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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AIKJUSTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY H*
The Mayor of the City of Augusta acknow
ledge* the receipt of three hundred and fifty dol
lars from the Georgia Insurance and Trust Com
pany ; two hundred dollars from the Augusta
Insurance and Banking Company; one hundred
and fifty dollars from the Mechanics’ Bank ; and
one hundred dollars from the Georgia Kail Road
and Banking Catnpany, at Augusta—“to be dis
tributed at hi* discretion among the Police Olli
ocra” of this city.
Theatrical.
”e perceive by the bills of the day, that Miss
Charlotte Barses’ successful Tragedy of Oc
tavia Hrigaldi, is announcet&for This Evening,
and we learn that it tl|e only opportunity
which the public will have of|*vitnessing its rep
resentation this season. The most glowing eulo
gies have been bestowed upon it throughout the
United States, atid those who remember the sen
sation it created in this city two years ago, can
not err in predicting similar approbation at this
time. Miss Bvrnes appears in the double char
acter of authores = and actress, and, supported by
Mr. Formes, as the hero of the tragedy, the lov
ers of fine acting may indeed antic’pate an even
ing’s enjoyment.
Gulliver outdone !
The following extract from Capt. Marryatt's
recent book, contains one of the biggest lies we
have ever seen in print. The valiant Captain
ought by ail means to have visited Augusta, as
he might have met with some rare adventures
here. Don Quixotte’s battle with the fulling
mill would have been a mere circumstance to
what the Captain could have recorded of his per
formances in this city of cut-throats and mur
ilerers.
“ The whole of Ireland would offer nothing
equal in atr »city to what I can prove relative to
one small town in America; that of Augusta in
Georgia, containing only a population of 300, in
which in one year there were 59 assassinations
% committed in open day, witnout any notice being
taken of them by the authorities.”
Bachelors. —A Tuscaloosa paper says that a
bill has been introduced into the Senate of Ala
bama, to impose a fine upon all bachelors in that
Stale. Single gentlemen of twenty five are to
pay five dollars for their privilege ; and those
who have persisted in their obstinacy for a longer
period are sentenced to pay five dollars for each
and every year over that age. This latter clause
will bear hard upon veterans.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, Jan. 4, 1840.
Among the distinguees at the Levee of the
President, was the Countess Delag e, who was
under the charge of a distinguished Carolinian,
a member ot the Lower House of Congress.—
The history of the Countess has a spice of ro
mance in it, and added to her interesting appear
ance, may justly claim for the gratification of
your fair readers, a corner of my “joltings down’’
in this Great Metropolis.
The Countess is a grand daughter of the “Game
Cock of the South,” and sister to the Hon. Mr.
Sumter, of your Stale, now in Congress. Bv
marriage, she became connected with the Bourbon
Family in France, and is now in exile from that
country, owing to the rigorous measures pursued
against this branch of royalty by the Government
of Louis Phillippe. She is said to be highly ac
complished, and it is supposed, was connected
with some of the political movements made of
late years, to restore the Government of Charles
X in La Belle France—perhaps the Dutchess de
Bcrup affair. Ot this, I am, of course unable to
speak with certainty, but from the natural talent
of Carolina's fair daughters in such things du
ring the pei iod of of our Revolution, and their
feeling shown during Nullification times, I have
no doubt the Countess was fully qualified to move
in a matter in which the honor of her liege lord
was concerned, and the welfare of any little
Count or Countess might have been involved.
The Countess is now from the sunny vales of
Italy, and wiil certainly be a magnet in the social
circles of our city during the gay season—lor
“ Who hath not paused while beauty’s pensive eye
Asked from his heart the homage of a sigh -
ho hath not owned with rapture smitten frame.
The power of grace, ttie magic of a name ?
Mais revtnon*. —l must go to the dull work of
transcribing the sober doings of the Senate, and
the rowdyism ot the House, leaving to “gentle
men of elegant leisure,” a subject I fain would
dwell upon.
We have had nothing new in the Senate to
day. A few private bills were introduced, and
the Senate adjourned over to Monday.
In the House, Mr. Evans introduced a bill, by
general consent, making thoTollowing appropria
tion* :
For Mileage and pay of Members $400,000
“ Clerk and other Otficers, 25 000
“ Fuel. Stationary, &c. 25.000
“ Contingent Expenses, 150,000
® «•>
. In al, » $600,000
The bill was read a first and second lime, and
referred to a Committee offdie whole on the
Slate of the Union.
Mr. Evans stated that the funds of Members
were entirely exhausted, and that it was abso
lutely necessary to pass this bill to-dav, in order
to pay tmard and washing bills to-night,
and as no objection was entertained towards "the
proposition, he would move the House, that they
now go into Committee. J
The House then went into a Committee of the
Tvhole, Mr. Linn Banks, of Va. in the Chair, and
reported Mr. Evans’ bill without amendment,
when the Committee rose.
«*The bill was passed to a third reading and car
ried unanimously.
Mr. Marvin, of Penn., then introduced a peti
tion from the citizens of the District new repre
sented by Mr. Naylor, praying that Mr. Ingersoll
be allowed the seat, as Mr. N. bad been returned
through fradulent and unconstitutional means.
