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CREEK CAMPAIGN 1
Correspondence of the Georgia Journal. J
Lumpkin, August 10, 1831.
You have received information of the battle
between the Indians and the Stewart Hangers,
under the command of Capt. Jernigan. The |
number of the enemy amounted, I expect, to
something like 250 ; Capt. Jernigan’a force was
about 120. The action resulted in the com- >
plate defeat of the enemy. I was upon the ‘
battle ground the morning after the battle, when 1
the troops under Gen. Sanford, (who had rea- *
died Capt. Jernigan’s camp the evening before,
about four or five hours after the action,) pro
ceeded to drive the Itcheoaochwee swamp from 1
that point. Fifteen Indians were found dead
on the field, (he Indians having retreated with *
eo much precipitation, that they did not return, 1
as is their custom, to bury their dead. Some
of our men found some children left in the de
serted camp. Two were found alive, one dead.
The fight look place just below the junction of
the Clienubbe and Itcheonochwce creeks. The
position taken by the Indians was a very strong
one. Forthe details of the action I refer you
to Capt. Jernigan’s official report.
After satisfying himseli that no Indians re.
mained in that part of the swamp, Gen. San.
ford, with his whole force, commenced a rrpid
pursuit of the retreating Indians in the direc
tion of the Chickasahatchee. It was soon as
certained that they had scattered in small bands.
A party of about 50 that morning had plundered
the house a Mr. Faircloth, distant about 12
miles. This place we reached about noon.
Here information was brought to us that we had
passed the main body of the Indians, and were
then in their front; and that instead of flying
across the woods to ihe Chickasahatchee, they
bad chosen the route down the main run of the
Itcheonochwce. We countermarched at once,
and look up our position on this creek, near the
mouth of Wolf creek. The next morning (Fri
day, July 29.) scouts were sent out below the
junction of these creeks to ascertain if the trail
led in that direction ;no signs were found. In
the afternoon a part of the force, consisting of
Capt. Kendrick’s Capt. Sledge’s, and Capt. Do
laparier’s companies were dismounted and sent
to drive the swamp down to the mouth ofWoll
creek ; during their absence the remainder of the
force on horseback proceeded up the creek. Just
after the cavalry had passed, five Indians emerg
ed from the thickets, for the purpose, as was
supposed, of examining the trail. These were
discovered by the dismounted force, and imme
diately pursued. It was conjectured that a party
of 50 or GO warriors were concealed in that
swamp, judging from noi*c and the trails, as they
fled before the troops. So close was the pur
suit, that they abandoned their children. One
infant was found tomahawked, doubtless to pro.
vent its cries from betraying their concealment,
or perhaps to disencumber them in their flight.
Its limbs were not yet stiffened when the troops
came up. Another was found wrapped in a
blanket and tossed in the mud, evidently smoth.
cred for the same purpose. The enemy were
pursued until night compelled our forces to de
sist. The next morning (Saturday, July 30,)
the whole force entered the swamp. This was
no easy task. A large cane brake was penetrat
ed, creeks waded, and in one instant swam over
by a portion of the men, hammocks entered,
and swamps throughly searched. The Indians
were driven from the swamp, as we afterwards
discovered, but such was the rapidity of their
flight, that our men, being on foot, were unable
to overtake them. After pursuing them across
the main run of Itcheonochwce, they scattered
in every direction. Gen. Sunford led the de
tachment in person.
The country in the neighborhood was through
ly recoinnoitered on the next day. I omitted to
state that the detachment on its return from
Faircloth’s, met with a portion of Maj. Alford’s
battallion that had been ordered on from Fort
McCrary.
The whole force, consisting of Capt. Jerni.
gan’s Stewart Rangers, Capt. Brown’s Compa.
ny, from Muscogee. Cant. Bostwick’s from Pu
laski, Captain Ilentz’s from Baker, (who had
joined us at Faircloth’s,) Capts. Delaparier, Ken
drick, Sledge, Calhoun, and Greer, of Maj. -Al
ford’s battalion, took up the line of march for
Chickasahatchee. On our arrival at Byron,
information was brought to Gen- Sanford, that
a party ol Indians had crossed Flint River. Maj.
Alford, with Capt. Greer’s company, was imrae.
diately despatched to overtake them.—This re
port proved to be untrue, and the detachment
was recalled. The next morning we reached
Camp Dennard, where he found a part of Major
Hoxie’s battalion, and some of the citizens with
Col. Holmes at their head, ready to penetrate
the Chickasahatchee. The two forces were
united and proceeded about three miles to the
swamp. Maj. Alford was despatched with two
of lua companies to ambuscade the trail, where
it was supposed the Indians wott'd attempt to
escape, near the junction of the Kiokee with the
Chickasahatchee. The swamp was throughly
scouted for a distance of 7 miles, under the im
mediate command of Gen. Sanford—He himself,
with his Staff, and some 30 of the detachment
''of 200 which had entered the swamp, having ad.
vanced across the Kiokee and reconnoitercd the
ground where Col. Beall fought the Indians,
two miles bevond where Maj. Alford was post,
ed. The remainder of the detachment came out
of the swamp near the Kiokee. It is worthy of
remark, that the swamp is so thick, the ham
mocks so dense, that this small party passed the
left flank of the ambuscade, on their route down,
having been posted from the guide, and the right
flank on their return back, without discovering
them, or being discovered. Maj. Alford occu.
pied an extent of ground in a direct line across
the ttail, of one thousand yards in length. I men
tion this to shew you the extreme difficulty of
pursuing the Indians thro’ the swamps. Except
in the open ponds; a person may pass within 20
yards of an Indian without being able to see him,
and in the cane brake, he may even tread on an
Indian’s nose before he discovers the dangerous
proximity of an enemy. Scouting parties were
constantly kept out after this portion of the
swamp had been thus completely scoured. Oas
of them, under the command of Maj. Alford,
came upon a party of 30 or 40 Indians.fired upon
them at the distance of about 30 yards, and im
mediately fled. Major Alford was slightly
wounded in the thigh, and the guide a little brui.
eed on the thumb. The fire of the Indians was
immediately returned, and the pursuit eagerly
commenced. The damage done to the enemy
must have been considerable. Mach blood was
discovered on their various trails, and in one or
two instances signs were found of two persons
having been carried on a litter. The pursuit
was continued till night.
There can be no question, but that the Indians
are making their way buck to the Chattahoochee.
