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2 THE COURIER, By J. G. M’Whorter. TERMS. This Paper is published every MONDAY, WEDNES DAY and FRIDAY afternoon, at $6 per aii'iuiy, payable io advance, COUNTRY PAPER—Published everyFßlDAYafter *oac at(3 per anuuui, in advance, or *4 at the expiration •f the year. No Subscriptions received for less time than six months. ADVERTISEMENTS, not exceeding a square will be inserted the first time at 75 cts.per square and 37$ for •ach aonti.mahce. Advertisements of one square, published Weekly, at ,5 tents K>r every insertion. Persons advertising by the year will he charged 30 dol lars including subscription and will be entitled to oue square in each paper. When persons have standing advertisements of several squares, special Contracts may be made. No deduction will he made ia future from these charges. All advertisements must have the number of insertions ■arked on them; otherwise they will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. SHERIFFS, CLERKS, and other public officers, will gvs 25 per cent deducted in their favor. Keview of the Augusta Marke« ARTICLES. # ® S CtS COTTON, primed 18$ 19 lair to very good, 16$ 16 inferior, ■ 15 J 16 BAGGING, best hemp, 42 inch- [ es, yard j 22 26 inferior to fair, “ I 20 24 Cotton, “ I 24 25 Sacking, “ I 14 16 BALE ROPE, lb .l 8 11 OSNABURGS, yare | 8 9 TWINE, American, M 30 37 English, “ l 30 37$ •ALT, bush 40 50 SALTPETRE, “ 12 BACON, hams, tt. 10* 12 sides, “ 10 11 shoulders, “ 7$ 10 FISH, herrings, to>J 75 100 dry cod, “ 400 600 MACKEREL, No. 1, bbl 900 950 No. 2, “ I 8 8 50 No. 3, scarce “ | 650 700 LARD, leaf, lb \ 9$ 12 BUTER, Goshen, “ 22 25 CHEESE, in casks or boxes, lb. 9 12$ FLOUR, Canal, bbl.\ 675 800 Baltimore, “ ! 650 750 MOLASSES, New Orleans, gal. 36 West India, “ ■ 28 35 COFFEE, inferior to fail, lb. 11 12 good to prime, “ 13$ 16 IRON, Swedes, assorted, lb. 4$ 5 hoop, “89 sheet, “ 8 nail rods, “78 BTEEL, American, lb. 8 10 E. Blistered, “ 16 20 German, “ i 14 15 CASTINGS, northern, “, 4$ 6 NAILS, cut, 4d to 20d “, 6$ 7 wrought, “ . 16 PLOUGH MOULDS, ", 5 6$ SHOT, all sizes, tag; 200 225 LEAD, pig and bar, lb. 7$ 8 RAISINS, Muscatel, box. 4 00 450 Bloom, “ ! 3 00 350 SUGARS, St Croix and Porto ! Rico, lb. 9$ 12$ New Orleans, “' 7$ 9$ Havana, white, “I 11 12$ Havana, brown, “ i 10 10$ Loaf and lump, " j 14 18 SPIRITS, Cognac brandy, 4th j proof, gal. 1 50 2 00 domestic, “ 35 75 peach brandy, “ 75 100 apple, " 45 50 Holland gin, " 112 150 Jamaica rum, “ 100 150 N. E. rum, “ 40 45 whiskey in bbls. “ 40 44 do. do. hhds. " 36 40 WINES, Madeira, “ 200 300 Teneriffe, L. P. " 125 150 Malaga, “ 56 70 TEAS, imperial and gunpow- j 00 der, “I 87$ 112 hyson, “ 75 1 00 PEPPER, black, “ 9 12 Pimento, “ ! 10 12 CANDLES, sperm, “ 35 37 Georgia made, " 16 18 TALLOW, “ 11 12$ BEESWAX, “ 16 18 HIDES, country, “79 POTATOES, bbl. 250 300 STONE LIME, cask 3 00 4 00 RICE, lb. 300 400 SEGARS, Spanish, M. 17 00 20 00 American, ", 3 00 TOBACCO, manufactured, lb. 10 22 Cavendish, " 25 35 GUN-POWDER. Dupont's, “ 600 700 SOAP, yellow, “ 5 9 WELSH PLAINS, yard 40 65 LOWELS Negro Cloth, “ 33 37 OIL, linseed, gal. 120 125 Train, “ 50 53 best fall strained “ 1 12 125 WHITE LEAD, best Ameri- can, keg. 300 325 CIDER, Newark, iW. 10 00 11 00 BEER, John Taylor’s new cream ale “ 10 00 CORN, wagon sales, 80 85 CORN MEALdo do. 100 1 25 (INIOy LINE FOR COLUMBUS. FARE REDUCED TO #ls TO COLUMBUS #lO to Macon, #7 to Milledgeville and interme diate places in proportion. FMIHE Line leaves Augusta, Monday, Wed JL nesday, and Friday, at 5 o’clock in the morning, and passes sever the best ruad between the east and west. TELEGRAPH LINE. Leaves Augusta every day at 3 o’clock in the afternoon for Milledgeville, Macon,Talbotton, Columbus, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, and Mo bile, aud the only line having a connection with the mail coach from Columbus west. Passen gers taking this line meet with no difficulty at Columbus. Seats in the above lines secured at our office in Charleston,and at our office, Eagle & Poenix Hotel, Augusta. REESIDE, FULLER, SALTMARSH & Co. Proprietors. April 10 ts 43 The Constitutionalist and Chronicle will in sert theabove until forbid. GREAT BARGAINS IN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE &c- THE Subscribers, having purchased the ve ry splendid and New Stock of Mr. J. C. Parker, offer it to the public at 25 per cent low er than the usual prices, and on accommodating terms. The Stock consists of every variety of Furni ture, bought during the present season for Cash. Persons wishing to furnish their dwellingsin n superior style, andon economical terms, will find it to their advantage to call and examine this assortment of modern Furni ture, the whole of which is of the best workman »hip. „ o . BARRETT & BEARD. P.S. Theabove Stock will still be shown to the Public at the Store lately occupied by J C Par ker. April 22 4g Hr NOTlCE.