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»<>b the uo'cm chhojmci*.
TO MISS HG“"N N,
On hearing her sing the beautiful air,
•• Oh ! Doubt not"
Thera’s magic in that Utile song;
Ita simple, liquid melody,
Can chaao the gloom of care away,
And make pain’s phantoms fly.
When throbbing grief, around my couch,
Keeps sleepless watch the drear night long,
My brain would cool, and calm, if thou
Would’st ting that little tong.
Whan fortune hides her fickle face
When sun-shine friends turn cold away —
Whan first-love’s holy vow is broke,
Like foam on ocean spray ;
When youth’s bright hopes, by fell despair,
Are crushed, as by a giant strong,
I will not rue my lot, if thou
But ting that little song.
There's magic in that little song;
It soothes each stormy passion down ;
Thn bans* which blessed my earliest youth,
Again my day-dreams crown.
Sweet visions of departed joys,
Fantastic, on my memory throng ;
I am a chihl again, when thou
Dost ting that little sung.
U. PENBBROSO.
Augusta, .Vot 'ember 27th, 1830.
From the Bouton Atlas.
THE LITTLE MAGICIAN.
"Who is that little, bustling fellow,
Os form so slender and cheek so sallow,
Running about in every nook 1
What don’t you know him ? don’t know the little
Magician, that watches and stirs the kettle,
The political cauldron of Kinderhook !
He has made himself the great Protector,
Intriguer general, grand director,
Managing all by nod or by look ;
And you don’t.know him! don't know (ho little
Magician, that skims the magical kettle,
The great Iliutrt kettle of Kinderhook !
At Washington, Albany, Haiti more,
He’s undermining the pillars of law,
Digging his pitfalls wherever you look ;
And you don't know him-? don’t know the little
The tiny magician, that fain would whittle
The world to the size of Kinderhook !
Happy America 1 bliss betide thee !
Thou hast a wily serpent to guide thee,
Insinuating, preferring to crook ;
And yet you don’t know him! don’t know the little
Uneasy magician, who never will quit till
Vour fate is suspended on Kindcr-//ooib.
Have you seen a Hear with an Ape for his rider I
Have you scon the sly, sneaking Lion’s provider,
Yclept a JaeU.uU ! Why, here 's one, look!
And don’t you know him I don’t know the little
Magician, whoso Lion's skin over must fit ill,
Tho’ sleeked with the oil of Kinderhook.
Great in twisting, great in professing,
Greater than all in never expressing,
An honest opinion, by word or by look ,•
And you don't know him—don’t know the little
Magician, whoso wand, & whose wonderful wit’ll
Make all the word knuckle to Kinderhook !
GEORGIA LEGIgLA I’t HE.
Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
Mii.LKiKiHvu.u-;. Nov. 28, 1836,
In tlio Senate, Mr. ileeso, from the se
lect committee appointed for tho purpose,
made a report on u Geological Survey of
the State. The report concludes with a
resolution authorizing the Governor to em
ploy the proper geologist, in order to have
the survey effected, and with another reso
lution appropriating | the sum of dol
lars for the object contemplated.
Iho Bank Committee made a report
on the condition of the Bank of the State
of Georgia; which is, as has been usual in
such reports, favorable to that hank;
Mr. Reese from tho committee on Pub
lic Education mid Free Schools, made a
report, accompanied with it bill. The re
port is an able one; urges on (ho legislature
to adopt some plan by which our system
of public education might he perfected |
and enlarged; nud recommends tho ex-!
tension of manual labour schools. Tho 1
hill accompanying the report, authorizes
tho establishment of a free manual labour
school in every county of tho state, and
appropriates one'half of tho surplus re
venue of the United States, to which (he
state may bo entitled, to curry into effect
tho provisions of the bill.
A hill was passed to incorporate Emory
College in Newton County.
The Senate was mostly engaged, in this
morning’s session, in the discussion of the
report on Small Pox.
The reconsidered hill amending the
charter of the Augusta Trust Company, I
was taken up. Mr. Liddell offered a sub- j
stilutc to it, the principal feature of which
is, that tho additional capital to which, by j
tho charter, tho company is entitled, shall
bo, when paid in, exclusively appropriated j
to banking operations. On the final pass-!
age of the bill the yeas were 40, nays '27,
Mi LLKDGKVILLK, Nov. 20.
The yeas anil nays on the final pas- •
sage of the hill amending (he charter of!
the Augusta Trust Company, were as
follows:
Ykas 46. — Messrs. Baker, Beall of
Carroll, Bund, Brace well, Bush, Butt, |
Cochran, Cone, Cowart, Dean, Floyd of;
Morgan, Full wood, Guess, Holmes of
Early, Hopkins. Ingram. Johnson, King;
of Crawford, King of Fayette, Lamar, I
Lawhon, Lawshee, Lawson, Liddell,!
McAllister, McConnell, McLeod, Mit
chell of Baldwin, Morgan, Moselv, I’ike,
Powell of Mclntosh, Powell of ’Talbot, i
Reese, Reynolds, Rogers, Saffulil, Shot- '
well. Smith of Floyd, Smith of Haber
sham, Smith of Twiggs, Swain, Wal
thall, Walker, Wilson, and Wood.
