Georgia Historic Newspapers

    CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA. : j, ; ;
TUESDAY MORNING JUNE 2.
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The government expenses of the United
under President Washington, amounted to kai
than $2,000,000,per annum ; under John Q ~in*
cy Adams, they amounted to Jess than $13,00;),-
000 ; under Martin Van Buren, they amount,; to
upwards of $37,000,000. ;
Silk. The New York Star mentions, aij a
proof of the attention which the culture of Uilk
will probably receive in that State, that one jar
gon in the city of New York has sold in email
parcels, to farmers and others, five hundred
ounces of silk worms eggs within the last
days. It is calculated that no less than th:jty
five hundred ounces of eggs have been so!d| in
that city during the present season. ;*
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West Point. —It is stated in the N. York /.uteri
can that an investigation is how going on at pest
Point, into the moral condition and discipline ol: *the
Military Academy. Certain intimations and char
ges having been made by one of the of
the Actderaic Staff, the Secretary of War diie'cjitcd
Major Gen. Scott, Adj. Gen. Jones, Col. Cspea,
and Capt. De Hart, to proceed to the Point, aoctin
vestigate the whole matter. These officers are now
tngaged at their duty, ol which the result wi:l||we
presume, when known, be communicated officially
to Congress.
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Columbia, May 20.
The River has risen exceedingly, since 5 The
late heavy rains—about 37 feet. It was ealijl to
be two feet higher yesterday, than perhaps (iver
known before, and still rising. The water* Ivas
within one and a half or two feet of the flijov of
the Bridge, and some fears were entertained for
its safety. The banks are overflowed, even into
the Canal, on this side, and a number of ]«‘ole
and Canal Boats have been swept away, and (ton
siderable cotton, lime, and salt, that was in o’»en
stores on tlie bank. ‘
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Indian News, outrage upon outrage, twen
ty men killed, two wounded, three lif tod
Hounds killed, four men missing T
Jacksonville, May 24.
We are a doomed people. Destruction seems
to threaten us on every side. Week after week
adds to the painful list of victims of Indian
treachery. If the tide of slaughter is net slop
ped, the savage will again roam at large, master
of our forest, and lord of our domain. Soon our
cities villages and towns will be deserted, and
the shrill war-whoop of the red skin, and the dis
mal hooting of the swamp owl, will take ;the
place of the bustle of rationaUmproveraent, md
the hum of rational interprise. Let such recitals
as the following awaken those who are interes
ted, respectively, some to a prompt discharge of
those duties devolving upon tliem, and o.hers to
a lively sense of the danger to which they ; are
surrounded. |
On Wednesday, 20lh inst. while a Lieuten
ant and two men were passing between Micino
py and a place called “ Black Point,” they were
surprised and fired on by a party of Indiansthe
Lieutenant and one man wounded and one kil-
Jed. Same evening, Lt. Sanderson, in com
mand of Micanopy, while on a scout with 13 or
20 men, discovered a fire in the woods, and on
going to see from whence it proceeded was sur
rounded by about 50 Indians. Lt. S. and bine
men, three Blood Hounds and their keepet killed
upon the spot, and four men missing. On Fri
day, news reached Newnansville that three men
were killed between Posts No. II and 12. On
Thursday, a scout discovered a trail of about 100
Indians, in the *• Wolf Hammock,” six miles
south of Newnansville.
In addition to the above, we have intelligence
of 5 men being killed between Picolata and St.
Augustine, within six miles of the latter plate.
This happened on Friday, the 22d instant. Those
killed were two carpenters, belonging to Pic-data
who were shot from a public wagon,-three Ajiiora
attached to Mr. Forbes 'Theatrical Corps,-who
were going to St. Augustine to perform. Luck
ily, however, Mr. Forbes and the Actresseij had
passed some lime before.
News has also reached us by the General
Clinch, that “Fort Crum,” or the settlement
where Fort Crum was originally located, wsj.s at
tacked, and all in the settlement killed. This
latter intelligence was brought by -express to
Black Creek, on Saturday the 23d instant and is
no doubt correct.
Thus wo have a fearful record of at least twen
ty lives, as victims to the utterly defenceless:state
in which a great part of our country now is, and
has been since the discharge of the volunteers.
Experimenting in this matter, is preposterous.
Nothing but the most decided energetic action,
and that unremittingly continued, will ke«*p the
savage in check, or afford out sufleting citizens
any protection.
The carpenters named above as being killed
between St. Augustine and Picolata, were a Mr.
J. P. Miller, recently from Brunswick, G;*. and
Mr. Daniel C. Vose, formerly of the same place,
both personal acquaintances of ours. Mr.- Vose
was not killed, hut was found the day following
in the words, a short distance from when? they
were shot, having broken a blood vessel by'exer
tion in attempting to escape, in a -stale of insen
sibility. ‘
Mr. Miller was killed on the spot. He was a
■man of many good qualities: a useful and- wor
thy citizen; a kind father, a devoted husband,
and an industrious hard workig man. fie has
left a wife and several children, together with a
numerous circle of relatives and friends to ikiourn
his untimely and inhuman butchery. |
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer .
