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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AITGtST A.
TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY *l.
We are again sobjected to the necessity of
complaining of the mail*. Three or four New
York maria are now behin.l. Such i* the punc
tuality ao much lauded by the President in hia
'message.
The Editor of the Southern Literary Measen
ger bat forwarded ut a sample ahect of that paper,
of the form in which it ia in future to be printer!.
We conaidrr it a decided change for the better,
in the appearance of thia uaeful and elegant pub
lication, which it ao much behoove* the South to
auatain.
The Abolitionist* ore troubling Congress agnin
with their petition*. It can hardly lie possible
that these people get up a new batch of petitions
every year. Perhaps these are the same old
petitions that have been presented year after year,
for the last four year*. Old Johnny Q., it is
•aid, ha* an enormous bundle of them ready
for use.
We learn from Tallahassee, that the Repre
sentative branch of the Legislative Council, was
organiied, by the election of (Jen. Leigh Reed
speaker, by a vote es 17 to 3.
A gnat fire occurred at Terre Haul, Indiana,
Dec. 22d, destroying 10 or 12 brick and wooden
stores, near the Court House, all of which were
reduced to ruins. Total lost SIOO,OO0 —one-half
covered by insurance.
A locomotive engine built by Messrs. Hardwick
A Harrison, of Philadelphia, recently propelled a
train of eighty-six cars (weighing three hundred
and forty-seven tons, exclusive of engine anil
tender) from Reading to Peters’ Island, in four
hours and forty minutes, exclusive of stoppage*.
Anthracite coal was exclusively used.
The Philadelphia North American slates that
the members of the family of Mr. Gigon, who
were poisoned with arsenic, have all recovered,
and are considered by the physicians as out ol
danger from its effects. The virtues of tha hy.
dratc peroxide of iron as an antidote fur arsenic
have been fully tested in this instance, at there it
no doubt the lives of these six persons have been
pres*read by its timely use.
Pram the Charleston Courier of yesterday.
Great Fire at Wilmington.
Tha subjoined extracts of letters received from
Wilmington give the particulars of the conflagra
tion.
Wh.mi*oton,N. C. Jan. 17.—We have suf
fered a great calamity ; about half past 2, A. M.,
a Fire broke out in Dawson’* store, near the
(.'oust House, which consumed the whole square,
except one of Rostor’s houses, the corner oppo
site the fdtiito Bank, the old Cathorda House.—
The ftre extended to tne lower square, and con
sumed the whole to the river, except the Cape
Fear Bank, the Martin House, and old Mr.
James’, and a building back of tire Martin House
which bad been used by R. B. Porter. The
Court House is alto burnt; both Printing Offices,
ft Lawyer’s do. Sheriffs do, Clerk’s of the Court
do. Custom House, Ac. The number of build
ings destroyed comprises about one third of the
town, and that in the very centre of business.
J«niuh« 1-7, Morning.— At half past 2, A. M.
hoard the alarm of Are, which proved to bo at
Dawson’s store, corner of Court House, which
was in a blaxe. The two entire squares, north
of Market street, from tho river to Second street,
are entirely burnt, witli (he exception of the
Bank of Caps Fear, and two houses immediately
north of it, am) three houses on the opposite
square. Loss of property from 3 to $300,000.
It is u sad stroke to us, at tho present juncture.
T«k Cahouka Piamtsb.—Wc have reef iv
ed the first number of this now agricultural news
paper, published at Columbia, in this tStste. by
A. S. Johnson, formerly editor of the Columbia
Telescope, and edited by K. W. Gibber, M. D.
This paper is one of the fruits of the late Agri •
cu'tural Convention, and we trust that it will i
ttu et with a wide circulation and liberal support
m a community so peculiarly agricultural as ours,
in which it is much needed and calculated to do
extensive good. The object of the “Carolina
Planter” is to inculcate practical knowledge in
agricultural and rural economy of our Southern
Planter* ami Farmers and thus to improve our
modes of culture, and developo and multiply the
productions of our soil. The number More us
is neatly printed on a double sheet, and is well
stored with interesting matter, original and se
lected. The editor makes his bow to the public
in a very neat and sensible address; disclosing
the objects of tlm publication and the principles
on which it will be conducted. We bid him
welcome into oar fraternity, and tender him our
best wishes fur the success of his paper, and the
great and important interest to which it is to be
devoted. The subscription price is $2 50 per an
num in advance—?B if not paid in advance—in
terest to be charged at the expiration of the year.
Charleston Courier.
