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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEEKLY UEORUUN ii ruiuiHin i« t»i City of Savannah, WILLIAM lY. BULLOCH. PUttLIlHfclt Of THE LAWS Of THU CUtoK* AUD CITY ANI) COUNTY ritlNTER. WEEKLY PAPER—Thru Doliam, I"' an ttum,—Payable In ndvauce. ADVKRT18KMKNTS Inwrled n il* Chulw ton rule*. KT Foliage mu»f In* paid on «ll ComkCKIca* Ttoxt, and loiter* of business. SUNDAY, MAY 3. 1840. THE DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST, Commenced it* summer arrangement on 1 at !»»•*. Iudail^xuhscribers will lie furnished with a paper three time* u week, until tho prat of September, when tltc dally publication will he resumed. No pitpir wlllbeLxued to morrow. CONGRESS. The Scuttle wn* not in session on Saturday. It ia stated, ili'ii body could bo ready for adjournment In two week*. Tho-Hi u-ew-.ns In session until pa* 1 12 o'clock,on Friday, finally adjourning by n vote of 53 lo 53, tho S|»cuker giving the costing vote. The detention was ocm-ioned by a political■ dismission, no burinpra of cnnsi-querico luting transacted. On Saturday, nl*o. there was nothing of .impor-onct* done in the House until evening,' when an hour or two wa* devoted to tho hearing nf tho Report «*l tho select committee appoint d to liivesiigiite the cause of the lute disturbance in the House on Tues day last hetweon Mr. Gurlund of Lo and Mr. By- nnin, ofN.C. Tho Committee «.f whom Mr Underwood of Ky is chairman, and by whom . the report is drawn up content themselves ' with reporting tho facts hnck to the Hons-for the action that body. They give the facts nnd testimonyof tho several Wltnossos, and 1-avo'tho House to decide what me-miro shall bo ta ken in referencu to the dlsturhamte. The report having been n-aii by tlio‘Clerk tho House ordered it to be printed, and then mtyiurned. Tho report uf tho select comhvlteo i* ordered (say s tho corres pondent of the Baltimore American) to lie upon the table. No one will attempt to disturb if; Wo nrv inf anted by n pns-enger that tho House was in session tho wll'dnd'iy nnd night of Mondny. and luul not adjourned an Tuesday, at 12 M. (the time ho left.) ‘Ho cotdd imt give usony informn tion of the cause of this pr dangl'd session. On* letters will probably afford us light on the subject. Charlatan Courier,’lit imt. The Stain Rights editors who linve come ou- in favor of Gen.'HurrLon, seem to Hike it forgrumed that a very large proportion nftho paifynivln f.vor or that prrannugo far tho Presidency over Mr. Vhh Huron. Five sixth* is a .common entunute, -and in me instance wo think we saw it stilted ninety hinp hundreihs. Gomlfmen may make n» sanguine cal culation ns they plen-V} they will naturally leurn to tin so, now thut they have got c.inn.-xion and alliahce with the Whigs. Hut lr| tllcm try n Harrison elec- turnl ticket, if they want tube hoot bad They will find their five sixths dwindle lo ti -Ifan majority, if they Itn vet hat. - We think it cxtremelv dmihtful, upon tt fair Issue before the Stotp Kiijht’sparty, who would linve .i m ijoil'},* Van Huron and tbeSub-Tren* eury.oi Harrison and the Bunk.—Georgia JjJ\ r- Ionian. Connecticut Election!—The llurtford Cotirnnt puhlt.h"* the i.Hicial cniivns* of votes fer Governor, {nCmuirctiei.t, from which it appeal* >|mi tho num ber legally returned noil counted is, for Ellsworth 30,655; Nil'-* 25.983 jsea'terhig 142. Whole nt(m* iier of voles p.lled 56,600. Majority for Governor Kilswotth 4,-158 ADMINISTRATION MEETING. The CouxtitntionatM. received yesterday, Ron- tains the milij hied call,for n meeting at Augusta of the frietulK of the • Administration, which was to have been h«1d y*-*t« rday. ThoCons'itntionalist remarks— KJ*Iu present hie the list of pur follow citizen* requesting the call i'm n mooting' on Bnt.urdny next, of those friendly to the present administration, and opposed to Gen. W H HnrrlH'.iti for the Presidency, it i« gratifying tb find that o'd pnny dhtincthiiisnre forg.'tten, nnii that they nj-e all rnliying on the great principles of 1768 and .’00. on the ultimate succor- of w Inch must do|M'iftltho permanency of this" Un ion} and the prosperity of the’ south. PUBLIC MEETING. Tho uiidnrslKhed, lespcpifully, recommend to the citirens of Richmond county, friendly to the present «. I ministration, tied opposed hi William II Hnrrison fir tho pn-sidi'iicy, that a meeting ho.held ot the Mnsoi ic Hall, in iho city of Augusta- mi Suiurrltiy 2d May. at 8 P M f'*r ill" ‘purpose uf selecting n delegate to the. BuMm-nv Conventimt, and for the ndoption of such.measures as best ciilciilntvd t.» preserve tho purity of thoCnnstitmion, and muiuiBiu tliu rigiits anil interns-s nftho south. VIRGINIA ELECTIONS. The Whig papers by yesterday's mnil claim the recent election* in Virginia, as favorable to their side. All tho D -moeMlIo papers are missing. Wo must tIn-ref ire Indit-ye .them,- until it isrontrndicied. The Nationul lutolligoncor gives return* from about one htill* nf the cnunlias, and sums up thus* Whig Gain, Hanover Nottoway 1’iiwhuttan Prince Edwaid Mo-gnu Hampshire Whig Loss. Amelin Dinwiddle Wo linve set down Frederick a* having elected two Delegates friendly tollin' AdiUinistiniinn. It is proper to state, how* Ver, that a letter ha* reach od this city, wilt ten on Saturday nigh*, which states that there Is ii tie between jlte lowest Admin* istration and highest Whig candidate, and that the Sberifl'will decide t ho election in favor nf the latter The whole number of counties mlltc State L 115, nnd of boroughs 3.. About one-half of them, then- fire, have been licord from; and the rest ofthe State is expected to correspond wii It the nh-ivu sainplu THE WHIG GAIN In the above returns is, n* accurately as our infer mat ion enables os to state it, lour Delegatus. Tb" Whigs Hie use rtained, bi'sidcs, to Imre gained one stale Semper in the Frederick District, (Mi Couard instead of Mr Opie.) Toinl gain, thus fur, five votos, making a gain of lwn votes' on joint voting of both brunches of the Legislature. Tti- nlrno-tcpriuinthat ihp Wlii/s have also Enin- ed n State Sembbr in tin* Accomm k District, (Mr, CiulL in the place, of Mr Potilsnn.) and there is a runmr-that Mr. Bayly, an impracticable Whig, has been hentmhy Mr. Pitf»,u true Whig, in Acco mack county, for the Huu«e