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CHKONI :le anj j sentinel.
A UCl’l T▲.
WEDNESDAY MORMffG, DECEMBER 9.
The fallowing geatlecze were, oa Monday
last, elected Directors of |ue Bank o. Augusta,
far one jcar, from that a |
Messrs. John Moore, Clarke,
A. Waterman, McDowell,
James Fraser. Robert A. Retd,
Wm. Camming, Shear,
John Bones, |ames W. Davu.
James Harper, -Thomas N. Por-.ll^n,
0. E. Carmichael.
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At a meeting of tae near Board, on Tuesday
morn mg, John Moore, £ was re-eiected Pres
ides!.
Lafayette Course.
rxasT nsr.
Sweepstake for 3 year -olds elooo each, 5250
forfeit, —cae Two mile heats, colts'
JO lb*. fillies 87 lbs. 5
Cel. Jcha Crowell ; gj. fi Mary Watsen
by Robin Hood, out Bolev.a 1 1.1
CeL A. H. Kenan, b. c |y Andrew
out es Pet the dam ei|Miis Medley „.. .2, 2.
Time 4.00 tmnutes-i|-4 m. Go s.
The grey filly wju tom iVvrente at 2to cue. The
«*R led off in both heat, tfar about a mile T nd a
half, when the fiDy«a«»| forth, passed and woz
wuh a., inugjiaiie ease. .
itcoxi n.4T.
The entries for to day. | me S4OO two mite beau
(“•) 1
Ja». Umpkto; ch. f. MJr L.-zaieiL. by Andrew
dam by Galiau. 4 old.
C«L John Crewel;: b. L .Va; cy Clark, by Bertrand
out of Mg recce SUppkr, 3 years old.
Chas. Lewu; ck. f. E.tj j Speed, by Ler. attan.
4am Paculet, 4 yeiriiblc,
CeL W. R, Joanson; b ju UToader, by Tecn.cn=
dam by Rod Roy, 5 .fears old.
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\ irwi>. The LgprtHHi thu State not*
■a Richmond on the Ir. j|ic*. In the loose of
Delegatee, V. V. Soc tuHl (whig, w as a fc ctn |
Speaker, be receiving 97 rotes, mi W. 0.l
Goode (dem.j 56. Gko. W. Mcxfoed was 1
re-elected Clerk, Daxii|i. W a *» Sergeant a:
Arme, and Messrs. Rosier Bradlet and Wj
CHAXiiaa, Ist and 2d Ifcor-keeper* Governor
Gilmer s message was ilceived. I: n * basir.e**-
Uke documoct. confines 1 moot wnoLv to the lo
cal aflain and interests <1 r.i« State. *
In the Senate. Job* £*}. wasanaii
smonMj choeen Speake*. Annrsov Ha\«foib
Ckrk. Joe? W. Allcs { Sergeant at Arm.
uc» Ma*tix and T«|«a* L. Xeuoj. D -ar
keepers, and Joh v Waiac :a Pnmer.
I tn the 5d instant, thd CMfage of Elector, m- i
■cmhkd m the capstol. cam the rote of
Tom for Manny Vast Bcrex aoo Ricbard
M.Jmxkx. Aitice '[nrn. of Isieof \V e •
far Mr. Pots, if:' Tennem«. tor f» j
President, of C Joassoe.
Tna Pofcla* Vote .i-Tbo whole number of '
“ T# *• »* L o/ Cmcr,
at the recent ee:Lon u aboa; 2 0-
■•wieg an increase -r«-< . ...
SKWAO*. nitre. c«-j TW .hi, j,
» exekwee of Booth Carofiam, k about I
ii2>X»; »b--cc. ty a Jur aiicwaace lor Scat'
Carn-na wooia &e reJ-ced to lid* 000. T- •
mmj be " mad jukea" «, Han.rooy .
m<xr.T miw Liu tec rltatr*.
It i* worthy of mr a cra g* of o«-
***• “ in PenxurlVa
me.Mr. sa» E ec
fcaral in«ead of fe.tj preset nmher. **
ZxtaKt of a letter rented m Charleston d»-
W.
O*I.EA»*, Xor. 2^.
vr heo it is that tne plant in the Gulf
States, particularly m Lou,«.ac% and
was anawalijprommtDZinihefpnDg. DatQre d
macn earber than .a*t jesir, and that 'he impor
tant opera', on of pickup has Dees earned onVn
der ajocrao.* br rams
«r mHy frosts, it u ret ocabie to expec't. with
»- progressing >f caJuration in the
Ooif SuiMtiu! «r, l?p ;, wi J) elcetd mher
A.O Wl Kwtof HOC M. b,l«. Altho' m»nv
•f l&e planters hare reloctance to send ;
m ibear crops, oor rec*i .»t8 at this port art on a
P*r wua last year’s arrirals. To? Cotton aJ-
is fair in sttple hut deficient both
m coiwf and cieannes? ; the planter* k it under
load, hare had more regard to quantity than j
ftmhiy. The stock now on hand is 99 A 19 bales ,
•C»mst baka ti th is time last year.
** wt — P x * mil? or oca Scsar crop
amaoTiß.—We hare conversed with inbabi- *
ÜBU of the bayou Lafourche, as well as one or
two persons reading in the rirer parishes where
cane is cultivated, aril they all agree that the
coW weather of last week will hare the effect of
destroying all the out standing cane. If those
persons are to be rdiej on. and they pass for
»en of veracity, then will this year’s sugar-mak
ing fa ll off 00,000 hiijia, and our planters lose
M»«0 millions of dollar*,—.V. O. Courier.
