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appearance, indicating & storm more dreadful
than that which he had resisted.
‘•He prepared to meet it with firmness, but
with means entirely inadequate. 'I 0 the advan
■ of numbers, of tactics, of discipline, ano in
exhaustible resources, the combiner, despots had
secured a faction in the heart of Poland. And,
if that country can boast of having produced its
Washington, it is disgraced aiso by giving birth
to a second Arnold. The day a ; length came
which was to decide the tale of a nation and he
ro. Heaven, for wise purposes, determined that
it should be the last of Polish liberty. It w-as de
cided, indeed, before the battle commenced. The
traitor Poniski.'Wiio covered with a detachment
the advance of the Polish army, abandoned his
position to the enemy, and retreated.
“ Kosciusko was astonished, but u t dismayed, j
The disposition of his army would have done
honor to Hannibal. The succeeding conflict was
terrible. When the talents of the General could
no logger direct the mingled mass of combatants, ,
the arm of the warrior was brought to the aid ot
his soldiers. He performed prodigin of valor. j
The fabled prowess of Ajax in defending the j
Grecian ships was realized by the PJdish hero.
Nor was he badly seconded by his tjoops. As
long as his voice cou'd guide, or bis example fire j
their valor, they were irresistible. In ids unequal
contest Kosciusko was long seen, and finally lost
to their view.
4 Hope for a season bade the world farewell.
4 And Freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell.’
-He fell, covered with wounds, hut still survi
ved. A Cossack would have pierced his breast,
when an officer interposed. ‘Sutler him to exe
cute his purpose,’ said the bleeding hero ; ‘I am
the devoted soldier of fny country, and will not
survive its liberties.’ The name of Kosciusko
st.uck to the heart of the Tartar, Bike that of
Marius upon the Cambrian warrioi. Ihe uplift- j
ed weapon dropped from his hand. j
“Kosciusko was conveyed to the dungeons of |
Petersburg!!, ami. to the eternal disgrace ot the
Empress Catharine, she made him tup object of |
her vengeance, when he could be no longer the
object of her tears. Her more generous son re
stored him to liberty. The remainder, of his lite
has been spent in virtuous retirement. Whilst
o in this situation in France, an anecdote is 'elated
of him which strongly illustrates the command
which his virtues and Iris services hid obtained
over the minds of his countrymen.
‘ 4 lu the late invasion of France, some Polish
regiments, in the sendee of Russia, passed
through the village in which lie lived. Some
pillaging of the inhabitants brought Kosciusko
from his cottage. ‘When i w’as a Polish sol
dier,’ said he, addressing the plunderers, -the pro
perty of the peaceful citizen was respected.’—
‘And who art thou,’said an officer, ‘who address
es! us with (his tone of authority?’ ‘I am Kos
ciusko.’ There was magic in the word. It ran
from corps to corps. The march was suspend
ed. They gathered around him, and gazed with
astonishment and awe upon the mighty ruin he
presented. ‘Could it indeed he their hero,’
whose fame was identified with that of their coun
try ? A thousand interesting reflections burst
upon their minds; they remeinltered h;s patriot
ism, his devotion to liberty, his triumphs, and his
s glorious fall. Their iron hearts were softened,
and the tear of sensibility tiiclked dawn their
weather-beaten faces. We can easily conceive,
sir what would be the feelings of the hero him
self in such a scene. His great heart must have
heaved with emotion to find himself once more
surrounded by the companions of his glory ; and
* that lie would have been upon the point of say
ing to them,
‘behold your General, come once more
4 To lead you on to laurel’d victory,
4 To fame, to freedom.’
‘The delusion could have lasted but for a mo
ment. He was himself, alas! a miserable crip
ple ; and, for them ! they were no longer the sol
diers of liberty, but the instruments ot | unbitious
tyranny. Overwhelmed with grief at the reflec
tion, he would retire to his cottage, to mourn j
afresh over the miseries of his country,.
“Such was the man, sir, for whose memory I !
ask from an American Congress a slight tribute
of respect. Not. sir, to perpetuate his lame, but
our gratitude. His fame will last as long as lib- j
erty remains upon the earth ; as long as a votary
oilers incense upon her altar, the name of Kos
ciusko will be invoked. And if, by the common
consent of the world, a temple shall be erected to
those who have rendered most service :o man
kind—if the statue of our great countryman shall
orenpv the place of the ‘Most Worthy,’ th ,t of
Kosciusko will be found by his side, and the
wreath of laurel will be entwined with the palm
of virtue to adorn his brow.”
It does not at all detract from the merit of this
admirable eulogium on the character of? the gal
lant and true-hearted Pole, that Gen. K. did not
succeed in his motion. It appeared when the
matter came to he examined, that the proposed i
proceeding was against precedent, Congress hav
® in therefore, in the case of native officers of equal i
rank to Kosciusko, declined adopting similar
measures, when proposed. But the Speech is on
record, and no one can deprive its author of the
merit of a production, of which any living orator
might well be proud.
