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AN EASTERN STORY—from aim .ms
HI J. ». WILKINSON, HSR.
.luthvr of-Topogruphy of Thebes, anil Geneii
views of Egypt'
During the tedious hours llial too often into
venc inithe domestic seclusion of Eastern life,
relief from itMnonotoav is not onfiequenlly songl
by the sultan und sultana,in resorting to «tn apar
■ inpnt which iMKciooks the court, commanding
distinct view ofohe ingress and egress o( all wh
approach or leave tile palace. Here, reclined o
her •ttoiuan, ami shaded by curtains and blind:
the favorite can observe, without being observed
while the sultan,luxuriously laid on a couch, ii
a more rentolc part of the chamlter, resigns him
self, with closed eyes, to the dotcefurnirnte, hi
sultana informing khn of all who make their on
trances or exits, and giving him her comment
thereupon.
In one of these chambers reclined the Sultni
Musiapha and his sultana, who, though liuh
known in history, were greatly esteemed by then
subjects tor their wisdom; hut shove all, for that
nlfaltrcily which, perhaps, is not the least proof ol
it in wonsrchi, though it is (lie one most -easily
yet rarely practised. While the sultana ojtcned
Mer lustrous eves, in the hope of discovering some
object to amuse her vacant mind, and the sultan
' closed his, from indolence, an individual, crossing
the court, and entering the palace, excited bet
curiosity.
This man had long followed the occupation id
a fisherman, and supported a Urge family by the
sale of what ho caught: he was clever, and well
versed in all that eunsnug which is so common
in the E«il, and to w hich, necessity frequently
obliged him to have recourse. He had had the
good fortune to catch a kheroet, of a sine rarely
met with in that species; and, thinking it a pity
that an line a fish should he cut into small por
tions for the in irket, to suit the eonvcnieiicc id
ordinary customers, he resolved on pre-onling it
to his sovereign; and repaired with this proud
apuciuaon of his sport, to the royal palace. .No
sooner had he entered the door beneath the sil
ting room of the sultan, than he was summoned
to appear helarc him, and to explain the object id
Ills visit.
* Fortune,’ said the fisherman, ‘ Ims given me
this lino kheroet, which appeared to me of such
uncommon size und beauty, that 1 scrupled to
send it to the market; and, knowing that no one’s
(able was so well suited to receive it us your ma
jesty's, have brought it here to lay it at your feel,
anal to heg you to accept it.’
* M ikhool, m ikkaol—the gift is welcome,’ said
alto sultan. ‘Here,are a hundred gold inah
boohs; take them and prosper.’
Too grateful ami delighted fisherman kissed
.the ground before flint, und retired ; but, scarcely
Aad he left the room, when the sultana upbraid*
«d her husband, lor his extravagant generosity.
‘How,’ said she, ‘could you think ol giving
the man a hundred m ihhoohs for a paltry li It! A
hundred mahhouhs! Would not Ihe much more
than it is worth I Had you given him live, the
present would have been a noble one, und bo
would have had cause to bless you, and to pray
that your life may tic long; but to throw away
a hundred mahhoohs in such a manner is absurd.
I have no patience with yon; men have no dis
cretion. Ho cull him back, and take them (rom
him. 1 desire that you do.'
‘ How,'said the sultan, ‘can I take away a
gift I it would he unworthy of a monarch.’
‘Not at all: has not lie who gives, a right to
reclaim his gift !'
‘ A right! yes, hut how mean would it be.—
-Wen d it not lie said llial Sultan Mustuplia was
can icons and did not know his own mind '!’
“Well, then," sail the sultan t, “nuke some
excuse ; hut take hack the money you must.”
“Yet wlul excuse can I make; what call I
say I"
“Say! oh, ask him if the fish is a male or a
female ; and if ho answers a male, say I wanted
a female; mid if ho tells you it is a female, say
you wanted a male.”
The fisherman was sent for, and brought hack.
-“Tell-me," said the sultan, “is that fish a male,
or a female!”
“I beg your majesty's pardon, it would be a
disgrace to my board if I spoke tin untruth ; this
kind of fish is hnlh male and female.”
The sultan could say no more; the fisherman
saved his hundred mahhoohs, and the plans ofthe
angry sultana were defeated. Out, seeing that
the fisherman was aware ol the snare that had
been laid for him, and admiring the ingenious
iliatincr in which he hail extricated hiiitsell, tho
snliaii doubled the present; and mice more dis
missed hint with good wishes for his prosperity.
The indignation of the sultana was excessive ;
all cumpla nt, however, was vain, and she was
silent. Tho fisherman walked slowly across the
court, carrying the sack which contained the mo
ney on his shoulder; hut, hearing one of tho
gaid coins full upon the hard ground, ho sloped
to look for it; and, after searching for some time,
found it, and then proceeded on his way.
“Look," said tho sultana,“observe tho avarice
of that wretch; one nwhltoob fell from his hag,
and, not content with the hundred ami ninety*
nine that remained, he lifts hi ad the meanness to
slop la p-ck k sip, and oven to toil in searching
for it. Could ho not have left it far some of our
servants who might eliauco to pass that way,and
find ill What a vile monster! Do call him
hack, and take it all away fiom him. I would
have him bastinadoed; he really deserves any
punishment; the slick would be too lenient lor
such a sordid creature. By your bead! I ”
“Well, well, you shall bo satisfied. J really do
think his meanness deserves a severe punishment
and the money shall bo taken from him.”
The fisherman was sent for, and brought a
gutn into the royal presence.
•Why,” said the sultan, “could you not leave
that one mahhooh which tell to the ground, and
rest contented with the hundred and ninety-nine
that remained ? Could you not sparest for some
one of my servants who, accidentally passing that
way, might have found it, and blessed we for his
good luck ? Are you so covetous? and that,
ton, after all my liberality to you !”
“It was originally my .intention,” replied the
fisherman, "to have done as you suggest. I was
actually pursuing my way, resolved to leave the
•coin where it fell, when it occurred to me that
your majesty’s snored head and revered name
wore inscribed upon it; and 1 thought that ifany
one happened iuaJveiienlly to put his foot upon
it, and trample upau that blessed head and name,
the fault.would -have been mine; und I should
never have forgiven myself lor my neglect in
leaving it on the ground'”
With this reply, the sultan was delighted; and
inwardly commending his quickness, he present
ed linn with another two hundred marliuehs.—
Then, convinced ot his folly in pcrmmitUug the
imprudent interference of the queen, he issued a
proclamation, that no man for the future should
on any account listen to the advice of bis wife : a
proclamation which, if rumour he true, is said to
have decreased his popularity with the wives rath
er more than it increased it with the husbands
throughout his empire, and to have led to insur
rection in public, and insubordination in private.
TH3 ASPEN, —From Wkispi.og.
BY 1.0R.D ALBERT CONVXGIUM.
Why quivers the aspen when not a breath
-disturbs the summer heal ? whilst other trees
sire enjoying repose, and affording the bles
sings of shade, it alone knows no rest.
Pride was its bane!
