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chronic;.i. and sentinel. ■“ AVGUSTA. ~ TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29. FOR CONGRESS, HINEiI HOLT, Jr. cr xvscogbi. Election on First Monday in January. Adams Press for sale. A power press of the above improved patent can bo obtained at tnis office at a reduced price, it is ia perfect order —Urge enough to work a iheet 24 by 36 inches, turns off eight hundred sheets per hoar, and. dees its work in superior style. Correspondent* of the Chroni . le and Sent>nel. Washington, Wednesday Evening,? December 23, 1840.5 Thor* was a debate of very great animation and interest in the House of Representatives to-day, on the measure which attracted so much attention at the last session, and known by the title of the M bill to secure th« more faithful execution of the lews relating to the collcctien of duties on im ports.” Last year the bill passed the House in a form which could excite no opposition in any quarter. — It was strictly and singly a measure to prevent frauds on the revenue. But when it got to the Senate, the Finance Committee there added thir teen or fourteen sections byway of amendment, professedly to give, by legislation, ibe true con struction to the compromise act of 1832, which the committee said had in several instances been erro neously construed by the courts of the United Slates. On looking at the last section, added by the Senate, be wee er, Mr. Wise and other southern gentlemen, bad di ;covered that duties had been kid upon linen, worsted, and other articles in which they felt an interest; that in fact the Com lEoMitx bad been disturbed, a new tariff created, and that the duties had been increased in some cases from nothing to fifty per cent ; and, in other instances, from a nominal amount to 25 per cent- Ob its return to the House, the bill was lost—there was not, indeed, time to reach it, as the session was near its close- Te-day Mr. Adams moved to refer this bill to the Committee on Manufactures. He announced his purpose to be not to report that part of the hill which had been added by the Senate. He was net for reporting a Tariff bill, or a Revenue bill— hut a measure for the suppression cf frauds. Mr. Wise expressed his wish that the bill should go to the Committee of Ways and Means, and Went into the history of its introduction and de feat at the last sessim. He arraigned the present Administration for having brought forward this new tariff, through its Chairman of the Senate Committee ea Finance (Mr. Wright.) All he asked was, to leave this questioa where it was in 1813 g and when the TanT question should be raised, he would meet it boldly, and he hoped it would net be sneaked into a bill professing only to he for the prevention of frauds on the Revenue. The question oa the motion of Mr. Adams, hav ing precedence, was first put and carried, yeas 109, smys 10. Re the bill was referred to the Committee on Manufactures ; and we have the pledge of the Dkimas, that hit object will be to strike out the .features that conflict with the Compromise Act, and make it simply and solely a fraud preventing measure. The Committee of Ways reported to-day the biy making appropriations for the Indian Depart ment, and for carrying into effect Indian Treaties. The sum appropriated is upwards of $700,000. The Navy appropriation bill was also reported ; both were referred to the Committee of the Whole. A call has been made on the Postmaster General by tho House, for a Ist of all the deputy Postmas ters that have been removed since the 3d of Marcb } 1839 ; and to state the causes of the removals, Ac. Ac. This will show what grounds the men in power have for raising the cry of PnoscaimoN in advance. The Senate spent most of the day in clearing the table of the bills es a private oi local charac ter which have been introduced. The bill to abolish imprisonment for debt, was passed and scat to the House. The bill to prevent the counterfeiting es any foreign gold, silver, or other coin, or bringing into the United States aay such counterfeit foreign coin, was passed. Mr. Benton gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill to impose a ur on bank notes and other paper designed for circulation .' As it is new generally understood that Mr. Webster will be Secretary of State, you may natu rally wish to know what are the feelings and wishes es a person who is to fill so high and influ ential a pest, as to the manner in which the other high places of government shall be bestowed. It ia known here, that Mr. Webster’s sincere desire is that in regard to the other appointments, every , section of the Union shall be fairly and fully con eidered; end the South may be assured, that no men will go farther than he, to maintain their just constitutional rights—and their proper tights in the Administration and in the public councils. D. Washington, Thursday Evening,? December 24, 1840. y The boasted project es Benton, to lay