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CIUIONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUST A.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY la.
Money.
1 here never hove been inch light limea in mon
ey matters, in this city, since it first a>• mimed a
commercial importance, as the present. Among
all classes the cry is that they ‘-cannot collect
people have no money tn pay with.” During the
gees ion of the Lrgi-d itnre, ws fed ourselves with
the hope l hut a lenient course on the part of that
body towards the hanking institutions, would leave
them with the power to give some relief; yet, al
though the Legislature virtually authorised the
banks to do a. they pleased, th are is no reliet felt
Those institutions rigorously demand of iheirdeht
ars to pay up, and every day decreases the circula
tion and cons>*quenlly the means of paying. In
• allott time there will be n nlniig to pay with,
and then comes the sacrifice of property, bankrupt
cies and ruin to many. Then will coma tha real
harvest of the banks by getting the property of
their debtors for no hing. VVe are the advocates
•fa sound currency, and we have always advo.it
•d that policy of legislation towards the Banks
tyhich would enable them, lo make the I eoplc as
easy as possible, without so enameling their issues
as to render the currency uus'U’td, but we do se
riously fear that the more inditfgenee is shown lo
those institutions the le s disposition is manifested
h* then to serve he public I lie ,Id hone ol eon
vt*ntioii—settlements among themselves, seems to
be still a difßcu.iy in the way of their doing any
thing lor the public g-md.
We intend lo discuss this matter thoroughly,
please or displease wh on it -nay. The people are
in debt and need indulgence, and the true question
now is, do the Banks intend to giee them an oppor
tunity of working ont their debts, or do they intend
to force every man in the community to absolute bank
ruptcy who owes one Ih rd or one fourth of the value
of hn property ? That is the question ■' ■'
General Harrison mid Gov. Tyler, have both ac
cepted iheii nominations by the Harrisburg Conven
tion. 'Their le‘lers of acceptance are published in
the Fayetteville N. C. Observer, re which paper
they were handed for publication by Gen. Owen,
the Chairman »f the C onmittee, lo inlbrm those
gentlemen of their nominations.
In our notice yesterday ol the Massachusetts
election, onr com -o-riior substituted a figure 6 for 1,
making us estate th ■ number of votes in that State
at over 6 JO,OOO ins ead ol IDOJKH).
It is staled in the Baltimore Patriot, that. Mr.
Gilpin. Solicitor for the Treasury, has been nomi
mated as Attorney General of the United Stales.
The place was offered to Mr. Dal.as, who decli
ned.
Mr. Selden’s nomination as Treasurer U. S.
has not yet been confirmed by the Senate ! Peo
ple begin to inquire about it.
The January number of the Ladies’ Compan
i ion, a monthly publication of long acknowledged
™ mcr t, has been forwarded ns, and we have peru
sed its contents with much gratification. This
number is embellished with an engraving of
Washington’s House at Mount Vernon, and the
surrounding scenery, most beautifully executed.
The first number of the eleventh volume of the
American Turf Register, edited by W. T. Porter*
has come to hand, crowded with matter of inter
est to the Sportsman, and ornamented with a
beautiful engraving of Charles the Twelfth, the
winner of the great St. Lcger Stakes. The arti
cle on “How to buy a Horse,” continued from
the preceding number, is worth the price of the
work for a year.— Charles, on Courier.
i£j*The following act was passed by the Leg
Islature at its last session.
Ax Act To alter and amend the militia law, as
relates to the county of Richmond in this
State.
Be it enacted in the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the Stale of Georgia in Gener
al A assembly met , and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same.
