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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
OFFICE IN MACINTOSH STREET,
Third door from tl»n N. W. corner of Broad-Street.
Sales of LAND by Administrators, Executors, nr Onir
diaas, are required, by law, to be held on the first Tn '3
day in the month, between the hours often in th" fore
noon and three in the afternoon, at the Court hon^' ia
which the properly is situate. —Notice of these 3
must be'iron in a public Gazette sixty ovys previoj.i
to tire day of sale.
Sale.O) NEGROES must be at public auction, on the first
Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sa'e,
at the place of public sales in the county where the let
ters Testamentary, or Administration or Guardianship,
may have been "ranted, fir ;t si vine sixty pays notice
thereof, in one of the public Gazettes of this State, and at
the door of the Court house where such sales are to be
I held.
I Notice for the sale of Persona! Property must le- given in
I like manner, forty pax's previous to day of sale.
V Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate, must be
1 published for forty pays.
I Notice that application will he made to she Court of Ordi
nary for leave to sell LAND, must be published for four
months.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES 5 , must be published mm
months, before any ord-r absolute can be made by the
Court.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1837.
JK?"We observed yesterday that the subject of the
communication under the signature of‘Free Trade,
was one of importance, which should be well under
stood by all classes of the community. This ob
servation bad a more direct allusion to the plan pro
posed by the writer, to abolish indirect tuns, than
to the theory he attempts to vindicate. We can- !
didly confess that, at one time, we had direct taxa
tion in horror; hut experience and reflexion have led J
to a complete change in our opinion. The writer of
“Free'Trade” will, therefore, And in ns zealous co- 1
' • operators in the endeavour to accomplish the plan
he proposes; and we would solicit from him some
essays on the subject. We have no doubt that he
can do much good, by opening the eyes of the peo
ple to the effects of indirect taxes.
printing establishments have recent
ly been destroyed by lire. Among them are, the
office of the Standard, at New Orleans, one at
Lynchburg, Virginia, and the office of the Natchez
C ourier and Journal.
(GENERAL CLINCH.
This gallant officer is expected to arrive in our
city this morning by the Railroad from Charleston.
At a large and respectable meeting of the citizens
of Augusta, held at the Masonic Hall, on the even
ing of the 7ih instant, WILLIAM W. HOLT, Esq.
was called to the Chair, and N. W. Cocke, Esq. j
| was appointed Secretary. The Chairman having ’
stated that the meeting had been convened for the j
purpose of adopting some method of doing honor to
the gallant Gen. Clinch, Cfapt. F M. Robertson
made a few remarks in compliment of the character ;
and services of that officer, and concluded by of- j
feting the folloxving'resolutions:
Resolved, That a public dinner he tendered by
‘ the citizens of Augusta to Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, i
upon his arrival in the city, in tesimony of their j
respect for his character and public services.
Resolved, Thai a Committee of thirteen ho ap
jKuntcd for the purpose of tendering him the ivita
tion and making all necessary arrangements: and
that the Chairman he one under the last of the
foregoing Resolutions. The Chairman nominated
ns that Committee the following gentlemen:
\VM. W. Holt, Esqr. Lieut. Sa.ml. C. Wilson.
Gen. Geo. W. Summers. Lieut. Jas F. Gray.
Capt. Saml. Bones. H. H. Gumming, Esq.
Peter Bennoch, Esq. B. 11. Warren, Esq.
John Puinizv, Esq. Emvu. Martin, Esq.
Dr. J.G. McWhorter, Jas Me Laws, Esq.
Geo. W. Lamar, Esq.
I Resolved, That the citizens of Augusta who are
■ desirous of subscribing to said dinner, he requested
I to call for that purpose at the Eagle and Phoenix,
■ United States, tyid Planter's Hotels, this day, he
tween the hours of 10 A. 31. and 3 o’clock, P. 31.
■ The meeting then adjourned.
WM. W. HOLT, Chairman.
■ N. W. Cocke, Secretary.
■ GEORGIA RAIL ROAD.
H In a late number of the Georgian we found a let-
WH t( , r 0 f Governor Schley, respecting iho choice of an
mi Engineer to survey a route from Georgia to the
llii Tennessee linc.and a statement from the Engineer
0 f die Georgia Rail Road Company, showing the
H progress of the road. The letter and statement o
■ riginally appeared in the Athens Whig. It seems
H that the Governor has succeeded in obtaining the
|H services of 3lajor McNeil, an eminent engineer of
I New York, and that as soon as the necessary ar-
H rangements can be made, he will commence the
■ survey from the Chattahoochee to the Tennessee
■ U \n the statement of Mr. J. Edgar Tompson, xve
■ arc informed that the gradation of the whole of the
■ Union Rail road, 76 miles in length, had been placed
f under contract; also the branch line to Grecmbo-
I rough, f> miles, together with 4 miles of the bran ?h
I to Athens; making a total distance of 86 miles, on
I* xx hich there is at present employed between twelve
and thirteen hundred men.
