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~ AI'GI’STA.
fURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18.
I Th 7practice of discounting fictitious bills of
JCtchaiwe by our Banks, instead of discounting
mercantile paper, is the grossest abuse of the privi
lege of banking,that has come to our knowledge,
ft is nothing more than an indirect way of obtain
ing usurious interest, which their charters forbid
them to take, and the high price of Exchange, it is
demonstrable, is the result of this same usurious
spirit. We do not object to our Banks di«*un -
inßbill.ofE.ch.ngear.wn .g.in* or
utu.l fund, in the h.nd. of d>, dr.wen, l*c.u«
th.t is a part of their legitimate business. and
they are useful to the public in the transfer of
money in that way, but for a Bank to refuse te
discount good notes payable at short time, for
the accommodation of merchants, and at tho
same time willingly discount their fictitious bills
of Exchange, for the purpose of extorting a dou
ble profit, is an abomination that calls loudly for
reform. The object of discounting bills is to
procure Exchange on the place upon which the
bill,is drawn, but these fictitious bills do not real-
IjvJrcais such Exchange, and are nothing more
than obligation* held by the Bank here, upon the
drawer, to pay it the difference in Exchange be
tween the two places. Thus, a merchant in good
standing, whose note payable here, will not be
ciscounted, being compelled to raise a aura of mo
ney, draws bis bill upon Charlestomat sixty day*
and gets it discounted, “interest off.” At the
end of pxty day, having no funds in Charles
ton, he goes to the Bank which discounted th«
bill pays them 4 per cent, premiu in for a re
newal for sixty days longer—or perhaps the
Bank gives him an order for his bill upon his pay
ing the premium —or sells him a draft at four pe*
cent, upon the'very funds which his own bill is
to create, to meet it!!! These shifts sire resorted
to by the Banks to extort large profit*, and üb
mitied to by the merchant, to save his credit;
but it is a system which no merchant; can long
withstand, and one which the Banks will con
tinue as Jong as they wring it from the distressed.
Now we insist upon it that if any Bank can
venture to issue its b|lla to do such a business as
this, it can as safely venture to issue them upon or
dinary business paper; and if they can get bills
on Charleston at par, interest ofl, for sixty days ?
they can afford to sell the Exchange created by
thsse bills at much less than lour per cent. pre.
mium. It really seems as if our Banks had set
up a regular opposition to the brokers—-and gone
wholly and solely into the business of shaving.
What is it they fear, to prevent them from issu
ing 1 ? They do not pay specie, and they aie not
compelled to redeem their bills in exchange. I£
we truly understand the views of our merchants,
they do not so much object to paying the enor
mous rates of Exchange, as to the parsimonious
cou.se of the Banks by which money is made
*o scarce as to disable them from purchasing it
even at those rates.
We hope tfee statements of the following
rommuruc ition are true. The Insurance Bank
has certainly a handsome circulation, which is al
least some evidence that it is doing something
for the relief of the city. We hope, ,00, that it
will rontinue to do good, and that the other
Banks may step forward and imitate its laudable
example. By concert of action among all, much
good might be done.
Editors: —I am glad ’io sse the
stand you have taken in relation to the Banks.
I think, however, that one honorable exception
might be made, viz. the Insurance Bunk, which
has, to the extent of its ability, afforded every
facility to the mercantile community. Iu bills
are in high credit throughout Georgia and Caro
lina, and constitute a larger part of ;he circula
tion of this city than any Bank hero. iVithin
a very recent period, it has discounted a large
amount of local business paper, in small sums,
and in such away as to afford relief to the great
s est number. The Branch of the State Bank,
- too. although it has not done as much as it might
do. has nevertheless not altogether closed its
doors to a suffering community. A.
£
Mrs. Barnes’ Bknefit takes place to-night,
and as we understand that this is the last visit of
Mr. Barnes and his family to the South, we ad
vise all who love a good Play to see these old
acquaintances take their farewell. The enter
tainments arc most attractive. Knowles’ Play
of “Woman’. Wit, or Love's Disguises,” has
been, for the past year, most successful, and pos
sesses great interest. The characters embrace
the talents of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, Miss Barnes,
and Mr. Forbes ; with such a cast th e Play must
be admirably performed.
In addition, and in compliance with the wishes
of many of our citizens, we have tho Drama of
La F itte, which Mias Barnes has so happily
adapted ; while the original Epilogue, written by
Miss Charlotte, must be heard from the lips of
the authoress to be frit and understood.
Bank ol llawkuriville.
The Macon Telegraph of the 14th says A
report is going the rounds of the newspapers,
that the Stock in the llawkinsville Bank had
b n sold to a Company in Alabama. We speak
advisedly, when we say, there is net a word of
trut£ in said report. The Hawkins*ille Bank is
still owned and managed by Rawls, Tarver, Ev
eriu and others —men of irreproachable charac
ter, and above all suspicion as to pecuniary res
ponsibility. In fact,,.w« look upon this institu
tion as among the very safest and soundest in
the State. «
Nxwsr*pxa». The first newspaper publish
ed in this country, w*s,the Boston News Letter,
a weekly paper, first # published i n | 704,
Boston Gaielte, the w&ond newspaper n „hli K h
1720. In 17*1, lh. N.w TrjS Con-'
ram was commenced. It was printed by Benia
tyn Franklin, chiefly on pica type, m two C op
«mns, on half a sheet, of the size of pot writing
w*
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I, From the Mae York Star of the 10 th.