Cotton Crop b)| likioth Carolina*
Tho follow in g is an «;ttract from a report marie
by E. G. Palmer, Ea.}, to the South Carolina
Agricultural Society : <
-Your committee h*re rreen drnck with the i
coincidence of the view* of those of whom tbev
enquired, as to the failure of the present crop-1
a»d believe that if theji were dispoed to arrive
•» the most accurate conclusions on the subject, j
that they would cstiro : te the failure of the Up
land crops of the BUU: of South Carolina, for !
•k* year 1840, at five e gbu of the crop of 1939
which amounted to 301,569 bale*, and which
would make the Dre**ju crop 188.480 bales.—
Bat believing that the wafer course would be to
voder rather than over-estimate the failure, with
• T *«w to give greater confidence in tne future re
ports of this Sorsety, t'my have concluded to fix
lha preaent crop at about 200.U00 bales. Your
cammittce regret that iney have not been able to
procure as ample information, in relation to the j
Santee and Seals. iod c otton*, as they would de
•ira, but bdieva that the failure will be verv aear
fy one half of the crop of 1839.”
®raaiißOAT* Lost.—The Wm. French, from
below, reports the iocs of the steamboats Flying
Dutchman and Elba. The Flying Dutchman,
with a heavy cargo, bound for Louisville, struck
a snag at Deadman’» Island, 30 miles below
Natchez, sod sunk in ueveu minutes, a total Joss.
Th# Elba, bound for S;. Louis, was sunk at
Buford’s Landing, 150 mile* below the mouth of!
Ohio, a total loss. She had been abandoned
when the Ftench passed.
The Wm- French tliio report* the Bunker Hill
• ground high and dry nt Wilson’s Bar, mouth of
Red River; and the Massachusetts,at Salt River,
bar mu a shaft broken. —LouurcilU Journal, of
SJU t7tk uli. \
The semes of the individuals, murdered a few [
days ago, in a flat-boa:, near Louisville, are Jas.
X. Owataia and John Glenn, both of Bedford
Ca, Va. Their boat wa loaded with mi nufaetu
ied Journal, of 37tk ult.
Fiti 13 Locistxli*. —On the 25? h of No
vember a fire occurred m Looisvilie. Ky_ which
destroyed property to a large amount. It broke
out in* the store of Messrs. Hew el, Allison dt Co.
Before lb* boose could be entered, the whoie in
ter or was enveloped in fiame, consuming a con
siderable amount of property, embracing nearly
all their stock, widen it was impoasinle to save.
The fi-e quickly communicated to the adjoin
ing bouse of Mr. Willis Stewart, which it was
found impossible to save. Some of Mr. Stewart s
property was rescued, bet he is a considerate
looser.
The flame* reached the adjoining houses oc
cupied by Messrs. Bullitt <sc Go. and Jno. N.
Johr.eon. which were considerably injured- So
imminent was the pen! in which these latter
establishments stood, that their property was mo- !
ved into the street by which they sustained a se
vere iocs. We understand that Messrs. Builitt
Sc Co. have an insurance at the Mamie and Fire
Insurance Company, of this citv of SIO,OOO arni
th*: Mr. Johnson’s insurance in the same office
is $3-500.
The *t res of Messrs. Stewart and Hewitt, AI! i
j son A Co., were among the most superb in the
j city, hav’ng handsome marble fionu.and balus
trade*. The loss will be heavy ami is estimated at
I about $30,000.
The w;nJ was from the West, but was light.
The snow on the roots prevented the flames from
i sp-eaUmg. and devastating one of our principal
squares. There was a coustderabie sur, of money
say $10.600 and valuable plate in the vault of
Hewitt, Allison & Co„ which on exammausn
wasfisood unimured—the vault being fire proof.
Mr. Stewart's iron safe was also saved. We hear
•hat noth Mr. Stewart and Messrs. A1 :son dc Co.
are ii>«urtd. but to what amount and in what
office we did not learn. We understand Mr
Hewitt will ne • loser—the house occupiei by
j the firm not neing insured, which cost $.2,000.
A Factoit Bcivt.—The mill of Sylvaccs
H>>lbrook. Esq- of North bn dge. Mas-., which
was tHirn: on t-e evening of Friday. November
• I3:b. used for the manufacture of cotton and
wool, was formerly the property of the North
bridge Manufacturing C :npar,v. Tne main buil
dup wasoi wooc, and 170 !e«; in jenrth ; an ad
dition of 60 :eet .ong had Oeea made w;min a
few vesrs. and the whole was in good repair.
The fire broke out about seven c’ciock in the
evening, while the machinery was in operation
and the hands at their work. It originated in the
upper story, where there were acout 1400 pounu*
\of dry cotton. One of the banns employed open
ed the door of the stove, in which coal was uaed.
for tne purpose of replenishing or regulating ibe
fire. A *-ght explosion of the coal look piac# a
spark was tarown out; the hsme kind ,ng among
the cotton, flashed along with such rapidity aa to
preclude a I hope that it could oe extinguished.
Within half an tonr the whole budding was on
fire from foundation to roof and, from the com- ,
busunle matenala of the strociu*e and these w.th
in the apartment*, sent op a lofty sneel of flame,
wnich wu seen from a treat uistance.
Tnr*e were 6443 cotton spin e* anJ 32 looms. '
wish al! usual apparatus and rr.achine'y. a?me of
wbica wa? neariy new. and all in good condition,
and a arge quantity of cotton, wool. dye*, and
other material*. Tne stock of goods was saved.
The ;oss experienced by Mr. H woo is
we., known as one of tne most enterprising and >
energetic of our manufacturers, is estimated to be •
an<Kil $20,000.
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Frim the Scioto Gazette.
