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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
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SATURDAY G, DECEMBER 5.
Editor’s Co'-r'sponaence.
Milledoetilll, ; n ursday, Dec. 3, 1840.
A* I anticipated, yesterday was the great day of
the session, and it was’ a proud day for Georgia.
The knowledge that the-; Electoral College would
cast the vote of the Sti.te for President and Vice
President, drew together it large concourse of the
genuine democracy of Gwika, who, together with
the imposing ceremonie ’ of casting the vote of a
sovereign State for its feudal rulers, rendered the
scene, if not the most, on<; amongst the most im
pressive ever witnesses v| ithin the walls of the
State Capitol. i
At 11 o’clock the Hbu'te of Representatives
took a recess, to make arrangements for the recep
tion cf the Electors. At twelve, they again as
sembled, and after awaiting the action of the Sen
ate, on a motion to adjouili, which* was rejected,
they notified the Electors: c*’ their readiness to re
ceive them into their Ka!l. During the recess,
however, the Gallery of the Representative Hall
was rapidly filled with anxious spectators, all
eager to witness the exercise of this important
attribute of a sovereign *:tatc. And on this occa
sion, I was much gratified to oerceive that the
gentler sex, a large number of whom were in at
tendance, to seal with tire approbation of their
smiles and bright eyes tiro action of the Electors,
honored the event with thejr presence, and joined
ia the general manifestations of joy which the
occasion called forth. At-about twenty minutes
past 12, the Electors entered the Hall, preceded
by their President, the Hen. George R. Gilmer,
and were received by the House standing and un
covered. When they wen* seated and the House
again resumed their seats, there was for a moment
the most impressive and deathlike silence I ever
witnessed iu so large an; audience—a si.ence,
which while it impressed y;iu with the solemnity
mnd grandeur of the occasion, breathed an elo
quence«thrilling as it ujas sublime. It lasted
but for a brief minute, wheii it was broken by the
audible tones of the Secretary, Major Jonn H.
Steele, calling the list of Electors, who thereupon
deposited their votes for president, which were
immediately counted and tke result announced to
the anxious multitude artuejst the most deafening
shouts of applause, and or two contemptible
hisses from Locofoco of the Legislature
This done, they proceeded |o ballot lor Vice Pre
sident, the result of which v 5 -as received with simi
lar manifestations of app.au--e and disapprobation.
Thus exhibiting how little -respect is actually felt
far the popular will, by the: party who profess to
regard the will of the majority as supreme, while
they assume the name of;“ democrats .” The long
contest is therefore over, ;and Georgia, my own
native, much loved Georgia,* has cast her vote for
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON ! “ the invin
cible Hero of Tippecanoe, the patriot Far
mer of Ohio, for President; and that sterling
disciple of the Republican school, JOHN TYLER,
of Virginia, for Vice President.
Th* House was engage a great portion
•f its sitting yesterday, l\n \ho Tax Bill reported
by the Committee on F.ns-.ice, which recognizes
the ad valorem principle ol; taxation, and which
had not been finally adopte;. when the House ad
journed.
In the Senate, after the reading of the Journal,
Mr. Calhoun, of Muscogee, galled up hi* resolution
to bring on the election of aJUmted States Senator
on Friday next, and afffir la harrangue oi three
hours from R. M. Echols., tlje Senator from Wal
ton, a speech against tim> ajid the motion to take
up the resolution, in whkhjhc exhibited himsell
as destitute of speaking talents as he was of those
high moral obligations, whi<|h ever mark the gen
tleman under all circumstances, the Senate took
up and adopted the Both branches
will therefore proceed to eie-1 a Senator on Friday
next. Yours,’ j.
The Whig press has ver * generally expressed
a decided opinion agains, tlje scramble for office
which, since the election ofj Gen. Harrison, has
manifested itself in soma (Quarters. The Press
lOfVirginia it will be seen J,y the following par
agraphs, is equally decided on the subject.
The New York corrses-pc'-icent of the National
Intelligencer states that “ar unworthy and un
dignified scramble for office has alreaov commen
ced” in that city. “Men a w going about getting
other men to sign their n ames to papers request
ing Gen. Harrison to give jhem such and such
an office.” We most devoully hope that in every
such case, Gen. H arris oil will reject the ap
plicant. This office-seeking mania is the dig
grace and curse of the country; and we hold that
the beggars for the crumbs! that falls from the
President’s table, show by thjit very circumstance,
that they are mercenaries kj spirit, and unwor
thy the stations they seek. \Tfiey make the best
officers who stand aloof frjim this spaniel-like
scramble for the “spoil.” We all recollect the \
host of sffice-seekers by whofn Gen. Jackson was
besieged when he enteredj Washington City,
and whom he only succeeded in dispersing by a
general notice that no one slould receive an ap
pointment except at his horfye. The Whigs have
been denouncing the s/wiTirprinciple. We cal!
upon them to tTown down ;*ny member of the
party who has the effrontery to claim his “re
ward”—the very best evidence he can furnish,
in our estimation, of his to fill anv
station —Lynchburg Vttgfyiian.