New Yorf. ’ v ”siyi27.
1 he number of emigrants arriving at this port
is very great. Every ship from Liverpool Lon
don, or Havre, has a full complement of i-ijserage
passengers. They are generally a be! UJr class
than we have seen for some years, and yiost of
them immediately embark for Albany their
way to the Great West. About one thousand
arrived yesterday and tire day before.
Specie continues to be exported. Every pack
et takes more or less. The last Havre packet
took out $300,000 ; and large amounts ate to go
next week. J
The Locofocos of Vermont held a contention
last week, and nominated Mr. Van Buren for
President, and Cci. Johnson for \ ice President.
Paul Dillingham, jun. was nominated for'Gover
nor. Ex-Governor Van Ness heads thc jElccto
•ral ticket. j
A V enerable Pear Tree.— The N, York Com
mercial tells of a pear tree still liivng in t!i.at city,
which was planted by Governor StuyvotiUKt, about
the year IGI7. I
“ Mysterious.”— I The Fleaiinsbuig!| Ken
tuckian of the 15th ult., says—“ Upon a requisition
from the Governor of South Carolina, tvqo here
tofore highly respectable citizens of Bath'county,
were given up a few daysVmcc, aud s.re jiow on
their way to that State with a strong gujird and
in irons.” What crime were they guib j ol?
Leaves from History.— We give the follow
ing as a sample of what the “ Demoarats ol 1312
thought of General Harrison. It is copied from
that consistent paper, the Albany Argus, of Novem
her 2d, 1813 :
We have the satisfaction of announcing to our |
readers, that the United Elates brigs Niagara, Cale- j
donia, and Hunter, the schooners Ariel and Provost,
and ilia sloops Trippe and Little Bell, arrived off
Buffalo Creek this day with Com Perry and Gen.
Harrison on board To describe the public joy
exhibited on the appearance ol the gallant and brave
men,to whom the inhabitants on a froniicr of a
thousand miles owe their peace and security, we
will merely state, that the heroes were very hand
somely saluted by Col. Chapin, from our battery
with three hearty cheers, which was returned in a
very appropriate manner by the fleet.
Hear what Wm. H. Crawford says in 1820, j
while Secretary of the Treasury, in his report to
Congress, speaking of the Currency:
“ An immediate depression in the prices of all 1
commodities would be the inevitable consequence j
of an unqualified return to a metallic currency,
upon the supposition that the quantity of gold
and silver annually produced should remain un- i
diminished. But, if this return to a metallic cur
rency should be attempted at a period when the
annual product of these metals, either from tem
porary or permanent cases, should have consid
erably decreased, all the great interests o: society
would be most seriously disordered ; property of
every description would rapidly fall in value;
the relations between creditor and debtor would
be violently and changed ; this change
greatly to the ; the property
which would be his debts
would exceed that wh had received from
creditor; the one would be ruined without the
imputation of crime, whilst the other be enriched j
without the semblance of merit. Until the en- 1
gagements existing at the moment of such change
are discharged, and the price of labor and com
modities is reduced to the proportion w hich it
must bear to the quantity of currency employed
as the medium of their exchange, enterprise of
every kind will be repressed, and miseryjand dis
tress universally prevail.”
Testimony, —The late editor of the Peters
burg Constellation, a favorite organ. of the Van
Buren party in Virginia, is now editor of the
Star, a neutral paper, published at the same place.
In a recent number of the Star the late partizan
editor thus bears testimony against the conduct
and policy of the Administration party :
“ The Democrats are bewailing their defeat,
and wondering at the cause. We will explain it
in a few words. Since the first of December, the
Administration and its friends have made three
false moves on the political chess-board sufficient
to condemn it and them, for prudence and pro
priety, in the est imat ion of all thinking men oj
both parties. The first was the proceeding on
the New Jersey question—the second was the
coalition between Mr. Van Buren aud Mr Cal
houn—and the third was Mr. Poinsett’s plan for I
organizing and arming the militia. To those
three causes is to be ascribed the defeat oflhe Ad
ministration party in Virginia at the recent elec
tion—an election more important in its effects
upon the Presidential contest than any which has
taken or is yet to take place in any State of the
Union. Regret can avail nothing now to our an
cieEl friends; and it will be well for them if it he
not too late to gather wisdom for the future from
the er ors of the past.
Prospects in Tennessee. —The revolution in
Middle Tennessee in favor of Harrison, if the
intelligence be true, and we have no reason to
doubt it, is unexpected and even astounding.
