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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18. FOR CONGRESS. HINES HOLT, Jr. or MUSCOGEE. Election on First 'Monday in January. Hampton Coarse. As tre anticipated, the race over this Course f yesterday was one of the most imeresting that has come off over either Course at the present meeting; Indeed, it was the most exciting race of two heats we have ever witnessed. The knowledge that ! Boston, that conqueror of master spirits, would be on the field, diew together a large concouise. At an early hour, the s.reel leading to the turf, was crowded with anxious visitors, eager to witness another trial of his unrivalled powers in a contest with Omega and Santi Anna, both of whom were 1 adml ted to have heels and bottom, that only yield ed the palm of victory to bloods of the first water. \ They, too, had their admirers, for they had last i week met on the Lafayette Course, and although the Mexican was compelled to yield to the superior •peed of Omega on that occasion, they both reaped : a rich chaplet of laurels, which they were quite willing to rTk in a contest with a blood of the un rivalled fame of their illustrious competitor. Prior to starting the friends of Boston were backing him at large odds, 5 to 1 against the field, 1 which were only taken in a few instances. At I the call they all came up to the stand, each appa rently as eager for the contest as they were con- I scious of what they were required to perform, and at the tap of the drum they all got oil handsomely, Omega having the track, Santa Anna second, and Boston third. This position was m intained until after they had turned the first quarter, when Bos ton passed Santa Anna, who seemed quite dispos ed to waive his pretensions, and took the beautiful i Omega in charge, but she seemed rather flirty and did not permit him to approach too near; thus the first, second, and third mile were passed, when Gilpatrick finding that what was in Boston must be brought out, he applied tne lash freely, with but little effect as Omega continued to lead in one of i the most animated and spirit-stirring contests we ever witnessed. For a time, after Boston, urged by the power ot the lash, had made several despe rate and ineffectual brushes, his friends became alarmed for his well-earned fame, and the air was ( rent with the shout* of the delighted friends of Omega. Thus passed the first three quarters of the fourth mile, when the renowned Gilpatrick, never wearied in well doing, again thought with the aid of the whip to bring his champion to the brush, and he applied it faithfully. For a moment, as they were rounding the last quarter, all was hushed, the friends of both fearing this last final j struggle. Boston yielded to the coaxing which Gil applied so effectually, and, for the first time in the heat, locked, and after a short but most ani- i mated and desperate conflict, passed her and came home, leading her a length, in 7 m. 53 s.—Santa Anna dropping just within the distance. Afiei the usua. time allowed for breathing, at the call they all came up finely cooled off and ap- ! parent y nothing werse, and quite anxious for I another display. At the lap of the drum, they ' were off in fine style, Boston leading until they hal passed the fiist quarter of a mile, when Ome ga again passed up. locked, and took the lead from Boston, who continued to retain a position imme diately m her rear, and in advance of Santa Anna, until they had reached the half way of the third mile, they both challenged, and after a most vigor our effort, the Mexican bore off the palm, taking the lead in handsome style, while Boston seemed to wait upon him very courteous'y at a short but re •pectfui distance in his rear, near enough, how ever, to watch his movements, and to avail himselt o any faux pzs in his generalship. In this position they entered the fourth and last mile, Santa Anna Turning hard in hand, while Gilpatrick seemed to i be lecturing Boston on the virtue of whale-bone and silk. Now came tne tug of war ; and the friends of Santa Anna highly elated at the evidence which ne had given of his heels and game, now entertained high hopes of winning the heat. On the back stretch, Boston again challenged, but the Mexican gallantly led the way into the third quar ter, when Boston again yielding to the force of Gil’s peculiarly persuasive arguments, made an other effort for the lead. Here was a scene of in tense and thiilling interest—a sudden and deathlike pause a feeling silence, until they were mak ing the last turn, when the multitude give vent to their suspense with the shout, “Boston’sgot him!” and he entered the quarter stretch ahead, and led home, beating Santa Anna a length, while Ormgi ( modestly dropped within the distance stand, evi dently desiring to be prepared for a third heat. Time—7m. 49i. Friday, 18tb.