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BALTIMORE CONVENTION?
Friday, may 22—Twelve o’clock—The
Convention having met. Mr. Strange, of.
North Carolina, rose and expressed his
wish to have rescinded the resolution
which was passed yesterday, requring
the concurrence of a majority on all nom
inations, and supported his motion to re
consider that resolution at some length,
He was followed in support of his motion
by Mr. Hoke ol North Carolina and the
previous question being demanded,
the Convention agreed to reconsider. 1 he
main question was then put namely, that
a vote of two thirds should be required to
constitute a nomination, and carried.
Mr. Ranney offered the following reso
lution, which was agreed to’:
Resolved. That this Convention now
proceed to ballot for a cand.dat’ for the
office of President of the United States.
The Chair then announced that in ta
king the vote by States, the member se
lected by each delegation, when a State
was called, should come forward and de
posits his ballot .with the Chair. The
States being then called over by the sec
retary, the ballots were handed in. The
Chair and Vice Presidents then proceed
ed to count the ballots, when it appeared
that the vote stood as follows:
For Martin Van Buren.
Maine 10 votes
New Hampshire 7
Vermont 7
Massachusetts. 14
Connecticut 8
Rhode Island 4
New York 42
New Jersey 8
Delaware 3
Pennsylvania 3q
Maryland 10
Virginia 23
North Carolina 15
Georgia 11
Tennessee 15
Kentucky 15
Ohio 21
Indiana 9
Mississippi 4
Louisiana 5
Missouri 4
265 votes
When the ballot for the Slate of Penn
sylvania was read, a motion was submit
ted that the vote given by the Hon. Geo.
Kremer be received and recorded as the
only legitimate vote of Pennsylvania, but
the motion was laid on the table. The
Chair then stated that the vote of Penn
sylvania would be recorded as thirty, to
which no opposition was made. He then
announced that ballots had been deposited
by the Representatives of twenty-two
States, and that two hundred and sixty-'
five electoral votes had been given in fa
vor of Mar in Van Buren of New York,
as the choice of this Convention, as can
didate for the office of President of the
United States.
The Convention then resolved to pro
ceed to ballot for a candidate for the office
of Vice President of the United States.
The ballots being handed in as before, the
vote stood as follows :
R. M Johnson. W. C. Rives
Maine 0 10
New Hampshire 7 0
Vermont 7 0
Massachusetts 4 10
Connecticut 8 0
Rhode Island 4 0
New York 42 0
New Jersey 0 8
Delaware 3 0
Pennsylvania 30 0
Maryland 0 10
Virginia 0 23
North Carolina. 0 15
Georgia 0 11
Tennessee 15 0
Kentucky 15 0
Ohio 21 0
Indiania 9 0
Mississippi 4 0
Louisana 5 0
Missouri 4 0
When the ballot of the State of Ohio
was read a member from that State rose df
said that the votejust given was not the
vote of the majority of the delegates of
that State, and he protested against its re
ception. The Chair decided that that
was a matter to be settled by the Dele
gales themselves.
When the ballot for -Pennsylvania was
announced,n member called for the read
ing of the ballot, which was as follows.
“The Pennsylvania delegation, by
their Chairman George Kremer, thirty
votes for II M. Johnson.”
This was followed by a motion to recon
sider the vote of Pennsylvania; which, af
a discussion, was withdrawn.
The reading of the vote of Massachu
setts was called for and being read, Mr
Osgood, of that State, said that he had
been instructed to deposits the ballot as
Vad, and the Convention had no power
to inquire why the vote was so given.
Mr. Lyman then moved that the vote of
Massachusettss be returned to the dele
gates from that State, but after discussion
withdrew his motion.
The President then announced that the
whole number of votes handed in was 265
that Richard M. Johnson having receiv
ed two thirds of the whole number given
was duly declared to be the choice of this
Convention as its candidate for the \ ice
Presidency of the United States.
