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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL^ AUGUSTA.; FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27. Theatre, Mrs. Fitzwilltam closes her * engagement in this city to-night, when she takes her benefit, i prior to her departure for Charleston. We have < save, on a single occasion, forbore tol eulogise the performances of this highly accomplished lady,for we felt that her powers needed no eulogy, indeed they are superior to it. To-night sh? presents an attractive bill, and we trust that ouricitizens will testify their sense of her merit by Joiaking it a s real benefit. j ' The Tybee Light, | Is the name of*a new Daily and Tri-Weekly paper about to be issued in the city of Savannah, I under the Editorial management of .Messrs. H. j S. Bell and Charles Davis, the p ospectus of ( which is now out. We subjoin a paragraph from . their prospectus, in which they ai nounce the ! political principles &c. of their forthc fining sheet. ! “Our combined efforts will, as h retofore, be ( devoted totne advancement of the g cat cause of , State Rights, and of retrenchment a;d economy ( in public officers, State and General— of purity in , the public and private morals of the ;ountry (so t shamefully degenerated of late,) —tc the promo- ( tion of the cause of temperance and frugality— , and to the?firm establishment of law md order in the administration of our institutioi s from the t primary movement at the ballot bodies, to the highest judicial tribunal of the country. And as the surest and only available means of promoting all these high interests, we will advocate the elec- ( tion of William Henry Harriso'i, of Ohio, ( and John Tyler, of Virginia, to the two highest ( offices in the gift of the people. ( Further of the Shipwretfh. The Charleston Patriot of Wednesday says:— ' “We learn by the arrival of the Steam Packet 1 C. Vanderbilt, from Wilmington, that it was re ported at Smithville that one of the Cape Fear Pilot Boats had gone to the wreck; of the Br ship Flora, wrecked on Frying Pan Shoals, and succeeded in saving two of the crew, Heaving the Captain and nine men still upon thelwreck. It blowing a gale of wind at the time and a heavy sea running, the Pilots were unable to save any more. The Pilot Boat would proceed again to the wreck this day, with the hope of saving the balance of this unfortunate crew, if the weather should prove favorable, but from the violence the weather at this time, it is more than probable no assistance can be rendered these unfortunate beings, and that they will be left to their fate. A bad Account.— The Patterson, N. J. In telligencer says“ The greater part of the man ufactories in this town have been lying idle for months. There are, we understand, but two es tablishments among the whole numbe j which are making full lime; a few of the others (un part of the time.” A Post Office has been established at Camak, Warren county ; Edward A. Cranda| appointed Post Master. Also at Poolesville, DeKalb coun ty; James Caldwell appointed Post Ar aster. Ho n, Mr. Cuthbeut.— The \rashington Correspondent of the New York Express, gives the following description of Mr. Cuthhert’s man ner of speaking in public; • “ Mr. Cuthbert is an odd fish ; affected—vain —ridiculous. He would talk for a month about nothing, and in a manner so pompous and extrava gant, that from his manner, you woulcl fancy the subject under consideration, a question! of war or peace. To-day, he was quite ultra. Maine was threatened, if. And Georgia would h;lve a non intercours?law with her, but. Mr, CUs a radi cal Loco Foco : n perish credit system —a golden humbug man—an advocate of the Sub-Treasury and low wages.” * ; Dry Goods Trade. The New York Morning Chronicle of Satur day, says;—“Since our last report on this branch of trade, the stock in this market has been great ly increased by the arrival of abouj; -a dozen packets, ah of which have brought, sis we pre“ dieted in our last, fair cargoes of Dry! Goods.— This addition to the supply of new anl desirable goods, must naturally have some influence to re vive trade among this class of merchants. The merchants of the neighboring cities jiajve been anxiously waiting these arrivals, and{ they will now bo able to get in their Spring supplies, whether large or small. The packeU; that left Liverpool early in the season, have njt brought so full cargoes as those that 'eft later. This can only he attributed to the disappointment of the manufacturers of Great Britain, in not receiving more extensive orders from this country, and which induced them to ship a considerflMe quan tity on their own account. It is a fact why well known among our leading merchants* that the orders from this country which wont oiiljearly in the season were very small, and the sudiieu in crease of shipments at Liverpool, the hitler part of January, cannot be reasonably attributed to any other cause, than the determination? of the manufacturers of Europe to ship theij- surplus stock on their own account, which, if they do to any extent, must create an overplus in-this mar ket, injurious to the interests of this community and to the shippers.” i i - ■ —i > The editor of the New Orleans Sun! says he will give $50,000 to any person who vlijl show him a rich man’s epitaph without a lil i n it if he draws the Si. Charles Theatre in the $2,000,000 Lottery. i From the Southern Recorder. | | The Monroe Railroad Bank, on Thunihiy last, made a demand on the Central Bank if.r settle n-: !of her !