At that dread hour when onr Redeemer
suffered, the suit hid its light, and all nature
quaked.
The wild boasts of the forest cowered in
their dens ; not u bird twittered : not an in
sect buzzed or chirped; the voice of the
breeze was hushed in the sultry air, and man
awaited in alarm the event.
The trees, shrubs, and flowers, felt the nw
fuhiess of that hour, and sympathised witli
each other upon it, in their own mysterious
language.
Toe lofty cedar of Lebanon (Ptnusce-lrus)
rustled forth a melancholy sound, and clothed
its branches in deeper green, in sign of
mourning.
Alas! all is flow ovoj!” gently murmured
the Halix Babylunka (and swept the Eu
phrates with its mourning branches.
The vtne-dresscr tn Ins vineyard saw that
vine wept, hence, when its fruit was jjath-
eref, heca 1 d the produce Lac.ryma C eristic
»a. A balmy fragrance arose on toe Golgotha
the Jfesjxris trixlis (sweet-smelling night
slock) offered it up, to refresh the suffer. it;
Son of mail :
The Iris Susinna said to the cypress
cr- “From this day will i attire myself in a garl
a of mourning’’—“And I,” replied the cypress
;hl “will henceforth take up my abode among tin
rt- tombs, m memory ot tins hour.”
a A form (lilted through the gloom—it wm
ho Asi arm k, the angel of death on Its way to tin
mi crosatfan.l when n voice wits heard to exclaim
Is. “.My God, tnv God why hast thou ioraaket
'I. me t” every branch, leaf, and flower, trern
>" bled.
n * The Populux alone, a tall, proud tree, stooc
unmoved on the Golgotha.
“What are thy Buffering* to its !” it cried:
ls “we plants need no atonement ; wo arc not
fallen!”
" Hot the angel of death who hoard this boast,
j' breathed uiwn the haughty tio-J, mi I the nn
lt fortunate Popnlus was struck ns with a palsy.
,1 Its leaves drooped ; never from that mo
ment, have its branches found rest ; and it is
jl called the Populm Trcmulosa, or the uspett
P to this day.
'* Wedoiit konw when we have seen tho
!' (tangs of gelling up heller described than in
the following, if the invention of sloop ;de
serves those famous praises, which Hancho
bestowed upon it, certainly he wito first
II brought into use the execrable discovery of
„ gciimgout nfhed, merits, every morning, to he
y remembered, by tho whole human race, with a
a curse.
f “Com, CoimxdK. —Wlnt determined pnr
v pose, what decisive action, what cool caleula
• non, what a powerful effort at volition, it ro
il' quires to got out of bed one of those icy tuor
t tiiitgs ! The man wltn in n stoveless, tireless
-I room, can deliberately pash hack Tlip bed
-0 clothes mid rolls out of his warm nest, with
• out a shrug of shudder, is calculated for
ft deeds of noble during. Ho should hold him*
d self in readiness to enlist against the In
dians, for he undoubtedly possesses one es
l! seutial requisite ot a soldier, to wit, cool.
1 ness. lie It is n savageness of disposition, and
1 an iciness of feel'.ng, which though they may
K command respect, they cannot he envied. For
a man of Phlegmatic temperament, it requires
’ a mighty effort to go to bed—tt mightier to
I turn over when ho gets there—hut, mightiest
of nil to get up again. Before in* goes he
warms ami turns, and turns and warms; pokes
I Ids loos to Ilia (ire, thou his heels—rubs liis
hands—-bakes liis shins, and sneaks In bed.
Then if a shank Ininpen to stray over his lin
en, six inches from the warm place where it,
was originally planted, ho snatches it, back
as though ho wore snake bit. But, when day
. comes, mid the breakfast things begin to ral
. tie on the table—hero we must, bo excused for
it’s no jdlte—Hoo-00-oo.— drccnf.boro’ Pa
triot.
(Corrcspunda.ioo ol tho N, Y. Dally Express.)
GEN. SANTA ANNA AND COL. ALMONTE.
On beard steamer Adriatic. Ohio ricer, near )
Louisville, December ”1, IS3O. (
Dear Sirs—We have among onr pasi-eii
gers oil board tins steamer, Gen. Santa Anna
and his secretary, Col. Almonte—also Cols,
llauklcy, Patton and Ban, of the Texan army.
The lulUfr persons act. as protectors to Santa
Anna during his journey to Washington City
fur the the purpose of obtaining the media
tion ofthe U. States Government, in it treaty
in iv.iicti he has promised to acknowledge the
independence of Texas.
The Texan officers state that Santa Anna
some lime since, wrote to Gen. Jackson, re
questing his mediation in Hitch a treaty, and
that the latter, in a written reply, staled that
he could not mediate between parties, one of
which was a prisoner of war. Therefore the
Texan authorities have authorised his release
mid return to Mexico, for the purpose of se
curing n treaty recognizing their indepen
dence and obviating the difficulty staled by
Gen. Jackson.
Now, ifyou will excuse this illegible com
munication on the ground that I write on
board a steamboat in motion, 1 will attempt
to describe to you as well as I cun, the ap
pearance of those two individuals, viz ; Santa
Anna and his Secretary.
Imagine to yourself a man of full ordinary
statue, -HI years of age, weighing about Ibfl
pounds, of graceful form und step, round
shouldered; with black glossy hair, tolerably
full white face mid round forehead, it short,
squarish, inferior looking nose, and a round,
dark eye somewhat sunken. Suppose him
dressed in a general trail-bodied black coal
and blue pantaloons, walking about or .sitting
cross-legged tit a pair of slip-shod pumps,
lolcrvhly pleasant of countenance ami speech,
(which is exclusively Spanish,) very polite,
and using stately compliments.—Such is the
appearance of Gen. Antonio Lopez do Santa
Anna. He has, in my view, nothing military
lit Ins look, and nothing indicating great tal
ents. Ho would readily betaken, 1 think, for
an active, intelligent merchant or man of gen
eral business. Hu is very reserved, plain and
mudest m Ins conversation and manners, as
far as J have observed him. I can see noth
ing villainous or deceitful in Ins countenance.
Under his dark eye one can imagine (but not
clearly perceive) u lurking demon.— i think
that with the exception of Ins inferior stubby
uo.-c, lie may be considered us elegant in fi
gure and respectable In features. He confin
ed himself to his State Room, under the (ilea
ot indisposition, although it is well understood
that liis true reasons are, fear ofthe popular
gaae, and an attack from some incensed per
son
Col. Almonte, whom 1 will next introduce
to you, is and has been almost constantly a
bout the cabin cracking bis jokes, as well as
conversing freely und laughing heartily with
all who are intimate with hint or choose to
seek his conversation. He is said to bo 33
years of age—although a few would take him
to be not over 25. lie is of a copper or In
dian complexion, with a thick head of straight,
black glossy hair. Although he speaks the
English language well, yet a glance at him
convinces you that lie is a Mexican or Span
iard. He is a short, thick set, square built
young man, with large head and broad, open
mouth and features —very muscular, active
and lively. His countenance as well as con
versation is very intelligent. There is a no
ble sincerity and frankness depicted in his
countenance and manner. His dtess is a
frock coat ami pantaloons ofhlack cloth, with
a cloth cap and genteel calf skin boots. Ho
seems to be perfelcly at home und quite hap
py. He is related lobe very brave and of re
markable fortitude-—as instances—it is rela.
led that while Santa Anna and the other
Mexican officers at San Jacinto made their
escape from the battlefield—be continued
rallying to the last 30 or 40 of his men; and
when he saw that hope had lied lie folded
his arms and received the deliberate but er
ring shots of his enemies till Gen. Houston
rescued him. Again, report says that when
shackles were applied to him and Santa Anna,
soon after their capture, that the latter com
plained and asked them to shoot hint, while
former smilingly said, “ that philosophers were
sometimes obliged to submit to such things !”