One of our citizens, just returned from Maury
county, says the changes there are actually as
tonishing and that it is generally conceded that
Mr Van Buren will not get over 300 majority,
although it gave a Van Buren majority last sum
mer of 911. The gentleman offers to hack his
opinion by betting a suit of clothes. Giles coun
ty also, which gave 334 majority for Van Buren
ticket last summer, it; is said will now certainly
give Harrison a majority. In the edge of Maury
or Lawrence, the gentleman found forty laborers
at work on the road, among whom there were
but four Van Buren me* He tells us that no
one can believe, who doe o not travel and see it,
that there is such an agonizing revolution in
Tennessee. But it is every where.- the face of
the whole Confederacy is troubled & shaken with
it; it is almighty and overwhelming; and the like
of which has never been witnessed, not even in
the rc-eleclion of Gen. Jackson. — Memphis En
quirer.
The Poland. —The Journal of Commerce
mentions 9000 lbs. of whalebone as among the
cargo of the Poland. The specie and cargo on
board the vessel are said to be mostly insured in
France.
A Gloomi Pictcre. —The Pittsburgh Intelli
gencer gives a melancholy account of this once
prosperous place. During the past year between
4000 and 5000 persons have left the city, from
their inability to obtain employment. Three
fourths of the manufacturing industry has fallen
off for want of sales. An extensive Foundry
which produced $300,000 worth of castings a
year, has entirely suspended, and discharged all
hands. From another iron establishment, 100
workmen have been discharged, and every estab
lishment in the city has been compelled by the
insane policy of the administration to curtail its
operations to almost nothing.
In more prosperous times, says the Intelligencer
out of about 200 drays and caits, it was very
difficult to get a load of merchandize hauled with
out delay and inconvenience, now three-fourths
of the number arc idle more than half their time ;
then every industrious man, woman and child
coming to our city could get employment im
mediately and their pay every Saturday night,
now our mechanics are obliged to go to fishing,
or to labor in the country for 18 3-4, 25 or at
most 37 1-2 cents a day.
From the Newark Daily Advertiser.
A Sign.—The Pennsylvania Keystone, Gov.
Porter’s organ at Harrisburg, has taken from its
mast head the toast of Senator Buchanan in fa
vor ol the Sub-Treasury, where it has been float
ing for about a year past.
The same paper has the following sensible par
agraph :
Pennsylvania occupies a commanding position
in the heart of the Republic—her wealth and re
sources are boundless—their development de
pends upon the fostering care bestowed upon the
imprisonment and credit systems. This was
understood by the convention of 1838, as it is
understood by a large majority of the people. A
war upon EITHER of these systems WILL
PROSTRATE any party that carries it on. They
were CREATED by the Democratic party, and
by the Democratic party let them be PERFEC
TED.”
It is the general understanding at Washington
that the American embassy in Spain has been
razed from the highest grade to a secondary one
for the purpose of getting rid of Gen. Eaton.
We presume the General will hardly be able to
appreciate the economy of the measure. The
Madisonian says he was recalled early in the
year, and that orders were sent to the London
bankers not to honor his draft after the Ist of
May. It is also said that there is an attache of
the American embassy in Spain said to have held
a rod of some power over Mr. Van Buren which
sprung out of the dissolution of General Jack
son’s Cabinet. Hence the caution exercised in
removing the man, by abolishing the office.
Mr. Van Huron’s friends are evidently alarmed
by the prospect of loosing their places, and are
exerting every possible influence to withstand the
tide of public sentiment. The Pennsylvanian
contains 22 columns of names, appended to a
call fora public meeting in the State House yard,
i Philadelphia, this afternoon in favor of Van 13u
ren and Johnson. The whole number of sig
natures is about 50 n 0—from the city and coun
try.
The Madsonian nays Mr. Kendall has accom
panied his letter with an address to the people of
the United States, which is characteristic of the
author, in style and spirit. Every card, circular
and address he sends out is accompanied with
his beggar’s petition. He designs to levy a rent
on those he deludes, after the fashion of Daniel
: O’Connell.
Indiana. —The assemblage on the Battle Ground
! of Tippecanoe on the anniversary, it is supposed.
will not be less than 3t)0(X) men. Prodigious?
j But they have nothing else io do. The meeting we
presume will be opened as McMahon, the Baltimore
chairman, did, “ The Nation will please come to or
der."
From the Richmond Whig.
Van Burea’s Standing Army.
“ The humbug of the Standing Army, and the
‘ details of the Militia Bill, have particularly oper
ated upon us with a tremendous force. The de
tails of the bill and the insidious use which has
been made of them, have contributed, moie than
any other cause, to snatch a billiant victory from
our hands. But the day of delusion is rapidly
passing away.—The time is coming, when it will
be shown, upon the highest authority, that the
President has not sanctioned the Secretary’s bill.
The details of the measure were called for by a
resolution of the House—addressed directly to
Mr. Poinsett, and the answer was sent directly
by him to the House.—Such has been the uni
form practice of the Government in similar ca
ses. The Secretary makes the Report, and he
alone is responsible for its propositions.”— Ritch
ie's Preface to his Book against Central Harri
\ 50/2.]
