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O' f l Avgcßvgswßii cpansqaaaqKbaß & oateKKiSKßßta \VSLBs3AIi E. JOXKS. AMSIL’WTA, MOftOAY EVli.\aA«,fclSl*r. IH, 8537. [Semi-weekly.]— Vol. I.—No. 74,- Dn'j'.isliCa DAILY, SEMI-WEEKLY ASD WEKh'IA ’ At No. 351 It road Street- TERMS —Daily papal, Ten Dollars per annum | in advance. Semi-weekly papvr, ni 1 iv.' Dollars as heretofore i i aJvancf, or Six at the end ot in ’ year. Weekly p:i tnr, Three Dollars in advance or Four at the end of the year. I CwTi wm.tuy^siiuMWw■ v^l. ■vt'" *' T -y y ' a '‘ w * CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. Saturday Kvniinc, Sept. 10. 1837. FOR GOVERNOR, GEORGE U. (GILMLEK. State Tlcßal Cor UJclxnxor.t: Co. non sesatk- ANDREW J. MIDLER. FOR ILKI'IIESKNTATTVKS. CHARLES J. JENKINS. GEORGE W. CRAWFORD. WILLIAM J. RHODES. EGYPTIAN COTTON. A Specimen of Cotton from the Egyptian seed brought to Georgia last spring by Col. W. 0 Dawson, raised by Maj. W.P. Dearmond of this s city, has been handed to us for our inspection. The staple is pronounced by competent judges to be very lino, and valuable on account of its length. Should this cotton not degenerate hy be coming acclimated, it will be a most valuable ac quisition, Egyptian cotton commands in the Liv erpool Market, a price midway between Sea Is land and Upland. We will venture the aasertion'lhat the annals of all time, do not present an instance of such barefaced political chicanery as the act of Gov. Schley in raising a regiment often companies of Volunteers in the Cherokee counties for the pre tended security of the citizens of that region. Never was such a step so little justified hy the circumstances under which it was taken. Ihe Indians are as peaceable as lambs ; they are to tally unprepared for committing hostilities, be cause their arms have all been taken away Irom them; there are now six or seven hundred troops stationed among them, in the pay of the United States; and, lastly, there arc at least five while men real ling in those counties for every In dian! Under those circumstances why is this re giment so unexpectedly raised? What use is therefor it? None —none whatever! It is all a vile political manoeuvre, intended solely to control the voles of lire people of those counties! It is a bribe offered at the State’s expense,to purchase up voles for the man who solemnly promised, in the face of Heaven, and in the presenn e of his follow citizens, to be the “ Governor of the State, and not ofa parly.” It gives the Governor an excuse to put his hands into the Treasury and lake out money to buy his own re-election. Every man be longing to the regiment will bo operated upon by his partisan officers,& those who cannot be bribed or persuaded, will be debarred the liberty ,ol go* ing to the polls! Immense sums of money have to be expended for the purchase ot provis ions for the subsistence ol this army, and hy this means it is hoped to bribe the planters of that section into the support of his Excellency. Not content with making a tour through that country in person under the pretence of superintending the great Rail Road, he now raises an army with no other real view than to bolster up his falling fortunes, and thrust him perforce upon lire peo ple once more as their Governor. The man who refused to pay for the clothing & necessaries of th c brave soldiers who went to Florida where there was actual service to bo dons, now has the cffrori tery to raise a regiment at the public expense to parade about the country to electioneer for him self! These men will no doul the well clothed; we shall hear no complaint about refusal to pay for their overcoats & pantaloons !no ! no! they are in his Excellency’s service—not the people’s, and no doubt they will he well provided fur, at least until the election ! Let us examine into the expense to which thc State will be put by this new armament. Under our rnilita laws each company must have at least (74 privates & 14 officers including musicians, I naking 78 in all, and making the Regiment to c (insist of 780 men and officers. These will re r eive the same pay us United Slates troops, and t he expenses of one month may ho estimated as . f allows. I Colonel §9O S Majors, each S6O 120 10 Captains, each £,4.7 ASO 10 First Lieutenants each 30 300 10 Second Lieutenants 85 850 10 Ensigncs 20 800 40 Sergeants each 10 400 40 Corporals 8 320 20 Musicians, each § 10 §2OO 640 Privates, each $6, 3840 Making a grand total of £6170 per month, merely for the pay of the regiment, besides cloth ing, provisions, camp cquippage, baggage wag gons, arms and ammunition, a large quantity of which latter article will no doubt he used in firing guns in honor of his Excellency’s re-election, should such a thing happen. We will not under take to calculate thc whole expense, but we pre sume it will take some 15 or 20,000 dollars p<>r month! We ask th ■ people who pays the piper, and what it is they pay him for? We learn hy the Texas Chronicle of the 19th tilt that, Capt. Wheelright,commander of the schr. In dependance, which it will be recollected was cap tured hy the Mexicans, has made his escape from Itis guards at Matatnoras, and in company with a physician, succeeded in embarking in a whale boat for Texas. It is tdso reported that Cap'. Thompson of thc Mexican Schooner Dravo, to gether with the second officer in command, has deserted from his vessel, and gone over to the Tcx iatis. His family has arrived in New Orleans. From Florida.— The Tallahasse Floridian of thc 29 inst. says: “ Dy a letter received from Col. Brown, in West Florida, we learn that the hos tile Creeks in that quarter appear generally dis posed to come in, having, as they say become tired of thc war. Major Wilson, of the army, with 8 friendly Indians as interpreters, the Col. writes, j has rendered very essential service in collect ing and bringing in thc fugitives. Fourteen of the bostiles are nowin camp, and among them Cosafi.xico, the ptincipal chcif of the party re maining, who, ho says, are weary of lighting, and desirous to come in. It is stated that a parly of abouttwenty warriors beside women and children have stopped near St Andrew’s Bay, supposed to be on their way to the Seminole country, having r-- T'nevwgi.:«s.w.i j j ut'jui’a ——' ’ -’ | been visited hy a parly of five Euchee warriors.