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i Qs U f WI " 1A ' 1 E J °^ ,t ‘ S Avurnv.XrU K Q.. rm-Ks^T sven..™, apk,,. .a, tsar. JRI JM jgraS^V XJuliUshc* DAILY, SEMI-WEEKLY AMD WEEKLY, At No. 361 Broad Street. TERMS.—DaiIy papal, Ten Dollars per annum in advance Sami-weekly papjr, ai Five Dollars at heretofore it advance, or Sit at llie end of the year. Weekly paper. Three Dollars in advance, or four at the end of the year. —P— CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AU«USTAi Wednesday Evening;, tpril 12, 1837. I»■■ L - ■ ■ were in error last week in announcing Friday next as the day for the meeting of the State Right* Parly of this County for the pur pose of appointing Delegates to the Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor. That meeting will lake place on Saturday next at the City Hall at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. [a FARMER’S BANK OF CHATAHOOCHEE. Reports injurious to the standing of this Bank have been in circulation in this city for sometime past, and our Banks have refused to take its bills, either on deposit or in payment of debts. On yesterday we published the quarterly report of the Bank from which we should draw the in inference that it was perfectly sound; and on yetterday evening we had a conversation with a gentleman intimately acquainted with the affairs of the institution, who assures us that no Bank in the Stale is in a sounder condition. FARMER’S REGISTER. AMD SOUTHERN AGRICULTURIST. The April Nlimbers of these excellent works are rich, as usual, in matter of great interest and valuo to the Planter and Farmer, and amply sus tain the high character they so justly hold. We would suggest to the Planters of our State, the propriety, and indeed the necessity, of plant ing smaller crops of Cotton than heretofore. The price of the article is now down, and no prospect of its rising again shortly. The crop of 1835-6, considerably exceeded the consumption, and the crop of 1836-7, is estimated to exceed that of the previousyear 15J,OOObls. Another excessive crop will prostrate the price of it to nothing—it would hardly bo worth the storage. Provisions of every description are high and scarce, and it is necessa ry to the actual subsistence of the country, that planters should turn their attention more to the raising of grain and stock, than they have for two or three years past. Half the quantity of Colton that has been planted in the United States for two or three years, would yield just as much money, and leave the people an opportunity to raise provisions enough to live upon in the most profuse plenty. We press these hints with earn estness upon the attention of our planting readers, at the same time expressing it as our solemn con viction, that if the crop next fall promises |o he a large one, new cotton will come in at eight cents. Wo may be mistaken, but the signs of the times, we think, are so plain that “he who runs may read.” Monday, Acini. 10, 1837. Pursuant to a public notice, and an adjourn ment of the same from the 4lh instant to this day, a number of the State Rights party of Columbia county assembled at the Court House to-day, for the purpose of selecting Delegates to represent them in the State Rights Convention, to be held in Milledgeville on the third Monday in May next, for the purpose of nominating a suitable candi date, to bo supported by the State Rights parly, for the office of Governor, at the next election. The meeting was organized by calling Archer Avery, Esq, to the Chair, and Gabriel Jones act ed as Secretary. On motion of C. H. Shockley, Esq. it was de cided that the Chairman appoint a committe of live, to report the names of four suitable Dele gates, to represent this county, in lha comlem platcd Convention; whereupon the Chair ap pointed Messrs. C. H. Shockley, Isaac Ramsey, Abner P. Robertson, William S. Jones, and Wil liam B. Tankersley, Esquires, ss that committee, and on motion of Isaac Ramsey, Esq. Messrs. William A. L. Collins, and Wensley f/obby t Esqs. were added to the committee—on motion' of Wensley Hobbly, Esq. Dr. Nathan Crawford, was added to the committee. Toe committee having retired, after a short in terval returned into the meeting, and reported that they had selected, for the consideration of the meeting, the names of Messrs. Archer Avary, Dr. William Hanson, Marshall H. Wellborn, and Wensley Hobby, Esqs. as suitable Delegates to represent the county of Columbia in the contem plated Convention. On motion, the question was taken, docs this meeting confirm the nominaton of the committee, and no one dissenting the motion was carried unanimously. On motion of Mr. Hobby it was decided unani mously by the meeting, that if, from any cause whatever, either, or any of said Delegates, should find it out of their power to attend as such, that in that event, the Delegates themselves should have full power to fill any such vacancy. The meeting then adjourned. ARCHER AVERY, Chairman. G, Jokes, Secretary. Dr. William Hanson having represented to his colleagues, that it would be out of his power to serve in the Convention; the Delegates immedi ately filled said vacancy with the name of Thos. H. White, Esq. COMMUNICATED. Will the Editor of the Courier be pleased to tell us the difference!,.,between the “ United States Bank,” in whose downfall he “gloried," and the ‘ National Bank” for whose establish ments be looks “with no small degree of anxiety.’’ Tweedledum Si Twedlebee. [Frew the Savannah Georgian April 10 J FROM FLORIDA. The steamer Forester, Capt. Dillon, arrived yesterday afternoon Irom black Creek, a I Thcdalcs from the army are to.tbe slh, and from Fort Heileman on the ?lh. From a passengei and the Captain of the F. we learn that Abrahair and family, who were at Fort Dade, stale tbu s. Micanopy, Jumper. Philip and Powell had start for Tampa Bay on the 3d inst. Tigcrtail and bis band have arrived at For ■ Armstrong, and Cloud and Alligator are at Tam pa Bay. It ia now conceded that the war Is at an end •nd that there will be no more fighting. J* From the N. Orleans Courier, April 7, LATEST FROM TEXAS. [m . An arrival last evening from Velasco furnishei ■ ■intelligence , 0 ,j, e j n j April. The country w.n tranquil and prosperous,—the farmers were nc- ( lively engaged, and every thing prognosticated | that an abundant harvest would reward their labors. . L ea l estate had considerably increased in value i m the town of Houston, lots of 50 leet front bv ■ 100 in