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AVGUSTA:
FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1830.
Steam is now (lie order of the day. Our poli
tics are upon the high pressure principle, and our
.political engineers hod belter look well to the safe
ty valves while the steam boat •• Federal Union”
nat gating tlte stormy passes of the • Tariff,’ the
‘ pub! Lands, * the * Indian question’ and the • sur
plus Revenue.’ It is proposed to regulate by law
the conduct of Ste»m-boat Engineers and Cap-1
tains ; how fortunate would .it b.e, if the laws of
moderation and mutual concession could exercise a
proper Influence upon the conductors of die poli
tical engine. We the passengers night then repose
in security, confident that the integrity and cool
attention of those in whose hands our interests are
placed would conduct us to tlte desired haven.
But, while dissension prevails ami each aspiring!
chiof attempts to seize the helm and guide the
Bark to some snug little cove of sectional or in
dividual interest— while one set of Engineers are
resolved to try to the utmost the strength of the
boilers, adding constantly the fuel of new • Tariff
Laws’ and forcing in the hot water of < General
M elfare Constructions’ —their opponents sweating
and fuming with vexation under their grievances—
we have 100 much reason to fear an explosion,
whose horrors, no other calamity esn equal—no
patriotism or wisdom avert.
The explosion of the political boiler affects us as
citizens or politicians ; as individuals and travellers
we are much interested in the safety of our convey
ance ; and, to defend qip great things to small—
tile management pt the. boats upon our rivers is an
object worthy of the most serious. legislative at
tention, and if the fact stated in the paragraph be- j
low quoted is correct, it shews the efficiency of
such Legislation elsewhere ;
“ Since the introduction of steam-boats into En
gland, we are informed that but a single boat (the
Norwich) has bunt her boiler. This was more than
twelve years since. Immediately afterwards, there
was a parliamentary Enactment on the subject, and
no disaster of the kind has since taken place. We
are glad to hear that this subject has at last been
taken up by Congress. The Chamber of Commerce
of this city has also appointed a committee to in
vestigate and report upon this matter. We tnsst*
the investigation will be pursued. Until such mea
sures are adopted, as will effectually check the re
currence of these dreadful accidents.”
The following gentlemen were elected Directors
of the Augusta Library Society on Saturday last,
viz;—
A. Slaughter, L. Kennon,
R.F. Poe, W. T. Gould,
Hi H. Gumming, S K. Talmage,
J. P. Wadel, W. G. Micou.
John Pones,
Secretary and Treasurer. —R.F. Poe.
Laoraian —J. R. Gould.
Augusta The ire Company. — At a meeting, of
'tthe Stockholders, on Monday evening last, the l-ot
next above the Mansion-House, on Green-Street,
was selected for the site of Che new Theatre about
to be erected. j
RAIL ROAD. —Our Rail Road gne’J on rajiidly.
!U has now shot a few perches beyond the Forks pf
the Road, and in the course of a few weeks, we'
hare no doubt, that a four mile ride will be attaina
ble upon it. Four Cars, cast at the West Point
Foundary, have been received, and have succeeded
upon trial, to admiration. A Locomotive, is now
looked for, from the North ; upon the arrival of
which, the citizens will have an opportunity of test
ing the success, at large, of the experiment. Some
interest having been excited, and a desire express-i
«d by many persons, to leasn the probable course
of the Rail Road from its present point, we have
fieen enabled through the kindness of a gentleman,
whose connection with the whole matter, renders
him au fait upon all necessary particulars, to state
that it will at some short distance beyond the Four
Mile House, re-cross the main travelling road, with
which, it runs now nearly parallel, and continue on
the Eastern side, until it shall have reached the by
road, leading to Clements’ (or Gordon Sc Spring's)
—thence it will again re-cross to the West
aide of the former road and so continue until within*
a short distance of the Fork of the Dorchester and
State Road, when it will again diverge to the East
ern side. Beyond this, the precise course of the
Railway remains yet undetermined. The object of
the Company being to preserve as much as possible,
a straight line, and to secure away with as perfect
a level as the nature of the country will admit, will
account for the apparently sinuous course which we
have here laid down. [Charleston City Gazette.
