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CRIME AND CONSEQUENCE.
( Concluded )
’ I* «u fain to comply with hit request. It
fore the two hour* hxd elapsed, however,
messenger arrived with the intelligence thi
ray wife had been taken alarmingly ill. Ron
ing Robert*. 1 immediately departed and pntl
cd forward with all possible speed ; but ill
distance was considerable and the road exi
crablc, and several hours were consumed be
fore I reached home. All wa* quiet. Lea]
ing from my horse I rushed forward toward
the house | a feeing ot faintness came ovi
me, and 1 waa obliged to pause and lean i
gainst the door-post for support. Rousin
my energies I proceeded to my wife's chan
ber, and knocked gently for admittance, j
faint voice desired me to enter. I did so, an
was met by Emily'* sister, who was weepir)
bitterly. Not a word wa* spoken — she point
«d to the bed and left me. I softly approach
•d and with a trembling hand I drew asidi
the curtain.
Did she sleep } The eyes were closed, th<
free serene and almost smiling- 1 took he:
hand—it was cold and clammy to the touch.—
1 gently pressed her bosom. Was it a throl
that I Kit > No—that heart had ceaacd ti
beat, had ceased to feel. Life with all it
bitterness had fled. The enfranchised spiri
had soared toils native home. 1 gazed in si
frtnee. 1 did not weep, 1 did not groan, Then
■was a benumbing, icy thrall that bound uj
•very faculty « it was pain, it wa* agony, bu
It left, no power to express that pain.
I heard a feeble sob : Whence did it pro
ceed ? 1 had thought I waa alone. I mover
in the direction of the sound. Stretched upor
the floor, bis face buried in bis little band*,
lay my boy. I kneeled beside him i I raised
arid attained him to my breast. “ Oh, let mt
go," laid he, “ mother is gone ; I want to g(
to motlwr. She said she would ask her Got
to keep a place for me, and God is good, I
know, and he will do it. Father, lay me dowt
there with mother.”
Mr, W—— here bent bis head and wep
like a child. It is fearful to sue an old mat
weep. Hresenlly he resumed.
I left the chamber of death, and retired It
the room I had used as a study. What wai
passing in my mind I am utterly ttnconsciotu
of. Ine past, the present anil the future,
were raiagled in one common chaos. I war
lost in a reverie that seemed protracted be
yond the years of mm. Os the mass of con
ftised and unintelligible ideas that were swar
ming in my brain, one at length stood out clear
and distinct, and gathered strength us I brood
ed over it. It was « U-ile»truction. It rose
npon me, a cheering light, sheding gladness
over my dark and desperate fortunes. The
intolerable weight which bad pressed upon
my mind was at once uplifted, the pent-up ag
ony which hud racked my heart passed off,
and visions of peace, of a deep, enduring calm,
floated before me, nnmixed with a doubt or
dread of the untried future. There was a
loaded pistol lying on the tsblc ; in an instant
it wa* in my grsp, hut heaven in its mercy sav
ed me from that crime—a sudden icy pang
transfixed me.* utterly enfeebled I sank to Use
floor, my sense* fled, and I was its one who is
nnMberad with the dead, or who had never
breathed among tlse living.
When reason was again restored to me, 1
found myself stretched upon a hwl. I recog
nized the apartment in which I lays it had
been my wife’s, 1 tried to move, hut had not
the strength to do *O. I heard* step in the
room and essayed to speak j my voice was
scarce a whisper 1 the light in the chamber
was dim, but my eyes could not endure it. I
again closed them and sank into sleep.
When 1 awoke, a physician and r. mtrsa
nets standing at the bed side. I would have
spoken, but they bado me be quiet > and 1
was even as a child, and submitted. For
many weeks had disease preyed upon me, and
existence been suspended by a single thread
which would not break. Slowly 1 recovered,
my strength was restored to me, but never,
from that day to the present moment, has this
withered heart known peace.
1 hare but little more to say. From my
medical attendant 1 learned that the young
man who had baenfleccoal at the tavern,stung
by remorse, and unable to make good (be mo
ney be had lost, had swallowed a deadly
draught, His aged Cither, stripped ofhis hi
de all to pay the debt, broken-hearted, by the
villainy in which I had participated,was tlirown
with hi* helpless family upon the reluctant
bounty of society. Waft is and Roberts liad
fled, it was supposed, to the South. My son
had been taken home by 1 Iris grandfather. 1
have never seen him since 1 pressed him to
my bosom m his mother’s death chamber.
He waa and is dear to me as the hope of hea
ven to the martyr’s heart, but his eye shall
never look trpon the degraded being who gave
him life.
While listening to the recital of the physi
cian, amid pangs that gnawed my soul, 1 form
ed the resolution of quitting my country, never
again to return, and maotno foreign land, iu an
humbW occupation, with rigid economy and
ceaseless industry to build op another fortune ;
not for the luxuries it might purchase, or the
comfort* it might afford me in age, but that I
might, as far as money could avail, repair the
mischief which 1 had assisted in perpetrating
and the injustice I had been guilty of towards
my child.
I watched tire *ttn as be threw his slant rays
on the fields and the (uresis, familiar to me a*
the faoe of a friend, and when he sunk beneath
the horizon, commenced the preparation* for
nay departure. I had some money; retaining
as much as was absolutely necessary for my ex
penses, and no more, I enclosed the remainder
to my physician, with a request that ke would
after remunerating- hitnsell, pay the real to the
poor old sherilf. I also despatched a note to
my father-in-law, stating my intention to leave
the country, and imploring him, for the mo
ther’s sake, to bestow every cur* and atten
tion on her child, and call him by bet- maiden
name. This dona, in the dead of tire night
I set out on my journey, and took the direc
tion of the sea port of . Thence, under
an assumed name, I embarked for this island,
and here I have since remained, steadily pur
suing the course I have laid down for myself.
My labors have been crowned with success be
yond my hopes, and I am now the possessor of
much greater wealth than 1 inherited. When
1 was in England, a mere youth, an opportu
nity occurred of rendering an important ser
vice to an acquaintance, at that time very nee
-1 dy, but who lias since become a partner in
one of the most extensive banking houses in
London. Instead of burying my money in the
f round, as the wiseacres here have surmised,
have regularly remitted my gains to him, and
by his judicious management of them in the
British funds, they have reached their present
amount. Through him too, I have received
intelligence of my son, on whose education
no expense has been spared: He has pa
plied himself to the profession of the law,
and is considered fast rising to eminence. 1
couldlong :igo have rendered him indepen
dent oflabor.but I deemcdltbest that he should
cam his bread by the sweat ofhis brow. That
portion of man’s doom is not a curse.
And now, Ur. S , it »itnply remains
for me to acquaint yen with tire service which
1 wish you to render me. You will ascertain
ns toon as may be after your arrival in Vir
ginia, what descondants there are of .... the
former sheriff of their situation in life
and character; not that I mean to withhold
from them what is justly their due, be they
ever so vile ; for may they not, if vicious, trac*
their very crimes to my unprincipled conduct?
but that by being correctly informed of their
pursuits and habits, 1 may be enabled to judge
in what manner and to what extent, I can, best
actio their advantage. You will also seek
the acquaintance of my son, and if you can be
come his friend. Write to me and tell me
candidly what he is ; but until 1 sleep in death
do not speak to hihs of me. You will not be
condemned to a long silence, for I feel that my
day* are numbered. All necessary docu
ment* will be placed in your bonds before
y our departure hence. Von arc my executor.
lorwisll.