—Mile beats—best 3in 5. Pursl S3O0 —$20 entrance. S. \\ . Shelton’s b. m. Virginia Robinson, 5 years sister of Target,—Riders dre«s fancy. G. Edmundson, James Larr.pkin’s ch. f. Mary Elizabeth, 4 years old, by Andrew, dam by Galla tin, —Riders dress Buff. W. R. Johnson’s b. h. Wonder, by Techicus, dam by Rob Roy, 5 years old, —Riders dress Blue Cap and Jacket. The fo'lowing gentlemen were elected Director* of the Augusta Insurance & Banking Company on Monday last, and at a subsequent meeting of the Board, Wm. Harper, Esq., was unanimously re elected President. W. Harper, Robert Walton, T. J. Parmelee, L. Cress, J. Davis, T. Richards, J Hope, J. Coskert. R. D. Carmichael, Mississippi. Gen. M. E. De Graftenreid declines the nomina tion for Governor of Mississippi on the Democratic ticket. His reasons, some of them, (considering the limes,) are-novel enough. For example—“ 1 have ever been of opinion, (says the General,) that a man of nice sensibility ana correct political prin ciples, could never submit to tne contemptible aits of the demagogue, by which elections arc frequent ly carried. The habits otT my life and the convic tions of my understanding, forbid my engaging on the arena of a party warfare, upon which all sense of «"lf respect is too often sacrificed. I am no adept in the arts of electioneering, and am from principle, opposed to the whole system. I cou'd not, if I were a candidate, do any thing mere than give my views in writing on all those subjects, both State and Federal, about which the people might be supposed to feel any interest. Further than this i could not go.” Correspondence of the Chronicle and Sentinel. Milledgetille, Tuesday, ? 9 o’clock, p. m., Dec. 15, 1840. 5 The House nor the Senate has transacted much business to-day, in consequence of the death of the Hon. Horatio Webb, a member from the county of Jackson. Mr. Webb was in usual health on yesterday, and attended in his seat during the ses sion, which continued some time after night, with out any indication of approaching disease ; or at least without any complaint being made to those who were with nim. Soon after adjournment, and after he had retired from the House, and while in conversation with some friends around the fireside, he suddenly f hied in speech, and instantly became lifeless without any apparent cause, and without the slightest struggle or pain. Previous to the arnouncement of his death, the House acted upon two bills of some imjiortance, and both in relation to the Dorian Bank. The first, was rne having for its object a direction to the officers of the Central Bank, to take the notes of the debtors of the Darien Bank well secured , &c,, in the usual way as other notes in the Central Bank, in lieu of the Darien Bank bills now in the Central Bank. This bill was lost. The o'her, provided for the repeal of the Darien Bank charter, and the appointment of three commissioners, two on the part of the State, and one on the part of the Stockholders, to wind up the concein as speedily as possiole, which, after a good deal of discussion, passed. A motion no doubt will be made to recon sider in the morning. The Senate, while in session, was engaged in nothing of much importance, except the bill of the House, extending the time to take out grants in the counties of original'y Early, Invin, and Ap pling. It prov des that those lands which shall remain ungranted on the first es September next, (I believe is the day,) shall revert to the State, and may after that time, be granted to any indi vidual who will pay a certain amount into the Treasury, &c. The bill was passed after making some amendments to it, as it came from the House. Since the funeral of Mr. Webb, which took place place this afternoon, both Houses are again holding a night session ; doing nothing, however, but act ing upon local matters, and reading bills the first and second times. Amongst the local acts just passed the House, is one to confirm to the City Council of Augusta the purchase of the Bridges across the Savannah River, at that place. This was a bill from the Senate, and has therefore now passed both Houses. A great deal of interest has been felt here to-day to hear the response of his Excellency, the Gover nor, to the call upon him for the suggestion of some “ plan of relief,” in accordance with the objects of of his message on yesterday. This reply was sent in at 7 o’clock this evening, and it is too long, or I would send you a copy. I will endeavor to do so ‘to-morrow. There are but three points, however, in the communication. The first is, that tiie Cen tral Bank has not got the means, and cannot ex tend relief. The second is, that it would be un constitutional to pass a law suspending the enforcement of the col ection of judgments and executions, &.c., and therefore, there is no hope oi any such relief as that. The third, and only mode that his Excellency conceives of is, for the State to borrow several millions of dollars, by giving her bonds due at a future day, beaiing interest, &c., and depositing the amount in the Central Bank, to be loaned out to the people. The matter was im mediately referred to a select committee in the House,consistingof Messrs. Toombs,Stiles, Stroud, of Walton ; Chappel, and Crawford, of Richmond. I will keep you advised of the state of its pro gress. The Presidents Message was received here to day. ills