— These Indians have succeeded in visiting the ! Creeks unmolested, having crossed the Apalachi | cola river below the Indian towns. They stale ! that in the the Seminole country they can always keep out of thc way of the whiles, and offer this as an inducement for the Creeks to join them.— It is believed, however,that hostilities in this quar ter have ceased, and that the Indians will all leave the country —such as do not succeed in joining thc Sominoles, will emigrate. [from our cokbksfosuknt.] WASHINGTON, Sept. 13th, 1837. THE ADMINISTRATION IS IN A MINOR ITY IN THE HOUSE ! This is the astounding result of the very first acts of President Van Burcn. When I think of this —when I consider the tone of defiance and opposition used by many members' who were elected as friends of the administration —when I hear the marked and severe reprobation by the public press, of the doctrines and recommendations of the Message responded to by a majority of 25 in the House of Representatives, I am forcibly reminded of a conversation that took place with in my hearing in November last, between a member of Congress from a neighboring city, and an officer of thc House. His result of the Presi dential elections had just been ascertained, and the representative and his friend were in high spirits at the triumph of their party’s candidate. The Hon. Mr. H. remarked “Mr. Van Burcn has now a clear field before him. This adroitness and moderation will entirely disarm his adversaries ; and 1 prophecy that before the next summer will ho over, there will scarcely be an opposition even in name." Such were the sanguine expectations indulged of the beneficial effects of Van Burens ad ministration—such thc high estimate placed upon his gifts and [accomplishments as a Statesman/ How have those high hopes been fulfilled ? How has this flattering opinion been justified ? “Only a few months elapse and his course of pol icy has struck down the commercial credit of the country —brought adversity to the homes of all classes—ami spread ruin and embarrassment throughout the wide extent of a deluded and op pressed nation—an opposition has been conceit; tied larger in numbers—more determined and un compromising n spirit—more intelligent, respect able and influential —and more confident of suc cess than any previous administration has ever had to encounter. Instead of disarming his ad versaries, Mr. Van Burcn has put weapons in their hands of keener edge, and more enduring and vigorous than ever they wielded before ; and what is’worso.he has cooled and alienated many of his most respectable, cot,tiding and hopeful friends. Mr. Claiborne ofMiss., a young man of some promise, hut of little experience, and very limited political knowledge, has, in a recent letter, claim ed for thc President the possession of great ability as a statesman. Ido Mr. Claiborne the justice to behove he is honest in his opinion. Many of his parly entertain the same notion sincerely—nayi it is by no means an uncommon opinion among those opposed to him. Some of the Whig papers have laboriously propogaled and instilled into the public mind, the idea that Mr. Van Burcn is at Jeasl a man of great sagacity, invention and dex terity. He has been styled “rue Magician,” and innumerable illustrativcs have been given of : bis genius for tact and management. Now if, by • nil tbis, it is meant that Mr. Van Buren is rernar i kablc for a high degree of that political sagacity J which belongs to the character ofa true stales. ■ man, such as Fox, or Pitt, or Clay, Calhoun and Webster—fur fertility in resources, or for doxteri i ly i.t the use of honest moans, necessary to ac. eompli dl noble ends, the assumption of such at tributes L altogether groundless and at bitrary.— Mr. Van Batch, as is well known to those best acquainted will, .him,is a man of second rale pow ers in every thing. He baa certainly not shown himself to ho a magician .since his accession to the Chief Magistracy. -His persistence in the odious policy of the Treasury Cirluar destroyed what popularity ho possessed in the great West ern Stales. He was driven to th * convocation of Congress at this extraordinary so. 1 "rion, hy that worst of counsellors, Fkab. It was ... nrely not a master stroke of policy to force on the elt ’t |ons at a time when the people were roused to (Its high est indignation, and loudly calling for a diaDiJP, to bring to the seat of government a body of mc.u fresh from the people, to watch with jealous eyes the movements of the Executive and his subordi nates, and to hold up before the country, in their true light, his sins of omission and commission. Let us therefore hear no more of the dexterity and sagacity of Marlin Van Buren. These qualities arc not his. They exist only in the imaginations of those who ascribe them to him. It was expected that Mr. Webster would this day address the Senate in relation to the hill for the postponement of the installment of the sur plus revenue, but that gentl-man, though pre sent and ready to proceed with the discussion, yielded to what appeared to be the general wish of the Senate, to postpone all debate, until the Committee of Finance should report in full and finally, through the Chairman, Mr. Wright, as will bo done to-morrow. To-day Mr. Wright brought in from that Com mittee, three hills relating to the momentous sub jects submitted to them by the President’s Mes sage,—a bill to authorize the extension of the time on merchant’s bonds —a bill to proviJc for collecting the balances due from the deposile hanks; and a bill to authorise the issues of Trea sury notes. All these were read a first time, and ordered to a’sccond reading to-morrow. It is impossible to obtain the provisions in detail in time for the ex press mail, but you may expect them to-morrow. Mr. Wright gave notice that ho would report to-morrow in full; and then, it is expected, will bo brought forward the Sub-Treasury scheme. — The Senate adjourned at an early hour. The House was engaged, fur the principal por tion of thc day, in a discussion relative to Mexico and Texas, which was brought on by Mr. Adams calling up his resolutions offered yesterday, re questing the President to give the House informa j tion, and also the correspondence between this Government and that of Mexico, concerning the boundary between them, and particularly con cerning any proposition for a cession to the U.S, of any territory belonging to Mexico; and also re questing to know whether any proposition has been made, on the purl of the Republic of Texas to