The portion of the surplus revenue which falls
to the city of New-York, is $631,828.78. To
the whole State, $5,332,604.
■ PROCEEDING* IN* CONGRESS.
1* SsßlTt, J*X. 18-
Th* labile having closed, *nd the question bo
If' ,ng about to b« taken, Mr. VVLBSI ER rose, anc
• * iddrcssod the Senate as follows:
Mr. President: Upon the truth and justice o
111 die original resolution of the Senate, and upor
th- me authority of the Senate to pass that resold
hr ion, I had on opportunity to expreas ray opin
-v ions at a subsequent period, when the 1 resident 1
* c “ protest was before us. Those opinion* remair
‘P* altogether unchanged.
«• Anil now, bad the Constitution aerured the
priviledge of entering a PnorssT on the journal
a “ I should say one word on the occasion ; although
11 P f what is now proposed shall he accomplished, 1
n ’ know not what would have been the value of such
A s provision, however formally or carefully it might
r,d have been inserted in the body of that instrument,
ff But, as there is no such constitutional privi.
lege, I can only effect my purpose by thu* ail
, iressing the Senate; and I rise, therefore to make
* e dial PROTEST in this manner, in Hie fare of (he
Senate, and in the face of the country, which I
‘ e cannot present in any other form.
r I speak in my own behalf, and in behalf of my
7 colleague, we both speak as Senators from the
State of Massachusetts, and, as such, we solcmn
-10 |y Protest against this whole proceeding.
~ We deny that Senators from other States have
i. any power or authority to expunge any vole or
' voles which we have given here, and which we
have recorded, agreeably to the express provision
of the Constitution.
Wo have a high personal interest, and the
Slate whose representatives we are, has also a
.j high interest itt the entire preservation of every
in part and parcel of the record of our conduct, as
K member* of the Senate.
( j This record the Constitution solemnly declares
,e shall be kept t but the resolution before the Sen
-0 ate declares that this record shall be expunged.
Whether subterfuge and evasion, and, as it ap
| pears to n», the degrading mockery of drawing
n black lines upon the journal, shall or shall not
leave our names and our votes legible, when thia
it violation of the record shall have been completed,
in still tbe terms “to eipunge” and the terms “to
keep,” when applied to a record, import ideal ex
;o aclly contradictory ; as much so as the terms "to
Is preserve” and the terms "to destroy.”
u, A record which is expunged, is not a record
? which is kept, any wore than a record which is
w destroyed can fro a record which is preserved.
.. Tiro part expunged is no longer part of the rc
1. cord; it has no longer a legal existence. It can
-. not he certified as a part of (he proceeding of the
r .Senate for any purpose of proof or evidence.
The object »f the provision in the Constitution,
e as wo think, most obviously is, that the proceed
-8 luge of the Senate shall hr- preserved, in writing,
r‘ *qt frr the present only, not until published only,
i Iwuttuso a copy of the printed journal is noljregular
- legal evidence ; hut preserved indefinitely; pre
; served, as other records ere preserved, till dcslroy
, «d by time or accident.
r Every one must sea that matters of the highest
x importance depend on the permanant preservation
t of the Journals of the two Houses. What but
- the Journals show that hills have been regularly
f passed Into laws, through the several stages ; what
b hut tho journal shows who are mcmliera or who
• is President, or Speaker, or Secretary, or Clerk
r nflhe body 1 What buliha journal contain*th*
proof, noecaaary for the justification of those who
1 act under our authority, and who, without the
’■ power of producing such proof, must stand as tre-
I spatters I What but the journal »how who ia ap
t pi,iuied and who rejected, by us, on the I’eai
: dent’s nomination ;or who it acquitted, or who
» convicted, in trial* on impeachment 1 In short
" i« them at any time, any other regular and legal
' proof of any net done by tho Senate thaa tho
journal itself ?
Tho idea therefore, that tho Senate is bound
to preserve its journal only until it is published,
mid then m.ty alter, mutilate, or destroy it at
pleasure, appears to us one of tho most extraor
dinary sentiments ever advanced.
We arc deeply grateful to those friends who
have shown, with bo much clearness, that all the
precedents relied on to justify or to excuse this
1 proceeding, are cither not to the purpose, or from
the times and circumstances at and under which
they happened, arc no way entitled to respect in
' u free Government, existing under a written Con
i' riitution. But, for outaalves, wo stand oujlheplain
' words of that Constitution itself. A thousand
precedonts elsewhere mode, whether anciaut or
' modern, ean noilher rcactud, nor control, nor ex
plain awsy thcric words.
11 The word* are, that “etch House shall it s ire
a journal of its proceeding!.” No gloss, no in
genuity, no specious interpretation, and much
leas ouri any fair or just reasoning reconcile the
processol expunging with the plain meaning of
1 those words, to the satisfaction of tho common
sense and honeal understanding of mankind,
j If tiro Senate may now expunge one part of
. tho journal of a former session, it may, with equal
’ authority, expunge another port, ortho whole.
It may expunge the entire record of any one ses
sion, or of all session*.
’ It seems to u» inconceivable how any men ran
regard such a power, and its exoriso at pleasure,
I a* consistent with the injunction of the Constitu
tion. It can make no different'* what is the coin
[ plclonosa or incompleteness of the act of expung
j ing. or by what means done ; whether by erasure,
obliteration, or defacement; if by defacement, as
j hero proposed, whether ono word or many words
j are writing on the face of the record; whether
little ink or much ink is shed on the paper; or
, whether some part, or tho whole, of lit* original
, written journal may yet by possibility be traced,
j If the act done be an act to expunge, to blot out,
r to obliterate, to erase, the record, then the record
, is expunged, blotted out, obliterate, and erased.
[ And mutilation and alteration violet# tho record
J as much as obliteration or erasure. A record, sub
[ sequently altered, is not tho original record. It no
1 longer give* a just account ol tho proceedings of
, the Senate. It is no longer true. It is, in short,
. 00 journal of the real ami actual proceedings of the
. Satiate, such as the Constitution says each Hous*
. shall keep.
x TheJConstitution, therefore, is,in our deliberate
judgement, violated by this proceeding in the
. most plain and open manner.
■ The Constitution, moreover, provides that the
yeas and nays, on any tho question, shall, at the
, request of one-fifth of tho members present, be en
tered on the journal, This provision,most nvin
ifeslly, gives a personal right to those members
’ who may demand it, to the entry and preservation
1 of their vote* on the record o( the proceedings of
. the body, not for one day or ono year only, but
- lor all time. There the yeae and nayt *lO to
. stand, forever, as permanent and lasting prool of
1 the manner- in which members hsv* noted on
1 groat and important questions before them.
