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CHRONICLE AM) SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15.
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1 heiu never hkv« been *ueh tight time* m mon
ey matter*. in Ikncity, *iaco it first assumed a
Votnmareial imi/omnce, e.i the present. Among
%?l cffi»»ai the cry u that they ‘‘cannot collet
people have ro money l« pay w ith.” During the
»"*^ion at the Legislature, w i fed onreelvea with
the hope that a lenient course on the part of that
body toward* the hanking institution*, would leave
them with the powar to give acme relict; yet, al
4Hongh the Legislature virtually authorized the
hanks tud > as they pleased,thire is no relief felt.—
Those iustitutons rigorously dews .d of .heir debt
or* to pay up, an 1 every d ty Joefcafu* the circula
t'onand consequently the means of paying. In
a shott tunc there vvtH be nothing to pay with, ,
ar.d then comes the sacrifice of property, bankrupt
cies and ruin to many. Then wstl e, .n» • the real
harvest of the batiks t>y getting the property of
their debtors for no'aing. We are the advocates
of a sound o»irf»nf*f.,-and ws have always ad»o« at
« 4 t%at policy of Ligbdation toward* the Hank*
which Would enable i hem, to make the i eoplo ns
easy as possih’e, wilheut so ox [tending th ir issue#
as to render the currency nos u id, Di: w • »io se
riously fear that the more indolgenre i* i'ia«n lo
lUo»e institution* the lea di:|«osilion ia manifested
by ihe oto servo ho public 'I he Ij hone of con
tntu.n —settlement* -among the mselvex, a ema to
h« still-si diffi Nitty in the way ol ih ir doing any
thing for rhe public good.
Wo intend to diacua this raittsr thnro:ighlv»
tUeaseor tiisplrwu whom it may. Th * people are
»n dSbt an 1 indo’gcoco, an-I the true qoes’iun
■tifirffAn, do i'ct Z3u» 7 ;i intend >0 give them un ippor
ifh'tytf'isxv .tug eut their debts, or d> the* intend
tofWSt tity y man in the community to absolute bank
■ntpt&t'xh- » owes one th rd or nn- Jourth of the value
qfilxr.vfHrtf? That is the qnet ion ! !
General Harrison and Gov. Tyler, have both ac
cepted theii nomination* by the Harrisburg <’o v n
tion. Their h 'tcrs of acceptance are published in
the Fayetteville N, C. t)b.«e»vcr, to which paper
they were handed for publication by <>en. (>w«n,
the Chairman aft he C annuli-e, to inform those
gentlemen of ’heir nominal! ms.
our nonce yesterday <>( th * ff is acViseft*
election, oitr cornaofft or substituted a figure 6 fori,
making us (state th' number vt votes in that Male
at over 630,000 instead of 100,0*10.
Jt is stated tn the Baltimore Patriot, that Mr.
Gilpin, Solicitor for the Treasury, has been nomi
nated as Attorney General of the United States.
The place was offered to Mr. Dal,as, who decl -
rad.
Mr. BeUlo:i*s nomination as Treasurer U. f*
ha* not yet been confirmed by the Senate ! Pet •
p!c begin to inquire about it.
The January number of the Ladies' Com pm •
ion. a monthly publication of long acknowledged
racr t, has be*rn forwarded s, and wc have per- .
*«*d it* foments with much gratification. This
number is embellished with an engraving of
Washington's House at Mount Vernon, and the
surrounding ucenery, is. at beautifully executed*
The first number of the eleventh volume of the
American Turl Register, edited by W. T. Purer
has come to hand, crowded with ma.ter of i, t- •
cst to the Sportsman and ornaments 1 with a
beautiful engraving cf Charles the Twelfth, the
winner of the great St. Leger Stakes. The arti
cle on “How to buy a Horse.” continued from
the preceding number, is worth the price of the
work for a year.— Charles on Courier .
C/*Tfce following act wa* passed by the Leg
tsiat ure at its last session.
As Act To alter and amend the militia law-, as
relates to the county of Richmond in th s
State.
Be ii enacted in the Senate and House of Ro
presented at s of the State of G*< rg.a in Genet,
at Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted hy
the authority of ihe same.
Skc. Ist. That from and after the passage of
this act, the I mils es the Tenth Regime .f, in the
county of Richmond, shall extend no further than
the incorporate limits of the city ~f Augusta, and
that the Military District without the corporate
limit* of said city, and within the county of Rich
mond. shall be known as the Seventy-ninth Re
giment, and it *hall be, and is hereby made the
duty of the Brigadier General, of the Ist Brigade,
2d Division, to proceed forthwith to the Org tni
zation of said Regiment.
Stc. 2. And be it further enae'ed , That
from and after the passage of this act, there shall
be four annual parades of the Beat t o.up.tnics,
ot the Tenth Regiment (Independent of Kegi
mental and Battalion Parades) to tai.e pi ice as
follows, viz: the 122 d Beat or District ompany
shall parade on the first Tuesday in eveiy De
cember, February, April, and October, annually;
the ISUth Beat or District Company, shall parade
on the VV ednesday following, in ea hos said
month*; the oOSth District, or Beat Company,
shall parade on the Thursday's following, in each
of said month:?, and the South District or Beat
Company, sb dl parade on the Friday’s following
in each of said months. Tlta said parades shad
commence at ten o’clock, in the forenoon, or ear
lier in the morning, if the t o nmanding Odicer
of the Beat Company deems fit, and shall con
tinae from ten o’clock, or ear ier to one o’cl -ck
in the afternoon, (Regimental and Battalion pa
rade* excepted, at which parades the command
ing officer shall use h»« discretion with regard to
the time provided ; be shall not dismiss bis Bat
talion or Kegi’ment, without dri ling at least three
hoursl on esciq of said days they shall be su|>er
intenued by a field officer, of the Tenth Regi
ment; the field officers to serve in turn accord
ing la the commanding field officers mus er. and
the superintending olfio rs shall be empowered
to drill the Companies if in his judgement, he
shall think it necessary for the instruction of said
Companies. The same orders sh ill be issued by
the Commaniiing Officers of the Companies, the
same summous served, and the same penalties
incurred as in other cu es of default a.tor Regt
mental order*.
