hoard from
the votes are for Lono (Whig) 3371—Pauis
(Loco Foco) 3537 —Scattering 227. Net Whig
gain as compared with last fall’s vole for Gover>
nor, 403.
Up to Ist May, there hud been received in
Macon upwards of one hundred thousand
bates 'of cotton.
Micukian.—By tho terms of tho suspensio n
j law, which expires on tho IGlh inst., tho banks
of Michigan must, on that day, resume specie
payments, or incur a forfeiture of their charter.
Pm lade Lem a. — The United States Gazette
slates that a meeting of the Delegates from tho
different hanking instil uliuns of tho city and coun
ly ot Philadelphia, was held on Wednesday even
ing 2d inst,for the purpose of determining when it
; will be practicable to resume the payment of spe
. oic. The subject, wc learn, was referred to a
1 ! committee, from whom a report may be expected
' ; in a few da vs.
*
More Steamboat I>isa>{nrs.
Wo learn from tho Cincinnati News, that the
i steamer Eutaw, a regular packet between Pitts
burgh and Steubenville, collapsed two flues on
the 23rd ult. while shoving off at Steubenville
landing. A fireman named Van Nordcn was
blown overboard and drowned—the fust engin
-1 , i"r was so badly scalded that he is not expected
, to iccover; and the cloik had his arm broken and
| was otherwise injured. There were no pasen*
1 gnrs Oil 1 bald.
11l obedience to the late call of the Governor,
for u company from this country, a draft was or
dered on Monday the 30th inst. On the day
an effort was made to make up a Volunteer
Corpse, which was successful. The company
was immediately organized by the election of
Isaac S Vincent,Capt., Robert H Moore, first Lt..
and Thomas 11 Low, Ensign. They will pro
bably march to day. —Athens Whig, Alav
[ Vo;.’! the ,Y. I'. Herald, of Hey 5,]
Money Market.
Friday, May L
The business at the board to day has not been
of an encouraging nature. The Hush of excite
ment on the largo arrivals of specie, and tlio re
sumption of I lie banks, having passed, a little re
action us to bo expected, consequent on the too
sudden rise of stocks. They are now •‘hardening
down.” The sales of I. S. Bank were at firm
prices, and Mechanics showed a slight advance
’ say j- per cent, on the closo of yesterday. Most
I other slocks have exhibited a decline, particularly I
i Del and Hudson fell oil 1 ■ per cent, and Harlaem
1 lii per cent, under the close of yesterday. Utica
• . declined 2 per cem; Phenix lower by ( per cent
' probably tho uncertainly with rogard'to the ie’
i ’ sumption by tho Philadelphia banks bus operated
t ; to partly pioduco this want of firmness; and per
> haps some damping of ardor has been t fleeted bv
’ i!k> ■TI ,l ’ kl!k, “ Mr. Wright in the Senate to
Mr. Clay 's currency resolution, unJer lire irnpres. > v
Aon that the government is still disposed tu war b:
upon ihe bankx. This wo conceive not to b o bi
the case, ns we have iI from good authority that at
it is the intention of .Mr. Wright to offer a resalu- cr
tion coinciding w ith Mr. Clay’s—the government ki
tintiing it the most popular, ami in fact the only hr
way to aid the resuming banks, naturally wish to at
have the credit ofit. ,T1
Money is still very light in Wall street, and k<
probably will continue to be so until after the 10th, tl
at which time the majority of the hank dividends ol
arc payable, the amount of which will be some
thing over a million and a half, and a large pro, cr
portion will immediately seek an outlet. P
Saturday, May 5. p
Although the weather has been severe, the hu- it
siness at the Slock Exchange has been bright ft
to day, and an advance has been effected on ul- ft
most all sales, which have, however, been litni- s >
ted. Os U S Jiank, the closing sales were at an ■
advance of i per cent on the close of yesterday,!
and subsequently 110 was offered. Phoenix ■ w
Bank was u|i 4 per cent; Delaware and Hudson ci
improved g*; Harlearn U per cent; Slnninglon 3 I g
per cent; other stocks were generally film, with j er
the sin;lu exception of Mohawk, which fell off , tl
i per cent. h
Treasury notes were quoted at d discount—no : e
sales, | c
The report of the committee appointed thellank | I'
Delegates fur the City and County of Philodel.
