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ari-lUcclilji iCtyconiclc&Sentinel. 1 WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1838. Vol IX -No 149 —' * -CJM!!—-' _ &**»"■>■ ■ ■—.■■ ■ —~ - ■■■ -—— " ' '. '—: ■ '■- r;.— ■ ~ ■" - —. . «j - PUBLISHED DAILY', TRI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY, At No. Broad-street. terms: ■Daily paper. Ten Dollars per annum, in advance. Tri-weekly paper, at Six DoUars in advance, or Seven at the end of the year. Weekly paper. Three Dollars in advance, or Four at the end of the year. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUS T A. MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER-10, We learn verbally from Millcdgevdle, that the free Dunking I.aw, similar in almost every respect to that of Ne w York, has passed the House of Representatives. A letter to a gentleman of this city, received Saturday evening, confirms the in telligence, and states the majority for the hi 1 a> 15. It also added that its passage by the Senate was probable. The Hon. Patrick Noble, was, on Saturday last elected by the Legislatu e of South Carolina Governor ol that State for the ensuing two years The vote stood for Noble 96, for Elmore 58. Thomas Smith, of Darlington District, was also elected Lieutenant Governor of that State on the first ballot, by a majority of one vote, over Mr. Henagen, of Marlborough district. The Hon. Angus Patterson, of Barnwell, was elected President of the Senate, without opposi tion, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna tion of Mr. Noble. ■' The inauguration of the Governor elect is ap pointed to fake place to-day. A fire occurrel in St Louis on the night of the 21st ult., which entirely consumed a whole block. The amount of loss was very considerable. The Savannah Insurance and Trust Company 7 of Savannah has declared a dividend of seven per cent, on their capital for the last six months. Their previous dividend was ten per cent, making together seventeen per cent, for the last year. We learn from the Sf. Louis Bulletin of the' 26th ult. that Thomas H. Benton has been re elected to the United States Senate from Missou ri, for six years from the 4th of March next, by a - 27 votes. French Indemnity, The Secretary of the Treasury gives notice that the arrearages of interest due from the French Government upon the first four instalments of the indemnity, having been received by the agent of the Department, the net proceeds will be paid by the bank of America, New Y'o.k, in three days after the paaticulars of the claim shall have been lodged at that bank. The net proceeds of the arrearages of interest now to be paid, amount to 22,145-10,000 pci cent, on the original amount of the claims awar ded. The President’s Message. We do not find much in the message of a character to require comments from us. It is be fore our readers, who, if they have the patience to Wade through its cumbersome verbosity, can form their own opinions upon it, without a lengthy i harangue from us. It is handsomely written, so far as the language used, and the construction of sentences is concerned. Indeed it would seem that Mr. Van Buren has labored more to make an exhibition of his rhetoric than any- thing else, for wo are sure the substance of the whole could be plainly and distinctly set forth in half the space. Particular and pointed allusion is made in the message, to the enormous defalcation, of Mr. Swartwout, late collector for New Y’ork, and most strange to tell, Mr. Van Buren draws from this circumstance, an argument in favor of the sub treasury ; but it is an argument which like an overloaded gun does more mischief to the man behind the breech, than to the game before the muzzle. Fearing that it might he made use of as a tremendous argument against the safety of the sub-treasury scheme, Mr. Van Buren, like a skilful logician attempts to ward off its force, by urging it in behalf of his own scheme, because, says he, the abstractions of the public money took place while the system of depositing in Banks was in operation. This weak sophistry-, may de lude the ignorant, but cannot fail to he detected by men having the smallest claim to intelligence. It was the duty of the collector, to receive monies and bonds, for the duties on goods, and deposite them in the banks for collection and safety, thence to be drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury as the wants of government might require. Os the money so deposited by-Mr. Swartwout in the banks the Government has not lust one single dollar ! The abstractions were made before the money was placed in the banks, and while it was in the collector's own hands ! Now if Mr. Swartwout could and did abstract one million of dollars ’jl-hile the money was merely in transitu, passing from the public debtors through his hands j into the banks, the question very natural ly occurs, how much could and would he have abstracted, if he had had the keeping of the money altogether, as a sub-treasurer. 