“The grading of the first 50 miles is, with a few
a exceptions, completed. The unfinished sections on i
this division, together with all those below Craw- ;
fordville, will be prepared for the reception of die I
superstructure on or before the first of June next, j
“The cross ties for the 50 miles adjacent to An- I
g-ista, have nearly all been obtained. The siring
w pieces for a considerable portion of the road have j
. been delivered. In obtaining the remainder, we
have now eng iged about SO men; also two steam
and five water mills.
“Fifty miles of the superstructure has been con
tacted for, about 4 miles of which is already laid,
and the balance in progress. Icn miles will be .
ulaeed in operation, as soon as the season xxnl ren
tier it prudent to open the work for transportation
Two locomotives—s 4 sets of wheels and axles, and
450 tons of iron mils and spikes, ha ve been receix
rd at Augusta. There is also in bavannah, about
.00 tons of iron rails
“The above statment xvtll show the progress
made towards the completion of our Roads. From
the activity which now pervades our work, I have
full confidence that xve shall be able, unless pre
vented by some unforseen circumstance, to com
plete the road to Crawfordville, in time to convex
the ensuing crop of cotton from thence to Augusta.
THE BANKS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
We copy from Bicknell’s Reporter, the following
abstract of the report made to the Legislature ol
Pennsylvania, in relation to the condition of the
banks in that state.
“We publish to-day'a carefully compiled abstract
of the report of the auditor general in relation to the
condition oi the banks of this commonwealth. It
presents a picture calculated to inspire entire confi
dence in the solvency of the institutions enumera
ted, and indeed xve may well question if any banks
in the 1 nion are hotter managed, or are safer as pla
ces of deposite than llie banks of Pennsylvania.—
They all yield large dividends, and at e conducted by
men of high character and superior intelligence.
There are 17 hanks in the city and county of
Philadelphia, and the number of country hanks is
32, making in all 4‘J, and ihe aggregate of the
x\ hole number is as follows;
citv :uiil countv. ronntiv. Whole nmo't.
Capital stuck, ' ssl,lßo£nj> $7,016,180 £58.2-26,8f«5
Notes in circulation, 39,261(327 7,887,333 47.11-'.mil
Due to depositors, 10,674,“214 3,514,539 14.188,753
Due to other banks, 40,644.166 1.560.435 43.201,591
Bp.cie on liaml, 5,138,113 1.437.756 6,5i - -5 869
I >ue by other banks, 42,683,843 2,156.2-M) 44 839,103
Nou s o.i other banka, 31.731.517 1,156,8-2.) 31.888,316
Notes discounted, ’ 83,3".7,646 14.155 508 96 511,15!
Urir.laifli (1 divid r.ils, 561.9-17 210-59 775,-06
Contingent fund, 3,0644,228 1,03-,550 4.097,787
Ifeu! estate, 1,747,3:80 403.571 3,149, q 57
iu" (’.‘i..11,0 , wealth ) , ,-,0.7 40, 040 1,193,337
ui 1 cnayyiva 11, \ ’ 1
GOLD AND SILVER.
We copy from the Now Orleans Bee, the foTloxv
ing interesting article, on the supply of Gold and
Silver.
“Humboldt makes the supplies of gold and silvg
from America at different poriops to have been as
follow;; :
Average dollars per year.
From 1192 to 159) 250,000
15 «) to 15:5 3,000,000
1515 to It .00 11,(MX),000
1009 to 1700 16.090,090
1700 to 1750 22,500.000
175 ) to 1803 35,300,000
From 1803 till 1310 the annual quantity increased
considerably. In the last named year the insurrec
tion broke out, which terminated in separating the
whole ofthe Spanish American colonies from the
mother country. During the course of the war the
product of the mines was rapidly reducedandit has
been estimated that during twenty years ending
with 1829, the whole amount received from the
i American mines, was less than 20,000,000. '1 his
' is an immense defalcation. Since 1829 xve cannot
i sec why the amount should he raid to have in
i creased.
( It has been estimated that the amount of gold and
silver Consumed in arts and manufactures is abom
§24,000,000 per year in Europe and America; but
this must he a very vague and uncertain calculation
as there can be no data w hich can be confided in.
One would suppose, from the large defalcation in
the supply of the precious metals that (here xvould
he a corresponding depreciation in the prices of all
articles of necessary consumption—hut the reverse
is the case. Paper has stepped into the place of
gold and silver, and filled the world xvith a larger
supply of MONEY, than ever was known before ;
and this is the cause of the great rise in the price of
most ar.iclcsof merchandize. Paper is just as good
os gold as long as it will pass for as much, which it
always xvill do while banking is conducted on cor
rect principles. How could the immense commerce
of the xxorld be carried on without paper money ?■
Somew hat in the same manner as the ancients must
have made their arithmetical calculations without
the knowledge of the Arabian numerals.
WISSCONSIN TERRITORY.
We copy the following interesting informa
tion, respecting the new territory of Wisconsin,
j from the Gazette, a paper printed at Belmont, in
\ that territory.
“ The reception of your paper informs me that
I you have located yourself in tl c next' Territory
!of Wisconsin. I am glad of it. Purposing
| niys ‘lf, to migrate thither in the spring, you can
I imagine my pleasure at learning that I shall
i have at least one acquaintance upon my arrival.
