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; require a man for our Chief Magistrate, not
only pure himself, hut to make others pure
! —not only of good intentions, but of reso
-1 lute will—not only of correct, fixed gener
i al principles! and personal firmness, but,
j like a great leader on a battle field, capa
| ddp G&breathing his own high spirit into all
whin ho may call to aid in the great work
of deemtng the country from the wretch
ed pitical quackery and teeming abuses,
whUlong years of false legislation lias i
The people have demanded
ret'orj The Whigs promised it. They
havc<t redeemed their promises, and they
have ten rejected by the people with
scoruThe Democrats promise it. They
must fil their promises, or a fate equal
ly igninious awaits them.
“TFederal party, cannot be a reform
party Their principle of Government in
tervein in everything, is essentially cor
rupt, I fatal to all purity in administra
tion, oven the existence ofa republican
form Government. The Democratic par
ty, aldcan be a reform party : and when
they pess economy, retrenchment, low
arid jußxes, and a strict adherence to the
Constifon, they profess to do, only wiiat
all thepolicy and principles require.—
Not toform, is-hardly a disgrace to Fed
eralist The only disgrace is, in attemp
ting t! paltry imposture, the impudent
Charjinum of deceiving the people, by
profeffns which can only lie fulfielled, by
abanding all their principles. But when
the inocratic party, with contrary prin
cipleparry out tho practices of Federalist
—wh they fail to insure to the people a
restited, frugal, and honest administra
tarn’tlie Government—they are traitors
indl ; traitors to all their principles and
to f people. And to whom shall the pno
pldben turn for salvation? They will
haJ tried both parties ; and both parties
famg them, they may give up hopelessly
tche resistless tide of corruption which
seeps the Government over the cataract.”
jjwTANP BAZETTL
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1843. |
FOR PEKSIDI ‘NT.
miasi&ir _
lion. Gyorge \V. Crawford took liis
seat in Congress on the Ist inst.
Edward A. Hannegun, a Van Bu
ren Democrat, has been elected li. S. Sen
ator by the Legislature of Indiana. Me
was elected by Whig votes.
Postage.
A proposition to reduce the price of post
age, lias been made in Congress, Which will
probably he favorably recei\ed by the
country. Postage is a tax upon the peo
ple, which though paid with tho greatest
willingness and with less complaint than
any other, is notwithstanding, very burden
some. Anew rate of postage is now pro
posed and will probably be carried into ef
fect, somewhat reducing the former rates;
on all single letters sent by mail any dis
tance not over thirty miles, the postage is j
to be 5 cents ; over 30 to 100 miles 10 ets.;
over 100 to 220 miles 13 cents ; over 220
to 400 miles 20 cents, and over 400 miles
25 conts.
It would have been better, perhaps, if the
postage for short distances had been reduc
ed still more ; but we view the proposed
law only as an introduction to farther re
forms in the post-office department, where
they seem to be greatly needed.
This law is a good one in another res
pect, as the rates are in Federal money,
our own currency. The absurd mode of
charging postage in Spanish currency, at
12 J and 18$ cents, when no coins of that
denomination, except foreign coins, are to
be found among us, is done away.
CKIT It is not often that the Ladies can
. glean a compliment to their sex out of the
political field, of course they ought to be
more valued from their scarcity. We
have ourselves experienced that women
are far superior in moral honesty to men,
fbr we have found that almost without ex
ception, the female subscribers to our pa
per pay up more promptly and honorably
than those of the masculine gender.—
Though some people who are no judges of
sucli matters, tell us we are infected with
old bachelor notions, yet we think that tiie
verse of Scripture which says that “the
heart of man is deceitful above all things
and desperately wicked,” don't apply to
\vornen. The New-York Evening Post has
the following, and the ladies ought to con
sider it high praise in these times, when a
paper of the high character of the Post
takes upon itself to affirm that generally
they are not addicted to theft:
Female Defaulter has been the practice
in the Post-Office Department, to appoint
the wives of deceased postmasters as their
successors, in those cases in which it was
agreeable to the people. This practice
*sasbeen in operation a great many years/,
the number of females wht> have thus
held office is quite large. During all this
time, there has not occurred a single in
stance ofdefulaation among them. Though
it is no compliment to a person to be faith
ful and honest, for this is a matter of duly,
yot it is especially honorable to be so amid
these times and temptations in which many
fall astray.”
