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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9. Theatre. Mr. and Mn. Barnes, and Miaa Charlotte Barnes commenced an engagemenlon Tuesday avsning, and hare been playing to good houses. This evening “Old Barnes” appears in the char, acter of “Triptolemus Polyglot” in the new farce of the “Scapegoat.” Now if this farce and their character are anything like the thingt we expect it will be worth a haystack of shinplastera to see them. An association has Iwen formed in New York, for the purpose of distributing letters and small packages through the city, after the manner of Ike penny post. Seventy-five places in the city have boon announced where letters, Ac., may he deposited. Each package is stamped with the hour, and taxed three cents, payable on delivery. Urea* Ci sad*. —The union resolutions have been adopted in the Legislative Council; and the Knion resolutions brought forward in the House r Assembly have also been agreed to. The ma jority in the Council was B—in the House 13. By these resolutions, the equal representation in both provinces, permanent civil list, and the joint assumption of the public debt, are all agreed to. DnaaavvL Explosion.—On the morning of the 28th ult. about eleven miles below Lynch burg, Virginia, two boats, having on board 76 kega of powder, were blown up by the ignition of the powder, together with Jive other loan, and their entire loads, also killing four |iersons and maiming one. The Lynchburg Virginian estimates the loss by the explosion at between SB,OOO and $3,000. lin sots.—ln the message of Governor Car lin to the Legislature of Illinois, at the commence ment of its present session, the aggregate indebt edness of Illinois is stated at $11,107,019 44. Os this sum total, the stale pays interest, at six per cent on $10,030,000 —making the annual interest to be paid equal to 8,637,860. The available resources of the state are put down at $8,100,000, bank atotk, yielding an annual in terest of $348,000. Mississippi. The following extract from an Agricultural Report recently published in Mississippi, is belie ved to contain a true representation of the condi tion of that great cotton-growing State : The following calculations are made by a gen tleman who seems to have devoted a good deal of attention to the subject, and whose statistics, I have no doubt, will lie found somewhat under the mark, though sufficient for all reasonable in 'F duction. The calculation is based on an average of five years. The debt side stands thus : 1,800,000 yds. of bagging, for 800,000 balea (6 yards per bale) ot 85 cents per yard is $460,000 8,400,000 lbs. rope, at 13 j cents per lb. (8 lbs per bale) 300,000 30,000 lbs. twine fordo., 1 lb. for every 19 balea, ie 9,000 $769,000 There were, in 1836, 164,308 slaves in this State; the expense of feeding and I clothing each, is estimated at S4O per year, $0,675,980 ; There were in 1836, 1,048,630 acres of land in cultivation in the State, — cost of farming utenaila of all kinds $8 par acre is not looked upon aa to high an estimate, 3,097,060 ' " i Considered neceaaary expenses. $9,431,990 j There were in 1836,41,239 white male inhabitants in the State over 18 year* of age—charge them with ex pending 12 j cents per day in cigars and liquor, Ac. 1,881,484 Tha whole white population of the Stale, male and female amounted in 1836, to 144,361 —charge them to average, in excess of dress, and other needless expenses $36 per annum, 3,608,770 Useless and unneccseary expenses, $5,490,354 Nacetsary expenses, 9,431,980 $14,933,334 To which add interest, paid to com mission merchants in .New Orleans, and the chartered bank account of the Stale of 8 per cent per annum, it would make about 3,300,000 $18,188,831 Thus making the indebtedness of the State over 17 millions of dollars. The credit aide of (he balance sheet is made up of a single item, 300,000 bales of cotton, valued at SSO per bale, amounts to fifteen millions of dollars, leaving the balance against ui of over two millions. Thus, instead of making money, we have been going in debt annually, at the rale of some two millions of dollars. In tha estimate of expenses, no ac count is taken of the annual outlay fur horses and mules, and also flour, which have been here tofore considered necessary disbursements. Nor have I taken into the account the onerous per sent which we pay for every article purchased, in consequence of the depreciated state of our cur rency. If the whole amount were brought into •span view, the sight would be too appalling to look upon with tranquility. The question arises Itow is this very untoward atate of things to be remedied I I answer emphatically, by retrench men I in our expenditures, and by raising and manufactnring those articles of prime necessity at home, for which we have been hitherto dr; an denton other countries—then, and not till then, with the exchange be turned in our favor. It is rumored here, says the Knoxville Regis ter, that Col. Polk is to fill Judge White’s place .an United States Senator. We of course, give