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Prom the Knickerbocker.
Religion.
The mariner, when tempest driven
I pon a dark and stormy sea,
Lifts up his troubled eye to Heaven,
In hope that there some guide may he ;
And if perctiance Some trembling star,
Shines softly through the gloom of night,
He hails its radiance from afar—
Hlessing its mild celestial light,
Thus when o'er life’s tumultuous surge,
We struggle on through gloom and care,
\\ Idle storms of grief and anguish urge
Our troubled spirits to despair.
Oh 1 then in that benighted hour,
One guide bath God in mercy given,
Shining with mild benignant power,
To light our weary soul to Heaven.
Religion—’tis the holy beam
That dissipates each cloud of gloom,
Brightens and cheers life’s dream
And sheds a halo round the tomb.
Moriiionism.
We perceive by the London papers, that n
number of Missionaries from the Mormons went
out to Knglund lately, in one of tho packets, and
they are preaching their doctrines with some con
siderable success. Wo copy a notice of tins new
religion—A’. Y. Sun „
In the village of Palmyra, in tho western part
of the Slate ot New York, mi idiot, said to have
Wen dumb from his birth, suddenly gave out, a
few years ago, llrat “one night” lie had a visit from
an angel, who told him to arise from his bed and
follow him. He did so; and was conducted by his
visiter to a remote and retired spot, where lay a
jarge flat stone, having a ring in the middle of it.
i his stone was about live feet long, three luoml,
and eight or nine inches thick. On arriving at
the place in question, the angel commanded the
idiot, whose name was Joe Smith, to take up the
slone by the ring.—Smith, as well he might, lies
iluted to comply with such an order, when Iris
companion told him to take it up boldly, for, if lie
only had “faith,’ God would instantly give him
strength to perform lire herculean task. Having
prayed inwardly for some minutes, Joe look oll'his
coal, and was making preparations for the perfor
mance; hut the angel reproved him for his want
°l biilii, made him replace his coat upon his shoul
ders, ami said llrat even “il tin? stone weighed (en
thousand tons, divine assistance, through saving
tailh, would rumble him to lilt il,” Jot* became
passive in the hands of the angel, grasped the ring,
ami found to his astonishment, (but the stone
weighed ns nothing in his hands! On removing
it, (he idiot discovered ting it had served as a cov
ering to a box or a chest o( tho same material, un
d r which were deposited “twelve gulden plates
or tables,” engraven all over with the mystical
chiractcrs. Upon the upper p’att lay a “pair of
spec aclcs” male of frees one (save tho mark,)
wmeh the angel commanded Smith to place astride
oi h s nose. On doing so, Joe’s “tongue was loo
sened,” as ho himself slates, and his intellects in
stantly became like those of other men. He saw
through the freestone, nnd the engraving on lire
golden plates became perfectly intelligible to him.
J he angel (hen commanded him to associate with
himsell “twelve other men,” whom he named as
“Verities, and lo interpret to them the writing on
the plates. When tho work was completely
wriitcn out, they look it to a printer who demand
ed 51501) in advance for his share in tho business.
Hereupon the conclave, by dint of pawning, bor
rowing, selling ami “finding," raised the stipula
ted sum. The book was left with the printer, and
tile authors were desired to call at the end of a
month, when the work would be completed. They
now went and “voluntarily made oath before a
justice of the peace that they had wriitcn from the
dictation ofSmilh, who, until the time of thoun
gel's visit, had been dumb and an idiot from his
birth, and that they had seen the twelve golden
tables and the stone spectacles ; adding, that “no
one except fSmith could see through them.” At 1
the expiration ol tin l month they returned to (he i
man ot types nnd demanded their hooks. The j
disciple of Caxton mot them with u long face, and
told them that the whole of the first sheet (1G pa
ges) hid been thrown down ; and that the man
uscripts not having been preserved, ho had not
been able to lulfil his agreements by the stipulated t
time ; but that, if they would write it over again,
he would of course print it at his own expense.
The Prophets were astonished at his intelligence, *
an d as they had kept no copy of their work, des
paired of replacing the inspired writings; thereup
on the printer, who was removing the difficulty,
advised them to “lake another look at the golden
plates.”
The despairing Mormonitestook tho hint, nnd
returned with sixteen pages of fresh matter, which
the printer immediately composed.
On the publication of the book, the printer wor
ked oil and published the sixteen pages which lie
pretended to have lost, and which were altogether
iVitferent from those they had brought him tho sec
ond time. This created a terrible sensation among
the scribes, who were now called upon by tho per
fidious printer to produce the plates.
Twelve golden tablets, each of the size of a
large tea tray, uro not very easy tube procured—
but the angel was good enough lo step in once
more to their aid. The conclave made oath that
tho angel had taken the tables to heaven, on the
completion of the work; —the stone spectacles,
however, and the stone chest, were produced in
evidence, and multitudes of persons were found to
be noodles enough lo believe the absurd story.
The writer of this, travelling in 1830 through
the Slate of New York, fell into company with a
drover, whose uncle hud been choused out of
>BOOO by these fellows. Multitudes had joined
them, soiling all their property, and throwing the
proceeds into the common stock, and they have
several establishments, one of which is in the
Slate of Ohio, where they herd together after a
most edifying fashion. Ofeourse chastity is not
among the number of their cardinal virtues.