Skc. 3. ill 1 ; it further enact* d. That Rcgi
mental Court sos Enquiry, shall be heid at such
places, within the Tenth Regiment, as ih e com
auanding field officer shall designate in o in
each December February. April and Octolier, m
each year, to try defaulters, at the forag >m_. p a .
jade, to which Courts ot Enquiry, returns ,»f de
faulters shall be made by the coalman img «,ifi.
csrs of Beat or District Companies a-, returns are
now made by law to other Regimental Courts at
Enquiry; such Court, shall consist of mt
than live, nor more than eight of the commission- 1
«d officer* of the Regiment; the same mode of j
colltictifig ot fine*, shall be observed as is now
provided by the military law*, for Regimental
fines. The commanding field officer# shall de
signate in orders, some iStafT Officer to attend the
foregoing parade*, to note defaulting officers, and
make return of them to the Regimental Courts
of Enquiry. The penalties collected shall be
paid into the Regimental fund, out of which shall
l>e defrayed all the expenses of music now au
thorized by law, for the Beat or Distri t pa ades ;
the recounts obe presented by the commanding
offices of said companies, to the Regimental
Courts and audited by them.
Bi.c. 4. And be it further enocted hy the
authority aforesaid , That as an inducement to
comjietent persons, to take commissions in said
Beat or District companies, the commissioned
officcia of said companies shall, and they are
hereby declared exempt, during the time they
shall hold their commission, and shall faithful y
discharge their duty, from all manner of jury do
ty, within the county of Richmond, and city ol
Augusta, pro- ided nevertheless, that no officer as
aforesaid, shall continue entitled to such examp
t on. ual-ss he sha I obtain within the month ot
January, in each and every year, a certificate ol
his faithful condu t. as such from the com Hand
ing offi-er of the Regiment, and have such certi
ficate duly recorded within same m>n h. in
each and every year, in the office of the Clerk ot
the Superior Court of Richmond county for re
cording of which certificate the said Clerk shall
be entitb-d to receive from such officer of Beal
Company, the sum of fitly <cuts ; any offi er
aforesaid who shall serve for. and during the t me
o’ five years, and sh ill regularly obtain and regis
ter his certificate as afvesaid. sh ill therea ier be
eremi't fr rn all ordinary military duty in the
tenth Regiment.
Bf:c. stb. ,4/i ■/he V fur/her enacted by the. au
thority f >resa d, Th-it non-commissioned offi
cers in t.ie Beal or District companies aforesaid,
who shall faithfully perform their duty as such
for one year, and shall obtain a certificate to that
effect, from the commanding officer of the Regi
ment, shall thereafter be exempt from o d'liary
militia duty within the Tenth Regiment for one
year. No non-commissioned officer removing
front ore beat into another, sir.ll thereby be ex
onerated from his duty as such in the Be it, in
which he may have been drawn » r appo n.cd
nor shall he he relieved hy joining a Volunteer
Company—provided, neveithelcss. that the • onv
man-ling Officers of Beat ? ompan"•*•»» n.ay acc« P l
substitutes for n m-commis it tied officers who
shall he entifl -d n th • same erms to the same
exemptions an ' lit! le to it e same penalties.
Hue. 6t! . And b‘ ir further enacted. That
when an individual shall voluntarily accept, tin
appointment of a non-commissioned officer in any
>f the Beal or District Companies aforesaid, he
>r they shall stand hound to perform faithfully
theduties of sad office, for the term of twelve
■ n mths, from the time of his or their appoint
nent, and on failing, neglecting or reiusinp to
perform the same, he or they shall be fined in the
sum of fifiy dollars, to bo collected as other tiiili
t'a fines a e coilec ed.
Skc 7tf<. And be it firih r enact, d That for
the trial of any commissioned company, or staff
•dicers within the Tenth Regiment, the number
if members of a Court Martial, shall not exceed
en. nor be less Ilian seven lo be designated ly
the Brigadier General of the Ist Brigade, 2d Di
vision. as prescribed by law. from among the offi
cers ofthe Tenth Regiment; the pay ofeaeh mem
ter of t ie t’ourt shall he two dollars per day to
tpce tiffed and paid as in other cases of ( nun
Mar l al, un ler the General Militia Lav/ of this
Sit. Bth. And h* it further enae'ed by the au
hor ty of repaid. That should the nffi- ers of the
Tenth Regiment, at any future time deem it ex
tedienl from increase of population or otherw.se
•i increase the nu nber of Companies in said Re
merit, -uch Companies snail be governed *ne'-
erv respeet by tne provisions of this act; the com
missioned and non-commissioned t ffieers ofsud
company, shall b ■ entitled to tlit- same xemplions.
an i liable to d e same penalt.es as the offi ers in
tin c >in;i inies al eady .mime ated; the first new
ly create 1 company. sh ill para le on the Satur
days fallowing the pa j'e days of the 600th
District Company in e'ery December, February
Ap il and October, the second newly created
c inpany shall parade on the Mondays following
in each o tne sud months, the third newly ere.
eJ < o •••any sh ill parade on the Tuesday follow
ng »n ca hoi the said months and the f >urih
e - Jy ere te ■ c nnpany shall parade on the We •
•e-day so lowing in each of die said mouths and
so on.