After considerable confusion, Mr. Waddv
Thompson rose and spoke for a short time oil
motion to reconsider the vote to purchase 5,000
copies of the Map of the seat of war in Florida.
He was replied to by Mr. Banks, of Va., who
charged Mr. Thompson and his party with being
the upholders of a system of extravagance, for
which they were laying blame to the administra
tion party. Mr. Thompson here contacted
Mr. B s. statement, but Mr. Albert Smith, of Me.
rose m his place, and held up the Journals of the
House, which proved the correctness of the as
. *f rt, ° n ° fth f f 1 nll *™ n from Va. Mr. Banks
then proceeded and was answered in partly Mr.
on the table* Wh ° * sua j ect Wa * lhen finally bid
Mr. Jamieson rose and announced the death
of hi* colleague, the Hon. A. G. Harmon, of
Missouri, and moved the customary resolutions,
which were passed, and the House adjourned.
From the Xev' Orleans Bulletin , January 3.
Late from Mexico.
The affairs of thi. unfortunate country are ra
pidly progressing to an important and definite
crisis. By files of Vera Cruz and Tampico pa
pers, kindly forwarded to us by Capt, 1 aylor, of
the U. S. ship o war Erie, we learn that the ag
gression of the Fexians and Federalists has all
but completely paralyzed the energy oi Mexi
cans. They acknowledge that their “exchequer
is drained, the national honor tarnished, and ,
even the very existence of the republic threaten- ,
ed by a horde of vile barbarians that acknowledge
no country and know no law. But notwith
standing,” say they, “where is the Mexican, who
will reflect for a moment on this misery, that will
not prefer to convert the fertile soil of Mexico
into a desert, of ruin and ashes, than to suffer
such i nfamy.” Abortive efforts are made by
the executive to concentrate all the disposable
forces of the nation on Tampico and Matamoras;
and it is quite probable that the next arrival may
furnish us an account of a severe engagement
between the belijrerants. To which side fortune
of war may he p ropi ious, is not hard to divine.
The scenes of Iran Jancinto will be repeated.
A law- levying an impost of 15 per 100 on all
imports, has late y been proclaimed.
Santa Anna was dangerously ill of dysentery,
about the beginn ng of December. At the latest
dates, he was convalescent.
Bustamente is still in prison in the capitol.
The British jacket Pigeon, sailed from'Tam
pico on the lOth December, with $134,519 in
specie.
The brig Francis Ashly, which arrived yes
terday from Vera Gruz, brought $44,323 in spe
cie, consigned to various merchants of this city.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Report of the Post Master General.
If brevity be the soul of business, as it is said
to be of wit. then is the Post Master General one
of the best of business men. His report is brief,
lucid, and mostly free from unnecessary verbiage,
and in these respects is a model, which the coun
try would be glad to see adopted. It is dated on
the 30th day of November, and commences by
stating, that the j ost roads of the United States
covered by mail service on the 30th day of June
last, wire, as neatly as can be ascertained, 133,-
999 miles in exte it. The rate of annual trans
portation on that i!ay was about 34,496,878 miles,
i and its cost $-3,285,622, viz: By horse and sul
. key, 11,447,147 miles, at a cost of $864,569 ; by
| stage and coach, 19,653,676 miles, cost $1,900,-
i 451 ; by steamboat and railroad, 3,396,055 miles,
cost $520,602 ; making a total of 34,496,878
miles, at a cost of $3,285,622.
This is exclusive of transportation by steam
boats and other vessels, under the fifth and sixth
sections of the act. of 1825, which costs about
$16,300 more.
The lettings of the year have generally been
at lower prices thtm for some preceding years,
but not so low as the same routes were let four
years ago.
Most of the service which was last year sus
pended has been restored ; and the new routes es
tablished by the act of 7th July. 1838, with few
exceptions, haveleen put in operation.
The speed of the ordinary mail having been so
increased as to rCc uce the time of transit between
New York and New Orleans to nine days, the
express mail, which ran in seven, has been dis
continued, and the south-western branch, which
yielded but a small portion of its cost, fell with
the main trunk.
It is possible that the recent suspension of spe
cie payments by Lie banks, in a large portion of
the U nion, may again check the increasing reve
nue ol the Department so as to make retrench
ments necessary ; but, in any event, they will be
inconsiderable.
On the 30tti Ji ne last, the number of post of
fices was 12,789, showing an increase of 261 du
ring the preceding year. The number establish
ed was 601, and the number discontinued was
340. The number of postmasters appointed, in
cluding new offices, was 2,888.
The number of post offices this day is 13,028.
The number ot mail contractors in service du
ring the last year, was about 1,838. Os this
number, 489 have been fined, or had deductions
made from the/.r pay. for sundry delinquencies.—
The aggregate of hies is $57,738 64, and of de
ductions $22,066 04, excluding remissions, the
whole amounting -.o $79,804 68,
A great majority of the contractors have per
formed the service with the mast exemplary
punctuality.
The revenue of the Department for the year
ending the 30th June, 1838, was $4,235,077 97.