• Hut it is now insisted that the votes *1 mom
, bers, taken by yeas and nays, and thus entered
I ob the journal, as matter of right, may still
: ha expunged; so that that, which it requires
t more than four-fifth* of the Senators to prevent
i from being pul on the journal, may, nevertheless,
\ he struck oft’, sad erased, the next moment, or at
- any period afterwards, by the will of* mire ma
, jority ; or, if this be not admitted, then the sbsur-
I dity is adopted of maintaining, that this provision
• of th» Constitution is fulfilled by merely preserv
-1 ing th* yeas and nays on the journal, after having
t expunged and obliterated tho very resolution, or
the very question, on which they were given, and
s to which nlona, they refer Waving the yens and
t nays thus a mere list of names, connected with
1 no subject, no question, no vote. We put it to
• the impartial judgment of mankind, if this pro
• cecding l>c not, in this respect also, directly and
palpably inconsistent with the Constitution.
I We protest, in tho most solemn manner, that
' other Senators have no authority to deprive us ot
• out personal rights, secured to us by the Consli
} tulion, either by expunging, or obliterating, or
r multilsling, or defacing, the record of our voles,
: duly entering by jrmt and nayt or by expunging
1 and obliterating the resolutions of question* on
L which those vote* were given and recorded.
■ We have seen, with deep and sincere pain, the
! l.egislturci of respectable Stales instructing the
1 Senators of those States to vote for and support
- this violation of the journal of the Senate; and this
f pain is infinitely incretsad by our full belief, and
■ entire conviction, that most, if not all these pro
1 ceedings of States had their origin in prompting*
• from Washington ; that they have been urgent
ly requested and insisted on as heiag necessary
s to the accomplishment of tho intended purpose;
) and that it ia nothing else but the influence and
power of tho Executive branch of this Govern
ment which has brought tlr* Legislatures of s<
many of the free Stales of thia Union to quit th<
e- sphere of their ordinary duties for the purpose o
id co-opersling to accomplish a measure, in ourjudg
merit, so unconstilutionsl. so derogatory to thi
of character of the Senate, and marked with *0 broar
in an impression of eoropliance with power,
u- But this resolution is to pass. We expect it
11- That cause, which has been powerful enough l<
’» influence so many Stale Legislatures, will show
in itself powerful enough, esjiecially with such tidi
to secure the passage of th« resolution here,
c Wc make up our minds to bahoid the spcctacli
I, which is to ensue.
(1, We collect ourselves to look on, in silence
I while a scene ia exhibited which, if we dir
h not regard it as ruthless violation of a sacrer
it instrument, would appear to us to be little ele
t. valed shove the character of a contemptiblr
i- farce.
Thi* scene we still behold, and hundreds 0
" American citizens, as many as may crowd in
c to these lobbies and gallaries, will behold i
also, with what fealiugs I do not undertake
to say.
y But we Pboteht, we most solemnly Pro
* test, agsinst the substance and against the
'' manner of this proceeding, against its object
against its form, and against its effect. Wc
e tell you that you have no right no right to mai
or mutilate the record of our votes given here
and recorded according to the Constitution
wctell you that you may as well erase the
# yeas and nays on any other question or reso.
a lution, or on all questions and resolutions, ae
on this; we tell you that you have just ae
, much right to falsify the record, by so alter
ing it as to make us appear to have voted or
a any question, as we did not vote, as you have
1. to erase a record, and make that page a blank.
in which our votes, as they were actually gi
-- ven and recorded, now stand. The one pro
g ceeding, as it appears to us, is as much falsi
-1 fication of record as tire other.
• Having made this PROTEST, our duty is
, performed, VVe rescue our own names,
3 character, and honor from all participation
■ in this matter; and whatever the wayward
‘‘ character of the dimes, the headlong and
plunging spirit of party devotion, or the fear
or the love of power, may have been able to
* bring about elsewhere, wo desire to thank
• God that they have not, as yet, overcome the
love of liberty, fidelity to true republican prin
‘ ciples, and a sacred regard for the Constitu
! tion, in that State, whose soil was drenched to
a mire, by the first aod best blood of the Itev
' elution. Massachusetts, as yet, hns not been
conquered; and while we have the honor to
hold scats as her Senators, wo shall never
consent to a sacrifice either of hor rights, or
our own ; we shall never fail to oppose what
wc regard os a plain and open violation of the
Conolitution of the country ; and wc should
have thought ourselves wholly unworthy of
her if (|e had nut, with nil the solemnity and
earnestness in our power, protested against
the adoption of the resolution now before the
Senate.
The question being on the adoption of the
resolution, as amended,
Mr. BENTON demanded the yeas and
nays; which were ordered.
lie then moved that the blanks in the reso
lution be filled by inserting the 18th day of
January. It was agreed to.
On agreeing to litis resolution, the vote was
ae follows:
YEAS—Messrs. Benton, Brosvn, Buchan
an, Dana, Ewing of Illinois, Fulton, Grundy,
Hubbard, King of Alabama, Linn, Morris,
Nicholas, Niles, Page, Hives, Robinson, Rug
gles, Scvior, Strange, Tuiimadgc, Tiptou,
Walker, Wall, Wright—24.
NAYS—Messrs. Bayard, Black, Calhoun,
Clay, Critteudou, Davis, Ewing, ofOhio, Hen
dricks, Kent, Knight, Moore, Preston, Rob
bins, Southard, Swift, Tomlinson, Webster,
While—lo.
So the resolution was agreed to.
Mr. BENTON, observing that nothing now
remained but for the Secretary to carry into
effect the order of tho Senate, moved that
that be forthwith done.
The SECRETARY thereupon produced
the record of the Senate and opening it at.
the pag* which contained tho resolution to be
expunged, did, in tho presence of such of the
mouthers of the Senate as remained, (many
having retired,) proceed to draw black Hues
*nli r tly round the resolution, and to endorse
across the lines the words “ Expunged by or
der of the Senate, the IGth day oj January,
lbS7.’
No sooner had this boon done, than hisses,
loud and repeated, were heard from various
parts of the gallery.
The CHAIR. (Mr. Kino, of Alabama.)
Clear the galleries.
Mr. BENTON. I hope the gullatics will
not be cleared, as many innocent persons will
he excluded, who have botm guilty of no viola
tion of order. Let the ruffians who have
made the disturbance alone Ire apprehended
1 hope tho Sergeant-ai-Arms will ho directed
to enter the gallery, and seize the ruffians,
1 ascertaining who they are in the best way he
can. Let him aproheud them, and bring them
to the bar of the Senate. Lot him seize the
1 bank ruffians. 1 hope that they will not now
■ be suffered to insult the Senate, as they did
. when n was under the power of the Bank of
1 the United States, when ruffians, with arms
• upon them, insulted us with impunity. Let
1 them bo taken and brought to tbe bar of the
' Senate. Here is one just, above me, that may
’. easily be identified—the bank ruffians !
Tho order to clear the galleries was revo
ked, and the Sergeant-at-Anna was directed
to proceed into tho galleries and apprehend
the persons tvho had created the disorder. In
s very few minutes the Sergeant-at-Arms re
turned, and reported to tho Chair that he had
apprehended an individal and had him in cus
tody.
Mr BENTON moved that he be brought to
the bar of the Senate.
Mr. Morris opposed tho motion,and demand
od the yeas and nays which, being ordered and
taken, stood yeas 17, nays 8. So the motion
was carried.
It was snggestsd by Mr. Moore that, there
\v«s not a quorum present, and the Chair at
first so decided. But. on being reminded that
one oflhe Senators from Louisiana had resign
ed, 25 was a majority of the 40 remaining.
He declared that a quorum was present.
