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A L f’i I S T A •
WEDNESDAY . NING. DECEMBER 16.
FOR ; CONGRESS.
HIXE« HOLT, Jr.
Or.'XI’KMU.
LUctiun on F : r -i Monday in January.
Hampton Coarse.
fCUOAV.
Pune S4fJP. Ent: .lice $20 —Two mile heats.
Col. I rowell’s b. f. Nancy Claris, by Bertrand,
out of Morocco Slipper, by Timoleop—3
y’ra old I 1
G. Edmonson, -fame. Lain kill’s ch. f. Mary
Elizabeth, by Andrew, dam by Gallatin,
4 years old 3 t
F. Tompkins, C. Lc -tiA ch. I. Nancy House,
by Imp Leviathan. dam by Stockholder,
3 years old 2 dis.
Time-—lst heat.dm -32s—*2d heat 3m 535.
It i> proper to rem ark in justice to Nancy House, |
tnal the result of the second heat was produced by
t:;e clipping of her *addie. in the early part of the
h,
WEDKESDAT —SECOSD DAT.
Putse SSO0 —2 mile heats.
EKTKIES.
< id. W. Jonncco’s ch. b. Foidbam, by Eclip-e
d 4 m by Sii Archy, . years old.
• V. Vv. llacQpl(>n‘s ch. f. Fanny, by Eciipse, oat,
•l Mail* West. 'tin darn ox Wagoei zy 1 Marion,)
4 y old.
Coaiaessioual.
JIO>SE OK KU'REM Wr.lTlViS, >
I. Decemte: 10 IS4O. $
St S-VfcE iStKV BILL.
Mr. Tt linghaof eprsed a resolution—-calliue on !
the >eejetari oi tb<- Irea-ury to report how fat, ;
and iu what manner the Sub-Treasury Bill bad :
been carried into execution, icc.—what number of
persons had been employed under the provisions
of that act —whether each and every one of tbe-e
officeis had given bunds.and who. ix any, bad not.
After a brief conversation Mr. Tillinghast moved
that it he on ri.e ta Ae and be printed—which was
negatived —Ayes 7.'-, uay« si.
(in motion of Mi Cranston, it w.* ordered tnat
all petition* presetted at the last session and not i
di'posed of. be referred according to liie irection
of the members y Arliom they were respectively!
presented.
Mr. Calvary Morris, of Ohio, gave notice that on i
to-morrow, or some <ub>equent day during the;
present se-sion. he would a>k leave to introduce a i
bii. to itp-.al ‘’A : tacit utitlsu an act to provide
for the collection, ri fe -keeping, and disbursement
ol the pub tic revenue, appiuved Jury 4, 1540.”
_ i ;.e .Sub-Tjeasuijr|]
NATCtJaLIZATIOR LAWS.
Mr. Han 1 ;<ve n|;.ce that he would on Monday
next sic leav? :o i|itroiu t a Bid establishing a
Uniform System <»f Naturalization, and regaling
ad laws now in existence on that subject.
Mr. Duncan gave notice that to-menow or at
some subsequent day of tne sessiaa, fat would ask
leave to introduce .< bill to amend the naturaliza
tion laws.
saw names fund.
T.ie speaker com mi an Stated the following mes- ;
sage from the Piesideat of the Ililted State*:
To the Hon. R. T. M. H-inter,
Speaker of the Uou*e < f Representative*:
>ifc :—1 herewith transmit a Je.ter from the
Secretary ul the Nafy Pcn-icn Fund, to which the
attention ot Coagnff is invited, and recommend
an immediate appropriation off 151.352 39 to meet
the jtayn.e-1 of pe* as- be- oming due on and af
te. Ist January, ISM. M. VAN BUKEN.
Tue idler of Uix Secretary transmitted in the
linvc message toatthe amount of money on
hand to pay pc—iant bol ; and that there
ed iij addition, for the year 1 >4l.
.iy. of whfh $51,476 7.5 will be wanted
vil toe 1-t of January next. That the nominal
• aims of rtadu owined by the fund is $ 155,739;
that the stocks have ; greatly depa crated, and that
t > bwt -i them U Midm the Ihliif dui
: ■ i ttj f iwrmrwtfmm rfm la |
• ... . .-.on- to become
d a- 1-t January.
The -.ktr ah o- ommunicated a letiei from the
secretary oi tne Navy, tran'mittiug the annual
•late-* ent ol the ex •eßtliture* lor contingencies for
!>:# oif.ee a i la r the oft i e of ti e Coinmi-rinuei* of
T -.e Nvy toi lit. year ending the 30th September >
: i-t. w ! amount, tor the offi eof 'he Secretary,
m $ b. J > ■ act fox the office of t e Coiamisston
er- to fti. Laic en toe table and ordered
to be printed.
\ftert •- ; eiil lion the Siaeaker of Annual
Co’uff!uni , ':ition- :;cm tue Executive Department,
U j e oi '.vt i' . were rea!,ibe House adjourned to
ilmiday i.ext.
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Nbw Voir Ltoc. y—1» P. M.