— Resolved, That the Wharf inger of the Union Wharf Company be instruct ed to charge on all Lumber landed at the public Docks, opposite the end of Jackson street, and Washington street, and under the Bridge, twen ty-five cents per 1000 feet for landing—and for every 48 hours thereafter, which it may be suf fered to remain and encumber the Docks, —and 12$ cents for every 1000 shingles. A true extract from the minutes of Council, passed the 11th of March, 1835. GEO. M. WALKER, Clerk, april 3 6t 40 From the National Intelligencer francis Jeffrey made a Judge. Edinburgh, June, 1824. I was delighted last week with the in telligence that the renowned Mr. Jeffrey, lately conductor of the Edinburgh Re view, had arrived in town. During the whole time I have been in Scotland he has been absent, attending Parliament as Lord Advocate, and one of the represent atives of the Scotish metropolis. He has been recently appointed a Judge of the Court of Session, with thw entire approba tion of even all parties, and all possible shades es opinion on political subjects, not one of whom but feels that the Supreme Bench must gain additional lustre, and additional authority, over the minds and the hearts of the Scottish people,by the el evation of this extraordinary man. It must indeed, in these days of party excite ment,when those who occupj 7 high places seldom fail to be attacked with a schorch ing and blighting severity—it must be regarded as a strong attestation of his legal abilities & attainments, and general weight of character, that when a choice was to be made among thenumerous em inent members of the Edinburgh bar, of some individual, who should be invested withthe highest honors of the profession, there was scarcely a man who did not promptly and cordially point to Francis Jeffrey as the individual most worthy of that mark of distinction. I consider it a piece of good fortune that I was present when he made his first appearance in this new character, within those walls which had so offen resounded with his splendid and classical eloquence. It was in the old Parliament House he commenced the exercise of histalents as a pleader. There he pursued his brilliant career; and there he was now to receive the highest profes sional honor which could be conferred upon him. The occasion, as you may suppose, excited much interest; and at an early hour the benches, passages,and gal lery ofthe first,or Lord President’s divis ion, were entirely filled. All the mem bers of the Court were assembled, and their venerable looks and grave demean or, along with their appropriate judicial costume, combined to give them an ap pearance highly imposing. There Aras' very many advocates presentintheirgowns and wigs,and an air of expectation was up on every countenance. By and by theillus trious Reviewer made his entree, and all eyes were at one directed towards him. He was in full court dress; a suit of black of an antique cut, but neatly fitted to his person, which is slender and much below the middle height His forehead was quite covered and concealed by a wig of curled whalebone, an Article now in very general use among all the bishops, judges, and counsellors, who have a proper regard for their coats, instead of the majestic mas ses of powdered horse-hair, which were formerly in vogue. A pair of particular ly fresh-looking light kid gloves, and a three-cornered chapeau gracefully held under his arm, completed his equipments. He advanced some paces within the bar with a spirited air, givinga pleasant smile of recognition to some ofhis old friends and associates as he passed along, and then making a profound obeisance to the Court, he handed to the Lord President a letter from his Majesty, which was read aloud by