of Delegnles, The Baltimore Americnif( Whig) uf Tuesday last, soys— ’ ‘•The Whigs have gained a delegate breach ofthe following counties, vixr Marshfl, Hampshire, Not toway. Frederick, Powhnttan, Hanover, Prince Ed. ward, Southampton, and Mnrgnn—3. The Admin istration hnvp gained a delpga'e in Dinwiddle, su'd pr-'bildy ornrin Amelia—leaving ana Whig gain, as fur a* heard from, of seven Delegates. VOL. II. SAVANNAH,* SATURDAY, MAY 9, — . i 1840. No. 10. TUESDAY, MAY 8M840. THE PIC NIC Wua attendedhy «n array of the lovely ofcreation, So we learn, for indisposition detained u* at home, and We are ’therefore prevented from adding our testimony to tlm many who say that tha fair novor looked morecaptivnting, than when they were, Saturday, attended by limit military companion*, OUR GUESTS, On Sunday forenoon, attended Divine Service, in the Independent Presbyterian Church. At noon of that day, the Clinch Rifleman, Capt. Sturm**, and the Anga*ta Attillery Gulirds, Capt. Gould, em* harked In a steamer, on llteli return to Augusta. They were escorted tb tlm bout by tho Chnlhnm Light Artillery, Capt. Stephens, and tho Phranix Riflemen, Capt. Segur. THE PHG2NIX RIFLEMEN, CAPT. SEGUR. Ycstordny parndml 4n their new dross, and tneir nppenrupeu was vary -neat. BANK OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Alan election held at tin* Banking House ofthe Bnnk of the Stato of Gooreia, yesterday, the follow ing gentlemen were elected Directors, on the pjtr, of tho individual Stockholders, for tho ensuing y * a ' ’ F. DKNSLER, JOd. W. .JACKSON,, JOHN BALFOUR, JOHN B. GAt'DRY, HORACE SMITH, HENRY ROSKR* The Directors ou tho pnit of tho Stale nre, WM. B. RULLOf'H, GEORGE SCHLEY, • m! h. McAllister, JOHN MILI.EN. • In the place of Win. T ty'or. Esq. deceased. INDIANS IN FLORIDA. More, outraget, attended yith UIopthhed. We leurn front an officer, oi rived here on Sunday, in tlm General Clinch, from Garay's Ferry, that on the 27ih or 28th nit. ns Capt. Rains, 7th Infantry, ith eighteen men.- (all mounted.) was returning from n scout, lie nnd his party were fired upon nenr Fort King, by a largo pnrty or Indians, concealed in pnlmcttos, near a hammock ami four of Ids men killed, anil fixe wounded, C tpl. Ruins himself hav ing been srvcii ly wounded. Cnpt R. and tho sur vivors were compelled to retreat before superior numbers. . Cnpt. R. rallied Ids men, and returned the fire, killing three nf tho laiiinn*, (who are supposed to hnvo been sixty or seventy in number.) This new iiutlirenk.i* presumed lobe owing tb tlm destruction, by Major Loomis' command, of sumo of tho crops of the savages, In tho vicinity of Annuttidligu nnd Hnntosnssa. 130 notes of corn, four feet high, having been destr *yed by the troops, ns also some sweet potatoes, pmtly ready for u<e, and a variety utiierof •geluhles. C.ipt. Ruins, previously to lonving the Fort, had c-mended in the hummock, a shell, covered wjth hlni'keis, which dm Indian* removed, and the shell exploding, some nf them, it is presumed lost their lives, as blood wasseon about the spot l-y the 'mops. A volunteer, named Samlei*, of Cupl. IliuelyV onmpnny, was killad about the same time, by Indi an*, almut four miles from -Nownunsville, nnd an other mm woun 'od Ttie.e white iiton were ulono. On the same night. Staid y's pititnnlion, within three miles of Ncwnnnsville, wn* visited by the In dians,'nud house*, with tho crop of last your totallj destroyed. VIRGINIA ELECTIONS. Full teitirn* huvu nut yet boon received. We have no Globe later than tliut of Tuesduy> wliichjjivos no summary, and the Richmond Enqui rer lias not itcon received. Tho Baltimore Bfliijut (Whig) of VVcdnes ! ny afternoon Inst, gives the following VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES. ’J'hit Year, Last Year. W. L. F. W. L. F. 86 46 63 49 The Whig gain so far U three in \he House and two in thc Nen no. Two mom votes will give the Whigs a majority of two in tho House, nnd 83 mem bers in both Houses—cxuctly one half ofthe whole number composing the* Legislature. Tho following counties remain lo bo licurd fiom, nnd were repre sented as stnted: Whig Franklin Henry Kanawha Lngan Muson nnd Jackson l’airirk Con-ervutive. Rufs*ll I Loco Foco Braxton and Lewis Floyd Giles and Mercer Grays tt Montgomery Rlllidulpll Roanoke Scott Washington Wy.be Smyth Tnre well Lee 12 The Bny Stnto Democrat thinks there is not less than ono hundred home* going up in Boston, at the pretonttlme- (Corre»|>oiHionce of the Southern Patriot.) WASHINGTON,Jkpril 28, HHO. SENATE; In the Senate for the Inst few days nothing uf any inter «t has iranipited, privutu bills being thu only subject under considsintmn. Tin* bill for sctlling the claim«.uf the Stnte nf .Maine for the s rrices of her Milit-a during the Into troubles on tho Ninth Eastern Frontier, and the hill I'ur n similar claim an the part of New Hnnifi- shire were ordered fora third reading. From tin* English pupers bronchi by the “ United Slates," on Ihe2tilh hint, you will perceive.that in tho House nf Cotnmnim, Lord John Rttssol. In tho course of his remurks on thu North Eastern bound ary question, expressed the opinion tliut there was no danger uf nil interruption ofthe union nnd peace between (lie two countries. He expressed his conviction tliut in tho end, all disputes oil the ques tion would ond innii amicable settlement. Much uu opinion from so high a quurior, will huvu much weight in nllnving anxiety on this subject HOUSE OF It E PRESENT A TIVES The House of Ueiircsoiitntivi-s bus been imwin sessi -ii two whole duvsutidoue night in Conor,ii- tee nftho whole on the General Appropriation Bill Tltc imperious culls made by the Departments for tho passugu of this hill, induced the Administration members hi make a strong effort to get it through ~ uii appeal wus m ule to the wings on tho present «J«. plumbic state uftlio public business arising from the delay, mid their consent to ihe passage of tho hill »us cnntld mly anticipated. Bui blihmfgh lhe sup Iihs arisen uud gone clown twicn since that nppirul was muile, not u single step have we nd^incc.l.