The expenditures were $4,621,837 16.
Excess of expenditures, $386,759 19.
This excess wai made up by surplus funds ol
preceding years.
The revenue of the year ending on the 30th of
June last, was $4,476,638 56.
The engagements and liabilities of the Depart
ment for the same year, were $4,624,117 86,
Excess of engagements and liabilities, $147,-
479 30.
1 he surplus still on hand has prevented em
barrassment.
The cash on hand, according to the latest re
ports of postmasters, is $206,701 95. There is
also remaining in banks $33,453 72, of which
only $2,907 03 is available. More than half the
available iunds on hand will be required to pav
balances due for the services of the last quarter.
Compared with the preceding year, the revenue
has increased aboc t per cent., and the aggre
gate increase was $241,560 59.
The September returns of the offices yielding
over SIOO pier quarter, show an increase over the
corresponding quarter of last year of about 8±
per cent, which rule ot advance, on account of
the not perhaps be maintained
through the war.
It is stateefthat the accounts of Post Masters
are rendered wit it a promptitude which can
scarcely find a parallel in the business of man
kind. Notwithstanding the great number of of
fices, old and new. and the various causes that
might produce irregularity, out of 12,780 offices,
for the quarter cm ing June last, 217 only had
tailed to render their accounts before the end of
the next quarter, and 40 of these were either new
or had not receive ! mails. The moneys are j)aid
with equal pirompititude, both to the contractors,
and in answer to d. afts. Two cases only are sta
ted to have occurred within the year, indicating
i the necessity of farther legal restraint on post
• masters intrusted with large sums of money, and
I such cases are attr buted to the prevalence of the
I doctrine, that the public money may be used for
private purposes. A law based on the contrary
doctrine, making such use of the public funds
criminal, is believi d to be the proper remedy for
the evil.
Te conduct of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad company, in refusing to
i give the mail an uninterrupted transit from New
, ork to \V ashing!on, by a change in the time of
leaving Philadelphia, for S3OO per mile, the maxi
mum ot compensation allowed by law. is set forth
as not only injuries to interests dependent on
the mail, but to ih,4r own interest and that of the
trave ling public. Railroads, he says, cheapen
travel and the transportation of produce and mer
chandise, and no reason is perceived why they
should not also cheapen the transportation of the
mails under the same circumstances. R fflroad
companies are represented as unw,lli
the government an they would individuals and
the opinion is advanced that if their demands
were satisfied, mail facilities would be diminish
ed, and the rate of postage would have to be m 4
creased rather than reduced.
A difficulty somewhat similar has arisen on tm
steamboat route between New York and Newj
Haven. The dissolution of the company put an'
end to the contract, as per agreement; five time ♦
the amount was demanded by their successors I
which demand, when reduced one-half, or two
and a half times the amount previously paidj
was still too high to be acceded to; and an ar
rangement was made for the transportation of tho
mail by land, which still continues, in consequence
of a combination to prevent the chartering ot t,
suitable boat, to run in opposition, and carry the
mail at a reasonable rate. As exorbitant demand ■
i may be made, and combinations effected, on on<,
I steamboat route as another, the Post Master sug >
gests to Congress the propriety, as a remedy and
a preventive, of conferring power on the Depart-*
ment to run boats of its own, whenever such ex *
tortion may be attempted; or to direct the Wai
or Navy Department to add a few such boats to
their present force, with a view to aid the Post
Office Department when occasion may require it.
Great difficulty is found in bringing to justice
mail robbers in some cases, on account of the in
adequacy of the present laws to secure the attend
ance of distant witnesses. Sufficient compensa
tion is not allowed by law, and it is submitted to
Congress, whether a fair compensation ought not
to be allowed.
The report concludes with the information,
that, as the change in the postage rates of Great
Britain had drawn the attention of the people ot
this country to the subject of reduction, the Post
Master had despatched one of the special agents
of the Department to Europe to visit those coun
tries in person, and furnish minute details of their
poet office organization and operations, as also
on the subject of redaction. Some documents
have been received from him, and some interest
ing particulars, and when a detailed report is had
from him, it will be laid before Congress.
Old Membehs of Congress. —Mr. C. F.
Mercer, of Virginia, who has just resigned his
seat, has been in Congress since 1817, (22 years)
having been elected 10 limes. Mr. Lewis W il
liams, of North Carolina, who is called “the fath
er of the House,” being the oldest member, was
first in the House in 1815, twenty four years
since.
Mr. John W. Taylor, of New York, was in
Congress 20 years; Mr. Newton, of Virginia, 30
years; Mr. John Randolph, about 26 years; Mr.
Macon, of North Carolina, 38 years; Mr. S. Smith
of Maryland, 39 years; Mr. Findlay, of Pennsyl
vania, 28 years, the latter four in both Houses. —
Rational Intelligencer.
From the New York Express.
Speakers of the i. S. House of Representatives,,
since the adoption of the Constitution.
Cong. Year. Speakers. State.
1 1789 F. A. Muhlenberg, Penn.
2 J 1791 Jonathan Trumbull, Conn.
3 s 1793 F. A. Muhlenberg, Penn.
