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Chronicle cuth Sentinel.
AUGUST A , GA .
WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEC. 10.
The President’s Message.
This document, which, in consequence of the
peculiarly delicate character of onr relations
with Foreign governments, and the important
subjects of domestic concern, has been looked
to with so much anxiety by the whole Nation,
has been laid before our readers.
Nor was its importance overrated, as perhaps
no executive message has been laid before the
country in the last forty years, which neces
sarily treated of subjects of graver import to
all the great interests of the whole, Nation.—
Our Foreign relations were known, or believed,
to have arrived at a crisis, which demanded the
exercise of the wisdom and sagacity of the
greatest statesmen the country has ever produ
ced. Nor were the views of the executive to
be looked to without an absorbing interest in
reference to our domestic concerns, which
were believed, not without cause, to be threat
ened with a change as radical, as in the estima
tion of a large portion of the American peo
ple, it would be disastrous to American in
ter
Upon the style or tone of the message gene
rally, it is not our purpose to comment. We
shall therefore content ourself, on the present
occasion, with a brief notice of the important
features of the document, and hope to do so, in
that spirit which shall do ample justice to the
President.
The first subject (regarding Texas as a set
tled question.) which in our opinion merits a
notice, is the position of affairs, as disclosed in
the message, between this Government and
Mexico, Although generally believed, it was
not authoritatively proclaimed that amicable
relations had been reinstated between the two
governments, until the message appeared. This
we regard as an important result attained in
our foreign relations; and taking the same
view of the annexation of Texas as that taken
by the President, the policy of our government
has been wise, while her course has been firm,
yet just and forbearing toward Mexico.
The most important subject ot which (he
Message treats is Oregon, and this is truly a
subject of grave import, because of the very de
licate position in which it places us toward
England, xne rresmem nas very property en
tered upon an elaborate discussion of this ques
tion by presenting, as brief as possible, the histo
ry of the question, and the several propositions
which have from time to time engaged the di
plomatists of the two nations. It would be need
less for us on this occasion to recapitulate the
arguments of the President, which are so fresh
in the recollection of the reader. Suffice il to
say, the President, believing as he affects to do,
that we have the best title to the whole of Ore
gon, has —after his proposition to acquire by ne
gotiation only a part of if, was rejected—with
drawn that proposition, rnd row seeks, by a
boldness which only despc alion could justify,
to maintain even by force, if necessary, our
right to the whole.
We shall not discuss the sudden change
which came over the spirit of his dream, and in
duced him to recede so abruptly from the de
claration ot his inaugural, 11 that, our title to Ore
gon vms clear and indisputable ” —nor shall vve
advert in detail to the very peculiar position in
which he is placed by his own declaration, of ne
gotiating to yield up a territory which he now
asserts of right belongs to this government.
These are minor considerations, yet in review
ing the arguments of the President, they force
themselves upon the mind.
Could we believe that the day had not gone by,
when two such enlightened nations as England
and America would resort to the arbitrament of
the sword, for the adjudication of a question
such as this, we should regard a war as inevi
table after this Message. And did we not know
bow great and powerful an influence the inter
ests of the people of the two nations may and
will exercise upon each (apart from considera
tions of their intelligence) in the adjustment of
this question, we would not say that the Rubi
con has not been already passed. If the country
escape such an evil, however, il will not owe
any acknowledgements to the President, unless
such be due for his subsequent action upon this
question, lor certainly the present message can
be regarded in no other light than a war message.
We might rightfully, under the treaty, do all
that the President suggests in reference to the
protection ot our citizens there, and in their
passport thither, without any violation of that
treaty but when to all these is added the notice
to dissolve the joint occupancy, and with it is
coupled the claim to the whole of Oregon, we
must suppose, if Congress sustain the views of
the President, that a war is inevitable, unless
England ingloriously recedes, an idea which no
sane man would for a moment, indulge.
Without, however, entering into an elaborate
argument—which is already familiar to every
reader who haspaid any attention to thcsubjcct—
to justify our opinion, we confess the position
in which Mr. Polk’s diplomacy has placed the
question, has not altered our views of the pro
priety of continuing the joint occupancy of the
territory, in which event we have always, and
n °w believe, the territory would certainly be
°urs, without war or even an excited slate of
public feeling. If therefore war ensue in con
fluence of the present position of affairs, it
® a y he properly ascribed to the inordinate am
bition of our rulers to acquire more territory,
f'be next subject of impoitance is the Tariff;
a nd hem we regret that the President had not
displayed more of the statesman and philanthro
l ‘si ami much less of the demagogue. Heoppo
es oto cailo the protective principle or the tariff,
as evinced in the minimum and specific du
ties, two of the best features of that bill. If he
had slopped here, we should have given him
credit for the expose of an honest opinion, but
he was not content to close without an effort to
play the demagogue, in which he has not only
sacrificed much of his reputation as a statesman
but has done violence to facts.