one of the clerks. It intimated the King’s pleasure to appoint his right trusty well beloved Francis Jeffrey one ofthe Judges of the Court, and, as usual, required the Lords to try and admit him. After the reading of the letter, the Lord President commanded Mr. Jeffrey to go through the customary preliminary forms, which consist in thenew Judge hearing & giving judgement upon two cases, as a proof ofhis fitness for the station. While hearing these cases, he is required to sit with one of the Lord ordinaries in the outer house, and in this situation he is called Lord Probationer. He is then re quired to report, and give judgement in re gard to them, in presence of the whole Court, who, should they approve of his judgment, declare him duly qualified,and thereupon he is immediately invested with the judicial gown, and admitted as a bro ther to a seat on the bench. This trial of the King’s nominee is now a mere form kept up, I imagine, chiefly in deference to the national pride and feeling of inde pendency. The Lords once possessed the power absolutely to reject the person presented: now, however, they have only the right to remonstrate, and even of the exercise of this limited power, I have not been able to discover that there is a single example on record. They are a proud people, the Scots! They cling with fond ness to every memorial and type of their ancient independence as a nation; and in this instance, as in several others, hold on with pertinacity to the bauble of form when the power itself has in reality pass ed out of their hands. Jeffrey sat as Lord Probationer the day after he presented his credentials ; and I had the curiosity to stand for a considerable time at his bar, and observe his demeanor. He looked pale and attenuated, and seemingly in bad health; but as there was not the slightest appearance of languor about him his thin and pallid features rather increas ed the effect of that look of perfect acute ness, which never for an instant leaves his countenance amidst all its varieties of ex pression. Nor did his eye, which occa sionally dartedits glances towards the pleader at the bar, and the great crowd a round, seem to have lost any of that full ness and brilliancy, of which so much is reported by those who knew him in his younger days. The lower part of his face, themouth and chin particularly,struck me as having a strong resemblance to the same features of Daniel Webster; and this impression was afterwards confirmed by an American friend, who had often seen that distinguished Senator, and was also forcibly impressed with the likeness in these respects. Webster’s face, however, as a whole,, is far more indicative of intel lectual strength than Jeffery’s or that of any individual whom I have yet seen. It was evident to me that the Lord Pro bationer did not mean to go through his task in a careless or perfunctory manner. He seemed the very picture of earnest and fixed attention during the more important parts ofthe proceedings at the bar. The dullest plodder could not have been more exclusively occupied with the business in hand than this sparkling and excursive genius appeared to be. The result was admirable. He made his report, extem poraneously, without the assistance of a single note, and yet I was assured by im partial and most competent judges, that no time nor pains could have added any thing to its clearness,force, and accuracy. I am equally sure that the most elaborate care in composition could not have great ly improved the beatiful, luminous, and en ergetic diction in which his summary of the case was conveyed. There was one form for which I was not altogether pre pared, and which gave a somewhat ludi crous character to a spectacle, I was con templating certainly with any feelings but those of levity. When Jeffrey had fin ished his report, and was proceeding to pronounce judgement, he raised his three cornered hat from the table and placed it upon his wig. His very small and slight figure, in court costume, and surmounted byjiis comparatively huge appendage was quite a subject for Cruikshank. He ap peard, however.no way affected by his situation, or the smiling faces around, al though I dare say he would heartily could he but know what a queer figure he cut or should any one tell him; for those who know him best say he is by no means