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WEDNESDAY MORN I XT/, A r 111. ‘:9.
The Reformer.
Regarding it now as almost cert 'i.. from re
cent indications in various par's of l : l,( Blate, that
the Contention to he held in Milk gieviffe will
nominate an electoral ticket pledge. to the sup
port of Harrison and Tyler, vve havt determined
to adopt the most efficient means o afioi.J the
people light, by publishing a papei vHiich may
be placed in the hands oi every n in, however
lindted his means.
In sending for til the prosper tus <; this paper,
v bich wo propose to publish on a si eet the size
. four Daily and Tii-Weekly paper: wc are in
fluenced by no other motive than & wish to lay
bdhre every patriot the evidences i the justice
of the cause wc have espoused, uto enable
them to correct the danders of thrf opposition 5
hence wc have placed the price of he paper so
l.v.v a; to be at the command of ever - man in the
country. We therefore hope that every man,
who feels the necessity of a change n the Feder
al Administration, will take an aeli a in'erest in
procuring subscribers to tire Work, n ul we pledge
them no exeilion shall be spared on our part to
render the Reformer a -aluablco vorker in the
cause of Liberty and Reform.
We shall issue the first number ( the Reform
er on Saturday the 9J.i of May, ai 1 continue it
weekly till after the Presidential eh •.i on.
“Ijiink-llidde i, Canting F< naves.*’
Our citizens who have exercised hat indepen
dence which every citizen his a ri, it to exercise
in declaring their preference for larrison and
Tyler, will be somewhat astonish* to find that
they are denounced in the last Standaurd of
Union as “ Bank-ridden , canting /Miaves." The
reckless disposition which the Edu >r of this pa
per has manifested for a considera: e time is but
another evidence of the dcnioralizir j mffuence of
agrarianism. W hat man who had the slightest
regard for his character for would ven
ture the assertion that the largest | o'itical meet
ing ever assembled in this city was composed of
“ hank-ridden , canting knaves." IS one we
answer unhesitatingly. \\ c were prepared to
hear his slanders of General Harri; in, regardless
of the most positive proof to the contrary, but
wc confess that we were unpre ared to hear
a majority of the citizens of this aty thus de
signated by any vile pandercr, wh had crawl
ed through the filth of his own ken id, to be the
organ of a respectable party’. W , in charity
however believe, that this vile caluti ny was penn
ed by its unfortunate author after { nnor.
From the Standard of Un m.
“The Democrats are to have a n *eting in the
city of Augusta, on Saturday oen ng next, and
measures will be adopted to oppo e the cob web
pretensions of Harrison to the ?residency.—
Then will the Democracy of Rid mond county
speak in tones of terror to the ban .-ridden, cant
ing knaves who are there trying to v;iimp up the
pretensions of a superanuated am disgraced sol
•dier—a witless statesmen —aver; (questionable
patriot—and an avowed amoliti 'Nist. Rich
mond county is a Van Burcn com ty, and next
October will prove her so.”
Virginia Election
We have compiled below all the news received
from the late election in Virginia, o course no cal
culation from these few returns ca be prudently
made as to the result, allho they’ fiord the most
cheering intelligence to the friends f reform.
From the Baltimore Fatriot of t e 25th inst.
The following cheering mtcllige ire readied us
by the Norfolk steamboat, whio i arrived this
morning.
HeRALD MpFICK,
Norfolk, April 2 5, 3 p. m. 5
All is going we I for the cause o Harrison and
Reform in the first district, wh rever we have
heard from.
Norfolk Bun ugh.—Whh majority last
year, 132.
R E. Taylor (W.) 319
W. W. Lamb, (L. F.) 170
Probable majority at the close . f the p„ds 160.
Norfolk County.—Last ye it, V,v. Burcn
majority in Portsmouth, 11G. V» h|g majority at
Great Bridge 152, leaving the W lig majority in
the county 33. The polls now s and,
Portsmouth <J real Bridge.
Ethercdgc, (W.) 310 fii.t, heard from.
Langhorne, (W.) 313
Smith, (V. B.) 276
Fisk, (L. F.) 261
We calculate on a Whig gain i Norfolk coun
ty of 200. The vole in Ports nouth last year
was Whig 275; Loco Foco 391
Xixsr.MO.vn. —Last year W| g majority M.
Harrell, (VV.) ]K)S
Boykin, (L. F.) 35
Is not this cheering! Veril , old Virginia's
coming too!
Accomack. —In this county here is a gn. t
contest between Pitt (Whig) an i Daily, (who is
an impracticable.) A letter rcc ived in this city
says that, at Pongoteague preeb ct, yesterday, at
three o'clock, p. m. Pitt was 4C votes ahead of
Daily. The contest will be close No opposition
to Cropper (Whig.)