TVxas.—'Letters are frequently addressed to
persons m Texas, inquiring what pursuits are
must profitable here, and what kind us emigrants
nrc most needed. We believe that, in general,
farmers are the persons best rewarded fur their
labor, unless the raising of stock lie regaided as a
distinct pursuit. Tills last is, |ierliaps, as easy
and lucrative a business a* can lie imagined—
neither eutiU or horses requiring other food, at
any season of the year, than that which the year
spontaneously provide, them. Luwyeis have
usually done well here, and there is still a pros
pect for some of them to do so; tiuth now requites
men of sense and legal acquirements to succeed ;
and young men who fail at home had I letter not
come here, unless they are wiHing to dig potatoes
or turn soldiers. The number of physicians, we
think, quite equal to the demand, though there is
room here, as there is every where else, for a few
of first rale abilities.
Good clergymen always find a welcome, but
we believe that tbeir (leeuniaiy rewards are con
fined principally to marriage fees, which, by the
way. are usually quite liberal.
Goods usually bear good prices, and most of
our merchants seem to do well, but there are ma
ny good establishments now in the country, and
those who buy to bring out must not go so much,
as ha«been usual, upon the idea that 'any thing
will do for Texas.’ Goods bought in the eastern
cities of the United States, and provisions bought
any where, at fair prices, commonly afford a very
good profit here.—The mechanics most needed
arc carpenters, masons, nnd plasterers, but the
demand is greatest for the first, as the buildings
are mostly of wood. There are not many cabi
net m altars in the country, and they could only
| Jo wtli at pic era m a i«s of the chief towns, i
though the settlements are rapidly filling Up,
which will of course open many new places for
them. Blacksmiths, shoemakers, tinners, prin
ters, and almost every kind of mechanics and la
borers usually find ready employment and good
wages for their labor. Boarding house keeping is
a very common occupation, and from the prices
frequently charged and tho fare furnished, travel
lers infer that it is profitable. —Galveston Civil
ian.
Da. Wr.asTr.n’s lxctuhe ok me soli or
ncATioa or caneoKic acid oas.— Having at
tended a former lecture of Dr, Webster on this
recent discovery, with the highest interest, I can
not but call the attention of the public, particu
larly ofyoung persons, to that which he intends
to deliver this (Saturday) evening, as announced
in the newspapers. But, as I am apprehensive
that the extremely curious subject of it, as descri
bed in the usual scientific language, is not fully
understood, I beg leave to state in a more popular
though less exact form. It is, in plain language,
converting one of the component ingredients of
the common air we breathe, into a solid body, so
that it can lie seen and handled. And surely, if
any experiment in the wonderful science of chem
istry, is calculated to excite our astonishment,
this is such a one.
Common air, as chemists inform us, is not a
simple substance, but a mixture of several kinds
of airt, aa they may be called, technically denom
inated gases ; forming together a compound which
may be compared to a mixed liquid consisting of 8
water and spirit, or other fluids. One of the gas
es contained in common air, is called carbonic
acid gas ,■ and the reducing us this gas to a solid ®
body i* the subject of Dr. Webster’s singularly
curious and interesting experiment. When, *
however, it is said to he rendered solid, it must
not lie supposed that it is made a hard body like *
iron nr atone, though solid, it is soft and yielding,
like wax, butter, Ac. and in its general appear
ance, at a little distance from the spectators it
bore no inconsiderable resemblance to ice cream.
One us the remarkable properties of this new °*
body, as it may justly ire termed, is its capacity re
of producing the most intense degree of cold of *’•
which we have hitherto funned any conception. 1,1
By mixing a portion of it with mercury is frozen cf
in a few seconds, into a solid mass, like lead;
nnd, when in that state, if brought into close con
tact with the hand, or other part of the flesh, will
almost instantaneously produce a blister. This
experiment of freezing mercury is exhibited in the
con rse of the lecttl re.
What the results of this extraordinary discov- j*J
ery may lie, no man will venture to prophecy.— *
But the simple experiment itself, as performed
hy Dr. Webster, is certainly one of the most * jl
wonderful anil interesting in modern science.—
Boston Patriot,
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Tiik Boukiiaiit ticssTiov. — We perceive, PI
by a communication from Gov. Fairfield, that of
His Excellency is getting up some new thunder,
as the elections approach. He has discovered wl
that the British have violated the compromise, hy Fi
stationing regiments of troops in the disputed
territory. We apprehend that it is all a mistake; he
that it is a mere company, or two or three com- mi
panics, stationed on me lines during winter, and sit
inhabiting cabins, and faring poorly, so as to aid
the traveling between Canada and New Bruns- tie
wick ; that they are not in tho disputed territory
at all, nor on the St. John river, hut only a line of
videltes to faciliate the intercourse between the
two province*. Maine wants a little of Uncle
Sam's money expended in that State as it is in
Florida.— Eve. Star. “ e
mi
The amount of appropriations made for the w
public expenditures at the first session of Con- v«
gress under the Constitution was $659,000. m
The appropriations made by the last Congress ed
amount to more than $36,000,000, being nearly ar
sixty times as great as the first appropriation.— ci
We commend these facts to the attention of those sii
"unchanged democrats ” who are so loud in their hi
professions of economy. The sums necessary w
to provide for the monthly defalcations of our tit
modern Sub-Treasurers, would have paid the
whole expense* of Government fifty years ago.