1 be Grant nndaf today at one o'clock
v> Mb a lull (n - 4 102.000 in epenin—7o
p.***eiig» r a ietl.t' baj VieMugfllOO at 'he
Ex hani-e atiC pro/wfelv $i4 f *o at the agent * oI
;i -. sie « ouM n‘i» sa l longer for the Pre»i- {
•hi.l* M-ssage. 1 -.wul he «eeo,therefore, that
the movement- in iper.e htill go- s forward, in the
la eol res jtnp ion iere. liy the steamer aid the ;
er j.j. k«i-. this week, nearly >400.000 specie I
i. >m :> Europe, H'rola.
Oifice fR the Herald.
N : * \ Nov. 10—1 o’clock. }
On»- dsr :laler I rons Chinn.
( '-<pt. Doty, arriveu yeafer
dav i'r r. < bir.a. >;!.<- one day later.
We give Wbv ail EJ.it new*. It >• seen that noth
. . *•-; o rurret as er (he railing
?u< M.o; -.
i u - the detention of
’ e - \’ie\'Avie *' Mfid <F*kingtOll,
lh »■»; at t - .<- il'*< m i art a. by the bioc'kading
-ir.ii*" 4\\ arre.j, in t: e Vin
. -vpp!« iuis i > | .-.i ralemae being made
to* i -./■■■■'» to M s :.tn, then at Macaw,
Ue n p!,ed that ■* or i;» ;e *hou!d l»e mi mediately
•giveij hr (Hem In pi.Tcei-d hi charge of mi officer
. < .r; "aij . 'mo..:* |m:< tiorav*. wli.-re their c«*e
•V }•• M* 1 ' fi'.r ■n -j h'(-ti,
*•» : < -«i; r v|tn iadfeii prior to ’.lie 2fl.h,
and as they were fitfwUkod with proof thereof,
nt.-fr ( ,ii'i it'**»•»!. it is p:e-uioe<i that they
will not have lieen lEij iioderdeteotton.
'IV Bwidfflt 3-sjer, reporV: Jto u> lhat ac
comitti ;• i-i r"< txr-.**<! a' Batavia Hum s.nga
p<H<- ;<» (tu Hiio He Auguel. aud that new* of
tin-1 oi nogocUlions by Admiral Elliot had
readied that poit China, arid that hostilities i
bad < need wii jije coa*|, ..e’ween the Hri-
K-.li I ■ < ■ lid the fjhine-e.
jr ■
the .\o: aufN. P.j Observer.
Suiewi; m Tae ship Spartan , (of Newbu
ry porly f.'ur.t. Knigii !froiu Liverpool. ferHavaiia,
u i’h a cargo of Marjlinery, hard ware and crock
. v. went a*hore oj Harbour Island, Nov. 23.
\ i .-el te’iliy lus—; ir crew and apportion of the
r.ifLu sav. ii t-v wn'i;gere, and taken to Nassau
and sold. |
W« an iurni«hei;j by an arrival from Ragged
Mand. with an acc Vunt of the loss of the brig
Alary Aim, i hump E>u, master, from Chaneeton,
(i« haUanl} i»ouud ty Ragged Uiaru). f;ir a loud of
s *it, at w hich place 500 the 22dinst.shf
was totally wrecked. Her materials together with
what other articles w-*re on board,have, wa under*
*ian». been saved.
Nassal*«(N. P.) Not. 25.—The Fr. ship!
Lea Lh ux Amis, of Bordeaux,from ona of tke
VV m Evan! Isi mds, txurneward bound, with a car- 1
”0 of fustic, was lo t on ths 14th instant, on the
reef near the Memory Kork, off the West end
of (Iran i Bahama. Tue captain and craw have
arrive;! at this por( ;
Fvbuc Eucitfliii.—Francis Lawrence was
hna;r ci Tdbotton, |n rbi-> Xfate. on the4rbinsr.
1 » r rin* mu»d*r of a man by the name es Kord,
ft ;* I
Proceedings in CoancU.
Cockc 11- Chamdeb,
December IS, IS4O.
Saturday J past 6 o’c'ack, P. M.
Council met pursuant to adjeummeut: —Present
* Hoa. D. Hook, Ma>or. Aldermen Warren. Parish,
J Bishop, Miller, Jackson, Flemming, Crump, Har
per and Dunlap.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
During the reading of the minutes Mr. Richards
appeared and took his seat, and after the reading
Mr. Bones appeared and too* fai« seat.
The Committee on tne water works, on the ap
plication of sundry citizens reported favorably,—
and offeiel the following resolution which passed
Resolved, That the Committee on the Water
W’orks be authorized and requested to contract
with the Habersham Iron Works Co. fora sufficient
number of cast Iron pipes of 6 inches calibre,
with all the necessary appendages for hydrants,
and branch pipes| and «top cocks, tajextend from
the Reservoir down Broad Street, to the intei>ec
: tion of Jackson SL and a sufficient number of such
pipes of 3 inches calibre, with he same appendage,
ito extend from the termination of saii.h inch
j pipe-, to Green Street, and down Green St. to Cen
! tre Street; and down Broad Street from Centre St.
to Ho-pital St., or further if the rcquitße number,
; of persons apply for the water.
The following are the proposals received by the
. City Council from the agent of the Habersham
! Iron Works Co.
Bropo-aUfor furnishing the«ity of Augusta with
1 Cast Iron Pipes for ton juctiag water, warranted to
sustaia a pressure of mtr pounds to the -qnate
‘ inch.
Auccsta, Dec. 9lh IMu.
