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• - CHRONm.B AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 24. J FOR CONGRESS. HINES HOLT, Jr. or MUSCOGEE. Election on First Monday in January. ~~ Adams Press lor sale. A power press of the above improved patent can he obtained at tab office at a reduced price. It is in perfect order —large enough to work a sheet 24 by 36 inches, turns off eight hundred sheds per scour and does its work in superior style. Mail north of Richmond last night. Correspondedce of the Chroni.le and Sent , nel. Milledoeville, Monday, r. m., } December 2 1, 1840. 5 The Lcgis : ature seems very slowly to approxi mate the period of its adjournment Several mea sures of considerable importance are still before its consideration, and no day certain is yet fixed for bringing its session to a close. The Senate has been engaged nearly all day upon the general appropriation bill, which finally passed, but noT without an intimation that a mo tion would be made to re-consider in the morning. Besides this, the Central Bank bill, the Tax bill, the ReUef project, and the Maine question,— all of them impoitant matters, —with a great many other bills upon less interesting subjects, are jet to be disposed of in that body. In ihe House, the time has been consumed mostly in concurring with the Senate in amendments to bills of the House, and in acting on bills of the Senate. To give; a detailed list of these would be as tedious as uninteresting. Amongst those that •truck my attention as being of most importance, was one amending the attachment laws of the State, so as to prevent the attachment lien from being defeated bj : a common law judgment, found ed upon a suit Commenced after the levy of the attachment; and a bill amending the charter of the Georgia Kail Road Company, so as to penni: foreigners to own stock therein, &c. The bill to Li.-orporate the Milledgeville Turn pike and Rail Road Company, to connect with the Central Road, wa* lost; as was”the bill giving the election of the clerks of the courts of ordinary in the several coun jics to the people, instead of per mitting it to remain with the Court, where it is en trusted by the Constitution. The bill which passed the Senate, for preventing frauds at elections, &c., wa« also lost ia Fie House to-day. The main pro visions of this 1)11 were, that each voter’s ticket, should have endorsed upon it, by the manager* the number opposite his name on the registry or list of voters; so that if, upon an examination of the lists, it should be discovered that any one had voted not being entitled, by a comparison of num bers the vote could easily be excluded in the count, without any difficulty, and without prejudice to the gbts of any candidate. Such a provision, it is aid, exists in tjie taws of Alabama, and some •ther of the Stales, But no system is so correct,, and so promotive lot the manly virtues of indepen dence, as the vivti voce plan of Virginia. The Post Nute bill came up in the House to-day., on its second sealing, when a motion was made by Mr. Toombs to “ June it,” which was carried by a vote of 131 to 51, —showing a very decided majority against I that measure. The motion to postpone, or “ June” was advocated by Messrs, Toombs and Murphy, and opposed by Chappel.— There will, doubtless, be an effort to re-consider in the morning, but without the slightest proba bility of the passage of the bill. The question of an entire and complete resumption may be con sidered as settled- The Governor has signed the bill, as it was amended by the Senate and concur red in by the House. Ban*s, therefore, that are not able to resum?, (if any such there be,) may as well be making arrangements for winding up their concerns, while such as are able to resume will feel but little embarrassment from the measure. Yours, die. H. Milledgyclle, December 21st. All the morning was occupied by the Senate in acting on the appropriation bill, which passed tha« body with amendments. His Excellency sent in a message, stating that be bad refused hisi assent to the bill confirming the purchase of the badge at Augusta, &c. His objec tion was founded upon that section of the bilj which proposed to vcst ; n the Mayor of Augusta the power exercised by the City Council, of pun ishing offenders against the City Ordinance; which His Excellency' says “cannot be done without vior luting the provisions of the first section of the third article of the Constitution of this State” and that “ if the corporate authorities of the city of Augus ta cannot be vested with criminal jurisdiction to try offences at common law, or enabled by statute,it would certainly tie an exercise of power not war ranted by the constitution , to authorize them to establish a penal code of their own,and furnish those ad libitum, who might incur its penalties.” An amendment, including all the previsions of the original bill, except the section obnoxious to the Governor, was immediately drawn up and pre sented in the House by Mr. Jenkins, to be added to the bill (which had previously passed the Senate | to amend the recent laws, so far as related to the city of Augus which had been taken up for itj. passage. The amendment was adopted, and after wards concurredsti by the Senate.' So the measure so desirable to our corporate