They profess a hearty contempt for all “unbeliev
ers,” and are noted for tho promptitude with w hi, h
they consign lo “everlasting fire and brimstone”
all not of their own persuasion.
The poor drover altove alluded to, not being
himself a Mormonite, and having anticipated com
ing in as he was an “old feller, could in nowise
keep him from speaking of the “new revelation.”
Ho consigned Mormon, Joe Smith, and all their
followers, to perdition after a most unseemly fa
shion ; libelled the angel who had thrown Joe tho
box, and observed that “the angel was sharp
enough however, for he took care to carry oil' the
gold; he didn’t leave that behind him.” “Now,”
continued he, “that old Seubbus of an uncle of
mine might have remembered that he had had ten
years of my labor, and that uo man is called upon
to throw away his life for nothing ; but then the
old chap hadn't got no more gumption than a
backwoods bull, nor no more steadiness than a
monkey upon a watercork, so that when they
came lo him he got clean frightened out oftho
little wits that lie had.—The first time I went to
New York he took the opportunity to sell his
farm, and his stock, and every thing, and didn’t
leave himself more clothes nor plunder than what
you might rum into a pedlar’s wallet; so when I
returned, 1 found myself master of the outside of
the house, and a ready furnished lodgings in the
forest, where I might pick and choose among the
trees, aud live squirrel fashion, that is, if so be as
I could have climbed and made up my mind to
dine every day on hazel nuts and mw corn. I
only wish 1 could huvrknowcd what was agoing
on ; I'd have found away to return home time
enough lo clear ’em all out with my cudgel, and
that in a fashion that would have made them trem
ble all the days of their lives at sight of a hickory'
tree.”
f doctrinal book of the Mormoniles,by thorn
called “the Uible,” has with them entirely super
seded the Old and New Testaments. A'copy of
>jo arrived lately in Loudon, aud ii now in
the possession of a gentleman residing in Bromp
ton. It is a tolerably thick and closely printed
octavo volume, and is divided into a number of
hooks, called after the names of their supposed
authors ; of those! the first is the Hook of Mor
mon, which has given its name to the whole vol
ume. It is a singular fact, that, in the O eck lan
guage, the word Mormon signifies a mischievous
\ foul or idiot. The style ami language of this
new Bihlc is an awkward imita'ion of those ol
the Old Testament.—The hook abounds in gram
matical blunders and Yankeyitrn*, and is by no
means sparing in marvellous relations of cruelty,
murder, and rapine. There is hardly a glimpse
of meaning in many passages of it, and tin; whole
is put together in a rambling, unconnected man
ner, winch plainly evinces it to he the work of a
person, or persons wholly unaccustomed to litera
ry composition.
CHRONICLE AN!) SENTINEL.
A i: G r g T A.
THURSDAY MORNING, DKCKMUKR 5.
Cfj- This day being Thanksgiving day, no
paper will be issued from this office to-morrow.
o■j’ We arc requested to stale that there will
he Divine service in the Baptist Church This
Morning, commencing at 11 o’clock. The, con
gregation and citizens generally are invited to
attend.
We are ctrcmcly gratified to learn from Mil
ledgeville that a Hill lias passed the House of
Representatives to call a Convention to amend
the Constitution so i s to reduce the number tS
members of the Legislature. It passed by a vote
of yeas 1 Ilf, nays 38. On a motion to rc-consid
er, the yeas were 61, nays 101. We earnestly
hope it may pass the Senate. Wo shall give the
yeas and nays in the House in our next. The
Richmond members all voted for it.
We shall also give the yeas and nays on the
I motion to lay the bill organizing the Supreme
('ourl. on the table for the balance of the session—
the Yeas were 89, nays 75.
The hill calling a Convention, alluded to above,
appoints (he first Monday in April next for the
election of Delegates, and the first Monday for the
meeting of iho Convention. The amendments
must leave each county one Representative and
the Federal basis is not to he disturbed.
| The hill to pardon John Cray has passed both
Houses.
j The bill giving the election of judges to the
I people is lost.
Judge While, of Tennessee, has consented to
withdraw for the present, his resignation as United
Slates Senator, which he had tendered to Governor
I Cannon, on account of ill health. He will, says
I the Nashville Whig, resume his scat in the Senate
for the short Session, at least, if his health permits
him to reach Washington by the first ofJanuavy.
The Apalachicola Gazette of the 28th nit.,
slates that the Steamer Tempest, which left that
place on the Sunday previous, with a valuable
cargo for Columbus and intermediate ports, run
against a snag on Monday night, and sunk a few
miles below Ocheesec. But little of her cargo it t
is thought would bo saved, I
The Charleston Mercury of yesterday says ;
“A private letter from Columbia informs us that
the probability is that the Hon. Patrick Noble, |
will ho elected Governor—that there will proba
bly bo no further action on the Sub Treasury.