Nays 27. — Messrs. Avery, Beall ol
Wilkinson, Blackman, Curry. Dunagan, 1
Floyd of Newton, Freeman, Gibson,
Ooode, Green, Harris, Hines of Bryan,
Uines of Liberty, Heard, Hudson, Hut
chings, Janes, Mitchell of Clark, Paulk
of Irwin, Polk of Madison, Robson, Sa
gear, Stapleton, Surrenry, Waldlmuer,
White, and Wright.
A proposition was laid before the House j
of Representatives, yesterday, to in-;
crease the capital stock of the Fire and
Marine Insurance and Banking Cwnpa-j 1
ny of Savannah. j
A resolution was adopted by (lie House, i
accepting a new edition of the Digest of I
the Laws of Georgia, by Mr. O. H. |
| Prince, which will comprise ail the laws
passed and in force since the former di-!
■ gest, and up to the date of the publication.
The same resolution was taken up in the
Senate (his morning, for concurrence ;;
and the avaricious spirit which sometimes
, actuates our Legislature, was perceptible i
on this occasion. Will it be believed;
that the price fixed by the House, for the ;
copies to he supplied for the use of the
State Government, was reduced by the ■
Senate/ The House agreed to pay 85i,
but the Senate thought this was ton much
for so valuable and necessary a digest,
ssl was struck out, and $5 inserted.
In the Senate, this morning, Mr. Pow
ell ot Talbot, from the committee on In
ternal Improvement, made a report on
! tho proceedings, recommendations, and
1 resolutions of the Macon Convention.
! This is a sensible and able report, and in
it a correct and proper view is taken of
the subject. The committee adopts the
j plan proposed by the Macon Convention;
recommends the construction of the main
i trunk of the Rail Hoad from the Tenues*
i see line to some point on the Chaltahoo
i chec, with (he funds of the Stale, the
branches to he constructed by individual
i enferurisE. with the aid of the State ; re
vommonrls an linniuumie survey Os me
i line, &c.; approves the report of the coin
| mittec on Finance, on the disposition of
; the surplus revenue.
Hills were introduced to incorpornfc a
| hank at Fort Gaines, Early county, with
a capital 01’9200,000, and a bank at New
nun, in Coweta county, with a capital of
9200,000.
The hill for the organization of a Court
of Errors, was then taken up in commit
tee of the whole, by section. The first
section was agreed to without amend
j monk The blank in the second-section
was filled with $3500, as the salary of
each of the three Judges. At this stage
of the proceedings, a motion prevailed
for the committee to rise, report progress,
and have leave to sit again. The Senate
then adjourned.
Mii.ledqevu.lk, Nov. 30, 1f136.
In the House yesterday the Finance
Committee made a report on the subject
of the Savannah, Ogeeehee and Altama
lia Canal Company. The committee re
commends (he sale by auction of the
stale s interest in that company, provided
not less than SIO,OOO can ho obtained.
The hill to compensate owners of
slaves executed for crimes, was rejected,
by 89 votes against 44.
Mr. Gordon, from (he committee on
i internal improvement, reported a bill to
establish a railroad from some point on
tho Tennessee state line, to such point
on the southwestern bank of the Chatta
hoochee River, as will render it practica
ble to form branches thereto leading to
Macon, Athens and other places.
1 lie House this morning was solely
engaged in the discussion of Mr. Davis’
resolutions on (he Presidential election,
though the question was merely to sus
pend the rule or order of the House, in
order to take those resolutions. After a
long debate, (he House decided (hat (lie
rule or order ot the House should not he
suspended.
in (he Senate, (tiis morning, the bill
for the organization of a court of errors
was again taken up, by section, as in
committee of the whole. The blanks in
the 3d section were tilled as follows;
The Ist district, to comprise the Eas
tern Circuit only, to sit at Savannah, on
(he Ist Monday in May and November.
The 2d district, to comprise the North
ern and Middle Circuit, to sit at Augus
ta, on the 3d Monday in May and No
vember. Ihe 3d district, to comprise
the Ocmulgee, Flint and Southern Cir
cuits, to sit at Macon, on tho Ist Monday
in June and December. The 4th dis
trict, to comprise the Coweta and Chat
tahoochee Circuits, to sit at Columbus,
on (he 3d Monday in Jane and Decem
ber. And the siii district, to comprise
the Western and Cherokee Circuits, to
sit at Gainesville, on the Ist Monday in
July and January.
Some amendments were made (o the
other sections of the hill. In (he 11th
section, the blank for die salary of a re
portcr was frilled with SISOO.
The bill was reported to the senate by
! the Committee of the whole, it is to he
taken up again for the final action day
after to-morrow.
From the A'aUonal Intelligencer.
THE UNITED STATES & MEXICO.
