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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
THURSDAY MORNING, FKRRUARV 27.
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Some week* since we notified our friend* that
we tvere making arrangements to have this estab
lishment haudsnmelv fitted up and well supplied
with Paper* *nd Ma gazine* under the imnres
aion that it would receive aueh patronage n* it
merited. Tn thi*. however, we hare thn* far lieen
disappointed, a* lh're *eer'* to he I tile disposi
tion to sustain an estahlishment of the sort in
the eilv.
The indifferenee. however, is probably the re
sult of an impression amnnir many who have
heretofore been subscribers, (ont they are still so,
which is erroneous, unless their Subscription he
renewed.
The object of this notice therefore is to inform
those who wish to become subscribers to the
Room, ll at our Hoot) will be kept open anil the
Room lighted during; the present week, at the ex
piration of which, v e will determine whether it is
prudent to incur greater expense, or discontinue
it altogether.
The price of subscription to each is Fivx Dol
lar* per annum, invariably in advance.
For a Firm of two or more members Ten Dol
lars.
No mail North of Richmond last night.
To Messrs. Dawson, Habersham, and Nesbif,
of o tr delegation, we lender our thanks for their
courtesy in forwarding to us sundry documents.
Grnl. Harrison.
Heretofore we have forohorn In say anything
pro or eon. in relation to thisdistinguihsed individ
ual, who is the candidate ot n very large portion
of the opposition parly throughout the United
Plates, for the first oilier in the Republic. And
wo should not now deviate from our former course,
hut the pertinacity with which the Van Huren
press in Georgia, persist in charging him with
Abolitionism ! imposes on us n duty no less due
tn truth anil rnnilor, than to the General, to
place the matter right before the people, that their
minds may he disabused. And this wo shall do
cheerfully, ns an act of impmtial justice to ona
under whose standard wo are not enlisted.
We shall therefore from time tntiine, lay before
our readers such extracts, from the speeches and
Idlers of (he General as have special hearing up
on this subject. And we ..csilatc noltonsseit,
that no impartial man will then charge him with
being more obnoxious upon this vital question,
than was the rage and Patriot Jefferson.
PiioFKssoii Eser, is enlightening the good
citizens of Chut lesion on his theory of storms.
Cxpkc.tation of Ijatkii Nkwn The Liv
erpool Pocket ship New York, was reported below
at New York on last Thursdnx, hut a letter recei
ved in Charleston, kept open to the latest In ur
asserts that the announcement was incorrect.
Speech of .Hr. Ilaherslirim of Georgia at
the White Dinner.
A sentiment from General Thompson of South
Carolina, at the dinner given to Judge White, at
Washington elicited the following remarks from
Mr. Habersham, of Georgia:
Ma. Par.si nr;nt :—The honor which lias just
been conferred upon me, was so wholly unexpec
ted, that I tod myself entirely nnpr. pared to make
a suitable acknowledgement—l Icel however,
that that compliment was rather extended for the
ISlalo which in part I represent, than for tiny
merit of my own. It is a fact which may have
been firgotlcn by many pe haps by most of the
genii.- mien at this table, that in the great contest
fir the IVeaideney some three or four yean ago
Georgia was almost the only Stale which cast her
vote in favor of the venerable and distinguished
man, whom we have met here to honor. Sir, I
took part in that contest in behalf of that venera
ble man and battled in the ranks of Ida friends-
Sir, as 1 have said, Georgia stood alone in her
vote for that individual —She stood so, in support
of that great principle which she has so often
carried out into practice.—t e /Treat principle of
Null Ji: dion —l mean Nullification, in its only
true and legitimate meaning: the principle of
sustaining the Constitution nod the hues, passed
in pursuant" Ihneof. Yes. sir, she stood in his
snppo t to maintain that principle, as far us cir
cumstances would permit. Tis true, that this
venerable guest had opposed that piinciplc as act
ed not in South Carolina; hut of the Cmulidu’es
then presented to our choice, he was in ouropiu
ion. the man most likely to stem the torrent of
corruption; to maintain the rights of the South.
and the integrity of our beloved Constitution
He ha I not promised-to follow in the footsteps."
Sir. on tins principle I and my friends hail dar
ed also to stand forth in mainluinance of t'nruli
na. in her great struggle for i onsiilntioiml rights
in that struggle, wc had fallen into a minority
in our -uvn 'late, and the victory obtained in bc
hall of Judge While, was the first which graced
our hamicr. after n long series of defeats.