idea of the prosperous state of the coun try, and the rich abundance that every where rewards the ** labor of the husbandman,” and Gov. McDonald’s view of the “ unprecedented failure of the Cotton crop,” illy comport together. The truth is, Mr. Van Buren seems determined “ ta walk in the foootsteps of his illustrious predeces sor,” and even as he goes into retirement in the face of the most extensively pervading pressure and distress ever before witnessed in the country the rbork of his own doing —to proclaim, “1 leave this great people free, prosperous , and hap py /’*• Sed Satis. Yours, See. Hamilton. Milledgeville, Dec. 15, 1840. The Sena’e this morning passed a revolution tha they would meet at 9, A. M., 3, P. M., and 7, P M..eacn day for the balance of the session. They then took up and passed, with amendments, the bill, from the House of Representatives, to extent the time for taking out grants for land in the coun ties of (oiiginally) Early, Irwin, Appling, Hall Rabun, and Habersham. As the bill pa-sed the Senate, the time is extended to the first Monday ol September, 1841. Then the lots ungranted revert to the State, and any citizen of this State may take out a grant in his own name on paying SI,OOO, — which price is gradually reduced at specified pe riods. There are some other provisions, not ne cessary to be stated now. The bill requiring the Banks, in their semi-annual returns, to state the largest amount due by any Director in the preced ing six months, under the penalty of sso,ot'o,was laid on the table for the balance of the session by a considerable majority. In the afternoon, the members of the Senate as tended the funeral of Mr. Webb, a Representative from Jackson couuty,who died very suddenly lasl night. At seven o’clock this morning, we received the relief message of his Excellency, which recom mends the issue of State bonds, to be disposed ol and the proceeds to be placed in the Central Ban* and loaned out. Comment is unnecessary. But 1 may ask, can bonds be disposed of for such a pur pose, when we cannot dispose of bonds for the pur pose of completing the Western and Atlantic Rai: Road ? The message was referred to a select com mittee, consisting of Messrs. Echols of W., Miller Calhoun, Bishop, Spencer, Bell, and Cox. A num ber of local bills were passed. q. Attempt to bet fire. —An attempt made, on Monday night last, to set fire to tht dwelling of the Hon. Isaac E. Holmes, on Easi Bay, near the Battery, fir placing fire in one ul he Bleeping apartments in the fourth story. Nc discovery of the incendiary has been made. A man was seen rushing from the house.— Char- Ittlon Patriot. Bank in Texas.—A correspondent of the X. Y. Sun, writing from Gaiveaton. Texas, un der date of 22d uit. says : “ A bank is just going nto operation here, the charter for which wa.- purchased by Messrs. McKinney & Williams ast year, the notes of which are to be redeem tble in Baltimore bank bills, $250,000 of which arrived two weeks ago in the brig Emprisar.o, irom Baltimore. The design, 1 believe, is to mo nopolize the cotton market of this couatiy.”— What does it meat 1 From the N. O. Picayune of the 11 th. Later from Matamoras. Disgraceful Outrage.—The schr. South i erner, Capt. Gaylord, arrived yesterday morning > from Matamoras, bringing dates up to the Ist r instant. One of the passengers informs us that the se cond day out they spoke the Texian man-of-war schr. San Antonio, Lieut. Moore, from Tampieo ’ bound to Galveston. The San Antonio had t taken three Mexican vessels prizes and burnt ; another—all valuable. The Texian Minister to j Mexico, who was returning to Texas with Lieut. Moore, died on the passage, and a gentleman who accompanies him was very sick. ’ The schr. Watchman, from this city, arrived i the same day the Southerner left, t The schr. Byron was loading at the Brassos for this port, and the schr. Caroline, from New „ York, was discharging at the mouth so as to get up. * The report of the capture of an American > sloop at Corpus Cnrtsti by a launch, and the i murder of four of her men is confirmed. It f seems that the launch carried 16 men and was commanded by a villain named Gonzales, who is j now at large. Gonzales had letters and was em powered by the Mexican government to treat with ? Hibeaud and Thompson respecting their pardon > and return to the country. On arriving at the , bar no vessel was in sight, except the American ) sloop which Gonzales boarded. V\ bile one of , the Mexicans was conversing with the mate, Gonzales took affront at some remark the latter made and run him through the bodv with a ’ sword, killing him instantly. The vvrerch then ■ ordered the sloop’s men, three in number, to ne lied, taken on shore, and shot. Two of them , fell at the first fire, and while the other was beg- ging for quarter, Gonzales ordered his ears to be cut off! A second discharge ended his suffer -1 ings. The Mexicans pretend that the sloop was ' on a smuggling expedition, but nothing can j. s -1 tify such a diabolical outrage. Major Smith, the , American Consul at Matamoras, was investigat ing the affair with the greatest vigilance. from the Savannah Georgian of the 1 6th. From Florida. 