11 instead of being merely the agent of the Gov ernment to collect and deposite, he had been the keeper of the funds, his opportunities for abstrac. tion would have been ten fold greater, and with the same depraved will to plunder, instead of One, he would no doubt have taken Tex Millions ! tiaHaMMWBaaMaHaMMMMMaBaaaaBMHaHH The duties on goods are payable partly in bonds and partly in rash, according to the nature of ar ticles and the provisions of the tarilf law ; and it was the duty of the Collector to deposile the bonds in the Dank for collection, as well as the money for safe keeping. There was no necessi ty for cither to remain in his hands more than a day, and yet in that short time, and from the small proportion payable in cash, he was able to abstract more than a million of Dollars! If in addition to his power of receiving the cash duties, he had also had the power of collecting those that were bonded, his defalcation would no doubt have been much larger; but if to this had been superadded, the power of keeping and disbursing the whole of it—in short if he had been a Sub-Treasurer—we leave the readers fan cy to picture the result! As it was, he was only able to take the small and trifling sum of a Mil lion or thereabouts, but if his opportunities had been as great as it is proposed to make them un dcr the Sub-Treasury system, he would no doubt have secured enough to make him a pretty com fortable liver—say ten-or twenty millions! These are solid facts for our Sub-Treasury friends to ponder upon. We call the attention of the people to them—not the politicians—but the sober, reflecting people, who, uninfluenced by the hope or desire of public oflice, always cndcav or to decide political questions with reference to their good or evil efleets upen the institutions of the country ! Upon all such we call, to look at this unparalleled defalcation, and ask if they arc disposed to lend their assistance to build up a system by which this plunder of the public shall be perpetuated and aggravated 1 We. point to it as a glorious foretaste of that general and system atic robbery which is to take place when tha whole revenues of the country arc to be placed in the safe keeping of Executive favorites, under the supervision of such sagacious officers as Jackson, Van Huron and Woodbury, who have suffered a Collector to cheat them for seven successive years to the amount of more than a million of dollars, without being able to discover it, until long after he had retired from office. Mr. Swartwout was one of Gen. Jackson’s especial and petted favorites; and when Mr. Wise proposed to appoint a committee to investigate the condition of the various public offices, Gen. Jackson met the proposition with a rude and in. suiting letter to Wise, in which he accused that gentleman of charging him with falsehood in say ing in his message, that every branch of the pub lic service had been efficiently administered. We honestly hetieve that in the administrations o;' Jackson and Van Huron, there have been more frauds, and more corruption than in any admin, istration of any Government of a republic that ever existed. If they could all be ferritted out— the defalcations, the frauds, great and small, the squandering of public funds to influence elections the prostitution of official power and patronage to secure the continance of office, and the thous ands of other sources of corruption, their history would till a volume too heavy for a team of mules tohawl! For this, more than any difference of opinion upon the currency, do we desire to see this dynasty broken down, and the Government once more thoroughly purged. From Florida. The Savannah Georgian of the sth inst. says: “We are indebted to Capt Pierson, of the steam- I boat Isis, arrived yesterday from Black Greek, for the following: On Tuesday evening the 30th ult. a party of Indians, five or