As was expected, the “ Constitutional Trea
sury” has been dragged again upon the stage,
and attempted to be. propped by all the argu
ments which have once been demolished by
Mr. Polk and his party, and subsequently by
the American people. These arguments we
shall not now recapitulate—but content our
selves with the hope that the party will carry
into effect their measures, aswell upon this as
upon other questions, and we may then hope to
see the Augean stable again cleansed.
L he other recommendations of the message
are in the main unobjectionable, and we pass
them without comment.
HjT At the annual election for Diiectors of the
Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, the
following gentlemen were elected, viz: Wm,
M. D’Antignac. Hays Bowdre, T. J. Parme
gee, Wm. Harper, and James Hope, Esqrs.
At a subsequent meeting of the Board, Wm.
M. D Antignac, Esq., was unanimously re
elected President.
New Publications.
The Philosophy of Mystery, by Dendy, sur
geon, &c.—a work of decided merit, both in
structive and interesting.
Morse’s Gero t graphicMops, No, 4.—Texas,
Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, and South
Carolina.
Harper’s Pictorial Bible, No. 43.
Wandering Jew , No. 4, illustrated edition.
Cosmos, a Survey of the General Physical
History of the Universe, by Baron Humboldt,
The Whifcboy, a story of Ireland, by Mrs, S-
Hall; and Only a Fiddler , translated bv
Mary Howitt, Nos. 64-65 Iff bra rv of select
Novels,
All the above, from the press of the Harper’s,
have been la'id on our table by Mr. Richards.
The Election in Mobile. —The election lor
Mayor ot Mobile was held on Monday Ist inst.,
and resulted in the choice ot Blanton McAlpin,
Esq. The vote stood—lor McAlpin, 854; lor
C. G. Langdon, 793; for Chas, A. Hoppin,
The Northern Mail. — We understand,
says the Savannah Republican, that the Post-
Master General has made an arrangement to
give us a daily mail by land in twenty-four hours
from Charleston? This is progressing back
wards with a vengeance.
The new' arrangement will go into effect in a
few days—the price paid, we understand, is
SII,OOO. The mail to be conveyed in Jersey
W aggons.
Destructive Fires in the Woods. —lt is
stated that in Arkansas, for several hundred
miles in the interior—m all the counties of the
Western District of Tennesse, and in Western
Kentucky, the grass, cane and undergrowth of
all kinds have been burning for some time past,
and will be totally consumed. The various
kinds of “ mast”—to say nothing of the grasses
upon which the fanners of Arkansas, especially,
rely for the sustenance of their stock, must be
lost, and produce considerable inconvenience,
if not positive Gistress. Persons travelling
along the Tennessee roads say that the smoke
is so dense as to render respiration difficult and
almost painful.
Missing Vessel. —The Mobile Register of
the 3d inst. says:— !! A good deal of anxiety is
fell in this city in regard to the steamer Tele
graph, Captain Pennoyer, which left Charleston
on the IGih inst. for New-Orleans via Key
West. She has been out 18 days, and no tidings
have been received of her since her departure
from Charleston. The rumor in the New-Or
leans papers of an ‘arrival at this port ot a
schooner, giving information of her loss on the
Bahama Banks, is a mistake. A steamship
was reported ashore on the Florida .Reef on the
30th ult., but nothing was known of tier name
or destination. It might have been acd proba
bly was the Telegraph, though there is nothing
certain about it.
The. Telegraph was a new steamer from
New-York, intended as a packet between New-
Orleans and Galveston.”
Melancholy Accident. —The Macon Ad
vertiser of Monday says :—On Friday morning
last, just as the Freight Train of the Central
Railroad had started for Savannah, an Irish
man, named- John Haggerty, in attempting to
step on one ot the cars, (ell, and three cars pass
ed over his breast, literally crushing him and
causing instantaneous death. He had formerly
resided in Savannah, and had been but a short
lime employed by the Company, as a laborer
and is supposed to have been tripped up by
the frost which lay on the steps, whence he en
deavored to step on the cars. His remains
were decently buried on Saturday afternoon.