Mr. Moore now moved an adjournment; but
tbe motion was lost.
The Sergeant-at-Arm* now produced and
presented an individual at tho bar oflhe senate.
[He was a tall, well dressed man, wrapped
in a blue over-coat.]
Mr. Benton said that, ns the individual had
been taken from among the respectable audi
‘ mice in the gallery, and had been presented
, in this public manner, with nil eyes fixed upon
' him, he had perhaps been sufficiently punish-
I ed in his feeling*. Mr. B was not disposed
t to push the proceedings any farther, and there
-1 fore moved that he be discharged from cus
> tody.
Mr. Morris considered the whole procce-
I ding as very extraordinary. If the individu
al had been worthy ot arrest, ho ought to have
1 an opportunity of defence. A citiicn had
f been brought to the bar of tho Senate, and not
■ informed lor what reason, nor of what offence
’ he stood charged and now it wa* moved that
> without t hearing, he be discharged from cue.
I tody. Call you this (said Mr. M ) the justice
1 of the Senate of th* United States! Is it
in this manner that citizuns are to bo treated?
1 It appear* to me a most extraordinary pro.
' ceeding.
Mr. Hevicr moved an adjournment, hut the
' molten did not preveii.
Mr. Robinson, near whose se«t the parson
apprehended then stood, proposed that lire in
dividual have an opportunity to purge himself
by oath from the contempt. The Senate were
not to presume him guilty, and if he was wil
ling to eweor that he iotenled no contempt,
hought to have an opportunity to do so.
Mr. Morris demanded the ycu and nays on
is the motion for ins discharge; and they were
of ordered accordingly.
j. Mr. Renton observed that if the individual
is was ready to go to the Clerk’s table, and there
id by oath, to purge himself of the contempt, he,
bad no objection. J/Ct him do so.
it. Mr. Robinson now staled, on behalf of the
to person apprehended, that he was willing and
w ready to answer mtsrrowatoriea.
1® Mr. Benton thereupon withdrew his motion
for his discharge.
1® The Chair reminded him that he could
not do this, inasmuch as the yeas and nays
upon it hod been ordered.
Mr. Morris was strongly opposed to having
the individual suddenly, without warning, and
1' without an opportunity to consult counsel,
brought forward to take Ins oath, and under
go interrogatories. It would be better to
give him until to-morrow, that lie ought have
V some leisure lor reflection. He had been
,l brought up here before the Senate of the Uni
:c let' .Stales, and before the People of the Uni
ted States, and te require him thus suddenly
’■ to be put upon oath in his defence was wrong.
16 He concluded by moving an adjournment.
}’ The yeas and nays were demanded and or
e dered on the motion to adjourn.
,r Mr. Strange thought that if the individual
wag willing now to be sworn, and to undergo
• interrogatories, he was certainly the best
ie judge of his own rights. He best knew what
ho could undergo, and there was no need that
19 Senators should become his advocates.
19 Mr. Benton said that if the man wished to
purge himself on oath, now, hero, in presence
1 of the Senate, it was very well. Let him do
® so. But if he wanted to go away and con
suit a lawer to-morrow before he could tell
whether to meant to insult the Senate to
’’ night, he was opposed to it. If he was ready
'* to swear, let him do it, but no consulting with
lawyers.
8 The Chair stated to Mr. Morris that the
■’ individual in custody was not brought up with
-9 out a charge, as that seemed to imitate. He
, was charged with disorderly conduct in the
presence of the Senate, and the law gave the
r Seriate, as it gave a court of justice, power to
? protect itself in all such cases, by a summary
K proceeding, and on the evidence of its own
B senses.
Mr. Robinson again said that the individual
in custody wished for an opportunity of purg
-3 ing himself from the contempt.
Some confusion prevailed. But the motion
1 for his discharge being pressed, the question
3 was put, and decided as follows :
r Yeus--Moesrs Benton Brown, Buoliannan,
r Dana, Ewing, of Illinois, Fulton Grundy,
( Hendricks, Hubbard, King, of Ala., Linn,
' Niol ohm, Niles, Page, Rives, Robinson, Rug
. pies, Sevier, Talimadge, Tipton, Walker,
White, Wnglit--23.
1 NAY—Mr. Wall—l.
The individual was accordingly discharged
* from custody.
Tiro individual referred to thereupon ad
vanced, and addresing the Chair, said :
. “ Mr. President, am I not to be permitted
to speak in my own defence 1”
Chair, to the Scrgeant-al-arms, “Take him
' oui I”
The Senate now adjourned.
From ibo Southern Banner.
CENTRAL BANK.
In the Banner of the Bd Dec. last, we sta
' ted that the Directors of this Institution had
1 asked of the Legislature, an investigation of
its affairs, in consequence of some statements
' which had been given to the public, impugn
ing their official conduct. Their request was
granted, and the Committee on Banks direct
or! to make the necessary examination. A
suh-comraittee of three, two of whom were
' political opponents of a majority of the Direct
ora, and tire other not considered as by any
means partial to the Bank, was appointed,
’ who made a thorough investigation of its books
3 and papers, in which they were assisted by
1 one, at least, of those who had preferred the
charge*. The result of the investigation may
' be seen in the following Report:
* The joint standing committee on Banks, to
3 whom was referred the annexed statement of
' the condition of the Central Bank of Georgia,
' and the communication of ids Excellency the
s Governor with the accompanying documents,
3 on that subject, have had the same under con
sideration, and submit the following report:
’ Your committee being fully sensible of the
importance of the dnties committed to them,
’ have devoted as much time to the examination
8 of the state and condition of the said Bank,
. and its general business, as thoir other duties
' would allow, and they submit herewith a statc
ment of the condition andstate of the Bank on
the first instant. Your committee have care
-1 fully counted all the bills or notes in the Bank,
and estimated with sufficient accuracy, its re
-3 turn of specie on hand, the amount of its bills
, in circulation, and all of its other indebtedness,
1 and also the amount of notes and bills due to
’ the Bank, with its other statements of credit;
3 all of which they find correct, and they take
’ pleasure in stating it as their opinion, that its
3 directors are now managing its affairs in a
I proper manner, and with due regard to tboin
i. terest of the States.
* The committee feel bound to state, that of
* the $1,103, 111 60 of discounted notes, §46,-
92439, are in suit, and $211,058 29, are ly
-3 ing over unpaid, and also the whole amount
of bills of exchange, discounted by said Bank,
$72,400 is due and under protest.—All of the
I bills discounted are considered good; but of
. the limited knowledge the committee have of
tlio makers and endorsers of the notes due to
1 the said Bank, they cannot express any opin
j ion as to their solvency. They, however,
I take pleasure in believing that the directors
are using the best means in their power, to
insure the safe payment of all the uebts due
0 to the Bunk.