depth, have been sold from $3600 to $3500. Little or no apprehension appears to be enter tained of another Mexican invasion,—indeed, we believe that a small “ niOLic” with the enemy would lie gratifying to those modern Romans. President Houston is highly spoken of, and if wc are to believe report, he is the “greatest and best” that country can boast of, According to the Bee, the schooner* of war Biutus and Invincible are both a Galveston, wailing supplies of men and stores. Captain Hurd has also resigned, and after accounting with the government would leave. Some other officers have also retired. Henry L. Thompson has been ordered to take command of the slier. Invincible, Capt. Small, commander of the Fort at Ve lasco, had fallen in a recontre with his lieuten ant, Sprawl—much excitement exists against him. General Felix Houston and chief justice Col lingsworth, of the supreme court of the Republic camo passengers in the schooner Southerner, on a visit to his relations in this country, Gen. Johnson during the absence of General Houston commands. The army was encamped on the La Bacca, and amounts to twenty live hundred men. All volunteers arriving at the camp ore obliged to serve during the war or two years; they are treated as regulars and are kept in strict disci pline. They have plenty of provisions and are all in perfect state of health. Anna, seems lobe a favorite with theTexians, they already have a place denominated Texas anna, perhaps in honor of the hero Santa Anna. In addition to the above, which we glean from the Bee, we find the fo.lowing list of the Govern ment Officers of Texas;— Samuel Houston, President. Mirabeau B, Lamar, Vico President. J Pinckney Henderson, Secretary of State. William J Fisher, •• War. Henry Smith, •< Navy. Grayson, Attorney General. 11 Barr, Postmaster General. J M Moody, Auditor of Accounts. W H Patton, Quarter Master General. J Snively. Pay Master General. A Sidney Thruston, Commissary General. E Moorehouse, Adjutant General. VV VV Wharton and Mcraaeum Hunt, Ministers to the United Stales. Townsend, Consul at New Orleans. Woodward, Consul at Now York. From the New Orleans True American April 7th. LATE FROM VEKA CHIIZ. We are indebted to the politeness of the Hon- W. Burrough, United States Consul at Vera Cruz for our regular files of the Censor, from 20 th Feb. to the loth March inclusive. The difficulties in Yucatan are ascribed to the ambition of General Toro. The Merida Comet upbraids the General in round terms for opposing the edicts of the supremo government and cen sures the York party for their interference. Santa Arm in a letter to the commander of Vera Cruz from his farm Mango de Clavo under date Ist March, expresses his willingness to take the oath to observe the new fundamental laws as general of the Mexican army. Tiie Society of Friends are very much enrag ed at President Jackson’s language relative to Texas. Nothing is so revolting to those writers as the idea that this country should set up the remotest claim to that territory. They abuse Mr. Monroe for supposing that the Rio Bravo was the boundary of Louisiana. The Military hospitals have been reorganized throughout the republic on principles very much like those adopted in England. There wera exported from Vera Cruz during the year 1836 $3,496,852 in gold sne silver. The papers are filled with the letters of Mr. El lis to the Mexican Minister of foreign affairs and his answers thereto, upon the subject of the pass ports. General Santa Anna took the oath to the new fundamental laws on the 9lh of March. A largo assemblage was present and the General made a speech in true Spanish style, full of enthusiasm for his beloved country. Gultieres with 800 men was defeated by the government soldiers on the 271 h of February at St. Cristobal with a loss of near a hundred. On the evening of the 9ih March, the play of Regulus was performed at the Theatre in honor of Santa Anna. The Mexicans have traced a perfect asscmblance between the brave Roman and the hero of St. Jacinto! Miss Joaquina Paubret delivered during the ontertainnent an ode in hon or of liberty, the Romans and Mexicans !! In the month of February 1837,24 vessels en tered the Port of Vera Cruz and 30 were cleared , fiom it. Os these, 4 were Americans. The subscription to the Vera Cruz Censor is $36 per annum—the sheet about as large as the Picayune. !r> the Censor of the 13th, the following porta ore declared open to foreign commerce, —Vera Cruz, Santa Anna de Tamaulipas, Metamoras, Cam pee hy Sisal, Tabasco, Acapulco, San Bias, Guanimas, Monterey, Closed to foreign com merce are the ports of Hacalar, Goalzacoalcos, Al varado, Matagorda, Galveston, Hnatulco, Man zanillo, Nalividad, Muzatlan. La Paz. Loretto, San Diego, San Francisco. The decree lo go into execution six months from it* promulgation in Mexico. To coastwise commerce the following ports arc open ;—lsle of Carmen, Goalzacoalcos, Alvarfdo, Tecoluta, Santecomapan, Tnspan, Pueblo Vicgo ’ Soto la Marina, Matagorda, Copano, Galveston, | Becalar, Tonala, Paerlo, Escondido, Hualulco, Manzamillo, Navachiste, Nalividad and Mozal • lan, Allata, Cabo de San Lucas, La Paz, Lorat s to, San Diego, San Francisco. I Nacodochcs is laid down as a frontier place of entry! 1 Almonte stalled for the Capital on the 13lh 1 with the exposition of the affair of St. Jackcinto and olher documents relative to the invasion of Tcvas. The Mexican (leet has been reinforced by the arrival of the Independence a brig of war built at Baltimore, 367 tons. She is to be called the Itur s hide. 0 We learn by the steamer Siam, that the trial i* „f the prisoners in the paiish of Lafourche Inte i. rior, for the murder of the Purser and Surgeon of the Texian schooner “ Thomas Toby, termina ted on the Ist inst. Two of the accused, Richard son and Johnson, were found guilty of murder in o the first degree ; the olher, Hope, was acquitted. D The punishment of the condemned is death.— „ JY. O. Bulletin. From the New Orleans Bee, April ?