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The Gingerbread Man.
There is a man ihat walks (he streets
<>l this prodigious town,
And on his head lie w-eats a hat.
And on Ms brow a frown
A melancholy man is he,
As I have heard it said ;
And cons Inn Iv, na on lie walks.
He munches gingerbread.
He munches gingerbread, and runs
As i( he saw a sight,
Ob something tallowing at his heels,
i’ital tilled him with hll iglit.
Anon ho slops and gazes round
On troops ol shouting hoys,
In wonder, doubtless-, why they keep
So tcrrilo a noise !
In omnibus he never rides,
In cook-shops never strays,—
He has his own peculiar hat,
His own peculiar ways :
And when ho sees a baker’s shop,
He madly rushes in, ’
And buys a slice of gingerbread,
Nor small, not scant, nor thin—
Hut large and thick, two feet square,
Which, grasping in his hand,
Again ho darts into lire street,
And there he -takes Ins a'nnd.
Voraciously hr swallows down
The gingerbread -in lumps,
Fill with a sudden spring he dues
diegin to stir his stumps.
With rapid motion on lie goes,
Hut ever and anon
Hr stops to bite his darling food,
Till nil of it is gone.
And then a sorrow shrouds Ins face,
A tear bedims Iris eye,
And ho is said, till it is time
More gingerbread to buy.
It is hia si/ie delight—hisjoy—■
That cake so rich and rare;
No loveliness of female face
<3an with its sweets compare.
And till the world is baked to crust,
And all the people dead,
ts he should live, that lonely man
Would munch his gingerbread, Pktiii.
t from the Cambridge Chronicle.]
Mr. Stewart’s Statement.
At (ho request of the editors of the Chronicle
and Aurora, I have prepared the following stale
merit of some of the particulars connecter! with
rthe recent disaster, which befoll the rll fated Pu
laski. On the-Uh Juno, in company with Dr.
Edwin Stewart, my brother, his wife, Mrs. Char
lotte Stewart, child and servant, my relative, Sami.
H. Hodson, tho Kev. Mr. Woart and J,ady, Dr.
Ash and F. McCroa, I left Tallahassee, Florida,
-upon a visit to Cambridge, Dorchester county,
Maryland. On the 11 th, wo reached Savannah,
and on the 14th, wo look passage in the steam
packet Pulaski, Captain Dubois, hound for Haiti
more—at f> o’clock, P. M. we arrived at Charles
ton. The boat between Savannah and Charles
ton performed her trip well. There was conside
rable sea, which occasioned her to roll, notwith
standing shetinoved ftlong, very handsomely in
deed. On the Huh,at 6A. M., with a fair pros,
pact of a pleasant passage, wo left Charleston.
Judging from (he sizo of the boat, and the crow
dod state of the passengers, I think there were
upwards of 200 passengers cn hoard. Every
thing seemed to pass off well, during the day—
the weather was pleasant, a good breeze stirring,
and tho passengers wore lively and guy, with the
exception of those that wore sen sick. In the af
ternoon there was some appearance of a squall,
which gradually wore away, and about 5 o’clock,
I remarked to Captain Dubois, that the weather
looked much heitor to windward than it had
done—he replied that there was an indication of
good weather I also observed to him, that the
Pulaski seemed to he an excellent uca vessel—he
expressed himself highly pleased with her. Se
veral times in the course of (lie day, I was in the
engine room, looking at the gunge, and about H
o'clock at night, 1 recollect for the last time, ex
amining it, and found it varied from 28 to III).
About 9 o'clock, the party with which I was im
mediately connected, consoling of iny brother,
Dr.S c-v.irt and wife, and Mr. Hudson, retiiod to
bed. Dr. Stewart was in feeble health when wo
left Tallahassee, and Mr. Hod.on suffered from |
sea (richness. In a short lime alter tb« ; ; 0 wont to 1
bed, 1 took my berth; it was probably about half
past 0 o clock in consequence of a light just in
front of me, I did not got to sleep. This light
was used by Judge Cameton, who was lying on
a sellco reading. As well as I can judge, about
half after 10 o’clock, tho Judge laid aside his
book, took off his spectacles, and placed them
under his head, and closed his eyes. 1 then pre
pared to go to sleep, hut in a few seconds, I heard
a tremendous noise, which 1 at once supposed to
bo an explosion ol the boiler, and jumped from
ray berth, which was far aft. 1 did not take lime
to put on my clothes, and had (rolling on at the
time but my sleeping garments. Tho shock
which the boat sustained, or the pas.-age of ntr,
extinguished two candles, which had been burn
ing in the cabin.— I lelt no hot vapour, Togcth
er with many others, in honihle confusion, I
made (or tho deck, grouping nay way in utter
d irkness. When 1 reached the dock there was
a general cry amongst tho passengers lor the Cap
tain. There was a report also that the vcsm-1
was on lire, and water in buckets was passed to
put it out, lull Iro ir the ibin r;i done the side ot
the boat, and the sw i ll ot the s, a, (b, w it, i pour
«'d in so fast, that the lire Was soon extinguished.
There was also n minor spread that we had l-ei n
run into by another .-.team boat, which » mid I,ike
us off. Our boat was much canted on one side,
and rolled tremendously, \ gentleman a'amt
this lime, whose l.n-e seemed much stunfe.l, who
I took for the captain, lint have s'nee learned vvwi*
Mr. Geo. N Davis, ol (Thai lesion, requested tjie
passengers to pass tho baggage at , to get it on
one side, and also to get on the same side them
selves, with a view of lighting the boat. I also
recognized lit. Ash of Philadelphia, and Mr. F.