Yours, iu haste.
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
In tiik Senate. —Expunging Resulu
lion*.—lt is impossible for us to give any
thing like a synopsis of what was done yes
terday on tho expunging process. The de
bate was so animated in its character, and so
absorbing in its interest, that it required a
much more prretiged hand, and more disci
plined toolings than we possess, to have
sketched even its outlines. The haiifi forgo' its
office, vvhilethe eye and the ear were engross
ed with theirs. Nor are we ambitious ofthe
honor of chrouicleing this funeral of the con
stitulion—this las! and lowest act of degrad.
c , ntion. Tim lime must, come when toe actor.
. ; in tins—shall we call it farce or tragedy I—
t- snail receive from an honest and intelligent
i<f people ilia’ measure of recompense which the
art and the molice deserve at their hand.-,
s, Tne present may bestow rewards proportioned
rb to tbe dements of prostitution ; L .t the future
s, will apportion its recompense by a far more
ie honorable and equilah e standard. Men, in
toxicated with power, emulous of the honor.
is and hopeful of the rewards of excessive scr
iu vility, urged on by the ignoble ambition ol
a. being foremost in the wont of abasement,
ai miy tram) le the constitnt on of the country
i. under fool; plant an indelible slam on the na
tional character—and stamp the records ot a
id mighty people with the foul blot of ;al«ehood
and perjury ; but tho end is not yet —a day ol
I; reckoning will come, and when tho rancor ol
a parly contests has passed away, and the tur
bulence of popular feeling subsided, the names
t, of these men will stand out before the eyes
. of tho whole world as synonymous with infa
my—scorned, detested, and accursed, by cve
. ry nob.e, virtuous, ami patriotic spirit,
s We have said we could notg vc an outline
a ofthe speeches delivered. Notes were taken
by others and the whole debate will, of course
bo published Wo must content ourselves
8 with naming the speakers and tho order in
11 winch they addressed the Somite.
Air. Dana, expunge, had tho floor, and con
-11 eluded the remarks lie commenced on Thurs
( d iy. He was followed by Mr, Preston,
J whoso torturing eloquence drew om Mr.
Rives in reply. Ho started from his seat in
1 the utmost conceivable wrath. His whole
Inline quivered with anger, wh ch seemed to
■ struggle in vain lor a vent. In Hie tempest
' of Ins feelings his prudence forsook linn on
• tiroly, ami with a face ns pale as that of a
■ corpse, mid a tongue faltering out wild inco
-3 licrcnt clamors, ho poured fourth what Ins
' antagonist called "a rabble of ideas,” iu adrni
’ ruble confusion. It had been belter for Ins
r feelings and Ins fame hud ho remained silent.
■ The reply of his well poised and collected
■ adversary, lie, at least, will never forget,
though his years should embrace the remnant
ofthe time that is to come.
When Mr. Preston again took his seal,
Mr. Rives attempted a second time to disen
gaged himself from the shirt ol’Nessus which
enveloped him, but the effort was more fee
fa o then the first, and lie sat down with a
countenance which pictured the deep agony
within. Mr. Niles then came to his rescue—
talked for a half hour; but wo heard not a
1 sentence he uttered. The whole audience,
filled with the deepest emotions, seemed total
ly disinclined to listen to balderdash. Mr.
Moore then made a few just and pertinent
remarks in explanation of the vote lie should
give; Judge Southard full wed, ami after ex
pressing liis wish to speak upon the subject,
moved an adjonrmmnent, as the hour was
late. The party refused to accord this privi
lege to him. Mr.. Moore again renewed the
motion. It was again lost. Mr. Calhoun
then arose and spoke about ton minifies, in a
strain of solemn and indignant eloquence.
Ho seemed to be overcome by his own emo
tions, ami sal down, us it. appeared to ns ut a
distance, unable to givo full utterance to the
strong feelings which the occasion excited.
Mr. Clay then rose and said, that lie had in
tended to nildresss the Senate in defence of
Ihe original resolution sought to bo expung
ed ; but from what hud passed he supposed
that the privilege would he denied unless ho
spoke at that late hour. Mr. Moore again
rose to more an adjoiirmm n!. Mr. Cay said
he should not maw ask the favor. Mr. Moore
then urged him to give way to the motion,
which he finally consented to ; ami tho motion
was carried by a majority of two. So that
hu has the floor to-day.
With this brief, outline, tho reader must bo
content for tho present. Tho debate wan one
ol’grealer interest than wo have ever witness
ed and we shall takejtho oarlist opportunity of
laying i' before the public.
In the House. — Little of general interest
was done, except, the reference of the bill for
the reduction of the revenue to the Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union and
making it the order of tho day for Thursday
next.
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA:
Wiiilltiiiltliy livening, Jail. 18, 1537.
SALES OF AUGUSTA BANK STOCK.
Tins day at eleven o’clock, tho privilege of
subscribing for 3000 shares of the increased cap
ital ofthe Augusta Bank was sold at auction by
Messrs. W. E. & J. U. Jackson, Auctioneers, in
front of the Bunking House. Tho following is
tho result of tho sale:
375 Shares at $24,00
543 24,50
1383 25,00
600 85,85
10 85,50
Tho Athens Whig of Saturday last says, a
largo fine looking mounted company of Volun
teers, from Franklin county, passed through that
place on Saturday last, on their way to Florida.
THE NOTORIOUS BISHOP.
The following article from the Miner’s Recor
der of Saturday last, we commend to the earnest
und attentive perusal of every citizen of Georgia.
The editor of the Recorder does himself great
credit by the manly and independent manner in
which he exposes the villany of a man who has
been sustained by Ids parly in a manner and to
an extent truly unparalleled. Bishop, with all
his multitudinous sins upon his head, has been
appointed by Governor Schley, one ol his Aids
de-eamp, placing him thereby on a footing with
respectable men, and indeed endorsing his char
acter as such. His various misdeeds have been
openly sustained by the Standard of Union, and
winked at by the Federal Union and other press
es of that party in the State. Under these cir
cumstances, Mr. Gathright of tho Miner’s Recor
der places himself in an enviable altitude before
tho publb, by casting off the shackles of parly and
denouncing the conduct of a man who ought to
be looked upon as a disgrace to any party which
sustains him.