six in number, approached a house within five miles of fort Hielcman, and after un successfully endeavoring to entice the inmates out, fired the stable in which was a horse, both of which were consumed. Col. Twiggs, on receiv ing the information, immediately despatched Lieut. Ashton with 25 dragoons, and Lieut. Mock with a detachment of the 3d artillery in pursuit. Lieut A., after proceeding a short distance, struck the trail, and discovered that the Indians had receiv ed an accession to their number of about 25, and by last accounts he was still in pursuit with the expectation of coming up with them. On the 2d, four companies of the 3d artillery, under command of Major McClintock, took up the line of march for Tampa Bay. Four com panies arc to proceed in a few days to Pilatkcr, 0 n the St. Johns, under command of Major Churchill, and company K. to take post at fort Hielcman. Important from Jamaica and the West ' Indies. By the schr. Emily, at New York, from King ston, Jamaica, letters endpapers from that Island down to the 4th ult., have been received, from which it appears that the abolition of negro servi. tude has brought about in that Island a state of extraordinary excitement. Correspondence <f the New York Herald. Kingston, Nov. 2, 1838. Dear Sir—Since I wrote my last of yesterday’s date, I am sorry to say that the post brought us very had nows from St. Mary’s. The negroes on Islington Estate, were very bad, and made an at tempt to murder the overseer, but could not suc ceed; they gave him a severe beating, and after wards set fire to two or three thrash houses in spite, that the flames might catch the great house. That must have been their intention. I refer you to to-day’s papers, for the extract of the letter. In the other parishes all is quiet. I recommend to your notice the debates, that are published in to-day’s papers, of the House of Assembly. You will receive papers up to date. Kingston, Jam. Nov. 3, 1838. Dear Bir.—The Emily being again detained on j account of Capt. Mead being still sick, l am able ; to add a few more lines to you. I have it also in my power to send you papers up to date. I am | sorry to say, that according to the proceedings in ] the House of Assembly, the island of Jamaica is I 1 ’ 1 in a deplorable state. The canes and coffee are actually getting rotten forwent of laborers, and the loss will be immense. Only half the crop will be made this year, or if not, a difference of 10,000 hhds as per statement in the House. Meetings have been held in Kingston for the purpose of devising some means for a regular steam communication with England. The suc cess of the enterprise between Great Britain and America is the cause of the start in Jamaica. The tradesmen of Kingston are in a bad way ; one entire page of the “Jamaica Gazette,” of Oct. 30th, is filled with names of insolvent debt ors. Robberies are very frequent all over the island; no less than ten were perpetrated in the parish of Trelawney in one week. The lawyers arc quarreling and fighting amongst each other; the civil calendar is tilled with cross actions of assaults and batteries be tween the members of the bar. The apprentices are becoming insolent and riotous; one was very insolent to the wife of Hr. Whitaker a distinguished member of the Legisla ture ; the Ur. chastised him and the Governor re moved him from the commission of the peace. In return the Dr. moved an opposition to the Gov ernor’s message to the Assembly, and carried it. The Jamaica papers abuse the Baptist minis ters, and say that the celebrated preacher Kribbis the Governor’s principal adviser. The present unsettled state of that fine island is deplorable; fertile and blooming in agricultural lichcs, the luxuriant fruits of the soil are wasted I y the folly of man. The Kingston Gazette says that t icy have one consolation, and this is that when the negroes commence throat-cutting, the abolition ists will be put to death before the ba'ance. The negroes in St. Mary’s parish mobbe 1 (ho overseer of the Islington estate and beat him se verely, and then fired two houses. The whole island is in a slate of great excitement. The “ Gazette” says “ the people in Jamaica are rather uncomfortable!” we should think they were rather so. There are over 100 desperate male convicts in Kingston gaol, and they have all refused to work. It is thought that the Governor will have to set aside the proclamation law, as the Legislature re fuse