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ADMUK.VS
Tjlht I’tojh vs the Southern and South Ki.fl -n
Stain
I'Vdlow-Cilizeris : 'l'iic Committee apnoin.
ted In enny into fill'itl the sixth residuum) bl
the Merchants Convention, believe they can
i«H butter sill serve the purposes oftheir ap
pointment, than hj calling your attention to
the existing relations of the Northern and
Southern Sta'os,* and improving the evidence
which they afford, of the importance ol the
enterprise which the Convention have in view.
At tins moment pecuniary embarro ament,
tn a greater or less degree, pervades the
whole country : every/? ink within its limits
has impended payment : iliore is hardly a
dollar ol specie in circulation : the nnnn-id
luslitmions of ihe North and of the South, in
point of solvency, uru upon hi equal fooling .
ihi foreign commerce ol' the country ih sus
famed almost entirely hy .S.inllicrn produc
tion!: the foreign creditors tire paid in South*
cm productions; and jet, exchanges between
the North and the couth, tire from 7 to 40 per
-centum in laior ol the former: a Northern
hank note, sustains the Katin.' relative value to
a Southern bank nolo: Southern credit is
lamentably depressed, while Northern eiedil
is comparatively linn. - Ihe dockets ol our
Courts arc crowded with tuts brought hy
Northern Mou.-fe eg linut Southern Home
To meet the issues cf there cutis, our people
are corner lined to moo one another; tml llius,
their distresses aio extended, and cnibiilcred
by the prospect; ol the future. In Ihu mean
time our Northern brethren are reaping rich
fruits from their vantage-ground. They send
hither their lands—exchange them nt an en
ormous premium lor Southern funds—turn
these into Southern staples (rash articles) at
par—draw lulls upon Ilium, which they cell ut
like proli'.—reinvest tlie proceeds in the mime ,
way, and renew the operation ns olten us j
their own ready means of exchange and trans- j
pollution will uilow. We do not pretend to i
soy Unit ibis is tlie universal, or even tiie pre
vailing mode ofoperulimi, or that ms confi
ned exclusively to Northern men.—Northern i
funds, to he the basis of this system, must !
have u cuneney ul the South, which in hut
lew instances they have: hut that this bus |
been the inode of procedure in tomo instan
ces,and that the same (lung is daily effected
through other instrumentalities, wo lieheve ;
admits ul no doubt. Nor let us he understood j
lift attaching any hlanie to those who thus
avail Oiemsulves of their means, to profit hy j
ilio times. It is a singular feature in this dis
mal picture, tha* tlio pecuniary embarrass- •
menu of the Southern Stales, increase us
they recede from Ihe North; and (their ago
and population considered) in uu exact mho
to their agricultural resources.
Is this a natural state of things? If it be,
we must acquiesce in the necessity that dooms
os io it. lint soil respect, to say nothing of
self interest, demands, I hat wo search lor the
causes of it in order lliul we may reform it, if
it he remediable. A brief recurrence lo the
commercial anil financial history ol the United 1
Wlates, will leach us, that in the natural or- 1
der of things, the positions of the two sec- 1
lions should be precisely reversed; and that 1
nothing will more effectually secure lo the
people of the South, their natural advantages, 1
than a direct trade between their and foreig i '
notions. <
Before we commence the review, we take 1
leave to observe, that we cannot assent to 1
the opinion too olten expressed, (hat the cut 1
barrusmncnl ul the Southern people, is the re. 1
suit of a wild and reckless spirit of adventure c
and speculation on their part. That this may 0
to some extent, have had Us effects, is very "
probable; hut that it is the leading cause ol ,
their distress, we arc not prepared to admit. 1
We behove, that could it now be known, *
whut were the resources and prospects ol all
who have failed, at the tune when they in- 1
curred the debts which effected their runt, it “
would I ! found, that no: one in twenty of
rhem is justly chargeable with imprudence '
even, in incurring those debts. Is the planter 1
whooo cotton crop netted him fifty thousand
dollars m December, 16116, and who in Janua- 7
ry following, when cotton was on the advance, ,
incurred a debt ol forty thousand dollars, in U
order to double the succeeding crop, to he '
Charged with lolly, because in AJay, 1807, Ins 0
properly sunk lo nothing, from causes which
human prudence could nut have foreseen! Is ,
the merchant who sold out his stock in 1836, j
nt a large profit, and having (bund it too small
tor the demand, doubled it, and with it Ins Ul
debt, to meet the demand of to he called o
a wild adventurer, because he did not fuicsee '
the disasters ol that year! And vet probably '*
few, who sunk under the pressure of that year, "
were as indiscreet, as these men arc supposed \
to have been. None blame the creditors; but '
equal censure belongs lo the mail who runs 1
extravagantly in debt, and the mini who cro- '
dits him. '
Th; lime was, when the poojm of the *
ooulh wore ihu largest, impurlors in the couu- *1
try.
“In 1/09, the value ol the imports of the j
several colonies was a; follows;
Os Virginia, / 851,140 sterling. ! ‘
New England States, 561.000 do
New York, 130,000 do
Pennsylvania, 400,000 do
South Carolina, 555,000 do 1 ,
"The exports were m about tlie same pro
portion, \ irgiuia exporting nearly (our limes j
us much as New \ orkt a id South Carolina 1
nearly twice as much as New York and I’emi- *
sylvaniu together; and live tunes as much «s I
ell the New England Stales united."