The trails on the Chickasahatchee lead up the
creek; parties have been seen passing through
Stewart county towards the river, and have been
traced toils bank, and the place has been found
where they constructed their raft. How many
have returned I know not, but I have no question
they are all endeavoring to get back. Our troops
are between them and the swamps they hoped
to reach to enable them to get to Florida. Maj
Alford’s head-quarters is now at the head waters
of Spring Creek. Forces are stationed about in
various quarters of the country, ready to concen.
trate at a moment’s notice.
Gen. Sanford returned on the 9th insf. to
Lumpkin, with Capt. Bostwick’a Pulaski Troop.
On his way up from the Chickasahatchee, when
about 35 miles below Lumpkin, information was
brought him of four Indian women and five chii.
dren having come out of the swamp and deliver,
ed themselves up. They were sent for and '
brought in for the purpose of being sent to Fort 1
Mitchell. They state they belonged to a party '
of about 30 warriors and as many or more wo. ’
nien and children—that they left the hand be- 1
cause they killed their women and children. 1
They were almost in a state of starvation. 1
I have thus given you a brief recital of the
events occurring the last two weeks. The ex- 1
pedmon has been completely successful. As to *
the continuance of the war, I hardly know what
lo think. One thing, I think is certain, the In.
dims will hardly attempt to escape to Florida
again in a hurry, the reception they have met in
the swamps of Georgia has proved to them,
there is no thicket that can hide them long, and
no hammock where the foot of the white man
will not penetrate.
FRANCE.
Chamber of Deputies, June 17, 1836.
DEBATE UPON THE SUPPRESSION OF
GAMING HOUSES AT PARIS.
M. G. Larochefoucault withdrew his amend
ment, and offered the following as an amend
ment to the amendment of M. Delessep.t;
“ From the Ist of January 1838, gaming shall
be prohibited
M. d’ARGOCT combats all the systems pro
posed for the suppression of gaming. He said
that the Government witnessed it with pain; but
if the day ever arrived that they might be sup
pressed, it could not now be done without in
convenience. AH the resources of the budget
arc necessary, and he only promised to suppress
one of the houses. Before suppressing it, said
the minister, it was necessary to make up the
loss (to the revenue) and this was far from hav
ing been done.
At present said M. d’Argout, the amendment
of M. Delessert looks well, but it is almost im.
practicable, and, above all, after the substitute
he proposes, and which could not be realized.
A s to the license for one year, it was impossible,
for an outlay ol more titan a million was necessary
for the first establishment, besides the rent of
ten houses and a bond for five hundred thousand
francs. We wiil ask of you the whole year for
the purpose of advising about the means. This
will bo attended with no difficulty, for the pre
sent lessee promises the same sum for the year,
with the suppression of the house No. 113.
In adopting this measure, vou give to the Go.
vernment and to the city of Paris, time to consi
der the means for suppressing gradually this
leprosy which afflicts the country. As to a total
suppression, it is a grave and moral question and
of difficult solution.
The minister maintains that the abolition of
gaming will be beneficial only to the clandestine
establishments, and he refers to what takes place
in England since those who have a passion for
gaming give themselves up to stockjobbing.
[Agitation in the Chamber .] If you do not leave
one or two gaming houses in Paris, you run the
risk of driving away the foreigners. [Noise and
murmurs]
I have suggested doubts, (said M. d’Argout,)
I have not resolved them. I have asked for time
to consider the subject, agreeing lo suppress, in
the meantime, one house out of seven. [Violent
murmurs ]
M. Salverte. The minister of Finances has
offered his ultima'um. lie finds the amendments
impracticable. For myself, I repel them as insuf
ficient and as a shameful palliative.
The minister declares that the Government
will exert itself to suppress this leprosy, but it
does not wish to come under any engagement.
Recollect whether you have had the courage to
suppress lotteries. This was not the fault of
the advisers of the Grown. They exerted them
selves lo preserve them.
The orater refuted the arguments of the minis
ter upon the impossibility. He reminds the
Chamber that gaming had been suppressed at
Nimea and at Bordeaux, and that none of the
abuses with which the minister alarmed the
Chamber, had been perceived.
I will say, in reply to the minister, (said M.
Salverte,) who asserted that the suppression of
gaming will drive away the foreigners, that
France has many other means of attracting
strangers, and that there will not come one the
less. He spoke in general terms upon the immo.
rality of an impost of such a nature as upon gam
ing, and then give a statistical account of the
miseries of which gaming is the cause.
M. Montalivet complained that the words
and intention of his colleague of the Finances had
been misunderstood. He admitted that gaming
was a curse upon society that ought lo be extir.
pated, and that it would give him pleasure to fix
upon the 22d of February for its suppression;
but the Cabinet had duties to fulfil; it was its
duty so maintain the public revenue, and to bal.
ance the public expenses. It ought lo do good,
but it ought to do it with prudence. He begged
the Chamber to vote for this year, and he then
pledged himself to suppress the shameful gaming
establishments, for he was willing to identify his
glory with this high measure of morality.
M. Lafitte. I cannot admit the charge of
precipitation. This suppression has been called
for ever since 1815, and I have myself demanded
it in person every year. As to myself, I am
convinced that you must adopt the proposition
of the Ministry to continue gaming, for the
amendments are impracticable; and it is neces
sary either to suppress thorn entirely or to con
tinue them. I protest against the doctrine that
makes the question of gaming a question of fi
nances. I yield to circumstances. Money is
wanted for 1837, and it is necessary to continue
gaming if you wish the city of Paris to supply you
with five millions five hundred thousand francs;
and the next year, it would be more practicable,
perhaps, to suppress them.
The amendment of M. Leyrand (o suppress
gaming immediately, failed by a small vote; that
ofM. Larochefoucault to suppress them on the
Ist of January, 1838, was adopted.
By the Globe.—AVe consider this vote of the
Chamber for the suppression of the gaming estab.
lishments at Paris its forming an era 'n the an
nals of that city and of the nation, and that the
suppression would be an event highly cieditable
to the Government and to the people. The argu.
ment that the suppression of ihe hells{ as the gam.
ing houses are called in England, with most em
phatic propriety) will drive away fore : gners, ar.d
the consequential admission that they arc the on.
ly attraction, we think wholly unfounded, and
though coming from a minister, but little better
than a libel. It might probably drive away acer.
tain class, the members of which we call in Eng.
lislr, blacldegs; but surely this would be a happy
riddance, nor only for the capital, but the nation.
Paris offers, surely.to the stranger,higher attrac.
lions than her gaining houses, and nine.tenths of
those who visit that city never enter them, pro.
bably. unless to pay a visit of mere curiosity.