Sec. Ist. That from and after the passage of
this act, the limits of the Tenth Regiment, in the
county of Richmond, shall extend no further than
the incorporate limits of the city of Augusta, and
that the Military District without the corporate
limits of said city, and within the county of Rich
mond shall he known as the Seventy-ninth Re
giment, and it shall be, and is hereby made the
duty of the Brigadier General, of the Ist Brigade,
— Bd Division, to proceed forthwith to the Organ!-
■ Aeration of said Regiment.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act, there shall
*w> be four annual parades of the Beat Companies,
ol the Tenth Regiment (Independent of Regi
mental and Battalion Parades) to take place as
follows, viz: the 122 d Beat or District • onipany
shall parade on the first Tuesday in every De
cember, February, April, and October, annually;
the 1 80th Beat or District Company, shall parade
on the Wednesday following, in ea hos said
months; the 398th District, or Beat Company,
shall parade on the Thursday's following, in each
of said months, and the 600lh District or Beat
Company, sh dl parade on the Friday’s following
in each of said months. The said parades shall
commence at ten o’clock, in the forenoon, or ear
lier in the morning, if the t ommanding Officer
' of the Beat Company deems fit, and shall con
tinue from ten o’clock, or ear ier to one o’clock
in the afternonn, (Regimental and Battalion pa
rades excepted, at which parades the command
ing officer shall use his discretion with regard to
- the time provided; he shall not dismiss his Bat
talion or Regiment, without drilling at least three
hours) on each of said days they shall be super
intended by a field officer, of the Tenth Regi
ment; the field officers to serve in turn accord
ing to the commanding field officers mus.er. and
the superintending offic re shall be empowered
to drill the Companies if in his judgement, he
shall think it necessary fur the instruction of said
Companies. The same orders sh dl be issued hy
the Commanding Officers of the Companies, the
same summons served, and the same penalties
incurred us in other ca-es of default after Regi
mental orders.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That Regi
mental Courts of Enquiry, shall be held at such
places, within the Tenth Regiment, as the com
manding field officer shall designate in orders in
each December February, April and Oetolier, in
each year, lo try defaulters, at the foregoing pa
rade, to which Courts of Enquiry, returns of de
faulters shall lie made by the commanding offi
cers of Beat or District Companies as returns are
now made by law to other Regimental Courts of
Enquiry ; such Court, shall consist of not less
than five, nor more than eight of the commission
ed officers of the Regiment; the same mode of
1 collecting of fines, shall be observed as is now
i provided by the military laws, for Regimenta
lines. The commanding field officers shall de
, signate in orders, some Staff Officer to attend the
foregoing parades, to note defaulting officers, and
( make return of them to the Regimental Courts
of Enquiry. 'The penalties collected shall lie
paid into the Regimental fund, out of which shall
be defrayed all the expenses of music now au
thorized by law, for the Beat or District pa ades ;
the accounts obe presented hy the commanding
otiiccts of said companies, to the Regimental
Courts and audited by them.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted hy the
authority aforesaid. That as an inducement to
competent persons, to lake commissions in said
Beat or District companies, the commissioned
officers of said companies shall, and they are
hereby declared exempt, during the time they
shall hold their commission, and shall faithfully
discharge their duty, from all manner of jury du
ty, within the county of Richmond, and city of
Augusta, provided nevertheless, that no officer as
aforesaid, shall continue entitled to such exemp
li tm, -unless he sha'l obtain within the month of
January, in each'and every year, a certificate of
itis faithful conduct, as such from the command
ing officer of the Regiment, and have such certi
ficate duly recorded within the same month, in
each and every year, in the office of the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Richmond county, for re
cording ol which certificate the said Clerk shall
be entitled to receive from such officer of Beal
Company,, the sum of fifty cents ; any officer
aforesaid who shall serve for, and during the time
of five years, and shall regularly obtain and regis
ter his certificate as afoiesaid, shall thereafter be
exempt from all ordinary military duty in the
tenth Regiment.
Sec. 6th. And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid. That non-commissioned offi
cers in the Beat or District companies aforesaid,
> who shall faithfully perform their duty as such
for one year, and shall obtain a certificate to that
, effect, from the commanding officer of the Rcgi
, ment, shall thereafter be exempt from ordinary
militia duty within the Tenth Regiment for one
year. No non-commissioned officer removing
from ore heal into another, shall thereby he ex
-1 onerated from his duty as such in the Brut, in
’ which he may have been drawn or appointed,
i nor shall he be relieved by joining a Volunteer
Company—provided, nevertheless, that the I ’om
mantling Officers of Beat t 'ompanies may accept
substitutes for non-commissioned officers who
shall lie entitled n the same terms to the same
’ exemptions and liable to the same penalties.
Sec. 6th. And b ■ it further enacted. That
. when an individual shall voluntarily accept th<
appointment of a non-commissioned officer in any
of the Beat or District Companies aforesaid, he
. or they shall stand bound to perform faithfully
. the duties of said office, for the term of twelve
months, from the time of his or their appoint
ment, and on failing, neglecting or refusing to
perform the same, ho or they shall be fined in the
sum of fifty dollars, to be collected as other niili-
I tia fines are eollec ed.
Sec. 7th. And be it further enacted, That for
the trial of any commissioned company, or staff
* officers within the Tenth Regimqn|, the number
f of members of a Court Martial, shall not exceed
> ten. nor be less than seven to be designated by
the Brigadier General of the Ist Brigade, 2d Di
vision, as prescribed by law, from among the offi
cers of the Tenth Regiment; the pay ofeach mem
! her of the Court shall lie two dollars per day, to
i be certified and paid as in other cases of Court
. Martial, under the General Militia Law of this
State.