A letter from Charleston, dated 3d inst., re- 1
reived on Tuesday says:—“Our Cotton market
is doing better. A sale of 200 bales extra choice
was made yesterday at 14 cents-”
The Wilmington (Del.) Gazette says :—Since
the completion of the Kail Road from thiacity to
Philadelphia, the average time occupied in travcl-
Iling between the two places is about one hour and
thirty-five minutes. Within our recollection—
and wo are not very old—a whole day was con
sidered a quick trip at this season of the year, in
the stages, and sometimes it took too or three
days in the packets to perform the same distance.
So much for the improvement that has been made
in propulsion by steam.
It is stated in the New York Post, that the
Secretary of the Treasury contemplates building
a stream Cutter, to be employed at that port.
The great increase of commerce, the importance
of being able at all times of tide and under all
winds to give assistance to vessels in distress, and
protect the revenue, are said to be the chief in
ducements for this step.
The Moving Dioramas.
Mu. Jones— Having observed a very flattering
notice of Iho Dioramas in the last Mirror, 1 was
induced to attend the exhibition last evening, and
I take pleasure in stating that the editor of the
Mirror is fully sustained in his commendation of
them, by the merits of the works themselves.—
The Dioramas now exhibiting in our city, arc—
what we can seldom say of the numerous exhihi.
lions which find their way among us— no hoax
but on the contrary, are decidedly superior to any
thing of the kind ever introduced into this country.
As a whole,they comprise one of the most rational
and interesting exhibitions over witnessed. The
writer has seen, in the northern cities, similar ex
hibitions, which wore reputed to be by the most
eminent artists, and he is confident that he will
not bo alone, when he expresses his conviction
that not even the illusions of the celebrated Mael
zel art- more complete than those of Messrs. Com
pare!, Corvcau and Wood, which were got up
during the past summer in Savannah.
1 will not tax the credulity of your readers by
entering into a minute description of the scenes ex
hibited. for 1 am aware that no one will credit the
astonishing accuracy with which places are por
trayed, and peopled with beings of all classes,
apparently exercising every function of life, and
pursuing their various avocations, until they
have witnessed it with their own eyes. I will
only assert, and 1 care not how many put the as
sertion to the test, that no reasonable person, who
will visit the Dioramas once, will begrudge the
| time thus expended for the gratification of his
i- curiosity, hut will feel more inclined to visit them
[ ' a second time limn to reproach himself for his gul
lability.
.. 1 regret exceedingly that the proprietors were
I- unahlc to procure a room in a nore central part
of the city. Nevertheless, I hope our cittzcn g
[* will not allow merit to go unrewarded in considc
if ration of a walk of a few squares. 'J'he room is
well fated up, and the exhibition is conducted
° with the utmost propriety. The entertainments
,! arc of the most innocent and interesting cbarac
e ter, and should he encouraged hy parents above
L " all others, hy visiting the Dioramas with their
* children, where nothing of a pernicious c haracter
meets the eye, but where every thing is eminently
“ calculated to amuse and instruct. M.
From Hie N. Y. Hern Id, Dec. 1.
From Canada.
The 56th regiment has arrived at Quebec; 3
companies remain there and the three others pro
ceed to Nicolct and three rivers.
Mr. Connolly has been liberated from Quebec
0 jail, on account of ill health, on bail.
Twenty three state prisoners reached Quebec
from the Upper Province last Sunday. They
were sent to Liverpool last Wednesday la the
1 Captain Ross. Parker, Chandler, and Waite, arc
s amongst them.
Mr. Alexander Dumont has been arrested it
Quebec for treason. He is rich.
0 The House of Assembly of Newfoundland has
voted a sum of .£5OO, to be placed at the disposal
ol the Governor, for the purpose of encouraging
- communication by steam, between that country
(■ anil Great Britain and Ireland,
j I' he thermometer last Monday at Montreal was
six degrees below zero at 7 in the morning.
J he following is a copy of certain papers found
s in the pocket book of James Phillips, late of bas
tard, Upper Canada, who was killed at Prescott.
“ Put a man on un island, at the head of the
' Narrows, or on the left hand side going up—keep
. a small lire—when n boat comes down, swing a
. Firebrand, as a signal. The boat, if it be the
Slates, will stop—the men should get in his boat,
and goon board.
The men must first go to Brockville; and as
, certain whether any regular soldiers, are at Brock*
ville; also what steam boats are there, aud the
exact situation of all things.
A man must go to Brockville and return, and
, report as above,”
PItItSOXS TO It K HA It Ft Kit AT PItKSCOTT.
Major Young, Dr. Jessnp, Joint Blakcy, Capt.
McDonal and brother, Doctor Scott, Aiphcus
Jones, Esquire McMillan, Hooker and Henderson,
The arms in possession of the inhabitants, to
he immediately taken,
Anns stored in Colonel Young’s house, and at
the Barracks.
Two companies ought to lie sent to Mcrrick
villc; one at Keinpville, two companies sent to
Farmsville.
Crane lias about fifty men in his employment—
is friendly.
The officers hoard and sleep at Warren’s and
Ge-nash’s.”
Seven persons, sentenced to death for political
offences at the last term of the Court of King’s
Bench in Quebec holding criminal jurisdiction,
were sent to England in the Captain Ross.