Her attractions are.the gaiety,good humor, and
polished manners, of the inhabitants, the refined
and intelligent socie'y that is to be met with,
and which is accessible lo all who have any
reasonable cla ms lobe admitted to it. And to
these allurements may be added many others,
and. among them, the brilliancy and variety of
the public spectacles, the noble palaces and mag
nificent institutions; ani last, though not least,
French taste and ingenuity have made the public
burial grounds, (of Pere le Chaise) even, an
elysium, that would bo worth a voyage across
the Atlantic to see. These, these are the
attractions of Paris; and, believe us, M d’Argout,
that in suppressing the gaming houses, instead
of repelling strangers, you will attract them; and
that, whilst winning honor for yourself, you will
be regarded as the benefactor of your own capi.
tal, of France, of Europe, of mankind.
SPECIE CIRCULAR.
A cogent reason. —The Cleveland Herald,
an opposition paper, censures the late order of
Mr. Woodbury, requiring specie inpayment for
public lands, because it will give a check lo
“SPECULATION.” Indeed! a whig paper
has told die truth ; and if any thing can add to
our astonishment at its letting out that truth, it is
the fact that he has admitted the truth of what the
Secretary’s circular itself declares, viz: that
this order is designed to prevent “speculation.”
We had not at this day to learn that the anti
democratic party are the advocates of specula
tion, and every other method by which the main
body of the people may be plundered ; but the
aristocratic organs generally are not frank or
fooli-h enough to confess it. This cogent rea
son against the “order,” we think, will not plea- e
some of the deluded tail of the Harrison party,
some of whom would rather themselves buy the
public lands at one dollar and twenty five cents,
than pay to speculators three dollars for it. We
repeat our former assertion, that the present ad
ministration, specially, and the Van Buren or
democratic parly generally, are the friends of
the common people ! and if the people do not learn
it from these repeated testimonies, and elect
candidates of this party, they will learn it from
the punishment of their enemies; but we believe
that the people will save themselves both from
Ibis guilt and this punishment.
The order itself explains that its object was
to prevent these pests, the SPECULATORS,
from grasping the land. The explanatory arti- J
cle in the Globe shows, that the banks had len t
their “ rag paper” to empower the speculators,
and give Mr. Hunt’s declaration, that they had
not only loaned them millions of paper to carry
on the land plunder, but that the banks, “ pets”
and all, had given false certificates of deposit to
make the “ speculation” (swindling) more sue.
cessful. We again call the attention of readers
to that article from the Globe headed public lands,
inserted in our last paper. —Ohio Monitor.
Note. —The inconsistencies and absurdities of
the opposition were never more manifest than
in respect to the above circular; as the Cleveland
Herald censures Mr. Woodbury for it,' because
it will check speculation, while the Boston Atlas
and its fellow whig laborer, the Telegraph, cen.
sure Mr. Woodbury for the circular, on the
ground that it will benefit speculation. Hard to
please.— Globe.
[From the Globe-]
A PARALLEL.
It is known that the Convention which assent,
bled at Staunton, in Virginia, not long ago, pre.
sumed, with unprecedented impudence, lo dictate
to the Federal parly in that State a system of tac.
tics for the approaching election. It is, that a
consolidated White and Harrison ticket shall be
run, and, if successful, the vote is to be given to
the most available candidate. And this is after
the most of the Federal editors had hoisted the
White flag, aad hurraed for the Judge, and no.
body but the Judge ; he was the choice of Vir.
ginia, and for him Virginia should go. So said
these very veracious, very honest, very consis.
tent editors. Bat do the Feds. ofVirginia give
their sanction to such trickery and profligacy?
such aa utter abnegation of all political honesty?
Can those among them who were sincere in their
support of Judge White and his principles, pos.
sibly vote for Harrison in any contingency ? We
think not; and surely not after comparing their
present creeds and past conduct. They are anti,
podes in morals, politics, and religion, or certainly
were a very short time since; and if they have
changed.it must be for some sinister or
purpose. Let those who wish lo preserve their
consistency, read and consider the following par.
allel, the correctness of which will hardly be
questioned, even by the Richmond Whig.
■ Judge White, General Harrison,
1. Has pro'essed all 1. Was originally a
. hislifetobe a republi- federalist of the black
. can of the Jefferson cockade school, now of
. school, until, seduced the Daniel Webster
from his propriety by school; though he has
the insidious whisper- preceded, since he be
) ings ol ambition, he has came a candidate for
. attempted to set up a the Presidency, to re.
i school of his own. pudiate federalism.
I 2. He has supported 2. He has opposed
Gen. Jackson, with op- General Jackson three
3 parent sincerity, three times for the Presiden
j limes for the Presidency, and wished in 1824
cy. to be a candidate for the
Vice Presidency, that.
t his opposition might be
t more effectual, but Mr.
Clay would not permit
} him to be.
f 3. He supported un- 3. He has opposed
, iformly and decidedly, Gen. Jackson’s admin
all the measures,6(oo</y istration, and every
bill and all, of General measure of it, except
3 Jackson’s administra- the bloody bill,
t tion,until he began him
-3 self to have a squinting
3 towards the Presiden
cy.
4. He has been op- 4. He was a friend
f posed, or pretended so to the United States
t to be, to the Bank of Bank, and to any bank,
r the United States, and and to nil banks, that
! to all the misfeasances will furnish the means
and mischievous doings for electioneering! a
of that corrupt and cor- gainst the people jand,
, rupting institution. their rights.
5. He has been op. 5. He is in favofof
, posed to the reckless & the whole internal im
[ ruinous system of inter, provement system; A.
nal improvement which merican, or high tariff
Mr. Clay attempted to system; and every other
f fasten on the nation, system calculatcd, u to
. and which, if persisted vex and impoverish-4jio
3 in, would have beggar- country.
ed the Treasury,left the f
public debt unpaid, and
j disturbed the harmony
3 of the Union.
6. He is, or was op- 6. lie opposes .no
3 posed to any tariff, cx- tariff,provided it be high
cept such an one as may enough, and would re.
f be necessary for pro. sort to it for raising
j viding a revenue; and a surplus revenue to be
j sworn enemy to Mr. distributed.
3 Clay’s American Sys.
7 tern. >
3 7. He is or was op. 7. He is an aboli.
posed to all abolition, tionist, and proposes
past, present, and to that all the surplus of
t come; and to any ap. the Treasury shall be
propriations of the pub. set apart for abolition
3 lie money for the furth. purposes.
, erance ot it.
j 8. He professes lo 8. He is a latitudi .
. be a rigid expounder of narian, and considers
’ the constitution, and a that construction of the
friend lo the Virg'nia constitution aa the true
, doctrines. one which may be the
t most expedient.
