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CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
BY WILLIAM S. TONES.
OFFICE IN RAIL ROAD BANK BUILDING.
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which the subscription may be paid, expires before
the receiot of funds to renew the same, the paper
will be discontinued. received at
value in this city.
An Englishman’s Freak. —The prison of
Clichy, which is not so gloomy as it appears to
be, was recently the scene of a very amusing
incident. A wealthy and eccentric English
man suffered hitnselfto be arrested fora trifling
debt. Though this singular person has already
wasted three fourths of his patrimony in every
imaginable folly, he still possessed a large prop
erty, and had credit to a large amount in one
of our first banking houses. The bailiffs, who
knew his means, could not imagine why he
permitted himself to be conducted to Clichy,
when he could so easily pay the debt. Per
haps, thought they, his credit is exhausted and
he is without ready cash. But he’ll be out of
prison in two days. He’ll get money from
England
The Englishman quietly permitted his name
to be entered on the jailor’s book, hut when
they attempted to take his cane from him he
resisted with all his strength.
*• My cane ! I want my cane ! ’’ cried he, in
a tone of lamentation.
“ But, my good sir, people do not keep their
canes in prison ; it is contrary to rule.”
“ I want my cane ! I cannot do without my
cane ! ’’
4 “Be quiet; your cane will be restored to you
on your departure.”
“And can I leave this place at any hour of
the day or night ? ”
“ You are free the moment you pay your
debt.”
“And you will give me back my cane at the
instant! ”
“ You shall have your cane when you are
going.”
The Englishman kept quiet for two weeks.
He did not communicate with any one. even by
letter.
At the expiration of the fortnight, about two
o’clock in the morning, he made a terrible
outcry.
“ I want my cane ! give me my cane 1 ”
“In the name of heaven, be still! ” cried the
doorkeeper, “or I will have you transported
to Charenton. What do yon want with a cane
at this‘hour ? ”
“ I wish to pay you and go.”
“ Pay, then, and leave us in peace.”
“ Give me my cane! ”
In fine, he made such a fuss that they
brought him his cane, when the Englishman,
unscrewing the head with admirable coolness,
drew out of his precious cane-a long roll of
bank notes, paid his debt and costs, distributed
a round sum between the jailor and door keep
er, and departed with an air of triumph.
“ Pardon, my lord,” said the porter, as he
accompanied him to the gate with an air of the
most profound respect, “ but why did you stay
two weeks in prison, when you had the
means of paying your debt! ”
“ Oh, I wished to see how you lived here,
before imprisoning one of my friends, who is
in my debt, but to whom I am very much
attached—very !”
And the Englishman went on his way, hum
ming an air, and carrying hi* cane under his
arm.— Paris Paper.
New Explorations in Africa.—We cut
the following from a Paris letter of the London
Times, dated Dec. 5:
Mr. Richardson, the American traveller,
leaves Paris this day for Marseilles, where he
embarks for Tunis. Dr. Barth, a distinguish
ed Prussian savant and member of the Univer
sity of Berlin, and Dr. Overweg, a member
of the Geographical Society of the same city,
and a well known geologist, have been au
thorised by the Prussian Government to accom
pany the English traveller in his researches in
to the interior of a country which is as yet so
little known. Though the gentlemen just
mentioned are Prussian subjects, they travel
as well as Mr. Richardson, under the protec
tion and at the expense of the British Govern
ment. They have already quitted Paris, and
are to meet their English fellow-traveller,
at is the head of the expedition, at Tunis. *Mr.
William Croft, a mate in the English merchant
service, accompanies the expedition to navigate
the rivers and lakes, especially Lake Tshad. A
boat is to be despatched across the desert on
camels after the expedition, to be ready at
Bournon, on the western shores of the Lake,
by the time Mr. Richardson and his fellow
travellers arrive there from Soudan. We may
expect, theiefore, to hear of the adventures of
the British sailor upon the waters of Central
Africa. Mr. John Hasewn, a native of Aleppo
accompanies the expedition as interpreter.
He will likewise translate into Arabic the docu
ments necessary to be presented to the chiefs
of the interior and will also conduct the Arabic
correspondence. Mr. Richardson’s previous
residence at Ghat and Ghadamez, at the en
trance of the Great Desert, and Mourzouk,
in the centre of Fezzan, and knowledge of the
habits and manners of the African Arabs, must
afford him great facilities.
The expedition is also, I understand, furnish
ed with letters of recommendation from the Eng
lish Government to the Sulton of Shafbu, who
so distinguished himselfduring Mr. Richardsons
former residence in his territory by his hospi
tality and his kindness to the English traveller.
The Sultan sent in 1846 presents to the Queen
ofEngland, accompanied by a most respectful
letter. There is little doubt that the members
of the present expedition will meet the same
kina treatment, and that the Sultan, whose su
perior civilization and humanity have made his
name renowned among the tribes of the Great
Sahara, will also use his influence with those
chiefs of the interior with whom he is in friend
ly relation, to assist the enterprising travellers
in their researches.
It is also understood that instructions have
been given to the Consul General and Vice
Consuls ot Tripoli to assist the expedition in
their efforts to penetrate into Central Africa,
and otherwise to afford them every protection
in their power.