Your committee are unwilling to close this,
report without adverting to a practice which,
l ' they are informed, has existed from an early
II date after the Bank went into operation
which they consider not contrary to the letter
8 oftheactof incorporation, but of doubtful
’ policy.—By the character no loans can be
f made to an individual for more than the sum of
■ §2,500 Yet stdifferent times bills of exchange
'• have been drawn by differents Individuals,each
for the sum of §2,500, and endorsed, offered,
1 and discounted, to the credit of the same in
dividual, who was one of the endorsers; but in
justice to the present directors, the committee
■ will state that the practice alluded to has not,
before this time, been noticed by any commit
tee of the legislature, appointed to examine
d into and make a report of the condition and
- business of the Central Bank ; and the com
d mittee will further state that such lonns have
11 been made when money was lying idle in the
* Balik, so as not to interfere with loans on
d the days of distribution among the counties
* and, therefore, have been profitable to the
'■ Bank, without injury to the citizens of the
State.—ln conclusion, therefore, your com
* mittee submit for the adoption of the legisla
■ lure, the following resolutions :
e Resolved, That the Directors of the Gen
d tral Bank be and they are hereby required to
,l put all notes and bills due to said Bank in suit
0 if they are not paid or renewed within three
1 month's from their maturity respectively.
>• And be it further Resolved, That the Direc
c tors of the Central Bank be, and they are
1 hereby instructed, to make no loins exceed
■ ing $2,500 to any person upon bills of ex
'• change of any other person or persons what
ever, if they should be of opinion, from direct
-6 or circumstantial evidence, that such bill or
bills were not offered for discount, for the
n benefit of the drawer or drawers.
If The population of Missouri, according to a
e census just taken, is 244,208, viz.—whites,
- 202,757; slaves, 40,540; free persons of color
t, 911. In 1830 the population was 140,455, in
cluding 26,091 slaves.
|| “
t CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
i AU^^ STA:
% Thursday, January 26, 1937,
e GREAT SNOW.
- Last night about dusk it commenced snowing
n gently, but increased in rapidity until aliout mid
night, al which lime w* left it snowing in almost
d one continued stream. This morning the ground
8 was covered to the depth of six inches—pcihaps
more, with a coat of very light, soft snow.—This
is indeed a rare and novel sight in Augusta.
I’ In to-days paper we publish the solemn protest of
* Mr. Webster and bis colleague against the passage
e of the Expunging resolution, and the proceedings of
r[ the Senate on that occasion. This shbjeet is One
which cannot be too often laid before I lie people.—
The sacrilegious desecration of the records of that
f body to appease the demands of faction—the viola
■■ (ion of the constitutution in carrying out that infa
mous act, and the degradation to which the Senato
-of the United Slates is reduced, cannot be too sf’en
exposed to the public view. It is an act which pos
‘ terity will look upon as the vilest and lowest in its
3 character which has ever yet disgraced the annals of
! our country.
t VVALIRE'S SELECT C IRCULATING
LIBRARY.
5 Under the admirable management of its indefaliga
-1 ble editor and propriplor, this excellent work still
3 maintains its high and well deserved character,and
j continues to extend Us circulalion and popularity.
It affords us pleasure to recommend it to the atten
t tion and patronage of our readers; salisfied as we
l are, that no publication is more worthy of it, or
more capable of diffusing rational interest, nmuse
> merit, and instruction, wherever it goes, but particu
■ larly in the family circle. The first No. of the 9th
I volume commences Madame Cottin’s delightful
! Crusade Romance of “The Saracen, or Matilda
! and Malek Adhel," translated from the French.
' NEW YORK MIRROR
1 The last No. received of this beautiful and popu
lar work contains an exceedingly rich and highly
i finished engraving of the “ Landing of Columbus,”
by Danfortii, from a painting by Chapman. It
| strikes us as one of the best of the many splendid
and beautiful engravings that have adorned that ex
cellent periodical, and which are highly creditable
to the liberality, mate, and judgment of its conduct
ors, and their praiseworthy regard for the fine arts.
, It is very large, and presents Columbus in a sink
ing attitude, with the Spanish banner in bis hand,
, on the prow of a boat, and eagerly surveying the
beautiful island toward which it approaches,
through the high and dashing waves ; while the as-
I lonished natives are pushing their canoes ashore on
the beach, and rapidly retreating op the rocks and
through the shrubbery : and in the background are
seen, at anchor, the vessels oi Columbus, from
which his boat and its crowded crew have departed
for the shore. The picture is illustrated by an in
teresting article from the pen ofJ. S. Jones, the his
torian of N. Carolina
The No. which contains this exquisite engraving
is wholly original, and from a number of the moat
able and popular writers of the country— Willis,
Bryant, Brooks, Mellon, Morris, Dunlap, Inman,
flnters, Nark, <Stc. <Her. Its topography is as usual,
exceedingly neat and beautiful—its music unrivaii
od—and indeed in every d parlmont it is excellent,
and highly creditable, not only to its enterprising,
able, and talented conductors, but to the country
also.
(£jf Joseph Collins, who was found guilty of
involuntary manslaughter, at the present term of
the Superior Court, has been sentenced by Judge
Shly to the Penitentiary, for the terra of four
years.— Constitutionalist of this morning.
—S II 111 ■ L.W- 3*3323f
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
, Revised and corrected semi-weekly, for the Chronicle
[■ If Sentinel.
> Baffling, Hemp 22 a26 Pepper, 9 a 11
! Tow 16 a3O Spier, 9a 11
( Bale Rope, 10 al4 Raisins, (dull) 1250 a 273
| Barm, now til.ee, 3! a4l
Hams 15 a 17 NpiVr’j,Whiskey S 2 a6O
Shoulders 12 nil N.F.. Hum 53n6!l
i Sides 15 al7 Cog. Brandy 150 a 250
, Butter, Gsshen 30 a35 Holland Gin 125 a 150
arolina 15 a25 P. Brandy 871 a 125
Candles, Sperm 33 a 38 Sugars, St. Cr. Ilia 14
' Tallow 16 alB Muscovado 81 all
* Cheese, 14 al6 Porto Rico 8 a 10J
■ Cqffee, gr. Cuba 131 al6 New Orleans Sail
l Java 14 al6 Havana, white 14 al3
Common Rio 13S a 14 Do brown 10 al2
Cotton, It a 17 Salt, CO a75
’ Flour, Canal 813 a 13i Soap, yellow 7i a 9
Baltimore none Shut, 9a 10
3 Corn, 87J a 100 Teas, Hyson 70 a 100
( L rd, 14 alB Imperial 95 a 125
! Hides,it. salted Hi al3 Gunpowder 90 a 125
’ Lead, 8i a 9 Mackerel, No. 1 sl2 a 13
* Molasses, 42 a4B No 2 §ll al2
3 Nails, 74 aBl No. 3 s7i a 8
s Oils, Sperm, 125 a 137 Wines, Malaga 60 a75
, Linseed 123 a 137 Toneriffo 874 a 150
Whale 65 a 63 Madeira 150 a 300
Pork, Mess 28 a3O Claret, per cask, §25
Prime 24 a25 Champagne §lO als
SEMI-WEEKLY COTTON REPORT.
January 26, 1837.
’• The demand for the article still Continues good,
' and all that is offered is freely bought up at tho pri,
3 ces of last week. Wo now quote 14i a 164 els. as
„ the extremes of tho market. The sale of two or
* three large parcels were made yesterday at 16 a 164
3 cts., the quality of which was only common prime.
’ GROCERIES.—Wo have no change to report in
j our Grocery Market; the business eontinuea light
. Holders oi Flour have reduced their rates, and the
article is now dull and cun only bo sold at retail.—
i, Five w agon loads oi New Bacon have been received
, during the week, and sold at Hi a 14 cts., Hog
/ round. Lard 14 cts.