to transact any business until it is done. They were to decide the day the Emily sailed. Wc shall therefore look with much anxiety for the next accounts from Jamaica. From the Jamaica Despatch. It is our painful task to inform our British con temporaries and readers, that the present unset tled state ofthis line Island is deplorable. Fertile and blooming in agricultural riches, the luxuriant fruits of our soil arc wasted and destroyed by the perverse folly of man. Whore good order, plenty, and happiness should abound, wc see nothing but discontent and confusion. No man knows wheth er ho stands on his head or his heels, for every thing has been turned topsy-turvy. Stipendiary Justice has annihilated both law and discipline. Might has become right. “And the rude boor may strike bis father dead,” without incurring the punishment due to his fe lony, or the local authorities being permitted to enforce any measures for the protection of private property and life. And wc have no hesitation in declaring, that the freeborn proprietory class of this island arc at this moment robbed, insulted, injured and persecuted in a manner unparalleled in the annals of the country. If the inhabitants of Ja maica had been rebels or enemies conquered by force of arms, they could not have been more harshly or contumaciously treated, by having all authority, public or private, wrested out of their hands, and a foreign commission placed over them to tax their property, usurp their rights, control their servants, and act as spies and sentinels over their own domestic allairs! They are actually reduced to the condition of Serfs, for the Govern or and his Stipes arc their Imperial Dictators!— Can our transatlantic subjects believe that the free born Colonists of Jamaica will abjectly submit to be thus thimble rigged out of their liberty, for the. purpose of giving unlimited power to a nest of locusts'! The Secretary of the Treasury, under date of the Ist inst., makes the following official an nouncement. Tne whole amount of Treasury notes authoris ed by the act of October 12, 1837, has been is sued, viz: $ 10,000,000 There has been redeemed of them about 7,010,000 The now emissions made in place of these, under the act of May 12, 1838, have been only 5,709,810 01 There have been returned of these last into the Treasury, about 345,250 This leaves a balance of all out standing equal to only about 7,754,500 01 From the N. O. Picayune, Dec. 2. Latest from Texas. The fine steam ship Cuba, Capt. Carson, arri ved last evening from Galveston, whence she sail ed on the Ist. inst. Our dates f.orn Houston arc to the 28th November. By this arrival we, learn the loss ofthc steamer Motto, Capt. Grant, from St. Louis bound to Gaf veston. It seems that the Motto burst one of her boilers while on the trip from the Balize to Galves ton, by which accident five persons out of the fourteen on board were either killed or badly scald ed. Among those on board was Capt. Boylan, formerly of the Texas navy, who had the direction of her at the time. The Cuba came up with the wreck, keel up, about six hours after the accident. 1 At this time, there was not a sou! visible anywhere in the vicinity. Information has since been re ceived that three individuals were killed by the accident, and two others so badly injured that they died in one of the small boats in which the balance saved themselves. A part of those saved came up in the Cuba, The affairs of Texas appear to be in a quiet state, and the troubles with the border Indians nearly at an end. The Houston Telegraph of the 21st Nov. says that the Indian forces in the East have been en tirely dispersed, and the Army of Gen. Rusk fur loughed. The inhabitants in the neighborhood of Bastrop appear not to have been molested by the Indians, and their crops have been abundant. The Telegraph of the 28th Nov. says that sev eral persons who were captured by the Common dies, near Bexar, have returned to the settlements on the Colorado. They state that they were re leased by those Indians because one of the chiefs, who visited Houston last spring, recognized them as belonging to the settlements on the Colorado and Brasses. It appears these Indians imagine that the people of Texas are divided into tribes, and that as they have made a treaty of peace with the tribes east of the Colorado, they arc obliged to release any captives that may fall into their hands j belonging to the settlements cast