Col. David J. Bailey, appointed some
tirne ago by the Governor as the Director
of the Central Bank, agreeably to the law
of the late Legislature, has, we utrderstand,
accepted the appointment, and is now en
gaged in the performance of its duties.
Mi Hedge vi/fc Recorder.
Lmd: out Bachelor* ! —The Legislature
of Maryland proposes to raise ways ami
means, by taxing all bachelors over 35.
Another project is to levy an annual tax of
50 dollars, only on such as have means of
supporting a wife.
Another Sign—No New Moon in Febru
ary ! —The Millerites recently discovered
the planet Venus in the clay time ; no un
common occurrence—she being now in her
perigee, and the atmosphere having been,
most of the time lately, remarkably clear.
Another phenomenon equally portentous,
is announced in the Boston Transcript, as
follows:
“ Perhaps many of our readers are nota
ware of the singular astronomical fact, that
there will be no new moon in the month of
February next,’ and that there: will be two
new moons in the mouth following. It will
be new moon on the 3l>th Jan., again on the
Ist of March, and also on the 30th March.”
Resisting Civil Process. —There are ma
ny modes of bamboozling a bailiff, but Mrs.
Pamelia May, who keeps a boarding-house
in Boston, seems to have hit upon one of
the most effectual that we have heard of.
She kept off a sheriff w ho had called at her
house to serve a writ of attachment, by, del- !
uging him with a shower of soap suds —hot
soap suds too, as we find the matter stated !
in the newspapers. This kind of legal de
fence. is not, however, considered ennstitu- I
tional in Boston, and the Police Court of
that city mulcted Mrs. May in the sum of
five dollars, for the offence.
John A. Bolles, the now Loco Foco Sec
retary of State of Massachusetts, is a rank
Abolitionist, an articleofinlclligence iiich
we furnish expressly for the benefit of tie
liditor of tlie Richmond ISnqturrr—-inert iy !
to assist with topics of exultation over the !
late “democratic victory” in the Bay State, i
lie will find other subjects of the character j
in Mr. Morton’s inaugural message, which
precious Stale paper we commend to Mr.
Ritchie’s “careful and prayerful” peru
sal. Nothing could be more democratic.
N. Y. Com. Adv.
The Jews of New York. —The Jews in
New York are said to be ten thousand in
number. They have six synagogues.—
Their Benevolent Society has, in the last
year, collected above 5,000 and expended
about 4,000 dollars. The legal liabilims
they still lie under in some countries of Eu
rope, and tlie strong prejudices they there
have to encounter, are, it is said, driving
many persons of this faith to seek refuge in
the United States.
“ The Magician'’ at his Old Tricks —The
Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
Courier and Enquirer, slates that in the re
cent election of a Senator in North Caroli
na, Mr. Van Bun n wore two faces.
Bedford Brown, who was notoriously the
favorite of tlie Van Buren Loco focos, it is
| said, showed sundry letters from M. V. B.
in which he expressed his utter want of
confidence in Judge Saunders and his earn
est hope that Brown would be elected.—
Judge Saunders hearing of this, produced
letters from Mr. V. B. to him, in which, the
“ sweet little fellow” soft-soaped him in tlie
| most approved style, expressed the most
unbounded confidence in his democracy, and
the most earnest desire for his success.—
Tli is reminds us of the six gentlemen who
courted a lady, and who on comparing
notes, found that she was engaged to all six.