4 | 1795 Jonathan Davton, N. J.
5" 1797 do. ' do.
6 1799 Theodore Sedgwick, Mass.
7 1801 Nathaniel Macon, N. C.
8 1803 do. do.
9 1805 do. do.
10 1807 Joseph Varnum, Mass.
11 1809 do. do.
12 1811 Henry Clay, Ky.
13 1813 7 do. resigned 1814. do.
1814 5 Langdon Cheves, S. C.
14 1815 Henry Clay, Ky.
15 1817 do.' do.
16 1819 do. (resigned.) do.
5 1820 John W. Taylor, N. Y.
17 1821 Philip P. Barbour, Va.
18 1823 Henry Clay, Ky.
19 1825 John W. Taylor, N. Y.
20 1827 Andrew Stevenson, Va.
21 1829 do. do.
22 1831 do. do.
23 7 1833 do. (resigned,) do.
5 1834 John Bel!, Tenn..
24 1835 James K. Polk, do.
25 1837 do. do.
26 1839 Robert M. T. Hunter, Va.
Total, 14 Speakers—of whom six were from*.
Northern States—five from Southern States, and;
three from Western States.
Kentucky Finances. —ln order to "provide
for the payment of contractors on the public
works of Kentucky, the Senate has passed a bill
with the following provisions, which has proba
bly been concurred in by the House.
1. The Governor to open a subscription for a
loan of half a million , at such places as he choo
ses; the stock to bo issued in certificates of SIOO
each, with interest payable semi-annually, and re
deemable in six years.
2. It he fail in this, then he is to issue the
bonds of the State, with the same interest and
payable in the same manner, for any denomina
tion not less than J)100 —to be given in payment
ot debts and transferred to contractors* in any
manner he chooses, at not less than the nominal
value.
Enlisting Seamen for the Texian Ni-
TT - —We learn from the New York Journal of
Commerce, that Edwin W. Moore, commod ore
in the Texian Navy, and commander of the I trig
Colorado, now at that port, was arrested on Tues
day by the I. nited States authorities in that uity,
and held to (tail in the sum of SIOOO to answer
a charge ot having enlisted men in that city for
the Texian navy or army. Rufus- Hughr s, a
butcher in Fulton market, Benjaminson W. Ben
son, a tailor, and Robert Tolford and James J ack
son, watermen, were also arrested, charged with
the same olfonce, aad all held to bail in the simi
lar sums of SIOOO each.
Value of Railroads.— We could not have
had a more forcible illustration of the value of
ratlroads than now. The heavy snows, fiust in
the West, and recently here and over New Eng
land, were a perfect embargo to all intercourse on
ordinary roads; but the art of man, with these
iron ligaments of union, finds a beautiful contri
vance for speed and comfort, which looks on all
ordinary impediments as “trifles light as air.”
Ihe rail routes out of Boston to Salem, Lo.vell
\\ orcester, and Springfield, in the heart of New
England, and so on all our rail routes from New
i ork and from Albany, West, are in full opera-
U ° n tracks being all cleared in a few hours
after the late deluge of snow.— N. Y. Star.
Curious Fact.— Forty years ago the consti
tution of New Jersey provided that “unmarried
women and widows (of the state) who were of
full age, and were worth 133 dollars clear estate
were entitled to vote in all elections.”
Kings and Gals.—Kings never hear the
voice of truth until they are dethroned, nor pretty
girls until they have lost their charms F *
®® a '
Man.—Somebody says that a man’s ingress
■ into the world is naked and bare, his progress
through the world is trouble and care, and his
egress out of the world is nobody knows where
and a whole sermon would not make you wiser
than you are, J
To BacxtTTts.—Here i s a teTutiful compli.
ment to sunny complexion ladies, which wp fi ‘ i
in Moore’s new poem of “ Alciphron .” ” n(1
“ For oh believe not them, who dare to brand
As poor the charms, the women of this land
Though darken’d by that sim, whose snirU flow-
Through every vein, and tinges as it goes
‘J* but the embrowning of the,fruit that tells
How rich within the soul es ripeness dwells M *
A Good Story
A few years ago, there came to the Lion Inn,
at , a pleasant looking, bustling, great
coated commercial traveler sort of a body.
‘Well, landlord, what have you got? rump
steak, eh ? oyster sauce, eh? bottle ot sherry,
good, eh ? Send’em up.’ t
Dinner was served, wine was despatched, and
a glass of brandy and water comfortably settled
the dinner.
‘Waiter,’ said the traveler, coolly and dispas
sionately wiping his mouth with a napkin, ‘wait
er, I am awkwardly situated.’
‘Sir?’ said the waiter, expecting a letter.
‘I cannot pay you.’ t
‘Sorry far that, sir; I must call master —
[Eater landlord.] » ,
• V>y good sir, you see this is rather awkward ;
good dinner ! capita) dinner ! famous wine ! glo
rious grog ! but no cash.’
r i he landlord looked blank.
‘Pay next time—often come this way—done
nothing to-dny—good house of yours —a great
deal, great deal in the bill way.’
The landlord looked blue.