5 Capt. Smith, of the steamer Cincinnati, which ' boat arrived yestarday from Black Creek, reports e that thirteen Indians, among whom were nine £ warriors, came into Fort King three or four days - since, and delivered their rifles to Col. Riley. I Shipwreck. — We also learn from Capt. S. that t the schr. Globe, from Baltimore, with Govern ment stores, was totally lost on St. Johns Bar on 1 or about the 6ih inst. Crew saved. s (Tj*Since the above was in type, we have re s ceived the following letters, which confirm the v statement of (’apt. Smith : From our Correspondent . Y Florida, Dec. 9. Sir: Three warriors came in at Fort King a e few- days since, and agreeably to the General’s orders have been put under guard. They say that Halleek Tustennuggee will return in a few * days, but are unable to assign any reason for his I abrupt departure during the progress of his re el cent pretended treaty. The interpreters are all ■ } absent from Fort King, which may. in a manner, account for the meagre news they have commu nicated. An express has been despatched to the General, who is now at Tampa. 8$ o’clock, P. M., Dec. 9. Sir: The express just arrived from Fort King 1 says that thirteen Indians came in this morning | 1 and delivered up their arms to Col. Riley. They e i state there are many more to come in a lew days, e I will give you particulars by next express. Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine for Decent* 5 | ber, has been issued, and cenlains the usual va -0 riety of inteiesting articles. We take from this i - number the following on the commercial value j e of gems; “The art of engraving the diamond was first !’ discovered about the year 1500, by Ambrosias ‘ Carodossa, who prepared for Pope Julian 11. the figure of a patriarch.” “ The art of cutting the diamond with it* own - powder, was first discovered in 1746, by Lewis . Van Beraen,” but “it wai not until the reign e of Louis XII. that the mode of cutting the dia mond in brilliants was invented.” A very extensive sale of gems was made in e London in 1837. The sale amounted to about e 230,000 pounds. A pair of ear-rings, formerly 0 the properly of Queen Charlotte, brought fifty _ five thousand dollars. The celebrated Nassauck diamond was purchased at thirty-six thousand. The crown jewels of Queen Victoria are esti c mated 111,000 pounds, or about half a million of dollars. 1 Among the principal diamonds which are »- known to exist in Europe, may be named one in the possession of the Grand Mogul, valued at four millions of francs—or a little less than a million of dollars. The Empress Catharine pos sessed a diamond which was purchased of the it Sultan of Persia for ninety thousand pounds, j and an annuity of four thousand. A singl* gem. belonging to the Austrian crown, is valued at * one hundred and nine thousand two hundred and e silty pounds, or about a half million of*doliar«. d A diamond the crown jewels of France i- was valued, in 1791, at twelve millions of hvres. The largest diamond known to exist in the e world is <n the possession of the King of Por- tugal, and is valued at the enormous sum of fifty-seven millions of pounds sterling, or about * two hundred and fifteen millions of dollars.” c - Admirable Sentiment.—At the dinner - given to the members of the Electoral College, by the Whigs of Albany, the following admira e ble sentiment was.offered by Gov. Reward:— The Eecent Election —lt has conclusively proved that the people are competent to the con ’ sideration of all questions affecting their welfare, s The universal acquiesence which has followed, y is a sublime demonstration that neither Iraud nor ‘orce are necessary to secure obedience to tne . laws where reason is enlightened and suffrage universal. e——- ;t The Dead Alive, A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. e The subjoined narrative, published in a late number of C harubens' Journal , is stated to be translated from a foreign newspaper. It is ne cessary to remind the reader, that the island of K vlauntius. appertaining to this day to the En- I glish, was origiual.ly colonized by the French, •- md that the population yet consists in a great ■- measure of persons of that nation, to whom, by jj a formal treaty between the powers concerned, he ancient laws and usages were preserved with out any material alterations. 1 About ten or twelve months ago, the Sieur * Clodomir, a rich merchant of the island, was found dead and frigbtlully disfigured in bis own Habitation. His body was discovered lying on the floor, with his head and face, mutilated by neansof a pistol, and all doubt as to the cause ’j of the catastrophe was dispelled by the discovery of the fatal weapon by the side of the corpse. and also a paper in the handwriting of the de . ceased. This paper contained the following words:—“lam ruined!