Late from Europe.
By the packet atrip Hibernia, Capt. Cobb, we
have' received Eng lisb news to the I Uh of Decem
ber. The new* it not of much importance. Par
liament was expected to assemble on the ah ol
January. No material change appears to have
taken place since the last advices. The loan o!
Mr. Jaudon, effected in behalf of the United States
Bank, is a standing topic of conversation in the
money market, though the business appears to be
still enveloped in mystery.
United States Bank Stock. — The Lon
don Sun of the evening of the 10th of December,
says “The Shares of United States Bank may be
nominally quoted at £lB per Share.’
From the Morning Post of Bee 10.
The arrangement announced as having just ta
ken place between Messrs. Rothschild & Sons
and Mr. Jaudon has caused a decided improve
ment in the val je of U. States Bank shares.
Sales of them were made in the course ot the
morning at £l9 to £l9 lOs per share. It is un
derstood that there are plenty of capitalists ready
to go into the new loan, as the interest yielded up
on the price given is somewhere about 10 per ct.
per annum. The only objection made to it ap
pears to be with respect to the guarantee offered
for the reimbursement of the money, the underta
king of the U. States Bank being deemed scarce
ly sufficient in the present situation of its affairs.
The measure has naturally engaged a good deal
of the attention ol those who are in the habit of
taking a leading part in such matters.
The Times of Monday evening states that the
Messrs. Rothschild have been named as contrac
tors for it—and the total amount is stated at £900.-
000, for which they are to issue 5 per cent, de
bentures, at 92, ami to hold as collateral security
a large deposit of Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania
and other American State stocks. But whether
Messrs. Rothschild advance this money as a new
transaction, is left unexplained.
Liverpool Cotton Market, Dec. 9.
The sales to-day amount about 5000 bags, inclu
-1100 American cn speculation. Prices are the
same as at the of last week. 3000 Pernams
at 9$ to lOd; 100 Maranham, 9sd;B9 Bahia. 9sd;
100 Surat, 5$ to ss; a few Egyptian, 11$; the
remainder, American, 6jd to Bd. On Saturday,
4000 were sold.
British India. —lntelligence of considerable
interest had been received from India, the dates
being, from Calcutta, October 13th, Madras 19th,
and Bombay 28lh. On the 18th of September;
the Anglo-Indian troops set out on their return
from Gleizni. They were to stop fur a few days
at Kelat, and depose the chief of that princi
pality for alleged unfriendly acts towards the
English interests, and especially for taking an
active part in the hostilities encountered by the
troop on their march to Afghanistan.
A vast conspiracy for the overthrow of the
English power n I ndia, is said to have been dis
covered at Karnaul, an independent Mohamme
dan principality, the fort of which is 270 miles
from Madras. A strong force was despatched
thither by the Governor General, and the tort was
invested and taken without resistance, as well as
that of Joudpore.
The cholera has broken out among the troops
sent against Joudpore and Knrnard, in conse
quence of which the camp at the former place
was precipitately broken up on the 3d of Oct.
There is no later intelligence from China, but
from Calcutta we learn that two men-of-war had
sailed for Canton, and that four others were or
dered to Bombay, »o hold themselves in readiness
to sail for Canton, if necessary, on receipt of
despatches from Captain Elliott.
France. —Paris papers ot Sunday, the Bth of
December, had been received in London. They
contain little additional news of importance. A
third person implicated in the affair of the in
fernal machine had been arrested. At his apart
ments were found quantities of arms and amu
nition.
The Ministerial Journals are silent respecting
the alleged appointment of the Duke of Orleans
to a command in the army by which Abd-el-Kader
is to be attacked next spring.
Letters from Tculon of the 4th Dec. state that
the steamer Vautour, which left Algiers 30tb
Nov. arrived in that port on the night of the 3d,
with despatches from Marshal Vallee. When
she sailed, the report of a distant cannonade was
heard in Algiers, and it was believed that Abd-el-
Kader had made a general attack on the Fiench
line. All the persons who arrived from the the
atre of hostilities, were enjoined to secrecy by the
authorities, lest any unpleasant news should tran
spire and increase the discouragement which had
already seized the European population. Not a
single soldier remained in the city, and its protec
tion was then entirely committed to the armed
citizens. The liveliest uneasiness accordingly
prevailed. The Moors, on the other hand, who
amounted to at least 20,000, were in the greatest
exultation.
India.— The advices from India were from
Calcutta the 13th and Bombay the 28th Octobei.