A meeting of gas consumers was held in the
city ofNew York, on Tuesday night, to take
measures for obtaining supplies of gas at
cheaper rates. Among the proceedings, re
ported in the Tribune, we observe the follow
ing:
Professor Grant explained a plan by which
the City could be lighted at a five thousandth
part of the expense now incurred. The light
is of his own discovery, and the principal in
gredient is nitrate of soda, which can be had in
inexhaustible quantities in South America.
The residuum of the soda, after being used,
would be more valuable than the article in its
crude state. One of those lights placed in
Broadway, corner of Canal stre'et on the top of
a house, would enable a person to read through
out the whole of that street and neighbor
hood
A committee of three was appointed to ex
amine this new discovery and report upon it.
Honey.—Honey is, according to Mr. Milton,
who has lately punished a treatise on bees in
England, a universal specific ; and among its
other valuable properties he declares that it
prevents consumption, and states that that
destroyer of human life is not known in coun.
tries where honey is regularly taken as an arti
cle of food. Those who have less faith in the
specific, may perhaps attribute the cause to
difference of climate lather than to honey.
The Italian singers, it is said, are greatly indebt
ed to honey ; but their practice is to sharpen it
with a few drops of acid, though they some
timestake it in a pure state.
eJLljronitlc anb Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, GA:
TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 15, 1850.
Mr. Cobb and tbe Committees.
A leading organ of the democracy in Alalyt
ma, has been driven to such a strait to defeftd
Mr. Cobb’s arrangement of the Committaps
on the Judiciary, Territories and the District
of Columbia, that he has been forced to quote
Horace Greeley’s endorsement of their fair
ness ! Hard pressed, this, we think, when the
Democracy are forced to draw upon the Free
Soilism of Mr. Greeley, to show that the Com
mittees are safe for the South !
The Savannah Republican condemns the con
duct of the Speaker in decided terms. That
paper says:
“ In our paper of the Sth we remarked upon the
formation of the Committees of the House of Repre
sentatives, by Hon. Howell Cobb, the Speaker, and
we did not pretend to explain why it was, that with
out any necessity for it, three Free Soilers were pla
ced by a native Georgian upon three of the most
important Committees of the House. The Georgian
says, however, that it was to give expression to the
public sentiment of the country. Verily, Democra
cy is a great humbug! That party were clamor
ing three weeks to elect a Southern Speaker, as they
say, to protect the South by the appointment of the
Committees, The Southern Speaker, a native
Georgian, has been elected, and so far from protect
ing the South, he has gone directly against us, and as
in duty bound the Georgian apologises and excuses
this native Georgian in his recreancy by saying he
did it “ upon the principle of giving expression to the
public sentiment of the country !
Had Winthrop or any other whig spoken and
acted thus, the Georgian would have racked its very
vitals to have found terms harsh enough to have de
nounced it. But he is a good Loco Foco native
Georgian, and he must be lauded.”
The Tuskeegee (Ala.) Republican, makes the
following comments:
We do not see but that Mr. Speaker Cobb;has
fixed up the three important committees, for which
Mr. Wilmot had bargained with Mr. Brown, quite
as well as the Freesoilers could have done it them
selves. If there is any exception it is the committee
on the District of Columbia, which has 5 Southern
men to 4 Northern. The committee on the Judicia
ry has 4 Southern men to 5 Northern, and so has
the committee on the Territories, and there are Wil
mot Proviso men on all of them. The following are
the committees :
On the District of Columbia. — Brown of Missis
sippi, Inge of Alabama, Taylor of Ohio, Fuller of
Maine, Morton of Virginia, Hammond of Maryland,
Allen of Massachusetts, Williams of Tennessee,
Underhill of New York.
On the Judiciary.— Thompson of Pennsylvania,
Miller of Ohio, Ashrnun of Massachusetts, Meade of
Virginia, Morehead of Kentucky, King of New York,
Venable of North Carolina, Stephens of Pennsylva
nia, Welborn of Georgia.
On the Territories. — Boyd of Kentucky, Rich
ardson of Illinois, Rockwell of Massachusetts, Sed
don of Virginia, Clingman of North Carolina, Kauf
man of Texas, Gott ofNew Yorn, Fitch of Indiana,
Giddings of Ohio.
The Advertiser & Gazette says that Mr. Rich
ardson of Illinois, is a firm and staunch friend of the
South ; but so was William J. Brown until he was
found out.”
While on this subject it may not be impro
per to remark, that Mr. Cobb placed the in
famous W. J. Brown second on the committee
of Private Land Claims, thus indicating his
wish to see him made chairman, in the event
the chairman appointed by Mr. Cobb, either
declined the service or could not discharge the
duties.
A very appropriate sequel to this demagogue
ism to catch Freesoil support, is told in the fol
lowing extract of a Washington letter to the
New York Courier 8f Enquirer :
“ The difficulty between the members of the
Committee on Private Land Claims, and Mr. W.
J. Brown —who recently acquired such unenviable
notoriety —has been adjusted by his retirement
Finding a serious purpose to refuse connection with
him, he made a virtue of necessity and saved gen
tlemen who were insulted by the association from the
unpleasant duty of signifying their reasons in public.”