1 am anxious to obtain all the information possi
ble relative to Wisconsin, previous to my depar
ture. Please, therefore, answer the following
interrogations:
“ What is the population of the Territory at
this time, and of what class of people i.; it. com
posed ? Which side of the Mississippi hoi Is out
the greatest induct incuts to emigrants? What
are the names of your principal towns, and their
location—your own opinion as to the probable
lapse of time crc you xvill be admitted into the
Union—the resources of the country, generally,
an 1 its adaptation to agricultural uses, together
with such other matters as 3-011 may have in your
possession calculated to throw light upon your
remote settlement. Tell me, also, xvhethcr you j
could manage to support a limb of the laxv,’ as,
since last xve met, 1 have been paring over the
pages of Blackstone, Coke upon Lyttleton, &.c.”
The above letter was written in the western
part of Pennsylvania. AVe have received many
such ; hut the reception of this one, rcvix'cd so
many of our juvenile recoliec ions, that wc can
not let it pass unnoticed. With its author, xve i
spent man}' of the halcyon days of our boyhood, |
when the “ young blood ran riot in the veins.” I
When xve last saw him he xvas in the flush of
youth, in the possession of every xvorldly enjoy
ment, and dreaming of nothing hut happiness.
In the changes ami reverses xviiich we have un
dergone since that time, if our thoughts ever re- |
verted to the “ friend of our better da3's,” it xvas ]
as the same careless, warm-hearted, generous
schoolmate. Though fully sensible that time ■
had been busy xvith ourselves, xve forgot that it
had been equally so xvith him ; but this letter
awoke us from our dream. If any information
which xve can convey eventually proves to ms
advantage, xve shall derive as much pleasure
from it as xve ever did from any act of our life.
In answer to the first interrogatory, we would
say, that at tiie census taken last August, the
xvholc population of the Territory amounted to
something over 22,000 —12,000 residing cast of
the Mississippi, and 10,009 west of it. Since
tiiat time, the tide of emigration has been un
ceasing, and xve think xve do not over-estimate
i it xvhen xve say thatxx'c number, at this day, 28,
1 000. The greater portion ofthem have located
; west of the Mississippi, so that at present the
; two sides of the river arc about equal in point
i ofnumerical strength. Our population, as is
: very natural, is mixed—every state in the Union
|is represented. The counties bordering on the
; Lakes arc principal!}’ settled 63- New England
ers ; and those on tiic xvest of the Mississippi,
i contain perhaps a majorit3’ of inhabitants rcccnt
ly from the neighboring states of Illinois and
1 Missouri, they moving across the line immedi
ately afl.fr its purchase from the Indians in 1832.
We hardly knoxv how to answer the second
question of our friend ; nevertheless, xve xvill do
lit in our own xvay. That portion of Wisconsin,
him: between Lake Michigan and the Missis
sippi river, has man}’ commercial advantages
oxvr the xvest. The trade on the Lake has been
almost redoubled within the last year ; the xvhole
oounltry abounds xvith mineral—copper, lead
and iron. It is estimated that fourteen millions
of pounds of lead are annually’ transported
from this region <0 New York, via New Orleans,
which, in all probability, xvill soon find its xvay
by a different channel —the Lakes. Much of the
land can be used for farming purposes. There
arc but few, if any, white settlements, north of
the Wisconsin. The west side of the river is
perhaps ti e best agricultural conn*.y the
world ; and from the extraordinary manner in
which i: is filling up, there is no doubt but that
it xvill be the heax’}’ end ot the Territory. Min
eral is also found there, though not covering so
vast a space as on the east.
We spoke oftlie principal towns m our last
number, to which xve refer our correspondent.
Toe Territory of Wisconsin cannot be admit-
ted into the Uniop, a3 at present organized.
W ! en the North-W ester 11 Territory xx as ceded
to the general government by Virginia, a clause
, xvas inserted, requiring that it should he formed
into not less than two states’nor more than five.
Four have already been erected ; cbnscqncntly,
that portion of the Territory cast of the Missis
sippi must be formed into a state by itself. It
| is expected that, both sides xvill he admitted at
the same time ; hut hoxv soon that xvill be, is
hard to solve. In our opinion, five years will
gix-c to both a sufficient population.
Respecting lawyers, we have, already a good
number among us, but there is room for more.
Our courts have been organized by the recent
Legislature, and henceforth (here xvill he more
business than all can do. In fine, xve xvould
advise oar friends to co ne now, if they intend
coming at all. Adventurers in pursuit of for
tune are arriving daily ; and he who takes the
stai t xvill most probably continue in the lead.
j From the Georgia Corresp'nf o f the I'orlJand Cou'r .]
In my last I mentioned that a canal is about
j to he constructed which xvill connect the harbor
| of Brunswick with the Altamaha, making a di-
I reel water communication betxvccn that place
and the interior for several hundred miles. When
this canal is completed Brunswick will doubtless
become the deposit of the vast quantities of pine
timber xvhich grow upon the hanks of tins river
and its brandies. Yon know how suddenly a
| place grows up which is made the mart of alum.