— By the lutiguage used by their lenders, tin-wkigsin lie House ovi lent ly intend protracting'this session sous to bring on July without any business being tutus.iciod. They are uwere that few ofthe Nor thcrii and Eastern membcis will remain after that' mouth, nnd so they think of nccomplishmg u grand movement if they cun manage to stave ofl'llie Ap- proprinti n bibs umil them. Should Congress-tie forced to udjoorn wi hout ucting on tho niuiiy im- pnrtant meusurusholore it, the Whig* imugiiic it would furnish ihem-with ample nuteriai for matin- facturiiig jtoliiicul c ipital.a* with their ustullV inm- o-ty" they would of course cast all tho blumcupou iho administration. It appears that Messrs Rica Garland, Graves, nnd Stalely Imvo bceuuppointcd loaders in this sy.tern of pro ruction. These gentlemen and their puny porhupa dream that tho people will not perceive their motivos, but thoio who are suffering by this delay will not have much difficulty iu tracing it tu the proper muse. This evening m a lute hour, owing to the absence of some Administration members, who could set no longer from the fatigue, tho Committo rose without reporting the bill, nud lire House adjourned. It tnay be proper to siuie that most uf the Whig niombeis, were ubseut nist night, ami carno this morning fresh, so ns to curry on i in- opposition, whim tlictr comrade* went homo. Tho hill In iug in Com mittee gave them a grout ndvumugu, us iichtild util be reported so lung us utio tnclnbui wi-heilto speak. WASHINGTON April 28. HOUSE OF REPRESENT A TIVES. The tluiuo at Ritpresoniiitivus is still in session, liuvitig been engaged olio whale day ami ,light uu the general Appropriatlim Bill. 'The Whigs being nb tinuteund refusing tu net outlie Bill, the Admin istiation nu mber* have uu ether lecoiii'so hut the desperate pluu of‘-tiring uui’* their opponents. It appears that the Opposition Cuii be biuugiu to terms m no oilier w-Hy. Ii Is.miw ten A M, and sonic members lire lying iiie floor fist a sleep, while otliors are talking about onlur. It is evident that tho Administratl -n members will not uiljuum before tho bill is tukon out of Commit- Thu Riclimond Whig of ye*t<-ntny snvs: "Ills rumored tint Peyton, (W) has earned Routiokc.— Thomas licuts Pretlou in Monroe for the Senate but 14, tind Preston beat* him in Greenbrier 295. Mont gomery, Pulaski, Floyd, Giles, and Mcrrar to hear from. ‘ It is behoved that Preston'* vote in thu three first wili balance Tlion.n*' in tho two lav, and thu* secure his oiection. But this is snecui itiuu, found ed, however, upun pmbublo dHtn. Thu sumo pap- r in it* morning udition of Thurs day, lays.— Tho only returns we have from Virginia, received since iiur edition nr yeste day, isan autheutic ac count from Cabell county, w hich, contraiy to tho report ymlerdny, has gone for the Loco Furns.— There were two Whig- in the field which led lo tho defeat uf both. •» From the Richmond Compiler, 29/A ult. ■ Roanoke.—Snyder [ AdmJ elected over Peyton [W] b\ 13 votes. Peyton centos'*. Smyth.—-Tate [Adm] elected by 28 votes. Wythe.—Fulton [Whig] elected over 8innger [A-lm] hue delegate. Wing gain. - Floyd.—Dcskins [Adm] elected hy 110vote*. The Senate.—Atkinson [Adm] from Ise of Wight, (Jonmd [W] from tie* Frederick, Smith' [Adm] from tliu Culpepper, Curtis [W] from the Accnnmrk, and Boudurnnt [ W] from'the- Bu- king- hnm districts are ciectpd. In the Floyd district, Tlinma- [Adm] was behind Preston [W] at the ln»t dates. ENGLISH THEATRICALS. . Th re U nothing of interest to he gatlieredfroTi the Loudon paper*,unless we except thercturnnf Mr Cl nrles KernMe lo the singe, for such his sevrr* ? I ensMgenu.'iiUKivrs ns reason to suppose i* « fact. Ii* ha* li'-r-n playing Dnp>Kelix nud Mercnlio, In r.iunniaudof the Qiu-<mi, mid was advertised for Ben id.el, C'fiHrle* Furfari*. &c. Prime nf |he .paper* say lie |o,ik* hs well, and piny* Avlthnsmnrlupir l ii- ever, hh( olhi-rs flint he look* old. that his pow er. mo enfrelih'd,and »c forth- VVw should ny •hat K' inble, like Brahnin, U at) everlasting refer an. who will die in hmiu-s*—lie will pleiM lothe |n-t.—N York Taper, Anecdote.—A young ensign of a regiment, it*, lioned nut far from Mnurhesier, residing in lodg- iuc*. tho silt ngns'm of whh-h was very small, was vi.u.ed by mif of hi* fa.hlon.ihlu friends, Who on I .Uinc leave, .md," Well, Chari** and how mu>-b l'"»r r * doyii mean i«» stop in ifiL nm shell f"tn wl.tri. Iw wltttlj repltid, " Uatll I IcComi't kcuit-l.' Mr Pariani.—'YM* gemleman, of whom i mucti ha* been said, during th« last iwelvn momh has a second limb renou »c.ed thu stag*, and wa« r Inst week, again received into thu fellowship of the Fnmth Street Methodist Episcopal Chinch, Louis- v\\W.—Philadelphia paper The U. S. ship of thn line, Columbus, i* to l>e moored in Boston liorbnr, n« n receiving ship, A good deed—The New bond of Aldermen have appropriated $1.0110, lobe put put on imere-t, for the benefit uf Mrs. Walls, wifo of James S. Wells. Mr. Walls was n fireman, nud Itliled by the fulling of the walls of r, building at a fire, • few weeks sine*. Tba Rev, John T. Kirkland, P. D. (or many years p.i*mr of the New So.oh Chmrb, and sub.r< qip-ntly President of Hmvs.d L'uiveuiij. diul s' Usltuni on Sunday last. HOUSE UF REPRESENTATIVES. Whine* I iy, Apr! 29. Ou motion of Mr Jones, Chiiitmnu u> tin* Cmn- mil line of Wnys nod .Vioaiis, llioiepi.ii of tlm sehvi Comiiiiiti-o of privilege, in the cii.e ol'Meast* By. iiuiii and Gnilniid, whs po-lponed rill Frid'y m xi; '.ml iho Housotiuu-. upmi went, once iinne, in to a Committee ol (lie Wn.jie ou dm siuic <>f tlm Union, (Mr Cusoy, of Illinois, imho Cbnir,) mi lie General Appropriation Bill. Mr W Co*t JuliiiMiu moved to nmeiid tlm b II .y striking out ull tliut relul-<o d.e brancl. Mims at Dnlifniu-gu iu G.oigiu, and at Now Uiiiuiis/ Mr Junusopp .sell the morion, nnd hoped ih'-n* M mts would nut lie I bus prematurely ale lislui *. Th-ylmdcost thu Government a Inigo sum, nnd hud sciucnly gniti.ui into operation. Mr Coop.-r of Gem gin, followed on tliornme side, I lie Mint hi Georgia litul coined $136,01(0 worth of Gold coins, audit wn*ju-i getting inio successful opuraiioti. It. was iii ibo midst uf the gold region, iuui in ibis resp ci, Imd a gieaiei claim to be spur- ed (if any wore to ho dispensed with) thm ibo Alim in Philadelphia. Il linil been stilled yesterday, hy thu gefiriionuii com Pei.osrivuni ..