* Sec. Bth. And be it farther enacted by the au
-3 thonty aforesaid. That should the officers of the
Tenth Regiment, at any future time deem it ex
( pedient from increase of population or otherwise
to increase the number of Companies in said Re
-3 giment, such Companies shall be governed in ev
ery respect by the provisions of this act; the com
missioned and non-commissioned officers of said
company, shall be entitled to the same exemptions,
and liable to ihe fame penalties as the officers in
the companies already enumerated; the first new
* ly create:) company, shall parade on the Satur
i days following the parade days of the 600th
District Company in every December, February.
. April and Oetolier, the second newly created
company shall parade on the Mondays following
f in each of the said months, the third newly crea
ted company shall parade on the 'Tuesday follow
f ing m each of the said months, and the fourth
, newly createu company shall parade on the Wed
nesday following in each of the said months and
I so on.
, Sec. 9th. And be it farther enacted. That his
Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby
authorised to furnish (from the Slate Arsenal)
the 'l’entli Regiment with seven hundred Stand
of Muskets and cross belts— provided, the coin
| j muiding field officer of said regiment shall give
to his Excellency the Governor his bond and se
curity lo the amount oft.ie cost of said arms, and
I equipments for the safe keeping of the same, and
the delivery of the same in like good order and
\ condition, whenever the service of the Slate may
( require them. JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 21st Decemlier 1839.
Charles j. McDonald,
Governor.
i Seciiitabt of States’ Office, }
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. Bth, 1840. 5
r I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of
1 the Original Act of file in this office.
Given under my hand, and seal of office.
WM. A. TENNILLE,
Secretary of State.
New Militia Oboanization. —The Report
of the Secretary of War proposes a new organ rza
-1 lion of the militia upon a national scale. The
■ present system, never of much practical use, has
1 j generally fallen into utter inefficiency,and, except i
in the case of volunteer companies, the whole has
become more a matter of burlesque than of grave
reality. The plan proposed hy the Secretary re
commends the Division of the United Stales into
eighty mihtary districts, in each ol which 86,000
men are to lie enrolled; one half lo he on active
duty, and to receive pay, the rate of compensation
and the number of days of service in the year be
ing fixed by law. The other half are lo consti
tute a body of reserve, to be composed of such as
have served four years in the active Militia, One
fourth of the latter division are to fall into the te
scive every year: and one fourth of the reserve to
retire from military duty;—the deficiency in the
active militia is to be supplied hy new recruits.
Twenty five thousand men for each of the cignt
districts will give 800 000 for the whole Union ;
being about one seventh of the whole numbe* of
militia in the country. The remaining six sev
enths will ha< e no military duly to perform except
as their turn may come to serve in the organized
body.
This plan promises at least much more efficien
cy than the present one. How fur the whole or
ganization is to he under the control of the Gen
eral Government, in the way * commissioning
officers, we have no means of knowing—nor
wh: ther in the apportioning of the districts any
regard will bo paid to State lines. —Baltimore
American.
The Opium Trade. —Buckingham, the trav
eller. intends to lecture hero on the opium trade
tomorro i, although he cannot throw any new
light upon the subject. The facts of the ca»e lie
in a nut shell.—China paid $1 1,01)0,000 lor
opium annually, and only received $9,000,000
h r tea. She had therefore to put a stop lo it or
sec the government broken up.—Great Britain
continued the trade recklessly, because she desi
red an occasion of quarrel with China. And
that the British government intend to take hos
tile steps is very evident, from the fact that the
Ministers avoid saying any thing explicit on the
subject. If they intended lo remain pacific, they
would say su at once. —New York Herald.
Ahmed occupation of Flouida. —This
Bill, as reported lo the U. S. Seriate hy Mr.. Be
nton from the • ommittee on Military Affairs, pro
poses to grant to the first white settlers, not ex
ceeding ten thousand tr.cn, able to bear arms,
who shall settle in such parts of Florida, east of
the Suwuncc and south of Cape Sable, as shall
be designated by the President of the U. 8., a
bounty of three hundred and twenty acres ofiand
each, upon certain conditions named in the sub
sequent part of the bill. The most important of
these are that the settlements shall be in stations,
each including not less than forty nor more than
one hundred men; each settler to engage in the
cultivation of grain and vegetables for his own
support or foi sale to others, using the public
land about the station for this purpose; each ela
tion lo be protected by a block house which the
settlers are to put up with the aid of the U. 8.
troops; rations and clothing for one year to be
supplied by the Government; and arms and am
munition furnished on application at the nearest
military post. At the return of peace and remov
, al of the Indians, each settler who shall have
. complied with these conditions, or his widow and
heirs at law in case of his death, shall be entitled
to a bounty of three bundrtd and twenty acres of
land,as named above; the selection to be made
by each settler according to priority of settlement,
or by lot, when two or more claimants date from
the same day of settlement. The bill provides
also for frequgnt inspections of the various sta
tions; for the survey of the lands referred to in
the first clause, and for the opening of three land
offices in the district, so soon as the same can be
safely done. The lands granted to settlers are to
Ire free from taxation, and unalienable even by ju
dical sale, until the patent issues and for one
year thereafter. Any settler failing to comply
with the terms and conditions of the Act shall
forfeit all rights arising under the some.