McCrea of Tallahassee. Mr. Mot'iea remarked
that tho boiler had hurst —that the boat was sin
king, and we should all probably he lost—hesitg.
gened that we had he ter tig up a raft of such i
things as we could, and possibly wo might stir
v ivc on that. -Soon after tins, Dr. Stewart came
up to me, a«d asked dvlmt was the matter. The
Dt. had dressed himself—l told him the boiler had
burst, and that there was much water in the after j
cabin, lie requested me to obtain a lamp, which i
w*» Imaging on dock near the ladies' cabin, and j
aoc the extent ot tho water in tho cabin. ) tound |
upon getting a light, that tho water was up to |
the staircase in the cabin. There was awful con
fa lion indeed now—hatbands searching lot their
wivea, and wives crying tor their husbands, and
Ibe most gloomy uncertainty as to the Vale of all. 1
I then made lor the promenade deck, which I
reached.
Soon after, I perceived my friend Mr. Hudson
come up—he was dressed. 1 hoard tho voice of
Mrs. Charlotte Stewart, and Mr. Hudson and my
self, together wrth Dr. JStowarl. who was below,
assisted her to get upon the promenade deck—
her child, about two years old, was then passed
up—the Doctor himself came up". We then got
Mrs. Stewart in a boat w hich was on the promo
nade deck, together with her child. Thta was a
boat which 1 had scon on (his deck during the
day, with a tarpaulin over it. It had been placed
upon its keel when Mrs. Stewart got into it, and
ysts filled with ladies, expecting to be gradually
Rested off when the steamboat sunk. There
fwcii’ also mail) other ladies on (lie deck Dr.
Stewart stood by his wile, near (he hint. 1 went
further aft, when I saw two men at the wheel
! Irving lo get the steamboat hefoie the wind, make
• sail and roach the land—she would not answer
I her lu hn. After the"X plosion the boat still rno
. vnl or, from the previous force given her, I saw
i a small ho it with ■ lone (' Isons on it, It i.m uornc
what as ern of us this f suppose was one of the
boats that got ashore. Tiio steam packet was
j last sinking-—thu water pourit /in over the
! guards. About this time,l assisted s ime lady,
| f'od knows who, to get on the upper deck, who
begged me to gel her husband up, and said ho
i was an old gray headed man —1 did not see him
j —I also In ard u lady crying in a loud voice for
I her husband, pronouncing his name repeatedly,
“Mr. hull.” A genii em in, that I supposed was
I Mr. Ball, sprang (rum the foie part ol the boat
into the water, and made for his wife, but must
have sunk befotc he reached the after put. Stv
ernl persons wildly jumped over hoard, and tried
to reach settees, &c. and sinking called for some
thing to he thrown them. The weight of lire
machinery, I suppose caused the boat to sink fas
ter in the centre, which threw up the stern. She
then parted, and the small boat, containing Mrs.
1 Stewart and other ladies, was thrown head fore
| most in the eddy, where they were all drowned,
1 ( suppose.
I The stern pait of the boat, upon which 1 was,
! turned a complete somerset, and when it was
, about perpendicular, Mr. Hudson and myself whe
j were then holding on hand to hand, by the David
( tapes, let go. I saw him no more. Many oth
-1 cis were thrown olf at the same time. I was sunk
i mi die water some time, and was grasped by per
; ‘•out, I supposed to he ladies from their clothes
j and was kept down, probably lip fool. After they
I let me go, J came up, amidst a crowd of persona
1 f thought, il l remained here, 1 should, inevitably
| be borne down, 1 therefore swam oil, as well as I
i 'could. It was light enough lor me to see persons
! I saw the larger parts of the wreck, which seem
ed to be distant shout 100 yards. There was
vast quantities of fragments floating around me,
and fortunately J got upon a piece, a hatch, and
picked up a small plank, 1 paddled off from the
body of the wreck, thinking the heavy swell,
would dash mo to pieces, if I earnest) contact with
It. In about an hour, -I saw a |>eraon on a frag,
Tncnf It was Mr. Murrit, of Mobile, he inform*
cd me. We concluded to get our jmpcch together
—meeting with a larger and longer fragment
just ahead, we reached it, and got our pieces on
it. Mr. Men'll had been on a hatch. A rope
happened to Ire fastened to one of the rings of one
piece of the hatch. M'r. Mcrrit cut lire same with
a knrfb ho hud with him—we unrove it and fas-,
tened mrr pieces pretty firmly on it. Wo also
found an oar, which was afterwards of essential
service to ns. About 3 o’clock, there was a se
vere squall which lasted but a lew minutes. At
day light, wo saw some 14 or 15 rafts, pretty
much in a line—some before, others behind, and
some of them 3 miles distant. The wind was
about Hast, and setting u*, I thought in the diroc
lion of land. Horne of tlie rafts J saw > had per
sons on hoard. I rceollect there was a raft passed
near me, which seemed to be made up of lumber,
(•lank and a vast quantity of wood with a solitary
being upon it—a negro man, who had got up s
small sail. We had picked up a stool which
floated near, upon which Mr. Merrit and myself
alternately look our tricks at Blearing, We had
taken off the canvass, from the hatches, and got
up a sort of mast—from the canvass wc made a
sail, amt our object was to keep out craft licforc
the wind, to prevent her turning over. She
went before the wind very well. Wo were fre
quently immersed in the water and kept constant
j ly wef, without food or fresh drink.