phia, for the purpose of naming n day for the re- ,
sumption of specie payments, may bo expected 1
in a few days. Nothing definite Can bo ascor. ■
tainorl with regard to their probable course, but _
it is surmised tbo day will be an early one. i I
i It
DliATtt or THE OlllKf E-VOX-VEEH of THE "
Cheat Westek.v. —'J'ho Coroner this morning j t
held an inquest at the City Hospital, on the bo„ | n
dy of George Pearne, Cbiel Engineer of the j h
steam boat Great Western. The day after her
arrival, while the steam .vas being let off, the (I
deceased was badly scalded. He was conveyed ; *2i
to the Hospital, and was apparently recovering j a
until Thursday evening, when he was attacked j
with vorncting, which continued with hut little ti
intermission for several hours, in spile of every (
effort of hia medical attendants to stop it, and I
eventuated in his death. The deceased was a j
native of England, aged 45 years. A verdict ;'1
was returned in accoidance with the above men- j c
dotted circumstances.— AT, Y. Jour. Com. jvt
Western and Atlantic KniJ Road Report, j t
Office Hoard Com. IV. Atlantic Railroad, \ 0
Maiiietta, April 13th, 1838. j r
To Lis Excellency Geouoe I{. Oi i-meti.
Cove: nor of Georgia : j [
Sir.—The fourth section of an act of the Gen.’ I
oral Assembly, passed on the Slid of December v
1837, providing, among other things, for the ap- i
pointrnent of a Board of Commissioners for the j |;
Western and Atlantic Itailroad of the Slate of p
Georgia, declares it to bo “the duty of the pros! - j v
dent of that board to make quarterly returns to ! [■
the Governor, of the disbursements of the current j (1
quarter, accompanied by the necessary vouchors I
—tho amount of work finished during the same j
period—and an accurate statement of the condi- I P
lion and progress of the road; which returns (the g
act directs) shall he published for tho information |>
of tho people.” j.
In conformity with these, prescriptions, I have i
the honor to make the following report for tho (
first quarter of thecunent year.
Tho commissioners who were elected to office
at Ihe closo of tho last session of the General As- l .
sctnbly, convened for the first time, at Cassville, 1:
on the Isth of January, and organized aboard J:
for tho transaction of business. The length, gen
eral direction, and to some extent, the locality of I'
the road, having been determined by the previous !1
administration, die plan, dimensions, and other 11
matters connected with its structure, called for
tho earliest deliberations of the board. In view "
ol the probable amount of transport which might *
he demanded by the Utlure exigencies of com
merce, between the Western and Southern At.
lantic Stales, it was, on conference with tho chief s
engineer, deemed expedient to construct the road j
ou a grade of sufficient breadth for a double tract, .•
to use none but the most approved form of edge f,
tad; and to employ in the erection of bridges vin p
ducts and other appurtenances to the ordinary fi
grade, mechanics of known experience and archi- g ,
icctural celebrity. As its fortunate position see- /
mod to give assurance of the most extended use- n
fulness; it was determined to render it, when t
completed, an achievement worthy of the ambi
tion and resources es Georgia. Tho cost of a
work of such magnitude, over surfaces broken 1
by deep ravines arid mountain heights, was fore j
seen to be great; yol bearing no comparison with
its intrinsic value. ‘ ‘
-The report of the chief engineer having appri* (
sect the hoard that the surveys and locations were i
in forwardness, he had orders to give notice with- ,
out delay, in the public gazettes of this and other j
States, that sealed proposals would be received at ,
Marietta, during the first week in April, forexe- ■
puling masonry and grading. This was accord., 1
mgly done—about seventy proposals were offered, J
and enough accepted to place under contract up.. 1
wards of fifty miles of the road—tins details of 1
which will more properly belong to my report for ‘
tho second quarter. But it was represented to 1
the hoard that contractors then in the neighbor- '
hood desired immediate employment; and not to 1
delay or lose labor which would so swon hu called 1
for, Col Long was instructed to assign work to 1
cvuty applicant, on the express condition that it
should be executed under the immediate inspec
tion and control of the engineer department, and
compensated at such rales as might hu approved
and accepted by the hoard at the public lotting in
April. Light or ten parlies commenced on these
i Cams, and in the course of last monb, the aggro- I
gate number o( hands engaged in excavation !
and embankment amounted to little less than five
hundred. About the same time two offers iveto i
made to supply hewn chesnut and oak sills and
1 s “ wcil lumber for bridges and viaducts, which
Col. Long thought proper to accept, and the
board lias since ratified his contracts.
