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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IC.
CCj'Aa we have been obliged to employ a new
carrier for the lower part of the city, many of
our subscribers may not get their papers—nil
such will please call at the office and let it be
known. Others in the upper part of the city may
have changed their places of business and may
thereby be overlooked. Should there he any
such, they will also please give information of the
fact.
We adverted yesterday to the resolution intro,
dueed into the Legislature of this State, directing
the Governor to institute proceedings against the
Banks for tho purpose of forfeiting their chariots.
We recur to it again for the purpose of throwing
out a few hints.
In the first place it is to n considerable extent
impracticable. Many of the Bunks which have
suspended, do not ineur a forfeiture of their char
ters by the suspension, liecansc it is not made a
ground of forfeiture in the act granting their char
ters. A decision of that import, we understand,
has been made hy Judge Wm. SchVjr, while on
the Bench, in the case of the Merchants and
Planters’ Bank of this city. It would then he
extreme injustice to a portion of the Banks to
forfeit their charters for suspending, because that
was made in their charters a ground of forfeiture*
while other hanks guilty of the sumo offence,
should escape the same penalty.
But it is not for the sake of tho hanks that wo
plead against this rash and thoughtless step. It
is for the sake of the country, which, already
harrassed to the last extremity for the want of
money, would, hy the winding up of the banks
-and tho forcible collection of tho immense debts
due them, he thrown into a condition of helplcas
ncss and ruin unprecedented. Suppose that this
resolution passes, and tho charters of half the
hanks in the Stale he forfeited, they compelled to
wind up their affairs, and the stockholders should
demand specie for tho debts duo them! What
would he the consequence? The debtors to the
banks, who arc generally merchants and business
men in the cities, would he compelled to collect
their demands from country merchants and plan
ters in the same currency—its scarcity, nay the
impossibility of collecting it, would depreciate
every description of property to the lowest point
—and monied men would grow rich out of
the misfortunes of those who happened to bo
in debt. Nay, tho owners of the slock of Bunks
thus wound up, would themselves bo able to eon
trol the price of properly, hy controlling tho col
lections, and would ho able to purchase it up at
prices which would fourfold repay them for nny
sacrifice they might have to submit to in tho
withdrawal of tho funds from tho Banks. We
repeat again that tho owners of Bank stock will
not I>c the losers by (ho operation, and that the
consequence of this rash experiment, will fully
heavily upon tho people. It is certainly the duty
of tho Legislature to adopt such measures us to
prevent the Banks from imposing upon the people
during the suspension, and to compel a resump
tion ns soon us the circumstances ofthe country
and tho course of the Banks in other States will
justify it, and wo hope they will do so.
From the New Orleans Courier, of the BM.
Latest from Mexico.
Arrivals this morning, have brought accounts
from Tampico and Miitamorus to the lust of Oc
tober, and more than $158,000 in spo ie.
The greatest tranquility, we are happy to learn,
prevailed throughout Mexico, and there was
every probability that trade generally during tho
season, which has just commenced, would he
brisker than has been known for foreign goods,
and the demand was expected to ! 9 good there
and at Malamoras. Tho October fair at Saltillo
was well attended,
Haifa million of dollars had been lately ship
ped ul Tampico for New York.
Wo are indebted to a respectable merchant of
this city for the loan ol Tampico papers to tho
87th till., and those of tho capital to tho 20th of
October.
1 A conducts of sporio arrived at Tampico on
the 34th ult. from Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Sun
Louis Potosi and Sun Barbara. By it were re
ceived $477,109.
On tho 20th of October, u conducta from Zac
calceas and San Louis do Potosi, arrived at Tam
pico, bringing $735,499,
On the last of September, $360,000 were re
ceived at Vera Cruz from the interior.
The French brig Fanny, 53 days from Bor
deaux, was castaway near Vera Cruz in the
night of the 3d of October. Her captain, La
lande. a lady passenger, and one of the sailors
were drowned.
The number of criminals who received sen
tence in one month, in the capital of Mexico, is
set down at 79—16 of whom hud been guilty of
Jiomicido. J
The visit of Ad. Baudin to Texas has attract
ed the attention and excited the ire ofthe Mexi
cans. One ofthe papers of the capital contains
the following, among other reflections, on the
subject of Texas: "It is now time for the Mexi
cans to think seriously of what they should do.
If honor and the interest of the nation prohibits
us from sanctioning the amputation of one of iis
members, every day lost without prosecuting tho
war, becomes of serious consequence.
Oviedo, Noguera, and Ugaste, noted leaders,
had been allowed to escape from prison.
The conducta of silver from Tula was escorted
by troops of horse to preserve it from plunder us
it approached Tampico.
The last instalment (300,000 dollars) of tho
indemnity to France, has been paid over to the
French Consul ut Vera Cruz.
The celebrated robber Keyes has been killed in
a duel in the vicinity of Tumazula.
A conspiracy was detected at Tampico about
tac middle ol October, and several persons arrest
cd.
A hatta'ion of troops had been ordered to leave
» era Crux for Yucatan.
On the 1 Ith of October, tho Mexican Confess
authorizing the President to borrow
800,000 dollars, to meet the deficit in the reve
nucs.