■ ’’ AGREEABLE news. Notwithstanding the embarrassments experi enced by a portion of the commercial men of this city, itis gratifying to know that at leasljone of our monied institutions stands unimpaired in its rc d sources and untouched in its character; and tins is a proof and an example of what may be cffecl -1,1 e d bv a bank in this city when conducted by in -51 telligent men on fair and legimale principles. On in Wednesday last the president and directors of the 111 Citizens Bank received official advice from Hope t- Ac Co of Amsterdam that the negociation of their bonds for the sum of one million and a half ol rt dollars bad been cansummaled, and that the a a- mount was ready to be paid to their order in Lon don and Paris. The same letter apprized them i, that their bonds for a like sura would be negotia ted in the course of the month of March, i his is really cheering intelligence at this moment of gloom and despondency. But it was notunex peeled by those who were aware of the skill, the SB prudence &, .the foresight with which the basi.of 19 this important financial negec'atio.n ■vs? arranged I by Mr.FonsLALL, the president of the Citizens’ j Bank, when he was in Enrope two years ago. To him therefore isdue the credit of a transaction which has conferred upon his fellow cilizens a benegt of no ordinary magnitude. Irom the N. O. True American, April 7. Another dull day. We note a sale of 100 hhds. Sugar at cents. Colton is somewhat firmer, though no sales have been effected of con sequence. No increase of price has taken place, and holders are loth to part with the article at the present ruinous rates. Whether it will rally is exceedingly doubtful. Flour is saleable at sB— note a transaction of 500 bids. Whiskey in small lots first quality can he had at 37 cts. Cof fee,—Havana prime, has fallen to 11 cents. No sales ol importance among the large dealers.— Ground Alum Salt commands $2 75 a sack. Fish is brisk in small quantities to suit Western buy crs. We note a sale of 3000 Mexican bides at 1 0i all cts. — 112 Louisiana nt 8 j rents. Rais ins, best M. R. $2. M. $1 75. L. $1 50. Rice slow ot 4 cts. Corn is coming down. One sale 1 of 500 bbls at 64 cts. Oats 50 els. Hay plenty at $25 per ton. No Lime afloat, salcablcatsl 75. 1 freights:— to N. York, Cotton let. Flour Slabrl. To Liverpool, Cotton j a Id. To Hav re do. 1J a 2d. Fair demand. Nothing of consequence has transpired in the | Money Market to-day. The same general uneas iness prevails, STATEMENT OF COTTON. Oct. Ist, 1836—N0. bales on hand 8,70*2 1 Aprn f», ’37—No. bales rec’d this day 4784 Total No. do ree d previously 430,365 495,049 494 341 April 6,1537-Ex. this day to Glasgow 815 “ do “ New York 63 Teial Exports previously 391,843-392,719 No. of bales on hand not cleared, 101,632 THE CURRENCY. The pressure in the money market, and the ad vance in the rate of foreign exchange, have given rise to actual exultation on the pan of the Go vernment official. Considering the mercantile in terest generally as hostile to the whole anti-com mercial measures of the late Administration, it seems to take a demoniac pleasure in the embar rassments to the merchants produced by ttiosa measures. So great is its joy that it has not even the discrclion to attempt to conceal it; and we have the singular spectacle of the official organ of the Administration rejoicing that the merchants doing business with foreign nations have to pay 3 per cent, premium on exchange, in preference to making calls on the honks Cor specie, and, by so doing, to increase the pressure. We also sec it congratulating the country that this stale of things I has been brought about by the acts of the ad ministration in forcing the specie from its natu- I ral channel, from its natural position by the laws | of trade, and placing it where it cannot be reached when those lawsjof trade direct a call upon it. The official acknowledges that thcspccie which the Treasury circular forces to the West, and re tains there, would, were it not for the circular, find its way to the great cities on the seaboard, there to be used as it lias always been used, and as common sense dictates it should be used, as merchandise, nr as money to pay balances or debts abroad. In the profundity of ils ignorance it sup poses that, by government rcgulalions, there can be collected in the country vast amounts of specie which can be retained in it at the will of the go vernment. The slightest acquaintance with the history of commercial regulations would have taught the Administration better. It would have taught them that the utmost stretch of despotic power was unequal to the task of confining gold and silver within the bounds prescribed to it con trary to the natural laws of trade. The attempt lias been made again and again, and has always failed, although enforced by penalties of the high est character. To show the inefficiency of all such regulations we need but call to mind that for two hundred years the exportation of the precious metals fiom Spain was prohibited under the pe nally of death I yet the exportation went on as regularly as that of any olher commodity of the kingdom. It is true, and our country for some years past has had sad experience of the fact, that ignorance and corruption may throw obstacles in the way of the regular operation of the laws of trade ; but these obstacles arc hut temporary, and, like a dam of sand across a running stream, are soon swept away by the accumulated waters behind, carry ing, for a time, ruin and desolation in their pro • gross Many millions of specie have been thrown into the West, by the operation of the Government, which the official acknowledges would not other wise he there. It has b asted that that was the object for which the circular was issued, and that it had effected its object. It now congratulates the country that so much specie has been placed in a situation where it cannot bo reached by the merchants to pay the foreign balances. It ac knowledges that there is such a balance, and has the hardihood to tejoice that obstacles are placed in the way of its being paid I How will our country look abroad when it is seen that the official organ of the Government is boasting that the Administration is taking mea sures designedly calculated to prevent our citi zens paying their foreign debts—thus encouraging them to defraud the citizens of foreign countries, or to render the payment of their just debts as onerous and as burthersome to them as possible ! Such a thing could scarcely be believed, except upon the authority of the official oigan itself. This balance, however, must and will be paid, whether it arises from loans made to the Slates, from importations of bread stuffs to keep the Northern democracy from starving, or from any olher cause. Our cilizens have borrowed the mo ney, have eaten the bread, and have worn the cliches, and used in various ways the productions of foreign countries, and are able and willing to pay for tht?m. True, some merchants may bo ruined, and msny will lose the labor of years, and will live to curse the ignorance, folly, and corrup tion of an Administration which sacrifices honest industry to a set of corrupt speculators.