, The bill has been rear! twice in the Senate.—
, Baltimore American.
How to onow men.—Nothing is more ea
«y (says Mr. Paulding than to grow rich. It is
f only lo trust nobody; lo befriend none; to heap
interest upon interest, cent upon cent; lo destroy
I all the finer feelings of nature, and be rendered
mean, miserable, and despised, for some twenty
or thirty years, and riches will come as sure as
' disease, disappointment, ami a miserable death.
t
I rom the Geoigiu Journal
Legislative Sketches... Continued
Gen. Jones, of Lee.—We know but little of
this member’s powers. We have occasionally
beard him debate. His manner needs amend
ment. He seems to us to have practised elocu
tion in a bad cllool. He is a man of good sense,
and mure anxious to accumulate tnuney, th ru to
acquire reputation as a legislator. He should
learn at once that the tunes of the pulpit.cannot
with propriety he transferred to a deliberative as
sembly. Wc admire bis boldness and hisenergy
of character; and if he will profit by the criticism,
the j istice of which must be apparent to every one
who has lounged in the gallery of the Senate as
we have, wc are persuaded he can occupy a more
commanding position limn that ire has hitherto
held. Wo recommend lo his study, Hamlet’s
advice to the player’s.
Mr. Kelly, of Houston, is a striking proof of
what can be accomplished by perseverance.
Such has been the gradual rise of ibis gentleman,
that he is now among the leaders ol his parly.
Very patient in labor, of business habits, kind and
obliging, bs has won his way to his present ele
vation hy rna ing himself seivicuble to his party.
Considering h's defect! e education, and the dif
ficulties which he has hail to surmount, he has
astonished us by the success which has crowned
his industry. He has no pretensions to elo
quence.
Col- John Lanodon Lewis of Muscogee.
This Senator is familiarly known as I ang Lewis,
We mention this simply that he may not be
confounded with Mr. John 8. Lewis, a gentle
man of a very different order of mind, and who
was sometime a citizen of Columbus, as well as
the subject of this notice. This Senator is a
very fine looking man. W« should be pleased,
from the personal regard wc have for him, it we
could commend his judgment. Without the or
gan of eventuality, a phrenologist would not he
surprised at the Protean phases he has in a very
short political career put on. Inconsistencies,
such as he, is accused of, justly detract from a
man’s influence, and often arc serious blemishes
upon a man’s political integrity, Mr. L. certain
ly possesses very respectable talents, but they are
ill directed. He seems lo have imbibed not a lit
tie of that venom against monopolies, banks, cre
dit system, See., which is a prevalent mania with
a curtain portion of the people. If this gentle
man exhibited any judgment in reforming their
abuses, or in checking their tyranny, we should
make no objection to his course, hut would laud
j him for his effort*. As he is, however, he appears
■ ous to need a straight jacket. It has all, douht
) less, proceeded from his being Congress-mad.—
We hope, now ins party have made ibeir nomi
• nations, that this gemkiuea will have a lucid in
) terval for a couple of years. We are persuaded
! that his is not a confirmed case of political lu
i nacy.
Some people do this gentleman the singu>ar
injustice of supposing all his holy horror of these
1 things is feigned—a mere simulation, and that
i under the mask of a hatred even to the knife, he
is but operating to advance the interests of some
> of the Banks of Columbus. We don't believe
! the Col. is such an intriguer. That would be
a deep game. We have seen once or twice in
■our life, some such thing enacted, but it was by
I Mler and more cunning men than we esteem
f Gsf. L. to be. It is said that this gentleman’s
nomination was prevented by Mr. Sturgis. We
t think be should thunk MV; 8. for this kindness,
I since it affords the Col. an opportunity to rectify
seme of his banking crudities—and to study a
■ Uttle more closely the interests of the people.