‘No difference to you of course /—pleasant
house this; plenty of business; happy to lake
your order—good credit —good bills.
‘There is ray bill, sir —prompt payment—l pay
as I go.’ j
‘Ah, but I must go without paying. T-ct u>
see ; 17s. 6d. Let us have a pint ot sherry to
gether ; make it up to a pound ; that will square
‘Sir, I say you are a swindler, sir ! I will have
my money.’ .
‘Sir, I tell you I will call and pay you m three
weeks from this time, exactly, lor I shall then
have to pass this round again.
‘None of that, sir ; it won’t Jo whh me ; pay
me my money or I’ll kick you out.’
The stranger remonstrated, but the landlord
kicked him out.
‘You will repent this,’ said the stranger.
The landlord did repent it. Three weeks af
ter that day, punctually, the stranger re-entered
the Lion Inn. The landlord looked very foolish
the stranger smiled, and held out his hands;
‘l’ve come now to pay you my score, as I proims
The landlord made a thousand apologies for
his rudeness. ‘So many swindlers about there s
no knowing whom to trust.’ Hoped the gentle
man would pardon him.
Never mind, landlord; but come, let’s have
some dinner together; let’s be good friends.
What have you got, eh 1 Nice little ham of
your own curing ? Goud ’ Greens from your
own garden ? Famous! Bottle of sherry and
two botlies of port ? Waiter, this is excellent.’
Dinner passed over; the landlord bobbed and
nodded with the stranger, and they passed quite
a pleasant afternoon. Ihe landlord retired to at
tend to his avocations; the stranger finished a
‘com orter’ of brandy and watcr, and addressed
the waiter—
‘Waiter, what is to pay ?’
‘Two pounds, ten shillings, and three-pence,
sir, including the former account.’
‘And half a crown for youself?’
‘Makes two pounds, twelve shillings and nine
pence, sir,’ replied the waiter, rubbing his hands.
‘Say two pounds and thirteen shillings,’ said
the stranger, with a benevolent smile,‘and call in
your master.’
[Enter landlord, smiling.]
‘Sorry you are going so soon, sir.’
The stranger merely said, with a fierce look,
‘I owed you seventeen and sixpence three
weeks ago, and you kicked me out of the house
for it.’
The landlord began to apologize.
‘No words, sir; I owed you seventeen six
\ pence, and you kicked me out of your house for
i it. I told you you would be sorry for it. I now
owe you two pounds thirteen shillings; and,
quiety turning his coat tails from his seat of hon
or, ‘you must pay yourself in a check on the
same bank, for I have no money now.’
‘Patrick,’ said an employer the other morning,
to one of his workmen, ‘you come too late this
morning; the other men were at work an hour
before you.” ‘Sure, and I’ll be even with ’em to
night, then.’ ‘How, Patrick ?’ ‘Why, faith, I’ll
quit an hour before’em all, sure.’— N. O. Sun.
Modesty.—There is a prudish antiquated la
dy in New York, who always covers up the necks
and bottoms of the wine bottles before bringing
them to the table.
More Yet.—There is a lady in St. Louis who
is so shocked at nakedness that she has her poul
try roasted and brought to the table with their
feathers on, and their legs dressed off with pan
taletts.—New Orleans Sun.
Babies.—Roz says it is a pleasant thing to re
flect upon, and turnishes a complete answer to
those who contend tor the gradual degeneration
ot the human species, that evciy baby born into
the world is a finer one than the last.
Cheap Enough.—“ What did you give for that
horse ?” inquired a friend of the facietous Mr.
B. as he was riding by. “My note,” was the
significant reply ; “was’nt that cheap enough /”
Winter.
BY MRS. SIGOURNEY.
I deem thee not unlovely—though thou com’st
\V ith a stern visage. To the tuneless bird—
I lie tender llowret—the rejoicing stream
Thy discipline is harsh. Hut unto man *
Methinks thou hast a kindlier ministry—
The lengthened eve is full of fireside joys
And deathless linking of warm heart to heart-
So that the hoarse storm passes by unheard ’
Earth, rob’d in white, a peaceful Sabbath holds
And xeepeth silence at her maker’s feet
She ceaseth from the harrowing of the plough
And from the harvest shouting. 6 ’
.p, . .. , Mr,n Should rest
Thus from his fevered passions—and exhale
The unbreathed carbon of his festering thought
And drink in holy health. As the tossed bark ’
Both seek the shelter of some quiet bay
so trim its shattered cordage and repair *
Its riven sails—so should the toil worn mind
Kefat for time s rough voyage. Man, perchance
Soured by the world’s sharp commerce, or impair’d
B} the wild wanderings of his summer way
I urns like a truant scholar towards his home
And yields his nature to sweet influences *
That purify and save.