To sum up, os far we can form an opinion, nf
and*thoseof■ ° f 'T
b i!? 71 "' I ?.’, 11 ' 1 '' 6 ** like re
in he r.ii? ~arlof Mexico, or any armed force
Bust u le Tu ‘. l ‘ c ■Whorlly of President
uustamuile. Robber,c. on the highways seen,
frequent; and .be public treasury is nearly eZ,
still trade was reviving every when, .i! ■’ ’
were ftffiy worked a‘ud
grew stronger in tile resources of .k_ "
and the return of bettor tinies ‘ hc COUn,r >’’
MrsaTts, Editors—l would particularly wirh
to bring to the notice of those who lAvc the
power of appret ialing the services of one who
was alwaysjo ho found, during tac late epide
mic, at his pest; than whom none other has been
more apt to administer to tho wants of the suf
fering, and in that person I will present to you
Samuel Lindsey. Ovi; w'lio knows.
The New VarTC Evening Poet announces the
death of Theodore Skdokwick, Esq. at Pitt
ficld, Massachusetts, a few days since, while ad
dressing a public meeting. He was seized with
a rushing of blood to the head, and soon died.
Mr. Ritchie, the editor of the Richmond En
quirer, is suggested to the Legislature of Virgin
ia, as a suitable candidate for the office of Go
vernor.
Imports and Expohth.—By an account offi
cially emanating from tho British government, it
appears that the value of their exports to the
United States in 1838, amounted to $90,000,000,
and that from us they have received goods in cx*
change to the amount of $00,000,000.
We have the St. Louis Republican ofthe 28th
ult. containining information of approaching or
existing difficulties between the whites of the
Far West, us well as the Indians of Arkansas.—
The year 1839 may not close without witness
ing unprofitable contests in or near the Great
Valley ofthe Mississippi, Already have the peo
ple us Missouri come to blows with those of
Iowa; and there are many notes of preparation
for a fight between Uncle Sam and the Chero
koes. It is possible, the veteran general Arhuc
klc may have more customers than he will be
able to attend to, particularly should the Red
Skins unite. There are thirty thousand Indian
warriors within striking distance ofthe frontier,
from tho Missouri to Red River, and should any
thing like unanmity prevail among them, they
may devastate most ofthe thinly populated white
settlements. Tho government ofthe Union has
less than 1000 men to guard a frontier lino of
300 leagues t and before the militia can ho equip
pnd for tho field, much mischief may be done.—
New Orleans Courier.
The. abolition vote in this city at tho recent
election has tended wo hope to convince candi
dates— cspocial'y Whig candidates—that they
had belter treat those people as their impudence
deserves when they undertake to put their inso
lent questions. They have merely polled two
hundred votes out of between thirty and forty
thousand given in the city, and yet they take it
upon themselves to put candidates nominated hy
other parties to the question ; as though it was of
any consequence what abolitionists may think or
may do I It vexes us that the least show or sha
dow of countenance should he given to them un
der any circumstances. Their letters never ought
to hc answered, and if they have (he insolence as
was tho case in (lie recent election, to place upon
their mosaic scroll of mock candidates, (he names
of gentlemen previously nominated upon a regu- -
lar party ticket—the injured individuals, instead
of disclaiming tho abolition impudence in (he 1
velvet phraseology too often adopted—in fact 1
adopted this time hy two or throe of our enndi- '
dates—ore hound to cut themselves clear of the '
pollution hy manly and decided language. It ‘
can never do them any good in New York, we 1
cun toll them, to hold any terms with these folks. ‘
1 heir very touch is death to the hopes of every *
man dcsiiious of standing well with the rest of 1
his fellow-citizens, and to tamper with (hem even 1
in such away ns hy tho most remote implication (
to lie under tho suspicion of favoring their views, 1
is to insure inevitable defeat. We have ourselves '
seen tho names ofthe three candidates alluded '
to ex/i ungc.d from the ticket, merely In cause those '
candidates wore too inexplicit in denouncing the
liberty taken with their names hy tho abolition
ists. 80 will it always hc.— N, Y, Gazette.