The Greenville Mountaineer of Friday last,,
says:—“On Tuesday morning last, at sunrise,
the thermometer at this place stood only 1G de
grees above zero,—or, 16 below the freezing
point. We understand that the mountains west
ol us have been completely covered with snow
lor several days.”
Emigration erom Germany. —An intelli
gent German informs us, that between this and
spring at least 30,000 emigrants will reach this
city from Bremen and other ports- a part of
them on their way to Texas, and the rest to
lowa and other North-Western States. There
; is room enough loi all.—-(V O. Pit-
AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1845.
Military Claims.
The following message was received in the
Senate on Wednesday, from Gov. Crawford, in
reply to a resolution of that body, calling for in
formation ;
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, >
Milledgeville, Dec. 5, 1845. 5
In answer to a resolution of the Senate, re
questing the Governor to communicate to that |
branch of the General Assembly, the amount;
due by the Government of the United States on !
the Military claims, and whether the appropria- 1
lion made by Congress is sufficient to cover the '
whole amount due, I have the honor to say, that
the following extract of a letter from Governor
McDonald, to the Hon. Mark A. Cooper, dated
25th June. 1842. shows that between the 26th De
cember, 1836, and 3lst October, 1837, there was
paid the sum of $107,850 09
That between the Ist November,
1837, and 31st October, 1838, paid
underact ot 26th December, 1836, 29.331 79
Paid underact of 26th December,
1837, between Ist February, and
27th June, 1838 7.031 93
Paid Banks at Columbus, under act
25th December, 1837 5.115 86
Paid by Col. Y. P. King, between
Ist March, and Bth May, 1839.. 49.480 16
Paid Captains Knight and Carter,
and Quarter Master Sermans]
&c., under appropriation of 1839,
(thecompaniesand Quarter Mas
ter mentioned in Col. Y, King’s
report) 9.920 88
Accounts for clothing, provisions,
&c., audited by Rockwell and
Hansell and Anderson 1.852 10
$210,582 81
To this amount may be added the sum of
$1,660 paid to J. L. Daniel, under the authority
of an act passed in 1843, as well as the sum of
$31,066 85, under an act of 1842, to provide for
the protection of the Southern frontier. The
aggregate amount of the claims may therefore
beset down as two hundred and forty-three
thousand three hundred and nine dollars and
sixty-six cents, $243,309 66.
The act ol Congress, assented to on the 11th
August, 1841, appropriated only one hundred
and seventy-five thousand dollars—whereof one
hundred and thirteen thousand two hundred and
three dollars and thirty-five cents have been
paid. The payments have been made accord
ing to the following dates and amounts, viz:
November 25th, 1842 $94,037 14
August 16th, 1843 2.653 55
September 20th, 1843 2,945 88
“ 30th, “ 567 70
June 25th, 1844 12.999 08
It is proper to add, that only $208,618.30 have
been recommended to be paid, which is derived
from a letter, addressed on 10th February, 1841,
by the then Secretary of War, to the Committee
ot Ways and Means of the House of Represen
tatives. GEO. W. CRAWFORD.
From the N. O. Picayune,
J.. AlCOt
By the arrival ol the U. S. sloop of war John
Adams, at Pensacola on the 27th ult., in four
teen days from Vera Cruz, we are in possession
of intelligence from the latter city a fotlnighl
later than we had before received. Our files of
papers come down to the 7th of November from
Vera Cruz and to the Ist from the city of Mexi
co.
On the day when the John Adams and the
store ship Lexington sailed, the only American
vessel lying at Vera Cruz was the Ann Louisa
of New-York.
On the sth ult. as the Mexican steamship
Montezuma was tiring a salute, three men were
killed on board—we presume Irom the bursting
of a gun. The same paper which chronicles
this calamity, records the death of a mason in
Vera Cruz, by the falling of the balcony of a
house called Amiga de la Nacion.
The Spanish brig of war Patriota, frigate
Maria Christina and another brig were lying at
Sacrifices; also the English brig of war Per
sian and French brig Griffon.
The Vera Cruz papers announce the con
tinued arrival of troops in that city from the in
terior. The motive for these movements is not
announced.
j£Z Amigo del Pueblo of the Ist inst., publish
ed at the city of Mexico, pours crut a torrent ot
abuse upon President Herrera and his Minis
ters, for their course in acceding to any further
negotiation with the United States In any
other country, where the legislative body is in
fluenced by any regard to public welfare, they
would, it urges, be impeached and removed
from office. According to this rather scanda
lous and violent sheet, the Administration con
sents to part with Texas, wffth the Rio Bravo
lor its boundary; to renounce also New Mexi
co, and parts of Chihuahua and Coahuila and
Tamaulipas. The paper then appeals to the
citizens and to the army not to tolerate so ini
quitous a treaty. Mr.’Parrot is denounced in
the most ignominious terms, and Herrera for
entering into any terms with him wffiatever.