Hereto appended I transmit a statement, with
appropriate vouchers, exhibiting tho whole
, amount oi excavation and embankment executed |
within tne first quarter—the quantity and des. j 1
cnptiun of limber delivered, and the prices paid !
lor each.
Tint route of the raihoad, as prescribed by the 1
first enactment on the subject, extended from the
Chattahoochee river to the Tennessee boundary
line; which was surveyed and partially located ‘
before the passage of the amendatory act in Do- I
cumber, 1837. it was thrown into divisions of ,
liom seventeen tu twenty miles in length—and 1 i
these into sections of about one mile: both diws- .
ions and sections designated by numbers com
mencing at the Chattahoochee. But the net
last mentioned having directed an extension of
the road east of the river, that part, nearly eight
miles in length, has since been located, and is ,
uo.v known as the DeKulb division, and forms the
lust number of the series onward to the Tennes
see boundary. This whole route has been sur
veyul, nearly sixty miles located, and recommits. '
auccs made on several lines to the Tennessee ri
ver. As there is no immediate necessity for i, '
and our engineers have other occupations, it is
nut hkely that the part of the route which lies
through the territory of Tennessee to the point ,
at "melt it is to intersect the river, will bo loca
led earlier than the middle or end of the ensuing .
summer. .
In their efforts to procure concessions of the
right ut way,and oilier facilities for road making
tho Commissioners have had as much success as
might have been reasonably expected. N’oiticon- 1
■udetable part of the lands (rat creed hv (he nil
/
vay, from the Chattahoochee Northwestwardly,
lelougs lo nonresidents, very few of whom have .N
jccn seen or heard from. Among the inhabit- ai
tots, several have generously made gratuitous a
■onceisions of every thing asked; some have ta- st
ten fair compensation, and when they could not vs
rc had on such terms, rccuur*o has been bad to ai
irbilration. In every case where exorbitant da- ti:
nages were awarded, appeals have or will beta- tl:
ten to a special jury. In the town ofMatielta, ol
he citizens have displayed a liberality and pain- “
itism, which entities them to the highest prai-c. tc
The broad embankments of our railway, wiil w
;over almost the entire surface of one street, and V
aart of a contiguous tango of lots; involving the tl
aecessity of removing buildings anti lenccs, and 1 tr
n some degree obstructing the wonted use of T
truss streets; yet it has been resolved, inp-bliejg
own meeting 1 , that these privations would bo ; tl
mbmitled to, with little or no expense to tho | d
Slate. ; k
I am unwilling to close this communication > u
without a commendatory notice of the Engineer h
torps, employed on this service. Whilst their jt!
jcnllemanly deportment has given them ackowl- • it
;dged claims to the respect and friendship of g
[hose with whom they have had intercourse, they j 'i
have furnished proofs of professional talent and c
efficiency, in which the Slate may have assuraii l j l
ces, that every thing expected of them, will bo : s
fully realized.
I have the honor to he, very respectfully, I d
Your most obedient. • it
JOEE CRAWFORD, 1 b
Tub Moselle. —Burial es the Dead. — i.
The conduct of the citizens of Cincinnati, v
inwards the sufferers, has been marked by the t
most praiseworthy attention and geneiosity. p
F’vcry things was done to relieve the distressed, n
tnd 10 enable the destitute to get to their a
i m s. tl
A grand procession, for the burial of the »
lead, was advertised for the evening of the j ll
28lli. k was to bo formed on Front street, j P
tl the quay, between Wain and Eroadway. , a
The papers s;ill confirm the impression :*'
that the deceased captain was to blame.