authorities, has for the third time passed the Legislature. It was lost in the first instance because the bill did not get to the Governor ; in the second, because His Excellency differs in opinion with every other lawyer of re spectable standing in his profession (that 1 know; upon this constitutional question; and in the present instance, I trust it will be free from the ac cident of the first, and steer clear of all constitu tional objections. If the principle of the veto message should be carried out, our corporate authorities might as well decline ail effoits to preserve the peace and good order of the city, to promote the welfare of the people. They could pass no ordinance that could be enforced; and disorder, confusion, and all other evils with which c ities and towns are often visited, would stalk in oa-x streets. Could the health of Augusta, for instance, be continued, without the power to enforce sanatory regulations ? And how can they be enforced without penalties ? Carry out the (-overnor’s views, and Augusta must have her pefial code, passed by the Legisla ture, and the offender against it must be prosecut ed in the Superior Court. They would olten escape punishment; and if not, the delay of jus tice would operate to encourage violations of the law. And besid* these objections, it would be ridiculous to impose upon the Superior Court the ts j*yuiing.; with aU tat tedieii /eyaakfctii of the law, whether an individual has poked out his sign board too far over the side-walk, or driven his horse faster than a walk, or left any boxes on the pavements, or discharged too much water from the hydiant on his lot. In fact, all the petty nui sances and inconveniences usual.y removed or re medied by the summary action of the corporate authorities, must remain until the determination of a more tedious proceeding. Some one told His Ex cellency, during the present session of the Legisla ture, that hi* talents were not executive, but deci dedly judicial. Here was an exercise of executive power growing out of a question, which His Ex cellency’s judicial talents should have enabled him to decide correctly. A number of local bills were disposed of in the afternoon and evening, by the Senate. £ I send you a copy of the quarantine bill, grow ing out of our difficulty with Maine, as it passed the House. It has been read twice in the Senate and will be disposed of to-morrow or next duy.— Its passage is doubtful. Q. A Bill, To be entitled an act to protect the slave proper ty of the people of the Stale of Geoigia, by com pelling vessels owned, or commanued by citizens of, or coming from the ports of the State of Maine, and the officers, seamen, and passengers thereof, to perform quarantine, and to provide for search thereof on their departure. Whereas, ceitain persons have been charged with having feloniously taken and carried away the personal property of some of the good citi zens of this State, and have fled to the State of Maine: and whereas, the Government of Maine has refused, after a constitutional and legal de mand has been made by the Executive of this State, to deliver up such fugitives from justice; which refusal is an assumption of authority not only in violation of the constitutional compact, but wholly destructive to the rights of private property : For remedy whereof: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of ihe State of Georgia, in General Assembly met. That from and after the first day of March next, every vessel oy whatsoever de scription or name known, owned or commanded by any citizen of, or coming directly or indirectly from any port of the State of Maine, and the of ficers, crew and passengers thereof, shall perform quarantine for and during the space of one hun dred days after arrival within the limits of this State, and whilst such vessel may be under qua rantine it shall not be lawful for the officers, sea men, and passengers thereof, or any of them, to go on shore or on board any ship, vessel, or boat whatsoever; and in case such officers,seamen or passengers, whilst under quarantine, shall go on shore or on board any ship, vessel, or boat, what soever, he, she or they, shall be guilty of a mis demeanor, and on conviction, shall be imprisoned at hard labor in the Penitentiary for a period not less than five nor longer than ten years. And be it further enacted , That during the continuance of this act, no vessel from the State of Maine, as before described, nor any officer, seaman, or passenger thereof, shall approach with in three miles of any seaport city, town, or hamlet of this State, without being considered as having violated the limits of quarantine as intended to be provided by this act; and for such approach to said city, town, or hamlet, he, she, or they, shall be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on convic tion, be imprisoned in the Penitentiary at hard labor, not less than five nor longer than (en years. And be it further enacted , That it *ha:l not be lawful for any officers, seamen, or passengers of any vessel, as hereinbefore described, whilst finder quarantine, to have or hold any interci urse or communication, either directly or indirectly, with any slave or slaves, or free person or per sons of color, without written authority of the owner or guardian