, 9. JTis pretensions 9. His pretentions to
to the Chief Magistracy the Chief Magistracy,
, of the Union, whatever such as they are, are
they are, are founded founded upon his being
on the fact, that he is a “military chieftain,”
not a “military chief, and certainly uponnoth.
tain.” ing else.
How can it be possible, in the face of these
stubborn and incontrovertible facts, that any con.
scientious man in Virginia can support a ticket
I pledged to vote for either White or Harrison, as
the case may be. If their professions and con.
j duct are to be relied on, not ebony and topaz, as
illustrated by Mr. Adams when he gave his im
mortal toast, can be any more distinctly and dia
metrically opposed to each other than the princi.
pies of these two candidates. Is it yet under,
stood which is to apostatize? The Richmond
Whig said, someti me ago, that it would be Judge
White ; and if elected, it would be by the wigs,
and that he must therefore support wig measures,
and surround himself wit h wig counsellors. But
the Judge did not choose at the time to avow a
dereliction of his ancient principles, and said it
was “ fanciful" to suppose that he was opposed
to General Jackson’s administration. It can hard,
ly be denied, though, that his speeches, and
votes, and associations last winter, tended to show
that, after all, Pleasants was something of a
prophet, if he was not prophesying upon a “/ore.
gone conclusion."
[From the Charleston Courier, of August, 16.1
FROM FLORIDA.
The schr. Geotge cj- Mary, Capt. Willey, ar
rived here yesterday, in 30 hours from Jackson,
ville, (E. F.)
Capt. Willey informs us that Major Williams
was killed on Monday morning, Bth instant, by
a body of 200 Indians, at St. Arthur’s Bridge,
while on his way from Black Creek to Nonarda
ville. His son in law, who was with him at the
time, made his escape. Major W. is said to be
the individual who struck the first blow with the
Seminoies, having killed one of them in an affray,
while disputing about cattle. The desire to kill
him was so great, that they allowed his son in
law to escape.
A man named Wanton, started from New.
nansville for Micanopy, about the Ist inst. An
express arrived at Black Creek, which left Mica
nopy on the 6th, stating that Wanton had not
reached that place—and that a horse was found
dead in the road, which it was supposed was the
one he rode, and it is therefore probable that
Wanton had been killed by the Indians.
The schr. Samuel S. Mills, Capt. Southwick,
also arrived yesterday, from St. Augustine.
We have been favored with the following ex
tract of a letter to a gentleman in this city, recei
ved by this arrival;
“ST. AUGUSTINE. Aug. 12.
.“ We have nothing new or interesting here
respecting the Indian War. The regular troops
at Micanopy, (or the greater part of them) are
sick, and there are not enough well to defend
the stations, and furnish escorts for the baggage
train, from one place to the other. Even from
St. Augustine to Picolata, an escort had to be
furnished to day from the mounted Volunteer
Company of his place. You no doubt have heard
what arrangements are being made by our Go. ‘
vernor, who is Commander in Chief of the for--
ces in Florida, to commence the campaign by
the first of October. Twd of the officers of
the Tennessee Volunteers visited Tallahassee a
few days ago to make arrangements lor the re- I
ception of the troops. Some persons in this
place think that the Governor will be in the field
himself shortly, but I trust and hope that he will
not undertake it during the summer, as I am sure
that the climate would kill more than the Indians
would.”
W— —ga——B—
AUGUSTA, GA.
Friday Mamins, August 19, 183 G.
SCT'We understand that on the 16lh inst. Dr. 1. R-
E. Cootriere, was duly elected Book Keeper to the
Bank dfHamburg. So. Ca. The election for Teller
was postponed, and we understand the office is still
open for applicants. The Salary has been raised to
slsoo—security $20,000.
The Charleston Board of Health report the deaths
of eighteen persons in that city during the week end
ing 14th inst.—four whites and fourteen blacks and
colored.
The Governor of Tennessee has issued a proclam
ation, convening the Legislature of that State on the
first Monday in October, in order to take the requisite
steps to dispose, in the best manner, of the portion of
the surplus revenue which will fall to that State, on
the distribution.
The revenue that accrued in Boston during the
last month was $312,300. The amount accrued da.
ring the same time last year, was $353,000 —increase
$129,200.
The Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng, arrived at
New-Vork on the 7lh inst. in the brig Francis, from
Amsterdam, in fine health, and very much improved
in appearance. They speak the English language
very ffijently.
j/r Another Sew Steamboat. \
was with pleasure that we w.tnessed the arrival
at our wharves on the 16ih inst. of another new
Steamboat, called the Elbert, built during the past
season, for the Savannah and Augusta Steam Boat
Company. She is built on a new plan from any of the
( boats now plying on the river, having both head and
stern alike, square, and her wheels situate within
F about ten or fifteen feel of the stern. She is of light
’ draft of water, and is intended to ply at this end of
5 the river, when at its lowest state. It is gratifying to
see the gradual but steady increase of steamboats ory
r the Savannah River; we wish no better evidence of
the increasing prosperity of our flourishing city,
[ which is not only increasing in a commercial point
> of view, but ns regards health, will vie with any of
- her sister cities in the union. Success attend the
1 Elbert, and may her enterprising owners find their
5 investment in her so profitable, as to induce them to
build another and < y
1 Alabama. —We were aMttle too hasty in stating in
j our last paper, that the returns of the elections in
that state were not as favorable as should have been
y expected/ The Alabama papers received since, fur
t nishes us with the returns fiom 51 counties, which
show that 63 Van Buren men and 53 White men
have been elected to the legislature.
North Carolina. —We have received only a few
additional returns since our last. By the returns
j received it appears that Spaight, the Van Burencan
-3 didate for Governor, has received 7029 votes, and
f Dudley, the Whig candidate, 4506. It appears also
t that 26 Van Bnren, and 12 White men; have been
s elected to the Assembly.
Kenluchy. —The returns from this state are indeed
very flattering. Kentucky has been always set down
I tins agaiast Van Buren; but now the whigs them
selves say that the t esult of the election is doubtful.
The Globe publishes a letter dated Frankfort, August
f 4, which the writer begins by saying: “Wo have
r met the enemy,and they are ours.” TheVanßu-en
3 ticket succeeded in that city by a handsome majori
e ty, as vveßaa in many olher^onnl iesJ *S-f
Certain anion men in Georgia are opposed to Mr.