Another Indian war seems to he brewing on *
our western frontier. General Arhuckle is niak- |
ing preparations on a scale which shows tho cx- a
tent of his apprehensions. A coalition among r
the savage tribes on the border, would assemble (
30.000 warriors. Querc ?If tho Executive, with f
all the forces of government, and the expenditure ,
of $20,000,000, cannot conquer 20CO Seminoles ,
in a six years war, how much money, how much ;
time, and how many men will bo wanted to quell
20.000 Cherokoes, Gauges, Pawnees, Greeks and
Guiumanchcs? Alas! the only army in the *
manoeuvering of which, our Executive is expert „
or successful, is—an ARMY of office-holders
N. U. Bulletin. ‘
Jho project ol the English so establish steam c
packets in the Gulf of Mexico, has not failed to t
awaken the attention and excite the jealousy of 11
their neighbors in France. Tho organ of the go- 7
vernment at Paris, says (ho lesson thus (aught l
must not he lost, and the coming winter allowed to s
pass away, without witnessing the establishment
ot a lino of French steam packets across the At- (
hiutie. A French writer does not hesitate to de- t
daro that tho Gulf oj Mexico must ho (heprinei- f
pal centre ofthe trade ofthe new world, although t
lie is undecided ns to tho question whether any
one point on the Gulf is sure of concentrating it. f
We think it rather humiliating, for us, thus to 1
bo compelled to witness the combinations of stran- 1
iters to seize on a commerce that of right should 1
be carried on hy Louisiana Americans. A little (
of tho money lost here in wild speculations, would s
have suHired for the construction of Steam-puck
els, long before these Europeans ever thought of 1
dispatching then t to our shores. The materials t
and the mechanics could have been found in the t
Wort for the purpose; and a little management c
might have secured for our city almost exclusive- t
ly the valuable commerce of Mexico, that we are 1
now perhaps destined to see attracted to other 1
points, thus building up the fortunes of strangers. 1
— N. O. Courier,
From the Army and Navy Chronicle. t
Thoughts Respecting the Nuvy. 1
The late understanding or coolness between '
Admiral Baudin and Commodore Shubrick, at ‘
N era Cruz and Pensacola, bus suggested a plan 1
for equalizing the names or titles designating the
relative rank of our naval officers with the officers
ol foreign navies, and with corresponding ranks
in our own array,and, by giving them titles sig- ‘
nificant of the importance of their commands or
stations, to enable them to appear abroad or on *
shore on terms of perfect equality with the offi
cers of all navies and armies, by which means it 1
is hoped the pride of olliee, esprit do corps, and
discipline of all grades, will he promoted. j
Under present prospects the navy officer has
very little to stimulate and much to depress him. ,
, In all civil employments, talents and application '
will, 111 a very few years, raise a young man loan 1
eminent standing in his profession; his industry
and knowledge are rewarded hy wealth and eon- f
sequence among his fellow men; but in the navy
under tho present system, no young officer can "
hope to rise above the grade of a subordinate this I
side ol tho meridian of life; he arrives at the com
maud of a ship at a time when his physical and \
mental energies are on the decline, at an age
when the successful merchant ami artisan ietiros
Irom business to enjoy the fruits of his labor and '
industry, and past the age when hy the militia }
laws he is considered incompetent to perform
military duly. I
Thn young officer enter* the service, fully
nwarn that the pay he is to receive is only suffi
cient to support him respectably in the different
offices he is to fill: he looks forward to Rank in
the navy as his recompense for faithful services;
he serves a long probation as midshipman, &c.
and at thn age of .'M3, after devoting 21 years of
his life to the service of his country—at an age
too when he ought to be in command of a frigate
or ship of the line, he finds himself a Lieutenant
of 12 years standing, some 120 from the top of
the list of lieutenants, with a reasonable prospect,
if ho lives 12 years longer, of arriving at the
command of a third class sloop at the age of 48.
Disappointed in his hopes and reasonable ambi
tion, and ashamed of the name by which his
rank in the service is designated (lieutenant)
as convoying a reflection on his years and servi
ces, lie becomes convinced that no possible con
tingency short of a war can make him a captain
at less than 05 or 70 years of age.
The ruinous apathy which has in consequence
crept into the service, ran bo overcome without
incurring much additional .expense. A late law
of Congress altered the name master command
ant to commander, itnJ sailing master to master.
Why not alter the names ofall the grades above
a midshipman so ns l» express the corresponding
rank they hold with the army 1 This will grat
ify them and restore their pride, energy, ami self
respect. To lie placed on terms of equality in
rank and title with their sister service is all the
navy officer desires or seeks and a iWvotcd ser
vant is cheaply rewarded by a change of appella
tion to one signifying the nature and importance
of the situation ho holds. The War and Navy
Departments have regulated the rank and prece
dence of officers in the two services ; but the De
partment cannot make a captain in our navy
rank with any other than a captain in a foreign
navy although he may ho in command of the
largest squadron afloat, and hold the brevet cog
nomen of commodore. To establish a higher
rank, Congress must change their title to one ex
pressing that rank.
The greater portion of our fellow citizens take
but little interest in the details of naval affairs,
and are not aware that the navy officer holds an
assimilated rank with the military on shore,high
er than his title expresses ; he is therefore con
stantly subjected to the mortification of passing
for less than he really is.
Dy an agreement between the Secretaries of
War and Navy, which received the approval of
the President, tho relative rank and precedence
of navy and army officers is os follows :
Commodores shall rank with Brigadier Generals
Captains “ “ Colonels,
Commanders “ “ Majors.
Lieutenants in the navy with Captains in the
army.
This regulation has many serious objections.