it ji* a mere rumor, and cannot vouch for its cor rectness. Wi should not be surprised, however, if the Colonel's aspirations should tend that wav. Ilia not to be believed, that he sought the seat of Governor for its own intrinsic honor, but that it might seewe aa a stepping stone for his ambition ; and aa his prospects for the Vice Presidency aie waning wondrous dim, he will not be unwilling to oecurc a snug berth in the United States Sen ate, for six or eeven years. But what will his party friends in East Tennessee, who are in ex- I pectancy of the same berth, aay to its transfer to the Colonel 1- Koui verrotu. K N 0 ghuttfi effect the eye more unfavorably Ini than glasses of brandy. So tha opticani sav. BhL A lata Liverpool paper has a untie* of an “im portant invention” of a new steam engine bye gentleman of that city, which baa somewhat oi the marvelous touch about it. It is stated that “the power ie created by air and steam. It will consume only one-half the quantity of fuel of the old one; and the rapidity by which a vessel can be propelled by it, will enable it to perform a passage to America in six days. Owing to a particular way in which the power acta upon the vesaal, twenty miles the hour can be realized with the greatest possible ease. The weight of the machinery will be only one-half of that required by (he old steam engine, and instead of straining and weakening the ship, will braco and strength en it. By this method the steam power is more than deublcd. On the subject of Bread-stuffs in France and other parts of Europe, the Paris correspondent of the New York Courier writes as follows, un der data of 30lh Nov, The condition of France is not improving.— The corn markets are falling, but the diminution of price occurs not from the o. dinary and legiti mate cause—plenty; but from the unusually large quantity of inferior grain on hand, which is necessarily the first thrown on the market.— Nothing has occurred to change the report I gave you three months since of the harvest. It was perhaps * sufficient ane, but no more—and you are aware that before it was gathered our stocks were exhausted. From Spain we learn that, superb as was the last harvest, prices maintain themselves, owing to the large orders from abroad, principally for seed. From French Africa little wheat has been imported into France; hut it is understood that there is a good deal in warehouses at Algiers, and elsewhere. From Egypt we should have had some shipments, but for the dearth that prevails in Constantinople, and most of the provinces of the Turkish empire, which will be first served.— From Italy (Trieste and Leghorn equally,) we are informed that, although there was little de mand for produce, the holders were holding it, rather than lower the price. Thus you will see that not only haa the price of the good article not come down, but that it is expected to become exhausted. This unfavorable prospect l#ftirther justified by the loss of the seed already sown in very many districts of France, as well as of England and Ireland—the rain filtering through the new ly harrowed earth, carrying with it the seed into the drains. Inxbrnal Machine.—The same writer thus speaks of th* machine which was recently ex ploded in one of the streets of Paris with suoh fearful effect : I lately mentioned lo”you the seizure of hand grenades or portable shells, at the houses of sev eral persona suspected of being Republicans, and I described their form and contents. On Thurs day night last, at the early hour of 8 o’clock, an infernal machine of that precise pattern, was affixed to a house in the Rue Montpensier, which runs at the roar of the Palais Royal, and dis charged. The effects were tremendous. Part of the atone wall of the house was broken down, and a volley of musket balls (60 or 60 of which have been found) was discharged, some of which crossed the street and embedded themselves in the wood work of the opposite houses. The machine was placed and fired by a person, no doubt, who dreaded detection. He watched to sec the coast clear, and nobody in view.— Hence the consolatory fact—which the newspa pers deem a marvellous interposition of Provi dence—that no passenger was injured by the ex plosion. None could lie injured, fur there were none.—This does not, however, diminish the guilt of the intention ; for accident might have brought people within reach of the murderous machine. The affair is likely to remain unex plained The miscreant actor in it had, in all probability, no confederate, ft was, therefore, nn , act of pure unadulterated wickedness, or an ex : poriment on those death-dealing machines, which the discontented propose using in lhe:r next in surrection. j The following table exhibits the number of acres of Land in each County, and likewise the i number of acres contained in the State of Oeor i gia, agreeably to the Maps and Records in the ! office of the Surveyor General. 