What a fall is heie, my countrymen ! What
a change since the days of the Hero of two wars
and forty broils ! Then, the doctrine was, that
the President was alone responsible for the acts
of his Cabinet Ministers. He was the only
member of the Executive Department known to
the People—his Cabinet were his mere creatures
and hirelings, and he was answerable to the
country for whatever they said or did. He did
assume this responsibility, and made it the justi
fica'ionof many a high-handed measure. He
and his men contended that the opposite doctrine
was the one recognized and practiced in the mon
archies of Europe. There, the Kings were not
amenable to the People, but their Ministers, by
whom they acted, were. The “ Old Hero” pri
ded himself in acting in opposition to this princi
ple of European despotisms. 7/e assumed the
responsibility. But now his puny successor takes
the opposite track—he skulks from all responsi
bility. His creature, who holds office but at his
beck and nod, has prepared a plan, the President
recommended it—but when the People discover
it to be Federal and monarchical, and threaten to
eject him from office—O ! he never saw it, and
certainly never approved it—lt’s all the work of
my Secretary—l wash my hands of it. This is
the aspect in which the Editor of the Enquirer
would present his friend and patron, Mr. Van
Buren—a dastard and a hypocrite—a compro
miser of his friend to subserve his own interests.
If Mr. Van Buren shall be mean-spirited (
enough to occupy the position assigned to him by
his advocate, or if the Secretary of War shall
consent to be made a scape-goat of to screen his
master, at the expense ornuib, unluckily for both
the selfish meanness of the one, and the truckling
subserviency of the other, will avail neither of
them anything before an enlightened public. The
past cannot be recalled —the records of the coun
try cannot be obliterated. It is written, and can
not be denied, that the Secretary in his annua!
report in December last, gave the outlines of Ids
military scheme, and added ; “ The details had
belter be left subject to regulation—a PLAN of
which Jam PREPARED to submit to you.”
We ask especial attention to the phraseology.
He was then prepared with his plan , which,
plan, upon a call of the House, he afterwards
submitted to Congress in the shape of a bill.
But this PLAN, which was at that time prepared
and which was laid before Congress three months
afterwards, and thus endorsed by the President
in his annual message:
“ The present condition of the defences of
our principal seaports and navy yards, as repre
sented by the accompanying report of the Se
cretary of War, calls for the early and serious at
tention of Congress ; and, as connected with this
subject, I cannot recommend too strongly to
your consideration the PLAJV submitted by
that officer for the organization of the militia
of the United Slates .”
Can any man doubt but that the President de
signed to be understood as approving, and actu
ally dia approve of thePL\N, which was the
bill, and which was then PREPARED ?
The effort of the President and his friends to
shuffle off the responsibility, under such circum
stances, for every man whom it may impose up
on, will, by its mingled falsity and cowardice, dis
gust twenty others. We may continue to re
spect a bold, frank man, when in error, and even
forgive his errors ; but when he seeks to screen
himself by cowardice and falsehood, the original
offence becomes aggravated, and he deserves only
scorn and detestation.
The Motion of the Ball.
The public press is teeming with proofs of the
popularity of the great cause of Harrison and
Reform. The People have taken the matter into
their own hands, and are resolved to carry it
through. Among the recent indications of their
enthusiastic determination to rescue the Consti
tution from the Spoils party, is the great conven
tion of the free and independent voters of western
Pennsylvania, western Virginia, and the neigh
boring counties of Ohio, held at West Alexandria,
Pennsylvania, on the 21st ult. The gnumber
of persons present is variously estimated at from
eight to ten thousand. Buch an assemblage
(says the Wheeling Gazette) has never been wit
nessed in this quarter ot the world. The farmer
left his agricultural pursuits, the mechanic his
workshop, the lawyer his books, the physician his
medicines, andall classes of society joined togeth
er in displaying their uncompromising opposition
to the destructive measures of the present Ad
ministration, and their determination, by placing
honest and capable men at the head of our Gov
ernment, to restore it to its former purity, and
our country to its wonted prosperity. We feel
that any description we may give of this great
meeting of the People will be exceedingly im
perfect, and y T et vve will attempt to show to our
friends abroad the enthusiasm and zeal which
prevails among the members of the partv, here as
well as elsewhere.
In front of the procession was a banner, on
which was beautifully painted the. Virginia
coat of arms, with the motto “ The Old Domin
ion is coming." Next came the soldiers of the
Revolutionary war, in an open barouche. Then
followed the sold ers of the late war in carriages,
bearing a banner, on which was painted the
American shield, with, on one side, the imple
ments of war, and on the other the implements of
husbandry. In the centre ot the shield was in
scribed “ The living witnesses of the bravery ,.
talents , and patriotism of their old commander
General William Henry Harrison." After sev-
eral emblematic and descriptive represent aliens,
came “the lion of the day,’ a large ball,
twelve feet in diameter, which was rolled along
the entire distance. This ball was a wooden
frame, covered with linen, painted in red and
white stripes alternately, and bearing an inscrip
tion for each State in the Union, as follows :
Maine —Daughter of Massachusetts —honor
thy mother.
New Hampshire —She is joined to her idols
—let her alone.
Vermont —Whig now —'A hig heretofore —
Whig always.