— ll’ash iugton Ueformer, From the N. O. True American, THE BANKS—THE BANKS. Perhaps no question since the reformation, has engrossed us much of public attention, as that ot Banks. No question certainly, has involved, to a greater degree, the stability and i.appiness of society. Toe written charter of i our liberties settled this question in away that i no doubt could be entertained. Me who lias ever read the debates on the constitution will ' recollect that the power was given to Congress t to emit bills nf credit, during the greater part i of the session of the Convention. All the slates voted for the power except Maryland and New Jersey. Towards the end of the session it was taken away by the very same states that voted for it, and the states them selves in their sovereign capacities, prevented from issuing bills of credit. With such a set- of this questio vexala, it is reasona ble to conC.'ttde that the practice of Banking would have so soon as the constitution was adopted. But contrary to all the rules of .rood faith, the system was persisted in. by contending that the prohibition extended only to the general and elate government directly. Thus at the very outset ot I lie Constitution on the road to experiment, was its meaning sub verted, and the power of the federal and state authorities to grant bank charters permanently established. The voices that from time Jo | time, were sincerely raised against the doc trine, were drowned in the general cry, in fa vor of the system. Whenever the defenders i were brought to acknowledge tbo force of con s slitutional arguments against their cause, and ■ oft have they boon driven to such a dilemma, i expediency became lha refuge for their vio. f lalions of the sacred instrument. Had the ! genera' government persisted in making gold and silver coin a legal tender only, and insist ed on the observance of tho constitution by the states as expressly la d down, the country would never have exper eneed tl;3 disastrous fluctuations in her commerce that now darken almost every page of iier atmals. We were then in our infancy and just starling upon the high road to wealth and prosperity. Then was the lime to set. out with correct principles. But cupidity and designs ot the few, then us now, construed the constitution to suit their own purposes, and the expediency of hanking was admitted. One admitted, the general go vernment had a superior right to establish a National Bank. Tnis was done, and for more than three fourths of the* time that the chart ers ot the old and late United States Dinks had to tun, the results of their administration have been highly beneficial to the country not only in providing an efficient ami par value currency, but in restraining the disposi tion to over-banking by the states, and whore state institutions existed by controlling (heir issues within a wholesome limit.— Some evils were left by the country from the mal-adminietralion of these two national institutions, it is true. But as the country had adopted the system, they had to take the good with the bad. In the fullness of time came the hypocritical and demagogical ad ministration of Andrew Jackson. The Uni ted States Bank refused to pander Is power, and down went this establishment. The pres sure of the controlling influence having been removed, the stale banks madly shot from their proper spheres ami the whole Union was deluged at once with millions of paper money This is the tendency of all monied institu tions, when felt to their own direction. As in Physical Astronomy, the Planets would cease to revolve in their orbits, were it not for the common centre of attraction, so in banking, State Banks become unmanageable unless a greater power sustained by the general gov ernment exist to keep them within the hounds assigned by the charters thatculled them into being. The present evils that the country is wofuliy experiencing have arisen more Irom the political cliatlatauism of Gen. Jackson, limn from any other cause. Ho is the real source of our commercial troubles. It is un necessary for ns to wudo through the history of a reign too deeply engraved on the memo ries of all who have lived to witness ils termi nation. Yet in the midst of the boundless inducements thus afforded by the government to overissues and undue expansions, (hero arc banks throughout the country that have for tunately been administered by men of such nerve and temperament that the glittering but deceptions prize of I he immediate realiza tion o \'millions did not suffice to turn one mo ment from obstinately pursuing the path that the rigid principles of commerce pointed out to their view and held constantly to their eyes. Many such banks are lo be found even in New Orleans. It is to them that the public now look for relief from present pressure. To point them out shall he our duly another lime. From the Richmond Whig. The Judiciary of the UniteiT Stales. The degradation of the Supreme Court of the U. S. by the late Executive—in filling it with unscrupulous parliza ns, will beheld not the least of the evils which that curse inflic ted on the country. The appointment of Taney, a man whose claims to the station which Marshall had honored, rested confes sedly on his disgraceful partiztin services, it was hoped, would be the only encroachment on the dignity, respectability and usefulness of the highest tribunal in the Union. The hope, however, proved delusive. By the hill passed at the last session increasing the num ber of Judges, it became necessary to make two more appointments. These, the old He ro, at the very close of his flagitious career, determined to bestow on two faithful parli zans. The one was conferred on Win. Smith ol Ala., whose servility and political rancour are 100 well known to require any comment: The other on a Judge Catron, whose name wo never saw or heard, until the appointment was announced. In reference to his qunlifi. cations, we find the following in the Baltimore Chronicle: “JUDGE CATRON OF THE SUPREME COURT.—The nomination of this man, in the very last hours of the Presidency of Gen. Jackson, to the important office of associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was in keeping witli the despotic char, acter of the late President.