From the Miner’s Recorder.
MURRAY COUNTY AGAIN.
It is a matter of painful regret with us, at all
times, to be called upon by a sense of duty we
owe ourselves as faithful journalists, to expose
the lawless and outrageous conduct of any one,
however obscure that individual may be. But,
upon the present occasion, we should consider
ourself highly culpable, were we to withhold
from a scrutinizing public, tho information wo
have recently received upon the highest authori
ty, in relation to tho civil condition of that fil
iated county.
It has been reported to us, the truth of which
we have not the least doubt, that tho redoubtable
Col. William N. Bishop, on tbe day previous to
the recent election collected his “ friends ” at
Spring Place, and armed each man with a mus
ket, for die sole purpose of conducting the pen
ding election in his own way. —On Sunday
evening some fifteen or twenty country people,
unarmed and unprotected, known however, to be
opposod to the Bishop party, came into town, in
tending to remain until the election was over.
But before they had procured a shelter for the
night, the Col. at the head of his company
charged upon them, and informed them that they
could not, nor should not remain there, and at
the same moment ordered his men to fire upon
them, which was no sooner said than done
wounding four of them, one it is said, mortally'
The Col. ami his right bund man that pink oj-
•S party and truth, George W. Waca-er, nett at
- lacked two gentlemen tiding in a carriage, and
it with the bulls of tlieir muskets in a most shock
i, ing manner, bruised and inangk-d their beads and
bodies. On the day of the election, several tra
,l vcllers weie peremptotily refused, and actually
c prohibited from voting at that place, for no other
~ reason as it is supposed, other than, that the
name of Col. Alford was on their tickets.—
When the election was over the returns Irom
the sevcial precincts of the county, were exclud
<• ed from the Spring Place election, and that one,
’ made out and certified to the Executive Depart
’ menl alone, by which it, of course, appeared that
y the ‘friends’ of Bishop were elected Justices of
l * the Inferior Court. This was the great object to
“ he attained by him, cost what it might. TheJulli
, clary so far as Murray Co. is concerned as eve y
", body know whriknow* anything of the situation of
•I allaiis in that county, is a perfect dead letter. The
'■ law makes it the duly of the Justices of the Infe
• rior Court, the Sherili'and Clerk of the Superior
» Court, to revise, the Jury box and draw a Jury.
- | The county of Murray has been in existence for
- three years and upwards, but from the fact that
Dishop has heretofore exercised an entire control
e over the Inferior Court, a jury has never been
1 drawn for that county, consequently the Superior
b Court there has never transacted any of its husi
-3 ness except that of calling the appearance Docket,
i and disposing cf Barr motions. There are, as
wcaro informed, fifteen or twenty debt cases re
. tamable to that Court against Dishop, and as
. many indictments for high offence* against the
laws of the State. And hence it is, if ho can a
gain elect a Court subseivieiilto his will, a Jury
' will not he drawn for the next lour years, or if
, drawn, it will he a packed one.
' \Vo also understand that the opponents of Bish
op, for several days after the election, were en
gaged in colluding a force, aimes &c. for the pur
pose of reducing that lawless bully to submission.
1 How the affair has, or will terminate wo are una
' hie to conjecture, hut trust, for the honor and rep
-1 ulatinn of our Stale, such a state of things will no
longer bo suffered to exist.
i
On to-morrow, wo propose continuing briefly
our remarks, upon the subject of the rccenttrans
-1 fur of a portion of the Stock of the Insurance
Bank of Columbus, to Nicholas Biddle and oth
ers. In the meantime, we recommend to our rea
ders, the following remarks on that subject from
the Southern Whig.
INSURANCE BANK AT COLUMBUS.
This institution has by a recent transfer of
the stock, become the property of the Stockhold
ers of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania j
and will in future be conducted in Columbus,
1 and in Augusta, Savannah, and Macon, where
Brunches will he located, as an agency for the
sale of checks and dealing in exchange generally
: for that Bank.
I In noticing this transaction the Editors of the
• Milledgvillo Recorder and Federal Union have
expressed their decided disapprobation—the ob
t jeetions of the Recorder seem to be founded cx
. clusively on the trespass which it makes upon
■ State Rights. Tenacious as we are of the rights
i and sovreignty of the Slates, we are unable to
i perceive any infraction of either, by the sale of
Stock of a Bank, exclusively and emphatically
the property of individuals.
The Federal Union, however, has afforded its
, readers a truly “ raw head and bloody bones”
story of the consequences which will follow—and
proposed remedies to relievo us, quite as novel
as they arc startling and disorganizing.
From the lone and spirit of the article, wc
' should he disposed to think it catenated from an
owner of Bank Stock ill Georgia, whose fears for
his individual profits were greatly excited; and
consequently bad tortured a prolific imagination,
1 to array before his readers in vivid colours such
1 evil forebodings for the future opera'ions of this
institution. Be this us it may, he has disingenu
ously attempted to excite an unjust prejudice
against this Bank; and is guilty either willlully
or ignorantly of designig to mislead the common
people—and in the successful termination of his
r plans, to subject the people to greater frauds than
can possibly exist under its prudent manago
f menu
From the reflections wc have been able to give
t the subject; wc cannot hut view it as one of the
r most fortunate occurrences in the Banking opera
, lions of Georgia, which could have happened.—
| The Slate has already incorporated double as
much Banking capital as is necessary to the
transaction of her ordinary commercial opera
tions. And without some institution which will
keep the local Banks in check, it requires hut lit
tle forecast to discover the ruinous frauds which
would ho practised in over issues.
Another important and at this time very desir
able consideration is; that it will regulate & equal
ize the rates of exchange between the North and
the Smith—This is a subject in which every man
in the community is interested, in proportion to
the amount of merchandize which he consumes—
. consequently, it is an object of high import with
the consumer of goods, that the rates of exchange
should bo low : because in proportion to the rate
of exchanges which is paid by the merchant, in
an exchange of commodities, in the same ratio is
the consumer taxed. To the merchant it is capi
tal invested, and is as justly included in the cost
of goods by him, as though charged in the origin
al bills. Exchange on the South is now 2 to 3
per cent discount, and in some instances has
ranged ns high as sto 6—a slate of things which
has been produced exclusively hy the want of a
credit abroad ; which is not enjoyed hy our local
Banks. That the United States Bank hy this as
sociation, will keep in chock and prevent exces
sive issues hy the local banks, as well as to equnl
■ ize, reduce, and regulate the rales ofexcangc, arc
positions which no man who values his character
for veracity will deny. Hence its connexion with
that Bank is a matter of paramount importance;
• mid should he devoutly wished for by every man
who desires either a sound currency or to he pro
tected from the too frequent frauds of local Banks.
Southern Whiff.
An Excei.leint Order —The following
i instructions from the Treausry department,
, were received yesterday by the collector of
this port. The Secretary could scarcely have
framed an order of more interest or utility at
the present season, and it were much to be
wished that it had been made before. The
service will be arduous and trying, but we
know enough of the officers and crews of the
deters to predict with all confidence, that
they will perform it cheerfully, zealously and
efficiently.