The Richmond Whig iu j:opying the forego
ing paragraph, appends the following re
marks: *
We lookfto Gen. Harrison with unfaltering j
confidence to pat an end it once and forever to
th* demoralizing office seeking spirit, which was
engendered by the “spoils system,” as introduced
and practiced by the reign ; n£ faction. His posi
tion will enable him to do it* and we have faith
that his inclination will pminpt him. Let him
by his acts, proclaim to the World that mere par
tizan zeal, without capacity und established char
acter for honesty, constitute'no passport for of
fice. And let him if possible, suppress that
growing passion of the agtj —the eagerness to
be quartered upon the Public Treasury—to live
without labor at the public Expense—a passion
which is a bane to honest industry and to good
znerals. 1 his he can only eTectb y exerting his
influence in curtailing the office and reducing the
salaries. Such a reform, vntle it may excite
the clamor of the interested and disappointed,
will win for him the affeclioij and lasting grati
tude of nine-tenths of h : s Countrymen. If he
were less patriotic and firm |f purpose than he
io, and if he were looking -o a re-election, he
might be deterred from pursuing this bold and
noble course; but there is nefeanhiy inducement
to swerve him from the path- 4 of right;—the true
substantial and enduring welfare of his country:
the sole object of his ambuk-n—is all the cause
he has to consult. That pr moted he may des
piae the malice of his eneni-i, and disregard the
donors of eawortby friends
f
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From the New Orleans Picayune of the 28 th ult. |
Another Steamboat Disaster.
Bursting of a Flus. ox thf. Farmer, with |
coss or life. —With regret we are compelled to i
record.another steamboat disaster accompanied j
with loss of life. By a letter we received late 1
last night from Mr. Allyn, clerk of the steamer
J. Dupre, and from the clerk of the Farmer, we
gather that about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
and while a passenger was being landed opposite
Madame Deleary’s plantation, a fiue collapsed on
Doard the Farmer, killing Wm. Berry, the 2d en
gineer, and a German deck passenger whose name
could not be ascertained. Six hands belonging
to the boat and four negro deck passengers were
also scalded, but none of them dangerously.
Fortunately the J. Dupre was only a little
distance a head, and Capt. Gordon immediately
rounded to and came to the assistance of those
?n board the Farmer. The passengers on the
latter boat speak in the highest terms of grati
:ude of Capt. Gordon. Although under posi
tive engagements at Baton Rouge he rendered the
wounded every assistance in his power and tow
ed them down to the city, where medical aid
could be procured.
The Farmer was commanded by Captain W.
Gilbert and is now at our wharf. From her shat
tered appearance it is almost miraculous that no
more lives were lost. At the time of the collapse
she was near the Red Church, and the cause as
signed by those with whom we conversed for the
accident is, that the engineer was not aware of,
the length of time it would take the yawl to land
the possenger, and did not take the proper pre
cautions in letting off steam.
Virginia.—The Virginia Legislature met on 1
the Ist inst. The election of two U. S. Senators
will take place during the session. Mr. Rives,]
will douotless, be chosen to fill the existing va
cancy—and some other Whig in place of Senator
Roane, whose term will expire on the 4th March |
next.
The Charleston Courier of the 4lh inst. says :
—The Richland Democrats have decided to run
no ticket against the Whigs, at the new election,
ordered by the House of Representatives, for that
District.
The New Orleans Bulletin ol the 2711 i ultimo
says:—During the week past, the weather has
been of unusual severity. The night before last,
there was quite a freeze and ice of considerable
thickness was found in the gutters yesterday mor-1
rung. The injury sustained by the sugar crop |
in consequence, will, it is supposed, be serious. I
According to the opinions of oldest inhabitar.:s, i
the winters for the last few years have grown
much colder tnan they were in former limes.
All for Glory. —Since the invasion of Algiers
by the French, about ten years ago, upwards ofj
50,000 French soldiers have been slain. There ;
are about 70,000 soldiers in that country, 10,000
of whom are in hospitals. It requires the sum I
of §IOO,OOO per week to pay and support them. |
Mammoth Iron Steamship. —The Great 1
Western Steamship Company is building at Bris- i
tol, an iron steamer of 3000 tons, or 600 more j
lhan other ships. Her engines arc to be 1000 1
horse power, and it is expected that her average I
voyage across the Atlantic will be reduced to ten
days. The screw propeller has been auopted.
Import Duties of Great Britain.—A Re- j
port from a Select Committee ot the House of
Commons, upon the import duties of the king
dom, has been laid before the British Parliament.
It states that 1150 different articles are subject to
import duty, besides some not enumerated. The
total amount of revenue from these 1150 articles
is £22,962,610; and out of this amount, nine
articles alone produced in 1838, something over
eighteen millions and a half pounds sterling; ten
articles more produced nearly two millions. The
rest of the amount to the revenue was derived from
the aggregate of insignificant items.
Among the articles yielding the greatest amount
jf revenue, Tobacco is prominent in the list. The
uuties from this article in 1839 amounted to £3,-
495,65 G, or to nearly seventeen million of dollars.
This large revenue is derived from an inconsider
able quantify of tobacco, the duty Being in the
proportion of about thirty six pence on six
worth of tobacco.
The Committee express the conviction that
prohibifary duties are comparatively unproductive !
io the revenue, and operate as a heavy tax upon
the country at large. A revision of the whole
system of Custom House legislation is recom
mended, and a gradual amelioration of the rcsrtic- i
live policy, in such a manner that existing inter
ests may suffer as utile as possible in the transi
tion to a more liberal and equitable state of things.