True patnousm, we think, may better be exhi
bited at this ’-me. by healing rather than widen
ing the breaches between the par.ies ,n the coun
try. ny cood .at.ng rather than imtaUng
who hsve been our opponent*. One of toe err j ra,
anii, we neiievc. itit graiid of the facuon
_is: defeated was, mat the Government of this
country waa a party Government, anu its Presi
dent a fAin chief. Now that faction is put
down, its errors ought certainly to be Cismsssied, I
I and the great body of the Van B.ren party dis
abused of the mistake that the victory is over
them , wnen in fact it is over their enemies as well
a? ours. Let us disarm opposition by so conduct
ing ourselves as that there will be nothing to op
pose ; irt us break up the organization of the op
posite party by treating iu members, not a* van
quished foes, but as participators with us in a 1
common victory, and win our ledow-cilizens to
the support of the good principles that have
triumphed, by our moderation and forbearance.
Shows and spectacles, in honor of our success, it
is feared, lend to keep alive the unfortunate and
unworthy distinctions and prejudices that have
existed for the last twelve years.
The ioy of good citizens, at this crisis, ought
to oe testified by renewed zeal and fresh courage
in all the public and private duties of life. In- i
creased regard and respect for the popular will
should beexcited, and stimulate to increased devo
: lion to that country, and increased ardor in the
| cause of human improvement. In the prospect
| of better and more stable business and more stable
prosperous times, the band ot Charity should be
mare widely opened, and ail the great resources
of benevolent action occupied. Inuecd, by bene
factions to the poor, and by contributions to impor
tant public cnanties and enterprise?, an appropri
! ale, grateful, and acceptable celebration might be
made of the great deliverance which has been
vouchsafed us by Divine Providence. To be bet
ter men and belter citizens, more active and zeal
ous m our duties to our country, our neighbors
and Heaven, will abundantly exhibit our joy and
testify our gatitude.
Ax Ihisbxav’s Ilixsteatiox.—The follow
ing capable illustration, by a son of the *• Sea
girt Isle.” we find in a late number of the Vicks
burg Whig:
“An honest son of Erin, whose talents have
been particularly exercised in keeping a livery
staole, recently deserted Mr. Van Buren and de
clared himself in favoi of Gen. Harrison. A
prominent loco foco called on him, and alter ex
-1 pressing surprise at bis change desired to know
i the reasons which induced it. “ Why, Major,” 1
said he. ** I am not very good at giving of rai
sons, but I’ll illustrate the mailer to you. Sup
poise you were to bring me a horse—a fair burse,
round as a butter ball, not a hair amiss, main and *
tail smooth and nice—and were to say to me, I
want you to tape my horse and return him to me 1
in good order as ys find him, and I’ll pay ve
well for it; and suppose yet honor was to come
back in a month or may be more, and were to 1
find the same horse as poor that ye could count
his rib# across the strate, and his eyes sore and !
ditty, and hie hair rough, and bis mane banging
i both sides of his neck, and his tail chawed of! by 1
the calves, would’nt yer honor bt after
ing yer livery stable keeper 9 And ain’t it so 1
witn the country ? Wa’nt it fat and nice when 1
Mr. Van Buren began to tape it,and now can’t 1
you count its ribs ? Yer honor will not deny it 1
And so I say lei’s change the keeper and put in
Quid Tippecanoe.”
“A GBixDEm.’’—There is in Jackson county
a loco foco by the name of S , who resisted
ail the influence the friends of Harrison could use
to induce him to vote aginst Van Buren. He
persisted in his determination to go the whole j
for Martin, and at the election carefully took out ‘
a paper from his pocket-book and handeo it to 1
the Judges with a flourish, saying aloud to the
Whigs‘ there goes a grinder for you.” When
the votes were counted out, the number of tickets 1
wju juai one less than the number of votes, and 1
the box was found a receipt in favor of S———, 1
of nine dollars for three grind-stones I The old t
fellow will never hear the last of,his grinder fcr *
Vs.a Buren —Portsmouth Tribune. i
Fra o» the Mew Orlearu Bulletin the 2d
Later from Mexico.
Retreat of the Xenophon*/—Slaughter of the
murderer*, and drape of the Tertan patriot*.
Since oar publication of yesterday, in which
the accounts from our correspondent at Matamo
ras left more than 100 young Texian* at Saltillo,
about to be sac'iSced at tae shrine o: cowardice
—we have conversed with a passenger from
Texas by the New York, Mr. Edward Dwyer,
of San Antonio, who has communicated to us .
some new and beart-chccnng facts. Mr. D, was
only six days from San Antonio to Houston, and !
on the journey put up ar i house where Col. j
Jordan (the commander of the 114 Texlans
whom the Mexicans had planned to murder had
just before stopped for refreshment- Mr.
learned, and has no doubt of the correctness of
tne information, that when the Texians became !
convinced of the intentions and treachery of the
Mexicans, they retired by themselves to a walied
enclosure in me vicinity, determined to face the |
worst. At this time the citizens of the place,
considering the contest at an end. opened their
houses and shops and gave the soldiers whatever
they wished to eat or drink. The consequence I
was, that the bulk of them got beastly drunk; i
and in this Equation ibry were ordered by tbeir i
commander to attack the out-laws, (as the Tex- j
ia ns were termed.': The batl.e commenced ahou’
2 P. M. and lasted near 9 hours. The Texians
were well protected from the fire of the assail* I
ants—and were moreover well armed, and abun
dantly supplied with ammunition. The result j
was. that the ignorant and ictoxira’ed cowards j
who assailed them, incapaoleof inflicting injury. 1
were s aughterec on all bands. At this juncture,
the besieged sahied forth and captured three
pieces o: artillery, which they turned upon the
enemy, and mowed them down like grass. More
than FOLK HLNDRED of the treacherous ‘
toes wen- left life lew on the ground on that night, j
by this «mail branch of the Anglo-Saxon race.
