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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. TERMS. Daily, per annum, Tn-Weekly, per annum, 6 00 If paid in advance 3 0(1 Weekly, per annum, * J ; If paid in advance, ~ 3vJ j s3rAll new subscriptions must be paid inadvnnce. j JCT’ Postage must be paid on all Communications and Letters of business. | ffXThe Knickerbocker for December re- i views an excellent poem called “Lraniaj a rbyined lesson, by Oliver VV. Holmes, pro nounced before the Boston Mercantile Libra- 1 ry Association, Oct. 14, 1846. From it we | extract a specimen whith exhibits what the reviewer calls “graphic limning.” SSee thvotgh the streets that slumbered in repose, j The living current of devotion flows; Its varied forms in one harmonious band, Age leading Childhood by it-s dimpled baud, NN antj 'in the robe whose faded edges fall Tot'-Rof rags beneath the tartan shawl, And Wealth, in silks that fluttering to appear, Lift the deep borders of the proud cashmere. 4 ‘See, butglar.ee briefly, sorrow-worn and pale. Those sunken cheeks beneath the widow s veil; Alone she wanders where with him she trod. No arm to stay heT, hot she leans on God. While other doublets'de viate liere and there, What secret handcuff binds That pretty pair? Compactest couple! pressing side to side— Ah, the white bonnet that reveals the bride! By the white neck-cloth with its straitened tie. The sober hat, the Sabbath-speaking eye, Severe and smileless, he that runs may read. The stern disciple of Geneva’s creed", , Decent and slow, behold his solemn march, Silent he enters through yon crowded arch. A livelier bearing of the outward man. The light-hued gloves, the undevoutrattan, Now smartly raised or half-prufanely twirled A bright, fresh twinkle from the week-day world— Tell their plain storv; yes, thine eyes behold A cheerful Christian from the liberal fold. '‘Down the chill street that curves in gloomiest shade. What marks betray yon solitary maid? The cheek's red rose, that speaks of balmier air. The Celtic blackness of her braided hair; The gilded missal in her kerchief lied; I’oorNoiiA, exile from Killarney’sside! Sister in toil, though born of colder skies, That left their azure in her downcast eyes, See pallid Margaret, Labor’s patient child, Scarce weaned from home, the nursling of the wild Where white Katahdin o'er the horizon shines. And broad Penobscot dashes through the pines; Still as she hastes her careful lingers hold The unfailing hymn-book in its cambric fold. Six days at drudgery’s heavy wheel she stands, The seventh sweet morning folds her weary hands; Yes, child of suffering, thou may’st well be sure who ordained the Sabbath loved the poor!” lie pert of the Financial Committee. Milledgeville, Dec. 15, 1846. To His Excellency ■, George W- Crawford: The Committee appointed to examine into the condition of the Treasury, the state of the Public Debt, and also the state of the Central Bank, have performed the duty as signed to them, respectfully submit the fol lowing report; That on the 21st October there was in the Treasury a balance of £390,415 53 That during the fiscal year ending on the 20th October, 1846, there were received by the Treasurer: For General Tax of 1846, 9.395 21 “ “ 1843, 23,336 29 ** “ 1844, 431 72 « “ 1842, 535 00 “ “ 1841, 196 63 Taxon Bank Stock, 1845, 19,422 57 Pedlers’ Licenses, 2,000 00 Vendue Licenses and Tax, 102 97 Columbus Loan, 3,500 00 Military Claims against U. Slates, 969 00 Sale of Fraudulent Lots, 232 52 Dividends on Bank Stock, 16,338 00 Unexpended balances and overdraws, 116 63 Sale of Fractions, (1839) 1,000 00 Fees on Cherokee I,and Grants, 240 00 “ “ Gold “ 87 50 ** Reverted Land “ 63,660 00 44 Grants, Fractions, (1822) 18 00 44 4 ‘ Lottery of 1827, 225 00 44 “ Reverted Lots, Lottery of 1820, 1,745 g Fees on Grants, Fractions of 1827, 51 00 44 44 Columbus Lots, 22 50 44 44 Macon Lots, 130 50 44 44 Indian Spring Reserve 18 00 44 44 Head Rights, 1,100 00 44 44 lots in Appling, now Ware, 22 50 Fees on Grants, Fractions sold, (1839* 12 50 • 4 44 Fraudulent and revert ed lots, 1,650 00 Fees on Grants, Cherokee Fractions, 2 50 44 for copy Grants, 220 50 44 for Testimonials, 220 00 Am’ling, with the aforesaid balance to $756,447 57 During the same fiscal year there were fiaid out by the Treasurer, the ful owing snms, viz : For Civil Establishment, 1845, $9,025 00 For Civil Establishment, 1846, 28,929 84 Contingent fund, 1845, 3,776 22 44 44 1846, 4,503 75 44 44 Special ,1846 877 50 Military 44 1845, 635 00 44 44 1846, 335 00 Printing ' 4 1845, 801 35 44 44 1846, 8,158 07 Poor School 44 1844, 136 81 44 44 1845. 10,562 61 Teachers of poor children 1811 and 1842, 21,625 41 Special Appropriation 1822, 2,000 00 44 44 1838, 150 00 44 44 1839, 1,075 00 Interest on public debt, 96,072 50 Reduction 44 44 50,000 00 Defence S. Frontier, 22 76 Special Appropriation of 1843 and 1844, 857 04 Special Appropriation of 1845 and 1846 , 41,259 43 Special Appropriation for census, 21,057 23 Special Appropriation for over-payments, 855 S 3 President and Speaker’s warrants, 51,031 40 Old debts Penitentiary. 