Treasury Depvksment Jan. 9th, 1837.
Sir—ln the present inclement season, it is
thought proper to combine with the ordinary
duties of the cutters, that of assisting vessels
found on the coast in distress, und of admin
istering to the wants of their crews. For this
purpose, I have to request that you will direct
the commanding officers of the revenue cut
ters Alert and Rush to prepare fur an imme
diate cruise. To enable them to fulfil the duties
expected of them you will cause them to be
furnished, without delay, with such quantities
of provisions, water, wood, and all necessary
supplies as can be conveniently stowed in the
vessels, and direct to them to cruise outside of
Sandy Hook.
Keeping as close to the main land as may
be consistent with the safety of the vessels,
you will direct them not to return to port un
less forced to do so from stress of wheuther
or want ofsupplies. You will instruct them
to speak all vessels approaching the coast
which they may fall in with and to afford to
those which may require aid or relief, such as
sistance as may be adapted to their condition
& necessities, and ns it may be in their power
to render. You will observe that all supplies
furnished by this authority are duly accounted
for, and direct the commander of the cutters to
charge such as they may deliver to vessels
requiring them at coast value, taking the
bills of the masters for the amount upon the
owners or consignees. These bills will be
placed in your hands for collection, and, when
paid, introduced into your accounts, as a de
duction from the currentdisbursements for the
support of the cutlers. 1 will thank you to has
ten the departure of the cutters on this ser
vice, and to advise mo of ths time oft heir
sailing. Should circumstances oblige them to
- jolrrn within a less period than a fortnight
I : you will promptly pes.tatch them on a second
- 1 cruise with similar objects, and will take care
1 i that they are kept employed on this duty as
- constantly as the safety of the cutters will
< ' permit.
r I am, very respectfully,
3 j • Your most obedient,
(Signed) LEVI WOODBURY.
1 j Collector of Customs, New York.
■, (£j>We arc informed that the negotiation for
’ ! sonic time pending, in reference to the invest
-1 | ment by the Georgia Insurance and Trust Com
f nany of a portion of their funds, in five thousand
3 Shares Mechanics’ Bank Slock, has been agreed
i- upon, and the sale of the Trust Company Stock,
I as advertised, will take place on Friday, at 11
•f A. M., in front of their office.— Constitu.
e
- The legislature of Alabama has chartered a
r company with a capital of $1,200,000 for the
• construction of a Rail Road from Selma to “the
r Tennessee river on the line between Alabama
• and the State of Georgia, in the direction of Ross
I Feiry.ar some point below that ferry on the
t Tennessee river.”
' BY TBI ft 1 - JKXPKfIiSS ITIAMJL.
a Office of the Mercantile Advertiser, >
• New York, Jan. 13. S
s The Relief boat, Thomas H. Smith, boar-led
“ and supplied the ship Anson, from Charleston,
' out 25 days, and in distress for provisions and
water, witli most of her crew frost bitten.
Loss of the Wasp.—-The schr. Wasp, Capt.
' Knapp, left Hampton Roads on Sunday, the Ist
’ inst. for New York. On Monday night encoun
' tcred aN.N. E. gale, which caused the vessel to
‘ leak to that degree, that the crew and five passen
gers had hard work at the pumps to keep her from
sinking. On Tuesday she was brought to an
’ chor under Smith’s Island in three fathoms, com
pletely covered with ice. About midnight she
, parted her cable and struck—got off, and after
proceeding about four miles, again went ashore ;
’ the men being unable to work her from the severi
i ly of the weather and having been frost bitten.—
. Veiy little of her cargo is expected to be saved.
It consisted of flour, tobacco, and dry goods. The
vessel was insured.
The schr. George, Winn, from Boston, for
Paris, went ashore at Wellflcet 6th inst. bilged,
• cargo landed, more or less damaged, and was to
he sold at auction on Tuesday.
From the Philadelphia Exchange Books of Yes
terday Afternoon.
NEW SHIP ROBERT FULTON HAS BEEN
ASHORE.—SHIP PACIFIC OF NEW
YORK LOST :
Key West, December 25, 1836.
Wm. Craig, Esq.: Sir—“On the 23 Decem
ber the new ship Robert Fulton, Capt. Evan
Dubs, from Philadelphia for New Orleans, arriv
ed here in charge of the wreckers—she has been
ashore and was got off by them. His case I have
submitted to ahitration, (our judge being absent)
and it was awarded that $7608 be paid as salvage,
which has been done through Charles C. Wal
din, Esq., special agent of the New York Insu
rance Companies, We had taken a bottomry on
the ship, with 15 per cent, maiiae interest. We
have employed divers to examine hot bottom, and
they report that her bottom is very little if any
injured—it will not bo necessary to heave her out
at New Orleans. She proceeded for her port of
destination.
[We learn that the Robert Fulton was insured
in this city for $45,000 —she had very little cargo.]
Capt Fisk, of the ship Pacific, of and from N.
York,for Mobile, arrived here 23d Dec. in a wreck
er, with part of her cargo damaged. His ship
got ashore a short distance from Cape Florida,
and bilged immediately, but one schr. load of her
cargo saved dry—a part of her cargo must be
lost. Yours, &c.
O. O’HARA,
Agent of the Underwriters.
N. B. The brig Independence, Kelly, will sail
Dec. 26. for Havanna, to have the necessary re
pairs, which cannot be donehere.
Suit' Btrminoham.—lt affords us pleasure to
state that this ship has been got off the beach, by
tire assistance of the steamboat American Eagle;
, she has sustained no material injury. At 12
o’clock she was in tow of the steamboat on her
way up to the city.
One o’clock.—The Birmingham is safe along
side the dock, East River.
Mutiny and Murder.—The schooner Wm.
Wirt, Smith' from Boston fur Rio Janeiro, was
I met and carried into Pernambuco, (where she ar
rived Nov. 27th) hy an English brig, the crew
having mutinied and killed the mate and captain,
. and a Spanish sailor who refused to join in the
revolt. The mutineers resisted the crew of the
, brig, and one of them was shat before they
, yielded. They were left in charge of the Amer
ican Consul at Pernambuco.—JV. T. Herald.
TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS,
SECOND SESSION.
[Comspomlence of llic Baltimore American.]]
IN SENATE.
Friday, Jan. 13.
Mr. Davis introduced the following resolution :
Resolved , That the President of the United
States be requested to send to the Senate, if not
incompatible with the public interest, any com
munication received by, or correspondence had
between the Executive of the United States and
• General Santa Anna, or any other person claim
ing to act in behalf of Mexico, respecting the in
; dependence or (uture disposition and civil condi
tion of Texas, if any such communications have
been made or any such cotrespondence has been
, had. Also such communications, if any, as have
been made from any other foreign government or
governments touching the same subjects.
Expunging Resolution.