this Government, for the annexation of the said Republic to the U. S., and calling for all the correspondence on thc subject. Toe fir.;: resolution was not objected to; but the „■ | latter wai strongly opposed hy several members. - i Air. Haynes of C.t., offered an amendment to re i j strict the inquiry to such information as the I’re ; [ trident might not deem incompatible with the pub - J lie interest. Mr. Thompson of S. C„ moved to lay both the resolution and the amendment on ■ | the table; which was rejected, •.ftcr an aniiua. ■ ted discussion, (of which Ia it obliged to defer an account till to-morrow,) the amendment was a doplcd, and the resolution, thus amended, concur red in. It appears from the debate, that there has been a correspondence between the Tcxinn au thoriiicsand ibis government, relative to the an nexation of that Republic to our Union; and that several members of Congress'know the charac . ter of that correspondence. Air. Cambteling to-day reported a bill to thoiiztng the issuing of Treasury notes, (which will become the currency ot the country!! It was ordered to be read a second lime to-morrow. 1 From the -V. V. Commercial Adv. Sep/. 13. , Wall sthkkt —One o'clock', —A very large business has been done this morning in United State stock, at yesterday’s prices. Nearly all other kinds have declined a little to-day. 1 Specie —ls,6oo Mexican dollars wore sold at 1 the board this morning at 9 j premium. Wo quote American gold and half dollars 8 a pre mium; Spanish dollars 10 a 12 do; Mexican do 9J a 9 j do; quarter dollars 7 a—; sovereigns i §5,33 a §5,35. . 7'he Montreal, which sailed yesterday for I.on , don, has on hoard, it is estimated, about § 150,009 in specie. Treasury Drafts.—Sales of §ISOO were i made at the Hoard this morning nt 6 per cent. 1 premium. This was our minimum quotation of , yesterday. At Philudelph ia money continues scarce on every description of commercial paper, mid al ■ though prices of stocks arc regularly quoted from j day to day, there is little or nothing doing at the Board. From the N. Y. Express September 13. MONEY MARKET—CITY NEWS. Saturday, P. M.—The result of the choice of Printer has had a favorable effect on the money market of our city. It has inspired a confidence, in the opinon—that the Government are in the minority,and that their ultra Loco Foeo doctrines cannot be carried out. The choice of Speaker, it was well known, did not test this question. The trade of the city has been checked in an extraor dinary degree by the message, and its piopost lion. The fact, however, that the Executive is powerless and cannot carry out his ultra doctrines, will soon have a reviving influence on the busi ness of the city. Domestic Exchanges continue in as deplorable a stale as they have been. The merchants ol our city, however, whose suspended debts lay in the South, feel much greater encour agement in their ultimate payment than they have I lithe ito felt—for their advices generally aie very favorable. Within the last ten days the shipments of cot ton to England and Prance, have Increased so much so that not only packets, hut Iranciciil ves sels have got full, but at very low rales. The groat number of steerage passengers returning also ena bles vessels to make tolerable freight lists. Specie still goes to Europe, but not as freely as it did a month ago. The last packets took but about two hundred thousand dollars.—The Treas ury Report gives the following as an official stale ment. Amount of specie reported May 15 to Sept, i, §3,708,332 do do. imported do Jo 3,140,000 Difference, §503,320 ■ But no confidence is to be placed in this state -1 nient, as large sums go forward without overap j. pearing at thc Custom House. Indeed it is quite common for the largest shipments in gold to be put on board the steamboat at 10 A. M. when . the ship is detaided below for the Captain and , passengers, and which cannot bo placed on the manifest of the vessel. Tbo amount of specie sent from this city alone is at least live millions. The holders ol real estate look to Washington ■ with more anxiety than any other class. If lire , ultra doctrines of the Globe are to ho carried out, their position will be desperate indeed. The Budget of the Secretary of the Treasury attracts but little attention, as all lire new prttici ; pies laid down were shadowed forth in the mos sage, and so nobody of airy intelligence believes that more than one or two of its rcctiinmondations will bo carried out. If the wholo’ducuuieiit was not considered among mercantile men to be mere brutum fnlmen, it would create a good deal of alarm on account of its anti-morchantilo, anti business character, the Secretaries of the Trpa , sury hitherto, having been considered as the friends and allies of tbo business intents of countty. The late news from Washington hasconvinecd the merchants that Congress will be much mote liberal in tiro extension of their bonds than the Secretary recommends, notwithstanding tiro ap parently hostile arrangement of the Committee of Finance in the Senate. The 4,000,000 due 'll October, it is believed, will be put off'a rcason a.'ijo time by a reasonable Congress,and the quick er ti.'is is done thc better, so as to quiet apprehen sion. The proposal to issue Treasury notes surprises every body',-not only the Wbigs but thc Lo -> Focos, for airier ihe late letter to “Dear Blair,” front the HermitOgY- discouraging these National Shin Piasters, it w' aa not presumed that men “following in the fooU't “P s ” would step out of the track marked for them tv l follow in. Thc neces sity of the Secretary, however, scorns to compel a deviation, for the Treasury au.lf nowledges his De partment to he in a condition ei ’*u , ly like that of hundreds of merchants who have 1.1 Heel. Ho has money duo him, hut ho cannot get i't nnd so have they. Hence we not only have a oroposal to repeat the October instalment of the t urplus duo the Slates, 9,000,000, but Ihe creation A? a credit system in the form ofTieasury notes. l"he necessary wants of the government including on,’ i million for the mint and Irltco or four millions for contingent expenses will leave a deficiency for thc year of about ten millions! and to meet this it is though “there will probably be a necessity to resort to thc deposiles now with the Stales and to the instalments destined for them in October or lo some other resource.” The people in their period of great