5,594 06 Special Appropriation Pen itentiary, 40 00 Special appropriation wind ing up clock, 29 73 Amounting to the sum of $360,910 99 Leaving a bal. in the Treasury of §395,536 5S Since the 20th Oct,, 1846. the Treas urer has received the following sums: For General Tax, 1846, $137,362 20 ** “ , “ 1845, 32 45 Tax on Bank stock, 12,782 45 Dividend on Bankstock, 6,499 00 Columbus Loan, 250 00 Fee* on Grants, 2,786 25 Making, with the last balance, $604,248 93 Within the same period the Treasurer has paid the following sums: For Civil Establishment, 1846, SIO,OIB 75 Fund, 1846, 3,768 83 •Contingent Fund, 1847, 3,100 00 Military Fund, 1846, 425 00 Printing Fund, 1846, 24 12 44 44 1847, 59 06 Over payments, 1846, 30 00 44 “ 1847, 173 38 Poor School Fund, 1845, 1,005 32 •These funds were drawn upon for $3,000 each to pay for Cobb’s Analysis, for which the Legis lature failed to make an appropriation. e Sundry' «f>ecial appropriations. 2,937 TO Interest on public debt, 7,890 00 Reduction “ 44 100,691 13 Showing a balance now in the Treas ury, 474,125 64 This balance is composed cf the fol lowing items; tCerlificale of deposit in Central Bn k, $44,204 35 tdo do Bn’k of Augusta, and Bn’k of the Stale of Georgia, 21.002 26 890 shares of slock Bn’k of Augusta, 89,000 00 , 1833 44 44 44 Stale of Ga., 183,31)0 00 ; Hypothecated 6 per cent, bonds of the State redeemed, 46,000 00 j i tCasii in gold, silver and notes of spe cie paying Banks, 59,563 44 ; Western’<fe Atlantic Rail Road Scrip redeemed under Acl of 1815, 3,968 45 i Advances to officers, 2,557 06 j R. V. Hardeman’s receipt fur notes of the Commercial Bank, 4,747 00 ! Payments on Appropriation for build ing Lunatic Asylum, 4,403 00 | Claimon L T . S.Government for expen | ses in relation to regiment of infan try, 1.811 83 i Coupons paid since 20th October, 3,450 00 f linear rent money, &c., viz: Bills of Western Bank, $6,895 00 44 Bank Darien, 1,735 00 44 Monroe R. Road & Banking Company, 724 00 ; Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus, 405 00 Miscellaneous bills and checks, 348 25 i $174,125 61 1 One of the items, it will be perceived, is a j claim on the U. $. Government for sl,Bll 83, : due on account of expenses incurred in rais- ! ing and mustering into the public service, (in pursuance of a requisition of the Secretary of War) a regiment of Infantry. The call for j tins regiment was made at a time and under i ■ circumstances that admitted not of delav. It j ! was promptly met. The Georgia Regi merit was among the first mustered intoser- | vice, and now composes part of the American I Army in Mexico. Vet only a portion of the 1 expenses have been refunded, and the above mentioned sum still remains unpaid. The Committee recommend that this claim be i pressed upon the National Government, and trust that the delay of payment will not be as fatal to it, as has been the case in relation to oilier just claims of the State upon that Gov- ' ernment in former years. Another item of the balance in the Trea sury is “Advances to officers $2,557 OS,”— The practice of making such advances seems to be coeval with the Government of the State; and yet it is indirect violation of the Constitution and laws. Snchadvano.es are vir tually payments at the Treasury before they j become due according to law, and without a warrant from the Executive, or any audit of the Comptroller General. This practice, in j the opinion of the Committee, is very objec- j tionable, independent of its illegality; and they recommend that it be discontinued.— Equally to be reprobated is the practice ol | making advances to members of the Lcgis i lature, which is of as longstanding, j The Committee find that the public debt ! amount to the sum of $1,334 27, namely; j in federal bonds $1,465,250 00; and in sterl | ing bonds, £40,434 4s. 5d., or (at $4 80 to ; the £.) $194,084.27 —of which a particular statement is annexed. Os the sterling or foreign debt, about the sum of $122,084 27 is due to Reid, Irving &,Co.—payment to the amount of $151.591 13 i having been made since the adjournment of j the last Legislature. The debt to Reid, Ir ving & Co. occurred and lias existed under I peculiar circumstances. In 183!), this firm i advanced to the State $149,888.73 on her i bonds, at the rate of ninety percent, of their nominal value, on condition that the bonds ; * were to be sold and they reimbursed the ! amount of their advance from the proceeds of such sale. Immediately after this advance, all American securities fell, and sales of I Georgia bonds could not be effected at such ; I price as had teen expected. .Messrs. Reid, . Irving &. Co., however, had power In sell, ( and did make sales of £15.000 of the bonds j | at 85 percent, on their nominal value, and ; gave notice of such sale of the Executive, i who objected to any further sales, unless i made at sufficient price to cover the advance. Reid, Irving &. Co. acquiesced, and have re tained the residue of the bonds in their posses sion. They since have been paid all inter est on the amount advanced, and the sum of i $251,591 13 of the principal, since your Ex cellency came into office. The present con dition of the foreign debt may be elated as i follows; .