The Cannier tics Elats Unis , (a Jour
nal published in the French language in
the city ol New oi k,) under dale of
Saturday last, publishes at large a note
Irom M. (JoKosrizA, Mexican Minister
to the United States, which, from the
date (October 15lh, 1836) and its con
| tents, appears to be his final letter to the
| Executive of the United States on tak
! in S I''*, departure from Washington,
j whence it is dated. The letter is of some
j length, and, having been apparently
j translated from the Spanish into French,
i might have its meaning strained by a
! lui’tlier translation from French into En
j glish. \\ e shall not attempt a transla
tion of it, therefore, hut coniine ourselves
I to the mere statement of the general im-
I port of it* concluding sentences, (of part
ol which a version has, indeed, been
heretofore published, I which is as follows:
Referring to former letters of his to the
i Department of State, M. Goaosnzv says
j ‘hat ho saw at once that the invasion ol I
jthe Mexican territory by the troop* ofi
! the I nitod States was an entirely «ratui
i tous insult, since there had been no of
fence on the part of Mexico, nor any law
ful reason on the part of the United States,
j to justify it; that he had flattered him.’
j sell that his representations to this Gov
-1 eminent would have had (he olfect to in
duce ai change of its course ; that, how
ever, it had happened otherwise; that
he note of Mr. Dickins, (acting Secre
tary of State,) of the 13th instant, had
leli him without hope—the explanations
which he had given him, on iho part of
the President, having convinced die Min
ister of the little that Mexico had to ex
pect of the United States, who would
sacrifice its most sacred rights and most
positive interests to the shadow of an
imaginary danger; who insults Mexico
and commits wrong against her, purely
byway of precaution. Under circum - 1
stances so painful, (he Ministcrconclude* '
by saying, he should fail in his duty if ’
as the representative of Mexico, he did >
i not make use of the only way which rc
! mained to him, to express, at least, how
he was wounded by the wrongs done to
j his country by (he United States; and
j therefore declares, upon Ids own respon
i sibility, that he considers his mission as
| terminated, and requests his passports to
I he sent to him at Philadelphia, to which
| place he declares Ids purpose to go on the
I follow ing day.
The note of Mr. Dickins, in reply to
this letter, is also published in the Cour
rier, and is to the following effect; that
1 ihe President regrets that an erroneous
appreciation of the measures which lie
has thought it Ids duty to take, for the
defence of the. frontier, has induced
M. Gorostiza to terminate his mission :
that the President, however, entertains
the hope that the Mexican Government
will do him more justice than the Minis
ter: and that, to prevent all misunder
standing, he will take suitable steps, and
will send to Mr. Ellis [the Unitec 1
States Minister to Mexico] instructions
to give to the Government of Mexico all
necessary explanations on the subjects.
The letters on both sides'arc courteous
in their terms. VVe trust all our readers
will concur with us, in the earnest hope
that the representations which Mr. Ellis
is to be instructed to make will have (he
effect to preserve unbroken the friendship
|ji ufrmtctl \jj V/vriVi naf’twnftj aolotntily
pledged by treaty to be religiously obser
ved between them.
-■..Mtfr jfr a
From the Columbia Telescope.
Revival ol Ihc Southern Review.
We arc much gratified to be able to
say, that a design is on loot for the re
establishment of this highly important
work ; that the leading gentlemen of this
and (he neighbouring Stales are already
enlisted in it, to a considerable extent:
that a thorough combination of all the
literary and political talent of the South
will be formed upon it: that its complete
success may be loukod to, with confi
dence ; and that the arrangements, for
these purposes, will, during the next
week, be brought before the public of this
State and Georgia; after which they will,
in like manner, be offered to the States
of North Carolina and Virginia.
All feel it to he absolutely necessary
that, threatened as we are, not only in
respect to the principles upon which all
public liberty depends, but us to tho most
intimate, inevitable and domestic part of
the social order amongst us, the South
should give itself, in regard to opinion
abroad, an expounder, an interpreter, a
vindicator. Our peculiar institutions
may well be the objects of perpetual and
of confident attack, while our inertness
leaves all measures of regular and efli
cent defence neglected and untried.
Opinion is become, in the world of ci
vilization, a main power. We have, by
our supineness, suffered Fanaticism to
enlist it against us. For (his we have al
ready paid no slight penalty of disquiet
and irritation. If we would not suffer
still more severely, wo must make our
selves and our institutions understood
and respected. This our very safety de
mand*. To accomplish this, the talent,
the public spirit and the entire intellec
tual energy of the South must embody
themselves in some well-combined un
dertaking of the present kind ; which is,
besides, almost as important, in the view
of the advancement and improvement of
our institutions ; as in their actual de
fence and maintenance.
The Review will of course, as that of
the whole South, he common to both par
ties. It will aim to make the distinction
ofNullifiers and Unionists be forgotten
in a contest, which shall now most zeal
ously defend the South, and uphold and
perfect her public policy.
We understand that a corps of wri
ters, abundantly strong and skilful, can
he mustered at once. The literary force
that will he joined to (he revived Review,
will he lolly twice as large, more widely
extended, and far hotter combined than
that which formerly sustained it. That
was, indeed, the work of South Carolina
almost alone; and she certainly shewed
pretty well in it, what she could do. All
that strength, except in the loss of her ac
complished Elliott, and the admirable
Turnbull, we retain, adding to it, every
day, fresh accessions of talent and cul
tivation, from a highly active and excited
intellectual condition of the race now
coming forward. The other Southern
States are equally progressive, especially
Virginia, for whom her University is ae
coinplishingnoble things: sothat the South
will, beyond all doubt, display in the ex
isting enterprise, strength perfectly equal
to the important purposes in view/
VVe shall probably be able to lay the
whole project before our readers, next
week, in full detail, through the Pros
pectus of (he Review itself/
From the Georgia Journal.
Tlic American Utprury Company.