Iu nmintainaiieo of that principle Mr. Presi
dent. mice s > d.-ar to your own beloved Stale of
South Carolina. I was scut her -—and to m lintain
it. 1 have come here —Yes sir I and my colleagues
have maintained it in an assembly here more
noisy and boisterous than this composed of the
representatives of twenty.five States and the sixth
of a Stoll-. Wo maintained New Jersey, hv our
vote, in her struggle for those Constitutional
rights of which she has been robbed. We main
tained the principle in onr votq in behalf o tho
I 'institution and the laws passed iu pursuance
thereof. r
I little dreamed. Sir, when I came here, of the
scenes I was aluml to witness. In the one Hall
I saw. as i- seems to me. a majority of the Repre
sentatives ot the people, tramp-ling under foot the
sacred compact of our Union—from that Hall, I
passed into the other, at the further end of the
Capitol, and there again, 1 witnessed u scene
which was enough to make the heart of any man
bleed, who respected the sacred institutions of his
country. I know not (hit I have ever hod my
feelings so deeply excited, ns in witnessing the
retirement of our venerable guest, from his seat
in ihe Senate, which he bad so long honored, t'ur.
be was at that moment obeying the mandate of
his Legislature ; and, however I may dilf, r with
him on the right of a Legislature to instruct, I
could but co uinond him, for he was acting hon
estly, and carrying out tho principle, which he
hiinscll had always maintained. Bir. in mv bum
ble opinion, this doctrine of instru.’lion, us now
insisted epon and practised, is destructive of that
pemianence and indepulence which the Consti
tution intended to secure m the Senate; 1 main-
tain the right of the people to instruct—but it be
longs solely to the people in their sovereign capa
city when met in Convention.
The Legislature is the mere agent provided by
the Constitution to elect a Senator—he is elect
ed for six years—the Legislature for but one.—
He represents the sovereignty of the Slate in the
Councils of the Union—they, the severe gnly ol
the people, to make laws for the State; they a;e
both agents for the people of the Stale—neither
the Constitution nor the people have given to the
Legislature the light to dn tale to, or t > control
Inc Senators. Thai right, the people have re
served to themselves, to he exercised in Conven
tion; anil the attempt to instruct n Senator is an
usurpation by the Legislature of the right reserv.
cd to the peo| Ic. Tin- Senator is not the agent
of the Legislature. Tbc Legislature is but itself
an agent of lh - people for certain purposes spec
ified in tbc constitution of the Slate. The Sen-
I alor is the agent, and representative of the sever
l eignty of the Stale in the Senate of the Union,
and is only hound hy instruction from that sov
ereign body. the people of the Slate to whom
alone the right belongs, and hy whom alone it
can he exercised,
Hut, Sir. that venerable man. that honest man,
Iclt himself hound to obey the instructions, and
there—in that Senate Hall, I saw him standing
—his gray locks streaming over his shoulders— a
tear, not of weakness, but of deop and manly
feeling, trembling in his eye—there lie stood,
while in tremulous tones ol the deepest feeling,
he look periiapaa last leave ot the associates with
whom he had so long acted. It almost seemed
to me, as if that tea was about t- fall upon the
very ashes of the Constitution. If seemed to
me. as if the very pillar id' the constitution was
| about It, crumble into dust — l almost imagined,
that I saw ‘- the hand wr /inf' on the tva.'l," —
I Hut God in his mercy has given us time for rc
] pentonce—he still spares us from the wrath of
Ilia mighty Indignation.
Thus at both ends of the Capital, in that self
same hour did I witness, what seemed to me, the
utter destruction of the groat compact of our
Union. I have done—l did not cx|iecl to make
a speech til this hoard, and was wholly and utter
ly unprepared to do so. Ido trust that onr hon
ored guest may live lung enough to allow his
State to do him justice hy send ng him hack in
his old sent in the Senate.
Proceedings of Council.
CinjNcn, Chimoku,■>
Monday Evening, Feh. 24 1840. $
Council met—Present, the Hon. A. Cam
ming, Mayor;—Aldermen,Bishop, Crump, Har
per. Hitt, Thomas, Dye, D’Aiitignac, Dortic,
Jackson and Parish.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
Tho following reports were received from the
icspcclivo committees.
The Committee on tho Hospital, reported on
tho hills ol T. C. Chios >n, and ask fnrllicr lime
for consideration on the communications of Dr’s.
Robertson, and Johnson, which was granted.
The Commiltco on the purchase of the Water
Works, report the billowing resolution which
was agreed to.
Resolved, Thstu committee of four be appoin
ted by his Honor the Mayor, to complete the pur
chase ot tho Water Works, and issue scrip for
the same, i.t conformity to tho resolution of the
City Council of the 20th day of April last, reser
ving $ I. r )00 fur W. H. Turpin, Esq , anil to hand
over the liullanco of said scrip to said Samuel
Hah-, on his making to the City Council of Au
gusta, good and sufficient title to said Water
works, anil their appertenaiict-s, consisting of the
land unround the spring necessary for supplying
the city with water, being feet wide and ex
tending as high up the ravine as the sou co id
the water and down to (he fust read below the
spring, also the reservoir below tho spring, and
the right of way from the spring to the rHy.