—a villain has robbed me of twenty-five thousand livres sterling ; dis f honor must be my portion, and I cannot awan i- >r survive it. I leave to my wife the task o! g listributing among my creditors the means which if ‘emain to us; and I pray that God, my friends, s, md my enemies, may pardon my seif-destruc lion ! \et another minute, and I shall be in h eternity. >, (Siged) Clod.mtr Frenois.” »- Great was the consternation caused by this tra - ;ic event, which was the more ut.expecieJ, at -he loss alluded to in the note bad never been made public. The deceased bad been held in great esteem over the colony as a man ot strict honor and probity, and was universally lament ed. His attached widow, after endeavoring faith fully to fulfil his last wishes, found her griet too overpowering to permit her to mingle longer with the world, and took the resolution of con secrating her remaining days to the services of ' religion. Two months alter the sad end of her husband she entered a convent, leaving to a nephew of her late merchant, a physician, the charge of completing the distribution ol the ef fects of Frenois among his creditors. A minute examination of the papers of the defunct led to the discovery of the period at which the unfortunate merchant had been rob bed; and this peril id was found to correspond with lite date of the disappearance of a man named John Moon, long in the employment of Frenois. Os this man, on whom suspicion not unnaturally fell, nothing could be learned on in quiry ; but shortly after the division of the late merchant's properly, Moon re appeared in the colony. When taken up and examined respect ing the cause of his (light, he slated that he had l»een sent by his master to France to recover cer tain sums due to the merchant there, in which mission he had been unsuccessful; and he fur ther averred, that, if Clodomir Frenois, in his existing correspondence, had thrown any inju rious suspicion on him (Moon) the whole was but a pretext to account for deficiencies, of wnich the merchant himself was the sole cause and author. This declaration, made by a man who seemed to lear no inquiry, and whose worldly circumstances remained to appearance the same as they had ever been, had the effect of silencing, if it did not satisfy, the exammators; and the af fair soon fell, in a great measure, out of the pub lic recollection. Things remained fora short time in this con dition, when, one morning, Mr. Win. Bmnett, principal creditor of ihe late Clodomir Fienois. heard a knocking at bis gate at a very early hour. He called up one of his servants, who went down and opened the door, and immediately returned with the intelligence that a stranger, who seem ed desirous of keeping his person concealed wished to speak with Mr. Burnett in priva e. Mr. Burnett rose, threw on hrs dressing gowm, and descended to the parlor. He saw there a stranger of a tall person, seated in an easy and familiar attitude upon a sofa, with a number ol the Morning Post in his hand, 'i he back of the visiter was turned to Mr. Burnett as be entered. Rather surprised to see a stranger conduct him self so like an old friend of the house, Mr. Bur nett said aloud, “ may 1 beg to know your business with me.’’ The stranger turned round and advanced to salute his host warmly and courteously. Mr. Burnett started back and uttered a loud excla niation of surprise and alarm. Well lie might —for before his eyes stood his friend and debt or, Clodomir Frenois. whom he had beheld near ly a year before a mutilated corpse, and whom he himself had followed to the grave. What passed at that interview between Mr Burnett and his strange visiter, remained fora lime a secret. Mr. Burnett was observed to is sue several times, pale and agitated, from his dwi lling, and to visit the magistrates charged with the conduct of the criminal processes of the colony. In the course of that day, while John Moon was regaling himself with tea under tin palm trees of his garden, along with a Circassian female whom he had bought sometime previous i ly. he was arrested and taken to prison by the i officers of justice. On the following Jay he was brought before the crimmal court, accused of rob bing the late Clodomir Frenois, the crime being conjoined with breach of trust and violence. Moon smiled a: the charge with all the conn dence of a man wno bad notning to fear. The I judge having demanded of him il he confessed the j crime, the accused replied that the charge w as an surd—that clear testimony was necessary to fix j such a delict upon him ; and that, so far from , there being any such evidence, producible, neither the wido.v of the deceased nor any one person in his service, had ever heard the pretended rob bery even once mentioned by Frenois during his life. * 0 Do you then affirm your innocence 1” repea ted the judge gravely, af;er hearing all that the other had to say. “I will avouch my innocence,” replied Moon, “even before the body of my late master, if that be necessary.” [Such a thing often took place under the old colonial law.] “John Moon,” said the Judge, in a voice bro ken by some peculiar emotion ; “it is befjre your late master that you will now have loasseit your innocence; and may God make the truth ap pear !” A signal from the Judge accompanied these w r ords, and immediately a door opened, and Clodo mir Frenois, the supposed