a tax bill on Bank notes, and oth«r paper intended as a cir culation, was turned out of. the Senate to-day, in the most contumelious manner. The door indeed was shut in its face, with a promptness and decision which, it is to be hope d, will prevent the author from ever again submitting another proposition of the kind. He asked leave to introduce the bill, and there upon made a long and characteristic speech against Banks, and Bank paper. He avowed his purpose to be, in the first place, to compel the banking in •tetntioQs es the country, to contribute the revenue from their sources; and secondly, to suppress all notes under the denomination of S2O. The hill was read, and the mere announcement at the title, was sufficient te satisfy every body that the Senator bed brought his wares to a wrong market. It was a revenue bill which the Senate had an right to originate; but the introduction of which, under the Constitution, belongs exclusively te the House es Representatives. Mr. Huntingdon called the attention of tho Sen ate te its character, and contended that at aught not Who entertained for a moment. Ho would not go into tho merits of the bill- He thought it improper to $o to. Ho thought tho Senate had no right te entertain it at all. Renton endeavored to find n precedent for his mntten in the Compromise Act, which ho said was matured In the Senate, end then taken up by the Bknso, m an Muadntlt to m original hiU taste, He wished this measure of bis to be disposed of in the same way. Mr. Webster, in a few clear and strong words, demonstrated the unconstitutionality es Benton's proposition. The bill bore on its face the charac. ter of a measure to lay a tax. The Constitution absolutely prohibits the Senate from introducing measures for laying taxes. Could there be a clearer case of unconstitutionality ? The Compro mise Act, be maintained* was an entirely different case. That was a bill not to lay taxes, but to re duce them. An attempt was then made to lay the question of granting leave for the introduction of the meas ure on the table. This was strongly opposed also by Mr. King, Mr. Calhoun, and Mr. Webster. The latter again stated the grounds of opposition in words of light. He said bis purpose was to as certain whether the Senate would consent to con sider the measure at all ? The introduction of it ia the Senate, was prohibited by the Constitution; and the motion to lay the question of granting leave on the table, implied a doubt, which he, for one, did not entertain. The proposition was altogether free from doubt. The motion to lay on the table was negatived. Benton then rose, and said he had accomplished his purpose, (that is, he bad made his speech!) and said be would withdraw his motion for leave ! This fool’s-play was not to be endured. Mr. Web ster objected, and a long debate arose, as to whether he had a right to withdraw his motion. The blus tering demagogue protested it was his privilege— his prerogative. But he was taught better before the discussion ended; and finding that the general opinion went against him, he was obliged to ask leave, not as a matter of right, but as a matter of favor, to withdraw his proposition. Os course, no body objected to this, and his bill was thus turned out. The Senate adjourned then to Monday next. The House was engaged during the whole day in a discussion on the morion of Mr. Reynolds, of Illinois, to instruct the Committee of Public Lands to report “ a bill to grant prospective pre-emptions to settlers on the public lands, and to reduce the price to settlers according to the value of said lands.” Mr. Reynolds made a regular Western grabbing speech. Mr. Wm. Cost Johnson, of Maryland, re plied in a masterly speech, defending the old States from the attacks made on them by the new, and vindicating the rights of the old States to the pos session of the public domain equally with, the new States. The debate was then taken up by Mr. Hubbard, of Alabama; but the hour was late when he rose, and on bis motion, the House adjourned. D. We have been presented by Thos. Richards, of this city, with a neatly executed work, and one that must be very useful to all mercantile men in this section of the country, entitled “EXCHANGE AND THE COTTON TRADE between England and the United States”—with pro forma accounts on cotton purchased in our markets and shipped to Liverpool, and tables sltowing the cost of cotton at Liverpool, and the net proceeds of Liverpool quotations, and calcu lations of exchange operations between New-York and the South and between London and the U. S. By J. F. ENTZ, published in New-Y r ork. The following extract from the introduction will explain and recommend the work. The cotton trade offers many questions which are seldom fully or satisfactorily answered by such publications, the variation of prices, freight exchange, &c M being so great that il is no small task to overcome the difficulties of so intricate a calculation: this the author has