—Objectionable as was the time chosen for Ills nomination, it ap pears, from an article in the Nashville Banner, that still stronger objections he against the man, which, if known to the Senate, ought to half; nrevenied their approval his his ap pou'' int. From the Banner we learn that lie is a discarded Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, having been removed from that office for his “arrogant and imperious and, at times, insolent deportment on the bench.” “It is this,” says the Banner “that has ren dered him, and justly, one ot the most unpop ular judges that ever presided in Tennessee. A reference to the yeas and nays on the Le gislative Journals will show, that, on the oc casinn of his defeat when last a cafldidate for the Supremo Bench of Tennessee, ho found in the Van Buren ranks—his own political coadjutors—his most vigilant, influential and uncompromising enemies. So exceedingly unpopular had lie rendered himself to the Bar, that men of all parties united to displace him.” Ho is moreover deficient in a correct, know ledge of the English language; his diction is barbarous and unique and Cull of numerous vulgarisms,that wholly unlit him for tire station he has been appointed lo fill. Such is the character of a judge of the Su preme Court of the United States! A court that should be the most august in the world, and until, the reign ol Jacksonism commen ced, a body whose members were renowned for their legal knowledge and revered for their many virtues. Into this sacred temple of jus tice, such men as judge Catron should hardly be permitted to enter as solicitors; corruption must indeed he rife when he is called to pre side as one of its ministers. The overthrow of Van Buren will relieve us from the thousand other evils wc are now suffering under—the injury inflicted on the country by the appointment of Judge Catron will continue «ilh his life.” Exclusive Local News.—A late London paper tells a very amusing story, growing out of (ho rivalry of two country newspapers pub lished in the West of England. The chief recommendation of all the provincial papers in that country is the interest and quantity of the local news; and the two editors referred to principally displayed their hostility to each other by a deadly jealously of that kind of in telligence. The one journal was published on Friday and the other on Saturday. It oc curred one moonlight, Thursday evening, while he of the Saturday was wafking about Haifa mile from the town, that he observed, a short distance off the road, the body of a man suspended by the neck from a tree, and who, upon examination, he found had committed suicide, A fit of alarm seized the Saturday editor, lest the discovery of the man having destroyed himself should be made that night, and consequently the rival journalist be the first to give the particulsra of a circumstance which could not fail to produce a great sensa tion in the place. If Friday’* ’Chronicle’ had 1 the intelligence before the Saturday’* *Cour ’ j, •■•o dd he fte making nffh» fortune of I ■ the former, while it would bn all but the ruin ’ of the latter. What was to bo done to prc. ’ vent it? A thought struck the conductor ol 1 the Cottranl; he would, assisted by a confiden i tial person employed in the office, cut down the body, and secretJy convey it to a s'able of 1 his own, where lie would conceal it till the following night—against which time the rival journal would he published—and then return with it lo the spot where lie found :t. A horse and cart were procured, and the deceased was conveyed lo the editor's stable, where the bo dy was covered with straw. Hiving thus, as he believed, secured the nows of the suicide to himself, he betook him to his editorial chair and was engaged during the greater part of the night in wonting out a talc of horror of his Saturday’s paper; and it was not till long after midnight, that lie retir ed, with an anxious mind,to bed. He soon fell asleep, dreamed of the sensation the suicide had created among the people, the chagrin of his rival editor at the tale of horror in his pa per, and the large edition ho had gold. Early next morning, a servant, having oc casion to go into the stable, in rummaging about, discovered the corpse bid under the straw, and immediately ran screaming to the house. His cries disturbed the editor; ho jumped up slipped on his clothes, and rushed down s'nirs. The cause of the noise was explained to him; —he pronounced the servant a fool, snatched the keys of the sta ble, and inn out and locked it,—command ing that no one should attempt to go into the stable that day. The cries of the ser vant had attracted the attention ol a man pass ing by at the lime, who seeing him running from the stable seemingly much terrified, had gone to the door and looking in and discov ered the object of the servant's fear. As a good citizen, he spread the news, and in ten minutes the proper authorities were apprised of the circumstances. An inquiry into the matter was immediately instituted. Suspicion fell on the journalist; ho had been seen, at tended, by one ofthe men in hi* employ, la kmgsuinetliing out of a cart and carrying it into the stable on the preceding night. He wss taken into custody; a corner’s jury sat on the body; a number of circumstances, strong ly presumtivu ofhis having strangled the die ease, transpired in the course of the corner’s investigation ; and his own life, according to appearances, was about lo become the price ofhis anxiety to deprive his rival of “interest ing local news,” In vain did lie protest Itis innocence—in vain did lie relate each particular evc/il as it had occurred. His haggard countenance, — his locking the stable dour after the body had been discovered by the servant, his command that no one should go into it during the day, wore held to he almost conclusive against Ins story, and his commitment was about to be made out. Fortunately for him, at this mo ment, one of the jury fooling in a side pocket ofthe deceased that had been overlooked in the first instance found a letter written a few hours before the suicide, in which he declared his intention to destroy himself. It relieved the editor—but his narrow escape, and the trouble he got himself into, made him fut more cautions in future us to the means ho took lo obtain “exclusive local news."— Baltimore , Clientele. „ ACENTURY AGO. The following [from Lady Montagu's lately published Loiters] is an account of u scene which, we wilt venture to assort, is i without a parallel, in any age or nation.