At a meeting of the members of the Presbyterian
Church and Congregation of Burke count}, recent
ly held at Waynesboro, to take into consideration
someot the proceedings of ihe Synod of South
Carolina and Georgia, at their late meeting in Au
gusta, John C. Povthress, Esq , was called to the
Chair, and Col. Geo. H. Hams appointed Secret
ITk her ! upon ,lle Rev T - M- Dwight, minister
of the Church, s’ated to thetfieeting the substance
of those proceedings, logether with some of the
most piominent measures of the la.-t two or three
General Assemblies of .he Presbyterian Church
adopted ostensibly for accomplishing a reformation
m certain respe is throughout their bounds He
slated, also, that he felt it a duty he owed to them
to announce to lhat meeting, and through them to’
the world, that he considered himself as really sev
ered from all ecclesiastical connexion with ihe Synod
of South Carolina and Georgia, by their late resolu
tions, excmdmg the majority Q f the Charleston
Lmon Presbytery, as are the members composin,
mat majority; inasmuch as, equally wiih thos
biethren, he disapproves of the measures they ar
charged wdb disapproving; and as truly as th *
has hitherto failed to express in Presbytery hia
herance to the Reform General Assembly, on the
basis of their reforming ordinances of 1837 and 1838.
And as he, in these circumstances, could no longer
acknowledge the ecclesiastical jurisdicilon cither of
the Synod or Presbytery, with which he has hith
erto stood connected, he submitted these statements
to them as the people of his ministerial charge, that
they might take such action in reference to them,
as they should deem proper. Accordingly, the fol
lowing preamble und resolutions were presented,
considered and unanimously adopted.
Whereas, the General Assembly ol the Presbjte
nan Church in the United Slates, did, at their ses
sions in 1837, usurp a power nowhere granted them
in their constitution ; and in the exercise of that
power, did, by a small majority,cuPofffive hundred
ministers, anc churcht-s embracing at least sixty
thousand members, from all the ecclesiastical and
civil rights pertaining to membership in the Chun h 1
without any other proof or even charge of here»v or
crime, than the indefinite and irresponsible ali«ga
lions furnished by the demon heart and lying tongue
of mere rumor; and this, without granting them
the privilege of trial, or opportunity even lor expla
; nation ;—and whereas, in consequence of these pro
ceedings, this Assembly was, in 1838, divided into
two bodies, each claiming to be the only true and
legitimate Assembly, and the division called the
Reform General Assembly,” did, at their sessions
in that year, by ordinance, grant to minorities of
Synods, Presbyteries, &c. the power to excind xta
jorities who refuse to sanction the principles in
volved in such proceedings; thus establishing a
new basis of Presbyterianism, and conditions ol
membership unknown to the Book of Discipline .
and whereas, also, the Synod of South Carolina
and Georgia, at their meeting in 1838, did sanction,
by a large majority, all these usurpations, and pro
mise to sustain this Assemi ly in carrying out the
(so called) reform of the Church on their new basis ’
thereby adopting and re-enaciing the principles and
proceedings of this body on tb s subject, as their
own and whereas, furthermore, a small minority
of the Charleston Union Presbytery, under the pre
sence of power thus granted by the Assembly and
Synod, did, on the 4lk of Dec., 1838, declare the ma
jority out of all ecclesiastical connexion with the
Presbyterian Church, merely for refusing, previously
to their being fully organized, and consequently
whilo incompetent ho the transaction of such busi.
ness, to enterta n a resolution demanding fiom them
on pain of expulsion, and without debate, not only
adherance to the Reform Assembly, on their new
basis, but approval of the principles and proceed
ings constituting that basis ; —a measure never be
fore demanded by any of the Reform party, anex
pressly repudiated by its leading men : —and where
as, still further, the aforesaid Synod did, at their re
cent sessions in Augusta, fully sustain that minority
in their proceedings, and acknow ledge them to be
exclusively the Charleston Union Presbytery ; there
by confirming the excision of the majority, merely
for not doing what neither the Assembly nor Synod
had ever required any Presbytery to do ; thus also
virtually and really, though not in form, establish
ing as the condition of future connexion with the
Synod, that its members approve the new’ and re
form basis of Presbyterianism of J837-B;—and
again, whereas the Reform Assembly in 1836, re
fused to entertain or consider, a respectful memo
rial from a Southern Presbytery respecting the Ab
I olition enactments of 1818, thereby re-adopting
them as their standing legislation upon a civil in
stitution. which is wholly without the sphere o.
their legitimate action : —and whereas finally, our
minister, the Rev T. M Dwight, announced to
this meeting,and through us to the world, that ii
view of the foregoing considerations, be views him
i self as really severed from the Synod by their re
cent action, as are the excinded members of tho
Charleston Union Presbytery; ina much as,equal
ly with those brethren. Delias always Itifiifed to
express in Presbytery, even adherance to the Re
form Assembly on the basis of 1837-8, and as he
l never can comply with the new condition of mer<
worship which they had in fact , though not in
form, established ; and that consequently he now
considers himself an independent.- Presbyterian
Minister, subject no longer to the jurisdiction, eithe.
, of the Synod or Presbytery, with which he has
hitherto stood connected; but yet holds himslf in
readiness to unite and co-operate with the excinded
Presbytery of Charleston Union, orany other South,
j ern organization established and managed accord -
I ingio the true principles of the Constitution of the
| Presbyterian Church, as set forth in het Book of
I Discipline —Therefore
Ist. Unanimously Resolved, That we, the mem.