The Bankrupt Law. —lt’s a rather singu
lar fact that in those sections of the coun
try, generally speaking, where the most fre
quent use has been made of the Bankrupt
law, the most active efforts have been made
to procure its repeal. From a table in the
Philadelphia United States Gazette, it ap
pears that, in the Slate of Maine, one in ev
ery 174 of the white inhabitants has availed
himself of the law—although Gov. Fair
field asserted in his late message, that the
repeal of the Act wouid, in that State, “be
regarded with general, not to say universal
approbation.’ In Vermont is the next lar
gest proportion, viz: one in 189. The Le
gislature of that state lias passed resolu
tions calling for the repeal, and Mr. Ever
ett, one of the representatives of Vermont,
was the first to move it in the House. Con
necticut has one petitioner to 221 of her
white population ; Massachusetts one to
301 ; Kentucky one to 328; South Alaba
ma one to 345; N. York one to 369; Penn
sylvania one to 583; Maryland one to 839;
and South Carolina one to 1245. The pro
portion in the United States, so far as heard
from, is one to 375. The District of Co
lumbia lias the largest proportion of petition
ers, being one to 165.— Baltimore American
21 st inst.
A fire caused by water !—We learn from
the Portsmouth Journal, that on the 30th
ultimo, a grist mill in Newcastle, N. H.,
was destroyed by fire. In the storm of that
day, says the Journal, the easterly wind
caused the tide to rise to an unusual height,
and, surrounding the mill, cut off all com
munication with the land. The water at.
11 o’clock, A M coming in contact with a
barrel of lime set it on fire, and soon the
whole building bo the water’s edge was in
flames
The Cabinet. —The Philadelphia Times |
has a letter from Washington, stating that
“soon after the 4th of March, Mr. Webster
will resign, and he sent to England. Mr.
Kverult, our present minister there, will
take the place now vacant in France. Mr.
Forward will retire, and \vill receive a
Judgeship from tho hands of the dominant
party in Pennsylvania. The rest of the
Cabinet will remain, I think, in their pre
sent places. Gen. Cass will receive the
appointment of Secretary of State, arid Mr.
Cushing will preside over tho Treasury
Department.
The Missouri House of Representatives
was so bent on celebrating the battle of
New Orleans at tho preciso punctual tern
poris that it disagreed with tho Senate on
the proposition to postpone the fete to Mon
day, (the Bth of January falling on Sunday)
and accordingly desecrated the Sabbath by
firing in front of the capit'ol, sung national
songs, paraded through the streets with
martial music, illuminated at night, &c.
THE CENTRAL BANK.
The Federal Union says with some ap- ,
pearance of boast, that the Central Bank is
receiving its notes at the rate of $20,000
per week. No wonder, when men can pay
to the State a debt of Stilt) with SSO. The
dear people are chiselled out of the -.differ
ence by tlie most discreet management of
the leaders of the Locofoco party at Mil
ledgeville. The States’ money was lent at
par and used by the borrowers at par. It
is purchased up at least 40 percent below
par, and the borrowers pocket the differ,
cnee. Truly Dr. Fort and his obedient ma
jority have done wonders. Look at tlie sit
uation of those who depend upon the State’s
currency for their support. Mis honor,
Judge Henry, filling one of the highest ju
dicial, stations in the State, working inde
fatigably in the faithful discharge of his la
borious and important duties, finds his sal
ary reduced from SI,BOO per annum, to a
bout SI,OOO of specie paying notes, and
from this sum lie has to pay expenses while
travelling on his circuit. Many of our
outer men clerks in Counting-Houses, get
better salaries. If this is not an age of
hunibnggery we never expect to see one
that is. Savannah Republican.
From the New York Express.
LOW BRICES—LOW WAGES—EVE
RY THING DOWN.
We have nearly reached in these United
States (not quite though) the hard money
s;. cie currency times we used to hear so
much of, alien Harrison on one side, and
Van Buren on tit other were candidates
for the Presidency There is about a :
much specie in the country now as there is
bank pap- r. Gold is as plenty as it ever
will be in any country where gold or silver
alone is to constitute the emrency. We
are nearly in the condition of the hard
money countries, or, if not quite there, like
ly soon to be there. T!laborer now is
paid nearly as low as in France or Germa
ny. and finds it:almost as difficult to obtain
work ; and, as he fully approximates the
hard money system, he will be quite as well
off'as the laborer in Lombardy, or Naples,
or Turkey, where there is an exclusive
hard money currency.
