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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. * 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. . 1 _ \ 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. ! ‘ 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