— Nat. Gaz. “London, May. 173 S .—Here is no news to be scot yati from this place, which ljus been for this fortnight and still continues overwhel med wAh politics, and which are of so mys terious a nature, one ought, to have some of the gifts of Lilly or Patmlge to be able to write about them ; and I loavoall those disser talions lo those distinguisliud mortals who are endowed with the talent of divination ; though 1 uni at present the only one ot my sex who seems to be of that opinion, the la dies having shown their zeal and appetite for knowledge in a most glorious manner. At the last warm debate in the House of Lords, it was unanimously resolved there should he no crowd of unnecessary auditors ; conse quently the fair sex were excluded, and the gallery destined to the sole use ofthe House of Commons. Notwithstanding which deter mination, a tribe of dames resolved to show on this occasion that neither men nor laws could resist them. These heroines were La dy Huntingdon, * the Dutchess of Qneensbu. ry, the Dutchess, of Alienator, Lady West moreland, Lady Cobliam, Lady Charlotte Ed win, Lady Archibald Hamilton and her daughter, Mrs. Scott, Mrs, Pendarvis,and La dy Frances Samidcrson. lam thus particu lar in their names, since I look upon thorn to he the boldest osserters and most resigned sufferers for liberty I ever read of. They presented themselves at the door at nine o’clock in the morning, where Sir William Suunderson respectfully informed them the Chancellor had made an order against their admlttanco. The Dutchess of Quconsbury, as head of the squadron, pished at tki ill hroedingofa mere lawyer, and to let them up stairs privately. After soine mod est refusals, ho swore by G— he would not let them in. Her Grace, with a noble warmth, answered by G— they would cornc in, in spite of the Chancellor and the whole House. Tills being reported, the Peer* resolved lo starve them out; an order was made that the doors should not be opened till they hud rais their seige. These Amazons now showed themselves qualified for the doty even of foot soldiers ; they stood there till five in the after noon, without sustenance, every now and then playing vollios of thumps, kicks, and raps, against the door, that the speakers in the House were senree heard. When the Lords were not lo be conquered by this, Ihe two Dmchessess (very well apprized of the use of stratagems in war) commanded a dead silence of half an hour; and the Chancellor, who thought this a certain proof of their ab sence, (the Commons also being very impa tient lo enter,) gave order tor the opening of the door; upon which they all rushed in, pushed aside their competitors, and placed thorn-elves in the front rows ofthe ga'lery. They stayed there till alter eleven, when the House rose; and during the debate gave applause, and showed marks of dislike, not only by smiles and winks, (which have always been allowed in these cases,) hut by noisy laughs and apparent contempt; which is supposed the true reason why poor Lord Hervey spoke miserably. I beg your pardon dear madam, for this long relation; but,'ll* impossible to be short on so copious a subject; and you must own this action very well wor thy of record, and I think not to he paralleled in any history ancient or modern. I look so little in my own eyes, (who was at that time ingloriously sitting over a tea-table,) I hardly dare subscribe myself even. Yours.” •Lady Huntingdon, tho same who afterward* became the head, the CouDtcae Matilda, of tho Whitfieldian Methodist*. COMMERCIAL. BSITIMOS r. market, apbil 8. Money— The market continue* much a* last week, j Money i* scorer, but mailers generally appew tn a | found condition. j Etthm tr^-Foreign—-W* quota Sterling Bill* at ! 112 a 1121 percent with varynv«i«**o»tr.o*<otinfis n Domestic Exchange is rather difficult lo negotiate nt 4a 5 p?r ccni. on Charleston and Sataimah. Un .j New Orleans 5n 6 per cent, is charged. f offer —At auction yesterday the cargo of (ho C,i t‘ milla, c insi.-iting of 3SUU hags fair quality Pin, was ll all sold at nu average of tli cents,6 months. Sales if of St. Droning!) at Id! a I cents. e Cotton—Fair sirpply in market hnt no sales of ■ moment arc making. Hnmird-slrect h'.uvr— Wc find iho market lo day t in mi niiscliled slata. Bome few sales have been ; made from mores hy the dray lead at 89,50, but no r transactions have taken place hy which n positive wholesale price can be established. The prevailing wagon price throughout Iho week has I koto 83, but dealers arc generally unwilling to pay that price io ! day, anticipating a further decline, I City Mi Is Flour —Wc have to nolo a considerable , fall in prices, sales having been made yesterday of ’ standard quality ni 88per barrel. Susyuehunnu Flour —Small sales oro making nt - $9 a 9,60. “ Rye Flour —ls dull ai $7,62!. [ UAeaf— Tho only sale of which we have hoard this week was that of n parcel of prime German red - aonmdiys ago, ni 81,69 pur busqel. Since then the market has been quite nt n maud as regards sales and is likely so to continue until the Flour market assum es a settled character. The slock nf Foreign wheat on hand is somewhat short of 100,000 bushel*. , Corn.— Sales of while at 90n92f euta Yellow has ' improved a shade in price, and sales arc now making 1 at Mn9s c's. I A’jre—We quote .IM.nt 8 1,05a51,10. Thom ia a ; good supply of Foreign in Market, but wu h:nr ol no 1 «a!c». , Oats—Wo quote at about 52 cents, j I’novisi .Ns —Beef and Pork aro dull. We quote Moss Pork at 832 a 833 per bbl. Tho receipts ol Western Bacon have been very large ibis week, and ns purchasers seemed indisposed to operate ni , present the price has still further declined. .Sales of good lots nf assorted have been made ot 9 cts. per lb. for cash anil on short credit- Some lots of very su perior have brought 94 cts., while inferior parcels have sold as low us 84 cts. Lard continue very dull—wo quote Baltimore at 12 cts. and Western at Hi al2 cis- A parcel of6o,ooolbs. salted flam*, received via. New Orleans, was sold hy miction ai 74 cts. per lb. A lot of 1511,009 lbs. Pork in bulk was offered at tnosame lime but nut sold. '4 ha in spections of tho week comprise 30 bbls. Pork ; 154 hugs Butler, and 878 kegs l.tird. Sugars.