Pip?s u inches calioro $1 15
“ 4 « ** 80
« 3 « “ 60
“i« “ L
Br-nctirs. crosse-, and elbows, mea-uriuj
ill the pipe-6 iuche<s calibre 1 50
Jo. 4 •* -1 10
do. 3 “ “ 90
10. S “ 60
i Stop cock-,or valves, 6 in.diameter. .$lO 0u each.
** «< *• 4 « ... JO 06 “
« “ 3 *• “ ... 800 41
« m .1 2 “ u ... 500 *•
We agree to famish castings of the above di
! mens ions at the price* put opposite each size, done
iu a workman-like manner, and agree to the ful
lowing terms of payment. Castings to be deliver
ed ia the city ol Augusta free of any extra charge,
viz:
Terms of pigment —Twenty-five per cent, in
cunent money in tfae city of Augusta, and the
: balance in city Bonds bearing an interest of six
per cent, payable annually and redeemable at the
, expiration of ten yeais.
J. VAN BUREN,
Agent for Habersham 1. VV. Co.
The Spcc.al Committee appeared at the las.
meeting of Council to report on the salaries of the
officers of Council for the ensuing year, submit
ted the following •
Collector and Treasurer, SI2OO
Clerk of Council,(including Digest,).... !200
City Marshal and CapLof Guard, 1600
Jailor. 700
City Constables, each,. 600
Clerk of Lower Marke?, 550
Clerk of Upper Market, 50
Keepei of the Magazine, 2fo
Keeper of tao City Cluck, 75
City Sheriff. Fees
‘ Clerk of Mayor's Court. do
City Surveyor, do
Whi'h being read nepatately weie adopted, aad
tne Clerk diiected to adterti«e the Election* at the
usual time.
Tne Committee on Accounts reported an Or
dinance amendatory of the sta clause of th-' 35th
-eciion o the General Ordinance, which wa-or
dered to a thi;d reading on Thursday evening next.
Tne following Ordinance, from the Committee
on the Water Work*, was lead a third time and
passed.
As oamxAxcc tw legulate the collection 01
the annual dues .0. Hydrant water, aud lo dehne
the privilege* of persons using the same.
be it ordained by the City Council of Augusta,
That the ones lor Kydran' Water, for the year ei<- |
i dtug on the 30th Septesr.bci la»t, shall be collected
j of the occupants of the lot* into which it is taken |
j a* heretofore, and that to make up for the time
j -aid occupant 9 were deprived of liydiaut Water,
daring the past summer, ro charge shall be made
foi the last thiee months of the present year.
S*c. i. And be /t farther ordained by the au
thority aforesaid. That after the hist day of Jan.
which said dues shal ! be the «ame a* ha\ e
beea heretofore established, >hall be paid in ad
vance. br the owner* of the lot* into which Hy
drant Water shall > taken at or before the time
of pa'> it.g the City Taxes, and that executions be
against persons in default for Hy drant dues,
in the t-atne manners* is now provided in
of persf::- who neglect o, refuse to pay their City
Tax*-.
See. 3 And he if further ordained by the an
tho'-ity afore-aid. That it -hall be the duty of al!
the lot owner*, into which Hydrant Water is, or
shall be introduced—lo use due diligence and cate
to keep the pipe*, which convey water into their
lo*«, a- wel! a* the Hydrants and founts attached
thereto, in order, so that water may not be wasted.
Sec. 4. And be it further ordained by the au
thoriiy aforesaid. That it shall he the duty of all
tieicon* occupying lets, iu wlijf.h Hydrant water
| is, or *>T be taken, to take care that aw>, r e water
i- no' drawn from (he Hydrants on the preri«es
they occupy than is require ! for the use of them
selves, their families, servants and dependants.—
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
section may he uaed in a sum not exceeding one
bundled dollars for every ntfipnee.
Sec. 5. And be it further orduinfd by the au
thority aforesaid, That no occupan* of a lot, into
which Hydrant water is taken, shall permit any
person, not belonging to his or her family, or whi
is net one of his or her dependants or guests, to
take Hydrant water from his or he> premises with
out the consent of the City Council ti/st he had or
obtained, under the penalty of being fined not ex
ceeding twenty dollars for every offence.
Done in Council, this 13th day of Dec., 1840.
The Committee on the River Bank and Wharf
made their report agreeable to resolution of Nor.
11th, which was road and ordered to ho filed.
The communication of H. Hutchinson was road
and, on motion, the request thcicin contained was
not granted.
The fioDowing reso'utlone wore passed ;
Resolved, That Edward Campfie!d, K«q.
v( Augusta of tho Stsam Boat Company of Ceor*
£ia, have permission to move the Lower Wharf
Office to such point on the wharf as he m ay select*
at the expense of saia Company: it being under
stood that said Office shall continue, when moved,
the property of the City as it is at preseat, and that •
it shill be located under the direction of the Com- ,
mittee on the Hirer Bank and Wharf.