“The same relative proportion of imports 1
is preserved until the adoption of the federal j
constitution, when we find them to ho in ilic 1
veftr 1701 as follows;
Os New York, .$3,222,000 !
Virginia, 2,166,000
South Carolina, 1,520,000
" 1 here are no data to show tin: imports into
ihe several States liom the year 1791 to 1620. j
but the general fact may lie assumed, that Iho
import trade ol New \orknnd other Northern
Slates, has boon constantly progressing, while
that of Virginia and South Carolina "has as
regularly diminished. Emm 1821, to the
piesent lime, ue have sufficient data, and they
exhibit the following, ns the slate ol the ini
port trade.
Ann York. I iVgiiiio ,v Carolina.
1 s'. 1 ’ * •■kOOll.r.oo ;1t».’1,61 ,078,0 t hi Is 2 i, hi,i iuo
lui'V ls --> 'f'l.tKH'i ISJ-J, 2,000,000
|S2». (is 1,000 18*43, 3.000,000
• 00°,01)0 1821, 0311,00011824, ‘2,100,000
s“?‘ ■'’•’ :, .’ | Oo| 183.\ a,151),000
s»V •»?’" 1827, 1,80(1,000
‘ ,V, • iN' l 'i.o3n, i:o,),non is.’.i 1210,000
1-32, 5 ..OOU.OtH) 183,', ~.,11,000 1-3.’, l^i^iOO
"Thus, the import trade n! New York Inis
gradually iucirased from 139.000 s'crliinr,
about $840,000, m the ycai 1769, nod troni
about three millions of dollars m 1791, to the !
enoniioos sum. in 16.‘(2, of tiliy seven millions
of del'iirsl W iule Virginia has fallen oil', m
her import trade, Irnm'iwn ami a hilt nidi tons ■
ol dullais.in 1701, to 8575 UUO in 1629, and
8550 000 m 1802. not a great, deal inert 'Non
inn freight of tin t n do/"S stop.-'
’VVbrnwr* spwik »*i I lie Si'uth, ;n ■' l) • iho *•
xv»‘ • mhr»\« N in ’* irriu-., r!)#• *nif \a i v’. rn
C ?
, "From ihcjccalaiutioi h, a few eunOOs (acta
j appear. The imports of Now Fork were, in
■ 1 8.T2, seventy times a i great as they were in
1 1760,and nearly twenty times more than they
t j were in 1701. Virginia, on llie other hand,
, 1 imported in 1829, about one eleventh ot what
, i he (1 (I in 1700, and about one seventh of what
, kho did in 1701. In a period too, of eivht
y ars, tlio aifuregalo iiiiuorls of Me v \oik
i J 1 /nn o i
. amounted to id 11 millions oftlolla's; those ol
, i South Carolina to about 16 millione, and those
of Virginia to about five millions ! New York
, imported, therefore in 1802, eleven times as
,! much as Virginia did in eight preceding
1 1 and nearly (our times na much in the single
year of 1632, us South Carolina imported in
I of eight years. Again, New York
imported in one year, (1b62) nearly fifty limes
i us tnur.li as South Carolina in the same year,
and about 110 him sas much us Virginia.
We acknowledge our indebtedness tor the
foregoing extract, to a writer in I lie Richmond
Wing, who, under tlio signature ot "Patrick
Henry,” h.s favored the public with a senes
; of numbers, assistant to our purpose, which
, I are worthy to he read hy every Southron.
At the conclusion of the lust war with Croat
I’, tain, Georgia commenced quite a hn k and
preti able impelling business ; Iml it declined
m a few years, tind its sola rjuent history, may
' Im iiecn in the hislmy of the trade of South
! Carolina.
11 iving shown the decline of Southern trade
wo proceed lo (mpiiie into the causes ot it.—
In the course of our research, the reader will
1 discover the prime cause ot' our present em-
I harrassmenls.
Thu Committee of Ways and Means in
their report of the sth March lust, suy . ‘ Our
, collectors have had under their control a gross
1 revenue n1'916 000,000, and our land receivers
107,000,000, making 1,056,000,000. They
j not only had control of this vast iiiiiuiint, but
i they wore permitted lo pay without warrant
i from tlio lieiii-nry, and lief ore the monei/ pass
ed nut rs their hand a, all the expenses of our
Custom liou u'H uiul hind offices and deben
j lures which alone amounted to four or fire mil-
I lions annually, and sometimes more."
'i bough vve find some difficulty in reconci
ling this statement with the actual receipts
mid disbursements oftho Government as re
ported (iiinualiy to Congress, and with the ex
! ponses of collection us discoverable from the
j 1 sources of information which I o within our
reach, without supposing greater losses in the
j transit oftho public funds to the treasury, than
j nro staled to have occurred ;it is probable
I that our difficulty arises from our limited
I means of research, and that (lie Committee arc
j substantially, il not literally correct.