We find these statements relative to the Report
in the New York Commercial Advertiser. They
indicate a change in the commercial policy of
Great Britain which be.-peaks a degree of liberal
ity rather unusual for that country. We cannot j
but hope that the proposed alterations will be car-1
ried into effect—although it is not expected that j
the system now in force will be materially chan
ged.—Baltimore American .
Philadelphia, Nov. 25.
Your leaders will remember that in the great
Presbyterian church case, tried before the supreme
court in Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1839, the
New School party oo’ained a verdict, and that |
the court in hank subsequently set aside the ver
dict and awarded a new trial. The case again
came up before this court (sitting at Nisi Prius) !
last week, hut Judge Sergeant i eing on the bench \
(who had declined sitting at the former trial.) he i
postponed it to the second term of the court. This !
term commenced on Monday last Judge Kennedy j
presid.ng. The counsel for the defendants •the'
Old School) applied to the court yesterday morn-1
ing, to allow this case a preference on the docket, j
on the ground that it had been put over to this
term by the Court themselves. The application
was resisted by the opposite counsel.
This morning the request was renewed, and it !
was farther urged in support of it that the defend- i
ants had given due notice to the relators of their ■
intention to have ihe case tried, and that they j
had witnesses present from a distance who were
detained at a great inconvenience. The New
Si hool counsel still contended that the case was
not entitled to a preference, and declared also that
they were not preparcc for trial. Judge Kennedy
decided against '.he application, and directed the
case to be put at the foot of tne list. As the pres
ent term of the court lasts only three weeks, there
is no probability that this cause will come on be
fore the next Nisi Prius, which is usually held m
February. Nor, indeed, is it supposed will there
bs any trial then.
Benton, in a late speech delivered somewhere
iu Missouri, says that he has been offered and
has refused the highest offices in the gift of the
Executive, and he adduces this as an evidence
or his disinterestedness and public virtue. Might |
not another cause be assigned lor his refusal? Is
he not a defaulter to Government, and could he i
hold any office until his arrearages are liquidated?
—Richmond Whig.
The Feds are sorely grieved at the Aurora Bo
realis of Democracy that heaves up so beautiful
ly from the northern and eastern States. Be
calm, gentlemen, that shower-bath is almost
ready. — JSTaahvillt Cnion.
ell » lhe “ shower-bath” has come, Jerry,
ill you ever b« abla to catch your breath again?
— Frcntit,
From the Commercial Advertiser.
Lecture of John Quincy Adams.
The Lyceum made an auspicious commence
ment of its season of lectures, last night. Not
withstanding the inclemency of the weather, the
name of John Quincy Adams —honored and
revered by all who have a reverence for lofty in
tellect, profound learning and exalted patriotism
—filled the spacious Tabernacle to its utmost ca
pacity. It was an audience of great respectabil
ity, and the reception of the venerable statesmen
was that of high enthusiasm and deep-felt regard
For upward of an hour and a half was the atten
tion of the vast audience enchained by a discourse
rich in its philosophy, and glowing with thoughts
that breathe and words that burn. The follow
ing is a brief synopsis of the lecture, prepared to
oar hands a few days since by the Boston Tran
script, where it was first delivered :
Man, he said, stands alone in the wide Uni
verse. Os all living beings he is first —created
in the image of his Maker, but endowed with di
vers capacities according to his state in various
ages. Primarily, man was governed by two laws
—self-preservation and procreation ; the first re
garded his physical condition solely ; the second,
the perpetuity of his species.
From the earliest ages down to the present
time, mankind had four modes of leaving. First,
as hunters; secondly, as shepherds; thirdly, as
tillers of the ground ; and fourthly, as the civil
ized inhabitant of cities. The first was totally
ineffectual toward the moral condition of man ;
the life was that of individual independence ; man
cares nothing for his brother man; —his time
passes in hunting and war; in hunting beasts,
and in war with his tellow man ; he knows noth
ing beyond the illimitable forest, and its wild in
habitants; and only when the successes of the
chase have depopulated one spot docs he seek
another. To the hunter, all nature is a ll icket.
He sees nothing in the aspect of nature to move
him to meditate. Through the dark intersections of
the forest he catches scarce a giimpseof the star
ry canopy or azure vault above his head. He lives
for himself alone. He is the tyrant of his wife;
and in feeling as well as life, a savage.
Far different is the condition of man in the
! pastoral state. Beside- the perils of the chase,
the birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, are
his delight and pleasure, and even the insects
□asking in myriads in the sunbeam, excite his
mind to contemplation. Living on plains and vast
1 savannahs, with the cloudless Heavens above
I him. his mind is led to reflection ; he observes the
' courses of the planets, and is led by them to the
computation of time, and thus the pastoral life
may be called the father to the science o! astron
omy. He chooses his favorite animal, chiefly
bulls and sheep ; and finally pitching a tent on
the plain, he takes the first step toward a positive
j habitation.
The laws of society, by permanence of abode,
are multiplied and strengthened; woman ceases to
be the slave, and becomes the choicest treasure of
man. The bounties and beauties of nature are
| now observed with love ami admiration ; each
mountain and river, the bird of the air and the
insect hum, inspire him with ideas of the henefi
' cenceof a wise Creator—and the pastoral life bc
i comes the golden age of poetry. This is, hovv
[ ever, an imperfect state of existence; the life is
i wandering, and polygamy is carried to excess
j among the people. Necessity, however leads to
I still greater improvements, and we subsequently
sec man existing in the third state—as a tiller of
the ground.