• j
Balloon Navigation.—We copied from a
London paper, some time ago, Mr. Green’s an
nouncement of his projected air-vovage from
America to Europe, with his reasons tor suppo
sing it practicable; the chief of whicn was his
firm belief in the existence of a permanent, steady
current of wind from West to East, a?; a certain
attainable elevation. Mr. Wise, a gentleman not
unknown by fame as an ceronaut, has published
an article in the Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer,
avowing his concurrence in Mr. Green’s opinions;
and stating some facts in support of them.
He says that in nineteen ascensions which he
has rn ale. he has always but once four.-: himself
in a Westerly current; and that in M;y last he
went up from Allentown, with the express inten
tion of reaching New York or its immediate vi
cinity. At the time of starting the wind was
blowing from the North West; but when he had
reached a point ntar Trenton, N. J. bv throwing
out a quantity ot ballast he gained an elevation
at which it was blowing as strongly from the
South \\ est. and between the two he was carried
due Last with immense velocity. If he had been
prompt enough in his management, he has no
doubt that he would have reached New York *
but as it was, being taken somewhat bv suprise
and the movement more rapid than he Vxpeoted,
he was carried 15 miles to the South East of New
•"York, and there desrended, having travelled 1“0
miles in an hour and twenty minutes.
Mr. Wise adds that he has opened a corres
pondence with Mr. Green, and hopes to make the
Atlantic voyage in company with that veteran
boilooner.
The Legislature of Massachusetts had under
consideration a bill to provide for the safety of
steamboat passengers. One of the sections pro
vide that a fine of one thousand dollars shall be
paid to the heirs, devisees, or creditors of any per
son killed by carelessness on any railroad, steam
boat, or stage coach, within the State.
A Mammoth Packet Ship.—The Garrick,
sa . s the New \ ork New Era. now loading at
this port for Liverpool, has stowed awav the en
tire c argo of the ship Robert Fulton, from Canton
(about 9000 chests of tea) between deck a. She
h s also on hoard upwards of 7000 bushels ot
corn, and a vast quantity of other propers \ . The
Garrick is rising 1000 tons burthen, The diffi
culties between England and China raider the
tea shipment a good one. <
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
A UGi S T A*
TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 3.
No mail North of Charleston last night.
Our Reading Roetn.
Relying upon the success of our exertions to j
render this establishment worthy the patronage
of a liberal and enlightened community, we have j
i determined to complete our improvements, with
i the very limited number of subscribers already
received. As early, therefore, as the con tern pla
| ted improvements can be make, it will be done
I when we hope the Room will receive a patron-
I age commensurate with its usefulness.
The Irish Giant
The Charlestonians are amusing themselves j
i with views of this extraordinary production of
! the Emerald Isle, who is represented as being se- ,
| ven feet 2 inches high, of perfect form and sym- |
j metry.
BallooiiJ Ascension.
| By an advertisement in this morning’s paper,
| it will be seen that Mr. Hobart, the Aeronaut,
proposes to make an ascension from this city on
| the 27th inst., in a Balloon of extraordinary di
mensions.
Congress.
The proceedings of this body coiftinueTo be of
a very uninteresting character. At our.last advi
ces, the Senate was engaged on the report with
regard to the assumption of State debts, and i l
was apparent that several Senators were desir- ;
ous to deliver speeches. How long this topic {
I
will occupy their attention, it is impossible to 1
calculate with any degree of certainty. Mr.
Buchannan had introduced a measure for the en
largement of the specie circulation, by excluding
all bills of small denominations. How far the
Senator’s project extends, we have not yet seen.
But we should suppose in these days of suspen
sions and shin plasters, it would require all the
ingenuity of the honorable gentleman to enlarge
greatly the circulation of specie. Mr. Webster
had introduced various memorials, asking Con
gress to pass a general Bankrupt law, which he
is said to have prefaced with some very effective
and pertinent remarks in favor of the prayer of;
the memorialists.
In the House, the New Jersey question seems i
to engross the greatest port ion of their attention
and much debate has been elicited on various rno- 1
pons suggested by the committee to whom the j
matter was referred. When the proceedings of;
either House assume a character of more decided |
interest, we shall give them more in detail.
..
Extra Jleeting of Council.
Saturday Evening, half past 7 o’clock, Feb.
29, 1840, Council met.
Present—Aldermen Parish, Dye, Crump, Bish
op, Harper, Hitt, Thomas, Jackson, Dortic,
Thompson. D’Anlignac.
In the absence of the Mayor, M. M. Dye, Esq.