The Amigo goes on to say, that on the 29tli of
October the Minister ol Foreign Affairs pre
sented himself to the Chambers in secret ses
sion, and had the effrontery to read to them letters
from the American Consuls at Vera Cruz and
Mexico, in which a noleol Commodore Conner
was quoted, which announced that the squadron
under his command was withdrawn from Sacri
ficios, in consideration that the Mexican Go
vernment had agreed to receive an Envoy from
the United States who would arrive for the
purpose of settling the boundary between the
two countries. And, says the Amigo, “the
ignoramus of a Minister had the audacious im
pudence to congratulate the Chambers and the
country upon the auspicious event!!” This it
follows up with a violent appeal to the people
10 come to the rescue, to rally under the cry of
“ Union and War! War and the Integrity of
the Republic! War and Liberty!” These
form id.able looking words are printed in yet more
formidable looking capitals, and backed up with
an infinity of gasconade.
The Ami- ’O is very virulent in its attacks upon
Gen. Arista 1 , charging him with acting in con
cert with the Texans, The Minister of War
took an early opportunity of defending the Ge
neral in his place in the Chambers, denouncing
the Amigo’s assertions as calumnious and scan
dalous.
The latest we hear of Gen. Paredes is a letter
from San Luis Potosi, dated October 20, an
nouncing the tranquility of the five departments
under his command.
On the 14th ol October Gen, Arista devotes a
letter to his castigation of the savages. Hepays
a - compliment to Captain Seal and his volun
teers for their services in this business, and the
Government orders public thanks to he pre
sented to Capl. Seal for said services. We
could fill our paper with reports to the War
Department upon these Indian outrages and
the late success of the Mexicans in repulsing
lh AHeuer i<? published from Gen. Arista, dated
at Monterey, Oct. 9;h, reporting to the Govern
ment an affray between Capt. Cymeram, ol the
"iiillerv and a citizen named Prado. I fie
latter haff given offence to the soldier by some
libellous newspaper squib, and was cha.lisea
(or bis pains. The matter was turned over to
a military tribunal for examination, &c. Gen,
Arista improves the opportunity to inveigh
against the scurrility of the press, which has
been especially directed against himself and
other officers of the arm v.
EL Cnifinsla of Ures, of Oct. 3, gives fuilher
accounts ol the incursions ot the Apache In
dians, in one of which a conduclo- going down
fiom Heimorcillo to Gnayaraas was attacked,
several killed and wounded, and a very conside
rable booty carried off.
The Government has received intelligence
from Durango ol considerable success against
the Indians in that Department. In one of the
actions a number of the savages were left dead
on the field, a thousand horses were recovered
Imm them, and seventy captives set at liberty.
A companv of comedians arrived at Vera
Cruz from Campeachy early in November.—
The manager was to start immediately for the
city of Mexico for other actors to complete the
company, when he would open immediately at
Vera Cruz.
Senor Don Luis Fernandez del Campo has
been appointed Governor ot the Department ol
Oaxaca, in place of Don Antonio de Leon. The
appointment appears to have given satisfaction.
Onthe I/thofOctober, Senor Don Jose Maria
attempted to go up in a balloon at Zacatecas,
but when the balloon had gone up about 15 or
29 yards it took fire, and the aeronaut fell out
and was dangerously wounded.
Don Roman Flores, a captain of the army,
has been arrested and imprisoned, charged with
conspiracy and an attempt to excite insurrec
tion. tie addresses a long appeal from his con
finement to the public, every charge
brought against him.
Report of the Secretary of War.
We copy from the Union the following synop
sis, presenting the leading features of the Report
ol the Secretary ot War—one of the documents
accompanying the President’s Message:
It exhibits, in the first instance, the organiza
tion, strength, and constitution ot the regular
army. The rank and file—embracing every
arm of the service-does not exceed 6,500 men.