thin-skinned, and can take a joke as well as give one—which by the way he may easily do for the one he gives is usually a floorer. His opinion was distinguished for the same qualities which characterized his re port and he belivered it with somuch ease of manner, that one might have imagin ed, without being told, that he had been engaged all his life in the business of a judge. He was admitted as a matter of course, and assumed thejudicial seat with the title of Lord Jeffrey. lam glad he retains the name which he has made fa mous in every part ofthe world, and is pronounced with respect by thousands who may.not hear, or preserve the remem brance of his elevation to the Bench. What can a title, however lofty and soun ding add to the lustre and dignity of that simple name. Shortly after the ceremonial I happen ed to be lounging in the Advocate’s Li barry, when a remarkably well-dressed person entered, whom 1 immediately recognized to be Lord Jeffrey: but how completely metamorphosed he was! The Court dress had given way to a smart frock, light drab pantaloons, and figured vest, and his well-formed head, instead of being surmounted by wig a and three-cor nered chapeau, had a covering of a more modern and less picturesque appearance. With a free and friendly air he joined a knot of Advocates in one of the niches, all of whom I perceivedsoon clustered around him. I fancy a person unacquainted with his many engaging social qualities would have scarcely looked among the anima ted group, ot whom he now appeared to be the life and soul, to find the grave functionary who had, a few minutes be fore, acted the principal part in the im portant scene 1 have described. In my visits to the Court of Session since, 1 have attended frequently at his bar, and had occasion to observe his ex ceeding promptness and sagacity. I have good authority foi saying that he is indefatigable in application, and all his opinions show the closest attention to have been paid to his cases, which can by no means be asserted in regard to some of his learned brethren. M. NEW-YORK, APRIL 24. Death of Samuel Slater.— The Rhode Island papers announce the death, on Monday last, of Samuel Slater, Esq. long known as one of the most enterpris ing and respected citizens of that State, and as the father ofthe cotton manufac turing business in this country. The first cotton mill built in the United States was erected by him, in Pawtucket, and wasyetin operation at the time of our last visit. There is a curious anecdote, con nected with the original machinery of the factory, which, as it is strictly true, we will relate for the edification of Doctors Abercrombie and Macnish, and other in quirers into the philosophy of dreams. Mr. Slater was an ingenious machinist, and the machinery was constructed under his immediate direction. Os course, in the earliest infancy of the business, and before the machihery to be constructed was itself thoroughly understood, or the means for making it as ample as could have been desired, imperfections to a greater or less extent were to have been anticipated. At length, however, the work was complete, and high were the hopes ofthe artist and his employers. All ■ was ready, but the machinery would not ■ move—or at least it would not move as intended, or to any purpose. The dis appointment was great, and the now de ceased machinist was in great perplexity. Day after day, did he labor to discover,! that he might remedy the defect—but in vain. But what he could not discover waking, was revealed to him in his sleep. ' It was perfectly natural, that the sub ject which engrossed all his thoughts by j day, should be dancing th ro’ his uncurbed imagination by night, and it so happened ] that on one occasion, having fallen into a slumber with all the shafts and wheels of his mill whirling in his mind, with the complexity of Ezekiel's vision, he dream ed ofthe absence of an essential band upon one of the wheels. The dream was fresh in his mind on the following morn ing,.and repairing bright and earl vto his works, he in an instant detected the defi- ciency! The revelation was true, and in a few hours afterwards, the machinery was in full and successful operation. Such is one feature in the history of Ame rican manufactories. Ine machinist has since led an active and useful life—sus taining in all the relations of society an unblemished reputation.