1 Apgling, 680,436 Jones, 241,920 I Baker, 899,297 Laurent, 450,660 ; Baldwin, 166,160 Lee, 340,203 I Bibb, 152,563 Liberty, 393,600 j Bryun, 276,480 Lincoln, 126,720 1 Bulloch, 006,440 Lowndes, 1,238,203 ' Burke, 663,600 Lumpkin, 396,026 Butts, 113,030 Macon, 240,308 Camden, 730,000 Madison, 134,800 Campbell, 147,963 Marion, 960,662 Carroll, 483,180 Mclntosh, 433,300 Cass, 439,130 Meriwether, 336,885 Chatham, 268,800 Monroe, 302,623 Chattooga, 823,986 Montgomery, 407,680 Cherokee, 467,780 Morgan, 228,480 Clark, 179,300 Murray, 407,740 Cobb, 406,961 Muscogee, 291,003 Columbia, 320,000 Newton, 366,299 Coweta, 282,881 Oglethorpe, 286,720 Crawford, 250,819 Paulding, 423,617 Decatur, 707,609 Pike, 266,962 DeKulb, 381,263 Pulaski, 615,365 Dade, 112,236 Putnam, 236,800 Dooly, 660,693 Rabun, 349,515 Early, 602,549 Randolph, 619,968 Effingham, 310,400 Richmond, 201,600 Elbert, 327,680 Scriven, 346,600 Emanuel, 763,920 Stewart, 483,170 Fayette, 218,804 Sumter, 369,867 Floyd, 317,343 Talbot, 331,468 Forsyth, 183,515 Taliaferro, 86,400 Franklin, 499,200 Tattnall, 761,600 Gilmer, 630,672 Telfair, 264 960 Glynn, 253,440 Thomas, 900,720 Greene, 368.800 Troup, 280,100 Gwinnett, 347,083 Twiggs, 2^1,680 Habersham, 408,476 Union, 419,168 Hall, 358,377 Upaon, 184 580 Hancock, 888,640 Walker. 399,663 Harria, 297.680 Walton, 264.015 Heard. 166,763 Ware, 879,360 Henry, 333,640 Warren, 274,660 Houston, 392,884 Washington, 416,720 Irwin, 1,269,426 Wayne, 380.160 Jackson, 337,926 Wilkes, 323,840 Jasper. 246,760 Wilkinson, 288,000 Jefferson, 376,320 35.515,526 The New York Times, commenting on the President’s urgent appeal to Congieas to make the uee of the public money, by public officers, felony, pertinently remarks— “ Anticipating, we presume, that the future log treasurers will follow in the footsteps of their il lustrious predecessors, he recommends, to quote the Isngusge of Mr. Lepsre, that when a safe or sub-treasury is erected to keep the public moneys, a penitentiary shall lie erected by its side to keep the keepers. The President dues not seem, how ever, to have kept sufficiently in view that sage maxim of Mrs. Glass, “first catch your hare,” Ac. Ac. —Would not a ball and chain, sufficiently heavy to prevent rapid locomotion, be decidedly useful T” J Ala a. mi no IftTELtiozNct. — A writer in Bos ton computes that there are 30,000 persons in the United Slates of the name of John Smith, and proposes that Congress transport all hut 6,000. I- From the Baltimore Sun. * Report ol the Secretary of the Navy. ' From this document it appear* that the duties 1. of the naval branch of the public service have “ been assiduously a ten (led to, and creditably per -8 formed. Our commerce has been protected, and n the honor of our flag maintained at the various a stations in the East and West Indies, the Pacific, a the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico, the 8 South American coast, and various other parts; “ and in no instance has force been necessary to 8 this end, except at the Island of Sumatra, where “ an act of piracy had been committed, and two * American citizens murdured by the natives, who refusing the restoration of the plundered property 3 and delivery of the murderers, received a full measure of deserved chastisement, at the hands of Commodore Read. Commodore Hull is in I the Mediterranean; Claxton, in the Pacific; t IVicolson, on the Brazilian Station, to bo relieved by Kidgoly; Shubric, in the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies; and Read in the Indian and Chinese seas. One vessel has been sent, and I another is about to follow to the coast of Africa, to prevent the abuse of our flag by foreigners en gaged in the slave trade. The exploring expedi tion under Lieutenant Wilkes, prosecuted its searrhes as far as the 70th degree of South lati tude, where it narrowly escaped being frozen up. It promises good results, and the Secretary states, that if no new discoveries are made of unknown lands or islands, it will be because that none exist in that region of the globe. Various surveys or dered, have either been completed, or are in pro gress ; two steam frigates have been commenced, one at New York, the other at Philadelphia, and a third frigate ordered has not been commenced, on account that it is contemplated to adopt a mo del by a distinguished naval officer, to be propell ed by a different description of machinery from the others, which are also different from each oth er, for the purpose of testing their respective merits, The number of invalid pensioners is 456, and the sum annually required to pay them is $38,- 84 4 74. The number of widow pensioners is 330, and the annual amount of their pensions is $62,064. The number of minor children pen sioners is 115, and the amount of their pensions is $14,314; making an aggregate of 901 pen sioners, and $110,122 74. The amount of stocks to the credit of the Navy pension fund, Ist of October, 1838, was $309,832 25 ; on the Ist of Oct. 1839, $251,139 00; difference 137,693 25; which sum was applied to the payment of pen sions granted by acts of Congress, and accounts reported by the Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller. About $55,000 will be required to pay pensions, which will