N O Piclcayune . i J
A touch ino Casualty.—The Montreal | v
Transcript on the 20th ult. contains an at;.- | b
count of tho following ufTeeting incident, d
which look place on tho previous Saturday (
evening. A poor habiiaide, with her babe, at*,
tempted to cross the river ui St. Eustache,
but the ice, rotten from the effects of the late ri
rains, gave way, anti both were precipitated b
into the water. From the strong impulse of c
maternal affection Iho mother strove to place t
her child, about nine months old, in safety, by >
laying her own length upon the ice, as it gave 1;
way, and propelling her child before her to t
the yet unbroken surface. Her cries being .
heard, many wont lo her assistance, with
boards, &0., but despite of ihoir exertions the -
woman was drowned, whilst tlie child was
frozen to death on the ice bed where a fond
mother had placed it. j t
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Long Island Races. — Union Course.— Tho J
sweepstakes of yesterday, mile heals, entrance 1
$3OO, forfeit $lOO, thirteen subscribers, was won 1
by Mr. Van Mater’s s. c. Clarion, by Monmouth c
Eclipse, dam by Oscar, beating five others. Time
1. 55, 1, 57. The track was very heavy.— JV. I >
Courier, I j
Ouu Monet Affairs, Tho difference he- 1
tween specie paying and non specie paying banks i
is somewhat manifest now. At New York, city t
notes arc received at the post office, on an equal
fooling with silver; while here, the latter is at a ,
premium of 9 a 10 percent. Treasury Notes
aro at llie same premium, being valuable for re- ■
mitlanccs. Mississippi notes 23 a4O discount
—Alabama 15. As lo Texas money, we shall ■
wait till wc hear more about the loan bill.— jV, i
(J, Picayune,
TheN.Y. Courier and Enquirer, of the 4th
inst. says:—“Wc have accounts of the packet
ships and steam ship which left this port on Mon- .
Jay by the barque Governor Endieolt, arrived
yesterday. Capt. Kelham, reports that on the
following day, Tuesday, the 2d, ho spoke tho
packet ship Middens in lat. 40, lon. 09 35, and
learned that the steamer Sirius, which he had
seen, had passed the SiJJons that clay at 11 30, i
A. M. 10 miles astern of the Siddons, he saw ihe i
packet ship North America, and 20 miles astern I
the packet ship St. Ja cs
A Fair Offer.—Make, says Dr. Frank
lin, an estimate of all you owe, and of all dint |
is owing to you. Reduce the same to a note.
As fast ns you collect, pay over to those you
owe. If you cannot collect, renew your note i
every year, and get tho best, security you can. !
Go to business diligently, and be industrious; j
waslo no idle moments,' bo very economical i
in all things; discard all pride; he faithful in '
your duty to your God, by regular and hearty j
prayer, morning and night; attend church and I
meeting every Sunday, and do unto all men j
as they should do unto you. If you arc too
needy in your circumstances to give the poor,
do whatever else is in your power for them
cheerfully; but if you can, always help tho
worthy, poor and unfortunate. I’ursuc this
course diligently and sincerely, for seven years;
and if yon are not happy, comfortable, and
independent in your circumstances, come to
mo and 1 will pay your debts.
A case ot some interest was decided last!
week in tho Circtirt of the United States for !
the district of New Jersey, Judge Baldwin j
presiding. A citizen of Maryland having dis- I
covered one of his runaway slaves near Salem, I
had her arrested and taken to that place, with ;
the intention of proving his property, when
six oflhe most respectable citizens inlertered j
and took her by force from his custody, lie !
then brought an action of trespass against 1
them,and laid his damages at ten thousand
dollars. Messrs. Southaid and Green argued
the cacse for plaintiff, and Messrs. Freling.- 1
huysen and Jeffers for the defendants. The
jury found all Ihe defendants guilry, and as. |
seesed tho damages at one thousand dollars. |
A motion was made for a new trial, which ;
the Court have taken time to decide at a 1
special term in July.
New Bonnet.—The New York Mirror says.— |
“ The Victoria bonnet is becoming the leading 'I
fashion for the Spiing. Itis composed
colored and green silk, trimmed with
ribands the passion flower on the left side, 1
simple wrea h of while roses in the crown^^Pi
Sympathy.
There’s a language that’s mute, j .
can sjicak. silence ; ,
Thera’s a something that I
There are words that can only told; h
cheek, on tho Ji
And thoughts but the , rs
, , , - unfold.l
i here s a look so expr , I | ni
So conscious, so g =timid, aoJJimk lo
Though dumb, in e "fmW’ impart, M
mind, spealnyout hr
And sirikos in
This eloq„en‘ P <
In vain we r^T ce ’ coi soul.