They state that the fall of Chiznee, which deci
ded the Affghan question, had produced a most
important impression on the people. In Burmah
and Nepaulthe effect was instantaneous. Upon
Persia it would be equally influential.
New York Legislature.
In the Senate, on the 7th, on motion of Mr.
Furman, the Senators proceeded to draw for their
respective terms of service, which resulted as fol
lows :
Mr. Humphiey, 2
Mr. Root, 4
Mr. Sanford, j
In the Assembly, the old rules were adoptep.
Jaude Hertell opposed the motion to appoint a
chaplain, and mo'ed the resolution lie laid on the
table, which, after some discussion, was agreed
to. Mr. P. H. Porter gave notice of his inten
tion to introduce u bill relative to the election of
State Printer.
In the Senate, on Wednesday, Gen. Root of
fered a resolution for a call of a Convention to
amend the Const ition of the United States, limi
inglhe election of a Piesident to one term pro
hibiting the appointment of members of Congress
to office—also prohibiting the removal from office
by the President without the consent of the Sen
ate, and appoimir g the Secretary of the Treasury
by Congress. Mr. Furman introduced a hill
providing for the election of a Senator in Con
gress the day after the passage of the bill—it was
read once. On motion, Richard M. Meigs was
| elected Sergeant-at-Arms, and Philip M. DeZing
doorkeeper. In the House, Mr. Porter introduc
ed his bill for the election of State Printer foi
four years, and Mr. Thurlow Weed was named
in the bill by a majority of 10 votes. The bill
was still under discussion when the House ad
journed.—Star.
From the Baltimore American.
Bank of Kentucky.— We iearn from the
New York Courier that letters have been received
from the Secretary of the Sinking Fund of Ken
tucky, by parties in New-York, who have made
sales to the Commissioners of Certificates of the
Bank of Kentucky, stating, in effect, that it ap
pearing by recent developments that a large
number ot Certificates ot stock in the Bank of
Kentu ky had l**n surreptit.ously issued from
the Schuylkill Bank, the transfer agent of the
Bank of Kentucky m Philadelphu-and trans
ited at the agency of the Bank of Kentucky
in New York—the Union Bank—tl le Commis
sioners not having the means of ascertaining
whether the share® they purchased are or are not
of the spurous k nd, invite attention to the facts
in older to ascertain upon whom the loss , n „J
ultimately fell. u 1
Upon this statement the Courier remarks
This is certainly the most extraordinary logic.
We should say that the loss must certainly fall
on the Bank of Kentucky. If they clothe an
agent with certain powers, publicly and officially
announce the authority they have conferred on
him, and he abuse such powers and authority,
surely they must bear the consequences. Were
it otherwise, there would be an end of all securi
ty in making transfers of any kind of stock, in
deed of all safety, to intermediate agents, who
become parties to the transfer of evidences of
debt of any kind—for though such evidence
comes from the fountain head, —suppose, tor in
stance, from the Bank itself, —who can possibly
say that there has not been some surreptitious
dealing in its creation. It is an unfortunate
aflair for the Bank, no doubt, but it cannot, at
least in a mercantile view, shift the responsibility
from its own shoulders.
From the New York Herald.
Great Resumption ot Specie Payments.
We learn that a large portion of the money sto*
lenfrom the brig Vineyard, in November, 1830>
by Gibbs, the pirate, and his associates, W ansley
and others, has been found upon a small island,
called Plumb Island, lying between the east end
ol Coney Island and the west side of Barren Isl
and, on the Long Island coast.
The first discovery of this money took place
upon New Year’s day, immediately after the late
heavy blow. On that day, three fishermen, or
wreckers, took a boat, and went cruising round
the shores of the above three islands for pieces of
wrecks, or whatever “plunder” the sea might
throw in their way.
When they landed on the south side of Plumb
Island, they say the Mexican dollars strewing the
beach, from the edge of the water up to a high
sand bank, about a rod from high water mark.
It was in this sand bank-that Gibbs, Wansley,
Dowcs and Brownrigg, buried all the specie they
took on shore from the brig Vineyard; and, mis
taking Plumb Island for Barren Island, when
they went, afterwards, to show the officers where
the money w'as buried, they could not find the
spot. After a lapse of nine years, the sea has
laid the treasure bare.
The sand band, in which they buried the mon
ey, is, as we have stated, about a rod from high
water mark; and the sea never reaches it, except
in unusually severe gales, as in the present in
stance. During the recent high tides, the sea
washed away the sand, washed off some of the
canvass bags, in which they were buried, and j
strewed dollars all along the beach, besides re-bu- |
rying some in the sand again. The greater part,
however, were not disturbed, but lay in their ori
ginal grave, on the top of the bank like a ridge of
potatoes. From this spot to the water’s edge, ;
the three first finders saw the dollars lay like sea
shells on the shore. For two days, they had the
picking all to themselves. Since then, all the
claim boys, wreckers, and loafers, from the neigh
boring villages, have turned eut, and dug
in the sand with various success. Some would
find S2O in a lump; others S3OO in a spot, and
so in proportion. One man found a pair of sus
penders, sowed full of dollars, that had belonged
to Atwill, the pirate, who was drowned going
ashore. The search still continues; at least 300
people are on Plumb Island, raking and scratch
ing; and they have established a ferry from the
east end of Coney Island, where they charge 25
cents for a passage to the lucky spot.