Several members now endeavored to
obtain the floor, and a delegate from Vir
ginia having succeeded, he offered a res
olution to the followingeffect. —“That two
delegates from Virginia be deputed to de
clare to this Convention that tiie nomina
tion ot R. M. Johnson is not approved of
by the delegation from Virginia, and they
cannot reccommend him to the support of
the people of that State, because they do
not believe that he will carry out the great
republican principles which ought to gov
ern the people of this country.” He was
followed by several speakers, but before
any action was had, the Convention took
a recess till 6 o’block.
Six o'clock P, M'— The Convention
having met, a motion was made to add the
President of the. Convention to the commit
tee on the subject of preparing an ad
dress to the people; which was carried.
Mr. Saunders, of North Carolina, made
some remarks designed to conciliate the
feeli - Virginia delegation, which
indue- . a ’’seossion, in which Mr. Lytle
of C Mr. Fountain of Virginia, and
others took part.
Gen. Saunders stated that he was in
structed to offer a resolution to the follow
ing effect, “That tl.e several States of the
Union be, and they are respectfully and
earnestly requested, at proper and con
venient periods hereafter, by delegated
Conventions by the democracy, or in such
other mode as they may deem expedient,
to form electoral tickets throughout the
country, so that the greatest possible effect
may be given to the nominations made
by this Convention, and a resort to the
House of Representatives thereby avoid
ed.”
Mr. Sterigere moved to amend the reso
lution by adding at the end, “except such
states as may have already formed an
electoral ticket;” butthe previous question
be ng calle I for, the question was ordered
to be taken hy States, and on the result
being ascertained, it appeared that 154
electoral votes were in favor ofthe resolu
tion, and 77 againstit. So the resolution
was passed.
When the vote of P-.nnsylvania was
called for, one of the delegates voted for
and the ot' er against the resolution; both
of which votes were received.
On motion, it was resolved that the
President and Vice-Presidents of this
Convention be a committee to inform Mar
tin Van Buren, and Richard M. Johnson,
of their respective nominations, by this
body, and request their acceptance of the
same, which was carried.
Resolutions of thanks were than voted
to the Baltimore Committee for the ac
commodations afforded to the Conven
tion: to the trustees of the First and
Fourth Presbyterian Churches for the
use of those buildings, and to the Rev.
Mr. Clark for the obliging manner in
which he officiated a.t the openings ofthe
meetings.
Efforts were now made to call up the
resolutions relative to the dissent of Vir
ginia from the nomination of Vice-Pre
sident, butthe Convention refused to sus
tain the call.
Mr. Sterigere moved that the resolu
tion just adopted, relative to the formation
of electoral tickets by the several States,
shall not be applicable to Pennsylvania.
This produced a warm discussion, and
the motion v. as lost.
Votes of thanks were offered to the ■
President and Vice-Presidents* which ]
were replied to by the President, and
Messrs. Nevitte Heath and Strange Vice
Presidents: A vole of thanks was then
tendered to the Secretaries, and the Con
vention adjourned sine die.—American.
The fate of Mrs. Alston, the accom
plished lady of Gov. Alston, of South
Carolina, and daughter of Aaron Burr,
has been shrouded in mystery for more
than twenty years. Occasionally, indeed,
some gleams of light have been thrown
around her melancholy end, and the belief
is that she fell a victim to piratical atroci
ty. Some three years ago it was current
ly reported that a man residing in one of
the interior counties of this State, made
some disclosures on his death bed which
went to confirm the confessions previous
ly made by a culprit upon the gallows,
that the vessel in which Mrs. Alston sail
ed, was scuttled for the sake of her plate
and effects. The following article, which
we copy from the Alabama Journal, goes
to throw some additional light on the sub
ject. The facts mentioned in it are new
to us and will be, probably, to most of our
readers.— Mobile Register.
CONFESSION OF A PIRATE.