become due the Ist of January 1840, and to meet arrearages as they may bo reported ; which sum on account of the depreciation of stocks, cannot be realized without the sale of investments, to an amount not leas than SBO,OOO or $90,000 ; for which reason it is presented to the attention of Congress. The na vy pension laws are considered to be so compli cated, that it is hardly possible to administer them fail ly and equally, consistently with justice, and their revision is recommended; and to one of them, the act of 3d of March, 1837, is mainly attributed the decrease of the navy pension fund, which has sunk in little more than two years, from $1,115,329 53, to $253,139; and, as I have before stated, about $55,000 will be required to meet demands, which will become due on the Ist of January, 1840. The oppropriation made in 1835, for the con struction of a dry dock at New York, with the exception of a small amount for surveys, remains unexpended, and has reverted to the Treasury.— Its re-appropriation is recommended; and the discovery of Gedney's channel is urged with some other reasons, in evidence,of the fitness of New York as a location for such a duck. The Secretary complains of fraud in the enlist ment of minors, both as seamen and apprentices. The former, having deceived the recruiting officer, by taking a false oath, which is not made legal perjury, releases himself when ho sees fit, by a habeas corpus , after receiving advance pay, and perhaps becoming indebted to the purser, and a fraud is committed, for which there is no remedy. Apprentices are sometimes offered by persons claiming to be parents or guardians, and after they have been supported and educated at the public expense, the real parent or guardian appears with his habeas corpus, and perpetrates another legal fraud on the country. The remedy proposed for these abuses is to make a false oath in such cases penal, and punishable as perjury. The system of naval apprenticeship has exhibited the most en couraging results, and the attention of parents, guardians and magistrates, has been calledj to it by the Secretary, not only account of the benefit accruing from it to the navy, but to society at large, in purging it of multitudes of idle and dis orderly boys, growing up in its midst as a nui sance, to the great injury of the community, and the ruin of themselves The Board of Navy Commissioners are enga i ged in revising the old regulations, with a view to their adaption to laws subsequently passed ; I and a revised system will shortly bo laid before I Congress. I In presenting his estimates, the Secretary has I contemplated no diminution of the force in com- I mission, for the reason, that the only sure and es- I factual means of maintaining the character and ) discipline of the service, is to keep in commis r sion as many vessels, and employ as many ofli ! cers in active duties, as is compatible with the j resources of the country. Not the number of ) ships in ordinary or on the stocks, butexpeiicnce, i discipline and habits of hardy endurance, consti -1 tutc the only solid basis of a naval establishment. ) The retrenchments, therefore, are to bo looked ) for in other branches of the expenditure; and ) the estimates for 1840 are made with every regard ) I to economy compatible with the interests of the | 3 country. j 9 The passage is recommended, of a law, for . 9 bringing under one general head all special acts 9 for building or rebuilding particular vessels, and ' 9 for repairs, as giving the Department the more 9 i ready disposal of all necessary materials, at the' II ! precise time when they may be needed. It would 8 also simplify accounts, and produce other minor 9 advantages. 3 The Secretary thinksfr that if the $340,000 sp -5 propriuted for the gradual improvement of the 9 navy, be transferred (rom that object to the cem -9 pletion of the two steamers, the remaining $4110,- 9 000, which is to lie available in 1840, would not, 1 0 lie needed till 1841, provided the whole anaium 9 of transfers is eventually returned. 9 The growth of the navy and the multiplication -of records render an additional number of tierlu 6 necessary to the Board of Navy Commissioners; and * plan of reorganization is prepared in which j such addition is included. The report concludes e with a recommendatiod of the creation of a high er grade of rank, than is now recognized m th* ’> navy. 1 Tax Boot or a Husband Sold bi thx Widow. —The New York Era tell* a queer sto e ry of a Mrs. Vondonderskirk, the once wifoof a r sausage maker, residing on the Ninth Avenue, '■ between 38lh and 391 h streets, whose former 3 husband died of the consumption, and shethin * king (as most economical wives always bow 8 to turn things to the best account, thought she '• might make a speck on the carcase of her depart y cd help-meet by selling him to the doctors, which y she accordinglyfdid, after shedding a few tears and stowing him away in a sack, for the sum of $lO. The Era adds : - “About three weeks after this business i ran sac n lion, she married Bans Vondonderskirk, who is a very sickly looking personage, but who takes good care to give her a thumping every day over ll the heaj to lessen that awful bump as much as possible, and to ensure hi* not being sold to thei doctor* before h* die*. Mrs. V. yesterday went out declaring she'd be revenged. Hans learning the design of his wife, which was to complain of him at the Police, sent a friend after her, who whispered that'selling a dead husband wai a “hanging matter,” and that her living one would certainly expose her if she persisted in going be fore the magistrate. This cooled the lady’s wrath, and sae reluctantly left the office without .