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2 THE COURIER. BY J. G. M’WHOKTER. <- I HINY P RY a pAPEK-^' i! ' ,e,leV Z ry FR J D ' Y XpV.~“ •****’ or 94 • lthe «p ,n,twtt of Subscriptions received for less time six months* snVERTISEMENTS, not exceeding a square will be ineertedthe firet time at 75 cts. per square aud 37 *>2 ij?Luremeuts*o” one square, published JPeekly, at 75 cents for the first insertion, and 50 cents, for each coa p/rsou* 1 advertiatag bv the year will bo charged 30 dollars including subscription aud will be entitled to one square Whrfn aC perso P ue r have standing advertisements of Several Airtares, special contracts may be made. iCy" No deduclicns will be made in future from these an 7tt«rtl«oments must have the number of insertions “sfflXXvi- they will be inserted tHlfor q HERIFFS*, C LERKS, andoth'er public officers, will have 25 per cent, deducted in thiir favor. BANK REPORTS. Office A*usta Insurance It Banking Company. J ’ 9th April. 1833. To Hi* Excellency Gov. Lumpkin. g IR the requirements of <be law of 22d November last, (so far as understood) present another opportunity of submitting to your consideration, and through you to the Legislature and the Public, “a minute statement of the standing and thanagement of the Augusta Insurance & Banking Company.” The unintelligible ambiguities of the law in question, have put at defiance a common sense construction of its provis ions,the object of which would be, if pos sible to reconcile the letter with the spir it of its injunctions; but when it is enjoin ed on the President and Directors to give “a minute statement of the standing and management of each incorporated Bank, or Company, oxcercising Banking privileges io this State,” dec.,aud further, “the amount of Bills of said Bank in cir culation under the amount of deposits,” the presumption seems natural, that du ring the conception and maturity of the law referred to, the respective depart ments of the Governments, must have been under the influence of some extra ordinary impressions in regard to Bank ing operations. Your excellency will perceive, in sub mitting the return now made, on the part of the Directors and Officers of this In stitution,an earnest desire to comply with the letter and spirit of the law—-should they have failed, you will please to im pute it, not to intention, but to that dim ness of legal vision, which would enable rhe Judge only, to reconcile and har monize what to ordinary minds must be hid in impenitratiblo obscurity. It will no doubt, give you much pleasure, as it has done the Board of Directors, to per ceive in the statement now made, the am ple means of the Institution to redeem its cii eolation, thus perpetuating the bond of union betweenit and the Public, which it always has been (as it shall hereafter be) the pride of its managers tn maintain and preserve inviolate. It will, doubtless, afford to the Stock holders a gratification, almost unexpected to contrast the present, with the condi tion of the office three years since. Then its Stock, from extraordinary losses, sold at half the amount paid in; now it would command thirty per cent, premium. The profits of the last three months will indicate the rapid extension of its busi ness, to which may be added by com putation, from the Quarterly Returns of the respective agencies, (when received) five to six thousand dollars, making a pro bable aggregate profit sinre the first of January last, of nearly twenty-one thou sand dollars, after deducting a small loss and several unsettled accounts amounting to about fifteen hundred dollars. Your obedient servant, PETER BENNOCH, President. -4 List of the Stockholders of the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company. Names. No. of Shares. Amt. pi. in. . A. L. Alexander, 100 2,500 W. J. Bunce, 50 1.250 Peter Bennoch, a5 375 J. D. Beers, J. R. St. John & Co. 404 10,100 John Bones, 25 625 Estate of Wm. Bones, 25 625 William Bryson, 10 250 Hays Bowdre, 65 1,625 Samuel Clarke, 200 5,000 Est. of Jno.Campbell, 545 13,625 Phillip Crump, 10 250 Thomas Cumming, 200 5,000 Charles A. Crawford, 45 1,125 Thomas G. Casey, 50 1,250 John C. Carmichael, 30 750 Robert Campbell, 50 1,250 Edward Coxe, 75 1,875 Nicholas Delaigle, 50 1,250 William Dear nj, 50 1,250 John Fox, 100 2,500 • James Frase , 210 5,250 Alexander Graham, 91 2,275 William Gleudeniog, 25 625 Samuel Hale, 50 1,250 J. &> W. Harper, 77 1,925 Ext. of Arthur Harper, 100 2500 Estate of J. Herbert, 10 250 Andrew Kerr, 100 2,500 Est. of E. Knight, 50 1,250 J. K. Kilburn. 