I had no stockings or hat on, and suffered im -
mensely from the rays of a scorching sun during
the day, and at night I was chilled almost to death.
Mr. Morrill happened lobe somewhat better clad;
he had on Ids pantaloons and saved his watch—
when he looked at her ho found she had stopped
about a quarter past 13, which induced us to
think he was thrown in the wn'er from tho steam
packet about that time. Ou I'M lay evening we
thought we saw a Light- house, hut it pioved lo
be a vessel. Tho sharks threatened to devour
us, as they wore all around us on Friday and Sat
urday, and would greedily seize hold of chips on
j rubbish that fell from our craft. I was featlu
i they would break our oar, when we should have
got in the trough of the sea and turned over. On
j Saturday evening I thought I saw laud; Mr.
j Merritt thought I was mistaken, ns in the
evening there seemed a sort of fog, thql e,i lt
|ho taken fur the shore. Shorty afterwards°we
t wcro convinced nc saw land, probably dis
hint about leu miles. This was a joyful sight.
Mr. Merritt sprang up, crying, thank God, it is
land, and said lo me, ho had $lOO with him,
which he had fortunately pul in Ids pocket, the
day before tho disaster occuncd; this ho kindly
said ho would divide with me, should wo evor
leach tho shore. At day light, Sunday morning,
, we wore quite near tho laud, not going directly
tor it, but running along shore, and gradually
approximating it; about ti it o’clock, wo were
thrown in tho breakers. Mr. Morrill was first
thrown off, and ill or a while reached tho shore
before 1 did. About the third breaker my frail
hark was precipitated over my head, and u was
fortunate n did not strike me—it kept somewhat
ahead of ore. After a short time I touched bot
tom ni about three feet water, and lapitlly made
fur the beach which 1 reached—l was su com
pie ely exhausted I could scarcely crawl up the
j bench, upon which 1 lay in a state ol insensibility
| until about 1 I o'clock next day, when a hcticvo
j lent man. Mr. Spicer, who irAdcs near New
| Jtivoi Inlet, where we were thrown ashore, came
i across mo. He inquired it I had any companions.
1 told him ol Air Mcinlt. Aftct putting ,i plank
to keep the sun from my face, lie went to look
loc .M i. Men at, and came hack mid told me he
could not rind him. Mr. Merrit , 1 learnt uf;cr
v\auU, got :o abut, where ho felt in an exhaust
cd s ate, liiiUin* it deserted, some found him
thcic, Riid-'i,r%eqUii,u up. lie diicclcd them lo
1 -A lor rue, whimkihey did, hut it being Lie in
the evening theyS|l not find me. The shore
whcie wo a low beach, with -some
scud) pines upon it, afro there was a sound be
j tween that and the mam land.
Mr. Spicer, for whom I shall always (ell tin- '
tier ten thousand obligations, took me across I
I the sound to his own house, where I remained i
i with every attention paid to me by Mr. s. and
j himilv, until 1 httrsilay. The sun and salt wa
, ter had completely tktuiwd me, und cream was
| applied. On Thursday 1 reached Wilmington
j where Win. N. Peder, Esq. kindly look me to
his own house and rendered every assistance.
Matthew Tilghnian Goldsborough, Esq. of
j Talbot, who was in Wilmington at the time,
j and had known my brother, Dr. Stewart, vol
! untcered a loan lo me, for which t am under
j great obligations to him. The citizens of Wil-
I mington, and all along as 1 came, were, how
-1 ever, so kind, that I had but little occasion for
i money. On Wednesday following 1 left the
( hospitable mansion of Mr. Peder, and by the
I wiiy of Halifax, liichmond, Washington and
Haiutnore, reached Cambridge, E. S. Md., Dr
Stewart’s servant girl came with me. After
the wreck, she states site was with six others
on a raft ; Dr. Stewart, she says, was with her
tin the wreck, until Monday, when he died
from exhaustion. His servant kept his head
I above water for two days, after the Doctor was
so enfeebled as to be unable to hold on. He
old the servant that he saw his wife go down,
after the dreadful disaster, several limes, and
1 could be of uo service to her. The next dav,
I riday, the doctor and his servant saw many
dead bodies floating near, and among the rest
his little child, two years old—what a specta
cle .' The doctor before his death became
delirious; when he expired, his lifeless body,
j was silently swept away by tin- sea. Several]
; persons, the girl states, in fits ofdclirium jump- .
eel from the raft. Os :-.1l the party that left
Tallahassee, it seems myself and lire doctors j
servant are the sole survivors. Poor Hudson
that could not sa ini, 1 saw no more after we
were thrown together in the water, upon the !
turnlngover oft lie wreck, as before described.
The exposure that I had to encounter, togeth
er with the horror of soul at (lie terrific scene
1 passed through, (which now, 1 cun scarcely
, realize, as it seems liice an an awful dream)
t occasioned me infinite suffering, hut in my ill
ness, I was by the hand of an all wise Provi
dence thrown among.t the kindest people I
• ever saw ; i shall recollect them as lung as pul
sation vibrates through my heart.
i WILLIAM A. STEWART.
I Cambridge. E. S. Maryland, July 5, 18.18.
t * trr»»»u«-a«u(ii*7jis i .—miiu rnra mi mn n imi i
; CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
J AUGUSTA.
SalnrUny -M-? riling, July 21,
. M ATH KJGIIT.S TICKET
ton conoress.