Massachusetts. —Firm in W hig principles —
tireless in duty-
Connecticut —The land of steady habits and
pure patriotism.
Rhode Island.—Lillie in body, but great in
soul.
New Jersey —Locofoco Congressmen tried
to disgrace her—her people will make her respec
ted.
New York —Reform-the second sober thought
of the People.
Delaware —She never bowed to the golden
calf.
Maryland —The heart of the Union —will
drop her last blood for the Union.
Pennsylvania —Honors the brave, loves the
patriot, and clings to libeily.
Ohio—The nation will rest in peace under
the shade of her buckeye.
Virginia —Her course is onward.
Indiana —Her defender in war will be her de
fender in peace.
Michigan —Young in years —ripe in Whig
principles.
Illinois—True to her country and its defend
ers.
Missouri—The ball is rolling there.
Louisiana —Her capital has set the example,
the State will follow.
Mississippi —Plenty of stripes, but few stars.
Tennessee —She mourns her best beloved,
and will cherish his principles.
Kentucky —Virginia has many daughters,
but thou excellest them all.
North Carolina — Kip Van Winkle is a
wake.
South Carolina —Like the ball, always tur
ning.
Georgia —Redeemed, regenerated, disenthrall
ed.
Alabama —Wc fear, but not as they who
have no hope.
Arkansas—Young, but learning wisdom.
After the fall, came in succession the young
Tippecanoe club, the Harrison association of
Wheeling mechanics, the delegation from Ohio,
citizens of Wheeling, the delegation from Short
creek, the delegation from Triadelphia and the
surrounding country, the delegation from the
eastern portion of Ohio county, and numerous
other township and county delegations. Among
th-s banners borne by that last named was one
representing a Sub-Treasury Chest —two per
sons were making tracks from it, with bags label
led $150,000 and $200,000, and another one was
in the act of helping himself. A man, with a
mask on, was holding the door open, and inviting
his friends to come up and fid their pockets in a
hurry, as it would shortly be closed. Another j
represented a laborer at work—his child begging
him for bread, and he replying that his taxes {
must be paid before he could provide for his fam- i
ily. One of the party was looking on, and ted- ;
ing him that German laborers only get ten cents |
a day, and he ought to work for the same.
After the procession had arrived at the stand
provided for the officers, Thos. M. T. McKen
nan, the late distinguished Representative in
Congress, was chosen President. Vice Presi- ;
dents and Secretaries were also elected. Upon
taking the chair, Mr. McKennan addressed the
meeting in an able manner. He expressed his
gratification at the tremendous outpouring of the
Whigs of the western portb ns of Pennsylvania
and Virginia and the neighboring counties of
Ohio, and most eloquently portrayed the causes
which had brought them together. He examin
ed the leading measuies of the Administration
and showed the sub-Treasury scheme in all its j
natural deformities, exhibited the effects of the |
rnal-administration of our Government, and poin- i
ted out the remedy.
Powerful and eloquent addresses weie then
made by Dr. Elder, of Pittsburg, Mr. Willey, of
Monongalia county, Mr. Cowan, of St. Clairs- '
ville, Ohio, Mr. Stewart, of Uniontown, Penn- :
sylvania, and Mr. S. Sprigg, of Wheeling, Vir
ginia. After Mr. S. had finished, the meeting j
adjourned till after dark.
The Better Currency. — The editor of the
Ninawah Gazelle, published at Peru, Illinois, gives
us Ihe following idea of the “ belter currency” about
his pans.
If any thing was wanting to show the extraordi- >
nary change which has been produced in our mone- j
tary affairs, whatever may be the causes assigned
for that change, the present character of ourcircula- |
ling medium in this vicinity, would afford evidence
sufficiently strong to convince ihe most sceptical
on this point. The year ’37 was distinguished par j
excellence, as the * era of shin-plasters.’ But bad as
ifiai *era’ was, it was ‘cakes and sugar plums,’
when compared with the present. We recollect at
that lime, when journeying from this place to the
east byway of lha ‘ southern schute,’ the great in- i
convenience to which travellers were subjected in
procuring change lor bank notes of five dollars and
upwards, particularly in Pennsylvania and ISew
Jersey. But even then, by offering the bills of re
spectable banks, we could, at, least half the lime, by
insisting upon it, get specie or other bank notes in I
change; and bank bills of the denominai ion of five !
and ten dollars were abundant. But now we can |
hardly travel out of our own precinct upon any
terms except ‘tick’ or charity. Bank bills have
almost entirely disappeared from circulation, and
their place is supplied wholly by ‘ script,’ most of
w hich is payable in ‘ merchandize,’ and none of it
redeemable at all, unless a person is fortunate enough
to obtain the ‘small script’ to the amount of one
hundred dollars, in which case he can exchange it
for a ‘ script’ note of that denomination. Farmers
and market-men refuse to take it, while the mer
chants, by charging a sufficient advance upon their
goods, will receive it to a certain extent- A very
few dimes and half-dimes, which pass for ‘ bits’
and ‘pics’ are in circulation, while now and then,
a stray ‘ bogus’ Mexican dollar, or American half
dolloi, may be seen passing mrtively—like the slan
ders upon Gen. Harrison—from hand to hand
among ihe Loco Focos. Surely, the ‘ poisoned
c halice’ has been returned to their own lips with a
vengeance! But the ‘ yellow boys’ are entirely out
of the question with us, even among the Sub-
Trcasurers, notwithstanding the ‘ Mississippi’ has
been high enough lo ‘ float up’ all that ihe branch
mint at .New Orleans could have coined in a week.