The Sena'o then proceeded to the unfinished
' business of yesterday, being the expunging reso
, lution, when,
Mr. Dana finished the remarks which he had
commenced yesterday. He eulogized the Presi
dent, tracing him from the time when he was
friendless and a foreigner, to the time when he
was called to sway tljc destinies of his country ;
and opposed the retention on the records of any
thing which could show that he was condemned
by the Senate. It would be an act of ingratitude,
of which he would not be guilty.
Mr. Preston then spoke with great vigor and
enthusiasm, in reply to all which had been said
in favor ofexpnnging—maintained that the digni
ty of the Senate would be destroyed by this doing
of a deed, which might be a precedent for doing
deeds hereafter, which would be of a more fear
ful portent. In the course of his remarks, he al
luded to the demised glory and departed pride of
Virginia, which called up
Mr. Rives, who defended Virginia against thp
imputation. He spoke in great agitation and
with much feeling.
Mr. Preston said he knew not what to consider
as the cause of this tempest. It must be some
thing in his own bosom.
At this point this packet was closed.
WALL STREET,
Saturday, Jan. 14.
The vibrations of the money market since the
beginning ol tire year, have been remarkable. In
the following list we have affixed the rates of cer
tain leading stocks, on the last day of 1836, and yes
terday t
Dec. 31. Jan. 13. rise. full.
IT. S.Bank. 119 115 4
Delaware & Hudson, 864 to 90 87 to 90
Slate Bank, 1064 109 21
Morris, 96 984 24
Ohio Trust, 112 1144 24
Harlem, 624 87 244
Utica, 118 125 7
Mohawk, 78 88 10
Formers Loan, 104 106 2
In this table, it will be discovered, however, that
the United Slates Bank has not fallen at all, although
the naked figures indicate such a fact. In the quo
tation of December, it must be understood to be
with the dividend on. That dividend was 4 per
cent—of courje, the price of the United States Bank
has noi varied. The other stocks shown slight in
clination to rise. But the extraordinary rise in the
Harlem ot 244 per cent inn fortnight, causes reflec
tion and surmise. What is the reason ? There is
an application to be made fjtan increase of capital
L | stork at this session of the legislature. Harlem is
11 now in the ham sos a few large holders. Os course
! thev must raise i«s price lo par, before I hey can go
5 I before the Legislature. What is to be done ? i hey
1 go to work, bay and sell among themselves a lew
1 shares, and thus in a regular steam process, they
Will, in a abort time, raise the stock to par apply
lor an increase of capital—make a great fuss in the
j ewspapers—the stock will go up—they w ill sell
out, and another tremendous cornering operation be
exemplified in Harlem as we had in 1835—6.
'f'lie state, condition, and fluctuations of the stocK
market are supposed to indicate the situation ol the
r money market. It is not always so. '1 here are
very many influences besides stocks, on the mo- i
ney and exchange operations. Vet so lar as these
■ indications are available they are favorable to the
I return of health and activity. The only dim-
I culty is the tendency before the Legislature
and Congress, of the various propositions which
’ have more or less a great effect on all future o
perations of commerce. The tariff and the land
system are the principal measures in Washington—
the repeal of lhe Restraining and Usury laws in
1 Albany. The land system has been the principal
: element in ihe lecent disturbances in the money
s market. The Specie Circular which they talk so
i much about, ought to have been issued eighteen
’ months ago It is to the great and overflowing sales
of public lands over the whole country, that tho de
! rangements of payments have been owing. A re
duction of the revenue will not he sufficiently afi’ec
t ted by a reduction of the import duties. There
must he a radical modification of ihe land system,
1 so as to prevent all speculative salts of the public
domain hereafter.
Again it is inquired, what prospect is there that
the tariff will bo diminished ! We should say the
i prospect is good if the administration be sincere.
| The south must go per fas aid nefas. United with
[ the administration Ihe measure could easily be carried
The weather is now very delightful for the sea
son, and the spring Dry Goods business is beginning
already to set in with a tolerable fair current. The
• recent arrivals have brought lo us large supplies of
t foreign goods, and our jobbers are beginning to pre
. parefor the approaching season. Wo have had se
, veral applications for Extras to be sent over the
.South and West, in order to invite the country mer
chants to this great mart. We do not expect such a
1 quantity of business this year as last —but what is
■ done will be better done and more certain in its re
- suits
3 It is said that all the brandy in ibe city is mono
r polized by one French bouse, and that its price will
. be increased. Flour in JSaltimore is $lO to $lO 25
’ —foreign grain $2 05 to $2 10. Exchange on En
" gland 108 i to 100. This was on the 12th in»t.
There is a great deal of indignation felt at Mo
. bile, against the exaggerated statements of failure
> published the Commercial Advertiser, and other
foolish prints of this city. They have a right to
bo quite angry—hut who believed the stories ?
A projer t has been broached in the Legislature,
r lo make ill the country banka redeem their paper ai
> pur in New York. This system has been long in
j operation in Boston, and has been highly useful.
The effect of such a law would be to maintain a per
manem deposit of country iunds in the city of two
or three, millions of capital—a pretty fair ilera for
some of the batiks to have in Wall street. Does the
r project orgiuale with Mr. Del,(field Mr. Gallatin ?
1 Prices of Stocks atthe V. York Exchange, Jan. 13.
r U.S.Bank, 1161.
Prices ol Stocks at Philado phia, Jan. 12.—U. S.
Bank, 115, 15L
; COMMERCIAL.
1 [From the Neiv Turk Price Current of Jan. 14. J
5 Coffee —An unusual degree of heaviness continues lo
( prevail for every description, and our quotations, al
though continued as before, cannot be viewed as furnish
» ing a correct criterion of the market: the sales have in
■ eluded 4 a 500 bags Brazil at 11 a 11 1-2; 300 Green Ja
, ya» 13 ; 150 Lnguira, 121-4 a 121-2; some old Java at 15;
and Cuba at the current rates. The last sale of Sumatra
1 was at 10 1-4 cents. By auction, 36 bags Laguira sold
* at 10 1-4 cents cash.
I Cotton,— The transactions in the Cotton market have
continued to a fair extent, and prices, though generally
without variation, have occasionally on the medium qual
[ ities receded a trifle from the former currency. The
,• sales during the last three days have included about 300
[ hales Upland at 15 al7 1-4 ; 200 New Orleans, 15 1-2 a
18 1-2; 200 Mobile, 16 a 18 1-2 ; and JOo Florida at 13 1-4
a 17 1-2 cents, forming a total for the week of about 1400
bales.
The arrivals have been —from
Mobile, - 699
Georgia, - - - - 911
South Carolina, - - - 3.15
North Carolina, - - - - 217
Total - - - 2162 bales
Total import,since Ist hist, - - 216.'bales
Export,from Ist to 12th hist. - - 3971 bales
Export from the U. S. since Ist Oct. last, 231,333
Same time last year, - - - 221,438
Same time year before, ... 222,833
Sugars.— There are no supplies of consequence coming
I into market, and the sto»k of ali descriptions is now re
duced so low as not to admit of any operations of imort
tnnce. Os Brown Havanas the market is entirely bare,
and on Whites, which are also beeoming scarce, an ad
vance of one half a cent has keen realized. The sales
include 100 boxts of that description at Hall 1-2 cents ;
> 4oasohhds. Porto Rico at 7 1-2; and 30 Guadeloupe,
from Havre, at 8 cents. By auction, 30 hhds. inferior
Porto Hieosold at 15 3-4 ; and 136 hhis. do. 5 3-4 a 5 7-8
i cents per lb. 4 mos.