suicide, entered the court. He advanced to the bar with a slow and deliberate step, having his eye calmly but sternly fixed on the prisoner, his servant. A great sen sation was caused in the court by his appearance. Uttering shr.eas of alarm and norror, the females present fled from the spot. The accu?ed fell on his knees n abject terror, and shuddeiing, con fessed his guilt. For a time no voice was heard but his. However, as it became apparent that a living man stood before the court, the advocate gained courage to speak. He demanded that the identity of the merchant be established, and the mystery of his existence be explained. He said that the court should not be biassed by what might prove to be a mere accidental likeness between a person living and one deceased ; and that such avowal a? that of the prisoner, extracted in a mo ment of extraordinary 'error, was not to be held i of much weight. “Before neing admitted here as accuser or witness,” continued the advocate, ! addressing the resuscitated merchant, “prove wno and what chance the tomb which so lately rrcti ved your body, mangled by bullets, has given up its tenant and restored you to the world in hie and health.” This firm appeal of the advocate, who contin ued steadfast to his duly under circumstances that would have closed the lips of most men, cal led foilh the following narrative from Clodomir Frenois:—“My story may be soon told, audit will suffice to estaolish my identity. When I discovered the robbery committed by the accused, he had fled from the island, and I speed.ly saw . that all attempts to retake him would prove fru t less. I saw ruin and disgrace before me, and came to the resolution of terminating my life be fore the evil day came. On the night on which this determination was formed, I wa- seated aione in my private chamber. I had written the letter which was fouud on my table, and nad loaded mv pistol. This done, I prayed-lor forgiveness from my Maker for the act of despair I was about to commit. The end oflhe pistol was at mv head, and my finger on the lock. when a knock at the outer door of the house startled me. I conceal ed the weapon, and went to the door. A man en tered whom I recognized to be the sexton of the parish in which I lived. He bore a sack on his shoulders, and in it the body of a man newly bu ried, which was destined for my nephew, the phy- 1 sician, then living with me. The scarcity of bo dies for dissection, as the court is aware, compels those who are anxious to acquire skill in the me dical profession to procure them by any possible secret means. The sexton was at first alarmed at i having met me. “Did my nephew request you to bring this body T said I. *.\o,’ replied the nan ; ‘but I know his anxiety to obtain one f r lissection, and took it upon mo to come and offer him this body. For mercy’s sake,’ continued the ; 'exton, ‘do not betray me, sir, or I shall lose my situation, and my family's bread. “M hile the man was speaking, a strange idea entered my mind, and brought to my despairing I bosom hopes of continued life and recovered hon* or. I stood fora few moments absorbed in thought and then recollecting myself, I gave two piece* of gold to the resurrectionist, the sum which he had expected. Telling him to keep his own counsel, that all would be well, I sent him away and carried the body to ray cabinet. The whole of the household had previously been sent out of the way on purpose, and I had time to carry into execution the plan which had struck me. The body was fortunately of the the same stature as myself, and like me in complexion. I knew the man ; he had been a poor offender, abandoned by his lamily. 1 Poor rehc of humanity !’ said i with tears in my eyes. • nothing which man can do can now injure thee ; yet pardon me if I rudely disfigure thy lifeless substance. It is to p.event the ruin of not one, but twenty families! And should success attend my attempt, I swear that thy children shall be my children ; nad when my own hour comes, we sha 1 rest together in the tomb to which thou shall be borne belore me !” At this poition of the me-chant’s narrative, the most lively interest was excited in tne court, and testiled even by tears from many of iheaudi ance. Frenois thus proceeded :—“I thin stripped off my clothes and dressed the body in them. This accomplished 1 look up the pistol, and with a hand more reluctant than when I had applied it to my own person, I fired it dose to the head of the de j ceased, and at once caused such a diffiguremei-.l as rendered it impossible tor the keenest eye to detect the substitution which had been made. Choosing the plainest hab ; l I could get, I then dressed niyseli anew, shaved oil' the whiskers w hich I was accustomed to wear, and took other mea.iS to alter and disguise ray appearance, in case of being subjected by any accident to the risK of betrayal. Next morning found me on board a French vessel on my way to a distant land —the native country of my ancestors. The expectations which had led rue to the execution of this scheme were not disappointed. I knew that John Moon, the man w ho had robbed me and