however attempt ed to effect, in as small a compass as possible, by giving a ready answer to all these questions. His tables show not only the precise cost of cot ton shipped to Liverpool from six different American cotton markets, but also the exact pro portion of the Liverpool quotations with ours at no matter what price, exchange, or freight and whether the amount of southern invoices is drawn direct upon London, or upon New York at a cer tain premium, and from thence upon London. They are also so arranged that they give a bird’s eye view of the various markets, and enable the speculator to find out the most advantageous or lowest for his operations. No hills advantage will be derived from the use of the combined exchange, as it will offer the southern shipper a great saving in the choice of the most profitable mode of reimbursement, while it enables the northern or the foreign commit tent to regulate his limits accordingly, and to make his calculations as precise as possible. The tables for exchange operations between the South and New York,show the exact propor tion of the rates lor foreign bills in the respective places, and will be found particularly useful for the banks, brokers, and all those who have remit tances to make to New York. The arbitrations of exchange for London with the United States, will present much interest fur the merchant of every city in the Union having business connections with Great Britain. The balance of trade between England and the European continent is so easily kept up by the t ransfer of precious metals, and through the vigi lance of numerous bankers, who ever watch the slightest deviation in the rates of exchange, that the fluctuations are generally slow and moderate, and although a certain space of time must elapse between the last quotations and the period when our remittance can reach London, still we may almost depend upon it that no great variation can have taken place in the mean time. In the Uni ted States, on the contrary, the balance of trade is easily and sensibly affected by a thousand causes, and the fates of exchange will even often fall or rise one, two or more per cent, without any ostensible reason. It is also a singular fact, ascettained by a comparison of the rates at differ ent periods, that perhaps Paris remains steady, whils London, dec., may change considerably. This shows very forcibly that notwithstanding tho uncertainty of the rates at London, the irregu larity us ours leaves us plenty of room for the selection of the one or other, sometimes even at a considerable advantage. For this purpose these tables are intended, and they show precisely if it is better to remit a direct bill on London, negotia ble drafts on the continent, or sovereigns. A Heavy Loss. The Boston Transcript of Tuesday says, “the British barque Westminister Mollison,from Sing apore for London, with a cargo of 4600 chests of tea, was driven ashore on the rocks about a mile to the eastward of Daniel Margate, on the morn ing of the 23d of November, and bilged. Crew saved. About 1800 chests es tea were saved, the rest loot. The cargo was owned by Daniel C. Bacon, Esq. of this city, and the following ia the amount of insurance effected there, viz:— $30,060 at ibe Merchants* office. 20.000 at the Neptune “ 20.000 at the American “ 20.000 at the Boston “ 20.000 at the Mercantile Marine office. 20.000 at the Washington office. 10.000 at the Treznont office. 130,900 Hon. J. J. CaiTTßirnEsr has been re-elected Senator in Congress from the Slate of Kentucky for six years from the 4th of March next. The Recent Trouble in Maine. The Philadelphia Inquirer says One is puz zled to understand the exact position of affairs in the disputed Territory of Maine. It is still affirmed that a British Regiment has taken post in the Aroostook, and that official despatches were some days since forwarded by Sir John Harvey to Gov. Fairfield, apprising him of the fact; also that formal intelligence in relation to, this matter has been forwarded to Washington. Can the Globe throw any light upon the ques tion 1 Or is the official too much engaged with its valiant warfare against the Monster ! We copy an article,from the Portland Advertiser of Thursday last. It will be seen that our friends “ down east” still see difficulty in the distance: The Boundary Question. —Vague rumors are now in circulation in regard to new border troubles, but they are so unsubstantial and come in so questionable a shape, that we know not how to deal with them, and place little reliance upon them.