We mentioned, on Saturday, the arrival in thix
city of an Agent from the Choctaw nation of In-;
dians, to negotiate for the sale of their lands in the
Slate of Mississippi. The person referred to is, we
now understand, only the bearer of a specific pro
position to that effect from the Choctaw Nation to
the President of the United States, having no dele
gated powers from that nation to change the terms
proposed by them. (iVaf. Ini.
Appointments by the President , by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate.
Hiram G. Rennets, to be Receiver of Public Mo
nies, for the Districts of Lands subject to sole at
Mount Salus, in the State of Mississippi, vice James
C. Dickinson.
Charles Downing, to be Register of the Land Of
fice, for the Districts of Lands subject to sale at St.
Augustine, in the Territory of Florida, from the
22d day of May, 1830, when his present commission
will expire.
William H- Allen, to be Receiver of Public Mo
nies, for the District of Lands subject to sale at St- 1
, Augustine; in the Territory of Florida, from the 22d'
day of May, 1830, when his present commission will
expire.
is stated in the Hartford Mercury, that the
Connecticut State Prison, one of the best conduct
ed and most efficient in the United States, lias clear
ed during the past year five thousand dollars, of
which two thousand five hundred has been paid in
to the State Treasury.
The Salem Murder.— We mentioned yesterday
the indictment and arraignment of four persons,
the one as principal, and the others as accessories,
in the murder of Mr. While. The Salem Register
Informs us, that the prisoners have expressed a wish
for an early trial, and that it is probable it will take
place in t|ie course of next month. John Walsh
and Ebenezer Shillaber. Esqs. of Salem, are en
gaged as their counsel. It is understood the testi
mony of Hatch relates to a conspiracy to commit
the murder, not to the actual commission of the
crime ; and that the evidence produced, is altoge
ther circumstantial.
The Louisian Advertiser, of (he 2rth ult. says—
“ We learn, through respectable information, that
the crops ot Cotton and Cane, in the country bor
. dering on (ho Red River, were never better; and
, should the weather continue favorable as hereto
fore that they will exceed those of any previous
season,”
New- York Trust and Life Insurance Company
About tour hundred thousand dollars of the slock
' °f this company remained to be subscribed for yes
< lerday, ana we understand that 1400 applications
i were made for it—say about #12,000,000. The
, stock has been distributed to-day, by lot. Much
grumbling and disappointment among those who
did not get any.
It is remarked in the Washington Banner that
the decease of Mr. Tudor is the seventh instance of
I mortality, which has attended our missions to South
America. Mr. Graham who succeeded Mr. Sumter
as Minister to Brazil, after a short residence at Rio
. de Janeiro in 1820, lost his healtii, which induced
, him after less than two years absence to return
home, where he found a grave soon after his arrival.
;. Mr. Rodney, Minister to Buenos Ayres, died in
11824, after a short residence in that country. Mr.
1 Anderson, Minister to Colombia, died in 1826, on
his way from Bogota to the Congress of Panama.
Mr. Prevost, our informed diplomatic agent In Peru
residing there before our recognition of her inde
pendence, lost his life in that country in 1825. Mr.
Cooley, our first Charge d’Affairs to Peru, died at
Lima in 1828. Mr. West appointed his successor,
1 died February last at Rio de Janeiro, on his way to
Lima. And yet notwithstanding all this mortality,
South America is a healthy country. Throughout
the whole region south of the equator, the yellow
fever has never been seen. In some parts, however,
the climate is debilitating, and a residence of a few
years can hardly tail to make an impression upon
the stoutest constitution.
The scarlet fever is said in the Aew-York papers,
to prevail to some extent in that city. The use of
black currant jelly is recommended very highly for
alleviating the soreness of the throat, which usually 1
attends that disease.
A young woman in Freehold, New-Jersey, re
cently brought a suit against a man nained David
Williamson, for slander, in circulating reports in the
highest degree injurious to her reputatioii. The
charges were distinctly and clearly proved, and the
jury gave a verdict of four thousand dollars.
j To leap out of a carriage when the horses are
running has been found, by almost uniform experi
ence more dangerous than to remain firm within.