The nine hundred and loity-six millions of
revenue, raised from the customs, were levied
from foreign merchandize, received in ex
change for domestic productions , for though
the term customs, in financial language, em
braces duties on tonnage, clearances, light
money', vfcc. &u. those arc comparatively so
insignificant, that they will not mvtera' y ef
fect (ho estimate. Those who think dilier
onlly, may allow for them, the odd forty-six
millions. Os the domestic productions given
in exchange for the foreign merchandise, near
ly three-fourths wore ol Southern growth—we
will say two-thirds which wo know, in the
whole estimate, to be under the mark. With
out disturbing the vexed question, “who pays
the duties;” wo may stale then, what all will
admit, that llie Government has been indebt.
ed to Southern industry for six hundred and J
thirty millions of money. If the expenses of |
collecting one billion and fifty three millions
of revenuu, wore “from four to five millions '
mnually, and sometimes more,” it mrysalcly
jo assumed, that the expenses of collecting !
the six hundred and thirty millions, amount,
ed to one million annually. Had tin; South
ern people then shipped their own produce to
foreign markets, and brought the return car- 1
goes to their own ports, they would have had
eight and forty millions distributed among
tin in since 1781), simply in tho pay ot their 1
revenue officers. Tins would have gone into
tho pockets of individuals, lo be sure ; and so
goes all that constitutes the wealth of a nation.
Here would it have been received, and here
expended. Insignificant, as it may seem while
wo are contemplating billions and hundreds
of millions, when vve reflect upon the influence
which the comparatively trivial sum received |
:»y the Slates from i lie surplus revenue lias
iu(l upon tlio Southern Stiter, wo cannot
Joubt that its effects would have been most -
lenignly felt. Tina sum divided among the
dlies of Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston,
Savannah, Mobile, and Orleans, would have
piloted many a disturbed bosom in the trying 1
reign of the protective system. Savannah’s 1
portion of it, would have defrayed tho whole i
expenses of the Government of Ge'orgia for
more than thirty years; nor, it is believed,
would the portions of the other cities have :
done less lor their Slates. Whatever the
sum may have been worth, wo must be con
sidered as having thrown it away ourselves.—
Let us at least remember, that if tho tariff
should ever bo revived, (and bints to that ef
fect have recently fallen from high authority
on the floor of Congress,) a direct trade will
m some measure untigaie its rigor ; and this
far tend to the preservation of the union.
h wo suppose the value of the goods upon
which the six hundred and thirty millions ofdu- j
lies were levied, to have been but four Imres lire
value of the duties, it amounted to 83,000,000,.
000.— How were those goods brought lo ibis
country and distributed I—The Northern mer
chant has come hither and bought from the South
ern planter produce olTqttal value, abating from
tlio price, all lire expenses, direct and incidental,
of transportation—He has insured them m Nor
thern offices, end shipped them abroad in his
own vessels—Exchanged them at a small profit
1 for foreign merchandise—brought il home—-paid
one.butrlh its value to the Government—added
that amount and all the expenses of importation,
and fifteen to twenty per cent for his profits, to
! the priie, and exposed il tor sale. The Sou them
1 merchant has now gone to him; lingered the
I summer through with him at u heavy expense—
-1 bought a portion ot lliese goods—reshipped litem
m Northern vessels to Moulhern ports —added
twenty five per rent, more to the price, lo cover
bis expenses and profits—and sold them to ihe
Southern planter. All ihe disbursements made
iu this process, save such as are made abroad,
are made among Northern men; all the profits,
save ihe Southern merchant's, arc made by Nor
thern men; and Ihe Southern planter, who sup
plies nearly all the foreign goods of the country,
gets hi* poition of them burdened with every ex
pense that tho Government, merchant, insurer,
seaman, vvhaifingcr, drayman, boatman, and
wagoner can pile upon them. His burdens of
course, nrc needlessly increased, by the amount
oftho expenses incurred in landing the goods at j
Northern ports, and bringing them thence to j
Southern markets. Every item in the endless
catalogue ol charges, except the government dues
may bo considered a voluntary tribute from the
citizens of the (South to their brethren of the
North: lor they would all have gone lo our own
i people, had we done our own i spoiling and im
porting. W ill the reader compote the amount
ot them, on twenty live hundred millions' worth
of got -Is, and make a trir allowance for the per
non of them consumed at the tSoulh 1
Our planters, not content with their portion ot
the tribute, crowd then ptanuu.'ii- \v th rottor.
a rice mid tobacco. ami then jmy the Southern
[i merchant, lo pay lli'e Northern merchant, to pay
n the Northern funnel for the flour which they con
j some; ami compel all their neighbors to do the
I, like. In tins way a goodly number ot unascer
t tainablc millions more, move annually from south
I to north. In September last, we had a painful
I exhibition of the fruits of our agricultural policy.
{ In that month, a halo of cotton and a barrel of ca
l’ ml flour, commanded the same price in Georgia.
r. We were disposed to doubt Ibis statement w hen
. we first heard it; but upon referring to the price
H current in that month fur the City of Augusta,
T whore the one article uniformly stands at nearly
’ the highest, and the other nearly the lowest pri
ces in the Slate, wc find actual sales of about
1 ninety hales of the first, quoted at an average of
1 I 5 § cunts per pound; and in two instances, sales
3 of very small lots, at & cents per pound, while
• quotations of flour, ut wholesale prices, stood
firmly ot 1" to 13 dollars per barrel. We know
of many sales about this time, at 15 and of some
I at 16 dollars per barrel in the same city. At these
t rates, we could name a hundred places in Gvor
-1 gia, where northern flour is in constant use, and
i where u bale of ihe lowest priced cottons would
not have purchased a barrel of flour. Here, to bo
I sure, the opposite extremes of Ihe two articles
I were brought together; but the force cf the cx-
I ample is but little weakened when it informs us,
i that here was not probably a bale of uplands in
j the Stale, that would have purchased three bar.
| rois of flour.