Novel Experiment.— A canal boat was sunk
in October last in the Delaware near Vine street
wharf, Philadelpha, and on Tuesday apian was
put in operation to raise it. At low water a sloop
was moored directly over it, and fastened to it by
chains which were taken down and secured by a
man of nearly sixty years, an expert swimmer and
diver. The result it appears by the Ledger was
successful, the sloop raising the sunken vessel
with the flow of the tide.
U. S. District Court, N. Y.—Capt. Wil
liam J. Rogers, master of the whale ship Beaver,
recently arrived, was on Monday anested by Mr.
Quarry, deputy assistant U, S. marshal, on charge
of having, in September, 1837, while cruising off
Savage island, in the South Pacific, forcibly put
on shore and left behind one of his crew, named
John Brown. Capt. Rogers was required to find
bail in SSUO for his appearance on Tuesday for
examination, and procuring which he was liber
ated. We understand that the defence of Capt.
Rogers is, that the seaman himself preferred go
ing on shore to remaining in tbe ship, and that
in proof of which lie will produce a certificate to
that effect signed by Brown,
i The above is the case of the captain of the
whale ship, charged in an article originally pub
lished in a Troy paper, with having delivered up
one of his crew to he devoured by cannibals. It
appeared at the time too monstrous for belief.—
N. l r . Cour. 4' Enq,
A case was before the Tribunal of Commerce,
at Bordeaux, wherein a man had refused to pay
a note, drawn “ at sight,” on the ground that his
eyes were so had that be did not know when he
should be aide to see it, and of course the note
would not he due until then.
From U Hd's vtsit to Egypt.
The Pacha’s College and School of
Medicine.
I was transferred to the care of Doctor Seher
who conduced me through the College and school
ot medicine, which forms a part of the building us
lire h-spital, so that the student has but to cross the
court from his dormitory to the ward, and can pro
ceed trorn ihenre in a few minutes In the dissecting
theatre or lecture room, become acquainted with
materia inedica under the same roof in which he
sleeps, an.i enjoys his morning’s walk in the botanic
garden heneorh h;s window, besides this they are
all required to become acquainted with practical
operative chemistry; and for that purpose are sent
for a certain time to work at die chloride ot lime
and saltpetre manufactories. This system, added to
1 that ot the general medical education here given, is
| one well worthy of imitation in Great Britain, and
j reflects no small < red it on its founder Clot Bey.
At the date ol ray visit there were students in the
college, who were fed clothed and educated and
paid by the Pasha. The dormitories and o'her a
partmen's of these t'oung men were clean and airy,
and they themselves appeired orderly attentive.—
They all wear a uniform, are regularly drift d as
solcicrs, and rise in rank and pay according to their
proficiency. The pay varies from 20 to 50 piasters
a month ; and tiny are allowed out of the college
once a week, on the sabbath.
'J he nominal duration of study is five years ; hut
the greater number arc drafted oil in t he army or na
vy after three years ; some few' remain as long as
| seven.
The school of medicine consists of seven profes
sorships, viz : anatomy and physiology, surgery,
pathology and internal clinique, pathology and ex
ternal clinique, medicine and chemistry, botany ami
materia medica, and pharmacy Instruction is giv
i en by mrans ol an Arab interpreter or dragoman ;
| tbe prolessor writes his lecture and it is translated
| to the class by the interpreter. The rnaj irity of the
j professors are French, and the salary is somewhat
! more than JJ2OO a year. They are obliged to wear
j thy Kgyptian uniform and shave the head, but no
sacrifice of religion or principle is demanded ; and I
need hardly remark that all Europeans, or Chris
tians, Eie under the protection of their respective
flags, and should they be convicted of any misde
meanor, must be handed over to their Consul.
The labraiory contained a good chemical appara
tus and Ihe dissecting room several subjects. This
letter indispensable requisite to medical education
it would b scarcely o; to mentioning but I hat it oc
curred among a people whoso strong leligiius pre
judices prohibited even the tombing of a dead
body in some cases; and the introduction of this
novel science was one of the most difficult things
Me turned Ah had to enforce for a long time.
The Latest Gevi. —We find the following in
an exchange paper. We do not know the name
of the author, but he cannot long remain con
cealed, The seed in the ground may resist the
. sunbeam it such genius can remain unknown:
“ Farewe J l dear girl, farewell, farewell,
I ne’er shall love another;
In peace and comfort mav you dweh fc ,
And I'll go home to mother ”
If your mother once gets you home, she’s a
fool if she lets you out again in a hurrv.