We learn from a gentleman .h o passed thro’
Fredericksburg yesterday at It ee o’clock, that
Mr. Crutchfield, (VV.) was 90 'otes ahead, and
no doubt entertained of his re-( iclior.. The re
ports from Caroline county wer also favorable.
Virginia.—We received b the cars from
Winchester last evening, rctun ; from Jefferson
and Frederick counties. lathe former county,
the Whigs are elected by over 50 majority, and
in the latter, returns from all tho districts but
«me render it nearly certain tha one Whig and
Loco Foco are elected to the L gu.tature, being a
gain of one Whig. In the .'‘material district
composed of Jefferson, Frederic raid Clark coun
ties, the Whigs have gained a peat victory in
turning out H. L. Opie, (the late Loco Foco
Senator.) In JelLrson, Conrn i ( VV.) has a ma
jority of 163 over Opie; in \ ederick there is
about a tie; and Clark countv to be heard from,
will give Opie a small majority -leaving Conrad
about 100 ahead in the district -
The following letter reached ;us by the West
ern mail this morning. !
Bath. Morgan coun y, Virginia, f
Friday Mornii; , April 24. 5
This young county lias flu g oil* the Van Bu
rcn yoke, and for the first tiim since its existence
of twenty rears, has turned ' /hig. Myers, the
'
1 Lo‘O Foco ol hist years production, has this time,
been beaten by fi tv four votes. V\ hig gain for
Cromwell Orrick. votes / The vote
of tho whole county is fully 340.
The county yesterday flung out the signal that
i she expected old Virginia would do her duty, and
depend upon it the return will allow that she has
most noblv done so.
From the Richmond Whig of ■h• OUh inst.
RICHMOND Cl tv.
Wyndlvam Robinson. (WhipA Ga i
James Kosher, (I oeo) 51
Thomas Ritchie, “ I 52
Whig majority, 3’.6 •
I'osrsrßiPT —11 o’clock, e. h —Rumors believ- >
i od however to be authentic, sjcalc of the defeat of j
| White in Hanover (certain,) ot Fitzhugh in Staf- :
I ford of Lipscomb in Louisa —and of the re-election |
of Corbin in aroline, and Cru chtield in Npottsyl- ,
vunia. We Imp® this news is not too good to be ,
true In Powhatan the contest was close, and the
Whigs ahead at the latest dates.
Lipscomb beaten by 33 votes.
White beaten by- about 30.
From the Globe of the 25fii.
Postscript.—Ju>t as our paper was going to
press the Southern steamboat arrived, and a pas
senger informs u«. that
Crutchfield (Fed.) is re-elected in Spottsylva
| nia by 33 majority.
! Samueis (Dem )is elected in Caroline by 5 ma
; jority—Democratic gain.
The Democratic candidate has succeeded in
Brunswick by a small majority—Democratic gain.
The Federal candidate is elected in Louisa by
19 majority—Federal gain
The Federal candidate is elected in Hanover by
35 majority—Federal gain.
Tiie Democratic candidate is re-elecled in Staf
ford by 70 majority—majority increased from last
year.
It was reported in Richmond this morning at 9
o’clock, v-hen our informant lelt there, that the
Den ociatic candidate had been defeated in Powha
! tau by S votes; if true, it is a Democratic loss.
Prospectus of The Reformer.
The undersigned propose to publish in Augusta,
Ha. a weekly paper, to be entitled The Reformer,
of extra imperial size, from the 10th of May to
the 1 Utli of November next, for One Dollar in
advance. As its name indicates, it wi.l be devoted
exclusively to the cause of Reform, the elevation
of WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, of Ohio, for
President, and JOHN TYa.ER, of Virginia, for
Vice President, and the subversion of the present
Administration, —the necessity of relorm in which
is becoming every day more and more apparent. —
It will observe a mild, dignified tone, and address
itself to the common sense of every class of citi
zens, for whose benefit it is designed.
This Prospectus is issued under the impression
that the friends of reform will make a united and
zealous effort to give the paper a general circula
tion, in short to send it to the house of every man j
who reads. The People want light, and if our
friends will aid us in our work, we shall be able to
counteract the thousand calumnies of the Van
Buren presses, and carry the “war into Africa.” —
In the language of a distinguished co-worker, “All
we ask is to be heard by the people. It is for
them wc speak, and if we can get a hearing, we j
have no fears of the re-ult,” even in Georgia. —
“The people will vindicate their wrongs, and hurl
their oppressors from office.”
We ask the press throughout this and the ad
joining States, to insert our Prospectus, and we
especially invoke the friends of the cause to be
vigilant in pvoruring subscribers and forward their
names by mail as early as possible.
The paper will contain nothing but leading mat
ter, being entirely free from all advertisements,
and is p aced at so low a price as to bring it within
the means of every man.