Van Buren, and in favor of Mr. White. We cannot
condemn those union men for this preference, if they
* conscientiously believe White, if elected,
will pursue, in the administration of the government,
a the policy of General Jackson, If we, ourselves,
e were certain of this fact, we would be satisfied with
the choice of Mr. White, though Mr. Van Buren
would deceive our support. But the supporters of
Mr. While must be blind indeed, if they expect him
* to folloiv the policy of the present administration,
® should he be elected by the whigs and nullifiers. It
a is notorious that the whigs and nullifiers entertain a
j deadly hostility to the policy of the present adminis
tration; and is it reasonable to suppose that they
would support a man for the presidency who should
* be inclined to pursue a policy to which they are so
3 much opposed? They support Mr. White because
* they have pledges that a policy will be pursued, dia
' metrically opposite to the one pursued by the present
administration; and they oppose Mr. Van Buren,
, because they know that he is pledged to pursue the
, policy bf President Jackson in the administration of
s the government. If union men are friends to the
! present Administration, they must act consistently, by
supporting a man who is pledged to continue its polr
■ cy. By acting otherwise, they may perhaps assist
the enemies of the administration, in placing in pow
er men who will certainly pursue a different course
in the administration of the government, than the one
i to which they seem tobeso very friendly. But why
should those union men support Mr. White and op
pose 3lr. Van Buren, when they must be aware that
the election of the former is more than questionable,
that it is almost impossible. If so, why should they
make a common cause with the enemies of the ad
ministration? Why should they contribute in placing
in the hands of those enemies, weapons which will
be used against all the friends of Gen. Jackson? But
to show that Mr. White cannot be elected, under any
circumstances, we beg leave to call the attention of
our union friends opposed to Mr. Van Buren, to the
following statement, which, whatever the whigs and
nullifiers may say to the contrary, must be admitted
to be a true and liberal estimate of the probable result
of the election by the electoral colleges.
Maine and New Hampshire, 17 votes, will certain
ly vote-for Mr. Van Buren. These two States have
always been democratic, and cannot be made to
change.
Massachusetts may be set down for Mr. Webster,
though we have been informed from good sources,
that it would not be surprising the votes of that State
should be given to Mr. Van Buren—l4 votes.
Rhode Island and Connecticut, 12 votes, are cer
tain for Mr. Van Buren.
Vermont is set down for Gen. Harrison—7 votes.
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, 80
votes, are certain for Mr. Van Bnren. A great many
calculations have been made about Pennsylvania,
but this is essentially a democratic Stale, and the peo
pie are unchangeable; they are undevialing in their
principles, and steadfast in their predilections and
friendship.
Delaware is placed for Gen. Harrison—3 votes.
We place Maryland among the doubtful Slates,
though we have information that the State will go
for Van Buren—lo votes.
Virginia cannot be doubted, this State is certain for
Van Buren—23 votes.
North Carolina is placed among the doubtful States:
Mr. White is a native of that State—ls votes.
South Carolina, notwithstanding nullification, the
Proclamation and the Bloody Bill, may vote for Mr.
White—ll votes.
Georgia is set down for Van Buren, nofwithsland- 1
ing a few of our union friends may vote with the
nullifiers for the White electoral ticket—ll votes.
Kentucky is set down for Gen. Harrison—ls votes, i
Tennessee is set down for Mr. White, though some !
signs show that the votes of the State may be ulti- 1
malely given to Mr. Van Buren—ls votes.
Ohio is set down for Mr. Van Buren, as well as (
Indiana—3o votes
Mississippi is set clown doubtful, though very little c
doubt exists that the votes will be given to Van B uren g
—4 votes. r
Illinois is set down to Van Bnren—s voles. p
Alabama is set down as doubtful—7 votes.
Missouri is placed to Van Bnren—4 votes.
Louisiana is placed as doubtful, though the last
election is a sign that the State will go for the demo
cratic candidate —5 votes.
Michigan and Arkansas, 6 votes, will certainly go
for Van I? uren.
Out of 294 electoral votes, Mr. Van Buren will
certainly receive 188 votes; Mr. Webster may re
ceive II; Mr. While 26 ; General Harrison 25 ; and
there remain doubtful 41 votes. Os those 41 doubt
ful votes, may not Maryland, North Carolina, Missis
j sippi, Alabama, or Louisiana, vote for Mr. Van Buren?
A niaj >rity of the electoral votes is 143, and Mr. Van
Buren is certain of 183, 40 more than the requisite
number, without giving him any vote from the doubt
ful stales. But, it may be said, Ohio is not so certain.
We acknowledge that nothing is certain in this
country about elections until they are over ; but as
much as we can judge of the present feelings of the
different sections of the country, we do not err in
estimating those feelings to be decidedly in favour of
the election of Mr. Van Buren, and against either
Mr. Webster, or Gen. Harrison, and much more
against Mr. White. Why then should union .men in
Georgia support a man wliose election is hopeless ?
Why should they support a man who could not
administer the government according to the policy
of the present administration? Why should they
continue to support a man who will be bound to
throw himself into the. arras of the enemies of Gen
Jackson ? We beg our union friends to pause before
they act: we beg them to reflect on the consequences
of alienating themselves from the great body of the
republican parly, and of joining the enemies of the
present administration. Now is the time for recon
ciliation and a return to the fold; and now is the
time to act together for the,«Bod of our country.
Let us forget the past and that the republi
can party have a great victory to achieve, before
t they can sit down and enjoy the fruits of their politi-
toils and exertions; we entreat all our union
ffiends to join the republican party in the accom
plishment of so many desirable objects. Should,
however, some of our union friends be dissatisfied
with the policy and measures of the present admin
istration, they will act consistently by opposing Mr.
Van Buren, and supporting Mr. White, who will be
bound to adopt another political course, as he has
■ strongly indicated by his votes at the late session of
Congress. If they are not dissatisfied with the
administration, to be consistent they must vote for (
SMr. Van Buren.
MADISON SPRINGS.
We copy from the Chronicle of last Wednesday,
the following extract of a letter from the senoir editor
of that paper, now on a visit to the Madison Springs,
for the recovery of his health. The description he
of, and the praise he bestows on those minetal
/ r 3 Ar^uyAJj^mserved.
“ " TlifsHffigaffm summer retreat has been greatly
improved since I visited it last, and is now one of (Its
1 most pleasant and comfortable watering places in the
i country. The main building has been coiled and
i plastered throughout--a very wide piazza has been
added to and extended round three sides of it—and
a long range of comfortable frame building have
1 been erected for the accommodation of families,
i extending from the large building to the outer gate on
the Southern side. These, in addition to the other
similar houses previously erected, render the entire
establishment exceedingly extensive, and I understand
* that it can now accommodate three hundred persons.
Near two hundred and fifty were here yesterday, and
j there are about two hundred hereto day, with others
continually coming. The establishment continues
5 under the charge of Major John R. Anderson and
1 lady, wliose excellent management affords the utmost
satisfaction, and indeed is a general theme of appro
j bation. Major Anderson’s exertions in every depart
ment are unceasing and indefatigable, while the kind
1 add gentle attentions of his amiable and intelligent
- lady, particularly to invilids, excites the warmest
praise, and most grateful and respect!ul regard.