The public no doubt, remembers the
story ofthe daughter of Aaron Burr, who
was the wife of Gov. Alston, of South
.Carolina, C . the return of her father
from 3 ..e, about the year 1812, she
embarkc.; on a visit to him at New York,
on board a privateer built vessel, and was
never heard of after wards. It seems that
her friends at first thought the vessel had
fallen into the hands of pirates, and after
wards concluded that it was wrecked and
lost. It appears from the statement of a
respectable merchant of Mobile, that a
man died in that city recently, who con
fessed to his physician on his dying bed,
that he had been a pirate and helped to
destroy the vessel and all the crew and
passengers, on which Mrs. Alston had
embarked at New York. He declared,
says this gentleman, that after the men
were all killed, there was an unwilling
ness on the part of every pirate to taking
‘he life of Mrs. Alston, who had not re
sisted them or fought them, and therefore
they drew lots who should perform the
deed, as it bad to be done. The lot fell
upon this pirate, who declares th; t he ef
fected h’s object of putting the lady to
' death, by laying a plank along the edge
of the ship, half on it and half off, over
the edge, and made Mrs. Alston walk on
that plank till it tilted over into the water
with her. The dying pirate requested
his physician to make the story public,
but his surviving family will not permit or
consent that the name of the deceased
should be known
The above tale was r- peated over and
over by the merchant before mentioned in
the presence of a number of gentlemen
whose names can be given, lie said he
received it from the physician himself
with no other injunction to secrecy than
that he should not disclose the name of
the physician for the present. ’ n being
asked u the physician was a man of ve
racity, he replied there was no one more
so in Mobile. The merchant was warn
ed that his story would get into the news
papers, to which he made no objection.
Horses.— There are. many hundreds ol
these valuable animals killed every sum
mer in the United States, by giving them
water when they are heated. It is a most
absurd and destructive practice of stage
drivers and others, giving their horses
water every five or six miles when travel
ling. Farmers who work hroses at a
plough, harrow, or cart, never give them
water from the time they goto work after
breakfast, until they break off work to go
to dinner, a period of not less than four
hours, and the same in the afternoon until
*Hiey quit work at sun-down, and it seldom
happens that horses are killed that are
worked upon farms. The same bad
practice exists in England. We were
once riding in a stage coach from Brigh
ton to London on a very warm day, when
the driver stopped, watered his horses,
and set out again upon a fast trot, in a few
minutes all four of them died upon the
spot. They manage these things better
in France. They never water their hors
es only when they are fed. We recol
lect on a very -warm and dusty day, trav
elling in a stage coach over the hills of
Normandy,the horses foaming with sweat
and covered with dust, the driver stopped
at an inn, and when we expected to see
him with his bucket, giving water to
each, he brought from the house a bottle,
aud pouring out into his hand some of its
contents, he washed each horse’s nose,
and threw a little upon them. On in
quiring, we found that it was vinegar ;
and although they had travelled a long
stage, they went off as fresh as at the first
starting.— Cin. Daily Adv.
How to Boil Potatoes.— Seldom do
we see potatoes well cooked, and still se'-
domer do we see them cooked without
waste. By the following directions, both
ends will be attained. Choose your po
tatoes of equal size, and put thim into a
saucepan or pot without a lid, with no
more water than is sufficient to cover them.
By being boiled in a vessel without a lid,
they do not crack, and all waste is pre
vented. After the water has come near
to boil, pour it off and replace the hot by
cold water, into which throw a good por
tion of salt. The cold water, sends the
heat from the surface to the heart of the
potatoe, and makes it mealy. Like all
other vegetables, they are improved by be
ing boiled with salt, which ought not to be
spared. The only proper test of their be
ing done enough, is to try them with a
fork. After draining the water, they
should be allowed to stand ten or fifteen
minutes on or near the fire to dry.