(troubling justice with her compla'ut.” Imports ixn Exports or thk Stats of Gkoroia. —We are indebted to the last annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, says the Standard of Union, for the following valuable statistics. In the tables exhibiting the imports and exports of the United States, from the Ist of October, 1789, to the 30th of September, 1838, we find the value of the imports and exports of Georgia from 1821 t> 1838. Years, Imports. Exports. 1821 $1,002,684 $6,014,310 1822 989,591 5,484,870 1823 670,705 4,293,666 1824 551,888 4,623,982 1825 343,356 4.222,833 1826 330,993 4,368,504 1827 312,609 4,261,555 1828 308,669 3,104,425 1829 380,293 4,981,376 1830 282,346 5,336,626 1831 399,940 3,959,813 1832 253,417 5,516,883 1833 318,990 6,270,040 1834 546,802 7,567 327 1835 393,049 8,890,674 1836 673,222 10,722,200 1837 774,349 8,935,041 1838 776,068 8,803,839 Total, $9,208,971 $107,356,964 Lawyers nr Texas. —A Texas paper in speaking of those who visit that country in hopes to better their fortunes, observes that “ lawyers have usually done well here, and there is still a prospect for some of them to do so ; but it now requires men of sense and legal acquirements to succeed; and young men who fail at home had better not come here, unless they are willing to dig potatoes or turn soldiers.” The Population of Cincinnati is estimated at 40,000, divided by national origin as follows— American, 23,000; German, 7,000; English, 3,000 ; Irish, 3,000; Miscellaneous, 4,000. I The Ghost in Spectacles.—l once saw what nobody, except always the audience of that - particular night could have seen—the Ghost of Hamlet’s father acted at Covent Garden Theatre in spectacles. Armor, of course, was the cos tume, and chalk the complexion; the performer, the late Mr. Chapman, who was remarkably near-sighted. Having acted the Ghost so fre quently as to have entirely forgotten the part, (for who can expect people to remember things forever 1) he had put on his spectacles on the outside of the casque which covered his “ aun ciente” head, and, being suddenly called to the stage, on he went—helmet, glasses, and all— When once on, to remove the glasses would have been impossible; a ghost without specula tion in his eyes, taking off a pair of spectacles, would have been fatal; and accordingly, the ghost performed his duty, even to the time of cock-crowing, framed anil glazed as ghost was never seen before. —New Monthly Magazine. Hamburg, 27th Dee. 1839. William Y. Hansell, Esq. Sir—The failure of the Bridge Bank of Augusta’ on the 24th of May, 1819, of which John McKinne and myself, and Bartm McKinne in my stead, fur a time were proprietors. Although twenty years have passed away, it was an event engiavod too deep on my mind, ever to.be erased. It subjected me to a twenty years unrelenting persecution to obtain without price, the monuments which my foresigh 1 and perseverance have erected. I was cast from dungeon to dungeon, from that to the present day, and it net only stsmpt an odium, but acted oppres sive on every one connected with its affairs,of w filch you y ourself bore a'large share. 1 braved m\ tale with nil the fortitude u( which I could master myself—with a constant prayer for health and life, long e i.ough to correct the error, if committed by myself, and to’revenge the injury, if committed by others. I thank Heaven for the grant of my pray er*. I felt the Institution was placed on such a basis, that with ordinary prudence,and without occurren ces of unforeseen evils, would bo beyond the possi bility of a failure. Yet it fell subjeet to that misfor tune. The pioprietors were possessed of an unin, cumbered estate to a large amount. The Bridge was their property and part of their stock —it# in. come alone paid all the expenses of the Institution’ and their profit as Bankers, was a clear gain. The position in,,which you were placed in the Bank, enables you to form a more correct opinion of the true cause of its failure, limn even the propri etors themselves. Will you therefore grant my re quest, and give me your unreserved opinion of the circumstances producing that failure, even should the censure fall upon myself 7 In so doing, you will oblige your sincere friend, HENRY SHULTZ. Milledueville, 28th Dec. 1839 Mr. Henry Shultz, Hamburg, So. Co. Sir, —You r> quest roe in your letter of the 27th mst.,to give you ray unreserved opinion of thecir cumstanres which produced the failure of the Bridge Bank