Signed Jamfs Hi it exit,
G. T. Do ti t le,
M. M. Uvk.
Auguslu Feb. 22, 1840.
Tho Mayor then n| pointed the same commit
tee to cany the ahoxc lesoh lion into edict, viz:
Messrs. ll.iiper, Dortic, Parish and Thomp
son.
The Committee on the River Bank and Wharf,
to whom was referred the communication of Wal
ler Harris, Esq. on the subject of removing the
sand bur shoals, &c. in the Savannah Rivet, re
ported unfavorably.
The same Committee to whom was referred
the Resolution of enquiring into the expedien
cy id increasing the rules of wharfage for the pur
pose of creating a fund for the improvement of the
8,1 villi ll all River, reported against that measure.
I he Report ot t! e Special < 'omnuttee defining
the duties of Contractors, was made the order of
the day lor the first Saturday in March.
The Committee appointed to enquire into the
expediency of assenting to an union of the Cen
tra! mid Western Wharf Company with the
Union Wurl Company mid the receipts of all
the W liurves, the latter Company being compos
ed ol the City Council of Augusta, and the First
Wharf Company the Assignees of Henry Shultz,
Esq, respectfully
Report, Thai the first wharf in Augusta, which
was built about sixty bet front on the river, was
built in the year 1815, near the silo on which the
upper wharf olllce has been since built, it was
100 small to be profitable, its receipts being scarce
ly worth the trouble of collection. In the follow
ing year. Henry Shultz, Esq. leased from the Ci
ty Council of Augusta, for the term of thirty
years, three bond rid bet on the river, and soon
afterwards three hundred foci more for the same
term of years, en which he built in 1816 and
18)7. at an expense oi i'GJ.t’OO, a wharf six
hundred be long, which ho soo.i ofcr sold at
cost, to tho First Wharf Company, who still
hold it in the form of Capital Stock, divided into
600 shins off 100 each. In the years 1823 mid
1824. the City Council built by contract, for
£45 000, mid about flout) more for extra work,
the Wharf next above the lower Bridge, extend
ing along the river from Centre street to Wash
ington street, being eight hundred fed in length
an I f- ned a union in the year 1824, with llit
First Wharf Company, which still exists, and is
by its term to continue until the expiration of tin
lea e grnnte I oMr. Shultz.
11l the year 1834, E Iw.ir I F. Campl'd , Esq.
had built by contract, what is kn m n a • Camp,
ball’s Wharf, which .s 150 feet on the river lot
f 6 500, and ub -ut fTt'O more for extra work.
In the year 1831 h ll st potion of the W,-,f
cm Wharf was built. 1t0..,i5.s of three m-pa
rate wharves, all of which have a front of about w
2.00 feci and cost about £2,000. In the year h
E 'ward F. Campbell sold his V/harf and his un- n
improved river hank below, to the owners o! the
Western Wharf, who aftci wards in the same year, n
obtained a charter from the General Assembly of j
Georgia, formed a company ami lui'l the Central r
Wharf, which has a front on tie. river of about y
030 feet, and with Campbell’s nrd the Western „
Wharf formin'; a fronton the river of about 1030 t
feel, cost about {>40,000. t
The Central and Western wharves were hull’. |
chiefly by thsrse, who transacted busirif-s at such (
a distance from the lower uha'ves. ns to find it
extremely inconvenient to have their goods lam!*
cd at them, and their produce stripped from them.
and who 100 l ed rather to the convenience which
wharves more convenient to them would afford,
than to (he profits of their investment, a large
portion of lire cost, however, was defrayed by lire
profits of iht work wh le it was in progress.
1 The proposed union of the Central and West,
j ern Wharf with lire others, was first suggested
by the President of the first wharf Compa
ny, ns a measure mutually advantageous to
• the proprietors of all the wharves in Augusta, in
two respects: first, in diminishing tho compara
tive expense and increasing tire facility of col
lection : and secondly, in r endcring it extremely
1 difficult if nut impossible for the owners of mer
chandize or produce to avoid tire payment of
wharfage on any article h funded or slapped.
Hut ilia proposed union is recommended by
1 j another eonsideratsnn which will doubtless have
j, ils due weight with the City Council, acting for
, the benefit of the whole City and desirous of as
• fording every possible facility to ils Commerce’
‘ which is ils sole support. It would save the
merchants lire trouble of enquiring at what wharf
their merchandize was landed, or their produce
i 1
i s lipped; ns the business is now conducted, mis
takes are constantly occurring in hills of Wharf
age; sometimes a hill is presented from both
wharves for the same articles, and sometimes oth
er articles arc omitted at both. Experience hav
ing proved that when a boat’s position is sudden
ly changed from one wharf to another, as is fre
quently the case, it is extremely difficult for the
’ Wharf Clerk, in die hurry of business, to preserve
a correct record of the Wharl at which each arti
cle is landed or shipped.