Useful discovery in the. P reparation
of Hemp.— Many unsucc.ssf.il experi
ments have been made to discover a
means of extracting the glutinous matter
from hemp, and thus reduce it to a fine
fibre, and make it fit for the same pur
poses as flax. A machine has, however,
been invented, which accomplishes this
desirable end. by Mr. Shanks, a flax
spinner, residing in Arbroath, N. B. It
consists of two metal plates, of peculiar
construction, supported by springs, to
modeiate the compressure. In passing
between these plates, by their friction, it
becomes perfectly free from the glutinous
matter, and leaves the machine with a
soft and delicate fibre.When thus prepar
ed and heckled, it is equal to the finest
flax, and may be spun and applied to the
same purposes as that commodity. The
expense attending the process is very
small; the machine is worked by steam
power, which may be borrowed from any
other machine where there is a steam
engine.
There is no scheme so wild as not to
find numbers to embrace it. Were the
people referred to below, under the neces
sity of flying from persecution,or a sterile
country, or an over crowded population
we should admire their enterprise; but, as
it is, their folly surpasses the Oregon
project:
A company of citizens of this State
(Missouri) is now organizing, to emigrate
upper California, on the shores ofthe
shores of thePacific.The company cor sist
of about fifty families, principally in Jack
son Clay aud Ray counties, who have en
tered into bonds io emigrate to California.
The Company will rendezvous at Indepen
dencein May 1836. whenit it is expected
they will amount to about one hundred
families. Some individuals of this com
pany have visited the country they pro
pose to emigrate to 4' bud hs soil and cli
mate all they could wish it to be.— Si.
Luis liepub.
In what respect are they better than
the soil and climate the propose to
leave?
CHEAP CURE FOR FEVER.
A German doctor,during twenty flve
years practice has never failed to cure in
termittent fever by strictly and litterally
starving his patients for three whole days
He allows them only a little wjiter and
lifter the fast accustoms them to food grad
ually.
A U G U S T A,
’jiTCj* 1> A V , J (IN Si 1,18 3 5.
The UNION PARTY are requested to
meet at the City Hall, on Thursday, the 4th
instant, for the purpose of appointing Delegates
to the Convention at Milledgeville on the l.<t
Wednesday in July, and on other business of
importance.
Many of our exchange papers are publishing
Post Master’s notices of delinquent subscribers)
who have left their usual places of address and
gone elsewhere without notifying the printer.
Most of these runaways are said to have gone
to Texas. There is one of ours gone to a much
worse place, we are inclined to think .- “ This
is to inform you, that your papers sent to
and C. P. North are not taken out of the office.
is living at Talbotton, and North, I ex
pect, has gone to the devil. ”
Wc understand, that the Veteran Player,
Cooper has inquired, on what terms the Au
gusta Theatre can be rented for the ensuing
year.
The Baron De Behr, Minister from Belgium,
is at present in our city—Rooms at the Eagle
& Phoenix Hotel.
Loss of the barque Mercy. We learn from
Capt. Blackender who arrived in Charleston
about half past 2 oclock this morning, says the
Courier < f the 30th ult., that the Br. barqne
Mercy, of Liverpool, from Mobile bound to
this port, with a cargo of salt, was lost on a
sand bar, about 35 miles to the southward of the
bar, about 3 o’clock, A. M. on Thursday last.
The Captain and crew took to the boats and
have arrived in this city. When they left the
wreck she was half full of water. The sails
and rigging only may be saved. The vessel
was insured at Mobile.
From the Journal of Commerce.
NINE DAYS LATER FROM ENG-
LAND.
By the London packet ship Canada,
Capt. Britton, we have London papers to
April 19th, containing news from Paris
to the evening of the 16th.
An animated discussion was still going
on in the French Chamber of Deputies
upon the American Indemnity bill. On
th? 15th, Mr. Berryer delivered a speech
against it, which attracted a good deal of
attention, and according to the English
papers, made a strong impression. These
papers however, have always been ready
to put the worst face upon the prospect ot
the bill.
The arrangements for the new Whig
Ministry in England were all but comple
ted.