The trials of the following persons were to
commence last Wednesday at Montreal before
the Court Martial. Joseph Narcisso Cardinal,
JosephJ Du.gette, Joseph I.’Ecuyer, Jean Ls.
Thibert, Jean Maria Thibert, Leaudre Ducharme,
Joseph Guiuiaud, Louis Guerin, Ed. Theverin,
Andre Cote, Maurice Lcpailleur, Louis Lcsiege.
The Judge Advocates are the Hon. D. Mondelet,
Q. C., Charles D. Day. Esq., Q. C'., and Captain
Muller, of the Royal Regiment, in whose favor a
warrant has been issued, naming these gentlemen
to this office. We also learn that no lime will
he lost, or effort spared in bringing lie guilty to
justice.
From the N. Y. Herald.
Bill Johnson tub Uuiiunii, and BittoAxn
Gbxkral Bihck.—We have received the follow
ing relative to these philosophers from one of our
corps of northern correspondents.
Auburn, N. Y. Nov. 26, 1838.
Dbau Sin—ln my last I informed you of the
capture of Bill Johnson, together with Gen. Dirge
and have now to state that the Marshall appre
hended and brought hither four other Patriots,
making in all six who arc now awaiting their ex
amination, which commenced before Judge Conk
ling last Friday. General Dirge, by courtesy, be
ing first in the list of border worthies. None of
the delinquents have as yet been bound over, and
probably the examination will continue for sever
al days longer. Most of the witnesses having
been engaged in the Patriot service, the evidence,
as a matter of course, is at once highly contradic
tory and of an cx parte description; but notwith
standing, enough lias already been elicited to war
rant tile committal of the whole clique.
The prosecution is ably conducted by a lawyer
named Benton, from Little Falls, N. Y., and the
defence is conducted, in part by George Rathbun
of this place. His compeer in the defence of the
Patriots, is a Mr. Paris G. Clark.
During the past week, ail the rccuits furnished
by the secret society here, have returned, venting
curses, loud and deep upon the society, and de
claring that the Canadians have not yet been in
noculatod with McKenzie’s patriotism. People
here begin to open their eyes to the fraudulent
measures which have been resorted to, for the
purpose of enlisting American sympathy in be
half of the Patriot cause; and many wonder that
tile New Yorkers should still sanction, or even
tolerate, the unwarrantable proceedings or McKen
zie and itis gang; but really, after all, it need ho
matter of little surprise that those who could lie
held in thrall by a Burehard or a Fanny Wright,
should also, in their simplicity, lend an car to the
clap-trap appeals of a few restless demagogues,
whose forte is deception, and whoso unblushing
cflVontry is equalled only hy their daring villany.
M imtever may lie the opinion entertained in
New York respecting Bill Johnson, the people
here look upon him in his true character, and that
is us he lias recently shown himself, an ignorant
swaggering, cowardly poltroon. I shall advise
you of the issue of the examination when it
terminates,
A Shocking Acimdknt. — A little girl about
| six years of age, thechild of Mr. Delony, a labor
-1 ing man of this city, was burned to death on
Monday last by her clothes taking fire, in the ah
, scnce of iter parents. — Apalachicola Gazette.
Finn.—About half past nine last night, a fro
was discovered in a room occupied as a nursery
in the back building of Joan Glean, Esq. in North
. Chtyles si. A wardrobe, with a large quantity of
clothing, was destroyed, but tin-(lames were dis
tinguished without further damage. Two of Mr.
1 Glenn’s children were sleeping in the room, and
but for the timely discovery, might have suffered
serious injury.— Haiti more Chronicle.
QKXKRAL OIIIIKn.
' Navy Department,
November 28. 1838. 3
The practice of bringing homo, in the public
1 vessels of the United States, various animals, such
1 as horses, asses, mules and other quadrupeds, for
merly authorized by this Department, having been
found by recent experience productive of great
inconvenience, and liable to abuse, is hereby strict
ly prohibited in future. J. K. PAULDING.
This seems to be a very gentle hint to Com
modore Elliott, that some of his recent doings on
board the Constitution, are not considered re
markably commendable by the Department.
The Savannah Georgian says.—“ We arc told
by those capable of judging, and who have seen
and examined her, that the “Savannah” steamer,
now being completed in Mew \ ork to run between
this city and Charleston is the handsomest and
staunchest boat ever built in this country.”
“The introduction of boats of this character is
in fact, but an extension as far South as Savan
nah of the efficient lines of communication now
in operation between Baltimore and Charleston.
The next step will be a prolongation of the line
South to the river St. Johns in Florida, to be fol
lowed at no distant day by a rail road across the
Peninsula in connection with regular steamboats
to Mobile and New Orleans—so that by this route,
the trip from Baltimore to New Orleans may be
easily performed in six days, or probably less.”
The above, from the Baltimore American,
shows how little our friends in that city are aware
of what is going on in this part of the country.
A company was organized in Boston some three
years since and a survey made for a Rail Road to
extend from some point on the St. John’s or St.
Mary’s River and crossing the Suwanee to ter
minate on the Gulf of Mexico, somewhere near
St. Marks. This project and one or two others of
like character, were abandoned as soon as it was
understood that the Rail Road was to be built from
this city to the Mexican Gulf.