of that stream, j They therefore treated these prisoners with great kindness, and sent a number of warriors to escort ! them into the settlements on the Colorado. They, j however, manifested the greatest hostility for the citizens ot Bexar, and spoke of them as a people I entirely distinct from the citizens of Eastern Tex | as. Provisions arc still remarkably high in Texas Hour selling at 535 per barrel, and every thing 1 else in proportion. Among the names of the Texian members of Congress, we notice that of Mr. Van Ness, son ol the Hon. C. P. Van Ness, formerly Minister to Madrid from this country. From the New York Herald, Dec. 3. Important from the Frontier. By the following letters from part of our valu able corps of correspondents along the frontier, it will be seen that a tore mischief is brewing. Arms belonging to the United States have beeiv stolen, and before long we expect to hear that the 9000 muskets sent to Detroit by Martin Van Bu ren, will find their intended destination—i. e. the hands ol the brigands and piratical patriots. The escape of Bill Johnson and Birgo, we predicted as soon as we heard of their arrest. Nelson, Bouchette, Vigor and five others, who* were sent to Bermuda, have published a long ar ticle, in which th«|t say it is false that they ever petitioned or sought for mercy nt the hands of any one, or that they implored Lord Durham not to bring them to trial: Excitement continues to run high in regard to the recent partizan proceedings of the two Cana dian judges nt Quebec, The Canadians in the rebel districts of the lower province arc far from being settled ; they are cheating for Papincnu, and say that the Bri tish government dare not punish the prisoners. So another outbreak is expected shortly. The Russian leader of the brigands at Prescott declares that he had a commission as an officer from the United States Government, as well as several others.—His papers cannot he found. Col. Worth sent over to say that all who hold U. S. commissions would lose them for a breach of neutrality. The Paul Pry steamboat, after she was in Col. Worth's possession, took over to Prescott seven loaders of the brigands, for which the Colonel afterwards expressed regret. An outbreak is/expected in the London Dis trict U. C. and the 85th regiment lias been seat there. No news has been received of the proceedings ol the Court Martial. A steamer lias been sent to Quebec to bring up the political prisoners who arc to be tried by Court Martial at Montreal. Aubcbx, N. Y.,Nov. 28th, 1838. Escape of Hill Jidinsun and General Birge—hnpo tency nf our Executive. Di;*it Sin.—l hasten to inform you before the closing ol the mail, that Bill Johnson was brought up to-day, and acquitted ! Dirge has been held to bail in the sum ol 53000, and Sprague, Captain of the Charlotte schooner, in 52000. Syms and Burns are discharged ; and Tiffany, the fellow who fired from the Charlotte into the Experiment, made his escape yesterday and has not yet been found. P. 8. I have just learnt that Bill Johnson has been again arrested on a charge of being concern ed in the burning of the Sir Robert Peel. Faugh ! Mere dust in the eyes of John Bull. Auuurn, Nov. 20, 1838. Dkah Sin My anticipations respecting the issue of the late capture and subsequent examina tion of the Patriot ringleaders, have boon most signally realized. Through the gross negligence and flagrant subserviency of our officers of justice Bill Johnson and General Birge were permitted to walk oil', late last evening or early this morn ing. Out of the six arrested, five are now at lib erty. Bill Johnson was under a fresh arrest for the burning of the Sir Robert Peel, and his com peer, General Birge, was hound over in the sum of $3OOO for which amount he has given Uncle Sam —leg hail. Detroit, November 21, 1838. Dear Siu—Presuming correct information would be acceptable to your valuable paper, I will send you from time to time such facts as may transpire in these parts in regard to the Canadas. This city is considerably excited from its proximi ty to the scene of action. The Patriots hold secret meetings here, and have continued to do,so for a long time past. — We expected a sudden outbreak here yesterday. Despatches arrived to Brig. Gen. Brady, inform ing him that the Patriots had taken possession of Put in Paq Island, distant about one hundred miles. He immediately chartered the now steam er “Illinois,” and putting on hoard a large