) bers of the Presbyterian Church and Congregation,
j of Burke county, do approve of the course pursued
j by our Minister, and that we will sustain him in it
*2d. Unanimously Resolved, Tli ct for the reasons
srt forth in the foregoing preamble, we also, as a
Church and Congregation, withdraw ourselves
from all ecclesiastical connexion with the Synod ol
South Carolina and Georgia, and with the Pres
bytery of Hopewell-that we no longer ackn ow*
ledge their jurisdiction over us, and that we now
consider ourselves as we originally were, indepen
dent.
3d. Unanimously Resolved, That we adhere to
the true principles of the Constitution as set forth in
the book of Discipline, and to the Confession ol
Faith of the Presbylerfhn Church.
4th. Unanimously Resolved, That we feel th
time has come, when all the ministers and members
of Presbyterian Churches throughout the land,
but espacially in the South, —who are not prepared
to sanction ecclesiastical tyranny, which claims
jurisdiction over the conscience, and which reck
lessly tramples upon the rights and over the good
name of hundreds and thousands against w hom no
heresy or crime can be justly alleged should spea k
out on this subject, and take their stand in open and
unyielding opposition to such misrule and oppres
s;on ; and we earnestly entreat them solemnly to
consider this matter as in the presence of God, and
in view of the judgment.
sth. Unanimously Resolved, That the procee
dings or this meeting be signed by the Chairman
and Secretary, and that they be a committee to pro
cure tneir Fubl.cution in such religious and politi
cal Journals as they may deem desirable
Signed J. C . PfJYTHRESS, Chairman.
C*ico. H. Harris, Sec’ry.
•1 h. Southern Chri.tian Sentinel at Charleaton
and the Southern Recorder at Milledgeville are re’
quested to copy the above. J C P
Waynesborough Jan. 6. 1840. G * H ' H '
At New \ork, on the 25th ult., Capt. John C
year of hU age Gh,ckstad . Denmark, in the 31st
Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road.
Hamburg, January li ? IS4O
E. Robertson; Rankin, Boggs <fe C 0; A. B \f a i
lory; E D. Cooke; W. E. Jackson; A. Frederick”
Stovall, Simmons & Co; Gardelle & Rhind- t\a
-“heahan; D’Antignac & Hill; S. Kneeland- Uu!'
sell, Hutchinson & Co; Gould & BulkW-’ T
Beers; W. Hattier; Jelfers & Boulware- r* d S *
rott; Dickson & Storr; J. F. Benson * Par " t
® ? ' q
married,
In Athens, on the 7th instant, by th* d ,
Hoyt, Mr. Benj. F. VVhitner, of Florida ♦ out
Sarah Jane, daughter of the Rev. Alon 7* ct Mr
of the former place. zo
id
eqt
Latest dates from Liverpool
Latest dates from Havre _J
- i
New Orleans, 1,," in c
Cotton —Arrived since the 31st ult, 0 f M tie "
ana and Mississippi, 10551 bales; Tennes^
North Alabama, 473; Arkansas, 231 -,
255 bales. Cleared in the same time.fo r r er > TL
5063 bales; Havre, 7971; Marseilles, (M
ton, 702; together, 148)5 hales; making a r«J tor
in stock of 3570 ba cs; and leaving on'hsn< ■ : c
sive of all on shipboard, not cleared
inst., a stock of 121575 bales. 1 tte
The Cotton market remaine lin a rem a 1 nr
tranquil state from the time of making un ' ta
port of last Wednesday morning, until Krid a °? r ;' att
purchases were made ftp Wednesday, the w at
is usual on the Ist January, being general), tm
ed in festive pursuit-. On Thursday the tr
tions only amounted to about 900 bales, Js
were standing out for the full prices before P ri
and buj’ers were unwilling to operate to a s 4e
tent, unless the factors would make them Ca
concessions. Yesterday there was more b u < tei
doing, holders generally evincing a stronger rC
to realize, and were also disposed to accept a . d«
easier prices, which circumstances induced V -
to come forward and operate to the extent of J
3800 bales. We have not made any a terati he
our quotations, but must observe that the n
at the moment, has a decidedly downward ten?
cy, as most of tileries yesterday were at our'-
est figures. I fie Stales of the week are about 1
bales, and for the last three days, 4800, which
notice as follows, viz: 64 halos Louisiana and
srssippi at 8i; 24 at 9s; 150 at 84; 30 at 64- v
400 at —; 400 at
625 at —, 200 at 8; 40 at 13; 1200 at 84 and
—a mixed lot of Mississippi and Tennessee— a ,
cents. 31
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS.
Li. and Miss. Term, and N Ah
Ordinary, 6f a 7 Ordinary, S '
Middling, 8 aSi Middling,
f air, 9 a9i Fair, >64 a
Good fair, 10 alOi Good fair, I extrer
Good & fine Hi a— Good it fine J
Fair crops,
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1839. Oct. 1, stock on hand, jji m
Receipts last three days 11255 lo
previously, 315423 326 t st
342; h<
Exports last three days, 14825 * Si
a *' previously, 206)02 2208 R
ai
Stock on hand, jjj.