S c 9lh. And be it f ir,'h>r enacted. That his
Excellency the Governor, be. and he i- hereby
uthoris d t > furnish (from the Ntate Arsenal)
th“ 'Vnth Regiment with seven bund ed Stand
»f Mu* ets and cross belts— provided, the com
*n Hiding field . fficer ot said regiment shall give
to his Excellency the (Jo ernor his bond and <e
nrity lo the amount oftje cost of said arms, and
equipments for the sate keeping of the same, amt
the delbery of the same in like good order and
condition, wheneve. the service of the Biafe may
require tliem. JOSEI H DAY.
Speake of tl e House ol Repre-entatives.
ROBERT M. Et HOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 21st December 1839.
charles j. McDonald,
Governor.
Secrf-tart of States’ Office, >
Milledgeville, Ga.. Jan. 6h, 1840. y
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of
the Original Act of file in this office.
Given unaer rnv hand and seal of offi e.
' WM. A. TENMLLE.
Secretary of Stale.
New Militia O ioavizxtiov.— The Re; ort
of the Secretary ol War proposes a new organ za
tion of the militia upon a national scale. The
present system never of much practical use, has
generally laden into utter inefficiency and. ex. ept
in the case ofvolunteer companies, the whole ha*
become more a matter of burlesque than of grave
reaii y. The plan proposed by the Secretary re- I
commends the Division of the United States into
eighty mil tary districts, in each of which 20,000
men are to be enrolled; one bait to be on active
duty, and to receive pay, the rale of compensation
and the number of days oi servi e in the year be
ing fixed by law. The other half are to consti
tute a body of reserve, to f»e composed of such as
have so. ved four years in the active MlJitia. One
fourth of the latter division are so fall into the te- I
seive every year: and one fourth of the reserve to ,
retire from military duty;—the deficiency in the
active militia is to be supplied by new recruits. I
Twenty five thousand men for each of the eight j
districts will give 200 OUO for the whole Union ; j
l»eing ab >ut one seventh of the whole number of j
militia in the country. The remaining six-sev- !
enihs will ha> e no military duty lo perform except I
as their turn may come to serve in the organ .zed 1
body.
This plan promise* at least much more efficien- !
cy than the present one. How far the whole or
ganization is to he under the control of the Gen
eral Go' ernment. in the way • commissioning
officers wc have no means of knowing—nor
whether in the apportioning of the districts any
regard will bg paid lo Ou; e lines.— BJhmore
American.
Thr OiMCM Thahk.—Buckingham, the trav.
rile*-, intends to lecture hete oa the opium trade I
tomorr» . althooga he cannot throw any new I
hght up m the subject. Tao fids of the ca-,. he !
in a nut shall.-—<'h : m pi-d 5 1 I O/iO.OOO tor)
•jn’jm anon illy, and only received 0U JI.U \
j r U Bhc had therelore ro >ut a slop to it or 1
I the government broken up.—Great Britain
j continued the trade recklessly, because she dest- j
! rod an occasion of quarrel with China. And
that the British government intend to take hos
tile steps is very evident, from the tact that the
; Ministers avoid gay ing any thing explicit on the
| subject. If they intended to remain pacific, they
1 would aay so at once. —New York Herald.
Armed occrrAttoN ox Florida.—-This
Bill, as reported to the U. S.Senate by Mr. Ben
ton from the i ommittee on Milita:y Affairs, pro
poses to grant to the first white settlers, not ex
ceeding ten thousand men, able to hear arms,
who shall settle in such parts of Florida, east of
the Suwancc and south of Cape Sable, as shall
he designated by the President of the U. S.. a
bounty of three hundred and twenty acres of land
each, upon certain conditions named in the sub
sequent part of the bill. The most important of
these are that the settlements shall be in stations,
caeh indud ng not less than forty nor more than
one hundred min ; each settler to engage in the
cultivation of grain and vegetabb s f.»r his own
support or for sa c to others, using the public
land about the station for this purpose; each sta
tion to he protected by a block house which the
settlers are to put up with the aid of the U. S.
troops; rations and clothing for one year to be
supplied try the Government; and arms and am
munition furnished on application at the nearest
military p »st. At the return of peace and remov
al of the Indians, each settler who shall have
complied with these conditions, or his widow and
heirs at law in case of his death, shall be entitled
to a bounty of three hundred and twenty acres of
land as named aim c; the selection to be made
by each settler according to priority of settlement,
or by lot, when two or more claimants ('ate from
the same day of settlement. The bill provides
also for frequent inspections of the 'arious sta
tions; for the survey of the lands referred to in
the first clause, and for the opening of three land
offices in the dist> ict. so soon as the same can be
safely done. The landsagr .nled to sett Ir- are to
be free from taxation, and unalienable e'en by ju
dical sale, until the patent is-ues anil for om*
year therea’ter. Any settler failing to comply
with the terms and conditions t f the Act shall
forfeit all rights arising under the some.
The bill has been read twice in the Senate.—-
Baltimore American.
How to grow rich. — Nothing is more ea
sv (says Mr. Paulding than to grow rieh. It is
only to trust nobody; to befriend none; to heap
ime e»t upon interest, cent upon cent; to destroy
all the finer feelings of nature, and be rendered
mean, miserable, and despised, for some t • rnty
or thirty years, and riches will come as sure as
disease, disappointment, and a miserable death.
rorn the Journal
Legislative Mi tches.»< ontmu d
Gen. Jones. of Lee.—We know but little of
ths meml»er’» powcri-. We have occasionally
beam him debate, ills manner needs a nmo
ment. lies, ems to us to ha-e prat tised elocu
tion iu a bad t h >ol. lie is a man of good sense.
nd more anxious to accumulate nmniy. th n to
a quire r pulalton as a legislator, fie ebou'd
learn at once that the tom s of ill" putpif cunm t
wiuj propr cty be transferred to ad> libtritne •
seni ly. VVc admire his boldness and his cue: j
ot character; and it he will profit by the enti ism,
« he j i dice of which mu tbe apparent to every o. e
who lias ounged in the gallery o the Senate as
we have, we ..re persuaded he c «n o eupy a mo e
oimr.and iig posnton than that . e has hittnrlo
held. W e recommend to his study, Hamlets
uivn e to ti e player’s.