For instance, there is no such grade recognised
by our law* as commodore; it is merely a title of
courtesy given to commanders of squadrons, or
more than one vessel on a separate station or ser
vice; so that a contingency has occurred, and may
happen again, where a lieutenant has borne the
title of commodore, and was entitled by regula
tion to take rank with a brigadier general. The
case of Lieutenant Wilkes, who dates his official
letters from the flag ship Vincennes, is a recent
instance in point, he having adopted the common
error of calling a ship wearing a broad penant a
flagship. A captain may rank with a brigadier
for one month, and the succeeding month with
a colonel; or the captain highest in rank, in the
navy may rank with a colonel; and the one low
est in rank with a brigadier; this is manifestly
unjust. In England, the first maritime nation
on the globe, tho navy takes precedence of tho
army, and the titles expressing rank in the high
er grades correspond. There is no reason why a
midshipman who graduates in the navy should
receive) a title becoming ahoy (passed midship
man) and a cadet who graduates in tho army re
ceive a title becoming a full grown man (lieuten
ant.) A law student world quit his profession
in disgust if the courts wore to make a rule that
after passing his examination he must serve sev
eral years as passed student, before he. could put
up his sign ns attorney ; and an apprentice to a
mechanic would cull a law oppressive, dooming
him to servo ns passed apprentice before he could
go through tho gradations of journeyman, archi
tect, builder, hank director, and (ho retired gen
tleman. And to give die navy officer the title of
lieutenant, with the privilege of considering him
self equal in rank to a captain in the army, is
much like having his dues paid in dcpreciatd
hank hills, with the privilege of considering them
specie dollars. There are other discrepancies
equally glaring, which are not alluded to, but
which arc attempted to be obviated in the follow
ing propositions for the
modification of naval bank.
L The highest officer in the navy should rank
with the highest officer in the army. Without
altcringhis pay, give the senior captain a title ex
pressing that rank, viz. Admiral of the Blue.
Salary the same as now, $4,500.
2. The next 12 captains, following the senior
captain, arc or have been commodores. Give
them a title to express the rank of brigadier,
awarded them by regulation, viz; Vice and Rare
Admirals of the blue, red and white, and assign
them to the commands of squadrons and naval
stations. Salary the same as now, S4OOO.
3. The remaining captains rank with colonels.
Give them tho assimilated title of commodore, to
express that rank; to command ships of the line,
first class frigates, and navy yards. Pay the
same as now, $3,000.
4. Commanders rank with majors, hut tho
force under their command at sea is equal to a
licut. colonels on shore. Give them a title to ex
press ns near us possible the rank of major, viz :
captain, or, if thought best, post captain, to
command 2d class frigates, and Ist and 2d class
sloops. Pay the same as now, $2,500.
5. Lieutenant over twelve years standing, who
rank with captains in the army, hut whose duties
ns executive of a ship assimilate to the duties of
a major, tho executive ot a regiment, designate
commanders; they are to command 3d class
sloops, brigs and schooners, and to bo assigned as
executive officers in vessels commanded by com
modores and captains; to receive the pay now
allowed to lieutenant commandants, viz: SIBOO.
6. Lieutenants, under 12 years standing, are,
at sea, tho commanders of divisions of men and
guns, and rank with captains in the arqiy, com
manding companies. Gall them Ist lieutenants,
and/ssign them as watch officers to vessels as
signed to commodores and captains, and as exe
cutive officers in vessels given to commanders.
Pay per annum the same as now, SISOO.
7. The first seventy-five passed midshipmen,
their titles to he altered to 2rf lieutenants, and
assign them to the duty now performed by them
ns acting masters, in ships assigned to commo
dores and captains, and as watch lieutenants in
vessels assigned to commanders; to receive the
pay masters get now, SI,OOO.
8. 1 ho remaining passed midshipmen to bo
called junior lieutenants, to do the duty now done
by acting masters on board of vessels assigned to
commanders, and the duty they now perform ns
passed midshipmen on hoard of vessels of every
class. Pay same as now, $750.
9. A rigid primary examination of all mid
shipmen entering the service, with a certificate
from two naval surgeons pronouncing them sound
and healthy ; decrease the number of appoint
ments, and exact higher qualifications for admit
tance, hy which means the prospects of those who
do enter will bo enhanced, and the efficiency of
the service promoted.
10. New comm ssions to issue to the officers
whose titles arc altered. The navy being reor
ganized alter this plan, promotions to be made
from one grade to another, the same as in former
years, without reference to tho time they may have
served in any capacity.
Tar. Nobilitt of Labor.—All
gin to feel the necessity of acquiring knowledge ;
and as their minds experience the animating in
fluence of the I i glit, they will not ask for more.
As the mysteries of science l*cgin to he dimly dis
cerned hy the feeble and flickering light before
them, their curiosity will become more and more
excited—their thirst for knowledge more and more
urgent—unt I they are both satisfied. Tho ulti
mate—nay, the immediate effect of increased gen
eral intelligence, will be a desire to become dis
tinguished for their success in the particular avo
cation they have chosen. This, they will discov
er, is to he surely obtained only, by tracing the
rulcsoftheirart totqeir origin, and by inquiring
the reasons for the adoption of each. But as
they cannot accomplish this without more or less
patient study, their intellect will receive a benefi
cial training under which their powers must be
daily more invigorated. Thus inured to reflec
tion and Philosophical inquiry, their minds will
become capacitated for the investigation of kindred
subjects. They will, in time, be led in this way,
to sec how close the relation and mutual depend
ence between different branches of science and
art, of whose intimate relations they never dream
ed, arc connected. The man who is contented to
remain ignorant, of the first principles of his trade
and receives the rules necessary for his guidance
from his ‘'boss,” as perfect and unalterable, may
bo expected to remain obscure anddronc-likc. He
will very justly descend
“To the vile dust from which lie sprung,
Unwept, unhonorrd, and unsung” —
it may be sinking his children with him, whose
education he has neglected. But, on the other
hand, the man who spends his leisure hours in
searching after knowledge in general, as a bearing
upon bis professional interests, must, and will be
honored and esteemed. No matter what his
avocation or pecuniary situation may be, it will
he deemed no disgrace. It is not his profession
which renders a man really honorable or dishon
orable, in the eyes of the reflecting and discrimi
nating portion of the community, but the man
ner in which hs pursues it.