on thejt24th of May, 1819, of which you, John McKinne, and Barna McKinne were pro prietors. In answeting your request, 1 would observe, that there were, in my opinion, several causes, or a com bination of circumstances, which produced that event. Anterior to the lime of the failure oi the Bridge Bank, there existed in the city ol New York, an ex tensive commercial firm, known as Pott h McKinne, one in Charleston, South Carolina, known os Mc- Kinne & Ludlow; in both of which Joseph P. Mc- Kinne was a partner ; one in Savannah, known os Scarborough & McKinne,in which Barna McKinne was a partner; and one in Augusta known ns Mc- Kinne it Co-, which was composed of Cole,' John .McKinne, and James Lamkin. These four firms were partly composed of three brothers, with the natural impression that all three firms were connect ed with the Bridge Bank, but such was nut the fact ( yet the failure ol one would necessarily effect the credit of nil. Between these firms, there seemed very projerly to exist a community of intimate friendship, and a natural, if no other, feeling of in lerest. In the memorable spring of 1819, the disasters of w hich were deeply felt by the entire mercantile com munity, and the heavy shocks ol which were with, stood by but few commercial persons or associa tions, who were extensively engaged in business, these bouses failed. The first was the house of Pott it McKinne in N. York, and which had drawn for very large sums on the southern houses and also on Barna McKinne, individually, who I hen re sided in Augu-ta. Many el these dratts on Mr. Barna McKinne, and on McKinne dt Co., were paid off by funds drawn from the Budge Bank, and to t the extent of thee* amounts, which were considera ble, the immediate available means of the Bank were diminished. The pressure on the Bank was daily increased after the failure of the house of Pint dr McKinne became public; a reaction took place in the circulation of the bills of the Bridge Compa i ny, and they were hurried in from New York, Charleston, Savannah, and other places for redemp tion. But thero was another cause, tho effect of which was still more powerful, and in the absence of which I can but believe that the Bridge Bank would have withstood all other assaults, and trium phantly sustained its credit and standing. It was the opposition and hostility of the chartered Banks, and more particularly the Bank of Augusta. This institution had continued to collect and receive the bills of the Bridge Company, and present them in auras of from ten to twenty thousand dollors at a time, and receiving nothing but its ow n bills or specie in payment. This course was commenced by the Bank ol Augusta, in the early part ol the year 18)8, and continued even on to (he time the Bridge Bank slopped payment, repeating its drafts sometimes weekly, sometimes tri-weekly, and for several days before the Bridge Bank failed, those heavy drafts were made daily—the panic which had taken place,affording to that institution greater fa cilities than had before existed, of obtaining the Bridge bills. 1 he Bridge Bank, from its banking operati .ns and the continued income from the profit of its capital, had made money—the lolls of the Bridge were suffi cient to cover all the expenses incident to its opera tions, and its discount or interest account amount ing to I etween thirty and forty thousand dollars per annum, might lie considered as profit, subject only to the deduction of bad debts, which were in considerable until after the failure of the Bank, af ter which the losses were great, for no one seemed willing, in country or town, to pay a Bank that bad stopped payment itself. 1 have thus, in’a concise manner, endeavored to give you my views of the two prominent causes which produced the failure of the Bridge Bank, and remark in conclusion, that from my intimate knowl edge of the resources, means, and liabilities of the Bridge Bank at that time, that neither one of those causes ahme would have produced that result.— The Bank was never engaged in any speculations, or commercial enterprize, or business of a Broker by which its capital or its profits could be endan. ’gered or impaired. I am, very respectfully, Your obt. servant, WILLIAM YJHANSELL. Consignees per Sooth Carolina Rail Road Hahburo, January 9, 1840. W. Hattier; A. Frederick; A. Shear; D. H. Stl cox; W. E. Jackson; W. K. Jones & Co; W. K. Kitchen; E. T. Cook; D. Joseph; J. F- Benson; Bolling, H. & G.; T. H. Howard. AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT. Thursday, January 9, 1840. BAGGING — Hemp, per yard 20 a 25 Tow, « 14 a 20 BALE HOPE, per lb. 8 a 14 BACON—Hams, « 15 a 17 Shoulders and Middlings, 10 a I2j BUTTER—Gnhen, per lb. 28 a 35 Nort Carolina, “ 15 a 25 Country, “ 18 a 25 COFFEE —Green prime Cuba, “ 14 a 15 Ordinary to good, “ 11 a 14 St. Domingo, “ 10 a 14 Brazil, “ —a Laguira, “ 124 a 15 Porto Rico, “ 12ja 15 Java, “ 15 a 16 Mocha, “ 18 a 20 COTTON—Ordinary, •• 7$ a 7j Fair, “ 8 a— Good, “ 8J a— Prime, “ 8 j a— CANDLES — Spermaceti, “ 48 a 50 Tallow, “ 20 a 22 CHEESE — American, “ 13 J a 14 . English, “ 40 a 50 ClDEß—Northern, per bbl. 900 a 10 00 In boxes, per doz. 350 a 450 CIGARS — Spanish, M. 15 a2O American, “5 a 12 CORN — bushel 50 a 62J FlSH—Herrings, box 125 a 150 Mackerel No. 1 “ none « u 2 “ <• u«3 “ a FLOUR—Canal, bbl. 9 alO Baltimore, “ 8 a 850 Western, “ none Country, “ 650 o 750 GUNPOWDER— keg 6 o 7 Blasting, “ 4 a 450 GLASS— IO * 12, box 350 a 425 81st 10, “ 325 a 4 IRON — Russia, “ 6 Swedes, assorted, “ 6 Hoop, lb 9 a 10 Sheet, “ 8 a 10 Nail Rods, “ 7 a 8 LEAD—Bar, “ 9 a LEATHER—SoIe, lb 28 a 30 Upper, side 61 76 a 2 Calf Skins, doz 30 a36 LARD— lb 12$ a 15 MOLASSES—N. Orleans, gal 45 a 50 Havana, “ 43 a 45 English Island, “ —a NAILS— lb Si a 9 OlLS — Lamp, gal 150a 200 Linseed, “ 1 15 a 1 25 Tanners, “ 60 OATS — bush 50 PEAS — “ 1 PAINTS—Red Lead, lb 15 White Lead, keg 300 a 350 Spanish Brown lb 4 a Yellow Ochre, “ 3 a PEPPER—BIack, « 9 a 12 PORTER — London, doz 4 a 460 and Ale, American, bbl 3 a 360 RAISINS—MaIaga, box 2 a 250 Muscatel, “ 1 50 a 2 Bloom, “ none RlCE—Prime, 100/6 5 a 6 Inferior to good, “ 4 a 5 SUGAR — New Orleans, lb 7 a 10 Havana, white, “ 13 a 15 “ brown, “ 8 a 9 Muscovado, “ 8 a 10 St. Croix, “ 10 a 12 Porto Rico, “ 8 a 11 Lump, “ 14 a 16 , Loaf, “ 15 a 20 Double refined, “ 20 a 22 SOAP — American, No. 1, 8 as “ No. 2, 5 o b SALT —Liverpool ground, bush 65 a 75 . Turk’s Island, “ none STEEL—German, lb 15 a 16 Blistered, “ So If j SHOT—AII sizes, bag 2 12$ a 237 , SPIRITS—Cognac, 4th prf. gal 150 a 250 Peach, “ 1 a 150 Apple, “ 45 a 65 Gin, Holland, “ 1 20 a 150 “ American, “ 55 a 75 Rum, Jamaica. “ 125 a I 75 “ New England, “ 48 a 56 I Whiskey, Northern, “ 48 a 56 > “ Western, “ 50 a 75 “ Mononga. “ 75 a 1 “ Irish, “ 2 a 3 TOBACCO — N. Carolina, lb 8 a 15 f Virginia, “ 15 a 4'i • TWINE— “ 30 a 374 TEA—Bohea , “ 50 a 7. Souchong, “ 50 a 7. Hyson, “ 76 a 1 2. , Gunpowder, “ 1 a 1 2. [ WlNE — Madeira, gal 250 a 35i Sicily Madeira, 1 25 a 1 7- Sherry, “ 2 n 35t Tenerife, “ 75 a 1 25 Sweet Malaga, « 40 a 60 Porte, “ 7.5 a 3 I Claret, “ none “ in bottles, doz 3 a (> Cknmpaigne, •• 5 c(2 .. marine intelligence. , . Charleston, Jan. 8. Arrived yesterday- Schr Viiginia Hodges, Rol -Ims, Plymouth, (N. C.) 8 ’ T i lO, , P C °P e > Miercken, Liver- S? i’ E ’ atll *> Kendrick, Boston; brig Leonidas, y ,! J C! ’ Havana ;C L brig Moses, Loveland New York I brig Gen. Pinckney, Ford, New Orleans i tanzas llgent ’ Whitten > d ° 5 Susan, Handy, Ma- Went to sen yesterday— Ships Catharine, Berry London; Oceanus, Bonme, Havre; Shaw, Chase fora Southern port; barque Elizabeth, Swan, Liv erpool. ’ In the offing —Line ship Congaree, Doane, from Boston ; the brig Pandora, from the North, for Sa vannah, was spoken olf the bar 6th instant, by the pilot boat Caroline. ITTMILL POND OYSTERS will be received at the Cornucopia this afternoon. _ jan 9 11 MICHAEL SHEAHAN. Dr. F. M. ROBERTSON has removed his Office to No. 302, on the south side of Broad st., immediately opposite the Auction store of Messrs. Russell, Hutchinson & Co. ts dee 2 CTr-C. M. CURTIS, House, Sign and Ornamen tal Pointer y 187 Prood street.— ~Sign and ornamen tal work done at short notice. dec 5 try CLINCH RIFLEMEN, ATTENTION!— Appear on 3 our parade ground, on Saturday, the 11th of January, at 91 o’clock, a. m., armed and equipped for regimental review and inspection. By order of the Captain. j* n 8 DWELLS, A. O. S. (XIT’A CARD. —Mr. Richards,Tcacherof Draw ing and Painting, will resume his professional du ties in Augusta at an early day. nov 7 CffTO THE LOVERS OF THE ARTS.— The Paintings at Mr. Richards’Drawing Academy (Masonic Hall,) will hereafter be opened to visi tors, every Saturday afternoon and evening, from 2 o’clock until 9 o’clock p. m. At night the rooms will be well lighted. dec jjy tfyDr. li. HARRIS oilers his services in the practice of his profession to the citizens of Augus ta and its vicinity. Messages will receive prompt attention if left at his drug store in Broad street, or at his residence in Ellis street, below Washing- nov 7 (ryA. IVERSEN is now prepared to resume his professional duties as a Teacher of Music. Or ders left at T. H. Plant’s book store, or at Mrs. Campfield’s boarding house, will be promptly at tendedto. _ nov 26 (fyPUBLIC NOTICE. — Dr. Munroe, Surgeon Dentist, has returned to Augusta. dec 9 it y EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— It sight, and at one to tw uty days sight. For sale by nov 23 GARDELLE & RHIND. GO’ S. M. SHAVER, ARTIST, has opened his Rooms at the Masonic Hall. 2d story, where he will be happy to receive orders for Miniatures.