We find him exemplifying the beauty and uni
-1 fy of things, he builds him a house to dwell in ;
has but one wife; and acknowledges one omni
potent Creator and God of all. Here we have
the unity of permanent habitation, tne unity of
i conjugal association, and the unity of religious
worship; from these proceed the laws of proper
ty and the right of inheritance, with that belter
feeling of patriotism, or love of country. Wo
man is not now as with the hunter—a slave; or
as with me shepherd—a mere possession ; she
becomes a friend, companion, and solace, and the
comlorts of life are no longer dependent, but re
ciprocal.
Attention is now directed to the mechanic arts,
and then arises the true principle of divided la
bor—woman acts in her proper place, and man in
his appointed sphere. The destructive evils of
polygamy are fully felt, and the grand principle
of unity as essential to the des gns of the su
preme Creator is now carried into beautiful effect.
The man is the husband of one wife, and the
family is governed by the laws of love ana jus
tice.
Civilizaton, or the congregation of men into
cities, is a consequence of agriculture and the
arts to which it leads. Artsleads to science, and
invention to discovery—wnile navigation and
ship building, in extended branches, are the gieat
results. Man’s life is now one of action and me
ditation, and these lead to to the progressive im
provement of himself and otners, of nis country
and his kind. Sell-love and social intercourse
arc preserved in their heauiv and utility. Polj’gu
rny is abolished, and man and woman live in
pairs, as orignally designed by the allwise Gov
ernor of the Universe.
This principle of living, as recorded in history
through all ages, can oe clearly traced in the Ho
ly Scriptures, and worldly theory is hut a cobweb
ot the brain compared to the brain truths of the
Bible. If there had never been a revelation,
what would man know of his true position in this
life, or of his duty heie, in relation to a hereal
ter? This world is but a great firmament of mor
al anfl intellectual light, which should serve to
point us toward eternal glory in the file to come.
1 he above is a has.y and very imperfect ab
stract of Mr Adams’s lecture and, and it is im
possiole in such a sketch to do justice to the mor
al or biblical reasoning of the learned and devout
lecturer. He inculcated, in energetic forcible
language, the virtue of chastity, and the necessity
of preserving inviolate the conjugal tie—both as
regards individual good and the well being of so- |
ciety.
1 he audience were transfixed by the eloquence !
of the venerable orator, while, with the strong
rein of commanding words, he enforced the mor
al ot his lecture ; and they were gratified in ob
serving that the vigorous powers of the speaker,
mental and oral, had not only been preserved
through a brilliant meridian ot hie, but had cul
minated in strength and activity toward a final
close, presenting the sublime spectacle of
“ the immortal mind,
Firm as the so'id base of this great world,”
and resting safely on the Rock of Ages, as its sure
foundation.
The lecture is to be repeated at Brooklyn 'his
evening; and we are gratified at being aide to
stale that in consequence of the urgency of his
friends, and in conformity to the general request
of his numerous auditors last night, the board
have prevailed upon Mr. Adams to remain over
till Saturday and in the meantime deliver anoth
er lecture at the Tabernacle on Friday evening.
The subject of the leclcre will be Faith. It will
beyond doubt attract a large audience.
EauiTocAt:—“Tom, what makes vour nose
so red !”
“V* hy, the tact is, Bob, I blow it a little too
bard.
A good suggestion.—The Louisville Journal
suggests the piopriety of employing PouTKH.the
Kentucky Giant, as the messenger to carry in
telligence to Washington ot the tall majority of
20,87 3 which “Old Kenluek” has given for Gen
eral Harrison.
Weil, Mr. Kendall, you have.it must be con
fessed, figured pretty largely of late; but you are
nothing “ extra” wow.— Prentice.
Atlantic Steamers.
The New York Express denies the truth of
the rumor that four Steamships were about to he
, ouilt in that city to run to England. The Ex
! press says: The number already running from
here and Boston is quite sufficient to accommo
; date the public, and it is believed quite as many
is found profitable. The experiment has not had
I the effect to induce American capitalists to em
bark in the project, nor is it believed that the pros
pects held out are sufficient to revive anv spirit
there may have been to commence any underta
king of the kind. 'J'he rumor, however, has had
one effect, and that is to induce Mechanics enga
ged in shipbuilding It; require as high or higher
wages than they have been in the habit of get
ting- ’
; Phrenological “ Soft-Sawder.” [By
' Sam Slick] —Sam, to sell his clocks, has recourse
i to “ soft-sawder,” done up in Pnrenology:
I “ i looks at one of the grow’d up galls airnest I
i like, till she says. Mr. Slick, what on airth are
: you a-lookin’ at ? Nothin,’ says 1, my dear, but
i a most remarkable development. A what? says
j she. A remarkable development, says I, the
I most remarkable, 100, I ever seed since 1 was
j raised.”