A CARD. —At a meeting of the Augusta Bap
tist Church, held on Sunday, the 31st ult. the fol
lowing Resolution was unanimously adopted:
“Resolved, That the thanks and grateful ac
knowledgements of this Church are due to Capt
E. Starnes, Mr. Wm, Haines, Jr., of Fire Co. No.
1, Dr. J. A. Eve, Mr. J. T. Gardner, Mr. Michael
Shchane, Mr. Alman, Mr. John Caldwell, Mr. C. C.
Harrison, and several others whose names are not
known to the Church, for the promptness with
which they, through so much peril, repaired in the
midst of the raging flood, on Thursday morning
last, to aid in extinguishing the fire which threat
ened the destruction of our House of Worship.”
june 2 It
M i R R I £ IK
On the Ist inst., by Rev. Mr. Cunningham, Mr.
Georoe W. Duval to Miss Rebecca A. Hack,
j both of Richmond county.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, June I.
Arrived yesterday —Line ship Sutton, Barkman,
New York; brig Franklin, Knight, 17 dsfm Mobile.
Cleared —Fr. bark Euphrosine, Aubert, Caen ;
bark Statira, Montgomery, Amsterdam; Bremen
bark Diamant, Ballaer, Bremen; C L brig Cordelia,
Sherwood, New Voik; schr Zephyr, Trescctt, St.
Thomas; schr Delight, Thranc, New Orleans.
BANK REPORTS.
Planters’ Bank.
Savannah, April 13, 1840.
His Excellency, C. J. McDonald,
Sir :—I hand you herewith the statement of
the condition of this Bank, made up to the 16lh
inst. inclusive, together with a list of the Stock
holders. I am, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
Geo. W. Anderson, President.
Statement of the condition, resources, and lia
bilities of the Planters' Bank of the State of
Georgia, on Monday, 6th April, 1840.
DR.
Notes of the Bank in circulation :
Old emission, 21,923
New do 154,493
Due to interior and other banks for
collections, 208,706 12
do Treasurer of the United
States, 695 99
do Public Officers, 36,233 46
36,929 45
do Individual depositors,* 236,353 05
do for unclaimed dividends, 9,432 21
Profits and reserved funds, 142,749 38
Capital Stock paid in, 535,400
* Os this sum there is, 860,794 27 at the special
credit ot individuals, being pa>ments on account of
Notes lying over and judgments.
DK.
Gold and silver coin in the vault, $90,991 55
Notes of other Banks on hand, 97,490 00
Funds and exchange in N. York, 84,609 24
Exchange in Philadelphia, Balti
more and Charleston, 10,600 00
Due by Banks in Savannah, 93,296 76
Bonds of tbe City of Savannah, 125,000 00
City Stocks, 8,920 00
Real Estate, 11,000 00
Current Expenses, 4,844 98
Bills discounted —
Running to maturity,
good, $654,787 92
Lying over, not in suit,
good, 19,230 00
do do doubtful, 2,885 46
do in suit, good, 20,000 00
do in judgment and se
cured by mortgage* 122,330 30
§1,345,986 81
* Os this amount is considered
doubtful, $1,522 21
do do do bad, 613 00
Planters’ B \n k
Savannah, 15th April, 184 0 c
Stale of Georgia , / Personally aopcared' I
| Chatham County, SW. Anderson, Presjj
1 and James Marshall, Cashier of the Pi ent ;
Bank of tbe Stale of Georgia, who
sworn, say that the above statement h ; u 8 , U ‘- V
true ; the pood, doubtful, and bad debts a s V
instated, having been estimated by the B* T*-
Directors at the last regular meeting,
CLa. W. A S .« t ; p rcsii]
J. Marshall, Cashier.
Sworn to before me, this 15th April, 1,840
Francis Sorrel, j. J C f c
Amount No. of
Stockholders. paid. Shares Am' ,
Academy of the county of Ef
fingharn, 80 20 ,
Anderson, George, “ 210 Ifi’Z
Do do 190 2 ?
Do Eliza M. 80 lo
Do Eliza C. « «
Do Mary S. « .. *°°
Do Edward C. “ « ° OO
Do Georgia Ann C. “ «
Do Julianna W. “ g
Do in trust for Eliza C. “ lo
Do Mary E. “ 2
Do George W. “ 282 oo e-J
Do do “ G 6 60S
Do do in trust for * ,(J0()