(.vlr Ogle,) ilm'i corihin gold Coins hud beoii coined hy a private m- diviilunl, without cost to ibo Government. If there was any thing in his, it applied us rnucb uguiiist utio mint us another, and went lo nbolish them nil - Mr Johnson advocated hi* amendment on the ground ihilt thi'flo branch Minis never hoi been neuded—iMt» rimy did nutlilng which might n>.ihavc been dnuo bettor uud cheaper «U l‘liiluilelpliiu,und were a coiistunl drain ou the Treasury. Mr. Hnliershamdefeiulcd the mini at Dahlonegi, which was iu id* owudi*irict;dwn!liiigmiiliHritnu** of it* locution, in thu very lu-uri of a country abound ing with mine* of tlm pr-uiotu mutnl-; on ilio happy infiuoticeil liadex -rted .n the eiicoiirugemeni of in- dustiy; it* benefit to the poor digge • who now gm thu Ml v-riue far tvhai they won from ihi* bowel* of the earth, and wore delivered from specuinioni} it* effect in rmninniiig gold in the country which would otherwise go alinrnd. &e. Mr. Stanly amused the committee vory much by au expose of ih'ritem* of c«rminaccounts which hurl been presumed at tlm Treasury—first suspended, nnd nttcrwnrd* allowed—fin tree*, shrub*,nrn>imrn tal flu were, gardening book*, and tool*, t&c., pur chased In Philudelpbi ', by Mr Wheel-r, supeiin- tenilent nf the mint; an I amounting to $213. He supposed these things were lor tlm -iificriiitciiili'iit'* t'urden, nnd consideri d the payment uf tlm bill out of the public purse a* no abuse. Mr. Black joined warmly in ihi* opinion, Anil nvowed his readiness to join any goniiomun in gel- ing a committee of inquiry to mvcstigntn i(. But lx-ho|md 'hi* extravagance at ih« mini in North Cnrolinu wonid uot.be suffered to prejudice the cam of the mint in Gcingia. Ho lli*-n went into on ar gument in support of the appropriation If a mint ought to exit any where, suiely it wns in tlm very hejirt of liii? gnlil region, and the who e coieagn of the Union could bn exeemed mo. n chenply uud equal ly well at Duhlunuga a* at Philadelpliia. The Hoit-e was still in session, having the ohnvn bill under consideration, when we last heard from the Cupi'ol, la-twenn seven and eight o’clock, “NEW YORK. April 29. Safe* At tlm Stock Exchange nf .United Stair* hank stoek~ 75 share* ». next week At 74R 25 do ' • do *• 3 day* 74^. The snles lit the hoard to- lay were light, and at but little change in price* since ye-terdty. We quote exchange on PhiluiMphia at 9 I£ i9-1.]. nnd on.Baltimore at 94 J >95. APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT, By and Kith the advice and content af the Senate, Will.am Marvin, to lie .luiige ..film United States ■or the Southern Distric of Fioridn. Vinliin Butler, of Florida, to Im* DLtrlcr Attor ney of the United State* for tlm District <d \\Y»t Florida, in tlm place of George Walker, resign- ud. J G Searcy, to ho Mtirriml of the United State* lor the Middle District uf Florida, in thepluceufS \V DovuII, dreoiwed Churlo* F Ryan, to bo Consul of the United State* for tlm poll uf Cnpriihigtm, in the place uf Cbarlrs J fhimhro, resigned. James Freeman, of New York, to be Consul of tho Uiitwl State* for the port of Ancona, in the Ro man States. Sl-RVKYon or TUK RRVKNtlR. Nnllian Bmdin, Bristol, Rliode lalund, vice Allen Wunlweli, deceasvd. I Bank ltcports. AUGUSTA INSURANCE & BANKING COM- PANY. * < Auoimta, April I8'h, 1840, To Hit KxetlMapgrrlShAHes J. MuDeuxld, Guv eruor of the StptcofG urgia. Sint—Enclosed is n^stntement of the condition nf this Itis'iiuiion ou tlm 6th mst, nl*o u list of tlm Stock belli.m s. Thu requirements of tho Acts uf the 23d D-rem Iter lust,--relniivo to the indebtedness ofthe Stock holders nod Directors to Urn Institution, is omitted liecausu it is believed n compliance would bo u vio lation nf confidence, nmi particularly so to those so indebted, before the passage ofthe Acts referred to. On thi* «ul»jert. however, U may be proper to oh- stfrvo, that tlm StiHo.lio docsofim* itistiiution meet aiimially, and exnmiiioits condition and make such byo laws for tlm government nf tlm Board of Direc tors, as is dimmed proper.-—One of tlmxa bye Imv* adopted at their last megling in November, make it imperative fhal iu future no individual or firm’* ac counts shall exceed Tun Thousand Dollurs in local pnper. it will thus be perceived thut this Institu tion without exposing the decimals of it* nusinmoi* has in some meusure conformed to the requirements, I utn, v. ry ivspccifully WILLIAM HARPER, IWt. Stnto of thn Augusin Intimiuce nnd Banking Com pany, un Monday, April 6, 1340. DR. To Capital Stock, Doporites, Dividends unpaid Surplus and gross pinfits Amount dan to ti a nuts Bills issued Un hand In circuiutiuti, $500,000 01) 78,844 38 1,11*2 149 252 fit) 4,039 59 738.000 71,820 (500.180 $1,395,498 57 CR. By notes und bond payable at Augusta $373,135 24 Bill* and notes lying over 48,046 56 Do in suit 51 651 33 Do roco,vnhla ’ 04,734 74 Mechanic*’ hunk' stock 2 0UU lmmrrticu.do 10,4.9 Renl estate in Augusta and Mobile 40 799 15 Sit*pended debt in Augustu St Mobile 1,4,19 82 Pi-otnst account * 195 50 Losses paid and itmidetiial charges 59,092 49 Damaged cotton account 12,589 47 Ailvuuccd on cotton 42 713 50 Cotton account 30,925 02 lnsurnnco dues .13,209 0! Doe by oilier bank* ami agentr 179,219 II ExCliangn in (Jbariustou, Savannahs N*-w York, Arc. . - 269 374 20 Bills of other liuak*.. clipi’k*, . . &«. *1 in,8:1143 G«ld und silver ill vuu t 8),411 40 107,771 53 $1,395,498 57 IVrsonnlly appeared before m", the Pieshlont nod Cn-hier ul tlm Augasiu loamnnceand Banking Company, who being duly sworn, certify that tlm Ion going sfitemeui, and list of stockholders an nex ii, ure coi reel, unset tied accounts and cla ms excepted } nnd that wn huvu nut directlv or indi- .