1 he Texiana, having cleared the held, supplied
themselves with apparel (of which tbev were
much in want) and other spoils of victory, and
I commenced their march homeward, and pursued
1 their way without molestation—having lost onlv |
four companions kiLed in the fight, and one who i
died from disease.
From the Sationcl Intelligencer.
Can the half be true which is published in
the papers of the crambleamong the Whig par
ty to procure office f.om Gen. Hamson, our
newly elected President? It is deplorable in-
I deed, if it be so. Shall we. who bate so much
1 deprecated this insatiate propensity for the spoils
now countenance lie like busv and presump
tuous importunites for t em ! I hope not. And
it if much to :e hoped Gen. Hamson will prompt
ly repel ail such patriotic solicitations. I be
lieve in nine cases out of ten, daring the late
Administration, those most clamorous and im
modest in urging .heir own pretensions for office
were least deserving. The babbhnz partizan
who is earnest in proclaiming his right to reward
j i* usually the man whose principles are a pur
chasable commodity, and should not b* trusted
I know tbe new Administration cannot restrain
ah inordinate importunity tor office; but tbev
may coerce it into some decency of deporroent
In partial attainment of th s object, I sincerely
hope Gen. Harrison will rej-ct every applicant
who vi«iu Washington to make bis solicitations
in person. Those who have suitable character
and claims for appointment cannot generally
want for fnends less interested than themselves
to recommend and represent them, without be
setting the President in throngs of personal beg
gars for office. J»et the disgrace of times past
suffice in this matter. And let our reform com
mence by bestowing appointments for personal
integrity and bines* of qualification only ; and
these to be known to the Executive, or certified
by nonest, intelligent, and disinterested of bis
friends. Such is my advice, and so far as con
cerned. shall be the rule of action of at least one
Whio Member or Coxoress.
November 30.
A Glorious Record. —At New London.
Connecticut, the following inscription is found
on a grave stone. The records of ancient Rome
or Greece do not exhibit a nobler instance of pa
triotic heroism :
“On the 20th October, 1781, 4,000 English
fell upon the town with fire and sword—7Uo
Americans defended the fort for a whole dav;
but in the evening about 4 o’clock, it was taken.
The commander of the besieged delivered up
his sword to an Englishman, who immediately
slabbed him; his comrade* were put to the
sword. A line of powder was then laid from
tbe magazine of the fort to the sea. there to be
lighted, thus to blow the fort into the air. Wil
liam Hotmah. who lay not tar distant, wounded
by three strokes of the bayonet in bis body, be
held it. and said to one of his wounded friends,
who was also still alive. “ VTV j cili erureavor to
crawl to thit line ,■ we uni I completely wet the
powder with our blood; ihus will we, with the
little life that remains te us, sore the fort ana
magazine, and perhap* a few of our comrade*
who are only wounded." He alone bad strength
to accomplish this noble design. In his thirtieth
year he died on the powder which he overflowed
with bis blood. His friends and seven of his
wounded companions by that means had tbeir
lives preserved.” After this simple narrative are
the following words in large characters, “Here
rests William Hotmax.”
Terrible Machixes. —Tbe London Times
speaks of certain inventions made in England
within a few years, and which apply to various
naval purposes, promising to supersede every
system of naval tactics and manoeuvres. It is
said they have : jeen examined and approved by
eir Richard Keats and Sir Thomas Hardy, two
naval lords, and other distinguished men, ail ot
whom have concurred in attesting their efficacy
and importance. The following is an extract oi
a report of an experienced naval officer, appoint
ed by Lord Melbourne to inspect some of these
inventions:
“ In my opinion, the merits of these inventions
are so extraordinary as to invest tbe absolute so
vereigniy of the seas in the hands of the first
power that sTali adopt them; for lam fatly con
vinced that it is impossible for any thing tha l
floats to resist them, even at close quarters, or at
any given distance, even to a range of five or six
mile*. The strongest fortifications in Europe
could not withstand these extraordinary powers
for a single hour; in merways and against stock
ade*, as in India, the largest armies would be an
nihilated without a chance of escape, and tbe
most difficult mountain passe* would be utterl)
untenable against their operation. The country
might by their application be rendered impregna
ble ; for one hundred sail of the line might be
easily destroyed by a small ship constructed on
tbe principles I have had explained to me; and
wherever it may be neceasary to ca I this power
into action it* effect would be attained at a tri
fling expense and upon ihe shortest notice.”
Tbe amount of tolls received this year on the
New kork Canals, prior to the fourtu week in
November, was $1,752,673 57
Being an increase of 136,291 55
over and above the actual receipts of 1839, wbicb
were $1,616,382 02
Latest from Caxtox. — The New York Ex
press says:—The ship Tarquin, C'apt, Hunt,
from Canton, July sth, is yet a little later. We
learn from CapL H. that there was a French Fri
gete at St. Helena, to take tbe remains of Nape*
leon to Franee. The disinterment would take
place on the 13m October.”
From tie Charleston the Uh in*t.
Gov, Dudley’* Message.
