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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUST A.
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18.
The practice of Uucountmg fictitious bills of
Exchange by our Banks, instead of discounting
mercantile paper, is the grossest abuse of the privi
lege of banking, • fiat has come to our knowledge.
It is nothing more than an indirect way of obtain
ing usurious interest, which their charters forbid
them to take, and the high price of B xchange, it is
demonstrable, is the result of this same usurious
■pirit. We do not object to our Banks discount
ing bills of Exchange drawn against produce or
actual funds in the hands of the drawee, because
that is a part of their legitimate business, and
they are useful to the public in the transfer of
money in that way, but for a Bank to refuse te
discount good notes payable at short time, for
the accommodation of merchants, and at tbo
same lime willingly discount tbeir fictitious bills
of Exchange, for the purpose of extorting a dou
ble profit, is an abomination that calls loudly for
reform. The object of discounting bills is to
procure Exchange on the place upon which the
bill is drawn, but three fictitious bills do not real
ly create such Exchange, and are nothing more
thin obligations held by the Bank here, upon the
drawer, to pay it the difference in Exchange be
tween the two places. Thus, a merchant in good
standing, whoae note payable hern, will not bo
ciseounled, being compelled to raise a sum of mo
ney, draws his bill upon Charleston, at sixty days
and gels it discounted, “interest off. At the
end of sixty days, hasing no funds in Charles
ton, ho goes to the Bank which discounted the
bill and pays them 4 per cent, premium for « re
newal for sixty days longer—or perhaps the
Bank gives him an order for Ilia bill upon bis pay
ing the premium—or sells him a draft at four pc r
cent, upon the very funds which his own bill is
to crest*, to meet it!!! These shifts are resorted
to by the Banks to extort large profits, and üb
mittnd to by the merchant, to save bis credit;
but it is a system which no merchant can long
withstand, and one which the Banks will con
tinue as long as they wring it from the distressed.
Now we insist upon it that if any Bank can
venture to issue its bills to do such a business us
this, it can as safely venture to issue them upon or
dinary business paper; and if they run get bills
on Charleston at par, interest off, for sixty day» (
they can afford to sell the Exchange created by
thsae bill* at much lesa than four per cent. pre.
mium. It really seems us if our Bunks had set
up a regular opposition to the brokers—and gone
wholly and solely into the business of shaving.
What is it they fear, to prevent them from issu
ing 1 They do not pay specie, and they ate not
compelled to redeem their bill* in exchange. If
we truly understand the views of our merchants,
they do not so much object to paying the enor
mous rates of Exchange, as to the parsimonious
course of the Bank* by which meney is made
so scarce as to disable them from purchasing it
even at those rate*.
We hope the statement* of the following
coimnunic ition arc true. The Insurance Bank
has certainly a handsome circulation, which ia at
least some evidence that it is doing something
for the relief of the city. We hope, 100, that it
will continue to do good, and that the other
Banks may step forward and imitate its laudubl*
example. By concert of action among all, much
good might be done.
Mmishs. Eiiitoh* :—I am glad to see the
stand you have taken in relation to the Banks.
I think, however, that one honorable exception
might lie made, viz. the Insurance Bank, which
has, to the extent of its ability, afforded every
facility to the mercantile community. It* bills
arc in high credit throughout Georgia and Caro
lina. and constitute a larger part of the circula
tion of ibis city than any Bank here. Within
a very recent period, it has discounted a Urge
amount of local business paper, in small sums,
mid in such u way as to afford relief to the great
est number. The Branch of the State Bank,
too, although it has not done aa much ns it might
do, has nevertheless not altogether closed it*
door* to a suffering community. A.
Mas. Bahnks’ Bciiskit takes place to-night,
and as we understand that this is the last visit of
Mr. Barnes and his family to the South, vse ad
vise all who love a good Play to see these old
acquaintances take their farewell. The enter
tainments are most attractive. Knowles' Play
of “Woman’s Wit, or Love's Disguises," has
been, fur the past year, most successful, and pos
sesses great interest. The characters embrace
the talents of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, Miss Barnes,
and Mr. Forbes ; with such a cast the Play must
be admirably performed.
In addition, and in compliance with the wishes
of many of our citixcns, we have the Drama of
La Elite, which Miss Barnes has so happily
adapted ; while the original Epilogue, written by
Miss Charlotte, must lie heard from the lips of
the authoress to be felt and understood.
Uttiik of llawkinsville.
The Macon Telegraph of the 14th says—A
report is going the rounds of the newspapers,
that the Stock in the Ilawkinsville Bank had
been sold to a Company iu Alabama. We speak
advisedly, when we say, there is not a word of
truth in said report. The Hawkintville Bank is
■till owned and managed by Kawls, Tarver, Ev
eritl and other*—men of irreproachable charac
ter, and above all suspicion as to pecuniary res
ponsibility. In fact, wo look upon this institu
tion as among the very safest and soundest in
the Stale.