It is now seen that jumping overboard, when
cidents happen to steam-boats, bears a similar or
worse character of imprudence, rue immediate
sinking of a boat must fae a very rare occurrence,
and when an explosion takes place all the mischief
happens instantaneously, before the leap can be
taken.
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None are perfectly happy in this world; few
comparatively so. In every situation there are dif
ficulties to be encountered ; things unpleasant to be
endured ; and he is the happiest man who deter
’ mines to be contented with what he has, instead of
: troubling his head about what he has not. You can
see but the outside of others, you know nothing of
; the secret troubles which perplex every bosom.
| Ingenuity of a Beggar Roy. —A oeggar boy made
application lo a farmer's wife for relief, and was re
' fused ; on which the boy, witli an arch look, inform
■ ed the good dame, that he would, if she gave him a
si.'se of bread and cheese, put her in possession of a
secret which would be of service to her all the days
of her life. The boon was granted, and the boy,
agreeably to his word, remarked, “Ifyou knit a knot
at the end of your thread, you will never lose your
first stitch.”
i The revised statutes oi New-Vork require that a
roller, instead of a square edge, shall be used in
striking grain that is measured in a half bushel or
other measure- The square edge, it is said, will
; draw off a pint of corn or three gills of oats, below
the even surface, while the round makes it exactly
level.
A clergyman in Vermont, advertises that he
won’t perform tlte ceremony of marriage and find
hirnselt, for one dollar, the legal fee, and he
c;Uls upon other clergymen to follow bis ex
•kmple.
A gentleman who had a second wife, often in
dulged himself in praising the first. Perceiving the
' subject was not particularly pleasant to his lady,
he excused himself saying, “ Indeed, madam, i
cannot help expressing my sorrow for what 1 have
lost.” “ Upon my word,” answered the lady,
“I regret her death as sincerely as you possi
bly can.”
Washington, May 11.
/The Senate was yesterday engaged in uie
’ consideration ot Executive business; Sev
! eral decisions of iuterest are understood to
i have beeu made. The nomination of Amos
Kendall to the office of Fourth Auditor of
1 the Treasury, was confirmed (every mem
ber of the Senate being in his place,) the
Senate being equally divided, 24 to 24, and
the Vice-President giving the casting vole
in his favor. The nomination of M. M.
Noah to the office of Surveyor of the Port
| of New-York, was rejected, by a vo>e of 25
to 23. The nomination of Moses Dawson
to the office of Receiver of Public Moneys
at Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, and of
J. B. Gardiner to be Register of the Land
Office at Tiffin, in the same State, were re
jected by large majorities. £iV«f. Ini.
! We were happy to see yesterday that the
venerable Senator from Maryland, General
Smith, had so far recovered from a severe
illness of several weeks’ duration, as to be
able to resume his seat in the Senate.
Bank of the United States.'— The motion
. of Mr. Potter, in the House of Representa
tives, yesterday. can hardly be regarded as
my thing else but the expression of his in
dividual opinion on the subject, in which we
have no doubt he is honest, but should be
veiy sorry to suppose that he had ahy. pros
pect of canying a majority with him. The
vote upon the question of laying it on the
table appears to us to indicate nothing more
» that it is entirely too late in the Sea
- srdn to entertain such grave questions as his
' propositions embrace
■ Dnr:>ig Robbery and altemfit to Murder.
■One of (lie most cold blooded acts of villainy
that we have had occasion for a long iinie to
t record, was committed upon a man, on Sa
- ,u relay night, near the foot of Kivlngion
I street. Some desparate villains way-laid
• him as he was returning hnpie : levelled
• him in the first place with a large club, imb
ibed him of his watch and g 56 ; then dr.ig
. ged him in a senseless condition to the
: and threw him in. He cante paitiully
*ibis senses in the water, and uttered a
J piercing shriek, which was heart! by some
| persons passing, who came to his assistance,
, and rescued him from his perillous situation.