* But one thing we know, that the British Government wiih a forecast that anticipated trou ble, is taking precautions to secure her position She means to keep possession of the country north of the St. John ; she wants the territory, and she is determined to hold it despite the clear ness of our title and the wholly unfounded na ture of her pretensions. She is consequently amusing us wif.h negotiations, while she is strengthening anil fortifying her positions. Bar racks are erecting, roads levelling and making, and troops marching and taking post in the very centre of the disputed territory, while we sit idly looking on, relying upon the faith of the paper defences entered into for the protection of the rights and properties of the parties. The fact is, the British post on the Temiscou ta lake is only 37 miles (rom the St. Lawrence ; that they hate a well made road connecting it with that river aud Quebec on the one side, and ! the St. John and New Brunswick on the other, and this has become now the great thoroughfare between tb* provinces of their empire. Troops have been planted on n central point, are still collecting there for its defence; and now Mr. Fairfield and Mr. Van Buren, remove them if you can. Yost wiM find them a harder customer than the Seminole Indians. We speak this with no view to create idle alarm, but with a sincere conviction that after all, we are to be humbugged out of the territory. — Look at the report of Featherstonhaugh, a public ; commissioner, by virtue of bis office entitled to confidence, openly and solemnly making asser tions that are wholly without foundation; affirm ing deliberately in his report that the land at the N. W. angle of Nova Scotia as claimed by the U. 8., is elevated but 388 feet above the sea; when the fact is disproved not only by the sur vey of Bouchette, the public officer of the British Crown, who makes it over 2000 feet, and by our own surveyors who nearly correspond with Bouchette, but by nature herself in the length and descent of the streams which are thrown down on every side from that point to the Bt. Lawrence, the Bay of Chaleur and the Atlantic. Feather stonhaugh’e report is one of the most ur.candid and unfair documents which was ever ushered forth by a public functionary. A cause so bad which requires such disengen uousness advocates and such false representa tions, can only be supported by force. We cau tion our State and National Governments, even I st this late day, to beware ol further procrastina tion. They must assume an attitude that wiil not bear denial nor submit to delay. We want no more of Lord Melbourne’s commissioners nor Lord Palmerston’s argument in the shape of In fantry and Light Artilieiy gathering upon our borders and establishing themselves in the heart of the contested soil. We learn from the Georgia Journal, that Jef ferson J. Lamar, Esq. of Stewart County, died cn the 15th inst., in consequence of a wound re ceived from a Mr. Reynolds, on the evening pre ceding the election in October last. The Boston Atlas states that the mystery which recently caused some excitement at Roxbury.rela tiva loan inexplicable knocking heard in a house in that town, has been satisfactorily explained. It was the work of no unearthly agent, but was produced by a clock, the weights of which, at a certain hour, striking the bottom, caused the sound which has made so much idle conjecture. Explosion. —The New Orleans Bee of Mon day last says:—The Towboat Post Boy, in tow ing the ship Bt. Luc is >ver the S. W. Bar burst one of her boilers- killed the first engineer, Mr. Ward, and scalded the second engineer and one fireman. She was towed up to the city by the Mohican. Boundary News.—The Woodstock Times states that Mr. McLaughlin passed through that place on Thursday the 10th inst. by express, en route to Quebec, with despatches for (he Gover nor General. The Times says “it has not been able to ascertain the purport of his mission, but only surmises it to be relating to the sudden and important movements that have recently taken place in the Madawaska.” The New York Courier mentions that a slight advance took place in stocks on Tuesday, and that the news from England is generally con sidered favorable. Gen. Harrison has resigned the office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton county, Ohio. 8. W. Platt, Esq. has been ap pointed Clerk, pro tern. Libel—A suit for damages laid at SIO,OOO, has been commenced by Jona D. Stephenson, against Charles King, Esq. editor of the Amer ican, for certain statements published in rela ion to the recent “Poor House Court” investigations. The New York Herald contains a letter, which states that the “patriots” are again organizing at various points along the Canada frontier. The Acadia brought 14,000 letters. Hard to Get.—An editor down East adver tises for “a devil of a moral character.” The jury in the casetof Robert White, tried in New York for petit larceny, were unable to agree, and were discharged. It appears, from official returns, that the num ber of houses destroyed by the late inundations on the banks ot the Soane, in the department of the Ain, amounts to 1094, without including 106 bouses seriously damaged, which makes the en ure number amount to 1200. Wo are informed .that the steamer Cherokee, a few days ago, burst her boiler near Lewisburgb, on (be Aikansas river, teaming off all her upper works, and killing 14 persons. Those who saw her say that she was a dreadful spectacle.