distress called on Congress to come tip to their rescue, hut it appears that Con gress,now that it has assembled, will have enough lo do to rescue the government. The enormous expensesot the Millilary Depart ment are swelling up lo a war rate, as if we had a European, instcul of an obscure Indian nation, to contend with. Thc military expenditures in eluding pensions for the first six months of the current year amount lo the prodigious sum of §10,603,361 49! The reader who remembers from year lo year, and has in mind's age thc labored Eulogy on the Pet Banks, the Pet Bank System, and their ef ficiency in regulating the domestic Exchanges only one year ago, will smile at the doctrines, all to Ihe contrary now. The regulation of the Exchanges wo are now told, is not the bu siness of thc Government. All thc govern ment has to do is to take care of itself ! To enable it to lake this care lo itself, wo have the sub-Trcasury Bank System eulogized now, with the power of issuing Treasury Bank notes on in terest, or without, and then the proposal to create a whole horde of office holders, Commissioners, or Receivers General under it, &c. &c. Such a document as this, under existing circumstances, of course produced no sort of effect in this city other than that of amusement of the Secretary’s expense. The election of a Public Printer was an affair of much more significance among busi ness men who have their eyes on (he doings of Congre; it who there tee the signs of the times. e | Thc great enquiry now is “what riff Congren ;. j do." —the answer to which is as <lil cu | t now u , jit was before Congress me!. Two atestions ap , | ear lo tie settled, —thc first istlr.it tin udminislra ' lion are Loco Foeo, and the next istlurt the op i- position have a decided majority aganst them it 0 the popular branch of Congress. 1 be Board of I ra.le have sent on heir memo rial for u National Bank—tt will be |tc cnied to the Senate and in the House. This step’is | arc a ly mercantile, and ia entirely disconnected will - all and every parti . Had the Whigs ufthiscl ty to have determined the matter they probablj s would have been adverse to the measure. Being however, a most respectful petition an! from u large and powerful hody.it must ho treated will • sufficient respect lo ho reported upon,—that re t port, whether adverse or favorable,will, ifnoother bring die great question of an United -Slates Ban! before Congress, and will lest lire feelings am strength of patties. > STOCKS. , Saturday, P. M.—There was a decided im t provement in Ihe Stock market to day. In U.S Bank a good deal more doing, ami in Delawon an improvement. The whole range of Slocks looks better, and more spirit manifested. Trtas , ury Drafts fell off’, sales atCj a (ij Sales ofSpe -1 eie as follows;— : §I000 Mexican dollars nt 9 [.and §SOO in half dollars nt 8J premium. We note American gold 8$ a 9; ball dollars 8J aßs do.; t quar'er do. 7j a do.; Spanish dollars ll)« 11 do; Mexican dollars SJnß| do; five franc pieces 1,02 j a —; sovreigns 5,85 a 5,38; Patriot doubloons 115,- 75 a 10,85. i * REPORT OF THE SECJIETAUV 01-' THE THEASI ItV, THE FINANCES. , Treasury Department, ) September 5,1837. j 5 In pursuance of the duty of this department to submit to Congress, at each session, the C elate of the finances; and in conformity with tlie request ot the President, that such other i fiscal matters should, on this occasion, be pre . sonted, as appear to acquire early legislation, i the undersigned has the honor to offer the j following report: I. CONDITION OF THE TREASURY. It is not, proposed to give ail the particu lars, relating to the receipts and expenditures, which usuallyjaccompany aiqainiuafstatement. But an exposition of them, under the custo mary general heads, so fur us they have been 1 ascertained, for the first half of tbo year, is 1 subjoined, 1 Brief ectimntrs for tbo other half are made, ; and such explanations added, ns seem neces sary to show with clearness not only the con dition of the Treasury at tins tunc, but its , probable state for the residue ol the year. According to the Treasurer’s running tte ’ count, the whole amount of the available mo ney in the Treasury on the Ist of January. 1837, applicable lo public purposes, was $42,408,851) 90. From that sum,there were on that day reserved $5,000,000; and the balance, being, $37,403,850 90, was, under the provisions ol the act, of June, 23,1830, to ho placed in deposite with the Elates. It is ascertained that $27,003,430 80 of it have since been actually received hy them. The amount of that portion of the lirsl three instalments, the payment of which has not yet been acknowledged, though transfers were seasonably issued lor it, is $1,105,570 18. The remainder is $9,307 214 98, anil is the sum which was designed for the fourth instill ment of deposiles with the Stales on thc Ist of October next. Tito amount reserved in the Treasury on the Ist of January has since been increased, by returns subsequently re ceived from banks, to die sum of $0,670,- 137 52; and which, of course, could nut then be ascertained or taken into computation. RECEIPTS. The receipts in the first half otTlio ycatv'e posited in the hanks, and paid on drafts hy collectors and receivers, so far as ascertained, have been. From customs $7,234,451 From lands 5,303,731 Anil from miscellaneous sources 512,202 To these may bo added about $009,000 which remained in the hands of receivers,and §50,000 in those of collectors,subject to draft. All these make the aggregate lur that half ol the year $13,187,182. If no further post ponement be granted on duly bonds it is esti mated that the whole receipts for the last half of the year, from all sources will be about $9,500,000; which would make them, as as certained and estimated fut the whole year, $22,087,182. But if the brief extension of the present postponement, brought into view hereafter, and favorably regarded, ho directed by Congress, the receipts will probably be about $7,000,000; while by a postponement of the whole lo another year, they will not be likely to exceed $4,500,000. Looking at our whole revenue therefore, front all duarters, it appears that the balance of money reserved at the commencement of Ihe year, as finally ascertained to bo $0,070,- 137, with the actual receipts for the first half at $13,187(182, and those now anticipated for the last half of it at $7,000 000, will consti tute an aggregate of $20,857,310. EXPENDITURES. . The expenditures during the first half cf the year were, for Civil, miscellaneous, and for eign intercourse $2,812,540 40 Military, including pensions 10,003,301 49 Naval 3,297,149 09 Public debt 20,832 75 Making an agregate of $10,733,884 33 Tito expenditures required to meet existing appropriations, during the last hall of the year, will, as computed, equal the sum ol $16,000,000; making for tiro whole year $32,733 884. Whatever expenditures shall arise within the year, upon new appropriations which I Congress may think proper to make, wdl re ,-n'ire a corresponding addition to this amount. Bo* without them, it will constitute an excess of $.5,874,505 of expenditures over both the receipts -’nd the balance at the commence ment ol ft.” V' :iir ! besides not leaving, at the close of it, a. ” thing in the Mint or the Treasury for fu.ti’f® uses « or 10 lneet contin gencies. , In order, therefore’- to discharge that ex cess, ami retain, of th ’ policy reserved on the Ist of January, one t ni'lion. which is the smallest sum deemed proper, under the acts of Congress, fur the efficient Pj trillions ol the Mint, alid at least three or four m-oons more, to answer sudden and contingent cai s there wdl probably be a necessity to resort to the deposiles now with the Stales, & to the in stalments destined for them in October, or to some other resource, for a sum equal to $lO,- 090,000. By a report of the Treasurer cf the 30th ult., it appears that the balance in the Treasury, including what was in thc custody of banks, the Mint, and collecting officers, was then $14,596,311 ; that the amount ol this subject to immediate draft, was only SB,- 928,072 ;—hut, the whole balance in the Trea sury; including all which had been deposited with the States, and ordered to bo. though only a small part of the amount is to immediate draff, was $41,532,381. Deduct all which has been, and was designed loj be deposited with the States, and there would bo no balance left on hand subject to dlaft, though including every thing in the Mint, ind in the possession ol receivers and collectors, which is applicable to general purposes. •Hence it is probable, that, r,pfi. cicncy for the expend lures of the year, no ss sufficient moans of any kind will exist on the as first of October next —alter defraying the in i'- torventiig expenses, to complete Dm mstal *• ment of deposiles then payable, unless a large !'• part of thc bonds for duties postponed to tnat day, and amounting to near $4,000,000, and thc million asd a halt then tine on the lirsl n ~ bond from the U. E Bank, shall lo punctual. ” ly paid, or, in the mean time, some provision c ’ on ims subject made by Congress. ' V. ON THE SAFE KEEPING OF THE PL’DUC ■I . MONEY HEREAFTER The arrangements lor keeping the public money, which had been in successful opera [ | l Don for a few years previous to the passage of ( ,_ the deposite act of 1830, became partially , r eminmissed by carrying into effect some of its provisions. But the enforcement of them u| all, where not entirely perfected, was in sea sonable progress to May last, when the Department was compelled by the act to give a- notice to such of the selected banks ns had 8. suspended specie payments that they con’d re no Ibnger ho considered as general clepositu :s nos Os thc public moneys, s- A list, is annexed of all before employed in e- that capacity, which have been discontinued. J After duo enquiries to procure other depusi -10 lories, in conformity to Hits net, the Depart 'd mom has completed the appointment of only l1 > one. This and four more that have not sns i pended,with one that has resumed specie pay >' ments, (making six in all) constitute the pro sent hank depositories for general purposes. During the inability to obtain specie-paying \ banks at other points, the Treasurer, being re quired by the closing part of the Bth section of the act, to keep unn disburse the public moneys according to Ihe laws before in force, 1 has done it in conformity to the very wide l! discretion which existed when no rules were 1 m force,that had been prescribed by Congress, r except to "keep" and “disburse the same” under tbo genera! superintend;! nee of the Sec retury ot the Treasury. A part of it, there e fore, has been kept in special deposilo in this city, a portion in the mint, and the residue with the officers collecting it,until it was wan ted for public purposes, or until it accnmula ” ted in such sums nt any point as not to be, ’ probably, wanted there tor such use. In the first case, it has from time to time, been np -1 plied to the payment of creditors, by dmlis s on the receivers or collectors; and in the last the excess lias been temporarily placed with ’ thc banks not remotely situated, iiml in spe cial deposite for safety, until wanted for ex penditure elsewhere; or until some newlegis -5 lation shall lake place in relation to it. Under these circumstances, the department would respectfully suggest, some provisions which may he more specific, and may be re* ' quired for the safe keeping and disbursing ot ! the public moneys. ’ In the present condition of the government | and the country, two systems are proposed, either of which, it is believed, may be pructi | cubic and adequate to the exigencies of thc ' crisis. One is, an enlargement and adaption ! oflhe system partially employed since the suspension of specie payments, so ns to make ! it answer all necessary purposes. Tills could 1 be effected merely by assigning to our exist ’ ing officers and establishments some addiUon ’ al duties. 