Let every man manifest that degree of comfort
and neatness of drep<-, compatible with his calling
—that gentlemanly deportment becoming sensi
ble men—and above all, that degree of intelli
gence whieh is fully within the grasp of all, and
he will he duly respected, wc care not whether
he handle the awl, or the axe, the plough, or the
sledge, the needle, or the plane.
In this view of the subject, mechanics must
take thn Marne Jo themselves, if they are not re
garded favorably. The noblest end of being, so
far as time is concerned, is conformity to the
public good; and he who strives for the accom
plishment of that high purpose, will realize the
“nobility of labor.”
“Worth makes the man—wit the fellow—
The rest is leather and prunella.”
Baltimore Sun,
Coining Out.
BY JOHN NEAL.
Do you know that you are standing on the
very spot where I made my first appearance at a
ball!—I was about as gawky a fellow, with one
exception , I Leg your pardon, our Joe, as
ever you saw on two tegs. I came hither, feel
ing 1 never knew how—l could hardly get my
breath—wholly ignorant of ceremony, and fresh
from the back woods. Let me clescril emy dress.
It was a plain citizen’s coat, originally of a bright
claret color, made for my grandfather—never
worn except on great occasions—never altered—
going down from father to son, for a Sunday garb.
It was tio large by a mile for me—with broad
pocket flaps, wide skirts and dulfs—upon which
woe four great buttons like so many flowered'
clock-faces—l never shall forget it—as many more
on each flap—a rolling collar, and a row of pew
ter pla'e i all the way up and down o’ cne side.—
My waistcoat was of a deep crimson stuff. In
stead of breeches, 1 wove a pair of tight worsted
pantaloons, woven like sleekens. I was bandy
legged by nature, and knock-kneed—wifi ankles
and joinis like a horse. Aiy feet were not over
large; but in the vanity of youth, 1 had jammed
them into a pair of peak-toed shoos, that were
much too small for me. Besides, either they or
my feet were not mates—for one of them, I nev
er had fairly on the whole night through. They
pinched my toes till I was ready to ye’l with
pain; and, owing to their very genteel construc
tion (I got them at York,) they pressed upon the
leading instep netve—may I be hanged if I don’t
feel it now whenever I attempt to move the great
toe of that foot. I had been walking all day—
and after a while, my two feet looked to me like
a pair of bloated toads in a leather harness. I was
terribly agitated; and all the blood in my body
of course, had settled in my feet, as the place
farthest from tumult. Zounds, how they ached 1
To crown all, I had on a pair of w hite thread
stockings, made for my mother—which I had
borrowed without leave, and torn across the an
kle. There were neither strings nor buttons to
my pantaloons, by wh ch I could keep them
down—so that I had to double them aslant over
my shin-bone, and pin them awry, over the rent
in the stocking; which, after all was arranged, I
found them to bo on, tho wrong side out I was
afraid to move, almost afraid to breath; for, at
every step, I expected the pin to fly out—and my
pantaloons to fly up, like a crisped eel-skin, or
bitch bark by a hot fire. I dared not sit down for
several other reasons. I had on a pair of purple
sheep-skin gloves too—not very beautiful nor del
icate. On any other occasion, 1 could have
jumped into them. But once where I most keep
them on, or die outright, with vexation, for my
hands were large, red and fleshy—do you think
tho devilish things would go on !— not they
though I tugged and tugged ns I would at a pair
of boots, till I split one out, and tore the other
open.
Ah, if you’d a seen me ! our Joe. My face
burnt like a furnace—my gloves adhered in frag
ments to my flesh, discoloring it ruefully and
being discolored in turn with sweat. In wiping
my face, I had left one broadside of it completely
darkened with discharged color. But I did not
know it then ; for I was very anxious tole agree
blc—and was made happy more than once, to see
how very pleasantly every body looked, when I
fell into conversation, or bowed, or smiled, to the
folks near me. I had a brown bandanna hand
kerchief too—hut before I had held it a quarter
of an hour in my hand, so frequently had been
the application to my hot and burning face, it had
turned quite another color—almost black—and
hung out smoking with moisture. My great
hands wore breaking through my gloves at every
sob of my heart—they wouldn’t slay in my pock
ets a moment, although I did my best to keep
them there, and was ready to give up the ghost
with vexation; for if I had purposely sought to
make myself ridiculous, I could not have mana
ged—a—a—but you don’t hear one word I am
saying.