—Lou inilk JmtrruU. A Law Case. In the Supreme Court of Louisiana, on the 7th inst., the following case was decided : Merchants’ Bank of New York vs. Exchange and Banking Co. of New Orleans. Suit on a check altered from $214 50 to $5014 50. This check was altered and sold to defendants* endor sed and remitted by them to the Merchant’s Bank in New Yoik, where it was payable for collection, and by them paid They sue the defendants for the difference, $4,800. Judgment against the defendants confirmed. Specie. —There is a falling off in the exports of specie; still there is constantly a good deal shipping. The export since the Isi of Octobor, a little more than two montns, has been over three millions. Silver. Gold. 241 hto 30th Sept, to Europe, 503,614 6,137 30th Sept, to Bth Oct. “ 150 019 18,928 Bth to 15lh Oct. “ 256,901 28,097 Istn to 21st »‘ct. “ 374 006 11,566 21 si to 28th Oct. « 256,901 28,097 28th to 4th Nov. “ 255.000 2,570 4th Nov. to 11 th’, “ 286,092 791 11th to 18th Nov. “ 166 951 19,931 18th to 25th Nov. “ 78,195 29,700 26th to 30th Nov. “ 538.355 2.345 Ist to 9ih Dec. “ 169,501 19,908 $3,024,805 $170,000 Export of Specie from 10th to 16th Decern her : Silver. To Europe $803,672 N. Y. Express. / The French Government has determined on raising a loan of 600,000,000 francs, Three per Cents.; £24,000,000 sterling. From the Alexandria Gazette. The members of Congress who subscribed so largely to the Extra Globe have probably reiur ned to Washington with the opinion that it was a very poor investment. On the principle of re wards, there is no man who deserves more of the Whig party than Amos Kendail—The slanders of the Extra Globe, the falsehoods, as barefaced | as they were malignant, which filled that sheet, did more than any thing else to open the eyes of the people to the character of the administration and the means on which it relied for support. The following account of an attempt, made during the Bevolutionarj War, to blow up the British vessels of war in New York harbor, may be of interest to most of our readers. It is cop ied from a New York paper of November, 1821, and is an obituary notice of the gallant soldier who mad* the daring attempt: Dikii.— At Lyme, (Conn.) on the 29th ult. Captain Ezra Lee, aged 72. a Revolutionary I Officer. When the British fleet lay in the North River, opposite to the city of New York, and while Gen. Washington had possession of the city, he was very desirous to be rid of such neighbors. A Mr. Bushnell ofSayorook, (Conn.) who had the genius of a Fui.on , constructed such a marine machine, of a connical form, bound together with iron bands, within which one pers >n might sit, and with cranks and *-ku!is could navigate to any depth under water. In the upper part was fixed a vertical screw for the purpose of penetrating ships bottoms, and to this was attached a magazine of powder, within which was a clock, which, on being set to run any given time, would, when run down, spring a gun lock, and an explosion would follow. This Marine Turtle, so called, was examined by Gen. Washington, and approved ; to preserve stcrecy, it was experimented within an inclosed yard, over twenty to thirty feet water, and kept during daylight locked up in a vessel’s hold. The bro ther of the inventor was to be the person to navi gate the machine into action, but on sinking it the first time he declined the service. Gen. Washington unwilling to relinquish the object, requested Major General Parsons to se lect a person, in whom he could confide, volun tarily. to engage in the enterprise ; the latter be ing well acquainted with the heroic spirit, the patriotism, and the firm and steady courage of the deceased above mentioned, immediately com municated the plan and the offer, which he ac cepted, observing that his life was at Gen. Wash ington’s service. After practicing the machine until he understood its powers ol balancing and moving under water, a night was fixed upon for the attempt. Gen. Washington ;.nd his asso ciates in the secret, took their stations upon the roof of a house in Broadway, anxiously awaiting the result. Morning came and no intelligence could he had of the intrepid sub-marine navigator nor could the boat which attended him, give any account of him after parting with him the first part of the night. While these anxious spectators were about to give him up as lost, several barges were seen to start suddenly from Governor's Island, (then in possession of the British) and proceed towards some object near the Asia ship of the line—as suddenly they were seen to put about and steer for the Island with springing oars. In two oi three minutes an explosion took place, from the surface of the water, resembling a water spout, which aroused the whole city and region ; the enemy’s ships took the alarm, signals were rapid ly given—tne ships cut their cables and proceed ed to the