Nxwsesrxas. —The first newspaper publish
ed in this country, was the Boston News Letter,
a weekly paper, first published in 1704. The
Boston listen*, the second newspaper, publish
ed in 17*0. In 1731, the New England Cou
rt nt was commenced. It was printed by Benja
min franklin,chiefly on pic* type, in two col
umns, on half a sheet, of the sue of pH writing
W**-
from the Sew York Star of tin Utti.
Late from Europe.
By the packet ship Hibernia, Capt, Cobb, wt
have received English news to the 1 llh of Decem
ber. The news is not of much importance. Par
liament was expected to assemble on the 7th oi
January. No material change appears to have
taken place sinee the last advices. The loan ol
Mr. Jaudon, effected in behalf of the United .Slalei
Bank, is a standing topic of conversation in the
money market, though the business appear* to In
■till enveloped in mystery.
UaiTKU States Bank Stock. —The Lon
don Sun of the evening of the 10th of December
say* “The Shore* of United Stales Bank may lit
nominally quoted at XIB per Share."
From the Morning Port </ Pec 10.
The arrangement announced as having just ta
ken place between Messrs. Rothschild & Sons
and Mr. Jaudon has caused a decided improve
ment in the value of U. Stales Bank shares.
Sale* of them were made in the course of the
morning at Xl9 to Xl9 10s [ter share. Il ie un
derstood that there are plenty of capitalists ready
logo into the new loan, astbe interest yielded up
on the price given is somewhere about 10 per ct.
per annum. The only objection made to it ap
pears to lie with respect to the guarantee offered
for the reimbursement of the money, the underta
king of the U. Slates Bank being deemed scarce
ly sufficient in the present situation of its affairs.
The measure bus naturally engaged a good deal
of the attention of those who are in the habit of
taking a leading part in such matters.
Tbo Times of Monday evening slates that the
Messrs. Rothschild have been named as contrac
tor* for it—and the total amount is stated at £900,-
000, for which they are to issue 5 per cent, de
bentures, at 92, and to hold as collateral security
a large deposit of Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania
and other American Stale storks. But whether
Messrs, Rothschild advance this money as a new
transaction, is left unexplained.
Livrhpool Cuttob Market, Dec. 9.
The sales to-day amount about 5000 bags, inclu
-1100 American on speculation. Prices arc the
same as at the close of last week. 3000 Pernams
at 0J to lOd; 100 Maranham, 9 Jd; 89 Bahia, 9 jd;
100 Surat, 5J to SJ; a few Egyptian, 11J; the
remainder, American, OJd to Bd. On Saturday,
4000 were sold.
Britieh India. —lntelligence of considerable
interest had been received from India, the dates
being, from Calcutta, October 13th, Madras 19th,
and Bombay 28th. On the 18tli of September;
the Anglo-Indian troops set out on their return
from Gleixni. They were to stop for a few days
at Kelii, and depose the chief of that princi
pality for alleged unfriendly acts towards the
English interests, and especially for taking an
active part in the hostilities encountered by the
troop on their march to Afghanistan.
A vast conspiracy for the overthrow of the
English power in India, ia said to have been dis
covered nt Karnuul, an independent Mohamme
dan principality, the fort of which is 270 miles
from Madras. A strong force was despatched
thither by the Governor General, and the tort was
invested and taken without resistance, as well as
that of Jotidpore.
The cholera has broken out among the troops
sent against Joudpore end Kurnard, in consc
qnence of which the camp at the former place
was precipitately broken up on the 3d of Oct.
There is no later intelligence from China, but
from Calcutta we learn that two men-of-war had
sailed for Canton, and that four others were or
dered to Bombay, to hold themselves in readiness
to tail for Canton, if necessary, on receipt of
despatches from Captain Elliott.
France. —Paris papers of Sunday, the Bth of
December, had been received in London. They
contain little additional news of importance. A
third person implicated in the affair of the in
fernal machine had been arrested. At his apart
ments were found quantities of arms and amu
nition.
The Ministerial Journals are silent respecting
the alleged appointment of the Duke of Orleans
to a command in the army by which Abd-el-Kader
is to bo attacked next spring.
Letters from Toulon of the 4tli Dec. state that
the steamer Vaulour, which left Algiers 30th
Not. arrived in that port on the night of the 3d,
with despatches from Marshal Vslice. When
she sailed, the report of a distant cannonade was
heard in Algiers, ami il was believed that Abd-el-
Kader bad made a general attack on the fiencb
line. All the persons who arrived from the the
atre of hostilities, were enjoined to secrecy by the
authorities, lest any unpleasant news should tran
spire and increase the discouragement which had
already seized the European population. Not a
single soldier remained in the city, and its protec
tion was then entirely committed to the armed
citizens. The liveliest uneasiness accordingly
prevailed. The Moors, on the other hand, who
amounted to at least 20,000, were in the greatest
exultation.