Mr. Kellt ct itoueton. Is a strikin proof ol
wh.it can l»e accomplished by persevemncc.—
3U* It has been the gradual rise ot this gent eman,
fiat lie is now among the lead. r» of his pany.—
Very patient in ial or. of business habits, kind and
•bilging h. has won his way to his present ,1-
valt.*n by m i ing himself >eivtcable to hi- par.v.
! Couside ing h s defectt c education, and tin d.l
--i U nities which he has hud to surmount be has
i-tont-hed us by the success vshnh has crowned
tiis industry. He has no pretensions to cl- •
q lienee.
Col J.ihs Lanciion Liwis of .Muscogee.
This Senator is t .mdia.ly known as I ang Lewis.
vVe meiittoij ibis simply that he n «y not be
con ouiided with M. John SS, Lewis, a geuiie
nin of a very Jiff .ent order of Blind, alia who
.va* sometime a citizen of Cotembu", as well a>
h e subject ot tins nulue. 'J'hts Srnator is a
v. ry line /.“‘king mill. We should be pleas, d,
rom tlie personal .i gaid we have lor him. i we
could commend hi» judgment. Witlioul the or
gan ot eventuality, a phrenologist vvou.d not be
surprised at the Protean phases tie has in a very
■short political »areer pul on. Incous.sten tes.
such as lie is ac« used of, justly detract from a
• I aa’s influent e. a..d often a.e serious blemishes
upon a man’s poll ical ml. gri.y. Mr. L. certain
possesses ■ if) resjM ctal.le talents, but they arc
ill direeled. He seems to have nnbi(>ed noi a lit
tle ot that venom against monopolies, banks, ere.
dtt system, &c., wm h is a prevalent manta with
a c.•.tain portion of the people. It this gentle
man exhibited any judgment in reforming their
abuses or in cheesing their tyranny, we should
make no oljeetion to his c ourse, but would laud
him fur his efforts. As he is, however, he appears
to us to need a straight jacket. It has ail, doubt
less. preceded from bis being Congress-mad.
We hope, now his party have made Iheir nomi
nations. that tui** gentleman will have a lucid in
terval for a couple ol years. W'e are persuaded
that his is nol a confirmed case of political lu
nacy.
Some people do this gentleman the singu.ar
injustice of supposing a.l his h<-ly horror of these
tilings is feigned—a mere simulation, and that
undei the mass of a haired even to the knife, he
is hut operating to advance the interests of some
of the Banks of Columbus. VVe don’t lielieve
the Col. is such an intriguer. That would bo
a deep game. We have seen once or twice in
our life,some such thing enacted, but it was by
bul ler and m re cunning n en than we esteem
Col. L. to be. it is said that this gentleman’s
nomination was prevented by Mr. Sturgis. We
think be should thank Mr. S, for this kindness,
since it affords the Col. an opportunity to rec tify
i some of his banking crudities—and to study a
little more closely the interests of the people.
Andrew J. Miller, Esq. of R c.unonci.
This gentleman is a lawyer in full practice.
; Commencing, as we have heard, in Augusta, very
poor, he has by the application of the highest
I kind ot business faculties to uis profession attain
ed a very hands me competency, and a very com
manding position at the bar. So entirely has he
the confi .ence of the commercial community in
which he resides, that we might safely predict
Mat under no circumstances can he displaced
by any man h >wever formidable for talent. For
several year, this gentleman has been a member,
first in the House of Representatives as a col
teague of Jenkins, and more recently in the &en
at . VVhol'y unpretending, we should doubt
whether he ever in his Ire aspired to the reputa
tion of an eloquent Speaker. He has. in our
opinion a more 1 sting reputation than the fl et
ing one gained by the tm>el of rhetoric ihat of
the soun .est practical Judgment. Clear and c.-ol
headed, paient in the examination of every sub.
j ject. he is the last mart in the Legislature upon
i whom the attempt sh ould be made to put off a
1 sophism. T»n -uch men are worth nr re to ade
j hberativc l>ody. than fifty of the most splendid
| de- tanners, which could Le selected from the
i whole country.
Mr. SeuivoEß. of Carroll—This is the iarg
| est Democrat of our acqu mtance. We enlure
that no one who have overseen this m ' r aiker.on
,of a man can ever forget him. This gentleman
I is more remarkable for his personal, than for his
1 intellectual endowments. We would by no
means be understood as saying that this person is
destitute of either mind or influence—far from it.
He has a large share of common sen e, and is an
exceedingly good party manager. Very much dis
posed to drop into the current of aggrarianisrn by
force of party connexions, we have not been sur
prised that be is particularly partial to •• Free
Banking,” and against monopolies, dec. Not
withstanding his decision and thorough-going
party attachments, we would much sooner apply
to Mr. Springer for aid in any liberal measure,
with an expectation of cordial co-operation than
to many men of more pretension, and ot more
political prominence than himself. VVe have not
much acquaintance with this gentleman, yet we
have a great regard for him, because he is fat.—
He is said to be full of fun and anecdote. We
think it very certain therefore that he cannot be a
very bad man. Oh Falstafl! thou favorite ot
our youthful days! how often hast thy ton of
flesh been apparent to our eyes, as we have sur
veyed the S mator from Carroll —cap a pie. A
iithograpic print of this gentleman intended as a
caricature, but an excellent likeness, is to be found
in the bookstores of Macon. A better likeness,
an inimitable one in profile we saw in Mil led ge
ville during the session of the Legislature, by a
Mr. Brown. What an • Imira’le law of nature
is it, that neither giants nor p ; gmi fi propagate
their species in might'udes or miniatures —a na
tion of Springers !—o: Titans!!! The mere
idea shocks our netves.