155 3.875 Garret Laurens, 38 950 G. M. Lavender, 50 1,250 William Harris, 75 1,875 Juriah Harris, 15 375 Thomas N. Hamilton, 50 1,250 John Moore, 100 2,500 Andrew J. Miller, . 725 18,125 W. W. Montgomery, 50 1,250 Henry Mealing, 25 625 Alexander McKensie, 30 750 Ext. of H. Nesbitt, 100 2,500 Thomas J. Pgrmalee* 80 2,000 *o|lQ Potter, 50 1,250 Samuel H. Peck, 50 1,250 Edward Quio, 50 1,250 James Shannon, 100 2,500 Est. of Aix. Spencer 50" 1,250 St. Andrew Society, 10 250 William H. Turpin, 100 2,500 Richard Tubman, 150 9,750 George O. White, 2:5 625 Anna E. White, 75 1,875 James Wardlaw, 25 625 James Mcdowell, 10 250 5000 125,000 Five 'housafid Shares, and twenty-fi’o dollars per share paid in, is 125,000 dol lars. Augusta, Ist April, 1833* State of the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, Ist April 1833. DR. To amount of Capital. Stock paid io, 126,000 Profits since the Ist Jan last, and surplus de. at that time, 26,057 06 Less inciden- tal charges and losses, fire and marine risks 8,713 75 , 141,338 31 Bills issued, 250,000 On Hand, 43.601 In circulation, 206,399 Deposits, certificate of loan and interest, 28,186 62 Dividends No 2 and 3' unpaid, 981 ■,,, 235,566 52 $376,904 83 CR. By notes discounted & y , running to maturity, 170,502 IM Bills of exchange on Savannah and Columbus balance against banks, agents, he. 93,334 10 Bills and Notes lying over, 10,069 60 Bills receivable « n d notes in suit, -04 61 Bills of exchange on New Pork and Charles ton, St balance*-against Banks, which may be deemed specie funds, 26,647 83 Specie (silver coiu) in the Vault, 23,419 21 Specie ree’eipt payable on de mand, 6,000 Specie, silver Coin.shipt from New-York now arrived in Sa vannah, 15,000 Bills of other Bank®, 29,407 Amount due for Premi ums ou Insurance, &c. 2,319 97 $376,904 S 3 At a meeting of the Board of Directors on the 2d of April, 1833, a detailed state ment of the Notes and Bills of Exchange, running to maturity and lying over was presented when the following Report was made and accepted : “The undersigned having examined the Notes and Bills of of exchange -on hand,belonging to the Augusta Insurance Banking Company, are of ooinion that there is 8580 dollars doubtful paper and 2337 dollars bad and lost to the Bank.*’ Signed W. HARPER, A. GRAHAM. I do hereby certify that the above ex tract is truly copied from the minutes.- That the foregoing exhibit corresponds with the Books of said Bank, which fair ly represent its condition (the returns of Agents not received, and unsettled ac counts excepted) and the Stockholders and of the number of Shares, and amount of Stock held and paid in on the Ist of April inst. RO BET WALTON Cashier. 10 h day of April, 1833. F. A. MORGAN Notary Public. Pereona’ly appeared before me Peter Benooch, President, who being duly sworn saith that the returns herewith made, ac companied with the report of a Commit tee, accepted by the Board and certified to under oath of the Cashier, are correct, to the best of his knowledge and belief. PETER BENNOCK, Pres. Sworn to before me, this 10th day of April, 1833. F. A. MORGAN, Not. Pub. MECHANICS BANK. A statement of the Affairs of the Mechan ics Bank. Augusta, Georgia, as made by the President and Directors, up to the Ist day of April, 1833. DR. Amount of Capital Stock paid in. 200,000 Amount of Bills issued 274.000 Amount of Bills on band, 79,561 Leaves tbe amount in circulation, 194,439 Reserved fund &. undivided profits, 8,601 32 Individual deposits and unclaimed dividends, 18.429 31 421,469 63 CH. By Specie in our Vaults, 76,403 24 U. States Bank Notes, 10,295 Notes of other charter ed Banks, 20,977 Amount due by Banks in Savannah, Charleston and N. York, (specie funds.) 