Ism*.—The advices from India were from
Calcutta the 13th and Bombay the 28th Octobei,
They stale that the fall of Chiznee, which deci
ded the Affglmn question, had produced a most
important impression on the people. In Burmah
and Nepaul the eflect was instantaneous. Upon
Persia it would tic equally influential.
New York Legialature.
In the Senate, on the 7th, on motion of Mr.
Furman, the Senators proceeded to draw fur their
respective terms of service, which resulted as fol
lows :
Mr. Humphrey, 2
Mr. Root, 4
Mr, Sanford, 1
In the Assembly, the old rules were adnptep.
Jutido Hertell opposed the motion to appoint a
chaplain, and moved the resolution be laid on the
table, which, after some discussion, was agreed
to. Mr. P. H. Porter gave notice of bis inten
tion to introduce a bill relative to the election of
State Printer.
In the Semite, on Wednesday, Gen. Root of
fered a resolution for a call of a Convention to
amend the Constition of the United States, Unit
ing the election of a Piesident to one term —pro-
hibiting the appointment of members of Congress
to office—also prohibiting the removal from office
by the President without the consent of the Sen
ate, and appointing the Secretary of the Treasury
by Congress. Mr. Furman introduced a bill
pro\ iding for the election of a Senator in Con
gress the day after the passage of the bill—it was
read once. On motion, Richard M. Meigs was
elected Bergeanl-at-Arnis, and Philip M. De/ing
doorkeeper. In the House, Mr. Porter introduc
ed bis bill for the election of Stale Printer for
four years, and Mr. Thurlow Weed was named
in the bill by a majority of 10 votes. The bill
was still under discussion when the House ad
journed.—Star.
From tie Baltimore American.
Bank or Kenri’CKX.—We learn from th<
New York Courier that letters have been receive*
from the Secretary of the Sinking Fund of Ken
lucky, by (oirlies in New-Vork, who have madi
sales to the Commissioners of Certificates of tlu
Bank of Kentucky, stating, in effect, that it ap
peering by recent development* that a largi
number of Certificates of stock in the Bank o
Kentu ky had been surreptitiously issued froit
the Schuylkill Bank, the transfer agent of tin
Bank of Kentucky in Philadelphia—and trails
ferred at the agency of the Bank of Kentucky
in New York —the Union Bank—the Commis
sinners not having the means of ascertaining
whether the share* they purchased are or arc no
of the spunoua kind, invite attention to the facts
in older to ascertain upon whom the loss muai
ultimately fall.
L'pon mu statement the Couitet remark* —
This in certainly the mo»t extraordinaiy logic.
e We should aay that the lota muat certainly fall
.. on the Bank of Kentucky. If they clothe an
r- agent with certain power*, publicly and officially
,f announce the authority they have conferred on
c him, and he abuse such powers and authority,
3 f surely they must bear the consequences. Were
,g it otherwise, there would be an end of all securi
ic ty in making transfers of any kind of stock, in
deed of all safety, to intermediate agents, who
Income parties to the transfer of evidences of
debt of any kind—for though such evidence
r> comes from the fountain head, —suppose, for in
ie stance, from the Bank itself, —who can possibly
say that there has not been some surreptitious
dealing in its creation. Ft is an. qnfortunate
affair for the Bank, no doubt, but it cannot, at
8 least in a mercantile view, shift the responsibility
from its own shoulders.
i.
e From the New York Herald.
i- Great Resumption ol Specie Payment*.
1 We learn that a large portion of the money sto
- leu from the brig Vineyard, in November, 1830.
’• by Gibbs, the pirate, and his awociales, Wansley
" and others, has been found upon a small island,
culled Plumb Island, lying between the east end
ot Coney Island and the west side of Barren Isl
and, on the Long Island coast.
The first discovery of this noncy took place
‘ upon New Vear’s day, immediately after the lute
1 heavy blow. On that day, three fishermen, or
wreckers, took a boat, and went cruising round
3 the shores of the above three islands for pieces of
wrecks, or whatever “plunder” the sea might
" throw in their way.
When they landed on the south side of Plumb
Island, they say the Mexican dollars strewing the
1 beach, from the edge of the water up to a high
sand batik, about a rod from high water mark.
It was in this sand hank that Giblis, Wansley,
Dowes and Brownrigg, buried all the specie (bey
took on shore from the brig Vineyard; and, mis
taking Plumb Island for Barren island, when
they went, afterwards, to show the officers where
1 the money was buried, they could not find the
> spot. After a lapse of nine years, the sea has
laid the treasure bate.