thereof, which shall be the on ly justification for such officer, seaman or passen gers ; and if, whilst such vessel is under quaran tine, any such officer, seamen, or passengers, shall have or hold any intercourse or communication with any slave or slaves, or person or persons of color, without the authority aforesaid, he, she, or they, shall be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be as herein provi ded by the first section. And be it further enacted. That alter any ves sel, as hereinbefore described, shall be discharged from quarantine, and before sailing from any port of this State, it shall be the duty of the captain or commander thereof, to give tvventy-four hours previous notice of such departure to the mayor or the highest municipal officers of the seapoit, city, town, or hamlet, from which such vessel is about to sail, who shall be, and is hereby author ised, to make a search of such vessel; and on failure to give such notice, such captain or com mander shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, fined at the discretion of the court. Kentucky Bank. The last Louisville Journal says:—The Banks of this State have issued a circular to most or all of the Banks in the Mississippi valley, proposing a convention in Louisville, on the 25th of January, to confer in relation to the resumption of specie payments. We hope to sec all the ba*-ks repre sented. Besides producing concert in relation to resumption, the convention may lead to arrange ments of importance to the interests, credit, and stability of the banks. Virginia Senator. The “ check mating ” Senate of Virginia are likely to temper their valour, with discretion, as we are pleased to learn from the Richmond Enqui rer, which paper confidently predicts that “ the election of Senator of the United States will take place about the middle of January, or perhaps earlier.” The next Steamer. The Boston Atlas of Wednesday says:—“ The 4th of this month was the time fixed for the sail ing of the swift steamer Acadia from Liverpool. As her first trip over the ocean occupied but little more than twelve days, we may soon expect to see her again in our harbor. This ship will in all probability bring important news from Asia and Europe.” The Charleston Mercury of yesterday says, we ate happy to learn, through a gentleman direct from the scene of the tragedy at the Virginia Uni versity, that the general impression there is now favorable to the young man, who was so unfortu nate as to cause the death of Professor Davis. It is believed that the injury caused by the pistol was altogether unintended, and said that so far from there being any malice, the Student enter tained friendly feelings towards the Professor. Large load or Cotton. —The steamboat Osce ola, Capt. Pease, from Columbia, Ark., arrived at New Orleans on the 15th inst., with 2,663 bales Cotton—the largest load, we believe, brought by any boat this season. A Good Humored Candidate. The following paragraphs are from the editor of the Boston Post, the defeated candidate for Mayor of that city “ It is more important to have a good Editor than a good Mayor, decided the people of Boston, on Monday, and we modestly acquiesce.” “ It is no trouble at all to be a candidate for of fice when you have so little time to stand, as we did at the last go off.” Mr. Stanly stated that in offering the resolution yesterday to direct the Postmaster General to de posite such books and papers of his Detriment as may not be required for daily and immediate use, in the vaults of the new Treasury building, for safe-keeping, he did not mean to be understood as intending to throw out any suspicion or impu tation against the present incumbent; but that the late head of the Post Office Department was lurk ing about the city, and he was mean enough for any thing. — Nat. Int. Hear Him !—“ It aTords me, however, great pleasure to be able lo say, that from the comence mentof this period ( my entrance upon the discharge of my official duties in March, 1837,) to the pre sent day, every demand upon the Government at home or abroad, has been promptly met.” Memo arable epoch ! Answer ! ye contractois, creditors of Government; ye whose time has been so much taken up in seeking payment of your claims—an swer ! ye court records; answer! ye'who have had their dues doled out in instalments — is this so? — N, Y. Star. from ‘he Madisonian. The Post Office Report. Mr. Niles’ report is much longer than the reports of his “illustrious predecessor,” although he has been in office not a year. It exiiibits a considera ble degree of industry and ingenuity, with not a little impracticability. We learn fro& it that the extent of post routes in the United States is 155,739 miles,and the annu al transportation on them, 36,1-/70,776 miles, at a cost of The number of cqnt actors is about 2000; post offices, 13.658 of which 951 have been established within the present year. Within the same period 271 have been discontinued. Post masters appointed within the year, 3,231, of whom 959 were for new offices. The receipts of the Department for the year end ing 30ih June last.were $4,539,276. Expenditures, $4,759,111. Excess of expenditures, $219 845. The Postmaster General mentions as among the causes for this excess, or raiher of the deficiency of the revenue, the embarrassments of the times, the practice extensively adapted of carrying news papers outside of the mails, and the abuse of the franking privilege. During the weeks ending the 2d May, 2d and 7th July last, there were 22,038 free letters and packets sent from the Executive Departments, 20,263 free letters from members of Congress, and 392,268 public documents and other franked pack ets, making in all, 434 669. The public documents an 1 pickets from Congress weighed 32,669 lbs.