The Remains of A. P Shnltz.
As an act of justice to Mr. Diehl, late part
ner of Mr. Shultz, who, at the time of the
mysterious disappearance of the latter, was
by some improperly suspected of contributing
to that event, we copy from the Constitution
alist the Mlow'ing account of the recovery of
his remains, which we omitted to notice at the
time.
The Remains of Alonzo P. Shultz Found.—
A profound mystery has enveloped the fate of Shultz,
the Baker, who disappeared in the month of August
last from our community, and of whom no trace had
been found until Tue; Jay last. On that day the re
mains of a man were discovered in the woods in
Edgefield District, S. C;, about three miles from
Hamburg, and about two hundred yards from the
road to Edgefield Court House. There can be no
reasonable doubt that they are the remains of the
unfortunate Shultz. A watch was found with the
remains, now reduced to a skeleton, and identified as
belonging to Shultz. A watch chain, of peculiar
make, on being described to a watch-maker in this
city is recognized as the same made by him for
Shultz. A handkerchief also found on the spot, is
recognized as having belonged to Shultz. We learn
that a dog had, the day before, brought the skull to a
neighboring house, which led to a search, and result
ed in the discovery. There was a fracture of the
jaw-bone corresp nding with a racture S hultz was
krown to have suffered. This was another means of
identification. It is a singular fact that the body
could have remained so near the road ; o long with
ot being discovered. Schultz is supp jsed to have
wandered off in an aberration of mind, and to have
perished in a fit.
The City Council of Augusta have awarded
the reward offered by the Mayor, to the parties
who discovered the remains.
A Hamburg Fireman’s Communication
should arrest the attention of the proper au
thorities. His complaints are just, and the evil
should be promptly remedied. It is certainly
a very small business and should not be tole
rated. Whenever there is a fire on either side,
throw the gates open and let all foot passen
gers and others going to or from the fire pass
Free.
Fire.—Sunday about 2 o’clock, P. M., the
dwelling of J. F. Turpin, a one story wood
building with brick basement, on Reynold
Street, was discovered to be on fire. The fire
bad communicated to the roof which was very
soon enveloped in flame. The efficient and
prompt action of the Firemen, however, soon
arrested its progress. The roof was entirely
consumed and the lower part deluged with
water. Mr. Turpin’s loss is confined to the
damage done his furniture in removing it from
the building. We learn that the House was
fully insured in the Hartford office. Loss
small.
L© 5 " The Georgia State Lottery, Regular
Class 48, draws in this City This Aftsr
noon at 4 o’clock, at the corner of Broad
and Washington streets.
Maryland Senator. —Ex-Governor Prat
has been elected U. S. Senator to fill the unex
pired term of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson and
for the succeeding term ofsix years. The Bal
timore American says; The selection of this
gentleman for this elevated and responsible
station is a well merited reward for services of
the most important character rendered to the
State whilst administering its high Executive
trusts. In Senator Pratt the Whig party
will have a firm and faithful representative, and
the Administration of General Taylor a stead
fast supporter.
• [communicated.]
Mr. Editor: Permit me to inquire,through
your columns, if the Toll Keeper of the Au
gusta Bridge is directed to require toll of the
Hamburg Firemen, by order of the Council,
or whether it is voluntary on the part of the
Gate Keeper. Until within a few months it
has been customary for many years to open
the gate at night, during an alarm of fire, and
allow it to remain open until the fire was ex
tinguished; but of late toll has been demanded
of the citizens of Hamburg in returning from
a fire in Augusta—and members of the Ham
burg Fire Engine Company have also been re
' quired to pay toll in similar circumstances, even
when in the uniform of the Company. If the
City Council of Augusta do not desire the at
tendance of the Hamburg Firemen, it would
be a more manly course to notify them through
their Commanding Officer.
A Hamburg Fireman.
The Washington papers state that on Mon
day last the Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, of Ala
bama, William F. Colcock, of South Carolina,
and Graham N Fitch of Indiana, were ap
pointed Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
on the part of the House of Representatives.
The steamship Carolina, for Rio de Janeiro,
Valparaiso and Panama, to take her place in
the line of packets of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, sailed from New York on
Monday.
The proprietors of the New York, South
ampton and Bremen line of steamships have
decided, says the N. Y. Journal of Commerce,
to resume the monthly communication be
tween New York and Bremen, on the 20th of
February, instead of waiting till March, as be
fore announced. The Washington will sail
first, and the Hermann on the succeeding
month.
Six heavily laden packet ships arrived at
New York on Wednesday—four of them from
Liverpool, with passengers; one from London,
and one from Havre. Several others were
reported, either as arrived or below the Nar
rows.
The Tobacco warehouse of H. T. Beau
mont, in Clarkesville, ’lenn., together with a
dwelling adjoining, was totally consumed by
fire on the night of the 31st December. The
entire loss is estimated at between $20,000 and
$25,000. No insurance.
The number of barrels of Mackerel inspec
ed in Boston, during the year 1849, is stated
o be 231,856.
The drafts on the Treasury of Massachu
setts, during the past year, for the support of
State paupers, exceeds $90,000.