At this time, there is stationed but a single regi
ment on the whole northern frontier, from Maine
to Lake Superior—an extent of two thousand
miles; and on the whole line from the Palls of
St. Anthony to New Orleans, (fifteen hundred
miles,) only one regiment o! dragoons and two
of infantry. The artillery regiments—reduced
by detachments of four com pan ies from each—
now garrison toe fortifications of the seaboard
from Newport to New Orleans. The remain
ing and larger proportion of the army is now
stationed in lex as. The report gives aninter
esting account ot the political reasons which
have induced the government to give them this
destination. The Secretary docs not think it
prudent to remove the troops trom this position
until our relations with Mexico have assumed
a more decidedly amicable character. In the
event of there being any necessity to increase
the of
each company, instead of creating new regi
ments. This necessity may be lound in the
course of Mexico, or in the conduct of the
Cumanches. or of the Indians that are lound in
Oregon, or that may interrupt the increasing
current of emigration to the Rocky mountains.
—By the proposed arrangement of filling up the
infantry companies to sixty-eight men, and the
dragoons to sixty, the privates are increased,
without a corresponding augmentation ol the
officers.
The report suggests that, besides this increase
of the number of privates in the two existing
regiments of dragoons, another regiment of dra
goons, or mounted riflemen may be necessary,
in the event of extending our posts to the Rocky
mountains.
It stales that, though the concentration of so
large a proportion of the army on the frontier
of Texas may have, in some measure, enlarged
the expenditures, (certainly in the article" of
transportation,) yet il has, in some degree, been
compensated by the improvement which has
taken place in the discipline of the troops. It
renews the recommendation for establishing a
corps of sappers, miners, and pontoniers,' to
assist, among other things, in constructing
bridges, in consequence ot the military occu
pation of Texas. One hundred men will be
sufficient for the purpose.
The report gives a rapid but interesting ac
count of Colonel Kearney’s expedition, during
the last summer, to the South Pass of the Rocky
mountains; the impressions it produced among
the Indians; the number of emigrants whom it
met on their way to Oregon, to the number ot
2,325 men, women and children, with 7.000
head ol cattle, 400 horses and mules, and 460
wagons. This report of Colonel Kearney ac
companies the communication of the command
ing general, and will lurnish, no doubt, an in
teresting store ot extracts, at a season of greater
leisure. It also refers to the adventures of
another detachment of the dragoons, under the
command of Captain Sumner, nearly to the
northern line of the United {States, between
Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods.
Among the Indians whom they met with on
their route, and upon whom they made a due
impression with their military array, was a
numerous band of the half-breeds ot the Red
river of the North, who had come from the re
gion of the Hudson Bay Company into our
lines, to hunt buffalo. They had even solicited
permission to reside in the United States.
The Secretary refers to the considerat : ons
which hail prompted General Gaines to des
patch the volunteers ol Louisiana to the camp
of General Taylor. Ample justice is done to
their gallantry, and Congress is invited to make
appropriation for their compensation. General
Taylor had also accepted the services of four
Texan companies ol mounted men for three
months.
The estimates for the ensuing year do not
greatly vary from those of former years. The
item for arming the fortifications is increased
SIOO,OOO. The attention ofCongress is directed
to the state ol the fortifications—to the armories
of Sprinfield and Harper’s Ferry—to the estab
lishment ot a national foundry for cannon—to
the preservation olthe gunpowder belonging to
the government—to the condition oflhe mineral
lands in the Northwest,-which the Secretary
proposes to transfer from the management, of the
ordinance department to some oilier, (the Presi
dent’s message suggests to the land office.)
It calls the attention of Congress to the forty
eight forts in process of construction, and to the
propriety of erecting new foils at other points.
Among these, as suggested by the reports of the
engineers, are tonifications of the narrows at
Staten Island and at Sandy Hook, and the con
dition ol the long suspended fortress at the Pea
Patch; an additional work at Seller's Point,
for the protection of Baltimore; and projected
fortification on the Florida reefs.
The Secretary speaks with great considera
tion of the school at West Point, and proposes
some improvements. Fie calls special atten
tion to the report of the chief of the corps ot
topographical engineers—to the improvements
of the harbors on the lakes, which are so well
calculatedto furnish accommodations to steam-
ers that, in a state of war, may be turned to the
most effective purposes, and to furnish facilities
to a commerce that is now estimated at one
hundred millions of dollars annually.
The Secretary speaks with enthusiasm of the
expeditions under Captain Fremont, and his
valuable services. He refers to the reports ol
the pension office, which has now registered up
on its books 28,921 pensioners—2,37l added
daring the last year, and 1,438 known to have
died. He devotes a considerable space to the
Indian agency and the Indians—the Pottawoto
mies, the Choctaws, and particularly the Cher
okees. tie lays before the President some
highly interesting communications from our
Indian sub-agent in the territory of Oregon.