— The Executive officers, it seems, have beaten the members of Congress in franking letters all hollow. We suspected as much duiingthe Presidential con test, when we endeavored to call public attention to the electioneering abu-es of theofficeis. Mr. Niles recommends the abolition o‘" the al lowance to Postmasters of 2 cents on free letters, and of the franking privilege, except to the Heads of Departments ; a limitation by law, of compen sation for all steeamboats, railroads, ana coach ser vice ; the equalization of postage on newspapers and other printed matter, with an advance of one hundred per cent., and a revision of the tariff of letter postage, with a reduction of 25 per cont. We consider this proposition to advance 100 per cent on printed matter a true characteristic of Van tiuren Federalism. Where the people are most ig norant —where knowledge is least diffused, there Van Buren Federalism succeeds the best Igno rance is the prolific soil in which it flourishes. Like the tyrannical and priestly {lowers of the more be nighted portions of Europe, it would impose a tax on know edge. It would obstruct its diffusion by a tariff amounting nearly lo prohibition. It knows that in education,christianity, the dissemination of knowledge, lies the safely of the republic against the insidious marches of powei—that they are the lights of the peopie. Would Mr. Niles put them out } Yet he proposes to make an advance of lUO per cent, upon the healthful pabulum of the popu lar mind. He substantially proposes to destroy the circulation of central newspapers, and confine all to the localities where they are printed. The peo ple, wc apprehend, are not quite ready for this.— Besides, instead of increasing, it would. In our opinion, diminish the revenue of the Department. Whigs of “ Long Standing ” —There is a family of six biothers in Indiana, all of whom voted for Gen Harrison. Their aggregate length is forty-three feet ! The Globe likens Virginia unto “the virtuous Lot.” The figure would have been complete, if the editor had likened the new home of his party to Lot’s wife.— Detroit Advertiser. Increase of Population.—Mr. Homer, of the Boston Daily Gazette, makes the following an nouncement in his paper of Saturday: “ Wc were presented with another beautiful hoy yesterday morning—making the seventh. It ap pears to us, that a young fellow who has done so much for his country, ought to succeed with his newspaper.” In his paper of Wednesday, we find that a name sake cf his has beaten him all to pieces, as follows: We Knock Under I—We did think that we had done —and we think so now—a good deal for our country, but it appears by the following announce ment in the Montreal Herald, that a namesake of ours in Canada, has beaten us all to pieces in the same line. We give it up at once, only saying that when our friend comes to see us, he won’t bring the whole of his family: “At Templeton, on the 21st ult, Mrs. Francois Homer, of a daughter, b' ing the second in eleven months, making hei husband the happy father of twenty-nine children.” (fj* How old is Frank ? Mexican Cotton Factories.—There are in Mexico 11 Cotton Factories established by foreign ers, the location and product of wnich are as fol lows ; in Puebla there are 5 cotton fac tories, making per day 4,700 lbs.yarn. Oriyard 1 2.300 “ Xaiapa 1 800 “ Mexico 4 2,000 “ Other places 200 “ From the Wheeling Times. Advertising. A fiieml remarked the other day to us that a business that is “ not worth advertising is not worth doing.” 'There is much truth in the re mark, but a truth that does not seem to be appre ciated by most of our business men. It is left for us editorially to tell the pubi c abroad that business is done in this city ; instead of giving the information through our advertising columns. Many men think to cease advertising is economy, that it reduces expenses, that if they have but little business to do it is not worth ad vertising ; if they do a great deal there is no use in advertising. Is advertising less useful than insuring, is it less useful than a sign, is it less es sential to a good business stand 1 We think not. A man docs not buy his goods to keep them on hand. If he did, it might be well to in sure without advertising. Again, advertising is like a traveling sign. No business man will hes itate to pay twenty dollars for a sign where he would never think of paying half the sum for advertising. The one is a sign seen only by those who pass the store and can see the goods that are for sale as well as the sign. The adver tisement is a comprehensive sign that comes un der the eye of hundreds who never will see ihe sign over the door; yet some pietend to ague that becaus® men have done a good business with out advertising, advertising is unnecessary. They might as well argue that because