TERMS.
Single paper, SI.OO
6 copies, 5.00
12 do,
Clubs of 25, 20.00
do 50, 37.50
No paper will be sent, unless the is
sent. All letters must 1 e post paid.
J. W. Sc W. S. JONES, (
Augusta, 29th April, IS 10.
A Court Martial. —The Army and Navy |
Chronicle states officially that a naval co irt mar
tial will assemble at the navy yard in Philadel
phia, on the 4th Monday in May (being the 25th I
day of the month,) for the trial of Commodore ;
Jesse D. Elliott.
Correspondence of the North American.
New York, 3 P. M. April 24, 1840.
There have been engagements for Totton on
board the Liverpool packets to-day, at 9 to 11-I6d.
The sales of Cotton have been but 600 to 700 bales
this morning, and the maket is rather heavy. Li
verpool fair Uplands may be quoted 8J cts., south
ern fair, cent?. The stock of Cotton is estima
ted at 26,000 bales. There is very little change
in Flour ; southern sorts are $5 124 a 23, a light
stock and light demand. —A cargo of Pennsylvania
Wheat of very good quality sold this morning at
103 cts. cash.
Domestic Exchanges—Boston, i; Philadelphia,
54 Baltimore, SJ; Richmond 64 a 6J; Charles
ton, 3| a 4; Savannah, 7 a 8; New Orleans, 74 a
S]; Mobile, a 10; St. Louis 10; Nashville, 15.
Extract from Mr.*Bond’s Speech.
Since retrenchment and reform seem not to be
practised by Mr. Van Buren and his friends,
whatever may have been the professions of the
party, let me inquire, what measure of relief is
proposed by them ! The only one which I have
heard of is the bill establishing a
And is this indeed a measure to heal our ills and
relieve the wants of the people 1 A measure
which has strangely united certain politicians,
heretofore openly discordant and hostile! We
find Mr. Van Buren recommends and Mr. Cal
houn sustains it. Their political relation aie too
well understood to require any illustration at my
hands. Let us hear what the official organ (the
Globe) said of Mr. Calhoun when he was resist
ing Executive power. The article appears in the
Globe of the 30th of January, 1834, and that
paper speaks the language of the Court. It is
in these words:
“Nullifikr.—We have seen a caricature in
which Mr. Calhoun is designated by a label
*Nulla fide.'' It points out an apt derivation tor
the parly name with which he has distinguished
his partizans. In plain English, it would warn
us that ‘no trust is to be reposed in the wearer of
the label. Certainly no man ever nullified truth
with so little remorse as Mr. Calhoun. A thou
sand instances could be given ; but a particular
instance in which he distinguished himself by an
unusual pertinacity in pressing a statement which
he knew lo be untrue, will he given. ’
The instance is then given, but the parties now
being friends, must decide upon the justice.
Again: In the Globe of the 31st of August,
1836, the following editorial remark is found, viz :
“Mr. Calhoun, who never told the truth when
a falsehood would serve his turn.”
Having thus shown what the Administration
organ said of Mr. Calhoun, let us stale the ac
count per contra , and see what Mr. Calhoun said
of Mr. Van Burcn. In a debate which happen
ed in the Senate, whilst Mr. Van Buren was its
presiding officer, Mr. Calhoun said :
“General Jackson would soon be out of pow
er, and the Administration that may succeed him
could not keep the South divided. He would
tell the coming Administration to beware. If
J there he any who expected the President s nomi
nee (Mr. Van Buren) could successfully plajf
the game which he has. he would he woful'y mis
taken. With all his objections to the President,
he (Mr. Calhoun) would not deny him many
high qualities; he had c mrage and firmness;
was bold, warlike, audacious, though not true to
his word ot faithful to his pledges. He had, be
( sides, done the state some service; he terminated
i the late war gloriously at New Orleans, which
has been remembered greatly to his advantage.—
His nominee (Mr. Van Buren) had none of these
1 recommendations; he is not of the race of the
i lion or the tiger; he belonged to a lower order—
the fox and the vveazel; and it would he in vain
! to expect that he could command the respect or
j acquire the confidence of those who had so lit'le
j admiration for the qualities by which he was dis
tinguished, By the dexterous use of patronage,
i tor which he and his pa>ty were so distinguished,
an individual here and there, who preferred him
self to the country, might be enlisted; but the
great mass—all that were independent and sound
in the South —would be finally opposed to him
| and his system.”
Mr. Bond said he thought there was a great
deal of truth in this paragraph; and he would
leave it for others to say whether Mr. Calhoun
had not himself furnished an illustration of his
own pnphecy. I do not know (said he) what
oslimate Messrs. Van Buren and Calhoun in
tended the public should place on their mutual il
lustrations of character, but it is now certain that
neither has taken any perscnal offence at what
was said by the one or the other. Il is under
stood that “ Montague and Capulet have shook
hands.” “Good Heavens! what sweet tempers
politicians have!”