• to ihe tune of fO.OOo} dollars We are informed a settlement was wfuajd. We hardly know how to understand thisi ; ccie of course could net have been demanded, or it it was' ■was o. course refused, as the Rail.-oak!. Bank must have anticipated. But they hud a hcht .vo imagine to an exchange of our bills if’tlerired. Was this refused 1 We imagine so, as ftHis was all that could have been expected by tHe Bank making the demand. If the Central Bank has I refused to exchange her bills for others when re- t quired, we fancy her own bills will suffer from t the operation. ... r One thing at least strikes us very forcibly from r this example. That is, that if the Central Bank a either cannot or will not take up her hills when other bills are required, we wonder at the recent t Editorial articles of the Federal Union on this c subject, advocating an extensive issue of these f bills byway of distribution. If she fails in the i first demand, and when but a very insignificant ( amount of her bills have been issued, we are at a r loss to know by what possibility she could respond c when the issue was extended probably five fold, t From the Rational Intelligencer. The State of the Country. Such is, we know, the infatuation with which j some men hug the trammels ol party, that they j will follow its fortunes so nearly to the verge of { ruin that nothing but the last step in the catastro- t phe seems capable of bringing them to reflect up- £ on their dangerous predicament. t Never did this observation apply with more s force than to the supporters of the last and the t present Administrations; for they have stood by j the unwise measuiesof their leaders with unyiel- t ding firmness until ruin has crushed its thousands and they find themselves involved in the umver- t sal desolation. By dint of mere suffering some , among them have been Draught to pause, and j they begin to reason with themselves and with one another. The lamentations over the dead and the wailing of the wounded on a bloody bat tle-field are not affecting than the cries of . the ruined and the broken-hearted now heard through the whole length and breadth of our country. Whilst we deplore a state of things | which we have done every thing in our power to prevent, it is a subject of gratification to perceive { that it has ai length roused in the less bigotted ( adherents of their party a spirit of inquiry into the causes and the authors of so much evil. { We ask once more of such of these as are in a J condition to hear reason, to go with us back to j the recollection of better days, and trace our his tory up to the present time, that we may discov- ( er what have been the cause*, and who the au thors, of all this mischief. , For the first forty years of our national exist- ‘ ence, the Government was administered by pro- found statesmen and devoted and disinterested patriots. During that period, a country so pros perous and happy as our own, one that moved on with so successful a developemenl of its vast re- ! sources, the world has never seen. No cloud < darkened our horizon foi more than a brief pe- I riod of time, and then from causes that no foresight could avoid, and of a nature to which every Peo- 1 pie must be subject, however wisely its Govern- ' ment may lie administered. The blessings of prosperity and happiness were 1 vouchsafed to us through all this space of time, until the People, in an evil hour, with hearts over flowing with gratitude to the founders of our In stitutions, were cajoled into the belief that they would find in Gen. Jackson “a second Washing ton,” and placed him at the head of the Govern ment, without his possessing a single qualification for its safe administration. Had Gen. Jackson been wisely distrustful of his own capacity, he would have found in the ample of his illustrious predecessors the chart of safety. He had but to throw himself on the wave that was carrying the whole country on to its proud and enviable destiny, and all would have been well. But the infirmities ot his character prevail ed over the dictates of reason. With daring courage, indeed, but yet with presumption which ignorance alone could excuse, he approached the most delicate and vital principles in the science of Government, and determined to reform them, though the wisdom of nations had declared them good, and the experience of ages had pronounced them settled. He took hold of the currency and the finances of the country, and, in the absence of both information and experience on the subject, resolved to change them from their settled foun dations. And this purpose he accomplished, in violation of the sanctity of the Constitution, and in disregard of law. Without a faltering step he pursued his determination, which has been of so much mischief the prolific source. The war ning of wise counsels, the remonstrances offriends and the predictions of evil, only made his resolves the more inflexible, and his means of accomplish ing them the more desperate. Thus was laid the foundation of all the evils which now scourge the coui.try; and our present Chief Magistrate, by following in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessor , has consummated the work of mischief and ruin. From the beginning of Gen. Jackson’s crusade against the currency, the finances, and the insti tutions upon which