•clly, violated tlm net in re crenoe to i-xcliungo. WM. HARPEit, I’rcs’i. ROBERT WALTON, Cnsh’r. Sworn to before me, this 18th April, 1840. - GEO. W. SUMMERS,Nuinty Pubic. •i*t of Stockholders of rim Augusta Insurance and Banking Company. PLANTERS' AND MECHANICS’ BANK. Columbus,Ga„ April®, 1849. To HU Excellency Ciias J. M'Dukald, Governor, Mil.rilgcville. Sir—Herewith I have the limiur tu transmit to you a stuiemoiil of rim eo dition uftlio Planters' and Mechmio*' Ihmk of Culnmhus) tugeilier with u list of stockholders in said Batik, on Mondny, 0th April, 1840 Very respectfully, your obedient strv't. D. M’DoUGALD, Piest, General statement of thn Planters' nud Mechanics' Jjjwd* “I Columbus, un Monday morning, April U, DU. Capital Slock $260,900 00 Note* of rim Bank issued $024,000 09 " uu hand 177,Old 09 " in Circulation 444,399 01) Individual dopoiue* 39,930 61 Surplus Fund nud dUcmint account, 53,394 95 Duo to other bunks, corporation*, uml ' ***** 103,550 41 Uuclammd dividend 024 OJ j $997,995 07 CR. Notes (liscnunied, running to maturity $234,770 62 " under pretest, not in suit 4,919 67 " lying over not pretested 250 09 Bills of exchange limning tu m.uuriiy 181 998 33 *• under protest 1,1)04 88 $405,043 50 Incidondal Expenses 191 61 Duu by nthai bunks, corporations, and agent* ,, 332,605 44 Salmy account 1.624 98 Uunking house, nud lot 23,079 95 Note* of ether hanks 54 732 Ol) Chucks uiidceritlic.ites in other liunks 18,145 Ud Change hills 23R 59 Specie 51,935 09 $907,905 97 Gkorhia, Musciigeti county.—'Personally cumo Daniel McDeinpdd, Pretidu.it, uud Matlmw Un* bertsun, Cn-hiurol tlm Planiet*' uud Mitch mic*' blink ufCuluilibUs, befiire mo, nnd being duly sworn, say, ilint rim above slntumunt exhibits the true etui- dition of raid bank, on Mund.ty moniing, Gih A pit l, 1840; and tlm annmed j* « correct li*t of the stock- Holder*, agreeably to the books of said bnnk. D. M’DOUGALD, President. M. 1(0 It KlU SON. Cusltinr. Sworn to, and nub.criht'd In-lore me, this 7tlt day of April, 1840. THO. /. bill VERES, N. P. Statement of Slmkhuhlers in the Planters' nnd Mec^ulliu* , hunk of Culuinbus, Guuiulu, April 6, 11141* No. Sharet. Ain't, paid in, Stockl-'dderi. Join' Banks Tln'md* R Gold Muthrw Roboitsun JunH'S N Beilmne a ll Ector mm Key James B (liient 399 59 138 180 ‘duo 20 59 Appointment of married men iu the Army,— Among therrgu'aiion* ofilm War Depnrimeni re»- peeling the appointment In the army.of peroms from civil iiie, there is one sintine thn no i-aodidaic will lie examined wh'* t* ma-iied —Tl>e Armyan i Navy Chrotiiclo of the 23d instant piiiiiishrs an oxtruct from a Rrpiw t made ti) the Secretary of War givfiis lint rea«ons of this reguhiiioii. It is statml that the pay of n second lieutenant, alum $789 n year, i* ant more 1 ban adequate 10 Id* own suppott in tlie dressnnd np|a-nrnaco which hi* profession requires; Id* iron-nortnli'inallowance often cents pur mile will not do mure than pay Id* individual tiuveiling ekpenrest his quarters when in garrison nre too *ma|) for the accomiiydatiuD «f a fain ly; and the duties of the younger officer* require their prw»enr« a'nio-t continnaliy wtih their companies in *h« field. Th« »e cnnridrrniion.it is ihettf 1 1 are sufficiently >trung to am hotitu tlu* adoption of tlm above named rtgula lion. A L Alexander. 109 W J Bailee 50 I'nter Ueimoch 12 John Bunvs 25 Do Ti iiMlee fur T A B 13 Do " MCWil 13 Do •* Fl L 2 Kcr Boy co 49 1. Bow dm 25 Kunto of John Campbell 6W Iti.bi'i't Campbell 59 James Cuinpbull 140 Do ' Trustee 189 Hsliito of Willi .m Biysou IU Jumpbi-ll Alien 139 I'hilip Ci limp IU Mrs Anne Cumming 35 Willium Cumming, Trustee 58 Sarah Cumming 25 H H Cumming, and others,Trusters, Mrs Smith 33 Do Trusius J IlC 33 William - ‘umming, nud 01 lints Trustees, il H C 83 il F Foe,Trustee, Mrs Davis 33 Do C'a Itiur 50 Kdword Cox 155 L* A Crawford 4U T G Cusoy 2o J C Curmh-h rul 3U John Coskery 85 Joseph Davis 5U Wdiium D’Antigmc , 3^ Esiuu* of John F'ox I9ii James Fraser 219 William GIcndeimiiig 25 J St W Harper 77 Kxu.uiurs of John F'ox 3(» Esiateol J llurliurt 19 J 1* King, Guurd.un E Knight fill Andrew Kerr 20 Robert Y Hnrrixs 15 J Harris#, Tiuxive 5 T N Hamilton 9|| Henry Mealing. 26 Jiilin Moore IJO Mr# FTuiicqs Moore 29 SCIurkeiSt J F King, Guardians AWN 5U Do Do Du T N 50 T J I’n melee 229 John Rotu r 50 Gnoige VV Lainar Casliier 62 J liomus Riclpirus 59 Jame# Sliunnon 190 William H Turpin 149 W Hi Wm M U A Trustees 112 Mr* Emily H Tubman ISO A.G Rose, Cashier 435 Ann K White 75 Jnnji" WhhII.iw 25 R Walt.-ti, Cnriiier in tiust 499 C A Waters, Tiu-teo 101 M Keith • 59 H W ILinenmii 300 1’ F'ltzsimmoii# i’.i T S Aletcn f 29 H Wot*sin 25 I’ilol \ Le F>.r bin 27 R Walton C'unlmii 155 Number of nlmres 5999 AO, H A',St T N Iklai'.kmnr 2 Htgb A HamilYou Juno* T KosWr Tlumn* Bnr^-y Wiliam* St/ Herring DniHM-'^ougalu •John yfi™ Hardy Crawford Thomas Mom*/ Dozier Tltorntmi, jr. ’ John Penbody .Limits &■ Brook* Mat. llu|iett*oii Marks Hemy Harris Alex. J Roberlson James M Chumbi r« Gourge Sum h Jacob Fogle M W Perry, trustee of Mmy .Vr» end on Juui-'H U Watson fhomas W Wuixon SI ud i nch I'm ry L B Moody Halt Si Persuus David P Ildllmasn Aimer IJ FJewHleo Joe] Hurl, mui. James W CutO Win Boyd Winfield W Robison Alnx Speer " " Guardian for Fr. E Grant 33 " " " '* W F Grant 33 Wm Boyd, guardian for Saruii F Clements 50 Alex M'DniignM RoLert Wntsim James A Slntuti 50 59 190 299 1573 199 59 191) 478 575 199 4 100 575 259 299 59 2 1033 409 fioo 309 100 499 290 190 29 59 9!) 34 475 399 390 7590 1259 3151) 47011 5991) 509 1259 fill 1250 1259 2590 5990 39325 2599 1259 2f" 99 liimo 14375 9599 199 2500 14375 • 6259 5U99 1259 59 25825 19900 15000 7509 2590 29999 5090 2500 590 1259 172(1 859 1 025 B25 1259 11875 7590 7599 $2601.00 WEDNESDAY, MAY 0, 1049. At* mealing of rile Board, th" following report wn* presented, and accepted: Thu und, rsigned Cummin- *. appointed reexam ine the Bills of Exchange ami Note., nfih.- Aucu-iu Insuraurennd Dunking Company, have perform. ,1 that duly, and me of,.pinion, that there i* the sum of six ihunrsiid four hm.dr»d end »ov, n»y thr* * .