J u .
South run Liteiiaiit Mk.ssknukii.—The H
publication of the January number of this able tw
and popular periodical has been unavoidably de- ed
laved by an accident to the press on which the is
Messenger is struck off, nnd by the intended pub- A
tioation of an important ossay on the “Rights of ce
the slave holding .States and the owners of slave pa
property under the constitution of the U. S„” ao
from the pen of Conway Roliinson, Esq. Tho ni
January nnd February numbers will therefore. D
lie published together, nnd offer a double store of D
entertainment and instruction to their readers.— th
Charleston Courier, fi;
th
| The New Era talks about a “partnership be- g*
j tween tlie Whigs and the negroes.” Have not
1 the negroes some few partners —"sleeping part
ners”—among the loco focos I What say you,
Col. Johnson J— Louisville Journal.
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From ths Tallahassee Floridian of 1 llh. Cl
We noticed some weeks ago the result of the
fatal duel between Gen. Leigh Road and Col,
Augustus Alston, in which the latter was killed.
On Sunday evening last, Gen Road while at the
City Hotel, end about to lake his place at the h
supper table was assaulted by Willis Alston, the b
brother of the deceased who arrived that evening
from Texas, ami shot through the body just y
above the hips. Alston fired two pistols at Gen. n
Read, but the last missed. After receiving the 1
shot, Gen. Read, armed w'th his cane and a small { \
pocket pistol, pursued his assailant to tho front ;
door of the Hotel, where he fired, and it ia said J;
wounded Alston in tho hand. As Gen. Read
was falling in the arms of his friends, and stag-
I goring through tho crowd, Alston returned and t
: subbed him severely in the abdomen with a
Irowie knife, and agnin fled. Measures wove ini- i
| mediately taken to effect hia arrest but without j
I success. Although Gen. Read's wounds are ex- i
ceadiugly severe and dangerous we arc happy to ■
hear of the probability of bis recovery. Others
I have been aroused of being implicated in this at
{ tempt at assassination, but as the matter is to un
. dargo judicial investigation we forbear more par
: ticuUr allusion to the subject. From the univer-
I sal expression of indignation at the art, ami the
I active exertions of the citizens to effect the ap
| prehension of the perpetrator, wc have confidence
i that reason tias in some measure been restored to
the muss of the community. For the last few
months it would seem as if the only law known
in this city was force, and the only arbiter of
right the pistol or bowie knife. Yes! here in
tlie very heart of the Territory, in its metropolis,
the residence of the Executive, whose duly it is
to see the laws faithfully executed, the pence ami
I good ord« rof our town has been violated by hostile
I nnd armed parties of our citizens arrayed against
! each other, and threatening blood shed and
{ murder. In vain, with a few others of the inferi
i or magist ate* of the county, have our weak es
! furls been exerted to repress ami prevent these
outrages. We have received little support from
i some officers of the law, ami in one instance could
1 not even procure the service of a writ to appre
-1 hend the violators of the peace. We have no
jail in which to confine criminals. When offen
ders are indicted, and. after the law’s delay, are
convicted, they cannot be imprisoned. Although
repealed atrocious murders have been committed
in this district since 1836. no execution hat been
i had for murder since that of Waters which took
* place that year, th* felons having in some instan-
I ten broken jxit, and generally escaped by riigUl
either before or after conviction. Resistance
from Alston being apprehended by the officers to
whom the warrants for arrest were given, Gov.
Reid with great promptitude, ordered a military
force to their assistance.
We are pained to be obliged to record the facta
above detailed, but are compelled by oar duty to
do so. The manifestation by the Legislature to
make amendments of a salutary character to our
criminal laws, and the expressed determination
of the Executive to have them rigidly enforced
so far aa his power extends; if beta properly
supported by the Community, will we trust and
hope aave us from the performance of the like
dpty in future.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Dear Juvenis, my timple friend,
I read your story to the end ;
And from the end, I backward went.
Striving to get at your intent.
Then dodg’d about, from left to right,
Seeking for wit, with all my might.
Then scann’d each line, with care intense,
Hoping at last, to find the sense;
Till wearied out, I cry’d, alas !
My friend has proved himself an—Ass.
Anita.
Coin awn Bullion.— Dr. Lewis Feuchtsvan
ger, Chemist, petitions Congress to substitute for
the copper currency of the United States th at of
the German silver, in its intrinsic value, and asks
fur privileges on the following grounds:
1 Having first introduced and manufactured
the German silver in this country.
2 The German silver is now brought into very
sxtensive use, as much as silver, at onc-sixt© mth
the value of real silver.
3 German silver is far superior to oopper, less
Milky, no smell, more portable Jtc.