Bankinc, in Fbanck. —Awriterin the Bos
ton Daily Advertissr, who speaks as one having
authority, says:
hi France till within three or four years, there
were but few banks, and the whole or nearly the
whole of tho pn)»er issues were furnished by the
Bank of France and none were allowed hy her
charier of a less value than 500 francs, about
SIOO.
The Bank of Havre, hy its charter, issues notes
of 250 to 1000 francs, equal to $59 to S2OO. It
is the only bank which has the right of issuing
notes in that great city—the largest emporium of
foreign trade in France. The capital is $750,-
000, and It is restricted hy its charter from hav- ]
ing a larger amount of liabilities—natnelv, de
posited and circulation—than three limes the
amoun**df spaiio in* its vaults-* The JJ^nk^if
France has (he exclusive circulation in Pans,
and the restrictions upon its operations in the
charier ate such as to compel her always to be in
a safe and strong position.
_ The Hank of Havre cannot discount commer
cial paper having more than 90 days to run—
“and no accurn moduli on paper created without
value received,shall he disentailed." The Hank
of Franee is under the same restrictions as to tire
duration of credit on commercial obligations,
but is alloyed to make advances on public securi
ties.
Origin of tiik Great Bell ix Toi.edu. —
A rich Count of Toledo had a son, who, having
killed a man in n duel, sought refuge in the Ca
thedral, while his father went to Madrid, to peti
tion the King for his pardon. “No, (said the
King,) quicn ha ruatado a uno esl prccitc que
muera he who has killed a man must die !
The Count continued to petition, and the King
to refuse; till at length the King said, wishing to
get rid of him, “ When you make a bell at Tole
do, that I can hear at Madrid, I’ll pardon the
young man.” Now Toledo is near sixty miles
from Madrid. The Count went home, and some
time after, as the King was sitting in his palace,
at the open window, ho heard a distant toll.
“Volgame Dios”—God help me! he cried—
“that's the great bell of Toledo!” And so the
young count obtained hi) pardon —A Summer
in Andalusia.
Vax Amours Outdone.—The lion emperor,
(as wc suppose he must he called, to distinguish
him from Van Amburg,) Mr. Carter, made his
first appearance at Ashley's on Monday evening,
in a piece entitled “The Miracle, or Afghan, the
Dion King.” In t! e first act of the piece, Mr.
Carter fought with a tiger. The beast of pfey
in the outset mastered the man, and dragged him
from a platform down a flight of steps, and after
a contest fsr superiority for some time the ani
mal is mastered, nnd is led off tame as a kitten.—
All this takes place on the open stage, without
the restraint of n cage—the tiger has the same
latitude as all his brother performers uncontrolled.
In the second act he introduces the novel and
beautiful display of a lion in harness, peaceably
and docilely drawing him in a chariot. The
lion is a magnificent animal, but meek and mild,
and seems to manage itself rather than be man
aged. In the third act he brought out a beautiful
leopard, and played with i>, attached to a leading
string, a» he would have done a lap-dog. His
performances, of ccurse, comprehended all the
expcrinici.tr of thrusting his arms and legs in
the mouths of the creatures, and all that was
done with ease, elegance and perfect safety.
When the curtain dropped, the audience called
loudly for the Lion King, and he presented him
self to receive the congratulations of the house,
leading his its favorite tiger, who partook of the
repast of pra se, as if he had been taught to ex
pect it.— English paper
Hrnuop. oniA. —Mr. Murray, known as a
lecturer on chemistry, and author of several
chemical works, has lately written a letter to the
editor of the Manchester Guardian, embodying
his opinion os to the nature of the disease of hy
drophobia and its me ms of cure. The following
is the remedy he proposes“ Let a mixture of
two parts of nitric and one part of muriatic
acids, both by measure (evolving chlorine in a
concentrated form,) he applied to the wound as
soon as possible, aid more than once. I thus
treated the wou; ds of a man whoso hand had
been dreadfully lacerated by a mad dog, while
separating another dog from its attack; and as
the latter also became rabid, it afforded full proof
that the rabid visit in the former was at its max
imum ot malignity. Nearly fifteen years have
rolled away, and the man has continued free from
hydrophobic attack.”
Awkward Mistake.— “ What is your busi
ness, madam 1 ’ asked a counsel recently of a
witness on the stand: “I keep a seminary for the
destruction ol young ladies,” was the answer.
Woman’s Consolation. —A village pastor
was examining his parishoners in the catechism,
and asked a young girl. “What is thine only con
solation of life and death 1” To which the sim
ple maid replied, “11 1 must tell you, it is the lit
tle shoemaker that lives over the'way.”
Queer Fixins.—The Sheriff of Attala coun
ty, Mississippi, in order to postpone the adminis
tration of justice, when calleel on by the Court
to open the same by crying “O yes! O yes!”
said "Oh no ! Oh no I” and handed a bit of pa
per resigning his office, Yet he is a candidate
for re-election in November !
DIED.,
In this city, on the 14th inst, Mr. D. P. Neal,
of bilious Colic, aged 23, of East Poultney, Ver
mont. Vermont papers will please copy.
Consignees per South Cnrolina Hail Homi.
Hamrubg, November 15, 1539.