. Two others persons in every respect so agreeable to
their numerous guests, and so admirably quahfied
; for the arduous duties of such an establishment, it
i wou’d be next to impossible to find. The table,
under their j .intcare, is everything the most delicate
or fgslidiiqjk appetite or palate can reasonably desire
rooms, airy, neat and comfortable— and
** me parlour, supplied with choice musical instrument
and other refined means of recreation and amuse
ment, thronged vvi'h the first beauty, intelligence,
t and fashion of the country, and beaming with radiant
r smiles, or ringing with gay laugh, the song, the notes
of the piano, or the music of the dance, added to the
> delighttul walks in the beautiful groves which sur
, round the place, or rides over the romantic country
t in the vicinity, renders the whole little less than a
’ terrestrial paradise.” «
I *'* * * *
i “ The principal mineral ingredient is iron, with
f perhaps a slight mixture of copperas. For dispepsia
, it may considered a certain cure. One of our Au
gusla citizens, Mr. B. F. Chew, who came here
> but a week or two ago, greatly afflicted with that
t most distressing complaint, and so reduced and de
, bililated that he could scarcely walk, is a'ready coin
pletely relieved, and almost as fleshy and healthy in
appearance as I ever saw him. He has a finer ap
petite than he perhaps ever possessed, and, without
1 at all restraining, is not in the least subjected to dis
, peptic symptoms. He is delighted with its effects
upon him—can scarcely speak of them without rap
* ture—and has deteimined to purchase one of the lots
, for sale, improve if, and fix his summer residence
t here in future. I myself was much troubled wi.h
flatulency, in addition to inflammation of the lungs,
p from which (the flatulency) it immediately and com
i pletely relieved me.
r “In addition to the large Hotel establishment at.d its
society, there are some fifteen or eighteen private
summer residences, extending in two rows along two
beautiful and romantic parallel ridges in front of the
Hotel on the right and left, and 250 yards apart. In
the centre is an exceedingly pretty valley, cotnmenc
ing, with the ridges, about 100 yards from the Hotel,
and gradually, and almost regularly, descending to a
deep and shady ravine, which commences abruptly
in front, and about 300 yards distant, in which is the
Mineral Spring, and across which, is a covered bridge
with seats, and steps descending to the spring, form
ing a delightful place ol retirement and conversation
to the continual visiters at the spring. The walk
to the spring extends down the very centre of the val
ley just mentioned, over which and the high ridges
on each side, is a lofty and exceedingly thick grove
of oak, trimmed up below, so ns not to intercept the
view—the whole forming one of the prettiest and
most romantic rural scenes, particularly when view
ed from the piazza of the Hotel, that the imagination
can well conceive.—Why will the people of the
South, and particularly of Georgia, flock for mere
pleasure to the Northern watering places of Sara to
ga, Balston, &c. when here at home is one so far
more beautiful and attractive in its aspect, as com
fortable and pleasant in its accommodations, enjoy
ments, and society, and as healthy, if not more so, in
its region and atmosphere?”
O 3 The following excellent and sensible re
marks, we copy from the New York Courier &
Enquirer. It would gratify us if every editorial
article, emanating from that paper had the same
stamp of good sense, independence, patriotism
and disinterestedness.
The Express Mail. —We are not a little sur
prised to find several of our contemporaries ob
jecting to the Post Master General’s establishing
an express mail between this city and New Or.
leans, which shall perform the whole distance in
six instead of thirteen days, carrying letters only,
at three times the customary postage. But if
we are surprised at objections to such a measure
in a commercial community like this, we are
still more surprised at the grounds upon which
those objections are based.
One editor tells us that he will not be able to
meet the increased expense of paying three
times the ordinary letter postage on newspaper
slips, and another that letters will anticipate and
render useless for commercial purposes, his
newspaper, and consequently, he will lose his
circulation in New Orleans! These are rare
objections indeed, and our especial wonder is,
that editors should be found foolish enough to
give publicity to them. What has the Govern
ment or the commercial community of the United
States to do with the fate of this or that or any
newspaper, that a great national measure should
be discussed upon such grounds? Newspapers
are entitled to public countenance and support
just so long and no longer, as they continue to be
useful in imparting early information and sound
principles; and ifany other mode can be adopted
by which early Commercial information can be
so generally distributed, the Press has no more
right to complain than Type-founders and Com.
positors have because Book manufacturers chose
to cheapen their labor by the employment of
Stereotype plates. Let us suppose that even
printing itself should be superceded by the dis.
coveryof some new process—would it be good
ground of objection to such process that its gene
ral adoption would injure those engaged in the i
printing business ? i
That the Express Mail will render the Cou' I
r ier Enquirer, Journal aj Commerce, and f
other papers useless to those merchants in New t
Orleans, who take them solely on account of
their early commercial intelligence, there can 1
be no doubt; but we cannot discern in this any
good reason why we should oppose the measure,
much less any which should for a moment be
taken into consideration by the Post Master Ge
neral. If he can accomplish the truly desirable
object of expediting the mail between the great
commercial marts of the country, as is proposed,
we care not if he impose six times the customary
, letter postage ; and if that will not cover the ex.
pense, we would unite in urging upon Congress
to make an annual special appropriation for the
: purpose, even if it should bo the certain cause
of our losing every subscriber we have in the
. Southern States. The benefits of such a raea
sure would be incalculable to the commerce of
the country, and in the mere item of Exchanges
alone, would save millions annually, and in tact,
operate as an increase ot nearly one.half in our
commercial capital employed in this way. In
1835 the Dank of the United States alone, did
two hundred and forty millions of domestic ex
changes, and at this lime the whole domestic
exchanges of the country in one year, probably
amount to four hundred millions of dollars. The
greater portion ot this is on the route of the
proposed new mail arrangefhent, and it is only
necessary to remind the reader that it will require
less than half the actual capital to accomplish
this under the proposed Express Mail system,
than at present to denominate to him its incal
culable value. ■ That this will be the result is
self evident, as the dullest capacity can compre.
hend that any person can do double the amount
of business in Exchanges, when he can turn his
capital every twelve instead of every twenty.six
or thirty 'days. Why the bare annunciation of
the establishment of this Express Mail, would
do more iff render trmpey abundant than the
combined efforts of alt our Banks; and for the
very good reason, that one half ot the immense
capital employed at this time in domestic exchan,
ges, would immediately become idle and seek
other avenues of investment. That “ time is
money” is a trite adage; and in nothing is this
more clearly illustrated than in the whole system
of Exchanges, whether Foreign or Domestic.