“ So I elides out my knee for a seat, and says,
it’s no harm Miss, you know, for Mu is here, and
I must look near to tell you; so I draws her on
I my knee, without wailing for an answer. Then
i gradually one arm goes round the waist, and
j t’other hand goes in the head, bumpologizin’,
i and I whispers—wit, paintin’, judgement, farcy,
| order, music, and every good thing a’most. And
| she keeps a sayin'—Well, he's a witch ! well,
how strange! lawful heart! Well I want to
know !—now I never! do l< il ! as pleased ail the
time as any thing. Lord, squire, you never see
any thing like it, its Jerusalem fine fun. Weil,
then, I wind up by touchin’ the back ot her head
- hard, (you Know, squire, what they call the ‘am
ative’ bumps are located there,) and then whis
per a hit of a joke to her about makin’ a very
lovin’ wife, and so on, and she jumps up a col
ourin,’ and a sayin’—lt’s no such a thing. You
missed that guess any how. Take that for not
guessin’ better ! and pretendin’ to slap me, and
all that, but aclilly ready to jump over the moon
for delight. Don’t my clocks get fust auanred
and then boughten arter this reddin’ of Deads,
that’s all! es; that’s the beauty of phrenology,
You can put a clock into their heads when you
are a puttin’ other fine things in, too, as easy as
kiss my hand. I have sold a nation lot of them.
The only thing agin phrenology is it’s a little bit
dangerous. It’s only fit for an old hand like me,
that’s up to trap, for a raw ono is amazin’ apt to
get spooney. 'Faking a gal on your knee that
way, with one hand on her heart, that goes ph
ty pat. like a watch tickin’, and the other a ro
vin’ about her head a discoverin’ bumps, is plu
i guey apt to make a fool of you without your
knowing of it.
Nothin , squire, never stops a woman when
her curiosity is once up, especially if she be cu
rious to know something about herself- Only
hold a secret in your hand to her, and its like a
, f hunch of catnup to a cat; she’ll jump, and frisk
j and frolic round like any thing and never gives
j over purrin’and coaxion’ of ymu till she gets it,”
; | Our next quotation is from “ Trading in Bed.”
—Sam, who warned to gull an old General in a
! bargain, contrives to sleep with him, and “ sofl
; sawders” him with stories. Among the rest, he
relates an adventure of his own with an English-
I man. The Inn was crowded and Sam could gel
I no rest, unless he shared with John Bull, who
was already abed. Sam undressed “ put out the
light” and in, “like a bed hug.”
“’I he critter was a-lying, with his back to
me, a-snoring like a bull, and more than once
, I had 1 a mind to wake him up, so that he might
have a lair start for it; but then I thought it
j would only end in a fight, s> I let him he. But
just as I was a droppin oft' to sleep, the critter
i j fell to and kicked like a jackass. Lord I thought
j he would have kicked me out of bed, or broke
, | ray leg, he kicked so like all possessed. Thinks
\ I to myself, what on airlh shall I do ? shall I give
him a sockdolager ondtr the ear and wake him
up, or shall I turn to and k’ck him in return a-
I Rain 1 I did’nt actilly know w hat to do ; at last
• I gets upon my knees, jist lays hold of -him hy
j the shoulder and turned him over, with his face
j to me, and his back to the outside of the bed.
Now', says I, kick away till you are tired, will
you my hearty, and you wont hurt nothing hut
the wall.— \V ell, it lie didnt snore and kick a
i way in great style, it’s a pity, hut as he didn’t
touch me no more, I dropped off asleep and left
him a-hatterin away at the wall with his heels
like a p iviour s rammer. In ihe morning he was
quiet enough; but oh, such on ugly, ungainly
lookin beast I never seed. He had ins mouth
wide open, a-showin’ of his snags of teeth like
a boss when he sneezes, and there was dry froth
on his nose and lips from snortin’ so. His eyes
, was open too, (for some men sleep with their
i peepers open, like the Dutch overseer of the nig
gers with the glass eye, in tne sugar house.) and
; they stared like the eyes of an owl, ana had jist
I sich a glassy, filmy, onmeanin’lcok. His hands
hko most of the Britishers, was as white as
chalx, but the nails was blue, and so was his lips.
—The nostrils were pinched in, and his nose
looked pointed,altogether he was perfect a pictur’
l ot an u gly man. Huilo, shipmate, says I. how’s
! y our heels this mornin ? I guess you must have
i hurt ern agin that wall last night for you kicked
j I ke all vengeance; hut he was as sound as a top.
j With that, I throw’d down the elolhes on rny
Hue, anu was a gettin out of bed, when one leg
| touched him, and his skin was so cold and so
j dammy. I turned round and took another sui
i ver y him, ai d put my oar close to his mouth,
: and I hope I may be shot if he warn’t as dead as
| a herring. He was, 1 swear. It tvas an apper
i plexy fit he uad made him kick so like mad.”
“ V* e had a crowners inquest on the body,
| says I, and thecrowner, who was a bit of awa»,
| returned a verdict, ‘died of fright, aslecpin’ alum*
with a \ ankee.’ ”
i
dTe~d~ u
Os Appoplexj’, on the Ist inst., at his residence
in lu>rke county, in the 49th year of his age, Vvm.
Palmer. He has left a widow and seven children
with numerous relatives and friends ta mourn his*
irreparaole loss.
M ARINE jNT ELL IG ENCE.
. . Savannah, December 3.
Arrived —ship Zcnohia, Putnam, New York •
barque La Grange, Porter, New York; bri" Elean
or, Jones, Baltimoie; brig homulus, Knghsh,Pro
vidence ; schr Gneko, Tobey, Phi adelphia ; schr
Pexter, Maim, Portland; schr Caroline, Stroui,
I hiladelph.a; schr Henry Franklin, Wright, Bal
timore. * ’
Cleared schr F. A. Tapper, Morgan, Baltimore.
C HARDEsxoN, December 4.