Cotton at Liverpool, it will be seen, is
still risi g.
A good deal of excitem nt was produ
ced here while the Canada was coming, up
by a report brought by the news men who
had boarded her, that the indemnity bill
had passed.
London Saturday Evening, April 19 th
The new Writs have not yet been issu
ed but the following is a correct list of the
ministry
Lord Melbourne,Fiist Loidofthe Treasury.
) Secretary ofthe Stale for
Lord John Russell } the Home Department
Lord Palmerston, of the Foreign Depart.
Lord Howrick or | Do f Colonial Depart .
Mr. C Grant J *
Mr. Spring Rice, Chancellor ofthe Exchequer
Lord Ackiand, First lotd of the Aun.naliy.
Sir J. C’Hubhouse, Boaid of Control.
Lord Duncannon, Woods and Forests.
Marquis of Landsowne, President of Co ncil.
Mr. P. Thomson, President of Board ot Trade.
Sir. J. Campbell, Attorney-General.
Mr. Rolfe, Solicitor-General.
IK ELAND.
Lord Mulgrave, Lord Lieutenant.
Sergeant Perrin, Attorney-General.
Sergeant O’Loghlon, Solicitor-General.
SCO PLAND.
Mr. Murray, Lord Advoqgte.
The Cabinent is to be formed of twelve
members, and rumour points to Earl
Spencer as the twelfth. The council is
still sitting, and all the appointments are
not finally settled. The Great Seal in I
Commission.
The following is the order in which
the members enteredthe royal closet to kiss
hands on taking office in the new Admin
istration :
Lord Melbourne, Lord Lansdowne,
Mr. P. Thomson, Right Hon. T. S. '
Rice, Lord J. Russell, Earl Mulgrave,
Sir, T. Hobhouse, Lord Pa inerston, j
Lord Ilowick, Lord Duncannon, Lord
Auckland, Sir J. Campbell, Mr. C. Grant,
and Lord Holland.
London April 16.
The French papers of Tuesday are a
gain chiefly filled with the intermin hie
speeches for and against the grant rela
tive to the American claims. No new
fact has been brought to light to give ■
weight to the opinions expressed in re- '
gat’d to me grant. The Chamber of De- '
puties is evidently getting tired of this I
discussion, and yet we find, by the report
of the earlier part of its silling on Tues
day, that an attempt made to bring the de- :
bate to a close, proved unsuccessful.
From the London Morning Herald of
April 17th.
Very serious events for the French ap
pear to betaking place in “their African
possessions” Accounts from Algiers, j
elated the 16th inst. speak ofa now en
gagement with the Beduins atßuflarick
in which the French were defeated, and
compelled to retreat with great loss. Two
pieces of cannon were abandoned in the
retreat.
The general debate on the American
Indemnity Bill in the Chamber of Depu
ties closed on Tuesday. The discussion
ofthe articles commenced on Wednesday.
The prevailing opinion is favorable to its
adoption.
Paris, April 16th.—This has again
been a blank day. The 3 per Cents have
been fluctuating between Blf. 85c., and
Blf. 95c., present price. No business of
any consequence doing; every body 1
seems resolved to see the issue of the de
bate on the American question, before en
gaging in fresh speculations No busi
ness in Spanish.
Ffattl the Times of April 18,
EXPRESS FROM PARIS.
Private Correspondence.
Paris I hursday Afternoon.
The speech of Mr. Berryer in yester
day’s sitting ofthe Chamber has produced
a very disagreeable impression in the min 1
, isterial circles, and doubts are entertained
this morning whether something like the
| amendment ofM. Bignon may not ulti
mately be adopted. The American pack
jet,which ought to have sailed to-day from 1
Havre has been detained to wait the issue
and Mr. Livingston with the whole of his j
.legation, is in readiness to leave Parisand
embark on boa id the Constitution, should .
i any resolution be adopted incompatible
j with the full execution of the treaty, or de-
I rogatory to the honor of his Government.