47,073 99 Bills of Exchange on N. York, 43,170 Bills of exchange on Sa vannah, 76,630 84 ——- 119,700 34 Notes discounted &• run- ning to maturity, 122,003 96 Notes & Bills under Pro- test and in suit, 3,528 69 Notes & Bills under Pro- test and not in suit, 11,333 47 Os which is considered doubtful about, 3.500 Protest account, 13 Current expenses, 2,277 03 Banking House and Lqf, 7,863 36 421,469 63 Stockholder's names. Residence No. of Aggre shares. gate Richard Allen Augusta, Geo. 12 1,200 John M Adams do 10 1,000 Fielding Bradford do 160 16,000 Edward Bustin do 10 IfOOO J D Beers JR St John &Co do 35 3,600 A Cumming do 10 1,000 R Campbell, James Fraser, and Jas Harper,Trustees Est John Campbell,dec’d do 300 30,000 Thomas G Casey do 36 3,600 Samuel Clarke do 36 3,600 Jacob Dili do 5 600 John W Downing Philadelphia 40 4,000, Maj AC W Fanning New York 15 1,500 John B Guieu Augusta 25 2,500 j James Hubbard ‘ do 10 1,000 ( Samuel Hale do 20 2 0001 Juriab Harris, Columbia Co Ga 30 3,000 ' Isaac Henry, Cashier Augusta Ga 120 12,000 Mai shall Keith Columbia Co Ga 135 13 500,1 G B Lamar Savannah 32 3,200 James Lampkin Columbia Co Ga 10 1.000 G B Marshall Augusta 15 1,600 VVm A Mitchell do 55 5,500 Elisha Mantin do 15 1,500 Musgrove & Bustiu do 150 16,000 Wm H Morgan &Co do 110 11,000 Robert McDonald do 10 1,000 George M Newton do 50 6,000 M E Phinixy do 5 500 A P Pillot do 60 6,000 R F Poe, Trustee MO Longstreet do 25 2.500 George H Paddock do 10 1.000 Moses Ross Jr do 20 2 000 Lucy Smith Abbeville, S C 100 10.000 Joel Smith . do 75 7,600 John Smith Lawrence. SC 60 6000 J S Tuttle Augusta 60 6.000 E B Webster do 50 5,000 2,000 200,000 STATE OF GEORGIA, ) City of Augusta, f Personally appeared Fielding Bradford, President, and Geo. W. Lamar, Cashier of the Mechanics Bank, Augusta, who be ing duly sworn, say that the above is the report made by the Pret dent end Direc tors of said Bank, up to Ist April, 1833. FIELDING BRADFORD, Pres. GEORGE W. LAMAR, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me 4th April, 1833. J. W. WILDE, Judge Court Com. P. City of Augusta. BANK OF AUGUSTA. A Statement from the Books of the Bank of Au gusta, on the Ist of April 1833. DR. To Capital Stock as per Document market A 600.000 Notes of this Bank in circulation 438.046 81 Amount dire to other Banks 10.298 42 Unclaimed dividends 5,924 Deposites W 0.091 42 Surplus 102.473 20 1,326,833 85 CR. By discounted paper running to ma turity at other places than New York and Savannah 623,610 64 Do Running at N York 52 017 69 Do do Savannah 82,997 Total amount running to maturity 753,625 33 Discounted paper in suit 35,436 48 Do under protest not in suit 61,680 90 Do lying over & not pro- tested, nor in suit 12,595 25 Os discounted paper there is good 811.505 03 do do doubtful 32,854 05 do do bad 23,977 85 Amt due this Bank by Banks in N York 92,898 55 Amt due this Bank by Banks m Savannah 66,735 68 Amount due this B by Banks in the interior of the State -7 502 88 Total due by other Bs 167,137 11 Real estate including banking house 39,127 60 Expenses 5,070 69 Funds in hands of our Agent, Sa vannah, including 10,000 dollars U. States Notes 10,623 63 Bills of other Banks on hand 105,842 Specie belonging to this Bank io its vault 130,695 96 1,326,833 85 (A.) List of Stockholders of the Bank of Au gusta. 1 Central Bank of Ga. 1,000 100,000 2 Thus Cumming 370 37,000 3 Richard Tubman 358 35,800 4 John Campbell (dec’d) 266 26,600 5 Hugh Nesbit 205 20,500 6 J Cumming, Savannah 200 20,000 7 Guardians of B Keat- ing and Children 200 20,000 8 James Gardner i6O 16,000 9 Wm H Turpin 146 - 14,600 10 James Fraser 145 14,500 11 John Fox 120 12,000 12 J S Tuttle 115 11,500 13 John Potter 100 10,000 14 Asaph Waterman 94 9.400 15 James Wardlaw 92 9.200 16 John Carmichael 69 6,900 17 Nicholas Delaigle 45 4,500 18 John Campbell Jr. deed 55 5,500 19 R. Campbell, Guardian 73 7,300 20 President, Directors, & Co of State Bank N. Carolina 68 6,800 21 Mary Hill 53 5,300 22 Mary Hill, Guardian 53 5,300 23 Augusta Free School Society 50 5,000 24 J Bones, Guardian for G O K White 50 5,000 25 Ann E Cumming 50 5,000 26 Sarah W Cumming 50 5,000 27 S C Dortic 50 5,000 28 Arthur Harper, dec’d 50 5,000 29 George Jones 50 5,000 30 John Moore 55 5,500 31 Ann E White 50 5,000 32 Anderson Watkios, deed 50 5,000 33 Catharine Watkins 50 5,000 34 Robert Walton, Trustee 50 5,000 35 W. & V. of St. Paul’s Church, Augusta 50 5,000 36 William Whitehead 50 5,000 37 Jesse Mercer 45 4,500 38 Fanny Moore 45 4,500 39 R A Reid Guardian of M A Reid 40 4,000 40 Adiel Sherwood, Guar- dian 40 4,000 41 Elizabeth Reid 37 3,700' 42 David M’Kinne 35 3,500 4g J Bones, Guardian of A E White 31 3,100 44 R A Reid, Guardian of H O Reid 27 2,700 45 Joseph Rivers 26 2,600 46 Trustees of Meson