The Central and Western Wharf Company
was incorporated, ns already staled, in 1835; hut
the Central Wharf was not finished until 1837,
though a part of it and Campbell’s Wharf were
in use previously, -’ince the period of ils com- j
plction up to December, 1839, the receipts at the
Central and Western Wharves, though much
diminished by the frequent and unusually long
prevalence of a low river during that period, have
been $8032 82; while during the same period,
the city’s proportion of the receipts from l lie
’ Union Wharf has been 5,9082 28, or §449 44
greater limn the former; thus proving that the
! terms of the union, which have, been proposed’
are as nearly equal as can well he fixed on.
I Hut when it is considered that the Central J
I Wharf is more convenient to a large number ol
" the most extensive merchants of the city, than
■ any other; and that the business of it can he
! easilv increased by concert on the part of loose
whose interest it is to increase its income, the ad
vantage of Ihe proposed union to the pecuniary
1 interest of the city cannot he doubtful,
Thu tendency of the proposed measure also to
promole harmony among our citizens, and sup
press sectional jealousy, from which the trade of
Augusta has suffered so severely, is one ol its
highest recommendations.
Your Committee, therefore, recommend the
adoption of ihe following resolution ;
Re vived, That the assent ol the City Council
of Augusta he, and Ihe same is hereby given, to
the union of interest in the receipts ol the City
Wharves, the Wharf Company’s Wharves, and
the Central and Western Wharf Company’s
Wharves; each parly icceiving one-third ot the
nett income, and keeping their own vvliail in
good order at their own expense; and each parly
also appointing the same proportion of t ,e Direc
tors. who shall have the same power over the
Wharves of the parlies to the proposed contract,
and rates of wharfage as is p issessed by the pre
sent Directors of the Union Wharf Company
over Ihe rales ol Wharfage and the Wharves,
under their control, and in other respects the toms
. of the contract to he the same as that between
the First Wharf Compa y and the City Coun
cil. Sain proposed union to commence on the
day of and terminate on the
day of in the year
1 Signed J vHKs Hakpkh.
1 G. T. Dou ric,
W. E. Jackson,
I Augusta, Feb. 24,1840. Commi-lcc
’ On motion,the blanks were filled as follows:
to read, on the Ist day of Muich, 1840, and ter
t minate on the Ist day of March in the year
s 1841.
e Mr. D’Anlignac. offered the following Rcsolu
s lion as a sub, tilute lor the above,
i- Result' d, That the proposed union of Wharf
- interest would most probably result in loss to the
i- city, and that it then fore hem t cnteied into,
y The question on the passage of the resolution
n being put, it was lost; and yeas and nays being
e called fur on the passage of the first resolution,
d they vvi ie taken, and arc as follows:
x Yea* —Crump, Harper, Hill, Thomas, Jack
il son. Darlic, Bishop, Parish.
II Nays —D’Antlgnac un.l Dye.
0 Sa the original Resolution was passed.
d The undersigned Committee, to whom was re
>r ferred the application of tho South Carolina Cu
£, nal and Rail Road Company, for leave to cstah
i- lish a Depository in Augusta, and soliciting oth
i- er privileges and immunities comic, ted therewith
1 having taken the same into consideration, res
it pccllitlly submit the following
s it SPOUT.
ic The communication under consideration was
laid before ihe l ily t ounul in ihe month of
■ June last, hut was suhs.quci.tly iclerred to the
> Citizens of Augusta, in town meeting assemhhd
,r who raised a Committee to enquire into he ex
pediency of the purchase of the Bridges by the
f City of Augusa, and tuouga that Commute
t- agreed to report against said purchase at the p,i(. u
J
which was demanded, yet the purchase has since
been completed, with the approbation of a large
majority of the citizens inte ested.
The City Council having thus become the
owners of the Bridges opposite the city,and having
paid a price for them, based upon the toll which
may he legally demanded 10. passing them, cannot,
with the least propriety, consent to the building of
another B idge; the effect of which must be to
dimmish the lawful income of the properly which
they have fairly purchased. Your Committee
believe that, as free an intercourse between this
city and Chat lesion, as the nature of things will
permit, is desirable for both cities, hot il does not
fallow from this admission, that all charger for
the use of expensive improvements, is lo he re_
garded as unreasonable or unjust. The payment
of toll for passing a bridge is no more lo he re
garded as an unreasonable impediment in th” way
of trade, than is the charge for the transportation
of persons or property on a Rail Road.
The interest of trade aie sufficiently consult! it
when such improvements are made, and the free
use of them permitted to every applicant for a
fair equivalent.
Aw lo the Depository in the city your Commit
tee s'Ce no objection lo ii if properly located and
under proper restrictions.