• J. Miller, Esq. of Richmond.—
• This gentleman is a lawyer in full practice.—
f ■Commencing, as we have heard, in Augusta, very
r poor, he has by the application of the highest
r kind of business faculties to his profession, attain
t ed a very handsome competency, and a very com
manding position at the bar. 8o entirely has lie
the confidence of the commercial community, in
- which he resides, that wc might safely predict
3 that under no circumstances can he hi' displaced
' I’y any man hawever formidable for talent. For
3 several year, this gentleman has been a member.
r first in the House of Representatives as a-col-
I league of Jenkins, and more recently in the Ben
r at'. Wholly unpretending, we should doubt
i whether he ever in his lile aspired to the reputa
• tion of an eloquent Speaker. He has, in onr
1 opinion, a more lasting reputation than the fleel
• ing one gained.by the tinsel of rhetoric—that of
) the soundest practical iudgment. (’tear androool
3 headed, park at in, the examination of every suit
' ject, he is the last man in. Ihe Legislature upon
whom the attempt should bo made to put off a
sophism. T«n such men arc worth more to a de
j liberative body, than fifty, of the most splendid
.declaimers, which could be selected from the
whole country.
’ Mr. Sfkinof.r, of Carroll.—This is the larg
est Democrat of our acqur intniicc. We venture
[• (hat no one who have ever seen this megutherion
I -of a man can ever forget him. This gentleman
j |» more remarkable for his personal, than for his
I intellectual endowments. We would hy no
means be understood as saying that this person is
destitute of either mind of influence—far from it
He has a large share of common sen e, and is an
| exceedingly good party manager. Very much dis
. posed to drop into the current of aggrarianism hy
force of parly connexions, we have not basn sur
prised that he is particularly partial to “ Free
Banking,” and against monopolies, dec. Nnt
. withstanding his decision and thorough-going
parly attachments, we would much sooner apply
, lo Mr. Springer foraid-in any hlreral measure,
with an expectation of cordial co-operation than
I t 0 many men’of more pretension, andi of more
political prominence than himself. We have not
, much acquaintance with this gentleman, yet we
j have a great regard.'for him, became he is fat,—
j He is said to be fuM of fun and anecdote. We
f think it very certain therefore that he cannot'be a
a ver y h*d man. Oh Falstaff! thou favorite of
our youthful days ! how often hast thy ton of
j flesh lyren apparent to our eyes, as we have sur
s veyed Ine 8 rnalor from Carroll— cap a pic. A
. lithograph: print of this gentlisiuan: intended as a
, caricature, but an excellent likenesses to be found
, in the bookstores of Macon. A bolter likeness,
> au inimitable one in profile we saw- in Milledgr
( ftlle during the session of the Legislature, by a
. Mr. Brown. What an admirable lavy of nature
. is it, that neither giants nor pigmies propagate
r their species in magnitudes or miniatures—« rrn
j tion of Springers !'—of Titans I!! The mere
idea shocks our nerves.
. Mr. Tract, of Bi b.—This Senator is a person
sul generis —unlike all other men whom wchave
ever known. We have some rcrnbrance of him
as far bark, or nearly so, as Ihe foundation of
• that City of Cotton Hags—Macon—and like oth
s er people deemed him an old man—he was them
i> called as he now is, “old Mr. Tracy.” We doubt
f not that, at that lime; bis white head was of great
1 service to him in his profession; it was as au
1 jhenlic evidence of his wisdom gravity, profound
9 oneeit, ‘'as if his visage bad creamed and man
'• tied o’er like a standing pond,!’ We have heard
that from his youth upwards, he has. worn this
appearance of age—-at (his lime we should think
him fut little ov.-r forty—in life and buoyancy of
spirits, as young as a boy of fifteen. Full of hu
ff mor—sparkling with wit—no barrister whotrav.
y els tire circuit adds so much to the general joy of
the profession around a winter’s fireside, as this
gentleman. He is a most excellent lawyer, n
r, better counsellor than advocate. But it is not as
0 we have occas onally seen him at the Bar that
J we meant toaketch him.. As a.Senator, we think,
t him out of place—and we presume he is as sen
i- sible of the uncongeuiality of his position to his
y tastes as any looker on can possibly be. Mr.
i, Tracy is not an eloquent speaker—fluent enough,
e perhaps no man has a greater supply of woids
s than himself-—but he, has sueh a mass of queer
e ideas always crowding upon him for utterance—
a and he usually clothes them in r»di odd raiment,
s that we'always feel’ an irrisiatihle impulse lo
laugh. There is so much comedy in his veiy
ff look.thatwefearthat were we followings hearse,
and he in procession, that our thoughts would
r, not partake of the solemnity of the occasion.