■ From an editorial article in the same pa
per.
The French papersof Thursday which
we have received by express, are nearly
filled with the report of a speech deliver
ed on the previous day in the Chamber of
Deputies, by M. Berryer, the eminent Ad
j vocate, against the. American claims, and
by extracts from the London journals.M.
Berryer spoke for three hours, and accor
ding to the testimony borne bj' the journ
als of all parties was listened to with un
remitting attention by every member pre
sent.
His speech will be found among the ex
tracts from the French papers, where al
so we give the report of the early part of
Thursday’s sitting.By *he latter it appears
that M. Thiers had found it necessary to
employ the powers of his eloquence as
soon as possible after M.Berryer in order
to weaken ifhe could, the impression
which that gentleman’s speech seems to
to have made on the Chamb r. Theanx
iety thus displaced by the Ministers was
natural enough under the circumstances;
but it will appearstill moreso, when it is
j remembered that it was in a great meas
ure owing to a similar speech from M.
I Berryer that the Chamber was, last year,
j induced to vote against the grant. Mr.
; Berryer, who was then the only organ of
the legitirnatist party in the Chamber, is
| now the leader of the extreme right,
which, through the great exertions used
j by the party at the last elections, has been
reinforced by some 15 or 16 members.
These memaers are all of them decidedly
opposed to the proposed grsnts in favor of
the American claimants.
SPAIN.
Letters from Madrid ofthe Sth repre
sent the constitutional party as increasing
in numbers and energy, so as to excite ap
prehensions ofan insurrection. The dis
missal of Senior Martinez de la Rosa is
demanded in addresses from Barcelona,
and his continuance in office will excite
great discontent. The National says,
that General Mina has been actually su
perseded in his command. Wethink this
. report is per mature but we have no doubt
[ that it will be the case. He has made an
i unfortunate termination to his career, for ;
his campaign which he opened with so
much vaunting, has been disgraced by e
very thing that can stain his character,
whether as a general or a man. His sue
cessor Valdez will carry on war with less
erueilty, but we should think with no bet
ter fortune.
Paris, April 16.
Mina is destituted, or turned offby the
Queen of Spain, 4* Don Goronimo Valdes
Minister of war, is named in his stead. The
National gives this intelligence as posi
tive, and says that it reached the Spanish
embassy yesterday by express from Bay
onne. Thus to the lists of Rodil, Quesa
da, Castignon, Lander, and I know not
who besides we have to add Mina. The
name Mina will go down to posterity cov
ered with shame, reproach, and curses.He
has acted with horrible barbarity, and
with nearly unparalleled atrocity.
Correspondence ofthe Journal of Commerce.
LONDON, April 18th.
The weekly sales of Cotton at Liverpool,
made up to the 16th inst.(on account of good
Friday,) reach 25,000 bales, at a further ad
vance of Ji. 12,000 ofthe above were sold on spe- I
dilation and 2.000 for export.
A. P. S. to onr letter from the same house but
later in the day, quotes the advance, at f a fd. i
The above advices from France, leave it a
littledoub’fnl whether the lull 25 millions and
interest will be voted by the Chambers.
COTI'ON.— The Cotton sales since- last are
extensive and at raiher higher prices.
LIVERPOOL, April 13.
We continue to have a most active demand
for Colton, 8 000 to 10,000 bags Rave been sold
to-day, and prices have advanced Jd to |d per
lb: Since Saturday, 3,000 American were taken
on speculation, and 1200 American and Surat
for export.
FROM THE GLOBE.
The fallowing gentlemen have been in
vited by the Secretary of War to attend
the next General Annual Examination
of the Cadets of the Military Academy,
which will commence on the first Mon
day in June:
Maine. — Hon. M. Mason.
New Hampshire.— Col. S. Collins.