some men have made money without industry, iudustry is unnecessary. There is another light in which it appears in cumbent on men to advertise. It is the duty of a people to affjrdthe publishers of papers a compe tent support, so long as they desire to have them. The citizens most interested in the ousiness of a place dislike to be without a newspaper. They are either a public blessing or a curse. If they are the latter abandon them. If not give them such patronage as will draw from them the greatest a mount of utility. While the national honor is firmly maintainad abroad, and while justice is impartially adminis tered at home, obedience will be voluntary and heerfttl*— Junius, —I■■WBagBMP——I From the New Orleans Picayune of the Mth. Latest from Texas. The steam packet New York Capt. Wright, arrived yesterday morning from Galveston bring ing dates to the I4lh inst. To her polite officers we are indebted for the latest papers.—The news is of little importance. Branch T. Archer, Esq. has been appointed, by President Lamar, Seen tary of War, and Theo dore Barby, Esq. Texian Consul at Paris. Both these recommendations have been confirmed. A resolution has been passed by the House of Representatives at Austin, directing the Military Committee to inquire into the expediency of au thorizing the President to accept of the services of 5,000 men., for the invasion of Mexico, allow ing them to have what they can take from the enemy, and a league of land out of any they may conquer. Another resolution, to inquire into the expediency of sending the Navy to sea, “to burn, sink and destroy, and act in con cert with the land force,” was lost. Coi. Jordan arrived in Austin on Saturday, the I sth inst., so that the report of his re-entry into Mexico is untrue. He fully confirms the account of Canales’ treachery. The Austin Sentinel has the subjoined intelli gence : We learn by a letter from Red River county, under date of Nov. Bth, that a company of 57 Chihuahua traders had arrived there, having $50,000 in specie. They designed setting up a large trading establishment in that country,which shall be connected with horses in the U. Slates and the northern parts of Mexico. They bring information that Wm. Marksman and John Wallace are on their way from Santa Fe to this city, and that theyJare the bearers of despatches to this government. They propose to come immediately under the law of this Re public, and ask the government of Texas to for ward them translated copies of our laws. The people of Santa Fe have refused to pay thetylhe-tax to the priests. Two additional rich gold mines have been dis covered on the route between this city and Santa Fe—about 100 mile* from the latter place. From the account given by the Musquilo, of Texas, we should say that it is rapidly progres ing in population, improvements, morals, peace and good order. In Galveston a Real Estate Bank has com menced issuing its notes. Fives and tens are redeemable at the counter in gold and silver, and notes of a higher denomination are redeemable in Baltimore. The city authorities of Galveston have passed an ordinance imposed a fine of SIOO on any person found carrying deadly weapons. This law will work well if supported by public feel ing. A bill is before the legislature' for licensing gambling houses. Judge Hemphill has been elected Chief Jus tice by the kg slature. Canales has officially announced the dismissal of his troops. Captain Thompson of the schooner Nash ar rived at San Louis on the evening of the 9th inst. He brought there the news of the fight between Colonel Jordan’s party and the Mexi cans. All the officers and men who have returned to Texas from the different Federal divisions, with whom Capt. Thompson conversed, concur in as serting the fact that, there is no doubt of a gener al alliance between the Central and Federal force? for the purpose of invading Texas; and they moreover state that there are now 300 of the enemy, in a body, on the Texian side of the Rio Grande. The remains of Mr. Treat, late agent to Mex ico, were interred at Galveston the 13th inst., with imposing ceremonies. A leepard, resembling the African, and ten feel long from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail, was recently killed near Bexar. Great numbers of them are found in the neighborhood of the Neuces and Rio Grande. The Galveston Civilian says that “ a consider able quantity of Sugar has been made upon the Colorado this season. A gentleman at Egypt made 15 hogsheads from about six acres of ground, and, from‘.he specimen we saw, of the finest kind, equal to the best brown Havana. Latest from Matamoras.