4 The objection raised on a former ocean ion,
if being easily confounded with the silver our
ency, (10 or 12 cent pieces,) is now removed! by
teing supplied with a hole in the middle, so that
io body can consider it more or less than one
:ent.
6 He wishes the privilege of supplying the
J. S. Mint with the unstruck pieces for ten
ears.
6 The officers of the U. S. Mint have repeat
dly expressed their approbation of the plan.
Dr. Feuchtwanger also petitions for the estab
ahment of a branch mint in the city of New
f ork, liecause—
-1 The bullion comes direct from Valparaiso,
,ima, Carthagena, West Indies, and other ports
f Central America, is mostly to be reshipped to
Ingland or France.
2 That bullion which comes here for the pay*
tents of debts in this city, is generally sent to
‘hiladelphia; and, in justice to the merchants
f this city, ought to have it refined in this city.
3 The Platapina contains a great deal of gold ,
ihich almost invariably is trans-shipped to
'ranee.
4 A great deal of Platapina comes likewiu i
ere with orders tore-shipped to France, which
light be done here, as the article is now in con •
iderable use.
These are important objects worthy the alien -
on of Congress.—JV. Y. Express.
Galvanism. —The Lancaster Intelligencer, al -
■r giving the particulars of the recent execution
f Koblcr at the jail of that place, publishes aomii
etails of the experiments which were afterwards
mde on the body with the galvanic battery, elec
rical machine, &c. After artificial breathing
ras established by means of a bellows, the gal
anic battery was applied; upon this, Kobler
uoved his arms and legs, his left hand was rais
d from the box upon which he lay to bis breast,
>nd his fingers were opened and shut, as if to
atch something, his features expressed every pa*-
ion, his eyes were opened and closed rapidly,
lis jaws moved as if chewing, and he breathed
vith sufficient power to blow out a candle live
imes in succession.
How soon the doors of the tomb are to close
ipon the last soldier op thi Revolution !
low soon is to fall the curtain of separation be
weon the generation of heroic spirits whoachiev
d our independence, and the generation to whom
i entrusted the high destiny of its preservation,
k I most every mail brings us accounts of the de
ease of revolutionary soldiers. A Pennsylvania
aper mentions the death of Capt. David David
on, in his 88th year, at Lost Creek Valley, Ju
iata county. He died on the night of the 26th
lecember. Sixty-three years ago, on the 25th
lecember, he crossed with bis brethren m arms
he river Delaware, to aid, for the first lime, to
ight the battle at Trenton, He was a soldier, in
he full sense of the word, and was in vi rious
tattles, such aa Trenton. Princeton, Brandywine,
Stony Point, Germantown, Monmouth, Green
ipring, and V orktown; and it was not until the
ionelusion of tho war that ho exchanged the
iword for the ploughshare, and tho spear for tho
iruning-hook, with an honorable wound, and
without being contaminated with the vices so
■ontsgious in camp.—.-iV. V- Whiff,
An Upright Judge.
The following proceedings are reported in an
Illinois Criminal Court, J'he presiding judge
had been appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of Judge Lynch.*
Court —“ Sam,” said the judge, “I suppose
you know the jury has brought you in guilty of
murder.”
Prisoner—" Yes, Judge, that arc a fact, no
mistake!”
Court —“ Well, Sam, you will have to be
hanged, you know.”
Prisoner —“ Yes, I s’pose so.”
Court —"No help for it, I believe. Have you
any choice about the time, Sam 1”
Prisoner —“No, I believe not; it don’t make
much difference, if I have got to lie hanged, when
it is done, i have had a middlin’ bard time all
my life, any how. This is no great things of a
world. Judge, vou know yourself.”
“Mr. Sheriff,” said the Judge, “will this day
four weeks come on Sunday ?”
“No, sir,” said the Sheriff', “that can't be pos
sible.”
"You had bitter look at the almanac,” said
the Judge, “I don't wish to make any judicious
mistake.”
Having become satisfied that the hangla; day
would come round at a proper period, if calcu
lated by weeks, he proceeded to inquire if that
day four weeks would suit “Sam" as well as any
other, to be hanged on. He was assured that
any day except Friday, which was an unlucky
day, could be perfectly agreeable.
“Now, Sam,” said his honor,” “have you any
thing to say why sentence of death should not
be pronounced upon you ?”
“Not much,” was the reply ; “if I owe any
body. 1 forgive the debt; and if anybody owes
me any thing, they may pay it to my wife,”—
“and may Gad have mercy on your soul,” said
the Judge, and he burst into a flood of tears.
“Sam" was subsequently banged, according to
appointment.