: was called to the Chair.
| The minutes of the last meeting were read and
on motion, that portion of the minutes as relates
I to the union of the wharves, be reconsidered, the
j question was put, and the yeas and nays were
called for and are as follows:
Yeas—Crump, D’Antignac, Dortic, Parish.
Nays—Harper, Hitt, Thomas, Thompson,
Jackson, Bishop.
So the motion for re-considr.ration was lost,
and the minutes confirmed so far as relates to
that subject. The minutes were then continued,
and on motion confirmed.
The following resolution was offered by Mr*
Hilt:
i Resolved, That Council will pay Dr. Johnson
one hundred dollars for medicine used by him
1 among the destitute sick, during the prevalence
the Yellow Fever.
The yeas and nays being called for on this re-
I solution, they were as foilws:
i Yeas—Hilt, Jackson.
j Nays—Crump, Harper, Thomas, Thompson,
D’Antignac, Bishop, Dortic, Parish.
So the resolution was not passed.
Mr. Hitt offered the following resolution :
Resolved, That the-sum of five dollars be paid
to Drs. Robertson and Wilson for each patient
the Catholic Hospital, during the late epidemic
being for such persons as cannot pay.
Mr. Parish offered the following as a substi
tute:
Resolved, That Drs. Robertson and Wilson
each be paid the sum of fifty dollars, for medical
attendance, by order of the Mayor, on the desti
j tute sick, during the late epidemic.
The yeas and nays being demanded on the
i substitute, they were as follows:
Yeas—Crump, Harper, Thomas, Thompson.
D'Antignac, Jackson, Dortic, Parish.
Nays—Hitt, Bishop.
So the substitute was carried.
Mr. D’Antignac offered the following resolu
tion, which was passed.
Resolved, That the Mayor be authorised to pur
chase a boat, if not already done, for the recep
tion of ail trash collected from the streets, and
that immediately upon the procurement of said
boat, all the trash shall be thrown into it. and as
il accumulates, it shall be his duty to have the
boat carried down the river and emptied, and that
trash shall not thereafter be thrown into the river
within the corporate limits of the city, under any i
pretence whatever.
Council then adjourned.
S. H. OLIVER, Clerk.
Who arktiil Democr ats?— The shallowness
of the pretext of identity between the modern loco
locos and the democrats of the Jefferson school I
and times, is well exposed by the veteran Whig.
General Root, in a Ute speech in the New YoiA
Senate. We give a short extract :
“The rlection of Thomas Jefferson is universal
ly recognized as a landmark of Democracy. It
was the overthrow of the justly termed Federal
Reign of Terror in 1798-9 Now, sir, I perceive
that three of the electors of President who then
cast the vote of this state for Jefferson still survive, !
(Pierre Van Cortlandt, James Burt and John 1
Woodworth) and need I say they are all Whigs? '
Ofthe Republican Senators es that year who
elected these Electors of President but two sur
vive, and th y are stiil Democrats in the right
sense —still'opposed to the encroachment of I xe
cutive Power —-still Democratic Whigs /
[General Root proceeded to enumerate the sur
viving Democratic Members of the Assembly of
1800 who elected the Jefferson electors of that
year—seven in number —six of them Democratic
Whigs, and one said by Mr. Young to be a
supporter of Martin Van Buren. He concluded.]
‘•The last of thenumber is Erastus Root ot Del
aware —and here I am!”
The Committee on Banks in the Kentucky
Legislature have made their report. It proposes
to restore charters to those institutions, w'ith some
slight amendments, which had become furfeita
hie by their suspension of specie payments, and
fixes the time of their resumption on or before the
day ofthe meeting of the next Legislature, viz:
the first Monday in December.
Mh. Clay.—The correspondent of the New
York Times speaks of his speech as “ one of the
most impassioned and earnest appeals I ever heard
from human lips. It must be reported fully . in
order to give an adequate notion even of the words.
As to the manner, that cannot be reported,
alas ! The fl ish of genuine and deep feeling on
the check—the beam of emotion from the eye—the
thrilling tones ot a voice attuned by nature to the
heart of sensibility—the emphasis ot gesture can
not be described.”
Mr. C. remarked that ho should not bring for
ward his land bill again till alter the next census.
Total Abstinence Society.
The following report of a Committee appoint
ed by the above Society to oiler a tribute of res
pect to their late President, was ordered to be
published, at a meeting held in the Melhodis
Church, Friday 28th inst.
The Committee appointed to offer a tribute o
respect to the memory of Dr. Milton Antony,
deceased, late presiding officer of this society, res
pectfully report :
That in the discharge of the duty assigned
them, they fully concur in the opinion, that
among the many valuable citizens who fell vie.
tims to the prevailing epidemic of last summer
and autumn, there was no one whose death niighj
more justly be considered a public calamity, than
that of Dr. Antony.