£15,000 of sterling bonps sold previ ous to the year, 1843, at 83 per rent., assuming $4 80 as the value of the X' $72,000,00 Balance now due on the advance made by Reid, Irving <fe Go., say X‘25,434 4s. 5d., at $4 80 per X’ 122,084 27 $194,084 27 The means in the Treasury still applicable j to the reduction of the debt of Reid, Irving & ' Co. amount to at least $580,000 —so that it ; will shortly be reduced to $72,084,27. The 1 £15,000 sterlingdebt bears 5 per cent interest i payablein London,and has thirty years to run i from the date of the bonds. It is respectfully suggested, in view of the inconvenience and heavy expense attending the payment of the i interest, that these bonds be purchased at an I early day, if practicable, and upon reasonable i terms, so that when Reid, Irving & Co. are ! fully paid—which, it is believed, will be the j case within the present fiscal year—the State j may be without a foreign creditor. This would be cause ofgratulation; for the State would than have passed through her financial trials, and her credit being placed erect, would never again be put in jeopardy while the impressive lessons of the past have their in fluence. Connected with the foreign debt, and the Act of 1843 providing certain modes ofset llement with Reid, Irving &. Co., the Corn mil tee cannot but refer to the Act of the last j General Assembly, passed unanimously in both branches, authorizing the investment of trust-funds in Elate securities. Executors, administrators, guardians and trustees have now the power to make investments, for the safety of which they are not responsible, but which are as secure as the credit and res ponsibility of the State. The parlies interest ed in such investments become interested in the State’s meeting all her engagements, and j in the proper and economical administration of the Governmen'; and their influence will ■ be exercised to those ends. The Committee j have the satisfaction of believing that the ' public finances are now in such condition as | to authorize the payment of the interest on j the federal bonds, in each year, when the first semi-annual payment is due—and on the , grounds of public and private interest they cannot 100 strongly commend the law in ques t These three items, amounting to $124,776 05, are all of the above balance that is immediately available. tTlusiteni of §10,107 25 is almost valueless. lion to the consideration of their fellow-c u ” j zens. In closing this portion of their Report, the Committee lake the occasion to express their approbation of the general neatness and cor rectness With which the books and accounts are kept in the Comptroller General's and Treasurer’s offices. The following statement of the condition of the Central Bank, on the first of December, instant, was made up for the Committee by i the Cashier; by which statement their ex amination has been made of the books, papeh-, debts and funds of the Institution; and I it has been as close and careful as it was in : the power of the Committee to make it; LIABILITIES’, i For Capital Stork $483,831 89 I U. S. Surplus Revenue 1,051,122 09 ! Discount on .Notes 33.897 J 8 “ Bills 1;J8S 48 State Bonds, (in redemption of Bills) 599,887 80 j Credits to individuals, &c., 88.032 80 ! Bank of the State of Georgia 3.255 81 | Bills in circulation 37,778 00 Total $2,299,991 88 RESOURCES. Stock in Bank of D.trien $325,000 00 Bonds, <fec., received from State 181,592 45 : Brunswick R. R. <Y. Canal Slock 50,000 00 , Notes and Bills discounted 743,989 15 • Commissioners VV. i A. Rail Road 419,078 83 Interest paid on Stale 8 per cent. Bonds 180.316 01 ] Sinking Fund 74,607 08 j Suspense Account 30,810 11 j Penitentiary, (old Jebt) 2.200 00 j Salaries 2,800 00 ; Protest Account 13S 75 j Incidental Expenses 863 30 j | Real Estate 1,320 99 j Interest Account 62,013 99 j State of Georgia 100 00 \ Profit and Loss 8,518 61 j Premium Account 16 69 j Commission “ 9,773 32 | j Merchants’ Bank, New York 288 60 j | Bank of Augusta 47,012 43 ! Bunk of Ilawkinsville 155 75 ! 