The country, however, may well be alarmed ;
for out of this union the sub-Treasury has grown.
It is not the first time that the union of discord
ant matter has produced a monster in the world.
By means of this union we are to have the
happy privilege of paying up all taxes and reve
nue to the General Government in hard money !
And is this hard money currency, which has op
pressed the farmer, the mechanic, and laborer of
the old world whereever it has prevailed, propos
ed for the people of this country in their daily
and common transactions I \ es, sir, even so;
to this “complexion has it come at last.”
From the National Intelligencer.
Further Reflections upon the State of the
Country.
If ever a country had occasion to condemn un
sparingly the reckless excesses and ruinous mis
rule of a political party, surely this People have
abundant reason to reprobate the disastrous poli
cy by which the dominant party has laid waste
the fair field of their prosperity. If ever any
portion of a great and free People had reason to
mourn over the consequences of their own indis
cretion. then have the majority of this People had
abundant motive to repent, in sackcloth and ashes
the fatal error of bringing into power the party
which has controlled the present and preceding
Administrations of the Government.
In thefrenzy which followed the success of this
parly, they made an Idol of their leader; and
their slavish discipline recognised no right of
opinion but his will. Right or wrong that will
was to be obeyed; and intoxicated power found,
in the blind confidence of its credulous followers,
immunity for every usurpation and every abuse.
The principles ot this party, besides, were revo
lutionary and they struck at all that was time
honored in policy and glorious in example. The
maxim of the party, “to the victor belong
the spoils of the enemy,” is a principle that
belongs to the code of pirates, and from which
honor and humanity turn away with loathing.
Vet was it openly avowed in his place in the
Senate by one of the most honest and most re
spected leaders of the party in a debate upon the
political merits of Mr. Vix Bcrev, as a doc
trine which that citizen and his friends practised,
and wore therefore*not afraid to preach.*
The startling exclamation of anotner le.nl
, er of the same party in the other branch
S of Congress, Perish Credit! Perish Com
j meucf. ! (rather than a favorite mcasine of the
| party should fall through) is still freshly rernern
j bored. So monstrously was this malediction
i against the elements of national weal, and pros
! perity, that it was at first regarded as an in idver
j tent slip of the tongue ; but it wis soon found
J to be the watch-word of the party anil the policy
of the Administration, which has but too faith
! fully and si..•ccssfully carried it out. Nor can
i we forget the kindred avowal, by the President of
I that day, when, from bis own mal-adminisfration
i disastrous consequences, were crowding upon the
I country, and many of its most enterprising citi
j zens were sinking under the pressure of the
I times. Appealing to the Chief Magistrate for
| sympathy and relief, they were sternly and harsh
ly repelled with the unfeeling taunt that all
WHO TRADE OX BORROWED CAPITAL OUGHT TO
break. This was a sentiment no less unjust
than it was cruel, and as short-sighted as ignor
ance could make it. But the Party responded
to it; and, as said “ the second Washington,” so
said his faithful followers. More recently, in the
Senate Chamber, it has been argued, in substance,
that the wages of labor ought to be reduced in
this country to the standard of wages in other
countries; an avowal which mocks at calamity
and which, if carried out, would cover with dis
tress that useful portion of society which is least
able to bear the slightest reverses. It is a refine
ment in cruelty to take from the daily laborer the
hard earnings which at most are barely enough
to give a scanty support to those who are depen
dent upon their bodily exertions for food and rai
ment. Yet such arc the objects of the party ;
and, under the present Administration, if it hold
to its cr nsistcncy, nothing can avert the fulfil
ment of the anti-republican, anti-social, and hard
hearted policy defined by the maxims and senti
ments which we have quoted.
If we were to stop here in the history of par
ty misrule, by what mode of computation could
we reckon up that amount of loss to the country
which has all but bankrupted a whole nation, and
has completely benumbed that spirit of active
enterprise which once gladdened and made pros
perous our land 1 The task is beyond our pow
ers, and we must be content to ask every one to
estimate for himself how many millions of value
must have been sacrificed to have brought our
country to its present state of paralysis and
stagnation.
But this is only one item in the account.
There is another, which is not to be estimated by
dollars and cents. Who can measure the extent
of suffering that pervades society, through the
ruined fortunes, the blighted hopes, and the beg
gary of families who were but a short time since
happy in their plenty, and cheered by still bright
er prospects 1 This must be answered by those
who feel the sting of want, and those who sym
pathize in the sufferings of their fellow-men.
Happy would it be for the character of the
country, could we here close the history of this
party misiule : but there is yet much to be told.