The career of Gibbs, who buried the money on
this spot, was a curious one. He was born in
Rhode Island in 1794. At the age of fifteen, he
went on board the U. S. sloop of war Hornet,
and was in the action when she took the Peacock,
off Pernambuco. He followed Lawrence on
board the Chesapeake, was taken by the Shannon
sent to Dartmouth, and exchanged. He returned
to Boston, borrowed a thousand dollars, opened a
rum shop in Ann street, called the Tin Pot.
Here he burst up, on account of spending his
money on girls, and sailed in the ship John, for
Buenos Ayres. Here he joined a Buenos Ayrean
privateer, mutinied, took the vessel, landed the
crew in Florida, steered for the West Indies, cap
tured 20 vessels, and murdered 400 persons. The
haunt of himseKand associates was the Regia, at
Havana. In 1819 he came to New York, with
$30,000, spent several weeks here, went to Bos
ton, and sailed in the ship Emerald, Capt. Fox,
for Liverpool. Here he met and seduced the cel
ebrated Jane Henry, now in this city, whose love
letters to Gibbs made such a noise.
In 1826, he revisited the United States, and
hearing of the war iretvveen Brazil and the Re
public of Buenos Ayres, sailed from Boston in the
brig Hitty, of Portsmouth with a determination,
as he states, oftrying his fortune in defence of a
republican government. Upon his arrival he
made himself known to Admiral Brown, and com
municated his desire to join their navy. The ad
miral accompanied him to the Governor, and a
Lieutenant’s commission being given him, he
joined a ship of 34 guns, called the “Twenty Fifth
of May.”
He served for a long time as sth lieutenant,,
then had command of a privateer schooner, with
two 24 pounders and 46 men. He then bought
half a Baltimore schooner, was captnied when
seven days out, taken into Rio Janeiro and im
prisoned till the peace, when he cam* to New
York. A year afterwards he sailed hence in the
Sally Ann, landed at Barcelona, crossed to Port.
■ Mahon, and then to Tunis. Not being able to
join the Dey of Algiers, he mused, like Marius,
among the ruins of Carthage. He then went t (y
Boston, via Marseilles.
Gibbs, in his last visit to Boston, remained
there but a few days, when he took passage to-
New Orleans, and entered as one of the crew on
. board the brig Vineyard; and for assistiig in the
murder of the unfortunate captain anc mate of
; which, he was justly condemned, and tie awful
1 sentence of death passed upon him ! The par
ticulars ot the bloody transaction (agreeable to
f the testimony of Dawes and Brownrigg. the two
principal witnesses,) are as follows: The brig
A ineyard, Capt. William Thornby, sailed from
> New Orleans about the 9th of November, 1830,
-for Philadelphia, with a cargo of 112 bales of cot
- ton, 113 hhds. sugar, 54 caks ofmolwses and
s 54,000 dollars in specie. Besides Ue captain,
5 there were on board the brig, Wm. Roberts, mate*
- six seamen shipped at New Orleans, and tie
r cook. Robert Dawes, one of the crew, states on
I examination, that when about five days out, he
- was told that there was money on board, Charles
i Gibbs, E. Church, and the steward then deter
-5 mined to take possession of the brig. They ask
r ed James Talbot, another of <he crew, to join
• them. He said no, he did not believe there was
money in the vessel. They concluded to kill the
I captain and mate, and if Talbot and John Brown-
I rigg would not join them, to kill them also
• The next night they talked of doing it, and got
their clubs ready. Dawes dared not say a word,
as they declared they would kill him if he did; as
they did not agree about killing Talbot and
Brownrigg. shipmates, it was put off. They
s next concluded to kill the captain and mate on
I the night ol November 22, but, on the night of
tba 23d, they killed them.
• After killing the captain and mate, they set
■ about overhauling the vessel, and got up one keg
. of Mexican dollars. They then divided the cap.
• tain’s clothes, and money—about 40 dollars and
f a gold wateb. Dawes, Talbot and Brownrigg
i ( wh « were all innocent of the murder.) were
obliged to do as they were commanded— the for
mer who was placed the helm, was ordered to
steer for Long Island. On the day following
they divided several kegs of the specie, .mount
ing to five thousand dollars each— they made
bags and sewed the money up. After this divis
ion they divided the remainder of the mtnev
without counting it. On Sundav, when about
1 16 miles S. S. E. of Southampton Light, they
got the boats oat and pot half the money in each
they then scuttled the vessel and set fire to it
in the cabin, and took to the beats. Gibbs, after
the murder, took charge of the vessel as captain.