IHe is now jn a fairway of recovery, though
ibadly bruised in billhead; but uflheiuf
t fiaos, nothing has been discovered.
I C N. V. Journal of Com. May 10. V
> Two intelligent correspondents of the $.
1 York American condemn as extremely dan
-1 gerous the practice in steam boats, of let*
, ting the steam accumulate during the stop
pages. One of the writers justly remarks :
i After all, however, the origiu of these
frequent and deplorable accidents i$ to be
1 found in the absbfd and ridiculous passion
of the public, and especially of the good peo
. pie whose time is of the least consequence
, to them, for making quick passages from
i one place to another. So long as they will
persist in giving a preference to the swift-
I ness boat, in defiance of every other con
sideration of safety or convenience, so long
will the owners and conducting .of steam
boats continue to gratify this devouring pas*
jsion for locomotion, at the risque of subject
|ing them to the most painful and excruciat
• rtp , *^or tureß of which humanity is suscepti*
#rc Cituih*
CONFECTIONARIES,
&C. &c.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
Kespettfully informs hit friends and the public, that
he has just eree’.ed in hit Cmfetisonar'y Depart,
merit, adjoining the Ladies’ silling Hoorn, a first rate
: s®a»ii
And will be enabled to furnish that delicious
and healthful beverage,
SODA WATER ,
Prepared in the beat manner, at all Times
ICE CREIM
Wltl *BPT COtfSTASTCr 04 HAND,
together wi'A—
CAKES,
CONNECTION AKIEft
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
And every delicacy in his line which can pler.se
the eye or gratify the taste.
His establishment is fitted up in » style which
he trusts will afford the utmost satisfaction to bis
visiters, having been built by himself, expressly
for the business, and furnished without regard to
xpense, in the elegance and comfdrt of its ac
i | 3'>mmi'dalions. The public are invited to call
i n d judge for themselves. Ladies who may
. honor.the establishment with their company, will
1 find a spacious and handsomely furnished room
appropriated exclusively to the use of them*
•e vest, and Gentlemen who may arcnmpsny therm
uid may rest assured that they will meet with
very respectful attention and decorum that
could possibly exist in a private dwelling.
Martin Frederick,
No. 144, Jtroud Street.
XT Parties can be supplied with ICE CREAM
at any time, by giving a short notice.
A UESEHAL ASSURTMEXT OF
Syrups and Confectionaries
Os all kinds, is kept constantly on hand, aod
will be sold by Wholesale or Retail, on the low
‘at terms. •> \
May 21 3t t 96
Information Wanted.
j 4 NN EUGENE LOYD, an orphan girl, waa
'alt taken from Savannah, Georgia, a number of
years since, by a lady who resided somewhere in
the State of Alabama, or Mississippi, rtul has not
li.ice been heard from, if she is livit/g and will
imke herself known, she may learn something
much to her advantage. Address, Post-Master,
Greenville, S. C.
XT Editors of papers in Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi, will be doing an act of humanity by
giving the above one or two insertions.
May 21 96
W Standing Committees of Cuuo
i oil, for the present year.
On Accounts— Messrs. Harper, Barber, and
Kirkpatrick. ~
\ Streets— Messrs Bennoch. McCombs and Ross.
Jail Messrs Ruff, Thomas, and Dillon.
Pumps Messrs. McCombs, Glascock and Kirk
patrick.
Market -Messrs. Glascock, McCombi, and Bar
ber. i.
Marazine -Messrs. Kirkpatrick, Thomas and
Dillon.
River Bank Messrs. Bennoch, Harper, and
Barber.
Ihaint -Messrs. McCombs, Ross. and Bennoch.
Health -Messrs. Thomas, Barber, and Uc
Combs
Police —Messrs. Harper, Ross and Dill' n,
fi'« Engines -Messrs. Bennoch, Glascock, and
H ff
Published by order of Council, pasied he lltb
Miy. 1830.
Geo. M. Walker, Clerk.
May IB 95
Rook and Job Printing,
> Neatly Executed at this Offlet.