: To this head of voluntary liibntc may be re
ferred the millions expended annually by our
I people, in visits of pleasure lo the North. These
are unobjectionable in themselves, and under dif
fcient ciicuinslanccs would be commendable; but
i when it is cousideicd that they swell the streams
• of wealth which are constantly flowing from u
j waning lo a growing people, they deserve our
( notice, if not our censure. There is a point of
, view, however, in which they assume an impor
i lance not to be overlooked. They dis inclly
mark a diffidence of habit, between Ihe Northern
and .Southern people, from which the first are
yearly gainers, and last losers, lo the amount of
several millions. In the natural order of things,
our Northern brethren should spend twice as
much with ns in winter, as we do with (hem in
summer; for they double us in while population :
iul it may well bo questioned, whether their dis.
linrsementa in this way, equal a third of ours.
The main reason of the difference is, that they
are a home-abiding, economical people; while we
incline 100 much to the opposite traits of charac -
ter. Hence their gains, which are not larger in
wealth, than in honor. Let us profit by llisir ex
ample.
Nor would it be out of place here (o mention,
the indirect, consequential losses, which wc have
sustained, by our neglect of foreig.i trade. With
out overstepping the bounds of reasonable conjec
ture, we coaid enlarge the number of these lo a
wearisome extent; but time will not permit us lo
recount them. Let us take a single example, dc
duceii from history speaking directly to our pur
pose. Jo 1835, the long endured national debt
was extinguished, after having absorbed from the
treasury aho.U four hundred and twenty two mil
lions of dollars. The larger portion of this sum
was paid lo citizens of the United Slates ; of
whom, those north of the Potomac, were
to those residing south °f if, in the ratio of 105
to II; and those in Massachusetts, New York and
Pennsylvania, to those in all 'he other Slates, as
150 to 176.—Whence, hut from their commerce,
did the Northern Stales acquire the mean® °f
loaning so largely to the Government J Whence,
hut from Ihe same soutco, did three stales acquire
the power to loan thirteen limes as much .’ 8 oil
the Southern Stales put together 1 And vv.'h
the power lo lend, Was it no advantage lo them, .
to have been enabled to loud, upon the best seen. I
rity in tho world 1 j
To be continued.
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. '
AIUwIIWTA.
Saturday Morning:. August | j,
STATE RIGHTS TICKET 1
eon congress. 1
WM. C. DAWSON. •
It. W. HABERSHAM, 1
J C ALFORD. ,
W. T. COLQUITT,
E. A. NISDET. *
MARK A. COOPER, I
THOMAS BUTLER KING, 1
EDWARD .1. BI.ACK,
LOTT WARREN. ,
■
Merchants’ Convention.
We lay before oui readers today a portion of f
the Address of the Merchants’ Convention, which
met in our city in April Inst ; and recommend to f
all an attentive perusal of it.
(
Tho negio George, tho property cf Mr. Pleasant 1
Stovall, who was sentenced to ho hung for com.
milling a Rape upon a white female, was execu
ted yesterday morning, at 11 o’clock.
Resumption ol Specie Payments.
We have received through tho politeness of
a friend, the following circular of the Savannah
Bunks, liy which it will be seen that they intend
lo resume specie payments on the fust day of (
j October next, and invito the other Banks of (
the State to do so likewise.
Savannah, August 6, 1838.
At a meeting of the Delegates from the differ'
■ent Banks in this city, to take into consideration
the propriety of an early resumption of specie
payments, tho following measures were proposed,
and unanimoHsly adopted:
The Savannah Banks will resume specie pay
ments on the fust day of October next, and invite
tho Banks of the interior to do so likewise.
The Banks of Savannah will receive the bills
ol all ihe Country or Interior Banks in good
credit, on deposits, or in payment of debts, but not
reissue them, provided such Banks, (except those
of Augusta) agree to redeem their balances in
this city, every fortnight, with city or Northern
funds at par, or specie; and that such agreement
shall bo consummated by such banks with the
banks of the city on or before the first day of
•
September next.
Resolved. That a copy of the foregoing reso
lutions he furnished lo the several Banks in this
Slate’
\V U BULLOCH,
President Bank of the Slate of Georgia.
W. W. GORDON,
President Central K. R.& Bunking Co.
JOHN C. NICOLL.
President pro lem. Planters’ Bank.
P HOUBTOUN,
President pto tern. Marine & Fire Ins Bank
U. E. HAND.
President pto torn Branch Bank Danen
Flic Charleston Bank* have resolved to resume
I on the l«t "f September next
A corbner’s inquest Was held at Savannah, on
the Bth inalant, over ihe body of James O’Conner,
( Into a private in Capt. E.McKay's company, 3d
Regiment of Artillery, U. S. A. He had in his
i pocket nn honorable discharge, dated at Picolata,
• E. F. July 18th, 1838. Verdict of the Jury—
drowning by jumping into the Savannah liver in
a fit of mental derangement.