There is a high moral standard by which nations
as well as individuals are to be judged, and, judg
* As some years have elapsed since the date of
the avowal here referred to, and some of our read
ers may never have seen, and others have forgot
ten the exact terms of it, we quote from the speech
which contained it, as follows :
“ It may be, sir, that the politicians of New York
are not so fastidious as some gentlemen are, as to
developing the principles on which they act. They
I boldly preach what tl ey practise. When they arc
contending for victory, they avow their intention
-of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated,
they expect to retire from office. If they are suc
cessful, they claim as matter of right, the advan
tages of success. They see nothing wrong in the
1 rule, that to the victor belong the spoils of the en
l emy.”— Senator Marcy’s Speech in the Senate,
f January , IS3‘-.
| e.l by which, "this nation once stood in the proud- 1
est rank. That glory has been tarnished and j
made dim by the same hands that blighted our
prosperity and happiness. Who that looks back
upon our better days, when honor and honesty |
were regarded as the great conservative principles
of society, does not see in the moral depravity
which is stalking over the land with unblushing
front, the evidence of lamentable decline 1 Who
that remembers the period when the social rela
tions of life we e cherished wffch unbroken har
mony, and opinion was as free as the air we
breathe, and looks to to the present condition of
society, when every social tie is severed by the
demon of party, and the sacred right of opinion
is punished by the arbitrary hand of power, does j
not feel that the sweets of life are embittered and j
its joys saddened ? Who so blind as not to see,
or so wilful as not to acknowledge, that whilst the
vital spirit of freedom is chained down by the
shackless which fetter the right of opinion, the
doors have been wide opened to the infidelity of
the Owens and the pestilential heresies of the
Fanny Wrights] These heresies have corrup
ted and are corrupting the whole frame of our
government. They are poisoning the fountains
of religious truth, and are undermining those
venerated institutions which uphold society and
dignify and illustrate the noblest attributes of hu
manity.
If the great end of Government be the happi
ness and prosperity of any People, where, let us
now ask, is the evidence that the Administration
of this Government for the last ten years has se
cured the one or protected the other] Is there
any portion or class of society whose condition
has been bettered or made more happy ny this
party rule ] So far from this being the case, tens
of thousands have been reduced to want, and all
feel that they are poorer. No one fe Is that his
happiness has been increased, and multitudes
look to the future with fearful apprehensions.
So far from the Government proposing any
measures with a view to change this state of
things, for the better, we have been told, from
the highest authority, that it would be almost if
not quite unconstUutional for the Government
to attempt to do any thing for the relief of the
People. This is in fact the Court doctrine.
From an Administration which proclaims as a
cardinal principle sucli a doctrine as this, what
relief or improvement of our condition can be
rationally expected 1 What measure of that char
acter, indeed, has the President proposed ] What
act for the relief of the commercial, manufactur
ing, or farming interests has been presented by
“the pfl' tv” in Congress ] The only act which
the Executive has particularly recommended, and
which “the party” in Congress appear to take
anv sort of interest in, is the sub-Trea*ury bill.
Is that a bill for the relief of the People ? Far
from it. Allow it the highest merit claimed for
it, and it is a bill to enable the Government to
collect its revenue and make its disbursements
exclusively in gold and silver. Il is a bill to con
fiim to the order of office holders the exclusive
privilege of receiving their emoluments in specie,
whilst the wages of honest labor are paid, when
paid at all, in paper; and this advantage is to be
secured to them at the expense of the People,
from whon the revenue is to he collected in gold
and silver, whilst the circulation (in three-fourths
of the States) consists wholly of paper. This
sub-Treasury bill, then, instead of a measure
which will bring relief to the People, is a bill, the
pure and only effect of which will be to increase
the power of (he Executive, and the emoluments
of h ; s subordinates and dependants.
What prospect, then, is there of a change in
• the present state of the country without a change
iof Administration ] We do not ask the question
i whether a change in the present condition of the
' country is desirable. \\ hat need to ask of the
laborer if he desire work and wages enough t>
buy him bread with] Os the planter or the far
mer, whether he desire a market for the produce
that ho does not himself consume ] Os the man
ufacturer. the artisan in every department of life,
the merchant, the capitals.t, whether they look
with anxious interest for a renovation of their
wonted occupation and prnspcii y] From all
, thc-o wo should have for response one common
j cry. Reform! Refinn! How is Ihe desired Re
i form to he ellerte !, we repeal, otherwise l!i ;n by
! a chang3 of Rulers ]
The case appears so plain to ns that we do not
see how any man can doubt about it who will set
himself once to thinking of it. This process of
thinking is that which is now visibly working a
change all over the country. It is a process,
however, which every good citizen ought yet to
omit nothing in his power to facilitate. Unhap
pily it is in every man’s power now to bring home
to his fellow-citizens the importance of a change
in the Administration. Whilst not only the gen
eral state of the country, but the wages of labor,
the prices of produce, and the value of property,
are in a stale of obvious, palpable and sensible
derangement, no one can be at a loss for argu
ments against the authors of it, which the dullest
intellect can be made to comprehend.