With a sound and highly cultivated under,
standing, and an energy and decision of charac
ter seldom equalled. He was ever found the ac
tive friend and advocote of science, religion and
social order, and the promotion of the best inter
ests of his fellow men. As a man, he was mild
and courteous in his deportment, and sincere in
his friendship. With a highly social disposition,
he will long be remembered by those who enjoy
ed his society, and knew him best, with feelings
of sympathy and regret, for his untimely fate.
As a Physician, he was devoted to the science
l
and practice of his profession, and labored with
1 indfutigable industry to'elevatc the Medical char,
actor of his native State, to that position which
he felt it ought to occupy. As an evidence of
this, we have but to point to the Mediceul Col
lege of Georgia as a bright monument of hj s
untiring perseverance. Among the many names
that have added honor to Ihe profession, that of
Dr. Antony will ever retain a distinguished place.
At the commencement of the Temperance
Reformation, Ur. Antony gave his most active ef
forts to the cause, and was mainly instrumental
in connexion with some other philanthropic indi"
viduals, in forming the first Temperance Society
in Augusta. Os that Society, he was the firs 1
President, and continued in that office, with one
intermission, up to the formation ol the I o!al
Abstinence Society. Many of the friends of
Temperance, at that time, thought that a higher
stand than the abstaining from Alchaholicdrinks
was necessary ; others thought not. A division
and the formation of our Society were the con
sequence. Dr. Antony was with us, and w r as
made our presiding officer.
Acting upon his favorite maxim, that “ a vir.
tuous will is almost omnipotent,” his zeal in the
Temperance cause, from the first effort to the
hour of his death, was unabated. He left no
means untried, he thought no labor (oo great, to
arrest the desolathig evil that carried ruin, tern,
poral and eternal, in its train.
This uncompromising hostility to intemper
ance bound him to us; and we who have labored
with him under the most adverse circumstances
can more fully estimate the loss that this Society
and the cause of Temperance have sustatained.
Therefore Resolved, 1 That in the death ofthe
late Dr. Antony, this Society have lost a corteous
officer and valuable member, and the cause of
Temperance an uncompromising friend.
2 That this Society do sympathise with the
family and friends of the deceased in their be
} w
reavement.
3 That the above preamble and resolutions be
published, and the Professors of the Medical Col
lege be respectfully requested to read them to
their classes.
J. G. Dun lap, A
A. H. Cunningham, C Committe.
P. Fleming, j)
Public Meeting,
At an adjourned meeting of the citizens ol
Charleston convened at the City Hall pursuant
to notice, the meeting was organized by the Hon.
H. L. Pinckney, Mayor of the City, taking the
Chair, and C. B. Northiop, appointed Secreta
ry.
The Committee, composed of the following
gentlemen, James Rose, H. L. Pinckney, Tris°-
tram Topper, F. H. Elmore, Esqts. and Dr. Men
denhall, submitted through their Chairman, the
Hon. Thomas iiennet, the following Report and
Resolutions, were unanimouly adopted.
Report.
That they have conferred generally with Mr.
Shultz, on the various topics which relate to tne
causes practically obstructing the growth of Ham
burg. anti incidentally affecting the interests and
trade of Charleston; and are of opinion that
they may be remedied, and that a course of op
erations can be devised, which, when matured and
consummated by experience, will be prosecuted
and sustained by public opinion.
To buiid up and establisn a Town under the
most favoring auspices, is an Herculean labor in
volving great hazard. Such an enterprise d'-
mands tor its succcessful accomplishment, a com
bination of talent, an unison of interests,’ t .nd a
command of capital, which can but rarelv be in-
..I
1 vested in such undertakings. To attempt theie
! fore a work of such magnitude, in the immediate
j pre.-enr.e of, and in direct competition with the
I commercial energies of a long established and |
■ flourishing city, and in the moment of a splendid
and succe.-sful career, by a single individual si rug- :
gling with misfortune, opposed by the power of |
wealth and influence, and the great variety of in- i
j terests. his success would probably invade or im- j
pair—indicates a mind of no ordinary activity
; and enterprise, and of enduring perseverance.
1 Mr. Shultz has effected this work. He has
achieved as much under such detening circum
stances, as could have been accomplished—and
: having placed his town oh a respectable footing,
I claims from Charleston no other aid than her own
; interests suggests.
He represents to your.committee that the city
| of Augusta, possesses every facility of advancing
schemes of the most extensive mercantile trans
actions —combines with the high influence of
this condition, an extensive control of the means
of communication from one side of the river to
the other—and, as an inducement to the Planters
of South Carolina to trade in her market, gives a
free use of her bridges, to all who may cross with
tiieir produce to Augusta. With, large capital
! and more varied and extensive stocks ot merchan
dise —her merchants are farther aided by large
emissions of paper from the Georgia Banks,
; which, emanating from sources irresponsible to
ns, circulates at a considerable depreciated value.