•2-100 dollai*in d^ubtfel p»rrr; tml nim tetn bun- drarland nine 8Rri09il"l| ir- In bad paper, (Signed) JOSl I’ll DA VIS. 6th April, 1840. JOHN ( ObKLKY- OUR MILITARY GtJESTJT. The Macon Vohmteeri, Cnpt. Shvmiiur, nnd thu Metropolitan Grryt. Cnpt. KkN AN, left ihu city yesterday mothing for their respcctivo homes, vid. Central Rail Road. Their deportment whiln here ha* boon that uf genilomcn and well disciplined sol dier*, uml wn lru«t that their visit will he us lienefi* ciol to them, ns it lias been pleasant to tlm citizens of Savannah. The Liberty Troop, Cap*. Attn R*ON, took up their line of mnr,-|| on Sunday for Immn. They nre a pari of a pownifnl arm ot. military defence, and their nppenrsneo with our own Husnu* wn* credi table to officer* nnd men. They nre *0 nenr thnl they Iihvo no excuse fur nut visiting oftener the cnnmierr.ial nmtrnpuli* of ile-Sinte. LATER THAN THE MAIL. By the steam packet Southerner, Capt. Rnr.r.ins, we yoterday inotrning received thn Charleston Courier of Monday, in antii-ipntion of ynsb-rduyV mail, noil the Patriot uf .Monday nlirrnuon, dun hy the mail of this furenuon. In tlm Patriot we find* New Yoik date* of 3iilh ult. ntnl other intelligence, which we extract, the mnil (north uf tlmteity.) due here yesterday, liavlag fniled, thnngli received in Charieston, In time for the ufternoon pnjwr of Mon day. CHARLESTON, May 4- PUBLIC MEETING The Ciriznn* of Charleston nnd nil other* who are friendly to the|m.icy of thepresmit Adminidra'inn, and disposed to mniiiiain and defend tho great I). m K-rutic principles nf the Constitution and th*- Domostic Institution.»f the South, are requested to ns-rmble at tho City Hall, on Thursday Evening, th- 71 It inst. ul 8 o’clock. ACCIDENT. The entire front and almut 20 feet biick work on rh" South side, composing the cornice or the Hi 1 ' man Mali. Meeting street, f II d *wn thi* morning. A colored boy about 15 year* of age, belnnjing to Dr. Mici.nll, who wns at tin- limn de*r..-ndiug the Istlder, wn* serimi-ly hurt, ond i« n-t expected to live. No other j*ii»'*ii wa* injured, which was most fortunate, a* there were from 29 t„ 39 people at work on tho building when the accident uccured. VIRGINIA ELEC I ION. l.atnt Return!.—Th * Itlcnmond Compiler «f last Friday #*y*—" Thera i» a tie iu the Senate, Preston beinx elected fur thn Moulgomery District, I he majority in tlv Iio*t e, will indicate the majority on joint ballot; tin* Whig* have tint* for u majniity ol eight i* tint body." The arc-nut n**w »£. I nett p un (the Rdl. Am. state*) of two Dnjeg *|r* 1 « U J two Set,altr*. llwti- ate yet U couuttc- to hektd tVom. which stmt l itl year 0 whig*, I conser vative, und 7 nrimini,trillion tlelcgntes. I'll" Globe say-:—“ The Denim r.itic party has a dw ided ma- jority of 1 he popular vole in the State. There I* no dmiht uf this fact. W« Itnvo already added up enmich uutnnvliice ourselves; but we intend to mn'.e It eiitnpluto Itefore we publish tlm particulars. *n ns tn convince nil other*, wim nre open to- cmivicihm, beyond the possibility uf n doubt.” MawtehnieUt—X reduction of the represent!., tion in tlm Hottsu of Representatives ofthe l.egiria* ture nf Ma*snclmacu*o is nlrnut in Hike plat e, the people* of that State having ratified m. ntpendmctit to tlteCoaslfiutinn to thnt effect, The lor y Sena, tors are to be unpnrtinned am mu tlm District* ac cording to populaitnri, and tlm ptovisiott hy wltieli Cnun»i)lleri w-re n-quitcil tci berlib-en fhtmlmnng tho Senators, before they could lmcho*en from the (ample at large, ia iihnlislwd, A cuiimis nf the ill* habitant* Win ho taken hi Mny.-r-J'oMnf; .V li«tii»r f.soo fsm.iys. wmlnsl In tlm city, on Siturdiiylast. stale* thut ill-men met- ('rimdca, Onp' Donntild, on her it ip trout that p'n.e to this port, sung get! ulietit twelve mi e* bel„w Camden, 011 Tliurx.hiy la-t, >30ih ifI. It i« ilmiighi sin wili not lit* raised. She had ou hoard 239 iah-s Colton, 39 hale* yarn and 8 bales co ton 0-nat'U|-g«. Web-ant that a |Htr i"ti uf her eurgu i* in*mvd — Courier. Wean*.oiiy (0 learn thnt iheentei-pi Jar : *doing great iqjury tu tlm fuims «m the Neck.—Ibid. Gonpreitional.—Wr regret to learn th <t tin* I Ion. F, W. I'tekeus, who remitted h- me from Washing ton, 11 shunt into since, in tod.-r to reernit Ms-treng It, cimiinues*n iniltsputial, 11* in rm dur h*- remit* to Congress this sessmi utireitaie; ntnl tlmt In* lias written tn the Speaker of thr House advising tlm appointment nf a Chniimati of tlm Ctmimitlee ui Foreign Hnloth.mi, Inhis plneu. Wo )rnm also thnt the tryingclimute of mtr national capital, had reader* etl tin* Hon. R. II. Rh tt seriously ill, hut we ailil, with plea,ure, that lit* is un tin* recover., <0 perhaps, by this l nit*, entirely recovered.—Ibid. NEW YORK, April 30. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. About five o'clock this morning 11 fire brake nut in 'in* Inige livo -mrvbrick buildingeortu rofCathu- rim* nmi Hemy street*, nnd numbered mi the former strict ns 24,26 uml 28. It wnsuecilpied hy Ahjjah Mathew*v\t Son. n# an extensive iiuoiufaciory nf cubim t ware, sola*. Are t George J llurrix, upltnL ner r; Joseph II. II .rrisou,printer;Chnr'es L Noe, denier in coidinis and (iqaor*; Mciiotns Conklin, gun smith, nud hy families, The whole Ii dl.litig is pretty much de*treyuI, logoilmr-.with a valuable *u«k of furniture nud oili-'r mate, nl* iu the upper torie*. The firacnmpnnln* were )*imnp>ly on the ground, hut could do lillh* toward extiiig.driilng the H.iii.e* on nccount oft lie gu'iit liuight ofthe building. The Dhilntlnlphin machine, iliu Dn.ithwnik, wns hronght up nnd smthmed in Henry ttieet. fiom wheneo»he thtow, with t*rrfi*ct ruse,two efilc cm ,tt urn* of wa ter into tlm filth story of the house, nnd wo fesd ciite lldeiit, had there heoii half a dnxeu such enaia * well siippied wi.itwater,employed tlm fin* wonb It ve lieiiti stooped in mm hall uf the time tint it The Oliver street Baptist Chinch wn«*-im-hleied to Iu* 01 grenld .tiger, and we h Ifeve Imt <lm Ihm.e- cioiimuiiicalu I to it at mu* time. Ttirvo nr four teams were play from It* reel - upun il.u lurninp TWKi.VK 0’CI.OCK. Farther Particular!.—'The linibt ng i» enliieU destroyed, tlm wall having a.| fallen, m- been pulled down, Th>* principal loss iVIsupnti Mi - Matii.nws, who »wii- tlie lodbling. Ho u-tiuintes tlie value of liis sto-k and the hoiist* together at nil nt $49,099; us n pint of di" ■ nr ui' r w -ssavetl. hi* loss will pin- IndilvlH* frmii $15,99.1 to $29,909. lie is iti-ureii 19.1)90. , , Tlie stock uf liquor* he’ongii.g to Mr. No • is in tlie biMcniciit, appiir, lit y sale, lull is u>> dmiht mush daHinged hy the sii.nl,e und he.it. Mr. Noe bus 110 in-uriinct*. Ahimi Jl o’clock n part ..fihe wall mi Henry street fell. Mr. Thoiiip*i*n, 11 gen*Inman annuecied wirii rii'* Courier, wa* -l.iiidinc on th • uppos le rid ■ of the way. He w'n* s'rm-k hy a rel.mid.tig brick in iho head, nud kllerki'd il-.wi* sei.*t.I’*s, Hu Iiie was badly cut, but fmiiiiiaiely In- leceiv. d no d..i gerous hmt. A boy was ulsosiighily injur, d 111 the same time. Tho alarm nt 19 o'clo’k was ocenvinn l*y a fire in the linen story liri' k house No 139 Grai.if si., n xt to tho rumor of Elm at reel, aimed by iho hur-t'ng of n cliimney, which was on lire. But little d imiigo wii*’ ii*me.