By an examination of the map our readers will
be able to form a comparative estimate of the dif
ferent routes by which it is proposed to connect
the waters of the Gulf with thoseof the Atlantic.
The route of the Brunswick and Florida Kail
Road will cross the Salilla at a distance of some
28 or 30 miles from this place; it will then pur
sue its course through or near Waresbovough, in
Ware County, bending a little in order to turn
the Okcfinoke Swamp, and will then passthrough
the eapitols of Lowndes, Thomas and Decatur
Counties, —constantly approaching more and
more nearly to the Florida line, with which its di
rection forms a very acute angle and it partly in
tersects it at the confluence of the Flint and Chat
lahoochic Rivers, from which point it will bo con
tinued to St. Andrews or Choctawhatchee Bay.
But without continuing it beyond that point we
have an uninterrupted line of communication to
the Gull of Mexico by steam boats from thereto
lola, where a Kail Road of twenty-six miles takes
us to St. Josephs. It needs but a slight inspec
tion of the map to ascertain that such a Road will
forever exclude any other located to the South of
it.
The Brunswick and Florida Rail Road will
have a seven foot track and heavy 'l', or inverted
T. or bridge rail, to wcigli 50 or fit) pounds to the
lineal yard. Such a rail is deemed necessary in
order that the road may accommodate the im
mense quantity of cotton which will seek an At
lantic market.
When this intercommunication is completed,
the trip will be performed from Baltimore to New
Orleans in rather loss than live days.—liruns
wick Advocate.
From the Savannah Georgian.
At a meeting of members of the Bar of the
I 1 edcral and Stato Courts, at the court-house in
Savannah, on (ho 14th day of November, 1838,
tire Hon. James M. Wayne, and (he lion. Chas.
S. Henry, judges of said courts, and their officers
attending, Judge Henry, on moti ■ a of Judge
Wayne, was called to the Chair, no , Joseph W.
Jackson appointed Secretary;
Whereupon Judge Henry staled to the gentle
men convened, that (he object of the assemblage
was the announcement of tire death of Ur.
Geoiioe Jones, formerly a judge of the Superior
Courts of the Eastern Dislriet of the State of
Georgia, and to take such order thereon as should
to tire meeting appear appropriate. Judge Wayne
then introduced tire following preamble, illustra
tive of the public services and character of Dr.
Jones, and resolution, which were unanimously
adopted :j
It rarely occurs that n community has to de
plore the death of one of its members who lias
been allied to it by so many interesting relations
as were those which distinguished the long life
ot our late venerable fellow-citizen George Jones,
His career of public service began in his early
youth. He endured, the two last years of the
revolutionary war, the hardships of a soldier, and
manifested in confinement on board an English
prison ship, the fortitude and constancy of ayoulh
ful patriot. When the war was concluded,
though still a very young man, he received strong
proofs of public confidence, by being placed in
official relations to his fellow-citizens, the duties
of which required ability, the discretion and in
dustry of matured manhood. He was subse
quently one of Georgia’s most prominent legis
lators, and in the convention which framed our
present constitution, was a leading member as a
delegate from the county of Chatham. He was
frequently afterwards a member of the general
assembly, in both branches. Its history shows
him to have been pure and disinterested; at all
times inflexible in the support of correct principles,
and in opposition to those schemes of personal
aggrandisement which were unfortunately cor
ruptly consummated by tire alienation of the
most valuable portion of the state’s territory.
The estimation in which bis character and attain
ments were held, induced tire legislature, though
he was not a lawyer professionally, to elect him
judge of the superior court forthc eastern circuit,
ills duties in that relation were discharged accep
tably to all. His demeanor as a judge was digni
fied, courteous, and patient; and when be volun
tarily retired from the appointment, it was re
gretted by the bar, the officers of the court, and
by the public. From tire bench, he was trans
ferred to the Senate of the United States. His
service in that capacity being terminated, he was
called, by general consent, to other stations of
usefulness. As chief magistrate of this city, his
devotion to its interests was unintermitted. His
principles did not permit him to indulge in the
ease of private life, when his services were needed
for the public good - and it can be truly said of
him, that he took office from a sense of obliga
tion, rather than from any desire for distinction.
He was for many years one of tile justices of the
inferior court; and its journal will show that he
was a faithful administrator of its general duties,
and vigilant in all that regarded the rights of the
window and the orphan. He was amiable, phi
lanthropic, considerate, firm, forbearing; delicate
in his intercourse with society,—and he had a
modesty in speech and manners, at all times and
to all persons, worthy of remembrance and imi
tation. To these graces were added the belief
and humility of a Christain.
Resolved, That wo sincerely lament the death
of our late fellow-citizen, tire’ venerable George
Jones; that we sympathise with his afflicted re
latives, and that in commemoration of his virtues,
his services ns a public man, and Ills connexion
with tire judiciary of this State, we will attend his
funeral, accompanied by the officers of tire re
spective Courts of the State and of the United
States, and that we will wear mourning for thirty
days, ‘
On motion of Judge Nxcoil, it was
Resolved, 1 hat the proceedings of this moot
ing be presented to the Judge ot lire Superior
Court at the ensuing term in this County, and we
rcspcctlully ask that they may be entered upon
the minutes of the Court.
