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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, . rn 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. i •- w 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 I