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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. i aughs|ta. 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 * \ 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.