Massachusetts. —* Hon. N. Bowditch, j
Connecticut. — Rev. J. Cogswell, * Rev
11. Crosswell:
New-York.— Hon. B. Green, Hon. C.
G. Ferris, Gen. Geo. R. Davis, * Geo.
W. Clinton, Esq , John Hunter, Esq.
Pennsylvania— Dr. C. D. Meigs, Gen
W. S. Rogers, Wm. Robinson, jr., Esq
Wm. J. Leiper, Esq. Wm. C. Frazer, ,
Esq. * Hon. Geo. M. Dallas, Hon. Cal
vin Blythe. .
Virginia— Dr. E. H. Carmichael,
Col. John Heath, Hon. P. V. Daniel.
North-Carolina. — John Braggs, Esq. i>
Sou th-C i roliria.— Dr. E. S. Davis.
Georgia.— Col. Wm. C. Lyman
Kentucky.— Thomas J. Pew, Esq.
Tennessee.— Right Rev. J. H. Otey, I
Bishop of Tennessee.
Indiana.—* Dr. E. Newland.
Alabama.— Col. Peter Martin. _ }
Amy.—Brig. Gen. Henry Atkinson. 1
r
* Those gentlemen who have this mark be- *
fore their name have declined, 11
From the National BanneL
A Banter Taken Up.—The follow
ing is from the Natchez Courier and Jour
nal :
THE GREAT RACE,
“The Match Race between Hard
Heart and I'< lhan>, run last Monday
week, was v,>,r. by Hard Heart with all
ease. Too easi,\ to allow of any sport.
Pelham cLai-t d the tract; but lost it al
most imm.-di tely; Hard Heart taking
,the Jead in two or three jumps and re
taining it n.idrr a hard pull throughout 1 .-
j I he race, a dash <>f tv> o miles, was run 1
upon the St. Catharine, tract. Time 3m.-
555. No horse in the world can beat
Hard Heart in a race of (ho miles upon
this tract H undreds of thousands would
be bet upon it.”
Tennessee takes up the banter} amd care
produce a horse that shall “ beat Hard
Heart''— say on the Ist Monday in* De-'
cember next—a race two miles over fhe’
St. Catharine course, at Natchez, for tertl
thousand dollars a side.—What say you,
; county of Sumner ?
The New York correspondent of
, Portland Advertis'-r, writes under date
j May 5. The Astor Hotel is risin® 'The
front is nearly done. There is a talk of
I overthrowing the American Hotel, and
taking down all the square on whi h it
stands ter the purpose of erecting anoth
er magnificient Hotel to range with that
~ of Astor s. There are not Hotels enough
J to accommodate the thousands of Travel
lers, who now come here. Astor, it is
said, expects to have $40,000 rent for his
Hotel. The rent of the City Hotel is
nine thousand dollars.”
MECHANICS’ BANK.
Augusta, Apt it 10, 1835.
i 'To His Excellency, WiZsoto Lumpkin.
Sia—l transmit Herewith, a statement of the
, | affairs of this Bank in conformity to Legisla
tive requisition.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient serv’t.
A. SIBLEY, President.
A statement of the Funds of the Mechanics' Bank,
Augusta, on Monday, April 6,1835.
DR.
To capital stock paid in, $250,000
’ amount ol bills issued, 659,352
“ “ en hand, 113,894
“ “ in circu-
lation, 545,458
Reserved fund, 14,494 16
Profits since Dec. 6,
1834, 18,996 77
unclaimed dividends, 561 04
Amount due to other Banks 11,158 42
“ individual depositors 93,605 96
$934,274 35
CR.