That the Committee uu the Bridge be
authorized to advertise for proposals for the rights
of a Ferry ovei the Savannah river, at or near the
site of the upper Bridge, for 12 months from the
Ist'January neat; the contractor to have the use
of the City Ferry fiat and its appendages, and to
give bond, with approved security, to keep a Ferry
at all times, except when the state of the rivet
may prevent; and to charge neither mere nor less
than the same rate for passing the City Bridge;
and also to give bond to return the Ferry flat in
good order as received, at the end of the year, f
The followrng bills were ordered to be paid :
George Schley, for legal services, $-30 00
Richard Riley, for work on Lamp Po«ts,... .22 00
W Glendenning, on account of Stieets,... 162 00
Glendenning, Payne k O, on account
of Grave Yard, 212 62
Council adjourned to Thursday evening next at
7 o’clock. S, H. OLIt ER, Clerk-
The Whio Electoral College op .New
York. —Rarely, if ever, has a body of citizens
been ksserobied in relation to whose public career
there is more of interesting political recollection.
Several of these ven-rable men have been honor
able connected with the Government from its
formation. —The services and patriotism of many
of them constitute a bright portion of the histo
ry of our State. Two of them (Messrs. Burt
and Van Cortland) met forty years ago to dis
charge a similar duty, and then cast their votes
for Thomas Jefferson. Two other distinguish
ed men are now in the City (Chief Justice -Spen
cer and Gen. Root) who as members of the Le
gislature, than voted for Messrs. B. and V. C. as
Electors. Gen. Peter B. Parter, formerly a dis
tinguished Member of Congress was one of our
most gallant Generals in the late War. Archi
bald Mclntyre was an Elector of President in
1808, and voted for James Madison. He was al
so for many years Comptroller of the State.
Elisha Jenkins was formerly Comptroller of this
State. Isaac Ogden was for many years a mem
ber of our State >enate. Gen. Grattan H. Whee
ler, as a Member *f the Assembly of 1824. gave
the onlv vote cast for Jackson Electors. Gideon
Le**has been Mayor of the city of New York
and a Member of Congress, and we bclive a for
mer Elector of President, dec. Bartow White,
G. H. Wheeler and Phineas L. Tracy have al.-e
been Members of Congress. Phineas L. Tracy
Elisha Jankins and Henry P, Voorhees were
Delegates to the Harrisburg Convention, and
there cast their ballots for HARRISON and TY
LER as Candidates for the Offices to which
tkeir vote* now eket them, Messrs. Burt, Mc-
Intyre, and G. H. Wheeler have been members
of our State Senate. John T. Harrison, John
T. Speed. John Williams, David Hurd, Philo
Orton, and we believe several other Electors, have
been Members of the Houso of Assembly. Other
electors less known in the Councils of the State
and Nation are distinguished for their worth and
usefulness ia the other walks of life, There are
distinguished Lawyers, eminent Merchants and
Agriculturist in the College. In a word, it is a
body of men won by of the high trust committed
to of the twe hundred and twenty
thousand Whig Freemen whom they represent.
! —Albany Evening Jour.
To the above the New York American of
■ Thursday awninz adds:—The Electoral College
met in the Senate Chamber, at the Capitol, at 4
o’clock Tuesday afternoon, and regularly organ
ized by choosing James Burt as President, For
ty years ago, Mr. Burt was a member of the Col
lege which cast its vote for Mr. Jefferson.
Important Legal Decision.— |t is stated in
the Express that the Assistant Vice Chancellor
of the first Circuit of New York, has recently
decided in a case before him, that a uioitgage of
j goods and chatties, unaccompanied by an imme
| diate delivery, and not followed by an actual and
continue,! change of possession, is in the absence
of all fraud. good and valid as against creditors,
&c. where the v£we or a true copy thereof shall
have been filed, pursuant U> the provision* of the
statute of 1833. This decision .of the V ice
Chancellor is held to be the more important, as
the Superior Court of New York, had heretofore
held a different view,
Post Office Regulations is Evolanp,—
Temperance —Among the cheering proofs of this
progress of temperance, we notice the following
with pleasure. Such an order in our country,
says the American Temperance Journal, might
I make a greater sweep than any new admioislra
! lion.
j Step toward* Temperance. —The Earl of
| Litchfield. Postmaster General, has issued an or
[ dee prohibiting any individual employed in
the Post office department, or their wives, fr pm
keeping houses for the sate of intoxicating liquors,
under the penalty of forfeiting office. This or
der was read a lew days since to one of the de
partment* by Mr. Tyrcll, Superintending Inspec
tor. who has been a Telutaler for four vears.
¥
Arkansas.—Papers from Little Rock of the
24ib ult., state that the official majority for the
Van Buren Electors, accoruing to the Governor’s
proclamation, is 1680 votes. Five counties wert
nat returned, or the majority would have been
greater.
Snow fell to the depth of several inches at Lit
tle Rock on the 23d ult.
W. S. Fulton bad been re-elected to the 17.
Slates Senate.
The electon of a member of Congress for the
Oxford District in Maine has again failed. The
votes far the opposing candidates are nearly equal,
and the scattering votes are so far 575.
Hu* Ff—'The Agricultural Bank of Natchez
suspended specie payments on all her issues re
quired by law to be paid, on the 2d inst. The
Commercial Hank of Natchezand the Commer
cial Bank of Manchester, are now the only specie
paying institution in the State.— Crescent City.
The larges! vole given in any Bt*te at the late
Presidential election.' in proportion, to the popu
lation, was in New Hampshire, which according
to the late census, cast one vote lor every four
filibsof if- inhabitants.