From the papers they learnt that the money be
longed to Stephen Girard. With the boats they
made the land about daylight. Dawes and his
three companions were in the long boat; the
others, with Atwell, were in the jolly boat —on
coming to the bar the boats struck —in the long
boat, they threw overboard a trunk of clothes and
and a great deal of money, in all about SSOOO
the jolly boat found red; they saw the boat fill,
and heard them cry out, and saw them clinging
to the masts—they went ashore on Barren Is
land—(they meant Plumb Island) —and buried
the money in the sand, but very lightly. Soon
after they met with a gi*nner, whom they re
quested to conduct them where they could get
some refreshments. They were by him conduc
ted to Johnson’s (the only man living on the is
land.) where they staid all night—Dawes went
to bed about 10 o’clock—Jack Brownrigg setup
; with Johnson, and in the morning told Dawes
i that he had told Johnson all about the murder. —
Johnson went in the morning with the steward
! for the clothes, whieh were left on the top of the
place where they hurried the money, but they
took away no money.”
Such were the facts as they appeared on the
trial, Dawes and Brownrigg were admitted Slates
evidence as, from their statements, Gibbs and
Wansley were arrested, and taken first to Flat
bush, as pirates. The other three, Atwill,
Church and Talbot, were drowned in the jolly
boat, off Plumb Inlet. After their committal
they took the officers to search for the monej
they buried, but could not find it. There was
at first $54,000, Os this, the three lost in the
joby boat had their first share, $15,000 besides
their share of the last division, about S4OOO more.
Gibbs threw SSOOO overboard from the long boat,
leaving about $30,000 that was hurried; and
nearly all of which has been found.
Sxow.—When drops of water are congealed
into spicul® in the air, they collect, in falling,
into flakes of snow. Above the region of the
glaciers the snow sometimes falls in separate
spicul®. When examined with a microscope,
snow reveals a beautiful structure, consisting ot
j needles which are regular six-sided prisms, formed
from a rhomboid, whichg is the primitive shape.
It falls more abundantly in temperate, than in
| arctic regions, and is found to be beneficial rather
| than otherwise; for, being a bad conductor of
i heat, it preserves the plants beneath from too
great a degree of cold. On one occasion in Ger
many, snow fell on the corn which was in flower,
j and preserved it from a hard frost that followed,
:so that ultimately the corn ripened. Under
| neath ice, snow is often found to be not lower in
i temperature than 32° (just the freezing point;)
• and hence people buried under the snow, if per
i milled a free access of air, may live a long while,
; because warmer than if on the surface.
Red snow has been observed at Baffin’s Bay,
• and the neighboring regions. Its color was found
to be owing to minute red mushrooms, or fungi,
growing in tho snow. In an account of Sir
John Ross’s last voyage, this phenomena is no
ticed as follows:
“On the 17th of August, it was discovered
that the snow on the face of the cliffs presented
an appearance both novel and interesting, being
apparently stained, or covered with some sub
stance, which gave it a deep crimson color. Ma
ny conjectures were formed concerning the cause
of this appearance, and a party was dispatched
from the ship to bring off some of the snow. It
v/as found to be penetrated, in many places, to
t’tie depth of ten or twelve feet, by the coloring
matter, and it had the appearance of having l>een
a long time in that state. On being brought on
board, the snow was examined with a microscope,
magnifying a hundred times; and the red sul»-
stance appeared to consist of particles resembling
i a very minute round seed—all of them being of
he same size, and of a deep red color. On their
being dissolved in water, the latter assumed the
appearance of muddy port wine; and, in a few
hours, it deposited a sediment, which was again
examined with the microscope. It was found to
be composed entirely of red matter, which, when
applied to paper, produced a color resembling that
of Indian red. It was the opinion of Doctor
Wollaston, that this was not a marine produc
tion, but a vegetable substance produced in the
mountain immediately above.”
Among the glaciers, yellow snow is sometimes
found. Capt. Scoresby observed snow of an or
ange color, owing to the presence of minute ani
mals.
What is called ‘the snow-line,’ is tn« region
where congelation commences. As heated air
ascends, how is that the cold increases as we go
up a mountain 1 The reason is, that the density
of the air diminishes as we ascend ; and, conse
quently, its heat is absorbed (becoming latent, as
it is called,) so that the temperature falls. With
in the tropics the snow-line is generally stationa*
ry, because the temperature there does not vary
much; but as we recede from the equator the
bight ol the snow-line is more variable, becoming
again stationary at the poles. Under the equator
this line is many thousand feet above the level of
the sea. At for.y degrees north latitude, its
bight is about nine thousand feet above the level
of the sea in summer; but in winter it falls lower.
At sixty degrees north lilitude, the hight of the
summer snow-line is about three thousand seven
hundred feet, but in winter it falls to the level of
the sea. At the polls, it is supposed that the
snow lies all the year round, the weather chang
ing but little. 1 here are some modifying circum
stances which influence the snow-line. Suppose
a range of mountains, in the same latitude, with
one end reaching the sea. At this end the snow
hne will he lower than at any other part; because
this portion of the range, being near the sea, is
invited, during a large portion of the year, with
mists and fogs, which keep down the tempera
ture; while, in the interior, the valleys become
heated, and thus force up the snow-line to a
greater hight. This is the case with the Scandi
navian mountains. In means just stated, and
the snow-line is therefore higher in the middle—
so that it assumes a convex form. In a range of
mountains in Switzerland, the snow-line on their
south side (exposed to the sun) is ten thousand
feet above the level of the sea, but on the north
side it is only three thousand six hundred feet.