'Ve have seen a notice of (his enter
prise in some of our exchange papers, and
should be glad if we could find room in
our paper of to-day for tho whole pros
pectus of Gen. Green, in relation to the
matter. # As wo cannot, we will give a
brief outline oftlio plan, promising our
readers a perusal oftlio prospectus in our
next.
The plan is to organize a company
with sufficient capital to publish works of
native authors, under the supervision of a
committee of publication. The author to
have tho profits of the work after deduc
ting the cost of printing. Tho paper to he
manufactured for the purpose, at the cs
| tablishmcnl Agencies to bo established
!in cities tor the sale ofbooks. The most
important object which it is proposed to
accomplish, is the publication of School
Books for Southern Schools, with the ex
press intention of excluding those absurd
notions of a sickly philanthropy, in relation
to Slavery, with which too many Northern
publications arc now tilled. In many of
them, if abolition tenets arc not openly n
yowod, they are covertly insinuated imd
inculcated. Thus poisoning, at its very
source, the puri'y efihut intellect on which
tho South must ultimately depend for its
very preservation, [flic Stock of the com
pany is divided into shares of SSO each ,
the Capital is $250,000, with the privi
lege of increasing to $500,000. VVe omit
ted to state that the company is already
incorporated.
General Jackisn't Influence at homeZ— At
iho 11 kitm it \ok precinct, in Davidson County,
(General Jacksbn’s residence) Judge White got
sixth ONE voles and Mr. Van Uuren hut Two
rr. Three to one.— Columbia (Tam.J Obsei'-
vrr, IVfA rut.
• From the Athens Southern Whig.
Mr. Jones :—ln my last I submitted
the following facts, viz: that there were
eleven counties in tho Cherokee country,
and territory enough, when the Indians
are removed, and the land settled, to make
> at least six more—that adjoining these, on
i the Ernst and South of tho Chattahoochee,
i were fourteen others, comprising in the
whole twenty-five in number, and contain
| ing a population of 150,090 inhabitants —
• that this, from its salubrity of climate, fer
. tility of soil, purity and abundance of wa-
i ter, and amplcness of waterpower, is one
i of thn freshest and finest portions of the
: Stale; indeed, it may he well called the
1 East Tennessee of Georgia—that the
: people of this region are almost destitute
i of a market, or rather the facilities of
t transportation to and from market, and in
- consequence thereof, have to expend more
- than half the profits of their labour in
1 freights. I exhibited this table, founded
1 upon the tact that the average price of
s freights was three cents a pound, which
I shews the ruinous condition of their agri
cultural pursuits, to wit.
s Cost of their suit, sugar and
s iron, $215,000
e Freight of the same, 375,000
s Leaving a balance over the ac-
e dial cost, of 1(50,000
p I then showed (hat the same articles,
y transported on Rail roads, would only
•- cost in freight, 6-5,000
375,000
Which would he a saving of
the enormous sum, to be ap
plied to the purchase of no
il cessaries, of $310,000
- Now this sum, with the downward
t freights, and freights to be saved in like
s proportion upon tho other articles of eon
y sumption, which 1 have not taken .into
: the estimate, and which every one must
e know is very considerable, would in two
i years actually pay for the construction of
e the main trunk of the rail road, rccom
- mended by the Macon Convention. When
r I say pay for it, 1 mean it would be saved
t to the people, contributing greatly to their
s wealth and happiness, and every wise go
, vornment is bound to supply such legisla
s tion to every community as will secure to
their labour the greatest possible profit
r and advantage, especially when they have
i the'means to do so.
1 If a farmer or planter, in any of the
t counties 1 have enumerated, should
I told, while he is attending his crop through
i a burning summer’s sun, subject, as it Ts,
i to storms, droughts, rust, rot and various
i other disasters, that at the close of a year’s
s hard work, he is obliged to give the wag
-1 goner more than half what he makes, to
s take the rest to market, and bring back
- his supplies, he would not believe it, and
yet it is demonstrably true. Take for ex
- ample the article of cotton, and it is tho
i most profitable wo make, bearing a greater
i disproportion between its value and freight
• than any other article, and suppose its
t average price in Augusta, for good and
■ bad to ho 15 cts. per pround, (he waggon
ers toll will be the fifth bale, at three cents
1 a pound. Then, when ho lays out the
■ balance in the three articles, upon which
, 1 have based my estimates, or indeed any
other articles, where these constitute, as
they certainly do, I a due proportion of his
purchases, it will Ho found that more than
half of his sales finds its way into the pock
et of the carrier. If you take flour or to
bacco, and no country is better suited for
both than the Cherokee purchase, the
freights would exhaust three- fifths of the
latter, and six-eighths ot the former. In
passing, it will he well to remark, that the
middle and lower counties of Georgia are
suffering in a rate of expenditure for
freights, precisely proportional to that a
hove mentioned, and that a system of rail
roads would afford them a similar corres
ponding advantage, and this any one will
perceive, who will choose to make the cal
culation.
Having shewn tho ruinous exactions to
which (ho products and consumptions of
the up-country arc subjected, permit me
to suggest a few reflections as to tho im
mense saving of time and expense in tra
velling, by the recommended improvement.