Arrived yesterday -Ship Cabot,' Sumnre. New
York; Schr. George, Goodrich, Hartford via New
\oik ; Schr. Thames, Axworthy, Richmond (Va.)
r.ih? 0 c rf u~ S T hcr ’ Kalh,een ’ LtWis > St. Jagu de
leanV Schr ’ Josepli Goidun > Williams, New Or
e aie aut * lonzed t 0 announce C. Dlt'K
foVthpVnc aCai d ' date for Receiver of Tax Returns
loathe ensuing year. 4 _ 4t *
Cj* Hr. IF. S. JONES lenders his professional
services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity
He may be found at his residence on the North
side of Green second door below Mclntosh street
or at the Chronicle and Sentinel office.
EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK —At sight
o T 9 l ° tW#Dty days 9i * ht - For «ie bv g ’
CARDiiLB at RHIND.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, November 6
Latest dates from Havre, November 4
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Friday Evening, Dec. 4.
1 Our Cotton market since our review of this day
week has been very unsettled, on Saturday and j
Monday last there was & decided downward ten
dency, showing an established decline of g a 3 ct. I
per pound on the current rates early in the past
week.
On Tuesday a slight reaction took place with a
gradual improvement to this time, and now closes
wih a good demand for all descriptions,at are- i
duclion only of I cent per lb. from the highest
point. The receipts for the week has increased to !
a fair cx : ent, yet. far short of the supply usually re- t
ceived at this advanced season of the year. Our i
river stiil continues good for all steamers of fair j
draught, and from present appearances will bring
those of the largest burthen to our wharves forth
with. We quote Cotton of new crop in accord
ance to present rates.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS
Ordinary none.
Middling to fair— (d 9
Fair to fully fair 9£ fa) 9}
Good fair 9f (a 9 \
Choice none.
tremes of market at til to cents lb.
Exchange —Cn New York, at sight, (a) 7 .v>
cent for current funds; Charleston at — (a) 6
ct; Mavannah (a) 3 ct; Philadelphia 4 (flop
cent; Lexington, Ivy. par (d 3 cent; Richmond 4
p» cent; Specie commands (n> b\ cent prom.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 2 (iv 2sp- ct. prem.
Columbus Insurance Dank... (a) - “ “
Commercial Bank, Macon, 3' (a) - “ “
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) s(n - “ “
Agency Brunswick, “ 5 f(i - “ “
Planters' and Mechanics’ Bank,
Columbus, 1 $$ “ disc’nt
Central Bank, 7 (ft- « «
Milledgcville Hank, 3 (a) - “ “
Oemulgec Bank, 6 (a- « “
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 12£ Tv - “ “
Hawkinsville Bank, 6 (ft - « “
Chattahoochio JR. II. & B’k Co.. 1 'fa) - “ ‘
Darien Bank, 20 (3 25 “ «
Bank of Romo, 12 J , (a> 15 e: “
Union Bank, “ 50 ft- “ “
Southern Trust Co. “ 30 •fa) - “ «
Ail other Banks now* doing business, at par.
Specie Paying Banks, — dechanics’ Bank, Insu
rance Bank of Columous, Commercial Bank oi Ma
con, ana Brunswick Agency in this city.
New Orleans, Xov. 28.
Cotton. —Arrived since the v4tli inst., of Loui
siana and Mississippi 93-6 i ales, Tennessee and
North Alaoama 29vi, Arkansas 491,together 10,097
i bales. Cleared in the same time, for Liveipool
4,1.19, Havre 1.614, Marseilles 1.0u9, New
361, Boston 1,376, Richmond 4b, together 8,524
bales, making an addition to stock oi" 1,573 bales,
and ieavingon band, inclusive of all on shipboard
not cleared on the 27ih inst., a stock of U)0,99g j
bales.
<Our review of last Wednesday morning, it will i
be recollected, left the Cotton market remarkably !
firm, and with an upward tendency in prices ;
Since then there has been a very animated as well 1
as a very geneial demand. The sales of VVednes- i
day amounted to 3,600 bales, on Thursday to 6,800, i
and yesteiday to about 3,510 bales. 4he contin- I
tied activity in the market, and the consequent de- 1
crease in the quantity oiicring, have enabled hold
ers to obtain an advance of fully a quarter of a
cent on all descriptions, and our quotations have
been a tered accordingly. Our highest rate for
Louisiana and Mississippi Cottons, it will be seen,
is 1 It cents, but we may remark that very select
parcels arc held at 12 a Icents, and even more.
We are not yet able to give a full set of quota
tions for Tennessee and North Alabama—the re
ceipts up to this date have been almost exclusively
from the Vvestem Distiict of Tennessee, and the
sales have generally been in round average lists,
at from to cents. The market closed last
evening very him. During tne week the sales
have amounted to 21,700 bales, and for the last
three days to 13,9-0.
LIVERPOOL CASSI FI CATION.
Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary 1} (ft 7f;
Middling, «£ (a) >] ; Middling fair, 8| [a 9 ; Fair,
9d Co. 9’,; Rood lair 'ft Good and line, j
■a . 'iennrssee and North Al wama —Ordinary,!
; Middling, (ft ; Fair, fa ; Good I
(ft —lair, ; Good and line, ft—.
statement of cotton.