Difficulties with Virginia.— The Jour
nal of Commerce, in noticing the points of dis
pute between this State and Virginia, makes the
following judicious remarks, the truth ot which
cannot he without effect :
“ The question, in its bearing upon the slave
holding Stales, is one of manifest importance ;
for if men m the free States may enter the
slave holding States and carry off slaves, or entice
them away, and there is no redress to the master,
he holds his “ j roperty” by a very frail tenure
We have no doubt that within the last five years,
many hundreds of slaves have been thus carried
off and smuggled into Canada, or elsewhere, and
that there are regular receivers and agents at dif
ferent points along the most feasible routes, in
the free Slates, whose business it is to facilitate
the processor escape. Forftrther particulars, en
quire of the Abolitionists.”— N. Y. Star.
Pray what do the Whigs mean by the Tippe
canoe fire ]— Trenton Emporium.
They mean a fire, which, having originated
from spontaneous combustion in the hearts of a
million of freeman, is now sweeping wildly thro’
the country before the storm-breath of public opin
ion and making the loco focos shriek in terror
and agony like wild beasts pursued by a prairie
conflagration.— Louisville Journal.
Mr. Thomas K. Brace (Whig) hasbeen elec
ted Mayor of Hartford, Conn.
Appointments by the President,
By a id with the advice and consent of the Senate.
William Marvin, to he Judge of the United
States for the Southern District of Florida.
Vinton Butler, of Florida, to be District At
torney of the United States for the District of
West Florida, in the place of George Walker,
resigned.
J. G- Searcy, to be Marshal of the United States
for the Middle District of Florida, in the place of
S. W. Duvall, deceased.
The Mississippians are protesting against sher
iffs and marshals demanding gold and silver in
payment at their sales. They say that in these
days of depreciated paper currency such a demand
is intolerable and not to be borne. In Hinds
county, at a late marshal’s sale, several*persons
collected, well armed, and threatened instant
death to any one who would bid for the property
on such terms. —N O. Picayune.
The Giant Boy.—This wonderful boy, who
is to be exhibited to the public during the present
week in this city, is the son of Mr. Denslow
Barber, of Richmond, Chittenden co. Vt. He was
born in May 1836, and is now about three years
-
and eleven mouths old. He is burr ‘eet in height,
weigh about 100 pounds; anti with the exception
of a slight curve of the legs below the knee, oc
casioned by walking too early, and the great
i weight of the body, is in every respect propor
-1 ironed like a man ; and has the muscular strength
of a boy of sixteen. The mind and general ex-
I pression of the face exhibit the sprighlhness and
prying curiosity of the child of six or eight years,
while the hair, whiskers, voice and physical li- j
neaments are those of a man of 25 or 30.
We understand lhatDrs. March,McNaughton,
Armsby, Hun, and several other gentlemen have
examined tire boy, and the testimonials relative to
his age and early developement, and are satisfied
as to the authenticity of the accounts which ate
given of him. —Albany Journal.
Proceedings of Council*
Cocxcu Chamdkk, /
April 25th, 1840. 5
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Hon. D. Hook, May rr—Aldermen
Bones, Flemming, Crump, VV arren, Harper, and
Dunlap.
The minutes of the last meeting w ire read and
confirmed.
Messrs. Robertson, Parish, Jackson,and Miller,
appeared and took their seats.
On motion of Mr. Robertson, the Mayor was
requested to add one member from Ward No. 2
to the Committee on Streets, and Mr. Dunlap
was appointed.
The Mayor added Mr. Miller to the Com
mittee on Health.
Messrs. Bones, Bishop, Harper, and Jackson,
were appointed wharf directors for the present
year.
The Committee on Bridges made the follow
ing report:
That the titles for the remaining moiety of the
Upper Bridge has been perfected and arc consid
ered satisfactory : and the same with all papers
appertaining accompany the report ; in conclu
sion, the Committee offered the following resolu
tion which was agreed to.
Resolved, That his honor the Mayor, have is
sued and sign six thousand dollars of Bonds of
the City Council of Augusta, to he dated 21st
January, 1840, payable ten years after date, to
James Harper or hearer, hearing an interest of 8
per cent, per annum, payable half yearly, which
is in full for the purchase.
The following resolutions were offered and
passed.