; This paper occupies within our own slate a very
I extended field of circulation, and as well trom the
j puolic necessities as the contracted action ot our
| own banks, will long, If not permanently supply
| the demand of the whole interior counliy, there-
I by rendering our own citizens tributary to the
banks of Georgia, loan amount greatly exceed
ing the interest of the sum thus circulated. W ith
i such advantages, Augusta commands a very large
poitiou, not only of the interior trade of the
State of Georgia, hut of South Carolina —and
with a commendable State pride, yields to Savan
nah the tribute of her best success. In ail this,
your committee can discern nothing for complaint
or censure. In the race of commercial t nterprise
and adventure, Augusta is now bold and active
and consequently more successful—and if from
South Carolina can derive the means of advan
cing the interest of the Emporium of her own
State, she does no more than the attachment ot
our own merchants would induce them to do for
Charleston. Her course is fair and honourable,
and should stimulate us to a competition, she
neither deprecates, nor fears, and to which her
success invites us.
It is more difficult to devise a remedy for, than
to trace the causes of our limited share in the bu
siness of the interior of these two States. The
relative positions occupied by the Banks of
Georgia and of this Stale, furnish causes for the
j apprehension that no effectual remedy could heat
| once applied. The bills of the Georgia Banks
i are even in the city oi Augusta—as 100 to 91 or
5 of the Banks of South Carolina, and a much
greater depreciation must nece-sarily result from
the opposing policy of the Banks in these re
spective States.
With a depreciated currency, a sound curren
cy cannot co exist—for if the former he sustain
ed by public opinion, the latter must retire. The
governing impulses of individual interest and that
spirit of cupidity which enters largely into the
I common transactions of life, alike forbid it. The
Planter who receives a half cent mote for his
Colton,because the currency in which he is p id
is of intrinsically less value, than it represents,
will not if it serve to the full amount ofthe value i
it represents to pay his debts and procure the us
ual supplies for his family and plantation, con
sent to exchange it at a loss ofs or 6 percent for
the bills of other Banks, or even for specie, for
the same uses. Nor will he take home with him
either ofthe latter commodities (for under such
circumstances both are commodities) if by ex
j changing them, he can procure a larger amount
of money that will answer all his personal, and
1 domestic necessities. From these and various
; other causes, hills of par value, will not be receiv
ed into ihe genera! circulation, but returned as
| rapidly as they appear upon the Banks that issue
; them—while a base and depreciated currency
1 will through conventional obligations or of ne
cessity continue to occupy its sphere of circula-
I tion.
At Augusta, therefore, the largest interior mart
| for the produce of these States, the dcprec ated
! hills of both will be most likely to concentrate—
and in a steady and uniform current exists the
I pernicious in uence aserbed to them ; nor can it
: lie arrested but by legislatve action or the slower
\ process of commercial operations.
These are in chief the causes to which Mr.
iSchultz refers, that obstruct the trade between
Gharleston and Hamburg, and direct its course to
Augusta and Savannah, in direct opposition to
the manifest and numerous advantages which
the former holds out. And as remedial ol the
; evils they enflict, he proposes that the Directors
of the Railroad Company, should at once proceed
to construct on their lands in the Town of Ham
burg extensive warehouses capable of receiving
from 20 to 25 thousand hales of cotton, or in the
event of their refusing to do so, that he would
lease their lands and construct such an establish
ment at his own private cost —and wffien com
pleted, to he organised by the Board of Directors,
in such manner as to effect the most perfect secu
rity to the interests of those who may hereafter he
engaged under the following arrangement: To
establish agencies in the town of Hamburg, by
the Banks ot this State, or companies of individ
uals, interested in the prosperity of Charleston,
Hamburg, and of the State generally That such
agents should he supplied with adequate credit or
sums of money for the purchase of all the Cotton
, that may be offered at Hamburg—md fully an
j thqrised to advance on such purchase, a sum
■ equal to three-fourths or four-filths of the actual
: value of such cotton. Such advances to be made j
| only, on the presentation of a ticket or certificate |
, from the Superintendant of the ware-house—in i
! which he shall represent that the cotton has been
actually delivered at the ware-house, and is in his i
i keeping—and also the number of bales, weight, '
and quality of the cotton. On the delivery of
which ticket, by the holder or owner of the cot
ton, and a draught on his factor, agent, or friend
in Charleston, advances in the proportion stated
| shall be made, to the purchaser or owner of such
I cotton.
| The Railroad Company to have the right of
j charging the usual rates of storage—the transpor
tation, and all incidental expenses to be incurred
1 in the management and safe keeping of such de
posites of cotton, and to be accountable for the
delivery of the several parcels to their respective
consigness; but no delivery shall take place or
be make at the Charleston ware-houses, until the
whole amount of the expenses incurred he fully
paid, and the ticket or certificate given by the
Superintendant at Hamburg be delivered to the
i Superintendant ac • harleston. In addition to
the present means of transportation by the Rail
i r °ad, Mr. Schultz proposes the establishment of a
line of boats to be exclusively employed in the
transportation of produce on the Savannah river
and to Charleston-—this latter establishment to
organize its own plan of operations, and be re
sponsible for the delivery of all the cotton receiv
ed on freight rom the ware-houses in Hamburg
to the Superintendant of the Railroad Company”*
ware-houses in Charleston, subject to the rules
and conditions previously stated.