1 boring business. You hax’c witnessed too much
i of this “ down cast ” to need an}’ information on
this subject. That lumbering business in Geor
gia can be prosecuted xvith success and be made
profitable is, I suppose no longer problematical,
: though I believe that a year ago the enterprise
hero was regarded as a desperate one.
j One xx-ho has never travelled through xvliat is
| here termed the piny woods can form but an in
-1 adequate idea of the immense quantities of this
; timber which the low country of Georgia yields.
It is of the finest quality, probably being the best
timber of the kind that can be found in the xvorld.
1 Your State may send forth her hardy cnlcrpri
: sing lumbermen by hundreds and hundreds—
! these may disperse among our pine forests, and
yet with their strong arms and untiring labor,
though continued for half an age they will pro
, duce no perceptible diminution in its quantity.
Just picture to yourself a section of country lar.
gcr than your whole State, for such s in fact
the extent of the low country of Georgia and a
large portion of it, I had almost said nearly all
of it, densely covered with heax’y pine timber,
do this and you xvill form some idea of its quan
tity.
I The lumbermen from your state have made a
j beginning 011 this timber, hut what they have
| done is a mere drop in the bucket. And yet
i they have done much. They have solved anim
| portant problem.. They have taught our citi
i zens xvhat most of them arc stiil slow to belicx’c,
that the piny woods of Georgia arc not value
less. How singular that a fact of such incalcu
lable importance to the Interests and xvealth of
this state should hax r o been discox r cred and turn
ed to practical account by the citizens of a state
the farthest removed from our own of any in
the Union. All this has been accomplished by
the enterprise and energy of one individual,
who, if I have been correctly informed, had ne
ver been ill the southern country till since the
lumber men commenced operations.
It is not strange that the x’aluc of these lands
j lias been overlooked by our citizens; perhaps,
j all things considered, itxxmuld hax r e been strange
, had it been otherwise. The people of Georgia
arc emphatically an agricultural people. Almost
every citizen is a cultivator oftlie soil. The grow.
; ing of cotton has always been an exceedingly
! lucrative business. Hence the attention of c\ re
j ry one has been engrossed in the cultivation of
j this great staple of the sou'h. There has been
| no xv an lof good cotton lands. And when those
: 01 xvhich the planter had settled were becoming
( exhausted by his improvident use of them, the
l far west spread out her sunny plains and fertile
| vales, xvhere fairer prospects failed not to greet
his eyes, and a richer soil promised to rexvard his
labors xvith a more abundant harvest.
So long as this continues lo he the case ; so
: long as the groat staple of the South is so easily
i raised, so readily conveyed to market and con
verted into money, xx r e can hardly expect a pco-
I pie thus situated to turn aside from a lucrative
| branch of business and seek the road to afflu
! ence in the tedious and laborious process of con
x’erting our vast pine forests into xx’calth. Hence
our most populous districts are in the more fer
. tile parts of the state.—Those parts xvhere the
pine timber abounds arc exceedingly sparsely
i populated.—Some whole counties contain but a
fc\x r hundred inhabitants. In the lower sections
' of the slats one will travel miles and miles where
but one monotonous scenery meets his eyes. He
j finds himself enclosed by an apparently inter
minable pine forest.—The xmicc of no human
being greets his car.—All is silent save the me
lancholy x'oicc of the xx'ind as it murmurs mourn,
fully among the tops oftlie age 1 pines.—Hence,
tho’ a century has elapsed since this state xx*as
first settled, and its middle and upper sections
have become very populous, yet a large portion
jpf our seaboard remains an unbroken xvildcr
, ness. Not so in other States.—Almost every
spot that a ship could reach and be sheltered from
the stormy deep has been occupied.—lt has rose
at once into importance.—lt has become a com
mercial mart and is now imparting life and ener
gy to this western xvorld.—ln the brief space of
two centuries the xvhole Atlantic coasi has been
marked with the footsteps of civilized man—and
is now decked xvith smiling villages, and glitter
ing with splendid cities. I said the whole At
lantic coast. Not so the coast of Georgia. Her
shores have hardly been explored. And xvhere
they hax’e been explored they have remained un
occupied. Thus it lias been with Brunsxvick,
xvhich has one of the finest harbors in the coun
try, is near the mouth of a large navigable river
which flows through a country of unrivalled fer
tility, and yet in the second century of the set
tlement of our state this is an inconsiderable
place.
Such being the facts you can easily conccixm
xvhy our cil izens hax’e placed no higher value on
our pine lands. But your lumber men hax’c
brought these lands into notic . But I fear lam
becoming what Dr. Webster terms “lengthy,”
and as I am x-ery sure I am under the “ strengthy ”
influence of Morpheus, I xx'ill defer xvhat more I
have to say on this subject till rny next, so I
must beg your to he continued roiTcspondent to
make no xvry faces though his eyes be once
more greeted xvith a sentence he so much abhors.
K.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 6. —From Jamaica. —
By the Br. brig Standard, Capt. Burrows, arri
ved yesterday xve received files of Kingston (Ja
maica) papers to the 21st ult. inclusive. The
; following is all xve find in them xvorth extracting.
New Granada. —At the lime the Fortunada
j (ar. at Kingston) sailed from Carl ha gen a, the
blockade had not e mvnenaed. The Colombi
ans xve re preparing the defence.. A jo.ee, con
! slating of a vessel of war, xvith mo gun boats, a
. C ommandant, and f »rty or fitly troops, had taken
1 possession of, and hoisted the Colombian flag at
■ Bucatora. The inhabitants had not been molcs
-1 led.