In conformity with the views which they have
taken of tile subject referred to them, your com
mittee submit, for the approbation of tho City
Council, the fallowing resolutions:
Resolved. That the request of the So. Ca. Ca
nal and Railroad Company, for leave lo build a
Bridge across the Savannah river for the use of
said company and lo carry their road into the
city of Augusta, he not granted.
Resolved. That his Honor the Mayor he re.
quested to transmit a copy or this Report and
these Resolutions to the President ol the South
Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company.
Signed J vmks Hahi’i u,
Wm. M. D’Axtio.vac, | r ,
’ ~ ... >Committec.
S. VI. I noMPsoN, '
W. E. J ICKSOV, J
Augusta, February 24, 1841).
The following Resolutions were offered and
passed ! By Mr. I larper:
Resolved, Hint the cily council will on te
ceiving unconditional and satisfactory title to the
New Bridge over Savannah River, respecting
the right of Joseph K. Kilim n, James Harper,
Jonathan Meigs, and William Harper, to pits®
and repass the same, also tin ir fumilh s, their ser
j vanls a ml desendents, whose names may he linn"
ded to the Keeper without |a. memos toll, ex
cept with vehicle engaged in landing brick, which
right was secured to thorn by an agreement tn t.lo
on the 3J Navcinlier 1837, in consideration ol
their giving up land for the New road in Edge
field Disl. S. C. leading fiom the Cuniphelltown
r ad to the said new bridge, which said right,
shall n 4 in any case l o transferable, and lo cease
j as to each of the above named persons, who shall
j cease to have any interest in the tract of land
; aforesaid through, which said new road passes'
j By Mr. D nntignac !
; Resolvd. That the Mayor he, and he is hereby
: authorized to, substitute 14 (( 0 Cily rip for
$4.(100 of the City Bonds authorised lo he paid
: for the remaining half of the upper Bridge.
By .Mr. Hilt:
Revolved. That so much of the contract with
J. 11. Spencer, for graveling the side walks of
i Jackson street, ho recinded (with his consen )
and that the Committee be authorised to receive
| proposals to pave with Brick the side walks of
Jackson street, from the Rail Road depository, to
Broad street, as wide as the t ommiUce may think
necessary, (the owners of the property p. yinglnr
the same) and report the same at the mx; nieit.
ing ol Council.
On motion of Mr. Harper, it was
/. evolved. That the Street Committee advertise
for and receive proposals for materials for paving
such center drains and streets as may lie deemed
i n ’ccssary, and report at the next meeting of Cuun
| eil.
Council adjourned.
S. H. OLIVER, Clerk.
Singular Ciiicumstanck.—Miss Lucy Har
rington, formerly a resident in Amcshurv, and
i daughter of Mr. Harrington, died recently in
i Cornish, N. 11. under the following distressing
circumstances. She was sick thr. e years and
a half, and confined lo her bed two years and five
months. Several months previous to her death,
her right hip was dislocated by a contraction of
toe mu clcs, while she was sleeping quietly in
bed. Immediately after this event. Her bones be
i gait lo break ; and before her death they had
1 broken nineteen times or more, indifferent parts
■ of her body.
At first her ribs broke, then her collar hones,
then her lower limbs, her under j iw, and the
hones of her hands and fee:. Tin ir breaking
; was sometimes attended with a noise, and at oth
er not; and was always preceded and followed
iby the most acute pain. The ends of the hro
! ken bones would some-imes for a day or two,
grate together on being moved. Upon a post
mortem examination, not a sound hone was
found.—All were so softened as to he oasi'v cut
with a knife. When her bones began lo break
the inus h'sof her lower limbs so contracted that
they lay directly across her stomach and bowels.
In this position she remained until her death.
Her body was so roniretod that alone time she
measured ns she lay i.i her bed only two feet and
four inches. She gradually Install strength in
; her limbs, until s >e could only m >vc slightly the
ends of her lingers. She was 43 years-of age.—
A met buy I runs.
This was an extremely aggravated easeofveiy
uncommon malady, denominated by physicians
MII lies Use um, Anplice, softening of the
bones. The hones of the body arc composed of
two parts, the earthly, and too gelatinous. In
the (Uneaseabove de.-cribed the gelatine was taken
up by the a tion of the absorbent vessels, and the
earthly part, being coma quenlly left without sup
port became triable, and could not resist the con
tracting power of the muscles,
\Ve have sometimes seen in anatomical cabi
nets. specimens of bones where the earthly part
b i - be n removed by the application of an acid.