1 hold, that in all pursuits, hut more es
pecially in those ol agriculture and com
merce, time is money , and nothing affords
a greater drawback upon their prosperity,
than an unnecessary waste of it. In the
(ravel roquired’for (ho transaction ofthe
planter’s or merchant’s business, the rail
road enables him to accomplish his object
in a period four times shorter than by the
. ordinary method, that is, the journey of
i lour days is performed in one, because tho
difference of transportation is as four
[ miles to sixteen, in tho space of one hour.
So much for time, a vast saving indeed,
i Now, as to expense. By comparing it
; with stage tare, the saving is exactly one
hundred per cent.; hut by reason of a
much more rapid conveyance, there is
considerable difference in the number of
lodgings and meals on the road, and con
sequently fully us great a saving in that
particular. So ns to private travelling,
when the frequency of meals and lodging,
is taken into the account, by reason of
slow journeyings and protracted time,
together with horse expense, which has
lately become grievous, there is in favor
of rail road travelling a most decided ad
vantage. All this is saved to the producer
and consumer, upon the latter, every ex
pense of commerce is certain to fall, for
the merchant keeps an account of all his
expenses, and makes the consumer reim
burse him. This is not all, he is not con
tent with putting his per cent. on tho cost
of his articles, but he adds to them all the
charges, and then puts on his per cent,
upon tho whole. So that the people of
Ihc counties, whose condition I have been
describing, have not only to bear the en
ormous expense of travelling and freight,
but to bear it increased by a large °por
cent, laid on by the merchant.
\V bile on this part ofthe subject, I will
mention another great saving, and which
would he most propitiously and extensive
ly felt by the whole community. There
is no country which Ins more seriously
declined in provisions than Georgia, par
ticularly in bread stuff s. The use of horse
power to convey the immense productions
ofthe country’to, and its equally great
consumptions from market, creates a de
mand for grain, which in no small degree
interferes with the supplies absolutely due
to human subsistence; and which, what
ever may he the advantage to the seller,
ought not to be placed out ofthe reach of
an easy access to (he poorer classes of
the laboring emmunity.
To substitute machinery for horse -jow-1 1
cr in the business of transportation, is to 1
substitute fuel fot'graitt, and consequent ;
ly, results in a most favorable change of i
the consumption ofthe latter article. It is
no objection to say, that horses would have |
to be fed at home, for laboring less, they
would need less food and of a less useful
and expensive nature. There would he ;
a less Waste of horse life, in the overpow-;
cring labor ofthe mud and mire of Ihc
roads, they would last longer and be the
bettor invigorated in the Spring for the
. more useful toils ofthe crop.
As it is my intention to offer some fur
. ther remarks on this subject, I will con
i elude for the present, by stating that the
. Legislature owes it by every obligation
. of equal and impartial legislation to pro
, vide some system of internal improvement
: for the Cherokee counties: Ist. because,
f from tho peculiar nature ofthe country,
i consisting, by reason ofthe termination of
. Ihe mountains, ofa very uneven surface,
, it will he extremely difficult and laborious
I to the inhabitants to construct any thing
f like even tolerable market roads; and
i 2nd, there has been appropriated in the |
. other parts of tho State, towards internal
improvement, in roads, rivers and canal*,
by money and labour, upwards of a mil
) lion of dollars. But in my next, I will
) shew other considerations which ought to
. induce the Legislature not to desert this
) people.
| SATI RBAV, DECEMBER 3, IS3g7 = '
“Be just , and fear not.”
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE*
Wc recommend attention to the advertisement
| of this institution, which we understand is in verv
j t
high and justly deserved repulation.
HEALTH OE CHARLESTON.
1 The Charleston Board of Health report the
( ,
deaths of twenty-four persons in that city, during
j- the week ending 37th nil., nine whites, and sis
. teen blacks and colored—hy Cholera none.
| DIED,
On Wednesday last, tho 30th nit. at Ihe U. S.
1 Arsenal near this city, Major N. Bah ex, ofthe
.U. S. Army, aged 44 years—a gallant, able, and
j highly valuable officer, and estimable gentleman,
t whose loss will be deeply felt and regretted, not
2 only by his country, the Army, and his amiable
family, hut by every society in which ho has
- moved. Ho has fallen a martyr to his official
duty in tho pestilential marshes of tho far South
west, where ho contracted the deeply painful and
3 lingering disease which lie has long borne with
, so much fortitude and patience, and which has at
. last brought him to an early grave. The writer
> of this will never forget the philosophic cheerful
t ness and fortitude with which he not only bore
1 his own acute sufferings, during a journey to tho
North together, in 1834, but, as we lay in uppo
! site berths in a narrow deck cabin, even forgot
, them to cheer us up under the distresses of sea
, sickness, with playful gayety, anecdote, and nar
[ rative. Amid all our mingling with the world,
, far and near, we never yet had a more grateful,
interesting, and flattering impression of human
nature, made upon our heart and mind, by a total
stranger, as he then was, than in that instance.
May he realize that future happiness, which sure
ly none can more deserve, than they who aan
forgot their own affliction, to administer to that
of a stranger.
He was buried on Thursday morning with ap
propriate funeral honors, and in testimony of the
deep respect for his memory, and regret for his
decease, felt in this community, tho Vohmtcsr
Corps of the city, and many of our citizens, re
paired to the Arsenal and attended his remains
to the grave.