who now stands at the bar of this court, had form ed connections in this island, which would pro baoly bring him back to it as soon as intelligence of my death gave him the promise of security ,n this I have not been disappointed. I have been equally fortunate in other respects. “W bile my unworthy servant remained here in imaginary safely. I have been successful in discovering ihe quarter in which, not daring at first to betray here the appearance of wealth, he had lodged the whole of the stolen money. I have brought it with me, and also sufficient proof* su[ posing his confession of this day to beset aside altogether, to convict him ot the crime with which iie stands charged Uy the came means,” con tinued Clodomir Frenois. with a degree of honor able pride in which all who heard nim sympathi sed, “will I be enabled to restore my family to iheir place in society, and to redeem the credit o: a name on which no blot was left by those who bore it before me, and which, please fled. I shall transmit unstained to my children and my child ren’s children.” John Moon, whose guilt was thus suddenly and strangely laid bare to the world, did not retraci the conlession which he.iad made in the extrem ity of his terror; and, without separating, the court sentenced him to confinement lor life in the prison of the colony. “The news of Clodomir Frenois’reappearance spread rapidly, and the high esteem in which his character was held led to an universal rejoicing j on the occasion. He was accompanied irom the i court to his home by a dense multitude, who wel comed him with piolonged shouts. It would be vain lo attempt any description of the feelings of the wife, who thus saw restored to her the beloved being for wlrse sake she had quitted the world. She was released from her ecclesiastical vows, and rejoined herhusband.no more to part till the grave really claimed one or other of them as its due. W e notice in the list ot marriages i i the North ampton Courier, that of Mr. Elisha Wing, of Ash field, to Mrs. Bathsheba Wing, of Hawley, his fourth wife, the third with whom he has lived within twenty-two months—after a courtship ol twenty-two days, commencing forty eight hours alter the burial of his third ! SauKF-ziso the Haxd.—Squeezing the band with some persons is entirely equivalent to a de claration of love ; this is truly surprising. We must pause—afraid to give it a squeize. lest we should burn our fingers. Very fine, truly! Now it was our ancient custom to squeeze every hand vye got into our clutches, especially a fair one; and the ladies may rest assured of this, that a man who will not squeeze their hand when he gets hold of it does not deserve to have such a hand in his possession, and that he has a heart one hon ored times smaller than the eye of a cambric nee dle. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah Deo, 16. Arrived. —Br. barque Salem, Milf.rd. Liverpool; ! Br. barque Amanda, , Limerick, Ireland; Steamboat Hamburg, Gould Augusta. Sailed. —Brig Thoosa, Powers, Havana; Brig Marv Ann, Curtis, Boston. Departed. —Steamboat Chatham, Wood, Augus ta ; Steamboat Hamburg, Gould, Augusta. Charleston, Dec. 17, Arrived yesterday.—Bag Octavi, Hoxie, New Orleans. Cleared. —Ship Birmingham,Robinson, Boston; Brig Cionstadt, Hatch, Antwerp; Brig Ceres, Blanchard, Mobile ; Schr. Lake, Viual Hertford, (N. C.) Went to sea yesterday. —Line ship Suttrn, Bark man, New York; Line ship Lucas, Eldiidge, Bos ton. JOHN. J . BYRD, NOTARY public. Will be thankful to his friend- for any part of bu siness in the above line, which will be attended to witn rectitude, Ac. oct 24 House Painting, Paper Hanging, and Glazing'. K . P. SPEL3IAN, Jr. Shop near the Upper Market, Broad-st., Augusta. try* ECONOMY, NEATNESS, AND DESPATCH, dec 10 ts W . G . XI MM o. COMMISSIO N MERCH A NT. Office in the lower tenement Masonic Hall, nov 9 ts £3/* Dr. W. S. JONES tenders his professional services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity He may le found at his residence on the Nortn side of Grccu second door below Mclntosh street, or at the Chronicle and Sentinel office. EXCHANGE ON SEW YORK—M sight, and at one to twenty days >ight. For sale ov oct 23 ' GARDELLE & RHINO. THE READING ROOM Attached to this office is open to subscribers, and strangers introduced by them, every day and eve ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock. Subscription jo ; tor a firm ot two or mure jlO KENTUCKY KNIT SAXONY AND merino wood socks. Jl ST received and for sale by the subscriber*, 200 pairs of fine Saxony and Merino WOOL bOCKS, knit by the ladies of Kentucky, dec 15-dlw WM. H. CRANE & CO VT O- 1 COTTON OSN A BURGS.— bales Lsi J ust received on consignment, and will be sold low, by [dec 12-1 wj \v. G. NIM MO. RKADY MADE CLOTHING.