Hen* tile bone was exlremly flexible ; in th I
we have seen a man’s thigh bme tied in a bow
kn >t without breaking It is proper to remark
that exh ination or abso-ption of ihe earlhb
pet of I never lakes | lace in a living sub
ject.--.V. Y. Despatch,
Tnr: Dun ikon. R Inivetothe r-eent disco
'cry of a subterranean prison in New Orleans
she Bulletin of that city sivs;—*- (t j. ; wc || as .
ccruined that the suh-e. ranean apartment was
%\\ \ V \
■ o >4
built for a dungeon. Its structure and extent I
shows that it could never have been built for the
purposes intimated by an evening paper. Wo
trust that our public authorities will have the
passage fully explored. As a matter of curi
osity and antiquarian research, it is well worth
the expense and trouble. The most propable
conjecture we have heard, is that the prison, now
so deep under ground, was, when first construct
ed, on the s irface, which seventy years ago, was
much lowerthan it is now. Since that the ground
has been gradually raised, by a process now going
on in different parts of the city, until the dun
geon is buried many feet below the level of the
street. Whether there he any truth in this sur
mise, it is difficult to say. This much, however,
is quite certain, that it is, altogether, a mysterious
a Bair.”
The number of births in Philadelphia during
the past year was 7202, of whom 3769 were
males, and 3493 females. The number of deaths
during the same period wassll3, of whom 2711
were males, and 2402 females. Excess of births
over deaths 3143. The greatest number of
deaths in any one week, was from the 13th to
the 20th of July, when they amounted to 163;
the smallest number, Irom the 16th to the 33d of
November, 64.
A charge lias been frequently made, and as fre
quently denied, that Mr. Secretary Vt oodhury en
couraged the extension of bank credits by urging
the deposit • banks to loan freely. The following,
from the report of directors ot the Manhattan
Bank, sam.ld, we think, settle the matter. Spea
king of certain loans, they say:
‘■They were mostly made at a time when the
institution had so large an amount of public mo
ney. and when Ih y were urged. by the Secretary
nf the Treasury to loan nut that money.”
Equivocation is a mean expedient to avoid the
declaration of the truth, without verbally telling
a lie. We bad rather a man would tell a good
plump lie right out, than undertake to whip the
devil round I lie stump of equivocation.
Valuable Cow. — A cow in Smithfield yield
ed during the last yea , sufficient milk to make
330 1-3 lbs BuUer, besides47o quails sold, and
what was necessary for the use of the family. Al
lowing the butter to be worth SOets per lb. and
ihe milk scts per quirt, the income from lire eow
would be §O7 00 Bristol {R. I.) Phoenix.
Bjui.i xotox. —lii the morning mail there is a
correspondence, descriptive of a physically preco
cious child, named Hiram Barb r. horn in Rilch
mond, Chittenden County, Vi; 3 years old last
May. 4 feel 1 inch high, weighing 9 ) pounds and
every vay p ifcet in form. Jlis voice is grulf,
1 body largo and lull, and ds limbs of the size of
, an ordinary man (the legs bowing out by reason
■ of the g eat weight ofhis body. Mis head is ihnt
of an adults and I hick y covered with light brown
hair and a rplendid parr nf whither* ! with little
or no mustache. Ho i not exhibit! d far money,
. though all who see him giv • something, and lie
is exceedingly d. lighted with specie , urrency— a
proof, say we, of his good sense ! He cats like a
soldier on Belt. da y. Ho talus indistinctly, ami
is rather idiotic. He weighed 9 pounds at bis
birth, and did not dificr from an ordinary infant
lilt he was fifteen months old! His whiskers
sprouti dat two years old. What a beauty !
MIISfMKVTTU THIiIATt Mil. ClM.lY.—Tile
I following paragraph is from the Thomasum (Me.)
I Recorder • “i’tte main corner stone, intended fur
! the monument of the lamented Cilley, passed our
office on Monday evening, drawn by 14 yoke of
oxen. It is a granite block, nine feet long and
’ : five feet square.”
I Cokui cal Box Mot.—A Re e end Doctor was
lately travelling from London to in the
I mail coach; it so fell out that he and a lady were
the only persons occuping the interior of the ve
ld. le. He, therefore, essayed to duw the lady
• out in tie way of conversation but to no effect;
so he resigned himself to the embraces of Mor
pheus, which example the lady shortly thereafter
1 followed Subsequently the mail coach halted at
the lady’s residence; footmen were in attendance
to hand her ladyship from tl’.e carriage, which
attendance the lady was in the act of receiving,
when the Reverend Doctor facetiously remarked.
“Why Madam, we must not purl without shaking
hands as’tis probably the last time we may slcp
together;” which the lady, highly amused,assen
ted to by a cordial pressure of the hand.
i Hats you rot enough of it! — A gentleman
who has been travelling, for some months past, in
the West, and who, by the way. is something of
a wag, says that out in that country, when you
meet a Jackson-Vau-Buren man, the salutation is
not, “I hope you are quite well, to-day,” or
“How are you to-day ?” hut it is, “Have you got
enough of it ?’*
The question is pertinent and significant, and
conies home to all who are suffering in “ mind,
body and estate” from the folly and ignorance of
1 those who have mismanaged the affairs of this go
i vernment for ten years past. From Ihe height of
;[ prosperity we are reduced l > misery and want,
and all because they had not the wisdom to lot
i ; “well enough” .dune.— Ere. Star.