P. Canie; 11. C. Bryson; G, A, Simmons; Hadley
& Owens; VV. E. Jackson; Haviland, Risley & Co.;
P. A. Scranton; Scranton <fe Smith; Reese & Beall;
Rathbone & Baker; Gould & Bulkley; J. M. & VV.
Adams; B. C. Ba'dwin; S. B. Brooks; 11. Hattier;
T. Dawson; lb. McDonald;G. 11. Moore;diamond M.
Dickson & Storr; Sibley & Crapon; G. 11. Taylor;
Jeffers & Beulware; J. F. Benson. ’
COMMERCIAL.
Lid eel dales from Liverpool, Oct. 18
Latest dates from Havre Oct. 15
New Orleans, Nov. 9.
The business of the week has been on a very
limited scale. The market for western pioduce is
but poor.y supplied, and the expectation of a rise
in the Ohio and Upper Mississippi prevent purcha
sers from coming up to the present rates, knowing
that prices cannot keep up after the navigation of
the rivers are unobstructed.
Winter has in reality set in upon us. Strangers
arc fast pouring in, to reap a share of our harvest;
and many ol them roust be disappointed before they
again return to the land of safety. Our Levee is
heaped up with all kinds of merchandize and pro
duce. Steamboats and ships are hourly landing
and leaving, and every thing has the appearance of
a busy, bustling, New Orleans winter.
The money market is as tight as ever. The
banks are unwilling to give further accommodations
to any extent; and it is difficult to surmise what
pass wearetoming to, if things remain in tins
melancholy state.
Cotton — r l he market since Wednesday has been
in a quiet state, and business to a moderate extent
only has taken place. Speculators are not opera
ting at present rates, anticipating a further decline,
in consequence of excess of the crop over previous
expectations. The business doing, is principally
filling up orders. Oi r quotations are about J per
cent under those of Wednesday, for all kinds ex
cept good and fine—that remains without change.
The receipts since Saturday have been nineteen
thousand one hundred and eleven bales. Exported
during same time, twelve thousand one hundred
and eighty- one.
Louisiana and Mississippi Cotton per lb. Good
and fair, 13 a 00; goodfair.llj a 11 j; fair., 104 a
11; middling, a ID; ordinary, 0 a Bj. 3
statement of cotton.
Stock on hand Ist Oct. 1839, ic Rl ,
Received this week, 19 111 ’ ll
Previously, 73,’145 92,256 '
1
108,873 t
Cleared this week, 1° 181 '
Previous * 27*034 39,215 '
lock on hand and on shipboard not cleared, 69,(.5j •
(
uZJ h * Sa,CS thl ?. w wk bare been very lim
ited., Holden are unwilling to sul rnit to any fur
ther reduction in price; and until they do, hut litt'c
will be taken up for export. The consumers of
flour buy from day to day no more than they want
for immediate use, reasonably expecting an early
rise in the Ohio; at which time this article will ar-
abundance. One sale of 600 bhls took place
on I hursday, at $5,50 per Mil. It is the only tran
saction having taken place for ; hipment duiing ti e
week. The market has a downward tendency
Receipts since Saturday are 3,250 bhls.
Sugar-- The new crop is coming in freeiy, with
out meeting with m ch demand; 5A and 6 cents is
a fair quotation. The stock of old is very light;
that which is choice sells for 6| cents. Havana is
in moderate demand; the stock fair. We quote
white 1U al2 cents, and yellow aSi cents.—
Receipts of new this week are 458 hhds.
. Molasses is quoted 39 a3l cent), without meet
ing with any demand. The old crop does not find
any_ purchasers. Receipts this week 578 bbls.
Bagging and Bale Rope —The former is selling
at Po P e at SA a9, Planters in Louisiana
and Mississippi have received nearly enough for
crops of thisseason. Alabama has yet to be sup
plied. v
Vhiskey We find no cause to change quotations
since last week. Only small sales have taken
place, and the market is well supplied; 42 a 43 is a
correct quotation. Receipts this week 38 bhls.
Pork Nothing is doing in this article for several A
weeks. Prime is in somewhat better demand-,
small quantities having been taken up for ship
ments at 1 l a 1 Mess is quoted at 151 a 16.
I aeon Uncanyassed hams arc scarce; canvassed
are ' , ‘ e , nty > a He. Market well supplied
with the old stock No new has yet arrived. —
Sides 8 a BJ. Shoulders 6* a for small lots, 6
for large sales. ’
Coffee—The receipts of new Pio amount to 19,000
ags. honew Havana has yet come in; and the
stock of oldis low. We quote Rio Ilia 12 ecu's;
Havana, a 12| cts. There is no Domingo in
the market. Receipts this week, 5.150 bags.
t<alt The demand is moderate. Stock about the
same as last year. Coarse $2; fine §2 a 2j-.
marine intelligence
Savannah, Nov. 13.