IS-10, Oct. 1. stock on hand bales 2791
Receipts last three days 10097
“ previously 153755 163552
T , 191763
Exports last three days 5524
“ previously. . 82247 90771
Slock on hand 100992
Sugar — Louisiana.—'i he weather, since our
last report, having been clear, and favorable to
transactions in this article, the market has amin
teen ratlin- active on the Levee, some 500 toliOO
hluis. have changed hands, part for shipment and
part to speculators. The general range of prices
lias been to cents, with occasional small lots
ol thoice at 5g to 6 cents. Ihc supplies continue !
abundant, ana the stock on sale is still large. A
i.-.ii demand is also experienced for lots on planta
tion, and we notice sales of i 75 hhd®. at 5 cents •
6uo atoj, and about 150, in several iots al 5A cts"
1 he severe frosts of the last few days have made
it necessary lor the p.anters to cut down the hal- !
mice of their cane as soon as possible, and there is
litt e doubt that the crop will thus be materially
diminished m quantity and reduced in quality.—
Havana Sugars are scarce, aw., in lair demand at
our quotations.
Mot asses.— There is not a very active demand on
tac Levee, and ’-o els. ■> ga,lou,in barrels, is now
the highest rate for any considerable lots. We are
not adused of any sales on plantation, sine© cur
last report. 5
1 lour.— Our last Wednesday’s recoil left the
market him. on the day previous, at 84 50 lor Su
perline, which continued to be the prevailing rate
until Thursday, when some considerable improve
ment in the demand, and the rather lighter receipts
lor some days,gave holders an increased confidence
•and seveial sales were eiFected at >4 62. \ fit 4 7;,
VV c quote the latter ligures, as tliey are the lowest
price at which any could be bought yesterday the
greater part of the stock being held at hHiJ’hn!
its. borne of the purchases have been fur ship
ment to the West Indies, and one or two lots v e - e
taken on speculation Among the sale-: we notice the
following, viz; —6oQ barrels superline at 44 Sf
300 line at $4 00, 200 bfils superfine “si 50 600
d° =ts4 04, 550d<>. a t$ 4 ch.
and 6oU do at (j>4 io. The receipts, tile last
three days, aie 2,299 barrels. 3 ast
Bacon.—The demand for all descriptions is still
connned to v ery small parcels, tut prices have un
dergone no change since our ia<t \\ o
red Hums a, I*|® .3 ce„ K .
f«» b V»v, 7CU - «riviS
u 4., h M*?, r‘*
hollers to slo.o, tl.i.oiS.e’ £2,l* b f alI ? ,S;
advance, anj ,ve now quoie Ked,fi e 7at L ol
cents gallon. At the«e rat,.- u - f U 31
mand is hot active thev [ i ? , y ever ’ the de
ers for shipment to’ other th - 8 ,? buy "
rather hunted parcels, m
Exthltgc^TrSanVorTr lll1 '”! 10 " r,olict '
crate demand «§ “,t M a S'’ r Wh,ch a ~Jodf
or aStorling and r s 101 A'- cent premium i
Exchanged 10 '«BUU on Pari.. ,
our the rates have given wav a ift’tte dema , nd >
report, good bills ha-1 no- Zli ! a ll ce our hst :
<w n’Gt hl ® r. ss ~
for short sight bills, at I ca ; tp .,. ■
1 fj*. cent 1 remium for lu davs sH,| lor 5 s r ,^
olienng is abundant. ',:
6° days 27> cent discount. Boston hll * d elpU»
Freights. —European frei-ir - f 5 par
• former rates, and the only duli a»
10 notice, Vince our Wednesday * ™' t S *• Lv»
tor Ltverpool at 9-ISJ, and another fa n(' “
i,J eoi Cotton. Coastwise frei-hts ar. n? ow »t
I hut the rate, are the same as lihora miri S‘ d «».
j in | *
£. PENNEY,
MINIATURE PAINTER t
Masonic Hair
Specimens may be seen at his room or at u. r
Store oni. A. Richmonl. J, *
a m dri: w j. E j a \siii
ATTORNEY AT LAIC,
lIOV 25-ts I'alnltnc
j r J aloi| nega,r, a
W. R. CUNMNGIfA3I, A ( « '
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
oct 31 Savannah, Ga. o, n ’
JOHN if. STANPOm> f
ATTORNEY AT LAiV ,
D' l7 l Clarkesville, Ga.
li. If. OVIfKBV,
ATT ORNE Y AT L A IV,
felt 25 JefFerson. Jackson co mtv Gi
AUGUSTUS JR EES,
AT TORNEY AT LAW ,
sept 5-Iy Madison Morgan couctv Ga
CT WILLIAM (>. EVE, J. P.,can be'fo^7 a t
ali times at the store of Wright, Bull k Co.
oct 28 ts
W . U . NI3I MO.
C 0 M M XSSI O N MERCH ANj f.
Office in the lower tenement Masonic Hall,
nov 9 ts
JOII N . J . Si YSII) ,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Will be thankful to his friend' for any part of lu.
siness in the above line, which will be a trended to
witn rectitude, A c. oct 24
THE REtVULXR KOO.U
Attached to this office is open to subscribers, ants
strangers introduced by them, every day and eve*
ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock,
Subscription so ; for a firm of two or more v](j
(Tf* AUGUSTA BENEVOLENT
for the Lenclit of the sick poor of Augusta. The
committee for the present month are as follows:
Division Ao. I.—W. E. Jackson, Andrew Me
Lean, Mrs. Pemberton, Mrs Waterman.