Resolved , That the Committee on the water
works be instructed to have a drain and dam,
made around the City property, at Turknclt
Spring, so as to prevent water front flowing from
| the high ground toward the Spring and Spring
i Branch above the road ; to make a darn across said
\ Branch above the road below the Spring, to col
i lect tlie water flowing into the Branch above the
1 road, and to lay down a line ot logs fr< m said dam
to the reservoir below lire road, and mark the
boundary ofthe City property immediately around
said reservoir, by making a small ditch on said
I boundary ; also to have the Spring and Spring
Branch cleared of all substances likely to injure
the water.
Resolved, That three persons from each Ward
be appointed who shall, with the Healln Com
mittee, constitute a Board of Health —who shall
organize an 1 appoint their own Chat, man inc
1 said Board to examine the cnnd.tion <T the dif
ferent lots in each Ward, at least twee a month,
from the Ist of June t » the T,t ot October.
Mr. R ibertson ad livsse.! Council on tin* si b
ject of servi cs rendered the City in medical at
tendance on the si, k at lira Catholic Hospit i! do
rim the epidemic of last seas »n ; staling the rhi
nal appointment by the Mayor, <kc., and c mclu
ded by asking leave of absence before any action
on the subject by Council. Reave was gmntcd.
On motion that the sum of Ten Dollars for
each patient was ordered to be paid to Dr. Robin
son, and the same amount to Dr. Wilson, who
also attended the same Hospital, under official
appointment ; the question was put and carried.
The yeas and nays being required, they were
taken and are as follows:
Ayps—Harper, Dunlap, Flemming, Miller,
Jackson and Bones.
Nays,—Crump ami Parish.
So the motion was decided in the affirmative.
Resolved, That the Committee on Streets be
requested to have taken, the level of Reynold
street from Centre to t 'ampbel-strcet and the ad
joining streets, with the view of ascertaining the
; best mode of draining said Reynold-street, after
• it shall have been so lowered as to drain the ad
i joining lots and alleys.
Resolved , That the Street Committee be au
thorised to build a brick bridge across the drain at
; the intersection of Mackintosh ar d Telfair-slreets.
The following bills were read and ordered to
; be paid :
Jenkins and Mann, drawing papers
relative to bridges, slls 00
C. M’Coy, to work on streets, 15 00
E. G. McGoulrick, for hands employ
ed on streets, 48 75
i Council adjourned.
S. H. Oliver, Clerk Council.
A Methodist Minister and General Har
rison.
The following circumstance was mentioned
during the session of the Harrisburg Convention
by Judge Burnet, of Ohio, a warm personal friend
of General Harrison. Many years since while
the great tide of emigration was flowing through
the western States, the hero of the Thames hav
ing for a while, exchanged the arduous duties of
a statesman and a general, for the more peaceful
f pursuits of agriculture, was on a hot summer
evening, at the porch of his humble “Log Cabin”
asked for shelter and a meal, by a Minister of the
r Gospel of the Methodist Episcopal persuasion.—
f The jaded appearance of the steed, and the soiled
garments of the rider, proclaimed the fatigue of
the day, with his usual courtesy, the General
, welcomed the stranger.—After a plain and sub
stantial supper, and the guest joined with his host
, in social conversation; and the latter, laying aside
j the character of the soldier and statesman, will
, inglv listened to the pious instruction of the trav
-5 ellei. They retired to rest, the good old soldier
t thankful to a munificent Providence that he was
enabled to administer to the wants of a fellow
creature, and the worthy minister of Christ, in
voking the blessing of Heaven upon the head of
his kind benefactor. Morning came and the
> Minister prepared to depart. He was in the act
t of taking leave, when he was informed that his
r horse had died during the night.—This loss, how
> ever severe, considering that he had yet two hun
» dred milcs'lo travel, did not discourage him in
♦
the exercise of lus duly; but taking h l9 ,
bags on his arm, he rose to depart with ,h
for the kindness of his entertainer. The Mr "
era! did not attempt to prevent him, tholk?*
oftered his condolence upon the loss; but ‘
serving eye could have detected a smile 0 f i? ° b ‘
satisfaction, which the consciousness c f
| good alone produces. The guest reached o '.?
! door, and to his astonishment found one r
i General’s horses accoutred with his ow n ° i
and bridle, in waiting for him. He returned'*
remonstrated, stating hrs inability to p av c
and all probability he should never
visit tfflt section of country. But the * a ' l '
was inexorable and reminding the astonished n**
vine, that “he who givelh to the poor length
the Lord,” sent him on his way, his hean t 0
flowing with gratitude, and his prayers
to Heaven for blessings on the venerable II
Penn. German. ro, ~
[Heaven reward the farmer of \ ort }, n
He could not bestow his charity and ho.s • e .. '
on a more deserving object, than upon a \p
of tire Methodist Church; that Churchhas* 1 11”? 1 ”
more towards evangelising the poor of the U
States than any other in the country.]