Mr. Tracy is wholly unfitted by nature and habit
J for the politician— though he is accounted a won
- derful electioneerer. Infinitely superior in sense,
. judgment, information and sagacity, to all the
whipsters comb inert who have assumed lo lead
s the party to which lie is attached—lie has never
-1 tbeless been thrust back by one and all of them.
He is a very inconsiderable man in influence,
compared with the Bate*. Cones, Cranes and
Dunncgans. his “right noble allies and compeers”
of the Benate, To evince the variety of his ae
. complishment as a scholar, be is said to be perfect
, ly familiar with seven languages.
> Gen. Williamson, of Newton.—There is
i something so quiet, so unobtrusive in thisgeutle
: man, that we raiioot but leel a grea regard for
, him. Unlike those busy, bustling, noisy men,
: who seek notoriety—it is difficult to draw this
• gentleman out. He Iras a strong clear mind, and
r can speak well if he would only shake off some
thing of that modesty whirh restrains him. Ex
ceedingly popular in his rounty—that populari
i ty has been acquirer! by his worth and integrity v
r and as it was honestly obtained—so we are per
suaded it will long be retained.
We bid adieu to the Senate House, having tir.
ed you with our triflea, aa we have tired ourrwlvoa ,
in jieniiiiig them. Written currenle eahtmu
wilhout elaboration, or reviaion, and designer!
solely to fill out a vacant hour—if they have
proved of momentary interest to you, we are re-
paid ths slight lalmr they Have cost us; if they- ! I
have not. we have no regrets lo arid, sa»s that 1 1
| some sow have escaped our pen. of whoa, we had J
mended, and ii would hare been a pleasure to us
to hare said a frond word or two.
ftiThere is. however another class of men in both
branch** of the Legislature, upon whom we must
be pardoned tor not expending a line—we have
no disposition to add a scintilla to the vanity of a
parcel of blockheads by a notice of them, even
roughly. They, like warts, would increase in
size by rubbing. Yours, &c,
Mn. Jones:—Will you please to insert in your
paper, the annexed lines on P. 11. D., who died far
from home and friends, and oblige your friend and’
constant reader. Anna.
How saddning the winds that softly sigh,
O’er those who are called with young hopes high.
To tenant the tomb)
More drooping the flow'ret hangs its head,
So lone in the aisles above the dead,
As waiting their doom.
The gay Happy days of joyous youth,
Shall learn but too soon the chilling truth,
We lovo but-to mourn:
Our hopes and ambition,now so bright,
Shall vanish like chatt in airy flight,
Hy rude blasts upborne.
Toe fondly, alas! we wished the chain,
In union that bound us. ne’er again
The fates would dissever
Its links are bedimm’d with friendship’s tear,
And one who a moment brief was here,
Has left us forever.
A mother’s solicitude of love,
A sire, save the one to whom above, ,
Ilis spirit has flowni
To bring him relief, a sister fair,
And, drive fnm his brow each gloomy rare, .
To him were unknown.
Then comrades weep, for the orphan weep,
’Tis noble grief, as one falls asleep,
The loved of us all.
His memory cherish, while the zephyr’s mourn,
While failing, lexves in the autumn strewn, *
Are requeim and pall.
Hamiuhc, January 13, 1840.
G. B. Lamar, Ksq.—.sir—This is the third time
that bgavne you notice, that extensive repairs, in-
Mnnter, on the lower part of the Augusta Bridge,
are indispensible. The first was given in my of
fice in Hamburg, when you informed me of having
bought the bridge, and was to pay teventy thou
sand debars for its: that you had paid twenty thou
sand dollars in cash, and were to pay tifty thou
sand dollars in two installments, in one and two
yean. Upon which I told you it was a hazardous
purchase, that you yomsclf were awaieof the sit
uation of the title to the property, and of mine and
otherclai s to ii, which I should feel ii my duty
to prosecute; and I even fhrnished you with some
documents at the time, relative thereto, and advis
ed you not to pay them any more money, without
the Hank would make you a warranty title for
your safety, which I did not think they would do,
because they knew they had not a good title them
selves: and secondly, that the Bridge was old and
getting weaker, and became more expensive every
day; and that it not only had to withstand the river
and drift wood, but the destruction of that cursed
thing above, boats breaking loose, and tearing up
those highland wharves, and was-therefore indis
pensible to keep it, in the best possible repair at
all times. If this was done, I thought it might
withstand all that but I did not think It could in
its present situation. It had stood twenty live
years, but bat was no reason that it would stand
twenty fivo years more; that the Bank had neglect
ed it most shamefully; that they had made all the
money they could, and have never made a thorough
repair, but was satisfied with patch work, the
greater part of which was done by negroes.