The most cursory view of this project, as here
stated, will sugge-t the omission of details all df
which must flow from the combined counsels of 1
the several purges interested. The general out
line is all that is required, in a report like this and
which, in the opinion of your Committee, pre
sents features of a bold And striking character •
essentially plausible, and apparently advantage’
i V • .
otia to the interests of the State generally—of the
city of Charleston, and town of Hamburg, and to
those more immediately interested in the enter
prise. It is not only feasible, but eommeftds it
; ijelf to acceptance from the immense interests in-
I volved —interests essentially our own, and which
| may eventually be lost, through our supineness
i or negloct. * -
j The present moment is not however auspi-
I cious to the creation or direction of capital, to need
j any extensive enterprises, though sin pie in exe
t cution, and certain in their results. The high
| value of money arising from the extreme scarcity
j of, and general demand for it—the deep obliga
j tions which restrain and fetter the issues of our
I Banks, and the increasing obscurity and great
I uncertainty which shadows our monetary system
generally, admonish to the utmost caution. In
deed the general pressure is at this moment so se
vere, that your Committee would pause in advan
cing any efforts for the immediate consummation
of the design—and ail these motives require addi
tional force, when it is recollected how futile the
effort would be to attempt to force a circulation ot
the bills of (tanks at par value, into an atmos
phere tainted by an unsound and helcrogenious
currency.
On the other hand, your Committee would as
sert for Mr. Shultz, a title to great public consid
eration and respect—claims which will he readily
and cheerfully conceded to him, when it is recol
lected that in 1831, the present town, or rather ,
(site) of Hamburg was valued at no more than
>7OO, and with scarcely a sufficient trade for the
decent support of a single family, from which
condition, and chiefly through his individual ex
ertions, a town f.as been built up : the assessed
value of the Real Estate in which, approaches to
400,000; pays annually into the coffers of the
State, a tax exceeding fourteen hundred dollars,
and transacts a commercial business requiring a
capital of nearly two million dollars. From lefty
to sixty thousand bales of cotton are received
through each season at Hamburgh, illustrating
the truth that additional capital only is required
to consummate the most sanguine anticipations
of its founder. Should the fostering care of our
own city be extended on the conditions on which
it is now asked, an exhibit, would, in a very few
years, be presented, which would conclusively
es ablish the fact, that an union of efforts and
counsels would greatly advance the interests both
of Charleston and Hamburgh. W ith these im
pressions, your Committee respectfully submit
the following Resolutions:
Resolved, That it be recoram.mded to the (
Board of Direc tors of the South Carolina Canal
and Rail Road Company, to consider the expe
diency of establishing, with the least practicable
delay, capacious ware houses, both in Chaileston
and Hamburg, in furtherance of the measures
suggested in this report.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the sev
eral Banks of this State, to take this subject into
consideration, and if consistent with their inter
ests, io establish Branches or Agencies at Ham
burgh, with a view to aid in the object proposed.
Resolved, That we do recommend to those of
our Fellow-Citizens, who may be disposed to
make partial investments of their capital, to take
the several matters contained in this Report in»o
their serious consideration, and particularly so
much of it as refers to a line of water communi
cation. in aid of the means of transportation offer
ed by the Rail Road.
Thomas Bkssett.
James Ruse.
1 Henry L. Pinckney.
• Tristram Tcppeu.
Franklin H. Elmore.
Dr. T. D. Mendenhall.
i
The enterprising founder of Hamburg, Mr.
Henry Shultz, addressed the meeting, and in a
brief and feeling manner expressed his acknow
ledgements for the consideration of the citizens
of Charleston, and especially for the countenance
and support he had received for his enterprise
from the Hon. Mr. Bennett, while Governor.
On motion of Alexander Black, Esq., the Re
port and Resolutions, and the proceedings of the
meeting, were ordered to be published.