Sugar—Louisiana— The Levee has still ar r o d
good supply, and we find little or no change .4 &
our last report, at which time the market was ret
dull. It may, peihaps, be’ J suid that a litt/emor
has been done within the last day oEtwo,\wut S
parcels called for are, generally, very limited, ir
Wc make no alteration in our quotations, whi d
are 4 a 5i cents, though we are aware that,mo; si
or two instances, 5£ cents have been paid for si g
lots of very superior quality, by city grocers, y s
transactions on plantation have come to our kno c
ledge. Th? business in Havana Sugars is\
limited to a mere retail demand, at former price; tl
Molasses —There is quite a large suppy gj S
Levee, and, as the demand continues very limit p
a further slight decline has taken place. Wej ii
quote at 22 a23 cents per gallon,in barrels B, ii
ers and sellers have not yet been able to meet t
the price for large parcels, and we, consequent p
have no sales on plantation to report. ® c
Bacon —All descriptions continue very dull.!; J
transactions being confined to small parcels forest 1
sumption. The receiots, since our last, have be d
but a few hhds, but in consequence of the dullm
of the demand, and the desire of holders tow;:
off their stocks, prices of bides have again i
slightly reduced. We now quote at a S cot
Other descriptions remain the same—say fort; g
vas-eu dams
Flour —About 4000 barrels have been recei: V
by steamboats, since our last report Some U }
barrels, however, are in a damaged state, have 1
been sunk in fiatboats. The stock of good flo. 1
therefore, is not much increased; but, as there t s
been no export demand for several days, andasf. ' c
ther supplies are expected to drop in Iron iay *
day, hole ers have been compelled to submit tc *
further reduction, in order to effect even'the lint 8
ed sales for consumption, to which the business A
at the moment confined. We now quote ats6 *
for superfine, though we understand that oneortv *
sales have been made at a fraction Jess; but asv 1
have not been able to arrive at the exact parte *
Jars, we abstain, at present, from further reduc; *
our quotations. $ ‘
Whiskey —The demand is not at all active,!
the receipts have been light for a few days pa 1
and previous prices are for small pt
cels. VV e still quote Cincinnati Rectified at 4)
43 cents per gallon.
Grain Owing to the very limited receipts,a
-dhe existence ot a tolerably fair demand, shell
corn in sacks has advanced to 60 a cents p ‘
bushel. There is a better supply of Oats, andp
ces remaii the same—say a 40c per bushel.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
Savannah, Jan. 3.
fleered— Br ship Charles Humberston, Marsha
Liverpool. j
Arrived Sehrs Eliot, Merely, Boston; Col Ha
son. Looker, New York. 1
Below Brig Lancet, Drinkwater, Turks Islu
. Charleston, Jan. Id-
Arrived yesterday— Brig Howell, Leslie, Mata
zas ; sehrs Red Rover. Penfield, Atakapas, (Loi
Patrick Henry, Stott, Folly Landing, (Va.)
Cleared Dutch galliot Amstel, Visscr, Amst<
dam ; brig \\ ashington’s Barge, Williams, »
sedles; schr Amanda Ophelia, Taylor, New Orlea
Went to sea yesterday— Ship Thos, P. O
Miercken, Liverpool ; Leiand, Kendrick, Bos’i
C L brig Moses, Loveland, New York; schr Gl*
ei, Wixon, Philadelphia. -
In the Offing —Brig Oceanus, from Cadiz ; a:-
herm. brig. ’
C3* The FEWS belonging to the Trustees of
Hirst Presbyterian Church in August , xvill
rented on Saturday, the lllh inst., at 3 o’clock
m., in the Church.
At the annual meeting held on the Ist insta
the following resolution was passed and directs
be published:
“ Resolved, J hat at all rentings of Pews hen
ter, no Pew shall be offered, if the renter for
year previous has paid all dues to the Church i
snail give notice of a desire to retain the same
the ensuing year, at the rate of assessment 6t
by the Pew owners.”
To avoid any misunderstanding, the follow- i
course will be persued: each Pew will first be
feied lor sale, if not sold, the renter for the
year will have the right to retain it at the asse
merit, but should the renter decline or fail tog
notice at the time, it will then be rented to'
highest bidder, not going below the f
2t J. G. DUNLAP, Sec’y <fe Trea’f
. G. NIMMO, General Commission )
chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door tot*
Constitutionalist. rof 1 ’
CO> Doctor J. J. WILSON offers
sional services to the citizens of Augusta and# ®
vicinity. He will be found at his residence, |
fiist brick building above Guedron’s stable on tW
siieet,recently occupied by John L. Adams,
aug 17
. FLINT offers his services to the
izens o ugusta in the different branches of
profession. He may be found at all hours at
S nce ° f ¥ r - A - M - Eger ton, second t
10m the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold stree S
ne v j - ,
. CURTIS, House, Sign and Ornam j
tat Painter, 187 groad street. —Sign and oniartL*
tal work done af%hort notice. dec 5
(fT EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— At
and at one to tw ty days sight. For sale bv
® 23 GARDELLE & RHl>f>' 1