’ The sand band, in which they buried the mon
ey, is, as we have stated, about a rod from high
water mark; and the sea never reaches it, except
1 in unusually severe gales, as in the present in
-1 stance. During the recent high tides, the sea
washed away the sand, washed off some of the
canvass hags, in which they were buried, and
strewed dollars all along the lieacti, besides re-bu
rying some in the sand again. The greater part,
however, were not disturbed, but lay in their ori
ginal grave, on the top of the hank like a ridge of
potatoes. From this spot to the water’s edge,
the three first finders saw the dollars lay like sea
shells on the shore. Fur two days, they had the
picking all to themselves. Since then, all the
claim hoys, wreckers, and loafers, from the neigh
boring villages, have turned out, and dug
in the sand with various success. Some would
find S2O in a lump; others S3OO in a spot, and
so in proportion. One man found a pair of sus
penders, sowed full of dollars, that had lielonged
to Atwill, the pirate, who was drowned going
ashore. The search still continues; at least 300
people are on Plumb Island, raking and scratch
ing; and they have established a ferry from the
cast end of Coney Island, where they charge 25
cents for a passage to the lucky spot.
The career ol Gibbs, who buried the money on
this spot, was a curious one. He was born in
Rhode Island in 1794. At the age of fifteen, he
went on board the U- 8. sloop of war Hornet,
and was in the action when she took the Peacock,
off Pernambuco. Ho followed Lawrence on
board the Chesapeake, was taken by the Shannon
sent to Dartmouth, and exchanged. He returned
to Boston, borrowed a thousand dollars, opened a
rum shop in Ann street, called the Tin Pot.
Here he burst up. on account of spending his
money on girls, and sailed in the ship John, for
Buenos Ayres. Here he joined a Buenos Ayrean
privateer, mutinied, took the vessel, landed the
crew in Florida, steered for the West Indies, cap
tured 20 vessels, and murdered 400 persons. The
haunt of himself ami associates was the Regis, at
Havana. In 1819 he came to New York, with
$30,000, spent several weeks here, went to Bos
ton, and sailed in the ship Emerald, Capt. Fox,
for Liverpool. Here he met and seduced the cel
ebrated Jane Henry, now in this city, whose love
letters to Gibbs made such a noise.
In 1826, he revisited the United States, and
hearing of the war netween Brazil and the Re
public of Buenos Ayres, sailed from Boston in the
brig Hitty, of Portsmouth with a determination,
as he states, of trying his fortune in defence of a
republican government. Upon his arrival he
made himselfknown to Admiral Brown, and com
municated his desire to join their navy. The ad
miral accompanied him to the Governor, and a
Lieutenant’s commission bring given him. he
joined a ship of 34 guns, called the “Twenty Fifth
of May.”
He served for a long time as sth lieutenant,
then had command of n privateer schooner, with
two 24 pounders and 46 men. He then bought
half u Baltimore schooner, was captnred when
seven days out, taken into Rio Janeiro and im
prisoned till the peace, when ha came to New
York. A year afterwards he sailed hence in the
Sally Ami, landed at Barcelona, crossed to Port
Mahon, and then to Tunis. Not being able to
join the Dey of Algiers, he mused, like Marius,
among the ruins of Carthage. He then went to
Boston, via Marseilles.
Gibbs, in his last visit to Boston, remained
there hut a few days, when he took passage to
New Orleans, and entered as one of the crew on
board the brig Vineyard; and for assisting in the
murder of the unfortunate captain and mate of
i which, he was justly condemned, and the awful
1 sentence of death passed upon him ! The par
■ ticulars of the bloody transaction (agreeable to
f the testimony of Dawes and Brownrigg, the two
principal witnesses,) are ns follows : The brig
- Vineyard, Capt. William Thotnby, sailed from
) New Orleans about the 9lh of November, 1830,
-for Philadelphia, with a cargo of 112 bales of cot
• 10n,113 hhds. sugar, 54 caks of molasses and
a 54,000 dollars in specie. Besides tie captain,
e there were on board the brig, Win. Roberts, mate,
- six seamen shipped at New Orleans, and tic
r cook. Rolrert Dawes, one of the crew, states on
I examination, that when about five days out. he
i- was tol-.l that there was money on board. Charles
s Gibbs, E. Church, and the steward then deter
s mined to take possession of the brig. They ask
g od James Talbot, another of he crew, to join
•- them. He said no, he did not believe there was
ir money in the vessel. They concluded to kill the
d captain and mate, and if Talbot and John Brown-
II rigg would not join hem, to kill them also.—
I- The next night they talked of doing it, and got
their clubs ready. Dawes dared not say a word,
as they declared they would kill him if lie did; as
they did not agree about killing Talbot and
Brownrigg, shipmates, it was put off. They
ie next concluded to kill the captain and mate on
*| the night ol November 22, but, on the night of
i- tha 23d, they killed them.