The second notice was last spring, while you
were in Hamburg and Augusta, making a change
in the tolls of the Bridge, when I again informed
you that essential repairs were indispensable, and
to the lower part particularly. Vour reply was
that you would come up yourself in the summer,
examine and give it a thorough repair, as soon as
the rivet wou.d admit. I have been here all the
time, and have not seen you making examinations
or repairs according to promise. The. river has
been low all the summer, and is yet low enough to
do all the work necessary. The bed of the Bridge,
and the feet of many of the main braces, as well
as the mortices in the ppsts, have been much de
rayed hy time and the long exposure to the sun and'
air during the summer.
I spoke to the Bridge Keeper, Mr Frazier, re
peatedly on the same subject, during the summer,
who informed me that the sickness in Augusta pre
vented him fro n getting hands; hut the sickness
never prevented him from getting-a man to tak e
the money; for 1 found one there every dayduring
the time. If he was not there himself, lie had
some one in his place,
I do not know woids to express my feelings up
on this subject. That a struetui* that has been
erei ted with great skill, at an enormous expense,
that realize* twenty thousand dollars annuaily.and
is a common highway over a rebel ious torrent, be
tween two cities and two states, by day and by
night, in all seasons of the year, for these twenty
seven years, and in which the whole community
are so deeply interested, and the season so favora
ble, should-bo so wantonly doomed to destruction,
is an unpardonable crime; for after, once gone, all
excuses and lamentations wi’l not bring it back
agai ci-
In conformity with a duty due to myself, as well
as toothers,! feel it im urn bent on me to make you,
and the Hank of- the state of Georgia, responsible
for all the proceeds and damages that may occur
from this neglect; from the day. it was wrested
from me, until the day it is returned if a court can
bo found la the United States to take jurisdiction.
With due respect, I am yours.
HKMtV SHULTZ.
Hambubo, January 13,1840.
Pretident and Dirertnri of the flank of the State
of Georgia at Anguntaand Savannalu
Gentle nen—The foregoing notice to Mr. O, b.
Lamar, is intended as a notice for you, in,all its
particulars,of whirh you will pleas* to take due
notice. 1 am yours, respectfully,
HSABY SHULTZ, j
The near approach of the Annual Term of the
Supreme Court baa given rise to aome inquiries
as to the probable successor of Mr. Grundy in
the office of A Homey General. We are unable
oujsekea to afihnl to the curious any clew to the
jntent*npeltahe Ejccutis- in the matter, but it
lni, M" Bla,e that we have heard '
a rumor th«t»rW l %ppointmem will probably bo \
conferred on a citizen of North Carolina. Aa
lional Intelligencer of Ilk imt.
Lottkh t S r r:c i; i.ati on .—We understand
that in Caldwell. Oakey & Pritchard’s Great
>J.otlery, not a single one of the prizes came out!
• ■bluing rich by lottery is a shrewd doubt, after
all, genius who calculated that the chance a
of a high prize is about equal to being struck y
dead by lightning, was not a bad arithmetician.
We have further understood that not less than
$' 25,000 worth of tickets in this lottery were sold
the day before the drawing! Not a bad specula*
tion for the managers— New Or lean* Sun.
On the 3d of December the British schooner
Skipjack, brought into Montego bay, the Portu
guese brig Ulysses, a slaver, with 629 slaves on
board, which she captured off the isles of Pines,
on the Ist, after a chase of 12 hours. The mas
ter, Fernandez, a Portuguese, escaped with 13
passengers, chiefly captains of captured slavers,
and six negroes, taking with them 8,000 dollars.
—New Orleans Bee.
Crimk in Fhanck,—Out of* svery lOfl per
i ons accused. 61 arar regularly condemned. Out
>f the whole population, I in every 4.4C0 inhab
lants is accused. In every 100 crimes, 25 ore
.gainst the person, 75 against the properly. Ex
perience shows that the number of murders is
nnuully nearly the same ; and what i» still- more
ingulur. that the instruments or means employ
d. aic also in the seme proportion. The incli
latiuu la crime is at its maximum in man about
he age of 25, in women 5 years later. The
roporlion of men and women accused, is 3 to 1.
he seasons have an influence on crime; in sum
•ier more crimes are committed against the per
on—fewer against p-operty the reverse is ths
ass in the winter.. The development to tha
ucliimlion to crime agrees very perfectly with,
hut ot the passions and physical strength; and
u the other hand; the development of reason,
ends to rustaain the inclination. The greatest
hysical strength of man devidopcd between the
ge of 30 and 35; and the greatest mental
"wers between that of 46 and 50. At this age
he griatcat number of chefs d’oeuvre of the
'rencU theatre has ts-en produced. It is a singu
■lr contrast that about this age we find mental,
licnatioii most frequent end difficult—Jkrue
.ncj/c/u. et Annalts (T Hygiene.