— By the schr."By ron, Capt. White, arrived yesterday from Mata moras, advices to the Bth inst., 8 days later have been received. We learn with pleasure that thevillian Gonza les, together with Rodriguez and Panado, two of his principal men, have been arrested and impri soned at Matamoras. It may be recollected they were concerned in taking the American sloop at Corpus Christian and the murder of h“r men. Maj. Smith, the American Consul, is doing every thing in his power to bring proof sufficient to con vict them. The Byron brought no other news. New Orleans Picayune of the The New York Standard says that several insurance companies ol that city have determined to have fires put out hereafter by steam. They are having built a powerful steam fire engine, lo cost six thousand dollars. It is budding on a plan of Erricson’s, the inventor of the tranversal sciew-paddle for steam-sh ps. The engine will weigh it is said, a little more than two tons—will have the power of one hundred and twenty men, and will throw upwards of three thousand pounds of water per minute to the height of over one hundred feet. Its power, and the quantity ofwa ter to be thrown, can be greatly increased over that which we have slated. This engine, when completed, is to be in readiness throught the year. —Steam is lo be “kept up” always, though at a great expense. We shall therefore soon see which is the most powerful, steam or fire. —Baltimore American. A Fancy Sketch.— How calmly he sleeps. A blossom of two soft summers— and pure; the pillow is not fairer than that while brow ; the first rose of spring time is not more delicately tinted than that round, transparent cheek. How beautiful to gaze upon; those glossy ringlets lie not more still than is the peace of the young heart within. Not a shadow has yet bro ken the morning sunlight of existence, and a calm as of angels rests softly upon the infant’s path. ’Tis beautiful indeed; what heart can see the sleeping babe, and not feel a calming, purify ng emotion steal over the troubled waters of the spir it. And the young mother ; with what a blush ing pride does she pause over the cradle of her sleeping child.—Ah! that kiss—so fervent, so sweet, so full of love—so— Ba-a-a-a-a a-a! 00-o-o-o-o-o—a-a ! Ahem ! Mrs. Smith, had’nt you better call the nurse, and let her take this child out? —Richmond Star. The Keg or Gold.— Much Mystery has been attached to the circumstance of the loss of a part of the contents of a keg of gold, while in transitu between the State Bank of Missouri and the Bank of America, in New York. The keg originally contained about SIOO 000, but when it reached New York $21,459 42 derstood, that the Bank here has commended suit against the New York Bank for the amount which was abstracted from the keg, but we have not been able to find the grounds upon which the action is brought.— St. Louis New Era. Whig Extravagance.— Vermont has al ways been a Whig State. The Governor re ceives 730 dollars per annum, the Secretary of State 300 ; Treasurer 400; the members of the Legislature $1,50 per day. From the National Intelligencer. The ludifin Key Massacre. x The attack that was made on Indian Key, in the month of August last, by a band of Seminole Indians, and which resulted in the massacre of a portion of its inhabitants, and in the total destruc tion of the island, is yet fresh in the recollection of most of our readers. Among those who fell victims to Indian rapac ity and ferocity was Doctor Henky Pehiune, a gentleman of distinguished talents and education who had temporarily settled himself at Indian Key for the purpose of introducing the culture of tro pical plants,including the Tea Plant, into the Ter ritory of Florida. Doctor Perrine had intended to locate himself on a township of land situated near Cape Florida; out in consequence of the Seminole war, which was then raging, (and still rages.) he was not allowed to carry his designs into execution. The township of land of winch we speak, w-s granted to him in the year 1838, by Congress, with a view to the encouragement of his favorite enterprise. Whihl waiting patient ly for the close of the war, at Indian Key, a place of supposed perfect security, a band of savages landed on the island, desolated it, and assassina ted a portion of its inhabitants; and among those who fell was Dr. Perhine. A concise account of the affair drawn up by a Daughter of Doctor Pehrine, who was a witness of the bloody transaction, has been placed in our hands by a friend, and will be read we doubt not with deep and melancholy interest. It unfolds, indeed a tale of terror. THE NARRATIVE. On the morning of the 7lhof August, between two and three o’clock, we were awakened from a sound sleep by the Indian war-whoop and the discharge of guns. Father was lying at the time in the hammock, to watch Sarah who had been dangerously ill some weeks. Father mother, Sarah and my self sprang from our beds at the same time, while the Indians were firing at Uie cham ber windows,and the glass falling. We had reach ed the head of the stairs to descend, when I thought of Henry, who had not awoke, and I ran back to his bed for him ; we then ran down to a small room at the foot of the stairs, in which was a trap-door that led to the cellar which we used for bathing, (as the tides filled it twice a day.) Father accompanied us to the door, and then said “I will go back and see what I can do.” Soon after he went up stairs, mother called ac loud as she dared to him, and told him ‘‘he had no caps to his rifle;” he replied “I know it but I will see what I can do,” I constantly entreated mo ther to go down into the water, but she refused thinking father would soon be down to go with us, until we heard the Indians breaking into the house of Mr. Howe, which was opposite ours. I then told my mother “they would soon break into our house, and we all should be murdered.” We tl en went into the cellar, passed through the bathing-room into a small place, say three