Hook with all possible despatch, sweep ing their bottoms with chains, and with difficul ty prevented their afrighled crews from leaping overboard. During this scene of consternation, the de ceased came to the surface, opened the brass head of bis aquatic machine; rose and gave a signal for the boat to come to him, but they could not reach him, until he again descended under wa ter, to avoid the enemies shot from the Island, who had discovered him and commenced fireing in bis wake. Having forced himself against a strong current under water, until wi hout the reach of shot, he was taken in low and landed at the Battery amidst a great crowd and repor ted himself to Gen. Washington, who expressed his entire satisfaction, that the object was effected without the loss of lives. The deceased was un der the Asia’s bottom mote than two hours, en deavoring to penetrate her copper but in vain. He frequently came up under her stern galleries searching for exposed plank, and coulJ bear the sentinels cry. Once he was discovered by the watch on deck, and heard them speculate upon him, but concluded a drifted log had paid them a visit—he returned to her bottom and examined it fo;e and aft, and then proceeded to some other ships ; but the impossibility of penetrating their copper, for want of a resisting power, saved the lives of hundreds. The longest space of time he could remain under water was two hours. For a particular description of this sub-marine curiosity, see Silliman’s Journal of Arts and Sci ences. — Com. A avertiser. The Mubdereb of Ellen Jewett.—Robin son, the murderer of Ellen Jewett, whose trial and acquittal left a stain upon the tribunal be fore which he was arraigned, went to Texas,where be has since lost bis right arm—that arm with which he planted a hatchet into the forehead of a frail, but to him am unoffending girl, and with which be then applied an incendiary torch to the bed where she lay Weltering in blood, thus at tempting to conceal the murder by committing arson—that right arm, we say, bus been cleft from his shoulder, in a fight with the Mexicans! Nor is this the only retribution that has visi ted the guilty. It will be recollected that Fur long, the infatuated Grocer, who went into court and committed voluntary perjury by swearing that Robinson was in his store on the evening of the murder, became a maniac and drowned him salJmtr. Rousseau. —Ono of the roost extraordinary men that ever lived was John J. Rousseau. This man, in his origin, rise, and whole career, was a most astonishing man. The son of an humble Geneva watch-maker, who passed the greater part of his life in poverty and misery ; at one time a servant in a family, while, although not disgraced by his situation, he disgraced himself by charging upon an innocent girl, to her ruin, the theft of a piece of ribbon which he had purloined himself; at another time the miserable tenant of a miserable garret in Pans, copying music for a subsistence for a crown a dav ; living a life of licentiousness in a loose sexual connection with one !o whom he was not married; and putting all the children she had by him from the moment of their birth into the Foundling Hospital; disowning them as his own through all his after life; depiiving them of the knowledge of their father, and leaving them destitute of that natural protection, to which they were entitled from one of the first and best laws nature, and deserting even the mother, the wo man with who n be had adullerously cohabited, and who was entitled to his care, depriving her in her old age of protection, and leaving Iwr to the miserable mercies of a cold, censorious and heartless world, by the voluntary termination of his own existence. And yet this man was the preat expounder of the moral and social principles of society. He was eminent as a writer on mor al philosophy ; he was distinguished as a politi cal economist; skilled in music : a good botan ist; profound in many sciences; with a mind and faculties so finely attuned to the harmony of sweet sounds, as to make his writings the most smooth and delightfully harmonious to read in the language; he was without a rival in the age in which he lived, and has left behind him a name and a fame as deathless and imperishable as the land which he so fondly loved to call his own. And yet, this is but comparative fame for a man like Rousseau; for whatever subject his mind dwelt, on, or his pen touched, he ornamented and rendered of intense Interest, And with a mind and heart oveiflowing with wild emotions that could not brook restraints but that bore down all before them, like the overflowing bunring la'a— this man sets out as a teacher and re-organizer of civil society. The world was not his friend, nor the world’s law ; and, therefore, with the feelings which he possessed, it was but natural that he should desire to see ail society return to the pri- i mitive social compact. He possessed a command of words and imagination, and a dialectic scarcely inferior to any human being before or since his day ; a temper burning with the strongest and most varied passions that ever centred in a hu man breast; a power of sarcasm blasting, and swiftly hurled as thetl underbolt; a degree of irony frightful to the timid sense to contemplate ; and those were his combinations which he wielded with the power, the the fervor, and the per severance of a gigantic butfallen angel,struggling to assail the better and brighter regions of the sky.