On motion of Jacob Dclamotta, Esq., it was
Resolved, I hat a copy ot the proceedings of
this meeting be sent to the widow and family of
the deceased. J
On motion, it was
Resolved, That these proceedings be published
m the Gazettes of the city.
The meeting then adjourned.
r CA «r R V ES S ’ HENRY - Chairman.
Jo^f.ph W. Jackson’, Secretary,
vatv. Extiohino Expr.nrnoa - . —l\fr
JamesffWMwfaii English gentleman of fortune
is going in his own yatch, the Royalist, to explore
the Asiatic Archipelago, lie goes to Singapore,
ami hopes to reach it in March next —then to
Malluda Bay—to Abia for Tusan Ahia—to the
Celebes—to New Guinea—Australia —the Pacif
ic Islands, and home.
COMMERCIAL.
Augusta Market. ,
Cotton.—Onr market for this article remains
firm at former rates, and as the receipts are light,
and many of our planters prefer storing to selling
at present rates, all that is offered is freely bought
up at the going rates, which we now quote at from
10 to 12 cents as the extremes of the market.
Groceries.—The weather for the last two days
has put a stop to anything like a heavy business —
the only sales that have come to our knowledge
was a lot of 50 hhds. of Cuba Molasses at 35 cents,
from the wharf.
Exchange.—Checks on the North continue at 1
per cent, premium, and on Charleston at I per cent
premium.
Freights, to Savannah, are still one dollar per
hale, and to Charleston, by the Hail Hoad, 35 cents
per 100 lbs. Our river is now in good steamboat
o.dor.
MARINE INTELLIGENT!E.
Savannah, December 4.
Cleared —Brig Oglethorpe, Sonnets, Baltimore.
Arrived —Hr brig Eliza, Graves, St. Lucie.
Went to sea —Brig Volta, Higgins, Marseilles;
brig Oglethorpe, Sanners, Baltimore.
Charleston, November 5.
Arrived yesterday —Brig La Grange, Harwood, N
York.
Cleared —Ship Warsaw, Folger, Liverpool ; Fr.
brig Victorine, Salvy, Bordeaux ; steamer Cincin
nati Brooks,,Jacksonville.
Went to sea yesterday —Schr Frances. Hurd,
Jacksonville ; steam packet North Carolina, Davis,
Wilmington.
Resolved, That this Honor the Mayor, he re
quested to issue his Proclamation, setting opart
Thursday, the Gth inst.,as a day of Thanksgiving
and Prayer to Almighty God for the blessings of
health, which the citizens of Augusta, have en
joyed tile past summer and fall.
Extract from the minutes of Council.
Dec. 1,1838 RICHARD ALLEN, Clerk.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS an appropriate acknowledgment
of the blessings received through the kindness
of an overruling Providence, is the duty of those
who participate in his benefits and his mercies,
and whereas the inhabitants of this city and vi
cinity have abundant cause of thankfulness for
the numerous blessings extended to them during
the past season, particularly lor the blessing of
health, with which our citizens have been so sig
nally and generally favored, and which with other
mercies towards them, calls imperiously for a
united and public expression of gratitude to the
great author from whom cometh every good.
I, therefore, SAMUEL HALE, Mayor of the
City of Augusta, in conformity to the Resolution
oi the City Council, do most earnestly recom
mend to the inhabitants ot this city, to set apart
Thursday, the Gth inst., as a day of Public
Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise,' to God, for
the numerous manifestations of his kindness and
mercy towards them, during the past season, and
it is recommended to our citizens to suspend
their secular business on that day, and to assem
ble in their respective places of worship, then
and there to render their united tribute of
Thanksgiving and Praise, and earnestly suppli
cate Heaven fur tiro continued inanifoetation of
Divine favor for city and country.
Dec. 1, 1838. SAMUEL HALE.
r O’ Thursday, the Gth inst., having been set apar
by the Mayor of our city, in conformity to a Reso
lution of the City Council, as a day of Public Thanks
giving and Prayer, and praise to Almighty God for
the numerous manifestations of his kindness and
mercy towards onr citizens the past season, there
will be Divine service in the Presbyterian Church
on that day, commencing at half past 10 o’clock,
A. M. dec 4
dJWe arc authorized to announce COSBY
DICKINSON as a candidate for re-election to the
office of Receiver of Tax Returns for Richmond
county, at the election on the first Monday in Jan
uary next. dec 4 td*
PRESENTMENTS.
Georgia, Jeeeerson County,
November Term of the Superior Court.
The Grand Jurors sworn, chosen and selected,
for the November term, of said county, in pur
suance of tile duties confided to them. Present the
bridge over Big Creek on the Savannah road, and
also the road leading from thence down tlic river to
Spring Creek, and request the Inferior Court to en
force the law against the Commissioners of said
road. We further recommend that the Inferior
Court cause the undertaker of said bridge on Big
Creek, to perform his contract as stipulated in iris
bond for keeping up said bridge.