The message of Gov. Dcdlet to the Legisla
ture of North Carolina enters into a long and
elaborate review of the financial measures of the
present and next preceding administrations, an.l
ascribes the recent revoiuUrn in public sentiment
to their unw,*< and mischievous course iu rela
tion to the currency, against the will of Congress
, and of the people. Tn# veto of the recharu rot
the L. S. Bans, the removal of the depost tes, the
multiplication of State hanks, and of tnetr dis-
I counts, under the stimulus of the government,
j producing a hollow and fictitious prosperity, and
then the reaction in moneyed affairs, aggravated
j by tne specie circular, the war oi the government
against the local bancs, and finally, thesuh-irea.-*-
ury project, literally forced on the nation by parv
discipline and management, after repeated rejec
tion* by the representatives of the people, are ail
discussed wrh force and ability. The remedy
proposed by Gov. D. for our financial disorders, is
•■a uniform currency throughout the Union, based
on specie, and on the cedu of the states or of tne
United States,” aud this he think* can only he
1 effected -by an arrangement entered into bv iaw
between tne State and Federal Governments, for
I improving ami using the local bank*, or by the es
| tabtishment of a bank of the United Elites, with
a sufficient capital assigned to each Stale, to sup
ply the amount of no es for all useful and neces
sary purposes.” and he prefers the remodelling ol
tbe State banks to the establishment of a United
j States bank, as attended with less p<olitical dan
| gers and objections.
In relation to the Bank Capital o’ North-Car
olma, be stales that the State ha* contributed
about $1,050,000 and individuals about $2,000,
000—and for every dollar of this the Ban*s may
. i.sue two in note*, but tbeir present issue* amount
'to but half of tbeir capital. The interest th»y
j receive on loans is hauled to 6 per cent, and lor
j refusal to pay specie, they are liable to 12 per
cent interest on their notes. The development
of the vast resource* of the »tate require*, be
thinks, an increase of Bank capital.
During tbe four years of his official term, ite
j Banks have yielded to the State in dividend* and
, taxes $253.201 87 rents, while tne receipts from
all other resource* have amounted to out $304,-
368 69 cents.
Nor.h-Uarolina has participated lea* than anv
other Stale in the Union in the speculations cl
tbe times. Bank capital has increased but little,
and indeed the active capital ha- been decreased
by investments in the stocks of rail w*ys and
manufacturing companies. Gov. D recommend*
the increase of tbe capitals of the Bank of tbe
fj’are and Cape Fear, $1,000,000 each, and that
the State band over to them equally, as her sub
scription stock, ail the Cherokee bonds, and the
bond* and note* belonging to the Boards ol the
Literary Fund of North Carolina and Interna!
Improvements, convertible as collected, with such
other funds as can be spared from othe* purpose?;
provided the bank* will loan to tbe Wilmington
and Raleigh and Gaston Rail Hoad Companies
$300.01)0 to fdOO.C'UUon the bonds of *atd Com
panies. guarantied by the State, on the propenv
of wr.ich Companies the State being aireaov se
cured by mortgage, at a rate of interest not excee
ding 6 per cent pe* annum, for the period of ten
vears. un!c«« these companies are enabled sooner
to pay the same.
He congratulates the State on the completion
of two Rail Roads which, for cheapness. length
and rapidity of construction, are comparable to
any iu the world ; but adds that their cost and ex
tra expenses have exceeded tneir mean* ; and ur
ge* the necessity and propriety of legislative as
sistance.
In relation to Penitentiaries, be expresses him
self thus:
‘•That all seem to concur in their usefulness
and that by the establishment « i a Penuentiarv,
tbe punishment of crime may be more correcllv
graduated to its atrocity. Under our present code
of criminal law, many puntsaments are fixed, and
others left to be capricious estimate of the J udge;
and to many cases neither tbe one nor the other
appears so titled as to give satisfaction to public
feeiing. Tbe result is. that in almost everv case,
a petition for paidon is preferred to the Executive,
with whom it is idle to say that toe petition of
many respectable persons snould have no weight.
Although he may be satisfied tha: petitions are
generally drawn by partial or prejudiced hinds,
in tbe absence of aii information which no iaw
provides for his guide, be is not enabled to act sa
tisfactorily t - himself or justly to the State or pe
titioner; but where a doubt t* raisec.be feels im
pelled to act on tbe side of mercy.
“In the establisment of Penitentiaries and
Laws for their government, punishments could be
better graduated to the crime and leave less room
for complaint and petition. A* they are general
ly used in all Christian countries, to avoid shed
ding human blood and the exposure of punish
ments, in obedience to the more advanced slate of
ctviliza ion and refinement, profit and loss should
not be a matter of consideration in prodding the
means of saving human life and obtaining a mode
ol punishment adapted lot be crime. Regarding
them, however, in an economical point of view,
it would probably be less burthensome to the coun
try than the present mode of confinement in the
jails of the counues."
A HOBSID SC EXE OF DEPRAVITY. FfOm the
police reports of the London Times of the sth inst.
we cut the following :
Hattox-oabdex.— Yesterday Sarah and Ann
Norman (sisters) were placed at the bar before
Mr. Combe, charged by Charles Norman, their
brother, journeyman jeweller, of Cierkenwell
green. with oeing drunk and disorderly.
The prosecutor being sworn, stated that on
Saturday last the prisoners and their mother who
resided in Lilly street. Saffron hill, got drunk to
gether, when bis mother fell down stair* anc
broke her neck. V* lines* made preparations for
her funeral and bad her deposited ia her coffin,
and on Tuesday morning about 10 o'clock, whilst
witness was ui ner room, tnr prisoners both came
to the place intoxicated, for the purpose of taking
away some of her property, which be endeavored
to prevent them doing, when they became violent;
and, while resisting him, they upset the coffin,
and the body of their mother was thrown out up
on the floitr. Witness immediately procured •
policeman and gave them into custody.
Tbe prisoners stared vacantly at the magistrate,
and could scarcely keep themselves upright from
intoxication, and one of them pretended to faint,
Mr. Combe said that it was evident ihev were
both drunk.