Arrived yesterday— Schr Henrietta, Baker, Bal
umore
h,.i!Tr f n 0 if a—Br .i sWm - Tay,or - 1,0e .v, N. York;
bug L. Baldwin, Basset, New York; Opelou
sas, iorrest, Baltimore, ° H
Charleston, Nov. 15.
v A l riV , ed y es,er(,t ’>i— l ‘ Ship Mary Ann,Childs, New
WaUh barq n e K |,zabcth . Swan, Liverpool; brig
Waltharn. Barton, Providence; schr Elizabeth
Bourne, New Odoans; sch Velocity,- New’
York, schr Gazette, Howland, New Bedford’
C/Mred.—Brig Poland, Shaw, Wilmington, N,
C.; schr Ellen, Hood, St. Marys, Ga.; schr Empire
Southwick, St. Augustine. P *
Cp-Wc are requested to say that the exercise*
of the Augusta baptist Sunday School will be rc
sumed to-morrow at the usual place, the Lancaste
nan school room. The teachers and pupils are re
quested to attend; and any children who may not
be going to any other school are invited to join
tblß ~ rov i 6 _
- V . HOFFMAN takes pleasure in inform
mg the ladies, that she will ..pen her Show Room
niv t fr°n lat oc. t i Sty ,f. of Millinery, on Wednesday
next, the 20th, and invites them to call, no 16 4t
03= Doctor J. J. WILSON offer! his hmfe 7 -
sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its
» t . H^ ll,belbund at ,lis residence, the
first brick but dmgabove Guedron’s stable on Ellis
street,recently occupied py John L. Adams.
at 'S I? ts
(D 3 THE AMERICAN SILK GROWER Ttb
FARMER'S MANUAL —A monthly nublical'a
designed to extend and encourage the growth of Silk
throughout the United States. Edited by Ward
Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J., and pub
fished m Philadelphia, at the low price of One
Dollar a year,
Kr Subscriptions roceive'if a t this office. a;
GO GEORGIA RAILROAD —The trl-weekly
day passenger train is discontinued for the pre
-Ben- nov 15 1 w
(fj'MRS. f L\N, Mantua Maker, having return
ed to the city, wi.l execute with neatness and des
patch any work with which she may be favored,
tier residence is one door above the Methodist
Church, Green street. nov 15 3t
(O’ CLINCH RIFLEMEN, ATTENTION—
Attend a Company Meeting, to bo held at the
Globe Hotel, on Saturday Evening nf.xt, at 7
o clock. By oriler. ■
_J 10v14 WM. FRAZER, O. S.
CO 1 Mrs. JANE A. PRITCHARD'S School is
rc-opened. nov 14 3t
Cj'Dr. W. EWING JOHNSTON, office Mcln
tosh street opposite the Constitutionalist, nov 13
(ff Dr. JOHN MILLEN having prepared him
sell tor the Botanic Practice by three years study
and cxpeiience, and, having failed in no single in
stance to relieve his patient, confidently oilers his
services to the public as a Physician. He may he
found at the Richmond Hotel, or ;it the Medical
store of the late Dr Griffith,
sept 3 ts
MAIL ARRANGEMENT.
Post Office, Augusta, Ga.,?
November 11, 1839. 3
NORTHERN MAIL,
Via Charleston, closes daily at 8 p. M.
GREAT WESTERN MAIL.
After this date the Great Western Mail via
Gfccnsboro, Monticello, Indian Springs, to Colum- ,
bus, will close daily ai 4 p. m. f
WESTERN MAIL.
' iaWanenlon, Sparta, Milledgeville,Macon. Tal
botton, to Columbus, will close daily at 4 p. m.,
and arrive daily from the West by 6a. m.
ATHENS MAIL.
\ia Greensboro, closes Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Sundays, a 4 p. m , and arrive same days by 6
A. M.
WASHINGTON MAIL.
Close Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, at 4 p.
M., and arrive same days at 6 a. m.
FLORIDA MAIL.
Via Vacon, closes Mondays, Wednesdays and Sat
arlays, at 4 p. m.
SAVANNAH MAIL.
Closes daily at 6 p. m.
GREENVILLE, S. C., MAIL
Close Wednesdays, Fricays and Sundays, at six
P. Me
The delivery will be closed from 1 to 3 o’clock,
p. m., and from 4 to 5 p. M , while distributing the
Northern and making up the Western Mail.
Office closes at 6 p. m., opens at 8 a m
novl3 iw E. B. GLASCOCK, P. M.
■ (xJ*HOJICE. Ihe Rail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows:
upward.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 fin * ~
“ “ Summerville, “ - -s 30
“ “ Georges’, - » - 10 0 0
Bntnchville, “ . i; no
“ Midway . “ . „30 m.
Blackville, - “ . 100 P .
“ “ Aiken, - - “ . 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 4on
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 t u
‘I “ Aiken, -“ - - 730 -/
Blackville, “ - . 930
“ “ Midway, “ - .10 30
“ “ Branchville, “ - - u 00
“ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 M .
. . Summerville,“ - - 2 OOp. M .
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance—l36milc». Fare Through $lO Off fc "
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wood and water at any
station. J
To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
W oodstock, Inabinel’s 41 mile T. 0.,
a^ ms > Willeston, Windsor Johnsons,
and Marsh’s T. O.
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstodc and
dine at Blackville; down, will breakfast * Aike
and dine at Summerville. .nay 21