We, ofthe United States, not content with
the sound specie and paper currency we
had in 1828, when Gen Jackson was elec
ted to the Presidency, have been trying
now for some time to make about 66 or
$80,600,000 of specie represent all the
property, all the labor, and all the energy
and capacity of seventeen millions of peo
ple. Now, dividing these eighty millions
of dollars amoug these seventeen millions,
it gives us not five dollars each to repre
sent all we have, or all we earn—but when
we remember that the inillionaries, such as
John Jacob Astor, have a good part of these
eighty millions, it leaves the great masses
of society nothing at all to represent all
the industry or capacity they have. Thus,
when gold alone is money, and money is
made scarce, and the inillionaries monopo
lize even that scarcity, it is not at all to be
wondered at that real estate is worth but lit
tle in money, the produce of farms less,
and labor least of all. Hence low prices,
low wages, and every thing down.
We are thus reaping the harvest sown of
a hard money currency. The fruits of tlie
“experiment” of 1830—’32—’34 are yet
upon us. We are enjoying a few of the
comforts and luxuries ofa hard money gov
rnmenf. We are about as well off as the
people of France, where there is one bank
with a very restricted currency, and not
quite so bad off as Naples, or Sicily, or.
Turkey, where there is no credit, but a
pure hard money Government. With noth
ing but hard money, hard money prices
must continue. If gold is the only god that
can effect the great interchanges between
man and man, we must live as people do
where that kind ofa god is exclusively a
dored. It was orice an idea that this coun
try was well enough off, but this is obsolute,
and now we are learning European fash
ions.
A Bomb Shell of 1775 Found. —The
Portland Argus says : “ As the two sons of
Messrs. Daniel Woodman & Daniel Gould
were digging for clams, on Monday, in tlie
Back Cove, near the channel, they discov
ered the rim of what they thought was a
large iron jug. After digging round and
tugging at it for some tirne, they were obli
ged to get some tackle before it could be
taken from its bed. It proved to be a bomb
shell, with the powder yet in it, which was
thrown from Mowatt’s fleet, on the memora
ble 15th of October—67 years ago—the
day when this town was burned by the
British. It measures 38 inches in circum
ference, and weighs 150 pounds. Captain
Lemuel Moody, and Wm. Tukey, well re
collect seeing it pass over the town, and
sink into the waters of the Cove. It was
the only one that passed over during the
day. The others all fell among the devo
ted houses and exploded. It seems as if
there could be no doubt of the identity of
this curiosity.”
From the Baltimore. Patriot.
A DUEL PREVENTED.
Wo have seen, with regret, for a long
time, a violent and increasing personal I
quarrel between the editors ofthe Richmond I
Whig and Enquirer. Tho contest lias re- ;
eently assumed a character which called
for its adjustment in some way or other, and
we were not therefore surprised to hear tlmt
a duel had been arranged between Mr. J.
H. Pleasant, the editor of the Whig And Mr. 1
W. F. Ritchie, the son of the editor of the ,
Enquirer. Mr. Ritchie, it is said was the ,
challenger, and the terms were twenty-five j
paces ; fowling pieces loaded with twelve j
buckshot each ; the guns to belaid at the !
feet of tlie combatants, and at the word :
“fire,” each was to seize his gun and fire
within the time “three.” Saturday morn
ing was the time fixed.
‘Pile proper interference of friends on Fri- ;
day night prevented the hostile meeting, ,
and the Richmond papers of yesterday con
tain the following card : ,
The undersigned have seen with deep re
gret the editorial controversy between i
Thomas Ritchie and J. 11. Pleasants, ]
Esq’rs. and with still more pain have learn- ,
cd,(uot from the principals or their se
conds) that a personal conflict between W.