The prosecutor said that they were continually
intoxicated, and they were most depraved charac
ters.
Sarah denied being drunk, and also the charge
against them
Mr. Combe, however, would not decide upon
the case until they were sober, and he ordered
that they should be taken back to the station
house and be brought up on the following day.
A tew mile* south ot Bey root is a caravansera.
called th# Rhan of Onis or Jonas, according to
tradition the spot where the prophet was swal
lowed by the whale.
A letter from an officer of the English fleet
writing from Tyre, says: -• the town of Tyre is
small and low, ouilt upon a neck of land, or ra
ttier oi sand, which is almost insular. The ruins
of tbe ancient J yre are now literally what the
Prophet czekiel foretold : “Like the top of a
roc^— “• place for the spreading of nets in the
midst of the sea. V\ hen we first came into the
harbor, such as it is, a party of fishermen were
actually spreading their nets over the ruin* that
are still above the sea. The country for some
five or six suits wound ia flat, and covered with
raiM.*
Flour.
The American Almanac states that the largest
. amount of fioar in value exported from 1817;
1 being 1.479.198 bßU.—worth |17.291.824 :
. The largest amount in number of bbls. exported
i in one year, was m 1831, being 1.806T29, and
t worth >10.243.019. The highest price of flour
. per barrel on the seaboard since the year 1790.
s was in the year 1796. when it was eokl for fl 2
I 50. The lowest ia 1826, when it sold for '4
. k 65.
' k
From the third sotoi* of Banrrof '$ History of the
J United States.
A Bsactiful Eiraicr.—-'The mountain
. eer? of aboriginal America were the Cberokeew.
* j who occupied the upper valley of the Tennes- !
see river, as far west as Muscle shoals, and the
1 highlands of Carolina. Georg:*, and Alabama—
the most picturesque and most salubrious region
F east of the Mississippi. Their homes were en
. nched by blue h;!!s rising beyond h;.. s . of which
the lofty peaks would kindle with the earlv Lent
* and the overshadowing ridges envelope the val
e leys like a mass of clouds, There tnc rocky ■
cl ids, rising in naked grandeur, defy the light.
f nine, and mock the loudest peals of the thaoOer
stDrm; there the gentler slopes are covered with
3 magnolias and flowering forest-tree*, decorated
with roving cumbers, and rir.s with the pe-pet-
uai note of the w hip-poor-wili; there the whoie
some water gushes profusely from the earth in
transparent springs; snow-white caecaJes gutter
_ on the hill-sides; and the riven, shallow, but
pleasant to the eye, ns?h through the narrow
'ales wJch the abundant strawberry crimsons,
j t and coppices of rhododendron and flaming aza-
I lea adorn. At the fall of the fo*f. the fruit of
the hickory and chestnut is thickly scattered on
t the ground. The fertile soil teem* with luxuriant
v herbage, on which the roebuck fatten*; the rjv»-
r fy ng breeze is laoen with f-agranre; and dav
r break is ever welcomed by the shrill cne* of the J
t social niehthawk and the liquid caroU of the j
e mocsing-omi. Through this lovely reeion we:r j
scattered the little x.i.age s of the Cherokee*, (
nearly fifty in number, each consisting of Dot a
few c-ibins. erected where the bend in the moon- j
3 ta n stream offered at once a defence and a sinp
of alluvial soil for culture. Their towns wc<e
always by the side of some creek or river, and
they loved their na’ive land; aoove all, taev
y lored its rivers—the Koewee, the Tugeioo, the
Flin„ and the bea'uuful tranches of the Ten
! ne-ssee. Running waters, inviting to the bath,
j tempting the angler, alluring wild fowl, were ne
i cessary to ibeir paradise, fheir language, like
g that c.f the Iroquois, abounds in vowels, and i?
destitute of the labials. Its organization has a
common character, but etymology fags not yel
been able to d.scover convulsive analogic* be
tween the roots of words. The ‘ beloved’ peo
] pi p ot the Cberokees were* nation by themselves.
V\ bo can say for how many centuries, ?afe in
their undiscovered fastnesses, they bad decked
’ ibeir war-chiefs with the feathers of the eagle's
tail, and listened to the counsels of their -old oe
lovfd men !' Who canteil how often the wave*
. of barbarou* migration* may have broken harm- \
lesciy against their cliff-, where Nature wa me
strong ally of the defenders of their land !*’
Xiw Pictvee.—The National Intelligencer
of lucsdtysays;
“The picture painted by erder of Congress
1 for the Rotunda ot the Capitol, by Mr. J. G
1 Chap nan. was yesierduy opened to the pebik
} view, m the niche designated for it in the Ro
tunda. Os these mebes. or square compart
‘ meats, in the wall of the circular hail in the cen- !
tre of the Capito . there a-e eight. Four are oc
cupied by Mr. Tromba,.* ce.ebrated National
Paintings; Mr. Chapmans is the fifth senes; the
remaining three being in the hands of ether ar
• Lists, Foe subject ot tins painting, which we 1
• had the pleasure of yesterday examining, is the |
Baptism of Pocahontas. Os the merit of this !
j aiming we shall exj -ess no presumptuous judg- !
- menu though it certainly est on our mind aVitid
* impression of it* beauty as a work of an,’’
Mrxinoxs or W A «.—The N. Y, Commer
♦ cial Advertise: says that the ran! ferres ot the
• different j owers. now in the Mediterranean, are
: presumed to be as follow? ;
France.—Twenty sa„ of the line, tes frigates
■ and ninety sraa..e- j, :i>cj&;:rg steamers.
England.—Sateen sib c: the four fri
gate*. and twentv smaller Ttssek
Russia.— ien sa. s c*c the line, and eleven fri
■ rates, corvettes, and h~gs.