“ Freights— To Llv r 00l are brisk, and t e. transle l
vessels have »i. been filled. The at o'Cot™ is now
adv nc d lo 34d a 7 Bd. To Havre the current ales
a; c 1 1-4 a 1 2 ccn s per lb. for rollon.
•• Exchange—'There have be jn considerable trar sac
lions for the n xt packets, as follows: on En land,
princ pally l 9 1-4 ?* 9 1-2 per cent, cash: France,
fj/25; Holland,4o a4O 1-8; and Hamburgh, 333 4cis:
no bing done, on Bremen. Lxpon ol Specb this v\ee«,
[ 820,428.
; ~ MAKLME.
> New York, Jan. 12.
! CLEARED— Daaish brig Alvina Gluckstast, for
1 Charleston, Hcnseher & Unkhart.
r Brig Panhope, Carpenter, St. Josephs, Fla.
Brig Lawrence, Hull, Charleston.
ARRIVED— Ship Alabama, Lane, Mobile.
Brig Georgia, Sherwood, 12 days from Savannah.
Ship Newark,Dunham, 14 days from Savannah.
BELOW— Jan. 13.—Ship Anson, St. Clair,
13 days from Charleston.
SAILED— Swedish brig Axel, Clmrbs'on
Considerable ice in the Noith and East rivers.
Holmes’ Hole, Jan. s—Arrived, barque King
Philip, Charleston, for Boston.
1 ItlAimiEU.
t On Wednesday evening tho 14th December, by
the Rev. Mr. George, Mr. H. S. Glover, to Miss
j Rebecca, daughter of Col. F. Jordan, all of Monti-
I cello, Ga.
" “ GEORGIA STATE
LOTTERY.
For the hAiefit of the
i AUGUSTA INDEPENDENT FIRE COMPANY
3 CLASS NO. 3.—FOR 1837.
r To he determined by the Drawing of the
Virginia State Lottery, Class N 0.3, for
1837, to be drawn at Alexandria,
. la. on Saturday,Jan. 21, 1837.
1 D. S. Gregory & Co. (successors to Yates & Mc-
Intyre,) Managers.
HIGHEST PRIZE,
I 30,000 DOLLS.
s grand Ntuicyi i:.
, 1 Prize of $30,000 is $30,000
; 1 “ 10,000 is 10,000
’ 1 “ 6,000 is 6,000
1 “ 3,140 is 314,0
11 “ 3,000 is 3,000
, 1 “ 2,500 is 2,500
1 “ 2,000 is 2,000
I 60 “ 1000 is 50,000
I 20 “ 500 is 10,000
20 “ 300 is 6,000
123 “ 200 is 24,600
! 126 “ 100 is 12,600
126 “ 60 is 7,560
126 “ 50 is 6,300
126 “ 40 is 5,040
r 3653 “ 20 is 73,080
23436 “ 10 is 234,360
1 27,814 Prizes, amounting to $486,180
1 85" Tickets slo—Shares in proportion.
85" All orders for Tickets in tho above Lottery
. will meet prompt attention, if addressed to
A. READ,
Contractor and State Agent, Augusta, Geo.
Jan 18
OFFICIAL DRAWING
OF THE
(ik'orgia State Lottery.
For the benefit of the Augusta Indep't Fire Gomp’y.
class no. 2, for 1837.
Ist 2d 3d 4th sth 6th 7th Bth 9th 10th 11th 12th
31 12 70 65 55 2 9 58 38 42 15 T
1 HEREBY CERTIFY that the above numbers
as they stand are correct, as taken from the Man
ager’s certificate of the drawing of the Virginia
Slate Lottery for Norfolk, Class No. 1, for 1837,
drawn at Alexandria, Virginia, January 7th. And
which determines the fate of all the Tickets in the
above Lottery. A. READ, Agent.
Ticket 3 38 3S
is a Prize ol SIOOO. The holder of said Ticket is I
invited lo call and receive the Cash.
Jan 18 14 i
ATTENTION.AUGUSTA GUARDS ! 1
Ir|IHEREl r |IHERE will bea Regular Meet- 1
X ing of the Company at Lam- - 1
back’s Long Room, on Friday Eve- |
ShN_3^v*'®i/ , ii'ng next, at 7 o’clock, at which
the quarterly dues will be expected J
e paid in .
A general attendance is particularly requested. 1
L. BOSTWICK, Secr’y, «
Jan 18 14 td 1
p u b li cTa l e s .
2000 Mmrcs of Georgia Kail SlouJ 4,
Uuuking Company Mock,
AT AUCTION.
BY W. E. A J. V, JACKSON.
The privilege of subscribing for Two Thousand
.Shares of the above stock will be sold to-inorrow
morning, before the door of tile Banking House n,
Augusta, at 11 o’clock.
Terras.—The premium nnd Fifteen Dollars p Pr
share will be required in cash : the hal nice SSO per
share—at 2 and 4 months for approved paper, with
interest from date. [Jan 18 it j
A t AML to the Richmond Hotel, on Ihe night of
' tho 4th inst. a small, chesnut sorrel Horse, 9
or 10 years old, both hind feet white, a star in the
fur head, some signs of harness on his shoulders and
sides, had or, his neck when he came a rope or halter.
The owner is requested to call, pay all expenees and
take him away. E. W. COLLIER.
Jm 18 14
EWARE OF A SWINDLER!—I take Uif
method of cautioning the public against tho
impositions of a knave by the ■ ame of Thomas
Sidebottom, who under pretext of borrowing, re
cently decamped, taking with him a small amount of
money not belonging to him. Said Sidebottom says
113 is a native of Virginia. He has been rec ntly
employed is a stage driver on the Florida line, and
is about 5 feet 4 or sincl.es high, sandy complexion,
and is very talkative and jovial in his manners.—
Various suspicions rest upon him, but I am not
sufficiently certain ol his guilt lo publish them.
Jan 18 14 w2t] A. W. RHODES.
85” The Charleston Mercury', New OrDnns Bee,
and Mobile Chronicle, will please give the above 2
insertions and forward their accounts to this office L
RICHMOND BLUES! Atte.nion! *
, A PPEAR on your parade
yfo X*. ground, in front of tho
Methodist Church, on Satur
‘l«y. the 21st instant, at 21 1
o’clock P. M. precisely, pre
-11 J—' * pared to fire lor the prize.
By order of Capt. Robertson
JOHN W. STOY, Ist Sorg’t.
Jan 13 14 td
IOST OK MIoLAID—A Draft drawn by C.
A Scott, in favor of Z. P. Scott for SSOO, on G.