“ So was Franklin I”
“O, you’re a ’prentice!” said a little boy the
other day tauntingly to his companion. The
addressed turned proudly round, and while the
fire of injured pride and the look or pity were
strongly blended in his countenance, coolly an
swered—“ So was Franklin
The dignified reply struck me forcibly ; and
I turned to mark the disputants more closely.
The lorraer, I perceived by his dress, claimed a
higher rank in society than his humble but more
dignified companion. The latter was a spright
ly, active lad, scarcely twelve years old, and
coarsely, but cleverly attired. But young a* he
was, there was visible in his countenance much
of genius, manly dignity, and determined resolu
tion while that ot the former exhibited only
fostered pride and the imagined superiority of
The little fellow, thought we, gazing at our
young hero, displays already much ol the man—
theugh his calling be an humble one, and though
poverty extends to him her dreary, cheerless
reality, still he looks on the brightest side of the
scene, and already rises in anticipation Ir.un pov
erty, woe and wretchedness! Once, " aowaa
Franklin and the world may one day witness
in our little “ preniict ” as great a philosopher as
they have already seen in his noble pattern. And
we passed on buried in meditation.
The motto of our infantile philosopher con
tains too much to be forgt tten, and should be en
graven on the minds of all. What can better
cheer a man in an humble calling, that the re
flection that the greatest statesman —the highest
philosophers —and the proudest warriors—have
once graced the same profession.
Look at Ciminnatus ! At the call of his coun
try. he laid aside the plough and seized the
sword. But after wielding it with entire success
—when his country was no longer endangered,
and public affairs no longer needed Jiis stay, he
“beat his sword into a plough share,” and return
ed with honest delight to his little farm.
Look at Washington ! What was his course
of life ! He was first a farmer —and next com
mander-in-chief of a host of freeman, fighting
for the liberties of his country trom the thralls
of despotic oppression; next called to the high
est seat of government by his ransomed bn th
ren, a President of the highest republic on earth,
and lastly, a farmer again.
Look at Franklin. He who—
With the thunder talked, as *riend to friend,
And wove his garland of the lightning’s wing
In sportive wist!
What was he 1 a printer! Once a mechanic
in a printing-office ! Poverty stared him in the
face ; but the blank, hollow look could nothing
daunt him. He struggled against a harder cur
rent than the most are called on to encounter;
but he did not yield. He pressed manfully on
ward ; bravely buffetted misfortune’s billows;
and gained the desired haven !
What was the famous Ben Johnson ? He
was first a bricklayer or mason? What was he
in alter years ? ’tis needless to answer !
What was Burns' l An Ayreshire plough
man ! What was he in after life, in the estima
tion of his countrymen, and the world! Your
library gives the answer!
Shall we go on, and call up the proud, array,
all the mighty host of worthies that have lived
and died; who were cradled in the lap of penu
ry, and received their first lesson in the school of
affliction ? No, we have cited instances enough
already—yea, more than enough to prove the
point in question ; namely, that there is no pro
fession, however low in the opinion of the world,
but has been honored with earth’s greatest and
worthiest.
Young man ! Does the iron hand of fortune
press hard upon you, and disappointments well
nigh sink your despairing soul? Have cour
rage!—mighty ones have been your predeces
sors, and have withstood the current of opposi
tion. that threatened to overwhelm their fragile
hark ?
Do you despise your humble station and re
pine that Pi evidence has not placed you in some
nobler sphere ! Murmur not against the dispen
sations of an all-wise Creator ! Remember that
wealth is no criterion of moral rectitude, or in
tellectual worth ; that riches, dishonestly gained,
are a lasting curse ; that virtue and uprightness
works out a rich reward ; and then
“An honest man is the noblest work of God.”
And when dark disappointment comes, do no?
wither at her stare—but press forward, and the
prize is yours ! It was thus with Franklin—it
i can be thus with you. He strove for the prize
and won it! So may you. ’Tis worthy con
tending for ! and success will attend you ; and
the ‘stars’nil! he brighter as the ‘stripes’ wear
deeper.— C. W. Everett.
From the Sailor's Magazine.