More prom^^’f' l to « U PP> W*J
More appears, from to control, p
JBmc fond truth to eS'.,*. Si
And cUBT , , m
'l'lwf"" 1 ln (hr tllat ifi ine, P(J
WliX, /**P ll ' res ff )o bosom ihm R. ,1
Jy" blosi with each oihctjfi •SOnverse divine, re:
Ap mutually >p..kon jut-fTT <
/
Tue Mills to;, s that ran jwaj with tub
Min.—'J'lie boms of Bchilda hail liuilt a mill,
ind with extraordinary labor they had quarried
i millstone for it out of a quarry which my on the
summit of a high mountain ; and when the stone
.vas finished they carried it, with great labor
ind pain, down the hill. When they had go»
,o the bottom, it occurred to one of them, that
hey might have spared themselves the trouble
if carrying it down, by letting it roll down.
•Verily,” said he, “vve are the stupidest of fools,
;o take these extraordinary pains to do that
vhich we might have done with so little trouble.
Wo will carry it up and then let it roll down
ho hill by itself, as we did, before, with the
rces which we felled for our council house.”—
I'his council pleased them all. and with still
;reater labor they canidd the stone to the top of
he mountain again, arid were about to roll it
Jown when one of them said, “But how shall wo
know where it runs to ! who will be able to tell
us aught about it 1” “VVhv said the bailiff, who
had advised the stone’s being carried up again,
this is very easily managed ; one of us must stick
in this hole (for the millstone had of course a
great hole in the middle,) and run down with it.”
This was agreed to and one of them having hem
chosen for the purpose thrust his head through
the hole and ran down the hill with the mill,
stone*
Mow at the bottom of the mountain was a
deep lish pond, into which the stone rolled, and
the simpleton with it, so that the Schildhurghcrs
lost both stone ami man, and not one among
them knew what had become of them. And they
tell sadly angered against their old companion
who had rundown the hill with the stone, for
they considered that ho had carried it off, for the
purpose of disposing of it. So (hey published a
notice in all tiro neighboring boroughs, towns,
and villages, calling on them, “if any one came
there with a millstone round his neck, that they
should treat him us one who had stolen ihe com
mon goods, and gtvo him to justice. But the
poor devil lay in the pond, dead. Had he been
able to speak, he would have been willing to tell
them not to worry themselves on his account,
for he would give them their own again. But
his load pressed so heavily upon him, and carried
him so deep in the water, that he, after drinking
water enough—more, indeed, ihari was good for
him—died, and he is dead at the present day; and
dead ho will, shall, and must remain. —foreign
Quarterly Review.
Bishop Burnet, vi'ho was a tall,large honed
man, preaching oncu with some veltemcncd
before king Charles the Second, closed onO f
of his sentences with a violent thump upon
the cushion, and this note of interrogation:
“Who dares deny ill” “Nobody,” said the
king in a whisper, “who stands there within
the reach ofthat mighty great fist of yours.”
COMMERCIAL..*
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton—Since our last report considerable ao
tiyiry has prevailed in our Market for (his article!
more particularly for the fairer description*; salei of
which have been made as high os ]oc for prime; w»
now quote 7 at) 3-lc ns tiro extremis; ahhonghan
extra articio will command 10 a lOfc.
Groceries —Business with the interior is
gradually becoming less ns the reason advancer,
and at present it is very light, as our Planters am
mostly engaged at home. Mo sales «f goods at
wholesale have romo to our know ledge during tho
week. 1
Exchange—Checks on Mew York arc now dull
atlOperccnt. prem.; some of our tranks have fold
during the week at 3. pet ol ; on Philadelphia 6S a
7 per cent asked; on Charleston 4 per cent; United
Slates Bank notes G a 7 percent; Charleston bank
noti s 3 a 4 per cent prem.
Freights—Continue at old rates and dull-
NEW ORLEANS MARKET, MAY 5
Cotton—’J’he sales during lire week ending
yesterday, amount to IG,OOO hales at lolly forrtioi'
prices, and in some instances a small advance was
cbtnined
Bank ngerils took nhrurt 7000 hales, Mew England
Manilla duns and Europton shippers the balance.
Baltimore market, may G.
Exchange —We quote hills on London to day
at It) 3 4 a II per cent prem.
Coffee —741 bogs Bio were told at 9S a 10J cents,
and lift bags Havana at 9j cts.