He dedicates the conclusion of his compre
hensive and very interesting report to a subject
which is of so profound an importance in a tree
government, viz; the organization ofthe militia,
tie suggests various alterations; and among
the rest, submits the question whether it might
r.ot be advisable to reduce the period of service
from 18 years of age to 21, upon the ground
that, although citizens of eighteen years of age
are not too young to bear arms, they are not
generally in a situation to equip themselves
wffth arms, as the law requires.
A story of Pocket-picking.
The Albany Citizen cites the following case
(and says it may be relied upon as authentic,)
which illustrates the legerdemain of this wide
spread and dangerous species of villany more
thoroughly than any other we have heard of;
“A few' dayssince a gentleman at the Astor
house in New York suddenly missed a gold
watch,which was worth more to'him than it could
be to any body else. He marvelled much at its
absence for he knew he had only been in and
out of the office and reading room of that hotel
since he noted the hour by it. In the hope ot
recovering it, he advertised his loss and offered
a reward of SSO. The same day he received a
note informing him that he could have his watch
by calling at a certain house in an obscure part
oi the city. After some little hesitation he re
solved to go. The w'atch was too valuable to
be given up without i t least this attempt to re
cover it. So he went. His call at the door
was promptly answered by a very gentlemanly
looking person, who. in reply to his inquiries,
replied that he had in his possession the adver
tised watch, and that on payment ofthe offered
reward, he would deliver it up. The loser
promised to pay the SSO, provided he was con
vinced that the w-atch was his. It was exhibi
ted, and the gentleman recognized it at once,
paid the reward, and gladly placed the recovered
treasure in its place in his vest pocket. As he
was turning to go away he remarked,
“1 am glad, as you may suppose, to get my
w'atch back again,'but I should really be pleased
to know' how you took it from me,”
“That I will inform you,” readily replied the
pick-pocket. “Do you remember holding an
animated conversation with two gentlemen in
the reading room of the Astor house on the
morning yon lost your w'atch 1”
“Well, clo you not atso rememner mat a gen
tleman who stood close by, left his newspaper,
drew near, and finally joined in the discus
sion?”
“Very distinctly,” replied the other, “and also
that he engaged in it with much warmth?”
“Precisely,” continued the narrator,, “and do
you not remember that he at one time in his
earnestness tapped you two or three times on
the left breast thus?” (suiting the action to the
word.)
“Yes.” replied the gentleman.
‘'■Thenl took your watch,” said the other, and
turning, shut the door and disappeared.
The gentleman returned to the Astor, musing
on this strange occurrence, and wffiile relating
it to some ol his wondering Iriends, was aston
ished to find that his watch was again missing!
When the adroit knight of the nimble fingers
described how he had once filched from him his
watch, he took it again! So the gentleman
finally lost his watch, after having paid to the
thief the rewmrd lor its recovery.
The Cherokees. —The Advocate of the 13th
ult. reached us yesterday, from which we learn
only the confirmation of the killing of James
Starr, Sr. and Snel Rider, and the wounding of
Win. and Washington Starr. The Advocate
admits the killing to have been conirary to law,
but justifies it on the ground of inevitable ne
cessity. Some of the most respectable ot the
Cherokees are still in pursuit ut members of
the Starr parly.
The National Council has organized a light
horse company of twenty-six mounted men, at
the head of which Robert Browm has been
placed as captain and John W. Browm as lieu
tenant, both men ol nerve and energy. It is
made their duty to pursue and arrest all fugi
tives from justice.
The Advocate appeals to all good Cherokees
and to the frontier citizens of Arkansas, to as
sist in ridding the coun ry of the lawless des
peradoes which infest it.
By the Frontier Whig we learn that it was
reported in Van Buren, Ark., that Tom Watie
had been killed by the Cherokee public force.
Nothing more is said of the interposition ol
Gen Arbuckle.— N. O. Pic,
Steamboat Explosion! —The steamboat
Superb, arrived yesterday, reports the explosion
of the steamboat Denizen, Capt. Strodes, on
Sunday night last, when opposite New Car
thage, 30 miles below Vicksburg—killing Capt.
Strodes and severely injuring a cabin passen
ger, name not given. The Denizen was from
this point, bound to Columbia. The body of
Capt. Strodes was taken to Vicksburg on the
steamboat John Anil for interment.