VVM. 'C. DAWjSON,
h R. W. HABERSHAM,
s J*C. ALFORD,
j 1 W. T. COLQUITT,
E. A. NISBET.
k MARK A. COOPER,
THOMAS BUTLER KINO,
'* EDWARD J. BLACK,
I I LOTT WARREN.
0 V We call (he attention of capitalists to the
B advertisement of Mr. Wm M. Morton, of Athens,
i. which will ho found in another column, offering
for sale 100 Town Lots, at the junction of the
'< A (.hens and Madison branches of the Geo. Rail
j Road. It is a beautiful and healthy location, and
I possesses great and important Rail Road and
i stage advantages, and, we think, cannot fail trt
• I become a place of commercial importance. The
Rail Road from Augusta will he in operation to
t this place by the first of October, and will ren
i der it a depot for s considerable portion of thd
3 produce and merchandize of the up country.
\ Theatre—Mr. Whiting’s Benefit.
As will be seen by the bills of the day, this
’ gentleman takes his benefit this evening. The
tragedy of Pizarro, and the farce of the Rendcs
[ vouz, arc selected for the occasion. We hope
’ the usual liberality of the citizens of Augusta
will bo extended to this truly deserving young
. actor, and make it for him a benefit indeed.—
Give him a good un.
Wo learn from the Philadelphia Sentinel,that
the deaths in that city last week amounted to the
startling number of two hundred and thirty-one.'
The discafos most fatal were the following :
Summer complaint, 57; excessive heat, 17 ;
dropsy of the head, 12 , apoplexy, 11 ; dysentery,
10; diarrhoea, 10; debility, 9; convulsions, 9-
A t a meeting of the State Bank of Illinois, on
the 22d Juno, they resolved to resume specie pay
ments as soon as they receive authentic informa
tion (hat the hanks of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, In
diana, and Kentucky, have resumed, or that (hey
will fix on any early day which these hanks may
name.
The Bank of Tennessee began discounting
on the 6th instant and was drawing on the. East
at 10 per cent, premium. Specie and U. S.
Bank money stood at 10 to 11 percent above
par. Alabama money was at par.
Lady Arthur and family a> rived in Ntw York
on the 15th by the Racket ship Westminster.
The Albany Avgus gives the Canal slate
ment up to July “lb for the week. Compar*
i cd With same time 133/, the increase of tolls j
|is $7,950, or 26 per cent. The increase of I
flour is 15,061 barrels and of wheat 13,296
bushels. On merchandise shipped west, the
increase is 685,100 pounds.
A prospectus of the “Atlantic Steam Navign.
lion Company” has been received in Now York.
The Company, with a capital of £500,000, pro
-1 pose to build or purchase six steam ships to ply
between England and New York, one of which j
is to leave each country every fortnight. The
projectors ol the company serin to think there is j
I very little doubt of their being able to divide an- !
nually twenty per cent, on their capital. They j
probably lake the profits on the voyages already
made by the Great Western and !siritts for their
' data.
The committee of (he Company say they have i
made arrangements to purchase the new steam |
ship Liverpool, of five hundred horse power, and
can have her off before the Brit*li Queen. •
-yt, -
t' i j: t 'i nn a t Ait re i- \ r.—The si op uihoat W l l
mingtnn, while on her passage from Philadelphia
to Wilmington, on the 14th, had her cylinder |
j split, connecting tod broken, &c. Fortunately •
i',.’ pere n w ts injured.
1 tutors run tuk North —Gen. Scott having |
I succeeded in removing the Cherokee Indians with- j
I out trouble, some ol the militaty under his com- i
I maud, consisting of two regiments of artillery, !
\ have been ordered to the northern frontier, to as.
j sist in maintaining die peace of the country.
I Gun row ns a Extlosion.—We learn from i
j the Pottsvillo, (Pa.) Journal,!that on Thursday’
i the 12lh Inst., a keg of powder exploded in a
house in that city, by which four persons were
kitted and several severely burnt.
Gold.—The total value of gold taken from all
the mines in the United States for the last ten
year, is said to ho thirty millions of dollars.
Melancholy occurrence nt Cape May.
Extract of a letter to Mr, Coffee, of the Balti
more Exchange, dated,
, CAPE ISLAND, July It, 1638.
DISTRESSING INTELLIGENCE.—Mr. A
1 M. Halo, of the firm of Palmer & Hale, of Phila
delphia, was drowned in the surf. He swam
■ well, and no one rould account for it, ot how it
i was. 1 was not a great distance from him with
r two ladies, 1 took them to the shore and swam
1 out to Mi. Hale.
I Asl was much exhausted, with thick clothes
s on, slid finding him perfectly helpless—the surf
• being very severe, 1 returned to the shore to strip
, myself, hut in a moment after he was enveloped
I in the surf. This is indeed melancholy int.4li
, gcnce. Mrs. Hale is on the island The body 1
had not been found when the boat left this mor. i
. ning.
As two sharks had been seen in the vicinity a (
few minutes previous, it is feared that he may I
have fallen a victim to one of them. j
Later from England*
We received yesterday morning,by the Express
Mail, NcwfYurk slips conlaing the news brought
i by the packet ship Westminster ; there is little i
to add, however to the intelligence brought by |
the Virginian, being only o::o day later. Tin
! following items vve extract fiutn the Commercial
; Advertiser.
Captain Roberts, of the Sirius, was presented
to tire Queen at her leveo on the 8 b.
Lord Brougham, on the same day, in the
House of Lords, called attention to the proclama-
I lion ol mania! law in Canada, which he .-aid was
illegal.—He announced bis intention to bring up
I tbe subject again at a future day.