Co<ton —The market remains quiet. We rote
small sales of Upland at 10 a 11 cents.
Howard street flour —We quoio the generally
prevailing store price of lire week at $7 75—not
much doing. The stock is light, not exceeding
10,000 bids. The wagon price ranges from $7 25
to 7 50.
City Mills flour —Sales at $7 50, full; one par
cel of 500 bbls early in tire week ai $7 25, cash.
Some holders are firm at $7 75. The stuck is only
| abnut $12,000 bids in all. y
NNW YORK MARKET, MAY ■).
i Colton. —Sales for Ihe week have been principally
j for export. 7’ho lower qualities, ordinary and mid
! dling, have been very freely offered, and sales made
especially within tire last two days at n reduction of
fa {. Our last quotations for lair and above Ini',
viz: JO a Hi have bean to day miiataine 1-
Coffee. — Nochange in this article. Sales con
tinue as before noticed.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
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SAVANNAH May O.—Clenrtd. Ur bulk £mig*ar
1 Petrie, Liverpool.
An*, steamboats Oglethorpe, Woody Augusta;
| Randolph, Lyons, do,Duncan, McUae. Colvin, do
j Weeks, do. . .
1 CH A K LHSTON, May 9.—A rnvod yisterd«y,X
ish Kellucca Meruuiio, Millutt, Havana; stcanjf
; South Carolina, ('oflvy- Noifi.lk; steam
! Carolina, Reynolds, Wilmington. ™
Cloured, 1J J. brig Moses, iliovvn, •
■ Wave. Uaker, Providence, R L 'ch, JS3S
Went to sea yesterday, hr shin Adminis
: erpooh hr .hip Wii.scalis, Wnfin (]ny fi)ed
Hall. Havre, hr L( itery, HuiiUl. v
In ig -vljitia. Thomas, Gulf (f tV . Utcrs us ™ a '..a,i.,
lirmvn. New Vcrk, brig Kitml' 41 Ol !. fT ling Molts,
, schr C.nod Hope, I nylnr, Jlo.rmt Jnpsnn, M. Marks,
Providence, It 1, aehr Peru, to , sellr Ware; linker,
Knipire, Soiuhwiek,St Jacksonville, sell*'
' St Augustine, steam paekpjsrim-, seta* Agnes, Utilize,
; Wilmington, /t North Carolina, Reynolds,
Georgia, City " u v -.
At a meeting cXAngustrv! i.
day of May, 1 .nho t iry Council, held the sth
| passed ; the following resolution was
I “ Resolve J
' a reward the Mayor he requested to offer
simi a- hundred dollars for the apprehcn
! of to the jailor of Richmond countyi
j tVOO.STEK, who stands charged
retime of murder, comm lice ;a this city,
BPvv/io has fled from justice ”
\ true extract horn the minutes pf' 'ouncil, passed
tho day and date above meniirr,
GEO. M. V. ’. i.KEK, Clerk.
PJICC LAMATJ U N.
In nbcdiencc to tho annexed rrsolution of lh«
n ny i,ouncil, L Samuel Ila'e, Mayor of the City id
.dugnsia, do oiitr a reward of Three Hundred
Hollars tnrmv person or persona who shall appre- |l
bend and deliver CHARLES WUOSTER U. the i
lailor of Richmond county. J'he said 11’oosler is K
■eprescnied as five feet nine inches high, daik eyes, I
lark hair, and dark complexion, fine person, vented I
Manners, middle age, and by profession a Phnno- ■
agist SAMUEL HALL, e
may 10 Mayor City of | I
Augusta Runevolcnt Society. I
Tho following arc tho visiting commrlloes ap. I
jointed to act until the Hlh ol May : t
Division Ao. I —James VV Meredith, Cyrus Pike E
Mrs Frances M’Coy ami Mrs. Nancy Jones. B
Division No. 2. I!e\. Mr. Cunningham, Rev. M ■ K
linnham, Mrs Elizabelb Cole, and Mrs. Anna M ■
No. 3.—Pf.rter Flemming, Martin Wit- ■
ox, Mrs. Hama .l/’Kinne, nnd Mrs. Ann Bern hill. K
lllcuscs of sickness end distress, the citizens are K
pspcclfiilly requested to report t< them. K
aprif IS T. !9. STOV, Secretary. B