1 The Treasury, at the seat of Government; [ the Mint, with Us brancli at Now Orleans,and ■ another winch has been contemplated, and is | much needed, al New York, for other ptirpo ! ses; collectors of the customs, and receivers of money for the sales of land, as well as post masters, might all bo directed to keep in safe -1 ty, not only the public money collected hy them, hut all actually place in their posses sion, by transfer or olherwis '. As fiscal a ’ gents, they might also be required lo pay over and Iransler it lor such public purposes as may ’ bo authorized by Congress, and under such , regulations us the Treasury Department from time to time may proscribe. Indeed, the 3d , section of the post office law of 1825, with ' tho bond taken under it ns to the agency of the postmasters,is, perhup.t, already sufficient ly broad Cor that clans of officers. At points like New York, and a few others, whore a likelihood existed that the sums would perma nently bo largo, but which, under a reduced . revenue and expenditure, would seldom oc cur, authority might ho appoint the clerks now acting us cashiers and tellers under tho collectors and receivers, or other more , suitable persons, to act as keepers and pay masters of the public money. But they should ho made independent oflhe collectors and re ceivers, and placed under the like tenure ot office, and under suitable bonds. Additional means of safety, and such additional hut limit ed compensation to any of tho above officers, might he provided, ns the increased risk and labor might render just; but in only a lew cn , scs would those lust be augmented at any place. Taking the year 1834 as furnishing a spe. cimen sufficiently large of the probable busi ness in future connected with the general ope rations of the Treasury Department, hut, of course, not including ttio separate establish ment of the post office, the whole number of warrants issued in that year wits a little under five thousand,and thouga differing much in ac tual amount, averaging about $5,000 each.— This would ho less than twenty warrants a day, and hence would require less titan one per day to be paid in each of the twenty six .States. They differed, in fact, from four per day in this district, and two per day in New York, which were the highest numbers,to only one per week in several ol the .Slates. Thc business al each office daily, or even weekly, . in making payments oflhe drafts, would there- ( fore be very little. If more than one draft is- 1 sued on a warrant, the business would be in- 1 creased in that proportion; unless tho whole j payments were reduced, as is p-obnble, here- i after, to sixteen or seventeen millions yearly. In regard to the risk, live millions in the Treasury at anyone time, if ah placed in tho hands of collectors am! receivers, would not, on an average, exceed §'30,000 with each ol t the present number. But if the amount, besides one million in m the mint, was chiefly in the hands of half the' ) present number, which would approach nearer to the probable result,the sum with each would still be less than most of the existing bonds of receivers; and when exceeding theirs,or those oflhe principal collectors, the excess, in most cases, could he readily prevented, or reduced, hy heiig drawn out to pay creditors, or be ■ conveniently transferred to the Treasuroy of rite United States, at the seat of Government, or to the Mint and its branches. Until one ol the latter is authorized at A r ew York, the sub- i stitule before mentioned, of one of the present ( officers in tho customs there rs an indepen- ( dent 1 ceperand paymaster oflhe public mo- . ney, could bo adopted, and,if deemed prudent, be extended to any ( liter similar place. In tins mode, "Jie present number of officers connected with trie collection oflhe revenue throughout tho United Stales need not beat all increased. Nor will it be come necessary, except in a few cases, lo aug ment their compensation. Twenty or tinny thousand dollars a year would probably cover the whole additional expense of every kind. VII. ON THE MONEY RECEIVABLE FOR PUBLIC DUES. The kind of money or currency receivable for public dues, is another embarrassment, concerning which legislation has been deemed proper by many. A change in the existing practice has been requested hy others, without e legislation. But, since the suspension ofepr i- cie payments by the banks, no change wind I- wood sanction the receipt of bank p.incr no e redeemable in specie, h.is been though citin' t prudent or permissible by this Department d Nor will such an one he adopted without tin L express direction of congress. Believing that specie is the best standard n and the only one contemplated by Ihe consti lit Mon,for the public revenue and expenditures ns well as for the value of contracts and pro perl), every departure (rout it for thosepttrpo : scs is deemed hy the undersigned pernicious it not unconstitutional. The question as b f the expediency of using any oilier median y for a currency, is ofa different character, am f more complicated. But the ruinous conse t qitencesofa resort, lo continental money, billi ■ ot credit, or any species ofpaper not reitoemu ) blc in specie,& which had been developed mom i own experience,as well as in the soundest then 1 nea ot political economy, were undoubtedly a 1 principal cause for those rigiil provisions in • the Constitution connected with me currency They restrict any State from issuing inert i “hills of credit,” Irom mn|<ing any thing a ion. ■ tier “except gold and silvet,” or passing any • law "impairing the obligation ot contracts,’ ■ us well as confine to Congress alone I lie ' power “to com money” and "regulate the ■ value thereof.” The exercise of this lasi power, manifestly rela’ing only to metallic • money, appears lo require merely the coinage ofa sufficient supply at the mint, and in con* ; veniont .denominations for all necessurv pur poses, anil of such an intrinsic value, us,while preventing it from being depreciated on the one hand, should, on the other, not be so un derrated as to cause it to be too readily expor ted, or melted down for use in manufactures. A Yankee Dinner.—“lsay, inarm, your folks don’t want to buy no tin ware nor woo den bowls here this arternoon. do ye ?” “Well, I guess we don’t. What d’ye ax ?” "Would’nt you like to give lew and fuur pence for this ere, and throw in a duinplin and lasses for dinner? I’m starvin hungry.” “Dewtoll! VVul, I guess I’ll dew it; but don’t ye w ant to swap some of yer tin ware for a darnation sight of old pewter ? because if ye’ll (low that yon shall have a whole belly full of as good pork and lasses, besides the dum- Dims, as you could got clean off n old Virgin i i, 1 guess.” “VVal, hy gosh .' it’s a bargain." (Whistles Yankee Doodle ) iuj. njumi-.K-jiewa. l :r> aw.ff'V."ir.t';-niAza!.ti-:(ijunsn»ziiM €OHf dtH KCjt Ali. SAVANNAH MARKET, SETT. 13. Cotton. —During thn past week ihe tratinacliona in Uplands have beon sin ill, nt prices ranging from OtolUlcts. lint few lialcs ot the now crop have ns yet arrived. Ninco Monday, lire demand has al so boon qnilo limited, and sales s mall, al from 7 lo JO cts. which is a slight tlcelino from last week’s prices. In Sz-a Islands wo Imvo heard of no sales. f*HS^SSBH8 1 1 I HBBSSBBSSSSS9HSHSB