A- cademy 25 2,500 47 Mary A B White, dec*d 25 2,500 48 Robert A Reid 22 2,200 49 Sarah Adams 20 2,000 50 Isaac Brvan 20 2,000 51 William j Bunce 20 2,000 52 William Cumming 20 2,000 53 John Moore (of S. C.) 20 2,000 54 Nancy and Margaret Murray 20 2,000 55 Edward Rowell 20 2,000 56 Alex’r Spencer, dec’d 20 2.000 57 Jane Telfaire 20 2,000 58 Trustees Burk Academy 20 2,000 59 Hosea Webster 20 2,000 60 Ann E Cumming,Trus- tee 15 1,500 6t S S R R lones 15 1,500 62 George M Newton 15 1,500 63 James Shackleford 15 1,500 64 Samuel Clark, Trustee 14 1,400 65 Robert Clark 14 1,400 66 John Bones 5 500 67 Robert Campbell 10 1,000 68 John Edgar 10 1,000 169 Sarah G Haig 10 1,000 170 Thos M’Grao, Guardian 10 1,000 [7l Joel Martin 10 1,000 72 Pillot & Le Barbier 10 i,OOO 73 David Wardlaw 10 1,000 ' 74 Lucy Isaac 9 900 [75 Isabella Bones 7 700 76 Joseph Calhoun 5 • 500 79 James &, Wm Harper 5 500 78 Alexander Martin 5 500 79 W W Montgomery, for J S Blair 5 500 80 H Fosbrook 4 400 81 Josheph H Lumpkin 3 300 82 The Presidon, Direc- tors & Coompany of the Bank of Augusta, ’in pledge for Loans 484 48,400 Total 6,000 600,000 Bank of Augusta, April Ist, 1833. THOMAS CUMMING, Pres. ROBERT F. POE, Cashier* GEORGIA, Richmond Codnty.— Personally appeared before me, Western B. Thomas, a Notary Public, Thomas Cumming, President and Robert F. Poe, Cashier, who being severally sworn, say that they beleve ths returns to which this affidavit is annexed, exhibit a true «tate ment from the Books of the Bank of Au gusta, on Monday the Ist day of April, 1833. That the character given therein to the discounted paper, was prepared from the Report of a Committee appoin ted by the Board of Directors for that purpose, which report was subsequently approved by the said Board of Directors, at one of its regular meetings, THOS CUMMING. ROBERT F. POE. Sworn to before me. this sth April, 1833, W. B. THOMAS, No. Pub. EDINBURG REVIEW. The Edinburgh Review, in an article relative to Stuart's Travels in the Uni ted States, after speaking of the unexam pled progress of population and civiliza— tion in America, holds the following lan guage respecting the causes that have pro duced such astonishing effects; which we commend to the attention of ihe reader. “ The truth is, that every man in Ame rica is instructed, reads the newspapers, and takes apart in the prevailing politi caldiscussions. The hotels and public houses have all a pretty good assortment of books ; much better, at least, than the trash usually met with in such places io this country. The universal diffusion of educatienfs, in fact, the grand, the dis tinguished excellence of America. It is this that has rendered the terms, mob, or rabble, inapplicable even to the dregs of her citizens in the Northern States; and fits them for enjoying, without abusing, the freest institutions. Had the tenth part of the sum been expended in estab lishing schools in Ireland that has been thrown away in supporting a priesthood detested by the people, that country would not have been in the disgraceful state in which it now is. And what but the want of education has drawn recruits to the standard of Swing 1 and made our laborers believe that the desiiuction of their em ployers* property was the best means of augmenting their wages?” At New London, Ct., the following inscription is found on a grave stone; “On the 20th of October, 1781, 4000 English fell upon this town with fire end sword -700 Americans defended the fort a whole day; but tn the evenwg,about four o’clock, it was taken. The commander of (he be sieged delivered up his sword to aa Eu glisman, who immediately stabbed him: all his comrades were put to the sword A line of powder was then laid from ihu Magazine of the fort to the sea, theie to be lighted, thus to blow the fort into the air. Wm. Homan, who lay not far dis tant, wounded by three strokes of a bay onett in his body, beheld it, and said to one of his wounded friends who was still also alive,—“We will endeavor to crawl to this line:—we will completely wet the powder with our blood; thus will we,with the life that remains in us. save the fort and the Magazine, and perhaps a few of our comrades, wh« are only wounded.