RESIGNATION OE COL. TOWNS. ,
In our p.iper today Will be found a Procl araa- I
tion of Gov. Schley, ordering an Election for a •
Member of the present Congress, to fill the va- ,
cancy of Col. Geo. W. B. Towns, who has re
signed. The election is to take place on Monday |
the 2nd of January next. The resignation of j
Col. Towns extends only to Ihe present session i
of Congress, and not to the seat to which he was
elected in October last.
GEORGIA ELECTION. 1
Official returns have been received from all the 1
counties in tho State, except Ware, which give J
the following result; 1
For White, 24,789
Van Burcn, 23,014
3,775 majority for White.
ron CONGRESS.
Dawson, 21,530
Paqford, 21,814
2 716 majority for Dawson ‘
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY. ,
The Federal Union of the 29th instant, says;—
“In the liberal subscriptions already made for
this institution, its Trustees believe that they
have a satisfactory guaranty, that a fund suffi
cient lor its erection and endowment will he rais- ,
cd. They have arranged their plans for the o- (
pening of tho University for ihe reception of (
students, in January, 1838 ; and for this purpose t
they have made a partial organization of its fa
culty.
The Kov. Cahliseb P. Beeman has’bocn elect- (
cd President, with the charge of'instruction in
Natural Philosophy and Chemistry.
Eugenics Nishkt, Esq. has been chosen
Vice President, with the Professorship of Belles .
Lcltrcs and Mental Philosophy.
** * |
The Rev. Samuel K. Talmage has been cho
sen Professor of Ancient Languages.”
NEW WORKS. 1
“ A Theatisk on Language, or the relation i
■which worth bear to things. In four parts, i
By A. B. Johnson, ,Vr» York. Publisherl by
Harper & Brothers. 1836.”—-We have not had <
time to read this, but from the importance of its i
subject, and the manner in which it appears to be t
treated, as we judge from a cursory glance, here 1
and (here, we take it (o be a highly valuable and r
instructive work,and anticipate much interest and 1
benefit fr»m a perusal of it. The following i
brief extract from tho preface shows that the I
great leading purpose of tho work is well direct- 1
cd, and gives strong hope of well-founded, cor- tl
reel, and oiiginnl views of the subject: *< All the tl
book contains is Iho elucidation of hut one pre- d
eopt: namely, to interpret language by nature, tl
W c reverse the rule, and interpret nature bv lan
guage.”—The work is well printed, on good pa- a
per, neatly bound in cloth, and contains 271 pages. J
“ p «OTtSTANT Jesuitism, by a Protestant. a
.Vew York. Harper II Brothers. 1836,” A
neatly printed and bound volume of 295 pages,
on a subject of much interest, requiring profound
thought, reflection, candor, impartiality and indc-
pcndoncc, to do it justice. Whether these quali- of
j ties have been exercised, and that end attained,
I wc arc usable as yet to say, not having had that
I leisure to read it which wc shall seize with avidi
| ly as soon as it occurs.
GOV. McDITFIE’S MESSAGE.
We had the pleasure of receiving this docu
ment yesterday. It would be unnecessary to say
that it is a most able and eloquent stale paper,
and we have neither time nor room to say more !
respecting it at Jrrcsent,
AMERICAN LITERARY COMPANY.
This Company is chartered by Houth Carolina, |
with a Capital of 5500,000. The Prospectus
sets forth that the Company propose to manufac- j
ture their own paper, and to prepare and publish \
an entire new series of new and improved School
Books, giving to the authors and compilers one
half the profits. They propose to elevate the
general standard of Literature, by enlisting the
ablest writers, by tho highest possible induce
ments, and to render the South independent of
Northern fanatics, who, by the introduction of
their dogmas into our schools, and our pulpits,
have been too successful in creating prejudice, a
gaiust our character and institutions. Wc learn
from Sen. Greek, that it is proposed, if satisfac
tory arrangements can he made, to locate the es
tablishment in this neighborhood; and it was his
' intention to deliver a gratuitous Lecture to our
citizens this evening, explanatory of ihe plan and
purposes of tho institution; but as the Masonic
Hall is engaged for this evening, and his en
gagements do not permit him to remain longer, he
is constrained to postpone it till his next visit to
our city, which will probably occur in a week or
two.
run THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE.
GEO. INSURANCE At TRUST COMPANY.
Messrs. Eiutoks:—lt was my intention not
to trouble you or the public with any of my o
pinions, but I really cannot remain silent, when
such monstrous doctrines arc inculcated, as those
promulgated by the Milledgevillc correspondent
ofthe Constitutionalist, respecting the “Georgia
Insurance and Trust Company.” I have noth
ing in particular against this Company, more
than against all chartered companies having
exclusive privileges. I am opposed to all of
them, and in favor of the liberty of any body of
men associating themselves together for Bank
ing, Insurance, or Trust business,—holding the
associated property, tho-private properly, and the
persons, of those who constitute these companies,
liable for all their acts.
This is the true republican principle. On this
ground all have equal rights ; and let tho pub
lic, whose right and duty it is, judge ofthe respon
sibility, file ability, and the character, of the vari
ous parlies who may set themselves up in these
various pursuits, and treat them as they may think
advisable—treat them as they may think their
own interest dictates. Let there be the same li
berty f»r a man, or an association of men, to be
come a Banker or Bankers, as exists for them to
become Merchants, or to pursue any other calling.