their successful management essentially depended, must be dated the downfall of our national prosperity and happiness. And, if the wit of mankind had been taxed to work out a scheme otthe quickest and most successful ru in, none could have been devised more fatal and efficient than that whose success Gen. Jackson's ■ flatterers madenim believe was to crown bis fame j with unfading glory. We have but to cast our eyes over our continent, and we behold in all di rections the sad memorials of a desperate and fa tal mal-administration of pubiic affairs. Our commerce, that once floated on every sea, has dwindled down to a mere remnant. Our manu- ; factures, that erewhile were enlivened with the busy movements of industry and piofit, are lin gering out an unprofitable existence. Our agri culture, that, until lately, was rewarded with a rich return,seeks in vain for a market. Our in ternal improvements, that recently stretched out their thousand arras to embrace the Union in one bond of fellowship and Intercourse, are abandon ed, and many millions of their cost are already lost to the country in consequence. The stream of capital that was flowing in from its capacious ; reservoir in the Old World to seek employment I in the enterprise ot the New, is wholly cut off. Our credit, that once stood with proud respect in all the marts of the world, is now dishonored. Our enterprise, that was wont to explore every avenue for profit, is stricken down in hopelossdes pair. Labor, that brought its re'urn of happi ness and comfort to tens of thousands of families, now wanders about in rags begging for employ ment. The exchanges of our country, which, ten years ago. stood at less than one per cent- be tween the extremes of the Union, ore now rang ing, between places only a hundred or two miles apart, at from six and seven to fifteen and twenty per cent. In fine, a national paralysis, ruined fortunes, gloom, suffering,and a bankrupt Treas ury, are the prints of Gen. Jackson’s footsteps, in which Mr. Van Buren has faithfully followed. Such are the consequences of casting away the valuable lights of experience, substituting for them the crudities of ignorance, and experiment ing witii the life-blood of a nation’s prosperity. When this fatal purpose was first disclosed, un der the administration of General Jackson, the wisdom of our country pronounced it a heresy, and predicted the consequences. These predic tions have been verified to the letter. So uner ring was their reach into the future, that the spirit of ancient prophecy never foretold events with more certainty. Against the rash and reckless course of the Executive the warning voice of our real statesmen was raised with earnest entreaty. Their protestations against it were loud aitd long and their resistance to it was of a boldness pro ; portioned to the magnitude of the evils which they apprehended. But unhappily the persons who conceived the mischief held the reins of Gov ernment, am. they have driven headlong over the ramparts of the law and the prostrate interests of | the country. S3r have things yet reached their worst uule s the People interpose. The tendency of things is yet downward. The same stern resolve that S V. _ * t has broken down (be prosperity of the country is now at work to crush with it the spirit that dates, to complain. Success in this last effort is all that is wanting to perpetuate the reign of tyran ny and op;f»ression. under which the country has already groaned too long. Surety, if there be any truth in the picture which we have sketched of the present state of our country —and that there is, we presume no one will deny—and if the stale of things, be as it undeniably is, th« fruit of maladministration of public affairs, still willfully persisted in; what reasonable or thinking man but must be satisfied of the necessity of a change of administration, to produce a change in the face of public af fairs. Setting aside all questions of personal prefer ence, or party pride or predilection, is it likely, we ask, that a dogged perseverance in a foolish and ruinous policy will lead to a wise and pros perous end 1 Is it not the known determination of the now dominant power in the Government to persevere in its present policy I Is there, then any earthly mode of bringing back the country to its former sound and happy condition, than, by a concert of all men who see and acknowledge these truths, to effect such a reform in the admin istration of the Government as will give it a new direction 1 These are questions which are put to our read ers, and which we trust that those who yet doubt will-think upon, and each one answer for and to himself. Congressional. Among the petitions presented on Monday last in the House, we perceive the following: By Mr. Dawson : The following petitions, viz : from Samuel Rockwell, Win Hanselt, and Wm H Underwood, asking of Congess the payment of certain claims against the Cherokee Indians as a tribe, and assumed by the General Government under the late treaty with that tribe. A claim of the State of Georgia for money advanced to the officers and soldiers of the Revo lution. Referred select committee of five mem bers. A petition from the Commissioners of Pilotage of the city of Darien, relative to a light-house, &c. A petition from the citizens of Bucketsville, asking a mail rout, &c, Greensborough, Georgia, through that place, to Greensborough, South Car olina. Value of