On Tuesday last the Newburg branch of
the New York and Erie Railroad was formally
opened to public use. The event had been
long looked for by the citizens of Newburg,
and their demonstrations of gratification are
described as more than ordinarily enthusiastic.
They feasted their guests and themselves, on
the occasion, with oxen ofa thousand pounds
weight, roasted whole. A very large con
course ofpeople was present.
Whaling Business.—The Boston Tran
script says that since the opening of the Cali
fornia trade to the commerce of the world, the
whaling business has fallen off. The article of
oil has steadily advanced in price for the last
year and the tendency is still upwards. On
the Ist of January 1850. there were but 3,760
bbls, of sperm, and 1,300 of whale oil in the
United States in first hands, a smaller quantity
than during any previous year since 1845.
Sperm is firmat 118 a 119, and whale quick at
48.
The whale fleet on the Ist of January, 1850,
consited of 510 ships and barques, 20 brigs,
and 13 schooners, being a diminution of 71
ships and 1 brig, and a total of tonnage of
21.626 tons. These vessels have nearly all
of them gone to California with gold hunters.
For the purpose of contrasting the expense of
maintaining Railroads built upon woodensleep
ers with those laid upon stone sleepers, the N. Y.
Express publishes a statement, from which it
appears that during the years 1846, 1847 and
1848, the expenses of running the Providence
Railrod and Worcester Railroad, (both with
wooden sleepers,) were, respectively $89,679
and $182,060. The expenses of the Lowell
Railroad with stone sleepers during the same
period, amounted to $282,448. Thus it ap
pears that the expenses during the three years
of the Providence and Worcester Roads to
gether (embracing 166 miles of track,) were
upwards of eleven thousand dollars less than
those of the Lowell Road, of only fifty-three
miles of track.
Death of G. W. LaFayette.—The Paris
correspondent of the N. Y. Journal of Com
merce announces the death, in December last,
of George Washington LaFayette, son of the
General of that name. The writer says—
On the 4th inst., by special invitation, we
were present at the interment of the remains
of George Washington LaFayette, the sou of
the General, who accompanied his father in
the final visit to the United States, and deser
vedly shared the manifestations and regards of
the American people. In all the relations of
life he enjoyed the warmest esteem in France ;
he never swerved from his republican princi
ples and the example of his illustrious parent.
His dissolution took place at Lagrange, the
family seat. George Washington LaFayette,
and myself, had frequent intercourse in the
United States and here ; sound sense and sound
feeling marked him everywhere.
The Nicaragua Question.—The New York
Tribune mentions the receipt of private advices
from Washington, which leave no room for
doubt that all causes of difference between the
United States and Great Britain respecting the
proposed Ship Canal through Nicaragua°will
be promptly, amicably and satisfactorily adjust
ed, on terms honorable to both parties and
eminently conducive to the speedy prosecution
and uninterrupted usefulness of the great un
dertaking in question. We cannot now speak
of details, (adds the Tribune,) but we have
every reason to expect that the two oceans will
within three years be united by a ship canal
through Nicaragua, under a guaranty of its
perpetual freedom and neutrality by several of
the chief powers of Christendom — Balt. Am.
Receipts at the Fair of the American Institute.
—The Managers of the American Institute re
port the entire receipts at Castle Garden, in
October, at $18,670. Including exhibitors, and
other free admissions, we presume a quarter
of a million of persons attended. The expen
ses were about $12,000, leaving $6,700 for
profit, of which $5,000 has already been ap
plied to the purchase of the building now occu
pied by the Institute in Broadway. One
manufacturer who exhibited his wares at the
late Fair stated that orders to the amount of
$30,000 followed such publicity. Another in
stance of the advantage of letting the public
know what you have to sell.— Set. Amer.
Benton and South Carolina.—The Go
vernor of South Carolina forwarded to Sena
tor Benton the resolutions of that State in fa
vor of a Southern Convention at Nashville on
the Ist Monday in June next. Col. Benton
publishes the letter with the following answer:
Washington, Jan. 10, 1850. —Sir : I have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellen
cy’s communication of the 20th ultimo, and to say
that it comes very opportunely for the trial of an
issue in Mir.-ouri which excites a great public expec
tation. That issue was joined in the Senate of the
United States on the 3d instant in the declaration
made by me, and denied by my colleague, that the
General Assembly of Missouri has mistaken the
sentiment of the people, and misconceived their own
powers, when they pledged the State to co-operate
with the slaveholding States in the measures in pro
gress. The expected time for trying that issue was
at the August election of next summer; buttheftime
proposed in the resolutions which you send me is bet
ter, because earlier, and I will take care to make it
known in Missouri for the information of all concern
ed. Respectfully sir, your obedient servant,
Thomas H. Benton.
Gov. Seabrook, Charleston, S. C.
From Tampa.— By the arrival last evening
of the sloop Fashion, Capt. Crane, from Tam
pa, we have received the following letter from
a highly responsible source :
Correspondence of the Wakulla Times.