Ie Alter killing the captain and mate, they set
ie about overhauling the vessel, and got up one keg
[>. of Mexican dollars. They then divided the cap
;e tain’s clothes, and money—about 40 dollars and
of a gold watch. Dawes, Talbot and Brownrigg,
m (who were all innocent of the murder,) were
ie obliged to do as they were commanded—the for
s- mer who was placet! the helm, was ordered to
v steer for Long Island. On the day following,
s- they divided several kegs of the specie, amount
ig ing to five thousand dollars each—they made
ot hags and sewed the money up. After this divis
s, ion they divided the remainder of the money
tt without counting it. On Sunday, when about
15 miles 8. 8. E. of Southampton Light, they
got the boats out and pul hail the mousy in cacti
—they then scuttled the vessel and set fire to it
in the cabin, and took to the beats. Gibbs, after
the murder, look charge of the vessel us captain.
From the papers they learnt that the money be
longed to Stephen Girard. With the boats they
made the land about daylight. Dawes and his
three companions were in the long boat; the
others, with Atwell, were in the jolly boat—on
coming to the bar the boats struck—in the long
boat, they threw overboard a trunk of clothes and
and a great deal of money, in all about s6()ot) —
the jolly boat found red; they saw the boat fill,
and heard them cry out, and saw them clinging
to the masts—they went ashore on Barren Is
land—(they meant Plumb Island) —and buried
the money in the sand, but very lightly. Soon
after they met with a gunner, whom they re
quested to eonduct them where they could get
some refreshments. They wers by him conduc
ted to Johnson’s (the only man living on the is
land,) where they staid all night—Dawes went
to bed about 10 o’clock—Jack Brownrigg setup
with Johnson, and in the morning told Dawes
Unit he had (old Johnson all about the murder.—
Johnson went in the morning with the steward
for the clothes, which were left on the top of the
place where they hurried the money, but they
took away no money.”
Such were the facts as they appeared on the
trial, Dawes and Brownrigg were admitted Slates
evidence as, from their statements, Gibbs and
Wansley were arrested, and taken first to Flat
bush, as pirates. The other three, Atwill,
Church and Talbot, were drowned in the jolly
boat, oft - Plumb Inlet. After their committal
they took the officers to search for the money
they buried, but could not find it. There was
at first $54,600. Os this, the three lost in the
jolly boat had their first share, sls 000 besides
their share of the last division, about S4OOO more,
Gibbs threw SSOOO ovemoard from the long boat,
leaving about $30,000 that was hurried; and
nearly all of which has been found.
Sxow.—When drops of water are congealed
into spicula! in the air, they collect, in falling,
into flakes of snow. Above the region of the
glaciers the snow sometimes falls in separate
spiculx. When examined with a microscope,
, snow reveals a beautiful structure, consisting of
needles which arc regular six-sided prisms, formed
from a rhomboid, whichj is the primitive shape.
It falls more abundautly in temperate, than in
arctic regions, and is found to be beneficial rather
than otherwise; for, being a had conductor of
heat, it preserves the plants beneath from too
great a degree of cold. On one occasion in Ger
many, snow fell on the corn which was in flower,
and preserved it fiom a hard frost that followed,
so that ultimately the corn ripened. Under
neath ice, snow is often found to be not lower in
temperature than 32° (just the freezing point;)
and hence people buried under the snow, if per
mitted a free access of air, may live a long while,
because warmer than if on the surface.
Red snow has been observed at Baffin’s Bay,
and the neighboring regions. Itscolor was found
to be owing to minute red mushrooms, or fungi,
growing m the snow. In an account of Bir
John Ross's last voyage, this phenomena is no
ticed as follows:
“On the 17th of August, it was discovered
that the snow on the face of the cliffs presented
on appearance both novel and interesting, being
apparently stained, or covered with some sub
stance, which gave it a deep crimson color. Ma
ny conjectures were formed concerning the cause
of this appearance, and a party was dispatched
from the ship to bring off some of the snow. It
was found to he penetrated, in many places, to
live depth of ten or twelve feet, by the coloring
matter, and it had the appearance of having lieen
a fosg time in that state. On being brought on
boani. the snow was examined with a microscope,
magnifying a hundred times; and the red sub
stance appeared to consist of particles resembling
a very minute round seed—all of them being of
he same size, and of a deep red color. On their
being dissolved in water, the latter assumeu the
appearance of muddy port wine; and, in a few
hours, it deposited a sediment, which was again
examined with the microscope. It was found to
be composed entirely of red matter, which, when
apidied to paper, produced a color resembling that
of Indian red. It was the opinion of Doctor
Wollaston, that this was not a marine produc
tion, but a vegetable substance produced in the
mountain immediately above.”
Among the glaciers, yellow snow is sometimes
found. Capt. Scoreshy observed snow of an or
ange color, owing to the presence of minute ani
mals.