M. A. Sorel, “ 10 8n „
Do Sarah Ann “ 5
Do G, W. and brother, “ 12 Q „,,
Adams. H. U. “
Almy, H. C. - U
Blanchard, J. H. 100 2 ’JL
Berrien, J. M., in trust for
J. M, jr., W. M., and L.
G. Berrien, 80 24 1
Barclay, A. “ 44 3 520
Barnos. C. “ IS ’ 961)
Bad, C. “ 2 jgQ
Barren, Ann, “ 38 3,040
Do ]OO 2 200
Bolton, C. 80 2
Do R. R. “ 2
W ~ n . 160
Do M. C. Bolton, trustee, “ 2 igo
Do Jas. son of John, “ 12 95^
Do Ann H., daughter of
J °hn, “ 11 BSfl
Bayard. W. C. “ 50 4 0 q
Bourke, Ann M., trustee of
E. Smith, “ 3 280
Do trustee of E. Bourke, “ 15 1200
Bones, John, guardian, “ 25 2 (jon
Bulloch, W. B. & W. Gas
ton, trustees, “ 10 goo
Boyd, E. A. “ “ §OO
Bulloch, Martha, “ 12 ggg
Campbell, H. J. “ 127 10,160
Central Bank of State of Ga. “ 1000 80,000
Cuyler, VV. H. “ 20 1,600
Cole, D. D. “ 2 160
Carter, Abigail, “ 10 800
Cumming, Jno. “ 13 1,040
Do 100 II 1,100
Chevricr, M. . 80 2 6 2,060
Commissioners of Pilotage of
the Port of Savannah, “ 61 4,880
De Vtllers, P. “ 20 1.600
Demise, R. jun. 100 23 2,200
Davis, W. & M. Lafbur
row, trustees, 80 9 720
Do dp trustrees, 85 4 425
Dasha, J.. W. B. Bulloch tfe
G. W, Owens, trustees, “ 10 850
Dillon, John, 80 1 80
Dillon, M., guardian, “ 5 400
Drectressee of the Savannah Free School
Society, “ 12 960
Elliott, Mary “ 9 720
Do. 100 2 200
Ex’is of the estate of J.
Waters, 80 112 8,960
Evans, W. M. “ 64 5,120
Evans, Sophia “ 100 8,000
Edwards, M. “ 2 5 2,000
Fleming, H. “ 2 160
Flournoy, Robert Willis “ 63 5.040
Do' 100 64£ 6,750
Do. Robert Watkins “ 12£ 1,250
Do. 80 19| 1,560
Floyd, Melinda 100 2 200
Do. Elizabeth, 80 3 240
Galloway, Alex’r “ 11 880
Gaston, W., in trust for Mraia
Beichell, 100 10 1,000
Glynn County Academy, 80 12 1 9,680
German Lutheran Congregation
at Ebenezer, “ 13 1,080
Glen, Ann “ 2 160
Gibbons, 8., trustee 100 15 1,500
Gillett, W.S. 80 2 160
Gillett, Eliza “ 2 160
Gugel, Dan’l. “ 50 4,000
Gibson, Pat. 100 20 2,000
Godfrey, Wm. 80 39 3.120
Harden, J. M. B. “ 13 1,040
Haig, S, G. “ 99 7,920
Henry, J. P. “ 80 6,400
Do 100 20 2,000
Hunter, Jas., Cashier 80 24 1,920
Herb, Fred “ 10 800
Huoston. P. Trustee of
J. Woodruff, “ 22 1,760
Do. trustee for R. Moodie “ 4 320
Hunter, W P “ 20 1,600
Habersham, R in trust for C.
Elbert and others “ 11 880
Jones, Geo. jr. 6 0 4,800
Do. N. W. “ 6 480
Do. in tr’s for S F Jones “ 3 240
Do. George in lr. for S Jones “ 3 240
Do. - “II 880
Isaac, Lucy “ 65 5.200
Do. 100 25 2,500
Do. 85 2 179
Jackson, J. J. 88 12 960
Johnston, P. A. “ 19 1,520
Do. E. H. « 31 2,480
Do. L. C. “ 40 3,200
Do. M.H. “ 19 1,520
Do. Do. 100 10 1,000
Do. B. R. 80 24 1,960
Do. S. M. ‘ “ 22 1,760
Do. W. P. “ 19 1,520
Ker, James “ 50£ 4,040
Do. Eugenia M. 100 4 400
Do. J-.uuisa J. “ 4 400
Do. Jas. in trust for E M Ker “ 2 200
Do. in trust for do. 80 1
Do. m trust L J Kef “ 4* 320
Do. in trust for do. 100 1
Do. intrust for J W
Kyerson “ 2£ 200
Do. in trust for do. 80 2 161
Do. in lurst for M- G.
Millward “ 1
Do. in trust for do. 100 2 ‘-00
Kolloch, MF 80 17 h 3 6;
Do. 100 3 30
Lamb, James 80 28 2,*
Do. 100 100 10.009
Lawrence, C J 80 2 J *
Lieon, D guardian 100 5
LeConte, Lewis “
Do. 80 59 4,729
Lloyd, E & M Cleland, trus- .
tees of Widows So. “ 5 4
Melvin, MR “7 5611
Magill, S W in trust for AW ,
Magiil “ I Z
Do, C A 100 14
Do. S W “15 1.509
Do. 80 1
Do. EP 1 .
Do. 100 14 j*
Do. HZ “ >4 ''"j
Miller, Mary' “ 8
.Milieu, CM “ D) ',ca
Marshall, Jamea 100 35 j ’’
Do. SO’ 364 2 - 9 *