W e recommend to our Representatives in the Le
gislature, to procure the passage of a law, requiring
the owners of slaves, and landed property, in the
County of Jefferson, to pay the tax of tire same in
the said county.
We protest against the right being granted to any
Rail Road Company to obstruct the navigation of
the Ogecchee river, and recommend to onr Repre
sentatives tire enactment of a law requiring the
Central Rail Road Company so to construct their
bridge across said river, so as to admit of a free
passage of boats.
We tender our thanks to his honor Judge Shly,
and the Attorney-General, for their prompt atten
tion to us, and to the business of tiie Court during
the present term.
We request our presentments of a public natme
to he published.
Patrick B. Connelly, foreman : Stephen S. Per
kins, Elbert Hudson, John W. Bothwell, Sterling
G. Jordan, John C. Harman, William Linguefield,
John I!. Terroll, Samuel Uigliam. Arthur 11. Cheat
ham, Samuel Denny, John M. Douglass, William
J. Jordan. William Parker, William Little, Nathan
iel Polhill, Elijah Smith, Robert A. L. Atkinson,
James MclCigney, John Wren, William U. Young,
and Benjamin D. Ward.
A true extrat t from the minutes of the Superior
Court, at November term, 1838
EBENEZER BOTHWELL, Clerk.
ATTEN MON !
JP i RI C lIM ON I) BLUES!
Ji ! Appear on your parade ground,
on Green street, on Saturday, the
roj Bth inst., at 3 o’clock, P. M., armed
Mvjl and equipped as the Constitution
directs, fur your regular monthly
parade.
« u There will he a drill, at the Com-
Vj pc pany’s drill room, on Friday eve-
Va i ning, the 7th inst., commencing at
Uy half past 7 o’clock, at which the
vW|a members will appear witli rilles.
p; ct A Court of Inquiry will he held
rtirsaow#** at tiie Planters’ Hotel*, on Saturday
evening, the Sth inst., for the trial of all defaulters
up to and since the last regular parade, from which
no appeal will be allowed, except in cases of sick
ness or absence from tiie city.
By order of tiie Cantain,
dec 5 td \VM. A. ROBERTSON, 0. S.
] RICHMOND ACADEMY.—The Trustees of
this institution will, on the 15th day of De
cember next, proceed to the election of a Rector,
and first and second English Teacher ; also, for a
Teacher for the Branch at Summerville. Appli
cants for cither of these situations will please ad
dress the President of the Board of Trustees.
ALEX. CUNNINGHAM,
nov 20 td President.
\gstaßLY CALL.
|Vff R ' PimtlNl/tiliion Party, advertized to take
iY fa place last overling, the sth, was postponed
on account of the inclemency of the weather but
will positively take place to-morrow eveuine fVri
day the 7th inst.) fjee (j
SOST fill MISLAID, either at Blouni’s Hotel
A Vv'arrenton, or at the Georgia Rail Road De
pot. in this city, on Monday last, a large Band Box
covered with homespun, belonging to a young lady
from Midway, near .MPledge, containing a Leghorn
bonnet, and several silk dresses, capes, collars, &c.
Any information concerning it, will be thankfully
received, or a reasonble reward will be cheerfully
paid if it is left at this office,
dec 6 ts ,J. W. STOKES.
A. 31 US 1C TEA OH Eit WANTED,
rETUIE subscriber wishes to employ an experienced
g and competent Teacher in the Female Acad
emy in Covington. Good testimonials will he ex
pected in respect to good moral character and ability
to instruct. A lady is preferred. Apply to
S. MA'i’TISON.
Covington, December C, 1838. w2t
imTvveuton academy.
rjJYHE citizens of Powelton have again employed
for Rector of the Institution, Mr. John S. In
ch.\ii am, a graduate of Brown University. The
citizens of this village are unanimous in employing
Mr. Ingraham for the second year, and confidently
recommend his services to the public. Instruction
will be given by the P.ecor in all the branches usu
ally taught in academics and colleges. Instruction
will also bo given by a Northern Lady in the orna
mental branches. The Academic year will com
mence on the first Monday in January. Board and
good accommodations can be obtained in the most
respectable families on reasonable terms. The su
perior health of Powelton, and its other well known
advantages, induce the belief that the public will
continue a liberal patronage.
For the citizens of Powelton,
dec 0 wtf CHARLES M. IRWIN.
(Lj* The Standard of Union will please insert
the above, conspicuously, until otherwise directed,
and forward their account to Powelton.
CALHOUN ACADEMY.
Anderson District, South Carolina.
IT is with pleasure that we announce to the pub
lic that we have engaged the services of Mr.
Pleasant Jardan, for the ensuing year, and that
the duties of this institution will he renewed on
Tuesday, the first day of January next, under the
most favorable auspices.
Li relation to the qualifications of Mr. Jardan,
and the course of studies that will be adopted, we
will only refer to a certificate furnished by Mr.
Wesley Leverett, principal of the Anderson Aca
demy, viz: He will teach the Latin and Greek lan
guages, Mathematics to liquations of Ist degree, the
requisites for entering College, English Grammar
and Geography, Moral and Natural Philosophy,
Rhetoric, Bellos Lcttrcs, &<•., together with all the
ordinary branches usually taught in Academies.