On the 18 Jan. 10 hogsheads Sugar, sold at
, 4)3.8. 41 per lUOlos. Ou the 21st Jan. hogsheads
. Sugar withdrawn at 50s. per lOOlbs. No Rum
or Coffee in the Market xveek ending 25i.1i nit.
or fur a month previous. Sugar from 50s to 555.
: per lOOIb-;.— Cour.
1 [From the New York Dailq Express, Fih. 3 1
CITY NEWS.
1 The loss of the Express Mail, which left here for
the South oil Friday last,may he of great importance
to the commercial community. The bag was either
lost overboard or stolen from the boat at Perth Am
boy’. There must have been some flagrant care
lessness xvhich requires explanation, and xve trust
the Postmaster will make a thorough examination
into the subject. This loss exposses a small fraud
that is practised by the Postmaster General, and one
that ought to he exposed. The public are made to
behove that there is an Express Mail from New York
to New Orleans, and are charged treble postage
therefor. The fact is, there is no express between
this city and Philadelphia. The Express bag is
made up here, but is sent on in (he common mail to
Philadelphia, from which place they are despatched
The public are becoming exceedingly dissatisfied
xvith this Express Mail—it being a sort of monopo
ly to the great, while the middling interest cannot
enjoy it. Fhe old mail is also neglected, which is
of more consequence than a dozen Express Mails.
•Stocks fell off to-day.
There was an export of about 130.000 Mexican
dollars. Although they were not taken from the bank,
yet it seems to eave excited some attention, and
money lenders xx ere less disposed to put out their
funds. A few days xvill probably determine wheth
er specie xvill be required or not.
The Dataware is again open to Philadelphia.
The t\yu packets for Liverpool and one for Lon
don, xvhich have been detained, sailed to-day.
[From the Globe.]
FABRICATION.
We find the following quoted by the Balti
more Republican :
“ Gen. Jackson and horns Philippe. —lt is
stated that at the audience which General Cass,
the American Minister, had of the King, he de
livered to his Majesty a private letter-from Gen
eral Jaekson, disavowing, in a manner most hon
orable to himself, all the injurious interpreta
tions given to certain phrases used by him in the
celebi ated message to the American Congress,
and to some of his acts. He likewise announced
his inteiidend retirement from the Presidency,
and from public life altogether and his deter,
minalion of paying a visit to France.”
The xvhole of this paragraph is but a sample of
the daily manufacture of federal forgery, which
is the business of the press of that party. No
such letter was written by the President to Lou
is Phiiippc. No private letter of any kind what
ever xvas sent by Governor Cass, nor ex r en a
message, which could be tortured into any thing
to countenance the statement oftlie paragraph.
Where the editor of the Baltimore Republican
picked it up, does not appear ; hut it bears the
mark of the mint im distinctly, that xve doubt
not he will point limits origin in some federal
paper.
LATEST FROM THE CREEKS.
[From the Columbus Herald of the 3d inst.]
Since our last, daily occurrences have taken
place, fully confirming all that xve have previous,
ly anticipated and said, in relation to the Indian
disturbances in the Creek nation. The xvar has
actually begun xvitli a xngor and desperation not
surpassed at any period of the last campaign.
I ifty warriors hax r e gone out oftlie camp, under
charge ol Lieut. Sloan—in all, about two hun
dred, men, xvomcn and children—the xx’omcn
have killed their children, and prepared to take
care of themselves—this is the strongest demon,
stration of hostilities. A camp has been discox’-
crcd ou Poe River, in Barbour County, num
bering seme two hundred, who, it is ascertained
have never struck their flag, but have been hos.
tile from the very commencement. To this
camp belong those Indians xvho murdered Mr.
Pugh and his negroes, a confirmation of which
xve have in a slip, reccix’ed from the office oftlie
Montgomery Advertiser. Repor s leax’c no room
for donut that a number of Indians have returned
fiv>m F Jorida, and that they arc daily returning
— all these circumstances, and facts, xvhen ta
ken together, furnish just ground for alarm.—
True, there arc a fexv brave fellows in the field
they are fighting—they have fought and
fought bravely—but their force is too xveak to
encounter the enemy with success. Capt. Well
burn, xvith twenty men marched from Irxvinton,
and .ommcnced scouring the Coxvagcc Swamp,
“unaided and alone,” on Sunday last, they xverc
attacked by a party of Indians from one hundred
to one hundred and twenty in number, and xvere
of course overpowered and obliged to make good
their retreat; hut not until Lieutenant Patterson
—a brax'O and worthy young man, xvhose untime
ly death is deeply deplored by ail his friends—
had been literally shot to pieces, of the
company severely xvounded. As soon as this
news reached Irxvinton, another band of volun
teers numbering forty four, started to join their
comrades and friends; besides these troops, a
mounted company of volunteers, from Franklin
county, (Geo.) arc in the nation, some Eighty in
number, making in all, only one hundred and
thirty five or forty w bite men to contend against
perhaps three times the number of savages! Thus
it xvill be seen, xve are again cursed xvuh an un
equal, a harassing, a destruetix-,'- Indian war!