What is called ‘the snow-line,’ is the region
where congelation commences. As heated air
ascends, how is that the cold increases as we go
up a mountain 1 The reason is, that the density
of the air diminishes as we ascend; and,conse
quently, its heat is absorbed (becoming latent, as
it is called,) so that the temperature falls. With
in the tropics the snow-line is generally stationa
ry, because the temperature there dues not vary
much; hut ns we recede from the equator the
hight ol the snow-line is more variable, becoming
again stationary at the poles. Under the equator
this line is many thousand feet above the level of
the sea. At for y degrees forth latitude, its
bight lit about nine thousand feet above the level
of the sea in summer; but in winter it falls lower.
At sixty degrees north lititude, the hight of the
summer snow-line is about three thousand seven
hundred feet, hut in winter it falls to the level of
the sea. At the polls, it is supposed that the
snow lies all the year round, the weather chang
ing but little. Theieare some modifying circum
stances which influence the snow-line. Suppose
a range of mountains, in the same latitude, with
one end reaching the sea. At this end the snow
line will be lower than at any other part; because
this portion of the range, being near the sea, is
invited, during a large i>ortion of the year, with
mists and fogs, which keep down the tempera
ture; while, in the interior, the valleys become
heated, and thus force up the snow-tine to a
greater hight. This is the case with the Scandi
navian mountains. In means just stated, and
the snow-line is therefore higher in the middle—
so that it assumes a convex form. In a range of
mountains in Switzerland, the snow-line on their
south side (exposed to the sun) is ten thousand
feel above the level of the sea, but on the north
side it is only three thousand six hundred feet.
“ So was Franklin I”
“O, you're a ’prentice!” said a little boy the
, other day tauntingly to his companion. The
j addressed turned proudly round, and while the
, fire of injured pride and the look ut pity were
strongly blended in his countenance, coolly an
swered—“ So was Franklin."
t The dignified reply struck me forcibly ; and
t I turned to mark the disputants more closely.
( The former, I perceived by his dress, claimed a
| higher rank in society than hia humble but more
, dignified companion. The latter was a spright
, ly, active lad, scarcely twelve years old, and
f coarsely, but cleverly attired. But young a* he
was. there wus visible in his countenance much
of genius, manly dignity, and determined resolu
, lion—while that of the former exhibited omv
\ fostered pride and the imagined superiority of
| riches.
The little fellow, thought we, gazing at our
, young hero, displays already much of the man—
, though his calling tie an humble one, and though
poverty extends to him her dreary, cheerless
reality, still he looks on the brightest side of the
scene, and already rises in anticipation from puv
. erly. woe and wretchedness! Once, “to was
Franklin !" and the world may one day witness
in our little “ prentice ” as great a philosopher as
they have already seen in his noble pattern. And
we poised on buried in meditation.
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Ihe motto of out infantile philosopher con
tains too ranch to lie forgi tten, and should he en
graven on the minds of all. What can better
cheer a man in an humble calling, that the re
flection that the greatest statesman—the highest
philosophers—and the proudest warriors—have
once graced the same profession.
Look at Cincinnatus! At the call of his coun
try, he laid aside the plough and seized the
sword. But after wielding it with entire success
when his country was no longer endangered,
and public affairs no longer needed his stay, he
••beat his sword into a plough share,” and return
ed with honest delight to his little farm.
Look at Washington ! What was his course
of life ! He was first a fannei—and next coin
rnander-in-chirf of a host of freemen, fighting
for the liberties of his country from the thralls
of despotic oppression; next caller! to the high
est seat of government by his ransomed bn th
ren, a President of the highest republic on earth,
and lastly, a fanner again.
Look at Franklin. He who—
With the thunder talked, as friend to friend.
And wove Ids gat land of the lightning’s wii.g
In sportive wist!
What was he I a printer! Once a mechanic
in a printing-office ! Poverty stared him in the
face ; but the blank, hollow look could nothing
daunt him. He struggled against a harder cur
rent than the most are called on to encounter;
but he did not y.eld. He pressed manfully on
ward ; bravely buffetted misfortune’s billows;
and gained the desired haven !
What was the famous Ben Johnson ? He
was first a bricklayer or mason! What was he
in alter years ? ’tis needless to answer!
What was Burns l An Ayreshire plough
man ! What was he in after life, in the estima
tion of his countrymen, and the world! Your
library gives the answer !
Shall we go on, and call up the proud, array,
all the mighty host of worthies that have lived
snd died ; who were cradled in the lap of'penu
ry, and received their first lesson in the school of
affliction ! No, we have cited instances enough
already—yea, more than enough to prove the
point in question ; namely, that there is no pro
fession, however low in the opinion of the world,
but has been honored with earth’s greatest and
worthiest.
V oung man ! Does the iron hand of fortune
press hard upon you, and disappointments well
nigh sink your despairing soul! Have cour
rage!—mighty ones have been your predeces
sors, and Itave withstood the current of opposi
tion, that threatened to overwhelm their fragile
bark!