feet high, four wide, and ten long, walled up with rocks and thick plank over the top, cover ed with marl and rocks, and then plank again, to make it even with the wharf, which extended beyond it, and was separated from it by palmetto posts driven deep in the marl; under this wharf was a large turtle crawl, (or pen.) Soon after we had secreted ourselves in this place, I heard my father on the upper piazza calling to tne In dians in Spanish, telling them “ he was a phy j sician,” upon which they gave a shout and left the house. While they were gone, it was evi dent to us, from the noise we heard, that my fa ther came down and closed the trap-dooi through which we had passed, and drew a heavy chest of seeds that was in the room over it, thinking, no doubt, he sbtfuld be saved, and, by thus doing, he might save us. And this kind act was the last my dear father ever did for his family. Dur ing this time, we heard the Indians breaking into the different houses, while ours remained un touched. But about daybreak they returned, jumped upon the piazza, and commenced batter ing away at the doors and windows, and we heard one of them say “ stop thatthey then rushed up stairs ; the same voice said “ they are all hid ;” “ the old man up stairs”—for my father had evi dently retreated to the cupola, which was enter ed by a heavy trap-door. Soon we heard them pounding at the door wiih most horrid yells, but from its strength, it resisted for some lime, but when it gave way, their yells demons and it was then that their most cruel and heart rending work was accomplished—the massacre of my dear,' lamented father. We soon heard them breaking crockery, glass, doors, windows, and, indeed, every thing they could lay their hands upon, while our trunxs, chests of clothing, boxes of dry goods, groceries, &c., were being carried over our heads, and loaded into boats; and most of the lime we were in our place of secretion, there were three or four Indians sitting over our heads talking and giving their commands. At one lime they lifted a board from the wharf and looked down, and seeing nothing but the turtle, they did not look towards the end where we were secreted; had they done so, we should most inevitably have been discovered and massa cred. Soon after sunrise, the smoke began to fill the cellar, but did not affect us much until about an hour before we left, when the whole house fell in the cellar; it then became intolerable. It was so thick that although we were clasped in each other’s arms, we could not see ourselves.— At this time, the planks which supported the rocks over our heads took fire. During this time, we kept our faces close to the water, plastered our heads with marl, and threw the water con stantly over us to keep the air in motion, and to cool it, so that we could breathe. When the planks took fire, we commenced throwing the marl upon them to extinguish the flames. Henry soon began to scream, when mother held his mouth with her ham.g, fearing that the Indians would hear him, and I held his arms, until fce burst from us, declaring “ that he would rather be killed by the Indians than be burnt to death.” He forced aside a palmetto post, and passed through the turtle crawl, and got out, while we waited in horrible suspense, thinking that he would be killed, and our discovery be inevitable; but bearing no noise, and knowing that we could not live but a short time longer there, mother dug down in the marl with her hands, unti. she could draw out the posts from the bo.tom; we then passed under the wharf, on which there were three cords of wood burning, and the floor so much burned that the coals fell on our necks as we passed under. As we jumped out, we saw Henry standing a few steps in front of the store, looking about; we then discovered a large launch at Houseman’s wharf, not far from the store, to which we waded, and beckoned Henry to come to us. When about half way, Sarah said “ she was dying and could go no further,” but mother supported her to the boat, and, after having as sisted her in, mother, Henry, and I, dragged the launch into deep water, sprang in, and commenc ed polling and rowing with all our strength, un til we were out of rifle shot of the island. Henry then took off his tied it to a pole, and rais ed it as a signal or distress. We had one pad dle, one oar. and two poles with which to work the boat. We went nearly a mile in this man ner ; twice our boat was aground, but, as Henry knew how to manage the boat, we soon succeed ed in getting her off. We were taken up by a boat from the schooner Medium. The launch in which we escaped was one which six Indians were loading with plunder from the store. It had in it a barrel of flour, a box of tobacco, soap, brandy, molasses, corn, a bat, and part of a mos quito net. When we had reached the vessel, we f »uod it was one o’clock in the afternoon. Mr. Howe, wife, and five children, Capt. Houseman and wife, and Capt. Otis, we found, had reached the vessel before us. We were immediat.’ly taken down into the small cabin, and told to take any thing w« ceuld find to put en» aether teeh , * hl ; 1 pie of sheets, which w e fastened on wit I***’ ot tarred rope, as we could get no pi n . % Ce » we were clothed for twenfv-four hour's > Mr. Howe found some dresses which the t aea had