1 Bank of Darien ami Branches 42,922 83 | Bank Notes, Checks, *fcc., 110,690 21 i $2,299,991 88 j The last item consists of the following: l Darien Bank Notes $53,445 00 i Western “ 4,575 00 | Ocmulgee Bank Notes 1,925 00 “ “ “ in hands of Poe & Nisbet 555 00 Monroe R. Road & Banking Company in hands of same 21,426 00 i Commercial Bank notes, in hands of same , ~ 803 00 Commercial Bank notes 105 00 Bank of Columbus Notes 85 00 Chattahoochee Rail Road Notes 95 00 Planters’ <fe Mechanics’ Bank Notes 140 00 I Phoenix Bank and Counterfeit Notes 499 00 I Central Bank Notes 98S 50 ; | Current Bank Notes atid Specie 22,871 59 i j Change Bills 197 12 $110,690 21 ; Among the liabilities of the Rank is the sum of $88,932 70 standing to the credit of individuals, &c.—544,204 35 of which are I on deposit to the credit of the Treasurer, subject If) his order at any lime. The resi- j due is almost entirely composed of funds re mitted to the Cashier by attorneys in pay ment of claims collected; but they not speci fying the claims paid, the proper entries of j payment have not been made. The amount of liabilities, other than to the Slate, l may he stated as follows : i Bonds issued $399,687 80 | Bank of the State of Georgia 3,253 84 Bills in circulation 37,778 00 Less on hand 9GB 59 Treasurer 44,204 35 Total $683,955 49 1 All of the items constituting the resources j of the Rank will be, in the opinion of the committee, of no avail in meeting its liabili i ties ,just slated , except those of which they now proceed to speak. Os the bonds, notes, &c., received from the State, amounting to $181,592 45, it is i believed that only about $7,600 will be real- : j tzed, being the amount due by the corporate i authorities of Macon. Os the notes and bills discounted, amount ing to $743,989 15, the Committee have not '■ been able to form any opinion. The Cashier i has expended considerable labor in making up | a detailed statement, (from the reports of at | torneys and agents,) which he submitted to ; them, and in which he estimates the debts j due to the Rank as follows : Good $328,838 11 Doubtful 65,471 71 j And the residue had. ! Supposing that, half of the doubtful debts mav 1 ! be collected, this item mav be put down at j $361,613 99. Os the suspense account, amounting to j 1 $307610 11, it is believed that $20,000, or thereabouts, will be realized. 'The interest account, amounting to $62,- 013 99, is over charged $lO, which the Cashier has rectified, and to that extent, his cash balance is increased. It is believed that about the sum of S2O,- j 000 will be realized on the bills of the Mon- ; roe Railroad and Banking Company. The balance in the Merchants’ Rank of New \ ork and the Rank of Augusta, amounting to $47,297 03, the current Rank notes and specie, and the change bills, are immediately available. In the opinion of the Committee, founded upon the foregoing data, the assets of the Rank, upon which it may rely to meet its lia bilities, may be stated as follows : i The debt of the City of Macon 57,600 00 ' | Notes and bills 561,613 99 ! Overcharge in interest account 10 60 | Suspense account 20,080 00 Balance in Bank of Augusta 47,012 43 “ “ Mechanics’Bank 266 60 Monroe Railroad & Banking Co, Bills 20,000 00 Current Bank Notes and specie 22,871 59 Change bills 197 12 Total $479,571 73 This sum, deducted from the amount of liabilities as last before stated, will leave a i deficiency of $202,383.76, for vvh’ch the State must ultimately provide, independent of ihe condition of accounts between herself and the Rank. The Committee have no suggestions to make npon the foregoing state of facts, ex cept that the collection of the debfs due to the Rank be expedited, and that your excellen cy avail yourself, as far as practicable, of the provisions of the act of the last General Assembly’, authorizing the commutation of the bonds issued in redemption of Central Bank notes. The Committee have not considered it llieir duty to make an examination in to the finances of the Penitentiary. They have, however, visited it, and are much gratified at the improvement in its management under the present very capable Principal Keeper. It does not appear that any money has been drawn from tlie Treasury for the support of this institution since the reconstruction of the work shops destroyed by fire in 1843; and the Committee feel confident that under pre- sent auspices the State will realize a profit from the labor of the convicts. In concluding this report, the Committee beg leave to express their gratification at the method in which the the State finances have been conducted during the past year, and especially at the able manner in which j our foreign debt has been managed by your Excellency. All of which is respectfully submitted. ‘Andrew J. Miller, Abner H. Flewellkx, Ceo. 1). Phillips. masm K ■v-y.T-*’ aakig. it ♦augustZgeoT SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1847. I ‘‘We take occasion to remark, that we accord | Fully with the views of Mr. Toombs upon this sub ject. We tell tiie Constitutionalist, who quotes then! Avowedly against us, that we subscribe to them, as vve have seen them briefly