num ber of U. S. troops and several guns, went down for the purpose of dislodging them, A vague ru mor was put afloat this morning that General Bra dy had been taken by the Patriots! That we shall be in trouble no one seems to doubt, yet we arc illy prepared to defend the city, us the anna of the city were stolen last winter, and none have been hud since. All the young men of the city have organised into a city guard, to he commanded by one of the exiled Polish officers, Julian Hulianieki. The opinion of most persons is, that an attempt to burn the city will he made in the night, as the royalists entertain the idea that every one is friend ly to the Patriots, government and all, consequent ly their feelings arc none of the warmest. You would he amused to see the ladies smuggling goods across every day. The system is amusing; they make their purchases, and then are furnished with a private room and a paper of pins. The distance across to the Canada side being about the same as from New York to Jersey City; a ferry boat plies constantly night and day. Should any thing occur worthy of note I will apprise you daily. Yours, &c. T. Detroit, November 22, 1838. Df.au Sir— Since I wrote you last in regard to the departure of the Illinois steamer, she has re turned and is now anchored in the river. Gen. Brady found nothing at “Put in Bay Island,” hut on his return stopped at Fort Malden, and was informed there that a schooner lay on the opposite , shore at Brest, and that she contained something worth looking for. The General immediately “put over,” and on hoarding her found three hundred anil thirty stand of ai ms, among which were ninety new rifles ,- she was manned by four men, all of which he brought hack. Last night the arsenal of the Brady Guards was broken open by the Patriots, and 90 splendid, muskets taken away. The arms on boon I the Illinois have been rcplevincd by persons here, but the General says they may replevin them and be d d to them, they shall not have them! General Brady is as full of fight as in days gone by. You will proba bly recollect Pennsylvania made him a present of a costly sword a short time since. From Canada — The Eagle transport lias ar* rived nt Halifax from Cork, with part of the 93d, 05lh, 23rd, and 11 th regiments, and several offi cers belonging to regiments nt present in Cana da. Part of her troops landed tire day of her ar rival, and the officers left Halifax to join their regiments. The men of the Royal Artillery in New Brunswick are under marching orders. The common hangman has reached Montreal from Quebec, bringing with him the Baron Frattc lin, as a prisoner. ~ Jacksonville, Nov. 24. Muns Indian Mouiikiih— lt is some time since our ears have been pained with accounts of the destruction of our citizens in the interior. But it seems the tragedy of lust winter was not entirely completed—new victims must bleed before the scour closes. \Vo had hoped that the remnant of these sava ges had decided on pacific measures— that no more Mood was to he shed; but such is not tho ease. We heard last night, from good authority, that the family ot Mr. Tennis, eleven in number, residing upon lied River, have all been butchered! On the report of a rifle the father ran from the house and was shot down; the Indians then rushed up and despatched the rest with toma hawks. From His Baltimore American. Congressional. Wasiiinotox, Dec. 4. UNITED STATES SENATE. Mr. Knight gave notice that he would, to mor row, bring in a bill for the purpose of allowing a dimyback on imported hemp, when manufactu red into cordage and exported. Mr. Olay, of Ala. gave notice that ho would to-morrow bring in a bill to graduate tho price of Public hands. ihe message of the President was soon alter received and read, and live thousand copies or dered to he printed without accompanying docu ments, and fifteen hundred with them. HOUSE OF UK CUES KMT ATI VES, Mr. Garland, . the new Clerk, was sworn in, when a concurrent committee was appointed to wait tin the President, announcing the complete organization of the House, and a readiness to re ceive the President’s Message. Several resolutions were adopted in the absence of the Committee—among them one offered by Mr. Adams, thanking George Washington Lafny ette for a copy of tho memoirs of his father, sent to Congress. A Resolution was offered for supplying the members with three daily newspapers for the ses sion. Also one agreeing to appoint