The New Hampshire Sentinel contains the
following notice:
The Keene Window Glass Company are now
manufacturing Chryslalized Quartz into glass :
an entirely new material for window glass mak
ing, which renders it much stronger and clearer,
and gives it a peculiar and beautiful lustre.
| I.o»s, Jxu.ocAs and Murder. —The Bal
timore Sun gives an account of a shocking mur
der committed at Georgetown Cross Roads, in
Maryland, on tho 4th insU, under the united in
fluence of jealousy and intoxication. The mur
ilerer, a young man named Newnam, bad con
ceived a strong affection for a young lady in the
neighborhood, who discountenanced his passion,
manifesting a preference for a Mr. Wroth. Af
ter passing the evening in company with Mr.
Wroth and the young lady, Newnam went out,
fortified his bloody purpose with liquor, and then
going to the window of the room in which he
bad left his rival, shot him dead, in the presence
of the lady. She was sitting between the win
dow and the murdered man, but on a low seat,
so that the ball passed over her bead. It was
supposed, therefore, that Newnam intended to
kill both. He was immediately arrested, ac
knowledged bis crime, and conveyed to Chester
town jail.
Renew rot;n Insurance. —A policy on one
of the buildings partly burnt on Wednesday last,
expired at 12 o’clock M. the day previous; it was
renewed the same afternoon, and at 4 o’clock the
next morning the building was injured to the
amount of one thousand dollars by the late fire.
The owner had his loss entirely covered by not
neglecting to have his policy renewed on the day
on which it run out.— Prov. Jour.
Major Noah tells a queer story of a fat mem
ber of Assembly from New York, who, in order
to get to Albany by the most direct route, went
to New Haven, and thus encountered the awful
snow storm. He overturned the stage between
New Haven and Litchfield on New Year’s day,
nearly rolling over and killing a fellow passenger,
and on the following Friday he overturn id it
again between Litchfield and Hartford. During
the progress, owing to the enormous weight of
the general and the crust on the snow, the sleigh
coach only made two and a half miles in five
hours: but in spite of all those hazards, and the
difficulty of squeezing in the stage doors, and the
time lost in the ingress and egress, he arrived in
good spirits at the seat of government, and found
the worthy Hcrgeanl-at-Arms had prepared a
platform and a capacious chair for the general,
who weighs something more than 450 lbs.
Dreadful Calamity. —We learn from the
Chambersburg Whig that on the 2d inst. the
dwelling and store-house of James Brewster, in
Shirleysburg, Huntingdon county, Pa., were des
troyed by fire, and Mrs. Margaret Btcwstei (the
mother.) a young woman named Margaret Mitch
ell, and a boy (son of Henry Brewster,) perished
in the (lames!
Russian Observatory. —The Russian Na
tional Observatory, which has been five years
erecting, is at length completed. It is in the
neighborhood of St. Petersburg, on the hill of
Pultowa, which is about 240 feet high, being the
most elevated point of a chain of heights en
closing on the south the vast basin of the Neva.
The Observatory is about 220 feet long, is fur
nished with a superb collection of instruments,
and is to be devoted entirely to the advancement
of astronomy.
A La hue Famili— Mr. Thomas Nelson and
his wor*hy wife, of Lower Annamessee, Somer
set county, Maryland, are the living ancestors of
nearly, if not more than, one hundred industrious
and thriving descendants ,■ and, what is more
remarkable, the whole of this prosperous progeny
are happily settled within the sound of their sire’s
grandsire’s, or great grandsire’s voice. His voice,
however, is Stentorian, and he is yet vigorous and
active in mind and body and has some twenty or
more captains in his family.
Deafness. —Every one has seen ‘Dummy
j Allen.’ Forest’s right hand man. The Cincin
nati News says the following conversation oc
curred in that city.
‘Mr. Allen, is it convenient to pay the ten
dollars that you borrowed of me, some years
since.’
To which be replied,‘Oh, yes! the boy play
ed very well last night, considering he was so
poorly supported.’
‘Mr. Allen, I am not talking of the theatre, I
want the ten dollars you have owed me so
long.’
‘I think, that he will perform much better to
morrow night—there is a better cast of the piece
that lie appears in.’
‘Mr. Allen, will you take something to drink.’
‘i’/luch obliged to you sir, I think I will, just
ff'jm rehearsal, and am quite thirsty,’
The present public debt of the city of Boston
is estimated al 1,600,000 dollars.
Consignees per South Carolina Kail Hoad.
Hamburg, January 20, 1840.
H. C. Bryson; T, Dawson; Kecs & Beall, Russelb
Hutchinson &. to.; Marshall & trim; W. Hattier;
Hand <te Scranton; J. K. m H. flora; J. W. &T. S. 1
Stoy; E. D. Cook; VV. Mills; VV. <k J. Nelson; G. T.
Dortic; E. B. Glascock; W. E. Jackson; I. S. Bceis
& Co.; Moore & Davis; Gould Si Bulk’y; B. Harris;
A. Frederick; J. F. Benson; Sibley & Crapon; Jef
fers St Boulware; G. Parrott; M. Ho'lbroolf; Sol.