reported. The number of the National intelligencer, in which his speech was published, has failed to reach us. We shall lay it before our readers, in full, as soon as we can obtain it. We defer all comments till then. — Chronicle Or Sentinel, \6lh inst. w e regret very much that the National | Intelligencer containing Mr. Toombs’ speech failed to reach the Chronicle. Had it been duly received, perhaps the editor would have | been saved from writing that very imprudent j editorial which we quoted in our paper of Fri day last. Rut it is all right now we suppose between the two, as the Chronicle subscribes to, and accords fully with all the views of that speech. As for ourself, we shall exer | cise a little discrimination. Wo accord with some of the views, and with some vve do not, and what we think, we shall speak out. \\ hen the speech comes out in lull, we shall make our Comments, i O-The Richmond Enquirer of the 12th • inst., deprecates the introduction in a recent debate by Mr. John S. Pendleton, the only ! Whig member of Congress from Virginia, of the question how many of the Virginia vol unteers are Whigs and how many are Demo crats? In the course of the editorial, how j ever,that paper cites a variety of facts to show, that the honorable member has misrepresented the state of the case in reference to the poli tics of the volunteers, and mentions, that not one of the volunteer companies of the regi ment is from Mr. Pendleton’s district. W e quote from tbe article the two follow ing sentences; “We have not counted noses—vve wash oMr I hands of such dirty work; but since the question 1 has been mooted by the W higs, we have been | credibly informed that a majority of the men com posing the Regiment are Democrats; and that a | majority of the men coming from two of the : strongest Federal counties in the State, (Augus- I ta ami Berkeley,) are also Democrats.” “While some delay has occurred in the formation of the Virginia Regiment, owing to the extent of our territory and ihe spareness of our population— yet more companies tendered their services to the Governor than the quota required by the President from this tStale. Indeed, recent events prove that i another Regiment could he speedily obtained, if the Government would accept their services.— Men of all parties and of every locality, have shown great zea! and alacrity to enter the service, regardless of their opinions as to the origin of the war. They do not stop to enquire, “Is our coun i try in the right or in the wrong?” but they say “Our country, right or wrong.” liucuur—fruai .ttriiro. It was reported in this city yesterday, that a gentleman who came through from Mont gomery on the cars, stated that just be fore leaving, a government express reached that place from New Orleans, with despatches Irom Mexico, the substance of which were that Santa Anna had been elected President ' ot the Republic, and that he had appointed ; a War Cabinet. We give the rumor for what it is worth—the New Orleans papers due failed to come to hand. IVihl Pj^voioi. w e understand the woods in the vicinity of this city, have been filled with wild pigeons within the past day or two, and that numbers have been killed. Among them was ono 5 exhibited to us yesterday, perfectly ickile, which is the first of the kind we over saw. j (UrThe following was the vote in the j House of Representatives cm the 2d instant ! on the resolution of Mr. Wentworth of Il linois, “That it is inexpedient to levy any tax upon tea and coffee.” Yeas —Whigs—Messrs Abbott, Arnold, Barrin : ger, Bell, Blanchard, .Milton Brown, Buffington, j VV'. W. Campbell, Carroll, Cocke,Collamer,Crans j slon, Crozier, Garret Davis, Delano, Dixon, Dock | ery,J. 11. Ewing,Gentry,Giddings,Graham,Grider, Grinned,Hale, Harper. Hilliard, John VV. Houston, Samuel D. Hubbard. Hudson, Washington Hunt, Joseph 11. Ingersoll,Daniel P. King. Levin, Lewis, | Long, McHenry, McGaughey, Mcßvaine, Marsh, Moseley, Pollock, Ramsey, Julius Rockwell, Root, | Runk, Schenck, Severance, Truman Smith, Al j bert Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Stiohm, Thibodeaux, ; Thomasson,Benjamin Thompson,Tilden, Trumbo, j Vance, Vinton, White, Winthrop, Wright—6l. Yeas—Democrats—Messrs Anderson, Benton, James Black, Brinkerh«ff, Brodhead, Cathcart, 1 De .Mott. Dillingham,Dunlap, Ellsworth, Erdtnan, ! Foster, Fries, Garvin, Grover. Hamlin, Hastings, I Henley,Huge, Hough, Hungerford, Jenkins James 11. Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Seaborn Jones, Kennedy, Preston King, Leib, Lumpkin, McClelland,Joseph J. McDowell, James McDowell,Moulton, Niven, Norris, Perrill, Perry, Rathbun, Relfe, Ripley, Sawtelle, Sawyer, Scam nion, Thomas Smith, Starkweather, St. John, Strong,Tibbatts,-Wentworth, Wheaton, Williams, Wilmotand Yost—ss.