A xvar that should have ended long ago, for the
peace of the country—in justice to the citizens
—and for the honor of the nation. The xvar
xxdioop was sounded early last summer—proper
ty xvas destroyed—blood xvas spilled—thousands
of soldiers were marched to the scene of action—
there xvas a wholesale display of military pomp
and an immense expenditure of money to sus
tain the xvar. The whole Summer was consu
med with this affair—the fall approached and
the Indians were ordered to he emigrated—the
contract xvas taken, and a portion of them xverc
removed, but unfortunately and criminally, a
party was left behind, and most ridiculously six
hundred Creek xvarriors were taken to Florida,
toxvhip the Seminoles, as though six thousand
Imted States troops xvere not a fair match for
fifteen hundred half starved Indians !! I Here
was the grand error—and to this circumstance is
attributable the difficulties which at present t ur
round us. When the emigration commenced,
it should hax’e continued, until not an Indian
from o.d Ncah Miceo, down to the youngest
child, could have been found on this side of the
Missisippi. \x ant of room coni])els us to defer
further remarks on this subject, till next xveek.
is hereby given that all tlie Notes and
i.'B Accounts due the late firm ofJ. K.HORA
iV CO. that remain unpaid on the first of February
next, xvill bo placed in the hands of an attorney for
prosecution. JAMES HORA.
Dec. 27 tnG 102
TH atecutor’s Notice.—All persons indebted to
_£i_J the Estate of 3IOSES JOHNSON, deceased,
are requested to make immediate payment: and
those having demands against said Estate, xvill pre
sent them duly authenticated xviflkn the time pre
scribed by law. WM. JOHNSON, i'.s r.
Jun 7 111
i | BY EXPRESS M AIL.
t j =n-:
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.]
Ofi.ce of the UaUimore American.
, February 4. S
TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS,
’ SECOND SESSION.
1 IN SENATE—February 3, 1837.
Mr. W Riaa r from the committee 0:1 Fhnanre
reported a bill to remit the duty oa any rail road
iron imported for the Rail Road from a point na
med to the Mississ ppi, xvhich xvas read and or
dered to a second reading.
Mr. Davis from the Committee on Commerce
1 reported a bill to sus[»cnd for one year the tax
r on seamen under the name of Hospital money,
with an amendment,
t Some conversation took place betxveen Mr.
1 Calhoun and Mr, D vvis on the subject of the
| Hospital money, and three resolutions appended
• 1 to the report ot the committee; these resolutions
> 1 require the Secretary of the Treasury to report
1 | the cost of these hospitals. Mr. Calhoun xvas
: opposed to the bill because it changed the exis
ting system, abolishing the contributions of the
sailors tflemselvcs, and supplying the deficien
cy from tlie public Treasury. Mr. Davis defen
ded the character of the mariners oftlie country
xvho never troubled Congress for any thing.
Mr. Calhoun said the sailors xvould not come
here, but Ihe contractois for hospitals would
come, and this measure would become a source
of patronage. The sailors did not now pay the
hospital tax, for it was paid by their employers.
He hoped the Bill would be rejected.
The resolutions xverc then adopted.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The Senate proceeded to tho consideration of
tho hill to prohibit the sales of Public Lands ex
cept to actual settlers, &c.
The question being on the motion of Mr.
White to amend the bill by striking out all after
the first section, and inserting his substitute.
Pending this motion, the motion made yester
day by Mi - . Norvell to re-considcr the vote by
xvhich the proposition to strike out the Bth sec
tion of the hill [Mr. Buchanan’S amendment] xx 7 as
negatived, was taken up.
On motion to reconsider, the yeas and nays
xvere ordered, and tlie question being taken it
xx'as decided as follows:
YEAS—Messrs. Benton, Black, Ewing, (III.)
Fulton, Grundy, King, (Ala.) Linn, Lyon,
Moore, Nicholas, Niles, Norvell, Robinson, Rug
gles, Tipton, Walker, Wright.—l7.
NAYS—Messrs. Bayard, Brown, Buchanan,
Calhoun, Clay, Clayton, Crittenden, Cuthbert,
Davis, Ewing, Hendricks, Hubbard, Kent, King,
(Ha.) Knight, Morris, Preston, Robbins, South
ard, Swift, Wall, White—23.
So the Senate refused lo rc-’onsidcr.
Mr. Ruggles moved to amend the section by
introducing the xvord “male” so as to exclude fe
male children from the benefit oftlie bill.
This amendment was negatived; yeas, Niles,
Ruggles, Wright, nays 38.
Mr. Nii.es moved to amend the section where
it reads, “that no previous entry has been made
in the name of said child,” and inserting in the
room of the las| six words, “by said parent,” al
so to strike out the xvords “which xvith the quan
tity then sought to be entered, would exceed one
section.”
An objection being made to the reception of
amendments to the section after the Senate had
refused to strike it out, it was agreed by gener
al consent that the motion made by Mr. Nor
vell to reconsider the vote by xvhich the Senate
had refused to strike out the eighth section,
should be reconsidered, and the yeas and nays
were ordered on the question.