Sixrn D; truer or M|is«*ciut>sttsi—We*
,IH '" received a slip from the Greenfield Courier,
diich gives us reason to hn ( « for the election of
laker, (W big.) in the Sixth Congressional Dis-
Irict of Massachusetts. Full returns have beets
eccivcd Irom all the towns in the dis* riot except
leath whie.h gave a majority of 4f*againt' Mr.,
taker at the Aral trial. Leaving. Ibis town out
• I view, Mr. Baker's present majority is 46, over
II other candidates. It is probable that there
1 r,l, y ave been a change in Heath, correspond
'j"K to that in other towns in favpr of Mr. Baker.,
n that event he is elected by a small majority,—
KY. Courier ~f ith. J 3
A suit was lately b-ought in the Circuit Court
s Mercer county, New Jersey, by Peter Denny
i Co. vs. Hubert* Waddell and others, to recover
863.‘.’3. being the amount' of a< note given for
loros rnullicauli- trees last spring. The defence
■t up was a total failure of consideration. The
j try returned a verdict for the plaintiffs.— Newark
la, ly Adv.
Mobile, Jan. 3.—We learn, by a passenger,
hat a destructive fire occurred at Pensacola, oa
io morning of the 29th ult., destroying five
uildings, and the progress of which was only,
layed by pulling down two others. The build
i figs destroyed were occupied by L, Rogers, John,
amphell, E. 8. Worison’s clothing store, J. 0..
mith, drug store, Jenison Jt Eostar, B|ena &
.a Kuc, and 8. Darios, No estimate of the loss,
I Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road.
Hambubo, January 14, 1840.
W. IC. Jackson; T. Kichards; G. T. Dorlict S. B.
Brooks; A. Frederick; Haviland, Rislty & Co.; P.
Carrie; Baird St Howland;, J. G. Dunlaps W. Hat
tier; D. 11. Mlcox; J, Mi Cooper St Son; Russell.
Hutchinson t Co.; E. &J. A.bnydei; J. L. Frazer-
J.F. Benson; Jeffers dt Boulware. '
MARJNE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, Jan 13.
Cleared— Barque Tasso; Cotidy, Havre; brig
Philurah, Shearman, Boston.
Arrived —Brig Exit, Session. St Augustine; schr.
Arator, Bevins, Newport.
Charleston, Jan. 14. 1
Arrived yesterday— Ships Camilla, Wadltagton,.
Turks Island; Merchant, Sordon, Beverly Maas;
Vir.i ia, Hussey, Alexandria, U.tj line ship Sut
ton, Bankman. New ,ork; ship Poland, Anthony,,
do; bugs Aik, Flanders, do; Nonpareil, Pope, New
London; Canton, Pettingale, Su.livan, Me; Br brig
Adiianna, Hunt, St. Thomas; Br. brig Woodbine,
Shaw, Grenada; Dutch brig Heppins, Shart, Sun-.
, nam; schts Peerl, Pearce, Matanzas; Elizabeth
Thaiuc, New Orleans.
Cleared— Brigs Lancet, Kruse, Havana; Wood
stock, Bragden,Savannah.
tXKCUTOK’B NOTICE.
ALL persogs indebted to Mary Savage, deceas
ed, late of Richmond county, are required to
make payment to the undersigned; and tho e hold
ing (lain s against her, are requested to hand in an
account of their demands within twelve months ■
from this dale.
Jan. 8, 1840. wCt A. J. MILLER. Eg’r.
executor’s notice.
ALL persons indebted to Milton Antony, de
ceased, late of Kicbmond county,are required
to make payment to the undersigned; and those
holding claims against him, are requested to hand
in an account of their demands within twelve
months from this date.
Jan. 8.1H4H wf>t A. J. MILLER, E**r.
EXECUTOR’S NOT'CE.
ALL persons indebted to Robert Dillon, deceas
ed, late of Kicbmond county, are required to.
make payment to th«.undersigned; and those hold
ing claim* against* him. are requested to hand in,
an account of their demands, within twelve months
from this date.
Jan 8.J840. w6t A. J. MILLER; Ez’r.
A imirtlfTß % TOR’*) NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to Richard F. Bush dr
ceased, late of Richmond county, are requir
ed to make payment to the undersigned; and those
holdingciaims against him, are requested to hand
in an account of their demands, within twalvw
months from thi. date. * ‘ ,IT *
Jan. 9. 1540. wßt A. J-MU.I «R,