A tunnel. —The great tunnel through the
Papau ridge, on the line of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, is probably the greatest work of the
kind in this country, ft is now so far completed
that the light can hip seen through it —the labor
en. penetrating from each end of it having met in
trie centre. The length of the tunnel is 3,118
feet; from the top of the arch to the surface of
the ground above is, at the highest point, 328
feet. It is to be 24 feel in diameter, most of
which will be above the water surface.
Prom the Cincinnati Gazette.
A Post;*.—' The New York Evening Post says
that “Mr. V an Buren came into power at a period
of great embarrassment and distress.” Where
upon the Journal asks, -what, then,
jre we to think of the remark in Gen. Jackson’s
Farewell Address, ‘z leave this great People pros
per*tr» and happy?**
i v
Newspapers.— -A child begining to read be
comes delighted with a newspaper, because he
read* *f names and things that are familiar. A
newspaper in one year, says Mr. Weeks, is worth
j a quarter’s schooling to a child, and every father
| must consider that substantial information is con-
( nected with this advancement. The mother of
the family being one of its heads, and having a
more immediate charge of children, ought o be
intelligent in mind, pure in language, and al
ways cheerful and circumspect. As the instruc
tor of her children she should herself be instruct
ed.
A mind occupied becomes fortified against the
ilia ol life, and is braced for anv emergency.—
Children amused by reading anil study are, of
course, considerate and more easily governed.
How many thoughtless young men have spent
their evenings in a tavern or grog shop which
ought to be devoted to reading ! How manv pa
rents who never spent twenty dollars for books
for their families, would gladly have given thou
sands to reclaim a son or daughter who had ig
norantly and thoughtlessly fallen into tempta
tion !
Cast Iron Rail Road.—From experiments
fully tested among the mountains of Pennsylva
nia. it has been ascertained that cast iron rails
answer admirably. Those now in use are onlv
six feet long, and furnished at such a rate, that a
mil* of road will not c*st over SBOOO. Should
the cast rails stand the heavy frosts of a Northern
climate, it is impossible to estimate the benefits
which the experiment will confer on the Key
stone Stale.
Governor Boggs of Missouri, recommends the
improvement of the navigation of Salt River. A
very important and necessary work just at this
lime.
Passengers walk cp.—A sexton, in Eng
land, proposes to join with the rail-road compa
nies, to form burying grounds on the spare land
by the side of the road, for the purpose of inter
ring those who may from time to time, be de
stroyed on the line. It is also proposed that the
profits arisi.tg from these cemeteries, be applied
to the establishment of hospitals at the respective
termini, for the relief of those who mav not be
quite killed.
Gen, Jackson said, “I leave this great people
prosperous and happy.” Mr. Van Burcm.on the
4th of March, may not leave them “prosperous,”
but he will leave them exceedingly “ happy /”
Prentice.
Milling ExTRAOHniNART.-TheTuscarawas
Ohio. Advocate of the 27th inst,, says:—“A
question of dispute with regard to the quickness
ot manufacturing a certain quantity of w heat in
to merchantable flour, was settled last Saturday,
at Mr. Seaton’s mill, near this town. It was con
tended that one pair stones could not manufacture
sixteen bushels of wheat in an hour. Judges
were selected—the wheat weighed out—the mill
pul in operation, and the sixteen bushels went
through the usual process of making superior
flour, fit far exportation, in the short space of
fifty-three minutes, with one pairof stones oniy.”
The Croton Ahledcct. — We understand
that the experiment waa made on Saturday last,
of letting the water into a portion of the Croton
Aqueduct. The gale* were hoisted at tha dam,
and the water coursed its way through to the vi
cinity of Mr Elias Ausc’s a distance of about
eight miles. The result of the experiment was
perfectly satisfactory, as it showed that the Aque
duct would work as well as was anticipated.—
Hudson River Chronicle.
The Annual Message of the Governor of New
Hampshire i* a model paper in the matter of
length. It occupies only one newspaper column.
■~-Tutthr.
The Bhi nt. —By Washington Irving.—l
know *f no sight more charming and touching
than that of a young and timid bride, in her
robea of virgin white, led up trembling to the
altar —When I thus behold a lovely girl in the
tenderness of her years forsaking the house of
her fathers, an j the home *f her childhood—and
with the implicit confidence ana the sweet self
abandonment. which belong to women, giving up
all the world for a man of her choice; when 1
hear her, in ihe good old langaag* of the ritual,
yielding herself to him ‘ for letter, for worse. f*r
richer, for poorer, in sickpess ami in health, to
love, honor and obey, till death us ao part,’—lt
brings to mind the beautiful and affecting devo
tion of Ruth : • Whither thou goe»t 1 will go,
and where thou lodgesl I will lodge—thy peo
ple shall be my people, and thy God my God.’
Hi’moh, dec.—“ Taix Borkdirs.”—The
droll editor of the Richmond Star . ays, “ the fol
lowing sign is hung out—we don’t know where, j
and by—we don t knew whom ‘Malvina Mug
taix boredirs when she kan git them chape for j
kash and no linkers are suffered in the hows. 1
4ply down stares by the fish barril.”
The following marriage announcement extra
ordinary we found in a St. Louis paper:
Married.—ln this city on the evening of the
25th inst., by Justice Joseph W. Walsh, Mr.
Joseph Corlay , of St. Louis, to Duma Maria
Del Refugio Antonia Muc'a Isidora Johanna
iiernarda de Jau So/tires Csuian, of New
Mexico.