Do you despise your humble station and re
pine that Providence has not placed you in some
nobler sphere ! Murmur not against the dispen
sations of an all-wise Creator! Remember that
wealth is no criterion of moral rectitude, or in
tellectual worth; that riches, dishonestly gained,
are a lasting curse; that virtue and uprightness
works out a rich reward; and then
“An honest man is the noblest work of Clod.”
And when dark disappointment comes, do no*
wither at her stare—but press forward, and the
prize is yours ! It was thus with Franklin—it
can be thus with you. He strove for the prize
and won it! So may you. ’Ti* worthy con
tending for ! and success will attend you; and
the ‘stars’ will be brighter as the ‘stripes’ wear
deeper.—C. VP. Everett.
From the Sailor’s Magazine.
Diabters at Ska in thk tkar 1839.—A re
cord has been kept at the office of the American
Seaman’s Friend Society, during the year just
closed, as in past years, of disasters at sea, so far
as they could be ascertained, vbich resulted in a
total loss of the vessels. The following is the
result:
The whole number of vessels lost is 442
Os these there were Ships and Barks 74
do Brigs 124
do Schooners 197
do Sloops
do Steamboats 9
do Unknown 32
Os these there were lost, towards the close
of 1838, but were reported in 1839 52
Wrecked in January 26
do February 27
do March 33
do April 21
do May 29
do June lg
do July 15
do August 29
do September 64
do October 30
do November 27
do December 8
do Time unknown 61
Added to the above entire and known I isses,
there lias been icported thirty-seven missing ves
sels during the year, which, with their crews
have most probably been entirely lost. Five hun
dred and thirty-seven lives have been reported as
lost, but the loss of life is undoubtedly much
greater than this, as many vessels were reported
as abandoned, or bottom up, where the crew was
missing, and no intelligence has been received
from them. The above facts speak a language
concerning the sorrows of seamen, not to be
misunderstood, and they should ire most solemn
ly pondered by those who have a heart to feel
and a heart to relieve.
Pkhsonal Appearance of Lord Brough
am.—Rev. Mr. Clark, in his “glimpsesof the
Old World,” thus describes the appearance of
this celebrated orator:
“Lord Brougham’s appearance is rather strik
ing. He is somewhat tall, quite thin, rather care
less in his personal appearance, with a face, into
which, when he is speaking, is thrown infinite
expression. 1 never saw the man who played off
with so much facility and effect, whole volleys of
the most keen and caustic satire. When assail
ing an opponent, having cut off all possibility of
retreat, bn seems to delight to stand and wave
over him in taunt his shining scimitar, before it
descends with merciless and exterminating pow
er. His words do not express half the meaning
that is conveyed while he is speaking. He has
the hauit of drawing up one side of his face, and
especially the left nostril, into such on aquiline
shape when about to utter any thing particularly
caustic that every word seems to derive immense
point from the peculiar expression of his counte
nance,
Thf. Society of Women.— No society is
more profitable, because none more refining and
provocative of virtue, than that of refined and sen
sible women. God enshrined peculiar goodness
in the form of woman, (hat hei beauty might
win, her gentle voice invite, and the desire of her
favor persuade man’s sterner souls to leave paths
of sinful strife for the ways of pleasantness and
peace. But when woman falls from her blest
eminence, and sinks the guardian and the cher
isher of pure and rational enjoyments into the
vain coquette, and flattered idolator of idle fash
ion, she is unworthy of an honorable man’s love,
or a sensible man’s admiration. Beauty is then
but at best
Dear deceit.”-
We honor the chivalrous deference which is
paid in our land to women. It proves that our
men know how to respect virtue and pure affec
tion. and that our women are worthy of such re
s(»ect. Yet woman should be something more
than mere woman to win us to their society. To
be our companions, they should be fitted to be our
friends; to rule our hearts, they should be deser
ving the approbation of our minds. There are
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many such, and that there are not more, ns ra.lu -
the fault of our sex than their own; and despite
all the unmanly scandals that have been thrown
upon them in piose and verse, they would rather
share in the rational conversation of men of sense
than listen to the silly compliments of fools; and
a man dishonors them as well as disgraces h m
self, when he seeks their circle for idle pastimes,
and not for the improvement of his mind and the
elevation of his heart.— Merchant's Magazine,
(Zj’ At a Convention of the Regimental Oill
ccrs of the 10th Regiment, Georgia Militia, hol
den on Wednesday, the 15th January, 1840;
Present, Lt. Col. S. (;. Wilson,
Capt. W. T. Gould, A. A G.
“ E. Starnes, C. R.
“ £.G. McGolrick, 122 d dis. Co*
“ S. Milling, 398th “ ••
“ M. P. Stovall. 600th »• •.
i he following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted, viz :
Whereas, by an act of the General Assembly
of the State of Georgia at its last session, the 10t
Regiment has been so altered as to confine it to
the limits of the City of Augusta : And Where
as, the lines and bounds of the Battalions within
said Regiment are undefined. Therefore,
Resolved, That all that part of the City of Au
gusta cast of, and below Mclntosh street, and
known as the Ist and 2d Wards of said city,
compose and be designated the 75th Battalion of
the Militia of this Slate.