—Just received a large suppiy of V\ inter Clothing, compri sing almost every article in our line, which are of fered for sale low' by J. D. CRANE & CO. nov 14 d&wdm HAIIBISON NOMINATIONS. JKDGES OF THE INFERIOR COUR- Judge B. H. WARREN, Jud e VALENTINE WALKFR ROBERT ALL IN, £=□ ’ JAMES Harper, e* q WILLIAM P. BEhLE TAX COLLECTOR. Rev. WM. KENNEDY. XAX RECEIVER. COSBY DICKINSON. rS\v V L-. a , re aaU,oried 10 enounce CARSWELL, as a candidate for the effir n f r Collector of Stake count,-, .. the JJ* We are authorized to announce JAMpqT FLLCHER as a candidate for Tax Collector A buike county, at the ensuing election, dec 10-oj fj We are authorised to announce LF.ONmT DUGAS as a candidate for the office of Receiverni iax Rfluing - docjs (Hr Th e friends of Captain M. P. STOVALL wl" support him for the office of Colonel of the pH, Rigime nt.at the ensuing elec lion. dec 12 jUT - v e a re authorised to announce ROBERT a WATKINS as a candidate for the office of Tat Collector of Richmond county. dec 14-id £•; We are authorised to announce GEORGr M WALKER as a candidate fur the office of IE ceiver of Tax Returns. <jec j, j (ITT W<* me requested to announce JOSEPH j BUR CD as a candidate for the office of Receiv Pr j ot '1 ax Returns, g_ t £ r i (£/' We are authorized to announce ANDREW j MACLEAN as a candidate for the office of L. I *-civer of Tax Returns dec lu m * DAVID A. V A SON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Palmyra, Lee county, Gi. • | Will practice in the adjoining counties of the Chat lanoochce and Southern Circui.s. REFERENCES : Col Zadock Jackson, / D . Rev Jonathan Davis,y Baling ra, Ga. Col. H. I ope, / ... Hon. C. Lougherty,y •'■ t " cn5 i Co!. A. Reese, j Johnston k Robson,y Madison, Ga, J WV- Junes. Augusta. w4m ocil ANDREW J. Si A WELL, ATTORNE Y AT LA W, nov 25-ts Dalohnega, Ga. W. 11. CUNNINGHAM, & CoTT GENERAL COMMISSION MER ( HANTS, °et 31 Savannah, Ga. 2m JOHN R. STANFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clarkesville, Ga, B. H. OVLKBV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, feb 2-5 Jefferson. Jackson county, G AUGUSTUS K FES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, septo-ly Madison Morgan county, Ga. L. PENNEY, MINIATURE PAINTER, | Masonic Hall. Specimens may be seen at his room, or at the Book Store of H. A. Richmond. nov IS-trwtf ON CONSIGNMENT—7I bags Rio and Cuba COFFEE just landing from boat, and for sale jby (dec 9 dlOt HOPKINS k VTOVALL. ON CONSIGNMENT, 750 sacks LIVERPOOL SALT, expected to arrive by boats this day, , ! for sale by HOPKINS k STOVALL. [ ! d®'* 17 jw ECHOES TO HiRE. —Several Negroes for the next year, among whom are House >er vants. Draymen, Work Hands, men. women and half grown giris and boys. WM. BOSTWICK. dec 17 3w* MACON FUNDS WATED, —Central, Ormul goe, Hawkmsville, Monioe Kail-1-oidßank Notes, and Macon Ceitificates of Depo«ite, at re | duced rates,by PECK & DEALING, j dec )7 2t Under Masonic Hall. DIMES FOR SALE.—Dimes and Half Dimes always on hand to suit purchasers, i Also—American Gold, for sale by PECK k BEARING, dec 17 1m Under Masonic Ball. A DVANCES ON COTTON.—Liberal advance* i\ made on shipments to Li vc i pool, Ha\ re. New-York, Charleston, or Savannah, dec 16- trw2m by PECK & DEARI.NG, CHECKS AT SIGHT AND SHORT SIGHT oa New-Vork, Boston, Philadelphia, Haltimoie, Charleston, Savannah, Lexington, Ky. / Cinch nati, Richmord, Na-hvilie, Mobil ■, New-Or leans, For sale at reduced rates bv PECK k BEARING, doc 17 It Old stand ui dcr Masonic Hall. uTICE.—W ill oe hired on the first Monday of January rext, at the lower market in this : city, if not previously hired, several NEGROKS. | Also, 4 or 5 HORSES wi 1 be sold on the same day. Persons wishing to hire, would co well to call and select for themselves. The subsciiber may b« found at Messrs. Austin k Co’s. Drug Store, two doors below the Eagle k Phoenix Hotel, j dec 17—trw2w P. H. MANTZ. CoiNCIL CIM.MBER, Dec. 5,1 ?40. ON motion Resolved, Thar Thursday, the 31 st December, IS4O, Le set apart as a day oi PuLlic .anksgiving. and that his Honor, : Mayoi, be requested to issue his PioclamafioD to | that effect. ! Extract from the minutes. S. H. OLIVER, Clerk- In contormity with ihe foregoing Resolution, R Daniel Hook, Mayor of the city of Augus’a, d() £ hereby set apart Thursday, tlie thirty-fust d»J 01 this month, a* a day of Public Thanksgivingw Almighty God for agam blessing our city with it* accustomed toon health, and do also earnestly commend all citizens to suspend their usual but l ' ne.-s and assemble in their jespective pi* l * s c worship, to render unto Hhn their united tribute ° thanks for tins great blessing, and to suppii * continuance of Divine favor foi our City su Country. DANIEL HOOK, MayorC.A- Augusta, December 17, I>4o. FRESH GARDEN SEED.—a large and ex tensive assoitment of fresh English dfn Sf.fd always on hand, and suited to tit K preaching season, at wholesale or reta.l. Ah 0 ders fiora merchants, Pianters, and others exeCl ‘ ted with neatness and despatch. . nov 30 wktrw GARVIN k HAlN^s- A DVANCES will be made, in Checks at st^ on Cotton consigned to our friends in t ton. GAR DELL E & RHIAP nov 4 ts IIME.— 300 casks Lime, first quality, and‘J j good order, expected to arrive, will be - u low from the wharf, bv c „. n oct 2S ts ‘ GARDELLK & JLST RECEIVED BY J. P- very rich domestic COTTON FRINGE-, . additional supplies of Staple and fancy j GOODS, wtuefi will Le sold low fov cash orapP ed paper. dec 7-trw* I