F. Ritchie, Esq. and Mr. Pleasants is like
ly to grow out of it—and believing that it
may he avoided, and the controversy heal
ed without comproiniting the honor of ei
ther gentlemen, we come forward, volunta
rily, and tender our mediation between
them. The article of Mr. Pleasants of the j
17th day January, 1843, headed “The En
quirer,” was called forth by that of Mr. |
Ritchie of the 14th day of tho same month, ‘
and we are satisfied was tlie result of a mis- !
conception by Mi. P. of die latter article, j i
That article, we are satisfied, was not in- <
tended in any manner to reflect upon the i
personal courage of Mr. Pleasants, or to in
vade iiis private character, but had refer- t
ence to the editorial ‘bout’ between those |
gentlemen, and to the editorial and politi- I
cal course of Mr. P.; and so believing, we
regard the article of Mr. Pleasants as tin i
justified, though we believe that the im- i
plied challenge to the family of Mr. Ritch- i
io, proceeded from a generous motive, viz: j
to announce the personal liability of Pleas- <
ants if called on ; without hostility to the
members of the family embraced in it. If
our views be correct, and are so admitted !
by Mr. Ritchie and Mr. Pleasants so.de- t
claring, Pleasants shall retract his article ‘
ofthe 17tl of January, and that Mr. W. F.
Ritchie withdraw his challenge which has
been accepted bv Mr. Pleasants, and those
gentlemen restored to their former tela
tions.
J. W. PEGRAM,
January 23, 1843. JAMES LIONS.
We acknowledge the correctness of the
above views, and accepting the proffered
mediation, respectively accede to the pto- 1
posals made.
THOMAS RITCHIE,
JOHN H. PLEASANTS,
WM. F. RITCHIE,
General Pegram was authorized by Mr.
W. F. Ritchies second, in case Mr. Pleas
ants’ second acceded to the above settle- ‘
ment, to withdraw Mr. W. F. Ritchie’s
challenge.
MURDER. :
We 1 earn from an undoubted authority,
that Mr. Lea, a hog-drover from Kentucky,
was shockingly murdered on his return
home, a few days ago, in the mountain re
.gion of Virginia, by two men who travelled 1 ,
with him the principal part of the day on j
which he was murdered. It seems that he
was shot by a pistol in the back part of bis ,
bead, while passing through a lonesome re- ,
gion of country ; he fell from his horse in
stantly gasping for breath. The robbers ,
thereupon rifl'-d him ofhis pocket-book, and
were in die act of riding off when they were ,
• uddenly brought to a stand by the appear
ance of two mountaineers, who happened to •
be close by, hunting game in the woods.—
It appearsthat the two hunters had not sep
erated long before they heard the report of
the pistol, and each taking it for granted ,
that the other had shot at something, they
both ran to see what had been shot; both
fortunately bounded into tlie road at the
same time, one a little above and the
other a little below the robbers. Seeing
the sight described,they quickly sprang the
triggers of their rifles, and bid the murder
ers stand or die. On approaching Lea,
they found him in tlie last agonies of death;
but he was able to tell who shot him, and
who robbed him; be also told the hunters
that the robbers had missed his money,
which was concealed in his coat collar;
and a few moments after this he expired.
The hunters then marched the robbers to
the village jail. The name of the county
and village is not recollected.
Milton Chronicle. j
The Late Earthquake. —We find the fol
lowing singular circumstance stated in the
St. Louis New Era:
On Saturday, we received a note from a
gentleman in the country, dated that day
in which he says :
The Earthquake on tlie evening of the
4th inst. was severely felt in this part of
our county, and attending it is one of tlie
most interesting phenomena of nature. —
Near my dwelling has been a pond which,
from former appearances, was supplied by
subterranean springs. On the morning of
the sth, I discovered it empty, and in its
place a large sink hole, similar to those
near your city. During the day, my fami
ly noticed it belching forth steam at inter
vals of three or Tour hours. On yesterday
I remained at home to watch and satisfy
myself. You are aware of its being a rainy
day. After the small streams bad formed
by the falling of the rain, it commenced
smoking steam of a warm nature, and at
times we heard a rumbling, hissing sound,
similar to that vve beard on the evening of
the 4th inst. On this morning snow covers
all my grounds, except the centre of this
gulf, which has thawed, and all the snow
contiguous is fast thawing.