Rail-Road Meeting.
( In pursuance of previous notice a meeting was
held at the town of Waynesboro, Burke county,
Ga., on the filh day of August, for the purpose of
• taking into consideration the practicability and
i utility of constructing a Rail Road from Augusta,
' via Waynesboro, to some favorable point of inler-
section with the Central Rail Road, when John
s Whitehead, Esq. was called to the Chair, and
, George W. Evans, appointed Secretary.
On motion, it was Resolved, That the Chair
j appoint a committee of five to report to this meet"
, ing the measures best to lie adopted for the pur
i pose of carrying thd intention of the meeting
into effect; whereupon Major M. Marsh, Col. A
J. Lawson, Dr. J. P. Garvin, of Butko, Col. John
McKinnc, of Richmond, and Mr. Reynolds, o(
Chatham, were appointed, who, through their
• Chairman, presented the following
which were unanimously adopted.
The Committee to whom was referred the
subject of the measures proper to be adopted at
this meeting, respectfully report the following
resolutions :
Resolved, That a Rail Road dorornunication
from this place to some point on the Centra*
Rail Road, and also from this place to the city of
Augusta, would lie of great benefit to the inhabi*
tants of this county, and the public generally, and
that so far as a judgment can be formed, without
a scientific examination, the face ol the country
oilers uncommon facilities for such an under*
taking.
Resolved, That a committee of seven he ap
pointed by the Chair, whose duly it shall he to
collect information on the subject, by means of
correspondence with the Central and Georgia Rail
Road Companies, as well as with other persons
interested in the undertaking. To have a survey
made of one, or both of the above Rail Road
routs, if they shall judge necessary. To raise by
subscription a sum sufficient to defray the expen
ses of such survey.
To asco.tain us nearly as possible (he sources
from which a support would bo derived, to tno
impiovemcntsin question—in trade and passen
gers.
To petition the next legislature for a charter
for the same.
Resolved, That the said committee have pow
er to call another meeting whenever they shall bo
prepared to report their proceedings.
The following gentlemen were appointed by
Ihe Chair to compose that Committee : Major M.
Marsh, Col. George W. Evans, Col. A. J. Law
son, Col. E. Lester, Hon. J. W. Jones, Dr. J. P_
Garvin, of Burke, and Col. John McKinne, of
Richmond.
Jiesolved, That the proceedings of this meet*
ing Dt* published in the Augusta Chronicle and
.Scn>' ne *i " rc( l ucst l * ,at l *' c Augusta, Sa
vannah u nd Athena papers give it an
WHITEHEAD, Chairman.
GEO. W. EVa>’ s » gewetliry.
For the Chronic J" * Sentinel.
Mr. En.-roK.—Permit mu’ ll > ™ ko a re
marks byway of explanation to ■** Augusta. I
certainly have greatly misconceived tii " aim ant *
intent of his first article, if he did not wish A n lm '
pression to go forth among our citizens that son.'®
measures were in embryo, which would shortly
grow into a working ‘Tantalus , and which should
purge our commodity of the mighty evils which
beset it.
Had 1 conceived his aim to he’, simply to call
the attention of Ihe civil authorities to i*' l ®n' lc ' cn *'
discharge es their duty, instead of repudiating '" 8
remarks, I should have cncouiagcd them.
1 have been in the kind of scenes which “ Au
gusta” seems to consider that the moral portion of
our community may bo compelled to resort to,’in
order that they may rid themselves of ihe offen
sive evils, and I never wish to see another.
I am not a native, of Richmond county, but am
an old inhabitant, born south of the Potomac,
and expect to spend the lemaindcr of my days in
this city, and never expect to see the lime when
my rights, privileges, and properly, or nose cither,
can be conveyed away without my own consent
or that of a jury. What I remarked, upon the
first piece of “ Augusta’s,” was to allay excite
ment, and not to irritate. Having set nothing
down in malice, 1 shall yield the discussion of the
subject which “ Augusta” has taken up, to his
own pen, and none will feel more gratified if he
can put things to rights than 1 shall.
ANTI MOB.
Advice to Farmers.— Judge Buel says: It
has been found that the best end most butter is
obtained when the cream is about the tempera
ture of 55 degrees—and if the temperature in
over 60 degrees, the quality is inferior and the
quantity is diminished. Hence every dairy should
have a Ihcrmomcler.
Recovery of Property fraudulently taken.
A person who calls himself Slelson, alias Pol
lock, was this morning arrestsd and committed to
ptison, by the activity of one of the Marshalls,
Mr. Solomon Moses, for defrauding Mr. S. J. To
bias, of Now Yoik, of a number of Gold and Sil
ver Watches, by means of a forged check on the
Merchant’s hank of that city, in the name of C.
W. Page, of New Orleans. Ten out of fifteen of
the Watches were found on the prisoner.—
Charleston I’at riot.
Extract of a letter to a gentlcmim in Savannah.