By specie in the vault, (gold and
silver coin) 188,151 59
Notes of the Bank U S. 5,905
“ specie paying banks 50,109
Exchange running to
maturity on
New York 113,485 24
Boston 1,650
Philadelphia 11,000
Cbaileston 105,393 41
Savannah 254,880
interior of this State 3,517 81
i By notes discounted, running to ma-
turity, all considered good 123,501 24
By amount due by banks in New
York, Boston and Savannah 39,035 83
By amount due by agent in Savannah 10,382 07
“ “ by banks in the interior 2,900 06
notes and bills under
protest, not in suit, 2,652 64
notes and bills in suit 6,943 14
Os which is considered 9,595 76
good, 3,389 78
Considered bad and lost 6,207
By Banking house and lot 8,015 36
Real esiaie in Columbus 3,984 00
current expenses including sala-
ries paid 3,067 96
$934,274 35
Augusta, April 8, 1635.
DANIEL S. ROMAN, Bookkeeper.
Stockholdeis in the Mechanics Batik, Augusta, on
Monday, April 6, 1835.
o. of Ain't Aggre-
Names. Residence. share*, paid. gate.
John i. Adams, Augusta 52 SIOO 5,200
Richard Baldwin “ 15 1,500
Thomas G. Casey “ 80 8,000
Geo. Colinis “ 15 1,500
Samuel Clark “ 15 1,500
i Collins A- anion “ 80 8,000
! Junah Ham -, . \-mLia co. Ga. 30 3,000
j Edward r. H Charles-
ton. Sou'.i C;.. 2 200
Marsha.i Ke.th, C-la.r.bia coun-
ty G • . 220 22,000
Andrew Kerr, Augur ;c, bO b,COO
Ur. 15. juHnidl', fell Vji li I) ? | SCO 20,000
E'i-ha Mvbtun, Piuvnie. ce, R. I. 15 1,1-00
Tbos. S. Metcaii, Augus a 50 5,000
George td. Metcalf, “ 50 5,v00
E. Molyneux, Savannah, 100 10,000
Wm. M’Lean, Augusta, 20 2,000
Nathaniel Marion,Abbeville, 5.C.10 1,000
Mrs. Fanny Moore, Augusta, 6 LOO
Eliza Moore, “ 4 400
George M. Newton, “ 65 6,500
John Nesbitt, “ 10 1,000
Robert Nesbitt, “ 20 2,000
Thomas Nesbitt, “ 20 2,000
Marv Ann W. Nesbitt. “ 20 2,000
M. E. Phinizy, “ 5 500
Edward Pa Idlefard, Savannah, 175 17,500
James M. Prescott, Augusta, 20 2,000
1 S. B. Parkman, Savannah, 75 ",fVO
' v)oses Ross, jr. Augusta, 25
i Wm. B. Ratnb- ne “ 50 f .’
j Amory Sroky, “ 213 Ci.c ,C
, Lucy Smith,'Abbeville, S. C. L 3 10,000
Joel Smith, “ 7,f»00
! John Smith, Lawrence, S. C. 100 10,000
I A. Sibley, trustee fur Henry
Thomas, jun. Brooklyn, N.Y. 10 1,000
A. Sibley, trustee for John Jenks
Thomas, Brooklyn, N. Y. 10 1,000
A Sibley, trustee for Hannah
Huntington Thomas, Brook-
lyn, R. I. 10 1,000
I aac S. Tuttle, Augusta, 200 20,000
George Thomas, Savannah, 25 2,500
Wm. Urquhart, Burke county, 16 1,600
Asaph Waterman, Augusta, 15 1,500
Edwin B. Webster, “ 57 5,700
James B. Walker “ I’JO 10,000
Rebecca Walker, Burke county 10 1,000
Susan A. Walker “ “ 10 1,000
George O’Kief White, Augusta, 10 1,000
Anna P. White, “ 10 1,000
2,500 250,000
Extract from the Books of the Bank
DANIEL S. ROMAN, Bookkeeper.
Georgia, Richmond county.— Personally ap
peared before me, Amor}' Sibley, President, and
George W. Lamar, Cashier, of the Mechanics
Bank, who being duly sworn, say that the an
nexed statement of the funds of the Bank was
taken from the books of the Bank, on Monday,
the 6th April, 1835, and that they beiieve the