METHODISM.
Wo learn from the Zion’s 1 Jeraltl, that
j the members ofthe Methodist Chur “J> in the
city ot Boston, have more than quadruple!
in the last fifteen years ; more than trebled
within the last ten years; and more than |
doubled within tlie last five years. The
Editor ofthe Herald suys:
“ It would not he altogether irrelevant to
glance here at the progress of our cause
throughout New England, but we can only j
give a few statistics. Including the por
tions of Now England comprehended in the
New.York and Troy Conference, we have
now 90,000 members and 600 preachers.
1 lie average annual increase for 50 years
lias been 1740 members, and 13 preachers.
For tlie last five years (and exclusive of
New.York and Troy conferences,) it has
been more than 3100. There is one Meth
odist to every twenty-five of the population j
in New England. Since 1790, the Mellio- ‘
dist population has doubled every twelve |
years, and their church is now second in I
number, and first in progress in New Eng- j
land, according to an accurate comparison !
of statistics.”
COTTON INSTEAD OF LINEN.
It is astonishing to what an extent the
use of cotton fabrics has succeeded that of
linen. We see it stated in an English pa
per, the Stamford Mercury, that twenty j
years ago the consumption of linen cloth for j
shirting and sheeting, was generally esti- j
mated to be double the quantity of linen to
that of calico. Ten years ago the quantity ;
used for tho same purposes of each materi- i
al was aboui equal. Last week, a shop
keeper near Melton Mowbray, took an ae- j
count lor three days (it being Martinmas) |
ofthe number of yards sold of linen and of |
calico; the result proved that there was i
fourteen times the quantity of calico sold to !
that of linen. In manufacturing towns
probably the difference would be greater.
In woolen goods tho reverse is taking place.
During the high price of woo! many arti
cles were substituted, some wholly, and
others partly by the admixture of cotton ;
now, that wool is considerably reduced in
price, the substitution of cotton is on the
decrease. Boston Journal.
An important fact for Mesmerism .—We I
learn that a young woman was thrown into j
the mesmeric state, at the City Hall in Low- i
ell, on Thursday evening last, by Dr. W. ;
P. Shattuck, and submitted to the operation j
of extracting a tumor on the shoulder, j
without manifesting the slightest sensation
or suffering the slightest pain. An itu-i •
sion around the tumor, was made to the
depth of nearly two inches, and tlie opera
tion was one, which, under ordinary cir
cumstances, would have caused acute pain,
fainting, &c. On being brought back to
the natural slate, the lady was entirely free
from pain, and was not aware that any op
eration had been performed. The tumor
has been preserved in spirits, and was
shown to us yesterday. This experiment
was performed under the direct personal
examination of Drs. Holbrook, Pillsbury,
and Horn, of Lowell, and in the presence
ofa large and respectable audience. A
full and scientific report of the case will
soon be published. Comment is unneces
sary. Let this fact speak for itself.
Boston Post.
The Texan Congress is so overrun with
petitions for divorce, that a bill has been
introduced, making every man his own un- j
tnarrier, and extending the same inestima
ble prerogative to every married woman.
It provides that all married persons who
are dissatisfied with their partners may be
absolved from their own vows by publish
ing their intention to that effect for thirty
days. This is emphatically carrying eve
ry man’s anti-matrimonial mill home to his
own door, and simplifying tlie domestic ar
rangements in a way that must bring relief
to the labors of legislators and courts of
justice altogether refreshing. We should
think, however, that it would be wise to !
carry the “ voluntary principle” Into each
end of the connubial contract, and allow
every body to marry without the interven
tion of clergyman or magistrate “by pub
lishing their intention to that off et fin thir.
ty days. The truth is “tin? u .nli - ; >\
erned too much.” — Courier J,- Enquirer.