two Chap lains with the concurrence of the Senate, which was sent to the Senate for concurrence. Mr. Adams made a motion to withdraw from the files ot the House the resolution relative to the annexation of Texas, before the House at the last session. Opposition was manifested and a motion was made to lay Mr. Adam’s motion on the table. The ayes ami noos were called, and the vote stood nyes 130, noes 01. (hie or two resolutions were offered relative to the arrangement of the Hull. Mr. Adams offered a resolution which excited a good deal ol interest in the i louse, authorising the appointment ol u select committee, with pow er to seiul for persons and papers, to inquire into all the particulars of Andrew Stevenson’s lute correspondence with Daniel O’Connell, A motion was made to lay the resolution on the table, and the ayes and noes ordered. The motion, was carried—Ayes, 140, noes 57. After this vote was declared, Mr. Cambreleng, one of the Committee to wait on the President, announced that a message was in waiting from tho President. The son of the President, M >S. Van Huron, then presented the Message, which was read by the new Clerk. J he House then passed a resolution, agreeing to pay the 1 widow of Walter Franklin his salary up to this time, and adjourned. P. iS. The following is a copy of the most im portant resolution offered by Mr. Adams. Itcsuhed, That a committee of- members be appointed, with power to send lor persons and pa pers and report to the House.— 1. Whether Andrew Stevenson, JGnvoy Extra ordinaryand Minister Plenipotentiary from the United Stales at London, is or has recently been engaged in a public newspaper controversy, in voking his personal integrity and the honor of his country, whose Representative he is, with Daniel O Connell,a member ot the Parliumenlof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. f ■ Whether the said Andrew Stevenson, hold ing the privileged character ol Ambassador, has, in concert with other jiersons, citizens of the U. Stales, one of whom an officer in the Navy en gaged in a conspiracy with intent to stop the wind or in the language ol God and Man, to murder (he said Daniel O’Connell in a duel, or by a pre dicated provocation to a brawl. 3. Whctnor the said Andrew Stevenson, after a written demand of explanation in the usual form among duellists, as preliminary to a challenge, and with the intent to follow it by a challenge, preconcerted with the said three other citizens of the U nited States, did accept of an answer from the said Daniel O’Connell equally unsatisfactory to the codes of genuine and spurious honor, and thereby tacitly admit the truth of the imputation upon his honor at which he had proposed to take offence. 4. Whether the said Andrew Stevenson, in these transactions, violated the duties of his office as an Ambassador of Peace, the Laws of Nations, the Laws of the land of tlie Government of which he was accredited, the privileges of the British House of Commons in live person of one ol its members, and the honor and interest of his own country. 5. \A bother the said Andrew Stevenson has in these transactions so conducted himself as to re quire the constitutional interposition of this House by impeachment or otherwise. COMMERCIAL. Charleston, Dec. 8. Cotton —The Upland cotton market since our semi-weekly report, has been very animated at an advance on former prices in middling to fully fair cottons of $ cent. The sales of the week arc not quite as large as that of last week, owing no doubt to the unfavorable weather which lias prevailed tor several days past. The sales amount to 7,783 bales the particulars are as follows —4 at 8; 6atBj; Hi a 9; 60 at 10; 39 at 10$; 130 at lOjf- 602 at 1(4; 377, at 10 J; 608 at 11; 140 at 111; 99 at lljj; 671 at lit; 915 at 11 j; 25 at 1 787 at 12; 31 at 12$; 583 at 12$; 15 at 12$; 990 at 124; 436 at 12j; 15 at 9s; 559 at 13; 322 at 13$; and 304 at 13$. With regard to Long Cottons we have no remarks to make—the sales arc still small—3o bales of Sea island were sold at prices not made known to us. A few bales stained at 15 to 1C; 7 bales Santeos at 40cts. and 26 bales Sea Island at 10 to 45 cents. Macon, Dee. 6. Sales from wagons arc from 9to 12$. Principal sales from 10 to 12. Cotton came in very briskly last week; and on Thursday upwards of seventeen hundred bales were received. Considerable rain has fallen since Saturday, and we now have a tole rable boating river, for the first time this season. Yesterday two steamboats left for Darien. Receipts of Cotton to Dec. 1, 23,280 Stock on hand, 15,575 Shipped. 