—hi auction on Tuesday 140 hhds and 25 tierces Porto Kico, cargo ol schr. Gallant Mary, wore sold at 850,00a $1U.05. On Thursday 100 hhds New Orleans were sold ai auc.lion at 56.30 n 84 10; and to-day 136 hhds Now Orleans were a rid at ©7, 60 a 87, 75. Sales of Brazil white, hy private con tract at $lO Spirits.- —New England Rum has dcblined in price and salts erenow making at 40 a 40 cents in hhds and 47 a43 cents in bbls. Wo nolo nsuleof New Orleans Hum nt OOreufs—it may bo quoted at 60 n 65 els. Apple Brandy is also lower, the wagon price being 43 cts. exclusive ofthe barrel, and s.iioi irom floras at 43 n 49 cents for bbls and 45 a 4~ cents for hhds. iTlariiie Intelligence. ARRIVED. ~~ 1 Steamer Richmond, Fraser, Savannah, with low [ hosts. Merchandize, &o to E. Camtie d agent, ami Others. ' DEPARTED 1 Steamer Caledonia, Calvin, Savannah, with low boats. 300 bales cotton. Savannah, April 10.—Arr. brig Ceres, Blanchard ’ Liverpool; nearneis Chatham, Wray, Augusta; John Randolph, Lyon, do.: Liberty, Bernard, Char leston; Wm.b’oabruoU, Dubois, do.; Fore* er, Dillon I Garey’s Ferry. I CTd, ship Newark, Dunham, NYork and Pruvi , donee; si hr. Planter, Cahill, Alex ndria. Ciiaulkhtom, April 11.—Arr. Br ship Diamond, I Toole, N. York; Br. brig, Sir James Knaot. Archi bald, Dundee, sailed 3ih Feb.; //arrict Bn.inard, e Thompson, Franklin, (La ); schrs Eagle, Ashby. N. Orleans, via Key West; Imp'-rial, (lodgers Darien; Amelia, Norton, do.; steam packet boutu Carolina. C'uffiio, Norfolk via Hmithville; NC CTd, Fr barque Lo Grando Condo, Auliert, Caen; 8 brig Do Freundo, Mcijer, Copenhagen; schr Con a ncxion, Duggan, Baltimore; lir sleep liover, Alhu s ry, //arbor Island, Bahamas, . Went to sea, ship Manchester, Hewitt, Havre; schr* Allas, llcdley, Darien; William & John, Kel ler, Wilmington. 1 &uai*(Je:tio’t4 i\«sicc. months after -ole, I will make application to the Honoroablo lha Inferior Court ol Colum bia county, when sitting ns a court oi oidinaiy,fur , leave to sail Lot number Twemy-bix, (i'C,) in tho second District of Leo county, as draw u by Win. IF, Sidney and Ann Edwards (Illinois.) 1 HENRY W. MA.SSL.NGAI.E,Gund'n. i Aprils, 1857 79 Administrator’* Holier. tjjtOUK MONTHS afterdate, apphealiun will b.) made to the honorable the Jusliecs of Iho Infe rioi Court of Buiko couuly, when si ling (br ordina ry purposes, for leave lo sell all the Real Estate of Hiram Nunn, dec’d; lor the benefit of tho heirs and creditors of said deceased. SAMUEL BARRON, Adm’r. J »n X 11 4in Executor’* Notice. mouths after date application will be rands to the Court of Ordinary of Burke county, for leave to soil Lot 206, in Ihe ITtli Dist. of Henry county, drawn by Benjamin Philips, us a part of the real estate of Archibald 8011, deceased. ELIAS BELL, Ex r of Archibald inarch 29 7:1 ftkJOTICE. —Four tnonlhs after date, application will bo made to ths Honorable iho Interior Court of Scrivon county, when silting for ordinary purposes, fur leave lo sell iho Real Eslutu of Daniel Archer, lor the benefit < I the heirs. J. S. SOUTHWELL, Administrator. Jan 9 X lu 4m MONTHS after date application wll he ■ made to the honorable Inferior Court of the county of Jefferson, sitting as a Court of Ordmory, for leave to sell one hall of Lot No. sixteen, in the Twentieth District of formerly Muscogee county, now Harris ; the properly of Mary S. Moore, minor, lor her hem-lit. SARAH MGORE, Guardian. »'■ 7 ft wtd MON '/ IIS oiler dare, application will bo made to iho Honorable Inlenur Court of Burke county when selling for Ordinary purposes for leave lo eell a tract of land lying in said county, belonging lo John Ai Mary Ann Hudson, orphans of John L Hudson doc'd. EPIHUAM FUNDER, Guar’d Jam 37 gg Ciiiai'diuii’* Notice. 1^3 OUR months afterdate application will ho made to Iho Honorable Interior Court of Columbia county when sitting as 0 Court of Ordinary, fbr leave to soli two iois of Land and one Gold Lot, drawn by tho orphans of Edmund liitgg, deceased, in the Cherokee purchase for the benefit ol said or phan*. ABNER P. ROBERTSON. March 251 h, 1837 4tm 71 DM I NISTATQR’S - NOTICE~I'our Month* alter date application will bo made to tho Hon ornblo Inferior Court of Jefferson County, when sit ting for ordinary purposes, fbr l-.-avt 10 sell two tracts of Land lying in the County of Cherokee. AUo, one tract in Lowndes County, for the benefit -of iho heirs mid creditors ofsttid dccu/scd, Jan. the 14th, 1837. J. W. ALEXANDER, ? . . W.S. ALEXANDER. ( Adm " Jan. 80. X 16 Uiiardiiiii’* Nolicc. I [’OUR MONTHS after date, application will be mudu to thn honorable iho interior Court of Jefferson county, sitting ns a Court ol Ordinary, (br leave lo soli the interest of the minor heir* ol Wil liam Streetinau,deceased.in lot number six, in the t wenty-second district ol Muscogee county ; and also Ibrloavo lo sell a negro man named Charles, be longing lu said estate; fbr the purpose of division amongst the heirs of said estate. MOSES BRINSON, Jr, Guardian of the Minors, and Administrator de bonus nun ot Estate Jan 16 X •10 fit Ij’OUK months alier dalo application will be made lo tho honorable tho Inferior Court of i/criven county, when sitting (or ordinary 1 urposes, for leave to sell, the estate, both real and personal, ol Anncis Arnett, deceased. AZAUIAH ENNUIS,AJm’r. [ J«n 3 1 * X 23 4m Ailiuiuifttratur’s Notice. FUUU months after iJaie, application will tn, made to tho Honorable the inferior Court of Columbia comity, whon fitting tor ordinary purpo BC«tfor leave to soil a lot oi Land eoutumy 40 i acre*, and known and distinguished us Lot No 141, . 3d District, Chorckco county, belonging i-o ihw i tale of Henry Wilkins, dcccuecd, wd t u he puii hr ths bonofti ofthe heir* and creditor? oL«aid deow*- ? i ml t VhUH Wff jftNb. Adra'4 l\f° flCr.—Fonr jn mit.s alter *!au», application MR V*. u,n h * *•» rt-" hbnorafjl- tha li.fr.rior Ocrat** »;l henven when for ordinary purpo kcs, for Jf'iU'; to m*ll three tlure* in r»n undivided ■ tract oi Lull J o{ the estate of John JI lack, and on wh:c.i Mary Black non Lvrs, r or the benefit of ih# v’ lli r mniotA MARY Di-ACK, Guardian* . Jar » 9 X 4m Wl Ajlmintslrator’s NolEcc. F j’OUlt MON 111 ' : ;r date. application will be ji|l »■ m iclo lo ihe 1 c.'..