* He alone had strength to accomplish this noble design. In his 30th year he died on the powder which he overflowed with his blood. His friends, and seven of his wounded companions, by that moans had their lives preserved. (After this simple narrative, are the following words in large characters) ‘Here rests William Hot man.** Matthews, in one of his entertainments, raised a heavy laugh,by telling the follow ing of an Irishman driving a pig. All animals of this species are well known for their obstinacy and perseverance inen deavoriog to taketh em. Matthews asked the Irish bog trotter where he was taking the pig? And the following colloquy en sues. ‘,Why should I speak lower?* I only ask whither you are driving the pig?* ‘Spake lower.* ‘What reason can you have for not answering so trifling a ques tion?’ 'Why sure I would answer your swate honor any thing,but I’m afraid he’d hear me.' ‘What then?* Then he’d not go, for I’m taking him to Cork, but ma king him believe he is going to Ferme ny.’ “Go”—a transitive verb.—A leecher not long since in explaining the differ* eoca between transitive and intraositiv verbs, told the class that the word go was intransitive, because it would not make sense with the words a person or a thing after it.—When a little fellow looked very significantly at him, said, ‘Sir, don*t people go the whole hog sometimes” I am a character well known io Eng land, lhereare few, either high or low, rich or poor, that are not acquainted with mo; I shun cities and towns, and take up my abode towards the extremity of a vil lage ; I am a stranger to virtue and inno cence, therefore, with the fair sex I never appear; in respectable society lam never admitted, but io a gang, gypsies and beg gars, I ant a principal character, and without me smuggling would do nothing; I never appear in day time but in the middle of night, and late in the evening, and always in disguise: I am fond of gaming, and always end in cheating, stealing and plundering. It is the opin. ion of Burns and Blackstone, that I should be put in jail , bnt I was cer tainly never there yet. From what I have said you may suppose me some thief or pickpocket, but to prove that I am neither, I delight not in a crowd, and no sooner appear before one than it is gone.— -The Letter G. The Village Grave Yard.— The fol lowing beautiful and eloquent extract is from the “Village Grave yard,” written by the Rev. Mr. Greenwood, of Boston: “I never shun a grave yard. The thoughful melancholy which it impresses, is grateful, rather than disagreable to me. It gives me no pain to tread on the green roof of that maQsioo.whose chambers I must occupy so soon; aud I often wander, from choice, to a place wehre there is nei ther solitude nor society. Something hu man is there; but the folly, the bustle, the vanities, the pretensions, the competition, the pride of humanity, are all gone. Men are there, but the passions are hushed and their spirits are still. Malevolence has lost its power of harming; appetite is sati ated; ambition lies low, and lust is cold; anger has done raving, all disputes are end ed; and revelry is over; the fullest aui. mosity is deeply buried; and the most dangerous sins are safely confined to the thickly piled clods of the valley; vice is dumb and powerless, and virtue is waiting in silence for the trump of the arch angel, and the voice of God.” Thb Mad Bull.—l was once, says Sir Waller Scott, proceeding from the old to the new town of Edinburgh by the earth en mound, at the head of which I was led for a few minutes to look at a bull that had got into an enclosure there, after tho unmerciful butcher lads had driven it fair ly mad. The crowd that gathered on the outside of the fence increased the brute’s fierceoess. At last they began to cast ropes over its horns and around its neck, thereby to pull it to a strong hold, that it might be slain in the place where it wa% which drove it to its most desperate fury Its eyes now glared madness, there weio handfuls of foam flying from its mouth, with its fore feet it pawed the ground, throwing lamps of earth as high .as ihe ad joining houses, and it bellowed so as to make one quake. It was anything but an agreeable sight, so I moved away home wards. But before I got to the foot of the mound, an alarming shout caused me to look back, when I perceived the ani mal at no great distance behind me, com ing on with all its rage. I had just time to spring to the top ot the wall that lined the foot-path, and to behold