There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned. s
H. D. PINCKNEY, Chairman.
C. B. Northrop, Secretary.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool , Jan. 7
Latest dates from Havre Jan. 10
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton. Ihe market since our last report has
remained in a very inactive state, with but little
prospectof any material change, until the receipt
oflatci intelligence from Europe, which is daily
expected. The quantity arriving is quite 1 mited
and but little changes hands at present prices, hol
ders do not manifest a disposition to sell generally
and buyers seemed quite indifferent as to purcha
ses. Many planters come to the city and go away
without selling,indulging the hope that the market
will be in a better state before the market closes.
There was so little done yesterday that it is really
difficult to quote the market, but from the best in
formation we have been enabled to collect, we
think our last quotations,were fully sustained. We
therefore give our prices the same as on Saturday.
Ordinary to middling, 54 to 7
Fair, 7A to
Good fair, 8
Prime and choice,
Freights —To Savannah, 75 a 100 cents per bale.
Groceries. —The same inactivity that pievailed
during last week still exists in the market. Cur
supplies, however.are very good of all descriptions)
| save a very few articles. We have, therefore, no
| change to note in prices.
Exchange— On New-York at sight, 7a 8 per
j cent, lor cunent funds; Charleston at 4 a 5 per
: cen G Savannah 1 al| per ct.; Phi!adelphia2 a 3 per
rt.; Lexington, Ky. 1 per ct.; specie commands 6
per cent, premium.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 1 per cent. prem.
( olumbus Insurance B’k 1 “ « «
Commercial Bank, bacon, 1 « « «
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 6 “ “ «
Agency Brunswick, “ 6 44 “ «
Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank, Co.umbus, 24 44 “ di s
Milledgeville Bank, 24“ “
Gcmulgee Bank, 2±” 44 “ 4
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 24 “ “ 5
Hawkinsvilie Bank, 2~S 44 44 5
Chattahoochie R. R. B’k “
Company, 10 44 « «
Darien Hank, 16 44 44 u
Bank of Rome, 25 44 4. » 4
Ah other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paying Banks. — Mechanics’ Bank, Bank
of St. Mary’s, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Corn-
Sifcu' Bank ° f Maoon ’ and Branch in
MARINE intelligence.
n . , t, , , Savannah, February 2S.
Cleared— Br bark Spartan, Tarbot, Halifax; schr
Frank,in Green, Smith, Providence; schr Levant
Goldwaite, Baltimore. 5
V Arrived —Steamboat D W St. John, Pondt, Au
gusta.
{ VVe.it to sea —Brig Lexington, Candler, Glasgow-
Levant, Gold\»*ute, Baltimore.
Charleston, March 2
Cleared —Schrs Curlew, Young, Marseilles- John
Enders, Bell, New-York; Martha Elizabeth C-nm.
well, Baltimore.
Went to sea on Saturday —Ship Almira, Weeks
Liverpool; Br ship Josepha, MTntyre, do
Went to sea yesterday —Br ship Harriet Scott
Berry on, Liverpool; line ship La Fayette, Ellery’
New-York; barque Ganges, Ford, Antwerp; brig
Victiess, Clark. Hamburgh; Br bug Fame, Ballenl
tine, West Indies; schrs Harmony, Williams, p orto
Rico-, Curlew, Young, Marseilles; Emelinc Peter
sou, Leeds,New Vork.
cry RAIL ROAD FREIGHT REDUCED —All
artfc es usually carried by weight to Hamburg, will
be charged at 40 cents per 100 pounds (instead oi
50 cents, as customary,) till further notice,
mar 2 JOHN KING, Jy., Agent.
B. H. OVERBY,
attorney at Law,
feb 25 Jefferson, J ackson county, Ga.
<yy Dr. W. FLINT offers his services to the cj.
tizeus of Augusta in the different branches of his
I profession. He may be found at all hours at the
I late residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second dooi
from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold streets,
nc v 29 _ j v
yy TO THE LOVERS OF THE ail J's.—
The Paintings at Mr. Ricaards’ Drawing Academy
(Masonic Hall.) will hereafter be opened to
tors, every Saturday afternoon and evening, f iom
2 o’clock until 9 o’clock p. m. At night the rooms
will be well lighted. dec 19
yyPUBLIC NOTICE.—Dr. Muxroe,
Dentist, has returned to Augusta, and has removed
liis operating rooms to one door belo w Martin Fred
die t’s Confectionary, and opposite the Br d m
Bank Building. f e t 0
yf LAW NOTICE. —The undersigned practi
ces in the Superior Courts of Columbia. Washing
ton, Scriven, Burke, and Jefferson coun ies.
feb 19 2w CHARLES J, JENKINS.
yy Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its
vicinity. He will be found at bis residence, the
first brick building above Guedron’s stable oa EUR
street,recently occupied by John L. Adams.
Rug 17 ts
yy Dr. C. W. WEST offers his professional
services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity
His office is in Mclntosh-street. opposite the office
of the Constitutionalist: residence at the Eagle and
Phoenix Hotel. Yob 13 —trwlm
yy NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows: —
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a si.