Chid liaron Joy, of the Irish bench, is dead.
'1 lie papers talk ol Mr. O’Connell as bis succes
sor.
At a Privy Council held on the Bdi of June
by her Majesty, the Earl of Gosford was again
sworn as a member ut the council, having been a
member during the reign of William tV. So it
seems that bis Lordship is nut in disgrace at home.
Green peas were abundant in the London mar
kets, dune 9lb—at $2 tbo quart. Asparagus
$1,25 the bundle. New potatoes 37$ cents the
pound.—Strawberries 25 cents the ounce.
There was a formidable lithe all'ray near Wa
tcrlord in Ireland, on the Ist of June, between a
large body of peasantry and 30 policemen backed
by tire same number of the 08th light infantiy.
Pour ot the policemen were dreadfully injured,
and the olhers, with the soldiers, were put to
flight, i'he countrymen succeeded in carrying
i off the cattle dial bad been seized for tithe.
1 be Catholic Church Gazette publishes under
the head Posen, the following Cabinet order, ad
dressed by the King of Prussia to a Counsellor
" b of that city, and who belongs to Ibe evan
e gelical persuasion, but having married a Catholic,
’ bad allowed his children to be brought up in the
5 religion of their mother:
( “I have been informed that you caused your
I son, now serving in the regiment of ,to be
reared in the Catholic faith, notwithstanding that
you profess the evangelical creed. Although your
I conduct may be justified in law, 1 cannot, never
i tbcless, refrain from observing to you that it do
, notes on your pan a great indifference fur your
religion, for which reason I have thought proper
1 to make known to you my disapprobation.
FREDERICK WILLIAM.
Berlin, Jan. 15, 1838.”
1 ho accounts of the progress of the plague in
various parts of Turkey arc somewhat alarming.
A at kiii can Stocks, June 9.—Evening.—New
i York lives, 1815, 935; do. do. 1860, 955; Penn
, sylvania fives, 1802, 94 a 95; do. do. 1865, 94 a
95; Ohio sixes, 1850, 100 a 101; do. do. 1856,
102$ a 103; Louisiana lives, Baring and Co.
1841-47-50 52, 96 a 97; do. do. Lizardi and Go.
1848, 98 a 98$; Mississippi sixes, 1861-66 71,
94 a 95; Maryland sixes, 1870, 99 a 100; Mas
sachusetts fives, 1857, 94 a 95; Alabama fives,
1863, 82 a 83; do. do. Slcrling Bunds 1859, 95
a 955; Indiana lives, 1864, 88 a 88$; Illinois six
es, 1870, 91$; a 95, ex. d.; Virginia lives, 1854,
85 a 86; do, sixes, 1857. 97 a 975; Florida six
es, 1858 GO 62-64, 90 a 92; New York fives,
1860,91$; a 91$; United Slates Bunk, £25.
London, June 9, 12 o’clock.—Consols have
been heavy this morning-, and the present price
for the opening is 95$ sellers. Exchequer
bills are 68 to 70 premium; and Bank stock
204$ to 2U5.
The share market is neglected, and little
has been done in any of the railway, and noth
ing in the aspliahum shares. Great Western
have fluctuated from 28 to 25 pretn.
Two o’clock —Consols are 95 to $ for the
opening.
London June Bth —Friday Evening.— On
the absence ol any very particular circuinslan
cesaflecting the welfare of the commercial in
terest of this country either way, at lire pres
ent time, wc find that our men of business are
j s ill paying much attention to the state of as
! fairs in the United Slates, as detailed in the
late advices from thence,
I The value of money for commercial purpo
ses continues much the same; on the Stock
i Exchange Hie rate ofinterest rules from 2$ per |
cent to 8 percent from clay to day, or for a
very short period.
I’bofollowing is from the New York Express
slip of the 16th'
“There has boon scircoly any change in the
London money market since our last advices.
Much inconvenience and loss of lime was expo
| ricnced in the cify from a recent arrangement of
J the Bank ot England to.ru.issue old 51, and 10/.
notes. It has hitherto been the practice never
j to send out old paper, and as the new notes were
I always in scries of numbers, and dated alike, their
numbers, -See., were of course easily taken down,
[ both by Ihe cashiers of the bank as well as ihc
| receiver of the money, whenever change for a
| largo note was required, or an issue of paper
made. Now, however, the number of each note
- has to he entered, the dales of each arc perhaps
! dillcrenl, and when change for a 1(000 1, note in
I ft/, notes is required there are no less than two
hundred dill! rent entries to he made by all parties
instead of the simple plan of i-aying from No.
; tO NO. .
A considerable amount of gold is forced into
I circulation by Ihe effects of this new system, says
i one of die English papers, for (hepiivate bankers
j and others not asked lor, to save the loso of lime
\ in taking down the numbers and dales. The di- 1
j rectors, says the same paper, anticipate that a de- j
j c ease, in the use of small notes, which will be j
lire consequence ot this step, will occasion the i
nJ’peai'iiiK e ol a scarcity ora demand fur money, j
and thereby enable the rate of interest upon loans I
I and discounts to bo raised, wiiieh tiro private ban
l kers and bill brokers, as well us, the Bank of En.
j gland, have been fur tome, time endeavouring to
. fleet ”
From the Frontier.
From Ihe Jackson Vounty Whig—Extra.