* There's a name to fall in love with!’ as Old i
Sol says in Delph.
A Singular Bet.—The following bet, or
rather singular proposition, we find in a late St.
Louis Gazette;—
A warm Harrisonian made the following pro
position to-day—which, however was not taken i
up. That he would pay *2OO to any man, who |
would agree ro give him one kernel of coffee for !
the first single vote Harrison got over Van Bu- ;
ten’s whole vole, two for the second and so on
in geometrical progression.
There being some little curiosity to know what
the result might be, sundry grains of coffee were
weighed, and it was ascertained that 2560 grains
of Java coulee, w eijjhed a pound.
Sunpofeing, then, that Harrison runs a head of
V’an Buren 30 votes, the amount of coffee to be
paid over would exceed 332,000,000, pounds
worth, at J 6 cents per pop ad, the pleasant baga
telle of *53,000,000.
The gentleman, who declined the bet, was pro
bable veiy prudent.
The young are apt lo exaggerate j they run in
to those extremes either of misery or of happiness
from which calmer and more experienced minds
are free. Having once fell disappointment they
expect always to feel it—having once experienced
sorrow, they expect always to expeiience it.
Wnilst their hearts are bleeding under the bitter
wound, they cannot look forward ; they have not
learnt lo raise their hearts beyond the storm ;
they cannot l|ft their eyes lo a further prospect,
or apbtqit in quiet cheerfulness. But another mo
ment joy re turns, unexpected, welcome joy! and
where is the gloom? Like the morning mist,
which fades away under the bright, dispersing
rays of ihe sun, all is vanished. All is now joy :
there is no unhappiness in the world. It waa * a
phantom—all is, all must be sunshine; and so
youth feels, despairs, and trusts again ; by turns,
J! joy, all misery, all hoj«e.
A collection was once taken at a hospital, 1
where the plates wcie handed round by the inva
lids' wives and daughters. One of these young
ladies was extremely pretty, and a gentleman
wr.ispered to her, as he put in four guineas,
“ These are for your bright eyes.” The damsel
again held out her plate. “ What, more wan*
j ted?” said the gentleman. “Yes, sir,” replied
she, •* I now want something for tne poor /"
He was obliged to shell out.
.I -
. j Greene’s.
j The following are from the Boston Post. They
' I are rather old, it is true, bat then they are so fun
• < ny.
* i “You’re* fool,”‘said a coxcomb one day to a clown
j And the answer he got was a queer one;
• ; “ Why, dang it ? you partly say true, I must own—
i j h I ba a’t quite a fool, I be near one.”
' ) A gentleman having a cook who could neither
* read nor write, was very much surprised at seeing
tier buy from an itinerant bookseller several large
volumes. On inquiry, Mary modestly confessed
that she wished te improve in her kitchen busi-
I ness, and therefore, had bought Cook's voyages.
The following is a chapter of Greene's, and a
* | very good one it is. too.
Advice io young girls. —Never marry a boy
whom mamma is afraid to have him goon the
water, ur whose papa cannot tell the difference
1 between the toothache and the lockjaw,
j Advice to young Men —Have it fairly under
stood before you wed, whether you intend to
marry an individual or a whole family.
Advice to parents. —Do not let a silly ambi
tion haza r d the happiness of your children, nor
your chagrin at the discovery of your own folly
betray you into a violation of your obligations.
Advice to indiscreet people. —Never hire a prin- .
ter to publish your tolly in a hook, for it is worse '
than being hung and paying the executioner forty
shillings.
Advice to b'.bits. —Remain with your mothers J
asfiung as you can. and do not get married before
| you are out of leading strings,
j Advice to Judges. — ln forming an opinion ■
; keep both ears open, and then you can hear both j
i sides.
Advice to legislators. —Never become the cor- !
i rupt tools of wealth.
Advice to any one who is pleased to receive if. |
: —ls you wish to stab a person’s reputation, by
j imputing to him or her falsehood, treachery, and
the meanest selfishness, you may as well use the
naked dagger as to wreath the blade with flow
ers.
Advice to sentimental people. —The noblest of
j all sentiment is that which springs from Smceri
! ty Constancy. Frankness and forgiveness.
Advice to merchants. —Advertise, if you would
' prosperous and happy.
Advice to politicians. —Collect the lets vou
I have made as soon as possible, pay those you
have lost without delay, and never be guilty of |
such disreputable conduct again.
Advice to the temperance party. —Offer a re
ward for the best model of a cider mill.
Advice to fashionable people. —Do not require 1
those in your employ to violate the Sabbath hv !
their labor to enable you to give a gay entertain
ment on a particular evening, lest, you become
grey in sin.
Sermons.— In the New Y'ork Sunday Mercu
ry, a popular writer called ‘Dow, Jr.’ weekly ex
horts its readers. They are quaint productions,
and have the air of novelty, as well as originality.
The following is a specimen. The moral is good,
and the similitude is an easy and natural one.—
j Troy Mail.
‘•.My friends, allow me to show you how the
j human body is likened to a house. My text ex
plains this. It says that the big bones are the
main timbers: very true. It also says that the
ribs are laths well plastered; but I should say
they are rafters that ran into the ridge pole, or
I back-bone. The mouth is the door, and the nose
is the chimney—especially for smokers. The
| throat is the entry that leads to the kitchen of the
1 stomach, where all sorts of food are cooked up;
; the lungs are the bellows that blows the flame of
• life, and keep the pot of existence always boiling
! the heart is the great chamber, where the greatest
variety of goods imaginable are stored; some good
many bad, and a few rather middling.