1 FREIGHTS —To Savannh and Charleston (dull,
r although the prices still continue—to Savannah §1
1 per bale; to Charleston i, per Steam Boats and
! Rail Road.
f
3 STOCKS.
, Paid, Worth
Augusta Bank, lUO 125 new—l 42 old
’ Mechanics’ Bunk, 100 205
‘ Insurance Bank, 80 125
l Stale Bank, 100 128
» Gu. K. R. it Banking Co. 65 75
Insurance & Trust Co, 100 110—185 old
' Bank of Hamburg, 25 40
EXCHANGE.
3 Checks on N. Y., sight, 11 percent,
i “ “30 days J per cent.
“ Charleston Par.
1 •_ ■— ■
2 By the Exjiress Mail.
i REVIEW OF THE NEW YORK MARKET.
i Jan 21.
s Coffee— The market for most descriptions comin
-1 ucs inactive; of Sumatra there is but little remain-
J ing, which is held at higher rales. The slock of
- other descriptions, particularly Brazil, is quite large;
. the sales since our Inst have comprised 5 a 6uo bags
Brazil at 11 a Hi ; and 250 l.aguira, 12 cents.
Cotton —A fair demand continues to bo experienc
ed lor Cotton, and since our previous report wo
3 have not found that any variation w orthy of record
t ing h«s occurred in prices. The truisacliong have
3 been for shipment and home use, and have extended
during the last three days lo about 650 bales up
lands at 15 a 17; 200 Mobile, 16 a 181; and 100
" New Oilcans al 171 a 18* cents; forming a total
8 for the week of about 2200 bales. The highest
. rates continue to bo realized on time.
Flour and .Weal—The market lor all descriptions
of Wheat FKur remains very inactive; and hold
ers of Western, ahnough adhering to former rates,
* find it quite difficult to realize I hem, except for
r small parcels as wanted lor ciiy consumption. Wo
e quote Canal. 81187» n 812; sales ol 3 a 400 barrels
New Orleans Sour have been mads at $7 25, 60
days, interest added; Georgetown, at 811 75; and
s Alexandria, sll 50. Rye Fleur remains extremely
, t scarce. No change in Corn Meal; sales of barrels,
’ *4 73 a ♦ 871; the latter rate on time. The orrivls
have Ircen 864 bales
Provisions —W « havs no variation to make in our
rales for any of the articles comprised under thi
head The demand for Boas and Pork la only limit
ad : one or two parcel* *f Ohio Mao* Pork, New
Orleans inspection, i. telling at $23. A sal. of 100
kect lair quality New Orleans Lard wasm-c e at 15
cents. There is no improvement to “> ,he
demand (or Butter, bales ol Smoked Reel at 11,
and Bacon at 14 a 141 cents.
Sugars —There is no variation to record in pn
■ ces, but the stock is ao far reduced as scarcely to
admit of any operation worthy of attracting alention.
The market continues perfectly bare of brown lln
• I va.’.as, and with the ere option of N. Orleans, the
■ 1 Quantities of Muscavadoes in first hands hardly re
. 1 ouircs mentioning; at private salt) there have heart
sold 80 boxes fair to good white Havanas at 11 n
I Hi cts., 400 hags second quality Calcutta, 9, a lew
lihds prime St Croix, 10, and about 100 Wile new
‘ crop common N. Orleana on terras not made public.
I The sales by auction hare included 195 hhds new
crop, common quality, at 86 44 a 6 75 per 100 lbs.
3 a 4 mns _ T .
Freights —The current rates for Colton to Liver
' poo! are !d a id ; to Havre, U a 11 cents,
i fachatige— No transactions of interest have yet
r taken place in foreign descriptions for the succewd
ing packois. Export of specie this week, 87,157
: Price Current.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. Hi
i Exlractsfrom Leva’s Price Current of Jan. 21. -
1 COTTON—Arrived since the 13th inst. ofLouis
; iana and Mississippi, 12,515 bales ; Tennessee and
i I North Alabama, 2114; Arkansas, 175; lake, 379;
, I Mobile, 313; Florida, 10; Texas, B—together, 15,-
j 611 hales Cleared in the same time: for Liverpool,
' 115,040 bales; Havre,6366; Marseilles,729 ; Nanis;
i ! 1038; Antwerp, 984; Trieste, 826; Havanna, 156;
r! New York, 168; Boston, 886; Portsmouth, Now
Hampshire,72obales—together, 26,913 bales; —oink-
ing a reduction in mock of 11,399 bales, and leaving
on hand, inclusive of all on ship-board not cleared on
the 19th inst, a stock ol 115,626 bales.
The market was very dull and inactive until the
■ middles!'lhe week, and prices of qualities from Fair
I j down, underwent a decline of due-half to thfee
■ fourths of a cent on previous quotations; good fair,
I and fine Cottons remaining firm. As soon as this
. reduction was tailly established, buyers began to
operate extensively and with spirit, the sales, since
Wednesday morning alone, amounting to 20,000
• bales, and for the week to iul ly 26,000 ha les Three
r 1 large transactions have relieved the market very
mnch,as the stock on sales had to accumlate consid
erably, owing to the light business done oflate.
NEW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION,
i La. &, Miss —Choice, 13 a 18i ,
1 i“ r,me , , ld a sales.
Second 14 a 141 I
1 Inferior 12 a— ' s'
Tenn, <fe N. Ala.
Choice . —a
Prime, . 13} a 144 1 •
2d Quality 12 a 121 5 fair demand.
' Texas 14 a 15i
’ STATEMENT Os COTTON.
, Stock on hand Ist October, 1836, . . Boles, 8702
’ Arrived this week 15514
1 Arrived previously, .... 272757—288271
296973
1 Exported this week, .... 26913
Exported previously 154434—181347
Stock on hand, 115626
Sugar —New Orleans :—The sales that have come
■ to our knowledge on Plantation have been at 6 cents,
■ In the city, there is nut the slightest degree ol ani
, maiion, and none but that of very prime quality, ol
which there is scarcely any on the levee, would re
alize our highest rate. —Havana Sugars remain dull.
Louisiana, per lb.
1 On plantation, 6 a 06 —sales
i In the city, 05} a 061—sales
Havana,—White, 11 a 1111 , „
'-Brown, 7a07 < dull '
Lo >f, N. O. Refinery, 161 al9 1 ,
. Lump, 1 13 a 17 j sale *
Molasses, —Holders quite firm on Plantation. In
the city, demand tar at—
On Plantation, per gallon 22 a 22
In the City, 30 a 30
Flour . —We consider the markst extremely unset
tled. The stock remains light.
~~~ iTIAKiVIE.
New York, January 21.—Cleared, Ship Anson,
Sinclair, Charleston.
Arrived last evening—Brig George, Hull, Charles
ton, Dec. 28th, with cotton and rice, to G. Buck
ley.
Brig Moses, Pedersen, 17 days from Charleston,
with cotton and rice, to G. Buckley.
TsTOTHE SOUTHERN PUBLIC.—We ieelit “
: A- duty we owe to ourselves, to inlbrm our friend*
, of certain reports w hich are “on the tongues of
. every one,” that some teachers in Seoltsborough
are Abolitionists. We are not the onlp leat hers in
t-cotlshorough, and those w ho know us would he the
last to charge us with such hateful principles—they
know ns to be Southern men ol Virginia,
but Georgians by adoption} by birth, education, ar.cl
in feeitng.