— Com. Adv. Correspondence of the Daltimoee Patriot. Savannah April 7, 1835. I intimated, at Charleston, when I gave you a sketc h of Mr, Gilman’s discourse on the collection of autographs in Mr. Tefft’s possession, at this place, that I should perhaps be able to add something to my cursory notice of this interesting subject. I have since, by the courtesy of the proprietor of this fine display ofthe highest order of curiosities, enjoyed the great pleasure of an examination of the whole. Hesays he considers them pub lic property; and his liberality in this re gard is most commendable. He is also constantly furnishing his various corres pondents, abroad and at home, with du j plicates of valuable morceaux. This cor • respondence, to a man of his taste, must be a source of peculiar gratification. He 1 has made innumerable applications to j distinguished pensons everywhere and I believe, in scarcely one instance has he | failed to receive, not only an autograph, but generally a letter, sometimes a valu able manuscript of greater extent, and per baps an enclosure of curious articles, from various sources, which he had des paired of ever obtaining.—A distinguish !ed foreign military character, now resi- I ding South of this, in our country, is per haps the only individual who has declin ed attending to such an application—from a disparagment ofthe philosophy of these collections, or from a disgust with the spirit in which some of them are collec ted and conducted in Europe; but if this gentleman hoped to evade the preserva tion of his own cramp hand for tha gaze of all generations, he was g most unluckily situated for cherishing such a scrupulous delicacy—being Postmaster, unto this time, of a small town, of which I have forgotten the name:—“sic transit goria.” Os course, it frequently must Tappen—such is the extent of this cabinet —about 5,000 specimens,—that numerous surplus autographs will be sent in, espe cially ofthe comparatively commonplace “lions;” —your members of Congress, for example, and your every-day reformed Secretaries, and so on.—Those who frank will, of course, be obtained also, without much difficulty, during their lives, at least, —as I dare say Mr. Barry will be willing to swear. I could suggest to the Rev. Mr. Raffles of Liverpool, that if he wants a memorial of the Clerk of the House, he will find it upon Emmons’ Life of Van Buren, anywhere between Maine and Texas, at any time previous to the next meeting of Congress;—there were 3000 of them sent off from the Cap itol in one parcel. Mr. Tefit has received whole packa ges of autographs, supposed to be “dis tinguished”—perhaps fifty or sixty—with out adding one to his collection.—ln oth er cases, he has made indefatigable search for many years, without a glimmering of success. Such was the case in regard to Kosciusko. His was a great desidera tum for a long time; finally, a friend from the North, sent him the mere signa ture, on a sorry scrap of dingy paper, but authenticated beyond a doubt. Years after, some body else sent him a whole letter of his, with the exception ofthe sig nature, which some violent hand had ta ken off He applied the one to the other and found that they originally composed one sheet!— l notice a letter of the Poet Wordsworth here, altogether upon the cultivation of a certain piece of land. Tal leyrand’s writing is a mystery of itself, really worth a separate study. There are many French, and it is remarkable that all these have a national character in common, though not less different from each other, than are the English or Ame rican. This is universally the case. It is also true, that similar diversity charac terizes the writing of various periods, so that the French hands, or the English, of the 16th and 19th centuries, no more re-1 , sembleeach other, than do those ofthe different countries at the same period. The male and female hands may be dir,-! tiuguished with equal uniformity. A 1 practiced student will even carry this ni- j cety into the distinctions ofthe professions and conditions of society with an amasing accuracy. But enough for the present. I have given you but few details. The excitement of these dainties, smokingeven now under my nosttrils, must be my ex cuse, till perchance I recover my better judgment. As an