Mr. Tract, of Bi b.— This Senator is a person
*ti ; getier,» —unlike all other men whom we have
ever known. Wc have*some rembrance ot him
as far back, or nearly t-o, as the foundation of
that Ciiy of Cotton .-ags— Macon—and bke oth
er people deemed him an o’d man—he was then
called a- he now is. ‘-old Mr. Tracy.” V\ c doubt
not that, at that lime, his white head was of great
service to him in his profession ; it was as au
thentic evidence of his wisdom gravity, profound
conceit, “as if his visage had creamed -nd man
tled o’er like a standing pond.” We ha'e heard
that from his youth upwards, he has worn this
■ri'Dnirnncr of age—at this time we should th nk
him but little ov. r forty—in life and buoyancy of
spirits, as young as a boy of fifteen. Full of hu
mor—sparkling with wit—no barrister who trav
els tne circuit adds so much to the general joy o
the profession abound a winter’s fireside, as this
gentleman. He is a most excellent !awy« r. a
better counsellor than advocate. Bul it is not as
we h ive occas on illy seen him at the Bar tha’
we meant to sketch him. As a Senator, we think
hi u out of place—and we presume he is as sei.-
s hie of the uncongcniality of his position to his
astes as any looker on ran possibly be. Mr.
fra y is not an eloquent speaker—fluent enough,
perhaps no man has a greater supply of woim
■ ban h m e!f—but he has such a mass of queei
ideas alw ys crowding upon him for utterance —
and he u-ually clothes them in u h odd raiment,
that we always feel an irrisistible impulse to
Hugh. There is so much comedy in his very
look that we fear that were we follow ing a hearse.
nd he in procession that our thoughts would
not pirtake of the solemn ty of tho occasion.—
Vi . • r yi- wholly u. fiitu b nature ami habit
or tue politician— tnough he is Recounted a won
• r u! electmnecrer. Infinitely superior in sense,
judgment, inf i maim and sagai by, to all the
vitfp tTs combined who have assumed to lead
■ he party to which he is attached—he has never
‘it less been tlrust bar k by one and all of them
le is a wry inconsiderable man in influence.
c >mparrd with the Bates, Cones, Cranes and
hmnegans. his -right noble allie> and compeers”
the Senate To ev n • tbe variety ol his ar
• iuj lishment as a srhola-. be is said to be perfei
x familiar with seven lingua a- .
(»• n. Willi a son. or Newton. —There is
• uneluii g so quiet, so unobtrusive in this genllc
mrn iloit we cai no- ; ulf el a grea regard lo>
om. Lnlikfe those husv. hustling, noisy rn^n.
' h-» s ek notoriety—ii i< difficult t*> daw ibis
ten cma i out IF h a tronu • lear mind and
cm speak w- II if he would onl shake «.fl some
tint'" of that m-d< **v •■•bich restrain*-him. Ex
ceedin :Iy *o ; l.»r in t o intv— I at ji<*pulari
• V has been a*qtu*ei! bv bis worth and integrity,
iud is i wi< ho eu!v o' ta n d—so we are per
m.tded it v> i 1 tong !>e -e!aiu» d
We hid adieu to t!-.e Senate !I< u-*. having tir
’d y-ui with our frfles as we have .; r< <1 ourselves
in penning th- m. Written currentt Column
without elaboration', or revision, and designed
solely to fill out a vacant hour—it they have
proved of m unenfary in erc*.t ;o y u we are re
paid the slight labor They hav, c os? us; if they
’•ave n<*l we have no regrets o add save that
some tew hsie es - a- ed our pn of whom we had
intended and it would have been a plcasu e to us
to have said a good wo d or’two.
There is. however another elas-8 <>f men in both
•ranches of the Le i hiture upon whom we must
be par *oned for not expending a I ne—we have
no disposition so ad : a scintilla to the vanity of a
parcel of him kheads by a notice of them, even
r uglily. 'They, like warts, would increase in
s'ze by r ibbing. Yours, &c.
Mr. Jones:—Wi’l you please to insert in your
paper, the annexed lines on P. I : . D., who died far
from home and friends, and ob'igeyour friend and
constant reader. Anna
Mow sad-lning the Winds that *oftly sigh,
>’er these who are called with young tropes high.
To tenant the tomb:
More drooping the flow’ret ' *ngs its head,
So lone in the aisles above tire dead.
As waiting their doom,
t he gay happy days of joyous you h.
Shall learn but too soon hg ending truth,
VVe i we but to mourn:
0 r hopes and ambit on,row so bright.
Shall vanish lie chaff in airy flight,
1 y blasts upborne.
Too fondly. aUs' we wished the chain.
In union that bound us. ne’er again
The fates dissever:
Its links are bedimm’d with friendship’s tear.
And one who a moment brief wax here.
Has left us forever.
A mother’s solicitude of love,
A sirs, save the one to whom above,
Lis spirit has flown;
To bring him relief, a sister fair,
And drive fn no his brow each gloomy care,
To him were unknown.
Then comrr des weep, for the orphan weep,
Tis noble grief, as one falls asleep,
The loved of us all.