Water Power nr tiif. United States. —ln a report made to the Senate of In diana, we find the following facts recorded in re ference to the value of water : By an examination of the rates of leasing wa ter power in other portions of the United States, we find the following facts: In Ohio, at large towns on the canal, the rates per run of stones are, per annum, §l5O 00 In Ohio and Indiana, out of the large towns, §IOO to 125 00 At Cincinnati the State leases at 250 00 At Lowell, Massachusetts, on Merrimack river, 97 80 At Cohoes, near Albany, New York, 189 00 At Patterson, New Jersey, 399 00 At Manayunk, near Philadel phia, 555 40 Average of the whole, exclusive of Indiana, 384 74 In this state has been leased at Indianapolis, 1 awrenceburgh, Harrison, Peru, &c., a total amount of power equal to 30 run of stones, at §l5O per year for each rnn. Opium Eating in England. — A London paper of recent date says that the consumption of Upium in England has increased to a great extent; insomuch that the subject formed a mat ter of discussion at a late meeting of the West minster Medical Society. It was stated by a respectable member of that body from his own personal knowledge, that opium eating had in creased in the country to such a degree as to have become nearly equal in its proportion with tee-totalism. The subject had become of such importance that the different insurance offices were about to hold a meeting in consequence of their h iving discovered that they had sustained considerable loss from, as well as that a new risk had been created, by the enormous increase of the consumption of opium. The use of this drug seems to be the last re son of a vitiated taste in search of unnatural excitement. The statements above made, if founded upon actual facts, may well cause alarm in England, for there is no predicting how far the dangerous habit may prevail if it once be comes established. The experience of mankind unhappily shows in too many instances that the terrible consequences which follow unlawful in dulges, are insufficient to warn effectually against yielding to them, when once infatuation has pos sessed the mind. If the fact were otherwise there would need no other security against the ; habit of opium eating—for of all kinds of intem ; perance this appears to entail upon its victims i the most dreadful species of suffering.— Bait. American. Destructive Hcrricase at Madras.—A tremendous Hurricane, with an inundation of the sea, occurred on the 16th November, at Cor ing?, on the coast northward of Madras. Some | particulars of the devastation committed were | given in the Madras Spectator, on the authority lof letters written on the spot. “The water from ! the sea rushed in with such violence, that the , houses at Coringe, except E’s. large house, and j three or four other brick houses, all the rest they I say have been carried away. I have had two | and a half feet of water in my garden and in my ! room, which is under my bungalow, one and a | half foot. They say that more than2o,ooo peo | pie have perished by this terrible hurricane, which I lasted only five or six hours. There is nothing to he seen in every direction but dead bodies and drowned cattle. Sixty native vessels, which were in the roads loaded with paddy, disappeared; and they do not know what has become of them.” Among the items of literary intelligence con tained in the L verpool correspondence of the N. \ . Star, it is stated that Bulvvcr has produced another play. The title is “Cromwell,” and it will be brought forward at the Haymarket in the course of this month—the part of Cromwell by Macready. Theodore Hook has two novels in press. One is entitled “Uncle Geoffrey,” and it will have Hook’s portrait; the other is called “Precept and Practice,” to be illustrated by Phiz. Edward Howard, author of Rattlin the Reefer, has also a novel in press. It will be called Jack Ashore. A Bishop’s Humility. —John Knox’s “Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regimen.” gave great ofience to Queen Elizabeth, who could not bear to be bearded in her “ pride of place;” and Dr. Aylmer, having written a courtly answer to Knox’s wo,k, he was advanced to the See of London. In his work Aylmer had advised the prelates to be content with “ priest-tike and not to seek after “prince l>ke ” fortunes; but when he was made a bishop he forgot his doctrine, and being one dav reminded of it, he replied in the words of St. Paul, “When I was a child I spake as a child, I tbougl t as a child ; hut when I be came a man, I put away childish tilings!” The affairs of Turkey have been managed in a wretched manner. It has been demonstrated that in a district which { a:d four millions in tax es, only 35'J.000 reached the treasury of the Sul tan ; consequently 3,650,000 were absorbed by rapacious Pachas or their underlings. From the New Monthly for February. \ Annette, or the Galerien—— A Tale. 1 BT THE COUNTESS OF BLXSSINGTON. i ■- . 