illustration ofthe. vari ety before me, I will, however just give you a list of some small packages, a curi ous mixture, you will see. They are me morials, more or less—letters or some thing else—of Wilberforce, Owens, of Lanark,Helen Maria Williams, Scoresby, the navigator, Mrs. Grant, ofthe “High lands,” McCullock.of Political Economy, Mrs. Hernans to McGrady, original man- 1 uscript of Bowringsand Cowley’s Poems, Roscoe, Dugald Stewart, (an'invitation to break fast,) Southey, Jeflryes, Napier, I Mathews, Hogg, Scott, the learned Pro-, fessor Lee, (mottoes in various languages) Layfayett’s toasts at an American dinner in Paris, (in French and English,) Dr. Chalmers, William IV., Louis Philippe, Louis XVI., Lady Byron, Miss Jewsbury, Miss Edgeworth, Broughman, Matthew’ Henry, John Galt, Castlereagh, Lock hart, Allison, (the Tasteman,) Jno. Wes ley, Leigh Hunt, Rogers, Younger Pitt, Liston,Canning, Cobbett, old Dibdin, and (I must stop somewhere) —Bonaparte. Hospitality.— The voice of inspiration has enjoined hospitality as a duty. The dictates of nature concur in pronouncing it a virtue. In the simplicity of ancient times, it flourished as a vigorous plant.— The traveller found beneath its wide' spreading branches, a shelter from the noon-day sun, and a cover from the storm. But nations in their approach to refine ment, have been prone to neglect its cul ture. They have hedged it about with ceremonies, and encumbered it with trap pings, till its virtues faded or its roots perished. Like the strippling shepherd, it hath drooped beneath the gorgeous ar mor of royalty, while it would fain have found among the smooth stones of the i brook the strength it needed.—Jlrs. Si gourney. SKETCHES OF CHARACTER. DR. CHANNING. Dr. Channing is not yet an old man ; but for many years he has been consider ed, and has considered himself, at death’s door. It was to his hearers as if every sermon must be his last. His mind, how ' ever, is in full vigor, and his writings, , and even his eloquence, in this feeble and dying state, breathe an undiminished en i thusiasm. In person, he is singularly small, and ofthe. slighest possible frame; ‘ seen in the street, wrapped in a cloak, and 1 covered with a clerical hat, he looks a child in the habiliments of a man. (We were struck by the way, when in Edin burgh, with his resemblance to Jeffrey, though a much smaller man than even the critic ot the Edinburgh Review.) In pri vate conversation he seems dependent, suffering, affectionate ; his voice is quer ulous and low ; his stepand mannef mark ed with debility ; and if you did not study closely his hand and eye, you would nev er imagine yourself in the presence of a man in whom there lived a spark of en ergy. He creeps up the pulpit stairs with a feebleness almost painful; while the congregation is hushed in anxious and breathless sympathy; sinks exhausted in to the corner, and rises at last, to give out the psalm, pale, and apparently unequal to the service. A dead silence follows the first sound of his voice ; and they may ; well listen ; for never were poet’s words | read with such cadences of music. A ■prayer follows; low, brief, reverential, and free from the irreverence and famili arity common in extempore addresses to the Deity. Another psalm follows ; read, perhaps more distinctly and with less tremulous debility than the first; and, as the echo of the organ dies in the arches of the roof, he rises for his sermon. His cloak has been thrown aside, and he stands before his audience the slightest drapery of a human frame that would serve to keep his soul upon the earth. Across his fore head streams a single lock of soft brown hair, contrasted strongly with a transpa rent whiteness; his thin and hollow fea tures are calmly and merely intellectual in their pain-worn lines; and his eye, glowing with the unnatural brightness of sickness, large, lambent, and clear, beams 1 with inexpressible benignity. i His voice, the most musical to which | it haseverbeen our lot to listen, first heard calm and deliberate, and is not much va ! ried till he has laid down the premises of his discourse. Ten minutes have elapsed ; 1 and you have forgotten the man in the interest he has awakened by his truth like and lucid statement ofhis iheme. He is less a preacher to the hundreds about you than an intelligent