-able the Interior Court «f jJH Jefforson court - y, anting aa n Conn of Ordinary, for HSi leave to rail ilia [.and and Nie.ocs of Jama* T. Hudson, deceased, tor the benefit ot tlio heirs and I S neditors ol said deceased. ELISHA SMITH, Adm’r. Jan 16 X 15 4m *4B| .Idiiiiiuilraioi’fi Police. Ij'GUll months aftor date application w ill be made lo the Court of Ordinary of Richmond County, for leave to soil all Iho real estate ol Jarvis Bollard, Into t;f said couniy, deceased. teh 23 in Into ANDREW J. MILLER, AdwV. (jiuanliau’iii Notice. nionihs niter date application will he made to the Honorable ilic Info.for Court ot Jciler son comity, vvhon sitting or n Court of Ordinary, f>r leave 1 > sell line hundred acres mom or le sa, ot oak and hickory Laud, in the county of Weah ing -1011. belonging to J. M. W., ft. L li and W. U. Reels, niinors, f r their benefit. .. JOHN rcrX. Guardian. March C, 1337 57 leiiai'diaia'* Police. S.XOUR months afterdate, application win l-o made to the Honorable 1 lie Interior Court of Bcrivcn county, when tilting for ordinaiy pur po.ics, lor leave lo sell the lands belonging lo iho heirs of Michael Rudolph, deceased, in the -Slats of Ohio, for the benefit of the heirs. WILLIAM LUNDY, ) „ STEPHEN P. ItEVILL.S t,uani "" Dee 31 4lm £7 Eiccntor’s Nctiicc. K'OUII months after date, application will l>a made it- to thn Honorable the Imorior Court of Barlot county, vvlien siding ns a Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell a Lot of Lund, ,'<’o. E!8, IGth district, Early county, belonging to the estela of Jonathan Lewis, Into olsaiJ county, deceased. HENRY LEWI*’. Erec’r. .March 1, 1877 64 4lm Excc«ttos* 5 a notice. FOUR months after data, application will he made to tlio Honorable the Inferior Court, ol Scrivon county, whim sitting for ordinary purpo* e«, for leave to sell 17J Aerosol Pin n Land, in said couniy, adjoining lands ol'Jnmai O Gold wire, Gran vti 1 Hevit, and others, belonging lo the estate of William li. L’opson, ueoensei. fd. N. McC/XL. Exocfr, Match 9, 1937 63 4tttt AUmimstralor’H Notice* Ij3OUR months alter date application will bo made to the inferior Court of Rurite Ceunly whan sitting fir ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the .Negroes belonging Pi Chales Ccvcnali,)ote of said county, dt evened M. WIGGINS, Admr. Waynesboro, Fob 43. 1337 46 Uiiatiliau’s Roltee. months after date, application vvfl l*» rondo 10 1)10 liunorahle Inferior Court of Co* Innibia county, vviion sitting lor ordinary purposes, lor leave to nil all the Lands belonging to Gaxwuy Beale, minor of Hogskiah IJ.’nlo, deceased. WILLIAM B. BEALE, Guardian. Feb 9 4m(*) 33 &rttar<liau’* Notice. months alter date, application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Co -1 lumhia County, when silling as a Court of Ordi* nary, fbrknve to sell a lot of Land, No. 1147. J6ih District, and “id Section, originally Cherokee, bat now Cobb County, as belonging lo Lycutgus Roar, (inino .1 MARTHA A. REES, Guardian, Fehd Si Admini«tratur’«i Notice. MONTHS offer date, Application will be it undo ’.o iho honorable Court ol Jeffur* son county, ni-iing a* a Court ol Ordinary, (or loqvo lo sell Iho l and and Negroes of Seih Knson, dec'J, for tlw bendit of ilie h-ir.v nnd creditors of en d de* ccnscd. BUY'ANT FILFOKD, Adrn’f. Jam 1C X J 5 4m i%l O l’lCC,—i-our mornlib niter dm*, application will hr ma le to iho Honorable the Jnicrior Court of driven county, when hitting for oruiunry purpußfH,for leave to hell a negro icllow liy tiio name of Stephen ; fir tlio hcnniit of Lury Ann Braswell, a minor, ny her guardian Banioll Nowlon. Jon 9 X 4m yi«llili»i:air»l4>l'’!4 Notice. IJ7OUR months after data, application will ho inado to the Honorable the Inferior Court ol Scrivcn county, whib’ silling tor Ordinary purpo ses, for leave to sell all the Lands belonging lo th« astute of William W. Oliver, deceased. JAMEa 11. MOBLEY, Adm’r. Feb. 95 4B Atlinliihfraioidg Notice. fjNOUU months after data, application will bo made to the Honorable the inferior Court of -ferivon County, vvlien sitting fiir ordinary purposes, for leave lo sell the lands belonging lo the estate of Archibald Duty, late of said county, deceased „ , WARY BLEY, Adm'rt. Feb 91 1337 -ij 41 m A;lmi«i!f{i7,loi’’N N«licc. months afterdate application will borru lo Iho Honorable Iho Interior Court of J offer eon county, when sitting for Ordinary purpose, for loufo to soli u Jot ol’ hand belonging to the Estate ol t h<* l.ito Joseph Allen, in said county, cor.tuining 25 ( J| ac res, adjoining lands of James bluuo and others. SAMUEL HADDEN, Adm’r. Afa/ch 23 57 fcHiti'dian’s Notice. K7OUR inomln after date application will bo mad m. to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Lincoln county, while setting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell a Negro Woman colled Rat, belongia to the estate ol the minors ol Azn licall, deceased. f. F. FLEMING, Guardian. Feb 10 vvira 33 AdminiMrator’s Notice. FOUR months after dole, application will bo mad* lo the Gourt of Ordinary of Richmond couniy, for leave to sell all the real estate of Alexander Gra ham, deceased, late of said county. W.M. >l. D’A.VI'IG.NAC, Admr. March I, 1837 60 w4mo <*(i:irt)iaii’s Notice. IjtOUR months after date, application will b* made to the Honorable the Inferior Court ot Scriven county, when silting (ororemarv purpose*, for leave to sell 600 Acres of Land, more or less, in said couniy, one third of which is Oak and Hickory, one third Swamp, and the balance Rinc Land ; ad Joining lands of James Seville, William Black, and others; belonging to Nancy Ann Bevill nnd her three children, W illtara, Robert, and Calfrcy Bevill ROBERT DEVIL/., Guardian. March 9 1837 56 4tm GUARDIAN’S NOTICE.—Four months after date, application will bo made to the honora ble iho Inferior Couit of Columbia county, whan silling for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell three Negroes, belonging to Mrs. >- ydia Hngg. Jan 6 4 4tm*J BENJAMIN HUGO. Gua^d. OEOROIA, Scriten County: j* WWHREANj James R Thompson apphJa (uf*“ Letters of Adiiiioistration on the es ute of Al ly Ann Gross, late ol said county, deceased. Tlif'Bo arc tiicrelbrc to cite nnd admonish ail and singular the kindred and crodilora ol said deceased, l to be and appear at my oftico within iho time pre • scribed by law, to show cause, i( any they have, why said letters should not be gramaf 1 Given under my hand, ut office, in Jacksonhoro', ibis 95th day of March, 1837. JOSHUA FERRY, Chria march 98 U S!) Uolliirit Itonard. np7l £ above reward will paid for the appn^ 5. licnsionoi JEBSK (vOuDWiN, who e«cup«d ffuin flu* Jail of Columbia c« un»y, on iho night nf I .he I4th .March, iiiaiant- t in js fgiiWtuml about 6 loot high-huiJ unJ impudeot BlxdkOil to. W _ J AS. ALEXANDER. Vlor C. C. March S 3 «, j E J.U'Ts diapewsl re forward the -acre ofjus* J