Why not 1 Legislators do not pass laws’ dicta
ting who shall have the liberty to sell tho various
descriptions of merchandize, or who shall be
Lawyers, Doctors, Preachers of tho Gospel, Prin
ters, Publishers, Editors, KeSpers of Hotels, &c.
&c. Yet with as much propriety might they
make such Laws, as those creating present mo
nopolies, and depriving the people of their just
and equal rights.
Abolish the present Banking system, and let
the forty-six million of dollars which now
lie idle in tho vaults of tho Banks, circulate a
mong the people; and the credit beyond this,
which would be required, would be furnished by
the people themselves, and not to the people by
a privileged class ! When we see this state of
things we shall have a sound currency ; ’panics
will not bo known, and political “ log-rolling,” to
obtain chartered monopolies, will have an end.
I have said that I have nothing in particular a
gainst tho “ Georgia Insurance and Trust Com
pany nor have I; but still, I should regret to
see that Company exercise “ Banking privile
ges” under the existing state of things, because
I believe the gentlemen who compose that Com
pany have all the privileges which the Legisla
ture ought to grant them, injustice to the peo
ple ; and because I believe that portion of the
currency which they would foico upon the people
would be less sound than the present currency.
This “ Georgia Insurance and Trust Company,”
agreeably to their advertisement, signed by their
Secretary, have no less than seven Agents, at
seven distinct points. Add to these, the mother
establishment at Augusta, and the Agent in New
3 ork, not published, and we have nine distinct
points where this company take risks of some
kind. Now, the charter of this company authori
ses them to take Fire risks, Marine risks, &c.,
&c., and it is not improbable that the “ Georgia
Insurance and Trust Company” have risks at
this time, at their nine distinct points, on millions
of property , a part, and perhaps a greater part, of
which, may be swept into eternity in one short
night; and this it is, if I understand the reasoning
of the Millcdgoville correspondent of the Consti
tutionalist, that adds to the security of this com
pany, as a Banking establishment !
Messrs. Editors. I make pretensions only to
common sense. Let us use common sense, and
apply the gentleman's mode of reasoning. An
association of gentlemen, who have a CAPITAL
of five hundred thousand dollars, and who have
issued their CREDITS in the country to three
times the amount of their capital, according to Ihc
gentleman’s mode of reasoning, will add to tho
security of those who may hold those credits,
hy taking risks against fre, risks against the pe
rils of the Sea, &c., &c., on millions of pro
perty !—Now can this he so! I think not.
In December last, New York, the emporium
of America, was visited hy a destructive fire, and
in one short night almost all her Fire Insurance
companies were made bankrupt. What think
you would have been the condition ol the cur
rency of New York!—what think you would
have been the condition of the people of N. York’
if their legislators had previously granted these
Fire Insurance companies Banking privileges? 1
The currency would have been worthless, and
the enterprising, the enlightened inhabitants of
that great emporium would have been poor in
deed, and had occasion in all future time to curse
ihe thoughtless improvidence of their legislators.
Legislators of Georgia, now assembled ! learn
a lesson of wisdom by what has transpired in
New 5 ork, within one short year, and be prudent
and wise in vour councils.
A CITIZEN.
The Hon. John McKinley (a Van Burcn man)
,vas elected a Senator in Congress from tho State
ff 37 a voto° n lllc3lstult ” b y ** dear majority
STATE RIGHTS NOMINATION.
We learn from n gentleman who arrived in this
city yesterday, from Milledgeville, that Col. J. C.
Alfokii has been nominated by the State Rights
Central Committee, as a candidate for Congress,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
, of Col. Towns.
COMMUNICATE!!.
.Messrs. Editors. —Having witnessed the pro
gress of improvement in Penmanship, made by a
; young man in my slore„now under the instruc
tion of Mn. Goon wane, Ido not hesitate to say
| that I consider his stylo of writing both for legi
j bility and rapidity, as well as the general system
i of instruction, the best which has ever come un
der my observation, therefore take pleasure in ad
ding that I think his mode of imparling the art
of Penmanship merits encouragement.
A MERCHANT;
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Columbia, Nov. 38.
■ An unusual attendance of the Members, at so
early a period, enabled the Legislature to organ-
izc itself without delay, at 12 o’clock, M. Mr. '
■ J. H. Ihht, of Laurens, was called to the Chair,
i a»d R. Yeadon, Jr. was requested to act as
Clerk. After qualifying the members elect, the
House proceeded to the election of Speaker, and
elected Mr. David L. Waudlaw, of Abherilkq
i after two ballotings, which were its follows !
First Ballot—D. L. Wafdlatr, 96 Votes;
, “ T. W, Davie, 3( do; 1
“ D.J. McCord, 25 do;
; On this balloting, Mr. Wardlaw did not vote*
- and 57 votes being a majority, there was no elcc
, tion. On the second balloting, Mr. McCord
withdrew, and the result was—
-5 Wardlaw, 63 votes,
r Davie, 51 do.
In the Senate. Pathick Noble, also of Abbe
ville, has been elected President, and Mr. Jacob
Wahley, re-elected Clerk. A spirit of harmony
and good feeling seems to prevail among the’
• Members, and there is every prospect, that the’
1 projects for the good of the State, which may be
- brought forward, will not bo marred by any aspo
, rities which have heretofore existed.
Josias D. GxiLLAim,elected Messenger, and
J Mr. Harrisox, Door-keeper of the Senate.