1 Annette Moran was the prettiest girl at a vil lage in the department of the Isere, famed for the 1 beauty of i.s female inhabitants. She was the only person who doubted this fact, and her evi dent freedom from vanity, joined to the unpre tending simplicity and mildness of her nature, rendered her beloved even by those of her own sex who might have felt inclined to contest charms less meekly borne by their possessor. Among the many candidates for the hand of Annette, Jules Dejean was the one who had won her heart. Their marriage had been long agreed on, and they only waited to have a sufficient sum laid by, the fruits of their earnings and economy, to enable them to commence their little menage. Annette might be seen, every evening, busily en gaged in spinning the yarn that was destined for the linen of her future establishment, while Jules sat by her, reading aloud, or indulging with de light in anticipations of their marriage. How of ten did he endeavor, during the period of their probation, to persuade his Annette that they al ready had sufficient funds to commence house keeping. Charles Vilman and his Marie, with many other notable examples, were produced to prove that a couple might marry and be happy with less than five hundred francs, and Annette, half convinced, stole a timid look at her mother, who answered it by shaking her head and saying, “Ah! that’s all very well, because Charles and Marie have no children as yet, so that they are as free to work as if they were single. But people are not always so fortunate as to be married three years without having a family; and when a young woman has one child in her arms, and another beginning to walk, she can attend but little to her work-” This reasoning never appeared quite conclu sive to the comprehension of the lovers, though it brought a brighter tint to the cheeks of Annette, and a roguish smile to the lips of Jules, and nei ther seemed to think it was peculiarly fortunate for married persons who loved each other not to have children, though they did not dispute the point with la bonne mere Moran, About this period the care of the village died, ad his place was supplied by a young clergyman, who came from a distant part. The regret felt by all his flock for the good pastor was not light ened by seeing in his successor a man whose youth excluded the hope that bis advice or expe rience could replace that of him they had lost.— Nevertheless, the urbanity and kindness of Le Pere Laungardsoon reconciled them to him, and he became popular. Le Pere Laungard was a young man of prepossessing appearance, and some natural abilities; but with passions so vio lent and irregular, that they rendered him most unfit for the holy profession he had adopted.— Like pent-up fir. s, they raged but with more vio lence because they were concealed; and hypocri sy and artifice were called in to assist aim in hiding feelings that he took more pains to conceal than to suppress. Some irregularities had mark ed his conduct at the cure he had left, and these had been represented to the bishop of his diocese; but that prelate refused credence to any state ments against the young priest, and looked on him as a persecuted son of the church, whom he was called upon to protect against its enemies.— Le Pere Laungard had no sooner seen Annette than he became enamour.-d of her and it re quired all his powers of duplicity and affected sanctity to veil his passion, while in his heart he cursed the profession that rendered this duplicity necessary. When he became acquainted with the affection and engagement of Annette and Jules,the most ungovernable jealousy was added to the stings of unlawful passion; he abandoned himself to plots for breaking off the marriage, and a thousand fearful and horrid thoughts passed through his ill-regulated mind. At times, actuated by the stings of conscience, he would throw himself on the earth, and with burning tears bewail his wretched fate, and hav ing humbled himself to the dust, he would pray for power to conquer this fatal and unhallowed love. But some innocent proof of affection giv en by the lovers in his presence would soon ex cite afresh all the evil of his nature, and he would look on them as did the serpent in Paradise, en vying the happiness of our first parents, until overpowered by the feelings that consumed him, he would rush into solitude, and abandon him self to all the violence of his disposition. He used every effort in his power to insinuate himself into the good graces of Annette, and. by ; the softness and impassioned earnestness of his manner, he succeeded in exciting an interest in her mind—the more readily accorded, that her whole heart being engrossed, and the passion that filled it being fully reciprocated, left her disposed to think well of, and feel kindly towards, all the world. Often did Annette, in the innocence of her mind, and with that complacency which a , mutual affection engenders, observe to Jules, what a pity it was that Le Pere Laungard, a good looking, amiable young man, with so much sen sibility, should be forever excluded the pale of conjugal ties. “To live without loving,” said the pure Annette, “ appears to me to be impossi ble; and though he may like all hisflosk, as 1 do my friends and companions, still that is so differ ent, so cold and unsatisfying a feeling in compar ison with that which you, dear Jules, have awa kened in my breast, that I cannot hut pity all who are shut out from entertaining a similar one. Jules felt none of this pity or sympathy for Le Pere. Laungard, for, with the furtive glan ces of the "young priest directed to Annette, his disordered air and changing countenance, his agitation and tremulous voice, when ad dressing her, and he liked not the flashing of Laungaid’s eye whenever, as the affianced husband of Annette, he availed himself of the privileges that character gave him of holding her hand in his, or encircling her small and yielding waist with his arm. *The purity and reserve of Annette imposed a restraint on Le Pere Laun gard that but increased the violence of his pas si n, and as the time app.cached for her nuptials, it became more ungovernable. According to the usages of the Roman Catho lic religion, persons about to be united confess to their priest .he night previous to the marriage ceremony, and receive the sacrament the next morning prior to its celebration. Annette went to the church, which was about two miles distant from her home, accompanied by a female neighbor; and on arriving, was told that Le Pere Laungard could not receive her confession until a late hour in the evening.