Backett’s Harbor, July 12
1 o’clock, P. M. $
About 10 o’clock Ibis morning, the steam
ier Telegraph, in the service ot the United
1 States, arrived from a cruise among tiie
j Thousand Isles, and brought, with her two
prisoners of Johnston's gang of desperadoes,
I and Johnston’s famous twelve oared boat so
much extolled for its swiftness.
On the morning of the lllh, Capt. Guynn,
of the Ist regiment of Infantry, commanding
lire Telegraph, obtained information of the
I haunt ol Johnston, and with tire British parly,
j made arrangements lor surprising and cap
l lurln g gang, hut owing to the difficulty
ot approaching the house, on account of the
roughness of the country, and tiro density ol
the woods and thickets, the parlies did nut
approach the house simultaneously, as was
intended, the British party getting to the
[ground a little sooner than the other, and
approaching on the same side, The whole
; ot Johnston’s gang, with the exception of two
men, made their escape. The two nu n taken
were asleep. There was found in tl e house,
belonging to John Furrow, on Grindstone
iMdixi' a quantity of arms—pistols, rifles and
muskets. Tlie names of the prisoners taken
are Riely Toucy and Jonathan Turnaclift*.
Those who made their escape, were Wil
ham Johnston, John Farrow, Robert Smith,
| 'tV hi am Robbins, John Van date, and Allen
Lirly. I’hey were tired on, but with what
elfect is not known. Alter a thorough search;
by the whole party, consis’ing of 89 men,
they were not able to discern what had be- 1
| come of the fugitives.
I The two prisoners, under the charge of
Deputy Slienll' JM’Cullock, are now m tins
place, ami will bo turned over to the proper
authorities to be dealt with according to law.
The boat of Johnston is ‘,23 feet long and
i 1 T 2 feet wide, ckrtker built, pair,ted black
iat the bottom, while above, with a yellow
streak about tox inches uid , just under the
I gunwale, ornamented with a red stripe above
j and below. The inside of the boat is red. She
j has one set of sweeps, and one set of short
j oars, so as to row either single or double
handed. This boat is so light that two men
i can carry her witlneose, and she is capable ot
transporting twenty men with arms. She had
on beard when taken, besides some arms, an
American flag, which no doubt, was intended
to be used when passing the British vessels, as
a deception.
The Telegraph returns to the vicinity _ ol
j the Thousand Islands, to morrow morning.
Wreck of the Ship Isaac Richard.
The schr. Mary, Nickerson, from this port, ar
rived at Apalachicola, 12lh instant, reports that
i on the bOth June, at noon, taw four sail laying
: under the western Tortugas. July 1, at noon
discovered one of the vessels to lie on shore, and
die olher three to be wreckers laying oil’ her; at 3
i P. M. boarded the ship, which proved to bo the
1 Isaac Richards, Prince, ol New York, bound front
. thence to New Orleans, laden with coffee, dry
, goods, liquors. &c. and had gone on shore on tin
> night of the 20th,
r Capt. Prince had agreed with the sloop Aid, o
Boston, to lighten her of 500 hags for £lOOO, am
r commenced discharging. The crew of die shij
- left off work, and went below : the wrecker llicr:
r hauled off and refused any further assistance un
- less the ship was given up to them. This the
, captain refused to do. At half past 4 P. M left
i the ship striking pretty hard on die reef, hut hac
not made much water. —Mercury of yesterday
, From the N. V. Whig, July IC.
Money Market.
Shares manifested a slight improvement to-day.
The whole number of shares which changed
hands were 4852—a heavy day’s Iransacjons.—
The general feeling was in favor of a rise, home,
however, thought that it would not be realised.
The foreign and domestic influences on our stock
market, it seems, are not yet at an end. In the
destruction of the system of credit, capital sought
new channels, from which it is difficult to return,
now that a restoration of the old policy is proba
ble. The question of resumption of cash pay
menls must ho settled in all the stales, before the
disturbing causes from without will cease to op
erate. At home, the plan of loaning money upon
the hypothecation of stocks must he put an end
to by a more profitable investment of money in
the direct channels of trade, before prices will ho
come steady. So that-, at present, our share
market is little less that! a roulette table, whither
the capital resorts, for wont of a better resource.
The actual capital of the country can never he
confined to tiro stock market, if all the avenues of
trade were open. Stocks will necessarily employ
n large portion of floating wealth, hut ih the
ordinary working of the credit system, they are
generally absorbed by the means of those who
wish to invest for permanent security. Until,
therefore, a full return to this system is had, we
may not look for steady prices on the stuck
exchange,
The Philadelphia Shipping List asserts un
qualifiedly that the banks of that city have de
termined to resume on the Ist of August, not.
withstanding all that has appeared to the contrary
in the newspapers. Several days since, we had
advices to the same effect. But as we said then,
wo say now, wc quietly wait for the official
notification of lire act by the banks themselves.
The unequivocal course of Governor Rimer
assures us that tho annunciation of this intention
will soon be forthcoming. The movement of tho
Philadelphia banks will now settle very rapidly
the question of resumption, generally considered.
No solvent hank in the United States can remain
suspended any length of lime alter the full re.
sumption by the institutions of our sister city.—
1 h<j influence o( her example, and the power Iter
hanks wield in the south, west, and south west,
will not admit of tiny shuffling and shifting among
the institutions ol those sections. Doubtless they
aro prepared to meet the emergency. Before
January next, vve confidently expect to see no
irredeemable paper in the Union, except that
issued by the general government.