Tampa Bay, Dec. 24, 1849. Dear Sir: —
Gen. Twiggs returned on Friday last from
Pease Creek, without having met the Indians
expected there on the 15th inst. No cause has
been assigned for their not meeting him accord
ing to previous arrangement Mr. Duval, the
agent, remained two days after the General
left, but none of the chiefs made their appear
ance. There were nine Indians there when
the General left, but none of them authorized
to hold a talk, and he did not have any thing to
say to them upon the subject of immigration.
He has prohibited the Indians trading at the
Military station, or at any other place. They
were desirous of having another store estab
lished for their trade, but were refused. The
Arkansas delegation are remaining at Pease
Creek ; none of them have gone into the na
tion to talk with Sam Jones. They are doubt
ful of how Sam would receive them Sam
Jones had one of Halleck Tustenuggee’s bro
ther’s shot during the last war. He had been
sent as a messenger from the whites. Sam did
not give him time to say what he came for, but
had him shot immediately. I suppose he is
afraid to come in while Halieck is with the
troops, fearing that he would be shot by Hal
leck for having killed his brother.
The citizens are again left in doubt as to the
future. It is not, however, theimpression here
that the Indians will again commence a war.
If they are not disturbed they will remain with
in their limits. The military road from Tampa
to Indian river is nearly completed. A line of
posts will then be established from the Menitee
across the Peninsula, forthe purpose ofkeeping
the Indians within their limits. There are
troops enough in the country at this time to
keep them in check ; but the uncertainty of the
movements of the Indians will prevent the citi
zens from going to their homes early enough
to make a crop next year, and those who do not
get employment will leave this country.
Yours respectfully.
During the year 1849, the number and ton
nage of vessels which cleared from the port of
New York for California, were as follows:
7 Steamers Tonnage, 3,571
77 Ships 40,374
60 Barques 24,413
20 Brigs 4,858
30 Schconers 3,675
76,891
The quantity of gold bullion imported from
California into New York, during the year
1849, is estimated as follows, by a correspon
dent of the Journal of Commerce :
In Friday’s Journal of Commerce I gave a state
ment of the amount of gold bullion imported into New-
York in six vessels, since July 1, 1849.
’iz: 82,705,162 66
I now give a statement of five others,
as follows;
1849.
June 11. By U. S. store ship Lexington, 270,000 00
“ 23. “ steamer Crescent City,.. 490*514 00
Aug. 22. “ U.S. ship Dale 65.000 00
“ 22. “ steamer Falcon 326J80 00
Sept. 9. “ “ Great Western.. 107,000 00
TotaI > 83,964,006 66
In this estimate there is one item in the import by
the Empire City, Sept. 13, in which the sum of two
hundred thousand dollars is stated as brought bv
passengers. This deducted from the above, would
leave to consignees, 83,764,006 66
Taking Mr. Aspinwall’s estimate
that as much gold bullion has been
brought to New York by passengers
which is not entered on the manifests,
as that which is entered, we have, as
the gross amount of import from June
1 to Dec. 31, 1849, 87,528,013 32
From July 1 to Dec. 31, 1849, the United States
mint at Philadelphia have coined for Messrs. Howland
& Aspinwall, of New York, from California gold
bullion, 8539,801 83.
From an exhibit of the finances ofNew
Jersey, given in the Governor’s Message,
which was delivered on Wednesday, it appears
that, among other sources of revenue, the
State derived $90,298 during the past year
from the railroad monopoly alone.
The assessed value of property in Boston is
$174,000,000. the actual value not being short
probably of $200,000,000.
The recent annual message of the Mayor of
Boston states that the population of that city is
140,000 souls.
Another Rich Copper Mine in Connecticut.—
We have just seen some exceedingly rich spe
cimens of copper ore, which have been dug
(only six feet below the surface of the earth,*)
from an extensive copper mine which is just
being opened at Litchfield, South Farms. Pro
fessor Hubbard of Yale College has examined
the mine arid made a highly favorab.e report
of its value and location. P. T. Barnum, Esq.,
and Philo F. Barnum, and others, have pur
chased largely in this mine, and to morrow com
mence opening it with three sets of miners,
each set to work eight hours, and thus keep
the thing constantly in operation day and night.
We nnderstand that the developements thus
far made, show this to be far superior to the
Bristol mine, which last year paid a nett profit
of one hundred and twenty thousand dol
lar*, and is growing better and richer for
every foot that it increases in depth, Such a
Coppermine in Connecticut is a heap better than
a gold mine in California.— Bridgeport Farmer,
Jan. Sth.
A Washington letter states that during the
present month the equestrian statue of Gen.
Jackson, in Bronze, will be completed and
placed on a granite pedestal in Lafayette square
opposite the President’s house. The propor
tions of this statue are represented as collossal,
and the figure it is said is thrown into a very stri
king attitude. It differs, says the letter, from
other equestrian statues in the particular of the
horse being self-poised. In that of Peter the
Great the horse is supported in his position by
fastening the tail to the pedestal. This statue
is the first of bronze ever made in this country,
and, it is said, will reflect great credit on the
artist, who is a young American of great ge
nius, Mr. Clark Mills. The work was ordered
by the Democratic Association of Washington,
and the Government furnished the material in
several pieces of cannon that were taken from
the British at New Orleans.