S 5 ” m^m ' GEORGIA, Columbia Count if, IN THE SUPEIUR COURT. • September Term, 1437. Present, his lion. John Siily WE, the Grand Jury chosen and selected for thc September torm of tho Inferior Court of Columbia cotiuly, present os a grievance that there is no low lo provide lor lire trial and settling those claims wliHi in the presiding Judge may have boen fac'd or otherwise interested, and recommend it to the spe cial notice ol those whose duty it is to provide lor such contingencies. Wo have examined the Tax C Heeler's Books, mid allow him lofty two dollars and twenty three cents us t ho insolvent list. Wo cannot lake leave of his Honor nt lire close id iliis our short judicatory convention without hearing our candid testimony to lire diligence, impartiality, and ability p wilh which his honor lots presided during tho term of our present it rvion. We accom pany him with our host wishes for his future health and happiness. We tyrider to the Attorney General onr thanks Cor his eourteey extended lo us during the present term. Wo request that these presentment t ho published in two of tho Augusta papers, the Chronicle ,t Sentinel, ami Constitutionalist. Nathan Crawford, Foreman, Thomas E. Beall, David Ncny, Joseph Morrlss, Gsmwell Flimagm, Edward Ur. I foil, John If. Matcher, George JK Toole, Jean Chirtf, Albert Holliman, Mielml Dreluon, Joel Flemming, U illinm IV. llordwiclt. y.eonard Steed, Duncan iMeKonz.o, lliclmrd Griffin, James .Shields, EbonezorT. Williams, Nathaniel Bailey, John F. Young. On motion oflhe Attorney General, it is ordered that so mneli oftho lorcgoing pr, sent merits sis are of a public nature he published agreeable to the re quest oflhe Grand Jury. A true extract from tile minutes. GABRIEL JONES, Clerk. _sopt Ifi It 219 A OREEAItLE loan order ot tire Interior Court ia. of Burke county, when siting lor ordinary pur poses, w ill be sold, on the first Tuesday in Decem ber next, at Waynesboro’, llnrko county, between tho usual limns of side. Seventy Acres ol Lund, more orlos, adjoining lands of John Lodge, Milly Coleman,and oilieis belonging to Julian Coleman, n minor, 'totals ol sale mi tire day. MILLY COLEMAN, Guard’ll, sept 16, 1837 wld 219 AGREEABLE loan order oftho Inlurior Court . ol Burke county, when silting for ordinary pur poses, will be sold on the first Tuesday in Decem ber next, at Waynesboro’, Burke county, between the usual hours of sale, Four Hundred Acres of l-and. [Wore or less, adjoining lands ofE W Evans, W B Douglass, and others, belonging to Joseph Mu dray, a minor. Terms of sale on the day. [GEORGE MADRA V, Guard’ll, sept 16, J 837 wld 819 .Strayed, FROM iho stable of iMra. T. IJJ- - 0 inilea WpHtof II. S T (>.. on Hip Anderson roud, n\jeo dark H/1V 11 OKS M, black maUj !■ 1 niifnVw nnd tail, bix legu ul«n black, C yearn old, •lightly hipped on tho left aide; the properly ol' Dr. Neenari, Burke enmity, Cia. /f in thought In? will aiteiript lo crosH tho river in this Slate. Any portion delivering tho said horso at Mr IlihlerVi liv ery wtable in Augusta, will receive tho thanks of ihe owner, and all expensea paid, sept 15 218 SlliKilion IVantiil, A GENTLEMAN vvhoVun give the best refer- I V mice as to character mid capacity, desires u situation in some respectable Mercantile concern. For further particulars inquire of sept il 2jv, 117 . J. G. DUNLAP . .♦.tta'Tqe. .CqaxiiipikuiykDVdl inscit the nboyc flif‘2 weeks. ‘ ■ LAW, ACim-I-F.H I). NIIACKILLFORD, .Ulovnrif til Ijttw , Sparta, Gu. Srpt 13 216 wlm lict'ii vV Joe til I’m FIRE PROOF WARE-HOUSE, AUGUSTA, G.l, ra’HE undersigned lake this method of infiiiining JL his friends end the Planters of Georgia mol Carolina, that he continues lire Warehouse * Com mission Business at lire same stand, and have, ir. addition to the above, large, commodious and foe proof Ware-house, taken a lease ni tho Fire Proof Ware-houscon Mclntosh street, convenient to the River and the Georgia and Carolina Kail Roads, formerly occupied by Hoard & Cook, and recently by Gen. Dawson. IJythis arrangement ho will he enabled to have room lo place oil cotton sent to ho 1 stored in secure li re Proof Buildings, and ample ' Fire Proof Close .Stores for tho receiving and lor warding Goods lo tho country. W illi a strict ad herence and punctuality in all business confided to ' his cure, ho hopes to mcrita continuance ol the very ’ (latiering support which he has met with tor the ' two seasons past. EGBEKP B. BEALL. 1 sept 7,1837 211 t.M 1 {pjr Tire City papma, Recorder. Journal and Stan- I dard of Union, Milledgovtlle. .Voeon Meesengi r, Columbus Enquirer, Athens Whig, Savannah Re publican, Charleston Courier, and Edgefield Adver tiser will copy the above in their respective paper, unulfirst November, nnd forward their accounts (or pnymcU. F. B. B ;l ‘! factory for fgale. ol 1 re,<llul *'" nf « racing ”, ; of the .>tOCKI. I «'«oUlu|vnuduiOl.r,ulßrti* irife Comininy, I • cir establishment Wl ,i | )u ,01,) nl « SK “ ,0 )n Nov. mbor rr!l'w~ (, " 0 '" Ur,h !"f h . ! " k! ,he "■maimeron a (1 ", ’ n, ‘' l lhrM ' in <-qu«» ihslal 1,1 nl!,; lhn I’nreliMer «ivin K personal aecvu*y,amt .1- a mortgage on the premises Ills confidently believed lint no similar esrftdiib o- niem in the feouitiorri bintur conil»me* gu many ad- Muitngcs. Sitimtod on a bold and nipiit Ktivam rnn nmg iimidst sand bills, it is entirely exempt from* > « the |c\er «of the country The supply of water, at L'* all nensons of fho year, is su£(irient to impel terf rn Jiniey tbo existing machinery. 'Jhe bouse ir UK) id ,?, n ?’ t\"*y and five stories high; built of s’oliu granite, of which there in an inexhaustible 1 ‘flinty * n l, ; irT >’ ) a rd.s of it. Thor© are in operation ‘ *[, , thiosiles, fitK) mule t- .ji» looms, two dressers, and all the other machinery , r requisite to k t f»p iho.se in motion!. The tract oflahif } , funinins 1200 acres, abounding m the finest kind ot pine timber, with .several fine .q>f mgs of pure water, unrquailed in tii* Slate, and there is a saw mill ujw»nl 0 it, capable of supplying ail the wants of the com puny in extending their buildings; also a grist dull, e ' auclu.se is Ji miles from Augusta, (ja., C miles j. * j mn Aiken, S. C., Id miles from tdgefieUlCounj s s*’ s * *'•» nri d 4i miles from ;, Hamburg ivail Uoid The proximity to Augusta renders it unnecessary to keep a considerable iimtv o live capital invested m raw cotton, ns a weekly sup* u ply can bn cerlainlv,nnd at all limes, obtained affair , t P nccs In the bands of n man who understands the man- l ’ nlecturing business, and would per-toiially atund U>> c it, this Faciur> would boa splendid fortune. Add if . tin re he any desirous of purchasing this de ... scription of property, they are requested taexucMne tor ihciiiselw's, bolbre the dnv ol sale. .IA S. G (>. WILKINBON, R President of the Board oi lhrecloM. June 21 14Swtd* Pirn Host 3ii Atlas, Providence J/anu fun tiring .bumml.Now York Courier and Enquirer, & I’harles tuii C-jinior, will publish tin* nhove once a week' un-" r til the first of November, and send their uccoimu to* this ollice for payment. I * IIOSK persons indebted to the estate ol James it Carter, dec’d, lain of Elbert county, are reques ted t» make payment, uinkl those having claim?? r against it will present them duly authenticated d within the tirno prescribed by law. Persons indebt ed to or having demands against the estate will Qp . ply to Young L.(i. Harris, at Elberron. Wl/JdAAf tVIIITC. YOUNG L. O. JIARRIB, ' sept 13, 1537., wCt. 2IG Exor-iuon*. j —■ ■ ■ — r —~——■' I, t LI, persons having demands agonst the esiate' ihi of Charles C’aveimh, dec’d, nnJ Bernard S. Henry, doc d., law of Burke cnimly, will present t pm to the undersigned duly nitested, within the tint l prescribed hy law; find thus , indoblfd to .aid estates, will make immediate payment to SIMIOON BALL, Adm’r sept 1.1, 1817 wfit Slid on «nid eeini^., ,tirilicnl College of iieorgiu. I'HK Course ol l ecture, in thin Inmilntion will he resumed on the third Mon/liu/(Uilh I n/ nrif (klobcr, and lie cimtitmcd as iiNimt ip Ilia last of March. The Istof April,instead ofthelhird Weil, iipstlny of thin month, will he lomnwincomem day. The I’rolcssors are, I. A linen., M J>, ot Af.atnmt, Olinrle. llavis, 111 I), (formerly of Charleston,) of Clieniistry nod I’hoimacy, Joseph >' Kvo, M Aol Tlicrapeulica and Materia J/cdicn, (Icoroo AI Aowlon, M I), (just relumed from Eu rope,) ol I’liysiology and Antlmlogical Ana lomy, L 0 Korn, M I), oflhatitutca of .Medicine and Me dical Jurisprudence. Paid K Eve, M i>, ol Principles and Practice of Surgery. A Cunningham, ill D,of Thonry nnd Practice of Medicine. ill Antony, ill If, of Obst ’tries arid Diseases of females attain hints. Win llnnry Kol ert, Fmseelor. Foes Inrthe full course, the eight tickets, 8120 iJonionstmtipn, on-o, 10 Matriculation',' once, 5 Diploma, 30 For particulars, Ac., see Oiicular, or apply to P.llll, F EVE, Doan ot Faculty. AnqUHtn, (ico, Auitnst fl, 1837. 181 Kr file paper, of Augusta, Hie Savannah (leor g’rnn nnd llepuhlienn, the Deorgin Journal and Sian* dnnl ol Union, Southern Banner an I Southern Whig, (iidnmbns Sentinel and E iquirer, Darien Telegraph,llreenvillo .Monoiam rr, Oimrloslon Cou rier, C'olmnhia Telesoopo, Rah igh ■Standard, .Mont gomery Journal, Tuscaloosa Intelligencer, Mobile Register, Colmnlms Democrat, Jkb ;son Mississippi an, Natchez Courier,Now Ur (An ■ Bulletin, Nash ville Union and Banner, Floridian and FDrida//or ald, will pach publish the above to the amount of so, and fiirwnnl their niTtiiinls loth- Dean. OitiotiN nnd D’olaloe*. Thin dny hy the Unit liiniil. KAA BUM!. ONIONS, •/UU 211 hhh Potatoes, 2.'i boxes now Chnosij, in fine mfjor, HI hbls Ircsh Crackers. —A1.98-2001) 2001) lbs N'mnked Beef, 21)00 lbs Lotii and Lump .Vngar, New Mackerel, and Canal Flour in hbls nnd half bid’). by IK. <t J. NELSON A. CO. sept 11 214 twit EtnSJfsGSri'. ESncon, 4*c. ps. superior Dundee Ilemp .UAUUrNt..' tjUU 100 do light do suitable (or A'quore Bides IflO Colls Best Hemp Bale Uopo SOO do Bagging Twine 10/'OO do Hue in, J/iddlmgs With a general nssortsient ol Crucuries, landing and (orsale by 'i'HO.MAS DAVIS, sept II 3tw 214 180 Broad st. WILL be sold, before the Court House dour m Appling euuniy, Ciu., on ilia Ist 7'netday in Nuv'r. not, between the usual hours of sale,one lot oi Land, containing 498 acres, Lot No. (220,1 'wo hundred and twenty, in the fourth(47 Distrfctgigiee able to an order of I lie Him. Inferior Court of Jef ferson county, when silling ns a.Court of Ordinary, it being the property of llardy Gregory, late of .leiT-rson co., dec’ll. Terms nf sale cash, sept 12 211 IVY W CKEOORV,Adm’r. sso Kcward. RAN A WAY from the Subscriber at y Augusta, Goo, on the IStli Fehuary last. n Negro woman named BARBARV ,ng,*d about 2fior 28 years, dark complected, A nu I,mr^ls '*recollected that might lead to her discovery. Barlmry was purchased c) from Slept) n Newman, Upper 3 Runs, , % Barnwell Dist. S C’. t nnd 1 think she i i now lurking about Augusta,' (la. nr Stephen New man’s. The above Reward Will bo given for the apprehension ami delivery of Barbary, at Silverton, s. C.l or lodged in fume safe jail, so that 1 ran get her.. LEMUEL UOBIJVSON. .YiWcnon, S. C. Sept 5, 1837. wlf 210 AGREEABLE to an order of the Inferior Court of l-incoln county, when sitting lor ordinary purposes, w ill be sold on the Ist Tuesday in Decem ber next, at Lincoln on, between the usual hours of sale, Fifteen Negroes and I ho land belonging to Wm Soil'dutfi doe’d. Sold lor the benefit of the heits and cicJitors. Telfms in sale. W. W. STOKES, Adm’r. sept fl, 1837 214 cowit . Notice. A LI. IVrsons indn'iied lo llio* Lalnto of J/irhai*! Wiggins, dec'll., late of Burke county, are re* quested lo make irnmedlalc payment. And those having demands against said Estate, will_ present the same, duly authenticated, within the lime pre scribed hy law, lo JOSEPH JAtVSEN. Sept Ci 210 Adm’r. oi Michael Wiggins. filorajfe *V 4<>m miss ion. P¥N HQMAS DA WSON, has laken for a term of years, that extensive Brick Fire Proof W are HOUSE, and CLOSE STORES, in the City of Augusta, formerly ocen lied by ,Mesass. Musgrove ,t Uuslin, and rccenlly by K. Bustgi, Eaqr. He will attend to any orders in his line, and those ap. confide to him thbir business, may relywidllPTOnfi denee on bis best exert ions for their interest. AUGUSTA, Aug- lb'll. 1837. The undersigned having letsed the Warn House, at present occupied by him, to Genl Thomas Daw sen, w ill retire from the business after the first September next; he solicits for Genh D., the patron age of htß formes customers and (riends, believing' that all business confided to his charge, will be prompt'y attended .o. e D w A RD BPSTfN- MdledgeVfll/ Recorder, Journal, Standard, Co-' l„mbus Enowrer, Wnsbirg.on News, «„„,hem Wing an*l Efigpfiel-I ililvon iser, will give the above ■ Jg 15 wt£ 191