Capt. Strodes was one of the oldest, most
careful and skilful navigatorsof the Mississippi
river, and it gives us great pain thus to an
nounce his death. The Denizen wms lying at
New Carthage when the Superb passed; but the
extent ot the damage done to'her, or how the
explosion occurred, is not stated.— Picayune, 4/h
inst.
From Corpus Chrtsti. —By recent arrivals
we have dales from Corpus Christi up to the
34th ult., but our correspondents all state that
there is not an item of news worth relating.—
All was quiet in camp, and the men were gene
rally healthy, in good spiiits, and prepared for
any emergency.
It would appear that Corpus Christi is in
creasing very last in population, partly owing
to the number of men who have been discharged
from the army. New’houses are rapidly going
up, and they are even about establishing a the
atrical company. Pretty well for a place that
wms but a rancho six months since.— N. O. Pic.
JOB PBLNWSG.
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Embracing
Business Cards, Lawßlanks, allkinds
Visiting do. Warehouse do.
Circulars, Bill Heads,
Bank Checks, Receipts, in blank.
Hand Bills, large or Pamphlets,
small, any color. Labels, &c. &c. «&c.
EXECUTED WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH
AT THIS OFFICE, and in a style not inferior lo any
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VOL. IX—-NO. 148.
Augusta Bridge Case.
By request, we publish the following, taken
Irom the South Carolina Temperance Advocate ■
Our readers will perceive by the following
that this important case, in which more than a
half million of dollars is involved, and in. which
onr worthy fellow-citizen, Henry Shultz, Esq.
is a parly, will be argued at Savannah in Aprii
next, before the Circuit and District Court of
Georgia. It is the opinion ot many, far better
qualified than ourselves, to judge ol the merits
of this case, that Mr. Shultz will succeed in
despite of the proverbial “ uncertainties of the
law.” Such indomitable perseverance as Mr.
H. has evinced out seldom fails to command
success:
Bridge Case.—lt gives us pleasure to admit
the accompanying document furnished us, as it
confirms what we said in our paper of last
Thursday, respecting a letter from Milledge
ville, relative to the “ Bridge Case,” It is a
wonderful event, and proves the power of per.
severance—that a single individual should com.
bat with a mighty monied institution for nearly
one quarter of a century for his just rights ; for
all power that man and money could give in
the case, was arrayed against him: and what
did then sustain him? It was law and justice.
The talent that Mr. Shultz has arrayed in his
favor as his council, we feel warranted in say-,
ing, will obtain full justice in his behalf.
The Solicitors engaged, are, for Complain
ants, John M’Pherson Berrien, of Savannah
Ga.; William Y. Hansell, of Marietta Ga •
William and Wm. F. Law, of Savannah, Ga!|
and Seaborn Jones, or Jones and Benning of
Columbus, Ga. (The latter being engaged s on
the part of John M’Kinnie, though a defendant
yet his interest is with that of the Complain.’
ants.) For Defendants— M’Allister and Cohen
of Savannah Ga. ; Pettigru and Lessesne, oi
Charleston, S. C. ; e. J. Miller, of Augusta
and Thomas E. Lloyd, ol Savannah, Ga.
The large amount claimed in the Bill is
$595,000, exclusive of the Bridge itself, ’
We most heartily congratulate Mr. Shultz, in
being, after a quarter of a century, able to have
a day fixed for justice to be awarded him
In the Sixth Circuit Court of the United Stales for
the District of Georgia—November Term 1845
John W. Yarborough, Trustee,'l '
and Henry Shultz, Comp)ain’ts| j
The Bank of the State ot Geor- \ ln
gia, and others, Defendants. J
The demurrers in the foregoing case, having
been set down for argument at this term of the
Court; upon motion, and by consent ot the So
licitors for the Complainants and the Defend
ants. It is ordered, that the said demurrers be
set down and stand for argument at the- next
term of this Court in April next, in the City ot
Savannah. J
Milledgeville, 10 th Nov. 1845. >
True copy from the Minutes. 4
[*j [Seal.] Geo. Glen, Clerk.
COMMERCIAL.
safesTiavlhg amfifiHfff (TonfySM balel™ To-day \bl
English buyers took courage, and the sales have exceed
ed 5000 bales—quotations are, however, rather difficult
to give, as the views of factors and purchasers do not
agree ; the former complaining of the too great decline,
and the latter not being satisfied. We think, however,
injustice to both parties we may take a middling
course and give the following quotations :—ordinary 6}
to 6|, middling 6£ to 6|, good. mid. 6| to 6|, middling
fair 7 to7I, fair7| to good fair, 7| to 8, fine and
choice, SI to 9 cents.