—total 118. Nay—Whig—Mr. Toombs, of Georgia—l. Nays—Democrats—.Messrs. Stephen Adams. Ray ley, Biggs, Bowdon, Bowlin, Boyd, William ; (4. Brown, Burt, Reuben Chapman, Chase, i Clarke, Cobb, Collin, Cottrell, Cullum, Cunning ! ham. Dargan, Douglass, Ficklin, Giles, Goodyear, j Gordon, Haralson, Hannanson, Isaac E. Holmes, 1 George S. Houston, Edmund W. Hubbard, Hun i ter, George VV. Jones, Lawrence, Leake, LaSere, I Ligon, McClernand, McKay, Barclay Martin, f Morse, Parish, Payne, Reid, Roberts, Leonard 1L : Sims, Simpson, Stanton, Jacob Thompson, Tred ! way and Woodward—47—total 13. Old Kip again. We are pleased to see by the last Wil mington Journal (Jan. 15,) that five compa nies have been reported and accepted by his Excellency the Governor of North Carolina. The other five companies are in a state of formation, and will no doubt report “ready” some lime hence. The Palmetto Regiment. The Montgomery (Alabama) Journal of Tuesday, says: “The right wing of the South Carolina Regiment arrived, by rail road cars, in our city last evening. A salute was fired by our city Artillery on the occasion.” Sna»v lit the North. It commenced snowing in New York on Sunday morning, and continued to fall until Monday evening, to the depth of about fifteen inches. At Rochester, it was only an inch j deep, with clear weather on Monday morning. : At Syracuse and Utica, there was no appear * ance of snow, and at Albany but a stigh 1 i sprinkling. The city of New York is said lobe flooded with counterfeit dimes, quarters and half j dollars, made of base metals, and easily de- | ; tected bv their sound. The New York Tribune says that several of the most extensive Manufactories in that K'Siate are owned by a single individual, who j is worth some Four Millions of dollars. S2onors to the iicasl. The Muscogee Democrat of the 14th inst. says—“We understand definitely, that the remains of Capt. Holmes will reach the plantation of Messrs, Mustian & Mott, about 10 miles west of Columbus, this evening, and that they will be brought through town to-mor row forenoon. Suitable funeral honors will I be paid to the memory of the deceased by the various Military, Masonic, & Odd Fellows’ associations of the city, as well as by the j corporate authorities and citizens generally, I who will form a procession for that purpose about 10 o’clock in the morning. Let the whole of our citizens show’ their patriotism on the occassion, by turning out and joining in the honors paid to a brave and galhtul i soldier.” A Tall Governor. The Legislalaure of Missouri recently passed resolutions, calling upon the Governor for particular information relative It) liis ex pedition to the Eastern cities last Summer, for the purpose of selling State bonds,and 1.i 3 charge for expenses. It seems he sold only six bonds, amounting to three thousand dollars, and that for expenses, he charges the State $625. Here is an extract from the Governor’s reply. “In the next, place, with due respect to the honorable mover, the answer is, that the ex penses of the Executive were various—nu merous—‘too tedious to mention, —his break fast, bis dinner or tea, when he had the time and appetite to eat it, an apple or an orange, a lemonade or a sponge cake, a piece of cheese or a cracker, a glass of brandy or some old rye, when from hard travel, much fatigue and great want of sleep, he was too unwell to take more substantial food; or else from I rapid travelling, bad no time to stop and get it—the blacking of bis boots, or brushing the dust out of his coat, or hiring a servant to hasten his dinner, instead of forcing him to eat through a series of regular courses—hack hire and omnibus hire, porterage and drayage —stage faro, railroad fare, steamboat fare, on the lakes, gulfs, rivers, and bays—all j these,and variuos other ‘items’ multiplied many times over, making, perhaps, thousands in the trip of six thousand miles—make* up I the‘items’of expenses to the Executive—a j long list—hard to get, and hard to give.” I*'irc in New \ ork. It was a camphine factory, not the gas house, which was burned in New York on Tuesday last. Gate tram Europe. j The French ship Albert, Captain Fortin | arrived at this port on Thursday, in ton days I from Point Petre, Guadalotipe, left Cherbourg (France) on the l=t December last. The Sugar crop in the French West Indies was looking well, and promised to be early, if the weather continued favorable. The Albert is anew ship. She made the passage from Cherbourg to Charleston in 43 i days, eleven of which was occupied in dis -1 charging cargo at Point Pttre. | It may be reasonably expected, from the 1 winds that have prevailed, that later advices from Europe may be received by sailing vessels before the accounts of the steamer of 1 the 4th inst. reach us.— Charleston Courier, Kith inst. Items ia a. Breach of !