“The work on the W'esfcrn & Atlantic Rail
Road, progresses as well as could have been ex.
pccted from the nature of the country through
I which it passes, and the contractors arc pressing
|on their work with persevering industry. We
have fifty-two miles of the road under contract
and the work on many of the sections more than
halfdone and the others generally in a stale of
I forwardness. The commissioners have determin
| ed to place fifty miles more of the road under con-
I tract, about the 10th of October next, comtuenc
ipg near the Btawah, and running to the valley
( of .he Connaeauge River, through a very level
! country and easy of gradation, this will leave us
i less than forty miles ot the whole route to be
I placed nmler contract, so that if the Legislature
i m the next ses-ion appropriates the necessary
"—3
(funds foi carrymg on the work with vigor, the
grading on the unliie line may he accomplished
j in (he course of the next year, or put in each a
slate of forwardness as to be ready for laying
3 down the iron as soon as it can be procured from
1, Europe.
We have received the following additional
items of foreign intelligence by the New York
slips which reached here yesterday.
England.
a In the House of Lords on the 17th July, Lord
Melbourne sta cd, in answer to questions put by
| Lord Winchelsea, whether Sir John Oolborno
1 had resigned, and that whether Canada was in a
J situation that it was requisite to send out an ad
1, ditional force:—"4s regarded Si. John Colborne,
that distinguished officer certainly had requested
that an arrangement should be made by which
n ho might be relieved fVom the command of the
v- troops; and with respect to the other question,
the Government did not think there was any
r thing in the present state of affairs in Canada
that would require an augmentation o( tho mili
-1 lary forces there.”
A select committee of the House of Commons
„ have resolved to recommend one uniform rate of
postage throughout the empire, two pence, and
the weight of each letter to be half an ounce, —
n Stamp paper for covers to be used,
f Commercially, the following Aolice from the
r house of Wildes & Co., which appeared in the
, J.omlon evening papers of the 20th ult., will be
1 deemed of importance:
“All persona having any claims against Geo.
2 Wildes & Co., as Hill holders or otherwise, are
I requested to present the same for payment at
, their Counting house. No. 19 Coleman street.”
' Correspondence of the ('ouner 4' Enquirer,
Lo.nxjon, July 20, 1838.
1 The shares of the Bank of the United Stales
• continue to advance gradually in this market
f and are firm to day at £25 7s 6d, without the
dividend, which is due about this time. In the
other slocks, there have been fewer advances in
price, in consequence, as the brokers repoit, of
100 sudden and largo an importation of securities
by the recent packets from the United Stales.—
The prices of the shares and bonds in which
transactions of have occurred this morning arc as
follows:
New York 5 per cent 1845, 92 a 03; N. York
S per cent 1850, 94 a 945; do (i per cent 1845,
. 05 a 05$; Pennsylvania 5 percent, 1802, 96 a 97;
Ohio 0 per cent 1856, 100$ a 101$; Massacbui
setts Sterling Bonds 104.
Ireland.
The House of Lords are engaged in the dis
cussion ol the Irish Municipal Bill up to the last
dates.
The Irish Tithe Bill was discussed in the house
on the 18lh. The sole question debated with
relation to the Irish Tithe Bill respected, first,
the arrears covered by the £640,000, part of tho
million formerly voted by Parliament for the
put pose; anil, secondly, the arrears which had
occurred subsequently, and for which'no proviso
ion bod been made. Mr O’Connel recommended
that the Whole should be remitted, with the view
of giving the bill the 'best chance of affording
some satisfaction in Ireland, although he was
persuaded, that* under any circumstances, it
could not have had that desirable effect. Lord
Stanley, and, to a certain extent, Sir Robert Peel
supported the proposal for remission, the fatter
fully concurring in the opinion, that the repay
ment of the £640,000 could not reasonably be
expected.
Mr Hume moved, as an amendment, that the
proprosed grant of £640,000, which hail been
advanced from the Treasury of the United King
dom as a loan to the Clegy of the Established
Church and the Lay Proprietors of Tithes in
Ireland, also the addditional grants of £lOO,OOO
and of £200,000 now proposed to be made lor
the church of Ireland, making the whole 1,000,-
000/ sterling, will bo highly unjust to the people
of England and Scotland, and subversive of those
1 ■ 0 1 0 - ■ .
justice can alone be maintained.
After a debate of some length, Lord John Rus
sell's resolution was carried by a majority of 109
—lire numbers being 170 to 61.
France.
Our Paris dates areof July 18. That capital
had been visited with another calamity, in the de
struction by fire of the Vaudeville Theatre, being
■ Jhe third that has been burned within a year. No
live'.* wcro l° st -
The .’flowing is an extract from a Paris letter
in the LonJi'O Courier,dated July 18. Wedoubl
its accuracy.
It appears that another misunderstanding has
arisen between France and Switzerland. The
French government demand the expulsion of Lou
is Buonaparte, whose intrigues give serious an.
,'ioyance to Louis Philippe; and menace Switzer
land - n case 01 a re f ,lsa b The latter power pleads
its inabi'u v to accede to the demand, Louis Duo.
naparte being q citilen of Helvetia, and enjoying
a great share of P i.,"' l ! arll y ln the canton of Thur
govia, in which ho jti ’><Jes. The Allgemeine
Zeitung seems to think lhai * le federal govern
ment will not yield on this subject-
The French government was vigoiC ,ls ly Pro
scenting a number of journals for pubhi£ ,,, 7 n
connected with the affair of Lieutenant Laity—
who himself has been condemned to 5 years of
imprisonment, a fine of 10,000 francs, and lore
main under survcilance all his life, for publishing
a pamphlet advocating the claim of Louis Bona
parte to the throne.