His memory cherish, while the zephyi’s mourn,
While falling leaves in the autumn strewn,
Are requeim ar.d pall.
Hamburg, January 13, 1840.
G. B. Lamar, Esq.— ir—This is the third time
that I gave you notice, that extensive repairs, in
n anter, on the lower part of the Augusta Bridge,
are indispensible. The first was given in my of
fice in Hamburg, when you informed me of having
bought the bridge, and was to pay tevenly thou
sand dot ars for it; that you had paid twenty thou
sand dollars in cash, and werv to pay fifty thou
sand dollars in two installments, in one ar.d two
years Upon which 1 told you it was a hazardo s
purchase, that you yourself weie awa.e of the sit
uation of the tit eto the property, am’of mine and
jtherclai s to it, which I should feel it my duty
to prosecute; and I even furnished 30U with some
documents it the time, relative thereto, and advis
ed you not to pay them any more money, without
► | the Bank would make you a warranty title for
1 | your safety : which I did not think they would do,
’ because they knew they had not a good title them
selves: and second’y, that the Bridge was old and
getting weaker, and became more expensive every
. i day, and that it not only had to withstand the river
; ! and drift wood, but the destruction of that cursed
’ i thing above, boats breaking loose, and tearing up
* 1 those highland wharves, and was therefore indis
j pensible to keep it in the best possible repair aj
all times. If this was done, I thought it might
: , withstand all that, but I did not think it could in
t , its present situation. It h*J stood twenty five
5 ; years, but hat was no reason that it would stand
; twenty five years more; that the Bank had neglect
ed it most shamefully; that they had made all the
f money they could, and have never made a thorough
f repair, but w»s satisfied with patch work, the
- greater part of which was done by negroes.
k Ihe second notice vas last spring, while you
* were in Hamburg and Augusta, making a change
in the tolls of the Bridge, when I again informed
you that essential repairs weie indispensable, and
i to the lower part Your reply was,
j , that you would come up yourself in the summer,
' | examine and give it a thorough repair, as soon as
' I the river wou.d a-'mit. I have been he.c all the
5 1
I time, and have not seen you m tking examinations
, or repairs acro.d ng to p omise. The ri er has
; ! been low all the summer, and is yet o\v enough to
i do a’l the wort- necessary. The led of the Bridge,
1 ami the feet of many of the main braces, as well
as »he mortices in the po-ds, have been much de-
L caved by time and the long exposure to the sun and
L aii du.i .g the summer.
1 spo e to the Bridge Keeper, Mr Frazier, re
-1 peatediyon the same subject, during the summer,
* who informed me that the sic : ness in Augntapre-
vented him from getting hands; I ut the sienness
never prevented him from getting a man to take
j the money; for I foun 1 one there every day duru g
. the time. If he w: s not there himself, he had
some one in his place.
I do not know wo:ds to express my feelings up
on this subject. That a struttu.e th;-t has been
erected with g;e it skill, at an enormous expense,
that realizes twenty thousand dollars annually,and
is a common highway over a rebel ious torrent, be
> tween two cities and two slates, by day and by
night, in all seasons of the year, for these twenty
seven yeais and in whi, h the w-ole community
’ a e so deeply interested, and the season so favora
ble. should be so wanton y doomed to destruction,
is an unpardonable crime; for after once gone, all
ex uses and wi 1 not bring it La k
1 again.
Jn conformity with a duty due to myse f, as well
as to otheis, I fee. it incumbent on me to make you,
and the Bank of the tate of Georgia, responsible
f t ah the proceeds and damages that may occur
Irom the* neglect, from the day it was wrested
from me, unti the day it is returned i: a court c>n
be found in the Lnited Mates to take jurisdiction.
\\ ith due respect I am 3 ours.
iiK.NUY SHULTZ.
Hamburg, January 13.L540.
President and Li rat m of the Hank f the State
of Geotgia at Avgu daand Savann h:
Gentle nrn—The ioregoing notice 10 Mr. G. It.
Lamar, is intended as a notice u.r ecu. in all its
pa.ticulnis, of which you will please to take due
,lotti e. 1 am yours, respectful T,
HK.McA SHULTZ.
boioi aue- |.ci but ltd aiblit.ii T ail »•;« ud.
H amduiic, January 14, IS4O.
W . E. Jar! son; T. i ichards: G. f. Hurtle; S. B.
Brocks; A. Fieierick; Davi -.n I. 1. is'ey *\ < u; 11.I 1 .
1 a-lie; Baird X 1 ow and; .) G, ! ui up; \V. liat
riei; i H Mlc»x* J. Ai. out er & >o\,i i tisseli,
•uit' hirson ft t o.; E Sc .i. A Snyder; J L. l iaz
J. !•’. Benson; Jelfers -V Bcu ware.
MAR INK INTEI.I I JKNCE.
1
Savannah Jan 12.
Cleared— Barque Tasso. Condy, i.avre; brig
Philurah. hearman Boston.
Arrived' —Brig Exit, session. >t Augu-t'oe; schr
Arator, Bevins, Newport.
Charleston..lan. 11
Arrived yestetday— Ships t amil'a. W adlin tor,
1 u.ks Island; Merchant. Rordon, Beverlv Mass;
\ ir. i ia. Hussey. Alexandria, i>. C; line ship Tut
ton, Bank man New ork; ship Poland. Anthony,
<io; brigs A.k, Flanders, do; Nonpareil. Pope. New
London; ( aiiton. Pettuiiaie, Su livan ?Fe; Hr brig
Adrianna. Hunt, St. Thomas; Hr brig Woodbine,
Shaw, G.ena la; Dutch brig Hejpns. hart, wuii
nnm; sch.s Pearl. Pearce, M tauzas; E.iza..eth,
Thainc New (-ib-ans.