*romi»p. The following is a bill of items presented to the jury in a “breach of promise” case, | which the Boston Post intimates was recenl- Ilv tried at Sprihklesbura—a place we do not ! exactly recollect having heard of before. It ! may not be entirely uninteresting to see all the items put down in regular order : Chronical t)* »S entinul. Mr. FJij halet , to Miss Jchilah ‘Dr. To dancing three cotillions on first acquaintance, sls 00 ■ To value of tiiree sighs and one dream that night, 250 00 To thinking of the color of his eyes one day at church, 488 00 i To going to the races, after refus ing six other beaux, 525 00 : To cutting three fine fellows to please him, 93 00 { To making a watch chain, 120 00 To cost of materials for do., six bits, 75 To five romps and two flirtations, 144 00 To tearing a gown and bursting a j n o stocking in said rumps, 7 31 I To one kiss—stolen, 125 00 | To allowing him to kiss my cheek ten times without flinching—sll I each, 110 00 i To a long walk by moonlight, inclu ding sentiment lost, 270 00 To thirty blushes when h e popped the question, COO 00 To my heart—alas ! 1 94 $2,750 00 Telegraph. [Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.'] Washington, Jan. 13, 8 p. m. The funeral of the late Mr. Pennybacker, Senator from Virginia, took place to-day. At 11 o’clock the body was removed, un der charge of the Committee of Arrange ments, from the boarding house of Mrs. Me i Dowell, the late residence of the deceased, to i the Senate chamber, where the Senators and members of the House had assembled. Religious service was hero performed by I the Chaplains, and the funeral procession then moved, in the order announced, from the Senate Chamber to the place ol inter ment. The scene in the Senate was very impo sing, and it was very evident that the death of another Senator, following so soon upon that of the lamented Barrow, had made a deep impression upon the members of both Houses. The House of Representatives merely met this morning and then adjourned to take part in the funeral ceremonies. DCr NOTICE.—The Rev. JULES DELAU NAV, once of the Church of Rome, and now an Agent of ilie American Protestant Society of New York, will preach 7 'hit Morning, in the Presbyterian Church; in the Baptist Church in the Afternoon t and in the Methodist Church at Night. Jan. 17 Read the following voluntary tribute to \\ IS 'FAR’S BALSAM, from the Kinderhook (N. Y.) Sentinel, dated July 31, 1845: “HOPE NEVER DIES.” 7'he extraordinary virtues of Wisiars Balsam of Wild Cherry, in the cure of Pulmonary com plaints, have been attested by so many persons, that he who doubts its efficacy must be in truth a very skeptic. A remarkable cure of Consumption has recently been effected by this medicine in the town of Chatham, in this county, and which was related to us by Dr. Herrick, an eminent physician of that town, to whom we have permission to re fer. A young lady, who had long labored under an .affection of the lungs, and who had been under the care of several physicians without experien cing any relief, was considered by her friends at beyond the reach of medicine, and she was in formed hy her medical attendant that shemustdie. All her own premonitions, also, pointed to the grave. Fortunately, she was induced to send to the Kinderhook Bookstore fora bottle of WIS- T AK’S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, as a last resort in her critical situation. Before its contents were exhausted, the young lady experienced grea relief, and two more bottles were successively pro cured and administered. She is now happy in ilia restoration of health, and blesses the day when she first resorted to the use of this healing Balsam. [From the Bari Sr ate Democrat. Boston,Nov .4,1344-1 U E M II DIMS. There are so many medicines of doubtful char acter advertised and puffed by the newspapers at the present time, that we should have shrunk from the task we have now undertaken, were we not must thoroughly convinced, from our own personal knowledge, of the facts which we state below. it is of “’W istar’a Balsam of W ild Cherry” that we would speak, and vv e speak ads Redly. A lady of our acquaintance, whom we see every day, was a short time since, in what we thought a precari ous, if not a dangerous slate of health. A cough had settled on her lungs; her form seemed wasting away; she was obliged to abandon her work, and we thought, not soon to resume it again. For about two months she has been taking VVistar'a Balsam of Wild Cherry, and already has she so far regained her health as to be able to resume her labors. This is but a single case, but is one, at least, in which we cannot doubt the efficacy of the medi cine. For sale by lIA VILA ND, RISLEV AGO., and THOMAS BARRETT »k CO., Augusta. Jan. 16 —3t 89 DC f 3 -ft* rS. Jacksott T earlier on the Piano Forte, Flute and Violin, resp ctfuily tenders bis services to the citizens of Augu ta. References—Henry Parsons, Thus. Richards and T. S. Metcalf, Esq’rs. -V B.—For terras, &c., inquire at 11. Parson’s Music store. 