L LA XANTE,
! V. LA TASTE.
who hove published a previous adver
tisement of oars, will please discontinue that and in
sert tho above once a week for iour weeks.]
I Jan. 26 21 4t
fjj'lHK subscribers have this day termed a Co
a. partnership for the transaction of a general
Wholesale and Retail Drug business, and r rpeci
• fully invito the attention ot their friends and the put*
‘ lie to the large and well selected slock they have
’ now tin hand. Their Store is on the corner of
Broad and Kollock streets, nearly opposite Stovall,
Simmons, & Co.’s wharehouse. Tho business will
i be conducted under tho firm of KITC HEN 4t ROB
ERTSON.
W. K. KITCHEN.
F. M. ROBERTSON, M.D.
N.B. Dr. Robertson will attend to the pracliee ol
his profession as usual, and messages may be loft at
the store or his residence. Jim 26 6t
? GEORGIA, ZUffcrson County.
- \j%l UEKEAS Francis Bouton, administratrix on
• » the estate ot John Bouton, deceased, applies
for Letters of Dismission from said Estate : these
are therefore to cite and admonish, all and singular,
Ihe kindred and creditors of said deceased, to bo and
, appear at my office within tho time prescribed by
law, to file their objections, if any they have, to shew
cause wtiy said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Louisville, this
251 h day of January, 1837.
jan 26 EBEN BOTHWELL, Clerk.C. O
ANTED.—To rent a Dwelling House in chi*
city, for a small family. Any person who has
, such a one to rent will please call on Messrs. Hadly
and Owens.
I'he Constitutionalist and Courier will please copy
’ the above till lorbid, and send their account tc
r Messrs. H. &O. jan26
Lincoln sheriff sale.—wai be sokfai
Lincolnian, on the first Tuesday in March nexl
I between tho usual hours of yule, one bay mare
l j levied oil vs the properly of Augustine J. Davis, t(
_ sntisly a ft fa. issued from the Inferior Court ol
Wilkes, .Vlicagah D. Mabry, vs. A. J. Davis.
» jan 20 F. K FLEMING, Sheriff, L. C.
i I % 61T1CE.—I have this uay sold out alt my stock
1 is in trade at present in ray store on Broad street,
r to M. A. Lomond. All persons having claims on me
will present them to mo on Saturday next, and all
persons indebted lo me will pay them to .Mr. La
ri mond, who has my books and accounts.
1 | jan 26 3t JOHN McCLANNAN.
Vo 1 against trading for a promissory Note (w ritten a*
foltO'WS 0
Dollars 1410.—8 y the twenty-fifth day ot Decem
bar next, we promise lo pay Isaac Watkins, Trustee,
J (for Mr. Sheppard] or hearer, fourteen hundred and
ten debars lor value received, mid if not punctually
paid, interest from daw, Jlth January, 1837.
(Signed by) W. B. Warthen,
T. J. VVartiie.v.
As the consideration for which the paid note was
given, lias entirely failed, I am determined not to
pay it.
2t . W. B. Warthen.
Editors in this Stale who will give the above
notice one insertion, shall be paid lor the same by
lorwardmg their accounts to Sandorsvilie, Gn.
- W.-B. W.
Am.! SALE.—That fine establish
tm-i men ’ knOVVH Marsh’s HO
mtldji 1 EL,situated in the town of Aiken,
f , UIUgH nearly opposite the Engine House, con-
Yemeni tor passengers travelling on the
s carß ifuni and lo Charleston Also convenient, for
travellers : this Establishment is large and commo
dious, with fclahleg,oflices, and all other necessary
■ out buildings, calculated for a largo business, ft
will he sold on liberal terms, by applying to Daniel
' Cook, Esq. Charleston, S. C. or to the Subscriber on
I the promises. JOHN MARSH.
Aiken, Jan. 25 20 3m
) "a *’ uulj SITUATION FOR A
1 X*. 7he citizen* of Goshen and its vicinity, feeling
t anxious lh«t there should boa g»od Tailor in the
village of Goshen Would lake this method of in
, forming all who it may concern, that mis place now
- »u rs advantages to a good Tailor, that few villages
, in ' he “un'fy does- It n a place of good society ,con
r sidcred vary healthy. Boarding can be had in good
, house* from 18 to «10 per month, and as much
i work as any one would be willing to do. Any fur
, ther information wanting, will be cheerfully given
I by either ol the subscribers 6 u
J. E. GROCE.
' , *. , _ C. STATU AM.
i (xoshen, Lincoln co. f Georgia.
The Southern Spy will give the above two inscr
• lions and forward their account to J. E. Groce fee
I .ay mem, * ur
PUBLIC SALES.
| Bl M . ii. A j. v. JACIKAUN.
, i AT AUCTION.
! On the first Tursday in February noil at the lower
• I .Market.... no in this city. A Good Cook, age about
1 36 years. 'Terms cash. j ttn ***
AUGUSTA THEATRE,
i During Ihe Race*.
**l«. BLITZ,
The greatest of all Magicians,
Professor of Necromancy, Magical Delusions, i} e.
From Moravia
S3T S igr. BLT'IZ has Ihe honor to announce W
the Ladies and Gentlemen of Augusta am ns vcini
ty, that he has arrived in tins city, and will givte ilia
’ ; fust pe.lonn races at the above place, on
THIS EVINING, Jan. 25fA.
To be continued every Night this Week :
And he hopes the approbation w hich was bestowed
\ 1 on his exertions in New York, at Ntblo’s Garden, for
77 successive performances ; at the Masonic Hall
48; and in Charleston 18; in the whole 143 perfor
mances. will insure him the support of ihe inhabitants
ot this city and neighborhood.
The Amusements unit commence with
Tbaumalurgics, and followed by Extraordinary
Metantei phases 1
A Miraculous Cabinet.
; Laughable Performances with a Glass,
Animal Produce.
’ i Remarkable Scrap Book
! I Signor Blitz will command any article to fly as
’ j the rate ol 500 miles in a minute. He will also
, Perform with Three Hands!!!
' A Bushel us Rice will change its position.
= A Magic Die of one and a half inch changed into a
1 Diving Bell.
Tha Evening’s Performances to conclude with the
° Dance of Six Dinner Plates ! on a common Table,
accompanied by Music, Dancing, Waltzes,
“ Keels, Quadrilles and Gallipodes.
r * s£r Doors open at half-past 6, Performance W
• Ccframenoe 81 7 o’clock.
0
f. ol age, half price.
, Tickets to hr. had at Ihe Theatre.
e Private performances and lessons given, on appli-
Y cation to Signor Blitz, at the Theatre, where may
■ he purchased a variety ol apparatudfor family amuse
ments —magical Scrap Books. , ■
Jan 26 . Tl
‘ GEORGIA STATE
LOTTERY.
For the benefit of the
AUGUSTA INDEPENDENT LIKE COMPANY
CLASS NO. 4. —FOR 1837.
Determined by the Drawing < f the Virginia State
Lottery, Class No. 4, for 1837.
To bo drawn at ALEXANDRIA, >a. on Saturday,
Jan. 28, 1837.