DIED,
\ At Lagrange, Troup county, Mrs. Colquitt, con
-1 suit of the Hon. Wa tor T. Colquitt.
j Consignees per s«»:nii Carolina ’{nil Bond.
Hamburg, February 27, ISt;).
:j G T Dortic; 1 S Beers & Co; J Bridges; II C
’ Biyson Sc Co; Nelson Carter; M Frazer; Stovall,
! Simmons tt Co; T J Panne cc; M B Breedlove.
I Turpin <fe D’Antignar; P.ccs ic Beall; McGthce Sc
j W; J F Benson; Jeffers 4c 800 ware; G Parrott;
’ Sibley Sc Crapon; Anderson & Young.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
t t HAIU.ESTOM, February2o.
Arrived yesterd ty —brig Hamel Webster, Ad
ams ’ atanzas.
. At Quarantine— Line ship I-eland,Miller, lios
j ton: Brig Commaquid, from 80.-ton.
| Below —Two sclc-oucrs
1 Cleared —B L luig Diiuon, Matthews,New York.
is. 11. OVIiJMtV,
ATT OR NE Y AT LA IV,
' fob 25 Jolferson, Jackson county, Ga.
. c~f‘ Lr. C, W. IVES T offers his professional
(■ services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity.
His office is in Mclntjsh-streel. opposite the olfice
of tte C j istitaConalist: residence at the Ragle and
' Pliceuix Hotel. __ feb 13—trwlra
LffT PUBLIC NOTICE. — Da. Monroe, Surged
. Dr mist, has returned to Augusta, and bas removed
his operating rooms to one door belo.v Martin Fn d
ciick ’s Confe. tionary, and opposite the Brdge
■ Bank Building. feb 10
Cffif LA W NOTICE. —The undersigned practi
ces in the Superior Courts of Columbia. Washing
ton ciiven, Burke, and Jefferson coon ies.
L ’ feb 19 2w CHARLES J. JENKINS.
v ■ ■ —--
Doctor J. J WILSON oilers his proses
. sional services to the citizens of \ngusta and its
vicinity. Ho wib be found at his residence, the
li st brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis
street, recently occupied by John L. Adams,
aog 17 ts
ft z IV. G MM MO, General • ommission Mer
- hant, othce on Bclntosh street, text door to tie
i onstitulionalisL nJV 7 ’
*
AUGUSTA URICES CURRENT.
Thursday, February 27, 1840.
BAGGING—Hemp, per yard 20 a 25
Tow, “ 14 a 20 ,
BALE HOPE, P" lb. 8 a 14
BACON—Hog round, “ 9 a 11
Home, “ —a 12
Shoulders, “ —a 11
Sides, “ ~ “ 11
BUTTER—Gr cn, par lb. 28 a 35
Nort Carolina, “ 15 a 25
Country, “ 18 a 25
COFFEE—Uieenprime Cuba, “ 14 a l.j
Ordinary to good, “ 11 a 11
St. Domingo, “ 10 a 11
Brazil, “ —a
Laguira, “ !2) a 15
Porto Rico, “ a 15 1
Java, “ 15 a 10 k
Mucha, “ 18 a 20
COTTON —Ordinaryto mid’g, “ 6 a 7)
Fair, “ a 8
Goodfaer, “ 8 a 8|
Prime, “ 8) a— ►
CANDLES — Spermaceti, “ 48 a 50 '
Tallow, “ 20 a 22
CHEESE — American, “ 13j a 14
English, “ 40 a 50
ClDEß—Northern, perbbl. 900 alO 00
In boxes, per doz. 359 a 450
ClGAßS—Spanish, M. 15 a2O
American, “5 a 12
CORN — bushel 50 a 62)
FISH — Herrings, box 125 a 150
Maa.ercl No. 1 “ none
““2 “ “
, t it y is 11
FLOUR—Canal, thl. 9 all
Baltimore, 8 a 850
Western, “ none
Country, “ CSO a 750
GUNPOWDER— keg 6 a 7
Blasting, “4 a 460
GLASS— IO X 12, box 350 a 425
8 b>! 10, “ 325 a 4
IRON—Russia, “ 6
Swedes, assorted, “ ' 0
Hoop, lb 9 a 10
Sheet, “ 8 a 1»
Nad Rods, “ 7 a 8
LEAD—Bar, “ 9 a
LEATHER—SoIe, lb 28 a 30
Upper, side 175 a 2
Calf Shins, doz 30 030
LARD— R> 12 i a 15
MOLASSES — N. Orleans, gal 40 « 50
Havana, “ 35 a 45
English Island, “ —a
NAILS— lb So!)