7,705 HANK HFPORTS. A statement of tho condition of the Bunk of Augusta, October 1, 1888. To Capital Slocks, 12,000 shares, $ 100 each, paid in £1,200,00 00 I Notes of bank issued, $ 1,730,172 83 “ « on hand 1,452,860 18 “ “ in circulation, 277,312 64 Amount due to the Treasurer U. 8. 2,184 20 Amount due to other hanks, 329,010 37 Amount due to individual depositors, 225,291 16 Amount due to Stockholders of this hank, for dividends and distribu tion of profits unpaid, 10,088 72 Checks drawn on time not matured, 31,695 ©O' Surplus profits, 52,804 10 $2,128,995 19* By bills and notes discounted run ning to maturity at Augusta, 854,881 92 Bills running to maturity at New York, Savannah, and Charles ton, 155,718 81 Do. at other places, 82,200 33 Amount loaned toother banks on interest, 71,326 82—309,245 96 To amount of assets not matured, 1,164,127 88 Bills and notes discounted lying over, viz: Not protested, nor in suit nor judgment, 5,942 91 Protested but not in suit or judgment, 14,215 31 Protested and in suit or judgment, 216,415 24—236,573 46 Total amount of loans and dis counted paper, 1,400,701 34 Real estate including hank’g house, 45,500 00 Stock in G. R. R. &, Banking Co. 196,560. 00( Stock in Kav. Ins. & Trust Co. 4,690 00 Total amount of investments, 1,647,451 34 Protest account, 70 00 Ain’t due by individuals on open account, 85 00. Amount duo by hanks in N. York, Philadelphia, Charleston, and Savannah, 34,231 75 Amount duo by other banks and agents, 27,129 03 61,380 78 Os the amount due by banks and agents this much may be denominated Spe cie funds, 36,360 18 Notes of other hanks in good credit and change hills of city corporation redeem ed from circulation, 101,675 48—101,675 48 Specie belonging to this hunk in its vaults 312,528 71—312,528 71 Specie belonging to do. in other banks, 750 00— 750 00 Total nm’t of Specie and specie funds, $451,314 37 Incidental expenses, 5,053 28 $2,128,996 19 Report of the Committee on the character of the 1 .oans and Discounted Paper, belonging to the - Bank as above:—They find that of the dis counted paper aml loans running to maturity, There is good, 1,163,977 88 And there is doubtful, 1,060 00 1,161,127 88- They find that of the discounted papcrly ing over there is good, 211,301 68 And that there is bad, 25,271 78— 236,573 46‘. Total am’t ofloans and discounts, $1,400,701 34 Os the paper lying over, there is by consent of the Board of Directors, under mortgages, jitulg ments <St other special securities, $133,839 83> And there is lying over under sa tisfactory security hut not by consent of the Board of Di rectors, 73,905 96 And there is this sum not satis ! factorily secured, and therefore some of it (as above) not good, 28,827 67 Total am’t of paper lying over, $236,573 46 i Statement of the funds of the Mechanics’ Bank, r Augusta, Georgia, Oct. 1, 1838. 3’o capital stock paid in, $1,000,000 0(7 Bills issued, 1,194,247 on hand, 895,819 i _____ * in circulation, 298,428- 00. Reserved fund and undivided profits, 73,753 13 1 Unclaimed Dividends, 2,924 00 Amount due to other banks and L individuals for collection, 73,286 48 Amount due to depositors, 130,097 76. Certificates of deposites, 99,812 OOi Checks on time, 93,000 00 $1,771,301 37 1 _________ By specie in vault, 161,116 67 do. in the hands of Agent on the way from Balti more,* 50,000 00 211,116 67 Notes of other banks, 189,906 00 Notes discounted, payable in Au gusta, all considered good, 744,172 15 Exchange running to maturity in N. York, Boston, Virginia, Charleston, and Savannah, all considered good, 186,776 97 Bills and notes payable in Mont gomery, Ala., all considered good, 9,852 64 Bills and notes payable inthein terior of Georgia, considered good, 31,076 34 Bills and notes under protest, 66,888 85 of which is considered good, 49,872 99 doubtful or bad, 17,015 95... Bills and notes lying over (not underprotest) eonsideredgood, 8,562 42 Bills and notes in suit, all consi dered good, 6,829 60 Merchandize taken in payment of debts due the bank, 7,783 11 City of Augusta script, 6,650 00 Loans on 23 shares Geo. Ins, & 'J'rust Company Stock, 1,635 80 Real estate in Augusta, 19,921 08 Amount due by other banka, and in the hands of agents, 276,600 83 Protest account, 65 75 Current expenses, 4,464 16 $1,771,301 27 • Sipce received. i