The rates of Tuition will be as follows: for Latin
and Gicek $25 per year, or $8 per quarter—for
English Grammar and Geography, Philosophy, Rhe
toric, Belles Lettres, Ac. $1(1 per year or $5 per
quarter —for Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
$lO per year ors 3 per quarter. First rate boarding
and washing will not exceed $75 per year.
The Academy is beautifully situated in a grove,
near to plenty of good spring water, and as one
very great inducement, the health of the neighbor
hood is not surpassed by any in the United Slates.
Indeed nature seems to havcpcrfoimed a noble part
in adapting and in every way suiting tile situation
to the purposes for which we intend it, and what
ever requisites nature lias failed to supply we are
determined that art shall furnish.
The Academy lias been furnished already with a
pair of first rate Globes, Maps, Ac., and to those
who are disposed to patronize the Institution, we
will only say, that no exertions will lie wanting on
the part of either the Teacher, Trustees, or Citizens,
for their advancement,comfort or accommodation.
AARON RROGLES,~I
JOSEPH COX, J
FALBERT ACKER, >Trustees.
J. P. REED. j
WM. TELFORD. J
dec G wit
JBM . RAN AW AY from the subscriber, a
ThtX. Mulatto man named EUGENE, a
ifiajs# carpenter by trade, five feet ten or
eleven inches high ; ho is 35 or 38
years of ago. A reward of Twenty
Dollars will be paid for his arrest
and delivery to me.
—W. W. MONTGOMERY,
dec b w3t
(TJ- she Charleston Mercury is requested to cony
the above three times weekly and forward their ac
counts to tins office.
K X RCUTOIbS
he sold on the first Tuesday in January
“ v nex, in the town of Greensboro’, all the real
estate of Jonas Fauehe, dec’d., consisting of one
house and lot, and several vacant lots in said town •
also, a tract of land adjoining said town, containing
two hundred and fifty or three hundred acres, on
which there is a considerable quantity of wood
land. Terms made known on the day of sale
_dec 6, 1838, td GEO. G. MATTHEWS, Ex’r.
AD3HNISTKATOIUS SALtL "
WILL be sold at the late residence of Haynes
S. Reynolds, deceased, of Warren county,
on Friday, the 4th day of January next, between
the lawful hours of sale, all the perishable property
of said deceased, consisting of horses, hogs, cattle,
corn and cotton, household and kitchen furniture,
plantation tools, &c,, with other articles too tedious
to enumerate. Terms made known on the day.
EVANS CcCRARY, Adm’r.
December 6,1838. td
AD3IINISTRATOIUS SALE.
T STILL be sold on the 18th day of January next, >
T at the late residence of John Kilpatrick, de
ceased, ail the perishable property belonging to said
deceased, all the perishable property belonging to
said estate, consisting of Horses, hogs, cattle, corn
and fodder, household and kitchen furniture, to
gether with many other articles too tedious to men
tion. Terms on the day of sale.
WILLIAM KILPATRICK, Adm’r.
December 9,183 S. td
Georgia, Seri veu county:
VSTHRREAS Abram Hunter, Jr., applies for
V t letters of administration on the estate of
Theophilus Williams, late of Scriven county, de
ceased;
Tiiese are therefore to cite and admonish,all and
singular, the kindred and crcditois of said deceased,
to fce and appear at my office, within the time pre
scribed by law, to shew cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Jacksonboro,
this Ist December, 1838.
dec 6 JOSHUA PERRY, Clerk.
NOTICE. '
Vv ,r ILL be sold at Hamburg, on Tuesday, the
V V first day of January next, valuable TO WN
PROPERTY, consistingof that well known estab
lishment called Covington & Fair’s warehouse,
witli the wharf lot and wharf thereto attached.
Also, the undivided third of the warehouse
known as Adams’ warehouse.
Also, a lot with fine improvements, now occupied
by Dr. J. W. Stokes.
Also a small tract pme land, within a mile and a
half of the town, containing one hundred and fifty
acres, on which arc ail the necessary build ngs foi
a comfortable residence, and a spring of pare and
excellent water.
Also, one other tract, confining two hundred acres,
adjoining the town, witli an excellent mill sea t
thereon.
Also, a small tract containing eleven acres, in
the fork of the Edgefield and Martintown Roads,
on which is a comfortable dwelling recently built,
anil a good stand for public business.
Terms of sale —Covington & Fair’s warehouse, a
credit of six, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four
months, in equal instalments; the other property on
a credit of twelve months. Bond, with personal
security and mortgage on the premises will be re
quired to secure the purchase money,
dec 5 td JOHN B. COVINGTON.^
I|( E, MARTIN, DENTIST, has returned to
S| • this city—Room No. 45, in the private part
of the U. S. Hotel. ts nov 3'
(1 ARPETING,&c. —Ingrain and
J ing, Printed F'oor Cloth, and Booking Baize,
just received and for sale by WM. H. CRANE,
oct 29
A NNUALS FUR 1839.—The subscriber is now
receiving a good supply of all the English
and American Annuals for 1839.
Persons fond of line books arc respectfully invited
to call and examine the same,
nov 29 T.H, PLANT.