OlLS—Lamp, gal 150 a 200
L nseed, “ 1 15 a 125
Tanners, “ CO
OATS— bush 50
PEAS— “ _ 1
PAINTS —Red Lead, lb 1.5
White Lead, keg 300a 350
Spanish Brown ll> 4 a
Yellow Ochre, “ 3 a
PEPPER—black, 9 a 12)
PORTER — London, doz 4 a 450
and Me, American, 111 3 a 350
RAISINS — Malaga, box 2 a 250
Miscahl, “ 150 a 2
Bloom, “ nunc
RlCE—Prime, K 0 lb 4 _ a 5
Inferior In good, “ 350 a 400
SUGAR — New Orleans, lb 7 a 10
Havana, white, “ 13 a 15
“ brown, “ 8 a 9
Muscovado, “ S a 10
Ft Croix, “ 10 a 12)
Porto Rico, “ Sail
Lump, “ 14 0 10
Loaf, “ 15 a 20
Double refined, “ 20 a 2.2
SOAP — American, No. 1, 8 a 8)
“ Ao. 2, 5 ' a 8
SALT —Liverpool ground, bush :. 0 a C:)
Turk's Island, “ n. ne
STEEL — German, lb 15 a 10
Zt stored, “ So 12)
SHOT—AII sizes, Lag 2 12) a 2 37)
SPIRITS — Cognac, 4th prf. gal 150 a 250
Peach, “ 1 a 1 Ml
Apple, “ 45 a C1 M
Gin, Holland, “ 1 30 a I 55
“ American, “ 68 a OS
Rum, Jamaica. “ 1 25 a 175
“ New England, “ 4S a 50
Whiskey, Northern, “ 48 a 50
“ Western, “ 60 a 75
“ Mononga. “ 75 a 1
“ Irish, “2 a 3
TOBACCO—N. arolina, lb 8 a 15
Virginia, “ 15 a 40
TWINE— “ 30 a 37)
TEA—Bohea, “ 50 a 75
Souchong, “ 50 a 75
Hyson, 75 0 1 25
G rnpowder, “ 1 a I 25
WlNE—Madeira, gal 250 a 350
Sicily Madeira, ■* 1 25 a 175
Sherry, “ 2 n 350
Tenerife, “ 75 a 125
Sweet Malaga, “ 40 a 00
Porte, « 75 a 3
Claret, “ none
“ in bottles, doz 3 a 0
Champnigne, “ 5 al2 (
REMARKS.
Cotton —Our market was quite excited yester
day, and a large quantity changed hands, at an ad
vance upon the lower and medium quaities of a i
to) cent upon our last quotations, while fora
prime article the price was stationary.
Ho ders generaby seemed disposed to realise and
they were freely met by buyers. The quantity
coming in is united.
We now quote 0 to S) cents as the extremes of
the market, and the latter is paid freely forachoice
lot.
Ordinary lo middling, 6 10 7)
Fair, 7) to 8
Good Fair, 8 lo 8$
Prime and choice, 8)
Freights— To Savannah SI,OO per bale.
Groceries —The supply owing to the limited de- \
maud upon the market, is general.y very good,
and cash commands them at low prices.
Sugar flic market continues to be well sup
plied with every variety.
Coffee —Heavy ar.iva's recently, have placed the
trade in a full stuck, and prices range from 11 lo
13 cents to arge dealers. *
Salt— The stock continues to improve, and sales
are m ide from the Wharf at 40 cents, retail price
6;) cts.
Bac n —The market is almost dai'y replenished
by arrivals from he country, which is soid from
wagons at cts.
Flo 1, — Country. —Stock limited, and sells rea
dily from vvago ;s at 6) tc §7 her bbl.
Molasses. —Stock large. We note sa’cs from tbtk
wharf at 34 cents. v
Irish Potatoes —Supply very limited, and corn
man Is $ 1 per bbl.
Exch mgs.—On New-Yor'c at sight, 7-i 7* per
cent, tor current funds; Charleston at 4 a5 per
cent, Savannah 1 aI) per ct.; Phi'adtlphi.i2a 3 per
r t.; Lexington, ICy. 1 per cl.; specie commands 0
per cent, premium.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 1 per cent. prtm.
t olumbus Insurance B’k 1 “ “
Commercial Bank, 'aeon, 1 “ “ “
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) C “ “ “
Agency Brunswick,” 6 “ “ “
Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank, Co umbus, 2) “ “ dis. '
Milledgc'i le Bank, 2) “ “ •*
Ocmulgee Bank, 4 “ “ <•
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 5 “ “ “
Ilawkinsville Bank, 5 “ “ •*
Chattahoochie R. R.&B’k
Company, 10 “ “ “
Darien Hank, 16 “ “ “
Bank of Rome, 25 « “ “