Diasters at Ska in the tear 1839.—A re
cord has been kept at the office of the American
Seaman’s Friend Society, during the year just
closed, as in past years, of disasters at sea, so far
as they could be iscertained, vhich resulted in a
total loss of the vessels. The foil jwing is the
result:
The whole number of vessels lost is 442
Os these there were Ships and Barks 74
dj Brigs 124
do Schooners 197
do Sloops
do Steamboats 9
do Unknown 32
Os these there were lost, towards the close
of 1838, but were reported in 1839 52
Wrecked in January 26
do February 27
do March 33
do April 21
do May 29
do June jg
do July 15
do August 29
do September 64
do October 30
do November 27
do December g
do Time unknown 61
Added to the above entire and known I isses,
i there has been reported thirty-seven missing ves
sels during the year, which, with fheir crews
. have most probably been entirely lost. Five hun
dred and thirty-seven lives have been reported as
> lost, but the loss of life is undoubtedly much
greater than this, as many vessels were reported
as abandoned, or bottom up, where the crew was
missing, and no intelligence has been received
1 from them. Ihe above facts speak a language
1 concerning the sorrows of seamen, not to be
misunderstood, and they should be most solemn
. ly pondered by those who have a heart to feel
1 and a heart to relieve.
r
Personal Appearance of Lord Brough
am.—Rev. Mr. Clark, in his “glimpses of the
■ Old World,” thus describes the appearance of
* this celebrated orator;
1 “Lord Brougham’s appearance is rather strik
■ ing. He is somewhat tail, quite thin, rather care
less in his personal appearance, with a face, into
5 which, when he is speaking, is tbn-wn infinite
1 expression. I never saw the man who played off
■ with so much facility and effect, whole volleys of
5 the most keen and caustic satire. When assail
-1 in 8 an opponent, having cut oft’all possibility of
: retr eat, he seems to delight to stand and wave
I over him in taunt his shining scimitar, before it
’ descends with merciless and exterminating pow-
I er. His words do not express half the meaning
that is conveyed while he is speaking. He has
I the haoit of drawing up one side of his face and
1 ‘-specially the left nostril, into such an aquiline
shape when about to utter any thing particularly
caustic that every word seems to derive immense
point from the peculiar expression of his count®-
* nance.
1
' The Societt of Women— No society is
more profitable, because none more refining and
provocative of virtue, than that of refined and sen
sible women. God enshrined peculiar goodness
in the form of woman, that hei beauty might
’ win, her gentle voice invite, and the desire of he •
favor persuade man’s sterner souls to leave nath«
;of sinful strife for the ways of pleasantnea/ and *
peace. But when woman falls from her blest
eminence, and sinks the guardian and the cher
; isher ot pure and rational enjoyment* into the"
va.n coquette, and flattered idolater of idle sash
ion. she .a unworthy of an honorable man’s love
f man “ ad,uiral ‘°n- Beauty i. then
We honor the chivalrous deference which is
1 paid m our land to women. It proves that our
men know how to respect virtue and pure affec
tion. and that our women are worthy of such re
' s l >ect - Yel woman should be something more
than mere woman to win us to theii society To
be our companions, they should he fitted to be our
friends; to rule our hearts, they should be deser
ving the approbation of our mindg. There are
many such, and that there are not more, is rather *
the fault of our sex than their own; and despite
all the unmanly scandals tha* have been thrown
upon them in piose and versg, they would rather
share in the rational conversation of men of sense
than listen to the silly compliments of fools; and Bf
a man dishonors them as well as disgraces hm. Si?
self, when he seeks their circle for idle pastimes *
and not for the improvement of his mind and the g
elevation of his heart.— Merchant's Magazine.
Cj* At a Convention of the Pegimental Otfi.
cers of the 10th Regiment, Georgia Militia, hoi- Bj
den on Wednesday, the 15th January,
Present, Lt. Col. S. C. Wilson, Bj
Capt. W. T. Gould, A. A G.
“ E. Starnes, C. R. |iWP
“ E. G. McGolhick, 122 d dis. Co* <j,
“ S. Milling, 398th “ *•
“ Rf. P. Stovall, 600th “ «.
The following preamble and resolutions were p
unanimously adopted, viz : t rtr
Whereas, by an act of the General Assembly ££
of the State of Georgia at its last session, the 10t
Regiment has been so altered as to confine it to
the limits of the City of Augusta : And Where
as, the lines and bounds of the Battalions within |oo*
said Regiment are undefined. Therefore,
Resolved , That all that part of the City of Au- ■ -
gusta east of, and below Mclntosh street, and R
known as the Ist and 2d Wards of said city'
compose and be designated the 75th Battalion of iftd
the Militia of this State. rc»
2d And be it further Resolxed, That al. tha* am
part of the City of Augusta, lying west of. and
abo<e Mclntosh street, and known as the 3d and ’he
4th wards of said city, constitute the * **
Battalion of the Militia 6f this State. ‘ ‘J
On Motion, Lesolved, I hat the proceedings of ti
the Convention be signed by the Chairman and
countersigned by the Clerk of I he Regiment, and tr©
published in the city papers, for the information
of all concerned. 'ori
On motion, the Convention then adjourned. lseJ
SAMUEL C. WILSON, Chairman, P>
James W. Clarke, Clerk. Pf*
*To be numbered by his Excellency, the Cover- ite
nor. .ydj
Consignees per South Carolina Itail UoiitL 3
Hamburg, January 17, IS4O. n ; ?a
Dr. P. F. Eve; Russell, Hutchinson & Co.; T
Dawson ;J. T. Parmelee; Rees & Beal!; Hand & X™
Scranton ;W. E. Jackson ; Gstrotzke &Co; J L b«i
Frazerf A. Frederick ;A. G. Bassett; J. F. Ben- S
son; E. Boyce ; Bolling & H.; D. Plunkett; G B
Parrott. ’ PJB
' " chib
MARINE INTELLIGENCE %
—■ ■ 3
Savannah, Jan. 13. nati
Cleared — w hip Vandalio, Soule, Liverpool. gi
Arrived —Brbark Essequebo, Lament, Trinidad; ifi
Br brig Isis, Dickson, Demarara; brig Augusta, Pi
Sherwood, New York ; steamboats Despatc 1, Guil
martin, Augusta ; John Randolph, Lyon.