But independent of the effect of this express
mail on exchanges, what safety and security will
t give the merchant and planter against the
speculators, when private expresses are constant
ly rushing through the country with intelligence
in advance of the mail, and thereby securing to
themselves the advantages of rises and depres
rsion in the great staple commodities of the coun
try. We do not mean to censure such enter
prise. It is rendered necessary %y the competi
tion of the age; but we do mean to say, that it is
a sacred duty which the government owes the
farmer and the planter, to put it out of the po ver
of any sort of men to take advantage of their
ignorance, arising from the snail like course of
the public mails from one part of the country to
another. It is a species of protection tijpt the
Government solemnly pledged itself to bestow
in ’consideration of being invested with the sole
direction and control of the Post Office Depart,
ment; and our only wonder always has been,
that the farmers and planters generally, have
been so quiet under the neglect of Congress, in
affording them this just and necessary guard
against the enterprise of our speculators.
We might wtite columns in favor of the propo
sed project; but as we cannot conceive of a pos
sible objection to it, save such as have been ur
ged exclusively on selfish and interested grounds,
we deem it unnecessary to do so. If the estab
lishment of an express mail should be followed
by the destruction of every Commercial newspa
per in the United States, it would not weigh a
feather against it in our opinion. It would only
prove that a better substitute for such paper had
been discovered, and that like every thing else,
having become valueless, they had been compel
led to yield to the improving spirit of the age.
For ourselves, we shall cheerfully submit to any
loss it may impose upon us in consideration o(
the general good it will dispense ; and as there
can be no question but under such circumstances,
our loss would be greater than that of all our
contemporaries united, our advocating the mea
sure should be equivalent to their united opposi.
tioa to it. Besides, our support is based upon
the general good, their opposition upon admitted
and avowed selfish and interested considerations.
Should the Post Mister General falter in his
course, we would suggest to the consideration
of our merchants and others, the propriety of
calling a meeting on the subject at an early day
to elicit a public expression of opinion in favor
of the contemplated measure. At all evonts.it
i; within the province of ti e Chamber of Com
merce to open a correspondence with the Post
Master General on the subjt c , in order to apprise
him of the probable sentiments of our merchants
in relation to it.
O* We had occasion the other day to look
over the Penal Code now in force in this state.
The following sections struck us as new and not
generally known. As they relate to banks and
bank operations, we believe that their insertion
in our paper will not be unacceptable.
Theft or larceny after a trust has been delegated,
or a confidence reposed.
Sec. 33. Any officer, servant, or other per
son employed in any public department, station
or office of government of this state, or any
county, town, or city of this state, or in any bank
or oilier corporate body in this state, or any pre.
sident, director, or stockholder of any bank or
other corporate body in this state, who shall em.
bezzle, steal, secrete, or fraudulerrly take and
carry away any money, gold or silver bullion,
note or notes, bank bill or bills, bill or bills of
exchange, warrant or warrants, bond or bonds,
deed or deeds, draft or drafts, check or checks,
security or securities for the payment of money
or delivery of goods, or other things, lease, will,
letter of attorney, or other sealed instrument; or
any certificate or other public security of the
state for the payment of money ; or any receipt,
acquittance, release or discharge of any debt,
suit, or other demand, or any transfer orassu
rance of money, stock, goods, chattels, or other
property; or any day-book or other book of ac
counts, or any agreement or contract whatever;
such person so offending, shall on conviction, be
punished by imprisonment and labour in the Peni.
tentiary for any time not less than two years, nor
longer than seven years.
Sec. 34. If any factor, commission merchant, i
ware house keeper, wharfinger, wagoner, stage
|v«<iic uuu ou i f » iiul llligc 1 1 >V ugullCrj al <1 v/c
driver, or other common carrier on land or water,
or any other bailee with whom any money, bank
or bills, note or notes, bill or bills of exchange,
draft or drafts, check or checks, bond or bonds,
or other security or order for the payment of
money, or other valuable thing; or any cotton,
corn, or other produce, goods, wares or mer
chandize, or any other thing or things of value
are or may be entrusted, or deposited by any
person, shall fraudulently convert the same, or
any part thereof, or the proceeds of any part
thercol to Ins or her own use, or otherwise
dispose of the same, or any part thereof, without
the consent of the owner or bailor, and to his or
her it jury, and without paying to such owner or
bailor, on demand, the full value or market price
thereof; or if, after a sale of any of the said arti
cles with the consent of the owner or bailor, such
person shall fraudulently, and without the con- >
sent of the said owner or bailor, convert the
proceeds thereof, or any part o( the said proceeds
to his or her own use, and fail or refuse to pay
the same over to such owner or bailor on demand;
every such person so offending, shall on convic
tion, be punished by imprisonment and labour in
the Penitentiary for any time not less than two
years, nor longer than seven years.
Sec. 35. If any person employed as a clerk,
agent or servant, or in any other character or
capacity in any store, ware house, counting-room,
exchange office, shop, or other place of trade,
traffic, or exchange, where from the nature of
the business or employment, it is necessary or
usual to intrust to such person any goods, wares,
nr merchandize, cotton, corn, or other produce,
money, notes, bills of exchange, bank notes,
checks, drafts, orders for payment of money or
other valuable thing, or any other thing or article
of value, shall fraudulently take and carry away,
or convert to his own use, or otherwise dispose
of any of the said goods, wares or merchandize,
cotton, corn, or other produce, money, notes,
bills of exchange, bank notes, checks, drafts,
orders, or other thing or things of value thus in
trusted to him, or committed to his charge, to
the injury, and without the consent of the owner
thereof, or person thus intrusting him; such per
son so offending shall, on conviction, he punished
by imprisonment and labour in the Penitentiary
for any time not less than one year, nor longer
than five years.
Sec. 36. If any person who has been intrusted
by another with any money, note nr notes, bill
or bills of exchange, bond or bonds, checks or
checks, draft or drafts, bank note or notes, order
or orders for the payment of money, or other
valuable article or thing; or any cotton, corn, or
other produce, goods, wares or merchandize
horse or horses, mulo or mules, cattle, sheep,
goats, hogs, or other article or articles of value',
lor the purpose of applying the same for the use
or benefit of the person to whom they belong, or
the person delivering them, or any of them; or
lor the purpose of collecting the money or other
thing due on any such note or notes, bill or bills
ofexchange, bond or bonds, check or checks
draft or drafis, bank note or notes, or order or
orders, and paying the proceeds thereof over to
the owner or other person so intrusting or de.
liveringtlie same; or for the purpose ot selling
such cotton, corn, or other produce, goods, wares'
or merchandize, horse or horses, mule or mules
cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, or other valuable ar
ticle, and paying over the proceeds of such salo
to the owner, or other person so intrusting or
delivering the said article or articles, shall
fraudulently convert the said article or articles,
or any of them, or the money or other thing
arising from the sale of any of them
to his or her own otherwise dispose
of them, or any of injury, and with
out the consent of the owner, or other person so
intrusting or delivering them, and without pay
ing to such owner or person intrusting or deliver
ing the same, the full value or market price
thereof, such person so offending, shall on con.
viction, be punished by imprisonment and labour
in the Penitentiary lor any time not less than one
year, nor longer than five years.