T. Scott, payable at 4 months, due about the 15th or
20lb January, inst. All persons are forewarned Irom
trading for it, or the maker f did paying it to any one
but the subscriber. T. L WALTON
Jan 18 14 It
NOTICE. —Robert Clarke,
SeSr Esq. is authorized lo collect all dues and
demands for Water privileges.
Jnn 18 14 4t] SAMUEL HALE.
N' OTIGE. —All persons indebted to tbeesialeof
Joshna Stanford, late of Columbia county, dec.
are requested lo come forward nnd make immediate
payment; and those having demands against the
same,are hereby notified to present them properly
authenticated, within the lime prescribed bylaw.
GUILFORD ALFORD. Adtn'r
with the will annexed.
Jan 18 X 44 6t
[\jOTlCE.—Tho Stockholders, of the Georgia
111 Rail Road and Banking Company are request
ed to meet at the Chief Engineer's office on Mcln
tosh-street, This Evening at 7 o’clock, to consider
matters of importance, which will be laid before tho
meeting [Jan. 18
S' TATE JIANK SI’UGK—A. lew shares State
Bank Stock wanted—apply at this office.
Jnn 18 14 2t*
HECKS ON NEW VORK—For sale by
Jan.s 31 MOISE & COHEN
JUST ARRIVED, a splendid assortment ofltalian
Alabasters and Marble Ornaments. We would
call the attention of the citizens of Augusta to a rare
assortment of Alai asters and Marble Ornaments,
brought from Florence, and made expressly for this
market. We have visited this country from motives
similar to those which induce Americans lo visit Ita
ly. We are also told that the Americans are a rapid
ly growing nation not only in wealth and enterprize >
but also that they cultivate a refinement of taste; con- ’
scquently we hove brought here, the greatest variety
of the finest specimens of art, ever yet introduced in
this city. Consisting of
Alabasters, Agalo, and Marble Vases, Watch Ca
ses, Ornamental Baskets, Marble and Alabaster Can
dle Sticks, Dogs Pilchers, Coloured Toys, end some
splendid Marble centre Table Tops, &c. &e.
The above are now exhibited and for sale at tho
auction rooms of Sandiford & Collins, Jlndies and
gentlemen are invited to calland examine for them
selves.
Jan 17 ts 13
NOTICE. —Colored persons found at large in tho
City after nine o’clock at night, and before day
light next morning, without passes staling distinctly
the place or places to which such colored person is
permitted lo pass, will be confined as the Ordinances
ol tho City direct. FOSTER BLODGET,
Jan 17 13 tf] City Marshal.
LOST, yesterday, in this city, a large Musical
Box—A reward of Five Dollars will be paid
lor its delivery at the office of the Chronicle & Sen
tinel. Jan 17 13 2t* ,
Jj'RESH PRUNES—oU boxes superior fresh
. Prunes, just received nnd for sale low by
SANDERFORD & COLLINS,
Opposite the Planters Hotel.
Jnn 17 2t 13
COLLINS oiler for sale low
IO to close a consignment,
lUO boxes fresh Raisins,
20 qr. casks ijl. M. Wine,
150 boxes half Spanish Segal's,
30 eases Men’s Fur and Silk Hats,
20 bhls Onions,
5 bbls Apples.
/ bo, a quantity of Staple and F’uncy Dry Goofs
’ Such as Blankets, Negro Cloths, Satinets, Broad
Cloths, Calicoes, Brown and Bleached Sheetings
and Shirtings, Irish Linens, 1 lannels, Silks, &c. &<;.
Jan 17 2t 13
A jiirsl rale Pennmun and Ac
thuESf eountant is desirous of employment, for a
short time in this city. Apply at this office.
Jaal7 ts 13
l\T 44TIUF..—Ten Thousand Dollars will be bet, if
it challenged, on Davy Crockett, next Saturday,
21st January. Apply at this otfico.
Jan 16 12 td
Ml I MI E English Stallion Hehgford
X —This very fine and superior
bred Race Horse will stand his next
season at Mr. WHfinm R. Smith’s, in
Lattrensldistrict, S. C. near the Island'
Foard, 011 Saluda, nt Fifty Dollars the season. Par- *
licularsin largo bills in due time.
Augusta, Jan. 16, 1837 12 3t
|%j 01’ICE.—1 otter lor sale or let the celebrated
i* well bred Stallion Heritooa. This horse is
so well known I deem it unnecessary to give tho
catalogue of his pedigree; let it suffice to say, that
in the State of Virginia, where the blood of this
stock is W( 11 known, they stand unrivalled, and in
the vicinity of this place, where he has stood lor se
veral years, there can be a lot of liotscs and colls
shown, for the saddle nnd harness, that will equal
or surpass any in the Slate. Many of his colts have
been sold from $309 to SSOO, nnd in some instances
the latter price has been refused—they being of a
1 stout, muscular size, and superior durable saddle
horses.
Heritoga is a beautiful sorrel, rather over 16 hands
High, compactly built, and in short, elegantly form
ed in every respect. If he is not disposed of by the
commencement of the Races in this place, he will
be offered on the turf lor sale, or to let out, as Au
gusta is not a suitable place to raise colts. A bar
gain may be expected.
HENRY MEALING.
Jan 16 12 3tsw
CITY LOTS.—Wednesday Ist February next,
the sale of City Lots will be continued ; to say,
100 (more or less,) acre and half acre Lots will, by
order ofCity Council be sold at Auction, on the ’
premises. The location of tho most ol the- e Lots '* %
comprise situations on commanding eminences, 'lor
private dwellings, not surpassed by any in the Stale.
The well ascertained fact ol health nnd pure water
are considerations sufficiently conducive to attract
those who wish for a permanent location, together
with the proximity lo the city for trade and business,
and the Rail Roads East and West which will very
soon be in successful operation, are considerations
not to be lost sight of, us well os that these lots nro
probably the last which will be offered for sale by
the city. ,
Terms of sale, one half cash—one fourth 6 months
—one fourth twelvemonths.
LIPPITT & HIGGINS, Auctioneers.
Macon, Jan 16 12 2t
SO” The Recorder and Federal Union, Milledge
vtlle; Chronicle and Constitutionalist, Augusta ;
Georgian and Republican, Savannah; Whig, Athens;
Times, Columbia, S. C., and Courier, Charleston, S.
C , will insert the above twice,, and forward their
accounts —Macon Messenger.
U M. HOWEY, Professor of Penmanship, will
remain in Augusta a short time, to give lessons
in this useful art. He respectfully invites the atten
tion of all persons desirous of writing an elegant
It -nd. Five or six lessons on his admirable system,
arc generally sufficient lo accomplish this, though,
years may have been spent in fruitless efforts to at
tain it. Those who have tried Jorme.r systems and
failed, are assured there is no mistake in this. Their
success will be guarantied, if the requisite attention
be given. Persons wishing to take lessons are re
quested to make immediate application to Mr. H. at
his room in the Masonic Hall, where his specimens;
may be examined and terras, known. Private lessons
given, if requited.
Jan 16 12 ts