December 3-
'lire sales of Cotton have reached 5500 bales, princi?
pally for English account, at about yesterday’s prices,
but rather a shade in favor of factors; however, not
sufficiently so to alter our quotations.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Ist Sept. 1845..., Bales 7,705
Arrived since, ..,,298,375
Arrived on the evening of the 2d Dec j 413
Arrived to day 2,738
309 229
Exported up to dale 192,306
Exported to-day 1,336-193,642
Stock on hand and on ship-board, not cleared.. 115,687
Sugar—The arrivals having been limited for the last
three days, and the demand continuing brisk, large
sales have been made at full prices ; although, no doubt
a targe quantity has been on jobber’s account. Choice
qualities are scarce, and would command 6} to 6Jc, fair
to prime 4f to 6c. The severe weather continues U)
have an influence on the views of speculators,
Molusses continues firm at 20 cents.
Flour —The New York advices bring a decline of 25 to
37 cents on Genesee Flour. The cold rainy weather
during the day has interfered with out-door business,
and the arrival of the North America, which left Cin
cinnati on the 22d nit., has also had an unfavorable
effect on the market, so that we have not been able to
hear of any transactions of moment, and can merely
say that the asking ptice for Ohio was SB.
Whiskey— We left holders asking 40 cents but hare
not heard of any sale.
Freights— ' There is no activity in the demand for ves
sels—the only engagemenlto-day has been one vessel
for Liverpool at 17 32d, wich is a decline.
Exchange are unchanged, and negotiations continue
dull.
Mac»n, Dec. 8.
Cotton —The partial depression noticed in our last,
has given way during the past week, and prices have
resumed their station of the week previous to the ar
rival of the steamer. Thete is net one fourth the quan
tity being shipped this, that there was tha same time
last year, and the receipts continue light. A choice lot
of 102 bales was disposed of yesterday for the Charles
ton market, at 6g cents. We quote as extremes to-day
5 (a) (3§ cents—the latter for the best quality.
A very material error occurred in our last review, la
consequence of several of the reports having been
. made out for the month of November, instead of the
three months, commencing on the first of September.
We give below a carefully corrected statement, which
we think is very near if not entirely correct:
Stock on hand Ist Sept. 1 845 1,051 bales.
Received since that time 27,844 “
28,895 “
Shipped since Ist Sept., 1845 11,460 “
Stock on hand Bth of Dec. 1845 17;435 bales.
M ARTIS E LIS~T\
Charleston, December 8.
~ Arrived— Br ship Conquercr, M’Auley, Belfast ; Br
ship Lord Wellington, Hill Dublin ; Fr ship Revanche,
Vanier, (St. Mart.); Hr barque Lady Huntly, Draper
Cork, Ireland ; brig Magnolia, Leslie, New Orleans;
Line brig Chapman, Thompson, N Orleans : Br barque
Promise, Pines, Liverpool; line brig Moses, Loveland,
New Vork. .
Cleared —Ship Bersta. Johnson, Havre ; barque Mor
gan Dix, Hamilton, Boston; line brig Eleanor, Forest,
Baltimore.
Charleston, Dec. 9.
Arrived— Br barque Neptune, Nichols, Liverpool ;
schr Commerce, Watson, Si Croix ; schr Wm Y°nup,
Somers, Philadelphia.
Cleared— Br ship Frances, Corkhill, Liverpool; brig
Paul T Jones, Taylor, Philadelphia.
Savannah, Dec. 18.
Arrived Br. ship Philooontos, Jones, Liverpool; Br.
ship Parmelia. Anridge, Bristol ; ship Sterling, Saun
ders, Wiscasset, (Me ); ship Tamerlane, Henderson,
Wiscasset,(Me.); Br, barqueLevmia, Wilson, Lancas
ter, (Eng. : Br. barque Ayrshire. Mackey, Newry, (Ire
land); barque Juniata, Childs, Gardiner, (Me.) ; baique
Issac Mead, Brown, New-York ; brig Osage,Hall, Bos
ton; brig Chas. Joseph Tillinghast. Boston; blip
Clinton. Andrews, New-York; brig Vandalia, Wall,
New-Orleans; steamer John Randolph, Creswell, Au
gusta ; steamer Mary Bummers, Hubbard, Augusta.
Departed- -Steamer Lamar, Creswell, Augusta; stea
mer Mary Bummers, Hnbbard, Augusta.
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