Mr. Wright then suggested that the main
object oftlie Bill was to reduce the rex'cnue. He
made some remarks for the purpose of showing
that this object had not been steadily kept in
yioxv. From the tenor oftlie debate it might he
inferred that tho price of tho lands ought to be
raised if xve wish to check tho progress of spec
ulation.
Mr. Buchanan made a few remarks in reply
to the Senator from New York, and was speak
ing when ti i packet was closed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
On motion of Mr. Jarvis, the Committee on
Naval affairs xvas instructed lo inquire into :he
expediency of examining George’s Bank, xvith
a view to the formation therein of an artificial
Island for the protection of naviga*ion.
Mr. Reed offered a resolution instructing the
Committee on Nax r al Affairs, to inquire into the
expediency of building six additional sloops of
of War; agreed to.
Mr. Phillips asked and obtained leave to offer
a resolution, calling on the President oftlie
U. s tatcs, for information of the progress made
in the preparations for the exploring expedition
authorisedat the last session, an d Uic object to
xvhich said expedition is destined.
At the suggestion of Mr. Morris, of 0., ihe
resolution xvas modified, so as to embrace a full
account ofthc sums expended on the expedition,
and an estimate of its cost hereafter.
Mr. Robertson moved to substitute fur the
resolution directing the .Secretary of the Navy
to communicate to the House full information
in relation lo arrangements made for the explor
ing expedition, the sums already expended
upon it :an estimate of its annual cost hereaf
ter, and of its entire cost, and also whether eith
er ofthe vessels fitted out for that expedition, or
any cth r vessel, has been employed to carry out
General Sanfa Anna to Mexico, and, if so, by
xvhat authority such x'csscl xx'as so employed.
Tlie motion xvas rejected, without a conn).
Mr. Mercer mox’ed to amend the resolution,
by embracing a call for the names and agesof
the officers to be employed in the expedition, and
the length of time xvhich they have passed in the
service, and it xvas agreed to.
Tiie resolution as amended xx'as agreed to.
Tne House then proceeded to the considera
tion of Private Bills.
After disposing of several private Bill*.
The House then adjourned.
NEW \ ORK, Feb. 2. —The Market. —Stocks are
languid to-day.from no new state ofthe money mar
ket howex er. Molasses has declined. A cargo of Or
leans has been sold at. 374 cts. and is retailing at
39 cts._ Some new Martinique has been sold at less
than 37i cts. Cotton, no change. There is an ar
rival or txvo xvith corn to-day.
Ofice of the Nex York Mercantile Advertiser, ’ )
Fehruarx', 3. S
L VTEST FROM MEXICO.
Tlie bark Ann Eliza, Captain Biscoe, Vera Cruz
papers of the 9th January have been received.—
The U. S. ship Natchez from Pensacola, arrived
on the Bth, and xvould sail on a cruise in about ten
dax’s. 11. B. M. ship Forte, arrived on the 2d and
sailed the following day for Jamaica. A British
ship of xvar. from Falmouth, arrived on the Gcli
with the nexv British consul for the city of Mexi
co.
The conducta xvith the 8509,000 arrived at Vera
Cruz, the 9th ult. No recent nexvs had been re
ceived of the movements ortho operations of the
Mexican army against Texas. 'Che Natchez car
ried the first intelligence of the release of Santa
Anna, and his depamire for Wash ugton. Rumors
were afloat that the Government of Mexico would
declare xx ar against the Tinted States, and it xxas
reported that the question was then under discus*
Mini ;n the Mexican ( ongress. The effects of Suv
la Anna s release was not known when the Ann
kina left.
Tin? new constitution of the Republic was known
at Vera Cruz, the Bth ultimo.
CONMERCIAL.,^^ 1
[ LATEST DATES from LIVERPOOL,23;
LATEST DATES FROM IIAYR E,:::::;;:::;::;;:DEC. 19.
COLT Min'S, Feb. 3.— Cotton. —Although ac
: counts from abroad are of a discouraging character,
yet our market is a little elevated this morning;
prime, we are told, will command 15 a 15}. Plan
, ters seemed disposed to hold on. The following is
a correct statement of the quantity received, ship
ped, and on hand, up to the Ist inst.
; Received, : : : 24,729 bales,
i Slopped, ; : : :. : 16,450
1 On hand, : : : 8 275
i STATEMENT OF COTTON,
t Mobile, Jan. 24, 1837.
, Stock on hand Oct. Ist, 1836, bales 64
Received since our last by steam-
Twats, barges and flats, ' 10,231
W agons, ; : ; 75
Previously, : : 09,919-80,235,
80,299!
Exported since our last, : 4,126
previously, : : 30,000-34,126
Stock on hand, including all on ship board,
not cleared, 46,173
Receipts this time Igst year, 90,613
Exports, “ “ 45,135.
Stock on hand “ 45,662
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
Scot I thorough. Geo.
THE exercises of this inst itution will be resumed’
on Monday, the 16th January, 1837.
From the flattering encouragement we have rer.
ceived during the present year, we have made every
exertion, and have succeeded in engaging the servi.
ces of first rate teachers in the several departments
of the institution.—They bring with them testimo
nials of religions character and literary attainments
from many of the most influential gentlemen in the
United States.