friend making a com munication of personal interest to your self. Your mind is wholly his own. At this point, the strange and peculiar ca dences of his voice begin to strengthen and change; his sentences are more va ried; from the brief and impressive anti thesis to the eloquent appeal, rolling on- Ward 1 with progressive pathos and energy; and his tones, which you had thought so silvery sweet, fill and gather power, and seem illimitable in compass and ex pression. Passive and almost motionless till now, his slight frame seems to dilate; his countenance kindles; his lips seem burning with earnestness and fire; and 1 when his thin arm is stretched forthwith j its wasted hand, at the thrilling crisis of 1 his appeal, he seems transformed to ai 1 prophet; instinct with supernatural reve lation. He goes on, and his discourse is full of surprise to the mind and to the ear. Conclusionsspringsuddenly,and yet with 1 irresistable logic from the commonest premises : and his enunciation, to which we again recur, and which is as varied in its steps, and as curious in its capabilities, 1 I as an organ, changing from pathos to I command ; from calmness to impassioned fervor; from the most measured and lin-1 geringmusic to the most rapid and accu- ' muluting enthusiasm—with a wonderous facility, which seems the immediate and burning overflow of inspiration. He ceases; and disappears; and there is no stir in the congregation. He is the first to break his own spell; he has given out the concluding hymn oftheservico before a sound is heard from the entranced and breathless multitude before him.—Lon don Athenaum. John RandolpKs Mother.— The late John Randolph, some years since address ed himself to an intimate friend in terms something like the following:—“ I used to be cal led a Frenchman, because I took the French side in politics; and though this was unjust, yet the truth is, I should have been a French atheist, if it had not been for one recollection, and that was the mem ory of the time when my departed mother used to take my little hands in hers, and caused me, on my knees, to say “ Our Fa ther which art in heaven.” 1 NEW SPRING & SUMMER GOODS. I The subscribers have received and are now opening a handsome assortment of FANCY & STAPLE DRY GOODS, 1 comprising a great variety of articles of the ] newest style for Ladies’, Gentlemen’s and Boys’ , summer wear, carefully selected from the latest importations in New York, —to which they re spectfully call the attention of their customers < and the public generally, as they are determin- t ed to sell on the lowest terms. MORGAN <fc WYATT. ! 1 No. 210 B r oad street. Augusta. t ; april 20 mw4w 47 AUGUSTA, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1835. COTTON. The demand is not so active as in the begi»- ning of the week, and in some instances, a r«- duction of I to $ has been submitted to, in the low, middling and good qualities. Real prime will command 18$ a 19. We quote 15 to 19. Freights to Savannah 50ct, to Charleston 75ct. The Wm. Gibbons at Charleston brought us nothing of much interest from New York.— Nothing later from Europe. We belisve Mr. Barry has, at last, resigned the office of Post Master General. His suc cessor is not yet known, except that, tempora rily, the senior Assistant will perform the du ties of P. M. G. Mr. Barry is said to be des tined for the mission to Spain. The jEronautj Mr. Clayton, who is a native mechanic, recently made one of the most aston ishing balloon ascensions, on record. He left Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 9$ hours landed on Stinson’s Knob, in Virginia, nearly 40D miles from the place of departure. We will give the ■ particulars of this unequalled exploit in our next. • ■ A Bitter Pill for Doctors.— ln Buffalo, New , lork, Mr. Fuller has obtained in the circuit ! court, a verdict of #IOOO against Drs. Hoyt & - Wallace, for malpractice, in injuring both arms , by bad bleeding.. "Letter Sheets.— Weare glad to learn says the Jour ofCommerce that the order to charge letter postage on Letter sheet Price currents has been rescinded, and they will hereafter be charged as newspapers only- If any thing is written if it be only the name of the one who sends the sheet, it will be charged, and we think properly, as a letter.’’— Journal. . 