Cleared —Brigs Lancet. Kruse, Havana; Wood
-1 stock. Bragden,Savannah.
IF G STM MO General ommicsion Mer
chant. office on i.clntoih stiect, next dour to the
Constitutionalist. nov 7
Cj" Doctor J. J. (I ILSON oilers his profes
sional servi es to the citizens of Augusta and its
vicinity. Hr wil be found at his residence, the
first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis
street, recently occupied by John L.Ad <ms.
a.igH ' ts
Cj' Dr. IV. FLINT oTcrs his services to the ci
tizens of Augusta in the ditf.-rent branches of his
profession. He may be found at all hours at tbe
ate residence of Mr. A. M. Kgerton, second door
from the corner of Mclntosh and iteynold streets.
ncv29 |y ’
T J C. M. CUR 7 IS, H >use. Sign and Ornamen
tot Painter , 187 Hrocid street.— — .sign and ornamen
tal work done at short notice. doc 6
(XjT EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK~\ t sight,
and at one to tw ly days sight. Bor sale oy
nov 23 GARDELLE & KtIIND.
O Cf CLINCH Rl LEMEN, A T TENT ION! ~
Appe-r on 3 our parade g.ound, on Saturday, the
11th of Januaiy, at 9 o’c ock, a m , armed and
equipped fer regimental review and inspection.
Uy order o. the Captain,
jan 8 UWELLE, A. O. S.
iT NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Tram
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave ar.
follows:
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -8 30
“ “ Georges* - “ - 10 00
“ “ Branchvi.le, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 M
“ Blackvi.le, - « - |OO M .
“ . “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
downward.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m.
“ “ Aiken, - “ - - 730
“ “ Blackville, “ - • 930
“ “ Midway, “ - -10 30
“ “ Branchvill “ - - 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 m.
‘ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 UOp. m
A rive at Char eston not before 300
Di-lance—l3u miles. Fare Through—4,lo 00.
Speed not over *0 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wo * and water at any
station.
To stop for passengers, when a white Jlag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
Mneaths, Woodstock, Inabinel’s, 41 mile T. o.
Rives , Grahams, Willestun, Windsor, Johnsons
and Marsh’s T.«i.
| Passengers no will breakfast at Woodstock an 1
| dine at Biackvme; aown, wilt brcaKiasi at Aiken
1 and di>.e at bummervuie. may 21
theatre.
W. c. FORBES, Lessee.
Mr. Barnes’ Benefit.
WEDNESDAY Evening , January 10, IS4O
Will be performed Sha! speare’s Comedy 0 f
COMEDY OF EKItOKS.
Eromio of Syracuse, Mr. Barnes
Dromio of Ephesus, Lansic* ,
Adriana, Miss C. BaraeV
Abbess, Mrs. Barnei.
A Major Tambour, by Mr* and Mrs. Codet-
To be followed by the
BARRACK BOOM.
Col. r erriey, Mr. Forbes
Bernard*- Bam*L
Ciarisse de Crusac, Miss C. Barnes.
To conclude with the
RIVAL NOLDIEUS. j
Nepperkin, Mr. Barnei.
Doors open at 6 o’clock, and Performance to conn
mence at precisely.
Boxes an J Paiquette oae Dollar.
Reals can be secured at tbe Office from 10 till 2
and 3 till 5.
cy s. M. SUAUVI (E, ARTIST hasopenedTu
Boom-at tbe Alasomc ■ •‘a.l 2d story, where he win
be happy to receive orders lor Miniatures.— Coi.eit
likenesses will be vvar.autcJ.
dec 28 trwlm*
ryio TIE LOVERS OF THE ARTS.—
r he I*ainling- at Mr. » ic ar. s’Drawing Academy,
(Ma onir Hall.) will hereafter Le opened to visi
to. , e.-rry Siturd y nfiem on and eieniag, Lom
2 o’clo k uuti 9o c 001- r. a. At night .he r >omi
wi 1 be well lighted. dec 19
(fj Dr. H H \ RIHS olFers his services in the
praciiceof his profession to the citizens of Aurus.
ta and its vicinity. Mes ages will receive prompt
attention if left at his d. ug sto.e in Hioad street, or
at his re'.dence in t-liis street, below V\ ashing,
ton. nov 7
Q yA. IVERSKN is now prepared to re'ume his
professional duties as a teacher of Aiusic. Hi
de.s loit.it T. i*. Plant’s Look store, or at Airs.
Hampneld’s boarding house, will be prompily at
tended to nov 26
cyPUBLIC NO TICE —Dr. Muxroe, Surgt-oa
Dentist, has returned to Augusta. dec 9
. j A CARD. —Mr. Kicharbs Teache •• ' a•-
ing and Painting, wi 1 resume liis prof s'ootl d -
ties in \ugusfa an ‘-arlv day. t
A ilLt)Bbl,>vi 10 ,iioi„ uul ,,
DU W EV. 1 A A CELEBRA iED SOUTHING
Si UUP. for Children Cutting their ’Teeth.— This
infill ible remedy has preserved hundreds of chi -
Iren, when thought past recovery. Loin convul
sions As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. The preparation is
so innocent, so efficacious an 1 so pleasant, that no
child wi 1 refuse to let its gums be rub; ed with it.
- hen infants are at the age of four months, though
cheie is no appearance of teeth, one bolt e of the
yrup should be used on the gums, to open the
pores. Parents should nererbe without the Syrup
in the nursery wheie llieieare young children; for
if a child wakes in the night with pain in t eg.iriM,
the Syrup immediately gives ease, by opening the
pores nd beating the gums ; thereby
convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. Win.