Austria.—Two sa l* «T the line and five smal
-1 ler vessels.
:
Egypt.—Seventeen sat. of the tine, and forty
smaller vessels,
1 Turkey.—Three sail of the line, and ten fri
gates. corvettes. Ac.
Sardinia.—Four frigates, corvette* and brig*.
L nited States.— One sail of the line, one fri
gate. and cne coi'vette.
Total, two hundred and sixtv five vessels.
| T*e Fisheries.—The Yarmouth (Cape Cod)
Register says the fishing business has been bad
■ enough the past season. The catch of mackerel
has tallen off immensely. The cod fishing bo
sines* is in a better condition, but this ha* fal
len off also.
“AH s well that ends well." said the monkey,
contemplating his beautiful tail.
HARRISON NOMINATION'S.
judces oi the inferior coist.
Judge B. H. WARREN',
Jud e VALENTINE WALKER,
ROBERT ALL! N, E«g.
JAMES HARPER, E K .
WILLIAM P. BEALE
TAX COLLI CTO 1.
Rev. WM. KENNEDY.
TAX BECEXVE*.
COSBY' DIC KIN "ON.
- - I
L. PENNEY,
MIN IA TURK PAIS T ER.
Masonic Hall.
Specimens mar be seta at his room, or at the Book
Store of H. A. Richrr.cn !. dot IS-trwtt
ANDREW J. |i A VeELL.
ATTORNEY AT LA »*,
nov 25-ts Da'.ohnega, G*.
W. R. CUNNINGHAM, & Co., <
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. \
oct 31 Savaxxah, G*. 2m
JOHN R. STANFORD,
attorney at law,
jjl7j Clarkesville, Ga.
B. 11. OVERBY,
ATTORNEY AT LAfr,
feb 2-5 Jefferson, Jackson county, Gi
AUGUSTUS
ATTORNEY A T LA IF,
septs-ly Madison Morgan county, Ga.
i> A V 11> A . V ASO K ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Palmyra, Lee county, Ga.
WiFi practice in the adjoining counties of the Chat*
vaaoochae and Southern Circui.g.
acr Eazxcn:
Col iadock Jack ion, _
R«t. Jonathan Davis, C m T n *
Col. H. l ope, > . . _
Ron. C. Dougherty, V ‘^ Laen *» ***•
Col. A. Reese, > %x
Johnston k Robson, 5
J. W. Joms, Augusts w4a oat isl
_COMM£aciAL.
Laf«*e ialetfrom. Liverpool
aa*e» freer, '
. - * Xew Oarea 55, Dec. 2~i w "
• C<^o "■7k^ mTe<, !mc * ?n * 24t£ «-W
L‘iar.a asd MiMissippi 15115 tales, iwLF. U *'
A.aha. : a 1165, irtauaj 2141
1 <3-1 bale*. Cieared m the «ime tune
p«i 2140, Havre 3153,
2 a 5 tegether, 0i76 - '
sedition t® stock of 1»,445 bales. iz4
hand, uu. usive of ah on ship-tmanJ cote J
the Ist iOliUnt. a ?tock of 111457 a* .. ' *
Tae Cotton market was very fim *un Sumku,
i -as: at :ne advancec rates quoted a ocr rev I*
; that morning, hot us esueqaenee, ch tir a ( '
J comparatively small stock then -imp ed ai-k!
sa.e tneie w i? but a moderate go -»V
wa:l. the hav.ag scarcely amo.nted u'jw/’
| : a ‘ ef - B J Monday's m«L, wakh amved at u
!y co=r. we nave received advice* from Ha-. -I
1 Ocl., ac: :.-v»-b L-ver-o#-. to tae iit
Not. per »team packet B iih>* Queer, a v \ r .jF
j aai Caledicia at Bostoc. * k
, In ccnseraeLce of tne iate hocr at which t
etters brought jr the seam packet! were —VtS?-
from the po*t and owitg a wet ierret aii
to the opposing view* of buyers and *e jo-j
tie market on Monday was very inactive, od r L
501,1 JC-Xi cm:,. Testerdav
however, tne market oper.« with a verv as
demand, an: ?ne» were effected darmg the <ay
tne extent ©: fuliy 50*.<0 ta.e*. Ho*at a na e r”
D<-ra j been able to obtain (mil p.ic«, ,
for the Lae: rr.:e-, out tit market, on tne wS
reanam* . ano - tae *amc as jefvz* tne new''
and we laerefore awtmc* «r prev*
1 ?a.r* da:mg the tnree dar? ir- -» •* »..
ba’e*. * '
urnnoL cassinclticj.
T&nincr, z znc _\J 1 ,n —< —.- -*; n -
■ -} 6 ii : M.cc’jinc f,.. ,J a
9t a 94; Good fair lOf n Jo|; Good an; ine \\'
a —■ I ******** end <orik Al »:*awc—Origan
i *dd.‘ing, —a —; Fair, jt •
j“ 5 r » *» “d *** ar— Areraet^g
j a b|. n
rrirrxiKT nr ooxmx.
j lb4o. Oct. I. -lock oc hand taJ<; 575.
Receipts last three dan 17521
w previously IC3B-F2 151173
V _ ■ W . 2ti®oS4
Exports _ast three davs. ■■
- previously 90771 9754 T
Slock en hand 114J71
Sugar. Lrmixiana —Tne market nai exaiaiteg
a creased activity since emi ]a*t repo- tne -a’«
hav.nr amounted to >OO to S*X) hide, rneraj’r at
■j ahi cents, tne -zb we are advised rl :ne »x.e of *,
extra rr.sr.e at 6j. apart of vtjcs nas teen
* to - cents. The purchase* kav« beer. prawiMHr
l 0: ’ =e northern market: Supp! e* e>—• euj freelv,
t’-t the Iran sac tines of tie past few .nays ia»e left
t-t a mode .ate stack .a firsthand*. We nave near!