\ f V
, AND
CUTLERY.
r ' the subscribers,
• 1 HAVE OPF.NF.D A GF.JYEIIAL
; HARO WARE STORE.
| IN BHOAD-STUttliT,
I J'.rxi to tlie Merchant*' 15' Planter;,' Hank in
AUGUSTA ;
I Where they are iw» opening, and will con
, stoutly keep on hand, u c implete assort
ment of every description hi
[ Birmingham, Sheffield, % American
; JDAUBDW&iBa
Which they will dispose of by Wholesale and
‘ Retail on the most favorable terms, either for
Cash or approved Paper. Th;’ir STOCK has
• been selected by competent judges trom the
best makers ii^ Birmingham and Sheffield, on
terms that will enable them lo sell at New York
prices. i
C \T Country Merchants, Planters and others,
. are requested to call and examine the same :
. Cut and Wrought Nails
. Cut Brada and Tacka
Carolina Hoes
Shovels and Spades
I Hook, Plftle and Strap Hirig^a
1 Blacksmith Tool*
« Mdl, Pit, and Cross cut Sawn
Patent Scythe Blades
Mill Cranks, Axes
Iron and Steel, Hollow Ware
! Brass Fenders and Fire-Setts
i Plated Ware, Looking-Glasses
1 No. 10 Cotton Cards, • Win. Whittemore Ic Co’s'
make.
Sad irons, Trace Chains
Wagon' and Cart Boxes
I —WITH A FULL SUPPLY OF—
SHELF GOODS,
Reboot Books and Vaper.
• splendid assortment of single and double
• barrel FOWLING GUNS, with Flint and Per*
cussion Lock*.
1 C. Squire & 8. Rogers.
March $ 74
JUST RECEIVED,
HD BALES Brown Shirtings,
3 Cases Leghorn Hals,
30 Barrels Canal Flour,
-40 Dozen superior old Port Wine,
FOB (All bt
C. Phillips.
April 30 99
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JVIftT RECEIVED,
S®® PIECES Fancy Print*
200 Pieces Choppaa, >
I 100 do. 6I 4 Brown Sheetings,
300 do Indigo Plaids and Stripes,
Ah sme sT*
C. Phillips.
April 2 7 1,9
Ua&imasra
From the Steam-Boat Andrew daemon,
OLD BALES Cotton Osnaburgs,
SO Dozen Berkley Handkerchiefs,
5 Hhds. Dining Ware, each containing four
hundred pieces,
SO Dozen old Jamaica Rum; ' .<* * f
20 do. Choice Madeira Wine,
FOX sale ax
0. Phillips.
1 April 27 90
ICE.
.
1 The public can bt supplied with the above
[ article at the
DED ICE HDVJftE,
\ And Ticket* furnished there—price FIVE
CENTS per pound, Cash.
XT The ICE HOUSE will be open on SUN
DAYS from 6 to 9 o’clock, A. M.
April 16 sg
1 TAX XOiTICE \ \
WE will attend at the office of J. W. Manx
BixH, Esq. on WEDNESDAY, thf 14th and
28th days of April, and 12th day of liay.—At
the United States Hotel on Thuraday the 15th
I and 29th days of April, and 13th day of llay,-
• At the Plantera' Hotel on FHday the lAlhand 30th
days of April, and 14th' May, and lat and 17th
days of May— at the Office of A. Q. Halford,
Esq. on the 17lh of April, and 3d and 15th days
of May next. To receive the Returns of Taxable
, property foe the present year, and collecting the
f Taxes for the year 1829.
u Michael F. Hoisclair, k. t. r.
I Oliver Reed, Tax Collector ,
? March 23 20t 79
’ §t During my absence from the
I City, Mr. Wm. J. Wigbtman will act as my
- Agent,
Wm. B. Shelton.
April 16 87
~ TO RENT.
The House near TurkineVd Spring.
JhL IT is coDveoient and well
suited for a BOARDING HOUSE
JH||H during the Summer months. Im
■WHI mediate possession Will be given.
also— TO 'RENT*,
Or -will be Sold on the most reasonable Terns.