Mr. Poinsett has begun to issue Treasury
Circulars. There is one under date of J uly Jl—
Regulation—l. No officer, whose duty it
may bo to examine the accounts of the distmjs
ing officer ol that branch of the service under his
immediate supervision, shall Jioid or disburse
funds.
2. Whenever it is practicable, all disburse
ments shall ho made oy checks on a hank or a
person, ns tho case may be, and notin money.
3. A monthly statement shall he made and
transmitted to the Department try each disbursing
officer, of tho moneys received, paid and remain
ing in ids hands.
This regulation will supersede the one on this
subject issued a lew mouths since.
J. R. Poinsett.
‘ \V ar Department, July 11, 1838.
Wlrat next! Wo had scarcely read tho above
before vve took up the- Richmond Whig of the
i 12dt instant, ami found iho following statements.
| Is there to be no end to this despotism of an nn-
I principled government!
Tub Government Repudiating its own
I Paper.—The following transaction will speak
i lor itself:
Post Office Department.
Draft No. 5328 —To J. J. Coddinglon, I’. M.
jat New York: —At sight, pay to Arthur Nelson
or order, one thousand four hundred and twenty
four dollars and fifty cents, and charge to account
of this Department. AMOS KENDALL,
sth July, 1838. P, M. General.
Charged—O. K. Gardner,
£1,424 50. Auditor P. O. Department.
Sfkcie on Treasury • Notes wanted.
Having to pay to the Government two duly bonds,
| amounting to about £1,930, we offered to day to
JTbos. Nelson, Esq., Collector of this port, £5OO
in specie, a Treasury Note for $lOO, and the
above draft of the Government for $1,424,50.
The draft was promptly refused by the Collector,
who slated that he had no authority to take such
claims against the Government in discharge of
claims due to it. Wc will, therefore, give the
market value for tho specie or Treasury note,.
How long will a people, who once called them
selves free and independent, submit to such ty
ranny!
July I‘-J, J B3B. Dirrn Anderson, Jr. fa Co.
GREENVILLE, JULY 13.
Por the information ot distant subscribers, we
will remark that the weather has Iv-cn oppressive
ly hot a* this place since las.t Saturday—.the
Thermometer, in medium, s.'aady situations, ran
god at about 90 deg. N otwithstanding this tern,
peratute is rather uncomfortable to us Villagers
our farmers have no right to complain, for all
kinds of vegetation springs up like cnchan roent.
We have never seen the prospect belter far abun
dant crops, than at present.
Disgraceful.—The steamers Troubadour
and Echo left Louisville a few days s'nee for Cin
cinnati, the former boat taking the lead.—About
midnight the Echo came alongside and gradually
gained upon her, when the pilot of the Echo was
tired upon from the Troubadour, The rifle (or
pistol) ball struck the pilot house, and had it not
lodged, must have passed through (he head of the
pilot! fbis, which we find m the
I 18 another effect of steamboat racing.—.V.
j O. Picayune.
, 1 Ihc lollowi "S sentimeul were offered ut \U
r i ct ' lebra, ‘un of the 4th of July, at Ealonton :
Freedom of speech, freedom of opinion
I ™ edo, | l ul ,lae the friend, of h“ *•
; hroughout the world win and preserve them j
t , , tyranny shall find no spot of earth where"’, 1
i j place its foot. 1 >« I
Internal imprfcvemenlH-the means of conv e „
,mg strangers ...to friends-, nay Putnam c“u"
- | extend her acquaintance, and assert her tiO J
j tality. “ UB t'l
II : Georgia when she submits to be castigated
~ may her name he blotted from the list ot «,,«
' | arnf, when the General Government shall attend.'
i it, may the Union he dissolved. f
; By Win.Uai.nelly Eaq. George R. Uilmer
the philanthropist, tho honest man, the states,
s 1 man : the people of Georgia are proud of such >
i Governor. “
)f I By Col. David Hess. Our beloved country
| whenever her rights are invaded by a civilzed or
j savage foe, may the patriotism of her sons always
■ ally them around her standard, to defend and
’’ P ro >ect her, without any regard to party.
S I fH '
i, j 1 llc following were offered at Powelton :
d Poland—may sto arise like Phoenix from her
3 ashes, conquer every foe, and establish for herself
c a free and independent government,
n i exas wo hail thee as a sister republic, ami
y may the banner of liberty ever float proudly uvei
ie thy devoted people.
Railroads in Georgia, deseWing the support of
if the people, and Hie fostering core of the gove n
d merit.
I 1 . a . I,ad y- fartics W. Fanning— may
n his disinterested devotion to liberty, embalm hi,
i- memory in the hearts of lh»3 Texians.
ie by \\ illiam H. Moss, Esq, Georgia— trm\
; she remember the interest of the South in the.
il next Presidential election.
Thomas Gilbert, Esq. The slate of Gcor
gia, now in tire quiet and peaceable possession
ot all her Indian lands,
By a Lady. Our country’s flag
‘ F TmTnuv y ii il V 0l , d beflying to tho wild wind.free,
-a .i.i } H , 11,,at over our hither land,
. A ..} 16 f uard of *l* spotless fame still he
I* Columbia s chosen bond.
0 1 1 Broadlleud > Formcly Cashier of tlie Ki|,
t fejh" k ® OStO "- suddenl y disappeared for*
Buffalo a lew days since, in consequence ot
- the arrival ot an officer from Boston, for (he
purpose of arresting him on a charge of hay.
■ .[*f embezzled the funds of that institution to
-I e r n of uvonty thousand dollars. Mr
■ p r . oadl,cad was jnade Vice President of the
1 hvs H ank ’ BUflalo > ,ast fall, and ids conduct
i tlle commercial Advertiser of thatvC
lias been perfectly unexceptionable— lT V
, Gazette.