— J. Q. Adams. Weight of Militauy Men.—The following memorandum was found a number of years ago in the pocket-book of an officer of the Massa chusetts line:— August 19th, 1793 ; weighed at the scales at West Point: General Washington..... 209 lbs. General Lincoln 224 “ General Knox -...280 “ General Huntngdon 132 “ General Greaton 166 “ Colonel Swift 219 “ Colonel Michael Jackson 252 “ Colonel Henry Jackson 238 “ Lt. Col. Huntington 232 “ Lt. Col, 186 “ Lt. Col. Humphreys 231 “ It appears from the above, that the average weight of these eleven distinguished Revolution ary officers, was 214 pounds. The heaviest weight having been General Knox, who weigh, ed 280 pounds, and the lightest General Hunt ington, who weighed 132 pounds. It is some what singular that the biographeis of eminent men, never, unless under circumstances of a pe culiar character, record the weight or dimensions of the clay tenements, which were the abode of their immortal spirits. Yankee ’Cuteness.—Some time since, the Yankee schooner fc?ally Ann, unuer command of one Capt. Spooner, was beating up the Connecti cut river. Mr. CoLislock, the male, was at his | station forward. According to his notion of things the schooner was getting rather (do near certain flats which lay along the larbored shore. So aft he goes to the captain, and says he, ‘ Captain Spooner, you’re getting rathar close to them are flats ; hadn’t you better go about?” Says Captain Spooner—“Mr. Comstock, do you go forward and attend to your part of the skuner; I attend to mine.” Well, Mr. Comstock marvelled forward in high dudgeon. “Boys,” says he, “see that ere mud hook ail clear for letting go.” “Aye, aye, sir—all clear.” “Let go,” says he. Down went the an chor, out rattled the chains, and like a flash, the Sally Ann came luffing into the wind, and then brui’glit up all standing. Aft sails Mr. Comstock and touched his hat, very cavalierly, “Captain Spooner”’ says he, "my part ol the schooner’s at anchor.” —Nttv York Herald. Independence.—Some men are greatly envied for what is thought by others, and perhaps by themselves, to be a state of independence. But it may well be questioned whether such a being as an indepnedent man ever existed. The opu lent gentleman, who dwells in a princely man sion, furnished with costly equipage, and who fares sumptuously every day, is even less inde pendent than the beggar at his kitchen door, who petitions for a bone or a crust. Against the hos tile assaults of the elements the latter needs lar less human protection, comparatively, tnan the former. Tne mendicant has no ship at sea, to b • lescued from peril by sailor’s tod—no palaces or storehouses to be saved from conflagration by masses of men commonly considered dependent —no stocks in danger of depreciation—no hoards of precious metals exposed to plunder—no loans, or speculat ons, or adventures at stake, that pre vent his “sleep o’nights.” In the abstract, there is neither independence nor abject helplessness in the moral and social world, whatever there may ; be in the physical. Ail men are dependent on their fellows. All men are in some sense beg gars. To the forgetfulness of thu truth are to be imputed the growth of pride and the absence of humanity ; but in its contepla ion,the great prin ciple of the NATURAL EQUALITY OF MAX is most clearly Realized. — Nantucket Inquirer. Popular Reading.—Tell me what a people read—give me a fnll account of it, and I will give you a faithful sbetch of their moral and in tellectual character. Du these books and litera ry periooicals which are filled with tales and fic tion, constitute their inte.lectualrepasts? Their reading, will be light. The views of human na ture presented in such works, are generally erro neous. They do not incub ate the great princi ples essential to promote individual and pnbl.c prosperity. Their philosophy Os life, and ot so cial interests, is erroneous, and in its silent influ ences, injurious to the cause of morals, truth and religion. Tne great detect of the light literature of the day, is its levity ; it is too light. It is like chaff which the wind bloweth away. It neither disciplines the mind of the reader, nor enriches it with any valuable knowledge or principles. it merely excites sympathy and curiosity—and then seeks their gratificatiun. The reading of such works will never make the mind vigorous, or the judgment sound and discriminating, oi nerve the soul with sterling principles, and pre pare it (9 meet the stem realities el life. If the popular reading f| elevated—if , be i nfloen “ f * K are to be counteracted, ,t mu*lTr iro «'>i U people. They numiiulividuallv i*,,?' “J it, I tronage on such periodicals as disse lk, “u. I and valuable information, and cuto?"