—Her companion becoming impatient to return to her home, quitted Annette, who informed her that Jules would come to conduct her back to her mo ther. Her friend left her in the twilight, in the church reposing on a bench, and met Jules on the road, whom she advised not to interrupt the devo tions of his fiancee , as it would he some time ere she would have finished. He loitered about, and at length becoming impatient, proceeded to the church; where not finding Annette, and conclu ding that she had returned by another route, be hastened to the house of her mother. She had not arrived here, however, and the most fearful ap prehensions filled his mind. He returned again to the church, and knocking loudly at the house of Le Pete Laungard, which joined it, demanded when Annette had left the sacred edifice. The priest replied thiough ’.he window, that she had left the confessional at nine o’clock and that was all he knew. Agonized by the wildest fears and suspicions, Jules aroused aii his friends in the village, and they proceeded in every direction | calling aloud on Annette ; and the night was pas sed in searches for the luckless maiden. i Morning, that morning which was to have I crowned his happiness for ever, by making An- I nette hi« own, saw Jules, pale and haggard, dis traction gleaming in his eyes, and drop* of cold perspiration bursting from his forehead, approach ( with bis friends the hank of the river, which they proposed to draw with a net, as being the only place as yet unexplored. While we leave them employed in this melan- choly office, we must return to the lemale friend 1 who had left Annette, at the Church. Bhe I sought an interview with the servant of the priest f whom she closely questioned, as she maintained > that the unhappy girl had decided on returning by a certain route, and had she done so, she could not have failed to meet Jules, and conse quently suspicions of foul play were excited in her mind. 1 The servant stated that Le Pere Laungard had ' give her a commission to execute at the village the evening before, and had told her she might remain there until twelve o’clock. This unsolici- \ ted permission struck her as something extraor- ] dinary, and she did not avail herself of it to the 1 full extent. She returned about nine o’clock, and having let herself it, was eating her supper, when she heard a violent struggle in the room above that where she was sitting, and a sound of ( stifled groans. She ran upstairs, and findingher ‘ master’s door fastened, she demanded if he was ) ill, as she had oeen alarmed by hearing a noise. He j answered that he had merely fallen over a chair; but there was a trepidation in his voice which s announced that he was agitated. i This was all that the servant could state ; but * it was enough to point the suspicions already ex- I cited, still more strongly to the priest. j The river was drawn, and close to its bank was found the corse of the beautiful and ill-fated An nette ; her disheveled hair, and torn garments, bore evidence to the personal violence she had sustained, ere she had been consigned to a watery grave, and the livid marks of fingers on her throat induced a belief that her death had been caused by strangu alien, ere she had been plunged into the river. Fragments of her dress, found attach ed to the briers, and locks of her beautiful hair caught in them, gave indications of the route by which her corse had been evidently dragged along, ' and were traced even to the door of the priest’s | house; but when the servant came forth, with a fragment of the kerchief Annette had worn, and ( which she had found in the ashes where the rest , had been consumed, there was no longer a doubt j left in the minds of the spectators, as to who was 1 the perpetrator of the horrible deed. > The murderer fled, pursued by the villagers; but having rushed into the river, he gained the opposite side in safety, ere they arrived to see him j again resume his flight. He passed the frontier, , entered Piedmont, and there overcome w th the , sense of his guilt, and nearly dead with fatigue, he gave himself up to the civil authorities. He was soon after claimed by the French, tried, and condemned to the galleys for life; where he still drags on a miserable existence, not daring to lift his eves from the ground lest he should meet the glance of horror his presence never fails to ex cite in all who see him, and know his crime. Jules no longer able to remain in a spot now rendered insupportable to him, gave up his little fortune to the mother of his Annette enlisted at Grenoble, and soon after met his death, gallantly fighting at Algiers. The house of Le Pere Laungard, has been ra zed to the ground by the inhabitants of the village; and a monument has been erected to the lovely but unfortunate Annette. Tailor Defended.