01 no fertner on p.aitaunr, and —deretaad
Lhat plaaters y are now bod.n» for higber
ra^es.a 4 tne seiere frosts noticed m *.r .a-‘,*at.
cee-ied.as tner have teen, tv m id weather, u,
likely to produce .-Ea'enal mjerr to the ta.anre si
the crop.
.V. rwi-Thm is a fair (k-maad for lot? Tim
tie Levee, but tne rates a-e a att.e iowe;. W*
new ; .c *e », hj ;2 cents ga..>c* _n txrre j
A e a.-* act ad• .set my aa.e- on pAatate*.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
tATAJVJxH. 1 terete.- 6.
C-*£-*r—3.- : xr; eL_ ;x Ersatoe, H»':st
Ar~:z*d —ta.p J nn & bap C-*uate. Portlaad,
Mane.
so —-n:*g Cbm, h-Ler. Havana; tns
etnerpe. >anae-. haitnaore-. t:_c Gecrre,Hn.r.
New York; sen: E_-nnna.Cn>. Havma: sc.hr Fred
erick A. Tnpcer, \inrgn hi.tane.-c ; Writ
Pcmt, Story Moc..e.
Departed — stean.net: Man Summer*, oouid
A^asta -
Caxausm, December S.
Amvrd yetierd r y —tiip Drew. Dm
bury, Vjtj. :- »chr Aona Trn.a, Hcpkn*. Aaa
kapns. _La : sen; Laat. v':ni.. New Or.eans.
Llearec —>n.p i-mtjem, Ta.nct At-aiacnicola.
Te p req-es:ei to acaouace JO SETH
BIRCH a- a candidate for the csce es Receive:
i of Tax Returns.
Dr R 'sERTSL'N ha- resnmen toe datie •
:f r~ St dec«
w . G . N I3lJi O 7
COMMISSION MER CH A NfT .
OtSce .a the lower tenerneDt Masonic HaL.
BOV 9 ts
JOHN. J. BYRD,
notary public,
W li, :e thank: a, to .-us friends ior any part »i :u»
*iae?» in tne mere une, which w... oe atteade-i u
won rectituoe. Ac, get 24
Dr- R • A. JOJtES tenders hi? professiocal
iervices to the citizens of Augusta and its viciaitT
He may :« found at ius residence on the Norm
tide ot Green second door below Mclntosh street,
or ?t tie Chroiucie and Sentinel office.
CT? EXCHANGE ON N£lf YC AE—Ai
aad at cue to twenty davs sight. For sale hv “
ocx 2i GARDELLE x RUIN'D,
THE READING ROOM
Attached to this o£ce is cpen to sut?c:ib*r>. and
strangers introduced tv them, every day and eve
ning .Sundayevenings excepted" until 9 o’ckxk.
Su:scnption so ; lor a firm ol two or mure
GT? AUGUSTA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.-
For the benefit of the sick poor of Augusta Tha
committee for the present month are aa follows:
D.ruuiA No. 1. —W. E. Jackie, Andrew Me
Lean, Mr*. Pemterton, Mrs Waterman.
Dinswa No. 2. —J. B Groves, W. H. Crane, Mr?.
Tx.Lajerro, Mr*. Ann Winter.
L~~uion No. 2. —t orter Fiemirg. E. W. Doughty,
Mis. .Andrew MLier, Mrs. Corceda liars.
D’ ▼ 24 J. W. WIGHTMA.V »6ec’y.
CO U NTRY FOR K.—The subscriber has •
quantity of Country rai«ed Fork for sale, at
Mis. Rowell's p.actatioa. Apolv soon.
dec S 3t JOSEPH WARP..
R.NOR COUGHS AND COLDS—French Jwa>
£ Pt »,
L -- hound Candies (superior,)
Ei etborn's Hoarnoucd Lozenges,
American Couzh Drops,
New England Cough Syrup,
and other celebrated remedies lor Coughs
Colds, for sale by HAMLAND. RIsLEV k Co.
dec
VSiTLATION WANTED, by a yoinig mar
a Salesman in a Dry Goods or ’Grocery stret
one whe i> acquainted with business, having
engaged for four or five years in selling goods a
the country, and also has considerable sequat#*
tance in the country.
Reference —
Stovall & Simmons, }
Potter Fiemin-, J-Augusta.
Jefferson Jennmg, '
B. Lincolnton.
Apply at this office. 2t* dec
EXTRACT OF ROSES.—Rose Water, Milk
of Roses, some ‘plendio Cologne Water, real
r tench and American ; Florida Water, Honey V 4 »*
ler, Lavteder \\ a ter. Macassar OiJ, genuine, Bear’*
Oil, Indian Dye, Essence of Tvre, kc,, kc.
For sale by HAVILAND, RIhLEY k Co.
dec S ,
SHAVING ANu TOILET SOAPS.—Forty de
ferent varieties, among which are
American Saponaceou- Compound,*)
Guerlain’s .Ambrosial Cream, poti.
Tangier's Uleop .ane.
Ring’s Vextena Cream, J
Rose, Aunoud,Mask, Palm, Olive, kc kc.
Also, a good as-ortmeot of fine scented. cMtsf
Toilet and Shaving Soaps, in small bote*. ?ult *’
ble lor retailer? and family use, from the molt cel
ebrated manufactories in this country and Kur*f*.
For sale by HjkVLLAND. RISLEY k &
decS