MThe HOUSE and LOT
formerly owned by Gaonaa Alls*, Esq.
and lately occupied by E. j. Habuis, Etq.
APPLY TO
i Samuel Rale.
April 30 90
W anted at this Office, one or
two amart active Lada, from 16 to 17 years of age,
steady habits, aa apprentices to tbe Printing Busi
ness.
May 1
(fft Blank Deeds of Conveyance,
sum rmiixiß om mm« urn,
For tale sU this CJice.
I ' •’
SUPERIOR
readv made
CLOTHING,
fancy COMIH, Sec. See.
teems cash.
it
JOHJV GVIM^mjS ,
WATCH MAK.KR,
No. 14sT, Broad-street.
|¥ AS again begun business, in the Brick House.
Arv tmTw f * l ? 6 *' . ta ‘ fi, y occupied as the
4JII V MO TEL, where he will bestow nil his at
tention on repairing Watches a. a clocks
of every description, in the best possible own
|ier, and at very reasonable prices, lie solicits
die patronage of his friends and former custo
mers, artdall who wish to have their Watches
made to keep good time at a moderate price.
!fe mil tell hit remaining STOCK, coiuiuing of
aOB NSF IB !L SB v a - '
WATCHES AND CLOCKS,
CASTORS, &o. Sic.
For less than they cost, a; Wholesale anil Retail.
Thick Patent Watch Glasses,
*' ,d •" 2lr e . r^. e Sßifi. ,ioM of w» tch Wusses, con.
May 4 ' 91
M'lttl&ON aPiUNGSr
Subscribers respectfully inform the pub
. lie (hat they have purchased Hie entire in
terest in the above property, and have opened
the ROUSE formerly occupied by Mr. Alexan
der. and recently by Mr. Robert M. Garvin, for
the accommodation of visiters. Situated in a
high and healthy section of country-with a
Spring celebrated for the Medical property of its
waters j offering strong inducements to the in
valid, and many attractions to the devotees of
health, it has been, and will, it is confidently ai>
ticipsted, continue to be, a desirable retreat to
those, either in pursuit of health nr pleasure.
The proprietor* deem it unnecessary to speak
in terma of cemmendatiun of a place, ao well
, and an advantageously known. The House will
* be newly furnished, and liberally sunplied with
every thing essential either to the comfort or con
venience of guests. No exertions on their part
will be Wanted to give general satisfaction, while
, it is hoped their rati* of charging will be such
as rather to invite than deter the calls of those
thus inclined
! Wm. M. & Joseph Morton.
HTT The Editors of the Georgia Journal, Au
, gust* Constitutionalist and Savannah Georgian,
will give the above three semi-monthly inser
i tions, and forward their account! to this office for
i payment.
May II 93
GEORGIA, Burke county,
VrWHERKAS .lames PoIHSII, applies for Let-""
v*# tors of Administration, on the Estate bf
Richard Vincent, deceased,
These are therefore to cite and admoniah all
and singular, the kindred and creditur* of th*
said deceased, tp be and appear at my office, with
in the time prescribed by |*w, to file their objec
tions, (if any they have) tp ahew cause why said
Letters afauuld not be graMed.
Given under my hand at office in Waynesboro’
this I4vh day of May, 1830.
96 Samuel Sturges, CVk.
Georgia, Columbia county.
SARAH A- BUGG, of Captain Tsnkeraley'a
District, Tolls before me a Bay Horae Mule,
about two or three years old, no marks or brands,
sppraised by Nathaniel Bailey and James Satter
white to forty dollar*. Given under my hand
this Jlth day of May, 1830.
J. C. RAWLS, J.P.
Taken from the Etiray Book.
L. Fleming, Clerk.
May 21 t 96
Notice.
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable Inferior Court of Jef
ferson county, when sitting for ordinary purpoaea,
for leave to sell the real Estate of A«Tatm Clash.
deceased.
Samuel Clarke,
James Clarke,
Jidminiilraton.
Louisville, April 29. 1830- lm4m 91
Blank Powers of Attorney,
Far salt at this Office.