its •further progress. I shudder to this hour when I think of what immediately I saw. Among tho peo ple that were near me and in jeopardy, was a young lady, and as you said, she wore a read mantle, which is a vary offen sive color to many of the brute creation. As I did, she also made for the well, but had neither time nor strength to gain its ■op, ere the infuriated animal drove tow ards her. She turned her back however to the inaccessible eminence, as if to see the full extent of her fate, and then stood as nailed to it, save- only hot arms, which she threw aloft in her despair, which would indeed have been as fiagile in her defence as a rotten reed. Her tender body would have been nothing against a force that could have broken bars of brass, and horns that might have transfixed an animal of its own size. As I have said, directly to wards the unprotected young lady the bull drove forward; with stedfast eye he came on, he mistook his mark not an inch; for, as the multitude behind him yelled their horror, he dashed with prodigious strength and madness against her. Was it not a miracle that the dear young woman escaped unhurt and untouched?— Yes it is true: for the terrific animal struck at her so accurately, that a horn smote the dead wall on either hand, thus embrac ing, but from their great length, shielding her person from even the slightest dam age. But th« staunch wall stood the tre mendous thrust, and sent back with re bounding force, to a great distance, the huge and horrible brute, throwing him prostrate, never to rise again: for number less destructive weapons were plunged in to him before he had time to recover from his recoil. Laconic*. The celebrated Admiral Duckworth was proverbial for the brevity of his remarks even on that subject on which men are most diffuse—al) powerful self. When he had nearly annihilated the enemy at sea, he merely wrote in his dis patch. “We have taken and sunk the Ships, as per margin!” leaving his Secre tary to fill up the details. Few men could afford to dismiss a victory in such brief words. On another occasion, having to write to the Navy contractor, M- Budd, for a fresh supply of meat, his laconic e pistle ran thus, “Budd—Beef!” The other tolhumor his conceit sent the required sup ply, and on it wrote only—Beef!—and signed it—Budd.— l9. V* Tran. AUGUSTA. MONDAY, MAY 6, 1833. [£J* We are requested to remind the Stock holders in the Theatre Company, that the Anni versary meeting will be held this evening at th United States Hotel. THE PAINTINGS. Mr. Warrkll opened his Exhibition of Paint ings this morning iu the Masonic Hall. We hat leisure for a very shoit. examination. On en tering, a lovely landscape first caught our at tention, bright with nature’s light and beauty.— Next we encountered the investigating scrutiny of old Diogenes, the Cynic. He told Alexan dcr the G reat, he wanted nothing, but for him t< stand out of his sunshine ; but here the old Cyn ie wants to find an honest man and is leaving hi; tub at midday with a Lantern to hunt one.— Whatever helps be might have required in ok Athens, we hope he needs no such aid here t< accomplish the object of his search. But th< eye soon deserts every other Picture and rest! with ri vetted delight on that of Bacchus anc Ariadne. This is an old painting by Guido; and 1s the principal picture in the collection. Our classical recollection* furnish us with the histo ry of these characters. Our readers all know that Bacchus, •• ever fair and young” is the God of Wine. They may have forgotten, however, that Ariadne was the daughter of Minos, King of Crete, and that she gave a clue of to Theseus, when, with the other Athenian youths, he was thrown into the celebrated Labyrinth, by means of which, after slaying the Minotaur, he and bis companions escaped the fate of their predecessors. On his escape, Theseus carried off Ariadne as he had promised, and married her; but directly afterwards, ungratefully de serted her, although she repaid bis love with all her tenderness. Some historians assert, that Ariadne, on being deserted, hung herself; others, that she continued to live, and was Lved an<4 married by Bacchus. The moral of this stoiy our readers will easily perceive. It was too in delicate a matter for a poetical mythologist to say, Ariadne,in her troubles, resorted to intem perance os the