MAIUXI-: ISTTELLIGEycE. "
-
; FUUIkn ’ Li verpoo. )S hipnrilah.
vUlr- sc .r 1,,, ' 11 ;-,1’eru, Plate Jackson
ftlasin! Ua&’ Moore . August.no, sloop Merchant.
Obituary.
Departed this life on tho Bth day of July, 1838,
at bis residence in Houston counly, Georgia
after many paihful years of affliction of thr,
1 Rheumall ff, Jull! » Kutal, Esq. in the 08ih
. yf ' ar of 113 a S e > formerly of Burke county,
r , r S Ia > leaving a tender wife and five children
i and relaitnns and friends to mourn his absence ,
s Ile ' yas a kl,ld husband, an affectionate parent, a
- good neighbor and a feeling master—he was a
member of tho Methodist Episcopal Church for
i many years previous to Ids death, and though
many aie left to mourn his loss, their loss is his
eternal gain. He suffered much in his last
Illness, but bore it with tho fortitude of a Chris
tian.
; JtHU3 can midvP a dying bed fuel soft as downy
pillows are,
B liilc on ills breast I lean my head, and breatbo
my lift out sweetly there ;
Those eyes ho so seldom could close, by affliction
forbidden to sleep,
Sealed up in eternal tepose, have strangely for
gotten to Weep.
Mechanics’ Association.
An adjourned meeting of the members of this
’ Association, will be bold at Lamback’s on SAT
LKDA I IiVENING, 21st inst. at 8 o’clock.—
Members are requested to be punctual in their at
_ tendance, us tho Constitution reported by the Com
i uiiilee, will be finally acted upon, and an election
entered into lor officers.
Such Mechanics as are desirous of acoonVay
members of the Association arc also requested to
> a _"™ d July 20
Atuaisln lieiicvoleut Society. /
Tho following are the Visiting Committees af>
’ pointed to art for the present month .
Division A’o. I.—J. \V. Meredith; Cyrus Tike
Mrs. McCoy, and Mrs. Nancy Jones
Division Ao. S.--Rev. C. F. Stnrges, Dr. E. Os
-3 bon <>, Mrs. C. ( ole, and Miss 15. Morrison.
•-, { v ■\7D imv - el <'■ ,' v ilson, Porter Flew
Mv 17 na McKmno * ul , ld Mn*;, K. W. Collie.
| ■ i 8. STOY. Sec’v.
I, i VT, k!"" 8 l ". v all ' < iH '’ from the State, William
,Nathaniel Patten,are my author
• ‘ oil will i S ,’ ~r. t ,,eo f Imsiiifsss connect
L i cd uuh llio the Chroniolo & Sentinel
At.gusta.July 7. 1839 LlAftl E. JONES
j\TOTICio,— DEVI TA YJMHrn authorisW^,
, s^; t 0 US Uly ««or..ey .btring «y absence from
tins stato. WM. \\ OOOBUUY. Jr
j Augusta, July 18, 1833. ] m ’
’ -S * lII’IIV is my nttornev
1 Inf ■ %7 B ‘o nbsence lr "na Hie state,
| u y S < 1838 WM. FULLER-.
WM. It. McKEJE* ’
» rr'vu' 3 , 69 i\ roa i street ’ AwgMAfa, Ga. t
A S imi “ :,gw Albion, Emigram
, and Old Countryman, will receive subTcrip
' tlonfcflnd paytneiyts. ly June 9^
I j subscriber being about'to'ftave the State
„ or a t<:w . weeks, J.vo, M. Hampton, of Lau
• # r ., n , s fiis agent . attorney un
, til ha rotUTOs. JOHN THOMAS.
DUQlin, Laurens June 83. tw^w
■ Mows, badge,
& ONTEMPLA riN(i to leave tlie city firmed
y J ately afier Us DXHIfiITIOAI, would be hap
py to see his scholars and friends at his Gymnast
um, during the present week. St. July J 8
IV °£ lc K ‘“'The subscribers having' formed »
! , ’ Co-par nerslup lor the purpvsj oit transact
1 mg n general Commission Business in S avann ,,u
as the successors of the la he Ah s. f> nrlflT ‘*
. | under the firm of Halsev & Hakim, a, ..tftr tLi
services tohts and their friends '
. r , ... „ I>F. H4LSET,
J y J __ . g. g. HARDIAfg
ATOTICE—AII persms indebted In tho
firm ot I nee <k Mallory, are reapectftdlv soli
cited to call and settle without delay. ' *
~ «> WILLIAM O. Puff'll.
• Jlt| y 2 __ JOHN MALLEKV
i>| ,• U LIJ AMS haymg taken that nommo.
' d ~ %h A I U9 (111-n wi-iy occupied bv- .Muior
Fnnt nnApl 8 ' )o ° rS
I Fa ft and Phoenix Hotel, n, now prepared to nre.-o?
modate a tow gerglemon with board and lodci p
aprij 16 it te-h
I AND and g»:>i kaiT agkncr
i -■--J OFFICE.—The subscriber will atteml to tha
j sale, exchange ami settlement of lands in Flontft
| the investigation and perfecting of tulej to realms'
; tale conveyancing, -tc and to the adjustment and
collection of debts H.s office is at big residolk o
in thr city of St. Aaigustine, East Florida
t 'uocP’ fins PETER SKEM S.inTII
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