n ent to sea Br ship Chas. Huraberson, Mar- 7
shall, Liverpool; ship Berwick, Harding, Liver
pool. nk>t
van
Charleston, Jan. 17.
Arrived yesterday —CL brig Emilv, Sherwood,
New \ ork ® 1 u
Cleared —Schr Virgini Antoinette, Place, West .tL
In lies ; schooner United States Halwerson, Jack- SS
sonvil e. 1
Went to sea yesterday— Brig Commerce, Read, jffj
Boston ; brig Smithtield, Wakefield, Providence. ,f V
- in t
Q'F IF, G. NIMMO, General • ommission M$- tba
chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door to the mel
Constitutionalist. no v 7 Mp
_ Cj” Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his proses-
sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its
vicinity. He will be found at his residence, the flf
first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis "
street, recently occupied by John L. Adams. «
I 17 t f_ m
(X y' D r - IF. FLINT offers his services to the ci- ****
tizens of Augusta in the different branches of his
profession. He may be found at all hours at the fW
1 ate residence of Mr. A. M. Egertoa, second dooi X
from the comer of Mclntosh and Reynold streets
nev 29 ly ’ Ur*
. H ouse , Sign and Ornamen- tho
tal Fainter, lb7 Broad street. —Sign and ornamen- oat
tal work done at short notice. d«c 5
Crr 2XCII ANGE ON NEW YORK— At sig*, M
and at one to tw ty days sight. For sale by- vs
nov 23 GARDELLE & KHIND. jJJ
(Li r - D. HARRIS offers his services in the
practice of his profession to the citizens of Au<ms
ta and its vicinity. Mcsages will receive prompt vei
attention if left at his drug store in Broad street or V®
at his residence in Ellis street, below Washing- fc
ton ‘ nov 7 J
zy hi. SHA WIRE , ARTIST, has opened his dm
Rooms at the Masonic Hall. 2d story, where he will ec
be happy to receive orders for Miniatures.—Correct cxi
likenesses will be warranted. j
dec 28 trwlm*
(T/’A. IVERSEN is now prepared to resume his
professional duties as a Teacher of Music. Or- t
ders left at T. H. Plant’s book store, or at Mrs.
Campfield’s boarding house, will be promntlv at
tendedto nov 26 fl;
NOTICE. —Dr, Munhoe, Surgeon
Dentist, has returned to Augusta. d ec 9 j
C O'TO THE LOVERS~OF THE
The Paintings at Mr. Richards’ Drawing Academy, J
(Masonic Hall,) will hereafter be opened to vi£ T
tors every Saturday afternoon and evening , from
2 0 clock until 9 o’clock p. m. At night ihl rooms g
will be well lighted. % dec 19 W
• Gj'-f CARD.—Mr. Richards, Teacher of Draw
ing and Painting, will resume his professional du
ties in Augusta at an early day. nov 7
NOTICE.- The Rail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave aa ■
follows: J
UPWARD. N*
Not to leave Charleston before 700 a m \
“ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30 ’ ■
“ !! Oeorges’, -“ . 10 00
Braachville, “ - 11 00 Ik
Midway, - « _ n3O M P
‘ “ Blackville, - “ - 1 0 0 P“
Aiken, - - « . 300 8u
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 4no Li<
downward. ~ He
Not to leave Hamburg before 600 a m
Aiken, - « - _ 73n »
“ “ Blackville, «. . qf n 1
“ “ Midway, «..10 to -I
;; “ Branchvill -. . g £
i ' « „ Georges’ «--12 00 m. ta
Summerville,“ - . 0 ODp «
Arrive at Charleston not before 3on „
Distance 136 miles. KareThreugh-J 10 00 “
Speed not over SO miles an hour. Vo rVmatr SO £
S»-•
I
Passengers «d will breakfast at Woodstock and lae
dine at B.ackvi.le; aown, win at AiSn
and dine at Summervii.e. 21 }
Georgia Insurance .
nrcsnf Augusta. January 6. 1840. S
f .LDERSofncw stock are required to .inko 1
their payments equal to sixty dofiais ih-i
snare, on or before the 21st of February next,
mterest to that day, under penalty of forfeiture.
J 407 td WM. T. GOULD, See’y.