The Baltimore Clipper of the 1 Ith ii i.
says a letter carrier lately . mplm ed
City Post Office, in Washington. ! > •’
has absented himself from that place, ha
ving been detected in embezzling funds to
an amount variously estimated at from five
to fifteen thousand dollars. Tlie money, it
appears, was abstracted at sundry times
from the drawers of the several carriers in
the office, and from letters containing re
mittances, which it was his duty to have
delivered. The name ofthe individual is
not mentioned ; and no notice of the affair
has yet appeared in any ofthe Washington
papers.
Advertising. —The New Orleans Picay
une says: “If there is any one matter more
than another that should convince a man he
is not fit lor business, it is the possibility of
his carelessness in neglecting to advertise.
When a man can forget advertising, let
him shut up shop. Men of all trades and
professions should take advantage of adver
tisements to make their merits, or tlie mer
its of their wares, known to the public.— j
How much benefit might accrue to them
selves and publishersgenerally. Lawyers j
authors, and artists, are in this particular, j
too modest. Our worthy disciples of Ga. j
len make no bones of tel ling the world the;
virtues of their medicines.—-Day & Martin j
might have lived and died in penury un
known, had they not sung, themselves, the
praises of their “unequalled blacking.”
Solemn Fact. —One ofthe New York pa
pers says:—“Some ofthe most eminent as
tronomers declare, that, for the last six
months, the earth has been rapidly ap
proaching the sun ; and is now nearly.two
millions of miles nearer the “orb of fide”
than it was in June last.” This is a fact—
which occurs every winter.
Disappearance of fixed Stars.—Mare than
thirteen Stars it is said,’ hale disappeared
j within the last two centuries. One of these
j presented such a brilliant appearance?for
j about sixteen months as to be visible to the
l naked eye at mid-day. La Place supposed
I >t was burning up, as it lias never been
I see.*’ since.
i A Massachusetts Town. —The town of
Amherst, Jiass., contains 2550 inhabitants,
or 400 families; 515 totem, of whom 300
! are married, 14 are widowers, and 105 are
bachelors What is moat 6 markable, is
the lileiarv taste of .'heap good people.—
There are among them 000 subscribers to
newspapers, 265 to periodicals, and 50 to
religious publications. Ibe total number
of papers received in the tov.n is 8 :00 of
21 to each family.
W ■■■■! .11 HI, !■ II - WMWJOWr*BI—
the Chronicle and Sentine l. Tcb. 2.
AUGUSTA EXCHANGE TABLE.
SPECIE BASIS.
Augusta Notes.
j Mechanics’ Dank, par.
Agency Brunswick Bank, ....
j Bank of A ngusta,
Augusta Ins. cj- Banking Company, .
Brunch Georgia Railroad, .... “
Brunch Stale of (Icorgia, .... “
Savannah Notes.
State Bard;, ftvr.
Murine Dire Insurance Bank,
Planters’ Bank, .... “
J Central Railroad Bank, ■ ■ 2a 8 dis’nt.
Country Notes.
■ Slate Bank Branch Macon, . . par.
\ Other II ranches State Bank, . •
i Commercial Bank. Macon, . .
: Brunswick Bunk,
j Milledgei ilk Bank, ... .
j Georgia Railroad Bunk, Athene, “
I City Council of Augusta, . . -
I Ruckersf ille Bank,
Branch Marine Fire Ins. Bank, “
; Si. Mary's Bank, “
Exchange Bank of Brunswick, no sale.
liisur. Bank of Columbus, Macon, no sale.
Branch Central R.R.Bant;,Macon, 2 a 3 dis't.
Central Hank, 25 a 30 “
Bank of Ocmulgee, no sale.
Phccnix Bank, taie Farmers’ Bank
if Chattahoochee, no sale.
('ity ('ouncil if Columbus, Macon
and Alilkilgevillc, . . . uncertain.