Hungarian Exiles.—The reception of the
Hungarian exiles in Philadelphia, on Wednes
day, was hospitable and cordial. In the even
ing they visited the Theatre, and were greeted
with cheers and the waving of handkerchiefs.
Independence Hall was placed at their dispo
sal and a public reception was held. Govern
or Ujahazy and suit, were on their way to
Washington City.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS,
In Senate Jan. 11.
The Senate did not sit to day, having ad
journed yesterday till Monday.
House*
The House met at 12 o’clock. The journal
of yesterday was read.
Mr. Crowell gave notice that on to-morrow
or some subsequent day, he would ask leave
to introduce a bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
The House resumed the contest for Clerk.
The following is the result of the last ballot:
Campbell, 112
Forney, 95
French, H
Foot, --2
Prindel, .. .1
Mr. Thomas Jefferson Campbell, whig, of
Tennessee, received the number requisite to
constitute an election ; and was declared by
tbe Speaker to be elected.
[The following democrats voted for Mr.
Campbell, viz: Messrs, Ewing, of Tennessee ;
Venable, of North Carolina; Hubbard, of
Alabama ; Woodward, Orr, Colcock, and
McQueen, of South Carolina.]
Mr. Moore gave notice of a bill to discourage
speculation in the public lands, and to secure
homes thereon to actual settlers and cultivators.
The House then proceeded to an election
for Sergeant at-Arms. Two ballots were had,
but without an election.
The House then adjourned till to-morrow.
Experiment in Gunnery Engineering. —A
short time ago experiments were made at
Woolwich, England, when quite dark, by Cap
tain Boxer, Royal Artillery, in the presence of
Lord Hay and a number of Naval Officers.—
They were made with 8-inch carcasses used
for firing to show the positions of an enemy in
a dark night. Thefirstfired was one of the
carcasses from an eight 8-inch mortar, and it
fell to the ground at the distance of between
200 and 300 yards, and continued burning
about ten minutes. One of the cases containing
Captain Boxer’s plan was then fired. It con
sists of two tin cases each being half a sphere
the one containing the composition, which
burns with a brilliant blue light, and the other
the parachute, formed of a light description of
closely woven bunting. The diameter of the
cases appeared to be about five inches, and
when fired they attained a considerable al
titude, but the parachute did not in the first
instance open out sufficiently, and the lighted
composition soon fell to the ground.
The second fired on Captain Boxer’s plan
was a beautiful spectacle, the shell ascended
to a great altitude, and when at the highest
point an explosion took place, similar to the
bursting of a rocket in the air, and out came a
parachute fully six feet in diameter and about
three feet in depth, suspending the brilliant
blue light, and gradually illuminating the part
of the common on which it descended with a
brilliant light. The third and fourth—all that
were fired on Captain Boxer’s principle—
were equally successful, and all appeared much
gratified with the result Three other carcass
es were fired from the 8 inch mortar with a
similar effect to the first, but although they gave
out flame for a considerable time, they appear
ed to burn dim compared with Captain Box
er’s. The parachute which supports the burn
ing composition, on Captain Boxer’s plan, is
about from seven to eight feet above the burn
ing matter ; six cords descending from it are
attached to a small chain about a foot long,
fixed to the composition shell.
The annual report of the Mercantile Library
Association of New York states that the gross
income of the Association, for the past year,
amounted to $7,317,16 and the disbursements
for books, stationery, salaries, &c., to $7,159.-
15. The total number of members on the first
instant was 2,974—an increase of 267 during
the past year. The number of volumes in the
libraryon the Ist instant was 31,764, being an
increase during the past year of 2,517 volumes
During tbe year a legacy of S3OOO was be
queathed to the Library by Miss Elizabeth
Demilt.
Special Notices.
A NEW WEEKLY PAPER.
33” The Georgia Citizen. --Under this title
the undersigned proposes, as soon as he can effect an
adjustment of the affairs of the late “Muscogee De
mocrat,” to establish a new Journal, at some central
point in Georgia, which shall be devoted to the de
velopement of the resources of the State and the ad
vancement of its industrial pursuits and interests.
Its motto will be—“ Jndependent in all things.
Neutral in nothing.”
It will be a “ map of busy life”—spicy, piquant
and varied. It will be the palladium of the people’s
rights, and “se t for the defence” of the weak and
oppressed. It will be the scourge of corruption in
its every phase, moral, social and political—the foe of
“every form of tyranny over the mind of man,” and
the special friend of equal privilege and honest in
dustry. In a word, the Editor will bring all his ex
perience, tact, and energy to the effort of making
“ Thb Georgia Citizen'’ the fitting type and re
presentative of the Georgia Gentleman, in the true
and manly acceptation of that much abused term
and without any of the false disguises, arrogant as
sumptions, and finical pretensions of its counterfeit.
For particulars as to terms, &c., see Prospectus,
which will be issued at an early day.
L. F. W. ANDREWS.
Columbus, Jan. 10, 1850. jals-wl
CARD.