gulf in which to drown her sor rows. A King’s daughter must have her faults, or her misfortunes, dressed in a more attractive or less disgusting garb. Indeed, so regardful of the propriety of female conduct were the old Poets thatxhey did not even say, that Ariadne fell in love with Bacchus; but the contraty, Bacchus fell in love with Ariadne. We 'tnay presume, however, as is usual in such cases, that the affection did not long continue to run all one way. Ariadoe is represented, in the Picture, as a beautiful, majqstic woman, and Bacchus as a noble but effeminate young mao. His baud is raised above his head by a beckoning gesture for more wine; while that little at ch-tickler of hearts, Cupid, by Ariadne’s side, though ap parently occupied with the cluster* of grape* he has in his hand, is no doubt busily engaged in softening her bosom for the seal of love. But we have not time Tor such a dissertation, and we have no doubt, Mr. Warrell would prefer the personal inspection and remark* of our readers. They would, with him, oe more to the point. The Editor of the Washington News seems to reflect on Gov. Lumpkin for not publishing the Reports of (he Banks, made to hitn on the first of last month, and the names of those, which failed to do so ; and takes it for granted, that the Mer chants and Planter’s Bank could have made no Report. We believe all the Banks have made the required Reports of their condition, and the Governor has taken upon himself the tempons!* bility of laying these Reports before the Public. We say responsibility, because the law does net direct their publication, but seems to postpone the time of their being made public to the Gov ernor’s annual communication to the Legisla ture. It is only when they do not report, that the law orders the publication of the names of delinquents. We think the law in all probabili ty contemplated their immediate publication, al though the good policy of so doing might be questioned, and was questioned by the Legisla ture, and some of the members, most attentive to their business at Milledgeville, assert, that tho clause for publication was stricken out of the o riginal bill. At any rate, the Governor in pub lishing them, has acted prudently in giving them all at the same lime to the public. We need not point out the evils which might result fiom a contrary course. As the Governor justly re marked in the extract of a letter which we pub lished, a partial publication would give undue advantages to one Bank over another. The Reports of the Slate Bank and its branches, we believe, are the only ones not contained in tbe last Milledgcvlilc papers—we presume, because there was not room for them, and their solvency could not suffer by a week’s delay. As, however, the conditions of all the Banks are now before the people, they can judge for themselves of their respective abilities to furnish a sound currency; and whatever the law may have contemplated, the Governor has consulted we think, the public interest by making every citizen his own judge. The Reports, the Editor of the News will perceive, are not such as should have created suspicion of. the solvency of any of our monied institutions in the Governor or any one else, and therefore, (he intimation, that the Governor has been delin quent in not laying them before the people soon er, will, on review, be found without any thing t» warrant it. ** An aggrieved community" cannot blame the Executive for not running a head of the law, and for a prudent regard to the public interests,_ which are not to be sub served by hastily tainting the reputation of any of our Banks. The Reports too have been all given to the Public shortly after their reception. Some of them were not received till the 20th April. That of the Merchants and Planters Bank was not completed here, till the 6th of A pril, and others as late as the 9th, 13th and 19th, from unavoidable causes. -The l* w does not so much require, that the Report should be made on the first of April, as that tbe condition of the Bank on the frst day of April should be report ed. It must require some time to make up 1 such reports, and in certain quarters, with par feet regularity of the mails, several days must elapse before they reach Milledgeville. Thert soma time will be occupied in examination, and often a week pass before the weekly press of