Monroe Railroad Bank, broke.
j Rani; of Darien and Branches, “
Chattahoochee R. it. cj- If king Cos. “
j Western Bank of Georgia, “
j Bunk of ( ‘olumbus, .... “
j Planters'dp Men's. B'k. Columbus, “
Bank of IlawkinsriUe, ... “
j Geo. ii per cl. Bonds for Specie, 40 a 43 per dot
Geo.Q “ “ “ none in market.
South Carolina Notes.
Charleston Banks, fair.
Bank of Hamburg, “
Country Banks, “
Alabama Notes, ... 12 a 15 dis’nt.
Checks.
On New- York, sight, ... a J premium.
Philadelphia, a A “
Baltimore, a \ “
Lexington, par a £ “
On Richmond, Va. ... a “
On Savannah, .... par a j dis'nl.
On Charleston, .... par a \ “
MARRIED,
On Sunday morning last, at ho Mansion of
Mr. David G. Waters, liv Lew brow n, Esq.
GEORGE W. WATERS, Esq. >t ss FRAN
CES BAILEY.
Surgeon Dentist.
(FROM PHILADELPHIA,)
T\ril.L attend to all operations in DentaljSur
* ” gery, such as Cleaning, Plugging, Ex
tracting and Inserting Incorruptible ’i'eetli, from
one to a full set. Ife operates after the manner
of the Mechanics of Paris, being furnished with
Plalina Composition Blocking, (anew, soft arti
cle,) but becomes hard in two hours after insert
ing. Any person not being satisfied, will not.'.ue
compelled to pay.
N T . B.—The Tooth Ache cured in live niin
atc.-, without extracting, and free of charge.—
Be will remain in tins place during the winter.
Dr. Mayeii vv 11 w ait upon Ladies at their pk
cos of residence if desired.
ET Office at Mr. Vickers’ Hotel.
February 9, 184:! 2t 24
To Rent,
rffXUE STABLE sim.ited in the rear of the
-* Piiuting-Officc. Apply to
M. J. KAPPEL.
February it, 1843. 24
.;.o;.c i.o Debtors am! Creditors.
} t.L j.oisons .cl; .ed u> ‘ re ‘.’state of Thom
*■* •J. 1.1: ■.'!"!p .; of Wi county, de
ceased, are reques'ed to make . •■•.iiate pay
ment, and those .avi . demands, ■ ii please
present tho same, duly a rested, for ■ .-incut
YVILI.I VVI B. ELLINGTON, Ex'r.
February 9, 1643 tit 24
Bn I flikes of ail,
r((li Brought to Jail on the Bth yeti .
H ruary instant, a Negro \vomav,,wijo
nays lier uaiiio is J)riitN.lMy.a
----f bout twenty-eight year.- of age,.live ■
4 fln feet six or seven iuclics kigb,. dark
lsSr complected, says she belongs tea
‘William Lunceford, who. lives in
in: erro county, (!a., anti that she has been out
for nearly two weeks. The owner is requested
to come forward, prove property, pay charges,
>u(l take her away.
R. H. VICKERS, Jailer.
Washington, February 9, 1843. 24
Strayed or Stolen^
j __ From the teuhscribiv ou tije
night of the 7thinstant, a bay l’oijy
| or small Horse, abqiit 13 hands
high, long tail am] mgne, marked
■p'bkaaxAa with the saddle, and about 8 years
> N *’H iiorse was raised in Jasper county.
Ah', .• sm'oit lay liorse, with a white spot in the
forehead a ..i .vine nose, a very thick foretop
ant! maun, iuw boned, with one white antyp.—
The last, described Uorss is a natural pacer, and
never rr.ns under tie saddle. We have reason
to be! eve t hat said Horses were stolen, by a par
ty “ !'•■; cious looking villains that were here
o day. Any information respecting said
Horses will be thankfully received, and all e.\ A
penses paid, if taken up and delivered.
W. S. HEARD.
J. N. WINGFIELD,
February 9,1843. •M