—Com Adv. Later From Canton.—Tho sliip I’rovlilenee which arrived yesterday from Cantu.., lei) the river earlierlliliM nlir pieviuu* dates, Imt *|n.kena Eng. lisli ship • n the passgo and too., (nun her a ipauiiiy ot U'lior* Iu D' C. 29. The*" 'etloi* slated tualan ilint bad just been is* led by the (.'bine* C minis- ot.ori Liu, f irhiddiiig the hn.iging tip titCniilun ofuny British manufnciure*, ev n In American *hit*- und ileeliiriiig that if it wire aitemptid, ln.ilig.nuL and sliip siim.ld la* conlisual.-d. Tcils were roini.ig down slowly—n* the China men w* iv unwilling to «ell until after N« w Years.— Ibo Levant was tin* only ship I aiding f..r tfi. Ui.ind Sillies,and shown* lint expected tosail until *onu- lime iu Jan. The Aria, Lotus, und Knmniang, uiri- veil at Canton hetw<.eu Dec. Ifilli und29.—JuneoJ Com. Peru, Bolivia, and Chili —Tin* expeditionary army of Chili, (*uys ihe Wushiiigiuu (ilob--,) under curnmai.il ol* General Rabins, arrived at Valparaiso in D' Cemh 1 from Limn, lenvii g General Gamnrrn ns the I'res'dcut of Peril. The cmi*tiiuiion ol tins Republic lias Ihuui ndnpt*-d and pruiniilgaii d hy the Coiigres* of lliiancayo. Gnti'-rul Gamnrrn, in hi- mrssugo to tlm Cong re**, says that ilieireatie- made hy (lie United State* and Grem Britain witli Guaeiu. S.intn Cruz, n* I’nnid' niof »!»•- Peru II tlivinn Con fedentinn, will not ho reci'giiize.l hy tlie Govern meet of Peru. (Gorre*|M.iH|enee oftlm Southern Patriot.) .VA.MII\i.ro,V,*|,nlM, l».n SKKATK. In liii. S.1111. mmIi n| |. .li M, nmit i ni.i. oisqies*. , mautn o r~r ntitesrs Ta ti pks. I* i« near midnight Aral the Hoirtmuf Ke|*w*H»* tativ... .11, jn»t ai(j«mftttd, w it limit gening tli.* gen. end A | |u-.ipri«tiun |||ii„ui ..f C, ithmltee. A great pottinn i.| tu duy was C0H*t)*ed |n» dehitenii a m.ubm tualmi rii thu Branch .Mint* At Gi-urgin, No.ih Csroh'inamlNew Orleans. If this iiMiiun l»id lieen made by» Nmiliernur Eastern , nun, it w .III I have In on no wonder, as their repug* nmiee t«. .i|t|.r..prinu* any riling lor the Smith Is pro* veitm,i; hut 11 was mov.il by Mi. Cost Jolilism,Hml. rtdviN.'.ued hy Mr. S nnley, und other Southern U bigs, uu tho ground pfeg|H*Mra I*.- motimi wns opposed hy Messrs. Cotiiuhy Me Kay, Bhu-k and .-til- r*. with much wu mill.— I hey pr. red limn dm-utneiii* that In poRtf ftfeerlil* om. it wou;d he I'm cheaper to Imvw all thv* coinage oxi-i'Uied in the South, in,ira.| of sending the gold- at n great uxpenee for coinagu at I’hlludelphia. ‘ Mr Manley made a long electioneerlng aiKveli lit ’ relutiiMi t.» a f w d dbu»ex|X'uded b\ the eoniltietnr Ot the Mint at Chulntte, N. C , lor sotlie uroe- meniiri liens eiu., C,r thn hirildf -g. • / ’ Mi. J "* '* remin led him. that nil I oogh stick vx»- pembUire* wen* mu vxnci y right; yet Jill tho sumo principle, i.lmiut every other ptih ic ufficoi. aiid niembe.B l|i.-m*elv«*s must ).e roiulemued, for ex* ponling money in laying nut th- public ground uf.. Iiiciied tu tlie bin.ding. Mr. J, -nid those gioutiila and tree* beli.ngnl in the people uid.werannt the property ol uuy private individual. After 11 ver, lediousdehuii* r »*e-mu* aiu-ti the lira licit Mint, wits negatived. '«iphi*in« ».f nf tlie Bill will of course Tlie 1 he ns oiislituiie'yromeslutl, so that judging fetpp tlm* pit's,‘lit emii-seof tho Oppoxirimi, there Luo pros pect ot its hum- di-it" pussace. ihese inidi.ig.it ses-imis are very distressing, and' m.uiv member, are ao completely nxlm-ted nt tuhu uii.il lo lo leave their In d*. WASHINGTON, May J. 1840. SENA TI{. Iu *hi- S- iiute little i» doing hut private hn-lne**. Mr. W,'lister, in pr- si-niing a memorial from his Siti'e, listing a pimeciiw* Tur ff, gavotiiit.ee that 011 a |'i"|M>, iMieiiMion he would nddiuxs tlioSomito ou the suit j ol. 1’i opb nrecrmvding to’ Ualtlmort* from evev quite* ter, in readme.* toait-iid the Demm-nilia Cpi.v- it- lion. As till* vvii'g young M»nV Convent ion a* there ais *, there will ho a very oxeltijig 03” Wo nre p, rmiited 10 make the following oxirm-t fr-.m a letter, jn»l w-ceived from Florida dated May 1st-—Sao Rep. ‘ I'xi* Indians on ihe ciMi»l are noiner"U—tlieii fires er,- seen every wlnr,. I hey min led tiv, men fii.m Fort Lauderdale, elide tlie, were pr.«u ring wal*-r, and shot three of tli- 01—one tonr a ly Th" Indiansuppeai •■* la inpani *ovurlhec<.i„.. try, deti-r oined on nusi-hM'. Ii i* *u| p'.*nl Gen eral Tuybu will -boiriy leave, *»heo Geo. Aimisit-nri will lake cumninii I, who i* presiding nl a omrl maiiiri. mow silling at Si. Auvu.tu.e. On ihe 31m uli. sume men (wiiile ou puradi-) of rim 2d Dra- giMius, *lnliouei| Ht Pilirikit, niut.i.iud.nuil uliemptm. thu life of Limit. Merrill, w o wns in command. I icut. M. rail one nftho liiiglruder* m ven-ly or the luce, and hy tlm aid of Dr. Iloclicoek, kept ih-n. at hay lorn sort lime; hut there is uu 1I01111, had nnr Capt. LaVt-n's company arriv. d just at tin- mom' nt, they would have taken tie- li,e» of hoih ..ff. ,'i'S. Law Min’* company arrived in tlie Cincii- n.iti, to :o in the mt> ii. r. Major A»hl»y, thu com manding officer, wa - al St Angusiine." Pentacola.—Tho c tisens «f P»*nsacoIa held a m-i iing on the 21 st inn f-.r tlie pot|m*«* of (miitioit ingCongiessund the Slat- of Vi^tiuma 10 a hiw th*. nuiiexutioa of that pari of Florid.*, w- *' of die Chul- iahnoc.be*. W Alub*m,», " the id lowing pivnmbl,- was adopted. \Vherea 4 .it i*tl.e intenwt. and has lor g tm-r ihe desire of tlie (mvij-b' o Ew*.mbi.i roiiniy, to Ins an nexed to Alabama, its i<-ogiiipi.i,-nl cotifotmalioi. bring such. 0* Mleclniilly to cut them off Hunt nb comin'iieiy of interest witu tin- middle uud <asteii' jM.i* 01 tin* Terril-ry,arel to i lt-utify ill- in withri» S'd'c of Alnb.ini'i—and Floiidu being nhiun I it im unto Iwr Mutton „ om) ot lie- imb f*ttt<lo States of rim Uai' ii. tliis *pja;. r» u pio|H i unit* (M-tni<m CiM.gre#- for tha utoraxiou of Lrental county fo Aiii >umu. tint lb<* object, -.1 cou-onaoi to tiio wisln-k ami iiitvrest of tin- |s*u|i.,-, may le cou-iimmatnd previous 10 tlm udiiiLri.,,, ••( Fioridi into tit Union, |(, srit.i l Sta ll solution- wi re Mil tpifil, and rooi oi tee- u| poitio d to cairyouttiiu vm ws a» espies* d in *!