Knceland & Son; *G. H. Noble; A. I. Huntington St
Sou; J. (i. Dunlap; Haviland, Hislcy Si Co.; Thos.
Rickards; VV. K. Kitchen; D. Plunket; E. Boyce;
C. Churchill; J. O. B. Ford; Maher Si Rooney; G. H.
Taylor.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
Savannah, January 18.
Cleared —Ship St. Mark, Vacuum, Liverpool ;
brigs 'I ary Barnard, Pitcher, New Orleans ; Mary
Ann, Curtis, Providence.
IMow —Bark Turbo, fiorn Boston.
, Went to sea—Ships John Gumming, Thayer,
! Liverpool ; Vandalia, Soule, do.; brig Wra Taylor,
| Hoey, New York.
Charleston, January 20.
Arrived on Saturday —Schrs Financier, Butler,
Matanzas; Eliza Williams, Holies, Ncw-London.
Arrived yesterday —U L brig Tybee, Herbctr,
New-Y ork.
Cleared —Brigs Espalata, Sproull, Dunkirk; Vir
ginia, Willey, Jacksonville ; schr Nabunt, Baker,
New-Orlcans.
Went to sea on Saturday —Brig Lancet, Kruse,
Havana; schr Virginia Antoinette, Place, West In
dies.
to set yesterday —Ships James Perkins, Bis
! son, Havre ; Grafton, Smith, London; barque Dan
iel Webster, Mansi n, North of Europe; brig Al
drich, Baker, Mobile ; Br brig Adtianna, Hunt,
West Indies.
—.— u
DOT W. U. NIMMO, General Commission Mer
chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door to the
Constitutionalist. nov 7
(rj’ 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,
aug 17 ts
Cj’ Dr. W. FLINT offers bis 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 dooi
irom the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold streets,
nc v 24) l y
(Tr’C. M. CURTIS, House, Sign and Ornamen
tal Painter, 187 Hroad street. —Sign and ornamen
tal work done at short notice. dac 5
(fTA- 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 to. nov 26
J »\
fejrWe are authorized to announce l.t. Col.
. SAMUEL C. IVILSON, as a candidate for COL
ONELoi the 10th Krgiment Georgia Militia.
' i'll 1 ,d
ffT EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK—At sight'
and at one to tw ty days sight, For sale by
s nov23 _ GARDELLF, & RHIND.
’ OCjr'-Dr B. 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
i at his residence In Ellis street, below Washing
. ton- nov 7
■ (ffff PUBLIC NOTICE. —Da. Munboe, Surgeon
. Dentist, has returned to Augusta. dec 9
C O’ TO THE LOVERS OF THE ARTS
1 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 19
CARD. —Mr. Richards,Teacherof Draw
-1 ing and Painting, will resume his professional du
ties in Augusta at an early day. nov 7
(fj-NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows;
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30
“ “ Georges’ - “ - 10 00
“ “ Branchville, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 h
4 “ Blackville, - 44 - 100 .m.
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWHWABD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m.
44 “ Aiken, - “ - - 730
“ “ Blackville, “ - • 930
“ 44 Midway, “ - - 10 30
“ 44 Branchvill “ . - nOO
44 44 Georges’, 44 - - 12 00 n.
4 44 Summerville/ 4 - - 2 OOp. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance—l 36 miles. Pare Through—slo 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 1 and water at any
station.
To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
Sineaths, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 mile T. 0.,
Rives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons,
and Marsh’s T. O.
Passengers«» will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Blackville; aown, will oreaklast at Aiken
and dine at Summerville. may 21
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 will refuse to lot 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 young children; for
if a child wakes in the night with pain in the gums,
the Syrup immediately gives ease, by opening the
pores and healing the gums; thereby preventing
convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. Wm.
Evans’Medical Office, 100 Chatham street, New
York, where the Doctor maybe 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—f’he
great benefit afforded to my suffering infant by
your Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and
painful dentition, must convince every feeling pa
tent how 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 will;
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 r continmug 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 circumsti 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 erne
of intesmittents, together with fevers of the irregu
lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral ob
structions.
This tonic medicine is for nervous complainis.
encral 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 irritable,desponding, thought till.
melancholy, and dejected. Uypochondrincism, con
sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all othci
nervous affections, these pills will produce a safe
and permanent cure.
Evans ’ Camomile Pills were first introduced into
America in 1835.
EVANS' FAMILY APERIENT PILLS aio
purely vegetable, composed with the strictest pre
cision of science and of art; they never pro. Imc
nausea, and arc warranted to cure the following
diseases which arise from impurities of the blend,
viz;— Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, Co.'ds.
Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthma, ( ha
leru, Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnics and
Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, and all
those diseases of wi atsoever kind to which hun an
nature is subject, where the stomach is affecldd
I More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary effi
cacy of Dr. Wm. Evans’ celebrated Camomile m i
Aperient Anti-Bihuus Pills, in alleviating affli, Ini
mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Bowery.—
Disease —Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody Fhiv-
Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels, se
vere griping,frequent inclination to go to stool. In
nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fic
quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge of a pe
culiar betid matter mixed with blood, great debility ,
sense of burning heat, with an intolerable healing
down of the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying pel
ect health, and returns his sincere thanks for tin
extraordinary benefits he has received.
Sold by ANTONY & HAINES,
Sole agents in Augnsla
J. M.& T. M. TURNER, Savannah
I>. M. COHEN & Co., Charleston,
SHARD & ELLS, Milledgeville.
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A. W. MARTIN, Forsvth
’.Vii, E. Xr.LLn, Druggist, Athens
MARK A. LANE. Washington,
juiy 23 _
Georgia Insurance & Trust Compah\,£
Augusta. January 6.1840. 3
HOLDERS of new stock are required to make
their payments equal to sixty dollars pci
share, on or before the 21st of February next, wills
interest to that day, under penalty of forfeiture,
jan 7 td WM. T. GOULD, Scc’y.
mrsic tuition.
OTTO HERRMANN, Professor of Music, hav
ing concluded to reside in Augusta,offers his
services as Teacher on the Piano Forte.
Reference —Judge J. Wilde, Mr. L. P. Dugas,and
Mr. Henry Parsons. 1 w jan 18
NOTICE. —Will be sold at Auction, on Mon
day, the 27th inst.. at the Store lately occu
pied by Robert Baiber, deceased, by order from the
Superior Court, a part of said Stock, consisting of
Liquors, Salt Lime, Molasses, Sugar, Bacon, Flour,
Honey, Src. Also, one pair carriage horses,
jan 17 C. J. COOK, Adm’r.
Coin SHARES AUGUSTA INSURANCE AND
%\J BANKING CO. STOCK FOR SALE, (be
longing to a gentleman about leaving the state.) —
Terms 90 days approved endorsed notes.
RUSSELL, HUTCHINSON & Co.
dec 30 Auctioneer!.
’"'--a --t -
Notes of the planters- vnd ms
BaNK “ F COLUMBUS will
ne purchased at a reduced discount, this dav and
to-morrow, by VINCENT (t OGIER
jan B 3t Exchange Office.
y)TH Regiment Georgia Militia,V
A Augusta, 20th, Jan. 1840. C
N Election will be holden at the City Hall in
Augusta, on Saturdcy, the fifteenth of Feb
ruary next, for a COLONEL, to command the Re
giment, vice Col. St. John, deceased.
WM. T. GOULD,
Captain Augusta Artillery Guard.
EBENEZER STAKNES,
Captain Clinch Riflemen.
jan 21 swtd
SABBATH SCHOOL BOOKS.—A Summary of
Biblical Antiquities, compiled fer the use of
Sunday School Teachers, and for the benefit of
families, by John W. Nevin.
she Sabbath School Class Book, comprising co
pious exercises on the Sacred Scriptures, by E
Lincoln.
Malcolm’s Bible Dictionary. For sale by
jan 21 jiW.tT.S STOY,
T^TOTICE. —AH persons indebted to the estate
X n of John Sandiford, deceased, will come for- *
ward and make payment without delay ; and all C
those haying claims will present then, duly attest
ed, within the time prescribed by law.
ANDREW MACLEAN, Aflmr.
January 21, 1840 w g t *
— A " persons having claims against
William Thompson, deceased, will present
them duly attested, within the time prescribed by
law; and all those indebted, will be good enough
to make immediate payment to
ANDREW MACLEAN, Admr.
January 21, IS4O w (j t
NOTICE. —All persons indebted to the estate
of Edmund Martin, deceased, arc requested
to make speedy payments, and those persons hav
mg claims, will present them duly authenticated
within the time prescribed by law.
, C. B. MARTIN, Admr.
January 21, 1840 w gt
OR. JAYNE'S
OLEAGINOUS HAIR TONIC.
From Mr. Graham Editor of the Philadelphia Sat- i
urday Evening Post.
HAIR TONIC.—We call the attention of those
afflicted with premature baldness, to the
excellent 4, Hair Tonic” prepared by Dr. Jayne of I
this city. Having used it ourselves, we can speak
of its virtues by experience, and we unhesitating
ly pronounce it an invaluable remedy to prevent ;
the falling off of the hair, and to restore it from a
dead, to a fine, healthy appearance. We can also
speak from personal knowledge of the cases of tw*
or three friends who were predisposed to baldness,
who by the use of Jayne’s Hair Tonic, have now
luxuriant hair. We have no disposition to puff,
indiscriminately, all kinds of remedies, for all dis
eases which flesh is heir to, but when we have
tested the virtue of an article, we are free to say
it is good.— Saturday Evening Post of September
Ith, 1839.