“In this way, my hearers, you see how the house
j of the human body is formed; and since it is a
I bouse of no small value, you ought to be careful
jof it; keep it well sfvept, and never let cobwebs
!of sin gather in the corners of its apartments. 1
| beseech you, especially, to look after the great
chamber of the heart, and see that every thing
there is arranged according to the very letter of
morality. If there is any useless rubbish there
clear it out. to make room fur goods thal are
saleable in the markets of the viriuou.s. The
chambers of some hearts present an awful dirty
appearance! I should like to walk into them
with a bran new broom: the way Id brush out
! sin. and sand the floor w ith virtue, would be a
j caul ion to depravity !’’
Cecil Disappointment. — The following
affecting story is copied from a late St. Joseph
( Fla.) paper.—Prepare to blow your noses girls
A loving swain in this city, sorely smitten by
the charms of a young lady, having in vain at
tempted to procure the consent of the hard-hearted
father to their nuptials, arranged last night
j the preliminaries for an elopement. The lover,
j navjng provided carriage and escorts, went with
J a ladder to the house of the expecting fair one,
j and, entering a window, woke up, not his dulci
| nea. but a widow lady, who not having been pre
j viously consulted as to the flight, declined the
i night tramp, and gave the alarm. Our hero haa
gone to the wrong room, and was compelled to
| abdicate, leaving the ladder for some more forlu
j nate gallant.
A A isil to the Insane*
The subjoined account of a “Visit to the In
sane,” at the magnificent hospital, built by the
city corporation on Blackwell s Island, is copied
I from the New Y ork Observer, and will be read
I with interest:
The gloomiest wilderness on earth is the how
ling waste of ruined minds.
Such was the melancholy and oppressive re
flection that weighed on the heart, as we turned
away from the Insane Hospital on Blackwell’s
Island near this city. It is an institution where
the lunatic poor of the city are supported, and
in the midst of all the painful sensations awa
kened by a visit among them.it is grateful to the
benevolent to know that they are made comforta
ble here, and far more so than they have been
at home or among their friends. Dr. McClel
land, the assistant physician, is constantly with
them devoting the energies of mind and body to
the relief of the suffering, the arrangement and
furniture of rooms, the convenience for bathing,
the supply of suitable food, the attention of nur
ses. Ac. combine to surround the unhappy be
ings here assembled with the few sources of com
fort which a disordered intellect can enjoy.
But what enjoyment can there be iri a shat
tered mind ? One of the first cases that present
ted itself and excited the sympathies of the pious !
heart was a man who with fettered hands was 1
preaching to his companions as crazed as him
self. He was an ignorant creature who had con
ceived the idea of being u “minister,” and study
ing his Bible night and nay, and denying him
self almost entirely sleep, and food, and drink,
had soon made wreck of the little intellect God
had given him, and found himselfin a mad house
instead of a pulpit.
Another was a female of fine figure and man
ners. who fancied herself the lady of Gen. Wash
ington. She demanded great respect from those
who add reseed her, and, spoke of the sweet com
j niupwn ahe had enjoyed with the «>j rit of
departed husband, a, tie had appeared to L **
1 before we entered her room. hff ju«
The c-xt was V ictoria. * eir , . L
teen, naving something ol the face
ts pictured w.th, had gone wild with thJ
she was entitled to the throne, and ? po ge
carnag. and horses that would soon £ at tU t
to convey her to the palace. 1
One had been suddenly driven to madness v
the loss of property, and w ith solemn ass Ur !! **
that she was nut deranged, aha besought
eflect her deliverance from her present
meat Another fancied heraeli m hell and^
! peated constantly, “devils, damned.” re '
; But all these, and many more in this denar.
| ment, were compara,.vely quiet in their
Fhere was another building where the more vu
lent are caged. W e looked into a room wh.r.
dozen frai tic females, apparently a: peace „,L
i each other, (is there sympathy among the tnadU
| but ready to .-eizeand tear a stranger the mom
he presented bimselt. One of them approach
| with a smiling face, as if glad to greeta lri ei ff
| out it was only a pretence to get a victim withi-’ •
her grasp. Another room contained as
mes, in the same stage of this mental malady '
1 . 1,1 one ce!l a little girl who had proibu
been brought to this horrible condition bv ikl
I P ,We u ot . ,ear ’. AS We ,00ked ,n her. 2
! , rew hpr heau instantly under the ciotheg of th P
j tied on which she lay, but we could see ‘hat terr
was written on every feature. She was haunW
perpetually by the thought that some one « ,
coming to kill her, and every sound that brob
on her ear was the presage of coming leath.