2d And be it further Resulted, That all tha‘
part of the City of Augusta, lying west of. and
abo-e Mclntosh street, and known as the 3d and
4th wards of said cily, constitute the •
Battalion of the Militia of this State.
On Motion, Resolved, That the proceedings of
the Convention be signed by the Chairman and
countersigned by the Clerk of ;he Regiment, and
published in the city papers, for the information
of all concerned.
On motion, the Convention then adjourned.
SAMUEL C. WILSON, Chairman,
James W. Clarke, Clerk.
nor T ° b * numbered by llis Excellency, the Gover-
Cousigneeg per South Carolina Kail HoadT
Hamburg, January 17, 1840.
Dr. P. F. Eve ; Russell, Hutchinson St Co.; T
Dawson jJ. T. Parmelee; Rees At Heal;; Hand it
Scranton ; \\ . K. Jackson ; (istrotzke A Co ; J L.
brazeri A. Frederick; A. G. Bassett; J. F. Ben
son; E. Boyce; Bolling & H.; D. Plunkett; G.
Parrott.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE ,
... Savannah, Jan. 16.
Cleared —ship Vandalio, Soule, Liverpool.
Arrived —Br bark Essequebo, Lament, Trinidad;
Br brig Isis, Dickson, Demarara; brig Augusta,
Sherwood,New York; steamboats Despatci, Gull
martin, Augusta ; John Randolph, Lyon.
Went to sea —Br ship Chas. Humberson, Mar
shall, Liverpool; ship Berwick, Harding, Liver
pool.
-j*.
Charleston, Jan. 17.
Arrived yesterday —C L brig Emily, Sherwood,
New York
Cleared —Schr Virgini Antoinette, Place, West
, In lies; schooner United States. Halwerson, Jack
sonvil'e.
Went to sea yesterday—Brig Commerce, Read,
Boston ; brig Smithfield, Wakefield, Providence,
&P W. G. SIMMO, General ‘ ommission Mer
chant, office on Mclntosh street, rext door to the
Constitutionalist. nov 7
(TJ’ 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.
all g 17 ts
CT Dr. W. FLlNT olfcrs his services to the ci
tizens of Augusta in the different brandies of his
profession. He may be found at all hours at the
late residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second dooi
from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold streets,
nc v 29 i y
QiC.M. CURTIS, House, Sign and Ornamen
tal Fainter, 187 Broad street.—S ign and ornamcn
tal work done at short notice. doc 5
(Tj 3 EXCHANGE ON NEW YOHK—Xt sight,
and at one to tw ty days sight. For sale by
nov 2-* GARDELLK & RHIND.
(Jj Dr. H. HARRIS offers his services in the
practice of his profession to the citizens of Augus
ta and its vicinity. Mes-ages will receive prompt
attention if left at his drug store in Broad street, or
at his residence in Ellis street, below Washing
ton - nov 7
Cy S. M. SUA WIRE, A H TIST, 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*
(ZTA. 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
tended tu. u o v 26
Zj’PUBLIC NOTICE. —Dr. Munboe, Surgeon
Dentist, has returned to Augusta. dec 9
C J'TO THE LOVERS OFTHE
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 oc.ock p. it. At night the rooms
will be well lighted. dec 19
(ZyA CARD. —Mr. Richards,Teacherof Draw
ing and Painting, wi 1 resume his professional du
ties in Augusta at an early day. n ov 7
lU’ NOTICE.— The Rail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows:
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00a h. *
“ “ Summerville, “ - -8 30
“ “ Georges’ - “ - 10 00
“ “ Branch ville, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - II 30 m
* “ Blackville, - “ - 100 .m.
“ “ Aiken, - - “ • 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before . 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a.m.
“ “ Aiken, - “ . . 730 "
“ “ Blackville, “ - . 930
“ “ Midway, “ - -10 30 /
“ “ Branch vill “ . . 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 m.
‘ “ Summerville, 11 - - 2 OOp. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance —130 miles. KareThrough—Jlo 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wo - ’ and water at any
station. J
To stop f6r passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
Sincaths, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 mile T. ().,
Rives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons’
and Marsh’s T. O.
Passengers uo will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Blackville; aown, will breaalast at Aiken
and dine at Summervihe. may 21
Georgia Insurance & Trust Companv.J
Augusta,January 6.1840.
HOLDERS of new stock are required to make \
their payments equal to sixty dollars ;«• r f
share on or before the 21st of February next. « itli
interest to that day, under penalty of forfeiture,
jan 7 td WM. T. GOULD, Ser’y,