It is said that the confinement of the Duchess
of Orleans was daily expected.
Some of the French journals affirm that the
King of Belgium has failed in his attempt to pre
vail on Louis Philippe to support him in his op.
position to the articles proposed between Belgium
and Holland.
The J\louileur publishes comparative returns
of the revenue during the first six months of 1836,
'37 and '3B, showing an increase in favor of the
latter of 10,198,000 f. over 1836, and of 11,-
639,000 f. over 1837.
The Prince do Joinville arrived at Brest July
10,
Boitnss.—Paris, Wednesday, July 18.—Half
past Three.—The home market has again been
weak-—For tho account the three per cents open
ed at 80f. 85c., rose to 80f. 90c., fell to 80f. 75e.,
and closed at 80f. 80c. buyers, 5 ce-Himes lower
than yesterdav.—Tho five per cents opened at
111 f. 40c., declined to 11 If. 25c., and closed at
111 f. 30c.. also 5 cents fall. For money the
three per cents are 10c. and the five per cents 15c.
lower. The Bank of Franco shares have fallen
sf. The Lafitle Bank 1000/. shares are 2f. 50c.
lower, and those of 6000/. are sf. higher.
Spain.
The Madrid advices are to the 12ih of July.
Efforts were in progress to effect a dismissal of
tho present ministers. Muniagorri had got up a
respectable force, and it is said that he has recei
ved permission to exercise his men on the French
territory for a few days, after which he was to re
cross the frontier and commence operations.
It is reported that Don Carlos has received a
large additional supply of money from the Nor
thern powers.
Advices from Bayonne of the 14th, slate that
the Carlisle and Christines were then near each
other in force, at Estella; and that an engagement
might be soon expected. General Maroto was in
command of the Carlists, and Esparlcro of the
Queen’s troops.
General Jauregut is said to have joined Munia
gorri.
Turkey and Egypt.
It seems to be well settled that the Pacha of
Fgypt hat- been compelled by the European con
suls to abandon his design of declaring himseif
1 independent of the Sultan. A letter from Con j
stantinople, datHTJur.e 2T, aimed that mo.i 0 f
Egyptian men ol war have returned to their J*
i lions, and that Mehernet Ali hat given the J l,
positive assurances that ho will do nothing
i please the Sultan. He ha. paid one mifl ion *
piasters on account of the arrear. of tribute
1 he following is an extract from a Pari. L
I he journals of Marseille, contain the n.
culars of a great fire which occurred at Cairn
the 21st of June. If we may believe them ,? D
quarter inhabited by the Frank., and several
Jhe adjacent streets, have hoen destroyed by fi
The troops that were called out for the pu r J!
of arresting its progress, joined themselves to thi
populace and plundered the houses of some o'
the wealthiest among the Frank residents. Th‘
catastrophe is so great that it is supposed it Jn
have the effect of diverting Mehernet Ali from hi
warlike projects. ‘ “
The nlimber of houses destroyed is various!,
staled at hum two to six hundred. The lire raged
1 from the 21sc to the 26th June. Most of ih,
goods in the warehouses were saved.
Russia.
The flying Emperor of Russia was at Warm,
about the Isi of July. We give an extract from
1 a letter written at that city, and dated July 5-_
"The lon[f stay of the Emperor at Waraa*
his easiness of access, drill the gracious reception f
given to all those whd appredth him, arc generals •»
considered as tokens of good sos the kingdom of ||
Poland. It is indeed probable ihiat not ail ;v,. f
wishes will he so quickly fulfilled) which rnan-E
sanguine persons perh jis febterttfined : lut it dm
great gain I licit tbh strterejn fderas to have roor e E
confidence in his Polish subjects than alter theH
unhappy catastrophe of 1830.” f
This is said to be chiefly owing to the favott.l
ble reports sent to the Emperor by the govetrunP
general of the kingdom. For the West of Ec E
rope, indeed, Poland is still a land of fable ; and ■
for the Paris journalists in particular, a real mini ®
which they work to furnish their readers vrith’ s!'
piquant anecdotes. The Emperor's visit tnK
Waisaw will doubtless be turned to account by £
them for the same purpose.
Irani the Savannah Georgian, August 3,
Ala respect able meeting of tbe citizens of Wave I
Glyim and Camden counties held at Wayncsvill.' I
on i hursday 2d August, to take into consideration 1
the depredations of the Indians in Ware county I
and ihe exposed condition of this part of the State- ’
J he Hun, Thomas Butler King, was cu'led to the
chair, and Elias Fort, Fsq. appointed Secretary,
Whereupon it was unanimously
Resolved, J hat a Committee bo appointed to ad- J
dress Ins Excellency the Governor on the subject ol 1
the exposed con litiun ol this part of the State to 1
Indian incursion, and the depredations and murder* |
already committed in on adjoining County and ihal 3
.said Conmnltoe consist ot the following gentlemen, '
viz; Messrs. Atkinson, Wiggins and McDonald’ r t
"ith the Chairman and Secretary included.