Division A o. 2. —j. B Groves, W. 11.Crane,Mrs.
Talliaferro, Mi'-. Ann Winter.
Division No. 3. —Porter Fleming, E. W. Doughty,
Mis. Andrew Miller, Mrs. Cornelia Cohen.
nov 24 J. \V. WIGHTMAN Sec’y.
Cfj’Br. GARDNER, foimcrly resident surgeon
n the New \ork Hospital, and physician at Belle
vue Hospital, New York, tenders to the public his
professional services.
Oiiice in Washington street, between Broad and
Ellis streets Residence, EaMe k Phoenix Hotel
ap 2
OTICE. — N. K. BL TLERfy CO. are my duly
authorised agents doling my absence from
the city, [nov 17-wlm 1 ISAAC TAYLOR.
A GREAT BARG AIN OFFERED !
plantation fifteen miles from Augusta, iu
M. Richmond county, late the residence of Gen.
David Tayioyjr. Enquire of Mesers. James and
Augustus H. Anderson, Burke county, or Colonel
Henry il. Gumming. Augusta.
November IS4O. sw6w
XEW GOODS.
mME subscriber has just received a lot oi
i desirable GOODS, such as
Muslin de Laines. black and colored grounds, rich
colors,
A new and beautiful style of lig’d Silks ai d Satins.
Black ground Prints, with a varie’y of other desi
rable Goods, all of \\ iiio’.i will be sold low.
nov 24-tiw2w 3WM. CLAGF.TT.
EXC 11 A NG E COl' F E E HOIB E,
No. 22S Rroa««iit.,Aii2;us!n, Geo.
%_a THE Subscribers would beg i y
|£iV |i’ leave to iitfoim their friends and
_f -' : i- ltß the public, and strangers in par-J||||l
tKUiar. that they have opened the above establish
ment, directly opposite the Chioni. ie and -entice!
< fiice and the Georgia Kaiho ul Bank—formerly
known as Hall's Cairiage Repository.*
In opening the aoove House, no pains has been
spared to render the sojourn of their friends and
customers agreeable and pleasant. Their Bar is
stocked with the choice® Liquors, Wines, Scgarj,
tcc. in connexion with the establishment they
| have opened a RESTAUR AT El !l. where travel-
I lers or transient customers can always obtain a
I Breakfast, Dinner, or >upper, of Flesh, Fish, Fowl,
Oystois, Sic., of the choicest kind, which will be
served at the shortest notice. On the arrival of
the S ivaunah boats they will receive a large sup
ply ot tresli Oysters—as they have an agent in Sa
vannah to select their stocu of Oysters, the public
may rely on obtaining at this establishment a bet
ter article than can be had elsewhere. Their
House will be open at all hours. Passengers by
the Railroads will find it to their advantage to call,
as they can obtain their refreshments at any time,
a d be in readiness for the 6 o'clock train of cars
that leave Augusta for the north and south.
Boarde.s can be accommodated by the day, week
or month. No pains will be spared to give salis
laction to ail who may favor them with a call,
their Larder is stocked with the best the market
affords. MILLER & BUTTERFIKID,
N. P>.— Their Stapling arrangements are suca
[ that they feel satisfied they will give general satis
faction. ' dec 3 lra_
BETTER, CIIEFSE, Ac.
(f% CASKS choice Goshen Cheese,
/%-J 16 begs do do Butter,
30 bbls Gin, Phelps’ brand,
25 do Whiskey,
20 do Canal Flour,
50 kegs Nails.
Just received end for sale by
nov 2C-trw6t W. JcJ, NELSON.
nr’SHE subscriber is prepared to deliver LEM
11 BER, of ail description, in any part of th<
city, at short notice. AND. M A'.LEAN,
nov 9 w4t
iiEEH AND CIDEK.
(sh DHLS superior Ciearn Ale,
sij m 25 do do Champaigne Cider.
Ju.-t received and for sale by
nov 20-trw6t W. &: J. NKLSON. _
V* AttEIIOUSE AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS.
THE subscribers have formed a co-partnersni?
for the transaction of a factorage and c«®
mi®sioa business, u ndor the lirm of HOPKI 4
STOVALL. They have taken the cmnmodu
fire-proof Were House on Mclntosh street, oppo
site Gen. Thomas Dawson’s, formerly occupied }
Heard cx Wilson, and more recently by D’Antig®*-
Ik Hill. Their storages arc conveniently
for the storage of cotton, or receiving and forward
ing of goods by Railroad or Wagon. They kope.
by strict attention to business, to merit a share ®
public patronage.
LAMBETH HOPKINS.
MA RCELLCB A. STOVALL-
Augusta, Jniy 8, 1840. 2awtf-yi. v -
NOTICE TO PLANTERS AND ME ll '
CHANTS. . ~
THE customers of the Georgia Railroad wfi
wish their Goods retained at the Depot w
their wagons, will be particular to instruct !•’
agent at the station to which they are sent to tb*
effect, or have them marked distinctly O. »
(Own Wagon). nov 3 iwu
Constitutionalist will please copy the above
■^Y^OTlCE. —All persona indebted to the estate
TNI of Guilford Elliott, late of Burke county, c •
ceased, arc requested to makeirameniate
and all persons having demands against said csta •
will present the same duly atte-ted, wit’nß ••
time proscribed by law. „ ,
SDIfiON BELL, Ss. *-
Dumber 4, 1544.