—A tailor, instead of be ing the ninth part of a man, possesses the qual | ilies of nine men combined, as folio .vs; ! Ist. As an economist, he cuts his garments ac cording to his cloth. I 2nd. As a gardner, he is careful of his cabbage. 3d. As a cook, he provides himself with a hot goose. 4th. As a sheriff's officer, he does much at sponging. stb. As an executioner, he furnishes many gal lowses. |||6th. As a general, he brandishes not a sword but a bare bodkin. 7th. As a sailor, he shears off whenever he thinks necessary. Bth. As a lawyer, he attends to many suits. 9th. As a Christian and divine, it is his chief aim to form good habits for himself and others. I think enough ha# been said to do away with the oj probrium so often cast upon the knights of the thimble and needle, to induce the fraterni ty to unite and contribute a suit of clothes to their friend and humble servant.— Exchange. Soap Locks.—The Boston Times gives a his tory of the origin of the soap locks—a class of gentlemen who have become somewhat noto rious in New York. The first of the “order,” it is said, was a famous thief in the English metro polis, who after having for a long time succcss i fully carried on his exploits, was at length caught, and sent to Botany Bay. He could not subscribe ! to the doctrin of “honor among thieves,” but I soon engaged in his old practices, and having j been delected, he submitted to ihe punishment of having his ears cut off by the authorities at that place. After living at that interesting colony some lew years, he contrived to effect his j escape, and made his way to New York. In that city he found that cropped ears were by*no means j fashionable, and in order to hide the deformity, ho suffered his locks to grow to an inordinate length, and, to keep them from blowing about in every breeze, soaped them until they assumed a firm and sleek appearance. This fashion was soon followed by “exquisites” and some who were not “exquisites,” until finally, the wearers have be come a class distinct and to themselves, known as the greatest scoundrels in the mercantile empori um—the dread of honest people, and a trouble | to the police. From the London Athenaum. To an Old Pen. What no! Come father, my grey-goose quill! Why dost thou on the giound lie low? I’ll have thee, shape thee, use thee slid; Thou shall not die, and ’scape me so. Come here, old friend; I’ll force thee trace A dream of words, all soft and deep. Such as throw morn on maiden’s face. And carry joy into her sleep. I’ll force thee sing of love, my dear, < f gentle, tenderest, truest lo"e; How gentlest gil ls are faiiest here, And angels afterwards above. Perhaps I’ll bid thee chaunr of war. On land, or on the howling sea, — Os wonders, born in regions far, — Os courts, or crowned pageantry; Op else—sweet music be our theme, The music of the heart or ear; Such as once taught my soul to dream It dwelt upon a fairy sphere. Dost thou remember—j r ears ago. How thou and I through night did run (Ah, none but thou and I shall know!) Singing of love, from sun to sun? Thus will we sing again. Old Time Shall never cramp my heart again, But let me loose, to laugh or rhyme, D Wdth thee—with thee , mine ancient pen. L I Yet, no; —grave thoughts must now be ours— ■ A graver, plainer, purer page ; 1 WVU give to youth its world of flowers, , And feed upon the fruits of age. Tun Packets are coming.— The New York i Morning Chronicle of Saturday says;—We quote a fleet of packet slips arrived yesterday, all with large cargoes of dry goods, viz:—Toronto, Gris . wold, from London, Feb. Ist; Europe, Marshall, from Cork, Feb. 2d; Cambridge, Bursley, from Cork, Feb. 2d; New York, Barstow, from Cork, I Feb. 2d; Sully .Thompson, from Havre, Feb. Ist! Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road. Hamburg, March 26, 1840. T Dawson; Gould & Bulkley; J VV Cunningham; B Piquet; VV E Jackson; Bently fit McCord; J C Leaner; B & Munday; G R Jessup; J M Smith; Russell & Hutchinson; Stovall,Simmons & Co; J e s! fers & Boulware; Maher & Rhoney; Anderson fc Young; J F Benson. COMMERCIAL. Lafest dales from Liverpool, Feb. 29 Latest dates from Havre Feb 25 Macon, Narch 24 Cotton— We quote the prices of yesterday at 51 to 7s, dull and a downward tendency in the mar ket. During the week a choice lot of the Mono- ion brand went off at 0 New York, March 21. Coffee. —The demand from the trade continues quite limited. With the exception of Brazil the stocks are very light The sales have been swam confined to Brazil, of which 5 a 6U‘)U were taken by the trade at for very prime. Cotton —Since our last, the market has been quiet ‘ and though prices have remained with >ut material variation, the tendency has been in favour of pur chasers : the sa.es comprise 800 bales Upland at a9 ; 200 do. Florida, a9 j ; 150 do. New Orleans 7 a 10 ; and 10.