Ingenuity.—We copy the following no,- .
r- “Speci
men or ingenuity ;
A General Toast.—We find the foll owi
toast for the 22d of February in a Nashrilj
per : P a *
“ General WAsniNGTON-a great man and,
great statesman—but nothing likesuchag { J ;
as General Jackson. General Jackson has pro ™j
himself the most powerful conqueror of the |
He has vanquished and annihilated both Genera'
Confidence and General Prosperitt—whii
his Aids de Camp, General Distrust Central
Ignorance and General Rascality, I 'are manal
vering throughout the Stales —soon tojbe supcr *.
seder’, by General Distress. General Loss, Gen.
end Vexation, General Derangement! Gen.
era I Confusion. General Beggary, and Gener.
«/ Bankruptcy—unless we rally under the p| 0 .
rious banner of General Harrison!
Remedy for the Hots.
Messrs. Editors.—ln looking over the Jan
uary number of the Cultivator, 1 was surprised
in reading the article on hots in horses, although
the subject was ably treated, that there was no
remedy pointed out to relieve the noble animal
from suffering and death. Having seen many
horses die with hots, and many remedies given
without effect, I was induced by a merchant in
Cambridge, to try the following for a horseof mv
own, after I had tried most of the remedies in
com man use without effect, and had given tip for
lost :
Half pint vinegar, half pint soap, half pint gin.
and half pint molasses, well shaken togeiher, and
poured down while foaming. To my great sur
prise, the horse was in fiive minuts wholly free
from pain, and ate freely—the next morning 1
was on my journey. I have since recommended
and given the same in fifty cases, with the same
good effect; not in one instance has it failed to
effect a perfect cure.— Cultivator.
ISAAC LOVEJOY.
Troy* Jan. 28, IS4O.
BANK RE.POKTS.
Mechanics’ Rank.
Augusta, April llth, 1340.
To His Excellency, Charles J. McDonald:
Sir:—l herein enclose a statement of the con
dition of this Institution on Monday the 6th insl.
Your obedient servant,
A. Stir let, Prcs’t
Statement of the Funds of the Mechanics' Bank,
Augusta, on Mon dm/, Apr.l 6/A, 1840.
DR.
Capital Stock $1,000.0( 0
V.ites in circulation 23 849
Reserved Fund 85,361 24
Unclaimed Dividends 1,050
.-amount due oilier Hanks an 1 In
dividuals for collections 102,613 62
“ “ D positurs 73..‘47 (1
Certificates ofDcpisite 14 034 34
7 1,361,' 00 21
CK.
Specie in Vault $27,035
Notes of the Banks in this city
and Savannah 155 030
Notes of other Banks 99,815 '
“ discounted payable in Augusta 631.525 97
Exchange running to maturity 78 373 44
Bids and n tes under protest 126 958 61
Os which is con
sidered good $1 14.273 84
“ “ doubtful 12,684 77
Bills and Notes lying over (not
under protest) 10,752 2" ||
Os which is con
sidered good 3.993 77
“ “ doubtful G. 758 50
Bills and Notes in suit 21,102 91
Os which is con
sidered good 18.002 91
“ “ doub'i’ul $3,100
Merchandize taken in payment of
debts due the Bank $8,797 55
City of Augusta Scrip 6,016 15
Iron S eamboat Co. Stock 4.314 75
Loan on Slock 1,635 99
Ain’t due by other Banks for collec
tions and in hands of Agents 156,565 96
Protest account 49 50
Real Estate in Augusta 32,193 33
$1,361,066 24
List of Stockholders of the Mechanics' Banlti
Augusta, April 6 fh, 1840.
Welcome Allen, Estate 2^
John M. Adams I^o
Foster Blodget 30
F. J. Brown, Estate
Hays Bowdre, Brest I
George Collins
Amory Chapin
Cashier Bank of Augusta /
Samuel Dowse, Guardian M. Whitehead
“ “ R. Whitehead
Georgia Insurance and Trust Co. s>o 5 > 0l °
A r tern as Gould
Jane Holden
Martha Hughes
Edward P. Holcombe
Edward G. Hyde g
Hadley <fe Owens
George Jones, Jr.
Marshall Keith
G. B. Lamar
G’ W. Lamar
G. W. Lamar, Cashier
James Lamb
G. B. Lamar, for Mrs. Anne Sims
G. B. Lamar, for Jane Lamar Summers
G. W. Lamar, and G. B. Lamar, Trustees
for Mary A. Summers
W. W. Montgomery and G. W. Crawford
Trustees for Anna Gould
E. Manton. Estate : ,
T. S. Metcalf
Wm. B. Maclean
George H. Metcalf
Philip McGran g
Fanny Moore ,
Lorana D. Metcalf jqo
Celia G. Metcalf
T. S. & G. H. Metcalf
John Morrison, Estate