scattered, and we were each hmi a dress. Friday * nJ Sa, part of tne inhabitants, on Urd , he where every service and attention their power was rendered by the cant«; T lO transport, and officers McCreary ° f the iW Depol . Uut „„ were very much alarmed by hearing the * two rifles, ( a signal which had been agree m case the Indians attacked Tea-table K r l it afterwards proved a false alarm, and almL u there was a vmlent storm and heavy sea ged to be permitted to get into an open boat, I eave the vessel, thinking every Lnie nt ? Indians would be upon us; but our captain kind ly refused to permit us to leave the vessel , n 3u i‘ u storm, and thus saved us from a watery On Saturday, the United States schooner Pi?: arrived, and Captain McLaughlin, immediately on learning our distressed situation, and how J Sarah was, very kindly offered us the use ofhS private state-room, which mother accepted S rah was carried on board in a cot, for shew,,? 1 1 6 he was not able to stand. On Mond we proceeded in the Flirt to Cape Florida whe? she was detained until Salurtay, awaiting thl arrival of the steamer Santee, in* which we'W passage for St. Augustine, under the protection of Dr. Edward Worrell, of the army. Oratelully will ever be remembered the mam. fold kindnesses and attentions leceived at th hands of Dr. Worrell, Capt. McLaughlin and his officers, m our destitute and distiessed situ al,on * Hester M. S. Pebbixi August *2O, 1840. Plvshvs. Wool. —The Advertiser says, that by a verdict in the \] $ Circuit Court, in the case of Haight vt. Hon it was established that the article known V worsted plush is not chargeable with duty woollen goods, but may be imported duty free Consiguees per South CaroUnalDuT^^ Hamburg, December 22,1540 Rankin, Boggs & Co.; P McGrau; J G Winter- R F Poe ; J P Setze; T Richards ; G T Dortic Carvin & Haines; I S Beers & Co.; Hopkinik Stovall; Morello ; Peck & Bearing; M Holbrook• J F Benson ; J Swy ; Sibley & Crapon ; H L Jef.’ fers; G Parrott. COMMERCIAL. Latest dates from Liverpool, Novem^u Latest dates Jrom Havre , Noventtr 11 AUGUSTA MARKET. Wednesday Evening, Dec. 23. Our Colton market since our report of 2htu»L is without change. Prices range from 0 to9|, chiefly from wagon*. Exchange— On New York, at sight, —(5 6 p cent for current funds; Charleston —(a! 5 ? ct; Savannah 2 (a> 2$ p ct; Philadelphia 4 (2)5 p cent; Lexington, Ky. par (S> 3 cent; Richmond 40 5 p cent; Specie commands —® 4 p- cent prem, Bank Notes. — Savannah Banks,.. @ et, prem. Columbus Insurance 8ank.... 4 (a) ~ “ « Commercial Bank, Macon, 4 (ft - « «< Mechanics’,” (Augusta,) 6 (2>- “ “ Agency Brunswick,” 5 (S? - « « Planters’and Mechanics’Bank, Columbus, par (d> - $ “ disc’*! 1 Central Bank, 5 @ “ « Milledgeville 8ank,.......... par. Ocmulgee Bank, s(d ~ « « Monroe Rail Road Bank, 6 (2>- “ “ Hawkinsville Bank, 5 (d - « « Chattahoochie R. R. <St B’k Co.par (d - « •• Darien Bank, 20 (d 25 ** ** Bank of Rome, 12$ (d 7$ « m Union Bank, “ 50 (a) - “ “ Southern Trust Co. “ '3o(a)- “ “ All other Banks now doing business, at par. Specie Paying Banks. —Mechanics’ Bank, Insu ranee Bank of Columbus, Commercial Bank ofM»* con, and Brunswick Agency m this city. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, December 22. Arrived —ship Liverpool, Lyon, New York; brig Excel, Ladieu, New York. ( leared— brig Savannah, Shapter, New York; brig G B Lamar, Johnson, New York. Charleston December 23. Arrived yesterday— Line brig Randolph, Gold smith, Philadelphia; schr Drusiila, Eldridge, Rich mond, Va. Cleared —ship Harriet & Jessie, Connor, Liver pool ; brig Romeo, Black, Bremen ; line brig Aid xich, Cope, Mobile. Went to sea yesterday —ship Harriet .V Jessie, Connor, Liverpool; U. L. brig Southport, Herbest, New York. HARRISON NOMINATIONS. JUDGES OF THE INFERIOR COURT. Judge B. H. WARREN, Jud e VALENTINE WALKER, ROBERT ALLKN, Esq. JAMES HARPER, Esq. WILLIAM P. BEALE. TAX collector. Rev. WM. KENNEDY. TAX RECEIVER. COSBY DICKINSON. dj* D- P- RUSSELL, Eswill be supported for the office of Colonel cf the 10th Regiment M., by many friends. dec 21 __ (£7* We are authorised to annouoce LEW P DUGAS 0- a candidate for the office of Receivers Tax Returns. dec lf> friends of Captain M. P. STOVALL will support him for the office of Colonel of the 10th ( Regiment, at the ensuing election. dec I*^ OCT We are authorised to announce ROBERT A WATKINS as a candidate for the office of T»* Collector of Richmond county. declP^__ OCT We are authorised to announce GEORGS M. WALKER as a candidate for the office of R e ' ceiver of Tax Returns. dec 1-^ L. PENNEY, MINIATURE PAINTER . Masonic Hall- Specimens may be seen at his room, or at the Bop Store of H. A. Richmond. nov IS-trw»__ House Painting, Paper Hanging, and Glazinff* R. P. SPEIMAN, Jb Shop near the Upper Market, Broad-st., Augu fW- Qf/* ECONOMY, NEATNESS, AND DESPATCH dec 10 jL- W . G • NIMUU. COMMISSION MERCHANT. Office in the lower tenement Masonic H*U nov 9 ts - CT* Dr. IV. S. JONES tenders his profess*"* services to the citizens of Augusta and its v, £ri He may be found at his residence on the N® side of Green second door below Mclntoih str > or at the Chronicle and Sentinel office.— EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK—At and at one to twenty days sight. For *’A D «ias uAJuSiXu;« w* 9 -