I T. W. Gloveii, of Orangeburg, elected Clerk
i of the House on 2d ballot—Glover 72, Pope 25.
James D. Trade-well, of Columbia, elected
Reading Clerk, without opposition, and J. S.
' Nettles, of same place, Messenger, on lethal
• lot, over Deßhuiil, former incumbent. The
f House adjourned at 4 P. M.
r
Capture of the Texian Schooners Brutus
and Invincible. —The two schooners, the Brutus
! and Invincible, lately in the harbor have fallen a
prey to an unexpected enemy. Warrants were
issued on Saturday for their seizure by Judge Ir
-1 ving under the provisions of title 8, chapter 8,
part 3d, of the revised statutes. The officers
i and crew are in the custody of Win. Hillyer, the
, Sheriff of tho city and the county.— N. V. Dai
ly Express.
Hon. Samuel W. Mardis, says the Alabama
: Mercury of tho 19th, died at bis residence in
Taladega, on Monday night, the 14th ult.
50 shares U. S. Bank Slock, sold at New York,
261 h ult. at 116 J, (15 days;) 60 do. 116);50
do. 116) ; 100 do. (30 days) 118 ; 100 do. (cash)
116); 50 do.
COMMIjBCIAL.
LATEST DATE FROM LIVERPOOL, OCT. 24.
LATEST DATES FROM HAVRE, OCT. 15.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Prices Current Corrected AVcokly.
BACON. . . . Sides & shoulders, 15 a 16 per lb.
Hams, per lb. 17) a 18)
BUTTER . . Goshen, per lb. 37).
BRAND V . . Cognac, gallon, 1 25 a 2 00.
Apple, “ good 48 a 56,
BALE ROPE, 12) a 14,
BAGGING . Hemp, 23 to 26
Tow, 17 a 30
Flax, 18 a 23e.
COTTON . Prime and choice, new 15) a 16).
Inferior and Middling 14 a 15.
CORN bushel, 85 a 87).
COFFEE . . Prime green, per lb. 14) a 15.
Fair, “ 14 a 14).
Inferior to good, 13) a 13.
CASTINGS lb. 5) a 6J.
CANDLES Sperm, per lb. 40 to 45
Northern, 18c. a 20.
Georgia made, 18c. a 20.
FLOUR . . . Canal, bbl. retail, fresh #l2) a 18,
GIN Holland, 1 25 a 1 75
Northern, 53 a 60.
HAY Northern,?! 50.
IRON Russia and Swedes, lb. 6 a 6)c.
INDIGO .... Spanish float, 1 75
Carolina, 87) a 112)
LEAD 8) a 9.
LARD per lb. 18 a 20c.
MACKEREL, No. 1, bbl. #l2) a 13
No. 2, #ll a If).
No. 3,7) to 8 scarce
MOLASSES, W. India, 45 a 48c,
New Orleans, 48 a 50c.
NAILS Cut, lb. 7) a Bc.
OH- Sperm, per gallon, I 30 a I 37c
Linseed, 125 c. & 1 37)
OSNABURGS, Linen, per yd. 8) a 11).
Cotton, 12) a 17c.
RUM Jamaica, gal. 1 02) a 37).
N. England, 53 a 561.
RICE 4) a 6c.
SALT Liverpool, bushel, 75.
SHOT .., ~ 2 50 per bag. to 2 75.
SOAP Yellow, per lb. 9 a 10c.
SUGAR .... Havana, white, 12) a 16.
do. brown, lb, 10c. alO j bx#
Muscovado, 11) to 12).
St. Croix, 13) a 14.
N. Orleans, 10) a 11).
TEA . . . . Hyson, lb. 75 a 112.
Gunpowder, 112 a 130,
TOBACCO. 15 a 50c
WHISKEY. 1- . Monongahcla, 70 a 75.
Northern, 55 a 52c.
N. Orleans, 50 a 55e
WINES Madeira, 2 50 a 3 00.
REMARKS.
UOI ITLV—Tho unfavorable advices from
Liverpool to the 24th October have rendered tins
article dull of sale, in this market, and there is
but a limited business doing. We quote 14) to
16), extremes—general sales arc made at from
15 to 16 cents, pot lb.
FREIGHTS—to Savannah #1 —to Charles
ton ) cent per lb.
Augusta Bunk \ofcfli Exchange Table.
All tho Banks of tho State, part
Bank of Hamburg, par
South Carolina Bank Notes, par,
American Gold Coin, par
Georgia Gold, 93 a 95c.
Carroll Co. do. 96c.
North Carolina Gold, 85c.
exchange.
I-necks on New York, at sight, 3 a 2) per cf.
prem.—6o days sight; par.
Charleston, par.
Savannah, par.
Bills on the North, 60 days, 1 per ct. off.
Charleston, 60 days, interest oil.
Savannah, 60 days, inL
U. S. Bank Bills, 1) a 2 per cent prem.
STOCKS.
WORTH PAID
. Augusta Bank, old, #142 #IOO
Do do new, 130 100
Mechanic’s Bank, 145 100
Insurance & Bank’g Compy, 96 60
Slate Bank, 128 100
Insurance & Trust Company, 145 100
Geo. R. R. dr Banking Comp’y, 70 65
Bank of Hamburg, 40 35
Ice company, 60 50
Wharf company, par,