Evans’Medical Ojfice, 100 Chatham slieet, New
iorit, where the . octor may be consulted on ail
diseases of children.
PROOF POSH ICE OF THE EFFICACY OF
Dr. EVANS’ SUOTI,L\G sYRUP.—To the Agent
>J Dr. Evans’ Siotn.ng Syrap: Dear Sir— l he
g.erit Lcnciit a.-oraed to my suffering infant ty
your soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and
p.m.fu dentition, must convince every feeling pa
.enthow css* ntia» -m tail 3 applicalmn of .such a 1
invaluable mcuicine i- to relieve infant misery an I
to.lure. Aiy infant, when teething, expe-.ieneef i
soch acute sufferings, that it was attacked w>t<p
convulsion-, ana n.y vs ife and family s. p(>oseu ti> r
death would soon release the babe from angui*
nil we juo u.ed a ooitle of your Syrnp; which
soon as app.ieu to Hie gums a .vo i .e.ln change
was prudiue»J, and afier •< few applications (.»■
chi'd displayed o v ions re ief, and by coutinoiu •«
us use 1 a.iigiad to in: urn. mi then ild Ini' ■
pleicly recovered, jiim !<;> r.tUircnce u! that aatvi ■M
cmnpi'.iii.t leas since o- ; t;>e teeth are e :•
nalii.g dai s and fin cii.id £b) ys ,icrfcci heii.' l
i give you n.y «iire»lu pe. mission to 1111x0 t:-
u k.io •'leuguienl piiibie, an Iwiil g .idly give ir. \
utfurmaiion o». flris circtiiiiil. ntc.
WAI. J, >i IN SON.
TONIC PlLLS. —d'hc power of Evans’ Comonti 'i
i til v a.e .>ucb, tnat the palpitating iieait,ttie tic ii
uion., hand , the dizzy eye, aim the liuitern g min h
vanish befu e I .eir elf'ei t* like noxious vapors f •
fore ttie benign iniiuei.ee of Me morning suu
They have tong been suctosslulv used fur then:,. 1
of intcsmittents, together wiih fevers of the im-gn
iar nervous kind, accompanied with viscera e- |
s tractions.
i his tonic medicine is for nervous complain
e ieral debility, indigestion and its eonsequen. n. if
or want of appetite,distension of thestomnen, a. i ‘
ity. unpleasant taste tn me mouth, tumbling n. 1 <
in the ovvtls, nervous syniptons, languor, wb n
the mind bcvomes irritable.desponding,tnoughlbd
me.anciio y. an 1 dejected. 113 pochond.i cism,«
sum, tion, dimness of sight deliuum, and ah oth. 1
nervous aIT. etions, these pills will produce a -m*
and permanent cure.
Evans ’ Camomile Pills were first introduced 1 la
America in 1830.
EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS nr
purely vegetable, composed with the strictest in
cision of science and of art; tncy never pro 1 in
nausea, and arc warranted to cure the foilo v.«*:
diseases which arise from impurities of the
viz:— Apopl-xy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, < ♦»j
Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthm 1, < ‘1
lera, Liver Complaints, U senses of the Ktdni> v •; i
Bladder, AJjections peculiar to Females, a .1 s i
those diseases of w) atsoever sind to which h.n>
nature is su jeet, where the stomach is atfeci d
More com lusive proofs of the extraordinni y (F %
caey of Dr. Wm. Evans’ celebrated Comomi/e rN
Aperient Aali-Bil.ous Pills.in alleviating aJh /..
mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, lot Bovvcrv.
Disease—Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody 1 In x
Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels sr*
vere griping, frequent inclinaHon to go to st 'ol if S
loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fu>
quency of puHe, and a frequent disc arge of a 1 %
culiar fceiid matter mixed with hlooi great debi l .;>.
seine of bu.nmg neat, with an inlole.ahle 1c nrf
down of th** p iris. Mr. Cameron is enjoying j- i
ect hea th, and returns his sincere thanks sci ils *
extraordinary benei.ts he has received,
bold by AN Tv>N i is. if aI \ ES,
Sole agents in Augusta
J. M.A P. M. i’liivNEU,Savannah
I*. AI. C> HI EN & Co., Charleston.
SHARP <V ELLS, .Vlilledgevil o,
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A. W. MARTIN, Forsyth k
*-' j». . . A uruggist, Athi'fii
MARK A. LANE. Washington.
juiy 2A
Georg.a Insurance & Trust
Augusta January 6. 1,540. S
H -LDERS of new stoi k are leqtiired to m-L
their pay ments equai to sixty dm a s j- 1
share on or etore theklst of February next of 1
inteiest to that day, under penalty of lo.feitmc.
jan 7 td WM. T. tiwULD, Se. }■
?( RE H GARDEN SEED.—large assoi 1 *
of fresh Eng ish Garden Seed,'just re. 1 W
and vvariant'd . enume. Among wliich are sevr l 1 *
v .rieties ol early Corn, Button and Top U i*’ l ‘
Biiluou- i-oots, uahlius, hbovver Seeds, 4ic.
Also, celeoiated Rohan Potatoes, and lui*-**
Spang Wheat, for sowing, ror s tie by
j. n 8 GARvIN hi tIAINES
■ TIOR SALE—A first rate Family HORSE J
a second hand iliGGt a. d H V.-iN t> >
;v;sO, a q.iamity of Corn and Folder will oc *
posed 01 wuh the above, if desire l. Enqui ;
this Oiiice. ts i* oV * _
ILK GOODS. —Just receivee a large ..n
assorted 'tuck of t rcnch, Ei.gush and Ha y 1 1
tiln and Fancy Hoods, to be sold low lor cash- ) , ;
dec 18 RUSSELL, HUTCHINSON &C* h