Another recoiled from the touch ofa hander
offered in kindness, and, with awful profanity 1
1 bid us begone. A female through the gratis
I a cell door, spoke of love and marriage, and v»h ea
her words did not meet a tavorable ie»pon»e she
j * nto a ra g«N and heaped curse on curse, U pJ!
those who sought to sooihe her raving-.
| But the last case we shall mention, though
, there were more than two hundred patients i a
the hospital, warthe mo*t herribie The wailing
jof the damned in hell, as they gnaw their
| tongues with pain, can scarcely be worse. Bbe
was coiled up in a heap of straw ia a comer of
her ceil naked and shrieking. Jf doming was
j given her. she would tear it into rags, and all
that kindness could do was to keep her warm and
give her food. There she lay. and every breath
was a piercing scream of agony in prayer! It
was scarcely possible to distinguish words, hut
the tones were those of a devil lashed with scor.
pions and crying for mercy. “Oh Lord, Ob
| Ford,” would now and then rise with terrific
! P n wcr, above the prolonged howl, anu pierce ths
heart of the hearer as “ iron entering tho soul ’
What was the cause of her madness, every sne
asks. M e know nut. Conjecture in such a case
is useless. W e left her, satisfied only with
knowing that she is the most wretched being that
: we bad ever seen.
It was gratifying to learn that the gospel had
been recently brought directly to bear upon these
unfortunate beings. As mary of them as it is
prudent to assemble, are gathered in the hall oc
the Sabbath, and the soothing and precious truths
of the religion of Jesus are familiarly presented.
The madman from the tombs, who had just lie
fore been cutting himself with stones, and whom
no man could tama, soon was seen silting, cloth- (
ed and in nis right mind, at the feet of°lhe Sa
vior God. And in these institutions where re
ligious exercises have been for a length of time
employed, results happy and encouraging have
followed. Philosophy would teach us to expect
good from such means.
Fne treatment of the insane is a subject still
in the infancy ol its investigation. The moral
ist. the mental philosopher, the man of medical
and physical science, may find in this subject a
field tor anxious research. Humanity encour
ages s-uch a study, and he who erects one beacon
b\ which a lost intellect may return from its
wandering; he who pours one drop of oil on the
raging waves of a disordered mind, or od# drop
of water on the parched tongue of a maniac’s
spirit, has in his own bosom a rich reward.
MARINE INTEELK.EiVCE.
Savannah, December 14.
Cleared —ship Rowland, Blanchard, N. Orleans;
kng Eleanor, Jones. Baltimore ; schr Lvdia. Mills,
Mobile; sc Li Henry Franklin, Wright,' Baltimore.
Arrived —Br. barque Indefatigable, Lester, Liv
erpool ; schr V\ . A. Caldwell, Hughes, Baltimore;
schr. Brilliant. Pittman, Marble Head ; steamboat
Chatham, Wood, Augusta; steambat Despatch,
Hubbard, Augusta.
Belou. —A ship.
Went to sea— ship Rowland, Blanchaid, New
Orleans ; ship Robert Isaac Trumun, Mobi;e ; ship
Heicules, Eldiid»e, Boston ; bug Pandora, Tilling*
hasi, Boston ; brig Eleanor, Jones, Baltimore; schr
Lvdia, Mills, Mobile; schr Kajle, Wiley, Havana;
sebi Henry I ranklin, Wright, Baltimore.
Charleston, December 16,
An ived yesterday —line brig Chapman, Thomp
son, New Orleans ; Br. schr \ ictoria, Young, Nis
vau,(.N. P.) ; schr Brilliant,GUkey,Camden, (Ms.)
, fn * t° yesterday —ship Covington, Ha's,
Liverpool.
In the offing —A ship and barque.
. yjwr ■.■■■■]«
HAIt R ISO N NOR I\ A T JONS,
JUDGE* OF THE INFERIOR COURT.
Judge K. 11. WARREN,
Jud/e VALENTINE WALKER,
ROBERT ALLIN. E<q
JAMES HARPER, Esq.
WILLIAM P. BEALE
TAX COLLECTOR.
Rev. WM. KENNEDY.
TAX RECEIVER.
COSBY DICKINSON.
We are authorized to announce JAMES A.
FILCHERas a candidate for Tax Collector for
Burke county, at the ensuing election, dec 15-2 t
XT We aie authorised to anuouoce LEO.V P.
DUGAS as a candidate for the office of Receiver ol
Tax Returns. dec
CfThe :Mends of Captain M. P. STOVALL will
support him for the office of Colonel of the iCth
Regiment, at the ensuing election. dec 12 4
,QC P e are authorised to mnounce ROBERT A
WATKINS as a candidate for the office of Ta*
C ollector of Richmond county. dec 14—td
W e are authori>ed to announce GEORGE
M. WALKER as a candidate for the office of Re*
ceiver of Tax Returns. dec 12
(Li ** are requested to announce
BLdiCIJ as a candidate for the office ©1 Receiver
of Tax Returns. dec 9-ts
Xj \\ e are authorized to announce ANDREW
MACLEAN as a candidate for the office of Re
ceiver of Tax Returns. dec lb td |
House Paiutiu^
Paper Hanging,
and Glazing-
R * P . SPELMAN, Jr.
Shop near the Upper Market, Broad-st., August
XT’ ECONOMY, NEATNESS, AND DESPATCH,
dec 10 ts
W • G . If 1 M NO.
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Office in the lower tenement Masonic Hall
nov 9 ts
(X/* r - S. JOSES tenders his professional
-ervues to the citizens of Augusta and its viciflitj
He may be found at bis residence on the Norta
side of Green second door below Mclntosh sire**-
or at the Chronicle and Sentinel office.
C3* EXCHANGE ONNE W YORK—At sight,
and at one to tvventy days sight. For sale oy
oct 23 SARDELLE £ KULNP-