2 D. S. Gregory & Co. (successors to Yates <St Me
Intype,) Managers. »
1 HIGHEST PRIZE,
s 30,000 DOLLS.
7 uitAriitscutuu:.
1 Prize of $30,000 ia $38,000
Z 1 “ 16,000 ia 15,000
1 « 6,000 is 6,000
1 “ 5,000 is 5,000
i 1 “ 4,000 ia 4,000
J 1 « 3,000 is 3,000
“ 1 “ is 2,500
1 « 2,000 ia 2,000
1 “ 1,900 is 1,900
10 “ 1000 it 10,000
15 “ 600 is 9,000
20 “ 500 is 10,000
30 « 400 is 8,000
30 “ 300 is 9,000
40 M 250 is 10,000
„ 50 “ 300 is 10,000
n 70 150 ia 20,400
100 M 100 is 10,000
132 “ 90 ia 10,980
, 132 “ 70 is 8,540
'■ 122 “ 40 is 4,880
5186 “ 20 is 103,700
' 25620 “ 10 ia 3562,00
- 31,535 Prizes, amounting to $540,800
'> 9C/~ Tickets slo—Shares in proportion.
95T All orders for Tickets in the above Lottery
'■ will meet prompt attention, if addressed to
• A, READ,
Contractor and State Agent, Augusta, Geo,
'• Jan 34 19
OFFICIAL DRAWING “
OF 7iiE
“ Wrofffsa Slate Lottery.
I For tk© benoni of the Auguaca Indep't Fir# Cotßp'j
“ CLASS NO j, FOR 1837.
" l*t 3d 3d 4lh sth 6tlr 7tb Bth 9th 10th lltb 12tli
, 54 63 33 70 6 73 1 27 26 J 3 63 5T
i, Z HEREBY CERTIFY' that the above numbers
d i .3 os they stand ate correct, as taken from the Man
j ager's certificate of the drawing of tha Vitgmta
j Male lottery for Ecosourg, Class No. 1, for 1837,
drawn at Alexandria, Virginia, January Slat. And
•. which dele-mines the fate of all the Tickets in tha
;- above Lottery. A. READ, Agent.
Jan 24 19
JUST ARRIVED, a splendid assortment of Italian ,
Alabasters and Marble Ornaments. We would
J | call the attention of the citizens ci Augusta to a rare
. | assortment of Alabasters and Marble Ornaments,
, ; brought from Florence, and made expressly for this
0 ; market. We have visited this country from motives
( | similar to those which induce Americana lo visit its-
l t *ly We are also told that tho Americans are a rapid
-1 ly growing nation not only in wealth and emerpnzo
I- hut also that thsy cultivate a refinement oitastovcon
sequently we have brought here, the greatest Variety
ol the finest specimens of art, ever yet introduced in
this city. Consis ing of
Alabasters, Agato, and Marble Vases, Watch C»-
lt j ses, Ornamental Baskets, Marble and Alabaster Can
■ din Sticks, Dogs Pilchers, Coloured Toys, mdsome
- | splendid .Marble centre Table 'Tops, Sic. &o.
I The above are now exhibited and tor sal* at the
“ i auction rooms ol Eandifoid & Collins,Radios and
' gentlemen are invited to calland examine for thsni
seives.
d Jan _i! If 18
y LT AW NOTICE.—The subscriber, having locs- -3
w M-t tod hhnsetl in Washington, Wilkes county, |
Georgia, w ill pracucc i.aw in tho several Court* of a *
is the Northern Circuit AH business ontntt od to bis 1
care will meet with prompt aUention.
). He may be found at Dr. Robert L. Rodder’* IP
i WM. A. QUIGLEY. M
u -lan_H g4t V
[ y A DMINItS'TKA'TOR'S NOTICE.-AII
MM. indebted to tho Estate of David Alexander, late y
,y of Jefferson County, deceased, are required to male'
lo immediate payment, and those having demands■
against said I:.state are requested ro present thrinl
_ within the time preacribed by law. This Jan the,
tt 14th, 1837.
« J. W. ALEXANDER,) .. ,
o, , W. S. ALEXANDER. \ A * m *'
to Jan. 20. x 16
BALE.—On tho first Tucida;
AZJ in April next will be sold at the Courthou«e is
_ Waynesborough, a Negro Boy, fiobbin, belonging roc m
k the estate ol William Rogers, deceased, and poll. -
t, under the will of said deceas d. Terms of sab
ie j made known on the day.
11 EDWARD HATCHER,) ,
i- JOHN TOMLIN. {“'*•
Burke co. Jan7 X II id
„ Hardian Sale I
ILL be said onvlie first Tuesday in Marchwd
«l tho l oun iluiioe rn Klborton, hy or.e>« k
the Couttol Ordinary of Bibb County; Three 11®
- dri ti Acres ol Land, more or less, adjoining Ma ■ -■
{ Evans and Dr. Kicliardson, and lying between 8# ;
d vannah and Broad Rivers, in Elberl County. Sold
y as tho property of Martha Ann Childers, minor.)
JOHN S. CHILDERS, Guardian
Dec 27 IQ3 td^, M
ALL persons indebted lo the estate of! home *•'
Mallory, late of Burke counly,deceased,aw» m
o quested to make immediate payment ; and those hf,
ving demands against said cstaie are roquesfed I
present them, duly authenticated, according to If ■
e JOHN B. ROBINSON, Adair.
V Jon 18 X Hft
O.* t riosy, the 2nd ol March, will bo
late residence of Win. Barron, of Burke IH
. deceased, all the Personal Property of said dccenfo
. agreeable to an order of the Honorable the Infer l " 1
Court, when acting as a Court of Ordinary for - 1
_ counly of Burke, under temtiorary letters of admin';
(ration. SAM’L BARRON, Tamp. Adm’r.
“ Jan 12 X 1 n 6*
C CARPENTER’S Olio-Resinous Extract of ,
, f /Ir “i or Ure of Sinapia —A most valuable 111
t hefactent, and acts instantaneously on iis applicatia 11
1 for sale by CLOUD & RQTHWELL,
1 Jan 13 15] pjp. 232 Br.ynd-hlrt«l _
l/XECUTOK’S BALE, —On WednesduyT"s
■ "V, 2 5th January, 1837, w ill besold at the late t
‘ «‘ of William Roger*, deceased, near .'I"
, Bluff, m Burke county, tiie perUhahlo proper l )
i said deceased, cottsisthig ol Horses, Mules, *wj
‘ cattle and Hogs, Com and Fodder, and HouseW'
' “tjd Kitcht-u Furniture, and Plantation tools. 'l erE 1
s of sale mad* known on the day, Tho Nogro« 1
- said estate lured on that day.
EDWARD HATCIIEIU
1 _ JOHN TOMLIN. I .
■ Burke 00. Jan 7 X 11 i
1 L'OUTI. MONTHS afterdate, ajiplicatton wiTTi •*" |
A- made to the honorable the Justices of them 1
not Court ofßutke county, when ai ling for or* 1 ”
TV purposes, for leave to at 11 all the Heal Esfel'
Hiram Nunn, decVl; for the benefit of the hem *f
‘ creditors of said deceased.
tal. X SAMUEL BAHROS,^*Sj f ‘ ,