O’ Turpin returns his thanks to the Fire
Companies and citizens for their efforts in saving his
property from the fire on Sunday last. jals-1
Augusta. Free School.-— This Institution
will be re opened on Monday the 14th inst., underthe
charge of Mr. Thos. Snowden as Principal, and
Mrs. Prouty and Miss Benton, as assistants.
J al 2 B. B. RUSSELL, Sec'ry.
O’Keep it before the People, that THE
CHEAPEST place in the Southern States to buy
pure Botanic DRUGS, Thomsonian MEDICINES
Shaker’s HERBS, ROOTS, BARKS, &c., &c., and
SPICES of all kinds, expressly for Family use, is at
White’s Southern Botanical Depot, next ’ door
above L. E. Warren & Co.’s Dry Goods Store,
Broad-st., Augusta Ga. J 22 ’
O’ Portrait Painting.—G. Fuller
would respectfully invite the attention of the
public to specimens of the above art, in Crayon and
Oil color, at Mr. Wilson’s former room, No. 6. Ma
sonic Hall. d 27
O’ Dodge’s Painting and Da-
GALLERY—E. S. Dodge,
Artist, would respectfully announce to the citizens of
Augusta and vicinity, that he has again opened his
Gallery, next door to the Post Office, and would
be pleased to accommodate all those who may wish
a finely finished Miniature on Ivory, or a superb
Daguerreotype, richly colored. His charge for Da
guerreotypes will be reduced to the low price of two
dollars. * *
Having had twelve years experience as an Artist,
he feels confident he can produce more perfect pic
tures than are taken by most operators. He will
keep constantly on hand a variety of new and beauti
ful styles and patterns of cases, from which persons
may make selections.
Rooms open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Pictures taken in all kinds of weather.
Thorough instructions given in Daguerreotyping.
Daguerreotype Materials for sale. o!9- 6m
?3“ Be not Deedved.-— Be not deceived with
vain hope—lay not the flattering unction to your soul
that disease will cure itself; especially if that dis
ease be Consumption or Liver Complaint. If you
would be restored to health you must use the means
which benevolence and a kind Providence have placed
within your reach. The great and universal popular
remedy for consumption and all chronic diseases
is now for sale in every city and important town in
the country, and at a price, too, that any one can af
ford to pay. You have no excuse, therefore, for
neglecting to save your life and health. Be not de
ceived with quack nostrums or any imitations of this
valuable medicine. An individual at Charleston S
C. recently purchased four bottles of Swayne’s Sy.
rup—one of the most celebrated physicians in that
city told the deceived patient he must send that arti
cle back, and exchange it for Dr. Wistar’.- Balsa lno f
Wild Cherry. Be not deceived—remember that it j s
Dr. Wistar’s Balsam that cures —it is Dr. Wistar’s
that brings back the bloom of health to the cheek
lustre to the eye, strength to the system, jay and
gladness to the soul, and happiness to man—it is Dr.
Wistar’s that has gained such celebrity among the
sick, astonishing the world with its effects, and is re
commended by the best physicians throughout the
land. Be not deceived.
Buy none without the written signature of I.
BUTTS on the wrapper, if you would avoid imposi
tion. For sale in Augusta bv Haviland, Risley & Co.
D. B. Plumb & Co., and T. Barrett & Co.' I n Ma’,
dison, by Seymour & Service. ja!2-tw&wt
iob jprinting (Kotablislpnent
Railroad Bank Buildings, Broad-St.
JOB PRINTING
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AND
in the Best Style of the Art,
PLAIN OR FANCY COLORS, EXECUTED AT THIS
OFFICE EMBRACING SUCH AS :
Business Cards, Hand Bills, any size.
Show Cards, large. Posters, “ <<
Receipts, Warehouse, Show Bills,
Railroad, Dray, &c. Books, Pamphlets,
Bill Heads, Blanks of all kinds,
Bank Checks, Notes of Hand,
Bonds, Certiilcates, Labels for Druggists,
<fcc., <fcc., <fce.
Law Blanks always on hand, or executed toorder.
gjf* The Proprietors of the Chronicle and Sen
tinel assure their friends and the public that heir
orders J'or any thing in the Job Printing line wil
be executed in the best manner, and at as low rates
as at any other establishment.
Departure of the Atlantic Steamers.
From Europe. New York. Boston.
America Dec. 15 Jan. 9
Canada Dec. 29 Jan. 23
Niagara Jan. 12 Feb. 6
Europa Jan. 26 Feb. 20
America Feb. 9 March 6
Canada Feb. 23 March 20
CONSIGNEES.
Per Geo. Co’s Steamer Chatham, with boats
No. I and 10.—Mdze. to J. B Guieu, Agent; Ba
ker & Hart; Gould, Bulkley & Co.; C. A. & M.
H. Williams; Haviland, Rislev & Co.; J. R. Dow;
H. L Hoadley ; W. S. & T. H. Roberts; C. Cat
lin & Co.; H. W. Hooker; J. Silcox; W. H. Tur
pin; H. Hoore; J. Bones; Barrett, Carter & Co.;
G. A. Platt; J. & S. Bones & Co.; W. K. Kitchen ;
Walker & Bryson ; W. Hunter ; A. W. & W. P.
Carmichael; Railroad Agent; and Wright, Nichols
& Co.