1 i Complete returns of the Rhode Island Elec i tion (according to the Providence Journal of I of the 23d inst.) gives a plurality ol one hundred i i Votes over Gov Knight, and 93 over all other ! candidates. The representatives 37 opposition .j t 035 Administration. The vote for Senators j cannot be positively known until the meeting of j the Legislature, in the begimng of the next . month. The Journal still expresses its confi , dence in the election of a majority of the oppo sition candidates. ’ ■ ' A lot in William-street, New York, next to ; the corner of Wall-street, 31 teet front, 38$ m ; the rear, and 75 feet deep, was sold at auction lor fifty one thousand five hundred dollars. Lots in Stone-street, running through to Mill-street, ■ which is to be widened and openod into William 1 ; street, sold at the rate of full #20,000 for the . width of 25 feet. Snow fell in the Western part of New Ywk, on the 17th inst. Buffalo papers of the 18th iftst. says—■" The , watei was let into the whole line of the Erie Ca nal yesterday. After Thursday the 30th ult. the Banks of N. York are prohibited from issuing any bills of a denomination less than #2. Wc learn from tire US. Telegraph, that Mr. Barry has taken formal leave of the Clerks in j the Post Office Department. Mr. Barkt, it i.v ■ understood goes to Spain. i Virginia Elections.— The Elections Continue to be conducted with the greatest animation; and . the returns as far as received, indicate an Ad-* ! ministration triumph. We gather from the Richmond Enquirer of the 24th inst. that in the 1 House of Delegates, the Administration party have already gained 15,- while the opposition j have only gained 4—nett administration gain ill. The counties now heard from, give 44 ad ! ministration, 26 opposition. The same counties last year returned 33 administration; 37 Opposi tion. Fifty counties or election districts yet re main to be heard from', which according to the estimate of the Enquirer, will give 32 adminis tration, 32 opposition. On this estimate, the next house of Delegates will have 76 adminis tration and 58 opposition members—administri j lion majority 18. The opposition majority last j year was 16, aS shown by the U. S'/Senatoir. fa ! the State Senate, the administration' haVe’ al ready a majority of 6 votes, and will certaiuly 1 gain one, and lose none. For Congress, the Enquirer says—“We shall gain probably 7 or B;and lose perhaps 1. On Monday last; elec-' tionsWere held in 25 additional counties, and on Tuesday in one—returns not yet received.— Charleston Courier. It is said, Phrenology has discovered, in thir 1 city, that the Anti-Van Burenic bump is most strikingly developed on the heads of our ; It is not so striking, however, wc think, as the I following: ! One of Dr. Barbem's pupils, it is reported, ■ was engaged all day yesterday in endeavoring | to ascertain, in the upper end of the city, what indications out by a prodigious bump, ! found on the left side of a poor fellow’s head in that quarter. His Phrenology blushed above ) the eyebrows, when the wife finally told him, in an angry tone, that she made the bump, with the poker, and would make one on his head, which he might examine at his leisure, if he did not decamp very quickly. After Dr. Barker had concluded his last lec ture on the subject of Phrenology, on the even ing of the 30th ult. the members of the Class were requested to remain; and, on motion, Dr. Robertson was called to the chair. The following resolution was then submitted ' by T. G. Casey, and unanimously adopted, viz : Resolved, That a committee of nine be ap pointed by the Chairman, (who shall be one,) to convey to Dr. Barber the thanks of the Clms for his able, eloquent, and interesting lecture* on Phrenology. In compliance with the above resolution, following gentlemen were appointed on that Committee : T. G. Casey, Wm. C. Micov, H. H. Cumming, the Hon. John P. King, James P. Stuart, Robert Clarke, Dr. Patterson, D. W. St. John, and F. M. Robertson. The following card was presented by the Committee, through the Chair, to Dr. Barber, his reply to which is subjoined. To Dr. Jonathan Barber: Dear Sir— At the termination of yonr course of lectures, on the subject of Phrenology, the undersigned were appointed a Committee for the purpose of expressing, to you, the feel ings of the Class on parting with yon T eacher.