*■ pit at,bin sond.le* lime. A* it is ciisimnniyi in this tqoath far Congress tn- have a recess for tlie urpitsenl putting the Hall iu summer trim, I presume the mu 11 .iters of botlr lluiiM'* will utiuiid tlm Cotivenihln. Tli. it* *resome heavy wuger* pehdlng airio tha- iii.m.iiuiiuni.f Co|, I'olk, HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT/VkS. ■ The House nf Uepiveim.live* silt ti e wliulo of \«-t> ttlav and until between twelve ami m.c this mor. i-i.g, nmi at lualnLlit aculn mfyoiirnvd wiih-ut re purling the Geiivrri Appiopriutiuu Bi 1 Th*» whnle .lay was spent hy Ihu 0|'|mrill.m in the most. (mMyipithohug, wb.cb woi.M b .ve disgraced a jus tice'- Conn, vn clung m every alt uw thut would setve for del y. Bin now tin* pa-sage of the 'BUI it I* feared, will ho loo Into to -live the Government fiutii disgrace. Lust night ihe humiliating liu-twi.* eiuim.unit-ait<t from '1. n Dopa 1111.011'*, tliut m* vein I Fmeigu Drafts against this Gov. rament l.ml h« en present <1, and there was no numey t<» meet them. Thu* i» thvr liiiiiur nmi 1 ttnlit, fthe Government with tin* wimlu wot- *i, now in ibe hand* of a lew individual*. w|iw r hy enu-iiig iho draf stub * pretested, might held us up to tlie c ml, nipt and *>11 era of Kureprt. Till* I* u.iumuig suite of riiiiigp, ■>Heeling the interest* r Meiel.aiil uud im* whole voumry, uml yef t|i«r Opimsuim, in Congre*-, with a view of-t-teming « dttle poll lien 1 eapuiii, w II iliut si.fie,- ihe home of il.eircouniry to hejcopuiilhu.nl, end destroy it* cred it I’.rymrs to come. Yet ►trang,- as it may appear, th.* is the veiy* ate nt riiiin.* tit" Whig* wish to bring nl.mu. Tnv mere disir »* they eutt .(.reduce, tin* mm,* they tnink i» then elm lieu m brmgug tl e Arimii.i-it .ilinii hil.iitlsr* put-, fin hy adroit manage- mem they iimig.lie they cun iteieivethe |H*i.pIe a* to the true vans,-.—Hill Jnm Jntel Igeut ine.elim is, yum ho .e*i Inrun is, a d injur- d ir-ulexm :i ** ill *,-,* at 11 gl ...re w Im a.e tli- r» at iUii,i i> hi t).i- ilinlaib- >-ul sciieme, uml«\,».y iriieiuvei o hi country mu-t IiIuhIi dial xin-li nien w- re b. r.i on an Am* rie.nr soil. The Wing pnp-'M are however n't* mplinc to throw li.u blame „u die Adm nixir.li-11 11 i*udy , by eiliog their reader* 1 hit t the D.-mov.i.l c pn.iy hn* o u in.ijori y i-. Die lion e ami van pii * bill* when limy pb**s ♦ lint it is we,| Known thn nil m-.ii. y bills iiiusl.umlvr tin* lid ', be cm xitlere.l in Comm lira- *>f the Vt hoi , wlicr. the previous ,|ui*«>i<.1,, a n ni , ut •fl ini.-rminaMe debate. So tlm then* L mr way in which n limj'.r.iy eati pr a ted ug.ii..st 11 liiiii.ailj, re»iilved 10 .le,ay i|i- liii>un*.ss. Nanai—The I'uosucoln Ga*.*tie of the 28lh in-t snyx, ti.u l.rvant sailed fiom rim* p- rtin, | hnrsditr lust with •ciihil i.nh'i*. Conjecture is busy us lo tin* nl.jvct. Some Miysiie is going in pur-mt of die ••long low hln.-k sch.ainrr." St.iuu that she tago- ing to Vein Cuts with secrelMespnrruex, uml xoimt thn' rite is sent in Iu .1, out for the Ell iisli fl.-vt. Fiom it private leiirr we learn ihni 1 v Ontario has Imen o il. r «i fioin IVi.' .vol, (., New Yu k,um( the Em 10 moire in the West links- Tli • Kii m il corvette Sabinr. is nt l'en-acola ' waiting siipplie*. NORFOLK, May I. Narat.—’l In* U,S. frigate i‘«a..mac i- ivi ,g ..t tl.e 11 tvnl noclioriige. ready iu loose Ur v»i..‘gs f..|- il.o Brazil ‘IMi-m. Tlm follow ug i* a |i*< of Imi offiem. l Lawrence Keereey, |.*,| Captain Lieut-mi ..In L. ,\|, Gobi.l, .mugli,.lo'in Mnrst* n, Jr. Wm. S Ogdi u. Ilenrv II. It. .1. A. It. F’uiiliix. Ch >rb-* II. Kennedy, mid Jol.o !>•• Crimp. I.iem of Marine*, Thoiuiu A Beady. S.irgr.'ii, A A Alice, I’ursur, Samuel I* Tmld, • • Masier, Hour* F*r< nch ♦ I’aso il AxxLl.Sur_ci.il. Win I Row. ||, Asst, Siugmut, .lam-is M'CleBnmt. I'r-ifexsor of Malh.-mnt.rx, J<m| Grant. I’as-ed Midriiipumn, G W Grant, G W Doty, H.-iny I* Rolwrlxon,and II Tmguy Wingate, f-npi.eii’s Cli rk, Bull- r Mmiry. Miilsliipiiie.., JohuSaiid.'rx Taylor, I'd war I Hig gins, Jam * Bu.Wk. Thomas L Dunce, F’.M Hum* phn*>*, Thomas M Cn>»rau, Chniles C Simnix, Join. S'nut. Roa-nC Roger-, Clmriev Westpn', It WSh>ifeldl,M C I’eiryjr, Beverly Kaudolpli, .lohn It llynsoa, Wm Evelyn liepkiiK, D It Lamb, ri, and John W It -nm*it. Cnrpei.l. r, M It Freeman. But-wni , V l( Hall. Guuuei.A Luwis. Masier’s M.iie.J PFiriur. I’arNvnger, Lieut Moeller. NEW ORLEANS, April28. TEXAS. Tli * steam pnrket Co u.obiir, -.' .plain Wind),*, artivert here Lkt night from Galv. stotr, bringing Houston dales up to April 2lxt. When tin* Columbia left, ordetx hud Imen issued to collect the mi ii’m nmi march .them on the Iron- iier. Every third man hnd been.railed out. Kxtr«ci ol n letter from Mq)'*r Thoma- U West-rn of A 11st m. lt^iXAH. April 1, 1849—Tilings are fa*trnmi-.g to a crisis. Tim Federalist* have again keen de feated at Morelos, a .-mall town about fifteen league* fnan th" I’rexalm of tla* Rio Grande, Ky Gen Arista in perxon. uml Cal.i.h* w.th alxmi 150 mcn-w or scaped, are on lb- ir way tu this place, file m.-s-viig. r who siriv-d l.ere* yesterday, h-fc tliem on lire l^rons. I u!*o ice.ved a letter from Sim Fernando, three day* ego. ia which lb" w riter rpenk-, f the invusan of Texas as a thieg *0 cer tain that whoever uitu.d doubt it would be laughed A great number of Clieiokee Indiuos arc among ili>- Centralists. G- ti- tt»I Am|oidia, v»i I, five or -iv hundred cne- airy, haxalreid pa-M-dibe Rio (ir.ode, sonmthuty mile* lielow Ijoren *. Bkxar. Apr I 5,1319 —I' hn* re-o’terl w-iih mV hi-t •-oot.io.i.iiMii-.n a* I airici|M'ed.ihat it would not In* believe ', tier w.ll i. b* l» -ieveri till Bexni is dexiioyed a-.d | biiHlrr.d. We Inve eeitsin iniel- iigera •- hiougln l.er- I*. Mexe nn., who have com,' .11 ir on Rto (iruiNle. Unit oor lerriioiy isnlr-a ly mvobdby ilieeeolral army, about two i|mhi»3ih1 •iimig with eigb* pi-iesof a Hiller*, and we are ex- |*kiii*u lie i' arr.val every day—t'.ui is. those who Wll> ve ria* lepoit Tb.. N-W v. rk r,. u .r n ibst cut h»s i>*-- u Ho 1 p*r * f-11 o 1 lie depth of 6 incl ex, at Ifosark, • No. tb a- Tu»y, (N. Y )on ibe 27rh . ..i op v o* Ud* h oh A t.,a ,,iiiv f.i-ilif.i rh (its : ij. m .oi'oibei »tde.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly Georgian. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1839-184?, May 09, 1840, Image 1