On motion of Mr. O. Houston it was further
Resolved, I’hat the Committee just apnolii'-xj ft
shall be considered as a Committee of Vig iitffjf, (
with power to call any subsequent meeting and \
perform such olher acts generally as in their
judgement may be needful for the safely of the
community.
On motion of Mr. E. Atkinson, it was
Resolved, That a Committee of six be up.
[wined to draw up an address to the people soi
ling forth the opinion of this meeting in regard to
rhe Florida War, and that said Commiitee are
expected to he unanimous in whatever they may
publish on lire subject. Whereupon the Chair
appointed Messrs. E. Atkinson, J H Cooper, 0
Huustoun, A McDonald, Col J Wiggins and!!
Clay King, to bo that Committee.
On motion of Col Wiggins, it was
Resolved, 'That a Company of Minutb Men be
raised forthwith, to hold themselves in readiness
Id act as cin urnstanecs may require. And Ihal
the Committee of Vigilance have authority to call
said Company into service whenever in their
judgment they may deem it necessary.
On motion it Was.
Resolved, That the proceedings of f&is meet
ing be signed by the Chairman and Secretary
and published in the Savudah and Brunswick
r**r
II was on motion, further
Resolved, That the thanks of the meeting b»
tendered to the Chairman and Secretary.
The meeting than adjourned.
THO. BUTLER KING, Chairman.
Elias Four, Secretary.
Jacksonville, Aug. 2.
Indian Murders in Georgia’.
A letter from Col Hilliard, commanding the
troops of Ap| ling and Ware counties, Geo., to
Capt Ryan ol this place, says.
"Dear Sir, —I am truly glad (hat you are in
readiness to march to our assistance. On Sunday
morning last, the 22d inst, a considerable body
of Indians, supposed to be 50, murdered 8 per,
sens; Mr Wilds, with his wife, wife’s daughler,
and five children! One child was murdered
with a light wood knot! Five others escaped.—
I assisted at the burial of my unfortunate neigh,
hors, who resided hut two miles and a half from
my house. An awful sight was it to behold,
eight murdered persons in a pile! The savages
burnt the house afier taking from it all they could
carry away.
The Dragoon Company, Capt. Dade, stationed'
here, persued them, guided by L. Martin, T. MiU
of the volunteers, to the Okafanoke Swamp
where ’hey found large (rails leading into the
Swamp, they followed a considerable dim
lance; but return,.. 1 - flnding no Indians.
The people all lluouJ tl this section of the coun
try have loft their homes, £Dd are ln geeat tin*
tress, the Indians having posses.’ l ''® the count
try all South of Blacksbcai’s road.
Enclosed are your orders fur supplies and for
marching to this place with all the Cornjyou can
bring.
I intend to march with three companies, day
after to-morrow, to learn the movement of the
enemy. My baggage trains will leave for Centre
ville on Sunday next.”
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
CHARLESTON, August 10.— Arrived yesterdaytcht
Sutton, Short, Wilmington, (Del.)
'Vent to sea yesterday, br br Symmetry, Allan, Hali
fax, (IS S,)schr Elizabeth llarkness, Wood Philadelphia,
sc hr Abigail, Vincent, Havana.
BAVAN NAH, August9.—Cleared, ship Waiter Scott.
Willard, New York, hr Win Taylor, Hoey, New York,
schr Petersburg-!*, Moss, New York, schr John Bell, Hall,
Baltimore, schr J 'J' Bertine, Cavaleer, Philadelphia, acht
Oreenslmry, Holt, Bush, Baltimore.
Arrived, ship Orbit, Stevens, New York.
Wtiu to sea, ship Walter Scott. Willard, New York
br Opelousas, Alexander, Baltimore, schr John Hell.
Hall, Baltimore, schr Greensbory Holt, Bush, Uu timare,
■nsiwi—ass—csnasMW—
THE AUGUSTA MIRROR,
A semi-monthly j-inriiaJ, devoted to Polite Liters
ture, Music, and n-icfirl intelligence, is published
every other Sunird ty, by W. T. Thompson, at S 3
per annum, in advance. ts July 27
SfOr During my absence from the State, William
11. Ciuhney and Nathaniel Patten, are my author
ised agents, for t he transaction of business connect
ed with the office of the Chronicle & Sentinel.
WILLIAM E. JONES.
Augusta,July 7,1838
TVTOTICE— LEVI TAYLOR is authorised to
act as my attorney during my absence from
this slate. WM. WOODBURY, dr-
Augusta, July 18, 1833. Im
(VTOTICE Mr. 1. WILLIS ts ray duly su
-k'i Ihorised attorney during my short absence
Irotn llie state. S. BUFORD
July 24, 1838. ts
MOTICE.—Mr. JAMES M- RAKER a. my
Ivl authorised attorney during my absence Irotn
the slate. WELCOME ALLEN
august6,lS3B. sw4w >
DURI.VG my short absence from the state.'/’
JAMES HVRLBERT, and M. OGDE '
■ are rny authorised agents to transact any business
i which I mav he connected LUTHER ROLL
I Augusta, July ".'i. 1838 tt