We have made arrangements to have a. Steward's
Hall attached to the Institution, at the head of which
will he Mrs. D ESTE , an elderly lady, whose do
mestic habits and experience in the government of
young ladies, are very highly extolled. We have
been led to this step, from the inconvenience which
young ladies experience in going io and coming;
from their boarding houses during inclement wea
ther ; from the time they lose, owing to the domes
tic arrangements of other houses, not corresponding
with our own; for the sake of haying all thef ■* tg
laaies, at all times, under the supervision o. is.
teachers, as many of them are disposed to neglect
their studies, and become careless of their
and language when not subjected to such a check;
and, finally, the teachers cannot feel themselves as
responsible for those who board elsewhere, as for
those who board with them. WenatgU wish to hf
understood as dictating to our patrons, hut respect
fully submit the above hints to their sober conside
ration.
A contract has been made for having completed
early in the ensuing year, a Female Gymnasium, for
physical education.
Young ladies who may desire to speak theFreQch
language, will have uncommon advantages afforded
them here. Mrs. D’Este was educated in, France
is a lady of superior accomplishments, and speaks
French aud English with equal facility. The Prin
cipal and his brother likewise speak the language.
OFFICERS.
L. LATASTE, Teacher of French, Spanish, La-,
tin. Grammar, Ixigic, Rhetoric and Belies Letters,
History, Geography, Arithmetic, &c,
A. B. WATROUS, A. 8., Teacher of Chemistry,
Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Algebra, Geome
try, Trigonometry, Moral and Intellectual Philoso
phy, &c.
Mrs. D'ESTE, Teacher of Drawing and. Pamtiim
in all their branches, and Assistant in Frdtwui and
Music. •> «U> —,
V. LATASTE, Teacherof the Theory and Pra%
tice of 3lusic.
TERMS.
Elementary pupils, per term,.
All others, “ “ 25
Board, including washing, fuel, candljes,
&c. per month, JO
Music, Piano and Guitai, per term, each, 25
Use of Piano,, per term, 3
Drawing, in Crayon or Pencil, per term, 15
Painting, in oil or water colors, per term, 15
French, Latin, and Spanish, each per term, 15
One half of the above terms will b« invariably re
quired in advance.
No pupil will be received for a less time than ou»
term, and those who come after the beginning of a
term will be charged from the time of entrance, but
no deduction will be made for leaving before the
end of the term.
ANNA M. LATASTE, >„ . . ,
L. LATASTE, \ Principals.
Dec. 1 w6—m2 81
GA L DIG HAN’S VEGETABLE FEVER.
AND AGUE PILLS,
A Certain and Lasting Cure for that Disease.
THE Subscriber, having been appointed Spe
cial Agent for the sale of Gallignan’s Fever
and Ague PILLS, is prepared to furnish Planters
and country traders with supplies of said articles on
terms equally as favorable as they can be obtained,
of the proprietors.
Gallighan’s Pills, though useful for all diseases
which originate in a superabundant collection of
bile in the stomach, are more particularly intended
for Fever and Ague. In the first they cleanse,
strengthen, and give tone to the stomach and bow
els, and create a new and healthy action throughout
the system. They produce a natural and perma
nent appetite. They detend the system against new
or subsequent attacks of the disease. 'lTiey re
move all obstructions of the liver and other organs.
They assist the various operations of nature, by
cleansing the system of all vitiated, corrupt and
acrid humors, and thus invigorate and re-animata
the whole frame. Possessing a purgative quality,
they cannot remain in the bowels to produce such
other diseases as often follow the injudicious treat
ment of the Fever and Ague. They are composed
entirely of vegetable matter, and may be taken- by
persons ofboth sexes and of all ages, without the
least danger of unpleasant consequences, in fine,
the public are assured that Gallighai;’ Fills possess
those inestimable virtues which are requisite not
only to arrest, but to eradicate and destroy, the last
seeds of this most distressing malady of the human
family.
The proprietors solemnly pledge themselves that
they do not contain a particle of minerals in any
shape or form, but they are composed entirely of
simple vegetable substance, which, either separately
or combined, and without regard to sex or age, are
perfectly harmless in their effect upon the human
system. , , ,
The following persons inthis place have been ap
pointed Sub-agents, at who-e stores these Pills may
be THOMAs (I RicHARi>s, Book Store. No. 293, and T
11. & I. C. Plant, 214 Broad street
A large mass of highly respectable testimony
confirming the reputation of Gall.ghans Pills, may
be seen at either of the stores of the above named
persons, or at the CARTER
Special Agent, Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
Augusta, Georgia.
June 7 hi
The co-partnership of SCHLEY
8 i JOHNSON, is tliis day dissolved by mutual
consent. . , . ■- . .
The undersigned w ill continue to practice in the
counties of Kichmond,Co!umb:a,Washington,Burke,
Jefferson, and Striven. Strict attention will he
„ a jd to ail business committed to his charge.
’ Dec 2> !m 99 GEORGE SCHLEY.
NEWARK CIDER.
EBLS Superior Newark CIDER. Just re-
ZZ* > reived bv N. SMITH & CO.
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