—Correct likenesses will be warranted, dec 28 trwlm* {TrW. G. NIMMO, General Commission Mer chant, olfice on Mclntosh street, next door to the Constitutionalist. nov 7 (ry Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his profes sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity. He will be found at his residence, the first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis street,recently occupied by John L.Adams. J*»S_ 17 ts Cy Er. W. FLINT offers his services to the ci tizens of Augusta in the different branches of his profession. He may be found at all hours at the late residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second door trom the corner of McUtosh and Reynold streets, nev 29 j y ‘ A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS. DR. W. EVANS' CELEBRATED SOOTHING SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth. This infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of chil dren, when thought past recovery, from convul sions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the gums, the child will recover. The preparation is so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no child wiil refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of four months, though there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of the Syrup should be used on the gums, to open the pores. Parents should never be without the Syrup in the nursery where there are youngchildren; for if a child wakes in the night with pain in the gums, the Syrup immediately gives case, by opening the pores and healing the gums ; thereby preventing convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. Wrn. Evans’Medical Office, 100 Chatham street. New York, where the Doctor may be consulted on all diseases of children. PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF Dr. EVANS' SOOTHING SYRUP.—To the Agent of Dr. Evans' Soothing Syrup: Dear Sir—The great benefit afforded to my suffering infant by your Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and painful dentition, must convince every feeling pa icnthow essential an early application of such an invaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery and torture. My infant, when teething, experienced such acute sufferings, that it was attacked witq convulsions, and my wife and family supposed that death would soon release the babe from anguish, till we procured a bottle of your Syrnp; which as soon as applied to the gums, a wonderful change was produced, and after a few applications the child displayed obvious relief, and by continuing in its use, I am glad to inform you the child has com pletely recovered, and no recurrence of that awful complaint has since occurred; the teeth are ema nating daily and the child enjoys perfect health. I give you my cheerful permission to make this acknowledgment public, andwill gladly give any information on this circumst: nee. WM, JOHNSON. TONIC PILLS. —The powerof Evans’ Camomile Pills are such, that the palpitating heart, the trem ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the fluttering mind, vanish before their effects like noxious vapors be fore the benign influence of the morning sun.— They have long been successfully used for the cure of intesmittents, together with fevers of the irregu lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral ob structions. This tonic medicine is for nervous complaints, eneral debility, indigestion and its consequences, or want of appetite, distension of the stomach, acid ity, unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling noise in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, when the mind becomes in itable,desponding,thoughtful, melancholy, and dejected. Hypochondriacism, con sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all other nervous affections, these pills will produce a safe and permanent cure. Evans ’ Camomile Pills were first introduced into America in 183 d. EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS are purely vegetable, composed with the strictest pre cision of science and of art; they never produce **( nausea, and arc warranted to cure the following diseases which arise from impurities of the blood, viz:— Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, Colds, Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthma, Cho lera, Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnies and Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, and all those diseases of wl atpoever kind to which human nature is subject, where the stomach is affected. More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary effi cacy of Dr. Wm. Evans ’ celebrated Camomile and Aperient Anti-Bilwus Pills, in alleviating afflicted mankind.— Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Bowery.- Disease —Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody Flux- Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels, se vere griping, frequent inclination to go to stool, tu nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fre quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge of a pe culiar ftetid matter mixed with blood .great debility, sense of burning heat, with an intolerable bearing down of the parts, Mr. Cameron is enjoying pen ect health, and returns his sincere thanks for Ihi extraordinary benefits be has received. Sold by ANTONY Sr HAINES, Sole agents in Augusta J. M.& T. M. TURNER,Savannah P. M. C( IH EN & Co., Charleston, SHARP & ELLS, Milledgeville, C. A. KLLS, Macon, A. W. MARTIN,Forsyth Wii. L. vVELLft, Druggist, Athens MARK A. LANE, Washington. juiy XI