6m Dec. I CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND NEW YEAR’S PRESENTS. One of Johnson's Daguerreotype MINI ATE RES, a perfect likeness, put up in a fine morocco Case, may be had for three dollars. His rooms are over Messrs. Clark & Racket’s Jewelry Store. Entrance one door from tlie Post Office. \V hat present during either of ti • -e holidays could be more appropriate than a A.: ..lure of a dear friend or relative, true to life and stamped upon metal by the great luminary of our system. dec 18 ts • 67 JPO^MERCFAL. LATEST OATES KIIOM I. I V K R TOO I.,DEC 41 LATEST dates FROM it vvre ;::;:;dec. 1 CHARLESTON, Jan. 16.— Co'ton. —The trans actions in Upland since our former publication have been rather limited, notwithstanding the comparatively heavy operations which have char acterized the business of one or two days of the week. We. left the market on Friday in a quiet state. Buyers on the one hand were demanding reduced rales, which holders, on the other, with an equal degree of pertinacity, refused to submit to, and hence the stagnant state of the market at the close of the week. On Saturday last, the for mer doss renewed their offers, w hi-h were atten ded with tb.e like result, and the sales were con sequently confined to some 870 bales, at former prices. On Monday, transactions may be said to have been suspended, as only 200 bales changed hands. On Tuesday, the sales were restricted to some 827 bales, owing to the firm position w hich factors continued to maintain; and as stated in our semi-weekly report, the market closed without any change in prices; on Wednesday, however, there were those among oursellers who yielded to circumstances which they could not control, and met purchasers at a reduction of an , to 4c. below the quotations given in our review on the morning of the 9th inst.. which caused the sales of that day to run up to 2400 bales; and throughout Thursday even a greater degree of activity prevailed—sales 3000 bales —but buyers w ere unable to operate on as favorable terms as on the preceding day. in fact as business progressed prices became decidedly more stringent. There was a good attendance of buyers throughout yesterday, but the high preten sions of sellers checked operations, and the sales were confined to about 1400 bales, partly on terms favorable to the buyer, and partly at the rates ruling on Saturday last. Prices at the close of the week exhibited some irregularity, hut we do not on the whole leel authorized in making any change on the previous quotations, if we except middling fair, which is an ?c. lower, and would there fore close our remarks by referring to our quota tions, which, with this exception, were the gov erning rates at the close of the previous week, for an index of the market. The transactions since our last foot up 8513 bales, mid the receipts in the same time reach 12,774 hales. The sales comprise 51 bales at 91; 173 at 94; 32 at OS; 933 at 91; 292 at 94; 1049 at 10; 1820 at I0| ; 1190 at 104; 46at 10 5-16; 400 at 101; IHat 10 7-16; 1464 at 104; 135 at 10?. and 303 bales at U’4c. The transactions in Long < otton, as far as our knowledge extends, embrace 90 bags white Bea Island at prices rang ingfrom 31 to 15c. and upwards,and a few bales stained do. at 15 a 17c., and 70 bales Santee from 1 28 to 32c. per lb. Rue. —There has been a fair demand for Rice, but the inquiry throughout the week has been con fined chiefly to the better qualities, prices of which have been fully sustained. The common quali. ties which constitute a large portion of the sup. ply, have receded, and prices in these grades have gone down at jc„ and the market closed rather languid yesterday even at this reduction. The transactions of the week reach some 2300 tierces against a supply in the same time of 4384 tierces! The sales have been at extremes ranging from $24 to §34 per hundred, the bulk of the operations, are at prices ruling from $34 to s3l per hundred. We would refer to our quotations for the stale of the market, as to prices. Grain.— The receipts of Corn during the week reach about 15,0<K) bushels of North Coroiina. One cargo was sold for export at 79c. and the balance was taken by dealers, at prices from 70 to 78c. per bushel. There has also been received since our last upwards of 8500 bushels Maryland Oats, which have been sold, as also a parcel to arrive, within the. range of our quota tions, viz: 42 to 45c. per bushel. The receipts of Hay comprise some 450 bushels Eastern, which brought 85 and 90c. per 100 lbs. Flour, — I fie transactions of the week have been limited. The operations have been confined to smalt lots of the various descriptions, at prices within the range of our quotations. Salt. —The receipts of the week reach 1250 sacks which, with some 4000 sacks received previously, have passed into second hands at prices ranging