This valuable remedy for the growth, preserva- ,
tion, and restoration of the Hair, can be obtained
wholesale and retail, Irom
WILLIAM K. KITCHEN,
jan 21 It Sole Agent for Augusta.
ON CONSIGNMENT^
K BBLS. NEWARK CIDER, for sale low by
STOVALL & HAMLEN. I.
jan 13 trw3w
MTO RENT, from the Ist Oct. next, a
STORE, No. 246 south-side Broad-street.,
recently occupied by the late D W. St.
John. Apply to JAMES GARDNER, Jr.
aug 16 trwtf
Notice. —< ity tax returns.—The /
Clerk of Council will attend it his office, City
Hall, every day, from 12 to 2 o’clock, all this
month, to receive returns of Taxes for the present
year. S. H. OLIVER,
jan 18 trw4t Clerk of Council.
NOTICE. —All persons indebted to the Estate
of James Leverich, late of Richmond coun
ty, deceased, are requested to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned j and those having de
mands against the same, will present them duly
attested, within the time prescribed by law.
JOHN A. CAMERON,7 ~ ,
PHILIP H. MANTZ, 3 Adm r>
January, 18, 1840 w6t
HOOK STOKE.
THE subscribers return their thanks to their 9
friends and the public generally for the libe
ral patronage bestowed upon them the last year,
and would inform them that they are now opening
a new stock of Books,Stationary and Fancy Goods,
which with their former stock, will make their as
sortment complete, and will be sold wholesale and
retail, on the best possible terms.
Their stock of Binder’s materials arc ol the first
quality, and they are now prepared to manufac
ture Blank Books of every description, luled to
any patent, having procured a Ruling machine not
to be surpassed by any in the United States. A
continuance of the favors heretofore bestowed is
solicited,and they assure their customers that satis
faction will be given in every respect.
< .ountry merchants are invited to call and exam
ne before they buy elsewhere.
J. W. tic T. S. STOY,
nov 11 No. 247 north side Broad-st.
NEW GOODS.
ONOWDKN & SHEAR ara happy to announce
ij to their friends in the city and country, that ’1
they are now opening a very large and splendid
assortment of staple and fancy DRY GOODS ,
suitable for Hie Fall and Winter season, comprising
a great variety of new and fashionable articles,
which they have selected with great care from the
most recent importations. We would respectfully
solicit our friends and the public to call and exam
ine the assortment for themselves; and wc would
especially invite the attention of Planters to our
unusually large stock of BLANKETS, WELCH
PLAINS, NEGRO KERSEYS aud LINSEYS ,
and lew priced FLANNELS for servants, nov 12
KANAWAY,
FROM Hm subscriber on the night of the Ist
instant, a negro man named Dick, formerly
owned by George Palten of this county. Dick is
a very light mulatto, about 25-years old. is well
dressed, has a goo.i deal of assurance, and may pos
sibly attempt to pass fora white man, or may have
spurious papers. Fie took with him bis wife, a
nsgto womau belonging to Mr. Darling Johnson of
this county, about 19 years old—she is black.
Dick was raised in the neighborhood of Charles
ton, S. C., by Mr. Bradwell. His mother was re
cently owned by a Mrs. Jones of Columbus, Ga.,
and now lives in Mobile, Ala. t-he is also a mu
latto, by the name of Juliet. Dick has formerly
been a boat hand, and very likely may offer him
self as a hand on cither the Savannah, Ocmulgee or
Chattahoochee rivers,aud endeavor to get his wife
in as a cook, or may be about Columbus, or with
hi* mother in Mobile. l
Any information respecting them, directed to the |>
subscriber at Busby ville, Houston county, or to
George Patten, at Perry, will be thankfully re
ceived and suitably rewarded,
jan 14 wlm II HZ. THOMSON.
LAW NOTICE.
INHE undersigned having associated themselves
together in the practice of the law, under the
firri of Dudley Sr Crawford, will attend promptly
to all business confided to their care, and will re
gularly attend the .Superior Courts of Stewart,
Randolph, Baker, Lee,Sumter and Marion counties, . .
of the Chattahoochee circuit, Macon of the Flint I
circuit, and Do.fly of the Southern circuit. Thei.
office is in Americus, Sumter county, Ga , where
one or both of them may be found, when not absent -
on business, GEO. M, DUDLEY,
WM. H. CH . WFGRD.
N. B. The unfinished business of the firm of
Warren & Crawford will be attended to by Wm.
H. Crawford, aided by Geo. M. Dudley.
dec 23 wlm
MFOR RENT.—The property of the un
dersigned, on Broad, Campbell and Cen
tre Streets, on Mclntosh Street, near the
Presbyterian Church, at present occupied by Mr.
Stockton. Apply to
McKenzie & bennoch.
July 2 wtf
N. B. Tbc occupants of the properly for the
year ensuing Ist October next, will give notes pay
able quarterly, and pay for the u»e of the Hy- I.
.Irani water. t
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