IMPORTS.
CHARLESTON, Jan, 12. —From Liverpool, ship
Home—29so sacks salt.
From Matanzas, sch, Zephyr—7o hhds., 8 tierces
and 6 bbls. Molasses.
EXPORTS.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 12.—For Liverpool, ship
Gen. Parkhill—l42 bales Sea Island and 1964 do
Upland Cotton. Br. ship Annie—29 bales S. Island
and 2026 bales Upland Cotton.
For N. York, stm ship Northerner—3s2 bales Up.
Cotton. Brig W. T. Dugan—36B bales Upland Cot
ton. Schr J. &W. Errickson—33l bales Upland
Cotton. Schr J. W. Swain—27o bales Upland Cot
ton.
(Hommenial.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Monday P. M.
COTTON.—The market was quiet in the fore
noon—parties waiting the steamer’s accounts, which
came to hand about 4 o’clock, P. M. They produced
an animated demand, and some 1500 bales changed
hands at an advance of J to f c.—prices irregular.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 8, P. M.— Cotton.—
Stock on hand on Ist Sept., 1849 12,154
Arrived since to date 305,176
Arrived to-day 2*313
419 643
Exported to date i 230,477 ’
Exported to-day 4 657
Stock on hand andon shipboard not cleared•• 184,509
Sugar.— The sales were confined to 500 hhds. at
feeble prices.
Molasses.— The demand was steady and 1000
bbls, changed hands at, 19 a 19} for prime and choice
and 18 a 184 c. for common.
Flour .—The sales have been confined to a few lots
to i he trade.
Corn. — Some 1500 sacks were taken by the feed
stores at 50c , buyers for export having withdrawn
from the market.
Whiskey.— Small sales of Rectified at 23 a 23|c.
Lard.— Sales 125 tierces and 272 bbls, at sfc.;
184 bbls, at s}c., and 1600 kegs at 6c.
Freights.— Two British ships taken for Liverpool
at 13-32 d.
Exchanges.— Nothing done, the Banks being=
closed.
MOBILE, Jan. 6, P. M. — Cotton.— Quite an ac
tive business has been doing for the last four days—
sales reaching 13,000 bales. The market closed to
day quietly, but firmly, at 10} a 10} cts for middling
and 10} cts for good middling. The bulk of the sales
have been for France and oar Eastern markets.
Freights.— No transoctions in freights to Euro
pean ports since our weekly report. British sh ps
continue to take at 13-32 d. In coastwise an active
business has been done for Boston and Providence at
| cent perlb. Shipments to t New York stillcontinus
light. . One schooner taken up for Baltimore and one
for Philadelphia at }c.
EXPORTS.
SAVA N NAH, Jan. 10—For New York, brio- Ame
rican— 601 bales Cotton. °
pipping intelligence.
SAVANNAH, Jan. 12. Arrived, ship Ellen Ma
ria, Whitmore, Bath, Me.; ship Tuskins, Stewart,
New York ; Br. bark Queen Victoria, Moat, Hull,
Eng.; bark Texes, McNair, N. York; schr Ocean,
Parker, Baltimore ; schr Athaiia, Knudson, Provi
dence; stm [ acket D L Adams, Hubbard, Augusta.
Cleared, brig American, Rose, N York. Departed,
stmr DeKalb, Moody, Augusta; stmr J Randolph,
Philpct, A ugusta.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 14. —Arrived, Br. ship
Home, Muir, Liverpool; U L ship New York, Hull,
NYork ; bark Jane Doten, Strock bridge, Attakapas,
La.; brig Thomas & Edward, Smalley, N Oilcans.
Cleared, stm ship Northerner, Budd, N York; ship
Gen. Parkhil[, McKown, Liverpool; Br. ship Annie,
Means, Liverpool; brig W T Dugen, Corson, New-
York; schr Lilly, Munroe, Havana; schr J & W
Errickson, Westcott, N York ; schr J W Swain,
Townsend, New York.
OYSTERS, OYSTERS, FISH, &C.
THE UNDERSIGNED is pre-
P are d to fill all orders for .
OYSTERS,
which may be entrusted to him. with promptness
and dispatch, and of the following qualities ;
PICKLED, in kegs of from 1 to 10 gallons, at 40c.
per gallon.
OYSTERS, in the Shell, by the barrell, 82.
FRESH OYSTERS, opened, raw, per gallon, 81.
And I hope, by my long experience in this line of
business, and my favorable location on the Salts, to
do justice to all who may order of me. I will fur
nish my customers with Oysters equal to any which
can be produced. Address
STEPHEN F. DUPON, Savannah, Ga.
Isle of Hope, Jan. 12, 1850. jals-tw3
SITUATION WANTED.
A YOUNG WOMAN, familiar with House
keeping and the charge of children, desires a
Situation in either capacity. Satisfactory reference*
will be given. ' jals
MILK, MILK.
THE UNDERSIGNED will furnish a few
families with pure, fresh MILK, provided they
will consume a gallon a day, at 25 cents per gallon
—delivered at their residences morning and afternoon.
Persons who wish to purchase, will leave their names
at this office. jals JONATHAN MILLER.