* 1 ' u «i I j P les «»«ltlal to the welfare of the c 0 ‘* 1 trom the Wabash C ouriei IP The Rejection, j Ve], the long hagony is over And Harrison’s elected * I AndtheLokeypa ■ ers vun and all Seems vundeiful dejected • 1 1 They say their hearts iswerrv,.! And their eye, with i . And their noses.as a con^eken, “ Wu ‘’. Is werry red vithblowin’. ’ They say that the Vhig* J Past human calculatin’ ’•tt - And beat ’em in a vay that’s m ost I Pertickler aggravatin', Foolin the peopl.wcoaxin’ them To wote agin Wan Buren • And teliin’ them his conduct’vos Past oearin’ or enduiing’. I The oflre holders too has got Onkumlbrtabe feelins, A leavin’ of their salaries Vith perkisits and stealins • And being flung again upon ’ This vide world’s tender mercie, Vithout the pub ic Benton diops * I To till their silken purses. f- Oh ! it is most distressing and Enough their hearts to sicken To see “Uld Tip” give Martin Win Sitch a most on human lickin’- He’s tore his wery hind sights off He’s scarcely left a rag on, * And Wan has hardly got a wote Tocalkilaie or brag on. It is onpleasant for ’em, and No doubt they feels quite sorry But they needent try to make a fus, Nor git into a flurry. They’d better learn to bear their ute Vithout so much complainin' For the more noise they make tbemor* The thing r ill keep a painin'. Like naughty boys,vot’s vhippUtheyourtt To bear :heir stripes in silence 1 Not make mouths at us-shake their fiats And threaten us vith wi’lence; ” Sitch conduct is redikilus, and Provokes us to a smile, For it's like the wiper that got md And bit against a file. And us Vhigs musn’t crow too much- Cur shouts i* like rank poison, * Co-opeiatin’on ’em vith ’ Effects most agonizin’. For charity vould teach us to Abridge their orful torments, Unless ve rant to slay ’em and Exterminate the warmenls. HARRISON NOMINATIONS! JUDGES OF THE INFERIOR COURT. Judge B. H. WARREN, Jud e VALENTINE WALKER. ROBERT ALL UN, E<q. James harper, Esq. WILLIAM P. BEALE. TAX COLLECTOR, Rev, WM. KENNEDY. tax receives. COSBY DICKINSON. CCT We are authorized to say that Mr. LEO!i P. DUGAS declines being a candidate for the olfici of Receive: of Tax Returns. dec 29-3 t CCj We are requested to announce JOSEPH BUR.CU as a candidate for the office of Receiver of Tax Returns. dec 9—ts (C7 We are authorized to announce ANDREW MACLEAN as a candidate for the office of Re ceiver of Tax Returns dec 10 Id Cj’ff F- RUSSELL, Esq., will be supported fiir the office of Colonel cf the 10th BegimeatC M., oy many friends. dec il (jjr’The friends of Captain M. P. STOVALL will support him for the office of Colonel of the ICtb Regiment, at the ensuing election. dec 12 (Xj 3 We are authorised to announce ROBERT A. WATKINS as a candidate for the office of Th Collector of Richmond county. dec M-tcl RT We are authorised to announce GEORGE M. WALKER as a candidate for the office of Re ceiver of Tax Returns. dec 12 T)r. W. S. JONES tenders his profesnonii services to the citizens of Augusta and its viciuty He may be found at bis residence on the North side of Green second door below Mclntosh etreet, or at the Chronicle and Sentinel office. ANDREW J. II AN SELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, nov 25-ts Dalohnega,G». W. R. CUNNINGHAM, & Co., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, oct 31 Savannah, Ga. 2m JOHN R. STANFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Jyl?3 Clarkesville, Ga. _ L. PENNEY, MINIATURE PAINTER , Masonic Hall- Specimens may be seen at his room, or at the Book Store of H. A. Richmond. nor 18-trwif House Painting, Paper Hanging, and Glazinf. R. P. S PELM AN, Jr. Shop near the Upper Market, Broad-st., Augusts. QT7 ECONOMY, NEATNESS, AND DESPATCH. declO ts W . G . NIMMO. COMMISSION MERCHANT. Office in the lower tenement Masonic Halt nov 9 ts JOHN »~J • HY RD, NOTARY PUBLIC, Will be thankful to bis friends for any part oi bu siness in the above lines which will be attended ts witn rectitude, die. HOLT & GRIMES, A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Eatonton, Ga. The undersigned have associated tbejn*e| vei * the practice of the LAW, in the Ocmulge.* Circuit, and the adjoining counties. Pulaski S. Holt, dec 23 w6w Geokqe S. Gnwxe. THE READING ROOM Attached to this office is open to subscribers, and strangers introduced by them, every day and ning (Sunday evenings excepted] until 9 •’ckica* Subscription ijjo ; fur a him oi two or more ? DAVID A. V ASON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Palmyra, Lee county, Ga. Will practice in the adjoining counties of the Chat tahoochee and Southern Circuits. UFEICitCH t iion.7 AU,e “* f EY & Col. A. Reese, J Madiso a4 Johnston & Robson, 3 aLL| a J. W. Jones, Augusta. tX9)