> do. Mobile S a lOf cents, forming a total for the week of 2900 bales. The arrivals have been —from Mississippi 637 bales. New Oilcans 2,777 Mobi'e 1,440 Florida 3.170 South Cajo'ina 2,263 North Caioliua 151 Total 10440 Flour —We have advices fiom England to Ist .March. Prices in London and Liverpool were firm, with rather an upward tendency: several thousand barrels of American Flour have been sold, to ar rive, in bond, at 30s. 6d. a 31s. In Havre, 1300 bbls. Rochester Flour sold at 38 francs. These accounts have produced no visible effects on this market, the high rate of freights precluding sales for export. Since our last there has been an increased demand for city consumption, principally for Southern description, though in some instances at a reduction of I2i cents per bbl. Common brands Western Canal may be quoted $5 50 a 5 but holders generally demand the latter rate. Sates also of Georgetown in lots at $5,25; 300 bbls Howard street $5, 12£ ; 500 Philadelphia $5; and 3 a 400 Richmond Country at $5 12L all cash. Rye Flour is dull of sa eat $3,75 for North River; and $3 a $3,25 for Southern. Os Corn meal, 160 hhds Brandywine have been taken for export at $15,50, 4 mos; barrels are steady at $3,50 at $3,- 62*. Molasses. —Since our last, the sales to the trade have been more extensive, and embrace, in lots, about 300 hhds Porto Kico at 30 a 31 cts. princi -1 ally at the former rate, a reduction of 1 cent per gallon; 10 do Matanzas, 24; 120 do old crop Cuba Muscovado, on terms not made public, and 200 bbls New Orleans, 30 cts. all on the usual time. An invoice of 30 hhds and 600 bbls New Orleans, just roceivecl, xvas sold some time since, to arrive, at something under the present market rate. Sugars. —The market is vety dull, the demand for Muscovado from tho trade being quite limited. The sales embrace about 300 hhds. Porto Uico at a cents; 100 do New Orleans, 5; and 45 do St. Croix, 8 a Of new crop Havana, about 1000 boxes have been received, of which one half has been disposed of in lots, at and 7|, with some very common at 6 a 6-f; and 50 do prime White at 11 2 cts per lb all on the usual time. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, March 24. Cleared —Ships Ocraulgee, Leavitt, Liverpool; Hanover, Sheldon, Mobile. Arrived —Ship Hanover, Sheldon, Boston; brigs Woodstock, Bragdon, Montego Bay; Jane, Mm mons, BaTimore; Clitus, Antony, New York; schr Freeman. Spears, Thomaston; stramboat Chatham, Wray, Augusta; Weaver’s Box from Augusta. Went to sea —Schrs Mary Heed, Gray. 80-ton; E iza' eth, Reynolds, New York; South Carolina, Goodwin, Philadelphia. Charleston, March 26. At Qnarantins —Brig Action, Hunt, Boston. From this Port —Schr Only Daughter, Know’es, New York; Sp steamer Alraendares, De Soto, Ha vana. Mr. Editor—Allow us to suggest .4. J. MIL LER, Esq., as a suitable person for the oflke of Mayor. (mar 25) A Majority Mr Editor, please announce the following named gentlemen as candidates for 'election as members of the city council fro n ward no 1 at the approrching election in April next. GAREY PARISH. WM. E. JACKSON mar 18 PHILIP CR UMP. Mr. Editor —You wid please announce Dr. F. M ROBERTSON, JAMES B. BISiiOF and F. H. COOKE, as candidates for members of Council, at the approaching election, in Ward No. 3. m 23 Mr Editor —PETEß BENNOCH, Esq , is re commended as a suitable person for Mayor, for the ensuing year, and Hie following named gentlemen for Aldermen of Ward No 4: JAMES HARPER, EDWARD THOMAS and ROBERT PHILIP, who will be supported by mar 2 1 ALL UP TOWN. 'XT We are authorised to announce JAMES B. BISHOP, THOMAS RICHARDS, and Dr. F. M. ROBERTSON, as candidates for Members of Coun cil in Ward No. 3. mar 21 IMr. Editors—The following named gentlemen arc recommended as persons for members of Council, for the Upper Ward:- JAMES HARPER , C. B. HITT. They will be supported by Many Voters. mar 20 Messrs. Editors—The following gentlemi n will be supported for members of Council, in Ward No 2, at the approaching election: B. 11. WARREN, JOHNG. DUNLAP, GEORGE M.NEWTON. mar 2d - Messrs. Editors : —The following gentlemen will be supported for Members of Council in Ward No. 1, at the approaching election: G. F. PARISH , W. E. JACKSON, mar 18 £3* Messrs Editors—Seeing from your paper of yesterday, that the Hon. A. Cummins declines a re- cloctian for Mayor of the city,at the approach ing election, we. therefore, take the liberty of sug gesting the name of JOHN PHINIZY , Esq., as a person well calculated to fill the office, and he will be supported by (mar 13) Many Voters. Messrs. Editors; —Observing in your paper tho names of several gentlemen suggested as candi dates for Mayor at the approaching election, we take the liberty of proposing the name of Dr DANIEL HOOK , as one well qualified to fill that office and who will be supported by March 18 ts Many Voters. Mr. Editor :—Sir, I see a notice in your paper of the 12th instant, stating that our worthy Mayor declines being a candidate for re-election to the of fice he has so worf'i'y filled, and as it is time the citizens should fix on a suitable person, to repre sent them as Mayor for the next year Allow me to recommend the name of MARTIN M. DYE, a* a suitable person, and who will serve if elected. Many Voters. «r THE FARMERS * REGISTER, a monthly publication, devoted to the improvement of the practice, and support of the interest, of Agricul ure; published at Richmond, Va , at $5 per year. Edmund Ruffin, editor and proprietor. m 6 CLj • Doctor J. J. WILSON oilers his profes sional services* to the citizens of Augv-fa and U-. vicinity. He will be found at his fcsi<!encc, t,ie first brick building above Guedron’s -tjihh' ° n *- u " street, recently occupied by John L. Axon*. 17" PUBLIC NOTICE.—Dr. Ml nk ’F-- *•« Dentist, has returned to Au£usta, an • '’ a ' -y ,?f* his operating rooms to one door below - ui uU ‘ “ erict’s Confectionary, and opposite Lie o 1 Bank Building. XeK> 1