44 44 Summerville, 44 - -S 30
44 t 44 Georges’. - 44 - 10 00
44 " 44 Brapphville, 44 - 11 00
44 44 Midway, - 44 - 1130 in
4 44 Blackville, - 44 - JOO
44 44 Aiken, - - 44 - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
downward.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m.
44 44 Aiken, - 44 - 73 0
44 44 Blackville, 44 - - 930
44 4t Midway, 44 - - 10 30
44 44 Branchvill 44 - - II 00
44 44 Georges’, 44 - - 12 00 m.
4 44 Summerville, 44 - - 2 00p. »i.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance —136 miles. Fare Through—slo 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wo’ 1 and water at any
station.
To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
Sincaths, Woodstock, Tnabinet’s, 41 mile T. D.,
Rives’, Grahams, Wiilcston, Windsor, Johnsons,
and Marsh’s T. O.
Passengers uv will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Biackvnie ; aown. will bream as tat Aiken
anil dine at Summervihe. may 21
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERsT"
DR W. EVANS ’ CELEBRATED SOOTHING
SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth. This
infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of chil
dren, when thought past recovery, from convul
sions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. The preparation is
so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no
child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it.
A lien infants are at the age of four months, though
there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of the
Syrup should be used on the gums, to open the
pores. Parents should never be without the Syrup
in the nursery where there are young children ; for
if a child wakes in the night with pain in the gums,
the Syrup immediately gives ease, by opening the
pores and healing the gums ; thereby preventing
convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. Wm.
Evans’ Medical Office, 100 Chatham street, New
York, where the Doctor maybe consulted on all
diseases of children,
PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF
Dr. EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP.—To the Agent
of Dr. Evans’ Soothing Syrup : Dear Sir—The
treat benefit afforded to my suffering infant by
four Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and
lainful dentition, must convince every feeling pa
ent how essential an early application of surb an
ivaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery and
arture. My infant, when teetiiing, experienced
mch acute sufferings, that it was attacked with
convulsions, and my wife and family supposed that
death would soon release the babe Hum anguish,
till we procured a bottle of your Syrup; which as
soon as applied to the gums, a wonder fu , mange
was produced, and after a few applications the
child displayed obvious relief, and by continuing in
its use, I am glad to inform you the child has com
pletely7 recovered, and no recurrence of that awful
complaint has since occurred; the teeth are_ema
nating daily and the child enjoys perfect health.
1 give you my cheerful permission to make this
acknowledgment public, andwill gladly give any
information on this circumsU nee.
WM. JOHNSON.
TONIC PILLS. —Tire power of Evans ’ Camomile
Pills are such, that the palpitating heart, the trem
ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the fluttering mind,
vanish befoie their effects like noxious vapors be
fore the benign influence of the morning sun.--
They have long been successfully used for the cine
of in tesmittents,together with fevers of the irregu
lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral ob
structions.
This tonic medicine is for nervous complaials,
encral debility, indigestion and its consequences,
or want of appetite, distension of thestoraaejj, acid
ity, unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling noise
in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, whan
the mind becomes irritable,desponding,thoughtlul.
melancholy, and dejected. Hypochor.driacism, con
sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all olliei
nervous affections, these pills w r ill produce a safe
and permanent cure.
Evans’ Camomile Pills were first introduced hie
America in 1535.
EVANS ’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS aic
purely vegetable, composed with the strictest 1 in
cision of science and of art; they never pro.hue
nausea, and arc warranted to cure the following
diseases which arise from impurities of the blca.l,
vvi: — Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, Coah,
Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthma, (
lera. Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnit > an i
Bladder , Affections peculiar to Females, and !, lt
those diseases of wf atsoever kind to which him *•'
nature is subject, where the stomach 13affected
f
More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary
j catey of Dr. Wm. Evans’ celebrated Camomile >'' {
I Aperient Anti-Bilious Pills, in alleviating a flu l> 1
! mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron. 101 Bowen."
Disease—Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody 7 Hun
Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels, se
vere griping,frequent inclination to go to stool-w
nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, 1,0 ‘
qucncy of pulse, and a frequent discharge of a I’m
cuhar foetid matter mix?d with blood.greatdebiffiG
sense of burning heat, W’ith an intolerable benim; 1
down ot the ‘parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying l'-’ 1 '
cct health, and returns his sincere thanks for
extraordinary benefits he has received.
Sold by ANTONY & HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta
J. M.& T. M. TURNER.Savannah
P. M. COHEN & Co., Charleston.
SHARP & ELLS, MiliedgevihV,
C, A. ELLS, Macon,
A. W. MARTIN, Forsvth
’4 M. E. Wr>.L.L&, Druggist, Athens
MAR-K A. LANE, Washington.
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