Sec. 37. Any president, director, or other
officer of any chartered bank in this state, who
shall violate, or he concerned in violating any
provision of the charter of such bank, shall be
guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on indictment
and conviction thereof, shall be punished by im.
prisonment and labour in the Penitentiary for
anv term not less than one year, nor longer
than ten years.
Sec. 38. Every president, director, or other
officer of any chartered bartk in this state, shall
be deemed to possess sudi a knowledge of tho
affairs of the corporation, as to enable him to
determine whether any act, proceeding or omis
sion is a violation of the charter. And every
president and director who shall be present at
a meeting when such violation shall happen,
shall be doomed to have concurred therein, un.
less he shall, at the time cause, or in writing,
require his dissent therefrom to be entered a t
large on the minutes of the board —And every
president and director not present at any meeting
when such a violation shall take place, shall
nevertheless be deemed to have concurred there
in, if the facts constituting such violation appear
on the books of the corporation, and he remain a
director for three months therealter, and do not
within that time cause, or in writing require his
dissent from such illegal proceeding, tube en.
tered at large on the minutes of the board.
Sec. 39. Every insolvency o( a chartered
bank, or refusal, or failure to redeem its bills on
demand, either with specie, or current bank
bills passing at par value, shall be deemed frau
dulent, and the president and directors may be
severally indicted for a misdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be punished by imprisonment
and labour in the Peniten'iary for any time not
less than one year, nor longer than ten years—
Provided nevertheless, that the defendant may
repel the presumption of fraud, by showing that
the affairs of the bank have been fairly and legal
ly administered, and generally with the same
care and diligence that agents receiving-a com
mission for their services, are required and bound
, by law to observe : and upon such showing, the
jury shall acquit the prisoner.
Sec. 40. All conveyances, assignments, trans
fers of stock, effects, or other contracts made
by any bank in contemplation of insolvency, or
after insolvency, except for the benefit of ail the
creditors and stockholders ot said bank, shall,
unless made to an innocent purchacer for a valu
able consideration, and without knowledge or
notice of the condition of said bank, be fraudulent
and void. And the president, directors, and
other officers of said bank, or any of them, ma
king, or consenting to the making of such c on.
veyance, assignment, transfer or contract, wheth
er the same be made to an innocent purchaser,
or any other, shall severally be guilty of a mis.
demeanor, and on indictment and conviction
thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment and
labour in the Penitentiary for any time not less
than four years, nor longer than ten years.
Sec. 41. If any president, director, officer, or
agent of any bank, shall, by himselfor agent, or
in any other manner, either for himself, or for
the bank, directly or indirectly purchase, or be
interested in the purchase of any bill, or check,
or other evidence of debt issued by the said
bank, for a less sum than shall appear then due
on the face thereof, such person so offending
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on indict
ment and conviction thereof, shall be punished
by imprisonment and labour in the penitentiary
for any time not less than four years, nor longer
than ten years.
Sec. 42. No dividends shall be made by any
bank, except from the nett profits arising from
the business of the corporation; and if any pre
sident and directors shall declare, or pay over
any dividend from the capital stock, or any other
funds of the bank, except the nett profits thereof,
such president and directors shall severally bo
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on indictment and
conviction thereof, shall be punished by confine,
ment and labour in the penitentiary for any time
not less titan one year nor longer than ten years.
Sec. 43. If the president and directors of
any bank, or any of them, shall use and apply any
part of the capital stock of such bank to the pur
ciiase of shares of its own stock, such president
and directors shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on indictment and conviction thereof, shall be
punished by imprisonment and labour in the
Penitentiary for any time not leas than one year,
nor more than ten years.
Sec. 44. The 39th section of the Gth division
of this code, in relation the the insolvency of any
bank, or the failure, or refusal of any bank to
pay its bills in specie or current bank notes, shall
not operate on any bank which has heretofore
become insolvent or unable to pay its bills. And
no future failure or refusal topay its bills, shall
be deemed a violation of said section: Provided
nevertheless, that said bank shall not have re-
neveruieicss, mat sata bans snail not nave re
sumed specie payment between the time of its
becoming insolvent, and of its future failure or
refusal to redeem its bill with specie or current
bank notes.
[COMMUNICATED.]
hfessrs. Editors: —What has become of the Board
of Health, whose duty it is to have the city kept clean?
or does such a board exist? It is impossible to pass
our streets with a stranger, without blushing at his
remarks on their filthy condition. If we have thus
far been exempted from the worst forms of disease t
we ought truly to be thankful—for we owe it not to
our earning, hut to the gratuitous beneficence of
Providence. The city has perhaps never been in a
worse state during the summer months than it is at
present, and ] do hope that something will be donrt
' were it only to relieve our olfactories. These re
marks arc especially applicable to Ellis and Reynold
streets. X. Y. Z.
From late French Papers. j
The ascension of Tvlad’lle Garnerin, and her I
descent in the parachute, which had been pre
vented by the ivncerlainty or the badness of I he
weather, was finally accomplished last Sunday
at (he Champ de Mars, At about eight o’clock
in the evening Mad’lle Garnerin embarked in
her vessel. After having arisen to a short dia- '
tance, and floated for a few minutes over the ■
heads of the spectators, she called out to have
the captive balloon drawn back to the earth.
This manoeuvre having been executed, and while I
some workmen were employed in repairing
some inconsiderable injuries which the balloon
had received, some of her friends assembled
about her boat and endeavored to divert her from
her project of ascention and descent, for fear of
accidents. Mad’llo Garnerin resisted all their
importunities, when suddenly the cord which I
held the captive balloon broke. The balloon rose
into the air with incalculable violence and un.
heard of rapidity, at the moment when no one ex.
peeled it, and took its course upwards. Mad’lle
Garnerin, who was not prepared for this shock,
was, fortunately for her, thrown to the bottom of
the boat. A soldier who happened to be near the
apparatus at the moment of the unforeseen as.